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There are some similarities with hardware hack reform that involve tearing down a wall: unless someone actually starts and unlocks things, can’t wait to tell you what kind of complexity might be hidden. [voussoir] There’s a project that shows this nicely: There have been a number of minor issues with the process of replacing a rechargeable mouse with a USB-C instead of a micro-B. In fact, changing the original reservoir was the easiest part!
On the one hand, the mouse in question seems to be a perfect candidate for easy change. The enclosure is not very difficult to open, there is enough space inside and USB is only used to recharge the battery. So what was the problem? The problem is known to anyone who has worked to replace an existing piece of hardware: existing parts are the boundaries of hacking work, and some are less easily changed than others.
Inside [voussoir]In this case, the first minor problem was that the small PCB hosted the original Mini-B receptacle had a screw hole in it, which was used to secure it during repeated plugging and unplugging. Confirming the new USB-C receptacle using the same screw was a bit of a hassle, but there was another problem after tackling it: [voussoir] The mouse mounted the new USB-C receptacle flash with plastic, but it didn’t let a wire sit perfectly. The reservoir needed to expand a bit, or the charging cable could not plug in enough. Go back to the workbench, and so it went for a few more repetitions.
The change was successful in the end, but the fire test shows how working around the limitations of the physical design can lead to unexpected problems. This is bad enough when someone changes a small piece of hardware with an existing mouse, let alone completely redesign the old Apple rat design for modern computers. | <urn:uuid:3fca5911-b283-477e-a7b7-f82757f6195f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.z-three.com/mouse-charging-mode-shows-even-simple-hacks-can-end-up-complicated/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.963581 | 386 | 2.765625 | 3 |
President once met regularly with US envoys, but inviting in Russian troops will cool relations with west
Faced with a popular uprising, Kazakhstan’s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has responded in hardline fashion. He has ordered a security crackdown, called protesters “terrorists” and said those who take to the streets deserve to be wiped out. Tokayev has also cryptically hinted that “foreigners” are behind the unrest.
It is unsurprising that the veteran politician and diplomat has taken a leaf from the Kremlin’s conspiratorial playbook. Tokayev spent his formative years in the service of the Soviet foreign ministry. After graduating from school in Almaty – the scene of the worst disturbances this week – he studied foreign relations at a Moscow state institute.
Tokayev specialised in Chinese. He mastered the language, joined the far-east division of the Soviet foreign ministry and spent much of the 1980s at Moscow’s embassy in Beijing. When the USSR fell apart, he quickly became an adviser to Nursultan Nazarbayev, leader of the newly independent Kazakhstan.
It was Tokayev who persuaded other nations to recognise Kazakhstan diplomatically. China was especially enthusiastic. Narzabayev rewarded Tokayev by making him deputy foreign minister, as well as interpreter-cum-adviser on official delegations to Beijing.
By 1999 Tokayev became prime minister and in 2002 foreign minister. A staunch Nazarbayev loyalist, he was responsible for improving relations with Kazakhstan’s three key partners – Russia, China and the US. He met regularly with US envoys and helped Kazakhstan relinquish its inherited communist-era nuclear bombs.
Some of Tokayev’s private comments now seem ironic. At a 2005 lunch he told the US ambassador a popular Orange Revolution of the kind seen in other post-Soviet Republics was “unlikely” in Kazakhstan. The country, he claimed, was committed to “political reform” and decentralisation, according to a leaked US cable.
Further high positions followed. He became speaker and then chairman of Kazakhstan’s senate. When Nazarbayev retired in 2019 – formally at least – Tokayev succeeded him as president. Two-and-a-half years into the job, he is facing a crisis graver than anything seen by his authoritarian predecessor.
Tokayev’s decision to invite in Russian troops to restore order reverses years in which Kazakhstan has cautiously sought to tread an independent foreign policy, triangulating between Moscow, Washington and Beijing. From now on, relations with the west will be cooler. Those with Russia suddenly appear more fragile and subservient.
Tokayev’s family connections are bound up with Soviet history. His father, a writer of detective stories, fought in the second world war – the Great Patriotic War, as Russia calls it. His mother was a university languages teacher. He is divorced with a son, Timur. His hobbies include reading novels, memoirs and books about politics.
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ISTANBUL — Customers shopping at Zara, the fast fashion retailer owned by the world’s largest apparel company, Inditex, recently found something unusual in their purchases – notes from workers who had made the clothing saying they had not been paid for their work. The notes were found in clothing purchased at Inditex’s Istanbul store in Turkey.
Associated Press claims workers from a supplier manufacturer for Zara – Brazo Teksil – and other retailers have been going into Zara shops and leaving the tags. One of the tags says: “I made this item you are going to buy, but I didn’t get paid for it.” The tag also encourages shoppers to back a campaign and pressure Zara into paying them.
The tags claim workers were employed by Bravo, which closed down over-night and that the manufacturer owes them three months’ pay as well as severance allowance.
Turkey is one of the largest manufacturers of clothing in the world, and the largest exporter of garments from the European Union, by some distance. The country has come under fire for host of CSR issues relating to workers employed in its textile sector, much of which is informal and depends heavily on migrant and non-unionised workers.
The migrant element of its workforce has increased notably in recent years as migrants have entered the country from war-torn Syria. However, there have been claims by campaigning NGOs that many of the workers have been exploited. There are also ongoing concerns about under-age workers.
The issue of notes being placed in items of clothing is nothing particularly new, with other brands such as Primark having been the target of such tactics in recent years. There have also been reports of fake notes been found.
The fact the recipient here is Inditex is unfortunate. The business actually has a decent record on worker rights issues and has done much to improve the collective bargaining power of workers in its supply chain in countries such as Vietnam. This work has been carried out with Industriall Global Union which is helping to increase unionisation and collective bargaining among workers within Inditex’s supplier factories. | <urn:uuid:980aa88f-f315-4b0a-be66-b04ecabba739> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://apparelinsider.com/inditex/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.985232 | 438 | 1.601563 | 2 |
***Update*** (6/23/17): When we first published this story in 2013, the Pulse nightclub massacre had not yet occurred. So this is now the second largest LGBT massacre in U.S. history.
The 24th of June in 1973 was a Sunday. For New Orleans’ gay community, it was the last day of national Pride Weekend, as well as the fourth anniversary of 1969’s Stonewall uprising. You couldn’t really have an open celebration of those events — in ’73, anti-gay slurs, discrimination, and even violence were still as common as sin — but the revelers had few concerns. They had their own gathering spots in the sweltering city, places where people tended to leave them be, including a second-floor bar on the corner of Iberville and Chartres Street called the UpStairs Lounge.
That Sunday, dozens of members of the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), the nation’s first gay church, founded in Los Angeles in 1969, got together there for drinks and conversation. It seems to have been an amiable group. The atmosphere was welcoming enough that two gay brothers, Eddie and Jim Warren, even brought their mom, Inez, and proudly introduced her to the other patrons. Beer flowed. Laughter filled the room.
Just before 8:00p, the doorbell rang insistently. To answer it, you had to unlock a steel door that opened onto a flight of stairs leading down to the ground floor. Bartender Buddy Rasmussen, expecting a taxi driver, asked his friend Luther Boggs to let the man in. Perhaps Boggs, after he pulled the door open, had just enough time to smell the Ronsonol lighter fluid that the attacker of the UpStairs Lounge had sprayed on the steps. In the next instant, he found himself in unimaginable pain as the fireball exploded, pushing upward and into the bar.
The ensuing 15 minutes were the most horrific that any of the 65 or so customers had ever endured — full of flames, smoke, panic, breaking glass, and screams.
MCC assistant pastor George “Mitch” Mitchell escaped, but soon returned to try to rescue his boyfriend, Louis Broussard. Both died in the fire, their bodies clinging together in death, like a scene from the aftermath of Pompeii.
Metal bars on the UpStairs Lounge windows, meant to keep people from falling out, were just 14 inches apart; while some managed to squeeze through and jump, others got stuck. That’s how the MCC’s pastor, Rev. Bill Larson, died, screaming, “Oh, God, no!” as the flames charred his flesh. When police and firefighters surveyed and began clearing the scene, they left Larson fused to the window frame until the next morning.
This news photo is among the most indelible I’ve ever seen:
Thirty-two people lost their lives that Sunday 40 years ago — Luther Boggs, Inez Warren, and Warren’s sons among them.
Homophobia being what it was, several families declined to claim the bodies and one church after another refused to bury or memorialize the dead. Three victims were never identified or claimed, and were interred at the local potter’s field.
When the Rev. William Richardson, of St. George’s Episcopal Church, agreed to hold a small prayer service for the victims, about 80 people attended, but many more complained about Richardson to Iveson Noland, the Episcopalian bishop of New Orleans. Noland reportedly rebuked Richardson for his kindness, and the latter received volumes of hate mail.
The UpStairs Lounge arson was the deadliest fire in New Orleans history and the largest massacre of gay people ever in the U.S. Yet it didn’t make much of an impact news-wise. The few respectable news organizations that deigned to cover the tragedy made little of the fact that the majority of the victims had been gay, while talk-radio hosts tended to take a jocular or sneering tone: What do we bury them in? Fruit jars, sniggered one, on the air, only a day after the massacre.
Other, smaller disasters resulted in City Hall press conferences or statements of condolence from the governor, but no civil authorities publicly spoke out about the fire, other than to mumble about needed improvements to the city’s fire code.
Continuing this pattern of neglect, the New Orleans police department appeared lackluster about the investigation (the officers involved denied it). The detectives wouldn’t even acknowledge that it was an arson case, saying the cause of the fire was of “undetermined origin.” No one was ever charged with the crime, although an itinerant troublemaker with known mental problems, Rogder Dale Nunez, is said to have claimed responsibility multiple times. Nunez, a sometime visitor to the UpStairs Lounge, committed suicide in 1974.
Watch the trailer for Royd Anderson’s new documentary about the UpStairs Lounge:
For more information on the massacre, check out these sources:
- New Orleans’ UpStairs Lounge Still Burns, Out and About Nashville
- UpStairs Lounge Arson Attack, on Wikipedia
- The Haunting Tragedy of the UpStairs Lounge, alynepustanio.com
- The Horror Upstairs, Time magazine (paywall)
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Traveling can be one of the most rewarding and eye opening experiences a person has in their lives. Poor planning of a trip can lead to a variety of things but the number one thing is stress. Nobody wants to take a vacation and be stressed out for the majority of it. Careful research is essential. There are people who just improvise expeditions and there are those who have an itinerary, neither of these things are wrong but the improvised person has a lot more that can go wrong for them.
Getting the trip for a reasonable price is the start to a perfect voyage. Not having spending money because it was too expensive is something that should be avoided, even postponing it until you will have some money to spend is a great idea. Remembering a holiday because of the lack of money is not something that you will want to do. Costs can be mitigated if a hotel offers breakfast each day or even free drinks at happy hour.
Visiting some websites and doing research on things that you will need is important. Many hotels and tourist areas of cities charge quite a lot for simple items like toothbrushes or even bug spray. Having the correct attire and knowing some of the cultural traditions can help you fit in with the local crowd. There are articles about things you need to bring on vacation about nearly every major tourist destination. If you cannot find an article, asking a question on a travel blog is a great way to get an answer.
Getting some kind of gift to remember the expedition by doesn’t have to be bought at some tourist shop. Going online and making a customised gift from Personal Creations is even more affordable now that they have coupons on Groupon. Include the dates and a memory on this gift and it is something that will be cherished for life. Plan your trip in the right fashion and it could be a trip you never forget. | <urn:uuid:c93af78c-6a6f-4610-b196-3860180cdf26> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2016/04/student-life/travel-events/ways-to-plan-a-perfect-trip/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.967248 | 379 | 1.734375 | 2 |
We get a lot of questions concerning what FSA and HSA accounts are and how they work. Today we’re taking the time to explain how you can use these benefits in our Troy and Ballston Lake, NY offices.
What are HSA and FSA accounts?
Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) are often offered by your employer and allow you to set aside money for qualifying health care expenses. Therefore, they can be used to pay for yourself, your spouse, and eligible dependent.
Can I use my HSA and FSA for orthodontic treatment?
We do accept HSA and FSA for eligible orthodontic treatment. Only the portion of your orthodontic payment(s) that is not paid for by your dental insurance or any other plan may be considered an eligible expense.
How can my HSA and FSA help save me money?
HSA and FSA’s are two types of savings accounts that allow you to set aside money on a pre-tax basis to pay for qualified medical expenses. By using the untaxed dollars from an HSA or FSA to pay for your orthodontic treatment, you save money. Contact your HSA and FSA provider for specific details.
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Less than 6% of dentists are Orthodontic Specialists, and only 10% of these Orthodontic Specialists are board certified by the ABO! We are lucky to have two Board Certified Orthodontists at Cooney Orthodontics that have the knowledge to help you achieve a healthy and beautiful smile at any age. Schedule your complementary consultation today to see how you can take advantage of your HSA/FSA account(s), and review all our payment plan options. | <urn:uuid:cd7ef552-6765-4fd3-8764-0593f2d7f9df> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sitemap.cooneyorthodontics.com/2022/01/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.9487 | 371 | 1.695313 | 2 |
In mammalian anatomy, the cribriform plate, horizontal lamina or lamina cribrosa (from Latin cribrum, "sieve" + -form) of the ethmoid bone is received into the ethmoidal notch of the frontal bone and roofs in the nasal cavities.
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The cribriform plate is narrow with deep grooves supporting the olfactory bulb, and is perforated by olfactory foramina allowing the passage of the olfactory nerves. The foramina in the middle of the groove are small and allows the passing of the nerves to the roof of the nasal cavity. The foramina at the medial part of the groove allow the passage of the nerves to the upper part of the nasal septum while the foramina at the lateral part transmit the nerves to the superior nasal concha.
A fractured cribriform plate can result in olfactory dysfunction, septal hematoma, cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea (CSF rhinorrhoea), and possibly infection which can lead to meningitis. CSF rhinorrhoea (clear fluid leaking from the nose) is very serious and considered a medical emergency. Aging can cause the openings in the cribriform plate to close, pinching olfactory nerve fibers. A reduction in olfactory receptors, loss of blood flow, and thick nasal mucus can also cause an impaired sense of smell.
The long thin posterior border of the crista galli serves for the attachment of the falx cerebri.
Its anterior border, short and thick, articulates with the frontal bone, and presents two small projecting alae (wings), which are received into corresponding depressions in the frontal bone and complete the foramen cecum.
Its sides are smooth, and sometimes bulging from presence of a small air sinus in the interior.
On either side of the crista galli, the cribriform plate is narrow and deeply grooved; it supports the olfactory bulb and is perforated by foramina for the passage of the olfactory nerves. The foramina in the middle of the groove are small and transmit the nerves to the roof of the nasal cavity; those at the medial and lateral parts of the groove are larger—the former transmit the nerves to the upper part of the nasal septum, the latter those to the superior nasal concha.
At the front part of the cribriform plate, on either side of the crista galli, is a small fissure that is occupied by a process of dura mater.
Lateral to this fissure is a notch or foramen which transmits the nasociliary nerve; from this notch a groove extends backward to the anterior ethmoidal foramen.
A fractured cribriform plate (anterior skull trauma) can result in leaking of cerebrospinal fluid into the nose and loss of sense of smell. The tiny apertures of the plate transmitting the olfactory nerve become the route of ascent for a pathogen, Naegleria fowleri. This amoeba tends to destroy the olfactory bulb and the adjacent inferior surface of the frontal lobe of the brain. This surface initially becomes the site of proliferation of the trophozoites of Naegleria fowleri and their subsequent spread to the rest of the brain and CSF. Because of its initial involvement and trophozoite presence in early phases of Naegleria fowleri infection, flushing of this region with saline using a device, to obtain Naegleria fowleri for diagnostic PCR and microscopic viewing has been proposed for patients affected by Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), by (Baig AM., et al) in a recent publication. Researchers have suggested the same route to administer drugs at an early phase of infection by using a "Transcribrial Device" that has been proposed to kill this pathogen at a place of its maximum proliferation. In a 2017 the inventor of the device has suggested that after slight modifications this method could be effective in delivery of stem cells to the brain as well. A recent Australian study as shown that bacterium causing the tropical disease melioidosis, Burkholderia pseudomallei can also invade the brain via the olfactory nerve within 24 h by transversing the cribriform plate.
The Keros classification is a method of classifying the depth of the olfactory fossa.
The depth of the olfactory fossa is determined by the height of the lateral lamella of the cribriform plate. Keros in 1962, classified the depth into three categories.
- type 1: has a depth of 1–3 mm (26.3% of population)
- type 2: has a depth of 4–7mm (73.3% of population)
- type 3: has a depth of 8–16mm (0.5% of population)
- Marjorie Calvert, Dr. Ronald DeVere, MD (2010). "Why Can't I Smell (ch.3)". Navigating Smell and Taste Disorders. Demos Medical Publishing. ISBN 9781932603965.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- Abdul Mannan Baig, Naveed Ahmed Khan, (2014). Tackling infection owing to brain-eating amoeba. Acta Tropica 11/2014; doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.11.004
- Abdul Mannan Baig, Naveed Ahmed Khan (2014), Novel chemotherapeutic strategies in the management of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri. CNS Neurosciences & Therapeutics (2014). 01/2014; doi:10.1111/cns.12225
- Abdul Mannan Baig. Emerging Insights for Better Delivery of Chemicals and Stem Cells to the Brain ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2017 8 (6), 1119-1121 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00106
- St John, JA; Ekberg, JA; Dando, SJ; Meedeniya, AC; Horton, RE; Batzloff, M; Owen, SJ; Holt, S; Peak, IR; Ulett, GC; Mackay-Sim, A; Beacham, IR (Apr 2014). "Burkholderia pseudomallei penetrates the brain via destruction of the olfactory and trigeminal nerves: implications for the pathogenesis of neurological melioidosis". mBio. 5 (2): e00025. doi:10.1128/mBio.00025-14. PMC 3993850. PMID 24736221.
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The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) is the self-governing organisation for science and research in Germany that brings together higher education institutions and research organisations. It is the central research funding organisation in Germany and provides financial support for research in higher education and public research institutions, but does not run any research establishments itself.
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The DFG funds research based in Germany in all disciplines using a bottom-up approach. That means any researcher affiliated with a German research institution holding a PhD or higher qualification can submit an application without any subject restrictions. DFG programmes offer a wide range of opportunities for various career stages. Additionally, the DFG also has agreements with specific partner organisations in other countries to fund research projects between German researchers and researchers abroad.
This begins with the funding of positions in DFG-funded projects and extends to the funding of an applicant’s own project or research group. The central element of DFG funding is what is known as the Individual Grants Programmes. These programmes allow all researchers to submit applications in relation to their own projects.
International collaborations and international interchange are possible and desired in all DFG funding programmes. Additionally, the DFG provides funds for coordination work and travel. Specific programmes focus on international cooperation. They involve not only international research training groups and coordinated research, but also DFG support for the European Research Area (in German).
Approx. 850 employees
In addition to its headquarters in Bonn and the Berlin Office, the DFG also maintains representative offices in Washington, D.C. and New York City, Moscow, São Paulo, New Delhi and Tokyo, as well as the Sino-German Center (SGC) in Beijing, a joint venture of the DFG and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Funding for approx. 31,000 research projects
Annual budget: 3.3 billion euros (2019)
Source: DFG; deviation in the total amount is due to rounding
The funds distributed by the DFG on the basis of a sophisticated evaluation system come from the Federal Government (69%) and the German states (Länder) (30%) as well as to a small extent from foundations and the European Union. In 2018 its budget totalled 3.3 billion euros.
Collaborative Research Centres offer PhD students and junior researchers opportunities to pursue an outstanding research programme that crosses the boundaries of disciplines, institutes, departments and faculties.
Research training groups are set up by universities and pursue a focused research programme. PhD students and postdocs can complete a doctorate or engage in independent research activities.
Outstanding junior researchers can rapidly qualify for leading positions in science and research or for a university teaching career by heading an independent junior research group and assuming relevant teaching duties.
These grants support international collaboration by enabling eligible German and international researchers and academics to plan partner visits, trips abroad and/or joint workshops with their partners.
Junior and senior researchers can realise a research project on a specific subject within a limited period of time. The programme can provide support for project costs, staff and equipment required to carry out the project.
Excellent researchers can prepare for a leading position in science and research and spend time working on an advanced research topic at an institution of their choice.
Higher education institutions can set up interdisciplinary research centres with DFG support. Up to six professorships and supplementary junior research groups can be funded in this way.
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Dash in the USA,
Many consider Dash to be one of the most promising cryptocurrencies out there. But which factors can actually influence long-term price developments? Buying Dash is considered to be one of the most decentralized coins in the world. With over 5.000 servers worldwide, it is also very secure. Users particularly appreciate anonymity, security, and transaction speed. For a meaningful Dash, it is necessary to deal with the various factors that determine the value of a cryptocurrency. These key factors can help to provide an assessment of the value and the medium and long-term potential of the Dash Coin. The Dash upgrade introduced a new function. It allows transactions to be validated in under 2 seconds. The update also brought some improvements in data protection. The Dash blockchain consists of two separate parts. There are the miners and the master nodes. The miners are responsible for generating new blocks while the master node operators confirm the transaction. This particular split structure allows Dash to send completely anonymous transactions. It does not store any data about the sender or receiver. A follow-up is practically impossible. This particularity attracted many potential customers on Cryptocurrency USA & Binance.
Another Special Feature Of Dash Are The Offline Transactions
The competition for Dash is in cryptocurrencies with a similar function and a comparable niche. In this case, the biggest rival is ByteCoin for example, as they also both rely on anonymous transactions. Whether Dash will be able to overtake ByteCoin is difficult to say. Dash tries to accommodate its cryptocurrency as a means of payment in different countries. In total, there are over 5.000 retailers and partners worldwide who accept Dash as a method of payment. The industries are very different and range from entertainment to clothing and hotels to food. The company last made headlines a few months ago with its projects.
Dash Has Become A Popular Form Of Payment
Another project started a few months ago - cooperation with the largest outdoor markets. The first dealers have started to accept Dash Coins as a means of payment. Overall, Dash acceptance has increased significantly and increased 5 times. This development had a strong influence on the price increase and is expected to have a positive effect on the Dash coin in the future as well.
Long-term assessments of price development are difficult to determine. This has to do with the volatility of the crypto market as well as the fact that it is a comparatively new field of investment. Predictions can vary widely depending on the basis on which they were made. Cryptocurrency USA & Binance forecasting platform uses algorithms and evaluates historical data, based on the company's recent or upcoming events. With the Dash forecast, as with many other cryptocurrencies, opinions differ greatly.
How To Buy Dash?
The Dash developers accidentally programmed the blockchain in such a way that they mine a large amount of the coins for themselves in the first hours after the Dash launch. Dash was able to assert itself in the digital currency market.
Dash is technically up to date and even a few development steps ahead of the most famous cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Dash uses the coin concept for transactions. This is a method of mixing transactions according to certain criteria and thus increasing anonymity. It works like this: A transaction consists of inputs and outputs. All inputs and outputs from different transactions are mixed and then written to the blockchain as one transaction. | <urn:uuid:751f3a50-4605-42cc-a7fb-04bc1705202e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cryptocurrencyusa.net/post/dash-in-the-usa | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.957048 | 664 | 1.609375 | 2 |
This blog centers around healthy eating, pulling in information from various sources to form a nexus of applicable ideas for the home cook and entertainer alike. We all need food to survive, however, food does not only provide our bodies energy, it can also be used as an aid for common ailments as well as a preventative tool against maladies. In consuming natural foods that offer essential nutrients and fight off life's ills we set ourselves up for more flavors than can ever be reached in a box.
Thursday, December 31, 2015
New Year, New You
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The Religion Teacher’s Guide to Lesson Planning by Jared Dees – This is a free e-guide that includes tutorials on how to lesson plan successfully. This step-by-step to lesson planning for religion lecturers and catechists teaches readers how to prepare a lesson, craft clear lesson goals, implement efficient assessments, and meet the students’ needs. It includes lesson templates, lesson objective begins, evaluation ideas, and 250 educating strategies and actions from the most recent research in schooling. Private Schools give necessary religious classes, reflecting their religious identification. Students from different religions do not take any lessons in the course of the non secular ones, but they at all times can sign up for the RE class. Catholic schools give solely Catholic courses, necessary for Christian college students, however may be signed up for by Muslim college students, if not, Muslims don’t take any courses in parallel to Christian ones. Public colleges type of have a extra liberal spiritual program.
For instance, when approached with an moral or ethical dilemma, people with religious schooling can reflect on the teachings of the church to decide that’s in line with their values and beliefs. In major college kids are launched to many different faiths. Religious Education goals to assist develop pupils’ knowledge of the world’s principal spiritual traditions and worldviews and promote tolerance and understanding.
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It could check with training offered by a church or religious group, for instruction in doctrine and faith, or for schooling in varied elements of religion, but with out explicitly spiritual or moral aims, e.g. in a faculty or faculty. The time period is often generally known as spiritual research.
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A Lebanese public school may give, or not give RE lessons, which regard the predominant faith of the population in the space the school is situated in. Students have to take these courses, whether or not they’re Christian or Muslim. A public college located in a blended area would favor not to give RE lessons, except voted oppositely by locals, RE lessons may be both Christian and Muslim on the identical time in this case, and college students divide when this happens. The public faculties are run by the federal government. Therefore, they have to obey the First Amendment. This means that whereas they’ll train concerning the influences of faith in history, literature, and philosophy — they cannot promote non secular beliefs or practices as part of the curriculum.
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This chapter contributes to the improvement of GPS-based travel surveying by introducing a combined method of GPS, GIS and web-based user interaction, which has been applied in large- scale fieldwork in the netherlands. With over 1000 participants, as far as we know, this is the first time that a GPS-based method that measures travel mode choice as well as the location and type of destinations that are visited has been used on such a large scale. The chapter focuses in particular on the identification of travel modes and destinations, which is still an under-researched issue.
Our approach concentrates on the issue of deriving and validating the purpose of trip destinations and travel modes, while also allowing reliable multi-day data collection. The method consists of an interpretation process and a validation process. The interpretation process uses spatial data (e.g. railways, shops) and characteristics of the respondents (e.g. home address, possession of cars) to interpret data from the logs. The travel behaviour data that result from this interpretation round can be adjusted and added to by the respondents in a validation application. The link between both processes is interactive; when new individual characteristics (e.g. the address of a friend’s house) are entered by the respondents, these characteristics will be used for further interpretation of the data.
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What is the evidence that the New Testament is inspired, trustworthy, and reliable? The evidence is the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead! If Jesus Christ was not raised from the dead 3 days later the whole New Testament would be false and a lie! The apostle Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:14-17 that if Jesus has not been raised from the dead that we are still in our sins, that we would be false witnesses, and of all people we would be the most to be pitied. Historically the evidence demonstrates that Jesus existed, died upon the cross for the sins of the world, and Jesus rose again 3 days later according to the Scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). Therefore the testimonies of the first hand eyewitnesses who wrote the New Testament books and testified to the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead speaks volumes of truth, inspiration, and reliability.
What is the Bible and why is that important? The Bible is composed of the Old and New Testament, contains 66 books, written by over 40 authors, over a time frame of 1500 years, on 3 different continents, inspired by God written by men. The Old Testament is the first testament of the Bible, which contains the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings. The New Testament is a composite of books that give the story, life, teachings, death, and resurrection of a man named Jesus the Christ some 2,000 years ago. Jesus is the Christ, the promised Messiah to come, and through His death and resurrection He established the New Covenant, of which ‘New Covenant’ refers to the New Testament. Merrill F. Unger states: “The NT or New Covenant is a term describing a portion of the Bible revealed in fulfillment of the OT and dealing with the nativity, ministry, life, death, resurrection, and ascension of the predicted Messiah…”
The New Testament is important for a few reasons. One thing is that it is the message of what Jesus taught, how He treated people, how He healed people of their diseases, and also that Jesus truly was a true historical person, and is not just a myth or legend as some claim. The New Testament message is important, for it teaches mankind that they are not just here by chance, but that there is a God, the Creator all, and He loves us, and Jesus Christ came and revealed this more clearly. The New Testament teaches that Jesus came to save sinners, and that all of mankind has fallen short of being perfect, and only God is without sin, and we need a Savior. The New Testament gives the message of hope, love, direction, and purpose in life. The New Testament is centered on the person of Jesus Christ, fulfillment of the Old Testament Scriptures, written by His witnesses whom were moved by the Holy Spirit to write their letters.
The Testimony and Evidence of the Old Testament Scriptures
The New Testament authors were living during the time Jesus lived, and majority of the authors were first hand witnesses of Jesus. Edwin A. Blum states: “Jesus Christ is the central theme of the New Testament and the foundation of its existence as writings. The men who write did so because of their connection with Jesus Christ. Without Him, they would not have written what they did nor would they have written in the manner they did.” The New Testament writers believed the Old Testament Scriptures were the inspired Word of God, and this is demonstrated by their numerous allusions to it in their writings with 1600 citations of the Old Testament, 295 quotations and 10 percent of the New Testament is Old Testament content. The apostles of Jesus Christ relied upon the Old Testament as their supreme authority, their source for absolute truth, and that the Old Testament Scriptures revealed that Jesus was the Messiah, the Christ.
The New Testament has more manuscript evidence than any other book on reliability, and it is factual and historically accurate. Josh McDowell stated: “the New Testament has currently 24,970 manuscript copies, completely towering over all the other works of antiquity. In addition, we have one fragment of the New Testament (NT) with only a 50-year gap from the original, whole books with only a 100-year gap, and the whole NT with only a 225-250-year gap.” According to F. F. Bruce: “The evidence for the our New Testament writings is ever so much greater than the evidence for many writings of classical authors, the authenticity of which no one dreams of questioning…And if the New Testament were a collection of secular writings, their authenticity would generally be regarded as beyond all doubt.” Scholars believe that the number of NT quotes from the church fathers is strong evidence for the authority and credibility of the New Testament. There are 36,289 quotations from the early church fathers in reference to the New Testament writings, which is amazing of itself, demonstrating its authority and reliability.
Eyewitness Accounts of Jesus Christ in the First Century
Many things in life people want proof of what someone says is true or not, and some say, “really, were you there?” When it comes to the message of the New Testament the evidence is abundantly clear that there were many first hand witnesses who experienced the life, death and resurrection of Christ Jesus. Eyewitnesses are those who give first hand information and are reliable to give the facts of what took place. How important is the resurrection of Jesus Christ? Bible scholar and apologist Ron Rhodes states: “If the Resurrection did not really happen, the apostles were false witnesses, our faith is futile, we’re still lost in our sins, the dead in Christ have perished, and we’re the most pitiful people on the face of the earth – to say nothing of the fact that there’s no hope for any of us beyond the grave. Clearly, this is a transcendentally importance.” Bible scholar and apologist Don Stewart states: “The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the central truth of the Christian faith. Without it there is no such thing as the Christian faith…Without His resurrection everything that Jesus said would be subject to doubt.” In other words the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the foundation of Christianity, and the validation of the New Testament writings. For almost 2,000 years the tomb in which Jesus was laid has been empty, and if there was any evidence that Jesus was not truly resurrected from the dead there is no doubt that the Jewish and Roman opposition during His time would have provided it. There have been many theories over the years, but no one has every provided anything that would demonstrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ did not happen. Therefore the testimony of the eyewitnesses is conclusion, historical, true, and they testify that Jesus died and rose again according to the Scriptures.
“38 And He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 “See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” 40 And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. 41 While they still could not believe it because of their joy and amazement, He said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” 42 They gave Him a piece of a broiled fish; 43 and He took it and ate it before them. 44 Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day, 47 and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 “You are witnesses of these things.” (Luke 24:38-48)
This is the account of Jesus appearing to His disciples, and proving to them that He was truly alive, resurrected. The disciples did not truly understand that Jesus was going to die and be raised again, even though Jesus repeatedly taught them this, they did not understand this clearly. When Jesus was resurrected even at first the disciples did not get it exactly and doubted, but Jesus opened their minds and explained to them what took place, and proved to them that He was truly alive. He did this by showing them His body, the body of which He died with, but now glorified. William MacDonald states: “He explained that His resurrection was the fulfillment of His own words to them. Had He not told them that all the OT prophecies concerning Him had to be fulfilled? The Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms were the three main divisions of the OT. Taken together, they signify the entire OT.” Jesus told them that they were witnesses of these things, and that they were to proclaim this to all nations, and the message was that He died and rose again, and to teach them repentance for the forgiveness of sins in Jesus name. And that is what they did; they preached the Gospel to all.
“1 Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep; 7 then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles; 8 and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also.” (1 Corinthians 15:1-8)
This is the Apostle Paul who records that the resurrection of Christ was no mere secret, but there were many who testified to His resurrection. Paul records here that the Gospel is that Christ died according to the Scriptures, and was resurrected according to the Scriptures. Paul records that Jesus appeared to the Apostle Peter (Cephas), and the 12 (Apostles), to over 500 different brethren at one time, and also James (the Lord’s brother James 1:1), and also Paul. The testimony is that Jesus was not raised in secret, but that He showed Himself alive publically.
“1 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life– 2 and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us– 3 what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. 4 These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete.” (1 John 1-4)
This is from the Apostle John, a first hand disciple of Jesus Christ. John writes concerning the Apostles message that Jesus truly lived, and that they have seen, heard, and touched with their own hands. Jesus was truly the Word of Life, the Eternal Life that they preached to others. They were first hand witnesses concerning Jesus, and John says “these things we write” giving the indication that not only was this first hand information and experienced, but that it was also for others to know and to learn about, and know personally.
“32 “This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. 33 “Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear. 34 “For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says: `THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, “SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, 35 UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.”‘ 36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ–this Jesus whom you crucified.”” (Acts 2:32-36)
Peter spoke to the multitudes concerning the death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ. Peter says that “we are all witnesses” in reference to the Apostles and the brethren (Acts 1:15). This was no secret for everyone in that area knew what has taken place with the death and resurrection of Christ, and Peter was preaching the message that Christ is resurrected and that this was a divine truth.
The Purpose of the New Testament and Why It Matters
The writings of the New Testament are the heart of the message concerning Jesus the Christ, the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, and were written by men inspired of the Holy Spirit. They are the accounts of where Jesus lived, what He taught, how He died, and His resurrection, and the hope for mankind in His name. The various New Testament books are not just historical, but are relational. What they contain are for us (mankind) to know the love of God, and to experience true fellowship, and purpose, and most importantly true salvation. We have salvation from the curse of sickness, hate, anger, addictions, and most importantly salvation from death and the judgment of sin. Christ came to set us free from our sins, and in Him we have the forgiveness of sins. That is what Christ came to set us free from, and He did that by establishing the New Covenant in His death and resurrection, and all who come to Him and receive His as Lord and Savior will have eternal life, and be set free from sin and death (Romans 3:19-31; 8:1; 10:9-13).
What motivated and inspired the Apostle’s in what they wrote? The New Testament was written by the Apostle’s of Jesus the Christ, and all of them died for their faith in Christ and for what they preached to others. They gave their very lives to share with us the good news of Christ Jesus, and they were witnesses of these things. What they wrote comes from the testimony of being there, knowing what Jesus taught, and what He did. Their message is for the Church, and for all those who want to know the truth of Jesus. The New Testament writers had a purpose for what they shared, and it was to share Jesus the Christ crucified, and risen, and that in Him there is completeness, and forgiveness, and purpose. The Apostle Paul wrote Epistles (Letters) to various Churches exhorting them on pressing on in Jesus, and on things to work on in maturity, on false doctrines, and things that were essential to the Christian faith. Peter, James, Jude, and John all wrote different things (Letters) to various Churches for specific reasons, to encourage the Church, to correct, and to inform them. The Apostle’s are the ones of whom God called to preach, and they were witnesses of what took place, and in turn wrote Epistles that pertained to doctrine, godly living, and things that avoided. The four Gospels are different accounts of what took place during the life and ministry of Jesus the Christ. Giving the record of His teachings, healings, His love towards people, and His mission, and who Jesus truly is, God come in the flesh, the Messiah of whom the prophets in the Old Testament has spoken about. The book of Acts deals with the beginning of the Christian Church, and how they preached, persevered, and how they made mistakes and learned from them. The book of Hebrews focuses on the Old Covenant and the New Covenant established through Jesus the Christ, and the doctrine of Atonement, and other issues. Revelation is a book that was written by the Apostle John that deals with the Church then, and the wrath to come, and that Jesus is coming again one day, all those who are in Christ will be delivered, and those who do not know Jesus truly will be destroyed and will be cast away from Him.
The Authority of the New Testament Writings
The Apostles knew the Lord personally, therefore they are qualified to teach and write what Jesus taught, did, and how to apply those things to our lives. The Apostles wrote on various topics, and what they wrote are for our good, and are authoritative. Some say why should I read what Paul taught, or what Peter taught? The answer is real simple, for they were witnesses of these things, and that they were divinely called by God to teach people His truth. All of the Apostles were sent with the authority to teach, and there is the key, for it is God who sent them and gave them the authority to teach. The New Testament books are written for our good, and instruction. In Matthew 28:19-20 Jesus said: “19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”” Jesus gave them the instruction to teach all that He has commanded, and that is what the Apostles did. And in that they also wrote letters to various Churches, and Christians teaching them, exhorting them in the doctrines of the Scriptures and giving them direction.
“14 Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also Demas. 15 Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea and also Nympha and the church that is in her house. 16 When this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part read my letter that is coming from Laodicea. 17 Say to Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.” 18 I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my imprisonment. Grace be with you.” (Colossians 4:14-18)
Paul was an Apostle called by Jesus Christ to serve Him, and Paul taught people the truths of Jesus. Paul wrote letters for people to read, and to share with other people. In his letters, Paul instructed people on how to live godly lives and on the true doctrine of the Word of God. Luke the beloved physician was with Paul on his missionary journeys, and was a true witness of the Gospel. (Luke wrote the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts)
“21 But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; 22 abstain from every form of evil. 23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass. 25 Brethren, pray for us. 26 Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss. 27 I adjure you by the Lord to have this letter read to all the brethren. 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:21-28)
Paul taught in his letters for the Church to test all things, and to abstain from every form of evil. Paul prayed for people in his letters, and exhorted people to pray for them, and to greet people in love. Paul declares his letters are not just mere letters, but to be read to all the brethren, and in that Paul’s letters contain instructions for the Church on doctrine, godly living, prayer, love, the second coming of the Lord Jesus. Paul’s letters were for the Church and are to be read, and studied, and Peter acknowledged that what Paul taught in his letters was for people to use.
“14 Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, 15 and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, 16 as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. 17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, 18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen” (2 Peter 3:14-18)
Peter acknowledges that Paul’s letters were authoritative and for teaching. Peter put Paul’s letters with reference to the Holy Scriptures, giving them divine instruction for the Church. Peter in his comments here instructs them to be diligent in the Lord Jesus, and to be on guard against those who teach things that are false, and to grow in the knowledge of Jesus. The Scriptures are what God has revealed to use to learn from, and to grow from.
“16 For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17 For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased”– 18 and we ourselves heard this utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. 19 So we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. 20 But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, 21 for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.” (2 Peter 1:16-21)
Peter says that they did not follow cleverly devised tales, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty, namely Jesus. Peter was an Apostle of Jesus Christ. He was His disciple for three years and he heard what Jesus taught and witnessed His death and resurrection. Peter is an authoritative source to learn from, and even states that they were there hearing the voice from heaven saying, “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased” giving the accounts of the Gospels validity to what took place (Matthew 17, Mark 9, Luke 9). Edwin A. Blum makes the following observation: “The apostolic message about the glory of Jesus is not mythical; it is based on eyewitness testimony of the apostles themselves (1:16-18). The heavenly testimony that God gave to His Son at the Transfiguration confirmed the message of prophecy (1:17-19). In view of the Christological fulfillment and the Father’s confirmation of the Old Testament Scriptures, Christians are to study and pay careful attention to the Word of God.”
“1 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life– 2 and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us– 3 what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. 4 These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete…13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 1:1-4, 5:13)
The Apostle John records that they (the Apostles) have witnessed first hand what took place, and that they were witnesses to this Jesus. John says his letter was written for a purpose, and that was to proclaim Jesus the Christ, and that those who believe in Him may know they have eternal life. John wrote to them concerning the identity of who Jesus is, what He did, and how they can know they can have eternal life. John’s letters were not mere letters, but divinely given for the edification of the body of Christ, the Church. In Revelation 1:1-4 it states: “1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, 2 who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near.” The book of Revelation is given for the Church concerning the things that John saw, and what will take place, and is for the Church to know about for edification, and the Church is to share this with the world.
The Inspired Scriptures Reveal Jesus Christ
The New Testament letters all serve the purpose for the Church in learning. Each of the books is for the edification of the body to learn from, to study, and to apply to their lives. The New Testament is the divine message that Jesus Christ came, the Messiah, and that He has set us free from sin and death. Jesus Christ came to give us life, and hope, and that we would come to know Him personally. The revelation of the New Testament is love, true direction, and consequences of sin, and that Jesus has come to set us free from the wrath to come. Not everything in the New Testament will be completely understood, but the message of Jesus Chris is clearly understood. The Apostle Paul writes: “14 You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:14-17). Paul’s instruction is that the Old Testament Scriptures inspired, God breathed, not of human origin, and that they are for learning, teaching, reproof, correction, and to be trained in righteousness. The Greek word for inspired is ‘theopneustos,’ which means to be inspired God, to breath, and Paul is stating that these writings (Old Testament) are distinct from non-inspired writings. This Greek word only appears once in the New Testament (2 Timothy 3:16).Unger states: “The correct rendering of this pivotal passage is: “All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable…” This teaches that 1) the entire Bible is fully inspired by God. The inspiration of the Old Testament is indicated by the direct assertion and the rest of the canonical Scripture by clear implication. 2) All Scripture is a direct product of God – it is “God-breathed” (theopneustos). Not only was it breathed into the human agents, but through them it was breathed out by God.” Another important thing to understand is the words ‘sacred writings’ in 2 Timothy 3:15. The word ‘sacred’ in Greek is ‘hieros’ which means holy, consecrated, which points to the inspiration of the Old Testament, that gives us wisdom leading to salvation in Jesus Christ.
The Scriptures are for us to learn from, to study, to grow in, for our maturity in Christ, and they are more than mere words, for they were written by men who were called by God, moved by the Holy Spirit, and they are inspired by God to share with the Church the truth of who Jesus is, the true and false doctrines, and to live godly lives. As Christians we are to study the Word of God, the Bible and apply it to our lives, and in that we draw closer to the Lord Jesus, and have fellowship with Him. And in studying the Scriptures we are to make sure that we study it accurately, and share it with others.
There are people who claim that the New Testament is made up, fabrications, has no historical evidence, and even claim that Jesus never existed. If Jesus never existed then the whole New Testament is simply a waste, fictional reading, and this is what many atheists believe. The reality is that the evidence is clear that Jesus existed, Jesus lived, Jesus died, and Jesus rose again. Why is this important? If atheists are accurate that Jesus never existed then Christianity as a whole is false, the New Testament writings are false, and the Messiah has not come.
The New Testament is founded upon eyewitnesses of Jesus Christ, who knew Him personally, and wrote first hand about teachings, life, death and resurrection. Not only do we find testimonies from the apostles that Jesus lived and died, but there are also outside of the Bible sources that confirm His existence. There are the writings of Josephus Flavius, Tacitus, Pliny the Younger, the Babylonian Talmud, Lucian, and many other sources that not only confirm Jesus’ existence but His crucifixion as well. What these historians demonstrate is that the claim by atheists that Jesus never existed is false. What is also demonstrated in these writings is that Jesus died upon the cross, was crucified, and there were thousands of Christians who died testifying that Jesus rose again. The fact that there are so many historians who documented that Christians were proclaiming that Jesus died and rose again according to the Scriptures and in doing so they died for their beliefs is proof historically and biblically that the New Testament writings are in fact reliable and true. The claim by atheists that the Bible is made up and has no historical evidence for what it claims is not true. The Bible is a collection of books that provide real places, real persons, real events, which has been shown to be accurate historically.
The New Testament is the inspired testimony of first hand eyewitnesses who knew Jesus personally, who heard Him teach, saw Him do miracles, witnesses His death and resurrection, and were moved by the Holy Spirit to write these things that people would know. The Scriptures, the Old and New Testament are sacred, holy, God-breathed writings, and they are the revelation of God to mankind that testify we are not alone, that God loves them, that there is hope and that hope is found in knowing Jesus Christ personally. Josh McDowell, a former atheist and who opposed Christianity, became a believer through much investigation stated: “The evidence for the reliability of the Old and New Testaments is not only convincing and compelling, it is also clear and praiseworthy indication of how God lovingly supervised its transmission so that he might preserve for us – and our children – all the blessings that come from knowing him and obeying his Word.”
The Bible teaches that those who believe in Jesus and have not seen Him are blessed. That is because they received the message joyfully through the testimony of the prophets and apostles (Ephesians 2:11-22; 1 Peter 1:6-12; 2 Peter 1:16-21; 1 John 1:1-4). In John 20:31 Jesus said: “Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.” In conclusion the inspired testimony of the Scriptures have been written for the world, for people to know God, to know eternal life, and the message is: “but these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have eternal life.”
David S. Dockery, Holman Bible Dictionary, (Nashville, Tennessee: Holman Bible Publishers, 1991), 1238.
Hulitt Gloer, Holman Bible Dictionary, 1045.
Merril F. Unger, The New Ungers Bible Dictionary, (Chicago: Moody Bible Institute, 1988), 920.
Norman Geisler, Inerrancy, (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1980), 39.
Geisler, Inerrancy, 40-41.
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Paul Dooley, “Reliability of the Bible,” evidencetobelieve.net, https://evidencetobelieve.net/reliability-of-the-bible/(accessed April 29, 2019).
J. Warner, “The Apostles Wrote The Gospels As Eyewitness Accounts,”coldcasechristianity.com, August 19, 2016, https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/the-apostles-wrote-the-gospels-as-eyewitness-accounts(accessed April 29, 2019).
Ron Rhodes, The Complete Book of Bible Answers, (Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House Publishers, 1997), 113.
Don Stewart, “How Important is the Resurrection to Christianity,” blueletterbible.org, https://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/don_stewart/don_stewart_811.cfm(accessed April 29, 2019).
William MacDonald, Believers Bible Commentary, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), 1458.
Geisler, Inerrancy, 50.
Geisler, Inerrancy, 48.
W. E. Vines, New Testament Word Pictures, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2015), 756.
Merrill F. Unger, Unger’s Guide To The Bible, (Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, 1974), 329-330.
Vines, New Testament Word Pictures, 755.
Lawrence Mykytiuk, “Did Jesus Exist? Searching for Evidence Beyond the Bible,” biblicalarchaeology.org, January February 2015, www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/jesus-historical-jesus/did-jesus-exist/, (accessed April 29, 2019).
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"Mystery" is an overused word. So it comes as a surprise to find that a cottage on one of the main roads leading south-east out of Edinburgh conceals a genuine mystery. The cottage in question stands in Gilmerton, today a suburb on the edge of Edinburgh and four miles from the city centre. Gilmerton was originally a separate village which grew from medieval origins to accommodate local coalminers and limestone quarrymen and their families.
This unassuming little cottage forms the entrance to Gilmerton Cove, a subterranean complex of passageways and chambers carved out of the sandstone bedrock on which this part of Gilmerton stands. The mystery arises because no-one knows when this obviously man-made complex was excavated, or by whom, or what it was used for. Gilmerton Cove is a fascinating place to visit in its own right, and would remain so even if its history was clearly established. But it has to be said that the air of mystery that surrounds it makes a visit an even more compelling experience.
As you'd expect, there are no shortage of theories seeking to explain the origins of Gilmerton Cove. The "traditional" theory is that the Cove was the work of George Paterson, a blacksmith who is said to have excavated it between 1719 ad 1724 as a home and workshop for himself and his family. This theory first emerged in 1769 in verses written by the poet Alexander Pennecuik. It was given wider circulation in a detailed description of the Cove published in 1792 by the Reverend Thomas Whyte in "The Transactions of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland".
The "Paterson" theory held sway throughout the 1800s, helped by the discovery that on one occasion he had been charged by the Kirk with operating an illegal drinking den on the Sabbath. Meanwhile, the absence of any known grave for Paterson led some to suggest that he not only lived and worked in the Cove, but was buried here too.
In 1897, F.R. Coles, an assistant keeper of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, undertook a comprehensive survey of Gilmerton Cove. His conclusions, published in The Scotsman newspaper in 1906, were that Gilmerton Cove was excavated long before George Paterson's day, largely because of the types of tools revealed by the marks on the rock. Coles thought the Cove was very like other chambers in this traditional mining area excavated as "trial bores" to see whether coal or other minerals might be found, and abandoned when they weren't.
A comprehensive archeological investigation of Gilmerton Cove took place between 2000 and 2002. Rubble blocking some of the chambers and passageways (but not others) was removed, and a set of stone steps providing a rear entrance was uncovered. Also uncovered were a network of drainage channels and various artefacts from the last three centuries. The overall conclusion, however, was that Gilmerton Cove had been so regularly used and reused over recent centuries that meaningful archeological evidence of its origins had been lost.
