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Famous modern Classical composer Gregory Pavan delights professor Klezkowski by promising royalties to his old conservatory, whose pupils may play at his next recording. Their teacher, blind cellist Maryann Lowery, is initially most uncooperative, looking down on his music and what she considers a diva-attitude. Gregory however reconciles them and becomes her confident and lover, instead of architect, neighbor and favorite private pupil's father Oliver Comstock. Then real life shakes everything. Written by
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The film was originally entitled (and broadcast) as "Music from the Heart." Subsequently, the name was changed to "A Song from the Heart" to avoid confusion with Music of the Heart (1999), which was released the same year. See more | <urn:uuid:93705835-63b6-4055-9e23-adf5b27e653e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203713/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00064-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958853 | 158 | 1.5 | 2 |
Assessing Primary Sciencegives all the support to deliver Assessing Pupils' Progress. Part of a series comprising three Teaching Files, each covers two year groups, which gives a range of tasks covering all the assessment foci for Assessing Pupils' Progress in science.
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A stimulating environment of study and research in Switzerland
The University of Neuchatel (UniNE) is an internationally recognised institution as well as a university on a human scale. With 4380 students from Switzerland and beyond (nearly 20% of students from abroad), it provides high quality teaching and support. Bachelor and Master degrees are compatible with most other European universities and are in line with society’s expectations in a variety of innovative and cutting-edge fields.
Halfway between Geneva and Zürich, in the middle of Europe, the UniNE is a perfect place for those who wish to study or to undertake high-level research in a magnificent environment, near lake and mountains. In Neuchâtel, students‘ and researchers‘ activities take place throughout the city, in various but nearby places. This ensures close contact and mutual help, in particular between beginners and advanced students.
Key facts and figures
- 4380 students
- almost 60% of them female
- 552 doctoral candidates
- over 40% from outside Switzerland
- 740 staff members (FTE equivalent)
- of whom almost 70% are teachers
- 935 degrees
- awarded in November 2011
The Academy of Neuchatel was founded in 1838. It owes its birth not only to the strong political will to provide the region with a high quality educational establishment, but also to the geologist and paleontologist Louis Agassiz who made significant scientific advances at the time. In 1866, the Academy was comprised of the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Law, as well as some high school level institutions. In 1873, the Faculty of Theology was added. By decree of the Grand Council of 18 May 1909, the Academy of Neuchatel was officially established as the University of Neuchatel.
In addition to the institution's renaming, the 1910 law on Higher Education created a business school, and gave students the opportunity to undertake doctoral study in all faculties. Since its establishment, the UniNE has always aimed to provide education at the highest possible level. Its modest size lends it the dynamism and flexibility needed to achieve this goal.
Why choose the University of Neuchatel
Commitment to inspired and inspiring teaching
What distinguishes the University of Neuchatel above all else is the quality of its teaching staff. When hiring, we ensure that every teacher has advanced skills and an international reputation within his or her area of research. As a result, our professors are extremely passionate about what they teach - but that's not all. To teach at the UniNE, they must also meet high pedagogical standards so that they can share their knowledge in an inspiring way for their students.
A quick peruse through our expert 'who's who' will help you get to know some of our professors.
A congenial place to study
Unlike larger universities, anonymity doesn't rule the roost at the University of Neuchatel. On the contrary, people get to know one another - they discuss and exchange ideas, and students frequently run into their teachers out of class. There is a sense of solidarity and support between students, in particular between advanced students and beginners. This allows you to build friendships which will last you throughout your professional career and your life outside it.
Unique teaching methods
At the University of Neuchatel, students participate actively in lessons, aiding comprehension and increasing work efficiency. Groupwork, seminars and excursions are frequently organized, unlike in larger universities in which these forms of teaching are often unavailable, given that upwards of one hundred students may attend one course.
Students from the world over
The University of Neuchatel has an international reputation: 21% of the student body comes from outside Switzerland (approximately 100 nationalities). Such a cultural diversity is a great asset, both in terms of teaching and atmosphere on campus.
Engaging students in research
Thanks to the relatively small size of the University of Neuchatel, students can be active participants rather than just an audience. They are initiated into the production of knowledge very early in their studies. Moreover bachelor students (in some fields) and master students have the opportunity to participate in projects with PhD students and other researchers. Engaging master students in research opens up attractive prospects for professional development. Indeed, many institutes of the University of Neuchatel have established linkages with firms on the national and international level.
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Just as fidelity to the Hebrew language was a key to our redemption from Egypt (Midrash Vayikra Rabba 32:5), so, too, was it a key to our survival throughout the long exile from our homeland. Dispersed to the four corners of the earth, our diligence in continuing to study and pray in Hebrew united us in a collective bond to our common inheritance and its values. Tzedakah, hesed, tikkun olam, am segullah, aliyah, and shalom are just a few of the myriad words and phrases that define who we are with meanings and associations that cannot be fully appreciated in translation. And then a century ago, by virtue of the assiduousness of our forebears throughout the generations, the early Zionists were able to revive Hebrew as a dynamic language enabling those returned onto Zion to conjoin not only with their heritage but also with one another. Enlarging the circle of those able to do so is fundamental to the Zionist vision, predicated as it is on the unity of the Jewish people.
Naturally, then, this conviction is integral to The Jerusalem Program, the ideological foundation of the Zionist Movement. It consists of a basic statement of principles to which all who would call themselves Zionists are bidden to agree, a unifying statement pulling together into a single force those holding a broad spectrum of diverse beliefs and ideologies but who together comprise a single, cohesive World Zionist Organization. It also establishes the tone and direction of Zionism today, as subscribing to it not only affirms one’s belief in the right of the Jewish people to a state and homeland of its own, but also expresses our hopes and aspirations for the society we would wish to create there, as well as for the relationship we would like to see develop between the Jewish state and the Jewish people everywhere.
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Recently, unemployment has hit many American IT workers. But there is one glimmer of hope: Canada is calling. Keane, Inc. in Nova Scotia is actively hiring IT workers and 5% of its work force is American. The company is recruiting in the US.
One turnoff for potential employees is the salary of 60,000 Canadian which translates to about $45,000 US dollars. IT workers are used to higher salaries. However, the company says that the costs of living in Halifax, Nova Scotia are very low.
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Chronic Nasal Congestion causes serious health problems and reduces the quality of life. Nasal congestion may also be the cause of our headache or waking up tired in the mornings. How aware are we of this situation? How much should we care about nasal congestion? Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Specialist Op.Dr. Bahadır Baykal gave information on the subject.
The amount of air passing through the nose during the day is approximately 10.000 liters. Almost everyone, children or adults, may experience nasal congestion from time to time. Most of the time, nasal congestion is not taken seriously and workarounds are tried to be solved. However, while chronic nasal congestion causes problems such as insomnia and fatigue that reduce the quality of life, it can lead to much more serious problems such as heart enlargement in the long term.
Diseases such as colds or sinusitis can cause temporary nasal congestion, but this is not a problem. Chronic nasal obstruction caused by the curvature of the inner part of the nose, ie deviation or enlargement of the nasal concha, causes oxygen deficiency in the long term and adversely affects the body. When there is not enough fresh air to our lungs, the oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange is affected, our blood carries deficient oxygen to the tissues and tissue damage develops over time. A person who cannot sleep with a quality sleep also develops fatigue and difficulty in concentration, following high blood pressure, the heart starts rhythm disturbance and after a while the heart grows.
One of the most important symptoms in patients with chronic nasal congestion is snoring, and when the person wakes up in the morning, a dry feeling occurs in the mouth.
The curvature of the inner part of the nose (deviation) is the curvature of the middle part of the nose that usually develops after trauma. During pregnancy, even in the mother's womb, the baby may be exposed to nasal trauma during the rotational movements, it plays a role in the development of deviation in the blows during birth and childhood. Not every deviation causes nasal congestion. Swelling of the structures for the nose, which we call concha known as the nasal meat in the society, is also one of the very common causes of chronic nasal obstruction. It causes swelling of the nasal concha in women during the menstrual periods and hormonal changes during pregnancy.
Among the causes of chronic nasal congestion, constant allergies have an important place. Structures such as polyps that develop especially in patients with allergic background can obstruct the nose completely. Nasal congestion can also occur as a result of a reaction to any substance that irritates the nose. The most common is tobacco smoke. Even if some patients have had a successful nose surgery, they cannot fully relax as long as they continue to smoke. One of the unusual causes is gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). In treatment, stomach acid should be prevented from escaping up to the nasal passages.
If the cause of nasal obstruction is deviation, the only solution is surgery. If the bone and cartilage curvature is corrected, the breathing problem improves. We can now perform nasal surgeries quite comfortably and conveniently. I guess we stopped rhinoplasty from being a feared operation
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Winter squash is a vegetable that some people avoid because they are not sure how to cook it. Others give it a pass because the squashes are so very hard and they are afraid that it would be too difficult to cut. Let’s gain a little cookery confidence by improving our squash skills using the family friendly and fun spaghetti squash.
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Coffee in the Morning by George Mendoza
November is the month of All Souls, a special time to pray for those who have died. In the middle of this prayer there's a place for you to name family members and friends who have died - you might want to call those names to your heart before you begin...
Audio for today's Monday Morning Offering
Good morning, gracious God...
November wraps its dampened shroud
‘round nature’s hunched shoulders:
our souls know well the chill
of summer’s passing and winter's drawing near...
Bare limbs scratch against gray skies,
and snatch the mourner’s veil
from hearts laid bare in shivering loss,
alone, exposed in grief…
November, Lord: no other month
could better claim the name All Souls
or set the scene for weeping, praying,
rememb'ring those before us gone
and marked with signs of faith…
So this November morning, Lord,
I offer you my loved ones:
created from your hand,
claimed by grace and carried now
in your arms' strong embrace...
I lift to you in prayer today
my family members and friends
who've died, for whom I grieve...
(remember your loved ones here, by name...)
I offer you from my heart's depths
the ones I struggle to let go…
I offer you a prayer of tears
for those whose absence fills my silent hours…
I offer from my hands to yours
the ones whose hands held mine
until you called them home…
I offer from a contrite heart
the ones I bruised and hurt:
I pray that all the wounds I caused
your mercy now might heal...
I offer up a prayer
for those who've none to pray for them:
brothers, sisters never met yet
sisters, brothers mine,
for all are one in you...
Receive into your arms, O Lord,
receive into your peace and joy
the souls of those who've gone before
who wait to meet you face to face...
I offer you my grief, O Lord,
refresh me in your tender care;
make deep my trust I'll see again
all those I've lost when,
gathered in your kingdom's joy,
your mercy brings us home...
Beneath November’s canopy walk others, Lord,
who know as well as I the depths
of this month’s memories,
the souls for whom we pray:
keep us gentle with each other, Lord,
and mindful of what binds us in the grief we share
and holds us in your love…
Accept my mourning offering, Lord,
this day and through the night
until it dies and wakes again, a new day born,
a day that you have made...
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If you absolutely love the idea of having your own greenhouse but hate the idea of having to build it yourself, or simply do not have the funds, then the answer to you is the best greenhouse kit.
A greenhouse kit is a full kit that you purchase and set up with shelves and everything you need for your own greenhouse.
It is simple, easy, and affordable and a great way to start your own greenhouse.
Choosing the Best Greenhouse Kit for You
But before we get onto purchasing that greenhouse kit, let us first determine what type of kit will work best for you and some considerations you will need to take to find the most suitable and quality option;
Available Space – Are you a starter grower or a more professional long term grower. There are more advanced kits available and more user-friendly kits for beginners. It is also better to start small when you are a beginner grower. Then again, you need to consider the space you have available to you, as well as if it will be an indoor or outdoor greenhouse. Greenhouse kit s come in very large, to more medium, and very small compact sizes that cater to every need and space availability.
Growing Space – Then you need to look at growing space. What are you going to be planting, and how much of it. The size and shelving that your greenhouse kit provides need to cater for the sizes of your pots and pans and exactly what and what amount of your will be growing.
Why a Greenhouse Kit is better Than Building Your Own Greenhouse
Then, all in all, I want to explain why it is better to invest in a greenhouse kit rather than build your own.
For professional growers and farmers, it is more cost-effective to build their own greenhouses because of the growth on a large scale.
On the other hand, for a hobbyist or someone that just wants to plant a few flowers or vegetables, and for beginners, purchasing a ready kit is much more affordable, time, and effort efficient.
- Cost – If you are using recycled materials and old pieces of equipment and materials lying around, you might get away building a greenhouse, well, a basic design greenhouse for that matter, for cheaper. However, for something a bit more advanced with shelving and having to buy everything new, it will be much cheaper to buy a full kit that tries to build it yourself.
- Design Flexibility – Building your own greenhouse kit gives you small change flexibilities, such as moving around a window, door or shelving, or adding on to it, which with very few greenhouses are actually doable. However, with a greenhouse kit, there is not much flexibility for change.
- Stamped Engineering – Depending on where you live, you may also need a permit and a stamp from an engineer before you can set in motion your plans for building your own greenhouse. With a purchased greenhouse, you will not need any of these.
- Time – Building your own greenhouse takes time and much effort and will end up in a long wait before you can get to gardening. A greenhouse kit sets up quickly and easily, all you need is half a Saturday afternoon, and you are ready to plant!
- Warranty – A greenhouse kit comes with a quality warranty. Whereas building your own greenhouse comes with no guarantees or warranty.
Features of a Good Greenhouse Kit
- Heating – The main reason behind a greenhouse is to keep up temperatures for plants that need higher temperatures than where you are living. It needs to be properly set up and insulated to offer proper heating in airflow.
- Guttering – You can look for a kit that comes with a guttering system or set up your own guttering system to catch rainwater for re-use.
- Vents – Because of the high temperatures in a greenhouse, you will need proper vents to allow some hot air out and cool air in for proper temperature regulation. So make sure that your greenhouse kit has a proper ventilation system.
- Structure – Make sure that the greenhouse structure, which is basically the poles, tubes, and shelves, consists of durable materials and is sturdy enough to hold up the greenhouse, even in inclement weather conditions.
- Closure – Most greenhouses come with roll up doors that have a durable zip closure system.
Reviews: The Best Greenhouse Kits
- From the Ohuhu store, we have a large walk-in design full greenhouse kit with everything that you need for easy installation.
- It is warm and well ventilated with a roll-up zip closure door.
- The frame is sturdy and reliable with heavy-duty rust-resistant tubes.
- It is large with 12 shelves that are wired, six on each side.
- This is a smaller three-tier greenhouse kit that is ideal for indoor and outdoor use.
- There are three tiers and eight shelves with a plastic cover that has a roll-up door with a zip closure.
- The structure is robust with steel pipes, and there is a PE plastic cover.
- It is a comfortable walk-in design that is very easy to use and even easier to assemble.
- This is a smaller, more portable greenhouse kit that is ideal for indoor and outdoor use.
- There is a green or clear color option available from which you can choose.
- It consists of eco-friendly and durable Pe materials.
- It is water and corrosion resistant as well as weather and chemical resistant.
- The structure is very sturdy and reliable, with high-quality tubular steel pipes.
- The unique design has a roll-up zipper door and is very easy to assemble.
- the Home Complete Walk-In Greenhouse Kit is a more spacious outdoor design.
- It has 8 sturdy shelves with plenty of room for pots and trays.
- It is a versatile design that can be used indoors or outdoors.
- Very easy to assemble with no tools or extras required.
- You can use it in all seasons with the walk-in design.
- From BestMassage, we have a small-sized portable greenhouse kit that is ideal for indoor and outdoor use.
- It is straightforward to set up and comes with all the hardware and tools that your need.
- It is a walk-in design that has 8 wired shelves and three tires on each side of the greenhouse,
- The Greenhouse has heavy-duty powder-coated steel used for the frame, and the cover is a Polyvinyl Chloride with zip closures.
- If you are looking for something small and have limited space, or an apartment home, then the Quictent is just what you need.
- It is a small collapsible pop-up design greenhouse with fiberglass poles.
- It consists of eco-friendly materials and is extremely easy to set up.
- There are size stakes provided that help to strengthen the tent,
- Four large zip closure doors roll from the upper part.
- The Overlong cover design offers effective protection for pant growth and makes the greenhouse more airtight and secure.
- The Veikou is a walk-in greenhouse.
- You get a full kit and manual for set up.
- It has a heavy-duty metal frame and polycarbonate sides.
- There is an adjustable roof vent and sliding door.
- The Sincalong is a large outdoor greenhouse.
- It is portable and heavy-duty.
- The frame is galvanized steel and it has a walk-in design.
- There are roll-up windows and a zippered roll-up door.
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- Choosing the Best Greenhouse Kit for You
- Why a Greenhouse Kit is better Than Building Your Own Greenhouse
- Features of a Good Greenhouse Kit
- Reviews: The Best Greenhouse Kits
- Ohuhu Store® Walk In Greenhouse Kit
- SV Scool Value® Mini Small Greenhouse Kit
- Kokskry® Indoor and Outdoor Portable Greenhouse Kit
- Home-Complete® HC-4202 Walk In Greenhouse Kit
- BestMassage® Mini Greenhouse Kits
- Quictent® Mini Portable Greenhouse Kit
- Veikou® Aluminium Greenhouse Kits
- Sincalong® Large Greenhouse Kits
- Hanience® Walk In Full Greenhouse Kits
- Palram® Hybrid Greenhouse Kits
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|Part of the American Civil War|
|Date||December 25, 1857|
Union Army men
The Cincinnati Massacre occurred on Christmas Day, 1857. After losing the Battle of Middletown in November, halting the Columbus Campaign, the Union forces were forced back over the Ohio River. Being chased, they needed to be quick, so they went to Cincinnati where there were many bridges to easily cross. As they were going through, Simon B. Buckner advised the troops to place traps to halt anybody following them and restrict any invasion of Kentucky. Earlier, using scorched earth tactics, he had burned the village of Reading. As the Union armies marched through the streets of Cincinnati, setting booby traps, two abolitionist civilians fired at the soldiers from a crowd that had gathered on a major intersection on the corner of Vine Street and 5th. As a result, Buckner ordered the troops to fire at the crowd to stop their rebellious intents. Some of the crowd quickly dispersed, setting off some of the booby traps. Some people stood their ground though, not knowing what had occurred, and they began to charge at the troops. These people were fired at, with many being killed or wounded. The rest surrendered, and were taken as prisoners of war. This became known as the Cincinnati Massacre or Christmas Massacre, and heightened the tensions between the North and South. It led to increased enlistment for the Federation, was key for propaganda in the North, and was in some ways the beginning of Northern patriotism. | <urn:uuid:dd5dd85a-4c23-4448-88bc-fce3c5aba00e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Cincinnati_Massacre_(E_Pluribus_Duo) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281649.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00443-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978406 | 308 | 4.15625 | 4 |
Unlike other types of beans, soybeans do not grow very high and usually do not need staking or support. This makes them easy to grow in containers if you do not have much space in your yard. The plant is pretty enough to serve as an ornamental, plus you have the added benefit of growing protein-packed beans. You can grow soybeans that you eat fresh, such as edamame, or you can grow beans that you will allow to dry.
Choosing the Container
Soybeans do not need a very large container to thrive. Look for one that is at least 2 gallons in volume or between 12 and 16 inches in depth. Plant two or three plants in a container. Give each plant about 3 inches of space to grow. Use a pot made of any type of material, such as plastic, metal, terra cotta or wood. If the container does not have any holes in the bottom, drill holes for drainage so that the beans do not rot.
How and When to Plant
Plant the seeds directly in the container when temperatures have risen to 60 degrees Fahrenheit, usually in early spring. You want to wait until after the last frost in your area. While soybeans do not like very hot weather, weather that is too cold is not beneficial either. The beans tend to rot in soil that is too cold. Cool temperatures can also slow their growth, according to Jill MacKenzie of the University of Minnesota Extension. To plant the seeds, make a hole 1-inch deep in the soil. Drop the soybean seed in and then cover it with soil. To improve yield, you can dip the bean in a rhizobia inoculant before you plant. If you want fresh soybeans, pick the pods when they are plump and green. For dried beans, leave the pods on the plant until they become dry.
Soil and Food
Use soil made for containers. Do not use pure garden soil, because it will clump and will not drain properly. Soybeans need container mix that will drain well. A standard container soil should suffice. Make your own container mix by combining equal parts peat moss, perlite, compost and regular garden soil. If you want to add more fertilizer to the container mix, you may mix in a bit of extra compost or add lime or kelp meal. Adding compost gives the beans the food they need to grow quickly over the course of the season. Since soybeans create nitrogen in the soil, you do not need to worry about fertilizing with nitrogen.
Water and Light
Set the container in an area of your patio or garden that receives at least 6 hours of sunlight each day. The plants usually need about 1 inch of water weekly. Too much water will make the soybean roots rot. To prevent fungal infections or rot on the leaves of the plant, aim the water at the soil, not the plant itself. Do not let the soil in the container dry out. If the plant is allowed to dry out or if you water excessively one day but then do not water it for several days, it is less likely to produce a healthy crop of beans.
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The summer holiday season is in full swing, with news of flight cancellations, challenging journeys and mountains of luggage. After a few years of staycations, workers are looking forward to traveling further afield. They are booking their time off, doublechecking travel insurance and turning their minds to what to pack in their suitcases. What will be useful? What can be left behind?
Baggage is more than clothes, phone chargers and passports. Whether on holiday, or back at work, the baggage of previous experiences is also brought along for the ride. Sometimes that’s useful, as a manager delves into their bag of skills to solve a technical issue. But on many occasions, it can be a burden, slowing the journey towards the desired objective or even derailing it.
Nowhere is this in sharper focus than in situations of conflict. The way people deal with issues when they arise is significantly influenced by past conflict experiences, preconceptions and assumptions. To reduce turbulence when managing these challenging situations, mental baggage needs to be unpacked, examined and repacked, traveling with the items that will be most useful for the journey ahead.
In conflict, it’s tempting to focus on other’s faults, and to dwell on what they did wrong, and what they need to do to make it right. Finding fault won’t result in change. Therefore, a useful starting point is to unpack our conflict baggage.
This psychological baggage is packed with conflict habits, prejudices, biases, and thought and behavior patterns developed over years. Tackling this excess baggage involves spending less time blaming others, and more time inspecting and understanding ourselves. A practical step is to notice one’s trigger points and understand them better. For example, if a staff member has experienced a coworker taking credit for their work, they may be more sensitive if their contribution to a new project isn’t recognized. If a manager has a habit of ignoring conflict, they may overlook a conflict brewing in their team. Understanding these triggers gives an opportunity to explore how they could be fueling conflict.
Don’t believe the reviews
Just because a review on TripAdvisor says check-in staff were offhand, it doesn’t mean every traveler should expect the same experience. In conflict, making assumptions can be particularly unhelpful. If a team member is criticized for challenging a manager, they may assume this will happen again. They may then decide to keep their opinion to themselves and feel frustrated, or give their view, but with the expectation of receiving the same negative response.
The key to countering this is to focus on the assumptions that could be coming into play. It can be helpful to approach a trusted friend or colleague to talk it through, which will help gain perspective. Someone not involved in the immediate situation can be well-placed to spot false assumptions, challenge a viewpoint and point out blind spots. They might ask about other experiences in team meetings, or query if there are other reasons why a manager might have reacted that way.
Be a curious traveler
One of the reasons that conflict is challenging to navigate is that in the face of a threat, a natural reaction is to close off. Countering the tendency to close down means trying to understand the other people involved in conflict. A good way to do this is with attentiveness. Pay attention to how others express themselves in conversation, both verbally and non-verbally, and stay focused on what is happening in the moment, rather than letting past experiences cloud what is happening now. As well as observation, questions can be enlightening. Take time to ask how someone is, and what’s going on for them. That could reveal a whole host of other pressures influencing their behavior. If something that was said has caused upset, express this to the other party, and ask for their perspective. This can open the way to a clearer understanding.
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Jewish World Review June 15, 1999 /1 Tamuz 5759
We have become a nation of Bostoids. Without any pressure, except the anguish, as New York magazine tells us, of being merely slightly rich in a city full of the very rich, we show as a society the baleful effect of a total belief in the amiability of the universe. To us it is inconceivable that the stock market or real estate market could go decline, that we could sicken and die from anything other than the effects of cigarette smoking, environmentally-caused cancers and inadequate gun control.
Children suffer most from our complacency. The rich, as a letter-writer to the New York Times pointed out, used to pay good money so that their boys and girls could be taught to live in the wild, to toughen them and teach them to survive adversity. Now summer camps boast of the quality of their chefs and the softness of their beds.
Physically weak and unable to take care of themselves, our children inherit the self-satisfaction of their elders without being able to sign checks or have credit ratings or lease SUVs. They lack the opportunity to sacrifice themselves, to feel the kind of fear that used to define childhood-the realization that because you are weak you must develop the desire to become strong, the cunning to evade the bullies, the courage occasionally to stand up for your rights, the judgment to decide when it is wise to fight, and when, more frequently, it is wiser to flee.
Of all the disciplines of nature and nurture our children lack, only Little League remains. As if to compensate for everything else, kids now have to submit to adult-organized sport, with parents standing around anxiously, peering at their kids' efforts to hit or kick a ball, and, in Manhattan, either cheering or yakking into cell phones. And parents are made to feel that being a good parent requires nothing less-and nothing more-than constant, self-punishing attendance at these events.
But here, in childrens' athletics, is precisely where our remedy lies. Kids' sports takes place in public, follow recognized rules, and are intricately scheduled. Here's my thought: Bet. We open little league to legalized gambling. We develop book on t-ball and soccer. We offer odds on girls' lacrosse and boy's wrestling.
Wagering on Little League is a big idea. Opening children's games to the general sporting public would have innumerable positive effects. First of all, the individual performance of your child would not only matter to you and your child's team-mates' parents, but to a roaring crowd. The attention of a large audience would be focused on our children. What they do as individuals will begin to matter. They can become heroes, or goats-they will cease to live in a private world defined by doting parents, but in the larger world of commerce.
Betting on kids' sports would develop in our children higher moral standards, even nobility. We expect our kids to be innocent, but now they would have to be seen to be innocent. The entire community-not just we parents-would have a stake in our kids living drug- and cigarette-free lives, lives untainted by bribery and corruption. To stand up against these temptations will seem to them heroic-not just stupid.
Finally, there is the equalizing magic of odds-making. Because our children would not be playing merely to beat the other team. No, that would be childish indeed, and unfairly favors the talented over the untalented. No, they will be handicapped. Their individual strengths and weaknesses would be assessed by a knowledgeable market. And they would be playing not, ignobly, to win, to "smash" the other guys, but to beat the spread. It's not whether you win or lose or how you play the game.
By allowing betting on little league, we can make life matter again for our
kids. Their actions will have consequences. Their fortunes-in the form of
the published odds-will rise and fall according to their pluck, or
resignation. And parents, seeing their happy children applauded by cheerful,
slightly boozy, working-class crowds, might sneak off to do more useful work,
like after-hours stock market trading or conducting cinq-a-septs with one
another--both activities likely to reduce the general sense of complacency
that so besets us as a
JWR contributor Sam Schulman is deputy editor of Taki's Top Drawer, appearing in New York Press, and was formerly publisher of Wigwag and a professor of English at Boston University. You may contact him by clicking here.
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"If (Obama) really wanted to make a solution that dealt with these kids or illegal immigration in America, than this is something he would have taken up in his first three and a half years, not in his last few months," Romney said on Face the Nation Sunday morning. The CBS interview was taped Saturday.
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In his written and spoken teachings, Sri Ramana has given us a clear, subtle, profound and complete philosophy, which prompts us to think about our experience of ourself and everything else more deeply than we would ever do without such prompting, and which provides us with a truly satisfactory answer to all the most essential philosophical questions that we could ever ask. However, he did not give us his philosophical teachings merely to satisfy our intellectual curiosity, but only for a single purpose, namely to urge and guide us to practise self-enquiry and self-surrender and thereby to know ourself as we really are.
All the philosophy or theory that he has taught us has only this one aim or purpose, so until and unless we actually practise this one path of self-enquiry and self-surrender, we will not gain the real benefit that we should gain from studying his teachings. What he has taught us is not merely a theoretical philosophy but also a practical science, so if we try to restrict ourself to the philosophical aspect of his teachings and ignore their practical aspect, our understanding of them will be incomplete, one-sided and distorted.
We can truly understand his entire teachings and be benefited by them only if we put them into practise by earnestly attempting to scrutinise our essential self-conscious being, ‘I am’, and thereby subside into the innermost depth of ourself. If we do not thus attempt to practise self-enquiry and self-surrender, we will never be able to understand his teachings clearly or deeply.
When we first read or hear his teachings, we will hopefully be able to understand them at least to a limited extent, but when we try to put them into practice our understanding will become clearer, deeper and more subtle. Therefore in order to deepen and clarify our understanding we must not only read them repeatedly and think deeply about their real meaning, but must also practise them earnestly and persistently.
This threefold process of repeated reading, reflection and practice is called sravana, manana and nididhyasana. By deep reflection or manana we will be able to understand more clearly what we have learnt by reading or sravana, and as a result of this improved understanding we will be motivated more strongly to abide deeply in the actual practice or nididhyasana, which is the state of keen self-attentiveness or clear, thought-free self-conscious being. The more we practise such nididhyasana, the more our mind will be purified — cleansed of its desires, which are the impurities that cloud and obscure our natural inner clarity of self-consciousness — and the more it is thus purified, the more we will gain the required inner clarity, which will in turn enable us to understand what we read more clearly. Thus, when we repeatedly do sravana, manana and nididhyasana — that is, when we repeatedly read, reflect upon and practise Sri Ramana’s teachings — we will gain a progressively deep and clear understanding and insight into their true import.
However though sravana, manana and nididhyasana are all necessary components of our spiritual path, they do not all have an equal value. As Sri Adi Sankara says in verse 364 of Vivekachudamani, the benefit that we can gain from manana is a hundred times greater than that which we can gain from mere sravana, and the benefit that we can gain from nididhyasana is a hundred thousand times greater than that which we can gain from mere manana.
Therefore, if we truly wish to understand Sri Ramana’s teachings clearly and correctly, merely reading them will not be sufficient, nor even will manana or deep meditation upon their meaning, unless our sravana and manana are accompanied by actual nididhyasana — practice of atma-vichara, self-enquiry, self-investigation, self-scrutiny or keen self-attentiveness. Unless we seriously and repeatedly practise such deep self-scrutiny, we will not achieve the profound inner clarity of self-consciousness that we need in order to have real insight into the true and subtle import of his teachings.
The extent to which we can understand his teachings clearly and correctly when we first read them will depend upon the purity of our mind, which will in turn depend upon the amount of true spiritual practice that we have done previously, both in our present and our former lives. Some of us will be able to understand them relatively clearly even when we first read them, while others will understand them less clearly or even not understand them at all.
For example, one important truth that Sri Ramana has taught us is that sleep is not a state of absolute unconsciousness, as most of us imagine it to be, but only a state of relative unconsciousness. When we first read and think deeply about this truth, some of us are immediately able to recognise that it is in fact an obvious truth, even though we had previously failed to recognise it. Many among us, however, have difficulty grasping this clear but subtle truth, because their mind is so accustomed to recognising the objective consciousness of waking and dream as being the only consciousness there is, that they are unable to recognise the absolutely non-objective self-consciousness of sleep as being consciousness at all.
One question I am repeatedly asked is why Sri Ramana has taught us that sleep is a state of clear consciousness, whereas our experience is that it is simply a state of unconsciousness. Therefore in Happiness and the Art of Being (for example, on pages 5-6, 104-6, 111-5, 120-6 and 246-7) and elsewhere, including many of the articles in this blog, I have repeatedly tried to explain this subtle but extremely important truth.
However, unless we have a certain degree of inner clarity, no amount of words and explanations will help us to recognise this simple and obvious — but nevertheless extremely subtle — truth that in sleep we continue to be conscious of our own essential being, ‘I am’. When we read the various books in which conversations between Sri Ramana and other people have been recorded, we can find many examples of occasions when he explained this truth in clear and simple terms, but whoever was questioning him was nevertheless either unable or unwilling to accept it as an obvious fact of our everyday experience.
If all the explanations and reasoning given to us by Sri Ramana do not convince us that we are truly conscious of ourself in sleep, and if we sincerely wish to understand exactly what he was trying to help us to understand through all such explanations, we should try to start practising atma-vichara or ‘self-enquiry’ — that is, simple self-scrutiny, self-attentiveness or self-remembrance — because only then will we gain the subtle inner clarity of self-consciousness that will enable us to recognise the continuity of self-consciousness that we experience in sleep.
