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Tip-to-tail method of vector addition:
1. Translate the vectors and join them together in a chain such that the tip of one is attached to the tail of the next (tip-to-tail method).
2. The order of vectors in forming a "tip-to-tail" chain does not matter.
3. Draw a new arrow from the tail of the first arrow to the tip of the last, this is the resultant vector.
Although the vectors are joined "tip-to-tail" in different orders, the resultant (hollow arrow) is the same.
In this applet, up to 4 forces (vectors) can be created in a random manner. The tip of each force can be dragged to change its magnitude and direction.
When the button " Vector sum" is pressed, the forces will translate one by one automatically to form a "tip-to-tail" chain. The order of vectors in the joining is random.
Unless the forces are balanced, a black hollow arrow appears and blinks a few times after the completion of a "tip-to-tail" chain. This hollow arrow is the resultant force, which represents the overall physical effect of the individual forces.
Users are advised to repeat the "Vector sum" (press "Restore" each time to restitute) several times to "prove" the resulatnt is the same despite the order of arrows-joining in each case is different.
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In the face of a global pandemic and budget cuts, the New Mexico State University library system will be getting a much needed breath of fresh air, thanks in part to the student government.
According to the official press release, $80,000 will be appropriated to the library system from the Associated Students of New Mexico State University, whose funding comes from student fees.
“I’m a firm believer in still making sure that the student fees get back to students some way or another,” ASNMSU President Mathew Madrid said. “I don’t know if you want to call it fate, but the day after the story broke, there was a meeting for the Library Student Academic Advisory Council, or LSAAC for short, and quite frankly in that meeting, we just asked very candidly, like, ‘what can ASNMSU do to help?'”
“I was just so surprised and in awe that Mathew Madrid and the ASNMSU senators voted to support this one-time appropriation. We’re extremely touched, and we are just amazed that they wanted to do this. We didn’t ask; they wanted to do this on their own.”
The story in question broke in February when it was announced that the library system would not renew subscriptions to 433 scholarly journals, according to the ASNMSU press release. A wide range of subscriptions were included in the cut, ranging from the “Annals of the Entomological Society of America” to “Trends in Biochemical Sciences.”
With the loss of scholarly content, the interim dean of library administration, Katherine Terpis, feels that this boost of funding will help in the long run. “I think that the benefit is offering access to content, and that is a huge, huge ability to be able to do in times where the funding is not as sustainable,” she said.
The allocation will be used to pay for new content, which includes the Alexander Street Press subscription, Interlibrary Loans, Patron Driven Acquisitions and the Suggest a Purchase program.
“I was just so surprised and in awe that Mathew Madrid and the ASNMSU senators voted to support this one-time appropriation,” Terpis said. “We’re extremely touched, and we are just amazed that they wanted to do this. We didn’t ask; they wanted to do this on their own. That’s huge. I’m just in awe of that. I just am.” | <urn:uuid:63a58660-7811-4d5b-b13b-aaad87df99e5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://kokopelli-nmsu.com/library-receives-new-funding-from-asnmsu/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.971997 | 536 | 1.546875 | 2 |
Twitter has been hit by a second distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in less than a week.
The attack downed the microblogging site for just over half an hour yesterday, compared the three-hour outage cause by last week's attack.
It is not clear if yesterday's attack was related to the first attack, which is believed to have been aimed at a Georgian activist.
Other social media services, like Facebook and LiveJournal, were also affected by the attack.
At around 8pm UK time yesterday, Twitter said it was "working to recover from a site outage" and half an hour later said, "We're back up and analyzing the traffic data to determine the nature of this attack," in a status update.
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The attack was confirmed as a DDoS attack in a blog posting by Alex Payne, Twitter's platform lead.
"We're currently experiencing another wave of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against our system," he wrote.
Despite the high-volume of last week's DDoS attack, investigators admitted that there is little evidence to identify the attackers or their location.
Twitter claimed no data or personal information was compromised in the attack, but said it was committed to improving system responses to assaults to prevent interruptions to the service. | <urn:uuid:215055ce-3d4a-44cb-9a9f-bc5b26293c97> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280090447/Twitter-hit-by-second-DDoS-attack | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280718.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00406-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976311 | 290 | 1.71875 | 2 |
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Turmeric (Curcuma longa, Zingi beracea) is an anti-bacterial, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant. In Sanskrit it is Haridra.
For strains, bruises, itching, or swelling, 1/2 teaspoon and a pinch of salt are used for external application to the area.
One cup warm milk and 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder and a pinch of saffron or alum added is used as a healing drink and pain reliever.
For boils, equal parts ginger powder and turmeric (1/2 teaspoon of each) are mixed with water to make a paste and applied. The boil will come to a head.
Acne is said to be helped by equal parts turmeric and sandalwood with water added to make a paste.
For burns, a paste of fresh aloe vera gel and a pinch of turmeric is used, or ghee or coconut oil is applied.
For sore throat, one gargles a mix of one cup hot water with 1/2 teaspoon turmeric and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Gargle morning and evening or drink 1 cup hot milk boiled with 1/2 teaspoon turmeric.
For sores and wounds, its anti-bacterial quality helps prevent infections. Mix turmeric powder with some coconut oil or aloe vera.
You can use this on your pets too.
For cuts, cover with turmeric, then tape or gauze.
For bites and stings, apply turmeric and sandalwood paste.
To keep ants out of your home: make a line of turmeric powder outside your doors.
Turmeric is also used as a culinary spice and in religious ceremonies, as well as a textile dye.
Put a bit of turmeric on the meat cooking so that it will be digested easier.
It is a good source of B6, dietary fiber, and potassium, as well as an excellent source of iron and manganese.
Vaata, Pitta, Kapha decreasing, Pitta and Vaata increasing in excess.
This is only touching on the surface of what Turmeric might be capable of helping to heal.
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Allergy sufferers and a local doctor talk about the bad spring allergy season.
AKRON, Ohio - If you suffer from spring allergies and feel like your symptoms are worse than ever, experts say it may not be your imagination.
Amanda Anderson, a nurse practitioner at an Akron CVS Minute Clinic, said she has seen a surge in people complaining of severe allergy symptoms.
"People are coming in thinking they have strep and it's just all post-nasal drip. It's horrible. They're all thick and stuffy," Anderson said.
Dr. Nancy Wasserbauer, an allergist and immunologist at Akron Children's Hospital, said her office has also been very busy with patients.
"The tree pollen allergy counts are very high. We know that, but it's hard to predict from year to year how bad the pollen is going to be from one year to the next," Dr. Wasserbauer said.
It's not uncommon for allergy sufferers to say the season is miserable, but this spring seems to be taking more of a toll.
"My ears itch. I know when my ears itch that it's really bad. My eyes get itchy, a little bit of nasal stuff. I was coughing all night last night," said Lynne Sherwin of Akron.
Billions of tiny pollens in the air trigger springtime allergy problems, including itching in the nose, throat and eyes, sneezing, tearing eyes, stuffy nose and dark circles under the eyes.
Angela McCreery, an office worker at Akron Children's Hospital, gets allergies each spring, but feels this has been her toughest battle yet.
"I often just want to kind of lay in bed and let the medication do its job, not wanting to get out as much with my kids particularly," McCreery said.
Dr. Wasserbauer said people should take their allergy medications prior to the high pollen counts so your body is ready.
Other preventative measures include wearing sunglasses and hats to prevent pollen from going into your eyes or nose, and take a shower at night so you're not sleeping with an allergen in your hair.
If oral medications, nasal sprays or eye drops don't help, allergy shots may provide relief to people with chronic problems.
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I have learned the most from moments where I felt like I didn’t know anything at all. When faced with a question to which there are multiple—or no—good answers, the type of questions I ask myself teach me more than any of my answers. I believe we learn more from questions than we ever do from answers.
I started my professional life as a high school English teacher in Connecticut. After three years of teaching I realized that being in the classroom was no longer where I wanted to be. But where did I want to be? The answer I had once been so certain of—that I wanted to be an English teacher—had been turned into a series of questions.
So I moved to Seattle, without a job or a plan, looking for answers. By living in that year of indecision, never feeling like I knew the answer, I learned more about myself than I ever would have if I had tried to force an answer. I learned that I was capable of moving somewhere on my own and making a life for myself; I learned that it was important to me that I find my work meaningful; and I learned that even though I no longer wanted to be a classroom teacher it was still important to me that I work in education. I don’t believe that I ever would have learned these things without allowing myself to wallow in those (often terrifying) months of questions.
One of the few things I have ever been certain about was that I would not live in Connecticut again after graduating from college; I have now been wrong on that count twice, which only solidifies my lack of faith in certainty. After a year in graduate school I find myself back in Connecticut, where I’m a school librarian, putting my love of questions to work every day.
Recently I was offered a job at the school where I had previously taught. This brought a new series of questions with ever-changing answers—Did I want to return to something I knew, or did I want to stay where I was and create something new? What was I willing to give up to have the kind of life I wanted? Since I couldn’t have everything I wanted, what areas of my happiness was I willing to compromise? What did the compromises I was willing to make say about me and my long-term happiness?
Those days and weeks of questions were excruciating, but also exhilarating. I still don’t have the answers to all of my questions, nor do I think I ever will. But for me there is a certain clarity in that uncertainty; having the answers is too much like the end, and I’m not ready for my story to be over.
I won’t tell you what decision I came to, because ultimately, for me, life is not about the answer—it’s about the moments when you don’t know the answer.
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'A Dog of Two Minds', William Mulready
An errand boy is urging his dog to attack a schoolboy who conceals a whip, as if about to beat the animal. In the middle distance another dog watches boys playing a more innocent game. This is one of a number of paintings by Mulready showing children playing, but with strong undertones of violence and cruelty.
Contemporaries admired the artist’s meticulously detailed technique but complained about the obscurity and moral ambiguity of his subjects.
Medium and Support: Oil on canvas
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What is the best military base in the United States?
Wright-Patterson AFB just makes the cut among many other competing military bases for top honors. It is one of the finest Air Force bases in the country similar to Scott Air Force Base and Joint Base San Antonio Lackland because of low housing, superb medical facilities, and a large commissary.
most famous underwater volcano
Are there any underwater volcanoes in the South Pacific?
NASA recently revealed satellite images of an underwater volcano dubbed the “Sharkcano” after it erupted in the South Pacific. The “Sharkcano” eruption drew a lot of attention due to the mutant sharks said to be living inside but there are plenty of other underwater volcanoes that scientists are hunting for.
where is the biggest underwater volcano
Are there any underwater volcanoes in Alaska?
An underwater volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands has become active. This volcano is cone shaped and is found below the waters close to the Amchitka Pass, which lies between the Bering sea and the Pacific ocean. This volcano has a height of 1,903 feet and can erupt at any time according to scientists.
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How big is the largest underwater volcano in the world?
Above sea level, Mauna Loa rises to a height of more than 2.5 miles. In total from its underwater base to its summit, the world’s largest volcano spans a total of 10.5 miles. The greatest number of underwater volcanoes are part of the so-called Ring of Fire.
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Who is NASA Group?
Founded in 2007, Nasa Group started solely as a contractor Accountancy provider. Seeing a need for Umbrella Companies, in 2008 Nasa started to provide a low cost PAYE Umbrella company option too.
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What is your experience with umbrella accounting?
My overall experience with Umbrella was really good! I used them for my Ltd company over the last eight years. The only reason I never gave five stars was because at the time of my incorporation I had a few teething problems and a few hiccups with my initial accountants.
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What is the difference between umbrella reviews and systematic reviews?
Objective Evidence syntheses such as systematic reviews and meta-analyses provide a rigorous and transparent knowledge base for translating clinical research into decisions, and thus they represent the basic unit of knowledge in medicine. Umbrella reviews are reviews of previously published systematic reviews or meta-analyses.
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How is under the ocean volcano different from land volcanoes?
Under the ocean volcano is different than the other types of volcanoes because of the place where it is found. Unlike the land volcanoes, under the ocean volcanoes are mostly hard to detect and discover. Although it is inside the ocean, those volcanoes can still produce eruptions, like the volcanoes on the land.
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Did a massive underwater volcano erupt in the Pacific Ocean?
A scalloped hammerhead shark swimming in the volcanic waters around the Kavachi volcano (Credit: The Oceanography Society) A Nasa satellite has captured the moment a massive underwater volcano erupted in the depths of the Pacific Ocean.
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What is the largest Air Force pilot training base?
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Hashtags. They seem to have become part of every day language, used by many as part of the conversation. Understood by some, and a mystery for others, the hashtag is an integral part social media marketing. We take a look at how using hashtags for Instagram can help to promote your content, increase it’s visibility and make your posts more discoverable.
If you are still readsing, you probably have lots of questions including:
- How many hashtags should you use?
- Should you use the same amount in every post?
- Do they look SPAMMY?
- Should you leave them out of some posts?
- Do you have to use them?
- Which hashtags are the best for your business?
- What posts should have which tag?
Understanding their purpose and how they are used is a good place to start.
Hashtags Make Your Content Discoverable
Quite simply, a hashtag is something that makes your content discoverable. By pre-fixing, a word or combination of letters, symbols and numbers with the hash ‘#’ sign, your content becomes discoverable for that term eg #januarysales #dogsofinstagram #interiordesigngoals #bristolkitchendesign…
The more combinations of relevant hashtags that you use, the more discoverable your content becomes.
The Simple Guide to Using Hashtags on Instagram
By following a few simple principles and carrying out a little bit of research first, you can start to compile your own hashtag lists and make your Instagram posts work harder for you. You can build these lists into a note on your phone (or computer if using a publishing tool like Hootsuite) and simply copy and paste, amending as necessary with each Instagram post.
Creating lists means that you can copy and paste when posting rather than starting from scratch and trying to remember them all each time. You will be surprised at just how much time this will save you, especially when posting in a hurry.
How Many Hashtags Per Post?
There is much research about how many hashtags you should use. You can use up to 30 on a regular post and 10 on an Instagram story. That’s not to say you need to use them all, however. Research from various reputable industry specialists reveals that between 9 and 11 is the optimum amount when it comes to the best engagement.
I have always been a believer in quality over quantity however, there are agencies that we work with that say if you don’t use them all, you are missing an opportunity for your content to be found for a specific term. It may not always be possible to find 30 tags per post without looking a little desperate. On the other hand, you may find that you can easily find 30 relevant hashtags for Instagram posts and more.
Where to Place the Hashtags
If you are sharing your Instagram post to Facebook by automation, you won’t want all of the hashtags to show in the post when shared. In this instance, you can post your picture with a caption and add the hashtags to the comments beneath. Your posts will still be found but you won’t have lots of hashtags appearing. You can also leave a space between your caption and your tags so that they aren’t visible when people see the post. Alternatively, you may be happy to have all your hashtags alongside the caption. Just be wary that when using too many, it can begin to look at bit ‘spammy’ and distracting for your audience.
Which Hashtags to Use
To find the hashtags you are looking for, start by entering a word into the search tab and then clicking on the #symbol. In this example, we have typed in ‘kitchendesign’ and the search has returned the most used tags. This gives you an idea of what people are posting about and inspiration for your own hashtag lists. You will find that some of them have millions of posts with that hashtag – this means that if someone follows that specific hashtag, or searches for it, they are going to be faced with many search results. Better to try and use a mixture of high volume and more specific hashtags on your posts. For example, localisng your serch to your home city or town will make your content more targeted.
Be More Specific
It’s OK to include a couple of mainstream tags but try and be more specifc. #kitchendesign is a huge and broad topic. #bespokekitchendesignbristol is a much more specific example.
Unless you are a national brand, you will want to appeal to a geographic location. You may be based in London and want to attract people from across the city. In this instance, you might go for the following: #kitchenslondon #kitchenschelsea #kitchenskensington etc.
Your Own Brand Searches
Perhaps you have a company slogan or a particular logo that you want to use as your hashtag – you might want to try and use hashtags to create a company slogan. Consider the big brands like Nike #justdoit and McDonalds #imlovinit. While these won’t produce direct results in the short term, in the longer term they help to achieve brand recognition.
It is not unusual to find emojis in hashtags either on their own or combine them with a relevant search term. You can also use numbers, symbols, letters and combinations to produce a variety of similar tweets.
Following Your Most Common Hashtags
Just like you can follow other people on Instagram, you can also follow hashtags. This will show a selection of hashtags each day in your Instagram feed and when you click ‘following’ on your own profile, you can see the hashtags that you follow above all of the accounts and check in from time to time to see what everyone else is doing or get inspiration from others. You can also use this to keep an eye on the competitors without following them.
Measuring Hashtag Activity
If you click on the insights of your posts, you can not only see how many people have viewed your post, you can also see how effective your hashtags are. The posts that get higher engagement and show the highest number of hashtag searches are those that you should try and emulate. By taking the time to recognise what performs well and what doesn’t, you can soon start to manage your Instagram posts more effectively.
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Microsoft Set To Buy Minecraft’s Developer Mojang, Say Reports
The video games studio behind Minecraft is in talks to be taken over by Microsoft, according to reports.It has been suggested that Mojang might sell for more than $2bn (£1.2bn).
In June, the Swedish studio said it had sold about 54 million copies of its hit world-building game. Since then it has also been released for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, further boosting sales.
Mojang’s founder, Markus “Notch” Persson has previously publicly criticised Microsoft.
Ahead of the release of the Windows 8 operating system, he had claimed that the company was “trying to ruin the PC as an open platform” because it had wanted to certify third-party titles before their release.
He had also been a vocal supporter of independent studios, saying in 2012 that: “The more studios that can remove themselves from the publisher system, the more games that will be made out of love rather than for profit.”
But, according to Bloomberg news agency, it was Mr Persson who “reached out” to Microsoft a few months ago.
It said that a source suggested that if the deal went through, Mr Persson would help with the transition, but was unlikely to stay on afterwards.
The New York Times also reported that a person briefed on the talks had said that Mr Persson was expected to leave within six months, but added that Mojang was keen to hold on to its younger developers.
A spokesman for Microsoft said: “We don’t comment on rumour and speculation.”
Mojang also declined to comment. Mr Persson did not respond to the BBC’s questions.
Minecraft was first released in 2011, and has since become the third bestselling game of all time and something of a cultural phenomenon.
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has hosted an evening thatexplored its design culture, Lego has made spin-off toys, Ordnance Survey has created a version of mainland Great Britain within the game, and Denmark’s government has also built a scale model of its country.
The title is set in a virtual world made of cubes of different materials, including dirt, rock and lava. Most of these can be used as building blocks and/or refined into usable raw materials.
Player use the blocks to build a shelter and to create weapons to defend their character against the game’s zombies and other monsters.
They can also engage in huge construction projects to flex their creative skills.
One extreme recent example involved thecreation of a working virtual hard drive.
Mojang has worked on other titles, but they have either fallen short of Minecraft’s success – such as the role-playing game (RPG) Scrolls – or been shelved before completion – such as 0x10c, a space-themed game that Mr Persson had been working on until last year.
The Wall Street Journal was first to report negotiations between Mojang and Microsoft, saying that the deal could be finalised this week.
It noted that this would be the first multibillion acquisition by Microsoft’s chief executive, Satya Nadella, since he took charge of the company.
Harry Bradshaw, who has interviewed Mr Persson on the Twitch video site, said that many gamers would be concerned by the news.
“There have been cases in the past of big corporations taking someone else’s game and turning it into a huge money-flip, just to see what they can make out of it,” he said.
“Gamers will naturally be worried about this.
“And it does confuse me why Mojang would sell up, bearing in mind it is the bestselling PC game of all time and still sells thousands of copies a day.”
One market watcher said that it was unlikely that Microsoft would pull existing Minecraft games from sale for the PlayStation, Mac, Android, Linux and other rival platforms.
However, he added that Microsoft’s various systems might be given preference when it came to future products.
“Minecraft is one the leading IPs [intellectual properties] within the games space that is potentially acquirable,” said Piers Harding-Rolls, lead games analyst at the consultancy IHS.
“The brand has the potential to continue for the next 10 years,
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CFAbsolute time is a standard time format on Apple devices and programming languages like Swift. It stores the amount of nanoseconds since January 1, 2001. At its core, it is similar to epoch time, except it stores times closer to the modern day, using 2001 as a reference point rather than 1970. Here is Apple’s official documentation for CFAbsolute time.
Converting From CFAbsoluteTime to a Date Object
To convert from CFAbsolute Time to a normal date, we can create a Date object from January 1, 2001, and simply add the CFAbsolute time value (in milliseconds) to the Date.getTime() value.
Converting From a Date Object to CFAbsoluteTime
For converting back to CFAbsolute time, we can simply subtract the Date.getTime() values of the date and January 1, 2001, and then convert that value from milliseconds to nanoseconds.
Working With CFAbsoluteTime in Milliseconds or Nanoseconds
Some versions of CFAbsoluteTime are stored in milliseconds or nanoseconds instead of seconds. To work with these types, simply change the value of the unitConversionValue argument as follows:
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There are a few reasons your Asus laptop battery may not be charging. One reason could be that the battery is old and needs to be replaced. Another reason could be that there is a problem with the charging port or the charging cable.
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BeschreibungFAIR ENOUGH! THEY LAUGHED!! This is a book of 5 stories, based on different creatures and nature. It is most "humorous," a book you need to read. (1) The Family of Beasts (2) The Bird And The Stream. (3) The Chicken Thieves. (4) The Sweet Four. (5) The story of Wasp. These are all fictions designed to amuse the readers, or even to get you thinking. If you don't get this book and read it, then you could perhaps, just be denying yourself the chance of a good laugh..Like they say, "laugh and the world laughs with you." It is for our own good to laugh all our cares and fears away. Why not read this and see....
Untertitel: Sprache: Englisch.
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Are hackers the only ones using spyware? It turns out that government agencies, including the FBI, also use small executable programs to catch criminals and spy on other governments. According to a Wired News report by former hacker Kevin Poulsen, the FBI used a malware client called CIPAV to track the Internet activity of a Seattle student who was making bomb threats. The student likely downloaded the malware when he visited his own MySpace page.
According to Jennifer Granick, civil liberties director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the FBI probably has arrangements with antispyware companies such as Symantec and Microsoft that allow them to bypass spyware blockers and take advantage of browser exploits. Such malware can capture IP addresses and Web browser history, as well as record keystrokes. Installing the malware client is legal if the FBI has a warrant and can prove suspicious activity.
"Our investigative methods utilized in conjunction with court-authorized surveillance orders are lawful and effective," says Paul Bresson, an FBI spokesperson. "They are subject to rigorous review and oversight within the Department of Justice and within the courts where such evidence is introduced."
According to a CNET News survey, 13 leading antispyware vendors said they do not help the feds use spyware on suspects. Some vendors indicated, however, that if they were under court-ordered secrecy, they would not alert customers to the presence of such federal malware. And in an interesting bit of irony, the U.S. House of Representatives in May passed the I-SPY Prevention Act, placing stricter penalties (including up to five years in prison) on those who are caught using spyware to gain personal information. The law includes a provision exempting law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
In Europe, governments are also going on the offensive to prevent terrorist attacks by using spyware and other online means. The Boston Herald reported that Germany’s interior minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, is seeking approval for the use of spyware to thwart terrorists. This came after German authorities were able to uncover and prevent a bomb plot that involved the Frankfurt airport and the U.S. military’s Ramstein Air Base. In Sweden, the defense minister is pushing for a provision that would grant broad powers to the government to monitor e-mail without court orders.
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Gravano watching his back....?
By Dennis Griffin
(Third in the three part series)
In December 1999, Thomas “Huck” Carbonaro, a made man of the Gambino crime family, and family associate Sal “fat Sal” Mangiavillano, were dispatched to Phoenix, Arizona to locate and kill the ultimate Mob traitor, Sammy “the Bull” Gravano.
The pair found their target and began doing the planning and research necessary to carry out a successful hit. One scenario was to do a traditional shooting, which would require the killers to be in close contact with their victim. Another option was for Sal to assemble a bomb to kill the very dangerous Gravano. Huck and Sal returned to
for the Christmas holiday and then got ready
to finalize their plans. New
– Part II Mission
In late January 2000 the hit men flew back into
and brought their surveillance and bomb-making
equipment with them. After picking up their car they stopped at an Army surplus
store and bought a folding military shovel called an entrenching tool. When
Huck asked why they needed the shovel, Sal told him they might have to temporarily
bury some of the bomb material until it was needed. Los
That explanation seemed to satisfy Huck. But it wasn’t completely true. In reality, Sal thought he might need the shovel to dig a grave for Huck. He knew that two people could keep a secret if one of them was dead. If they pulled off the Gravano hit the heat from the feds would be tremendous. Sal was prepared to make sure his partner’s lips were sealed permanently.
They picked up the guns they had purchased previously from the flea market and continued to
Upon arriving they sought to rent a hotel suite with a kitchenette so they
could eat in and keep out of the public as much as possible. Their first
attempt turned out to be a bust. In a low conspiratorial tone, the female desk
clerk said, “I shouldn’t be telling you this, but the FBI is in town having a
convention and most of our rooms are booked. All we have left is a smoking
room." Sal was a heavy smoker, so that didn’t bother him. But living with
the FBI did. Huck was a known made man of the Gambino family and Sal was a
known bank robber. It would be way too risky to hang around and possibly be
spotted by an agent who knew them. They decided to get out of town for a few
weeks and return after the feds cleared out. Phoenix
Before leaving, they rented a storage unit to stash the weapons and electronic equipment. Then they drove to
Las Vegas, stored
the car and caught a flight back to . Their plan to return to New
York got put on hold, though, when the
mother of Louie Vallaro, Huck’s crew boss, passed away. Huck had to stay around
to attend the funeral for two reasons. The first was a matter of showing
respect to his boss. The second was the fact that the FBI would undoubtedly do
a surveillance of the funeral. If a guy in Huck’s position wasn’t there, it
would be a red flag to the feds. When Gravano was killed, they’d quickly
connect the dots. Phoenix
On February 24, 2000, the day before they were going to leave for
Sal was driving alone underneath FDR
Drive in New York,
when he heard over his car’s radio that Sammy Gravano had been arrested in
state drug trafficking charges. Gravano, his wife, son, and daughter, were all
alleged to be part of a criminal syndicate dealing the designer drug Ecstasy. Phoenix
Shortly after the report aired, Sal’s special pager that only Huck had the number for went off. He pulled the car over and called Huck. Sal broke the news to his partner about Gravano’s arrest. They met at a
Village location an hour later to discuss the situation. The conclusion
was that there were no options available to complete the hit. With Gravano back
behind bars he was out of their reach. Their mission was over. The authorities very
possibly had unknowingly saved the traitor’s life. Arizona
After all the planning and plotting, no one was injured or killed. Only a few people knew about the planned hit, and none of them had a reason to blab about it. So it appeared that all the involved parties would go on with their lives and the attempt to kill Gravano would never be mentioned again.
But things don’t always end up as they first appear.
A Tale to Tell
The story of the plan to kill Gravano didn’t remain a secret for very long. A few months later, Peter Gotti let the cat out of the bag when he complained to Mob associate Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo that he had spent $70,000 on the Gravano hit and didn’t have a body to show for it. Gotti even questioned whether Carbonaro and Mangiavillano had actually gone to
at all. Arizona
And in June 2002, 16 months after Gravano’s arrest, it all became known to law enforcement. At that time, Sal was in jail awaiting an anticipated five to seven year sentence for his guilty plea in a federal racketeering case involving numerous bank burglaries throughout
. In addition, his December 2001
indictment under RICO for armed bank robbery and interstate transportation of
stolen money was still pending. And besides facing some serious prison time, he
was not at all happy with his gangster friends. New York City
The incident that triggered Sal’s unhappiness occurred shortly after he was jailed on the December indictment and involved a Christmas card. The card Sal received was from Huck Carbonaro and contained a check that Sal could deposit in his jail commissary account. The check was in the amount of $50. To Sal, that was an insult. He’d made his organized crime associates lots of money over the years and would have done murder for them. But they had totally ignored him since his arrest. And now Carbonaro slapped him across the face with a $50 offering. “What a piece of garbage,” Sal said of the gift. “That fifty bucks was no more than lunch money.”
Time passed, but Sal’s anger lingered. His colleagues continued to treat him like a leper, increasing his resentment. Sal took stock of his situation, the amount of prison time he was facing and the level of support he was receiving from his colleagues. There was a lot of the former and almost nothing of the latter. The evaluation caused him to conclude that loyalty to the Mob was a one way street. Why should he take it on the chin to protect a bunch of guys who didn’t appreciate him? He decided to test the waters with prosecutors and see if they would be interested in making a deal.
Sal contacted his lawyer. After having refused to speak to the FBI on numerous occasions, he told the attorney he was now willing to be interviewed. At five o’clock the next morning there was a bang on Sal's cell door. "Mangiavillano, court," a guard shouted. Sal was taken to the federal courthouse in
Brooklyn, and then to an office
where his lawyer, a federal prosecutor and two FBI agents were waiting.
“After some pleasantries, we got down to business,” Sal remembers. “The prosecutor said, ‘Sal, you’ve been in prison, you were deported and came back illegally. And you’ve been indicted and arrested again. Quite frankly, you have been out of the loop for a while and we doubt you have any information we need.’
“I said if that’s the way they felt to take me back to the jail. I got up from my chair to head for the door. The prosecutor and the agents chuckled and told me to sit back down. One of the agents asked me what type of information I had. I told him I could implicate Peter Gotti—John Gotti Senior's brother and the current Gambino family boss—in a murder plot. Were they feds interested in talking deal?”
They were. And what Sal had to say had not been heard by government ears before. He said that Peter Gotti had ordered the murder of the despised gangster-turned-snitch Sammy Gravano. He told agents that on Peter Gotti's orders, he and Huck Carbonaro had travelled to
in December 1999 to locate and plan
the murder of Gravano. Phoenix
Over several sessions, Sal talked and the feds listened intently. After getting the entire story, FBI agent Theodore Otto retraced the route Sal said he and Huck took westward from Brooklyn to
Ted Otto had been one of the agents it attendance at the FBI convention in Phoenix that Huck and Sal
had stumbled into. It all checked out, right down to the snowstorm near Phoenix . Another agent
investigated Sal’s description of the Marathon Pool company office. He reported
that every detail was accurate, including the color of the window frames on a
building across the street. Prosecutors became convinced that Sal’s story was
real and that he’d make a powerful witness. Amarillo
Based in large part on Sal's information, federal prosecutors in
leveled new charges against Gotti and Carbonaro, both of whom were already
under unrelated indictment in Brooklyn. The
press release issued by the office of the United States Attorney for the
Southern District of New York on August 18, 2003 announced the indictment of
Gotti and Carbonaro for allegedly engaging in a conspiracy to murder Salvatore
Gravano. This indictment merged the charges from the earlier indictment in
which the two men, along with Louis Vallario, Frank Fappiano, Edward Garafola,
and John Matera, had been accused of a wide-ranging racketeering conspiracy,
including three murders, extortion, loansharking, bribery, witness tampering and
Sal learned later that his decision to make a deal was a wise one. In addition to Peter Gotti spilling the beans about the Gravano caper to Michael DiLeonardo, Huck Carbonaro also had loose lips. Had Sal not gotten his foot in the door early, the government had located other people who would have implicated him in the conspiracy. Now those same witnesses would serve to corroborate his testimony.
While waiting for the trial to begin Sal saw Garafola and Fappiano in the jail. He saw fear in their eyes. Perhaps the hard-boiled criminals were beginning to accept the possibility they had breathed their last free air. Huck Carbonaro sent a lawyer to see Sal. He wanted him to keep his mouth shut, plead guilty, and do his time. But Sal was having none of it. His deal with the government didn’t provide for any specific prison sentence to settle his outstanding charges. But regardless of how that worked out, he’d told prosecutors his complete criminal history. Once this ordeal was over his slate would be clean. He’d never again have to worry about someone ratting him out. He’d done that himself.
The trial got underway in November 2004. During his three days on the witness stand Sal told jurors a laundry list of every crime he’d committed since the age of 13. They ranged from auto theft to fraud, extortion, bank burglaries and robberies, assault and conspiracy to commit murder. And in great detail, he explained the plot to kill Gravano.
Under cross-examination, a defense attorney asked him, “You’re only cooperating with the government because you want to get out of jail soon. Isn’t that right?”
Sal answered, "I pray to God every night that freedom comes."
The lawyer followed with, “You want to get free so you can commit more crimes. And if you get caught for a burglary and get five years, you can do that time easy, can’t you?”
Sal said, “No. I’m sick and tired of being in jail.”
The lawyer took one more shot. “You’d lie to get out of jail, wouldn’t you?”
Sal stopped him cold. “You’re wrong. If I lie I won’t get out of prison. I’ll be in for seventy-five years. I can only get out by telling the truth. And that’s the easiest thing I’ve ever had to do.”
A few days after that testimony Sal’s prayers were answered. A
judge released him to the federal Witness Protection Program.
On December 22, 2004, on the strength of testimony from Sal Mangiavillano, Michael DiLeonardo and two other mob turncoats, Gotti and Carbonaro were convicted of their roles in the plot to kill Gravano. Coupled with their convictions on other racketeering charges, both men are in effect serving life sentences.
The projected release date for the 71-year-old Gotti is May 5, 2032. The now 62-year-old Carbonaro is in even worse shape. He is scheduled for release on December 24, 2065.