A wander around Gilmerton Cove only serves to deepen the sense of mystery that surrounds it. Features originally named by Whyte as a forge and a fireplace show no signs of burning on the surrounding rock: a glance at the blackening around any fireplace in any castle shows why this is so odd. Meanwhile, someone expended a considerable amount of work to dig out a well that does not go deep enough to find water: or is it simply intended as a drainage sump? And the form of the accommodation is curious. Many of the chambers seem to be furnished with carved bench seats facing inwards towards a carved table. You could get a large number of people down here, but all in small groups sitting facing one another over the carved tables in the individual chambers. Maybe the Cove started life in the 1600s as a "trial bore" and Paterson simply used the abundant local mining expertise to expand it into an underground drinking den?
On the other hand, the relative proximity to Rosslyn Chapel, 3½ miles to the south, has perhaps inevitably given rise to theories involving the Knights Templar; while others believe that the still blocked tunnel or tunnels heading north from the Cove once covered the mile and a half to Craigmillar Castle. Still others point at the name "Cove" and ask whether this means it was once a centre for the black arts, the home of a coven during the era of Scotland's persecution of witches; or perhaps the name has an association with the "National Covenant"... The possible theories are endless, and that really is part of the fun! | <urn:uuid:610e90bd-9a8c-40e8-a751-9bdfad191709> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/edinburgh/gilmertoncove/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.975059 | 948 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Nanostructured porous InP samples were prepared by electrochemical anodic dissolution of InP for various current densities and etching periods. The samples were characterized by SEM and photoluminescence (PL) where a blue shift was observed in PL. Thermal properties studied by photoacoustic (PA) spectroscopy revealed one order decrease in thermal conductivity of porous InP compared to the bulk. Further it is shown that the thermal conductivity of porous InP decreases with decrease in size of the particles.
Volume 45, 2022
Continuous Article Publishing mode
Prof. Subi Jacob George — Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bengaluru
Chemical Sciences 2020
Prof. Surajit Dhara — School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Physical Sciences 2020
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Today, retail is the UK's largest employer outside the business services and health sectors. The retail industry employs over 3 million people with year-on-year growth, making it a significant contributor to the UK economy. Between 2013 and 2020 the retail sector workforce is predicted to grow by almost 55,000 people. The majority of this growth is expected to be within managerial positions as more highly skilled managers are in demand due to technology, customer trends and more sophisticated supply chain management. Now might be the time to start your retail graduate career.
In an increasingly competitive market, companies are having to constantly compete to provide better customer service, including online and multichannel retailing. Customers want to combine the personal service of traditional retailing with the convenience of using technology, hence the rise of ordering online for delivery or collection in store. As a result of this, there is a demand for graduates with technical skills to, for example, produce apps for smartphones.
As customers continuously demand more rapid delivery of online shopping purchases, logistics has become increasingly important and is a significant area of growth within the sector.There is also a need for graduates who can combine their creativity skills with commercial awareness for roles in marketing and buying, and graduates with analytical or number skills for roles in merchandising. Therefore, retail is a very promising career choice for graduates with a variety of roles on offer within the sector.
The industry is still undergoing changes as more channels to market are becoming available and the traditional high street environment continues to be under great pressure. Supermarkets continue to place significant emphasis on their web offering, and companies such as Amazon have completely redrawn the lines of business for book and music stores. The growth of the internet as a sales tool has heavily influenced the recruitment demands of many retail organisations. Today, there is still a high demand for graduates with a good understanding of the internet as a sales tool, and therefore a lot of opportunities exist in web marketing, web analytics, and web sales roles.
Average Retail Graduate Salary
Retail Graduate Career Path
Many of the large high street retailers offer fast track graduate management training schemes. Providing an insight into all business departments, such recruiters allow graduates to ultimately choose which career path to take. Programmes offer both classroom and on the job training, therefore allowing trainees to quickly gain industry and job-specific knowledge.
Those starting a retail graduate career can gain experience across the fields of buying, merchandising, analytical work, logistics, human resources and marketing (including brand and online marketing). The retail industry can offer a structured career path and many graduates go on to become business leaders and senior managers.
There are few careers that allow graduates to take such immediate responsibility for their performance and actions and many successful graduate retail employees reach managerial status after just a few years. Generally, employees will start a career within an Assistant position, but advancement is sharp and consistent across the industry.
At present there is a huge graduate demand to fill positions in the following areas of retail:
- Merchandising: ensuring the supply chain runs effectively so that goods are in-store when consumers require them. Merchandisers work alongside buyers, allocating stock to various outlets by analysing sales trends and forecasting for future demand. They are also responsible for negotiating prices with suppliers and implementing promotions strategy.
- Business Analysis: disseminating large amounts of data to identify industry and market trends as the basis of an overall business strategy. Analysts are the "eyes and ears" of the organisation, studying the habits and behavioural trends of it's customers.
- Marketing: planning and implementing a retailer's traditional and web marketing strategy. Marketing is a key business differentiator in this sector as the landscape becomes more and more competitive.
- Buyer: a very popular route for graduates, the position of buyer ensures a retailer has the stock to sell to its consumers. They identify market trends and predict forecasts in stores and online channels. They often work with suppliers to fill a hole in the market with new products.
Other opportunities also exist within customer services; loss prevention and security; store management; visual merchandising; IT and technical support; warehouse, distribution, logistics and supply chain.
Qualifications and Skills Needed
What proportion of candidates as a percent we place into Retail graduate careers and the typical qualities graduate employers look for.
GRB Placements for Retail by Degree
Typical Candidate Attributes
Retail organisations are not subject specific in their graduate requirements and usually welcome applicants from a wide variety of degree courses for a lot of their roles. Although a relevant degree may be preferred for some roles. For example a fashion or art degree for roles in fashion buying or visual merchandising or for logistics and supply chain, some employers specifically require a degree in transport, logistics or supply chain management. On the whole, recruiters seek graduates who are able to demonstrate the following on their CVs:
- Strong numerical and analytical skills
- Common sense with commercial awareness
- Good communication skills
- Organisational skills
- People management skills
- An understanding of the high street
- Experience on the shop floor or store level
- Creativity, negotiation skills and strategic thinking
- A willingness to work unsociable hours and weekends
Michael, Liverpool Hope University
"My first job as a university graduate. I suppose I should start reeling off a big load of information and using words such as scheme and placement, internship and many others that sound super exciting. But the truth is that the summer of 2008 was a horribly busy one for all my desired companies for whom I'd loved to have worked. I accumulated a stack of unanswered letters, unwanted CVs, emails, phone numbers, business cards. As an Art and Theatre Studies graduate I knew I wanted a job that required creativity and some knowledge. And that's when I landed the job as a make-up consultant with a premium cosmetics brand. Like most simple jobs its title is just dressed up to sound more distinguished. Anyway I was very proud to have gotten the job after the prolonged process. I was based in a large chemists store among other graduates with degrees in business management, healthcare and even a girl with a Masters in Modern Astronomy. Strange. But I really learnt that during my short time there that so many graduates face so much competition and rejection that they just take a job anywhere no matter how relevant or irrelevant it may be to their studies.
Money is tough stuff to get when you're fresh out of uni. Between us the girl with the Astronomy MA was actually rejected from a job at a research lab due to being 'over qualified.' Is that flattering or frustrating or just both at the same time? Thank God I didn't do a Masters I'd have given up all hope of getting my career long ago. My work there did have it's up sides; brilliant discounts, free stuff and just generally being surrounded by pleasantly smelling substances in pleasingly colourful bottles.
But it also had it's less desirable sides especially for a university graduate, and it was all self inflicted. Everyday I resented my job, myself and the bored colleagues I worked with as they served customers with coughs, colds, lice, eczema and bad breath. I endured, for eight months, the mindless common gossip across the staff room table at lunch time, the stacks of magazines detailing the lives of idiotic celebrities as they put their bins out. I was bullied by my manager, a woman who was twice my age with the reading comprehension of a nine year old - no joke! She was as known as the 'The Pit-Bull.' Only behind her back of course. I suppose my story may be quite cynical and slightly bitter compared to others you may read but it's the truth. I am still today trying to find my way through a rainforest of options and trying to make decisions about my future.I have a new job. But that's a different story." | <urn:uuid:ab80e26e-d325-4d5a-933d-75dace475b0a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.grb.uk.com/industries/retail-graduate-career | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.964748 | 1,609 | 1.960938 | 2 |
The first ship to carry Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea since Russia invaded Ukraine five months ago left the port of Odessa for Lebanon on Monday under a safe passage deal described as a glimmer of hope in a worsening global food crisis.
The sailing was made possible after Turkey and the United Nations brokered a grain and fertilizer export deal between Russia and Ukraine last month – a rare diplomatic breakthrough in a dispute that has become a long one. war of attrition.
The Razoni ship, flying the flag of Sierra Leone, will head for the port of Tripoli, Lebanon, after transiting through Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait linking the Russian Navy-dominated Black Sea to the Mediterranean. It carries 26,527 tonnes of corn.
But there are still hurdles to overcome before millions of tonnes of Ukrainian grain leave its Black Sea ports, including clearing sea mines and creating a framework for ships to safely enter the conflict zone and recover the cargoes.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 led to a global food and fuel crisis and the United Nations has warned of the risk of multiple famines this year.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he hoped Tuesday’s departure would be the first of many such shipments and that the UN would charter a ship to replenish the aid.
“People on the brink of starvation need these deals to work, to survive,” Guterres told reporters in New York.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called it “a day of relief for the world, especially for our friends in the Middle East, Asia and Africa”.
Ukraine, known as Europe’s breadbasket, hopes to export 20 million tonnes of grain in silos and 40 million tonnes of the current harvest, initially from Odessa and nearby Pivdennyi and Chornomorsk, to help clean the silos for the new crop.
Moscow has denied responsibility for the food crisis, saying Western sanctions have slowed its exports and accusing Ukraine of laying underwater mines at the entrance to its ports. The Kremlin called Razoni’s departure “very positive news”.
Trade from Russia’s Black Sea ports picked up in mid-May after plummeting in April, although it has fallen slightly in recent weeks, according to VesselsValue, a London-based maritime intelligence provider.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said the ship would drop anchor off Istanbul on Tuesday afternoon and be inspected by Russian, Ukrainian, United Nations and Turkish officials.
“It will then continue as long as no problems arise,” Akar said.
Prior to the Razoni’s departure, Ukrainian officials said 17 ships were docked in Black Sea ports with nearly 600,000 tons of cargo, mostly grain. Countries expressed the hope that others would follow.
“It’s a beacon of hope in a worsening food crisis,” a German foreign ministry spokesman told a government briefing.
An agricultural tool harvests in a wheat field outside the city center, as the Russian-Ukrainian war continues in Zolochiv, Lviv oblast, Ukraine, August 1, 2022. Source: Getty / Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
A young ship’s engineer, Abdullah Jendi, said the crew were happy to move after their extended stay in Odessa and that he, a Syrian, had not seen his family for over a year.
“It’s an indescribable feeling to return to my home country after suffering from the siege and the dangers we faced from the bombings,” he said.
He said he was afraid the ship might hit a mine within hours it would take to leave regional waters.
The US Embassy in Kyiv also welcomed the resumption of shipping and said the world will be watching for more. Wheat and corn prices in Chicago fell on hopes that grain exports from Ukraine could resume on a large scale.
Key provisions, including shipping procedures, still need to be worked out before empty ships can enter and collect cargo from Ukraine using the new corridor, Neil Roberts, head of marine insurance and airline at Lloyds Market Association.
“There’s a long way to go,” Roberts said.
A Ukrainian man is seen examining his destroyed house, which was reduced to ashes in the fire caused by the shelling, as the Russian-Ukrainian war continues in Opytne, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on August 1, 2022. Source: Getty / Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Bombings in the south and east
As fighting still rages, three civilians were reportedly killed by Russian shelling in the eastern Donetsk region – two in Bakhmut and one in nearby Soledar – in the past 24 hours, regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said.
An industrial city and transport hub, Bakhmut has been under Russian bombardment for a week as Kremlin forces attempt to occupy all of Donetsk after seizing most of neighboring Luhansk last month.
Russian strikes also hit Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city and near the border with Russia, regional governor Oleh Synegubov said. Two civilians were injured, he said.
After failing to capture the capital Kyiv at the start of the war, Russia aims to capture the eastern region of Donbass, consisting of Donetsk and Luhansk, which were partially occupied by Russian-backed separatists before the invasion. It also aimed to capture more of the south, where it annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
Ukraine, which has launched a counter-offensive in the south, continues to ask the West for more long-range artillery as it tries to turn the tide of the conflict. The country has received billions of dollars in military aid and Western weapons since the start of the war.
Ukraine’s defense minister said Kyiv received four more American-made HIMARS rocket systems from the United States. The Pentagon has said it will supply Ukraine with more HIMARS ammunition under a lethal aid package valued at $550 million.
Moscow says Western arms supplies to Ukraine only prolong the conflict and supplying longer-range weapons justifies Russia’s attempts to expand control over more Ukrainian territory for its own protection .
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By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC
Disneyland is a one-of-its-kind international attraction. These huge amusement parks are not put up in Tier-2 cities like Mysuru as such high investments require a huge footfall to sustain. The only city which can host a Disneyland kind of investment is Bengaluru.
How can an architect based in Jaipur give a master plan for this Disneyland ? Yes, KRS requires a makeover. The fountains and the musical fountains are outdated. Even the Gardens require a new landscaping. The Dam is very old, let us not tinker with that and create a bigger problem, says N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Senior Vice-President, India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC).
A recent stats given by the Ministry of Tourism, New Delhi, is just breathtaking. In the years, in which the economy slowed down due to the twin blows of Demonetisation and GST introduction, tourism has really taken off. Of course, it has also been helped to a certain extent by the depreciating rupee which has made travelling to India cheaper in comparison to the favoured destinations in this part of the world.
A 14 percent increase in tourism arrivals in 2017! The tourism receipts went up by 19.2 percent which means the earnings of 27.2 billion dollars last year, contributing 7 percent to the gdp of the country and 12.7 percent to the employment. The Ministry has claimed that its biggest achievement is the creation of 14.67 percent jobs in the last four years.
The Tourism Minister claimed that with 36 UNESCO world heritage sites, 7,500 kms of coastlines, 43 fortresses and some of the biggest luxury hotels, India offers something for every kind of traveller. He affirmed that coming to this country was a transformational experience. With e-visa regime, it has also become very easy to visit this country. One can obtain a visa within 24 hours or a maximum of 36 hours. This facility has been extended to 164 countries and makes it the easiest country to visit for anyone.
Today, the Minister claimed that, India is the fastest growing tourism economy in the world. The target of the Ministry is to double the arrival next year and reach a target of 20 million mark in arrival, receipt to 15 billion and take it further to 100 billion dollar in the next five years. A very tall and ambitious claim indeed.
In the recent flooding during monsoon, both Kerala and Kodagu suffered. Kerala was devastated but see how they have bounced back ! A recent Kerala Travel Mart [ktm] 2018 turned out to be an unqualified success with 35,000 Business Meets involving 1,635 buyers short-listed from 7,500 applicants [545 of them from 66 foreign countries. The highest number was from the US and the UK.] This shows the trust global leaders have on Kerala tourism. How did they do this magic ! Simple. They repackaged existing spots, updated their packages, reduced prices, reinvented some ideas, increased their tourism budget for more publicity. And lo, they are back in business.
Contrast this with the hottest destination spot “Coorg.” The damage due to monsoon was not as severe in comparison with Kerala. But a recent report suggests that all is not well in the district. All the hoteliers, plantation owners and home stay owners are suffering heavy losses due to shortage of tourists, both domestic and international who are giving this beautiful area a miss. This lovely hill station is slowly limping back to normalcy but the government has not moved its tourism machinery to publicise this simple fact. I have not come across a single advertisement or a short film announcing that Coorg is back to near normal.
Now let us come back to our great Karnataka tourism. You scan any tourism literature, magazines, there is hardly any mention of Karnataka tourism. The officials regularly go to all Marts, relax, do some sight-seeing and come back. Mysuru is the jewel in the crown for tourism of Karnataka State. Instead of improving the basic infrastructure in this city, what does our great netas do? Announce a grand plan of making a “Disneyland” in KRS. What is the cost ? A whopping Rs. 1,200 crore? Disneyland is a patented brand of The Walt Disney Company, USA. All the Disney Parks which have come across the world have been done by this company. These huge amusement parks are not put up in Tier-2 cities. Such high investments require a huge footfall to sustain. The only city which can host a Disneyland kind of investment is Bengaluru. If the State is interested, they can send a team to the US to negotiate with Walt Disney Co. and sign an MoU for a Disneyland at Bengaluru.
Disneyland is a one-of-its- kind international attraction. How can an architect based in Jaipur give a master plan for this Disneyland ? What they plan is a big amusement park, absolute waste of public money. We can as well invite Wonder La to set up an amusement park in KRS. Yes, KRS requires a makeover. The fountains and the musical fountains are outdated. Even the Gardens require a new landscaping. The dam is very old, let us not tinker with that and create a bigger problem.
Just because the BJP government built the world’s tallest statue in Gujarat, the local JD(S)-Congress coalition government here wanted to emulate and hence the idea of a Cauvery statue. This idea should be dropped at once. Third best is just not good enough. We have several large lakes in the city. Why not convert one of them into a world’s largest musical fountain in PPP model. A 20-minute show. New idea and a new attraction for the city. Any takers?
With a lot of fanfare, the Maharaja of Mysore was made the Brand Ambassador of this heritage city. Excellent so far but what next? Mysuru Dasara has come and gone and there is no further talk of this subject. Our tourism officials just do not have any clue as to how to take this idea further. If the officials do not have any original idea, what prevents them to at least copy some ideas from other States who have appointed Brand Ambassadors? Example, Amitabh Bachchan for Gujarat. Not a single hoarding has come in any place in the State with our Maharaja! Tea with the Maharaja, Private Durbar to be marketed, so many ideas are waiting to be explored.
Instead of splurging money on grand projects, why not spend a part of it into making better infrastructure, some of which are enumerated below:
- Better international uniform signages.
- Better literature and brochures including maps of city.
- Toilet facilities of international class near tourist spots.
- Roads leading to lesser known destinations like Melukote, Somanathpur etc., to be improved.
- Welcome arches on all the four roads leading to city.
- New Palace tours.
- Better lighting of heritage buildings.
- Devaraja Market. Fast track and finalise this project.
- Hawker Market. After food street, the MCC should take up this project which will be a new tourist attraction.
- Cricket stadium. I really do not know why this is taking so much time. Fast track this and handover the land to ksca for construction. Even if two matches are held in a year, the TV coverage will be so great it will attract tourists in droves.
- One-hour illumination of the Palace every day. The Palace Board is cash rich; they can easily absorb this cost.
- Police Band playing on the gates of the Palace everyday for an hour.
- At least the roads leading to tourist spots be pothole-free.
The list is long and endless. I have just briefly given some.
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Creating an independent game can be an uphill struggle, with graphics, music and story to think about, not to mention all of that pesky de-bugging, an overlooked, but perhaps most difficult part of the whole process is getting your game seen by the masses, especially without significant financial backing from a major video game publisher. USB Makers takes the difficulty out of the process, with a cost-effective and practical solution, the distribution of your game using Printed USB Memory Sticks pre-loaded with your game’s content or promotional materials.
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USB Makers offers an optional 400Mb pre-uploaded content on most drive styles making your distribution project easier. In addition, this standard includes a 1-2 colour print, you could print your logo or even your game’s mascot. Sizes range from as small as 128Mb to as high as 64Gb, catering to all manner of games. This could be the whole game or just a demo or trial version to lure in players with a taste of your game, you could even pre-load an internet shortcut to where the full version can be purchased. USB Makers can also lock your data, meaning your game can never be deleted. USB Makers can also program your USBs to auto-run certain files such as your demo or internet shortcut.
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Many enterprises have been devoting a significant portion of their budget to new product development (NPD) in order to distinguish their products from those of their competitors, and to make them better fit the needs and wants of customers. Hence, businesses should develop products that fulfill the customer demands, since this will increase the enterprise's competitiveness and it is an essential criterion to earning higher loyalties and profits. This paper presents the product map obtained from data mining results, which investigates the relationships among customer demands, product characteristics, and transaction records, using the Apriori algorithm as a methodology of association rules for data mining. The product map shows that different knowledge patterns and rules can be extracted from customers to develop new cosmetic products and possible marketing solutions. Accordingly, this paper suggests that the cosmetics industry should extract customer knowledge from the demand side and use this as a knowledge resource on its supply chain for new product development. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | <urn:uuid:93df2547-846c-4f4b-acda-e16b9a8f6c49> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://tkuir.lib.tku.edu.tw:8080/dspace/handle/987654321/64925 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.953348 | 193 | 1.78125 | 2 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday evening, the House Appropriations Committee approved a funding bill that includes provisions designed to block access to safe and legal abortion. The FY 2019 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill would ban abortion coverage from multi-state insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act and prohibit federal employees from receiving abortion insurance coverage. The bill also includes a measure to block women with low incomes from receiving abortion coverage through District of Columbia health plans and essentially end protections for employees in the District from discrimination based on their reproductive health care decisions by their employer.
Statement from Dana Singiser, Vice President of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Planned Parenthood Federation of America:
Every woman deserves access to basic health care, including abortion, no matter where she lives or how much money she makes. Under the bill passed by the House Appropriations Committee, millions of women could lose insurance coverage for abortion. And it would also continue a number of discriminatory policies that make it harder for women who already face the highest barriers to care in D.C. to access abortion and for DC residents to be protected from bosses in their health care decisions. Our elected representatives should focus on expanding access to reproductive health care, not taking it away.
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Preparing for Hezbollah
Jun 2, 2021 | Lt. Gen. Richard Natonski and Jonathan Ruhe
With a ceasefire announced in Gaza, it’s crucial to apply the lessons learned to a likely future conflict with Hezbollah, and probably Iran, in Lebanon and beyond.
Hezbollah’s arsenals are an order of magnitude more potent than anything in Gaza, including at least 130,000 rockets and missiles that will do what Hamas conspicuously has yet to accomplish – namely, overpower Israel’s world-class multi-layered air defence network.
US President Joe Biden’s welcome decision on May 22 to replenish interceptor stocks for Israel’s short-range Iron Dome air defences – which were called upon more than ever in the latest flareup – is only a small glimpse of what Israel will need to defend itself in the next war.
In addition to Iron Dome, Washington must ensure adequate US-Israel co-production of David’s Sling and Arrow air defence systems that will be crucial for defending against Hezbollah’s and Iran’s much more sophisticated, powerful and longer-range projectiles, including precision munitions.
Since Hezbollah’s last war with Israel in 2006, Iran has assiduously rebuilt its primary terrorist proxy into a genuine juggernaut. Hezbollah now possesses more firepower than 95% of the world’s conventional militaries, and more rockets and missiles than all European NATO members combined.
As is the case with terrorist groups in Gaza, the vast majority of these are unguided short-range rockets.
Hezbollah also has thousands of more powerful unguided medium- and long-range rockets, many of them ranging all of Israel, compared to several hundred at most in Gaza that can reach central Israel. These longer ranges allow Hezbollah to disperse its arsenal throughout Lebanon, covering a much greater area than Gaza.
And unlike anything in the arsenals of Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah wields dozens or hundreds of precision missiles. Teheran also tries to proliferate technology to convert Hezbollah’s plentiful unguided rockets into precision weapons, and it assiduously attempts to make Syria, Iraq and Yemen into additional launchpads.
Because Iron Dome focuses on projectiles threatening built-up areas, Israel’s challenges will grow proportionally with the precision munition stocks of Iran, Hezbollah and other proxies around the region.
This encircling “ring of fire” from Lebanon and elsewhere could overwhelm Israel’s multi-layered air defences with barrages larger than anything yet seen. To be sure, Iron Dome held its own in recent Gaza conflicts. It did so even as the rate of incoming fire increased from 200 rockets daily in 2014 to as many as 400-500 per day in 2021, including 130-rocket barrages, and even as fully half of the recent rocket launches threatened populated areas (up from 20% in 2014).
But Hezbollah will launch as many as 3,000 rockets, missiles and drones daily at the outset of the next war – nearly as many as in the entire 2006 and 2014 wars – and then at a sustained rate of around 1,000 per day.
And finally, Hezbollah has gained valuable battlefield experience since its last war with Israel. It learned brutal combined-arms warfare in Syria, including in dense urban cauldrons like Aleppo, and now boasts advanced unmanned aerial vehicles, air defence, anti-tank, subterranean and other capabilities. Unlike Gaza terrorist groups, whose threats of cross-border incursions were minimal in the last conflict, Hezbollah will deploy these assets not just defensively, but also offensively in concerted ground invasions against northern Israel.
The ensuing conflict will greatly strain Israel’s Defence Forces (IDF) and population.
In all probability, the IDF would conduct an immediate combined-arms ground operation into Lebanon on a much larger scale than in 2006 or in Gaza in 2014.
With air defences shielding IDF installations, Israel’s critical infrastructure and cities will depend on passive defence measures and luck. Thousands of rockets and missiles will target industrial, electricity, water and transportation chokepoints, and Israel’s densely-populated coastal heartland. The result could be mass casualties, enormous physical destruction and severe disruptions to basic services.
Though damage to Israel likely will be unprecedented, this conflagration will resemble Gaza and Lebanon conflicts in one key respect. Like Hamas, Hezbollah illegally and intentionally puts civilians in harm’s way, emplacing its extensive military assets near and underneath apartments, schools, mosques and hospitals.
When IDF operations target these sites, Hezbollah will exploit the widespread misunderstanding of the law of armed conflict, disingenuously portraying Lebanese casualties and damage as the result of disproportionate and indiscriminate Israeli firepower – all while Hezbollah launches tens of thousands of unguided rockets indiscriminately at Israeli civilians.
Unlike with Gaza, the war’s sheer intensity will undermine continued IDF precautions, like “knock on the roof” and telephone warnings, that exceed the law of armed conflict’s requirements.
Like Hamas, Hezbollah will try to delegitimise Israel because it knows it cannot prevail militarily. As in 2006 and 2014, its adversaries will try to generate political and popular pressure on Israel to terminate legitimate operations prematurely.
Both before, but especially during, this incredibly intense large-scale war, US support for Israel’s freedom of action in legitimate self-defence against shared threats from Iran and its proxies will be more important than ever. This includes ensuring Israel has the necessary tools for its ongoing interdiction campaign against Teheran’s proliferation of precision missiles and other game-changing capabilities to Hezbollah and proxies in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere.
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The importance within the ideas and symbols of this old traditions and traditions of the Russian land, especially the Russian Slavic Customs cannot be glossed over. For many centuries these historical traditions have already been passed on from generation to the next. The Russian people have generally kept a fantastic respect for anyone these old traditions and symbols. It is these very same symbols which make up the basis of the rich Russian Culture and also have helped to shape the values and beliefs that guide Russian life even today.
Pupils for a certain traditional Russian symbols of marriage, which will form the very importance of a wedding. The first is the custom of obtaining a “bride’s eyebrow” trim. This is considered to be a symbol of the bride’s purity and her readiness to get married. This cut is manufactured above the eyesight, close to the head. This denotes the bride-to-be will probably be purified by simply her hubby.
The second of these ancient Russian emblems of relationship is the groom’s sword. On the side the cutting tool is a great ornamental blazon which has what “The Royal prince and the Maid”, which is a prominent Russian expressing. Another certainly is the groom’s protect, which has the words “Mossy wo biras”, meaning ‘Mossy will protect’. This is another popular Russian saying this means ‘Mossy protects’. These two emblems along with other ancient Russian signs of marital relationship form the foundation a Russian wedding.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is jeopardizing progress on malnutrition across many low- and middle-income countries, with infants and young children often suffering the worst consequences. Responses such as physical distancing, school closures, trade restrictions, and country lockdowns have disrupted the production, transport, and sale of nutritious and affordable foods, pushing millions of families toward nutrient-poor alternatives.
At the same time, oversaturated health systems are struggling to support children and mothers as already scarce resources are redirected toward the COVID-19 response. In addition, interrupted humanitarian response efforts are further limiting access to essential and life-saving nutrition services in many countries. In order to protect children from and treat children with various forms of malnutrition including wasting, it’s imperative that the global health community ramps up support to children and mothers in need — while ensuring that those at the last mile aren’t left behind.
In order to be truly equitable and effective, nutrition interventions must also target and reach children with underlying health conditions such as HIV, diabetes, cleft lip and palate, as well as persons living with disabilities and chronic diseases.
On Thursday, Sept. 23, Devex will host an ecosystem event on the sidelines of the 76th annual United Nations General Assembly in partnership with Smile Train, exploring what’s needed to gain back the ground lost due to the effects of the pandemic and then accelerate progress on nutrition outcomes while leaving no one behind.
Discussions will also highlight the need to build sustainable and locally led nutrition services to help build resilient health systems able to withstand a future pandemic, including ways to scale up services for the early detection and treatment of child wasting, as well as improving maternal and child nutrition throughout pregnancy, infancy, and early childhood.
This event will include live captioning.
Welcome & introduction by Teresa Welsh, Senior Reporter, Devex
Video screening: Building Back Health
Fireside chat: How COVID-19 has impacted malnutrition in children
• Patralekha Chatterjee, award-winning Delhi-based journalist-columnist, author and consultant to international agencies
• Mamta Carroll, Senior Vice President and Regional Director – South Asia, Smile TrainModerator:• Teresa Welsh, Senior Reporter, Devex
Panel discussion: Reaching all children and mothers with nutrition services
• Grainne Moloney, Senior Nutrition Advisor, Early Childhood Nutrition, UNICEF
• Dr. Meera Shekar, Global Lead, Nutrition and Population, the World Bank
• Dr. Felicity Vidya Mehendale, Smile Train Global Medical Advisory Board Member, Chair Smile Train Research and Innovation Advisory Council, Cleft and Academic Surgeon, Lead Global Cleft Research Programme, University of EdinburghModerator:• Teresa Welsh, Senior Reporter, Devex
Closing Remarks by Teresa Welsh, Senior Reporter, Devex
Mamta Carrol brings extensive experience in community social responsibility (CSR) and developmental communications. She has been a consultant to several CSR initiatives across industries/sectors including the Centre for Science and Environment, the United Nations, various conglomerates in the corporate sector and ad agencies. Her assignments have also included PR, event management, project management, environmental education, exhibition organization, outreach programs, healthcare awareness, and paralegal aid to underprivileged sections of society in the rural and semi-urban areas of India. Having been associated with Smile Train since 2006, Mamta is an integral part of the organization and holds the cause very close to her heart.
Meera Shekar is global lead for nutrition at the World Bank’s Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice. In this capacity Shekar provides leadership, support, and policy advice on the bank’s nutrition portfolio across the spectrum of undernutrition and obesity, managing key partnerships such as the Power of Nutrition, and firmly positioning nutrition within the Global Financing Facility for RMNACH and the bank’s new initiative on human capital. Over the past several years, she has led the repositioning of the nutrition agenda that led to the global Scaling Up Nutrition movement, and was a founding member of the Catalytic Financing Facility for Nutrition developed in partnership with the Milken Institute, that evolved into The Power of Nutrition. Meera serves as the chair for the SUN executive committee and has been one of the principals for the emerging aid architecture for SUN, and the G-8 and G-20 agenda-setting process for food security and nutrition over the past decade. She developed the first-ever global Investment Framework for Nutrition and co-leads — with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — the Nutrition Financing working group for the Nutrition for Growth summit hosted by Japan in 2020.
Teresa Welsh is a Senior Reporter at Devex. She has reported from more than 10 countries and is currently based in Washington, D.C. Her coverage focuses on Latin America; U.S. foreign assistance policy; fragile states; food systems and nutrition; and refugees and migration. Prior to joining Devex, Teresa worked at McClatchy's Washington Bureau and covered foreign affairs for U.S. News and World Report. She was a reporter in Colombia, where she previously lived teaching English. Teresa earned bachelor of arts degrees in journalism and Latin American studies from the University of Wisconsin.
Grainne Moloney is a Senior Advisor at the UNICEF HQ in New York on Early Childhood Nutrition. There she leads on breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and micronutrient deficiencies. Previously Grainne worked in the UNICEF East and Southern Africa regional office on prevention and treatment of wasting, and nutrition in emergencies supporting 21 countries and as the Chief of the Nutrition with UNICEF Kenya. Before UNICEF, Grainne served as the Chief Technical Advisor for the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit, (FAO) Somalia which was responsible for the analysis that led to the declaration of famine in 2011. Grainne has worked mainly in Africa and prior to the UN, worked with ACF, Oxfam GB and the National Health Service in the UK. An Irish national, Grainne holds an MSc in Public Health Nutrition from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a BSc in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from Trinity College Dublin.
Patralekha Chatterjee is an award-winning journalist-columnist, author, public speaker and consultant to international agencies focusing on development issues across multiple platforms. Currently, she is a Visiting Fellow at The Global Health Justice Partnership (GHJP), a programme hosted jointly by Yale Law School (YLS) and Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) that tackles contemporary problems at the interface of global health, human rights, and social justice. Over the past three decades, she has brought to the national and international consciousness the crucial importance of transdisciplinary factors in the provision of public healthcare and social determinants that impact health and development outcomes, with a focus on marginalised groups. She has written extensively on India’s child nutrition crisis in mainstream media and international medical journals such as The Lancet. Chatterjee’s writings have appeared in The Lancet, British Medical Journal, reports for the World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNDP, UN-Habitat, IRIN (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs), portals of national think tanks and nonprofits and numerous mass media outlets. She contributes a fortnightly column on politics, public policy and development issues in India and other emerging economies to The Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle, two multi-edition English language newspapers with a combined circulation of 1.4 million. She is also an experienced media trainer and has taught health and environment journalism to postgraduate students in Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi (2008-09) and been part of initiatives to train/mentor journalists in India, Europe, and The Pacific Islands. She also co-authored a training handbook on Reporting Disaster and Disaster Preparedness, supported by the German aid agency GIZ. Chatterjee has won several awards and fellowships, both nationally and internationally. She was educated in Kolkata, Pune, Delhi, Oxford and Paris, and speaks Bengali, English, French and Hindi.
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Time for a digital detox? May 5 to 11 is Screen-Free Week. Join in by spending a week offline and away from the computer.
Tweets and status updates keep us connected, but overusing technology may affect our health. As we turn our minds to cleansing and spring cleaning, many of us can also benefit from a digital detox. Going screen-free—for a weekend or an entire vacation—can be as revitalizing as a crisp kale salad.
From May 5 to 11, people around the world will be turning off their digital devices as part of Screen-Free Week. Participation is easy. Join in by spending a week without screens and educating yourself (and your family) about using technology in moderation.
Do you need a tech break?
New technologies have been a source of cultural anxiety since the fourth century BC. Concerned about the invention of the alphabet, Socrates predicted that people’s use of the written word over oration would “implant forgetfulness in their souls.”
Echoing this sentiment, today’s digital devices are met with equal parts disparagement and adulation. Our fixation with being wired in has even given rise to technology addiction. “A simple way to define technology addiction is that you can’t function without it,” says Cris Rowan, author of Virtual Child (Createspace, 2010) and founder of the Zone’in educational program.
Bodies in need of rewiring
Computer vision syndrome, text neck, Gameboy back—these are just a few of the modern-day maladies that are starting to offset the benefits of technology.
Other health problems related to our sedentary, screen-savvy lifestyles include
- eye strain
- wrist pain
- carpal tunnel syndrome
More and more studies confirm that overuse of smart phones and computers can result in stress, depression, and other emotional health issues. Digital distractions may also be short-circuiting other connections in our lives. Our ever-present cellphones, for example, have been shown to interfere with levels of trust and empathy in face-to-face conversations. This will come as no surprise to anyone who’s ever sat across from a texting dinner companion.
Disconnecting in the digital age
Added to the Oxford Dictionary Online in 2013, a digital detox is “a period of time during which a person refrains from using electronic devices … to reduce stress.” Many travel destinations around the world now offer tech-free vacation packages designed to help us do just that.
If the thought of going even a day without a smart phone makes you twitchy, fear not: limiting our consumption of digital “fast food” can be as simple as implementing a few guidelines at home.
Create a screen-free zone
“There is no sacred time without technology anymore, as the big screen has replaced the dining room table,” says Rowan. Think about it—is there one place in your home (just one!) that hasn’t been infiltrated by some sort of digital device?
In Hamlet’s Blackberry (Harper Perennial, 2011), William Powers calls these spaces Walden zones. We can follow the example of writer Henry David Thoreau—who created a space of quiet tranquility near Walden Pond—by setting aside one room as a screen-free haven. This could be your bedroom, kitchen, or dining area.
Ditch digital bad habits
Opening an internet browser can begin with the best of intentions: checking just one email or looking up the weather. Before we know it, we’re tweeting and updating our statuses mindlessly. It’s not our fault, really. Our brains are wired to find social media addictive, releasing feel-good dopamine from the online sharing and subsequent attention.
Stop this snowball effect by scheduling your social media time. Before you sit down in front of the computer, decide how long you’ll spend there: five minutes, 20 minutes, an hour.
The same logic can be applied to calling or texting on our smart phones—which the average Canadian will keep within reach for 70 percent of their day. To combat these statistics, the Sabbath Manifesto was created. An online project inspired by the Jewish day of rest, it encourages followers to indulge in one screen-free day a week, either Saturday or Sunday.
Since you’ll be logged off anyway, why not use this extra time to form healthy habits? Restore peace of mind with these tried-and-true relaxers (and try not to post about them on social media after).
- Go for a walk in a forested area.
- Host a phone-free get-together.
- Meditate or try deep breathing exercises.
- Practise yoga.
- Read a book.
Teach little ones about screen smarts
Studies show that when parents limit tube time, kids benefit. From weight management to academics, the payoffs are profound.
Rowan adds that it’s up to parents to model healthy behaviour. “Today we are witness to what I term ‘tech neglect,’” she says. “As parents attach more and more to their devices, they are detaching and neglecting their children, resulting in a rise in child mental illness and problematic behaviours.”
Try to limit kids’ screen time to the two hours per day recommended by the Canadian Paediatric Society. For children under five years old, only one hour of technology use is recommended. Tots under two years old shouldn’t view screens at all, if possible. Also ensure that kids have their own screen-free areas by keeping TVs and computers out of their bedrooms.
Take a no-technology vacation
Across Canada and abroad, new screen-free retreats are cropping up each month. Besides enforcing zero internet access and no phones or TVs, many incorporate wellness features such as yoga classes, meditation, hiking, or spa options.
Alternatively, craft your own digital detox. Leave the phones, laptops, and tablets at home when you go on vacation, and trust that your social media updates will keep while you’re away.
Leave work at the office
Now that smart phones have blurred the line between work and home, nine to five has become 24/7. According to a survey of work-related technology use, 64 percent of employed Canadians feel that being connected to their job outside of business hours stresses them out. Frequent use of at-work email can also be a source of anxiety and result in inefficient multitasking.
Fortunately, there are some simple solutions to our connectivity conundrum.
- Flip the off switch on work gadgets at 5 pm to lower stress and recharge.
- Speak face-to-face with colleagues rather than emailing.
- Take short breaks throughout the day to boost creativity, efficiency, and focus.
- Use the weekend as a time to relax and detach from work.
Keep in mind that there’s no need to delete our social media accounts and become wired-out hermits. Simply using technology more mindfully—perhaps in the form of a digital detox—can recharge our batteries between bouts of digital connectedness.
Digital detoxing around the world
At a time when most cities are expanding the range of internet access, Amsterdam is home to no-Wi-Fi benches. Sit, take in the view, and—most importantly—pocket that cellphone.
Digital Detox, a company that puts on no-technology retreats, corporate workshops, and an adult summer camp called Camp Grounded, describes itself as a slow-down rather than a start-up.
To combat the chaos of shopping, a department store in the UK invites shoppers to relax in a sleek, screen-free Silence Room.
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By Morgan Cryer
A Case Of Passion
Always about this time of year, things slow down. People start letting themselves slide into passive mode. "Hey, it's summer!"
"WHAT New Year's resolution...?!"
I'm not saying YOU are passive. I'm talking about the un-named others. In fact, it only begins to show on them right about now. Then as summer comes on, they slide into it like a gator into a hot-tub... By August, they're nearly in a coma.
They trained us as kids to do this by letting us forget everything we ever learned from the year previous, by way of 3 months of summer brain sleep--no school, no challenge, no nothing.
If you are actually gigging, you have a definite slump in concerts coming up. If you are a non-career singer, you face the same "blah" has everybody else...and it leaves you feeling drowsy until someone rings the bell again in September.
So why NOT go to sleep? "Hey, it's summer!"
Here's why. We discovered that with even in small measures a case of passion, your summer can become the very "edge" that puts you ahead of the crowd. If the crowd stays asleep for just 3 short months, it gives you time to "stir yourself," move ahead, quietly, easily, just like the tortoise sneaking past the hare.
We discovered...by accident really...that if we required that our children keep doing just one subject through summer...MATH...their brains stayed alive and kicking. It helped them stay sharp and they retained NOT ONLY MATH, but all their other subjects too! So far, just about every one of my kids are ahead of the "curve" in school.
This brings me back to singing.
If you are taking the normal summer break, you NEED something to provide a load for your "inner learner."
I believe this for a few reasons:
ONE, you were never meant for more than just a little break from meaningful work.
Have you ever seen those amazing travel photos of some guy in a hammock on a pristine white beach? It looks SO inviting! And IT IS!
Heck...you are overworked...burnout is nipping at your heels. So you see that picture and it makes you salivate.
But have you ever actually taken that vacation to the beach where you could actually do NOTHING for a long time? I HAVE!
It's amazing! The first day, you settle in to just pure relaxation.
Then the next day, it's kinda cool. Then the next day, you miss your email, or your colleagues, or...something.
Then, about a week into it, you realize that you are just plain bored! The hammock is a would-be prison.
Idleness is NOT good for you except in short bursts!
TWO, our brains actually need enjoyable challenges.
Why do you think that puzzles are such big sellers? Unscramble this: OUY VELO LENLGEHCA
When the brain is unhitched from it's load too long, it spins weird. It's like a race horse...it longs to run. But you THINK you need idleness. Why? Because you either have no meaningful tasks despite all the busy-ness (meaning, your work is boring), or you've not been taking short regular breaks, so you're truly exhausted (this is less common--most people relish their weekends).
Most probably, it's #1, you're bored. Your work hasn't engaged your brain, so your brain is always complaining about work. And you think, like many, that idleness is the best way to escape all that awful work. But it's not.
Your brain (and your heart of hearts) longs for something meaningful to DO.
THIRD, our minds are only interested in what they are interested in!!
That brings me back to singing!
Have you ever tried to talk to your non-singer friends about the intricacies of singing? They are not like you, are they? It doesn't interest them like it does you.
You are one of those weird people that music stirs and drives. Singing makes you joyful. Talking about singing, studying about singing, reading about singing...makes you joyful.
But your friends just like to listen to music...not necessarily make music.
I have friends that are into watching sports. I am one of those very weird people who DOESN'T care about spectator sports. When people start talking about watching the big game, my eyes glaze over...so sue me...
Therefore, you must ENGAGE YOUR MIND IN SOMETHING IT LOVES ! You love to sing. You can get PASSIONATE about singing.
So pick your passion and grab it with your whole heart this summer. (I've made my biggest breakthroughs in my singing BETWEEN tours.)
Imposing a systematic approach on my voice was the best thing I ever did. I have now built, one baby step at a time, a new set of vocal habits.
I have muscle memory working in my favor. I can only sing in a strained voice when I TRY TO (for illustrating to students the wrong way).
Surprisingly, the system just keeps working. I see lots of new students and it never ceases to amaze me how great the changes in their abilities.
And all through a simple systematic approach to realizing a case of passion of their own.
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Fabry disease is a lysosomal storage disease arising from a deficiency of the enzyme α-galactosidase A (GLA). The enzyme deficiency results in an accumulation of glycolipids, which over time, leads to cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and renal disease, ultimately leading to death in the fourth or fifth decade of life. Currently, lysosomal storage disorders are treated by enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) through the direct administration of the missing enzyme to the patients.
In view of their advantages as drug delivery systems, liposomes are increasingly being researched and utilized in the pharmaceutical, food and cosmetic industries, but one of the main barriers to market is their scalability.
Depressurization of an Expanded Liquid Organic Solution into aqueous solution (DELOS-susp) is a compressed fluid-based method that allows the reproducible and scalable production of nanovesicular systems with remarkable physicochemical characteristics, in terms of homogeneity, morphology, and particle size. The objective of this work was to optimize and reach a suitable formulation for in vivo preclinical studies by implementing a Quality by Design (QbD) approach, a methodology recommended by the FDA and the EMA to develop robust drug manufacturing and control methods, to the preparation of α-galactosidase-loaded nanoliposomes (nanoGLA) for the treatment of Fabry disease.
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Bly, Robert 1926–
An American poet, editor, translator, and founder of the Fifties Press (which became the Sixties Press and which is now, of course, the Seventies Press), Bly has been an influential figure in contemporary poetry. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8, rev. ed.)
Bly does not write verses, with all that the word implies of a return, a commitment to a constant; he writes lines, with all that the linear implies of a setting out, a movement in search of a form rather than within a form. (pp. 39-40)
[There is, in The Light Around the Body, Bly's second book,] a numbness or torpor, an inertia so new to art, which by its traditional nature is the celebration of energy, of mastery, that Robert Bly himself is not always certain of its accommodation in his utterance; he suffers and thereby celebrates the inertia of a being who would be saved, redeemed, not because he is he, but because he is here, merely present with all the lethargy of a life which contains death—and it is the requisite wonder of Bly's poetry that the physical qualities of his language rehearse and enhance the containment, loyal to their artlessness from the start, unwavering in their oscitance. It is his uncertainty we hear, I think, when he says—as he sourly said in 1960—"our poetry, because of its clinging to things and to the surface of life, has tended to become too barren"…. We must examine what his work betrays but does not parade, what it reveals but does not translate—a sense of the center sufficiently indicated, perhaps, if we say, merely, that all the poems, as we pick them up one after the other, are seen to be marinating: they are all at sea. (pp. 42-3)
We start with the first poems in the first book [Silence in the Snowy Fields], the "eleven poems of solitude," where the Ordeal by Water is of course the Trauma of Birth, and the longing to return to the womb is the longing for an introjected, incarnate ocean. (p. 45)
The triumph of [the] central group in Silence in the Snowy Fields, however, is not one of Bly's countless committals of the body to darkness, depth and inertia, to that "silence on the roads" where "the dark weeds are waiting, as if under water"; it is, rather, a poem of wakefulness, of inspired consciousness, and the only poem in all his oeuvre not to be devised or derived "Driving through Ohio" or "Hunting Pheasants in a Cornfield," in that limitless chthonic expanse which so burdens the vertical self; the poem is called, exceptionally, "On the Ferry Across Chesapeake Bay," and because it is the one piece in the canon uttered in the actual presence of the real sea, of course it is that real sea which is put aside ("O deep green sea, it is not for you / this smoking body ploughs toward death"). The waking man, Bly discovers, cannot bring forward the images which will substantiate another reality; he must listen, rather, to Nietzsche's advice: "you must be a chaos, to give birth to a dancing star"…. The closing poems of the book return to the life and to the death-in-life of that Minnesota mariner so amazingly created out of midwestern elements…. Like Prospero, Bly drowns his book with a final image of renunciation: every hope of distinct and certainly of distinguished life is surrendered for the sake of "the true gift, beneath the pale lakes of Minnesota," the treasure beneath the black water…. (pp. 46-7)
Richard Howard, "Robert Bly," in his Alone with America: Essays on the Art of Poetry in the United States Since 1950 (copyright © 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 by Richard Howard; reprinted by permission of Atheneum Publishers, New York), Atheneum, 1969, pp. 38-48.
Silence in the Snowy Fields was like a cluster of gnats. No matter what else I did, I couldn't remain neutral about Bly's poems. It will be impossible for me to discuss my change of mind rationally, but I've come to believe that my reservations about Bly were only nigglings, that measuring the accomplishment of his work against petty objections is something like dismissing Moby Dick because Melville loses track of his point of view. Bly is free from the inhibitions of critical dictates many of us have regarded as truths. He manages, in fact, to write poems that are themselves suspensions of the critical faculty. The poems had to become what they are. They are quiet, unassuming. They are uninsistent, unrhetorical; they depend, often, on one another for total effect. They do not lead to the kind of intellectual pleasure (an anti-poetic pleasure) one gets from having traced down all the allusions in "The Waste Land" or from having used the unabridged dictionary to come to terms with "The Comedian as the Letter C"….
Bly's poems do not wear thin. Our inner lives speak in them, speak out from the silence and solitude of the American midwest. And there is a profound correspondence between "the man inside the body" ("Silence") and the oceans of air and water and land through which he moves. A car is a "solitude covered with iron" ("Driving Toward the Lac Qui Parle River") and so is the man moving inside his struts of flesh and bone. For years I felt that Bly's poetry pointed at a mysterious and dissatisfying nothingness that was a non-subject. But he has one subject that speaks out from the spaces between lines, stanzas, and poems and unites them: The Self….
The journeys in Bly's poems are journeys to the interior, as Theodore Roethke put it. Bly has stopped somewhere and is waiting for us. He can find no spiritual fathers among politicians, or the rich, or the self-satisfied (hence his increasing social criticism). But the poet still has friends, a few people to share the inexplicable inner-life with. When he is with them he writes quiet, almost melancholy lines….
Whatever the word means, in Silence in the Snowy Fields Bly is a Romantic. Yeats was not the last. All of our inner men are. But we think we know only what we think. The truth is that the only knowledge worth our while is our knowledge of what we feel….