A clear example of the difficulty that some of us experience when trying to comprehend this subtle truth that we are self-conscious — conscious of nothing other than our own being, ‘I am’ — in sleep is given in a comment that an anonymous reader wrote last week in reply to a reply that I had written recently to an earlier comment that he (or she) had written on an old article in this bog, I think because I am, but I am even when I do not think. In this latest comment he explained very politely why he could not accept this truth, saying:
Sir, I really appreciate your reply. You’ve been so patient in giving such an elaborate answer to my question. Thanks a lot for that. But the point is I did not understand much from it! I’ve seen these kinds of explanations in several places... all more or less saying the same thing.Anonymous writes here with a feeling of absolute certainty, “In sleep (without dreams), we don’t know. Full stop. We just don’t know anything. This includes that, I don’t even know that I am sleeping”. What makes him (or her) feel so absolutely certain that he did not know anything in sleep? He is certain because he knows that he knew nothing in sleep, and he knows this so certainly because that knowledge of nothing is what we all actually experience in sleep.
I’ve only one point: In sleep (without dreams), we don’t know. Full stop. We just don’t know anything. This includes that, I don’t even know that I am sleeping. For any question like ‘did you know .....’, the answer is a simple ‘NO’.
I can say ‘I was sleeping’ or ‘I slept’ after waking up, probably because of one or more of the following:
- by seeing myself lying on a bed in the morning, perhaps in a sort of semi-consciousness.
- a sense of relaxation.
- sleeping is something we do everyday, so we know it by habit
- the very absence of knowing anything in between the two events: the moment we lie on the bed the earlier night, and the moment waking happens in the morning.
Because of one or more the reasons above, I can say ‘I slept’ or ‘I was asleep’.
If you are trying to convey something, I can imagine you might be facing difficulty here. If you did your best in trying to explain, perhaps that is all you could do.
Like most of us, if we have not considered the matter sufficiently deeply, Anonymous feels positively certain that we do not know anything in sleep. However, if we really did not know anything in sleep, how could we say with such certainty, ‘I know that I did not know anything in sleep’? Would we not instead just have to say, ‘I know nothing about sleep, so I do not know whether or not I knew anything then’?
We are able to say with such certainty, ‘I know that I did not know anything in sleep’, only because we were not absolutely devoid of knowledge or consciousness in that state. That is, though we did not experience any objective knowledge in sleep, we know this only because we actually experienced that complete absence of all objective knowledge.
In other words, we know that we did not know anything in sleep because we actually experienced that state of knowing nothing. Even this knowledge of nothing is a knowledge — a clear and certain knowledge — because it is what we actually experienced in sleep.
Though — due to the absence of all objective knowledge — sleep may appear to us to be a state of ‘unconsciousness’, it is not a state of absolute unconsciousness, but only a state of relative unconsciousness, because the ‘unconsciousness’ that we experience in sleep is an unconsciousness of which we are clearly conscious. If sleep were really a state of absolute unconsciousness, how could we be conscious of it at all? That is, how could we know that any such state exists? Since we do know that such a state exists, and that it is a state in which we are for a while each day, we must actually be conscious when we are in it.
However, though from the relative perspective of our present waking state it is true to say that we are conscious in sleep, it would be more accurate to say that, just like waking and dream, sleep is a state that sometimes appears in our consciousness. Other than our own perpetual being, ‘I am’, everything that we know or experience is just a transitory phenomenon that appears and disappears in ourself — that is, in our consciousness, which is not other than our essential being. Since waking, dream and sleep each appear and disappear only in our consciousness, the truth is that they exist in us, rather than that we exist in them.
What actually is this state that we call ‘sleep’? Is it not one of the three states that we experience every day? Though we do not experience anything other than our own being while in sleep, can we honestly say that we do not experience even our being in sleep? Can we say, ‘I did not know that I was in sleep’? During sleep we do not think, ‘I am asleep’, but do we not nevertheless know ‘I am’? Why do we feel on waking, ‘I slept peacefully, and knew nothing at that time’? If we were not actually conscious of our being while in sleep, how could we now know that we were ever in such a state, or that there is any such state at all?
Moreover, how are we able to distinguish this state of dreamless sleep from the state of dream? If we did not actually experience dreamless sleep as a state distinct from dream, how on waking are we able to say whether we slept dreamlessly or whether our sleep was interrupted by dreams? Since we do experience sleep as a state distinct from either waking or dream – a state devoid of any objective knowledge, and of any action such as ‘thinking’ – is it not clear that we did exist while in sleep, and that we did then know our existence or being in the absence of all otherness?
If we were truly not conscious of our being in sleep, we would not know that we were ever in such a state, or even that such a state exists. That is, sleep would be imperceptible to us, like the gap between two consecutive frames in a cinema film, and hence we would not be aware of any gap between any two consecutive states in a seemingly unbroken continuity of successive states of waking or dream. The fact that we are conscious not only of waking and dream but also of a third state that we call ‘sleep’ is a clear proof of the fact that we were not absolutely unconscious in sleep, but were only unconscious of any otherness, objectivity, duality or relativity.
Anonymous is correct in saying, “In sleep ... I don’t even know that I am sleeping”. In sleep we do not know that we are sleeping; we only know that we are. That is, all that we actually know or experience in sleep is our own self-consciousness — our simple non-dual consciousness of our own being, ‘I am’.
In sleep we do not know ‘I am now sleeping’, because the knowledge ‘I am sleeping’ would be a mere thought — a qualified form of our original consciousness, ‘I am’ — and if any such thought were to rise, it would not be a state of sleep. In sleep we do not experience any thought, but only our own pristine consciousness of being, ‘I am’.
We now know that we were in that state called ‘sleep’ only because we were actually conscious of our being in that state. When we are asleep, though we do not know ‘I am now in sleep’, we do clearly know ‘I am’ — just ‘I am’, our own being, and nothing else. The only reason why we now know so clearly that ‘I was asleep’ is that we did actually experience our being in sleep, even though we did not then have any thought or concept of ‘sleep’, and did not know anything else other than our own mere being.
In both waking and dream, we are all aware of the fact that we do sleep. That is, we all know that we experience three distinct states — not only the two states of waking and dream, in which we are conscious of multiplicity and otherness, but also a third state that we call ‘sleep’, in which we are not conscious of any multiplicity or otherness. How could we now be so clearly aware of this third state called ‘sleep’ if it were really a state devoid of all consciousness?
That is, we would not now be conscious of sleep if we had not actually been conscious in sleep. The seeming ‘unconsciousness’ or ‘ignorance’ in sleep is not something that we merely infer, but is something that we actually experienced.
However, it is only in this waking state that we describe our experience in sleep in such negative terms as ‘unconsciousness’, ‘ignorance’, ‘absence of knowledge’ or ‘not knowing anything’, and we do so because we are trying to understand and describe our experience in sleep relative to and in terms of our present experience of otherness, objectivity, relativity or duality here in this so-called waking state.
However, what we actually experience while asleep is not anything negative such as ‘I am knowing nothing’, ‘I am not knowing anything’ or ‘I am unconscious’. What we experience in sleep is actually only our own being, ‘I am’, and nothing other than this mere being, which is our essential self. Except in relation to our experience in waking, sleep is not at all a negative state, but is only a positive state of pure being — pure non-dual self-conscious being, free from all the confusing duality, multiplicity and otherness that we are now experiencing.
Further on in the same reply Anonymous offers several explanations that he believes could probably account for the fact that we can say ‘I was sleeping’ or ‘I slept’. The last of these reasons is the correct one, namely that it is because of “the very absence of knowing anything in between the two events: the moment we lie on the bed the earlier night, and the moment waking happens in the morning”.
How do we know that there is a gap between the moment we fall asleep and the moment we wake up, and how do we know that during this gap there is an “absence of knowing anything”? Since we do know this gap, and since we do know that during it we experienced no objective knowledge, is it not clear that our ‘knowledge of nothing’ in sleep was not an absolute absence of knowledge, but only a relative absence of knowledge?
When we watch a film on a cinema screen, we cannot perceive the gap that exists between each consecutive frame of that film, so it appears to us to be an unbroken continuity — a moving picture that appears continuously on the screen. Likewise, if we were truly not able to cognise any gap between the moment that we fall asleep and the moment that we wake up, our successive states of waking and dream would appear to us to be an unbroken continuity, without any sleep interrupting them. However, we are in fact able to cognise this intervening gap very clearly, and this is the reason why we now know so clearly that we were then in a contentless state that we call ‘sleep’.
Therefore, since we are conscious of having been in this empty gap — the state that we call ‘sleep’ — is it not clear that we were conscious during this gap, even though we then knew nothing other than ‘I am’? That is, what enables us to cognise this gap called ‘sleep’ that intervenes between two consecutive states of waking or dream is only the perpetual continuity of our fundamental self-consciousness, ‘I am’, which endures uninterrupted through all these three alternating states of consciousness.
The consciousness that we experience in sleep is only this one fundamental self-consciousness, ‘I am’, which is absolutely non-dual and non-objective, because it knows nothing other than itself — its own being. However, we experience this essential non-dual self-consciousness, ‘I am’, not only in sleep but also in waking and dream. What distinguishes sleep from waking and dream is that during waking and dream we experience our simple self-consciousness, ‘I am’, along with the superimposed appearance of objective knowledge, whereas in sleep we experience this same simple self-consciousness in the absence of any such superimposed appearance.
Since we always experience this same non-dual self-consciousness, ‘I am’, whether or not any objective knowledge appears to be superimposed upon it, it is the one enduring absolute consciousness that underlies and supports the appearance of both the relative ‘consciousness’ — the objective consciousness — that we experience during waking and dream and the equally relative ‘unconsciousness’ — the absence of such objective consciousness — that we experience during sleep.
When we hear explanations such as these, some of us will be able to understand clearly and without any doubt that we are indeed conscious of our being in sleep, but some among us will still remain unconvinced, because, as I explained above, our ability to understand this truth clearly depends upon the clarity with which we now experience our self-consciousness — our non-dual consciousness of our own being, ‘I am’.
I do not know whether or not any of these explanations will help Anonymous to recognise that we do indeed know our own being when we are in sleep, but if he or anyone else is still unable to recognise this truth, and if they sincerely wish to understand it, they should try persistently to practise self-enquiry, as Sri Ramana has taught us, because when we thus persistently and keenly attend to our present self-consciousness, ‘I am’, we will gradually become more familiar with experiencing it in the absence — at least the partial absence — of thoughts or objective knowledge, and thus it will become obvious to us that what we experience during sleep is only our own self-consciousness in the complete absence of all thoughts or objective knowledge.
If we have never tried to attend to our simple self-consciousness, ‘I am’, to the exclusion of all thoughts or objective knowledge, it may be difficult for us to recognise that it is distinct from our body, our mind and all the other adjuncts that we superimpose upon it during waking and dream, and that it can therefore exist and shine alone, in the absence of all such adjuncts, as it does in sleep. However, if we try even a little to practise attending keenly and exclusively to our essential self-consciousness, we will soon come to recognise that it is indeed distinct from all adjuncts such as our body and mind.
That is, by practising this self-attentiveness — this ‘self-enquiry’ or keen, deep and inwardly penetrating self-scrutiny — we will gain a steadily increasing clarity of self-consciousness, and as a result of this true inner clarity we will be able to understand the teachings of Sri Ramana more clearly, deeply and correctly. Therefore, as I explained earlier in this article, this practice of self-enquiry is essential in order for us to be able to understand the true inner meaning of his teachings.
If we do not now have sufficient clarity of self-consciousness to be able to recognise that in sleep we do experience our essential self-conscious being, ‘I am’, in spite of the absence of all other knowledge, and if we are still unable to understand this truth even after hearing or reading all the explanations and reasonings that Sri Ramana has given us to help us understand it, no amount of further explanation and reasoning will be of much help to us. If such is the case, the only solution that will effectively remove the inner confusion and obscuration that prevents us from understanding this truth clearly is to try sincerely to practise self-enquiry, as Sri Ramana has taught us.
Sri Ramana clearly explained to us that in sleep we are conscious of our being, ‘I am’, for two principal reasons. Firstly, he did so to help us to understand and be firmly convinced that we are not this body, this mind or any other such adjunct, but are only our essential non-dual self-conscious being, ‘I am’, because this fundamental self-consciousness is the only thing that we experience in all our three states of consciousness. Secondly, he did so to help us to understand what the real target of our attention should be when we practise atma-vichara — keen and penetrating self-scrutiny or self-attentiveness.
That is, when we are able to recognise clearly that our real self is only the absolutely non-dual and therefore non-objective self-consciousness that we experience in the seemingly contentless — knowledgeless — state of sleep, we will be able to avoid most of the potential misconceptions that we could have about the nature of the true practice of thought-excluding self-attentiveness, and thus it will be easier for us to abide undistracted in our natural state of pure self-attentiveness — pristine thought-free self-conscious being.
Until we are able to recognise that sleep is a state of clear self-conscious being, when we attempt to practise self-attentiveness — which alone is the true practice of atma-vichara, self-investigation or ‘self-enquiry’ — our attention is liable to be diverted away from our pure non-objective self-consciousness towards some subtle feeling or thought that we imagine to be ourself. Our experience of our essential self-conscious being in sleep is therefore an invaluable clue that enables us to understand clearly what is the exact consciousness ‘I am’ that we should attend to in order to correctly investigate and know ‘who am I?’
Only when we clearly understand the essential non-objective and therefore absolutely thought-free nature of true self-consciousness, which alone should be the target of our attention when we practise self-enquiry, will we be able to penetrate deep into our own self-conscious being, avoiding the distraction of even the subtlest thought or form of objective knowledge, and thereby loose ourself entirely in the absolute clarity of true non-dual self-knowledge.
Thus the more clearly we understand the philosophy or theory of Sri Ramana’s teachings, the easier the science or actual practice of his teachings will become for us, and the deeper will we be able to immerse ourself in the innermost heart or core of our own ever-clearly self-conscious being, ‘I am’. Conversely, the more we practise immersing ourself entirely in the pristine light of our own self-conscious being, the more clearly, deeply and correctly will we be able to understand all the profound subtleties of the simple philosophy that underlies this practice taught to us by our sadguru, Sri Ramana. | <urn:uuid:0f54af80-4709-4cc9-a884-ee3810b8d77b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://happinessofbeing.blogspot.com/2008/06/self-enquiry-underlying-philosophy-can.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284405.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00040-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971076 | 5,623 | 2.171875 | 2 |
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|Author||: Jimmy Chan|
I've always wished to tour across the whole world to go to the moon and back When the starry stars shine and the moon and the sun in it's heat I want to go there not scorched and explore everything. My problem is, will I go be able to return? A question for another day...
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement
|Author||: Paula Yoo|
|Editor||: WW Norton|
Winner of the 2021 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Nonfiction Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist for the 2022 YALSA Award for Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction An NPR Best Book of 2021 A Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2021 A Time Young Adult Best Book of 2021 A Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of 2021 A Publishers Weekly Best Young Adult Book of 2021 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2021 A Horn Book Best Book of 2021 A compelling account of the killing of Vincent Chin, the verdicts that took the Asian American community to the streets in protest, and the groundbreaking civil rights trial that followed. America in 1982: Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting U.S. autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti–Asian American sentiment simmers, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns fatal, leaving a Chinese American man, Vincent Chin, beaten to death at the hands of two white men, autoworker Ronald Ebens and his stepson, Michael Nitz. Paula Yoo has crafted a searing examination of the killing and the trial and verdicts that followed. When Ebens and Nitz pled guilty to manslaughter and received only a $3,000 fine and three years’ probation, the lenient sentence sparked outrage. The protests that followed led to a federal civil rights trial—the first involving a crime against an Asian American—and galvanized what came to be known as the Asian American movement. Extensively researched from court transcripts, contemporary news accounts, and in-person interviews with key participants, From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry is a suspenseful, nuanced, and authoritative portrait of a pivotal moment in civil rights history, and a man who became a symbol against hatred and racism.
|Author||: Larry McShane|
|Editor||: Citadel Press|
This true crime biography chronicles the life of the so-called “Oddfather” who ran a powerful NYC crime family while playing crazy to avoid prosecution. Vincent “Chin” Gigante was a professional boxer before discovering his true calling as a ruthless contract killer. When Vito Genovese went to prison, he picked Gigante to run the Genovese crime family in his absence. While raking in more than one hundred million for the family, he routinely ordered the murders of mobsters who violated the Mafia code—including John Gotti. At the height of Gigante's reign, the Genovese Family was the most powerful in the United States. And yet he was, to all outside appearances, certifiably crazy. He wandered the streets of Greenwich Village in a ratty bathrobe and slippers. He urinated in public, played pinochle in storefronts, and hid a second family from his wife. On twenty-two occasions, Gigante admitted himself to a mental hospital—evading criminal prosecution while maintaining his nefarious operations. It took nearly thirty years of endless psychiatric evaluations by a parade of puzzled doctors for federal authorities to finally bring him down.
|Author||: Staceyann Chin|
|Editor||: Simon and Schuster|
No one knew Staceyann's mother was pregnant until a dangerously small baby was born on the floor of her grandmother's house in Lottery, Jamaica, on Christmas Day. Staceyann's mother did not want her, and her father was not present. No one, except her grandmother, thought Staceyann would survive. It was her grandmother who nurtured and protected and provided for Staceyann and her older brother in the early years. But when the three were separated, Staceyann was thrust, alone, into an unfamiliar and dysfunctional home in Paradise, Jamaica. There, she faced far greater troubles than absent parents. So, armed with a fierce determination and uncommon intelligence, she discovered a way to break out of this harshly unforgiving world. Staceyann Chin, acclaimed and iconic performance artist, now brings her extraordinary talents to the page in a brave, lyrical, and fiercely candid memoir about growing up in Jamaica. She plumbs tender and unsettling memories as she writes about drifting from one home to the next, coming out as a lesbian, and finding the man she believes to be her father and ultimately her voice. Hers is an unforgettable story told with grace, humor, and courage.
|Author||: Tina Chin|
|Editor||: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform|
Marian "Tina Chin" Walters is a self-made career woman who knows all about success. She managed to transform herself from the crowned dancehall queen of Dorchester, MA to an acclaimed blogger in New York with a loyal following. Marian developed into a rounded media figure who has parlayed her notoriety into humanitarian work for people in Jamaica, and the United States. The discovery of her voice and love for the art of writing, Marian's blood in her pen led to an author and the creation of her first book titled, A Wretch Like Me.
|Author||: Jason Chin|
|Editor||: Square Fish|
Jason Chin's Redwoods tells the story of a boy who discovers a book about redwoods and finds himself in their midst as he turns the pages. An ordinary train ride becomes and extraordinary trip to the great ancient forests. A subway trip is transformed when a young boy happens upon a book about redwood forests. As he reads the information unfolds, and with each new bit of knowledge, he travels--all the way to California to climb into the Redwood canopy. Crammed with interesting and accurate information about these great natural wonders, Jason Chin's first book is innovative nonfiction set within a strong and beautiful picture storybook. Chin's approach makes Redwoods a must-have common core tool for teachers and librarians introducing scientific principals to young students.
|Author||: YZ Chin|
A Recommended Read from: Entertainment Weekly * Buzzfeed * Good Morning America * USA Today * Harper's Bazaar * Fortune * A.V. Club * The Millions * Lit Hub * International Examiner * Publishers Weekly When her husband suddenly disappears, a young woman must uncover where he went—and who she might be without him—in this striking debut of immigration, identity, and marriage. After another taxing day as the sole female employee at her New York City tech startup, Edwina comes home to find that her husband, Marlin, has packed up a suitcase and left. The only question now is why. Did he give up on their increasingly hopeless quest to secure their green cards and decide to return to Malaysia? Was it the death of his father that sent him into a tailspin? Or has his strange, sudden change in personality finally made Marlin and Edwina strangers to each other? As Edwina searches the city for traces of her husband, she simultaneously sifts through memories of their relationship, hoping to discover the moment when something went wrong. All the while, a coworker is making increasingly uncomfortable advances toward her. And she can’t hide the truth about Marlin’s disappearance from her overbearing, eccentric mother for much longer. Soon Edwina will have to decide how much she is willing to sacrifice in order to stay in her marriage and in America. Poignant and darkly funny, Edge Case is a searing meditation on intimacy, estrangement, and the fractured nature of identity. In this moving debut, YZ Chin explores the imperfect yet enduring relationships we hold to country and family. “Chin’s specificity and wonderfully drawn minor characters add depth and richness…. Not only a subtly provocative depiction of the tech industry, and this country, as tilting ever more off-kilter; but also a realistic portrayal of a woman in crisis.” —Lauren Oyler, The New York Times Book Review
|Author||: Tony Chin|
|Editor||: Tony Chin|
When a young girl's life is torn apart by the terror and fear of a new communist government, she has to learn to survive within its harsh confines. As she grows, so does her understanding and her hatred of the political situation, and she becomes determined to escape its confines, but the only method also risks many ways to die. Can Suk Hing survive the arduous journey that is fraught with danger, or will she be captured and have to suffer the consequences of being branded a traitor? This is a novelization of a true story of one young women's struggle, an epic journey made by many who should never be forgotten. This is the story of the Freedom Swimmers.
|Author||: India. Army. Intelligence Branch,C. H. Turner|
|Author||: Bruce Campbell,Craig Sanborn|
New York Times bestseller Introduction by New York Times bestselling author and famous minor television personality John Hodgman One of my dad’s favorite jokes about getting older was: “I went out for coffee when I was twenty-one and when I got back I was fifty-eight!” I get what he meant now. Time flies. My first book, If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a "B" Movie Actor, was published back in 2001 and it chronicles the adventures of a “mid-grade, kind of hammy actor" (my words), cutting his teeth on exploitation movies far removed from mainstream Hollywood. This next book, an “Act II” if you will, could be considered my “maturing years” in show business, when I began to say “no” more often and gravitated toward self-generated material. Taking stock in the overall quality of my life, I fled Los Angeles and moved to a remote part of Oregon to renew, regroup and reload. If that sounds tame, the journey from Evil Dead to Spider-Man to Burn Notice was long, with plenty of adventures/mishaps along the way. I never pictured myself hovering above Baghdad in a Blackhawk helicopter, facing a pack of wild dogs in Bulgaria, or playing an aging Elvis Presley with cancer on his penis - how can you predict this stuff? The sheer lunacy of show business is part of the fun for me and I hope you'll come along for the ride. – Bruce “Don’t Call Me Ash” Campbell
|Author||: Lili Chin|
A fully illustrated practical "instruction manual" for dog owners to help them understand dog behavior by means of characterful bespoke drawings. Dogs communicate with so much more than barks and tail wags, and many visual signals can tell us how they are feeling about any situation. Misreading dog body language makes life challenging for dogs and their humans. It can even lead to bites and fights if what a dog is saying is dismissed or ignored.This little book of drawings is an introduction to seeing the small and large shifts in how dogs carry themselves. The more we notice and understand, the better chances we have of helping our best friends feel safe and happy!
|Author||: Tamara T. Chin|
Savage Exchange explores the politics of representation during the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE) at a pivotal moment when China was asserting imperialist power on the Eurasian continent and expanding its local and long-distance (“Silk Road”) markets. Tamara T. Chin explains why rival political groups introduced new literary forms with which to represent these expanded markets. To promote a radically quantitative approach to the market, some thinkers developed innovative forms of fiction and genre. In opposition, traditionalists reasserted the authority of classical texts and advocated a return to the historical, ethics-centered, marriage-based, agricultural economy that these texts described. The discussion of frontiers and markets thus became part of a larger debate over the relationship between the world and the written word. These Han debates helped to shape the ways in which we now define and appreciate early Chinese literature and produced the foundational texts of Chinese economic thought. Each chapter in the book examines a key genre or symbolic practice (philosophy, fu-rhapsody, historiography, money, kinship) through which different groups sought to reshape the political economy. By juxtaposing well-known texts with recently excavated literary and visual materials, Chin elaborates a new literary and cultural approach to Chinese economic thought. Co-Winner, 2016 Harry Levin Prize, American Comparative Literature Association; Honorable Mention, 2016 Joseph Levenson Book Prize, Pre-1900 Category, China and Inner Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies
|Author||: Juliette Cunliffe|
|Editor||: Fox Chapel Publishing|
From the Land of the Rising Sun comes the delightful and affectionate toy dog known as the Japanese Chin, revered for centuries as a palace treasure and today counted among the world's most beloved companion dogs. This Comprehensive Owner's Guide, written by Juliette Cunliffe, provides an entertaining portrait of the Chin's origins and history, including Commodore Perry's famous door-opening visit to Japan, the breed's rise to the favor of England's Queen Alexandra, and the Chin's introduction to the United States. In the chapter on the breed's characteristics, the author reveals her insight into this "happy little character with a down-to-earth, yet bumptious, personality." Potential owners are made aware that, despite his small size, the Chin has a larger-than-life approach to the world, and that as a home companion, the Chin demands affection and little else, being a naturally clean pet, often compared to a cat in cleanliness, sophistication, and self-awareness. In the home of a loving owner, the Chin will thrive and become a superb addition to the family, even one with children and cat or two!New owners will welcome the well-prepared chapter on finding a reputable breeder and selecting a healthy, sound puppy. Chapters on puppy-proofing the home and yard, purchasing the right supplies for the puppy as well as house-training, feeding, and grooming are illustrated with photographs of handsome adults and puppies. In all, there are over 135 full-color photographs in this useful and reliable volume. The author's advice on obedience training will help the reader better mold and train into the most well-mannered dog in the neighborhood. The extensive and lavishly illustrated chapter on healthcare provides up-to-date detailed information on selecting a qualified veterinarian, vaccinations, preventing and dealing with parasites, infectious diseases, and more. Sidebars throughout the text offer helpful hints, covering topics as diverse as historical dogs, breeders, or kennels, toxic plants, first aid, crate training, carsickness, fussy eaters, and parasite control. Fully indexed.
|Author||: Bee Chin Ng,Gillian Wigglesworth|
|Editor||: Taylor & Francis|
Written by experienced teachers and researchers in the field, 'Bilingualism' is an essential resource for students and researchers of Applied Linguistics. It introduces key issues and debates in the subject, and focuses on the impact of bilingualism on cognitive resources and the social forces that moderate it.
|Author||: Marilyn Edwards|
'White Chin' is the story of a cat, abandoned by its owners and forced to live in the wild. He must learn to hunt, defend himself in the wild and avoid predators.
|Author||: A-Chin Hsiau|
Drawing on a wide range of Chinese historical and contemporary texts, Contemporary Taiwanese Cultural Nationalism addresses diverse subjects including nationalist literature; language ideology; the crafting of a national history; the impact of Japanese colonialism and the increasingly strained relationship between China and Taiwan. This book is essential reading for all scholars of the history, culture and politics of Taiwan.
|Author||: Oscar Asche|
|Editor||: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform|
Complete book and lyrics to the fabulously successful Edwardian musical. With 2,235 performances and running for five years, "Chu Chin Chow" was London's most successful musical of the World War I generation. Its record breaking run was not surpassed for over 40 years. Catering to England's craze at the time for anything oriental, actor, director and producer Oscar Asche crafted a libretto based on the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves that was part melodrama and part light opera. Described as "the world's most gorgeous production" its elaborate sets and scantly dressed chorus girls became the talk of the town. The musical had a successful Broadway production, was revived many times and continued to be produced throughout the 20th Century. It was also the basis for the 1934 British musical film.
|Author||: Lokesh Chandra,Fredrick W. Bunce|
The Book Studies The 360 Icons Of The Chu Fo P U-Sa Sheng Hsiang Tsan Pantheon Referring To A Rare Set Of Woodcuts Distinct Among Buddhist Pantheons. It Analyses The Unique Features Of This Pantheon, Pointing Out The Significance Of Each Figure In The Mythological/Theological Framework And Minutely Describing The Iconography Of The Images.
|Author||: Pum Khan Pau|
|Editor||: Taylor & Francis|
This book examines the British colonial expansion in the so-called unadministered hill tracts of the Indo-Burma frontier and the change of colonial policy from non-intervention to intervention. The book begins with the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–26), which resulted in the British annexation of the North-Eastern Frontier of Bengal and the extension of its sway over the Arakan and Manipur frontiers, and closes with the separation of Burma from India in 1937. The volume documents the resistance of the indigenous hill peoples to colonial penetration; administrative policies such as disarmament; subjugation of the local chiefs under a colonial legal framework and its impact; standardisation of ‘Chin’ as an ethnic category for the fragmented tribes and sub-tribes; and the creation and consolidation of the Chin Hills District as a political entity to provide an extensive account of British relations with the indigenous Chin/Zo community from 1824 to 1935. By situating these within the larger context of British imperial policy, the book makes a critical analysis of the British approach towards the Indo-Burma frontier. With its coverage of key archival sources and literature, this book will interest scholars and researchers in modern Indian history, military history, colonial history, British history, South Asian history and Southeast Asian history. | <urn:uuid:992467a1-339d-4b8c-88c7-99f7cab9ce20> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.druidmagazine.com/chin/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.915893 | 4,874 | 1.617188 | 2 |
Source: (2001) Paper presented at the Restorative and Community Justice: Inspiring the Future conference, held in Winchester, England, 28-31 March.In this presentation, Terry O’Connell highlights a family violence project in Goulburn, a small rural city in New South Wales, Australia. The project began as a review by Goulburn Family Support Service (GFSS) of its own practices. The results of the review developed into a collaborative community project oriented toward finding and employing the best response to family violence. Because of this review and development, family support workers with GFSS now use a comprehensive, restorative approach. O’Connell believes this model has the potential to be very effective in breaking the cycle of family violence. | <urn:uuid:32ce3a9b-555d-48c4-b9ee-c34188bb1281> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://restorativejustice.org/rj-library/an-integrated-restorative-approach-to-family-violence/4505/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280065.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00548-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934509 | 151 | 2.296875 | 2 |
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A normal yoga participant is not wanting to have the same cumbersome muscle tissue that weightlifters want. From the waist down you will be grounded to the chair, as a tree origins to the planet. Just How To Control Diabetes yoga derived its title? Athletes, both men and women, will benefit from yoga because they see their particular endurance boost and their particular flexibility may also increase. Carry both your feet plus sides up, from the flooring, and swing all of them up to reach over your face, so your tips of one's feet touch the floor above your head. Draw your tail-bone in and raise your stomach by pulling your navel up and to your back, tightening your belly muscles.
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Going to the gym can be as natural to some as showering or eating. But for most of us, it’s something we try to unearth the energy to do at least once a week, and if we make it happen one Tuesday for 30 minutes, we’re supremely proud of ourselves.
We know the usual reasons for going, but logic and reason go out the door after a long day of work when the couch and TV look so much more inviting.
Despite our natural inclination toward relaxation whenever possible, there are a few good reasons to go to the gym, even when all you want to do is absolutely nothing.
1. Your body will thank you in the long run.
Your body might feel achy and sore immediately after you exercise, and it probably won’t feel too great during the workout, either. But strengthening your body is keeping it in shape to fight off illness and prevent it from becoming flabby and weak.
Exercise doesn’t just strengthen your muscles, it also strengthens your heart and bones, lowers your blood pressure and of course, reduces your body fat.
America may be one of the heftier nations, but go to the gym once in a while and you can stand many shades healthier and slimmer than the rest.
2. It will improve your relationships.
People like sexy -- it’s just a fact. We like being around sexy people; we're impressed by it and respect it. If you’re going to the gym, you’re helping work toward a sexier you.
You’ll feel more confident when you’re talking to a spouse, friend or coworker in that slim, put-together outfit than in your favorite pair of black stretchy pants and oversized top.
You’ll also have more energy to be around people in your life. You’ll want to go out and be social rather than sit around. Exercising gives us a body we can feel attractive in with our spouse or significant other, and the added energy and agility in the sack doesn't hurt.
3. You’ll feel better.
It’s a good feeling to walk out of the gym -- at least a much better feeling than walking in. As Elle Woods famously mentioned, this happy feeling lasts because it causes your body to release those well-known happy chemicals: endorphins.
Endorphins interact with your brain’s receptors to reduce your sense of pain, resulting in a euphoric and uplifting feeling. Why take drugs or drink when your body can create its own chemical concoction of happiness?
4. It will improve your sleep.
Many of us toss and turn, and sometimes result to popping sleep aids or prescription medicine in order to get a good night's sleep.
Exercise, on the other hand, tires the body naturally, without resorting to diphenhydramine or Xanax.
A result is sounder, deeper sleep. You’ll pass out when you hit the pillow if you’ve had a full day with some added exercise into the mix.
5. You'll be less stressed.
Sometimes it's stressful just to even get to the gym.
It can definitely be a process, including putting on gym clothes, getting your gym gear ready (this can range from a lock and headphones to weight lifting apparatus) and, of course, getting your butt to the gym, which may be a few minutes walk or a trip on the bus or train.
For some overweight individuals, or the highly self-critical, being at the gym might feel stressful and embarrassing. It's hard not to compare yourself to fitter individuals around you.