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Brushing the dog’s coat is an important part in the grooming process. Brushing is extremely important to maintain the tiptop condition of the dog. Aside from making the coat look good, brushing massages the skin. Regular brushing would prevent mat and knot formation. By brushing against the direction of hair growth, flea and tick infestation can be monitored. On long haired, wavy or double coated dogs, brushing is a must before giving the dog a bath. This is due to the fact that wet mats are harder to manage. Brushing relaxes the dog. It is one opportunity where the owner and the pet are given the chance to bond.
Another important function of brushing is to remove dead hair. There are dogs that shed heavily but the dead hair does not fall. Dead hair will just cling to the dog’s coat and form into mats. Dogs that profusely shed “decorate” the home and the furniture and garnish the food with the shedding. Frequent brushing will at least minimize this concern. Brushing also accelerates the shedding process. Another important function of brushing is the distribution of natural protective oil on the dog’s coat. This natural oil makes the coat weatherproof and enables the dog to cope with extremely cold or hot weather.
Dogs have different types of coats and it is obvious that these coats would need different types of care. Some grooming tools can be used on dogs with different types of coat but there are also grooming tools that are specifically suited to a particular type of coat.
Smooth coated dogs don’t need a lot of brushing. A once a week brushing should maintain the good condition of the coat and the skin. Use a rubber brush to loosen dried mud, other clinging dirt and of course dead hair. This should be followed by by a bristle brush.
For a short coated dog, a pinhead brush would remove formed mats and knots. This should be followed through with a bristle brush or a coat rake that will remove dirt and dead hair. Obviously long coated dogs would require a lot of attention. These dogs would need frequent brushing, everyday if possible. During shedding season some owners would brush the coat several times a day. Use a slicker brush to untangle knots and matted hair. Pinhead combs are best suited if there are no mats. Then comb with a wide toothed comb giving special attention behind the dog’s ears where mats usually form and on the backside and legs of the dog.
Dealing with mats and knots
A well cared for dog would have a beautiful healthy looking hair. Unfortunately, some dogs would sport unsightly mats that would dangle from the body, tail and behind the ears. The mats would look like torn rags coated with dirt. Mats are usually formed if the pet owner neglects to groom the dog. The licking and scratching habit of the dog can also result to mat formation.
Obviously, the best way to prevent mats from forming is through regular grooming. Watching the dog and distracting him from scratching and licking would also help. Small mats can be untangled but large and very tight mats would be hard to untangle. Also it would be painful to remove. In this case, cutting or shaving the hair can be the best way. The hair would grow anyway and most importantly the dog will not be subjected to pain and discomfort.
How to brush
Brushing the face
Brushing the face can be a challenge as most dogs do not like people messing with the hair on their face. With a lot of verbal encouragement and a treat perhaps, the dog may be enticed to have his face brushed. Be gentle in brushing your dog’s face. Us a slicker brush and start brushing on the muzzle area going downwards to the side of the face. Brush the chin and the throat, the forehead and the area behind the ears. Repeat the process using a metal comb this time. Be careful not to hit the eyes with the steel comb.
Brushing the dog
Brush the dog’s body thoroughly starting at the head to the toes using a slicker brush. Pay close attention to the hair between the toes and to the tail where it is most often tangled. Hold the tail so as not to cause the dog pain when you untangle the knots on the tail. Always remember to brush in the same direction of the hair growth.
Long brushing is done on dogs with long thick hair. With line brushing you will be able to remove little mats hidden under the top coat as you will start brushing from the roots of the hair. From the dog’s belly lift the hair with one hand and make a line about an inch wide. Thoroughly brush the hair then make another line moving upwards, brush, then make another line until the entire coat is brushed.
Mats make the dog’s coat unattractive. It also shows what kind of pet owner the dog has. Tight and large mats can be a challenge to remove especially if it is attached to the skin. Untangling the mat would cause the dog too much pain. On the other hand, shaving the hair can be dangerous as the skin can be nicked. To cut a mat that is tightly attached to the skin, slide a comb between the skin and the hair and then carefully cut with a blunt tipped scissors.
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GREEN LA: reach Kyoto targets and use renewables
In 2007, the City adopted GREEN LA: An Action Plan to Lead the Nation in Fighting Global Warming and we have already hit a major milestone by meeting the Kyoto targets for reducing greenhouse gases, four years ahead of schedule.
GREEN LA goes further by setting the goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 35% below 1990 levels by 2030; increasing the City's use of renewable energy to 40% by 2020 and over 50 more initiatives that will reduce the City's carbon footprint.
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, Dec 12, 2011
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, Oct 14, 2011
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This announcement is another step in Los Angeles' efforts to become an environmentally-friendly, green city.
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THE FLOOD CLAIMS
A POSTSCRIPT TO THE SHEFFIELD FLOOD OF MARCH 11/12 1864
By JEAN CASS, Transactions of the Hunter Archaeological Society, Volume 15 (1989), pp. 29-37.
Reprinted by kind permission of The Hunter Archaeological Society
At their Annual Meeting on 20th April 1863 the directors of the privately owned Sheffield Waterworks Company were informed by their engineer, Mr Leather, that ‘notwithstanding the more than ordinary difficulties which had been encountered’ the Dale Dike reservoir was now ready for the reception of water.1 In the Annual Report of 1864 the directors had to lament the ‘occurrence of such a deplorable nature as the recent accident to the Dale Dike reservoir.’ 2 The embankment had collapsed, inundating all the Loxley and part of the Don Valley, and causing death and destruction to all the surrounding property, both industrial and domestic.3
The directors were aware that they could not escape paying compensation because the enabling Act of 1853 had contained a protective clause instigated by the local millowners who were mindful of the collapse in 1852 of the Bilberry dam at Holmfirth. This clause guaranteed recompense to all owners of property ‘in consequence of the Failure or giving away of the Reservoirs...or other Works of the Company’. The directors decided to negotiate for a special Act to be rushed through Parliament authorising the raising of the extra capital required and for the creation of a Commission which would investigate the claims ‘in a manner more expeditious than the ordinary operation of the law would allow’. The Act came into force on 29th July 1864; it empowered a ‘moderate’ addition to the water rate – 25% – and gave the three Commissioners the necessary authority to approve, negotiate or dismiss all the claims which were to be officially numbered and registered.
The Commissioners held their first meeting on 4th October where they settled matters of ‘practice and principle’ and arranged for future hearings.4 They became progressively aware of various malpractices: claimants holding back in order to ascertain the most beneficial method of registration, duplicated claims, and claims inflated by a solicitor interested in his percentage on the awards granted to his clients. The last meeting was held on 13th April 1865. The 6619 claims for destroyed or damaged property had been settled and registered; deaths and injuries (not covered in this report) were treated separately. The entries were recorded in 12 large volumes, now in the City Archives in Sheffield City Libraries.5 These books are the source of this report. The prime intention of the investigation is to demonstrate the wealth of information which can be gleaned from the flood claims. Obviously only a few examples could be selected and none of them have been quoted in full.6 The aim has been to select items which were either characteristic or unusual. To facilitate further investigation the claims have been grouped into suitable categories with some reference to additional claims, although these are only a fraction of the whole. The financial aspect could form a separate study: taking a very rough average, most claimants received about two thirds of the sum they had optimistically submitted.
On the fateful night the area along the rivers was briefly flooded to a depth ranging from 26 feet on the upper Loxley to six feet around the Don at Lady’s Bridge, in the centre of Sheffield; although only a section of country and town were affected by the flood the claims do throw considerable light on mid-Victorian Sheffield and its industrial development.
The most important claims are those submitted by the owners and workmen involved in the iron and steel trades. Often the workshops are described and the employees’ names, occupations and rates of pay are given. Here is evidence of riparian sites on the rivers Loxley and Don demonstrating the involvement of Sheffield in the machine age. Selected examples are given below with a further brief list of some of the manufacturers named in the claims registers.
In many cases professional valuers were employed, moving through the different, named workshops. However, final totals for Claims or subsequent Assessments do not reflect comparative values because ownership was often shared. The claims sometimes included the cost of cleaning and rebuilding or there were other premises on the site. For example, at Butcher’s a treacle boiling shed is featured, and both the Marshall and Peace proprietors claimed for the expense of temporarily removing their families to more salubrious neighbourhoods. (2962*, 2693*; 3252*; 6397*)
Messrs. W. & S. Butcher were tilters, forgers and rollers at Philadelphia steel works, Bacon Island. Property damaged included a stable, the filecutters’ shop, a saw pit and saw mill, rolling, rod and sheet mills, the ‘Elve’ (sic) house, the boiler shed, the dust mill, and the forges, tilts and furnaces. The office had contained French wire gauges and weighing scales, also a Chadburn water gauge for the boiler. The multitubular boiler was lost, two more boilers had to be ‘got out of the river’. Three large pickling tubs were washed away. The stock lost included: manganese, borax, tallow, whale oil, neck grease, tools (described), wiping yarn, 27 ash helves, coke, steel scrap, four types of clay, good gannister, a cart load of ling for besoms and about 100 bushels of charcoal. The water spoilt 20 tons of ‘B I at £16’ and a further ‘20 tons of I for shear at £29’ which were in the furnace; there was also a steel casing ‘hot in the pit burst by the water’. Over 1000 melting pots, some with lids and stands, had to be replaced. The processes were all costed but unfortunately there is no list of employees. These must have made individual claims and cannot be identified. (2692*, 2693*)
Messrs. Crowley & Sons were iron founders at Kelham Island. Seventeen of their eighteen furnaces were working; there were workshops for mechanics, glazers and dry grinders, the potmakers’ cellar had supplies of clay, charcoal and coke dust; a ‘scouring barrel room’ is named; mould boxes lost had been ‘got up in a superior manner’. The dressing shop floor was dried out by running hot metal over it! About 300 employees are listed with their occupations: moulders, cupola tenters and one ‘Baretter’. (4823)
The nearby firm of J. Charles & Sons had single, double and triple furnaces; the trains of rollers had underground gearing which was difficult to clean; the water penetrated the Milnes patent safe in the office. The names and rates of pay of over 200 workmen are given; their occupations are listed in Volume 1 where the original claims were withdrawn to be submitted afresh by their employers. (4525*, scattered between 755-879 and in Volumes 2 and 3)
Steel & Garland were stove grate and range makers whose losses included drawings, lithographs, five hundredweights of emery paper, reams of tissue paper, finished ormulu, ‘inside cheeks’ , and a lime box which had contained bright stove bars; they suffered damage to the black leading and the bronzeing shop. (4312)
A further list of firms with some individual details is given below:
These outnumber all other craftsmen, their claims are scattered throughout every volume, being particularly plentiful in Volumes 3, 6 and 8. Work sites and rates of pay are usually stated. Some of the larger wheels listed their men in blocks; at other wheels the men seem to have registered in small groups but there are also isolated entries. Various types of specialisation are named, chiefly the grinding of table, spring knife and pocket blades, but also razors, scythes, forks, scissors, files and fenders and a few ivory, bone and scale cutters.
A cutler at Owlerton who was probably a ‘little mester’ had a stock which included pressed buffalo horn, different types of blades, scales, files, springs, and tools – tongs, glazers, shears, hammers, a scale press and a glue pot. (4574)
Generally short-term claims for loss of wages were favourably considered but claims for loss of stock were treated with scepticism – G. Loy ground razors at Rowell Bridge; he claimed 27 days’ employment lost, worth £6.15.0. and four dozen blades washed away, worth 4s; he was awarded £5.10.0. (5035 Similarly a pocket blade grinder at Olive Wheel was not recompensed for the £2.12.6 he lost in labour on 23 dozen knives. (6542) With careful research it would be possible to calculate rates of pay and output for men and apprentices. (Others: 417; 886; 1403; 1411; 3118; 4534; 4574; 5012; 5120; 5310; 5646; 6571. Claims for grinders at named firms are roughly concentrated between the following numbers: Chadburn’s 1722-2354; Globe 2410-2562, 2813-3318, 5139, 6424-6522; Marsden Bros. 1655-1781, 2456-2599; Rowell Bridge 2372-2405, 6386-6394, 6395*-6401*, 6561-6581; Soho 1944-1994, 2151-2483, 5499*; Union 1602-2272, 3868*, 6459-6559. Horn, bone, button and scale grinders: 2423, 2449, 2454, 3220, 5856. Ivory grinders: 2544-2561, 6469. This list is not exhaustive.)
The detailed claims to the following deserve individual mention.
In 1864 brickmaking was already established at two sites on the south bank of the upper Loxley, facing the water wheels at Storrs Bridge and Old Wheel. Clay pits are marked on the 1855 O.S. map; the flood claims prove that the owners had progressed from the extraction of ‘pot clay’ to the manufacture of finished bricks. At Storrs Bridge, T. Marshall and W. Crapper obtained just over £1600 in recompense for stores of pot clay, punch wood and ‘other woods used in the trade’. There were also brick moulds and tram rails washed away. The loss in output was calculated at 30,000 bricks a week. (4802)
T. Wragg was a clay merchant and fire brick maker with a smaller output; he lost bricks spoiled in the making and wooden and brass brick moulds. (1478)
Two other local firms suffered transport problems, requiring three horses instead of two for the longer, steeper journey into Sheffield whilst Malin Bridge was down. (5990; 6390)
Laycock & Sons received over £1000 for stock which included ‘cow tails off the skin’ , hemp, hogs’ hair, cocoa fibre and ‘Fuzzreys Hacklings’. (3256*)
The two manufactories each occupied the former sites of cutlers’ water wheels; Olive Wheel at Loxley was owned by J. Woodward; Marshall’s was at Owlerton. Both also feature as gardeners. The tools of the trade were riddles, pressing blocks, moulds, agitators, a glazing calendar, a beating stool for felts, cutting knives and pulp rakes. The stock consisted of many different types of paper, ropes, felts and alum. R. W. Marshall employed Mr. Powell to draw up a detailed contract for the necessary rebuilding. (5417; 3252*, 3253*)
Neepsend must have been a salubrious district with three tanneries and a brewery. The designees of the late W. Cooper received £8340 for damage to the tannery which had been in full operation, with valuable stock in trade. The 120 wooden tan pits were filled with ‘Liquor Bark and Valonia in active use’. The skins, stained with the mud and iron in the flood water, were sold off with an itemised loss of profit. The claim included 7 tons of valonia, 292 tons of oak bark and the cost of replacing the ruined pits. (6391*).
G. Mills, fellmonger, had a washing frame in the river which was swept away. His lost stock comprised pelts in hand, salted batwing linings, 20 casks of dog manure, tons of lime, carboys of vitriol, bags of shumac and 640 wool skins which came in the day after the flood and could not be used. (3168**)
T.C. Fawley estimated that he had lost 2000 skins, ‘salted grains’ , ‘Chamose leather’ , ‘Spetches’ , also stocks of dog manure, packing cases and salt. There was damage to the fleshing and splitting shops and the salting shed and the lime pits were ruined. A final blow was the damage to 194 wool skins ‘left at the Station until 17 March’. (4675)
Bellamy & Jepson had premises in Corporation St. which were flooded to a depth of four feet. Both they and Batty Langley’s had deal and mahogany spoiled with water. (3200; 2662. See also a remarkably detailed and costed list of many types of wood, spoiled in the flood, but the owner’s name is lacking, so no positive identification is possible. M.D. 697b)
If it were not a well-known fact, the number of drinking establishments would have been astonishing. In addition to some spirits, beer, ale and porter, peppermint cordial and ginger wine were all popular; quite a few places had bagatelle boards and other forms of amusement.
The most remarkable claim was submitted by two ladies and their husbands who had an intimate knowledge of the contents of the Stag Inn at Malin Bridge. In addition to glasses, measures and a washing tub in the cellar, there were upstairs French, feather and four poster beds, damask hangings, a night commode and the silver lever watch and chain which had belonged to the late owner, Mrs. Armitage, drowned in the flood. (5977)
The Free Masons’ Arms had hair seating, 6 metal spittoons and gas chandeliers in the best room, whilst the tap room had rush bottom chairs and 10 spittoons; the Bar had a ‘Pull Beer machine’ ; the stock included ham, bacon and a cheese chest; the owner lost ‘money in the house to pay the brewer’. (4385) B. Hague registered a claim consequent on the effects of the water pressure ‘the taps were forced from the Barrels and the contents lost’. (2763. Other public houses: 1482; 1580; 1874; 1877; 3363; 3520; 3888; 4631, losses through customers leaving the neighbourhood and unsettled debts; 5117, costed items; 5142; 5966; 6124. There are many more claims. Each brewery owned several establishments, examples include: Neepsend 1694; Greaves’ 4381; Rawsons’ 5445*; Soho 5469*)
Items listed in the registered claims suggest there were a number of corner shops selling everything from tea to stay laces; there is very little mention of bread (obviously home-made in the panshions), and fresh meat must have been bought in the market. Some of the proprietors had a remarkably clear recollection of what was on their shelves and costed the goods in great detail. A typical selection of shops is listed below.
W. Sneesby lost live sheep and killed meat from his premises in the Killing Shambles; another butcher living in Gibralter St. claimed for 20 tongues partially destroyed and further damage to tongues and dirty linen stored in the cellar. (5841; 4531. Others: 5149; 5707).
G. Hirst was a wholesaler who received over £1000 compensation for over 800 commodities carefully listed. J. Elliott of Gibralter St. also had a considerable stock, some of which could not be valued because swollen drawers could not be opened. They both had a store of ochres and colours: raw sienna, chinese yellow, celestial blue and many more. Other items were oils, acids, gingers, barks, Icelandic and Irish moss, Glauber’s salts, Vesta, drawing room and paraffin matches, ‘Dragon’s Blood’ , cockle pills, beetle poison and vermin killer. (5409; 396. Others: 2711; 3599; 5166; 6380*).
J. Walsh of the Wicker had a varied stock. Amongst the sweets were London Mixtures, Prince of Wales’ and Prince Albert’s Medals, Jujubs, Common Allsorts, large and small Nelson Balls, ‘Everton Toffy’ and biscuits and cakes (unusual). He also lost various named types of tobacco, pipes and snuff. In his house he had owned a Brussels carpet and a coffee percolator. (1211. Others: 241; 1196).
The stock of these small shops included linen, moleskin, serge, Regatta shirts, paper collars, crinolines, stays, straw Tuscan hats, velvet and crepe bonnets, hat shapes, hair knots, ‘Malta Falls’ , and artificial flowers. (5924; 5160; 1566).
Fortunately the original draft for T. Woodcock’s claim for £12.14s has survived; in the registered claim he has added overhead expenses (perhaps so advised?) bringing the total up to £26; his Agreed Assessment for £15. listed rabbits, fish, fowls, a barrel of crabs and 500 oysters valued at 3s. a hundred. (M.D. 697A and C.A. 7/4929. Others: 2237; 4228).
A. Dawson of Harvest Lane submitted priced lists of personal and saleable goods, including a gold framed chimney glass, a box of stuffed birds, two rosewood writing desks worth 8s., musical boxes and a violin and ‘box’ ; the gallon of naptha oil was presumably for household use, a frequently named commodity. (2269)
The most comprehensive list was that of J. Tindall of Neepsend; it comprised over 300 priced goods, including: soluble cocoa, black, green, best and Gunpowder teas, various sugars and colours, stay laces, bird seed, dip candles and ‘Decimals’ , pickles, German yeast, a pig in salt and Infants’ Mixture; the final item in this confusing list being Mrs. Tindall’s silk mantle. (6135*)
Amongst W. Pattinson’s goods were Lemon Kali, Aniseed balls, polony and black pudding. One grocer dried out his tea in his neighbour’s engine house. (1687; 163. Others: 1038; 2709; 2715 [Malin Bridge Co-operative Society]; 3479; 3673; 4001; 4033 [Burgon’s]; 4591; 4821).
Robinson & Law were manufacturers who were paid £1690 for their stocks of tobacco, snuff and cigars of named makes, and for the packing barrels which were damaged by flood water. (146. Others: 1888; 3669)
J. Beckitt, late of Neepsend, lost his stock of tripe, sheep’s and beasts’ feet, trotters and neats’ foot oil. Another tripe dresser lost beasts’ and pigs’ tripe, tallow and neats’ foot oil. (6362; 3654).
Claims submitted by farmers chiefly concern the loss of top soil and potential crops, and some machinery.
At Mill Lee, Low Bradfield, the farmer lost turnip and oat seed, manure, bones and dressings some of which had already been applied; his implements included riddles, flails, a turnip drill, a scuffler, straw choppers and straw, a pig scraper and a long swingle tree. Down stream, at Dam Flask, J. Hobson was a farmer and miller. His claim listed turnips, potatoes, a milking stool and a cow chair, a slaughtering bench and six closes of land which were denuded of potential crops and ‘eddish’. The mill had contained stocks of wheat, oats, beans, meal and ten bags of dust and customers sacks which had been washed away. (4951; 4318. Others: 1473; 3680; 4679; 4801 [included scrap cake and horn dust]; 5914. See also Tillage Maker in Interesting Oddities.)
The Bradfield mill was completely destroyed; the claim included the ‘pyramid over the kiln fire’. The Russell mill in town was owned by the Shallcross family who were also bakers. Apart from types of flour they also lost sharps, which were only useful as manure; and split beans carted to the ashpit; 24 lbs. of German barm were ruined in the muddy cellar and a valuable retriever dog, worth £1, was drowned. (5722; 32. Others: 152; 4067 and 4074 Philadelphia steam corn mill; 5694*, 5695*; 6379)
The Sheffield Local Register listed the death by drowning of 50 horses, 38 cows and 258 pigs. Many of the small claims made by householders and some by the publicans refer to a pig lost, obviously kept in the back yard, and they were nearly always fat pigs. A fat pig dealer had 11 pigs drowned in his yard in the Wicker and was fully recompensed; two more claims were for single pigs weighing around 25 stones. (108; 4574; 3645. Others: 1398; 1412; 1874; 3541; 3793; 3884; 3991; 3994; 5709).
The most dramatic loss of horses occurred at the Midland Station where W. Walker and R. Sharpe, coal merchants, paid three men £1 each for services and as a gratuity for risking their lives to save four horses. Some of their other horses lost value as a result of being immersed in water, and the business suffered because horses had to be brought from London; meanwhile 48 wagons had been at a standstill. (5150. Others: 1597; 1694; 3665. Cows: 3730; 3974. Fowls: 3654; 3984; 4000).
There are many small claims, very plentiful in the early part of Vol. 6. The commonest possessions seem to have been a maiden, a panshion, oilcloth, some clothing and quite frequently, gas fittings.
A filesmith at Malin Bridge lost cocoa matting, petticoats, stays, bacon and potatoes, a Bible and Uncle Tom’s Cabin, also his garden plants and tools, a pigeon cote and seven pairs of pigeons. (5752). The Bradfield school master mentioned a boa tippet, a ‘satin turk visette’ , and his razors and strop. (3811). A former occupant of Green Lane listed wellington boots, men’s flannel shirts, some drawers and linen fronts, a ‘Bakery of Bread’ ’ ; he included the cost of having an engine to pump out the cellar, the cleansing of the gas meter, and finally a ‘quantity of Pickle spoilt’. (5126) Another claimant listed not only wellington boots but also ‘Blucher Boots’. (4959) Dr. Roberts of Malin Bridge had lived in a more refined establishment, amongst his possessions destroyed had been anti-macassers, jelly moulds, singing (sic) apparatus, 24 pairs of socks in the wash, as well as his amputating and transfusion cases. (5726. Others: 1413; 1480; 1573; 2632; 2646; 4144; 4440; 4934; 5056; 5634; 5687; 5792 and many more).
There were a few mangle women and laundresses; collars and shirts had to be re-washed and ‘got up’ at 6d. per shirt. (5679. Others: 1894; 4457; 6500).
Musical instruments are rarely mentioned; one claimant lost a pianoforte and music books. (1416. Others: 3778; 3807; 3883).
The two finest gardens belonged to the paper makers: Woodward’s at Olive Wheel and Marshall’s at Owlerton. Mr. Woodward’s elegant house had pleasure gardens with many named flowers, bedding plants, apricot trees in pots, spring greens and five tons of manure. At Owlerton there was an asparagus bed, lilac and fruit trees and an ivy trimmed trellis around the water closet. (5417; 3252*). A seedsman and innkeeper at Owlerton had two ‘Harbours’ (sic) covered with climbers; there were fruit trees and bushes in a bearing state and raspberry canes and strawberry plants ready for sale. The Neepsend tavern had no named plants in the garden but was decorated with carved figures of Atlas, Bacchus and an eagle and also a flagpole. (1874; 6382).
Small allotments near Neepsend – shown on early O.S. maps – had tenants who were fairly recompensed. (3359-3364. Others: 5090-5106).
Many common varieties of flowers and vegetables are named, less common are: American cowslips, Double green tops, Double white rockets, Negro wallflowers and White Gillies. (Other gardens: 346; 680; 1386; 1387; 1592; 2247; 3487; 3603; 3665; 3851; 6251; 6252).
The flood did not inundate a cultured part of the town, apart from a few religious establishments. (See Favourable Assessments.) The Bible and Uncle Tom’s Cabin were the only books which recur; but there are two interesting exceptions.
J. Appleton had a stationer’s shop in Blonk St. but kept his books at home in Attercliffe, from whence they were swept out of the kitchen window. They included: Cassell’s History of England, Edith the Captive, Vice and its Victim, The Wandering Jew, White Slave, Paul Jones and many more, finishing with 300 crotchet patterns and The New Roman Missal. (86).
A powder flask maker, G. Sykes submitted a list of around 300 books; a few examples are: Abbott’s Young Christian, Blackstone’s Laws, Bibles with concordances, works by Burns, Byron, Lord Brougham, Erskine and Hogarth; English and Latin classics, dictionaries, Journals including Punch and the Spectator, and, of course, the works of Shakespeare and Wordsworth. Then followed his trade list with many items priced, buckles, chains, moulds, German silver and 76 lbs of Wortles! (5989*. Others: 3597; 3635; 3937; 3988; 4009; 4027; 4035).
The most informative lists were submitted by landlords owning collections of houses. Mr. Haden had 18 hours at Hillsborough; he intended to make the most of his award. Over 700 entries, all costed, cover work done by brickmakers, glazers, plumbers, etc. Each house was to be papered with ‘room paper at 6d. per piece’ , the new wood was to have three coats of paint, Norfolk or Suffolk handles were to be fitted as required. (5694*. Others: Houses: 1395; 1417; 2246; 2264; 3605; 3698; 5364. Barracks 4262*. Forge and Rolling Mill 5428. Limbrick wire and crinoline wire mill 4526*, 5041, 5042. Paper Mill 3252*, 3253*. Public Houses: 5469, 6136, 6382*. See also Breweries. Many entries in Volume 11 cover the larger claims.)
The following occupations are in a minority but nevertheless interesting.
Basket maker. Lost eight tons of brown willows at £8 a ton. (3471)
Billposter and neat’s foot oil maker. The raw materials lost included pigs’ , sheep’s and calves’ feet, 200 beasts’ hooves and four gallons of the oil, also the copper had to be rebuilt. (3632)
Chimney sweep. He registered the loss of eight bags of soot in the soot house and soot on order to be despatched to Newark. (3555)
Hawkers. J. Green had possessed a weighing machine, a basket of pots, a donkey and cart and a Sunday and a working suit. His health was impaired through searching for his goods in the water to an extent that ‘Dr. Smith of Sheffield Dispensary expresses a weak opinion of recovery’. (342) A storekeeper claimed for ten cwt. of rags, 18 cwt. of bones, 14 lbs. or horse horn and 12 lbs. of brass dust. (6596). Other hawkers lost rags and bones, rabbit and hare skins, and one had a basket of watercress. (2006; 3793; 4682)
Photographer. Listed few items of interest but recorded a steel engraving of the Prince of Wales’ favourite greyhound. (3650)
Tillage manufacturer. R. Nichols had a remarkable stock: soot, bones, bark and ashes, two tons of pig manure, ammonical charcoal, shoddy manure, vitriol, brown and white hair and 30 tons of dissolved bones. (5110)
Treacle boilers. One lost his working premises and a sugar refiner lost ‘six puncheons (sic) of treacle’ , ten filter and settling tubs, barrels and the stock for hooping. (3516; 5153)
Vermin destroyer. Two dogs and five ferrets were drowned; nets and other articles used in the business were lost. However the assessment of £6 was less than half the sum claimed. (561)
A comparison between the total for each claim and the subsequent accepted assessment does not form an integral part of this report. However, one category must be recorded, those who received all or nearly all of the sum submitted. Large concerns who provided valuer’s or builder’s estimates fared reasonably well, but certain official and religious bodies were usually granted the amount in full. Amongst their number are the Surveyors of Highways and Bridges. (3191; 3919; 4814; 5392; 4082).
The Army received full recompense for the carefully listed repairs required at Hillsborough Barracks, as did Hallamshire Rifle Volunteers for the expense of cleaning the uniforms; similarly served were the Police for repairs to Owlerton police station. (4262*; 2268; 3920)
The Stanley St. Sunday School and the Trinity Church School (the latter included matting from Mudford’s and a blackboard from the National Society) and the Wesleyan Reform Chapel were all paid in full for Bibles and books lost. (3641; 4575; 3653. Others: Princess St. Primitive school room 3973; the Midland station for cleaning the first class waiting room 3771.)
The final sum of £276,821 awarded was considerably less than the first forecast of £455,164; the payment was one of the largest insurance awards of its time.7 The vast amount of primary information, only sampled in this report, has great potential for further historical work. Comparison with maps seems to suggest that foundations were not destroyed and only at Limbrick Wheel were there radical alterations. Did the firms modernise their equipment? Did their rates increase? Certainly on the Loxley river the value of a guaranteed supply of compensation water outweighed the advantage of steam power; the water wheels were rebuilt and the weirs must have been repaired. It would also be interesting to know for how long some of the vernacular terms for household items and the types of clothing described remained in use. A careful analysis of all the claims would certainly throw light on the wages structure and the value of household goods and the commodities sold in the shops. Newspaper reports on the immediate catastrophe and on the public hearings provide a background to many of the claims.
This investigation has been interesting, entertaining and addictive; it would not have been possible without the help of the staff of Sheffield City Libraries; I must express my sincere thanks to the Archives Department – including those who frequently brought up the heavy volumes; and to the Local Studies, especially Mr. M. Olive for unflagging interest and support. I must also thank Mrs. A. A. Bates who assisted in the research.
A further resource was discovered as this went to press. Amongst the Merryweather Collection in Rotherham Library Archives Department is a series of valuers’ record books, c. 1840-1870. Volumes 63, 67 and 72 include flood claims, some of them easily identifiable. Comparisons in costing would probably be worthwhile. | <urn:uuid:a2f10ddb-eb3a-4187-8bcb-a0e90ee55a43> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www2.shu.ac.uk/sfca/postscript.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00679.warc.gz | en | 0.966659 | 7,176 | 2.125 | 2 |
SAN FRANCISCO – Jack Nicklaus is obviously the greatest champion in the history of golf. But to become a great champion, you must learn great lessons along the way. Nicklaus shared one of his most valuable lessons Wednesday at The Olympic Club and it came as a 13-year-old at a USGA championship.
Nicklaus’ first USGA championship was the U.S. Junior Amateur in Southern Hills in 1953 and he was the youngest player in the field.
“I’ll never forget walking up on the first tee, about 30 seconds before my starting time,” Nicklaus recalled. “On the tee was (then USGA executive director) Joe Dey and Colonel Lee S. Reed in his white suit with his little goatee. He looked like the Kentucky Fried Chicken guy.
“Joe Dey said ‘young man, 30 seconds later you’ll be starting on the second tee, 1 down.’ That was my introduction to USGA golf. I promise you, I was never late for a starting time.” | <urn:uuid:40e15cee-3571-4c22-b00b-b03e42aa5ea0> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golftalkcentral/even-nicklaus-learned-some-lessons-hard-way/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719136.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00466-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9781 | 225 | 1.65625 | 2 |
“Curfew is briefly suspended in Chang’an. Any individual, regardless of the place you come back from, may just get within the town after just one safety test. While you get in, you’re allowed to trip between other puts within the town inside the subsequent 12 hours,” an officer publicizes on best of the town gate of Chang’an, modern-day Xi’an. It’s the Lantern Competition in Tang dynasty China, the 15th day of the primary month within the Chinese language lunar calendar. It’s an exuberant party when folks indulge themselves by way of watching on the moon or lanterns, and taking part in with fireworks.
That’s how the hit TV display, The Longest Day in Chang’an, begins — a mild movie-class long-take, depicting the lives of feminine entertainers (like Eastern Geishas), peddlers, tradesmen, servants, western vacationers, poets and assassins in hide at this high time in Chinese language historical past. Each and every episode opens with delicate main points, indicating a undeniable period of time of the day with an enormous sundial, an historical means of recording time in step with the shadow led to by way of the solar.
In keeping with the director Cao, he sought after to show the prosperity of the Tang dynasty, bringing a wholistic view of what folks have been coping with of their day by day lives again then, whether or not it’s paintings, leisure or socializing. Alternatively, below the openness and abundance of the country there are hidden shadows and currents. It used to be the most efficient of occasions, but it surely used to be additionally the worst of occasions.
The Tang dynasty has been an inspirational treasure trove for a number of famend Chinese language administrators, with historic fable movies like Legend of the Demon Cat by way of Chen Kaigebased on Yoneyama Mineo’s Samana Kukai, in addition to Detective Dee and the Thriller of the Phantom Flame, by way of Hong Kong director Tsui Hark all set in that historic length. Each have garnered respectable field place of business data.
