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How to say HAPPY NEW YEAR in Indian Languages
|New Year Eve. Photo: NDTV|
How a New Year's day is celebrated in India?
Hindu New Year is celebrated with ultimate zeal and fervor. NDTVA reveals that on this day, people wear new clothes, worship to seek blessings, decorate their homes with rangoli, prepare delicious sweets and meet their loved ones to share happiness. Since we all are now quarantined to stop the coronavirus outbreak, one can send new year wishes via social media platforms. So, send your wishes and greetings to your friends and families through text and WhatsApp Messages. Today we have compiled a list of wishes, quotes and WhatsApp Messages that you can send to your loved ones on this auspicious day.
How many languages are officially spoken in India?
|India is a diverse nation with 22 officially recognized languages. Why should you restrict yourself to a simple 'Happy New Year' greeting? This New Year 2021, surprise your friends with greetings in their native language. With customized wishes, you can personalize the new year messages and bring a smile on their faces. According to the parenting.firstcry.com, you can use this simple guide to greet your friends, colleagues and neighbours 'Happy New Year' in their language and make the new year wish really special for them.|
|Saying "HAPPY NEW YEAR" in Indian languages. Photo: NDTV|
How to say "HAPPY NEW YEAR" in Indian languages
Although there are 22 languages officially recognised in India. Knowinsider has decided to list down only 14 main of them so that you can have basic knowledge on how to say "Happy new year".
|Happy New Year in Hindi||नया साल मुबारक हो / |
नव वर्ष की शुभकामनाएं
|Naya saal mubaarak ho/ |
Nav varsh ki shubhkamnaye
|Happy New Year in Bengali||শুভ নববর্ষ||Śubha nababarṣa|
|Happy New Year in Tamil||புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துக்கள்||Puttāṇṭu vāazhthukkaḷ|
|Happy New Year in Telugu||Nūtana sanvatsara śubhākāṅkṣalu|
|Happy New Year in Marathi||नवीन वर्षाच्या शुभेच्छा||Naveen Varshachya Shubhechcha|
|Happy New Year in Kannada||Hosa varṣada śubhāśaya|
|Happy New Year in Gujarati||સાલ મુબારક/નૂતન વર્ષભિનંદન||Saal mubaarak/ Nutan Varshabhinandan|
|Happy New Year in Malayalam||പുതുവത്സരാശംസകൾ||Puthuvatsara Aashamsakal|
|Happy New Year In Punjabi||ਨਵਾ ਸਾਲ ਮੁਬਾਰਕ||Nave sal di mubarakan|
|Happy New Year in Sanskrit||शुभं नववर्षम्||śubhaṃ navavarṣam|
|Happy New Year in Urdu||نیا سال مبارک ہو||Naya saal mubaarak|
|Happy New Year in Assamese||নৱবৰ্ষৰ শুভকামনা||Narabarṣara śubhakāmanā|
|Happy New Year in Odia||ହାପିପି ନେବ ଏଆର||Subha nababarsa|
|Happy New Year in Sindhi||نئون سال مبارڪ||Nayou Saal Mubbarak Hoje|
Every culture celebrates the new year in its own way. The New Year is the time when people celebrate with their friends and family, and hope for a bright future. So wish your friends and celebrate!
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We hear a lot in the consulting literature about "communications," but mostly they (me, too) are talking about the psychology of getting information from one person to another. That's a tough topic, but there's also the physical problem of getting information from one person to another. In the past week, I've been alerted to several instances where electronic communications have been corrupted or diverted. It's time to take a serious look at what's happening to your electronic messages.
Case 1. AOL Security Hacked
This is a note from one of my correspondents:
Last night was horrific. I lost my screen name. Some hacker stole it from me and no one - *NO ONE* - from AOL would help me. When the hacker got in, he changed my password, my security question, my billing. Yep, he changed it so that he would be billed. Why? Because he liked my screen name. It's XXXXXX. He wanted it. He was willing to pay for it. And he was willing to screw me over to get it.
I was on a secondary screen name at the time - one that I use when I'm online and I don't want to be distracted by e-mails and such. I got an e-mail. It was from AOL telling me that the master screen name's password was changed. I didn't change it. No one has that password but me. No one.
I immediately tried to access that name. No luck. I called AOL and suffered through repeated recordings that tried to "solve my problem" for me before sending me to a real person. No... hitting "0" didn't work. But I found out that "9" does. I talked to everyone I could.
No one would talk to me. Why not? Because I was no longer the owner of the account. I've had this account since 1996 and they would not listen. They told me that since I was not the current owner, they could not talk with me. They claimed to have no record of me at all. The guy had had control for less than an hour and they wouldn't budge because I wasn't the owner of record.
You can't imagine my frustration. Or maybe you can. I conduct *ALL* my consulting business from this screen name. Losing it would be disastrous. Hideously so. I was apoplectic. I offered to prove that I owned the account - to no avail. THEY WOULD NOT TALK TO ME.
They referred me to the Fraud department, which was closed till nine this morning. But I couldn't wait. I couldn't stand it.
I was still on my secondary e-mail and I waited till the (expletive deleted) signed on. And then I IMed him. I called him a nasty name and then started in on the questions - why? how?
He laughed. Sent me "LOL" and told me I'd just learned a lesson the hard way.
He knew I was a consultant. And I asked him how he knew.
Here's what happened: I'd put some information in my AOL profile, thinking that it was a cool way of promoting my services in case anyone was browsing. Mistake. That gave him my name. He googled me and found out what college I went to. Bingo. That gave him the answer to my security question.
He didn't even need my password to get in. He used the "password reset" option and used the security question to bypass it all. This bears repeating: HE DIDN'T NEED MY PASSWORD.
He said he collects screen names for a living and laughed at me.
All this in an IM.
And then, I asked, please. I told him that he was messing with my career. That my screen name was my lifeblood and that losing it would hurt more than he could ever imagine.
And then the hacker did what AOL refused to do. He gave me my screen name back. He gave me the new password (which I promptly changed) and the new security answer. He got suddenly chatty and started giving me hints about him and where he lives and such. Not that I believe any of it. He made my XXXXXX to a lower case xxxxxx and offered to send me the program he used to change it. I declined, telling him that the lower case "x" would be a constant reminder to me to be vigilant.
I have no idea why he did this. But he did. He said he was a hacker with a conscience. I believe it. I still hate that it happened. But I learned a lot last night, in the midst of all the angst. I have a cryptic answer to my security question now. I have all new passwords. I have NO profile on AOL now. I'm sure someone can still make the connection, but I'm taking steps to protect myself.
Jerry, can you make this into a well-worded warning and try to get it out there on your blog for other consultants?
AOL did not help me when I needed them. I called the Fraud department this morning and I ripped into them. Did they care? No.
They're the ones who forced me to set up a security question. I never wanted one. I foolishly believed that the question would come into play only *AFTER* the password was given. I was wrong.
Double check your security. Do not go through the agony I went through last night.
MORAL: 1. Don't count on AOL for security help.
2. Don't count on any ISP for security help. It's your responsibility.
3. Don't be stupid about your passwords.
Case 2. Don't Be Spoofed and Don't Be a Pfish
I receive income from Amazon for my short essays posted on their site. Yesterday, someone tried to hijack my Amazon account. If they had succeeded, they could have diverted my income directly to their bank account. Even worse, there are cases where they could post counterfeit writing under my name, which could kill my reputation.
I received an email that looked exactly as if it had come from Amazon and asking me to update my account information. Heeding previous advice, however, I did not click on the link but instead wrote directly to Amazon using their website (which I reached by typing the url myself). I received the following information and advice, which applies to all such 'update your account" messages:
Greetings from Amazon
The e-mail you received was not from Amazon.com. We are investigating the situation, and we appreciate you letting us know that you received this.
For your protection, we suggest that you never respond to requests for personal information that may be contained in suspicious e-mail. It is best to assume any e-mail that asks for personal financial information (or web site linked to from such an e-mail) is not authentic.
If you did not click on the link in the fraudulent e-mail, your account at Amazon.com is fine--there's nothing more you need to do. If you did click the link, but didn't enter any personal information (such as your login or password), the phishers will not have your Amazon.com account information.
However, please know that if you ever respond to a phishing e-mail and do enter your Amazon.com login and password (or any other personal information) on the forged web site, the phishers will have collected that information and you should take appropriate action. We recommend that you update your Amazon.com password immediately, and, if you entered financial information, you may want to contact your bank or credit card provider.
If you encounter any other uses of the Amazon.com name that you think may be fraudulent, please do not hesitate to contact us again.
Thank you for contacting Amazon.com.
WHAT IS PHISHING?
Phishing e-mails have been around for years. The term phishing comes from the use of increasingly sophisticated lures to "fish" for users' personal or financial information. In phishing, the scam artist usually sets up a spoofed a web page, which looks like the real one, but is owned and operated by the phisher.
Go to www.amazon.com/phish to read more about ways to protect yourself from phishing.
WHAT IS SPOOFING?
Spoofing, in this context, refers to a counterfeit web page or e- mail that is made to "look and feel" authentic but is actually owned and operated by someone else. It is intended to fool someone into thinking that they are connected to a trusted site, or that they have received an e-mail from a trusted source.
MORAL: Don't be so trusting. These are not people you're dealing with.
Case 3. They're Faster Than You Are
Fraudulent abusers of the internet are at work 24/7, and there are thousands of them, so one little lapse will cost you. As the Amazon warning said, by the time you notice you've been pfished or spoofed, they will already have your "secure" information, which they will sell many times over.
My SHAPE forum is subscription-only, and guarded by a password. The other day, however, we accidentally published a "clean" email address for special use, but mistakenly put it outside the protected area. In less than 24-hours, we started receiving spam on that address.
Imagine what would happen if you exposed one of your clients' email addresses or secure websites--or, heaven forbid, one of their passwords.
MORAL: One mistake, for one minute, can cost you your business.
Case 4. Watch Your Blog: They're Not Script Kiddies Playing Around
The other day, some of us started seeing strange, obscene material on Don Gray's blog. Don asked the AYE Conference hosts about this, and Dave Smith, our internet guru, gave this reply:
I suggest checking with the TikiWiki people to see about security updates. I recall there being an issue several months back that caused someone else I know to get hacked. Might be the same issue. You might also want to check the rest of your blog to see how widespread the damage is.
Don wrote back: I'm curious, what good does it do someone, if the primary result is dropping the site from the Google index? Script kiddies having fun?
Dave replied: This stuff isn't script kiddies. Basically, it's organized minor crime. By using automatic attack tools to hide a bunch of links for their clients, they're bumping up the "rank" of their sites on various services that aren't (yet) as aggressive as Google in culling out junk. Using automated tools is cheap; just park a laptop in a coffee shop with an open wifi, and let it rip. If you get caught, move down the street. The more sophisticated crooks rent time on large networks of compromised home windows machines. It's a huge problem. This, sadly, is why nobody who tries unfiltered or unmoderated blog comment systems survives for long in the open. I don't have comments enabled on my blog, but still see daily evidence of automated attack attempts in my server logs.
My own blogs, including this one, receive numerous spam messages every day, which I block, but some of my colleagues still have unmoderated blogs. Everything that goes up on your blog reflects on you. Just the fact that you allow it to go up there reflects on you. Yes, you can moderate posts off your blog after they're posted, but that's too late. You want your clients to read your blog, don't you? Some of them will see the posts before you are able to remove them, so stop them before they reach the site.
MORAL: Everything on your blog or your website reflects upon you. Make sure it's the reflection you want.
META-MORAL: I could go on endlessly with examples of corrupted or diverted communication, but I couldn't keep up with the new scams that appear every day. You have to be super-cautioius, and well-informed, but many consultants I know are failing in this responsibility.
Yesterday, I talked to a consultant who uses "password" for her password. When I asked her why, she said, "Yes, I know better, but it's just not a high priority." Well, maybe this is the psychology of communication after all.
How Do You Reply to a Thank You?
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This course is an introduction to the philosophical study of various religiously relevant topics. These include: the analysis of arguments for and against God’s existence; conceptual problems with formulating a sensible idea of God; the plausibility of multiple deities; the relationship (if any) between God/multiple deities and morality; a comparison of faith and reason; the reliability of religious experience and testimony; the possible impacts of predestination/divine foreknowledge on free will and moral responsibility; and prudential reasons for belief in God(s), such as the desirability of an afterlife.
Course Learning Outcomes
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GreenIndustryPros.com: A New Potential ‘Pain at the Pump’
The door has been opened for E15, fuel containing 15% ethanol, to make its way to the marketplace as early as this summer. Lawn equipment operators and their servicing dealers must remain diligent and work together in order to avoid potential equipment problems as a result.
According to the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), small engine-powered equipment is not designed to run on anything greater than E10. Improperly filling your lawn equipment with E15 could result in irreversible engine damage, in addition to exposing operators to a variety of safety risks.
The EPA has approved the first round of applications for registering ethanol use in making E15. As of April 9, there were 22 companies on the approval list. “This is the last federal hurdle before a fuel can be brought to market,” says Kris Kiser, president and CEO of the OPEI.
It’s up to you to avoid it
Although E15 is not approved for off-road use, consumers could still mistakenly put it in their lawn equipment. A label at the pump (see photo) is designed to warn consumers, but will likely prove to be largely ineffective, according to Kiser. Secondly, E15 will be less expensive than E10, encouraging today’s more price-conscious consumer to go for the E15.
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What is this page?Edit
This page, is the transclusion of the individual slides in the Editathons Training on the Programs and Events Dashboard. If you would like to leave feedback, please do so on Talk:Training modules/dashboard/editathon. Please fix any typographical, stylistic or copy-editing errors in the subpages themselves. You can watch the changes to these subpages at: Special:RecentChanges
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Introduction to Editing EventsEdit
Wikipedia editing events often come in different types, with different goals, for example:
- editathons -- event focused on a particular topic, with the goal of building awareness about gaps on Wikipedia and introducing new editors to that topic
- backstage passes -- events focused on exposing the collections, process or specialized knowledge of a cultural or research institution
- editing workshops/trainings -- events where building editing skills among participants is more important than creating content
- editing meetups -- events organized to support more experienced editors creating content, that are frequently scheduled at a regular time or place
- micro-contribution events -- in person events that focus on fixing a particular type of problem or adding small repeated contributions
This training focuses largely on the more thematic content-creation focused events, frequently called "editathons," while having advice or guidance that would be appropriate for other kinds of editing events. Editathons come in many shapes and sizes, from small events that last only an hour with a few people, to 72 hour events that include dozens of contributors. These events cover all kinds of topics, including, but not limited to:
- filling the gender gap, for example by covering women scientists or artists
- developing representation of indigenous knowledge or languages to fill systemic bias gaps on the web
- sharing deep knowledge from experts or institutions
- filling gaps about local history or heritage sites
Running an editathon or other editing event requires several different things: time, a space to gather, event runners who can facilitate understanding of Wikimedia projects, and a willing audience who wants to learn how to contribute to Wikimedia projects. Facilitating these gatherings can be challenging and involve many details.
What is your goal?Edit
Before running an event, it is important to clarify why you want to run the event. Wikimedia communities frequently use contributing events to achieve a number of different goals.
A 2015 study of Editathons, found that most organizers ran this type of event to meet end goals such as:
- Build and engage a community
- Increase awareness of Wikimedia projects
- Increase the diversity of information covered on Wikimedia Projects
- Help make contribution to the Wikimedia community easier
- Increase diversity of participants in Wikimedia projects.
Having realistic goalsEdit
Though editing events can have powerful impacts, experience from the Wikimedia community finds that singular editathons or other editing events with largely new contributors:
- Do not have a high retention rate of new contributors, unless a very deliberate effort for follow-up with participants is made. See for example, the outcomes of the 2015 report and the 2013 Report. Contributors during these events may be able to be re-engaged later for other programs or activities, especially if your event is part of a series of events.
- Do not create very large volumes of content when compared to the productivity of experienced editors, online writing contests, or to more long-term mentoring of new contributors, like in the Education Program.
While creating a targeted, narrow content addition, editathons work best at:
- building relationships with host institutions,
- developing awareness about the Wikimedia Community
- developing awareness of knowledge gaps, and
- developing understanding of Wikimedia projects.
Throughout this training you will encounter “Preparation Questions”. These questions can be used to help you begin drafting the event plan for your event. Here is the first preparation question.
Preparation question: What are your high level goals for the event? What are the specific outcomes you hope to achieve with the event?
If you still have questions, find out more information about setting goals and targets on the Learning and Evaluation portal on Meta Wikimedia.
For many Wikimedia communities, editathons offer an opportunity to collaborate with local organizations. Editathons can be hosted in partnership with many types of organizations. For example:
- Libraries: libraries are one of the most common hosts for editathons. Libraries specialize in research, and often can support events and programs which promote research skills, local or specialized knowledge related to their collections, or promoting local community needs.
- Other GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) and heritage organizations: GLAMs and institutions such as local historical societies frequently support editing events in an effort to share awareness of their particular area or field of interest.
- Universities and other research organizations: other research organizations can be good allies because they have expertise and a desire to build awareness about expert information across public platforms.
- Government or non-governmental / nonprofit organizations: various types of government and non-governmental or nonprofit organizations have knowledge that can be shared with the public with projects like Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata.
Wikimedia communities all over the world organize events with ever more diverse groups of partners. As an event organizer: make sure to innovate on who you work with, you may find surprising new partners who share your interest in promoting free, public knowledge.
Partner Role and GoalsEdit
Each organization type has different goals and needs from editing events. However, working with an organization for a editathon also enables a number of other opportunities:
- Organizations can provide space and logistical support (such as ordering food or providing access to computers with internet connectivity). Very few editathons pay for space, because they use public venues or donated space.
- Research organizations can provide sources for the volunteer editing to simplify the content creation process.
- Promotion of the event builds awareness for both the partner and the local Wikimedia community.
- Organizations are able to advance public access to types of knowledge that they find important through highly visible digital platforms.
Avoiding Conflicts of InterestEdit
Note that when working with partners, you need to make sure that you find partners who share similar goals to you, so that you can develop a shared plan that meets the goals of both you and the partner.
Some partner needs will be different from yours, however. When evaluating the needs of the partner, its important to:
- Avoid running events that may create a financial conflict of interest for participants, as this is strictly prohibited by the Wikimedia Conflict of Interest Policy.
- Avoid events that might be seen as promotional of the organization or partner helping host the event. Though promoting public knowledge and research relevant to an organization might be the main goal of the event, avoid promoting just one point of view at the event.
If you are concerned that the event might create conflicts of interest, consider reviewing the section in the Plain and Simple Conflict of Interest Guide on types of conflict of interest
- Can you think of a partner that can provide support for an edit-a-thon? What type of support can they provide?
- How do your goals and your partner’s goals compare? What is your plan to address those goals ?
After you establish your goals and capacity expectations with your partner, you should next ask: who will participate in the editathon?
Editathon planning, resources, and communications change significantly with different audiences. For example:
- Students and university faculty may only be available during certain times of year and certain times of the week. Students may not immediately understand why they may need to get engaged, so may need to be encouraged through extra credit or other pre-communication strategies.
- Working age volunteers may need for events to be run during weekends or non-working times such as afternoons or evenings.
- Working with professional groups, such as librarians, museum staff, or professional researchers, may require prior approval and support from administrators or managers at the organization.
Working with underrepresented groupsEdit
Many events focus on including underrepresented groups into Wikimedia communities. These underrepresented groups frequently face additional challenges that you will likely need to anticipate. Underrepresented groups may change your event's tactics, for example:
- If your goal is to encourage working-age women contributors, Art+Feminism has demonstrated that organizing child care and advertising this as part of the event encourages more participation.
- Working with ethnic, linguistic, or cultural minorities may require making the space a deliberate safe space where they will comfortable and welcomed through targeted communications strategies towards these groups.
- Working with some groups may require adjusting your tactics or working with local cultural expectations, such as with indigenous communities. For example the Australian Aboriginal people have restrictions on how traditional knowledge is transmitted.
- Working with senior citizens may require more helpers prepared to support other digital skills, such as using web browsers, digital library collections, and other software or hardware.
Once you have identified your audience for the event, you need to work on appropriate messaging to communicate your activity, goal, and why their participation matters.
For example, if your main goal is to train and engage women to be contributors to Wikipedia, the audience might need a message focusing on activism -- one that focuses on the key role of women advancing knowledge on the internet, for example.
Preparation question: Who is your audience? Write a message aimed at your target group that is inviting for them to participate.
Experienced-to-new contributor ratioEdit
Before running an editing event, one of the more important questions you should ask is: Do you or your expected attendees have sufficient experience working with Wikimedia projects to support newcomers during the event? And are there enough collaborators to share the work needed to support the size of the event?
Though anyone can edit Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, each project and each language version of the projects have different cultures and practices. If you have some experience or training in contributing to the project, and feel comfortable guiding new editors through the process, you will likely have a successful event.
Most events that train new contributors, need sufficient experienced contributors on-hand to help guide them through questions. Community experience suggests organizers need at least one experienced contributor for every 5-10 expected new contributors. This allows experienced contributors to answer questions, and support new editors throughout the event.
Creating a support team and finding helpEdit
If you don’t have much experience yourself or would like more support, consider finding a partner or ally to be either available in-person or for online support. Typically the best tactics for finding partners will be:
- Wikimedia outreach communities, like WikiProject Women Scientists, Art+Feminism and Black Lunch Table, have developed fairly extensive training packets and networks of support for event runners with limited experiences. Connecting with one of these communities and participating in one of their trainings will help connect you with best practices, and find a network of support.
- Contacting a local Wikimedia affiliate. Editathons are frequently a core program strategy for local Wikimedia affiliates.
- Asking local professional communities that may have experience; for example, in many parts of the world, library communities will have individuals with experience teaching Wikipedia contribution through events like #1lib1ref and Art+Feminism or participating in the Wikipedia Education Program.
If you find support from others, consider splitting the activities and roles listed throughout this training among collaborators. For example, one person might focus on communications, while another person can focus on training and supporting newcomers, while another person can focus on developing on-wiki worklists or resources.
How many people do you expect to attend? Who do you expect to be your experienced helpers at the event? Have you found an organization who might be able to connect you with other experienced contributors?
End of Module 1Edit
This is the end of the first section of the Editing Event training. After this training, you should be able to:
- Describe your goals for an editing event.
- Describe your audience for that event.
- Describe if you need to find additional experienced Wikipedia editors and how you can find them.
If you don’t feel confident doing these activities, consider reviewing the training again or reaching out for support through one of the communication channels listed on the GLAM-Wiki portal.
One of the first activities when planning any editing event is confirming venue plans. Once you have chosen a venue and negotiated a time for the event that is appropriate for your audience, it's important to think about other elements of using the venue for the event. If working with a partner, these will likely be simpler because your venue partner may be able to help.
Choosing a venue or promoting features of a venue may intrigue or encourage participation from both existing Wikimedia Community members and/or a broader public. For example, the '#72HorasConRodin Editathon at Museum Sumeo found that the novelty of staying overnight in a museum helped greatly increase interest in the editathon.
Common venue planning challenges that event runners encounter include:
- Ensuring that timing of the event and access to the venue are well documented for attendees.
- Some partners or host organizations will have limitations on how you access the spaces or will require ending the event at a particular time.
- If access to the space will be limited, make sure to create clear instructions for how to gain access for the event or if people planning to attend end up arriving late to the venue.
- Consider if the design of the space will prevent participation from potential participants, including people with limited mobility.
- Providing comforts and other support for the participants:
- Ensuring that food and drink, such as coffee, tea, and water, are available throughout the event. Food both sustains energy during the event and provides motivation and reward for attending the event. Though not all events include food, including food greatly increases morale and energy throughout the event.
- Deciding if you plan on including childcare at the event. Childcare is particularly important for audiences who are likely to have young families.
- Deciding if you want to include swag or other materials that can be handed out to participants.
- Identifying if the partner/host organization wants to provide either a presentation by one of the experts on the event topic or a “backstage pass” of the institution’s operations. These thematic opportunities allow the partner or host to share some of their mission and role in the event with participants.
Preparation question: Have you confirmed the details for the event venue? What comforts or amenities are you considering providing for the event? Can you promote the unique elements of the venue or the event as part of communications?
Technology is the second, and perhaps more important, component of venue planning. When running Wikimedia editing events, people will require computers with internet access, otherwise participation is not possible. Before the event, it's important to ensure that the technology at the venue can support the participants. Early in your planning you should:
- Identify if the venue has a strong enough WiFi network for supporting your size event, and that WiFi is easily accessible through a simple login process. If the WiFi requires a password, you will need to confirm the password in the weeks leading up to the event and provide participants that information during the event.
- Identify whether participants need to bring laptops or if computers will be provided. It’s always a good idea to have several extra laptops on hand for participants to use if devices don’t work or if they don’t have personal laptops.
- Ensure that there are sufficient power outlets for the laptop devices expected to attend. If not, consider getting powerstrips for the event or from the host institution.
- Ensuring that you have some type of presentation screen (large TV screen or projector), that can be used for live demonstrations.
Have you confirmed with the venue that internet, plugs, and computers can support the expected attendees? Do you have access to a projector?
Once the date and time have been established with the partner, it's important to start building interest in the event through communications. Typically these communications will be designed to reach two audiences: experienced Wikimedians through on-wiki communications and the more general audience that you identified in Module 1 through other communications channels.
To include the Wikimedia community and encourage participation from local experienced editors, it's important to build an on-wiki presence for the events. Best practice is:
- To create an on-wiki event page with the logistics. On the English Wikipedia, the meetup listings and instructions can be found at: WP:Meetup on English Wikipedia. On-wiki event pages provide a powerful tool for the event: you can ask experienced editors to sign up for the event, list potential editing topics, or list research materials that can be used by participants.
- Notifying your local affiliate about the event so that they can activate local volunteers. Affiliates are listed at: the movement affiliates page on meta.
- You may want to run a Geonotice, which places a text message in front of Wikimedia Contributors within a particular geographic region. On the English Wikipedia, the listing for Geonotices can be found at: Wikipedia:Geonotice
Public communications can vary greatly by audience and goals of the program. Consider using the following:
- Creating a public and off-wiki signup page using a Facebook Event, Meetup.org event, or similar event registration site. These pages help with the following:
- New contributors to Wikimedia projects may have difficulty registering their interest on-wiki. Moreover, communicating with new contributors might be challenging if the only contact information you have is a Wikipedia User name (not all new contributors see messages on their talk pages).
- If there is a limit on the number of participants you can support at the event (whether because of venue size or number of experienced participants), you can become aware of too much interest during the sign up process and plan accordingly. Note that on public event pages, it is often observed that significantly more people will sign up than actually attend.
- Doing announcement in venues appropriate to your audience:
- Email outreach, such as newsletters of partner institution volunteers or patrons
- Social media outreach, including targeted outreach on major platforms (Facebook, Twitter, etc) to influencers for your audience
- Targeted flyers in the correct venues for your audience (see examples, in the Wikimedia Edit-a-thon Poster category on Commons).
- Asking institutional partners to personally invite people who they think will be interested in the program. Many members of the public don’t understand what editing Wikimedia projects means: trusted staff at institutions can often encourage folks to participate, that might not take part in an edit-a-thon otherwise.
Do you know which communication venues you plan to use for reaching participants? Do you have a plan for when you want to make those announcements?
Most editing events have a theme that can appeal to your audience and encourage participation. A theme reflects the core concept of the event, and gives clear expectations to participants with regard to what they can contribute and learn by taking part of the event. Additionally, themes help people feel motivated to participate in the event. Members of the public who have never contributed to Wikimedia projects may not know why a broad call to “edit Wikipedia” is important.
Effective themes have the following characteristics:
- Your host organization or broadly available digital research platforms have significant secondary and tertiary research about these topics (see the English Wikipedia guideline for identifying reliable sources).
- At least one of the participants supporting the event is knowledgeable about the broad topic. Having a knowledgeable person available can help participants with little understanding of the topic, navigate the right research materials and place the correct emphasis on content.
- The topic will appeal to your expected participants. For example, Art+Feminism focuses on gender-activists, artists, and cultural heritage professionals as their audience, the theme of “Women in the arts” tends to appeal to all of these audiences.
Narrowing the focus of your themeEdit
Narrowing your broad theme and limiting the potential scope of the contributions can help with topic identification (see subsequent slides). Common ways to narrow topics include:
- Limiting the geographic scope of the topic to the local region. Instead of “women artists”, you may want to focus on "women artists from Mexico City", if you are running an event in Mexico City.
- Limiting the sub-discipline of the theme. Instead of the “history of Washington, D.C.”, you might focus on the “economic history of Washington, D.C.” or the “history of the neighborhoods of Washington, D.C.”
- Focusing on a particular event or point in time that reflects the broader theme. Instead of “French labor history”, you might focus on the “May 1968 events in France.”
Once you have refined the theme, the next step is identifying articles that are appropriate for the topic. If you find that you cannot develop a list of topics based on the narrowed theme, consider modifying it.
Online Wikimedia editing focuses on individuals finding pages they want to work on, and then contributing on their own time. In-person editing events work best when there is a narrow list of tasks that can be completed at the event. By preparing a list of articles that fit your theme ahead of time and pairing those articles with a handful of potential sources, you save participants from the complicated process of first picking a topic and then doing research.
When working with librarians or experts in the topic, they may be able to help you identify the source materials before the event and prepare them for research (by pulling them from library shelves for instance, or collecting links to open access source materials).
Topics to avoidEdit
There are also a handful of existing topics that you should avoid:
- Topics with well-known or political disagreements about them. If there is widespread public disagreement about a topic, there is also probably widespread disagreement on Wikimedia projects. These kinds of topics, ranging from the Israel-Palestine Conflict to Alternative Medicine or Scientology, may accidentally expose the new contributors to aggressive editors or long-standing disputes.
- Topics with very active recent edit histories ( for a tutorial on reading Page histories, see: this help page for interpreting page histories). This article might be currently of interest to active editors.
- Topics about living people, especially if those people are directly affiliated with sponsor organizations or are not well-documented by reliable periodicals. Biographies of living people articles undergo additional scrutiny by other Wikimedia community members.
Avoiding high-conflict or high activity pages helps new contributors avoid creating content that might be rapidly removed from Wikipedia articles or creating content that may accidentally lead the new contributor into conflict-situations created by passionate editors.
Choosing your approach to editing articlesEdit
There are two types of Wikipedia articles that typically get used in article-writing events:
- Existing articles: The best type of articles for Editathons are existing short or under-researched articles that can be easily expanded. This is especially true if the event runners are not experienced contributors to Wikipedia. Existing articles have already been on Wikipedia for some time, so have been reviewed by at least one or two community members as Notable (eligible for inclusion in Wikipedia). For example, in 2017 the Art+Feminism Campaign shifted to encouraging expansion of articles. Since they mostly work with new organizers and contributors, they found fewer incidences of articles being nominated for deletion or negative criticism from community members.
- New articles: Encouraging new editors to write new articles can be challenging: new contributors don’t always know how to integrate articles into Wikipedia in ways that other editors acknowledge as quality work. Additionally, by starting with new articles, new editors have to engage in some of the more complex components of content writing (such as deciding the structure and scope of the page). Nevertheless, some editathons require starting new content, especially when the editathon is focused on a topic less covered on the projects.
When preparing suggested articles for new contributors, consider having 5-10 more articles than you expect attendees. This allows for attendees to have sufficient amount of choice among the articles, allows folks to work on different topics if they get stuck, and accounts for unexpected attendees at the event.
Focusing editathons on smaller contributionsEdit
Research from the Wikimedia Foundation on New Editors and experience from program organizers suggests that teaching new contributors to write entire articles during in-person editing events can be overwhelming and does not help contributors continue contributing after the event. Instead, new editors work best on smaller and less complex, but repeatable, contribution skills. By using these smaller contribution strategies, organizing an event will be simpler and new contributors are more likely to be retained.
There are a number of ways to contribute incrementally to Wikimedia projects that show new contributors valuable quality, content-related skills. For example:
- The #1lib1ref campaign encourages libraries to run editathons that only add references to existing content on Wikipedia.
- The Smithsonian ran an event that encouraged folks to just add content to the Infoboxes on English Wikipedia.
- After batch uploads of media files to Wikimedia Commons, some events focus on adding these images to Wikimedia pages and then adding relevant contextual information about the images.
- Transcribing content on Wikisource is a common activity across many different language communities.