Despite all of these factors, going to the gym does reduce stress. Overcoming any anxiety about being seen at the gym or not being in shape will be rewarded tenfold when you start feeling fitter, happier, more confident and more in charge of your health as a result.
Stress comes partially from having time on our hands to let our minds bounce from one worry to the next, and it also comes from unhealthy habits that cause physical issues, like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes.
Getting to the gym will take away the physical impetus for stress and reduce the time you have to let your mind wander. In turn, you will find a sense of peace and happiness.
6. It gives your self-esteem a boost.
If you’ve put in the work, when beach season rolls around, you'll be able to sport the sexy bikini while others are wearing the tent-like moo moo, and you’ll feel pretty damn good about it.
Going to the gym may take you one step closer to wearing that pair of jeans from two years ago that you’ve been nostalgically holding onto. Feeling good about how you look shouldn’t be understated.
Confidence is intrinsically connected to how you look, and sadly, in this dog-eat-dog world, we all compare and judge outward as well as inward appearances.
Getting more exercise will help you feel like you can tackle the world a bit more, and it will shine a spotlight on your inner, as well as outer beauty.
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Home > Five ASCRS Members Join Vision for Mars Challenge
What used to be the stuff of science fiction is moving its way into reality—a manned mission to Mars. As outlined in the NASA Authorization Act of 2010 and the 2010 U.S. National Space Policy, NASA is now developing ways to send humans to Mars around 2030. In addition to improving transportation capabilities and technologies, NASA and its partner organizations are looking to optimize the impact of space flight on the human body.
Five ASCRS members are now part of a group that is looking into the ophthalmic impact of space travel: John Berdahl, MD (ASCRS Young Eye Surgeons Clinical Committee member); Eugene de Juan Jr., MD; Richard L. Lindstrom, MD (ASCRS Foundation chair); Steve Schallhorn, MD (2007 ASCRS Binkhorst Lecturer); and Kuldev Singh, MD, MPH. These ASCRS members are part of a larger 10- person Vision for Mars Challenge, which first convened in November 2014 at the National Space and Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) in Houston.
The challenge is an initiative of the NSBRI at Baylor College of Medicine, which partners with NASA. According to Baylor College of Medicine, the challenge’s goal is to “help identify and advance medical technologies for ocular health in space through collaboration and funding support.” The NSBRI and NASA recently uncovered many significant effects of space travel on astronauts, both inside and outside of ophthalmology. A NASA survey reported that as many as 60% of astronauts experienced vision issues after multiple tours on the International Space Station. One of the major issues being addressed is the risk of spaceflight-induced vision impairment and intracranial pressure (VIIP) syndrome. | <urn:uuid:4af4f5a1-0c55-4606-92d4-b278102dc3d0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.ascrs.org/print/node/22671 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282926.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00392-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920758 | 361 | 2.953125 | 3 |
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Benedict XVI has formed a commission to investigate if Our Lady truly appeared in Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia.
The commission is part of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Cardinal Camillo Ruini will preside over the commission. Ruini is the pope’s former vicar of Rome’s diocese. Ruini goal will be to explain to the pope what’s happening at the sanctuary which has become the third most visited in Europe.
Allegedly, at least 6 people have witnessed the Virgins apparitions there since 1981. Aside from the large crowds of pilgrims who visit the sanctuary, the Vatican has not commented on the alleged apparitions, but in 1991 the local bishops said they were not aware of any supernatural apparitions.
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When learning about new countries and cultures, one of the first things I like to learn about is their FOOD. It can tell you so much about a place. With Thanksgiving coming up tomorrow already, food is on my mind. So I got to researching and found some great blogs dedicated to the food of Yemen, recipes and all. OF COURSE these exist.
The first blog I would like to introduce is Yemeniyah’s Recipes. This recipe sharer extraordinaire is from Aden and has a TON of recipes for everything from soups to desserts, appetizers, and recipes for vegetarians too. Even if you’re not going to cook anything, this blog is fun to read, and the writer has some stories to go along with her recipes. “ALRIGHT, Latin Americans have Salsa nights but Yemenis have SALTA nights. The ONLY thing they have in common is that they are both HOT! This dish is made in a dish made of STONE called MADRA or HARADHA–yes stone and it is stove-top and oven safe and it stays hot for a long time during COLD Sanaa nights.” (From the recipe Yemeni Salta.)
Next up is Yemen Food Globally. This is a bit of a different take on Yemeni food as the writer isn’t from Yemen, but was introduced to the food by Yemeni friends and has a goal of visiting Yemeni restaurants all around the world. So if you don’t want to cook for yourself, maybe you’re near one of the reviewed places!
Finally, Queen of Sheba Yemeni Recipes. This blog writer is not from Yemen, but spent some time there and learned recipes from her husband’s family. If written recipes aren’t enough for you and you need video guidance, then this is the blog for you. She has a YouTube channel!
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The Scary Phantoms of My Dreams
Dreams turn into reality and ideas come into fruition for more hardcore “aggressive” individuals or so the colloquialism goes. To which if I might be permitted to gently add: Nowadays they come in packs!
Which brings me up to scratch to ask a fair question: Are “humble” people in the minority these days? Don’t their dreams come into reality, their ideas into fruition? To answer such questions, allow me to start this essay with disgruntling you a bit, just a little bit, not more than that I assure you, to excursion home my generalizing escapist viewpoints.
Being Old-Fashioned and Humble
The truth is, I never was, culturally, morally, socially, emotionally, an “assertive” or an “aggressive” youngster. I am comfortable thinking that it is for the ‘arrogant others’ to be like that, and not my kind of thing to hanker after these ugly beauties. Some people already find ways to internalize these vicious words within their overzealous materialistic mindsets in the fond hope of getting more successful in life and unprotected to, well, in any case is there to unprotected to, often burning up Earth resources.
I say chaps that the world has limited method and so being aggressive and all that clichéd bunkum which is woven around such behavioural attitude isn’t really the path of virtue, happiness, and harmony. Equally disturbing is the fact that Aggressive lots change the ballgame of success and achievement in such a way that it hurts others who are not so ‘aggressive’ or never have been or never want to. Aggressive lots are allowed their transgressions with impunity, for them the ends justify the method. Why isn’t all habituation of the people of this sort?
Being aggressive got to hurt every other people who are not. The world probably has more Humble people than the Aggressive ones have us believe, and it suffices to say that the world runs on the humble peoples’ load-taking abilities and not on Aggressive peoples’ hypocritical lip service. Humble people are considered necessary more than the Aggressive ones, in a world which is being increasingly stupefied by egoistical self-seekers and self-appraising globe-swallowers, they cannot be in the minority. That’s my take on the subject, come what may, humbleness, humility, modesty, gentleness, and shyness will be the only set of generous impulses I’ll always live by.
I am nevertheless not done with it, there’s more…
That apart, aggressive folks care less about being humble as they like scurrying after the kind of success they think others, especially the humble people, would be proud of and pat their shoulders in appreciation for having done a great job when they unprotected to something of value that they can show others and be proud of! Such is their modus operandi! On top of that, if they can get a promotion or a hike or conquer something of value that others don’t or can’t have quickly enough, it will be worth every trouble to trouble everyone to bag such forcefully acquired duplicitous accolades. In the bludgeoning quest to have ’em all for themselves, they forget to be human and that’s where the problem lies. Success doesn’t elude the Humble people; it gets hijacked by Aggressive brutes.
If you refer to them as strategic-thinkers, go-getters, overachievers they’d, Omigod, blush from one pinky ear to another by freely acknowledging already to your mock appreciation. Getting a kick out of making strong attempts to win their career-making battles often over other people’s emotional inconveniences, troubles, and nausea, is tantamount to sniffing around for the opiate of success and automatic influence of strength over others, the crooked kind that people who are by character humble always abhor and despise resolutely.
In any case, being “assertive” or “aggressive” was never considered gentle or humble for the way of life I used to rule and the family background I came from. truly, I’d go so far as to say that these two words were, and nevertheless are, anathema; there’s almost an “anti-social” component tagged to it perpetuating which can likely spread the cancer of harassment, alarm, and distress to one or more persons or in the society at large. And Hark! That’s one of the reasons why I loathe Aggressive people who I had to put up with once upon a time in school. Although I have no problems with others who like being aggressive, I am very happy to be humbly “aggressive,” – if that sounds good enough a reason to explain why I despise aggressive people and nevertheless live to relate this slightly egotistical tale of mine. (I am likely inaccurate in my evaluation here, however, I can’t prove it otherwise).
Being Old-Fashioned Is the Only Way to Sustain Life on Earth
I am happy to be to some degree an old-fashioned bhadrolok (Bengali for decent one), too delicately subtle and passive to a fault that already squashing a bug or a mosquito by mistake might have that terrible ring of misappropriation of one’s inherited virtues writ all over it; consequently, becoming needlessly aggressive and domineering is nothing short of being Satanic and that, as I say see it, is poisonous enough to asphyxiate my way of infinitely sweet Brahmanic existence: the Hindu highway of life of my beaming, shining, and shining India.
Most of all, I am used to believing that being spiritlessly domineering and tactlessly aggressive to unprotected to something great (or not so great) in life is not in God’s glory, it cannot be, and I nevertheless have that belief system, that conviction, proudly intact. What’s more, being aggressive is like an overshot tumor which spreads quickly in our society and I was one of those mute witnesses to that thing happening during my growing up years in the wonderful Allwell parkland. As things stand now, I nevertheless am freely detached from the idea of being aggressive and all that horrific tosh being bandied about these days that one can unprotected to something great in life only by being aggressive and not by being humble, is all over the place. It’s a pity really. Too bad.
That’s so wrong and erroneous thinking on the part of those individuals who cannot ward off these scary phantoms out of their lives, their dreams, and their part of confusing realities. I recommend they should look themselves in the mirror that looks back at you and try and think positively about life and what you desire from it. So ask yourself this question: Why does one have to inculcate oneself with an aggressiveness trait to make your dreams come true? You don’t have to. Give Humble and its lovely humility gene a chance and see what it entails. Being humble it’s on the Mother character’s side, while Aggressive isn’t as it destroys than it likes to preserve. Being old-fashioned is the only way to sustain life on Earth.
As Paul Auster says so beautifully in one of his books “Good begets good; evil begets evil; and already if the good you give is met by evil, you have no choice but to go on giving better than you get.” consequently, the good in our lives always begets good. So be humble, always.
So What Do You Want To Become?
If all that you need to become in life is an Engineer or a Doctor or for that matter a Milkman or a Choir Singer or an Air Traffic Controller, you don’t need to be aggressive at all, rather you need to read your lessons with love and care – and this is increasingly basic now: unconditionally love your parents for having given you birth in the first place – towards achieving your career goals and that’s enough stack of virtues you can peruse to see you by any ordeals that your life tosses at you. Likewise, it also matters whether you end up being “aggressive” or “humble” or both or in any case worldly manmade s**t is latched onto you in the time of action! You’ve got to remember one thing that Aggressive is a vice, Humble is a virtue. Choose your stuff wisely.
Ostensibly, this line of encouraging albeit – I come clean on this – self-satisfied thinking has afforded me a wonderful consolation like no other thing could in my life; except pursuing an Arts degree: English Literature, precisely. It had brought me much-needed gifts like “control” and “tact” and some creative juices of “emotional steadfastness” in its wake. And lest I forget mentioning the gorgeous memory of the saucy girl I was so crazy about in my school.
Golden memories instill a strong sense of nostalgia in you so much so that you become eternally thankful for the kind of contemplative life you rule and that such unforgettable calming recollections go on to shape your future, promising to be never anything out of ordinary that you cannot manager or deal with. Memories, especially of the vintage kind, and it don’t matter whether they are sweet or bittersweet, flattering or dismaying, have that innate magical strength to see you by in life.
Literature and Love, Closely Together
I believe Literature and Love go hand in hand. In many ways, you cannot learn the former and reject the latter or vice versa, and in my case, I really can’t tell one from the other: that’s how much I love Literature and Love. additionally, at one point in my life, these things were inseparable to the point of being overly obsessive about them, so the idea of doing Engineering was relegated to the back bench already as Medicine seemed undoable.
I love Literature and I love Love. If Love initiates you into Literature, Literature also has an clever agency that secretly works to escort you headlong into love. Think about the canonical greats of the past millennium like Tagore, Keats, and Tennyson and you’ll appreciate what I average. I am homing in on to that gushy little topic shortly. Or should I? I leave it to your good offices to decide. Hehe.
‘Aggressive’ or ‘Humble,’ What Is Your Poison?
Aggressive people have their hypothalamic, neurological roots steep dipped in some kind of psychopathic speculative chemistry that ill behoves this species to think poorly of others who are not that aggressive, while Humble people are often underappreciated, soft strength and all, stay calm, and very down-to-earth polite society sweethearts. This specific species happens to be so warmly pleased with the empathy trait in them that they don’t really buy the argument that dreams come true only for those who take pride in their symptomatically aggressive behaviour.
That may be true, but the biological approach to explaining this is that aggressive people always like to subsist on negative traits to prove themselves positive and go-getters – as if their only objective in life is to try and hit the proverbial bull’s-eye while also consciously ready to suffer from some kind of ‘Mission achieved’ syndrome. Getting to be the only winner or be a smash hit among their peers is one of their defective habits.
All of these sardonic weaknesses and shortcomings give way to upsetting troubles, nuisance-giri, chamcha-giri and a turgid sense of botheration that never lets less aggressive people be at peace with themselves. Besides, they like making a lot of noise, often empty ones to make their presence felt among their network of friends, colleagues, and acquaintances or wherever there are humans to thank them for being the masters of the universe!
A small contention: I am often, mistakenly whatsoever, caricatured as an angry young man. Angry at aggressive people for ignoring humankind’s devastation of the mother earth and irate at humble people for their smug feeling of moral superiority despite choosing to focus on an ethic that preserves what is nevertheless good on Earth and doing next to nothing to curtail so much ‘aggression’ going on unattended in our human society. It is in this spirit I am given to safely generalize things up. So here is another one such affliction that communicate a real sense of the person I am. Being humble is my ‘poison’ and being aggressive isn’t my cup of tea. Don’t take it to heart, opinions defer and they have to.
People who dislike being aggressive or are allergic to being assertive are found to be humble and gentle by character. Period. Such virtuously grownups are the Humble people that they smile upon the Aggressive people who are clearly unfortunate to understand their unsung defeats and peaceful ignominy of the lesser mortals, namely the compassionate Humble genus.
It is assumed that Aggressive people have the long-lasting kind of ticket, a sly upper hand, to name and fame game, but at the expense of Mother character, our Earth. Ask them how; they might not be aware of it at all. They care less about such things. They don’t know how spoiled they are by being attached to their sense of entitlement no matter what the cost of such a bad liking on their part. They think they are entitled to something of a ‘Starbucks quality’ that gets them their usual less-work-more-perks/advantages “toffee nut latte frappuccinos” without much ado, not to speak of their goofy behind-your-back insider-trading tactics that quite often serve to professionally elevate them to higher managerial ranks, while the humble lots, load up their backs like the Donkeys inclined to hand-eating their way to an offensive plate of watery dal on stored overnight mound of rice (with notional leftover of sambar, if any) turning nicely in their stomach, get nothing! That’s not my opinion or a self-fulfilling prophecy, it is a fact.
However, humble people affirm, albeit amiably, always politely, that aggressive people are always thrilled to suffer from the difficulty of being good and their moral inadequacy directly serves to kill the peace and peacefulness especially in the social and occupational situations they function in. So, understandably, humble people grate on the nerves of the Aggressive lots who they wrongly think are automatically derisory of being ‘functional’ in life. How functional of these aggressive manipulative lots for their wanton misunderstandings that they are more ‘functional’ than what the Humble people are given to profess about! Read ‘functional’ as ‘covert aggression,’ nothing else.
Plus, the Aggressive folks (mostly in sheep’s clothing) know how to defend their turf, their interests at the expense of others (read humble people), regularly indulging in their endless deliberate head games. All things considered, it is quite fair to allege that Aggressive people rejoice in calling out “Hum Naheen Sudrengeh!” and continue to have their brand of fun.
I concede that there are billions of “Aggressive” and “Humble” people in the world so their thoughts on this matter would be different. Mine is clearly stated here in this blog for all eyes to see.
Are Aggressive people more successful than the non-assertive Humble people? The question remains, understandably, unanswered. But to danger a quick guess: when the push comes to shove, remember that there’ll be push-back, and it is a no-brainer that your energies will be wasted in any needless conflicts between the two apparent, shall I say, stalwarts – it’s a gambit of individual inclinations, either you become “aggressive” or “humble” depends upon so many teeming factors and variables that will decide who you are and what are you going to be ultimately. That’s part of the reason why I’ve totally abandoned the scary phantoms of my humble dreams and I am glad to report that I did it effectively. Come what may, I keep humble, without distressing myself too much in the confront of aggression or in any case that might be. It pays to be humble and when it is in your character, things cannot or have no right to turn out badly for you.
Suffice to say that Humble people are born favourites, they are loved by all. Aggressive people aren’t half as fortunate as their counterparts, for they get branded as social pariahs that already Humble people accept no excuses to categorically reject these pushover personalities. Am I nevertheless generalizing? Yes, no, maybe, but the truth is always bitter in taste and it stings the mouths of those ones like a thousand jealous needles; the people who’d like to get more darn specific about the darn subject of overcoming darn bullies at work or at school. Somebody said that the best way to avenge yourself is to not be like that. So true.
And would you have come this far reading this article if you could tell the difference between Humble and Aggressive people? I rather think you wouldn’t. However, for posterity’s sake, I’d say to each his own his morsel of food for thought. I leave it at that.
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Marine and coastal applications of GIS are finally gaining wide acceptance in scientific as well as GIS communities, and cover the fields of deep sea geology, chemistry and biology, and coastal geology, biology, engineering and resource management. Comprising rigorous contributions from a group of leading scholars in marine and coastal GIS, this book will inspire and stimulate continued research in this important new application domain.Launched as a project to mark the UN International Year of the Ocean (1998) and supported by the International Geographical Union's Commission on Coastal Systems, this book covers progress and research in the marine and coastal realms, in the areas of theory, applications and empirical results. It is the first book of its kind to address basic and applied scientific problems in deep sea and coastal science using GIS and remote sensing technologies. It is designed for GIS and remote sensing specialists, but also for those with an interest in oceans, lakes and shores. Coverage ranges from seafloor spreading centres to Exclusive Economic Zones to microscale coastal habitats; and techniques include submersibles, computer modelling, image display, 3-D temporal data visualization, and development and application of new algorithms and spatial data structures. It illustrates the broad usage of GIS, image processing, and computer modelling in deep sea and coastal environments, and also addresses important institutional issues arising out of the use of these technologies. | <urn:uuid:5366da3f-1f1a-45f0-adbe-f07f04095c00> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.buchhandel.de/buch/Marine-and-Coastal-Geographical-Information-Systems-9780203484739 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280900.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00002-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920619 | 277 | 2.625 | 3 |
REDWOOD VALLEY, Calif. (AP) – A teenage girl has died in a Northern California hospital three weeks after she was severely burned in a fire that tore through Mendocino County. Her death raises the number of those killed in the state’s wildfires this month to 43. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports 17-year-old Kressa Shepherd died Sunday night at a Sacramento hospital. Kressa’s aunt, Mindi Ramos, says officials from Shriners Hospital for Children told her Kressa did not register pain during a change of the dressing on her burns. Doctors performed a CAT scan on her brain and according to Ramos determined she was brain-dead. She says doctors “turned off the ventilator and let her go.” Kressa’s brother, 14-year-old Kai Shepherd, was among the youngest who died in the wildfires. Their parents are hospitalized. | <urn:uuid:514bfb52-6a0c-45fc-b682-027c373640d4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.foxsportsredding.com/2017/10/30/teen-girl-dies-of-burn-injuries-from-california-wildfire/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.977321 | 190 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Enter King, Queen, Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz,
Guildenstern, and Lords.
And can you by no drift of conference
Get from him why he puts on this confusion,
Grating so harshly all his days of quiet
With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?
He does confess he feels himself distracted,
But from what cause he will by no means speak.
Nor do we find him forward to be sounded,
But with a crafty madness keeps aloof
When we would bring him on to some confession
Of his true state.
But with much forcing of his disposition.
Niggard of question, but of our demands
Most free in his reply.
Madam, it so fell out that certain players
We o’erraught on the way. Of these we told him,
And there did seem in him a kind of joy
To hear of it. They are here about the court,
And, as I think, they have already order
This night to play before him.
And he beseeched me to entreat your Majesties
To hear and see the matter.
With all my heart, and it doth much content me
To hear him so inclined.
Good gentlemen, give him a further edge
And drive his purpose into these delights.
We shall, my lord.
For we have closely sent for Hamlet hither,
That he, as ’twere by accident, may here
Her father and myself, lawful espials,
Will so bestow ourselves that, seeing unseen,
We may of their encounter frankly judge
And gather by him, as he is behaved,
If ’t be th’ affliction of his love or no
That thus he suffers for.
And for your part, Ophelia, I do wish
That your good beauties be the happy cause
Of Hamlet’s wildness. So shall I hope your virtues
Will bring him to his wonted way again,
To both your honors.
Ophelia, walk you here.—Gracious, so please you,
We will bestow ourselves. Read on this book,
That show of such an exercise may color
Your loneliness. We are oft to blame in this
(’Tis too much proved), that with devotion’s visage
And pious action we do sugar o’er
The devil himself.
How smart a lash that speech doth give my conscience.
The harlot’s cheek beautied with plast’ring art
Is not more ugly to the thing that helps it
Than is my deed to my most painted word.
O heavy burden!
To be, or not to be—that is the question;
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And, by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep—
No more. —and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to—’tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep.
To sleep. Perchance to dream. Ay, there’s the rub.
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil
Must give us pause. There’s the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th’ oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law’s delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th’ unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country from whose bourn
No traveler returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action.—Soft you now,
The fair Ophelia.—Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remembered.
My lord, I have remembrances of yours
That I have longèd long to redeliver.
I pray you now receive them.
My honored lord, you know right well you did,
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich. Their perfume lost,
Take these again. For to the noble mind
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
There, my lord.
Where’s your father?
O, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown!
The courtier’s, soldier’s, scholar’s, eye, tongue, sword,
Th’ expectancy and rose of the fair state,
The glass of fashion and the mold of form,
Th’ observed of all observers, quite, quite down!
And I, of ladies most deject and wretched,
That sucked the honey of his musicked vows,
Now see that noble and most sovereign reason,
Like sweet bells jangled, out of time and harsh
That unmatched form and stature of blown youth
Blasted with ecstasy. O, woe is me
T’ have seen what I have seen, see what I see!
Love? His affections do not that way tend;
Nor what he spake, though it lacked form a little,
Was not like madness. There’s something in his soul
O’er which his melancholy sits on brood,
And I do doubt the hatch and the disclose
Will be some danger; which for to prevent,
I have in quick determination
Thus set it down: he shall with speed to England
For the demand of our neglected tribute.
Haply the seas, and countries different,
With variable objects, shall expel
This something-settled matter in his heart,
Whereon his brains still beating puts him thus
From fashion of himself. What think you on ’t?
It shall do well. But yet do I believe
The origin and commencement of his grief
Sprung from neglected love.—How now, Ophelia?
You need not tell us what Lord Hamlet said.
We heard it all.—My lord, do as you please,
But, if you hold it fit, after the play
Let his queen-mother all alone entreat him
To show his grief. Let her be round with him
And I’ll be placed, so please you, in the ear
Of all their conference. If she find him not,
To England send him, or confine him where
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Xiao Xu, MA and Gail A. Jensen, PhD. Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, 87 E. Ferry St., 226 Knapp Bldg., Detroit, MI 48202, (313)577-2297, [email protected]
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effects of enrolling in a managed care plan (health maintenance organization (HMO) or preferred provider organization (PPO)) on use of healthcare services among near-elderly adults (ages 55-64). DATA AND METHODS: 3833 near-elders with employer-sponsored health insurance coverage were examined using the 1994 - 2000 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Binary logistic regressions and two-part models were estimated for use of inpatient, outpatient, and preventive services. Possible selection bias into managed care plans was examined and tested for statistically, and multistage regressions were implemented whenever test results indicated its presence. RESULTS: Compared with near-elders enrolled in traditional fee-for-service (FFS) plans, HMO enrollees were 1.60 times more likely to visit a doctor, 1.22 times more likely to have a blood test for cholesterol and 1.32 times more likely to have a pap smear over a two-year period. Similarly, PPO enrollees were more likely to have outpatient surgery, a doctor visit, a blood test for cholesterol and a pap smear when compared with FFS enrollees (odds ratios of 1.29, 1.67, 1.49, and 1.32 respectively). There were no significant differences in the length of hospital stay, number of doctor visits, or the probability of a hospital stay, monthly self-checks for breast lumps, a mammogram, or a check for prostate cancer. CONCLUSION: Managed care enrollment was associated with greater use of primary care and preventive services among near-elders.
Learning Objectives: Through this poster session, participants will be able to
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Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1976
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Affirmative Action: The Answer to Discrimination? An AEI Round Table Held on May 28, 1975.
Winter, Ralph K.; And Others
The participants in this discussion in addition to Ralph Winter, the moderator, include Owen Fiss and Richard Posner, professors of law; Vera Glaser and William Raspberry, newspaper columnists; and Paul Seabury, professor of political science. These specialists address various legal, ethical and practical issues related to the elimination of racial/ethnic and sex discrimination in employment and admissions through affirmative action programs. Some of the problems which arise in judging superior qualifications and experience among a pool of applicants are mentioned. The subjectivity of hiring decisions is particularly stressed. The issue of reverse discrimination is also explored. Although problems in affirmative action are acknowledged by all discussants, the general consensus is that such programs are necessary if past injustices are to be redressed. (GC)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Affirmative Action, Employment Qualifications, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Equal Protection, Quotas, Racial Discrimination, Reverse Discrimination, Sex Discrimination
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 ($2.00)
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: N/A
Authoring Institution: American Enterprise Inst. for Public Policy Research, Washington, DC.
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Will.i.am is giving NASA the exclusive on his new single, letting them premiere it in outer space.
Although Will.i.am may not be considered serious enough for most hip-hop fans, he's definitely got pop fans locked down. Proof of how big the artist is: he's premiering his new single in space!
In strange yet cool news, Will.i.am reveals his new single "Reach for the Stars" will be actually be premiering among the stars...that is, in outer space.
Will.i.am is teaming up with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to drop his song on Mars. The song will play through the speakers of Curiosity rover, which landed on the planet earlier this year. There will be a special listening event for students at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California on August 28th, where the Black Eyed Peas rapper will also be announcing an educational initiative partnership with his charity, i.am.angel Foundation.
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Niagara Falls, Ont. – Eckert Machines and FTNON (Food Technology Noord-Oost Nederland) have introduced the patented DCC (Dynamic Cloud Control) steam control system for cooking, blanching or disinfecting a full range of food products into Canada.
The DCC system is only meant for steam and can be used for preparing vegetables, fruit, potatoes, meat or fish.
The companies say the system won’t have any negative effect on product quality. And it offers automatic steam regulation – if there’s no product, there’s no steam.
The system can also offer between 30 per cent and 90 per cent savings in energy costs.
FTNON developed this highly efficient system to optimize energy usage by ensuring that all of the steam introduced into the machine is actually used in treating the food product.
Whether you need to sanitize, disinfect, eliminate bacteria, blanch or cook your product, FTNON’s DCC steam system can save you considerable energy dollars and typically improve the appearance and finished quality of your product.
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What is Mobile Search Optimization?
More people are ditching their desktops and using smartphones or tablets to browse and search on the web. A mobile-optimized website is a website designed and made for mobile browsing. The website should display information that is easy for mobile users to swipe, scroll, and read through when browsing online. With the increase of mobile usage, marketers must redesign the way information is found and shared online.
Mobile Friendly Features
- Fewer and less distracting graphics
- Takes 3 second or less to load
- Large navigation buttons
- Easy to find links
- Less detailed text
- Visible contact information
Why are Mobile Optimized websites needed?
People are always on the go, and their phones are always with them. Whenever they need to look something up and a website takes too long to load, they quickly move on to the next website. It’s reported that up to a third of users will abandon your website if it takes more than 3 seconds to load. A mobile optimized is much more satisfying to browse, and people always return to what they’re most comfortable with.
By having a mobile optimized website, you can improve your business in many ways. Going mobile will get you more traffic and provide better band engagement while increasing sales, Google made an announcement earlier this year that gave marketers an idea on what to expect. As of April 2015, Google redesigned their SERP’s (search engine results pages) to pull up search results that are most compatible with mobile devices. With over 1 billion internet users worldwide and 80% of them being mobile users, it’s no surprise that Google is making changes to reflect these statistics.
Improve Your Ranking
Google wants to ensure that visitors are getting the best online experience, and site owners are quickly catching on to the mobile optimization trend. By making your website more optimal, you can improve your search ranking on Google. For more information on getting started with mobile friendly websites, visit Google’s how-to guide here.
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Using debt as part of an overall financial strategy can be a good thing. Debt becomes a bad thing when you have too much of it, have the wrong kinds or when its presence causes undue anxiety or bad behaviour. Here are some ideas to help you make sure you are controlling your debt and not the other way around, according to https://www.northshorebank.com:
Set priorities for using debt: Borrow money for things that provide long-term and lasting value. Borrowing for school fees is probably good, while charging another extravagant vacation on your credit card is probably not a good use of debt.
Use the best type of borrowing: Whether it is choosing a credit card or a home mortgage, be sure the terms of your borrowing match your goals and how you manage your finances. If you pay every credit card bill in full and do not incur any finance charges, it may be okay to have a card that has a high interest rate but offers rewards for use (like miles or money back) or has no annual fee. If you carry over balances and pay finance charges, the interest rate becomes more important.
If considering a mortgage, first identify the type that matches you behaviour. If you plan to sell your house soon, you may want an adjustable rate mortgage with a lower interest rate. If you plan to stay in the home or cannot afford any increase in payments if interest rates rise, consider a long-term fixed rate mortgage.
Eliminate high cost borrowing: Determine if you can convert high interest rate debt to another type with lower rates. If you are paying interest on credit card balances, find a card with a lower rate, but watch out for “teaser” rates.
Pay down your debt: Incurring interest charges you cannot afford or you do not want is not a good use of your money. Find ways to pay down what you owe even if it takes discipline and sacrifice. Pay more than the minimum due on credit cards. Do not buy that piece of clothing you really do not need or take a fancy trip when a visit with family will be just as enjoyable.
What if you cannot pay your bills? This is when you should get help. First, stop incurring more debt, quit using or destroy your credit cards. Then contact your creditors to work out a payment schedule. Explain your situation and that you want to pay what you owe. They may be able to help. If not, at least you have tried.
Do not bounce cheques: Keep an eye on your account balances and make sure you have enough money to spend or you may be charged for writing a bad cheque. It also looks very bad to a creditor if your cheque bounces. Consider using easy and convenient online tools like online and mobile banking to monitor your accounts.
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ATOSSA, Achaemenid queen. The Greek form of the name may reflect Old Pers. *Utauθa ( = Av. Hutaosā), possibly “well trickling” or “well granting” (see M. Mayrhofer, Iranisches Personennamenbuch I, Vienna, 1979, p. I/52, no. 179). The most famous bearer of this name was the daughter of Cyrus the Great—probably his eldest; her mother may have been Cassandane. Atossa lived ca. 550-475 B.C.; Aeschylus’ Persae would indicate that she was still alive when Xerxes invaded Greece. (The fact that her name is not found in the Persepolis fortification tablets certainly does not prove that she was dead at that time as suggested by W. Hinz, Orientalia, N.S. 39, 1970, p. 423.) Atossa was consort to her brother Cambyses II; and, after his death, she somehow passed into the harem of Gaumāta (the Pseudo-Smerdis). Eventually Darius took possession of the harem, married Atossa, and made her his main consort and queen (Herodotus 3.88.2). A prominent motive may have been Darius’ wish to legitimize the accession of his own collateral Achaemenid line by joining with a member of Cyrus’ family. Atossa, according to an anecdote of Herodotus (3.134.1-6), induced Darius to make war on the Greeks, because she wanted to have Attic, Argive, and Corinthian maidservants (see also Aelian, NaturaAnimalium 11.27). At her instigation a Persian expedition reconnoitered the Greek coasts and surveyed Greek naval power. It was guided by Democedes of Croton, her own and Darius’ private physician. (He had treated Darius successfully for a dislocated ankle and Atossa for a breast tumor; Herodotus 3.129.1-130.4, 3.133.1). Although the expedition was successful, Democedes took the opportunity to escape (Herodotus 3.134-138, Timaeus apud Athenaeus 3.152.10ff.).