See additionally: Remembering Tang Dynasty, China’s Cradle of Innovation
The Longest Day in Chang’an additionally adopts one of the vital in trend TV genres – double detectives. Identical to Sherlock Holmes and Waston, the display has two protagonists with utterly other characters. One, an skilled and bohemian anti-hero detective who used to be just lately launched from jail and is conscious about shady secrets and techniques at the back of the prosperity of his country. Some other is a prodigy with a historic prototype of a genius emperor’s counselor. In combination they cross on to unravel a case inside a time span of 12 hours. In spite of movie-class inventive design, the part historical and part literary strains are mingled with words that one would be expecting to listen to in a extra Korean melodrama, like “For many males their habits doesn’t fit their phrases, I’m hoping you aren’t one in every of them.” To be truthful, the display does it in a horny sarcastic and self-aware method.
The collection, launched on Youku, has gained a ranking of 8.6 on Chinese language best ranking website online Douban.com, which is flooded with choosy younger movie nerds. It’s secure to mention a lot of younger fanatics are attracted to the display by way of its exemplary solid, that includes Lei Jiayin, identified for his position within the Chinese language comedy “Weapons and Roses,” and Jackson Yee, of Chinese language boy band TFBoys.
Jackson Yee together with his angular but frosty facial options and temperament, is an ideal selection for the position of the prodigy emperor’s counselor, who’s portrayed within the authentic novel, The Longest Day in Chang’an as a tender guy with “a spherical and small face, with unfaded temperament of youthhood. There already seems 3 gentle wrinkles upon his eyebrows, which is possibly a results of an excessive amount of contemplation over issues.” The actor, who used to be simply 17 on the time of filming the TV collection, already presentations higher appearing abilities than most beautiful however boring faces in idol dramas.
It’s also price citing that the creator of the unique novel has accomplished massive luck in the past via a number of internet presentations together with Thriller of Antiques. Except his considerable wisdom of historical past, he additionally is aware of make the tale extra attractive. He as soon as shared in a documentary about this display, “I feel Chang’an is likely one of the maximum glamorous historical towns in China. Other people from in all places the arena come and acquire on this position. The best attraction of this tradition in truth lies within the lives of bizarre folks hidden below the filthy rich facade.” | <urn:uuid:517dd873-6022-4281-9e50-431d7bebbd05> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://alx1983.com/youkus-tv-sequence-the-longest-day-in-changan-unveils-the-maximum-flourishing-instances-in-chinese-language-historical-past.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572192.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815145459-20220815175459-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.935015 | 1,038 | 1.671875 | 2 |
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|Tuesday, 06 April 2010 07:54|
Observations on growth of reef corals and sea grass around shallow water geothermal vents in Papua New Guinea
A never ending litany of purported environmental threats to Australia's Great Barrier Reef has maintained a generous flow of funding for several generations of researchers. The "reef salvation" industry now brings about US$91 million annually into the local economy in North Queensland.
Although none of these threats has ever become manifest as a serious impact and all of the millions of dollars in research has never found any effective solution for anything, the charade never seems to lose credibility or support. The popular threat of the moment is ocean acidification from increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide.The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Marine Park Authority (MPA) cites research claiming that coral calcification is in rapid decline from acidification despite the obvious contradiction of surprisingly rapid recovery from storm and bleaching damage. They also propagate predictions that oceanic pH may decrease (i.e. become less alkaline) by as much as 0.4 of a pH unit by 2100 and that this will be disastrous for coral calcification.
It should be noted, however, that oceanic pH would then be about 7.8, which is still alkaline as 7.0 is the neutral point on the pH scale. The evidence for detriment to corals at pH 7.8 is dubious.
Some experiments indicate decreased calcification, others an actual increase. The problem with such experiments is that there is always considerable uncertainty over whether an observed result is due to the factor being tested or to some other unrecognised influence of the artificial environment of an experiment.
Most modern reef coral genera have fossil histories going back from 5-10 million years to over 100 million years. During this time they have survived both ice ages and periods when climate was warmer than even the most extreme predictions for warming from carbon dioxide emissions. Geological evidence indicates they thrived when carbon dioxide was at five to ten times current levels. This is far higher than we might reach before running out of fossil fuels.
In some areas modern day reefs with healthy corals flourish where the pH is as low as 7.8 and disaster for the GBR at this level is more the perverse hope of alarmists than it is a probability.
At several locations in Papua New Guinea there are submarine geothermal vents in shallow water where concentrated carbon dioxide continually bubbles up from the substrate amidst healthy coral growth. Although well known to recreational divers, this natural experiment in the effects of enhanced carbon dioxide seems not to have yet been investigated by researchers concerned with ocean acidification. Perhaps the cogitative dissonance with alarmist belief has deterred them.
Recently Jeff McCloy of Newcastle, New South Wales (NSW) invited me to join him on his yacht ‘Seafaris’ in PNG. When told of my interest in the geothermal vents there, he generously offered to take me to them.
I will digress briefly to comment on ‘Seafaris’ as it is a truly unique vessel. In 2008 she was awarded both the Australian and World Superyacht of the Year awards.
Jeff managed the building project himself and every detail reflects both elegance of design and craftsmanship as well as practical functionality, something rare in superyachts. I will mention only one of many superb features. This is a hydraulic cradle which carries a nine-metre water jet driven tender which can be launched and recovered at the touch of a button.
On February 14, 2010, we visited two geothermal areas in the D’Entrecasteaux Islands, Milne Bay Province, PNG. One is located near the north end of Normanby Island about 30 metres south east of the outer end of the wharf at the village of Esa’Ala. The other is a well-known dive site known as the “Bubble Bath”. It is located about 20 metres offshore near the mid-north coast of Dobu Island, an extinct volcano.
Location of vents visited on February 14, 2010.
At Esa’Ala the area of bubble venting is scattered along the inner edge of a fringing reef which is about ten to 15 metres in width. The outside edge slopes steeply into deep water and the inside edge is bordered by grass beds (Thalassia sp.) on a silty bottom of mixed reef and volcanic sediments. The bubbling is near continuous small trickles at numerous points scattered amid both grass and coral areas in water depths of three to five metres. The location is sheltered from prevailing wind and wave action.Bubbling at Esa'Ala Corals at Esa'Ala
Both coral and plant growth were unusually luxuriant. In the grass beds small juvenile rabbitfish (Siganus sp.) are abundant feeding on the epiphytic algae growing on the grass blades.
At the “Bubble Bath” location near Dobu I, the bubbling was much more vigorous. In addition to more numerous and larger bubble streams amid both coral and grass beds, there was a main vent which emits a large volume of gas not unlike a jacuzzi bubble bath in volume (around a cubic metre a minute).White arrow shows the location of Dobu I
From the only mild odour of hydrogen sulphide it seemed apparent that the main gas being emitted was carbon dioxide. Both plant and coral growth seemed more luxuriant than at Esa’Ala. Water depths were two to three metres and the location was again a fringing reef protected from prevailing wind and waves. The grass beds were dense to within a metre of the main vent and the coral reef began about ten metres away.Bubbling reaches the water's surface at Dobu I, the "Bubble Bath"
Both locations were sheltered from currents and would have a poor supply of planktonic food. It seemed apparent in both that the unusual profusion of both grass and coral growth was most likely attributable to the gas vents.The main "bubble bath"
The pH of water samples was measured using a Pacific Aquatech PH-013 High Accuracy Portable pH meter with a resolution of 0.01 pH. It was calibrated with buffered solutions at pH 6.864 and pH 4.003 immediately before measuring the samples. The Esa’Ala sample was taken immediately adjacent to a Porites coral and about 10cm from a small bubble stream. The pH was 7.96. A sample from next to a Porites coral at the “Bubble Bath” measured 7.74. This was also about 10cm from a somewhat larger bubble stream and about twelve metres from the main gas vent.
A sample next to the main vent measured 6.54. A sample from the open ocean just outside Egum Atoll about 100km north east of Dobu read 8.23 which is near typical for open ocean in this region. It seems that coral reefs are thriving at pH levels well below the most alarming projections for 2100. The biggest threat we face isn’t to Barrier Reef tourism. The whole modern economy is founded on cheap abundant energy.
High energy liquid fuel is essential to all mobile heavy machinery. Trucks, tractors, trains, ships, planes and earth moving equipment cannot be run on sunbeams and summer breezes. The International Energy Agency along with virtually all oil industry analyst groups now recognise that future global oil supplies are likely to be increasingly tight and more expensive.
The “Climategate” affair and its ongoing revelations have exposed a deep systemic corruption at the heart of climate science. Unfortunately this corruption is not restricted to climate science but is endemic across the environmental sciences which have become more of an ideology and a scam than they are a science.
It is time for society to wake up and begin to realise that we have been repeatedly and blatantly lied to. It is also past time to start seriously thinking about how we are going to find enough liquid fuel to keep food on our tables and maintain our economy over the decades it will require to develop and implement viable alternative energies. Recognition is also overdue in realising that we have been fools to let this nonsense strangle our producers. We are now paying the price with food we can barely afford and more and more of which we cannot.
The author is indebted to Jeff McCloy for his generous hospitality is making possible a visit to this remote area in superb comfort and to fellow guest Bob Baldwin M.P. for his keen interest and encouragement.
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Scottish independence: Scots should wait 40 years for another vote, says Boris Johnson
A 40-year gap should be left between constitutional referendums, Boris Johnson has said as he again rejected demands for another vote on Scottish independence.
The prime minister compared the wait between ballots on joining and leaving the European Union and the 2014 decision on Scotland’s future.
With recent opinion polls showing both a sustained preference for independence and that the SNP is on course to win a majority in May’s Scottish parliamentary election, pressure is once again building over the prospect of a second referendum.
The constitution is reserved to Westminster and Mr Johnson, who was a leading figure in the Vote Leave campaign in 2016, has repeatedly said that he would not countenance another vote while he was prime minister.
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Ministry of Culture envisions city library in Narva's former Lutheran cathedral (2)
A meeting is set to take place at the Ministry of Culture on Wednesday at which the ministry will present options for the future use of St. Alexander's Cathedral in Narva to representatives of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church (EELK), the City of Narva and the Ministry of the Interior; the preferred route is to turn the cathedral into a library.
The Ministry of Culture, who was tasked by the Cabinet in June with devising a concept for the future public use of the building, is slated to present its vision for the cathedral's future to the government before the end of this month.
Ministry of Culture Deputy Secretary for Cultural Heritage Tarvi Sits said that the ministry will introduce three options to the government — to relocate the town library into the building of the former church, to set up a multifunctional cultural center, or to leave things as they currently are. According to Sits, the ministry has indicated preference toward the first option.
While Narva boasts a high proportion of children and youth among library users, the existing building of the Narva Central Libraryis in a poor state of repair. "It would pay to give serious consideration to his idea if it finds broader support — support among local residents is particularly important," said Sits.
The official noted that the need for a new library had been indicated in the northeastern city's development program, but no suitable funding programs had been found so far. He also said that finding new uses for buildings formerly in use as churches was a hot topic across all of Europe.
On the possibility of transforming the Narva cathedral into a concert hall, it was kept in mind that Narva and nearby areas already had good concert facilities, including the Jõhvi Concert Hall and the Narva Free Stage Center, the latter of which is currently being built with the government's help, said Sits.
Regardless of which option is chosen, religious services will continue to be able to be performed in the building.
The Narva cathedral belongs to the Ministry of the Interior. The condition of the building is described as satisfactory, with renovation of the exterior already largely completed. The building's interior consists of the renovated tower section, which includes an elevator, and is in a good state of repair as well as a vaulted area which stands unused and is currently closed to visitors due to the danger of falling debris.
The courts declared St. Alexander's of Narva bankrupt in April 2015 due to the small congregation's inability to meet the financial obligations taken on in connection with the reconstruction of the cathedral. The bankruptcy petition was filed by the construction company AS Eviko; the congregation's debt at the time of its bankruptcy allegedly amounted to more than 2.1 million euros.
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Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. —Colossians 3:2
Back in older times, there was a Latin phrase they would write on the top of a document. It was memento mori. It means, “Think of death.”
You say, “That is so morbid.” It actually is not. It was a reminder to be aware of the fact that life ends. Be aware of the fact that eternity is close. Be aware of the fact that there is an afterlife.
It is not a bad thing to think about these things deeply. In fact, it was C. S. Lewis who said, “A continual looking forward to the eternal world is not . . . a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do.” You should think about death, eternity, and the afterlife.
If you are a Christian, you are going to enter heaven in one of two ways: either through death or through the rapture. Either we will die, or the Lord will catch us up to meet Him in the air.
Imagine being part of the rapture. One day you might be walking on the street, thinking about a loved one who has gone to be with the Lord. Maybe you are thinking about your last conversation with them, or wondering what they are experiencing there in heaven. Suddenly, in the twinkling of an eye, you will be with them.
Mothers and fathers reunited with sons and daughters. Husbands reunited with wives. Siblings with siblings. Friends with friends. Your sorrow vanishes and it is replaced by ecstatic joy. Not only are you with your loved one again, but best of all you are with Jesus.
For the Christian, thinking about the afterlife is not a bad thing. It is actually a good thing. So go ahead and think about it. Go ahead and dream about it. Go ahead and wonder about it. It is called being heavenly minded.
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The cost was enormous. Fifty-five people dead, 2,000 injured and a damage bill of $1 billion.
Ten years later, the shattered buildings of South Central Los Angeles have been rebuilt, but the rage still simmers.
The violence came in four days of rioting after a jury acquitted four Los Angeles Police Department officers whose videotaped beating of Rodney King shocked America.
Since that violence began exactly 10 years ago today, there has been a decade of voter-approved reforms, two black police chiefs and a campaign to improve the image of the LAPD.
In the riots, hundreds of properties were burned and looted. One of the properties hit was a dental office located in a shopping center in the Crenshaw District, one of the worst-hit areas. Dentist Bill Faulkner, who's black, remembers it vividly.
"Some people were running around and by the time I got there, they had already looted out the practice," said Faulkner. He said the experience left him feeling "violated."
When then President Bush toured the devastation, Faulkner was in the group that heard him promise federal help to rebuild. Through a combination of government and private funding, that shopping center has, indeed, been rebuilt. And Faulkner's new office is there.
Faulkner said the reconstruction was all well and good but the root causes of the riot still existed. "The buildings didn't burn themselves down, the people did. And we repaired the buildings, but we didn't repair the people."
Divisions Still Remain
And when it comes to the people, little appears to have changed in 10 years. South Central still has a high unemployment rate and a high crime rate. Parts of Los Angeles remains deeply divided along racial lines, with an enormous gap between the rich and the poor.
On the plus side, community relations with police have improved somewhat.
The face of the LAPD has changed noticeably since 1992, when the department was almost 60 percent white. Now, 45 percent of the department is white. Nearly half is black or Hispanic.
However, the leadership of the LAPD is once again the subject of controversy. The recent ouster of Chief Bernard Parks, an African-American, has angered many black residents of L.A., making the selection of a new chief a sensitive issue.
"There's still a code of silence," said Civil Rights Attorney Irwin Chemerinsky. "We're still a department that rewards the tough officer who violates peoples rights."
Future Economy Looks Promising
Economically, things look brighter. Many retailers have set up shop in South Central, including large chain grocery stores. And community groups continue to lobby relentlessly for new investment, even providing bus tours for bankers last week.
"All this was burned down in 1992," a tour guide told prospective investors peering out the bus windows. "Now why would you invest this much capital back into the inner city? Not for public relations, but because it makes good economic sense."
But there has not been significant investment by the government in the public schools of the inner city. And that infuriates Faulkner, who sends his own children to a private school. He said the failure of the school system had left another generation unfit for employment and ripe for unrest.
"How many of the 18 year olds today have juvenile records," Faulkner said. "How many have turned to drugs, how many have children ahead of their time? How many are dead?"
Without an educational system that gives kids some hope for the future, he says, the potential for more trouble is enormous. "It's still here," he said, frowning, "it's still here. And in time, it will happen again."
He's not alone in that opinion. A recent survey conducted by the Loyola Marymount University in March of L.A. residents shows that 50 percent believe a riot similar to that of 1992 is likely to occur within the next five years.
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The generation of electricity from municipal digesters and land fill is of increasing interest, as the biogas generated is a form of renewable energy. Organosilicon compounds are often present in products such as shampoo and cosmetics, as well as industrial products and lubricants, and they move into land-fill. These volatile compounds find their way into land-fill or digester gases as siloxanes.
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The term "background check" has been used interchangeably with "criminal history check" or "criminal history background check" which has caused some confusion. From the FDLE perspective, a background check is a criminal history record check to determine if a person has been arrested and/or convicted of a crime. Although some companies use the phrase "background check" to include driver's record checks, credit checks, or interviews with neighbors and employers, for FDLE purposes, it includes a search of the following databases:
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- The Florida Computerized Criminal History Central Repository for Florida arrests AND the national criminal history database at the FBI for federal arrests and arrests from other states (state and national check).
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After a briefing on the Mount of Olives (and after we bought a zillion bags, hats, post cards, book marks, shawls and scarves), we started down the Palm Sunday road, stopping at a church called Dominus Flevit, which means the Lord weeps. It is here that tradition says Jesus wept over Jerusalem as described in Luke 19:37-44. The road is steep, but eventually you come out at the Garden of Gethsemane, which is the site where Jesus agonized before He was arrested as described in Matthew 26:36-46
There is a church on the site of Gethsemane, as there is on most holy sites, and there was a Catholic Mass being held there and at Dominus Flevit, so we could not freely roam either church. Yet both sites are impressive and the ancient olive trees in the Garden would probably be descendants of those trees present the night Jesus agonized.
Then we got on the bus for a few minutes and went up to St. Stephen's Gate and the Muslim Quarter. There we began our walk on the Via Dolorosa, or the way that Jesus went as He carried His cross to His crucifixion. The Via is a narrow path full of shops where the Muslim merchants aggressively try to sell you their wares.
We walked through the site of the Antonio Fortress, where the Roman garrison would have been stationed to maintain order at the Temple and in Jerusalem. At the end of the Via, which has the first nine sites of the Catholic Stations of the Cross, we ended up at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Catholics say that it was on this site that Jesus was crucified and buried.
The church itself is somewhat weird, with a lot of Catholic images and such accumulating over the years to give the place a sense of overload
Then we walked back down the hill to get on our bus for our appointment at the Garden Tomb, the only site maintained by evangelical Christians in Jerusalem. There you tour the gardens, and see a dug out tomb similar to the one in which Jesus would have been entombed for three days. After the tour, we convene to have communion on the site, and it is always a moving and tearful experience for many. No one knows for sure where Jesus was executed and buried, but we don't try to connect with a site, but with the account and the lesson behind the account.
We ended the day with a visit to a shop that specializes in coins of antiquity and olive wood carvings. Some bought beautiful hand carved mangers and carvings depicting famous Bible scenes or characters. Then we came back to the hotel for dinner. Tomorrow is our last day together and five will head home, while the other nineteen go on to Egypt for two nights. Before we go, we will visit the Dead Sea Scrolls museum and take a drive down to Masada, located by the Dead Sea where we went floating last Sunday. So stay tuned, we have more reports to bring you from the Holy Land before we depart. | <urn:uuid:2d1828f7-8177-44b2-9374-4343e91d01eb> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/johnacac/2/1283858353/tpod.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281574.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00024-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969147 | 658 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Kelowna's historic Paramount Theatre will soon show its last film.
Urban planning manager Terry Barton confirmed to Radio West that the owners of the commercial space have plans to redevelop the theatre, which cinematreasures.org reports is 67 years old.
"They basically want to convert the old theatre ... into a commercial restaurant operation," Barton told Radio West's Josh Page. "Such a proposal, if it does come forward, would need a form and character development permit. It would come before council for consideration."
The large, vintage Paramount sign reaching high into the air is a staple of downtown Kelowna, and Barton says the city will have discussions about potentially preserving the sign, although it is currently not protected for heritage value.
- Cloverdale's historic Clova Cinema to close this summer
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"It is something … that the city would see as something distinctive to the character of Bernard Avenue, and something we hope we can work with the applicant to incorporate into a scheme," he said. "It's certainly an objective we'll try and pursue."
Bill Walker, COO of Landmark Cinemas, the current tenant of the building, which is owned by a third-party landlord, says business simply hasn't been good enough.
"The economics of a downtown movie theatre have been challenged for some time, and we had signaled to the landlord that over the long term, we weren't going to be there and be a viable option to really support the economics of what the landlord felt he needed," Walker said.
Walker says the Paramount was hurt by a lack of parking and competition from other theatres in Kelowna.
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Who Elected Clinton: A Collision of Values
- Presidential sermons. // Jet;11/11/96, Vol. 90 Issue 26, p16
Presents two photographs of United States President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore urging members of churches to vote for them a week or so before the 1996 election. Their stops to campaign at churches around the United States.
- Winning in the headlines. // Christian Science Monitor;9/16/96, Vol. 88 Issue 204, p20
Discusses the cohesiveness of the campaign organization of President Bill Clinton. Candidate Bob Dole's problem trying to sell an economic plan crafted to answer voter unease about the economy; Staff shakeup needed in Dole's political machine.
- Running on. Kelly, Michael // New Yorker;09/23/96, Vol. 72 Issue 28, p55
Evaluates President Bill Clinton's presidential campaign for 1996. Similarity of the situation to Ronald Reagan's campaign; Fear as a campaign theme; Change in the voters' belief on the direction that the United States was heading; Tonal parameters of the contest between Bob Dole and Clinton;...
- THE NEW COVENANT. Barnes, Fred // New Republic;11/9/92, Vol. 207 Issue 20, p32
Focuses on the speech of presidential candidate Bill Clinton during his political campaign at Notre Dame University. Issue of religious faith and its role in American life discusses in the speech; Influence of religion on the outcome of the election results; Support for abortion and gay rights...
- Nonstop! Jones, Charles O. // Brookings Review;Winter2000, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p12
Focuses on permanent campaigning and the 2000 presidential campaign in the United States (US). US President Bill Clinton as the proponent of permanent campaigning; Comparison of campaigning-to-govern and election campaigns; Consequences of constant campaigning; Preparation for effective...
- Election Returns. Buell, John // Humanist;Jan/Feb97, Vol. 57 Issue 1, p39
Examines the reasons behind United States President Bill Clinton's victory in the 1996 presidential elections. Evolution into a New Democrat; Impact of Republican attacks on income and health security; Democratic Party's triangulation strategy.
- Four more years. // Current Events;p1
Highlights the victory of President Bill Clinton for a second four-year term during the 1996 elections. Disappointment of Bob Dole over the election's turnout; Extension of the international peacemaking mission in Bosnia; Senators' plan to introduce a bill on campaign reforms; Clinton's flight...
- Four more years. // Current Events;11/18/96, Vol. 96 Issue 11, p1
Reports on the reelection of US President Bill Clinton on November 5, 1996. Breakdown of election results led by the president; Comparison with the number of voters gained by opponent, Senator Bob Dole; Clinton's agenda for his second term.
- Clinton vs. Dole. Urban, Jim // Executive Report;Nov96, Vol. 15 Issue 3, p4
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|ABILITY TO ADD/DROP COURSES ANY TIME?||No||Yes||StraighterLine|
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|STUDY ANYWHERE, ANYTIME?||Depends on school and courses||Yes||StraighterLine|
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Head of the UN fact finding Mission on Operation Cast Lead, Richard Goldstone, released in the Jerusalem Post an op-ed article, in defense of his, mainly Israeli and American criticizers. The article comes five weeks after the official release of the Goldstone Report.
The President of the Human Rights Council announced the mandate that the Report was:
“to investigate all violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law that might have been committed at any time in the context of the military operations that were conducted in Gaza during the period from 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009, whether before, during or after.â€
Justice Goldstone maintained in the article that his intentions were entirely subjective. He reminded his enemies that he is former member of the South African Constitutional Court and former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda; that he has a history of supporting the Jewish State, and served on the Board of Governors at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. And also that he was highly critical of the “alleged fraud and theft by governments and political leaders in a number of countries in connection with the United Nations Iraq Oil for Food program.”
He explained that
“In all of these, allegations [I] reached the highest political echelons. In every instance, I spoke out strongly in favor of full investigations and, where appropriate, criminal prosecutions. I have spoken out over the years on behalf of the International Bar Association against human rights violations in many countries, including Sri Lanka, China, Russia, Iran, Zimbabwe and Pakistan.â€
Since the likes of Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz called him a Jewish “anti-Semite”; Goldstone felt the need to clear things up. “As A Jew” he wrote, “I felt a greater and not a lesser obligation to do so. It is well documented that as a condition of my participation I insisted upon and received an evenhanded mandate to investigate all sides and that is what we sought to do.”
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Night Essay, Research Paper
Religion has always explained the unknown in knowable terms. It has created symbols for that which could not be known. This symbology is so deeply imbedded in our minds, cultures, and cosmology that it is rarely questioned from inside the religious paradigms. From outside that paradigm, the religious imagery loses its impact, its subliminal meaning. Religion functions to relieve the anxiety of the absolute fact for each of us that we will die, that our family will die, that our friends will die. Religion promises us that although we may die, we will continue. And, if we believe, then our afterlife will be glorious. Spirituality offers another perspective to this ‘man-made’ solution. The spiritualistic belief is that of love for the fellow man instead of god; hospitals instead of churches; deeds done rather than prayers said. Spirituality, although bordering on atheism, seeks to understand and love, to find an ethical way of life rather than turning to a higher being for the easy way out. In "Night" by Elie Wiesel we see death of religion in a child because of absolute evil and consequently, the embrace of spirituality. Separated from man made institutions, the core of religion and spirituality– morality and goodness — must be preserved, if one is to survive in the midst of horror.
The Jewish religion was a key motivation to the citizens of Sighet. To Jews religion is not only a method to achieve immortality, but a way of life that must be holistically embraced. This all-consuming religion demands total obedience and is a key motivation in the Jewish deportation and personal surrender to Germany (German officers). Analyzing history, one sees the pattern of a Jewish nomad lifestyle — Jews escaping persecution by placing their life in Gods hands – so deep is their faith, and moving on. "Night" is the first episode where this blind faith could not save them. Spawning from this failure of God is the genocide of millions at the hands of the Nazis. As young Eliezer visits Auschwitz and witnesses this genocide first hand, his blind faith is quickly revoked and in its place remains doubt, question and bitterness.
Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into a wreath of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.
The continuance of the novel highlights the internal conflict Eliezer faces: the problem of religious conscience in all aspects of his life. The problem that grows out of the religious conscience is the division of our world. This is the inner division of our impulses, desires, and aggressions juxtaposed with the conditioned behavior of our religion. Out of religious conscience, we have produced rote behavior motivated by guilt. Eliezer struggles with this guilt as he sees the failings of his God in the midst of the horror. Torn between the indoctrinated perception of God — merciful and loving — and the punishing God he witnesses in the camps, Eliezer attempts to dissect his feelings and knowledge in order to determine whether God is indeed compassionate or chastising.
"What are you, my God" I thought angrily, "compared to this afflicted crowd, proclaiming to you their faith, their anger, their revolt? What does your greatness mean lord of the universe, in the face of all this weakness, this decomposition and this decay? Why do you still trouble their sick minds, their crippled bodies?"
As Eliezer — a young impressionable child – witnesses the slow agonizing death of the "young, sad angel", we see the emergence of his growing existentialism. No longer does he feel kinship with the Almighty: instead feelings of loneliness and abandonment dominate the young child’s psyche. As the man behind him asks where God is, the young soul responds with brutal truth: God is dead. The death of this innocent child at the hands of an unmerciful God reduces Eliezer’s faith further, causing him to lose sight of the Jewish faith that has been his foundation for so many years.
The child was still alive?For more than half an hour he stayed there, struggling between life and death, dying in slow agony under our eyes and we had to look him full in the face. He was still alive when I passed in front of him. His tongue was still red, his eyes were not glazed? Behind me I heard the same man asking: "Where is God now?" and I heard a voice within me answer him: "Where is He? Here He is, He is hanging on this gallows."
As the novel comes to a conclusion God, and religion as an institution, assume a cynical role: Eliezer recognizes the failings of the Almighty. Rather than seeking sanctuary within the confines of a higher deity, the author seeks revenge and a need to lay blame. Religion has fallen by the wayside highlighting the void due to the millions of dead Jews. A pessimistic young man –who recognized the lack of God as a savior — replaces the young child with blind faith. Eliezer is faced with his own mortality as he realizes his individual strength. This strength however, is ironic as it is all he has left: the deity has deserted him altogether.
This day I had ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes were open and I was alone – terribly alone in a world without God and without man, without love or mercy. I had ceased to be anything but ashes, yet I felt myself to be stronger than the Almighty, to whom my life had been tied for so long.
As the groundwork of Eliezer’s youth is repeatedly annihilated, Eliezer becomes more disillusioned. This disillusionment leads to further denunciation of God and religion. The core of Eliezer’s morality is preserved and manifests in the form of spirituality. No longer do man-made dogmas dictate Eliezer’s actions, but rather the innate morals he has, are persevered. God loses significance as earthly effects take precedent: loyalty to is father, family and man are become his main priority.
"To break the ranks, to let oneself slide to the edge of the road? My father’s presence was the only thing that stopped me ? He was running at my side, out of breath, at the end of his strength, at his wit’s end. I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his only support.
At a very poignant time in Eliezer’s life, we see the revival of a god. Although religion and God are no longer of significance, the familiar act of sending a prayer signifies the importance of reinforcing his values of commitment and loyalty to his father. Eliezer recognizes the abandonment of the Rabbi’s son, and Eliezer’s prayer — although directed to God – takes the shape of a personal vow. Eliezer no longer relies on the values and beliefs of the institution of religion, but rather bases his values on personal spiritualistic beliefs. It is at this key transitional period in Eliezer’s growth that he recognizes the death of God and religion, but maintains an ethical way of life: that of love and loyalty, consistent with his spirituality.
"His son had seen him losing ground, limping, staggering backto the rear of the column. He had seen him. And he had continued to run on in front. Letting the distance between them grow greater. A terrible thought loomed up in my mind: he had wanted to get rid of his father! He had felt his father was growing weak, he had believed the end was near and had sought separation in order to get rid of the burden? and in spite of myself, a prayer rose in my heart, to that God in whom I no longer believed. My God, Lord of the Universe, give me strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahou’s son has done."
Mankind will always be a mixture of good and evil – it is in this balance however that we find the internal conflict that Eliezer struggled with throughout the novel. "Night" presents its audience with a range of beliefs: atheism bordering on spirituality, bordering on orthodox religion. Although making no hard-line judgements about the preferred path to follow, the significance of having morals and maintaining a value system is not overlooked. As Elie illustrates, in the midst of absolute evil, when all else is stripped away, who you are and what you believe is all that remains.
18th Century Poem Analysis-
The differences between eighteenth-century literature and
romantic poems, with respect to history is constituted here. This is
seen through the influential works of John Keats and Alexander Pope.
These works are acknowledged as, "The Rape of Lock" and "The Eve of
St. Agnes." Alexander Pope takes his readers on a hatred filled epic.
A robust piece of literature and love induced psychoses in, "The Rape
of Lock." On the other hand, "The Eve of St. Agnes" told a tale of
life, love, death, and eternal fate in heaven. These two brilliant
writers have given two magnificent poems. Pope exhibits many
characteristics of a narcissistic human being. His independence in
life shows through his writings in fiction. Which inevitably portray
his deeper feelings of life. Popes’ efforts here are of outstanding
quality. However, his poem did fail to convince Arabella to résumé
her engagement to Lord Petre. Most of Pope’s efforts here were
written with time. Now, Keats has romantically serenaded his reader
with descriptive lust and desire, which can be compared with popes’
efforts by the difference in eighteenth century literature and
romantic poems, their descriptive natures and ideas they portray to
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx Microsoft names new system Vista Next-generation operating system aims to bring more 'clarity'; formerly was code-named Longhorn. July 22, 2005: 11:27 AM EDT Microsoft has named the next version of its operating system "Windows Vista." NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Microsoft announced Friday that it will call its next-generation operating system "Windows Vista." The much-anticipated operating system had formerly been code-named "Longhorn." Microsoft also unveiled the Windows Vista Web site and said the first beta test version of the system, which will be targeted at developers and IT professionals, will be available by Aug. 3. The system is scheduled to be released late next year. Previous Windows releases have been named by year number or by a moniker -- such as Windows XP -- to describe the release itself. But with Windows Vista, Microsoft wanted the name to focus more on the product, and how it brings clarity to users, said Greg Sullivan, group product manager at Microsoft. "We each have our own unique view or vista of this digital world. Windows Vista is going to bring more clarity to that," he said. Microsoft (Research) has promised that the new system will have several improvements, including better security features, more comprehensive search capabilities and a friendlier user interface. Specific features include a new way to manage files involving the use of virtual folders, which will make storing and finding information easier, Sullivan said. Several privacy capabilities, such as protected user accounts, have also been built into the new system, he said. In a Microsoft video of the name announcement, the new system is described as "Clear. Confident. Connected." Licenses for operating systems and related software still account for the majority of the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant's sales and operating profits. | <urn:uuid:87f95309-d103-4dcd-a926-7b1d3b4c2ad8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/windows-vista-beta-will-be-available-by-august-3rd.52738/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00127-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948621 | 378 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Q. I live in a rural area. There aren’t many churches to choose from. I want to fellowship and join Bible studies but it concerns me that many churches use books written by popular authors for their Bible studies. I would like to see the Bible used for Bible study. Reading a book may be good if it motivates or inspires you. However, I would like to see the minister or the person leading the study use God’s word not man’s word. I would like your opinion on this.