What we have in Bly is a personal poetry becoming a poetry of social comment. Since the English Romantics first set pen to paper we have been suspicious of the private vision, explaining away our discomfort by saying, weakly, that we are all brothers and that when one speaks personally, subjectively, he speaks for the race. But my inner man, after wars to end all wars, has been driven deeper inside. Bly's poetry assumes, from the beginning, our hurt, and our disbelief that men can do what they have done and are doing….
In The Light Around the Body (1967), which won the National Book Award, Bly holds up a mirror to his age. Social criticism becomes intense. In poem after poem we are our politicians' pawns, our generals' statistics, our merchants' suckers.
William Heyen, "Inward to the World: The Poetry of Robert Bly," in The Far Point, Fall/Winter, 1969, pp. 42-7.
Bly's political poetry is disorganized, crude in style, with images cranked and shoved together. The untruths are so blatant as to make it impossible to consider them even angry self-deceptions…. The government is charged with cruelty and lies; the method of making the charge is to invent wantonly cruel lies. Hate propaganda is always distasteful to hear or to discuss. Bly's political poetry is shameful even for hate propaganda. I hope that such poetry will continue to decline in America. (p. 402)
Paul Ramsey, in Sewanee Review (reprinted by permission of the editor; © 1974 by The University of the South), Spring, 1974.
The energy with which the Minnesota poet Robert Bly unreservedly gives himself to his ideas, or in some cases, his prejudices, makes him both one of the most annoying and most exciting poets of his time. Objectivity and judiciousness are not nice words in Bly's vocabulary…. Compared with the intense flex and balance of Denise Levertov, Bly sometimes seems like a frenetic farm-boy shying rocks impulsively at anything that moves; but he can often be stingingly on target, and has probably brought home more game politically than any other poet besides Allen Ginsberg. (p. 113)
Most artists are, of necessity, "outsiders" to the larger society and its values, but Bly has been something of an outsider to his fellow poets as well. He has come by this chiefly for two reasons. The first can be called by different names: integrity, independence, stubbornness, egoism. One suspects that many of the critical remarks offered against Bly by his colleagues during the sixties (his theatricality, carelessness of form, lack of music, dilettantism) are only "acceptable" expressions of "unacceptable" irritations and antagonisms they felt toward him. Bly is "no respecter of persons," and often does not play according to the polite rules, whether the game in question belongs to the establishment or the anti-establishment. He is like the pesky student who keeps asking the professor troublesome questions and will not be intimidated. Such traits alone are sufficient to alienate many, but even beyond this, there is something about Bly in person or print that often makes people uneasy. He is a man with disturbing energy and self-confidence, and an unreserved commitment to the things he does. Earmarks of integrity? or egoism?
Secondly, Bly stands as an "outsider" in that he has been without the support of anything like a Black Mountain, San Francisco, or New York coterie of fellows and followers. (Though a few poets have had affinities with Bly's poetic manner and ideas—Robert Kelly, James Wright, Louis Simpson, Jerome Rothenberg—he stood mostly alone before the Kayak poets began to make themselves heard.) Bly's allegiance has been to poets of other languages and of another imagination—the German poets Georg Trakl and Gottfried Benn, the French René Char and Michaux, the Swedish Ekelöf, and especially the Spanish César Vallejo and García Lorca, and the Chilean Pablo Neruda. This inspiration, and the "new imagination" of the poetry that Bly promotes and practices, demands more than casual reading. Bly's poetry is perhaps not so much misread or unread as shallowly read and put easily aside as poetry of the deep or subjective image. It has been an uncrowded and easy category, a convenient pigeonhole for disposing of poetry that challenges poetry-reading habits. Because the form is strange, it can be focused upon for comment and used as an excuse to avoid a difficult and profoundly unsettling content. Bly has been, then, generally regarded as that poet whom one wishes would take more care "with how things go together,"… whom one wishes would put a little more trust in the power of "art," and give less energy to polemics. (pp. 114-15)
Bly's interest has always been with content rather than form, and life rather than "art." (Though these pairs are properly not polarities but are related as ends and means, poets and schools of poetry persist in arranging themselves on one side or another of the dichotomy.) His quarrel with traditional forms and their recent American substitutes is that they cannot carry the content of modern life. That content, he feels, is "the sudden new change in the life of humanity, of which the Nazi Camps, the terror of modern wars, the sanctification of the viciousness of advertising, the turning of everyone into workers, the profundity of associations, is all a part." The "men of 1914" and Eliot in The Waste Land made one large raid into this life, but did not persist or widen their foraging; and, in fact, they finally retreated. Bly's view of the modern world is one, then, that focuses on an ugliness that is wider and deeper than that exposed by The Waste Land, and which in 1958 had "still not been described." That reality, he suspected, could never be described in the restraints or prettinesses of rhyme, the decorous regularity of iambic meter, the four-letter words of Beat-poetry, the vague suggestiveness of the symboliste mode, the impeccable order of poems for Kenyon Review, the narrowness of personal or confessional poetry, or the abstract tendencies of contemporary British poetry. What was needed was something at once more vigorous, more powerfully physical, more capable of reaching down into the darknesses and nightmares of the modern sickness. All these are implied in the metaphors with which he describes Spanish poetry, where he finds a power that "grasps modern life as a lion grabs a dog, and wraps it in heavy countless images, and holds it firm in a terrifically dense texture." American poetry was incapable of this because it had sidestepped and never really gone through the experience of surrealism. (p. 116)
Bly's bias [is] against the conscious mind, against the cerebral and the abstract. A poetry that grows from the intellect is like the plant deprived of its soil: true poetry springs from a deeper self, unknowable by the machinery that sorts and labels the produce at the top of the head and makes rational cases for whatever it wishes. The deep imagination swells up from the edges of hallucination and fantasy to produce Picasso's "Guernica," while the superficial imagination finds satisfaction with the usable representational art of Marines planting the flag on Iwo Jima. The images that Bly calls for are not, then, the pictures of Ezra Pound and the Imagists, "petals on a wet black bough," but the images that writhe in the fogs halfway between deep and inarticulate passions and conscious thought. (p. 117)
Bly chooses the poetry of the subjective image because it can carry the content he wants. But is there, perhaps, a closer relationship between the form and the nature of the content it carries? Does the deep image by its very nature, as revealed in the metaphors with which we describe it, lend itself necessarily to a dark, pessimistic, "anti-" or protest poetry?… In other words, if we draw images and metaphors from an irrational and chaotic field, will the world they attempt to express be found to be more grotesque and horrible than it perhaps really is? (One thing is at least beyond question—the deep image is by its nature not well suited to saccharine, romantic, or patriotic poetry.) The importance of the question is that, ultimately, one wonders whether Bly's form is a result of his vision, or his vision the result of his form; whether he achieves a more powerful protest because his agonies are deeper, or whether they only seem so because expressed in a more profound form. One is at least confident in claiming that the two influences have reinforced and deepened one another, and that content and form join with a potency that justifies Bly's emergence as one of the most important poets of the sixties. (pp. 117-18)
Bly's first book of poems, Silence in the Snowy Fields, is full of rural quietnesses, farmyards, fields, solitudes, and silences. Peaceful and strangely satisfying, the poems attest to a wholeness in the poet who speaks them. The few troubled poems are easily carried by the calm of the rest. But there are touches of discontent here already, and, though far from the spirit of protest animating later work, they do raise themes that become important in The Light Around the Body. (p. 118)
Unlike Levertov, in whose poetry death becomes alluring only after the war has undercut a previous vitality, Bly seems always to have sung soft songs to death. "Return to Solitude," "Depression," and "Night" are a few of the poems in Snowy Fields where death enters more as friend than intruder. It is as if death were at last the full granting of the solitude and silence that man grabs fleetingly from the night and the fields when he is able momentarily to forget his daylight awareness of man's inhumanities to man. To die is also to be absolved from returning to the agony of moral confrontation and impotence. Death is, moreover, an escape from the self ("My body hung about me like an old grain elevator, / Useless, clogged, full of blackened wheat"…), and from the future….
But … the dominant vision of Silence in the Snowy Fields is convincingly positive. Much more prevalent than shadow is luminescence; much more prominent than negation is affirmation. (p. 119)
In Light Around the Body the specific detail of Snowy Fields becomes the generalized subjective image, the inwardness becomes a window on the world, and the "I" becomes "we" or appears only as a point of vision ("I hear," "I see") or means of introducing the image. The "I" of the private vision and of the self apart from the mass of men becomes the "we" of public vision and of the self as part of the community of mankind…. In Light Around the Body Bly is speaking in the other of his two necessary languages, about the other of his two necessary selves. The private vision of Silence in the Snowy Fields, if persisted in, would have atrophied into a wrinkled Wordsworthian natural mysticism evasive of modern realities; the focus of Light Around the Body, pursued exclusively, threatens to deteriorate into noisy rhetoric. (p. 121)
[There] are convincing signs that Bly at least understands mysticism. That is itself a rare gift. He also seems to have learned, in Eliot's words, "to care and not to care," that difficult passivity that leads to revelation…. That kind of "letting go," generally foreign to rational Western man, is usually learned through pain and defeat. Bly, who nowhere shares with his reader the details of his particular personal suffering, has somehow come to the mystical wisdom of passivity:
There is a joyful night in which we lose
Everything, and drift
Like a radish
Rising and falling, and the ocean
At last throws us into the ocean….
This understanding, necessarily experiential and not the mere acceptance of the idea by the conscious mind, is for Westerners, if not "mystical," at least a great epiphany. (Denise Levertov's denial of the vain will is a parallel illumination. Allen Ginsberg may not yet have learned to float like a radish, and continues to fling himself against the door that, as Levertov has learned, opens outward.) If the reader bothers to become aware of this spiritual depth in Bly, he is less apt to assume he has read Bly when he has read him only superficially.
Bly's great energy has often earned for him the image of reckless dilettante. In the few public poems of Snowy Fields and in nearly all poetry during the war, Bly set for himself the task of jumping up out of the self "like a grasshopper" into the larger soul of the nation to "entangle" in words and bring back some of the strange plants and animals that inhabit it. By seeking to explore the origins and effects of the impulses that make America and Americans physically and psychically what they are, Bly has found himself in the role of "psychologist." Armed necessarily with only a layman's knowledge of Freud and Jung, an imperfect secondhand knowledge of his patient's history, and an inability to hide the simplicity of his thought in arcane official jargon, his analyses have inevitably struck many as foolish and simplistic…. Moreover, in exploring the American psyche Bly sometimes comes to conclusions that, contrary to all accepted rules of poetry, he baldly offers in the poems themselves free of charge. These must be acknowledged as disturbing weaknesses: in Light, "Men like Rusk are not men"…, "We distrust every person on earth with black hair"…, "No one in business can be a Christian"…, and in Teeth-Mother, "The ministers lie, the professors lie, the television lies, the priests lie"…. Even though perhaps true, these are prose opinions and not poetic insights. Political poetry is always in danger of being taken literally as prose, and the presence of prose passages such as these has helped insure misreadings of Bly's poems. Read as prose, the poems seem more strident and fantastic than they really are. (pp. 122-24)
Like Allen Ginsberg, Bly began his protest against the war long before this country's fighting in Vietnam began. He sensed early that although oppression in all countries was increasingly invisible, it was nevertheless increasingly experienced—"even in America, [oppression] is as common as beauty, for those who have senses which can grasp it." The protest against the war has been for Bly as for Ginsberg (as it was not for a long while for Levertov) part of a larger revolt against the disposition that occasions war and oppresses the human spirit. Bly senses that somewhere hidden in present values and in the American psyche is a dark and terrible cancer, a core of rottenness and disorder…. It is this darkness and disorder that Bly seeks to explore, understand, and expose—toward the end that it may heal.
Does this darkness grow out of the black seeds of a national and international malaise, or is it something so pervasive as to hint of a darkness in human or cosmic nature? Is this darkness and this terror, which eventually drives man to "tear off his own arms and throw them into the air," innate in man and the cosmos or in man's political and social structures? The question of Bly's philosophy of man and nature is not immediately easy to answer. He is neither a Hobbesian who believes that man is, except for law, a wolf to man, nor a Rousseauist who sees man as a noble savage diseased with civilization. Nor can he be easily categorized as a Jeffers or a Conrad or a Hardy—he is neither a skeptic nor a pessimist, but senses a darkness in both man and the cosmos that he does not understand. The third stanza of "Johnson's Cabinet Watched by Ants" gives the reader a feeling that evil may be timeless and very much at home in the universe, that it is an old story, ineluctable, contemporal with the primeval ooze. (p. 125)
Generally, of course, Bly's poetry does not seek to uncover the ultimate nature of the universe, but to find the more immediate sources of darkness in man's present society. Some evil may be inevitable, but the poet of Silence in the Snowy Fields knows also that man is capable of peace, wholeness, and joy, and that most of the darkness and joy-lessness of modern man is unnatural. The American psyche Bly finds especially afflicted. (p. 126)
Despite his own personal energy and strength, Bly is the supreme poet of defeat—defeat expressed in deep images of maniacal fury and total inertia. (p. 127)
[His] images are so right and familiar that we are apt to pay too little attention to their richness. Not only in his choice of image, but in his choice of particular words [in "Come with Me"], Bly exactly captures the loneliness, degradation, defenselessness, disorientation, suffocation, defeat, and isolation of modern man. Moreover, we see in these images that man is impelled headlong by forces he does not understand or control, that instead of being in the driver's seat he is driven by a larger impersonal machine and is a commodity that has no value except that it can be used up. (pp. 127-28)
Though these images are still close to the surface imagination, one can already feel in them an ominous and terrifying note that elsewhere explodes from the deep unconscious with hysterical force:
One leg walks down the road and leaves
The other behind, the eyes part
And fly off in opposite directions….
Wild dogs tear off noses and eyes
And run off with them down the street—
The body tears off its own arms and throws them into the air….
Such images haunt The Light Around the Body and carry a fantastic horror and degradation. The impossible spectacle of the body tearing off its own arms and throwing them into the air (it has all the mind-crushing-paradox qualities of a Zen koan) is the ultimate expression of extreme self-revulsion and longing for mutilation and annihilation.
Because we have been captured by "death," the death-in-life of the outward man cut off from his vital center, Bly believes we long for real death, an annihilation of the alienated self. Undoubtedly influenced by Freud, Bly finds in our hatred and desire to kill others a double proof of our own self-hatred and death wish. According to Freud's theory of projection, we attribute to our enemy the hatred for us that we feel towards ourselves. We thus need to destroy the enemy because we are paranoically sure he is trying to kill us. And by a second law of sublimation and transference, we satisfy our desire for self-destruction by violence against our enemy. (pp. 128-29)
Bly's poems suggest multiple reasons for his and America's obsession with death. Death is variously looked on as the complete solitude and silence, as escape from self and weary realities, as schizophrenic catatonia, as avoidance of the imminent apocalyptic darkness and cataclysm, as annihilation of the alienated outward self, as projected and sublimated self-hatred. Bly further suggests that we desire death as punishment for the guilt of past evils, and as the culmination of our strong anti-life impulses.
We seek death as expiation of the burden of guilt accumulated from the rape of the frontier and the ecology, from Puritanic morality and discipline, from killing Indians, from a history of violence and socioeconomic inequities—Bly's hysterical images of mutilation seem to spiral out of guilt-frenzy. There are anti-life forces at work throughout the modern world, but Bly senses that they have developed most strongly in America because our "progress" has been more rapid. (p. 130)
[Divisions] of the masculine and feminine occur under subtle and sometimes covert forms throughout Bly's protest poetry, and become the most important unifying theme. What for Ginsberg becomes an Apollonian-Dionysiac or order-orgy conflict, becomes for Bly a conflict between masculine and feminine, hard and soft, rigid and flexible, rock and water. The related polarities or subforms are many, and include reason-emotion, active-passive, barren-fertile, cold-warm, angular-curved, stars-moon, frozen-fluid, domination-submission, discipline-love, power-weakness, and light-dark. (p. 136)
Bly's understanding of the history of ideas may not be minutely sophisticated, and his knowledge in many areas may by some criteria be dilettantish. But his pretensions are no greater than those of every other poet: he may venture into fields others avoid, but he makes no claim to professional expertise in any matter except poetry…. Light Around the Body is a book of many perceptions, and the larger unifying patterns are perhaps largely subconscious rather than calculated. But there is everywhere below the immediate surface of these poems a consistency, integrity, and coherence that makes them worthy of the National Book Award. In the award citation the judges, Theodore Weiss, Harvey Shapiro, and Donald Hall, wrote: "If we poets had to choose something that would be for us our Address on the State of the Nation, it would be this book." (p. 152)
Though Bly's poetry [in The Light Around the Body] is essentially wasteland poetry—his purposes are to give that landscape fuller expression—he does offer … an alternative. It seems at first a private and personal alternative, but it is open to every private person and thus ultimately to the society at large. Indeed, the great revolutionaries have understood that changes in individual consciousness are what is needed, and that changes in the outward political structures are otherwise irrelevant. Those structures are merely the body for which our attitudes are the spirit. (p. 153)
There seem to be two ways to promote … reunion [between the outward and the inward person] one is to "give up desire," the formula of all spirituality; and the other is to accept the person as sacred. (pp. 153-54)
Bly's is a strange new poetry, more deeply involved, more superficially raucous and polemical. It will not be readily embraced—the rocks on the shore do not easily submit to the sea. It campaigns for a deeper, more spontaneous life, and follows its own advice in its volatile and "uncivilized" subjective images. And yet in the midst of its energy, it understands a tranquil center, a letting go, so that at last, naked as a radish, "the ocean … throws us into the ocean." The mountain has not yet altered and become the sea, but partly perhaps because of Bly and other poets against the war, some rocks are falling. (pp. 156-57)
James F. Mersmann, "Robert Bly: Watering the Rocks," in his Out of the Vietnam Vortex: A Study of Poets and Poetry against the War (© copyright 1974 by the University Press of Kansas), University Press of Kansas, 1974, pp. 113-57.
Robert Bly is the most vocal theorist of his generation, and has helped other writers the most, through his magazine The Sixties. But his own poetry—except for the nature poems in Silence in the Snowy Fields, which are technically limpid, and full of a not easily expressible peace—seems too much the result of a design for irrational poetry, too little of genuinely unconscious promptings. In his recent surrealistic political poetry, I feel I hear a deep voice choking on its own anger and going shrill; I sympathize, but cannot compare the results with such miraculously heart-whole poems as Snyder's "For the West" or Merwin's "For Now". (p. 65)
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On October 14th to 16th, our school Enactus attended 2015 South Africa Enactus and innovation World Cup as China’s representative, and entered the global top 24 among all the teams and d eventually won the third prize Their "Green Future" project focused on the use of vermicomposting method to achieve kitchen waste recycle and reuse. At present, this technology has been used, and farmers, government and enterprise tripartite are working togther on the project.
“Everyday a lot of kitchen waste transported from downtown to suburbs, most of which were processed under traditional approaches such as incineration or burying, resulting in environmental pollution and waste of resource, so we hope to be able to effectively use these kitchen waste”, One of the team member, 2014 Life Science and Technology biological engineering Luo Xuefei talked about the original intention of the senior students who initiated the project.
At present, Guangzhou generated more than 14,000 tons trash daily, of which there are 7,000 tons of kitchen waste. Kitchen waste, which is considered to be the key and difficult during the whole process of waste disposal, the process of it usually ends up with incineration or landfill, producing large quantities of pollutants that led to the land nutrient gradual loss, increased heavy metal content, caused great pollution to the environment.
"Green Future" team try to start the use of earthworms devour kitchen waste and produce organic fertilizer project through researching and consulting experts, out of the purpose of effectively utilizing these kitchen waste.
But there hasn’t been anyone in China that has made this attempt to use vermicomposting technology to turn kitchen waste into organic fertilizers. The first problem they need to solve is the selection of earthworm species.
The Growth of Earthworm requires warm and humid environment，so the team raise earthworms to recording the growth status of different varieties at school north gate after consulting experts. Guangdong native earthworm digestion ability is weak, the conversion rate of kitchen waste is not high." Remember one night, probably not used to the garbage, earthworms have all gone." Luo Xuefei said. Many experiments had been tested by the team, the ideal species was found- Ohira on the 2nd earthworm from Japan.
In order to obtain adequate kitchen waste as subjects of research, they contacted the school canteen. The kitchen waste contains rich organic matter, if used effectively, it will be good material resources. The school is also very interested in this project, help the team collect canteen kitchen waste for experiment.
Villagers say no to the new technology
After determining the earthworm species, the team encountered new difficulties. Although the Xingfeng village made no objection, but the first car with kitchen waste was stopped by villagers at the entrance of the village. "Because the smell of garbage is too terrible." Luoxue Fei said, "Later, senior students had to leave."
Because the odor problem of kitchen waste have not been able to solved, the project has been suspended, the problem has become the new team urgent to solve. “Some of the effects of treatment are not good, and some of the cost is too high, after many discussions and experiments, we begin to think about the source of odor." Luo Xuefei said. Because the source of the odor is mainly the oil and salt ingredients in kitchen waste, they decided to use the pre-processing machine separate the solid and liquid waste as much as possible. After dehydration, dehydration of the oil and desalting, the kitchen waste processing capacity from the outset 28% increase to 92% by earthworms and the unpleasant smell is greatly reduced. At present, one kilogram of earthworms can handle one kilogram of garbage a day, and produce mild and clean fertilizer.
Earthworms clean garbage can to help farmers get rich
Experiment has achieved initial results, "Green Future" team also started to promote the application to proceed technology. Since the earthworm compost kitchen waste disposal technology can help to reduce costs and increase efficiency, Zengcheng District Urban Management Bureau reached made a 3 month agreement with them to help them carry out pilot work. "Communicate with farmers, businesses and governments, and gain their trust, set up tripartite coopera -tion platform to build, is the biggest advantage of this project."Instructor Liu Qian said.In the project, the farm is responsible for providing the experimental field, the enterprise is responsible for providing the earthworm species, the government is responsible for the exchange connection.
The project helped to all parties involved to achieve the profits as expected. From the farm to our cooperation on the field of farming, the total investment was 23300 yuan, after two rounds of composting, earthworm proliferation 2400kg, and the market value of up to 82500 yuan. Using organic fertilizer plant vegetables, late 350 kilograms per mu yield and the time up to 118500 yuan. As for the government, through the earthworm composting, kitchen waste disposal cost decreased by 79.3% from 310 RMB to 64 RMB per ton. As for the company, its income increase 15000 yuan.
Sustainable Development of environment comes first
"our aim is to create a better world”, said team member Wang Xinyi," economic profit is only a part of it, the main purpose of using organic fertilizer, which can improve not only the quality of soil, but also the quality of crops, is to boost the sustainable development of environment ."
"At present, we make profit through the sale of earthworms, and will apply for patents. We hope that later we can promote the application of earthworm composting technology to more areas. If feasible, we are also going to set up a company to achieve commercial operation."
The only way to deal specifically with Guangzhou kitchen waste Datianshan ecological cycle park, kitchen waste daily processing capacity reached only about 50 tons.
The team was founded in 2013 by the School of International College of Life and Science and Technology, Institute of Technology, School of Journalism and Communication, and other faculties students.
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The 0- to 1000-m vertical distribution patterns of micronekton and macrozooplankton were determined in the Costa Rica Dome region (98 N; 908 W) of the Eastern Tropical North Pacific in October–November 2007 and December 2008–January 2009. The area has a pronounced oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) that impacts the distribution of both migrating and mesopelagic species. Sampling was conducted at a relatively fine scale (mesopelagic depth intervals as small as 25 m) within ecologically relevant strata to assess how this hydrographic environment influenced the structure of these groups. Zooplankton were collected in vertically stratified Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System tows during the day and the night, and abundances were analyzed in association with variations in oxygen concentration, temperature and depth. Each vertical stratum of the water column was a unique ecological zone with a specific community makeup. The upper and midwater column (0 – 550 m) was strongly influenced by diel vertical migration patterns, particularly the daytime descent of euphausiids and myctophid fish into the core of the OMZ. Distinctly different communities occurred below the OMZ core. The lower oxycline (LO) ( 500–700 m depth range) was dominated by Cyclothone spp. fish as well as a diverse population of other taxa, often aggregated into a discrete layer (25 m thick), particularly in 2008. In the suboxycline (.700 m depth range), the community shifted to typical bathypelagic taxa. These finer scale vertical patterns provided new insight into the ecological structure of OMZs, revealing the unique layering at the LO and differential impacts on diel vertical migrators. | <urn:uuid:1e79839f-99a7-4e4d-8a42-e3f4a4c55d2f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.bios.edu/publications/fine-scale-vertical-distribution-of-macroplankton-and-micronekton-in-the-ea/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.941467 | 362 | 2.6875 | 3 |
It seems that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may be ready to launch its very own CBDC, but it continues to be worried about how crypto may impact financial stability in the subcontinent.
Indian regulators haven’t made any decisions regarding cryptocurrencies. Many speculate that the authorities are working on banning all private digital currencies and releasing an official digital currency issued by the state.
The governor of RBI, Shaktikanta Das, commented regarding this:
Das also mentioned that the digital rupee was the central bank’s most important project and declared that crypto represented a threat to the financial stability of the country. As of now, no official release date has been announced for the CBDC.
Das confirmed that the concerns of the RBI regarding crypto had been reported to the relevant authorities.
Former CTO of Coinbase, Balaji Srinivasan, spoke about this earlier this month, commenting that banning cryptos would be similar to banning the financial Internet.
Indian banks have to keep an eye on crypto-related accounts. Also, billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala spoke out against crypto and said that regulators had to ban bitcoin. | <urn:uuid:37ea6a39-1d04-43d0-a51e-eb3aeab8222f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cryptorobin.com/reserve-bank-of-india-will-launch-its-first-cbdc/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.962804 | 241 | 2.125 | 2 |
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PolynomialPol`y*no"mi*al (?), n. [Poly- + -nomial, as in monomial, binomial: cf. F. polynôme.] (Alg.) An expression composed of two or more terms, connected by the signs plus or minus; as, a2 - 2ab + b2.
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In mathematics, a polynomial is an expression of finite length constructed from variables (also called indeterminates) and constants, using only the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and non-negative integer exponents. For example, x2 − x/4 + 7 is a polynomial, but x2 − 4/x + 7x3/2 is not, because its second term involves division by the variable x (4/x), and also because its third term contains an exponent that is not an integer (3/2). The term "polynomial" can also be used as an adjective, for quantities that can be expressed as a polynomial of some parameter, as in polynomial time, which is used in computational complexity theory.
Polynomials appear in a wide variety of areas of mathematics and science. For example, they are used to form polynomial equations, which encode a wide range of problems, from elementary word problems to complicated problems in the sciences; they are used to define polynomial functions, which appear in settings ranging from basic chemistry and physics to economics and social science; they are used in calculus and numerical analysis to approximate other functions. In advanced mathematics, polynomials are used to construct polynomial rings, a central concept in abstract algebra and algebraic geometry.
A polynomial is either zero, or can be written as the sum of one or more non-zero terms. The number of terms is finite. These terms consist of a constant (called the coefficient of the term) that may be multiplied by a finite number of variables (usually represented by letters), also called indeterminates. Each variable may have an exponent that is a non-negative integer, i.e., a natural number. The exponent on a variable in a term is called the degree of that variable in that term, the degree of the term is the sum of the degrees of the variables in that term, and the degree of a polynomial is the largest degree of any one term. Since x = x1, the degree of a variable without a written exponent is one. A term with no variables is called a constant term, or just a constant. The degree of a (nonzero) constant term is 0. The coefficient of a term may be any number from a specified set. If that set is the set of real numbers, we speak of "polynomials over the reals". Other common kinds of polynomials are polynomials with integer coefficients, polynomials with complex coefficients, and polynomials with coefficients that are integers modulo of some prime number p. In most of the examples in this section, the coefficients are integers.
is a term. The coefficient is –5, the variables are x and y, the degree of x is in the term two, while the degree of y is one.
The degree of the entire term is the sum of the degrees of each variable in it, so in this example the degree is 2 + 1 = 3.
Forming a sum of several terms produces a polynomial. For example, the following is a polynomial:
It consists of three terms: the first is degree two, the second is degree one, and the third is degree zero.
The commutative law of addition can be used to freely permute terms into any preferred order. In polynomials with one variable, the terms are usually ordered according to degree, either in "descending powers of x", with the term of largest degree first, or in "ascending powers of x". The polynomial in the example above is written in descending powers of x. The first term has coefficient 3, variable x, and exponent 2. In the second term, the coefficient is –5. The third term is a constant. Since the degree of a non-zero polynomial is the largest degree of any one term, this polynomial has degree two.
Two terms with the same variables raised to the same powers are called "like terms", and they can be combined (after having been made adjacent) using the distributive law into a single term, whose coefficient is the sum of the coefficients of the terms that were combined. It may happen that this makes the coefficient 0, in which case their combination just cancels out the terms. Polynomials can be added using the associative law of addition (which simply groups all their terms together into a single sum), possibly followed by reordering, and combining of like terms. For example, if
which can be simplified to
To work out the product of two polynomials into a sum of terms, the distributive law is repeatedly applied, which results in each term of one polynomial being multiplied by every term of the other. For example, if
which can be simplified to
The sum or product of two polynomials is always a polynomial.
In general any expression can be considered a polynomial if it is built from variables and constants using only addition, subtraction, multiplication, and raising expressions to constant positive whole number powers. Such an expression can always be rewritten as a sum of terms. For example, (x + 1)3 is a polynomial; its standard form is x3 + 3x2 + 3x + 1.
Division of one polynomial by another does not, in general, produce a polynomial, but rather produces a quotient and a remainder. A formal quotient of polynomials, that is, an algebraic fraction where the numerator and denominator are polynomials, is called a "rational expression" or "rational fraction" and is not, in general, a polynomial. Division of a polynomial by a number, however, does yield another polynomial. For example,
is considered a valid term in a polynomial (and a polynomial by itself) because it is equivalent to and is just a constant. When this expression is used as a term, its coefficient is therefore . For similar reasons, if complex coefficients are allowed, one may have a single term like ; even though it looks like it should be expanded to two terms, the complex number 2 + 3i is one complex number, and is the coefficient of that term.
is not a polynomial because it includes division by a non-constant polynomial.
is not a polynomial, because it contains a variable used as exponent.
Since subtraction can be replaced by addition of the opposite quantity, and since positive whole number exponents can be replaced by repeated multiplication, all polynomials can be constructed from constants and variables using only addition and multiplication.
for all arguments x, where n is a non-negative integer and a0, a1,a2, ..., an are constant coefficients.
For example, the function ƒ, taking real numbers to real numbers, defined by
is a polynomial function of one argument. Polynomial functions of multiple arguments can also be defined, using polynomials in multiple variables, as in
An example is also the function which, although it doesn't look like a polynomial, is a polynomial function since for every x it is true that (see Chebyshev polynomials).
is a polynomial equation. In case of a univariate polynomial equation, the variable is considered an unknown, and one seeks to find the possible values for which both members of the equation evaluate to the same value (in general more than one solution may exist). A polynomial equation stands in contrast to a polynomial identity like (x + y)(x – y) = x2 – y2, where both members represent the same polynomial in different forms, and as a consequence any evaluation of both members gives a valid equality. This means that a polynomial identity is a polynomial equation for which all possible values of the unknowns are solutions.
All polynomials have an expanded form, in which the distributive and associative laws have been used to remove all brackets and commutative law has been used to make the like terms adjacent and combine them. All polynomials with coefficients in a unique factorization domain (for example, the integers or a field) also have a factored form in which the polynomial is written as a product of irreducible polynomials and a constant. In the case of the field of complex numbers, the irreducible polynomials are linear. For example, the factored form of
over the integers and
over the complex numbers.
Every polynomial in one variable is equivalent to a polynomial with the form
This form is sometimes taken as the definition of a polynomial in one variable.
Evaluation of a polynomial consists of assigning a number to each variable and carrying out the indicated multiplications and additions. Actual evaluation is usually more efficient using the Horner scheme:
In elementary algebra, methods are given for solving all first degree and second degree polynomial equations in one variable. In the case of polynomial equations, the variable is often called an unknown. The number of solutions may not exceed the degree, and equals the degree when multiplicity of solutions and complex number solutions are counted. This fact is called the fundamental theorem of algebra.
A system of polynomial equations is a set of equations in which each variable must take on the same value everywhere it appears in any of the equations. Systems of equations are usually grouped with a single open brace on the left. In elementary algebra, in particular in linear algebra, methods are given for solving a system of linear equations in several unknowns. If there are more unknowns than equations, the system is called underdetermined. If there are more equations than unknowns, the system is called overdetermined. Overdetermined systems are common in practical applications. For example, one U.S. mapping survey used computers to solve 2.5 million equations in 400,000 unknowns.
Determining the roots of polynomials, or "solving algebraic equations", is among the oldest problems in mathematics. However, the elegant and practical notation we use today only developed beginning in the 15th century. Before that, equations were written out in words. For example, an algebra problem from the Chinese Arithmetic in Nine Sections, circa 200 BCE, begins "Three sheafs of good crop, two sheafs of mediocre crop, and one sheaf of bad crop are sold for 29 dou." We would write 3x + 2y + z = 29.
The earliest known use of the equal sign is in Robert Recorde's The Whetstone of Witte, 1557. The signs + for addition, − for subtraction, and the use of a letter for an unknown appear in Michael Stifel's Arithemetica integra, 1544. René Descartes, in La géometrie, 1637, introduced the concept of the graph of a polynomial equation. He popularized the use of letters from the beginning of the alphabet to denote constants and letters from the end of the alphabet to denote variables, as can be seen above, in the general formula for a polynomial in one variable, where the a 's denote constants and x denotes a variable. Descartes introduced the use of superscripts to denote exponents as well.
Every polynomial P in x corresponds to a function, ƒ(x) = P (where the occurrences of x in P are interpreted as the argument of ƒ), called the polynomial function of P; the equation in x setting f(x) = 0 is the polynomial equation corresponding to P. The solutions of this equation are called the roots of the polynomial; they are the zeroes of the function ƒ (corresponding to the points where the graph of ƒ meets the x-axis). A number a is a root of P if and only if the polynomial x − a (of degree one in x) divides P. It may happen that x − a divides P more than once: if (x − a)2 divides P then a is called a multiple root of P, and otherwise a is called a simple root of P. If P is a nonzero polynomial, there is a highest power m such that (x − a)m divides P, which is called the multiplicity of the root a in P. When P is the zero polynomial, the corresponding polynomial equation is trivial, and this case is usually excluded when considering roots: with the above definitions every number would be a root of the zero polynomial, with undefined (or infinite) multiplicity. With this exception made, the number of roots of P, even counted with their respective multiplicities, cannot exceed the degree of P.
Some polynomials, such as x2 + 1, do not have any roots among the real numbers. If, however, the set of allowed candidates is expanded to the complex numbers, every non-constant polynomial has at least one root; this is the fundamental theorem of algebra. By successively dividing out factors x − a, one sees that any polynomial with complex coefficients can be written as a constant (its leading coefficient) times a product of such polynomial factors of degree 1; as a consequence the number of (complex) roots counted with their multiplicities is exactly equal to the degree of the polynomial.
There is a difference between approximating roots and finding exact expressions for roots. Formulas for expressing the roots of polynomials of degree 2 in terms of square roots have been known since ancient times (see quadratic equation), and for polynomials of degree 3 or 4 similar formulas (using cube roots in addition to square roots) were found in the 16th century (see cubic function and quartic function for the formulas and Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia, Lodovico Ferrari, Gerolamo Cardano, and Vieta for historical details). But formulas for degree 5 eluded researchers. In 1824, Niels Henrik Abel proved the striking result that there can be no general (finite) formula, involving only arithmetic operations and radicals, that expresses the roots of a polynomial of degree 5 or greater in terms of its coefficients (see Abel-Ruffini theorem). In 1830, Évariste Galois, studying the permutations of the roots of a polynomial, extended Abel-Ruffini theorem by showing that, given a polynomial equation, one may decide if it is solvable by radicals, and, if it is, solve it. This result marked the start of Galois theory and Group theory, two important branches of modern mathematics. Galois himself noted that the computations implied by his method were impracticable. Nevertheless formulas for solvable equations of degrees 5 and 6 have been published (see quintic function and sextic equation).
Numerical approximations of roots of polynomial equations in one unknown is easily done on a computer by the Jenkins-Traub method, Laguerre's method, Durand–Kerner method or by some other root-finding algorithm.
For polynomials in more than one variable the notion of root does not exist, and there are usually infinitely many combinations of values for the variables for which the polynomial function takes the value zero. However for certain sets of such polynomials it may happen that for only finitely many combinations all polynomial functions take the value zero.
For a set of polynomial equations in several unknowns, there are algorithms to decide if they have a finite number of complex solutions. If the number of solutions is finite, there are algorithms to compute the solutions. The methods underlying these algorithms are described in the article systems of polynomial equations. The special case where all the polynomials are of degree one is called a system of linear equations, for which another range of different solution methods exist, including the classical Gaussian elimination.
It has been shown by Richard Birkeland and Karl Meyr that the roots of any polynomial may be expressed in terms of multivariate hypergeometric functions. Ferdinand von Lindemann and Hiroshi Umemura showed that the roots may also be expressed in terms of Siegel modular functions, generalizations of the theta functions that appear in the theory of elliptic functions. These characterisations of the roots of arbitrary polynomials are generalisations of the methods previously discovered to solve the quintic equation.
The statistical properties of the roots of a random polynomial have been the subject of several studies. Let
be a random polynomial. If the coefficients ai are independently and identically distributed with a mean of zero, the real roots are mostly located near ±1. The complex roots can be shown to be located on or close to the unit circle.
When the coefficients are Gaussian distributed with a non zero mean and variance of σ, a similar but more complex formula is known.
For large n, a number of asymptotic formulae are known. For a fixed x
where p( x ) is the mean density of real roots. The expected number of real roots is
where C is a constant approximately equal to 0.6257358072 and O() is the order operator.
This result has been shown by Kac, Erdos and others to be insensitive to the actual distribution of coefficients. Numerical testing of this formula has confirmed these earlier results.
A polynomial function in one real variable can be represented by a graph.
Polynomial graphs are analyzed in calculus using intercepts, slopes, concavity, and end behavior.
The illustrations below show graphs of polynomials.
One important aspect of calculus is the project of analyzing complicated functions by means of approximating them with polynomial functions. The culmination of these efforts is Taylor's theorem, which roughly states that every differentiable function locally looks like a polynomial function, and the Stone-Weierstrass theorem, which states that every continuous function defined on a compact interval of the real axis can be approximated on the whole interval as closely as desired by a polynomial function. Polynomial functions are also frequently used to interpolate functions.
Calculating derivatives and integrals of polynomial functions is particularly simple. For the polynomial function
the derivative with respect to x is
and the indefinite integral is
where n is a natural number, the coefficients are elements of R, and X is a formal symbol, whose powers Xi are just placeholders for the corresponding coefficients ai, so that the given formal expression is just a way to encode the sequence , where there is an n such that ai = 0 for all i > n. Two polynomials sharing the same value of n are considered equal if and only if the sequences of their coefficients are equal; furthermore any polynomial is equal to any polynomial with greater value of n obtained from it by adding terms in front whose coefficient is zero. These polynomials can be added by simply adding corresponding coefficients (the rule for extending by terms with zero coefficients can be used to make sure such coefficients exist). Thus each polynomial is actually equal to the sum of the terms used in its formal expression, if such a term aiXi is interpreted as a polynomial that has zero coefficients at all powers of X other than Xi. Then to define multiplication, it suffices by the distributive law to describe the product of any two such terms, which is given by the rule
Thus the set of all polynomials with coefficients in the ring R forms itself a ring, the ring of polynomials over R, which is denoted by R[X]. The map from R to R[X] sending r to rX0 is an injective homomorphism of rings, by which R is viewed as a subring of R[X]. If R is commutative, then R[X] is an algebra over R.
One can think of the ring R[X] as arising from R by adding one new element X to R, and extending in a minimal way to a ring in which X satisfies no other relations than the obligatory ones, plus commutation with all elements of R (that is Xr = rX). To do this, one must add all powers of X and their linear combinations as well.
Formation of the polynomial ring, together with forming factor rings by factoring out ideals, are important tools for constructing new rings out of known ones. For instance, the ring (in fact field) of complex numbers, which can be constructed from the polynomial ring R[X] over the real numbers by factoring out the ideal of multiples of the polynomial X2 + 1. Another example is the construction of finite fields, which proceeds similarly, starting out with the field of integers modulo some prime number as the coefficient ring R (see modular arithmetic).
If R is commutative, then one can associate to every polynomial P in R[X], a polynomial function f with domain and range equal to R (more generally one can take domain and range to be the same unital associative algebra over R). One obtains the value f(r) by substitution of the value r for the symbol X in P. One reason to distinguish between polynomials and polynomial functions is that over some rings different polynomials may give rise to the same polynomial function (see Fermat's little theorem for an example where R is the integers modulo p). This is not the case when R is the real or complex numbers, whence the two concepts are not always distinguished in analysis. An even more important reason to distinguish between polynomials and polynomial functions is that many operations on polynomials (like Euclidean division) require looking at what a polynomial is composed of as an expression rather than evaluating it at some constant value for X. And it should be noted that if R is not commutative, there is no (well behaved) notion of polynomial function at all.
In commutative algebra, one major focus of study is divisibility among polynomials. If R is an integral domain and f and g are polynomials in R[X], it is said that f divides g or f is a divisor of g if there exists a polynomial q in R[X] such that f q = g. One can show that every zero gives rise to a linear divisor, or more formally, if f is a polynomial in R[X] and r is an element of R such that f(r) = 0, then the polynomial (X − r) divides f. The converse is also true. The quotient can be computed using the Horner scheme.
If F is a field and f and g are polynomials in F[X] with g ≠ 0, then there exist unique polynomials q and r in F[X] with
and such that the degree of r is smaller than the degree of g. The polynomials q and r are uniquely determined by f and g. This is called Euclidean division, division with remainder or polynomial long division and shows that the ring F[X] is a Euclidean domain.
Analogously, prime polynomials (more correctly, irreducible polynomials) can be defined as polynomials which cannot be factorized into the product of two non constant polynomials. Any polynomial may be decomposed into the product of a constant by a product of irreducible polynomials. This decomposition is unique up to the order of the factors and the multiplication of any constant factors by a constant (and division of the constant factor by the same constant. When the coefficients belong to a finite field or are rational numbers, there are algorithms to test irreducibility and to compute the factorization into irreducible polynomials. These algorithms are not practicable for hand written computation, but are available in any Computer algebra system (see Berlekamp's algorithm for the case in which the coefficients belong to a finite field or the Berlekamp–Zassenhaus algorithm when working over the rational numbers ). Eisenstein's criterion can also be used in some cases to determine irreducibility.
See also: Greatest common divisor of two polynomials.
Polynomials are classified according to many different properties.
One classification of polynomials is based on the number of distinct variables. A polynomial in one variable is called a univariate polynomial, a polynomial in more than one variable is called a multivariate polynomial. These notions refer more to the kind of polynomials one is generally working with than to individual polynomials; for instance when working with univariate polynomials one does not exclude constant polynomials (which may result, for instance, from the subtraction of non-constant polynomials), although strictly speaking constant polynomials do not contain any variables at all. It is possible to further classify multivariate polynomials as bivariate, trivariate, and so on, according to the maximum number of variables allowed. Again, so that the set of objects under consideration be closed under subtraction, a study of trivariate polynomials usually allows bivariate polynomials, and so on. It is common, also, to say simply "polynomials in x, y, and z", listing the variables allowed. In this case, xy is allowed.
A second major way of classifying polynomials is by their degree. Recall that the degree of a term is the sum of the exponents on variables, and that the degree of a polynomial is the largest degree of any one term.
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Usually, a polynomial of degree n, for n greater than 3, is called a polynomial of degree n, although the phrases quartic polynomial and quintic polynomial are sometimes used. The use of names for degrees greater than 5 is even less common. The names for the degrees may be applied to the polynomial or to its terms. For example, in the term is a first degree term in a second degree polynomial.
In the context of polynomial interpolation there is some ambiguity when combining the two classifications above. For example, a bilinear interpolant, being the product of two univariate linear polynomials, is bivariate but is not linear; similar ambiguity affects the bicubic interpolant.
The polynomial 0, which may be considered to have no terms at all, is called the zero polynomial. Unlike other constant polynomials, its degree is not zero. Rather the degree of the zero polynomial is either left explicitly undefined, or defined as negative (either –1 or –∞). These conventions are important when defining Euclidean division of polynomials. The zero polynomial is also unique in that it is the only polynomial having an infinite number of roots.
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If a polynomial has only one variable, then the terms are usually written either from highest degree to lowest degree ("descending powers") or from lowest degree to highest degree ("ascending powers"). A univariate polynomial in x of degree n then takes the general form
Here the term cnxn is called the leading term and its coefficient cn the leading coefficient; if the leading coefficient is 1, the univariate polynomial is called monic.
Note that apart from the leading coefficient cn (which must be non-zero or else the polynomial would not be of degree n) this general form allows coefficients to be zero; when this happens the corresponding term is zero and may be removed from the sum without changing the polynomial. It is nevertheless common to refer to ci as the coefficient of xi, even when ci happens to be 0, so that xi does not really occur in any term; for instance one can speak of the constant term of the polynomial, meaning c0 even if it is zero.
In the case of polynomials in more than one variable, a polynomial is called homogeneous of degree n if all its terms have degree n. For example, is homogeneous.
Another classification of polynomials is by the kind of constant values allowed as coefficients. One can work with polynomials with integer, rational, real, or complex coefficients, and in abstract algebra polynomials with many other types of coefficients can be defined, such as integers modulo p. As in the classification by number of variables, when working with coefficients for a given set, such as the complex numbers, coefficients from any subset are allowed. Thus is a polynomial with integer coefficients, but it is also a polynomial with complex coefficients, because the integers are a subset of the complex numbers.
Polynomials may also be classified by the number of terms with nonzero coefficients, so that a one-term polynomial is called a monomial, a two-term polynomial is called a binomial, and so on. (Some authors use "monomial" to mean "monic monomial".)
Polynomials are frequently used to encode information about some other object. The characteristic polynomial of a matrix or linear operator contains information about the operator's eigenvalues. The minimal polynomial of an algebraic element records the simplest algebraic relation satisfied by that element. The chromatic polynomial of a graph counts the number of proper colourings of that graph.
Polynomials can involve more than one variable, in which they are called multivariate. Rings of polynomials in a finite number of variables are of fundamental importance in algebraic geometry which studies the simultaneous zero sets of several such multivariate polynomials. These rings can alternatively be constructed by repeating the construction of univariate polynomials with as coefficient ring another ring of polynomials: thus the ring R[X,Y] of polynomials in X and Y can be viewed as the ring (R[X])[Y] of polynomials in Y with as coefficients polynomials in X, or as the ring (R[Y])[X] of polynomials in X with as coefficients polynomials in Y. These identifications are compatible with arithmetic operations (they are isomorphisms of rings), but some notions such as degree or whether a polynomial is considered monic can change between these points of view. One can construct rings of polynomials in infinitely many variables, but since polynomials are (finite) expressions, any individual polynomial can only contain finitely many variables.
A binary polynomial where the second variable takes the form of an exponential function applied to the first variable, for example P(X,eX ), may be called an exponential polynomial.
Laurent polynomials are like polynomials, but allow negative powers of the variable(s) to occur.
Quotients of polynomials are called rational expressions (or rational fractions), and functions that evaluate rational expressions are called rational functions. Rational fractions are formal quotients of polynomials (they are formed from polynomials just as rational numbers are formed from integers, writing a fraction of two of them; fractions related by the canceling of common factors are identified with each other). The rational function defined by a rational fraction is the quotient of the polynomial functions defined by the numerator and the denominator of the rational fraction. The rational fractions contain the Laurent polynomials, but do not limit denominators to powers of a variable. While polynomial functions are defined for all values of the variables, a rational function is defined only for the values of the variables for which the denominator is not null. A rational function produces rational output for any rational input for which it is defined; this is not true of other functions such as trigonometric functions, logarithms and exponential functions.
Formal power series are like polynomials, but allow infinitely many non-zero terms to occur, so that they do not have finite degree. Unlike polynomials they cannot in general be explicitly and fully written down (just like real numbers cannot), but the rules for manipulating their terms are the same as for polynomials.
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The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) appreciates the opportunity to submit comments in connection with the proposal to amend the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (Card Act) rules, along with proposed revisions to the applicable official interpretations. Currently, these rules require credit card issuers to consider a consumer’s independent ability to pay, regardless of age. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) has proposed changes to these rules to remove this ―independent ability to pay‖ for consumers who are over the age of 21, which is consistent with the Card Act statute, and to replace it with a requirement to permit issuers to consider income to which consumers have a ―reasonable expectation of access.‖ CBA generally supports this proposed rule to facilitate the ability of certain consumers, such as stay-at-home spouses, to receive credit and offers the following comments that we believe will improve this proposal.
Summary of CBA’s Comments
- The proposal would allow credit card issuers to consider income to which the certain consumers have a ―reasonable expectation of access.‖ We support this approach that allows, but does not require, issuers to consider such income.
- Credit card issuers should be able to rely on application information for all of the Card Act ―ability to pay‖ provisions.
- Certain of the proposed official interpretations that apply to consumers over the age of 21 should also apply to those under the age of 21. These include the provisions allowing issuers to consider the collective ability of joint accountholders to make the required payments and the provisions allowing issuers to consider information that is provided by the consumer or reflected in a credit report.
- Under the proposal, whether an issuer could consider the income and assets of authorized users, household members, or other persons would in certain situations depend on whether a Federal or State statute or regulation grants the applicant an ownership interest in such income or assets. The official interpretations should specifically reference community property laws as one such example.
