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How to Prevent Ice-Damming From Ruining Your Roof
Lucky you if you’ve never heard of ice-damming! Maybe you live in a part of the country where you don’t need to prevent ice-damming because this winter pest isn’t a problem.
But here in the Midwest, ice damming happens without much warning, and can cause significant damage to the inside and the outside of your home.
Ice dams are caused when warm attic air melts some of the snow on the roof; the water runs down to the uninsulated roof overhang and refreezes. The cycle repeats until a “dam” of ice has built up on the roof overhang.
The dam, and large icicles that often form with it – can get heavy enough to damage the roof – even pulling off gutters and downspouts.
More critically, the ice dam blocks the drainage of additional snow-melt from the roof, allowing water to back up under the shingles. That water can wick up under the shingles and leak into the house, damaging insulation, framing, drywall, and trim.
So how do you prevent ice-damming, a snow-belt menace?
The technical solution involves the right amount of attic insulation and ventilation, but proper design and detailing is even more critical.
Typical “production” house roof detailing has two critical flaws that can actually contribute to ice-damming. Both are the result of cutting corners to cut costs (this is potentially a very expensive place to be cutting costs).
The first flaw is “pinching” the attic insulation out near the walls, where the roof slopes down all the way to the attic floor. If the insulation’s too thin at this point, it won’t have the necessary R-value you need to prevent the air in the attic from warming up and melting snow on the roof.
Solve this problem – permanently – by using a “raised heel” detail at the roof edge, and get the full depth of insulation at the most critical point.
This detail raises the roof a little, so you’ll spend a tiny bit more on siding and trim – but what was it your grandparents told you about an ounce of prevention?
The second easy flaw to fix is the length of the roof overhang. Overhangs are often only 8 or 12 inches deep. That means if a little ice does happen to form on the roof (you can’t prevent it all), it forms close to the wall…which means it’s that much closer to damaging your house.
You’re better off to extend the overhangs as far as stylistically and structurally possible. For some home styles that could mean three or four-foot overhangs. You’ll still get some damming in some winter conditions, but it won’t back up far enough to damage the house.
But for most homes, a full 16 inches of overhang from the outside wall is probably enough, assuming the insulation and ventilation are right for your climate.
Roof details can be very technical, but they’re also an important feature of a home’s design. Protect your house and prevent ice-damming by getting the details and the design right. | <urn:uuid:aeb4a916-bf9d-4be9-b0ef-c92187c17b8d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.rtastudio.com/2013/10/prevent-ice-damming-residential-architect-ohio/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.934512 | 695 | 2.203125 | 2 |
The Paris Agreement became the big victim of the just concluded UN climate conference, which should translate into a massive local and global pivot toward adaptation. Here’s a year-end message to five of you who must lead the way.
The thought of that underwater cabinet meeting keeps coming back. Remember it?
So concerned over climate change was then-president of the Maldives, Mohammed Nasheed, and evidently his entire team, that he had them don scuba suits and gear and held what has turned out to be a truly historic cabinet meeting on the floor of the fast-rising waters surrounding this small Indian Ocean island.
A decade later, as yet another annual UN climate conference ends in profound disappointment, Nasheed is once again deploying drama at the Polish site of this month’s talks to call attention to what will surely be the demise of most small-island states around the world and questioning the very fruitfulness of these ongoing negotiations to implement the Paris Climate Agreement. “What’s the point?” he asks.
Who can blame him. After all, we’ve known since the months leading up to Paris in 2015 that the voluntary country commitments, even if fully met, would still allow temperatures to rise to 3.5º Celsius above the historical average.
And today, not only is the U.S. pulling out, but most participating countries are falling way short and greenhouse gases continue to set records, which means the latest IPCC scientific report from the UN itself can now be understood as a guarantee that we will overshoot 1.5ºC as early as next decade and flirt with 5ºC by century’s end.
Nothing coming out of Poland changed that fate. Nothing. Heck, the IPCC alarm, the latest science, fell victim to political pettiness and was outright excluded from the event’s official report, even though it is now THE fate to prepare for and adapt to.
The Paris Agreement, we can now thereby safely declare, is dead, the ashes buried in the coal mines of Katowice. That makes this conference, this moment, fairly momentous. And your New Year’s Resolution patently clear. In 2019, the adaptation phoenix must rise, and it is YOU.
Yes, you — whether person, company, NGO, school, city or other — must rise and discover the only hope we now have, that of protecting ourselves and humanity from the coming climate calamity by taking every possible step, starting today, to adopt advanced adaptation, build collective resilience designed for the post-1.5ºC world we have in common, and usher in a new transformation. In this COMMON Magazine article, I call it Transformative Dystopia.
Carbon campaigners: pivot to parallel paths
Five groups deserve special mention coming out of Katowice. We’ll cover each briefly.
First is you, anti-carbon campaigners, especially if you’re young. This photo captures it, doesn’t it, the dejection when the IPCC science was discarded so summarily and one could feel the air totally sucked from the struggle and will to fight of our young.
Your task now is to ADD adaptation to your campaigning. Pursue parallel paths. Imagine if 350.org, Avaaz, Climate Reality, and every anti-carbon NGO pivoted to a two-track strategy. Better: don’t imagine it. Be part of it. Make it happen. Pivot.
Ditto CSOs & CEOs
The same goes for Chief Sustainability Officers and their CEOs at the world’s leading corporations. You’ve come such a long way from those early days in the 1990s when you shifted from regulatory and NGO-pressured compliance and GRI reporting to today’s magnificent platforms, collaborations and commitments, both internally to decarbonize your operations as well as across your deep and global social reach.
According to this study of 1,600 of you, you’re still not focused on adaptation, though. Not even close, despite the now certain and huge losses you stand to suffer, perhaps existentially, as soon as next decade from the dramatic worsening of climate impacts across your entire value chains, and on the flip side, the gains that await should you pioneer the investments and innovations in this new Adaptation Economy.
So the time has come for a wave of Paul Polmans and Unilevers to emerge. Polman raves about how sustainability boosts the company’s results. He and all of you can now protect and enhance those results by becoming the new class of adaptation LEADERS.
Two leaders urge every leader
Ditto CROs & Mayors
If any group is responding to and embracing the resilience challenge, it is you in the world’s cities. A hundred of you joined the Rockefeller Resilient Cities program, dozens are part of C40, and thousands of you are active in ICLEI Resilient Cities, the Global Covenant of Mayors, the UN Resilient City campaign, and a host of other initiatives.
The post-Katowice message to you cannot be clearer: step it up a bunch of notches.
The IPCC report and others assure you have 10-15 years to get ready, and you know how long the proposal-to-funding-and-construction cycle takes. And that’s for the built environment. Your human and equity challenges, to protect the most vulnerable, usually take longer.
Given that brutal urgency, here’s a new post-Katowice calling: communications, because not only do you need urgent and total public support for your big investments, but it is an irrefutable public interest and moral imperative for everyone across your city to become resilient on their own — every homeowner, school, hospital, small business, neighborhood, NGO…everyone. Your job now is to Let Everyone Know by raising awareness so they can take action. On that front, our firm and global networkcan help. But whether you do it with us or another group, JUST DO IT.
Adaptation professionals: seize the moment
If there is one group that cuts across the others, it is you in the adaptation field — city officials, NGOs, academia, the private sector, even campaigners at UN conferences! You are the ones who do most of the heavy lifting on the ground, whether you’re fortifying infrastructure, installing flood barriers and solar panels, handling disaster response, easing the trauma in affected neighborhoods, or advising coastal communities on managed retreat.
It is heartening to see the rapid proliferation of related organizations around the world. In our case, we’re engaged with the American Society of Adaptation Professionals. See our interview of Executive Director Beth Gibbons here. But go through this search to get a sense of how robust the adaptation and resilience ecosystem has become. It is one of the world’s fantastic growth sectors.
The post-Katowice message to you: This is your moment. Seize it. Assert your role and your expertise. Be fearless. Relentless. Confident. To the extent resilience is the world’s great new hope, it is on you. And the more I work with you, the more certain I am that we are in awesome hands.
Social enterprises: innovate and scale
In this Forbes story last week, contributor Willy Foote calls adaptation “the greatest entrepreneurial challenge of our time” and highlights the special role of sociopreneurship. One month before the Paris Climate Agreement was signed, pointing to the science that already knew the accord would fall short, I made the exact same point in this story.
The reason is simple, though little understood even by sociopreneurs themselves, as I explained in that previous article. That is, in a climate-challenged economy, “the business that cares most, and that cares most authentically, has a better shot at winning.”
Which brings us to the message for you today, also quoted from that story:
“Know that you are on the spot like never before. Your services will be needed like never before, by more people in more places than ever before. Your moral and emotional strength will be tested, as will your business savviness and management depth, because you will be called on to scale, rapidly, to go beyond your comfort zone, to stretch your capabilities. And you MUST be ready.”
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Spreading the theory in the lusophone world: contributions of Jorge Vala's Chapter to the Brazilian developments of Social Representations
The theory of social representations has seen a significant evolution and dissemination throughout Brazil. This development has not been without practical implications outside academia, and its particular effects can be observed in social and political spheres as well. It is within this context, one of introduction and expansion of the theory in Brazil, that we address the significance of Jorge Vala’s chapters. Published in two different editions of the ‘Manual de Psicologia Social’ (Vala & Monteiro, 1993/2000), the Portuguese Social Psychology handbook, Vala’s chapters present an account of social representations both rigorous and unifying, drawing parallels between the theory and other approaches. The particular chapters and their contribution to Portuguese-speaking social psychologists in Brazil will be discussed. | <urn:uuid:ddbbb3fb-85bf-4943-9ef4-ca6a3df6c5bd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://psr.iscte-iul.pt/index.php/PSR/article/view/433 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.917997 | 183 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Doctors say they routinely face racism and bigotry while caring for patients, and after the white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, many are speaking out about their experiences—including one physician whose "chilling" tweet thread went viral last week.
A physician's experience goes viral
Esther Choo, an emergency physician and associate professor at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, on Sunday took to Twitter to share her experiences with racism in the ED. "We've got a lot of white nationalists in Oregon," she posted in the first of several tweets. "So a few times a year, a patient in the [ED] refuses treatment from me because of my race."
In such situations, Choo wrote that she tells the patient, "I understand your viewpoint. I trained at elite institutions & have been practicing for 15 years. You are welcome to refuse care ... under my hands, but I feel confident that I am the most qualified to care for you. Especially since the alternative is an intern." Invariably, she adds, the patient will leave or pick the intern—so long as the intern is white.
Despite the bigotry, Choo wrote that she doesn't "get angry or upset" when this happens—"just incredulous over the psychology of it." But she added, "You know what gives me hope? ... A few get uncomfortable and apologize in the same breath they refuse to let me treat them. You see ... It's a hell of a hard thing to maintain that level of hate face-to-face."
10/ I used to cycle through disbelief, shame, anger. Now I just show compassion and move on. I figure the best thing I can do...— Esther Choo (@choo_ek) August 13, 2017
...is make sure their hate finds no purchase here. / Fin.— Esther Choo (@choo_ek) August 13, 2017
Her tweet and responses went viral, with over 24,000 retweets and over 45,000 likes.
How other doctors handle the issue
Choo is one of many physicians who have shared their experiences with racism in the wake of the Charlottesville protest.
For instance, writing for STAT News, Jennifer Okwerekwu, a second-year psychiatry resident, discussed the "quiet racism" she encountered treating patients while a medical student at the University of Virginia. Citing her experiences with patients who refused to look at her on account of her race, or who dismissed her medical education, Okwerekwu wrote, "This is the America I know, the medicine I know. Bigotry in a hospital gown—it's a risk I face every day when I go into work."
But Okwerekwu also described how her coworkers have supported and protected her, including a nurse who reminded one patient that Okwerekwu "deserved … respect" and an attending who corrected a patient's incorrect, racist assumptions about Okwerekwu.
"This is the America I want. The medicine I aspire to," she wrote. "In this medicine, I don't have to shoulder the injustice of racism alone. My role as a doctor doesn't negate my humanity. My coworkers and I form a team [who] supports one another."
Separately, writing in NPR's "Shots," John Schumann, an internal medicine doctor and president of the University of Oklahoma's Tulsa campus, acknowledged the challenges of treating patients with hateful beliefs—but that it is a physician's responsibility to care for his or her patients regardless.
Citing old and new research, Schumann recommended multiple strategies to carry out this clear obligation, such as identifying, accepting, and moving past the "dread" of treating such patients or using a "decision tree" featured in the New England Journal of Medicine to ascertain when it's "appropriate to accommodate a bigoted patient's request to find another doctor."
Ultimately, however, Schumann cited Choo's determination to "make sure [patients'] hate finds no purchase here" (Gutierrez, Sacramento Bee, 8/16; Okwerekwu, STAT News, 8/14; Schumann, "Shots," NPR, 8/16).
How to address health inequity in your community
With the shift in health care to focus on optimizing the health of individuals and communities, health care organizations are creating new strategies to address health care disparities in access and patient outcomes.
Advisory Board has created the Health Disparities Initiative, which provides actionable resources on a series of strategic imperatives and special topics to achieve equity of care. Interested in seeing research or resources that address your biggest health equity problems?
Download our resource, "Building Community Partnerships to Reduce Disparities," which includes studies featuring providers who have successfully partnered with community organizations to address health disparities and social determinants of health. You'll also find tools that can guide your organization’s community partnership strategy. | <urn:uuid:c7c10f9c-c86e-4ede-8e07-b2efef604b89> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.advisory.com/Daily-Briefing/2017/08/22/racism-ed | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.961283 | 1,010 | 1.554688 | 2 |
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Christie's highly anticipated 20th-and 21st-century art auction on May 12, 2022, was a roaring success. Buyers from across the globe outbid each other to own the Impressionist and Modern paintings offered. However, the evening's highlight was a remarkably well-preserved fossil of a Deinonychus antirrhopus. The rare skeleton — the first of its kind ever sold at an auction — fetched an impressive $12.4 million (with fees) from an anonymous fan. It was more than double the auction house's estimated high of $6 million.
The 10-foot-long and 4-foot-tall skeleton, nicknamed "Hector," dates back 108 to 115 million years. It was unearthed between 2012 and 2014 from private land in Montana's Wolf Canyon by amateur paleontologists Jack and Roberta Owen. The specimen comprises 126 fossilized bones— the most ever found for the Deinonychus species. However, some parts, including the skull, are manufactured. Except for a brief appearance at the Natural History Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen from 2020 to 2021, the dinosaur fossil has remained in the hands of private buyers.
The Deinonychus belonged to the clade of dinosaurs called theropods — a diverse group of bipedal carnivores that include the fearsome T. Rex. The apex predators flourished in western North America during the Early Cretaceous period and were the most feared animals of their time.
Their name, which translates to "terrible claw," refers to the curved, hook-like claws on each foot. Christie's description states, "It is believed that in order to use the claw with the highest degree of success, Deinonychus would have stood on one leg, holding the target with its long arms, and impaled its prey with a powerful kick."
The Velociraptors in the "Jurassic Park" book and movie series were modeled after the Deinonychus. The dinosaurs are closely related, but Velociraptors were much smaller and only found in Mongolia and parts of northern China. Michael Crichton, who penned the series, later confessed that he chose the name Velociraptors because it had a more dramatic ring.
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Course Description, Objectives, and Design
Welcome to ENGL 105i, Writing in Health and Medicine! This course section is designed specifically for students interested in pursuing careers in the health sciences such as public health, pharmacy, nursing, and medicine. However, the writing students will do in this class will help prepare them for the various types of academic writing challenges they will encounter as students at UNC and beyond.
In this interdisciplinary English composition course, you will analyze the rhetorical and stylistic conventions of various discourse communities, especially those related to health and medicine, and you will learn how to use these standards to effectively communicate your ideas. We will discover how different disciplines frame research questions, evaluate evidence, and make knowledge claims. Your assignments will encourage you to view health or medical writing as a response to realistic rhetorical situations, and you will develop writing skills that are employed within the fields of health and medicine and that are transferable to other disciplines as well. Your writing will become dynamic by actively responding to practical situations common to academic communities and engaging with those communities.
We will work to develop strong writing and research skills, which will serve students well in college and beyond, regardless of the major or career they ultimately decide to pursue. I want you to view your writing—as well as yourself as a writer—as a work in progress. This course is more than a series of essays for grades; it is a progression of encounters with rhetorical situations and genres that will prepare you to be an effective writer and communicator in college and in your professional lives after college.
This specific section of ENGL 105i is a remote, synchronous course. All of our class sessions will take place remotely via the Zoom classroom link that has been shared with you in our official syllabus and at Sakai>Resources. All classes will take place during our regularly scheduled class time (Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30pm-4:45pm). Do not share our Zoom classroom link with anyone outside of our class section. My regular office hours will also be held virtually. If students wish to meet with me in person individually or in small groups, I will do so at your request outside of normal class time.
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Understand and employ conventions, genres, and rhetoric as they relate to writing and research, especially in health and medicine.
- Conduct research using a variety of methods, databases, and sources.
- Discuss and present research-based arguments and information.
- Identify how best to use research and evidence in discipline-specific compositions.
- Compose using written, oral, and multimedia modes.
- Review and revise one’s own work and assist others in revising their work.
Specifically, we will work toward the following goals:
- Reimagine, redefine, and understand the complexities of “writing,” “rhetoric,” and “research.”
- Develop skills and awareness around your own writing and writing process.
- Develop writing strategies, awareness, and self-assessment skills to help you confidently approach future writing challenges that you encounter in your academic and professional lives at UNC and beyond.
- Tailor compositions to specific audiences and rhetorical situations by analyzing and adapting genre conventions for various discourse communities, especially those in the medical and health science fields.
- Develop a social and process-oriented approach to composition in which collaboration and revision are central components.
- Compose across technologies and modalities in words, sounds, images, video, and hypertexts.
- Identify, evaluate, and appropriately use relevant research and resources to support your compositions.
See also “Additional Learning Outcomes for Feeders and Unit Projects,” posted here and also on Sakai under “Resources.”
The course will be organized around the following principles:
- Student-centered: As opposed to a presentational lecture format, ENGL 105/105i classes will be taught using a workshop approach that promotes interactive, experiential learning. The class will function as a seminar with 20 or fewer students, which means that each student will have a voice in the class and will be called upon to participate fully. My instruction will emphasize process: how to read, write, analyze, interpret, understand, and create oral, written, or multimedia texts. My role in this class is not that of a traditional teacher who stands at the front of the room and lectures. Rather, I am someone who offers structure, motivation, support, perspective, and feedback as YOU engage with your classmates and the course projects. While I will ultimately take on the role of the evaluator at the end of the semester, my main focus is on empowering you to make decisions about your writing because that’s when you learn the most.
- Group-oriented: Classes will be taught using a workshop approach that emphasizes the role of learning by writing and promotes interactive, experiential learning. Each of you will become a member of a small working group. These groups will serve as writing groups, discussion groups, and smaller cohorts in the larger classroom community. We will be using Sakai (UNC’s online course management system) as forums for posting and responding to drafts in progress and as a communication system so that you can access the syllabus and daily homework assignments electronically. We will also use Google Docs for various in-class group activities. If you feel your partners or group members are not putting forth substantial effort to collaborate with you, please let me know.
- Community-centered: ENGL 105/105i will introduce you to key campus resources and may engage you with projects that seek an audience outside the class. In addition to introducing you to the world-class library resources available at UNC, you may also engage with a range of other campus partners, such as the Media & Design Center, rare books and special collections at Wilson Library, Ackland Art Museum, Carolina Performing Arts, and PlayMakers Repertory Company.
- Activity-focused: Each class will consist of a sequence of activities that engage students in the writing process: how to read, write, analyze, interpret, understand, and create texts. You will always be working on a project; each week you should be working on components of that project in class and between classes.
- Process-based: We will move through three units, each one containing short “feeder” assignments that build into one substantial unit project. The feeder assignments are generally designed to give you practice with a particular skill (such as finding potential grants or analyzing secondary sources) while the unit projects will ask you to synthesize primary and secondary research. Using a process-based approach, you will write multiple drafts, receive ongoing feedback from your peers and instructor, and participate in evaluating your own and others’ projects throughout the composition process.
- Project-based: The three unit projects will engage you in rhetorical situations that explore real-world contexts for writing and research that start from a problem or research question.
- Genre-based: The projects include a range of genres, forms, and mediums. You will get experience with genres such as the conference paper, journal article, business pitch, digital exhibit, or recommendation report. These genres will offer spoken and written modes as well as different mediums—including print and digital formats.
- Research-based: You will undertake research projects that involve a variety of research methods. These methods could be textual, library research, or they could also include archival research methods and/or other types of empirical methods—such as interviews, observations, or experimentation.
- Publication-oriented: Addressing the audience specific to each project’s genre (rather than the teacher/grader) is key. ENGL 105/105i students are asked to “publish” their projects for these specific audiences through a course structure using options such as portfolios, conference presentations, submissions to journals or digital publications.
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Event Type: Skills Lab
Event Theme: Evidence-based Practice
Speaker: Prof. Catherine So-kum Tang (Professor of Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, National University of Singapore)
Date: 7 December 2018 (Friday)
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Venue: RLB 303, Research Complex, HKSYU
1) Refreshment will be provided.
2) Free Admission.
3) Registration is not compulsory but recommended for seat-reservation and news update.
Internet-related addiction refers to excessive or uncontrollable preoccupations, urges, or behaviors regarding computer use or Internet access for various activities that lead to distress or impairment of daily functioning. Internet-related addiction can adversely affect physical/mental health, academic/work performance as well as interpersonal and family relationships. Examples of Internet-related addiction include Internet addiction, online gaming addiction, and online social networking addiction. Existing literature shows that high school and college students are the most vulnerable to Internet-related addiction as they have free and unlimited access to the Internet and are expected to make use of this technology for research and learning purposes. In response to the increasing risk and negative consequences of Internet-related addiction, various intervention programs have also been implemented to treat addicted individuals. This workshop will first review research that evaluates the effectiveness of treatment programs for Internet-related addiction. Key components of these programs will be identified. An evidence-based multi-level treatment program that aims to reduce addiction symptoms and to improve the well-being of adolescents will be introduced. This treatment program will be structured into six modules, namely psychoeducational, treatment as usual, intrapersonal, interpersonal, family intervention, development of a new lifestyle, and relapse prevention.
Professor Tang is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Science at the National University of Singapore (NUS). She is also the Deputy Director of the Center for Family and Population Research and Co-chair of the Institutional Review Board at NUS.
Professor Tang obtained her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of North Texas, USA and LLB at the University of London, UK. She has been a Professor in the Department of Psychology and Director of Graduate Studies in Clinical Psychology, Postgraduate Degree Programs in Trauma Psychology, Gender Research Program, and Gender Studies Program in the Chinese University of Hong Kong until 2007.
Professor Tang was the past Chairperson of the Singapore Register of Psychologists and the past Chairperson of Division of Clinical Psychology and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Psychological Society. She was also a founding member of the Asian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and the Asian Association of Cognitive and Behavior Therapy.
Professor Tang was the Associate Editor of the Asian Journal of Psychology, and has been a member of the Editorial Boards for academic journals such as International Perspective in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation; International Journal of Stress Management; Asia-Pacific Journal of Counselling, Sex Roles, and Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. | <urn:uuid:a93c83b8-27de-4c87-a2a1-1c3b39c7f16c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ciebpr.hksyu.edu/news-and-events/Events/detail/20181207_catherine_skills-lab1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.923934 | 629 | 2.078125 | 2 |
A UC Berkeley Medical student, a corpse, and an attempt to “reanimate” the dead with electricity in a rented Emeryville Warehouse. An E’ville urban legend that has never been proven … or disproven.
In a letter to the Emeryville Historical Society, Cal State East Bay Chemistry professor Dr. Richard E. Bozak recently inquired about the existence of such an event. “I recall hearing that in the 1930s or 1940’s, a deranged medical student from U.C. Berkeley tried to replicate the Frankenstein monster myth.”
EHS founding member Donald Hausler exhaustively researched the story in local newspaper archives and other sources, but was not able substantiate it. Hausler noted that the 1931 movie based on the 1818 Mary Shelley novel did apparently inspire similar events. “Tragically, the movie ‘Frankenstein’ inspired unscrupulous scientists to experiment on dead animals and humans in an attempt to duplicate the Frankenstein experiment.”
Despite his inability to produce any recounts of the story, Hausler remains convinced that these experiments did occur and thinks Emeryville at the time would have been a likely location for them. “At this time, because of the economic depression, there were numerous empty warehouses in Emeryville where illegal experiments of this nature could be performed without fear of detection.”
Hausler also thinks Emeryville would be a likely location for such an event because of its proximity to Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. “Mountain View Cemetery was a likely source of dead bodies, easily purloined from the many crypts and graves. The Mountain View Cemetery is host to its own mysteries including being the burial site of the gruesome and still unsolved 1947 Black Dahlia murder.
“Grave robbery and the dismemberment of disinterred bodies is a criminal act according to state laws” said Hausler adding his own thoughts on such a despicable act. “The violation of the dead should never be tolerated in the pursuit of science.”
The original Frankenstein story was allegedly inspired by a 1803 true story of an attempt to reanimate an executed criminal. While blasphemous by today’s scientific standards, electricity was still considered mysterious and possibly supernatural at the dawn of the 19th century. Shelley’s tale is said to be a cautionary story of the dangers of scientific experimentation and man’s attempt to “play god”.
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There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. Even if it takes centuries to do so. It took only some 300-400 years for us to finally be able to find out at least some information about who, even in this century, many consider only a literary hero. And this despite the fact that the plot involving his character has become the leading one in world cinema. There are over a hundred films based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas. Although he was not the discoverer of this bright personality, which became a symbol of courage, valor and devotion. | <urn:uuid:2cb2d9a6-30ea-4c64-b480-7a99c91f00e6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://embed.artdoc.media/en/movie/batc_i_dartan_yan_2021_27/?embed=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571993.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814022847-20220814052847-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.972072 | 134 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Saying thank you is an expression of gratitude, you are acknowledging that you have received kindness and favour and that you appreciate it.
In marriage it is so important to be grateful, warm and friendly. In a relationship where each of you readily thank each other even for seemingly little things, it shows you are making an effort not to take each other for granted.
You will find out that your spouse has benefited you and you can be kind in return, but the simplest and most rewarding way to do this is by saying thanks.
Whenever you do this you are saying I recognise and value what you do. Everyone likes to be recognised and appreciated and this spurs you on to do more.
Everyone wants more, more and more but the key to obtaining more is saying thank you for what you already have.
Help each other to do more, say thank you today and thereafter. When you do, you are saying I am content, glad, grateful and pleased. | <urn:uuid:140c5e09-d838-4061-996a-65aea0e5efd9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://marriagefellowship.org/index.php/thank-you/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571993.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814022847-20220814052847-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.974962 | 196 | 2 | 2 |
We are excited to hear of your interest in becoming a 4-H Volunteer! For more than 100 years, UMaine Extension volunteers have been making a difference in their communities by contributing their life experiences, love of learning, and energy in support of Maine’s most precious resource – our children. As the largest youth development program in the country, 4-H continues to depend on its dedicated volunteers as a true partner in that success.
I am interested, what do I do next?
Review the Volunteer Roles, listed below, that are available in Penobscot county and share your ideas with a 4-H Staff member to determine which role is best suited for you!
Contact us by email at [email protected] or by phone at 207.942.7396 or 1.800.287.1485 (in Maine). You can also complete the following form and we will contact you!
Volunteering with 4-H is an extremely rewarding experience, and there are many different ways in which you can make a positive impact. Below is a list of Volunteer Roles that are available in Penobscot County.
4-H Club Leader
Work in partnership with youth to develop life skills through a “learn by doing” approach. Traditional 4-H Clubs meet year-round and can focus on any topic ranging from raising animals to building robots and everything in between!
4-H Special Interest Program Leader
A 4-H SPIN Club is a SPecial INterest program where youth learn about a specific topic. Topics vary and include interests such as nature, arts, science, photography, gardening, engineering, and more. SPIN clubs are short-term programs led by volunteers who have a passion for learning and want to share their skills, talents, or special interests with youth.
4-H Independent or Parent/Guardian Volunteer
This is the ideal role for a parent, guardian, and/or adult mentor. In this role, you are at the forefront of incorporating youth-adult partnerships into 4-H programs. Independent Volunteers can be found mentoring youth through an independent project, chaperoning a club field trip or fundraiser, helping youth to learn a particular skill, and much more.
4-H School Volunteer
Bring the 4-H positive youth development approach and experiential learning techniques to your after-school program, student clubs, etc., and strengthen your connection to extensive UMaine resources that will enhance your programs. In the classroom, teachers can work with their whole class and participate in 4-H projects (from 4-H Science to Public Speaking and more), as well as county 4-H events.
4-H Community Partner
Is your organization interested in education but lacks the resources to conduct an outreach program? Partnering with 4-H is an effective way to reach youth in your community.
Episodic 4-H Volunteer
We have a variety of volunteer opportunities that may not require training or a long-term commitment. Judging at a 4-H event, leading a hands-on workshop, helping with a specific fundraiser, guest speaking, assisting with a garden project, and more. | <urn:uuid:238292f1-acd6-4d4f-acfb-4de081f4d29d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://extension.umaine.edu/penobscot/4h/volunteer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.953747 | 661 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Text of the Covenant written by Indigenous members of the Anglican Church of Canada meeting in Winnipeg from April 23-26, 1994, which details the need for Indigenous self-determination within the Church.
Resource Category: Indigenous Ministries
Disciple’s Prayer book for the Anglican Council for Indigenous Peoples. Published by the Indigenous Theological Training Institute in Minneapolis, MN.
Resource from the Diocese of Rupert’s Land for use by the whole church for the National Aboriginal Day of Prayer.
Information on the holdings of the General Synod archives, complete with lists of records from different collections. Among the archival material are records from General Synod and related organizations, as well as personal papers. Links are provided to a microfilm list from the General Synod archives and fonds from the Arctic and Keewatin dioceses.
Guidelines for building a community of disciples by putting the Gospels at the centre of worship and ministry. Includes Gathering Prayer, questions to ponder while reading the Gospels, tips for daily discipleship and a list of guiding principles.
Published through the Office of the National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop, this training manual serves as a comprehensive outline for Indigenous catechism.
Text of the Mississauga Declaration, written on Sept. 17, 2011. Offers an assessment of the state of Indigenous ministry 17 years after the Covenant and a vision for renewal and restoration.
Resources provided by the Anglican Church of Canada for parishes to mark the National Indigenous Day of Prayer on June 21 of each year.
Liturgical texts and readings in English, French, ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (Inuktitut), and Western Cree for National Indigenous Day of Prayer, to be used on June 21 in the Book of Alternative Service Calendar of Memorials and Commemorations.
Table of contents for A New Agape: The Resource Binder, a document offering stories and ideas to promote healing and reconciliation.
A compilation of foundational and historical documents of The National Indigenous Ministry.
Guidelines for prayers and ceremony at vigils for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls include suggested hymns and songs, different ways to create Sacred Spaces, and Scripture readings for reflection.
Video documentaries showing highlights of the national Sacred Circle meetings at which hundreds of Indigenous Anglicans from across Canada have gathered since 1988.
There is a hidden wealth in this Land. This wealth lies in the wisdom of the Indigenous Elders all across Turtle Island. The teachings, languages, traditions and stories of the Ancestors are shared in the podcast series “Sacred Teachings”. Highly respected Indigenous speakers are featured in this series, with a different theme for each season, … Continued
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How WFH 'is killing off our thirst for pints'
Working from home is killing demand for the traditional British pint, says the boss of pub chain Wetherspoons.
Tim Martin says the recovery in sales of draught ales, lagers and ciders following the pandemic is lagging behind other drinks in his 861 pubs.
He blames the slump on Britain’s continuing reliance on home working, which means fewer drinkers are enjoying pints over lunch or after work.
Across the group, sales of spirits are 4.4 per cent higher than before the pandemic, food is 2.1 per cent up and cocktails by 18.1 per cent.
Beer and cider, historically the biggest element in pub takings, are still 8 per cent below the same time in 2019.
Mr Martin, who founded the Wetherspoons chain with one London pub in 1979, said the post-Covid bounceback is lagging far behind expectations.
He said: ‘Many people predicted a boom in pub sales when lockdowns and restrictions ended, due to pent-up demand, but recovery for many companies has been slower and more laborious than was anticipated.’ In another sign of the impact of working from home, he said London was struggling more than other cities.
Wetherspoons said pubs were also suffering from a hangover effect of ‘fear factor’ messaging at the height of the pandemic.
Mr Martin said the measures used to encourage compliance had left behind ‘lingering after-effects’ and lots of people were still cautious about going out.
He also said many people been driven into early retirement, shrinking the workforce. The rapid ageing of the indigenous population will also be taking its toll.
UK Hospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls agrees that working patterns have changed and it is ‘quite clear’ that town and city centres are recovering more slowly. “People are coming back to offices, but they are not coming back full time and that means lower footfall.”
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Since moving to the South Bronx in 2011, Dancing in the Streets is applying its 30-year legacy as a producer of innovative public performances to reclaim, revitalize, and promote natural, architectural, and cultural treasures of the Bronx; and contribute to the borough’s cultural renaissance through:
Free public performances of dance, interdisciplinary, and site-specific works that build bridges across generations, communities, and cultures.