A. I agree with you. When we’re reading the Bible we’re hearing the word of God as He gave it to us. But when we read a book, we’re getting someone’s opinion about the word of God, slanted in such a way as to make it commercially popular. Many of these books fall under the heading of “saying what their itching ears want to hear” ( 2 Tim. 4:3) instead of presenting sound doctrine. In order to be marketable even the best of them have to consist mostly of milk with little if any solid food.
Hebrews 5:13-14 says,
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Selecting a global optimization method to estimate the oceanic particle cycling rate constants
Abstract:The objective is to select an inverse method to estimate the parameters of a dynamical model of the oceanic particle cycling from in situ data. Estimating the parameters of a dynamical model is a nonlinear inverse problem, even in the case of linear dynamics. Generally,biogeochemical models are characterized by complex nonlinear dynamics and by a high sensitivity to their parameters. This makes the parameter estimation problem strongly nonlinear.Weshow that an approach based on a linearization around an a priori solution and on a gradient descent method is not appropriate given the complexity of the related cost functions and our poor a priori knowledge of the parameters. Global Optimization Algorithms (GOAs) appear as better candidates. We present a comparison of a deterministic (TRUST), and two stochastic (simulated annealing and genetic algorithm) GOAs. From an exact model integration, a synthetic data set is generated which mimics the space-time sampling of a reference campaign. Simulated optimizations of two to the eight model parameters are performed. The parameter realistic ranges of values are the only available a priori information. The results and the behavior of the GOAs are analyzed in details. The three GOAs can recover at least two parameters. However, the gradient requirement of deterministic methods proves a serious drawback. Moreover, the complexity of the TRUST makes the estimation of more than two parameters hardly conceivable. The genetic algorithm quickly converges toward the eight parameter solution, whereas the simulated annealing is trapped by a local minimum. Generally,the genetic algorithm is less computationally expensive, swifter to converge, and has more robust procedural parameters than the simulated annealing.
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Publication date: 2000-09-01
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from the Project:
2015 - Publication of the Project,
which created guidelines for sustainable event management.
"Organising Environment Friendly
Events", 74 pp.
Authors: Antra Petersone, Maija Usca, Agita Pusvilka, Santa Krastina
Publisher: Homo Ecos, Latvia
The Publication is available in English, in Latvian and the
summary is available in Lithanian.
The Checklist is available online from HomoEcos website in Latvian,
13, 2015 - Lauching the "Guidelines for Sustainable Event
Management" in Latvian
Place: Riga, Latvia
More than 100 people participated on the conference where the new publication
was presented in Latvian.
The presentations also included experiences from Denmark (COP21, EU Presidency,
NorthSide Music Festival, Lithuania (conference, island festival), Latvia (EU
presidency, festivals), and climate-art actions from all over the world.
Please read: Program of the Event (pdf.EN.0.1MB)
Read more on the event in Latvian on HomoEcos website.
30-July 1, 2015 - Study Visit from Latvia to Denmark
Large and medium-scale events are often the most time-efficient and
effective way for collaborating with, educating and informing large groups
of people. At the same time, such events leave a significant environmental
footprint by consuming energy and clean water, generating waste, polluting
air and water, and creating greenhouse gas emissions.
Therefore, it is important that event organizers incorporate sustainability
considerations into the very first planning stages of their event. Sustainability
considerations lead to environmental improvements and financial advantages;
creating a more positive image for the event's planners and social
benefits for the local community. They can trigger secondary positive
such as innovation in the marketplace, stimulating new product growth;
and by raising awareness they can create long-term benefits for the broader
Guidelines provides a tool that helps event planners maximize the
positive impact of their event and minimize the potential
negative outcomes. The Guidelines add value in both the governmental,
non-governmental, public and private sector.
The main aim of the
project was to help reduce impact of large and medium-scale events
on the environment (events with over 100 attendants, possibly
spread over several days and multiple (international) locations). The
project partners researched the best practices and developed a Handbook
for the Guidelines for Sustainable Event Management (hereafter: Guidelines)
event organizers to reduce the environmental impact of their events.
The project partners will disseminate and implement these Guidelines
in public, private and non-profit sectors.
Duration: July 2014 - September-October 2015
Homo Ecos: Latvia (www.homoecos.lv)
Latvian Green Movement, Latvia (www.zalie.lv)
INFORSE-Europe, Denmark (www.inforse.org/europe/)
Sustainable Development Initiatives (DVI), Lithuania (www.dvi.lt/index.php/pageid/490)
- Research and review relevant best practices in sustainable event
management in the Baltic and Nordic countries; integrating the relevant
of ISO 20121;
- Study visit to Denmark to exchange experiences and learn about Danish
best practices in sustainable (large and medium-scale) event management
and communication about sustainable events with various stakeholders.
- Develop and publish the Guidelines with included experience and expertise
of the partners;
- Develop and publish an (online) checklist for event organizers;
- Organize a seminar for the target groups to inform stakeholders (NGOs
and public sector);
- Media and communication activities in order to disseminate results
of the project and to inform a broader spectrum of society.
- Electronic and printed Guidelines in Latvian, electronic version in
English and summary in Lithuanian;
- Online checklist in English, Latvian, and Lithuanian for event
- Educating 80 to 100 representatives of the non-governmental and public
sector through Guidelines training seminars, communication and dissemination
- At least 10 stakeholders reached and involved in developing the Guidelines
and dissemination of results.
Project will increase both the public and organization's awareness
about the impact of large and medium-scale events such as festivals,
conferences, concerts and meetings on the environment. Organizations
organizing large events will be equipped with tools and knowledge
take appropriate measures to reduce the environmental impact of events.
Read more at HomoEcos
web site: Project:
"Development of Guidelines for Sustainable Event Management"
Guidelines for Sustainable Event Management No. NGSLV-206)
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54 Basel St./Dr. Aya Lurie
For several years now, the artistic explorations of Assaf Evron (b. 1977) have centered on architectural ornament and decoration. In the current exhibition, these are presented through a sculptural arrangement combined with panoramic photography and paintings, accompanied by a visual index of sources. These works lie in the realm between art, design, and architecture, with references to history of art and ideas – in particular, the tension between center and periphery, East and West, and concepts such as nationalism, universalism, and locality. All these are examined by comparing the logic of European modernism as expressed in International Style architecture with that of vernacular construction – namely, local, tribal, popular construction (“architecture without architects”) based on traditional materials and technologies that have developed organically over years, which is mindful of the topography, climate, and needs of the local residents; an approach that, alas, has long been abandoned in the urban Israeli environment. At the center of the exhibition are ornamental elements taken from the Brutalist concrete structure of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art (designed by the architectural office Rechter-Zarhi-Peri between 1965 and 1975), and from its immediate urban vicinity, which Evron scrutinizes methodically. From this architectural environment, Evron has formulated a sculptural collection that is unique to Herzliya and, at the same time, captures an aesthetic look characteristic of Israeli suburban urbanism of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
In recent years, the urban environment surrounding the museum has undergone profound changes, following urban renewal and spatial reorganization of the institutions in the city. This includes the municipality’s move to a building opposite the museum on Ben-Gurion Boulevard, and the opening up of the museum’s sculpture park to the street level. Thus, the municipality has become part of the area that includes the law courts, the Beit Yad Labanim military memorial building, and the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art. The particular case of Herzliya enables Evron to document and retrace, with a critical yet loving eye, processes of urban transformation, and to propose a means of deciphering the Zeitgeist that produced them. As a gesture of conservation and farewell, Evron reconstructs, within the museum’s exhibition space, a set of decorative red columns from the old Herzliya central bus station (designed by the architect Nahum Shani in the 1960s). The station itself – situated further down on Ben-Gurion Boulevard – has been slated for demolition, to make way for a residential and recreational complex. Also within the museum space, Evron reconstructs the geometric decorative tiles that appear on the façade of a nearby building, that bear a direct reference to the formal language of Josef Albers (1888–1976) – one of the most influential teachers at the Bauhaus, who developed an entire visual theory on the relationship between color and form. Next to this, Evron places another decorative object in the form of Oriental palms (originally made out of off-the-shelf ceramic tiles), from the façade of another neighboring building – one that lies at the junction of Ben-Gurion Boulevard and Ha’atzmaut Street. In these elements we gain a glimpse of a brief moment of promise in Israeli contractual architecture, when decorativeness was combined with a promise of advanced functionality and suburban convenience, while preserving a measure of modesty and unpretentious directness; a moment that has since given away to an aesthetic of “residential projects” and “prestigious towers.”
At the heart of the exhibition is a photograph of a concrete wall relief situated at the entrance to the Beit Yad Labanim memorial building (which from 1975 to 2000 also served as the museum’s main entrance). In this relief – created by the local artist Shlomo Eliraz – we see a combination of a formal, geometrically abstract arrangement, biblical verses, and excerpts from Natan Alterman’s poem, “The Silver Platter” – in keeping with conventional official and ceremonial protocol. Recently, the Mundi_Lab research group of the Technion’s Faculty of Architecture in Haifa (headed by Dr. David Behar-Perahia) removed the partitions between the memorial building and the museum, as part of ongoing research that they presented at the museum. Now, in a reiteration and amplification of that action, Evron has placed a photograph of that relief within the museum space, as an integral part of it, in a bid to tackle the charged historical, national, and local contexts that it embodies. In addition, Evron invited the American artist Leslie Baum – a graduate of the IIT Institute of Design in Chicago, founded as the New Bauhaus – to integrate in the exhibition her delicate, colorful watercolors, which pay homage to the modernist heritage while displaying an inner, highly appealing logic of their own. The juxtaposition between the photograph of the relief and these paintings offers a study of complementary contrasts, bringing together the universal and personal as well as an ideological call for the right to autonomy.
In the inner court, next to the exhibition’s central space, Evron has recreated a decorative feature made of Hebron stone that appears on the façade of the Egyptian Embassy at 54 Basel Street, Tel Aviv. Its three constituent triangles represent both the Giza Pyramids and the Egyptian structure of government in hierarchical order; at the same time, they are a universal, modernist abstract geometrical pattern. In the context of the exhibition, the pyramids highlight the charged historical space between utopian vision and reality, between the universal and the local, between optimism and a sense of continuous deprecation. Thus, it points to the biblical Exodus and the ensuing establishment of the Hebrew nation during its journey in the desert as a parallel to the founding of the Zionist movement as a national Jewish movement. The location of the feature – at the Egyptian Embassy on Basel Street (a street named after the Swiss city where Theodor Herzl headed the first Zionist Congresses), also makes it possible to hail the peace accords signed between Israel and Egypt in 1979 as the moment that, for Evron, was the pinnacle of Israel’s history, as well as the sense of deterioration following the failure to realize the much sought-after normalization process in the region.
The book accompanying the exhibition brings together dozens of photographs taken and collected by the artist. Collectively, they provide an intricate map of sources, contexts, and visual precedents, that projects into the spatial logic of the indexical model offered by art historian Aby Warburg (1866–1929). Thus, Evron anchors the aesthetic of the local environment in the very foundations of museum exhibitions and art history.
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خبر ها –
Majority of a areas that have pistachio fields in western Badghis range are underneath a control of Taliban that managed to forcibly collect scarcely 30,000 tons of pistachio, pronounced provincial officials.
“Pistachio prolongation in Badghis is estimated during 30,000 tons annually,” Badghis cultivation executive Hafizullah Benish told TOLOnews.
This year, a Taliban has warranted $40 to $50 million USD from pistachio fields, he added.
In addition, a provincial legislature members also concurred a above statements and pronounced a Taliban insurgents squeeze arms and explosives from pistachio money.
“The insurgents get advantages from a areas they control. They accommodate their financial needs by pistachio earnings,” pronounced Baha-uddin Qadesi, conduct of Badghis Provincial Council.
Furthermore, a internal officials claimed that a militants also destroy pistachio forests while battling a confidence forces. | <urn:uuid:afdda2fe-3339-416b-ba2e-9eeb0d1f4674> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.darinews.com/%d9%85%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%85-%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%84-%d8%b7%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%86-%db%b4%db%b0-%d8%aa%d8%a7-%db%b5%db%b0-%d9%85%db%8c%d9%84%db%8c%d9%88%d9%86-%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%84/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721141.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00415-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922679 | 209 | 2.09375 | 2 |
As electric motorcycles have become markedly more mainstream over the last few years, not only are an increasing number of big-name manufacturers experimenting with proton-powered designs but so too are independent concept artists, who are also pushing the boundaries in this emerging realm. One brilliant example of this can be seen in the CRTWRKS MOTO concept.
The all-electric motorcycle rendering is the product of Cambridge, Ontario-based conceptual artist and product and transportation designer, Adam Carvalho, who currently serves as an industrial designer at Google, though he’s also previously worked for prestigious companies such as KISKA, the firm that designs all of KTM’s motorcycles. The futuristic two-wheeler looks to be built around a monocoque frame that incorporates the battery housing as a stressed member in an effort to reduce weight. The belt-driven concept also packs square lighting with rounded edges fore and aft, with the taillight also doubling as the charging port. The CRTWRKS MOTO’s cockpit is another major highlight, equipped with a HUD-style digital display and an incredibly unique top triple and clip-on arrangement with integrated fluid reservoirs and bar-end LED indicators. The girder-style fork covers and minimalistic tail section also help to give the e-bike a decidedly aggressive stance. | <urn:uuid:67761453-b0cf-4d4f-8311-6ff12e45ce81> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.beautifullife.info/automotive-design/cool-e-bike-crtwrks-moto-by-adam-carvalho/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00666.warc.gz | en | 0.963687 | 269 | 1.570313 | 2 |
UPDATE 1-Canada government makes clear it can't meet balanced budget goal
(Adds comments from minister, background, opposition reaction)
By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA Feb 16 (Reuters) - Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau on Tuesday effectively conceded the government could not balance the budget as quickly as promised, saying the return to surplus would be achieved over the long term.
The Liberals won power last October on a pledge to run three consecutive budget deficits of no more than C$10 billion ($7.2 billion) a year to help fund spending on infrastructure before balancing the books in 2019/20.
Morneau - who says weak commodity prices mean the economic outlook is worse than projected - told reporters the government aimed "to maintain a goal of getting to a balanced budget over the long term. We recognize that's challenging."
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week said it would be hard to balance the books on time and confirmed that the first deficit would be more than C$10 billion.
Morneau said the tough economic times meant it was doubly important to stick to the plan to invest in infrastructure.
The opposition Conservatives said Morneau's spending would cause a damaging structural deficit.
"He's giving himself permission to fail ... who knows what's going to happen at the end of four years?" Conservative finance critic Lisa Raitt told reporters.
($1=$1.39 Canadian) (Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Sandra Maler)
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By Mustafa Moosajee, Managing Director, Nielsen Pakistan
Several years of internal political shuffling as well as low levels of foreign investment have led to recent slow growth and underdevelopment in Pakistan. But the situation has now changed. Democracy appears to have gained traction in Pakistan.
But what has changed in terms of consumer concerns and spending intentions in Pakistan, and what does it mean exactly for marketers? To keep a pulse on consumer attitudes and behaviours as they relate to the ever-changing retail, media and technology landscape, marketers need to understand the Pakistan consumer – better than ever before.
This is where Nielsen comes into play. The Nielsen Global Survey of Consumer Confidence and Spending Intentions, established in 2005, measures consumer confidence, major concerns and spending intentions among more than 30,000 respondents with Internet access in 60 countries – Pakistan included. Consumer confidence levels above and below a baseline of 100 indicate degrees of optimism and pessimism. In the latest round of the survey, conducted February 17 – March 7, 2014, consumer confidence increased in 60 percent of markets measured by Nielsen — up from 43 percent the previous quarter (Q4 2013).
How has Pakistan Consumer Confidence changed in the last years / months, and more interestingly, WHY? And what does it mean for marketers? How can they profit from these changes?
Pakistani consumers trust their economy and are more confident in the future than a year ago. According to our latest Global Survey study, Pakistan consumer confidence rose to its highest level since 2008 with an index of 99 in the first quarter of 2014. The Pakistan index — which recorded its lowest score of 86 in Q3 2011 — represents a two-point increase from Q4 2013 and a 12-point increase from a year ago (Q1 2013). This is quite a difference and raises the question what has changed within the last year in Pakistan which justifies this high increase?
First of all, Pakistani consumers continue to express confidence in the incumbent government — the first ever to have transitioned democratically from another elected government last year. This appears to be an endorsement that the economy is showing signs of recovery, behind reforms and stabilization introduced by the current administration and despite the challenges living in one of the most populated countries in the world. Macroeconomic and security challenges, however, continue to weigh on the economy. Also, Pakistan’s inability to meet domestic energy requirements is a key political and economic issue. But the on-going developments and reforms have already started to reflect in several positive economic indicators.
Let’s focus on the employment situation in Pakistan. Does the rise of the general consumer confidence also impact people’s sentiment regarding their job perspectives? With more than 60 percent of the population under the age of 30, there is a constant demand for employment opportunities. Unfortunately, the answer to the question is – not yet. Even that the general consumer confidence in Pakistan is growing, locals still feel reluctant about job opportunities, and gave a more pessimistic outlook for their future job prospects: Only 40 percent of respondents registered positive perceptions for employment opportunities, compared to 42 percent in fourth-quarter 2013 - a decline of two index points. Fact is that unemployment was, and is still, one of the biggest challenges in Pakistan. Due to the growth in population it has ensured that a very large number of young people are now entering the labor market. And even that the Government has already taken many activities to overcome this problem – creating jobs will be difficult in 2014. It still requires huge efforts and long term planning to overcome. This won’t change overnight.
Lastly, how does it affect the financial situation of Pakistani consumers? The general consumer confidence is getting better but the job outlook worse. How do Pakistani respondents feel then about their financial situation? Good, bad, the same? In summary – better as Pakistani consumers feel more secure in money matters. More than half (57%) of Pakistani respondents regarded their personal finances positively, a level that has increased in comparison to the last quarter (55%). And also the number of Pakistani consumers who told us that it is a good time to buy things they want and need over the next 12 months has risen from 35 percent in Q4 2013 up to 39 percent in Q1 2014.
However, what we are witnessing in Pakistan is “cautious optimism”; Pakistani consumers are optimistic about the economic progress yet many are cautious in their spending due to the geo political situation in the country. One significant change is that they focus now more on savings and also think about the(ir) future. Caring about loved ones and about children’s education prepares a better generation to lead the country. Family comes first, I believe this is what drives Pakistan forward.
So, what does this mean for marketers in conclusion?
Pakistan changes fast and is also changing fast in its development. Despite all the challenges in our country, we do have a high potential to achieve significantly higher economic growth and prosperity.
Even if Pakistan consumers have a better feeling about their financial situation it doesn’t mean that they will spend money on things they don’t need. Therefore, linking demand with consumer sentiments is vital to developing marketing strategies that connect the right consumers with the right products, brands and services. Pakistan represents a large area of growth opportunity for industry, but capturing this opportunity hinges on marketers successfully identifying, understanding and effectively connecting with buyers’ needs and desires.
Getting to the heart of what drives purchase decisions allows marketers to fine-tune their marketing strategies to address the unique needs of the buyers in Pakistan.
So let’s start doing it and push our economy in the 21st century.
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The rose madder or common madder (Rubia tinctorum L.) is a perennial herbaceous species of the Rubiaceae family.
From the systematic point of view it belongs to the Eukaryota Domain, United Plantae, Magnoliophyta Division, Magnoliopsida Class, Gentianales Order, Rubiaceae Family and therefore to the Genus Rubia and to the R. tinctorum Species.
The term Rubia comes from red rúbeus, as the root was used to dye red. The specific epithet tinctorum is the plural genitive of tinctor dyer: dyers, who used these plants to dye fabrics.
Geographical Distribution and Habitat –
The rose madder is a species of Asian origin, from an area that goes from the Middle East and Turkey to Central Asia, once cultivated also in Italy for the dyeing of fabrics, today rarely present in the sub-spontaneous state in all regions of the Continental Italy except in Liguria, but in strong decline and in many regions no longer observed for a long time.
The Rubia tinctorum is a herbaceous, perennial plant that has very branched, quadrangular, long, rough, and harsh stems; the branches have a tendency to climb and are covered by spines facing downwards, and narrow leaves, arranged in a spiral around the stem grouped in groups of 4 or 6, also covered by small spines both on the ribs of the lower and long page the margin.
The roots are thin, long and are reddish, branched, with a strong smell.
The flowers are small, star-shaped and yellow-greenish in color.
The fruits are red berry which becomes shiny black when ripe.
The anthesis is between April and June.
For the cultivation of Rubia tinctorum it is taken into account that this plant prefers deep soils with sowing that must be carried out away from frost at a depth of 4-6 cm.
Sowing must therefore take place in spring, or the plant can be transplanted by cuttings in the autumn.
Seed germination usually takes 15-20 days.
The harvest is carried out during the third year of age of the plant. The alizarin dye settles over time from the stem to the roots, fixing itself. The rhizomes are then extracted from the earth, washed, dried and ground to obtain a thin, practically unassailable dye powder that can last for several years.
Uses and Traditions –
Rose madder is a plant known since ancient times and was mentioned by Vitruvius, Pliny and Heraclius. The madder name of the dyers is due to the fact that from its roots the dyers derive the color called “red of garanza” or “red adrianopoli”.
This plant has therefore constituted since ancient times the main source of red coloring for textile fibers, skins and wall paintings. Cited in the works of Hippocrates, Theophrastus and Dioscorides, which mentions its cultivation in Tuscany, it was used by the ancient Egyptians for dyeing linen.
Madder is perhaps the most important dyeing plant: it was cultivated since ancient times to produce a particular dye (alizarin), but in Italy, since it is almost no longer tinged with vegetables, it is now unknown. However, you can see large baskets of madder roots in the Persian or Moroccan markets, where it is still used for craft work. The fruits of the plant are preserved, to have the seeds, and the roots, to dye. The rest is discarded. The roots of madder are harvested from the eighteenth to the thirtieth month of vegetation, they are dried and reduced to small pieces.
From the Middle Ages onwards, until the corresponding synthetic pigment was produced, the pigmenting substances produced by the plant constituted the reason for vast cultivations and rich commerce.
Beginning in the seventeenth century, its roots began to be imported into Europe from Syria, Persia, Asia Minor and Greece, from Syria, by the Dutch, themselves great producers along with France, where it was introduced in the days of Louis XV and later intensively cultivated in some southern regions, including Provence.
In Italy the cultivation of madder was maintained until the end of the nineteenth century, characterizing with the red brick color that, together with the blue of the ford, the coloring of the local popular fabric is obtained, especially in traditional regional clothes.
The rapid decline of madder occurred with the identification of its coloring principle, which is an anthracene compound, called alizarin, synthesized in 1868 by German chemists Groebe and Liebermann.
From the root, which contains several polyphenolic compounds (anthraquinones), a red dye was used since ancient times, used both in wall painting and in fabric dyeing. The color obtained from its roots, a concentrated and brilliant red, even if sensitive to light and water like all organic dyes, is among the most stable (it tends to remain intact even after prolonged washing) and economic (respect, for example, to animal purple).
The Robia tinctorum is used, however, also for the preparation of herbal preparations, as well as as a dyeing plant.
In herbal medicine the diuretic and anti-inflammatory therapeutic properties are appreciated and it is used to treat sciatica and certain forms of paralysis. It is useful as an adjuvant in cases of cystitis, rheumatism and constipation. In herbal medicine it is also used for the preparation of natural hair dyes.
According to what reported in the ancient texts “It makes the dense urine copiously urinate and sometimes the blood. But it is necessary for those who drink the decoction to wash every day in the bathroom and observe the appearance of the faeces and their difference each time. The juice of the root and leaves, is useful for snake bites, taken with Vino. The seed, drunk with Aceto Melato or Oxymele, decreases the spleen [the enlarged and hard spleen is a sign of serious pathology for the Hippocratic-Galenic Humoral Doctrine].
In addition, the root applied to the female genitals, promotes menstruation, childbirth and expulsion of the placenta. Applied [on the skin] with vinegar, it heals white vitiligines ”. This was what Dioscorides said.
Galen (2nd century AD, an imperial court physician from Marcus Aurelius to Septimius Severus) described it, much more concisely, but not less accurately, in the VI Book of the “Virtue of simple medicaments”:
He asserted that: “it is the Robbia root with an unripe and bitter taste. And therefore it performs all those actions related to these flavors: therefore it cleanses the liver and the spleen, and abundantly expels the dense and sometimes even bloody urine. It causes menstruation and “asterge” [“cleans by drying”] where needed. Externally applied, it turns off white vitiliges. Some give it to drink with Acqua Melata in sciatica and paralysis “.
In the Tuscan folk tradition, the Robbia decoction was used to expel blood clots from the genito-urinary system. As can be seen, it corresponds to what even the ancients had observed.
Therefore, from the herbalist-phytotherapic point of view, according to the humoral doctrine of the cultured (but also popular) Mediterranean area, the Robbia is a highly potent, diuretic, “purifying” device, avoids the formation of kidney stones and acts on the female genital organs , but also on the joints (the so-called “paralysis”, apart from the sciatica, are articular syndromes, rather than neurological). It is not easy to find, also because, now, it has been replaced in everyday herbal practice by equally effective plants.
In the technique for the preparation of the red color, in ancient times, sometimes bovine blood or Sumac (Rhus Coriaria L.) was added, a powerful tannin-based tanning agent. To make the color bright red, it is boiled several times in a boiler under light pressure (we are already in an absolutely industrial setting), together with soap and tin salt (said tin should be chloride).
For the dyeing of wool, a mordant based on alum and cream of tartar (extracted from the tartar of barrels, potassium acid tartrate, which precipitates from the Wine during aging or aging) is put on. Finally, a little salt is added.
The colors made with the Robbia or with the garanza are of great solidity.
But the authors of 1905 already say that the use is almost abandoned.
Preparation Mode –
Below is the procedure suitable for dyeing in red, with Rubia tinctorum root, madder on wool or cotton.
Pre-treat the wool by simmering it for an hour in water in which potassium alum has been dissolved (available in pharmacies). The amount of alum (used at 25%) is to be calculated on the weight of the material to be dyed; for example, 100 grams of wool requires 25 grams of alum. Allow the material to cool in the bathroom.
If you want to dye the cotton instead, you need to calculate 20% of potassium alum and 5% of Solvay soda (available in supermarket detergents) on the weight of the dry material and proceed as above.
Obtain cultivated or wild madder root (harvested and dried or purchased in herbal medicine, possibly powdered) and proceed with dyeing by immersing the material in water to which the madder has been added. Bring the dyeing bath to 85 ° and keep the temperature for an hour, stirring often to obtain a uniform dye.
Then let it cool in the bath, wash in water and neutral soap, rinse, centrifuge and dry in the shade.
N.B. If you use the root in small pieces, you must first extract the color by soaking it in water for a few hours and then at 85 ° an hour, then let it cool and filter.
– Acta Plantarum – Flora of the Italian Regions.
– Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
– Treben M., 2000. Health from the Pharmacy of the Lord, Advice and experiences with medicinal herbs, Ennsthaler Editore
– Pignatti S., 1982. Flora of Italy, Edagricole, Bologna.
– Conti F., Abbate G., Alessandrini A., Blasi C. (edited by), 2005. An annotated checklist of the Italian vascular flora, Palombi Editore.
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Doctors in Australia have identified a health risk for people who wear skinny jeans.
The warning follows the case of a woman in Adelaide who collapsed and was temporarily paralysed after spending a long time wearing a pair of the tight trousers.
She was forced to crawl from a park at night to seek help after collapsing.
A consultant neurologist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Associate Professor Thomas Kimber, said the 35-year-old noticed her legs become weak then fell and could not get up again.
He acknowledged the woman had spent her day helping relatives move house, requiring a lot of squatting, but labelled her a "fashion victim".
"When she got up that morning she decided to wear skinny jeans. She noticed they were somewhat tight, but I guess skinny jeans tend to be," he said.
"She spent all that day really squatting down to help her relatives clean out cupboards.
"She noticed that her legs were becoming increasingly uncomfortable as the day went on [but] didn't really think much of it."
The woman's ordeal lasted for "some time" and she had to hail a cab to take her to hospital.
"When she went for a walk she noticed she was tripping; her feet became increasingly weak to the point where she fell in a park," Dr Kimber said.
"By this time it was dark and quite late at night and she was unable to stand up again, and really was there for some time before she could crawl to the side of the road, hail a cab and bring herself to the Royal Adelaide Hospital."
Jeans cut from victim due to swelling
Medical staff had to cut the woman's tight jeans from her legs to be able to treat her.
"When she arrived she had massive swelling of her calf muscles, they had to actually cut the jeans from her, they weren't able to remove them any other way," Dr Kimber said.
"As a result of this prolonged squatting, she had really cut off the blood supply to her calf muscles, they had become massively swollen.
"As a result of that, she had suffered compression to two of the major nerves in her lower leg and had developed this leg weakness as a result."
The woman recovered after a stay in hospital lasting several days.
"She had quite severe ankle and foot weakness for several days and she'd suffered quite significant calf muscle injury," Dr Kimber said.
"As a result of that, some proteins are released into her blood stream - she needed to be on an intravenous drip to flush those proteins through, so that she wouldn't develop any damage to her kidneys.
"Fortunately, by day four, she was able to be discharged. She still had some residual ankle and foot weakness but I understand that subsequently she has made a full recovery."
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There is enough evidence that numeracy needs to stand out in LLN in its own right … research shows that low numeracy can have a more powerful effect in a range of areas than literacy, particularly for women.
In this conversation Dave Tout, numeracy advocate and expert, discusses the implications of N being tacked on the end of LLN and now lost in the middle of LLNDE. Topics include how we enable more adults to engage with numeracy, learning from our students, opportunities for new teachers to get their training (and the frustrations!), the history of LLN, and the seldom discussed links to high school maths teaching. Dave will get you thinking about delivering numeracy, what works, and what we need to change.
After falling into teaching numeracy and maths to adults and developing a passion for the area, Dave reflects that looking for different ways of doing things and team teaching were key to improving his own teaching and understanding of how students learn to succeed in using and applying maths. He reminds us that best practice is to integrate literacy and numeracy, and that it’s a fascinating field – and for the future we need to invest in adult literacy and numeracy and invest in teachers! | <urn:uuid:08da9867-5ba6-4375-9e04-b498932d0082> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://acal.edu.au/interview-dave-tout/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00466.warc.gz | en | 0.947032 | 263 | 2.453125 | 2 |
Carrot in combination with other vegetables can produce especially healthful, tasty and refreshing drinks. We all need to drink juices daily, since they are the most effective nourishment for our body. Any fresh raw juice is better than no juice at all. The knowledge about how to make these healthy juices comes naturally if you have a quality electric juice machine.
If you do not have a juicer, there are two other methods: to squeeze the juice out of the carrots manually, or to use a blender. The former method is too time consuming and difficult, whereas the latter does not separate the juice from the pulp, so it is meant more for producing smoothies. Therefore, the only real way of producing quality carrot juice (or carrot juice combinations) is to use an electric juice extractor.
The juice extracted by a juice extractor (we recommend the hamilton beach big mouth extractor) should be used immediately. The extraction of the juice from the fibers is never 100 percent complete. Moreover the oxidation and heat from the friction in the juicer will tend to spoil the juice in a short time. However, the good news is that the potentially toxic sprays are retained in the fibers of the vegetables and are not present in the fiber-free juices.
Therefore, making raw carrot juice is really easy. If you still have doubts about how to produce nice and refreshing carrot juice, watch the video bellow.
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Raw Carrot Juice
Carrot juice is probably one of the most popular drinks. In addition to its image as a healthy drink, there is plenty of scientific verifications of how beneficial it is to drink carrot juice. Cancer studies have acclaimed beta-carotene – the form of vitamin A in carrots – as a cancer-fighting nutrient. Read more about the properties of beta carotene here.
Carrot juice helps normalizing the whole bodily system. It is one of the most abundant sources of Vitamin A, but it also can supply enough of the other vitamins. Be careful though if you are trying to reduce weight. It helps to promote the appetite.
It is known to help in maintaining the bone structure of the teeth. Breast feeding mothers should consume a lot of carrot juice to improve the quality of their milk.
Carrot juice naturally clears a number of malignant and ulcerous health issues. It is known to be able to help with eye and throat infections and respiratory health conditions.
Some intestinal conditions can be soothed with carrot juice. When this happens, the liver might be purified, and the liver clogging agents dissolved.
Video on Preparing Raw Carrot Juice
Take a look at this video if you need further instructions about preparing raw carrot juice. The same principle holds if you want to make the mixed juices that will be considered further bellow.
Carrot juice mixes
Carrot is one of sweetest vegetable juices. But what about all the other wonderful vegetables around us? We can combine carrot with spinach, parsley, beets, peppers, and man other types of vegetables.
Here are some basic combinations of carrot juice
- Carrot plus Aloe vera
To the carrot-beet combination you can add some green paper. To the carrot-apple combination, some alfalfa sprouts can contribute to a very healthful juice.