- The proposed examples of the consideration of income of household members are too limited. Specifically, these would limit consideration of income only to ―household members;‖ reference ―salary‖ and not other types of income; and some of the examples would limit this to the portion of salary used for ―the payment of household or other expenses,‖ which we believe is an unnecessary limitation.
The Ability of Issuers to Consider Income to which Certain Consumers have a “Reasonable Expectation of Access” Should Remain Optional
For consumers over the age of 21, the proposal would permit issuers to consider income to which the consumer has a ―reasonable expectation of access,‖ without specifically requiring issuers to consider such income. We support this permissive approach and request the CFPB include this in the final rule.
Card Issuers Should be Able to Rely on Application Information for all of the Card Act “Ability to Pay” Provisions
For applications when the applicants are over the age of 21, we wholeheartedly support the provisions of the proposal that will permit issuers to rely on application information with regard to an applicant’s income and assets, as well as the income to which consumers have a ―reasonable expectation of access,‖ without further verification. However, in situations when an applicant is under the age of 21, Section 1026.51(b)(1)(ii)(B) would require a cosigner, guarantor, or joint applicant to provide financial information for verification if the applicant does not have the independent ability to make the required minimum payments.
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If you needed some dental work in 1913, you probably saw Dr. W. Marsh. Here’s his ad that ran in 1913 in the Eatonville School Catalog. It’s definitely simple and to the point.
His phone number is easy to remember too — 20.
Interesting Fact: The first American toothbrush was patented by H.N. Wadsworth and began being mass produced in 1885.
Photo courtesy of Ruthie Williams.
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Teaching is a challenging and highly rewarding occupation that assists in shaping the future of many lives. This is especially true in Peru where students are eager to learn and broaden their prospects.
Huaraz in particular is a popular destination for tourists who utilize the Andean city as a base for trekking, mountaineering and outdoor activities in the Cordillera Blanca and Callejón de Huaylas. Local students consider English as a gateway into the tourism industry and also as an opportunity to maximize their future potential.
Teaching English to students in another country enables a rich insight into a different culture, and volunteering with Teach Huaraz Peru will allow you to immerse within Peruvian life in a way that is unavailable to passing travelers. You will soon find yourself recognizing people wherever you go and being invited to special occasions and celebrations as an integral member of the community.
Teach Huaraz Peru offers a truly flexible service and is able to tailor volunteering placements, specialist Spanish lessons and unique cultural activities to suit your individual interests and skills. Full support is available from Luis Delgado and his family for the duration of your stay, ensuring your experience is as enjoyable and fulfilling as possible.
We can guarantee that you will leave Huaraz with many wonderful memories and feel that you have contributed to the local people in a beneficial and meaningful way. | <urn:uuid:946e724f-72bb-4f1c-ab0a-916a3479f3b5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://teachhuarazperu.org/volunteers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.961272 | 276 | 1.5 | 2 |
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Images of four community leaders holding a small rectangular box have popped up on the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department's website recently.
Each photo includes the phrase, "Today's Heroes Carry the Spray," or "We need you to Carry the Spray." They feature Mayor Linda Gorton, activist Josh Nadzam, Lexington Department of Social Services Commissioner Chris Ford, and hip hop artist and activist Devine Carama.
The "spray" is Narcan, the brand name for the drug Naloxone. The nasal spray can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose and save a life, said John Moses, Coordinator of the Syringe Exchange Program at the health department.
"We have those recognizable faces in our campaign, out in the community trying to spread the word that everyone needs to carry the spray," Moses said.
The health department was recently awarded a $1 million grant from the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to supply the community with Naloxone. That amounts to about 300 to 400 doses that can be handed out each month, Moses said.
Free Nalaxone kits are available at the health department, along with a ten minute training session on Nov. 19 at 5, 5:30, 6 and 6:30 p.m.
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Sandwich biscuits with a jam filling.
- Whisk the eggs and sugar together then add the melted butter and the peels.
- Sift the baking powder and the flour in a separate bowl.
- Add the flour gradually in the eggs mixture.
- Spread the dough on a clean surface using a rolling pin. The thickness should be less than 3mm.
- The dough can become sticky, so add some flour to the work surface.
- Cut the biscuits and place them on a baking tray covered with baking paper.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 175°C for 15 minutes.
- When the biscuits cool down, sandwich identical biscuits with jam. You can use apricot, strawberry or orange jam. | <urn:uuid:a573a33b-6c3f-4778-afb4-c2d30010ffd0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.treatshomemade.com/en/recipes/sables/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.792921 | 157 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Furthermore, political revolution also made much impact on the fashion trend. For example, during the 1960s the economy had become wealthier, divorce rate was increasing and government approved the birth control pill. This revolution inspired younger generation to rebellion. In 1964, the leg-baring miniskirt has become a major fashion trend of the 1960s. Given that fashion designers began to experiment with the shapes of garment, loose sleeveless, micro-minis, flared skirts, and trumpet sleeves. In this case, mini-skirt trend became an icon of the 1960s.
Accordingly, for the last three years-- ever since he had superintended the building of the new barn--Adam had always been made welcome at the Hall Farm, especially of a winter evening, when the whole family, in patriarchal fashion, master and mistress, children and servants, were assembled in that glorious kitchen, at well-graduated distances from the blazing fire.
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SYNONYMY NOTE: fashion is the prevailing custom in dress, manners, speech, etc. of a particular place or time, esp. as established by the dominant section of society or the leaders in the fields of art, literature, etc.; , style, often a close synonym for , fashion, in discriminating use suggests a distinctive fashion, esp. the way of dressing, living, etc. that distinguishes persons with money and taste; , mode, the French word expressing this idea, suggests the height of fashion in dress, behavior, etc. at any particular time; , vogue stresses the general acceptance or great popularity of a certain fashion; , fad stresses the impulsive enthusiasm with which a fashion is taken up for a short time; , rage, craze both stress an intense, sometimes irrational enthusiasm for a passing fashion | <urn:uuid:4d7856d0-25e2-4640-8774-c2ce86957526> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://justfirefits.club/fashion-of-the-80s-find-out-more.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.957031 | 442 | 1.921875 | 2 |
It was a day of disparity in Canada's protracted battle against the novel coronavirus, with some provinces recording alarmingly high numbers of infections on Sunday while at least one province managed to whittle new cases to zero.
Ontario set a daily record with 3,945 COVID-19 cases, while neighbouring Quebec's elevated case load showed little sign of abating with 2,588 new infections.
The country's lopsided pandemic is evident when comparing those figures with provinces farther east, where Newfoundland and Labrador saw its first new case in several days on Sunday and Nova Scotia – the most populous province in Atlantic Canada – had none.
In the west, while Saskatchewan had no new COVID-19 deaths for the first time in a week, it still had 307 new infections while Manitoba recorded 151.
And on the same day that Alberta recorded 811 new cases of the novel coronavirus, New Brunswick had 14 – a massive gap even taking the large population differences into account.
Dr. Theresa Tam, chief public health officer of Canada, said on Twitter that disease activity remains widespread and the country remains on a path of "continuing resurgence."
Though vaccines will help gain "lasting control" over the virus, she said an "all Canadian effort" is needed to keep up the pace of progress.
As cases continued to rise – or fall, depending on the province – new rules and strong words took aim at the pandemic's seemingly inexorable advance in Canada.
Quebec's new curfew is perhaps one of the most severe steps taken by a province to curb its rising caseload.
The tale of two pandemics: #COVID19 case numbers suggest growing disparity between provinces. #CdnPoli #COVIDCanada #Ontario
Dozens of residents are already facing fines for violating the province's 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew.
In Ontario, Premier Doug Ford warned his province will see "turbulent waters" over the coming months.
"Our healthcare system is on the brink of being overwhelmed and we must take every precaution to keep our most vulnerable safe," he said on Twitter.
"I know it's been challenging. I'm asking one more time. We need to band together, we need to stick together."
Mass vaccination won't happen until spring, Ford said, saying that until then Ontarians need to continue practicing social distancing and hand washing.
Indeed, the underlying message from politicians and health officials on the weekend was the dire need to double down in the fight against COVID-19.
Even in Nova Scotia, on a day with no new cases, chief medical officer of health Dr. Robert Strang said the province is "not out of the woods yet" and urged residents to continue following public health guidelines.
Federal politicians also weighed in on the virus's ongoing spread on Sunday.
The leaders of the federal NDP and Green Party were among those who descended on a Toronto-area nursing home to call for more action and urgency in vaccinating at-risk seniors and supporting overworked staff in such facilities.
Green Party Leader Annamie Paul said her father died at the St. George Care Community during the first wave of COVID-19 in May. While he did not succumb to the illness, Paul believed the pandemic contributed to his death as staff members failed to realize that a catheter had been put in wrong.
“By the time the underpaid, overworked staff in this facility realized what was happening, it was too late,” Paul said. “He went to the hospital, he was dead hours later. No one in this country at any stage of life should have to die from a preventable bladder infection that can be treated with a course of antibiotics.”
St. George was one of 245 long-term care facilities in Ontario reporting a COVID-19 outbreak on Sunday.
The illness has ripped through nursing homes across the country, with seniors aged 80 or more accounting for 70 per cent of all COVID-19 deaths in Canada, according to the federal government.
Paul went on to blast the federal and Ontario governments for not doing more between the first and second waves of the pandemic to protect seniors in long-term care homes, as well as what she described as the slow rollout of vaccines and rapid-testing kits for COVID-19.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh also criticized the two levels of government, saying both need to do more to protect seniors – and that Canadians don’t care whose jurisdiction it is.
The federal and provincial governments have been at odds over the slow pace of vaccinations, with each blaming the other for the problems.
“The federal government has to play a stronger role. They've got the resources and the know how. They've got to work with provinces to make sure we're actually getting the vaccines into people's arms, particularly the vulnerable populations,” he said.
“It's not enough to have doses available if we're not actually getting people vaccinated.”
– With files from Lee Berthiaume
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If you’re anything like me, you were really excited to try out the new Handoff feature in OS X Yosemite and iOS 8. And you were equally disappointed when you updated all of your software, and the damn thing didn’t work. Fear not, fellow computer user! With Apple’s help, I managed to get Handoff working, and you can too.
It’s actually very simple. Do these three things:
- Make sure your computer and mobile device are compatible with Handoff
- Turn Bluetooth off and on all of your devices
- Sign out of iCloud on all of your devices and sign back in
That last part is the most important part. Handoff uses iCloud to match your mobile device to your computer and vice versa. For whatever reason, though, some accounts require a little kick in the pants to get it all synced up. (This should not come as a surprise, if you’ve ever used iCloud before, as it’s hardly flaw-free.) So even though it takes a minute, sign out of iCloud and sign back in. When I did the three above steps, Handoff worked immediately, and it worked perfectly. It’s pretty cool!
There’s one little caveat. One of my coworkers had similar Handoff problems, followed the three steps, and then Handoff worked perfectly — almost. She was not able to send or receive text messages through the Messages app. She was able to resolve that issue by turning text forwarding off and then on again, however.
This is all to say that Handoff is a neat feature that does work, with a little prompting. It’s more than a little frustrating that it doesn’t work for everyone right out of the box. But hey! Both iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite are free pieces of software. Sometimes you pay for what you get. | <urn:uuid:b8a091e6-ba2d-4738-9a61-2183d6199fe2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/10/how-to-get-handoff-to-actually-work-in-os-x-yosemite/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.962064 | 390 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Speaking to reporters on Friday about the issue of asking a citizenship question on the U.S. Census, President Donald Trump said he may craft an executive order to ensure such a question appears.
The use of an executive order is one of many options he said he’s been considering, according to reporting from the New York Times.
“We’ll see what happens…we could start the printing now and maybe do an addendum after we get a positive [Supreme Court] decision,” Trump said. “So we’re working on a lot of things including an executive order.”
Last month, a 5-4 decision from the Supreme Court found that the government may have a right to change the Census, conducted every 10 years, to include a citizenship question. But the majority said that the Department of Justice did not provide a sufficient justification for why the question was needed, and returned the matter for lower courts to decide NBC News reported.
Lawyers for Trump earlier this year had argued that the printing of the Census form had to begin no later than June. Other organizations have suggested, however, that printing could begin as late as October, albeit with a much higher cost.
DOJ officials earlier this week said they planned to drop the challenges and allow the Census to move forward without the citizenship question. But after a tweet from Trump himself, the DOJ reversed course, and said they were still looking into ways of getting the question included.
If the president does indeed sign an executive order defying the will of the High Court, it could create a difficult situation for two separate yet co-equal branches of government to tackle. As NBC News legal analyst pointed out in a tweet, Trump’s use of an executive order could be “the very definition of a constitutional crisis.”
If Trump follows through, it will be the very definition of a constitutional crisis. If that doesn’t move the needle in favor of impeachment, we will begin sliding toward the end of our republic, as the Constitution will be rendered irrelevant. https://t.co/0q1SoDDT1P
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) July 4, 2019
Worries over the citizenship question abound over whether it would result in an “undercount” of Latinx individuals living in the United States. Such an undercount could have drastic consequences, with some fearing a disproportionate outcome of congressional seats, as well as an unfair distribution of federal resources, occurring.
Even individuals who are legal citizens, who emigrated to the U.S. and gained their citizenship, may be wary of answering a citizenship question, fearing what the federal government might do if they participate. Their worries aren’t exactly unfounded: according to a report from the New York Post last year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement admitted it had wrongly detained up to 1,500 U.S. citizens they thought were undocumented immigrants.
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“I’ve watched you now a full half-hour” Image credit: Rosie Hopkins
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Ruby Ionides from North Walls Community School, Orkney won the Primary-age category for their photograph ‘White Wood Window and Reflections’ in the Scottish Civic Trusts My Place Photography Competition.
Looking down on the Pierowall and its natural harbour in Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Image credit: Jim Richardson
On 2nd of January 1839 the first photo of the Moon was taken by French photographer Louis Daguerre.
A close up of a Kumlien’s Gull’s eye, with speckled markings that aren’t quite what they appear, taken by Rebecca Nason in Lerwick Shetland, has been awarded Overall Winner in the British Ecological Society’s annual photography competition, ‘Capturing Ecology’.
The exhibition brings together a few images and artefacts from sites on the Hoy & Walls Wartime Trail.
On 24th of October 1946 the first photo from Space was taken.
Two photographers, Mark Ferguson and Alan Savage, are sharing the windows at the Northlight Gallery, Stromness to show us some images of Flotta and St Magnus as part of FLOW Photofest.
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Ownership of primary schools
Many primary schools in Ireland are owned and supported by the different churches. The State pays the bulk of the building and running costs. Also, a local contribution is often made towards the running costs.
In the case of Catholic and Church of Ireland schools, the owners are usually the diocesan trustees. Other denominational schools usually have a board of trustees nominated by the church authorities. Multi-denominational schools are usually owned by a limited company or board of trustees.
Where primary schools are owned by the religious denominations. There are deeds of trust signed by the owners, which ensure that the school will continue to be used as such.
Gaelscoileanna may be denominational and come under the same patronage as Catholic schools, but some have their own limited company. You can get more information in our document about different types of primary schools.
The special schools have a range of different owners - some are owned by the Department of Education, some by the Commissioners of Public Works, some by the Health Service Executive and some by religious orders.
There are a small number of 'model schools', which are owned by the State.
The Department of Education is supporting the establishment of multidenominational schools with the transfer of patronage from certain Catholic schools. The Department has published information about the transfer of patronage and the change of ethos in schools.
The school patron
The Education Act 1998 gives a statutory basis to the role of the patron and sets out the rules for determining who the patron is. The patron may manage the school personally or may appoint a board of management to act as manager. Under the Act the patron has the power to remove the board and take over managing the school or appoint another board.
A register of patrons is kept by the Department of Education so it is possible for anyone to check exactly who the patron of any national school is.
In general, the patron of a school is representative of the owners and can be an individual or a group. For example:
- If the Catholic and Church of Ireland bishops are the patrons of the schools within the diocese, with the parish priest usually carrying out the functions on behalf of the bishop.
- The patron of a multi-denominational school is usually the board of trustees or the limited company Educate Together.
- Gaelscoileanna may be under the patronage of the church authorities but may opt to be under the patronage of Foras Pátrúnachta na Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge, which is a limited company set up for the purpose.
Funding of schools
Traditionally, the site for national schools was provided locally - either directly by the patron or as a result of local fundraising. There was also a local contribution to the building costs and the running costs. Changes were made over the years as multi-denominational schools and Gaelscoileanna were being built and did not have a 'local' funding base.
Private primary schools get no State funding.
Cost of site - new primary schools
The State pays the full cost of the site. The patron still has the choice of funding the site cost. If the State pays, then the State owns the school building and leases it to the patron under a lease or a deed of trust.
If the patron pays, the patron owns the school. If the State pays, it does not change who the patron is.
The Education Act 1998 clarifies and restates the fact that the board of management does not acquire any right over or interest in the land or buildings of the school for which it has responsibility.
The funding for new Gaelscoileanna is now on the same basis as other new schools. The previous arrangement continues for Gaelscoileanna that have either permanent or provisional recognition from the Department of Education. The previous arrangement for Gaelscoileanna meant that the Department bought the site and paid the full building cost. Where Gaelscoileanna are in rented accommodation and the state pays the rent.
Gaelscoileanna Teo is a voluntary body (supported by An Foras Teanga), which is the co-ordinating body for Irish language schools and helps parents to set up new Gaelscoileanna.
Running costs of schools
The State pays a direct capitation grant per student to each primary school. The State pays the teachers' salaries. Enhanced capitation grants are paid for children with special educational needs in special schools or who attend special classes in mainstream schools. Capitation grants are used for the day-to-day running of schools and for teaching materials and resources.
Primary schools also receive a grant for caretaking and secretarial services (called the Ancillary Services Grant Scheme). A local contribution was formerly required but has now been abolished.
Each school also receives a book grant.
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(Prosper Tiro [or Tyro]; Lusentius? ca. 390ca. 455/463). B. perhaps Limoges, Aquitaine; follower of Augustine* of Hippo; assoc. with Leo I (see Popes, 2). Wrote against semi-Pelagians, in defense of Augustine, and against the 13th collatio of J. Cassianus* (on free will); other works include a synthesis of the chronicles of Jerome* (to AD 378), Sulpicius* Severus, and Orosius* (to 433), with possible reflections of his own experience 433455.
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For a limited time, the Renfrew Public Library is featuring an exhibit that highlights the impacts of the residential school system in Canada.
JUST THE FACTS
•The exhibit, provided by the Legacy of Hope Foundation, is called “Where are the children? Healing the Impact of Residential Schools.”
•The exhibit features a brief history of the origins of residential schools in Canada (the Nicholas Flood Davin Report), along with calling for healing, reconciliation and systemic change.
•In addition, the exhibit contains a slide show with pictures depicting the harsh realities that thousands of Indigenous children experienced while at residential schools.
•CEO/chief librarian Kelly Thompson says the exhibit is available for residents to view until the end of May.
•The exhibit was developed with funding from Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada and in partnership with Archives Canada.
•The exhibit contains subject matter that may be disturbing to some visitors and to survivors of the residential school system; if traumatized, contact the 24-hour National Survivors Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419. | <urn:uuid:f3e2cf71-ea80-4e0d-b939-1d1c46203be4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thestar.com/local-renfrew/news/2022/05/12/what-s-going-on-here-where-are-the-children-healing-the-impact-of-residential-schools-featured-at-renfrew-library.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.933907 | 221 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Here is the bad news: I cannot help you. But here is the good news: You can help yourself! Consider the following: I can write but you have to read. I can teach, but you have to learn. I can speak but you have to listen. I can present options but you have to choose. I can show you what to do but I cannot do it for you.
The most important lesson you can learn about creating wealth in your life is that you are the author of your destiny, you are the creator of your success and the one who experiences wealth or lack thereof… Because life is the result of your choices; your actions; your thoughts; your beliefs; your values and the way you communicate.
What you say and to whom you say it has a direct impact on your results. What you think, how often you think it and how quickly, accurately or capably you respond to those thoughts makes the difference between an ordinary and an extraordinary life. This is so important that the entire wealth matrix consists of things that you are in control of, which is why you are at the centre. It really is all about YOU!
If you are not in control of your life someone else is, and you are probably doing what they are asking or telling you to do. If you haven’t planned what you would like to do with your life, you are part of someone else’s plan. The clear path to wealth is that you are the one who chooses the direction and speed of your life.
Some may ask: “So how do I take ownership of my life immediately?” You can say out loud: “I am taking control of my life, right now.” Those “words” are actually just a thought which, when spoken, becomes a choice and, because it is spoken becomes an action which makes it real, true and relevant to you, right now.
Remember, this doesn’t mean your life has immediately changed and you are wealthy, but, it does mean that starting right now you have made the conscious choice to create a better life for yourself. This means the process of creating wealth for yourself has just begun.
There are many more topics about you that will be added here in the additional reading section over time. For now, I recommend you leave a comment below, in support of your choice to take charge of your life. When you write it, you see it. When you see what you write you can see what you think. Writing down your choice shows you what you choose and what you commit to do with your life.
I promise I will write more articles to help you to discover yourself. Check back often or subscribe with your email in the latest articles. In the next section you will learn about how beliefs will affect what you will do.
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Will Quantum Navigation Replace GPS?
(CommunalNews) Currently majority of the world is reliant on the satellite navigation systems. GPS is one of the most popular systems. A satellite navigation device is a device that is capable of receiving information from satellites and then to calculate the device’s geographical position.
GPS systems are expected to be upgraded. The new navigation tools and services will be solely based on the quantum physics principles.
According to the US military, there is a new system in the development with the quantum navigators. These navigators can completely change the global search engines. Hence, it would make satellite navigation services less needed.
The quantum navigator is a size of the small diamond cube where nitrogen atoms are present in the ordinary carbon lattice.
The carbon lattice is when a large number of atoms are covalently bonded together to form a 3 dimensional network lattice. Moreover, when a green laser beam passes through a cube, these nitrogen inclusions emit red light, the intensity of which depends on the strength and direction of the magnetic field acting on the cube.
Therefore, the new device can be used as a navigation system and no need for satellites, as it utilizes the Earth’s magnetic fields. | <urn:uuid:1840e794-154e-496c-82bd-26cd81b89062> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/will-quantum-navigation-replace-gps/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.914499 | 251 | 3.015625 | 3 |
tooth with small denticles along the cutting edge. Scale bars are 1 mm.
Denticles or serrations are small bumps on a tooth that give the tooth a cutting edge.
In paleontology, denticle features are used to describe and classify fossilized teeth, especially those of dinosaurs.
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Paddy Jack, the Hackler, has fallen on hard times since the Sergeant was assigned Grouse Hall. He jails people on false charges, including drinking, for which he jails the Hackler. But soon Home Rule will sack "Old Balfour's pack"
"The hackler was a distiller of high quality Poitin in 19th century Ireland" (source: Hearing before Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, US Patent and Trademark Office, January 6, 2000 in re United Distillers plc "On December 16, 1996 United Distillers plc filed an intent-to-use application to register the mark HACKLER on the Principal Register for 'alcoholic beverages, namely, distilled spirits, except Scotch whisky, and liqueurs.'....)
Apparently the more common definition is "one that hackles [to chop up or chop off roughly]; esp: a worker who hackles hemp, flax, or broomcorn." (source: _Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged_, 1976); its this last definition that OLochlainn follows.
OLochlainn notes to "The Hackler from Grouse Hall" and its answer, "The Sergeant's Lamentation," explain the Sergeant's deeds and the references to people named in both songs and happenings in County Cavan. His source for notes is the singer.
The occurrences appear to be during Arthur Balfour's tour as Chief Secretary of Ireland in the late 1880s [1887-1891; his repressive methods earned him the nickname "Bloody Balfour." He made something of a habit of taking political prisoners -- see Robert Kee, _The Bold Fenian Men_, being Volume III of _The Green Flag_, p. 111 - RBW]. See for example the reference to the 1888 imprisonment of Father McFadden of Donegal in Derry Prison "for an agrarian speech" (source: Chapters of Dublin History site, _Letters and Leaders of my Day_ Chapter XXII "Parnellism and Crime" (1887-8), by T.M. Healy). I'd guess, no doubt naively, that the issue here is moonshining to defeat high alcohol taxation. - BS
The other possibility for the date is 1902-1905, when Balfour was prime minister in succession to his uncle Lord Salisbury. Gladstone's proposals for Irish Home Rule had of course failed, but the issue never really went away, and the Liberals were increasingly in favor of it in the early twentieth century.
Supporting this dating is the fact that, during the Balfour administration, there was a movement for "tariff reform" -- i.e. lowering of duties within the British Empire, which would have made it easier for the Irish to export to England.
Balfour tried to calm the tariff controversy, but succeeded mostly in turning his party purely protectionist, thus making the Liberals even more popular with the Irish, since they were more likely to favor both Home Rule and Free Trade. So the song might well look forward to the 1906 election which shunted the Conservatives from power. - RBW | <urn:uuid:538b5b7a-3270-4398-8354-b651de8c01df> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.folklorist.org/song/The_Hackler_from_Grouse_Hall | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.96218 | 656 | 2.296875 | 2 |
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President Spencer W. Kimball’s 1975 address “The Second Century of Brigham Young University” has been the topic of focused discussion in our McKay School leadership meetings this year. In his prophetic description of our university’s future, there is a clarion call for placing “heavy and primary emphasis . . . on the quality of teaching at BYU.” For teaching to be of quality, it must be both effective and good (in a moral sense) (see Gary D Fenstermacher and Virginia Richardson, “On Making Determinations of Quality in Teaching,” Teachers College Record 107, no. 1 [January 2005]: 186–213). In other words, quality teaching must be successful in realizing its intended learning outcomes, but effectiveness is not enough. The nature of the subject matter can not be dismissed, nor do successful outcomes justify the means. Thus quality teaching must be effective, but it also entails morally good content and methods of instruction.
President Kimball’s revelatory discourses over the decades provide important possibilities for refinement of this conception of quality teaching for our work in the McKay School. In his 1967 address “Education for Eternity,” President Kimball made a prophetic plea for our subject matter to be “bathed in the light and color of the restored gospel” (morally good content). In 1975 he asked for our instruction to be characterized by a “gospel methodology”(morally good methods). Teaching morally good subject matter with morally good methods is a challenging responsibility, but it is the most exciting part of teaching on this unique campus and the only way to make a claim for quality teaching that leverages spiritual power and fully realizes the mission and aims of a BYU education.
Written by Richard D. Osguthorpe
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For the most part, hiking on the Appalachian Trail is a safe activity. In fact, for the 2016 Hiking year there is only one recorded case of an actual bear attack. According to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy website, approximately three million people visited the trail this year (2016). Taking the numbers in hand, the chances of a bear attack are roughly one in three million.
However, along with bears there are several other dangers that come into play. Some of which many overlook when planning to visit the Appalachian Trail. Many dangers, very easy to avoid but also just as easy to overlook and become a serrious problem. Before embarking on a hike, whether it be for a day, a week, or the full through-hike. One should learn about what potential dangers there are and keep an open eye to their surroundings. | <urn:uuid:206e6fe7-b3f5-4aee-9acf-ad363b0697c0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://appalachiantrailhistory.org/exhibits?tags=danger | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.971375 | 179 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Many of the extraordinary feats that happen around the globe are made possible by the impressive teamwork that goes into them.
This is especially true for the story behind the world’s Highest altitude game of ice hockey, which not only involved the inspiration of Adam Sherlip and The Hockey Foundation, but players from different countries all over the world.
"The idea to pursue this record came about in 2014 from one of the Hockey Foundation's coaches, Antoine Jouvet, from Montreal, Quebec," said Adam.
"It took us a few years to plan the record attempt, as we knew that we wanted it to tie in to our organization's charitable mission."
Adam discovered the Hockey Foundation in an effort to help communities around the world and in North America, after a 2009 volunteer trip he made to Ladakh, the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
After spending a few weeks there, little did he know this city would have such a profound influence it would inspire the origination of the charitable foundation, as well as be the backdrop for an incredibly difficult record attempt eight years later.
"Since 2009 we've donated nearly 7,000 pieces of hockey equipment to programs around the region, donated hundreds of books to schools, improved the overall level of hockey in the region/country, helped establish men and women national hockey teams, and provided a number of life changing experiences for program participants on both sides of the coin, whether it be coach, player, volunteer, club, association or beyond.
"With all of that in mind, our message for this record attempt was that hockey has the power to change lives."
Above everything, Adam and the mission of the foundation wanted others to see the success of their record and understand that whether physical or mental, it is possible to accomplish even the most impossible feats.
By doing so, they were hoping to bring awareness and support for hockey to the Indian city.
After two years of planning, Adam, players from the foundation as well as other international ice hockey enthusiasts who caught wind of the record attempt had agreed to play the game on 6 February 2018.
Many came from the United States, India, Germany, Asia and other parts of Europe, eager to take on different roles for the event which was not being called 'Hockey Goes Higher', a reference not only to the altitude but also the charitable goal being set by the foundation.
This included an NHL veteran referee Mike Leggo who flew in to oversee the once-in-a-lifetime game.
The entire event required extensive planning up until that point, including a way to get supplies up to an altitude of 3,500 m (11,500 ft) for the match, but first getting them to India as they were not available in the area.
Shipping materials from Austria, participating organizers had their own share of difficulties trying to get them on location in the Himalayan region of Ladakh where the game would be played.
This was critical, as the materials were needed to build the ice hockey rink itself.
"If it wasn't for our long-term relationship with the Ladakh Winter Sports Club, this would've been impossible, but they persisted and got the boards to Ladakh.
"Then the challenge became building the rink in time for the game, since everybody was already in Leh, waiting to drive six+ hours through the Himalayas to Changtang region where the event was being staged.
"We used some of that time in Leh to allow all participants to acclimate to the higher altitude, even though the event was going to be played above 4350 m (14,000 ft)."
Despite several players experiencing jet-lag, exhaustion from the hike, altitude sickness, and some even the flu, enough players were able to participate to meet the guidelines of playing a standard game, achieving a new record title.
After completing the match, memorabilia from the game was displayed in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, including a worn jersey and puck.
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What could be nicer than going out with your entire class? Visit a Dutch or foreign theatre performance or view the interactive artworks at the adventurous Fort Ruigenhoek.
The Tweetakt education process often encompasses an introductory lesson of 1.5-2 hours at school and a visit to the festival during or after school hours. This means that you can visit a show at the festival both during the day and in the evening. In addition, you can also choose to go on a tour of the artworks at Fort Ruigenhoek.
Our experienced theatre tutors give the lesson at school. The content of these lessons is aligned with the visited performance or with the artworks at Fort Ruigenhoek, depending on your choice. They are dynamic lessons, with performance exercises that stimulate the senses. This way students learn to view and experience things in an active way.
Interaction is a central component of the visit to the fort. During their visit, young people are encouraged to think about what they’re seeing and to reflect on it. The education process can be expanded with several theatre lessons in advance at school. It is also possible to plan a discussion with the makers.
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Shortest distance between Milpitas and Los Angeles is 310.76 miles (500.12 km).
Flight distance from Milpitas, CA to Los Angeles, CA is 310.76 miles. Estimated flight time is 00 hours 41 minutes.
It takes 00 hours 37 minutes to travel from Milpitas to Los Angeles with an airplane (average speed of 550 miles).
The driving distance from Milpitas, California to Los Angeles, California is: 347.56 miles (559.35 km) by car.
Driving from Milpitas to Los Angeles will take approximately 05 hours 33 minutes.
The distance between Milpitas and Los Angeles is 559 km if you choose to drive by road. You can go 06 hours 12 minutes if you drive your car at an average speed of 90 kilometers / hour. For different choices, please review the avg. speed travel time table on the below.
There is no time difference between Milpitas and Los Angeles. The current time is 08:39:11.
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|30 mph (48.3 km/h)||11 hours 34 minutes|
|40 mph (64.37 km/h)||08 hours 41 minutes|
|50 mph (80.47 km/h)||06 hours 57 minutes|
|60 mph (96.56 km/h)||05 hours 47 minutes|
|70 mph (112.65 km/h)||04 hours 57 minutes|
|75 mph (120.7 km/h)||04 hours 38 minutes|
|80 mph (128.75 km/h)||04 hours 20 minutes|
A car with a fuel efficiency of 8.3 l/100 km will need 46.43 liters (12.26 gallon) of gas to cover the route between Milpitas and Los Angeles.
The estimated cost of gas to go from Milpitas to Los Angeles is $50.31 (diesel $59.47).
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As the European Union comes to terms with a changing strategic environment, it needs to do more to provide for its own defense and security. This includes better and more comprehensive EU-NATO coordination but also the participation of non-EU members in projects and processes initiated within EU structures. This discussion is especially important now, when the EU, while coping with COVID-19, is simultaneously seeking to build its open strategic autonomy.
Current gloomy economic projections indicate that the impact of the pandemic will neither spare the defense sector nor alleviate geopolitical tensions. Therefore, the EU, under certain conditions, should be open to cooperation with like-minded states, especially those with which member states already have a track record of cooperation. It is worth noting that discussions concerning third-country participation distinguish between various structures and pillars of European defense integration.
Is Europe Really Ready for Its Own Military Force?
Specifically, the European Defence Fund (EDF), the European Defence Agency (EDA) and Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) have different rules and are at varying stages of adopting them. While rules on third-country participation were established for the EDF and EDA in 2019, EU member states have only just agreed to a regime covering the politically more sensitive area of PESCO projects.
Why Cooperate With Non-EU Countries?
According to the latest agreement of the European Council, third parties will be allowed to participate if their inclusion were deemed to add substantial added value to respective projects being carried out and when such participation will not lead to dependencies on third states. Any third country participant need also to share “the values on which the EU is founded” and “respect the principle of good neighbourly relations with Member States.”
The general conditions, consequently, of a fairly restrictive approach toward participation, undoubtedly satisfy only the closest partners of choice like the United States, Norway and the United Kingdom. In other words, the doors will remain closed to, for example, Turkey and China. Leaving open the possibility for Turkish participation was a sticking point, and some countries, including Greece and Cyprus, are wary. Some view a prior Finnish proposal as not sufficiently exclusionary on the matter. It is notable that neither PESCO nor the EDF alter the EU’s existing rules on defense procurement.
Third countries can contribute relevant capacities for military operations, technological know-how as well as research and development. Their participation also facilitates closer EU working relationships with neighbors and non-EU NATO allies, helping safeguard NATO unity. Take the example of Norway — an EU-oriented country with a third of its exports going to the bloc. As the only member of the European Free Trade Association that is both part of the European Economic Area and host to a notable defense industry, Norway would be a substantial contributor to PESCO projects, from research programs to the joint development and acquisition of defense capabilities initiatives.
Norway indeed maintains a diversified and high-tech defense industry, spanning communication technology to air defense, from undersea systems to state-of-the-art missiles like the renowned Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS). Moreover, Norway is home to numerous EU defense contractor subsidiaries and production plants like the multinational Airbus, Spain’s Indra, Sweden’s Saab and France’s Thales. At a time when the EDF and PESCO provide a vehicle for fostering EU partnerships and consortia in the defense sector, Norway would be a particularly pertinent addition. Norway could, for example, contribute to the Modular Unmanned Ground Systems (MUGS), a PESCO initiative already supported by seven EU member states.
Cooperation in Times of COVID-19
But the benefits of joining PESCO initiatives are not limited to the positive economic impact that occurs from defense cooperation. Projects can also serve as platforms for nurturing resilience and improving preparedness for future pandemics. In this regard, military mobility, one of PESCO’s core projects, can aid, for example, in facilitating the movement of troops and military equipment, including sanitary and medical materials, across borders. Progress on the simplification and standardization of cross-border military transport, a key PESCO priority, would further enable a speedy and swift deployment of military personnel and equipment like food, doctors and field hospitals, for instance, from one country to the other, thereby strengthening EU solidarity.
While the impetus for European defense integration is undeniable, we should not take for granted that it will translate into enhanced capabilities for Europe to provide security for the continent. To move closer toward achieving this goal, the EU needs to intensify efforts to develop politically sound, organizationally efficient and industrially complementary relations with like-minded countries.
*[This op-ed is part of the project, Enhanced European Opportunity Partners in the EU’s Defence and Security Initiatives: Study Case of Norway. The support of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defense for the production of this publication does not constitute endorsement of its content, which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Norwegian Ministry of Defense cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.]
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Traveling the world as a family is an incredible way to raise your children. However, while you’re discovering new cultures and landscapes, you may also need to explore homeschooling on the road.
Children need to learn while they grow, but there are more ways than one for them to do this.
And while schools and classrooms have been designed to teach kids in an organized way, traveling homeschoolers have a different approach to preparing children for their futures.
Tip: Check out our Kids Travel Journal and Travel Activity Book here.
Homeschooling on the Road
Here are some of the benefits of schooling children while traveling, as well as a few challenges you may come across.
6 Benefits Of Homeschooling Abroad
The great thing about starting to homeschool on the road is that there have been parents before you who have done the same.
They’ve figured out what works for them and what doesn’t, and they’ve seen all of the benefits that this approach to teaching has brought.
1. Unparalleled Experiences
Children who learn on the road experience a lot more than those who remain seated in a classroom each day.
Most kids will learn about the world from books and screens. With worldschooling, children can learn about these things first-hand.
You may choose to spend 3 months in Amsterdam, cycling into the countryside for lunch, or take a quick trip to Iceland to experience the Northern Lights.
The great thing about traveling and homeschooling is that you’re not bound to school semesters.
You have more freedom in your days, weeks, and years. And this freedom can be enjoyed together as a family.
3. Real-world Skills and Lessons
The world contains all the lessons that are taught in a classroom. Where better to learn about the Roman gladiators than at the Colosseum?
There’s no better place to learn about the Great Wall of China than in China itself. And what could be more inspiring to young children interested in art and history than browsing the museums in Vienna?
4. Tighter Family Bonds
After a few months of spending 24/7 with your entire family, you’ll start to notice the strong bond forming between each member of the family.
You’ll have real conversations with your children, learn more about them as people, and create unforgettable memories together. Not every day will be smooth sailing.
But there’s bound to be a lot more laughs around the dinner table after a day of learning about wild animals on a real African safari.
5. One-on-One Attention For Your Child
In a classroom, your child will have to share the teacher’s attention with a group of other students. But when they’re being taught at home, they are able to receive individual attention.
This can be extremely beneficial for children who need a little extra help with subjects. Allowing them enough time to enjoy their work and develop their interests.
6. Friends All Over The World
Most homeschooled children are thought to be lacking social skills, and when you’re traveling long-term with kids it may seem like they have no contact with other kids their age. But it’s really not true.
Roadschooling allows children to make lifelong friends all over the world!
7 Challenges Of Homeschooling While Traveling The World
While homeschooling for traveling families can be an exceptional experience for all involved, it comes with its own set of obstacles to overcome.
1. Sibling Conflict
We mentioned family bonding, which is a great benefit of homeschooling around the world. But there’s no denying that at times, siblings are not going to be the best of friends.
Giving each child some of their own time and space can help with the bickering.
2. Time Constraints
It may seem like packing up and traveling the world would give you more time to do the things that matter. But when you have more than one child and you’re also working, time can be short.
You’re also traveling for a reason – to see the world. So you don’t want to be stuck inside doing algebra while you could be exploring the city of Rome.
By scheduling your time to fit exploring, schooling, work, and family time, you’ll ensure fewer hassles for the whole family.
3. Battling Lack of Motivation
While at home, kids may not be motivated to do any schoolwork. This can be frustrating, but you have the freedom to give them a break and switch up their schedules. Or offer them something more fun to learn for the day.
4. Higher Costs
Depending on the curriculum you chose to use to school your kids, the costs may actually be higher than sending them to school.
There are, of course, many free resources available on the internet, and an abundance of support as well. Before making the commitment to homeschool, it’s wise to research the best options for your budget.
5. Lack of Facilities
The real world is full of educational opportunities, but there are facilities that your kids will miss out on the road. Things like sports fields, science equipment, and gyms.
Thankfully, with a bit of preplanning, you’ll easily find facilities to rent or use wherever you are. And if you don’t, you can always improvise.
6. Finding a Healthy Balance
Finding a balance between school and fun can be hard. It’s similar to working from home, where work never really leaves. Likewise, it can be hard to get kids to focus on school while on the road.
Scheduling your time effectively and having a ‘schoolwork space’ can help create a more balanced lifestyle for everyone.
7. Family Concerns
When you announce that you’re going to be homeschooling your children, your friends and family will likely have mixed reactions. There may be some concerns over the kids’ wellbeing and future.
Thankfully, we live in a time where quite a few families have done this before us. So it’s easy to show examples of how children have excelled at university after being homeschooled. Or how having friends all over the world make up for not seeing your classmates each day.
Don’t let the (usually well-meaning) opinions of others affect your decision.
Roadschooling – Is It For You?
If you do want to see the world and let your kids travel, homeschooling is a great option.
If you have homeschooled your children from the start, then traveling the world while they learn is most likely a natural progression.
For kids who have been in mainstream schools and then change to homeschooling, it may be more of an adjustment.
It’s important to remember that what works for one family may not work for another, and there is no right or wrong way to worldschool. Figure it out as you go, find other families and connect with them, and most importantly, have fun.
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Unlike sorbet and ice cream, sherbet (pronounced Sher-bet) is a frozen treat that is similar to ices, but contains dairy components (in tiny amounts, around 1-2 percent). Sherbet differs from ice cream in terms of flavor, mouthfeel, and texture, and sits somewhere between the two. Citric acid is used in the production of sherbet, which might result in a more sour flavor.
Is sherbet a superior alternative to ice cream?
- Cherry ice cream is a delicious treat. For those maintaining their weight, sherbet may be a healthier dessert option than ice cream because it often includes fewer calories.. The same amount of vanilla ice cream contains around 137 calories per 1/2-cup serving, but the same amount of orange sherbet includes approximately 107 calories.
Which is healthier sherbet or ice cream?
Sherbet is a good source of vitamin C. It contains a higher concentration of carbs while having a lower glycemic index and less calories. Ice cream, on the other hand, has larger concentrations of calcium, zinc, salt, potassium, vitamins A and B2, protein, and lipids and cholesterol than other desserts.
What is the difference between sherbet ice cream and regular ice cream?
The frozen dessert sherbet is a lower-fat, fruit-flavored, and denser version of ice cream. Ice cream is fluffier than sherbet because it contains more air during the manufacturing/churning process, whereas sherbet has relatively little air. Because sherbet has less air, it is often more powerfully delicious.
What is better sherbet or sorbet?
Understanding the Difference Between Sorbet and Sherbet The primary difference between these two varieties of frozen desserts is the amount of dairy they contain. A little amount of cream or milk is added to sherbet in order to make it more rich and creamy in texture, whereas sorbet does not include any dairy products at all.
Is there more milk in ice cream or sherbet?
Understanding the Difference between Sorbet and Sherbet The primary distinction between these two varieties of frozen desserts is the amount of dairy they contain. A little amount of cream or milk is added to sherbet in order to make it more rich and creamy in texture, whereas sorbet does not include any dairy at all.
What ice cream is the healthiest?
Low-calorie ice cream alternatives that are both healthy and delicious
- Halo Top is a fictional character created by the video game Halo. It has 25 flavors, only 70 calories per serving, and lower fat and protein levels than normal ice cream. Dairy-free delights from Yasso, Arctic Zero, Cado, Enlightened, and Breyer’s Delights.
- Chilly Cow.
Is there more sugar in sherbet or ice cream?
In comparison to low-fat ice cream, sherbet contains less milkfat and more sugar, thus its PersonalPoints value is comparatively low. Because to the fact that sorbet has no dairy, it is normally fat-free; nevertheless, due to the high sugar content, it may contain just as many calories as certain ice creams, depending on the brand.
Why is sherbet not ice cream?
Sherbet is a frozen treat that is neither ice cream nor sorbet. It is produced with fruit and water, but it typically contains dairy products, mainly milk or buttermilk, to enhance the flavor. Because of this, the texture is somewhat creamier than sorbet, and the color is a lighter, pastel shade. Sherbet must include less than 2 percent fat in order to be considered legal.
Is it pronounced sherbert or sorbet?
Sherbet, which is pronounced ‘SHER-but,’ is the common name for a frozen sweet dish prepared from fruit or fruit juices that is served frozen. In contrast, sherbert, which has an extra r in the second syllable and is pronunced ‘ SHER-bert,’ has become less popular. On a hot summer day, there’s nothing like the taste of sweet, icy sherbet on your tongue to help you feel cooler and more refreshed.
Is sorbet a sherbet?
Different substances are used to create each one. In order to make sorbet, two essential ingredients are required: fruit and sugar. The ingredients for sherbet are similarly fruit and sugar, however in addition to these two components, sherbet also contains cream. Sherbet must include between one and two percent milkfat, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
Can diabetics eat sherbet ice cream?
If you swap frozen desserts for other carbs in your meal plan, you may indulge in frozen desserts on occasion, which is a welcome relief. The following recommendations from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) will assist you in making your decision: Keep an eye on the serving size (1/2 cup).
What is gelato vs ice cream?
Ingredients: While both gelato and ice cream are made with cream, milk, and sugar, authentic gelato contains more milk and less cream than ice cream, and it does not typically contain egg yolks, which are a common ingredient in ice cream. Gelato is made with cream, milk, and sugar, but it does not contain egg yolks.
Why is sorbet called sorbet?
Etymology. English ‘sorbet’ is derived from the Middle English sorbetto, which in turn originates from the Turkish şerbet, which is a transcription of the Iranian sharbat, which also refers to the same sort of beverage. It is the Iranian (Persian, Kurdish) term ‘shariba’ that is derived from the Arabic verb ‘shariba,’ which literally means ‘to drink.’
What is the difference between Italian ice and sorbet?
Italian ice is more comparable in texture to sorbet and tends to have flavor combinations that are similar to sorbet. Although sorbet is often thought to have a creamier texture than Italian Ice, we at Gulu are willing to challenge that notion. The texture, sweetness, and refreshing nature of our creations are comparable to those of any sorbet on the market.
Why is frozen yogurt better than ice cream?
Generally speaking, ice cream has more fat, and frozen yogurt may have more sugar than usual. Some frozen yogurt contains probiotics, which are good to the digestive system, but not all of it does. In order to gain these advantages, search for frozen yogurts that state on their packaging that they include live and active bacteria ( 3, 16 ). | <urn:uuid:8b87ec4f-a1e9-48d2-be67-ffe6d95f6f53> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thesweetspotcleveland.com/gelato/what-is-the-difference-between-sherbet-and-ice-cream.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.948644 | 1,378 | 2.703125 | 3 |
KC GOT the World Cup.
The very first FIFA World Cup took place in 1930. This major event takes place every four years in hopes of preparation for players, teams, and giving their host country enough time to plan for a wide range of fans visiting. On the same day of the announcement, FIFA representatives visited a handful of places around the KC Metro area in order to see if they would be reasonable enough for a game to be played, one in particular, the GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. It was determined that once KC was selected as being a host city, the field would be required to be widened, along with requiring that some seats be temporarily removed at the corner of the fields to accommodate FIFA specifications.
Throughout all of the excitement, Kansas City is eager to welcome the 2026 new year in hopes of this being a starting point for more great opportunities. According to the Kansas City Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas says “the World Cup will bring jobs to our residents, will generate hundreds of millions of dollars for our region, and will illustrate on a global stage what we’ve known for some time: Kansas City is the soccer capital of America.”
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MANILA— The Philippines‘ economic growth unexpectedly shrank in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic brought domestic consumption and business activity to a grinding halt.
Gross domestic product contracted 0.2% in January to March from the same period last year, the first decline since the fourth quarter of 1998, data from the statistics agency showed on Thursday. That compares with the 3.1% expansion expected in a Reuters poll.
Growth in the fourth quarter was revised upwards to 6.7%, from 6.4% previously, after the statistics office changed the base year it uses to calculate economic output to 2018 from 2000.
To slow the rising cases of the new coronavirus, the Philippines placed the main island of Luzon, which accounts for more than two thirds of the economy and half of the population of more than 107 million, on lockdown from mid-March until the end of April.
The enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), as the measures are called, was relaxed from May 1, paving the way for incremental resumption of work and commercial activity in low risk areas. However the capital Manila, where most cases are, remains under strict stay-at-home orders.
“Containing the spread of the virus and saving hundreds of thousands of lives through the imposition of ECQ has come at a great cost to the Philippine economy,” Acting Economic Planning Secretary Karl Chua told an online news conference.
The Philippines‘ benchmark share index was down 0.2% by 0236 GMT, while the Philippine peso fell as low as 50.54 to the dollar, from Wednesday’s close of 50.46.
“We can start reversing the economic trajectory by June,” Chua said, as the government accelerates spending on big ticket infrastructure projects.
The Philippines recorded its first local transmission of the virus in March and has since registered more than 10,000 confirmed cases and more than 600 deaths.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has cut interest rates three times this year, with the latest move in April an off-cycle easing that brought the benchmark interest rate to a record low of 2.75%.
Before the release of Thursday’s data, BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno hinted he was in no rush to slash policy rates again, saying it would be prudent on the part of policymakers to wait for the recent cuts to work their way through the economy. —Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales and Karen Lema; Additional reporting by Enrico dela Cruz; Editing by Sam Holmes | <urn:uuid:430f5115-1321-4c74-94eb-f66f00865a14> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://interaksyon.philstar.com/politics-issues/2020/05/07/167923/philippines-economy-unexpectedly-shrinks-in-q1-as-virus-hits-demand/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.956531 | 528 | 1.59375 | 2 |
At the Graduate School of Arts and Science, inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, and leadership are at the core of our community. We believe that an environment that embraces a broad spectrum of identities, viewpoints, and lived experiences is integral to our success, and we aim to ensure that our community of students, alumni, faculty, and staff thrive by upholding this belief. We are dedicated to fostering a welcoming culture of belonging that supports our diverse student body.
