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“Why I Wear Jordans In The Great Outdoors”
Who does wear Jordans in the great outdoors? I have had never heard of someone that wear Jordans in the great outdoors. Wearing Jordans are not essential need for survival and well-being that goes directly or indirectly from the environment. Jordans are not a part of sustainability that invents the significant conditions for the humans and nature can live in the reality of environment, social, economic, and the future generations.
Jordan sneakers are so expensive and the average price is $190 in today. It is very wasteful to purchase Jordan sneakers and the million people are very stubborn to buy a Jordan pair for $190 to $250. For example, the author stated “My Jordans are falling apart, worn out from adventures in places like the Grand Tetons and the Grand Canyon. This goes directly against how people “should” wear them and what people “should” wear them” (Clouding 139). This is exactly reason why the author and other people should not wear Jordans in the great outdoors because the Jordans are easily torn up and highly expensive. What makes Jordan sneakers are so expensive? Most of Jordan releases are sold out for $100 billion dollars per year. Jordans also are manufactured in China and the China’s renewable energy growth is not good to use for the sustainable development. The reason why the China’s renewable energy growth is bad because they use massive non-renewable resources to produce. China’s manufacturing and climate has transformed to pollution from the bad climate. Coal burning is the major cause, and it is separately the main contributor to renewable energy that clogs the China’s major cities. The China’s manufacturing needs to reduce on fossil fuel and improve their energy structure, and reduce the carbon emissions to live more sustainably.
On other hand, the environmental sustainability is all about making the businesses to reduce the negative impact on the environment. It is not very easy for people to reduce the quality of waste or using too much energy, but it is also very concerned about growing and developing procedures that leads too many businesses to become a great sustainable in the future. The sustainability needs the most important things to use the proper resources that can be renewed. The renewable resources are the main top reason to keep the sustainability or continuous production of goods and or services for the benefit of the human race to last longer. Also, the renewable resources are important because they provide clean energy for people’s daily lives without the bad products of energy resources. What would happen if we run out of renewable resources? The raw materials will go higher prices and this would lead to an increase in costs of production. Therefore, it follows that environmental sustainability is making certain that in needs to our needs for water, food, and shelter as well as engaging in activities that make our lives enjoyable – including leisure activities and entertainment – we don’t cause damage to our environment or deplete resources that we can’t renew. | <urn:uuid:77e11521-1a87-4ba5-996a-8317b5293ef4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://instantassignments.com/who-does-wear-jordans-in-the-great-outdoors/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00674.warc.gz | en | 0.959943 | 618 | 1.96875 | 2 |
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Did anyone figure out how to do the powerful serves?
Or how to put spin/curve on the ball?
to do the powerful serve u need to time it right when your charter throws the ball in the air and hit it in time. I do it a lot once you have it down you will mostly always do it. The other stuff idk
just like real tennis just kinda twist your wrist a little bit when you hit the ball
Yeah pretty much sums it up. Emulate tennis into this game and focus on doing powerful serves that have a 'spin' to it (tilt the Wiimote up down a bit).
Its all about timing. Once you get it down its real easy. Even easier if you know how to play tennis.
Thanks for the good tips. Is there some where that tells you all about the wii sports?
You can time it perfectly by listening to the "wooo" sound coming out of your wii remote when you point it up to serve. Throw your remote down exactly when this sound stops. This takes a bit of practice. I hit a power serve almost every time. =D
twisting your wrist on the returns changes the spin of the ball also
I can get topspin and backspin to work to some degree
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When I first started out as a Pilates instructor, my clients would tell me that although they felt their strength, function and tone were greatly improving, they noticed their waistlines were getting thicker.
How could this be? How could Pilates, the king of core conditioning, be bulking up my clients’ belt size? What was I doing as a teacher to widen their waistbands? Desperate to solve this problem, I looked at the mechanics of the core and how I could create strength without increasing diameter.
Pilates works the core in four biomechanical dimensions:
- Flexion: a curling forward of the spine
- Extension: an arching backward of the spine
- Rotation: a twisting motion of the spine around its axis
- Lateral flexion: a side-bending of the spine
As I watched my clients perform these movements, I noticed that extreme side-bending (lateral flexion) produced a bulging out of the stomach wall. Because I wasn’t maintaining length in my clients’ core during their side-bending exercises, I was adding unwanted inches to their waist. So I reduced the amount of side-bending exercises I taught in each session and cued my clients to reach long, prohibiting the “crunching” motion that shortened their lateral fibers.
I was giddy to have solved the mystery of why my clients were gaining girth, but I dug deeper to find the tools to help my clients lose inches around their waist, to uncover the secret to creating a small, sleek and super strong midsection.
There is a common Pilates cue that goes, “Exhale and squeeze your abdominals as if you’re wringing water out of a washcloth.” I ruminated on this and realized that the most effective way to wring out a cloth is not to merely squeeze it, but to twist it. Twisting makes the center of the washcloth long, tight and narrow. So why not try the same thing on the core?
Spinal rotation promoted greater flexibility, developed definition in the oblique muscles and quickly shrunk my clients’ waistlines!
5 Twisting Moves For A Slimmer Waistline
Photo by Katrina Wittkamp
1. Reclining Knee Twist
Lean back on your forearms, curl the tailbone under and bring the legs into a tabletop position. Inhale and tilt the legs to one side as far as possible while maintaining your upper body form.
Exhale and “wring out” the waist, slowly drawing the knees back to center.
Repeat on other side. Do two sets of 10 (5x each side), resting between each set.
2. Scissor Criss Cross
Lay on your back, interlace your hands behind the head and curl the chest off the floor. Scissor the legs and twist the torso toward the upper leg, drawing the abs in deeply as you exhale.
Take a quick inhale as you scissor the legs the other direction, and exhale again as you twist the other way.
Repeat this alternating motion 10x, then rest and repeat.
3. Forearm Plank Twist
From a forearm plank, legs together, exhale and squeeze the abs in as you slowly rotate to the right side of the right foot, keeping both feet stacked and both elbows firmly on the floor. Inhale and return to center, then exhale and rotate the other direction.
Repeat 10x (five alternating rotations). Rest and repeat.
4. Side Plank Twist
From side plank, upper hand behind the head, inhale and twist the chest up toward the ceiling, then exhale and rotate the chest toward the floor.
Keep the pelvis still and the feet stacked (separate the feet if unstable). Do 5-8 reps per side. Rest and repeat.
5. Double Lunge Twist
Begin standing, hands behind head, right leg forward, left leg back. Exhale and bend both knees simultaneously as you twist the torso as far as possible to the right (toward the front leg).
Inhale, straighten the legs and return the torso to center. Do eight reps on each side, then rest and repeat.
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A portable pump for inflating bicycle tyres.
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- ‘Will the person who took my bicycle pump please return it?’
- ‘Someone has to write the instructions for your wristwatch, or toaster oven, or bicycle pump, or sunglasses.’
- ‘Pitch a tent in 10 seconds with a refillable CO 2 canister, or in a minute with a bicycle pump.’
- ‘When the Universe was more compressed, it was hotter, just as the air in a bicycle pump gets hot when it is compressed.’
- ‘The same nebulizer can be activated by the pressure of oxygen from a tank, or of air from an ordinary bicycle pump.’
- ‘He needed practical help, and that help came from a retired mechanical engineer who made a suck-blow device from a dental plate, part of a bicycle pump, an empty ball point pen and a paint brush.’
- ‘The simplest demonstration of Boyle's Law is a hand bicycle pump.’
- ‘One early launch account, for example, describes rocket fuel being loaded by bicycle pump.’
- ‘I had not moved more than a mere 5 metres when a man passed me slowly on his two-wheeler with, surprise, surprise, a bicycle pump strapped to his luggage carrier.’
- ‘Those bicycle pumps are hard to operate after a hundred or so pushes.’
- ‘Here rooms can accumulate mystery detritus: half eaten packets of biscuits, journals, clothing, bicycle pumps.’
- ‘The only thing that stood between me and two-wheeled nirvana was the complete lack of bicycle pumps in the town.’
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- ‘I got the elusive bicycle pump attachment yesterday.’
- ‘Normally this is a problem, especially when I found a rusty bicycle pump in my garage.’
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Dark days in Hollywood
If that notion of a recession-resistant entertainment industry hasn’t already been debunked, just get in touch with one of your pals out in Hollywood. They’ll tell you how bad it is — how jobs are disappearing.
Warner Brothers Entertainment is the latest to cut staff, announcing 800 jobs would be lost, or 10 percent of its worldwide staff. NBC Universal and Viacom have already cut jobs, and industry watchers expect more job cuts to be announced by Walt Disney and Sony Pictures.
Perhaps more than other layoffs, the Warner Bros cuts send a signal of just how bad business look, The New York Times points out.
While not unexpected — Warner had been quietly preparing Hollywood to expect cuts — the layoffs rattled the movie capital because the studio is regarded as one of the industry’s healthiest. With a parade of hits like “The Dark Knight,” “Sex and the City,” “Get Smart” and “Four Christmases,” Warner recorded global ticket sales of $1.77 billion in 2008, up 25 percent from a year earlier.
But DVD sales plummeted in the fourth quarter and orders of scripted television programs — a huge Warner business — are expected to decline as networks cope with tumbling advertising sales. The struggles of Warner’s parent company, Time Warner, in the publishing arena have also put pressure on the studio to increase profitability.
The Wall Street Journal also notes the challenges faced by parent Time Warner.
The deepening economic downturn has heaped added pressure on Time Warner to cut costs. The company recently announced a $25 billion fourth-quarter write-down to account for the tumbling value of its cable, publishing and AOL businesses, and once again scaled back its advertising outlook.
Warner Bros. was always seen as one of Time Warner’s more bloated divisions, with significant room for trimming and margin improvement. Time Warner’s movie business has already gone through one round of around 300 job cuts last year when Time Warner folded its New Line Cinema unit into Warner Bros. and shut down two boutique labels, Picturehouse and Warner Independent Pictures.
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- Tensions are rising at Sony over a restructuring aimed at cost cutting (FT.com)
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Low-Sodium Diet May Actually Be Bad for You
A new study has found that a low-sodium diet is not only not beneficial to health, it may even be harmful, The New York Times reports.
A committee of experts commissioned by the Institute of Medicine at the request of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there is no medical rationale for anyone to aim for sodium levels below 2,300 milligrams a day. That is far above the American Heart Assn.'s recommended maximum sodium intake of 1,500 milligrams a day.
The AHA level is purported to prevent heart attacks and strokes in those at risk, which includes people over 50, African-Americans and people with high blood pressure, diabetes or chronic kidney disease -- fully half the U.S. population. But the AHA says everyone should aim for no more than 1,500 milligrams a day. They are sticking to their guns, even in the face of the Institute of Medicine's new report.
But too-low sodium consumption may actually be harmful, according to the new data analysis. "As you go below the 2,300 mark, there is an absence of data in terms of benefit and there begin to be suggestions in subgroup populations about potential harms," Dr. Brian L. Strom, chairman of the committee and a professor of public health at the University of Pennsylvania, told the NYT. He said those possible harms actually include increased rates of heart attacks and an increased risk of death overall.
It has been proven that blood pressure can drop slightly when people eat less salt. Researchers have linked that fact to other studies that showed that higher blood pressure increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes. But the expert committee's recent analysis suggests that may be too simplistic a formulation.
Current U.S. dietary guidelines, based on a 2005 Institute of Medicine report, recommend that the general population aim for sodium levels of 1,500 to 2,300 milligrams a day. However, the average U.S. sodium consumption in the United States, and around the world, is about 3,400 milligrams a day. (Much of that comes from eating processed foods.)
The committee looked at salt research conducted since 2005. A 2008 study examined by the group found that congestive heart failure patients consuming a lower level of sodium had more than three times the number of hospital readmissions and more than twice as many deaths as those in the research group who consumed more salt.
A 2011 study that followed 28,800 subjects with high blood pressure for nearly five years found that the risks of heart attacks, strokes, congestive heart failure and death from heart disease increased significantly for those consuming more than 7,000 milligrams of sodium a day -- and for those consuming fewer than 3,000 milligrams of sodium daily.
Dr. Michael H. Alderman, a dietary sodium expert at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, told the NYT that as sodium levels plunge, triglyceride levels go up, insulin resistance increases, and the sympathetic nervous system becomes more active -- all of which can increase the risk of heart disease.
"What they have done is earth-shattering," Dr. Alderman told the NYT of the current study. He predicted their report "will have a big impact."
But Dr. Elliott Antman, an AHA spokesman, stressed to the NYT: "The American Heart Assn. is not changing its position." He said the group is rejecting the Institute of Medicine's conclusions because the studies on which they were based were flawed, and that everyone should still shoot for no more than 1,500 milligrams of sodium a day (which is a little over half a teaspoon).
The Institute of Medicine committee countered that the more recent studies it examined were careful and rigorous, and that "much of the new research found adverse effects on the lower end of the sodium scale and none showed a benefit from consuming very little salt," according to the NYT.
However, 2,300 milligrams a day appears to be the maximum level before blood pressure begins creeping up.
The government's dietary guidelines are currently being revised, which is why the expert committee looked at salt. New recommendations will be issued in 2015.
In the meantime, perhaps you don't have to keep quite such a close eye on your fries.
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MILCK is a singer, songwriter, producer, and advocate who has been an impactful voice in the advancement of human rights since the well-known 2017 viral performance of her song “Quiet” during the Women’s March. “Quiet” became the unofficial anthem of the movement, was named Billboard’s No.1 Protest Song, and was selected for NPR’s American Anthem Series. The City of Los Angeles featured MILCK as a leader in positive change and influence for the AAPI Community in their Together We Speak Exhibit. In 2020, MILCK’s single “Somebody’s Beloved” came out during the Black Lives Matter protests and chronicles the life-shattering effects of systemic racism in America. MILCK was then invited to participate in The Kellogg Foundation’s National Day of Racial Healing and performed a powerful duet of “Somebody’s Beloved” with acclaimed poet Amanda Gorman. Following the song’s release, MILCK established The Somebody’s Beloved Fund, to use her music to generate resources for ten grassroots beneficiaries that build power around racial justice, feminism, LGBTQIA+ rights, criminal justice reform and mental health. She has pledged for every song on her upcoming album to benefit The Somebody’s Beloved Fund. MILCK has performed for Time Magazine’s Voices of the Future summit, was named one of BlogHer’s Social Impact Honorees at the VOTY100 and was a mentor for The Wrap’s BE Conference talking about the intersection of music and social justice. Her latest single “Steady as We Go” launched as part of OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network’s primetime special highlighting women around the globe who are impacting change in their communities. Other songs of MILCK’s have been placed on TV shows, major network trailers, and national commercial campaigns. The Planned Parenthood Champion of Choice Award recipient also finds tremendous joy in writing and producing emotional and anthemic songs for other artists, such as John Legend. MILCK’s new full-length album arrives later this year.
Inspiring activist/singer-songwriter and producer MILCK released her cover of U2’s classic hit “One” earlier this month with producer AG (Adrianne Gonzalez), celebrating the song’s upcoming 30th anniversary. The song will be featured on the recently announced 7-song EP U2 Reimagined, produced by AG and performed by a diverse group of all-female artists. Today, MILCK shares music video to accompany the new single, directed by Pasha Poosh, featuring improvisations by dancers Matthew “ET” Gibbs and Kylie Shea, who also co-directed the production. The music video was created in partnership with P&G. Stream “One” here, and watch the stunning new music video here.
“Dancers that dance at this level of athleticism and artistic sensibility are channeling truth through their bodies,” shared MILCK. “Watching Kylie and ET’s improv together reminds me that when we dare to invite others in on our artistic process, we have the opportunity to access a divine storytelling power that transcends words. I hope that when people watch this video, they can feel a sense of catharsis. I then hope that ease of tension will inspire the viewer to contemplate on how they can get creative and curious about participating in the journey of racial healing.”
“U2’s music saved my brother’s life and carried my family through one of the fiercest transitions we’ve experienced thus far,” divulges Shea. “I have a deep reverence for Bono and Edge as their artistry has been etched into my soul for as long as I can remember. When MILCK and AG first played me their reimagined cover of ‘One’, I instantly had full body chills and couldn’t stop the tears from flowing. I immediately had a vision of Matthew ‘ET’ Gibbs and I improvising together while representing our two very different styles of dance, ballet and bone-breaking, to visually represent the message of the song, which is as powerful as ever almost 30 years after the original record was released.”
Shea continues, “It is my hope that this project will inspire other dancers and artists of all mediums to collaborate with one another and use their creative power and energy to help sew our divided world back together. If this video changes even one person’s life, all of the struggle and what it took for us to be here today was absolutely worth it.”
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Planned Parenthood Champion of Choice Award Recipient
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MILCK aims to create such change through an intersectional lens of Feminism, Black-Asian Solidarity, AAPI Support, LGBTQ Rights, Criminal Justice Reform, and Mental Health. For more information, please visit SomebodysBeloved.com.
Somebody’s Beloved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBCQvB5CDHQ
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MILCK hobbies include biking and watercoloring.
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Female leadership roles in the workplace have come a long away in recent years, but there is still plenty of room for improvement. Fortunately, there are many things you can do to add more gender balance to your corporation. By doing so, you help to raise awareness for women in leadership roles. And you will also help get the word out that your brand supports female leadership. This could help to inspire more companies to follow the same path while you also attract customers who are simultaneously interested in the cause.
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If you are looking for more ways to promote women in the workplace, here are a few tips for your business.
End the Gender Gap
Two of the biggest ongoing issues for females in the workplace is pay disparity and gender gap. These issues are the reason for so many class-action lawsuits. The best way to promote female equality in the workplace is to end the gender gap and enforce equal pay. You should pay all your employees equally based on their level of experience and not on their gender. By doing so, your company will take a huge leap toward a more successful and fair future for all.
Acknowledge the Different Styles of Leadership
Women often take on leadership roles much differently than men. While most men feel comfortable with promoting themselves and working individually, women tend to lead as a team advocate and do not usually stand out as an individual leader. Both types of leadership are needed in most work settings. Find a way to promote the female leaders who work for you and place them in roles where they can use their talents to improve teamwork throughout your business.
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There are many women who have the skills to be a leader in the workplace, but they miss out on these opportunities because they feel they are underqualified. At the same time, there are many male workers who go after roles that they aren’t qualified for. Encourage your workers to use their best skills in the workplace and tell the women in your company that you want to see them take on more leadership roles. By actively encouraging your female workers and providing external support, you could help put the right worker in the right position that will help your business succeed.
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A prototype volcanic ash detector that has been fitted to a British Airways 747 aircraft could help prevent future air travel disruption.
The ZEUS device developed by the Met Office and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is capable of detecting tiny amounts of ash in the atmosphere by distinguishing between the level of electrostatic charge on the aircraft when flying in normal conditions and when volcanic ash is present.
The device has been fitted on a British Airways 747 and data has already been successfully downloaded from its first flight to Johannesburg. The jet will continue to fly on long-haul routes around the world for a year, collecting data for analysis.
The eruption of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 grounded over 100,000 international flights, and cost airlines more than £2bn, but the scientists behind the new detector hope the data it gathers could help prevent a repeat by improving ash forecasting and also helping airlines plan their flight and engineering operations better.
Ian Lisk, Met Office head of natural hazards, said: "While further development is still required, we are delighted with progress with this prototype volcanic ash sensor to date and the findings we have so far received from the tests are very promising."
It is hoped that by correlating information from ZEUS flight data – including weather conditions, speed, altitude and location – scientists will be able to build better a picture of volcanic ash distribution.
Aircraft engineers could also use this data to schedule post-flight inspections of engines and aircraft systems that may have been affected by volcanic ash.
An early prototype of Zeus has been flying on the NERC/Met Office dedicated research aircraft and a Flybe Dash-8 Q400 passenger aircraft since 2012, gathering background data from around Europe.
EasyJet announced in July that it would introduce on-board volcanic ash detectors that enable pilots to spot dangerous ash clouds 100km ahead of the aircraft.
Captain Dean Plumb from British Airways said: "We were very keen to be involved in this pioneering research. Aircraft regularly encounter small quantities of ash in flights around the world, perfectly safely, and pilots use expert forecasts to avoid more dense ash clouds.
“ZEUS has the potential to provide a clearer picture of ash distribution and could be used to inform decision-making processes in the event of future volcanic eruptions."
An international team of researchers lead by Queen's University Belfast recently published a study in the journal Geology containing the first evidence that ash clouds can travel across the Atlantic Ocean.
Academics have traced ash found in sites across Europe, including Sluggan Bog near Randalstown in County Antrim, to so-called White River Ash resulting from the eruption of the Alaskan volcano Mount Bona-Churchill in AD 847.
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I like to think that I chose precisely the right ten years to work on Hitler. Any earlier, and the archives would not have begun to disgorge their captured papers ; any later, and those who came closest to enjoying Hitlers confidence would have died. Hitlers secretaries and adjutants were without exception of the utmost help. Traudl Junge and Christa Schroeder provided unpublished manuscripts and letters of the period ; his adjutants Admiral Karl-Jesco von Puttkamer (navy), General Gerhard Engel (army), and Colonel Nicolaus von Below (Luftwaffe) did the same, and labored through much of the resulting manuscript. Without the memories of Colonel Erik von Amsberg, Max W¸nsche, Fritz Darges, and Otto G¸nsche, many a gap in our knowledge would have remained unfilled. But many other adjutants attending Hitlers conferences also assistedof whom I must single out for mention Major General Ottomar Hansen, Lieutenant Colonel Ernst John von Freyend, Admiral Kurt Freiwald, and Captain Herbert Friedrichs, and particularly Johannes G–hler and Wolf Eberhard for the important diaries and letters they made available to me for the first time.
The most important documents were provided by Professor Hugh Trevor-Roper and by Lev Besymenski. Dr. Cortez F. Enloe, Washington, D.C., furnished medical records on Hitler. FranÁois Genoud, Lausanne, Switzerland, supplied key extracts from Bormanns personal files ; Frau Asta Greiner, Wiesbaden, Germany, her husbands unpublished diaries and private correspondence ; the stenographer Karl Thot, Bonn, his war diary ; the late Colonel Karl-Heinz Keitel, papers from his fathers collection ; Albert Speer, Heidelberg, Germany, his office Chronik and other papers ; Reinhard Spitzy, Austria, certain letters ; G¸nter Peis, Munich, selected items from his unique collection ; and Dr. Heinrich Heim, Munich, papers originating from his period as Martin Bormanns adjutant ; furthermore Hitlers doctors Professor Hanskarl von Hasselbach, Dr. Erwin Giesing, and Dr. Richard Weber provided papers or other aid.
Many of the collections deposited in the archives would have remained closed to me without the kindness of the following : Isabella Adam, Ursula Backe, Anni Brandt, Ilse Dittmar, Friedl Koller, Paula Kubizek, Baroness Jutta von Richthofen, the late Lucie Rommel, Anneliese Schmundt, Gertrud Seyss-Inquart, Ruth von Vormann, Elisabeth Wagner, Elisabeth Todt, Margarete von Waldau, Baroness Marga von Weichs, Baroness Marianne von Weizs”ckerall of whom either permitted me to see or provided me with direct access to their husbands papers, letters, and diaries. (The Weizs”cker diaries have been expertly transcribed by my colleague Professor Leonidas E. Hill.) Frau Blanda Benteler allowed me the diaries of her husband Walther Hewel ; Liselotte von Salmuth those of her husband, the Colonel General ; Else Renate Nagy the manuscripts and papers of her late husband Dr. Wilhelm Scheidtadjutant of Hitlers court historian General Walter Scherff ; Frau Gerta von Radinger the private letters of her late husband, Alwin-Broder Albrecht (whom she had married in 1940). Frau Anneliese Schmundt gave me her private war diary. I am also grateful to Dr. Peter von Blomberg, Manfred Br¸ckner, General Heinz-G¸nther Guderian, Joachim Hoepner, Hermann Leeb, Fritz von Lossberg, R¸diger von Manstein, and Roland Schaub for permission to use the private papers of their fathers. The late Karl-Otto Saur, Field Marshal Erhard Milch, Major General Ivo-Thilo von Trotha, General Walter von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Ambassador Dr. Hasso von Etzdorf, and the late Ludwig Krieger, stenographer, all made diaries and papers available to me.
Of those who gave up their time for long conversations or to write letters I must mention these : Ludwig Bahls, Werner Best, Karl Bodenschatz, Herta Bergerwidow of the stenographer killed on July 20, 1944Herbert B¸chs, Eugen Dollmann, Peterpaul von Donat, Xaver Dorsch, Baron Sigismund von Falkenstein, Ambassador AndrÈ FranÁois Poncet, Reinhard Gehlen, Otto-Heinz Grosskreutz, Werner Grothmann, Hedwig Haase, Ernst Putzi Hanfstaengl, Heider Heydrich, Ralph Hewins, Ambassador Hans von Herwarth, Professor Andreas Hillgruber, Professor Raul Hilberg, Gebhard Himmler, Walter Huppenkothen, Professor Hans-Adolf Jacobsen, Elisabeth Kaltenbrunner, Hans Kehrl, Werner Koeppen, Marlene Kunde (nÈe Exner), Dr. O.H. Schmitz-Lammers, Helmut Laux, Heinz Linge, Field Marshal Friedrich List, Heinz Lorenz, Colonel J.L. McCowen, Johanna Morell, Josef M¸ller, Pastor Martin Niem–ller, Max Pemsel, Leo Raubal, the late Anneliese von Ribbentrop, Walter Rohland, J¸rgen Runzheimer, Professor Ernst-G¸nther Schenck, Henriette von Schirach, Richard Schulze-Kossens, Dietrich Schwencke, former Federal Chancellor Dr. Kurt von Schuschnigg, General Curt Siewert, Otto Skorzeny, Gertrud and Friedrich Stumpfegger, the late Helmut S¸ndermann, Admiral Gerhard Wagner, Winifred Wagner, Karl Wahl, Walter Warlimont, and Karin Weigl. Walter Frentz placed his photographic collection at my disposal ; Peter Hoffmann his expertise ; Frau Luise Jodl her husbands papers.
For most of the ten years I also plagued archives and institutes with my inquiries. I am most indebted to the exemplary Institut f¸r Zeitgeschichte in Munich, and to its then director Professor Helmuth Krausnick and above all its head of archives Dr. Anton Hoch, who guided me as friend and mentor with great objectivity and ability from October 1966 onward ; Frau Karla G–tz, Hermann Weiss, and Anton Zirngibl fulfilled my often immodest demands, and Dr. Wolfgang Jacobmeyer permitted me to use his prepared edition of the Hans Frank diaries. In transferring to the Institut my entire Hitler document collection, including the interview and interrogation records, Hitlers armament decrees, the Canaris/Lahousen fragments, a correct transcription of Greiners war diary notes, the Scheidt papers, and much else, I hope to have recompensed in part for the assistance given me. Much of the material was microfilmed by the Imperial War Museum, London S.E. I, before I transferred it to Munich ; these films are available from the museums Foreign Documents Centre. I also transferred my collection of records on Hitlers medical history to the Bundesarchiv in Koblenz, Germany (where it is filed as item Kl. Erw. 525). I placed a copy of the Fritzsch Papers, 1938-39, in the Bundesarchiv-Milit”rarchiv in Freiburg, Germany, where Dr. Friedrich-Christian Stahl, Alfred Bottler, and Colonel Helmuth Vorwieg aided me. At the neighboring Militargeschichtliches Forschungsamt (of the German Defense Ministry) I was guided by Colonels Karl Gundeslach, Manfred Kehrig, Rolf Elbe, and Dr. Georg Meyer through the intricacies of their own archives. At Nurembergs State Archives Dr. Puchner and Dr. Schuhmann aided me ; and at the F¸hrungsakademie der Bundeswehr in Hamburg Colonel Helmuth Technau was kind enough to allow me to carry volumes of original recordsincluding the important Koller diariesto London with me to put on microfilm. In the Operational Archives Branch at Washington Navy Yard I met with the fullest cooperation of Dr. Dean C. Allard and Mrs. Mildred D. Mayeux ; and Robert Wolfe, John E. Taylor, Thomas E. Hohmann, and their colleagues provided assistance at the National Archives. I must also mention Mrs. Agnes F. Peterson of the Hoover Library, Stanford, California ; Detmar Finke of the Office of the Chief of Military History (OCMH), Washington D.C.; and Mr. George E. Blau, chief historian of USAEUR headquarters, Heidelberg, Germany. The U.S. Missions Berlin Document Center provided speedy and efficient assistance while under its director Richard Bauer, as did the heads of archives of the German, French, Finnish, and British foreign offices. In London I encountered particularly useful help from Dr. Leo Kahn of the Imperial War Museum ; Squadron Leader L.A. Jackets of the Air Historical Branch ; Mr. Brian Melland, Mr. Clifton Child, and Mrs. Nan Taylor of the Cabinet Office Historical Section ; and Mr. K. Hiscock at the Foreign Office Library. World War II researchers will find many of the special microfilms of materials prepared by me while researching this book available now from E.P. Microform Ltd., East Ardsley, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England.
This book would have been impossible without the patience and generosity of the many publishers who waited long years for the scaffolding to be removed from this monumentum aeris which I have erected. My editors, Alan Williams of the Viking Press and Stanley Hochman, provided me with many a stimulus and useful reproof. Without the indulgence of my wife, Pilar, in putting up with the years of turmoil and inconvenience the book might not have appeared. Nor shall I forget the nameless legions who typed, translated, or trudged the archives with me : Mrs. Jutta Thomas, the only one of my secretaries to survive the full marathon, and my colleague Elke Frohlich, who encouraged me to persist and helped me to scale the mountains of records in Berlin, Munich, London, Freiburg, and Bonn that had daunted and dissuaded other writers and would otherwise have discouraged me.
To historians is granted a talent that even the gods are deniedto alter what has already happened !
I bore this scornful adage in mind when I embarked on this study of Hitlers war years late in 1964. I saw myself as a stone-cleanerless concerned with a wordy and subjective architectural appraisal than with scrubbing years of grime and discoloration from the facade of a silent and forbidding monument, uncertain whether the revealed monument would prove too hideous to be worthy of the effort.
In earlier books, I relied on the primary records of the period rather than published literature ; I naÔvely supposed that the same technique could within five years be applied to a study of Adolf Hitler, little realizing that it would be eleven years before I would lay bare the factual bedrock on which the legend of Hitler had been built. But I believe that hard rubbing has disclosed a picture of the man that nobody until now had suspected.
My conclusion on completing the research startled even me : while Adolf Hitler was a powerful and relentless military commander, the war years saw him as a lax and indecisive political leader who allowed affairs of state to rot. In fact he was probably the weakest leader Germany has known in this century. Though often brutal and insensitive, Hitler lacked the ability to be ruthless where it mattered most, e.g., he refused to bomb London itself until the decision was forced on him in the late summer of 1940. He was reluctant to impose the test of total mobilization on the German master race until it was too late to matter, so that with munitions factories crying out for manpower, idle German housewives were still employing half a million domestic servants to dust their homes and polish their furniture. His military irresolution also showed through, for example, in his panicky vaccillation at times of crisis like the Battle for Narvik in 1940. He took ineffectual measures against his enemies inside Germany for too long, and seems to have been unable to take effective action against strong opposition at the very heart of his High Command. He suffered incompetent ministers and generals far longer than the Allied leaders did. He failed too to unite the feuding Party and Wehrmacht factions in fighting for the common cause, and he proved incapable of stifling the OKH (War Departments) corrosive hatred of the OKW (the Wehrmacht High Command). I believe I show in this book that the more hermetically Hitler locked himself away behind the barbed wire and minefields of his remote military headquarters, the more his Germany became a F¸hrer-Staat without a F¸hrer. Domestic policy was controlled by whoever was most powerful in each sectorby Hermann G–ring as head of the powerful economics office, the Four-Year Plan ; by Hans Lammers as chief of the Reich Chancellery or by Martin Bormann, the Nazi party boss ; or by Heinrich Himmler, minister of the interior and Reichsf¸hrer of the black-uniformed SS.
The problem is that Hitler was a puzzle even to his most intimate advisers. Joachim Ribbentrop, his foreign minister, wrote in his Nuremberg prison cell in 1945 :
I got to know Adolf Hitler more closely in 1933. But if I am asked today whether I knew him wellhow he thought as a politician and statesman, what kind of man he wasthen Im bound to confess that I know only very little about him ; in fact nothing at all. The fact is that although I went through so much together with him, in all the years of working with him I never came closer to him than on the first day we met, either personally or otherwise.
As a historian I have resorted to the widest possible spectrum of source materials. I have not only used the military records and archives ; I have burrowed deep into the contemporary writings of his closest friends and personal staff, seeking clues to the real truth in their diaries or in the private letters they wrote to their wives and friends. In this way I have tried to understand the intricacies and contradictions in Hitlers last years.
The sheer complexity of that character is evident from a comparison of his extreme brutality in some respects and his almost maudlin sentimentality and stubborn adherence to long-abandoned military conventions in others. In the chapters that follow, we shall find Hitler cold-bloodedly ordering the execution of fifty or a hundred hostages for every German occupation-soldier killed ; dictating the massacre of Italian soldiers who turned their weapons against the German troops in 1943 ; ordering the systematic liquidation of Red Army commissars, Allied Commando troops, andin 1945even captured Allied aircrews ; in 1942 he announces to the General Staff that the entire male populations of Stalingrad and Leningrad will eventually be exterminated, and he justifies these orders to himself and to his staff by political doctrines and the expediencies of war. Yet the same Adolf Hitler indignantly exclaimed, in one of the last war conferences of his life, that Soviet tanks were flying the Nazi swastika as a ruse during street fighting in Berlin, and he flatly forbade his Wehrmacht to violate flag rules ! In an age in which the governments of the democracies, both during World War II and in later years, unhesitatingly attempted, engineered, or condoned the assassination of the inconvenientfrom General Sikorski, Admiral Darlan, Field Marshal Rommel, and King Boris to Fidel Castro, Patrice Lumumba, and Salvador Allendewe learn that Hitler, the unscrupulous dictator, not only never resorted to the assassination of foreign opponents, but flatly forbade the Abwehr (Intelligence Agency) to attempt it (in particular he rejected Admiral Canariss plans to assassinate the Red Army General Staff).
The negative is traditionally always difficult to prove ; but it seemed well worth attempting to discredit accepted dogmas if only to expose the unseaworthiness of many current legends about Hitler. The most durable of these concerns the F¸hrers involvement in the extermination of the Jews. My analysis of this controversial issue serves to highlight two broad conclusions : that in wartime, dictatorships are fundamentally weakthe dictator himself, however alert, is unable to oversee all the functions of his executives acting within the confines of his far-flung empire ; and that in this particular case, the burden of guilt for the bloody and mindless massacre of the Jews rests on a large number of Germans, many of them alive today, and not just on one mad dictator, whose order had to be obeyed without question.
I had approached the massacre of the Jews from the traditional viewpoint prevailing in the mid-196os. Supposing Hitler was a capable statesman and a gifted commander, the argument ran, how does one explain his murder of six million Jews ? If this book were simply a history of the rise and fall of Hitlers Reich, it would be legitimate to conclude : Hitler killed the Jews. He after all created the atmosphere of hatred with his anti-Semitic speeches in the 1930s ; he and Himmler created the SS ; he built the concentration camps ; his speeches, though never explicit, left the clear impression that liquidate was what he meant. For a full-length war biography of Hitler, I felt that a more analytical approach to the key questions of initiative, complicity, and execution would be, necessary. Remarkably, I found that Hitlers own role in the Final Solution of the Jewish Problem has never been examined. German historians, usually the epitome of painstaking essaying on every other subject, to whom no hypothesis is acceptable unless scrutinized from a thousand angles, suddenly developed monumental blind spots when Hitler himself cropped up : bald statements were made, legends were created, blame was laid, without a shadow of historical evidence in support. British and American historians followed suit. Other writers quoted them. For thirty years, our knowledge of Hitlers part in the atrocity has rested on inter-historian incest.