The rule of the thumb when preparing such juices is that at least 50 to 75 % percent should be reserved for the carrot component.
Carrot Combination Juices have many benefits. They are very potent energy drinks. One cup of carrot juice has about 95 calories and over 20 grams of carbs. Here is the full chart of minerals and vitamins contained within one cup of carrot juice along with the percentage of daily values.
As such, carrot juice can provide the caloric intake needed to start the day and get you going. They have also a number of physiological benefits, depending on the specific combination. Carrot plus beet juice can energize the liver. Carrot plus parsley is good for blood purification, but parsley is also known as a diuretic. The cabbage in the carrot juice combination can help soothe the stomach.
Just remember that carrot juice is sweet and too many sweets are sometimes not so good. That said, the main advantage behind the carrot combination juices is that you can use other veggies to soften the sweetness of carrots. Carrot juice alone can be too sweet and if you are juice fasting or dieting your body will be more susceptible to blood sugar addictions without the solid foods.
You can combine your carrots especially with the green vegetables to moderate the sweetness. The alternative is to dilute with water. Mixing vanes your nutritional intake which can be important if you are on a fast. By doing so, you make it possible to still consume the sweet foods like carrot, apple, watermelon, beet, or similar.
Depending on your personal inclinations you can always find these juices very helpful in your daily diet. Do not overdo them however.
Carrots can be mixed with apples. This is often a very beneficial mix. Although one doesn’t ordinarily mix raw fruits and vegetables, the combining rules for solid foods are not always applicable for liquids. Since juices are mostly water (very energizing and vitalizing water, by the way), mixing different freshly squeezed liquids is not such a big deal.
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TOKYO, August 2. /TASS/. The Japanese Defense Ministry says that that the zone of activity of the Russian armed forces is increasing, including in the area of the Southern Kurils. This opinion is stated in the ministry’s annual report (White Paper) published on Tuesday.
Russia, in spite of its difficult economic situation, continues to expand the area of its armed forces’ activity, the document says. The Russian military are still present in the "Northern Territories" (Japan’s name for Russia’s Southern Kuril Islands), and their activity is intensifying, the report says.
On the situation in Ukraine, the report says that "the results of changing the status quo are taking root." The report authors also state "the lack of progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements and the conflict’s dragging out." In addition, the Japanese Defense Ministry expressed concern over the growing threat, allegedly associated with Russia actions, including in Europe.
Russia and Japan have no peace treaty signed after World War II. Settlement of the problem inherited by Russia’s diplomacy from the Soviet Union is hampered by the years-long dispute over the four islands of Russia’s Southern Kurils - Shikotan, Khabomai, Iturup and Kunashir, which Japan calls its Northern Territories.
After World War II, in September 1945, Japan signed the capitulation, and in February 1946, the Kuril Islands were declared territories of the Soviet Union. In 1956, a joint declaration was signed ending the state of war between the USSR and Japan, but no peace treaty was signed.
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Wednesday, April 23, 1913. "Through the efforts of the members of the High School Science club" -- and a little help from City Hall -- "the students of Troy High School will soon be in communication with other schools through the medium of the wireless telegraph," The Record reports.
Troy High expects its cutting-edge 20th century technology will be in operation sometime next month. At that point, our reporter writes, "the students of the high school will have the opportunity of communicating over the largest school station in this section of the state."
The wireless telegraph isn't yet better known as "radio." The technology is still new enough for the station to be treated as a science project. Troy High has wanted to get in on wireless telegraph communications for years, but "the erection of an aerial of adequate proportions to do satisfactory work with stations within a reasonably wide radius has been the 'jinx' for students interested in wireless."
Finding the right location was the biggest problem. The Science club initially sought permission to extend aerial wires from the school building to the city post office, but the federal government refused permission for student use of the structure. The students then asked Humane Society superintendent Nathaniel J. Walker for the use of his Fourth Street headquarters. While Walker "also expressed approval of the scheme," he "suggested that the city hall would be better if that could be secured."
The Commissioner of Public Works does more than approve the scheme. He orders two city engineers to draft a plan for stretching aerial wires from the school building to City Hall and gets the project approved by the city fire marshal.
"The aerial is to be composed of two strands of phosphorus bronze wire," our writer notes, "The wires will be attached at the city hall at the base of the flag pole on the tower. Instead of being supported by poles the wires will be suspended over a special arrangement composed of a horse supported by iron bands. The same arrangement will be used at the High school end of the aerial.
"The matter of getting the wires in place is no small job, and in order to have them up as soon as possible when the material arrives, the students have been hard at work already stringing a line from the two terminals. With considerable difficulty a cord has been connected between the two points and the wires will be pulled up by these strings."
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April 11, 2010
"That 20 minute walk in the fresh air with my best friend was just what I needed."
"At lunch I turn off my phone and email and shut the door. Then I close my eyes and enjoy the quiet for 15 minutes. It's wonderful."
Just 15-20 minutes here and there each day when you can focus on yourself will make a world of difference in managing your caregiver stress. According to a new Home Instead Senior Care survey, 55 percent of the family caregivers that eventually employed their professional caregiving services appeared to have above average or significant levels of stress as they came on board. But it doesn't have to be that way.
These tips are recommended while taking care of an aging loved one:
- Work out: Exercise and enjoy something you like to do (walking, dancing, biking, running, swimming, etc.) for a minimum of 20 minutes at least three times per week. Consider learning a stress-management exercise such as yoga or tai-chi, which teach inner balance and relaxation.
- Meditate: Sit still and breathe deeply with your mind as "quiet" as possible whenever things feel like they are moving too quickly or you are feeling overwhelmed by your responsibilities as a caregiver. Many times you will feel like you don't even have a minute to yourself, but it's important to walk away and to take that minute.
- Ask for help: According to a national survey by Home Instead Senior Care of adults who are currently providing care for an aging loved one, 72 percent do so without any outside help. To avoid burnout and stress, you can enlist the help of other family members and friends, and/or consider hiring a professional non-medical caregiver for assistance. There is no need to feel guilty for reaching out.
- Take a break: Make arrangements for any necessary fill-in help (family, friends, volunteers or professional caregivers). Take single days or even a week's vacation. And when you're away, stay away. Talk about different things, read that book you haven't been able to get to, take naps, whatever relaxes you and makes you happy.
- Eat well: Eat plenty of fresh fruits, vegetables, proteins, including nuts and beans, and whole grains. Indulging in caffeine, fast food and sugar as quick "pick-me-ups" also produce a quick "let-down."
- Keep your medical appointments: Make sure you get your annual check-up. Being a caregiver provides many excuses for skipping your necessary check-ups, but don't do it. A healthy you is worth more to your aging loved one than a sick, weak you.
- Indulge: Treat yourself to a foot massage, manicure, nice dinner out or a concert to take yourself away from the situation and to reward yourself for the wonderful care you are providing to your aging relative. You shouldn't feel guilty about wanting to feel good.
- Support: Find a local caregiver support group. They will help you understand that what you are feeling and experiencing is normal. This is a place to get practical advice from people who are in your situation and to bounce off those feelings of stress, since everyone is likely to be in the same situation and can empathize.
As Virginia Morris puts it in her book, How to Care for Aging Parents, it's important for you to take part in "indulgent necessities." Everyone needs some pampering occasionally, for both physical and mental health. So don't feel guilty if you treat yourself once in a while...you deserve it and you need it.
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When the 2014 Winter Olympics kick off next month in the Russian city of Sochi, attention will focus on thousands of elite athletes, scores of broadcasters and three cuddly animal mascots, including the appealing -- but endangered -- snow leopard.
But the snow leopard, with its distinctive markings and secretive behavior, has never lived near Sochi, which is in southern Russia, on the Black Sea at the western edge of the Caucasus Mountains. The snow leopard's native range is more than 3,000 miles away, in the remote, mountainous Altai Region of Siberia. And there, the population of native snow leopards has nearly been extirpated by poaching. Recent success in conservation efforts, however, gives scientists reason to be hopeful that the elusive creatures might rebound.
"It's just fantastic that the snow leopard is being featured as the mascot of the Sochi Olympics. The creature does need all the attention it can get. It is extremely endangered throughout its range," said Dr. James P. Gibbs, a conservation biologist at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, N.Y., who has been involved in snow leopard research and conservation efforts in Russia for the last five years.
Despite the predator's dwindling numbers, collaborative efforts by conservation biologists from the United States and Russia have made some progress. Gibbs works closely with Sergei Spitsyn of the Russian Protected Areas system, Mikhail Paltsyn of WWF-Russia and Jennifer Caster of The Altai Project.
"Five years ago, I would've said it's hopeless but now we're finding ways to control poaching and provide economic opportunities for desperately poor local herders as alternatives to poaching," said Gibbs.
Poachers target snow leopards because their luxurious pelts can be sold to middlemen and ultimately fetch thousands of dollars in big cities such as Moscow and Beijing. While traditional anti-poaching methods such as patrols and snare removal are still in use, part of the solution to the poaching problem, Gibbs said, is creating economic development opportunities for poor herders so they have options other than poaching.
"If we can create opportunities for local women to sell their handicrafts, they won't have to rely on their husbands' poaching to pay school and medical fees for their children," he said.
Other solutions, he said, can be simple: a $20 piece of chain-link fencing to cover the ventilation hole in the enclosed corrals where herders keep their sheep at night will keep snow leopards out and avoid lots of conflict. One snow leopard, driven out of higher elevations by a lack of prey because of overhunting, can leap into a corral and destroy a family's livestock in one night.
"That essentially can devastate a family's entire wealth, which might amount to only about $500. It's gone in a night," Gibbs said.
That means local people often view snow leopards as pests. That perception can be counteracted by ecotourism that focuses on science and brings international visitors -- and money -- into the region. When local people see that foreigners have traveled a great distance to see the local fauna, Gibbs said, "they see that their backyard and the creatures in it must be fairly special." In turn, the government can come to see the international significance of animals such as snow leopards.
"We have to find a way to make snow leopards worth more alive than dead to local people. We all want them; they're wonderful creatures but we don't bear the cost of living with them, so finding a way for local people to live with them without paying the costs is the challenge."
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BISC 110 Introductory Cellular and Molecular Biology with Laboratory
A gateway course that focuses on the study of life at the cellular and molecular level, including eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell structure, function of biological macromolecules, cellular metabolism, molecular genetics, and mechanisms of growth and differentiation. This course will provide the fundamental tools for exploration of this field with the aim of enhancing conceptual understanding. Laboratories focus on experimental approaches to these topics and are shared with BISC 112. Either BISC 110/BISC 112 or BISC 111/BISC 113 may be taken first.
Fulfillment of the basic skills component of the Quantitative Reasoning requirement. Not open to students who have taken BISC 112.
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One thing every human being has in common is emotions. Regardless if a person believes in God or not every person has to learn how to deal with their emotions or live life allowing their emotions to deal with them.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health “Mental disorders (major depression, bi-polar disorder, etc) are the leading cause of disability in the U.S. and Canada.” The treatment for those receiving disability for mental disorders is costing our nation millions of dollars. Hear the Sound is one of the most relevant inspirational and motivational books of our time.
This book empowers people to remember who they are in Christ and to receive the dominion that Christ died to restore us all back to! In order for us as God's people to overcome living imprisoned to our emotions, we first must acknowledge and receive the dominion that God has given us.
It is time for God's people to rise up and be empowered to know that if we believe in Christ and the power. He has given us, we can take dominion over every area of our lives, including our emotions. In order to take the dominion that Shicreta talks about in Hear the Sound, we must first arm ourselves with God's word... | <urn:uuid:9da03121-2828-452d-b172-d6ad95e3c97b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.audible.co.jp/pd/Hear-the-Sound-%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF/B07K1K9K76 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571869.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813021048-20220813051048-00073.warc.gz | en | 0.814352 | 462 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Protect your business against cybercrime and IP theft
Be it a gigantic business enterprise or your personal system, all are potential targets when it comes to cyber theft. Today’s tech has contributed towards the advancement both against and in cybercrimes which is a point of major concern. Thus it is quite crucial today to know how to manage and protect one’s digital property and privacy. Here are certain vital practices encouraged by cybersecurity experts:
Keep Your System Up-To-Date:
Vulnerabilities in your system often are a result of out of date software and hardware which are basically open gateways for hackers to hack into your systems and disrupt its flow. Software companies often release updates and patches to be installed in order to protect your system against such attacks and thefts. Enabling automatic updates and regular scans using anti-virus and malware software are also encouraged.
Use Strong Passwords:
Passwords are vital when it comes to data breaching. Having a strong and unique password is an easy measure to protect your intellectual property from such breaches. 14 characters or more is the recommended length for strong passwords. Try to utilize numbers, symbols and punctuations to increase the complexity of your password. Tools like password managers and generators can also be used.
Change Passwords Frequently:
Cyber security experts recommend changing your passwords every 3 months or so since passwords can easily be compromised otherwise. Further make sure to change the default passwords for any device such as your router etc.
Multi-factor authorization or MFA is a protocol utilized by various organizations to protect their network from cyber theft. MFA comprises of 2 or more factor based authorization where the initial factor is usually your password while the later could be a number of different things such as a code or text sent to your phone to be entered next, a digital key or your very own fingerprint. MFA does indeed greatly reduce the risk of cybercrime towards your intellectual property.
Encryption and Back Up:
Encrypting your Data is a highly encouraged measure since it prevents damage to property and reputation even if a cybercriminal attains access to your data since it will only be gibberish to them. Certain specific software or system settings can enable encryption. Further saving copies of your data on detachable devices and cloud is also important so that it can be retrieved as back up.
VPN and Dedicated IPs:
While browsing through a public Wi-Fi, chances of a cyber-attack are heightened. To ensure safer browsing you can use a virtual private network or VPN in order to encrypt your network and protect your system against cyber-attacks. Further VPNs offer a dedicated IP for safer browsing which is unique and static and thus hides your real IP to assist you in safer browsing.
For an organization data is of significant value and is thus the most targeted domain by cyber criminals. Thus in order to protect your organization against these attackers one can hire a security firm to perform a penetration test for their organization. The hired “attackers” break in to your system in order to determine how difficult or easy it is to do so and how much data of yours is actually at risk.
DNS attacks are among some common attacks as data proves 1/8 companies have befallen such an attack and lost data. Thus in order to prevent this, management must make sure the system possesses DNS security.
All in all the mentioned measures among others such as employee training, utilization of firewall and antivirus software, device managements etc. can assist you in protecting your business against cyber-attacks. At the end of the day an organization needs a proper procedure to prevent and handle cyber breaches and these measures can for sure give you more than a head start. | <urn:uuid:82c21ecb-31d6-4f8f-9117-1a58c9e7e892> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://securityonline.info/protect-your-business-against-cybercrime-and-ip-theft/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00671.warc.gz | en | 0.944449 | 785 | 2.40625 | 2 |
How Rigid Should A Brand Style Guide Be?
POINT: John Moore
A Brand Style Guide is essentially a internal communication compass. It provides guidance on how a business should communicate the Identity, Personality, and Authenticity of a brand.
The rigidness to which a business should follow its communication compass depends upon the culture of the company.
Some company cultures are very rigid with specific do’s and don’ts on communicating the brand. When I was at Starbucks Coffee, the company culture was VERY rigid in this manner.
Other company cultures are less rigid. Whole Foods Market gives tremendous autonomy to its regions to design and deliver marketing programs. Which means, inconsistencies exist in how the Whole Foods brand looks and feels in the Mid-Atlantic region versus the Southwest region.
My retail marketing advice is to be 100% rigid with the visual Identity of the brand. No matter where the brand’s logo and tagline appear, it should be 100% consistent with the direction provided in the style guide.
I think the rules are less rigid and more up to interpretation as it relates to the Personality of a brand. The emotional identity of brand should be understood by all marketers but ultimately, a company’s CEO, CMO or Marketing VP should be the arbiter of what’s on-brand and off-brand.
Every business must strive not to compromise the Authenticity of its brand. This should be 100% rigid. Businesses should create and follow a DO NOT COMPROMISE list of activities never to do and strictly follow that list. (Learn more here.)
A brand’s visual identity should be 100% consistent. It’s personality should be very consistent. And a brand’s authenticity should never be compromised.
COUNTERPOINT: Paul Williams
If I showed you a fragment of a glass bottle could you tell me the brand name and what the product was? Wait, before you answer… There is no label. You can’t see the brand name. The bottle is empty. You can’t even tell what color the product was.
I would answer “No” to this question… unless it was a fragment like you see below.
I could have shown you this small portion of their logo and you’d know the brand.
There’s even a chance that simply seeing the specific color red they use you could have guessed the brand.
This is all possible because since nearly 1886 this company has followed a rigid style guide for its packaging, logo style, and color. This contributes to why this is one of the most recognized brands on the planet.
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Back braces, also known as back supports, are categorized into immobilizing, corrective, or supportive. Corrective braces are used to treat kyphosis or idiopathic scoliosis. Immobilizing and supportive braces are used as a result of an injury. The treatment of injuries with a brace is controversial among medical personnel. Many believe that using a brace will cause the muscles to weaken, or the patient may become dependent on the brace. However, others think that it brings back full function sooner. Documented studies have shown improvement in more than one half of patients with lower back pain.
A properly worn back brace helps the wearer to achieve proper posture. If someone is wearing a brace, there is increased awareness of the position of your shoulders, pelvis, and lumbar spine. It’s a reminder to the person to avoid slouching and improper posture. Your shoulders and abdominals will be in proper alignment. If you have slumping shoulders, poor posture, or weak scapula muscles you may need a brace.
Working and spending more time on our computers has made more people than ever suffer from poor posture and neck and back problems. That in addition to carrying backpacks and briefcases takes a toll on posture. Wearing a back brace for posture has many benefits including
- Looking 10 lbs. lighter
- Looking 2 in taller
- More confident overall appearance
- Reduces injury to your shoulders, knees and hips
- Reduces stress on the joints in the spine.
Your ears, shoulders, hips, knees and ankles should all be in alignment. You should be able to hang a plumb line from the ear and the string would hang thru the middle of the ankle.
The Posture Support – Posture S’Port back brace for posture not only helps you keep your shoulders from slumping, it will also keep your spine in proper alignment. It can be worn over or under a shirt. It has criss cross straps that work like elastic suspenders that pull the shoulders and lower back to reduce shoulder and back pain. The straps that go under the arm are made of elastic covered with cotton fabric that won’t pinch. The waistband is adjustable.
The ITA-MED TLSO (Thoracic Lumbo Sacral Orthosis) Posture Corrector
provides more firm support than the Posture S’port Posture Support. It is a doctor recommended back brace for posture and provides abdominal support, middle and upper back support, and lumbo-sacral support.
A Clavicle Splint
is made of urethane foam to provide proper immobilizing. It has straps with Velcro straps. There are buckles on the pad that are used to adjust tension. It comes in 5 sizes
- x-small for infants
- small for children
- medium for youth and small adults
- large for adults
- x-large for large adults
It is made of urethane foam to provide proper immobilizing. It has straps with Velcro straps. There are buckles on the pad that are used to adjust tension. This is a good back brace for posture.
An Upper Back Support Brace fits over the back and around to the midriff and hooks at the waist in the front. It is made with Lycra Spandex powernet and nylon to firmly hold shoulders back so they are aligned with the abdominals.
A Clavicle Strap by Procare
is made of foam padded shoulder straps and an adjustment closure to prevent the straps from slipping. This back brace for posture is used for clavicle fractures as well as to straighten posture while sitting or standing.
The Oppo Back Brace for Posture is made of polyester, nylon, and rubber with a Velcro closure for adjustment. Two straps go around the shoulders and a third wraps around the midriff to securely close and adjust for proper fit.
A Posture Corrective Brace reduces slouching and hunching. It is made to adapt to your shape using non elastic straps and Velcro fasteners to adjust pressure and support. It doesn’t dig into the underarm area and has terry cloth protectors to keep back dry.
Jobar Magnetic Back and Shoulder Support that is comfortable even when worn under clothes. It has 12 magnets strategically placed down the center of the back and across the lower back. The support straps wrap around the front of the shoulders to hold them back for correct posture.
ShouldersBack Posture Support Brace
is a lightweight vest like brace that holds your shoulders back to improve your posture. Wearing the brace just an hour a day will retrain your muscles for better posture. The lightweight fabric “breathes” so you’ll stay cooler. It can be worn discreetly under clothes if you want to wear it for a longer time.
When you are purchasing your brace, make sure it is the proper fit. If your support doesn’t fit right it could actually worsen the effects on the spine. Do exercises to strengthen your back and help in improving your posture. Stretch two times a day to keep limber. Be mindful of your posture and before you know, it will be second nature. | <urn:uuid:88c10231-95db-40d8-ae8d-051d7234cea4> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://back-braceforposture.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281649.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00447-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937194 | 1,079 | 2.59375 | 3 |
he number of confirmed dengue fever cases have gone down in San Pedro since the outbreak was first reported a few weeks ago. On Friday, August 23rd the Ministry of Health (MoH) launched the dengue prevention campaign, “Keep San Pedro Dengue Free” due to 19 confirmed cases of dengue fever on Ambergris Caye. A team of ten public health officers were sent to Ambergris Caye to investigate and assist in tackling the dengue outbreak. The team inspected areas that were likely to be a breeding spots for the virus-transmitting mosquito Aedes Aegypti, a striped black and white mosquito. These areas included San Mateo, San Pablo, San Marcos, DFC and Boca del Rio areas.
According to San Pedro Health Inspector, Lisa Tillet the numbers of infected individuals has dropped, as only two confirmed infected cases of dengue have been reported since the initial report. “We will not say that the fear of contracting dengue fever is over, but it is being controlled. Fewer people are reporting dengue fever and that is good,” said Tillet.
According to the MoH, the reason for the spike in dengue fever on the island was due to the constant travelling to exposed countries that are high in numbers of dengue cases, such as El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras over the summer break. “Most case that were reported were not current cases. These people may have already contracted the disease elsewhere. The diversity of residents in San Pedro who are native to these countries and travel to these areas are most likely to be exposed to infected mosquitoes,” said Tillet. The weather has also been a contributing factor to the outbreak. Mosquitos breed in swampy and marshy areas, and due to the heavy rain several areas in San Pedro have become flooded with stagnant water that acts as a habitat for the larvae of mosquitoes. The rain has also affected the San Pedro Town Council’s efforts with the mosquito fogging machine, as the rain washes away the pesticide that is necessary to combat the mosquito population.
The MoH urges residents to take proper precautions to prevent mosquito bites. Screening windows or keeping windows closed at sunset and sunrise can help prevent mosquitoes from entering the home. These are the prime times that mosquitoes feed. Residents should get tested at the Polyclinic if any symptoms of dengue are noted. Symptoms include very high fever, headache, rash, joint and muscle pain and retro-orbital pain (pain behind the eyes). Residents should also avoid having containers that collect water in the yard; such containers should be properly sealed to avoid mosquito breeding sites.
“We encourage people to get tested at the first sign of contracting the disease. Please bear in mind; dengue can kill, especially if it is not the first time one contracts dengue. If you have had dengue before without knowing, you are prone to developing hemorrhagic dengue the second time around, with canencephalopathy, liver damage, residual brain damage, seizures and even death due to shock.”
To get tested for dengue fever, visit the Dr. Otto Rodriguez San Pedro PolyClinic II during normal working hours.
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Forum set to discuss teen issues
Organizations team up to find ways to aid parents
Steamboat Springs — Steamboat Springs High School is partnering with a local prevention association to find ways to help parents deal with issues that local teens face every day.
The school district and Grand Futures Prevention Coalition have invited several organizations to a meeting to talk about ways parents can tackle issues such as vandalism, threats, bullying, drugs, alcohol and sex.
“We want to generate conversation about ways we can build partnerships between parents and the high school and (between) the community and the high school to deal with issues students face,” said Cyndy Simms, superintendent of the Steamboat school district.
Agencies that have been invited to help organize a parental outreach program include Partners in Routt County, Colorado Mountain College, Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association, Young Life, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Juvenile Diversion and Advocates Against Battering and Abuse.
Officials from the Steamboat Springs Police Department and the Routt County Sheriff’s Office have also been invited to the meeting, which is at 4 p.m. today at Steamboat Springs High School, 45 Maple St.
The school and the coalition will discuss ways to get parents together to discuss topics that may include recent events and student behavior in and outside of school.
“We are trying to come up with a program that gives parents an outlet to help them with issues,” said Brooke Lachman, project manager for Grand Futures. “Parents have expressed they would like a little more support.”
One issue the group will discuss is the concept of getting parents together in small groups.
Simms said a family can host such a meeting in its home and invite neighbors to talk about issues.
This is not the first time the high school and Grand Futures have teamed up.
A few years ago, high school students and the coalition held a number of community forums for residents to discuss youth activities.
The school district and the organization also work together to survey students about alcohol and drug use.
“We have had a number of successful ventures with Grand Futures,” Simms said. “This time, we are going to take a different approach.”
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posted on May, 17 2005 @ 01:21 PM
Well it would seem the Kyoto would have covered this one, I think that Congress should pass a law telling Hawaii that they have 180 to stop the
pollution or start receiving fines form the United Nations and EPA.
Kilauea the nation's top producer of sulfur dioxide
By PETER SERAFIN
May 17, 2005, 10:18 AM EDT
VOLCANO, Hawaii -- Kilauea volcano, one of Hawaii's most popular tourist attractions, is also by far the state's worst air polluter. Researchers now
are trying to determine if that also makes it one of the state's biggest health risks.
Since it began erupting on Jan. 3, 1983, the volcano has been sending an average of 1,000 metric tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere each day,
according to the Hawaii chapter of the American Lung Association.
This is 6,000 times the amount emitted by a major industrial polluter on the mainland, making Kilauea the nation's top producer of sulfur dioxide.
The sulfur dioxide from Kilauea reacts with other chemicals in the air to form a hazy, naturally occurring pollution known locally as "vog," or
volcanic smog. When the lava enters the ocean, concentrations of hydrochloric acid are also formed.
The earliest mention of vog in the press were in 1950. Most of these early reports mentioned eye irritation and allergy-like symptoms, but generally
implied the condition was benign. But by the mid-1980s, Hawaii had the highest asthma death rate in the country, according to the Journal of Allergy
and Clinical Immunology.
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Last week through my Facebook fan page, I shared a picture from my phone while preparing these delicious breads. They are super easy to make, and can use traditional burgers, veggie burgers or just fill it with ham and avocado, achieving a fabulous and healthy sandwich.
Recipe adapted from Celine Steen.
- 1 cup of warm water (105°-115°F) (40°-46°C)
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1 tablespoon of molasses
- 1 ½ cups of spelt flour
- 1 ½ cups of whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable or canola oil
- Combine the warm water with the yeast and molasses in a small bowl. Let it stand for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, in the bowl of the mixer (if you use one), mix the flours, salt and oil, unite a little and then add the yeast combination. Combine everything well and knead the dough for about 5 minutes. Then knead for a couple of minutes more.
- Form a ball with the dough and place it on a platter or bowl. Cover it with plastic wrap, and let it stand for 1 ½ hours until it rises to twice its volume.
- Prepare the baking tray, cover with parchment paper, or you can alternatively use one of those silicone mats.
- Divide the dough into 6 equal portions, forming small ball-shaped lumps.
- Cover with a cloth or with the same plastic wrap, and let it rest for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
- Bake for 14 minutes.
- Once they’re cold or warm, you can make the sandwich to your liking.
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"All post work was done in Premiere Pro CC (2015.2). I decided to use slow motion for the entire sequence because the movements of the butterflies was more interesting and easier to see when slowed down. If you're using 60fps footage in a 23.976 fps sequence like this, a 40% speed is the adjustment needed to slow down the footage to the point where no frames are dropped or duplicated. I decided I wanted to go even slower, and test out Premiere's new optical flow time remapping. I tried a few speeds and decided to stick with 25% speed (almost twice as slow as 60fps footage, so close to 120 fps). A few clips had some ugly artifacts caused by the optical flow so I had to cut them. You can still see some artifacts in the first shot of the video if you step through frame by frame. Overall I was very impressed with Premiere's optical flow, it took a lot less render time than expected and produced good results in general."
"I also wanted to test out Premiere's new H.265 feature. H.265, or High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC) is the successor to MP4/AVC/H.264 and many say it is supposed to deliver the same visual quality as MP4 with half of the file size (bitrate). I always test my export settings before I decide to deliver using them, to make sure the most quality is retained. What I did here was to set the sequence to render at a number of different bitrates in HEVC and AVC to compare. I then imported the exports into the project and compared each to the original sequence. I put the export on a new track above the sequence and set its blend mode to Difference, then looked at which ones showed the least artifacts to determine which was losing the most and least detail.
I found that HEVC at 5 Mbps actually retained more detail on all the clips in the sequence than AVC did at 15 Mbps! That's 1/3 the file size and still looking better, which is incredible. Also, I tested Cineform's lossless codec and HEVC at 10 Mbps retained more detail than Cineform at over 200 Mbps! Granted, Cineform is still 12-bit RGBA and HEVC is 8-bit, but it's still an impressive accomplishment for HEVC."
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Flashback: Candidate Obama Promises To Go Into Pakistan And Kill Osama Bin Laden
Some campaign promises get kept.
He said it more than once. The Democratic candidate in an October 2008 debate with John McCain:
TOM BROKAW: Next question for Senator Obama. It comes from the F Section, and it’s from Katie Hamm. Katie?
KATIE: Should the United States respect Pakistani sovereignty and not pursue al Qaeda terrorists who maintain bases there, or should we ignore their borders and pursue our enemies, like we did in Cambodia during the Vietnam War?
SEN. OBAMA: Well, Katie, it’s a terrific question.
And we have a difficult situation in Pakistan. I believe that part of the reason we have a difficult situation is because we made a bad judgment going into Iraq in the first place when we hadn’t finished the job of hunting down bin Laden and crushing al Qaeda.
So what happened was we got distracted, we diverted resources, and ultimately bin Laden escaped, set up base camps in the mountains of Pakistan in the northwest provinces there…
But I do believe that we have to change our policies with Pakistan. We can’t coddle, as we did, a dictator, give him billions of dollars, and then he’s making peace treaties with the Taliban and militants. What I have said is we’re going encourage democracy in Pakistan, expand our non-military aid to Pakistan so that they have more of a stake in working with us, but insisting that they go after these militants.
And if we have Osama bin Laden in our sights and the Pakistani government is unable or unwilling to take them out, then I think that we have to act, and we will take them out.
We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.Click here for reuse options!
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FISTFUL OF STARS
A VIRTUAL REALITY EXPLORATION OF THE COSMOS
FISTFUL OF STARS is the world’s first Virtual Reality exploration of the cosmos alongside the Hubble Telescope that transports you inside of the Orion Nebula and reveals the cosmic connections between humans and the stars.
There might be no better method to hotshot the conceivable outcomes of computer generated reality than by investigating the universe. We’ve just observed some early space encounters, as Adr1ft, yet you can anticipate that specialists should continue testing as the VR environment develops. Fistful of Stars, which makes a big appearance this week at SXSW, is an eager endeavor at pushing VR space encounters forward. It dispatches you into the core of the Orion Nebula, where you see a star being conceived very close. It’s the kind of thing space geeks have constantly longed for, but at the same time it’s captivating enough for anybody to appreciate (and ideally become familiar with some things).
Fistful of Stars began as a component of The Hubble Cantata, a live exhibition that occurred in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park the previous summer. Six thousand individuals in the crowd wore Google Cardboard headsets and ventured through the Orion Nebula as an approach to indicate how VR, something that is ordinarily observed as disengaging, could likewise be a social gathering knowledge. While they were on their virtual field trip, they were serenaded by a 20-piece ensemble and 100-man ensemble. | <urn:uuid:ca62ad87-ef18-46b5-94dd-acdbeedaef1e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://escapetovr.com/2019/05/12/fistful-of-stars/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00471.warc.gz | en | 0.948169 | 312 | 1.96875 | 2 |
Boeing’s CST-100 is completing some of its testing by spending time in a pool. The CST-100 spacecraft has passed airbag drop tests, wind tunnel tests and a water drop test and, most recently, water landing recovery tests.
The CST-100 is designed to land on dry land, but can also land in water in an emergency situation, which is why Boeing engineers, NASA and Department of Defense search and recovery teams travelled to Bigelow Aerospace in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
"While a water landing is unlikely, it’s important that we test the spacecraft in all scenarios that may come up. Safety of our crew is top priority for us,” said Alex Diaz, test manager for the water recovery scenario.
The testing was done July 8 at Bigelow Aerospace in North Las Vegas, Nev., as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative.
The CST-100 will transport crew members and cargo to low Earth orbit destinations such as the International Space Station and Bigelow’s planned station. The first piloted orbital flight of the CST-100 capsule is scheduled for 2016.
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This year’s CES, like every show since the exhibition’s origins in the late ’60s, is all about the trends. Virtual reality, smartwatches, and autonomous drones continue to dominate the showroom floor, along with smart gadgets designed to bring convenience and functionality to your personal abode. However, there’s one sector of consumer technology that grows solidly with every passing year — 3D printing.
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Christiane Amanpour and Hassan Rouhani (Photo: CNN)
While interviewing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Christiane Amanpour declared, “One of the things your predecessor used to do from this very platform was deny the Holocaust and pretend that it was a myth,” before asking his his thoughts on the Holocaust.