- Contributing to Wikidata can take far less time than Wikipedia because it does not require writing. Currently, however, introducing Wikidata and its editing interface to new volunteers may take longer than introducing Wikipedia.
Editathons or editing events focused on edits smaller than entire articles allow editathons to be run with a shorter window of time. This is because these kinds of contributions require less training of new contributors and those actions take less time. For example, many #1lib1ref editing events run for less than an hour in time. We recommend new organizers work with simpler contribution strategies to become more familiar with common activities in the Wikimedia community and to simplify event organization.
Identifying existing articles for expansionEdit
Generally when looking for articles that new contributors can work on within your theme for the event, you are looking for several characteristics:
- Articles that are short or are missing common sections for articles of that genre. For example, biographies missing significant information on “Early Life and Education” or articles about organizations missing significant information about their history.
- Articles about concrete topics that don’t require expert interpretation of research to define scope. For example, articles about proper-noun people, buildings, pieces of artwork, or organizations are much easier to write than survey articles about well-studied academic fields or theories with many different interpretations. Topics with a distinct keyword that editors can use in searching for research materials helps significantly (such as a fairly unique name or title).
- Articles that don't have many footnotes or other references. This indicates that an experienced editor hasn't likely spent significant time developing the article, reducing the potential for conflict or that contributions will be removed.
How to find existing articlesEdit
When choosing articles to work on, it might require a bit of exploring in Wikipedia. The easiest ways to find articles are:
- Searching for topics of related interest to the editathon topic using both Wikimedia’s internal search or through external search tools like Google.
- Investigating categories related to the topic of the editathon. For information about navigating categories, see the help page on English Wikipedia
- Finding a WikiProject which might document the topic area and examining articles listed as part of the project. WikiProjects are listed on English Wikipedia at: the WikiProject Council Directory . Most WikiProjects have article assessment grids that can be used to find stub and start class articles which might be appropriate for an editing event.
Pro tip: If you are comfortable with Wikidata, it is possible to use Wikidata Queries to create comprehensive worklists for campaigns. The main tool for creating these lists, can be found at: Template:Wikidata list
Identifying content gaps for editathonsEdit
Many editing events want to create new content that helps fill gaps on Wikipedia. Although writing new content increases the representation of diversity on Wikipedia, new contributors can often struggle with a) finding a suitably “notable” topic, b) creating an article from scratch that is sufficiently “wikified” to pass through initial scrutiny from other editors, or c) figuring out the correct structure for organizing the new content. We recommend that less-experienced contributors to Wikimedia projects not encourage event participants to create new articles.
To help simplify the articles creation process, screen topics ahead of time and provide at least a handful of references for each topic to save research time among participants. To identify a topic that is likely appropriate for writing an article for in an Editathon, consider the following:
- That the article will meet the General Notabilty Guidelines: that the topic has lasting interest and there is significant coverage in reliable secondary sources (newspapers, magazines, books, academic journal articles) or tertiary sources (encyclopedias, etc). For editing events, it is a good practice to find at least 2-3 sources that editors can use to establish notability.
- That the article can be reasonably expanded through additional research using simple digital search techniques. By finding topics that are easily searchable, both Wikipedians and the new editors can either expand the articles or verify that the topic is actually notable.
- That the source materials for the topic are easy to read by your editing-event audience and cover various aspects of the topic. This ensures that the inexperienced editors can create content during the event about the topic that is sufficiently broad to make the article useful. Try to avoid topics that will primarily be covered in expert documentation if engaging non-expert audiences.
Make sure to create redlinks for the appropriate name for the article in the on-wiki event page. Also, its is a good idea to include external links to existing digital sources about the topic or work with librarians to pull off-wiki materials.
Have you identified enough topics to help orient contributors at your event to potential editing activities?
End of Module 2Edit
This is the end of the second section of the Editing Event training. After this training, you should be able to:
- Feel confident in confirming the venue plans for your event.
- Develop a communications plan for your event
- Identify topics relevant to the theme of your event
- Creating a working list for event participants
If you don’t feel confident doing these activities, consider reviewing the training again or reaching out for support through one of the communication channels listed on the GLAM-Wiki portal.
As the event approaches, it's important to make sure that the draft schedule for the event is posted on-wiki for participants to plan ahead. This helps participants: a) plan ahead if they want to leave the event or show up late, b) ensure that organizers and participants share an expectation of what will happen during the event, and c) offer a point of reference throughout the day.
Here is an example schedule for a 4 hour editathon:
- 1:00 -- Introductions and welcome to the space
- 1:10 -- Topic introduction by expert
- 1:20 -- Introduction to Editing Wikipedia
- 1:50 -- Picking topics for each editor and initial questions
- 2:00 -- Snack break
- 2:15 -- Article writing
- 3:30 -- Check in on what everyone has been doing
- 3:45 -- Article writing
- 4:45 -- Final reflections and wrap up
Notice how the example schedule has deliberate breaks and check-in points where the organizers can plan to do small evaluations of what is happening and the event effectiveness.
Also, notice how the introduction to Wikipedia editing is kept short: though Wikipedia is complex and has lots of different components, it's important to limit the amount of time spent on this portion of the event. Editathon attendees need both the time and opportunity to contribute during the event, and many will not retain all of the background information introduced during the training.
Creating your dashboard eventEdit
Once your on-wiki page has been created, it is important to create an event on the Programs and Events Dashboard: see the documentation on Meta Wiki. The Programs and Events dashboard provides several important functions:
- First, it allows for automatic collection of global contribution metrics from participants in the event.
- Second, it allows for rapid evaluation of the impact of volunteers on Wikipedia articles through both machine-learning based quality tools and pageviews for content created.
- Lastly, it allows for your event’s impact to be rolled up into other metrics collection by affiliates, community members, and the Wikimedia Foundation.
To register participants in your dashboard event, you can:
- ask participants to sign up there in advance of the event.
- add participants manually during the event and after it has ended.
Note: If you collect usernames in a private listing either offline or on a private webpage, it is important to get consent from participants and to protect individual privacy if you include the user name on a public listing.
Reminders before the eventEdit
As your event approaches, be prepared to remind the list of potential attendees several important details:
- To bring laptops if the event is not hosted in computer lab or with enough loaner devices.
- To register Wikimedia accounts ahead of the event. Many wikis have caps on how many accounts can be created at one location in one day. Each Wikipedia has a cap of 6 accounts per day per IP address .(learn how other program leaders deal with this concern).
- Reminders about logistics for the event such as child care, access challenges, and other venue access limitations.
These reminders ensure that folks remember to participate and are prepared to do so, especially if attendees signed up well ahead of the event.
Being prepared to welcome editorsEdit
After setting up your event space, it is important to welcome participants as they enter the event. Arriving at least 30-40 minutes in advance of your event allows you to set up the space, talk to people as they arrive early and provide them with key information as they enter the door. You may want to consider:
- Having a sign-up list at the door and someone ensuring that participants have created Wikimedia account. Identifying folks without accounts before the event allows you to help them with that crucial setup step before the event starts.
- Providing a handout with key venue information (e.g., Wifi access codes), key links for participating in the event (e.g., links to the meetup page or Program and Events Dashboard page) and/or social media information (hashtags, organizer handles, etc).
- Providing a means of identifying themselves with nametags or table tents.
- Having a slide or wiki page on the projector with key information.
- Having food out and directing participant attention to the food.
- Even if most research materials identified for the event are digital, consider placing a couple of books or magazines out to provide something for participants to browse while taking breaks.
Preparing materials for these steps well in advance will help make welcoming participants easier.
Training new editorsEdit
Because you have a limited amount of time during an editathon and cannot expect new Wikipedia editors to walk away “knowing everything,” it is important to limit what you introduce editathon trainees to during an editing event.
There are two tactics commonly used by event runners for providing these introductions: using slides or doing a live guided presentation using a lesson plan created before the event. For example slides, see the Commons category for those slides.
Event presentations typically include:
- A welcome that sets the tone for the event. Make sure to welcome folks to the Wikimedia community and invite them to participate.
- Thank-yous to supporters of the event.
- Reminders about venue logistics -- including WiFi or computers logins, fire escape and bathroom locations, including gender neutral restrooms, etc.
- A brief training for new editors (see next slide)
- Reminders about how to keep track of contributions through the Programs and Events Dashboard or the event page.
When running article writing events focused on writing Wikipedia articles, it is important to introduce new editors to:
- A high level overview of Wikipedia, including the 5 Pillars.
- The principles behind Notability and Verifiability.
- These concepts can be hard to explain verbally, it might be useful to use the following video: on Sourcing and Verifiability.
- It is also important to highlight that Wikipedia summarizes the sources it cites. Some new editors may not be familiar with best practices for avoiding plagiarism or accidental copyright violations.
- How to create a draft in User space or Draft space.
- Using Visual editor to add the following:
- References using the “Cite” toolbar
- Basic formatting and structure to an article, including bolding article titles, italics, etc.
- How to develop the structure for the type of article you expect attendees to be working with, such as biographies, buildings, or events.
- The Wiki Education Foundation in North America has created subject-specific advice for different types of articles that can be found on Commons
- If there is not a handout available for that article type, consider showing editors the structure of high quality articles in the relevant format, such as a Good Article, a Featured Article, or a B class article.
- The difference between Visual Editor and WikiText editor and how to switch between the two. Though most new editors do not show a preference for WikiText editor, it’s important to show folks how the WikiText editor works because they will have to interact with it eventually in talk pages or when fixing complex formatting on pages.
Creating handouts or tailored welcome documents with important links and a short introduction to wiki-text can help participants follow along. Examples of existing ones can be found on the Commons category for Wikipedia Reference cards.
Other knowledge to prepareEdit
There are many other things that are likely unnecessary to teach during the initial training, unless they are part of a goal of your event. However, at many editathons, participants have questions about:
- How to find and use templates, especially Infoboxes
- How to engage with talk pages
- How to illustrate Wikipedia articles with existing content on Commons or upload content to Commons
- How to use web browsers, copy and paste functions, and other technical literacy skills.
Editathon slide decks used by other program leaders can be found at: this Commons category.
Common technical challengesEdit
There are a number of common technical challenges that might arise during editathons, here are the main ones that can prevent editors from contributing during events:
- Not enough editors created their accounts ahead of time, so you have to create more accounts than is allowed at your location because of the six-account limit. Consider the following:
- Have participants sign up on other Wikimedia projects: for a full list, see wikimedia.org. These accounts can be used across wikis.
- Have participants create accounts on their smartphones. We don't recommend they edit on their smart phone, the interface isn't really good enough, but if they have mobile data it will be on a separate IP to the venue and each smartphone will have a 6 account limit. This will not work if they are connected to WiFi from their mobile phone.
- To work around this, there is a an on-wiki set of triage opportunities at: the request an account page on English
- If you have a Wikipedia administrator or account creator on hand, they can create accounts via: the Special:CreateAccount page
- New editors can’t move pages from a draft to "Article" space (see instructions for moving a page on English). This is typically prevented because New User accounts have yet to receive the AutoConfirmed right (automatically issued at 10 edits and four days on English Wikipedia).
- This is one of the important reasons for having experienced editors around: they should have an account capable of executing the move if they have made ten edits and had accounts over 4 days old.
- Note: that English Wikipedia will be implementing ACTRIAL in September 2017, which prevents new editors from creating articles altogether in the New Article namespace. Starting new editors in another space, whether its User Sandboxes or Draft Space and then moving the content with a more experienced account is the best tactic.
Other technical challenges may arise, however they will typically not prevent individuals from contributing to Wikipedia. Having experienced editors on hand will likely allow you to avoid these challenges, or provide shortcuts or work arounds for fixing the problems. Its also helpful to have additional editing devices on hand, in case technical challenges are created by individual devices.
Keeping the space activeEdit
During the event, event runners frequently find that they don’t have enough time to edit themselves: this is okay.
Part of helping people feel engaged and successful, is maintaining morale and ensuring that folks feel supported throughout the event. It might be useful to designate which event runners will:
- Keep an eye out for people getting “stuck” -- sometimes folks will try to triage challenges in Wikipedia or get stuck finding sources for their topic.
- Remind folks to save often, and focus on contributing at least some information. If participants add just a few citations to a page, it provides a foundation for future editors and readers.
- To remind folks to take breaks, eat the food, and get fresh air away from computer screens.
- Capture the user names of participants. Even if you ask participants to record their user names, that step is frequently missed.
Maintaining a Safe SpaceEdit
Another important consideration when running public events is maintaining a safe space during the event. When working with partner organizations, they likely have strategies for maintaining a safe space, especially if they regularly host events open to the public. Make sure you understand how to take advantage of that strategy when coordinating with your partners.
On occasion, either registered attendees or members of the public will disrupt events or have inappropriate one-on-one interactions. Preparing yourself to respond to these occurrences will help ensure that all participants feel welcomed as part of the Wikimedia Community and inappropriate behaviour is curtailed.
Minimally, it is important to:
- Be mindful of interactions among individuals at the event, and be prepared to intervene or get help from venue staff to intervene.
- Be mindful that many members of the Wikimedia community want privacy of either their real world or digital identities. For example, if individuals ask not to be photographed or their real names used, we need to be mindful of such requests, and take action to enforce them (such as warning photographers at the event about the individuals requesting not to be photographed).
- If you expect the event to be particularly large, it's best to designate one of the event runners to be primary person responsible for maintaining a safe space.
Planning for Safe SpacesEdit
Maintaining safes spaces can become more challenging if you plan on running multiple events or your event will be quite large. If you do not have experience managing safe spaces or if you are running larger or more complicated events, we highly recommend:
- affirming a "friendly space policy" as part of your events (see Friendly Space recommendations on meta)
- taking the safe event training from the Wikimedia Foundation on the Programs and Events Dashboard.
Both will help you create effective proactive strategies for implementing best responses towards inappropriate behavior during events. Local organizers can set the expectations for events that can then be enforced. Moreover, preparing a plan ahead of time will make responses to inappropriate behavior more effective.
After the event!Edit
Success! You made it through your editing event! There are a lot of opportunities for overlooking things or making mistakes, but you learned from them, and all in all it was a successful event! Now for a bit more communications and tracking!
Beyond running the event, there are a few steps that you may want to use to ensure that everyone (you, your partners and the participants), get the most from the editathon:
- Make sure to integrate any user names into the Programs and Events dashboard, so to generate metrics on the event. Note: if participants did not sign up with their user names on a public sign up page by either signing into the Programs and Events Dashboard and registering themselves, or listing their usernames on a public event page, it's important to get consent to publicly associate the editor's User ID with the event in order to protect privacy.
- Report outcomes and metrics to your participants and partners who supported the event. It may be useful to evaluate these outcomes in light of the goals you set at the beginning of the program. Reporting outcomes can help remind folks of the impact of the event, and that you still are interested in supporting their participation in the Wikimedia Community.
- Share impact and outcomes on easy-to-initate communication channels, like social media, on-wiki talk pages of participants in the event, and with Wikimedia affiliates in your context. Even though not everyone on those channels attended the event, finding out about its impact might encourage folks to continue participating in future events or to clean up pages created by the event.
- Use the "Thank" button to thank participants in the event for their useful edits. Additionally, consider giving barnstars or other WikiLove to those who helped train or otherwise put in unusual effort.
Additionally, consider taking these more extensive steps:
- Uploading event photos to Wikimedia Commons in "Category:Wikimedia editathons" (or a subcategory).
- Writing a blog post, report for the Signpost, and/or the GLAM newsletter talking about who attended, what was accomplished, and how it generally went. When you share your experience with the broader Wikimedia movement, make sure that you write about what you learned, what you would do differently, and why this event mattered.
- Send a follow up email. Invite participants to relevant future events or tell them about wikiprojects that are relevant to their interests.
End of Module 3Edit
This is the end of the third section of the Editing Event training. After this training, you should be able to:
- Feel confident about your ability to finalize scheduling and reminders for participants
- Understand what might be included in an introductory presentation which teaches participants how to participate
- Understand common tactics for maintaining a welcoming, supportive and safe space.
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When did Ronald Reagan come to Ireland?
President Reagan visited the village on 3 June 1984 and delivered a speech to its residents, during which he discussed his ancestry and what he called the “Irish-American tradition”. There was some opposition to Reagan’s visit to Ireland, particularly from the Roman Catholic Church.
What president visited Ireland in 1984?
U.S. Presidents who have visited Ireland
|President John F. Kennedy||June 1963|
|President Richard M. Nixon||October 1970|
|Vice President George Bush||July 1983|
|President Ronald Reagan||June 1984|
|President William J. Clinton||December 1995|
What was Ronald Reagan infamous for?
Reagan enacted cuts in domestic discretionary spending, cut taxes, and increased military spending, which contributed to a tripling of the federal debt. Foreign affairs dominated his second term, including the bombing of Libya, the Iran–Iraq War, the Iran–Contra affair, and the ongoing Cold War.
What did Ronald Reagan do internationally?
The main goal of the US foreign policy during the presidency of Ronald Reagan (1981–1989) was winning the Cold War and the rollback of communism—which was achieved in the Revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe during 1989; in the German reunification in 1990; and in the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
How many US presidents have visited Ireland?
Twelve United States presidents have made presidential visits to the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Is Tipperary in Northern Ireland?
Tipperary, Irish Tiobraid Árann (“House of the Well of Ara”), geographic county in the province of Munster, south-central Ireland, occupying a broad strip of country between the Rivers Shannon and Suir.
Who did Reagan run against in 1980?
1980 United States presidential election
|Nominee||Ronald Reagan||Jimmy Carter|
|Running mate||George H. W. Bush||Walter Mondale|
What age did Reagan leave office?
Presidential age-related data
|No.||President||Age at end of presidency|
|40||Ronald Reagan||77 years, 349 days Jan 20, 1989|
|41||George H. W. Bush||68 years, 222 days Jan 20, 1993|
|42||Bill Clinton||54 years, 154 days Jan 20, 2001|
What year did Ronald Reagan pass away?
Reagan won the election. On the day of his inauguration—in fact, minutes after he concluded his 20-minute inaugural address—the Islamic Republic of Iran announced the release of the hostages.
What did Reagan do to stop communism?
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An anaerobic digestion unit has recently been constructed at Ebbsfleet Farm, in Ramsgate Kent. The renewable energy project has been built using 4000 square metres of Cemsix corrugated sheeting from Cembrit. The new facility transforms farm and food waste into electricity by using crop residue, along with food and animal waste, which is digested through a natural process to create energy.
The waste is stored in sealed tanks inside the unit where naturally occurring organisms release a biogas which is used to generate electricity gas or heat. The storage buildings at the project required a strong and durable building skin. Cemsix was the ideal solution as it not affected by destructive fungi, vermin or insects so will not rot or decay during the lifetime of the building.
Finished in natural grey, the Cemsix corrugated sheeting was installed by Robinson Structures Limited: Cemsix was the ideal material for this project, says Edward Gregory, Sales Director at Robinsons. It is strong, requires no maintenance and is cost effective. It is also extremely easy to install so it allowed us to carry out the work in a quick and efficient manner. Incorporating the latest technological advances, Cemsix allows designers to clad agricultural or industrial buildings in a Class 0 fire rated, rust and rot-proof material that will last for decades. Manufactured using Portland cement, together with a formulation of superior blended synthetic and cellulose fibres and reinforced with strengthening strips and available with superior colouration systems, Cemsix is produced to the highest European standard. | <urn:uuid:98dfdb63-cc2a-4eb2-be88-0485013cec89> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.barbourproductsearch.info/cemsix-provides-for-renewable-energy-building-news021724.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283689.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00346-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945318 | 318 | 2.28125 | 2 |
1. How do I record a video movie?
Most webcams, digital cameras and camcorders allow you to record a movie in one of the following
movie formats: AVI (.avi), MPEG (.mpg or .mpeg), QuickTime (.qt or .mov) or WMV (.wmv)
Here you find a simple program to record video with your webcam in .AVI format
Below you read how to convert movie files into .FLV files and how to publish .FLV files
on the Internet
2. How to convert an AVI, MPEG, QuickTime or WMV into a FLV video file?
Convert_movies_to_FLV.exe (4.73 Mb) and install it on your computer
When the program is installed, Run the
program and follow the simple instructions to convert your video movie files into a FLV file
If you didn't change the default settings during installation, you can start the program on
Start > Programs > Riva_MP3_to_FLV > Riva FLV Encoder
To remove the program, please go to Start > Settings > Control Panel >
Add or Remove Programs > Riva FLV Encoder > Click on Change/Remove
This program allows you to reduce the screen size and file size, which results in less
time for your viewers to download and watch the movie
In addition, this program converts your video file into a FLV video file which makes your
video file instantly streaming. This means you no longer need a special 'streaming video' server!
Just follow the instructions below and upload your FLV video file to any regular
3. How to publish a FLV video file on your website?
Copy the following html code in any of your webpages:
Replace ENTER_YOUR_FLV_FILENAME_HERE with your
own .flv file name (Example: myvideo.flv)
Make sure you replace ENTER_YOUR_FLV_FILENAME_HERE in TWO locations
Change the width and the height information in TWO locations to reflect your video size
IMPORTANT: Add 20 pixel to the HEIGHT otherwise the video control will be cut off.
(Example: 320 x 240 video should have the size 320 x 260)
Right-click on this link and select
Save Target As, then save this
Shockwave Flash Object (4.91 Kb) to your computer in the same folder as your FLV files
Upload (1) movieplayer.swf (binary file!), (2) your
own .flv file (binary file!) and (3) the
webpage with the html code to the same folder on your webserver
You can use
this free, web-based File Transfer Program to upload your files
You can repeat this as often as you want. Just make sure you upload
movieplayer.swf to every folder where you upload a FLV file and webpage
with the html code above
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Going Plaid: The Six Tartans, Checks and Tatersalls That Matter
- Najib Benouar
Sure, there’s always been an inextricable link between fall and plaid. (Look no further than your favorite flannel work shirt.)
But this year we’ve been seeing the pattern pop up in a dizzying array of forms—in the US we consider any cloth woven with perpendicular bands of two or more colors to be plaid. You might recognize the more popular ones by name, but you’ve probably seen a few entirely new to you, or others that feel familiar but you can’t quite name—and it’s gotten to the point where it can feel a little daunting.
So we’ve distilled it down to the six you need to know circa 2013, and what you need to know about them.
Shepherd’s Check: A heartier forefather to gingham and one of the oldest and most simple border tartans (worn by shepherds on the Anglo-Scottish border). Features just two colors of wool—traditionally black and white, sourced from both types of sheep. Sometimes you’ll see the white veer into creams and tans now that wools are being treated. (Throw a third color in there and you’ve got a gun check.)
Houndstooth: A more rugged variant of border tartan that uses a warp/weft weave and only four strands of wool horizontally and vertically—compared to the shepherd’s check’s six—to resemble a more jagged, tooth-like check.
Glenurquhart Check: Known also as glen plaid or Prince of Wales check and formed by a twill weave of two light and dark stripes crossed over with four light and dark checks to create a larger pattern of irregular boxes that can come in many different muted colors—though traditionally white, gray and black. It sounds complicated on paper, but when you see it, you know it.
Tartan: This is what Americans usually mean when we say “plaid,” and it comes in so many forms, it’s impossible to count. It begins with one “sett,” which is two colors—forming a tricolor fabric where the two colors overlap. And for each sett added, the colors bump up quadratically, resulting in the kind of stuff worn by everyone from lumberjacks to royal families to militaries—like the blackwatch you see here.
Windowpane: This one is pretty self-explanatory: a large, simple check that consists of a base color and another color crossing over it in a windowpane-like pattern. Makes for a handsome suit.
Tatersall: This doubles down on the windowpane by adding an alternate color in the cross weave (for those scoring at home, that’s three thread colors, with white most commonly the base) and alternating the check more frequently. | <urn:uuid:ad1f9227-e6dc-4adf-bbf9-9f6ce0533aee> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.getkempt.com/article/going-plaid-the-six-tartans-checks-and-tatersalls-that-matter | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281151.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00110-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93048 | 629 | 1.765625 | 2 |
DANIEL PIPES: UNCOVERING EARLY ISLAM
The year 1880 saw the publication of a book that ranks as the single most important study of Islam ever. Written in German by a young Jewish Hungarian scholar, Ignaz Goldziher, and bearing the nondescript title Muslim Studies (Muhammedanische Studien), it argued that the hadith, the vast body of sayings and actions attributed to the Islamic prophet Mohammed, lacked historical validity. Rather than provide reliable details about Mohammed’s life, the hadith, Goldziher established, emerged from debates two or three centuries later about the nature of Islam.
(This is like today’s Americans debating the Constitution’s much-disputed Second Amendment, concerning the right to bear arms, by claiming newly discovered oral transmissions going back to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Obviously, their quotations would inform us not what was said 225 years ago but about current views.)
Since Goldziher’s day, scholars have been actively pursuing his approach, deepening and developing it into a full-scale account of early Islamic history, one that disputes nearly every detail of Mohammed’s life as conventionally understood — born in a.d. 570, first revelation in 610, flight to Medina in 622, death in 632. But this revisionist history has remained a virtual secret among specialists. For example, Patricia Crone and Michael Cook, authors of the synoptic Hagarism (Cambridge University Press, 1977), deliberately wrote obliquely, thereby hiding their message.
Now, however, two scholars have separately ended this secrecy: Tom Holland with In the Shadow of the Sword, and Robert Spencer with Did Muhammad Exist? As their titles suggest, Spencer is the bolder author, and so is my focus here.
In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire by Tom Holland (Hardcover – May 15, 2012
Did Muhammad Exist?: An Inquiry into Islam’s Obscure Origins by Robert Spencer (Hardcover – Apr 23, 2012)
In a well-written, sober, and clear account, he begins by demonstrating the inconsistencies and mysteries in the conventional account concerning Mohammed’s life, the Koran, and early Islam. For example, whereas the Koran insists that Mohammed did not perform miracles, the hadith ascribes him thaumaturgic powers — multiplying food, healing the injured, drawing water from the ground and sky, and even sending lightning from his pickax. Which is it? Hadith claim Mecca was a great trading city but, strangely, the historical record reveals it as no such thing.
The Christian quality of early Islam is no less strange, specifically “traces of a Christian text underlying the [Koran].” Properly understood, these traces elucidate otherwise incomprehensible passages. Conventionally read, verse 19:24 has Mary nonsensically hearing, as she gives birth to Jesus, “Do not be sad, your Lord has placed a rivulet beneath you.” Revisionists transform this into the sensible (and piously Christian) “Do not be sad, your Lord has made your delivery legitimate.” Puzzling verses about the “Night of Power” commemorating Mohammed’s first revelation make sense when understood as describing Christmas. Chapter 96 of the Koran, astonishingly, invites readers to a Eucharist.
Building on this Christian base, revisionists postulate a radically new account of early Islam. Noting that coins and inscriptions from the seventh century mention neither Mohammed, the Koran, nor Islam, they conclude that the new religion did not appear until about 70 years after Mohammed’s supposed death. Spencer finds that “the first decades of the Arab conquest show the conquerors holding not to Islam as we know it but to a vague creed [Hagarism, focused on Abraham and Ishmael] with ties to some form of Christianity and Judaism.” In very brief: “The Muhammad of Islamic tradition did not exist, or if he did, he was substantially different from how that tradition portrays him” — namely, as an anti-Trinitarian Christian rebel leader in Arabia.
It was only around 700, when the rulers of a now-vast Arabian empire felt the need for a unifying political theology, that they cobbled together the Islamic religion. The key figure in this enterprise appears to have been the brutal governor of Iraq, Hajjaj ibn Yusuf. No wonder, writes Spencer, that Islam is “such a profoundly political religion” with uniquely prominent martial and imperial qualities. No wonder it conflicts with modern mores.
The revisionist account is no idle academic exercise but, as when Judaism and Christianity encountered the Higher Criticism 150 years ago, a deep, unsettling challenge to faith. It will likely leave Islam a less literal and doctrinaire religion with particularly beneficial implications in the case of doctrines of supremacism and misogyny. Applause, then, for plans to translate Did Muhammad Exist? into major Muslim languages and to make it available gratis on the Internet. May the revolution begin.
— Daniel Pipes is president of the Middle East Forum and Taube distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. © 2012 by the author. All rights reserved.
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December 1st marks World AIDS Day and the United Nations World Food Program is celebrating the work that has yet been done with its partners to provide food assistance to under privileged people in 31 countries. Yet at the same time, the World Food Program (WFP) is cutting short the aid, causing concern for many countries.
The World Food Program has a vision of a “world with zero hunger, zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths.” It has always been working in collaboration to provide nutritional support along with HIV treatment and care. It has been estimated that under nutrition causes two to six times more deaths due to HIV infections.
The program expanded its supply by the U.S. amount of $56 million for five years in Ethiopia, which enabled the Ethiopian families to send their children to school after their nutritional needs were met. The WFP in collaboration with United Nation’s AIDS program has been successful in reducing the HIV infections by 38 percent within 11 years, also reducing the overall deaths due to AIDS by 35 percent within seven years.
WFP has been bringing food to more than 1.3 million people living around the world who are affected by HIV and tuberculosis. WFP was also been providing assistance to hard hit areas of Ebola in Africa and it was hypothesized that people with well-nutritional food intake have a better chance of survival and beating the virus.
It has recently been announced by United Nations World Food Program that it would have to cut short the aid due to lack of funding. It particularly announced the aid to halt to Syrian refugees in the amount of 1.7 million, at this time of the year when extreme winters fall upon the region.
It has been reported that the decision to cut short the supply will have devastating impacts on the refugees and countries dependent on WFP. It will not only put the health and overall life at risk but will lead to many potential problems within the country and surrounding regions.
The impact of halting the aid will potentially impact refugees in Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Egypt. The refugees have very limited or no access to clean water, clothing, fuel and above all food in the tents they live. As the number of Syrian refugees increase day by day, so are their needs, it is suspected to be another potential crises in near future.
There are many potential reasons of lack of funding for Syrian refugees like many other disastrous situations happening around the world where WFP has to provide food and nutrition. Right now WFP is assisting with five major disasters around the globe like Ebola crises.
WFP has also recently signed an agreement with Gambia in which students graduating from the University of Gambia will be serving in developing and implementing various programs within WFP. That in turn, will add different objectives of WFP and help empower the students and communities as well.
On one hand, the World Food Program has cut short its aid in many countries of the world like Syria, and on the other hand, it is expanding its programs and procedures in other countries like Gambia. It is also striving to take measures at hard hit regions around the globe like Ebola in Africa, and extreme poverty regions like Ethiopia.
By Atika Jilani
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Tiny particles in the air can cause genetic mutations in the sperm of mice that are passed on to their offspring, according to a report in the 14 May issue of Science. Although the offspring seem healthy, the experiment raises the possibility that particle pollution could cause other, less innocuous DNA changes that can be passed on to the next generation. That adds a new and ominous reason to worry about the health effects of dirty air.
Over the past decade, scientists have linked soot and other tiny particles produced by combustion to heart attacks, asthma, and lung cancer, spurring a clampdown on fine particle pollution by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. More recently, a Canadian team reported that the offspring of gulls and mice exposed to heavy air pollution have an elevated mutation rate (ScienceNOW, 28 October 1996). But they had not pinned down whether particles or gases were the culprit.
To find out, the same researchers--James Quinn of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and colleagues--placed cages of mice at a site near a highway and two steel mills in Ontario for 10 weeks. The levels of pollution "were not that different from some big cities in Europe," says Quinn. Some mice breathed the polluted air; others breathed air passed through a fine filter. The team then bred the mice and checked their offspring for DNA mutations.The mice born to males that breathed unfiltered air had up to 2.8 times more mutations in particular stretches of noncoding DNA than did mice with fathers that breathed filtered air, or clean air at a rural site. The researchers also found much higher levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are known mutagens, in particles at the polluted site, making these chemicals a leading suspect.Similar mutations have been reported in people exposed to radiation. But it is not easy to show that such mutations lead to disease in the offspring of either experimental animals or people because any cases of cancer or other illnesses would be rare. "We don't necessarily have direct evidence of what [the inherited mutations] mean for human health," says cell biologist Janet Baulch of the University of California, Davis, who studies heritable mutations caused by radiation.However, the Canadian study is "a warning," says toxicologist Heinrich Malling of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. He says that if air pollution is adding harmful mutations to the human gene pool, "in the long run for society, the expenses are huge." | <urn:uuid:65207f21-d4d1-4b97-a0f0-724a82f6c548> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2004/05/inheriting-wind | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719646.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00127-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954375 | 496 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Roy, Satish Chandra
Roy, Satish Chandra (1866-1931) educationist, litterateur and researcher was born in a zamindar family at shahjadpur in pabna district on 17 October 1866. He passed Entrance examination from Dhaka Collegiate School, FA from Dhaka College, BA from General Assembly's Institution and MA from Sanskrit College.