Many people, particularly in Germany and Austria, had an interest in propagating the accepted version that the order of one madman originated the entire massacre. Precisely when the order was given and in what form has, admittedly, never been established. In 1939?but the secret extermination camps did not begin operating until December 1941. At the January 1942 Wannsee Conference?but the incontrovertible evidence is that Hitler ordered on November 30, 1941, that there was to be no liquidation of the Jews (without much difficulty, I found in Himmlers private files his own handwritten note on this). On several subsequent dates in 1942 Hitler madein privatestatements which are totally incompatible with the notion that he knew that the liquidation program had in fact begun. In 1943, and again in early 1944, I find that documents being submitted to Hitler by the SS were tampered with so as to camouflage the truth about the pogrom : sometimes the files contain both the original texts and the doctored version submitted to Hitler. Small wonder that when his closest crony of all those years, SS General Josef (Sepp) Dietrich, was asked by the American Seventh Army for an opinion on Hitler on June 1, 1945, he replied, He knew even less than the rest. He allowed himself to be taken for a sucker by everyone.
My own hypothesis, to which I point in the various chapters in which I deal in chronological sequence with the unfolding persecution and liquidation of the European Jews, is this : he killing was partly of an ad hoc nature, what the Germans call a Verlegenheitsl–sungthe way out of an awkward dilemma, chosen by the middle-level authorities in the eastern territories overrun by the Nazisand partly a cynical extrapolation by the central SS authorities of Hitlers anti-Semitic decrees. Hitler had unquestionably decreed that Europes Jews were to be swept back to the east ; I describe the various phase-lines established by this doctrine. But the SS authorities, Gauleiters, and regional commissars and governors in the east proved wholly unequal to the problems caused by this mass uprooting in midwar. The Jews were brought by the trainload to ghettos already overcrowded and underprovisioned. Partly in collusion with each other, partly independently, the Nazi agencies there simply liquidated the deportees as their trains arrived, on a scale increasingly more methodical and more regimented as the months passed.
A subsidiary motive in the atrocity was the animal desire of the murderers to loot and plunder the Jewish victims and conceal their traces. (This hypothesis does not include the methodical liquidation of Russian Jews during the Barbarossa invasion of 1941, which came under a different Nazi headingpreemptive guerrilla warfare ; and there is no indication that Hitler expressed any compunctions about it.) We shall see how in October 1943, even as Himmler was disclosing to audiences of SS generals and Gauleiters that Europes Jews had virtually been exterminated, Hitler was still forbidding liquidationse.g., of the Italian Jews in Romeand ordering their internment instead. (This order his SS also disobeyed.) Wholly in keeping with his character, when Hitler was confronted with the factseither then or, as Kaltenbrunner later claimed, in October 1944he took no action to rebuke the guilty. His failure or inability to act in effect kept the extermination machinery going until the end of the war.
It is plausible to impute to Hitler that not uncommon characteristic of Heads of State who are overreliant on powerful advisers : a conscious desire not to know. But the proof of this is beyond the powers of any historian. What we can prove is that Himmler several times explicitly accepted responsibility for the liquidation decision.
Given the brutality of Hitlers orders to dispose of the entire male populations of two major Soviet cities, his insistence on the execution of hostages on a one hundred to one basis, his demands for the liquidation of Italian soldiers, Polish intellectuals, clergy and nobility, and captured Allied airmen and Red Army commissars, his apparent reluctance to acquiesce in the extermination of Europes Jews remains a mystery. His order in July 1944, despite Himmlers objections, that Jews be sold for foreign currency and supplies suggests to some that like contemporary terrorists he saw these captives as a potential asset, a means by which he could blackmail the civilized world. In any case, by April 1945 whatever inhibitions he may have felt were overcome, and we find him ordering Himmler to liquidate any unevacuated prisoners from concentration camps that were in danger of being overrun by American troops.
My central conclusion, however, is that Hitler was a less than omnipotent F¸hrer and that his grip on his immediate subordinates weakened as the war progressed. Hitler certainly realized this, but too latein the final days, in his Berlin air raid shelter. In the last two chapters we see him struggling vainly to turn the clock back, to reassert his lost authority by securing one last tactical victory over his enemies. But there are few generalseither Wehrmacht or SSwho now heed him.
I also found it necessary to set very different historical accents on the doctrinaire foreign policies Hitler enforcedfrom his apparent unwillingness to humiliate Britain when she lay prostrate in 1940 (as I believe I establish on pages 152-53, for example), to his damaging and emotional hatred of the Serbs, his illogical and over-loyal admiration of Benito Mussolini, and his irrational mixtures of emotions toward Josef Stalin. For a modern English historian there is a certain morbid fascination in inquiring how far Adolf Hitler really was bent on the destruction of Britain and her Empirea major raison dÍtre for her ruinous fight, which in 1940 imperceptibly supplanted the more implausible one proffered in August 1939 : the rescue of Poland from outside oppression. Since in the chapters that follow evidence extracted again and again from the most intimate sourceslike Hitlers private conversations with his women secretaries in June 1940indicates that he originally had neither the intention nor the desire to harm Britain or destroy the Empire, surely British readers at least must ask themselves : What, then, were we fighting for ?
Given that the British people exhausted their assets and lost their Empire in defeating Hitler, was he after all right when he noted that Britains essential attitude was AprËs moi le dÈlugeif only we can get rid of the hated National Socialist Germany ?
Unburdened by ideological idealism, the Duke of Windsor suspected in July 1940 that the war continued solely in order to allow certain British statesmen to save face, even if it meant dragging their country and the Empire into financial ruin. Others pragmatically argued that there could be no compromise with Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. But did Britains leaders in fact believe this ?
Dr. Bernd Martin of Freiburg University has revealed that secret negotiations on peace continued between Britain and Germany in October 1939negotiations on which, curiously, Sir Winston Churchills files have officially been sealed until the twenty-first century ! Similar negotiations were carried on in June 1940, when even Churchill showed himself in Cabinet meetings to be willing to make a deal with Hitler if the price was right.
Of course, in assessing the real value of such negotiations and of Hitlers publicly stated intentions it is salutary to know that in 1941 he confidentially admitted to Walther Hewel (as the latter recorded in his diary) : For myself personally I would never tell a lie ; but there is no falsehood I would not perpetrate for Germanys sake ! It is also necessary to take into account a string of broken promises that kept Europe in paralyzed inactivity for the better part of a decade.
Nevertheless, one wonders how much suffering the (Western) world might have been spared if both sides had pursued this line. But modern historiography has chosen to ignore this possibility as heresy.
The facts revealed here concerning Hitlers recorded actions, motivations, and opinions should provide a basis for fresh debate. Americans will find much that is new about the months leading up to Pearl Harbor. The French will find additional evidence that Hitlers treatment of their defeated nation was more influenced by memories of Frances treatment of Germany after World War I than by his respect for Mussolinis desires. Russians can try to visualize the prospect that could conceivably have unfolded if Stalin had accepted Hitlers offer in November 1940 of inclusion in the Axis Pact ; or if, having been defeated in the summer of 1941, Stalin had accepted Hitlers offer to rebuild Soviet power beyond the Urals ; or if Hitler had taken seriously Stalins alleged peace offer of September 1944.
In each case, this book views the situation as far as possible through Hitlers eyes, from behind his desk. This technique was bound to yield different perspectives, while answering many questions that arose in the past as to the motives for his actions and decisions. For example, I have devoted great effort to accumulating the same Intelligence material that was presented to Hitlerlike the rare intercepts of G–rings Forschungsamt (literally, Research Office), which monitored telephone lines and decoded international radio signals ; these explain, for instance, Hitlers alarm in July 1940 over Stalins intentions.
Because this tragic moment in history is told from Hitlers point of view, we inevitably see the sufferings of the Germans, whereas the destruction and death inflicted on other nations remains somewhat more abstract. However, it is well to keep in mind that conservative estimates are that Hitlers War resulted in 40,000,000 military and civilian deaths. Of this number approximately 2,500,000 were Germans.
In modern Germany, some of my conclusions proved unpalatable to many. A wave of weak, repetitive, and unrevealing Hitler biographies had washed through the bookstores two or three years before my manuscript (running to over three thousand pages in the first draft) was published. The most widely publicized was that written by a German television personality, Joachim Fest ; but he later told a questioner that he had not even visited the magnificent National Archives in Washington, which houses by far the largest collection of records relating to recent European history. Stylistically, Fests German was good ; but the old legends were trotted out afresh, polished to an impressive gleam of authority. The same Berlin company also published my book shortly after, under the title Hitler und seine Feldherren, their chief editor found many of my arguments distasteful, even dangerous, and without informing me, suppressed or even reversed them : in their printed text Hitler had not told Himmler there was to be no liquidation of the Jews (on November 30, 1941); he had told him not to use the word liquidate publicly in connection with their extermination program. Thus history is falsified ! (My suggestion that they publish Himmlers note as a facsimile had been ignored.) I prohibited further printing of the book, two days after its appearance in Germany. To explain their actions, the Berlin publishers argued that my manuscript expressed some views that were an affront to established historical opinion in their country.
The biggest problem in dealing analytically with Hitler is the aversion to him as a person created by years of intense wartime propaganda and emotive postwar historiography. My own impression of the war is limited to snapshot memories of its side effects : early summer picnics around the wreckage of a Heinkel bomber on the fringe of the local Bluebell Woods ; the infernal organ note of the V-I flying bombs awakening the whole countryside as they passed overhead ; convoys of drab army trucks rumbling past our country gate ; counting the gaps in the American bomber squadrons straggling back from Germany in formation after the days operations ; the troopships sailing in June 1944 from Southsea beach, heading for Normandy ; and of course VE-Day itself, with the bonfires and beating of the family gong. Our knowledge of the Germans responsible for all this was scarcely more profound. In Everybodys magazine, long defunct, I recall Ferriers World Searchlight with its weekly caricatures of a club-footed dwarf called Goebbels and the other comic Nazi heroes.
The caricatures of the Nazi leaders have bedeviled the writing of history ever since. Writers have found it impossible to de-demonize them. Confronted by the phenomenon of Hitler himself, they cannot grasp that he was an ordinary, walking, talking human weighing some 155 pounds, with graying hair, largely false teeth, and chronic digestive ailments. He is to them the Devil incarnate. The process flourished even more after his death : at the Nuremberg Trials, the blame was shifted from general to minister, from minister to Party official, and from all of them invariably to Hitler. Under the system of licensed publishers and newspapers enforced by the Allies in postwar Germany, the legends prospered. No story was too absurd to gain credence ; the authority of the writers who created them passed unchallenged.
Among these creative writers the German General Staff must take pride of place. Without Hitler, few of them would have risen higher than to the rank of colonel ; they owed him their jobs, their medals, their estates, their endowments. Often they owed him their military victories toothe defeat of France in 1940 (see pages 44-45, 8o-81, 114, 116-18), the Battle of Kharkov in 1942 (pages 387-88), to mention just two. After the war those who survivedwhich was not infrequently because they had been dismissed, and thus removed from the hazards of the battlefieldcontrived to divert the blame away from themselves to the erstwhile F¸hrer and Supreme Commander. I have exposed the frauds and deceptions in their biographies. Thus in the secret files of the Nuremberg prosecutor Justice Robert H. Jackson, I found a note addressed to his investigator warning about the proposed tactics of General Franz Halder, the former German Army Chief of Staff : I just wanted to call your attention to the CSDIC intercepts of Halders conversations with other generals. He is extremely frank on what he thinks should be suppressed or distorted, and in particular is very sensitive to the suggestion that the German General Staff was involved in anything, especially planning for war. Usually, these tactics involved labeling Hitler a madmanalthough the medical experts who treated him are unanimous that clinically speaking he remained quite sane to the very end.
Fortunately, this embarrassed adjusting of consciences and memories was more than once, as above, recorded for posterity by the hidden microphones of the Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centers. When General Heinz Guderianone of Halders successors as Chief of Staff and the arrogant, supercilious General Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg were asked by their American captors to write their history of the war, they felt obliged to obtain the permission of Field Marshal Wilhelm von Leeb as senior officer at the Seventh Army CSDIC. Leeb replied :
Well, I can only give you my personal opinion : ... You will have to weigh your answers carefully when they pertain to objectives, causes, and the progress of operations in order to see where they may affect the interests of our Fatherland. On the one hand we have to admit that the Americans know the course of operations quite accurately ; they even know which units were employed on our side. However, they are not quite as familiar with our motives. And there is one point where it would be advisable to proceed with caution, so that we do not become the laughingstock of the world. I do not know what your relations were with Hitler, but I do know his military capacity.... You will have to consider your answers a bit carefully when approached on this subject, so that you say nothing that might embarrass our Fatherland....
Geyr von Schweppenburg : The types of madness known to psychologists cannot be compared with the one the F–hrer suffered from. He was a madman surrounded by serfs. I do not think we should express ourselves quite as strongly as that in our statements. Mention of this fact will have to be made, however, in order to exonerate a few persons. The question is whether now is the right time to mention all this.
After an agonized debate on whether and which German generals advocated war in 1939, Leeb suggested : The question is now, whether we should not just admit openly everything we know. The following discussion ensued :
Geyr von Schweppenburg : Any objective observer will admit that National Socialism raised the social status of the worker, and in some respects even his standard of living as long as that was possible.
Leeb : This is one of the great achievements of National Socialism. The excesses of National Socialism were in the first and final analysis due to the F¸hrers personality.
Guderian : The fundamental principles were fine.
Leeb : That is true.
I was startled and, as a historian, depressed by the number of diaries which close scrutiny proved to have been faked or tampered withinvariably to Hitlers disadvantage. Two different men claimed to possess the entire diaries of Admiral Wilhelm Canaristhe legendary Abwehr chief hanged by Hitler as a traitor in April 1945. The first produced documents of the postwar German Intelligence Service (BND) and original papers signed by Canaris in his support ; the second, a German High Court judge, announced that his set of the diaries had recently been returned by Generalissimo Francisco Franco to the West German government. Forensic tests on the paper and ink of a Canaris document supplied by the first man, conducted for me by a London laboratory, proved them to be forgeries. An interview with Francos chef de bureauhis brother-in-law Don Felipe Polo Valdesin Madrid disposed of the German judges equally improbable claim. Neither ever provided the actual diaries for inspection. The Eva Braun diaries published by the film actor Luis Trenker were largely forged from the memoirs written decades earlier by Countess Irma Larisch-Wallersee ; the forgery was established by the Munich lawcourts in October 1948. (Eva Brauns genuine diaries, and her entire correspondence with Hitler, were acquired by a CIC team based on Stuttgart-Backnang in the summer of 1945 ; they have not been seen since. I identified the teams commander and visited him in New Mexico ; he admitted the facts, but I failed to persuade him to make the papers available for historical researchperhaps he has long since sold them to a private dealer.) The oft-quoted diaries of Himmlers masseur Felix Kersten are equally fictitious, as for example the twenty-six-page medical dossier on Hitler described in them shows. Oddly enough Kerstens real diariescontaining political dynamite on Swedens elitedo exist and have not been published. Similarly, the diaries published by Rudolf Semmler in Goebbelsthe Man Next to Hitler (London, 1947) are phony too, as the entry for January 12, 1945, proves : it has Hitler as Goebbelss guest in Berlin, when the F¸hrer was in fact still fighting the Battle of the Bulge from his HQ in West Germany. And there are no prizes for spotting the anachronisms in Count Galeazzo Cianos extensively quoted diaries: for example Marshal Rodolfo Grazianis complaints about Rommel on December 12, 1940two full months before Rommel was appointed to Italys North African theater ! In fact Ciano spent the months after his dismissal in February 1943 rewriting and improving the diaries himself, which makes them very readable but virtually useless for the purposes of history. Ribbentrop warned about the forgery in his prison memoirshe claimed to have seen Cianos real diaries in September 1943and the Nazi interpreter Eugen Dollmann described in his memoirs how the fraud was actually admitted to him by a British officer at a prison camp. Even the most superficial examination of the handwritten original volumes reveals the extent to which Ciano doctored them and interpolated materialyet historians of the highest repute have quoted them without question as they have Cianos so-called Lisbon Papers, although the latter too bear all the hallmarks of subsequent editing. They have all at some time been retyped on the same typewriter, although ostensibly originating over six years (1936-42).
Other diaries have been amended in more harmless ways : the Luftwaffe Chief of Staff Karl Kollers real shorthand diary often bears no resemblance to the version he published as Der letzte Monat (Mannheim, 1949). And Helmuth Greiner, keeper of the official OKW operations staff war diary until 1943, seized the opportunity in 1945, when asked by the Americans to retranscribe his original notes for the lost volumes from August 1942 to March 1943, to excise passages which reflected unfavorably on fellow prisoners like General Adolf Heusingeror too favorably on Hitler ; and no doubt to curry favor with the Americans, he added lengthy paragraphs charged with pungent criticism of Hitlers conduct of the war which I found to be missing from his original handwritten notes when I compared them with the published version. This tendencyto pillory Hitler after the warwas also strongly evident in the diaries of General Gerhard Engel, who served as Hitlers army adjutant from March 1938 to October 1943. Historiographical evidence alonee.g., comparison with the 1940 private diaries of Reichsminister Fritz Todt or the wife of General Rudolf Schmundt, or with the records of Field Marshal von Mansteins Army Group Don at the time of Stalingradindicates that whatever they are, they are not contemporaneous diaries (regrettably, the well-known Institut fur Zeitgeschichte in Munich has nonetheless published them in a volume, Heeresadjutant bei Hitler 1938-1943 [Stuttgart, 1974], rather feebly drawing attention to the diaries inconsistencies in a short Introduction).
My exploration of sources throwing light on Hitlers inner mind was sometimes successful, sometimes not. Weeks of searching with a proton-magnetometera kind of supersensitive mine-detectorin a forest in East Germany failed to unearth a glass jar containing stenograms of Goebbelss very last diaries, although at times, according to the map in my possession, we must have stood right over it. But I did obtain the private diaries written by Walther Hewel, Ribbentrops liaison officer on Hitlers staff, and by Baron Ernst von Weizs”cker, Ribbentrops state secretary. Field Marshal Wolfram von Richthofens widow made available to me the two thousand-page original text of his unpublished diaries too ; in fact every officer or member of Hitlers staff whom I interviewed seemed to have carefully hoarded diaries or papers, which were eventually produced for my exploitation heremostly in German, but the research papers on the fringe also came in a Babel of other languages : Italian, Russian, French, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian, and Czech ; some cryptic references to Hitler and Ribbentrop in the Hewel diaries defied all my puny codebreaking efforts, and then proved to have been written in Indonesian ! For the sake of completeness, I would add that Field Marshal Fedor von Bocks diary was pruned by him, but he does not seem to have interpolated fresh material ; and that General Halders diary is completely trustworthy (having been originally transcribed from the shorthand by the British) but is best employed without reference to Halders postwar footnotes.
Many sources of prime importance are still missing, although enterprising West German publishers have now obtained the full text of Goebbelss diaries. That those of Hewel and Weizs”cker remained hitherto unexplored by historians is a baffling mystery to me. They only had to ask the widows, as I did. The diaries of Hans Lammers, Wilhelm Br¸ckner, Karl Bodenschatz, Karl Wolff, and Professor Theo Morell are missing, although known to have fallen into Allied hands in 1945. Nicolaus von Belows are probably in Moscow. Himmlers missing pocket notebooks certainly are. Alfred Rosenbergs remaining diaries are illicitly held by an American lawyer in Frankfurt. The rest of Field Marshal Erhard Milchs diariesof which I obtained some five thousand pages in 1967have vanished, as have General Alfred Jodls diaries covering the years 1940 to 1943 ; they were looted with his private property by the British 11th Armored Division at Flensburg in May 1945. Only a brief fragment of Benito Mussolinis diary survives (see pages 541-42) : the SS copied the originals and returned them to him in January 1945, but both the originals and the copy placed in Ribbentrops files are missing now ; a forgery perpetrated by two Italian nuns temporarily and expensively deceived the London Sunday Times some years ago, before it was exposed by the same laboratory that tested the Canaris document for me. The important diaries of Schmundt were unhappily burnt at his request by his fellow adjutant Admiral Karl-Jesco von Puttkamer in April 1945, along with Puttkamers own diaries. The diary of Dr. Stephan Tiso, the last Slovak premier (from August 1944) is unaccountably held in the closed files of the Hoover Institution.
As for autobiographical works, I preferred to rely on the original manuscripts rather than the published texts, as in the early postwar years apprehensive publishers (especially the licensed ones in Germany) made changes in themfor example in the memoirs of Karl-Wilhelm Krause, Hitlers manservant. Thus I relied on the original handwritten memoirs of Himmlers Intelligence chief, Walter Schellenberg, rather than on the mutilated and ghostwritten version subsequently published. I would go so far as to warn against the authoritativeness of numerous works hitherto accepted as standard sources on Hitlerparticularly those by Konrad Heiden, Dr. Hermann Rauschning, Dr. Hans Bernd Gisevius, Erich Kordt, and by Hitlers dismissed adjutant Fritz Wiedemann. (The latter unashamedly explained in a private 1940 letter to a friend : It makes no difference if exaggerations and even falsehoods do creep in.)
With the brilliant exception of Professor Hugh Trevor-Roper, whose book The Last Days of Hitler was based on the records of the era and is therefore virtually unassailable even today, each successive biographer has repeated or engrossed the legends created by his predecessors, or at best consulted only the most readily available works of reference themselves. Since it proved impracticable to study in detail such a dictators whole life within this one volume, I limited myself to his war years ; I eschewed as far as possible all published literature, since by 1964 when I began the research it was possible to speculate that books on Hitler outnumbered page for page the total original documentation available. This proved a sad underestimate.
Idle predecessors had gratefully lamented that most of the documents had been destroyed. They had notthey survived in embarrassing superabundance. The official papers of the Luftwaffe Field Marshal Milch, G–rings deputy, were captured by the British and total over 60,000 pages (not that G–rings most recent biographer consulted even one page of them). The entire war diary of the German naval staff, of immense value far beyond purely naval matters, survived ; it took many months to read the 69 volumes of main text, some over 900 pages long, in Washington, and to examine the most promising of the 3,900 microfilm rolls of German naval records held there too.
And what is the result ? Hitler will long remain an enigma, however hard the historians burrow and toil. Even his intimates realized they hardly knew him. I have already quoted Ribbentrops puzzlement ; but General Alfred Jodl, his closest strategic adviser, also wrote in his Nuremberg cell on March 10, 1946 :
... But then I ask myself, did you ever really know this man at whose side you led such a thorny and ascetic existence ? Did he perhaps just trifle with your idealism too, abusing it for dark purposes which he kept hidden deep within himself ? Dare you claim to know a man, if he has not opened up the deepest recesses of his heart to youin sorrow as well as in ecstasy ? To this very day I do not know what he thought or knew or really wanted. I only knew my own thoughts and suspicions. And if, now that the shrouds fall away from a sculpture we fondly hoped would be a work of art, only to reveal nothing but a degenerate gargoylethen let future historians argue among themselves whether it was like that from the start, or changed with circumstances.
I keep making the same mistake : I blame his humble origins. But then I remember how many peasants sons have been blessed by History with the name, The Great.
Hitler the Great? No, contemporary History is unlikely to swallow such an epithet.
From the first day that he seized power, January 30, 1933, Hitler knew that only sudden death awaited him if he failed to restore pride and empire to post-Versailles Germany. His close friend and adjutant, Julius Schaub, recorded Hitlers jubilant boast to his staff on that evening, as the last celebrating guests left the Berlin Chancellery building : No power on earth will get me out of this building alive !
History saw this prophecy fulfilled, as the handful of remaining Nazi faithfuls trooped uneasily into his underground study on April 30, 1945, surveyed his still warm remainsslumped on a couch, with blood trickling from the sagging lower jaw, and a gunshot wound in the right templeand sniffed the bitter-almonds smell hanging in the air. Wrapped in a gray army blanket, he was carried up to the shell-blasted Chancellery garden. Gasoline was slopped over him in a reeking crater and ignited while his staff hurriedly saluted and backed down into the shelter. Thus ended the six years of Hitlers War. We shall now see how they began.
London, January 1976
As an aid to following the narrative, brief biographical details follow of the principal German personalities referred to in the text.
ALBRECHT, Alwin-Broder : Until June 1939 Hitlers naval adjutant, his replacement was demanded by Raeder after an unfortunate marriage ; Hitler demurred and made him a personal adjutant instead. He is presumed to have died in the last days in Berlin.
AMSBERG, Colonel Erik von : A former adjutant of Keitels, he stepped in as Hitlers Wehrmacht adjutant after Below, Puttkamer, and Schmundt were injured in the July 20, 1944, bomb explosion.
ASSMANN, Admiral Heinz : Jodls naval staff officer, who frequently attended Hitlers war conferences from 1943 to 1944.
BACKE, Dr. Herbert : The very capable state secretary in the food ministry, who virtually supplanted the minister, Richard Walter Darre, in 1942.
BECK, General Ludwig : Was Army Chief of Staff until August 1938, when he was replaced by Halder and began to intrigue against Hitler ; after the July 20, 1944, bomb plot failed, he committed suicide.
BELOW, Colonel Nicolaus von : Genteel and educated, Below served as Hitlers Luftwaffe adjutant from 1937 until the F¸hrers suicide.
BERGER, SS General Gottlob : Chief of Himmlers SS Main Office (Hauptamt).
BEST, Dr. Werner : A department head in the Gestapo, he was appointed Hitlers Plenipotentiary in Denmark in 1942.
BLASCHKE, Professor Johannes : Hitlers principal dentisthis postwar interrogation by the Americans provides the main evidence that Hitlers was the corpse found by the Red Army in Berlin.
BLOMBERG, Field Marshal Werner von : The first field marshal created by Hitlerin 1937Blomberg was fired as war minister in early 1938 after marrying way, way below his station ; but Hitler had a soft spot for him until the very end.
BOCK, Field Marshal Fedor von : One of Hitlers toughest and most successful soldiers in France (1940) and Russia (1941-42), he died in an air raid in 1945.
BODENSCHATZ, General Karl : Officially G–rings chef de bureau, Bodenschatz became his permanent representative at Hitlers HQ.
BONIN, Colonel Bogislaw von : Latterly the chief of operations in the German General Staff.
BORGMANN, Colonel Heinrich : Succeeded Engel as Hitlers army adjutant in 1943 killed by air attack on his car in April 1945.
BORMANN, Albert : Younger brother of Martin Bormann, but not on speaking terms with him ; Albert was an adjutant in Hitlers Private Chancellary.
BORMANN, Martin : Rose from relative obscurity as Hesss right-hand man to position of vast personal power upon Hesss defection in May 1941. Head of the Nazi Party Chancellery, and from 1943 the F¸hrers secretary as well. He was the dynamo inside the Nazi machine, converting Hitlers half-spoken thoughts into harsh reality. Hard working, hard living-condemned to death at Nuremberg in absentia, his lawyers appeal for clemency is still on the case file, undecided.
BOUHLER, Reichsleiter Philipp : As Chief of the Chancellery of the F¸hrer of the Nazi party, Bouhler handled the incoming mail of German citizens ; as such his office dealt with applications for clemency and thus became involved in the murderous euthanasia projects and the technicalities of the liquidation of Jews and other undesirables. He took his own life in May 1945.
BRANDT, Dr. Karl : Hitlers accompanying surgeon from the mid-Thirties onward, he was dismissed in October 1944 by Martin Bormann ; the Americans hanged him in 1947 for his part in the euthanasia planning.
BRAUCHITSCH, Field Marshal Walther von : Appointed Commander in Chief, Army, by Hitler in 1938 for want of a better general ; Hitler tolerated him only reluctantly until his ill-health provided sufficient cover for his retirement in December 1941. He died in British captivity in 1948.
BRAUN, Eva : Hitlers only known mistress from 1931 onward ; she provided conversation and company, and according to Hitlers secretaries, developed from the humble laboratory assistant she had been before then into a woman of great poise and charm. He formally married her thirty-six hours before their joint suicide in April 1945.
BRUCKNER, SA Gruppenf¸hrer Wilhelm : A chief adjutant of Hitlers, dismissed in October 1940having, like Albrecht and Blomberg, contracted a much-criticized marriage.
BURGDORF, General Wilhelm : Succeeded Schmundt as Hitlers chief Wehrmacht adjutant and chief of the army personnel branch after Schmundt was wounded in the July 20, 1944, bomb explosion ; previously Schmundts deputy. A rough diamond and heavy drinker, he committed suicide soon after Hitler.
CANARIS, Vice Admiral Wilhelm : Chief of the Abwehrthe OKW Intelligence Branchuntil its absorption by the SS in 1944, Canaris weathered many storms. A man of few friends, with Indian manservants, Greek blood, and a liking for warm champagne for breakfast, he slipped off his tightrope between the traitors and the SS in 1944 and was hanged in the last month of the war.
CHRISTIAN, General Eckhard : He had been Jodls chief staff officer until he married Hitlers personal secretary Gerda Daranowski in November 1942 ; then he rose rapidly until he was the chief of the Luftwaffe operations staff.
CHRISTIAN, Frau Gerda : One of Hitlers four private secretaries, and certainly the most attractiveas the F¸hrer is known to have appreciated. She joined his staff before the war, retired on her marriage in November 1942, but returned a year later and stayed with Hitler until the end.
DARGES, Fritz : Martin Bormanns adjutant until 1939, he became Hitlers personal adjutant from March 1943until Hitler sacked him in July 1944, ostensibly because of an incident with an insect during a war conference, more probably because Darges had jilted Evas sister Gretl Braun. He was sent to the Russian front.
DIETRICH, Dr. Otto : Hitlers press spokesman.
DIETRICH, SS General Josef Sepp: One of the Party Old Guard, he commanded the SS Leibstandarte (Life Guards) and then the SS Sixth Panzer Army.
D÷NITZ, Grand Admiral Karl : Commander in Chief of the German U-boat service until 1943, he stepped into Raeders shoes when the latter resigned as Commander in Chief, Navy, that January. D–nitz supported Hitlers bolder strategic decisionsi.e., to hold on to the Crimea and the eastern Baltic provincesand satisfied Hitler that he was the best successor as F¸hrer in April 1945.
DORSCH, Dr. Xaver : After Fritz Todt, one of the Reichs most outstanding civil engineers ; became head of the Todt Organization building military sites in Reich-occupied countries.
EICHMANN, SS Colonel Adolf : A minor official in Kaltenbrunners Reich Main Security Office, Eichmann was responsible for the smooth running of the Jewish deportation programs ; he was one of the driving forces behind the extermination of the Jews.
EICKEN, Professor Carl von : The ear, nose, and throat specialist who operated on Hitlers throat in 1935 and again in November 1944.
ENGEL, Colonel Gerhard : Hitlers army adjutant from 1938 to 1943, he then distinguished himself as a division commander.
ETZDORF, Major Hasso von : Liaison officer between the General Staff and Ribbentrops foreign ministry, his often cryptic penciled notes were deciphered by the Americans postwar and present vital information on Hitlers foreign strategy.
FALKENHAUSEN, General Alexander von : The aristocratic Nazi Military Governor of Belgium, he entered into a liaison with an equally aristocratic Belgian lady which resulted in his dismissal in July 1944 ; this probably spared him from the hangmans noose some weeks later, as his implication in the bomb plot escaped the attention of the Gestapo.
FEGELEIN, SS General Hermann : Himmlers representative at Hitlers HQ from 1944 to the end ; married Gretl Braun (see also Darges) but left her a widow, as he was shot for attempted desertion in the last days.
FELLGIEBEL, General Erich : Chief of the Wehrmachts and Armys Signals Branches, he was executed after the failure of the 1944 bomb plot in which he was implicated.
FRANK, Dr. Hans : One of Hitlers oldest friends and his personal legal adviser in the Thirties. Hitler appointed him Governor General of rump Poland after that countrys defeat in 1939.
FRANK, Karl-Hermann : Deputy Protector of Bohemia-Moravia.
FRICK, Dr. Wilhelm : Minister of the Interior, until Himmler supplanted him in August 1943.
FROMM, General Friedrich : A deadly enemy of Keitel, Fromm commanded the Replacement Armydivisions being raised and trained in Germany ; he was implicated in the July 20, 1944, conspiracy, but only vaguelythe Peoples Court found no evidence, for example, that he had known of the plot, but condemned him to death for cowardice in not having acted more energetically against his Chief of Staff, Stauffenberg, that afternoon.
GIESING, Dr. Erwin : Army ENT-specialist summoned from Rastenburg hospital after July 20, 1944, bomb explosion to treat Hitlers head injuries.
GLOBOCNIK, SS Brigadier Odilo : Formerly police commander in occupied Polish district of Lublin, he ranked with Eichmann as one of the Nazis behind the massacre of the Jews.
GOEBBELS, Dr. Joseph : one of the Partys Old Guard ; Gauleiter of Berlin, and after 1933 Reich propaganda ministeran outstanding speaker and master of dialectics, but undoubtedly one of the evil geniuses behind the F¸hrer. Took his own and his familys lives after Hitlers suicide.
GOERDELER, Dr. Carl : Former mayor of Leipzig, Goerdeler was political leader of the anti-Hitler conspiracy culminating in the July 20, 1944, bomb explosion.
G÷RING, Reichsmarschall Hermann : A man of many titles, but principally important as Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe and head of the Four-Year Plan office. Alternating between bouts of laziness and spasms of intense activity, he was most closely identified by the German public with their eventual misery and defeatbut somehow his popularity remained virtually unimpaired until his October 1946 suicide.
GUDERIAN, General Heinz : Ranks as one of World War IIs leading tank commanders ; was dismissed by Hitler in December 1941 to satisfy Kluge and remained in a command limbo until Hitler appointed him his personal Inspector of the Panzer Service in February 1943. Even then Guderian wavered in his loyalty ; he certainly had advance warning of the July 20, 1944, bomb explosion and prudently absented himself from the F¸hrers HQ that dayto return only hours later, to his own surprise, as the armys new Chief of General Staff until March 1945.
GÐNSCHE, SS Colonel Otto : Formerly a private in Hitlers escort squad, G¸nschea big, blond bulldog of an officerbecame his personal adjutant and bodyguard, and was entrusted by the F¸hrer with burning his corpse after his suicide in April 1945and with giving him a coup de gr’ce with his pistol if necessary.
HAASE, Professor Werner : Had treated Hitler before the war, became his doctor again briefly in the last days in Berlin.
HALDER, General Franz : Succeeded Beck as the armys Chief of General Staff in 1938 ; generally acknowledged to have been a good tactician, Halder retained this post until Hitler could stand him no longerin September 1942.
HASSELBACH, Dr. Hanskarl von : Dr. Karl Brandts deputy as Hitlers accompanying surgeon until October 1944.
HESS, Rudolf : Hitlers official deputy until his flight to Scotland in May 1941.
HEWEL, Ambassador Walther : He had joined the Nazi party as a student in the early Twenties, shared Hitlers Landsberg imprisonment briefly in 1923, then emigrated as a planter to Java ; he returned to become a member of Ribbentrops staffserving through the period of this book as liaison officer at Hitlers HQ.
HEYDRICH, SS General Reinhard : Kaltenbrunners predecessor as chief of the Reich Main Security Office of the SS ; as such he was more interested in the executive sidethe building of a formidable police organization throughout Germany. Appointed Reich Protector of occupied Czechoslovakia in October 1941, embarked on reforms there, assassinated by British-trained agents in May 1942. As he was the brain behind the extermination camps, he merits no sympathy.
HIMMLER, Heinrich : SS Reichsf¸hrer, chief of police, andafter August 1943Minister of the Interior. Himmler, said the Nazi party newspaper chief Max Amann, considered it his duty to eliminate all enemies of the Nazi ideology and he did so calmly and impersonally, without hate and without sympathy. A rare mixture of crackpot and organizational genius.
JESCHONNEK, General Hans : A lieutenant at sixteen in World War I, he seemed marked out for a brilliant career ; by 1939 he was Luftwaffe Chief of Staffby August 1943 he was dead, a suicide.