Rouhani replied, though hedging a bit, “I can say that any crime that is committed in history against humanity, such as the crimes committed by the Nazis, whether against Jews or non-Jews, from our viewpoint is completely condemned. Just as if today a crime is committed against any nation, religion, ethnicity or belief, we condemn that crime or genocide.”
Therefore, what the Nazis did is condemnable. The dimensions of it which you say, is the responsibility of historians and researchers to make those dimensions clear. I am not a historian myself.
However, this point should be clear: If a crime took place, that crime should not be a cover for a nation or group to justify their crimes or oppression against others. Therefore, if the Nazis committed a crime, and however much it was, we condemn that, because genocide or mass murder is condemned.
From our viewpoint, it doesn’t matter if the person killed is Jewish, Christian or Muslim. From our viewpoint, [it] does not make difference. Killing an innocent human is rejected and condemned. But this cannot be a reason for 60 years to displace a people from their land and say that the Nazis committed crimes. That crime [too] is condemned; occupying the land of others is also condemned from our viewpoint.When you hear all this hoopla about how an Iranian official finally admitted the historical reality of the Holocaust, remember this:
During his now-infamous appearance at Columbia University in September 2007, Ahmadinejad referred to the Holocaust as "a present reality of our time, a history that occurred" and continued rhetorically:
…given this historical event, if it is a reality, we need to still question whether the Palestinian people should be paying for it or not. After all, it happened in Europe. The Palestinian people had no role to play in it. So why is it that the Palestinian people are paying the price of an event they had nothing to do with?
The Palestinian people didn't commit any crime. They had no role to play in World War II. They were living with the Jewish communities and the Christian communities in peace at the time. They didn’t have any problems.
And today, too, Jews, Christians and Muslims live in brotherhood all over the world in many parts of the world. They don’t have any serious problems.
But why is it that the Palestinians should pay a price, innocent Palestinians, for 5 million people to remain displaced or refugees abroad for 60 years. Is this not a crime?He summed up his perspective this way: "I am not saying that it [the Holocaust] didn’t happen at all. This is not that judgment that I am passing here. I said…granted this happened, what does it have to do with the Palestinian people?"
Such comments echoed Ahmadinejad’s earlier statements. In mid-December 2005, early in his tenure as president, Ahmadinejad was already employing the rhetorical device of asking a question in order to prove a point. ”If the killing of Jews in Europe is true,” he said at a conference in Tehran, “and the Zionists are being supported because of this excuse, why should the Palestinian nation pay the price?” He repeated this question a few days later at a rally in southern Iran, and reiterated his position in early 2006.
In comments reported by Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Ahmadinejad asked rhetorically, “Don’t you think that continuation of genocide by expelling Jews from Europe was one of their [the Europeans'] aims in creating a regime of occupiers of Al-Quds [Jerusalem]?” Here, Ahmadinejad is clearly affirming the Nazi “genocide” – which he called a “human tragedy” – and noting that the subsequent European endorsement of Zionism – which he called a “Western ideology and imperialistic idea” – and encouragement of Jewish emigration from Europe to Palestine constituted another form of ethnic cleansing.
“Why don’t the Europeans who perpetrated the crime pay the price themselves?” the Iranian president asked, adding, “In fact, the Europeans have practiced ethnic cleansing against the Jews in Europe by expelling the Jews from all the European states.”
In a letter sent to German leader Angela Merkel in September 2006, Ahmadinejad noted, “Using the excuse for the settlement of the survivors of the Holocaust, they encouraged the Jews worldwide to migrate and today a large part of the inhabitants of the occupied territories are non-European Jews. If tyranny and killing is condemned in one part of the world, can we acquiesce and go along with tyranny, killing, occupation and assassinations in another part of the world simply in order to redress the past wrongs?”
This acknowledgement of past wrongs and questioning their exploitation and the legitimacy of their consequences was echoed in February 2007 by Ali Akbar Velayati, a close advisor to Iranian leader Ali Khamenei. Speaking with European journalist Bernard Guetta about the claims of Iranian Holocaust denial, he stated, “One may wonder about that genocide’s number of victims without denying that it took place, and, may I remind you on this topic, that it was committed by Europeans, Nazis, and that the way to that massacre had been prepared by all the European persecutions of the preceding centuries, beginning with those organized by Spain?”
When asked directly whether he believes “the [Nazi Holocaust] genocide is a historical reality,” Velayati was clear: “Yes,” he said, “but we do not agree that this reality should be used to justify the oppression of the Palestinians.”
In an interview with Asia Source the same month, Mohammad Javad Zarif - then Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations and currently Iran's Foreign Minister under Rouhani - delivered this comprehensive response to the often-asked question of whether President Ahmadinejad "denies the Holocaust":
He never has denied the Holocaust. He has said why is it that Palestinians have to pay the price for a crime that was committed somewhere else? Did the Palestinians have any role in it?
The Holocaust was an atrocity, it was a genocide, and not the only genocide. Genocides are taking place in today's world. We had the genocide in Rwanda. We've had genocide, ethnic cleansing, in Yugoslavia. But did anybody else become the victim of these genocides, who had nothing to do with them, in order to address the wrongs that were done to the victims? Why is it that the Palestinians have to pay the price for a horrible crime that was committed against the Jewish people by the Europeans. Not by the Muslims, not by Middle Easterners. This is a question.
Now some people do not like to answer this question so they use sentimental statements of Holocaust denier and statements of the sort. The question that needs to be asked is whether crimes that have been committed can in fact be the basis of committing other crimes. If the slogan is, "Never again," then it should be "Never again for anybody" not just for one group. Never again for Palestinians. Never again for Rwandese. Never again for Bosnian Muslims. Never again for Jews. Never again for anybody.
And I simply do not understand why so much acrimony is being built around this simple question: What did the Palestinians have to do with the Holocaust?With this in mind, consider this statement from 1956:
If I were an Arab leader I would never make terms with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country… There has been anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their [the Palestinians'] fault? They only see one thing: we have come here and stolen their country. Why should they accept that? They may perhaps forget in one or two generations’ time, but for the moment there is no chance.Who could have possibly said that?
In response to this post, the purpose of which is to demonstrate a certain consistency in official Iranian statements over the years that is often ignored by the mainstream press, longtime Mondoweiss critic Armin Rosen tweeted this:
. @Mondoweiss, Holocaust revisionism enthusiasts: http://t.co/9AyXOniEJ9
— Armin Rosen (@ArminRosen) September 27, 2013
Condemning Mondoweiss or myself as trafficking in Holocaust revisionism is absurd. Nowhere in the above post are any of the comments made by Iranian officials endorsed or justified. Furthermore, the attention paid to what Iranians say about the horrifying and undeniable systematic extermination of millions of Jews by the Nazis – something no Iranian had anything to do with – is, in itself, curious.
There is no doubt that, in addition to the quotes listed above, Ahmadinejad has said a number of more inflammatory comments regarding the Holocaust, often questioning the scope of the genocide and insisting that more research be conducted. Holocaust skepticism – and appealing to historians over politicians to seek answers – is surely one aspect of (if not tantamount to) Holocaust denial. While Ahmadinejad has said, ”I believe the Holocaust from what we’ve read happened during World War II, after 1930, in the 1940s,” he has also been quoted as calling the Holocaust a “big lie.”
It should also be noted that, in official Iranian discourse, no mention of the Holocaust goes without an attendant reference to the occupation and oppression of Palestinians. The purpose of doing so, it would appear, is not necessarily to even equate these two distinct tragedies, but rather to explicitly question and condemn the exploitation of the Holocaust in order to justify the subsequent ethnic cleansing and colonization of Palestine.
Over the course of his public and private appearances this week, Rouhani’s repeated comments on the Holocaust continue to follow the official Iranian line, while, admittedly addressing the accusation of “denial” directly.
On Wednesday morning, he told a gathering of journalists and editors, “The Nazis committed a crime in World War II. As to the scale of the massacres, and the numbers that my predecessor mentioned, let’s leave that to the historians,” adding that the Nazis committed a “massacre that cannot be denied – especially against the Jewish people,” he said, calling it a “horrendous crime.”
At the Council on Foreign Relations Thursday night, Rouhani said:
I think that I have responded in one or two interviews in which I was asked about it and I explained that we condemn the crimes by Nazis in the World War II and regrettably those crimes were committed against many groups, many people, many people were killed including a group of Jewish people. And we condemn their crimes.
In general, we condemn the murder and killing of innocent people always. It makes no difference to us. When that person is innocent and is killed, whether he or she was Jewish, or Christian, or Muslim, there’s just no difference in our eyes. We condemn crimes as such.
But the argument here is that if the Nazis committed a crime, this does not mean that the price paid for it should be done by other people elsewhere. This should not serve as any justification to push out from their homes a group of people because of what Nazis did.To claim that these comments are so divergent from repeated statements made by Ahmadinejad would be disingenuous. What is different with this new Iranian president, however, is an unwillingness – and hopefully no interest – in deliberately poking Western and Israeli taboos, something his predecessor clearly relished. Gone are the days of Holocaust Conferences and nauseating cartoon contests.
There is no doubt that the horror of the Holocaust is constantly used by Israeli leaders and their acolytes here in the United States to fear-monger, demonize and beat the drums of war against Iran. In a recent column, M.J. Rosenberg deftly articulated very wise words about the issue of Iranian Holocaust comments:
I wish Rouhani would just drop the ugly and offensive quibbling about the Holocaust. All he needs to do is speak the truth: the Holocaust happened; 6,000,000 Jews were killed along with millions of others; and all the mass killing constituted a crime against humanity. Period. End of controversy. Friend of both truth and peace celebrate: the war lobby weeps.
But Rouhani resists that kind of formulation, although he does condemn the Holocaust, albeit a little vaguely.
If Rouhani is prepared to negotiate over nuclear weapons, why do we care what he says about the Holocaust (it would be different if he acknowledged it and endorsed it). The government of Turkey, our NATO ally, denies the Armenian genocide and Turkey perpetrated it. Japan, our closest friend in Asia, still denies the Rape of Nanking and all the other war crimes Japan committed in China in the 1930′s. Congress forced the Smithsonian Institute to eviscerate its exhibit on the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for hinting that there might have been alternatives to using nuclear weapons. There are dozens of more examples, maybe even more than dozens.
But again, so what?
Denying the Holocaust is ugly and stupid but so is the “Holocaust denial industry,” by which I mean those who profit by saying the Holocaust didn’t happen and those who profit by obsessing over what they consider to be Holocaust denial. (In that later category, I include those who consider it Holocaust denial if one dares to say that people other than Jews were Holocaust victims every bit as much as Jews were.) All these people desecrate the memories of the victims, — all the victims but especially the 6,000,000 Jews who are being used to score political points.
Originally posted at Mondoweiss.
September 30, 2013 - In an interview with George Stephanopoulos, which aired on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday September 29, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif condemned the Holocaust as a "heinous crime" and a "genocide." He also addressed an oft-referenced phrase - rendered as "the myth of the massacre of Jews" - which appears in a translation of a February 2006 speech by Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamanei.
"The Holocaust is not a myth. Nobody's talking about a myth," Zarif said, calling the phrase "a bad translation."
"This is the problem when you translate something from Persian to English, you may lose something, as the film goes, 'Lost in Translation,' you may lose some of the meaning," he continued, adding:
We condemn the killing of innocent people, whether it happened in Nazi Germany or whether it’s happening in Palestine... [The] Holocaust was a heinous crime, it was a genocide, it must never be allowed to be repeated, but that crime cannot be and should not be a justification to trample the rights of the Palestinian people for 60 years.*****
October 1, 2013 - It is unsurprising that career champions of right-wing Zionism and military conflict with Iran aren't fans of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
For instance, Jonathan Tobin - the
"The point is," Tobin wrote this past week, "if you are agnostic about the scale of the Holocaust, you are, in effect, a denier."
With this in mind, one might recall an anecdote recounted by Yossi Sarid, former Israeli parliamentarian and current Ha'aretz columnist, a year after the Mavi Marmara massacre, when Israeli relations with Turkey were at their worst. During his years in the Knesset (1974-2006), Sarid had long advocated for the Israeli government, with its historically strong ties to Turkey, to urge formal recognition of the Armenian genocide, only to be rebuffed time and again due to political convenience. Recalling one interaction in particular, Sarid wrote in late 2011:
Eleven years ago, on the 85th memorial day, I went to the Armenian church in Jerusalem, and as "a human being, as a Jew, as an Israeli and as the minister of education of the State of Israel" - that is how I introduced myself - I spoke about the historical justice that must be done, about the special commitment of the Jewish people to the Armenian people, and about my plan to teach our students the universal significance of genocide.
The scandal erupted immediately. My prime minister objected sharply, and Ehud Barak was swiftly joined by Shimon Peres: "These events," he said, "should be left to historians and not to politicians."I wonder if Jonathan Tobin believes Barak and Peres to be genocide deniers. If he does, he should say so.
February 3, 2014 - Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday February 2, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif disassociated the Rouhani administration from its successor, saying, "Of course we don't make the same statement the previous government made. But [Israeli] policies have deprived the Palestinian people of the most elemental rights. Until this is discussed the crisis is not going away."
When asked directly about the Holocaust, Zarif replied that it was "tragically cruel and should not happen again," adding, "We have nothing against the Jews. We do not feel threatened by anyone."
"The rights of the Palestinians have been violated by Israel for 60 years," Zarif reiterated.
The following day, Zarif told the German Council of Foreign Relations, "We will not start a military operation against anyone - I say: against anyone," and conducted a lengthy interview with Germany’s Phoenix TV, during which he was - obviously - asked about the Holocaust.
Well, let me make it clear. I come from a tradition where, according to Islamic scripture, the killing of one individual is unforgivable, let alone killing millions. A horrifying tragedy occurred and it should never occur again.
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PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced that the final round of mosquito testing for 2021 conducted by the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) State Health Laboratories has confirmed no new positive findings of either West Nile Virus (WNV) or Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). DEM collected 158 samples of mosquitoes from 45 traps set statewide Sept. 29 to Oct. 12. Trapping has concluded for the 2021 mosquito season.
For the season, the RIDOH State Health Laboratories tested 2,598 mosquito pools collected from June 2 through Oct. 12, six of which tested positive for WNV (two positive pools in East Providence and a single pool each in Cranston, Warren, Johnston, and Glocester). No mosquito pools tested positive for EEE.
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- At sunrise and sundown (when mosquitoes that carry EEE are most active), consider rescheduling outdoor activities that occur during evening or early morning. If you must be outside, wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants and use bug spray.
- Use EPA-approved bug spray with one of the following active ingredients: DEET (20-30% strength); picaridin, IR3535; and oil of lemon eucalyptus or paramenthane. Always read the label and follow all directions and precautions.
- Do not use bug spray with DEET on infants under two months of age. Children should be careful not to rub their eyes after bug spray has been applied on their skin. Wash children's hands with soap and water to remove any bug spray when they return indoors.
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THE ROLE OF ACOUSTIC CAVITATION IN ENHANCED ULTRASOUND-INDUCED HEATING IN A TISSUE-MIMICKING PHANTOM
Edson, Patrick Lee
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A complete understanding of high-intensity focused ultrasound-induced temperature changes in tissue requires insight into all potential mechanisms for heat deposition. Applications of therapeutic ultrasound often utilize acoustic pressures capable of producing cavitation activity. Recognizing the ability of bubbles to transfer acoustic energy into heat generation, a study of the role bubbles play in tissue hyperthermia becomes necessary. These bubbles are typically less than 50μm. This dissertation examines the contribution of bubbles and their motion to an enhanced heating effect observed in a tissue-mimicking phantom. A series of experiments established a relationship between bubble activity and an enhanced temperature rise in the phantom by simultaneously measuring both the temperature change and acoustic emissions from bubbles. It was found that a strong correlation exists between the onset of the enhanced heating effect and observable cavitation activity. In addition, the likelihood of observing the enhanced heating effect was largely unaffected by the insonation duration for all but the shortest of insonation times, 0.1 seconds. Numerical simulations were used investigate the relative importance of two candidate mechanisms for heat deposition from bubbles as a means to quantify the number of bubbles required to produce the enhanced temperature rise. The energy deposition from viscous dissipation and the absorption of radiated sound from bubbles were considered as a function of the bubble size and the viscosity of the surrounding medium. Although both mechanisms were capable of producing the level of energy required for the enhanced heating effect, it was found that inertial cavitation, associated with high acoustic radiation and low viscous dissipation, coincided with the the nature of the cavitation best detected by the experimental system. The number of bubbles required to account for the enhanced heating effect was determined through the numerical study to be on the order of 150 or less. | <urn:uuid:bf4bb311-35ad-4c5c-a58d-75233427855f> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://dcommon.bu.edu/handle/2144/1370 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719566.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00262-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929663 | 402 | 2.40625 | 2 |
ABB’s change-over and transfer switches are designed to transfer loads from one power source to another in a wide variety of applications.
The range includes switches from 16 to 3200 Amperes, which can be operated manually, remotely by using a motor or automatically.
The most compact solution
With an advanced and compact design, ABB’s change-over and transfer switches can be installed in confined spaces
ABB’s change-over and transfer switches are tested according to IEC 60947-6-1 and IEC 60947-3 standards. The switches have ratings in AC31 and AC33 utilization categories, up to 415 V. In motorized switches, the motor operators have a wide voltage operation range
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Service continuity is ensured with a number of built-in, integrated safety features. For instance, the change-over mechanism has stable positions shown reliably. Unwanted manual and remote operation can be prevented. Manual operation is always possible in emergency situations.
- Suitable for your application
Easy and flexible installation
Depending on the size, the switch can be mounted in different positions, on the panel door or DIN rail. Snap-on accessories and connections are available.
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Designing remedial education. Education meets psychiatry.
Education and psychiatry meet as a result of a teacher broadening her scope to encompass adult psychiatry. Eve Mandre sheds light on the silent knowledge inherent in remedial education by highlighting the individual factors involved and putting words t
Source Type:Master's Thesis
Keywords:TECHNOLOGY; Autism; Metod- och teoribildning; Lärande och specialpedagogisk design
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Long Walk Original Manuscript (Image #544) - Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Welcome to the Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project. Our aim is to locate, document, digitise, and provide access to all archival materials related to Nelson Mandela. This is a work in progress. Here is a selection of materials arranged in exhibits for your enjoyment.
Title: Long Walk Original Manuscript (Image #544)
Transcript: Our was a poltiical trial par excellence and political issues dominated it from beginning to end. It was not only a judicial examination in which the judge tried to determine questions of law and fact but a continuation of the anti apartheid struggle that was raging fiercely here at home and for which South Africa was being bombarded by democratic forces in every part of the world.
In this context we were right in the front line and our whole bearing and tactics were influenced partly by this fact and the knowledge that history was on our side. Moreover to anticipate accurately the line your opponent will take in dealing with you is frustrating to him, for such anticipation is equivalent to taking over his weapons and using them against him.
The State had hoped to pin on us he label of irresponsible and untruthful agitators who were out to murder all and sundry including the aged and children and who would rape women when operations started. But the fact was that men who were facing a capital offence showed more respect for truth than their opponents and destroyed all prospect of the enemy exploiting the case to his advantage.
The first defence witness was Walter Sisulu. He had to bear the brunt of the cross examination the prosecution had prepared for me. In his characteristic calm and collected manner he withstood what was perhaps the severst barrage of questions to be put to the accused. Always a dependable representative of the movement he explained our policy in simple and clear terms. He admitted that
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One of the most common problems that occur when people have an unfortunate accident at a younger age, is that usually that person has done absolutely nothing to set their affairs in order in the unfortunate event of their death. This usually leaves the family – aside from grieving after such a tremendous loss – to also deal with how to manage your final affairs for you. That includes what to do with all of the stuff you’ve accumulated during your life, what to do with your banking accounts and investments, and everything else that makes up a person’s life.
These days, a very big part of that life involves a whole list of online activities and data. More and more people are making use of things like a Picasa web album to store family photos, Google + to post daily life news and events, YouTube to publish both public and private videos, and so much more. In a lifetime of over 20 years, that information can consist of a tremendous volume of private, personal, and sometimes even very important information and history.
If you think about it, through text, images, and videos, you’ve documented your own life through your online activities. In past years, a person’s life might have been documented in written form. A few of those became quite famous for representing an important era in history – journals like that of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Anne Frank, and so many others.
What will happen to your documented life when you die? Will it disappear into the digital sea after your accounts become delinquent and get deleted? Is that really what all of your online efforts were about – to disappear into a meaningless heap of deleted bits?
I say no, and Google’s solution that Joshua recently reported on called the Google Inactive Account Manager, can give you the peace of mind that your online information will not go to waste when you’re gone.
Protecting Your Documented Online Life
If you’re anything like me, then you probably have your online life centered in large part around Google products. Whether it’s YouTube, Google Search, Blogger, Google + or anything else offered by Google – the fact remains that Google is now handling the bulk of most of our online lives. This perfectly positions Google as the central place to go if you want to protect your online data.
Google has answered the need for a sort of online “will” with the “Google Inactive Account Manager” service. You can find this service in your Google account settings page, toward the bottom, under the “Account Management” section.
You’ll see some text explaining that you can control what happens to your account once you “stop using Google”. This is a gentle way of saying, “This is how you can control what we do with your stuff when you die.”
If you click on “Learn more and go to setup“, you’ll find yourself on a screen that walks you through each step of setting up your Google “online will”. Google provides several services that you can enact once your account goes inactive – including defining what “inactive” means, and what Google is supposed to do with all of your “stuff”.
The first step is to add phone numbers to your account for receiving an alert once your account goes inactive and the actions you define are about to go into action.
There are two ways you can use this. You can use your own phone number just in case you aren’t dead – maybe you’re off hiking the appalachian trail or something – and you’ll get a warning alert that your online “will” is about to go into action.
Or, you could set this number up to be that of a very close friend or family member that you want alerted to the fact that your Google Inactive Account Manager plan is going into effect. This might also be the same person or people that you want to entrust the management of your online data after you’re gone.
The next step in the inactive account manager plan is to tell Google how long to wait before making the decision that you’re no longer around, and to put your plan into action. The time frame defaults to 3 months.
However, you can extend this out to 6 months, 9 months or a year. If you are planning a very long trip somewhere that will take over 3 months, you might want to make sure to increase this time period so that your inactive account plan doesn’t go into action when you didn’t intend it to.
The most important part of that plan of course, is the next step. This is where you’ll connect up to 10 contacts who you want notified that your Google account has gone inactive. The heart of the Inactive Account Manager feature is the sharing data part – you can save your online life for future generations by having your account data shared out to all of those trusted friends and family.
Click “Add trusted contact“, and either type in the person’s email address or name. If you type the name, Google will look up the name from your list of existing Google Contacts.
To activate the data sharing feature, just check off the box next to “Share my data with this contact“, and then follow the wizard that will take you through selecting which Google products that you want to share data with that contact. What’s kind of cool here is that you can select contacts and products specifically, so for example if you have a friend that you know is brilliant at blogging, you can share your Blogger data with that person. If you know someone that would love to have the photos that you’ve stored on Picasa, you can share your Picasa data with that person.
This is how you can spread your life story and your legacy, but making sure your documented online life lives on even after you’re gone.
And of course, the next step is my favorite feature – the “auto response” email.
This is sort of a surreal “out of office” type message that Google will send to anyone that emails you after your account has gone inactive. You can basically take the time now to write up a deeply thoughtful and meaningful message to everyone for after you’re gone. Once those people email you when you’re gone, they’ll receive your customized “last words” – and it’ll be just like you’re speaking to them from the grave. It’s going to be the last message that they ever receive from you, so make it count!
Finally, you have the option once all of the previous steps have been completed, to entirely delete your account. This means everything. No more Google + account, no more Blogger blog, and no more YouTube videos. It all disappears when you do.
There are pros and cons to doing a total delete. Some people feel that it’s a privacy issue – no one needs to have some account laying around somewhere ready to be hacked and hijacked (I’ve seen this happen to a deceased person’s account before). On the other hand, deleting everything basically wipes your life away from the online world – everything you were and everything you represented online would be gone, at least insofar as it was hosted on a Google product. Basically, the decision to do this is a personal one.
So there you have it, Google’s Inactive Account Manager. It’s basically Google’s version of an online last will and testament. I actually plan to lay this all out for my own account, just in case. You never know what tomorrow brings – why not be prepared?
Do you plan to use the Google Inactive Account Manager? Which features do you think are valuable and which aren’t? Share your own thoughts in the comment section below.
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The expert group on the European Food Security Crisis Preparedness and Response…
Located in Mercabarna, 15 minutes from the center of Barcelona, the new center has a total area of 20,420 m2 with 13,582 m2 of production area including cutting, filleting and processing areas for beef, sheep, pork and poultry products. Of the work area, more than 8,000 m2 are refrigerated area, supplied with more than 1,600 kW of refrigeration power, which allows us to produce both fresh and frozen products.
To offer the best ecological profile of this new infrastructure, the refrigerants used are products without residue and clean for the environment (glycol and ammonia), the air conditioning of the offices is carried out by hot and cold water in addition to having photovoltaic panels that provide more than 100 kW of energy. As a measure within the principles of the circular economy, hot water is obtained by reusing the heat generated by our own machinery.
Finally, this new infrastructure has its own treatment plant, as well as a specific selective waste collection system.
Thanks to this development, it is possible to integrate meat production lines that include fresh and frozen products, filleted, elaborated, pieces and channels to serve more than 1,500 daily orders from all markets: from local restaurants to international export markets, going through most of the modern layout. | <urn:uuid:df5cf9dc-283c-456d-a6e0-0303c136598e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.anafric.es/en/to-celebrate-its-centenary-companyia-general-carnia-launches-its-new-productive-infrastructur/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572163.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815085006-20220815115006-00670.warc.gz | en | 0.945349 | 281 | 1.984375 | 2 |
Faculty and graduate students in the Department of History conduct path-breaking research in a wide variety of fields on a diverse range of topics. Faculty members have published books with prestigious university presses, and their articles have appeared in the principal scholarly journals in the fields of American, European, Asian, and World History.
Faculty research specialties in U.S. history include: urban environmental history; 1960s urban policy; the social and cultural history of the American West; American borderlands; U.S. foreign relations; Native American sovereignty; 20th-century U.S. religious history; women, gender and colonialism; and immigration and labor. Our European historians are conducting research on slavery in the early modern Atlantic world; 19th-century French intellectual history; war memory in the 20th century; Russian and East European social and cultural history; the British Empire; and early modern European social, cultural, and religious history. Our world historians are working on such subjects as Afro-Caribbean encounters; Japan during the Second World War; Islamic civilization; ethnicity, religion, and nationalism in modern China; and British imperialism in Southwest Asia.
The department maintains a particularly strong research focus in the history of the American West and the Pacific Northwest, religious history, world history, public history, and the history of empire. Faculty have recently published books on opium policy in Southeast Asia, food culture in the Caribbean, American evangelism in the interwar period, religious tolerance in Netherlands during the Reformation, cross-dressing and sexuality in the American West, and urban sustainability in Seattle.
At present, a number of faculty are completing new books for publication. Here are a few highlights:
- Jeff Sanders is completing a book on the history of children and environment in the postwar WW II US West.
- Sue Peabody’s forthcoming book, Madeleine’s Children: Family, Freedom, Secrets and Lies in France’s Indian Ocean Colonies, is a biography of a girl sold into slavery in India around 1750, transported to France as a servant, then to the plantation island of Réunion. When her son, Furcy, grew up, he sued for his freedom before France’s supreme court, on the grounds of Free Soil, and sought reparations for the many years he was unjustly held in slavery.
- Matthew Avery Sutton is currently writing a book tentatively entitled FDR’s Army of Faith: Religion and Espionage in World War II (Basic Books, 2019), which examines the secret roles that American missionaries and religious activists played in espionage and covert operations during the war.
- Lawrence Hatter’s forthcoming book is a transnational history of the U.S.-Canadian border between 1783 and 1820, which explores the intersection of citizenship, nationhood, and American Empire.
- Peter Boag is working on a book concerning children who killed their parents in the rural American West during the agrarian depression of the 1890s.
- Jesse Spohnholz’s current research project explores the experiences of religious refugees during Europe’s Age of Religious Wars. His work helps with understanding the creation of national and religious identities in Europe and sheds light on how some European are reacting to the arrival of refugees today. For more information, visit Religious Exiles.
- Information on publications, honors, and awards can be found on individual faculty pages
- A listing of recent book publications is available on the Faculty Books page
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After scrapping the first design in July, the government Tuesday picked a less-costly and greenery-rich plan by architect Kengo Kuma for the new National Stadium that will serve as the centerpiece of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The winning proposal, formerly known as design A, was submitted by a joint venture comprised of an architect, construction firm Taisei Corp. and construction support firm Azusa Sekkei Co.
It features a roof made of wood and steel for a design that draws on traditional Japanese architecture.
It has already been dubbed the “hamburger” on social media in Japan.
The height of the stadium has been set at less than 50 meters so it will fit its landscape, apparently to avoid what critics said were mistakes in the ill-fated design by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid.
The decision came after five months of reviewing and rearranging the construction project after consulting athletes, professionals and other stakeholders. The new approach was made necessary when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe scrapped Hadid’s design in July amid a public outcry over the opaque selection process that featured an extravagant design, a rough estimate of the construction period and snowballing costs.
“To be honest, I feel a bit relieved now,” Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo told reporters after the Cabinet met Tuesday to finalize the selection. “At the same time, I expect the winning companies to build a new National Stadium that can win trust from the world and people in Japan by taking full advantage of Japanese technologies and finishing the construction on time.”
The Japan Sport Council (JSC), which is overseeing the construction project, will finalize the contract with the winning party next month and plans to start construction as early as December 2016.
All construction is scheduled to finish by November 2019 so that the stadium will be ready for the Olympics opening ceremony in July 2020.
The estimated cost of the overall project, including construction, design and other work, is estimated at ¥153 billion, of which the central government will pay half. The rest will come from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and revenue from the sports promotion lottery organized by the JSC.
Two proposals were reviewed Saturday during 90-minute hearings for each design. The JSC’s seven-member panel specializing in architecture and landscape assessed each design based on nine criteria, including expected construction costs and time, as well as incorporating Japanese characteristics.
The winning design received 610 points. The other design, identified previously as design B which turned out Friday to have been put forward by a venture comprised of architect Toyo Ito and construction firms Takenaka Corp., Shimizu Corp. and Obayashi Corp., lost with 602 points.
Tipping the balance was the estimated construction time. While both teams projected that construction would be done by November 2019, design A received 177 points in this category, but design B got only 150.
Architect and critic Takashi Moriyama said the 27-point difference could be attributed to the panel taking a cautious stance so as to avoid making the same mistake as was made in July.
“Design B proposed an unprecedented method for construction (to shorten the building period) by using new materials to build the stadium, whereas design A proposed using a more orthodox method that is familiar to everyone … I believe the judges assessed design A as being less risky,” Moriyama said.
The design proposed by Hadid became the center of public criticism due to its futuristic but grandiose design that many thought did not fit in with the greenery-rich Meiji Jingu Gaien park area.
Because of difficulties realizing Hadid’s design, which featured two keel arches supporting a striking roof that was said to resemble the shape of a cyclist’s helmet, construction costs were estimated at up to ¥252 billion — almost double the ¥130 billion estimate when the plan was adopted by the JSC in the wake of an international design competition held in 2012.
Moriyama said the simplistic design of the winning proposal, which will have trees and shrubbery both inside the building and around it, is a good match in a landscape that for decades has been known for the several sporting facilities that crowd the area, unlike Hadid’s futuristic design that some thought would clash with existing structures.
“We feel buildings constructed with cold metallic plates and with a concrete surface to be less luxurious, no matter what the construction cost,” Moriyama said, adding that the new stadium should be embraced more warmly by Tokyo residents.
In a statement last week, Hadid’s office condemned the government’s decision to replace the existing design team with entirely new firms.
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-Fintech companies are revolutionizing the way of doing things
– Currently there is a big innovation in the way of giving credit in Brazil
-Cybersecurity is a huge threat for banks
-Artificial Intelligence has a big impact on credit offering
Fintech News ask Joao del Valle about fintech companies in Latin America, cybersecurity in the region, and others super interesting topics.
How is fintech doing in Latin America?
Everywhere in the world, fintech companies are revolutionizing the way of doing things, and they have a direct impact on economic and social aspects of countries.
In Latin America, maybe the most interesting thing is that fintech companies are revolutionizing the adoption of already existing technologies, they are improving these technologies, improving products and services that already existed. Examples of this is credit offering; a better and more efficient credit card; safer, faster, and more efficient payment methods.
Latin America is a very heterogeneous region, with several countries, so there are challenges in the massive adoption of new technologies. It doesn’t happen here the way it happens in China and India, for instance, where there are great tech adoptions and suddenly millions of people are using them.
Here in Latin America, the adoption of better, improved versions of already existing technologies is what we can highlight the most. And this movement is getting bigger and bigger. Over the last three, four years, the number of fintech companies in LatAm has been growing 60%, 65% year over year.
And in the particular case of Brazil?
In Brazil, the growth and development is also great. In 2018 three Brazilian fintech companies became unicorns: Nubank, Stone, and PagSeguro. Nubank raised a $180 million US dollars investment. Stone’s IPO raised $1.5 billion US dollars, and PagSeguro’s IPO raised $2.3 billion US dollars. All of these players are acting on a market that already existed, but that was lacking more efficient solutions and reach.