Community and educational programs that deepen communal bonds, nurture emerging artists, and give voice to the strength, vitality, history, and aspirations of Bronx communities.
THE SOUTH BRONX: Since moving to the South Bronx in 2011, Dancing in the Streets has forged strategic partnerships with local organizations that have enabled us to develop long-term, sustainable initiatives—such as the South Bronx Culture Trail—that contribute to the cultural renaissance of the Bronx, and serve as catalysts for developing safe, vibrant, and economically sound communities that reflect and foster the borough’s distinct cultures and character.
In the context of these initiatives, Dancing in the Streets produces free, community-based public performances, site-specific productions, and festivals that embody the vibrant confluence of art, community and place that is the bedrock of the rich cultural life of the South Bronx. These events are developed through multi-tiered processes that integrate deep inquiry, artistic exploration, the nurturing of emerging artists, and community engagement.
RED HOOK, BROOKLYN: From 1993-2010, Dancing’s 18-year Red Hook Initiative served residents of the Red Hook Houses—one of the largest public housing projects in the country—with educational and community programs, youth festivals, and three large-scale community-based
site-specific productions. All of Dancing’s programs in Red Hook were produced in collaboration with Red Hook cultural, educational and community organizations.
Arthur Avilés in Paseo
Photo: Alan Watson
The Bronx Times One of the 25 Most Influential Women of the Bronx 2014 to Dancing in the Streets’ Executive and Artistic Director, Aviva Davidson
Bessie Award To choreographer Joanna Haigood for Paseo “for an outstanding production of a work stretching the boundaries of a traditional form."
Arts and Business Council Encore Award
Municipal Art Society Certificate of Merit
The Doris C. Freedman Award from the City of New York for "greatly enriching the public environment.
Brooklyn Borough President Proclaimation: June 9, 2007 "Hip Hop Generation Next Day."
Sarah Calderon (Executive Director, Casita Maria), Joanna Haigood (Choreographer, Paseo), and Aviva Davidson (Executive & Artistic Director, Dancing in the Streets) accepting a Bessie Award for Paseo. Photo: Paul Benney
PRESENTING PARTNERS 2001-2019
Dancing in the Streets many presenting partners include:
American Museum of Natural History, Apollo Theater, Asia Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Abrons Art Center, HarlemStage, SummerStage, Jacob's Pillow, Battery Park City Parks Conservancy, BAAD! (Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance)*, Bronx Pro Group*, Brooklyn Borough President, Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education*, The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, CityParks Dance, City Parks Foundation’s Hook Productions, Dance Theater Etc., FIAF, 52 People for Progress*, Friends of Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, Good Shepherd/The Beacon, Japan Society, The Kitchen, Langston Hughes Community Library& Cultural Center / Queens Library, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Mark Morris Dance Group, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, The New York Public Library, Third Avenue BID* Openhousenewyork, Partnerships for Parks, Red Hook Community Justice Center, Red Hook Initiative, SoBRO*, Wave Hill*, Westchester Square BID*, World Financial Center Arts & Events
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Summer Course: Kids Drumming and Nasheed Course (ONLINE)
Date(s) - 08/02/2022 - 08/11/2022
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- Drumming circle
- Kids drumming circle
- Muslim kids workshop
- Nasheed for children
- Onlinedrumming course
- Pearls of Islam
- pearls of Islam drumming school
- Summer camp for kids
Pearls of Islam
Children Summer Drumming and Nasheed Classes (IN PERSON)
2nd, 3rd, and 4th August
9th, 10th, and 11th August
Open to Boys and Girls. Open to beginners to intermediate
5:00pm to 6:00pm (BST) : Drumming Circle ( 7 to 13 years old)
6:00pm to 7:00pm (BST): Singing Circe ( 7 to 13 years old)
You can choose to join us in the first week, the second week or both.
£30 (3 days a week)
£50 ( 6 days in two weeks)
15% Sibling Discount – “SIBLING654”
25% Pearls of Islam Student Discount*- “STUDENT654”
*This only applies to attendees who have completed a Pearls of Islam course in the past two years.
Students will need to have a drum for the drumming circle. If you need any help or advise regarding where to purchase a drum, please send us a message
Really excited to announce our summer courses for children! Two weeks of fun, singing, and drumming, all in the comfort of your own home..
Taught and led by Sakinah Lenoir. Sakinah has been playing with her group Pearls of Islam for over 15 years and has 10 years in teaching drumming and nasheeds. She has taken numerous classes and courses in djembe drumming and is currently studying the darbouka. This course has been specifically designed to share the unique drumming style of playing by Pearls of Islam and their influences incorporating technique and style from the daff, djembe, and darbouka tradition
Course ONE: Let’s play the drum- Drumming Class
You will learn 3-4 different rhythms that can be played along to various different nasheeds ( English and Arabic)
Day 1: A brief introduction to the history of the drum, benefit and tradition, learn basic strokes and how to hold the drum
Day 2: Learn to play along to Madinah Song and some of the Dawud Wharnsby Ali Songs
Day 3: Learn a rhythm that you can play to Qasida Burdah and Ya Noori
Day 4: Learn how to play along to songs such as Ya Imam Rusuli, Ya Hanaana, Qamarun, and more
Day 5: A chance to revise and go over all the rhythms you have learned so far in preparation for your performance
Day 6: Sharing/Performance: Invite your friends and family to watch you play some of the beats and songs that you’ve learnt in the course
If there is enough interest we would also be open to putting together a girls drumming and nasheed class ( 13 and above). Please email if interested.
Course TWO: Sing the Salawat: Nasheed Class
Learn to sing some of the most popular nasheeds. Both in Arabic and EnglishDay 1: A brief introduction to the history and intention of nasheeds, vocal warm-up exercises, and learn to sing the Madinah Song ( Tala al badru Alayna)
Day 2: Qasidah Burdah
Day 3: Singing with confidence, singing with love: A review of Madinah Song and Qasidah Burdah
Day 4: Beat of My Heart
Day 5: YOU choose the song: ( we sing a song selected and chosen by your team)
Day 6: Sharing/Performance: Invite your friends and family to tune in to watch you and your team sing some of the songs you’ve learnt
Please note these course will only go ahead with a minimum of 6 students
Any questions: [email protected]
Contact the organizer to request a refund.
Eventbrite’s fee is nonrefundable
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Local author, Randy Ferrier, dropped by the shop the other day and left us with some copies of his first book, which is about aging and the many decisions surrounding it. He’s dedicated the book, called The Crow Flies South for the Winter, to his father who he hopes finds amusement and inspiration in coping with his own aging process.
From the book jacket:
Like weed shoots overtaking the plants in a garden, the years gradually pass us by. Before we know it, the best years of our lives are behind us. Most of us wish to grow old; however, few of us relish the thought of losing our youth in the process and helplessly watching as our bodies wear out and break down, for to age is to die. If only it were possible to live forever in the bodies of our youth. There is little pleasure to be found lingering in life without the ability to enjoy it.
This story is about an old man who finds himself with just such a dilemma on his hands. He has reached the point in his life where he questions whether or not it is worthwhile to continue. The love of his life now taken from him, he is left behind to cope with the frailty of health wearing him down and a family bent on sending him away from the only home he has known for the past seventy one years. Life altering decisions need to be made, decisions that may surprise you, decisions that plunge this old crow headfirst into a simmering Southern hotbed of mystery and intrigue.
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Strategic management occurs at all levels of the organization.
Strategic management occurs at all levels of the organization. Although the prioritization of strategies may occur at the board and executive level, the achievement happens at the unit and staff level.
Read the following articles and answer and discuss the prompts.
Embree, J. L., Swenty, C. F., & Schaar, G. (2015). A Balanced Scorecard With Strategy Map. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 30(4), 352.Links to an external site.
Fugaça, N. P. A., Cubas, M. R., & Carvalho, D. R. (2015). Use of Balanced Indicators as a Management Tool in Nursing. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 23(6), 1049–1056. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0670.2648Links to an external site.
Compare the balanced scorecard with balanced indicators as tools to measure organizational strategy.
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OVHS Counseling Department News
8 SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES = $19,500
Beginning Monday, January 3, 2022, the Oley Valley Community Education Foundation is pleased to provide the opportunity for our Class of 2022 Seniors to apply for 8 (that’s 2 more than last year) scholarships that total $19,500.
Application due date is Monday, February 28, 2022.
Qualifying candidates are required to complete and submit a scholarship application, cover letter, 3 references, and resume, to participate in an interview with a Foundation Board of Trustee and attend an interview recap meeting during Lynx period the first week of April 2022.
Interviews will take place the evenings of Monday, March 21, 2022, and Tuesday, March 22, 2022, beginning at 7 PM.
To learn more about the 8 scholarship opportunities or to apply, visit their website at https://www.oleyvalleycef.com/scholarships
How To Add Colleges Into Your Naviance Account
Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials (MCAM) in Reading.
RACC K12 Career Page and Resources
RACC is excited to offer career ready experiences in Health Professions, Human Services and Education, Business, and STEM via their K12 Career Page. On this page, students will be able to navigate pathways by viewing videos of business and industry leaders in our community, as well as viewing RACC faculty instructional videos. Students have access to career pathway guides, career resources, and workforce statistics. See the link below to check out this career resource.
The Oley Valley Community Education Foundation will be hosting its 3rd Community Outreach Event entitled:
"Student Wellness: Supporting Students Through Challenging Times"
This will be an online Zoom event on Thursday, February 17th at 7 PM.
Our guest speaker, Mr. Matt Moyer, has presented on topics that develop, promote, and advocate for campus and community environment that creates, emphasizes and supports healthy choices and positive decision-making regarding health, safety, and wellness. Learn the signs to look for in a student who is struggling and the resources available to you through the school district and outside private professionals.
Relationships are at the core of what we do as parents. Building quality relationships with our children and our child’s school can benefit all families.
In our session, we will discuss:
*How to build better relationships with your children and with your child’s school.
*How relationships can help with children’s social media use.
*Some basic tips for helping your child navigate social media.
*How to recognize the sign that a child is struggling.
*The benefits of a full value contract for your family
To learn more about the guest speaker Mr. Matt Moyer or to view the Zoom Meeting Information, visit our website at:
COCA Teen Prevention Coalition
Infinite Campus Parent Portal Access If you have forgotten your username or password, please do the following.
1. Access the Parent Portal Click Below:
2. Verify You’re Using the Right Username The recommended format provided by the district was: Firstname.Lastname (Example: John.Smith) Parents could choose to make their username in any format when activating their Infinite Campus account so the above format may not necessarily work for all. If you need to recover your username, please select the “forgot username” option off the Parent Portal log-in page.
3. Request New Password – If Needed Please request a new password from the main log-in page.
4. Log-in With Username and Password from the Parent Portal Parent Portal
Finding Your Child's Schedule:
When you sign in to the parent portal you will begin on the homepage where announcements can be posted for parents. Please follow these steps to locate your child’s schedule.
1. Click on the drop-down menu on the left, top side of the screen. If you do not see the drop-down menu, then you will need to click on the 3 horizontal bars in the upper left hand corner of the screen.
2. Click on ‘Downloads"
3. Select MP 2 MP 3 Schedule - scroll to the second page to see the Spring schedule.
4. For those parents with multiple children in the high school, you can toggle between children using the drop down menu on the right, top corner under the notifications (Bell icon).
5. Any questions regarding schedules should be directed to the Guidance Department – 610-987-4100 Ext. 6013.
Families who never activated their Infinite Campus account will need to request the initial password from the school district. Please contact Mrs. Shearer in Guidance.
Transition Night for Parents and Students
Below is access to a video regarding the overall course selection process along with each counselor's individual ZOOM link for the evening.
Transition Night Zoom Links
Thursday, Jan. 27th, 6:30pm
This is an online event.
Mrs. Robinson: Students with last names letters A-G
Meeting ID: 947 8788 0790
Mrs. Borovik: Students with last names letters H-O
Meeting ID: 948 9491 0550
Ms. Kristina Angstadt: Students with last names letters P-Z
Meeting ID: 974 0385 3188
Course Selection 22-23
STEPS TO COURSE SELECTION:
1) Students should have conversations with their teachers regarding teacher recommendations for next year and have their teachers sign off approval for next year's courses.
2) Once teachers have signed off, students and parents should review and sign off on the selected courses next year. Please keep in mind the following information:
~Students should select enough courses that combined equal 8.0 credits
~Generally, students should select 1.0 credits in the four core courses (Math, Social Studies, Science and English) *BCTC students have different requirements for graduation - see the 22-23 Course Catalog on the HS Website (link below).
3) Course Selection Sheets should be returned to the Guidance Office by FEBRUARY 4th. The form must have all the required signatures - Parent, Student and Teachers - to be considered completed.
4) AFTER handing their course selection sheets, students will meet individually with the counselors to make sure they are meeting all graduation requirements.
After School Tutoring/Homework Help
Also, teachers are available during every lynx period for tutoring assistance during the school day. Math, Writing/English and Biology help is available in the Learning Center. Students just need to ask their subject teacher for a pass.
February 4th - Course Selection Sheets due back to Guidance
February & March: Individual Guidance/Students Meeting for Course Selection
March 8th - Berks Co. College Fair at Alvernia (open to all Juniors and Seniors) - see Guidance for a Field Trip Perm Slip
OVHS Counseling Dept.
Mrs. AnnMarie Borovik - Students Last Names H-O - [email protected]
Ms. Kristina Angstadt - Students Last Names P-Z - [email protected]
Mrs. Karen Shearer - Guidance Secretary - [email protected]
Seasonal Affective Disorder
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Palmer, Alexander Pollock (Alex)
No. 3/8836, 15th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles
Died of wounds on Sunday 2 July 1916 (aged 19)
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France (Grave I. B. 16)
Newtownards and District War Memorial
Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI) Roll of Honour 1914 – 1919 for
Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church Newtownards
Alexander Pollock Palmer was born on 13 August 1896 in the townland of Ballyhay and he was the eldest son of William and Martha Palmer (nee Pollock) who were married on 20 March 1896 in Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church Newtownards (it was a double ceremony because Martha’s brother, William John Pollock, and Mary Strain were married on the same day). William Palmer, a widower and a farmer from Ballywhiskin, was a son of John Palmer, a farmer. Martha Pollock from Ballyhay was a daughter of Alexander Pollock, a farmer.
William Palmer had previously been married to Maggie Barr from Ballyboley. Maggie was a daughter of Nathaniel Barr, a labourer and she and William were married on 26 August 1892 in Greyabbey Presbyterian Church. Their son, William John Palmer, was born on 29 June 1893 and Maggie died of puerperal fever three days later on 2 July 1893 (aged 30).
William Palmer was a farmer and general labourer and he and Martha (nee Pollock) had at least seven children:
Alexander Pollock (born 13 August 1896 in Ballyhay)
Adam Keag (born 20 April 1901 in Ballywhiskin)
Isabella (born 21 January 1903 in Ballywhiskin)
Robert James (born 24 February 1905 in Ballygarvin)
Samuel (born 4 March 1907 in Ballywhiskin)
George Dalzell (born 22 November 1908 in South Street, Newtownards)
David (born 2 May 1911 at 18 Kimberley Buildings, Donaghadee Road, Newtownards; died of acute laryngitis 6 January 1914 in Kimberley Buildings)
Alexander, Adam, Isabella and Samuel were baptised in Ballyfrenis Presbyterian Church (when William farmed in the townland of Ballywhiskin); Robert James was baptised in Kircubbin Presbyterian Church (the Palmer family was related to the Keag family who lived at Rubane); George and David were baptised in Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church Newtownards (after the Palmer family moved to Newtownards).
Prior to the outbreak of the Great War Alexander Palmer worked as a packer.
In the Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 – 1919 database it is recorded that he enlisted in Clydebank. He served with the 15th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles and he died of wounds on 2 July 1916. Rifleman Samuel Montgomery wrote a letter of sympathy to Alex Palmer’s mother and in it he wrote ‘After being wounded he was taken to hospital. He was up in the trenches with a few more of his chums on a working party two days before the advance came off and that is where he got wounded.’ His parents also received a letter from the Rev Hugh F. Kirker who lived in Ballyfrenis Manse, Donaghadee. He wrote ‘I have felt it more than anything since I heard it. I baptised him; soon it will be 20 years ago. It’s hard on you both but you have reason to be proud of such a son.’
Rifleman Alex Palmer was 19 when he died and he was buried in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
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Cleanthes' Hymn to Zeus
(tr. M. A. C. Ellery, 1976)
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Cleanthes (331-232 B.C.) was a disciple of Zeno the Stoic. He considered the universe a living being and said that god was the soul of the universe and the sun its heart.
Most glorious of the immortals, invoked by many names, ever all-powerful,
Zeus, the First Cause of Nature, who rules all things with Law,
Hail! It is right for mortals to call upon you,
since from you we have our being, we whose lot it is to be God's image,
we alone of all mortal creatures that live and move upon the earth.
Accordingly, I will praise you with my hymn and ever sing of your might.
The whole universe, spinning around the earth,
goes wherever you lead it and is willingly guided by you.
So great is the servant which you hold in your invincible hands,
your eternal, two-edged, lightning-forked thunderbolt.
By its strokes all the works of nature came to be established,
and with it you guide the universal Word of Reason which moves through all creation,
mingling with the great sun and the small stars.
O God, without you nothing comes to be on earth,
neither in the region of the heavenly poles, nor in the sea,
except what evil men do in their folly.
But you know how to make extraordinary things suitable,
and how to bring order forth from chaos; and even that which is unlovely is lovely to you.
For thus you have joined all things, the good with the bad, into one,
so that the eternal Word of all came to be one.
This Word, however, evil mortals flee, poor wretches;
though they are desirous of good things for their possession,
they neither see nor listen to God's universal Law;
and yet, if they obey it intelligently, they would have the good life.
But they are senselessly driven to one evil after another:
some are eager for fame, no matter how godlessly it is acquired;
others are set on making money without any orderly principles in their lives;
and others are bent on ease and on the pleasures and delights of the body.
They do these foolish things, time and again,
and are swept along, eagerly defeating all they really wish for.
O Zeus, giver of all, shrouded in dark clouds and holding the vivid bright lightning,
rescue men from painful ignorance.
Scatter that ignorance far from their hearts.
and deign to rule all things in justice.
so that, honored in this way, we may render honor to you in return,
and sing your deeds unceasingly, as befits mortals;
for there is no greater glory for men
or for gods than to justly praise the universal Word of Reason.
This material has been published on the web by Prof. Tom Sienkewicz for his students at Monmouth College. If you have any questions, you can contact him at [email protected].
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Getting hurt at work can be a scary experience, but as along as you know how to handle the situation, it can be a lot easier to deal with. If you have been injured on the job, keep these 10 tips in mind:
Report the incident and your injury as soon as you can
Any injury you suffer at work, even a minor one, should be reported to a supervisor immediately and a form 18 should be filed with the North Carolina Industrial Commission. If you do not report your injury in a timely manner, you could run the risk of being denied workers’ compensation benefits.
Seek medical treatment if needed
Often insurance companies believe that if you didn’t visit a doctor, your injuries were not serious.
Collect the names of any witnesses
If someone saw the accident and how you got hurt, make sure you get his or her name and contact information.
Be detailed about how you were injured
If you have to see a doctor, tell them exactly what happened and how you were hurt. It is also important that you tell anyone treating you that the injury occurred at work. When talking to your employer, make sure you tell the entire story. An employee’s first report of an injury holds a lot of weight with insurers.
Always be consistent
The easiest way to be consistent with how you were hurt is to be honest. Even if the injury may have been your fault or could have been avoided, tell the truth. Often workers’ compensation claims are denied if there are inconsistencies in an employee’s statement. Just tell everyone exactly what happened.
Make sure all accident reports are filled out properly
If you have to fill out and sign an accident report, do so accurately. Do not feel as if you have to fill everything out immediately. If you are not well and are unable to concentrate, you can always fill them out at a later time.
If asked, sign a limited medical authorization
You could be asked by the insurer to sign an authorization that will allow the company to get copies of your medical records related to the work injury. Insurance carriers are entitled to request not only medical records related to the work injury but also previous medical records.
Get the treatment you need
If you have appointments to see doctors or other healthcare professionals, do not miss them. An insurer will see a skipped appointment as a sign that your injury is not serious or you are completely better.
Think about talking to an attorney
If you believe that you deserve compensation for your injuries and your employer or their insurance company sees things differently, you should consider speaking with a workers’ compensation attorney. If you have been hurt at work, get in touch with Merritt Webb. Our firm has been helping people get the compensation they deserve for over 25 years, and we can do the same for you. | <urn:uuid:be77a691-364e-497e-8d0f-15487e4863f2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://merrittwebb.com/blog/hurt-job-heres-need/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571993.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814022847-20220814052847-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.978048 | 575 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Another Otsego County COVID-19 Confirmed Positive Today
A message fro the Otsego County Health Department
The current number of confirmed cases in Otsego County is six. Every case
reported is promptly investigated and close contacts are notified.
Given the nature of this infectious disease it is extremely important that
everyone take the proper precautions to prevent the spread of disease.
Everyone should be following these precautions to prevent the spread of illness
Wash your hands often and for at least 20 seconds
Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth
Avoid physical contact like handshakes and hugs
Keep a 6 foot distance between yourself and others when out in public
Stay home if you feel sick
Avoid large crowds
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A conversation with Dr. Katelyn Jetelina on COVID-19, science communication, and the future of decentralized clinical trials
Dr. Pamela Tenaerts, Medable’s Chief Science Officer, was recently joined in conversation by Dr. Katelyn Jetelina. An edited summary of their conversation is below.
Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, MPH PhD, is an epidemiologist, biostatistician, professor, researcher, wife, and mom. She writes a popular newsletter at “Your Local Epidemiologist” with the goal of “translating” the ever-evolving public health science in order to equip people to make evidence-based decisions.
Can you tell us about how COVID has shaped public perception of clinical research, throughout the pandemic?
What we are seeing right now is science and clinical trial research unfolding in real time for the general public, really for the first time. And that has caused a lot of confusion, misinformation, even disinformation, but it’s also really rewarding. It’s elevating our public to think through what our processes are, and how much we rely on other people to raise their hands and participate in clinical trials.
I think the other thing that people saw is how rigorous our clinical trials are. It's a very detailed process. What's phase one? What's phase two? What's phase three? What's the difference between an EUA and an BLA? I think all of that, and how clean the process has been, at least from the vaccine perspective of development, bodes well for the future.
Do you think that there's a different view now on what it means to participate in clinical trials?
I think so. I hope so. I think one thing that has been lost in the narrative is how many people stepped up to volunteer in clinical trials for the COVID-19 vaccines. I think it was around 500,000 people, and that is mind blowing to me as a researcher. Pre-pandemic, it was hard to find research participants. But people really rolled up their sleeves for these clinical trials, and as a community we really owe it to these volunteers.
How can trials change to make them more reflective of the people living with the disease?
Things have gotten better over the past couple of decades, but they certainly can still improve. And that's going to take a lot of proactiveness from vaccine manufacturers, or even a mandate from the FDA. I think it's also going to take a lot of communication: showing the value of participating in a clinical trial and building trust among communities so that they will participate.
How do you feel we’ve done from a communication standpoint throughout the pandemic?
Well, I do think that our communication needs to be improved. During COVID-19, I particularly paid attention to the fact that vaccine manufacturers were putting out press releases with their data without scientists being able to see that data themselves. I think we need to be very careful with going down that path. Remember, there's value in peer review. We were ill prepared for the pandemic, and in terms of communication, I think that we can learn a lot from it going forward, including other clinical trials and other health diseases that we deal with every single day.
Has communication helped encourage more people to be interested in participating in clinical trials in the future?
I don't know if more people will volunteer themselves, necessarily, but what I do think has come out is the appreciation of those that do. On my Facebook page, for example, when someone says, I'm so excited that this data came out, my kids were volunteers in this clinical trial, the amount of praise and support to that individual from thousands and thousands of people is just incredible. It's an emotional moment, because people recognize that their own kids couldn't get the vaccine without that other kid and that other mom really raising their hand and taking that risk.
Sometimes the people that we need to participate face barriers that exclude them. Do you have any thoughts on how the movement to digital technologies can help clinical trials be more inclusive?
I personally love the use of electronic devices like cell phones in clinical trials. There's a lot of value in that, because the more generalizable that data is, the more people we can get to do it.
However, I think it really needs to be thoughtfully planned out from an equity perspective. If you are texting someone, you are assuming they have a phone, and that their phone has enough money on it to receive text messages, and so and so forth. So, you could still miss a large proportion of people that are simply unable to have those things.
That’s the income disparity, but there is an age disparity there, too. If we want to enroll older people in clinical trials, then we really need to meet them where they are. With time, more people will get comfortable with technology, but there are certainly still people out there that are not comfortable with technology at the same levels, and that could really hurt the generalizability perspective of clinical trials unless it is very clearly tracked and analyzed. But I do appreciate the accessibility, especially from my perspective as a working mom that is way too busy.
What excites you about decentralized clinical trials?
That we can leverage all types of data sources to analyze health outcomes and the impact of interventions, whether that be through electronic medical records, logging, or mobility data, because we can start answering a ton of questions more accurately than ever before. And because of that, our health will only improve over time.
Why do you think some populations don't know that clinical trials are an option for them?
There are certainly groups that have legitimate concerns about clinical trials. To better communicate with them, we must engage them. We need to understand how to approach them, or who might serve as an effective messenger. We also must understand that telling, telling, telling is not always going to be the answer. Engagement is a two-way street, and we need to answer their questions.
I personally hope that people saw how the science community really came together and collaborated throughout this pandemic.
Yes, and it's not letting up. I mean, we're recording this in the middle of Omicron. I have never seen this many scientists burning the midnight oil so everyone can know what's going on and prepare. I think it's just an amazing international community and shows the value of teamwork on every level. These dedicated scientists and researchers, as well as all the people that have volunteered for the clinical trials are, to me, the unsung heroes of this pandemic.
How do you think COVID is going to influence research going forward?
We've never had a disease in which every single scientist on Earth is working towards a solution at the same time. What we’ve seen with SARS-CoV-2 is that level of collaboration can generate beautiful things. Realistically though, that level of engagement isn’t going to be possible with every disease out there. I do think, though, that we have now built very strong scientific teams that are multidisciplinary, and that can work together on other diseases. We now have a very innovative approach to vaccines and we now know that mRNA vaccines work really well. And so, what does that mean for allergies? What does that mean for cancer treatment? I think we can leverage this innovation for other diseases.
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This article was originally published on Pixelkin.org. They are a site with similar goals to our own, but with a specific focus on teenagers and the challenges involved in being a part of their gaming lives.
By: Keezy Young
When I was a kid, my siblings and I would enthusiastically gather around my dad’s computer to watch him kill orcs in Warcraft I. We would cheer him on, give him advice, and point out treasures he’d missed. When I was a little older, he taught me how to play, and I was defeating armies of slime by age 8. We played together through Warcraft II, III, and the expansion packs, and finally started in on World of Warcraft, the MMORPG (massively multi-player online role-playing game). As a teenager, I didn’t connect with my dad on a lot of subjects, but gaming was one of them.
If I could go back, I admit I would’ve tried harder to communicate with my dad, especially on the subject of gaming; I loved it, he loved it, and I wish we’d played together more often. But teens are notoriously bad at that type of communication—the “spend more time with me” communication—so here are some tips for parents who want to game with their teens, but don’t know where to begin.
1. Meet them where they are. Most teens play games, whether it’s PC games, video games, or simply the Angry Birds app on their phones.
2. Pick an age-appropriate game. It can be hard to connect with teens. They don’t want to play Monster Attack in the backyard anymore; they want a more mature relationship with you, and they’re usually put off by adults treating them as if they’re still little kids. The thing is (as much as it may not seem like it at times), they have matured, and so has their play. That doesn’t mean you can’t play with them, just that you need to find a game that matches their age level—you can battle monsters in a video game as easily as you can battle them in your backyard. Gaming can also be a fantastic way to connect with your kids if they live far away if for any reason you’re separated for an extended period.
3. Take the initiative. Some teens have a hard time communicating, especially when they’re feeling lonely or unloved. They want people to notice their moods, and don’t understand why they suddenly have to speak up. (After all, their parents were easily able to figure out their needs when they were younger.) Teenagers might be dying to ask you to play, but not know the words to show it. They also might feel that you won’t be interested. If you’re the one to approach them, you might get an enthusiastic response. You never know!
4. Don’t shy away from gaming with girls! All kids might have to face foul language when gaming online, but women face the brunt of it, and you can act as your daughter’s backup if the need arises. If you are a woman yourself, you can act in solidarity with her. On that note, try not to make any assumptions about the kind of game your daughter wants to play. Ask her what she’d like before choosing a game, and whether she picks Gears of War or Fashion Designer, make an effort to try it out with her.
5. Don’t denigrate the game. And try not to judge character based on a favorite game. You may be uncomfortable with an aspect of the game—intense violence, for example—but you can’t assume that the violence is why kids like the game. In fact, they might be just as uncomfortable as you are. Use these moments as opportunities to listen, learn, and give feedback. Find out why they are okay with playing the game despite unsavory factors. If they do seem to enjoy the shadier aspects of the game, talk to them about why this is and how it makes them feel, and give real-life examples of why that content isn’t okay with you. Finally, don’t let them use “but it’s just a game” as an excuse to avoid talking about it—media matters, and even if your kid fully understands the difference between real life and gaming, everyone in the family should participate in an ongoing discussion about how media impacts our views in subtle, but meaningful, ways.
6. Be a guardian. Studies show that gaming with kids is the best way to deal with some of the controversial aspects of gaming.
7. Don’t underestimate your abilities. Games take some time to learn, just like all activities. Don’t expect it to come easy, but don’t assume that it comes easy to your kids either—chances are they’ve had a lot more practice, and that’s the only reason they seem to pick it up faster. Of course the older you get, you may notice slower reflexes, but don’t let this stop you. The key is to get your kids to help you—teens love teaching, and they might jump at the chance to show you their favorite pastime.
8. Try to find games you can all enjoy. Don’t force yourself to play something you despise. You might never find true common ground, but if you’re hating every minute of it—or your kids are—it will be clear to all parties involved. There are many, many types of games out there. Social games on mobile apps might be more in line with your interests. There are party games, light-hearted MMORPGs for PC gamers, and plenty of intense video games that don’t involve violence or rapid-action reflexes.
9. Don’t assume you’ll hate gaming. You never know what you might get out of it—maybe just the joy of hanging out with your teenager for extended periods will make it worthwhile! (We can only hope, right?) On that note, even if you do find yourself hating gaming, that’s okay. Not everyone is going to have the same interests no matter how you look at it. However, it’s important to accept gaming if it’s something your kid enjoys, even if you aren’t an active participant—after all, chances are you’ve sat through dance recitals, Little League games, and musicals to support your kids’ passions. Why should gaming be any different?
10. Just have fun. Relax. Enjoy yourself! You’re allowed to like whatever aspect of gaming you want, even if that means gathering flowers while your teen wanders off to kill monsters. Learn how to make potions with the flowers and hand off your bounty so your kid always has a full stock of health and magic. If you don’t want to play the game yourself, watch and ask them questions. You can help from the sidelines, just like my brother and sister and I did when with my dad when we were kids. Most of all, don’t think of gaming as the enemy. Get to know it, and you might find yourself enjoying a hobby you never imagined you’d like. | <urn:uuid:82968e85-be50-4e62-8c55-c7c1fbb1c712> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://engagedfamilygaming.com/parent-resources/10-great-tips-for-gaming-with-teens/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.96709 | 1,540 | 1.960938 | 2 |
In 2014, former President Obama and Cuban leader Raúl Castro started a process to normalize relations between Cuba and the U.S. Later in 2015, the Obama administration removed Cuba from the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism list. Obama was the first president in years who tried to re-establish diplomatic relations with the communist country.
Now in 2021, just as President Joe Biden is entering office, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) brought forth important legislation that directly affects the country’s Cuban American population. The Fighting Oppression until the Reign of Castro Ends, or the FORCE Act, seems like a step back to pre-Obama relations with Cuba.
The FORCE Act would reinstate Cuba on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list.
Salazar’s bill, if it becomes law, would require the communist country to release political prisoners and commit to fair, democratic elections–a complete shift from Castro’s current protocol–if the president wants to delist Cuba once again.
The Cuban government “continues to jail, starve, murder and systematically oppress the people of Cuba,” says Salazar as she announces that she is “proud to introduce the FORCE Act.” Her main goal is to hold the communist government accountable for their inhumane treatment of fugitives and Cuban citizens in general.
With a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives, it may be difficult to pass a bill that essentially reverses former President Obama’s efforts to maintain civil relations with Cuba. The Senate, on the other hand, is almost split down the middle with 48 Democrats, 50 Republicans, and 2 Independents, making it hard to predict whether Salazar’s bill would pass through the Senate or not.
Despite the uncertainty of Salazar’s bill passing in Congress, several Republicans are already on board. Among them are Alex Mooney (WV) and Nicole Malliotakis (NY), both of whom are Cuban Americans.