Atossa had four sons by Darius (Herodotus 7.7.2). Xerxes was the eldest; the others were Hystaspes, leader of the Bactrian and Saka troops in Xerxes’ army, Masistes, one of Xerxes’ commanding generals, and Achaemenes, admiral of the Egyptian fleet (Herodotus 7.3.2, 7.64.2, 7.82, 7.97). Because of her lineage and by her intelligence, Atossa exercised great influence on her husband and at court generally. Ca. 487, in a harem struggle, she won Darius’ support for the succession of Xerxes. Xerxes was the first son born to Darius after his seizure of the kingship, but not the eldest of all. Darius had three sons by his first wife, the daughter of Gobryas (Herodotus 7.2.2). Xerxes’ appointment as commander-in-chief of the Persian army was made to strengthen his position as prospective successor (Herodotus 7.2.1-3.4; Plutarch, De fraterno amore 18). The smooth transition to Xerxes’ rule after Darius’ death must have been due in part to Atossa's great authority. During her son’s reign she held the high status of queen-mother. Her reputation is clearly reflected in Aeschylus’ Persae, where her dignified figure is at the heart of the play’s action (lines 159ff., 290ff., 598ff., 703.). Her personality is impressively represented and drawn with esteem; Darius, called up from Hades by the chorus, explicitly approves of her influence over her son (lines 832ff.).
The name Atossa was apparently a traditional one in the Achaemenid clan. According to the genealogy of the kings of Cappadocia, it was borne by a sister of Cambyses I (Diodorus Siculus 31.19.1). A sister and wife of Artaxerxes II was also so named (Plutarch, Life of Artaxerxes 23.26f.).
See also Justi, Namenbuch, p. 50.
F. Cauer, “Atossa,” Pauly-Wissowa, II/2, col. 2133.
E. Kornemann, Grosse Frauen des Altertums, Wiesbaden, 1952 (4th ed.).
Originally Published: December 15, 1987
Last Updated: August 17, 2011
This article is available in print.
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What do the American Museum of Natural History, the Celesteville Museum of Art, and the Ploomajiggy Museum of Animal History all have in common? Children and animal visitors from literature. Fascinated by all things museums, LACMA’s Collection Information staff have recently researched children’s books with museums as settings—and found many children’s authors frequently using museum galleries as a backdrop to explore the theme of kids-gone-wild. Maisy, Theodosia Throckmorton, Little William Everett Crocodile, Norman the Doorman, Amelia Bedelia, and Holden Caulfield are just a few of the book characters involved in museum activities like hiding, sleeping, sleuthing, time-traveling, or simply breaking priceless artifacts.
As we reached out to colleagues for feedback in compiling a bibliography of museum-related fiction [note: pdf], most surprising was the number of museum professionals who had been inspired by children’s books. I thought my colleagues might be annoyed by my request to review our bibliography, but I couldn’t believe the response. We received one recommendation after another, some citing a child’s book as their reason for entering the museum field. The book most cited by museum colleagues? From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the story of two siblings who sleep overnight at the Met in a royal eighteenth-century bed.
For holiday gifts I recommend two popular current books whose authors were especially helpful to this project: The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley and Brian Selznick, the true account of the first model-maker of life-size dinosaurs, and The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, where the young protagonist establishes the Found Object Wind Chime Museum in the California desert.
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(Beyond Pesticides, August 22, 2013) After four years of relying on non-toxic mechanical controls to clear weeds on rights-of-way across Cape Cod, the Massachusetts-based power company NStar announced that it will begin using herbicides again this fall. All 15 Cape Cod towns have signed a no-spray resolution in 2011 and 2013, requesting NStar to use non-chemical means to defoliate transmission line easements, citing concerns for pesticide drift into the ground and surface water. Yet, despite extensive local opposition to the spraying, and evidence of the efficacy of organic land management to control weeds, NStar has refused to seriously consider alternative methods to spraying toxic herbicides.
Many of the targeted spray areas where power lines are located are in close proximity to homes with private wells, in areas that drain into public water supplies, and adjacent to bike and walking paths. The pesticides can persist in the soil and be tracked into homes, or enter the surface or ground water where drinking water is sourced. Nearby residents can be exposed to drift, which can cause numerous adverse health effects.
Following the announcement, there is a 45-day comment period (which commenced August 7) overseen by the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR), which will have to grant approval before spraying can begin. Communities scheduled to be a part of the program include: Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Falmouth, Harwich, Orleans and Sandwich. Many of these areas have taken steps toward organic land management on public property, and have previously fought against right-of-way applications by NStar.
Before 2004, NStar used effective non-chemical methods for controlling weeds along its rights-of-way, including mechanical cutting and hand-mowing. Between 2004 and 2007, NStar quietly began spraying herbicides. In 2008, when NStar filed a new Vegetation Management Plan, residents became aware of this practice, which prompted concerns. Several organizations and businesses formed a coalition, Cape Cod for a Truly Green NStar, in an effort to convince NStar to stop using herbicides on rights-of-way, in support of a ban on herbicides along rights-of-way. After months of public outcry, NStar agreed to a one-year moratorium on spraying until the end of 2010; increased pressure from local activists and residents resulted in NSTAR agreeing with the regional planning authority, Cape Cod Commission, to postpone the use of herbicides on rights-of-way until 2011.
“We suspended our use of herbicides on Cape Cod so we could listen and respond to local concerns about the program, and work cooperatively to address those concerns,” said Steve Sullivan, Vice President of Operations Services for Northeast Utilities, NSTAR’s parent company. “In the meantime, we’ve had to exclusively rely on less effective mechanical methods in order to protect electric service reliability on the Cape. An Integrated Vegetation Management program is a much more sustainable practice, as it does not rely on the repeated mowing down of everything growing within a right-of-way.”
However, when used in an effective manner, mechanical practices, which include cutting, girdling, mowing and grazing animals, provide effective means to eradicate unwanted vegetation along rights”of”way. Bad mowing practices, on the other hand, can actually cause many problems. Mowing too low, for instance, can kill the root system by preventing photosynthesis, and invites sunlight in for weeds to sprout.
Sue Phelan, director of GreenCAPE, a grassroots organization in Cape Cod that works to eliminate hazardous pesticides from the region, told the Cape Cod Online that NStar did not thoroughly consider alternatives to the use of herbicides. There are a number of different types of habitats in the Cape, and it is not a “one size fits all,” she said.
The company has previously refused to use goats, despite local attempts to utilize them. NStar has said that its customers do not want the clear cutting that mowing mimics and would not consider it, even with an electrical fence to keep them out of unwanted areas. However, grazing goats is a great option for land that suffers from unwanted plants, low organic matter and soil compaction, and they can be penned out of areas where the vegetation should remain intact. In fact, many places across the country, including the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC, have found success with using goats to for weed control.
Each year, millions of miles of roads, utility lines, railroad corridors and other types of rights-of-way are treated with herbicides to control the growth of unwanted plants. Unfortunately, drift from the application of these herbicides can negatively affect waterways, residents and organic farmers. Rights-of-way include roads, utility lines, and railroad corridors, although different states have varying policies for maintaining rights-of-way.
The best management strategy for weeds is to prevent them in the first place or manage ecosystems that are healthier and less susceptible to invasion. Beyond creating stronger ecosystems and working to prevent invasion, there are successful least-toxic weed management practices that can be used if an invasive species has been introduced into an area.
Biological methods, such as the use of native vegetation, in conjunction with mechanical means, create and encourage stable, low”maintenance vegetation that is a more permanent vegetation management strategy. The establishment of desirable plant species that can out”compete undesirable species requires little maintenance and meets the requirements for management. Although native vegetation may take more time to establish itself, native flower and grass species are better adapted to local climate and stress. Native plant species are especially effective in providing increased erosion control, aesthetics, wildlife habitat, and biodiversity.
The combination of using these mechanical, biological and nontoxic vegetation control methods, along with planting native plant species effectively, reduces and eliminates the need for pesticide applications. Ultimately, creating and encouraging stable, low-maintenance vegetation is a more permanent vegetation management strategy than the constant application of toxic pesticides.
To learn more about how states can and have handled rights-of-way management, read Beyond Pesticides article “The Right Way To Vegetation Management.”
Take Action (Massachusetts):
- Call or write the Director of Rights-of-Way Program/Pesticide Bureau Mike McLean [email protected], and MDAR Commissioner [email protected] or Phone: 617-626-1701. Tell them you object to the application of herbicides on NStar rights-of-ways, particularly given that safer alternative exist. Be sure to get a tracking receipt for your e-mails. GreenCAPE recommends CCing your state Representative and Senator as well (see www.mass.gov for information). Additionally, GreenCAPE is asking folks to send pictures of the right-of-way in your back yard or neighborhood, particularly where children live and play.
- Call NStar and tell its representative that you object to the use of herbicides along the Cape’s rights-of-way and that you would like to see a more long-term, sustainable approach to vegetative management. Ask NStar to maintain the power line easements the way they have for many years-selective cutting and mowing. NStar President and CEO Tom May at (617) 424-2527 and Investor Relations at (781) 441-8338 or (https://www.nu.com/forms/formInvestors.asp).
- Call your local officials (town administrators, select boards and town councils) and urge them to remind NStar (in a letter and verbally) that the town has already adopted a resolution opposing the NStar spraying.
Take Action (Nationally): Some states allow residents the right to refuse herbicide use on their property and people can post their property with no spraying signs provided by the utilities. For example, Maine, North Carolina, and Oregon all have no-spray agreements. If you are interested in becoming active in your community to stop spraying on rights-of-way or other public spaces, such as parks and schools, please refer to our Tools for Change webpage and read The Right Way To Vegetation Management, which contains information about spraying policies along rights-of-way in different states.
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PSALM 45 A Song Celebrating the King’s Marriage. For the choir director; according to the Shoshannim. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love. 45 1My heart [O]overflows with a good theme; I [P]address my [Q]verses to the [R]King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2You are fairer than the sons of men; Grace is poured [S]upon Your lips; Therefore God has blessed You forever. 3Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O [T]Mighty One, In Your splendor and Your majesty! 4And in Your majesty ride on victoriously, For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; Let Your right hand teach You [U]awesome things. 5Your arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under You; Your arrows are in the heart of the King’s enemies. 6Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom. 7You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of joy above Your fellows. 8All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad. 9Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies; At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir. 10Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house; 11Then the King will desire your beauty. Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him. 12The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; The rich among the people will seek your favor. 13The King’s daughter is all glorious within; Her clothing is interwoven with gold. 14She will be led to the King in embroidered work; The virgins, her companions who follow her, Will be brought to You. 15They will be led forth with gladness and rejoicing; They will enter into the King’s palace. 16In place of your fathers will be your sons; You shall make them princes in all the earth. 17I will cause Your name to be remembered in all generations; Therefore the peoples will give You thanks forever and ever.
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University of British Columbia researchers have determined a gene signature that is linked to the severity of spinal cord injury in animals and humans, according to a study in the open-access journal eLife.
The discovery of key genes that are switched on or off in response to spinal cord injury, described in the online peer-reviewed journal eLife, could inform the development of biomarkers that predict recovery and possibly pinpoint new targets for treatment.
At the moment, there are no widely available treatments capable of immediately restoring motor and sensory function after injury. A major barrier is the lack of understanding of the complex cascade of biological processes that occur when a spinal cord injury happens.
“Our understanding of the pathophysiological processes triggered by spinal cord injury is fragmentary,” explains senior author Michael Skinnider, an MD/PhD student in the lab of Leonard Foster, a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. “We set out to integrate the data from decades of small-scale studies using a systems biology approach.”
The team first reviewed past experiments to find genes associated with the response to spinal cord injury, searching through more than 500 studies. They found 695 unique human genes that had been linked with the response to spinal cord injury and, of these, 151 were linked in more than one study. Further analysis showed that the genes are biologically and functionally related, coding for groups of protein molecules that physically interact with one another.
To find if these genes truly reflect functional changes after spinal cord injury, the team constructed a network of genes from healthy human spinal cords and integrated this data with those determined from the experimental studies. They found that two groups of genes (M3 and M7) included a high number of the genes that had been previously pinpointed in experiments as important in the response to spinal cord injury.
They next looked at five experimental studies of gene expression in mice and rats after spinal cord injury to see whether these gene groups (and others) were significantly altered. They found that four gene groups, including M3 and M7, were switched on, and a further two gene groups were switched off. Some gene groups were not as connected in mice and rats as in humans, suggesting that they might be human-specific markers of spinal cord injury. Other gene groups were only important at a certain time-point after injury, suggesting that they are involved in the transition from acute to chronic injury.
Of all the gene groups studied, M3 genes were most strongly linked to injury severity in both mice and rats, which suggests that these genes could make an ideal biomarker for predicting injury severity. Indeed, one of the genes in this group, annexin A1, previously associated with spinal cord injury, was able to perfectly differentiate between moderately and severely injured rats when used as a biomarker.
“We have developed an integrated, systems-level approach to understand the mechanisms of spinal cord injury,” concludes lead author Jordan Squair, an MD/PhD student at ICORD supervised by Andrei Krassioukov, a Professor in the Department of Medicine and Christopher West, an Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology. “We have identified gene signatures that predict injury severity and, if reversed therapeutically, could potentially increase functional recovery.” | <urn:uuid:7cc04e3f-977f-4c0c-b5b7-c50fd2407cc1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.msl.ubc.ca/ubc-researchers-find-gene-signature-that-predicts-outcome-after-spinal-cord-injury/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00276.warc.gz | en | 0.967297 | 672 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Norwegians as young as 6 can now legally change their gender using an online form—without a doctor’s approval, counseling, or surgery.
The law, adopted with a 79-13 vote by the Norwegian parliament in June, makes Norway the fifth country in the world to pass a similar law, and the second behind Malta to include children. While the process in Malta requires a parent to seek court approval for the gender change, children in Norway apply for the change using the same process and paperwork as adults.
While transgender activists celebrated the new law, experts warn treating gender dysphoria so lightly could multiply harm for children who most likely will shed feelings of confusion as they become adults.
Under the law, a person who wants to identify as a gender that does not correspond to his or her biological sex must submit an online form and return a mailed letter confirming the decision. Once approved, the individual receives a new national identification number allowing him or her to update passport, driver’s license, birth certificate, credit cards, and other forms of identification. More than 250 Norwegians, including nine minors, have applied so far, and the government has accepted every application.
“I have met several young people who have told me that this new law is making their lives easier. Several have come out of a dark place,” said Health Minister Bent Hoie. Lawmakers considered requiring a certain amount of time between the application and the legal change to allow for reflection but dismissed the idea as “patronizing,” Hoie said.
Prior law in Norway required a person have counseling, hormone replacement therapy, and sex reassignment surgery before legally changing gender.
The Norwegian Association for Gender and Sexual Diversity successfully lobbied to lower the law’s age limit from 7 to 6, arguing children should be able to start school with their new gender and not have to change mid-schooling. Others disagreed with any age limit, pushing instead for no restrictions on how young a child can be.
Some transgender advocates took the other side, arguing the law was rushed through and opens the door to abuse if people don’t take it seriously.
“We have worked so many years to build up an understanding of what this condition is, and who this group is,” said Mikael Scott Bjerkeli, president of the Harry Benjamin Resource Center, an organization helping transgender people receive treatment to transition medically. Bjerkeli cites an instance last year when a Danish man legally changed genders and then disrobed in a female changing room to make a political point. Bjerkeli believes Norway should at least require counseling for persons wanting to change gender.
But experts urge caution. A 2016 report on sexuality and gender in the journal The New Atlantis concluded drastic interventions for those identifying as transgender are “especially troubling” for children. The report, authored by Dr. Lawrence S. Mayer and Dr. Paul R. McHugh, both from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, noted “the majority of children who identify as the gender opposite their biological sex will not continue to do so as adults.”
“We have reservations about how well scientists understand what it even means for a child to have a developed sense of his or her gender,” write Mayer and McHugh, noting “there is a lack of reliable studies on the long-term effects of these interventions. We strongly urge caution in this regard.”
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GROUNDING, BONDING AND SHIELDING BIBLIOGRAPHY 1971 TO 1975
As a result of a literature search carried out in conjunction with an extensive effort concerning grounding, bonding and shielding, a bibliography was compiled. The bibliography, covering the period 1971 to 1975 is contained in this report. A bibliography covering the period 1930 to 1971 was published as a separate report, FAA-RD-76-145.
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- Publication Date: 1976-9
- Pagination: 46 p.
- TRT Terms: Bibliographies; Electrical grounding; Radiation shielding; Transmission lines
- Uncontrolled Terms: Shielding
- Old TRIS Terms: Lightning arresters
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Vehicles and Equipment;
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This comparatively rare name is of English locational origin, from a now 'lost' village thought to have been situated in Devonshire. During the 14th Century many villages were forcibly 'cleared' and their inhabitants disposed to make way for sheep pastures, while natural disasters such as plague or the 'Black Death' of 1348 also led to the disappearance of villages and hamlets from the maps, leaving only the modern locational surname. 'Headford' was originally recorded as 'Ed(d)ford', as in the following, 'Anthony Edfurd', son of John, was christened on the 18th November 1582 at St.Giles in the wood, Devonshire. The name means 'Ecghere's village', from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name 'Ecghere' and 'tun', village, or settlement. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Elizabeth Headford, daughter of John and Martha, which was dated 15th August 1739, christened, Combe Florey, Somerset, during the reign of King George II, The Last Warrior King, 1727 - 1760. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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301249768 glowing red with heat.
301256973 characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement; "a red-hot speech"; "sizzling political issues".
300977372 very fast; capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive".
301641791 newest or most recent; "news hot off the press"; "red-hot information".
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Well the it's the first day of spring! For many spring is a symbol of renewal, saying goodbye to the old drab cold of winter and hello to the warm new days ahead. So it is with Texas Nature Blog. In my last post I mentioned a couple of plans for the future and those plans have been completed. I said, I was working on a new website about enjoying nature in Texas and although there is still a lot to do, it is now online at http://www.texasnatureonline.com/. I also said that I was considering combining Texas Nature Blog with my Wildflowers of Texas Blog and moving them to there own domain. I have done that and my first official post was made today. You can view the new blog at http://texasnatureblog.com/. This will be my last official post on this site and I hope you will follow me to the new sites. I can be found at the following places on the web.
Monday, December 30, 2013
- I have not posted nearly enough, and I hope to correct this in 2014.
- My Facebook page was one year old on December 29th, but has not had the traffic I had hoped for.
- On a positive note, I began work on my Texas Nature Website, which I hope to have online in the next couple of months.
- Both Pitcher Plant Trail and Sundew Trail of The Big Thicket National Preserve.
- Cattail Marsh in Beaumont, Texas
- McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge
- Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sancturary
- Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Park
- Tony Houseman State Park/Wildlife Management Area
- Pleasure Island, Port Arthur, Texas
- Shangri La Botanical Garden and Nature Center
- Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge
- Sea Rim State Park
- Village Creek State Park
- J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area
- Both the Old River Unit and Nelda Stark Unite of The Lower Neches Wildlife Managemnet Area
- Armand Bayou Nature Center
- Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
- Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge
- Nature trail at San Jacinto Battleground State Park.
- Turkey Vulture
- Crested Caracara
- Numerous other bird I still need to positive ID on
- Broad-banded Water Snake
- Feral Hogs
- White-tail Deer
- Bobcat which I would have to say was my favorite.
My plans for the new year.
- Blog more consistently.
- Update my social media page more.
- Finish work on my Texas Nature Website
- Possibly merge my Wildflowers of Texas Blog and Texas Nature Blog and move to there own domain.
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transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Colombia to the Republic of Panama over the Isthmus of Panama and authorizes the New Panama Canal Company to sell and transfer to the United States its rights, privileges, properties and concessions as well as the Panama Railroad and all the shares or part of the shares of that company; but the public lands situated outside of the zone described in Article II of this treaty now included in the concessions to both said enterprises and not required in the construction or operation of the Canal shall revert to the Republic of Panama except any property now owned by or in the possession of said companies within Panama or Colon or the ports or terminals thereof.
Colon and Panama to be free ports.The United States agrees that the ports at either entrance of the Canal and the waters thereof, and the Republic of Panama agrees that the towns of Panama and Colon shall be free for all time so that there shall not be imposed or collected custom house tolls, tonnage, anchorage, Vessels using canal.lighthouse, wharf, pilot, or quarantine dues or any other charges or taxes of any kind upon any vessel using or passing through the Canal or belonging to or employed by the United States, directly or indirectly, in connection with the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the main Canal, or auxiliary works, or upon the cargo, officers, crew, or passengers of any such vessels, Exceptions.except such tolls and charges as may be imposed by the United States for the use of the Canal and other works, and except tolls and charges imposed by the Republic of Panama upon merchandise destined to be introduced for the consumption of the rest of the Republic of Panama, and upon vessels touching at the ports of Colon and Panama and which do not cross the Canal.
Collection of import duties.The Government of the Republic of Panama shall have the right to establish in such ports and in the towns of Panama and Colon such houses and guards as it may deem necessary to collect duties on importations destined to other portions of Panama and to prevent contraband trade. Anchorage, repairs, etc.The United States shall have the right to make use of the towns and harbors of Panama and Colon as places of anchorage, and for making repairs, for loading, unloading, depositing, or transshipping cargoes either in transit or destined for the service of the Canal and or other works pertaining to the Canal.
Canal property and employees exempt from taxes.The Republic of Panama agrees that there shall not be imposed any taxes, national, municipal, departmental, or of any other class, upon the Canal, the railways and auxiliary works, tugs and other vessels employed in the service of the Canal, store houses, work shops, offices, quarters for laborers, factories of all kinds, warehouses, wharves, machinery and other works, property, and effects appertaining to the Canal or railroad and auxiliary works, or their officers or employees, situated within the cities of Panama and Colon, and that there shall not be imposed contributions or charges of a personal character of any kind upon officers, employees, laborers, and other individuals in the service of the Canal and railroad and auxiliary works.
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Local Impacts of Climate Change on Fortum´s Hydropower Production
Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 300 HE creditsStudent thesis
Background: Climate change and the consequences of global warming is probably one of the greatest issues of our time. Among other concerns, global warming is thought to have a great impact on hydrology worldwide. When the atmosphere warms up, river runoff patterns are altered. Nevertheless these future changes are assumed to increase the hydropower potential in some countries. In the public debate it is often referred to a nine year old investigation claiming an increase of 15-20 % in Swedish energy production from hydropower due to the river runoff increase. On the other hand recent research is hinting that the effect of global warming might be masked by climate variability in the nearest future. This study seeks to investigate whether or not the hydropower-intensive company Fortum will benefit from increased future hydropower potential due to climate change.
Methods: Using historical data, the impacts of global warming on the future potential power production in different types of hydropower plants are estimated by the statistical approach of probability density functions. Moreover spectral analysis is used to investigate the impacts of climate variability in various Swedish watersheds. The study investigates both the nearest future, represented by the years 2021-2050, and the end of the century, represented by the years 2069-2098.
Results: The future hydropower production is shown to be strongly dependent on the geographical location of a power plant and of the specific power plant type. Although all Swedish rivers where Fortum operates is given more river runoff in the future, some hydropower plants might suffer from lower hydropower potential due to increased runoff variability. However all reservoir-type power plants in the study, with ability to store water, are calculated to benefit from increased river runoff. Only the run-of-river type power plants, operating with unregulated river flow, are not yet proven to benefit from a changing climate. When considering both specific river and type of power plant, this study indicates that the hydropower potential in the rivers where Fortum operates is expected to increase with 4-15 % towards the end of the century. The one exception is the unregulated river Västerdalälven where this study indicates a possibility of decreased hydropower potential due to climate change. The results of the spectral analysis indicates that up to 30 % of the coefficient of variation in the monthly mean runoff data is explained by low-frequent periodic fluctuations due to natural climate variability, linked to somewhat predictable climate indices.
Conclusion: Natural climate variability is likely to be the dominating factor in the nearest future, at least in regulated rivers. Although there are uncertainties about the future potential power production in the run-of-river type power plants, one cannot deny that most of the Swedish rivers where the major hydropower companies operate are strongly regulated. Adding the fact that river runoff will increase as a consequence of global warming, Fortum is likely to gain from an increased hydropower potential. However, this present study highlights the inaccuracies in using the out-of-date estimation of 15-20 % hydropower-potential increase as a forecast of future potential power production in all Fortum-operated hydropower plants.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2016. , 78 p.
Global warming, climate variability, hydropower plants, spectral analysis
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Subject / course
Master of Science in Engineering - Energy and Environment
2016-02-25, KTH, Brinellvägen, Stockholm, 21:12 (Swedish)
Riml, Joakim, Universitetslektor
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Now that the second American aid worker who contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia has arrived back home on Tuesday for treatment at an Atlanta hospital, some global travelers may be wondering what they need to know about the deadly illness. British Airways on Tuesday temporarily suspended flights to West Africa, and other airlines say they are closely monitoring the situation. Here are some answers to questions about Ebola, what airlines are doing and whether it is safe to fly.
Q. Should I Worry about Ebola?
A. No, not if you live in a developed country, say health experts. However, in West Africa there have been at least 887 deaths in the current outbreak, out of a total of 1,603 reported cases, a fatality rate of about 60 percent. Symptoms may appear anywhere from two days to three weeks after exposure, and there is no vaccine and no specific treatment. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention upgraded its travel advisory for West Africa on Thursday because of the Ebola outbreak, saying people should avoid nonessential travel to Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Q. Could Ebola Spread to the U.S. Through Air Travel?
A: Not likely, said Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease physician at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Although the Ebola virus is just a short plane ride from anywhere, he reminds travelers that the virus is only spread through direct contact with an infected person. "The important thing to remember is that Ebola is only spread through contact with blood and body fluids," he said. "People with Ebola are only contagious when they are showing symptoms." Of more concern for airlines, he said, are infectious airborne viruses such as measles or influenza that sick people may spread before they even know they are ill. As for Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, the two American aid workers infected with Ebola, they were transported back to the U.S. aboard a specially outfitted private jet.
Q: Which Airlines Fly to West Africa?
A: Delta Air Lines flies to Dakar, Senegal; Accra, Ghana; and Lagos, Nigeria. The airline also flies to Monrovia, Liberia, but for unrelated business reasons previously announced it will cancel that service at the end of September. Delta is letting passengers with flights to the region in the next two weeks push back travel until the end of the month. United Airlines also flies to Lagos, but has not issued any travel waiver. American Airlines does not fly to Africa. European carriers such as Air France-KLM, British Airways and Lufthansa all fly to Western Africa from their hubs in Paris, Amsterdam, London and Frankfurt. British Airways said Tuesday that it has temporarily suspended flights to and from Liberia and Sierra Leone "due to the deteriorating public health situation in both countries." Emirates is the only other airline, so far, to cancel any flights to the region.
Q. Are Travelers Being Screened for Signs of Illness?
A: Federal agents at U.S. airports are watching travelers from Africa for flu-like symptoms. Border patrol agents at Washington's Dulles International Airport and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, in particular, are watching for signs of fever, achiness, sore throat, stomach pain, rash or red eyes. The CDC also has staff at 20 U.S. airports and border crossings. Any passenger suspected of carrying the deadly virus would be quarantined immediately and evaluated by medical personnel, CDC said. Passengers boarding planes at airports in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea are being screened for Ebola symptoms, including fever, and given health questionnaires, CDC said on its website.
Q. How Has the Airline Industry Dealt With Outbreaks in the Past?
A. During previous outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, in 2003 and the H1N1 virus, nicknamed swine flu, in 2009, some airports around the globe used thermal imaging cameras to screen passengers for fever. Adalja, however, called such measures "not very effective" as travelers can take medicines such as Tylenol to reduce fever. The CDC has issued Ebola guidance for airlines, with information on managing ill passengers, reporting sick travelers and cleaning planes.
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In her new book, Eat Healthy. Be Healthy at Any Age, Jane Falke identifies problem foods that promote acidic cells and tissues leading to allergies, inflammation, toxicity and age-related diseases.
Although avoiding these foods is important, it's often not enough.
You also need to proactively eat the foods that can reverse the damage that's already been done.
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In Great Britain the majority of baggage handling is contracted out from the airline to ground handlers and is often viewed as a ‘stand alone’ part of the aircraft turnround process. Little consideration has been given to the design and working of the interface between the aircraft (airline carrier), airport (operator), handling equipment (supplier/ manufacturer) and those persons undertaking the baggage handling work (ground handlers). Unless these factors are dealt with at an early stage, there is often little or no opportunity for the ground handler to address and reduce the risks. Fully effective risk reduction during the baggage handling activity will only be achieved if all the parties involved actively work together.
This report describes the work undertaken to gather further information on the musculoskeletal ill-health risks associated with baggage handling operations and to appraise the efficacy of new Extending Belt Loader (EBL) technology. The GB aviation sector health and safety steering group (Revitalising Health and Safety in Air Transport - RHSAT), which includes the HSE, identified the requirement for a working partnership. Staff from the HSE, HSL, East Midlands Airport (EMA), Menzies Aviation, Servisair, EasyJet, BMI Baby and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) formed a collaborative working group to take this work forward. The evidence presented in this report, and other studies including previous work by the HSE (Tapley & Riley, 2005 and Riley, 2008) provide a strong case for this task to be re-designed or mechanised to reduce the risk of injury.
This report and the work it describes were funded by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Its contents, including any opinions and/or conclusions expressed, are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect HSE policy.
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Yesterday Chris Roche and Rosalind Eyben set out their concerns over the results agenda. Today Chris Whitty (left), DFID’s Director of Research and Evidence and Chief Scientific Adviser and Stefan Dercon (right), its Chief Economist, respond.
It is common ground that “No-one really believes that it is feasible for external development assistance to consist purely of ‘technical’ interventions.” Neither would anyone argue that power, politics and ideology are not central to policy and indeed day-to-day decisions. Much of the rest of yesterday’s passionate blog by Rosalind Eyben and Chris Roche sets up a series of straw men, presenting a supposed case for evidence-based approaches that is far removed from reality and in places borders on the sinister, with its implication that this is some coming together of scientists in laboratories experimenting on Africans, 1930s colonialism, and money-pinching government truth-junkies. Whilst this may work as polemic, the logical and factual base of the blog is less strong.
Rosalind and Chris start with evidence-based medicine, so let’s start in the same place. One of us (CW) started training as the last senior doctors to oppose evidence-based medicine were nearing retirement. ‘My boy’ they would say, generally with a slightly patronising pat on the arm, ‘this evidence-based medicine fad won’t last. Every patient is different, every family situation is unique; how can you generalise from a mass of data to the complexity of the human situation.” Fortunately they lost that argument. As evidence-informed approaches supplanted expert opinion the likelihood of dying from a heart attack dropped by 40% over 10 years, and the research tools which achieved this (of which randomised trials are only one) are now being used to address the problems of health and poverty in Africa and Asia.
The consequences of moving from expert (ie opinion-based, seniority-based and anecdote-based) to evidence-based healthcare policy, far from being some sinister neocolonial experiment, have been spectacular. To quote a recent Economist headline, ‘Africa is currently experiencing some of the fastest falls in childhood mortality ever seen, anywhere’. It is a great example of the positive side to modern Africa the current excellent Oxfam publicity campaign (right) is all about. This success is based on many small bits of evidence, from many disciplines, leading to multiple incrementally better interventions. Critically, it also involves stopping doing things which the expert consensus agreed should work, but which when tested do not. It is no accident that one of the most evidence-based parts of development is also one where development efforts have had some of their greatest successes.
Proper evidence empowers the decision-maker to be able to make better choices. This is a good thing. In every discipline, in every country, where rigorous testing of the solutions of experts has started, many ways of doing things promoted by serious and intelligent people with years of experience have been shown not to work. International development is no different, except that the communities we seek to assist are more vulnerable, including to our bad choices.
Much of what we all do in international development has very limited evidence that it does any good (in this it is no different from many other policy areas) – which is not the same as saying it is pointless. Rather we don’t know what is pointless. Some of our actions will work better than we think, much of it will work much less well than we hope, and some of it will be damaging the poorest without us realising it. In the evidence-light areas we just don’t know which are which.
We must have the humility to accept that we are all often wrong, however reflexive the practitioner, however deep their reading and experience and passion to do good. Evidence-based approaches are not about imposing a particular theory or view of the world. It is simply about taking any opportunity to test our own solutions in the best way available, using evidence honestly when it is available to inform (note the word) decisions, and when the facts change, changing our minds.
This honesty includes saying to decision-makers when evidence is methodologically weak, mixed or missing so they know they are on their own, unable to rely on (or make a claim on) the evidence. The worst possible solution, which we know Chris and Ros would also deplore, is using the social power of the ‘expert’ to imply we know the answer when we actually have no solid evidential basis for our opinion or prejudice.