All of this investments and IPOs happened in 2018, and more companies are on their way to reach milestones like these.
Is there any technology in these companies that it is particularly promising ?
The way of giving credit in Brazil, for instance, is being revolutionized. The country was used to work with a very traditional way of giving credit. But this has been changing for all types of credit: consumer credit, credit for companies, for small businesses, etc.
Data analysis techniques, machine learning based on several dynamic attributes of each consumer, of their context, all of this created a new opportunity of finding who is really a good payer and really needs money, and then connecting them to the resources they need.
Even within the sources of funds, there’s also a great innovation, starting from the regulatory figures that can offer credit, to partnerships and business models that can offer credit.
How attractive are these companies to investors ?
These companies are very attractive because the market grows a lot and still lacks of solutions. So, an investor that knows, even a little bit, about LatAm – and there are a lot of them –, they are not afraid to invest in Latin America anymore.
They are willing to live with some challenges that exist in the region, of infrastructure, social, political and regulatory environments, because they believe in the development of the next years and because they want to be a part of the growth, which, according to many forecasts, will be grand for the next five years.
Is cybersecurity such a big problem in Latin America as it is in the rest of the world ?
Yes. The whole world is discovering how deep it is the cybersecurity threat. Each day new ways of attack are discovered, new interests. This war, which was practically a teenager war, is nowadays a multinacional war, that involves interests from individuals, companies, governments, political and ideological points of view.
And this whole thing impacts companies, that are exposed in a global environment, which doesn’t have a centralized governance. So if a Brazilian company, or a Mexican one, for instance, is exposed on the internet, it is exposed to hackers not only from Latin America, but also from all other regions. This makes the threat an incommensurable thing.
How is AI affecting banks and the way they operate in Latin America ?
I think the main vertical in which this will have more impact is credit offering, with new ways of doing things, a more efficient credit environment for the ones that give and the ones that get the credit. But there are also other areas that are being impacted by AI. In payments and insurance, artificial intelligence is also helping to make processes more and more efficient, cheaper and less likely to suffer fraud.
This benefits the market and, as a consequence, the consumer. For instance, if the insurance company has more information on the market and can cross this information and scale its statistics model in an exponential way, this benefits both the company and the consumer.
*Joao del Valle is the co-founder and COO of EBANX, a global fintech company headquartered in Brazil.
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Kerley lines are named after Peter J. Kerley, a British radiologist, who identified types of septal lines on chest radiographs in patients with congestive heart failure.
|Kerley A lines||linear opacities usually 2 - 6 cm long radiating from the hila into the periphery, caused by distention of lymphatic channels between perivenous and peribronchovascular lymphatics|
|Kerley B lines||short (<2cm) thin horizontal lines extending perpendicularly from the lateral pleural surface in the lung bases, caused by thickening of interlobular septa|
|Kerley C lines||reticular opacities in the lung bases that represent Kerley B lines en face.|
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2. Hodgkinson DW, O’Driscoll BR, Driscoll PA, Nicholson DA. ABC of emergency radiology. Chest radiographs--I. BMJ. 1993 Nov 6;307(6913):1202–6
3. Sekar T, Swan KG, Vietrogoski RA. A Beeline Through Sir Peter James Kerley’s Life. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2011 Apr;196(4):W375–W379. | <urn:uuid:8194d94c-d800-4a1d-9e0b-d3a42f2f2ad6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://radclass.mudr.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284411.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00459-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.712684 | 301 | 2.71875 | 3 |
The Tobira Project is a social design project based in museums which fosters communities through art. The project comprises art communicators (called “Tobira” ) from all walks of life, curators and university educators, and experts working on the front line; together, these participants harness the museums’ cultural resources and develop activities that bring people closer to artworks, places, and other people. The Tobira Project began in 2012, prompted by the reopening of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, which teamed up with the Tokyo University of the Arts to launch the initiative.
|Introduction||From Education to Art Communication|
|Chapter 1||Forging Connections in Museums: The Tobira’s Activities|
|Chapter 2||The Museum as a Community-building Hub|
|Chapter 3||Quality Communication That Opens Doors in Society|
|Chapter 4||The Tobira Project’s Present and Future|
The link will direct you to an E-book store (Kindle).
Curator, Chief of Learning and
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
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To switch from one setting to another. The term toggle implies that there are only two possible settings and that you are switching from the current setting to the other setting.
A toggle switch is a switch that has just two positions. For example, light switches that turn a light on or off are toggle switches. On computer keyboards, the Caps Lock key is a toggle switch because pressing it can have two meanings depending on what the current setting is. If Caps Lock is already on, then pressing the Caps Lock key turns it off. If Caps Lock is off, pressing the Caps Lock key turns it on.
Toggle switches also exist in software. For, example a check box in a dialog box is a toggle switch.
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The purpose of this article is to refute the anti-monarchical ramblings of Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense.”
Thomas Paine: The Man
Before we discuss his inane ramblings, let us discuss Thomas Paine as an individual. Paine was a convicted criminal and a subversive who supported both the American and French Revolutions. We all know how the latter turned out. While not describing himself as such, he was also a deist and a frequent attacker of Christianity.
In 1792, fearing an arrest for his seditious ramblings, he fled England and was elected to the National Convention of the illegitimate French Republic. It should be noted that Paine was a foreigner and didn’t speak French, but that didn’t stop French revolutionaries from electing him. To his credit, it must be noted that Paine spoke against the regicide of Louis XVI — first on the grounds that Louis XVI aided the United States, and second on the grounds of his moral objection to capital punishment.
Eventually, however, more radical elements took over France, and Paine was soon arrested. Paine would soon turn against his former friend George Washington, whom Paine believed did little to end his imprisonment in France.
Paine’s ramblings spawned such wicked ideas, that it is perhaps not totally unfounded to wonder if he were the result of some unholy union, the product of some demonic-human miscegenation.
Paine begins his diatribe by claiming it is erroneous to confound society with government:
…they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness possitively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.
Paine famously (or infamously) goes on to call government a “necessary evil.”
This is an absurd and anti-traditional idea, though it is not surprise that Paine, or anyone else of the time period, would entertain such dangerous ideas. The traditional view of government has always been one of divine origin, regardless of its form. Whether it be a republic, aristocracy, or kingdom, traditional governments looked to the “above” — the divine — as their source of authority.
Further, government is the head of a society. Society, or the community, is the extension of the family. This is why it is natural and simple to favour monarchy, where the king is the father of the nation and the natural ruler of his people, just as a father rules the family. This is a view shared by classical philosophers like Aristotle to eastern ones like Confucius.
Paine states that simple governments are best, but then calls absolute governments “the disgrace of human nature.” This underlies a common misconception against monarchy. Rarely are monarchies truly absolute. Always have there been convictions and expectations that the king must follow. Certainly that was the case with Britain.
Paine takes no notice of this and proceeds to attack the British Constitution for being “so exceedingly complex, that the nation may suffer for years together without being able to discover in which part the fault lies.”
Isn’t the only way to prevent absolute government, which is naturally the simplest, to make the constitution complex?
Paine then criticises the three parts of the British constitution:
First.—The remains of Monarchical tyranny in the person of the King.
Secondly.—The remains of Aristocratical tyranny in the persons of the Peers.
Thirdly.—The new Republican materials, in the persons of the Commons, on whose virtue depends the freedom of England.
Nowhere does Paine actually take the time to define what constitutes a tyranny. For Paine, the very nature of the monarchy is tyranny.
It should be plainly obvious to the observer of history, that the British monarchy had become the creature of Parliament. Long gone were the days of kings ruling without the consent of Parliament. The regicide of Charles I and the overthrow of James II and VII made sure of that.
But that doesn’t stop Paine’s baseless claims:
That the crown is this overbearing part in the English constitution needs not be mentioned, and that it derives its whole consequence merely from being the giver of places and pensions is self-evident; wherefore, though we have been wise enough to shut and lock a door against absolute Monarchy, we at the same time have been foolish enough to put the Crown in possession of the key.
Let us keep in mind that Paine’s Patriot contemporaries were largely arguing the opposite of this. Namely, that Parliament had usurped royal authority, as Benjamin Franklin put it:
[The parliament] seem to have been long encroaching on the Rights of their and our Sovereign, assuming too much of his Authority, and betraying his Interests.
Paine’s Biblical Illiteracy
Paine begins his second chapter with a flawed understanding of human nature:
But there is another and greater distinction for which no truly natural or religious reason can be assigned, and that is the distinction of men into KINGS and SUBJECTS. Male and female are the distinctions of nature, good and bad the distinctions of Heaven; but how a race of men came into the world so exalted above the rest, and distinguished like some new species, is worth inquiring into, and whether they are the means of happiness or of misery to mankind.
Hierarchy is the law of nature. It is the nature of humans and most creatures of the earth. It is plainly obvious to an observer of human nature that every society develops to those at the top and those at the bottom. It matters not if the government is monarchical or republican or even communist.
A monarchy, however, is honest in this regard. The very nature of that form of government hinges on the idea of social hierarchy. There is one person at the top. That person is the king, who is the father of the nation and the chief aristocrat.
But Paine’s assertion for there being no “religious reason” for royal government is by far the most fatuous and easy to debunk. It is so absurd that he even contradicts it only a few paragraphs later: “The Heathens paid divine honours to their deceased kings…”
While it is true that the heathens did this, it was because they had a religious reason for doing so. They believed their kings to be of divine origin. Chapter VII of the Hindu Laws of Manu is a testament to this. Very clearly there was a “religious reason” for monarchical government.
Then we see Christian scripture. Daniel 2:21:
He [God] causes the changes of the times and the seasons, makes kings and unmakes them.
By me kings reign and lawgivers establish justice; By me princes govern, and nobles; all the rulers of the earth.
Paine would go on to cite 1 Samuel 8 as scriptural evidence against kingship, calling it sinful. We have already debunked the claim in a previous article.
Regardless, we will go over the gist once again. In 1 Samuel 8, the Jews ask Samuel to give them a king because Samuel is old and his sons are corrupt. Samuel reluctantly agrees, but warns the people of the bad things the king will do. The passage then says that the people had sinned against god in asking for a king:
Grant the people’s every request. It is not you they reject, they are rejecting me as their king. As they have treated me constantly from the day I brought them up from Egypt to this day, deserting me and worshiping strange gods, so do they treat you too. Now grant their request; but at the same time, warn them solemnly and inform them of the rights of the king who will rule them.
The problem here was not the Jews demanding a king in general, but that they had not fully defeated their enemies, thereby breaking the covenant with God. Deuteronomy 17 predicts and authorises the establishment of the Jewish kingdom, but only on specified conditions:
When you have come into the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you, and you have occupied it and settled in it, should you then decide to have a king over you like all the surrounding nations, you shall set the man over you as your king whom the Lord, your God, chooses. He whom you set over you must be your kinsman; a foreigner, who is no kin of yours, you may not set over you.
The fact was that the Israelites had yet to defeat their enemies and occupy the land in question. See Judges 2:
It was I who brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land which I promised on oath to your fathers. I said that I would never break my covenant with you, but that you were not to make a pact with the inhabitants of this land, and you were to pull down their altars. Yet you have not obeyed me.
The funny thing about all this, however, was the fact that Paine was a deist and did not believe in any of the scripture he cited. To this very fact, John Adams wrote of his conversation with Paine:
I told him further, that his Reasoning from the Old Testament was ridiculous, and I could hardly think him sincere. At this he laughed, and said he had taken his Ideas from John Milton: and then expressed a Contempt of the Old Testament and indeed of the Bible at large, which surprized me.1
The Cult of Reason
It is a common error by many to believe that reason and empiricism make good constitutions and good public policy. In other words, that a society can be run according to reason. This is foolish thinking.
Is a man run by pure reason? No. Man is a spiritual animal — one of instinct, desire, and feeling. Man possess reason, for that much is certain. But he is not a creature of reason alone. Such a creature could not exist.
The Man of Reason is an impossibility. He does not feel. He despises nothing and loves nothing. To him, the very notion of desire would be an alien thing. He has no motive to move, to eat, to sleep, to reproduce. Such a creature is fit for one purpose: extinction.
It is only natural that if a single man cannot be governed by reason alone, neither then can a society at large.
Joseph de Maistre makes a similar point:
One of the greatest errors of a century which professed them all was to believe that a political constitution could be created and written a priori, whereas reason and experience unite in proving that a constitution is a divine work and that precisely the most fundamental and essentially constitutional of a nation’s laws could not possibly be written.
Reason can only speak. It is love which sings, and that is why we chant our symbols, for faith is only belief through love. It dwells not only in the understanding, but penetrates further to take root in the will.
A society crafted on reason is an alien thing. It will lead only to questions and dissension. It divides rather than unifies. A society needs unity, otherwise it is no better than a festering boil.
This is the major problem with Paine and other such “Enlightenment” and Post-Enlightenment thinker. They glorify reason like it is some kind of god.
Belief and Ideas
There are two general types of beliefs:
- The fundamental — which are foundational to a given society. These include religion and form of government.
- Popular, common, or academic belief. These are ideas which change frequently, those which move with the times; zeitgeist.
Ideas do not exist in a vacuum. They carry emotional baggage. This is even more true for fundamental beliefs. History shows that a rapid, sudden change (or the attempt of such a change) leads to social upheaval and unrest.
The Protestant Reformation and the wars of religion which followed are a testament to this. See also the American and French Revolutions, the Russian Revolutions, or the Chinese Revolutions. The death toll and destruction of these events were enormous.
These are concepts which many like Paine simply ignore or fail to see altogether. It is a form of ignorance that leads only to destruction and bad governance.
We will end with another wise quote from Maistre:
Let us begin at the foundation. If we had never heard governments spoken of and men were called upon to deliberate, for example, on hereditary or elective monarchy, we should justly regard one who should decide for the former as a madman. The arguments against it appear so naturally to reason that it is useless to repeat them. History, however, which is experimental politics, demonstrates that an hereditary monarchy is the government most stable, appropriate, and natural to man, while an elective monarchy, on the contrary, is the worst form of government known.
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In the late 1800’s the whole Mekong Delta, which included Cambodia, came under French control until World War 2, when the country was occupied by the Japanese. When the war came to an end in 1945 Cambodia hoped for independence, but was not until 1954 that full independence from France was granted. King Sihanouk was monarch from 1945, but in 1955 he abdicated from the throne. He installed his father as king, and created the “Peoples Socialist Community Party” to fight the general elections. His party won, and communist opposition, known as the “Khmer Rouge”, fled to the countryside to avoid arrest.
As the war in Vietnam progressed, Cambodia publicly declared neutrality, whilst allowing Vietnamese soldiers on Cambodian soil. This changed when in 1969 Sihanouk began negotiating with the US Government. US forces started bombing the Vietnamese on Cambodia’s eastern side, killing and maiming hundreds of Cambodian civilians in the process.
With the country in disarray the Khmer Rouge regrouped, and in April 1975 they marched on Phnom Penh, thus gaining control of Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge was a Communist party, controlled by Pol Pot, which tried to transform the country into an agrarian collective, eradicating life as it had been known before. The entire population of Phnom Penh was moved into the countryside and forced to work as peasants. At the same time the mass murder of educated people, intellectuals, doctors, teachers, and their families was carried out under the orders of Pol Pot. The regime continued until 1979 when Vietnam took control, by which point it is estimated that three million Cambodians had died. Pol Pot and his supporters fled to the Thai border and continued to wage war against the reigning government until 1998, when Pol Pot died.
Vietnam occupied Cambodia until 1989, and in 1991 the Paris Peace Accord granted power to the “United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia” to organise and operate fair elections, set to take place in 1993. A coalition government was formed, similar to the corrupt government which rules Cambodia today.
After decades of war, Cambodia currently has an extreme demographic imbalance; more than 50% of its people are 20 years old or younger. Cambodia still has few health professionals or academics, services are poor and there is great reliance on international aid. The countryside lacks basic infrastructure and 75% of the population work in subsistence farming. | <urn:uuid:1b7aa831-298b-4f85-b0e5-c36d8e150813> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://msavlc.org/about-us/cambodia-recent-history/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.974962 | 498 | 3.1875 | 3 |
He was an old man who lived somewhere in New Jersey, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, and it happened to him one day that he would speak at length with a squirrel about the meaning of life.
Now, the old man was tall, gaunt, and stolid, and in his face there showed a rather remarkable physiognomy – a furrowed brow, brooding eyes, an avian nose, and pouted lips, all of which spoke to a fretted mind. And, truly, beneath the surface of these sullen features was the spirit of a man who might well be called depressed.
However, it might also be said that the old man had reasons to feel this way. His children did not visit him, his wife was deceased, and he now spent his days in idle solitude, doing things which afforded little value to him or anyone else: reading the newspaper, feeding the birds, going to Church, and watching television (exorbitant amounts of television). And, truth be told, all of this was compounded by the fact that, with each passing day, he became more and more conscious that his life was nearing the end.
At the ripe age of eighty-one, the curmudgeon – the hero of our story – had become a creature of habit. His mornings invariably began early with a cup of joe and newspaper in hand, and often culminated in a walk to the park, his local haunt, just a few blocks away from home. It was his custom to bring with him a pocketful of birdfeed, especially during the late winter and early spring when he believed the birds needed it most.
After he arrived, he would sit on a wooden bench off the asphalt pathway which wove through the park beside a lonely fig tree, which had never grown to more than a couple of feet. To the old man’s quiet joy, the birds knew him and flocked at his feet whenever he came, and he fed them – warblers, blue jays, sparrows, robins, pigeons, and swallows – indiscriminately. While he sat with hands dug in his pockets, watched the birds bob and hop to and fro, and cast handfuls of feed onto the soil, it gave him time to think, to reflect on his long life.
In these quiet moments of the morning, broken only by the soft chirping of the birds, thoughts and memories would come flooding back to him, of his wife and marriage, of his life’s work and career, of his children and parenting, and of death and religion. He missed his wife, her easy laughter, her gentle heart, and thought of her often; he missed his children, their bubbly smiles, their airy spirits, and prayed for them every day; he missed his yester self, his young strength, his lost gladness, and wished for better health, though he knew in his heart it was failing. He thought about the meaning of his life, what purpose it had served, what purpose it had left him, and these thoughts that haunted him he never could resolve, and these, above all, he blamed as the source of his unhappiness. Why he suffered, why everything came to dust, why he must continue to live, he could not understand.
Then he thought of the birds. None but a pigeon did he recognize, and that, only because it had a stump for a foot, which it had probably lost in some terrible accident. It hopped and fluttered on the soil in an awkward sort of way, and it stirred up awful pity in the old man to see such a poor creature chip away at the feed. He thought about how cruel a creator must be to allow for such needless toil and impairment. It had even once brought tears to his eyes – tears that he had not shed since the death of his wife years ago – to think that he and the bird were no different, that they each were the butt of a laughless joke played by the universe.
But the bird was different; that he could see. The bird could not be bothered by poisoned thinking, the bird could not but be unconcerned, and the bird could not be anything but happy. Why then could he not be like the bird? That is the thought that plagued him now as he looked on at the blockheaded creature, when, at once and without warning, a clear voice called out to him. It spoke thus.
“Rats with wings if you ask me.”
The old man gave a start, he swung his head hither and thither, and he grew confused when he thought that not a soul was near. He scratched his chin, settled back into his seat, and squinted suspiciously at the pale sky, where the sun peeped behind wispy swaths of cloud, sure that he had imagined the noise. Then came the voice again as clear as any.
“Not that there’s anything wrong with rats. Close cousins of mine, really.”
The old man leapt to his feet, to the consternation of the birds below him, and he searched and scanned the area about him, going so far as to check beneath the wooden bench where he sat but a moment ago.
“W-who said that?” the old man spoke somewhat heatedly.
A quiet filled the air, and only the bird tweets now met the old man’s ears.
“W-who said that?” the voice repeated at length.
The old man’s eyes widened and his gaze followed the source of the sound until it landed on the base of the lonely fig tree, where there sat perched on a mound of mulch a lonely squirrel. She was munching open the shell of an acorn, which she must have lugged off from somewhere. The old man watched the squirrel for a minute while she twisted and nibbled at the nut and paused every now and again to watch him. There was something mesmerizing about the squirrel the old man thought, something marvelous about the way she seemed to stare at him through those beady eyes, those pools of stillness. She bosomed the nut and spoke to him.
“Truly, truly, I say to you,” said the squirrel, “there is nothing more delicious – nothing more nourishing for the spirit – than a good acorn.”
The old man’s lips parted, the knit in his brow loosened, and the look of dismay swept over his countenance. Had his ears now deceived him? Had he finally lost his mind? Had the squirrel just spoken to him? These were the questions that assailed his mind as he shrank away from the speaking sciurine.
“Do not be afraid,” the squirrel added before the old man could leave. “I know what aggrieves you. And I know your heart well enough that, with you, I should venture to speak.”
Dumbfounded and at a loss for words, the old man stared back at the bushy creature, frozen in his feet, but he could not seem to make up his mind about her.
“How curious! How terrible! How ungodly!” the old man thought to himself as he slowly formed an opinion, and at once a tremor of displeasure flitted across his face, indicating something like fiery outrage. He spoke to her through his teeth.
“Confound you, little demon! I’ll play no part in your treachery!”
The old man turned to go, to escape his lapse into madness, and to forget about the whole incident when the squirrel spoke to him again.
“The meaning of your life, old man, what is it?”
The old man’s eyes flashed with fury, and he turned round.
“That is the question which troubles you now,” said the squirrel. “Is it not?”
The old man gaped at the creature in disbelief, and a moment passed while the anger he felt morphed into wonder, intrigue, and alarm.
“Had the squirrel really just spoken those words?” he thought to himself. “And, worse, had he really just listened to them?”
“Y-you horrible spy,” he faltered. “You horrible spy come here to toy with me.”
“Not to toy,” replied the squirrel. “I come here only to speak to you. Heed me, heed me not. That is your choice. I offer you nothing but advice. Turn your back on me but not the truth.”
“The truth!” returned the old man as he now confronted the squirrel and waved a finger in the air. “What can you teach me in the way of truth? Are you not some fit of insanity? Or the devil himself? I’d strangle you before I could hear your truth!”
“You suffer, old man. That much is plain. Strangle me if you must, but hear me first. Listen! No one will take your suffering from you.”
“Suffering!” spoke the old man. “Do not speak to me about suffering! What do you know about my suffering?”
“More than you would acknowledge to yourself,” said the squirrel. “Tell me. I ask you again. The meaning of your life, what is it?”
Here, the old man bent to his knees and laughed with incredulity.
“The meaning of my life?” he spoke. “The meaning of my life? You speak to me about truth and suffering and now about the impossible question! The meaning of my life. Ha! What madness! I suppose you know better?”
“No,” replied the squirrel. “I know only that every man must answer it for himself.”
“And have you answered it for yourself?”
The creature paused for a moment, set down the acorn at her feet, and seemed to peer deeply into the old man’s eyes.
“Of course. Ha! Ha!” said the squirrel with mirth, showing him her buck teeth. “It is the sound of one paw clapping!”
A wry grin rose to the old man’s lips. Never before had he seen a squirrel so cheerful and strange and self-assured; but, then again, never before had he seen or spoken to a talking squirrel. The old man laughed. Surely, he had lost his mind, he thought to himself.
“You’re not making any sense,” he spoke.
“You’re not making any progress,” replied the squirrel. “Listen! Every morning I see you come to the park here. Every morning I see the same thoughts play over in your head. And every morning I see the Reaper which hangs over you. You think you have figured it all out. You think you have made no error in judgment. You think you have uncovered madness where there lies only love. Well, old man, I say to you, you think too much!”
The old man looked at the squirrel with a blank expression as he pondered the meaning of her words. The squirrel continued.
“I do not know what the meaning of your life is. But I do know that in every man there lies an answer, rational or not, articulated or not, simple or not. And, if it is lost, fear not, for it is not far from being discovered. Let this be my parting question: The place where you are, here, now, is it not all right?”
Then, without warning, the squirrel scampered away, never to be seen or heard by the old man again. He watched her disappear across the park, and he slowly took a seat back on the park bench. Soon he was staring vacantly into space, alone again with his thoughts. Time passed, until the sound of the birds chirping at his feet came to his ears. The old man saw the familiar stump-footed pigeon bobbing and cooing as it hopped along the soil, and at once he looked at it in a way that he never had before.
“How precious,” the old man thought to himself.
A wave of sympathy filled his heart. He watched as the bird began to flutter, pick up speed, and rise into the sky. | <urn:uuid:2ee616d0-1c0b-4605-be94-d0ce6d4b9b7c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blog.reedsy.com/short-story/m77mod/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00679.warc.gz | en | 0.987877 | 2,637 | 1.773438 | 2 |
FORT WORTH, TX — Hard surface floor care in art and similar museums can be a real challenge and for one very special reason: More than 850 million people visit U.S. museums every year, according to a press release.
With that level of foot traffic, a floor care program that may suffice in an office building or school simply will not work in a busy facility like a museum, the release stated.
According to the release, the latest Powr-Flite Troubleshooter identifies some specific challenges cleaning professionals may encounter when maintaining floors in museums or similar facilities.
Those challenges include, quickly fading shine; heel marks; and grit, sand and soil found throughout the museum, the release noted.
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Mynydd Moel (2,804ft / 863m) is the eastern of the central summits of Cadair Idris, that wondrous mountain ridge rising more or less straight from the sea south of the beautiful Mawddach Estuary. Numerous lakes flank the massif at varying altitudes... creating, it may well be argued, an ideal landscape context for the siting of Bronze Age funerary cairns. Hence I've alway been a bit perplexed that none of the cairns crowning the main Cadair Idris peaks have been historically assigned an ancient origin (as opposed to the lower summits further to the west). Having said that the mountain is very popular with walkers, the cairns badly damaged. Unfortunately such judgements tend to be taken at face value... when what is required are inquiring minds driven by the evidence on the ground! (he says, hanging a guilty head in shame). But what views regardless!
It was therefore with considerable interest that I happened to browse Gwynedd Archaeological Trust (GAT) records and note the following, particularly the reference to 'an arc of kerb to SW' (PRN 4768):
'A cairn stands on Mynydd Moel, 10m to the SE of the highest point at 855m on the edge of steep crags. It comprises 'a low spread of stone, 15m diameter, heavily rebuilt to give a rectangular shelter, but with an arc of kerb on the SW and a stretch of 1m high facing formed by large stones set as headers filling a shallow gully to the NE'. [Sources: Crew, P. , 1980 , Archaeology in Wales; Smith, G. , 2001 , Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites Survey: Meirionnydd].
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What to Buy for Mid-Autumn Festival?
The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most significant traditional festival in China after the Chinese New Year. The festival is also referred to as the moon festival. This explains why the main activity during this time is gifting and eating mooncakes whose main ingredients are egg yolks. The tradition dates back 3,000years back to when China’s emperors worshipped the moon for a bountiful harvest.
This day is all about family and unity. It is to the Chinese what Thanksgiving is to the Americans. Relatives come together to watch the full moon which is a symbol of harmony. At outdoor celebrations, there are performances including the traditional Chinese dragon dances. Lunar months are generally marked by expressing gratitude and goodwill to those in your social circles.
Things to buy for Mid-Autumn Festival
So many people go shopping during this special holiday in the Chinese lunar calendar. Are you wondering what you should get for your parents, friends, or colleagues? Here are some suggestions:
The mooncake festival cannot go by without people feasting on some mooncakes. These are rich pastries typically filled with sweet-bean or lotus seed paste.
Usually, a box of mooncakes is enough as a gift especially if you can’t think of any other gift idea. Some of the recommended mooncake flavors include red bean paste, lotus seed paste, roast pork, five kernels, chocolate, and ice cream.
Tea is another classic must-have, especially because it’s a great accompaniment for the mooncakes. Since the mooncakes are often too sweet, a cup of tea eases the taste.
Again, the Chinese regard tea as a healthy drink that they serve to guests, not only during the Mid-Autumn Festival but all year round.
Autumn is a good time to eat hairy crabs which are regarded as a delicacy. So make sure that you include them in your Mid-Autumn Festival gift pack. Hairy crab has tender meat, high nutritional value, and is super delicious.
There’s a wide variety of fruits that are ripe in Autumn such as pears, grapes, grapefruits, pomegranates, etc. These carry a special meaning associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival. For example, eating the pear during this time means that your family will always be united.
These two are gifts that will always be appreciated because they’re common ingredients in their daily meals. Nowadays more and more people are seeking to lead a healthier lifestyle.
You can order organic rice and oil online and have them delivered to your friends or family.
Gift hampers that you should consider buying for family visits
Every year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, friends and family come together to spend quality time together and feast. During this time, they also exchange gifts to show their loved ones that they appreciate them.
In this section, we’ll make a list of some gift hampers that most Chinese shop for. If you don’t know what to get for your loved ones, here are a few hamper ideas:
Send this hamper to your friends and family to wish them happiness, good health, and luck. The fresh season fruits and moon cakes make it an ideal gift to share over the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Make it possible for your friends and family to enjoy the Mid-Autumn Festival in style by having us deliver the Delightful Fruit Hamper to them. They will surely love the fruit combo as a motivation to live healthier.
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3 edition of UC As You Like It found in the catalog.
December 6, 2005
by Riverhead Trade
Written in English
|The Physical Object|
|Number of Pages||208|
As You Like It - UCL Drama Society. 99 likes 1 talking about this. UCL Drama Society presents a dystopian reimagining of Shakespeare's classic pastoral. In As You Like It, Shakespeare banishes all unhappiness, unless it springs from love. The play follows a multitude of characters driven from a nobleman’s court to exile in the Forest of Arden, where they find refuge from the ambition, intrigue, envy, and striving of the world. There a usurped Duke philosophizes on his new.
Orlando de Boys This young Englishman is noble and pure of constant concern and care for Adam, the old family servant, immediately makes the audience esteem him. When he learns that his brother Oliver is planning to kill him, he leaves home and goes to the Forest of Arden with old Adam. Title: As You Like It Format: Mass Market Paperback Product dimensions: pages, X X in Shipping dimensions: pages, X X in Published: April 1, Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Language: English.
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: As You Like It: Laurence Olivier, Elisabeth Bergner, Felix Aylmer, Richard Ainley, Lionel Braham, John Laurie, Aubrey Mather, Leon Quartermaine, Stuart Robertson, Sophie Stewart, Austin Trevor, Mackenzie Ward, J. Fisher White, Peter Bull, Henry Ainley, Joan White, Dorice Fordred, Henry Ainley, Richard Ainley, Felix Aylmer, Elisabeth Bergner, Lionel Braham, John Laurie /5(40).
As You Like It is unquestionably my favorite of Shakespeares comedies. This is mostly due to the love story being, for once, rather enjoyable. This is mostly due to the love story /5(K).
As You Like It: Oxford School Shakespeare (Oxford School Shakespeare Series) by William Shakespeare and Roma Gill | out of 5 stars Rosalind suggests that she should be dressed like a boy (she is taller of them two) and takes the name of “Ganymede” (this name sounds ok for contemporary reader but made Shakespearian target audience roar with laugher: this was a synonym for a young homosexual male, often with a much older patron, thanks to Ancient Greece mythology).
As You Like It, five-act comedy by William Shakespeare, written and performed about – and first published in the First Folio of Shakespeare based the play on Rosalynde (), a prose romance by Thomas Lodge. Learn more about the play in this article.
Be Book-Smarter. SparkNotes is brought to you by Barnes & Noble. Visit to buy new and used textbooks, and check out our award-winning NOOK tablets and eReaders. As You Like It Overview. As You Like It by William Shakespeare is a comedic play about Rosalind as she tries to escape her Uncle Duke Frederick’s court.
She is accompanied by the court jester, Touchstone and her cousin Celia as they venture into the Forest of Arden. As You Like It Characters & Plot. The play As You Like It is considered to be one of Shakespeare's finest comedies. Its got something for everyone: villainy, romance, humor and a happy ending.
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As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare that was first performed in Summary Read a Plot Overview of the entire play or a scene by scene Summary and Analysis. As You Like It. Conductor's score and parts on hire. Forces or Category: Soprano solo & full orchestra.
Orchestration: 3 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, timp, 3 perc (III opt), hpd (+cel), 2 hp (II opt), str. A poem for orchestra after Shakeapeare for soprano solo and full orchestra.
this profound and uplifting essay As You Like It: The Inspiration of Comedy. This essay is part of a collection, for which we asked some exceptional public figures – Nobel Laureates and best-selling authors, musicians and politicians, actors and activists – to reflect on Shakespeare’s continuing relevance to today’s burning issues.
Advanced Search. Introduction. As You Like It (a Later Festive Comedy) In this play, Duke Frederick (the younger duke) usurps his older brother, Duke Senior, and banishes him to the Forest of Arden. Frederick goes on to banish Duke Senior's daughter Rosalind.
Frederick's daughter, Celia (Rosalind's cousin) flees her evil father with Rosalind and they head (along with Touchstone, the clown) to the. As You Like It is a play with two main plots: there is the conflict between Orlando and his older brother Oliver, and there is the usurpation of the ducal throne by Duke Frederick from his brother Duke play opens with Orlando complaining to a servant named Adam about the way Oliver treats him.
Oliver, as the eldest brother, has inherited the entire estate from their father, Sir. LibriVox recording of As You Like It, by William Shakespeare. One of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, As You Like It is a pastoral comedy of mistaken identity, wit, and love.