Rep. Díaz-Balart stated, “It is imperative that Cuba remain on the SST list for its support of foreign terrorist organization(s) such as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the National Liberation Army…and propping up the oppressive, anti-American dictatorship in Venezuela.”
Member of Florida’s House Delegation Carlos Gimenez, another co-sponsor of Salazar’s bill, claims that “Cuba’s fluctuating status as a state sponsor of terrorist weakens our grip of enforcement of the LIBERTAD Act and undercuts our diplomatic efforts to transition Cuba into a freer and more open country.”
These Republican members of Congress and Obama’s administration seem to have one thing in common: both would agree that Cuba’s government is anti-American and anti-democratic. They both want to move Cuba away from the oppressive communist regime.
The difference is how they wish to go about achieving this goal. Last September, Biden stated that he would try to “reverse the failed Trump policies as they inflicted harm on Cubans and their families.”
Though Biden wants to return diplomatic relations with Cuba to Obama-era policies, Republicans in Congress like Salazar wish to hold the country accountable for their actions, and the beginning of this is a bill like the FORCE Act.
Featured image: Joe Biden (left) and Raúl Castro (right). Left image- public domain photo. Right image- unmodified image by Agência Brasil used under a Creative Commons license. (https://bit.ly/3jwvAnh)
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Small Business Saturday reaches millions of customers and businesses each year – be part of the fifth year and get involved now! It’s not enough for the small business consultant to solve the problems in step four – he or she must also uncover previously under-appreciated strengths and opportunities. ASIC’s Be MoneySmart is an online training resource developed to help VET students improve their money management skills and support their future careers in small business or as contractors. There are some free ways you can advertise your small business and those are, Free Ad Forums can give you back links to your site though your signature file, also writing articles is a good way to get more back links to your site. This is also a good time to think about potential timing issues for reviving the business.
A qualified business broker will help educate the seller as to the process, help establish a valid market price, effectively market the business, screen buyers, and help qualify buyers, assist with negotiations, work with existing seller CPA and attorney, and work with closing attorney and overall management of the process and be there to advise the seller as to red flags!
Thus, if you are one of the many that want a lender to focus their loan approval on your business and not on your credit, then seek the right business loan; a loan that has no reason to focus on your credit (as you and your business have already done the work) but focuses more on the merits and wherewithal of your company’s future potential. Then use this information to build a comprehensive and well thought out business plan that, like any roadmap, will help you reach these goals. If you have a spare room in the house you need to make an office out of it and keep all your personal business paperwork down there.
The process in which small businesses choose a staff benefits program is very similar to any business decision. These exchanges will help individuals and small businesses compare and purchase health insurance plans. Next, the small business consultant and turnaround team should review major business obstacles. Small business owners possess the flexibility and freedom to making their own decisions within the constraints imposed by economic and other environmental factors. The first thing a turnaround leader or small business consultant should do is research the struggling business.
Comprising guides, comparison tables, key reminders and more, the suite explains key differences between operating as a sole trader and company, a company director’s responsibilities, and how to change business structure. This website will also provide information on other government services for entrepreneurs related to business start-up, financing, taxes, importing, exporting, etc. | <urn:uuid:d35b9484-f404-4fde-af4c-0a8e2c333ce7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://unitrackind.com/small-business-2-2.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.962167 | 530 | 1.570313 | 2 |
The fundamental problem of defining privacy is the same as defining obscenity. What is an outrage to one person is no big deal to another.
Justice Potter Stewart said it best in his concurrence in the landmark case on obscenity (Jacobellis v. Ohio): “I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description [of “hard-core pornography”], and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it.”
The same goes for most people when it comes to privacy. Most people feel they “know it when they see it” when something should be considered private, but that too is in the eye of the beholder. What one person sees as an invasion of privacy, another sees an example of great customer service. Sensitivity of protection of health records for some may be of higher concern than about their shopping habits being made public. Others are more concerned with what the government knows about them than what an online grocery store knows about their cereal choices.
Understanding “privacy” can be a daunting task. Crafting a law to protect consumer “privacy,” especially online privacy, is a challenge even under the best of circumstances. Unfortunately, California’s new privacy law hurts consumers in the Golden State and nationwide.
The process itself was enough to raise eyebrows. Seeking to avoid a ballot initiative, the California legislature passed the California Consumer Privacy Act after working on it for just one week. To be fair, the legislature was essentially forced to act by a San Francisco real estate developer with no expertise in privacy law or legislation. He used his millions to gather signatures for a privacy ballot initiative.
Recognizing that his proposed ballot measure was severely lacking — and how hard it is to amend initiatives once passed, the legislature chose to rush through an imperfect measure to avoid the ballot fight altogether.
Given the lack of time for vetting a very complicated measure, it’s no surprise that the new law has many problems. So bad was the proposal that the bill was passed with a 2020 implementation date, giving the legislature a chance to try to fix what it can. Much work must be done to make a California-only set of privacy rules a workable solution in a global economy.
For starters, the law is likely unconstitutional on free speech grounds. It includes whole paragraphs of ambiguous language, and subjects businesses small and large to compliance costs they likely cannot afford.
Worse, the law will apply to every website that can be viewed in California regardless of where a business is located. So, other states will now likely react with their own legislation, resulting in multiple, conflicting privacy laws of their own.
As the internet is one most obvious example of an interstate network, the notion that one state would pass a law that materially effects the entire country is challenging. As a global web of servers, processors, computers wires and trunk lines, the internet is not in any one place. Political boundaries are irrelevant. Communications of any sort, whether email, storing or retrieving data, results in millions of “data packets” traveling over a web of technology to produce a coherent message. Those packets often do not even travel within national borders, much less state lines.
A national privacy solution is needed, and the California “model” is not it. A successful privacy law will be one grounded in consumer choice, not one mired in litigation. We need clear rules that consistently protect consumer data end to end while promoting competition and innovation in the online marketplace.
Many states looking after our privacy means we do not have any. Consumers will have few signals to watch for indicating a data breach or a scam. The result will be a less vigilant population that is increasingly prone to their data being collected and used inappropriately without understanding that certain actions are wrong.
If we really want a sound law that protects all the people, other states should learn from California’s mistakes. Crafting sweeping policy changes are not the best way to create effective public policy, period.
Bartlett Cleland is a senior fellow in tech and innovation at the Pacific Research Institute, a nonprofit group advocating for limited government.
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Rules For a Very good Marriage – 10 Relationship Rules Out of Experts
Here are some rules for a very good marriage: May take your spouse for granted. After the honeymoon period is over, you may take your partner for granted. Not really showing the appreciation to your partner can lead your partner to feel ignored and unwanted, leading him or her to stray. Therefore be sure to appreciate your partner meant for who they are, whether or not you’re not qualified to give them the points you want.
Always be faithful on your partner – Marital relationship vows generally include becoming truthful and faithful, as well as adhering by your spouse through good and bad times. But even expert lovers know that unspoken rules may smooth above rocky areas. Here are 10 marital relationship rules right from experts:
Be each other’s biggest inspiration – As a few, you should operate to become each other’s most important supply of inspiration. Support your spouse’s ambitions, career, and dreams, and utilize their benefits of companionship, value, and understanding. By working together, power couples can perform everything they arranged their minds to. The most crucial rule for that good relationship is to preserve each other motivated. If you can’t do this, you should consider processing for divorce.
Become humble – Relationships often expose our flaws more easily than anywhere else. You have to acknowledge your shortcomings and ask for forgiveness if you want your relationship to progress. A superior frame of mind in a romance can particular breed of dog resentment and will erode the marriage. Writing down three things your partner does better than you need to do can help you stay humble and steer clear of escalating tensions. The same goes to bitterness and defensiveness.
Respect each other — No matter how good your relationship is, it could fall under a mentality if you don’t listen to your partner. Listen to your partner and take the time to determine what each other says. https://hiyang.com.tw/category/uncategorized/page/74/ Obviously uncomfortable, nevertheless this is one of the most crucial rules for that good matrimony. If you don’t feel at ease talking about the problems, you’ll be in the wrong relationship.
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When it comes to your home space, you can speak volumes of its beauty, style and functionality. The fact is that your home has been provided with all the modern facilities from the latest range of furniture to modern kitchens. That said, when it comes to constructing your home, it will take a lot of hard work, time and money. After all, it is all about building your dream home. The roof has been an essential part of your home space. First off, the roof structure will go a long way towards protecting your home from external threats like rough weather conditions, rain and sunlight. That apart, the so-called roof replacement is nothing but an attempt to replace your existing roof with new structures. In the same way, there have been plenty of roof replacement services available in areas like Mona Vale. Interestingly, there have been a lot of amazing things involved in the whole concept of roof replacement. That aside, the following are a few more details related to the idea and applications of roof replacement along with other important information as given below:
- First up, numerous factors like roof materials and architectural designs will finalize the characteristics of roofs.
- When it comes to roof replacement, factors such as durability and materials used will decide the future of your roofs.
- Overall, the perfect roofs will add an aesthetic value to your home apart from enhancing the overall functionality.
- Interestingly enough, there have been millions of roof replacement services available in Mona Vale.
- More to the point, your roof will provide the so-called thermal insulation as part of giving protection against the sun and sunlight.
- The installation of perfect roofs will add to the aesthetic value of your home space, thereby increasing its property value and the so-called curb appeal.
- As for roof replacement, there have been materials like asphalt, PVC, polyurethane, shakes, es and shingles used for roof replacement.
Well, these are some of the crucial points related to the concept of roof replacement.
Roof replacement methods & benefits:
Here you will come across some more details related to the roof replacement methods and benefits along with other important information as explained below:
- Wooden shingles: Made of redwood and cedar, wooden shingles are fire-resistant. More to the point, all these wooden shingles will act as an insulator.
- Asphalt shingles: The most sought-after roofing material, asphalt shingles will be able to last up to between 15 and 30 years. These roof materials are usually resistant to all types of external threats.
- Metal roof replacement: Metal roofs have plenty of great features and benefits. First off, metal roofs will be made from materials like copper, steel and aluminum. Interestingly, metal roofs are 100% recyclable. Plus, they are resistant to other external threats like bad weather conditions.
Perfect roof replacement:
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Font Awesome is a popular icon library. If you ever
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- Find the Font Awesome icon that you want to convert to PNG. Go to the Font Awesome website and locate the icon that you want to use as a node background and download it in SVG format.
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Upload the PNG file to a web server so that you can set it for node background. If you are using an image hosting service, make a note of the URL. Some of those services use URLs unrelated to the image name and are hard to come by at a latter time.
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CITP Seminar: Andy Guess - Studying the Impact of Social Media Algorithms
Policymakers and the public are increasingly interested in the effects of social media algorithms on society. In this talk some of the challenges this topic poses to researchers will be outlined. Two different approaches to studying these systems’ effects on individuals will be introduced. One is a large-scale collaboration with a social platform designed to coincide with the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign, and the other is an experimental research design that can be adapted to assess the impact of proprietary recommendation systems. The talk will conclude with a discussion of lessons learned from these studies and the possibilities for future projects building on this work.
Andy Guess is an assistant professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University. His research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of political communication, public opinion, and political behavior.
Via a combination of experimental methods, large datasets, machine learning, and innovative measurement, he studies how people choose, process, spread, and respond to information about politics. Recent work investigates the extent to which online Americans’ news habits are polarized (the popular “echo chambers” hypothesis), patterns in the consumption and spread of online misinformation, and the effectiveness of efforts to counteract misperceptions encountered on social media. Coverage of these findings has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Slate, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and other publications.
His research has been supported by grants from VolkswagenStiftung, the Russell Sage Foundation, and the National Science Foundation and published in peer-reviewed journals such as Nature Human Behaviour, Political Analysis, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Bayo Adekanmbi, a C-Level Executive with MTN Nigeria has revealed that as Nigeria quest for data driven economy rises, raising a special breed of entrepreneurs who will set up data science based businesses and attract foreign exchange to the nation.
Speaking recently at the maiden workshop for the Data Science Nigeria aimed at positioning the country to benefit from the growing global importance of data and data science, Adekanmbi disclosed that the initiative is a give-back project premised on what he has learnt across the world especially during his recent one-year PhD research sabbatical in the UK, India and America said.
He said “India is already tapping into the Data Science space and I believe Nigeria can become Africa’s data science outsourcing destination with our brilliant undergraduates, graduates and young analysts with degrees in Engineering/Sciences and other numerate subjects”.
In his submission, data and data science will become the oil of the 21st century and Nigeria must join the league of countries that will be positioned for comparative advantage in data science.
The panel analyzing the growing importance of data science submits that countries, organizations and individuals need to make smart and sharper decisions, to do these “they need data and data scientists”.
According to them, data science is the potpourri of information and insights intelligently brought together to add value to human life. This can be done by studying pattern over time in a bid to build intelligence.
Adekanmbi made it clear that to become proficient in data science, both soft and technical skills are needed. These include natural curiosity, communication, romance with data and attention to details.
He argued that “Attention to details is critical, and “the world is still a secret, you make money by identifying those secrets and proffering solutions to solve the challenges”.
Earlier in his keynote address, Dr. Uyi who currently holds 10 patents in the US, said “Nigeria is at the tipping point with two choices open to her: investing in infrastructure or invest in data which is technology that will bring about transformational change through killer applications”.
“Investing in infrastructure will only bring about incremental change, this is where most of us are right now” he said stressing that “If we decided to invest in infrastructure we choose to compete with the Chinese, we have to maintain the structure unfortunately; we do not have maintenance culture. We can achieve progress through data not infrastructure”.
The IBM Chief Scientist, “Data is the new basis of comparative advantage”, he disclosed that we are surrounded by a sea of data with 2.5 Gigabytes of data generated every day.
He said considering the scenarios, “Nigeria’s immediate and strategic opportunity is to leapfrog to the next wave of IT by leveraging technology and cognitive system”.
Uyi therefore advised that there should be a sense of urgency for data and data science, noting that “To make progress, participants must innovate on how they collect data, curate data, run analysis and the custom ability of the insights generated.
While arguing that Nigeria has a high potential for disruption through business model and technological innovation, Uyi cited models where data have been used as bedrock to bring about breakthrough developments in Agriculture (Kenya), Health –Ebola (Sierra Leone) and education. Other uses of data include e-government, smart city planning, security, tourism, to mention but a few.
The workshop assembled was the gathering eagles in knwlegde economy and data drivers in Nigeria including Ngozi Dozie of OneFi Nigeria, Dr. Femi Oyenuga of Oracle, Seun Onigbinde of BudgIT and Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Founder, Andela while a US-based Nigerian leading data scientist and IBM Distinguished Engineer/Chief Data Scientist.
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Q. Compared to other issues that are often raised in politics – like the economy, healthcare, immigration, etc – how important to you personally is the issue of whether people of the same sex should be allowed to marry?
|Total||Vote Labor||Vote Lib/Nat||Vote Greens|
|Total not important||60%||60%||66%||42%|
|Not so important||31%||33%||30%||23%|
|Not at all important||29%||27%||36%||19%|
37% believe the same sex marriage is an important issue and 60% think it is not important. A majority of Greens voters (56%) think it is important.
41% of those who support same sex marriage think the issue is important and 36% of those opposed think it important.
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UPS trials sustainable delivery system in London
Delivery firm UP is testing a delivery system which sees a power-assisted trailer make last mile deliveries in central London in a bid to reduce congestion and emissions.
The company believes the depot-to-door process could “change the way packages are delivered in cities in the UK”.
During November and December, electric-assisted bike trailers will make deliveries in and around Camden, using technology which ensures the weight of parcels – up to 200kg – isn’t felt by the handler.
The Low Impact City Logistics project includes participation from four other organisations: consultancy Fernhay, tech firm Skotkonung, the University of Huddersfield, and courier firm Outspoken Delivery.
“UPS has a long history of developing, deploying and promoting the use of more sustainable technology and delivery methods – and this collaboration will facilitate a one-of-a-kind urban delivery solution,” said UPS director of sustainability Peter Harris.
Taking place at UPS’s London depot, packages will be loaded onto pay load boxes and delivered to a central hub. The boxes are the distributed from the depot via power-assisted trailers, before being delivered to homes and businesses via bicycle or on foot.
This is the latest attempt to achieve a lower carbon footprint by UPS, which has invested more than $750m in alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles.
Earlier this year, the company exclusively told edie that is would trial decentralised power generation and onsite storage systems at its London operating base.
UPS will deploy a “small” local battery storage system at its Kentish Town base, which will be used to systematically charge the firm’s fleet of EVs that are in operation around the city. Currently, UPS operates around 50 EV trucks in London, but as part of the trial the fleet will be increased to 72.
In June, UPS, unveiled a new science-based target to reduce carbon emissions by 12% by 2025, alongside goals to source a quarter of its electricity needs from renewables and a scale-up of its alternative fuels programme.
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What is the healthiest and the cheapest food to eat daily?
We know a plethora of healthy foods that are super beneficial for us like, brown rice, sprouts, fish, chicken or soya beans, but not all are pocket-friendly. If you are looking for healthy and the cheapest food for your daily diet then we have the list. Check them out:
Eggs: Rich in proteins, eggs are most commonly available and one of the cheapest food that’s available for all. It also provides essential vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Eggs are best to consume during breakfast and helps burn calories and increase muscle mass. So, grab some eggs for just a few bucks from the shop next to you.
Indian Gooseberry: Get some Vitamin C with Indian Gooseberry aka Amla. This is known to provide rejuvenation and works to boost your immunity. Amla is also known to fight the free radicals and can help raise insulin levels in diabetic patients.
Peanuts: Whether you are having peanuts or peanut butter, these can help provide high levels of protein. The monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats are rather good fats that can help your body function properly. Besides, this a great alternative for those who do not consume animal protein.
Roasted Black Chana: These are rich in protein, iron, and fiber. These are one of the cheapest and best source for people affected with diabetes. The low glycemic index in it helps lower cholesterol levels.
Yogurt: Yogurts is again one of the cheapest sources of protein that’s easily available. It also supplies a good amount of antioxidants and calcium. It’s perfect for keeping you healthy and fit.
Red Bell Pepper: One of the inexpensive vegetables to eat, red bell pepper supplies lower calories and hence, should be included in your daily diet. Not just that, it is also a rich source of vitamin C that helps boost immunity, vitamin A that helps improve vision and organs, and Vitamin B6 that’s good for a healthy nervous system.
Banana: This is undoubtedly the cheapest option for anybody in India. It’s cheapest among fruits and contains plenty of nutrients. While you can eat a few before your exercise session. It also improves your digestion power, induces weight loss and keeps your heart healthy.
Water: There could be no better substitute for water when it’s about health. Drinking a minimum of 2 liters of water every day keeps you away from a lot of health concerns. It helps flush out any toxins in the body, induces weight loss, improves skin clarity, boosts immunity and much more.
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Automated materials handling (AMH) systems are designed to improve manufacturing and warehousing productivity. According to a recent study, the AMH system market has grown continuously since 2010 and is expected to reach over US$70 billion in 2026. The growing adoption of AMH systems in the manufacturing industry demonstrates that more business owners are realizing the benefits of intelligent systems, and they are embracing these systems in their factories. Commonly seen AMH systems include robots, conveyors, automated guided vehicles (AGV), and automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS). At production sites, you can see robots and conveyors used on production lines to improve operational efficiency. AGVs provide the highest mobility among AMH systems and can be seen in both production sites and warehouses to move goods from one workstation to another. AS/RSs are more likely to be found in warehouses; they use moving shuttle systems to store and retrieve goods from shelves.
Without a doubt, AMH systems can enhance mobility and efficiency at your production site or warehouse. However, it can be difficult to control and monitor all the constantly moving equipment within these systems. To maximize the capabilities of AMH systems, operators mainly use wireless communication to monitor system conditions so that they can make instant decisions from a remote site. To ensure smooth communication for AMH systems, some considerations need to be weighed when developing a reliable wireless network.
Overcoming Environmental Constraints
Various environmental constraints can be found in AMH system operating environments. AMH systems usually incorporate compact equipment to maximize mobility. Therefore, devices installed in AMH systems, such as motors, PLCs, and wireless devices, require compact design to fit into limited spaces. During daily operation, your AMH systems are running in environments with extreme electromagnetic interference (EMI) that can easily interrupt power inputs and wireless signals. Wireless solutions that feature both power and RF protection reduce the chances of unexpected system downtime due to EMI interruptions.
Enhance Wireless Communication Reliability
Compared to wired networks, wireless communications are relatively hard to maintain due to the invisible connections. When your AMH systems are working hard to enhance your productivity and efficiency, the last thing you need is for operations to stop due to unstable wireless communications. As wireless networks are invisible and you may feel uncertain about their status, you can consider some features to enhance wireless reliability. First, develop a thorough plan for your wireless network. Deploy your wireless APs wisely to increase the wireless coverage and avoid possible signal interference. Second, your wireless solutions need roaming capability. This is essential for high-mobility AMH systems, such as AGVs, which need to move seamlessly from one location to another across several wireless APs. When choosing your wireless solution, check if it has roaming features that can achieve millisecond-level handover times for seamless wireless communication among APs. Finally, wireless solutions that support industrial protocols can be a great help. Operators can send commands through wireless networks using the same protocols that PLCs use inside the AMH system, enhancing communication reliability for real-time control and monitoring onsite operations. Download our white paper to learn more about how to develop wireless networks for AGV and AS/RS systems.
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Are You Related To Royalty?
With the history books full of legendary tales of famous kings and queens or infamous princes and princesses, it can be tempting to wonder whether we have any links to these notable royal characters through our own family lineage.
And given the value placed on the lines of ‘blue-blood’ and the importance of direct family connections within royal families, it can be appealing to imagine that somewhere in our own genetic history we have some relation to the royal breeding that has been so highly prized throughout the ages.
Many people like to wonder if they’re related to royalty, purely for the pleasure of knowing their family history, or the delight in feeling acquainted with the great royals of the ages.
Or there may be a deeper meaning attached to this type of enquiry. Perhaps you’re delving into your family history and want to explore a branch that has royal roots. Or maybe you believe you have a claim to an inheritance or some links to the royal rights and privileges that were often handed down through the centuries to generations of descendants.
Whatever the reasons for wondering if you’re related to royalty, the good news is that these days there are a vast number of avenues available for you to explore your family history and genetic heritage. These vary from casual personal enquiries and a passing interest, to more in-depth specialist services and techniques for tracking down your past and your roots.
Here are a few of the ways you can discover whether you are actually related to the kings and queens, the princes and princesses of the ages – or even, of modern times.
Living Family Members
One of the best places to begin any research into your family history is to speak to living family members, particularly those of the older generations.
While living family will only be able to remember so far back into the mists of time, it can be surprising what stories are passed down through the generations, and often these are only discovered when a family’s older members are quizzed on their ancestry, or they are invited to reminisce about childhood details and their older relatives.
It’s amazing what new leads or areas of enquiry can be garnered just from listening to your grandparents talk about their childhood. Perhaps a casual mention of a neighbour, mysterious visitor or a scandalous affair could provide the clue you’re looking for in tracking down any royal connections.
Research Your Family Tree
Looking into a family tree is a fascinating undertaking and appeals to so many of us looking to know more about where we came from and our family roots.
The popularity of this pastime is evident in the many specialist services that are now available to help you delve into the archives and discover more about your ancestors.
These services range from the DIY subscription services that enable you to access official documents from the last few centuries, to the highly-specialised experts who can track down long-lost relatives or perform deep investigative work into your family history and connections.
Some providers can even pursue the legal legacy of your family history, to discover any claims on inherited land, titles, rights or privileges. While these may or may not lead to royal connections, they could be a fascinating and potentially lucrative discovery.
If you do decide to embark on a study into your family tree, you can easily begin delving into the details on your own – the internet makes it much easier these days to discover more about your ancestors.
Then if you decide the investigation is worth hiring some assistance, you can then look for the relevant experts to help, who can offer a wide range of services. Again the internet is a great place to find out what’s possible, what’s available locally, and how much these expert services cost.
With all the advances in technology, it has become much easier for the general public to get sophisticated diagnostics from their genetic profile.
Nowadays, it’s possible to pay a modest fee to access genetic testing and a whole range of correlated databases to discover more about your own genetic makeup.
Often these testing services require just a small sample of hair, saliva or blood, which can often be provided by mail, so you can do the test from the comfort of your own home. Then after a short period, you’ll receive a detailed report that can give you vital information about your family lineage, for example, the places your ancestors lived and what nationalities make up your unique genetic fingerprint.
These reports can also include health screening results if required, and they can reveal a fascinating degree of insights into your DNA and genes. These results may help you in narrowing down your search for royal connections to a specific geographic location.
They may even reveal some information that confirms your theory that you are related to royalty, or at least, they may help direct you to a helpful place to continue your search.
Some of these testing services offer a report on your connections to famous celebrities, and while these may not be the ancient royal links you’d hoped for, you may enjoy knowing that you are in some way related to the modern-day equivalent to the royals of old.
These are just a few of the starting points for looking into your family history to see if you might be related to the famous royals of history or the modern royals of today.
You may be one of the lucky ones and discover a surprise connection to a royal family, or you may simply embark on an enjoyable adventure into the stories of your ancestors.
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How Has the Human Brain Evolved?
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Although the human species has many differences, they all share several common traits. The first thing that catches your eye is the…Read More
Man took a giant step on the way to the top by taming the fire It is possible that some species of people catch fire from time to time
was used as early as 800,000 years ago. And 300,000 years ago Homo erectus, Neanderthals and the ancestors of Homo sapiens were already making fire every day. Since then, it has become a reliable source of light and heat for man, yes even with a deadly weapon, defending against prowling lions.
It is possible that soon after, people began to intentionally set the neighborhood on fire. Intelligently managed the fire turned the impenetrable heathlands into fine meadows, teeming with game. In addition, after the fire is extinguished, stone age traders could easily walk among the smoldering stumps and gather charred animals, nuts and tubers.
But fire was most useful in cooking. Food that people cannot digest in its natural form – wheat, rice and potatoes – became the basis of our menu precisely because of the fire. It changed not only the chemical, but also the biological properties of food. When boiling or cooking killed microbes and parasites in the food. Also, for people it has become much easier to chew and digest old favorite things: fruits, nuts, insects and food. One hour was enough for people who ate thermally processed food to get stronger for the whole day meals, and the chimpanzees had to chew raw food for the whole five hours per day.
Fire allowed humans to eat a wider variety of foods, spend less time eating, and get by with smaller teeth and shorter intestines. Some scientists believe that the human intestine shortened and the brain enlarged precisely because it began to produce food on fire. Because both a long gut and a huge brain
require huge energy costs, the two are difficult to reconcile.
When man started to cook food on fire, his intestines became shorter and a lot of energy was released – this is how the conditions for the giant brains of Neanderthals and sapiens emerged.
Fire also opened a gap between man and other animals. Almost all animals are dependent on the capabilities of their bodies: muscle strength, teeth size, wingspan. Although being able to harness the winds and currents, they do not know how to control these forces of nature and always remain limited by themselves physical structures. For example, to soar, an eagle recognizes rising currents of warm air, spreads its giant wings, and lets
for hot air to blow it up. However, he is unable to arouse these air currents, and their carrying capacity will always remain strictly proportional to the eagle for wingspan.
By taming fire, humans mastered the docile and potentially limitless the power Unlike the eagles, they could choose when and where to light the fire themselves, eventually learning to use it for a variety of purposes.
Most importantly, the power of fire was not limited by the shape, structure or capacity of the human body. Unaided by anyone, a woman armed with a flint or a flint could in a few hours turn to ashes the largest forest Friendship with fire was a harbinger of future events.
Although fire has brought great benefits to man, 150,000 years ago it was still was still an insignificant animal. True, now people already knew how to scare away lions, to keep warm on cold nights, and occasionally to get squished the forest However, in total, there were only about a million people, living between the Indonesian archipelago and the Iberian Peninsula, a tiny dot in ecological radar readings. Our own species, Homo sapiens, had already ascended the world scene, but for the time being he was only concerned with his survival in the corner of Africa. We do not know exactly where and when the animals that can already be named like Homo sapiens, evolved from earlier humans, but most scientists agrees that 150,000 years ago East Africa was already inhabited sapiens, who looked just like us. If one of them unexpectedly found in a modern morgue, the local pathologist would not notice any his strange features. Fire rewarded them with smaller teeth and jaws, and their brains were the same size as ours. Scientists also agree that 70,000 years ago sapiens from the East Africans spread over the Arabian Peninsula, and from there it did not take long to flood the whole Eurasian landmass.
When Homo sapiens moved to Arabia, most of Eurasia already was inhabited by other human species. What happened to them? There are two conflicting theories. The hybridization [interbreeding] theory tells us that different people felt sexual attraction, mated and mingled. As they spread around the world, immigrants from Africa interbred with the natives humans and humans today are the result of this hybridization. For example, when they reached the Middle East and Europe, they met Neanderthals. These were more muscular than sapiens, had larger brains and were better adapted to cold climates. Used tools and fire, hunted well and, as far as can be determined, took care of the sick and infirm. (Archaeologists have found bones of Neanderthals who lived for many years, tortured serious physical handicaps, which indicates that relatives looked after them.) Neanderthals are often depicted in cartoons as fierce and cavemen are blunt, but recent research suggests otherwise. According to the theory of hybridization, sapiens arrived in the land of Neanderthals interbred with the indigenous people until the two populations merged. If this theory correct, the current inhabitants of Eurasia are not pure sapiens. They are a mixture of sapiens and neanderthals. And after reaching East Asia sapiens interbred with local Homo erectus, so there are Chinese and Koreans a mixture of sapiens and erectus.
The opposite view, called substitution theory, tells us a completely different story: about incompatibility, disgust and perhaps even genocide. According to this theory, the anatomy of sapiens and other humans differed significantly, it is very likely that their mating did not match habits, even body odor. So they had very little sex to be interested in each other. Even if Neanderthal Romeo and sapiens Juliet had fallen in love, their descendants would not be able to have children, because these the two populations were already separated by an insurmountable genetic gulf at that time. Her were completely different, and after the Neanderthals died out, forever their genes also perished. According to this view, sapiens earlier humans changed populations without mixing with them. If this is true, all modern humans are descended from East Africa, and our kin the line began 70,000 years ago. In that case, we are all “purebreds.” sapiens\ This debate is very important indeed. From an evolutionary point of view, 70,000 years is a relatively short period of time.
If the replacement theory correct, the genetic baggage of all people living now is approx equal, and all racial differences play no more important role role. If the hybridization theory is correct, Africans, Europeans and Asians likely have different genes inherited from populations that lived there hundreds of thousands of years ago. This approach would be a political bombshell and would give rise to explosive racial theories.
In recent decades, it has been customary to explain human evolution in terms of replacement theory. It was more strongly supported by the data of archaeological excavations, moreover, it was more politically correct (claiming that modern human populations differ greatly genetically, scientists inevitably would open a Pandora’s box of racist sentiments, which they are not did not desire). A threat to the dominance of this theory emerged in 2010 with the publication of a four-year map of the Neanderthal genome. Of the fossilized fossil geneticists have collected enough intact Neanderthals DNA to compare it to the DNA of present-day humans. The results stunned the scientific community. It turned out that modern people living in the Middle East and in Europe, has 1-4 percent. Neanderthal DNA. This number is not very large but significant. No less scientists were surprised after a few months when DNA extracted from a Denisovan fossil was tested finger The results showed that almost 6 percent unique modern The DNA of the Melanesian Archipelago and Australian Aborigines overlaps with that of the Denisovans DNA.
If these results can be believed – let’s remember that they are still being carried out studies can confirm or change these conclusions, – hybridizations proponents of the theory are at least partially correct. However, this does not mean that that the replacement theory is completely wrong. Because Neanderthals and the Denisovans contributed very little to modern man genome, to suggest that sapiens merged with other human species, is very difficult. Although the first differed from the second not so much that could not have offspring, those differences were enough that such their relations would be very rare. How then to explain the biological sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans kinship? It is certain that they were not entirely different species, what horses and donkeys are like. On the other hand, they were not separate from the same species populations like, say, bulldogs and spaniels. Biological reality it’s not just black and white. There are also gray areas, no less important. Any two species that evolved from a common ancestor, such as horses and donkeys, once only two populations of the same species, what are bulldogs and spaniels like now. It certainly should have been a period of time during which the two populations diverged considerably, but could still have intercourse and produce fertile offspring. But another mutation severed the last binding ties and so populations followed separate evolutionary paths. Sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans seem to be the borderline point reached about 50,000 years ago. They no longer belonged to the same species, although you couldn’t call them completely separate species yet. How will we find out reading the next chapter, sapiens at that time from neanderthals and Denisovans were very different not only in genetic code and physical features, but also with his cognitive and social abilities, although, judging by everything, in rare cases, sapiens and neanderthals could be fertile descendants.
