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Two Afghan women among recipients of new Women, Power and Peace Awards
Friday, November 13, 2009
Suraya Pakzad was 12 when she saw a gunman kill the headmistress of her Afghan school because the woman taught girls and refused to wear a head scarf. A few weeks later, a rocket smashed into the school and killed a student sitting near her, another warning for girls not to learn.
Now 39 and a celebrity known for her courageous work to further women's rights in Afghanistan, Pakzad sat in a grand Washington hall Wednesday night where she was being honored with a new local prize for female peacemakers, tears welling in her intense brown eyes when asked about her own safety at home.
"During the night, sometimes I am scared," said the mother of six who runs secret shelters for abused women and runaway child brides. "Sometimes I think if they come to get me in my house, it will be hard for my children to see it."
As Washington debates its future in Afghanistan and as U.S. military planners weigh war-college terms like counterterrorism and counterinsurgency, Pakzad worries that a U.S. withdrawal from her homeland would mean more girls enduring more horrors.
"It would be devastating," she said of the U.S. military pullout that many Afghanis fear is coming. Even if President Obama increases the number of troops, she said, that alone will not bring a solution: "I don't believe war -- fighting -- produces a winner." She said Afghanistan is sliding deeper into poverty and that people in her country badly need jobs and the opportunity to build stability.
Pakzad, called one of the 100 most influential people in the world this year by Time magazine, was honored in Washington at the Carnegie Institution by the Peace X Peace group. Formed after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the District-based nonprofit seeks to connect women around the world via the Internet. The founder, McLean photographer and writer Patricia Smith Melton, said she called a group of international women to her home shortly after 9/11 to try to answer the question, "What is peace and how can women build it?" She wanted to focus on women, she said, after looking "at the state of the world and who it was dominated by."
That discussion in Northern Virginia led to Peace X Peace (pronounced "Peace by Peace"), which now has "circles of women" in more than 100 countries. The Internet discussion topics include how to prevent violence and strengthen women's rights. Melton's husband is an Internet entrepreneur who founded a company responsible for the credit authorization terminals on retail counters around the world.
This year, the group awarded its first Women, Power and Peace Awards to Pakzad; Fatima Gailani, president of the Afghan Red Crescent Society, part of the International Red Cross movement; Abigail Disney, an American filmmaker whose acclaimed documentary "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" tells the story of the peace efforts of women in Liberia; and Mario Morino, co-founder of Venture Philanthropy Partners, which funds Washington area nonprofits, including some focused on women.
Gailani, 56, a member of a prominent family and one of the highest-profile women in Afghanistan, runs the Red Crescent, which has 41,000 volunteers working on humanitarian efforts. She said the good news for Afghan women is that in the cities, more and more girls are studying at university, learning computer skills and gaining gender parity. But in the countryside, she said, progress "has frozen." In a few provinces where the government has little or no control, extremists are preventing both boys and girls from going to school, she said.
In an interview, Gailani said she, too, was worried about Americans growing weary of the war in her homeland. "Tomorrow, I don't want to wake up and open my eyes and you are not there. It's really scary."
She said she hopes Americans see the Afghanistan war as a fight not just for the people in her country, but also for the security of those in the United States who want to ride their subways and use their airports without fear of al-Qaeda.
Tayeb Jawad, the Afghan ambassador to the United States, attended the awards reception along with 150 others. "It's very, very encouraging to see the hard struggle of Afghan women recognized" with two winners, he said. The ambassador noted that while Gailani is well known, Pakzad keeps a lower profile at home for security reasons.
There have been recent high-profile assassinations of women there, including a police officer and a journalist, by extremists who do not want women to work or even be seen outside their homes.
Pakzad, who last year received a U.S. State Department International Women of Courage Award, said she changes her route to and from work and the car she travels in daily. She doesn't speak on the phone about where she is going.
A decade ago she began her career as an activist helping women by teaching girls to read in her home. Under Taliban rule, that was forbidden and the girls twice had to burn their books in the stove for fear of being caught.
Wearing a burgundy head scarf and colorful embroidered jacket, Pakzad said she flew to Washington to receive the award and to give speeches abroad because she wants people to raise awareness of the long struggle of Afghan women. "It's been going on my whole life," she said. | <urn:uuid:ab180eab-40ac-4c21-a80b-7ae46d52da72> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/12/AR2009111210805.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280483.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00296-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976376 | 1,132 | 1.945313 | 2 |
Adding Natural Elements to Synthetic Catalysts Speeds Hydrogen Production
Scientists show how adding amino acids far from a catalyst's center can rev it up
Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory showed that adding a carbon-nitrogen bond in just the right spot on the catalyst's outer edge can cause the catalyst to work 5 times faster. This addition to the nickel-based catalyst's outer coordination sphere was inspired by similar bonds found in natural catalysts. ML Reback, B Ginovska-Pangovska, MH Ho, A Jain, TC Squire, S Raugei, JAS Roberts, and WJ Shaw: The Role of a Dipeptide Outer-Coordination Sphere on H2-Production Catalysts: Influence on Catalytic Rates and Electron Transfer. Chemistry: A European Journal. 2013. 19. Pages 1928-1941. Copyright Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. Reproduced with permission. Enlarge Image
Results: By grafting features analogous to those in Mother Nature's catalysts onto a synthetic catalyst, scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory created a hydrogen production catalyst that is 40% faster than the unmodified catalyst. The team discovered that adding small molecules made from amino acids in the outer coordination sphere increased the speed without requiring additional energy to drive the catalyst. The outer coordination sphere is part of the catalyst's scaffolding. It creates channels used by electrons and protons to reach the heart of the catalyst, where the reaction occurs. This study graces the cover of Chemistry: A European Journal.
Why It Matters: Energy storage from wind farms. Long-lasting electric car batteries. Energy-rich, affordable fuels. All of these require never-before-seen fast, durable catalysts that are based on earth-abundant metals, like nickel and iron. This study provides foundational information that could, one day, help design and synthesize these catalysts.
"To get the catalysts to achieve their full potential, we need to understand how to get them to overcome their limitations," said Dr. Wendy Shaw, a biophysical chemist at PNNL.
Methods: The researchers were inspired by natural catalysts, such as the enzymes found in microbes and plants. Enzymes use nickel and iron, which do not have the same scarcity issues as platinum. Also, enzymes have a low overpotential, the amount of energy needed to start the catalyst and keep it going. The scientists want to design a synthetic catalyst that can reach enzymatic speeds, so they examined how they could add features from the outer sphere of enzymes to synthetic catalysts.
"Using an enzymatic outer coordination sphere is not practical and probably not necessary," said Shaw. "We want only the essential features that we can use in real-world applications."
The scientists took the well-characterized nickel-based catalyst for hydrogen production previously synthetized at PNNL and built a dozen different versions by adding either a single synthetic amino acid or a dipeptide, consisting of two molecules. Amino acids were added to the phenyl substituent present on the pendent amine in the second coordination sphere of the nickel center. Adding the amino acids to the catalyst allowed them to test the effect of different features, such as polarity, on the catalyst.
Features such as an amide bond (carbon-nitrogen) increased the catalysts' speed, making them 40% faster than the unmodified catalyst, due to their ability to concentrate substrates close to the active site. However, some of the modifications also increased the overpotential. When the amino acid was added in the para position of the phenyl substituent, the overpotential was much higher than when it was added in the meta position.
"We want to reduce the overpotential as much as possible," explained Dr. Simone Raugei, a PNNL theorist on the study. "The para addition made it faster, but the added features cost more energy. In the meta position, we got the same overpotential [as the unmodified catalyst] and faster production of hydrogen."
Computational studies by the team's theoreticians showed that the dipeptide in the meta position was more compact, making electron transfer faster, because of the smaller energy associated with the necessary twist in the scaffolding, or the ability to get closer to the electrode.
What's Next? The scientists are creating outer spheres that channel the necessary electrons and protons in a controlled manner to the catalyst's active site, increasing the catalyst's speed. Their research is underlying designing a material that can pump out hydrogen at rates and energy cost (overpotential) useful in fuel production and other real-world applications.
Sponsors: This work was funded by DOE's Basic Energy Sciences, Physical Bioscience program; DOE's Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division; the Office of Science Early Career Research Program through DOE's Basic Energy Sciences, and the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the DOE, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
Research Area: Chemical Sciences
User Facility: Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Research Team: Matthew Reback, Bojana Ginovska-Pangovska, Ming-Hsun Ho, Thomas Squier, Simone Raugei, John Roberts, and Wendy Shaw, PNNL; Avijita Jain, University of Pennsylvania
Reference: Reback ML, B Ginovska-Pangovska, MH Ho, A Jain, TC Squire, S Raugei, JAS Roberts, and WJ Shaw. 2013. "The Role of a Dipeptide Outer-Coordination Sphere on H2-Production Catalysts: Influence on Catalytic Rates and Electron Transfer." Chemistry: A European Journal 19(6):1928-1941. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201202849 | <urn:uuid:72dafacb-4ee9-47b2-b9aa-4c9b63b942ee> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.pnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?groupid=753&id=1291 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282202.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00548-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919952 | 1,247 | 3.25 | 3 |
The gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) receptors are the major inhibitory, postsynaptic, neurotransmitter receptors in the central nervous system. The binding of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) to the GABA(A) receptors induces the opening of an anion-selective channel that remains open for tens of milliseconds before it closes. To understand how the structure of the GABA(A) receptor determines the functional properties such as ion conduction, ion selectivity and gating we sought to identify the amino acid residues that line the ion conducting channel. To accomplish this we mutated 26 consecutive residues (250-275), one at a time, in and flanking the M2 membrane- spanning segment of the rat alpha1 subunit to cysteine. We expressed the mutant alpha1 subunit with wild-type beta1 and gamma2 subunits in Xenopus oocytes. We probed the accessibility of the engineered cysteine to covalent modification by charged, sulfhydryl-specific reagents added extracellularly. We assume that among residues in membrane-spanning segments, only those lining the channel would be susceptible to modification by polar reagents and that such modification would irreversibly alter conduction through the channel. We infer that nine of the residues, alpha1 Val257, alpha1 Thr26l, alpha1 Thr262, alpha1 Leu264, alpha1 Thr265, alpha1 Thr268, alpha1 Ile27l, alpha1 Ser272 and alpha1 Asn275 are exposed in the channel. On a helical wheel plot, the exposed residues, except alpha1 Thr262, lie on one side of the helix in an arc of 120 degrees. We infer that the M2 segment forms an alpha helix that is interrupted in the region of alpha1 Thr262. The modification of residues as cytoplasmic as alpha1 Val257 in the closed state of the channel suggests that the gate is at least as cytoplasmic as alpha1 Val257. The ability of the positively charged reagent methanethiosulfonate ethylammonium to reach the level of alpha1 Thr261 suggests that the charge-selectivity filter is at least as cytoplasmic as this residue. | <urn:uuid:c35960e9-8686-4ac9-b398-73d428329e63> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.mysciencework.com/publication/show/e3becebf60e0ab3582b93c88756b2b6a | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281424.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00334-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.899818 | 472 | 1.96875 | 2 |
Young seamstresses make garments for Phoebe patients
They are young, and they already know how to sew, and sew well.