Satish Chandra started his career as a teacher at jagannath college. He left teaching shortly afterwards to devote himself to literary activities and research. He was proficient in Hindi language and literature and well versed in history, linguistics and archaeology.
Satish Chandra collected many ancient puthis for Dhaka University, which are preserved in the university library. He also conducted research on these manuscripts. At the request of Dhaka University he edited Harivangsha, an ancient poetic work by Bhavananda, which was published by the university. Some other important books edited by Satish Chandra include Gopalcharitam, Nayikaratnamala, and Padakalpataru.
Satish Chandra translated several Sanskrit books into Bangla, among them kalidasa' Meghdut, jaydev's Gitagovindam and Kaludev's Rasamavjari. Apart from his Bangla books and scholarly essays, he also wrote a number of essays in Hindi.
Satish Chandra was vice-president of the vangiya sahitya prishad. He was also an expert in music and used to play mridanga and tabla. He died at Dhamgar in Narayanganj district on 29 May 1931. [Satyanarayan Chakraborty] | <urn:uuid:44cd381c-7af7-43f7-a64f-5b4fb64b8aac> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Roy,_Satish_Chandra | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00066.warc.gz | en | 0.973976 | 351 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Sunday 10 May 2015Media release2 minutes to read
New hospital facilities will give Canterbury DHB the capacity to perform an extra 6000 surgeries and procedures a year once up and running.
With the ageing population and increase in demand, Canterbury DHB continues to increase, and plans to further increase access to surgery for its population.
Canterbury DHB is already one of the biggest providers of surgery, and the second biggest tertiary hospital, in New Zealand.
However, theatre capacity is a currently major constraint to performing more surgery in house.
At the moment Canterbury DHB has 20 operating theatres – this will increase to 28 once the new operating theatres are up and running 2018.
David Meates, Canterbury DHB chief executive, says the new theatres can't come soon enough.
“The Government's $650 million facilities redevelopment projects at Christchurch and Burwood Hospitals will allow us to do so much more for our community,” he says.
In the past year Canterbury DHB carried out 19,894 planned (elective) discharges, and at the same time carried out 22,248 acute (unplanned) surgery discharges – a combined total of 42,142 discharges for the 2013/14 year.
“Over the past nine years our volume of elective surgery discharges has increased almost 40 percent – from 14,435 in 2006/07 to 19,894 discharges last year. Much of this increase has been in complex surgery and orthopaedics.
“What makes it even more remarkable is the fact that volumes have continued to increase against a backdrop of quakes, quake repairs, and hospitals that resemble construction sites.
Mr Meates says an additional eight theatres will make a huge difference to our capacity.
“Twenty four theatres will be on the Christchurch Campus, with four at Burwood,” he says.
“Canterbury DHB recognises that health systems will always face a level of unmet need and constantly have to prioritise and reprioritise access to surgery.”
Cumulatively since 2006/7 Canterbury has provided 27,716 more elective admissions than it would have if it had continued to deliver at the same level as 2006/7*.
“This growth is set to continue, and having our new facilities on stream in 2018 will allow us to continue to provide more for the people from Canterbury and throughout the South Island who receive surgery in Christchurch,” Mr Meates says.
*This result is for the period 2007/08 to 2013/14.
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“As soon as Peter realized this,
He went to the house of Mary,
The mother of John,
Whose other name was Mark,
There many had gathered
And were praying.”
συνιδών τε ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν τῆς Μαρίας τῆς μητρὸς Ἰωάνου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Μάρκου, οὗ ἦσαν ἱκανοὶ συνηθροισμένοι καὶ προσευχόμενοι.
The author of Acts indicated that as soon as Peter realized or comprehended (συνιδών τε) that he was free, he went (ἦλθεν) to the house (ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν) of Mary (τῆς Μαρίας), the mother of John (τῆς μητρὸς Ἰωάνου), who was called by his other name (τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου) Mark (Μάρκου). Many people (οὗ ἦσαν ἱκανοὶ) had gathered together (συνηθροισμένοι), where they were praying (καὶ προσευχόμενοι). Peter then went to the house of Mary, the mother of John, who was called Mark. Who is he? This John Mark will appear again with Saul and Barnabas later in this chapter 12:25. He would come up again in chapter 15:37. He may have been a disciple companion of Peter as mentioned in the I Peter, chapter 5:13. He may also have been a cousin of Barnabas. Traditionally, this John Mark was usually considered the author of the Gospel of Mark. He had both a Jewish (John) and Greek name (Mark), a lot like Simon Peter. Mary was his mother and she lived in a big house that may have been the place where the Last Supper took place. Other people had gathered there to pray for Peter. Was it still the middle of the night? There was no mention of the family of Peter. He knew where this house was and how to get there without any help. Where would you go if you escaped from prison? | <urn:uuid:f949cae7-18c7-414b-9a2e-e568184c54f9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://efinne1540.wordpress.com/2020/04/29/peter-went-to-the-house-of-mary-acts-1212/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.975229 | 651 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Heavy Rains and Thunderstorms lash North Mumbai from Tuesday evening. South Mumbai rainfall negligible. S'Cruz measured 21 mms till 8.30 pm, while Colaba only 4 mms. Some areas in South yet to receive rains.
Posted by rajesh at 8:45:00 PM
On October 18, 2010, Typhoon Megi approached and made landfall in the northeastern Isabela Province of the Philippines. Spanning more than 600 kilometers (370 miles) across, Megi was the 15th tropical storm and 7th typhoon of the season in the western Pacific Ocean. It was the most intense tropical cyclone of the year to date.
This image was taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite at 10:35 a.m. Philippine Time (02:35 UTC) on October 18, 2010. Megi was bearing down on Palanan Bay as a “super typhoon” with category 5 strength on the Saffir Simpson scale. As of 8:00 a.m. local time, the storm had sustained winds of 268 kilometers (167 miles) per hour, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
The storm had grown to “super” typhoon status on October 16, and wind speeds peaked at an estimated 287 kilometers (178 miles) per hour while the storm was still over the Pacific Ocean on October 17. Megi began to downgrade as it moved onshore around 11:30 a.m. on October 18 and then crossed over the Sierra Madre mountain range (average elevation 1,800 meters, or 5,900 feet).
News reports indicated at least one death and an unknown number of injuries, as power and communications was cut off to more than 90 percent of Isabela and Cagayan provinces. In addition to the immediate damage, officials were concerned about the long-term damage to the rice crop, a staple of the national diet.
The official international name of the storm is Megi, which means “catfish” in Korean. But the storm is known locally as Juan, as the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has its own naming system.
Forecasters were predicting that the storm would continue moving west and north, entering the South China Sea and re-intensifying before a potential landfall in China or Vietnam later this week. China’s National Meteorological Centre urged local governments to make preparations for extreme weather.
Chennai - Touched a max of 33.4 C (11:03am)... good low cloud formation seen now 1:29pm.. wind is from S-E.
Posted by Rakesh R at 1:31:00 PM
Some showers possible along N. Tamilnadu coast from 23-Oct.
Posted by Rakesh R at 12:55:00 PM
Around 26-Oct,... the upper air jet is slowly changing from West to East over South Peninsula.. Signs of complete S-W monsoon withdrawal.
Posted by Rakesh R at 12:51:00 PM
A low level circulation is expected over S-E corner Arabian sea along West of South Tip of India on 26-Oct.
Posted by Rakesh R at 12:42:00 PM
UK is to be hit by an arctic blast, early this week, with minimum temperatures set to plunge -6C. Maximum temperatures meanwhile are likely to plummet to 7C. This is half the average for the time of year, but will feel more like 3C due to the effect of biting winds. Met Office forecaster Robin Downton was quoted by the Sun as saying, “It's fairly early on to be getting temperatures below freezing."
In India, by second week of September, the higher reaches of Garhwali Himalayas received snowfall, sending the mercury plummeting in Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts. The hills around Badrinath and Kedarnath temples also have received snowfall while lower areas received rainfall forcing the people to take out their woollens. The higher hills in Lahaul and Spiti, Chamba, Kinnaur and Kullu districts also experienced mild snowfall. Rohtang Pass, located at an altitude of 13,050 feet was clad in two to three inches of snow by mid- last month.
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“Deferred Action” Offers Hope to Young Immigrants
Pursuant to executive order signed by President Obama, the Department of Homeland Security has announced this week that it will defer any administrative action or deportation proceedings against certain eligible immigrants who arrived in this country as children.
“It makes no sense to expel talented young people who want to staff our labs, start new businesses and contribute to our country simply because of the actions of their parents,” the president reportedly said.
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano noted that deferred action provides only a temporary reprieve against deportation, enabling young people to finish their educations and get work in the U.S. while Congress is still working on a legislative solution for the perplexing problem of how to deal with illegal immigrants who were brought here as children by their parents.
To be eligible for deferred action status, a qualified individual must:
Be between the ages of 15 and 30 years old;
Have entered the country prior to age 16;
Have been present in the U.S. for 5 years as of June 15, 2012;
Have maintained continuous residence;
Have not been convicted of one serious crime or multiple minor crimes (as specified by administrative regulation or interpretation); and
Be currently enrolled in or graduated from high school, have a GED or be enlisted in the U.S. armed services.
According to DHS estimates, the deferred action status could apply to more than 800,000 people in the U.S. who might one day be covered by a legislative exemption from penalties normally applied to immigration law violators.
The DREAM Act, which would offer such an exemption under federal law, passed the U.S. House of Representatives and received a majority of votes in the Senate, but could not muster the 60 votes required to break a Senate filibuster.
“Until Congress Acts, the deferred action program offers the breathing room needed to ensure that no more young lives are jeopardized through senseless deportation,” said Napolitano.
If you are in need of legal assistance or counseling related to an immigration matter, please do not hesitate to contact our offices at (847) 564-0712 to speak with a qualified immigration lawyer. You can also check out our immigration law Website for more information about how we might assist you.
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I got back health enough to be of use in the printing office that autumn, and I was quietly at work there with no visible break in my surroundings when suddenly the whole world opened to me through what had seemed an impenetrable wall. The Republican newspaper at the capital had been bought by a new management, and the editorial force reorganized upon a footing of what we then thought metropolitan enterprise; and to my great joy and astonishment I was asked to come and take a place in it. The place offered me was not one of lordly distinction; in fact, it was partly of the character of that I had already rejected in Cincinnati, but I hoped that in the smaller city its duties would not be so odious; and by the time I came to fill it, a change had taken place in the arrangements so that I was given charge of the news department. This included the literary notices and the book reviews, and I am afraid that I at once gave my prime attention to these.
It was an evening paper, and I had nearly as much time for reading and study as I had at home. But now society began to claim a share of this leisure, which I by no means begrudged it. Society was very charming in Columbus then, with a pretty constant round of dances and suppers, and an easy cordiality, which I dare say young people still find in it everywhere. I met a great many cultivated people, chiefly young ladies, and there were several houses where we young fellows went and came almost as freely as if they were our own. There we had music and cards, and talk about books, and life appeared to me richly worth living; if any one had said this was not the best planet in the universe I should have called him a pessimist, or at least thought him so, for we had not the word in those days. A world in which all those pretty and gracious women dwelt, among the figures of the waltz and the lancers, with chat between about the last instalment of ‘The Newcomes,’ was good enough world for me; I was only afraid it was too good. There were, of course, some girls who did not read, but few openly professed indifference to literature, and there was much lending of books back and forth, and much debate of them. That was the day when ‘Adam Bede’ was a new book, and in this I had my first knowledge of that great intellect for which I had no passion, indeed, but always the deepest respect, the highest honor; and which has from time to time profoundly influenced me by its ethics.
I state these things simply and somewhat baldly; I might easily refine upon them, and study that subtle effect for good and for evil which young people are always receiving from the fiction they read; but this its not the time or place for the inquiry, and I only wish to own that so far as I understand it, the chief part of my ethical experience has been from novels. The life and character I have found portrayed there have appealed always to the consciousness of right and wrong implanted in me; and from no one has this appeal been stronger than from George Eliot. Her influence continued through many years, and I can question it now only in the undue burden she seems to throw upon the individual, and her failure to account largely enough for motive from the social environment. There her work seems to me unphilosophical.
It shares whatever error there is in its perspective with that of Hawthorne, whose ‘Marble Faun’ was a new book at the same time that ‘Adam Bede’ was new, and whose books now came into my life and gave it their tinge. He was always dealing with the problem of evil, too, and I found a more potent charm in his more artistic handling of it than I found in George Eliot. Of course, I then preferred the region of pure romance where he liked to place his action; but I did not find his instances the less veritable because they shone out in
“The light that never was on sea or land.”
I read the ‘Marble Faun’ first, and then the ‘Scarlet Letter,’ and then the ‘House of Seven Gables,’ and then the ‘Blithedale Romance;’ but I always liked best the last, which is more nearly a novel, and more realistic than the others. They all moved me with a sort of effect such as I had not felt before. They veers so far from time and place that, although most of them related to our country and epoch, I could not imagine anything approximate from them; and Hawthorne himself seemed a remote and impalpable agency, rather than a person whom one might actually meet, as not long afterward happened with me. I did not hold the sort of fancied converse with him that I held with ether authors, and I cannot pretend that I had the affection for him that attracted me to them. But he held me by his potent spell, and for a time he dominated me as completely as any author I have read. More truly than any other American author he has been a passion with me, and lately I heard with a kind of pang a young man saying that he did not believe I should find the ‘Scarlet Letter’ bear reading now. I did not assent to the possibility, but the notion gave me a shiver of dismay. I thought how much that book had been to me, how much all of Hawthorne’s books had been, and to have parted with my faith in their perfection would have been something I would not willingly have risked doing.
Of course there is always something fatally weak in the scheme of the pure romance, which, after the color of the contemporary mood dies out of it, leaves it in danger of tumbling into the dust of allegory; and perhaps this inherent weakness was what that bold critic felt in the ‘Scarlet Letter.’ But none of Hawthorne’s fables are without a profound and distant reach into the recesses of nature and of being. He came back from his researches with no solution of the question, with no message, indeed, but the awful warning, “Be true, be true,” which is the burden of the Scarlet Letter; yet in all his books there is the hue of thoughts that we think only in the presence of the mysteries of life and death. It is not his fault that this is not intelligence, that it knots the brow in sorer doubt rather than shapes the lips to utterance of the things that can never be said. Some of his shorter stories I have found thin and cold to my later reading, and I have never cared much for the ‘House of Seven Gables,’ but the other day I was reading the ‘Blithedale Romance’ again, and I found it as potent, as significant, as sadly and strangely true as when it first enthralled my soul.
In those days when I tried to kindle my heart at the cold altar of Goethe, I did read a great deal of his prose and somewhat of his poetry, but it was to be ten years yet before I should go faithfully through with his Faust and come to know its power. For the present, I read ‘Wilhelm Meister’ and the ‘Wahlverwandschaften,’ and worshipped him much at second-hand through Heine. In the mean time I invested such Germans as I met with the halo of their national poetry, and there was one lady of whom I heard with awe that she had once known my Heine. When I came to meet her, over a glass of the mild egg-nog which she served at her house on Sunday nights, and she told me about Heine, and how he looked, and some few things he said, I suffered an indescribable disappointment; and if I could have been frank with myself I should have owned to a fear that it might have been something like that, if I had myself met the poet in the flesh, and tried to hold the intimate converse with him that I held in the spirit. But I shut my heart to all such misgivings and went on reading him much more than I read any other German author. I went on writing him too, just as I went on reading and writing Tennyson. Heine was always a personal interest with me, and every word of his made me long to have had him say it to me, and tell me why he said it. In a poet of alien race and language and religion I found a greater sympathy than I have experienced with any other. Perhaps the Jews are still the chosen people, but now they bear the message of humanity, while once they bore the message of divinity. I knew the ugliness of Heine’s nature: his revengefulness, and malice, and cruelty, and treachery, and uncleanness; and yet he was supremely charming among the poets I have read. The tenderness I still feel for him is not a reasoned love, I must own; but, as I am always asking, when was love ever reasoned?
I had a room-mate that winter in Columbus who was already a contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, and who read Browning as devotedly as I read Heine. I will not say that he wrote him as constantly, but if that had been so, I should not have cared. What I could not endure without pangs of secret jealousy was that he should like Heine, too, and should read him, though it was but an arm’s-length in an English version. He had found the origins of those tricks and turns of Heine’s in ‘Tristram Shandy’ and the ‘Sentimental Journey;’ and this galled me, as if he had shown that some mistress of my soul had studied her graces from another girl, and that it was not all her own hair that she wore. I hid my rancor as well as I could, and took what revenge lay in my power by insinuating that he might have a very different view if he read Heine in the original. I also made haste to try my own fate with the Atlantic, and I sent off to Mr. Lowell that poem which he kept so long in order to make sure that Heine had not written it, as well as authorized it.
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NOIRS 2000--Abstracts of the National Occupational Injury Research Symposium 2000, Pittsburgh, PA, October 17-19, 2000. Pittsburgh, PA: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2000 Oct; :15-16
Highway construction workers (Standard Industrial Classification [SIC] 1611) risk injury from varied exposures: traffic vehicles, construction equipment, electric current, falls, and collapsing materials. Data from Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries research files for 1992-1997 were used to characterize these fatalities by event, source, employer class, and person type. Of the 708 fatalities during 1992-1997, construction laborers (252, 35.6%) and truck drivers (91, 12.9%) together accounted for nearly half. Five hundred (70.6%) worked for private contractors, 110 (15.5%) for local government, and 98 (13.8%) for state government. Major injury sources were trucks (285, 40.3%), construction machines (127, 17.9%), and cars (84, 11.9%). Three distinct event types were identified: contractor vehicle events inside work areas (288, 40.7%); traffic vehicles entering work areas (159, 22.5%); and other traffic crashes, without mention of a work area (135, 19.1%). The remainder were other events, including electrocutions, falls, and trench collapses (126, 17.8%). Trucks contributed substantially to traffic vehicle events inside work areas (46.5%), other traffic crashes (68.2%), and contractor vehicle events (41.0%). Traffic vehicles entering work areas were 45.0% of state government fatalities, compared with 20.6% for private contractors and 10.9% for local government. Data were analyzed by person type for 582 fatalities with a vehicle or machine as the injury source; 57.0% were workers on foot, 35.1% were operators, and 7.9% were passengers. Workers on foot were involved in high proportions of traffic vehicle events inside work areas (93.1%) and contractor vehicle events (60.1%). Among other traffic crashes, operator fatalities predominated (77.8%). This research identified fatality types within SIC 1611 and differences by injury source, employer class, and person type. Emphasis on risks from traffic vehicles entering the work area and contractor vehicles should continue; however, other traffic crashes and non-vehicular events (37% of fatalities) should also be addressed by employer safety programs.
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Council votes in favour of the establishment of a Māori Ward
Published on May 19, 2021
Councillors voted unanimously to support the establishment of a Māori Ward, which will take effect for the 2022 and 2025 elections.
By way of survey, the Horowhenua community recently had their say on whether or not its Council should proceed with establishing a Māori Ward in Horowhenua. The survey attracted 227 responses; the majority (178) indicated they were in support of establishing a Māori Ward. Members of the public were invited to speak at the May 19 Extraordinary meeting of Council and the response was universally in favour.
Our community had their say and it was overwhelmingly in favour of the establishment of a Māori Ward in Horowhenua says District Mayor Bernie Wanden.
“This decision is an important step in honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi and making the future of Horowhenua more democratic and inclusive for all voices of the district. The introduction of a Māori Ward is a historical moment for this Council, not only will it improve representation of Māori in Council decision making, it will assist us to improve our relationship with Māori, engage and communicate better, and ensure their voice is always heard.” Says Mayor Wanden.
Wards are a way of dividing the district for elections to enable communities of interest to elect representatives.
Horowhenua is currently divided into 4 wards, Levin Ward, Kere Kere Ward, Waiopehu Ward and Miranui Ward.
The establishment of a Māori ward is one way Council may choose to have representation of a community of interest. Instead of grouping electors by geographic location like other wards, all electors who are on the Māori electoral roll will vote in the Māori ward.
If you are on the Māori Electoral Roll, you will also be able to vote for:
- The Mayor
- Any community boards (if you live in the appropriate area)
- Horizons Regional Council
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Frank Himmelstein typically works 12 hours a day in the fields of the historic Himmelstein Homestead Farm in Lebanon. Normally, it’s hard work managing fields full of squash, peppers and other vegetables, but July 20 was anything but a normal day. The temperature in Lebanon hit 95 degrees. “It’s not good for people to be working out in this heat,” Himmelstein said on July 21. “Yesterday, well, even I needed to pace myself yesterday.”
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Many of us are guilty of being "weekend warriors." Weekend warriors rarely exercise and are not very active during the week, only to become overly enthusiastic when taking part in a sporting event or even just tackling a household chore on a weekend or other rare occasion.
Muscles that are not used on a regular basis become flabby and weak. Weak muscles cannot adequately support our bones, especially those of the spine. A lifetime of stress, poor posture, and inactivity all serve to weaken our muscles.
Back pain can occur anywhere along the spine, but the most common spot is the lower back. Most of the time, back pain is caused by a simple pull or "strain" of a muscle or ligament.1
Sitting, standing, or lying down for a long time in the wrong position can also bring on low-back pain. Poorly designed seating only adds to the problem.
The Benefits of Exercise Are Well Known
To have a strong, healthy back, we need to have strong abdominal muscles to support the lower spine and keep it from sagging forward.2 Strong muscles come with being fit. And everyone knows that being fit starts with regular exercise.
Regular exercise brings a healthy glow to the skin, tones the muscles, and increases our energy.3 With regular exercise, you can tell you have become more fit when your ability to perform physical work increases. You may also experience a decrease in fatigue, tension, and anxiety. And your muscles and joints will be more flexible and function better. You may also lose some extra pounds if you reduce food intake along with your exercise program.3
Types of Exercise
These exercises are designed to increase strength by lifting weights or using exercise machines. They are not necessary if you simply want to stay in shape, lose weight, or improve cardiovascular health.4
Endurance or Aerobic
Aerobic exercises such as running, swimming, walking, and cycling can increase the endurance of the heart, lungs, and muscles. These exercises are designed for cardiovascular fitness.4
These exercises are designed to help you avoid injury and discomfort. They involve stretching and warm-up exercises to get the blood flowing and warm up your muscles.
Simple Exercises to Get You Started
As always, if you have specific health-related questions, be sure to ask your doctor.
Easy Stand-Up Exercises
1. Start with your arms limp at your sides. Breathe in and out slowly.
2. Now, swing your arms in, crossing them in front and then out to shoulder level.
3. Repeat 3 or 4 times.
Ease Back Strain
1. Rest your palms on the small of your back with the fingertips pointing down.
2. Raise your chin, lift the top of your chest, and reach back with your elbows.
3. While maintaining strong abdominal muscles and a slight pelvic tilt, hold this pose. Don't forget to breathe.
Simple Sit-Down Moves
Roll Your Shoulders
1. While sitting down on a carpeted or padded floor or in a comfortable chair, bring your shoulders up toward your ears and then back down in a fluid rolling motion. Try to visualize drawing circles with your shoulders.
2. Keep breathing naturally and repeat the up-and-down movements 3 or 4 times.
1. Get down on the floor with your back straight and head held high.
2. Grab your ankles and try to bring the soles of your feet together directly in front of you.
3. Pull your feet as close to your body as you can.
4. If possible, put your elbows and arms on your inner thighs and push your legs open wider.
1. Back Pain. [article on CD-ROM]. IVI Publishing Inc. and Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; 1995. Mayo Clinic Family Health. Mac 2.0 Version.
2. Ishmael WK, Shorbe WB. Care of the Back. 3rd Edition. Industrial Edition. J.B. Lippincott Company. Philadelphia, 1985.
3. Benefits of Exercise. [article on CD-ROM]. IVI Publishing Inc. and Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; 1995. Mayo Clinic Family Health. Mac 2.0 Version.
4. What Exercise Is Right For You? [article on CD-ROM]. IVI Publishing Inc. and Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; 1995. Mayo Clinic Family Health. Mac 2.0 Version.
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This time last year it cost me about £7.50 a month to feed a pig on my small farm in Somerset; today it's nearer £15. In a year, wheat prices have doubled, leading not only to increased bread prices, but also to demonstrations by pig farmers, who are going out of business as fast as you can fry bacon.
Almost all the food we eat - 95% - is oil-dependent, so as oil prices rise, the cost of food does too. Oil is central to fertilisers, mechanised production, transportation and packaging. However, between 1950 - when mechanisation and fertilisers transformed farming into agribusiness - and 1984, world grain production increased by 250%. The consequent cheapness of food kept inflation down and allowed for the postwar consumer boom.
For years experts have been asking what will we eat when the crises of climate change and oil depletion converge, with the possible end of our globalised food supply. Our tea and coffee and spices might still come from abroad, but what about salad vegetables, beef and fresh orange juice? Cheap oil has let the west regard the whole world as its farmyard, always seeking the cheapest place to produce and process. But last year's rate of factory-gate inflation was the highest for more than 16 years, with increases ranging from 7.5% for bread to 15% for milk, cheese and eggs and 60% for rice. Overall food inflation is 6.6%, in a year when oil prices have risen by 70%. No wonder those on the bottom of the ladder are starting to feel the strain.
Britain currently imports about £22bn worth of food and drink a year, 68% from the EU. Britain has not been self-sufficient in food since the late 18th century, but the situation is rapidly worsening. In 2006, 37% of the UK's food was imported, with London dependent on imports for 80% of its food. For the capital, a food shortage would clearly be disastrous.
We have become a meat-eating world, and in developing countries meat is seen as a sign of prosperity. However, while it takes 2kg of grain to produce 1kg of chicken, 7kg of grain is needed to make 1kg of beef. When I was a child, my family ate meat maybe once a week: now it is considered a daily prerequisite. The average Briton eats 80kg of meat a year, while the equivalent figure for Americans is 124kg - but the startling, and frightening, change is taking place in China. In 1962, there was just 4kg of meat in the average Chinese diet; by 2005 that figure was 60kg and rising.
It is not simply that we do not have enough land to grow the grain to feed the animals that in turn feed us. In the past two decades in the US, the use of hydrocarbon pesticides has increased 33 times, and yet, as soil structures weaken due to overuse and mono-crop cultivation, more crops are being lost to pests every year.
The water situation is also alarming. The world has a finite supply of fresh water yet we blithely continue to eat more meat, even though it takes between 100 and 1,000 times more water to produce 1kg of beef than it does to produce 1kg of wheat. Indeed, 70% of all fresh water is used for agriculture, so when you buy imported food, you are buying another country's water allocation. Each Kenyan green bean stem is equivalent to four litres of water from a certified "water-stressed" country. Moreover, the UN says that animal husbandry now accounts for a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions, due to forest clearances and the methane emitted by cattle.
It's an explosive mix: rising oil prices; land shortages due to our gargantuan appetite for meat; the pressures imposed on arable land by biofuels; and the growing effect of climate change, which is rapidly reducing large areas of Africa to deserts that are no longer able to support agriculture. Put all these together, and you have a crisis that is both very real and very near.
The dominance of the supermarkets in food retailing contributes massively to our dependence and vulnerability. Rising energy prices have an immediate impact on many practices, including "just in time delivery", "warehousing on wheels" and plastic packaging - not to mention the transportation of processed foods and raw materials, which encourages the Scottish seafood outfit Young's, for example, to fly prawns to Thailand to be cleaned and de-shelled, before then flying them back home for packaging. The fuel protests of September 2000 gave us a glimpse of how even the supply of basic foodstuffs is dependent on oil: Justin King, the CEO of Sainsbury's, warned Tony Blair that we would be "out of food" within "days not weeks" if the protests continued.
In the words of Tim Lang, the professor of food policy at the University of Leeds: "We are sleepwalking into a crisis." At the very least he predicts the end of the era of cheap food, which will in itself amount to a big shift in our eating habits. But if the process of rising costs and diminishing grain supplies accelerates (as it may well do), we could be seeing actual shortages of basic foodstuffs. One report last month said that the world is only 10 weeks from running out of wheat supplies after stocks fell to their lowest level for 50 years.
It is worth noting that when we last had a food crisis, in 1939, we still had productive orchards and plenty of farmers. In recent decades our dependence on imported food has become phenomenal: half of all vegetables and 95% of all fruit consumed in the UK now come from overseas (even in September, the height of the domestic growing year, supermarkets stock predominantly South African and New Zealand apples). On average 37 farmers are leaving the land every day in Britain; there are now more people in jail than farmers. The decline in the rural labour force is a predictable consequence of the industrialisation of agriculture. Only 1% of the UK's workforce is now employed in land-related activities, compared with 35% a century ago.
It seems to me that our eating habits are unsustainable. The Stockholm Environment Institute at York University recently calculated that the UK's food and farming ecological footprint - its land, energy and sea-space use - is up to six times the UK's food-growing area.
Clearly, the government has not woken up to the looming crisis. Food and related issues straddle no less than 19 ministries. Professor Lang believes that nothing short of a radical change in our diets - away from meat and towards vegetables and grains - will solve the problem long term. Meanwhile, as he says, we are governed by the politics of Tesco - and that is truly scary.
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'Something that is hand shaped or hand printed and has the individuality of the artisan imbedded within it evokes in all of us a different reaction from the commercial product of the factory assembly line.'
-J.I.Biegeleisen and Max Arthur Cohn-
technique learning - portfolio work - pre-production samples - small run production - cards - bags - T-shirts
As a participant in any of the courses, you will learn the basics of photographic silk screen printing. You will learn to prepare your own image using various techniques, expose your own screens, mix your own colours and of course print on variety of mediums.
You will gain confidence in the technique and gain an insight into the other possibilities this media can offer in the fine art or graphics world.
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AngularJS Scopes and Controllers
Learn the Basics of AngularJS Controllers and Scopes, Creation Setup and Modifications
AngularJS Controllers and Scopes : Introduction
In AngularJS Controllers serve as a link between the data Model and the View, all the data and Services to the View is provided via a controller, it defines the business logic inorder to affect changes in the data model based on user actions.
Every AngularJS Application needs atleast one controller to work, however user can create as many controllers as needed, users can even define how the controllers are organised, the data controllers can access, and their relations with the view.
Controllers provide the data and logic to Views via scopes, the data-binding feature of AngularJS is due the scopes. In other words, a scope is like an object, it has properties and function attached to it, a scope object is used to hold values of data model.
AngularJS Scopes and Controllers : Creating and Using Controllers
In AngularJS Controllers are created using the method controllers provided by AngularJS Module object.
The arguments of the controller method are name of the controller and the function to create Controller i.e the constructor.
All controllers use the service $scope inorder to provide the view with a scope, and to set the data and logic to be used to create the view.
Example: AngularJS Forms Validation FeedBackGive it a TRY! » Note: The $scope is an object provided by a service called $rootScope
AngularJS Controllers and Scope : Scope Setup
AngularJS Controllers can provide data to the view using scopes, scopes define the relationship between the controllers and view and also provide a mechanism to perform these actions, like data-binding.
To make use of scopes, you need to define the data and behaviours which then can be called from the binding expressions or directives within the the view.You can create Properties on the $scope object that is passed to the controller function, and also assign values and functions.
In the demo, the scope of the controller is set using the property device, an inital value is assigned to it as well, the behaviour Company is function which accepts device name and returns the Name of Company. The directive ng-model is used to create data-binding.
Example: AngularJS Forms Checkbox AttributesGive it a TRY! » Note:If You alter the name of device to Galaxy, the Company Name is changed in Realtime as well.
AngularJS Scopes and Controllers : Modifying the Scope
The most exciting feature of scopes it that is reacts to change in realtime, it can update all the related data provided by the behaviour. The modifications done on the ng-model directive is updated automatically.
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To access the Clock app, either tap the Clock icon on the Home screen, or open the App Drawer and open the Clock app from there.
Where is the clock app on my Android phone?
From the Home screen, tap the Apps icon (in the QuickTap bar) > the Apps tab (if necessary) > Clock .
How do I get my clock back on home screen?
Put a clock on your Home screen
- Touch and hold any empty section of a Home screen.