JODL, General Alfred : A pure soldier, of unquestionable loyalty to his F¸hrer, Jodl served as chief of the OKW operations staff (Wehrmachtf¸hrungsstab) from August 1939 to the very end. His strategic insight was profound. He was hanged at Nuremberg in 1946.
JUNGE, Fran Traudl : Youngest of Hitlers secretaries, she joined his staff when Gerda Daranowski married in 1942 ; she herself married Hitlers manservant Hans Junge, was widowed by 1944, and stayed with Hitler to the end. (NÈe Traudl Humps.)
JUNGE, Captain Wolf : Jodls naval staff officer until August 28, 1943, then again from summer 1944 onward while Assmann recovered from injuries sustained on July 20, 1944.
KALTENBRUNNER, SS General Dr. Ernst : Heydrichs successor as chief of the Reich Main Security Officebut personally more interested in the Intelligence side and less in the police and executive aspects, in which Gestapo M¸ller grew in influence.
KEITEL, Field Marshal Wilhelm : Chief of OKW (German High Command) in title only ; he exercised his ministerial functions well ; the military and strategic side hewiselyleft to Jodl. Loyal and hardworking, Keitel shared Jodls fate at Nuremberg.
KESSELRING, Field Marshal Albert : He held important air commands during the invasions of Poland, France, and Russia. Supreme commander of German forces in Italy (1943-1945), in March 1945 he took over from Rundstedt as Commander in Chief West. In 1947 he was condemned to death for war crimes against Italian civilians, but this sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. He was pardoned in 1952.
KLUGE, Field Marshal Gunther Hans von : A good commander of men, like Rommelalways in the battle line with his troops, but politically ambitious too. Lent an ear to various groups of plotters, but would not commit himself. Fearing implication in the failed July 20, 1944, plot, Kluge took cyanide and closed his big blue, patrician eyes for the last time on August 18, 1944, his personal admiration for Adolf Hitler undiminished.
KOCH, Erich : Gauleiter of East Prussia, he was appointed Reich Commissioner in the Ukraine in 1941, pursuing policies of such brutality as to achieve the impossiblea pro-Soviet Ukraine.
KOEPPEN, Dr. Werner : Rosenbergs representative at Hitlers HQ, he recorded the F¸hrers political Table Talk for some months in 1941.
KOLLER, General Karl : Luftwaffe Chief of Staff from November 1944 to the end ; Bavarian, dour but capable, having risen from the enlisted ranks.
KORTEN, General G¸nther : Luftwaffe Chief of Staff following Jeschonneks 1943 suicide, he died an agonizing death when a fragment of table pierced him after Stauffenbergs bomb exploded beneath it in July 1944. Korten was the first to campaign for a strategic bomber force in the Luftwaffe.
KRANCKE, Vice Admiral Theodor : Permanent representative of the Commander in Chief, Navy, at Hitlers HQ after September 1942.
KREBS, General Hans : Last Army Chief of Staff, he negotiated with the Russians in Berlin following Hitlers death, then committed suicide.
KREIPE, General Werner : Luftwaffe Chief of Staff from August 1 to September 21, 1944, when Hitler banished him from war conferences at his HQ.
LAMMERS, Dr. Hans Heinrich : A legacy of the Hindenburg regime, Lammers was an expert on constitutional law and, as chief of the Reich Chancellery, the most important civil servant of the Third Reich.
LEY, Dr. Robert : Party Organization chief, he took over the trade unions in 1933 and molded them into the monolithic German Labor Front (DAF).
LINGE, Heinz : Hitlers manservant until the very end in Berlin.
LOSSBERG, Colonel Bernhard von : Jodls army staff officer.
LUTZE, Victor : Succeeded the murdered Ernst R–hm as chief of the SA brownshirt army in 1934. A heavy drinker and loose talker, he engaged Himmlers displeasure by remarks about the SS, and died in a car crash in 1943.
MAISEL, General Ernst : Burgdorfs deputy in the Army Personnel Brancha quiet, intelligent officer manhandled by postwar writers for his unfortunate part in Rommels death.
MANSTEIN, Field Marshal Erich von : Universally acclaimed as Germanys most outstanding General Staff product, as he displayed in offensive operations in Poland (1939), the west (1940), and the Russian campaign.
MEISSNER, Dr. Otto : Like Lammers, a leftover of the Hindenburg era ; head of the Presidential Chancellery (Pr”sidialkanzlei).
MILCH, Field Marshal Erhard : Founder of Lufthansa airline, Milch was called upon by Hitler and G–ring to build the secret Luftwaffe in 1933. After years of intense rivalry with G–ring, Milchwho had labored to conceal a serious defect in his family tree (he was pure Aryan, but accepted popular legend to the contrary to conceal the fact that he was the product of the illicit relationship between his mother and her mothers brother)was sacked in 1944.
MODEL, Field Marshal Walter : Monocled, highly schooled, modern in outlook, he was the antithesis of Manstein ; when a front line needed holding or restoring, Hitler sent for Model.
MORELL, Professor Theo : Morell alone had been able to cure Hitler of a gastric disorder in 1936 ; he appointed him personal physician and turned a deaf ear on all his critics until the very end.
MÐLLER, SS General Heinrich : Chief of Amt IV (the Gestapo) under Kaltenbrunner, he vanished in the last days of the war and has not been positively seen since.
PAULUS, Field Marshal Friedrich : Led his Sixth Army into Soviet captivity after the Battle of Stalingrad, 1943.
PUTTKAMER, Admiral Karl-Jesco von : Hitlers naval adjutant from March 1935 to June 1938, then again from August 1939 to the endone of the most important witnesses still surviving from Hitlers circle.
RAEDER, Grand Admiral Erich : Was already Commander in Chief, Navy, when Hitler came to power in 1933, and forcefully resigned exactly ten years later.
RATTENHUBER, SS Brigadier Hans : Chief of Hitlers police bodyguard at HQ, responsible for his security, he sought to conceal his brutal and intriguing nature beneath a veneer of Bavarian charm.
RIBBENTROP, Joachim von : Reich foreign minister after 1938, he realized that many of Hitlers foreign policies were doomed to failure but allowed the F¸hrer to overrule him every time ; hanged at Nuremberg in 1946.
RICHTHOFEN, Field Marshal Wolfram von : Perhaps the toughest Luftwaffe strike commander, Richthofen commanded first an air corps, then an air force (Luftflotte) ; Hitler always committed Richthofen where the battle was fiercest, and listened readily to the field marshals extravagant complaints about his army counterparts.
ROMMEL, Field Marshal Erwin : Commandant of Hitlers HQ 1939-40, he secured command of a panzer division in time for the attack on France, fought a brilliant if reckless campaign there, and repeated his triumphs on a larger scale in North Africa, until the lack of supplies and the Allied superiority in tanks and aircraft beat him back ; his loyalty to Hitler remained unchanged, but his hatred of the OKW and Jodl reached pathological proportions in 1944. Implicated by others in the July 20, 1944, conspiracy, he took the consequencespoisonin October that year.
ROSENBERG, Alfred : Verbose Party philosopher ; bitter opponent of Koch, particularly after Rosenberg as Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories had to deal with him ; notorious anti-Semite.
RUNDSTEDT, Field Marshal Gerd von : Blunt, chivalrous, loyal, but elderly and easygoing in later years, Rundstedt was the senior serving German soldier ; Hitler was fond of him and rightly trusted himthrice appointing him to high commands, and thrice relieving him when expediency demanded. From 1942 to 1945 Rundstedt waswith a brief interval in the summer of 1944Commander in Chief West.
SAUCKEL, Fritz : Gauleiter of Thuringia, Sauckel was appointed by Hitler in 1942 to take charge of the manpower procurement program of the Reich ; this Sauckel achieved by contracts, inducements, or slave labor. Hanged at Nuremberg.
SAUR, Karl-Otto : Outwardly the typical Nazistocky, forceful, crudeSaur was first Todts, then Speers right-hand man in the munitions ministry ; his phenomenal memory for dates and statistics made him one of Hitlers favorites.
SCHAUB, Julius : Joined the Nazi party in 1925, served as Hitlers personal adjutant and factotum until the end ; of too limited an intellect to intriguehence valued highly by the F¸hrer in his entourage.
SCHEIDT, Dr. Wilhelm : Adjutant to Hitlers court historian Scherff. After Scherffs injury on July 20, 1944, Scheidt took his place for many months at Hitlers war conferences. But through his friendship with Beck, Goerdeler, and Kurt von Hammerstein, Scheidt was the source (unwittingly perhaps?) of much secret Intelligence that reached the enemy, direct from Hitlers HQ.
SCHERFF, General Walter : Chief OKW historian, appointed by Hitler in 1942 to write the Reich war history ; but he never got around to itand on his orders the shorthand records of most of Hitlers war conferences were burned in May 1945.
SCHMUNDT, General Rudolf : Hitlers chief Wehrmacht adjutant after 1938, and chief of the army personnel branch after October 1942 as well ; his role as private adviser to Hitler needs intensive research. He died a lingering death, blind and burnt, after the July 20, 1944, bomb blast.
SCH÷RNER, Field Marshal Ferdinand : Like Model, Sch–rner was usually assigned to sectors where other generals had failed, and he usually succeeded.
SCHROEDER, Christa : Hitlers private secretary after 1933, she stayed with him until ordered to leave Berlin on April 20, 1945. Hitler warmed toward her, despite her sharp tongue and feline comments on the wars progress.
SEYSS-INQUART, Dr. Arthur : A quiet-spoken Austrian lawyer, propelled by the 1938 union between Germany and Austria into high office in Vienna as a Nazi sympathizer, Seyss-Inquart was Hans Franks deputy in Poland until May 18, 1940, when he was appointed Hitlers viceroy in the Netherlands. Hanged at Nuremberg.
SONNLEITNER, Dr. Franz von : diplomat, stood in for Hewel during his recovery from air crash injuries in 1944.
SPEER, Albert : Nominated by Hitler as architect for Berlin, despite his youth ; ambitious, vain, publicity-conscious, but possessinglike G–ringundoubted presence and organizing ability. Hitler shrewdly appointed him Todts successor as munitions minister in February 1942, but became disillusioned with him in the last weeks of his life.
STUMPFEGGER, Dr. Ludwig : A well-known surgeon on Himmlers staff, who began treating Hitler in October 1944.
TODT, Dr. Fritz : Hitlers main civil engineer, who had built the autobahn network on his orders, and then the West Wall in 1938-39 ; in March 1940 Hitler nominated him to head a new munitions ministry. When Todt was killed in a plane crash in February 1942, Speer succeeded him.
VORMANN, General Nikolaus von : Appointed by Brauchitsch to act as army representative at Hitlers HQ in August and September 1939.
VOSS, Vice Admiral Hans-Erich : Succeeded Krancke as naval representative at Hitlers HQ on March 1, 1943.
WAGNER, General Eduard : Quartermaster General of the German armyuntil his suicide after the July 20, 1944, bomb plot failed.
WARLIMONT, General Walter : De facto deputy to Jodl in the OKW operations staff, Warlimont deeply felt that he should have held Jodls position (which by rights was his).
WEIZSŸCKER, Baron Ernst von : Ribbentrops state secretary at the foreign ministry after 1938 ; from early 1943 onward he was German ambassador to the Vatican.
WOLF, Johanna : Oldest of Hitlers private secretaries.
WOLFF, SS General Karl : Chief of Himmlers personal staff, SS representative at Hitlers HQ until early 1943when he was involved in a marriage scandaland from September 1943 chief of police in Nazi-occupied Italy.
ZEITZLER, General Kurt : Dubbed Thunderball (Kugelblitz) because of his intensive energy as Chief of Staff to a panzer corps in Russia, 1941-42 ; Hitler fetched him from his position as Rundstedts Chief of Staff in France (1942) to succeed Halder as Army Chief of Staff. Zeitzler put up with Hitlers tantrums until June 30, 1944, when he simply vanished and reported sick. | <urn:uuid:437e70e6-e038-42a3-a811-ba3a5c73716c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.fpp.co.uk/books/Hitler/1977/html_chapter/00.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280128.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00385-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958532 | 16,124 | 1.796875 | 2 |
Mum to child with spd
my son, now aged 7 has spd and aspergers. His sensory issues have always been there but now we understand them they are explainable at least. Toilet and continence issues have always been an issue and now we deal with this by not making a fuss about it and show him ways he can self manage, however I have noticed with any even subtle change he will have a reaction. Going into year three has been hard these last two weeks. The teachers have ramped up his homework, the classes are different and he now has 5 teachers instead of one!
This week I have seen two wet beds and six pairs of soiled underpants as a result of his sensory overload and subsequent raised stress levels. I know life is full of change but as a parent just watching his reaction makes me feel helpless sometimes and inadequate. He is now starting to ask me questions about why he likes confined spaces and to jam himself against the cold radiator each night,. As he is so clever I have explained the biology about the human brain in the hope he can internalise this. However as a parent I really wish there were more videos like what's up with nick that are brief yet easy to understand for him to watch or even a book that looks like a beano mag or something for him and my nephew to read.
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Hario rides the third wave
Hario products have become synonymous with alternate brewing methods. Hario President Yasuhiro Sibata talks to BeanScene about the company’s contribution to the specialty coffee industry.
A crowd of supporters gather around the Hario Brew Bar at the 2013 Melbourne International Coffee Expo.
Cameras flash and videographers find their best angle. All this hype could be associated with an Australian Rules Football player or movie star, but today the centre of attention is Yasuhiro Sibata, CEO of Hario. “It is very exciting to be here at Australia’s coffee expo. It’s impressive to see that so many people appreciate Hario products,” says Yasuhiro.
Hario is a Japanese company that manufactures innovative glassware and utensils for coffee brewing methods. It is their products that have largely influenced the movement of third wave coffee in Australia, since their introduction to the market in 2008.
“If you are a barista, you must continue to search for better ways to make good coffee,” Yasuhiro says. “As times and cultures change, people’s tastes change too. From the position of Hario, as a manufacturer of coffee equipment, we always try to find if there is new equipment or brewing method to extract the goodness of coffee to the fullest.”
Yasuhiro’s father Hiromu founded Hario in 1921. At first the company was dedicated to processing and manufacturing glassware for laboratory and medical use. “At the time there were only three major glassware manufacture companies in the world. Pyrex in the United States, Schott in Germany and Hario in Japan,” says Yasuhiro. “We entered the coffee industry after World War II. We thought we could use our glass technology to make coffee brewing products.”
At Hario’s inception, Yasuhiro says Japan’s coffee culture was “developing”. “We were trying to introduce European and American café cultures to Japan. There was a boom of Japanese style coffee houses in 1970s and more people were starting to enjoy syphon coffee at home,” says Yasuhiro.
After a while, Yasuhiro says the coffee house market had reached the point of saturation with the launch of Starbucks in 1996. Thankfully, he says with the trend of shop roasting and dedicated specialty coffee shops, Japan’s coffee culture is booming.
The first coffee-related item made by Hario was a vacuum coffee maker, or Syphon, produced in 1948. “I believe that this product is a worldwide masterpiece. Syphon is the most famous and is [our] number one product because it is very difficult to manufacture,” says Yasuhiro. “Because my father had expertise in pharmaceutical glassware, he was able to apply the same techniques and use similar glass to make the Syphon.”
Over the years Hario has developed an extensive range of brewing equipment. In 1951 Hario released the flannel dripper, the glass percolator in 1952 and then increased variations of the Syphon throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Hario’s first coffee grinder was released in 1971. What followed in 1980 was the Coffee-kyo Jidai dripper, the V60 dripper in 2005 and the buono kettle in 2007.
In recent years, the V60 dripper has become Hario’s best selling brewing tool. More than one million V60 drippers have been sold all over the world. “I think [it’s been so successful] because the V60 dripper enables you to extract the true deliciousness of coffee beans simply and directly,” Yasuhiro says.
Yasuhiro puts the V60’s success down to three special features. One, the cone shape which allows users to make a thick layer of grounded coffee. Two, the large single hole, which enables the user to change the strength of coffee. Three, the inner spiral ribs of the V60 make enough space between the dripper and the filter so they don’t rub.
Hario products are exported to 48 countries. Yasuhiro says his products are universally popular both for café operators and homeusers because they are “simple, handy and reasonable”.
“We provide easy and reasonable brewing tools so that everybody can extract the original taste of coffee. Our [target audience] is coffee-lovers who want to enjoy and enrich their life with delicious coffee,” says Yasuhiro. “That idea itself has no national boundaries.”
To maintain the standard of products his father first adapted 92 years ago, Yasuhiro says his inspiration comes from simply listening to the creative ideas of his workers and the voice of his customers. “We are manufacturing from the viewpoint of users with good quality control,” he says. “If I receive 10 ideas from my salesmen and designers, they are usually all the same. But out of the 10 if there is one that is totally different to the others, that’s the one design I will choose.”
Yasuhiro admits the market for alternate brewing equipment is challenging. However, he says it’s those challenges that will push his team to create innovative products that will change the coffee industry. When asked if coffee can be better than it already is, Yasuhiro answers boldly. “It will be better,” he says.
Hario has been the official sponsor of World Brewers Cup Championship since 2011. Yasuhiro says the decision was simple because he wanted to expand the company’s brand awareness. “When the Brewers Cup competitors use our items it makes me very proud. It’s an opportunity for us to spread the word of Hario all over the world,” Yasuhiro says. “I want the baristas to use our products to make the best tasting coffee they can. That’s the experience I want them to have.”
Most importantly, Yasuhiro says his company of 250 employees succeeds because it is built around its people. “Every day at the company I drink a coffee. I allow an employee, new or old, to make a coffee in front of me. Together we engage in a conversation and bond together,” Yasuhiro says. “In that moment we are no longer boss and employee; we are two people enjoying coffee together.”
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By Arunabha Bagchi
One relatively unnoticed victim of the latest reshuffle of the Modi government was the Minister of Skill Development. This ministry was created by the Modi government in 2014 as part of the project of streamlining ministries that went with the slogan of ‘less government, more governance’, whatever that might mean.
In the meantime the number of ministers almost reached the maximum threshold, with one of the most talked about ministries during the unveiling of Narendra Modi’s first cabinet losing his job apparently for lack of performance.
My thesis is that the Ministry of Skill Development, in the manner envisaged by our ‘best and brightest’ bureaucrats in the PMO, was bound to be a failure irrespective of the minister in charge.
Our educated elite policy-makers still think of skill development as a way to clear their conscience by giving rudimentary knowledge in ‘operating the lathe machine’ to a tiny fraction of our vast majority of ‘mostly lower caste’ functionally illiterate youth.
Looking from the perspective of Germanic countries, the entire skill development policy of our government going back for decades appears to be a charade.
I realised this when I once read in a newspaper report during the UPA II government that our bureaucrats were planning to visit junior colleges in the United States to get on-the-spot experience about skill development! A cynic who knows junior colleges in the US might think that the policy-makers used this self-created opportunity to see their children in the US and/or visit places of interest there that they had missed during their previous official trips.
Skill development, like all other programmes of the present government barring the disastrous demonetisation, is a continuation of the programme initiated by the Congress government decades ago and tinkered with superficially ever since.
Spreading skill development efforts over numerous ministries, or merging all those activities under the umbrella of one ministry, misses the basic reason why our skill development efforts so far have been an abject failure.
Unless we consider skill development as part of the education process of our unfortunate youth population that missed out on the traditional college education, the stigma of skill development programmes will persist.
The only way for skill development programmes in India to have any meaningful future is to make them an integral part of the Ministry of Education, or the HRD (Human Resource Development) Ministry as it is fancifully called these days.
For what could be more directly related to human resource development than skill development? In fact, medicine, engineering and management studies, among others, are also glorified skill development programmes, albeit with a large dose of theoretical knowledge demanding a certain level of intellectual ability.
Skill development, as it is commonly understood, should also contain some theoretical knowledge component commensurate with the abilities of the students, in addition to the usual dose of practical training. This would make the students completing those courses to qualify for some other technical jobs outside of their direct training.
With sufficient coverage of general subjects at the higher secondary level, the bright students of our skill development programmes should have the opportunity to join the polytechnics, possibly with additional remedial teaching.
The general stream in higher education that is followed by the vast majority of our students has no skill development component in its curriculum, making the stream virtually useless in the job market, with the exception of a small percentage of students with academic bend and capacity for creative thinking.
By contrast, polytechnic education, the backbone of legendary industrial strength of the Germanic countries, is in coma in our country for lack of social recognition of its graduates. In fact, students completing polytechnic studies in India are not even called ‘graduates’ in our highly stratified society.
The plethora of third-rate private engineering colleges mushrooming in our country during the last three decades under political patronage made parents with some means ‘buy’ engineering degrees for their children and avoid the ignominy of obtaining polytechnic diplomas.
Polytechnics should provide the best mechanism for ‘advanced’ skill development, but are ignored in the skill development scheme altogether. In Germany a polytechnic graduate gets an engineering degree, although distinguished from a university engineering degree, while in India we refuse to even give them a bachelors degree.
Going back to the basic skill development programme meant for the vast number of our youth, the number of ITIs (Industrial Training Institutes) meant for them is scandalously few for the need of our bulging youth population. No wonder very few parents whose children badly need skill development courses are aware of such possibilities.
Owners of medium and small enterprises, potential employers of these children in the informal sector, do not see any additional advantage for their businesses in recruiting them. Unless government gives those employers some initial incentives in hiring them, the vicious cycle will continue. With the expanding role of the services sector in the economy, we need to expand skill development to the services sector on a massive scale.
With more than half of our population still engaged in the agricultural sector producing only 15 per cent of our GDP, we need to develop ATIs (Agricultural Training Institutes) in as many provincial towns as possible to provide employment to higher secondary dropouts in various agricultural services.
There is also immense possibility of generating employment in the rural health care sector for women with meaningful skill development programmes. Most importantly, these must be brought to the attention of those who need them.
It is, therefore, no surprise that we were ranked almost at the bottom, in the 103rd place this year, in the World Economic Forum’s Global Human Capital Index. To put this in perspective, Russia was ranked.
(The writer is former Dean and Emeritus professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Twente, The Netherlands)
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Multi-Observation Sensor Resetting Localization with Ambiguous Landmarks
Successful approaches to the robot localization problem include Monte Carlo particle filters, which estimate non-parametric localization belief distributions. However, particle filters fare poorly at determining the robot's position without a good initial hypothesis. This problem has been addressed for robots that sense visual landmarks with sensor resetting, by performing sensor-based resampling when the robot is lost. For robots that make sparse, ambiguous and noisy observations, standard sensor resetting places new location hypotheses across a wide region, in positions that may be inconsistent with previous observations. We propose Multi-Observation Sensor Resetting, where observations from multiple frames are merged to generate new hypotheses more effectively. We demonstrate experimentally in the robot soccer domain on the NAO humanoid robots that Multi-Observation Sensor Resetting converges more efficiently to the robot's true position than standard sensor resetting, and is more robust to systematic vision errors. | <urn:uuid:4632e508-258a-4ccd-9631-2ed956f64631> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/7983 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00069.warc.gz | en | 0.87602 | 195 | 1.726563 | 2 |
William Golding Trial / Witness Testimony - Ms. Hale
Witness Testimony Assignment - on the Trial of William Golding
The eighth grade students of San Domenico are putting William Golding on trial for slander of the human race, charging him for grossly misrepresenting human nature in his novel Lord of the Flies. Your job is to research one of the following witnesses, and write a witness statement, taking a stand on the topic of human nature, using your life experiences as justification and proof.
You will be assigned a witness, after requesting three witnesses of interest. Keep in mind that we are approaching these witnesses as researchers and scholars. I expect complete maturity during this process. In order to have an edifying learning experience, I expect all of you to do solid research from multiple sources, keeping a serious attitude about the witness’ history and role in our trial. After researching your witness’ life experiences, publications, philosophies, and ideas, you will write a statement, commenting on the nature of human beings. I will provide three models for you to see. I expect at least three sources, including one primary source, and a works cited page. No plagiarism. Don't forget to cite your sources!
The essential questions include:
• What is the nature of humankind?
• Are human beings by nature violent and evil?
• How do we explain the cruelty and the kindness we see in the world around us?
• Are we merely the products of our environment or are we the creators of the world and ourselves?
Presentation of Witness Statements
After you have written your witness statement, you will then be assigned a time slot for your delivery. You will then dress up in character and deliver your statement to the class of jurors. Your costume should reflect your witness and his other life.We will then take turns presenting our witness statements to the class. During this time, we will all take notes on each witness, highlighting important evidence provided by each witness. While we hear these statements, we will each decide the strength of each side. Then as a class, we will vote to either convict William Golding or not. Each student will write a detailed reflection of the witness statements, noting the salient presentations and evidence.
Witnesses (Each name is a link to a more in-depth biography). Additionally, to help understand your witness's views on many topics use the Brainy Quote.com search box . There are a number of links throughout the list to this website. Enter the name of your witness into the search box to retrieve dozens of quotations. Here are two excellent examples of previous student's work. Hannah Arendt Clifford Geertz
Anne Frank: (Research) Your published diary tells about how you were able to triumph in the face of evil and hardship. Research excerpts from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, and do general research on the Holocaust of World War II. You must be able to reveal your experience and your views on human nature.
Ashley Montague: (Research) You are a well known American anthropologist (someone who studies the nature of humans) and writer. You believe strongly that humans are not instinctive killers and that human nature is molded by culture. You have written several books specifically on aggression. You must be able to explain your important theories on the day of the trial in a convincing manner. To prepare for this role, research and read articles by Ashley Montague. The play The Elephant Man is playing in NYC, starring Bradley Cooper. Brainy Quote.com search box.
Mother Theresa: (Research) You were the most selfless and saintly person alive. Your work in saving the dying and homeless in India has inspired people throughout the world to take up similar work. How did you become this charitable person? You will tell the court about what your life and experience reveal about human nature. In order to prepare for your role, you need to read many articles about yourself. You are a key witness on this trial.
Maya Angelou: (Research) You were a famous American novelist, poet, and public speaker. You wrote and delivered the poem at President Clinton’s Inauguration. As a black woman, you experienced the pain of racial prejudice. You also had to rise above hardships such as childhood sexual abuse, poverty, and abandonment to become the world famous author you are today. Read poems, parts of novels,and speeches you have written to prepare for your role.
Thomas Jefferson: (Research) You were the third president of the United States, and the author of the Declaration of Independence. Your most famous line is “All men are created equal.” Your beliefs in democracy clearly indicate your ideas about human natures. In order to prepare for your role, you need to research your life and formulate your opinion on human nature. You should review American History books, and watch the recent film Jefferson in Paris. Brainy Quote.com search box.
Harriet Tubman: (Research) You were an African-American woman and leader of the Underground Railroad, a network which helped many slaves escape from Southern States to the North. You put your life in danger and risked being taken into slavery yourself in order to guide others to freedom. What do you think of human nature? In order to prepare for our role, read as many excerpts from your book as you can.
Jane Goodall: (Research) You are a very famous scientist who has studied chimpanzees in the wild of Africa for over 30 years. You have written several books and National Geographic articles in which you have speculate about the connections between chimp behavior and the nature of humankind. Your testimony in court will inform the audience about that the behavior of chimps in the wild might reveal about human nature. In order to prepare for your role, find some of your writings and study them.
Oskar Schindler: (Research) You are a member of the Nazi party and a German Industrialist who was able to save 1200 Jews from death in the final days of World War II. In order to prepare for this role and to write your views on human nature, you should be very familiar with the film Schindler’s List and the book of the same name. You should also research magazines articles that were published at the time the film was released.
Desmond Morris: (Research) You are a scholarly zoologist whose book, The Naked Ape, inspired those people who believe that humans are naturally aggressive and instinctive killers. This is a good role for people who are interested in animals and science. To prepare for it, read parts of The Naked Ape.
Sigmund Freud: (Research) You are known as the “father of psychoanalysis.” Trained as a medical doctor, you researched connections between physical illness and mental symptoms. You are most famous for developing the concepts of the conscious and unconscious mind, and for your theory about the structure of personality (the id, the ego, and the superego). Your studies and observations in the fields of medicine and psychiatry have given you strong opinions on human nature. Prepare for your ole by reading sections from general psychology textbooks. Brainy Quote.com search box.
Abraham Maslow: (Research) Trained as a psychologist, you are very interested in the areas of creativity, love, human achievement, and altruism. You believe that psychological problems are due to unmet basic human needs. Unlike Freud and other early psychologists, you believe that human news go beyond the needs for survival, safety, and security. You think that acceptance, achievement, and other higher level needs are important building blocks for psychologically healthy humans. Your beliefs about human nature are connected to these theories. Prepare for our role by reading sections from general psychology textbooks.
Cesar Chavez: (Research) You are famous Mexican-American labor leader who used non-violent protest in order to call attention to the conditions of migrant farm workers in California and the Southwest. You called for boycotts of farm products using pesticides which might harm farm workers and organized marches and fasts in order to draw support this cause. How do your actions and experiences related to the questions of human nature? Magazines at the time of his death may have a lot of information on him.
Donald Trump (Research) You are the 45th President of the United States and a former famous and controversial entrepreneur and businessman who has built, lost and rebuilt a personal fortune numerous times. You are now running for the office of President of the United States. Though once a Democrat, you have now taking up the causes of the conservative, tea-party movement in America, supporting an anti-immigrant, anti-government platform by appealing to the 'nativist' fears and beliefs of your constituency.
Malcolm X: (Research) You are a black leader who grew up in poverty, committed crimes, spent time in prison, and converted to Islam. You are a powerful and persuading speaker who rose to a very high position in the Nation of Islam and used that position to speak about the injustices and prejudice blacks face. You sometimes questioned the methods of other civil rights leaders and the leaders of he Nation of Islam, and were ultimately assassinated in New York City. What do your experiences and your ideas on the way to achieve equality say about human nature? In addition to library sources, rent and watch Spike Lee’s Malcolm X. Brainy Quote.com search box.
The Dalai Lama: (Research) You are to Buddhism what the Pope is to Catholicism. You are believed to be the reincarnation of the original Buddha, and you are also the leader of the country of Tibet. The Chinese however, took over Tibet, sent you into exile in India, killed may Tibetans, and destroyed Buddhist temples. Still, you practice and preach a philosophy of peace and non-violence. What are your beliefs about human nature as a result of your religious faith and experiences? Magazines, your autobiography, and other sources will help you.
Oprah Winfrey: While often the people you interview on your syndicated television talk show have been thought both wonderful and horrible experiences, this is no less true of you. You were sexually abused at a young age, but rose to be one of the most powerful and popular women in broadcasting. You have stared in movies about people struggling to rise above oppressive circumstances (The Color Purple, Selma). You have called on other daytime talk show to rise about topics that appeal to mankind’s basest desires and use their shows for good. Still your weight and personal life are used to feed those desires in newspapers sold at supermarket stands. What are your views on human nature?
Lawrence Kohlberg: (Research) You are a college professor who has spent your career studying the moral development of human beings. You maintain that all people pass through a predictable series of stages as they grow to be moral and ethical creatures. You are one of the most admired theorists about morality and its development. Brainy Quote.com search box.
Sister Helen Prejean: (Research) You are a Roman Catholic nun. You have chosen to act as a spiritual advisor and friend to prisoners on death row. You published a book, Dead Man Walking, which has been made into a much, acclaimed film. You believe that every human being, even the very worst ones, are more than the sum of their crimes. Read excerpts form your book and see the film (parental clearance required for the film, which is rated R)
Nelson Mandela: (Research) The son of an African chief, you spent years of fighting to end Apartheid, the cruel system of strict and racial separation imposed by white South Africans on the natives. You were captured, tortured, and imprisoned for 30 years. When Apartheid ended five years ago, you were released from prison, hailed as a hero, and elected President of the Republic of South Africa. You have vowed that hatred and violence have no place in the new South Africa. Your autobiography will be a good source of information. Showtime released a great film on your life as well.
Joe Marshall: (Research) You are a former teacher and co-founder of the Omega Boys’Club in San Francisco. The author of Street Soldier and radio talk show host, you work with troubled youth to help turn their lives around. As a black male, you have much to say against gangs, street violence, and the lifestyles of today’s youth. You were recently honored with a Mac Arthur’s “genius” award and hundreds of thousands of dollars for the work you do. Read excerpts of the book Street Soldier. Look online for interviews with the real man.
Martin Luther King, Jr: (Research) You are one of the great leaders of the civil rights movement in America. You changed forever America’s passive acceptance of racism and segregation. Your ideas on non-violent change brought you respect and yet, you died from an assassin’s bullet. Why were you killed? Was your assassin evil? Were the racist laws you fought to change a signal of evil in the hearts of humans? Read more about yourself in American History books, encyclopedias and biographical references. Brainy Quote.com search box.
Thurgood Marshall: (Research) You were born and raised in the segregated America, yet you rose to be the first black justice of the US Supreme Court. As a lawyer you fought many tough cases related to segregation and civil rights. What would you think of the court case against William Golding? Would you say that Golding was right - and that racism indicates innate evil in human nature? Or would you argue that the democratic freedoms that allowed you to rise to one of the most important positions in the United States indicate good things about the human nature? Read more about yourself in books, encyclopedias, and biographical references.
Albert Einstein: (Research) You are one of the most influential thinkers in history of humankind. You have also lived through some of the most amazing historic times. You left Germany of your birth (to escape Hitler;s Aryan ideals) and eventually became a citizen of the United States. In 1921 you received the Nobel Prize for your discovery of the theory of relativity - a concept that eventually led to the creation of the atom bomb. How do you feel about unleashing ideas that could eventually destroy the human race? Do you believe that mankind has the goodness to handle this knowledge? Read more about yourself in biographies, encyclopedias, and history books.
J.Robert Oppenheimer: (Research) You were the leader of the Manhattan Project, America’s secret mission to be the first nation to create the atom bomb. You seemed to believe that having the bomb was necessary for America. How did it feel when you heard that the first two bombs dropped on Japan had killed hundreds of people? Do you think mankind is innately aggressive, and that this aggression will eventually lead to self destruction? How is your opinion about human nature different from or similar to William Golding’s? Rent the documentary “The Day After Trinity.” and read more about yourself in history books, and biographical references. Brainy Quote.com search box.
Osama Bin Laden: You are a member of the prominent Saudi bin Laden family and founder of the terrorist organization of al-Qaeda, best known for the September 11 attacks on the United States and its associations with numerous other mass-causality attacks against civilian targets. You are on the American Federal Bureau of Investigation list of FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Since 2001, Osama bin Laden and his organization have been major targets of the United States War on Terrorism. In 2011 bin Laden was shot and killed by during a covert operation conducted by members of the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group and the CIA.
Barak Obama: You were the 44th President of the United States; the first black president to hold office. You served as junior United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until you resigned after your first election to the presidency in November 2008. You lived abroad with your single mother when young, eventually graduating from Harvard Law School. Before entering politics, you were a community organizer in the Chicago area assisting predominately low-income, African-Americans to make positive changes in their lives and communities.
Bernard Madoff: You are a former financier and convicted felon. You once served as a non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange, pled guilty to an 11-count criminal complaint, admitting to defrauding thousands of investors of billions of dollars. You were convicted of operating a Ponzi scheme that has been called the largest investor fraud ever committed by a single person. Federal prosecutors estimated client losses, which included fabricated gains, of almost $65 billon. Other estimates of the fraud, excluding the fabricated gains are $13-21 billon. On June 29, 2009, you were sentenced to 150 years in prison, the maximum allowed.
Clifford Geertz - A leading American anthropologist, you argue that human identity and behavior are totally dependent on the cultures in which human live - that, in fact, people without culture could not exist.
Pope Francis - You are an expert on Biblical history and the Bible. You can testify about doctrines regarding sin and the nature of good and evil in humans.
Isaac Bashevis Singer - You are perhaps the most famous Jewish writer in the Yiddish tradition. Your stories have captivated readers for decades. Your unique view of human nature, of innocence and purity, will make your testimony invaluable to the court. If you assume this role, you should read several of Singer’s stories and study a recently taped interview. Brainy Quote.com search box.