Girls from the "Sewing Good Deeds," class at Polkadot Patch in Albany presented baby gowns and wheelchair bags to the staff at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital this afternoon.
"It really makes me feel good to do something for somebody else," said Hana Ghiathi, 11.
"I know some people get shocked when they hear their baby's not going to make it," said Shelby Covin, 11, of the gowns that will be going to some children who do not make it out of the hospital. "It's different, and unique and not everybody has the ability to sew."
Kate Grundfast, 9, has been sewing for a year. "I love the little tiny babies, and I like to help people in the world."
"I'm very thrilled, and I'm humbled to see young kids who care enough to give," said Sharon Scott, a registered nurse and manager of the hospital's rehabilitation department. Scott said each patient in the department will receive a bag.
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The British Pound, officially known as the pound sterling, abbreviated GBP for Great British Pound, is the official unit of currency used in the United Kingdom. The sign for the pound is £ (or rarely, just "L"). Both symbols derive from libra, the Latin word for "pound". The pound sterling is one of the world's most widely traded currencies, along with the United States dollar, the Japanese yen, and the euro. It is the highest valued of the major currency units. | <urn:uuid:c5a5a2b4-a4f7-4d34-9b25-58137d0f550d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://marketswiki.com/wiki/British_pound | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00470.warc.gz | en | 0.935255 | 109 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Lawyer Green Advocate Estrellita S Sibila Seizing Opportunity To Bring Developers Cities Around On Value Of Sustainability
Written by Miami Today on November 27, 2008
A rising star in the growing green-building movement, attorney Estrellita Sibila’s name is rather fitting — Estrellita means "little star" in Spanish.
Ms. Sibila was Miami-Dade’s first attorney to earn U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design professional accreditation, certifying her as a building professional with a thorough understanding of green practices. She now works with both local governments and developers to help incorporate green principles into operations and plans.
"It was another way for me to be able to serve our clients and have them understand that the way you’ve done it forever may not be the best way," Ms. Sibila says. She predicts today’s green trend will become "the norm," and both building users and even new generations in the workforce will demand environmentally friendly facilities and practices. "It’s going to be the way people do business," Ms. Sibila says.
She was interviewed in Weiss Serota’s Coral Gables offices by Miami Today staff writer Risa Polansky. This is an excerpt from the weekly profile article published in Miami Today. To read the entire article in full, order this issue or subscribe to the print edition of Miami Today. | <urn:uuid:f5cf821a-aee9-4f2c-b03e-4e91327102c0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/081127/story-profile.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279169.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00212-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955655 | 299 | 1.578125 | 2 |
CCIE [Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert] is the highest level of expertise certification available in the field of Computer and Internet Networking. Offered by Cisco systems ,world largest Networking Equipment seller in the world ,this is the highest level of expertise available. Also known as doctorate in Networking, this certification requires you to a 3 hours written exam followed by a Lab exam 8 Hours. The CCIE is widely regarded as having one of the toughest, most demanding exams. It includes both a written exam and a day-long lab exam. This certification is aimed at senior level networking professionals who design, build, implement, maintain, or troubleshoot complex enterprise networking infrastructures.
There are no formal prerequisites for CCIE certification. Other professional certifications or training courses are not required. Instead, candidates must first pass a written qualification exam and then the corresponding hands-on lab exam. You are expected to have an in-depth understanding of the topics in the exam blueprints and strongly encouraged to have three to five years of job experience before attempting certification. You can review the exam preparation materials included on this page for more information.
- Step One: CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam
You must pass the two-hour, written qualification exam which covers networking concepts and some equipment commands before you are eligible to schedule the lab exam.
Written Exam Information
CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam #350-001, v4.0
The CCIE R&S written exam is a two-hour qualification exam with 90-110 questions taken online at a Cisco authorized Pearson VUE testing center. The questions are a combination of multiple choice and more complex, interactive items that assess technical knowledge on topics such as IP, IP routing, bridging and switch-related technologies, and some equipment commands. The exam is closed book and no outside reference materials are allowed.
Effective February 17, 2009, candidates taking CCIE written exams will no longer be allowed to skip a question and come back to it at a later time. In addition, the overall exam score will now be reported on a scale from 300-1000.
Beta Exams: Each written exam version is offered first in beta form at a discounted cost of US$50. Beta exams are scheduled just like other written exams and are available at all worldwide testing locations. A passing grade on the beta qualifies a candidate to schedule the lab exam. Results, however, are typically not available until six to eight weeks after the close of the beta. A candidate may attempt the beta exam only once during the beta period.
Cost: Written exams are administered by independent vendors at cost of US$350. Costs may vary due to exchange rates and local taxes (VAT, GST).
Expiration: Candidates must make an initial attempt of the CCIE lab exam within 18 months of passing the CCIE written exam. Valid passing scores on written exams expire after 18 months.
Locations: Written exams are taken at any worldwide Pearson VUE testing facility. See their website for more details.
Results: Written exam results are Pass/Fail and are available immediately following the exam. The passing score is set by statistical analysis and subject to periodic change.
Retakes: Candidates must wait five days between attempts at the written exam. Once a candidate has passed the exam, he or she may not take the same exam again (for recertification purposes) for at least 180 days.
- Step One: CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam
Lab Exam Information
The eight-hour lab exam tests your ability to configure actual equipment and troubleshoot the network in a timed test situation. You must make an initial attempt of the CCIE lab exam within 18 months of passing the CCIE written exam. If you do not pass the lab exam within three years of passing the written exam, you must retake the written exam before being allowed to attempt the lab exam again.
The CCIE lab exam is an eight-hour, hands-on exam which requires you to configure and troubleshoot a series of complex networks to given specifications. Knowledge of troubleshooting is an important skill and candidates are expected to diagnose and solve issues as part of the CCIE lab exam. You will not configure end-user systems, but are responsible for all devices residing in the network (hubs, etc.). Point values and testing criteria are provided.
Beginning May 10, 2010, CCIE R&S lab exams in all global locations will no longer include the four, open-ended Core Knowledge questions. The total lab exam time will remain eight hours. CCIE R&S candidates will begin with the 2-hour Troubleshooting section, followed by a 6-hour Configuration section.
Cost: Lab exams cost US$1400 per attempt, not including travel and lodging expenses. Costs may vary due to exchange rates and local taxes (VAT, GST). You are responsible for any fees your financial institution charges to complete the payment transaction. Price not confirmed and is subject to change until full payment is made.
Lab Environment: The Cisco documentation CD is available in the lab room, but the exam assumes knowledge of the more common protocols and technologies. As of March 2006, the documentation can only be navigated using the index; the search function has been disabled. No outside reference materials are permitted in the lab room. You must report any suspected equipment issues to the proctor during the exam; adjustments cannot be made once the exam is over.
Lab Exam Grading: Each question on the lab has specific criterion. The labs are graded by proctors who ensure all the criterion are met and points are awarded accordingly. The proctors use automatic tools to gather information from the routers to perform some preliminary evaluations, but the final determination of a correct or incorrect configuration is done by a trained proctor.
Results: You can review your lab exam results online (login required), usually within 48 hours. Results are Pass/Fail and failing score reports indicate major topic areas where additional study and preparation may be useful.
Reevaluation of Lab Results: You may request a reevaluation of results for Routing and Switching, Security and Service Provider labs for up to 14 days following your exam date. Use the link next to your lab record called “Request for Reread”. Due to the equipment used, rereads are not available for the Voice and Storage Networking exams. Each reread costs US$250 plus any applicable local taxes. Payment is made online via credit card and your card will be charged upon receipt of the request. You may not cancel the reread request once the process has been initiated and refunds are only given when the results change from Fail to Pass.
A reread consists of a second proctor loading your configurations onto a rack to recreate the test and rescore the entire exam. This process may take up to three weeks after receipt of payment. Only one reread per lab attempt is permitted. The result of the reread is an updated score report with success rates for each major section. Be aware that scores may decrease. Exams receive a Pass mark only when the total exam score exceeds 80%. Before requesting a reread, consider that, historically, only 0.3% of exams have been changed from Fail to Pass.
Troubleshooting: Beginning October 18, 2009, the CCIE R&S lab exam will feature a two-hour troubleshooting section. Candidates will be presented with a series of trouble tickets for preconfigured networks and need to diagnose and resolve the network fault or faults. As with the configuration section, the network must be up and running for a candidate to receive credit. Candidates who finish the troubleshooting section early may proceed on to the configuration section, but they will not be allowed to go back to troubleshooting since their equipment will need to be reinitialized for the configuration portion.