A few false assumptions about evidence-based decision making
Some of those who express unease about evidence-based policy and practice seem to assume that it is always based on randomised trials and quantitative methodologies: not so. Methods from all disciplines, qualitative and quantitative, are needed, with the mix depending on the context. Randomised trials are one tool amongst very many, although a good one in the right setting. The argument that evidence-based approaches can “only apply in cases of individual treatment and not the wider community level” ignores over 30 years of methodology which has done exactly that, with very convincing results.
A sterile argument between people who are on the one side believe that a randomised trial can answer any question (they can’t), and people who do not appear to be aware of any methodological advances since the 1970s except in their own narrow field is a depressingly familiar experience. We know this does not apply to Rosalind and Chris, but listening to people passionately critiquing methodologies they have not taken the trouble to understand does no good to anyone. This applies both to a randomista who seems to believe that all there is to social research is a few focus groups and in-depth interviews, and to people from a more qualitative social science background who would have trouble explaining the difference between cluster randomised and step-wedge design but assume both are irrelevant to social research anyway (both can be used to measure societal rather than individual effects).
It is tempting to take every point the authors make where we have concerns about their factual basis and logical framework but we will take just three.
“Evidence-based approaches are pre-occupied with avoiding bias and increasing the precision of estimates of effect”. On less bias – generally true. Please complete the sentence ‘More biased research is better because…’. On precision – no, incorrect, the range of situations where a more precise answer is a better answer is small.
One statement we would like to address head-on starts “Evidence-based approaches became linked to value for money concerns to deliver ‘results’…”. We agree- and this is a good thing. Doing a pointless thing, professionally delivered and passionately believed in, is always going to be poor value for money. Testing what works and what does not therefore is essential to value for money. More importantly, doing pointless things diverts very limited human and financial resources, in an ocean of need, away from those who could best use them- not what any of us are in international development to do.
Is it “technical approaches” on the one hand, and “power, political economy” analysis on the other?
Rosalind and Chris’ key criticism is that evidence-based approaches “deflect attention from the centrality of power [and] politics […] in shaping society”, and they offer “power analyses” as an apparent alternative to assessing rigorously what works. This creates a false dichotomy, as if a choice has to be made between a “technical, rational and scientific approach to development” and an approach that recognises politics and the role of power. It is easy rhetoric, but troubling and, if taken much further, even dangerous. Understanding power and politics and how to assist in social change also require careful and rigorous evidence, and again, results are not simply what experts would have expected a priori. Recent studies on the positive impacts of female leadership quotas in rural India are for many of us rather surprisingly good news, even if one can fairly worry about its applicability in other settings, while the struggle to find systematically a positive impact of decentralisation and community-driven development programmes is important to internalise in our actions for change, and highlights the importance of understanding contexts and politics. In these cases, it is not a matter of just RCTs, but of rigour, and of combining appropriate methods, including more qualitative and political economy analysis.
Strong analysis of politics and power without offering much in terms of what can be acted upon is similarly unhelpful. They criticise an evidence-focused agenda by stating that “to act ‘technically’ in a politically complex context can make external actors pawns of more powerful vested interests and therefore by default makes them, albeit unintentionally, political actors.” But all actions by external actors will interact with political forces and vested interests. In many of the settings where development actors want to make a difference, power and political institutions are biased against the poor. Being able to act on strong evidence of what works in constrained political settings is crucial.
A reductionist and misinformed view of evidence as purely ‘technical’ or as being only about “what works” is unhelpful – it is also about generating evidence and understanding (and learning) on why interventions and approaches may work, including understanding the social, political, and economic factors that may enable or constrain success of different approaches. Far from the search for evidence pushing us in a ‘technical’, apolitical direction it has reinforced the importance of understanding and trying to tackle the underlying causes of poverty and conflict. There is agreement on the importance of politics and institutions in shaping growth, security and human development. However, the ability of external actors to influence institutions is much less clear and this is where DFID research is now focussed. Ros and Chris have misread the context – the commitment to evidence has opened up the space fundamentally to challenge conventional, technical approaches to aid.
Why it matters for international development
There are large areas of international development where decision-makers are largely flying blind – forced to make decisions purely on gut feeling and ideology not because they wish to because they have no option. Try making difficult decisions in education policy compared to health policy and the difference in usable evidence is dramatic – yet both are complex, social and context-dependent parts of human life. It is always puzzling when people say airily ‘health is easy’- it is not, and is an intensely political and social subject requiring interventions at societal level.
Today we can eradicate rinderpest in cattle and build bridges over the Zambezi based on rock-solid evidence from many disciplines, but do not have anywhere near as clear an idea how to reduce violence against women or tackle police corruption. All are great challenges with social dimensions but in two of them people have set about finding and testing solutions in a systematic way over many decades.
Having robustly tested evidence-based solutions certainly does not eliminate politics: the decision whether to build a bridge, what sort and where, is an intensely political choice – but at least those making the choice now have a fair assumption it will stand up- based on hundreds of years of incremental evidence. The evidence-barren areas in development are a collective, and in our view shameful, failure by us all in the academic and practitioner community. We should never excuse them with the feeble assertion that it is too difficult or complicated. Development is difficult and complicated – but the bases for making decisions will gradually improve if we are serious about improving it.
In conclusion, we collectively have the capacity to be able to give to our successors in every continent a far better basis on which to make their decisions for their lives than our generation have. To imply it is not worth trying to provide the best and most rigorous evidence to those who need to make difficult decisions because they will have other influences as well is like saying to someone going for a walk in dangerous mountains that they do not need a map because there will be many other factors that will determine where they go. That is true – but they are still less likely to fall off the cliff if they have one.
Where evidence is clear-cut we should be making that plain to decision makers – and where it is not we should say that as well, be honest about what is there and try to get better evidence for the future. That, in essence, is what evidence-based decision making is about – and all it is about. If the academic community is serious about trying to assist those working in the field (including in Oxfam), and above all empowering the most vulnerable communities to make the most informed possible decisions available for their own development, we should be putting our greatest efforts into supporting decision-makers to use the best evidence, and finding better methodologies in areas where we currently have very weak evidence. There are many, and this should be tackled as a matter of urgency.
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Oral or written statements that have the effect of damaging a person’s reputation will constitute defamation if there are not truthful.Defamation comes in two forms:
- Libel, which refers to a defamatory expression in written form; and
- Slander, which refers to a defamatory statement expressed orally.
Whether the damaging statement is made oral or in writing, there is the added requirement that it be false or misleading, as truthfulness is a complete defence to a defamation claim.
Where a person brings an action for defamation, the extent to which the defamatory words have harmed that person’s reputation will be of paramount concern in assessing damages. Evidence will have to presented to show how the defamation has affected the plaintiff financially, emotionally and otherwise.
Defamation claims are generally commenced with a view to:
- repairing the damage caused to a person’s reputation;
- recovering monetary compensation commensurate with the economic loss/damage to the person’s reputation; and
- deterring future instances of defamation.
The internet provides an extremely powerful and inexpensive means of spreading defamatory comments to a mass audience. Social media websites and applications have ushered in a new age of cyberspace defamation, which has given rise to many new and challenging legal issues. For example, there are numerous parties who may be potentially liable for the posted defamatory comments:
- the party responsible for making the statement;
- the party responsible for posting the statement;
- the owner of the website or internet app whereupon the statement is posted;
- the site’s hosting party;
- the internet service provider;
- the search engine landing visitors on the site containing the alleged defamatory expression, etc.
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Doping appears to be pervasive in sports. If one wants to fight it, it opens the question about what the optimal strategy is, where the strategy space is comprised of the test frequency and the penalty. It is quite obvious that test should not be predictable.
Dmitry Ryvkin approaches this question using winner-take-all contests. With low participant numbers, the larger the tournament, the more frequently players need to be tested. But starting from some threshold, the frequency can decease. The reason is that as more players join, the expected payoffs of dopers and non-dopers decrease, but the payoff of doping first increases and then decreases. This is based on the assumption that the expected payoff of winning decreases in the number of players (thus prestige of winning does not increase faster than the number of players).
In terms of penalty, players that are caught doping are excluded from the contest, no surprise, but are also subject to a small penalty. This is required because it enhances the effectiveness of testing by making the testing probability non-monotonic in the number of players. This seems a rather technical argument. But I surmise that making players risk averse instead of risk neutral would not make this additional penalty necessary. | <urn:uuid:17ad749c-9bfc-4c9d-83e6-91ea7815cb02> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://economiclogic.blogspot.com/2009/07/optimal-doping-testing.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280730.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00254-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964162 | 253 | 1.625 | 2 |
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Imaging is the process of capturing, storing, displaying, and printing graphical information. This process includes the capturing of paper documents for archival purposes. Imaging procedures involve the use of scanners to capture the image and optical disks to store the many megabytes of information the captured images contain.
Imaging systems allow users on a network to store and call up imaged documents from centralized image storage systems. The network provides easy access to these files so users don't need to make a trip to the back-office storage area or request the files from an off-site location. Imaging is part of document processing and workflow applications that manage the way documents move through an organization.
Imaging is part of document processing and workflow applications that manage the way documents move through an organization. But imaging systems stand on their own. They are composed of hardware and software that manage the storage and archiving of documents for insurance companies, law offices, medical facilities, and other organizations that work with large volumes of paper. A well-known securities firm that processes large volumes of paper daily is imaging all its new accounts to phase in the technology. The process starts when new applications enter the system via fax machine. The application can then be viewed by a number of users and stored for later viewing.
Document imaging has many benefits, as listed here:
Unlike paper systems, which could be lost in a fire, imaged documents provide a higher level of loss protection because they are easily replicated to various locations. Storing documents in multiple locations also makes them more accessible by the users at those locations. Images stored on optical disk are also easier to carry to off-site, secure locations. See Document Management and Storage Management Systems
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is another aspect of imaging. OCR converts character images on paper into the ASCII equivalent of the characters, which can then be stored on disk. ASCII information can also be edited and copied.
Imaging documents such as invoices and purchase order for processing and storage brings EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) to mind. If you are doing business with other companies on a regular basis, you should investigate this technology since it allows organizations to exchange standard electronic documents like invoices. See EDI (Electronic Data Interchange).
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Have you ever sat down with someone who was looking for something online?
If you have, you'll know that the experience can be downright frightening. Often the situation plays out something like this: the person at the computer (not you) needs to find something online, so they open up Google or their favorite search engine while you watch over their shoulder. As the person searching begins to type – using incomplete phrases or seemingly random search terms – your throat dries, you start to sweat, you can tell already that it's going to be a bad experience.
No matter how much you want to intervene while watching somebody else use a search engine, to shout out "You dork! Why don't you just search for [SEO-precise phrase] using quotes?!" you hold back.
Regular people don't search like you or I. Instead of searching for "oil change Dallas, TX" most people will search for something like "car oil texas" or "where do I go for oil?" or even just "car oil." Don't laugh; searches like these happen all the time.
As traumatic as it is to be a part of a real search in action, there's a lot of value to be had in simply watching other people search for things.
In fact, sitting down with someone and asking them to search for your website is one of the absolute easiest ways to conduct keyword research. Here's a quick strategy you can use to discover real, valuable keywords that your potential customers might be using when they're searching for your business, product, or service.
Find a group of friends, family, or ideal customers and sit down with them, one‒on‒one, in front of a computer. Preferably find someone who knows either nothing or very little about your business or website to start with, that way you're getting unbiased results. Take one minute to explain your business or service to the person, being careful to leave out your brand name or URL. Explain in the simplest terms possible what your business does and why it would benefit the person to do business with you. Then ask them to open up a web browser and search for your business however they see fit.
While the person is conducting their search, take notes of what search phrases they're using. Those are the keywords you should be targeting.
Of course, you'll want to also do more advanced keyword research before actively targeting the words and phrases your searches produce during your experiment (check with the estimated monthly traffic, evaluate competitors, explore possible long tail, or longer tail, words, etc.). Once you've surveyed several people, look at what words and phrases they used to search for your business and see if there is any overlap.
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Do You Have This Often Unnoticed Infection?
We all know that tooth decay can cause numerous negative effects for your oral health. Without treatment, decay can lead to severe cavities, worn enamel, discomfort, infection, and even tooth loss. Did you know there is another area in your mouth that needs just as much monitoring and affects almost half of the adults in the United States? It could be affecting you and you might not even realize! Continue reading to learn more about this oral disease.
When people think about their oral health, they should be equally concerned with their gum health and the health of their teeth. During a routine visit to our office, we look for the early signs of gum disease. Gum disease, or periodontitis, is a serious gum infection, accompanied by inflammation, caused by bacterial growth along the gumline and around the base of the tooth. Although many adults have infected gums, oftentimes it remains undetected until it is too late.
Warning Signs of Gum Disease
The biggest mystery with gum disease is it can be difficult to be detected due to the lack of warning signs that are typically seen with other dental issues. For example, there is typically no severe discomfort that would lead you to visit our office. There are certain signs you can look out for which may be a clue that you might be experiencing issues with your gums:
- The faint detection of blood after you brush or floss your teeth
- Receding gums that are pulling away from the teeth
- Bad breath and a lingering unpleasant taste in the mouth
- Unexplained loose teeth or newly developed spaces between teeth
How to Help Gum Disease
It is important to remain diligent in your oral hygiene. Brushing twice daily and flossing once per day is extremely important. We also suggest using mouthwash daily to help remove additional bacteria. The most important method is to be sure to visit our office for your regular cleanings and examinations.
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Despite common beliefs held my many historians today slavery was in fact profitable The market value alone of slaves suggests profitability In 1815 a typical US slave was worth 250 by 1839 the price was 500 and by 1860 it had climbed to 900 Prices of slaves would not have quadrupled if they were not a means of profit for the owner The average price of slaves quadrupled because the average Southern crop production per slave quadrupled Slaves increased in value because they produced more in salable crops Three alternative paths all lead to this same conclusion slavery was profitable First thousands of planters bought slaves on credit from traders Few planters would have borrowed to buy those slaves and pay interest on them if they did not think they could earn at least as much money putting them to work in the fields The average interest rate charged by traders between 1820 and 1860 was eight to ten percent Since this rate did not vary much over the years and the slave trade business was booming it is safe to assume that planters were getting at least ten percent return on their investments Second many slaves were hired out by their owners This usually happened when a planter had a temporary surplus of field hands The rent charged for these slaves were proportionate to their investment return that year In 1850 to 1860 for example farm laborers in the South Atlantic were pain 964 per month West South Central slaves rented for 1390 Such slaves sold for about 1070 and 1400 respectively Rented slaves in the South then earned about eleven to twelve percent of their value for their owners And third look at the approach pioneered by Alfred Conrad and John Meyer It compares rates of return from slaveholding to other investments They estimated the market value of prime field hands in the 1850s
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10 August 1841–20 October 1922 (Age 81)
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When Joseph Sharman was born on 10 August 1841, in Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Sharman, was 35 and his mother, Isabella Gibb, was 23. He married Isabella LOGAN on 5 August 1864, in Perth, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Marquette, Woodlands, Manitoba, Canada in 1906 and Manitoba, Canada in 1916. He died on 20 October 1922, in Russell, Manitoba, Canada, at the age of 81, and was buried in Russell, Manitoba, Canada.
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Anyone who grew up in the 70s, loving bands like Queen and David Bowie, knows the legacy of photographer Mick Rock. Along with the equally phenomenal Bob Gruen, Rock was a photographer whose skilled eye captured images – fleeting moments in rock history – that were every bit as important to the times as the music being made by those he was shooting. It is not at all surprising that Mick Rock is also known as “The Man Who Shot the 70s.” It was sad news indeed to hear of Rock’s passing on November 18th due to complications from a two-year battle with cancer. He is surely irreplaceable. RIP, Mick!
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To keep my hats jaunty but secure at Edwardian events, I use one of my antique, pre-ban hatpins. Pre-ban? What’s that? Well, as silly as it may sound to us, in the 1910s, cities around the globe passed laws outlawing certain sizes of hatpins! Why would governments and police departments waste valuable time outlawing fashion accessories?
Until about 1970, hats were a major part of a woman’s wardrobe. They have varied in size, material, and decor, but one of the primary problems with hats is that, if caught by a gust of wind, it can easily escape from you! Ladies have employed a variety of methods to avert this: making the hat deep enough that it sit snugly on the head or using ribbons to tie them down, wire loops that grasp your head (many 1950s hats use this method), or clips and combs that grab onto your hair. One of the most popular antique methods we no longer use was the hatpin. Hatpins hold your hat on securely by attaching your hat to your hairstyle. That way, as long as your bun is secure, your hat can’t fall off or blow away in the wind! It also helps perch the hat high on your head so it’s not smashing your hairdo or hiding your face. To wear one, you position your hat as desired, thrust the pin through one side of the crown, carefully sliding it under a portion of your hair, and then pushing the pin back out the other side of the hat.
Sort of like this…
The closer yo can get the pin to your scalp, the better. But watch out! You don’t want to jab yourself!
Hatpins started out as wimple pins used to hold women’s veils in place as far back as Roman times. Those pins were fairly small. However, as women’s headwear changed, so did the pins. It was during the late 18th century– when outrageous large hats perched on outrageously large hairdos–that hatpins first began to appear. Hatpins didn’t truly become common until the mid-to-late 19th century when hats overtook bonnets as the most fashionable form of headwear. A hatpin became an indispensable part of a well-dressed woman’s wardrobe. Victorian hats were fairly small for the most part, but as the turn of the century drew near, the hats grew larger and more elaborate…not unlike the giant hats of 100 years earlier.
Mary Boteler by John Hoppner, 1786
Publicity photo of performer Rhonda Ray, circa 1903-1907
Les Modes Hats, circa 1907
Hats and hairstyles in the Edwardian era were enormous, requiring equally enormous hatpins– often so long and sharp that they could not only jab you, but anyone that got too close to you. Indeed, at over a foot long and made of rigid steel, an Edwardian hatpin makes a formidable weapon! There are even poems, books, and songs written about women defending themselves with hatpins! Mugger trying to get your purse? STAB ‘EM! Pervert “mashing” (harassing) you on the train? EN GARDE!
Newspapers published many stories about women defending themselves with their hatpins– including in Chicago, one of the first cities to institute hatpin laws. In 1902 the Chicago Tribune published an article about Jaunite Bonneau– one of the first female couriers for Western Union– defending herself with “Fists and Hatpin” against a group of young male attackers– and being completely blamed for hurting the lads that attacked her.
You can find even more Chicago Tribune articles about hatpins being used as weapons in their searchable archives. Most have a rather negative view of hatpins and the women wielding them, but there are a few articles that mention their use in a more positive light, including this 1898 blurb about Barbara Stack who “routed street car robbers with a hatpin” or this 1907 horror story about a woman defending herself from a kidnapping rapist.
The uniquely feminine weapon did not sit too well with men used to submissive ladies, so beginning in 1908, they began passing laws limiting the length of hatpins, usually to no more than 7-9 inches. Other cities passed regulations requiring safety caps for hatpins rather than outright banning longer ones. This seemed like a much more practical approach to the problem of accidental stabbings– a naked pin point sticking out of a hat could accidentally injure people around you– though requiring a cap rendered the pin much harder to use for self-defense, too. Other cities allowed longer, uncapped pins, but they could stick out no more than 1/2″ or you could face a hefty fine— including paying reparations:
From the Boston Sacred Heart Review April 12, 1913.
It is probably not a coincidence that the notice about outlawing hatpins as weapons appears just below an article about militant suffragettes in England.
Male lawmakers weren’t just making idle threats, either. Women vehemently opposed the laws and some ladies were even arrested for wearing long or uncapped pins in their hats, especially suffragettes. Yes, policemen would actually stop women to inspect their hats for illegal hatpins. For example, here’s a clip from a newspaper article about arresting women with long hatpins. At a fierce 13 inches long, my hatpin could have landed me in the slammer if I wore it without a permit after 1908!
Pre-ban Hatpin on the left, 13″ long circa 1900
“Legal” hatpin on the right, 7″ long circa 1890-1915
Somewhat ironically, the shorter hatpin is sharper. You could definitely still defend yourself easily with it!
Hatpins do require extra attention in order to wear them safely. Truth be told, a properly worn hatpin should not be noticeable at all when worn. It should hide amid your hat trimmings, showing only the bejeweled end if it has one. The sharp end shouldn’t not stick out more than an inch (unless it also has a decorative cap as some 1910-1950 hatpins do). If you are like me and have a hatpin a bit too long for your hat, you must be very careful when giving hugs or taking selfies with friends, not to mention being careful not to stab yourself! However, hatpins are incredibly important if you want to wear historical hats properly…or defeat hooligans.
Post-ban newspaper articles take a decidedly dark view of women using hatpins. Many reference the violent protests of women’s rights activists as proof that women could not be trusted with sharp objects, no matter how prettily decorated:
Whether the hatpin ban made women adopt smaller hats or whether the natural flow of fashion made the edicts obsolete, it’s hard to say, but as the 1910s progressed, hats changed to sit lower on the head and slowly shrunk in scale. By 1920, a decade after the hatpin laws passed, women had adopted shorter hair, shorter skirts, and close-fitting cloches that didn’t need hatpins at all. American women also got the vote so we could fight to wear what we want!
A fight for fashion is a fight for freedom!
I actually don’t know when–or even if!– places like Chicago, New Orleans, and Melbourne repealed their hatpin bans…for all I know, it’s one of those weird laws left on the books after all these years and I’m technically a criminal in some municipalities!
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BACKGROUND: The main goal of this work is to assess the influence of pressurized liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) treatment on the enzymatic activity of immobilized inulinases. The effects of process variables were evaluated through 23 experimental design.
RESULTS: Inulinase from Klyveromyces marxianus NRRL Y-7571 presented an increase of 163% in residual activity using LPG at 30 bar during 1 h exposure using a depressurization rate of 20 bar min−1. For Aspergillus niger commercial inulinase, an increment of 129% in residual activity was observed at 30 bar for 1 h treatment at the highest depressurization rate (20 bar min−1). Enzymatic activities changed significantly depending on the enzyme source and the experimental treatment conditions investigated, such as exposure time, depressurization rate and pressure.
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Illinois Considers Easier Medical Marijuana Access For Veterans
Illinois Bill Would Ease Veteran Access To Medical Marijuana
The Illinois House Judiciary Committee voted (10 to 6) Tuesday to pass an amendment to Representative Lou Lang’s (D-Skokie) House Bill to the House Floor for consideration. If passed, the changes must be approved by the Senate before being forwarded to Governor Pat Quinn (D).
The amendment, which was filed on October 18, would allow military veterans easier access to medical marijuana when the state’s medical marijuana law goes into effect January 1, 2014.
“The [Illinois] Department of Health would be permitted to issue certifications to patients being treated for an approved disease at a VA facility.”
With that said, military veterans being treated at Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities would not be able to enroll in the program. Because VA doctors are employees of the federal government, they can not make medical marijuana recommendations.
However, the amended regulations would make it so that patients being treated at a Veteran’s Affairs facility would not need a doctor’s recommendation to become a become a certified medical marijuana patient.
Instead, the Department of Health, who stands to oversee medical marijuana in Illinois, would be permitted to issue certifications to patients being treated for an approved disease at a VA facility.
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History of Poland (1939-1945) The history of Poland from 1939 to 1945 encompasses primarily the period from the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union to the end of World War II. Following the German-Soviet non-aggression pact, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on 1 September 1939 and by the Soviet Union on 17 September The European Theatre of World War II opened with the German invasion of Poland on Friday September 1, 1939, followed by the Soviet invasion of Poland on September 17, 1939. On 6 October, following the Polish defeat at the Battle of Kock, German and Soviet forces gained full control over Poland At 4.45 am on 1 September 1939 the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the Polish garrison of the Westerplatte Fort, Danzig (modern-day Gdansk), in what was to become the first..
. In response to German aggression, Great Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany The Soviets invaded Poland on 17 September. The campaign ended on 6 October with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland under the terms of the German-Soviet Frontier Treaty. German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, and west the morning after the Gleiwitz incident The Second World War began with the invasion of Poland in September 1939. The country was attacked and occupied by both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Both occupying powers immediately established ruthless regimes that were responsible for the deaths of countless Polish citizens and especially Polish Jews
The bombardment and devastation of Wielun on 1 September 1939 marked the start of World War Two As world leaders head to Warsaw this weekend to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of World War.. World War II began with a coordinated attack on Poland conducted by the Third Reich and the USSR, led by Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin respectively. As of 1 September 1939, the very first day of World War Two, both totalitarian regimes held joint military action against Poland This World War 2 Tour is a perfect choice for those interested in history of the World War II. Almost all territory of Poland was affected by war so you can find relative places virtually everywhere. World War II Sites tour covers some of the most important sites and will give you opportunity to learn more about that tragic times 445. 445. The families of an elite group of Polish resistance fighters who trained in the UK before fighting the Nazis from behind enemy lines during the second world war are being encouraged to. The Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski linked his demands to the Second World War. He said in an interview on the Polish radio: 'We only demand that what has been taken from us should be returned. If Poland had not lived through the years 1939-1945, the country would have had 66 million inhabitants.
8. Museum Of The Second World War. This was, without a doubt, one of the best museums in Poland, in my humble opinion. Not only will you learn about WWII from Poland's perspective, but this Gdansk museum also expands into an exploration of the Japanese side of the war Vladimir Putin blames Poland over Second World War Putin accuses Poland of colluding with Hitler in the Second World War Russian president says former Poland ambassador was an 'antisemitic swine' -.. World War II is one of the most terrible events of humanity, composed of miseries, grief and the inconceivable suffering of everyday people. The movie Róża depicts the personal misfortunes of a woman living in the Masuria region of northern Poland In a series of comments in late December, the Russian president appeared to blame Poland for the outbreak of the Second World War. January 5, 202 The German invasion of Poland, which began on 1 September 1939, opened the Second World War in Europe, yet it nonetheless remains a subject mired in misunderstanding. Aside from the hoary old myths of the feckless Poles sending their cavalrymen to engage German armour, little else seems to have penetrated the popular narrative
Sketch showing life of British prisoners of war in a German camp during World War Two. The sketch was made in Stalag XXI D in Posen, Poland, by Lieutenant J F Watton of the 4th Border Regiment who was captured near the Somme in June 1940. The sketch was passed by the German censor, and shows an eight-sleeper bunk in the camp Genre/Form: History: Additional Physical Format: Online version: Garliński, Józef. Poland in the Second World War. New York : Hippocrene Books, 198 Opinion | Stop Blaming Poland for Starting the Second World War . Enough of the Brezhnev-era Soviet propaganda. Enough of the perverse, deceitful, intellectually dishonest attempts to blame Poland for WW2, and the Polish resistance for not halting the Holocaus Poland - Poland - The Second Republic: With an area of about 150,000 square miles (389,000 square km) and more than 27 million inhabitants (more than 35 million by 1939), interwar Poland was the sixth largest country in Europe. Devastated by the years of hostilities, the state had to be reconstructed of three parts with different political, economic, and judicial systems and traditions We have seen the causes and consequences of the First World War in the last post. The first world war itself sowed the seeds for Second World War, primarily because of the humiliating Treaty of Versailles. We shall see the causes and consequences of the Second World War (WWII) in this post. The Two Groups: Allies vs Axis Powers Causes of Second World War(1939-1945) (1) Humiliation by the.
Boston University Libraries. Services . Navigate; Linked Data; Dashboard; Tools / Extras; Stats; Share . Social. Mai Posts about Second World War written by Pawel. I was surfing the internet to see how various media cover the story of the 70th anniversary of the breakout of the Second World War remembrance service, that Polandian metioned in previous post. Naturally I went to the BBC What makes the Museum of the Second World War different from other institutions of this kind is its attempt to present the Second World War from a wider perspective, not only from the perspective of one nation. Its focus is on politics, ideologies and wartime experiences in different countries, rather than the purely military aspects of the war The beginning of World War II: This never-before-seen image shows the Nazi battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein firing what is believed to be the first shot of the Second World War in Danzig, Poland.
Here are the 10 most essential books focusing on various aspects of the war in Poland, organized by something like chronology: invasion, ghettos, Auschwitz, war's end. 1. No Simple Victory: World. . It also suffered the largest number of casualties as a proportion of its total population, in addition to the systematic. Outbreak of the Second World War. On 1 September 1939 German SS troops took possession of Polish buildings and institutions in the city of Gdańsk. Some 1.500 members of the Polish minority were arrested to be imprisoned, deported or executed. Many others were expelled from their homes and directed to central Poland
world war ii Sep 11, 2018 Andrew Knighton, Guest Author September 1939 is mostly remembered for the German invasion of Poland, the event that triggered the Second World War in Europe Museum of the Second World War (Muzeum II Wojny Swiatowej), Gdansk: Läs recensioner av resenärer som du och se professionella bilder på Museum of the Second World War (Muzeum II Wojny Swiatowej) i Gdansk, Polen på Tripadvisor Download this Premium Photo about Auschwitz oswiecim jewish prison in occupied poland during second world war and holocaust, and discover more than 8 Million Professional Stock Photos on Freepi Poland's New World War II Museum Just Opened, But Maybe Not For Long : Parallels The museum opened March 23 in Gdansk, where the war began. This is the museum of a war, but not a military museum. Poland's prime minister has launched a furious response to claims by Vladimir Putin that Poland was partially responsible for the outbreak of the second world war.. It is the latest episode in a bitter conflict over historical memory that is likely to intensify as the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazism approaches next May
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After World War II both West Germany and East Germany were obliged to pay war reparations to the Allied governments, according to the Potsdam Conference.First provisionally but later finally, Germany ceded a quarter of its territory as defined by its 1937 borders to Poland and the Soviet Union. Other Axis nations were obliged to pay war reparations according to the Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 .' The jury for the Museum of the Second World War Competition in Poland have recently announced the winner. Studio Architektoniczne Kwadrat received 1st Prize and will design the new museum in. Source: Gazeta Wyborcza 4-5 August 2007 Author: Bartosz T. Wieliński in Berlin Translation from Polish for this blog: MoPoPressReview * * * For over a week the Polish and German media have been heating up the debate over German art works, that Poland acquired after the Second World War President Steinmeier of Germany, President Duda of Poland and Vice-President Pence of the United States in Warsaw on Sunday, 80 years to the day since Germany began the second world war with a.
I spend a lot of my time in Europe checking out museums, to evaluate and describe them for our Rick Steves guidebooks. But on my latest trip to Poland, I had the most thought-provoking museum tour of my career, at the new, high-tech, and highly controversial Museum of the Second World War, in Gdańsk.My review of the museum is mixedfor political reasons Marshal of Poland(Marszałek Polski) is the highest rank in thePolish Army. It has been granted to only six officers. At present, this rank is equivalent to aField MarshalorGeneral of the Army(OF-10) in otherNATOarmies. Today there are no living Marshals of Poland, since this rank is bestowed only on military commanders who have achieved victory in war. Recently, however, the rank of four-star.