So the populations did not merge, but for a few random ones Neanderthal genes managed to jump on the sapiens fast train. It would be it’s really strange and even scary to think that we sapiens once could to have sex with other species of animal and to have children with them. If Neanderthals, Denisovans and other human species did not merge with sapiens, the question is why did they disappear? One of the possibilities as follows: Homo sapiens simply displaced them. Imagine a herd of sapiens, having reached some valley of the Balkan Peninsula, where hundreds of thousands Neanderthals lived for years. The newcomers began to hunt deer, to collect nuts and berries, which Neanderthals also ate from time immemorial. Better tools and social skills helped sapiens to hunt and to collect more successfully – as a result, they multiplied and spread. For the less resourceful it became increasingly difficult for the Neanderthals to get lost. Their population waned, gradually they died out completely, except for one other that joined the sapiens who lived in the neighborhood. Another version is possible: competition for resources led to violence, genocide began. After all, sapiens, it must be admitted, is not characterized by greatness tolerance. Even nowadays, rather minor skin color and dialect are enough or religious differences, so that one group of sapiens sets out to exterminate another. How then can we expect that the ancient sapiens behaved much more tolerantly with a completely different kind of people? It is quite possible that sapiens faced with the first and most significant ethnic cleansing began with the Neanderthals campaign in history.
Be that as it may, Neanderthals (and other human species) ask perhaps the most serious “what if?” questions in history. Imagine how things would have gone if together with Homo sapiens Neanderthals and Denisovans would also have survived. What cultures, societies and political structures would have emerged in a co-existing world different types of people? How, for example, would religions have evolved? I wonder if Genesis would have declared Neanderthals to exist descended from Adam and Eve, had Jesus died for the sins of the Denisovans, and the Koran – leaving places in heaven for virtuous people of all kinds? Are Neanderthals would be allowed to serve in the Roman legions and in the exorcism In the Chinese imperial bureaucracy? Is American Independence the declaration would have reflected as a self-evident truth that are all members of the genus Homo created equal? Would Karl Marx have urged unite all kinds of proletarians?
Over the past 10,000 years, Homo sapiens has become so used to the idea that that they are the only human species, that we usually have a hard time even imagine a different possibility. True, it is easier without siblings to consider themselves the pinnacle of creation and to wander about us from the rest of the animals the chasm that divides the kingdom. When Charles Darwin stated, that Homo sapiens is just one of the animal species, people were very indignant. Even today many of us refuse to believe it. Would we consider ourselves unique, if neanderthals had survived? Possible item, just because that’s why our ancestors exterminated them. They were too much like us not to notice, but too different to tolerate.
Sapiens to blame or not, it is clear that when they arrived in new territories local populations soon disappeared. The latest remains of Homo soloensis dating back 50,000 years. Homo denisova also disappeared in a short time. Neanderthals died out about 30,000 years ago. The latest dwarves people lived on the island of Flores approximately 12,000 years ago. They left behind a pile of bones, stone tools, some of our genes DNA and many unanswered questions. Also left us, Homo sapiens, the last human species. What was the secret of sapiens success? How did we make it so fast adapt to such distant and ecologically diverse habitats? How we pushed all other human species into oblivion? Why our attack not even the strong, thinking, cold-fearing Neanderthals could withstand it. Hot debates on these issues are still ongoing. Most likely that we’ll answer all of them by mentioning what makes that debate possible to go: Homo sapiens‘ conquest of the world was helped most by a unique language.
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Conference held in Munich on September 28–29, 1938, during which the leaders of Great Britain
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, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia. Adolf Hitler had demanded the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia; British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative Party statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his foreign policy of appeasement, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreeme…
tried to talk him out of it. Click to see full answer.
What was the result of the Munich Conference?
The Munich Conference, held in September 1938, resulted in an agreement signed by Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany that ceded the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Germany. The resolution was signed in an attempt to avoid war.
Who organised the Munich Conference in 1922?
The Munich Conference was organised by Mussolini of Italy and Chamberlain of Britain. However, there was controversy over the attendees. ❖ The Conference was attended by Hitler from Germany, Chamberlain from Britain, Daladier from France and Mussolini from Italy. ❖ Czechoslovakia was not invited, despite the Sudetenland being part of its territory.
Which country was not invited to the Munich Conference?
An emergency meeting of the main European powers, not including the Soviet Union, took place in Munich, Germany On 29-30 September 1938. An agreement was quickly reached on Hitler’s terms. It was signed by the top leaders of Germany, France, Great Britain, and Italy. Czechoslovakia was not invited to the conference.
Why did Hitler call the Munich Conference in 1938?
Then, at the end of September 1938, hours before his last ultimatum was due to expire, Hitler called the representatives of Britain, France and Italy to Munich for a conference. There, British preconceptions and misunderstandings left Czechoslovakia prey to the depredations of the Nazi dictator.
What decision was made at the Munich conference?
Munich Agreement, (September 30, 1938), settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland, in western Czechoslovakia.
What was decided at the Munich conference quizlet?
At the Munich conference, it was agreed that Germany would occupy the Sudetenland within 10 days and other parts of Czechoslovakia would go to Poland and Hungary.
What was the purpose of the Munich conference?
Conference held in Munich on September 28–29, 1938, during which the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia. The Munich Conference came as a result of a long series of negotiations.
Who met at Munich and what did they decide?
Most of Europe celebrated the Munich agreement, which was presented as a way to prevent a major war on the continent. The four powers agreed to the German annexation of the Czechoslovak borderland areas named the Sudetenland, where more than three million people, mainly ethnic Germans, lived.
Was the Munich pact a success or failure?
The Munich Agreement was an astonishingly successful strategy for the Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) in the months leading up to World War II. The agreement was signed on Sept.
What did the Western nations hope to gain from the Munich Conference?
What did the Western nations hope to gain from the Munich Conference? peace.
How did Munich Pact affect Europe?
How did the Munich Pact affect Europe? It further encouraged Hitler’s aggressive policies. Which of the following was an effect of British resistance to Germany? It saved Britain from a german invasion.
Which statement best describes the Munich Pact?
World History Ch 29QuestionAnswerA statement that best describes the Munich PactHitler broke his promisesWhat event marked the beginning of World War II?The German invasion of PolandBlitzkriegLIGHTNING WARLuftwaffeGERMAN AIR FORCE26 more rows
Where is the Munich Agreement?
The original copies of the Munich agreement will be on display at the National Museum between October 28 and March 15. In the mean-time, a copy of the document went on show at the Czech Senate on Sunday.
When did the Munich Agreement happen?
As a result, the Munich Agreement was signed shortly after 1 a.m. on Sept. 30. This called for German troops to enter the Sudetenland on Oct. 1 with the movement to be completed by Oct. 10.
What was the Munich Agreement?
The Munich Agreement was an astonishingly successful strategy for the Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) in the months leading up to World War II. The agreement was signed on Sept. 30, 1938, and in it, the powers of Europe willingly conceded to Nazi Germany’s demands for the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia to keep “peace in our time.”.
What did Chamberlain ask Hitler to do?
In an attempt to calm the situation, Chamberlain sent a telegram to Hitler requesting a meeting with the goal of finding a peaceful solution. Traveling to Berchtesgaden on Sept. 15, Chamberlain met with the German leader. Controlling the conversation, Hitler lamented the Czechoslovak persecution of Sudeten Germans and boldly requested that the region be turned over. Unable to make such a concession, Chamberlain departed, stating that he would have to consult with the Cabinet in London and requested that Hitler refrain from military action in the meantime. Though he agreed, Hitler continued military planning. As part of this, the Polish and Hungarian governments were offered a part of Czechoslovakia in return for allowing the Germans to take the Sudetenland .
Why did Mussolini want the Sudetenland to be ceded to Germany?
In the negotiations, Mussolini presented a plan that called for the Sudetenland to be ceded to Germany in exchange for guarantees that it would mark the end of German territorial expansion.
What did Hitler do in 1937?
Tensions Rise. Having moved toward an expansionist policy in late 1937, Hitler began assessing the situation to the south and ordered his generals to start making plans for an invasion of the Sudetenland. Additionally, he instructed Konrad Henlein to cause trouble.
What did Henlein’s followers call for?
Politically, Henlein’s followers called for the Sudeten Germans to be recognized as an autonomous ethnic group, given self-government, and be permitted to join Nazi Germany if they so desired. In response to the actions of Henlein’s party, the Czechoslovak government was forced to declare martial law in the region.
What did Winston Churchill say about the Munich Agreement?
Commenting on the meeting, Winston Churchill proclaimed the Munich Agreement “a total, unmitigated defeat.”. Having believed that he would have to fight to claim the Sudetenland, Hitler was surprised that Czechoslovakia’s erstwhile allies readily abandoned the country in order to appease him . Quickly coming to have contempt for Britain’s …
What Was the Munich Agreement?
The Munich Agreement was a compromise made between the four of the most powerful countries in Europe in 1938. Adolf Hitler was expanding the German Empire, and Czechoslovakia was his next target. The country had been created after World War I in order to reduce the size and power of Germany.
Reasons for the Munich Conference
Many of the reasons for the Munich Conference originate in the Treaty of Versailles, the agreement that ended World War I. This treaty heavily punished Germany for their participation in the war and attempted to disable the country from ever being able to wage war again.
What Happened at the Munich Conference?
Hitler made it clear he would be taking the Sudetenland in October. However, Great Britain and France wanted to instead come to a diplomatic agreement by granting Germany permission to do what it already was going to.
The Munich Conference: Reaction and Aftermath
Besides Winston Churchill and a few other Conservatives, Neville Chamberlain received approval from the global community. The Prime Minister of Canada, Australia, and even the President of the United States sent him messages to congratulate this diplomatic achievement.
What was the Munich Agreement?
Full Article. Munich Agreement, (September 30, 1938), settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland, in western Czechoslovakia. After his success in absorbing Austria into Germany proper in March 1938, Adolf Hitler looked covetously at Czechoslovakia, …
Who agreed to a four power conference?
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. In a last-minute effort to avoid war, Chamberlain proposed that a four-power conference be convened immediately to settle the dispute. Hitler agreed, and on September 29 Hitler, Chamberlain , Daladier, and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini met in Munich.
When did Daladier meet Chamberlain?
Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. Subscribe Now. On April 28–29 , 1938 , Daladier met with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in London to discuss the situation.
Who was the foreign minister of Germany when Daladier was a leader?
Daladier and his foreign minister, Georges-Étienne Bonnet, then went to London, where a joint proposal was prepared stipulating that all areas with a population that was more than 50 percent Sudeten German be turned over to Germany. The Czechoslovaks were not consulted.
Who informed Czechoslovakia that it could either resist Germany alone or submit to the prescribed annexations
Czechoslovakia was informed by Britain and France that it could either resist Germany alone or submit to the prescribed annexations. The Czechoslovak government chose to submit. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler (left) and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (third from left) in Munich, Germany, shortly before the signing …
Did the Soviet Union have a treaty with Czechoslovakia?
The Soviet Union also had a treaty with Czechoslovakia, and it indicated willingness to cooperate with France and Great Britain if they decided to come to Czechoslovakia’s defense, but the Soviet Union and its potential services were ignored throughout the crisis.
Did Hitler want to reunite Czechoslovakia?
As Hitler continued to make inflammatory speeches demanding that Germans in Czechoslovakia be reunited with their homeland, war seemed imminent. Neither France nor Britain felt prepared to defend Czechoslovakia, however, and both were anxious to avoid a military confrontation with Germany at almost any cost.
What was the Munich Conference?
The Munich Conference was an international meeting that began on 29th September, 1938, to settle the dispute between Germany and Czechoslovakia over the Sudetenland.
What was the Sudetenland transferred to?
At the Munich Conference, it was decided the Sudetenland was to be transferred from Czechoslovakia to Germany. ❖ The transfer was to take place over a ten-day period. ❖ Plebiscites would be held in areas where there was a mix of ethnic groups. ❖ Some areas of Czechoslovakia would also be given to Hungary and Poland.
Did Chamberlain achieve peace?
Chamberlain returned to London and announced that he had secured ”peace in our time”. ❖ Chamberlain wasn’t convinced that he had achieved peace. He prepared Britain for war, producing more than 660 aircraft in 1939 (from 240 in 1938). A new radar system was also installed along Britain’s coast as a defensive measure.
Who was upset by the Munich conference?
Czech refugees expelled from the Sudetenland at the Refugees Office, October 1938. Joseph Stalin was upset by the results of the Munich conference. On 2 May 1935, France and Soviet Union signed the Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance with the aim of containing Nazi Germany’s aggression.
When did the Munich Agreement become null and void?
In September 1942 the French National Committee, headed by Charles de Gaulle, proclaimed the Munich Agreement to be null and void from the very beginning. On 17 August 1944, the French government repeated its proclamation of the nonvalidity of the Munich Agreement from the very beginning.
What was the Munich Betrayal?
It provided “cession to Germany of the Sudeten German territory” of Czechoslovakia, despite existence of the 1924 alliance agreement and 1925 military pac t between France and the Czechoslovak Republic, for which it is also known also as the Munich Betrayal ( Czech: Mnichovská zrada; Slovak: Mníchovská zrada ).
What was the name of the agreement between Germany and the United Kingdom?
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact Aug. 1939. Invasion of Poland Sep. 1939. The Munich Agreement ( Czech: Mnichovská dohoda; Slovak: Mníchovská dohoda; German: Münchner Abkommen) was an agreement concluded at Munich on 30 September 1938, by Germany, the United Kingdom, the French Third Republic, and the Kingdom of Italy.
How many Germans fled to Czechoslovakia in 1939?
Soon after Munich, 115,000 Czechs and 30,000 Germans fled to the rump of Czechoslovakia. According to the Institute for Refugee Assistance, the actual count of refugees on 1 March 1939 stood at almost 150,000. On 4 December 1938, elections in Reichsgau Sudetenland had 97.32% of the adult population vote for the NSDAP.
Why did Chamberlain ask Hitler for a personal meeting?
On 13 September, after internal violence and disruption in Czechoslovakia ensued, Chamberlain asked Hitler for a personal meeting to find a solution to avert a war.
What was the West German policy of staying neutral in the Arab–Israeli conflict after the Munich massacre?
The West German policy of staying neutral in the Arab–Israeli conflict after the Munich massacre and then the hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 615 in 1972, rather than taking the decided pro- Israel position of earlier governments, led to Israeli comparisons with the Munich Agreement of appeasement.
The Coveted Sudetenland
As the crisis grew, a war scare spread across Europe, leading Britain and France to take an active interest in the situation, as both nations were eager to avoid a war for which they were not prepared. As such, the French government followed the path set by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940), who believed that the Sudeten Germans’ grievances had merit. Cham…
Chamberlain Steps in
In an attempt to calm the situation, Chamberlain sent a telegram to Hitler requesting a meeting with the goal of finding a peaceful solution. Traveling to Berchtesgaden on Sept. 15, Chamberlain met with the German leader. Controlling the conversation, Hitler lamented the Czechoslovak persecution of Sudeten Germans and boldly requested that the region be turned over. Unable to …
The Munich Conference
Though Hitler was willing to risk war, he soon found that the German people were not. As a result, he stepped back from the brink and sent Chamberlain a letter guaranteeing the safety of Czechoslovakia if the Sudetenland were ceded to Germany. Eager to prevent war, Chamberlain replied that he was willing to continue talks and asked Italian leader B…
As a result of the agreement, German forces crossed the border on Oct. 1 and were warmly received by the Sudeten Germans while many Czechoslovakians fled the region. Returning to London, Chamberlain proclaimed that he had secured “peace for our time.” While many in the British government were pleased with the result, others were not. Commenting on the meeting, …
- “Munich Pact September 29, 1938.” The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History, and Development. Lillian Goldman Law Library 2008. Web. May 30, 2018.
- Holman, Brett. “The Sudeten crisis, 1938.” Airminded: Airpower and British Society, 1908–1941. Airminded. Web. May 30, 2018.
Reasons For The Munich Conference
Many of the reasons for the Munich Conference originate in the Treaty of Versailles, the agreement that ended World War I. This treaty heavily punished Germany for their participation in the war and attempted to disable the country from ever being able to wage war again. This was done by putting German borderlands in other nations in order to reduc…
What Happened at The Munich Conference?
Hitler made it clear he would be taking the Sudetenland in October. However, Great Britain and France wanted to instead come to a diplomatic agreement by granting Germany permission to do what it already was going to. In late September, there was uncertainty whether Hitler was going to wait for a diplomatic negotiation, and Neville Chamberlain asked for a meeting with the German …
The Munich Conference: Reaction and Aftermath
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This is a quiz covering the Greek myths read in the previous few lessons. It also includes a little new discussion of Prometheus.
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How to catch Iowa record-breaking fish
Iowa anglers who dream of landing a state record fish may never have a better opportunity than they do right now.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources on Jan. 1, 2013, added eight species of fish previously not eligible for state record recognition. More than 2 1/2 years later, the bragging rights are still unclaimed for seven of the eight newly added fish.
Here are some tips from Jeff Kopaska, the DNR's fisheries biometrician, on which waters, baits and strategies offer the best odds of landing the big one — or even the small one — that will get your name in Iowa's record books, however temporarily that may be:
Brown Bullhead: Clear, vegetated backwater lakes off of the Mississippi River, such as near Lansing and New Albin in northeast Iowa, as well as the Sny Magill Complex, Bussey Lake, and Browns Lake in Pool 13. These fish can also be found in the Iowa Great Lakes. Try to catch this fish with a nightcrawler fished on the bottom.
Mooneye: The Mississippi River, especially the tailwaters below the lock and dams, and lower ends of larger tributary rivers such as the Des Moines, Iowa, Wapsipinicon, Maquoketa, Turkey, Yellow, and Upper Iowa. Tailwater areas below Iowa's flood control areas are also a likely spot to catch a mooneye. These fish are minnow eaters, so fish for them like you would for white bass or crappies.
Pumpkinseed: The Iowa Great Lakes (East and West Okoboji, Spirit Lake, and the lower chain of lakes); the Mississippi River, its backwaters and tributaries like the Yellow River and the Maquoketa River. Pumpkinseeds have been commonly sampled in small tributary streams to the Wapsipinicon River in the Clinton and DeWitt areas. Pumpkinseeds often consume snails that they pick off of aquatic vegetation, so fish for them with a small chunk of worm near aquatic plants.
Silver Carp: These filter-feeding fish will rarely be taken on a hook and line, so snagging and bow fishing are the likely method of take for "snagging" this state record. Since bow fishing and snagging are a legal method of take for rough fish, it would be accepted for a state record. Below the dams at Red Rock, Ottumwa, and Rathbun are places where silver carp tend to congregate. The largest silver carp have been noted on the Mississippi River below Lock & Dam 19 near Keokuk, and near the mouth of the Skunk River.
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By Andrew Cawthorne, Reuters, Sept. 18, 2015 – HAVANA – Flattered by a third papal visit in less than two decades, Cubans feel especially warm to Pope Francis for his fellow Latin American blood, humble image and help towards ending hostilities with the United States.
Yet for all the goodwill on the streets of Havana ahead of the pontiff’s arrival on Saturday, there are low expectations among Cubans that his three-day visit will spur any major domestic change on the Communist-run island of 11 million people.
We’re all grateful to him, he’s already achieved a lot for Cuba,” said Ariel Guerra, 30, a restaurant worker whose brother, in jail for killing someone while driving drunk, was among 3,522 common prisoners pardoned last week as a gesture to the pope.
“What we really need is more opening, more investment, better salaries, but I don’t think the pope can influence the economy,” added Guerra, who works in the shadow of the 18th central cathedral in Old Havana.
Nevertheless, a warm reception awaits Francis when he follows in the footsteps of Pope John Paul’s ground-breaking 1998 visit and Pope Benedict’s 2012 trip.
For starters, the Argentine-born pontiff is a fellow Spanish-speaker. There is also great affection towards him for his help in brokering secret talks to end Cold War-era hostilities between Cuba and the United States. The two countries restored diplomatic relations in July. And Francis’ global reputation as a man of the people – driven in a regular car and occupying a modest Vatican guest house – has not gone unnoticed among generally plain-living Cubans.
“He’s different from the others. Humbler. You could even say he is a ‘socialist’ pope! So of course he’s going to go down well here, isn’t he?” laughed Juan de la Torre, 47, a devout Catholic who attended Mass during both previous papal visits.
While Cubans expect little major change from the pope’s visit,
President Raul Castro will be hoping for a public indictment from Francis of the U.S. economic embargo on Cuba, still intact despite President Barack Obama’s re-establishment of diplomatic ties.
Both John Paul and Benedict repeated the Vatican’s opposition to the embargo while on Cuban soil, to the delight of their hosts. Papal aides said Francis would raise the subject, during his visit to Cuba then the United States, but not dwell on it given the delicate and evolving state of Washington-Havana ties.
At the other end of the spectrum, dissidents opposed to the one-party state are praying for public encouragement from the pope, and help in securing the release of more than 50 jailed activists they consider political prisoners.
“You can, and we are sure it is your wish, help the Cuban government understand it must not continue beating and arbitrarily detaining, each week, dozens of peaceful women, and other rights activists just for thinking differently,” the largest dissident group, Patriotic Union of Cuba, said in a letter to the pontiff.
On the streets, however, where locals were avidly discussing all aspects of the pope’s visit, few expected the pontiff to wade far into Cuban politics.
Rather, some hoped for simpler tangible impact, like when Christmas was reinstated as a national holiday after John Paul’s visit, and Easter after Benedict.
“It’s going to be a lovely visit for Cuba, especially for religious folk – but it won’t go any further than that,” said Gremy Fernandez, 35, who trained as a doctor but is working as a builder because it pays better.
“There won’t be any real changes.” Behind him, as Fernandez and a friend walked home through a drizzly Revolution Square in Havana, a vast temporary picture of Jesus Christ vied for attention with permanent images of revolutionary heroes Ernesto “Che” Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos.
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the main steps; pi and phi
A main step of pi+1 to the fourth power – (pi+1)4 – proved to articulate a striking series of interconnections. The illustrations show the different main steps, and the table (e) displays the entire sequence of links.
I found that the measurement across of the Superior Pyramid, 432 uc, was a key dimension. Four steps of pi+1, being 294.21819, produced a size of 127 102.26 uc or 214 485 pyramid feet. The deviation from 216 000 feet was .7 percent. (Oats had possibly been exchanged for wheat …)
One great step further a dimension of 37 595 797 uc appeared. I came to think of the Cone and its relation to our planet. Making this dimension the Cone’s diameter, its height would be the radius. In an inserted axial section of the Earth the Cone’s (an thus, the Pyramid’s) apex would reach up to the latitudinal belt of the holiest mount of Asia, Kailash, and the birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem.
The specific global capacity of the latitude of Kailash is that it divides the polar axis at the ratio of 1 : pi. Kailash responds via the very Key!
But exchanging the Cone’s diameter for the measurement across of its deduced Pyramid, its apex would be the North Pole. The Earth does indeed belong.
Returning to Pyramid scale and trying one great step down, I ended at a dimension of 1.4683 uc. This proved to be the side of a square whose circle of equal perimeter would measure 1.8684 uc – the very height of the sitting prototype body – its 4M-size from rear to top-of-head. Even the human dimension is included. With precision!
Then a concluding figure appeared: a connector, coordinating the main steps of the system. The sequence of connected Keys filled a common framing figure whose angular span was 3817.27ac – or, quoting the calculator: 38.17270762 deg. The numerologic figure is 3816.
The accurate half apex angle of the Great Pyramid – deduced via a linear composition of the main steps of the Modulator!
The really strange thing, however, was that this angular span refers to the golden mean model (p. A-36b), and not to the circle-and-square code (p. A-36a). This was indeed astonishing.
The conclusion seemed immensely important – even as a mathematical cue: The Modulator reveals the accurate connection between the symbols pi and phi. The fact is applauded by the Great Pyramid, itself being a connector.
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The appointment of Ebrahim Raisi, Mohseni Ejeii and Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, major human rights violators, at the key positions of the power in Iran reflects the regime’s “new aggressive and repressive posture” which aims to intensify repression to stifle dissent. A regime of cannibals
Khamenei favors all three men for their roles in the judicial and security systems for four decades and their record of violent repression and human rights abuses.
Band of murderers in charge of the system
Ebrahim Raisi has been one of the key figures of repression in the Iranian judiciary.
He has been referred to as “Ayatollah of massacre” given his role in the mass executions of political prisoners in 1988. He was part of a so-called “death committee” – one of four judges who oversaw secret death sentences for thousands of political prisoners in jails near Tehran during the 1988 massacre. He played a decision-making role in the extrajudicial executions of more than 30,000 prisoners that time when he was 27 years old.
Mohseni Ejeii has been Khamenei’s most trusted judicial director in the Ministry of Intelligence for many years. He has been named the world’s most anti-women judge. In the last four decades, his name has been a reminder of murder, repression, and corruption for the Iranian people.
Brigadier General Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf was elected as the Speaker of Iran’s parliament (Majles) in May 2020. He is best known for being implicated in major financial corruption cases. He was the first IRGC general who became the Mayor of Tehran. Now, he is the first general who serves as Majles Speaker, and the first IRGC commander who leads one of the three branches of government. He has openly defended his record of violent repression as a “club wielder” and said that he was proud to have wielded the stick against dissidents.
Now, they have handed over the executive branch to a mass murderer, the judiciary to a professional assassin, and the legislative branch to a club wielder.
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Hospital energy management
Customer: A major London teaching hospital
Focus: Large-scale cleansing and consolidation of energy data
Benefits: Turning data into insight; for analysis, monitoring and targeting
A major London hospital wanted to gain accurate data on its energy performance, in a user friendly format that would allow for analysis, monitoring and targeting. The large site comprises numerous free standing buildings, huge steam boilers, and a CHP (combined heat and power) unit.
Energy management had previously been a lower priority, with data not being looked after and no coherent energy reduction strategy. Energy efficiency initiatives had been ad hoc, with no real insight into their effectiveness.
Although the hospital had a very large amount of data going back to 1997, including meter readings, it was disorganised, inaccurate, and contained large gaps.
Concept Energy Solutions was asked to conduct a large-scale cleansing and consolidation of all of the disparate data sources into an easily manageable, accurate format.
Concept collected the data in various formats and the Bureau Team carried out a full data purging exercise. Concept identified several anomalies; these were fed back to the client, providing opportunities for ‘quick win’ savings.
Concept converted the mass of incomplete and disparate data streams into a user-friendly database for future use in analysis, monitoring and targeting.
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The living, edible art of Sam Van Aken's grafted stone fruit experiment
Sam Van Aken courtesy of Ronald Feldman Fine Art
A few years ago, Sam Van Aken, an artist and professor at Syracuse University, found an orchard near Geneva, New York that had many varieties of fruit growing on its property, but which because of financial hardship, was about to close. Van Aken stepped in and bought the orchard, and set to making a tree. Through a process called “chip grafting” (taking a sliver of a tree that includes the bud, taping it into a cut in the tree, and then letting it heal over the winter), Van Aken created a beautiful Franken-tree that grows 40 varieties of apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums, and cherries (and maybe almonds).
An added bonus: The tree looks like an ordinary fruit tree until it blossoms in the spring, at which time it becomes an awesome Technicolor dream-tree. The whole process takes about six years, but for Van Aken, the results have birthed as much meaning as it does fruit.
“As an artwork, what it does is it interrupts and transforms the everyday,” Van Aken said in a Ted Talk earlier this year. “By taking all of these heirloom, antique, and native species, grafting them onto the Trees of 40 Fruit, and then placing them throughout the country, in some small way, I’m creating my own type of diversity and preservation.”
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Examples and Helpful Suggestions for Invoicing
As a small business owner, you have many different responsibilities and one of the most important, but sometimes most frustrating, is taking responsibility for your accounts receivables. In order for you to maximize cash flow, your customers have to make their payments on time, and this starts with you actually billing them.
By executing some of these best practices for invoicing and modeling your invoices off of these small business invoicing examples, you will be well on your way to speeding up the process of getting the cash you need. Before we start on the best ways to invoice, let’s jump into actually creating your invoices.
Small Business Invoicing Examples
1. Standard Invoice
This is a basic invoice that can be of use for any transaction in the present or future, with a few simple changes. Generally, it will have the invoice number (we’ll get into this in the second section), company name, address, contact information, items purchased, costs, etc. Check out our example of a basic invoice below.
2. Progress Invoice
If you’re in an industry where your work stretches over a long period of time, you will probably want to use this invoice once in a while to show progress to have customers pay you in increments in order for you to cover your business’s current costs, such as payroll. However, it is not very often that a customer will pay before a project is complete, so factoring might be a great option if you are in an industry that would want to use progress invoicing, such as construction.
3. Pro Forma Invoice
The pro forma invoice gives the customer a general idea of how much products and services will cost. It is a basic estimation and can be seen as an affirmative statement from you to your customer that you are committing to that product or service around that particular price. It is not recorded as accounts receivable or payable because it is an estimated amount.
If you can measure a project you’re working on by specific requirements, rather than duration, for example, you can benefit from fixed-bid billing. This type of invoicing can be done before or after the completion of a project.
If you aren’t sure how long a project will take for you to complete (creative work for example), time-based billing could be right for you. If this is done correctly, you can even get the rate down to the minute.
6. Debit Memo
A debit memo is an informal type of invoice. It is fairly uncommon and mostly used by banks or financial institutes; however, it can be useful if you’re trying to adjust your billing by a certain increment ($100 out of $10,000 for example). Instead of issuing a debit invoice though, many businesses simply reissue the invoice with the amount adjusted. This mainly comes down to personal preference and how you want to record your invoices and money.
7. Credit Memo
A credit memo (credit invoice) is to show the amount that you owe your customer. Ideally, you would want this to be negative because it’s used when you would issue a refund, for example. It can also be of use for discounts or to correct a billing error if you overcharge and under-deliver in other words.
Best Practices for Small Business Invoicing
Now that you understand the different types of small business invoices, here are some tips for invoicing that will help you get your customers to pay faster and improve your cash flow.
Keep invoices organized.
This should be pretty easy as a business owner. Simply implement a number system for invoices so you know exactly what invoice, goes to what customer, when it was issued, etc. Not only will this help keep you organized, but it will also keep you on the same page with employees who may handle invoicing now or in the future.
Simplicity is key.
Your customers don’t want to see your impressive (or so you may think) design skills and new logo on an invoice. They want to be able to easily see what their charges are, how much it will cost and when they need to pay it. The easier it is for your customer to figure this out, the faster they’ll complete the payment without any questions, getting you your money faster.
Widen your payment horizons by offering options for your customers to be able to pay online, over the phone and through the mail with a paper check. If you offer the option to pay electronically or even have the capabilities to accept debit/credit cards, you won’t have to wait for slow-paying customers to mail a check. If they are in control of their payment type, they might use your service repeatedly because of the convenience you give them.
Be upfront and formal.
When you take on a new client or customer, let them know your payment policies written in a document. If your customer knows before you even start the project or service when they are to pay, there are no excuses for the delay when the time comes. Let them know how much you charge for a late fee and when they can expect it after they receive an initial invoice from your business. Have both you and your customer sign the contract before you begin working so each of you will be responsible. It also shows how organized you are with your business and gives an extra inch of trustworthiness.
If your customer doesn’t meet the expectations of the payment terms, make sure you follow up. You don’t want to be rude or ruin a relationship with a customer, but you do need to get the money you deserve because as a business owner, let’s face it, you definitely need the money sooner than later. We’ve all missed due dates before, and whatever the excuse is, a gentle reminder to your customer that they need to pay their invoice will go a long way. Maybe they simply forgot and they’ll complete the payment immediately after you reach out with a nudging email!
Slow paying customers not only test a business owner’s patience, but it can affect the success and livelihood of your business. Check out our tips on getting customers to pay their invoices to you faster. If you are still waiting for slow-paying customers, don’t want the burden of invoicing or could simply use the cash now, see if factoring is right for you. | <urn:uuid:2172255c-5385-4803-810a-b727026671b2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.factorfinders.com/invoicing-examples-and-best-practices | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.958023 | 1,382 | 2.015625 | 2 |
A 58-year-old man with congestive heart failure (CHF), hypertension, and dyslipidemia presents to his physician with low back pain. He complains that he was lifting a heavy box 1 week ago and felt sudden pain in his lower back. He denies any incontinence, lower-extremity weakness, or paresthesia. He has been taking acetaminophen and naproxen around the clock with little effect. His chronic medications include aspirin, carvedilol, furosemide, losartan, simvastatin, and niacin. There is some tenderness to palpation of the paraspinal muscles along the lower back, but the rest of the musculoskeletal and neurologic examinations are normal. Laboratory values are significant for a potassium of 5.2 mEq/L, a BUN of 42 mg/dL, and a creatinine of 1.9 mg/ dL (baseline 1.2 mg/dL). A urinalysis is unremarkable except for few hyaline casts.
Which of the following best represents the physiologic changes in the kidney that led to this patient’s acute kidney injury? (Note: GFR is glomerular filtration rate, IGP is intraglomerular pressure, AAT is afferent arteriole tension, and EAT is efferent arteriole tension.)
Decreased GFR, Decreased IGP, Increased AAT, Decreased EAT. This patient has prerenal AKI as indicated by the abrupt rise in creatinine, the BUN to creatinine ratio >20, and a bland urinalysis with few hyaline casts (nonspecific, but can be found in prerenal AKI). It is important to recognize risk factors for AKI, and this patient has a few. He has a baseline decrease in effective circulating volume due to heart failure, which causes two important results. The first is an increase in sympathetic activity and therefore an increase in systemic vascular resistance. An increase in norepinephrine causes afferent arteriole vasoconstriction, decreasing the GFR. The second important result of decreased effective circulating volume is activation of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS, Figure below) by the kidneys in response to decreased blood flow. Angiotensin II causes efferent arteriole vasoconstriction, increasing the GFR. Overall, the net effect of decreased effective circulating volume is a decrease in GFR, which will continue to decline as activation of the RAAS leads to salt and water retention that worsens the patient’s already reduced cardiac function. However, the patient is on appropriate medications to counteract some of these harmful responses: diuretics, a β-blocker, and an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB).