CCIEs Are Required to Recertify Every Two Years
Active CCIE status shows your commitment to maintaining expert-level knowledge in an industry critical to the success of virtually every organization. CCIEs are encouraged to continually expand their technical knowledge and are required to pass a recertification exam every two years. If you do not complete your recertification before the deadlines, your CCIE certification will be suspended and you and your employer will lose the benefits associated with your expert status. You have one year to reinstate your CCIE status before you become inactive and must begin the certification process all over again.
To maintain active status, every 24-months CCIEs are required to pass one of the following before the certification expiration date:
- Pass any current CCIE Written Exam, or
- Pass the current CCDE Written Exam OR current CCDE Practical Exam, or
- Pass the Cisco Certified Architect (CCAr) interview AND the CCAr board review to extend lower certifications
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Comparison of the reactivity of nitric oxide and nitroxyl with heme proteins. A chemical discussion of the differential biological effects of these redox related products of NOS
Miranda, Katrina M., Nims, Raymond W., Thomas, Douglas D., Espey, Michael G., Citrin, Deborah, Bartberger, Michael D., Paolocci, Nazareno, Fukuto, Jon M., Feelisch, Martin and Wink, David A. (2003) Comparison of the reactivity of nitric oxide and nitroxyl with heme proteins. A chemical discussion of the differential biological effects of these redox related products of NOS. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 93, (1-2), 52-60. (doi:10.1016/S0162-0134(02)00498-1). (PMID:12538052).
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Investigations on the biological effects of nitric oxide (NO) derived from nitric oxide synthase (NOS) have led to an explosion in biomedical research over the last decade. The chemistry of this diatomic radical is key to its biological effects. Recently, nitroxyl (HNO/NO(-)) has been proposed to be another important constituent of NO biology. However, these redox siblings often exhibit orthogonal behavior in physiological and cellular responses. We therefore explored the chemistry of NO and HNO with heme proteins in different redox states and observed that HNO favors reaction with ferric heme while NO favors ferrous, consistent with previous reports. Further results show that HNO and NO were equally effective in inhibiting cytochrome P450 activity, which involves ferric and ferrous complexes. The differential chemical behavior of NO and HNO toward heme proteins provides insight into mechanisms of activity that not only helps explain some of the opposing effects observed in NOS-mediated events, but offers a unique control mechanism for the biological action of NO.
|Digital Object Identifier (DOI):||doi:10.1016/S0162-0134(02)00498-1|
|Keywords:||nitric oxide, nitroxyl, angeli’s salt, heme, horseradish peroxidase, myoglobin, hemoglobin|
|Subjects:||Q Science > QP Physiology
Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR180 Immunology
|Divisions :||Faculty of Medicine > Clinical and Experimental Sciences
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A research-based, reading approach for severely emotionally disturbed children
Abstract (Summary)This thesis is intended to explore the impact of a systematic design for reading on student achievement for children who are severely emotionally/behavior disordered. It explores three null hypotheses, looking at reading achievement after the implementation of the SRA Reading Mastery Plus Curriculum, as measured by the Georgia Criterion Referenced Competency Test, the SRA reading placement test and improved social skills as measured by the Walker McConnell Scale of Social Competence and School Adjustment. The sample for this study included 128 students enrolled full time at South Metro Psychoeducational Program during the 2004-2005 school term and 30 teachers. The students had IQs above 72 and were between the ages of 6-14 years old. The SRA Reading Mastery Program using direct instruction was implemented for 8.9 months during a daily one hour fifteen minute block reading time. A paired-sample t-test was performed to determine the effects of a new method of teaching reading on total reading scores.
School:The University of Georgia
School Location:USA - Georgia
Source Type:Master's Thesis
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Aware consciousness is about each accepting and interesting with life’s challenges, and that’s what popularized ideas of mindfulness are likely to miss, new analysis has discovered.
Learning fashionable ideas of mindfulness, the researchers discovered most laypeople are complicated the follow with passive acceptance of issues—a false impression scientists say ignores the necessary work of partaking with them.
Originating in Buddhist non secular follow, a lot of the mindfulness motion’s recognition grew from medical analysis affirming its potential for lowering stress and associated well being problems.
“Scientific understanding of mindfulness goes past mere stress-relief and requires a willingness to interact with stressors,” mentioned Igor Grossmann, corresponding creator of the challenge and a professor of social psychology at Waterloo. “It’s, in reality, the engagement with stressors that finally leads to stress aid. Extra particularly, mindfulness contains two most important dimensions: consciousness and acceptance.”
Grossmann and colleagues in contrast critics’ claims to fashionable interpretations of mindfulness to judge how folks perceive and apply the idea of their each day lives. They discovered that in follow, most individuals conflate acceptance with passivity or avoidance.
The analysis crew carried out an intensive empirical challenge that examined the that means of mindfulness in three elements: analyses of the semantic that means of the time period mindfulness within the English language, meta-analysis of the outcomes from a broadly used mindfulness measure, and empirical assessments of affiliation with markers of knowledge and efficient emotion regulation.
“Whereas we discovered that individuals appear to conceptually perceive that mindfulness entails engagement, most people is just not strolling the discuss. Our outcomes counsel that laypeople could perceive what consciousness is, however the subsequent step of acceptance will not be properly understood — limiting potential for partaking with issues,” mentioned Ellen Choi, lead creator on the paper and an assistant professor of organizational conduct at Ryerson College.
Utilizing social media as a topical instance, Grossmann says that with algorithms curating more and more hateful content material, the flexibility to be conscious of others’ views has by no means been extra crucial.
Mindfulness won’t present a straightforward reply to the divisiveness that surrounds us, however an correct understanding that features the follow of acceptance could herald the re-emergence of honest dialogue and genuine connection.”
Igor Grossmann, Professor of Social Psychology, Waterloo
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This resource provides teachers with a full lesson that revolves around a cool craft. Kids love crafts and this resource provides the teacher with Bible lessons to enhance each craft. The range of topics covered includes Starting Out Right, Hanging Out in Godâ??s House, The Easter Story, Family Time, Taming the Tongue, Itâ??s Not About You, and Sharing Jesus with Others. Excite your creativity with The Big Book of Bible Lessons for Crafty Kids.
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The breath is a unique function of the body in that it can be performed either consciously or unconsciously. We can spend our whole lives involuntarily inhaling and exhaling with little awareness of what our lungs are doing. But through conscious engagement with our breath, the process can become a yogic practice with numerous benefits, including relaxation, clarity and focus.
The term pranayama is used to describe the techniques of yogic breathing. Considered a traditional component of yoga practice, it is a bridge between the physical practice of postures and the deeper practice of meditation.
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REFLEXOLOGY is a specialised type of hand/ foot massage. The reflexologist will use her hands to stimulate points/ reflexes that have been mapped out onto the hands/feet. This encourages free flow of energy which in turn encourages the body to rebalance itself. It is a very relaxing treatment that helps to calm and relax both the body and the mind. It does not claim to cure but rather helps the body to heal itself. It is not a diagnostic treatment. As this treatment requires no clothing to be removed besides socks and shoes it is ideal for children and helps to reinforce positive touch.
What Conditions Can it Help?
It is considered to be a " balancing treatment" and seems to work well for any condition involving congestion and/or inflammation. For example:
Skin problems like eczema
Digestive problems like IBS
Period and infertility problems
Some women have found it beneficial in "taking the edge off" of many of the symptoms associated with menopause/ peri - menopause.
As it is a very relaxing treatment it also works well to calm anxiety .
REFLEXOLOGY & ONCOLOGY , it is one of the most popular choices of complementary therapy among people with cancer. Many clients find it helps them to cope with stress and anxiety as well as helping to relieve pain and to lift their mood.
REFLEXOLOGY FOR CONCEPTION AND MATERNITY aims to optimise the health and well-being of clients . Sessions can help reduce the stress and anxiety that is often associated with trying to conceive whether naturally or with allopathic treatments such as IVF. Reflexology techniques will be adapted for different stages and can be enjoyed throughout pregnancy and as a preparation for labour.
MINDFUL REFLEXOLOGY aims to support clients suffering with stress, anxiety and depression. Good mental health can bring big benefits to your physical health and quality of life.
REFLEXOLOGY LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE (RLD) is a reflexology technique that focuses on stimulating the lymphatic reflexes. This sequence has been developed and researched by Sally Kay while she was working in cancer care. I have been fortunate enough to be trained by Sally and have found that RLD has added a whole new dimension to my work.
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In addition to its great success in improving secondary lymphodema, RLD may also benefit autoimmune conditions such as chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions such as premenstrual syndrome.
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Ever After (known in promotional material as Ever After: A Cinderella Story) is a 1998 American romantic drama film inspired by the fairy tale Cinderella. It was directed by Andy Tennant and stars Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, and Jeanne Moreau. The screenplay is written by Tennant, Susannah Grant, and Rick Parks. The original music score is composed by George Fenton. The film's closing theme song, "Put Your Arms Around Me", is performed by the rock band Texas.
The usual pantomime and comic/supernatural elements of the Cinderella tale are removed and the story is instead treated as historical fiction, set in Renaissance-era France. It is often seen as a modern, post-feminist interpretation of the Cinderella story.
In 19th century France, the Grande Dame summons the Brothers Grimm to discuss their interpretation of “Cinderella”, showing them a glass slipper and telling the story of Danielle de Barbarac: In 1502 Renaissance-era France, eight-year-old Danielle is the daughter of Auguste de Barbarac, a wealthy widower. He brings home his new wife, the Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent, and her daughters Marguerite and Jacqueline, and gives Danielle a copy of Sir Thomas More's Utopia. As he departs for business two weeks later (a fortnight) Auguste suffers a fatal heart attack just as he is approaching the gate, and delivers his dying declaration of love to Danielle, sparking Rodmilla's jealousy.