Abraham Lincoln: (Research) You are the 16th President of the United States, serving from 1861 to 1865. You are known for leading the nation during the Civil War and your fight to abolish slavery. You have witness the complexity of human nature during your life.
Alice Paul: (Research) You are an American suffragist, feminist, and woman’s rights activist. You spent half a century as a leader of the National Woman’s Party. You militantly fought for equal rights for women, and endured many hardships on that road. You even spent time in jail for the cause. How do you feel about human nature after your life struggle to gain equality for women?
Bashar Al-Assade: (Research) You have been the president of Syria since 2000. Despite expectations that you would reform the country’s democratic and economic states, you have continued to reinforce your father’s authoritarian methods of rule. You are very current and there is a lot of information about you in the news. Your take on humanity is critical for our trial. Brainy Quote.com search box.
Robert Gabriel Mugabe: (Research) You are a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician, currently the President of Zimbabwe. You have ruled Zimbabwe for nearly three decades, known as a hero against white rule and a leader of one of the most violent land seizure programs in the world. You are a controversial dictator, whose view on humanity will impact the jury’s decision. Research articles on his life and check out the current film Mugabe and the White African.
Malala Yousafzai: (Research) You are a Pakistani human rights activist, and the youngest Novel Prize laureate to date. Your work has impacted the entire International world. Many young readers have read your book I am Malala.
Muammar Gaddafi: (Research) You were a Libyan revolutionary and politician. You served as the de facto ruler of Libya for forty years, when you took power in 1969. You were ousted from office during the Libyan civil war. A highly controversial and divisive figure in history, your testimony is critical in analyzing human nature. | <urn:uuid:19df6712-b7f0-4359-8ef0-6fcbaa2b1f50> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sandomenico.org/academics/library/middle-school-web-pages/william-golding-trial-witness-testimony-ms-hale | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.960868 | 4,074 | 3.171875 | 3 |
On Monday, May 13, at 7pm, I'll be moderating a panel at The New York Academy of Sciences.
If you are in the area, please attend! Here a description of the event:
Social and Emotional Learning: Preparing Our Children to Excel
Monday, May 13, 2013 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
The New York Academy of Sciences, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, 40th floor, New York, NY 10007-2157
School has traditionally been about teaching kids new knowledge and skills. Most people have long believed that each child's temperament and capacity for learning are more or less inborn, or at least, not the province of teachers. But the recent trend in education to foster social and emotional learning in classrooms is aimed at nurturing such fundamental traits as self-control, focus, perseverance and serenity in children. These essential capacities are now known to underlie both academic and life-long success.
The program, presented by the Academy and Scientific American Mind, features Amishi Jha, a psychologist at the University of Miami, who will explain how to foster emotional balance and strengthen executive skills such as attention through the practice of mindfulness—that is, being in the moment, aware of events as they are unfolding. Psychologist Clancy Blair of New York University will reveal, through startling new findings, the dangers of stress to a child's ability to learn—a problem that is particularly acute for children in poverty—and the importance of creating calm in the classroom for improving kids' brain function.
Scientific American Mind Editor Ingrid Wickelgren will introduce the topic and moderate the discussion. Don't miss the opportunity to discover the science and strategy behind curricula that craft young minds that are smart, socially astute, and able to coolly confront life's challenges.
*Reception to follow event.
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Amnesty International appeared alongside the Australian Lawyers Alliance, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the Refugee Council of Australia today as they gave evidence at the NSW Public Hearing of the Parliamentary inquiry into Freedom of Speech in Australia.
Amnesty’s Indigenous Rights Campaigner, Roxanne Moore, told the inquiry that changing the Racial Discrimination Act could upset a fine balance and be “seriously damaging”.
“It could embolden racists in the community, it could potentially lead to more violence and racial hatred in the community, and we don't think that's a good outcome for social cohesion or tolerance.”
She told NITV News the organisation is “hoping that they will see the Racial Discrimination Act in its current form meets its international obligations and doesn't need amendment."
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Studies have shown that breaking the transmission phase of the cycle is one of the most effective ways to prevent infection. The best way to break the transmission phase is thorough and frequent handwashing, good personal hygiene and regular cleaning and disinfection.
Handwashing is considered to be the most important measure to prevent the spread of infection!
(SMDHU has Handwashing resources available. Please notify the health unit and we will gladly supply you with these resources.)
Hands can play a major role in the indirect transmission of pathogens from surfaces to susceptible hosts. Therefore, handwashing facilities should be adequately located and readily accessible for campers and staff.
Easy access minimizes the amount of time that contaminants remain in contact with skin, reduces the risk of cross contamination, and fosters an attitude of compliance due to accessibility of proper facilities and supplies.
Handwashing suspends micro-organisms and allows them to be mechanically removed by rinsing under running water. Liquid, bar leaflet or powdered soap is acceptable for handwashing. Handwashing is effective in breaking the chain of infectious disease transmission.
Hands should be cared for so they do not become chapped or irritated. Using lotions can prevent this from occurring.
When to Wash Your Hands (at a minimum):
- Whenever hands are visibly soiled.
- Before and after eating and drinking.
- After sneezing, coughing, or blowing your nose.
- After touching your hair, face, nose etc.
- Before and after smoking.
- Before and after contact with an ill camper/staff member.
- After beach/water play.
- After engaging in sports activities.
- After hiking/biking activities.
- After contact with any blood or body fluids.
- After removing gloves.
- After contact with animals.
- After handling any contaminated items (i.e. linens, garbage, etc.).
Alcohol-based Hand Rubs
Conveniently located and readily accessible handwash basins may not be feasible in many recreational camps. An alternative would be to have alcohol-based hand rubs (from a dispenser or bottle) available in locations where handwashing should be promoted and practiced but may not be due to distance from, or lack of available facilities.
Places to consider making alcohol-based hand rubs readily available include:
- the entrance of dining halls,
- inside dining halls,
- in cabins where there is no running water and;
- at those locations where hand contamination is likely to occur including sporting, camping and beach locations, among others.
When to Use Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs
- Only when hands are not visibly soiled.
- After contact with inanimate objects (including sporting/camping equipment).
- Before entering the dining hall, eating or snacking.
- Prior to participating in group activities.
- When on overnight canoe/camping trips and running water is unavailable.
Procedure for Using Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs
(60% to 90% isopropanol or ethanol or a combination)
- The hands should be free of dirt and organic materials.
- Apply enough alcohol-based hand rubs (1.5 mL) to cover the entire surface of the hands and fingers, or a drop about the size of a loonie.
- Rub the solution until dry.
- The alcohol-based hand rubs may be used routinely for hand hygiene, unless hands are visibly soiled; then soap and water handwashing is required.
- Always wash hands with soap and water after blood or body fluid exposure.
Advantages of Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs
- Active against all bacteria and most clinically important viruses and fungi.
- Rapidly kills micro-organisms.
- Spreads quickly across the skin.
- Evaporates quickly.
- Leaves an emollient on hands which prevents drying and cracking.
- No sink rinse required.
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- Keep nails neat and trimmed.
- No nail polish or false nails.
- Jewellery should be kept to a minimum.
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7 Exam Preparation Secrets to Studying Success
Mastering the art of studying is something that can take years of practice. There are very few of us who relish the thought of knuckling down to a couple of hours of serious grafting but it has to be done, and there are ways to ease the process while absorbing as much useful information as possible.
Regardless of whether you are waxing lyrical in the form of an essay detailing the short and brilliantly fascinating lifespan of a Mayfly or committing various chemical formulas to memory, you must ensure that you’re giving your brain the helping hand it needs to perform at its very best.
For some of us the ideal study environment is a peaceful corner of the library with no distractions besides the odd nip to the loo or trip to the cafe, while others thrive in a bustling, highly stimulated setting. Whatever type of learner you are or your personal studying preferences may be, there are some hard and fast go-to tips that will help you stay at the top of your game for the duration of your exams. Take a look at our simple yet exceedingly insightful tips in our latest infographic.
So now you know the secrets to study success. While many of the tips seem easy-peasy in theory, actually putting things such as ‘avoiding distractions’ into practice can take a little willpower.
However, the onslaught of exams means that the end of this rather bleak period is also insight and you will soon be free from essays and exams, for at least a short while, once more.
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According to the artist, this sculpture was developed from another life-size nude entitled 'Summer', made in 1910. The model for this 'Venus', however, was a Spanish maid who came to work for Maillol at the end of the First World War. Maillol later recalled that he worked on the piece over a period of several years. A plaster version, complete with necklace, was exhibited in Paris in 1928 and a bronze cast was sold the same year. Named after the goddess of love, this sculpture epitomises Maillol's vision of feminine beauty. | <urn:uuid:0f43cf1b-7745-46c5-a1d5-afd5efdfcb72> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/maillol-venus-with-a-necklace-n04576/text-display-caption | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719468.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00529-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980345 | 117 | 2.28125 | 2 |
Inspire your learners with the power of games
Inspiration gives us the fuel to do things we never even dreamt of. Innovation is all about being curious and trying new things. It means taking risks and considering the impossible. There are many situations in which we wish the people around us were more inspired. These could be students, our staff, our customers and trainees that we engage with daily. The realities of the workplace, the lab or the classroom do not always make this easy.
When players are deeply immersed in a virtual world they tend to let go of their inhibitions and be more open to new ideas and experimentation. This is the ground where inspiration flourishes. Games and simulations let users explore the ideas that would be too expensive, too risky or simply beyond the realms of today’s science. Cutting edge science can be given a helping hand by cutting edge technology.
Our games give you the tools to open minds
Virtual worlds can take innovation to new levels. We can take users to the inside of a human blood cell, the corridors of power in the White House, or the far reaches of space. And most importantly, we can provide them with detailed feedback about results across a range of scenarios, informing today’s decisions in the real world.
We can help to inspire your audience
Virtual worlds don’t just play a role in inspiring the leaders and professionals of today. Their biggest potential is perhaps in inspiring the scientists, the visionaries and the healers of tomorrow. We are looking to join forces with other organisations that share this vision and want to work with us in inspiring young people to innovate.
Benefits of working with PlayGen:
- We can help to instil a sense of awe on a subject that seems difficult or impossible to understand.
- We build immersive worlds where users’ decisions have a knock on effect as a scenario plays out.
- This also challenges people to think about new possibilities and opportunities.
- As a result, we help people to look at things from a new perspective.
- To bring a complex area to life and make it accessible.
How do we make serious games and simulations to inspire?
- Start with a solid foundation of what is known.
- Add a generous helping of tools that are open ended enough to allow for experimentation.
- Provide plenty of space for the player’s own imagination.
We’ve learnt that the most inspiring tools are often the simplest ones. For instance, we’ve developed a number of games to inspire the next generation of scientists about the possibilities of nanotechnology. The games vary from fairly complex to extremely simple. Some of the simulations with the biggest wow factor have been those that bring to life the notion of the nano-scale through the simplest visual comparisons. | <urn:uuid:9b52daf9-e84e-4e37-a2e6-d375bdffbe95> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://playgen.com/inspire/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279410.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00164-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940815 | 571 | 3.109375 | 3 |
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To the best of my knowledge I will answer your
question. (Correct me anyone if I'm incorrect.)
I have learned that the violet color in the halfs (found in
GIFT OF DREAMS) are from anthocyanin pigments. So are the colors scarlet, red
violet, blue to deep violet and crimson. These colors are water soluble.
Pinks (like CONTRITE), oranges, and yellows are
carotenoid pigments. These are oil soluble. Note: water and oil solubles do not
I've also learned that when crossing both phenotypes
- one has the possibility of producing a "blended" result/ or
iris. The color pigments are not truely blended (not yellow x blue =
green). They are not a mix - but rather the colors (though they appear together
in the same area.) occupy a different part of the same area.
The browns and red-browns in an iris are the same result of
this kind of mix. I hope this helps to clarify how this
color combination (and other combinations) come about. Does anyone have anything
to add to this?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 5:42
Subject: [iris-photos] HYB: Traitor -
pink & green genes?
TRAITOR (photo recently posted to iris-photos) is light
blue green stds,
light blue violet with light blue green edge, dark
GIFT OF DREAMS X CONTRITE
GIFT OF D is pink w
violet hafts stds, pink & white falls
How do you get a "green" iris out of this
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
Whooping Crane Walkathon:
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May 29, 2013
What Drives Kids To Abuse Prescription Drugs?
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online
Non-medical prescription drug abuse is on the rise in young people, and a new study from the University of Cincinnati could shed light on what could increase or lower the risk of such abuse.The research team, led by Keith King, professor of health promotion, focused on 54,000 students — 7th through 12th grade — in the Greater Cincinnati area, including the Tristate regions of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. The data they used was from the 2009-2020 Pride Survey on Adolescent Drug Use in America, collected by the Coalition for a Drug Free Greater Cincinnati.
The researchers found that 13.7 percent of the students reported using prescription drugs without a doctor´s prescription during their lifetime. They found that males were more likely to abuse the drugs than females, and high school students more likely than junior high students. Hispanic students were found to be more likely to use nonmedical prescription drugs compared with white or African-American students.
Pro-social behaviors, including strong connections with parents, teachers and peers who disapproved of substance abuse, were found to reduce the risk of prescription drug abuse as well. “Students at every grade level who reported high levels of parent and peer disapproval of use were at decreased odds for lifetime nonmedical prescription drug use,” according to the study.
Conversely, the researchers found that relationships with drug-using peers increased the odds of youth substance abuse. Use of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana among peers were associated with increased use of nonmedical prescription drugs for all students.
“While much research has examined factors associated with overall substance use among youth, relatively few studies have specifically investigated risk factors, protective factors and sex/grade differences for youth involvement in nonmedical prescription use,” write the authors. “Identifying specific risk and protective factors for males, females, junior high and high school students would help to clarify prevention needs and enhance prevention programming.”
According to the study, national research indicates that young people are turning to prescription drugs in the mistaken notion that they are safer than street drugs. Even short-term abuse of prescription drugs, however, can cause cardiovascular and respiratory distress, seizures and death. The researchers suggest that future research should focus on young people´s use of specific prescription drugs.
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1st we drwan a part in shape design workbench and we hav to make ramaning part in part design...how to active that part in part design workbench?
in catia v5
go to start-mechanical design-part design-insert-surface based feature or thick surface select the surface you've just made in GSD. now you can do things in part design
first make surface in generative shape design then go to part modelling by start meachanical design-part design then go to command "surface based features" and select thick surface for convert surface file in part model and then continue your work.hope this information make u so easy to make part.for further information mail me at [email protected] | <urn:uuid:1fbc2cea-6e20-4e67-a608-4f3c7349843b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://grabcad.com/questions/1st-we-drwan-a-part-in-shape-design-workbench-and-we-hav-to-make-ramaning-part-in-part-design-how-to-active-that-part-in-part-design-workbench | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00267.warc.gz | en | 0.909105 | 166 | 1.78125 | 2 |
I need to find dissimilar proteins. Looking through the PDB I found the weekly BLASTClust results of proteins that are 30% similar. However, I do not know if protein A in cluster 1 is guaranteed to be less than 30% similar to protein B in cluster 2.
The best and only documentation I can find for BLASTClust is here (link).
The program begins with pairwise matches and places a sequence in a cluster if the sequence matches at least one sequence already in the cluster.
That's good, but consider a set of three proteins (A, B, and C). A is 40% similar to B and 40% similar to C. B is 20% similar to C. Say that the algorithm places B in cluster 1 and then C in cluster 2 as they are dissimilar. What happens when it tries to place A? Because A is similar to both B and C will they be joined into one cluster (this would be the best result for me) or is A just placed into one cluster even though it is similar to a protein in another cluster? | <urn:uuid:8ee5b0f1-0a2f-4b77-a85f-fe119998758f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com/questions/14858/does-blastclust-guarantee-that-proteins-in-different-clusters-are-dissimilar | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.956311 | 227 | 2.25 | 2 |
How tissue patterns are formed and maintained are fundamental questions. The murine tongue epithelium, a paradigm for tissue patterning, consists of an array of specialized fungiform papillae structures that harbor taste cells. The formation of fungiform papillae is preceded by pronounced spatial changes in gene expression, in which taste cell genes such as Shh, initially diffused in lingual epithelial progenitors, become restricted to taste cells when their specification progresses. However, the requirement of spatial restriction of taste cell gene expression for patterning and formation of fungiform papillae is unknown. Here, we show that a chromatin regulator, Polycomb repressive complex (PRC) 1, is required for proper maintenance of fungiform papillae by repressing Shh and preventing ectopic SHH signaling in non-taste cells. Ablation of SHH signaling in PRC1-null non-taste cells rescues the maintenance of taste cells. Altogether, our studies exemplify how epigenetic regulation establishes spatial gene expression patterns necessary for specialized niche structures. Formation and maintenance of patterns are critical for tissue development. Bar et al. show that PRC1, an epigenetic regulator, is critical for lingual papillae development. Specifically, PRC1 regulates maintenance of the developing fungiform papillae, harboring taste cells, by repressing Shh expression in the non-gustatory epithelium surrounding taste cells.
- Sonic Hedgehog
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Globalization & It’s Effect On Manager’s Job
Globalization of Innovation is the key for the production as well as processing of knowledge in an organization for last few decades. Indeed organizations ability to convert knowledge into wealth and social good through the process of innovation determines its future. The companies are facing a great development in the global markets resulted from globalization. Therefore, they are thinking of a new generation of managers, which we call global managers. They have a wide viewpoint of unexpected environmental changes that needs a fast and right decision to make.
The old generations of managers don’t have this competency. So, they can’t adapt with the new environment (Kanter, 1995, p. 149). The entry of multinationals has also brought in fundamental changes in the work culture, work ethics and remunerating patterns in many countries, all of which have a clear bearing on the career growth path of individuals. Added to this are the rapid changes taking place on the technological front, flattening hierarchies and making people come together more than ever before.
The new authority is emerging and organizations are member led, officer driven, customer focused; a team environment where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts; a flat management structure where employees and managers are learning rather than blame; a clear since of direction and purpose.
A firm commitment is to delivering high quality public services through a combination of direct-provision and effective partnerships. Global manager International companies operate in an environment shaped by a vast range of economic, political, legal, cultural, market, trade, monetary, governmental, and institutional forces.
These forces make up the environment of international business. These forces represent the system outside the international firm’s boundaries that influence the actions of its global managers. Global managers help their companies compete more effectively in international businesses. The Global manager must be open-minded and ready to accept changes. He must be well oriented and trained on the new technologies, good communicator and good negotiator, too. All of that makes him more efficient, competitive and globally opened without distinguishing between religions, colors, genders and roots. | <urn:uuid:a4a1d10f-8121-44cf-a907-343abde78d66> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://businessays.net/globalization-its-effect-on-managers-job/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284405.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00036-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952183 | 434 | 2.484375 | 2 |
Augmented reality has the potential to change how we see the world — or, I guess if you want to get technical, the way companies show ads to us.
The latest example of this breakthrough is courtesy of Google's Pixel 4. The new smartphone, released Oct. 24, comes complete with a Google Lens-enabled AR surprise. As Android Police reports, when users point their new phone at the back of the Pixel 4 box, they are treated with an ad for Google's Instagram account.
"Welcome to #teampixel," reads the animated ad. "Tap to join the global community @googlepixel."
According to Android Police, tapping any of the photos displayed in the AR slideshow will take you to the Google Pixel Instagram account.
This, of course, is not the only use of Google Lens or AR. As Mashable reported this May, Lens was scheduled for updates meant to help confused restaurant goers determine what other people like to eat. It also allowed you to point your phone at a meal receipt and have it calculate the tip — an invention that puts the calculator to shame.
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If you have ordered a fruit tree which you want to give as a gift at Christmas or a birthday or other special occasion, it is likely that you will have to store the tree for a short period. Here are some simple guidelines:
Remove all the delivery packaging and stand the tree in its pot in a safe place in your garden, making sure it can't be blown over. If the weather forecast is very bad (e.g. snow or very low temperatures) you can put the tree in a shed, cold greenhouse, or garage. Do not under any circumstances store the tree in a heated house.
Things are a bit more complicated with bare-root trees, as it is very important to keep the roots protected. For this reason it is often best to choose pot-grown trees if you are giving them as a gift.
As soon as you receive the bare-root trees remove them from the delivery carton, dig a small trench in a safe place in your garden, and lie the trees on the ground with the roots in the trench. Then cover the roots with soil and firm it down over the roots. For more details see our article on "heeling-in". The trees will keep quite happily like this until the recipient is ready to plant them.
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|NZXT HAVIK 140 CPU Cooler|
|Reviews - Featured Reviews: Cooling|
|Written by David Ramsey|
|Tuesday, 16 August 2011|
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NZXT HAVIK 140 CPU Cooler
Full Disclosure: The product sample used in this article has been provided by NZXT.
Ah, another day, another CPU cooler. This time it's from NZXT, a company that started out making low-priced computer cases with features and quality normally seen only on more expensive products. Then they added a line of premium sleeved cables, case fans, mice, higher-end cases like the critically acclaimed Phantom, and even power supplies. The NZXT HAVIK 140 is their first CPU cooler, and they're aiming directly at the high-end air cooling market with an MSRP of $74.99. Benchmark Reviews tests their latest offering to see if it can play with the big boys.
As CPU design migrates to a 32nm process (such as Intel's new Sandy Bridge processors and AMD's forthcoming Bulldozer CPUs), power consumption and heat production go down, and the need for monster cooling systems decreases. But there are still a lot of very hot CPUs out there, such as the overclocked and overvolted Core i7-950 I use in my heat sink test machine.
Any CPU cooler's primary task is to cool the CPU. Since retail CPUs come with perfectly adequate coolers, the main reason to buy an aftermarket cooler is for conditions that the stock cooler can't handle...namely, overclocking. The Hyper 612 PWM is Cooler Master's latest entry in the field.
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Future of Payments
Given the pace of technological, commercial and regulatory change, it is impossible to guess where payments will be in the coming decades.
A few broad trends, however, are likely to continue.
We should expect cheques and cash usage to continue to decline. The question remains whether this decline is terminal or will plateau at a particular level. Both outcomes present challenges for industry and the community, including the costs associated with maintaining these systems and a possible deepening of the “digital divide” within our society.
In contrast, we should expect electronic and card payments to continue their rise in popularity. As we note in our Low Value Payments Roadmap, the physical methods we use may become less important in categorising payments as card and non-card payments may blur. We are already seeing signs of this as the international card schemes investigate how to deliver “cardless” solutions, such as mobile payments.
This blurring will likely see competition intensify, particularly in online payments, where the barriers to entry are significantly lower for new entrants. New digital currencies, such as Bitcoin, may also reshape the payments landscape.
Online and cross-border commerce are likely to continue increasing, creating demands for new services and use of global standards. There may also be a greater expectation for more information to be provided with payments, made possible with the introduction of improved technologies. Some of these challenges will be met by the "New Payments Platform" infrastructure and overlay services.
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I always say that success is a loose term and should be defined by the individual. I believe that my child will also only be successful if she can meet her own goals (not mine). I will be very careful to not define success for her. But, I also want to give her the skills she needs to meet her goals and feel confident in the little successes in life. So, I came up with a little skill setting exercise…
Help your child figure out a ffew things that they want. Ask them to be specific and tell them to picture themselves doing (or having that). Have them close their eyes and visualize the goal or draw a picture of what it will look like.
Whether your child’s goal is to build a huge Lego castle, save money for something cool, or make a good grade, have your child write it down. Then, help them create a plan spelling out what they are going to do to attain their goal.
Tell your child a story about something that you wanted (and accomplished) that was not easy for you. Explain how it took time, patience, focus and perseverance. Never say that what they want is impossible or silly. Instead, ask them how that will happen (even if it sounds outlandish).
Next, follow up by asking your child [occasionally] how they are making out with their goals. Take time to listen to their response and ask them if there is anything you can do to help them with their plans.
Finally, plan a party or something special (even it’s their favorite dinner or an ice cream treat) when they accomplish their goal. Make sure it’s a surprise because you don’t want it to be the entire reason that they wish to fulfil their goals. The most effective payoff is their own pride for accomplishing the task and the joy they feel associated with that result is something they will cherish and remember in the future.
Remember, the goal that your child sets today will probably change tomorrow…and that’s OK! The important thing is to show them how to organize their thoughts, set their goals, and feel pride in the steps leading to their accomplishments. Also, letting them know that you believe in them and what they want to accomplish.
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"Takutsi Nakawe", is the name of Grandmother Rain, the creator of the Universe in Huichol cosmology. This beautifully animated film tells the creation story and vision of the Huichol people, an indigenous tribe living in the Sierra Madre of north central Mexico. This ancient culture is still strong after millenia of changes in Mexico. Julio Parra Parra, a Huichol Shaman will be present at the film. Subtitled in English and Spanish. Bring your Mexican neighbors!
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This work presents a comparison of two forced response methodologies implemented in commercial finite element software Ansys for describing the dynamic structural response of a steam turbine combined stop and control valve assembly in realistic operation conditions. The first method employs one-way coupling where the pressure field of a selected acoustic mode from an acoustic modal analysis on the valve cavity is scaled based on a pressure probe measurement and mapped onto the structure followed by a harmonic forced response analysis at the structure natural frequency. This method is called the decoupled model — it is fast and conservative as it assumes the acoustic and the structure modes to coincide providing a worst-case forced response estimate. The second method employs two-way coupling between acoustics and structure vibration. It takes five to ten times longer to run than the decoupled model because of the presence of non-symmetric system matrices and must be run multiple times with inputs spanning the operating condition range. However, the coupled model provides the opportunity for a more optimal design as it does not assume the acoustic and structure modes to line up. For the valve geometry studied in this work the effect of two-way coupling seems significant in some conditions where it can cause changes of up to 50% in the forced response.
Forced Response Analysis of Steam Turbine Inlet Flow Control Valves
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Chakrabarti, S, Potdar, Y, Baik, S, Welch, D, & Forte, G. "Forced Response Analysis of Steam Turbine Inlet Flow Control Valves." Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2014: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition. Volume 7B: Structures and Dynamics. Düsseldorf, Germany. June 16–20, 2014. V07BT35A023. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2014-27313
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It is hard to consider how much the world has modified in the last 30 years ago. For those who examine future technology news, you will see that that there are newly launched products and technical equipment which have multifunctional options. By coaching designers to create and develop more accessible websites and mobile networks, a wider viewers can connect with and benefit from these technologies.
Combining technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and rapid progress, Quick 500 companies—giant, small, public, and private—hail from cities far and huge throughout North America and are disrupting the technology trade. Not solely did it spawn new industries and products, but it surely spawned different revolutionary applied sciences – transistor technology, built-in circuit technology, microprocessor technology.
It was created for people to speak and community, yet some people use it as their only type of communication with other people. Sometimes, folks embed technology in machines This lets others use the machines without knowing how they work. He can see the benefits and the way technology can be seen as a good friend to humanity that ‘it makes life easier, cleaner and longer’.
Technology Promotes individual learning: College students can use their iPads and internet to do private analysis online and educate themselves. So, this is how our life has changed on account of technical assistance and we are able to simply promote our business in no time.
An instance of technology is the Web which has made up-to-date data out there to anyone with access in a matter of moments and provides real time information about events around the globe. An audit can have the positive impact of opening channels of communication between an organization’s business and technology administration. | <urn:uuid:d13a9881-5520-4ce1-aa96-cea545f3ed9e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thatawkwardmomentmovie.com/examples-of-technology-in-our-everyday-world-7.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00073.warc.gz | en | 0.955782 | 337 | 2.421875 | 2 |
Mike Boyle has been coaching and training people for many years. He has worked with clients ranging from total beginners to world-class athletes like the Boston Red Sox and Bruins.
The founder of Body by Boyle is in his 70s, but he is still more active than many trainers that are decades younger than he is. Boyle’s also still seeing a lot of success. His philosophy is simple: the client as a person matters more than the objects being moved or the trainer’s preferences and ego.
Boyle credits one piece of advice he learned in his younger years that he carries with him in his career as a trainer and coach today: “We don’t coach weights, we coach people.” Boyle shared that sound advice with MH, along with some more insights on nutrition, training, and more that can help a lot of people save steps on their road to wellness.
Who would you consider a fitness mentor, and what was one piece of advice you received from that mentor?
Johnny Parker was a longtime strength coach for the Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I remember him saying “we don’t coach weights, we coach people.” I really remember that because I was young and I realized that your connection to people is what’s going to make you successful. That is missing in fitness because way too many people are into themselves. We tell our coaches all the time that they have to be into the clients. If you pay more attention to the client’s needs or the athlete’s needs, you’re going to be pretty successful.
What is the first piece of advice you would share with a new client if that person wanted to lose weight?
This is going to sound incredibly stupid, but eat less. Many people think they have something drastically wrong with them like a metabolic disorder or something unique. What we found most of the time is that people simply eat too much. The number one thing is to make the conscious decision to eat less.
Is there a particular diet or food plan that you feel more people should try to lose weight?
I’m particularly a fan of intermittent fasting. I’ve done several presentations over the years, and unfortunately, when you say “eat five small meals a day,” they hear “eat five meals a day.” They don’t hear the word “small.”
Whereas with intermittent fasting, people can and will speak against it, but when you tell people to eat less meals less frequently, you have a good chance to reduce total calories. Ultimately, that is what is going to get you in the right direction.
What is one mistake that people could stop making in order to see positive changes?
Another good piece of advice I’d gotten is to not drink your calories. We’ve had really good success with people who had failed to notice the quantity of liquid calories going into their system. It could range from beer to wine to coffee. There’s a lot of ways that calories slip into your diet without you thinking that you’re eating.
What is one thing people could start doing to improve their chances of success?
Many folks don’t take in enough protein. I think that’s because they don’t know what protein sources are. They don’t explore the unadulterated world of protein. People that are struggling probably don’t understand that they need to have protein with every meal.
Would you rather people eat their protein sources or do you feel protein shakes would be an acceptable form of drinking calories?
I’m okay with protein shakes as long as people can understand that the shake is the meal. When you’re trying to lose weight, you’re trying to restructure the relationship with food. It’s incredibly psychological. There’s a big difference between a double mocha latte and a protein shake.
I really like the Precision Nutrition program by John Berardi. Getting people to change their behaviors, like accepting that a protein shake is a meal instead of a part of one, is what it takes to be successful. That is as opposed to putting them on a diet or saying they can only eat this.
What is your personal favorite protein shake recipe?
I like a combination of vanilla whey protein, frozen bananas, ice cubes, a little almond milk, organic psyllium fiber, glutamine, and a greens product that doesn’t make your shake taste like grass clippings. That isn’t easy to find, but they’re out there.
How can people who are new to fitness figure out what information is sound and what should be ignored?
You have to develop a filter while you’re trying to learn. Really try to look for reputable sources. A friend of mine likes to say “you have to look for someone who’s been there, done that, and is still doing it.” That is a really good way to qualify the information you’re studying. Look for people that have had success doing this, not just with themselves, but with other people as well. They should still be involved with it too.
What is the biggest myth or misunderstanding that you feel should be corrected when it comes to losing weight?
The biggest misunderstanding is that you can exercise to lose weight. Particularly for women, they feel forced to do hours and hours of cardio without looking at the caloric expenditure of what they’re doing.
A year ago, I posted a picture on my Instagram of a ball-peen hammer and a sledgehammer. I wrote that diet is the sledgehammer and exercise is the ball-peen hammer. Most people have it completely backwards. I’m pro exercise, but people have believed that it’s a great weight loss tool, and it’s really not because it takes a lot of effort to burn a small amount of calories.
You’ve worked with clients ranging from beginners to elite athletes. What is one exercise that you feel the vast majority of people should be doing, regardless of experience?
This is going to surprise a lot of people because I’m viewed as the “anti-squat” guy, but if we’re talking about general fitness, I would say a squat. If you want something that is going to provide a lot of bang for the buck, a goblet squat is a really good place to start.
Why are you not a fan of the traditional barbell back squat?
I don’t think it’s a great exercise from a spinal stress standpoint. However, a goblet squat could be beneficial for beginners or people looking to improve overall fitness. The goblet squat is great because you have to use the upper body to support the load. On the back squat, the bar is sitting on the shoulders. Even though you’re holding it, the upper body isn’t as involved.
What have you found to be the biggest mistake beginners make in the gym, and how can they correct it?
They work on the mirror muscles. Since this is Men’s Health, we’ll talk about men for this. They’ll walk on the treadmill for five minutes, bench, do a couple curls, then go home. Realistically, you couldn’t come up with a worse program than that.
As for correcting it, I think people should do total-body workouts every day. I feel they should abandon body part workouts. They’re still way too many people training like it’s 1985. With our adult clients, it’s total-body sessions each workout.
What is the format that you follow with these total-body workouts?
Basically, we do push, pull, legs, core. If we can get someone to go in and perform one pushing movement, one pulling movement, one lower body exercise, and something for the core, we’ve touched all the bases.
Now, if you went in and did chest one day, then shoulders, then arms, but you don’t go back the rest of the week, you missed the back and the lower body. As strength coaches, we fight human nature for a living. People are always going to be drawn towards what they like or what is easy. Our job is to bring them towards things that are good for them. Just getting people to do things like a total-body workout will make a big difference.
Do you have any cardio workouts that could help people challenge themselves without taking too much time?
I like the air bike, myself. I’m talking about those that pedal and the handles go back and forth. You can do a lot of work in a little amount of time. Someone starting out could start by doing 10 seconds of hard effort followed by 20 seconds of rest. Do that eight times in a row, and within four minutes, you’ve done a pretty intense workout. That is the Tabata training backwards. People more advanced could do that workout the opposite way with the 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest.
What should people be doing every day to maintain or improve overall wellness as they age?
I think everyone should be foam rolling and stretching when they go to the gym. The recommendation I like is that they should do that one day for every decade they’ve been alive. A 40-year old should stretch and roll four days a week, someone in his or her 50s would for five days a week, and so on. I like for people to roll on the cuffs – hip cuffs and rotator cuffs. Those are two areas where we hold tension. Rolling those and the T-spine would do a world of good. As for stretches, I like the seated “v”, where you sit with legs straight as far apart as possible. Most people are losing their ability to move on the frontal plane. We also like doing pigeon variations like in yoga. In general, we want people to stretch their hamstrings, adductors, hip rotators and hip flexors.
What strategies could someone use to help determine whether a personal trainer is good to work with?
I think you stalk them a little bit. Go in and watch them when they don’t know it. That’s easier to do in a big box gym than in a setting like mine. Are they into the client or themselves? Are they paying attention or are they on their phones? I think that too often, we pick trainers by how they look. It’s not a beauty contest. You want to find someone that can actually help you. You want someone that wants to help you get better.
How important is setting goals, and what type of goals matter most?
I think it can be very important, but you have to know what the goal is. If you look at the research, people that set goals are more successful than people who don’t. Most people have very unrealistic goals. If it was me the client was working with, the goal I would focus on is going eight for eight this month. Come twice a week for the next four weeks with no misses. That is goal number one. If we can start with the habit of coming in and not missing, then we’re going to start making great progress, and we can think about goals that most people think of that are tangible.
Many people struggle with motivation and training on days that aren’t perfect. How do you suggest people move forward when a day like that comes?
I call this checking the box. You don’t have to set the world on fire. Just make sure you at the very least get that box checked today. Again, this is fighting human nature. Someone thinks “I don’t feel great.” What does that person do? Skip the workout. In actuality, that’s the worst thing you can do. Whatever you do, don’t leave that box unchecked. There have been times I literally told my athletes to just go through the motions. That may be counterproductive in the eyes of some trainers, but it can be beneficial sometimes to just go in, do a couple pushes, a couple of pulls, a leg exercise, and something for the abs. Just don’t miss a day. It just keeps coming back to just showing up.
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In many ways the German way of dining out is similar to that in most parts of the world. However, many a US-Amerikaner or Canadian has been surprised, or has surprised a German waiter or waitress by failing to fully understand the European/German way of dining out.