More: Second World War War Poland History Histories Anti-Semitism Displaced Persons Europe Harry Truman Books & Fiction Get book recommendations, fiction, poetry, and dispatches from the world of. The Polish resistance movement in World War II, with the Polish Home Army at its forefront, was the largest underground resistance movement in all of occupied Europe, covering both German and Soviet zones of occupation.The Polish resistance is most notable for disrupting German supply lines to the Eastern Front (damaging or destroying 1/8 of all rail transports), providing intelligence reports. The Second World War was the most violent and globally shattering event in history. When it finally ended, at least 60 million people lay dead; some estimates are as high as 79 million. It is part of the tragedy that we'll never know the true number: estimates for Chinese deaths, for example, range from 10 to 20 million; the Soviet Union lost 23-25 million Between the Causes and consequences of World War II We find the violation of the Treaty of Versailles and the subsequent invasion of Poland by fascist Germany, as well as its subsequent overthrow and the creation of the United Nations.. World War II was a war of global scale that took place between 1939 and 1945, fought between the Allied countries and the Axis countries
World War IIwas a global warbetween the AlliedPowers and the Axis powers that spanned between 1939 and 1945. The majority of countryballs eventually split between 2 alliances - the Axis Powers and the Allied powers. The conflict was the deadliest in history and saw the advent of the first (and only) use of nuclear weapons in war. The war also coincided with the Holocaust, the most extensive in. Poland in the Second World War 1985th Edition by Josef Garlinski (Author) ISBN-13: 978-0333392584. ISBN-10: 0333392582. Why is ISBN important? ISBN. This bar-code number lets you verify that you're getting exactly the right version or edition of a book The Museum of the Second World War's architecture, above and below ground, is an astonishing holistic conceptual whole, a perfect Gesamtkunstwerk. The future of the museum itself is subject to the uncertainties of Poland's political culture wars, but the architecture will remain as a masterpiece, unsentimental yet deeply emotional The Museum of the Second World War (Polish: Muzeum II Wojny Światowej) is a state cultural institution established in 2008 and a museum in Gdańsk, Poland which is devoted to the Second World War. Kwadrat architectural team won the architectural competition for the building of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk Buy books at Amazon.com and save. Free Shipping on Qualified Orders
At the end of World War II, Poland underwent major changes in its territorial extent. In 1945, after the defeat of Nazi Germany, the Oder-Neisse line became its western border, and the Curzon Line its eastern border, in accordance with the decisions made first by the Allies at the Tehran Conference of 1943 where the Soviet Union demanded the recognition of the line proposed by British. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in Poland today at an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, recalled the tremendous shared sacrifice and the huge price of victory over fascism, paid by the millions of lost lives
When it became clear in 1945, at the end of the second world war, that the Polish forces and refugees abroad would not be able to return to their homeland, the British government took on responsibility for them. The first step was the founding of the Polish Resettlement Corps (PRC) in May 1946 March 1939. Poland already occupying German territory occupied after World War 1 invades her smaller neighbour Czechoslovakia. 1st September 1939. Following numerous and well documented Polish violations of Germany's borders and refusal to negotiate, Germany retaliates
List of war declarations. Below is a table showing the outbreak of wars between nations which occurred during World War II. Indicated are the dates (during the immediate build-up to, or during the course of, World War II), from which a de facto state of war existed between nations. The table shows both the Initiator Nation(s) and the nation at which the aggression was aimed, or Targeted. The Second World War was the deadliest and most destructive global conflict in history, claiming the lives of more than 50 million people. Adolf Hitler started the war in 1939 when his German forces invaded Poland One of the more disingenuous myths, fostered last year and earlier this year by Putin, is that Poland started the war—a bizarre claim that turns history on its head. Another myth is that the Soviet Union's role in the Second World War began on 22 June 1941, when the Wehrmacht attacked the USSR Your Second World War Poland stock images are ready. Download all free or royalty-free photos and vectors. Use them in commercial designs under lifetime, perpetual. Most history books tell us that World War II began on September 1, 1939, when the Nazis invaded Poland. Hell, some Americans probably think the war started on December 7, 1941, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
When World War II ended in 1945, the Soviet Union refused to recognize Poland's pre-conflict eastern boundaries. As a result, many Polish people found themselves stranded in a new country. Several of the Polish people in India scrambled to find other homes Poland suffered some of the worst horrors of Second World War II: nearly six million Poles died in the conflict that killed more than 50 million people overall A second feature, A Time of Retribution: Paying with Life and Limb for the Crimes of Nazi Germany, has also been posted in English. World War II Poland German-Polish Relations The Holocaust Legendary war journalist and author Clare Hollingworth, who broke the news of the outbreak of the second world war, died last night at her home in Central. She was 105 Before World War II, the city was a major center of Jewish life and culture in Poland. Warsaw's prewar Jewish population of more than 350,000 constituted about 30 percent of the city's total population. The Warsaw Jewish community was the largest in both Poland and Europe, and was the second largest in the world, second only to New York City | <urn:uuid:6c2c6283-73e0-4de4-81cd-bbfc3235193c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ombordga.com/photos-images/second-world-war-polandogqcc13810wuknr.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00071.warc.gz | en | 0.950616 | 3,492 | 3.890625 | 4 |
Grammy award winning saxophonist/composer/educator Mace Hibbard has quickly established himself as one of the most exciting and versatile saxophonists on the scene today. As one journalist succinctly commented, Hibbard is an artist who uses his technical mastery, compositional skills, and informed understanding of the jazz saxophone lineage, to create musical offerings that are truly unique.
Born and raised in Waco, Texas, early music lessons included piano and voice until settling on the saxophone at age ten. Mace’s firm grasp of the history of jazz and its standard repertoire comes from the gigs he played with his father - Dave Hibbard, a great trumpet player who was a staple in the Texas jazz scene for years - throughout his teen years. From there, he attended the University of Texas in Austin, where he earned a Bachelors degree in Musical Performance and a Masters degree in Jazz Studies. While in Austin, Mace developed as a composer and formed Odd Man Out, who released their self-titled debut on Viewpoint Records in 2000. In addition to his growing jazz career, it was during this time that Hibbard began developing his reputation as a outstanding performer in all genres, playing in ensembles as diverse as The Austin Symphony, singer-songwriter Drew Smith, The Creative Opportunity Orchestra, and The Stingers. | <urn:uuid:1ff27d9a-529f-4528-9c82-a0f478e9481a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/macehibbard | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00135-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982994 | 274 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Runners seeking a magic bullet to prevent injuries will have to keep searching.
A study published in the Journal of Athletic Training in September 2021 sought correlations between running-related injuries and training parameters—such as distance, duration, frequency, intensity—and changes to training regimens.
To the disappointment of runners everywhere, the research provided no eureka moments.
The study was led by Jean-Francois Esculier, a medical professor at the University of British Columbia and leader of research and development at The Running Clinic, based north of Québec City. The team examined 36 studies featuring 23,000 adult runners.
Results were underwhelming, if not unexpected: there is no clear connection between injuries and training circumstances.
None of the professionals we spoke with were surprised.
Rob Hasegawa, a chiropractor at Good to Go Sports Therapy in Victoria, B.C., specializes in running injuries and has worked with athletes of all levels.
“The more years I’ve been in practice, one of the most common things I do when someone asks me what I think they did (to get injured) is shrug my shoulders,” he says. “There’s just so many variables… It can be anything on any given day.”
Calgary’s Cal Zaryski, owner of CriticalSpeed.com, agrees, saying “We can’t hang our hats on one or two metrics (like heart rate). It’s just a mathematical model. The reality is the human body is way more complex than that.”
Zaryski is a high-performance athlete as well as a coach. In 2021, he won both the Ironman 70.3 World Championship and the XTERRA off-road triathlon—his tenth in the latter—for his age group.
Sometimes, the cause of an injury is obvious, he explains, remembering a sore ankle he developed after running barefoot on sloping sand in Maui. Other times, issues “come out of the blue,” he says. “A little ache or pain, or some issue that’s starting to brew. It accumulates. It’s just too complex to figure out the cause of certain things. The key is to catch them before they become an injury.”
The clear message from the study, Zaryski says, is that training prescriptions need to be dynamic, to adapt to each individual’s situation any given day.
One way to ensure dynamism in training is to work with a coach.
Bruce Deacon, two-time Olympic marathoner and running coach in Victoria says having a good coach can help avoid injuries, but there’s a caveat: the runner needs to provide the coach with enough information and feedback to make critical training decisions.
“The value of your money, of your investment (in coaching), is only enhanced when you’re open, honest and trusting with your coach. Let your coach know, ‘I didn’t sleep well, I feel a little niggle in the back of my throat,’” he says, noting that coaches need to know about mood and mental and emotional stress, too. “A coach needs all the information to keep you healthy.”
Ultimately, the takeaway from Esculier’s study is that runners need personalized care to be at their best. Every runner
is unique, so unique that the variables that lead to running-related injuries are too broad and too complex to reveal straightforward causes and effects.
So how do we continue to train—to challenge our bodies to get stronger, faster, and more resilient—while also avoiding injury?
“We all want to know how much change we can introduce (without causing injury),” Deacon says. “I agree with the (study’s) premise that the more you change, and the more quickly you change it, the more likely you are going to get hurt.”
“(Avoiding injury) becomes more art than science,” he adds.
For Hasegawa, who sees thousands of injuries in his practice, the responsibility for keeping healthy lies with the athlete.
“No one knows you better than yourself. We have to let go of our ego and be really mindful,” he says. “You have to take responsibility for this. Not your coach, not me. You have to wear this yourself.”
Hagesawa adds: “If we could be more mindful all around to all the different things that are happening in our lives, I think we’d be better off.”
Could mindfulness be the key to avoiding running injuries? Perhaps the magic bullet has been within us all this time.
4 TIPS TO MITIGATE INJURIES
1 SELF-AWARENESS FOR SELF-PRESERVATION
If you’re mindful of how you’re feeling, mentally and physically—and, if you’re honest with yourself—you’ll be more likely to catch issues before they develop into injuries.
“We have to let go of our ego,” says Rob Hasegawa, chiropractor at Good to Go Sports Therapy. “Running as a group is social, but it creates injuries because people don’t listen to their body. They want to stay with the group until they can’t, unfortunately, until they get injured.”
With self-awareness and maturity, you’ll come to recognize your limits and know when to push and when to rest.
“No one knows you better than yourself,” Hasegawa says.
2 CHANGING FOR GOOD
Whenever you change something in your workout—your shoes, the running surface, the distance—you’re increasing the potential of injury as your body adapts. Change your training routine thoughtfully and carefully to avoid stress that may lead to injury.
On the other hand, change may also be part of the solution. “There’s always going to be changes to your [training] program because of a little ache or pain, or some issue that’s starting to brew or accumulate,” athlete and coach Cal Zaryski says. “The message here is you have to make it so things can change consistently, never be locked in.”
3 REST, RECOVERY, REBUILD
Rest can work in your favour. “If we give our body enough rest, we actually get stronger,” running coach Bruce Deacon says. “In an unrecovered state, all kinds of vulnerabilities come up.”
Runners might become more vulnerable to twisting their ankles, or muscle soreness could lead to a change in form resulting in injury. The amount of rest needed depends on the individual and their goals.
4 CARE TEAM
Assemble a team of coaches and health-care professionals to help look after you and keep you well. Work with people you trust to care for your health, both physical and mental.
“Your moods affect your physiology, and therefore, they affect your vulnerability to injury and sickness,” Deacon says. “Happy runners are healthy.”
Photography by Graham McKerrell
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St. Michael himself comes to defend us in battle (Alleluia). He came down from heaven (Ibid.) and appeared in Italy towards 525 under the pontificate of Gelasius I, in Apulia, on the summit of Monte Gargano, near the Adriatic and the ancient Sipontum. He requested that a sanctuary should be erected to him where God should be worshipped, in memory of himself and all the angels, and this place became celebrated on account of numerous miracles.
Benedicite Dominum, omnes Angeli ejus: potentes virtute, qui facitis verbum ejus, ad audiendam vocem sermonem ejus. * Benedic, anima mea, Dominum, et omnia, quae intra me sunt nomini sancto ejus.
Bless the Lord all ye His angels : you that are mighty in strength, and execute His word, hearkening to the voice of His orders. * Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless His holy name.
(Psalm 102:20,1 from the Introit of Mass)
Deus, qui miro ordine, Angelorum ministeria hominumque dispensas: concede propitius; ut, a quibus tibi mistrantibus in caelo semper assistitur, ab his in terra vita nostra muniatur.
O God, who in a wonderful order hast established the ministry of angels and of men, mercifully grant that even as Thy holy angels ever do Thee service in heaven, so at all times they may defend us on earth.
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Results of the JULY SimTech™ 2022 Injection Molding Challenge First Place Goes to Andrea Bricola, Draexlmaier Automotive of…
Plastic cooling rate is one of the four basic plastic variables. Establishing accurate control is vital to a repeatable molding process.
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The design and layout of the cooling circuits in the mold play an important part in final part properties. More cooling is required in areas of the cavity where there is more plastic. Often there are several different cooling circuits in the mold to accommodate the need for more or less cooling depending on the part design.
In general, faster cooling leads to a higher degree of molecular orientation near the outer surface of the part. Cooling time is typically the longest part of the molding cycle. The goal is to always cool the part as quickly as possible to minimize the cycle time while maintaining acceptable quality levels and consistent final part properties. For semi-crystalline plastics like polypropylene, polyethylene and nylon, the rate of cooling (mold temperature) affects the crystal size and the amount of crystallinity formation which in turn affects several part properties.
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Kathmandu- January 17, An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, which recently concluded its discussions for 2020 Article IV consultation in Nepal, has projected economic growth of six per cent in the ongoing fiscal year.
The IMF mission led by Laura Jaramillo concluded that though Nepal’s economy, supported by greater political stability, improved electricity supply and reconstruction activities, is growing above its long-term average in the last few years, the economic growth in 2019-20 fiscal year would be moderate amid slower growth in India (the country’s main trading partner), sluggish remittances, and weaker agricultural production.
Despite this, IMF believes that narrowing of the current account deficit, stabilisation of gross official reserves and slower credit growth will support economic growth further.
The fund sends Article IV mission to its member nations regularly to assess the economic and financial developments.
“Building on the growth and reform momentum, additional policies needs to be continued to support inclusive growth while safeguarding macroeconomic and financial stability,” said Jaramillo.
Citing that the transition to fiscal federalism is a monumental challenge that the Nepali economy faces today, the IMF mission has suggested the government to gear fiscal policies towards containing external pressures and protecting fiscal sustainability. “A fiscal deficit of 4.5 per cent of the gross domestic product would be prudent,” states IMF.
In a bid to protect fiscal sustainability, the fund has said that the overall expenditure envelope of sub-national governments needs to be aligned with available funding, with tight limits on any sub-national borrowing.
Praising the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) for its appropriately taken macro-prudential measures to limit the buildup of systemic risks in the financial sector, the IMF has urged the central bank to continue to closely monitor asset quality of banks and improve monitoring of concentration risk. “A priority reform for the NRB is to strengthen the implementation of monetary policy by putting in place a well-functioning interest rate framework that reduces volatility in short-term interest rates,” said the IMF mission.
Informing that reform efforts in recent years have helped improve the investment climate in Nepal, the IMF said that new legislation and regulations need to be supported by an enabling implementation environment to boost foreign investment further.
Adequate staffing, better skills matching and aligning incentives across and within ministries to ensure high-quality projects move forward in a clear and timely manner would enhance the implementation capacity of legislations, as per IMF.
Slower growth of Indian economy, sluggish remittances and weaker agro production to keep growth moderate.
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- Cherry Blossoms at Old Mission Harbor
By MIKE NORTON The cherry orchards are blossoming in Traverse City! If you've never seen several million cherry trees all blossoming at once, with beautiful Grand Traverse Bay in the background, you need to get up here and take a look -- it's one of the truly unforgettable signs of spring in this lovely place! Another great reminder of the season is when I look out the window and see the tall ship Manitou sailing along on the horizon. In fact, one thing that constantly surprises visitors to Traverse City is the sight of all the graceful schooners, sloops and other sailing vessels as they glide majestically across Grand Traverse Bay. Though it's hundreds of miles from the ocean, Traverse City has always been a seafaring community. It's still home to the Great Lakes Maritime Academy -- the only school in the nation that certifies deck and engineering officers for both saltwater and freshwater vessels -- but it's our "tall ships" that enchant visitors and have become our unofficial mascots. In fact, Traverse City is home to more of these imposing sailing vessels than any other port in Michigan. And although they no longer haul lumber or carry the mail, the tall ships of Traverse City play a growing role in the community's economic, educational and cultural life. Some are working replicas of 18th and 19th century ships, available for dockside tours and (if you're lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time) a free ride around the bay. Others offer excursion cruises across the bay each afternoon, and some even serve as floating science classrooms where students learn about the area's aquatic environment and its maritime history.
- The Tall Ship Manitou
Undoubtedly, the most easily recognized vessel in the Traverse City fleet is the Manitou, a 114-foot, 62-passenger schooner that offers three two-hour cruises across the bay each day of the week, as well as a number of specialty cruises (a Microbrew & Pizza Cruise, a Wine Tasting Cruise, musical cruises and "ice cream sails") at scheduled times. In the fall, Manitou becomes a floating bed and breakfast, and is available for charter sailing.. Just as recognizable, though, are the dark red tanbark sails of the Inland Seas, a 77-foot schooner operated by the Inland Seas Education Association which operates "floating classroom" programs where students of all ages learn about the ecology of the Great Lakes by spending a half-day sailing and studying science on Grand Traverse Bay. The group also sails a somewhat smaller "schoolship" - the 31-foot Friendship sloop Liberty.
- The Nauti-Cat Cruising on West Bay
A livelier sailing experience can be had aboard the Nauti-Cat, a 47-foot catamaran based near the mouth of the Boardman River. Measuring 29 feet from side to side, it offers up to four cruises per day during the summer months, often cruising as fast as 14 knots on a breezy day. Like the Manitou, the Nauti-Cat also rents out for charter cruises, and offers passengers the opportunity to raise the sails and steer. Visitors are also likely to spot some of the many sailing vessels operated by the Maritime Heritage Alliance or see them docked at Heritage Harbor along M-22 just north of the city. Their best known vessel is 92-foot Madeline, the twin-masted replica of an 1840's commercial ship that served as Traverse City's first schoolhouse during the winter of 1850-51.
- The Armed Sloop Welcome
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The reason is a controversial call by teachers for mother-tongue education in Turkey's classrooms - a demand seen by some as crucial to reform, but by others as threatening the whole basis of the Turkish state.
Last week saw state prosecutors call for the union, Egitim Sen, to be banned because a clause in its constitution committed its members to support the right to education in one's native language.
This is largely a reference to calls from groups within the country's large ethnic Kurdish community for the Kurdish language to be used where appropriate in state school classrooms.
Long banned in Turkey, Kurdish is the mother tongue of many in the southeast of the country. With Turkish the only medium of tuition in school, many educationalists see this as a major contributing factor to low attendance rates and poor results in many southeastern schools.
Recently, however, language laws have been relaxed elsewhere. Kurdish broadcasting has been permitted on state TV, while it is also now possible to learn the language at a private language school.
Yet in state education, it remains a highly sensitive area. The Turkish constitution says: "The Republic of Turkey's official language is Turkish" - and it was citing this article that the prosecution opened its case.
"In Turkey there is a status quo mentality that everyone must be the same," Egitim Sen General Secretary Emir Ali Simsek told Aljazeera.net.
The ethnic Kurdish minority now
enjoys greater cultural rights
"This mentality has caused great damage in social, political and economic terms. But the world is changing. Instead of trying to take these changes on board, those who have this mentality cannot stand any differences in society, despite recent reforms of the law."
The court eventually ruled that the union had 60 days to change its constitution and remove the call for mother-tongue teaching. If it fails to do so, Egitim Sen - with more than 100,000 members, the country's largest teachers union - will be banned.
This is unlikely to go down well with the European Union, from whom Turkey is hoping to get a date to start accession talks later this year.
"A prosecutor is taking a civil organisation to court for defending a basic human right such as mother-tongue education," says Hurriyet Sener, the head of the Istanbul branch of Turkey's human-rights association, IHD.
"This cannot happen in any democratic country."
Teachers have so far responded angrily to the threat of a ban. On 13 July, the day of the court hearing, many hundreds of them staged a noisy protest outside the Ankara courtroom, paralysing traffic in the city centre.
"A prosecutor is taking
a civil organisation to court for defending a basic human right
such as mother-tongue education"
head of Istanbul branch of IHD, Turkey's human-rights association
Further protests are planned for the end of the 60-day period - as the union has no intention of removing the offending clause from its constitution.
"Our attitude is clear," says Simsek. "This 60-day procedure is not appropriate for law. There has been no decision taken on the principal of the issue. This is a legal scandal. There is not going to be a change in the constitution. This is an unjust practice and we will carry this to national and international arenas."
The union has already received backing from international teachers' associations such as Education International, which sent observers to the court.
Meanwhile, behind the argument over the union lies another, wider issue for many Turks. That is - just how meaningful are the reforms the current government has pushed through, as it seeks to liberalise the country's political landscape.
The case against the union was inspired, many feel, by the powerful military, which has long seen itself as the guardian of a secular - and unitary - Turkey.
"There are some circles," says Simsek, "who are scared that if mother-tongue education happens, the country will be divided or something like that."
Turkey is trying to bring its laws
more into line with EU norms
"Once more we saw who is our real ruler," said Sener. "The army's areas of responsibility are fixed. But here we see that it is at the very centre of politics. This is still like that despite all the [EU] harmonisation laws."
The case also highlights the tremendous task facing the government as it seeks to reform laws and bring the country more into line with EU norms.
"If you change one article of the law, that may be a breakthrough, but if there are others – and interpretations of others - that contradict it, you keep running into brick walls again," says educationist Perihan Yasaroglu.
"There is a reform process under way, yet reforms really only become meaningful when they have been successfully tested in court. This is one of those cases where certain people who are against multicultural, multi-ethnic ideas are throwing a challenge at the whole way things are going."
"If you change one article of the law, that may be a breakthrough, but if there are others – and interpretations of others - that contradict it, you keep running into brick walls again"
Perihan Yasaroglu, Turkish educationist
Meanwhile, the union remains defiant.
"Turkey is a country which is multi-social, multicultural," says Simsek. "And for the cultures, language is a very important component. For a language to live and develop, mother-tongue education is very important. The sensitivity over this is really intolerance to this multiculturalism."
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There are a few factors that affect vehicle insurance premiums. Some of them are more influential than others. It is all about pricing risks of having to pay for claims arising from listed perils. As companies don’t employ fortune tellers to see the future they have to look at other indications.
The obvious indicators are the ages of the drivers, traffic and claims records, statistical and safety ratings of the car, credit score of the policyholder and the statistical risks associated with the resident address. A few more can be listed here but these are the most influential factors.
Why Policyholders’ Home Addresses Are Important?
Naturally, people drive mostly around their neighborhood. At least they go to work from home and come back almost every day. In addition, they park cars nearby overnight. Statistically, large numbers of accidents occur around it. So, companies have to look at what is happening in the immediate area. They look at congestion, parking facilities and auto crime before they decide what to charge.
How the State You Live in Influence Premiums?
The regulations and laws are of a concern as well. Sometimes, these laws can be prohibitive enough that some underwriters may decide not to do business in there. It may appear that minimum liability automobile insurance requirements may be the real reason for the price differences. However, this is not really true as states that have much higher minimum requirements are not really the expensive ones. It is more about how costly it would be to buy vehicle coverage in your state as a result of accidents, auto crimes, weather related damages, medical bills for injuries and compensations rewarded in courts for injured people. It is statistically well documented that it is much more expensive to cover automobiles in certain states in America.
How Much a Zip Code Affects Auto Insurance Quotes?
This totally depends on where you live. Moving from a sleepy hamlet to a big city like Los Angeles can easily triple rates. So much so that some people commit fraud by giving different address than their actual one in the center of a town. Furthermore, some zip codes may be considered a danger zone by most insurers due to high concentration of crime in low income neighborhoods. This has been a hot topic recently and some neighborhoods started campaigns to challenge the way risks were evaluated based on location.
The impact will be much more obvious when we look at how other factors affect prices. For example, you may get about thirty percent discounts for having a great record. This hard earned discount would be dwarfed by how much the costs can go up based on your city zip code. However, good driver discounts would be a lot more valuable in such locations.
How to Lower Car Insurance Rates in High Risk Zip Codes?
If you have looked at it before you moved and has chosen a cheaper rates zip code it is great. The fact is that people don’t normally choose where to live based on premiums. Therefore, it can be considered as an external factor. Here are a few things you could do if you live in an expensive zones.
- Choose a Cheap to Insure Automobile
Quite a few motorists choose smaller, more favored autos in cities. They have other advantages like easy parking and efficient fuel consumption. Built up areas are worse for fuel consumption because of the stop and go type of congested traffic. Obviously, if you still want to keep your big 4×4 in the city you will have to pay as much as twice more premiums.
- Look for Private Parking
Auto theft, crime and vandalism are some of the reasons for expensive quotes. When a car is parked safely in a garage or private parking lot the chances of it getting stolen or scratched is much lower and this will save you money. You can find out more about parking and answers to questions like do parking tickets affect insurance by following the link.
- Keep Driving Records Clean
This is much harder than just saying as there are a few more speed and red light cameras in the cities than countryside. Therefore, it is extra important to be careful not to get done for speeding. Actually, you may even want to cheat by utilising a mobile app that will tell you where those speed cameras. It is something quite a few motorists do. If you are not careful enough you can even lose the license as a result of points accumulated.
- Avoid Claims
What is one can do about an accident? There isn’t much you can do except for asking for compensation when you have large losses. However, the numbers of those big accidents or losses are limited. Most of the incidents and losses are negligible and people submit millions of small claims across the country. Many policyholders think that they won’t matter much. The fact is that having number of small fender benders can increase the premium a lot more than having one large collision.
That is why it may be smart to pay for small and controlled damages out of pocket. Isolated incidents that don’t involve other drivers, road users and property owners are good examples for these. Many policyholders would be happy to get the repairs done themselves if they scratch the car when coming out of a garage. Avoiding making small claims is under appreciated especially in expensive zones.
- Shop Around for Better Quotations
Every company looks at the above-discussed perils differently. For example, company A may offer you up to twenty five percent discount for having good credit score while B doesn’t care much about credit history. So, you should never settle for the first quote you get but shop around for the best deal by getting several of them. The difference between the most expensive and cheapest quote can be as much as couple of thousands dollars.
As you can see you can reduce the cost of insuring automobiles regardless of where you live. You should remember that the higher the price the larger the savings you would get in terms of dollars. So, start your search right here on our platform above. | <urn:uuid:23b00e79-a8c8-4b91-a1e8-c0c208eae8f9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cheapautoinsurance.net/zip-code-based-automobile-insurance-quotes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.971609 | 1,206 | 1.976563 | 2 |
ERP or Enterprise Resource Planning has rather extensive functions. It is due to these functions that the solutions depend heavily on complex software. Back in the days, the implementation of ERP in an organization required the services of programmers, analysts and several users. However, the onset of the Internet has made it possible for consultants to connect company computers without much complexity.
Advancements in technology have now led to the introduction of Web based ERP systems that you can easily download by means of Web browsers. The best part about these ERP systems is that these can be maintained centrally and are cross platform in nature. Most importantly, their deployment does not for client installation at all. However, just about every ERP system implementation calls for the system to be customized to a certain extent. Why is that so? This is because a majority of systems and solutions available these days are rather generic in nature. Through these, only generic examination and reporting can be conducted. In most cases, their features may not fulfill the needs of your current business processes or may not comply with your overall needs and objectives. It is for these reasons that ERP systems have to be customized.
The customization and implementation of these systems can be very hard for large scale businesses. In such a case, they can acquire the services of companies that hold a specialization in ERP implementation. The best part about ERP companies in Dubai is that they have the skills required to get done with the job in much less time because they know how to speed up the process. Their services can also be required in case where technical consultancy is needed. Their consultants can help you with programming and modifying software that has the ability to fulfill your specific business needs. System configuration and business consultancy are also the elements that these service providers can help you out with. Apart from all of that, they will also put in the time and effort required to train your employees so they are properly educated about the ERP system that has been deployed at your organization. This will go a long way in terms of making the transition to new processes from older ones a whole lot easier. The transition process is hence guaranteed to be rather smooth. Click to read more in this regard and to get in touch with a top of the line ERP company. | <urn:uuid:2b5c7882-60a5-4d76-9f12-2fe259effc57> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://homewardboundnorth.com/business-services/information-about-erp-and-erp-companies/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572192.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815145459-20220815175459-00077.warc.gz | en | 0.966399 | 454 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Business law is among the branches of the large area of law. You will find a lot of things one needs to bear in mind when beginning a company allow it to be considered a small or perhaps a large business. Breaking these laws and regulations may get you in deep trouble, so it’s always better to possess some fundamental understanding of both small company law and business corporate law. With this particular understanding, you’re certain of having the ability to operate your company easily with no hindrance in the law whatsoever!
Probably the most important areas to think about running a business law is employment law. If you do not comply with the employment laws and regulations and rules, it’s highly likely that you’ll finish up in several trouble! You will find different laws and regulations that really rule the use foundation of both regular employees and also the contract employees of the business. A few of the employment business laws and regulations that has to be met on your part are FLSA, the Fair Labor Standards Act, The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, People in america with Disabilities Act, the Civil Privileges Act of 1966 and also the Equal Pay Act of 1963. However, these laws and regulations aren’t attached to the various condition employment business laws and regulations that you might find for your business! These laws and regulations really are a different factor altogether. To verify that the business meets all of the employment laws and regulations, it is usually easier to checkup together with your HR department.
To operate a company, you should possess a business permit or perhaps a license. If you don’t get one, there’s a higher chance of you needing to shutdown your company and also to pay hefty fines and penalties. Furthermore, additionally to federal business law it’s needed that you simply satisfy the condition business law rules too. And when you possess an worldwide based business, you need to be conscious of the various worldwide business laws and regulations and just how they are able to affect your company, both you and your main point here. You a minimum of need to satisfy the general worldwide business laws and regulations, import laws and regulations, any specialized export laws and regulations and laws and regulations of the nation you maintain business with.
Individuals running online companies might be from the impression that you will find no enterprise laws and regulations relating to the web. However, this isn’t so. You will find many internet an internet-based business laws and regulations that has to be adopted to keep any internet business. The reason behind these laws and regulations would be that the internet explosion in the last decade has forced the federal government introducing internet compliance laws and regulations to keep some law and regulation on the internet. If you by chance operate a website make certain that you simply abide the web business laws and regulations. If you do not achieve this, there’s a higher chance of your website being shut lower as well as you, in the meantime, facing justice and big fines.
Remember that it’s not advisable that you should try to comply with the business laws and regulations by yourself. You will find numerous laws and regulations, and also the best mode of staying away from falling into any trap is always to get the aid of some professional business law practice. These pointers are simply to provide you with a concept of the kinds of business laws and regulations existing. However, even when you need to do employ a business law practice, it’s also better, and important that you should possess some fundamental understanding of economic laws and regulations! | <urn:uuid:ee9fb512-e788-4d50-8801-109a8191fb90> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://businesstrekantomraadet.com/employment-law-is-an-integral-part-of-economic-law/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279224.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00482-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963609 | 723 | 2.171875 | 2 |
Dear Fellow Americans,
Tomorrow is one of the most important days in recent American history. It is a day that will affect the short term prospects of America and the standing of America in the world for the next century. The events and actions of the past eight years have accelerated the damaging path the country has embarked on for the past thirty years. The irresponsible actions have left America crippled economically, politically, morally and psychologically. Both parties have been hijacked by the special interests of corporations, ideological groups and personal interests. The values in which America was founded on have been distorted. The decision made by America tomorrow will go a long way in determining if we continue this egregious path of self-destruction.
The debt at the national, local and consumer levels are not only due to the actions of the past eight years. The decision by the Supreme Court in 1978 (Marquette National Bank of Minneapolis vs. First of Omaha Service Corp.) to deregulate interest rate caps at the state level was the precursor to the inundation of credit cards and the mortgaging of personal futures for the present. Although Reaganomics has been credited with bringing the country out of the vitriolic stagflation of the late 1970s, it has had a long term effect that has eaten away at the fiscal responsibility of the federal government. At the core of Reaganomics was reducing tax rates by reducing government spending which in turn was achieved by reducing costs associated with regulation and social programs. However, unexpected costs from the burgeoning Cold War resulted in large trade and federal budget deficits. In order to cover such deficits, the government began borrowing heavily both domestically and abroad. This decision to mortgage the future of the country for the present instilled a belief that debt is good, even to other countries, such as China, Japan and India. America became a borrower nation instead of a loaner nation, which it had been for decades during its prominence.
The deregulation of these two critical issues are the main causes of the current economic problems. It instilled bad habits at all levels of society. Although quality of life continued to increase the past thirty years, it was mostly at the cost of the future. Both politicians and individuals began feeling entitled to such luxuries and expected it to last forever. However, as analyzed by Pulitzer Prize winner Jared Diamond (Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed), it is this infectious mindset that causes great societies to fail. This country is at that critical juncture. Do we reinstate the values, sacrifices and hard work that made this country great or do we continue down this destructive path?
In addition to the present economic and ideological problems that endanger the quality of life of America, there are many massive elephants in the near future that can derail any sense of comfort in the nation. A fundamental restructuring of social programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid is required in the next one or two presidencies before the effects of the baby boomer population cripple the flow of aid from the system. The high quality of life has left Americans lazy, fat and indifferent, and the medical costs associated with treating related diseases and health issues threaten to destroy the already broken health-care system. The super-highway system that supported the rise of American power is also the bane of the country’s dependence on foreign oil and its lavish automobile lifestyle. Furthermore, the infrastructure of America is crumbling and poses a danger to the lifeblood of a large country like America. A massive government infrastructure initiative is required within the next twenty years. The only question will be where does all the money come from? As globalization continues to redistribute the wealth and power of the world, the education system and America’s ability to compete are also being tested. American children continue to fall behind other countries at all levels of education, from middle school to college to graduate school. This country has been able to sustain its technological competitiveness partly through the immigration of top-level students from countries such as China and India. However, the current backlash on immigration coupled with the increasing prestige of other countries’ higher education systems, begs the question of how America will sustain its technological edge? Corporations and special interest groups as super-humans continue to eat away at the fabric of America. Their selfish narrow-minded view of profit and ideology permeate all levels of society, from individuals to the government. Ideology has especially polarized the country into two hardened stances, secularity versus ideology. The effects of this has left the country fearful and suspicious of each other. Finally, the effects of the internet and other entertainment-related technologies cannot be understated. Although they have created luxuries beyond anyone’s belief and increased the free flow of information, they have also created a schizophrenic society of 24 hour media frenzy and questionable freedoms of morality. The neutrality of journalism and the mental well-being of society are at stake. Coupled with the constraints of global warming and moral responsibility, the above problems must be faced responsibly.