- At the bottom of the screen, tap Widgets.
- Touch and hold a clock widget.
- You’ll see images of your Home screens. Slide the clock to a Home screen.
Where is my clock setting?
Set time, date & time zone
- Open your phone’s Clock app .
- Tap More. Settings.
- Under “Clock,” pick your home time zone or change the date and time. To see or hide a clock for your home time zone when you’re in a different time zone, tap Automatic home clock.
Where has my clock app gone?
Answer: A: If you can’t find it you’ll have to reset your home screen layout: Settings>General>Reset>Reset Home Screen Layout. This will restore your home screen to it’s original layout, including your clock.
How do I get clock on my phone?
If it’s an Android, like Samsung, you simply pinch with two fingers or a finger and your thumb on the home screen. It will shrink and give you an option to select widgets. Tap on widgets and then search them for the date and time widget that you want. Then simply hold your finger on it and drag it to your home screen.
Where is the clock in this phone?
Your Android phone keeps constant and accurate track of the time, which is displayed at the top of the Home screen and also when you unlock the phone. When you’d rather have the phone wake you up, you can take advantage of the Clock app, which might also be called Alarm or Alarm & Timer or a similar name.
Why did my weather widget disappeared?
Weather on the widget has disappeared since updating to 9.0. … Go to your Google settings -> Your feed and check notifications settings for weather. I had the same issue with OG Pixel. I reset feed preferences and enable all notifications for weather.
Why has my weather app disappeared?
Now, though, some Android users have noticed that the Google weather app has disappeared off of their phones. Presumably as part of a bug or an A/B test, the Google app is removing the weather app. … When accessed, too, a shortcut to this weather app could be added to your homescreen.
Where are my widgets?
Add a widget
- On a Home screen, touch and hold an empty space.
- Tap Widgets .
- Touch and hold a widget. You’ll get images of your Home screens.
- Slide the widget to where you want it. Lift your finger.
Why is my automatic date and time wrong?
Scroll down and tap System. Tap Date & time. Tap the toggle next to Use network-provided time to disable the automatic time. Tap that same toggle again to re-enable it.
How do I set the time on this device?
Update Date & Time on Your Android Device
- Tap Settings to open the Settings menu.
- Tap Date & Time.
- Tap Automatic.
- If this option is turned off, check that the correct Date, Time and Time Zone are selected.
How do I reset the clock on my Android phone?
To reset your date/time:
- Go to your ‘Device Settings’
- Tap ‘Date and Time Settings’
- Tap on ‘Automatic’ to deactivate the automatic date and time updates.
- Choose ‘Set a New Date’
- Select the Day/Month/Year to reset.
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How do I set my alarm clock on this phone?
Set an alarm
- Open your phone’s Clock app .
- At the bottom, tap Alarm.
- Pick an alarm. To add an alarm, tap Add . To reset an alarm, tap its current time.
- Set the alarm time. On the analog clock: slide the hand to the hour you want. Then slide the hand to the minutes you want. …
- Tap OK.
How do I show the alarm on my lock screen?
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Adobe Flash Player was updated to version 10.3.183.5 to address critical vulnerabilities in the previous version. These vulnerabilities could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
Release date: August 9, 2011
Vulnerability identifier: APSB11-21
CVE number: CVE-2011-2130, CVE-2011-2134, CVE-2011-2135, CVE-2011-2136, CVE-2011-2137, CVE-2011-2138, CVE-2011-2139, CVE-2011-2140, CVE-2011-2414, CVE-2011-2415, CVE-2011-2416, CVE-2011-2417, CVE-2011-2425
Platform: All platforms
Adobe Flash Player for Android 10.3.186.3 by downloading it from the Android Marketplace by browsing to it on a mobile phone.
Browser Update InstructionsAlthough Adobe suggests downloading the update from the Adobe Flash Player Download Center or by using the auto-update mechanism within the product when prompted, if you prefer, the direct download links are as follows:
- IE: http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_ax.exe
- Non-IE (Opera, Firefox etc) http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player.exe
Verify InstallationTo verify the Adobe Flash Player version number installed on your computer, go to the About Flash Player page, or right-click on content running in Flash Player and select "About Adobe Flash Player" from the menu.
Do this for each browser installed on your computer.
The latest version of Adobe Flash Player for is available for download from the Android Marketplace by browsing to it on a mobile phone.
Adobe further recommends users of Adobe AIR 2.7 for Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe AIR 2.7.1. Users of Adobe AIR 2.7 for Android should update to Adobe AIR 220.127.116.111 from the Android Marketplace by browsing to it on a mobile phone.
- Adobe Security Advisory: Security update available for Adobe Flash Player
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"International indigenism" may sound like a contradiction in terms, but it is indeed a global phenomenon and a growing form of activism. In his fluent and accessible narrative, Ronald Niezen examines the ways the relatively recent emergence of an internationally recognized identity—"indigenous peoples"—intersects with another relatively recent international movement—the development of universal human rights laws and principles. This movement makes use of human rights instruments and the international organizations of states to resist the political, cultural, and economic incursions of individual states.
The concept "indigenous peoples" gained currency in the social reform efforts of the International Labor Organization in the 1950s, was taken up by indigenous nongovernmental organizations, and is now fully integrated into human rights initiatives and international organizations. Those who today call themselves indigenous peoples share significant similarities in their colonial and postcolonial experiences, such as loss of land and subsistence, abrogation of treaties, and the imposition of psychologically and socially destructive assimilation policies. Niezen shows how, from a new position of legitimacy and influence, they are striving for greater recognition of collective rights, in particular their rights to self-determination in international law. These efforts are influencing local politics in turn and encouraging more ambitious goals of autonomy in indigenous communities worldwide.
1. A New Global Phenomenon?
2. The Origins of the International Movement of Indigenous Peoples
3. Sources of Global Identity
4. Relativism and Rights
5. The New Politics of Resistance
6. Indigenism, Ethnicity, and the State
Ronald Niezen, author of Spirit Wars (California, 2000), is Visiting Senior Researcher of the Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University in Finland.
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What is Scoliosis?
Scoliosis is characterized by a side-to-side curvature of the spine. Clinically, this is diagnosed by Cobb’s Angle and is measured by the most tilted vertebrae above and below the apex of the curve. Cobb’s angle is the angle between the intersecting lines drawn perpendicular to the top & bottom vertebrae. An angle of greater than 10 degrees is considered scoliosis.
Scoliosis is usually also accompanied by rotation of the vertebral column towards the concavity of the curve.
There are various types of scoliosis including congenital, idiopathic, and neuromuscular. The most common is idiopathic scoliosis, meaning that there is no definite cause, however, it tends to run in families and affect girls more than boys. Additionally, scoliosis can be classified as functional or structural scoliosis. In function scoliosis, the spine is normal but appears to be curved due to underlying issues such as injury, leg length discrepancies, and muscle imbalances. Functional scoliosis can usually be improved by treating the underlying issues. Structural scoliosis is a physical deviation in the spine’s structure and is considered permanent unless the spine receives treatment. In both cases, specific exercises can be a way to delay the progression of scoliosis.
Screening for Functional versus Structural Scoliosis – Adam’s Forward Bend Test
To perform Adam’s Forward Bend Test, the patient bends forward starting at the waist with feet together and knees straight while dangling the arms and palms together. Any imbalances in the mid-back or other deformities along the back could be a sign of scoliosis. Before performing the test, it may be good to look for any hip misalignment and/or leg length discrepancies. In the bent position, if the back assumes asymmetrical form, the scoliosis is considered functional. If there is asymmetry or a rib hump, the scoliosis is considered to be structural.
This diagram displays a posterior (rear) view of an individual with scoliosis. Let’s assume this is an idiopathic scoliosis (no known cause e.g. no fractures or damage). In the diagram, the individual’s upper back is side-bending to the right. This is typically associated with a rotation in the opposite direction (left rotation of upper back in this case). In contrast, the individual’s lower back is side bending to the left and rotated to the right. The goal is to correct these findings through movement and exercise.
After general strength and conditioning is achieved, specific exercises will focus on lengthening, de-rotating, and strengthing the appropriate areas. The red arrows depict the areas that need to be strengthened as they have been put on “stretched”. Additionally, the blue arrows depict the areas that need to be lengthened or stretched as they have been “compressed”. Lastly, de-rotating means applying rotational movements in the opposite direction of the dysfunction. The purple arrows depict the rotation caused by scoliosis.
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New Delhi, June 18: India on Wednesday indicated it is contemplating a free-trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union of Russia and former Soviet Union states proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, a move that would trigger alarm bells in Washington.
Russia and India today agreed to set up a joint study group to evaluate the feasibility of the free-trade agreement, after a four-hour meeting between foreign minister Sushma Swaraj and Russian deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin here.
The proposed pact would make India among the first nations to embrace the Eurasian Union — formally called the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan — that Moscow views as an economic counter to the European Union.
The pulls on Ukraine —from the West, keen to get the nation into the European Union, on the one hand and from Russia to yank into the Eurasian Union — are widely viewed as a key factor that led to the crisis in that nation earlier this year.
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are the three founding members of the Eurasian Union established less than a month back, but Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have said they too are interested in joining the group.
Vietnam and New Zealand are the two nations that — prior to India — have begun to negotiate Free Trade Agreements with the Eurasian Union.
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When I graduated from the University of Florida, living at home with my parents was not where I expected to find myself. With my degree in industrial engineering, I had envisioned starting a career immediately. But instead, I found myself job-less, stressed out, and mailing lots of resumes. In fact, being jobless and frantically sending out resumes is standard practice for most recent college grads these days.
If you’re in this position, it’s hard not to let it get you down – but while the job market is struggling, you’re not entirely out of luck. Here are 10 tips to survive, stay on track, and get ahead of the competition.
What to Do If You Can’t Get a Job
1. Stay Positive
Don’t be upset or surprised if you don’t have a job by graduation day. It is important to stay positive and continue your search. One way to maintain a positive frame of mind is to remind yourself how far you have come already – just like the challenges you faced in school, you will overcome being unemployed.
And remember, it’s important to set aside at least an hour each day to do something you really enjoy. Take a jog, read a book, or spend time with your friends and family. This can go a long way to help you maintain a positive attitude, which could be the very thing that lands you a job.
2. Reduce Your Cost of Living
If you don’t have an income, you need to reduce your expenses. And since you don’t know the duration of your unemployment, start eliminating expenses quickly to avoid depleting your savings and building up debt.
- Move Back Home. Moving in with your parents has huge savings potential. Many parents don’t charge their children for rent, utilities, or even food. In fact, when I moved home after graduation, my parents looked at it as their last opportunity to provide for me financially; it was a kind of college graduation gift. It was also nice to receive encouragement and emotional support from my family during that challenging time. Just be sure not to mooch off your parents. Also, do something in return for their kindness, such as cleaning, cooking, and mowing the lawn.
- Defer Student Loans. To defer a student loan means to suspend loan payments temporarily. There is usually an automatic grace period of six months before you have to start paying back student loans upon graduation. However, if you have trouble finding a job, six months may not be enough. If you find yourself in this situation, defer your student loans until you have an income.
- Put Yourself on a Budget. One of the best ways to save money is to conserve it by implementing a personal budget. Determine the amount of money you have and how much you can spend each month for a specified period of time (perhaps one year). Then, limit your spending to that amount of money per month. Consider putting away your credit cards and using the envelope budgeting system if you tend to over-spend.
3. Spend Time Networking
Professional networking can really pay off during a job search. Often, it’s not what you know, but who you know.
Here are several places to network:
- College Alumni Associations. Being a recent graduate, you may receive phone calls and mail from your college’s alumni association asking you to join or donate money. Join if you wish, but more importantly, find out if there are functions you can attend to meet other alumni. People love to work with fellow alumni, and you may be able to find an “in” via such a connection.
- Networking Events. Search online for networking events in your community. Once you begin attending these events, you may receive information for others not listed online.
- Career Fairs. Career fairs are becoming increasingly common, and they can be hosted or sponsored by a school, a company, or even a city. Keep your eyes open for opportunities by checking online, in newspapers, and by watching the news.
- Professional Organizations. Similar to college alumni, many people relate well to those who are in their professional organizations. In fact, it was via a professional organization (the Institute of Industrial Engineers) that I found my first job after graduating. Even if you don’t want to network, join a professional organization and attend a few activities in order to update your resume with current industry happenings.
- Conferences. You can meet many people by attending a conference for your profession or industry. Individual conferences are typically held once per year, and can be held anywhere in the country. The cost to attend these events is often high, but if you leave the conference with some job leads, it could make it worth every penny.
- Job Shadowing Opportunities. You can get a taste of a day in the life of a working professional by job shadowing. Even if the company for which you shadow does not have a current opening, they may remember you when they do have one. Check for job-shadowing opportunities with your college or local chamber of commerce.
- LinkedIn. An increasing amount of people are finding jobs via social networking, and LinkedIn is the social network designed for professionals. LinkedIn allows you to display who you are, along with your degrees, experiences, and what specific line of work you are looking for.
4. Consider Going Back to School
This may not be ideal if you’ve been looking forward to working. However, if you were planning to eventually earn another degree, it might be best to simply get it out of the way, during which time the economy can recover.
On the flip side, if you were not planning to get another degree, don’t jump into a costly academic program out of frustration. As you know, earning a degree takes a lot of time, money, energy, and determination, and it’s not worth doing just to have something to do.
5. Keep Yourself Busy
While looking for a job is often a full-time job in and of itself, don’t put your life on hold because of it. Pick up part-time work at a temp agency, pursue your hobbies, or learn something new. You may even want get additional training or licenses to benefit your career.
6. Broaden Your Job Search
It took me seven months from the time I graduated to start my first job. I later realized that I had kept my job search too narrow by looking in a limited area, within only certain industries, and for one that required minimal travel. Had I been more open, I believe I would have found a job much more quickly.
Consider broadening your search to find a job quicker and especially if you’ve been looking for several months. Open yourself up to more locations, industries, career types, and entry-level positions, even if you qualify for a higher level job. Focus on getting your foot in the door, and try not to be too idealistic.
7. Build Your Skills
Every time you interview and are overlooked for the job, ask the interviewer what skills they recommend you improve. If you struggled answering the interview questions, ask a friend or family member to help you do mock interviews. This will also improve your confidence.
8. Volunteer or Work for Free
In some industries, it is common for a recent hire to work an unpaid internship before becoming a paid employee. If you are unable to find a paid job, consider this option as a way to gain experience and network. You could have yourself a paid job before you know it.
Another option is to volunteer for an organization such as the Peace Corps, Teach America, or AmeriCorps. Keep in mind that it takes time to be accepted as a volunteer, and these organizations require a commitment. For example, my sister joined the Peace Corps – the volunteer acceptance process took nine months, plus she had to commit for two years and undergo three months of training.
9. Start a Business
If the corporate world isn’t working out for you, take matters into your own hands by starting a business. Focus on an area in which you have a great deal of knowledge – for instance, if you are good with computers, a repair shop may be the perfect business to run out of your house. Consulting companies are also low-risk endeavors that require little start-up capital.
10. Start a Blog or Website
If you have a passion that you would like to share with the world, write about it and see where it goes. For instance, healthy cooking, personal finance, sports, couponing, and new technology are all popular topics online. It will take work and dedication to develop your blog, and it will take patience and smart social media marketing to build up a readership – but over time, you could find yourself with a dedicated following and a solid source of income.
Since I got a job, my life hasn’t slowed down. And while I have enjoyed every bit of it, I doubt I’ll have as much time off as I did after graduation until I retire. I regret giving into the stress of the situation and not taking advantage of it. If you are currently a graduate who has yet to find a job, know that with diligence and an open mind, you too will find one. Keep your head up, stay positive, and enjoy the “time off” as much as possible.
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|Knowing the fair market value of Cable pianos is useful to sellers, buyers and owners.
This information can help guide you in making important decisions.
The Cable Piano Co. was established in 1880 by H.D. Cable. H.D. Cable was originally with the
Wolfinger Organ Co., which later changed to the Western Cottage Organ Co. and then to the
Chicago Cottage Organ Co. In 1890, H.D. Cable consolidated with Conover Bros. and his two
brothers, Fayette S. and Hobart M. Cable (although Fayette S. and Hobart M. Cable continued
building pianos under their own brand names). Cable and Conover then acquired the Schiller Piano
Co. of Oregon, IL , and used the Schiller pianos as their higher end models. By the 1900s, Cable had
two factories in Illinois (Chicago and St. Charles) and manufactured pianos under the names:
Conover, Cable, DeKoven, Kingsbury, Midget, Puritan, Wellington, Schiller; also made Euphona,
Carola and Inner-Player player pianos. "Tonarch" and "Crownstay" were trademarks of the Cable
Piano Co. (involving soundboard patents). Other owners of the firm included Jackson & Wabash of
Chicago; Winter & Co. and ultimately, the Aeolian Corp. of New York until about 1982. Pianos were
manufactured in Memphis, TN during Aeolian's ownership. In 2001, Gibson Guitars acquired the
Cable name when they purchased Baldwin.
Cable pianos are no longer in production.
See also Cable-Nelson, Conover-Cable and Hobart M. Cable
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About the Summer School in Social Science Methods
The Summer School is organized by the Università della Svizzera italiana in close cooperation with FORS, the Swiss Foundation for social science research. It offers every year several full-time workshops in two weekly sessions (second half of August).
Participants are Ph.D. students, junior and senior researchers and practitioners, from Switzerland and other different countries working in a wide range of scientific disciplines: Psychology, Educational, Business Studies, Communication, Political Science, Sociology, Health Sciences, and many others.
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About Alfonso IX el Baboso, rey de León y Galicia
Alfonso IX de León (Zamora, 15 de agosto de 1171 - Sarria, 24 de septiembre de 1230) fue rey de León desde el 21 de enero de 1188 hasta su muerte.
Hijo de Fernando II de León y Urraca de Portugal, tuvo dificultades para hacerse con el poder debido a las intrigas de su madrastra Urraca López de Haro, que aspiraba a entronizar a su propio hijo, el infante Sancho. A lo largo de su reinado tuvo numerosos conflictos y tensiones con su primo Alfonso VIII de Castilla. Debido a estos, estuvo ausente en la Batalla de las Navas de Tolosa, pese a lo cual realizó una gran actividad de reconquista, recuperando para la Cristiandad las ciudades de Cáceres, Montánchez, Mérida y Badajoz.
Contrajo matrimonio por primera vez con la infanta Teresa de Portugal, hija del rey Sancho I de Portugal y de la reina Dulce de Aragón. Fruto de su matrimonio nacieron tres hijos:
- Fernando de León y Portugal (1192/1193-1214).
- Sancha de León y Portugal (1191-a.1243).
- Dulce de León y Portugal (1193/1194-1248).
Se casó por segunda vez, en 1197, con la infanta Berenguela de Castilla, hija del rey Alfonso VIII de Castilla y de la reina Leonor de Plantagenet. Fruto de su matrimonio nacieron cinco hijos:
- Leonor de León y Castilla (1198-1202).
- Constanza de León y Castilla (1200-1242). Fue religiosa en el Monasterio de las Huelgas de Burgos.
- Fernando III el Santo (1201-1252). Ocupó el trono castellano en 1217, a la muerte de Enrique I, y el trono leonés en 1230, a la muerte de su padre, Alfonso IX. Contrajo matrimonio en dos ocasiones y fue canonizado por la Iglesia Católica en 1671, durante el pontificado de Clemente X.
- Alfonso de Molina (1202-1272). Señor consorte de Molina y Mesa. Contrajo matrimonio en tres ocasiones y fue el padre de la reina María de Molina.
- Berenguela de León (1204-1237). Contrajo matrimonio en 1224 con Juan de Brienne, rey de Jerusalén y posteriormente regente del Imperio Latino de Constantinopla.
Fruto de su relación con una dama de nombre desconocido nació un hijo,
- Pedro Alfonso de León (¿1196?-1226). Maestre de la Orden de Santiago.
Fruto de su relación con Inés Íñiguez de Mendoza, hija de Íñigo López de Mendoza, nació una hija:
- Urraca Alfonso de León. Señora consorte de Vizcaya por su matrimonio con Lope Díaz II de Haro, señor de Vizcaya.
Fruto de su relación con Aldonza Martínez de Silva, hija de Martín Gómez, señor de Silva, y de su esposa Urraca Rodríguez, nacieron tres hijos:
- Rodrigo Alfonso de León (¿1210?-d.1252). Señor de Aliger y Castro del Río y Adelantado mayor de la frontera de Andalucía. Contrajo matrimonio con Inés Rodríguez, hija de Rodrigo Fernández de Valduerna "el Feo", señor de Cabrera y alférez del rey Alfonso IX.
- Aldonza Alfonso de León (¿1212?-d.1267). Contrajo matrimonio con Diego Ramírez Froilaz, señor de Mansilla y Rueda, y antes de junio de 1230<ref>Real Academia de Historia, Colección Salazar y Castro, Ref. B-3, fº 325 [http://www.rah.es/pdf/SalazaryCastro.pdf] Donación hecha el 10 de junio de 1230 por Pedro Ponce de Cabrera y doña Aldonza Alfonso, su mujer, al Monasterio de Nogales de la iglesia de San Pelayo de Pobladura, en el valle de Aria</ref> con el conde Pedro Ponce de Cabrera, hijo del conde Ponce Vela de Cabrera y la condesa Teresa Rodríguez, señor del valle de Aria.
- Teresa Alfonso de León. Según algunos historiadores contrajo matrimonio con Nuño González de Lara "el Bueno", señor de la Casa de Lara. No obstante, la mayoría de los cronistas sostienen que quien contrajo matrimonio con Nuño González de Lara fue Teresa Alfonso de Molina, hija del infante Alfonso de Molina.
Fruto de su relación con la dama Estefanía Pérez, hija de Pedro Arias de Limia y de Constanza Osorio, nació un hijo:
- Fernando Alfonso de León (1211-¿?). Falleció en su juventud.
Fruto de su relación con la dama Maura nació un hijo:
- Fernando Alfonso de León (¿?-1278). Fue Deán de la Catedral de Santiago de Compostela, Arcediano de la Catedral de Salamanca y canónigo de la Catedral de León.
Fruto de su relación con la dama Teresa Gil de Soberosa, hija de Gil Vázquez de Soberosa y de María Arias o Aries de Fornelos, nacieron cuatro hijos:
- Sancha Alfonso de León (1220-1270). Contrajo matrimonio con Simón Ruiz de los Cameros, señor de los Cameros e hijo de Rodrigo Díaz de los Cameros y de Aldonza Díaz de Haro. Posteriormente profesó como religiosa en el convento de Santa Eufemia de Cozuelos de Ojeda.
- María Alfonso de León (¿1222?-d.1252). Contrajo un primer matrimonio con Álvaro Fernández de Lara, señor de Lara, y posteriormente con Suero Arias de Valladares. Fue amante de Alfonso X el Sabio.
- Martín Alfonso de León (¿1225?-1268/1272). Caballero de la Orden de Santiago. Contrajo matrimonio en tres ocasiones.
- Urraca Alfonso de León y Gil (1228-d.1252). Contrajo un primer matrimonio con García Romeu, señor de Tormos, Pradilla y El Frago, y posteriormente con Pedro Núñez de Guzmán, señor de Guzmán.
Alfonso IX de León y Castilla fué el rey de Castilla y vivió desde el 1.199 hasta 1.252
- Alfonso IX (15 August 1171 – 23 or 24 September 1230) was king of León and Galicia from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until his own death. According to Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406), he is said to have been called the Baboso or Slobberer because he was subject to fits of rage during which he foamed at the mouth.
- He took steps towards modernizing and democratizing his dominion and founded the University of Salamanca in 1212. In 1188 he summoned the first parliament reflecting full representation of the citizenry ever seen in Western Europe, the Cortes of León.
- He took a part in the work of the Reconquest, conquering the area of Extremadura (including the cities of Cáceres and Badajoz).
- Alfonso was born in Zamora. He was the only son of King Ferdinand II of León and Urraca of Portugal. His father was the younger son of Alfonso VII of León and Castile, who divided his kingdoms between his sons, which set the stage for conflict in the family until the kingdoms were re-united by Alfonso IX's son, Ferdinand III of Castile.
- Alfonso IX had great difficulty in obtaining the throne through his given birthright. In July 1188 his cousin Alfonso VIII of Castile required the younger Alfonso to recognize the elder as overlord in exchange for recognizing the younger's authority in León.
- The convening of the Cortes de León in the cloisters of the Basilica of San Isidoro would be one of the most important events of Alfonso's reign. The difficult economic situation at the beginning of his reign compelled Alfonso to raise taxes on the underprivileged classes, leading to protests and a few towns revolts. In response the king summoned the Cortes, an assembly of nobles, clergy and representatives of cities, and subsequently faced demands for compensatory spending and greater external control and oversight of royal expenditures. Alfonso's convening of the Cortes is considered by many historians, including Australia's John Keane, to be instrumental to the formation of democratic parliaments across Europe. Note that Iceland had already held what may have been what is Europe's first parliament, the Þingvellir, in 930 CE. However, the Cortes' 1188 session predates the first session of the Parliament of England, which occurred in the thirteenth century.
- In spite of the democratic precedent represented by the Cortes and the founding of the University of Salamanca, Alfonso is often chiefly remembered for the difficulties his successive marriages caused between him with Pope Celestine III. He was first married in 1191 to his first cousin, Theresa of Portugal, who bore him two daughters, and a son who died young. The marriage was declared null by the papal legate Cardinal Gregory for consanguinity.
- After Alfonso VIII of Castile was defeated at the Battle of Alarcos, Alfonso IX invaded Castile with the aid of Muslim troops. He was summarily excommunicated by Pope Celestine III. In 1197, Alfonso IX married his first cousin once removed, Berengaria of Castile, to cement peace between León and Castile. For this second act of consanguinity, the king and the kingdom were placed under interdict by representatives of the Pope. In 1198, Pope Innocent III declared Alfonso and Berengaria's marriage invalid, but they stayed together until 1204. The annulment of this marriage by the pope drove the younger Alfonso to again attack his cousin in 1204, but treaties made in 1205, 1207, and 1209 each forced him to concede further territories and rights. The treaty in 1207 is the first existing public document in the Castilian dialect.
- The Pope was, however, compelled to modify his measures by the threat that, if the people could not obtain the services of religion, they would not support the clergy, and that heresy would spread. The king was left under interdict personally, but to that he showed himself indifferent, and he had the support of his clergy. Berengaria left him after the birth of five children, and the king then returned to Theresa, to whose daughters he left his kingdom in his will.
- Alfonso's children by Theresa of Portugal were:
- 1) Ferdinand (ca. 1192 – August 1214, aged around 22), unmarried and without issue
- 2) Sancha (ca. 1193–bef. 1243), unmarried and without issue. She and her sister Dulce became nuns or retired at the Monastery of San Guillermo Villabuena (León) where she died before 1243.
- 3) Dulce, (1194/ca. 1195 - ca./aft. 1243), unmarried and without issue
- Alfonso's children by Berengaria of Castile were:
- 4) Eleanor (1198/1199 - 11 November 1202)
- 5) Constance (1 May 1200 - 7 September 1242) became a nun at Las Huelgas, Burgos, where she died.
- 6) King Ferdinand III the Saint (1201–1252), his successor.
- 7) Alfonso, 4th Lord of Molina (1203–1272)
- 8) Berengaria of León (1204–1237), married John of Brienne
- Alfonso also fathered many illegitimate children, some fifteen further children born out of wedlock are documented.
- Alfonso's children by Aldonza Martínez de Silva (daughter of Martin Gomez de Silva & Urraca Rodriguez), later married to Diego Froilaz, Count of Cifuentes:
- 9) Pedro Alfonso de León, 1st Lord of Tenorio (ca. 1196/ca. 1200–1226), Grand Master of Santiago, married N de Villarmayor, and had issue
- 10) Alfonso Alfonso de León, died young
- 11) Fernando Alfonso de León, died young
- 12) Rodrigo Alfonso de León (ca. 1210 - ca. 1267), 1st Lord of Aliger and Governor of Zamora, married ca. 1240 to Inés Rodriguez de Cabrera (ca. 1200-), and had issue
- 13) Teresa Alfonso de León (ca. 1210-), wife of Nuño González de Lara el Bueno, lord of Lara
- 14) Aldonza Alfonso de León (ca.1215–1266), wife, first, of Diego Ramírez Froilaz, nephew of her stepfather, without issue, and then before June 1230 married Pedro Ponce de Cabrera (bef. 1202-between 1248 and 1254), and had issue, ancestors of the Ponce de León family.
- Alfonso's child by Inés Iñíguez de Mendoza (born c. 1180) (daughter of Lope Iñiguez de Mendoza, 1st Lord of Mendoza (ca. 1140–1189) and his wife Teresa Ximénez de los Cameros (ca. 1150-)):
- 15) Urraca Alfonso de León (ca. 1190/ca. 1197-), first wife ca. 1230 of Lope Díaz II de Haro (1192 – 15 December 1236), 6th Sovereign Lord of Viscaya and had issue, including Mécia Lopes de Haro.
- Alfonso's child by Estefánia Pérez de Limia, daughter of Pedro Arias de Limia and wife, subsequently wife of Rodrigo Suárez, Merino mayor of Galicia, had issue):
- 16) Fernando Alfonso de León (born c. 1211), died young
- Alfonso's children by Maua, of unknown origin:
- 17) Fernando Alfonso de León (ca. 1215/1218/1220 - Salamanca, 1278/1279), Archdean of Santiago de Compostella, married to Aldara de Ulloa and had issue
- Alfonso's children by Teresa Gil de Soverosa (born aft. 1175) (daughter of Gil Vasques de Soverosa and first wife Maria Aires de Fornelos):
- 18) María Alfonso de León (ca. 1190/1200/1222 - aft. 1252), first married Álvaro Fernández de Lara, without issue, married as his second wife Soeiro Aires de Valadares (ca. 1140-) and had issue and later mistress of her nephew Alfonso X of Castile
- 19) Sancha Alfonso de León (1210/ca. 1210–1270), a nun at the convent of Santa Eufemia in Cozuelos de Ojeda after divorcing without issue Simón Ruíz, Lord of Los Cameros
- 20) Martín Alfonso de León (ca. 1210/ca. 1225-1274/ca. 1275)
- 21) Urraca Alfonso of León (ca. 1210/1228 - aft.1252), married twice, first to García Romeu of Tormos, without issue, then Pedro Núñez de Guzmán, son of Guillén Pérez de Guzmán and María González Girón, with issue.
- Alfonso IX of León died on 24 September 1230. His death was particularly significant in that his son, Ferdinand III of Castile, who was already the King of Castile also inherited the throne of León from his father. This was thanks to the negotiations of his mother, Berengaria, who convinced her stepdaughters to renounce their claim on the throne. In an effort to quickly consolidate his power over León, Ferdinand III abandoned a military campaign to capture the city of Jaén immediately upon hearing news of his father's death and traveled to León to be crowned king. This coronation united the Kingdoms of León and Castile which would go on to dominate the Iberian Peninsula.