For example, North Americans, who are used to leaving a tip on the table, need to know that this just isn’t done in the German-speaking world. (See tipping advice below.) You could literally wait forever to be seated by a host or hostess in a German restaurant. (You usually find your own seat. It’s not very difficult with a little practice.) Wondering where the water is? (Tap water is verboten!) What do you mean, you don’t take credit cards!? (Many dining establishments in Austria and Germany do not accept plastic.)
Are you beginning to understand why you (North Americans) need to be reading this? (Continental Europeans and experienced world travelers may now move on to another topic.) Believe me, it will be worth reading through all this because it is difficult to get a bad meal in the German-speaking world. (However, it can be done. Just remember rule number one: Never eat in an establishment where the bar seems to be more important than the dining area!)
German Restaurant Basics
Finding a Seat
Upon entering an Austrian, German or Swiss dining establishment do not wait to be seated. It could be a long wait. Diners are expected to find their own table. Sometimes a foodserver may deign to suggest a table, but they’re usually too busy ignoring the people who are already seated. If you see a sign (in German, of course) that says “Please wait to be seated,” you have chosen an exclusive and probably very expensive spot to dine. Most of the time you just find your own seat.
For some strange reason Americans expect a glass of water, suitably chilled, to automatically appear at their table in a restaurant. This no doubt stems from Prohibition. However, most Europeans avoid drinking tap water in general—not because it isn’t safe; they just don’t want to spoil a perfectly good meal with such a bland liquid! After all, there are so many better things to drink!
If water is desired, it is almost always bottled Mineralwasser (sparkling mineral water), not out of the tap. If you don’t want the fizzy stuff, ask for “stilles Wasser” (shtil-es vahs-ser). Most Americans who somehow learned the German phrase for “tap water, please” (“Leitungswasser bitte”) rarely use the phrase a second time. The puzzled look of disgust on the server’s face is usually enough to discourage all but the most emboldened from any second attempt. It is a look that says: “Ordinary water is fine for bathing, but only a moron would drink it!”
Tired of Wiener Schnitzel?
(NO! It’s not a hot dog!) Are you bursting with Bratwurst? Then try the German version of Chinese food! (Amazing how “Chinese” food gets around!) Or perhaps some spicy Indian fare? Most German towns of any size have more to offer than just German fare or McDonald’s. There is a very good chain of Indian (from India) restaurants in Germany. You’ll also find an Argentinian steak house on every other corner. Turkish Döner Kabap, a sort of shish kebab in pita bread, has now become the German national fast food. – So give those taste buds a little adventure! You’re in Europe, for crying out loud! In the words of Auntie Mame: “Life’s a banquet and most poor suckers are starving!”
Strangers and other Matters
The German custom of sitting with perfect (or imperfect) strangers is really very practical. The first time it happens can be a little unnerving for an Ami but after a while it makes a lot of sense. Usually this only happens in restaurants or beer gardens, where there are longer tables with empty seats. Usually you politely ignore each other. Sometimes the Germans may want to try out their English on you, but an American is no rarity in Germany.
A la carte
Like most Americans, the Germans also believe there is no free lunch – or at least no free bread rolls. Feel free to partake, but the rolls aren’t usually free. (In some restaurants they may be. Ask if you’re not sure.) But before you show your American indignation, remember – there is no free lunch. Or dinner. In the States the rolls and butter are included in the price of your meal. Because it’s “free” you gobble up some rolls you may or may not really want. In Europe they’re more honest about it.
A complete restaurant dinner with everything included is rare in Germany. Usually, you pay a la carte for each side dish, in addition to the main item. You pay for what you consume. (McDonald’s in Germany charges extra for ketchup packs!) You really have to be hungry to eat rolls you know you’re going to pay for. — And that brings us to the very important topic of paying.
Paying the Bill & Tipping
This is always done at the table with the waiter or waitress who served you. The foodserver even carries a money pouch to take care of the financial transaction. Depending on the service you received, you should tip the normal 15 percent or so, but don’t leave your tip (Trinkgeld) on the table. Some cheap Germans just round up the amount of the check (which the foodserver will amazingly compute in a few seconds – if the establishment hasn’t installed a computerized billing system) to the next euro, or add a euro or two. Don’t do that! If you received decent service, add a decent tip! After all, your foodserver is working for a living and depends largely on tips! (Often a waiter’s basic salary depends on the volume of business that day.) A “normal” German tip is 5-10 percent, but even some Germans consider that a bit low. Of course, if the service was poor, you don’t have to tip at all.
More on The German Way
Table Manners in Germany
How not to seem like a barbarian!
If you are paying by credit card (less common in Germany; see below), the tipping procedure is the same as in the US. Oh, by the way, a 19 percent sales tax (actually a VAT, value-added tax) is included in the price of almost anything you buy in Germany (20 percent in Austria), including restaurant meals. (Groceries and some other items are taxed at a lower rate.) It’s always included, never added on as in the US. (Doesn’t that make the 4 to 9-percent sales tax back home look like a bargain in comparison?) You can find the amount of tax you paid printed out on your receipt.
It can come as a rather nasty surprise to suddenly discover that the nice restaurant you just dined in does NOT accept credit cards. Although almost unheard of in North America, many restaurants in the German-speaking world, even some very fine ones, do not accept credit cards of any kind. It is wise to always check about plastic payment — before you order. If you don’t see any credit card logos—the familiar-looking ones for Visa, MasterCard, American Express, etc.—then be sure to ask the waiter. (But be sure the waiter speaks English, German or some other mutual language. A waitress in a Berlin Chinese restaurant once nodded yes to my credit card query. It was only when I tried to use my card that I discovered the young Asian lady hadn’t understood a word I had said — in German. But my Chinese is very weak.)
When enjoying Asian food in Germany, very few Chinese, Vietnamese or other Asian restaurants provide chopsticks. You have to ask for Stäbchen (shtayp-shen) if you prefer to use chopsticks.
Using these cultural tips, you should be able to dine and imbibe well—all across Austria, Germany or Switzerland. Guten Appetit! (Enjoy your meal! Bon appetit!)
Next, in Part 2, we’ll discuss Dining Etiquette in Germany.
Loosely based on Point 21 (Dining, page 35) of The German Way by Hyde Flippo
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- Dining Etiquette – German table manners
- Beer and Wine – A guide to imbibing in Deutschland
- Cultural Differences – USA-Germany – Cultural comparison charts
- Not Käsespätzle again please… – Vegan dining in Germany – from the GW Expat Blog
- Beware of the “Mexican” Restaurant – from the GW Expat Blog
- City Guides: Germany – What to see and do in German cities
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Democrats have much to lament in the aftermath of yesterday’s Wisconsin recall elections. The spending numbers offer no comfort.
While Republicans outspent Democrats more than twofold in a series of races that, combined, cost more than $114 million, their electoral victories were worth the expenditures. For Democrats, 18 months of campaigning and more than $31 million later, Wisconsin is a bust.
The governor’s race, which cost upward of $60 million, saw Democratic challenger Tom Barrett spend $4 million, on top of more than $5 million spent by independent pro-Barrett groups. Democrats spent an additional $2 million on Kathleen Falk in the run-up to the May 8 primary.
Last year’s state-senate recall elections, in 2011, due to which Republicans lost two seats (four Republicans and three Democrats retained their positions), cost $44 million total. Democratic candidates spent $4 million, and Democratic outsiders outspent Republican counterparts $18.6 million to $15.9 million. The 2012 state-senate recall elections, by contrast, cost a total of $4.4 million, and Democratic candidates spent just under $600,000. Independent left-wing supporters spent $1.1 million on the four races.
The 2011 Wisconsin Supreme Court recall election was fueled almost exclusively by outside money; both candidates received $400,000 in public funding and agreed to forgo raising their own private campaign donations. Liberal groups attacked incumbent justice David Prosser with $1.5 million worth of ads.
The least expensive race was that of Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, the first lieutenant governor in American history to face a recall election. Kleefisch’s opponent, Mahlon Mitchell, president of the Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin, spent $200,000, and outside Democratic groups spent $480,000.
In full, Democratic candidates and their backers spent more than $31 million to unseat Walker and his Republican colleagues.
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How many times have you heard the phrase, “Stop, you’re giving me a headache!” most often spoken in jest? But having a headache is no joke, according to Dr. Karin Johnson, a Baystate Medical Center neurologist who treats patients for a wide range of headaches from tension headaches to more severe migraines.
And, it’s no joke for Maryanne Senecal of Chicopee, who has suffered with headaches since she was a youngster. “They weren’t constant when I was a child, nonetheless, I had them and was treated at home without going to see a doctor. I remember working in downtown Springfield at Johnson’s Bookstore when I was in my early twenties. Someone at the store told me they took Excedrin for their headaches, and I tried it and it worked for a while,” said Senecal.
According to the National Headache Foundation, each year some 90 percent of all men and 95 percent of all women have at least one headache. “For some, a headache can be just a minor distraction in their day, but for others who suffer more severe symptoms, a headache can prevent them from carrying out their daily activities,” said Dr. Johnson.
Tension headaches – experienced by over three-quarters of adults at some point in their lives – are the most common type of headache and are caused by tight muscles in the shoulders, neck, scalp and jaw. They are often related to stress, depression or anxiety and are common for people who work too long, don’t get enough sleep, and skip meals or drink alcohol.
Other common types of headaches include cluster headaches – chronic repeated headaches which may last for weeks to months with pain-free periods of various lengths, sinus headaches, and the most common of severe headaches – migraines.
The National Headache Foundation has declared June as National Migraine Awareness Month to bring attention to the crippling nature of migraines and to educate the public about their causes, impact and treatment.
A migraine, which is three times more common in women than men, is one of the most painful types of headaches. It is characterized by severe, often pulsating-like pain on one or both sides of the head.
“I don’t even classify a migraine as a headache. I’ve had headaches, and let me tell you, a migraine is a whole new ballgame. They’re just brutal and absolutely debilitating,” said Senecal, whose headaches slowly turned into daily migraines when she turned 50 years old two years ago.
“What was weird is that they started at the same time every day. I would wake up in the morning okay, then around 11 a.m. I could feel the migraine coming on and it would become full-blown in the afternoon. They would often start with pain above my right eyeball and spread to the back of my head,” she added.
During migraines, people are extremely sensitive to light and sound and may become nauseated and vomit. They may last a day or more and can occur as often as several times a week or only once every few years.
“Some migraine patients may even experience what we call an aura before or during their headache, when their visual field is clouded with sparkles or flashing lights,” said Dr. Johnson.
National attention was cast on complex migraines earlier this year when Los Angeles television reporter Serene Branson suffered a “severe migraine with aura” while speaking gibberish and looking confused and worried during her live coverage of the Grammys.
Also, during what the Baystate Medical Center neurologist described as “complex migraines” similar to that experienced by Branson, people can experience various neurological manifestations such as numbness or tingling sensations, weakness, or speech problems.
While Senecal didn’t experience any aura or other symptoms associated with complex migraines, she said the symptoms she did have were bad enough. “I couldn’t stand being in the light or certain smells. I was nauseous and would often vomit. There was no watching television or reading with a migraine. I had to retreat to a dark room and just lie down. And you can be down and out for a day or two,” said Senecal.
There are many things that can trigger a migraine including anxiety, stress, lack of food or sleep, certain foods, exposure to light, and hormonal changes in women. “Also, migraines are genetic and tend to run in families,” said Dr. Johnson. Branson’s mother, for example, has suffered from migraines. And, while Senecal said her mother didn’t get migraines, her older sister suffers from them, too.
Unfortunately, while there is no cure for migraines – which can be very challenging to prevent and treat – the painful headache can often be effectively managed, noted Dr. Johnson. “Everyone responds to pain differently. Migraines are unique to each patient whose triggers, severity and frequency of headache differs,” said Dr. Johnson.
“When someone is having frequent migraines, other than working with them to modify triggers and various risk factors, preventive treatment is usually recommended,” said Dr. Johnson.
Drug therapy – including the use of prescription medications such as amitriptyline, topamax or propranol – biofeedback training, stress reduction, and elimination of certain foods from the diet are the most common methods of preventing and controlling a migraine.Once a migraine has begun, acute prescription medications – also referred to as abortive medications – such as ibuprofen and Excedrin are used to treat the pain, noted Dr. Johnson. If over-the-counter medications like ibuprofen or Excedrin are not strong enough, then prescription medications such as sumatriptan (Imitrex) can often be helpful.
For a while, Senecal was seeing her primary care doctor to treat her headaches and was prescribed a triptan medication called Zomig. Triptans are a class of medications used to treat acute migraines and are designed to stop the migraine after it begins and help alleviate many of the accompanying symptoms.
“It helped somewhat, but I really wanted to find out what was going on with me and my primary care physician referred me to Dr. Philip Hsu, a neurologist at Baystate Medical Center,” said Senecal. While the causes of migraines are not well understood, doctors attribute the headache to the opening and narrowing of blood vessels in the head, involving various nerve pathways and chemicals in the brain.
“Before seeing Dr. Hsu, I ended up in the Emergency Department at Baystate with a very bad reaction to a medication I was prescribed for the pain. While I was there, I underwent a battery of tests because doctors there wanted to be sure my headache wasn’t the result of some serious illness,” said Senecal.
Although headaches can signal a more serious medical problem such as a tumor or aneurysm in the brain, they are rarely the symptoms of a serious illness. “Dr. Hsu was able to identify that my headaches most likely were the result of the onset of menopause combined with stress,” said Senecal. He prescribed her the drug gabapentin, which has shown to be very successful in treating chronic headaches. “I take a low dose of the pill three times a day as a preventive measure and then my Zomig if I feel symptoms of a migraine coming on,” said Senecal.
In addition to the tremendous personal toll migraines take on the many who suffer from this often debilitating condition, the National Headache Foundation reports that industry loses $31 billion per year due to absenteeism, lost productivity and medical expenses caused by migraine headaches.
Also, an estimated 157 million workdays are lost annually because of the pain and associated symptoms of migraines. “I lost a lot of work because of my migraines and at one time actually considered taking a leave of absence.
Unless you’ve had a migraine, no one can really understand how very sick you can feel. Some employers just don’t understand and when you tell them you have to go home because you have a migraine, it sounds like a lame excuse to them. But it’s far from it,” said Senecal.
Not all headaches require a visit to the doctor’s office, but some can signal a more serious disorder and call for prompt medical care.
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and arm of the National Institutes of Health, recommends that you see your physician immediately or go to your local Emergency Department if:
- You experience a sudden, severe headache or sudden headache associated with a stiff neck.
- Your headache is associated with fever, convulsions, or accompanied by confusion or loss of consciousness.
- You experience a headache following a blow to the head, or it is associated with pain in the eye or ear.
- You were previously headache free and now suffer from persistent headaches.
- Your child has a recurring headache.
When you do make an appointment to see a doctor for possible migraine treatment, Dr. Johnson said it would be helpful in advance to try to identify any patterns to your headaches, including associating any possible triggers to them.
It is well-known in the neurological community that getting too little sleep, sleeping too long, or poor sleeping habits, can trigger migraines. Sleep routines are very important for those who suffer from migraines — including going to bed and getting up at the same time every day. Also, there has been much discussion and research as of late about the link between sleep apnea and migraines, an area of great interest to Dr. Johnson, who treats sleep-challenged patients in the Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Center at Baystate Medical Center, part of the Baystate Regional Sleep Program.
Dr. Johnson recently completed her own research on the subject presented in an abstract at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting that noted treating obstructive sleep apnea can play a major role in reducing migraines or eliminating them altogether.
She found that 78 percent of headache patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who used continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment had improvement in their headaches compared to improvement in headaches in only 53 percent of patients without OSA and 33 percent of patients with OSA who did not tolerate CPAP treatment.
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Self/nonself recognition is a fundamental aspect of life. The evolution of cellular cooperation that led to tissues, organs and multicellular organisms is thought to have required the development of robust mechanisms of self/nonself recognition, or allorecognition, to preclude exploitation by genetically dissimilar competitors. The social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum, is an excellent model system in which cell adhesion, signaling and tissue formation during development have been studied extensively and for which powerful molecular genetic tools have been developed. We propose that cells integrate adhesion and communication during D. discoideum development to optimize cellular cooperation through a process of allorecognition that favors communal sporulation between genetically related individuals. Wild isolates of D. discoideum display cooperative behavior that is directly proportional to their genetic relatedness and we have uncovered a family of proteins that may form part of the molecular basis for this cooperation. This idea is based on our findings that the adhesion protein LagC1 and the related protein LagB1 are required for the cellular cooperation needed to integrate cells into a multicellular tissue, their genes are co-regulated, both display evidence of positive or balancing selection, suggestive of adaptive evolution, and their sequence polymorphism correlates well with allorecognition. Genes of the LagC1 type are abundant and polymorphic in the human genome as well, suggesting that the mechanisms we find in Dictyostelium would be relevant and applicable to human development and innate immunity. We hypothesize that highly polymorphic membrane proteins may mediate allorecognition in general, and that the specific proteins LagB1 and LagC1 interact functionally to mediate allorecognition through allele-specific intercellular adhesion and signaling, thus favoring cooperative sporulation of genetically similar individuals. To test these hypotheses, we will search the Dictyostelium genome for genes that encode polymorphic transmembrane proteins and test their correlation with allorecognition (segregation) between wild strains. We will further study the role of the most correlated proteins in allorecognition using mutagenesis and gene replacement approaches following the example of studying the specific roles of LagB1 and LagC1 in the process.
Allorecognition (self/nonself recognition) in humans is mainly achieved by our adaptive immune system whose high efficiency obscures the potential activity of other mechanisms, such as innate immunity systems that are conserved between numerous species. Nevertheless, there are groups of patients in which the adaptive immune system is failing due to AIDS or immune suppressive treatments in cases of cancer, transplantation or autoimmune diseases. The protein family we are studying is well represented in the human genome but little is known about its function in allorecognition, so studies in a simple model system such as Dictyostelium discoideum would allow us to understand their function using high-resolution methods that are either unavailable or hard to implement in humans.
|Ho, Hsing-I; Hirose, Shigenori; Kuspa, Adam et al. (2013) Kin recognition protects cooperators against cheaters. Curr Biol 23:1590-5|
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Get an inside look at the weapons created for the new season of HBO's "Game of Thrones" series.
All swords are not created equal, particularly when it comes to "Game of Thrones," the HBO series based on George R.R. Martin's character-rich sword-and-sorcery saga. When the series opens its second season on Sunday, some of the swords you'll see are made of cheap resin, others are metal blades just meant to look good — and a few of them have been custom-crafted using a technique reminiscent of the story's fictional, magic-laden Valyrian steel.
For Martin, swords are serious business.
"The one thing I can say is that he is very, very knowledgeable about history, including weaponry," said Chris Beasley, the proprietor of Valyrian Steel, the Michigan-based company that produces licensed replicas of "Game of Thrones" swords. "When designing the swords, and he is highly involved in the design process of our book replicas, he doesn't want something to look cool. He is more concerned with realism — who made it, why, and how?"
For example, let's talk about Valyrian steel. In the "Game of Thrones" TV series and Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" book series, the Valyrian blades were created ages earlier by a vanished civilization, using a blend of alloys forged with magic spells. There's actually a real-life analog, minus the magic, known as Damascus steel. Damascus swords are famous for their resilience and the intricate, flowing patterns that are imprinted on the blades, but the secret of their forging has been lost for centuries.
A few years ago, researchers found that at the microscopic level, Damascus steel contains carbon nanotubes — structures that seem like 21st-century technological magic dropped into the 17th century. The super-strong nanostructures are mixed in with softer metal in the sword. That solves the classic dilemma of sword-making: how to make a blade that is hard enough to do damage, yet supple enough not to break.
Young King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) sits on an Iron Throne made from the swords of enemies.
Modern-day Valyrian steel
Today, swordsmiths use a process known as "pattern welding" that produces results similar to the lost art of Damascus steel. Multiple layers of steel, with different amounts of carbon and other elements, are forge-welded together to create a blade that combines strength and suppleness. When all the layers of metal are flattened and folded together, over and over, it's like having two blades — or, more accurately, 200 blades — in one.
Some of the best-known Valyrian blades seen in the "Game of Thrones" TV series, such as the swords nicknamed Ice and Longclaw, were made using the pattern-welding technique.
"Ice was the main weapon to get right," Tommy Dunne, the weaponmaster for the series, said in a Westeros.org interview. "From the concept to the construction, it was about three weeks to make, as the blade was hand-forged by pattern welding, and the blade was drawn using machine hammers. But as with any good weapons, there's some other secrets that will remain secret!"
Beasley's business also sells some swords made with pattern-welded steel. "Those could technically be used, but we never recommend it," he told me. "Our swords are limited-edition collectibles, and no sword is impervious to damage. If used, they will get nicks, and chips, and scratches."
Beasley recalls that Valyrian Steel's Longclaw replica originally sold for $600, but after the swords were sold out, one customer reported receiving an offer of $3,000 to $4,000 for his sword. "I wouldn't recommend that anyone risk damage to something so valuable," Beasley told me.
Needle at work
If real fake Valyrian steel is too expensive for your taste, you can shell out $170 for Needle, the kid-sized sword that pre-teen Arya Stark learns to uses with deadly effect in "Game of Thrones." Beasley said Martin had a hand in designing the replica.
"Reading the books, I and many others thought, 'OK, this is a small rapier,'" Beasley recalled. "George very quickly put that notion to rest. He said that Mikken, the Winterfell smith who made it, would never have seen a rapier in his life, so how could he make one? That is why the book version of needle is more or less a small, slim longsword, and not a rapier."
Martin was so pleased with the result that he had one of Valyrian Steel's Needles sent to the actress who plays Arya so she could practice with it. And she's not the only one.
"One customer did tell us that they use Needle in their offhand to increase strength and coordination," Beasley told me. "They keep it in their office, and when on the phone or otherwise occupied they just jab and thrust with their left hand." (Remind me not to burst into that office unexpectedly.)
New twists in an old trade
Some of the secrets from the golden age of swordsmithing may have been lost over the past few centuries, but technology is adding new twists to the trade. There's been a lot of research into the use of alloying elements such as carbon, manganese, chromium, nickel, titanium and molybdenum. Materials scientists also are developing metallic materials infused with carbon nanotubes, just like in the good old days of Damascus steel.
"In more modern times, steel can be precisely made, and the overall material creation process can be more scientific so that you can get precisely the steel with the hardness and flexibility you desire," Beasley said. "So materials science has probably made modern swords stronger than older ones, but construction methods have not changed — though, obviously, power tools and other equipment have replaced arm power."
Ah, power tools — I'll bet the swordsmiths of King's Landing would have shelled out hundreds of silver stags for a good belt grinder. Are you in a mood to geek out over the science and technology of "Game of Thrones"? Feel free to indulge yourself in the comment section.
Update for 6 p.m. ET March 30: Veteran sword designer Kit Rae, who has created replicas for a variety of swords made famous by Hollywood, agrees with the parallel between the Valyrian steel of George R.R. Martin and the Damascus steel of real-life swordsmithing. "George Martin's universe is a parallel to what I would guess is the 12th to 14th century in our history," Rae told me. "Around the 10th century, that's when we were really starting to get into properly quenched and hardened steel."
There is a difference between the fictional and the factual universe, however. In "Game of Thrones," it's no longer possible to make brand-new swords with Valyrian steel. In the real world, there's a wide spectrum of swords and knives being made with the "Damascus steel" label — ranging in price from less than $200 to much more than $1,000.
"There are people who will argue that we don't have the technology to make something that compares with what the master swordmakers in Japan or Europe did. That's a bunch of bull," Rae said. "We're actually much farther along than that. But in that regard, you get what you pay for."
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The African National Congress, the party in power in South Africa since the country achieved majority rule in 1994, won again in last week’s general elections. Still, the party has serious — and growing — problems.
South African President Jacob Zuma is likely to be given a second and final term when the National Assembly convenes next week. He expressed hope that his party would capture two-thirds of the body’s 400 seats, which would enable it to change the country’s constitution, but the ANC fell short of that goal.
Still, the ANC’s victory was predictable. Even though a growing percentage of South African voters was born after 1994, most of the country’s 42 million black Africans continue to honor the ANC for its consistent role since its 1912 founding in opposing white-minority, then apartheid, rule.
In 1994, the ANC inherited the difficult task of redistributing South Africa’s economic wealth — which was largely in the hands of out-of-power whites — to improve the lives of the black majority without destroying the economy. It has done a reasonable job of that.
Still, the ANC’s presidents have become less credible, from Nelson Mandela to Thabo Mbeki and now to Mr. Zuma. Other recent scandals included the killings by security forces of 34 striking miners last year and Mr. Zuma’s spending of $23 million in government money on improvements to his personal residence.
It is not likely that South Africa’s people will support forever an increasingly corrupt ANC. In some ways, as South Africa goes, so goes Africa.
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Par Quentin Hoarau et Etienne Lorang.
As electric mobility is deemed necessary to cut CO2 emissions in the transport sector, the industrial and environmental consequences of lithium-ion battery manufacturing are much debated. In the European context, battery recycling has been argued to be a real option to develop a local industry with low environmental impacts. A recent regulation proposal from the European Commission has introduced minimum thresholds of recycled materials in new batteries by the year 2030. This paper discusses the conditions under which such thresholds may physically be reached. It develops a material flow model that projects battery wastes and their recycling potential. We find that the feasibility of thresholds proposed by the Commission is very sensitive to battery lifetimes. In comparison, change of material intensities through battery technology shift, recycling efficiencies and the faster uptake of demand have a more limited impact. Our results indicate that such policy instruments could conflict with other sustainability objectives, such as the development of second-life of batteries. | <urn:uuid:fc833a74-5c5a-47d3-80ad-45a35edde005> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.chaireeconomieduclimat.org/publications/an-assessment-of-the-european-regulation-on-battery-recycling-for-electric-vehicles/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.926804 | 205 | 2.4375 | 2 |
Lockers Don’t Work Like That
In Lunchbox Lockers (Aug. ’12) you make three statements that are not true, or are misleading. First, you state on page 24, “Both brands of locker are automatic, which means they automatically lock when power is applied.” Having owned two Lock Rights, two No Slips, and one short-lived Detroit EZ-Locker, and having put many thousands of miles on them and learning how they work and behave while fully experimenting with them, I know this is not true. Application of power doesn’t lock them. In fact, whether under power, coasting, or decelerating, the half of the locker connected to the outside wheel disconnects, which causes the outside wheel to spin faster than the ring gear (allowing differentiation), while the inside wheel turns the same speed as the ring gear. The only time this doesn’t happen is if the driver applies enough throttle to cause the inside wheel to spin as fast as the outside wheel. Even when this happens (both wheels spinning the same speed), it isn’t really because the locker is “locked” per se, it is because of a loss of traction of the inside wheel (or both wheels) while the vehicle is turning, allowing both to spin the same speed. There are a lot of misconceptions about how a locker works, and the wrong description you gave contributes to the misconceptions.
Second, on page 27 you say, “Drop-in lockers require the use of an open differential carrier.” Although this is true for the Lock Right, it is not always true for the No Slip. There are No Slips made for limited-slip carriers.
And third, on page 26 you say, “No matter how extreme the terrain or twisted your suspension gets, each tire will continue to pull, even if one or all become airborne.” This is not true, because no tires pull if all become airborne.
William K. Halford
Thanks for the letter. You make some astute, if not entirely accurate, observations. First, the functioning of any automatic locker is for the outside wheel to overrun its clutches to disengage, which it will if it is going faster than the ring gear. But under power they both must turn at the same speed. As you wrote yourself, “if the driver applies enough throttle . . . ” hence under power. Not enough throttle is indeed not enough power to lock the locker, and when it does, that is what causes that slippery feeling on a slope or ice—both tires are spinning since the locker is locked.
A locked locker doesn’t necessarily equate to traction; it can be quite the opposite. Different rolling radiuses of the tires on the axle can also cause unequal locking characteristics. The locking mechanisms are simple, overriding dog clutch teeth—there is no magic inside, simply real mechanical physics.
Finally, nice catch! Yes, our sentence was poorly written in that respect, but what if the air was thick and the rig had monster fan-blade paddle tires? Oh well, thanks again for writing.
In your new series called Tool Shed [“Mighty Fine Mat,” July ’12], I believe you meant to state that the mat comes in 0.75mm or stiffer 0.95mm thicknesses, not “75mm” or “95mm” (which would be 3 or almost 4 inches thick!) I’m sure I’m not the only person who caught this. Thank you anyway for a cool tech product update.
The thicknesses were actually 75 and 95 mils (0.075 and 0.095 inch), but the term got changed to mm by mistake. It’s a great mat, but not as thick as a 2x4. Sorry for the typo, and thanks for pointing it out.
Forward Controls Rule
Great article on the FC concept [“Will We See It?” sidebar in “The Mighty FC,” Aug. ’12]. I agree that using the Iveco 4x4 as a starting point would be a great way to return the FC to the Jeep fold. No problem here with using the chassis—platform sharing is commonplace between makes. Only problem I see would be choosing to make the truck either a midsize or an HD. Midsize would appeal to casual use, HD would appeal to landscapers, utilities, etc. Snowplow companies would greatly benefit from the improved visibility from the FC setup. The diesel engine would be a must for this truck either way—looks and pedigree would only take you so far. Need a solid anchor to pull in the buyers who cannot make up their minds. BTW, great shot of Fred’s FC in the background! Especially cool how the colors match.
We love FCs and look for them everywhere we go. This is a pair found in the hills of Washington, patiently waiting to be brought back to life by their owner.
I am writing today to let you know of a little gem that I now have in my possession. Due to rather sad circumstances, I have inherited a very rare 4x4, from what I can tell. How rare is it, you ask? Well, I have been trying to source parts for some time and it is proving very difficult. The wheels look to have a very archaic six-bolt pattern and are rare enough that not too many folks offer them. I am having a tough time finding aftermarket bumpers. Again, rare. The thought of a real lift kit crossed my mind, but no one seems to have one readily available. I checked ads in magazines and online and my truck is never on any of the lists. I even tried the classifieds to no avail. The only thing I have no problem finding are the ball joints. It seems I can get my hands on these with very little effort. And that’s a good thing, let me tell you, because I need to replace them every year. Reluctantly I have decided to just keep the old truck in stock form and use it for trips to the hardware store. In time I may bring myself to sell this rare piece of 4x4 history. I am not sure what it’s worth, if anything.
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you what it is! It is a ’97 Dodge Dakota SLT. I’m sure I must have the only one! Great magazine. I have been a reader for some time and I value and enjoy the content.
New Brunswick, Canada
Yeah, you had us going for a while! Good luck.
What About Ethics?
I’ve written you before and actually got a response, and I guess I’m still on it. I still think your magazine as well as others in this sport are missing the big picture, and that is teaching or showing ethics in our sport. In your Aug. ’12 issue, in the section on cheap vehicle builds, you show how a 16-year-old on a budget can build an off-road vehicle. You have shown this before, but what you never seem to show or talk about is ethics or the responsibility involved in wheeling, or speak out for safety, drug and alcohol usage on the trail, and just some pride in our sport.
Mr. Péwé, I’m not opinionated and I’ve been into four-wheeling my whole life—my father, both uncles, and the whole family are too—but I’m tired of seeing or reading about high-dollar lifts for fullsize 1-ton trucks that are too big to take on trails or the dumb yahoos who tear up private or public land, use drugs or alcohol on the trail, dig holes and cause closures, and don’t respect you, me, or our sport for the sake of being cool, tough, or whatever is in fashion today. Even your company is now publishing a magazine that’s solely devoted to that bad behavior (Mud Life). I know you’re not their mommy, but you’re an icon and legend in your field. Hundreds of thousands of people read your magazine. Is it possible to actually use your expertise to teach ethics and pride in our sport? Sir, I’m no inspirational speaker or preacher, but one of the things we all have is tools, and your tool is your publication. With it you can show how the average wheeler on a budget is going to get screwed by those who don’t understand that there are ethics and responsibilities in our sport.
I agree with you, and thanks for writing in. Teaching ethics and morals starts at home; we can only hope to help after that. One of the ideals we should teach, though, is respecting private land ownership and landowners’ right to “tear it up” if they wish. If they plowed their land under for crops or bulldozed it down for a suburb, isn’t it still their right as a private property landowner? However, we always attempt to stay on the high side and show wheeling in its best light. And please accept our apologies for that magazine that does glorify poor behavior, although we have nothing to do with it.
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What will Wisconsin look like in 2040? That is a question state demographers ask as they help the state prepare for changes that may come as the population of Wisconsin changes.
To prepare for the future, we need to ask questions about how the aging baby boom generation will impact state revenue and expenses and what factors influence why and when people move in and out of the state. Additional questions about the available workforce and school enrollment help shape our plans.
One of the first things that analysts look at is population growth. During the 1950s, at the height of the baby boom, Wisconsin’s population increased about 1.4 percent each year. This growth did not last. By the 1980s, population growth averaged 0.4 percent each year.
Fast forward to the first decade of the new millennium and the growth rate was still fairly low, coming in at 0.6 percent each year. Looking ahead, demographers predict more of the same.
In fact, between 2035 and 2040, the state’s population is only expected to increase 0.2 percent or 0.05 percent annually.
In total, the state’s population is expected to grow 14 percent in the 30 years prior to 2040. To put that growth in perspective, the state’s population grew by that same amount in the 18 years prior to 2010.
In addition to the natural population changes caused by comparing the number of births to the number of deaths, demographers also look at migration patterns. Who moves out of the state and why? Who moves into the state? Why do they come?
People tend to leave the state when there are not enough jobs. This happened in the 1980s and again during the most recent recession. Conversely, they come to the state when there are available jobs, as happened in the 1990s.
Jobs are not the only reason people move. Evidence shows that more people in their 60s and 70s move out of the state than move in. We do not know the exact reason they leave, but I bet that most of us have friends or relatives of that age who have left to escape the cold weather or because of taxes.
We also know that the state loses more young adults than we bring in. On the other hand, more people in their 30s and 40s with children move to Wisconsin than leave the state because of the quality of the schools and access to family-friendly public spaces.
Wisconsin also attracts people in their 80s, possibly because they want to be closer to their families or because of quality health care that is available here.
The next thing to look at is the expected age of the population in the future. In 2030, the state expects 28 percent of the population to be over the age of 60. The working age population, those people between 20 and 64 is expected to decline very slightly between 2010 and 2040.
This is an important figure because it will be difficult to increase economic output, or create new jobs, if there are not workers. Of course, a higher percentage of working-age people could enter the workforce, older workers could continue to work or workers could move to Wisconsin for jobs.
In addition to concerns about what an aging population means for the workforce and job creation, there is also a potential impact on state and local finances. The state’s population of senior citizens is expected to nearly double by 2040.
In 2010, there were 23 seniors for every 100 working-age adults. In 30 years, there will be 45 senior citizens for every 100 working-age adults. Senior citizens tend to purchase fewer taxable goods, while a greater percentage of their spending goes to food, drugs and services, which are often not taxable. That means less sales tax revenue. Since Wisconsin does not tax Social Security income, as the population ages, the state could expect to see less income-tax revenue.
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The activist documentary “Fed Up” relays its message with the directness of a well-thrown dart: There is a public menace that threatens the children, threatens the future prosperity of the country and threatens you. The target of these accusations is sugar — specifically its pervasiveness in our food.
Three years in the making, with the celebrity journalist Katie Couric serving as producer and narrator, “Fed Up” chronicles the lives of several young people who struggle with obesity while intercutting an impressive roster of talking heads — all of whom support the argument that the food industry is knowingly endangering the American people. There have been several documentaries over the past decade that have addressed the obesity issue, but few have cast the net of conspiracy this wide, going so far as to assert that the United States government is complicit in the process. It’s a serious accusation that requires a comprehensive, compelling argument, and on that count “Fed Up” is a master debater.
Things get off to a shaky start with an over-the-top opening montage of garish footage showing floppy bellies. Things quickly recover with the introduction of the kids the filmmakers followed for several years: None of them are particularly healthy: Fifteen-year-old Brady and 12-year-old Maggie weigh 215 and 212 pounds, respectively, while 13-year-old Wesley is nearing 180 pounds and showing the warning signs of type 2 diabetes.