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Cat does not want feather boas, nor pink shoelaces or a pompom on a stick and although she ate every oily silver morsel of fish, Cat is searching for something much more precious. So Maya sets out with Cat in tow to knock on doors to see if one holds what Cat is seeking.
Maya & Cat is a heart-warming story that follows a little girl and a cat as they seek out the thing that Cat is missing most and the thing that Maya discovers she is missing too; companionship. A perfect story to read together; young children will enjoy the gentle, poetic language. Caroline Magrel’s adorably quirky watercolour illustrations take us through the wet and gloomy, lamp-lit streets of a seaside town. They leave you with that sense of peace and tranquility you feel when you’re warm and cosy indoors while a storm rages outside your windows.
This unique feel-good picture book written and illustrated by Caroline Magrel would make a wonderful addition to any young child’s bookshelf. Maya & Cat makes for a pleasant and comforting read – the perfect bedtime story!
Reviewed by Alana Bird
Maya & Cat
by Caroline Magrel
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Ida Wyman began her career in the male-dominated world of photojournalism in 1943 at the age of 17. She has since achieved great things working as a freelance photographer based in the Bronx for such publications as Life Magazine and The New York Times.
Fortunately for Madisonians, Wyman left the
On Friday, Wyman will be giving a talk about her exhibition as part of First Fridays, a monthly celebration of fine art at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA).
The 25 black-and-white images on display span four decades of urban experience in the bustling metropolises of
As the exhibition?s title suggests, the photographs depict primarily individuals rather than groups. In addition, there is a definite connection between the individuals and their surroundings in the photographs. In some images, such as ?Newsboy with Checkered Shirt? (1950,
Though most often a hopeful message, there is a darker emotional current which also runs through the images. Rather than interpreting the photographs as uplifting, the viewer may see them as representative of the isolation of living in a city. In the case of the boy and the newspaper, one could argue that the latter only gives a superficial social outlet to the former ? an outlet that facilitates superficial interaction at best and might deprive the child of time with his family and or schoolmates.
This tension between the individual and the institution permeates all of Wyman?s works, which encourages the viewer to consider whether the city is a positive or negative environment.
Another compelling characteristic of Wyman?s photography is its powerful authenticity. She achieves this quality particularly though her use of still-life photography.
The inanimate objects in paintings are there because of the artist?s hand, but the objects in her photography are the result of an individual?s or institution?s action. For example, a Virgin Mary statue on the bookshelf and cluttered magazines on the desk of ?Woman Typing? (1983,
Although this phenomenon of authentic still-life may seem to be merely a natural quality of her medium, viewing the exhibition makes it clear that Wyman chose carefully the frames of urban life she would portray. Although she does not place the objects in her photos, she captures images containing still objects that speak to the subject?s character.
Ida Wyman will be speaking at 6:30 p.m. in the lecture hall of the MMoCA, which is located in the
The theme of this month?s installment of First Fridays is ?Black and White.? Admission is free for members, $5 for nonmembers and free for anyone dressed in black and white. Outside of tomorrow?s event, Wyman?s work will be on display Fridays from 4 to 6 p.m. in the | <urn:uuid:d3a31ece-2c85-4993-8287-fd257bfd7145> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2008/03/06/photos-explore-urban/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.961652 | 567 | 2.25 | 2 |
Goals of AcademiaNet
Women are still seriously under-represented in leadership positions in academia. Only 26 % of professorships in Europe are held by women; in some countries, the share of women is even lower (SheFigures 2021). The figures are similarly low for key committees and commissions that decide on research awards, the appointment of professors and research funding. There is now a consensus in politics and science that the under-representation of women in academic leadership positions represents an untapped potential. However, there is a lack of tools to help decision-makers find proven female experts.
AcademiaNet is intended to be such an instrument. The database contains the profiles of women academics from all disciplines. Decision-makers can use the database to search for the best in their field. This makes it easier to fill scientific committees with female experts, to ask female speakers for a panel and to identify candidates for appointment procedures and awards. AcademiaNet is also a useful tool for journalists and conference organizers who are looking for proven female experts.
A European network
AcademiaNet is supported by a network of renowned research organisations from all over Europe. It was initiated by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, which created the database in 2010. In 2020, the Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF took over the management of AcademiaNet. The publisher Spektrum der Wissenschaft operates the portal.
An international network of research organisations funds the project together with the SNSF and the Robert Bosch Stiftung. Respected science partners vouch for the outstanding qualifications of the women academics and scientists in AcademiaNet.
The selection criteria
Excellent female researchers are nominated for AcademiaNet by 43 science partner organisations according to strict selection criteria. The selection criteria include outstanding scientific qualifications, outstanding academic references and independent leadership. It is not possible to apply directly to AcademiaNet.
AcademiaNet has grown considerably in recent years. The database contains profiles of more than 3,500 outstanding women researchers from Europe and beyond. Every female researcher nominated by a science partner must agree to become a member of AcademiaNet. On their profile page, female researchers can indicate the type of request they are particularly interested in.
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In 2008 and 2009, the United States suffered the greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Unemployment rose and market demand plummeted, with companies and manufacturers shrinking to decline, and many small retail businesses lacked the volume to generate enough sales and cash flow to survive. These small retail businesses could have used a supply chain management concept called shipping supplier-managed inventory (VMI) as a tool to help survive. Several small timber yards are able to withstand the current housing crisis by practicing some form of shipping VMI to increase inventory levels and improve cash flow. Retailers in other industries can benefit from this application, just as these building materials retailers have. Retailers can benefit from shipping VMI because it builds relationships within the supply chain, it can improve return on investment, and allows retailers to reduce inventory while maintaining the ability to meet consumer demand.
Relationship chain relationships are detrimental to the existence of a retail business, especially during an economic recession. VMI applications can facilitate and grow these relationships, ”companies that develop mutually beneficial competencies with their suppliers / customers – through a VMI application – and leverage these competencies serve a number of important business benefits (Duchessi & Chengalur-Smith, 2008, p. 123) “. These benefits may include a preferred status of the seller and, in turn, provide better prices, service and information sharing.
Return on investment (ROI) is an important measure for a business as a continuation. This measure includes the sale of operating assets or inventories of margins. Many of the topics that VMI dispatch includes are fast turning and low-margin items. Combining shipping with VMI is “the process of the supplier placing goods at a customer site without receiving payment until after the item has been used or sold (Evanko, 2010, p. 32)”. This is a just-in-time method of inventory management that increases inventory and therefore improves ROI.
The cash flow is detrimental to a retail business in an economic recession. Shipping VMI allows retailers to use cash flow to invest in operations rather than carry those dollars in stock. Other costs associated with building inventory include shrinkage and insurance costs that directly bind to inventory. In other words, the lower inventory levels, the less a business has to pay in insurance and the less it will lose due to pilferage, destruction and theft. Therefore, the savings on reduced inventory result in increased profits (Jacobs, Chase, & Aquilano, 2009, p. 546). The inventory is readily available without bearing the financial burden on the stock, so the retailer does not sacrifice to deliver a product to its customer and maintain a healthy level of service to the consumer.
Shipping VMI can allow small retail businesses to reap crucial benefits, especially during economic recessions. Although it has some drawbacks, such as initial startup costs and training of staff to manage and use the software needed to use VMI transmission. In addition, companies need to establish sufficient trust with suppliers before vendors consent to a VMI program. However, the advantages of a shipping VMI program outweigh the disadvantages. Retail companies can benefit from strategic partnerships with supply chain providers, and VMI programs can be a means of establishing and nurturing these relationships. These conditions are a necessity for weathering financial setbacks, making a business more efficient at managing profits and more efficient at providing service and product to its customers.
Duchessi, P., & Chengalur-Smith, I. (2008). Improving business performance: through vendor-controlled inventory applications. Communications Of The ACM, 51 (12), 121-127.
Evanko, P. (2010). Supplier controlled inventory. HVACR Distribution Business, 32-35.
Jacobs, R. F., Chase, R. B., & Aquilano, N. J. (2009). Operations & Supply Management (12th Edition). New York, New York: McGraw-Hill / Irwin.
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Mon Feb 18 17:56:10 CET 2019
A few days ago, GG finally had some time to look into a couple of Andrew's
email about Optimization, CFLAGS, and autovectorization.
The subject "speeding up Cin-GG" through use of some of the aforementioned
techniques would make a great PHD thesis or dissertation (so Andrew is
already half-way there!).
A summary of GG's feedback is:
1) It would be beneficial to improve the speed, and especially those of the
most used plugins.
2) He is concerned that a lot of the speed up potential is too "hardware
architecture specific". (We use mostly AMD here rather than the other
3) For one of his tests, he modified some of the recommended CFLAGS and saw
no improvement for him personally; but keep in mind that we always run in
debug mode so that we are always prepared for a crash while testing.
Running in user mode will more than likely see useful improvements.
It would be very time-consuming to check speed-up improvements for all of
the different Operating Systems - probably best left to individual users on
their specific hardware/software. Maybe some day.
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Medical Discovery News: Here's why you get brain freeze
There is nothing quite like an ice cream cone or slushy on a hot summer day until …BRAIN FREEZE … aargh. Why does something so enjoyable come at the risk of such pain?
First, what most of us call brain freeze has another name that is a mouthful: sphenopalatine ganglion neuralgia. In the roof of your mouth, the palate, there are many little blood vessels called capillaries and a bunch of nerve fibers called nociceptors, which can detect painful or noxious stimuli. The name nociceptors is from the Latin word, noceo, which means “hurt.” The free ends of nociceptors in the skin, muscle, joints, bone and internal organs convert pain stimuli into electrical signals called action potentials that are transmitted up nerves to the spinal cord or brain.
There are several different kinds of nociceptors, categorized depending on their responses to stimulation due to damage, inflammation or tumors. There are four kinds of skin nociceptors, each responding to a different stimulus: heat, mechanical stimulation like a pinch, chemical substances and high intensity signals of all kinds.
The capsules and ligaments of joints have high-threshold receptors to mechanical stimuli, receptors to high-intensity stimuli and “silent” receptors. Internal organs contain nociceptors for mechanical pressure, temperature and chemical stimuli, and silent nociceptors that are scattered about. The silent nociceptors are normally unresponsive but can be activated with inflammation or after tissue injury.
Evolution has ensured that we cannot ignore pain – we need to get ourselves out of the situation that caused the pain. There are three cooperative pain signaling pathways to help ensure we are aware of the pain. There are people who cannot feel pain due to an inherited disorder called congenital insensitivity to pain or CIP. People with CIP are easily injured and often die prematurely. Many people with CIP also have anosmia, a complete loss of the sense of smell.
So back to the brain freeze. That big bite of ice cream causes the capillaries in the roof of your mouth to constrict, and it happens so quickly that the nociceptors send a signal of pain up your trigeminal nerve to your brain. In a study in 2012, 13 volunteers were asked to drink ice water through a straw to ensure the water hit the palate. The study showed that in addition to the capillary constriction, there is also a dramatic and sudden increase in blood flow in an artery in the brain, which increases pressure in the brain and causes pain. This may be a response to ensure the brain remains warm. Brain freeze pain is severe enough that people stop eating ice cream and in a few minutes, the pain disappears, which coincides with a constriction of the artery in the brain.
So what can you do to treat brain freeze? Drink some warm liquid or push your tongue against the roof of your mouth to help warm the palate and dissipate the pain more quickly so that you can enjoy the rest of your ice cream. We wouldn’t tell you not to eat ice cream!
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The tornado that struck northern Jefferson County, Alabama, at about 10:30 p.m. on January 25 was spawned by a line of major storms that impacted a wide swath of the country. The twister touched down in Fultondale, a northern suburb of Birmingham, leaving a trail of destruction in a very localized area a quarter mile wide and 9.5 miles long running into Center Point. The National Weather Service’s preliminary damage survey results rate the tornado as an EF-3 and estimate its peak winds to have been 150 mph.
Fultondale High School suffered significant damage, as did the Hampton Inn motel and other businesses. Trees and power lines fell and vehicles including large trucks were moved or overturned. Dozens of homes were severely damaged or destroyed.
This is far from being the first time the area has experienced deadly and damaging tornadoes. A tornado subsequently estimated to have been an F4 event struck Jefferson County, Alabama, on April 15, 1956, killing 25, injuring about 200, and causing major devastation west and north of downtown Birmingham. In 1977 an F5 tornado struck the northern suburbs of Birmingham on the afternoon of April 4 during an outbreak of violent severe weather that led to 21 tornadoes striking Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Another F5 tornado ripped through the Birmingham suburbs on April 8, 1998, causing catastrophic damage in the cities of Oak Grove, Rock Creek, and McDonald Chapel—which had been devastated by the tornado in 1956.
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America’s First Super-Insulated Buildings
In the 1800’s and into the early 20th century we used to get our refrigeration done using ice–including during the summer. Ice was harvested and stored in specially designed buildings and then distributed/used as needed. I recently happened across a thorough article on the topic in the journal of Early American Industries: The Chronicle Vol 66 #4. There is much interesting history in the article, but the relevant part was about the specially designed buildings. They were often made with none other than double stud walls with 10-12″ off sawdust insulation. In other words: cellulose! For those that are just starting to read this blog, our super-insulated home is exactly that: double stud, 2×4 and 2×4 walls, with 12.5″ of dense packed cellulose. I thought we were on the forefront of super-insulation design by having such a wall system, but we are actually implementing designs that are over 100 years old!
The author of the article, Paul Wood, in addition to fielding questions, kindly sent me high resolution images of plan and layout designs for a typical farm (non-commercial) ice house. The images, shown below, are from The October 1914 Vermont Department of Agriculture Bulletin. Here are some of my observations of the assembly:
– The double stud wall has a 4″x10″ bottom plate, with 2 sets of offset 2×4’s connected and spaced with a single horizontal 2×4 roughly mid-way between the top and bottom of the balloon framed studs.
– The exterior sheathing consists of a single layer of 7/8″ tongue and groove boards faced with “waterproof insulating paper” and sided with novelty siding or similar. The interior is sheathed with 2 layers of 7/8″ tongue and groove boards sandwiching similar paper. Unfortunately, I am unable to provide any insight into what the composition of what this insulated paper might be. Perhaps it was simply tarred felt paper? The double layer of interior sheathing is interesting; perhaps this was just to protect the insulating paper?
– I was surprised and impressed to see that triple pane glazing was used!
– There is a sophisticated appreciation of air flow and drainage.
– “Tarred Felt” was extended vertically part way into the top of the stem-wall–a detail whose purpose I am not sure of.
– Although the diagrams below show more sawdust used for horizontal insulation above the ice, Paul Wood informs us that marsh grass, and occasionally straw, up to 24″ thick, was commonly used directly on top of the ice. Marsh grass was preferred for its rot resistance. I wonder if there is a lesson here that would be worth re-learning? Folks who are interested in natural building and straw-bale design need to be vigilant in protecting the bales from decay–perhaps marsh grass bales would be a useful alternative?
– Noted in Paul’s article and not on the diagrams, white-wash was sometimes used to keep the ice-house buildings cooler. Also, the sawdust would have to be replaced annually, since it would degrade.
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The world currently faces one of the most tragic humanitarian crises in modern history. According to the United Nations, more than 65 million people are currently forcibly displaced from their homes, a larger number than at any time since World War II. Today’s refugees are displaced on average for nearly 20 years, longer than at any other time in recorded history. Children born in conflict zones are particularly vulnerable; displaced children living in camps—described as the “lost generation”—have limited access to education and basic resources, and are essentially robbed of their childhoods. A passionate and dedicated panel discussed a range of critical challenges facing refugee communities across the world. Adina Appelbaum spoke about the crisis in North and Central America, and the legal challenges for refugees seeking to represent themselves in the U.S. Sasha Chanoff focused on the issue from an international perspective, recounting his experience in a U.S. rescue operation into the Congo to evacuate massacre survivors. Caryl Stern shared stories from her work with children across the world with UNICEF. Refugees face three options after being displaced. They can return home, they can integrate into the country to which they fled or they can relocate to a country with a program that allows them to resettle. In most cases, these are options in theory only, and refugees have no real choices available to them. Returning home is often unimaginable due to ongoing violence or threat of genocide. Integrating into a destination country has legal challenges with no defined pathway to citizenship. And resettlement programs have limited spots and long waiting periods. 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This Roaring Twenties Escape Room is the perfect way to introduce your students to the era in ELA (before teaching The Great Gatsby, for example) or Social Studies. It has a Quality of Life reading and Vocabulary Match-Up, Icons & Influencers Biography cards, a Prohibition-Era Song Close Reading activity, and a secret quote. You can present this as a Breakout Box (groups work at their desks) or as an Escape Room (groups seek clues you’ve hidden in the classroom). It has been designed to take 75 minutes, but you may want to plan more time based on the level of your students. This resource includes a complete Teacher’s Guide (set-up, printing checklist, differentiation), extension activities, and an Answer Key. (grades 9-12)
Perfect for ELA or Social Studies.
If you like, you can find the digital version of this game here.
1. Four core tasks with instructions and clues
**Quality of Living – reading passage and vocabulary activity
**Icons & Influencers in women’s liberation
**Prohibition-Era Songs – lyrics close reading activity
2. Writing extensions (either analytical or personal responses)
3. Station Cards
4. “Oops” cards (for optional increased difficulty)
5. Student Answer Sheets
6. A full Teacher’s Guide with set-up options, a printing checklist, and an Answer Key
7. Two quiz variations
8. Additional discussion & research questions
9. Full source list
10. A poster for your door and “We Escaped!” and “We Tried!” cards
Download the preview for more information!
This resource has wide appeal and placement in curricula, so it’s up to you how long to spend on the activity. With 9th graders in a regular class, I’d plan on 75 minutes. I’ve included some options for having your students pre-read the articles or splitting the activity over two or three days. There is a lot of reading in this Escape Room, so it really depends on what fits your classroom. As with any Escape Room activity, I recommend that you play through it on your own first before presenting it to your students.
Your download is a .zip file containing a .pdf of the Escape Room. You also get .pdfs of the article and song lyrics for easy upload to your class drive. Feel free to email me at [email protected] if you have any questions. 🙂
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Background Mental health nurses are exposed to patient aggression, and required to manage and de-escalate aggressive incidents; coercive measures such as restraint and seclusion should only be used as a last resort. An improved understanding of links between nurses’ exposure to aggression, attitudes to, and actual involvement in, coercive measures, and their emotions (anger, guilt, fear, fatigue, sadness), could inform preparation and education for prevention and management of violence. Objectives To identify relationships between mental health nurses’ exposure to patient aggression, their emotions, their attitudes towards coercive containment measures, and their involvement in incidents involving seclusion and restraint. Design Cross-sectional, correlational, observational study. Settings Low and medium secure wards for men and women with mental disorder in three secure mental health hospitals in England. Participants N=68 Mental health nurses who were designated keyworkers for patients enrolled into a related study. Methods Participants completed a questionnaire battery comprising measures of their exposure to various types of aggression, their attitudes towards seclusion and restraint, and their emotions. Information about their involvement in restraint and/or restraint plus seclusion incidents was gathered for the three-month period pre- and post- their participation. Linear and logistic regression analyses were performed to test study hypotheses. Results Nurses who reported greater exposure to a related set of aggressive behaviours, mostly verbal in nature, which seemed personally derogatory, targeted, or humiliating, also reported higher levels of anger-related provocation. Exposure to mild and severe physical aggression was unrelated to nurses’ emotions. Nurses’ reported anger was significantly positively correlated with their endorsement of restraint as a management technique, but not with their actual involvement in restraint episodes. Significant differences in scores related to anger and fatigue, and to fatigue and guilt, between those involved/not involved in physical restraint and in physical restraint plus seclusion respectively were detected. In regression analyses, models comprising significant variables, but not the variables themselves, predicted involvement/non-involvement in coercive measures. Conclusions Verbal aggression which appears targeted, demeaning or humiliating is associated with higher experienced anger provocation. Nurses may benefit from interventions which aim to improve their skills and coping strategies for dealing with this specific aggressive behaviour. Nurse-reported anger predicted approval of coercive violence management interventions; this may have implications for staff deployment and support. However, anger did not predict actual involvement in such incidents. Possible explanations are that nurses experiencing anger are sufficiently self-aware to avoid involvement or that teams are successful in supporting colleagues who they perceive to be ‘at risk’. Future research priorities are considered.
Bibliographical note© 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Square, the payment company owned by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has just established an alliance to protect patents in the crypto sector, Dorsey has reported through his official Twitter account.
The aim of the alliance is to fight against patent trolling as well as to ensure open access to technology in the crypto sector.
The alliance, dubbed "Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance" (COPA), states that "open access to patents covering foundational cryptocurrency technologies is necessary for the community to grow, freely innovate, and build new and better products."
The members of the alliance will agree to include the blockchain and crypto patents they consider appropriate in a library, ensuring this way access to the technologies developed by the participating companies.
The creation of this alliance is a response to the strategy of some companies, which register patents of products or technologies they do not plan to develop just to hinder their competitors.
It is expected that more companies will join the COPA in order to access technological innovations, creating a more equitable patent environment.
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The big bust—southerly busters explained!
30 October 2011
A 'southerly buster' (or 'southerly burster') is the term Sydneysiders have adopted for an abrupt southerly change that can charge up the New South Wales coast, mostly between October and February. Read on to find out more about this weather phenomenon!
What are southerly busters?
Contrary to popular opinion, this fast-moving southerly change is not unique to New South Wales (Tasmania, New Zealand and Argentina experience similar conditions), however in southeast Australia the proximity of the Great Dividing Range to the coast helps create these particularly fierce winds—often gusting well over 60 km/h.
Varying definitions of the southerly buster exist; we adopt the criteria of southerly winds gusting in excess of 29 knots (54 km/h) and a three-hour temperature drop of at least five degrees (during a 2010 study).They travel from the south coast of NSW to the mid-north coast, generally reaching their maximum intensity between Nowra and Newcastle.
Sydney receives an average of about five southerly busters a year, with the stronger busters usually reaching Sydney in the late afternoon or early evening after several days of hot weather. Temperature changes can be dramatic, with falls of 10–15 °C often occurring in less than one hour.
The leading edge of a buster is sometimes marked by a spectacular roll cloud running perpendicular to the coast—known as an ominous portent among Sydney's yachting community.
However, on most occasions there is initially little or no cloud, and consequently little visual indicator of the buster's onset.
How do they form?
Southerly busters typically form when a cold front passes over southeast Australia and cool air becomes trapped against the mountains of the Great Dividing Range, often in the Gippsland area of Victoria.
While the inland part of the cold front is trapped against the mountains, the part over the sea continues to move along the coast—distorting the front into an 'S' shape. This process continues on the southern New South Wales coast, while areas ahead of the front are experiencing hot northerly or westerly winds.
The phenomenon moves north as a shallow 'density current', which means the air behind the southerly buster is cool and dense in comparison to the hotter conditions ahead.
The speed at which the southerly change moves is related to the depth of the cool layer of air, as well as the density contrast between the areas of cool and warm air. The process is further assisted by the presence of the Great Dividing Range, which creates a channelling effect as the southerly winds move along the New South Wales coast. In the right conditions winds will accelerate rapidly, surging north with increasing wind gusts as the buster approaches Sydney.
Image: Southerly buster at Turrimeta Beach, 26 December 1996. Credit: John Grainger
Size and strength
A typical southerly buster is between 20 and 60 nautical miles wide, with the strongest winds centred on the coastal strip. The depth of the buster is limited by the height of the mountains to west, which are mostly less than 1000 m high. Above this height westerly winds generally prevail.
Southerly busters have the strongest winds at their leading edge. Particularly strong busters have peak wind gusts of 40 knots (74 km/hour) or more, and usually occur after very hot days. Gusty conditions tend to ease significantly within 30 to 60 minutes of the buster arriving, and in many cases winds become quite light within a few hours.
The strongest southerly buster on record at Sydney Airport occurred at 6.40 pm on 18 December 1948, with a maximum gust of 61 knots (113 km/h). The strongest gust recorded anywhere along the NSW coast was 70 knots (130 km/h) at Port Kembla on 20 November 1973.
As busters rarely maintain a constant speed while progressing along the coast, forecasting their arrival time at Sydney can be quite challenging. Due to their strength, it is common for us to issue a wind warning for parts of the coastal waters, and on occasions we may issue a Severe Weather Warning for land areas along the coastal fringe.
"Winds WNW and light, but brief ENE winds over midday hours; reverted to fresh and gusty westerly until 18:20 whence a spectacular smoke laden southerly burster arrived with many gusts over 50 mph." Sydney Journal, 18 Dec 1948
Big busters in history
The following southerly busters brought the strongest winds to Sydney.
- 1942 Two notable southerly busters were recorded in 1942. The first gusted to 104 km/h at 4.00 pm on 25 January 1942 and was followed by severe thunderstorms. The second recorded a gust of 109 km/h at 4.40 pm on 4 October.
- 1943 Significant southerly busters in 1943 struck on 23 March (gust of 95 km/h at 3.40 pm) and 28 March (gust of 108 km/h at 9.50 pm).
- 1945 On 9 November 1945, a southerly buster gust of 105 km/h occurred at 6.10 pm, accompanied by thunderstorms.
- 1946 The largest temperature drop associated with a southerly buster occurred on November 6, when the temperature changed from 39.1°C at 4.00 pm to 19°C at 5.00 pm. (This buster also brought a maximum wind gust of 91 km/h.)
- 1948 The strongest southerly buster on record at Sydney Airport hit at 6.40 pm on 18 December 1948 with a maximum wind gust of 113 km/h. The maximum temperature that day was 34.8°C.
- 1957 After a maximum temperature of 40.4°C on 2 December 1957, a squally southerly buster reached Sydney at 5.30 pm, with a peak gust of 104 km/h.
- 1958 Wind gusts in a southerly buster reached 100 km/h at 5.10 pm on 10 January 1958.
- 1973 Notable southerly busters in 1973 struck on 6 February (maximum gust 98 km/h) after a maximum temperature that day of 39.7°C, and on 20 November (gust of 96 km/h) after a maximum of 38.4°C.
- 1982 A southerly buster on 25 November 1982 was accompanied by dust storms and preceded by a record November temperature of 41.8°C in Sydney. The maximum wind gust at Sydney Airport was 89 km/h at 4.10 pm.
- 1994 A very late southerly buster arrived at 2.00 am on 29 December 1994, with a peak gust of 98 km/h at 3.09 am.
- 2001 On 15 January 2001, a southerly buster with a maximum gust of 100 km/h caused blackouts, property damage and uprooted trees. Temperatures reached 46°C at Penrith. This was the hottest day in Sydney's western suburbs since 1939.
- 2003 The second strongest southerly buster on record reached a maximum gust of 109 km/h at 5.22 pm on 8 January 2003. Thunderstorms with small hail followed the change and 70 suburbs lost power after lightning strikes.
- 2004 A southerly buster with a maximum gust of 91 km/h reached Sydney at 4.30 pm on 4 December 2004, after a maximum temperature of 41.8°C.
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Samantha participated in our Biological Research Project for 1 month in July – August of 2016.
This is her write up about her experiences:
“It’s been about 2 and a half weeks since I got to Costa Rica, and I’m already dreading going home in just 11 days! I chose to take part in the projects at the Biological Research Center (Reserva Playa Tortuga) in Ojochal, Costa Rica. Ojochal is just a small town on the Pacific coast but me and the friends I made have definitely found plenty of things to do with our free time.
Most of the work that we’ve done has either been done early in the morning or late at night so we get most afternoons off to do whatever we’d like. I’ve gotten to do so much so far and have had an opportunity to work on all of the projects currently going on at the reserve. A few mornings have been spent working in the butterfly garden. We have one separate building where all the butterflies can fly around and every few days we go in there and change their bananas and sugar water. We currently have one cocoon too. We gathered all the caterpillars from the butterfly garden to move to the caterpillar lab and we found 383 of them!!! They’ll all live together with about 50 of them in each cage filled with some leaves. One morning I even had the chance to travel to one of the local schools! The school was celebrating English Day so me and one other volunteer came in to help out with a spelling bee and an impromptu speech. I got to play the part of the judge and read the english words to the kids. It was so cute and such a great experience to be able to help the kids with their english!
I think my favorite project that I’ve helped out with was the Caiman and Crocodile monitoring. A bunch of us went out on a boat through the Terraba River to look for caiman and crocs. We recorded data on how many were found and tried to estimate some of the sizes of them. We were able to catch some of the smaller ones to get a ton of measurements from them which was super cool! I never thought I’d have the opportunity to hold a baby crocodile and be able to take the measurements instead of just watching someone else do it. Of course we all took turns taking photos holding the baby crocs because we were all amazed at what we were doing! Once we spotted one, we turned off the boat and we all had to be super quiet to not scare them which was pretty hard.
The mammal monitoring has also been a project that I really enjoy helping out with. We set up camera throughout the forest on the reserve to get footage of the wildlife in the area. The cameras are motion-activated so every time something goes by, it sets off the camera. So far we have been able to get footage of many agoutis, different types of raccoons, a few birds, and a few others. There have been sightings of an Ocelot in the area although it hasn’t been detected on the cameras in awhile. It’s always so fun bringing in the SD cards from the cameras and putting them in the computer to check to see what types of wildlife have been in the area since we last checked.
The turtle conservation project was the main reason I decided to come out to Costa Rica! Here at Playa Tortuga the main turtle nesting months are August-October. August is only just starting so we only have three turtle nests so far. I haven’t had the chance to see one or help transport the eggs to our hatchery but that’s my main goal before I leave!!! I’ve been going out on patrol for three hours every night and even sleeping at the hatchery some nights to help increase my chances. When I first got here, we needed to help build the hatchery which wasn’t too bad. We have one tent for volunteers/interns to sleep in and another for the patrol men to sleep. They’ve all been so nice to me even though some of them barely speak any English and my Spanish isn’t too great. They’ve managed to teach me about some of the local animals, teach me new Spanish words, cut open a few coconuts for me, make me coffee during a 2am patrol when I’m half asleep, and show me a new delicious fruit that you can find all over the ground near/on the beach (mamon chino).
We get one day off every week (Sunday) and also have some afternoons off too. I went zip lining through the rainforest my first weekend here and that was absolutely unbelievable! The views were breathtaking as I zip lined through the trees, high up in a mountain. The trip ended with a Tarzan swing that looked out over the mountain that was like nothing like I’ve ever seen before. I’ve also been to quite a few of the waterfalls in the area. One of them even has a rope you can climb up which was so much fun! I went to one of the waterfalls yesterday on our way back from bird watching and I even got to see some howler monkeys there!! I’ve seen so many Capuchin monkeys since I’ve gotten here, which have obviously been really cute, but I was really looking forward to seeing a howler monkey. I also went to Dominical on one of my days off. They have so many great shops to buy souvenirs in. I bought the cutest pair of shorts that I am absolutely in love with as well as a figurine that a local man made from different seeds and things he found in the rainforest. I’m hoping I can find time to go back because they had so many great restaurants there and I would like to check out a few before I have to go back home and I’d also like to buy one of the hammocks if I can make the room in my suitcase!! Even if I don’t feel like taking a bus or taxi out to town or going on a long walk, the beach at the reserve is fun too! I’ve had so many afternoons where I just brought a book down to the beach and laid out. Plus, there’s a cave you can swim/wade out to that is filled with hundreds of bats. I’ve never seen so many bats in one place!
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- Today, the final massive immunisation drive to stop polio once and for all in Africa is to begin. The Northern Nigerian state of Kano however refuses to take part in the vaccination programme, claming the polio vaccine is a US plot to spread AIDS and infertility among Muslims.
Already last year, the Islamic states Kano and Zamfara of Northern Nigeria halted the global polio immunisation campaign. Since that, polio - which at that time in Africa only existed in Nigeria and Niger - has again spread from Kano into eight countries in West and Central Africa. The World Health Organisation (WHO) holds Kano responsible for the renewed spread of polio.
On Friday, the WHO, other UN agencies and the Health Ministries of the ten polio affected African states announced they were to launch "a massive immunisation drive to stop polio" today, 23 February. Also the federal government of Nigeria promised its cooperation in this move to exterminate the disease from Africa once and for all.
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Mr Sule was referring to controversial tests of the polio vaccine made by Kano health officials last year. The tests concluded that the vaccine was not safe as it could spread HIV/AIDS and affect women's fertility. Kano officials concluded that the mass immunisation was a US plot against Muslims with the aim of spreading AIDS and lowering fertility.
The federal government of Nigeria last year didn't succeed in convincing Kano officials to participate in the vaccination programme, but agreed to launch a new Nigerian study into the safety of the vaccine. The scientific team studying the vaccine includes politicians and Islamic scholars.
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The WHO is however frustrated by this further delay in the mass vaccination campaign. The UN agency has guaranteed the safety of the vaccine, which has been handed out to people all over the world in mass vaccination campaigns during the latest decades. The current campaign is to be the last ever, and includes Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Pakistan and West Africa.