The Graduate School of Arts and Science plans to continue providing existing resources and programming dedicated to fostering academic success for diverse communities, such as Pathways to the Ph.D., Women in Academia, First-Gen Graduate Connections, and collaborations with varying resource centers at NYU. In addition to these, GSAS IDEAL assesses existing programming and conducts need analyses, with the aim of improving our efforts in the following areas: Community and Belonging; Mentoring and Professional Development; and Pedagogy and Teaching. Our goal is to implement structurally sound, sustainable practices across the focus areas, to ensure a lasting positive impact on the GSAS community. | <urn:uuid:dd04de8f-7460-4412-bc33-5cc551bb5fba> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gsas.nyu.edu/diversity/GSAS_DEI_Committee.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.945364 | 224 | 1.671875 | 2 |
We’re getting to the point in the primary season when people turn their focus to the general election. Since Hillary Clinton tore through the Northeast on April 26, the Bernie Sanders campaign has laid off staff and suffered fundraising setbacks. But Sanders has intimated that he will keep fighting, even contesting the Democratic convention in July. So, could Sanders damage Clinton’s chances in the general election? Do long, hard-fought primaries weaken the candidate who emerges from them victorious?
That question, which is probably even more pressing for Republicans this year, has preoccupied political scientists for decades. The hypothesis that divisive primaries are detrimental is intuitive: Candidates attack one another, dividing the party and alienating supporters. But research findings have been mixed.
In a 1998 study of presidential elections, University of New Mexico political scientist Lonna Atkeson challenged the theory by suggesting that divisive primaries occur when the party is already divided. In other words, divisive primaries are the symptom, not the disease. We’re in the midst of an open primary, but take recent incumbent presidents as an example: Gerald Ford in 1976, Jimmy Carter in 1980 and George H.W. Bush in 1992 ran into trouble in the general election, but not because they were challenged in the primaries. They attracted challengers in the primaries because they were already in political trouble. Controlling for factors that account for this political trouble — the strength of the economy and the president’s popularity — Atkeson found that the effect of divisive primaries on how well the nominee does in the general election drops out. In other words, divisive primaries don’t make the incumbent party vulnerable; the causation runs the other way.
The prolonged Democratic primary in 2008 renewed scholarly interest in the divisive primary question, and studies of that contest have produced conflicting results. Henderson, Hillygus and Tompson found in a 2010 paper that a Democratic primary voter who was “frustrated” with the primary was more likely to vote for Republican John McCain in the general election. But they also found that substantive political issues were a bigger factor in voters’ decision-making than primary-inspired angst. Clinton voters who supported the Iraq War, for example, were more likely to vote for McCain in the general. They concluded, as Atkeson did, that the impact of divisive primaries has more to do with different views within the party on political issues than the occurrence of the divisive primary itself.
In a 2010 paper, Todd Makse and Anand Sokhey looked at Ohio’s Franklin County, chosen because it’s representative of the American public as a whole, and found evidence in precincts that had been favorable to Clinton of “defection and abstention” in the general election — voting for McCain or not at all. Amber Wichowsky and Sarah Niebler in a 2010 paper looked at tone as well as competitiveness (the closeness of the contest between Obama and Clinton in different areas) and found that negative ads in the primary had little effect on Obama’s performance in the general election.
You could cherry-pick studies to argue that contentious primary races hurt a nominee, but even those effects are small. There just isn’t a compelling case that competitive primaries damage a nominee’s prospects.
It’s worth noting that it’s hard for observational studies to get at exactly what aspects of a “divisive” primary season might matter. Studies like Atkeson’s focus on relative divisiveness — a comparison of the percentage of the primary vote won by each party’s nominees (from that perspective, the Democrats may be in pretty good shape this year). The studies cited here don’t directly account for the length of the primary season as a driver of outcomes, but a longer primary is a necessary condition for the competition Atkeson identifies and the negative tone that Wichowsky and Niebler identify. And how long a candidate stays in the race, along with how competitive he or she is, still appears to be a primary factor that voters and the media weigh when considering whether a candidate should drop out.
The conventional wisdom that follows from the (questionable) assumption that competitive primaries are damaging to nominees is that candidates should drop out of the primary early and allow the party to coalesce around the front-runner. For both parties, the norm in effect has apparently been that major competitors should leave the nomination race before the convention — the earlier the better. These norms may be, as we’ve seen from the political science studies mentioned above, based on incorrect assumptions about how much a divisive contest matters. But the pressure is real nonetheless. We saw it in the 2008 Republican contest when Mitt Romney left the race and support consolidated around McCain. Clinton was also the recipient of this pressure in the 2008 cycle — very early on, before she went on to win a number of contests.
How much will this pressure matter to Sanders? Well, it hasn’t made a difference so far despite Clinton’s lead in delegates, pledged and super. But there are good reasons for Sanders to stay in. For one, he’s still putting victories on the board, including in Indiana on Tuesday. It also appears that the Sanders campaign plans to go to the convention this summer with an agenda for the party platform, and it’ll have a strong case for why his ideas should carry some weight. And because the evidence isn’t clear that a competitive primary is a hindrance in the general election, it’s hard to defend the argument that Sanders should have stepped aside by now.
Additionally, fellow Mischiefs of Faction writer Seth Masket has noted that ambitious, high-quality candidates tend to drop out early because they are likely to value their future ambitions within the party. But it’s not clear where Sanders’s relationship with the Democratic Party is going. Sanders, an independent U.S. senator from Vermont, caucuses with the Democrats but has eschewed their label. His candidacy has been about the future of the party, but it’s also been billed as a revolution and a social movement. Will Sanders act like the kind of candidate who wants to run for president again (not likely, given his age), to get on the VP short list or to secure a Cabinet position? For those wondering whether pursuing the Democratic nomination has brought Sanders into the party fold, the path he chooses will be instructive.
Sanders’s next move will also tell us which side he falls on in the debate that’s raging about how parties should work. If the purpose of parties is to let elites nominate the most ideologically reliable candidate who can unite the party and win in November, then it makes sense for party leaders to eliminate the risk of division. But if there is real value in letting voters — all primary voters — have a voice in the party’s decision, then party leaders may want to ride out a long primary season. Because the evidence about the impact of a divisive primary is inconclusive, the stakes of this tradeoff aren’t quite clear. | <urn:uuid:92facbd0-cc99-4697-8c95-6cebf138f7ae> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/sanders-shouldnt-drop-out-for-clintons-sake/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.963266 | 1,456 | 2.59375 | 3 |
For many reasons, we have only just now begun the process of looking through Dad’s phones. It is very early in the process, so there are many things we are still looking for information on. The examination is by no means complete, yet. That will take time by us and time by experts. But it has already proven very helpful.
I can tell you that so far I have not seen any questionable/concerning photos in both of the phones I have searched. I also have not found any questionable/concerning correspondence or data. This includes the device they supposedly found the most information.
But what is also of interest is what I did find. The report said Dad had a note in his phone for how to say “a little bit further” in Thai. They (Miller & Martin) presented that information in a way that alleged that his interest in, and use of, the phrase were for illicit/sexual reasons.
Well here is where I found the phrase. The context is….not what they said, to put it mildly.
Directions. That’s why he had the phrase noted. “Just a little bit further” is in a list of terms to direct a cab driver. Left. Right. Straight. Bridge. And “a little bit further.” The context could not be clearer.
What is also clear, is the dishonest intent of the people who wrote that report. There is no reasonable way you can see that list and think that phrase has an inappropriate connotation. Their misrepresentation of this detail is blatant.
So if their case was so rock solid, why did they need to lie about the context of this note?
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DATE: Wednesday, February 24, 2021
TIME: 12-1pm | virtual event
Did you know that trees improve our air, water and soil quality, in addition to providing beauty and shade on a hot summer day? Trees essentially sustain life for people, wildlife and entire ecosystems! Join us for this special program that includes a Q and A and provides resources to learn more about how you can fully benefit from trees for your health and well-being.
Willette Jackson is the Workforce Development and Engagement Supervisor at Trees Atlanta. As the liaison for community engagement, Willette focuses on three key areas: Youth Tree Team, community engagement efforts, and workforce development initiatives for adults. The Youth Tree Team is a summer employment opportunity that gives high school students exposure to forestry, landscape design, horticulture, and arboriculture. She holds a Bachelor of Environmental Design Field of Study from Auburn University.
“My time at Trees Atlanta has allowed me to capitalize my passion for both people and green infrastructure by creating and maintaining healthier green spaces and making our mission accessible for everyone!” – Willette Jackson, Trees Atlanta
Teri Nye is a project manager and designer with Park Pride’s Visioning Program. Teri brings international experience in the design of parks and urban greenspaces, expertise in graphic design, knowledge of Georgia’s native plants, and over ten years of experience in community outreach and education. She holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Georgia, a Bachelor of Science with a concentration in botany from James Madison University, and a teaching certificate for secondary science.
“Our existing trees are foundational to the health of Atlanta’s urban ecosystem, no matter if you’re a ‘tree-person’ or not, trees impact your quality of life.” – Teri Nye, Park Pride | <urn:uuid:f2cd3ca5-6eae-42a1-8284-b451f09287a8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://earthsharega.org/february-ecohour-how-trees-improve-our-air-land-water-for-our-health-and-well-being | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.909764 | 391 | 2.375 | 2 |
Navigating COVID-19: an update from Nigeria
25 January 2022
The COVID-19 Pandemic has shifted the way we all work, live, and navigate the world. It has also highlighted and widened global inequalities, particularly the delivery of and access to healthcare services and education. As part of this series, we share updates from IFD Project Partners in Tajikistan, Nepal, Tanzania, and Mexico, among others, to look at how they have navigated these challenges.
This month’s update is from the Nigerian Association of Dermatologists (NAD), awarded a DermLink grant in 2020 to undertake their End Advanced Skin Cancer Scourge in Albinos Project (EASCAP). As part of this, Dr Nkechi Anne Enechukwu and her team provided dermatological care and skin cancer prevention training to Persons Living with Albinism (PWA) in Anambra State, Nigeria.
PWAs and their families were invited to attend community-based workshops on skin cancer and sun safety. PWAs received flyers, leaflets, and sun protection materials during these workshops, including sunscreen, hats, and clothing. Through this, they were able to learn about the early signs of skin cancer and how to protect themselves and their loved ones.
During these workshops, attendees also received free skin checks and follow up treatment as many presented signs of skin cancer. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Enechukwu had to suspend community-based clinics and workshops. In place of this, they developed radio and text message-based awareness material. Despite these challenges, they continued to provide free skin checks and treatment for PWAs but on a one-to-one basis.
Following treatment, patients were monitored and advised through WhatsApp and online consultations. They also received fluorouracil creams and soaps and sun protection packages of sunscreen, hats, and clothing. As a result, they were able to reduce the number of mortality and disabilities from advanced skin cancers in PWA within a year. Considering this, the NAD will continue its SunSmart campaign to ensure that this trend continues.
In total, 73 PWAs were reached. Of this, 32 patients had excisional biopsies. Dr Enechukwu and her team collected 199 skin biopsies, where over 50% were malignant or premalignant, and 17% were not. The remaining biopsies are awaiting processing. As such, the results have not yet been confirmed. The data collected from this project was also utilised for training 60 dermatologists about the early detection of skin cancers in PWA and the role of Dermoscopy in evaluating PWA.
The project was a great success. Nonetheless, there were challenges. Therefore, Dr Enechukwu notes the lessons learnt were as follows:
- “Prepare for all eventualities: The pandemic disrupted the initial plans and led to a major shift from a community visit for the skin evaluation to a hospital-based skin evaluation. We had also planned large group meetings, but this was modified due to the pandemic.
- Collaboration is key- the moment some of the state stakeholders of the albinism association came on board, PWA at the grassroots who could not afford transportation fares were able to attend the clinics.
- Involve PWA. We had to employ a PWA as an assistant and it made collaboration easier.” | <urn:uuid:75862fff-b0ad-4121-a462-78885bd93e38> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ilds.org/news/navigating-covid-19-nigeria/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.975422 | 703 | 1.882813 | 2 |
The Kiwi authentic item can be ingested as food or as a drug. The regular item is rich in flavor and thick. The Kiwi natural item is a tightly held, consistent focal point for potassium L-ascorbic acid corrosive folate, vitamin K and vitamin E. It is also a good source of ordinary Fiber and disease specialists. It has a 290% DV per portion of L-ascorbic acid. This natural product is the most commonly raised in another item. Unpracticed thick genuine Kiwi may not be a good choice.
Kiwi is a well-known natural item that has a high level of L-ascorbic acid corrosive. It is very similar to Associate in Nursing orange, but with substantial unpracticed tissue. It has a refreshing consistency and a fresh style that aids in recalling melons, strawberries and bananas. This green tissue is almost free of dim seeds, which adds a tropical vibe to any regular serving of leafy greens. The year has progressed and this natural item is now available. The authentic item for Calif. kiwis is available from June to October according to the Gregorian calendar and will remain until May. The New island kiwi daily item is available from June to October. The natural item measures approximately three inches in length and weighs about four ounces.
Kiwi is used new because it comes in sun-dried and frozen form. We need to imagine the trimmings on the packaging. However, when purchasing, it is important to make sure there is no sugar or salt.
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Kiwi is a natural low-calorie food that can be prepared with great taste. It is high in fiber to keep us full and satisfied. It is also high in water content, which keeps the body hydrated.
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Here are some potential impacts of Chinese gooseberry.
1. Negative Reactions
The use of natural kiwi products can lead to unhelpful reactions. You should be cautious, but you must take the initiative. Fluctuated people who ate kiwis authentic articles in huge amounts have shown cross-honing and other types of responsiveness.
2. Itching and swelling
Studies have shown that excessive consumption of it can lead to increased growth. Individuals who eat a lot of it can also experience excessive touchiness. It is also common to get hives, respiratory illness, and rash. You may experience a brief, close-to-mouth aggravation.
3. Oral unfavorably sensitive response syndrome (OAS).
A few people have created elaborate OASs because of Kiwi’s extravagance. OAS fuse the mouth, lips, and tongue. The OAS can also cause a shuddering or shivering sensation inside the mouth. This med is the best ED treatment for Filitra 40 or Filitra 20.
People who use high amounts of Kiwi methodically could cause skin problems similar to dermatitis.
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Exercising too much Kiwi can cause severe pancreatitis. This regular heavenly item is enriched with potassium, monoamine synapse, L-ascorbic Acid, L-ascorbic Acid, E, and E. High amounts of these parts could alter the blood’s ability to absorb the greasy substance, which could cause long-term damage to the exocrine gland.
6. The insides are versatile and can be collapsed
The insides’ heaving and disorder are also connected by one of the regular kiwi item options impacts. You might also find it irritating to swallow.
7. Plastic hypersensitive response
According to studies, many people who are sensitive to plastic have a tendency to make it more responsive. If you are prone to negative reactions to plastic, it is best to refrain from using Kiwi.
8. Maternity and chestfeeding
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Brown-Nichols Science Award
The Brown-Nichols Science Award was established in 2008 in honor of the significant contributions of Dr. Randall Brown and Dr. Frederic Nichols. Each made substantive contributions to science through research, by facilitating good science by others, and by communicating science to managers and policy makers in the San Francisco Estuary and watershed. Together they laid the foundations for the first Bay-Delta Science Conference.
The award is given biennially to recognize the contributions of a scientist for significant research and active involvement in facilitating the use of science to manage the San Francisco Estuary and watershed.
The Selection Committee for the Brown-Nichols Science Award unanimously chose Dr. Larry Brown as the recipient of the 2021 award. A Research Biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, Larry was a recognized expert on the ecology of California fishes and published over 80 scientific articles and reports on native fishes, benthic macroinvertebrates, and benthic algae. He was a renowned research scientist who was recently acknowledged by a Stanford study as among the world’s top 2% of scientists in his field. For more than two decades, Larry was very active in the Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) for the San Francisco Estuary. He was a long-time member and leader of several IEP groups, including the Science Management Team, Management, Analysis, and Synthesis Team, and the Climate Change Project Work Team. The IEP community relied heavily on Larry’s unique ability to lead data analysis and synthesis efforts, including IEP work on the causes of the “Pelagic Organism Decline” in the Bay-Delta. Larry was a sought-after reviewer of papers and programs, a frequent conference speaker, and a productive participant in various expert panels, review teams, and work groups. He served as President of the California-Nevada Chapter of the American Fisheries Society as well as of the Water Quality Section of the National American Fisheries Society. Larry received the Meritorious Service Award of the Department of the Interior in 2018.
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Hot water boilers and boilers for the production of water vapour under high pressures are considered to be steam boilers. As a generic term, boiler is used to denote steam generators and hot water installations. In the industry there are two types of boilers; the steam engine boilers and fire tube boilers.
Steam engine boilers are used to generate steam to operate steam turbines.In current utility steam boilers, up to 3,600 t steam is generated per hour under pressures of 300 bar and steam temperatures of 620 °C.
Fire tube boilers are often used in small and medium-sized industrial plants, for example in the paper or food industry, where small and medium-sized mixtures of hot water or water vapour are required at low pressures. These boilers are used in the technical building appliances of large complexes, such as hotels, hospitals etc.
Purpose of insulation
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This article is written by Tarish Vats from O. P. Jindal University. This article focuses on socio-economic offences and the deep impact of the same on society as well as on the committees which had been formed by the Government of India to address the plight which had been faced by society. The article also emphasizes the possible solutions and the laws which are made to solve the issue of socio-economic offence.
Socio-economic offences are those that have an impact on the social and economic well-being of society. These are non-conventional crimes in the sense that they lack mens rea. These crimes have a societal impact. It does not target a single person, but rather a group of people who are likely to purchase such goods or services. Socio-economic crimes are a new type of criminality. In which persons from the upper and middle classes are involved and are committed in the course of their occupations.
Sutherland refers to it as white-collar crimes, while others refer to it as public welfare offences, statutory offences, strict liability offences, and so on. This type of crime has spread to varying degrees throughout the world. The gravity of such offences is quite severe. Though several lawmakers in India have been established who may be classified as socio-economic legislators.
Definition and nature of socio-economic offences in India
The idea of socio-economic offences in India outlined in India’s 47th Law Commission Report is critical. According to the study, socioeconomic crimes are social offences that have an impact on the health, morals, social, or overall well-being of the community as a whole, rather than just the individual victim. Economic offences are those that are harmful to society’s economy and endanger not only individual money but the entire economic structure of a country.
White-collar crimes are perpetrated by members of the affluent and well-to-do classes. A socioeconomic offence, on the other hand, maybe committed by anybody. Socio-economic offences not only broaden the scope of white-collar crime as understood by Sutherland and acknowledged by others, but also have broader implications.
Socio-economic crimes differ from traditional crimes because they do not, to a common mind, involve or carry with them any stigma, while traditional crimes, unlike the socio-economic crimes have a symbolic meaning for the public and carry stigma involving a disgrace, depravity, and immorality and are thought of as decidedly the behaviour of the lower class of people.
Usually, in these types of offences, the victim is mainly public at large, especially the consuming public, and even if there is no harm to any particular person, the harm is caused to the society which has a very large impact upon the society.
In the case of conventional offences, culpability is not absolute and is rather connected to the wrongdoer’s intent. However, in the case of socio-economic offences, the government has a propensity to reduce the need for mens rea for criminal responsibility.
The harm caused by these offences is higher than that caused by ordinary crimes. They harm the morals, health, and welfare of the population as a whole, and they have the potential to destroy the economic fabric. As a result, the legislature’s policy in such instances is not to be indulgent in terms of prevention, control, and punishment, and the perpetrator is not permitted to go unpunished.
Traditional crimes were thought to be the result of the wrongdoer’s physical, environmental, or sociological maladjustments. As a result, in such situations, reformative efforts must also be made; on the contrary, socioeconomic crime is the result of hunger for money rather than any maladjustment. As a result, in these situations, harsh and frightening punishment is seen as acceptable, and reformer initiatives are not implemented.
The Santhanam Committee Report, 1964
The Santhanam Committee on Corruption, established in 1964, merited recognition for its extensive investigation work and recommended report. The committee’s name, Ministers, members of Parliament, and state legislatures were expressly mentioned in his code of behaviour for anyone in positions of power, authority, or trust in our society. There should be no use of position for personal or family gain, no activities driven by party, religion, caste, or community concerns, and no unofficial dealings with businessmen or hospitality or gifts taken from them or other private individuals.
In India, the 29th Law Commission Report recommended that the Santhanam Committee Report of 1964 be considered. According to the committee report, the Penal Code does not deal satisfactorily with activities that may be regarded as social offences due to the particular conditions under which they are committed and which have now become a dominating characteristic of some strong parts of modern society. Two characteristics could be seen in the majority of the detected offences: pecuniary advantage and unjust enrichment. It proposed that a new chapter be added to the IPC to deal with socio-economic offences.
Later, in the 47th Law Commission Report, a new composite category of socio-economic offences was established. The three primary types are unlawful economic operations, illegal commercial and related transactions, and avoidance of public taxes or monetary responsibilities. The notion of socio-economic crimes is highly significant in the Report, and the prominent aspects of these violations are explored in detail.
Features of socio-economic offences
- Motive: Unlike traditional crimes, the act of committing the crime is motivated by extreme greed or a desire for riches.
- Emotion: Whereas typical crimes are committed for emotional reasons, these sorts of offences have no emotional basis or relationship between the victim and the perpetrator.
- Target victim: In most cases, the victim is the state or a group of individuals, most notably those who are consumers of particular goods or services, shareholders or holders of other assets, and so on.
- Mode of operation: The primary motivator for committing such a crime is deception, not coercion.
- Mental element: Such offences are generally committed on purpose.
- Protected interest:
- The preservation of individual members’ property, money, or health, as well as national resources, as well as the broader economic system as a whole, from exploitation or waste by people or organizations, is a social interest.
- Social interest in increasing the country’s wealth through implementing rules governing taxes and dues, foreign exchanges, international business, and the like.
Categories of socio-economic offences in India
- Actions planned and carried out to impede or inhibit the country’s economic development and health,
- Income tax evasion,
- Misuse of position and authority by public officials, which is most likely to result in corruption,
- All offences including breach of contract and delivery of goods that do not meet the requirements as promised,
- All black marketing and hoarding-related actions,
- Activities involving food and medication adulteration. Misappropriation and theft of government property and finances,
- The activities associated with the trafficking of licenses, permits, and so forth.
Causes of socio-economic offences
- Industrial revolution: The transition from an agricultural to an industrialised country brought about changes in the country, which resulted in offences shifting their pace from traditional to these new ones.
- World War II: Post-war conditions in the countries were deplorable, resulting in alterations in the regular functioning of society. As a result, new practices gave rise to new offences.
- Business: When new firms began to develop in the country, it generated a sense of intense competition among them. Everyone wanted to outdo each other in any way possible.
- Technology: One of the factors that influenced our country’s preference for beer is also to blame for such offences. The rise of technology and scientific advancements has resulted in a decline in faith in the almighty.
- Lack of morals: As people’s dread of the ultimate judgment or the world beyond all humanly things faded, so did their morals and ethics. As a result, there has been a rise in deception and greed and thirst for worldly satisfaction.
- Laissez-faire: The state opted to leave things alone, and the absence of public discontent resulted in serious consequences that are now visible in our country. However, with appropriate research and attention, these crimes in the country may be controlled.
- Absence of intense and coordinated public resentment.
Laws to combat socio-economic offences in India
Several Acts dealing with socio-economic offences were established to punish offenders. Furthermore, these Acts are formed to preserve the normal operations of commerce, contracts, and so on, and to allow them to take place without or with the least amount of malpractices. Among these Acts are:
- The Drugs and Cosmetic Act, 1940
- The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954
- The Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947
- The Wealth Tax Act, 1957
- The Income- Tax Act, 1961
- The Essential Commodities Act, 1955
- The Customs Act, 1962 8. Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
- The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, etc.
Mens rea in socio-economic offences
The Indian approach to the problem suffers from the same inconsistencies as the English technique, because our criminal code is based on common law and is constantly supplemented with common law principles. The Indian Penal Code includes offences for which no element of mens rea is required (waging war against the government is an example). Even in such cases, courts have adopted the mens rea doctrine. The majority of enactments focus their attention on the acts themselves, regardless of the mental goal. This is one of the reasons why some people refuse to call it a ‘crime,’ because it does not punish a guilty mentality. Many attempts have been made to distinguish this category of offences from those involving apparent criminality. Such efforts culminated in the categorization of these offences as “administrative penal law” and “public welfare offences.”
Economic resource restrictions in a growing country like India have required the imposition of some social regulations to achieve planned growth (licensing, regulation, distribution of scarce commodities, etc. To some extent, strict accountability for establishing norms of behaviour is required. This is due to the goal of public welfare. Is it, however, always justified? It should be remembered that we are talking about the criminalisation of productive social and economic behaviour.
The common law mens rea requirement is a remnant of common law. As a result of this, the concept is not often followed in common law (like public nuisance, contempt of court, and libel). Because of this, the decision was justifiable.
- It was sometimes difficult to show mens rea,
- It was necessary to give the conduct a purposeful interpretation since they were penalised under social assistance laws,
- As a result of this, the punishment is typically low,
- They are mala prohibita offences and not mala in se offences.
Difference between socio-economic offences and white-collar crime
White-collar crimes are those perpetrated by a person in the course of his or her employment who belongs to the top class of society. It is a narrower idea as compared to socio-economic offences. Examples of white-collar crimes include multinational corporation tax evasion, the selling of substandard medications by a well-known manufacturer, and so on. All of these offences are also classified as socio-economic crimes. False return by a retiree, on the other hand, cannot be deemed a white-collar crime unless done by a member of the upper-class society. As a result, all white-collar crimes can be socio-economic offences, but not all socio-economic offences can be classified as white-collar crimes.
Approaches to socio-economic offences in India
The link between the economy and crime is inverse, which means that while economic conditions are good, the frequency of crime is relatively low, but when economic situations are bad, criminality rises. The link between economic structure and crime is direct and positive; that is, criminality, as an extension of regular economic activity, rises or falls in tandem with economic success or failure. The co-relationship between crime rate and poverty implies that crime is connected with poor regions due to their poor living conditions, harsh situations, and lack of resources.
Even the basic notion of crime has been altered by industrialisation and excessive consumerism. This has led to an increase in socio-economic crime throughout this time period. Financial frauds, tax evasion, and hoarding are among them. As well as other types of adulteration, during the computer era of the 21st century, cybercrimes have brought new aspects to white-collar crime. Social law has not been able to prevent these crimes owing to the inadequate execution of social reformative measures. The shifting patterns of criminal activity make it necessary to implement stricter legislation to combat socio-economic crimes. COFEPOSA and FERA rules have been in place in India for several years, but the crime index about smuggling and foreign exchange breaches, which are negatively impacting the Indian economy, has not changed much. The criminal law enforcement agencies should, therefore, initiate drastic measures to curb this menace.
It is argued that the historical sequence of punishment and the social contexts in which it was used dictated the goals of punishment. The primitive society’s idea of private revenge was the basis for the retributive doctrine. The expiatory view appears to have emerged as society evolved and priests began to rule it. The notions of prevention and deterrence emerged as social organization and the state grew in strength.
Most economic offences are not reported to law enforcement. People are ignorant of the gravity of economic offences because of the widespread failure to report them. The researcher considers that under-reporting of crime applies to all forms of criminal activity. In light of the widespread agreement that economic offences in particular and crime, in general, are harmful, it is believed that serious measures must be implemented to ensure the free recording of crimes.
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How to do Where object not in list with XPath - I want to get unused results in a dropdown
Hi, I am trying to do something that I think must be really simple, but I can't figure out a way to do it with XPath. I am doing the introduction training, and in the Registration page I only want to list the trainees in the drop down (reference selector) that have not been registered yet in a specific scheduled course. So, if I have 5 trainees and I register one in "Course 1", then the next time I register a trainee for "Course 1", I only want to have 4 trainees in my drop down. With SQL I would just get all trainees "WHERE Trainee NOT IN TraineesInMyRegistrationListForThisScheduledCourse". How do I do this with XPath - it is possible, right? I was assuming it would be something like "//Trainee.Name[not(RegistrationList/Trainee/Name)]" Thanks Goncalo
In Xpath, you can test if an association is populated like this: ModuleName.AssociationName/AssociationObject
So to see if an association is empty, the syntax is: not(ModuleName.AssociationName/AssociationObject)
An actual example from one of my apps: not(Schedule.Appointments_Contact/Schedule.Appointment)
This example retrieves customer contact records for which an appointment has not been created.
Hope that helps,
Many thanks for your suggestion. It works, but not the way I need it to. I should have explained my situation better.
I have a list of scheduled courses
For each scheduled course I can add a registration
Per registration I need to associate a trainee (from a list of trainees)
If I have 2 registrations, this means I have 2 trainees attending this specific course
If I create a new registration (number 3), then I want to see my list of trainees (except the 2 I already added)
If I create a new scheduled course
And create a new registration for this new course, I want to see a list of all my trainees (as per my original post, I would see 5 trainees)
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This course focuses on how to design and build secure systems with a human-centric focus. We will look at basic principles of human-computer interaction, and apply these insights to the design of secure systems with the goal of developing security measures that respect human performance and their goals within a system.
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I think the most interesting part is how the readings, while not the most recent research, are still 100% applicable today. The industry hasn't moved very much in terms of usable security practices.
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it's good to know that there is something called usable security i never hear of it and for someone like to know new stuff its great
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The Cybersecurity Specialization covers the fundamental concepts underlying the construction of secure systems, from the hardware to the software to the human-computer interface, with the use of cryptography to secure interactions. These concepts are illustrated with examples drawn from modern practice, and augmented with hands-on exercises involving relevant tools and techniques. Successful participants will develop a way of thinking that is security-oriented, better understanding how to think about adversaries and how to build systems that defend against them.
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As near as can be certain, on exit day – 29 March 2019 – UK exports of food to EU member states are going to stop. This is not a matter for negotiation and nor can it be avoided. It is an inevitable consequence of the UK leaving the Single Market and becoming a "third country".
What happens to food imports from the EU is not so certain. This depends on whether conditions are imposed by the UK government which must be satisfied before consignments are allowed entry to our territory. And the intentions of the government in this respect are as yet unclear.
As regards food exports, in an earlier piece
, I estimated that an average of about 700 trucks a day pass through the two Dover ports (tunnel and seaport). That is likely to be highly variable though, with a possibility of seasonal peaks up 2,000 a day.
Although this is only a proportion of the average of 12,000 or so lorries passing through, there are enough to cause considerable disruption in their own right. Nevertheless the likelihood is that the rest of the traffic may be disrupted as well, but for different if not entirely unrelated reasons.
There are some measures, even now, that could be taken to reduce the general disruption, although these will only shorten the delays rather than eliminate them. And one possible outcome is the mother of all traffic jams, leading to Operation Stack on steroids.
However bad it gets on exit day, we will be able to do nothing about the logjam at the French end, or on the borders with other member states (not forgetting the airports which take a substantial amount of freight). The decisions will have already been taken. But we can make preparations to mitigate the effects – which indeed we must.
Bearing in mind that close-on 40 percent of our food currently comes from the Continent, if that supply chain is disrupted,we could have serious shortages, particularly in fresh foods. We would be confronting the very real possibility of empty supermarket shelves and people going hungry.
What the government must do, therefore, is prioritise. That means protecting the supply chain to make sure that food imports get through. In the longer term, we will need to sort out the export situation, but first things first – people must be fed.
Early on, some months before exit day, food exporters – whether selling processed goods or primary produce – will need advance warning. They should be told that, from exit day until further notice, no exports to EU member states will be possible. They must be instructed to keep their vehicles away from the ports.
To enforce this, on the day, there will need to be road blocks in place well outside the ports. All commercial vehicles carrying food, live animals, or products of animal origin, must be kept away from the ports and the routes into them.
Other vehicles should only be allowed into the ports on a one out (of Calais) - one in (to Dover) basis, with priority empty vehicles making their return journeys to the Continent.
Thus, for each vehicle that clears a French ports, one vehicle is allowed into a British ports for processing and onwards clearance. This means that the traffic flow is matched to the processing to the speed of the French, thus preventing the ports and ferries (and the trains) from becoming congested.
That there will be a huge drop in the export traffic is a given – but that is going to happen anyway. The more important thing is to clear the way for imports of food, keeping the supermarket shelves full and people fed.
All being well, the first few days after exit day, there may be some relaxations. More goods may progressively be allowed through the system. But until and unless the French and other Continental ports have the facilities in place to check British imports – both in terms of veterinary and other specialist checks, as well as customs checks - the flow of traffic will be drastically restricted.
Despite all that, reality is a long, long way away. Purely in terms of infrastructure, building and equipping the inspection posts and customs facilities – the actual physical structures – there is not enough time to get the buildings erected. Then staff also have to be recruited and trained – and paid for.
Yet, for all the talking, we're getting absolutely nothing from the French state – or any other European states – of any plans to accommodate the extra checks. And the thing is, until the UK has concluded its Article 50 settlement, there is no way plans could sensibly be made.
Thus we dwell in a state of complete unreality. On the front pages yesterday of the Independent
and the Guardian
, we got Prof Tim Lang publishing a report
supposedly on Brexit and its implications for the UK food system. Yet it addresses none of the issues raised here. It really is as if really lives on a different galaxy.
Unnoticed by the likes of Lang, what we are going to see in Brexit is the supply system being smashed. That will be the immediate effect. We need to stop messing about. We need to stop deluding ourselves. The only questions are how bad, and how lasting the damage will be.
A secondary effect of Brexit on the food supply system will be to crash some domestic wholesale prices, as produce originally intended for export is diverted onto the domestic market. The longer-term effect, though, could be disastrous, driving farms into bankruptcy, giving rise to substantial price increases. And that's without considering tariffs – but then that's a whole different question. In a chaotic system, prediction is near impossible.
Meanwhile, we have that arrogant fool, Dominic Cummings
sounding off on Twitter
, describing David Davis as "manufactured exactly to specification as the perfect stooge for Heywood: thick as mince, lazy as a toad, & vain as Narcissus". This stupid, stupid man is the one who ignored advice
on adopting an exit plan, setting up a crass, negative Brexit campaign which is largely responsible for the mess we're in.
Cummings may even be right about Davis – a man sitting in Brussels with no notes - but he is hardly in a position to be critical of any of the players, given his own dire role in the proceedings.
With the Tory "ultras" rampant, and our all but invisible and terminally weakened prime minister unable to control her own ministers, there seems to be no one in charge. Instead, we get fatuous reports from the likes of Tim Lang who, in all the many years I've known him has never let an original thought sully his mind.
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The Secretary of State was asked—
Children in Need
We must help children in need to achieve their full potential. That is why we are already implementing vital social care reforms to improve children’s safety and stability. On Friday, we launched the children in need review. That will develop the evidence so that we can understand what makes a difference to those children’s educational outcomes and what works to improve those outcomes in practice.
I strongly welcome the review that was announced last week. Many of us have been pushing for that for a long time, and I am sure that it will make a difference to the nearly 400,000 children in need in our country. As the Minister goes about the review, will he commit to using the considerable data at his disposal to highlight those areas and children that buck the trend, so that we can learn from their example?
Since 2010, the number of children on the child protection register is up 83%, while the number of children in care is at its highest since 1985. Does the Minister think that the cuts in children’s services since 2010 are the reason for that? If not, to what does he ascribe those terrible outcomes for the most vulnerable children in our society?
Local authorities have been increasing their investment in children’s services. I visited Hackney, Wigan and Doncaster, and my impression is that the real differentiator is leadership, which is why we are investing £2 million in the Local Government Association to look at leadership and the partners in practice programme.
Early intervention is critical to preventing children from ending up as in need, so why have the Government cut funding that supported the excellent Sure Start and Home-Start projects, which did so much excellent work with new parents in Great Grimsby?
Different local authorities do things differently. I visited Stafford, and Stafford and Newcastle have improved the outcomes for children in need by reaching out to those families, rather than by investing in bricks and mortar. There are different ways to deal with this, and local authorities do it best.
Research on the Department’s figures shows that children are 10 times more likely to be on a child protection plan if they live in a deprived area. Before the end of this Parliament, it is estimated that the figure for child poverty will reach 5 million and the funding gap in statutory services will reach £2 billion. The Minister said that strong leadership rather than extra funding is the key. Will he explain how strong leadership will end this crisis?
Local government spending for all services, including children’s services, is £200 billion. We do see leadership as a driver of better outcomes for those children. That is why we are making the investment, including the £15 million that we announced for eight more partners in practice, which help local authorities that are struggling. For example, Leeds is helping Kirklees.
National Funding Formula
The new national funding formula means that funding will finally be distributed based on the needs and characteristics of every school in the country. It is supported by an additional £1.3 billion, which means that we will maintain school and high-needs funding in real terms per pupil for the next two years.
Of course, the formula rightly takes account of deprivation in the way that the hon. Lady mentions. If the funding formula were implemented in full in the Bishop Auckland constituency, based on the 2017-18 pupil data, funding would increase by £981,000 or 1.9%.
In every single school that I have visited in Bradford South since becoming an MP, the head has raised with me major concerns about funding. Will the Secretary of State confirm that, despite the £1.3 billion that his predecessor announced last July, school funding will still have fallen in real terms by 2020 for the first time in a generation?
No. On the same basis as I answered the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Helen Goodman), if the formula were implemented fully in the Bradford South constituency, it would mean an increase of 1.6% or £1.3 million. Across the system, per pupil real-terms funding is being maintained.
The cost of advertising for teachers and the cost of supply teachers, especially through agencies, are putting strain on school funding and budgets. What action are the Government taking to ensure that more money goes to the education frontline and less on bureaucracy?
My right hon. Friend makes a very good point about one of the cost pressures facing schools. We are working on seeing what we can do to help and developing a new framework to help to bring down recruitment costs, especially on the supply teachers she mentions.
Schools in my constituency welcome the principle of the national funding formula, which will see an increase in funding. Will my right hon. Friend meet me and representatives of primary and secondary schools to ensure it is implemented in the right way?
Taking into account the rising cost pressures on schools, whether on temporary and agency staff or on salaries, virtually every school in my constituency will face real-terms cuts to their funding by 2020. Is that not the truth of the Government’s policy, or does the Secretary of State for Education think he knows more about school budgets than headteachers?
Across the system over the next two years, the total core schools funding budget will be going up from just under £41 billion this year to £43.5 billion. Of course there have been cost pressures on schools. I do not deny that for a moment. It is one of the reasons why we are taking the steps I outlined a moment ago to try to help with those cost pressures, but across the system per pupil real-terms funding is being maintained.
We welcome the changes to the national funding formula and the additional money, but there is still a huge gap between the way schools are funded in West Sussex and in Greater London. Special schools are not included in the national funding formula, so an average 200-place school in West Sussex will receive something like £800,000 less than an equivalent school in Reading and £2 million less than one in London. When will the Secretary of State address this anomaly?
The intention of the national funding formula is not that every pupil throughout the country has exactly the same amount of money spent on them, because it is important that the formula recognises the difference in composition of pupil make-up. We were talking a moment ago about deprivation, but there are other measures of additional need that need to be reflected.
May I first start by congratulating Andria Zafirakou from north London, who won this year’s global teacher prize this weekend. I know the whole House will agree with her on the power of the arts to change young people’s lives.
In the Chancellor’s spring statement last week, he said:
“School budgets are increasing per pupil in real terms.”
He also said that
“every school will receive a cash increase.”—[Official Report, 13 March 2018; Vol. 637, c. 726-735.]
Does the Secretary of State agree with the Chancellor?
First, let me join the hon. Lady in congratulating Andria Zafirakou on her outstanding achievement. It is a particularly striking individual attainment, but it is also a reflection of the incredibly inspirational role that teachers everywhere play.
We have discussed funding at some length. The fact is that across the system the per pupil real-terms funding is being maintained. Over the next couple of years, local authorities will play a role in allocating that money to ensure the final result reflects local circumstances.
I am glad the Secretary of State accepts that point, because the UK Statistics Authority last week refuted both of those claims and he had to retract what he said at our last question time. Last week, he said:
“the mere repetition of a falsehood does not turn it into the truth.”—[Official Report, 13 March 2018; Vol. 637, c. 801.]
Will he now apologise for misleading the House and make clear the truth that there is no increase and that school budgets may face cuts of up to 1.5% per pupil?
Order. Before we proceed further, I must say to the shadow Secretary of State that any accusation of misleading the House must be accompanied by the word “inadvertent”. The hon. Lady cannot accuse a Minister or any Member of deliberately misleading the House, and I am sure she would not wish to do that.
It is true that cash funding per pupil is increasing. It is also true that real-terms funding is increasing. But I could and should have been more precise that when we talk about real-terms per pupil funding, that is being maintained. The core schools budget over the next two years will rise from a little under £41 billion to £43.5 billion.
Since 2010, there are 1.9 million more children in good or outstanding schools and more disadvantaged children are going on to university. Our plans to make further progress include £72 million for 12 opportunity areas and £50 million on improving early language and literacy.
Youth unemployment in my constituency has fallen by 72% since 2010. If we are to build on that progress, will my right hon. Friend set out how we can support the schools that are underperforming, so that young people, wherever they live, have the best opportunity to make the most out of their lives?
My hon. Friend is right to highlight the dramatic falls in unemployment and youth unemployment. In his constituency, there have been over 7,000 apprenticeship starts since 2010. He is absolutely right that it is very important that all schools are able to share in the improvements in education outcomes, and it is very important that the support is there to do that.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and I strongly welcome the £26 million to support breakfast clubs. Wiltshire is not a deprived county, but it has pockets of deprivation, with some of my schools having two thirds of pupils on pupil premium. Would the Minister please clarify to the House how exactly deprivation areas will be determined?
The definition of areas of deprivation will include the opportunity areas that I mentioned a little earlier, as well as other areas according to the IDACI—income deprivation affecting children index—methodology. I cannot say off the top of my head exactly what the implication of that is for Chippenham, but I will be very happy to stay in touch with my hon. Friend.
Literacy underpins social mobility, and since 2013, the National Literacy Trust has run a fantastic hub in Middlesbrough. Will the Minister join me in paying tribute to the hub’s work and in particular my constituent Allison Potter? It has contributed to narrowing the early years development gap in the schools that it works with from 24.8% in 2013 to just 8.5% last year.
Indeed. Improving literacy is vital to improving social mobility, and our plans for a centre of excellence and a national network of English hubs will help with that. I am happy, of course, to pay tribute to the fantastic work done by the National Literacy Trust in its Middlesbrough hub and to my hon. Friend’s constituent.
Three years ago, I launched the Liverpool to Oxbridge Collaborative to support the most academic students in schools in my constituency to give them the option of applying to either Oxford or Cambridge. What are the Government doing to support areas, particularly with high social and economic need such as Liverpool, to aim high for all their young people?
This goes to the heart of the Office for Fair Access and what the Office for Students will do, but it is also really important that universities—particularly selective universities—continue to redouble their efforts to make sure that they are reaching out directly, so that they are tapping into the full range of talents that are on offer throughout our country.
If the Secretary of State is serious about improving access to top universities for students from poorer backgrounds, why is he not doing more to enact the findings on the National Audit Office report on higher education, which urged the Government to do more to provide high-quality, independent careers advice to 13 and 14-year-olds?
The hon. Lady is entirely right to identify the importance of independent careers advice. That goes for applications to university, for subject choice and for considering technical and vocational—as well as academic—routes, and that is why we are putting so much focus on it.
The Secretary of State must understand that if we are to achieve social mobility, our schools have to be adequately funded. Because of funding cuts, Durham County Council is closing a school—the only school—in a disadvantaged village in my constituency. The young people there will feel undervalued, as will the community, so what will the Secretary of State do to ensure that that school stays open and that those children are given a real chance in life?
I totally acknowledge that it can be very unsettling and upsetting when a school closes like that. Of course, I am happy to discuss the particular case with her, but it remains the case that across the system we are holding the core schools budget constant in real per pupil terms.
Having worked with Magic Breakfast for over five years, I share the welcome from my hon. Friend the Member for Chippenham (Michelle Donelan) for today’s Magic Breakfast and school breakfast club funding. In addition to the money, will my right hon. Friend encourage partner schools to collaborate and share best practice to tackle social mobility challenges?
Scottish students from the most-deprived backgrounds are supported by a comprehensive financial package, including free tuition and bursaries, resulting in Scotland having the lowest university drop-out rate in the entire UK. Will the Secretary of State give serious consideration to mirroring the support given to Scottish students, including by abolishing the extortionate student fees, here in England?
Social mobility is improved when families have access to Sure Start and children’s centres, yet, in a damning report, the National Audit Office has revealed that the Government have cut spending on Sure Start by 50% in real terms since 2010, and we are still waiting for the long-overdue consultation on the future of children’s centres. Will the Secretary of State tell us whether he believes that these cuts are good for social mobility and on what date he will publish the consultation?
The hon. Lady is entirely correct in identifying the importance of early years for children’s development, social mobility and narrowing the gap, which is one reason we are putting so much more effort and money into early years and childcare, including through the extensions of eligibility for the two-year-old offer, which I think, bizarrely, she voted against last week.
We are using radio adverts, digital advertising, social media and telemarketing—the latest phase of marketing started at the end of January and will continue until the end of this month—and of course our national apprenticeship week, with its hundreds of events throughout the country, is also spreading the message. I should also point out that a legal duty on schools to allow in technical education providers was introduced in January.
My right hon. Friend knows that Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford, Shrewsbury and several other very good colleges that provide excellent apprenticeships have not been awarded funding under the non-levy apprenticeships scheme. She has worked hard to find a way through this, but can I ask her for an update to ensure that those colleges can continue to provide apprenticeships in vital areas such as construction and engineering; otherwise there will be a bit of an apprenticeships desert in those areas?
I know that my hon. Friend is a strong supporter of colleges in his area, but, as with any procurement, some bidders were unsuccessful. We have extended contracts for existing providers by three months to give employers and apprentices stability, and the main providers on the register of apprenticeship training providers can still deliver training directly to levy payers, to non-levy payers through subcontracting and to employers receiving transfers from April.
In 2009-10, there were 280,000 apprenticeships, and in 2016-17, there were 495,000, so we are moving in the right direction. What more can the Government do to lift the status of apprenticeships in schools, bearing in mind that most teachers come through a university route? Should Ofsted report on how schools are promoting apprenticeships when they do their examinations?
My right hon. Friend is absolutely right that status is crucial to increasing the value that people place on apprenticeships. Having employers involved in the design of the new standards right up to degree level and making sure there is that 20% off-the-job training and that they last for a minimum of 12 months are all about raising the status and currency of apprenticeship qualifications. I make no apology for making sure we increase the quality of apprenticeships. It is not just about numbers; it is about quality.
One of the key ways to promote apprenticeships is to maintain a broad curriculum in our schools. This was one of the key themes at the Association of School and College Leaders conference last week, where the CBI president said that children were missing out by being made to memorise facts and that the curriculum should prepare them for adult life. Does the Minister agree that the curriculum is narrowing to the detriment of children and our future economy?
There is no doubt that we have one of the best curriculums in the world. What is absolutely crucial to the success of any technical education programme —that includes apprenticeships—is a solid foundation at school. That can be used as a springboard into other careers, possibly via apprenticeships.
Knowledge of and access to apprenticeships relies on high-quality careers information, advice and guidance in schools. What are the Government doing to ensure that every young person is entitled to that information, advice and guidance, and that it stops being a rather dubious offer across the patch, as it is at present?
The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right about the importance of good careers guidance. I am sure he has read the careers strategy that we launched at the end of last year, which uses the Gatsby benchmarks as a spine. Schools have a legal duty to enable technical education providers to go into schools. The Careers & Enterprise Company is doing fantastic work all over the country, and Members of Parliament also have a role to play: they, too, can go into schools and point out the opportunities that exist.
Does my right hon. Friend agree that apprenticeships are vital to maintaining and enhancing our sovereign defence manufacturing capability, and are a key driver of social mobility, especially in constituencies like mine?
Last month the Minister wrote to the chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships with a long list of requirements—I have it here—for the delivery of degree apprenticeships and technical skills at levels 6 and 7. The chief executive has said he told the Minister that the IFA could not take on responsibilities for technical skills unless adequate additional resources were allocated. Given that the institute is scheduled to take on those responsibilities next month, what resources and extra funds has the Minister allocated to the chief executive here and now?
I was with the chief executive of the IFA only about an hour ago. The institute is increasing its headcount substantially to ensure that it has the capacity to deal with the new T-levels that are coming on stream. This is a fantastic opportunity, and I look forward to working with those at the IFA. They know that they should tell me if they have any problems with resources, and we will then try to meet their needs.
Alternative Educational Provision
I, too, congratulate Andria Zafirako on winning the global teacher prize. I have met Andria. She is an inspirational teacher who is dedicated to her pupils, and she has a love of teaching and the profession.
On 16 March, we published a policy paper setting out our approach to the reform of alternative provision. We want to ensure that the right children are placed in AP, and that they receive a higher-quality education with better outcomes than is currently the case.