- From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_IX_of_Le%C3%B3n
- Alfonso IX 'the Slobberer', King of Leon, Galicia, & Badajoz1,2,3,4,5
- M, #3967, b. 15 August 1171, d. 24 September 1230
- Father Ferdinand II, King of Leon, Galicia, & Extremadura2,3,5 b. 1135, d. 21 Jan 1188
- Mother Urraca of Portugal2,3,5 b. c 1151, d. 16 Oct 1188
- Alfonso IX 'the Slobberer', King of Leon, Galicia, & Badajoz married Iñes Iñiguez de Mendoza, daughter of Iñigo Lopez de Mendoza, Señor de Llodio, Soria, & Burgos and Maria Garcia de Lara, DID NOT MARRY. Alfonso IX 'the Slobberer', King of Leon, Galicia, & Badajoz married Teresa Gil de Soveroza, daughter of Gil Vasquez, Senor de Soveroza and Maria Aires de Fornellos, DID NOT MARRY.6 Alfonso IX 'the Slobberer', King of Leon, Galicia, & Badajoz Foamed at the mouth in fits of rage. He married Aldonca Martinez de Sylva, daughter of Martin Gomez de Sylva and Urraca Rodrigues Fernandes de Cabrera. Alfonso IX 'the Slobberer', King of Leon, Galicia, & Badajoz was born on 15 August 1171 at Zamora, Castile & Leon, Spain.2,3,5 He married Teresa of Portugal, daughter of Sancho I, King of Portugal & the Algarve and Dulce of Barcelona, on 15 February 1191 at Guimaraes, Ave, Norte, Portugal; They had 1 son (Fernando) and 2 daughters (Sancha; & Dulcia).7,2,3,5 Alfonso IX 'the Slobberer', King of Leon, Galicia, & Badajoz and Teresa of Portugal were divorced in 1194; Marriage was annulled for reason of consanguinity by Pope Celestine III. They separated in 1197.8,2,3,5 Alfonso IX 'the Slobberer', King of Leon, Galicia, & Badajoz married Berengaria of Castile, daughter of Alphonso VIII 'the Noble', King of Castile, Toledo, & Extremadura, Lord of Gascony and Eleanor of England, in December 1197 at Valladolid, Castile & Leon, Spain; 2nd marriage for both. They had 2 sons (Fernando III, King of Castile & Leon; & Alfonso, Señor de Soria, Molina, Mesa, & Cigales) and 3 daughters (Leonor; Bérengère/Berenguela, wife of Jean de Brienne, King-Consort of Jerusalem, Emperor-Regent of Constantinople; & Constanza, a nun at Las Huelgas).2,3,5 Alfonso IX 'the Slobberer', King of Leon, Galicia, & Badajoz and Berengaria of Castile were divorced in 1204; Due to consanguinity, being refused a dispensation.2 Alfonso IX 'the Slobberer', King of Leon, Galicia, & Badajoz died on 24 September 1230 at Villanueva de Sarria, Castile, Spain, at age 59; Buried in the chapel of St. Lorenzo in Santiago el Mayor Cathedral at Santiago de Compostela. He had 11 illegitimate children by various mistresses.2,5
- Family 1 Iñes Iñiguez de Mendoza
- Urraca-Alfonsa of Leon+9
- Family 2
- Maria Alphonsez de Leon+6
- Family 3 Teresa Gil de Soveroza
- Urraca Alfonso de Leon+6
- Mayor Arias de Leon+10
- Maria Afonso de Leon+6 b. c 1190
- Family 4 Teresa of Portugal b. c 1176, d. 18 Jun 1250
- Family 5 Aldonca Martinez de Sylva
- Aldonza Alfonso de Leon+ d. 1266
- Rodrigo Alfonso de Leon, Senor de Aliger+6 b. c 1200, d. 1267
- Family 6 Berengaria of Castile b. Aug 1181, d. 8 Nov 1246
- Ferdinand III 'the Saint', King of Castile, Leon, Galicia, Toledo, Cordoba, Jaén, & Seville+11,3,5 b. bt 5 Aug 1201 - 19 Aug 1201, d. 30 May 1252
- Alfonso, Infante de Castile, Señor de Soria, Molina, Cigales, & Mesa+3,5 b. c Oct 1202, d. 6 Jan 1272
- Berengaria of Leon+12,3,4,13,5 b. 1204, d. 12 Apr 1237
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- From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p132.htm#i3967
- Alfonso IX, Rey de Castilla y León1
- M, #102533, b. 15 August 1171, d. 24 September 1230
- Last Edited=6 Aug 2005
- Consanguinity Index=1.18%
- Alfonso IX, Rey de Castilla y León was born on 15 August 1171 at Zamora, Spain. Hewas also reported to have been born in 1166.1 He was the son of Fernando II, Rey de León and Urraca de Portugal.1 He married, firstly, Theresa de Portugal, daughter of Sancho I de Bourgogne, Rei de Portugal and Dulcia de Provence, in 1190.1 He married, secondly, Berengaria de Castilla, daughter of Alfonso VIII, Rey de Castilla and Eleanor Plantagenet, circa 1198.1 He and Berengaria de Castilla were divorced in 1209. He and Theresa de Portugal were divorced in 1198.1 He died on 24 September 1230 at age 59 at Villanueva de Sarria.
- He succeeded to the title of Rey Alfonso IX de Castilla in 1188.1 He succeeded to the title of Rey Alfonso IX de León in 1188.1
- Children of Alfonso IX, Rey de Castilla y León and Berengaria de Castilla
- Fernando III, Rey de Castilla y León+ b. 1199, d. 30 May 1252
- Berengaria de Castilla+2 b. c 1198/99, d. 12 Apr 1237
- Constanza de Castilla b. 1200, d. 1242
- Leonor de Castilla b. 1202, d. 1202
- Alfonso de Castilla, Duque de Molina+1 b. c 1203/4, d. 1272
- [S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 47. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
- [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 59. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
- From: http://thepeerage.com/p10254.htm#i102533
Additional Information for Ix Rey De León Don Alfonso El /Baboso/ IX Notes (12)
title of nobility: IX Rey de León
IX Rey de León 1188 - 1230 Description: Y El rey Alfonso IX era tío de la reina Berenguela. "... El matrimonio fue anulado por Inocencio III a pesar de tener cinco hijos. El citado papa tomó por entonces una serie de providencias para imponer orden en la vida de los soberanos europeos. La anulació del enlace de Berenguela con el rey de León se debió a la proximidad del parentesco de los cónyuges." Description: Y No se casaron pero tuvieron hijos Description: Corona de Castilla Corona de Castilla
Tras la muerte de Alfonso IX de León, su hijo Fernando , ya rey de Castilla, heredó el reino de León, a pesar de que su padre le había desheredado. A partir de entonces los reinos de Castilla y León permanecerían bajo la misma corona . Description: Y No se casaron pero tuvieron hijos !No se casaron pero tuvieron una hija fuera del matrimonio Description: XX Rey de León, XII Rey de Galicia y VII Rey de Castilla XX Rey de León, XII Rey de Galicia y VII Rey de Castilla
Alfonso IX (Zamora, 1171-Zamora, 1230), rey de León entre los años 1188 y 1230. Según la numeración cronológica real del Reino de León, debería ser conocido como Alfonso VIII de León, pero su denominación con el ordinal IX es la más habitual.
Hijo de Fernando II y de la princesa Urraca de Portugal. Se enfrentó a su madrastra y su hermanastro por la corona de León. Para hacer más fuerte su derecho al trono convoca la Curia Regia y recibe el apoyo del clero, los nobles y las autoridades. En 1218 funda, junto con su hijo, la Universidad de Salamanca.
Sus dos "estratégicos" matrimonios (con su prima Teresa de Portugal en 1196 y con su sobrina Berenguela de Castilla en 1204) fueron anulados por el Papa debido a la consanguinidad con sus esposas.
Tras romper con Berenguela se centra en la rivalidad de su reino con el de Castilla. En 1217 su ex-esposa abdica sobre el hijo de ambos, Fernando III el Santo, por lo que éste se traslada junto a su madre a gober Sources (2)
http://en.wikipedia.org Genealogía del Libertador Ramón Darío Suárez Citing This Record
"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/398Z-XWH : accessed 2014-02-17), entry for Ix Rey De León Don Alfonso El /Baboso/ IX.
Additional Information for Ix King Don Alfonso De León The / Slimy / IX Notes ( 12)
IX King of Leon 1188 - 1230 Description : Y King Alfonso IX was the uncle of Queen Berengaria . " ... The marriage was annulled by Innocent III despite having five children. The pope said then took a series of orders to impose order in the life of European sovereigns. The Berengaria NULLIFICATION link with the king of León was due to the proximity of the relationship of the spouses. " Description : Y Not married but had children Description : Crown of Castile Crown of Castile
After the death of Alfonso IX of León, his son Ferdinand , as king of Castilla , inherited the kingdom of Leon , even though his father had him disinherited . Thereafter the kingdoms of Castile and León remain under the same crown . Description : Y Not married but had children ! Not married but had a daughter out of wedlock Description : XX King of León, Galicia and XII King of VII King of Castile XX King of León, Galicia and XII King of VII King of Castile
Alfonso IX ( Zamora, 1171- Zamora , 1230 ), King of León between 1188 and 1230 . According to the actual chronological numbering of the Kingdom of León, should be known as Alfonso VIII of León, but its name with ordinal IX is the most common .
Son of Ferdinand II and Princess Urraca of Portugal. He faced his stepmother and his half-brother for the crown of Leon. To make it strong his right to the throne announces the Curia Regia and is supported the clergy, the nobles and officials . In 1218 he founded, together with his son, University of Salamanca.
His two "strategic" marriages ( his cousin Teresa of Portugal 1196 and his niece Berengaria of Castile in 1204 ) were canceled by Pope due to inbreeding with their wives.
After breaking Berengaria focuses on the rivalry of his kingdom of Castile . In 1217 his ex - wife abdicates on the son, St. Ferdinand , so he moved with his mother to governance Sources ( 2)
http://en.wikipedia.org Genealogy Ramón Darío Suárez del Libertador Citing This Record
" Pedigree Resource File, " database , FamilySearch ( http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/398Z-XWH : accessed 02/17/2014 ) , entry for Ix King Don Alfonso De León The / Slimy / IX .
Alfonso was the son of Ferdinand II of León and Urraca of Portugal; he had difficulty gaining power due to the intrigues of his stepmother Urraca López de Haro, who aspired to enthrone her son, the Infante Sancho.
Alfonso first married Teresa of Portugal, the marriage was annulled but not after the birth of the daughters Sancha and Dulce. He then married Berengaria (1198) of Castile, who gave birth to the male child Fernando. After having this marriage annulled as well, Berengaria took her son to her homeland (of Castile) and managed to make him king on the death of Henry I in 1217. As a result, father and son became estranged from one another. Apparently, the animosity towards the Castilian Alfonso IX led him to leave the kingdom (of León) to his daughters begotten from his marriage with his first wife, Teresa of Portugal, rather than to his firstborn son. However, Fernando's mother Teresa of Portugal negotiated with the delivery of an annuity to Sancha and Dulce in exchange for their rights to the kingdom (of Castillo). This was preferable to Alfonso’s threat of war. He eventually succeeded his father as king of Leon and Castile, uniting both crowns through the Benevento Concordia.
Alfonso IX found great difficulty in claiming the throne that by birth (as the firstborn son) was his. On the one hand, his stepmother (Urraca of Portugal), who wanted him eliminate so that her son Sancho would inherited the Kingdom, despite being born later. Alfonso IX, Urraca argued he had no right to the throne because his parents’ marriage was annulled. This she did this out of a desire of joining the neighboring kingdoms of Castile and Portugal dividing the Kingdom of León. This was all resolved in Alfonso IX’s because Urraca failed to gain support regarding Leon.
The beginning of his reign (Alfonso IX’s) was very complicated, because as stated previously, the Portuguese and Spaniards coveted the lands of the Kingdom in the east and west, while the Almohads posed a great danger to the South. As if that were not enough of a threat, the new monarch found that the Kingdom was bankrupt because of policies that his father had adopted during his reign. Because of this situation, the monarch, (barely 17 years old) called the famous Cortes de Leon in 1188. This was the first time city representatives were called to intervene in state affairs. Representatives from the nobility, the clergy and the popular classes of León, Galicia, Asturias and Extremadura gathered forming the first Parliament of Europe.
Alfonso IX el Baboso, rey de León y Galicia's Timeline
August 15, 1171
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Re: Lapua B.C Question
So far the factory published B.C for these bullets works for my rifle out to 500 meter. I'm using Exbal to calculate my drop at 500 meter. With my rifle zeroed at 100 meter The Exbal suggest 8.75 MOA at 500. The velocity of the load was 2845 fps, altitude at 2700 ft, 70 degrees ambient temperature and 60% RH. I'll be testing these bullet to 1000 meter when I'll get a chance. I'll post the result.
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This is excellent news! James Watson co-discoverer of DNA was opposed to such patents and when NIH overuled him he left, or was forced out, in 1992. As the judge correctly notes these are products of nature not intellectual products. Now we are in the absurd position of being able to cheaply and rapidly sequence a persons entire genome. Is every single nucleotide polymorphism found in the individual by the testing company open to being patented. It is to my mind akin to buying a microscope and then claiming a patent on whatever components of life I find there. What about, again as the judge noted, the problem with stifling scientific advance by not being able to openly study the gene in question. I would go one further and say that no DNA sequence whether created artificially or found through sequencing may be patented. Quite often these sequences end up in self replicating or potentially self replicating organisms. There is an interesting story http://healthjournalclub.blogspot.com/2010/03/astonishing-court-case-of-becky-mcclain.html of a microbiologist who is claiming she was inadvertently infected by a genetically engineered virus. The company however, is refusing to release the sequence of the virus in question. Well what if that virus or a future one turned out to be contagious. Can you even place a patent on a computer virus, how much more foolish to claim there is patent protection is the virus might someday be able to kill you. At the very least, requests by health practitioners or public health officials should over rule patent claims, whether a sequenced part of a genome or one made from scratch. Glad to see this ruling.
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VOX spread out along the route of the Atlanta March for Social Justice & Women — on a walk from our own downtown teen newsroom to the Center for Civil and Human Rights to the capitol building.
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The Atlanta Police Department estimated 60,000 people were there, covering the streets of downtown Atlanta. It was just one of many marches planned across the world in response to Donald Trump becoming the nation’s 45th president.
As I arrived to Atlanta’s event near the Center for Civil and Human Rights, I could feel the determination and desire everyone there had to get their voices heard. …
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Becca, 17, attends Southwest DeKalb High School and spoke to teens whose signs and chants focused on LGBT rights.
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[Beowulf] Seg Fault with pvm_upkstr() and Linux.
diep at xs4all.nl
Wed Mar 16 09:37:47 PST 2005
At 12:51 AM 3/15/2005 -0700, Josh Zamor wrote:
>I have just started in on programming using PVM and have run into an
>odd problem. I have written a C (c99) program that calculates the
>factorial of a number by calculating parts of the range. I'm using the
>GMP for dealing with large numbers (I have done this program
>successfully before using numerous methods including pthreads). The
Did you configure GMP correctly?
For math with big numbers it default does not use FFT calculations but way
slower methods. You might want to recompile it with FFT enabled in case you
didn't do this yet.
Please note that GMP is a very slow library, commercial libraries are up to
factor 3 faster (lineair speed not exponential, more efficient
I personally use GMP with big pleasure.
>basic way it works for the cluster is that the program starts on a
>machine, determines the subrange to be calculated for each task and
>then waits for each process to come back with the answer for it's
>subrange. The main process then finds the total result of the factorial
>from multiplying the subrange results back together... Pretty
>The problem is that after a subrange is calculated by a task the result
>is put into a character array (null terminated, created from GMP's
>mpz_getstr()), it is packaged using pvm_pkstr() and sent to the parent.
>The parent can receive this using pvm_recv(), but as soon as it tries
>to store this into a character array in the program using pvm_upkstr(),
>or explore it with pvm_bufinfo(), it segfaults.
In general in parallel programming the worst performance you get when all
processes must report to 1 central process.
It's far more efficient when each process is equal and 'divides' the work
A simple calculation example of a problem i had at a 512 processor SGI is
that each 'hub' can handle at most 680MB data per second (for 4 processors
in total yes).
However if 499 other processors start reading/writing from/to this 'hub'
then real disasters will happen.
Things will completely lock up. Not only because all processors must divide
the small bandwidth, but also because you will get switch latency overhead
problems of routers and switches.
If they first must stream a few bytes data from A to B and then suddenly
from C to D, that's far less efficient than when 1 switch/router must
stream only from A to B.
Switches and routers sometimes have their own cache which is optimized for
those benchmark streaming tests simply. Switch latency can cause serious
problems if all processors want to use the same communication resources.
The general rule is to keep the routers/switches as less possible as busy
and try to make embarrassingly as possible parallel software.
>I've also tried this in a couple of different ways, passing ints, it
>works, but passing strings (either large or small) results in a
>Of my 2 "cluster" learning setup one is running Mac OSX and the other
>is running Gentoo Linux. It is only the linux box that segfaults, the
>OSX box finds the answer correctly. The segfault happens whenever the
>linux box is part of the PVM created cluster, or when PVM is ran alone
>(no other boxes in the cluster) on the linux box.
which compiler do you compile with?
I hope gcc only and not intel c++?
intel c++ is notorious with floating points in order to get faster at
Are you busy with floating point or with integers?
>If anyone has any idea why this is happening, or is only happening on
>the linux box I would be grateful. Thanks, tech details follow:
>Gentoo Linux Box:
> Proc: AMD AthlonXP 1700+
> RAM: 512MB.
> Kernel: 2.4.26-gentoo-r9
> PVM: 3.4.5
> GMP: 4.1.4
> GCC: 3.3.5
> Proc: G4 1GHz
> RAM: 768MB
> Kernel: 10.3.8, Mach 7.8.0
> PVM: 3.4.5
> GMP: 4.1.4
> GCC: 3.3 (20030304)
Are you using PGO with gcc? (pgo = profile guided optimizations)
There is major bugs even in latest 3.4.3 gcc in the PGO.
Those guys are all volunteers and very cool guys.
Very slow in bugfixing as they have other jobs too, and i don't blame them.
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Microsoft has worked out an agreement with the Library of Congress to deploy Microsoft Silverlight on the library's new Web site. In return, Microsoft will provide an initial grant worth a total of $3 million in technology, services as well as funding.
The grant is to be used to enhance the online accessibility and interactivity of about 800 of the Library of Congress’ prominent holdings. In addition, the deal also entails bringing in kiosks running on Microsoft Vista that highlight featured documents at the library.
Microsoft Silverlight is a media platform that Microsoft aspires to compete with the likes of Adobe Flash. Like Flash, Silverlight applications are essentially cross-platform, as long as a browser plug-in is available for the target browser of choice. It can be used to deliver "media experiences" and "rich interactive applications" on the Web.
In this instance, the deal has not appeared to go well with some netizens, mainly over allegations of "proprietary-ness" of Microsoft's technology. But the $3 million worth of donation will give visitors to the Library of Congress web site a rich multimedia experience, one presented in Silverlight. | <urn:uuid:df375620-37ed-4d36-b71a-27d454aaba7e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2008/02/library-of-congress-to-use-microsoft-silverlight-in-3-mil-deal/?comments=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279933.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00121-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931272 | 233 | 1.664063 | 2 |
Primer CSS Blankslate Graphic, Button and Link
Primer CSS is a free open-source CSS framework that is built upon the GitHub design system to provide support to the broad spectrum of Github websites. It creates the foundation of the basic style elements such as spacing, typography, and color. This systematic method makes sure our patterns are steady and interoperable with every other. Its approach to CSS is influenced by object-oriented CSS principles, functional CSS, and BEM architecture. It is a highly reusable model.
One such useful component present in Primer CSS is Blankslate. It is one of the unique components only present in Primer CSS. In this article, we will learn about the Blankslate Graphic Button and Link.
What is the use of a Blank slate?
Blankslate is used to denote the blank spaces in the website where there is no content. Inside the blankslate component, the user is given the option to add content. This is very common in modern websites, like Github, and Google Drive where initially there is no content, and the user is given the option to upload content into it. In all such cases, a blank slate comes into action.
Now, in Primer CSS we can add graphics, icons, and buttons in Blankslates to make it look better.
Primer CSS Blank slate Graphics, icons, and buttons classes:
.blankslate- image: This class helps to add the image to the blankslate.
.blankslate-action: This class is added to any container containing buttons or links.
<div class ="blankslate"> <img src=".." class="blankslate-image"/> <div class="blankslate-action" > <button>....</button> </div> ... </div>
Example 1: We have created a Blankslate with a button and image.
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World Migratory Bird Day presents associate degree annual theme getting to raise awareness of problems poignant migratory birds and to inspire individuals and organizations around the world to require measures for his or her conservation.
The need for celebrating World Migratory Bird Day because so that we can make a theme for every year and this year’s theme is “Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution”.
With associate degree annual production of quite 300m tons, plastic is one of the most widely used materials in the world.
What typically escapes one’s attention is that the plastic is employed for its main purpose for less than a flash compared with its lifecycle of twenty to five hundred years.
The light-weight and discarded pieces are easily transported into ecosystems through the forces of nature causing serious threats to migratory species around the world.
Sadly, having wings doesn’t facilitate birds to escape the threat of plastic. Birds with stomachs jam-packed with plastic entangled and smothered by plastic rings and nets area unit only too real consequences of the toll that plastic takes on life.
“The growing scourge of plastic pollution across our planet is affecting waterbirds in many ways. When ingested, it can lead to poisoning and even starvation. “Waterbirds are facing so many threats, everyone can do something to tackle this one.”
The number of seabirds dying from the results of plastic once a year is presently one million and growing. Existing research pinpoints the urgency of the matter: not only do 90 percent of seabirds have plastic in their guts, but this proportion will reach 99 percent by 2050.
The international community has to take pressing action to mitigate unneeded injuries and mortality of migratory birds thanks to plastic pollution.
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Why choose engineering at Curtin?
Gain a strong foundation
Our Bachelor of Engineering begins with the Engineering Foundation Year, where you will study the fundamental concepts and develop skills common to all areas of engineering. This foundation gives you a broad knowledge and helps you progress smoothly into your chosen major in your second year. You’ll not only learn theory but also work on simulated projects in real computing, electrical, and mechanics laboratories.
Graduate as an accredited engineer
When you graduate, you’ll immediately fulfil the stage one competencies required by Engineers Australia for a professional engineer and will be able to work internationally in more than 20 countries. The accreditation is only awarded to universities that have met rigorous benchmarks of teaching quality.
Travel and learn abroad
Want to travel to your dream overseas destination and gain a competitive edge in your industry? You could study a semester abroad at one of our campuses in Dubai, Malaysia or undertake an exchange program at one of our partner universities in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, or South America.
Make industry connections
You’ll have opportunities to network with top employers in your chosen industry, through advisory panel discussions and guest lectures. In your final year, you could even work on an industry research project with one of our partners.
View our engineering majors
Explore our range of engineering majors, available to specialise in from your second year.
Say hello to a new type of engineer
We’re engineering new engineers by providing students with an industry-connected education experience that helps provide solutions to complex challenges faced by society, and to improve the quality of life for people all around the world.
Applied learning in data analytics, robotics, 3D printing, machine learning and artificial intelligence provide students with the knowledge and agility to understand rapidly transforming engineering systems due to new innovative technologies.
With a focus on interconnectedness and the recognition of systems as collections of components, systems thinking allows students to recognise and solve complex engineering problems.
Communication skills and teamwork
Delivering technical outcomes within a group framework is central to becoming a successful engineer, with students required to work in teams throughout the duration of their degree.
Kieren Williams – Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
I chose to study mechanical engineering because I enjoy applying my knowledge to solve hands-on and challenging problems. From my studies I’ve learnt how to work collaboratively and solve problems in a logical and systematic way. I’ve also made many friends and built networks that I’ll carry into my future career.
Sarah Montague, Bachelor of Engineering (Metallurgical Engineering) (Hons)
I chose to study metallurgical engineering because I’ve always had a passion for chemistry and understanding chemical processes from a practical perspective. The most enjoyable part of my degree has been relocating to the WA School of Mines (WASM) in Kalgoorlie for my third and fourth years. I was able to immerse myself in the WASM culture and take on extracurricular roles, professional development and social events— all while being in the heart of the mining industry. | <urn:uuid:98ed4e72-d972-4d0e-a487-17d074089b8a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.curtin.edu.au/study/study-areas/engineering-mining-surveying/undergraduate-engineering/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.941417 | 647 | 1.726563 | 2 |
This standard was last reviewed and confirmed in 2020. Therefore this version remains current.
This International Standard specifies a method for the determination of the epoxy equivalent and is applicable to all epoxy compounds. In the case of epoxyamines, it is necessary to apply the modification specified in annex A.
Status : PublishedPublication date : 1999-02
Edition : 4Number of pages : 6
Technical Committee:Thermosetting materials
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How to Keep the Air Filters in Your Home from Costing You Money
Issuing time:2019-01-24 16:04
Air filters are an essential, but usually undervalued, part of any home and often keep the residents inside safe. The tools are often placed in a system and forgotten about until it comes time to replace them. You know when it becomes time to replace your air filters by usually guessing when they become dirty or by smelling it in the air.
When an air filter is getting old, it causes the air inside of a home to start drying out and stagnating. You might also see an increase in particles floating inside that are bad for your
health. It is important to maintain your air filters and relatively easy to make sure the air coming in stays clean.
Air Filter Design
The air filters you buy have the simple and straightforward purpose of cleaning up incoming airflow as it enters the system. The way it works is that air filters are made of a tight mesh weaving that is tight enough to capture airborne
particlesbut has enough space to allow fresh air flow through.
The air systems in your home have no real way of knowing if the air it brings in is clean or not. That means that your air filters are the only thing between your air systems and dirty air full of unhealthy elements. Depending on the air in the area surrounding a home, this can be a serious issue. Which is why the filters are designed to constantly be cleaning incoming airflow.
Dirty Air Filter Problems
The issue with the fact that air filters are constantly working is that this also means that they are constantly becoming dirtier over time. They become dirtier as the particles they capture start to build up over time and eventually fully cover the mesh weaving.
This is a big problem since it means that natural airflow will have a tougher time making it through the filter. You can tell what affects this has on a home over time since the air inside will dry out and become uncomfortable to breathe. The particles in a home will also stop cycling out, which is especially an issue with homes with resident smokers or pets.
There is also the issue of energy billing which starts to rise when air filters become dirty. AIr systems do not stop pumping in air just because a filter is dirty. In fact, the systems will pump air in harder in an attempt to push airflow past the filter and into the home.
This require more energy, which will soon show up as increased costs when the next electric bill comes. Avoid the issue by replacing your air filters regularly, which is more cost effective than letting your electric bill rack up over time. It actually becomes one of the easier ways help
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My heart has been broken so many times, writes Alice Walker somewhere, that it feels like an open
suitcase with the wind blowing through it… But maybe, she muses, hearts are made to be broken, and what is required
of us is simply a steadfast acknowledgment: Open up and let the wind blow through; that's what hearts are for.
If so, Gaza 2008 is good cardiac training.
I am an American-Israeli Jewish woman of 60 living
now in an Arab town in Israel and working for Jewish-Palestinian-Arab-Israeli reconciliation. I have two friends in Gaza and
I will tell you how we came to be acquainted.
The first step was simply
refusing to be enemies. There are thousands of Palestinians and Jews like me, in the Middle East and worldwide, who refuse
to be enemies. We rarely make the headlines in your local paper, but we are here. One day we will prevail - not over anyone,
but with everyone together. We are creating a new reality together and the paradigm, sooner or later, will shift decisively.
Meantime, people needlessly bleed and suffer and die and mourn; the scenarios are endless but the outcomes are identical:
death, injury, pain. What distinguishes Gazan suffering at the moment is that the noncombatants have nowhere to run to. The
borders are sealed. The bombs fall. The world watches.
* * *
In 2006, one of my several
informally adopted children, business consultant and "business for peace" activist Sam Bahour of Al Bireh, Palestine,
started an Arabic-English-Arabic translation service, AIM Word Factory. A key goal was to provide employment for underemployed
Gazan translators. To have the honor of being one of the first customers and helping that great idea launch, I sent him, for
translation into Arabic, an anti-war story I wrote many years ago called "Dudu in Heaven," about an Israeli woman
who loses her brother in the 1967 Six-Day War. The translator in Gaza was a young professional named Maha M., and the shared
literary mission led to some email exchanges, all conducted via Sam. "Maha says the story is too sad," Sam reported
at one point. "She likes it very much, but she says you ought to write a happier one next time."
Not long ago, I discovered that Maha's nephew Mohammed, 14,
is the boy whom Sam has been helping for some years now in a very personal struggle with a rare inherited immune disease,
CGD. Sam donates and helps raise money from private donors for Mo's treatment and medication and has been successful in
assisting Maha to get the necessary "permits" from Israel to enable her to accompany Mo for his treatment. Mo became
a patient at the Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, an excellent Israeli facility
near Tel Aviv. ("Everyone on the medical staff will go straight to heaven someday," says Sam.) Mo and Maha recently
spent two and a half months at the hospital and the nearby Bet Hayeled ("Children's House"), the hostel for
young patients and their families on the hospital grounds; their "permits" do not permit them to leave the campus
and their travel documents are deposited with the guard at the hospital entrance. This is the reality of Israel and Palestine,
so far; the change we are struggling to midwife is not yet. In November, Mo underwent a bone marrow transplant at Tel Hashomer.
only discovered that our Gaza-based translator of "Dudu in Heaven" was in Israel toward the end of their stay, early
in December when Sam mentioned it by chance. I got organized fairly quickly and went to visit them, accompanied by Abdalla,
the 22-year-old son of my landlord upstairs. I figured Mo would enjoy an Arabic-speaking visitor and Abdalla was happy to
oblige. We invested in an enormous basket of chocolates - "the absolutely correct gift to bring to a Palestinian child
in the hospital," according to Abdalla - chocolate being one of those things that evidently transcend cultures. Also
for the young patient, Abdalla's mom Faryal contributed some never-worn boy's jeans and sweatshirts that her sister
Shadya in New Jersey sent recently for Abdalla's kid brother, who is too big to wear them. For Maha, I raided my bookshelf
and selected Garrison Keillor's anthology, "Good Poems for Hard Times," and a couple of other books I thought
she might enjoy.
We drove to the hospital
and found Maha and Mo and a parking space, and had a wonderful visit, everyone bonding instantly after the first hug. Maha
is a writer-editor-translator type just like me, only a couple decades younger. She and Abdalla took a bunch of digital photographs
and I prayed inwardly - even though some ghastly crisis in Gaza was already clearly imminent - that all four of us would be
back together again one day soon for a reunion. Mo is a great kid: undersized, on account of the illness, but with a smile
like a lighthouse and a passionate interest in airplanes. His dream to become an airline pilot someday is not the most realistic
dream for a seriously ill Palestinian child from Gaza in 2008, but insofar as our dreams keep us going, maybe it's very
functional. The boys talked soccer and other guy topics and there was a lot of laughter. The chocolates were a big hit.
was rather subdued afterwards and I saw that the experience had deeply affected him. We talked mostly of inconsequential things
during the drive home.
* * *
Around the time of that visit in early December, after a battery of tests, Mo's bone marrow transplant
was declared a guarded success and he was discharged the week before Christmas to make room for the next young patient, despite
the iffy situation in Gaza and the near-impossibility of obtaining "permits" to return to the hospital for the required
twice-monthly follow-up treatment. There are never enough beds, apparently, for the sick children in this world.
prospects soon took a dramatic turn for the worse with the Israeli assault on Gaza launched last week - two days after Christmas,
on December 27, 2008. Not even the indomitable Sam Bahour can get a child out of Gaza right now. The date for Mo's first
post-op intravenous treatment at Tel Hashomer - December 30th - came and went. The treatments are - how shall I put it? -
not optional. As I write this, cosy at my desk with a fresh cup of coffee and plenty of everything, Mo and Maha are sitting
in Gaza in the dark, in the cold, with little fuel and no reliable supply of food and water, along with Mo's parents and
six siblings. Right about now, the family are surely thinking of Mo's seventh sibling, Nora, who died four years ago of
CGD at the age of 16, in a hospital in Egypt, before the doctors were able to diagnose her. Mo has a good chance to manage
his illness, if only he can somehow get back to Tel Hashomer. I think of them sitting there, listening to the bombs whistle
in flight and waiting for the planned Israeli ground assault, while tanks mass along the Gaza perimeter. In the lethal game
of mindless violence and counter-violence playing out in Israel and Palestine lo these many years, Mo and his family are innocent
bystanders. His innocence will not get Mo to his IV treatments, however.
Can you feel that wind blowing right
through your heart?
* * *
While Abdalla and Mo were talking sports at the hostel that day in early December, Maha and I were chatting
about the things women talk about. She told me about her shopping, at the minimarket on the hospital grounds, in preparation
for their expected return to Gaza. "My sister-in-law told me to buy us a lot of candles," she remarked, "because,
you know, there's no electricity most of the time now." We contemplated this bleak picture together in silence for
a few moments.
"So I asked the clerk at the shop to sell me some candles that will last a long time," Maha continued.
"And he showed me these fat, tall ones that are encased in a solid glass container…" I could feel the hair
lifting on the back of my neck. "He said they would burn for a week, so I bought a whole bunch of them," concluded
Maha, oblivious, as I sat there, dumbstruck. She was describing the traditional Jewish shiv'a candle - the candle of bereavement
lit by Jewish families all over the world for the seven days of mourning on the death of a loved one.