All three recognize that they need to drastically lose the weight for their health. They practice the regular mantra as they’re told: eat in moderation and exercise. However, none have anything to show for it, appearing confused and defeated, while some even gain more weight. But their plight effectively services the movie’s focus.
With the testimony of pediatricians, scholars, politicians, and even Bill Clinton, “Fed Up” lays out how the common perception about how people become obese has unfolded as a mess of misinformation, how diet and exercise fail to curb the problem and why the food industries have been battling to keep this information secret for years. In 1977, with the implementation of recommendations from the McGovern Report, and investigation into the causes of obesity that had been heavily revised by food industry lobbyists, manufacturer Big Food had to put less fat into its products (thus sacrificing flavor), which it happily countered by unloading a massive influx of sugar into it products.
The experts Soechtig and Couric have assembled provide crisp explanations of the problems with having so much sugar in our food: mainly, that it’s virtually impossible to burn off the calories in sugar and that it’s a flat-out addictive substance. “You can’t have just one line of cocaine,” one of the interviewees remarks. Seeing just how much sugar creeps into soft drinks and various types of food makes for a terrifying viewing experience, especially once you factor in the dozens of artificial syrups found all over the place.
The film is strongest in its takedown of how Big Food markets to kids. (You don’t see any cartoon tigers talking about how the merits of grapes.) The PR sector of the food industries come off especially bad in footage of them shamelessly defending their focus on children as young as infants, the most outrageous being a McDonald’s spokeswoman arguing to Congress about the magic and wonder of Ronald McDonald as if he were Santa Claus.
Utilizing visual effects to deliver an infographic whiz-bang, “Fed Up” is a slick presentation. However, Couric’s narration suffers from a stilted quality not unlike the mechanical patter of the evening news. “Fed Up” may not provide anything new for savvier consumers, but it will certainly be revelatory for average Americans who have no idea just what they’re putting into their bodies. Above all, the film is a call to action: watching Big Food lobbyists fight, sabotage and misdirect any attempts to provide our kids with better food while being reminded that there are kids younger than ten dropping dead from heart attacks creates a significant condemnation of our current system. “Fed Up” is a glossy package that gets its warnings across loud and clear: we need to change what we eat.
Criticwire Grade: B+
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Amherst, Nh (PressExposure) October 26, 2009 -- Battery maintenance and care are highly crucial for ensuring optimum performance. The first step in battery maintenance and care is testing the batteries. This phase will analyze the battery and its performance on various parameters. Battery testing has always been one of the most time consuming part of battery maintenance. Acquiring an accurate reading while testing batteries has always been a significant challenge to overcome. Battery testing is not a problem anymore. One of the most efficient battery testers available helps professionals to identify all types of issues in less than a minute. While there are so many battery testers available on the market, it is not by accident that NASA chose the SOCTESTERâ¢. The SOCTESTER⢠is one of the most accurate battery load testers available in the market and its efficiency and effectiveness has been proven in the NASA Glen Research Center.
Needing accurate testing equipment to properly evaluate mission critical battery backup systems is more than a necessity for NASA. This puts them under the severe pressure of having the entire backup system in top performing condition. To ensure a high level of reliability, the UPS systems have to be tested and maintained on a daily basis. Unlike other companies and organizations, NASA has hundreds of recombinant batteries that are in the range of 6 and 12 volts. No other system proved to be effective in testing their battery condition and performance. They needed a more accurate and reliable system and the SOCTESTER⢠met their specifications and requirements.
The backup systems were connected to computer racks, routers, computer hubs, mission critical rigs and security systems; thus leaving no room for error. Using the SOCTESTERâ¢, NASA was able to solve their battery testing issues. It helped them to easily check the status of their batteryâs health in the most efficient and effective way possible. After completing reviews and research of all the available battery testing solutions, the NASA team pinned down the SOC140 to be the best solution for their battery testing needs. The SOC140 not only solved their battery testing problems easily, it also ensures that their UPS backup systems will function properly in the future. The NASA team writing on SOC140 states: âWe the management as well as the skilled tradesmen feel this equipment is very effective in isolating trouble spots in our battery strings. We have 20 to 30 large UPSâs and a myriad of smaller back-up systems requiring maintenance and weâre confident the SOC 140 will do the job. This research facility is an excellent proving ground for your equipment."
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More than 30,000 U.S. citizens live in Singapore. Most were probably lured by its big-city and fast-paced environment. Still, New York is 11.5% more expensive than Singapore, ranked as the second most expensive city to live in. Working with a specialized international moving company can help you get everything in place if you plan to move from New York to Singapore. Read on to learn more about living in Singapore.
What to expect when relocating from the United States to Singapore
Comparing the United States to Asia is rarely possible. Mainly because the two are different in terms of foods, culture, and lifestyles. However, New York and Singapore share many similarities, with both being big cities that offer a multicultural way of living and a fast-paced environment. Here are some interesting facts about life in Singapore you should know about:
- Singapore’s weather is characterized by constant temperature and pressure, high humidity, and abundant rainfall due to its geographical location and coastal exposure. So bring an umbrella, plenty of sunscreens, and a thick hat to protect yourself from the sun’s rays.
- Singapore’s public transportation system is dependable, fast, and inexpensive, with over 100 railway stations placed throughout the island. Owning a car is expensive, but most New Yorkers will feel at ease using public transportation.
- Singapore’s national languages are Malay, Tamil, English, and Mandarin Chinese. After Singapore obtained self-governance in 1959 and independence from the British in 1965, the Singaporean government decided to preserve English as the primary language to promote.
- Singapore values education. Children are enrolled in many activities from a young age. They begin kindergarten when they are three to six years old and continue for another six years in primary school. Students are put in different secondary education tracks based on their performance in their primary school leaving exams.
- Renting an apartment in Singapore’s core business district is too pricey. However, if you already reside in New York, shifting to an apartment with a monthly asking price of $5,000 may not seem too expensive.
Also Read: Top 10 Cities to Move to
Cost of moving from New York to Singapore
Moving from New York to Singapore can be expensive. The average cost of moving to Singapore starts at around $7,200 for a one-bedroom apartment and $24,000 for a three-bedroom house. It all depends on the date, the method of shipping, and the container size you’ll need to ship all your belongings. You should learn more about how much it will cost to move overseas.
Methods for transporting goods to Singapore
Singapore is a sunny, tropical island off the southern tip of the Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia. You can only transfer your items from New York by air or sea.
This takes roughly 50 to 54 days and is the most cost-effective option if you want to wait for your items.
Full container load (FCL): You can use this option if your goods can fill a 20 or 40-foot long container. This will save you money because pricing is done on a flat basis regardless of whether or not your container is full.
Less than a container load (LCL): If your goods do not fill a complete container and you don’t mind sending them with other people’s shipments within the same container, you can use this. Consolidation at the origin port and deconsolidation at the destination port is required for your goods. This explains why LCL shipment takes longer than FLC shipping.
Pro Tip: Check out the Singapore customs website for more information about the process.
Air shipping is often speedier and more expensive than maritime shipment. In Singapore, it usually takes three to eight days for your items to arrive and clear customs. However, keep in mind airfreight can be expensive, with cargo shipments for a one-bedroom apartment reaching over a thousand dollars. This method of shipment is usually only reserved for fragile and valuable items.
Also Read: Moving from New York to Florida
Where should you ship your belongings if you are relocating to Singapore?
Luckily, Singapore has many ports to ship to, which gives you flexibility regarding how much you’ll pay. In addition to learning about the ports, you can ask your international moving company about door-to-door services. In this case, the movers will come to your house, pack everything, and they’ll deliver it straight to your new home in Singapore. Singapore’s ports include:
- Tanjong Pagar
- Pasir Panjang
Tips for Preparing for a Move to Singapore
Anytime you’re planning an international move, there’s a lot of planning and prepping you should do. Ideally, you want to work with a licensed and certified international moving company to help you make arrangements for your move from New York to Singapore. They’ll go overpacking, customs, and even help with documentation to help you have everything ready for your move.
The most important documentation you need to move from NYC to Singapore permanently is a visa. Depending on your status and your plans for going abroad, you’ll have to file a visa application with Singapore’s government. Luckily, a lot of this can be done from New York, working with the embassy and online documentation.
Visas that are available if you intend to work or study in Singapore include:
Employment pass. For positions that pay more than S$3,300 per month.
The S pass. For employment that pays at least S$2,200 per month.
Training employment pass. This will set you back at about S$220. If you’re working with a company in Singapore, they might require this.
Work holiday program. This is offered to anyone aged 18 to 25 and is suitable for up to six months. To obtain this visa, you will need to pay S$150.
Entre pass. Primarily available for entrepreneurs who are looking to relocate their businesses in Singapore.
Dependents’ pass. You are eligible for this visa if you are the spouse or child of someone with an S Pass or an Employment Pass.
Students pass. You will have to enroll in an accredited university or college for this visa to start the process.
In Singapore, you will be taxed at 15% or the progressive resident rate based on your incomeYou can pay online, but you must first set up your SingPass before using it. If you are a new foreign taxpayer in Singapore, both the Inland Revenue Authority (IRA) and the IRAS can assist you.
Remember, even if you no longer reside or work in the United States, you must file a tax return as long as you have American citizenship.
Moving from New York to Singapore is a significant endeavor. Ideally, you should plan this move at least six months in advance. Although, we recommend starting the visa application process even sooner than that. At International Van Lines, our moving specialists have years of experience helping people relocate from New York to Asia. Contact us today to learn more about our services and how we can help you complete your international move successfully. | <urn:uuid:b44c8ffc-d357-418e-b365-2f0ced67515b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://internationalvanlines.com/moving-to-singapore-from-new-york/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.943443 | 1,529 | 1.742188 | 2 |
These are the images of the first nuclear bomb, titled ‘Baker’, being tested under water in 1946 at Bikini Atoll, to test the effects of nuclear bombs on naval warships. These rare photographs of the explosion have recently surfaced, giving a valuable awareness into the destructive properties nuclear blasts release.
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Texans Move Out of Ike's Way
As Hurricane Ike steamed toward the Texas coast, frail and elderly southeast Texas residents were put aboard buses to San Antonio, while authorities warned 1 million other people to flee inland. The storm was expected to hit land Saturday, with some forecasts predicting that it could become a Category 4 hurricane, with winds of at least 131 mph.
SOURCE: Associated Press
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The steady winds of New Zealand have allowed the country’s wind turbines to have the highest capacity factors for the wind in the world (around 37–40 percent). However, wind still has a cost premium to alternatives and is intermittent. In addition, output is about 10 percent below average in the autumn and early winter when it is most needed in New Zealand. The country’s abundant hydro resources (and pumped storage) cannot rescue wind from its intermittency and seasonality problems.
Prospectively, greater reliance on wind from government edicts is throwing good money after bad. Non-intermittent sources are far cheaper, not just reliable. A let-the-market-decide policy is needed in New Zealand as for the rest of the world.
The enthusiasm for renewable energy in the form of windpower, marine power, and the like, is driven by a belief that man-made greenhouse gases will cause dangerous global warming and that large-scale adoption of these technologies will “fight climate change.” To this end, thousands of megawatts (MW) of heavily subsidized wind power capacity are being added worldwide each year.
In New Zealand, we are told that windpower is economic compared to alternatives, that the unpredictable short term fluctuations can be covered by our “abundant hydropower” (and hydropower storage). Therefore, we should happily accept destroying iconic landscapes and upsetting people who live near industrial wind parks.
Compared to conventional power generation, wind has a low capacity factor (the ratio between the average output and the maximum output). Capacity factors of overseas wind farms vary from 18–30%. while 37–40% is typical in New Zealand.
The truth, as I will show, is that windpower is expensive compared to alternatives, hydropower schemes provide no spare capacity to back up windpower in a critical dry year, and wind power output is lowest in the late summer and autumn when New Zealand needs it most.
Furthermore, windpower adds a new source of major fluctuations to our power systems that is already unstable. Constant adjustment is needed to ensure that the total generation in a power system matches the normal fluctuations in load–seldom above 50 MW–on a second-by-second, minute-by-minute basis. If the fluctuations are excessive, the lights go out. With about 1,000 MW of windpower on the system we are likely to see swings of 200 MW in a few minutes. The system operator will find it very difficult–and expensive–to find generating plant that can match these swings. The cost will be passed on to the consumers.
Comparative Energy Analysis
Windpower is seasonal. I recently analyzed the output of wind farms in New Zealand since 2000. I found that the output was down 9% during the critical late summer/autumn period when the hydro lakes are at their lowest levels, while at a maximum in the springtime when it is raining and the snow is melting. So a large amount of backup from new gas turbine stations will be needed. The cost will be passed on to the consumers.
I have calculated the cost of power generated by new wind farms that cost $270 million (U.S.) for 143 MW ($1,850/kW), to be about 7.5 c/kWh at the station gate. Geothermal power costs about 5 cents. Generation from hydropower, gas or coal costs 5–6 cents. When the nuclear industry begins to mass produce new, small, sealed, inherently safe, high-temperature gas reactors, or advanced versions of existing reactors, the costs could be similar.
It is often claimed that isolated power systems in countries like New Zealand could run entirely from windpower and other new renewable energy technologies. The fact is that these intermittent and largely unpredictable technologies cannot provide a reliable supply unless they are associated with a low cost and efficient energy storage for periods of days, weeks, and months. The best available technology is hydro pumped storage which, in general, can store energy for only about 10 hours operation. Pumped storage is neither efficient nor cheap.
To illustrate the problems and costs I carried out a “clean sheet” study of a notional power system with a peak demand of 5,000 MW at a capacity factor of 60% giving an annual energy demand of about 26,000 GWh per year. (The New Zealand system is 7,000 MW and 43,000 GWh.)
I calculated the total cost of supplying the whole system from base load geothermal power similar to the 1,000 MW of geothermal power stations existing in New Zealand combined with hydro pumped storage to meet daily load swings. I then compared it with windpower backed up by large scale pumped storage that would cope with the rapid swings in output of the wind farms and also store large quantities of energy in the springtime for use in the autumn.
My calculations showed that the geothermal option needed 4,000 MW of geothermal plant and 2,000 MW of pumped storage.
With a capacity factor of 37%, the windpower option needed 9,500 MW of windpower plus 6,000 MW of pumped storage (a total of 15,500 MW) to supply the 5,000 MW of load. At first sight, this figure looks ridiculous but the fact is that the wind farms must generate sufficient power to supply the load and to meet the 25% losses involved in pumped storage. Also the pumped storage schemes have be able to absorb all the windpower generated when the system load is low and the wind output is high. If the windpower is generating 9,000 MW when the system load is only 3000 MW, then 6000 MW of pumped storage capacity is needed to absorb and store all the wind energy available.
Geothermal in my analysis was assigned a cost of $2,700/kW, which is the generally accepted figure for stations in New Zealand. Based on costs of recent wind farms worldwide, wind power runs about $2,300 per kW. I used a cost of $1,500 per kW for the pumped storage schemes which, from my background in hydropower, is on the low side for schemes that store energy in the springtime for use in winter. For the purpose of the study I ignored that fact that, worldwide, suitable sites are as scarce as hen’s teeth.
I made reasonable allowances for the cost of transmission. I made my own estimates for the costs of operation, maintenance and steam supply for the geothermal power plant and took the costs for windpower from a recent Finnish report.
My calculations showed that the geothermal powered system would cost about $15 billion and would supply power for about 6c/kWh. The equivalent wind powered system would cost about $30 billion and would supply power for about 14 cents/kWh–more than twice the cost.
The conclusion is that wind power is very expensive and large-scale power supply from windpower (and other new renewable technologies) cannot be contemplated until an efficient, low-cost method of storing large amounts of electricity for long periods is discovered. I am not aware of any technology that comes anywhere near to meeting this requirement.
My comparison was for an extreme situation where all the electricity comes from windpower. In a real system, the cost of wind would vary from 9c/kWh for a very small percentage of wind power and would increase quite rapidly to a plateau cost of about 14 cents as the percentage of wind power increased.
Windpower exists worldwide because of grants, tax breaks and massive subsidies and because, consumers, taxpayers and ratepayers, not the generators, pay for the cost of transmission and backup power stations. The fact that New Zealand has an unusually good wind resource, simply means that the burden on the consumer is not as large as it is in other countries. But it is still a burden.
I believe that, given the high cost and operational problems of wind power, no responsible Board of Directors of a state-owned or private company could—or should—agree to “investing” in windpower. There are better and cheaper alternatives.
The world has not been warming since 2002 according to leading temperature records. If this trend continues or deepens, there will be a worldwide $500 billion crash in the value of subsidized renewable energy projects and carbon trading. Let New Zealand lead the world by studying the evidence and evaluating the risks!
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Dear AKC: What is the difference between a pure white Siberian husky and an “Isabella” white husky.I have a 1-year-old male who is solid white, but I do notice in bright sunlight there is a very slight yellow coloring in some areas. When he was a pup all his points (nose, lips, eye rims) were all black. However over the winter his nose has turned flesh colored.Would you call him a pure white or an Isabella white? — Wondering about White
Dear White: The cream color you see in the white coat is shading that occurs and is common in white breeds, such as Great Pyrenees, Maltese, etc. The term “Isabella” is used in some breeds to refer to the fawn color, a dilute of red. An Isabella will never have black points.They will have a corresponding dilute pigment points such as liver or brown. Whereas a white dog can have black points.However, the faded nose on your dog is what is called 'winter nose' and is seen in other breeds as well, such as yellow Labs during the colder months.
Dear AKC: I would like to know if there is anything that I can add to my Lab's diet that would slow down his terrible shedding. I keep him in my home most of the time and I am constantly vacuuming and sweeping up white dog hair! I heard a Lab sheds over 70 pounds of hair per year? I think that is a low figure. I have tried caster oil (gives him the runs) and he loves it when I use the upholstery attachment on him and vacuum him. He wags his tail while he is searching for the treats in my pocket that he gets afterwards. Hope you have some advice. He is 8-month-old and in great health. — **Shedding Some Light **
Dear Shedding: Seasonal shedding is always a problem for those of us owners with double-coated breeds and now that the days are getting longer, the added sunshine has triggered the “big winter coat blow.” Just as there are certain times of year that are worse than others there are also certain times in a dog's lifecycle that can be equally problematic. Your question has given me an important clue — your puppy's age. It sounds like he may be shedding his puppy coat for that adult coat which may also cause copious amounts of hair temporarily.
Vacuuming your dog
There are a variety of products on the market aimed at reducing shedding in pill form, sort of like anti-shedding supplements. These products appear to be a mix of healthy oils, vitamins and minerals. You may want to try some of these. Also, I would recommend that perhaps your switch your dog to a palatable oil, such as a fish oil like salmon, and in smaller dosages which might prevent the issue with the castor oil. Before adding a new supplement or drastically changing your dog's diet, please consult with your veterinarian. A healthy shiny coat will be less likely to shed year round. Daily brushing will also help keep the coat healthier, improve skin circulation and reduce shedding.
As for vacuuming, unfortunately, you will have to vacuum either the dog or the floor. But there are dog specific vacuums that are easier to use with better attachments than your household model. My favorite is the Metro Air Force Blaster BC-3 Canister Vacuum Cleaner. You can get models that are not only a vacuum but also can be used as a blower for drying your dog after bathing, which also helps reduce shedding if done with very warm water to help remove dead coat. | <urn:uuid:5447db0e-0d95-4cee-8db3-8a7c395bcedf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/pure-white-and-isabella-white-difference/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00674.warc.gz | en | 0.979804 | 764 | 1.835938 | 2 |
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has sparked celebrations filled with jubilation and also tearful emotion among disabled people, their carers and charities that help disabled people.
The Australian Labour Government has championed this progressive move in care provision for disabled people. Two federal states have caved in to the Prime Minister’s demands to provide additional funding for the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
In stark contrast, our Tory Liberal Government has stalled care reforms and is using “scrounger” rhetoric to justify cutting benefits to disabled people.
The national disability charity Scope have recently reported that almost half of disabled people feel that attitudes towards them have worsened in the last year.
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It is believed that the pilot of the Hughes 500 helicopter was spraying an invasive alien plant, known as gorse, for the Department of Conservation around Lake Sumner - a remote high-country lake in the northern Canterbury region - when the accident occurred on Monday.
The NZ Herald reports
that search teams sent out this morning found an oil slick on the lake, in deep water about 150 metres off Breaksea Bay, and believe this to be the site of the crash.
Neither the helicopter, nor the pilot, have been found and land-based, boat and diving search and rescue teams continued to scour the area.
Police received a call from the Department of Conservation at about 2.50 p.m. on Monday to report that the helicopter was overdue.
According to the NZ Herald
The pilot was believed to have been the only person aboard the helicopter when it went missing.
It was one of two helicopters owned by a Rangiora operator that had been spraying gorse and other weeds in the area.
Sighting of debris in the region of the oil spill was reported on Monday. Police stayed at the crash scene overnight and a full ground and water search was launched today.
Police have identified the pilot as 35-year-old Michael Graeme Mehrtens. According to TVNZ
debris including the pilot's helmet and first aid kit were found yesterday.
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Bank cards have come into the everyday life of people relatively recently, but now it’s hard for many to imagine their daily lives without them. Those who still look at cashless payment with disbelief can surely change their minds by learning about the objective advantages of debit cards with onevanilla balance .
Keeping up with the times
When the first minted coins came into circulation around the 7th century BC, they quickly replaced other equivalents of the value of goods. After a couple of millennia, the coins began to take their positions in securities banknotes, because they were cheaper to produce and more convenient to carry.
But life does not stand still, and gradually banknotes begin to give way to bank cards. What are their obvious advantages, you can consider the example of bank debit cards, and at the same time dispel the myths surrounding them.
So, a debit card is a payment card tied to your real bank account. With its help, you can pay for almost any goods and services in stores or the Internet. Thus, bank debit card holders can pay for housing and communal services through an ATM or even from home.
It is much more convenient to make purchases in the store using a card, because you don’t have to think about whether you have enough cash. In addition, today credit cards are accepted in almost every corner of the world, which undoubtedly makes life easier for travel lovers, saving them from visits to currency exchange points.
Safety is the main thing
An important advantage of using bank cards is their security. If anyone who has fallen into their hands can dispose of cash, then bank card transactions must be confirmed: by signature or pin code, known only to the card holder. Bank cards are protected by an electronic chip, so they are durable and reliable. They are not demagnetized, they are not erased, and subject to the safety rules for using the card, customer data is not accessible to scammers. Finally, a lost card can be quickly blocked and restored.
In order to minimize the risk of fraud and prevent illegal cash withdrawal operations, banks around the world have long introduced limits on cash withdrawals through ATMs or cash desks of banks. A similar practice is applied by banks. In particular, in order to more reliably protect customer funds from fraudsters, there are daily and monthly limits on cash withdrawals at bank.
The daily limit on the classic cards of bank is 150 thousand dollars. Usually this amount is enough to meet the daily needs of the client. But even if you need a large amount, you can withdraw cash twice: through an ATM, and then at the bank’s cash desk, thereby increasing the amount.
Of course, each client has its own needs, and in order to take them into account, bank set different limits for cards of various categories. So, if you still need access to more cash, you can always find the right option for yourself. For example, for holders of Gold or Platinum debit cards, bank increases the monthly limit to 10 and 30 million dollars, respectively.
Another important aspect, the use of bank cards is more convenient for controlling costs. Data on each payment made is recorded in the transaction history, and you can always quickly receive the necessary information directly to your phone through the Mobile Bank or by going to your profile in the Internet bank. | <urn:uuid:c4999516-c5c2-4f6c-9e55-33ca5fd1bc9f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.westerninnok.com/the-ultimate-benefits-of-using-debit-cards/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571993.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814022847-20220814052847-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.965056 | 676 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Environmental Factor, February 2011, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Upcoming distinguished lecture by Maiken Nedergaard
By Eddy Ball
Nedergaard's astrocyte research has challenged an earlier emphasis on the role of neurons in epilepsy, spinal cord disease, migraine, stroke, and Alzheimer's disease. (Photo courtesy of Maiken Nedergaard)
NIEHS will welcome neurosurgeon and neuroscientist Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., D.M.Sc., Feb. 8 as the next speaker in the 2010-2011 Distinguished Lecture Series. Nedergaard will explore emerging issues in translational neuromedicine in a presentation titled "Astrocyte - The Other Cell in Brain," hosted by NIEHS Principal Investigator and Acting Scientific Director David Miller, Ph.D., head of the Intracellular Regulation Group.
Nedergaard(http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/?u=23788299) is a professor at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Center for Translational Neuromedicine, where she is the co-director. She is also a professor in the Department of Neurology, as well as the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, and holds the Dean's Professorship.
Among her many honors was her election in 2008 to the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences in recognition of her role as a pioneer in brain research, who has demonstrated that brain cells known as astrocytes play a role in a host of human diseases.
The Nedergaard lab's interests include signaling in astrocytes and their role in seizure disorders and cerebral blood flow. She has investigated the role of gliosis - the proliferation of astrocytes in damaged areas of the central nervous system - and glial signaling in stroke and the treatment of spinal cord injury. Her group developed new modalities for imaging native and transplanted glial progenitors in vivo.
In recent work, Nedergaard has focused on the neurotransmitter adenosine, a nucleoside involved in sleep and one that is present in all living cells. She has explored adenosine's role in deep brain stimulation to ease abnormal brain signaling in patients with Parkinson's disease and other brain disorders. She has also studied the role of adenosine in pain relief experienced by patients undergoing acupuncture. | <urn:uuid:e13ea858-2302-4f2c-b161-017bed9cef86> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2011/february/science-upcoming/index.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718278.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00241-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947586 | 496 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Iraq: Ten Years, a Million Lives and Trillions of Dollars Later and a paradox that makes me cry.
On September 1, 2002, Chris Matthews wrote, “I hate this war that’s coming in Iraq. I don’t think we’ll be proud of it. Oppose this war because it will create a millennium of hatred and the suicidal terrorism that comes with it. You talk about Bush trying to avenge his father. What about the tens of millions of Arab sons who will want to finish a fight we start next spring in Baghdad?” And after the administration began citing a New York Times story (based on information leaked by the administration) that reported Saddam had obtained aluminum tubes to be used to process bomb-grade uranium, the Washington Post published a well-reported article noting that the government’s own experts had questioned this conclusion.
The war was no self-financing cakewalk, and it is now widely regarded as a mistake, costly in blood and treasure, that was sold to the American public with falsehoods. The invasion did not usher in a progressive era in the Middle East. (Suck on that, Mr. Friedman.) Iraq remains a mess. The Iraq War boosters have moved on to other enterprises and contentions, yet, 10 years later, they have had their assertions measured against reality, and they have been proven wrong and misguided. None of that, though, will bring back the Americans and Iraqis who lost their lives. For when it counted most, the spin worked.
On this day – 10 years after the fact – (and with Breaking News that Syria has just started a bacteriological warfare within its own territory and with Obama flying to neighboring Israel and Jordan), I’m looking at an old poster of Picasso’s GUERNICA on the my wall next to a picture of Hendrix playing at Woodstock. A Waterfall of tears. Just tears.
No, I guess not.
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Your bedding is one of the first things the eye sees when you enter your bedroom, since it usually covers a large area in the space. Most homeowners don’t change out their comforter frequently, so choosing a wall color that complements the comforter is important. Color theory and choosing a color scheme can be overwhelming, but there are several colors that complement green. Your ideal choice depends on your preferences and the effect you want to create.
Creating a Color Scheme
When trying to find a color that complements your green comforter, it helps to understand how colors work together. The simplest color scheme is one that uses complementary colors, which are those colors located opposite each other on the color wheel. Complementary colors bring out the richness in each other if you use a subtle shade of one color and a bold shade for the other. Another option is to use split complementary colors -- that is, colors on each side of the complementary color on the color wheel. For example, the colors on each side of red are purple and orange, and these can complement green perfectly.
Neutral paint colors are made by mixing other colors together, and because of these undertones, neutrals often go with almost any color. Neutral colors are often those you’d find in nature, but this doesn’t mean you’re limited to whites, grays and browns. Lighter, subtler shades of other colors, such as a cool amethyst or warm, burnt orange, are also neutral. When combined with a green comforter, they add a complement that makes the green pop. An added bonus of using neutrals is that when you change the comforter, the neutrals will likely complement your new color as well.
Green and red are opposite each other on the color wheel, which makes them complementary colors and a natural pairing. Using a dark green with a dark red, however, makes your bedroom feel like Christmas is approaching. Instead, go for colors with red undertones, such as burgundy, purple, pale pink or coral. If you want to make the green pop, go for reds with neutral undertones, such as brick red or terracotta, which lean toward brown and orange.
Bring in the Sunshine
Some people shy away from yellow in a bedroom because it can overwhelm a space. But yellow is an undertone of green, which means they make a good match. For example, rich golden yellows breathe life into strong, dark greens colors, while muted yellows can make a pale shade of green pop. If painting all of your walls yellow is unappealing, combine it with white or a green that is one shade lighter or darker than the comforter. For example, paint the wall behind the bed a bold, bright yellow, and use the subtler shade of white or green for the remaining walls. You could also use a subtle shade of yellow for the walls, such as a pale buttery color or beige with yellow undertones, and tie it all together with pops of deep or bright yellows in your accessories.
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US Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy said on Thursday several nations took a step toward an amendment to the Montreal Protocol that will substantially reduce greenhouse gases by cutting back on production and use of h
Domestic abuse is set to be curbed in Bahrain following the introduction of a new law. His Majesty King Hamad ratified the Family Violence Law yesterday as Law 17 of 2015 for the prevention of and protection from violence within families, said
Bahrain and other Gulf countries are planning new legislation to curb fuel smuggling.
Smuggling of fuel, including diesel, petrol and other products, is frequent across borders where different levels of fuel subsidies create price
Falling world oil prices will hurt countries across the Middle East unless Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest crude exporter, takes action to reverse the slump, Iran's deputy foreign minister told Reuters.
Hossein Amir Abdo
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) will act to stop the selling-on and smuggling of diesel sold at its stations, pan-Arab newspaper al-Hayat said.
The move was aimed at preventing diesel from its pumps being sold on to other areas with
A new environment bill that will introduce penalties and incentives for Bahrain's industries could be introduced next year.
The law, proposed by the government, has already been approved in principle by parliament, which has yet to rev
Kuwait's troubled Global Investment House plans to shut some branches abroad and scale back investments as it faces the global economic downturn, its managing director said.
'It's not the time to have branches in 16 countries.
Dubai has banned raising rents of residential and commercial units in 2009 unless rent values were less than 75 per cent of an average set by the property regulator, the official Wam news agency reported.
'The decree is intended to cur
The Egyptian central bank said on Friday it raised its key overnight interest rates for the third time this year to contain inflation expectations after recent government decisions to raise the prices of fuel and cigarettes.
The monetary p
Industries Qatar's steel unit is freezing prices for the next three months to help the government fight inflation, the company's general manager said in remarks published on Wednesday.
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Speed the process toward better jobs
Every elected official in Oregon says job creation is his or her top priority. Such a goal is impossible to dispute in a state with an unemployment rate that's still above 10 percent and an economy that seems even less assured than it did a year ago. We think local, state and federal leaders can stimulate employment growth by cutting in half the time it takes to wade through government rules and regulations. It's no secret that several new businesses trying to start in Lake Oswego and West Linn have complained about the amount of time required to put their plans into action.
One immediate way to accomplish that would be to begin an audit of the processes that regulate business development and job creation and determine if the rules and regulations inhibit or encourage the timely job creation.
We strongly suspect that in most local communities and state agencies - save the city of Hillsboro, which has learned to expedite construction and development projects - those processes end up delaying job creation.
We have some hope following Oregon Attorney General John Kroger's recent hiring of Portland attorney Fred Granum. Kroger said recently that Granum was brought on board to work with the business community, the governor's office, the attorney general's office and the Legislature to help reform laws and regulations that serve to discourage economic growth.
Granum should be a man in a hurry. And not because his position is only budgeted to last for 18 months. Quick action by Granum, Kroger and the governor's office can serve as economic stimulus in a state that typically sees years go by before public review, environmental impact statements and citizen-involvement processes are completed. If Oregon finds the appropriate balance between process and timeliness, we might have a real chance to create the jobs that this state needs.
We encourage Kroger and Gov. John Kitzhaber - both noted environmentalists - to show that it's possible to protect the environment and public interest while also cutting back on onerous rules and regulations that inhibit the economy. | <urn:uuid:19ba4d97-62d9-4cec-a9fb-3f0a8fbec894> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=4518 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721174.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00281-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968139 | 409 | 1.78125 | 2 |
DEA Opens New Field Office to Combat Opioid Epidemic in Southern States
The DEA announced during a recent press conference that the agency will be opening a new field office in Louisville, Kentucky to combat the ongoing opioid crisis. The new office will address high painkiller prescribing rates in Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia — three states that have been struggling most severely with the opioid crisis for the last several years.
Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse in the South
The DEA says its new field office will allow the agency to work more closely with prosecutors and federal partners who can help reduce the number of painkiller prescriptions written out to residents in these three states. This announcement comes on the heels of a number of investigations revealing that a large number of illicit painkillers are being distributed by pharmacists and drug manufacturers in these states, and not by drug dealers on the streets.
During the press conference, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said many involved in the distribution of illicit painkillers this past summer were pharmacists, doctors, and other healthcare professionals. Sessions also mentioned that his office will allocate $7 million toward funding an anti-heroin task force, and that going forward, every U.S. attorney will have a designated professional in place to oversee all opioid cases.
Painkiller Prescribing Rates in the South
Out of the three Southern states struggling the most with painkiller prescribing rates in 2016, Tennessee had the highest rate of 107.5 painkiller prescriptions for every 100 state residents. Kentucky followed with 97.2 painkiller prescriptions for every 100 residents, while West Virginia followed with 96 prescriptions for every 100 residents. From 2014 to 2015, these same three states saw the most significant increases in the number of opioid overdose deaths, with deaths in Kentucky increasing by over 21 percent from the previous year.
These Southern states have also seen an uptick in overdose deaths related to fentanyl analogues — synthetic fentanyl made with deadly chemicals and substances that can instantly trigger an overdose. The CDC reports that the overdose death rate caused by fentanyl analogues increased by 90 percent in West Virginia from 2014 to 2015, and by 76 percent in Tennessee.
Getting Help for Painkiller Addiction
Painkiller addiction can be deadly, and is causing a high number of overdose deaths across the entire country. In an effort to curb the epidemic, drug detox centers are turning to a widely accepted form of opioid addiction treatment called medication-assisted treatment, or MAT. MAT combines medications with therapy, and helps those with opioid use disorders safely and comfortably overcome painkiller addiction by eliminating drug cravings and withdrawal symptoms.
If you or someone you love is struggling with painkiller addiction and needs help becoming sober, call our 24/7 confidential helpline at 800-483-2193(Who Answers?). Our caring drug abuse counselors will discuss all your available treatment options for painkiller dependence, and help you find nearby drug detox centers ready to guide you toward an addiction-free lifestyle. | <urn:uuid:05c1b67e-82d5-4f54-9bfe-d82fc137428d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.detox.com/news/dea-opens-new-field-office-to-combat-opioid-epidemic-in-southern-states-11-30-2017/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00474.warc.gz | en | 0.933175 | 596 | 1.8125 | 2 |
Just because you can post 140 text characters in a Twitter reply doesn't mean you have to use the full Tweet length to respond to a comment from one of your followers or someone you follow. To send a reply from the Twitter website that includes only a photo or other graphic, you can craft a Tweet that contains just the IDs of the users to whom you're replying and the image that conveys the point you want to make.
Click on the "Reply" link below the Tweet to which you want to respond to open the Tweet box into which you'll type your reply. The box floats above the Twitter Web page, which darkens to show that it no longer accepts input until you complete and send your reply.
Check the reply input field to confirm that you want it to contain any and all Twitter IDs that automatically appear. By default, if the Tweet to which you're replying contained mentions of other users, your reply will be addressed to the sender as well as to everyone mentioned in the original tweet.
Click on the camera icon below the input field. You'll see "Add an image" as your cursor rests on the icon.