The Minister will know that, at its best, alternative provision can give young people an opportunity to get back on track, but that at its worst, in some cases, it is nothing more than childminding. He will also know that because of pressure on budgets, headteachers often take the cheapest option. Will he address that problem and ensure that schools have no incentive to send young people to alternative provision that is unsuitable and of no use?
The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. The GCSE outcomes of children in alternative provision are significantly worse than those of children outside it. Only 4.5% of pupils in AP achieve grade 4 or better in English and maths, compared with 65% of all other pupils. We have asked Ed Timpson to conduct an exclusions review to establish which groups of young people are being excluded from schools, focusing particularly on groups who are disproportionately excluded from mainstream education.
I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.
Some 56% of Bury schools that responded to my schools survey told me that they had been forced to cut special educational needs and disability provision because of school budget cuts. Does the Minister acknowledge that a bigger number does not mean more money per student, and will he commit himself to a real-terms per-pupil fair funding formula that encourages the inclusion of SEND pupils in mainstream schools?
We have increased high-needs funding from £5 billion in 2013-14 to £6 billion in 2018-19. It is up £130 million in 2017-18 compared with the previous year, and overall we are spending £1.3 billion more on school funding compared with under the 2015 spending review.
Knife Crime: Schools
I commend the hon. Lady for her work as chair of the all-party group on knife crime and for securing a debate on the subject last September. I assure her that the Department is committed to making schools as safe as we possibly can, and that is why we are working closely with the Home Office to reinforce the important message that it is totally unacceptable to bring knives into schools.
Knife-carrying in schools is up by 42% across the UK, yet in my constituency, and I expect across the country, at least three quarters of headteachers have had to cut staff, special needs provision and support such as mentoring, which are all crucial in preventing crime. Now that this epidemic has infiltrated our schools, will the Minister admit that school cuts are threatening our children’s safety?
The hon. Lady has heard from the Secretary of State regarding school finance, and all I would add is that the Department is working with the Home Office, and of course other stakeholders—the police, Ofsted, and the Health and Safety Executive—on updating our school security guidance to make clear the risks of carrying knives and to provide advice on dealing with this important issue. It is unacceptable to carry a knife in school.
Will my hon. Friend join me in welcoming the award from the Home Office of £765,000 for the new anti-knife crime community fund, some of which will be spent on delivering knife-crime awareness sessions in schools themselves?
Youth violence is up and the number of mental health issues among young people is up, yet the number of qualified school nurses is down. The evidence shows that they can be part of how we address the root causes of youth violence. May we have qualified school nurses in every school as one step to tackle this issue?
There are currently over 2,000 open sponsored academies and, as of 1 February, 92 schools subject to an academy order were in the process of being matched to a sponsor. That involves brokering a relationship between a suitable academy trust and maintained school, and includes addressing any land or contractual issues. A school not having a confirmed sponsor is generally not due to the lack of a sponsor, but because of the time it takes to address those issues.
The Minister might know that my interest in this matter stems from the number of years it took his Department to resolve the situation at Sedgehill School in Lewisham, which was not able to find a sponsor and instead has agreed a three-year school improvement partnership. If the Department is struggling so much to find sponsors for academies, why is this still a central plank of the Minister’s school turnaround strategy?
Because we are not, across the system as a whole, struggling to find new sponsors. We have 7,000 academies now, most of which are converter academies, and they themselves are becoming the sponsors of underperforming schools across the system. This system is working. Secondary sponsored academies made the strongest improvements in 2016, despite facing the biggest challenge, and compared with 2015, the average attainment 8 score for sponsored academies improved by almost three attainment points, compared with 1.3 attainment points for maintained schools. The academies programme is working and is raising standards right across the system.
Private Tuition and Safeguarding
It is ultimately the responsibility of parents to assure themselves about the suitability of any private tutor they might choose to employ before they engage them, for example by seeking and checking references, and asking to see a copy of any Disclosure and Barring Service certificate. It is a serious criminal offence to seek to work with children in a regulated activity after being barred from doing so.
One in four children currently receive tuition outside school, but private and self-employed tutors do not have to undergo criminal records checks, which puts those children at serious risk. What is the Minister doing about that? Will he meet me to discuss a serious case in my constituency and to talk about why the law must change?
Schools can currently teach about LGBT issues and must comply with the Equality Act 2010. We have established a £3 million programme on homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. We are also engaging with stakeholders to develop age-appropriate and inclusive relationships education, and relationships and sex education. The response to the call for evidence will be published shortly.
I thank the Minister for that answer. Following media reports of a school in London censoring textbooks that make reference to homosexuality, it is clear that more work is still needed. Will he agree to look at the recommendations of the Time for Inclusive Education campaign in Scotland to ensure that all young people receive an education that is fully LGBT-inclusive?
Yes, I would be very happy to look at that report. We are consulting on the content of relationships and sex education, and we will be publishing new guidance and regulations on that. We will consult on that. We have also introduced regulations to require schools to teach fundamental British values.
Student Retention: Higher Education
Our reforms will increase the chances of course completion. The introduction of a transparency duty, access and participation plans, and the teaching excellence and student outcomes framework will hold universities to account and help students to make informed choices about where to study and to get the best value for money.
The Higher Education Statistics Agency audit showed that 6.2% of first-time students in Scotland dropped out before their second year. That is not only the joint lowest figure on record, but the lowest in the UK. With Scotland leading the way, when will the Minister be coming north to Scotland for inspiration to enable him to think again about this Government’s failings on student retention?
Scotland is of course a beautiful country. Our reforms here have led to more disadvantaged people going to university than ever before. I agree with the hon. Gentleman that access should not just be defined as getting people into university. We want them to be successful there and to go on to achieve their aspirations. That is why, as part of our reforms, we are introducing access and participation agreements, which will be overseen by the new regulator, the Office for Students. These will ensure that universities are held to account for the success of disadvantaged students.
Can the Minister explain to parents under the age of 25 in my constituency who are unmarried but cohabit why their household is not eligible for an adult dependant’s grant while a similar household with a married couple would be?
Does the Minister accept that if we want to retain students not just through their undergraduate degrees, but into postgraduate studies and long-term academic careers, they will need to have confidence about the benefits and provisions that will come with that? To that end, what discussions is he having with the University and College Union and Universities UK about resolving the pensions dispute?
The hon. Gentleman will be aware that an agreement was reached between the University and College Union and Universities UK last week. That agreement was brokered by the independent arbitrator, ACAS. I am disappointed that that agreement was rejected the next day, however, and I am urging both parties to get together to talk, because that is in the interests of students, especially at this vital time in their studies. The new regulator, the Office for Students, has wide-ranging powers to ensure that universities work to deliver for students. There is no mandate for strikes to disrupt exams.
Further Education Funding
As the hon. Gentleman is aware, we are undertaking a post-18 education and funding review—I am sure that he watched the Prime Minister announcing it up in Derby a few weeks ago. Alongside that, we are also looking at the efficiency and resilience of the further education sector. We need to ensure that existing and forecast funding, and regulatory structures, meet the cost of high-quality first-class provision.
Ministers make great play during these question sessions of the importance of social mobility, and there is no greater engine for social mobility in communities such as Stoke-on-Trent than properly funded and well-resourced further education. The City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College has seen its funding frozen in cash terms over the past few years, but rising costs and inflationary pressures mean that it has really seen a real-terms cut. What do the Government have against the colleges in my constituency?
We have provided £4,000 for every 16 to 19-year-old and an additional £600 for every pupil studying maths above the baseline. We have invested £500 million into T-levels and £20 million into preparation for T-levels. The work that we have done with FE colleges—
As part of the review of FE funding, I am sure that the Minister will note the investment of more than £20 million at South Devon College in Paignton into two schemes to drive technical education. Does she agree that a key aspect of the review will be to look how institutes of technology, such as the one at South Devon College, are being taken forward?
My hon. Friend is right that institutes of technology will form an important part of the mix. I know that head shaking is common in the Chamber, but it should not distract us from the facts: we are putting in substantial amounts of money; we are undertaking a review of post-18 education; and FE is an important driver of social mobility.
Last week, Hull College Group announced the loss of 231 full-time equivalent jobs. It has told me that Government changes to funding for Jisc—an IT services company that provides free IT support to colleges—will set it back another £100,000, perhaps resulting in even more job losses. Will the Minister please reverse the decision, or at least provide some transitional funding so that FE colleges are not hit so hard?
The changes to which the hon. Lady refers were important; this is about fairness and equity. As I have pointed out, a lot of money is going into FE colleges, but we are looking at the efficiency and resilience of the FE sector to ensure that the forecast funding and structures meet the costs of high-quality, first-class provision.
Funding: 16 to 19-year-olds
As I have pointed out, we have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19-year-olds until 2020, and we will invest £500 million extra a year into T-levels. I have asked my officials to assess how far the current funding system meets the costs of high-quality provision in the further education sector and will update the House shortly.
Last week, Warrington and Vale Royal College announced its intention to close the campus at Northwich in my constituency—with 56 job losses and 300 students displaced—citing severe financial pressures and the Government’s area-based review. Will the Secretary of State or the Minister agree to meet with me, the staff and some of the students affected, and hopefully reverse the decision?
I am happy to meet the hon. Gentleman. I should point out, because not everybody understands it, that colleges are independent bodies. I understand that Warrington and Vale Royal College recently took a view that the Hartford campus in Northwich was unviable and that provision should be transferred to create a more efficient offer at other sites, with travel support provided to learners. The issue arose from difficulties in recruiting learners, not budget cuts.
Hopwood Hall College in Rochdale has achieved some remarkable results. Towns such as Rochdale are more dependent on further education and less dependent on the university system. Will the Government recognise that the differential in funding in further education holds back young people from the most-deprived areas, who need skills training more than anybody else?
Andria Zafirakou has already been mentioned a couple of times today, and I know the whole House will want to congratulate her on having been awarded the global teacher prize this weekend, beating 30,000 entries from 173 countries.
This Government are committed to supporting all teachers to make sure that children get a world-class education. This month, I announced that we will develop a plan on workload, professional development, flexible working and entry routes into teaching. On Friday we launched the children in need review, to develop the evidence on what makes a difference to children’s educational outcomes so that more children can get a better start in life. I am also today announcing an investment of up to £26 million to boost breakfast clubs in more than 1,700 schools in some of the most disadvantaged areas, complementing our expansion of eligibility for free school meals.
In the light of the recent racist incident in one of our schools in Bath, does the Minister believe the safeguarding policies, procedures and processes in our schools are strong enough, and that the Ofsted inspection regime is adequate in respect of safeguarding?
I was truly shocked to read of the incident to which the hon. Lady refers. Such incidents, and racism in general, must of course have no place in our schools or our country. Schools have to have a policy setting out measures to encourage good behaviour, including the prevention of bullying, and where there are serious concerns, Ofsted has powers to inspect any school without notice.
This is not a situation we wanted to be in, but we are obliged to undertake these procurement exercises. There were 1,046 bids, for £1.1 billion. Some 700 of those bids were successful and got a total of some £490 million. We have put in transitional arrangements for existing providers that were unsuccessful, giving employers and apprentices stability. As I pointed out to my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Jeremy Lefroy) earlier, those providers can still access apprenticeship funding by delivering training directly to levy payers, to non-levy payers through subcontracting and to employers receiving transfers from April.
The pensions dispute ground universities to a halt last week. The Secretary of State will be aware that there is a proposal on the table to underwrite the universities superannuation scheme. Although this matter is reserved, the Scottish Government have said that they will give consideration to the proposals from the University and College Union. Given the talk of further disruption, will he commit to doing the same?
As I mentioned in my earlier answer, the agreement on the table was brokered between both parties by ACAS. The dispute is between the universities, which are autonomous organisations, and the lecturers. This is a private pension scheme and one of the country’s largest, with nearly 400,000 members and more than £61 billion in assets. The cost to the taxpayer of underwriting such a scheme could be significant, and any further Government involvement in supporting the USS would need to be considered very carefully.
I share my hon. Friend’s concerns; it is a terrible case, and tragically not the first of its type. I will write to ask the chair of the new national child safeguarding review panel to look at the places where these appalling crimes have happened, such as Rotherham, Oxfordshire and, indeed, Telford, and to report on whether lessons have been learned and practices improved right across the system.
Last week, the Secretary of State was forced to extend the childcare voucher scheme by six months in order to survive the vote on it that we called. I tried to get some answers last week, but the Secretary of State has given us no clarity on what will happen next. Will he come back to the House with an oral statement and give us a meaningful vote before the scheme ends?
The move to tax-free childcare is of course a Treasury and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs policy rather than a Department for Education one, but we made it clear in last week’s debate that there would be an extra six months to look into transitional considerations.
We have increased high needs funding, including by an additional £130 million this year. Local authorities are responsible for their high needs budgets. I have not heard wide concerns about funding not being used to support special educational needs, but I am of course happy to meet my right hon. Friend to discuss the matter further.
The Government have not been sitting on the sidelines. We have made sure that we have been in touch with all the interested parties. Our prime concern is obviously for the students, whose education is at stake. It is up to the universities, as the employers, to negotiate with the lecturers as the employees. A deal brokered by ACAS is on the table. At the heart of the dispute is the valuation of the pension scheme, and part of the deal is an independent valuation of the pension scheme in the months ahead, which is why I am disappointed that the deal was turned down the next day. I urge all the parties to get together and to keep negotiating to resolve the matter.
There is no actual or inadvertent misleading of the House. It is a fact that across the system the core skills funding budget will go up from £41 billion this year to £43.5 billion in a couple of years’ time. Beyond that, the national funding formula seeks to correct some of the long-standing imbalances in the system. I was pleased to visit Stoke recently and meet some of the outstanding headteachers who operate in the hon. Gentleman’s area. Funding has been tight for schools and there have been cost pressures over the past couple of years, and we stand behind headteachers and do everything we can to support them.
The University of Cambridge’s announcement that it will now offer apprenticeships has put a quality stamp of approval on that educational route. Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is important that children from all around the country, including from schools in Redditch, are encouraged to apply? Does she agree that the “Opening Doors” programme, which brings children from Ipsley middle school in Redditch to local business MSP Ltd, is key to the raising of aspirations?
I congratulate my hon. Friend on what is going on in her local area; it sounds excellent. A degree apprenticeship is a wonderful way for students to earn while they learn, get a degree, come out at the end of it with several years’ work experience and, probably, be way ahead of their contemporaries who did an undergraduate degree.
Pay rises for teachers in schools in my constituency would be most welcome, but there is a concern that those rises will have to be met from the increase in funding that was delivered to schools in the summer. Are there plans, like there are with the NHS, to find a budget outside the existing school funding formula for those pay rises?
Over the weekend, I raised the issue of the passporting of childcare payments by Northamptonshire County Council to local providers. I am very pleased that a solution has been found. I am grateful to Ministers for their support and their interest in this issue, but will they join me in thanking the staff of children’s services at Northamptonshire County Council for listening to the concerns and solving this matter so rapidly?
I certainly join my hon. Friend in his thanks, and I would actually like to meet him to look at what other support we can provide. I also commend the director of children’s services at Northamptonshire County Council for doing an excellent job in very difficult circumstances.
No school in the country will lose funding under the new national funding formula. The minimum that schools will receive is an extra 0.5% increase, and that will be for schools that have been receiving more than that funding formula would produce. Therefore, no school will lose funding. As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has said, there have been cost pressures in recent years, but we are helping schools to deal with them through school efficiency advisers and buying schemes to enable them to marshal their resources as efficiently as possible.
Parents whose children use the Fields children’s centre in Cambridge are seeing hours at the nursery cut, the baby room closed, and parents being encouraged to ask their employers to amend their working hours to fit the reduced hours. How does the Minister expect parents and families to cope when he is making their lives so much more difficult?
The experience around the country does not reflect the hon. Gentleman’s view. The opposite is happening. Parents are getting places, especially under the 30 hours a week of free childcare for three and four-year-olds. Almost 300,000 children are now taking up those places, as we announced last week.
Last week I had the honour of chairing in Westminster the second annual Stafford schools debating competition. The standard was excellent, and I pay tribute to Councillor Carolyn Trowbridge and Sam Phillips for their work in organising the competition. What is the Department doing to encourage public speaking and debate in schools across the country?
I join my hon. Friend in commending his constituents who organised this great event. It is true that public speaking, debating and other such activities are really important for developing a rounded young person—the character development that we all want to see. Members of Parliament can also play an important role in this, and many run their own events.
Yes, and I look forward to visiting the constituency of the hon. Member for Stafford (Jeremy Lefroy)—I think in his company—very soon. I imagine that his constituents will roll out the red carpet for him; he will be pleased to know that they certainly will not be expected to do so for me.
Last week I opened the extension to the Knowle West children’s centre. The previous week the local further education college, City of Bristol College, hosted my apprenticeships fair. Both sectors are telling me that they are desperately short of funding due to cuts. What assessment do the Government make of children’s outcomes as a result of the current funding cuts?
The pupil premium is an important source of funding to level the playing field and improve social mobility. I have asked a number of questions about ensuring that all those who are eligible receive the pupil premium, and about improving its scope. Does the Minister now agree that it is time that we had a review of the pupil premium?
My hon. Friend is entirely correct that the introduction of the pupil premium made an important structural change in how we do these things, by ensuring that the additional resourcing follows the pupils who need it in so that we can narrow the gap. It is also right that we keep these things periodically under review, as she suggests.
Thank you, Mr Speaker.
What plans do the Government have to support the 1.4 million children and young people affected by the decision to discontinue the specialist contract for speech, language and communication needs?
We are using the IDACI—income deprivation affecting children index—methodology, as I mentioned earlier to my hon. Friend the Member for Chippenham (Michelle Donelan), to ensure that this investment goes specifically to the most disadvantaged areas, where it can make the most difference.
Thank you, Mr Speaker.
When does the Minister intend to announce the date for issuing the criteria for the pilots to address holiday hunger that were announced just a few weeks ago? Hull is champing at the bit to make its application.
Michelle Gay, headteacher of Osborne Primary School, was in tears when she told ITV just how tough it is to be one of the 361 schools in Birmingham suffering real-term cuts while trying to give kids in one of the poorest and most deprived constituencies in Britain the best possible start in life. Headteachers have asked to meet the Secretary of State personally so that they can bring home to him just how tough it is becoming. Will the Secretary of State be generous and agree to meet them?
As I said earlier, real-terms per-pupil funding in the core schools budget is being maintained across the system, but two things are overlaid on that. First, there is the application of the national funding formula to correct historical imbalances; and secondly, of course, local authorities play a part in reflecting local circumstances. I do acknowledge that with the cost pressures that there have been, things have been tight in school budgets. I will be happy to meet the hon. Gentleman and his constituents. | <urn:uuid:122f2d35-4870-4395-b88e-4f4380446a50> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-03-19/debates/4D9D4D33-41ED-419C-9497-380D49E60B27/OralAnswersToQuestions | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.97282 | 9,458 | 1.59375 | 2 |
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Call For Papers
The 55th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, May 7–10, 2020
Bending the Knee: Proskynesis, Genuflection, and Bowing Rituals
in the Medieval World (Sessions I and II)
Various pre-modern cultural traditions managed interactions between members of different social strata by prescribing performative displays of supplication and humility. Perceptible and formalized movements of the body, often performed publicly in courtly and religious settings, provided a symbolic visual vocabulary for interaction. They consisted of different extensions and contractions of joints and muscles, and often took the form of proskynesis, kowtow, genuflection, and bowing, as well as other gestures. These widely persistent social rituals represented the nature of the polarized relationship between master and slave, ruler and ruled, or superior and inferior in medieval cultures. They also served as forms of social currency; those acknowledging their superior’s authority and power were rewarded with social recognition. Paradoxically, bowing rituals could also result in one’s own exaltation through an elevation to a higher societal or spiritual ranking. Depictions and acts of genuflection or proskynesis were not limited to imperial contexts. Lowering the body as a means of elevating the soul was fundamental to monastic practice in Christian, Islamic, and many other cultures.
These two panels call for papers that discuss, explicate, and contextualize the rituals, histories, imagery, and cultural significance associated with different forms of bowing and bending throughout the medieval world. We particularly invite comparative cross-cultural studies pertaining to rituals of supplication within medieval Islam, Christianity (Latin and Byzantine), and other faiths, cultures, and traditions. Furthermore, papers can also discuss how these performative gestures delineated the relationships between ruler and ruled, master and slave, and upper and lower classes in various pre-modern contexts. Our goal with these panels is to begin an interdisciplinary dialogue spurring new lines of inquiry currently absent from existing studies that focus solely on individual cultural contexts.
Please submit a single-page abstract to Ali Asgar Hussamuddin Alibhai (PhD Harvard University) and Erika Loic (PhD Harvard University) at the following address by September 18, 2019: [email protected]. All accepted paper presenters will be expected to register for and attend the Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 2020). If you have any questions, feel free to contact us in the meantime. | <urn:uuid:406f5390-0d61-49ba-9077-8bb26c7a84a6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.themedievalacademyblog.org/call-for-papers-bending-the-knee-proskynesis-genuflection-and-bowing-rituals-in-the-medieval-world-sessions-i-and-ii/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.938778 | 525 | 1.625 | 2 |
Before you begin to learn PHP, it might be wise to take a moment to plan your approach to learning the language.
Professional developers that have learned PHP have spent a significant number of hours learning their craft. To emulate them, you will need to ensure that you are motivated to do the same, and ideally able to learn PHP quickly and efficiently. The slower and more inefficient your learning methods, the longer it will take for you to get a job in PHP development or build the application you have in mind.
An even worse consequence of a slow and inefficient learning approach is that you will be more likely to give up on studying! Research conducted by Harvard and MIT universities found that only 4% of students that sign up for online courses complete them.
So, how can I help you avoid becoming another one of the 96% of people who give up?
Well, I’ve put together a list of 10 tips to help you learn PHP. The tips should help you approach learning PHP effectively, keep you motivated, and also avoid some potential difficulties.
Let’s get right to ‘em!
Table of Contents
- 1. Tip 1 – Be confident you want to learn PHP
- 2. Tip 2 – Keep your projects in mind
- 3. Tip 3 – Learn HTML first
- 4. Tip 4 – Active learning over passive
- 5. Tip 5 – Don't be afraid to break things
- 6. Tip 6 – Turn on Error Reporting in PHP.ini
- 7. Tip 7 – Be careful with the syntax
- 8. Tip 8 – Keep your code readable
- 9. Tip 9 – Try to solve problems yourself
- 10. Tip 10 – Understanding jargon
- 11. Conclusion
Tip 1 – Be confident you want to learn PHP
If you have arrived on this article as a newcomer to programming, you might not have a strong preference about which programming language to learn. While that's not necessarily a problem, it could lead to a problem later down the line in which you realize that a different programming language is better suited to your aspirations. PHP is a server-side programming language commonly used in web development; if you realize in a couple of months that what you actually want to do is to work at Rockstar and help build the next edition of Grand Theft Auto, then you would have been better served learning a programming language commonly used in game development such as C or C++. There are lots of great reasons to learn PHP, including:
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- You want to take your WordPress skills to the next level. As of September 2018, 7% of all websites use WordPress. As WordPress is powered by PHP, that creates a huge demand for PHP skills. And if you wanted to use other content management systems, such as Joomla or Drupal, I'm pleased to tell you that they are built with PHP also.
- PHP is considered to be relatively easy to learn compared to other programming languages.
- As PHP is native to the web, you'll be able to put simple projects online a lot quicker and with less difficulty, than you would be able to with some other languages, meaning you will see results for your efforts much quicker than if you were to learn another language.
So, before you start to learn PHP, make sure you consider these so that you can be confident that PHP serves your needs.
Tip 2 – Keep your projects in mind
Now that you know why you want to learn PHP, it is also useful to have an objective in mind for what you want to do with it. Learning PHP will be a long process, and staying motivated will be easier with an end goal in mind. Online courses, such as BitDegree's Learn PHP Online course, keep the learning process interesting and interactive by having you build a project as you learn the fundamentals of PHP development. This is a great way to make the learning process interesting and relatable, but even better is having the idea of your project in mind. If you keep your project in mind, you will have a greater incentive to remember what you learn if you want to apply it to your project. You will need to continually practice your newly developing PHP skills, and it is usually easiest to motivate yourself to work on your project. You can even build different versions of your project as your skills progress. For example, you could initially create a simple contact app that has basic functionality to add and delete contacts. As your skills develop you could hook this up to a database. Later you could add more advanced functionality, before putting it live and inviting your friends to submit their details. Before you know it, you could be the owner of one of the world's largest social networking sites connecting more than a billion people and generating billions of dollars in advertising revenue. Who knows?
Tip 3 – Learn HTML first
While PHP is a fine choice as your first programming language, it shouldn't be your first step in web development. If you haven't learned it already, you should dedicate some time to learning HTML before you start to learn PHP. HTML is a markup language, rather than a programming language, that forms the basis for web pages. This means that the code you write represents the basic elements of a web page, such as images or text. You can't program any functionality with a markup language, which makes it relatively simple to learn, and has also created the need for a language like PHP to be used in addition to HTML to make websites more dynamic. As PHP is generally used to make HTML dynamic, HTML is commonly seen in PHP documents. Not only will HTML be present in most applications of PHP, but it will also be part of many tutorials and lessons on PHP development. Most of these tutorials will simply assume that you already know HTML. So rather than finding yourself learning both at once, take a few hours to learn the basics of HTML. Learning PHP will take months, but the time needed to learn HTML is a matter of hours. You could start with BitDegree's Space Doggos course, which will not only teach you HTML and CSS but will also feature our lovable Doggo!
Tip 4 – Active learning over passive
One of the best ways to make learning more effective is to learn actively rather than passively. To learn passively means to simply watch/read/listen and absorb information. To learn actively means to use what you're learning in a problem or project. Educational professionals seem to be unanimous in their belief that active learning strategies are better than passive ones. The only problem is that creating an active learning experience is generally more difficult than creating a passive one. BitDegree's 'Learn PHP Online' course is a great example of an active learning experience. To advance past each lesson in the course, you have to solve the problem by using what you have just learned in the code editor.
An example of passive learning experience would be watching a YouTube video of an instructor voicing over a slideshow which explains what functions are. Passive learning experiences can still be useful, though. The instructor might offer the best explanation of what a function is that you've ever heard. The advice here isn't necessarily to avoid passive learning experiences entirely but to try to make them active. You could take the examples in the lecture and write them out yourself, making alterations and seeing what happens.
Tip 5 – Don't be afraid to break things
Be careful with this advice. If you are working on a live site, purposefully breaking things is certainly not the best idea. If you are working with WordPress, it is generally advised to leave the PHP files in the WordPress core alone. Don't break those. But in offline project files you create, or in the PHP files in the WordPress theme folders, breaking things isn't a bad idea. You'll learn a lot from putting them back together. This advice doesn't strictly mean you have to break your websites, but rather that you shouldn't be afraid of it happening. Things going wrong is generally an excellent learning experience. The bigger the problem, the better you will remember the solution. For beginners, the interactive code editors in the BitDegree 'Learn PHP Online' course are a great environment in which to experiment. You can rest assured that whatever you do to the code you will be editing, you won't be able to take the whole BitDegree website down so experiment. By the way, if the course exceeds a bit your finances at the moment, you can try to apply for BitDegree micro-scholarships. A sponsor might fund your course fees and help you out with a little reward at the end! If you have a couple of ideas on how to solve a problem and the first one works, make sure you try your second idea too, rather than simply advancing. In web development, there's usually more than one way to solve a problem.
Tip 6 – Turn on Error Reporting in PHP.ini
If you are going to break things, it may be wise to make sure error reporting is enabled. This may well be enabled by default, but in some instances when you break your PHP application, all you will see is a blank screen. To see an error report, ensure that you turn to enable error handling in your php.ini file by using the code: ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1); ini_set('display_errors', 1); error_reporting(-1); That will mean that when you make an error in your code, an error report like the one below (the result of a missing semi-colon) will at least return a somewhat helpful message to help you debug the problem.
Tip 7 – Be careful with the syntax
Tip 8 – Keep your code readable
As you learn to code, you will be learning from instructors that take great care with the presentation of their code. And if you're not... you should find a different instructor. At first, all the spacing, indentations and alignment might seem superficial. If the code works, it works, right? Who cares about the spacing? Well, when you make a mistake or come back to the review the code you wrote a while ago, you will care. Worse still, if your colleagues have to work with your code that you haven't kept readable, you will care even more, because your colleagues will hate you. Well-Written code is essential for dealing with the errors discussed in tip 7. If you put all your code on one line, the computer will be able to read it just fine. But if you've missed a semicolon, you or someone else has to spot that. Which example would be easier to spot a missing semi-colon in?
In case that isn't obvious, it's the same code. The only difference is the spacing. The first version of the code makes it easier to spot semi-colons at the end of each line while having the HTML span tags and opening (<?PHP) and closing (?>) PHP tags in alignment also helps to identify if you simply forget to include a closing tag. The second version is just all the code rammed together. Now you have to check all the code for potential missing semi-colons rather than just taking a quick look at the end of the line. Where do the PHP tags start and end? They have their lines in version one, but you have to scan all of the code from opening tag to closing tag in version two of the code to check they are both there. In addition to keeping your code clean, clear and readable, be sure to make use of comments to remind yourself what you were thinking when you wrote your code. Comments are lines of text that are ignored by the PHP interpreter. You can turn your text into a comment by including two forward slashes at the start of the line.
// Like this.
The computer completely ignores your comments, making them seem kind of pointless. But while code is for the computer, the comments are for the humans. Particularly if you write something complex, comments can be extremely useful for either other people or yourself in the future to understand or remember what your program does. For example, below I wrote a comment above this Wordpress custom query to remind me what it is when I learned it. The comment is the grey text that begins with //.
Comments can be a great way to leave little notes for yourself to help you remember how to do things. As a newbie, you are very likely to re-visit the code you write now in the future. When someone asks you to build something you've built before, referring to the code you wrote and understood before can be easier to use than trying to understand someone else example you found via Google.
Well, it will only be easier if your code is clean, clear, easy to understand and makes good use of comments.
Tip 9 – Try to solve problems yourself
When you do run into a problem, a common reaction is to immediately ask for help.
Now, there's nothing wrong with asking for help. A lot of people would say it should be encouraged. But if you ask someone as soon as you get stuck, you're not going to learn the lesson anywhere near as well as you would have done had you figured out the problem yourself. There is a right time to ask a question.
This might seem like more of an issue at a coding boot camp in real life, rather than online, as in a boot camp you can raise your hand and ask an instructor for help. However, courses like those on BitDegree give you the option to send feedback on any lecture in the course so that the instructor can help you with any problems you encounter.
But remember, when you are learning PHP, you aren't blazing a trail – you are not the first person to learn this programming language.
Plenty of people went before you, and their questions are all over the internet. There are also plenty of people who want to help, and their answers are also all over the internet.
Particularly if you are near the beginning of your learning experience, studying PHP basics, it's extremely unlikely your problem hasn't been encountered before by someone else. So, if you want to find an answer to any problem you have with PHP, then just do what you do to solve all your other problems. Google it!
At the top of the search results, you will find that someone has probably posted an eerily similar question to yours on Stackoverflow.
If you can't find a match to your question, it's also worth remembering that PHP, like every other programming language, has extensive documentation to help its users understand how to use PHP. If the manual is a bit overwhelming, a more digestible PHP knowledge base is available on BitDegree.
Tip 10 – Understanding jargon
One difficulty you may encounter early on when learning PHP is the technical language used by your instructors or in instructions.
A good instructor will be able to explain the PHP basics to you in plain English. But once you get on to more advanced topics, the instructor will need to use more technical language to describe concepts of greater complexity.
It's important that you learn the words in your new vocabulary sufficiently to be able to understand sentences that might use two or more jargon words in them. Unfortunately, it's unlikely you will ever fully understand how to use PHP unless you can understand the difficult concepts behind it, and that means learning a technical language.
A simple example would be understanding 'how to pass a variable as an argument to your function.'
BitDegree's 'Learn PHP Online' Course covers the concepts of variables, functions, and arguments as part of its curriculum on PHP basics, so by the end of the course, that sentence should make perfect sense to you. If you're afraid that could prove difficult, then consider noting down what each jargon word means when you come to them, to be able to review them when an instructor uses a sentence like that later in your PHP education.
The tips in this guide will help to prepare you to be a better PHP student, and ensure a more efficient learning process if followed correctly.
While most of these tips are aimed at those at the start of their quest to learn how to use PHP, some will prove useful for those at a more advanced stage of their PHP education.
But anyway, now that you've put some research into it, you may have made your choice to learn PHP. If that’s the case, there’s only one thing left to do…
It’s time to learn PHP!
It can be a daunting process, as can anything that we choose to learn. But for many, it’s a beautiful road, and there’s a massively rewarding feeling at the end of it. Stick to the tips in this guide and you’ll be well on your way.
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Visualizer has several features that improve debug productivity for SystemVerilog/UVM, transaction-level, RTL, gate-level and low-power design and verification. It provides a full set of synchronized views for analyzing waveforms, source code, and connectivity.
Class object handles from the driver in a UVM testbench. These are all the transactions that were sent from the sequencer to the driver. The Virtual interface is also shown, along with the transactions from the channel. Additionally the values displayed are colored according to the biometric searches that have been created.
The Visualizer Debug Environment allows you to find unknowns (X values), trace an event back in time to the root cause of that event through multiple clock domains and find origins of unknowns using the Time Cone window.
Automatic fan-in display using signal highlight from a signal back to the next primary input or flip flop.
The Logic Cone window allows you to explore the “physical” connectivity of your design, to trace signals that propagate through the design, and to identify the cause of unexpected inputs, by showing a graphic view of the RTL objects in your design.
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Guest: Dr. Bradford S. Weeks, M.D.
The old saying “you are what you eat” couldn’t be closer to reality, especially as our food sources become less natural and chemicals replace a healthy diet as part of daily life. Although American agriculture has benefited in amazing ways from innovation and new technologies in food production, not every new idea has been properly vetted for efficacy as a healthy food source.
Almost every major food crop has seen genetic modification to make it grow faster, larger, more plentiful and with less natural predation from insects and disease. A case in point is RoundUp ready GMO modified corn, which is almost universally planted across America. The same can be said for wheat, oats, rice, soy and other cereal crops that make up large percentages of our daily diet and contain built in pesticide DNA to increase yield through resistence to pests. Although the field of Agronomy has done many wonderful things to improve the bottom line for farmers around the world, we are only beginning to understand the long term impacts of bioengineered plants and foodstuffs in the area of human health. This in combination with mineral depletion and greatly modified soil biology on over farmed soils, many medical conditions and diseases that were virtually unknown 100 years ago have become commonplace and cancer has skyrocketed. Meanwhile we lack a reasonable understanding of how our chemically dependent Agribusiness food producers figure into that equation.
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- Seventy-seven percent of people in a new Glassdoor study would consider culture before applying for a job at a company, and 56% said they believe culture is more important than salary in gaining job satisfaction. Study results showed that culture was especially important to young adults; millennials were more likely to place culture over salary than those age 45 and older in the U.S. and U.K. The global study polled more than 5,000 adults in the U.S., U.K., France and Germany.
- Company mission also factored into job satisfaction in the study. Nine in 10 respondents said they think employers should have a clear mission and purpose, a result that was similar across all four countries. Two-thirds of respondents said workers are more motivated and engaged when their company has a strong mission, and 64% said the main reason for staying with their company was its mission.
- After culture and mission, Glassdoor data found that quality senior leadership and career opportunities were indicators of employee satisfaction. In a Glassdoor statement, Andrew Chamberlain, the platform's chief economist, said that employers wrongly think pay and work-life balance are among the top drivers of employee satisfaction. "We find little support for this notion in Glassdoor data," he said in a statement. "Instead, employers looking to boost recruiting and retention efforts should prioritize building strong company culture and value systems, amplifying the quality and visibility of their senior leadership teams and offering clear, exciting career opportunities to employees."
Workers in study after study say they want more from their jobs than just a big salary and a great title. Many say they would swap a big paycheck for better benefits and perks. Millennials and Gen Zers, in particular, value more intangibles, such as more personal time off via flexible schedules, clear career paths, remote work options and meaningful work. Despite this clear interest in improved benefits, however, employers can't overlook money as a key driver in attracting and retaining talent, either.
Companies might attract job seekers with the benefits and perks they value, but retention might require offering employees competitive salaries over the long haul. A report released in May found that while employees value benefits, they're still motivated most by money. And a Mercer report, also released in May, found that the key to retaining millennials — the largest segment of the labor force — is solid base pay and strong management. But wage growth has remained fairly stagnant across industries, save for the tech industry, partly out of concern over market stability, experts previously told HR Dive.
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What Can You Afford?
To determine how much you can afford, you first need to know your monthly income. Second, you will need to calculate your monthly expenses which may include credit card bills, car payments, insurance premiums and all other debts. There is a worksheet –Determining What You Can Afford– that will help you calculate your income and expenses to help determine what you can afford.
Consult with a Professional
Consider talking with a financial professional such as a housing counselor help you determine what you can afford. Keeping your payments affordable is the best way to avoid foreclosure or other financial difficulties. While mortgage lenders will tell you how much they are willing to lend you (which is the loan amount you “qualify” for), and are required to consider your ability to repay the loan before they make the loan, you probably know your finances better than anyone, so you should determine how much you are willing and able to pay every month for your home.
Shopping for Your Loan
Your choice of mortgage lender or broker, as well as type of loan itself, will influence your settlement costs and your monthly mortgage payment. You may find a listing of local lenders and mortgage brokers in the yellow pages and a listing of rates in your local newspaper. You may also wish to search the internet for lenders and brokers and their advertised rates. You can ask your family and friends about loan originators they have used and recommend.
Good Faith Estimate
Whether you apply for a loan with a lender or mortgage broker, you should receive Good Faith Estimates of settlement costs from multiple loan originators to make certain you get the best loan product at the lowest interest rate and lowest settlement costs.
The GFE is a three-page form designed to encourage you to shop for a mortgage loan and settlement services so you can determine which mortgage is best for you. It shows the loan terms and the settlement charges you will pay if you decide to go forward with the loan process and are approved for the loan.
It explains which charges can change before your settlement and which charges must remain the same. It contains a shopping chart allowing you to compare multiple mortgage loans and settlement costs, making it easier for you to shop for the best loan.
The GFE may be provided by a mortgage broker or the lender. Until they give you a GFE, loan originators are only permitted to charge you for the cost of a credit report. They are not permitted to charge you a fee for an appraisal, inspection, or other similar settlement service prior to giving you the GFE.
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Robert Fantina, Mondoweiss, March 02 2019:… The United States supports the MEK, once designated as a terrorist organization, but now welcomed into the U.S. family of violence. The MEK has as its goal the overthrow of the Iranian government and has killed thousands of innocent people. The United States and Israel are determined to isolate Iran and overthrow its government, and replace it with one more to their liking, as was done in the 1953, when the U.S., through its own terrorist cell known as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) overthrew the democratically-elected government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, and installed the brutal Shah of Iran as monarch
The United States, Iran and the Warsaw Conference
The United States’ much ballyhooed conference in Warsaw, the purpose of which was to gather support for more pressure on Iran, is now over. This exercise in futility did not gain the so-called ‘benefits’ that President Donald Trump and his racist, jingoistic cohorts had hoped. Rather, it exposed disagreements between the U.S. and many of its allies, and worsened some of them.
Some U.S. allies sent low-level representatives, a direct slap in the face to the U.S; some went even further and skipped the event. Many of those invited, whether or not they attended, have criticized the U.S. for its withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and are still seeking ways to circumvent U.S.-threatened sanctions if they continue to comply with the agreement. Iran, whose nuclear development program is regulated by the agreement, continues to be in compliance, as certified by international inspectors, although it is clearly under no legal obligation to do so. When one party to an agreement violates it, that agreement is null and void.
Prior to the Warsaw conference, Twitter saw considerable activity in support of it. This could have been due to U.S. propaganda success in portraying Iran as the monster of the world (note: this writer visited Iran in the summer of 2017, and he can assure the reader that Iran is not what the U.S. wants everyone to believe). One wonders how U.S. government officials can possible accuse Iran of being the ‘foremost sponsor of terror in the world’, when the U.S. is currently bombing at least six (6) countries, is working to overthrow the democratically-elected governments of Syria and Venezuela, has invaded, bombed or otherwise destabilized at least 30 countries in the last 50 years, and has caused the deaths of at least 20,000,000 people. Iran, on the other hand, hasn’t invaded another country since 1798: yes, that is 221 years.
But perhaps the U.S. hasn’t been all that successful, and the increase in ‘Tweets’ was due to some other cause. Trita Paris, an award-winning activist, reports on his Twitter page that a huge number of those anti-Iran ‘Tweets’ were placed by ‘bots.’ For the uninitiated, a ‘bot’ is short for ‘robot,’ defined as “a program that operates as an agent for a user or another program or simulates a human activity.” It is an electronic method for doing all kinds of things on computers, including recognizing words on ‘Tweets’ and resending them. Any individual with a rudimentary knowledge of programming can create a ‘bot,’ get it to identify key words such as ‘Iran,’ ‘Warsaw’ and ‘Increasing Sanctions,’ to name just a few possibilities, and then have it ‘re-Tweet’ those entries to thousands, or potentially millions, of other Twitter accounts.
Why might someone do this? For people who seek Iran’s destruction, but recognize that this is not what the people of Iran want, it is one way of skewing the perception.
And who would want this? The ugly alliance of the United States and Israel constitute the greatest threat to Iran. The apartheid Zionist entity wants complete hegemony in the Middle East, which would allow it to kill all the Palestinians and take their land. They use pro-Israel lobbies in the U.S. to purchase members of Congress, which then grant Israel unprecedented amounts of foreign aid, and impunity from its crimes in the United Nations.
It is a very poorly-kept secret that the government of Israel spends millions upon millions of dollars to combat the Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) movement. Additionally, the Zionist entity pays university students to write positive things about it on social media. It forbids any investigation of its accusations of war crimes, proclaiming that its own investigations are sufficient; those ‘investigations’ exonerate it every time.
Does Israel commit war crimes, and crimes against humanity? In the 2014 slaughter of the Gaza Strip, Israel bombed residences, mosques, press buildings, hospitals, schools and United Nations refugee centers. That’s six war crimes right there. IDF terrorists shoot unarmed, incapacitated Palestinians. War crime number seven. Those same terrorists guard illegal settler-terrorists as they commit crimes against innocent Palestinians.
And what about general violations of international law? The blockade of the Gaza Strip, the occupation of the West Bank, the housing of over half-a-million illegal settlers on Palestinian land are just three examples.
The United States supports the MEK, once designated as a terrorist organization, but now welcomed into the U.S. family of violence. The MEK has as its goal the overthrow of the Iranian government and has killed thousands of innocent people.
How would U.S. spokespeople respond, one wonders, if Iran, Russia and other nations actively supported an organization whose goal was the overthrow of the U.S. government? No doubt any such nation would be quickly introduced to U.S. bombs.
The United States and Israel are determined to isolate Iran and overthrow its government, and replace it with one more to their liking, as was done in the 1953, when the U.S., through its own terrorist cell known as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) overthrew the democratically-elected government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, and installed the brutal Shah of Iran as monarch. For the next twenty-six years he oppressed the people of Iran, until he was overthrown in 1979, against the wishes of the United States. That revolution established the Islamic Republic of Iran, which the U.S. has opposed since its inception.
The Shah did as his U.S. masters directed; they cared not at all about his oppressive brutality. And when the Iranian people finally were able to rid themselves of the U.S. puppet, and installed a government of their own choosing, their new leaders were not quite so amenable to acceding to U.S. demands. Thus, the U.S. has chosen to sanction Iran for decades, support its enemies, and spread lies about the nation.
The Warsaw Conference didn’t quite accomplish U.S. goals, since most of the world is highly suspicious of the erratic and bellicose U.S. president, not wanting to anger him (U.S. violence has already been mentioned), but not particularly interested in following him over the cliff, either. And the other signatories to the JCPOA continue to seek ways to trade with Iran, thus providing Iran with the benefits that that agreement promised.
What the U.S. will do next is anyone’s guess. Bombing Iran, or supporting Israel in doing so, would not bode well for the Middle East, or the rest of the world. Iran is a large and powerful country, allied with Russia, which would not look favorably upon any such attack. It is hoped that Europe will continue to trade with Iran, enabling its people to live in peace and prosperity. U.S. efforts to the contrary will not turn out well, least of all for the U.S.
About Robert Fantina
Robert Fantina is an author and activist for peace and international human rights. A U.S. citizen, he moved to Canada following the 2004 presidential election. His writing appears regularly on Counterpunch.org, Warisacrime.org, and other sites. Mr. Fantina resides near Toronto, Ontario.
As Giuliani Calls for Regime Change in Iran, Netanyahu Raises the Specter of “War”
Robert Mackey, The Intercept, February 15 2019:… Off-stage, the U.S. president’s lawyer admitted that he was paid by the exile group, but stressed to reporters that he was in Warsaw on behalf of the MEK in his personal capacity and would not be attending the diplomatic conference organized by the State Department. The Israeli prime minister described the gathering as primarily a meeting of Iran’s enemies.
As Giuliani Calls for Regime Change in Iran, Netanyahu Raises the Specter of “War”
RUDY GIULIANI, the former mayor of New York City who now serves as President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, called for the overthrow of Iran’s government on Wednesday during a rally in Poland staged by a cult-like group of Iranian exiles who pay him to represent them.
Speaking outside the Warsaw venue for an international conference on the Middle East attended by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Giuliani said that his message for the 65 governments discussing ways to confront Iran was simple. “The theocratic dictatorship in Tehran,” Giuliani said, “must end and end quickly.
Former NY Mayor @RudyGiuliani in Warsaw:
In order to have peace & security in the Mid-East there has to be a major change in the theocratic dictatorship in #Iran. It must end & end quickly in order to have stability#FreeIranWithMaryamRajavi#PolandSummit#IStandWithMaryamRajavi pic.twitter.com/aKafMjxq4k
— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) February 13, 2019
.@RudyGiuliani: We have seen regime change work & fail. In #Iran's case we don’t have to worry. There is a viable alternative. Maryam Rajavi's 10-point plan stands for a #FreeIran w/ a democratically-elected Gov instead of a tyrant/monarch.#FreeIranWithMaryamRajavi #WarsawSummit pic.twitter.com/EFJHIw2WUV
— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) February 13, 2019
Off-stage, the U.S. president’s lawyer admitted that he was paid by the exile group, but stressed to reporters that he was in Warsaw on behalf of the MEK in his personal capacity and would not be attending the diplomatic conference organized by the State Department.
Even before the conference began, the Israeli prime minister appeared to shrug off efforts by the State Department and the Polish government to portray the gathering as broadly focused on Middle East peace, describing it as primarily a meeting of Iran’s enemies.
In video posted on the prime minister’s official Twitter feed, Netanyahu characterized a meeting with Oman’s foreign minister as “excellent,” and one focused on “additional steps we can take together with the countries of the region in order to advance common interests.”
According to the English translation of Netanyahu’s remarks in Hebrew prepared by his office, the prime minister then added: “What is important about this meeting — and it is not in secret because there are many of those — is that this is an open meeting with representatives of leading Arab countries that are sitting down together with Israel in order to advance the common interest of war with Iran.”
A screenshot from video posted on the official Twitter feed of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu’s use of the word “war” seemed to throw Israel’s diplomatic corps into chaos. Within minutes, as journalists speculated that the prime minister’s office might have mistranslated his comment, Netanyahu’s spokesperson to the Arab media, Ofir Gendelman, wrote that the Israeli leader had described his nation’s common interest with Arab nations as “combatting Iran,” not “war with Iran.”
The subtitled video produced by the prime minister’s office was then deleted from his Twitter feed and replaced with the text of Gendelman’s alternative translation.
As my colleague Talya Cooper explains, however, Netanyahu did in fact use the Hebrew word for “war” in the video, which has not yet been deleted from his Hebrew-language YouTube channel. In a separate video, posted by Netanyahu’s office on Facebook earlier in the day, the prime minister had used the Hebrew word for “combat.”
Aron Heller, an Associated Press correspondent based in Jerusalem, also filmed the remarks and reported that although Netanyahu had mentioned “war,” his office said later that he was referring to “combatting Iran.”
— Aron Heller (@aronhellerap) February 13, 2019
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) February 13, 2019
Zarif also suggested that the Trump administration and the exiles of the MEK might have been behind a suicide bombing on a bus in southeastern Iran on Wednesday, which killed 41 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
“Is it no coincidence that Iran is hit by terror on the very day that #WarsawCircus begins?” Zarif tweeted. “Especially when cohorts of same terrorists cheer it from Warsaw streets & support it with twitter bots? US seems to always make the same wrong choices, but expect different results.”
The foreign minister was clearly referring to the MEK, which spent three decades trying to achieve regime change in Iran through violence, including terrorist attacks. The well-funded exile group was also suspected of being behind social media trickery discovered by the BBC, which reported that Twitter bots had been deployed “to artificially create a trend which hints at popular support for the summit and — by extension — widespread resentment towards the Iranian establishment.”
The Iranian exiles have been caught in the past paying nonsupporters to fill out its crowds at rallies, a tactic reportedly used at the event in Warsaw on Wednesday, according to journalists on the ground.
The MEK is having a rally in Warsaw where as usual about a third of the crowd is random non-Iranians who've been bussed in from Slovakia and can't read the signs they're holding pic.twitter.com/NnJyqMxnEY
— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) February 13, 2019
Spoke to journalist in #WarsawSummit. He had attended the MEK terrorist org's rally. Many of the "demonstartors" were Slovak high school kids who couldnt really provide an answer as to why they were there.