As this ghastly December drew to
its grim close, Maha still had enough fuel left to run a small generator for an hour every day or two, so she could get online
and do some emails or charge her mobile phone. I got an email saying they are OK ("bombs falling nearby but not on us,
so far") and I sent my love and prayers for the family. As of New Year's Eve, I knew they were still alive because
I got an e-card from Maha yesterday. Her message said: Dear Deb, I wish you and your children a Happy New Year and a long,
happy, healthy and successful life. May every day of the New Year glow with good cheer and happiness for you and your family…
Love and best wishes, Maha.
To donate towards the costs of Mohammed's monthly medicines, email Sam Bahour <sbahour [at] palnet.com>
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There was a time when browser toolbars were actually kind of handy — especially the Google Toolbar. By providing access to features most browsers didn’t offer by default — like auto-translation, cloud bookmark and history storage, and beefed up search functionality.
In 2011, however, we’re living in a much different web reality. Browsers and web technology are evolving at an ever-quickening pace, and many of the innovations that we once bolted on to our browsers via add-ons are now built right in. Publicly, at least, that’s the reason Google has cited for its decision to kill off the Google Toolbar for Firefox 5+.
Is that the whole truth? Probably not, though it’s certainly a major factor.
Google also tracks usage of its tools very closely (as do most developers who build connected applications), so the company may have been witnessing a drop off in Toolbar usage among Firefox faithful. Why continue supporting a piece of software in which the masses are no longer interested?
There’s also Google Chrome to consider, which has been steadily gaining market share since its arrival late in 2009. With a growing userbase comes increased demand on engineers, so Google may also have decided (and rightly so) that manpower was better allocated on Chrome than on the Toolbar.
Some, however, see the decision as a passive-aggressive way to kneecap Firefox. Many of the Toolbar’s features are built in to Chrome, but Firefox — not so much. That could encourage users who miss the toolbar’s functionality to take a look at Chrome and make the switch.
There’s also been speculation that killing Firefox support is a sign that Google wants to put the kibosh on Mozilla’s funding. The overwhelming majority of Mozilla’s income is Google-related , after all, but dropping the toolbar actually puts more money back in Mozilla’s pocket. Why? Because searches from the built-in Firefox search box get credited to Mozilla and searches from the Google Toolbar don’t.
Plus, you have to wonder if Google would really want Mozilla to take its nearly half-billion users and change them to another default search provider. Perhaps a provider like Bing, which has shown modest gains in recent months. Bing, incidentally, is the chosen search engine of one of Mozilla’s most vocal employees, Asa Dotzler — so there would certainly be some in-house support for such a switch.
In the end, it’s simply time for the Google Toolbar — like Google Gears — to make way for more forward-looking software. And Google’s clearly got some big plans for that updated nav bar on its own pages.
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| NEW DELHI
NEW DELHI India should impose a 10 percent tax on crude palm oil imports to protect its farmers and the industry from cheap imports, a leading analyst said on Sunday.
Many trade and industry officials fear that India, the world's biggest importer of vegetable oils, could hike imports as inventories surge in top producers Indonesia and Malaysia.
Falling benchmark Malaysian prices could also lead to higher purchases from India, they say.
"It is important for the Indian government to think in terms of some small protection, say a 10 percent import duty on crude palm oil, to protect India's poor oilseed farmers," Dorab Mistry, director at Godrej International Ltd, told an industry conference in New Delhi.
India's edible oil imports are likely to rise more than 4 percent to 10 million tonnes in the 2012/13 (November-October) marketing year as domestic output lags rising demand.
"Indian inflation will soon come under control. Once that happens, it will be necessary to levy a small import duty on unrefined vegetable oil imports," Mistry said.
Wholesale price inflation is running at around 7.8 percent.
Currently India allows tax-free imports of crude vegetable oils and imposes 7.5 percent duty on refined varieties. Palm oil constitutes about 80 percent of India's cooking oil imports.
But India should avoid taking frequent administrative measures such as increasing or lowering import levies and should focus on raising productivity of oilseeds, said Thomas Mielke, who heads Germany's Oil World publication.
Malaysian stocks rose to a record high of 2.48 million tonnes in September, data from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board showed.
Malaysian palm oil prices have dropped 21 percent so far this year as stocks rise in Indonesia and Malaysia and demand slumps due to the economic slump.
On Friday, benchmark Malaysian palm oil futures closed at 2,496 ringgit a tonne, down 1.6 percent.
India used to import crude palm oil from Indonesia, the world's biggest producer. But New Delhi turned to Malaysia after Indonesia cut export taxes for refined palm oil to encourage its own processing industry and limiting sales of crude palm oil.
Both Indonesia and Malaysia will have record stocks of palm oil at the start of next year, while South American soybean output will rise in the first three months of 2013, Mistry said.
India looks likely to harvest a good rapeseed crop, he said.
Farmers in India plant rapeseed, the main winter-sown oilseed, from October and harvest starts in March.
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Wildlife commission reviews reservoir projects
DENVER — Colorado wildlife commissioners are reviewing plans to protect wildlife from impacts of two reservoir projects in Boulder County that would store Colorado River water.
They expect to issue a recommendation on the plans in June. It’s just one of the steps before the state submits a position to federal officials, who will decide on permits for the projects proposed by Denver Water and the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District.
Denver Water has proposed enlarging Gross Reservoir to store about 114,000 acre-feet of water as part of its Moffat Collection System Project. Meanwhile, the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District’s Windy Gap Firming Project would build a 90,000 acre-foot reservoir southwest of Loveland.
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Here’s yet another reason why you should pull your kid from public school ASAP.
In what might be seen as purely coincidence, a program called Connect All Schools (which quotes Obama’s 2009 Cairo speech on its website) was creating a consortium of like-minded organizations with the goal of “connecting every school in the U.S. with the world by 2016.”
Ok, fair enough. But interestingly, one of its contributors is the Qatar Foundation International. Another coincidence? QFI was founded by the Qatari government — actually by Sheikh Hamad Al Thani and one of his three wives. All three members of the royal family including Ruling Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani are on the QFI board — the same family who brought us the Al Jeezera media network.
As you might recall, Qatar was instrumental in handling the negotiations for the prisoner swap for deserter Bowe Bergdahl, and in fact the GITMO Five were sent to Qatar. The capital of Qatar is also home to the leader of Hamas. And Qatar also does a roaring trade in slavery, narcotics and terrorism, which you can read about here.
At the same time, Qatar is apparently also very interested in young American minds, having recently invested five million dollars towards Arabic lessons for American students. Qatar also sponsors trips to visit its world class universities and explore scientific opportunities. In fact, America’s very own clock boy received such an invitation and is going to Qatar as a result of his significant scientific contributions.
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With gooey & decadent black chocolate drizzle and a thick layer of creamy French Vanilla, just one sip of this iced latte will transport you to the campfire.
How Long Does Caffeine Last In The Body?
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Some people only drink coffee in the morning after a long night of partying. Some limit their caffeine intake to an occasional cup of coffee or tea after a terrific meal. And there are those who only indulge if they’re making a special trip to Starbucks for a caramel macchiato, an iced white chocolate mocha or a pumpkin spice latte.
Statistics show, however, that those folks are the exceptions. Nearly two-thirds of Americans drink coffee on a daily basis, and the average adult enjoys (or at least, drinks) more than three cups of coffee a day.
Why do most of us drink so much coffee – or other beverages like tea, caffeinated soft drinks or energy drinks? For some, it may be the taste. For the majority, though, it’s because the effects of caffeine only last a few hours at most. Those who use caffeine to counteract tiredness or to get an energy jolt need to replenish their bodies’ caffeine’s levels regularly, in order to keep the buzz going.
(If it sounds like we’re talking about drug users – we are. Caffeine is actually the world’s most popular psychoactive drug.)
It’s easy to make an educated guess, from experience, at how long caffeine lasts in the body.
But we’re not in the business of educated guesses. We prefer facts. And here they are.
Why is Caffeine in Food and Beverages?
In most cases, it occurs naturally. Caffeine is found in dozens of plants, most of them native to South America, Africa and South Asia. The ones we’re most familiar with, of course, are the coffee plant (which produces coffee beans), Camellia sinensis plants (better known as tea plants), and the cacao plant (which produces the cocoa beans that are turned into chocolate). Other sources of caffeine include kola nuts, guarana berries, guayusa and yerba mate.
(Fun fact: those plants evolved over the years to contain caffeine primarily because it’s a terrific insect repellent.)
Your eye may have caught a mention of kola nuts in that list, and you might have wondered if that’s why cola (and other sodas) contain caffeine. Not exactly. That used to be the reason, but many decades ago, beverage makers stopped using kola nuts to make Coke, Pepsi and similar beverages. They’ve substituted synthetic caffeine instead.
You can probably guess why. Beverage makers claim caffeine is used as a flavor enhancer, but it’s really there because people became acclimated to drinking soda for an energy boost. Synthetic caffeine is used in energy drinks and shots as well. The good news: natural and artificial caffeine are chemically identical and produce the same effects. The rest of the good news: the synthetic version is safe to consume.
Not surprisingly, each beverage and food contains a different amount of caffeine. What you may not realize, though, is that different varieties of caffeinated foods and beverages also have different caffeine levels.
Caffeine content depends on a wide variety of factors ranging from the type of coffee beans used and where they’re grown, to grind size, brewing time and temperature.
The average eight-ounce cup of brewed coffee contains 96 milligrams of caffeine, a shot of espresso averages 64mg of caffeine, eight ounces of instant coffee contains about 62mg, and there’s about two milligrams in eight ounces of decaf coffee. (Yes, decaffeinated coffee still contains a little residual caffeine.)
Even though black tea, green tea and white tea are all made from the same type of tea leaves, green and white tea contain less caffeine, about 28mg. (The exception is matcha, made from powdered tea leaves, which contains 70mg per eight ounces.)
Black tea has almost twice the caffeine because its leaves are oxidized before they’re packaged or used. Herbal teas, with the exception of guayausa and yerba mate, contain no caffeine.
The darker the chocolate, the more caffeine it contains. Dark chocolate has about 12mg of caffeine per ounce, while milk chocolate contains half that amount. White chocolate doesn’t contain caffeine because it’s made from cocoa butter, not cocoa solids.
Soda and Energy Drinks
The amounts of caffeine in soft drinks and energy drinks vary widely because the caffeine isn’t naturally present; it’s added “after the fact.” For example, a 12-ounce can of Coke contains 34mg of caffeine and Pepsi contains 37mg, but Mountain Dew boasts 54mg.
Energy drinks are engineered to contain more caffeine – sometimes, a lot more. For example, Red Bull has 111mg of caffeine in a can, but Rockstar and Monster Energy contain 160mg per can. Looking for a bigger caffeine boost? There are 316mg in Redline Xtreme, and an amazing 350mg in Spike Hardcore Energy. Energy shots brands vary in caffeine content as well, but they average around 200mg.
What Caffeine Does in the Body
All of those numbers are interesting, but they’re important as well. The more caffeine you put into your system, the longer its effects on your body will last.
Caffeine is a stimulant that interacts with both the central nervous system (CNS) and the brain’s signaling system. Some have compared its effect on the CNS as being similar to cocaine or amphetamines, because it causes the release of dopamine and serotonin, some of the hormones and neurotransmitters that stimulate positive feelings. Caffeine also stimulates the release of the “fight-or-flight” hormone adrenaline. Even more important, though, is the way that caffeine interacts with adenosine receptors in the brain.
Adenosine is similar to a neurotransmitter, carrying messages throughout the body and brain. To deliver those messages, it binds to adenosine receptors; the receptors are responsible for converting the messages into electrical energy that generate actions in the body.
But here’s what’s important: caffeine can act just like adenosine, binding to the same receptors in the brain – and when they do that, they block adenosine molecules from binding to the receptors and delivering their messages.
The body releases more and more adenosine as the day wears on. Normally, it would tell the body to relax and get more tired, and it would moderate the body’s level of dopamine, serotonin and adrenaline. But since caffeine prevents adenosine from delivering those messages, the body stays awake, alert – and juiced. (You may also have to urinate more often, because caffeine acts as a diuretic when consumed in high amounts.)
Caffeine’s effects don’t last forever, of course. Eventually, adenosine is again able to reach the receptors. That’s why you may feel your heart rate and blood pressure return to normal, and you may begin to get sleepy, as the caffeine buzz wears off. It’s simply adenosine telling your body to relax.
If you don’t put more caffeine into your system, you may experience caffeine withdrawal symptoms about 12-24 hours later (remember, caffeine is a drug). These side effects are usually benign, like irritability and lack of focus, but they can also include serious headaches and even muscle pain.
How long does caffeine stay in the system, and how long does it keep you awake and alert before its effects begin to wear off? Those are both excellent questions.
How Long Does Caffeine Last?
Caffeine stays in the body for about ten hours. After 15-30 minutes the user can feel caffeine affect the body; its effects reach peak levels after about an hour, and remain at full effectiveness for another two to three hours. It’s during this period that caffeine can make people feel energized, and when they may develop the jitters.
Caffeine won’t work quite as long for those accustomed to routinely-high daily caffeine consumption, however, because they’re likely to have developed a caffeine tolerance that lessens the stimulant’s effects.
Even though it won’t always be at peak effectiveness, caffeine will have some effect on the body for a total of about five to six hours. That represents the so-called half-life of caffeine, when half of it has cleared the system. It takes the body at least ten hours for the body to fully process caffeine, but most people won’t notice the stimulant’s effects after its half-life has passed. The exception: those with caffeine sensitivity, who are likely to feel the stimulant’s effects much more acutely, and metabolize it much more slowly.
Healthcare professionals’ advice to stay away from caffeine within six hours of bedtime is well-founded, and supported by experts like the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Their research confirms that most people have trouble sleeping until the caffeine’s half-life has passed.
Is Caffeine Bad For You?
Not unless you consume too much of it. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says that up to 400 milligrams of caffeine per day is fine for most healthy adults. That amount represents approximately four or five cups of coffee.
In fact, a moderate amount of caffeine doesn’t just keep you awake. It may also be good for your health and wellness. Caffeine has been shown to improve mood, it’s believed to enhance cognitive performance, it may help with fat burning (important for dieters) and exercise performance, and it appears to benefit heart health.
Every rule has exceptions, and there are few for caffeine consumption levels. Even though caffeine may help ease the pain of headaches, some migraine sufferers have found that even moderate amounts can be a migraine trigger. Pregnant women and those who are breastfeeding should limit consumption to the equivalent of two cups of coffee per day, and those who suffer from high blood pressure should also be careful.
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Contents of the audit report
Audit report format
The key deliverable from your web accessibility audit will be a report. The report should record the findings of the audit and recommend actions to improve accessibility.
There is no set format for such reports but a report should contain enough detail for your technical staff to act to improve accessibility where required.
At the same time, other sections of the report should be written for non-technical staff if they are the intended audience. (For example, required changes to content should be written for the content team.)
The report should not be any longer than it has to be to accommodate the key information:
- Background and methodology;
- Prioritised action list, with suggested fixes and timeline;
- Appendix of audit detail.
Any report longer than 15 pages should contain a table of contents.
The report summary (sometimes called an executive summary) should contain the key points of the report in very condensed form. It should contain about 400 words, summarising all sections of the report but with most emphasis on the report's findings and what should happen in response.
The summary should be written in plain, non-technical language as far as possible. Its intended audience is anyone involved in or interested in the website.
Background and methodology
The background and methodology section should contain the what, where, who detail of the audit, including:
- The goals of the site;
- The reason for the audit;
- A summary of the audit requirements;
- Who carried out the audit and when;
- What methodology the audit used;
- What the page sample was;
- The WCAG level for which the site was audited.
Each report should contain a section containing the findings of the audit. You will probably want to know straight away if your website achieves conformance rating Single-A, Double-A or Triple-A with the WCAG. It should also give a high-level description of some of the main issues. For example, it may report that the site contains a substantial number of images that did not have alternative text. It should not, however, list every image without alternative text. This information should be presented in a detailed appendix.
This section should be longer than the summary but not a page-by-page description of every accessibility check.
Prioritised action list
To help you to remedy accessibility problems uncovered in the audit, a key component of the report is an action list. This should contain enough detail to rectify the problems identified.
In some cases, this may be an exact fix. For example, where absolute font sizes are used on the site it should suggest a fix such as: "Replace absolute font size of 12pt for the body style in file mysite.CSS with a relative size of 80%." In other cases, the action may be more generic, e.g. "Ensure that all staff handling images are aware of the need for appropriate alt text and have the skills to create it."
In either event, the action should be clear and unambiguous. Carrying out the action, as described, should be enough to deal with the accessibility problem identified.
The accessibility auditors should also prioritise the actions recommended. This should be done primarily on the basis of gravity: a Level A breach is more significant than a Level Double-A breach, even if the target is to have none of either.
The prioritisation can also take account of how easy or otherwise it is to rectify a breach. "Quick wins" that improve accessibility in the short term should not be deferred just because there are more grave breaches that will take longer to rectify.
The action list should also contain a timeline or roadmap giving an outline of the timescale involved. Timescale is, of course, highly dependent on the budget and other resources available. However, it is still worthwhile to have accessibility specialists set out their view on a realistic timescale to deliver fixes.
Audit detail - appendix
There will probably be further detail arising from the audit. This might include the results from automated tools. The findings of these tools and the actions arising from those findings should be covered in the body of the report.
The results from the tools do not belong in the body of an action-oriented report but it can be included in an appendix. An example of an audit template taken from the WAI website is included for reference in the appendix of this document. Likewise, the completed audit template for each page should be included in an appendix. In this way, supporting detail is available for future reference without cluttering the main report text.
The organisation of detailed appendices may vary. The essential requirement is a full listing of:
- Audit checkpoints;
- Pages checked;
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Flamingos stand on one leg to `preserve body heat`
Washington: Ever wondered why flamingos are often seen standing on one leg? Well, scientists believe that the posture might be used by the birds to conserve body heat.
Lead researcher Matthew Anderson, a psychologist at Saint Joseph`s University in Philadelphia, said scientists have suggested that one-legged posture helped reduce muscle fatigue and that it was important to thermoregulation, or the maintenance of body temperature went on to test the ideas.
During the study, Anderson and his colleagues observed a captive flock at the Philadelphia Zoo.
They looked at the flamingos and timed how long it took for them to start moving from both unipedal and bipedal resting positions.
He said if the theory was correct, the birds should take their first steps faster coming from the unipedal position, but birds were faster off the block when they had been standing on both legs, ruling out that theory.
While testing for thermoregulation to the test, the team noted the temperature and weather conditions when the flamingos were resting.
They found that when it was warmer, more birds would stand on two feet, while in cooler weather, more favored the one-legged stance.
Anderson said flamingos spend most of their time in the water, and water causes them to lose body heat more rapidly.
"The water just pulls away the body heat really, really quickly," Live Science quoted Anderson as saying.
"So [the flamingo] really needs as much heat saving as it can possibly get," he added. He said the study shows that thermoregulation is a key reason behind the iconic flamingo stance.
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Almost 100 million people are pushed into extreme poverty each year because of debts accrued through healthcare expenses.
A report, published by the World Health Organization and the World Bank on Wednesday, found the poorest and most vulnerable people are routinely forced to choose between healthcare and other necessities for their household, including food and education, subsisting on $1.90 (£1.40) a day.
Researchers found that more than 122 million people around the world are forced to live on $3.10 a day, the benchmark for “moderate poverty”, due to healthcare expenditure. Since 2000, this number has increased by 1.8 million a year.
Outrageous, don’t you think? People are budget constrained?
Poor people more so?
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He? She? Or just plain Cher Ami? Solving a century-old pigeon mystery
This summer marks the centennial of a bird—possibly the most famous pigeon in history—going on display at the Smithsonian. A representative of Columba livia domestica, this bird is known as simply Cher Ami. Since Cher Ami first went on display, the pigeon's sex has remained a source of debate. The wartime records of the U.S. Army’s Signal Corps recorded Cher Ami as a hen, or “she.” For a century the Smithsonian, however, has always labeled Cher Ami as a cock bird, or “he.” Through modern DNA analysis, the century-old mystery of the famed pigeon’s sex has recently been determined by a team of curators and scientists. This question has now been definitively answered: the Smithsonian has conclusively identified Cher Ami as male.
In the fourth year of World War I on October 4, 1918, as the story goes, Cher Ami, an English-bred bird, was the last available pigeon for the American doughboys of the Lost Battalion, cut off and surrounded by German troops. On the afternoon of the fourth, the Americans found themselves being shelled by their own artillery. The commander of the Lost Battalion, Major Charles W. Whittlesey, hurriedly wrote a brief message: “We are along the road parallel 276.4. Our own artillery is dropping a barrage directly on us. For heaven’s sake stop it.” The message was inserted into a holder on Cher Ami’s leg, and the pigeon went aloft amidst a hail of exploding shells and enemy rifle fire. When the pigeon reached its loft behind the front, either a bullet or shell fragment had almost completely severed its right leg and sliced across the bird’s breast. Miraculously the message capsule hung to the tendons of the severed limb. The capsule’s contents revealed the location of the beleaguered Americans and helped contribute to their relief on the night of October 7.
On April 16, 1919, Cher Ami arrived in the United States and became a media sensation. Although the United States Army Signal Corps originally reported the bird as a black check hen, media stories began to blur the bird’s sex. In August, two articles appeared within weeks of each other. In The Ladies’ Home Journal, Rose Wilder Lane fancifully described Cher Ami as a male French pigeon, gliding around Paris rooftops before helping to save the Lost Battalion. In The American Legion Weekly article about the Signal Corps’ homing pigeons, Cher Ami’s condition at the loft is described: “She was in a state of complete exhaustion. From her dangling leg we took the message and dispatched it in great haste to headquarters.”
Despite the best care of army veterinarians, Cher Ami succumbed to war wounds in June 1919. The Signal Corps gave the bird’s remains to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History for preservation. After being mounted by taxidermist Nelson R. Wood, Cher Ami went on display at the United States National Museum in the Arts and Industries Building in June 1921. While some histories claim the necropsy of Cher Ami determined the bird’s sex, no records exist with the U.S. Army Signal Corps or in the Smithsonian’s archives detailing the mounting of Cher Ami and what was uncovered about the bird’s sex in the process.
Why then did the Smithsonian list Cher Ami as he? Of the surviving museum records, there is a single memorandum which mentions the bird’s sex. Captain C.C. Hungerford of the Signal Corps wrote to Captain Joseph J. Hittinger at the National Museum on September 20, 1920. Hungerford acknowledged he could not find any war record of Cher Ami being the pigeon “which carried the message from The Lost Battalion.” Listing the known details of the bird, Hungerford, without explanation, closes by stating “Whether ‘Cher Ami’ did or did not carry the famous message from The Lost Battalion, the records show that he did return to his loft with a message dangling from the ligament of the leg that has been ampitated [sic] by rifle or shell shot. He was shot through the breast and it was from the effect of this wound that he died” (emphasis added). Hungerford’s document served as the primary source of information for Cher Ami’s 1921 display label, which essentially copied Hungerford’s description of Cher Ami’s wounds, pronouns and all.
From 1919 to the present, Cher Ami has appeared in two feature-length films, multiple novels, and numerous poems. A national treasure, Cher Ami is the most famous pigeon in the world.
On the centennial of Cher Ami first going on display, the Smithsonian leveraged modern DNA forensic science to determine Cher Ami’s sex. On May 10, 2021, Dr. Carla Dove, program manager of the Feather Identification Lab of the National Museum of Natural History, and Dr. Robert Fleischer from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s Center for Conservation Genomics (CCG) took tissue samples for DNA analysis from the stump of Cher Ami’s right leg and the underside of the left rear toe pad. Ancient DNA, isolated from things long dead such as subfossil bones or museum specimens, can be tricky to work with due to degradation of the molecular structure. In the CCG ancient DNA lab, laboratory manager Nancy Rotzel McInerney extracted DNA from the samples and used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to make millions of copies for use in gel electrophoresis to determine what sex-specific DNA sequences were present. Dove also provided toe pad tissue samples of four pigeon specimens for comparison with the results for Cher Ami. All four—two hens and two cock birds—were preserved around the same time period as Cher Ami and are now part of the National Museum of Natural History’s collections as a “known-sex” control group.
On June 30, results came back on the sex-typing tests. Fleischer explained that McInerney’s ancient DNA PCR results revealed that Cher Ami had “Z-specific” DNA sequences, but no “W-specific” sequences. In birds (unlike humans and other mammals), females have two types of sex chromosomes (Z and W) while males only have Z chromosomes. Thus, if Cher Ami has Z but no W sequence we can infer that Cher Ami was a male or cock pigeon. McInerney ran two analyses for Z and two for W sequences, and in replicated analyses Cher Ami only had Z but no W fragments. As further confirmation that the analyses worked, she found that the two nearly 100 year-old female pigeon specimens from NMNH’s bird collection had both Z and W fragments, and the old male specimens (as expected) only had the Z fragments (see adjacent figure).
The results of the test confirmed the Smithsonian’s long-held—but essentially coincidental—claim that Cher Ami is a cock bird. This mystery of the bird’s sex is now a matter of historical record, necessitating an update to the museum’s permanent accession file for Cher Ami and a revision to the bird’s online description. But the tests did not change two key aspects of Cher Ami’s story. First, the undeniable bravery of this smallest of America’s animal war heroes remains unquestioned. Second, Cher Ami will always remain a “dear friend” to everyone who learns of his story.
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Nearly four months had passed—a long time for me—since my last visit to Pentagon City in Arlington County, Virginia, home to a big, well-situated, and (as malls go) prosperous mall, a booming multifamily housing sector, numerous key big-box retailers, and a variety of office complexes—all within walking distance of the none-too-pedestrian-friendly Pentagon. The area is growing like crazy. And, since it’s right next to Crystal City, that district that will soon receive the new name National Landing (courtesy of Amazon’s HQ 2.0), it’s likely to keep blooming for the years or even decades to come.
The handful of remaining undeveloped or underdeveloped parcels reveal how unremarkable the land uses were before this mid-20th century boom: mostly low-grade logistics and light industrial, auto dealerships, and, just a bit to the south in Alexandria, the expansive Potomac Rail Yards, which ended a 130-year run as a switch yard in 1989, after its operators determined could be put to a more profitable use. An expansive cleanup of the Superfund site throughout the 1990s, coupled with extensive planning and community involvement, has transformed the Potomac Yards into affluent apartments, condominiums, and townhomes. By 2019, the majority of the land in these three districts—Pentagon City, National Landing (FKA Crystal City), and Potomac Yards—serves a vast array of white-collar workers and their adjacent residences through mid- and high-rise office/apartment buildings. Little evidence survives that this was once a humdrum light industrial district. The few remaining vacant parcels typically look a bit like this one in Pentagon City, where I made a pit stop just a few days ago:This colorful board was not here during my previous visit in the fall of 2018. Is it just an art installation, or is it an attempt to obstruct the view of a future construction or laydown site, preparing the way for another mega-structure like the one in the background?
My vote is that it’s both. And, needless to say, I’m particularly struck by the three-dimensional, “found art” portion of this makeshift mural. Let’s take a closer look.Yes, those bikes are real. They’re painted a solid single color and decked with fake flowers.And they continue beyond the tall visual barrier, mounted onto a chain-link fence that extends to the end of the superblock.Some of the readers here are probably asking the same questions I did: are these ghost bikes?
The ghost bike phenomenon has escalated in visibility, starting from its roots as an idiosyncratic signal to the biking community, which is probably what it still was when I featured an article both on my blog and on Huffington Post a few years ago. Back then, it remained a curiosity: an old bike, typically painted completely white and permanently chained to some other immovable street fixture, which commemorated someone killed in an accident while riding a bicycle. A cenotaph targeting the biking community, or anyone who cares about bicycle safety.
Five years later, ghost bikes still serve the same purpose. Their function is slightly better known, primarily because they have become more common in cities across the country. And I suspect, even without much explanation, that most people can infer their meaning even if they never receive an explanation: after all, they largely mimic the roadside cenotaph (usually a small white Christian cross) that we have long known to symbolize an automobile-related death. Since the ghost bike’s symbolism has never been particularly subtle, most people who have encountered one can deduce what it means. The semantic quandary, then, is in regards to how many or how few people have actually encountered one. Though more visible in the past, they remain a mostly urban phenomenon—a huge contrast from the white cross cenotaph, which is much more rural. Thus, I suspect, quite a few people who live in auto-oriented suburbs or rural areas remain completely unfamiliar with ghost bikes.
And it is this unfamiliarity that most likely helped to birth the unusual art installation that shrouds future construction at this site in Arlington County.The bicycles obviously are a far cry from the alabaster that is the de facto shade for ghost bikes; if they were, they’d be almost impossible to see from a distance, up against the white board. But the individual or persons who conceived this installation nonetheless decided to coat the bikes in one of four different shades of paint, and then to garnish the baskets with flowers in a corresponding color. For those of us urbanites in the know, it looks like an expansive memorial to various people killed on their bicycles. I had to get close to determine if I was off base.
And I was off base. The tiny, intermittent text reveals nothing of bicycle-related casualties.Vaguely inspirational, but certainly not commemorative. Some occasional floral stencils on the sidewalk appear to extend this installation.And they wrap around the corner, further substantiating the function of the display as a decorative visual barrier.Part of the misjudgment is my own, and it may be reflective of a certain confirmation bias: I’m so accustomed to viewing outdoor art through an urbanist lens that I can’t extricate myself from it. For me, they’re never just bicycles. But I’m not letting the artist off the hook: anyone willing to use real bicycles as a primary feature to an expansive art installation should have discovered what a painted bike evokes in this day and age, if not through research, than from someone in the know. And the flowers only amplify the sense that these bikes have something to do with death. Just like a roadside cenotaph.
I recognize that this is much ado about nothing, since this installation (presumably temporary) mostly exists to beautify a predictably drab construction screen and offer a cryptic, promotional tease for the development that is to come. But the unusual choice of imagery evocative of a cenotaph merely muddles the message, thereby diluting the impact of the ad. Because the artists failed to consider context fully, they gave us an unintentional signal toward something far more grave. (Pun fully intended.) | <urn:uuid:772359d6-8e79-4f1d-a260-58729a18782f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dirtamericana.com/2019/01/colorful-cenotaph-painted-ghost-bikes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00468.warc.gz | en | 0.954771 | 1,315 | 1.640625 | 2 |
I usually use the SQL Data Generator to generate data only for specified tables. As I have a lot of tables in database it is very time-consuming to check the checkboxes of tables that I need.
There is a rule in table naming convention that allows me to know which of these I should generate data for.
I would like to be able to choose tables to generate data for in more comfortable way.
- Select only selected(?) tables (local menu feature)
In the local menu of the [Tables to populate] list there are only options: Deselect All, Select All, Select All Other Tables.
It woul be fine to be able to select (with [CTRL] or [SHIFT]) tables on the list and then click [Select Specified/Selected Items]. I would be able to use [SHIFT] to select a lot of tables with two clicks (not 100 as I need now).
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That local menu, mentioned above, would have a [Select With Regular Expression] command that would allow to specify regular expression to specify tables. It would be very comfortable to remember that also with the project and to reuse it later. This might be used also in the command prompt application (as at the moment command prompt application is not very helpful for me). | <urn:uuid:ead767f5-2ae5-4134-bf93-8d7b2fbee874> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://forums.red-gate.com/viewtopic.php?t=8247 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279368.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00324-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920412 | 271 | 1.953125 | 2 |
Diafert for Embryo Selection and Fertility Improvement (DESTINy)
This trial is active, not recruiting.
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|End date||April 2017|
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Prospective, single-center, single-blind, randomized, controlled, two-arm, interventional study.
|Endpoint classification||safety study|
|Intervention model||parallel assignment|
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Percentage of successful implantations
time frame: At Week 6
Percentage of live births
time frame: Approximately Week 40 (pregnancy outcome)
Female participants at least 18 years old.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Women at least 18 years old at the time of Informed Consent. 2. Able to understand and voluntarily sign an Informed Consent form approved by the relevant Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) governing the site. 3. First or second fresh Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) cycle attempt (since last successful implantation, if any). 4. Eligible for elective SET of fresh embryo on Day 2/3. Elective SET is defined as a transfer for which there is more than one embryo in the same morphological ("best") category as that of the selected embryo. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Presence or history of ovarian endometriotic cyst. 2. Presence or history of diagnosed severe endometriosis (i.e. stage IV of the revised American Fertility Society classification for endometriosis). 3. Hormonal, functional, anatomical and/or other abnormalities potentially increasing the risk of miscarriage and/or ectopic pregnancy as judged by the Investigator and determined by medical history and clinical laboratory. This includes, but is not limited to, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, uncontrolled thyroid disease, alcoholism, drug abuse, abnormal uterine cavity etc. 4. History of two or more consecutive miscarriages. 5. Known history of human immunodeficiency virus, Hepatitis C virus and/or Hepatitis B virus infection. 6. The subject has other serious or acute conditions that, in the Investigator's opinion, would preclude her participation in the study. 7. Need for preimplantation genetic diagnosis/screening. 8. Use of time-lapse embryo imaging 9. Participating in oocyte donation procedure. 10. Participation in any interventional drug clinical investigation within 2 months prior to screening. 11. Dependency on sponsor or investigator (e.g. co-worker or family member).