These problems will definitely be difficult to face and resolve. Most of these have been simmering for years, but have been effectively ignored. However, what has always made America great has been its ability to come together as a country and sacrifice for the greater good of the country and the world. The sacrifices by this country during the Civil War and World War II for the greater good cannot be forgotten. Although society was simpler and less polarized then, the country must come together once again to face the unprecedented wave of issues that threaten to send America down the road of self-destruction.
Tomorrow begins that choice. Tomorrow the country decides which path to take, one of sacrifice for the greater good or one of continued wantonness. Tomorrow begins the day where America can begin reinstating the values that made this country so great. A country of uniqueness not found anywhere else in the world. A melting pot that protects individual rights and helps others at times of need. A constitution so strong that the thought of a revolution is unfathomable. The land of opportunity and openness. A land of thousands of parks and natural resources. The separation of church and state and the freedom of religion. The land of the best medical care and higher education system. A land of tolerance and hope. And the land of the free and the home of the brave…
Whomever you vote for tomorrow, please think openly and clearly. Without any bias of age, race, religion, and fear, think who will be better for America. Who will lead America towards a path of redemption and strength. A path that requires sacrifice but cherishes American freedoms. A candidate that realizes that what America needs now is a problem solver with pragmatism and humility, and not one fixated on idealism, intolerance and fear mongering. Look closely at your choice, and know that when you go home afterwards, there will be a better America tomorrow. A better America for yourself and your family, and also for its great citizens of today and tomorrow.
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NOTE: The compass calibrates itself under normal driving conditions. However, occasional circumstances may cause the compass to operate inaccurately. Example: Driving from rural (wide open) areas to crowded city areas, or if an aftermarket (i.e., non original equipment) antenna with a magnetic base is attached to the vehicle. Calibrate the mirror compass if the display shows only one direction or a limited number of directions.
1. The zone setting is factory preset ("default" setting) to zone 8. Refer to the Compass Zone Map to verify the correct compass zone setting for your geographical location.
2. PRESS and HOLD the or button until the "Zone Number " appears in the display, then release the button.3. PRESS the same button ( or ) repeatedly until the correct compass zone setting for your geographical location is displayed.
NOTE: If the button is not pressed a second time within 3 seconds, the display will automatically change back to the primary headings (N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, or NW).4. Now drive the vehicle to an open level area; away from large metallic objects, structures, and overhead power lines.
5. Turn off "non-essential" electrical accessories (rear window defrost, heater/air conditioning, wipers) and close the doors.6. PRESS and HOLD the or button for approximately 3 seconds, until "C" or "CAL" appears in the display, then release the button.
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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Green Living: Wildlife & Agriculture and other Green Living topics.
Wouldn't it be nice to keep pests away from your plants and flowers outside without using pesticides that contaminate the ground? There are natural options to consider. Natural controls: Natural predators such as birds, toads and frogs dine on insects. Purple Martins love insects, as do bats. You can install a Purple Martin house near your gardens to welcome these helpers. Bugs including ladybugs, spiders, dragonflies, centipedes and ground beetles will feed on many of the garden pests. By Hand: Handpick or use a spade or hoe to pick and cut up weeds. Use natural mulch to help eliminate the growth of weeds. You can also pick pests from your plants or use a swatter. Set traps to control rodents and large bugs. These suggestions help you raise a natural garden eliminating the need for fertilizers and pesticides. | <urn:uuid:48632b33-e1ed-4789-881e-bcd77373ad07> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://greenliving.lifetips.com/tip/118423/green-living-wildlife-agriculture/green-living-wildlife-agriculture/pest-control-without-chemicals.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281151.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00111-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905015 | 213 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Thirty-seven years after Ernest Hemingway's death, the Nobel Prize-winning author's last full-length work of fiction is being published.
"True at First Light," edited by Hemingway's son Patrick, is a fictionalized account of the late author's 1953 safari to Africa.
"This is it," publisher Charles Scribner III said Monday. "This is the last full-length book he left behind."
Scribner's family imprint, now part of Simon & Schuster, plans to publish the book next July, in time for the centennial of Hemingway's birth.
The manuscript has been under seal since the early 1970s, when Hemingway's widow, Mary, donated it to the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston.
Patrick Hemingway pared down the 850-page manuscript to about 300 pages, "very much in keeping with the author's other books," Scribner said.
Among the book's maybe-they're-true, maybe-they're-not tales is an account of the married Hemingway's nuptials to an 18-year-old African woman. Was the late author a bigamist?
"There's always going to be that lingering element of ambiguity, and I think Hemingway would have absolutely adored the joke," Scribner laughed. | <urn:uuid:67096ee5-982c-4cce-b590-d841aaee6071> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-08-24/news/9808250316_1_patrick-hemingway-years-after-ernest-hemingway-charles-scribner-iii | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279189.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00064-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963565 | 277 | 1.625 | 2 |
Northwest Asian Weekly
Leaders and representatives of more than 100 Asian American organizations announced the filing of civil rights violation complaints against Yale University, Brown University, and Dartmouth College for their discriminatory admission practices against Asian American applicants.
The complaint, filed May 23 by the Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE), requests that the Department of Education and the Department of Justice conduct a thorough investigation of admission practices and require the three colleges and other Ivy League universities to cease their discriminatory practices, including the use of racial quotas, racially-differentiated admission standards, racial stereotypes, and other unlawful admissions criteria.
Citing figures from the Education Department, the groups argue that Asian American undergraduate enrollment at Brown and Yale has remained flat between 1995 and 2014. While noting an increase in Asian American students for Dartmouth from 1995 to 2004, the complaint says that those numbers leveled off over the last 10 years. This data shows that “de-facto racial quotas have been imposed on Asian Americans” at these three schools, the complaint alleges.
With more than 100 Chinese-, Indian-, Korean-, Pakistani-, Japanese-, and other Asian American organizations from all over the nation joining in, this represents the largest joint action ever taken by Asian American communities against Ivy League universities’ discrimination. | <urn:uuid:c64c27d0-f880-44e4-a4ad-d172c1f943e2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://nwasianweekly.com/2016/06/asian-american-groups-allege-discrimination-by-yale-brown-dartmouth/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280310.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00184-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94494 | 254 | 1.945313 | 2 |
Update: Dan Lieberman, press secretary at Sen. Yee's office, issued this statement to IBTimes: "While Senator Yee is looking into the matter of guns manufactured by 3D printers, he is not, nor does he intend, to push for the registration of 3D printers. The quote in the CBS piece was referring to the guns lacking background checks and serial numbers."
In the wake of the first fully-functional 3-D printed gun, more lawmakers are proposing regulations to prevent these weapons from reaching dangerous hands. Sen. Leland Yee (D-Calif.) went a step beyond other proposals by calling for laws that would track the 3-D printers themselves as well as people with access to them, out of concern that someone who uses the technology could create a gun.
While Yee didn’t have specific details of how the legislation on 3-D printers would work, he stated that background checks, mandatory serial numbers and even a registration process could all be included.
“Terrorists can make these guns and do some horrible things to an individual and then walk away scot-free, and that is something that is really dangerous,” Yee told CBS Sacramento.
Yee joins two other Democrats, Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), in leading a leading a charge to regulate 3-D-printed guns. Israel and Schumer called for a renewal of the Undetectable Firearms Act, which expires this year, and to add new language that bans plastic guns created with 3-D printing.
After successfully firing the first 3-D printed gun last week, named the "Liberator," designer Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed uploaded the blueprints online for anyone to download for free. This prompted action from the State Department, who ordered the files to be removed after plans for the Liberator had been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times.
While politicians like Yee, Israel and Schumer maintain that this technology is dangerous, supporters of the Liberator say restricting the gun violates Second Amendment rights, while trying to censor the blueprints from the Internet infringes on the First Amendment.
Others say that regulation on 3-D printers like Yee proposed isn’t eve possible. The RepRap project, for example, involves creating self-replicating 3-D printers. For the same reason that 3-D-printed guns are untraceable, so are 3-D printers made from a 3-D printer.
At the same time, the White House is expanding investment in 3-D printing technology. Last week, the Obama administration pledged $200 million for a competition to create three new manufacturing innovation institutes. This competition is a continuation of a pilot competition in 2012, which awarded $30 million to the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII) in Youngstown, Ohio.
3-D printing, the layman’s term for additive manufacturing, is a process where a device creates objects from a digital blueprint by layering micrometer-thin layers of plastic on top of each other. The technology has been around for over 20 years, but is now affordable for average consumers. Some modern 3-D printers cost less than $1,000, which adds to the fears that they will be used by dangerous people to print guns.
It took an $8,000 printer to create the Liberator, though Defense Distributed plans to adapt gun designs for cheaper 3D printers.
Should politicians regulate 3-D printers, or just ban 3-D printed guns? Or are attempts to do either examples of government over stepping its authority? | <urn:uuid:59cce32a-8620-4f92-bb6c-94b7a3793955> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.ibtimes.com/3d-printer-regulation-proposed-democrats-fear-criminals-printing-guns-1254537?ft=k82h2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285289.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00143-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956369 | 746 | 1.617188 | 2 |
William Blake (November 28, 1757 - August 12, 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, his work is today considered seminal and significant in the history of both poetry and the visual arts. He has often been credited as being the most spiritual writer of his time.
According to Northrop Frye, who undertook a study of Blake's entire poetic corpus, his prophetic poems form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language." Others have praised Blake's visual artistry, at least one modern critic proclaiming Blake "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced."
While his visual art and written poetry are usually considered separately, Blake often employed them in concert to create a product that at once defied and superseded convention. Though he believed himself able to converse aloud with Old Testament prophets, and despite his work in illustrating the Book of Job, Blake's affection for the Bible was belied by his hostility for the church, his beliefs modified by a fascination with Mysticism and the unfolding of the Romantic movement around him. Ultimately, the difficulty of placing William Blake in any one chronological stage of art history is perhaps the distinction that best defines him.
Once considered mad for his single-mindedness, Blake is highly regarded today for his expressiveness and creativity, and the philosophical vision that underlies his work. As he himself once indicated, "The imagination is not a State: it is the Human existence itself." | <urn:uuid:0faaf3c1-ef65-4f68-9a46-122a4c9c23c0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.occult-underground.com/blake.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00474-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98621 | 309 | 3.46875 | 3 |
22 Oct – Did you know that there are currently 135 one-year-olds named Loki in the US?
That is according to the US Social Security Administration, which recently released its data regarding the upward trend in parents naming their children after popular Marvel characters.
According to the data, Loki is the most popular Marvel character name to be given to kids in the country, no matter that the character is the god of mischief in Norse mythology and considered a supervillain (before that whole Disney+ Loki series).
The second most popular name also came from the world of "Thor", though it's not the god of thunder himself, but his "Ragnarok" companion, Valkyrie, with 128 children named after the character played by Tessa Thompson in the movies.
On the other hand, Thanos, which was a famous choice back in 2019 when "Avengers: Endgame" came out, is now not so popular, thank God, though there are still some who decided they would let their children go to school with that name.
On the other hand, several other Marvel character names that have become popular choices include the Winter Soldier himself Bucky, as well as "Guardian of the Galaxy" own Star-Lord, Peter Quill - though it was the "Quill" that struck people's fancy instead of "Peter".
This is nothing new in popular culture though. In 2016, Kylo became one of the most popular choices for parents following the release of the "Star Wars" sequel trilogy, and Khaleesi was among the favourites in the early 2010s when "Game of Thrones" was at its peak. | <urn:uuid:e2f965dd-4659-411e-aaea-cb7140d64bc6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cinema.com.my/articles/news_details.aspx?search=2021.n_lokifavmarvelbabyname_60711 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571246.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811073058-20220811103058-00277.warc.gz | en | 0.984115 | 333 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Brandon Gossett and family join Neverthirst to provide clean drinking water across the world
Imagine walking miles to collect water from a river not suitable for drinking instead of turning on the faucet and reaching for a glass. Not sparkling spring water, mind you, but dirty water.
Water that is unclean and potentially dangerous. That is the reality for so many in other parts of the world, and it was the call to one Hoover man to change the course of his career to help these people.
While serving in Sudan in 2010 with Neverthirst, an Alabama faith-based nonprofit that works to bring clean drinking water to areas with no access, Brandon Gossett met a woman from a Sudanese village who used to walk over three miles to collect river water. It was her only source of water.
Through a translator, the lady showed Brandon the grave of her one-and-a-half-year-old child who had died from diarrhea after drinking the dirty water.
“I had a 4-year-old at home and one on the way,” Brandon recalls. “The Lord just broke me at the moment, and I knew that I could not go home and continue to live the same.”
Brandon and his wife Kim, long-time Hoover residents, started early on in the life of Neverthirst as advocates and volunteers, but it was during that first mission trip with Neverthirst in 2010 and his conversation with the Sudanese woman that Brandon says he truly understood the staggering impact to those who do not have access to clean drinking water. They were no longer just numbers or statistics. They had names and faces and stories.
“While I was in Mundri, Sudan (now South Sudan) we visited villages seeing projects that my family and friends had sponsored with Neverthirst,” he said. “We witnessed first hand what clean water coming to a village like that meant to the people living there. It meant life.”
After this personal life-changing trip, the Gossetts became even more involved with Neverthirst by seeking donors, speaking to groups and telling the stories of those who lack access to something so readily available in the United States – clean water.
According to The World Health Organization and UNICEF, there are around 663 million people around the world living without safe water. Neverthirst partners with local organizations, pastors and communities in countries like India, Cambodia, South Sudan and others to empower local communities to access and filter clean water that will continue to flow.
Each project and solution is unique to the situation. Most projects involve building shallow rope pump wells, deeper wells, piped water systems or household rainwater collection systems, to name a few.
Filters called Bio-Sand Filters are also used in many locations where there is access to water, but that water is contaminated and undrinkable. The device can filter bacteria and pathogens, making water safe to drink. From Neverthirst’s beginnings in 2008, their work has provided over 300,000 people with safe drinking water.
As Brandon and his family continued to volunteer and go on mission trips to bring the essential water of life to countries around the world, the director of Neverthirst took notice of the commitment and passion the family had and in 2012 approached Brandon to see if he would consider coming on board and joining the nonprofit.
“I had given my life to achieving my ‘dream job’ in medical sales, but I remember him asking me to pray about the decision. I would be leaving a steady, corporate job to go work at a three man nonprofit – a scary leap to make,” Brandon says.
As the Gossett family took the time to prayerfully consider if the move was right for them, Brandon says the Lord made it clear that He was leading him to leave his medical sales career and join the Neverthirst team.
“While it was scary at first, it has been one of the biggest blessings in our life and we haven’t even looked back,” Brandon says.
Recently his work with Neverthirst brought Brandon, now Director of Development with the company, to Cambodia where they spent the majority of time in a village with a local pastor, Pastor Deng.
“We had the opportunity to build water filters with many of the local villagers, go install them in their homes with Pastor Deng, and educate them on the proper usage of the filter,” Brandon recalls.
Many of the villagers expressed immense gratitude, and one villager shared with the Neverthirst team that she had prayed that the God she heard about from Pastor Deng would answer her prayer in bringing clean water to her village.
When Pastor Deng was able to help her get a filter, she knew that the God he worshipped must be real and that brought her to his church.
Not only is Neverthirst able to assist in bringing clean water to areas where there no is no safe drinking water, they also equip local church planters with sermons that they can use in their outreach to local villages.
“It is our desire to mimic to the best of our ability the ministry of Jesus and how He often met both physical and spiritual needs,” Brandon says. “Neverthirst works to meet both needs as well, and it means the world to the people there to see others who would come from the other side of the world just to spend a week with them.”
Ironically, Brandon says his recent experiences in Cambodia are not all that different from his first mission trip in 2010.
“It is still so shocking to me every time I go overseas that in 2016, there are still people who do not have clean water to drink,” Brandon says. “It reminds me of why I do what I do, and why I come home and tell their stories.”
Brandon also says that he has learned that we all have a role to play. Whether you work at Neverthirst, or you are a CEO, an engineer or a mechanic, we all have different skill sets that can be used to help people.
“Through telling the story of the thirsty, advocating, praying or giving, we all can play our role in the body of Christ to make His name known amongst all nations. I’ve learned my role is simply to tell the story of the people we serve at Neverthirst,” Brandon says.
By sharing stories like the woman who lost her child after drinking unclean water, Brandon hopes people here at home become aware, and get involved by however they can.
“God may be calling you to something else, go pursue it. Maybe you’re called to help with a refugee crisis, trafficking, Bible translation, systemic problems in the U.S., homelessness, etc. Whatever it is, find something to get involved in that is meeting a physical and spiritual need,” he says.
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"In his Yoga Sutras Patanjali lists five classes of chitta vrtti (causes for the modification of the mind) which create pleasure and pain. The third one is:
Vikalpa (fancy or imagination, resting merely on verbal expression without any factual basis). A beggar may feel happy when he imagines himself spending millions. A rich miser, on the other hand, may starve himself in the belief that he is poor."
-B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on Yoga, 26th paragraph of the Introduction.
What do you believe yourself to be?
I am an astronaut or a movie star...
Really I am just me, and I happen to be really into Yoga, and I am blessed that I can spend time teaching and practicing it.
Fancy or imagination has given me so much pleasure in this life. When I enjoy a book, movie or a story told by someone else my faculties of imagining must be engaged to vicariously experience other possibilities. And before I had any training or conscious intentions about teaching yoga, I would think about how I might lead a class. And I don't think that I am the teacher I had in my minds eye at the time, but it did give me emotional fuel to say yes to opportunities to learn more. So I guess this was really a dream--one that came true.
But when imagination does not line up with forseeable reality sometimes we might do best by understanding that it is just mental enjoyment, rather than confusing it for something that needs to happen. Let's say I was in love with someone, and they were unable to return this love in the way I wanted. Well, if I was really stuck in the sensibilities of my own mind, this could be an absolutely devastating situation. After all, according to me we should be together because I love this person. My imagination is holding the story for what "should" be happening when what is actually true is different from my fancy. Clearly, this puts me into conflict. And what is it best to believe: my minds story or evidence in the world? I guess it's obvious, but it is really hard to let go of something that I believed in. Woulda' been nice...
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For most people, a swimming pool is the most classic and desirable backyard feature. With the development of pool building technology, design ideas and materials in recent years, having a pool has become more affordable.
However, in addition to these technologies, you must also carefully consider the land space you have available for a pool. With plot sizes for new home homes increasingly becoming smaller, there’s not always much room left for a luxurious swimming pool.
Fortunately, there’s a solution. The size doesn’t have to be an issue; it’s all about the fundamental design, function, and form.
Smaller pools may impose certain restrictions as to what you can do but if you reconsider your expectations and desired features, you’ll be able to create a comfortable zone that caters to most of your needs. The children will enjoy their pool time, no matter the size. As for the adults, with a stylish seating in the corner, shade and drinks, everyone will enjoy summer entertainment by the pool.
Here’s how to successfully design an impressive swimming pool in a small space.
Small spaces are challenging and when designing a pool to fit there are certain considerations you need to bear in mind, such as aesthetics and function. But, before you even start thinking about the design there are critical, technical elements that must not be overlooked. You need to consider the adjoining property protection works, town planning, building code requirements, fencing and boundary restrictions. All of these issues are usually magnified in small spaces.
The first step is to hire a professional designer. It all starts with a great design and professional designers have the knowledge and experience needed to overcome challenges of small spaces and avoid possible mistakes.
Another tip is not to go overboard with design. In small spaces, every inch counts and you should try and keep things simple so you don’t end up with a space that is cramped and uncomfortable. Consider adding just a few stylish and exciting elements, such as an accent wall as a backdrop or a small water cascade.
Size and positioning
Appropriate size or a balance of scale is what really matters here. Be sure the pool fits well in the space as an integral element but not as a dominant one. As for the pool position, make sure it is close to a boundary, since there are certain engineering requirements when digging near the boundary, which means you might need property protection works in order to protect the neighbouring property. As a general rule, you’ll be able to avoid these issues if you keep the pool one metre off the boundary.
Concrete or fiberglass?
Basically, there are two types of pools available on the market: the cookie-cutter, prefabricated fiberglass pools and concrete swimming pools.
The former is quicker to install and cheaper, but offers a limited choice of design and possible issues with pool fencing compliance requirements, whereas the latter gives you much more freedom in terms of design, shape, size, and adaptability to available space.
They are also more suitable for tricky terrains, close-to-boundary buildings and blending in with surrounding structural elements.
Compliance with pool safety standards is one of the requirements you need to think through carefully. These standards cover issues such as the height and strength of barriers, gates and latches, direct access areas, and mandatory non-climbable zones.
For example, a pool barrier needs to be 120cm high but it can also block the view of the water. A smart design solution here is to build the pool 90cm above ground and add 30cm of deep sunken mote or gutter of either pebbles or non-climbable planting to make sure you comply with 120cm vertical compliance requirements.
If one thing is true about Lillian Connors, her mind is utterly curious. That’s why she can’t resist the urge to embark on a myriad of green living/home improvement projects and spread the word about them. She cherishes the notion that sustainable housing and gardening will not only make us far less dependent on others regarding the dwellings we inhabit, but also contribute to our planet being a better place to live on. You can check her out on LinkedIn. | <urn:uuid:f762cd7b-0d74-4b6b-add8-82a1828eb8ae> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://soho.com.au/articles/small-space-swimming-pool-design | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.946514 | 878 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Back to school is coming up soon around here and you know what that means – back to school lunches! If your kids are anything like mine, it can be quite a challenge to come up with something that’s delicious, nutritious, AND appeals to their sense of fun. My daughter was always so distracted by chatting and laughing with her friends that not just any lunch would hold her attention long enough for her to actually consume it! So I had to find creative ideas for lunches that she would eat.
So, when fixing lunches for the little ones, ages 4 and 5 1/2, I decided to apply some of the ideas I used back when my daughter Sam, age 25, was young. I started by making their favorite sandwiches (peanut free too so safe for the classroom!) – egg salad. (With Sam, it was tuna). I cut those sandwiches using cute cookie cutters – in this case, dinosaurs. For a quick and easy but fun extra touch, I cut up some bits of cheese and added some stripes and spots to the dinosaurs. My daughter and her fiance found those adorable little Lego containers (a passion of theirs) and so I filled those with blackberries. It’s amazing how much appeal a container can have in enticing kids to eat what’s in it (not that they needed enticement with blackberries!).
For many kids, the big challenge though is getting them to eat their veggies. One of the things that can help with some is to give them a delicious healthy dip to go along with their vegetables. I like to make my dip by starting with a base of cottage cheese. I whip it up in the blender until it’s smooth. If you want to make it more like sour cream, you can add a bit of vinegar to this but I often just leave it as is and then add some seasoning to it depending on your taste. You could stir in a bit of powdered Ranch dressing mix or just pick and choose herbs and spices that you know your child loves. This is also a good place to work in some “hidden” veggies or other nutrients – puree some cauliflower, sweet potatoes, or even some white beans. An easy way to “package” the veggies and dip is by putting some dip down in the bottom of a cup or container and then stick the veggies in on top of it. This is a great way of giving it to them for a snack too – all in one container so they don’t have two of them to juggle and perhaps make a mess with!
Another fantastic way of incorporating more veggies into your child’s lunch is with new Mott’s Fruitsations +Veggie snacks. They are gluten-free, dairy-free, fat-free and nut-free, making them ideal for school lunches. They come in two flavors: assorted fruits and berry and are made from fruit and vegetable concentrates. Each serving provides Vitamins A and C and is only 80 calories. It’s a great way for your kids to have a treat they’ll love while providing them with the fruits, vegetables, and nutrients you want for them!
As you can see, the little ones just loved their fun, delicious, and nutritious lunches. The adults enjoyed the new Mott’s Fruitsations +Veggie too! And right now you can get a 50 cents off coupon for Mott’s Fruitsations +Veggie on Facebook while supplies last! Not only that, but if you visit the Life Made Delicious Facebook Page by September 8th, you’ll be able to enter a contest to win one of three $500 gift cards that could sure go a long way in making your back to school purchases! | <urn:uuid:c2f58b03-cbfd-4126-ad16-493c66a44625> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://creativecynchronicity.com/tasty-tuesday-fun-back-to-school-lunches-with-motts-fruitsations-and-veggie-fruit-snacks/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.968761 | 775 | 1.71875 | 2 |
TAVI pilot outcomes: A South African healthcare funder perspective
AbstractBACKGROUND: TAVI (Transcatheter aortic valve implantation) is used to replace the aortic valve in the treatment of aortic stenosis in high-risk, elderly patients who are unable to undergo conventional surgical replacement of the aortic valve (SAVR). However, concerns remain regarding the costs, long-term outcomes and safety of the device. A registry was developed by a healthcare funder to assess utilisation, outcomes and cost of this procedure in their patient population. METHODS: Registry data was collected for a period of 17 months. Clinical entry criteria included high-risk, elderly patients with symptomatic, severe aortic valve
disease who were unsuitable for surgical valve replacement. Clinical outcomes were mortality, readmission and pacemaker requirements post-surgery. Primary outcome measure was all-cause mortality at 30 days.
RESULTS: A cohort of 78 patients was enrolled, mean age of 79.53 years. Procedures were performed in 7 centers around the country. Thirty day all-cause mortality was 9 (11.54%) with 5 deaths occurring on the day of the procedure. Eighteen (23.1%) patients were readmitted within 30 days. Average LOS was 5.71 (±4.06SD) days with an average cost of ZAR327 962 per patient. CONCLUSION: Results suggest outcomes are similar to
other settings and countries. Ongoing data collection is required to better understand long-term outcomes and costs.
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When you use Google, you are making a deal. You get to use services like Gmail, Drive, search, YouTube, and Google Maps for free.
In exchange, you agree to share information about yourself that Google can share with advertisers so their ads are more effective. For instance, airlines want to target people who love to travel. Children’s clothing makers want to target parents.
Google uses a lot of methods to learn about you. There’s the stuff you tell Google outright when you sign up for its Gmail or to use your Android phone. This includes your name, phone number, location, and so on.
To delete and disable your search, app, YouTube search an watch history click here
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After removing you search history from Google, you can click here to go through the Privacy Checkup Review to pause Google from continuing to save your searches and location history.
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WASHINGTON, January 20, 2009—This Inauguration Day, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has sent President Barack Obama an open letter requesting that, as a constitutional lawyer and the leader of the nation’s executive branch, he and his administration join the fight against college and university speech codes that are infringing on the rights of millions of our nation’s college students.
"Millions of American students are being taught that colleges have the power to censor and punish speech that the Bill of Rights protects," Greg Lukianoff, FIRE’s president, said. "Failing to educate an entire generation about our constitutional ideals of liberty—and, still worse, actually teaching students that they have a duty to censor opinions with which they disagree—means that it will not be long before these illiberal attitudes result in severe consequences for our Republic."
FIRE’s letter informed President Obama that "despite ten federal court decisions unequivocally striking down campus speech codes on First Amendment grounds from 1989 to 2008, the number of unconstitutional restrictions on campus speech actually has dramatically increased during that time." FIRE’s detailed study, Spotlight on Speech Codes 2009: The State of Free Speech on Our Nation’s Campuses, found that 77% of public colleges and universities maintain speech codes that fail to pass constitutional muster.
FIRE also pointed out that public universities frequently punish protected expression despite being forbidden to do so by the First Amendment.
For example, at Valdosta State University in Georgia, a student was expelled for creating a satirical online collage to peacefully protest the university’s plans to construct campus parking garages. At Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, a student-employee was found guilty of racial harassment for reading a book with pictures of Klansmen on the cover, despite the fact that the book was celebrating the defeat of the Ku Klux Klan. FIRE is also fighting on behalf of a student government leader at Michigan State University who was found guilty of violating the school’s spamming policy simply for sending an e-mail to a group of faculty encouraging them to weigh in on proposed changes to university policy.
Private colleges are also failing to uphold the promises of freedom of expression they have made to students and faculty. At Brandeis University, FIRE is fighting for a professor found guilty of racial harassment because he used the term "wetbacks" in order to explain and critique the term in his Latin American Politics class. At Tufts University, FIRE has been fighting to overturn a finding of racial harassment against a student newspaper for printing factual information about Islam as part of a satirical advertisement.
"Today, FIRE asks for President Obama’s help in ending restrictions on student and faculty rights, because our nation’s institutions of higher education have seemingly ignored clear pronouncements from both the legislative and judicial branches," Will Creeley, FIRE’s Director of Legal and Public Advocacy, said. "College harassment policies have inexplicably failed to adhere to the precise legal standard announced by the United States Supreme Court in Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, and Congress, while Obama was a U.S. Senator, issued its second ‘sense of Congress’ resolution in just ten years on the value of free speech on campus, but to little practical result."
In Davis, the Court defined student-on-student harassment as conduct which is "so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive, and that so undermines and detracts from the victims’ educational experience, that the victim-students are effectively denied equal access to an institution’s resources and opportunities."
"If President Obama simply speaks out against speech codes, colleges will get the message that they must finally begin to obey the law," Lukianoff said.
FIRE is a nonprofit educational foundation that unites civil rights and civil liberties leaders, scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals from across the political and ideological spectrum on behalf of individual rights, due process, freedom of expression, academic freedom, and rights of conscience at our nation’s colleges and universities. FIRE’s efforts to preserve liberty on campuses across America can be viewed at www.thefire.org.
Greg Lukianoff, President, FIRE: 215-717-3473; [email protected]
Will Creeley, Director of Legal and Public Advocacy, FIRE: 215-717-3473; [email protected]
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Firefighters from Las Vegas, New York and Florida were getting the hang of High Roller rescues Wednesday.
Literally. They were hanging from the observation wheel at The Linq.
First responders from the Las Vegas and Henderson fire departments welcomed colleagues from the New York City and Orange County fire departments — that's Orange County, Florida, as in Orlando, not California — for training exercises on the wheel. The agencies exchanged tips and tricks since each has an observation wheel of its own in operation or on the way.
The exercise aimed to keep firefighters prepared for worst-case scenarios in which riders would be trapped.
The early morning training would have probably scared average people. The High Roller is, for now, the world's tallest observation wheel at 550 feet.
Beginning about 7 a.m., the firefighters climbed ladders within the columns of the High Roller about 275 feet to "the hub" in the wheel's center. From there, the men strapped into a harness and zip-lined across the 3-inch-wide cables that make up the wheel's "spokes."
Then they climbed up a narrow ladder on the wheel's rim and popped open a hatch on the top of one of the High Roller's 28 pods. From there, the crews tied the side door open, kicked off from the pod and rappelled down to the ground.
None of the firefighters flinched at dangling more than a hundred feet in the air.
"All of us that do this training do it because we like to do it," Orange County Fire Department Batallion Chief David Hollenbach said. "No one was really afraid of it. It was more of a thrill."
Hollenbach said that even though the Orlando Eye has different specifications — the 400-feet tall wheel doesn't have cable spokes, so firefighters would climb up a ladder along the circumference — the rescue principles are basically the same.
"What this has done is just given us a different tool in the toolbox," he said.
Four firefighters from Orlando and eight from New York participated in Wednesday's training alongside crews from the valley. Eric Eberhart, the High Roller's general manager, said that the valley's fire departments do this training every year, but this is the first time that they have had departments from other states join in.
Richard Blatus, a New York fire battalion chief, said his crew was happy to train in Las Vegas, because a similar observation wheel, which will be 630 feet tall, is planned for Staten Island.
"What we learned today is that they have a well-thought-out system here in Las Vegas and we can bring that back," he said.
Blatus said his department will meet with the wheel's designers to share ideas on safety specifications, much the way the Las Vegas' fire department did for the High Roller.
Las Vegas Fire Department spokesman Tim Szymanski said the High Roller has always had a collaborative relationship with public safety agencies — together they helped decide where to place hooks on the wheel to use for rescues, for example.
Blatus said, "We just appreciate the opportunity to come out here. This gives us a great jump on putting together our rescue plan. It's a really good system."
Henderson Fire Department Battalion Chief Tim McKeever said the crews will meet again to practice Thursday, this time to try techniques the out-of-state departments use. The fire department in Orlando, for example, uses anchor points around its wheel to control rappelling rescuers on windy days.
The Henderson department handles heavy rescues on the Las Vegas Valley's south side and has benefited from training from steep heights and working with the other departments, McKeever said.