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It turns out she was involved in a fairly fatal rollover accident in which the car spun four to five times.She was taken to the emergency room by an ambulance where a CAT scan revealed she may have had a broken neck. Learning this information, I asked new patients if other masseuses had received medical records from the emergency room, especially CAT scans.She replied that he said they had not.
I am very concerned that the reason she may not get better with the chiropractic modifications is because the CAT scan may have some indication of the serious injury.
Today, just a day after the new patient was born, I had my CT scan results, the radiologist advised that there might be a fracture. And believe that she had a spinal dislocation and other treatments due to a car accident!
People often ask me if spinal manipulation or modification of chiropractic care after a car accident is safe. The answer is a resounding yes! As long as the chiropractor made a thorough assessment and received a diagnosis made previously, which was not done in this case.
As a physician caring for people injured in a car accident, my main job is to make the correct diagnosis first and foremost. With this diagnosis I was able to plan an effective and inexpensive treatment. Without all the information, including diagnostic tests, this would be almost impossible.
What do we do with my new patients now?
My patients are immediately referred for an MRI followed by neurosurgery consultation to make sure the conservative treatment is safe and effective. Of course, it will take a few days for this to be done and your treatment program will be slightly delayed. However, how much better is it to play it safe?
When you see a chiropractor to be treated for a car accident, they usually do an X-ray. This is to help identify the cause of pain and injury. It also gives them a good idea of how misaligned the bones are. You will then be able to align your spine the way it should be. Most people are unaware But even the slightest car accident can upset you. Visiting your doctor for pain relief only covers the pain, which means your back will come back in sore a few months later, even if you think it has been fixed.
In addition to adjusting your back to fit, this motor vehicle accident clinic near me with your chiropractor will also teach you how to strengthen your back muscles. You have to do this because it will reduce the chance that your back won’t align. Your chiropractor specializes in soft tissues, which is often a post-accident problem. These tissues can be damaged, so they’ll work with you to naturally repair the tissue. | <urn:uuid:a1931859-ae2d-4715-bdb6-47beadc0b8be> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.chezsimeo.com/2020/worried-about-the-safety-of-handling-car-accidents.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.976811 | 550 | 1.828125 | 2 |
Lux - Perturbation born from light. Lux is a name with two meanings: light and luxury. Light, because the design and colours can vary, shimmer, or reflect depending on how the light changes. Luxury, because the collection displays a great richness and splendour that meet the ambition and pride of those who can see beyond frontiers. In graphic and material terms, Lux plays a primary role in creating a wall that becomes vibrant and alive. The use of high-quality technology makes it possible to appreciate metamorphoses similar to those that are also found in nature, where it is easy to come across surprising graphical displays of colour. Most of the patterns in the Lux collection are large size, and match randomly - an idea that enables the decorative pattern to be perceived as a whole with no joins, suggesting that the decoration has been made directly on the wall. The bold colours make it possible to create an architectural environment that has a strong impact. | <urn:uuid:ea77f280-1280-418d-94be-e24fcf0c3266> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tm-interiors.co.uk/wallpaper-brands/texam/lux | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.947545 | 193 | 2.25 | 2 |
One option when starting a business is to purchase an existing business in the form of a franchise. This is distinct from the ‘Expanding Your Business, Franchising and Licensing phase’ (discussed in section 7) because, rather than starting up your own business and brand, you are purchasing an existing franchise. Usually, the franchise will have all of the aspects of the business already established, so when you buy a franchise you are also buying that system to operate your business.
To invest in a franchise, the franchisee (you) must first pay an initial fee for the rights to the business, training in the business model, and the equipment required to operate the franchise to the franchisor (owner). After the business is set up, the franchisee will generally pay the franchisor a regular royalty payment (such as a percentage of gross sales or fees) for the continued use of the franchise model.
These payments are generally on a monthly or quarterly basis. When you buy a franchise you are effectively buying a brand that should be protected by a registered trademark and gives you the right to trade using that trademark. After the franchise agreement has been signed, the franchisee will open a franchise business which replicates the business model of the franchisor.
Generally, as a franchisee you will not have as much control over your business as you would over your own business so you need to be prepared to do things the franchisor’s way, not yours. Usually, the franchisor will assist the franchisee where necessary to ensure that the reputation of the business trademark and model are maintained.
Generally, the franchisor will require that the same business model is used by all the franchised businesses. This may include using the same uniforms, business processes, and signs or logos particular to the business itself. These help to identify the business and keep the brand consistent to the outside world. The franchisee should remember that they are not just buying the right to sell the franchisor’s product, but the right to use the successful business process of the franchise.
Often the franchisee will pay an advertisement fee to the franchisor so that consistent advertising can be utilised to a larger audience rather than each franchisee attempting to advertise their business on their own. For example, a franchisee may only be able to afford to advertise in a limited area around their business due to the cost. Where multiple franchisees pool their money together, they can often afford advertising that reaches a much larger market and is therefore more beneficial to all of the franchisees as a whole.
While there are many benefits to investing in an already successful franchise business, there can also be drawbacks. As with any investment, you should do your research thoroughly before you make any purchasing decisions. Often, the franchisor will place a number of restrictions on how you operate the business and, as such, you should ensure that any franchise agreement is fully reviewed by a competent lawyer who can advise you in relation to your rights and obligations under it. It is also critical that you obtain advice from your accountant and financial planner to ensure that you are able to properly operate the business from a financial standpoint.
Purchasing a franchise business is an important business decision. You need to give serious consideration to what you are signing up for and whether you are getting the most out of your investment. Importantly, you need to take advice from financial and business advisors on whether the franchise is viable, and from lawyers on the legal side of the franchise business.
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In the latest video by the Pennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance, founding member of PEIA and president of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, Jeff Kotula, highlights the necessity to build adequate pipeline infrastructure in order for Pennsylvania to maximize the benefits of the thriving shale boom.
Mr. Kotula says shares insights into Washington County’s success as leaders in Pennsylvania for utilizing the many opportunities that these resources provide. In Washington County, they have a saying that “the power to prosper is right under their feet.” By instilling this mentality, Mr. Kotula believes “pipelines are vitally important,” as they are the link to getting local natural gas to market for consumers.
Tribune Live recently published a letter to the editor by Mr. Kotula that reiterates his support for pipelines and the benefits that production has brought to manufacturing in the area. He discusses the importance of making investments in energy infrastructure projects by stating, “Pipeline projects like Mariner East in this area create thousands of well-paying local jobs and offer significant economic benefits to our communities.”
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Kelly Klober: Opportunities in Small-Scale Pig Farming
Kelly Klober, author of the book Dirt Hog and longtime heirloom pig breeder, will talk to small-scale raising of swine. He will discuss some of the specialty markets available and unique breeds which present farmers and shoppers with alternatives to factory-farm fare. Learn how these remarkable animals can fit into your farming practice, provide benefits for your farm, and serve as a top-dollar product as chefs and consumers are increasingly seeking quality pork.
Kelly Klober was raised on a small, mixed-livestock farm in Missouri where he began a lifetime of experience with various livestock species. Klober notes that he's been "kicked, bitten and/or stomped" by every major livestock species, and he has been active in poultry and livestock breed preservation for many years. He has written on agriculture, especially the small farm field, for decades, and has more than 35 years' experience as a breeder of purebred Duroc swine. He is author of the books Dirt Hog, Talking Chicken, and Storey's Guide to Raising Pigs and is a frequent contributor to Acres U.S.A. and other magazines. He has a forthcoming book on raising ducks, geese, and other fowl.
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A world-class commercial, industrial and cultural city, Chicago functions as is a major national center and as the major regional center for America’s heartland. It originally emerged as a transport center for cargo headed west and agricultural products headed east by land and water. Although transportation technology has changed, the role has not. The city is the most important passenger and freight transport hub in the country with the largest number of air departures and the most rail traffic in the nation. The commercial and manufacturing economy stands out both for its size and diversity. Over 30 Fortune 500 companies in an assortment of industries have headquarters here. Factories and warehouses extend for miles from the downtown area. Chicago is also a major center for small manufacturing and business. There is probably no more diverse an economy in the country.
The city grew up in America’s Gilded Age and the prosperity spilled over into some of the finest neighborhoods and architectural statements in the country. Oak Park, where architect Frank Lloyd Wright started his original studio, is a museum of residential architecture. It is an attractive, typically-Midwestern commuter enclave of square city blocks, stately homes with shaded streets, and a shopping area next to the rail station, which still functions as an important commuter terminal. This story is repeated frequently; Riverside to the south is similar but with flowing curved streets and a park like setting designed by Frederick Law Olmstead of Central Park fame.
The city has an extraordinary sense of history and historic preservation. Many architectural styles, both commercial and residential, were invented and first used in Chicago, and the city goes out of its way to preserve them. The old 1880’s elevated rail line continues to operate around the “Loop,” the city’s main business district. The former Navy Pier on Lake Michigan has been restored into a popular entertainment complex. The waterfront Soldier Field was recently remodeled at great expense rather than replaced by a larger stadium with modern amenities. In short: The city is a living museum and monument to American urban history.
Chicago is also a city of neighborhoods. North side, west side, south side—each provides a set of neighborhoods to suit any taste and (mostly) any budget. Areas of older homes and “two-flats” have been restored into viable neighborhoods on major arteries in the inner suburbs. Along the lake and to the north are wealthier areas and the community of Evanston, home of Northwestern University. Areas become more typically middle class (but still with variety) to the northwest, west, and southwest.
Like many large cities, Chicago has its sprawl and growth issues, and suburbs have overtaken many older farm communities and towns like Elgin and Aurora, and there is little in the way of geography to restrain the push. Naperville, due west and strategically located among the area’s beltways, has become something of an exurb, with a strong commercial base attracting commuters from other neighborhoods in all directions. Joliet is an older industrial and transportation hub on the southwest side.
The rest of the area map is a patchwork quilt of suburbs, one after the other, defined by rectangular grid arteries sliced through by radii mainly along rail commuter routes emanating from the city. The more popular suburbs typically lie towards the northwest. Some have pushed far out into old farmland, like Cary, Algonquin, Geneva and the more upscale Lake Zurich, while other quality neighborhoods lie closer in, like Elk Grove Village and Schaumberg. Good neighborhoods also lie to the south and southwest side, although contrasts are stronger between the livable and more run down areas; Hinsdale and Orland Park are more upscale picks on the southwest side.
In Chicago, location relative to major transportation routes is most important. Many endure hour-long commutes into the city and around its crowded beltways. The city has an excellent urban and suburban transportation network with an assortment of rail and bus services; nonetheless, traffic along arteries and beltways can be intense. A less typical urban problem is that Chicago’s downtown and nearby neighborhoods have become so livable—and so many businesses have located on the urban fringe—that rush hour traffic affects people commuting out of the city.
Chicago offers numerous amenities. Museums, notably The Art Institute of Chicago, and the performing arts are top quality. Sports are legendary—whether the teams win or lose—and Wrigley Field is another of those American urban icons. Few cities have more or better restaurants. Plus, the area has some of the best higher education in the country, and quality education is available at all levels in most neighborhoods.
Climate and the “C” factors typical of large city living—cost of living, crowdedness, crime, and commute—are the main negatives. Chicago’s climate can be pleasant but downright miserable at times. The lakeside location, facing into the teeth of the storm track, and continental climate from the northwest produce cold, snow, wind, storms, humid heat, and weather changes invigorating for some but intolerable for others.
Cost of living varies by neighborhood and lifestyle, but is accelerating after years as a relative bargain for a big city. The violent crime is still a problem in some neighborhoods. There are still some grubby, rundown areas that would make some people think twice. These facts hurt the statistical appraisal of Chicago. But we think the area offers a rich and complete assortment of lifestyles, amenities and opportunities for most people willing to make a few tradeoffs; most shouldn’t be discouraged by the low ranking.
Chicago is located on a level coastal plain generally less than 100 feet above the lake. Most land is open and almost completely flat with occasional areas of deciduous woods. The climate is continental with frequently changing weather and is invigorating to say the least. Although lake winds can be strong and channeled by downtown office buildings, the nickname “Windy City” is a bit of a misnomer as average wind through the year is not exceptional. That said, winter wind-chill factors can reach extreme proportions.
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I believe that every asian countries that you have visited, most of them does not fine these jaywalkers and it was a common sight that everyone is crossing from every corner of the roads.
However, Singapore decided to put strict laws onto Jaywalking. A law was passed down on 14th July 2004 to stop commuter from jaywalking, a act which has been said to be reckless and dangerous for on-road drivers.
The implementation of a fine was to use monetary loss of a commuter to reduce the rising accidents caused by jaywalking.
Jaywalking is defined as crossing the road within a 50 metres crossing zone. This includes crossing in a junction without waiting for an indicative signal or crossing a road in a prohibited areas.
While jaywalkers can be fined twenty dollars on the spot, they could also be charged and fined up to $1,000, or jailed up to three months. Repeat offenders may be fined up to $2,000 or jailed up to six months.
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HELSINKI — The primary stage of the Lengthy March 5B rocket which launched China’s Wentian house station module may reenter the ambiance round July 31, in keeping with a prediction from the Aerospace Company.
China launched the second module for its Tiangong house station early July 24. The Wentian module efficiently docked with the already-orbiting Tianhe core module round 13 hours later.
The large first stage of the rocket—which, exceptionally, additionally acts because the higher stage for the mission, inserting the payload into its supposed orbit—additionally entered orbit. Preliminary monitoring from U.S. Area Command confirmed the Wentian module, the Lengthy March 5B booster and one other associated object from the launch had been all in orbit.
Aerospace Company specialists on the Middle for Orbital and Reentry Particles Research (CORDS) have been intently monitoring the 53.6-meter-tall stage, which is assumed to have a mass of round 23 metric tons.
They predict a reentry centered on 11:07 UTC (7:07 a.m. Jap) 31 July, plus or minus 24 hours. The massive window for the reentry is because of the challenges of modeling, together with variables resembling atmospheric fluctuations which have an effect on how shortly the orbit of an object decays. Prediction home windows will slender nearer to the reentry occasion.
Hey #spaceTwitter. We’re monitoring the reentry of the CZ-5B rocket physique. Our newest prediction is:🚀 31 Jul 2022 11:07 UTC ± 24 hours Reentry can be alongside one of many floor tracks proven right here. It is too early to find out particles footprint. Updates: https://t.co/SxrMtcJnj0 pic.twitter.com/R2QOtdb1zD
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The most probably situation is that the stage reenters over the oceans. There may be nevertheless a “non-zero chance of the surviving particles touchdown in a populated space—over 88 p.c of the world’s inhabitants lives below the reentry’s potential particles footprint,” in keeping with an Aerospace Company put up said July 26.
“A reentry of this measurement won’t expend within the Earth’s ambiance, and the final rule of thumb is that 20–40 p.c of the mass of a giant object will attain the bottom, although it is dependent upon the design of the article,” the put up states.
Two earlier launches of the Lengthy March 5B resulted in uncontrolled reentries of the rocket’s first stage, in 2020 and 2021.
First phases for orbital launches sometimes don’t attain orbital velocity and fall inside a calculated space downrange. Some higher phases, together with China’s Lengthy March 2D, restart their engines after delivering a payload into orbit and deorbit themselves to cut back house particles and the danger of collisions in orbit.
Nonetheless, many higher phases make uncontrolled reentries. Chinese language overseas ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin mentioned final 12 months forward of the reentry for the booster that launched Tianhe that it was “widespread observe internationally for higher phases of rockets to expend whereas reentering the ambiance.”
A latest Nature Astronomy paper assesses that present practices imply there’s a 10 p.c probability of uncontrolled reentries inflicting a number of casualties over a decade.
With out the flexibility to restart its engines, the Lengthy March 5B reentry can be uncontrolled. The spent booster will steadily lose altitude on account of rising collisions with molecules within the Earth’s ambiance, and ultimately reenter the ambiance someplace between 41 levels north and 41 levels south.
The stage’s orbit sees to achieve a latitude a bit of farther north than New York, Madrid, and Beijing, and as far south as southern Chile and Wellington, New Zealand. Floor tracks for particular person orbits are proven in an Aerospace Company illustration.
China is planning two additional Lengthy March 5B launches. The primary, scheduled for October, will ship a 3rd house station module named Mengtian into orbit. A Hubble-class house telescope, Xuntian, can be launched round 2024 and co-orbit with the finished Tiangong house station.
Earlier on Tuesday China’s human spaceflight company introduced that the Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft would make a managed reentry someday throughout July 27 (Beijing time).
Tianzhou-3 launched in September final 12 months to ship provides to the Tianhe house station module forward of the six-month-long Shenzhou-13 crewed mission.
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The bamboosuspension bridges at Club de Golf Covadonga sag and wiggle, making a crossingfeel like a field sobriety test for a drunk, so you extend your arms like atightrope walker and try not to look down at the muddy tributary of the RíoValles six feet below. ¬∂ Covadonga and its thrilling bridges doze in a clearingin the rain forest between Tampico and Mexico City. The course's nine fairwaysare like tunnels cut through the jungle. Its greens putt like shag carpetssaturated with honey. The indispensable tool of the four-man grounds crew isthe machete. An air of mystery pervades the place. There's not a word aboutCovadonga on the Internet, or in phone directories or history books. Evenpeople in the nearest town, Ciudad Valles, swear the club no longer exists. Yetdespite its crumbling concrete entryway and the gray-green moss and peelingpaint on its eerie, abandoned hotel, Covadonga lives. Barely. Although it isthe only golf course in a 75-mile radius, tourists seldom stumble upon it andonly 40 people still pay the $55 monthly dues.
What Covadongahas in abundance is mariposas. Butterflies. Butterflies are what brought Dallasclub pro Gilbert Freeman to this place every summer when he was a kid, andbutterflies are what took him back this winter for the first time in 32years.
Avery Freeman,Gilbert's father, was the Tiger Woods of lepidopterology, the study ofbutterflies. In the Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, Andrew D. Warren, agraduate student in entomology at Oregon State, said, "Few individuals inrecent decades can match [Freeman's] contributions. Our current knowledge ofMexican hesperiid diversity is based on his groundbreaking research.... Theexcitement generated in the community of North American lepidopterists byAvery's early publications on Giant skippers cannot be overstated." Aidedby grant money from the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian and theCarnegie Institute, Freeman, a biology teacher at Hillcrest High in Dallas,collected widely and well on his annual summer pilgrimage to south Texas andMexico. He identified 107 new species and subspecies during his career--so manythat he could afford a little whimsy when asserting the discoverer's right toassign a Latin name. He named three butterflies for his wife, Louise(Megathymus yuccae louiseae, Astraptes louiseae and Amblyscirtes erna); oneeach for his daughters Linda (Amblyscirtes linda) and Julia (Lerodea julia);and two for his son, Gilbert (Astraptes gilberti and Agathymus gilberti). Evena Covadonga caddie, Benito Reycendes, was bestowed a piece of obscureimmortality (Poanes benito).
During thefamily's fourth summer at Covadonga, 13-year-old Gilbert discovered the gamebeing played on the little course outside their hotel. Almost immediately heput down his net, and golf became to him what butterflies were to his father.Gilbert played every day and entered his stats and a succinct analysis in adiary ("Hit number 4 in two but bogeyed the 5th again!"), mimicking thecareful, end-of-the-day notations in his father's butterfly logbook. Gilbert'sparents took up the game less than a year later, and their days at Covadongasoon acquired a pleasing rhythm: golf at dawn, butterfly-stalking for fatherand precisely 100 practice shots for son, lunch and a siesta during the hottestpart of the day, more butterflies and practice balls, then a final nine formother, father and son before dinner. Those were the best days of their lives,they all say.
Louise can closeher eyes, she says, and see her husband disappear into the jungle to the rightof the 9th fairway, simultaneously looking gentle and fierce, with along-handled net in one hand and a machete in the other. Avery had a mustache,large, luminous brown eyes (which Gilbert inherited) and leather boots laced upto the knee to protect against snakes.
Last monthGilbert returned to Covadonga with his father's ashes in a black Hogan shagbag.
Dogs aimlesslywander the streets of the muddy little towns between Tampico and Valles. Thereare speed bumps instead of traffic lights, and a mother wheels her small childon a dolly, like a mover. The people on the street stare at the pale faces inour car. We stare back.
"It's likehunting any other animal," Gilbert is saying. "Skippers are real fast.You sneak up from behind, get them in your net, then quickly flip it so theycan't fly out. Then you have to kill them right away, to keep them from beatingup their wings."
"Slightlysmaller butterflies, with different veins in their wings and differentantennae."
And you kill themhow?
"You pinchtheir necks. There's an art to it."
While Freemanpilots the rented Suburban, fellow traveler Dan Strimple, a Dallas-baseddriving range owner and teaching pro, tries out his first Spanish phrases.Strimple tends to wing it when he's out of his element, so he's thrilled tolearn that a number of Spanish words can be formed by simply adding an o or ana to the English word: crédito, cemento, sexo.
"How do yousay I want," Strimple asks. "How do you say with you?"
He digests for amoment, then declares, "Yo quiero sexo con usted."
In Valles,Freeman turns south on Ruta 85, dodging speeding trucks overloaded with sugarcane. He drives unerringly to this place he used to know but doesn't anymore.Covadonga's face has changed beyond imagining, like a long-lost friend who haslet himself go. propiedad federal, a sign says. What the hell does that mean?As the Suburban creeps along a dark, primeval path, Freeman mutters"Jeez," then "Wow." Tree branches with white flowers scratchthe sides of the car. Saplings tickle it underneath. The hotel is a phantomamid the aggressive jungle. At the end of the path is Andrés Morales, thecaddie who never left. Now he's the pro.
"Heel-bare?" he addresses Freeman. "I can't believe you'rehere."
They hug. ¬øBenitoestà aquí? Freeman asks. No. Gilbert's caddie, a rough man who was neverwithout his white straw cowboy hat and a burning cigarette, is dead. Too muchcerveza, too much fumar, Andrés explains. And Mundo? Avery's caddie also ismuerto. But Raymundo, Gilbert's mother's caddie, is the credit manager at theFord dealership in Valles, and in a moment he pulls up on his motorcycle toexchange hugs and laughter. Back in the day, Raymundo would find tees to matchthe color of Louise's outfits and hand her a color-coordinated peg with herdriver. His English was excellent; he wrote the Freemans a letter everyyear.
Green parrotsscreech in the giant India laurel above our heads, and the conversation stops.Andrés observes the sadness in Gilbert's eyes. Is it the death of the caddiesor the fingers of rust and rot grasping the once white clubhouse and the hotel?"Covadonga," Andrés says softly, "almost gone."
A butterfly'slife consists of four stages. The last stage, the flying part, usually lastsonly a week or two. A generation of butterflies is called a flight. In thetropics, in the summer, there is flight after flight, and death and life mingleconstantly.
Every butterflymeal is sipped through the straw of its proboscis, and most species will takenectar from flowers or the juice from rotting fruit. There is plenty of both atCovadonga. Mangoes, bananas, lemons and limes grow along the course's fairways.The jungle has taken over the orange grove near the 9th hole, but still, nobutterfly ever goes hungry.
And no golfer isever bored. You're stymied from the tee by trees on both of the par-3s. Averdurous forest surrounds the green of the mystifying 5th, a 234-yard par-4.The bunker sand is not really sand but, and this is only a theory, the stuffthat ants throw out when they dig their homes. And to say the greens are slowdoesn't really capture their speed. They are glacial. They are an old manwalking underwater in lead boots. In short, Covadonga is a course that makesyou grit your teeth, especially when the experts--Andrés, Raymundo and apart-time caddie named Luis--are kicking your butt. Even after you play it forthree days, Covadonga remains an unsolvable puzzle, like chess in the dark.
But Strimple willnot allow anything but laughter. More cerveza, he says at lunch, then more.When someone notices how the sunscreen on his face contrasts with his pinkskin, he begins to call himself El Diablo Blanco. "How do you do," hesays in his awful pidgin Spanish to a new, very surprised acquaintance."I'm the devil." At a bar, in keeping with his strategy for speakingSpanish, he asks for a Coca-Cola and rum-a. At a party in honor of theAmericans under twinkling Christmas lights in the front yard of la casa deAndrés Morales in Valles, El Diablo Blanco declares the whole thing--the food,the drinks, the course and the company--to be awesomemomento. Most of all,Strimple the morale officer keeps an eye on Gilbert. Is his friend feeling forhis father, gone now for four years after dying of emphysema, or for his youth,gone now for much longer? And when and where will he spread Avery's ashes?
On the morning ofthe third day, when Gilbert carries his clubs to the 1st tee, he has the blackHogan shag bag in his left hand. He nails his tee shot--he's an excellentplayer; he twice qualified for the Byron Nelson Classic, a PGA Tour event--buthe doesn't leave the tee right away. He hangs back, then slowly walks into thedark jungle to the right of the fairway. He opens the bag, sticks his hand in,and a moment later some of the ashes of Avery Freeman hang in the air.
Gilbert repeatsthis ceremony a few more times during the round. We leave him alone. Luis, whoputts like a safecracker and has the strongest grip on the planet, knows what'sgoing on. He talks for a minute about fatherhood and his own father. He and hiswife, Maribel, have only two ni√±as, he says, Karla and Zaira. His own padre wasmuch more prolific, fathering eight boys consecutively, then five girls in arow. Luis's 12 Martínez siblings joke about his small output, he says. That'sone of his brothers over there, Magdaleno, the man with the gray mustache andthe rake standing by the creek in front of the 4th green. Magda has sixchildren. The Martínez brothers smile and wave at each other.
"I go twiceto Estados Unidos for work, cemento, and use that to buy the tierra--theland--for my house," Luis says. "I build the house." To make endsmeet when he's not caddying at Covadonga, Luis tends bar in Valles.
After this, ourfinal round, we walk through the abandoned hotel, the now empty, echoing spacethat had been Gilbert's home for eight summers. "The bowling alley--twolanes--was over there," Gilbert says. "I used to skateboard down thatramp. I hung my hammock on those hooks. My father used to come in here for aCovadonga cocktail, which was red. There were snakeskins on the wall, there andthere."
No guests havechecked in since the early '80s, Andrés explains. That's when the governmentdecided that Covadonga should be the center of a giant lake. The administrationpaid off the owner--a Spanish guy, according to Andrés--and condemned theplace. Then a new group came to power in Mexico City and forgot the lake idea.That's why, Andrés says, we're left with ... this.
Before we leave,Gilbert gives Luis his watch and Andrés his clubs, dozens of balls, gloves andgolf towels--almost enough to stock his shop. As the Suburban bounces along thecrooked path to the highway, Gilbert isn't sure if the pleasure of the last fewdays has outweighed the pain. At times it seemed as if the fun of the golf andthe reunions had brought to the surface a dormant sadness. Yet he had comeclose to crying only once, when he carried the shag bag to the jungle borderingthe 9th fairway and scattered the last of Avery's ashes. But at that moment theson also thought that his dad would live on, in a way, in this out-of-the-wayplace. As a butterfly floating over slow greens.
As the Suburban creeps along a dark, primeval path,tree branches with white flowers scratch the sides of the car. Saplings tickleit underneath. The hotel is a phantom amid the aggressive jungle.
Covadonga makes you grit your teeth, especially whenthe experts--Andrés, Raymundo and Luis--are kicking your butt. Even after threedays, the course remains an unsolvable puzzle.
ILLUSTRATION BY JOANNA FARRIMOND
PHOTOGRAPH BY CURT SAMPSON
During the final round Gilbert spread the ashes of his father, Avery, who wasthe Tiger Woods of butterfly study. 
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Molting is required for progression between larval stages in the life cycle of nematodes. We have identified four mutant alleles of a Caenorhabditis elegans metalloprotease gene, nas-37, that cause incomplete ecdysis. At each molt the cuticle fails to open sufficiently at the anterior end and the partially shed cuticle is dragged behind the animal. The gene is expressed in hypodermal cells 4 hours before ecdysis during all larval stages. The NAS-37 protein accumulates in the anterior cuticle and is shed in the cuticle after ecdysis. This pattern of protein accumulation places NAS-37 in the right place and at the right time to degrade the cuticle to facilitate ecdysis. The nas-37 gene has orthologs in other nematode species,including parasitic nematodes, and they undergo a similar shedding process. For example, Haemonchus contortus molts by digesting a ring of cuticle at the tip of the nose. Incubating Haemonchus larvae in extracted exsheathing fluids causes a refractile ring of digested cuticle to form at the tip of the nose. When Haemonchus cuticles are incubated with purified NAS-37, a similar refractile ring forms. NAS-37 degradation of the Haemonchus cuticle suggests that the metalloproteases and the cuticle substrates involved in exsheathment of parasitic nematodes are conserved in free-living nematodes.
Nematodes, like all invertebrate metazoans, have an exoskeleton, called the cuticle, which serves a structural and protective role for the organism. The importance of the cuticle to nematode biology is revealed in the Caenorhabditis elegans genome, which contains over 150 genes encoding collagen and cuticulin proteins involved in cuticle construction(Johnstone, 2000). Unlike arthropods, nematodes have an exoskeleton that is able to grow as the animal grows, but the ability of the cuticle to accommodate growth is not limitless,and nematodes must molt four times during progression from hatchling to adult.
Molting poses a difficult problem from an engineering point of view. Because the cuticle is the main barrier between the worm and its environment,the old cuticle must remain intact while the new cuticle is synthesized. The new cuticle is assembled between the old cuticle and the underlying hypodermis. Thus, connections of the old cuticle to the hypoderm must be severed before the new cuticle is deposited. This severing is called apolysis. Following apolysis, hypodermal cells secrete soluble collagens into the space between the hypoderm and the cuticle. These proteins self-assemble into multiple layers, with the collagen fibers oriented in different directions. When the new cuticle is complete, the old cuticle is shed in a process called ecdysis. These three steps – apolysis, cuticle synthesis and ecdysis– must each be properly executed before initiation of the next step if the animal is to survive and grow.
The third larval stages of certain parasitic nematodes loosely retain their second-stage cuticle as a protective sheath. The process of exsheathment in parasitic nematodes is an evolutionary elaboration on the process of ecdysis and is of particular interest because it is a key regulator of infection. In these nematodes, molting of the sheath is specifically triggered by contact with a host. During this exsheathment process, Haemonchus contortuslarvae release a zinc metalloprotease that specifically degrades an anterior ring of the sheath, allowing the L3-stage larva to shed the second molt cuticle (Gamble et al., 1989b). This protease has been purified from exsheathment fluids and is sufficient to degrade isolated second molt cuticles in vitro(Gamble et al., 1989b). The molecular identity of this protease could eventually demonstrate how exsheathment is regulated, as well as provide a potential target of anthelmintics for the prevention of nematode infections.
To identify the proteases involved in ecdysis we isolated mutants of the nematode C. elegans in which the cuticle cannot be shed. We identified four mutations in a single gene. Because all four mutations are in one gene, this locus is probably the only one that can be mutated to this phenotype. We cloned the gene and demonstrated that it encodes an Astacin-class metalloprotease called NAS-37. The gene is broadly expressed in the hypodermis 4 hours before ecdysis at each larval stage and is expressed at points of cuticle attachment at ecdysis. The NAS-37 protein begins to accumulate in the anterior cuticle 4 hours before ecdysis. The protein appears to be acting on the old cuticle, as it is entirely associated with the molted cuticle following ecdysis; however, we also observe some defects in collagen deposition in addition to ecdysis defects. An ortholog of this gene is found in parasitic nematodes. We find that purified NAS-37 protein is able to reproduce the refractile ring formation induced in isolated H. contortus second-molt cuticles by exsheathing fluids(Gamble et al., 1989b). This result suggests a conservation between the cuticle substrates involved in exsheathment of parasitic nematodes and cuticle substrates in molting of free-living nematodes. Further, NAS-37 is a metalloprotease with proteolytic activity specific for these substrates.
Materials and methods
Isolating nas-37 alleles
We isolated ox196, ox197 and ox199, based on their ecdysis defect in various screens for unrelated phenotypes. ox190 was isolated fortuitously in a screen for mutations that affect axonal outgrowth. Although the ecdysis defect of ox190 was not separable from the outgrowth defect, the two appear to be due to independent mutations, because the other three nas-37 alleles do not have an outgrowth defect and the outgrowth defect is complemented by ox199.
The ecdysis defect of ox199 was measured by placing mutant L4 hermaphrodites on a plate at 23°C and counting the fraction of adults with unshed cuticles 10 hours later.
SNP mapping and cloning nas-37
ox190 is linked to oxIs12(Mcintire et al., 1997), and therefore located on the right arm of the X chromosome. Further mapping was done using ox199 crossed to the Hawaiian isolate CB4856, which has a large number of single nucleotide polymorphisms relative to the N2 Bristol strain (Swan et al., 2002; Wicks et al., 2001). Ecdysis-defective animals were isolated from this cross and singled onto individual plates. These were allowed to self-fertilize, and the progeny were assayed by PCR for the polymorphism status at the sites indicated in Fig. 2. A total of 317 recombinant F2s were analyzed to narrow the potential location of ox199 to the interval between the polymorphisms located on cosmid F47A4 and cosmid F19C6.