Just as the MEK buys bots on Twitter, they do so in real life as well…
— Trita Parsi (@tparsi) February 13, 2019
In recent years, as The Intercept has reported, the MEK has poured millions of dollars into reinventing itself as a moderate political group ready to take power in Iran if Western-backed regime change ever takes place. To that end, it lobbied successfully to be removed from the State Department’s list of foreign terrorist organizations in 2012. The Iranian exiles achieved this over the apparent opposition of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in part by paying a long list of former U.S. officials from both parties hefty speaking fees of between $10,000 to $50,000 for hymns of praise.
Despite the claims of paid spokespeople like Giuliani and John Bolton — who predicted regime change would come at a lavish MEK rally in Paris just months before being named Trump’s national security adviser — the MEK appears to be as unprepared to take power in Iran as Ahmad Chalabi’s exiled Iraqi National Congress was after the American invasion of Iraq.
— Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) March 22, 2018
Ariane Tabatabai, a Georgetown University scholar, has argued that the “cult-like dissident group” — whose married members were reportedly forced to divorce and take a vow of lifelong celibacy — “has no viable chance of seizing power in Iran.”
If the current government is not Iranians’ first choice for a government, the MEK is not even their last — and for good reason. The MEK supported Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq War. The people’s discontent with the Iranian government at that time did not translate into their supporting an external enemy that was firing Scuds into Tehran, using chemical weapons and killing hundreds of thousands of Iranians, including many civilians. Today, the MEK is viewed negatively by most Iranians, who would prefer to maintain the status quo than rush to the arms of what they consider a corrupt, criminal cult.
Despite such doubts, spending lavishly on paid endorsements has earned the MEK a bipartisan roster of Washington politicians willing to sign up as supporters. At a gala in 2016, Bolton was joined in singing the group’s praises by another former U.N. ambassador, Bill Richardson; a former attorney general, Michael Mukasey; the former State Department spokesperson P.J. Crowley; the former Homeland Security adviser Frances Townsend; the former Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I.; and the former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean. That Paris gala was hosted by Linda Chavez, a former Reagan administration official, and headlined by Newt Gingrich, the former speaker who was under consideration to be Trump’s running mate at the time.
Fears about Bolton’s apparently open desire to start a war with Iran have been exacerbated by his boosting of the MEK and his steadfast denial of the catastrophe unleashed by the invasion of Iraq that he worked for as a member of the Bush administration. Last year, when Fox News host Tucker Carlson pointed out that Bolton had called for regime change in Iraq, Libya, Iran, and Syria, and the first of those had been “a disaster,” Bolton disagreed.
“I think the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, that military action, was a resounding success,” Bolton insisted to Carlson. The chaos that followed in Iraq, he said, was caused by a poorly executed occupation that ended too soon. On the bright side, Bolton said, the mistakes the U.S. made in Iraq offered “lessons about what to do after a regime is overthrown” in the future.
Earlier this week, Sen. Chris Murphy warned that Bolton appeared to be laying the groundwork for war in a belligerent video message from the White House to mark the 40th anniversary of the Iranian revolution.
Here Bolton says Iran is seeking nuclear weapons. This simply isn’t true. The intelligence says the opposite and he knows it. He is laying the groundwork for war and we all must be vigilant. https://t.co/1zHR5vaEGn
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 12, 2019
Another strong supporter of the disastrous U.S. invasion of Iraq was Netanyahu, who, between terms as prime minister, testified to Congress on Sept. 12, 2002 as a private citizen, and advised lawmakers that attacking Iraq would be wise.
A review of Netanyahu’s 2002 testimony — in which he said, “I think the choice of Iraq is a good choice, it’s the right choice” — reveals that he linked his strong support for a United States invasion of Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein with the possibility of inspiring the implosion of the ruling theocracy in neighboring Iran.
“It’s not a question of whether Iraq’s regime should be taken out but when should it be taken out; it’s not a question of whether you’d like to see a regime change in Iran but how to achieve it,” Netanyahu said then. “If you take out Saddam, Saddam’s regime, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region. And I think that people sitting right next door in Iran, young people, and many others, will say the time of such regimes, of such despots is gone.”
"If you take out Saddam," Netanyahu told Congress in 2002, "I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region. And I think that people sitting right next door in Iran… will say the time of such regimes, of such despots is gone." pic.twitter.com/ZNTxpSP3a2
— Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) February 14, 2019
Updated: Feb. 14, 2019
This article was updated to include Congressional testimony from Benjamin Netanyahu on Sept. 12, 2002, in which he advocated a U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Bolton/Pompeo used MEK to prep the table for Warsaw summit against EU interests
Anne Khodabandeh (Singleton), Balkans Post, January 27 2019:… The Poland summit is an indication that top officials in the Trump administration like former CIA chief Mike Pompeo and Trump’s Security Advisor John Bolton now feel confident they can create Trump’s foreign policy for him. The MEK’s use as a regime change tool is not new, but it was a speech made by John Bolton (before he was appointed Security Advisor) at the 2017 MEK rally in Paris that first indicated that his advocacy for using the MEK for regime change against Iran had a timeline.
Bolton/Pompeo used MEK to prep the table for Warsaw summit against EU interests
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s global summit in Warsaw on 13 and 14 February to discuss Middle East issues was greeted with scepticism. It was widely interpreted as a thinly veiled excuse to talk about Iran. And because Iran was not invited, the agenda could only be hostile.
But while it is acknowledged that Pompeo wants to build consensus against Iran, it is also understood that Pompeo’s first target is the European Union. Efforts to get the EU to withdraw from the JCPOA have already failed. This time, Pompeo hopes his approach will undermine the unity and integrity of the European Union itself. There are already divisions. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini has rejected the invitation. But European countries which may send representatives are those – Denmark, Belgium and Holland – which have allegedly been targeted by Iran for terrorist acts.
Manufactured threat to Europe
The Poland summit is an indication that top officials in the Trump administration like former CIA chief Mike Pompeo and Trump’s Security Advisor John Bolton now feel confident they can create Trump’s foreign policy for him.
Pompeo will come to Poland with a list of grievances against Iran, including human rights violations, destabilising the region, terrorism and of course, Iran’s ballistic missile programme. Some grievances are subject to interpretation – Iran of course is in Syria at the invitation of Bashar al Assad. Iran’s success in driving back Daesh in Syria and Iraq is undisputable. However, there is evidence that some grievances have been manufactured to deliberately demonise Iran. From its closed base in Albania, the Iranian Mojahedin Khalq (aka MEK, MKO, NCRI, Rajavi cult) been busy behind the scenes for over two years creating a false narrative designed to persuade European politicians that Iran is a threat to Europe.
The MEK’s use as a regime change tool is not new, but it was a speech made by John Bolton (before he was appointed Security Advisor) at the 2017 MEK rally in Paris that first indicated that his advocacy for using the MEK for regime change against Iran had a timeline. “Before 2019”, he told his audience, “we here will celebrate in Tehran”. Others chimed in; Albania’s former prime minister Pandeli Majko boasted that he would eat ice cream with the MEK in Tehran after they conquered Iran. As 2018 passed into 2019 commentators mocked. However, the idea of an active plan wasn’t picked up until last week when it was revealed that Bolton was doing everything within his power to push for President Trump to launch a military attack on Iran. The dots now begin to join up.
Regime Change Timetable
John Bolton is a long-term paid cheerleader for the MEK. He did not hesitate to visit them when they arrived in Albania to give them his blessing. And also, it seems, to enable their activities. In the Autumn of 2017, the MEK were given the green light to evade the de-radicalisation programme agreed by the Obama administration and regroup in a closed camp 30km from the capital where the cultic conditions of Iraq could be replicated.
Inside the camp the MEK were helped to create a click farm, using the slave labour of the members, to create and curate an online narrative concerning Iran to shape public and political perception on human rights, terrorism, nuclear intentions, etc.
In March 2018, the MEK made a false allegation against two retired Iranian journalists. They were invited to Albania to celebrate Norouz or Persian New Year by religious leader Baba Mundi and the Bektashi community. The MEK told police they were there to kill MEK members in their remote camp. Albanian police found no evidence and apologised to the men and the religious community. But the MEK narrative has been repeated so many times that it has taken on the aspect of fact. Indeed, it has now taken on the aspect of a ‘super-fact’ as faked embellishments to the story have been added; “A truck loaded with explosives was set to attack 3,000 members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) who are refugees in Albania, the dissident faction explained..”
In April 2018, the MEK the suspicious death of a troublesome member was a reminder that the MEK has a history of eliminating its members to whitewash its past. The impunity with which the MEK can act has transferred from Iraq to Albania because the MEK is protected by America. The Albanians do not have authority over the MEK in their own country.
In July 2018, just after the MEK held its annual propaganda rally in Paris to promote its regime change agenda an alleged assassination plot was immediately blamed on Iran. Iran however denied responsibility and called it a false flag op aimed at alienating the EU. Iranian media published information that two of those involved were long-term MEK supporters.
MEK are untrustworthy
With this background, it is hardly surprising that while anti-Iran pundits are happy to take money to promote the MEK as the main opposition, its leader Maryam Rajavi has not been invited to the summit in Poland. Not only would that ensure a total boycott, but Rajavi herself cannot answer for the criminal and subversive activities of her group. Instead of staying in the shadows though, Maryam Rajavi has insisted on holding her own propaganda rally in Paris on the 8th February, desperate to maintain the fiction that the MEK is relevant and popular and that it is the key to regime change.
Pompeo may echo this message but will fall short of promoting the MEK. The real reason for keeping the MEK at arms-length is not just because it is too dirty, but because ultimately the MEK cannot be trusted. The rally on 8th February is an example of the MEK doing its own thing. It may be a paid mercenary group but Rajavi doesn’t know when to stop. The Intelligence community knows the MEK. It is a group which will take money to kill Iranians. It is a group which may also, one day, take money to kill Americans. It would be disastrous for any government to share a platform with such people and Albania should follow America’s example; keep the MEK at a distance.
Anne Khodabandeh, is an expert in anti-terrorist activities and a long-standing activist in the field of deradicalization of extremists. She has written several articles and books on this subject, along with her husband, who is of Iranian origin.
Untangling The Web Of The Saudi-Israeli-US Propaganda War On Iran
Behnam Gharagozli, Iranian.com, February 06 2019:… One manifestation of this trend is witnessing how the MEK was somehow transformed from a terrorist organization to a dissident Iranian organization after only a short time. This transformation from terrorist to dissident just so happened to occur after the MEK’s base in Iraq was sacked (the MEK had been an ally of Saddam Hussein) and the calls for regime change in Iran grew louder. That the mainstream media belongs to only a handful of large corporate entities is another fact to consider.
Untangling The Web Of The Saudi-Israeli-US Propaganda War On Iran
Shortly after the horrific attacks on 9/11, it was discovered that there was an American plan to dismantle the regimes of seven countries: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and lastly, Iran. Since then, the world witnessed regime change and subsequent civil wars in Iraq and Libya while Somalia and Sudan remain failed states. However, Iran, along with its close ally, the Lebanese Hezbollah, which is said to be stronger than the Lebanese army and the most powerful non-state armed actor on earth, remain not only fully functional but have in fact expanded their power vis-à-vis the United States, Israel and their Gulf Arab governments.
US-Israeli-Saudi efforts in the Middle East since 2001 have provided multiple instances of Blowback—long term, unintended negative consequences of foreign policy. Nowhere is this more telling than Iran’s expanded and still growing influence in the region as the result of American missteps. Rather than converting Iraq into a launching pad to effectuate regime change in Iran, the United States saw Iranian influence and control grow in Iraq. Rather than meeting its declared mission of knocking out the Lebanese Hezbollah in 2006, Israel suffered its third defeat at the hands of the Iranian ally. In Iraq’s quest to rid its country of ISIS fighters, one Iranian official joked that the Iraqis prefer to have Iranian commanders lead from the front rather than American advisers direct them from the rear. Relatedly, world opinion generally credits Iranian Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Suleimani, rather than any American, Israeli or Saudi counterpart, as the one who led the successful campaign against ISIS in Iraq.
Instead of giving up its quest for regime change in Iran, the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia appear to be more determined than ever.
Instead of giving up its quest for regime change in Iran, the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia appear to be more determined than ever. Evidence for this is found not only in Trump’s withdrawal from the JCPOA and imposition of harsh sanctions against Iran, but also in the mainstream media’s bias in reporting on Iran. Rather than analyzing the obvious drawbacks in pursuing regime change in Iran (e.g. the expected high loss of human life, enormous cost to the American taxpayer and resulting chaos in what would in all likelihood result in a fragmentation of the country similar to that of Syria and Libya), the mainstream media curiously appears to favor a regime change policy.
While this may initially appear to be surprising, identifying the many groups that would benefit from regime change in Iran quickly harmonizes the disparity between facts and reporting. Saudi Arabia and Israel would greatly benefit from Iranian regime change, as it would eliminate their chief rival in the region. The notorious terrorist cult organization, Mujahedin-e Khalq (“MEK”) would be a likely beneficiary, as it would clear the way for them to achieve their goal of acquiring power in the country (an objective that they failed to achieve after the 1979 revolution). Simultaneously, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (the would be ruler of Iran but for the 1979 revolution) of the Pahlavi family would potentially be able to return to some sort of a leadership position in the country. The neoconservative establishment in the United States that infamously brought us the toppling of Saddam Hussein in 2003 and subsequent brutal aftermath would stand to benefit, as regime change in Iran was their ultimate goal (“Anyway can go to Baghdad. Real men go to Tehran.”). One must recall that the neoconservatives sought a fairy tale scenario wherein the fall of Baghdad would lead to the rest of the Middle East (Iran included) to magically turn into pro-American liberal democracies.
The goal of removing the clerical regime in Iran is apparently so powerful that it has united groups that would otherwise hate one another. Indeed, absent a hatred of the Iranian regime, there are few commonalities between a Zionist, Saudi royalist, Iranian monarchist, MEK member and a Neocon. Nevertheless, many of these various groupings have found a loose yet committed confederation in their quest for regime change.
This confederation has revealed itself in the mainstream media’s bias against Iran. One manifestation of this trend is witnessing how the MEK was somehow transformed from a terrorist organization to a dissident Iranian organization after only a short time. This transformation from terrorist to dissident just so happened to occur after the MEK’s base in Iraq was sacked (the MEK had been an ally of Saddam Hussein) and the calls for regime change in Iran grew louder.
That the mainstream media belongs to only a handful of large corporate entities is another fact to consider. What this means for pro-regime change groupings is that there are relatively few sources that must be purchased to create an echo chamber favoring their political agenda. What is more, it is odd that Persian language outlets such as Voice of America, Manoto, Kalameh and Radio Farda consistently and persistently appear to favor regime change despite so many obvious policy drawbacks.
…it is important to expose media outlets that receive funding from the Israeli government, Saudi Kingdom, MEK, Pahlavi family and neoconservative groups.
In light of the above, it is important to expose media outlets that receive funding from the Israeli government, Saudi Kingdom, MEK, Pahlavi family and neoconservative groups. This will reveal important biases to alert the public of another American foreign policy misadventure that will dwarf the carnage of Operation Iraqi “Freedom.
Historical Background Behind the Saudi-Israeli-US Alliance Against Iran
That the MEK and Pahlavi family seek regime change in Iran should come as no surprise. Both organizations adamantly feel as though they are the true rulers of Iran and that they were unjustly pushed out of power by the current regime.
However, it is important to identify the geopolitics behind the Saudi-Israeli-US alliance against Iran to put the issue in its proper context. This is especially so as Saudi Arabia and Israel (along with their respective lobbies in the United States) face an uncomfortable reality: Iran’s status as an ethnic minority in the region, important strategic position, natural resources, large economy, powerful military and significant influence in the Middle East make Iran a much better geopolitical ally to the United States than both Israel and Saudi Arabia combined.
The U.S-Saudi relationship dates back to the 1940s wherein the United States essentially committed to protect the Saudi Royal Family in exchange for cheap oil. American commitment to this doctrine was subsequently reinforced in the Nixon and Carter Doctrines.
Prior to the 1979 revolution in Iran, the United States had set up a regional containment strategy designed to check Soviet power with American allies in light of American commitments elsewhere such as Vietnam. In May 1972, President Nixon’s administration immensely increased support of the pro-Western Shah of Iran, Muhammad Reza Pahlavi. The Nixon Doctrine essentially stood on two pillars:
Saudi Arabia and Pahlavi Iran (aka “twin pillars”). Pahlavi Iran was a crucial pro-Western buffer state and was regarded as the “strategic prize.”
Shah of Iran with President Nixon during a state visit to the United States, July 24, 1973. Source: Richard Nixon Foundation
1979 brought the twin pillar policy crashing down as it brought an end to Pahlavi Iran and replaced it with an anti-American Islamic Republic that sought to export its revolution. This resulted in the Carter Doctrine wherein the United States declared that:
Any attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary, including military force.
The anti-American nature of Iran’s 1979 revolution and the Carter Doctrine turned the United States and Iran from allies to enemies. Indeed, on January 7, 1981, President Carter signed a secret directive authorizing “the Pentagon to use force to prevent Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz to oil exports.” What is politically ironic but geopolitically not surprising is that President Reagan continued the Carter Doctrine.
Since American officials at the time viewed military force as a last resort, the United States required a proxy to enforce the Carter Doctrine. As a result, Reagan administration threw its weight behind Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
Saddam Hussein Iran-Iraq war 1980s. Credit: Wikipedia
The Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) revealed Saddam Hussein to be an incompetent military proxy for the United States. Throughout the war, American officials expressed repeated anxiety about the Iraqi military’s ability to perform against Iranian advances. Indeed, American aid was crucial to preventing a decisive Iranian victory in the Iran-Iraq war.
Saddam Hussein would subsequently prove himself to be a liability. Not realizing that he was merely an American pawn to protect the other Arab governments in the Persian Gulf from Iranian expansion, Saddam invaded oil rich Kuwait. This foolish move invited direct American military intervention in Operation Desert Storm (1990-1991) and severely weakened Iraq’s military.
After essentially decimating its regional strongman, the United States was left without a military proxy to check Iranian expansion in the region. While the Cold War was over, American concerns about Iranian influence throughout the Middle East remained. Indeed, President George H.W. Bush generally continued the Carter Doctrine upon his signing of the National Security Directive 26 on October 2, 1989.
President Clinton’s lack of foreign policy experience allowed his National Security Advisor, Martin Indyk, a former AIPAC director to dominate Clinton’s Middle East policy. Indyk convinced Clinton to pursue a policy of containment vis-à-vis Iran.
Meanwhile, Israel, emboldened by the fall of the Soviet Union, the crippling of Saddam Hussein (an arch nemesis of Israel) and having an ally in the Clinton White House, began to depict Iran as a threat to advance its “New Middle East” ambitions. Israeli Prime Minister’s Yitzhak Rabin’s proposal whereby Israel would play a central role in the Middle East required Israel to demonize the only remaining regional power in the Middle East: Iran. That Rabin’s vilification of Iran flew in the face of Israel supplying Iran with weaponry and lobbying the United States to do so throughout the Iran-Iraq war apparently was of no importance.
Utilizing the often repeated but poorly supported myth of Israeli military invincibility, Israel and its lobby in the United States was able to convince the Clinton administration that Israel could replace Saddam as the regional pro-American powerhouse to thwart Iranian influence.
Israeli-AIPAC efforts in the United States quickly bore fruit in the anti-Iran campaign. AIPAC successfully lobbied the Clinton administration and subsequently Congress to halt all U.S. trade with Iran despite Israel continuing trade with Iran. This included cancellation of a $1 billion Iranian oil contract with an American company, Conoco. Although the Conoco deal found support in the State Department and CIA, pro-Israeli forces in the United States ended the deal by way of the Iran Libya Sanctions Act. This also served as the third failed attempt by then Iranian Akbar Hashemi President to normalize relations with the United States and therefore emboldened Iranian hardliners. Simultaneously, then Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich publicly secured $18 million for covert operations against Iran while arguing for regime change.
9/11 would considerably raise the stakes. With the rise of neo-conservatism in the United States, the Israeli lobby found a welcoming ear in their quest for regional expansion. The Israel lobby’s role in pushing the United States to invading Iraq is well documented.
Iran saw the writing on the wall. Indeed, neo-conservatives were not ambiguous about their ambitions for regime change in Iran. Such voices manifested themselves via official means by way of President Bush’s Axis of Evil speech in 2002 vilifying Iran despite Iran providing the Americans with crucial support in defeating the Taliban in Afghanistan. This resulted in Iran converting its cooperation with the United States in Afghanistan into subversion.
Oddly, the United States did not have a concrete plan in place to invade Iran after toppling Saddam. The Bush administration did not conduct war games or simulations on this topic.
Nevertheless, Iran offered the United States and Israel the 2003 grand bargain (which has received little attention in American mainstream media) whereby the two countries would normalize relations, Iran would offer full access to its nuclear, chemical and biological tech programs, cooperation on fighting terrorism, assistance in stabilizing post-Saddam Iraq and pressuring Palestinian opposition groups to stop violence against Israel. The proposal even offered to disarm the Lebanese Hezbollah. The Bush administration and Israel instead decided to pursue regime change and rejected the grand bargain.
Coupled with American incompetence in stabilizing post-Saddam Iraq (e.g. Paul Bremer’s de-Baathification policy), U.S. and Israeli announcements for regime change convinced the Iranian regime to not only subvert American efforts in Iraq, but to take advantage of the power vacuum that the American invasion created and expand Iranian influence in Iraq. Rather than becoming a launching pad for an American invasion of Iran, post-Saddam Iraq turned into an Iranian ally.
Iran’s increased strength and expansion throughout the Middle East pushed Saudi Arabia and Israel closer together. The two countries had always had an unusual alliance. The Saudi Kingdom’s rise to power in the country significantly owes a debt to the British favoring the Ibn Saud family (the current ruling family in Saudi Arabia) over the Hashemites (the would be ruling family in Saudi Arabia). Part of the British preference was due to the Ibn Saud family’s approval of the creation of the state of Israel as per Britain’s Balfour Declaration. Recently, Saudi Royalists and Zionist hardliners have found a common enemy in Iran and decided that it would be convenient to reinforce their alliance.
However, the United States, Israel nor Saudi Arabia has the ability to overthrow the Iranian regime by way of overt military force. American military plans in the late 1990s asserted that toppling the Islamic Republic by force would require three years of fighting and at least half a million troops. Such plans and the estimates upon which they were premised were based on circumstances that predated the Iranian regime’s entrenchment in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. Currently, therefore, it is logical to conclude that the current cost to topple the clerical regime in Iran is much higher. As such, the three countries have resorted to a propaganda war in hopes of weakening Iran and creating the conditions necessary for regime change.
Instances of Reporting Bias
On October 31, 2018, the Guardian published an article headlined “Concern over UK-Based Iranian TV Channel’s Links to Saudi Arabia.” In that article, Saeed Kamali Dehghan detailed that a UK-based Iranian TV station is being funded by a “secretive offshore entity” with close links to the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (“MBS”). The UK-based Iranian TV station, “Iranian International TV” joined the many exiled Iranian channels that reach Iranian residents by way of satellite television such as BBC’s Persian service and Manoto TV. An insider claimed that the channel had turned into a platform for “ethnic partisanship and sectarianism.” The article went on to identify instances where Iranian International TV provided the MEK a platform and how its parent company, Volant Media has strong links with the Saudi Royal Family. Importantly, Iranian International TV receives no commercial income, which makes its dependence on Saudi funding and corresponding Saudi bias incredibly apparent.
The article notes that “According to one source, Saudi Arabia gave” $250 million to launch Iran International. Subsequently, Tasnim News and Press TV observed that according to a tweet from the Guardian correspondent, Dehghan, that “one source” was Khashoggi. The tweet unambiguously indicated that:
“I can confirm that Jamal Khashoggi was killed because of speaking to me on the phone from Istanbul in the morning on 26 September, revealing that London-based Iran International TV was funded by Mohammad bin Salman and Saud al-Qahtani.”
This tweet, which was later deleted, did not receive any considerable coverage in American mainstream media. One may argue that Tasnim News and Press TV have a strong pro-Iran and anti-Saudi bias. However, such an argument would ignore the fact that the tweet from Saeed Kamali Dehghan stands on its own regardless of any bias on the part of Tasnim and Press TV.
While mainstream American media has provided some coverage on the Khashoggi murder, it has failed to do so within the crucial policy framework of Trump’s pro-regime change stance in Iran.
When considered in conjunction with Trump’s November 20th statement pardoning Saudi Arabia in part by demonizing Iran, the above strongly supports the contention that the United States has declared a propaganda war on Iran. That Trump has admitted to having personal business interests (and subsequently denied those business interests when confronted) with the Saudi Kingdom only bolsters the claim. Trump’s decision to cite Israeli interests when defending the U.S.-Saudi relationship only further reveals that there is coordination among the U.S, Israel and Saudi Arabia in this regime change campaign against Iran.
In 2017, protests began in one of Iran’s largest cities, Mashhad. The trigger appears to have been dissatisfaction regarding the price of food and necessities. Regime change advocates quickly sought to exploit these protests. Many who agreed with the protestors’ grievances were concerned that external forces like the Pahlavi family and MEK would attempt to leverage what appeared to be reasonable complaints to push for their own goals.
Such concerns turned out to be well founded. The Guardian reported on June 30, 2018 that Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s lawyer, admitted that the protests were “happening because of many of our people in Albania.” What is significant about Albania is that it is the location where MEK’s compound is located. On November 9, 2018, the Guardian revealed that MEK’s “main work in Albania involves fighting online in an escalating information war.” This information war included a 1,000 member “troll farm” in Albania that would post propaganda in multiple different languages and multiple different online outlets (including Facebook, Twitter and others).
The above was virtually absent in mainstream American media. When read in conjunction with statements by John Bolton (who would subsequently become Trump’s National Security Adviser) at a 2017 MEK rally calling for regime change in Iran by 2019, it is difficult to ignore the Trump administration’s reckless regime change policy in Iran. What is even more troubling is that the Trump administration intends to achieve this goal by using an organization that the Iranian general public sees as synonymous with treason.
$300 Million Contract
With respect to why the Iran protests were happening, Giuliani also referred to “many of our people…throughout the world.” On August 4, 2018, the Critics Chronicle revealed that Saudi Arabia paid $300 million to Reza Pahlavi, the Crown Prince of the Pahlavi family and the would be heir to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s throne but for the 1979 revolution. This $300 million contract was intended for Reza Pahlavi to promote anti-government protests in Iran. At the writing of this draft, that article is not available online. However, the story was republished in November by other outlets including Tehran Times. Consistent with the overall trend, this story did not appear in mainstream American media.
Credible Iran analysts across the world are nearly unanimous in their belief that Reza Pahlavi, like MEK, has little to no support among the Iranian general public. That the American mainstream media would not report that an unpopular figure like Reza Pahlavi received $300 million to promote regime change in Iran cements the contention of an Israeli-Saudi-US information war.
Mossad To Use Mercenary MEK For Fatal False Flag Op In Albania
Anne and Massoud Khodabandeh, Iranian.com, November 04 2018:… The logical conclusion would be the creation of a false flag operation involving an attack on MEK members in Albania (outside the European Union so that it cannot be thwarted or investigated) which leaves some dead, and which can be blamed on Iran. Rajavi would be happy to fulfil this order since this would fill the bank of the “blood of martyrs” as she calls …
Mossad To Use Mercenary MEK For Fatal False Flag Op In Albania
On October 30, Denmark claimed that Iran had sent intelligence agents to assassinate the leader of the Danish branch of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz (ASMLA). Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen robustly denounced the alleged plot as “totally unacceptable” and Denmark’s foreign ministry said it would urge other European countries to impose sanctions on Iran. The plot was apparently revenge for the terrorist attack on a military parade in Ahvaz Iran in September in which 29 people were killed. Iran however said it had already tracked down and killed ISIS operatives in Syria and Iraq which it blamed for the massacre. This prompts the question, why Iran would commit a further act of violence in Europe at a time when President Rouhani is on a diplomatic mission to persuade European leaders to maintain the JCPOA and resist following America in imposing sanctions?
According to Israeli journalist Barak Ravid, Mossad tipped off Denmark’s security and intelligence agency about the assassination plot. But this was only the latest in a series of similar alleged plots this year aimed at implicating Iran. In June on the eve of a visit by President Rohani to France, a bomb plot aimed at the Mojahedin Khalq (MEK) cult was also blamed on Iranian intelligence. Two of the plotters were subsequently found to have long term links with the MEK. Again, Mossad had given intelligence to the Belgians who made arrests. Again, the unanswered question is why would Iran do anything to jeopardise relations with Europe and threaten continuation of the JCPOA?
“Two of the plotters were subsequently found to have long term links with the MEK.”
Iran’s accusers have failed to explain this discrepancy. Reuters fantastically wrote: “Apparently, Iran is working hard behind the scenes to disrupt its relations with Europe.” Similarly, the Wall Street Journal, which ran a series of articles specifically on this issue, was unable to come up with a plausible explanation saying only that “The allegation that an Iranian operative plotted an attack on French soil is jeopardizing Europe’s support for the accord.” Again, why would this serve Iran’s interest? Perhaps then we must turn attention to these accusers to explain what is going on.
Earlier in March, Albanian police detained two Iranian journalists at a cultural event in Tirana. This time it was the MEK which falsely claimed Iran had sent agents to kill members of their group whose base is 30 kilometres away. The men had come to celebrate Nowruz at the invitation of the Bektashi’s World Chief Baba Mondi, on regular visas issued by the Albanian consulate in Turkey. The police subsequently apologised to the men and the Baba Mondi for the mistake. But even then the Albanian media was warning of false flag opsinvolving MEK.
A pattern emerges in all three cases: based on intelligence from Mossad the alleged assassination target – an anti-Iran, pro-West group – is identified, European security is quick to act, suspects are arrested, Reuters breaks the news, Iranian intelligence agents are implicated, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo immediately condemns Iran and his statements are further broadcast by American media, Iran denies any involvement, the WSJand other media embellish the story with imaginative detail of the individuals involved. Knowing that MEK leader Maryam Rajavi is among these accusers allows a clearer interpretation of events.
In the days leading up to the arrest in Denmark, Mojahedin Khalq (MEK) cult leader Maryam Rajavi held clandestine meetings with Israeli agents in the International Hotel in Tirana. Her presence in Albania provides a key to unlocking the mystery surrounding the plots allegedly involving Iranian intelligence accused of plotting to kill enemies on European soil.
As the MEK’s de facto leader, Rajavi’s role is to provide services to her backers – a virulently anti-Iran cabal from the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia – through the slave labour of MEK members. Rajavi receives funds to keep her group functioning but does not pass this money on to the members who do the work. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein the demands on MEK have changed. The cult’s new benefactor Prince Turki al-Faisal who made his presence felt at their Villepinte propaganda event in June 2016, is a former Intelligence chief. The MEK of Saddam/Massoud Rajavi which was overwhelmingly military/terrorist has now been replaced by the MEK of Turki/Maryam and is overwhelmingly intelligence/terrorist. MEK’s history of clandestine, intelligence-led activity is now being exploited. Rajavi is motivated by the survival of her cult. She will do whatever necessary to ensure the group does not disintegrate. As these authors explained in a previous article, MEK has a long history of self-serving bloodshed to boost morale and prevent further defections.
“In this context the MEK’s orders are clear; set up a situation to blame on Iran.”
In this context the MEK’s orders are clear; set up a situation to blame on Iran. There is precedence. In Iraq, from one year ahead of the controversial attack on Camp Ashraf which left 53 dead, MEK were shouting ‘Iran wants to kill us’. Iraqi investigators were not allowed to interview MEK survivors of the attack. Then later, in Albania, Malik Sharai, a witness to those events, was eliminated. Ex-members said he was about to leave the group. Similarly, while in Camp Liberty, MEK leaders began to cry victimhood days before a missile attack on the base which they blamed on Iran. Iraqi investigators found no link with Iran.
With this background, if it is remembered that MEK members are expendable, that their role is to sacrifice their lives, the stark conclusion is that fatalities will follow. And if the alleged plots by Iran which Foreign Minister Zarif describes as an “Incredible series of coincidences. Or, a simple chronology of a Mossad program to kill the JCPOA”, fail to drive a wedge between Iran and Europe, then clearly more drastic measures will be needed. Something that would force Europe to react against Iran. The logical conclusion would be the creation of a false flag operation involving an attack on MEK members in Albania (outside the European Union so that it cannot be thwarted or investigated) which leaves some dead, and which can be blamed on Iran. Rajavi would be happy to fulfil this order since this would fill the bank of the “blood of martyrs” as she calls the MEK’s sacrifices. It would also motivate the disaffected members who are regularly leaving the cult – last week alone 6 people managed to escape. With this in mind, Maryam Rajavi’s meetings with Israeli agents in the International Hotel in Tirana would indicate that a fatal event is imminent.
By Anne and Massoud Khodabandeh
Albanian Translation by Gazeta Impakt)
Mosadi do të përdorë mercenarët e organizatës MEK për sulme të rreme fatale brenda Shqipërisë
gazeta impakt –
November 4, 2018
nga Anne dhe Massoud Khodabandeh.
Në 30 tetor, Danimarka deklaroi se Irani kishte dërguar agjentët e inteligjencës për të vrarë udhëheqësin e degës daneze të Lëvizjes së Luftës Arabe për Çlirimin e Ahvazit (ASMLA). Kryeministri Lars Lokke Rasmusen e denoncoi fuqishëm komplotin e dyshuar duke e quajtur atë “krejtësisht të papranueshëm”, ndërsa ministria e jashtme e Danimarkës tha se do t’i nxiste edhe vendet e tjera evropiane që të vendosnin sanksione ndaj Iranit. Komploti ishte me sa duket hakmarrje për sulmin terrorist në një paradë ushtarake në Ahvaz të Iranit në shtator, në të cilën u vranë 29 vetë. Megjithatë Irani tha se i kishte gjurmuar dhe vrarë përgjegjësit, operatorët e ISIS-it, të cilët i kishte fajësuar për masakrën. Kjo shtron pyetjen se përse Irani do të kryente një akt të mëtejshëm dhune në Evropë në një kohë kur Presidenti Rouhani gjendet në një mision diplomatik për të bindur udhëheqësit evropianë që të ruajnë JCPOA-n dhe të rezistojnë duke mos e ndjekur Amerikën në vendosjen e sanksioneve?
Sipas gazetarit izraelit Barak Ravid, Mosadi informoi agjencinë e sigurimit dhe të inteligjencës të Danimarkës për komplotin e vrasjes. Por kjo ishte vetëm e fundit nga një seri komplotesh të ngjashme të pretenduara këtë vit që synonin të implikonin Iranin. Në qershor, në prag të vizitës së Presidentit Rohani në Francë, një komplot me bombë që synonte të godiste kultin Mojahedin Khalq (MEK) ju mvesh inteligjencës iraniane. Më vonë, dy nga komplotuesit dolën se kishin pasur lidhje të vjetra me MEK. Përsëri, Mosadi i kishte dhënë informacione sekrete belgëve të cilët u përgjigjen duke kryer arrestime. Sërish pyetja pa përgjigje që shtrohet është se përse Irani do të bënte veprime të tilla për të rrezikuar marrëdhëniet me Europën dhe në anën tjetër të kërcënonte vazhdimin e marrëveshjes JCPOA?
Paditësit e Iranit nuk kanë arritur të shpjegojnë këtë mospërputhje. Reuters ka shkruar për këtë në një mënyrë fantastike: “Me sa duket Irani po punon shumë prapa skene për të prishur marrëdhëniet e tij me Evropën”. Ngjashëm me këtë Wall Street Journal, që publikoi një seri artikujsh në mënyrë specifike për këtë çështje, nuk ishte në gjendje të krijonte një shpjegim të besueshëm. Kjo media vetëm tha se: “Dyshohet se një agjent iranian deshi të kryejë një komplot sulmi në tokën franceze duke rrezikuar mbështetjen e Evropës për marrëveshjen.” Pse do t’i shërbente përsëri ky veprim interesit të Iranit? Atëherë ndoshta duhet ta kthejmë vëmendjen tek akuzuesit për të marrë shpjegimin se çfarë po ndodh.
Më herët në mars, policia shqiptare arrestoi dy gazetarë iranianë në pension në një aktivitet kulturor në Tiranë. Këtë herë ishte MEK që në mënyrë të rreme pretendonte se Irani kishte dërguar agjentë për të vrarë anëtarët e grupit të tij, baza e të cilit është 30 kilometra larg Tiranës. Personat kishin ardhur me viza të rregullta të lëshuara nga konsullata shqiptare në Turqi për të festuar Nevruzin me ftesë të kryegjyshit botëror Bektashian Baba Mondit. Policia më pas u kërkoi falje për gabimin personave dhe Baba Mondit. Por edhe atëherë mediat shqiptare po paralajmëronin opsione të sulmeve të rreme (false flags) që përfshinin MEK-un.
Një skenar shfaqet në të trija rastet: bazuar në informacionet e Mossadit, objektivi i supozuar identifikohet si një grup anti-iranian, pro-perëndimor, siguria evropiane tregohet e shpejtë për të vepruar, të dyshuarit arrestohen, Reuters jep lajmin, agjentët iranianë janë të implikuar, Sekretari amerikan i Shtetit Mike Pompeo menjëherë dënon Iranin dhe deklaratat e tij transmetohen më tej në mediat amerikane, Irani mohon çdo përfshirje, WSJ dhe mediat e tjera e zbukurojnë historinë me detaje imagjinare të individëve të përfshirë. Duke ditur se kreu i MEK, Maryam Rajavi është në mesin e këtyre akuzuesve lejon një interpretim më të qartë të ngjarjeve.
Në ditët para arrestimit në Danimarkë, udhëheqësja e kultit Mojahedin Khalq (MEK) Maryam Rajavi mbajti takime klandestine me agjentë izraelitë në hotelin Tirana Internacional në Tiranë. Prania e saj në Shqipëri ofron një zgjidhje për zhbllokimin e misterit që rrethon komplotet në të cilat thuhet se janë përfshirë inteligjenca iraniane e akuzuar për komplotet për të vrarë armiqtë në tokën evropiane.
Si lidere de facto e MEK-ut, roli i Rajavit është të ofrojë shërbime për mbështetësit e saj – një intrigë të fortë anti-iraniane për SHBA-në, Izraelin dhe Arabinë Saudite – nëpërmjet punës skllavëruese të anëtarëve të MEK-ut. Rajavi merr fonde për të mbajtur funksionimin e grupit, por këto para nuk ua kalon anëtarëve që bëjnë punën. Që nga rënia e Sadam Huseinit, kërkesat e MEK-ut kanë ndryshuar. Princi Turki al-Faisal, bamirësi i ri i kultit, i cili e bëri prezantimin e tij në veprimtarinë propagandistike të MEK në Villepinte në qershor 2016, ka qenë një ish-shef i inteligjencës. MEK-u i Saddamit / Massoud Rajavit i cili ishte me tepër i militarizuar dhe terrorist tani është zëvendësuar me MEK-un e Turkit / Merjemit dhe është më tepër grup spiunazhi / terrorist. Historia e MEK-ut me veprimtarinë e tij klandestine dhe spiunazhin e tij sa vjen dhe bëhet më e qartë. Rajavi është e motivuar nga mbijetesa e kultit të saj. Ajo do të bëjë gjithçka që është e nevojshme për të siguruar që grupi të mos shpërbëhet. Siç e kanë shpjeguar disa autorë në disa artikuj të mëparshëm, MEK ka një histori të gjatë me gjakderdhje brenda perbrenda grupit për të rritur moralin dhe për të parandaluar dezertimet e mëtejshme.
Në këtë kontekst synimet e MEK-ut janë të qarta; krijimi i një situatë për të fajësuar Iranin. Ka një paraprirje të gjërave. Në Irak, një vit përpara sulmit të diskutueshëm në Kampin Ashraf ku u vranë 53 vetë, MEK bërtiste, “Irani kërkon që të na vrasë”. Hetuesit irakianë nuk u lejuan që të intervistonin të mbijetuarit e MEK-ut. Më vonë në Shqipëri, Malik Sharai, një dëshmitar i atyre ngjarjeve u eliminua. Ish-anëtarët thonë se ai ishte gati që të largohej nga grupi. Ngjashëm me këtë, ndërsa ndodheshin në Kampin Liberty ku udhëheqësit e MEK-ut po përkujtonin ditët e tyre të vuajtjeve, ndodh një sulm me raketa. Ata fajësuan menjëherë Iranin për sulmin, megjithatë hetuesit irakienë nuk gjetën asnjë lidhje të sulmit me Iranin.
Me këtë lloj formimi, duke parë që anëtarët e MEK-ut janë të tillë, ku roli i tyre është të sakrifikojnë jetët e tyre, përfundimi është i zymtë dhe ka per tu shoqëruar me viktima. Dhe nëse komplotet e pretenduara të Iranit të cilat Ministri i Jashtëm Zarif i ka përshkruar si një “seri e pabesueshme rastësore. Ose thjesht një kronologji e një programi të Mosadit për të shkatërruar JCPOA-n”, dështojnë për të krijuar një çarje mes Iranit dhe Evropës, atëherë do të nevojiten masa shumë më drastike. Diçka që do ta detyronte Evropën të reagonte kundër Iranit. Konkluzioni logjik do të ishte krijimi i një operacioni me sulme të rreme (false flags) që do të përfshinte një sulm kundër anëtarëve të MEK-ut në Shqipëri (jashtë Bashkimit Evropian në mënyrë që sulmi të mos mund të pengohej ose të hetohej) gjë që do të linte disa të vdekur dhe ku të mund të fajësohej Irani. Rajavi do të ishte mëse e lumtur ta përmbushte këtë pasi që kjo do ta mbushte bankën e “gjakut të dëshmorëve”, ashtu sic i quan ajo sakrificat e MEK-ut. Gjithashtu do ti motivonte anëtarët e pakënaqur që rregullisht e lënë kultin, ku vetëm javën e kaluar 6 veta ia dolën që të largoheshin nga organizata MEK. Duke menduar këto dhe duke parë takimet e Maryam Rajavit me agjentët izraelitë në hotelin Tirana International në Tiranë, lihet të kuptohet se një ngjarje fatale ka për të qenë e afërt./iranian/Gazeta Impakt
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Massoud and Anne Khodabandeh, Balkans Post, September 22 2018:… But, back in Albania if the Al Jazeera interviewer had asked ‘how much money does an MEK member make for spending all day, every day as an internet troll?’ The answer would be “nothing”. MEK does not pay its members anything. It never has and never will. This is because it operates… | <urn:uuid:4f60dafe-6dd2-4df4-88a3-4f2d65bc1494> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://iran-interlink.org/wordpress/united-states-openly-supports-mek-a-designated-terrorist-orgnaisation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.940127 | 16,527 | 1.65625 | 2 |
A new ampalaya or bitter gourd variety is now the talk of the town, so to speak, in Vietnam.
This ampalaya is called HMT 128, developed by East-West Seed, which is an improved version of earlier varieties that were also bestsellers in the past in Vietnam: HMT 241 and HMT 242. At their peak over 10 years ago, the two varieties sold more than 10 tons of seeds each every year. However, these have become susceptible to some diseases.
According to Ric Reyes, East-West Seed Group’s Product Market Combination Manager, HMT 128 has vigorous plant growth and high disease resistance. In addition, it has a higher yield with better eating quality. The fruit is spindle-shaped, shiny green, 20 to 30 centimeters (cm) long and 7 to 8 cm in diameter. The variety is early maturing. The first fruits can be harvested 39 to 43 days from sowing. It is claimed to be resistant to powdery mildew and the Tospo virus.
One of the first farmers to plant the new hybrid is Ngo Tuan of Danang province, who is very happy about the high yield and the plants’ resistance to diseases. Ngo Tuan observes that the fruit has a high market acceptance. The fruits are firm with thick flesh, and are hence heavier.
According to him, the fruits of HMT 128 command a higher price in the market than the older varieties. He sells his fruits at 9,000 dong per kilo (₱21) compared to the 8,000 dong buyers pay for the older varieties. The yield is higher by 33% than the old varieties.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Environmental Center is thrilled to host their family-friendly Earth Day Fair and Parade on Saturday, April 23rd, from 11:30 am to 3 pm. This outdoor event features and celebrates our community through music and dance performances, local food vendors, businesses and nonprofits from across the region, electric vehicle demonstrations, a kid zone full of activities, and more!
“After two years of celebrating Earth Day virtually, we can’t wait to gather together in-person once again,” said Mike Riley, Executive Director. “We’re especially excited this year for new partnerships that will demonstrate the many ways people connect to and care for the planet.”
Gather at 11:00 am at the intersection of Louisiana and Bond to get ready for the parade, which will feature uniquely crafted Earth Guardian puppets, musicians, and community members in costume from 11:30-12 pm. Environmental advocate and drag queen Pattie Gonia will be attending, along with their drag sisters D’auntie Carol and Caressa Banana. Feel free to say hi, ask for photos and hang out with the queens during the parade or the festival!
No written words on banners or costumes, and no motorized vehicles in the parade.
The fair will be held on Kansas Ave and Troy Field from 12:00 – 3:00 p.m. and will include live music from world-renowned Native flutist James Edmund Greeley, multicultural dance performances from Danza Libelula, and additional performances by the Eagle Thunder Singers Dance Group and the Open Hub community singing group. Other highlights include local food carts, a Kid’s Zone with interactive activities, green organizations/businesses, and an electric vehicle demonstration featuring the new Volkswagen ID4.
The event will debut two exciting new sustainability initiatives this year. First, a Low-Waste Event pilot program asks attendees to please BYO (Bring Your Own) cups and eating utensils and will work with food vendors to reduce single-use waste by implementing a reusable system. Second, TEC will be joined by Oregon Shines to educate and sign attendees up for a community solar program, which supports renewable energy projects in Oregon and helps families offset up to 100% of their energy costs.
Volunteers are needed for this event. To sign up for a shift, visit: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0b48afae2ba4fa7-earth3 or call Priscilla at 541-508-5410 to get involved.
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This Wednesday, the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed Taseko Mines Ltd.'s case against the federal environmental assessment of its proposed New Prosperity copper-gold mine in Tŝilhqot’in territory in central British Columbia. The Court found that the federal review panel was well within its authority to make the findings that it did, but also found that Taseko had not shown any inadequacies in the way the Panel had evaluated the information it had received.
MiningWatch Canada, represented by Ecojustice, intervened in this case from the beginning. As we noted when the appeal went to court back in January, after the Federal Court had dismissed Taseko's lawsuit back in 2017,
MiningWatch Canada, represented by Ecojustice lawyer Sean Nixon, intervened in the court case in order to reinforce the integrity of several key aspects of the environmental assessment process, which echoed earlier findings that the project in its original form posed an unacceptable risk to the environment and specifically to Teztan Biny (“Fish Lake”), a site of great importance to the Tŝilhqot’in Nation. When the case originally went to court two years ago , we described how Taseko took a backwards approach to the environmental assessment by claiming that it would address any serious environmental problems after the assessment process. We submitted to the Court, and the Court agreed, that one of the core purposes of environmental assessment is precisely to look at a range of scenarios and investigate potential problems – and their solutions – before a project can be approved.
We're glad that the Federal Court of Appeal upheld the lower court's findings.
For more background, see:
- From January, 2017: Prosperity Mine – A Precautionary Tale: The Importance of Environmental Assessments
- From December, 2017: Dead Mine Walking? Federal Court Reconfirms Taseko’s “New Prosperity” Mine a ‘No Go’ | <urn:uuid:bed13dce-4cac-426f-aad4-bd2b93525966> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://miningwatch.ca/blog/2019/12/20/federal-court-appeal-shuts-down-taseko-mines-over-prosperity-mine-rejection | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.958768 | 405 | 1.734375 | 2 |
How well do you know the person who is sitting just next to you? Do they have any idea about us? Let’s know your colleagues now.
We spend lots of time with the person who is sitting next to us than our family but what does your desk mate really think? Are you curious about this?
Building any relationships with your colleagues just next to you is crucial to job satisfaction and growth of your career.
So what’s coming in your mind first when you want to know your colleagues?
“Is your colleague married or single?” , “What were their academic achievements?”, “Why did he leave his/her last job?” or “What are some of his/her favourite hobbies?”
Let’s see how to take those first few steps.
Listen to them
Try to listen to your coworkers actively. Know their opinion and how they feel. We always forget that listening is half of the communication equation.
As you spend most part of your day with your coworkers, teamwork is very essential that help you achieve your goals.
Knowing your coworkers very well and understanding that drives their motivation, make the work atmosphere conducive to productivity.
Join them actively in a party
It’s happy hour now and I am ready to join ur coworkers for lunch.
It’s very relaxing to spend time with them basically outside the office. This builds a stronger relationships.
So, the next time when you spot your colleague near the coffee machine; don’t hesitate and strike a conversation with him/her.
Are you personally solving their problem?
You’ll never get a chance to know if you don’t initiate meaningful conversations with your colleagues and open yourself for building relationships. This might feel a bit odd at first moment but if you think, it will absolutely and completely be worth it.
Read Also: What Makes a Good Team Leader?
The HR team continuously strives towards fostering employee relations.
Thanks for being so helpful
We sometimes forget to appreciate our colleagues of our peers.
Saying “thank you” may seem like good nature to make a lasting impression. You might even regard a peer-to-peer bonus program.
That means when people connect, they communicate and when they communicate with each other, they create.
Don’t avoid them. If you think that there’s a confliction between you and a coworker then try to solve them. This needs a determine process to resolve the situation, and follow them together. There are always be ups and down and you may agree to disagree, but do this with respect always.