Daughter of a banished duke and forced to flee the court, Rosalind hides in the Forest of Arden disguised as a man. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used.
Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series. As You Like It was written near the end of Queen Elizabeth’s reign over England.
Elizabethan England was a highly patriarchal society in which women had very few rights and marriages were arranged. To marry someone out of love was considered foolish and the court in general dictated strict rules for the conduct of English royalty and citizens.
As You Like It, although not well known by students, will certainly delight and build on students' positive expectations. As You Like It, like Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night's Dream, is one of Shakespeare's "marriage" comedies in which love's complications end in recognition of the true identity of the lovers and celebration in marriage.
Orlando, the youngest son of the now deceased Sir Roland de Boys, complains to Adam, the old family retainer, that his eldest brother, Oliver, has kept his Inheritance from him — that is, Oliver has neglected training Orlando to be a proper gentleman.
As you like it author by the most respected and famous poet ever William shakespeare is an extraordinary book, where the author wrote about love, friendships and cruellty it is an interesting book I read it when I was class 10 standards the book brings out a lot a important things for the reader.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project Gutenberg.Introduction. 1As You Like It is one of the crowning achievements of Shakespearean romantic comedy.
It is paired in Shakespeare's canon with Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night, or What You Will; all three bear throwaway titles, as if these plays are offering themselves as frothy confections about nothing much, to be enjoyed if we are so minded and in whatever fashion we choose.
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[time-nuts] GSM/GPRS module timing accuracy
celephicus at gmail.com
Tue Nov 11 16:52:46 EST 2014
How are you getting time from the GSM network? If you are using the NITZ
(look it up) service then you can use an unactivated SIM for free, but the
accuracy is woeful, it can be seconds out.
Else you will have to have a live SIM and use NTP to a server. If you make
any progress please post to the list. I have not heard of being able to
access the clock in the tower over the network.
The beauty of phone network is that it works in buildings, where GPS does
Tom Harris <celephicus at gmail.com>
On 12 November 2014 01:24, Tony <tnuts at toneh.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> How accurately can you set, and keep in sync a local clock (in the UK) by
> getting timing from a cellular network using a very low cost GSM/GPRS modem
> module such as a SIM900? Is it possible to get better than hundreds of
> microseconds for example, perhaps even a few tens of us? How frequently can
> the clock be synced (to avoid having to have a high performance local
> clock) and would it incur network charges?
> Does it depend mostly on the network, the module, location or the
> algorithms employed?
> I am thinking of a fixed location application but presumably couldn't
> guarantee that connections will always be to the same base station so is it
> possible to estimate the distance to the base station to compensate for the
> time of flight of the radio signal? I guess it should be possible to read
> the signal strength from the radio module to get a crude estimate.
> It should be obvious that I know next to nothing about GSM standards other
> than that the base stations have access to a high quality clock.
> If its not possible to do this reliably, are their any low cost (< $20)
> combined GSM/GPRS + GPS modules which provide timing accurate to a few 10s
> of us or so?
> Tony H
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Plants seem to gradually wilt while remaining green. They recover somewhat overnight but wilt more severely the following day. Some say it looks like the plant has had boiling water thrown on it.
The streaming I see from the cut stem is pretty conclusive: you have bacterial wilt!
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Volume 10, Issue 6 - Dec 2007
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Biotope Restoration for a Brooklet Creation in Urban -Focusing on the Cheongdam Neighborhood Park -
Kang, Hyun-Kyung ; Lee, Soo-Dong ;
Journal of the Korea Society of Environmental Restoration Technology, volume 10, issue 6, 2007, Pages 1~14
This study was conducted to propose the plan of creating a brooklet reflecting an water-friendly space as well as its function as the habitats of wildbird in Cheongdam Neighborhood Park in Seoul. Major fields of this study include a survey of the staus, a basic plan, a master plan, a execution; a survey of this site was focused on topography, water system, trail, existing vegetation, wildbird; a detailed plan was focused on flow plan, planting plan, facility plan. Existing vegetation was classified into 5 types; Quercus mongolica-Q. acutissima forest, Robinia pseudoacacia forest, Populus
albaglandulosa forest, artificial green space, urban area. 11 species and 49 individuals of wildbirds appeared in 2004(3~4month). The plan of creating a brooklet were divided passive-zone, eco-zone, and dynamic-zone. Environment elements of each space including a mountain stream, ecological pond, marshland, ecological landscape forest, wildbird observation trail, waterway etc. The brooklet of Cheongdam Neighborhood Park is rated high as an important space for wildbird biodiversity. Accordingly, continuous monitoring of this biotope as a urban habitat is required as the environment changes.
The Landscape Ecological Proposal of an Urban Park by Analysis of Its Connection, Circulation, and Isolation
Ryu, Yeon Su ; Lee, Hyun Taek ; Ra, Jung-Hwa ;
Journal of the Korea Society of Environmental Restoration Technology, volume 10, issue 6, 2007, Pages 15~32
The purposes of this study are carrying out the case study for the urban park planning in point of landscape ecology, analyzing and evaluating the indicator character of the landscape ecological view on the basis of the case study, and proposing the urban park planning in point of landscape ecology. The results of this study are as follows. As a result of the isolation analysis with school green space, Kyukchaebosang Park turned out to be 607m, Chimsan Park to be the highest 647.14m, Ehyeun Park to be the lowest 592m. In the case of connection analysis with all nodes, Kyukchaebosang Park had the lowest score 0.27 and Chimsan Park had the highest score 1. As a result of the circulation analysis with elementary schools, Kyukchaebosang Park and Ehyeun Park got 1 within 500m permissible range, and Chimsan Park got over 1, Ehyeun Park got 0.67, and Kyukchaebosang Park got 0.14 respectively within 700m permissible range. According to these analysis results, special regions which has problems such as high isolation and low connection and circulation in point of landscape ecology can be selected. Also by changing them to valuable green spaces, urban park planning can be improved. In this study, the basic data of landscape ecology can be obtained by the character analysis of landscape ecology. This study has a significant meaning of possibility in planning of the urban park which reflects the character of landscape ecology. This research was only performed in Chimsan Park, so additional researches for various cases will be needed.
Salient Attributes of Waterfront Parks and Athletic Parks
Hong, Sung-Kwon ; Lee, Sang-Woo ; Lee, Min Woo ; Lee, Sang-Min ;
Journal of the Korea Society of Environmental Restoration Technology, volume 10, issue 6, 2007, Pages 33~43
The revised Urban Park regulations newly adopt Theme Parks in order to enhance richness and diversities of urban services to communities. However, the regulations ambiguously define the main facilities and service programs of the theme parks. And there have been increasing concerns about confusions in terms of the main facilities and service programs of the theme parks among landscape designers/planners, local governments and relevant field of areas. Misunderstanding on the facilities and service programs of the theme parks may lead to ruin the purposes of the new urban park regulations. In the lights of these, this paper tries to reach a consensus for main facilities and service programs of two theme parks including athletic park and waterfront park, based on measured potential users' preferences with a conjoint choice model. For waterfront parks, potential users show low preferences or negative responses to facilities which are perceived as un-environment friendly. They also show high preferences on ecological areas sitting near to streams. For athletic parks, potential users show demand to introduce something different facilities and atmosphere from existing athletic parks. The demands are particularly high for children's play ground facilities and service facilities. This study also show some methodological examples to compute the carrying capacity with two hypothetical alternatives. This approach might be beneficial for local governments which are wish to alternate the park size on the basis of local conditions such as their financial conditions and land availability.
Estimation on Bearing Capacity of Environmentally Sustainable Geotextile Gabion Using Oystershell
Shin, Eun-Chul ; Park, Jeong-Jun ;
Journal of the Korea Society of Environmental Restoration Technology, volume 10, issue 6, 2007, Pages 44~52
Recently, oystershell wastes cause serious environmental problem and the need for the researches on the recycling of oystershell have been increased and various methods are already in operation. Field plate bearing tests and numerical analysis were performed to investigate the bearing capacity of oystershell filled geotextile gabion which utilized the waste oystershell at the coastal oyster farm site. The waste oystershell mixed soil specimens were prepared for the laboratory test and field test in terms of varying blending ratio of granite soil and oystershell. Based on the cyclic plate load test results, the spring constant, subgrade modulus of ground, and the reinforcing parameters were determined. The field plate load test results indicate that the bearing capacity of the soil ground with the oystershell mixed ratio of 20% is greater than that of the original ground. Two-dimensional numerical analysis was evaluated the expected deformation in the given conditions. Analysis results show a similar characteristics on bearing capacity with the results of the field plate load test. These findings suggest that the oystershells are very promising construction materials for landfill and earth embankment in coastal area.
Weed Flora of Sidewalk at the University Campus
Lee, Sang-Hwa ; Lee, Kyoo-Seock ; Kim, Ki-Nam ; Song, Ho-Kyung ;
Journal of the Korea Society of Environmental Restoration Technology, volume 10, issue 6, 2007, Pages 53~61
Most of the plants and trees are landscaping plants at the university campus, Thus, the natural flora can be found on sidewalks like urban area. In order to investigate the flora on sidewalks of the university campus, the vegetation survey was done. The study site is Natural Science Campus, Sungkyunkwan University which is located at Suwon, Korea. Vascular plants surveyed were consisted of 130 taxa, 39 families, 99 genera, 115 species, 15 varieties. Indigenous weeds was 101 species (77.7%). Naturalized weeds was 29 species (22.3%). In the families, Compositae 30 species (23%), Gramineae 18 species (14%), Leguminosae 9 species (7%), Caryophyllaceae 8 species (6%), Cruciferae 8 species (6%), Polygonaceae 5 species (4%), Euphorbiaceae 5 species (4%), Scrophulariaceae 4 species (3%), Rosaceae 3 species (2%), Violaceae 3 species (2%), Convolvulaceae 3 species (2%) and etc. 34 species (27%). Life Form of flora in the site by Raunkiaer classification was Therophytes 67 species (51.5%), Hemicryptophytes 46 species (35.4%), Geophytes 8 species (6.2%), Nanophanerophytes 4 species (3.1%), Phanerohytes 3 species (2.3%) and Chamaephytes 2 species (1.5%). Naturalized Ratios was 10.7%.
Carbon Storage in Aboveground of Betula platyphylla and Juglans mandshurica Plantations, Chungju, Korea
Lee, Sang-Jin ; Park, Gwan-Soo ;
Journal of the Korea Society of Environmental Restoration Technology, volume 10, issue 6, 2007, Pages 62~69
This study has been carried out to estimate aboveground carbon contents in an average 30-years-old Betula platyphylla and 32-years-old Juglans mandshurica stands in Chungju, Chungbuk Province. Nine sample trees were cut in each forest and soil samples were collected. Carbon concentration in stemwood, stembark, branch, and foliage were ranged from 54.6% to 57.0% in Betula platyphylla and 53.5% to 56.9% in Juglans mandshurica stands. Aboveground carbon contents was estimated by the equation model logWt=A+BlogD where Wt is oven-dry weight in kg and D is DBH in cm. Total aboveground carbon contents was 34.31t/ha in Betula platyphylla stand and 21.10t/ha in Juglans mandshurica stand. Aboveground net primary carbon production was estimated at 2.31t/ha/yr in Betula platyphylla stand and 2.03t/ha/yr in Juglans mandshurica stand.
A Study on Function Assessment of Coastal Wetlands for Ecological Network Establishment -Focused on the Westcoast of Chungnam Province -
Park, Mi Ok ; Park, Mi Lan ; Koo, Bon Hak ;
Journal of the Korea Society of Environmental Restoration Technology, volume 10, issue 6, 2007, Pages 70~80
This study was surveyed from January to september, 2007 in order to evaluate the function of coastal wetland as a ecological axis in korea peninsula. Assessment was done by RAM (Rapid Assessment Method). RAM is consisted of total 8 contents and divided into high, moderate, low. The preservation grade of RAM is divided into 4 grades; absolute preservation, preservation, improvement and improvement or restoration. Throughout survey on total 14 wetlands of marine, estuary wetland and back marsh which are distributed in west coast in chung-nam province, their function was assessed. As result, total all the 14 wetlands were judged as preservation grade by assessment of 8 functional contents. The function of wetlands assessed as preservation grade showed high in water quality protection and improvement. Also, showed high in vegetation diversity, wildlife habitat and aesthetic recreation. Meanwhile, showed low in ground water recharge, Shoreline/Stream Bank Protection, Flood/Stormwater storage and Flood flow alteration. Of wetlands evaluated as preservation grade, Dae-ho, Sinduri, Bu-Nam lake, Sowhang dune and keum river estuary were assessed as absolute preservative area owing to habitation of international protection species and endangered species. These wetlands are essential to be managed continuously as a area having high ecological value. Farther, this wetlands will be done as a axis of ecological network related to land ecosystem.
River Landscape Change Detection Using Digital Photogrammetry Combined with Visual Interpretation
Ahn, Seung-Mahn ; Kim, Jae-Cheol ; Lee, Kyoo-Seock ;
Journal of the Korea Society of Environmental Restoration Technology, volume 10, issue 6, 2007, Pages 81~87
Effectiveness of Continuous Deflective Separation System to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Urban Areas
Park, Jong-Sik ; Koh, Jeung-Hyun ; Kim, Sang Keun ; Chung, Ha-Ik ;
Journal of the Korea Society of Environmental Restoration Technology, volume 10, issue 6, 2007, Pages 88~98
The control of nonpoint source pollution from the urban paved areas with high imperviousness in is required to improve the water quality of aquatic resources. This research investigated the characteristics of urban runoffs and evaluate the effectiveness of the continuous deflective separation systems for stormwater best management practice. The systems were installed in the vicinity of a high-level road, an apartment complex, and the Cheonggye stream. Stormwater runoff was sampled in these sites. Biochemical oxygen demand (
), total suspended solid (TSS), total nitrogen (T-N), and total phosphorus (T-P) were analyzed. The removal efficiency of
, TSS, and T-P for the road was 10.9-81.0%, 11.7-93.4%, 0-37.5%, respectively. That of
, TSS, T-N, and T-P for the complex was 12.5-65.8%, 26.5-77.6%, 1.8-28.7%, and 20.0-37.5%, respectively. The abatement efficiency
, TSS, T-N, and T-P for the stream was 7.2-85.2%, 41.7-98.2%, 11.3-65.6%, and 2.0-71.5%, respectively. This study shows that the systems can be used to remove
and TSS from urban runoffs efficiently.
A Study on the Potential Contribution of Soil Seed Bank to the Revegetation
Koh, Jeung-Hyun ;
Journal of the Korea Society of Environmental Restoration Technology, volume 10, issue 6, 2007, Pages 99~109
The main objectives of this comparative study were 1) to compare the floristic similarity of species composition between the extant vegetation and seedlings from soil seed bank and 2) to quantify the potential contribution of soil seed bank to revegetation of forest in a constructed area, which is called "ecological impact mitigation" in conjunction with the power plant extension. Forest topsoil of seven plots was collected from the surface soil after measurements were taken on the ground vegetation in each plot. A greenhouse experiment was conducted and monitored to analyze the germination potential of soil seed bank. The forest topsoil was spread on plastic trays (
) filled with a 5cm layer of sterilized potting mix. The results of monitoring for 2 years in a greenhouse were as follows : 1) seedlings of soil seed bank per 4.9
were 1,269 with 36 species (1st year) and 2,615 with 25 species (2nd year). 2) 38
8% of the flora species were germinated from soil seed bank. It can be concluded that the use of soil seed bank would be effective to promote establishment of diverse species and vegetation. However, it behooves to continue monitoring on succession of vegetation and pursue revegetation with other methods for ecological restoration. Finally, adequate topsoil deposit and gathering methods should be studied properly.
Vulnerability Assessment of Sub-Alpine Vegetations by Climate Change in Korea
Lee, Dong-Kun ; Kim, Jae-Uk ;
Journal of the Korea Society of Environmental Restoration Technology, volume 10, issue 6, 2007, Pages 110~119
This study's objects are to predict distribution and to assess vulnerability of sub-alpine vegetations in the Korean peninsula for climate change using various climate models. This study validates relationship between sub-alpine vegetations and environmental factors using Pearson correlation analysis. Then, the future distribution of sub-alpine vegetations are predicted by a logistic regression. The major findings in this study are; First, spring mean temperature (March-May), total precipitation, elevation and warmth index are highly influencing factors to the distribution of sub-alpine vegetations. Second, the sub-alpine vegetations will be disappeared in South Korea and concentrated around Baekdu Mountain in North Korea. North Korea is predicted to have serious impact of climate change because temperature will be increased higher than in South Korea. The study findings concluded that the assessment of the future vulnerability of sub-alpine vegetations to climate change are significant.
Analysis of Fragmentation and Heterogeneity of Tancheon Watershed by Land Development Projects
Lee, Dong-Kun ; Yi, Hyun-Yi ; Kim, Eun-Young ;
Journal of the Korea Society of Environmental Restoration Technology, volume 10, issue 6, 2007, Pages 120~129
Rapid urbanization has transformed the spatial pattern of urban land use or cover. This paper concentrates that changed characteristics of landscape structure in the Tancheon Watershed, from 1995 to 2003 were investigated using land cover map. We used FRAGSTATS software to calculate landscape indices to characterize the landscape structure. We found that built up area has been increased rapidly during the study period, while cultivated area and forest area have been decreased rapidly in the same period. From 1995 to 2003, built up area was increased from 19.73% to 39.62% and cultivated area and forest area was decreased 17.60% to 5.97% and 58.31% to 49.41%. Number of patches, mean euclidean nearest-neighbor distance, contagion index, Shannon's diversity index increased considerably from 1995 to 2003, also suggesting the landscape in the study area became more fragmented and heterogeneous. but because of continuously fragmentation, landscape became homogeneity. The study demonstrates that landscape metrics can be a useful indicator in landscape monitoring and landscape assessment.
Application Case of Test Construction of Hydro-Seeding Measures with Seed-Fertilizer-Soil Materials on the Slopes Along the National Road Between Munduk and Wubokgu
Jeon, Gi-Seong ; Woo, Kyung-Jin ;
Journal of the Korea Society of Environmental Restoration Technology, volume 10, issue 6, 2007, Pages 130~138
To protect the surface of ground-cutting slopes occurring at the national road substitute detour [roundabout road]construction jobsite between Munduk and Wubokgu within the jurisdiction of Pohang-si and environment-friendly road construction, a test execution of re-vegetation measures on the major slopes was done and the results are as follows : As a result of finding out the number of sprouting individuals on the test construction site, the average number of sprouting individuals on the three test spots by the method of revegetation measures D, revegetation measures A, and revegetation measures B was 1,292 number of per square meter, 1,190 number of per square meter, and 1,095 number of per square meter respectively, which statistics were higher than those of test spot by the revegetation measures C. As a result of finding out living plant's breeding index [weight in dried state], the average dried weight of living plant at the test spot by the method of revegetation measures B, in case of foreign herbal species, was the highest marking 8.96 grams per square meter, and the next was 6.86grams per square meter by the method of revegetation measures D, and the next after was 6.80 grams per square meter by the method of revegetation measures A, and the last 5.93 grams per square meter by the method of revegetation measures C. As a result of finding out the covering degree on the slopes, the same average covering degree of 80% and 77.5% in revegetation measures A and revegetation measures D individually, which showed a somewhat higher covering degree than those of revegetation measures B and revegetation measures C. As a result of finding out appearing plants on the test construction site, seeding plant life was found to be sprouting on all test spot while native and foreign herbal species and herbaceous plant as well as shrubs were growing in good harmony with each other. However, in case of revegetation measures B and revegetation measures C method, foreign plant species are dominantly growing. As a result of inspecting rifts on the slopes and the excavated state by water, there existed cracks in some of base materials only in revegetation measures C method applied spot.
Application Cases of Test Construction of Hydro-Seeding Measures on the Slopes Along the National Road Between Gamchon and Yaechon
Jeon, Gi-Seong ; Woo, Kyung-Jin ;
Journal of the Korea Society of Environmental Restoration Technology, volume 10, issue 6, 2007, Pages 139~151
To protect the surface of ground-cutting slopes and ground-raised slopes and to recover environment-friendly slopes at the national road expansion construction between Gamchon and Yaechon, test-construction work was done using several modes of hydro-seeding measures to select a suitable construction method through the field survey; the results were as follows : As a result of survey on physio-chemical characteristics of soil, the average soil inclination on ground-raised slopes was from 4.73 mm to 5.37 mm; the average soil acidity was from pH 6.47 to 6.73; the average soil humidity was within the scope of 0.57~1.70 %,; the average soil inclination on ground-cutting slopes was 9.17~10.43mm; the average soil acidity was pH 6.67~6.77 and the average soil humidity was within the scope of 0.53~1.27 %; considered overall, they showed generally satisfactory base materials for plant breeding. As a result of the number of sprouting individuals, the average sprouting number of individuals on test spots executed by Coir net with Seed spray construction methods and the average number of sprouting individuals on other test spots executed by furrow-digging with Seed spray and Straw mat-mulching measures were 1,172 number of per square meter and 970 number of per square meter respectively; thus they showed higher numerical value comparing with other test spots. Likewise, the average number of sprouting individuals on test spots of the ground-cutting slopes executed by Coir net with Seed spray method and the average number of sprouting individuals on other test spot executed by furrow-digger with Seed spray and Straw mat-mulching measures were found to be 1,107 number of per square meter and 1,105 number of per square meter respectively, whose numerical value showed rather higher other test spots. As a result of a survey on living plants' breeding index [dried weight], the weight in dried state on test spots executed by Coir net with Seed spray method and other test spots executed by furrow-digger with Seed spray and Straw mat-mulching measures on both ground-raised and ground-cutting slopes was found to be higher and showed similar characteristics statistically. As a result of survey on the surface-covering degree of ground-raised slopes, nine weeks after test construction, test spots executed by Coir net with Seed spray method and other test spots executed by furrow-digger with Seed spray and Straw mat-mulching measures showed commonly more than 70% of surface-covering degree, but other test spots showed only below 35% of surface covering degree; especially in case of test spots by Verdvol seed spray measures, they showed 10% of the lowest surface-covering. Surface-covering degree on the test spot of ground-cutting slopes nine weeks after test construction showed more than 75% both executed by Coir net with Seed spray construction method and executed by furrow-digger with Seed spray and Straw mat-mulching measures. As a result of survey on appearing plants on the test spots, there dominates Eragrostis curvula both on ground-raised slopes and on ground-cutting slopes with other seeding plant life's lower breeding and there appear intruders, such as Setaria viridis Beauv, Digitaria sanguinalis Scop, and Chenopodium album var.centrorubrum Makino. As for water-borne excavation and soil's washing-away on the slopes, there happened less washing-away and water-borne excavation with good breeding of plant life on test spots executed both by Coir net with Seed spray construction method and by furrow-digger with Seed spray and Straw mat-mulching measures, but there happened much more soil's washing-away along with water-home excavation at the test spot executed by Seed spray with measures. After the research results of test construction sites are examined overall, it's presumed that furrow-digger with Seed spray and Straw mat-mulching measures [interval between lines is 40cm, 5cm in depth] will be preferred to prevent erosion and water-home excavation of slopes located within the construction sites. | <urn:uuid:aff83bb6-e350-4bdd-8b7a-c3106a45550b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.koreascience.or.kr/journal/JournalIssueList.jsp?kojic=HKBOB5&volno=10&issno=6&cnov_no=&year_GB=2007 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00234-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919929 | 5,273 | 2.09375 | 2 |
There is no disputing that video is king in today’s marketing world. And no one should be surprised when we say the short-form video app TikTok was the app of 2020. With more than 800 million active users worldwide, it is one of the fastest growing social media platforms in the world, presenting users with an alternate version of online sharing. It has changed the way we view comedy, music and activism, and the platform allows ordinary and relatable individuals to be viral content creators straight from their phones. Since the videos posted are under one minute long, it allows users to view reams of engaging content from different creators, learn about new trends and different communities in each session of “joyscrolling.”
With any new media channel comes the push to learn how to use it as a marketing tool. TikTok is so new that many brands and marketers are still unsure of its relevance or how to capitalize on the opportunities it offers. To bring the app into perspective for marketers, here is a brief overview of TikTok:
If a brand has a goal of reaching younger markets, TikTok could be an ideal channel with 41% of its users between 16-24 years old. But as is the case with most social platforms, as the app grows in popularity, the age groups will also expand.
The percentage of U.S.-based TikTok users by age:
- 10-19 – 32.5%,
- 20-29 – 29.5%,
- 30-39 – 16.4%,
- 40-49 – 13.9%,
- 50+ – 7.1%.
The info above shows that more than half of TikTok users are Gen Zers, a major trendsetting group. Next year, 74 million people in the U.S. will be part of “Gen Z”, which will make it the largest generation of all.
Another notable stat about TikTok is the amount of time users are spending on the app. The average user spends 52 minutes PER DAY watching content or creating their own, and on average, opens the app 8x daily. This leaves a lot of opportunity for your marketing campaign to be viewed by your key audiences.
Since TikTok is an entirely different social network with unique trends, features and user behaviors, it should be approached using a different perspective than other social networks. Start off with an in-depth competitive audit to understand how your brand and brands like yours fit into the app.
If your marketing team decides it is a good fit for your brand, it is recommended to start with material that builds your credibility on the app before releasing promotional material. TikTok users are quick to spot out material that feels misplaced, so be sure to craft messaging and video specifically for this app. Many marketers find that the best way to be acknowledged by TikTok users is to use real people to review or talk about your product or brand.
Even folks who don’t use social media regularly understand the phrase “going viral.” While TikTok offers opportunities for any user to go viral on the app, it is important to understand that there is no formula for going viral, no matter your marketing strategy. However, there are tips for working with the TikTok algorithm to garner more views, such as creating short 15-second videos to boost your video completion rate, the strongest TikTok algorithm ranking factor, or to engage with other TikTokers.
The app also has options for paid marketing support, with ad campaign starting at $50 per day. These ads can drive users to your website, a page in the app store, or promote your hashtag challenge on the platform. Brands are also able to create branded AR lenses, filters, and stickers for TikTok users to insert into their video content.
The three types of ads offered are:
- In-feed native ads – these are the closest to a traditional ad on TikTok. You can include website links and Order Now buttons on the ad. They are skippable ads, and you can use them in multiple ways.
- Hashtag challenge ads – with these, a user is served a banner ad that takes he/she to a page of instructions and rules of the featured challenge. You can use it to target specific audience segments.
- Brand takeover ads – these use a mix of images, GIFs, and video clips that link to a landing page or hashtag challenge.
Pro tip: Make sure your account is a TikTok Pro account so you can capture analytics from the platform, such as number of followers, monitor views and engagement, and more.
As brands are looking into creative ways for TikTok to boost their marketing efforts, they must be mindful that the app is more of an entertainment platform than a lifestyle platform. It is a great example of the continued success of video marketing and is a great alternative to long-form video marketing like YouTube. If you’re looking for creative ways to incorporate more video into your marketing strategies, give us a call. Our team has a knack for designing media strategies, rooted in the latest trends and data, that leverage video and platforms like TikTok to reach audiences effectively. | <urn:uuid:fd970789-9862-48ee-8c8d-9ba5c9d98916> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://morganandco.com/tiktok-takeover-in-2021/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00470.warc.gz | en | 0.941267 | 1,070 | 1.554688 | 2 |
published: 20 May 2016
By Claire Cain
Over the years Holloway has been like a refuge to me – sleeping in doorways was tough. When it was freezing and there was snow on the ground, I would never have survived outside.”
The above quote is from the story Survival, part of an online collection of anonymous first-hand accounts about life in soon to be closed Holloway prison. It says everything about why we, at the national charity Women in Prison (WIP), have launched a campaign to Reclaim Holloway, and why we want to see a different approach to prison reform from that set out in the Queen’s Speech.
Every year around 9,000 women are sent to prison, yet the only risk of harm posed by most of them is to themselves. Suicides in prison are on the rise. Already this year five women have taken their own lives inside – the same number as for the whole of 2015 – and we’re not even halfway through the year yet. Self-harm is also on the rise.
Many female prisoners have a history of trauma, mental health problems and have suffered poverty, homelessness and domestic abuse. These experiences drive them to use alcohol and drugs as coping mechanisms and increase their chances of ending up in prison. The only way to solve this is to invest in community support and solutions for these issues before women get to this stage. | <urn:uuid:80a12270-fd2e-4bf7-8da1-a57a8e1eac53> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mikeypowell-campaign.org.uk/2016/06/27/women-shouldnt-be-forced-to-seek-refuge-inside-a-prison/?shared=email&msg=fail | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.97462 | 293 | 2.75 | 3 |
Centering DEI In Internationalization: Strategies for Inclusive Campuses for Students and Partnerships
How can we align DEI and internationalization efforts to promote inclusive and welcoming campuses for international students? How can we integrate our campus DEI initiatives into our global partnership building strategies? How can we develop a holistic and interconnected plan that ensures we address the intersections between internationalization and DEI? This interactive session focuses on strategies for aligning DEI and internationalization by examining an innovative DEI module program with online and in‐person components and strategies for engaging international partners in U.S.‐focused DEI discussions. Both approaches help promote more inclusive and welcoming environments for international students and center DEI in internationalization efforts.
- Dr. Huajing Maske, University of Kentucky
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The enduring mystery behind the black tigers' of Similipal in Odisha may finally have been solved with researchers identifying a single mutation in a gene that causes their distinctive stripes to broaden and spread into their tawny pelt, occasionally appearing entirely dark.
Ours is the first and only study to investigate the genetic basis for this phenotype (look). While the phenotype has been talked about and written about earlier, this is the first time its genetic underpinnings were scientifically investigated, Ramkrishnan, professor at NCBS, told PTI.
The researchers combined genetic analyses of other tiger populations from India and data from computer simulations to show that the Similipal black tigers may have risen from a very small founding population of tigers and are inbred -- providing an answer to the question that had perplexed so many for so long.
The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday, noted that tigers in the Similipal Tiger Reserve are an isolated population in eastern India, and gene flow between them and other tiger populations is very restricted.
The researchers noted that this has important implications for tiger conservation as such isolated and inbred populations are prone to extinction over even short periods of time.
They (the black tigers) have not been found in any other places in the wild to the best of our knowledge. Nowhere else in the world, Sagar, a PhD student in Ramakrishan's lab and lead author of the paper, told PTI.
We used whole genome sequencing from a pedigree (family tree) that includes pseudomelanistic (false coloured) and normally striped individuals to find the mutation responsible for the phenotype, he explained.
The abnormally dark or black coat in such tigers is termed pseudomelanistic or false coloured. The most recent sightings of this rare mutant tiger in Similipal, long considered mythical, was reported in 2017 and 2018.
Since the late 1700s, reports of black tiger sightings and supposed captures in central and northeast India have been recorded by locals and British hunters.
According to the 2018 tiger census, India has an estimated 2,967 tigers. Photos captured from Similipal in 2018 showed eight unique individuals, three of which were pseudomelanistic' tigers, characterised by wide, merged stripes.
The researchers at NCBS teamed up with tiger experts nationally and in other countries and found out that pseudomelanistic coat came down to the genes.
They found the black tigers are mutants and are Bengal tigers with a single base mutation.
Different mutations in this gene are known to cause similar changes in coat colour in several other species of cats, including cheetahs.
The drastic change in patterning and colouring of the black tigers' coat is caused by just one change in the genetic material DNA Alphabet from C (Cytosine) to T (Thymine) in position 1360 of the Taqpep gene sequence, the researchers said.
Further genetic analyses and comparisons with a total of 395 captive and wild Indian tiger populations indicates that the mutation in Similipal tigers is very rare.
The only other black tigers outside of Similipal in India exist at the Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar, Ranchi Zoo and Chennai's Arignar Anna Zoological Park where they were born in captivity.
Genetic tracing proved that these captive-born tigers shared a common ancestry with Similipal tigers.
Within Similipal, the mutation is present at a high frequency of 0.58: this means that if you pick any tiger from Similipal, the chance that it carries the mutant gene is almost 60 per cent.
The researchers also carried out investigations to understand why this mutation occurred at such a high frequency in Similipal alone.
One hypothesis is that the darker coat colour of the mutants offers them a selective advantage when hunting in the dense closed-canopy and relatively darker forested areas of Similipal as compared to the open plains of most other tiger habitats.
However, the results of additional genetic analyses coupled with computer simulations indicate that a small founding population and prolonged isolation from other tiger populations in India is likely to be the main reason for the occurrence of these black tigers.
Due to this geographic isolation, genetically related individuals have been mating with each other for many generations in Similipal, leading to inbreeding, the researchers noted.
A combination of these interrelated factors are the likely evolutionary forces that have created Similipal's unique population of black tigers.
It is amazing that we could find the genetic basis for such a striking pattern phenotype in wild tigers, and even more interesting that this genetic variant is at high frequencies in Similipal, said Ramakrishnan.
This appears to be a classic example of a founding event, which is followed by a small population that is isolated. As a result, this pseudomelanitic phenotype has become very common here, Sagar added.
The research also included scientists from Stanford University, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, both in the US, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati, Center for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad , and Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. | <urn:uuid:ace006ad-d4d7-4dce-886d-4e77bb6aae6a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://odishatv.in/news/national/mystery-behind-odisha-s-black-tigers-decoded-159803/amp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00268.warc.gz | en | 0.954653 | 1,080 | 3.9375 | 4 |
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