Alleles were sequenced at the University of Utah sequencing facility using an ABI3730 96-capillary sequencer. Sequencing templates were mixtures of at least three independent PCR reactions. The nature of the point mutations in two of the nas-37 alleles is unusual. ox196 is an A-to-G transition caused by ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS) and ox190 is a T-to-A transversion caused by N-ethylnitrosourea (ENU). ox197 (EMS)and ox199 (ENU) are G-to-A transitions that are commonly seen as the products of alkylation of guanine residues by ether EMS or ENU. The ox190 transversion mutation is consistent with the observation that ENU is capable of a broader spectrum of DNA changes than is EMS, which generally causes G-to-A transitions (De Stasio and Dorman, 2001).
cDNA structure and GFP fusions
The 5′ end of the nas-37 cDNA was determined by RT-PCR using the primer 5′-CGTTCTGCTCAACGTGTCTAATAGC for first-strand synthesis from whole RNA of mixed-stage C. elegans. This template was then used for a 35-cycle PCR using the primer 5′-GAGCTTGTCGCCTTGATCTTGG and the splice-leader 1 (SL1) specific primer 5′-GGTTTAATTACCCAAGTTTGAG. This product was TA-cloned and sequenced. The remainder of the nas-37 cDNA was synthesized using PCR with T7 and T3 specific primers using the phage cDNA clone yk355c4 as template (provided to us by Yuji Kohara). Products were TA cloned and sequenced. The full-length, error-free cDNA was generated by ligating regions from three different 3′ clones and the 5′clone.
The construct pWD90 is a fusion of the nas-37 promoter driving GFP. The promoter fragment was made using PCR with the primers:5′-TGGCTCTGGCAGTCGAAAGC and 5′-CGGATCCATTCTGCAAAATAGAACATCAAGAATCGG and with N2 worm genomic DNA as template. This product was TA-cloned and then cloned as a PstI–BamHI fragment into the GFP expression plasmid pPD95.75 (A. Fire). This construct contains 3806 bp of genomic DNA between the predicted genes C17G1.7 and C17G1.6 (nas-37), and contains the predicted ATG start codon of C17G1.6 fused directly to the open reading frame of GFP. pWD90 was injected at 40 ng/μl with 20 ng/μl lin-15(+)as a co-injection marker and 100 ng/μl 1 kb plus DNA ladder (Invitrogen) as filler.
A destabilized GFP version of this construct, called pWD95, was made by fusing the PEST sequence from mouse ornithine decarboxylase (mODC) to the C-terminus of GFP. GFP destabilized in this way has been found to have a half-life of 2 hours in mammalian cells(Li et al., 1998). A translationally silent MfeI site was introduced in the middle of the GFP:mODC (pd2EGFP, Clontech) to make this EGFP construct compatible with standard GFP in worm vectors. This 3′ fragment was then cloned as an MfeI-EcoRI fragment into the GFP expression construct pPD95.75 to make pWD93. This GFP:mODC expression construct was then placed under the nas-37 promoter by cloning an XhoI-ApaI fragment into the transcriptional fusion construct pWD90. pWD95 was injected at 90 ng/μl with 10 ng/μl lin-15(+) as a co-injection marker. This high concentration of Pnas-37::GFP::mODC was required to see robust expression of GFP::mODC. pWD95 was integrated using 4000 cGy of X rays,and the integrated transgene was used for determining the timecourse of nas-37 expression. Timecourse experiments were done at 19°C using thinly seeded 2% agarose plates. Single L2 or L3 animals brightly expressing GFP were placed on plates and imaged every hour until they had molted twice(∼17 hours).
pWD103 is a NAS-37::GFP translational fusion under the nas-37promoter. This was made by PCR of N2 genomic DNA using Phusion DNA polymerase(MJ Research) and the primers:5′-GGCTACCGGTCCGTTTTTGTAGCAAACTCCTCTTCTAGG and 5′-ACCCTCTTTGTCTATCCTCCTCTG. This PCR product includes most of the nas-37 promoter and all the predicted coding region; it introduces an AgeI restriction site just before the nas-37 stop codon. This PCR product was cloned into pWD90 as a SacII-AgeI restriction fragment. Because NAS-37 is a secreted product, pWD103T was created by replacing the S65C version of GFP in pWD103 with GFP(S65T) from pPD113.35. As expected, we found that this construct produces a slightly brighter fluorescence signal in worms than does pWD103. pWD103T was injected into the ox199 mutant background with Punc-122::GFP as a co-injection marker. This translational fusion fully rescues the ox199 mutant phenotype.
Cuticle collagen patterns in nas-37 mutants
The COL-19::GFP integrated strain TP12(Thein et al., 2003) was crossed with ox199 to visualize the effect of loss of NAS-37 on the expression of an adult cuticle collagen. Live worms were mounted on agar pads and viewed under epifluorescence using a Zeiss axioscope 2. Embryonic and larval cuticle collagens were assessed by fixing mixed-stage cultures of ox199 worms and staining with the DPY-7 monoclonal antibody(McMahon et al., 2003). The antibody was applied at 1/50 followed by Alexa Fluor 488 anti-mouse IgG conjugate. All fluorescence images were digitally captured and processed using Openlab (Improvision) and Adobe Photoshop software.
Haemonchus contortus cuticle refractile ring assays
We constructed a NAS-37 expression plasmid, pWD100.4, that included the region from the ATG up to and including the last amino acid of NAS-37. This region was PCR amplified from a full-length cDNA clone and inserted in-frame into pET42a (Novagen). This construct is designed to express a GST::6HIS::NAS-37::6HIS fusion protein under the control of the lactose operon.
pWD100.4 was transformed into BL21(DE3) cells, grown to log phase and induced with 1 mmol/l isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG)overnight (16 hours) at 25°C. Sonicates were prepared using standard methods and cleared lysates purified on Qiagen Ni-NTA spin columns. The larvae were prepared and the refractile ring assays were performed essentially as described by Gamble et al. (Gamble et al.,1989b). Briefly, L3(2M) larvae were heat-killed by immersion in boiling water, cooled on ice, then transferred to a microscope slide and chopped open with a razor blade. Chopped worms were re-suspended in Earle's balanced salt solution at 4°C. Assays were set up in 96-well microtiter plates with prepared larvae transferred in 100 μl aliquots of 100 mmol/l Tris (pH 8). Purified protein was added at 1-2 μg to the wells; controls included no protein, excess crude bacterial sonicate, or 100 μg bovine serum albumin. Plates were incubated at 37°C for 1 hour; then samples were transferred to slides and viewed under a differential interference contrast microscope.
nas-37 mutations cause ecdysis defects
We identified four mutant alleles of a gene that gave a striking molting phenotype (Fig. 1). All four alleles were indistinguishable from each other. At each molt the animals failed to open the anterior end of the old cuticle sufficiently to crawl out. Instead, the partially shed cuticle formed a tight constriction around the animal. The time required for the worm to shed the cuticle fully was variable. Approximately 40% (7/18) of young adult animals retained partially shed cuticles within 10 hours of the molt. Eventually, most animals were able to free themselves from the constricted cuticle; however, sometimes the cuticle broke off behind the constriction, leaving a tight band of cuticle girdling the worm and giving it a `wasp waist' appearance. This phenotype was observed at all four molts and corresponded to the expected phenotype for a defect in a protease involved in ecdysis.
NAS-37 is an Astacin metalloprotease
The mutant locus was mapped using single nucleotide polymorphisms between Bristol and Hawaiian C. elegans isolates(Fig. 2A)(Wicks et al., 2001). Ultimately, ox199 was mapped to a 187 kb interval between polymorphisms on cosmids F47A4 and F19C6(Fig. 2B). This interval contained nas-37 (C17G1.6), which encodes an Astacin extracellular-matrix metalloprotease. This gene had been shown to have a developmental or molting defect using high-throughput RNAi screens(Kamath et al., 2003; Maeda et al., 2001; Simmer et al., 2003). Because this gene was an excellent candidate to be involved in ecdysis, we sequenced nas-37 in our four mutant strains. All four alleles had mutations in the nas-37 open reading frame. Three alleles, ox190, ox197and ox199, caused premature stop codons and therefore probably represented the null phenotype of nas-37. We found that both nas-37(RNAi) and the deletion allele nas-37(tm410) gave the same phenotype as our mutant alleles (data not shown). Although NAS-37 has homology with proteases it is possible that it does not act as a protease in vivo. For example, mutations in the ACN-1 protease-related protein cause ecdysis defects in C. elegans, but ACN-1 lacks key zinc-binding residues in the metalloprotease domain and is thus unlikely to be an active protease (Brooks et al., 2003). However, the ox196 allele of nas-37 caused a histidine-to-arginine mutation in an invariant residue involved in coordinating the zinc ion in the metalloprotease catalytic site(Bode et al., 1992)(Fig. 2E). This mutation is just as penetrant as the three nonsense alleles, and thus NAS-37 is probably acting as a bona fide protease.
To determine the primary sequence of the protein encoded by nas-37, we constructed and sequenced a full-length cDNA(Fig. 2C and see Materials and methods). We found that nas-37 is an SL1 trans-spliced gene. Sequencing of three independent cDNAs demonstrated that exon 12 is shorter than the predicted version in the public database, WormBase(www.wormbase.org). This region of the predicted protein is between the CUB and thrombospondin domains (see below) and is not conserved in paralogous proteins in the genome. Further, this region of exon 12 is poorly conserved in the corresponding region of the C. briggsae (CBG01954) and C. remanei(Washington University Genome sequencing center, unassembled whole genome shotgun sequence) orthologous genes. Although the amino acid sequence is only moderately conserved between the C. elegans and C. briggsaeversions of this exon, a longer exon 12 can also be predicted in the C. briggsae and C. remanei sequences, suggesting that this exon may be longer in some transcripts. Other than this discrepancy, we found that the cDNA matched the WormBase prediction for nas-37. Database searches revealed that orthologs of nas-37 are found in EST databases derived from several parasitic nematodes, including Brugia malayi (see below), Strongyloides ratti (GenBank BI741990) and Meloidogyne chitwoodi (GenBank CB831257). Among these, the most complete gene sequence is found in the partially completed genome sequence of B. malayi. Two fragments possibly representing a single gene (TIGR Brugia malayi WGS contigs 1132528 and 1133899) were orthologous to C. elegans nas-37. The splice sites of nas-37 from B. malayi and C. elegans were conserved for four out of five introns (Fig. 2C), whereas only one out of five of nas-37 splice sites were conserved in the closely related C. elegans genes hch-1 or toh-2. Thus, the NAS-37 protease is conserved in parasitic nematodes and may be playing a role in ecdysis in these species as well.
The NAS-37 protein contains a secretion signal sequence and four recognizable domains (Fig. 2D). The N-terminus contains an Astacin-class zinc metalloprotease domain. This catalytic domain is found in a wide variety of proteases in both invertebrates and vertebrates and can carry out a wide variety of functions: as a digestive enzyme, a peptide-processing enzyme, a signaling maturase or a hatching enzyme. The completed C. elegans genome has 39 Astacin family genes(Mohrlen et al., 2003). These all have similar protease domains; substrate specificity is probably conferred by the C-terminal domains of the proteases. The genes can be subdivided into six subgroups based on the domain composition of the C-terminus of the protein(Mohrlen et al., 2003). For example, subgroup I members contain only the protease domain, and the expression pattern of a member of this subgroup suggests that it may be serving as a general digestive enzyme in the gut(Mohrlen et al., 2003). NAS-37 belongs to subgroup V. These proteins all contain three potential protein–protein interaction domains at their C-termini: an EGF-like domain, a CUB domain and a thrombospondin domain.
nas-37 is expressed in hypodermal cells before ecdysis
Although the old cuticle remains attached in nas-37 mutants, it is released from most of the body surface, and only remains attached by a tightly constricted ring of cuticle at its anterior end. This limited defect might be due to a specific role of NAS-37 in digesting the anterior end of the old cuticle to allow the worm to escape the cuticle. If NAS-37 has this role in ecdysis, we would expect the gene to be expressed at the anterior attachment points at the time of molting. To determine which cells express nas-37, we fused the promoter of this gene to the green fluorescent protein (GFP) open reading frame and generated transgenic animals. We included 3807 bp of the genomic DNA 5′ of the nas-37 start codon, which encompasses the entire intergenic region between the 3′ end of the upstream gene C17G1.7 and the nas-37 start codon. As expected, bright fluorescence was observed in the Hyp5 hypodermal cell at the anterior end of the larvae (Fig. 3D) as well as at other attachment points of the cuticle at the anterior end of larvae, in the arcade cells in the mouth (Fig. 3D), the anterior pharynx (not shown) and the amphid socket cells(Fig. 3C), and in the rectal epithelial cells at the posterior end of the larvae. These cell types are in contact with the cuticle and could be the sources of enzyme secretion to aid ecdysis.
Bright fluorescence was also observed in the hypodermal cells of each larval stage (Fig. 3A-C). Expression was not seen in the seam cells of L1 through L3 larvae(Fig. 3A,B); however, the seam cells of the L4 larvae strongly expressed nas-37::GFP(Fig. 3C). The L4 stage is when the seam cells terminally differentiate and fuse with the hypodermal syncytium. It is at this time that the seam cells secrete a set of three longitudinal ridges called alae; however, the alae in nas-37 looked normal. The expression in the hypodermis and seam cells disappeared in adult worms after a few hours. However, expression continued in the vulval epithelial cells (Fig. 3E) and the rectal epithelial cells (Fig. 3F) in the adult. It is not clear what role nas-37 plays in these cells in adults; it is possible that the protease continues to loosen the cuticle at these sites to accommodate growth in the adult, however there are no apparent defects in nas-37 mutants after the L4 to adult molt.
To test whether peak NAS-37 expression coincided with ecdysis in each larval stage, we increased the temporal resolution of the GFP reporter by fusing a PEST protein degradation signal onto the C-terminus of our GFP construct (Li et al., 1998). This sequence increases protein turnover and should rapidly eliminate GFP fluorescence after expression has stopped. As expected, bright fluorescence was observed in the Hyp5 cell at the anterior tip of the animal and in the rectal epithelial cells at ecdysis (Fig. 4). After the molt, nas-37 expression was very low in all cells, although expression continued in Hyp5 and the rectal epithelial cells. GFP expression driven by the nas-37 promoter (Pnas-37::GPF)began to rise about 6 hours before ecdysis, with peak nas-37expression in hypodermal cells (and seam cells exclusively in the L4 stage)about 4 hours before each molt (Fig. 4). Although the time of expression from the nas-37promoter does not indicate when the NAS-37 protein is acting, expression in the hypoderm 4 hours before molting is coincident with apolysis and with collagen gene expression.
NAS-37 is found in the cuticle
To determine where NAS-37 protein is localized, we constructed a NAS-37::GFP translational fusion under control of the same nas-37promoter region used in the transcriptional fusion. This construct rescues nas-37(ox199) to wild type. The NAS-37::GFP fusion protein was found in the cuticle, with high concentration in the anterior of the worm overlying Hyp5 (Fig. 5A,C). It was also concentrated in the alae (not shown), vulval cuticle(Fig. 5B) and cuticle of the rectum (Fig. 5D). In addition,the protein was abundantly expressed in the excretory duct cell and would therefore be released from the single anterior secretory pore(Fig. 5A). The anterior concentration of the protein is consistent with the ecdysis defect seen in the mutant, as this is the portion of the cuticle that fails to fully open during molting. We found that the protein began to appear in the anterior cuticle 4 hours before each molt (data not shown), consistent with our transcriptional GFP fusion results. Despite high levels of transcription of nas-37 in hypodermal cells, high levels of protein accumulation were not observed in these cells. GFP fluorescence was also observed in shed cuticles(Fig. 5E), demonstrating that the fusion protein is indeed secreted and deposited into the old cuticle. Thus, NAS-37 is deposited at the right time and place for a protease that facilitates ecdysis. It is not clear whether the protease is active immediately after secretion, or whether it is activated specifically during ecdysis, potentially by other proteases.
Cuticle collagen patterns are disrupted in nas-37mutants
Because NAS-37 is expressed coincident with collagen expression, it is possible that NAS-37 is required for processing newly synthesized collagen. To determine whether nas-37 mutations affect the synthesis of cuticle,we examined the cuticle structure of nas-37 mutants using Nomarski differential interference contrast, an adult-specific GFP-tagged COL-19 collagen strain (Thein et al.,2003), and antibodies to the DPY-7 collagen(McMahon et al., 2003). Using Nomarski microscopy, we observed that the inner layer of cuticle contained a meshwork of thick refractile filaments above the entire lateral hypodermis in nas-37 mutant adults (Fig. 6A,B). This thick network is sometimes seen in collagen mutants(Thein et al., 2003) and may represent improperly processed collagen fibers. This network was not seen in larval stages of nas-37 mutants (data not shown). GFP-tagged COL-19 collagen accumulated in small patches that were associated with gaps along the lateral midline of nas-37 adults(Fig. 6C,D). Immunofluorescence images of the DPY-7 cuticular collagen demonstrated that the structures of the circumferential DPY-7 annuli were disrupted along the lateral cuticle in nas-37 L4 larvae and adults (Fig. 6E,F), but not in the L1, L2 or L3 stages.
NAS-37 induces refractile ring formation in Haemonchus contortus cuticles
The molting defects of nas-37 mutants suggested that NAS-37 plays a specific role in ecdysis, the opening of the cuticle to allow the worm to escape. A zinc-containing metalloprotease has been purified from the exsheathing fluids of the parasitic nematode H. contortus(Gamble et al., 1989b). This purified protease is able to induce the formation of a refractile ring 20μm from the anterior tip of isolated cuticles in vitro(Gamble et al., 1989b). This ring is indistinguishable from cuticle changes induced during exsheathment in vivo (Gamble et al., 1989a). While the molecular identity of this protease is unknown, the H. contortus ortholog of NAS-37 is an excellent candidate for this protease. Gamble et al. (Gamble et al.,1989b) found that H. contortus exsheathing fluid could crossreact with cuticles isolated from four other trichostrongyles nematodes. If there is sufficient conservation between the molting processes in C. elegans and the exsheathment system in H. contortus, it is possible that the two proteases still retain some degree of crossreactivity to each other's cuticle substrates. To test whether this is the case, we tested whether purified NAS-37 protein could induce refractile ring formation in isolated H. contortus second-molt cuticles. We found that purified recombinant NAS-37 at 10 μg/ml could induce refractile ring formation resembling the in-vivo Haemonchus exsheathment(Fig. 7). Because neither collagenase nor trypsin is able to induce refractile ring formation(Gamble et al., 1989b), and because NAS-37 specifically causes refractile rings without noticeably affecting the cuticle as a whole, it is likely that NAS-37 shares specific substrates with the endogenous H. contortus exsheathing metalloprotease.
NAS-37 plays a critical role in C. elegans ecdysis. The expression of NAS-37 in Hyp5 and accumulation of protein at the tip of the nose of the animal is consistent with the ecdysis defects seen in mutant animals. The abundant expression of NAS-37 from the excretory duct cell is consistent with this role in ecdysis and molting (Bird and Bird, 1991). Likewise, pharyngeal, rectal, amphid and vulval expression patterns are consistent with the loosening of cuticle in these regions. Further, the ability of NAS-37 to crossreact with parasitic nematode cuticles suggests that the cuticle targets of NAS-37 during nematode exsheathment and ecdysis have been evolutionarily conserved.
A degradative function for NAS-37 is consistent with the known function of the related class V Astacin metalloprotease nas-34. nas-34 is also known as hch-1, because mutations in this gene have been found to cause delayed hatching from the eggshell(Hishida et al., 1996). Because these mutations can be suppressed by exogenously applied proteinases, it has been suggested that this gene encodes a C. elegans enzyme responsible for degrading eggshell proteins at hatching. Our results are consistent with a similar degradative role for NAS-37 during ecdysis.
It is interesting that NAS-37 protein is present in the anterior cuticle up to 4 hours before ecdysis, even though the actual opening of the anterior cuticle occurs in only a few minutes. Astacins require proteolytic processing to remove an inhibitory N-terminal pro-peptide, either through autoproteolytic activation or through processing by other proteases(Yiallouros et al., 2002). It is not known whether nematode astacins, including NAS-37, are able to auto-activate, or require processing by other proteases. It is possible that NAS-37 is secreted into the old cuticle in an inactive form (ether as a zymogen or complexed with an inhibitor) and activated only by a second protease secreted at ecdysis. Alternatively, NAS-37 may be acting continuously on the anterior cuticle during the entire 4-hour period, weakening it in preparation for mechanical disruption by movements of the pharynx and nose during ecdysis. We cannot conclusively distinguish between these possibilities. However, our observation that recombinant NAS-37 showed proteolytic activity demonstrates that NAS-37 can auto-activate to some degree, and may favor the model that NAS-37 is active the entire 4-hour period.
The expression of Pnas-37::GFP in almost all hypodermal cells at the start of new cuticle deposition suggests that in addition to opening the anterior of the cuticle, NAS-37 may play other minor roles in cuticle processing. Although this expression pattern suggests that NAS-37 might be involved in apolysis (that is, in the separation of the cuticle from the hypoderm), no defects in apolysis were observed in nas-37 mutants. It is possible that NAS-37 functions during apolysis but is redundant with other secreted proteases. Hypodermal expression is also consistent with a role for NAS-37 in collagen maturation. We did observe minor defects in collagen organization in the cuticle. Such a role is consistent with yet another class V Astacin metalloprotease in C. elegans, nas-35 (also known as dpy-31 and as toh-2). Because of specific genetic interactions with collagen mutants, nas-35 has been proposed to be a procollagen-C-proteinase, involved in the proteolytic maturation of procollagen into its mature, functional form(Novelli et al., 2004). Similarly, NAS-37 may mature specific collagens. However, the collagen defects seen in nas-37 mutants are mild relative to mutations that are known to affect collagen synthesis specifically(Thein et al., 2003). Additionally, if NAS-37 were necessary for all collagen maturation, then we would expect to observe expression during cuticle deposition at all stages,including the embryo. No expression is observed in the hypoderm during the formation of the L1 cuticle during embryogenesis. Moreover, there is no apparent expression of NAS-37 in the adult hypoderm even though the animal continues to grow and secrete collagen. Cuticular defects are not observed in earlier larval stages or in the non-lateral hypoderm of L4 larvae or adults. Thus, we favor an interpretation that the defects we see in collagen deposition are caused indirectly by defects in apolysis or ecdysis. Further,the cuticle defects are mild, and protein accumulation in the hypoderm is relatively small, suggesting only a minor role for NAS-37 in these regions.
In conclusion, we have identified an Astacin-class secreted metalloprotease that is required for the final step of nematode molting, ecdysis, but that may play supporting roles in the earlier steps of apolysis and cuticle synthesis. In addition, we have shown that ecdysis and exsheathment processes are likely to share conserved cuticular targets, and that orthologous genes in parasitic nematodes may be involved in the critical exsheathment process that initiates the infective stage of these animals.
The authors would like to thank: Kim Schuske for ox199, John Gilleard (Glasgow University) for supplying Haemonchus contortusworms, Yuji Kohara for cDNA clones, The Caenorhabditis Genetics Center for strains, Mike Bastiani for confocal microscope access, the National Bioresource Project for the Experimental Animal for tm410, Andrew Fire for GFP plasmids, and Marc Hammarlund for critical reading and helpful comments on the manuscript. This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellowship to M.W.D., and grant #5 R 37 NS 34307-10 to E.M.J.), the University of Utah (Bioscience Undergraduate Research Mini-grant Program fellowship to A.C.), and the Medical Research Council UK(senior fellowship to A.P.P., and studentship to A.J.B.). | <urn:uuid:74000f46-e614-4826-8fe2-d3c11fa0d9a3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://journals.biologists.com/dev/article/131/23/6001/42676/A-conserved-metalloprotease-mediates-ecdysis-in | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.922835 | 8,027 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Scott interviews Tom Woods about his new eBook, which provides a libertarian perspective on some of the national questions being raised these days about the future of policing. Scott and Woods focus in on the war on drugs in particular, which has been the culprit behind so many of the police abuses of the last few decades. They review the reasons why this policy has been completely ineffective, a staggering waste of resource and has led to vastly disproportionate outcomes between white and minority populations. As a libertarian, Woods supports the replacement of government police forces with free market alternatives, but short of this, he also offers a few relatively simple reforms that could go a long way toward solving some of the worst problems with police, and which he hopes almost any American could get behind.
Discussed on the show:
- The Pentagon vs. the Economy
- The Problems With the Police
- “81 Percent of Black Americans Want the Same Level, or More, of Police Presence: Gallup” (Reason)
- “Amash, Pressley introduce bipartisan legislation to end qualified immunity” (U.S. Representative Justin Amash)
This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; Listen and Think Audio; TheBumperSticker.com; and LibertyStickers.com. | <urn:uuid:792773ec-9e66-44f8-bfec-804fc9712696> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://libertarianinstitute.org/scotthortonshow/8-7-20-tom-woods-the-problems-with-the-police-and-how-to-fix-them/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571993.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814022847-20220814052847-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.945535 | 301 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Study places and material
Available study places
You can book a study place in Utrecht University Library on bookings.uu.nl. The University libraries have many study places available with or without PCs including in the University libraries.
As a Humanities student you can find available places to study in the centre of Utrecht, but also in the Uithof (Utrecht Science Park). During exam periods the libraries, among other buildings, have longer opening hours and there are additional study places available. In the evening it is less busy in the libraries. .You can reserve a spot in these buildings through Resource Booker.
Rules study places
Everyone gets to use the study places, but do keep the following rules in mind. They can differ somewhat per building.
- In the libraries you can leave your place for a maximum of 30 minutes. If you leave for a longer period of time, your belongings will be put away and another person can take your place.
- You can not eat food at (computer) study places. You are allowed to bring a closed bottle of water with you.
- You are not allowed to make phone calls at study places.
- After use, leave the place clean. Throw away trash, put the seats and tables back in the original position.
- Only use a study place for studying, not for private matters.
Study material: bound readers
Do you want to receive a bound readers? Then there is the option to produce one at cost price via Printing on Demand (payment via IDEAL). You Ordered readers will be send to you at postage cost by regular mail. You should receive these within five working days.
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Antonela Barbir, doctoral candidate
She graduated Archaeology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb in 2015, earning a master's degree in prehistoric archaeology and for which she received an Award for excellence in the graduate study of Archaeology (2016). From 2016 to 2018 she worked as a conservator/archaeologist at Croatian Conservation Institute. She won a scholarship for excellence for the Postgraduate Doctoral Study of Archaeology that she enrolled in 2017.
She started working at the Institute of Archaeology in 2018, where she is involved in the project „Iron Age Female Identities in the Southern Carpathian Basin“ (FEMINE) (project leader: dr. M. Dizdar) in which she deals with the role of animal remains in female burials. In her doctoral research „Hunter gatherers' diet across the Pleistocene – Holocene transition on the eastern Adriatic coast –
mammal and mollusc assemblages from Vlakno cave (Dugi otok)” she focuses on a better understanding of human adaptation on palaeoenvironmental changes and subsistence strategies. She participated in numerous archaeological excavations of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic sites in Istria and Dalmatia.
In her scientific work, she deals with the human-animal relationship, adaptations of human populations to the paleoenvironmental changes, and subsistence strategies using archaeozoological, archaeomalacological, and archaeobotanical methods. | <urn:uuid:38ca9ba2-f5b2-483f-8d86-25560d34a2a3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.iarh.hr/en/employees/antonela-barbir/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571993.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814022847-20220814052847-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.919554 | 338 | 1.617188 | 2 |
Fortunately, the governing bodies that oversee Arizona boating regulations and laws, have understood that less government interference into people’s lives, is better.
Arizona canoe and kayak laws allow for non-motorized vessels to be exempt from registration. However, it is mandatory for all canoes and kayaks to have onboard a life jacket for each person and a loud sound-making device like a whistle (the whistle is strongly encouraged but not mandatory in Arizona).
Arizona Canoeing/Kayaking Laws Overview
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is the organization responsible for enforcing and overseeing boating laws in the state of Arizona.
State Police officers as well as game and fish Wardens are also tasked with enforcing boating/canoe/kayak boating regulations.
Canoe Registration – Unpowered (human-powered) boats are not required to be registered.
Title – You will NOT need to title your canoe or kayak in Arizona since Arizona is a non-title state.
Do You Need a Permit to Kayak in Arizona?
Canoe/Kayak License Requirements – If the craft is powered by human means it does not need to be registered and no permit is required.
Canoe/Kayak Operator Requirements – No certification or special education is required to operate a non-powered canoe/kayak.
Who needs an Arizona boating education certification? – Amazingly, NO ONE! A boater education card is not required in Arizona but may be beneficial to reduce insurance fees on your craft.
Operating Under the Influence – No person is allowed to operate or be in physical control of a motorboat or vessel (we assume this includes canoes and kayaks) while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Anyone caught with a blood alcohol content of 0.08% or higher will be in violation of BUI (boating under the influence) laws.
Emergency Equipment Requirements – As in most jurisdictions, a wearable personal flotation device needs to be accessible to everyone in a vessel in the state of Arizona.
The minimum legal requirements for emergency equipment on your vessel (canoe/kayak) includes the following:
- Life jackets— U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets, of the right size and type, for everyone on board
- A white navigation light—during low visibility such as fog, heavy rain, night time, dawn or dusk. It must be visible from all angles (or at minimum, a “navigation” light deployable in sufficient time to prevent a collision)
- Visual Distress Signal – Not necessary in UNLESS you are on Federal waters after sunset and before sunrise.
- Sound Producing Device – Typically an emergency whistle capable of making a “loud” noise. This is strongly encouraged though not mandatory according to Arizona boating law.
Do I Need a License or Permit of any kind in order to canoe or kayak in Arizona?
You do not need a permit or license to kayak in Arizona. Any vessel that is powered only by human means and no gas or electric motor, needs no registration or titling.
However, you also won’t need registration of your motorized craft if you bring your canoe or kayak from another state (where it is operated legally with valid registration if required) and use it in Arizona for less than 60 days.
You may register and title your motorized canoe (if applicable) using THIS LINK.
Do I Need a Title for my Canoe or Kayak in Arizona?
I could find no statutes in the Arizona boating laws that address the issue of titling a non-motorized vessel. Even if your vessel is motorized, Arizona is a non-title state so only registration is required.
Do I Need a License or Registration in Arizona if my Canoe or Kayak has a Motor?
You’ll need to register your motorized canoe in Arizona. All motorized vessels with any kind of motor (gas or electric) and any level of power, will need to be registered (Certificate of Number) in Arizona and also display the appropriate decals/numbers.
You’ll need to have your Certificate of Number available for inspection if asked by an enforcement officer.
Canoe/Kayak Operator Requirements for Motorized and Non-Motorized Vessels in Arizona
Do I have to be a certain age in Arizona to operate a canoe with an electric trolling motor?
Practically speaking, anyone of any age (as long as they are competent) can legally operate a canoe or kayak with an electric motor of any size.
The law states that no one under the age of 12 (unless accompanied by someone over the age of 18) may operate a motorized boat with an 8 hp or larger motor. However, every normal canoe (even big ones) or kayak with an electric trolling motor will never actually approach the 8 hp threshold.
As a good reference, a 1 hp motor is loosely equal to around 70 -75 lbs of thrust from an electric motor, and no electric motor that fits on an average canoe or kayak will exceed or even approach 70 lbs of thrust.
That said, it’s never a bad idea to obtain your boater safety course for a safer boating experience.
Alcohol – Operating Under the Influence in the State of Arizona
Is it illegal to drink alcohol while paddling my canoe in Arizona?
It is illegal in Arizona to operate a boat while intoxicated. A boater is considered “intoxicated” if his/her blood alcohol content (BAC) is 0.08% or higher.
However, if a boater is impaired by any substance, including prescription drugs, marijuana, or other narcotics, they can still be charged with impaired boating if they fail to pass a field sobriety test or their actions give evidence of their intoxication.
Arizona Boating Emergency Equipment Requirements
Every state has a slightly different take on what is required or suggested regarding life jackets. I’m a pretty good swimmer, but it’s just become a habit now for me to wear a PFD at all times.
In my case, I’ll cheat a bit and take it off or open it for a while if it’s insanely hot and the water is calm, but as a rule, I’d say wear one all the time!
What are the required items I’ll need legally while canoeing/kayaking in Arizona?
You’ll need a number of items of gear for legal and safe travel on Arizona’s waterways.
Life Jacket – You will be required by law to have a readily accessible and wearable PFD (personal flotation device) for everyone on board your canoe/kayak. They need to be Type I, II or III (or a wearable V)
Throwable Flotation Devices – Not mandatory in canoes or kayaks.
Manual Bailing Device – Not officially mandatory, but it’s a VERY good idea to have one.
Visual Distress Signals (VDS) – Not required unless your vessel is in Federally-controlled waters.
If you are on Federally controlled waters after dark, your canoe/kayak will need to have a minimum of 3 night VDS’s (or day/night VDS’s like a flare or red meteor). You do not need to carry a daytime VDS if you are operating a human-powered canoe or kayak.
Note: The VDS requirement assumes you are on the water after dark.
Navigation Lights – Unpowered vessels require, at minimum, a bright white lantern with enough luminosity to prevent a collision. These lights are required only when the boat is anchored or moving anytime between sunset and sunrise.