"Just to have that plan is huge," he said. "They're teaching us some of their concepts and ideas and we're going over ours. We're jelling very well together." | <urn:uuid:845317ab-5e9c-41d8-ab4d-fb1a0b414b00> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/training-exercise-high-roller-prepares-firefighters-emergencies-video | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283301.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00510-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96917 | 796 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Talavera, L., Costas, S., & Ferreira, Ó. (2022). A new index to assess the state of dune vegetation derived from true colour images. Ecological Indicators, 137, 108770
Talavera, L., Costas, S., & Ferreira, Ó.
Vegetation on coastal dunes is a key element, as it promotes the growth and stabilization of these landforms while contributing significantly to biodiversity. Physical (e.g. impact of storms), ecological (e.g. animal grazing) and human-related (e.g. farming and recreation) factors may disturb coastal dune vegetation, changing dune dynamics and eventually inducing ecogeomorphic state shifts. Therefore, understanding vegetation dynamics and state turns crucial to predict dune evolution paths. The latter must be supported by observations combined with the development of tools (e.g. indexes) able to detect eventual changes and to automatically categorize the state of the vegetation. Here, a multi-step index to characterise the dune vegetation state (DUVES) was developed and tested in Barreta Island (South Portugal), where grey dune vegetation has declined in recent years. The index was computed using classified true colour orthophotos and orthomosaics derived from UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) surveys. Google Earth images were used as complementary data to analyse the evolution trends. The possible sources of disturbance (i.e. human-related activities and gull occupation) were also investigated by comparing their distribution with the vegetation changes. DUVES successfully identified different states of vegetation cover that expressed its stability, perturbation or growth based on temporal changes and allowed the analysis of their evolutionary trends. The distribution of perturbation was mostly associated with gull nesting areas, increasing over time, and to a less extent to human-related activities. The observed grey dune habitat loss was due to replacement of plants typical from this habitat by ruderal species promoted by the positive feedback established between gulls and vegetation. The developed index proved to be of great utility to define dune habitat evolution and understand the associated drivers, being a tool with a wide range of applications, namely for improving future coastal management actions aimed at conserving dune habitats. Moreover, DUVES is potentially transferable due to its easy adaptability depending on the particularities of each study site or goal. | <urn:uuid:241abf81-7a70-4a10-900b-8f48be087494> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cima.ualg.pt/en/publications-in-internationals-jornals/talavera-l-costas-s-ferreira-o-2022-a-new-index-to-assess-the-state-of-dune-vegetation-derived-from-true-colour-images-ecological-indicators-137-108770 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571246.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811073058-20220811103058-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.934892 | 492 | 2.859375 | 3 |
History Of A Voyage To The Land Of Brazil (Latin American Literature And Culture)
When the famous anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss arrived in Rio de Janeiro, he had one book in his pocket: Jean de Léry's History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil. Léry had undertaken his fascinating and arduous voyage in 1556, as a youthful member of the first Protestant mission to the New World. Janet Whatley presents the first complete English translation of one of the most vivid early European accounts of life in the New World.
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The Six Recent Metaverses in Which the Most is Invested
There is no doubt that the metaverse has become one of the great bets of companies for the coming years. Experts say it will range from remote work to online commerce, new training spaces, or an almost unlimited supply of streaming content.
However, how long will we wait to see a fully developed metaverse? What will be its limits? And where are you right now? The truth is that, even though there is much vague speculation around this concept, there are current metaverses that are already a reality.
Perhaps, for this reason, various analysts consider that there is already a solid foundation to build a great future metaverse. In this sense, the main challenge would be to create a virtual universe capable of unifying all the metaverses that are already beginning to develop.
Something that is already starting to attract investors: according to Bloomberg Intelligence, by 2024, the size of the metaverse market will reach 800,000 million dollars.
Why Invest in a Metaverse?
It is a commitment to the metaverse for companies that perhaps finds its most mediatic expression in Mark Zuckerberg. The tech guru plans to spend $1 billion this year alone to transform Facebook into Meta.
But why invest in a great virtual universe that, today, is simply hypothetical? The main reason is precise because the current metaverses are in an embryonic state.
This means that investing in them will always be risky, but with a very high potential return, as happened in its day with those who acquired cryptocurrencies before they became popular.
Second, there are numerous advantages to investing in new technologies like the metaverse. Especially thanks to the Next Generation funds, designed to promote the energy transition through sustainability and digital transformation.
Finally, associations of companies driving the metaverse are already beginning to be created globally.
For example, in South Korea, the Korea Metaverse Alliance has recently been developed. It is a conglomerate of more than 400 companies (including the almighty Samsung) that already brings together 200 million users and 700,000 creators in the metaverse.
Six Current Metaverses to Consider for Investment
In this sense, the interest in investing depends on each platform. Currently, the vast majority are based on a virtual land purchase model through tokens. Its main attraction lies in the use of blockchain technology to guarantee the exclusivity of the properties and the possibility of creating NFTs within them or participating in online games.
It is perhaps the most popular today, especially because of the figure behind it: rapper Snoop Dogg. The main attraction is the possibility of participating in different games in open spaces. But it also allows you to build, buy, sell and edit virtual land to monetize your creations. His token is the SAND, and it is limited to 3,000 million units, which will predictably cause it to become more expensive when the offer is scarce.
This platform is a real estate metaverse with an economy of its own. It allows to create, exchange and sell goods and services. Landowners can start virtual businesses and develop an idea in an open and collaborative world. Its native token is MANA, based on the Ethereum cryptocurrency blockchain.
Bloktopia seeks to bring together the different exponents of the crypto world in one place. In this case, we are talking about a finite metaverse, a building with only 21 floors in which extended reality is the main attraction. Its users can create and buy premises -as in a large shopping center-which serve as shop windows. They can sell products, display artwork or NFTs, and even rent them out for third-party advertising when the location is good.
But if we are talking about a metaverse in which the game itself is the base, Axie Infinity is the answer. Born as a mixture of Pokemon and the famous Tamagotchi of the 90s, its objective is to obtain creatures called axis that can raise, raise, sell, buy, exchange, or win against other users.
It is a metaverse similar to Decentraland, with an economy based on the real estate market and the blockchain. However, the difference is that it is a virtual world designed entirely by its users, who create anything imaginable: from NFTs to video games, parks, schools, markets. .. It is really interesting because it potentially encompasses spaces for both leisure and commerce or online training.
According to the Star Atlas website, it is ” a massively multiplayer blockchain-based NFT game” whose theme is based on a great strategy environment of space exploration, territorial conquest, political domination, and much more.
In other words, something similar to the famous O-Game that delighted space exploration fans 15 years ago, but with its token.
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Beneficiation and Pelletizing. ... In this process, high quality iron ore fines are balled and indurated to produce pellets with the required mechanical and metallurgical properties for use in blast furnaces or direct reduced iron processes. ... The resultant pellets may be used either in a captive plant or sold to the open market. In the ...
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Pellet plant, purpose, location, capacity and use of finish products Jindal saw is having mining reserves of low grade magnetite ores with Fe content varying from 28-38 %.The ore is being made usable for iron making process by beneficiation (gr inding-magnetic separation) process. The concentrate fraction size after beneficiation is 100-350 mesh.
Feb 23, 2013 These stages consist of (i) raw material preparation, (ii) formation of green balls or pellets, (iii) induration of the pellets, and (iv) cooling, storage and transport of pellets. Raw material preparation During the process for pelletization iron ore concentrate from iron ore beneficiation plant is dried and heated to around 120 deg C.
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Crushing Beneficiation And Pellet Plant Process Poland. New iron ore pellet plant in africa Feasibility report of 900000 tpa 09 mtpa pellet plant 20141028 lime calcination plant 1200 tpd 1200 tpd iron ore beneficiation 15 mtpa 15 mtpa iron ore pellet ec from moef 12 mtpa 2x06 mtpa 06 mtpa 06 mtpa applied for cfo iron ore pellet including grinding in dry process 12 mtpa 09 mtpa 03 mtpa ...
Pellet Plant at Meramandali, Dhenkanal, Odisha regarding approval of T.O.R. Dear Sir, ... Futuristic Role of Beneficiation Pellets In India for economic and industrial growth, a number of Steel plants have been planned in the states of Orissa, ... fines generated in
Process objective is to transform fine iron ore concentrate into pellets suitable to feed Blast Furnace or Direct Reduction plant or COREX. Pelletisation was invented to make use of Blue dust and ultra fine concentrate generated in the Iron ore beneficiation plants. Pellets have the benefit of
May 24, 2016 Beneficiation of Iron Ore and the treatment of magnetic iron taconites, stage grinding and wet magnetic separation is standard practice.This also applies to iron ores of the non-magnetic type which after a reducing roast are amenable to magnetic separation. All such plants are large tonnage operations treating up to 50,000 tons per day and ultimately requiring grinding as fine as minus 500 ...
(of the Process Parameters) of the Iron ore beneficiation plant of capacity of 7.5 MTPA and Iron Oxide Pellet Plant of capacity of 3.5 MTPA and also 2.16 lakhs
Our services. OUR SERVICES. O and M Projects. KIOCL Limited a pioneer organization in the Pellet manufacturing industry and having over three decades of experience of owning, operating, Maintaining and Controlling (of the Process Parameters) of the Iron Ore beneficiation plant of capacity of 7.5 MTPA and Iron Oxide Pellet Plant capacity of 3.5 MTPA.
About Pellet Manufacturers Association of India (PMAI) PMAI is the official industry body of Pellets Manufacturers in India. It was set up in March 2013 with a fundamental premise to have a common forum for its members to share and exchange each others views and problems, to promote and protect the interests of the Indian Pellet Industry, including all its stake holders.
Jun 15, 2021 Metso Outotecs scope of delivery includes the engineering and supply of key process equipment for the beneficiation and pelletizing plant. In addition, Metso Outotec will provide site supervision and commissioning services and deliver automation and training for the project. Metso Outotec conducted early engineering works for the plant in 2020.
iron ore pelletization and beneficiation process. Iron ore pellets and Pelletizing processes Feb 23 2013 During the process for pelletization iron ore concentrate from iron ore beneficiation plant is dried and heated to about 120 deg C The driedget price
beneficiation process. - Sintered ore Sintered ore is ore agglomerated by a sintering plant. - Pellet Pellet is ore agglomerated by a pelletizing plant. 1.2 Outline of iron ore production The production of iron and steel in China has increased dramatically. In response to the increasing demand, China has greatly expanded its domestic
iron ore beneficiation plant process. Contents hide 1 Pelletizing of iron ore 11 Preparation of raw materials 12 Formation of the raw pellets 13 Thermal processing 2 Pelletizing of
The beneficiated concentrate slurry is received at Pellet plant and stored in slurry tanks. The concentrate slurry is fed to the filtration process where it is dewatered by Pressure filters. The product comes out is called filter cake which is stored in bin for further process of mixing.
Influence of beneficiation plant pellet grade iron ore fines size on pellet Quality. JSW Steel Limited is a 10.0 Mtpa integrated steel plant ... beneficiation process at the proposed plant and then upgraded iron ore will ... in order to cater beneficiated iron ore to the pellet plants, it is proposed to set up a. Mineral ...
The value for an EAF plant to reduce the SiO ... necessary ore beneficiation is 2.5 USD/t pellet concentrate and for a scrap upgrade, it is 1-2 USD/t scrap. ... hand is a solid-state reduction process and the gangue in the DR pellet stays in the DRI and enters the EAF, so high levels
Iron Ore Beneficiation The beneficiation process has been designed on the basis of allmineral GmbH, Germany technology for a feed of 0-30mm and products for DRI, Sinter and Pellet feed, in which re-use recycle of the process water is envisaged in order to achieve Zero Effluent Discharge . Pellet Plant
Jun 13, 2011 State-owned KIOCL Ltd, that exports iron ore pellets, is looking at setting up an ore beneficiation plant at Hospet in the iron ore-rich Bellary district. The enriched ore will be used as raw material to run its pellet plant in Mangalore. We are looking at processing low-grade hematite iron ore having Fe content of 51-53 per cent with a ...
Iron ore beneficiation process flow chart Solutions . list of pellet plants in world - BINQ Mining. List of worldwide Iron Ore Pellet Plants Lee Universal Enterprises. 5 Mar 2011 Companys Business area is spread all over the world including . iron ore pellet quality yield calculation.
Jun 03, 2021 Primetals Technologies and NewFer have signed a cooperation agreement in April 2021 for the joint development and implementation of iron ore pelletizing and beneficiation plants. The cooperation with NewFer strengthens Primetals Technologies world-wide offering for travelling grate iron ore pelletizing plants.
The pellets produced by Xindia will cater, both to the domestic iron and steel industry and also to burgeoning export markets in China, Japan, Korea, which are largely dependant on imported Iron Ore to feed their blast furnaces and DRI (Sponge Iron) kilns. Pelletisation is a major process of agglomeration where micro fines, either in the form ...
This plant consists of two processing lines, each having a capacity of 4.5 million metric tons (MMT) per year for a total capacity of 9 MMT/year. Vale has plans in the works to commission two more processing lines at Sohar by 2018, with a capacity of 4.5 MMT/year each, for a total pellet production capacity of 18 MMT/year. The plant
Customer Pro Minerals Pvt. Ltd., India Type of plant Circular Pelletizing Plant (191 m), output 1.0 mtpy The project The project for the production of merchant pellets was devised as a green-field installation of a Circular Pelletizing Plant (CPT), including several associated facilities such as units for grinding and filtration and a beneficiation plant for upgradation of low-grade iron ...
The Kudremukh plant in Karnataka was the first big iron ore beneficiation plant in India. It mainly processes complex haematite and magnetite ore. It got pelletisation facility for pellet making from the concentrate of beneficiation plant. Pellets are not for domestic
pellets of 13-19 mm size with 3.47 to 3.56 Kg per pellet green strength. After air drying followed by heat hardening at 250-300C the pellets had an average compression strength of about 80 Kg per pellet. It was observed that due to sudden raise in temp. in the rotary kiln some of the pellets were crushed. But when the hardening was done on a ...
(hv had 5-10 yrs experience of operating in various depts in similar plant size or more) Role and Responsibilities Thorough knowledge of Copper / Cobalt / Gold / Iron beneficiation system and pellet plants and should have operational expertise in beneficiation and pellet plant Process / Mineral Beneficiation experience around 10 years, industry ...
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The efficiency of iron recovery is 90-95% (as against 70-75% in the conventional beneficiation plants) the left-over Fe in the tailings is only 10-15% (as against 35-45% in the conventional beneficiation plants). In the process, low grade iron ores are dry-ground, preferably to their liberation size passed through a fluidized bed roaster.
Understanding Pellets and Pellet Plant Operations IspatGuru. Mar 21, 2015 Fig 2 Typical schematic diagram of straight grate system. The grate-kiln system depicted in Fig 1 consists of a traveling grate for drying and preheating the pellets to about 1040 deg C, a rotary kiln for uniformly heating the throughput to the final induration temperature of 1315 deg C, and an annular cooler for ...
We are also on the verge of commissioning a 1.8MTPA Beneficiation Plant and a 0.1MTPA Steel Plant. Iron Ore Pellet Arya Iron Steel Company Pvt. Ltd. (AISCO)founded in 2004, is operating a 1.2MTPA Iron Ore Pellet Plant in the state of Odisha and was the first merchant Pellet Plant in India.
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Confirmation: China As Brazil
There is always some chicken and egg to any financial irregularity; as in does a crisis cause a panic or is it the panic that causes the crisis? Though the evidence of the past eight years is decidedly on the side of the irregularity, central banks continue to press as if that were not so. In no uncertain terms, central bankers persist in expressing their own confidence and, if you read or listen closely enough, great disdain for free markets they deem unworthy as if nothing more than unchained emotion. In the context of 2008, as the current FOMC tells it, the markets got all worked up over nothing much and should have instead simply enjoyed the blind faith in the Fed to have fixed it all without the fuss and bother.
As offensive as that sounds, that is exactly what is being preached. Janet Yellen in April 2014:
Fundamental to modern thinking on central banking is the idea that monetary policy is more effective when the public better understands and anticipates how the central bank will respond to evolving economic conditions. Specifically, it is important for the central bank to make clear how it will adjust its policy stance in response to unforeseen economic developments in a manner that reduces or blunts potentially harmful consequences. If the public understands and expects policymakers to behave in this systematically stabilizing manner, it will tend to respond less to such developments.
There is a fatal fallacy at the heart of this philosophy, one in which has blinded these economists as they marvel at their own assumed powers. Yellen suggests that markets should stop worrying so much about liquidity and other perhaps tangential, but no less meaningful, factors and instead only ignore them in the comfort that Yellen has those all under control. It is no less destructive conceit, one which was revealed to all amply this past decade – starting with the housing bubble itself.
In reality, investors and market agents have good reason to concern about both markets and central banks. Yellen says that they are in perfect position to handle whatever may come, but that clearly hasn’t been the case. Instead, central banks all over the world have been forced into one ad hoc program after another, which by itself refutes Yellen’s assertiveness. Rather than instill great confidence to do as the Fed Chair demands, central banks have only proved themselves far too in love with themselves. In order for this end of the Yellen Doctrine to work, central bankers need to stop thinking that everything they do is magic and saying so.
We can see that problem in ways both great and small, as “managing” Bear Stearns’ collapse in March 2008 didn’t round out the bottom but rather only instilled unearned confidence in the Fed that, again, their efforts would work. Bear was a great warning to be prepared about truly dire consequences, but somehow the FOMC was wholly unprepared for Lehman, AIG and the rest (including the GSE’s), leaving them scrambling and again pulling together various spontaneous programs from nowhere – and to no avail. Bernanke says that central banks can mitigate recession, so how come the Great Recession? This scenario was repeated (repeatedly) in 2011 and in smaller ways since.
I believe, in large part, that August 2015 represents just the latest in that gap between how markets do and should work and the ideal utopian scenario central banks plan for. The PBOC, far more so than the Fed, has enjoyed a reputation for control and management that seems to closely align with Yellen’s doctrine (totalitarian envy, the true financial law of central planning hard and soft). The events of August showed once again that there is no true control, only the illusion. The PBOC had clearly “engineered” a RMB/US$ cross without any volatility or variation whatsoever. Rather than view that as Yellen wishes, it was another ad hoc attempt to control and manage a far greater force – a force that none of the central banks wish to appreciate.
In order to contain yuan trading meant any number of growing intrusiveness, none of which we will ever likely know for sure. We can infer from various market components and then make reasonable judgments and extrapolations, but what is hidden and opaque will remain so until revealed by time. The PBOC and Chinese government have, in the past, used that to their advantage, cultivating the legend of near-omniscience for the PBOC, but since August what seemed to be beneficial in screening the true nature of market conditions might now turn in the other direction.
The narrative about China’s “dollar” efforts has been entirely focused on “selling UST’s” when that is only the gloss. As I noted a few weeks ago, the record of US t-bills more than suggests a deeper financial invective against “dollar” irregularity. It would be preposterous to think that the PBOC would be limiting itself to such an unsuitable arrangement; that the Chinese central bank would not be undertaking much deeper and intentionally muddy measures to at least run down and transform the immediate problem.
That would mean “reserve” mobilization would have been much more comprehensive and far deeper and multi-dimensional than simply “selling UST” of whatever class. In other words, if the PBOC was altering its bill strategy and engaging outright selling of UST securities, it was surely engaging repos and likely swaps of all flavors. After all, collateral in any of the derivative “reserve” activities is usually UST’s anyway.
It would also suggest transactions in forward contracts, a type of instrument the PBOC is intimately familiar with through its yuan management methodology. Thus, looking at the China’s “dollar” problem through the lens of wholesale finance opens up greater possibilities as far as what China has done (and is doing) about it.
To this point, it has worked on two fronts. Liquidity volatility has been somewhat improved (though, it has to be pointed out, the boot of PBOC yuan measures remains on SHIBOR which while providing immediate cover only increases the cost down the road) and, more importantly from the Yellen Doctrine standpoint, the “capital” flow numbers for September fooled any number of economists and commentators into issuing their verdict of an end to the emergency. That, of course, was nonsense as any deeper, wholesale appreciation for the PBOC’s tools and likelihoods suggests the opposite; namely that China has indeed followed Brazil. This was no end to the problem, but merely the end of Chapter 1 (if you wish to start the ordinal order at August rather than related prior “dollar” issues).
As Brazil, the PBOC is proving far against any omniscience, instead it, too, is Fed-like mortal in being forced to inefficient and belatedly improvised emergency stirring. The use of forwards as a liquidity tool against a “dollar” run is as dangerous as the run itself because it moves the strain only in maturity (from immediate to more intermediate) but with a geometrically progressing “cost” and potential disorder for doing so.
Which brings us all back to the question about what, exactly, is an “outflow.” If a flood of PBOC-generated swaps and forwards sets up only a maturity transformation moving the “dollar” pressure from August or September to October and November, then being effective means being able to either deliver “dollars” then (instead of September) without an October disruption, or going deeper into maturity transformations (a form of, as noted above, high cost future indebtedness) in order to continue fooling “markets” into thinking there is nothing going on at all by maintaining this same outward appearance of resumed stability. That latter is surely the motivation behind O/N SHIBOR’s sudden meaninglessness.
In my view, and this is speculative on my part but I don’t think unreasonably so, the October 15 reserve mandate seems to be a hedge on the PBOC’s “dollar” intentions as far as taking the first option so as to keep the process to as much of a minimum as possible. The second option, which is what Brazil opted for (as does every other central bank when forced by sustained “dollar” turmoil), is too asymmetric – you gain more maturity transformation, kicking the can further, but the cost to do so increases more geometrically than linear.
The Brazil case is not exactly analogous given its unique financial connection to the eurodollar system and how its central bank attempts to manage it, but the situations are in general terms identical. Brazil found itself in “dollar” trouble in the middle of 2013, instituted swaps and forwards and “bought” only a few months peace and the appearance of calm. Once the maturity transformation took its place, starting September 2014, the real has been obliterated an order of magnitude worse than imaginable at the start of the program in 2013.
In my analysis, Brazil had no plausible escape from the “dollar” and thus the central bank’s efforts only amplified greatly the inevitable. From what I have seen of China, especially the first crack at the “dollar” run through July and August, I can’t fathom why they would find themselves any different. That point is bolstered by the belated recognition, in the mainstream no less, the wholesale inner workings that have, to this point, masked the continued difficulties:
The People’s Bank of China and local lenders increased their holdings in onshore forwards to $67.9 billion in August, positions that would boost China’s currency against the dollar. The amount is five times more than the average in the first seven months, PBOC data show. The positions are part of a three-stage process to support the currency without immediately draining reserves, according to China Merchants Bank Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Standard central-bank intervention to support a currency generally involves selling dollars and buying the home tender. In this case, China’s large state banks borrowed dollars in the swap market, sold the U.S. currency in the cash spot market and used forward contracts with the central bank to hedge those positions.
In the parlance of what I have used to describe for Brazil, the PBOC like Banco do Brasil enticed Chinese banks already short (synthetically) the “dollar” to become more so – all because they are coaxed into believing, as Yellen, that the central bank will have it covered on the other end. The PBOC’s motivation is only immediate, just hoping that the unwind into the future can be more manageable. What Brazilian banks found was quite the opposite, and Brazil is now suffering greatly for it.
That last is the central issue here, namely that doing as Yellen and her counterparts demand is the biggest risk of all. The Yellen Doctrine requires that central banks be both correct and able, abilities that have been (and can only be) in utter short supply. Her view would show more proactive and effective central bank management where only reactive and impromptu, last minute white-knuckling has abounded. Central banks have been in the past year only holding on for dear life, which is where obscurity has been their benefit. In the end, however, I think it their own downfall as it only serves to make matters worse. Yellen wants the central bank to be viewed as almost godlike, but they continually reveal themselves weak, deceptive and ineffectual; eschewing all long run sustainability in order to just make it through one day at a time.
They really don’t know what they are doing and China’s forwards put yet another exclamation on that point. That is why I have claimed these past few months that the central bank’s worst nightmare will be when wholesale exposure is revealed and appreciated as exactly the problem rather than the solution. Making Chinese banks “more short” the “dollar” is like giving a morphine addict keys to the medical locker and expecting the printed warning labels as enough to deter overdose. | <urn:uuid:2bbe205f-b739-47fb-b0d5-92d593d206df> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.alhambrapartners.com/2015/10/22/confirmation-china-as-brazil/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721027.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00549-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967908 | 2,524 | 1.851563 | 2 |
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back to a renewed allegiance to his
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my name, to begin to suspect me?"
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(1)One of the problems with using graphing to try to solve a system of equations is trying to get an exact answer.
For example the system:
has a solution: `(142/63,115/63)` . This would be difficult to decipher from a hand-drawn graph. Even with technology, you will frequently get an approximation for the x and y values. This is useful in an engineering context, but not so much if you need to use the result in later computations.
(2) If the system is not linear (with rational coefficients), you may end up with irrational points which would be virtually impossible to describe without approximations.
(3) If the system is larger than a 2x2 (two equations in two unknowns) the dimension of the coordinate system grows. A 3x3 system is in 3-dimensional space. Finding an intersection when you are reduced to drawing (imperfectly) a 3-d representation in two dimensions is difficult. And if the system is larger, you cannot graph at all as we can not easily describe higher dimensions geometrically.
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Building with Windows
Get the sources
The source of OpenClonk is hold in a so-called version control system. Put simply, this is something that allows programmers to coordinate their work - if you want, you can afterwards read the Git article to see how that works. For the moment, it's just a couple of files you want to download.
The notable difference to a simple download is that you need a special program to do it. Our version control system is Git, and we will use the TortoiseGit client. Follow that link and click "Download".
Proceed to the "Download" page and select the appropriate installer. If unsure, you probably want the 64-bit version:
And walk through the installation. Just selecting the default options should get you through.
OpenClonk team members: If you want to use PuTTY to push commits, make sure to select the appropriate option along the way. Do it again for the msysGit installation below.
You also need to install Git for Windows, which is what actually does all the work behind the scenes. Following this link will get you to another download page:
This installation will ask even more confusing questions. But again default options won't cause anything to break, I would just recommend deactivating some GUI options, as TortoiseGit already offers them:
After a bit of waiting and (if you're lucky) not a single request to restart your computer, this should have given you a working TortoiseGit installation.
Okay, now we are going to download the sources. Git calls this "cloning" because it's actually a lot more than just the sources. After you're done, you can check the Git Workflow page for how to work with your clone.
For now, just find a place where you want the source to be, open the context menu by right-click and select "Git Clone..." from the TortoiseGit menu:
A dialog will appear asking for the repository URL and the destination path. In our case, we want the source to be the OpenClonk repository. The URL you need is normally "git://git.openclonk.org/openclonk.git". Here's how it should look like:
OpenClonk team members: Use "ssh://[email protected]/openclonk.git" instead and activate the option to auto-load the PuTTY key for maximum convenience.
After pressing "OK", TortoiseGit will work for a while. After watching a progress bar for a while, it should finish. Congratulations, you now have the bleeding edge of OpenClonk development on your hard drive!
There is a lot of stuff and most likely you won't understand much of it. Here's a quick orientation guide of the actually important bits:
- "docs" - the sources of our documentation
- "planet" - these are the game resources - scripts, graphics and everything to explain how to make a game out of them
- "src" - all the source code of the game engine. Lots of C++ ahead.
Get it to Compile
This is nice, but we are interested in seeing the game run, aren't we? For this, we need a program that will take all those C++ files and make an executable file out of it. Unfortunately, programming is complicated stuff so even setting up the tools and the environment has become a bit of science. But this won't stop us.
Get Microsoft Visual Studio
You can say what you want about Microsoft, but they sure make nice development environments. And they are even giving a lot of it away for free. We will use Visual Studio 2015 Express for Desktop. Follow that link, then click on "Visual Studio 2015" and "Express 2015 for Desktop":
Run it, accept the licensing terms, click the big "Install" link and accept the UAC prompt. Then go make a coffee because the install will probably take a while.
Like most big programs, OpenClonk doesn't stand on its own. Some things (like opening PNG images) were already programmed by other programers far better than we could ever do. This is why we have to get a few so-called "libraries" before Clonk can be built.
You could expend some effort try to find, download, and compile all those libraries by yourself, but that would take quite some time. Instead, just download one of the packages we've provided for your convenience:
These packages are made for unpacking directly into the "openclonk" folder you created above, which will put a couple of DLL files into the root and create a "deps" folder. If you would like to organise the dependencies yourself, use the original dependency files provided by Isilkor (x86 and amd64).
Before all this becomes useful, we still need something that tells the compiler how all those sources and libraries should be compiled together.
For this, Visual C++ needs a project file. But there is none - we have to consult another program to generate it for us. This might seem confusing - but the point is that there are a lot of build environments besides Visual Studio, and having all those project files next to each other would become a problem in the long run.
What we need is CMake. Follow that link and download the installer:
You know what to do.
After the installation, start the CMake GUI from the start menu. Put the path you cloned the repository into the source code path field. You can set the build path to any directory you want, but it is important that the "deps" folder from the last step is also in that directory.
Now click the "Configure" button in the lower left. It will ask what compiler we want to use. Select the compiler you want to use; either "Visual Studio 14 2015" if you downloaded the x86-bit library package above, or "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" if you got the amd64-bit package.
If you get some error messages (in red), you're probably missing some dependencies. Don't worry if cmake complains about some missing paths, it shouldn't affect you.
The last step is to click the "Generate" button.
Your First Build
Okay, now we have everything needed to make OpenClonk run for the first time. Go into the source directory and double-click on the "openclonk.sln" file that should now have appeared:
Visual C++ should open and look similar to this:
We only want to build the engine, so select "openclonk" from the list, right-click and select "Set as Start-Up project".
Now press F5 (or, if you prefer, click the "Local Windows Debugger" button in the tool bar). Visual Studio will notice that you don't actually have a current compiled version of OpenClonk yet. Tell it to build one, and if you like also tell it to always just automatically build a new version using the check box.
If all goes well, after a couple of minutes you'll be looking at the OpenClonk main menu.
In case you are wondering why OpenClonk suddenly starts in some kind of pseudo windowed mode: This is because we just built a debug build (note the "dbg" after the version?). This build is a bit slower but allows you to get a better look at the internals of the engine while it's running. Maybe we'll have another article about that soon. | <urn:uuid:5e17d919-6dd9-4f68-9d85-19616f2ac6ab> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://wiki.openclonk.org/w/Building_with_Windows | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280891.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00154-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923233 | 1,585 | 2.4375 | 2 |
The U.S. ambassador to Australia said it should not be a crime to be a member of the LGBT community. Ambassador John Berry told the 20th international AIDS Conference that the fight against the disease cannot be won by relegating segments of the population to the shadows.
Ambassador Berry said the world has reached a critical moment in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
“We are now on the brink of an AIDS-free generation. But reaching that goal will depend on all of us working together and being able to get the preventative care and treatment that everyone needs.”
However, he said there are many barriers around the world blocking access to prevention, care and treatment.
“Unfortunately, the criminalization of certain at risk populations and those who are HIV positive – and the stigma associated with HIV – are the very things that will prevent us from eliminating this disease entirely,” he said.
The U.S. Ambassador said that criminalization is bad health policy and bad public policy. He says it does not stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and, in fact, does just the opposite.
“Criminalization laws undermine public health approaches that we need to fight this disease and limit its spread. These laws don’t reflect current scientific knowledge. They undermine our ability to get people into screening and treatment. And more fundamentally, these laws wrongly stigmatize and marginalize those living with HIV and AIDS.”
More than 80 countries around the world have criminal laws against sexual activity by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Some of those laws contain very harsh penalties.
The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association says 13 U.S. states still have not repealed their anti-sodomy laws. That’s despite a 2003 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court declaring such laws unconstitutional.
The Center for HIV Law and Policy says 32 states and two U.S. territories “have HIV-specific criminal statutes and thirty-six states have reported proceedings in which HIV-positive people have been arrested and/or prosecuted for consensual sex, biting, and spitting.” The center says there have been at least 80 such prosecutions in the last two years alone.
Ambassador Berry said the U.S. still has more to do in this regard.
“Now while the United States still has laws that criminalize HIV status, we are working to become better – to do better – and to remedy our mistakes. We believe that one of the most productive public policy actions that we can take is removing outdated criminalization laws from the books. The president in his national HIV/AIDS strategy has called for the review and reform of all HIV criminalization laws across our country,” he said.
Ambassador Berry called that a good step, but added more needs to be done at home and abroad. He noted that new HIV infections are on the rise in the United States and the AIDS conference host country Australia, particularly among young men.
He said, “Those of us who remember the funerals of the 80s and 90s have no wish to repeat that era. It falls to us to ensure that the next generation does not repeat these mistakes.”
He said that means educating young people about HIV prevention and transmission, supporting research, lifting travel restrictions on those living with HIV and supporting the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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