The mantra of a good and happy work environment is to know each other reasonably very well. This helps measure the level of trust the company was able to instill in their employees towards themselves.
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A detailed study has been undertaken by Indian Social Responsibility Network (ISRN) to document and compile Antyodaya based best practices as propounded by Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. This is an attempt to bring forth the efforts of all those who are working to uplift the last man in the society. This compilation was done in 2018-19. In this section of the website we are posting work and achievements of some unsung heroes, as documented by ISRN. – Editor
Here is the fifth post of the documented best practices. This post is on a unique initiative taken by Shyam Sunder Paliwal by generating awareness on girl child survival among his village- Piplantri in Rajasthan. - Editor
You can also read the earlier posts. (Links given below)
According to Article 6 of UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) every child has the right to survival without any discrimination. But unfortunately the girl child in Indian context has always been connoted and served with the unequal proportions pertaining, even to her most fundamental rights to take birth. To address the issue, a unique initiative was taken by Shyam Sunder Paliwal by generating awareness on girl child survival among his village- Piplantri in Rajasthan. In 2007, he initiated a campaign to plant trees on birth of every girl child.
Rationale and Objectives
The rise in sex selection is alarming, reflecting the persistent status of women and girls. The resulting gender imbalance also has a damaging effect on societies. Instances of increased sexual violence and trafficking have already been linked to the phenomenon. Population in the age group of 0-6 years declined from 78.83 million in 2001 to 75.84 million in 2011. During the period 1991-2011, the child sex ratio (0-6 years) declined from 945 to 919
Rajasthan, that has a history of female foeticide, has one of the worst Child Sex Ratio in the country
—less than 900 in 18 districts. In 2011, the severity of the problem seemed to be spreading across rural areas more rapidly than before. Gender biased sex selection is a discriminatory practice that is a result of a complex web of factors: deep-rooted patriarchal mindsets that lead families to value sons over daughters, the need for small families but with sons, and commercialisation and misuse of medical technology that enables illegal sex selection. However, in response to these varied dynamics existing in the country, a passionate environmentalist, Shyam Sundar Paliwal, the former Village Pradhan started the initiative to celebrate the birth of girl child by planting trees to bring about a change in attitudes towards the girls in the memory of his daughter Kiran, who died a few years ago.
Piplantri village in Rajasthan had initiated this campaign to encourage empowerment of women and environment conservation, along with increasing employment opportunities. For the people of Piplantri in the Rajsamand district of Rajasthan, the birth of a girl child was associated with bad news. This was mainly due to the hefty dowry system prevalent in the village. Social campaigner and ex-sarpanch of Piplantri village Shyam Sunder Paliwal envisioned a bright future for the girls by celebrating the birth of girl child. The celebration aims to promote mainstreaming the girls in the family as well as promote gender equality. Knowing the society being fabricated with the strong patriarchal notion, these events aims to break the myth (celebration happen only with the birth of the son) & challenge the social process towards equality.
To celebrate the birth of a girl child, 111 trees are planted by her parents, grandparents and relatives. The village panchayat, women self-help groups, elderly ladies, grandmothers, aunts take care and maintain those platform time to time.
Empowering girls - Daughters become self-reliant
Planting trees is just one part of Paliwal ji’s plan to empower girls and women in his village. To ensure financial security, Paliwal Ji adopted a scheme “Kiran Nidhi” started by social worker Anna Hazare. As per the scheme, after the birth of a girl child, the villagers contribute INR 21,000 collectively and INR 10,000 from the parents and put it in a fixed deposit bank account, which can be used only after she turns 20. To make sure that girl child receives proper education, the villagers make the parents sign an affidavit (legal contract) which restricts them from marrying her off before she attains the legal age for marriage, including the following conditions as well:
- No one from my family will be involved in foeticide.
111 trees planted on the birth, and the girl child will be raised with equal care.
- I will not keep my daughter from getting educated.
- I will spend this money on my daughter’s wedding and/or higher education.
- The trees planted at birth will be the property of the village.
Along with this, all official formalities are completed for the Janani Suraksha Scheme and other beneficial government bond schemes.
Paliwal ji also made use of the Panchayat doorstep programmes to tour the villages and speak to women on empowerment. He got the women self-help groups and Bhamashahs to consider this scheme as unique from the perspective of the safety of girls. As the idea took off, the villagers realised that there was no need to worry about dowry because the trees they plant when a girl child is born will take care of her expenses in the future. (The Bhamashah scheme was started with the objective of bringing financial inclusion and empowerment of women. It is a family-based programme in which a bank account and a Bhamashah card are made in the name of the lady of the house. This empowers her to become the decision-maker in the family).
Paliwal ji made many inclusions to the scheme to reflect the changing needs of the times and to ensure the comprehensive development of the girl child, not just at school, but at home as well.
The idea of celebrating the birth of a girl child by planting trees is what makes this scheme truly revolutionary. About 3 million trees have been planted since 2007. They made the village environment friendly and attracts the tourists with its herbal medicine park, watershed model, etc. The initiative had also allowed an easier access to water (now available only 3 meters underground, compared with the previous 200 meters). The planting program also gave income-generation opportunities to many people; it improved families’ conditions, and allowed the extraction of medicines. The crime rate had also dropped and reportedly there have been no police cases in the village in last 7-8 years.
The initiative has also helped the town’s economy
To keep termites away from the trees, many of which bear fruit, the village had planted more than 2.5 million Aloe Vera plants around them. Gradually, the villagers realized that Aloe Vera could be processed and marketed in a variety of ways. So the community now produces and markets aloe-based products like juice and gel, among other things.
The major challenge that Paliwal Ji faced was persuading the people to plant trees in the area encroached by them. They often uprooted the trees in disagreement to the initiative. The cooperation that Paliwal ji earned was not easy. He overcame this problem by attaching the tree planted in the name of a family member who dies. Since then people of Piplantri also plant 11 trees whenever a family member dies. This way he ensured honouring of the land where the ancestors lived and died. People not only planted the trees, but also took care of them like their own family member.
Replicablity and sustainability
The practice has sustained itself since 2007 and established itself as a ‘model practice’ to be adopted for women empowerment and environment conservation simultaneously. It has already been replicated at international level. In 2014, the students of Denmark University visited the panchayat to study the initiative. The initiative had also been included in the syllabus of Denmark. Piplantri Model is officially adopted by Government of Rajasthan and Maharashtra. Many villages are working on this model. This model is covered in Rajasthan education syllabus as well. The village was awarded by PM Modi on ‘Jal SwalambhanYojna” that was adopted by whole Rajasthan state. Government of Namibia also adopted the same model. Piplantri model is adopted in many villages in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, etc.
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Governments should borrow more to stave off secular stagnation
October 11, 2019
New IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva’s first speech makes bracing reading for the global financial community as it gathers this coming week in Washington for the annual IMF and World Bank meetings. Ms Georgieva noted that while two years ago growth was accelerating in 75 per cent of the world, the IMF now expects it to decelerate in nearly 90 per cent of the global economy in 2019 to the lowest level in a decade.
This shift into reverse comes as central banks in Europe and Japan have embraced negative interest rates and investors expect further rate cuts from the US Federal Reserve. Bonds worth more than $15tn are trading with negative yields.
If the primary problem were on the supply side, one would expect to see upward price pressure. Instead, despite loose fiscal and monetary policy, central banks in the industrialised world have as a group fallen well short of their inflation targets for a decade and markets project that this will continue.
Europe and Japan are engaged in black hole monetary policy. Without a major discontinuity, there is no prospect of policy rates returning to positive territory. The US appears to be one recession away from entering the same black hole. If so, the whole industrialised world would be providing at best negligible and often negative returns to risk-free savings and falling short of growth and inflation targets. It would also have to maintain financial stability amid increased incentives for leverage and risk-taking.
All this requires new thinking and new policies, much as the rapid inflation of the 1970s forced a reset back then. Once economies are in the monetary black hole, central banks that focus on inflation targeting will be ineffectual in hitting their immediate goal and unable to stabilise output and employment. The policy action has to shift elsewhere.
Today’s core macroeconomic problem is profoundly different from the problem any living policymaker has seen before. As I have been arguing for some years now, it is a version of the secular stagnation — chronic lack of demand — that terrified Alvin Hansen during the Depression. In today’s global economy, private investment demand is manifestly unable to absorb private savings even with negative real interest rates and limited restraints on financial markets. That is why even with burgeoning government debt and unsustainable lending, growth remains sluggish and below target.
Since 2013, when I first argued that we were seeing more than simple “economic headwinds”, interest rates have been much lower, fiscal deficits have been much larger, and leverage and asset prices have been much higher than expected. Yet growth and inflation have fallen short of forecasts. That is exactly what one would expect from secular stagnation: a chronic shortage of private sector demand.
What is to be done? To start it would be helpful if policymakers acknowledged this week that the policy problem is not smoothing cyclical fluctuations or preventing profligacy. Rather the fundamental issue is assuring that global demand is sufficient and reasonably distributed across countries.
The place to start is by dampening down trade wars — deeds, threats and rhetoric. Trade warriors think they are participating in zero-sum games globally with one country gaining demand at the expense of another by opening markets or imposing protection. In fact trade conflicts are negative-sum games because there is no winner to offset the demand that is lost when uncertainty inhibits and delays spending decisions.
Given the risk of a catastrophic deflationary spiral, central banks are probably right to attempt to ease monetary conditions. But diminishing returns have surely set in with respect to monetary policy and there is risk of doing real damage to the health of the banks and other financial intermediaries.
Most important governments need to rethink fiscal policy. Government debt or government support for private debt is needed to absorb savings flows. With real rates near zero or even negative, the cost of debt service is very low and low rates can be locked in for decades. That means that the debt levels that were prudent when rates were at 5 per cent no longer apply in today’s zero interest rate world. Governments that run chronic surpluses are failing to do their part to support the global economy and should be the object of international scrutiny.
There are other possible interventions. Increasing pay-as-you-go public pensions would reduce private saving without pushing up deficits. Public guarantees could spur private green investments. New regulations that prompt businesses to accelerate their replacement cycles will increase private investment. Measures to create more hospitable environments for investment in developing countries can also promote the absorption of global saving.
Spurring sound spending is the antidote to secular stagnation and monetary black holes. It should be an easier technical problem to solve and much easier to sell politically than the austerity challenges of earlier eras. But problems cannot be solved until they are properly diagnosed and the global financial community is not there yet. Hopefully that will change this week. | <urn:uuid:0df269e2-b2e6-4a02-b584-c5fced43bfe7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://larrysummers.com/2019/10/11/global-economy-is-at-risk-from-a-monetary-policy-black-hole/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.951415 | 985 | 1.835938 | 2 |
Denna artikel publicerades för första gången för ett år sedan, Tror någon att DN ändrat journalistik? Jag har inte märkt något i alla fall.
Denna artikel av Professor Marcello Ferrada de Noli, chairman, Professor emeritus Anders Romelsjö, vice-chairman, and Dr Lena Öske, in representation of the Board of Directors, Swedish Doctors for Human Rights SWEDHR har tidigare publicerats på The Indicter.
The Fake News attack by Dagens Nyheter on Swedish Doctors for Human RightsThe Indicter The Fake News attack by Dagens Nyheter on Swedish Doctors for Human Rights
Den ger i vissa avseenden en betydligt mer ingående analys av DN:s vanställande artikel om SWEDHR, DN:s vägran till korrigerande replik än mina tidigare artiklar här.
What’s behind the front-page attack on SWEDHR by Sweden’s leading newspaper?
By Professor emeritus Marcello Ferrada de Noli, chairman, Professor emeritus Anders Romelsjö, vice-chairman, and Dr Lena Öske, in representation of the Board of Directors, Swedish Doctors for Human Rights SWEDHR.
During the telephone interview with DN –solicited by DN just some hours before the two-page reportage was published– Prof Ferrada de Noli reminded of a definition of “Fake news” that he has published in The Indicter and on Twitter. He said to the DN journalist Mikael Delin (needles to say, not cited in the article):
“Fake news is not only when journalists twist an information, or when they invent an information. Fake news is also when central information is omitted”.
For my part, these are first issues that need to be clarified in rebutting DN ‘fake news’ report on SWEDHR:
A) As a free human been in control of my own thoughts, my own soul and my own knowledge, I give myself the right to decide what opinion I shall express, on whatever issue I wish, and to whoever I decide. I also would believe that, as Swedish citizen, I am protected by the Freedom of Speech legislation.
B) The last thing it would ever occur to me, before accepting to be interviewed by any international outlet or journalist –regardless if from Danmark, the Donbass republics, Germany, Italy, the Russian Federation, or the UK, etc.– is to ask permission to DN and similar representatives of the power elites, to governments, or to any other institution colluded with world corporate magnates in selling weapons to fundamentalist dictatorships, which end being used to decimate decent people of secular countries.
C) The outlets, Radio, or TV, or journalists which I have talked to from the Russian Federation and other countries, have not misinterpreted my statements when quoting me, to the best of my knowledge.
If DN would have another impression, then DN has to explicit which those passages would be. What seemingly is not clearly understood from the part of DN in this article they wrote, the claims they have, is that is DN who have to present the evidence about what they claim. Not me, not us, not SWEDHR. We are not the ones who have to run and rush to explain to DN. It is DN that has to explain to the public what is the exact source, base (“belägg) for the “judgments”, innuendos and offensive statements they put forward in their endeavor trying to discredit our organization with help of the deplorable geopolitical Russophobia that exudes their text.
D) In a recent initiative by Professor emeritus Anders Romelsjö, he contacted DN asking for SWEDHR have the possibility to exercise in DN the right of rebuttal, as it is customary. The reply from the DN’s Managing Editor, Mr Caspar Opitz , read: “We have given a generous space to Ferrada de Noli to meet the criticism in the published article” [“vi gav Ferrada de Noli generöst med utrymme för att bemöta kritiken i artikeln som publicerades – därför säger vi nej till önskan om genmäle“]. What?
1) The journalist never informed that they were writing a critical article on SWEDHR, otherwise I would I have demanded the text with the specific “criticism” to be sent over, before me commenting it, in order to make my replies relevant to that particular criticism. In fact, even not knowing of what DN was really preparing, I asked the interviewing DN journalist, Mr Mikael Delin, to send to me the draft of the piece together with his transcriptions of my replies, “as DN or SvD has done before on articles in which I am interviewed”, I said. He refused. I now understand why.
2) About “generous space” given to my replies: Only a minor part of the comments and replies I said in the interview (including items that I expressly said to the journalist of being essential about our positions) were printed in the DN article.
E) Facts put forward in a dedicated research by US Professor Theodore A. Postol (professor emeritus of Science, Technology, and International Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) grounded my doubt on whether the alleged chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun would have been aerial. as the White Helmets claim.
F) Furthermore, as professor emeritus with years of research in the field of injury epidemiology, I have raised my doubts towards the veracity of specific reports by the ‘White Helmets’ that earliest told of gas sarin as the chemical agent, while at the same time reporting a much larger number of injured victims in comparison to a notable ‘low’ number of fatalities. The expected ratio injured/fatalities in cases of attacks with chemical agents of high toxicity goes in the opposite direction, where few injured survive amid lager fatality scores. I provided these explanations to the interviewing DN journalist, who instead printed in the article, “In the interviews (With Russian TV and Radio) he often makes statements on issues far away from his own area in the medical sciences” – That writes the journalist without indicating what specifically those health-related issues would have been. In the same context, DN chooses not to inform the readers that I am professor emeritus in the area of epidemiology. Which they well know, because DN has interviewed me in that professional capacity in various occasions in the past.
G) Why it is possible, or believable, that the “rebels” could be behind this (and other) chemical attacks? a) Because it is documented that they have perpetrated such attacks in the past. b) Because it is reported that they have access to the material. c) Because in geopolitics there exists also a logic, meaning that the assumption that Assad would feel compelled to commit political suicide it is completely absurd. The Syrian government is winning the war. Just in the days prior the alleged attack, the Trump administration have said that they were revising negative stances of the earlier administration about Assad, etc. The Syrian government would have only to lose with such horrifying attacks. Why would President Assad actively work towards further ostracism from the Western governments? For the White Helmets and the “rebels”, on the other hand, the propaganda exploitation of such horrifying deeds it has served for, on and on, each time a gas attack is claimed, to reiterate their request for a No-Fly Zone in Syria. The same goes for Dagens Nyheter. / Marcello Ferrada de Noli, professor emeritus, medicine doktor.
I. The DN spin
Amidst Sweden’s compact oligopoly stream media, with a clear warmongering agenda, just how widely known could a small organization of professors and doctors fighting for world peace become? An organization whose age it is said by DN of being less than two years? (In true, it was founded in 2014). And with no sponsoring or governmental funding as ALL the rest of similar organizations in Sweden? With all media exactly in the opposite ideological side?
The answer is, “Thanks, quite widely known in Sweden, indeed”. Thanks to this front-page article about us in DN [front-page image above, online edition April 20, 2017], the cable by Swedish news agency TT, and the publications of the same day in Aftonbladet, Expressen, Göteborg Posten, VK, Metro, etc, etc.
Paradoxically, it was never our goal to become this much known in Sweden. We aimed from the beginning [See SWEDHR Foundation Manifest] to solely intervene in the international debate of human rights and health, and to work for diminishing the current risks of a world conflagration. We believe we are on our way to achieve that goal, when we could document that during 2016, our online magazine The Indicter did receive more than a quarter of million readers. In addition, in less than six months, The Indicter Channel has got over 360,000 subscribers.
Dagens Nyheter (DN), Sweden’s leading newspaper, dedicated on 22 April 2017 a two-page article (front-page in the online edition) to our organization Swedish Doctors for Human Rights (SWEDHR). Despite that the aim of the piece appears clearly non-informative (e.g. no reporting or discussion on the content of our findings and conclusions; omitting to publish central issues discussed in the interview that uniquely characterizes this organization, etc.) but to discredit our organization, they did us some favours. The article has certainly contributed to spread in Sweden whereabouts of this young (about two years only) organization that otherwise –because the nature of our endeavours– has been instead mainly mentioned in the international news forum. The DN publication also brought new doctors to the organization. The reproduction of the replies we gave in the interview with DN are also correctly reproduced in the article. However, only a minor part of our statements in the interview appeared in the publication. This, added an arbitrary contextual information about our organization and other important free interpretations by the authors of the article, which do not correspond to facts, obliges us to to respond. Diverse contacts done by Professor emeritus Anders Romelsjö and Dr Leif Elinder with DN editors or the article authors to obtain the publication of a rebuttal, have not succeeded.
II Important items that we will taking up in this and upcoming rebuttals to untruthful statements concerning SWEDHR done by DN and Swedish mainstream media.
1. The report by Swedish Doctors for Human Rights mentioned both in the UN Security Council –and more recently around the OPCW meeting treating an alleged gas attack in Khan Sheikhoun– in fact refers to a purported gas attack which would have occurred in Sarmine, Syria, on March 2015. This is NOT explained in the DN article and thus it leads to an equivocal impression, and confusion regarding our organization’s statements. The cited SWEDHR report series [See here and here] consists in the analysis we did of two videos published by the ‘White Helmets’ as ‘proof’ that a gas attack had been perpetrated in Sarmine. Our conclusion was that the ‘life-saving’ procedures showed in the videos were, when not fake, anti-medical and even counter-productive for life-saving purposes. Those ‘propaganda’ videos had been presented in April 2015 at a meeting of the Security Council called by then US Ambassador Samantha Power, and where doctors from the Syrian opposition were given the opportunity to ask anew for a No-Fly Zone in Syria. The videos were then uncritically showed by CNN on April 16, and the request for a No-Fly Zone repeated. Dagens Nyheter has also demanded the establishment of such No-Fly Zone in Syria.
2. Dagens Nyheter writes in the subheading of its article, referring to SWEDHR: “A group of Swedish doctors affirm that information materials about chemical gas attacker [Observe plural form] in Syria are a bluff”. DN later explained that they based this claim in the formulation “staged chemical gas attack” [Observe singular form], which appears amid the heading of an article authored by Marcello Ferrada de Noli in The Indicter, April 6, 2017 [“Swedish Doctors for Human Rights: White Helmets Video, Macabre Manipulation of Dead Children and Staged Chemical Weapons Attack to Justify a “No-Fly Zone” in Syria“. The formulation refers to the staged evidence –the only documented “evidence” around the above-mentioned alleged gas in Sarmine– in the form of a movie showing among other anomalies, “simulated emergency resuscitation techniques being used on already lifeless children”. This according to “an examination of a White Helmets video, conducted by Swedish medical doctors, specialists in various fields, including paediatrics”.
Neither have SWEDHR representatives ever affirmed that chemical gas attacks [Observe plural form] have never occurred in Syria, nor that all the information materials [Observe plural form] are bluff.
3. But the DN article most important text, meaning the leading text of the article after the subheading (the “lead paragraphs”), refers to a different event, to another alleged gas attack, that was reported to have occurred in Khan Sheikhoun. Such unexplained juxtaposition of news mixed in the headline, bylines, leading paras and body of the article referred in fact to different events, and different years. This, we think, constitutes a most typical example of ‘fake news’.
The reply above was among the very many, in fact, most of the SWEDHR declarations during the interview, which were not published in the ‘investigative report’ by DN.
So, why has DN ‘mixed up’ in one same context different declarations we have done about different events? What we said about “fake life-saving procedures” around an alleged incident of March 2015 in Syria reported by the White Helmets, is definitive not the same of what we said about videos showing the alleged incident of April 4 in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria.
4. The newspaper makes a great deal of concern about Swedish Doctors for Human Rights has been interviewed by Russian outlets. Swedish legislation about freedom of expression makes both absurd and illicit such ‘complaining’ about us given interviews and reporting our opinions or investigations-results (which by the way have nothing to do with Sweden) to TV channels or newspapers of any countries. These interviews were recently given by the SWEDHR chairman to journalists from UK, Denmark, Italy, Russia and the UK. [In the caption of the horrifying image at left, DN writes: “In the ongoing propaganda war on who is behind the dead of 87 people in Idlib province in the beginning of April, a group of Swedish doctors participate in the Russian-Syrian side”. This is an definitive smear statement, equeally shameful as the refusal from the part of DN to publish a rebuttal by SWEDHR on this and other disinformation that DN spread]
5. Past occurrence of gas attacks in Syria from the part of ‘rebels’ is documented. With regard to the alleged gas attack in Khan Sheikhoun, to the best of our knowledge it has not been probed that the perpetrator would have been the Syrian government. Neither have been confirmed by verifiable evidence the reports from the “White Helmets” and associated institutions about a purported aerial character of the alleged attack in Khan Sheikhoun.
6. When Professor Marcello Ferrada de Noli was asked his opinion about a video of an interview with a ‘White Helmets’ personnel, his replies were definitive within the domain of injury epidemiology, which has been his special area of research as professor of public-health epidemiology (“Professor i folkhälsovetenskap inriktning epidemiologi“) and International Health. The main bulk of his observations about the video was the fact that the fatalities/injured ratio reported by the White Helmets in the movie, not only did not match ratio intervals described for cases of high-lethal chemical agents (high fatality scores vs. very low number of survivors), but also appeared to be the very reverse of those known estimations. This information was given to the Dagens Nyheter journalist, Mr Mikael Dalin, during the interview of April 21, 2107. However, the newspaper concealed this information. Furthermore, the news agency TT only refers “doktor i psykiatri’.
7. When Associated Professor Hans Blix (International Law) gave his assessment (2003) on the nonexistence of weapons of mass destruction, which the US attributed to Iraq, Dagens Nyheter never claimed that Hans Blix made that opinion to be in line with the Russian government. And definitely, Hans Blix was was never called over the phone by a DN journalist asking him if Russia was paying him, or what kind of contacts he has with the Russian government, or how much money he received from the Russians for each interview! In that case he would have replied exactly the same as Professor Ferrada de Noli did, “none whatsoever”.
8. Reports that would wrongly ascribe SWEDHR statements of an absolute denial of the existence of gas attacks in Syria” (note the plural substantive) are untruthful. In qualified contexts, provided this ‘fake news’ information would be intended to discredit our organization or its representatives, could be then regarded as defamation.
9. “Questioning” is not the same as “denying”. There is a categorical difference between questioning the reliability of a source, or the veracity of suspected amateurish-staged scenes presented as evidence, and affirming that SWEDHR has denied the existence of gas attacks in Syria or that it has helped the denial of gas-attacks occurrences in Syria [DN: “Gasattacker förnekas med hjälp från svensk läkargrupp“].
10. The conclusion formulated by the SWEDHR chairman at the end of the interview (the audio is embedded in the Sputnik article whose facsimile DN shows in the paper edition), clearly states that the allegations of a gas attack should be further examined by experts. Note that the audio’s title only refers that we are specifically questioning the “evidence” represented by scenes in a video uploaded by the White Helmets.
11. Did DN care to perform necessary verification between a) the wording used by us in the interviews and replies we have done, and b) the explaining expressions and comments printed, translated, or broadcasted by the networks (there are several, not only “from Russia”, e.g. UK, Germany, Denmark) referred to our stances? These networks have the absolute right to comment our statements done in the interviews, and we have no reason for assuming that we have been misquoted or misrepresented by those outlets. Yet, if DN and TT would be really and fairly wishing to quote direct from us, they should themselves have asked for an interview on our investigation-conclusions.
12. Why does the Swedish News agency TT further spin the DN article against SWEDHR (republished in most if the Swedish established newspapers) through mixing-up texts from the DN article, and thus giving an erroneous impression –totally unfounded– about the aims of the investigative activities we do at SWEDHR?
IV Denouncing warmongers is a contribution to world peace.
Nevertheless we intentionally do NOT have a focus on the domestic human rights endevours in Sweden, SWEDHR statements denouncing war crimes have been published and/or commented in the journal of Swedish Doctors Association (“Läkartidningen”) and the medical news quotidian “Dagens Medicine”. The Swedish branch of “Doctors Without Borders” has even sent a gratitude message to SWEDHR for our denouncing of the bombardment of one of their hospitals done by coalition forces. And even Dagens Nyheter (DN) has eventually published opinion pieces signed by Swedish Doctors for Human Rights, and where we have stated our opposition to further Sweden’s approach to NATO. In a fortuitous encounter of SWEDHR chairman with the Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, the minister courteously complimented our human rights endeavours, as we did about those of her own, back in 2015.
But in recent issues of The Indicter, SWEDHR was obliged to denounce a variety of late human rights infringements by the Swedish government referred to international human-rights issues. We have also criticized the support by Sweden’s most influential media, the self-called “independent liberal” paper Dagens Nyheter (DN) for a No-Fly Zone in Syria –a measure deemed by U.S. generals as leading inevitably to a war between the US and the Russian Federation [See our video “Swedish elites’ DN endorse H. Clinton No Fly Zone: It would mean War with Russia and Syria“].
Recently, we also presented evidence, based on clinical assessments by SWEDHR doctors [here, and here], which demonstrated that a material propagated by the ‘White Helmets’ –supported by important Swedish agencies– were in fact fake ‘life-saving’ procedures or straight anti-medical. The importance of this revelation was deemed principal by international and social media outside Sweden, particularly in the US and UK, since our investigation referred to video materials presented in April 2015 at a United Nations Security Council ad-hoc meeting called by the then US ambassador Samantha Powers to back the request from the White Helmets for the establishment of a NO-Fly Zone in Syria. Eventually, SWEDHR’s own investigative report was presented as evidence in the United Nations Security Council session of April 12, 2017.
Ensuing our denounces, Swedish users requested to Wikipedia to delete the article “Swedish Doctors for Human Rights”. Wikipedia administrators decided to keep the article. However, simultaneously with the unjustified attack against our organization published now April 20 by DN, the same Swedish users destroyed the Wikipedia article with the use of massive text decimation and the introduction of deceitful, and even racist-wise edits.
V What are the real reasons of this remarkable political attack by DN and the Swedish media, against an organization they claim it is “almost unknown”?
There are reasons in the background, and immediate causes. This is in the context: SWEDHR and The Indicter Magazine are the only geopolitical and human-rights publications in Sweden that exercise a critical analysis of both the authorities and the media (institutions that are highly correlated in Sweden ). Established human rights organizations in Sweden – all partly or totally financed by the government or public funds– do not care for this questioning. We have successively published the result of our analyses and research in The Indicter Magazine and also in “SWEDHR Research and Reports”.
The leading text in SWEDHR’s online magazine, The Indicter, might also explain the reaction of a group of Swedish Wikipedia-users which have already declared their agenda of deleting both Wikipedia articles “Swedish Doctors for Human Rights” and regarding an article about his founder, “Marcello Ferrada de Noli”.
Please note also that SWEDHR has from the beginning declared that the organization was going to deal with geopolitical issues associated with the human rights and health in an international frame. SWEDHR has never had the aim to principally work in the domestic Swedish arena. From this premise, the ‘criticism’ against SWEDHR for being more known internationally rather than in Swedish media, in fact appears as non relevant and even logically absurd. Documented examples of SWEDHR presence in the international decision-making process are found in the references done by the very article in Dagens Nyheter (DN) aimed to vilify our organization on absolutely false grounds. DN recalls a SWEDHR report mentioned in the United Nations Security Council session of April 12, 2017. Another is, according to DN, the citing of the SWEDHR report in the discussions between the superpowers around proceedings at the OPCW, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons [Both information sourced in the DN article of April 20, 2017].
This is the leading text in the presentation found at “The Indicter’s Editorial Board“:
”The Indicter Magazine –an initiative of Swedish Doctors for Human Rights– has most of its audience located in the US and other English-speaking countries. The Indicter Magazine has established itself as a rare window through which the secrets of Sweden’s elites can be seen from abroad, as shown by the annual report of January 2017 showing our nearly 300,000 site visitors and our compilation of articles.
Our aim is to analyse human right issues with international impact. We also examine and share geopolitical-relevant news about Sweden that otherwise would remain known only by a self-affirming Swedish governing class and commentariat (which we have termed a “Duck Pond” of complacency). Conversely, we give interested Swedes an insight on the international opinions about Sweden, which the state-owned and mainstream media restrict. The few media sites that publish in English from Sweden are heavily financed by the Swedish state and are devoted to a pro-NATO agenda of biased news despite Sweden’s ostensibly neutral status.”
In concrete, SWEDHR has criticized in The Indicter, in a variety of investigative articles and statements, a number of issues in which Sweden has appeared in franc neglecting of human rights, internationally. Some examples: a) The illicit arms exports done by Sweden to countries maintaining belligerent actions against civil populations (such as the case of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, in which also participate UAE, recipients of arms exports from Sweden), all which constitutes a human rights concern. b) The utilization of bribes for the obtaining of a seat in the United Nations Security Council. c) The refusal of Swedish authorities to abide with the UN (UNGWAD-panel) decision on Julian Assange’s arbitrary detention and respect for his political asylum – also a theme of civil and human rights. d) A criticism to former Swedish authorities for, in the analysis of SWEDHR, would have indulged in warmongering activities and support of the repression of civil minorities in the disputed area of Donbass, Ukraine. e) A criticism to the warmongering Swedish political establishment and media that supported the initiative of establishing a No-Fly Zone in Syria, in spite that the very top of US armed forces generals have declared that a NO-Fly Zone in Syria would immediately signify war with Russia.
A sample of analyses here below:[Click on he links]
What’s behind the terrorist attack in Sweden?
White Helmets Movie: Updated Evidence From Swedish Doctors Confirm Fake ‘Lifesaving’ and Malpractices on Children
Swedish Doctors for Human Rights: White Helmets Video, Macabre Manipulation of Dead Children and Staged Chemical Weapons Attack to Justify a “No-Fly Zone” in Syria
How Sweden bribed its way to a seat in the UN Security Council using millions taken from the public budget for aid to poor countries
Analysis: The Assange case in the context of Sweden’s feminist foreign policy for international trade gains
How Sweden will help bombing Yemen exporting weapons to UAE
Iraq war: ‘Neutral Sweden’s participation in US bombing of Baghdad civilian shelters
Sweden’s unethical – and unlawful – arms deals with ISIS-backing Saudis
Tell Sweden to respect decision by the United Nations body on Arbitrary Detention and free Julian Assange!
VI Stigmatized by DN’s geopolitical Russophobia.
This section deals with academic characterizations done in the DN article on Professor emeritus Marcello Ferrada de Noli.
The origin of the criticism against SWEDHR by these representatives of the Swedish elites could be resumed in one word: Geopolitical Russphobia.
What is unforgivable for these Swedish elites is not so much that I criticized their wrongdoings. For, really, they could not expect a different intellectual behavior for my part.
(For instance, the DN journalist doing the interview, mentioned –I did not understand if in critical terms or just stating his hypotheses– that there “seems to be” a line of political or ideological conduct between my past societal engagements and the denunciations we are doing now in SWEDHR. So, this with SWEDHR must be also a political engagement for me? Perhaps he was expecting me to deny my past, or negate my present, and to say, “no, no, this is different”, “this is more neutral”, “more mature”, etc. Instead I said, “of course, it is the same line, the same thread, and you can search even before in my life if you wish. For you will find the same”. If not in these exact words, I referred to this identical in content: La lotta continua. Then he changed the subject.)
The problem is that I am, or so I was regarded until today in Sweden, a Swedish professor. And a Swedish professor has never, ever, been interviewed by six different Russian channels while publishing one op article in a legendary “Soviet” paper like Izvestia, and all in about the same week.
Therefore, one could believe, it was a remarkable emphasis in the interview on reiterative questions like whether “Russia” is paying me or SWEDHR, if “Russia TV” paid me for the interviews, or for the expenses. if I had any relation with the Russian authorities, etc, etc. There were questions as coming directly from the Swedish Security Police. All my answers were “no, of course not”. It did not matter much.
Now assessing the spirit of the DN article, it is just to conclude that, obviously, the truth helps not against DN’s idiosyncratic prejudice.
I was brand-market for being interviewed by “Russians”. And while another colleague interviewed was properly referred in the article as to “Associate Professor Åke Sellström” [“Docent Åke Sellström“] , I was demoted immediately from my legal professor-title, or my professor emeritus title once bestowed upon me with diploma and medal and all. Now I was in the DN article with my name only. Not too bad. And the Wikipedia article on “Swedish Doctors for Human Rights” was immediately changed by Swedish users. Now, not any longer it says that “SWEDHR was founded by Professor Marcello Ferrada de Noli”. It has been changed to, “SWEDHR was founded by [only] a “Chilean Swedish” of name bla bla. [we come back to the Wikipedia episodes down below in his text].
Is that not, cultural racist?
No, we think it is geopolitical”Russophobia”. And only partly. Is is also a standard journalistic trick. otherwise popular in low-ethic minded tabloids elsewhere, consisting in personally discredit or diminish the relevance of the messenger himself in order to invalid the message.
And it is more than that, Far more. It is about the ‘NATO versus Neutral Sweden’ dispute. DN’s geopolitical alignment is known. In our opinion, such alignment does not correspond to the interest of Sweden, to the national-security interests of Sweden to be more precise. SWEDHR’s stance on the issue is also known. We are for the increase of Sweden’s neutrality stances and to preserve non-alignment. The position of some SWEDHR members of the board has even made public by DN itself, in debate-rebuttal articles published in DN and carrying SWEDHR signature [Read the articles here, and here].
it is also a form of libellous Russophobia, if I may add. Because on and on the DN article hints –utterly mistaken– on that our positions at SWEDHR are identical to the positions that the Russian government maintains. It is an utterly wrong assumption by DN and all the media that have repeated the same geopolitical libel. In the first place, because the authorities in Russia or Syria are referring to political analyses, and proposing political solutions. In our case, we are mainly referring to epidemiological and clinical analyses of material depicting an alleged scenario (purported resulted from an alleged chemical attack) and often from a geopolitical perspective, and we abstain of proposing any definitive political solution
To demand that the events should be investigated objectively, and that all evidence should be put at the disposal of any second qualified opinion, that is not a political position; that is to have a scientific-research minded stance.
This is the reply I sent in my written correction – which was not printed exactly in this way:
The questions you raise coincide with the the Russian government’s line [“Frågorna som ni driver överensstämmer med den ryska regeringens linje…”]
– No, now I interrupt you. We have a line of our own, we engage for peace. Whether our findings coincide or not with a variety of governments, that is not our intention. It’s the same situation when Hans Blix made statements about that “Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction” did not exist.[“Nej, nu avbryter jag dig. Vi har vår egen linje, vi agerar för fred. Huruvida våra fynd överensstämmer eller ej med olika regeringar är det inte vår avsikt. Samma sak när Hans Blix uttalade sig om att ”Saddams massförstörelsevapen” inte funnits”].
In the published dialogue published by DN , it stands instead:
The issues you raise coincide with the the Russian government’s line [“Frågorna som ni driver överensstämmer med den ryska regeringens linje…”]
“–No, now I interrupt you. We only have our own line. Whether that coincide or not with the positions of different countries, that is not our intention.”
“–No, now I interrupt you. We only have our own line. Whether that coincide or not with the positions of different countries, that is not our intention.”[“Nej, nu avbryter jag dig. Vi driver bara vår egen linje. Om den överensstämmer med olika länders positioner så är det inte vår avsikt”].
VII The criticism of DN and other media against SWEDHR does not address our results, the content of our investigations.
The DN criticism makes no reference at all on what our findings were. The text contains, principally, distilled references ad hominem, and innuendos or suggestive phrasing trying to discredit us as persons, and by assaying that, trying to discredit our organization.
The journalist that called me to do the interview, without any previous warning, refused my proposition of sending me the questions per email. So it was totally unexpected and also recorded directly by the journalist. It did not matter much to me, really.
The interviewing journalist, Mikael Delin, did not print all what I said, neither all his questions. Nevertheless, he was fair in reproducing correctly the segments of the interview that were finally published, with the only exception of the text quoted above –and which I sent to him corrected via email.
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The days when administrations could get away with discriminating are long gone. Today, modern companies tend to have workforces that are diverse and rich in culture — and for good reasons.
Having a multicultural workforce is not only a social success but also a perk for companies that help them drive business success. Companies that promote and practice cross-culture ethics tend to leverage high productivity and produce better business results.
Here are a few ways how diversity and multicultural ethics promote success in workplaces.
Access to a bigger talent pool
If you limit your options to a single cultural group, the talent pool you have access to will be very limited. For instance, if you’re a US-based company and only hire people who are native Americans, your accessible talent pool will be limited as you won’t be able to choose from millions of refugees and foreign workers.
When you expand your options and hire without a cultural limitation, you have access to a much bigger talent pool, letting you choose from a bigger set of talented candidates. As a result, you have more chances of finding and onboarding candidates that are a real asset to your workplace.
Better cohesion and understanding within the workplace
You see, even if you don’t hire multicultural individuals, you will eventually have to onboard someone who’s not from your preferred background. It’s especially noticeable in bigger positions inside a company where talent and experience are much more important than cultural preferences.
And when you do hire such a person, they may not feel comfortable because they’re the only one from that specific cultural background. They won’t feel comfortable communicating and collaborating with other people in your workplace due to cohesion towards a single culture.
When you have a multicultural workforce, your new, high-value members feel more comfortable in the workplace, leading to better communication and collaboration.
Furthermore, it’s important to ensure your company’s material is available to different members of your workforce in their native languages. As enormous and widespread as English is, it isn’t well-suited for employees from diverse backgrounds. The best way to solve the issue is to rely on a translation services company to get the material translated into multiple languages.
Customers trust and value diverse workforces
There are multiple factors involved in driving customers’ trust — and workforce diversity is one of them. You see, customers from a certain native background won’t be able to connect with your business if you don’t have any employees from their culture. They may feel your business doesn’t align with their needs and is “foreign” as there’s no one from their own background to tell them so.
When you work with people with diverse backgrounds, your business essentially represents itself to multiple cultures without any effort. When a customer sees someone from their culture representing your brand and company name, they instantly have a better image of your organization’s culture and values.
Innovative ideas and perspectives coming out of various minds
As a thriving workforce, your business needs as many innovative ideas as it could get. And when you limit yourself to a certain cultural and ethnic background, your ideas are limited to perspectives coming out of a single set of minds.
However, when you promote multicultural communication in your organization, people from different cultures speak up and present their ideas and perspectives to improve your business. As a result, you get greater opportunities to grow and prosper in the longer run.
Opportunities to grow and expand
Last but not least, multicultural communication lets your business achieve the desired levels of success through all the perks mentioned above combined.
Workplace diversity leads to greater productivity and exposure to better business ideas that ultimately help your organization compete better in the market.
The bottom line
Multicultural communication in the workforce is a major driving factor of workplace success today. Modern businesses practice multicultural communication and collaboration all the time now.
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Go Green With Your Team: Raising The Bar of Sustainability in Sports
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When the St. Louis Cardinals played the Texas Rangers last week in Games 1 and 2 of the 2011 World Series, there were a lot of ‘green’ things at Busch Stadium other than the grass on the field. A member of the Green Sports Alliance (GSA), the not-for-profit brainchild of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Paul Allen (owner of the Portland Trail Blazers, the Seattle Seahawks, and co-owner of the Seattle Sounders), the Cardinals are one of 20+ professional sports teams to commit to making tangible changes in their facilities to conserve energy and promote sustainability. These efforts include installing lighting occupancy sensors, adding solar panels, introducing in-stadium recycling programs, reducing water consumption and energy usage, and even handing out compost bags as giveaways!
But you don’t have to be a member of the Green Sports Alliance or part of a professional sports team to make a difference in your neighborhood and our overall environment. Many youth sports leagues across the country have begun introducing and supporting sustainability initiatives to help keep their communities cleaner and teach players about their impact on the environment
Here are some things your team – or league – can do to be ‘greener’ and help our planet.
- Recycling at the Field
It’s easy to be a good community member by helping keep your neighborhood fields clean while teaching players about composting and the responsible disposal of waste at the same time! Many leagues have joined forces with local recycling firms to distribute composting bags to each team, ensuring the off-site disposal of team trash. Even if you don’t formalize the effort, you can name a ‘sustainability coordinator’ to bring compost and/or trash bags to every game, so you can lessen the environmental impact associated with youth sports and ensure that the games will be enjoyed my many future generations.
- Reusable Water Bottles
Did you know that Americans buy an estimated 28 billion (yes, billion) plastic bottles every year? That’s a lot of plastic. The more depressing statistic is that nearly eight out of every 10 bottles ends up in a landfill, rather than being recycled. You see them littering our streets, our parks, and yes, our sports fields. Yes, they’re convenient, but they also have a significant impact on our environment.
Plus, studies now show that if you keep reusing these PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles, refilling them with water in an attempt to be a little more ‘green’, the phlalate begins to break down and leach out, causing serious health risks. A better option is to invest in a reusable BPA-free plastic, glass, aluminum or stainless steel water bottle for your youth athlete. You can feel good that your athlete is staying hydrated while you’re also being eco-conscious.
Carpooling to practices and games not only saves gas, it also encourages bonding among the players – and parents – who are carpooling. What more could you want? Especially for far-away league games and tournaments, carpooling makes sense environmentally and socially.
As a team manager, you can designate a parent to be your ‘carpool coordinator’, helping you to make sure every player has a ride to practices and games—and that your team is doing its best to conserve gasoline and other natural resources.
- Online Team Management
I know it sounds gratuitous, but it’s true. Online team management eliminates nearly all the paper requirements of a team: phone directory, parent and player code-of-conduct forms, sign-up sheets, directions to game fields, snack sign-ups, and more.
When you use online team management software, like TeamSnap, you not only streamline your team activities, you also save trees, helping our environment!
Do you have any other ideas on how your team or league can be more ‘green’? Let us know.
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The first Aboriginal-Australian candidate for Lord Mayor of Sydney speaks to The AJN.
The Australian Jewish News
October 12, 2021
Indigenous Sydney lord mayoral candidate Yvonne Weldon has told The AJN “it was an absolute honour” to take part earlier this year in Beit Sefer Yalbalinga, an interactive online Jewish–Indigenous learning program.
Co-hosted by the Sydney Jewish Museum and NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, the series of sessions featured expert panellists from both communities tackling topics including story, land, identity, history and justice.
“My greatest takeaway is that we have so many stories to tell, we have so much lived experience that we’re experiencing in the same day and age,” said Weldon, a proud Wiradjuri woman.
“There’s so much more that we can do if we continue to share – that transparency of sharing of lived experience, but also some of the insights and the knowledge that we have isn’t ours alone, it’s ours to be shared with each other.”
Weldon works with descendants of Aboriginal human rights advocate William Cooper – who famously marched to the German consulate in 1938 to protest the treatment of Jews after Kristallnacht – and praised his actions and those of other elders who held a day of mourning.
“The disadvantages that they were facing themselves, but standing up against anyone else being oppressed, it’s something that I think my people and your people do,” she said.
“And we need to be able to stand together in a unified voice, to make sure that humankind shouldn’t be so unkind – it’s a matter of us really looking out for one another.”
The first Aboriginal person to stand for lord mayor of any Australian capital city, Weldon is chair of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, deputy chair of the Australia Day Council of NSW, and a board member of both Domestic Violence NSW and Redfern Jarjum College.
She has spent the last 30 years fighting inequality and is regarded as a community leader and educator.
“I want to make sure for all Sydneysiders, that their voice is heard, their concerns are being dealt with and that there are real solutions to make sure this city becomes wonderful again,” she said.
Originally slated to run on a ticket with Jewish councillor Kerryn Phelps, Weldon stepped up when Phelps withdrew from the race for personal reasons.
“Kerryn was the one saying, ‘You know, if I’m not doing it, you should do it,’” she recalled.
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This week Qantas stood down 20,000 staff without pay, the day after pocketing its share of the $715 million federal government Covid-19 pandemic “relief package” for the Australian aviation industry. And earlier the International Civil Aviation Organisation, of which Qantas is a member, lobbied to delay the adoption of health measures that could harm air traffic, instead of limiting flights as much as possible.
What are aviation’s priorities?
The airline industry has a history of tax avoidance and of seeking and obtaining special treatment while treating workers badly. International aviation pays no tax on its fuel. And Qantas, as reported by Michael West Media, “has paid no tax on an humongous $62 billion in total income over the four years of available Tax Office transparency data”. Since 2014 when staff wage levels were frozen, Qantas executive and senior management remuneration packages have increased by $60 million, the same amount of foregone CPI-based staff wage increases, according to Steve Purvinas, Federal Secretary of the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association.
Magdalena Heuwieser from the 157 member international Stay Grounded network said on Wednesday, “It is unacceptable that the industry’s profits are privatised, while it expects its losses to be covered by the public.”
Flight Free Australia, a member of the Stay Grounded network, opposes the waiving of aviation fees and charges to the value of $715 million, since it’s clearly not going to those staff stood down. Reducing airline costs in this way, will only make things worse, not only for staff but for all of us, if thereby aviation returns to business as usual after the Covid-19 crisis.
The airline industry has made a fortune over the past decades, with higher growth rates than most other economic sectors, on the back of soaring emissions. Aviation is already responsible for 5-8% of climate heating worldwide, when we include the climate impacts additional to those from CO2. This is a huge contribution from a minority of the world population — the roughly 10% who have flown.
“As bad as the Coronavirus is, its outcome will look like a head cold compared to that of the climate crisis — entire countries on fire or underwater, mass starvation and forced migration”, says Magdalena Heuwieser. “If we can act collectively to stop thousands of deaths from the virus, surely we can do so to stop the millions predicted from climate disaster. Let’s use this unintended pause in air travel to rethink what we can do to stop far worse consequences from climate collapse and flying’s contribution to it”.
The pandemic has taught us that science matters, harm reduction matters, acting quickly matters, a public sector matters, and leadership matters. Continuing to prioritise them is also the way we can get to zero emissions and climate safety.
If voluntarily choosing to not fly is an accepted harm reduction response to a prudent risk assessment of exposure to Covid-19, surely it can also be an accepted harm reduction response to a prudent risk assessment of exposure to the heating from booming and catastrophic aviation emissions.
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Survival of the City (Kobo eBook)
One of our great urbanists and one of our great public health experts join forces to reckon with how cities are changing in the face of existential threats the pandemic has only accelerated
Cities can make us sick. They always have—diseases spread more easily when more people are close to one another. And disease is hardly the only ill that accompanies urban density. Cities have been demonized as breeding grounds for vice and crime from Sodom and Gomorrah on. But cities have flourished nonetheless because they are humanity’s greatest invention, indispensable engines for creativity, innovation, wealth, and connection, the loom on which the fabric of civilization is woven.
But cities now stand at a crossroads. During the global COVID crisis, cities grew silent as people worked from home—if they could work at all. The normal forms of socializing ground to a halt. How permanent are these changes? Advances in digital technology mean that many people can opt out of city life as never before. Will they? Are we on the brink of a post-urban world?
City life will survive but individual cities face terrible risks, argue Edward Glaeser and David Cutler, and a wave of urban failure would be absolutely disastrous. In terms of intimacy and inspiration, nothing can replace what cities offer. Great cities have always demanded great management, and our current crisis has exposed fearful gaps in our capacity for good governance. It is possible to drive a city into the ground, pandemic or not. Glaeser and Cutler examine the evolution that is already happening, and describe the possible futures that lie before us: What will distinguish the cities that will flourish from the ones that won’t? In America, they argue, deep inequities in health care and education are a particular blight on the future of our cities; solving them will be the difference between our collective good health and a downward spiral to a much darker place. | <urn:uuid:1fbc8e08-2a7b-4218-a5ae-fd0aa688e5da> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.duckscottage.com/ebook/9780593297698 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.9495 | 405 | 2.53125 | 3 |
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