Sound Devices – Officially, Arizona does not require canoes and kayaks to have a loud sound-producing device audible for great distances. However, the state does officially encourage this practice.
Fire Extinguishers – Not required in canoes/kayaks
Emergency Locator Beacons – Not required, but I’ve included this piece of equipment because I believe it is something EVERY canoeist and kayaker should have regardless of where they will paddle. ACR makes a very good model (pictured below).
Life Jackets for Various Vessels in Arizona
Canoes or kayaks of any size/length need to have aboard a Type I, II or III US Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device for each person on board.
Anyone under the age of 13 needs to be WEARING an approved PFD while in the vessel WHILE it is underway.
As usual, certain vessels are exempt from the PFD laws, including racing canoes and racing kayaks in addition to rowing skulls and other racing vessels powered by wind or paddles.
IMPORTANT: It’s worth a mention to note that the PFD must be in good condition (not full of rips/tears with broken straps, etc.) AND must be readily accessible, AND must be of the proper size for the intended user.
Emergency Sound Device (Arizona Boating Law)
According to Arizona boat laws, all boats within the state boundaries SHOULD have a device that makes a very loud noise, but it is not required by law.
In Arizona, any powered or unpowered canoe or kayak should have a loud noise-making device that can produce a sustained blast for 4-6 seconds and can be heard for at least a mile.
We regularly use the FOX 40 whistle that you can get HERE for around $10!
That said, if you’re feeling adventurous, there is a louder whistle that exceeds the typical 115 to 120 decibel level of the Fox 40 line of whistles. The Hyper-Whistle is a great alternative to the Fox 40 though it’s a few dollars more and a tiny bit bigger.
It offers a 2-mile range and can hit up to 142 decibels (dB). You can check it out on Amazon for only about $5 more than the Fox 40.
You may also choose to have an air horn or other device that does not require your lung power, but I find a whistle is more than adequate given its smaller size, lower price, and because it’s maintenance-free and never has to be replaced or recharged or “checked” unless it’s lost.
Canoe/Kayak Emergency Lighting (Arizona Boating Law)
Do I need special lights for my canoe in Arizona?
- If you are operating an unpowered canoe or kayak, you’ll need to have AT LEAST a bright white lantern that produces a light that is visible from every angle and displayed in sufficient time to prevent a collision.
- All craft (including canoes/kayaks) must display a white light visible from all angles if anchored anywhere OTHER THAN a designed mooring area.
The State of Arizona encourages users of kayaks and canoes (after dark) to display the bow red/green lights as well when underway. I’ve included a photo and link below to the best option (which is also the cheapest) for a canoe or kayak.
This is the best (and least expensive) option for a portable bow light that satisfies all state/provincial boating regulations.
This is definitely the light I would get if I didn’t already have an excellent light that I use for longer wilderness trips (smaller but not as impressive as this one)!
A stern mounted white light such as this one is exactly what is mandated for use if your canoe or kayak is (for some reason) moored away from shore overnight.
Here’s our choice for an excellent small, effective, and compliant stern light for dusk to dawn voyages.
Here’s a light very similar to the one I actually use in real life on my trips!
Visual Distress Signals (VDS) – Required only on Federally-controlled waters in the state.
Here’s the most convenient night VDS that is compliant with all states and provinces.
Arizona Canoe / Kayak Fire Extinguisher Law
Fire extinguishers are not required for canoes or kayaks for obvious reasons. If you should find yourself in a situation where a fire breaks out in your canoe, a simple splash of water (or barring that, a controlled capsize) should do the trick nicely.
Arizona Boating Rules and Certification Information
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Social Entrepreneurship is often championed as a solution to social problems. As I understand it, social entrepreneurs are ingenious people who use their creativity to help those who suffer from poverty, sickness, lack of education, and whatever other problems catch their attention. Their solutions, because ‘Social Entrepreneurs’ would never question the basic good of capitalism (would they?), are of course only feasible if they return a profit to good-as-angel investors. Let’s ignore that the framing of Social Entrepreneurship, by itself, suggests that other profit seekers are Anti-Social Entrepreneurs (which is probably right). Instead let’s offer a brief critique of social entrepreneurship itself.
Here’s a good example in this morning’s New York Times. Retail monster Walmart is well known to pay its employees a less than livable wage of, on average, $13.85 an hour. One fortunate worker highlighted in the piece, Alexis, earns $19.25 an hour. Trading 30 hours a week with Walmart, she gets in return around $30,000 a year. This would put Alexis and her 4 children just beyond the $28,780 federal poverty guideline for a family of 5 in 2017, but they’re certainly eligible for many forms of assistance. So, this is a paycheck to paycheck life.
Alexis says she’d like to save more, but that’s hard to do with most of your money spent between pay-periods. So, here’s a problem for the Social Entrepreneurs to solve. In this case the solution is an app called Even, cofounded by idealistic young man Jon Schlossberg, to help low-wage workers manage their money. With Even, workers can even withdraw some of their earned cash before the next paycheck. No more pay-day loans with their high interest rates, but rather earlier access to money you’ve earned. Jon is focusing his entrepreneurial energy on helping those in need, which is good. He’s able to do this because he’s already created something very useful for us:
“Before creating Even, one of the firm’s founders, Jon Schlossberg, had developed an app called Knock, which allows phone users to unlock a Mac computer by knocking on their phone.”
Having made his money via this invaluable contribution to society, it was time to do good.
Idealistic and flush with money from the success of Knock, Mr. Schlossberg said
he began studying how a cash shortage affects people’s physical and mental well-being. “It is a fundamental problem with the capitalistic society,” Mr. Schlossberg said in an interview. Mr. Schlossberg, 30, said he set out to create a product that could reduce the stress associated with money problems, joining a crowd of other so-called fintech start-ups seeking to disrupt the traditional banking model.
Sounding like a real Marxist (who conveniently came to understand how awful capitalism is for workers after he’d made his money), Jon identifies how capitalism is fundamentally alienating and destructive of the human person. That’s not good. So, what’s the lesson? Do as any good capitalist would and disrupt! For a profit, of course.
Walmart pays a small fee to Even to allow workers to withdraw their wages
ahead of payday. Workers can take out only a portion of wages that they have already earned during the two-week pay cycle — so technically, Even says, these are not loans.
Walmart is paying Jon. Jon, flush with cash because he made it easier to unlock your computer, is being paid by Walmart so that he can help Walmart employees manage their paycheck to paycheck lives. Stand-up guy, Jon. But, far from alone in his social entrepreneurial quest for justice, he has partners who share his concern for the struggles of the poor.
“You have earned this money,” said Safwan Shah, founder of PayActiv. “Who
decides you should get paid every two weeks?”
Jon’s comrade Safwan owns a company, missing an ‘e,’ that helps process the transactions between Walmart and its cash poor employees. Safwan understands that workers are the source of wealth, and how unfair it is that the capitalist decides when the worker gets access to the fruit of their labor. He’s going to help by processing a limited number of mid-pay-period transactions for a fee paid by Walmart, or if things get really bad, the employee.
With the new service, every Walmart employee can obtain a portion of his or her
earned wages eight times a year free of charge. For most of the workers, the so-called Instapays will be deducted from their next paycheck. The workers can pay extra if they want more than eight Instapays.
Safwan is also being paid by Walmart, at least indirectly, to help out it’s cash-strapped workers. Walmart is making the “reasonably substantial investment” in Even because C.O.O. Judith McKenna believes it’s “the right thing to do.” Judith says the company will keep “investing in its associates.”
$10.20 an hour Walmart associate Matt Fixel has some input for entrepreneurial justice warriors Jon and Safwan:
“That app sounds helpful,’’ Mr. Fixel said of the Even service, but added, “I
would prefer it if they gave me more hours.”
So, what do you say Jon and Safwan, maybe a campaign for better, more frequent pay for hard-working associates like Alexis and Matt? Of course, the needed changes might put your profits at risk, but you don’t actually care about those, do you? You care about justice. | <urn:uuid:1295f1eb-6934-4867-a4ad-5d001ee71a4e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://milieuxmorass.wordpress.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.964841 | 1,225 | 2.453125 | 2 |
As most have read recently, there has been legislation passed in almost every state which essentially gives businesses and adult living facilities a free pass when it comes to Covid-19 liability. This is true in Georgia. In other words, even if a Georgia senior living facility (i.e., nursing home, assisted living facility, old folks home, etc.) is negligent in the way that they handle Covid-19 and one of their residents suffers a serious injury or dies due to the negligence, the injured patient has no recourse and the nursing home will not be subject to a lawsuit. Whether that is right or wrong is certainly up for debate, but it is law, nonetheless.
SavaSenior Care is one of five for-profit nursing home chains targeted in a congressional investigation launched last week to explore the coronavirus crisis in the nation’s long-term care facilities. Sava’s CEO Jerry Roles, was sent a 10-page letter from the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis asking detailed questions about the company’s operations and its handling of the pandemic. The letter was prompted by recent congressional testimony citing lax oversight by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, known as CMS, and the federal government’s failure to provide adequate testing supplies, masks, gowns and other protective equipment.
Sava has 13 nursing homes throughout Georgia, and nearly half of these nursing home facilities have had major Covid-19 outbreaks. According to recent numbers, 76 Sava residents and 42 staff at the home have tested positive and 11 residents have died after being confirmed as having COVID-19. Sava has 13 nursing homes across Georgia, and nearly half have had major outbreaks, according to the AJC. At Roselane Health and Rehabilitation Center in Marietta (which is just outside of Atlanta), 99 residents have tested positive for the coronavirus and 14 died. At Sandy Springs Health and Rehabilitation, 66 have tested positive and 13 have died, according to the Georgia Department of Community Health. | <urn:uuid:62775002-8b50-4062-9631-72229155404c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.atlantainjurylawyersblog.com/category/nursing-home-abuse/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.972964 | 419 | 1.523438 | 2 |
The recall was issued after Hampton Farms’ nut supplier, Hudson Valley Foods Inc., found Listeria monocytogenes in its processing plant in Highland, NY.
Affected products include:
Ava’s 8 oz. Organic Roasted Unsalted Cashews
Lot# 11817 Exp 4/28/18
Lot# 12617 Exp 5/1/18
Lot#15917 Exp 6/5/18
Ava’s 8 oz. Organic Roasted Unsalted Almonds
Lot#10217 Exp 4/10/18
The recalled nuts were distributed to retailers in New Jersey. All told, less than 650 units of Ava’s brand Organic Roasted Unsalted Cashews and Organic Roasted Unsalted Almonds products were offered for sale.
Consumers who purchased any recalled products should discard them immediately or return them to the point of purchase for a recall.
“We deeply regret this situation and have employed our established recall plan to immediately remove the product from distribution,” said Dallas Barnes, President of Hampton Farms. “Nothing is more important than providing safe and wholesome, quality products.”
Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause severe infections in children, the elderly, and others with compromised immune systems. Healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Anyone who has eaten any of the recalled nuts and developed symptoms of listeria infection should seek medical attention and consult their physician about the potential exposure. It can take up to 70 days after exposure for symptoms of listeriosis to develop, so people who have eaten the recalled products should monitor themselves for symptoms during the coming weeks.
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Our client required groundwater monitoring across multiple Upper Tier COMAH sites. This included:
• Export sites across Scotland
• Pipeline pumping stations
• Main Processing facilities
Our client has a Pollution Prevention Control Permit (PPC) that requires regular sampling and monitoring to ensure compliance and to highlight as early as possible any potential developing issues such as below ground pipework leaks.
IKM has been involved on this client’s assets for nearly 20 years and our experience working on Top Tier COMAH sites in relation to control of work processes, permit applications, risk assessed method statements and safe systems of work demonstrably saved our client both time and expense.
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Over the next two decades, the total investment volume will be EUR 98m. “The Midden Groningen solar farm with a power rating of more than 100 megawatts is a true heavyweight in the Netherlands’ solar segment,” says Alexander Bagiaos, Executive Director in Project Finance at LBBW. “Its involvement in this project underscores LBBW’s aim to expand in the renewable energy sector.” Since it was built, the power plant comprising 315,000 solar panels over 117 hectares has been producing enough “green” electricity to cover the annual requirements of 32,000 households.
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It has been an incredibly painful few days for our country and for our communities. Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbrey are sadly among the few who were devastatingly murdered because of the color of their skin. George Floyd, a 46 year old Black man and resident of Minneapolis was most recently killed by a police officer, after the officer kept his knee pinned down on George’s neck. This continued after George continued to plead, “Please, I can’t breathe.” The racism that continues in this country is NOT okay. The brutality that continues is this country is NOT okay. We cannot ignore something because it makes us uncomfortable. We cannot ignore something because it doesn’t affect us first hand. We cannot ignore these lives. Silence isn’t an option.
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” – Desmond Tutu
My husband and I are White with Italian and Cuban roots. The privilege we have because of our light colored skin is not lost on us. We never feared for our lives walking down the street. We never thought we would ever be questioned or attacked if we tried to pay for something and then learned it was with a counterfeit bill or a bad check. We have never been given less of an opportunity at work or in school because of the color of our skin. For all of these reasons and more, we will never know or fully understand the struggles our friends and People of Color experience every single day.
Artwork by: Sacrée Frangine
Now as parents, our moral responsibility is even greater. It is our civic duty to speak out. Making sure our son understands that Black lives matter will be a conversation we will continue to have in our home as he grows older. We will continue to educate ourselves on anti-racism because the work starts in our home. Children are not born racist. Racism is learned. We will work to teach Oliver to stand up against racial injustice and to understand his privilege. We need to take the hurt and outrage we feel, and turn it into something bigger. We need to continue to have conversations about what has been ingrained in us from a young age, what continues to happen, learn from each other and listen to People of Color about racism.
We do not have all the answers, we are not perfect, and we are constantly learning ourselves. Here are few things we are doing in our home to keep the conversation going and educate ourselves…the list is never-ending…
Sign the PetitionS
Justice for Floyd – Sign the petition demanding the officers who killed George Floyd to be charged with murder. Officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. There are still three other officers, Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng, who must also be charged for participating in George’s murder. And currently, dozens of protestors have been detained and arrested for peacefully protesting. You can also text “FLOYD” to 55156 to sign the petition.
Justice for Breonna Taylor – From change.org: This has carried on for over a month. For weeks, the city treated Breonna like she was a criminal, calling her a “suspect” before finally admitting that she was an innocent, crimeless victim. She had no drugs. She committed no crime. Yet, she is dead, and the perpetrators are facing no charges. Let’s get justice for Breonna.
Justice for Ahmaud Arbrey – “No one has the right to pursue, attack and kill an unarmed, non-threatening individual. Ahmaud’s voice will be heard.”
We signed. Will you?
There are many organizations that need our help right now. Here are a few we have been reading about and donating to.
Visit and donate to help the non-profit Minnesota Freedom Fund, to help pay bail for protestors who cannot afford it.
National Bail Out works to end systems of incarceration and help reunite families.
Visit Join Campaign Zero to help develop data-driven policy solutions on police brutality.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.
We need to make voting rights equal for everyone and end voter suppression. Black Voters Matter is the source to turn to help increase power in diverse communities.
Black Visions Collective – This organization is committed to not only Black lives matter, but works to make sure we are creating a community and environment where Black families will be able to thrive, with long-term change in mind.
Help end police violence in America and visit Campaign Zero. They have multiple policy solutions on ways we can help take immediate action and adopt data-driven solutions to end this violence. I know police violence is a sensitive subject, however we need take further action to ensure police officers are being held accountable for their actions.
Official George Floyd Memorial Fund – The official gofundme page to support the Floyd Family.
NUMBERS TO CALL & TEXT
Call DA Mike Freeman in Minnesota – 612-348-5550 and demand prosecution to:
Derek Chauvin (Badge #1087)
Tou Thoa (Badge #7162)
Text FLOYD to 55-156
Text JUSTICE to 66-8336
Text ENOUGH to 55-165
Leave a message for Louisville Mayor and demand justice for Breonna Taylor – 502-574-2003.
Continue to Educate Yourself & Your Family
Below is a carefully curated collection of books for children and parents that help address injustices related to race. There are so many incredible ones to add to your at home library…
Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
We just added Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’ to our podcast list and have no doubt it will serve as a helpful resource as we continue our journey into parenthood during the current climate.
Fare of the Free Child podcast focuses on what it’s like to raise Black and Brown children in the world we live in today.
@theconsciouskid – They have a ton of amazing information and ideas on how to talk to children about difficult topics, such as racism and recently the COVID pandemic.
@rachel.cargle – Rachel Cargle is a writer and lecturer who provides intellectual tools and resources on race and womanhood. Through Rachel’s instagram, we learned about the Anti-racism document below….
There are so many resources floating around the internet right now and we wanted to share with you what we have come across. The most helpful resource we have seen so far was compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein. We will link it HERE. It is a great document for Anti-racism resources for White People. The above books, articles and podcast recommendations were pulled from this document.
Habits of Whiteness by Terrance McMullan
Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Radically Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
I’m Still Here: Black Diginity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim
How To Be Anti-Racisit by Ibram X. Kendi
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Why I’m No Longer Talking About Race To White People by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Like I said, this is just a small list and small step in how we can do better, in how we can learn and continue to listen to what People of Color need from the White community. We have always spoken about how social media has been a source of community for us. Let’s grow that community, let’s grow together, and share what we care about. We will continue to speak up and share what is right. Enough is enough.
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Once an organization created to address the growing issue of homelessness, Emmaus House of Raleigh is now a lifeline for men recovering from substance dependency. Today, we focus our attentions on bridging the gap between long-term rehabilitation centers and independent living. The time between these two milestones is riddled with challenges and obstacles, all posing significant threats to long-term sobriety success.
To fully appreciate where we are, it is important to understand where we have been. Recently, Dan Figgens, with assistance from Jim Hutchby, one of our original founders, compiled a comprehensive history of Emmaus House of Raleigh. From the planning stages conducted by parishioners at Pullen Baptist Church, they detail the events that culminated into the modern face of Emmaus of Raleigh. | <urn:uuid:ec263a92-dd7c-49fc-a3f1-037ecf700427> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://emmaushouseofraleigh.org/about/our-story/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.951432 | 159 | 1.875 | 2 |
Building nursery 2.0
One of today’s rising tech trends, wearable technology — such as fitness-tracking bracelets, smartwatches, and smartglasses — figured prominently at this January’s Consumer Electronics Show, held in Las Vegas.
Among the wearable technology that caught some media attention was a so-called “smart baby monitor” — an innovative, sensor-implanted onesie being commercialized by a team of MIT alumni through their startup, Rest Devices.
Dubbed the Mimo kimono, the baby monitor, based on the co-founders’ MIT class projects, is a cotton, infant-sized onesie with integrated sensors that monitor a baby’s breathing and other biometrics, and relay that data to parents or caretakers in real time.
Sensors are embedded on two green fabric stripes (resembling a vine with leaves) that run diagonally up the onesie and track respiration. Attached at the end of the “vines” is a mount for a plastic module (resembling a turtle) that captures respiration data, as well as sleeping position, activity level, and body temperature.
Through a low-energy Bluetooth connection, the “turtle” relays the data in real time to a Web and mobile app via a wireless transmitter resembling a lily pad, which is also the charging station for the turtle and includes a microphone for relaying audio. Through the app, parents may tailor alerts for changes — such as in sleep position and temperature — and analyze their baby’s sleeping patterns over time.
The idea is that providing real-time updates on a sleeping infant can help alleviate a parent’s anxiety “and, in turn, help them get more — and better — sleep,” says Rest Devices co-founder Carson Darling ’11, who co-invented the Mimo technology and now leads the startup’s electronic and Web development.
“The aim is to provide peace of mind,” he says. “Parents have a lot to worry about, and anything we can do to help mitigate that concern is the target.”
The other co-founders and co-inventors include Thomas Lipoma ’11, who leads research and development at Rest Devices, and CEO Dulcie Madden, a student who is currently on leave from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
This month, Rest Devices shipped out its first, sold-out order of hundreds of Mimo kimono kits.
Rapid prototyping and refining
With Mimo, Rest Devices is positioned as an early innovator, along with a few other companies, in a fledgling landscape of smart baby monitors — what Madden has called “Nursery 2.0.”
But setting Rest Devices apart in the wearable-technology landscape are its sensors and algorithms, constantly tweaked over the past few years, which can detect with greater accuracy changes in respiration and movement, Darling says.
For instance, the algorithms powering the sensors embedded in the “vine” can catch minute chest expansions when a child inhales and exhales, pauses in breathing, or falls asleep, while taking into account changes over time.
“With greater accuracy, we avoid causing extra worry with false alarms,” Darling says.
This happened through years of trial and error, Darling says, “by testing it with children, seeing the data, seeing where the trends were, where we had errors, and refining it from there.”
Darling — a mechanical engineering graduate who splits the company’s “tinkering” duties with Lipoma — says this form of rapid, consistent modifying has contributed to the startup’s early success. To expedite its current testing processes, in fact, the startup recently brought in various pieces of equipment to its downtown Boston headquarters.
A desktop injection molder, for instance, allows the team to model its turtle sensors for quick testing with the product and with parents. All parts are manufactured within 100 miles of Boston, Darling says, which allows for quick product turnaround.
“Being able to have an idea, build it, and test it in a very short time frame has been valuable,” Darling says.
Inspiration in respiration
Indeed, Rest Devices has ascended rapidly from its conceptual origins in fall 2010, when Darling and Lipoma were classmates in 6.933 (The Founder’s Journey), taught by Ken Zolot, a senior lecturer in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. (Zolot later introduced the two students to Madden.)
This class teams students to develop and refine startup ideas through various class projects, with mentorship from MIT professors and guest entrepreneurs. The two co-founders teamed up and created a business plan for clothing that uses sensors to track a person’s breathing and other health statistics.
“Early on, we knew we wanted to start a company and this helped us find out if this device would be feasible to market,” Darling says. (Once a semester, the Rest Devices co-founders return to the class to share their story.)
Upon reassembling the next semester for 2.75 (Precision Machine Design), taught by Alexander Slocum, the Neil and Jane Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering, the trio (now including Madden) began prototyping.
This class brings in physicians to pitch problems in the medical field; student teams then attempt to engineer solutions. One guest speaker, Matt Bianchi, who runs the sleep lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, offered an idea to diagnose sleep apnea at home, instead of in sleep labs.
“There was a need for something that was easier and simpler, which spurred a lot of the work we did with measuring sleep and respiration,” Darling says.
Inspired, the team took its wearable sensor concept and formed Rest Devices as a means of measuring respiration for sleep apnea diagnosis. A rather clunky first version of the technology followed: Conductive thread was sewn into a shirt’s fabric, and sensors that resembled “metallic chunks” were attached to the chest.
“It functioned amazingly, but wasn’t very practical,” Darling says.
A year of refining led to a sleeker design, with more robust and reliable sensors, along with sophisticated algorithms for monitoring breathing. Increasingly, however, during the company’s market research in early 2012, parents began asking for the technology for their babies.
“Almost every parent we talked to had the same motion of checking on their child, by going in and putting a hand on their chest or under their nose to see if they were breathing,” Darling explains. “We saw that there was an unmet need.”
They also saw that their technology, which was integrated into comfortable clothing, would work for new parents.
“Everyone puts a shirt on everyday, and it’s the same in the baby space: Almost every child is in a onesie every day. It’s something the parents are really used to and already in their routine,” Darling says. “Once we saw it wasn’t a device you had to add to your routine, we saw it was marketable.”
The company has been focused solely on the “baby space” since, with plans to develop more technology to fill out its “Nursery 2.0” product line.
Despite its medical-device roots, the Mimo is not designed to prevent, diagnose, or gather data on childhood ailments and conditions such as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Darling cautions. That said, he adds, there is possibility for that down the road: “We know SIDS, for instance, is a big worry for parents,” Darling says. “In the future a medical device is something we’re interested in, but not quite yet.” | <urn:uuid:9371d939-b707-41fe-b621-d609b283532f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://meche.mit.edu/news-media/building-nursery-20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.959912 | 1,678 | 1.984375 | 2 |
Yesterday, I received an email from Bruce Wilcox of Denver, USA. I’ve included his full letter here, but here’s part of it:
“As we move to the end of the Piscean Age, the dynamics of living creatively are changing. This is because the Aquarian Age isn’t about the old patterns of self-denial and self-sacrifice of the last 2000 years. This next Age is about each of us recognizing the Inner Fire of Creativity at the core of our being, and living and creating very different life experiences by being focused enough to make the connections to spirit.”
I thanked Bruce for his insight and told him I thought a lot of us are vibrating on the same frequency. Aquarian or not, we are indeed stepping into a new world — a place of plurality, community, and the potential for shared humanity. As artists, a distinct obligation is now offered to us. Through art, and through the collective art spirit, there’s opportunity to reduce the effects of fear, ignorance, poverty, prejudice, even hatred among our human family. This very medium through which we millions now communicate — the internet — enables, informs, uplifts and gives hope to neighbors as never before. Our neighborhood is as yet small — but it has big eyes and ears. Art has always been the conscience of civilizations. As we visit an Iranian sculptor, an Irish painter or an Inuit print-maker, we see that our branch of civilization is really part of a world-wide project which happens to draw on the same spirit. Paris, New York or Rome are no longer the temples or the homes of this understanding. Home is where the spirit is. We are our own priests and priestesses. Just as the pen can be mightier than the sword, ours too can be a power-center of gentle persuasion. Wherever in the corners of our sphere we see fit to put up our easels, this is the home and temple of creative obligation.
PS: “In our age the common religious perception should be the consciousness of our brotherhood and sisterhood. Our well-being lies in this union. Art should transform this perception into feeling.” (Leo N. Tolstoy)
Esoterica: “Help children to get through their childhood and out of it without shutting down their creativity or their inner spiritual connections. Help adults to reconnect to their creativity if it is in your realm to do so. Help yourself by doing whatever you need to do to get clear of all cultural suggestions that you cannot succeed at your Art. Never give up. By fully connecting to our Fire Nature and Passion for Life, all things are possible.” (J Bruce Wilcox)
Privilege to create
by Sonja Picard
We should never forget on those days of frustration… am I getting the right colour?… or is the painting finished?… should I sell this one?… It’s trivial when we can remember (and never forget) that the miracle of being able to create is a privilege, and an honor to one’s own spirit and to our community. This letter is one I will print out and display in my studio.
Warning for Aquarians
by Elle Fagan, Rockville, CT, USA
Today’s letter on the age of Aquarius is lovely… the sun is in loving Libra today, and I experienced it as a present from my Libran father, to my Aquarian brother… I will send a copy to him. But if we do not get busy with the construction crews Aquarius the Water-pourer will have the Mega-Tsunamis to his credit — rather than interstellar colonization.
Gives “Life Readings”
by Salanda (sa-lawn-dah), Oregon, USA
Those quotations from Bruce Wilcox on the Age of Aquarius validates what’s going on with me. Being an Aquarian somehow adds to the import of the moment and I hope once I have seen and healed my childhood-stuff now surfacing, I’ll be back more fully empowered to assist humanity. I will incorporate art into what I’ll be doing in service to others. I’m already enabled to do soul-to-soul communications. I call them “Life Readings.” They simply pour through me as I sit at my keyboard. There is only one per lifetime/human being. They are not in any way a psychic reading for they are not predictive in nature but very loving and peaceful and connected. This may turn out to be my greatest means of sharing. I shall simply allow it to unfold like a good artist must do with their God-given ability.
by Tricia Migdoll, Byron Bay, Australia
Meher Baba talks of the “New Humanity” that is about to emerge. He says that as lust, anger and greed reach their zenith — so too will love, compassion and spirituality — and the latter will win over the former. I see much more of the latter than the former where I live — let’s hope it is the same where you live.
This painting “Harmonia” that depicts your theme here, is by Lynne La Fontaine of Canada.
What’s hot is not
by Linda K Blondheim, Florida, USA
I agree that we are no longer dependent on what New York, Paris, Rome or LA says about culture and art. We have become both international and regional at the same time. I travel constantly, painting throughout the south. I meet many artists and gallery directors. Some of them specialize in International and European painters. Most of them show works that relate to our southern heritage, culture and environment. They are no longer concerned about what is hot in New York.
by Anonymous, UK
We may well be entering the Age of Aquarius but we are also still in the Age of Reason. This idea started in the 1700s and is the dominant philosophy today. This intellectual awakening which has taken us to technological wonders, marginalizes religious fanaticism and the killing of people as a method of solving problems. But we still have a long way to go. The Art of Photography and its offshoots have done more than any other art to bring our shared humanity home to us. Photography is the preferred form of “shooting” for Aquarians.
Craftsmen working in unison
by Anonymous, UK
The need for the individual artist ego may now be replaced by the more mediaeval concept of independent craftsmen working in unison to produce great edifices. Through the interface of the internet we keep track of our mutual progress and thought. This Painter’s Keys Community is by far the best stimulation currently on the net. It neither insults the intelligence nor preaches a doctrine. It is democratic without wasting time and is totally suited as a conduit for the New Age that Bruce Wilcox would wish upon us.
(RG note) Regarding anonymous letters, sometimes artists request anonymity and we honour this. In the event that a reader wishes to communicate with the writer of an anonymous piece — you can pass it on to us and we will safely forward it. With the increased amount of spam that’s around these days, writers who allow their email addresses to be published open themselves to the possibility of getting spam. Spam cannot get into your inbox by subscribing to the twice-weekly letter. Ours is what is called a “permission based” mailing list. It is personalized and your name and email address are guarded secrets in our secure database. People who try to buy our list are turned down. Spam only arrives after you put your address out there on the internet for the world to see. Wired Magazine reports that by this time next year our email will be over 50% spam. Hopefully, by then, there will be more jurisdictions with legislation against it.
Always a bridge
by Gerti Hilfert, Langenfeld, Germany
I always look forward to your letter. I find so much hope and understanding in reading it. What thoughts and ideas other artists explore about one theme or title — amazing! You keep on rolling the stones in my inner self. It must be the hidden diamonds reminding me to clean them up and bring them out. Yours is an important message: discover your talents, keep them, save them and take yourself as you are, go on developing by experiences and never give up though other people nearby may not respect you, your work, and ideas. Trust yourself and your talents: there is always a bridge to come over — you just have to discover it.
by Cristen Vanchieri
I have been stalled with my art. My rhythm is all out of sync. New changes in life sometimes bring about new rhythms. Our youngest has just moved away to college and I have been wanting to dive into my painting and have felt stalled by something unexplainable. On returning from an East Coast party where my hair caught fire when I backed into some candles — I read your About fire letter and had to laugh. This is a new beginning and the fire sign is in my corner!
Alla prima voice
by Faith Puleston, Wetter, Germany
As a singing instructor I find the most curious and baffling part is where does the fire come from — this inspiration to sing? I expect many have a supernatural explanation, but then you would have to ask why talent is so unevenly (and unfairly) spread! One thing is sure — this aspect of voice makes it into a creative process. Though the singer actually reproduces the music sung, the voice itself has to be produced instantaneously as required, and no stepping back 3 meters to see if the proportions or perspectives are right! This may be the reason why singers call themselves “artists” — by instinct. “Alla prima” (all at once) is a less familiar definition in singing, but it fits.
Determined to be fearless
by Janet Warrick, Chicago, Illinois USA
My uncle, who had given me my first set of oil paints for my sixteenth birthday, passed away several months ago at the age of seventy-two. He loved art and had painted a little in his youth. I believe he had talent. While helping my aunt clean out the house I came across a few of his drawings, and a Picasso-esque painting that he had done in college. When I asked my aunt why he had never pursued it, she replied that he’d said there was no money in it. He joined the police force instead. I wondered why he hadn’t at least painted in his spare time, since he had always been so drawn to art. I believe the answer is fear. I think he was afraid to try, afraid to fail, afraid that he wouldn’t measure up. He was angry a lot, and I wonder if that anger stemmed from not feeding an inner need to be creative. Whatever the reason, it’s too bad that he never allowed himself the pleasure of doing something that he so obviously loved. I have determined to be fearless in my own artistic endeavors, to follow my own course and see where it leads. When I take my last breath, I want to know that I gave it my best, no matter the outcome. If I do that, I’ll have no regrets.
Painting on a violin
by Sandy Sandy, Tabernacle, NJ, USA
I’ve been commissioned, along with other artists, to paint on a violin for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. The group of transformed violins will go on tour throughout the state and will be displayed at many locations and events for 6 months and then will be raffled off on June 30th of 2004. Also the finished pieces will be photographed along with a painting by each artist to be included in a 12-month calendar. I intend to paint it in acrylic. How should I prime and prepare the violin? Would it be best to prime the instrument with several coats of gesso, lightly sanding in-between coats, or would it be better to use some kind of a good quality water based house paint type of primer?
(RG note) The finish on a violin (generally varnish) is an important part of the sound that comes out of the instrument. I take it these violins need to be played at some time — so I would be inclined to keep priming and paint to a minimum. Find out what the instrument is already painted with — and see if a single coat of clear acrylic medium used as a sealer would suffice. Perhaps a very light wet-and-dry sanding will be needed. I think acrylic painted in your distinctive loose and whimsical watercolour style would be ideal for this fun project.
Vengeance is his Mind
stonecut print by Mona Ohoveluk
You may be interested to know that artists from every state in the USA, every province in Canada, and at least 115 countries worldwide have visited these pages since January 1, 2003.
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