Ten years later, the de Barbarac manor is in debt under Rodmilla's negligence and expensive lifestyle. Danielle is forced to work as her step-family’s servant, mistreated by Rodmilla and Marguerite. She stops a man stealing her father's horse, only to realize he is Prince Henry of France, who gives her 20 gold francs. Fleeing a marriage arranged by his parents, King Francis and Queen Marie, to Princess Gabriella of Spain, Henry is caught after stopping to help Leonardo da Vinci recover the Mona Lisa from gypsy bandits and returns home. Disguising herself as a noblewoman, Danielle takes the gold to buy back her family servant Maurice, whom Rodmilla sold into slavery. Henry witnesses the argument between Danielle and the slave cart driver and intervenes, although not recognising Danielle. Intrigued by her, Henry orders Maurice's release and begs for her name; Danielle lies and gives the name of her late mother, Comtesse Nicole de Lancret. King Francis announces a masquerade ball, where Henry must choose a bride by midnight or wed Gabriella, leading Rodmilla to scheme to marry Marguerite to Henry.
Danielle’s friend Gustave tells Henry where the "Comtesse de Lancret" lives, forcing her to run home and change clothes in time to accompany Henry to a Franciscan monastery’s library. They are accosted by the gypsies, whom Danielle impresses into inviting her and Henry to their camp, where she and the prince share their first kiss. The next day, Danielle defies Rodmilla and Marguerite, who steal her late mother's dress and shoes for the ball, leading Danielle to attack her stepsister. Marguerite threatens to throw Auguste's book into the fire, forcing Danielle to surrender her mother’s glass slippers, but burns the book anyway and Rodmilla has Danielle whipped. Tending to her wounds, Jacqueline bonds with Danielle. Discovering that Danielle is the mysterious courtier Henry is pursuing, Rodmilla lies to Queen Marie that the “Comtesse” is engaged.
Danielle meets with Henry to confess her identity, but he interrupts that she has given his life new purpose. Unable to tell him the truth, Danielle runs away. Refusing to tell Rodmilla and Marguerite where she has hidden the gown and shoes, she is locked in the pantry. Gustave finds Leonardo, who frees Danielle and makes her a pair of wings to wear with her mother's dress and slippers to the ball. There, Danielle tries again to tell Henry the truth, but Rodmilla exposes her fraud and Henry rejects her. Humiliated, Danielle runs away, leaving a slipper behind. Henry resigns himself to marrying Gabriella, but realizes she also loves someone else, and calls off the wedding.
He searches for Danielle, whom Rodmilla has sold to the lecherous Pierre le Pieu. Pierre attempts to force himself on Danielle, but frees her after she threatens him with his own swords. Henry finds her, apologizing for his behavior, and proposes to her by placing the slipper on her foot. Rodmilla and her daughters are summoned by King Francis, who accuses her of lying to Queen Marie about Danielle. The queen strips Rodmilla of her title and threatens to banish her and Marguerite to the Americas. Danielle enters, now a princess, and requests a more fitting punishment: Rodmilla and Marguerite are sentenced to work as servants in the palace laundry. Jacqueline begins a romance with Laurent, the captain of the guards whom she met at the ball, and Leonardo gives the royal newlyweds a portrait of Danielle.
The Grande Dame explains that Danielle was her great-great-grandmother, whose portrait hung in the university built by Henry until the outbreak of the French Revolution. She declares that while Henry and Danielle did live happily ever after, the point is that they lived.
- Drew Barrymore as Danielle de Barbarac
- Dougray Scott as Crown Prince Henry
- Anjelica Huston as Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent
- Megan Dodds as Marguerite de Ghent
- Melanie Lynskey as Jacqueline de Ghent
- Patrick Godfrey as Leonardo da Vinci
- Lee Ingleby as Gustave
- Richard O'Brien as Monsieur Pierre Le Pieu
- Timothy West as King Francis
- Judy Parfitt as Queen Marie
- Jeroen Krabbé as Auguste de Barbarac
- Jeanne Moreau as Grande Dame
- Toby Jones as Royal Page
Locations and sets
The castle shown in the film is the Château de Hautefort in the Dordogne region of France. Other featured châteaux are de Fénelon, de Losse, de Lanquais, de Beynac as well as the city of Sarlat-la-Canéda. The painting of Danielle is based on Leonardo Da Vinci's Head of a Woman (La Scapigliata).
Rotten Tomatoes reports that 91% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 65 reviews, with an average score of 7.56/10. The critical consensus states: "Ever After is a sweet, frothy twist on the ancient fable, led by a solid turn from star Barrymore." Metacritic calculated a favorable score of 66 based on 22 reviews.
Lisa Schwarzbaum from Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B-, saying: "Against many odds, Ever After comes up with a good one. This novel variation is still set in the once-upon-a-time 16th century, but it features an active, 1990s-style heroine—she argues about economic theory and civil rights with her royal suitor—rather than a passive, exploited hearth sweeper who warbles 'A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes'." She also praised Anjelica Huston's performance as a cruel stepmother: "Huston does a lot of eye narrowing and eyebrow raising while toddling around in an extraordinary selection of extreme headgear, accompanied by her two less-than-self-actualized daughters—the snooty, social-climbing, nasty Marguerite, and the dim, lumpy, secretly nice Jacqueline. "Nothing is final until you're dead", Mama instructs her girls at the dinner table, "and even then I'm sure God negotiates."
Chicago Sun-Times film critic, Roger Ebert, praises the film with three out of four stars and writes, "The movie […] is one of surprises, not least that the old tale still has life and passion in it. I went to the screening expecting some sort of soppy children's picture and found myself in a costume romance with some of the same energy and zest as The Mask of Zorro. And I was reminded again that Drew Barrymore can hold the screen and involve us in her characters. […] Here, as the little cinder girl, she is able to at last put aside her bedraggled losers and flower as a fresh young beauty, and she brings poignancy and fire to the role."
The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
- 2002: AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – Nominated
- "Ever After: A Cinderella Story Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster.
- "Ever After: A Cinderella Story reviews at Metacritic.com". Metacritic. CBS Interactive.
- Schwarzbaum, Lisa (August 10, 1998). "Ever After (1998)". Entertainment Weekly.
- Ebert, Roger (July 31, 1998). "Ever After BY ROGER EBERT". Chicago Sun-Times. Sun-Times Media Group.Template:Rating
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The Czech Republic's economy expanded by 0.2 percent quarter-over-quarter in the second quarter of 2022, slowing slightly from a 0.9 percent advance in the previous period while analysts expected it to contract 0.4 percent, preliminary estimates showed. On the expenditure side, support came primarily from higher domestic demand. In the production scope, gross value added mainly rose in services, whereas industry and construction stagnated. On an annual basis, GDP rose 3.6 percent, beating the market consensus of 3.1 percent and slowing from a 4.9 percent gain in the previous quarter. source: Czech Statistical Office
GDP Growth Rate in Czech Republic averaged 0.55 percent from 1995 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 7.10 percent in the third quarter of 2020 and a record low of -8.70 percent in the second quarter of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Czech Republic GDP Growth Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Czech Republic GDP Growth Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on August of 2022.
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“ Kenilworth Warwickshire CV8 1NE. Tel: 01926 852078. Fax 01926 851514 Open Daily 22 March - 31 October, 10am - 6pm ( or dusk if earlier in October ) 1 November - 31 March 10am - 4pm. ( closed 24 -26 Dec ) „
Kenilworth castle has somewhat been forgotten as one of warwickshire beauties.
The castle is just a few miles from Warwick, and is less of a tourist attraction than Warwick castle, it is rather untouched. Much of the castle is in ruins now, which you can explore and climb to the top, where you will encounter sensational views. The castle gardens are also a must see, which look beautiful, especially in those summer months.
You can also buy audio headphones that will tell you all about the castle, definately worth a buy.
The parking is sufficient, and there is a stunning park and lake right next to the castle, which makes a great day out.
Its worth noting that the castle is national trust, so if you have a membership you can get in for free. Other wise its £5.90 adults and £3.00 children. Which in comparison with other castles is quite a good price.
The cafe is quite nice, and has out door and indoor seating, but be warned the food and drinks can be expensive. There are lots of space around the castle to have a picnic.
The castle isnt huge, but its a great place to spend a few hours, especially on a nice day. Its best seen on a nice day, as there arent many places to shelter.
Definately one of warwickshires must see's.
Kenilworth Castle is a landscape beauty, visible for miles around the ruins rise majestically above the surrounding land and property.
The castle was built in three stages, each an asset to the previous standing, each a larger space to inhabit and therefore leaving us a greater trail of history and monarchy to follow, notably Henry V, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
Though ruins the place is a delight to explore, plenty of steps curving up interesting arrowslit towers and ruined rooms with no roof.
Even the graffiti here is ancient, I recall finding markings in the oldest parts, going back hundreds of years, the names of lovers long dead, carved, inexorably, over time into the stone itself, another form of history branded into the buildings.
The land is beautiful and you can often find the gatekeepers cats wandering the ruins, making the remains still a home.
The site is beautifully lit at night and it's worth popping to the pub over the road to catch a glimpse of the nighttime majesty.
The gift shop is generous for EH standards, well stocked, well staffed and with a good choice. If your kids want a wooden sword or princess outfit or a million other things in keeping with a castle you will find it. If you fancy EH produce, a variety of soaps, bath oils, mead, preserves and others I can recommend the food ones, I've never tried the bath and body products. Those will range from £2 to £15.
Fudge from 60p, pencils from 50p, tea towels from £2.50ish, mead at around £5 ish, a replica Excalibur around £500+. It really does cater for all.
The toilets are creatively placed so as not to interfere with the layout and visual impression of the site but feature spiders and other creepy crawlies as full time inhabitants. Not for the faint hearted.