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Hemorrhoids otherwise recognised as are swollen veins in the lowest part of your rectum and anus, are the walls of blood vessels that stretch so thin that the veins bulge and get irritated, especially when waste is excreted.
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The world of engineering is dynamic, fast paced, technically challenging and exciting. This ever-changing environment offers stimulating and rewarding careers in a range of sectors. The Higher National Certificate in Engineering is a two-year part-time course which enables you to study modules and topics that are relevant to a range of careers. This broad focus allows you to complement your professional experience with a strong grasp of the underpinning principles that support a successful career in engineering.
The programme is offered on a day-release basis which allows you to combine your existing professional role with your studies. You will study eight modules which will cover a broad range of engineering subjects and will be delivered by lecturers with the relevant industry and academic experience. The assignments are linked to modern industrial engineering technology and will enable you to make a positive impact within your current organisation.
As well as nine hours spent in College, it is expected that the student will equal this time working outside the College on assessments, research, revision and other learning activities.
All engineering companies demand well qualified, versatile and adaptable staff with high-level skills and knowledge. This course also opens up potential opportunities for further study, including progression to a Higher National Diploma, Foundation Degree or Honours Degree in subsequent years.
This programme will run with a minimum of six students. In 2015-16, ten students were enrolled on this programme.
Delivered at our Roundhouse Campus adjacent to the Derby train station, this two-year programme is regulated by HEFCE and the qualification is awarded by Pearson Edexcel.
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All assignment activity will support you in developing skills in academic writing, verbal presentations, team work and analysis. The College offers a comprehensive development programme as part of your studies to support your progression in these areas.
The level of independent research and critical thinking completed on this course, as well as the assessment methodology, helps to prepare students for further study at either a Higher National Diploma or degree level.
As a vocational qualification, the HNC also provides students with a range of skills and knowledge that can be readily applied in the workplace and may lead to opportunities for career progression.
Rolls-Royce manager Jack O'Connor says his Derby College engineering course was the "start of everything" for the skills needed in his career. Jack joined the aero engine giant as a semi-skilled polisher and packer of blades. He began his Derby College Level 3 NVQ in engineering principals at the age of 23 when he was accepted by the company as an apprentice. Now aged 31, Jack is a Rolls-Royce production leader. He is also taking a University of Warwick – Master of Science (MSc) in Engineering Business management. Jack said he left school was "a few" GCSEs and the college course and apprenticeship provided him with a second chance to kickstart his career and build his confidence.
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Carbomorph is a new, experimental material for 3D printing that promises to add a whole new range of capabilities with its ability to embed sensors within 3D printed items.
Carbomorph was invented by researchers at the University of Warwick in the UK in their quest to develop a method of 3D printing electronic circuits. So far, they have "used the material to print objects with embedded flex sensors or with touch-sensitive buttons such as computer game controllers or a mug which can tell how full it is."
The team created a substance using Carbon Black filler combined with polycaprolactone (PCL) and successfully printed it using a BFB 3000 3D printer. They discovered that the new composite material would change electrical resistance when flexed, leading to the notion of 3D printing sensors.
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The inhabitants of one West Cork island are "sick" of showering in dirty water and living off bottled water supplies as Irish Water issued a 'Do Not Consume' notice at the start of September, and still have not said when the issue with their water supply will be fixed.
Just under 30 people live out on Whiddy Island off Bantry Bay, and the tight knit community found themselves in an "awful situation" back in September when their tap water became so dirty that it was black in colour, and they were told it was no longer safe to consume.
The chairman of the local development association, 28-year-old Connie O' Leary, says that everyone "is just sick of it" and that they "still don't know when the water on the island will be safe to drink."
"This isn't like a boil water notice, we can't even fill the kettle from the tap or use it to wash potatoes, we are living off bottled supplies that Irish water are sending over on one of the barges coming to our oil terminals," Connie explained.
"It isn't as dirty as it was, at the start the water was filthy and black, but we had no choice but to shower in it, it is still brown now," he added.
Back in September Irish Water said that the issue was being caused by "low water at raw water extraction levels" and the "levels of colour and turbidity in the treated water" meant that it couldn't be used to prepare food, to brush your teeth, or for anything other than showering, but even then the islanders were warned to make sure children didn't swallow the bathing water.
The people on Whiddy Island have been living off palettes of 5-litre bottles of water, which Connie says are large and difficult for elderly people to use.
"We have to help one woman who is 99-years-old and can't lift the bottles of water, we put the water into smaller jugs so she can fill her kettle," he said.
Connie says that there is a large build-up of empty bottles on the island as no one is taking them away, "we go through a lot of bottles with boiling the kettle and boiling potatoes and everything."
It has been difficult for the young chairman as other islanders are asking him when the water supply will be fixed.
"I've been pushed around from Cork County Council to Irish Water, to conversations with engineers, and I still don't know when we will have our tap water back.
"I know there is now talk of bringing tankards of water onto the Island in the future if nothing else can be done, but I'm in the dark as to what the actual plan is," he said.
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There are many ways for locals to do good deeds, but Stefani Pollack of the Cupcake Project came up with one that made me smile, nod in agreement, and best yet...participate.
As the population of Haiti suffers one disaster after another, the supply of potable water has become more contaminated. Bottled water saves lives short term, but water filters are the longer term solution. The goal of Cupcake Project 4.0 is to raise $4000 for FilterPure, a filter-making company where "all proceeds stay in Haiti and go to the Haitian facility and the Haitian staff."
The first three Cupcake Projects were personal ones--all involving weddings--but this time the goal was to fill a broader-based and immediate need. Pollack puts it in perspective: "My previous cupcake projects have provided about 133 people with cupcakes for one night - to think we could provide 133 families with fresh water for five years is mind-boggling!"
Here's how it works: For Project 4.0, Pollack created "The Ultimate Chocolate Peanut Butter Hi-Hat Cupcake" (pictured), loaded with dark chocolate chips, and topped with peanut butter frosting that's been dipped in more chocolate.
To get the recipe, contribute $1.00 or more to the fund during November. It's that simple.
One randomly chosen donor will win a 72-cupcake tower, and anyone contributing $200 scores a custom-made cupcake recipe--give Stef your favorite flavors and she'll create your dream cupcake.
Anyone with even a remote interest in cupcakes (and I believe that's all of us) should check out her blog. It's an interesting read: Over the last three years, Pollack has riffed on the basics and dabbled in the obscure, from bacon to baked beans and pumpkin to persimmons. She's won numerous awards and been nationally recognized. She oughta win something for this idea.
Consider going without your Aquafina this month. Drink tap water...and pledge some money to those who don't have any.
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This is a general comment to the long list of Lindau lectures on quantum mechanics given by Willis Lamb. He was one of the many Nobel Laureates who really fell in love with the concept of the Lindau meetings and participated in no less than 19 meetings. Beginning his long series of lectures in 1959, he continued lecturing almost until the very end. I remember acting as chairman for his last lecture, which was given in 2001 and it was quite clear that he regarded himself as at home on the stage in the Lindau lecture hall. If I had not had a meeting program to follow and therefore had to stop him, he would easily have spent another hour giving his lecture ”Quantum Mechanics Revisited”. Because he was really interested in quantum mechanics and wanted to explain it in detail to the young audience, just as a teacher wants to explain something to his students. Of his many lectures, no less than 8 are about quantum mechanics, including lectures on Schrödinger’s cat, quantum mechanics for philosophers, and super-classical quantum mechanics. But his range of interests and topics was even wider, including experimental atomic and molecular physics and several other areas of physics. The text he read for his 1982 lecture, e.g., was first entitled “On the Use and Misuse of Quantum Mechanics”, but was changed to “Quantum Mechanics: Interpretation on Micro Level and Application on Macro Level”. This is a topic, which has historic relevance, starting with the discussions of Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr at the Solvay conferences around 1930, continuing with Erwin Schrödinger’s cat paradox and continuing with the renaissance of quantum measurement theory during the 1960’s and 70’s. Actually, it is still a hot topic today, mainly due to the enormous progress in experimental technique. In 1982, the direct detection of gravitational waves was discussed. According to Einstein’s theory, two heavy stars rotating around each other will give rise to gravitational radiation that will carry away energy from the system and make the rotation slow down. Such an indirect effect was discovered by Russel Hulse and Joseph Taylor in 1974 (Nobel Prize in Physics 1993). In his lecture, Lamb was critical of the theory behind one of the detectors planned to see a direct effect of gravitational waves. Since this effect would be a microscopically small change in length of a macroscopic beam pipe, the plans involved using a technique named quantum non-demolition measurement. Lamb argued that this technique would not work and that the detector would not reach the quantum limit, as proposed. As of today (2014), no gravitational waves have been detected. In 1985 Lamb lectured on “Schrödinger’s Cat”, another topic of historical interest. As is well known, Schrödinger invented his cat paradox to show that the probabilistic interpretation of quantum mechanics led to very strange results that he didn’t believe in. Lamb was critical of this particular aspect of Schrödinger’s work, but since he admired other aspects, he also gave a long list of positive things that Schrödinger had done. One can maybe understand Lamb’s interest in quantum mechanics and appreciation of the probabilistic interpretation better by noting that he described himself as grandson to the inventor himself, Max Born. The reasoning goes as follows: Robert Oppenheimer was a student of Born and a teacher of Lamb. Apparently Lamb had approached Born at the Lindau Meeting in 1959, introducing himself as being Born’s grandson. One can maybe understand that Born, then around 75 years old, was not so amused by suddenly finding a new grandson around 45 years old! | <urn:uuid:fafa3af4-f23a-49cb-8b97-a8638beee1ec> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/videos/34227/1985-schroedingers-cat/meeting-1985 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719155.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00333-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978236 | 759 | 2.671875 | 3 |
French security researchers have released a pair of decryption tools for WanaCrypt0r ransomware that can salvage infected victims' files under specific circumstances.
One decryptor, called Wannakey, has been confirmed to work on Windows XP, 7, 2003, Vista and Windows Server 2008, while the other tool, called, Wanakiwi, has been confirmed to work on these same platforms, plus 2008 R2. (Early reports that Wannakey is only effective on Windows XP apparently were mistaken.)
Researcher Adrien Guinet at Quarkslab created Wannakey, after which security expert Benjamin Delpy authored Wanakiwi – an OpenSSL-based end-to-end utility tool that incorporates Wannakey's methodology. Delpy, who earlier had released another decryption tool called Wanadecrypt, received assistance from Comae Technologies founder Matthieu Suiche, who verified the efficacy of Wannakey and Wanakiwi, both of which are available for download via GitHub.
According to Guinet on his GitHub page and Suiche in a Friday blog post, Wannakey and Wanakiwi work not by searching for the user key itself, but rather by probing an infected computer's memory for prime numbers that are left over as artifacts from the ransomware's private key creation process, wcry.exe.
"It seems that there are no clean and cross-platform ways under Windows to clean this memory," wrote Guinet, specifically referring to the versions of Windows that are compatible with his tool. "If you are lucky (that is the associated memory hasn't been reallocated and erased), these prime numbers might still be in memory. That's what this software tries to achieve."
Unfortunately, any attempt to reboot the machine will render the decryption tools useless, as they rely on current running memory to work. Likewise, too much post-infection activity on the infected computer will overwrite the memory and essentially sabotage the tools.
In its own blog post addressing the decryptors, Malwarebytes anticipates that a black hat will likely modify WannaCry at some point so that it its keys can be fully scrubbed from memory or so it forces a reboot that fully erases active memory. Until that time, however, the cybersecurity firm recommends that users infected with WannaCry try using Wanakiwi to resolve the issue "if you are currently dealing with a WannaCry infection, you have barely touched the infected system(s), and you are running one of the [applicable] operating systems..."
"...Running the tool is not going to break anything that isn't already broken so it's worth a shot just to see if you can get those files back," the Malwarebytes blog post continues.
In another positive development on Monday, ESET reported in a blog post that it has developed its own free decryptor tool for the latest variants of Crysis ransomware, after an unknown actor leaked 200 master keys for the variants, which add the extensions .wallet or .onion to affected files.
According to ESET, the keys were published by a new member of a BleepingComputer forum. "This has become a habit of the Crysis operators lately – with this being the third time keys were released in this manner," the blog post reads. ESET previously released a Crysis decryptor in November 2016. | <urn:uuid:2e6a2e28-370a-4e96-81ce-b48942d0e691> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.scmagazine.com/news/cybercrime/victory-cry-decryptors-solve-wannacry-but-only-under-key-conditions | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00069.warc.gz | en | 0.961773 | 684 | 1.835938 | 2 |
On December 6, the President said "there is no reason that ordinary Americans should see their taxes go up next year." Apparently, the Administration staff who negotiated the deal found a reason. According to the estimates of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, some 51 million taxpayers overall who will see part of the tax cuts they received in 2010 go away in 2011. The vast majority of them—40 million tax units—are low-wage workers with incomes below $35,000. Low-income workers are the only income group that will lose income this year compared to 2010 under the deal. Other groups, including most middle-income families and nearly all high-income ones will receive a bigger tax cut in 2011 than in 2010.
Although a few news outlets have reported this fact, it is not widely understood by the public, or even by most advocates and analysts working on policy related to low-income families. This is partly due to the White House's failure to acknowledge the hike. Instead, when it announced the deal, the White House Press Secretary touted the extension of some tax cuts for low-income families with children and stated that "working families won't see their tax cuts go away next year." Also contributing to the lack of understanding is the failure of some prominent organizations that supported the deal, ones that are looked to by many as having particular expertise in tax policy related to low-income people, to make the cut clear. For example, in his statement endorsing the deal, Bob Greenstein of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, described the tax provisions as "protect[ing] low- and middle-income workers and ... boosting their incomes," "achieving everything [the White House] sought for low- and middle-income families," and "not compromising on these issues." (Kudos, on the other hand, go to the Urban Institute's Roberton Williams and Howard Gleckman and EPI's Andrew Fieldhouse for their accurate analysis of deal's impact on low-wage workers).
The tax hike for most low-income workers is due to the replacement of the Making Work Pay tax credit in 2010 with a 2-percentage-point reduction in the payroll tax rate in 2011. This change could have been designed in a way that avoided an increase for most low-wage workers—consistent with the President's statement that "there is no reason that ordinary Americans should see their taxes go up next year"—but it was not.
Established in the 2009 Recovery Act, the Making Work Pay tax credit provided tax benefits in 2009 and 2010 to all workers with adjusted gross incomes below $95,000 ($190,000 for joint filers). For the vast majority of low- and middle-income workers the tax credit was equal to $400 (single filers) or $800 (joint filers). For both single filers with incomes below $20,000 and joint filers with incomes below $40,000, the payroll tax reduction provides less of a tax reduction than the Making Work Pay credit. For example, a married couple with income of $25,000 will pay $300 more in federal taxes in 2011 under the tax deal than they did in 2010 (assuming the same annual income). Similarly, a single filer with income of $10,000 will pay $200 more in federal taxes in 2011 under the tax deal than they did in 2010.
Although we don't have any other information on the demographics of who lost as a result of the deal, it is worth noting that a substantial portion of those who lost ground are likely workers with disabilities. Disability researchers Peiyun She and Gina Livermore have documented that almost half (47.4 percent) of working-age adults (ages 25-61) with incomes below the official poverty line have one or more disabilities. Their research suggests that roughly half of low-income people with disabilities work at some point during the year. Another demographic group that is likely to have been disproportionately impacted is young adults, who are more likely to be working in low-wage jobs and have lower annual incomes than middle-aged adults.
When the Administration proposed replacing the Making Work Pay credit with a uniform payroll tax reduction, it would have been obvious to their lead negotiators that most low-income workers would experience a tax hike in 2011 as a result. Especially since, as the Wall Street Journal has reported, one of the President's lead negotiators, Gene Sperling, had been pushing the payroll tax reduction within the Administration for some time as an alternative to the Making Work Pay credit.
In his 2005 book on economic policy, Sperling argues that progressives should be particularly concerned about "silent trade-offs"—what he describes as well-intentioned policy decisions in which the "potential downsides to other workers are never openly considered and weighed in making the decision." If Sperling had taken his own advice to heart in this case, the Administration would have openly considered and weighed the trade-off involved in replacing the Making Work Pay Credit with a payroll tax cut. If it had wanted to avoid a tax hike for more than 40 million low-income workers, it had at least four options:
- sticking to its guns and insisting on a full extension of the Making Work Pay credit; or
- modifying the payroll tax reduction in a way that would have held low-income workers harmless—for example, by graduating the payroll tax reduction in a progressive way that provided a higher percentage-point reduction to low-income workers; or
- coupling the payroll tax reduction with a broad-based increase in the EITC, one targeted on roughly the bottom half (in income terms) of tax units eligible for the EITC; or
- coupling the payroll tax reduction with a less broad-based increase in the EITC, one that increases the EITC for groups—primarily single adults and couples without children—who are currently only eligible for a very small EITC, face the highest federal tax rates among low-wage workers, and who did not receive any increase in the EITC in either the Recovery Act or the Bush tax cuts.
It is somewhat hard to imagine that Republicans would have been willing to walk away from what they were being given—including a full extension of the massive Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and an extraordinary reduction in the estate tax—if the Administration had held its ground by arguing they simply could not agree to a deal that cut the tax credits available to the majority of low-income workers who had been among the hardest hit by the economic downturn.
Looking ahead, I'd argue that the White House could go a long way toward setting things right by proposing an increase in the EITC for single adults and couples without children in its FY2012 budget, something that candidate Barack Obama said he'd do if elected. Currently, single adults and married couples without children are only eligible for the EITC if they have extremely low incomes and are between the ages of 25 and 60. And even when they are eligible, the maximum credit they are eligible for is miniscule.
This can best be seen by comparing the EITC for a tax unit without children to the EITC for tax units with one child. For a single filer with one child, the maximum income for the EITC is more than 2.5 times the maximum for a single filer without a child ($36,052 vs. $13,660). For a couple with one child, the difference is a bit smaller, but still more than double ($41,132 vs. $18,740). The difference between the maximum credits is even larger—the EITC maximum credit for a tax unit with no children is $464 compared to $3,094 for a unit with one child. The EITC is only one of the benefits in the tax code provided to filers with children that is not available to other filers. If these other benefits were taken into account—most importantly, the Child Tax Credit, which provides up to $1,000 per child, and the dependency exemption, which reduces taxable income by a fixed amount ($3,650 in 2010) for each child—the difference would be even larger.
This isn't to say that low-wage workers with children get "too much"—if you're trying to support a family on a $9 an hour job, one that typically doesn't provide health insurance or paid sick leave, you deserve every penny you get and more—but it does illustrate how little the much lauded EITC does to help the majority of low-wage workers who don't have children. In fact, for low-wage workers without children, the combination of the EITC and a minimum wage job still leaves them worse off than they would have been in 1979 ust receiving the minimum wage (if working full-time, they would have earned roughly $2,500 more in 1979 than today). It will take a lot more than an EITC expansion to get low-wage workers what they deserve, but it's a start.
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Via Ars Technica comes news that an Amtrak employee was paid nearly $900,000 over the last ten years to give the DEA passenger lists outside of normal channels. Strangely enough, the DEA already had access to such information through official channels. From the article: The employee, described as a "secretary to a train and engine crew" in a summary obtained by the AP, was selling the customer data without Amtrak's approval. Amtrak and other transportation companies collect information from their customers including credit card numbers, travel itineraries, emergency contact info, passport numbers, and dates of birth. When booking tickets online in recent years, Amtrak has also collected phone numbers and e-mail addresses. ... Amtrak has long worked closely with the DEA to track drug trafficking activity on its train lines. The Albuquerque Journal reported in 2001 that "a computer with access to Amtrak's ticketing information sits on a desk in the [DEA]'s local office," wrote the ACLU. | <urn:uuid:8fb3ef47-a7dd-40ea-bf53-481924a2a04f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://news.slashdot.org/story/14/08/12/0220247/dea-paid-amtrak-employee-to-pilfer-passenger-lists | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285289.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00148-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968927 | 193 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Now it’s time to prepare for the Machinocene, Aeon (2016)
Science and technology seem to be converging, from several directions, on the possibility of similar intelligence in non-biological systems. It is difficult to predict when this might happen, but most artificial intelligence (AI) specialists estimate that it is more likely than not within this century. Freed of biological constraints, such as a brain that needs to fit through a human birth canal (and that runs on the power of a mere 20W lightbulb), non-biological machines might be much more intelligent than we are. What would this mean for us? | <urn:uuid:b859f519-4cfa-4259-b1aa-73142bf26d49> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://lcfi.ac.uk/resources/now-its-time-prepare-machinocene/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00277.warc.gz | en | 0.956668 | 131 | 1.875 | 2 |
A brutal assault allegedly perpetrated by dozens of Jewish teens last week has reawakened long-harbored feelings of fear among Arab Israelis across the country.
- Netanyahu condemns Jerusalem lynch
- Eyewitness: J'lem brawl was lynch against Arabs
- J'lem: Man injured in fight between Arabs, Jews
"What happened in Jerusalem could happen here in Jaffa; there are enough racist Jews here," Ali Mahamid, 22, told Ynet. "I'm afraid to walk down the street alone, especially in certain neighborhoods, because someone could attack me for no reason."
An 18-year-old Arab man was the target of a violent attack on Friday in Zion Square in the capital. According to initial details, a female teen told her friends that she was raped by an Arab; her friends reacted by beating up an Arab passerby, causing serious injuries that put the victim in a coma. So far seven Jewish teens have been arrested in connection with the case.
'Violence on a daily basis.' Rabia Safir, Haifa
According to Arab Israelis, the incident was not an isolated one.
"What happened in Jerusalem was covered by the media, but there are incidents that happen on a daily basis, in areas with bars and cafes, against Arab youths who just want to go out and have fun," said Rabia Sagir, a Haifa resident who is studying at Safed College. "These incidents are a consequence of the incitement voiced by extremist rabbis and racist public officials."
Shaheen Nasser, 26, another Haifa resident, reiterated that Arabs are often discriminated against for racist reasons; Arabs undergo harsher security checks, he said, and are often refused entry to clubs and bars.
"Sometimes it's scary to walk down the street, but what's really terrifying is the institutionalized racism," he said. "The education system should teach tolerance and multiculturalism, but unfortunately attempts (to instate such programs) by human rights groups have failed."
Aftermath of J'lem lynch (Photo: News 24)
In Acre, however, Arabs appear to feel quite safe while Jews are afraid to enter the Old City after dark.
"There is violence here but only between criminals, not for nationalistic reasons," said Ahmad Hamdan, 64, a resident of the northern city.
"We don't have any problems between Arabs and Jews here," Hamdan's neighbor, Majid Aish, added. "Extremists are the ones causing all the trouble."
Meanwhile, a Jewish youth strolling down the street with his girlfriend said he was anxious to step out at night.
"I try to avoid entering the Old City in the evenings," said the resident, who wished only to be identified as Omri. "Every time I enter the city I feel like I’m taking a chance. I feel like they're staring at me and talking about me."
"I would have been happy if (Arabs) weren't here," the girlfriend added.
Maor Buchnik contributed to the report
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Covering foundations of entrepreneurship and new venture creation for the Asia-Pacific entrepreneur, this book combines a solid theoretical foundation with a practical step-by-step approach to the process of entrepreneurship. It places a unique emphasis on developing a business idea, encouraging students to think like successful entrepreneurs. Alongside established topics ranging from planning and finance to cultural and legal issues, students will also learn entrepreneurial practices that integrate sustainability and lead to commercial and economic success. Additional experiential exercises continue to emphasise learning by doing, and updated case studies help students to relate entrepreneurship theory to the real world.
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Over the years, half of the EU countries are witnessing a rise in greenhouse gas emission and among them, Spain is the biggest offender due to its booming economy.
As per RNCOS' recent report "Spain Energy Sector Outlook", Spain's greenhouse gas output in the year 2005 was 53% more than the year 1990, the reference year for the Kyoto agreement.
Greenhouse gas emission is on the rise in over half of the EU countries, according to official figures. Spain is the most terrible offender amongst the large countries, discharging 15.4 Million Tons more CO2 in the year 2005 than the previous year, an increase of 3.6%.
Germany, the largest economy in EU, dropped emissions by 2.3% in the year 2005 as it cleaned up the power plants located in Eastern Germany, decreased methane in waste sector, and introduced more diesel-operated cars as well as an eco-tax which facilitated emissions from road transport to fall. However, Spain, that was allowed to increase its emissions by 15%B only under Kyoto Protocol in acknowledgment of its growing economy, had posted a 52.3% collective increase by 2005 end.
Underneath Kyoto, EU 15 pledged a slash of 8% in green house emission by the end of 2012, when the agreement runs out. Spain has previously confessed that it wouldn't meet its 2012 target, although has pledged to be no more than 15% higher. Experts maintain that even this target is a hard bet. Spain is making efforts to obtain 12% of its electricity from renewable sources by the year 2010 and as per a recent legislation introduced in the country it is mandatory for every new building to have solar panel.
As per the report "Spain Energy Sector Outlook", Spain has promised to maintain emission growth no more than 15%. Economic growth of about 3% supported by a flourishing, energy-hungry construction industry, as well as an expanding population and rising living standards, have driven Spain's emissions persistently higher.
The research report also addresses interesting issues for today's global business environment such as opportunities existing in the Spain energy industry, Spain energy consumption by energy source, why renewable energy sources are important for Spain as well as Spanish energy industry's key drivers & challenges.
The report also provides an extensive research and objective analysis of the Spain's energy sector and assists clients in analyzing opportunities critical to its growth.
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Before the first of nearly 5 million cubic yards of concrete was poured to create the Glen Canyon Dam, and behind it Lake Powell, the Colorado River ebbed and flowed with the seasons through the Grand Canyon. Heavy snowpacks high up in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Wyoming, and in the Uintas of Utah, in Spring would turn to heavy, sediment-laden surges that churned and ripped at the river corridor, creating sandbars here and there and with them habitat for native fishes and vegetation.
Those pulses were tempered beginning in 1960 with that first load of concrete, and by 1963, when the 710-foot-high dam was finished, the river largely was tamed and the seasonal flushes that had been so important to the Grand Canyon were smothered.
In recent years there has been a tug-of-war of sorts between the National Park Service, which wants large, repeated releases from the dam to mimic the seasonal flushes, and the Bureau of Reclamation, which would rather the releases be timed to generate the most electricity possible to meet demand in the Southwest.
The last staged high flow, a 60-hour experiment conducted in March 2008, saw torrents of Colorado River water released through the dam’s powerplant and bypass tubes to a peak of about 41,500 cubic feet per second, about twice the normal peak. Two previous experiments were conducted in 1996 and 2004. At the time of that March 2008 experiment, BuRec officials proposed that it would be conducted just once, while September-October "steady" flows would be repeated for five years.
At the time, strongly worded opposition from both park officials and the Grand Canyon Trust questioned how carefully BuRec officials had developed their flooding strategy and whether it really was intended to benefit the canyon's natural resources. Indeed, Trust officials contended the staged flood was aimed to benefit downstream water users and hydropower interests, not natural resources. Park Superintendent Steve Martin said he didn't believe BuRec should be locking itself into one scenario for the next five years and that its plan should be more science-based. He said he'd prefer a situation where flooding is allowed in the spring on a more regular basis, perhaps every one or two years, depending on sediment conditions.
This past November, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar voiced his preference to see more high flows from Glen Canyon, and added that he thought they could be arranged to benefit both the natural resources of the canyon and energy demands.
“We must find a way to protect one of the world’s most treasured landscapes – the Grand Canyon – while meeting water and clean energy needs in the face of climate change,” Secretary Salazar said at the time. “Today, I am directing the development of a protocol for conducting additional High Flow Experiments at the (Glen Canyon) Dam. These experimental high flows [like the one in 2008] send sediment downstream to rebuild sandbars, beaches and backwaters. The rebuilt areas provide key wildlife habitat, enhance the aquatic food base, protect archeological sites, and create additional camping opportunities in the canyon.”
On Tuesday the U.S. Geological Survey agreed with the Interior secretary on the value of the flushes to the canyon. In a report built on research conducted around last March's flush, the agency said high flows through the Grand Canyon that mimic natural ebbs and flows are beneficial for the river corridor. However, the report also notes that many of the benefits are erased within six months due to energy demands that dictate releases through the Glen Canyon Dam.
Last March's release was designed to test the premise that such high flows would help rebuild eroded Grand Canyon sandbars, create habitat for the endangered humpback chub, and benefit other resources such as archaeological sites, rainbow trout, aquatic food for fish, and riverside vegetation.
"Before the dam’s completion in 1963, spring snowmelt produced floods that carried large quantities of sand that created and maintained Grand Canyon sandbars," the USGS said in a release. "Today, because Glen Canyon Dam, which provides hydropower to customers in six states, traps approximately 90 percent of the sand once available to maintain Grand Canyon sandbars, high flows are the only way to rebuild these important resources.
Here's a look at the highlights of the report's findings:
The 2008 experiment resulted in widespread increases in the area and volume of sandbars, expansions of camping areas, and increases in the number and size of backwater habitats (areas of low-velocity flow thought to be used as rearing habitat by native fish).
Six months after the experiment, the new sandbars had been largely eroded by typical fluctuating flow dam operations driven by electrical energy demand; however, median sandbar elevation was still slightly higher and backwater habitats still slightly more abundant than before the experiment. Although stable and relatively lower monthly volume releases are the most effective at limiting sandbar erosion, the volume of water that must be released from Glen Canyon Dam annually is determined by basin hydrology and legal requirements to deliver water from the upper to lower Colorado River Basin.
Timing the 2008 experiment in March likely reduced successful nonnative seedling germination and created new sandbars during the spring windy season, which allowed for the greatest transport of windblown sand to archeological sites where it protects sites from weathering and erosion.
In the Lees Ferry rainbow trout fishery, high flows reduced the New Zealand mud snail population by about 80 percent. This nonnative species is considered a nuisance species because the snails cannot be digested when eaten by trout. In contrast, midges and black flies, high-quality food items for fish, increased.
Young rainbow trout in the Lees Ferry river reach had better survival and growth rates following the experiment, which scientist think may have resulted from improved habitat conditions and better food quality. Additionally, data show that rainbow trout did not move downstream in significant numbers as the result of the high flows.
“Insights gained about the effects of the 2008 experiment will be invaluable in helping decision-makers determine the best frequency, timing, duration, and magnitude for future high flows to benefit resources in Glen Canyon National Recreational Area and Grand Canyon National Park,” noted John Hamill, Chief of the USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
The USGS's research is expected to play a role in that new protocol that Interior Secretary Salazar called for back in November.
Research completed by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating scientists about the effects of the 2008 high-flow experiment will be discussed at the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program meeting February 3–4, 2010, in Phoenix, Ariz. The findings will also be taken into consideration in development of a new protocol for conducting additional high-flow experiments, announced by Secretary Salazar in December 2009.
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Review Summary: How did Manson fair very early in his career?
Marilyn Manson has certainly made a name for himself. Whether you love him, hate him or don't know much about him, you've heard his name somewhere. His debut LP "Portrait of an American Family" kinda sits in the background to his other more popular releases. Very few of these songs get much recognition by the band anymore, but just because it has pretty much been left on the side of the road, does that really make it an inferior album?
It opens with Marilyn reciting the poem from the infamous tunnel boat ride scene from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." It starts as an eerie murmur, but eventually turns to insane screaming and yelling and turns to a theme of abolute insanity. It's interesting to say the least. There's somewhat of an aura of cheesy, and somewhat disturbing insanity with this whole album and that's one of my favorite parts about this; the insanity of it is so trippy and cliche that it turns out to be pretty entertaining and creative.