Use the File Upload window to navigate through files and folders on your computer to locate the picture you want to include in your reply. Click on the "Open" button to confirm your file selection and close the upload window.
Click on the "Tweet" button to upload your picture and post your reply. Your followers can click on the "View Photo" link at the bottom of your Tweet to expand your reply and reveal the image you uploaded. They also can click on the photo link within the Tweet message body to bring up the photo in the same or another Web browser page.
- Limit the files you attach to 3MB or smaller in size. Twitter doesn't accept larger files.
- Twitter supports GIF, JPEG or PNG files for uploads.
- If you've already uploaded your image to a photo service and don't want to upload it again, you can include a link in the body of your reply. Type or paste the link into the Tweet box. The photo won't be visible unless your followers click on the link to load the page on which it appears.
- Twitter uses Photobucket for images you upload directly through the Twitter website interface.
- To delete an image you upload, you must delete the Tweet to which it's attached. This doesn't delete the image from your computer.
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Great Moments in Manhood: The Guy Who Made Maxi Pads More Affordable to Poor Women
Poor women in India have a man to thank for their low-cost menstrual supplies. Arunachalam Muruganantham risked his marriage and his family in order to revolutionize the production of maxi-pads so that they be made more affordable to poor women. In much of rural India, women were using rags, leaves or even newspapers as pads. Girls often miss school during their periods, or will drop out all together, because they’re unable to manage their menstruation.
The Indian high school dropout devised a low-cost sanitary pad prototype, but because of the taboo around women’s periods in the country, he couldn’t find women who were willing to wear the new pads and report back to him on their effectiveness. His wife refused to participate in his experiment, too, and actually left him — claiming that his interest in periods was just a way to meet younger women.
So Muruganantham went to the extreme. He fashioned a wearable fake menstruating uterus out of goat’s blood and tested out his sanitary napkins himself — for a whole week. That is dedication. Once he found a product he liked, he then set about figuring ways to make it affordable, which involved creating an inexpensive machine and process to produce the sanitary napkins. His invention can produce more than 1,000 pads a day and is so cheap to run that he can afford to charge only $.25 cents for a pack of 8.
But Muruganantham doesn’t sell the sanitary napkins commercially. Instead, his business model is to share the wealth, and to put the business into the hands of rural women. So he’s using a microcredit loan model to help communities of women purchase the machines necessary to produce and sell their own maxi pads. “It’s a service,” he says. “We can create 1 million employment opportunities for rural women and expand the model to other developing nations.” So far, around 600 machines have been deployed in 23 states across India. Better reproductive health, more girls in school and profitable businesses for India’s rural women. How friggin’ awesome is that? [FastCoexist] | <urn:uuid:b60d3f78-2050-453b-8cc9-10405c2f6f2a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.thefrisky.com/2011-12-21/great-moments-in-manhood-the-guy-who-made-maxi-pads-more-affordable-to-poor-women/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280483.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00300-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973679 | 482 | 2.125 | 2 |
Travelling isn’t always easy, especially with kids! Some parents can find holiday planning daunting, but southeast Asia is the perfect place for families to explore.
Passports, plane tickets, hotel booking – travel is challenging enough, but doing it with kids in tow seems exceptionally daunting for parents planning a holiday. For plenty of families, the notion of planning a trip that’s exciting for adults and children hardly seems worth the hassle. After all, a relaxing day on the beach seems infinitely less serene when faced with the prospect of kids’ boredom and the ensuing debacle. But in Southeast Asia, the colors and cultures of countries like Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam certainly aren’t reserved for grown-ups.
With more and more families grabbing their passports and jet-setting across the globe for adventures abroad, travel and tourism is catching up with the demands of families and kids. With some clever itinerary editing — and in-depth knowledge of family-friendly places to go — there’s something for all ages in Southeast Asia. Plus, tour companies (like Buffalo Tours!) are making building those family-friendly itineraries easier for parents by finding the best activities and creating journeys centered around kid-inclusive fun.
So what does Southeast Asia have in store for kids? Plenty! These are just a few of our favorites, and not just because they’re guaranteed to be fun for everyone. It turns out that they bring out the kid in us, too.
Lantern Making Workshops in Hoi An, Vietnam
The picturesque ancient town of Hoi An is renowned for its rural charm and rustic beauty. Just a stone’s throw from a pristine beach and plenty of quaint, countryside roads and ancient architecture, Hoi An is also home to some of Vietnam’s traditional artisans – including colorful silk lanterns. But rather than just seeing the process of lantern making, Hoi An’s artisans also run workshops where kids and parents alike can try their hand at creating one. Not only does it make for a great, hands-on cultural experience, but a handmade keepsake to reward some hard work.
Trick Eye Museum in Phuket, Thailand
Phuket’s charmingly oddball Trick Eye Museum was once a local family-friendly secret, but now has started welcoming more and more visiting families looking for a fun way to spend an afternoon in beautiful Phuket. Dense with strange 3D paintings and room-sized optical illusions, the photos from the Trick Eye Museum make for some of the most amusing in any travel album – not to mention the hours of fun to be had posing for them. Kids love being in front of the camera as well as behind it, so even parents can enjoy stifling giggles just long enough to have their pictures snapped.
Buddha Park in Vientiane, Laos
The otherwise sleepy town of Vientiane in Laos is perfect for leisurely walks along quiet roads, but just outside of the city centre is one of Southeast Asia’s strangest destinations – Buddha Park. Nestled into a meadow and resembling some of the crumbling ruins common to Laos and nearby Cambodia, at first glance, Buddha Park looks more like an archeological site than a cultural landmark. But since it’s packed with strange statues created by an eccentric monk and his cult of creatively-challenged followers, Buddha Park is a place where kids and parents can enjoy giggling at statues of stick thin Buddhas, pumpkin-headed demons and truly bizarre stone creations.
Tamao Wildlife Sanctuary near Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Kids usually aren’t too excited about the prospect of educational travel, but a journey to a wildlife sanctuary is a great way to combine learning with interactive fun. Tamao Wildlife Sanctuary, located just outside of Phnom Penh in Cambodia, is just one place for kids to get up-close and personal with endangered animals while learning about how wildlife conservation works. In addition to being a hands-on experience for kids, visiting Tamao Sanctuary is also a great way to engage in responsible travel, since the sanctuary has spent over 20 years rescuing some of the region’s most interesting and iconic wildlife. During your visit, go with a guide to get the most out of the adventure, and donate to support the rescue centre’s work on the way out.
Snorkeling at Koh Tao Island, Thailand
Spending a day on a pristine beach in Thailand is certainly a dream for adult travelers, but after a few hours splashing through the ocean, kids are sure to lose interest in all the sun and sand. Thankfully, Thailand is also the centre of some of Southeast Asia’s best snorkeling and diving, and going out to explore what’s lurking under the water’s surface adds a new family-friendly dimension to the beach break. One such prime spot for snorkeling is Koh Tao Island, which boasts incredible marine biodiversity, stunning natural scenery and, of course, expert guides with safety in mind. Snorkeling at Koh Tao is a great way to keep kids active while enjoying the great outdoors, and a perfect way to see another side of Thailand, too.
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Sports does not just help youths to develop resilience and personal strengths. It also helps them build friendships and essential skills such as moral character, teamwork and time management.
Vaiyshnavi, a Year One Millennia Institute student, recently clinched 7th position in the A-Division Girls’ Masters in the National Schools Games 2017, shares more on her sporting journey.
My parents loved the sport, I was inspired by them. I joined bowling as a co-curricular activity in Primary Three and have been passionate about it ever since.
I also look up to Singapore’s national bowlers for their achievements and my coaches are also strong pillars of support.
Describe what a typical day is like for you.
School, training, repeat. My schedule has been hectic, having to juggle with studies and training, but in between I also try to spend time with my family and friends, and whenever possible I squeeze in time to swim.
Sounds busy! What are some tips to juggle between school and training?
Be disciplined. I will always set out with a timetable at the beginning of the week to ensure that my time is well planned. My teachers and coaches have been very understanding, so I get to prioritise and plan my schedule accordingly.
What do you enjoy most about bowling?
Bowling is a form of stress relief, especially during trainings. I like to hear the sound of pins being knocked down as it gives me a sense of satisfaction.
Tell us your greatest challenge and how you overcame it.
It gets very stressful when I do not perform up to expectations during competitions. Bowling is mentally draining and the atmosphere gets immensely tense during competitions. I remind myself to focus on my physical game and targets instead of comparing myself against other competitors. It is not easy, and I am still learning to be more resilient and remain focused on my game, not the scores.
Words of encouragement to share with younger athletes?
To younger athletes – enjoy bowling (or any sport that you are in) and have fun! Sports definitely requires a high level of mental and physical strength, so I would encourage younger athletes to learn to take failures in their stride and use it as motivation to improve themselves. | <urn:uuid:a476ffab-15c5-4718-8681-68c9c627a956> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.schoolbag.edu.sg/story/bowling-to-perfection | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00676.warc.gz | en | 0.974961 | 460 | 2.15625 | 2 |
FREEZER STORE ENTRANCES – How important are they?
A UK cold store owner remarked to me once that the electricity usage difference between a 30,000 and a 15,000 pallet freezer store was just over 1000 GBPs per year so long as the bigger store only had one commonly used access door. Having built both, he was in a position to know. The doors are just under 3 metres high and wider than the South African standard of 2.4 metres, with a demarcation line in the middle and entry on the left. Reach truck access is via a separate door. His freezer entrances have clear plastic flaps and an interior airlock with dehumidifier which exerts a positive air pressure.
This keeps the cold air from escaping and the warm moist air from entering the store. There is no ice build-up or mist in the door way. Previously cheap electricity did not encourage South African operators to spend money on freezer doorways. In most there is a solid night door with a plastic strip curtain, some of which are broken or missing. The door may be motorised, but is too slow for high movement frequency and when the motorized system breaks it is seldom repaired. Doorways are frequently between 5 and 6 metres high and 2.4 metres wide to accommodate reach trucks.
In some instances the door remains open all day with not even a strip curtain. At today’s electricity prices this is costing a fortune not only through the loss of expensive cold air but also the moisture in the warm incoming air ends up insulating the evaporator coils and making them inefficient. Multiple defrosts are expensive.
Some door solutions to consider:
- Create a separate higher door for reach truck access and a lower one for product movement on motorised pallet jacks.
- Either create a small dehumidification airlock with positive pressure around the access door way or dehumidify the whole airlock.
- Install a high speed cloth door inside the freezer entrance and combine it with a dehumidifier.
- Install an insulated automated roll up door on the outside of the freezer.
- Install a fast opening 2 part door.
- Install an air curtain in lower doorways up to 4 metres.
- Consider the use of pallet conveyors for moving product into and out of freezers.
Access can be a very expensive part of a cold store. It must be designed correctly but with the right equipment can reduce electricity bills significantly.
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By Swami Harshananda
Apathya literally means ‘away from the path’.
The system of medicine and treatment, known as Ayurveda (‘the science of longevity’) is as particular with regard to prescribing diet and conduct as with medicines and treatment. The former is called ‘pathya, what is on the right road;’ i.e., what is in consonance with the rules of the science of treatment.
For instance, in almost all the cases of illness, over-eating, drinking, and preventing sleep are to be avoided. If this is done, then it is ‘pathya.’ In dehydrating diseases, the patient should consume plenty of warm water. That is ‘pathya’ for him.
‘Apathya’ is the opposite of ‘pathya,’ the foods, drinks and conduct which will aggravate the disease. For instance, a patient suffering from fever should not take rice or expose himself to cold. It is ‘apathya’ for him. The principles of pathya and apathya can be extended to the field of religion and spiritual life too.
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Today’s Guest Post is looking at the value of photographs in the world of fine art. It’s an interesting piece – what could your photos be worth?
When the great modernists of the twentieth century ruptured the old orthodoxy of the ancient world, so restrained, traditional and parochial, they were met with confusion, insult and derision. The establishment and the general public didn’t understand it, nor did they want to.
However, soon enough, this artistic schism, which at first felt like the vilification of everything that had existed, came to be accepted, at first reluctantly and later with the warmest embrace. The great liberators had offered another way of understanding and engaging with life.
In much the same way, photography in the context of fine art was an idea that was not received well. While accepted as landmark breakthrough – to capture a physical moment that can never be experienced again is still to this day rather impressive – it was felt as though it could never be part of the history of art.
“At an early meeting of the Photographic Society of London, established in 1853, one of the members complained that the new technique was ‘too literal to compete with works of art”‘ because it was unable to ‘elevate the imagination,'” highlighted the journalist Michael Prodger for the Guardian last year.
“This conception of photography as a mechanical recording medium never fully died away. Even by the 60s and 70s, art photography – the idea that photographs could capture more than just surface appearances – was, in the words of the photographer Jeff Wall, a ‘photo ghetto’ of niche galleries, aficionados and publications.”
Today though, beyond postmodernism, photography has become a popular medium to disseminate their ideas. Others though, principally photographers, are challenging what a picture is, leaving it up to the rest of us to give it some form of identity.
Here’s a fitting example. Two years ago, the visual artist Andreas Gursky’s Rhein II sold for $4.3 million (approximately £2.7 million) at a Christie’s auction in New York. It was a new record for a photograph, one which is of an empty, nondescript landscape.
“It says a lot using the most minimal means,” he once said in an interview.” For me it is an allegorical picture about the meaning of life and how things are.”Artistically and financially, this showed the possibility of how positively a photograph can be received as art.
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However, it can be no rudimentary, half-concocted effort. Though you can certainly take Marcel Duchamp’s ready-made philosophy and apply it to this, a seminal work has a quality that is “true” and therefore becomes much more than its component part.
That truthful feature, whatever that may be, does not necessarily equate to the amount of effort that is invested in devising the piece – it only took Pablo Picasso one afternoon to execute his masterpiece Le Reve – but requires a “mystery”.
“If there is a mystery in my work, it is a matter of the unknowable,” as the surrealist artist Rene Magritte once said. “I believe the world is a mystery, and that mystery cannot be spoken of in words.”
The best way to figure it out is to invest in a photograph, be it a determined work of art – an artist has made it – or an image taken in a literal sense – a monochrome print by Henri Cartier-Bresson – and make sense of it yourself. If you say it is art, then, in accordance with the way you see the world, it is certainly anything you want it to be.
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PHNOM PENH —
Two short documentaries on human trafficking are being screened in Phnom Penh—one featuring men tricked to work in slave-like conditions aboard a fishing boat and one that describes the lives of women sent as brides to China.
Both films were produced by USAID’s office to combat human trafficking and are being shown at the Bophana Center in the capital. They are also being used to raise awareness in communities that could be targeted by traffickers.
“I decided to marry a Chinese man because my family is poor,” says a woman in the film “Bride With a Price Tag.” “My hope was that after I was married, I would have a better life and more money to help my family. This dream never came true.”
Lim Mony, deputy chief of the women and children’s rights program at the rights group Adhoc, said many women are tricked into such schemes by brokers they know.
Women can be mistreated not only by their husbands, but by his family members. They are often overworked by the family or the husband. Some women are tricked into marrying old men, or mentally or physically disabled men.
In the film, a woman describes a neighbor who convinced her mother into marrying her to a Chinese man. She was forced to choose a husband or face the prospect of work in a brothel, she says.
Sara Piazzano, the head of USAID’s Countering Trafficking in Persons project, said learning the stories of victims “is a very effective way to understand the risks.”
“And also it helps to develop a positive attitude towards victims by understanding their stories,” she said. “Reintegration is very challenging for a victim who has lived through a traumatic experience, and it is necessary to have the support of families and community.”
In target areas, communities with more knowledge about trafficking have better attitudes towards victims, she said.
Lim Mony said such awareness is important for knowing the risks out there. These kinds of films should be shown on state TV, at times when people watch it, to help get the message out, she said.
Sao Phany, a victim from Prey Veng province, stayed in China for six months before she was able to return to Cambodia. She warned women to think twice before marrying or working abroad.
“They were very talented when they tricked us,” she said. “You would never know.”
She was deceived by a family member, and she received little sympathy when she returned home, she said.
“No one wants to be cheated and have such issues,” she said. “Please do not mock or laugh at us.” Had she seen the documentary beforehand, she would have made a different choice, she said. “If I had seen it, I would not have faced such a thing.”
The second film at Bophana, “Where Is the Horizon?,” features three men discussing the factors that compelled them to find work as fishermen. They went through a recruitment company that sent hundreds of men to work on fishing vessels.
One of them, 22-year-old Ki Pheakdy, worked on a boat for three years. “I was forced to work even when I was sick,” he says. “They treated us like animals.” He was promised $200 a month that was to be deposited in an account back home. Three years passed before he knew he’d been deceived. When his mother checked the account three months in, there was nothing, he says. “She told me there was not even $1, or even 100 Khmer riel, in the account.”
He was recruited by Giant Ocean International Fishery, a licensed agency that has sent hundreds of Cambodian workers to labor aboard fishing vessels far and wide. The company was eventually shut down, its Taiwanese employer arrested and sentenced to 10 years in jail.
In recent weeks, more than 200 men have been rescued from forced labor in Indonesia.
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Aims: The paper assesses water resource issues in the state of Mississippi using GIS mapping.
Study Design: Adopted a mixscale appoach.
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Place and Duration of Study: The counties of Mississippi between Spetember 2010-December 2013.
Results: The study shows a rise in pumpage among different sectors and a widening of boil water alerts triggered by pollution and standard violations. With the vulnerability to water stress, and potential scarcity from climate change. Regional comparisons point to the exposure to accumulative groundwater depletion since the past several decades. While the spatial analysis revealed the concentration of extensive groundwater water use and emergence of cone formation in the northwest region of the state, the threats of contaminated sites, E. coli and coliform outbreak were evident across space.
Conclusions: The assessment of these issues showed the capacity of mix scale approach in highlighting the susceptibility of Mississippi’s water resources to degradation. From the spatial patterns, the northwest and the south west area showed more concentration of higher pumpage than other areas. Added to that is the notable presence of contaminated sites on areas adjacent to water resources. In the process, mix scale approach enhanced our research and basis for appraising water resource use. To mitigate the issues, the paper outlined five recommendations ranging from education to the need for data infrastructure design and more use of GIS in water resource management. The paper also outlined its contributions and areas for future research. | <urn:uuid:15e2bebd-c8f7-47e2-b364-b510bdb41604> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://251news.com/science-and-technology/analyzing-water-resource-issues-in-the-state-of-mississippi/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00671.warc.gz | en | 0.925043 | 326 | 2.40625 | 2 |
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have discovered a link between a largely unstudied gene and schizophrenia.
They also found a link between the same gene and bipolar disorder, depression and autism.
The University of Aberdeen-led research - published in the Journal of Cell Science - set out to look for genes that might be important for schizophrenia.
During analysis of five major patient cohorts, scientists picked out the poorly-understood gene ULK4 which has previously been associated with hypertension but never before with mental health disorders.
They discovered that a mutation of the gene ULK4 was found far more frequently in patients with schizophrenia.
Researchers also found mutation of ULK4 in some people with bipolar disorder, depression and autism.
First author Dr Bing Lang, Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen, said: "Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder affecting about 1% of the population. Genetics are estimated to be between 60 and 80% responsible for the condition, but very few specific susceptibility genes for schizophrenia have been firmly confirmed in humans.
"However our results suggest that mutation of the gene UKL4 can be a rare genetic risk factor for schizophrenia as well as other psychiatric disorders."
The researchers found evidence that ULK4 regulates many important signalling pathways within nerve cells involved in schizophrenia and stress.
They also discovered that mutation of the gene reduced communication between brain cells.
Professor Colin McCaig, one of the researchers and Head of the University's School of Medical Sciences, added: "This is an important discovery of a gene involved in major mental health disorders which affects basic nerve cell growth and nerve to nerve communication. We expect it will form another important piece of the jigsaw that will produce a fuller understanding of what goes wrong in the brain in conditions such as schizophrenia."
Dr Lang added: "We are very excited by our findings. We still need to do much more work to understand the mechanisms underlying the role of UKL4 in schizophrenia in the hope that this may lead to the discovery of new drug targets for a condition that deprives some sufferers of the ability to lead normal, independent lives."
Explore further: Jumping DNA in the brain may be a cause of schizophrenia
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1- Categorize the products:
Not everyone who enters your site knows what they want or knows where it is, it is the same case when you go to the supermarket looking for a product
looking for a product and you go to the wrong aisle because you associate it with another product nearby. This is the same thing that happens online, if we don’t know where what we want is, we will associate it with another product.
Ideally, you should create a structure that goes from the most general to the most specific. If the inventory is very large you can create subcategories.
2- Intelligent search engines
Search engines that offer suggestions help users find what they are looking for more easily.
You can show products that are associated with the one they are looking at, either because they are almost the same or a compliment.
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This is about showing in real-time the amount of that product in inventory to create scarcity. Putting limited time on offers and making countdowns will make users buy faster.
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Many of us like the products in a store but rarely go in all the time to see what’s new. Having customer contact ensures an upcoming sale, so you can let them know when you have new merchandise to show.
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What always happens in the shopping cart is that although people add everything at the end they only pay for a few things. For them you can apply some of these tips:
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7- A simple checkout the user got this far, don’t make them regret it always show contact numbers where they can call in case of any inconvenience.
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- COVID 19 outbreak has been declared as a pandemic (global health emergency) by WHO.
- It is highly contagious and has been spreading worldwide since December 2019 & has sickened millions of people, shut down major cities, prompted unprecedented global travel restrictions, and influenced the global spread of misinformation and panic.
- 80% Covid-19 patients asymptomatic, but are becoming carriers who can potentially spread the virus among more sections of society.
- Older people and people with pre-existing medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, and heart disease) appear to be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with the virus.
Tej eye center has come up with Home Eye Care Services - an Eye Examination in the comfort of your own home esp. in times when leaving the house is not safe & advisable as strict lockdown and social distancing are the only ways to combat COVID 19. This situation will be equally relevant post lockdown!
Though an unfortunate situation, there are always ways around these problems. Our home eye care service will bring our state of the art clinical equipment to your home and give you the eye test you need giving you healthy & excellent vision once more!
1. You contact us : The patient has to call +91 99240 88500 and book an appointment for home eye care services. Our staff will take down the patient’s demographic details along with chief complaints. Patient would be requested to share/ upload his medical papers, current glass prescription & current medications (if any) on whatsapp. History about COVID 19 exposure would also be taken. Home care appointment will be booked and visit time will be specified.
2. We take utmost precautions: The Tej eye center team will visit your home at specified day and time. Before the visit, the home, where examination is to be carried out will be sanitized to avoid cross contamination. We are committed excellence in diagnostic & therapeutic ophthalmology without compromising the health and well-being of our patients and staff. Thermal screening of the patient will be carried out and gloves along with 3 layer mask will be given to the patient prior to examination. The staff will wear a Personal Protective Equipment along with face shield. Norms of maintaining minimum distance and hand sanitization will be strictly followed.
3. We examine your eyes: TEC's technical team will examine the eyes using our state of the art clinical equipment like slit lamp biomicroscope, fundus camera, digital vision chart, trial chart and lensometer. The examination will be simultaneously viewed by eye doctor online using digital platform. It will be as good as in-person visits. They would see the inside of the eye through microscope and diagnose the disease.
4. Prescription medications / choice of frames: Once the diagnosis is confirmed, prescription - medications / glasses will be handed over to the patient. Course of treatment will be prescribed.
We want all to stay at home and stay safe and know that we are always here for you!
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Hey fellow readers! Today’s topic of concentration is how do analysts perform the Boston Consulting Group – BCG Matrix Analysis on companies! Initially, it might seem like a big deal but the truth is, with a little knowledge and awareness, any layman can execute the BCG analysis to get an apparent outlook about the company. Applying this Analysis on a company can also help an individual to gain an edge if they are particularly looking to invest in the company! Well, without much adieu, let’s dive in!
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Boston Consulting Group Analysis
The Boston Consulting Group is a management consulting firm that was founded in 1963. It helps organizations to improve their performance by working on the key areas like the right implementation of technology, development of strategies and improvement in operational services.
As a result of their exposure and relationships with top-notch organizations, they are supremely aware of the industry’s best practices. In Fortune Magazine‘s 2007 Survey of “100 Best US Companies to Work For”, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has received the 8th rank amongst all for their immense contribution.
In the year 1970, BCG shaped up a Product Portfolio Matrix to assess long term growth opportunities in the business by analyzing the product lines and thereafter untap their real capabilities. Even after 49 years of its establishment, the BCG matrix still remains a priceless apparatus for assisting companies in reaping the visions.
The tool is employed in reference to the distribution of resources in appropriate segments and utilizes them in the marketing of brands, product administration, strategic management, and portfolio perceptivity. However, the method is also referred to as the Growth-Share Matrix.
BCG Matrix Dimensions
Let us now understand the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) matrix in a subjective way.
Growth-Share Matrix is a graphical planning tool for corporate and businesses where the company’s products and services are plotted on axes and conclude major business verdicts.
Two prominent dimensions like Competitive Position (Relative Market Share) and Industry Attractiveness (Growth Rate Of That Industry) are taken help to estimate the true capacity of a business brand portfolio and advice further investment programs. These two dimensions determine the likely profitability of the business portfolio in terms of required cash to back the unit and cash generated by it. The conventional agenda of the inquiry is to understand the areas of investment, divestment, and development.
It is one of the most accepted methods of Portfolio Analysis and segregates a firm’s product and services into a 2/2 Matrix or, into four quadrants. Each quadrant is labeled as low or, high according to their performance which is again further based on the Relative Market Share and Growth Rate Of The Market.
The Horizontal Axis i.e. x-axis indicates the extent of the market share of a product and its consecutive firmness in the particular market. It also helps to quantify a company’s competitiveness.
On the other hand, the vertical axis ie. y-axis indicates the growth rate of a product and its ability to grow in a particular market.
1. Relative Market Share
A higher market share generally means higher cash return and the logic behind the allotment of this dimension is dependent on its relationship with the experience curve.
The usual notion is that when the company generates more number of products, it enjoys the advantage of low input costs and leads to increased profits.
The market share of a company is always taken into consideration in relation to the marker share its major peer.
It reveals the brand’s position amongst its competitors and is a subtle indication of its future prospects.
2. Market Growth Rate
A high growth rate in the market is an indication of higher earnings and higher profits.
It also refers to a higher level of investment in the product lines. This is a positive sign of consistent growth and an expectation to get a handsome return on investment.
The market growth rate gives us significant data about the position of the brand other than the cash flow.
It is also a reliable parameter of the stability of the market and attractiveness of the industry.
In addition, the four quadrants in the Growth-Share Matrix are as follows: Stars, Question marks, Cash cows, Dogs
The postulation of the Growth-Share Matrix is that an increment in the relative market share will lead to higher cash flow.
Firms acquire an upper hand from using economies of scale and yields a cost advantage in relation to its competitors. The growth rate of the market differs from industry to industry where growth rates more than 10% are seen as high while growth rates less than 10% are seen as low.
BCG Matrix Breakdown
1. The BCG Matrix: Stars
Stars are business entities that have a mammoth market share in a fast-pacing industry. These product lines have a crystal clear niche and need sound investment to maintain their market position, push growth, and carry out a competitive advantage. Stars absorb a considerable amount of cash and also spawn huge cash flows.
Investments in the Stars can be a wise decision since they are the primary units and are awaited to become Cash Cows. Generation of positive cash flow takes place as the market reaches its mature stage and the products successfully retain their dominant position. Stars are the prized possession of a company and are placed in the top categories in a firm’s product portfolio.
Anyways, not all Stars end up as Cash Flows because random new products can soon be outjumped by innovative technological advancements in the course of rapidly dynamic industries. The strategic choices which can be incorporated are Vertical integration, market penetration, horizontal integration, product development, and market development.
2. The BCG Matrix: Question Marks
Question Marks are those business entities that have low market shares in a fast pacing market. Question marks are the most managerially radical products and need pervasive investment and resources to escalate their market share. They also need extensive monitoring because investments in question marks are broadly funded by cash flows.
Question marks do not always see the lights of success and even after the colossal amounts of investments they toil hard to gain market share and gradually transform into dogs. The natural or, typical cycle for most products in that they flag off their journey as Question Marks and eventually become stars with the clarification in their position.
When there is a slowdown in market growth, they metamorphose into Cash Cows and finally, the Cash Cow turns into Dogs. The strategic choices which can be incorporated are Market Development, Market Penetration, Product Development, and divestiture.
3. The BCG Matrix: Cash Cows
The product lines under the Cash Cows Quadrant has an enormous share of the market in a sluggish -growing industry. In this case, the generation of the revenue outpasses the initial investments which are necessary to preserve their business. Products in the cash cows quadrant are looked up to as products that are the leadmen in the market. These products already have an important chunk of investments and do not demand more investments to withhold their position.
Cash cows are termed as the most prosperous brands and should be “milked” to generate consistent cash flow as much as possible. These Cash flows are generally utilized to finance Stars and Question Marks to nurture their future growth. It is advised by different Financial Analysts that corporates should invest less in Cash Cows and reap the generated profits from the existing products.
However, this point always doesn’t hold true as Cash Cows are usually big corporations that are proficient in creating new products that might become Stars in the long run. The strategic choices which can be incorporated are product development, diversification, divestiture, retrenchment.
3. The BCG Matrix: Dogs
Dogs are those business entities that have a scanty market share in a ripened and slow-growing market. Products falling under the dogs quadrant are somehow able to protract themselves by initiating cash flows and sustain the market share.
Usually, this unit is mainly valueless to the company in terms of earning capability. However, it might give rise to other small scale benefits such as the production of jobs and mutualism that help other business units. Firms sell off products belonging to the Dogs Quadrant unless the products are complementary to existing products or are used to act as a shield to oppose the moves of the competitors.
According to financial analysts, corporate should avoid investing in such product lines because they lead to negative cash returns. Dogs can massively affect the investors’ sentiments and their personal views about the management of a company. The strategic choices which can be incorporated are retrenchment, Divestiture, and Liquidation.
According to the Boston Consulting Group, a branched out company with an equitable portfolio is in the standardized gallery to utilize its strengths to capitalize on the opportunities of expansion and multiplication. However, an equitable portfolio is one which has
Stars to embolden future success.
Question marks that have a probability to turn into Stars with some consideration, management, and investment.
Cash cows to generate funds for future growth.
BCG Matrix Analysis
Now that we have gained an insight into the basics of BCG Matrix, let us now learn the steps for its application.
1. Choose the unit:
Strategic Business Units(SBU), Independent Brands, Product Lines or the Firm as a unit can be researched using the BCG matrix. The selected unit steers the whole analysis and crucial definitions. As the market, industry, competitors, and position will all be driven based on the chosen unit, it is extremely important to define the unit demarcated for analysis.
2. Define the market
The most momentous stage for the entire matrix is the key definition of the market. An erroneously defined market will make way for an erroneous classification of the unit. Suppose, if we would do the analysis for the Gucci dresses in the regular clothing market it would end up as a Dog but it would be a Cash Cow in the luxury clothing sector. Therefore, It is a major task to transparently explain the market in order to get a solid grip on a firm’s portfolio position.
3. Calculation of Relative Market Share
Relative Market Share can be enumerated in terms of revenues or, market share. It is calculated by dividing the brand’s market share by the market share of the market leader/supreme competitor in an industry.
For example, if the competitor’s market share in the automobile industry is 37% and a firm’s brand market share is 13% in a year, the relative market share would amount to 0.35.
4. Calculation of Market Growth Rate
The growth rate of an industry can be found from the industry reports released every year and are put up on official websites. It can also be calculated by considering the average revenue growth of the leading industrial enterprises. However, it is to be kept in mind that the growth rate of a Market is expressed in terms of percentage.
5. Draw the circles on a matrix
After calculating all the parameters, one can easily plot the brands on the matrix. The plotter should draw a circle for each brand within a unit, or for all the brands in a company. The size of the circle should be in proportion to the generated revenue of the brand.
Let’s apply these steps to analyze an India Company!
For ease of understanding the concept, we are taking ‘Amul’ a well-known company in India as our example.
Amul brand is a prominent and popular name in the dairy industry in India. It produces milk, butter, and other dairy-related products and successfully caters to the Indian population.
The exercise of BCG Matrix on the brand can furnish critical information about the products and the product lines that are a pivotal source of revenue for the organization. The BCG matrix for Amul is as follows:
The products which are considered as Stars of Amul are Amul Ice cream and Amul Ghee. These two products have a high market share and have adequate possibilities to grow in the near future. Amul Ghee has also been a Star for the company as the brand has been able to acquire a 30% hike in its sales while the market share clinged by the product is around 18% along with a yearly turnover of more than Rs 1,700 Crores.
2. Question Mark
Amul Lassi is diagnosed as a Question Mark as their capability as a major derivation of profitability remains quite bleak. Amul lassi has been brought about in the market with the agenda to magnify the market share and give a tough competition with the other beverages available in the market. The healthy milk from Amul possesses a huge potential to swell in the future considering the expansion of interest and demand for healthy products, refreshments, and beverages.
3. Cash Cows
There are three products under the umbrella of Amul that come under the Cash Cow category and they are Amul Milk, Amul Butter, and Amul Cheese. The market share of these products is not likely to undergo colossal gains but their current spot makes them a high revenue contributor.
Amul has two products that have not been able to generate sales and revenues as per the estimation. One of the noteworthy examples in this regard is Amul Chocolates and Amul Pizza. The competitors make it tough to amplify the market shares to a notable degree which can turn this product to become an outstanding source of sustainable revenues. However, if the sales figures do not proceed towards betterment, a probable measure would be to take the path of divestment of the above-mentioned brands.
Benefits of BCG Matrix Analysis
Every theory and model exiting in the books have their pros and cons. Similarly, Boston Consulting Group( BCG) has its own set. Here are a few of the benefits of BCG Matrix:
The BCG Matrix is beneficent for managers to assure a balance in the companies’ current portfolio consisting of Stars, Cash Cows, Question Marks, and Dogs.
BCG-Matrix is befitting to large-cap companies that usually look for volume and experience effects.
The model is coherent and easy to apply and also provides a base for management to take decisions and jack up for future activities.
Limitations of BCG Matrix Analysis
Here are a few of the common limitations of using BCG matrix for analyzing companies:
Growth-share analysis has been highly disapproved of for its simple calculations and absence of a fruitful application.
Market share and Industry Growth are not the sole factors of profitability. Besides, high market share always does not mean high profits.
This matrix does not take into consideration any other factors that may have an effect on both competitive advantage & industry attractiveness.
It denies the correlation between different existing units. In reality, products under Dogs may be assisting another unit to gain a competitive advantage.
The definition of a market is taken from a broader perspective and often neglects smaller aspects.
Let us quickly summarise what we discussed in this article. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a management consulting firm that helps organizations to make informed decisions from the business point of view.
They introduced the Growth-Share Matrix which is a designing and a planning tool that prepares graphical representations on the basis of a company’s products and services. The Growth-Share Matrix categorizes a firm’s products into four divisions namely Dogs, Cash Cows, Stars, and Question Marks. The four divisions are based on the Relative Market Share and Growth Rate Of The Market. This Matrix immensely helps the company to make decisions regarding investment, divestment, liquidity, and retrenchments. | <urn:uuid:a5af0aa1-749e-48b6-9d93-f6eae37f93e9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.winr.in/post/what-is-a-bcg-matrix-explanation-with-example-1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00068.warc.gz | en | 0.952802 | 3,227 | 1.609375 | 2 |
The president of British Cycling has promised to press for the return of a women’s Tour de France, as a campaign to reinstate the race gathers pace.
British rider Chris Froome won the 100th edition of the classic road race in Paris on July 21, but there is currently no parallel women’s event. A women’s version of the tour was held in France between 1984 and 2009, but has not been run in recent years, largely due to problems finding sponsors.
Brian Cookson, the president of British Cycling, who is standing against incumbent Pat McQuaid to become president of the sport’s global governing body, the UCI, has promised to put his weight behind a campaign for a women’s race.