For best value, check out EH's website for events, if you can combine your visit with a performance or historical re-enactment, you really will get the best of both worlds and take a picnic to really maximise the opportunities.
My recent visit to Kenilworth Castle was a typically depressing Easter day out. Partly because of the horrible Bank Holiday weather but mainly because I wasn’t impressed with the castle itself. Having never read Marlowe’s Edward II or Sir Walker Scott’s Kenilworth the literary heritage of the castle was lost on me. But even so I’m not sure that Kenilworth Castle would have made that much of impression. The main problem is that after the Roundheads blew up the most of the castle during the Civil War there really isn’t a lot to see. What is left mainly now is the outside shell of the castle - the roof-less walls and a few battlements. So you can walk up and around them and get a good view of the local countryside. But that really doesn’t make a lot to investigate -Kenilworth can be easily explored in about a hour. Even worse it makes you totally exposed to the weather- there is no shelter whatsoever apart from the gift shop and visitor centre. This is especially noticeable and unpleasant on a typically cold and rainy day that I visited. Overall Kenilworth isn’t a bad place to visit. It’s an impressively aged stand-stone building (adorned with centuries of graffiti that’s a record of history in itself) and with the undeveloped countryside nearby you can stand on the walls and almost imagine what it was like in the olden days. When I visited there was a Civil War era display of shooting and people in period costumes to bring the castle to life and provide a welcome addition. It’s just that like a lot of English attractions: it’s over-priced for what it is. It now costs you £5 each to get in- which to spend less than an hour outside is not great value. And it certainly compares badly with the extensive splendours of Warwick Castle- which is just a short trip away. It wouldn’t be too bad if you actually got something for your money - but from the dreary, overpriced tea
shop to the broken visual displays in the Visitor Centre showing the castle’s history (I couldn’t find out what happened during the siege- very frustrating!) it’s obvious the profits haven’t been invested into the attraction. The only really good thing is they haven’t over-promoted the Shakespeare connection the way that nearby Stratford does to a really commercialised effect Kenilworth Castle is managed by English Heritage- who’s motto is "No one does more for England’s heritage". If they’d substituted "does" for "charges," I’d agree with them. | <urn:uuid:9aa5c656-1942-485e-b268-dfdd898d954e> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/sightseeing-national/kenilworth-castle/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988717783.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183837-00075-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961034 | 1,364 | 1.632813 | 2 |
VMware Interview Questions
vmware Interview Questions
Q. What is a Hypervisor?
It is a program that allows multiple operating systems to share a single hardware host. Each operating system appears to have the host’s processor, memory, and other resources all to itself. However, the hypervisor is actually controlling the host processor and resources, allocating what is needed to each operating system in turn and making sure that the guest operating systems (called virtual machines) cannot disrupt each other.
Q. What is the hardware version used in VMware ESXi 5.5?
Below is the table showing the different version of hardware used in different VMware products along with their release version
|Virtual Hardware Version||Products|
|10||ESXi 5.5, Fusion 6.x, Workstation 10.x, Player 6.x|
|9||ESXi 5.1, Fusion 5.x, Workstation 9.x, Player 5.x|
|8||ESXi 5.0, Fusion 4.x, Workstation 8.x, Player 4.x|
|7||ESXi/ESX 4.x, Fusion 2.x/3.x Workstation 6.5.x/7.x,Player 3.x|
|4||ACE 2.x, ESX 3.x, Fusion 1.x, Player 2.x|
|3 and 4||ACE 1.x, Player 1.x, Server 1.x, Workstation 5.x, Workstation 4.x|
|3||ESX 2.x, GSX Server 3.x|
Q. What is the difference between the vSphere ESX and ESXi architectures?
VMware ESX and ESXi are both bare metal hypervisor architectures that install directly on the server hardware.
Although neither hypervisor architectures relies on an OS for resource management, the vSphere ESX architecture relied on a Linux operating system, called the Console OS (COS) or service console, to perform two management functions: executing scripts and installing third-party agents for hardware monitoring, backup or systems management.
In the vSphere ESXi architecture, the service console has been removed. The smaller code base of vSphere ESXi represents a smaller “attack surface” and less code to patch, improving reliability and security.
Q. What is a .vmdk file?
This isn’t the file containing the raw data. Instead it is the disk descriptor file which describes the size and geometry of the virtual disk file. This file is in text format and contains the name of the –flat.vmdk file for which it is associated with and also the hard drive adapter type, drive sectors, heads and cylinders, etc. One of these files will exist for each virtual hard drive that is assigned to your virtual machine. You can tell which –flat.vmdk file it is associated with by opening the file and looking at the Extent Description field.
Q. What are the different types of virtualization?
Server Virtualization – consolidating multiple physical servers into virtual servers that run on a single physical server.
Application Virtualization – an application runs on another host from where it is installed in a variety of ways. It could be done by application streaming, desktop virtualization or VDI, or a VM package (like VMware ACE creates with a player). Microsoft Softgrid is an example of Application virtualization.
Presentation Virtualization – This is what Citrix Met frame (and the ICA protocol) as well as Microsoft Terminal Services (and RDP) are able to create. With presentation virtualization, an application actually runs on another host and all that you see on the client is the screen from where it is run.
Network Virtualization – with network virtualization, the network is “carved up” and can be used for multiple purposes such as running a protocol analyzer inside an Ethernet switch. Components of a virtual network could include NICs, switches, VLANs, network storage devices, virtual network containers, and network media.
Storage Virtualization – with storage virtualization, the disk/data storage for your data is consolidated to and managed by a virtual storage system. The servers connected to the storage system aren’t aware of where the data really is. Storage virtualization is sometimes described as “abstracting the logical storage from the physical storage.
Q. What is VMware vMotion and what are its requirements?
VMware VMotion enables the live migration of running virtual machines from one physical server to another with zero downtime.
VMotion lets you:
- Automatically optimize and allocate entire pools of resources for maximum hardware utilization and
- Perform hardware maintenance without any scheduled downtime.
- Proactively migrate virtual machines away from failing or under performing servers.
Below are the pre-requisites for configuring vMotion
- Each host must be correctly licensed for vMotion
- Each host must meet shared storage requirements
- vMotion migrates the vm from one host to another which is only possible with both the host are sharing a common storage or to any storage accessible by both the source and target hosts.
- A shared storage can be on a Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN), or can be implemented using iSCSI SAN and NAS.
- If you use vMotion to migrate virtual machines with raw device mapping (RDM) files, make sure to maintain consistent LUN IDs for RDMs across all participating hosts.
- Each host must meet the networking requirements
- Configure a VMkernel port on each host.
- Dedicate at least one GigE adapter for vMotion.
- Use at least one 10 GigE adapter if you migrate workloads that have many memory operations.
- Use jumbo frames for best vMotion performance.
- Ensure that jumbo frames are enabled on all network devices that are on the vMotion path including physical NICs, physical switches and virtual switches.
Q. What is the difference between clone and template in VMware?
- A clone is a copy of virtual machine.
- You cannot convert back the cloned Virtual Machine.
- A Clone of a Virtual Machine can be created when the Virtual Machine is powered on
- Cloning can be done in two ways namely Full Clone and Linked Clone.
- A full clone is an independent copy of a virtual machine that shares nothing with the parent virtual machine after the cloning operation. Ongoing operation of a full clone is entirely separate from the parent virtual machine.
- A linked clone is a copy of a virtual machine that shares virtual disks with the parent virtual machine in an ongoing manner. This conserves disk space, and allows multiple virtual machines to use the same software installation.
- Cloning a virtual machine can save time if you are deploying many similar virtual machines. You can create, configure, and install software on a single virtual machine, and then clone it multiple times, rather than creating and configuring each virtual machine individually.
- A template is a master copy or a baseline image of a virtual machine that can be used to create many clones.
- Templates cannot be powered on or edited, and are more difficult to alter than ordinary virtual machine.
- You can convert the template back to Virtual Machine to update the base template with the latest released patches and updates and to install or upgrade any software and again convert back to template to be used for future deployment of Virtual Machines with the latest patches.
- Convert virtual Machine to template cannot be performed, when Virtual machine is powered on. Only Clone to Template can be performed when the Virtual Machine is powered on.
- A template offers a more secure way of preserving a virtual machine configuration that you want to deploy many times.
- When you clone a virtual machine or deploy a virtual machine from a template, the resulting cloned virtual machine is independent of the original virtual machine or template.
Q. What is promiscuous mode in Vmware?
- Promiscuous mode is a security policy which can be defined at the virtual switch or portgroup level
- A virtual machine, Service Console or VMkernel network interface in a portgroup which allows use of promiscuous mode can see all network traffic traversing the virtual switch.
- If this mode is set to reject, the packets are sent to intended port so that the intended virtual machine will only be able to see the communication.
- Example: In case you are using a virtual xp inside any Windows VM. If promiscuous mode is set to reject then the virtual xp won’t be able to connect the network unless promiscuous mode is enabled for the Windows VM.
Q. What is the difference between Thick provision Lazy Zeroed, Thick provision Eager Zeroed and Thin provision?
Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed
- Creates a virtual disk in a default thick format.
- Space required for the virtual disk is allocated when the virtual disk is created.
- Data remaining on the physical device is not erased during creation, but is zeroed out on demand at a later time on first write from the virtual machine.
- Using the default flat virtual disk format does not zero out or eliminate the possibility of recovering deleted files or restoring old data that might be present on this allocated space.
- You cannot convert a flat disk to a thin disk.
Thick Provision Eager Zeroed
- A type of thick virtual disk that supports clustering features such as Fault Tolerance.
- Space required for the virtual disk is allocated at creation time.
- In contrast to the flat format, the data remaining on the physical device is zeroed out when the virtual disk is created.
- It might take much longer to create disks in this format than to create other types of disks.
- It provides on on-demand allocation of blocks of data.