"Cake and Sodomy" gives the album a proper introduction, a filthy, disgusting, and wretched alternative metal song that really shows that Manson was trying to piss off parents and attract rebellious teenagers. This is the parents' bane in the 90's. The themes include sex, pornography, incest, fecal matter, and rape. I'm mixed on this. The shocking themes certainly have a "you're trying too hard" attitude to it, but clearly it worked or else Manson wouldn't have the name he's created for himself. The guitar work is somewhat unorganized and klanky, but it's not too unpleasant. It's certainly worth listening to regardless.
"Lunchbox" was one of the last surviving songs of the "Portrait" era, and it's damn good. It's a schoolyard anthem dealing with the banning of metal lunchboxes (since they were used as weapons quite often back in the day) and fighting back against bullies. It's a good, super fun song that absolutely REEKS with the glorious stank of the nineties.
If you've heard any of Marilyn Manson's later songs, you can certainly hear at this point he was still trying to develop a voice. He sounds young and kinda generic in this song with yelling that you can hear in a lot music from this era. Basically, he didn't quite have it yet, but that's really not a big issue. Plenty of vocalists go through this and he doesn't really sound bad at all. You can just tell he was still practicing.
I never listened to "Organ Grinder" much. It's kind of boring actually. Every couple of lines follow a rather predictable pattern and the guitar work just feels like it's just there. It doesn't stand out at all and is painfully boring. The lyrics are interesting though and Manson sings them well.
"Cyclops" is shorter and really heavy with very thick riffs and very loud screaming throughout. It has a very grungy nineties sound about it and it kinda reminds me of Alice in Chains in a straight jacket. The guitar is still kinda bland and doesn't do anything fancy, but everything else about the sound makes up for it.
"Dope Hat" is one of my all time favorite Marilyn Manson songs. The guitar and drums are bouncy and catchy, the lyrics are dark and also very catchy, and it has a classic, creepy atmosphere going on with the "ooweeoo" sounding keyboard. The music video is also genius, again referencing "Willy Wonka" but it's more like willy Wonka on several different kinds of illegal narcotics. It's certainly the most fun I've had with a Manson song and is a must listen for any fan, or anyone who's starting to get into his music.
"Get Your Gunn" is another case of "trying to hard" and succeeding. This was a rather popular single, so it was probably more effective than "Cake and Sodomy" was. The phrase "God Damn your righteous hand" is repeated over and over and the lyrics contain references to murder, domestic abuse, and self harm. If "Lunchbox" is a schoolyard anthem, them "Get Your Gunn" is the angsty teenage version. It seems like a theme song for troubled teens and on top of that, it's a pretty great song too.
"Wrapped in Plastic" starts with a slow bass riff accompanied with unsettling, and somewhat annoying, blood curdling screams and random, intelligible speaking in the background. Probably the most disturbing intro yet, but after that, this song isn't much special. Like "Organ Grinder", I never went back to this one much. The song feels a bit empty to me. Though it's not bad, it's still one of the weaker of the album.
I really like "Dogma". It's a fast paced heavy metal tune that has straightforward, anti-religious lyrics. I love the straightforward lyrics because it's something that anyone can understand what he's trying to say. Example: "I don't need your hate; I decide my fate." I specifically like that because it's basically my views on the subject too, but I digress. This is a very fun and pretty heavy tune.
"Sweet Tooth" is another slow and ominous tune, but it's not quite as boring as the other ones that I've noted on. Still nothing very special and there are certainly better tracks to listen to here, but it's entertaining. The skipping effect on the vocals is kinda cool and the simple bass is pretty nice too.
I love "Snake Eyes and Sissies" despite it's amusing title. It's a somewhat groovy, extremely industrial song track with lyrics that were stuck in my head for weeks. I seem to have been using the term "fun" quite a bit in this review, which is odd because when people think of Marilyn Manson, fun isn't exactly the first thing to pop up. This goes to show how much of a black sheep this album is.
"My Monkey" can go one of two ways with you. It can either be a fun, silly, creative tune, or you can think it's ear-bleedingly annoying. I'm leaning more towards the former. Manson's vocals are pitch shifted up for a chipmunkish effect and that's really the deal breaker. I can listen to it, but many people may not be able to handle it without wanting to tear their hair out. I personally think that the instrumental work stands out most. It's diverse and really stands out on this album. I really enjoy this song.
"Misery Machine" starts off more nu sounding than the rest of the album. About 2:30 in, it slows down significantly and starts to remind me more of his later releases, which makes this song appropriate for being a closer. It's like a window for what is to come. After that there's about 2 more minutes of instrumentals and limited vocals, and then it cuts to a screaming woman, 6 minutes of a ringing telephone, and then some mother picking the phone up saying not to call anymore. It's certainly not something I listen to a lot to say the least, considering most of the song doesn't contain much song, but the bit that does contain material is pretty good.
Marilyn Manson's first steps were pretty good ones. While this album is certainly inferior to his future endeavors, it's certainly a good listen. It's sense of cheesy horror, crazy instrumentals, and quite a bit of creativity makes this album a fun listen and certainly something you should try out. | <urn:uuid:bf3965e1-7f91-485e-873e-26f0ebdc3e17> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/54337/Marilyn-Manson-Portrait-Of-An-American-Family/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721278.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00149-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983367 | 1,587 | 1.640625 | 2 |
In fact, as you read those words, what came up? A quiet acceptance of the truth or judgements and criticisms? Who would be upset if you believed you were these seven faces of intention? You? Someone else? Is there a downside to believing any of these things? Are you resisting taking responsibility for your beliefs? Are you blaming?
"A goodness allergy is grounded in fear. Fear that you will get hurt. Fear that you will lose what you have. Fear that you don't deserve good. You are in fear that if you open your heart and mind to receive good, you will have nothing to whine and complain about. There will be nothing wrong. At the heart of a goodness allergy is the fear that if nothing is wrong, then you too must be all right. And that would be too good to believe" ~ Iyanla Vanzant
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Nature of job most frequent reason for shift work
August 21, 2000
Among full-time employees who work an alternative shift, over half do so because of the nature of the job.
In May 1997, about 51 percent of full-time shift workers reported doing so because of the nature of their jobs. Examples are some jobs in manufacturing and many protective service jobs.
Roughly 13 percent of shift workers reported that they were on an alternative shift specifically because alternative shifts were mandated by their employer to meet transportation demand, management, or pollution abatement requirements.
It is apparent that few shift workers chose to work an alternative shift for the purpose of obtaining better compensation or to alleviate nonwork conflicts. Only about 6 percent reported working a shift for better pay. Approximately 4 percent of shift workers said they chose a shift to have better child care arrangements, 3 percent to have time for school, and 1 percent to have an easier commute.
"Alternative shift" and "shift work" both refer to work schedules that do not conform to the regular daytime schedule, for which work hours typically fall between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Types of alternative shifts include evening shift, night shift, rotating shift, and employer-arranged irregular schedule.
These data are a product of the May 1997 supplement to the Current Population Survey. Learn more about shift work in "Flexible schedules and shift work: replacing the 9-to-5 workday?" by Thomas M. Beers, Monthly Labor Review, June 2000.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Nature of job most frequent reason for shift work on the Internet at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2000/aug/wk3/art01.htm (visited January 23, 2017).
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If you’re among the millions of aging baby boomers who cringe every time they see the cashier ring up a box of Depends, take heart: That problem may soon be a thing of the past. Scientists from the United States and Australia say the urinary incontinence that often accompanies age or injury can be surgically cured—in animals, at least.
Searching for a way to help people regain control over their unreliable bladders, Anthony Atala, a urologist at Children’s Hospital Boston, injected stem cells from the limb muscles of rats into their deliberately damaged urinary sphincters, which control flow. The stem cells developed into new muscle fibers, and within one month, the sphincter function improved by 40 percent. “Not only were we seeing the formation of new muscle tissue but also the reenervation and interconnection of nerve endings, which enabled the rats to regain control over their muscle function,” Atala says. An equivalent operation for humans will not be available for at least a few years: “It’s a matter of making sure we can go up the ladder in terms of more complex defects,” he says.
Meanwhile, John Furness, a cell biologist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, thinks bladder control could someday be as simple as pushing buttons on a remote control. Furness’s surgical technique, tested successfully in rats, rabbits, and dogs, involves removing muscle tissue from various parts of the body to create a replacement urinary sphincter, then implanting the sphincter along with a small electrical stimulator similar to a pacemaker. If a human recipient needed to urinate, he or she would click a control button, signaling the stimulator to relax the sphincter, then click again to stop the flow. Furness plans clinical trials next year. | <urn:uuid:9df96e66-8b00-4801-b0b6-2d564d9f80f9> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://discovermagazine.com/2004/mar/end-of-incontinence | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721387.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00447-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942153 | 384 | 2.625 | 3 |
Tip for the month:
Water restrictions took effect on November 1st. This means it’s time to save water in every way possible. If you’re using buckets to water your garden, choose to water the veg more then the grass – grow food not lawns! Note that plants with lots of leaves require more water to grow. So do some research and choose to plant veg that need less water.
November’s plant list:
Amaranth, Basil, Bush and Climbing beans, Beetroot, Broccoli, Butternut, Cabbage, Carrot, Chard, Cape Gooseberry, Celery, Chives, Chilli, Cucumber, Eggplant, Kale, Kohlrabi, Ginger, Globe Artichoke, Leek, Leaf Mustard, Lettuce, Jerusalem artichokes, Onion, Parsnip, Parsley, Peas, Potato, Pumpkin, Radish, Rhubarb, Sweetcorn, Sweet pepper, Sweet potato, Turnip, Tomato, Watercress, Watermelon, Zucchini | <urn:uuid:84f95625-9e6a-476d-b4f8-063d78e4dca2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://harfield-village.co.za/blogs/november-in-the-garden-16/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00669.warc.gz | en | 0.821722 | 228 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Dental fillings can be complicating to understand. With three different choices, you may wonder which one is best for you. We hope the following information will help you make a well-informed decision.
These fillings are the silver ones that you are probably used to seeing, or you may have already. These fillings are the most durable. They usually don’t need replacing, so people end up saving money compared to the other types.
The silver fillings may be durable, but they stand out, and that bothers some people. Composite fillings are the same color as your teeth. Most people can’t see them when you open your mouth. The composite is made up of plastic and glass. They are strong, but may need replacing if they become worn out or fall out.
One of the reasons people do not choose this filling is because they can stain – just like the rest of your teeth. They may also cause tooth sensitivity, but our dentist can solve this if it becomes a problem.
This is another filling option that is tooth colored. The difference is that this tooth is made of acrylic and glass with the added bonus of having fluoride mixed into it. The fluoride keeps the tooth from decaying, and many parents choose it for their children since it has that added benefit.
The only problems that people often experience with these fillings is that they aren’t durable. They can also be a different shade than other teeth.
Insurance Coverage for Fillings
Most dental insurances will only cover amalgam fillings. If you choose to have one of the other types of fillings – composite or glass lonomer – you may have to pay the difference. The cost depends on which one you choose and how many fillings you need. The best way to know how much money you will have to pay out of pocket is to ask our office. We can give you a quote for the fillings you would like, and then you can make an informed decision.
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The caption (from 1954) reads:
“Scientists from the RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a “home computer” could look like in the year 2004. However the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also, the scientists readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve these problems. With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use.”
From Stephen's Lighthouse.
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I was answering a question about pine oil on one of the forums I frequent and thought I would collate the various resources mentioned here.
It has something of the character of an essential oil and has disinfectant and antiseptic properties. It isn't for internal use however as it can be poisonous. It is made through steam distillation - the oil is too fragile to be distilled like tars. If you've ever made pine needle tea I'm sure you've observed the slight oil that comes out of the needles - what you need is some method of condensing the steam to collect this oil.
Pine tar is made through destructive distillation - think along the lines of making charcoal and collecting what is a kind of liquid smoke from the container. The most resinous bits of pine seem to be most favoured in its manufacture - you can see Ray Mears watching it made here from 8:15 in.
It was used extensively for preserving timbers and ropes in the days of sailing ships and is at the root of referring to navy sailors as Jack Tars and North Carolinans as Tar Heels. Pine tar is also used in some all natural soaps.
Is made from the distillation of pine sap. It also has cleaning and antiseptic properties but is not safe for consumption. It has actually got some similar properties to pertoleum products and was used in Honda motorbikes in post war Japan. It's not as efficient but it worked. It was also burned in lamps, though the smell can be rather strong. There are a series of videos looking at pine tar soap and turpentine here.
Birch Bark Tar
This was one of the great inventions of the mesolithic age and there is still a lively debate as to how it w\as extracted in that era as pottery was not yet in use. There are some modern day primitives making it with containers as seen here
It was also used as a chewing gum and there are modern ethnographic techniques for distillation (PDF)
If you want to try making it the best tutorial I've found is at Jon's bushcraft.
I shall include a couple more similar resources as they're also good, Primitive Ways and Practical Primitive are two sites I visit often anyway.
Birch tar is also used in the production of "Russian Leather" which I've not found a wealth of information about apart from this PDF.
Aside from it's use as a spluttering and spitting fuel for fires and torches pine pitch, the hardened resin from old wounds of the tree, can be used as a glue or varnish. There's a good primitive tutorial here for the glue - it's usually mixed with charcoal as otherwise it's too fragile to use. The varnish is apparently made through dissolving the pitch in alcohol or turpentine, although it seems to be used more by violin makers than bushcrafters.
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S.T.E.A.M. II /Credit gained: 1 High School Credit
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics 2 (S.T.E.A.M. 2) is a project-based course. It fosters problem-solving, as well as computational, analytical, critical and creative thinking. Course topics and themes include Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Computer-Aided Design (CAD).
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As a manager who works to achieve day-to-day targets, it’s frustrating to see an employee busy texting on a social network when they should be busy working. Don’t worry, a San Fransisco startup called Yondr made a pouch that attempts to stop smartphone addiction for employees, students and generally for everyone. One study found out that an average user checks their phone 85 times a day. Just checking only not to mention spending time texting making calls.
According to Yondr, it uses a patented system to create phone-free spaces for educators, organizations, and individuals. Yondr uses the same technology that is more or less similar to the one used for security tags of clothes.
How does it work?
As a person enters a class, workplace or concert they will be asked at the entrance to put their smartphone inside a Yondr pouch that locks up the phone in the pouch. The Yondr pouch can only be unlocked at a designated Yondr stand were a person is allowed to use their phone.
So a manager who wants to limit the time of his or her employees on social media would just take an employees phone at the point of entry and enclose it in a Yondr pouch till a certain time when employees are allowed to use their phone.
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Yondr founder Graham Dugoni says that their pouch is trying to fight phone addiction whilst at the same time teaching an individual to be self-disciplined. As of now, the product has won favour with schools, musicians and stand-up comedians who want undivided attention from their audience. And companies could join the bandwagon.
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Venomous Golden Lancehead Of Brazil’s Snake Island
Chemical evaluation of the golden lancehead’s venom suggests it is the quickest appearing among all lancehead species. If a golden lancehead bites you, the fatality fee is up to 7% with out medicine. New-born golden lanceheads and juvenile snakes normally hunt invertebrates.
Based on research with different Bothrops, the venom usually first results in localized pain on the site of the chew together with some swelling. Thus, there has by no means been a documented, deadly chunk by this lethal viper. To access the island one first wants permission from the Brazil Federal Conservation unit and the journey is accompanied by members of the Navy. Other than that, outsiders usually are not permitted on Ilha da Queinada Grande except it’s for a extremely compelling cause.
Food Regimen Of The Golden Lancehead
insularis is the prevalence of “intersexes”, individuals born with both male and female reproductive components. insularis grows to a size of 70 cm and ninety cm and is known to reach 118 cm . The color pattern consists of a pale yellowish-brown ground color, overlaid with a sequence of dorsal blotches that could be triangular or quadrangular, broad or slim, and alternating or opposite alongside the dorsal median.
A NEW documentary has revealed what it’s like to go to Snake Island, an inhabitable place the place some 4,000 lethal vipers stay. Snake Island off the coast of Brazil might appear to be an ideal animal sanctuary, but snakes there are in danger. The Golden Lancehead Vipers have been liable for a life-saving blood stress medication.
Venomous Golden Lancehead Of Brazil’s Snake Island: Why It Have To Be Left Alone?
jararaca and is the quickest performing venom within the genus Bothrops. They have hemotoxic venom that eats away at flesh and tissue to digest the prey merchandise earlier than they swallow it. Bothrops insularis even have some neurotoxic venom that kills its prey. People utilizing excessive-blood stress medicine typically take captopril or its derivatives, a lifesaving drug that’s developed from toxins obtained from the lancehead viper. Theapproval of captopril by the FDA in 1981, helped push the concept venoms could possibly be used within the creation of recent drugs.
But golden lancehead venom has also been used within the growth of lifesaving medication, and will contribute to new ones in the future. Dr Fry and his group milked the vipers for his or her venom, firstly for the manufacturing of anti-venom. As Brown’s report defined, since sea ranges rose eleven,000 years ago and reduce them off from the mainland, the golden lanceheads evolved a little in a different way. “Just within the 5-12 months cycle that I’ve been studying I can see modifications on this island,” says Australian snake expert Bryan Fry, who frequently visits Snake Island.
Laboratory studies reveal that the venom of the golden lancehead is at least 5 occasions more potent than that of Bothrops jararaca. Well, the common folklore is that the lethal snakes became trapped on the island hundreds of years in the past when the rising sea ranges lined up the land reference to the mainland. Below, we’ll cover every thing you have to know concerning the golden lancehead viper — from it’s habitat, food regimen, dimension and extra.
There isn’t a fantastic thought of the true behaviors of this species. Besides causing tissue destruction and softening the flesh, the venom also can cause bleeding. (CC BY-SA 4.zero)While no bites have been recorded, the venom has been extensively examined in laboratories.
The small island, which measures around 110 acres, is inhabited by some four,000 golden lancehead pit vipers, which are critically endangered and are endemic to this one strip of land surrounded solely by blue water. Why is a snake professional like Steen unfamiliar with the effects of this specific reptile’s chunk? Perhaps it’s as a result of there are not any information of people ever being bitten by the golden lancehead pit viper. | <urn:uuid:0541510a-bac4-4b79-ad22-bb53d3eb1869> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://verticaloffshore.com/2021/05/28/venomous-golden-lancehead-of-brazils-snake-island/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00676.warc.gz | en | 0.937637 | 892 | 2.28125 | 2 |
6N3P is found on many smaller tube amps today. It's a great little triode tube, but it's not well known there is a several excellent 6N3P equivalent tubes that allows for tube rolling opportunity.
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Origin of 6N3P
6N3P designation came from now-defunct USSR. It was 6H3П in Cyrillic. When us Westerners saw the Cyrillic letters on the tubes, they looked like 6N3P - so we called it 6N3P.
Chinese military licensed (copied?) 6N3P from the Soviets, but Chinese also couldn't quite deal with Cyrillic. So the Chinese tube manufacturers designated the tube 6N3P. Today, you see Chinese made 6N3P tubes on many tube amps from China today.
2C51 and 5670 Tubes
Although 6N3P designation came from Russia, Russian 6N3P was actually a copy (a very good one at that) of US double triode tube 5670.
5670 was the high reliability version of 2C51 tube. 2C51 / 5670 tubes are compact, low noise, versatile, and saw very wide use. Western Electric also made WE396A which was a direct drop-in replacement for communication applications.
Russians made tubes in different grades, and 6N3P was no different. There are 6N3P, 6N3P-E, 6N3P-EB and 6N3P-DR variants that went from standard to high reliability, to extreme durability.
6N3P were produced at several Soviet tube factories - Reflektor JSC in Saratov Russia, Voskhod JSC in Kaluga, Russia, and mysterious Oktjbr' factory in Vinnitsa, Ukraine.
Tube Rolling 6N3P
All of the 2C51 / 5670 and descendants are drop-in compatible despite having very different names. While some variants are in more demand and priced higher accordingly, they are good sounding tubes with characters of their own.
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A $2.6 billion project in Washington, D.C., will nearly eliminate combined sewer overflows (CSOs) to Rock Creek and the Anacostia and Potomac rivers, helping to improve the Chesapeake Bay’s health.
The Clean Rivers Project, led by the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water), is the largest construction project in the District since Metro was built.
Combined sewer overflows occur during heavy rainstorms, when the mixture of sewage and stormwater cannot fit in the sewer pipes and overflows to the nearest water body. CSOs direct about 2.5 billion gallons of sewage and stormwater into Rock Creek and the Anacostia and Potomac rivers in an average year.
The Clean Rivers Project consists of massive underground tunnels to store the combined sewage during rainstorms, releasing it to the Blue Plains wastewater treatment plant after the storms subside. The first, and largest, tunnel system will serve the Anacostia River.
Visit DC Water’s website for more information about the Clean Rivers Project.
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Bobo the Punching Bag: Reflections on Anger
When I was about five years old and prone to temper tantrums, my mother, who had majored in child psychology in college, gave me a blowup punching bag called “Bobo.” Bobo was about my height and was weighted so as to spring back up after each punch. I was supposed to attack Bobo when I was mad and then, supposedly, I wouldn’t be mad any more. I don’t remember the temper tantrums, but I do recall the rage I felt when Bobo popped back up, refusing to be vanquished. Instead of quelling my rage, Bobo fed it, and it wasn’t long before I dragged Bobo to my closet and shut him in darkness.
I had a keen sense, even back then, of the difference between public and private. I never raged in public or at school. But around this time I had the first and only physical fight of my life. A good friend and I often spent time together making “towns” out of construction paper for our rubber animals. One day we moved to the woods behind her house to make our towns out of pine needles instead. Scraping up needles, we both found ourselves falling short. We reached over to grab from each other. Then, spurred by anger, we clawed each other’s faces, leaving clear red lines down the cheeks. Soon, we both dissolved into tears and were comforted by her mother (a deep humiliation for me to have to be comforted by another mother).
It is easy to laugh at these early childish expressions of anger. After all, we mature and learn to restrain ourselves, and find better ways to handle rage. But there have been other times when I’ve given expression to anger, and even now I find it hard to laugh about some of these incidents. (True confessions time!)
I played the cello from the fifth through the twelfth grade, but I was never very good, and I had an exacting and punitive teacher who scolded me regularly. I dreaded my lessons, and it amazes me I didn’t quit sooner because I never truly enjoyed playing. Once, sometime in middle school, I was practicing a piece — no doubt a Bach suite, a staple of the cellist’s repertoire — and I could not get it right. Furious, but without a target for my rage — no teacher present, no parent present, Bach long dead — I bit my bow, leaving tooth marks that I later had to explain to both teacher and mother with great embarrassment. I was old enough to know better.
My anger dissipated as I got older, or I got control over it, or it went underground. But early in my relationship with the gentle man who became my first husband, a man I still admire and am friends with, there were two incidents of anger that stand out. The first was when I angered him for some reason I can’t recall, and he hurled a head of iceberg lettuce at me with all the force of his 6’3” body. I wasn’t hurt, but it hit hard and I was stunned. We both were. The second incident was when I became enraged with him and threw a coffee mug. It was empty and I threw it lightly across the table without the intent of hitting him. Nevertheless, it landed with a loud thud on the table between us, spilling dregs and silencing everyone present — my parents and his mother. The incident sealed my reputation with his mother as a questionable marriage choice. What I was angry about was that I was having a heated political argument with my father, and my husband-to-be took my father’s side. I can feel to this day the helplessness engendered by those two beloved men ganging up on me. (I am not justifying myself here, only explaining.)
That was the last time I humiliated myself by an expression of rage. But around that time I had plenty of opportunity to observe others embroiled in helpful fury. I was working as an assistant editor for a man who was smart, empathetic, and also a brilliant film editor but, in addition to being an alcoholic, he also had a serious anger problem. Once, after a screening for the producer and director of our film when he became enraged by their critiques, he threw a heavy chair with casters at the two of them. It landed between them without hurting anyone (it easily could have), but the shock felt by everyone was enormous, and it took weeks of reckoning to return to normal in the editing room. Not long after this incident the editor landed in the hospital with a bad back problem, which I’m sure was exacerbated by his anger.
Had it been me — or any other woman — who had thrown that chair, she would have been fired and probably sent for a mental health evaluation. Men are given broad license in this culture — and around the world — to express anger violently. When women do so, we are horrified.
I’ve been thinking of these things because I have found myself writing about a character with occasional bouts of destructive anger. Inevitably, as I think about expressions of rage these incidents from my own past have come roaring back. But even before embarking on this novel anger was on my mind. The Trump years and their sequelae have had a huge impact on me. I raged during the Kavanaugh hearings; I raged during the two impeachments; I raged throughout the insurrection of January 6th. Though my anger has been repeatedly provoked, I have found few ways to turn it into productive action. The novel I’m writing was prompted by my wanting to understand the rage and cruelty that is running amuck now in the public sphere, largely perpetrated by men. How did this Pandora’s Box open? How can the released anger be dissipated or defanged? As I’ve asked before in this blog, what happened in the early lives of these angry men (and women) to make them feel okay about what they’re doing to poison the culture at large? I want to read the blogs or journals or confessions these people might write at some later point in their lives, work that I hope would pinpoint the moments in their development that made them so hateful. I want to hear about their remorse, their shame, their resolution to do better. Do they have superegos? So far we can’t be sure.
I hope you haven’t gotten the wrong idea. If you were to meet me, you would see that, though I can be feisty, I’m not a fundamentally angry person. If you already know me, you might be surprised by hearing of these incidents from my past. But I am a garden-variety example of the human species. I’ve learned to control my anger as I’ve matured — as have my husband, my ex-husband, and my son — and it’s because my life has been a lucky one. I have not suffered from extreme poverty or injustice and haven’t had much cause for extreme rage. I’m aware this isn’t the case for many people whose life circumstances are harsh. (But even those people need to find ways to control their anger, justified though it may be.)
“Docile” as I am these days, one of my new novels coming out later this year is titled Livid. As you might guess, it features an angry woman — or shall we say a woman who becomes angry during the course of the book. It is, I promise you, not the least bit autobiographical.
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There have been two very different approaches to social explanation since the nineteenth century, and they differ most basically over a distinction between "explanation" and "understanding" or "cause" and "meaning". This distinction divides over two ways of understanding a "why" question when it comes to social events. "Why did it happen?" may mean "What caused it to happen?"; or it may mean "Why did the agents act in such a way to bring it about?".
The verstehen approach holds that the most basic ontology of social life is the meaning of an action. Social life is constituted by social actions, and actions are meaningful to the actors and to the other social participants. Moreover, subsequent actions are oriented towards the meanings of prior actions; so understanding the later action requires that we have an interpretation of the meanings that various participants assign to their own actions and those of others. (Central exponents of this tradition include Weber, Dilthey, Heidegger, Ricoeur, and Gadamer.)
This approach places interpretation of meaning at the center of social inquiry. And it drew much of its methodology and tools of inquiry from the hermeneutic tradition -- the tradition of biblical and literary interpretation stemming from Dilthey and other nineteenth-century German thinkers. This tradition is adapted to the "human sciences" by using the metaphor of action as text. The interpreter (a biographer, for example) considers the many elements of the action, life, or complex of actions, and attempts to arrive at an interpretation that makes sense of the various parts.
A central problem that authors in this tradition wrestle with is the "hermeneutic circle" -- the fact that there is no neutral, external standpoint from which to objectively measure the meaning of a system of signs or actions. Instead, interpretation begins and ends with the given -- the text or the action -- and the only evidence available for assessing the interpretation is interior to the text itself. So it may appear that interpretations are self-confirming -- an unhappy conclusion if we think that social explanations ought to have rational justification and empirical support.
The hermeneutic approach got a large boost from the fertile field of interpretive anthropology in the 1970s and 1980s, especially through the work of Clifford Geertz and Turner. However, there is little evidence of a direct intellectual connection from hermeneutic philosophy to interpretive anthropology.
There are several valid insights that the verstehen approach depends on. Most important is the insistence on the point that social action is meaningful and intentional, and that it is both desirable and feasible to arrive at interpretations of these meanings. Moreover, being able to arrive at such interpretations is often essential to historical and ethnographic explanation. Geertz's interpretation of the Balinese cock-fight and Darnton's interpretation of the great cat massacre both illustrate this point: in neither case would we understand the behavior without a deep interpretation of the significances the participants attribute to their actions.
This said, it is incorrect to imagine that the verstehen approach is inconsistent with the causal approach. Rather, the two approaches are compatible and complementary. It is a fact that human action is meaningful and intentional, and all social science must take account of this fact. But it is also true that actions aggregate to larger causes and they have effects on social outcomes. Meaningful, deliberate action is often the mechanism through which a given set of institutional arrangements (a property system, say) cause a social outcome (slow investment in new technologies, say). So meanings are themselves causes and causal mechanisms (a point that Donald Davidson makes in the case of individual action).
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- 1 How many sheep can you have per hectare?
- 2 How much land do you need per sheep?
- 3 How many sheep can you have per hectare NZ?
- 4 How many sheep can one acre hold?
- 5 How much land do you need for 2 sheep?
- 6 Is there money in sheep farming?
- 7 Can sheep live on grass alone?
- 8 What are the disadvantages of sheep?
- 9 Do sheep need a salt block?
- 10 Can sheep eat themselves to death?
- 11 How much land do 2 cows need?
- 12 How many sheep can you have on 15 acres?
- 13 How many sheep can you keep on 5 acres?
- 14 Do sheep destroy pastures?
- 15 How much does a sheep cost UK 2020?
How many sheep can you have per hectare?
The stocking rate norm for sheep on irrigated Italian ryegrass/clover should be from 25 to 30 ewes, with at least 30 lambs per ha.
How much land do you need per sheep?
You can reasonably expect to keep six to ten sheep on an acre of grass and as much as 100 sheep on 30 acres of pasture. If you want to keep more than an acre can sustain, you’ll have to look into purchasing additional land as you’ll likely need to rotate your flock to keep them fed.
How many sheep can you have per hectare NZ?
Sheep farming in New Zealand is extensive in nature, with sheep being farmed on the high or hill country at stocking rates around 7–12 sheep per hectare, mostly with no supplementary feed and no housing.
How many sheep can one acre hold?
Typical stocking densities on productive grass can be approximately six to 10 sheep per acre. However, the stocking density will vary according to climate, topography and grass quality (both farm specific and seasonal variations).
How much land do you need for 2 sheep?
A general rule of thumb is that 1 acre of land can support two sheep, but this varies greatly based on rainfall and your soil quality. If rain is plentiful and your soil rich, your land may support more than two sheep per acre, while an acre in drought-ridden area may not support even one.
Is there money in sheep farming?
Sheep farmers derive their income from the sales of lambs and wool and related products. Though it varies by state and farm, most income comes from the sale of lambs. Dairy sheep farmers have three sources of income: lambs, wool, and milk (or dairy products).
Can sheep live on grass alone?
Sheep are perfectly”designed” to not only live on grass alone, but thrive on it! They can carry multiple lambs, make milk to nurse their young and really put on their weight with access to high quality forage.
What are the disadvantages of sheep?
- Susceptibility – There are few farm animals more vulnerable to predators than sheep.
- Parasites – Sheep are also susceptible to parasites and must be wormed monthly.
- Rebellion – Some sheep like to play by jumping over or running through fences.
Do sheep need a salt block?
Sheep need many essential nutrients. These include sodium and chloride (salt) as well as selenium, a naturally occurring mineral. To supplement, farmers hang salt blocks or pour loose salt into feeders.
Can sheep eat themselves to death?
Sheep have been known to eat themselves to death. They are grazing animals that will eat the food available to them which, if dietarily unsuitable, can be a big problem. Certain medical conditions can also cause sheep to eat until death.
How much land do 2 cows need?
You may have heard a rule-of-thumb is that it takes 1.5 to 2 acres to feed a cow calf pair for 12 months.
How many sheep can you have on 15 acres?
But, a good rule of thumb is 10 ewes and 15 lambs per acre of pasture.
How many sheep can you keep on 5 acres?
It’s recommended that you begin with 2 sheep per acre and never exceed 4 sheep per acre. When you do decide to add more, you’ll more than likely have to make the proper accommodations. For example, grass, flowers, and other vegetation tend to grow best in the spring.
Do sheep destroy pastures?
Sheep look great out grazing in a pasture! But is grazing sheep on your pasture really good for the pasture plants and the soil underneath? Sheep do not ruin pastures, however, mismanagement of grazing animals can and will degrade pastured land.
How much does a sheep cost UK 2020?
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