The campaign was launched earlier this month by athletes including former world champion and 2008 Olympic time trial silver medallist Emma Pooley and multiple world ironman triathlon champion Chrissie Wellington — while current British stars Dani King and Laura Trott have also backed the calls for a women’s race.
“There’s been a lot of attention recently on the need to develop women’s cycling at all levels of the sport and it is a key part of my election manifesto for the presidency of the UCI,” Cookson said. “People are passionate about the issue and are rightly frustrated that not enough is being done.”
“We need to work closely with organizers, sponsors, teams and broadcasters to create new events on the professional calendar,” he said. “A women’s equivalent of the Tour de France is one potential solution and the focus of attention of a really successful petition.”
Cookson will stand against McQuaid in September and has promised to reform the sport to rehabilitate its reputation after the Lance Armstrong affair.
“Undoubtedly having a female equivalent of the biggest bike race in the world is an objective we need to explore,” he said. “This is why I am setting up a meeting involving [Olympic road race champion] Marianne Vos, Emma Pooley and other key representatives behind the petition with the right people, including Tour de France owners ASO and UCI management committee member Tracey Gaudry.”
Cookson also announced that the Tour of Britain would have an accompanying five-day international women’s race from next year, as the first step to a full tour alongside the men’s race.
Cookson said it was important to understand why women’s teams and races had struggled to attract backing in the past in order to move forward.
“We must also work on rewarding the efforts of elite women riders by guaranteeing a minimum wage and ensuring modern employment standards are introduced for the top-level teams,” he said. “Coupling this with the wider development proposals I outlined in my election manifesto will begin to change the essential economics of women’s cycling.” | <urn:uuid:1ad5c670-b837-4160-860e-1a9f660c8e04> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/print/2013/07/30/2003568504 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280310.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00187-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973268 | 617 | 1.640625 | 2 |
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ATHENS (REUTERS, AFP) - Greek singer Demis Roussos, 68, who sold more than 60 million records worldwide with a series of international hits in the 1970s and 1980s, died in Athens on Sunday after a long illness, reports said.
He was part of progressive rock group Aphrodite's Child but was best known for his solo hits, among them Forever And Ever, Mr Reason, Goodbye My Love Goodbye, Quand je t'aime and Happy To Be On An Island In The Sun.
His Aphrodite's Child bandmate Vangelis, in a statement quoted by the BBC, said: "Demis my friend. I have just arrived in London and I've been told that you decide to take the long voyage, I'm shocked because I can't believe that this happened so soon. Nature gave you this magic voice of yours which made millions of people around the world very happy."
It was Roussos' melancholy face on 1970s and 1980s album covers that provided the most enduring image of him: a theatrical figure with a flowing dark beard, intense dark eyes and long hair thinning on top.
He carried his larger-than-life persona on stage with colourful clothing, and sustained it with a voice that belted out powerful operatic flourishes.
"Back in 75 I had five albums in the top 10. Simultaneously. And among them the number one album and the number one single," he said in an interview with The Guardian in 1999, referring to his success in Britain. "And my name was mentioned twice or three times in the Guinness Book of Records."
Roussos was born on June 15, 1946, and was raised in Alexandria, Egypt, by his Greek engineer father and his Egyptian mother of Italian heritage. The family moved to Greece during the Suez Crisis.
Though he had been singing since childhood, Roussos began his musical career at 17 playing guitar and bass in a band called The Idols, where he first met Vangelis.
During one of the group's performances, Roussos briefly replaced the lead singer and belted out his rendition of the American folk ballad House Of The Rising Sun.
The audience, according to Roussos' website, was instantly captivated by his voice.
He found fame in the 1970s after teaming up with Vangelis in Aphrodite's Child. He soon went solo and built a long career.
He was aboard a TWA flight when it was hijacked by men with Lebanese group Hezbollah on June 14, 1985.
In exchange for Roussos and the other hostages, Hezbollah demanded the release of 17 of its militants and Iraqi Islamic Daawa Party members, who were arrested in Kuwait in connection with attacks that killed six people in 1983.
Roussos, who spent his 39th birthday in captivity, was released four days into the ordeal. Most of the roughly 150 passengers were held for nearly two more weeks.
"They gave me a birthday cake and they gave me a guitar, to sing," Roussos told reporters at the time. "They have been very polite and very nice with us."
"Along with Nana Mouskouri, he is one of the two biggest Greek pop music artists. They are the two great voices that put Greece on the map," French-Greek television personality Nikos Aliagas said.
"We had known each other since I was a kid. He broke through borders and made his country proud."
Roussos had long struggled with his weight, but he later slimmed down and even penned a diet book called A Question Of Weight.
In subsequent years he suffered ill health that kept him chair-bound.
He recorded and toured until 2009, when he released his last album. One of his last public appearances was in Athens in 2013, when he received the Legion of Honour - France's highest distinction - for his life's work.
He leaves behind two children, Emily and Cyril, who are both musicians.
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Somebody in Washington's national security establishment just stuck it to France. In the Nov. 5 Washington Post, Barton Gellman reports that a U.S. intelligence review has found that four nations possess covert stockpiles of smallpox. Three of these nations are entirely predictable: Iraq, North Korea, and Russia. The fourth, France, is not:
U.S. officials said the French program is believed to be defensive in nature, and some of them expressed consternation that its inclusion in the … report was disclosed to a reporter. It could not be learned whether the Bush administration has objected to, or sought information about, the French program.
Each State Party to this Convention undertakes never in any circumstances to develop, produce, stockpile or otherwise acquire or retain:
(1) Microbial or other biological agents, or toxins whatever their origin or method of production, of types and in quantities that have no justification for prophylactic, protective or other peaceful purposes …
The crucial question is whether France's smallpox stockpile exceeds what is necessary for "prophylactic, protective or other peaceful purposes." The Post hints that it does by citing Jacques Drucker, former director of France's National Public Health Surveillance Center, to the effect that France favors smallpox research that is currently forbidden under international law.If the French are in violation, that makes a mockery of France's complaint last December when the United States blocked a measure to add an inspections protocol to the convention:
France regrets that the parties were unable to agree on terms for strengthening the implementation of this Convention. … It calls on the United States to reconsider its position given the threat of biological weapons and developments in them.
Quite possibly, though, France is not in violation. After all, the Pentagon is known to have its own large stash of biological weapons, and the U.S. position is that this material is kept for "prophylactic, protective, or other peaceful purposes." If France is in compliance with the Biological Weapons Convention, then whoever let the Post know about its smallpox inventory may simply want to punish France and others who have criticized the Bush administration for its intransigence on adding the inspections protocol. Or, the leaker may be trying to undermine whatever moral authority the French can summon within the U.N. Security Council to block a war against Iraq. Or, the leaker may be trying to send a message to U.S. allies who complain too loudly about the Bush administration's unilateralism on a host of issues, from global warming to steel tariffs. Indeed, the leaker may be trying to do any or all of these things even if France is in violation of the Biological Weapons Convention. (What could be more piquant than labeling France a rogue nation?) Alternatively, the leaker may simply have forgotten or not cared in the first place that the document contained sensitive information about a major U.S. ally. For France, that would be the most hurtful explanation of all.
[Update, Nov. 6: French foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero today said, "We deny very firmly the allegations put out by the Washington Post," according to a report by Agence France Presse. France, Valero said, "no longer possesses any sample of human smallpox in its laboratories, either civilian or military."]
[Correction, Nov. 8: The most relevant international agreement is not the Biological Weapons Convention, but a decision reached two decades ago by the World Health Organization requiring eradication of all smallpox stocks outside Russia and the United States. (Both countries were supposed to destroy their smallpox stocks by 2002, but the WHO last May gave them an extension.) This agreement leaves the French no apparent wiggle room if it is stockpiling the virus. Barton Gellman of the Post elaborates in the following letter: | <urn:uuid:74622aac-fdf6-4d9f-b878-6caff51f778c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/chatterbox/2002/11/voulez_vous_le_smallpox.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279650.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00433-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939633 | 781 | 1.664063 | 2 |
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(Add Car for sale, a first for bitcoin.)
Revision as of 01:07, 9 March 2011
- October 31, 2008
- Bitcoin design paper published
- November 09, 2008
- Bitcoin project registered at SourceForge.net
- January 3, 2009
- Genesis block established at 18:15:05 GMT
- January 11, 2009
- Bitcoin v0.1 released and announced on the cryptography mailing list
- December 16, 2009
- Bitcoin v0.2 released
- December 30, 2009
- First difficulty increase at 06:11:04 GMT
- February 6, 2010
- Bitcoin Market established
- May 22, 2010
- lazslo first to buy pizza with Bitcoins agreeing upon paying 10,000btc for ~$25 worth of pizza courtesy of jercos
- July 7, 2010
- Bitcoin v0.3 released
- July 11, 2010
- Bitcoin v0.3 release mentioned on slashdot, bringing a large influx of new bitcoin users.
- July 17, 2010
- MtGox established
- July 18, 2010
- ArtForz generated his first block after establishing his personal OpenCL GPU hash farm
- August 15, 2010
- September 14, 2010
- jgarzik offered 10,000btc (valued at ~$600-650) to puddinpop to open source their windows-based CUDA client
- September 18, 2010
- puddinpop released source to their windows-based CUDA client under MIT license
- September 29, 2010
- kermit discovered a microtransactions exploit which precipitated the Bitcoin v0.3.13 release
- October 01, 2010
- First public OpenCL miner released
- October 04, 2010
- Original Bitcoin History wiki page (this page) established (ooh so meta) on Bitcoin.org's wiki.
- October 28, 2010
- November 6, 2010
- The Bitcoin economy passed US $1 million. The MtGox price touched USD $0.50.
- December 7, 2010
- Bitcoind was compiled for the Nokia N900 mobile computer by doublec. The following day, ribuck sent him 0.42 BTC in the first portable-to-portable Bitcoin transaction.
- December 9, 2010
- December 16, 2010
- Bitcoin Pooled Mining, operated by slush, found its first block
- January 2, 2011
- Tonal BitCoin units standardized.
- January 8, 2011
- History of Bitcoin page (this page) created after replicating from original Bitcoin History page on Bitcoin.org.
- Bitcoin Pooled Mining reached a total of 10,000 Mhash/s
- January 27, 2011
- January 28, 2011
- Block 105000 was generated. This means that 5.25 million bitcoins have been generated, which is just over one-quarter of the eventual total of nearly 21 million.
- February 9, 2011
- Decimal Bitcoin reached parity with the US dollar, touching $1 per BTC at MtGox.
- February 10, 2011
- February 14, 2011
- A vehicle was, for the first time, offered in exchange for a certain number of bitcoins.
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Lot 41: The "Parks" Porphyry Popeye Birdstone.
May 17, 2014
Denver, PA, USALive Auction
Description: 3500 - 2500 B.P. DeKalb Co., Indiana. In his epic 1959 book "Birdstones of the North American Indian", pages 382 - 383, Earl had this to say about the Parks bird - "Beautiful and unique pale blue matrix with cream colored spots." This exceptionally fine specimen was found in October, 1950, on the Floyd Meyers Farm near Butler by Wellington Young while picking up potatoes behind a potato digger. It is shown at color plate IV. The ridge treatment differs considerably from that of figure A, the rear ridge being much larger than the front one. Note the rare, upturned tail similar to that noted on the slate specimen at figure C., of plate 174. It also has the undercut jaw and pointed beak. In a second entry in the book Earl adds: "This rare specimen of porphyry with an unusual bluish cast possesses a poise and style all its own." Over the years the Parks bird was given the moniker "blue" because of its unique color. One of the rarest features of "blue" is the fact that Earl Townsend could never buy it from Parks! Perhaps it was because, once held in the hand, the incredible balance, symmetry and perfect proportions of 'blue" create such a desire to possess that even Earl Townsend's money could not pry it away from Parks. This is the first time since it's 1950 discovery that the Parks birdstone will be offered for public sale. Size L. 4" x W. 7/8" x H. 1 - 5/8"
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A brief introduction to RHCSA tutorial
Welcome back, this is the fifth tutorial of RHCSA examination preparation tutorial series, we have published four articles of this series and hope you have liked them. This is the fifth article in continuation of RHCSA series, you can access following links to have a look at recent articles:
In this tutorial, we will discuss linking in Linux file system, linking provide access to files which are located somewhere in System (consider is as file shortcuts in Microsoft Windows), user and group management, managing permission for users and groups.
What are Inode and Links in Linux?
As we know that in NIX operating systems everything is a file, either they are some directories or some specific file, is considered to be a file. When we think about some file in Linux, it is actually a block containing some data, operating system recognizes this data with metadata, each file on these block is identified with some unique numeric value which is called as inode. Each inode stores every information about the file such as device id, user id, group id, time stamps etc. but it does not contain any information about the file name. When you call for some file in the operating system, the operating system does not recognize this file by the name which is assigned by you but with recognize it with inode value which is uniquely assigned to that particular file by the system. The inode structure is a table which keeps track of each and every index of the file name and concerned inode number assigned. It is important to note that this hard link relation is unidirectional only, which means that the hard link is always aware of its inode number but inode does not recognize name of file which is connected via hard link. Any inode can even have more than one hard link. Inode will be aware that there are 2 links connected but cannot identify what are the names of these connected files .
Inode number for any file can find with the following command:
$ cd /etc
$ ls -ia
What are the hard link and soft link in Linux?
When you create some new file using a hard link with the specified command line, the you are just cloning inode number and it will not change the hard link file and the original file will share same inode number.
Let us have a look, Create some new file
$ touch unixmen
Create hard link with following command.
$ ln unixmen hardlink
$ ls –ia
You can note that hardlink files are listed with a highlight blue color, both files have same inode number. But when you refer for some soft link, there is a basic difference hard link and soft link. Hard link refer directly to the inode number, but soft link refer to hard link only and does not have any relation with that inode. If hard link file get deleted soft link file will loose its reference and no data will be shown. Let us have a look. Use ln with -s option to create a soft link.
$ ln -s harlink softlink
List files after creating soft links, you can notice that softlink is presented in light blue color and distinctly visible.
It is easy to recognize hard link file as they are shown in blue highlight.
Remove one hard link file.
$ rm hardlink
Have a look again, you can notice that soft link is gone.
User management in Linux
Why is a user needed in Linux?
When we think about a server we can assume lots of services running simultaneously for specified purposes, every process is associated with some user, access permission of processes restricted by user so that they will be having access to some defined area of the system only e.g. If you wants to run some web services and you enable them to run with root, some of hacker or intruder can get access to your root account via web server, so we need to run web services with some restriction. To list information about current logged in user:
To know that what user is currently logged in, give following command
To list all of the process currently running on the system
$ ps aux
Here you can notice that some processes are running as root but some are running as some different user which means such processes are allowed to access a specific are of the system.
You can identify how many users are currently logged in, with following command:
What are characteristics of User in Linux?
There are some characteristics associated with any Linux users which that particular user must possess:
- Username: User cannot exist without its name; the user must have some specific name.
- User Password: There are two types of users in Linux one are humans and another is system users, human users are of course those which will be used by some person, such user accounts must be secured with a strong password. System users do not need any password. The password is stored in /etc/shadow file in RHEL. !! Symbol means that user is disabled.
- Home Directory: It is required to specify that where some user can store their data on to the system, by default all local system users will have their home directories under /home.
- UID: This unique identification id associated with a user, UID of root is 1.
- GID: By default every user is a member of group with same name of a user, which makes a user more secure so that non-group member cannot access data of any specific user. Group related information is stored in /etc/groups file. There are total of 6400 number of id available so you can create a huge number of users.
- Default shell: The shell where user will login, by default in Red Hat Linux it /bin/bash.
How to create a user in Linux?
It is important to note that you must of have root permissions to create a new user as an ordinary user you do not have permissions to create some new user. Log in as root and create user, but first explore what command line options we can utilize as minimum to create a new user.
# useradd --help
All options are listed and well explained.
# man useradd
You can use different options to create a user, e.g. in below example -c option enable to add some comment, -e option will define expiry date of user account, -s option define default shell environment used by the user, and ‘rajneesh’ is the name of user.
Create a new user
# useradd –c rhcsa practical –e YYYY-MM-DD –s /bin/bash rajneesh
Have a look in /etc/passwd
# tail –f -n2 /etc/passwd
Notice home directory, GCOS or comment field, default log in shell of user, UID and GID associated with user.
Have a look in /etc/shadow file
# tail -f /etc/shadow
You can notice that ‘!!’ sign is there for user ‘rajneesh‘, which means user is not activated yet because we have not defined any password for user.
Create password for user
# passwd rajneesh
Again have a look of /etc/shadow and see the difference.
Login to that newly created user.
# su rajneesh
It will not ask any password from root, login this ‘rajneesh’ user from some another ordinary user.Let us have a look in /home directory, you will see that a new folder associated with ‘rajneesh’ user is created, where all data of ‘rajneesh’ user will be stored by default.
Group management in Linux
When you create a user, it becomes a member of a group of automatically which has name similar to username, user is by default member of that group and this group is called private group. Imagine of some different organizations having different department like accounts, sales, admin departments etc, these department will be having some user under that department, users of one department can not have or have restricted access to data of other departments, to mange such type of scenario we need to create different groups and add members to them according to their roles.
File which contains information about groups is /etc/group
$ vim /etc/group
Create a group using groupadd command, um is grou-name
# groupadd um
You can add members to that group by directly adding them to /etc/group file by simply typing name of user next to :, have a look:
Switch to user rajneesh and check id, user ‘rajneesh’ is a member of that ‘um’ group.
Another method of adding some user to group is by using usermod command, user –help to get options.
$ usermod --help
Add rajneesh1 user to um group
# usermod -aG um rajneesh1
User rajneesh1 is member of group um now, check id.
This was a detailed introduction to Linux user and group management, hard and soft links. In next article we will learn about password management for users, key files for user management and a detailed introduction to secure shell.
Each file is recognized by its unique numeric value which is know as inode, hard links share same inode but soft links will have different inode number but it will be not associated directly to inode. Each and every process need some user to be associated with, for security purpose process have restricted access to resources, users can be system users or user which we create to login, each and every user is by default a member of private group but we can add these users to some another groups. | <urn:uuid:77b9b1dd-1c55-4451-b608-f4ce1f70412f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.unixmen.com/hard-soft-links-user-group-management-rhcsa/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00362-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934636 | 2,025 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Friday human interest story. A great way to help people with defective mitochondria, you take out the nucleus of the fertilized egg and stick it into the "shell" of one with healthy mitochondria from a 3rd donor. So you end up with a child having DNA from 3 different people.
Time to wonder if someone who supplied 0.1% of a child's DNA has any legal rights in regards to that child? Should they? Slippery slope, blah, blah? While only a little bit of DNA, there are some interesting ramifications, for example female genealogy is traced using mitochondrial DNA (since prior to this little procedure it's solely passed from mother to child), so that's out the window. Your great-great grand daughter won't be able to find out her distant relatives via current methods (of course we'll all have latent psychic power by that point, so it's probably not worth worrying about). The plus side is you're actually removing the defective genetic material entirely from your bloodline. No worry about your kids or grand-kids being a carrier for something 100 years down the road (or at least the same something...). This count as genetic engineering yet?
Any thoughts? (other than "is this seriously the best thing you could come up with on a slow Friday?" )
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Apparently, "You don’t put a big girl in a big dress."
I’m not going to dispute that, because I’m not a fashion photographer or a fashion anything, but what I’m wondering is, when did lovely Christina Hendricks (5’7", statuesque, and pictured at left) become a "big girl"?
Only in Hollywood could somebody who looks like that even be considered "big." Most of us would kill or at least maim to look like Hendricks, who stars in the popular TV show "Mad Men."
The question is, did the New York Times, where a columnist stated "You don’t put a big girl in a big dress," back up the assertion by deliberately stretching a photo of Hendricks horizontally so that she looked wider? This is a controversial question.
The photo was definitely run out of proportion, but it may easily have been an accident, because there are plenty of lazy shortcuts you can take in most layout programs that size photos to fit the space, which is often quicker than sizing the space to fit the photo and then putting the article on the page all over again. Or maybe someone thought it would be funny to make the gorgeous Hendricks look wider to fit the column better. I can’t say.
But what’s really wrong to me seems to be the columnist’s blithe assertion that Hendricks was a "big girl" in the first place.
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Do you like Animal Jam? Do you wanna be a grown up, but think you might miss being a kid? Here is how to live for a very long time on Animal Jam!
Egg or Tummy
1Maybe try that same animal, change to your final animal, or a close animal to grown.
2Ask your parents if you can watch the Simpsons (or something like that) if they say no, then say nicely, "I'm a teenager, I can deal with it."
3Ask your parents if you can go on YouTube on the computer (virtual), not real YouTube.
4Don't act like a little kid because you are almost an adult.
5Listen to music.
6Obey your parents. Like if you also have a baby sister or brother (or both) turn down your music or put it on headphones so your parents can put him or her to sleep. You can "say" what song you're listening to.
7Grow up to an adult when it's the right time.
1Be an animal that looks like a grown up (Arctic wolves look the best) and follow these next steps.
2Learn to take care of yourself. Sadly, your parents will tell you to live on your own.
3Watch adult shows sometimes.
4Learn to make your own food.
5Explore, maybe get a job.
6Adopt your own kids if you want, but you don't have to.
7When your kids grow up, or it's the right time, follow this next method.
Great Grandparent and Older
- Good example of life cycle for a arctic wolf: Bunny (beginning of life to toddler) Fox (child) Wolf (pre-teen) Arctic fox (teen up to 19) Arctic Wolf (adult and beyond).
- Watch out for mean siblings, bad pets, or rude parents!
- If you're the grandparent or older stay home most of the time.
- Don't watch the Simpsons if you're not a teen or older because you might learn bad things from it. This goes for things related to the Simpsons too.
- Be careful in the forest because there are tough predators that could hurt, eat, or kill you!
- Don't bake cookies and "accidentally" burn the house down. It's annoying.
- Stay out of dangerous places so you stay safe.
- Don't go too overboard with the dying process because it's a kid's game. Rather than saying blood say red jam or something like that.
- Don't go to anywhere if your grounded! You could get grounded even longer!
- Do not get the milk things or there is a big chance that you will get reported and maybe banned.
- If you are abused say stop to him or her.
- If you are a baby, don't throw diapers at people, but you can go poop in one.
- Don't be a potty mouth in public because really, some people like potty words and think they are funny, others think they are sick.
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Polluted urban waters create public and environmental health hazards. On July 17 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new support for Southern California projects that will help protect city waterways and positively impact nearby communities.
UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) will receive $59,965 from the EPA for an interconnected project with the Los Angeles Waterkeeper organization that will help improve water quality, educate local youth, and support community revitalization within the Los Angeles River Watershed.
Funding comes from the EPA’s Urban Waters program, which supports communities in their efforts to access, improve, and benefit from their urban waters and the surrounding land. Urban waters include canals, rivers, lakes, wetlands, aquifers, estuaries, bays, and oceans in developed areas. These waterways can be contaminated by sewage, runoff from city streets, and pollution from abandoned industrial facilities. Healthy and accessible urban waters can help grow local businesses and enhance economic, educational, recreational, and social opportunities in nearby communities.
The grant was awarded to develop a better understanding of the sources of potential water pollution in Compton Creek, part of the L.A. River Watershed. In partnership with the Los Angeles Waterkeeper, IoES Environmental Science undergraduate students will conduct neighborhood assessments of pollutant sources using data from on-the-ground surveys, aerial photography, online research, and other monitoring efforts. In addition, the project will develop a teaching curriculum for high school students focused on understanding pollutant sources and generating strategies for addressing pollution.
Felicia Federico, who will lead the effort at the Institute said, “This work will directly inform efforts to meet water quality standards in our creeks and rivers by focusing education and enforcement actions and will hopefully have a positive impact on the quality of life for the residents of these watersheds.”
L.A. Waterkeeper’s Liz Crosson added, “By identifying industrial pollution at its source and empowering young people to advocate for cleaning it up, we are working towards improving urban waters and the communities around them.”
EPA also granted $55,021 to the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority for its Safe Routes to the River – River Ambassadors project, an education and engagement program for communities adjacent to the Los Angeles River.
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TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 124, establishing a process by which the Department of Corrections may grant temporary reprieve to certain at-risk inmates during the public health emergency. The Governor’s Executive Order creates the Emergency Medical Review Committee to make recommendations on which inmates should be placed on temporary home confinement through the Commissioner’s statutory furlough authority. All recommendations to place an individual on home confinement will be made after thorough review and consideration of the conditions that an individual may face in the community.
“My Administration’s top priority is the health and safety of all nine million New Jerseyans, including those who are currently incarcerated,” said Governor Murphy. “The correctional setting presents unique challenges to social distancing, particularly for vulnerable populations. Allowing some of our most vulnerable individuals who do not pose a public safety threat to temporarily leave prison will protect both their health, and the health and safety of the men and women working in our correctional facilities. With this action, New Jersey will join several other states, and the federal government, in taking necessary steps to strike a balance between public health, public safety, and victims’ rights.”
“The health and safety of our staff, inmates and the public-at-large is of paramount importance,” said Department of Corrections Commissioner Marcus O. Hicks, Esq. “This Order helps address social distancing challenges in the correctional setting and prioritizes the needs of medically vulnerable inmates during this public health crisis.”
The four categories for priority early release include:
Individuals who have been convicted of a serious offense, including murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, or any offense subject to the No Early Release Act, will be ineligible for temporary reprieve. However, the Committee would be able to consider any and all previous convictions when making recommendations for home confinement.
The Governor’s Executive Order creates the following process for granting temporary reprieve:
The Order will take effect immediately.
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The used market is littered with cheap electric vehicles. But when going green, is it a good idea to pick up a used electric vehicle?
Like smartphones, electric vehicles (EV) have a rechargeable lithium battery. But as you’ve probably noticed with your phone after a year or two, these batteries tend to deteriorate. Of course, there are some differences between your tiny phone battery and a huge EV battery that can weigh more than 500kg, but the concept remains the same.
That, and a few other reasons are why you should approach buying a used EV with caution. However, it’s like any used car really - do all the checks and balances and you could save a ton over a new vehicle. So, read on to find out the considerations you’ll need to make when looking at a used EV.
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Should I buy a used electric vehicle?
Before jumping into the cheapest Tesla and charging off into the sunset, it’s important to do some research, and first consider if a used EV is right for you. Some considerations to make are:
Used electric car batteries
The batteries in electric vehicles aren’t too dissimilar to what you find in your smartphone - just on a larger scale. And like smartphones, they deteriorate over time.
Generally, it’s estimated that an EV battery can last for 10-20 years before it’s deteriorated enough that it needs to be replaced. Mileage is also not often a factor in batteries, unlike internal combustion engines. Heat, age, condition and charging habits could all play a bigger role.
A study by Electrek.co in the US assessed more than 6,000 EVs and found those with lithium-ion batteries lost about 2.3% of their capacity every year. Those that were liquid-cooled lost capacity at a slower rate.
- For reference, Tesla covers its batteries for eight years or 240,000km for the Model X and Model S, with a minimum 70% retention i.e. lost 30% of its capacity.
- The Nissan LEAF is covered for eight years or 160,000km, with less than 9 out of 12 bars' capacity the threshold for replacement.
If your car battery is out of warranty, then you could be in for a big bill. Also check that the warranty transfers over to the new owner. Tesla chief Elon Musk estimates a replacement battery module could cost as much as USD $5,000-$7,000, and that’s just for one module - EVs can have multiple modules.
So, if you’re buying a used EV that’s say, five years old, chances are you could still be getting most of the battery capacity. However, it’s hard to get a gauge on the previous owner’s usage habits. Did they drive all the time in a really hot climate? Did they have poor charging habits, such as constantly letting the charge level dip below 20%? All of these things can compromise battery life over time and add up in big battery replacement costs long-term.
Electric vehicles are often very technology-heavy in the interior. This includes fancy entertainment units, heads up displays, electric seats, digital instrument clusters, fancy transmission levers and more. The long-term reliability of such electronics remains to be seen. Just like that old iPhone 4 sitting in your drawer inoperable, all of that technology in your EV has the potential to malfunction.
Ever taken notice of the Tesla entertainment screen? It’s 12.3 inches, which is massive compared to other cars. It’s also not just an entertainment screen. A lot of the vehicle controls and monitoring systems are managed through there, meaning if your screen goes black, a lot of your car’s ability to actually do its main job of driving is compromised. Of course, we aren’t singling out Tesla here - other cars carry the same potential technology problems too - petrol/diesel ones included.
General wear and tear
One of the main benefits of an electric car is that it doesn’t have an internal combustion engine (ICE). This is stating the obvious but ICEs carry with them a range of extra maintenance items.
Maintenance parts you won’t need to deal with on an EV include: oil and fuel filters and changes, spark plug replacements, emission checks, exhaust maintenance, and timing belt/chain replacements.
More moving parts equals more maintenance, but that doesn’t mean an electric car doesn’t require maintenance at all. One of the biggest maintenance items is going to be your tyres - a Tesla Model S has a 21-inch rim diameter, meaning you’ll need very large (and potentially expensive) tyres. A quick check of tyre retailers' sites reveals the cheapest 21” tyres are still around the $200 mark, however more well-renowned brands are up around the $400 mark.
Other, cheaper cars likely come with smaller and thus cheaper tyres, but they still need to be replaced every so often at some expense. Two other important items are brakes and their fluid, and coolant, which will still require upkeep.
Electric car depreciation
We’ve covered depreciation rates more broadly, but electric vehicles can depreciate even quicker than their internal combustion engine counterparts. This is because technology in EVs has come in leaps and bounds in the past few years. We’ve looked at Redbook.com.au’s price guides for private sales at the high end to determine various vehicles' depreciation rates over 1-3 years. They are:
- 2017 Tesla Model S P100D: Price new - $232,402, Price now - $105,600. Depreciation rate: 54.56%
- 2017 Tesla Model S 75D: Price new - $126,777, Price now - $86,200. Depreciation rate: 32.01%
- 2019 Nissan LEAF: Price new - $49,990, Price now - $36,500. Depreciation rate: 26.99%
Keep in mind, this is for private sales at the high end and are a guide only. It also assumes you paid full retail price, rather than haggled with a dealer. To fetch the best price at sale you usually need to have lower kilometres than other listings, a documented service history and a vehicle in good condition, and in an inoffensive colour. Trade-in values could be much lower, too.
Savings.com.au's two cents
Buying a used electric vehicle could present a great-value buying opportunity. New ones, especially fancier models, can cost more than $100,000. And in three years, they can lose a third or more of their value.
However, like any car, there’s checks you’ll need to do first. One of the main concerns is the battery’s longevity. While many manufacturers have a generous battery warranty upwards of eight years, who knows how well the previous owner treated it. No matter how trustworthy they might seem, there still might be some question marks over the battery.
Luckily, EV batteries can last ten or more years before they need to be replaced. However, that replacement cost can be astronomical if not done so within warranty. So, our two cents would be - if you are thinking of buying a used EV - buy the newest one you can afford. That way, you might be able to avoid a lot of the costs and problems associated with battery degradation.
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Happy 23rd birthday, Windows 3.0
The OS with three different memory modes chalks up another anniversary
This week marks the 23rd birthday of Windows 3.0, which came into this world on May 22nd, 1990, and gave the world improved colour graphics and the infamous File Manager.
Windows 3.0 was all about getting closer to Apple’s Macintosh after Windows 1.0 and 2.0 fell a long way short of Jobs and Co's WIMPy UI.
The MSDOS Executive file manager was replaced with the icon-based Program Manager alongside File Manager, greatly enhancing the user experience and giving Windows the look and feel that would persist until the advent of Windows 95.
The Control Panel was re-designed to look a lot like Apple’s and graphics were enhanced to support a whopping 16 colours.
Under the covers, performance was also improved by Gates and co. with support for the faster Intel 386 processor, helping cement the burgeoning Wintel partnership which would come to dominate the PC space for years to come.
Windows 3 and its much-improved successor 3.1 managed to ride the wave of new 386-powered PCs introduced to the market, propelling the OS to sales of 10 million copies in the first two years to become Microsoft’s most popular operating system at the time, Redmond says.
Minimum system requirements for a Windows 3.0-powered PC were MS-DOS 3.1 or later a hard drive with 6MB free space and at least 384K of RAM. The "at least" was important, because the OS had three memory modes. Real mode could run on anything up to a 286. Standard mode could handle a 286 while Enhanced mode purred when paired with a 386. The latter two modes required more than 384K.
As well as the first appearance of Program Manager, File Manager, and Print Manager, Windows 3 saw the introduction of popular apps Notepad and Paintbrush alongside that slacker staple Solitaire, making it increasingly popular with home users.
A new Windows SDK, meanwhile, got the developer community on board by encouraging more enthusiasts to write programs for the OS.
Windows 3.0 quickly made way for Windows 3.1, which was more stable, and Windows for Workgroups, which had far stronger networking features that made it an even bigger hit. We covered that in this 20th-birthday retrospective of the OS last year.
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German Councillor Charged Over Tattoo Of Auschwitz Death Camp
|23 December, 2015||Posted by Stacey under News|
German councillor whose tattoo of the Auschwitz death camp and slogan Jedem das Seine, translated, ‘To Each His Own’, or ‘To each what he deserves’ was spotted when he went swimming gets a six month jail sentence.
A German man has been charged with incitement to hatred after he was pictured with a tattoo apparently of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.
The tattoo has the slogan “To Each His Own”, which was on the gate of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
The photo was taken at a swimming pool in the town of Oranienburg, north of Berlin, at the end of November.
German media named the man as Marcel Zech, (27), a member of the far-right National Democratic Party.
Mr Zech sits on the council in the district of Barnim in eastern Germany.
The trial process has been sped up, German media reports say, and is scheduled to start on 22 December.
Germany has strict laws against the promotion of Nazi ideology in Germany. The punishment for Mr Zech if he is convicted could be as much as five years in prison.
Artist Jonathan Meese was prosecuted in 2013 for giving Nazi salutes at an event the previous year, but successfully argued the gesture was part of an interview-turned-art performance and was acquitted.
The latest case comes after several violent incidents this year at reception centres for migrants in Germany.
A senior German intelligence official told the BBC in October that Germany’s decision to take in asylum seekers was fuelling a resurgence in the far right.
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Kristensen & Funch, 2000
It is described as a class or subphylum in the phylum Gnathifera or as a phylum in a Gnathifera superphylum, called Micrognathozoa. It is related to the rotifers and gnathostomulida, grouped together as the Gnathifera.
With an average length of one-tenth of a millimetre, it is one of the smallest animals known.
L. maerski has very complicated jaws, with fifteen separate parts. The parts of the jaw structure are connected by ligaments and muscles. The jaw parts are very small, ranging from 4 μm to 14 μm. The animal can extend part of its jaw structure outside of its mouth while eating. It also extends much of its jaw structure outside of its mouth when it is regurgitating (pushing out) items that are indigestible.
L. maerski has a large ganglion, or 'brain', in its head. Paired nerve cords go along the lower side of the body) to the tail. Stiff sensory bristles made up of one to three cilia are scattered about the body. These bristles are similar to those on gnathostomulids.
Flexible cilia are arranged in a horseshoe-shaped area on the forehead, and in spots on the sides of the head and in two rows on the underside of the body. The cilia on the forehead create a current that moves food particles towards the mouth. The other cilia move the animal.
All specimens of L. maerski that have been collected have had female organs. They lay two kinds of eggs: thin-walled eggs that hatch quickly, and thick-walled eggs that are believed to be resistant to freezing, and thus capable of over-wintering and hatching in the spring. The same pattern is known from rotifers, where thick-walled eggs only form after fertilization by males. The youngest L. maerski specimens collected may also have male organs: it is now thought that the animals hatch as males and then become females.
Phylogeny[change | change source]
Cladogram (adapted from ) showing the relationships of Limnognathia:
References[change | change source]
- Kristensen RM (2002). "An Introduction to Loricifera, Cycliophora, and Micrognathozoa". Integr Comp Biol. 42 (3): 641–51. doi:10.1093/icb/42.3.641. PMID 21708760.
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