- All the space allocated at the time of creation of virtual disk is not utilized on the hard disk, rather only the size with utilized data is locked and the size increases as the amount of data is increased on the disk.
- With thin provisioning, storage capacity utilization efficiency can be automatically driven up towards 100% with very little administrative overhead.
Q. What is a snapshot?
A snapshot is a “point in time image” of a virtual guest operating system (VM). That snapshot contains an image of the VMs disk, RAM, and devices at the time the snapshot was taken. With the snapshot, you can return the VM to that point in time, whenever you choose. You can take snapshots of your VMs, no matter what guest OS you have and the snapshot functionality can be used for features like performing image level backups of the VMs without ever shutting them down.
Q. What is VDI?
- VDI stands for Virtual Desktop Infrastructurewhere end user physical machine like desktop or laptop are virtualized due to which VMware described VDI as “delivering desktops from the data center”.
- Once VDI is used the end user connect to their desktop using a device called thin client.
- The end user can also connect to their desktop using VMware Horizon View installed on any desktop or mobile devices
Q. What is VMware HA?
- VMware HA i.e. High Availabilitywhich works on the host level and is configured on the Cluster.
- A Cluster configured with HA will migrate and restart all the vms running under any of the host in case of any host-level failure automatically to another host under the same cluster.
- VMware HA continuously monitors all ESX Server hosts in a cluster and detects failures.
- VMware HA agent placed on each host maintains a heartbeat with the other hosts in the cluster using the service console network. Each server sends heartbeats to the others servers in the cluster at five-second intervals. If any servers lose heartbeat over three consecutive heartbeat intervals, VMware HA initiates the failover action of restarting all affected virtual machines on other hosts.
- You can set virtual machine restart priority in case of any host failure depending upon the critical nature of the vm.
NOTE: Using HA in case of any host failure with RESTART the vms on different host so the vms state will be interrupted and it is not a live migration
Q. What is the difference between VMware HA and vMotion?
VMware HA is used in the event when any of the hosts inside a cluster fails then all the virtual machines running under it are restarted on different host in the same cluster.
Now HA is completely dependent on vMotion to migrate the vms to different host so vMotion is just used for the migration purpose between multiple hosts. vMotion also has the capability to migrate any vm without interrupting its state to any of the host inside cluster.
Q. What is storage vMotion?
- Storage vMotion is similar to vMotion in the sense that “something” related to the VM is moved and there is no downtime to the VM guest and end users. However, with SVMotion the VM Guest stays on the server that it resides on but the virtual disk for that VM is what moves.
- With Storage vMotion, you can migrate a virtual machine and its disk files from one datastore to another while the virtual machine is running.
- You can choose to place the virtual machine and all its disks in a single location, or select separate locations for the virtual machine configuration file and each virtual disk.
- During a migration with Storage vMotion, you can transform virtual disks from Thick-Provisioned Lazy Zeroed or Thick-Provisioned Eager Zeroed to Thin-Provisioned or the reverse.
- Perform live migration of virtual machine disk files across any Fibre Channel, iSCSI, FCoE and NFS storage
Q. What is VMware DRS and how does it works?
- Here DRS stands for Distributed Resource Schedulerwhich dynamically balances resource across various host under Cluster or resource pool.
- VMware DRS allows users to define the rules and policies that decide how virtual machines share resources and how these resources are prioritized among multiple virtual machines.
- Resources are allocated to the virtual machine by either migrating it to another server with more available resources or by making more “space” for it on the same server by migrating other virtual machines to different servers.
- The live migration of virtual machines to different physical servers is executed completely transparent to end-users through VMware VMotion
- VMware DRS can be configured to operate in either automatic or manual mode. In automatic mode, VMware DRS determines the best possible distribution of virtual machines among different physical servers and automatically migrates virtual machines to the most appropriate physical servers. In manual mode, VMware DRS provides a recommendation for optimal placement of virtual machines, and leaves it to the system administrator to decide whether to make the change.
Q. What is VMware Fault Tolerance?
- VMware Fault Tolerance provides continuous availability to applications running in a virtual machine, preventing downtime and data loss in the event of server failures.
- VMware Fault Tolerance, when enabled for a virtual machine, creates a live shadow instance of the primary, running on another physical server.
- The two instances are kept in virtual lockstep with each other using VMware vLockstep technology
- The two virtual machines play the exact same set of events, because they get the exact same set of inputs at any given time.
- The two virtual machines constantly heartbeat against each other and if either virtual machine instance loses the heartbeat, the other takes over immediately. The heartbeats are very frequent, with millisecond intervals, making the failover instantaneous with no loss of data or state.
- VMware Fault Tolerance requires a dedicated network connection, separate from the VMware VMotion network, between the two physical servers.
Q. In a cluster with more than 3 hosts, can you tell Fault Tolerance where to put the Fault Tolerance virtual machine or does it chose on its own?
You can place the original (or Primary virtual machine). You have full control with DRS or vMotion to assign it to any node. The placement of the Secondary, when created, is automatic based on the available hosts. But when the Secondary is created and placed, you can vMotion it to the preferred host.
Q. How many virtual CPUs can I use on a Fault Tolerant virtual machine ?
vCenter Server 4.x and vCenter Server 5.x support 1 virtual CPU per protected virtual machine.
Q. What happens if vCenter Server is offline when a failover event occurs?
When Fault Tolerance is configured for a virtual machine, vCenter Server need not be online for FT to work. Even if vCenter Server is offline, failover still occurs from the Primary to the Secondary virtual machine. Additionally, the spawning of a new Secondary virtual machine also occurs without vCenter Server.
Q. What is the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 Hypervisor?
Type 1 Hypervisor
- This is also known as Bare Metal or Embedded or Native Hypervisor.
- It works directly on the hardware of the host and can monitor operating systems that run above the hypervisor.
- It is completely independent from the Operating System.
- The hypervisor is small as its main task is sharing and managing hardware resources between different operating systems.
- A major advantage is that any problems in one virtual machine or guest operating system do not affect the other guest operating systems running on the hypervisor.
- Examples: VMware ESXi Server, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix/Xen Server
Type 2 Hypervisor
- This is also known as Hosted Hypervisor.
- In this case, the hypervisor is installed on an operating system and then supports other operating systems above it.
- It is completely dependent on host Operating System for its operations
- While having a base operating system allows better specification of policies, any problems in the base operating system a ffects the entire system as well even if the hypervisor running above the base OS is secure.
- Examples: VMware Workstation, Microsoft Virtual PC, Oracle Virtual Box
Q. How does vSphere HA works?
When we configure multiple hosts for HA cluster, a single host is automatically elected as the master host. The master host communicates with vCenter Server and monitors the state of all protected virtual machines and of the slave hosts. When you add a host to a vSphere HA cluster, an agent is uploaded to the host and configured to communicate with other agents in the cluster.
Q. What are the monitoring methods used for vSphere HA?
The Master and Slave hosts uses two types of monitoring the status of the hosts
- Datastore Heartbeat
- Network Heartbeat
Q. What are the roles of master host in vSphere HA?
- Monitoring the state of slave hosts. If a slave host fails or becomes unreachable, the master host identifies which virtual machines need to be restarted.
- Monitoring the power state of all protected virtual machines. If one virtual machine fails, the master host ensures that it is restarted. Using a local placement engine, the master host also determines where the restart should be done.
- Managing the lists of cluster hosts and protected virtual machines.
- Acting as vCenter Server management interface to the cluster and reporting the cluster health state.
Q. How is a Master host elected in vSphere HA environment?
When vSphere HA is enabled for a cluster, all active hosts (those not in standby or maintenance mode, or not disconnected) participate in an election to choose the cluster’s master host. The host that mounts the greatest number of datastores has an advantage in the election. Only one master host typically exists per cluster and all other hosts are slave hosts.
If the master host fails, is shut down or put in standby mode, or is removed from the cluster a new election is held.
Q. If the vCenterserver goes down with a situation that it was pre configured with vSphere HA and DRS, so after power down will HA and DRS perform their task?
vSphere HA is not dependent on vCenterserver for its operations as when HA is configured it installs an agent into each host which does its part and is not dependent on vCenterserver. Also HA doesnot uses vMotion, it justs restarts the vms into another host in any case of host failure.
Further vSphere DRS is very much dependent on vCenterserver as it uses vMotion for its action for live migration of vms between multiple hosts so in case vCenterserver goes down the vMotion won’t work leading to failure of DRS.
Q. What is the use of vmware tools?
VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machine’s guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine. Without VMware Tools installed in your guest operating system, guest performance lacks important functionality. Installing VMware Tools eliminates or improves these issues:
- Low video resolution
- Inadequate color depth
- Incorrect display of network speed
- Restricted movement of the mouse
- Inability to copy and paste and drag-and-drop files
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Contributed by Mary Susan Spence, MSN, & Joseph C. Hager, Ph.D., 3rd great-grandchildren of Nathaniel Blakely and Polly Law.
Nathaniel Blakely (1798-1883) derives his surname from his descent in the Blakeslee family of Connecticut. His 2nd-great grandparents were Samuel Blakeslee (1599-1672) and Hannah Potter (1633-1723), both early settlers in the New Haven Colony. Nathaniel's father was David Blakely (1749-1821), a soldier of the Revolution, who enlisted in 1775 and served at the siege of Boston and the reduction of St. John. During the war, David purchased land in Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont, where his son Nathaniel was born May 6, 1798. Nathaniel's mother was Phebe Hall (1758-1831), a descendant of the immigrant ancestors John and Esther Hall of Middletown, Connecticut, who arrived about 1633, and other early colonial families such as Bishop, Hand, and Blatchley.
Nathaniel spent his early years in Pawlet, Vermont, along with his nine siblings, all but one younger. His early childhood home was a one-story frame house his father David built near the original log cabin erected at the time he moved there from Woodbury, Connecticut. This frame structure eventually became a cheese factory during the years 1870-1916, owned by the Blakely Cheese Company and managed by David's grandson, Frank Blakely. At 16 years of age, Nathaniel was baptized in the First Methodist Congregational Church of Pawlet. Four years later, the elders of this church excluded him for failing to attend services, after years of trying to dissuade him of his errors. The Pawlet Church Records (Book 2, spelling preserved) state:
In Church meeting March 10, 1818 1. Brother Nathaniel Blakely being present our labour with him was again comminsed but as there appeared to be no sines of repentance or reformation therefore . . . Voted to exclude him from our fellowship and communion. See the Exibision on file.
David Frary Ch.h. Clerk
Soon afterwards, Nathaniel petitioned the Congregational Church of Christ, Pawlet, for membership. Upon testimony by his wife regarding his good moral character, he was accepted in April, 1818, as noted in the Records of the Congregational Church of Pawlet (Vol. II), "that for which he was excluded is no bar to his being received here."
Nathaniel's wife was Polly Law, born March 25, 1801, in Wells, Rutland County, Vermont. Original records of her ancestry have not been located, but she is likely a descendant of a long line of entrepreneurial colonial pioneers, some of whom operated mills on the streams of Rutland County.
Nathaniel, at the age of 21 years, and his wife Polly moved from Pawlet Town to Gainesville, Genesee County, New York about 1819. His family is in the 1820 Federal Census in Gainesville, Genesee County, New York and again in 1830, 1840, and 1850. Nathaniel and Polly had eight children during their 35 year residence in Gainesville: Nathaniel Hall Blakely (b 1822, died in Wisconsin) m. Laura Hurd; Sally Blakely (1824-1864) m. Addison Moffatt; Rev. David Blakely (b 1825, died in Iowa) m. Julia A. Carroll; Phebe Blakely (1828-1860) m. Lester B. Woolever; Birum Blakely (1831-1886) m. Louisa Martin; Fannie W. Blakely (1834-1899) m. Francis Ely Gill; William Blakely (1836-1837); and Harlow W. Blakely (1844-1910) m. Alta Follett. In 1854, Nathaniel left Gainesville and moved his family to Madison, Lake County, Ohio. This period is described in The History of Lake Shore Ohio , (Vol. III, p 492-493; also see H. T. Upton's History of the Western Reserve , Vol. III; p 1869) as follows:
Nathaniel became a teacher early in life and at one time while residing in Gainesville, New York, was County Superintendent of the schools of Wyoming County. In 1827, he held a commission in the New York militia, signed by one of the state's most famous governors, DeWitt Clinton. In 1854, he came west and purchased a Grist mill on Grand River, south of Madison. In his move westward he was accompanied by his son Harlow, and he made his home in Madison, of which he was a respected citizen at the time of his death in 1883. He had been born 85 years previously in Pawlet, Vermont, and his wife, the former Polly Law, had been born at Wells in that state.
In 1855, Nathaniel purchased from Elihu Dodge a 28 acre parcel along the Grand River in Madison, where he probably farmed during his early years in Ohio. He is listed as both a farmer and miller in the Census of 1860. By 1855, Nathaniel had also formed a business partnership with his son-in-law, Lester Woolever, operating under the company name Blakely & Woolever, which owned farm land on the south bank of Grand River in Madison. In January, 1859, Nathaniel purchased from Aretas Trumbull a mill lot near his farm on the banks of the Grand River, which was part of the nineteenth century landmark in Madison known as Trumbull's Mills. Aretas had acquired controlling interest in this property after the death of his father, Col. Luther Trumbull, and then rebuilt it after a fatal fire destroyed many of the mill buildings about 1841. In November, 1860, Nathaniel Blakely sold an interest in the mill to Lester Woolever, who continued to operate it under the Blakely & Woolever name, as shown by Madison tax records, profiting by it at least until 1880, when Lester and his son, Ernest, were enumerated by the Census as millers, with Lester's holdings worth more than $10,000.
Nathaniel and Polly Blakely are enumerated, together with three of their children, Birum, Louisa, and Harlow, in Madison during the 1860 Census. Nathaniel is listed as 62 years of age, a farmer and miller with $7,000 property and $1,000 personal property, and Polly is 59 years of age. Lester Woolever and his children by his recently deceased wife, Phebe Blakely, live in the Blakely household. In 1865, Nathaniel Blakely leased his original 28 acre property to Montgomery & Cowdry, bought another, larger property, and then in 1869 sold the 28 acre property and his interest in the Blakely & Woolever business property to Lester Woolever. By the 1870 Census, Nathaniel had acquired additional land and returned to farming. The 1870 Census enumerates Nathaniel and Polly living in Madison, Ohio, together with son Birum's family. Nathaniel has property worth $5000, and he, Birum, and son Harlow, who lives next door, are all listed as farmers. In 1873, Nathaniel sold his property and purchased a new farm just outside the southwest boundary of Madison Village.
Polly Law Blakely died December 30, 1874, in Madison, Lake County, Ohio. Probate records list the cause of her death as general debility. After Polly died, Nathaniel continued to live with his son, Birum, and daughter-in-law, Louise (Martin) Blakely, in Madison, and appears in the 1880 United States Census. Nathaniel Blakely died June 12, 1883, in Madison, Lake County, Ohio, with a cause listed as paralysis (probably a stroke).
In regard to Nathaniel Blakely's death, the Painesville Telegraph, June 14, 1883, reports: "Mr. Nathaniel Blakely had a shock of paralysis Monday morning," and then on June 21, 1883:
Died in Madison, June 12, Mr. Nathaniel Blakely, aged 85. Born in Pawlet, Vermont, in 1798, moved to York State when twenty-one, and from there moved to Madison and purchased the Grist Mill at Grand River, of Arthur [sic] Trumbull, and run the mill a number of years. He was a faithful member of the Congregational Church and has gone to claim the crown that is promised to the faithful. Mr. Blakely was loved by most everybody as one of their family. He had five sons and three daughters. One son, Rev. David Blakely, residing in Iowa, Harlow residing near the old homestead, Nathaniel living in Wisconsin. His only daughter living is the wife of Mr. F. E. Gill, who resides on the farm formerly owned by deceased. All the sons and daughters and their wives and husbands are members of God's family.
Nathaniel and Polly Blakely, surrounded by several of their children's graves, are buried in Fairview Cemetery, Madison, Lake County, Ohio. The graves are marked with large granite monuments. Consistent with their distinguished ancestry, the descendants of Nathaniel and Polly contributed to Madison, Lake County, and other communities in many ways, as the following excerpts about a few of them indicate.
A note concerning their son, Rev. David Blakely, from The Iowa Recorder, Wednesday, October 2, 1929:
The Diamond Jubilee, 75th anniversary of the founding of the Presbyterian church was celebrated Sunday, September 29, by all day and evening services, and a picnic noonday luncheon in the church dining room. ... The first minister was Rev. David Blakely, who with his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McCrery and Mrs. Emily Strong, constituted the first membership enrollment September 16, 1854. The meetings were held in the Blakely home and the old log school house until the first church was built in 1867. . . .
In regard to another son, Harlow W. Blakely, The History of the Western Reserve , (H.T. Upton, Vol. III, page 1869) notes:
Harlow W. Blakely was a son of Nathaniel and Polly (Law) Blakely, the former born at Pawlet, Vermont, and the latter at Wells, Vermont. Harlow W. Blakely was born in Gainesville, Wyoming county, New York, June 28, 1844, and came to Ohio with his parents at the age of ten years. He received a common school education. At the age of eighteen years he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and after being in the service of his country for one year and a half was shot by a musket-ball at Chickamauga, and received his discharge in consequence of the disability resulting therefrom. After his marriage he took up a homestead in Nebraska, but returned to carry on his farm in Madison Township, having purchased the same from his father, and where he resided until 1909. He served the public as township trustee and assessor and was known as a public spirited citizen; politically he was a Republican. He was a member of the board of trustees which purchased the Township Park on Lake Erie. He was an active church worker and a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Madison until his death, which occurred June 6, 1910, as an indirect result of the wound received in the war. Mr. Blakely married Alta C. Follett, April 5, 1870, who was a splendid woman, unusually energetic and capable, very much devoted to her family and interested in church work. Two children, Stella C., wife of Thomas H. Clark, of Ashtabula, Ohio, and Elbert F. were born of this marriage.
Harlow W. and Alta (Follett) Blakely's son Elbert Follett Blakely is also mentioned in The History of the Western Reserve (Vol. III; Upton, Harriet Taylor; page 1869):
Elbert F. Blakely passed his boyhood in his native town, and received a high school education. He taught school one year and then took a course in law at the University of Michigan, graduating in the class of 1896; since 1897 he has been in practice at Painesville. During the Spanish war Mr. Blakely served as corporal in Company M, Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was stationed at Tampa and Fernandina, Florida. Later he was elected captain of Company M, Fifth Regiment Ohio National Guard, in which rank he served from 1900 until 1902, when he resigned on account of pressure of business. Mr. Blakely was elected prosecuting attorney in 1903 for three years, was re-elected for two years, and is now serving a third term. The present firm of Alvord & Blakely has been in existence since April, 1909, and has a very large clientele of the best class in Lake and surrounding counties. Mr. Blakely has had a successful career as a prosecuting attorney and has been a zealous public officer. He is a past noble grand of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is also affiliated with the Sons of Veterans and the Knighted Order of Tented Maccabees. He is greatly interested in athletics and especially the national pastime, and attends a baseball game whenever his duties leave him opportunity.
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New clinical studies indicate an experimental vaccine could protect women from cervical cancer.
Erika Klein volunteered to test the cervical cancer vaccine -- getting a total of three shots in six months.
"They were very easy. I didn't experience any side effects."
Preliminary results from the clinical trials show the shots are effective. Four years ago, 1,100 women were given the vaccine or a placebo. Of those who got the actual vaccine and followed through the whole trial, none have any pre-cancerous growths today. Of those who received the placebo, at least 12 did develop lesions that can become cancerous.
Dr. Diane Harper of Dartmouth Medical School says more trials are needed to confirm the result, but this appears to be a major development in preventing cancer.
DR. DIANE HARPER
"This is incredibly exciting. There is no other gynecologic cancer or any cancer in the human body that can be completely prevented from a vaccine, in the way that cervical cancer can be."
Cervical cancer is caused by the most common sexually transmitted virus -- the Human Papilloma Virus, known as HPV. At some point in their lives, most women are infected with it. Normally their bodies can protect themselves. But sometimes the virus can rage out of control -- triggering cancer.
The new vaccine introduces the body to a harmless bit of the virus. That spurs the immune system to make antibodies against it. Once that happens, if the virus appears again, the body will fight it off. The U.S. government could approve the vaccine in the next two years. It would then be administered to girls between the ages of 10 and 12-years-old -- before they become sexually active and risk infection.
Many parents say they would want their daughters to be vaccinated.
WOMAN ON STREET #1:
"I would want her to have every opportunity to be protected."
WOMAN ON STREET #2:
"I would vaccinate against every kind of cancer if I could."
WOMAN ON STREET #3:
"If they have a vaccine that could save lives in the long run, I think it's something worth looking into. Definitely."
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Vincent Valentine, founder of The Telephone Museum, shares another story about the early days of the telephone in Lowell:
Charles Glidden and his brother Clark were struck with amazement at how adolescent boys can wreak havoc simply for the sake of wreaking havoc, no matter what the strict rules were at the Lowell Telephone Exchange in 1878.
It was a stormy day and telephone lines were susceptible to the rainy environment their paths took to the exchange. While the statically distorted calls were a great disruption to communications, they were a source of entertainment for the boy operators who typically broke out into impromptu wrestling matches. Amid the shenanigans that were telephone switchboard operations of the day, Charles remarked to Clark that female telegraph office dispatchers would probably be better suited as telephone switchboard operators than are the boys.
After the rain stopped and the telephone wires dried up, Charles called his friend and business associate, Alexander Graham Bell, to discuss the use of female telephone operators. Shortly after, Emma Nutt and her sister Stella became the first two female telephone operators in the world.
Charles Jasper Glidden (August 29, 1857 – September 11, 1927) was an American telephone pioneer, financier and supporter of the automobile in the United States. Charles Glidden, with his wife Lucy, were the first (in 1902) to circle the world in an automobile, and repeated the feat in 1908. – from Wikipedia | <urn:uuid:3aa3d46d-1593-4bd9-8b9b-2668a2c7c7a9> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://richardhowe.com/2016/01/07/the-telephone-in-lowell-there-were-days-and-then-there-were-days/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280761.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00096-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977104 | 288 | 2.625 | 3 |
Emerson announces extended ‘I Love STEM’ campaign with YouTube star Hank Green to build awareness and excitement around Science, Technology, Engineering and Math careers
ST. LOUIS (April 27, 2016) – Demand for scientists and engineers has never been stronger, but many young people in the U.S. are avoiding science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) because they don’t understand the opportunities, according to a new survey released today by Emerson (NYSE:EMR).
The survey* revealed that 42 percent of respondents would have considered a career in STEM fields had they better understood a potential career path, and one-third of respondents didn’t pursue a STEM career because it seemed too hard. Additionally, women were significantly more likely than men to avoid a career in STEM because they were afraid they wouldn’t succeed.
These findings demonstrate an ongoing need to educate young people on the vast opportunities that can await STEM-educated college graduates as they enter the workforce. To help address this need, Emerson today announced an extension of its groundbreaking “I Love STEM” campaign, a multimedia initiative focused on showing the connections between today’s innovations and the scientists and engineers behind them. YouTube star and self-proclaimed “science nerd” Hank Green will continue in his role as a high-profile spokesperson for the marketing and social media initiative.
“Scientists and engineers power human progress, and STEM education drives these incredibly important careers,” said Emerson Chief Marketing Officer Kathy Button Bell. “Emerson is committed to reaching out to the young people who will become leaders and innovators for Emerson, our customers and other organizations around the globe. We saw a tremendous response to I Love STEM last year, and we’re looking forward to turning up the volume over the year to come.”
Despite confusion about STEM career paths, most adults surveyed had high opinions of engineers, with 65 percent of respondents agreeing that engineers are creative, and only 30 percent viewing engineers as perfectionists.
Emerson has a long history of supporting STEM education initiatives. While I Love STEM is the highest-profile campaign the company has supported to date, it maintains strong commitments to STEM and robotics programs in communities across the U.S.
Green is well-known for his YouTube channels Vlogbrothers, Crash Course and SciShow, which combined have more than 10 million YouTube subscribers, nearly 2 billion video views, and nearly 4,200 videos.
“STEM education is a topic that is near and dear to Emerson, and we’ve made a real difference over the past year in raising awareness with I Love STEM,” Button Bell said. “The new survey shows that we have more work to do to help reduce misunderstandings about science and math fields. We’re glad to continue this important work in the months to come.”
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets around the world. The company is comprised of five business segments: Process Management, Industrial Automation, Network Power, Climate Technologies, and Commercial & Residential Solutions. Sales in fiscal 2015 were $22.3 billion. For more information, visit Emerson.com.
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However, with overuse, resistance to these drugs has become a real problem. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned in its April report that common infections may soon become killers unless we take action in a more efficient way.
In its first global review of drug resistance, WHO studied data from 114 countries and concluded that resistance to antibiotics is a serious threat to public health worldwide. Researchers specifically looked at so-called “last resort” drugs. These drugs included ones which fight off bacteria like sepsis or bloodstream infections, pneumonia, diarrhea, urinary tract infections and gonorrhea. They also examined resistance to medicine needed in the treatment of more serious infections like HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and influenza. Together, they provided the biggest picture of drug resistance to date. And it’s not a pretty one.
Dr. Keiji Fukuda, assistant director-general for WHO’s Health Security, told Medical News Today, “Without urgent, coordinated action by many stakeholders, the world is headed for a post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and minor injuries which have been treatable for decades can once again kill.”
Fukuda says we need to put more focus on the prevention of common illnesses and change how we produce, prescribe and use antibiotics. Antibiotics should be a last resort when fighting off an infection, not the first thought that comes to mind. As a doctor, whose patients come frequently with symptoms of cold and flu expecting a quick prescription, I have to agree. We’ve come to rely on pills instead of making the effort and taking good steps to prevent illness.
Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria develops into strains that are no longer affected by the drugs designed to kill them. When antibiotics were first introduced in the 1940s, resistance was next to nothing because the use of them to treat infections was new and people had not yet developed a tolerance to the medication. Fast-forward to modern day and there are now places in the world where antibiotic treatment is completely ineffective in more than half of patients, according to WHO officials.
The global health report pointed out that many countries lack the ability to track and monitor antibiotic resistance. The drugs are prescribed as a fast way to attack an infection and provide relief, but the resistance is not addressed – so the drugs are working less (sometimes not at all) and the initial infection becomes stubborn and doesn’t clear up. The new report also urged policymakers to promote and regulate the use of drugs, strengthen the tracking of antibiotic resistance and increase the overall capacity of laboratories. The sharing of new ideas to prevent and treat illness among all stakeholders was also stressed, which makes a lot of sense.
There are going to be times when you simply need a round of antibiotics, so when this happens, you need to make sure you complete the full dose, even if symptoms go away. Also make sure that you never share antibiotics or use prescriptions left over from a previous treatment.
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Saint Peter's Square Map (Piazza San Pietro)
Saint Peter's Square (Italian: Piazza San Pietro) is located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave within Rome (the Piazza borders to the East the rione of Borgo).The open space which lies before the basilica was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as an appropriate forecourt, designed "so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the fade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace" (Norwich 1975 p 175).
Saint Peter's Square
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Bernini had been working on the interior of St. Peter's for decades; now he gave order to the space with his renowned colonnades, using the Tuscan form of Doric, the simplest order in the classical vocabulary, not to compete with the palace-like fa?ade by Carlo Maderno, but he employed it on an unprecedented colossal scale to suit the space and evoke emotions awe.
The site's possibilities were under many constraints from existing structures (illustration, right). The massed accretions of the Vatican Palace crowded the space to the right of the basilica's facade; the structures needed to be masked without obscuring the papal apartments. The obelisk marked a center, and a granite fountain by Carlo Maderno stood to one side: Bernini made the fountain appear to be one of the foci of the ellipse embraced by his colonnades and eventually matched it on the other side, in 1675, just five years before his death. The trapezoidal shape of the piazza, which creates a heightened perspective for a visitor leaving the basilica and has been praised as a masterstroke of Baroque theater (illustration, below right), is largely a product of site constraints.
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The colossal Tuscan colonnades, four columns deep, frame the trapezoidal entrance to the basilica and the massive elliptical area which precedes it. The ellipse's long axis, parallel to the basilica's facade, creates a pause in the sequence of forward movements that is characteristic of a Baroque monumental approach. The colonnades define the piazza. The elliptical center of the piazza, which contrasts with the trapezoidal entrance, encloses the visitor with "the maternal arms of Mother Church" in Bernini's expression. On the south side, the colonnades define and formalize the space, with the Barberini Gardens still rising to a skyline of umbrella pines. On the north side, the colonnade masks an assortment of Vatican structures; the upper stories of the Vatican Palace rise above.
At the center of the ellipse stands an Egyptian obelisk of red granite, 25.5 meters tall, supported on bronze lions and surmounted by the Chigi arms in bronze, in all 41 meters to the cross on its top. It was originally erected at Heliopolis by an unknown pharaoh of the Fifth dynasty of Egypt. The Emperor Augustus had it moved to the Julian Forum of Alexandria, where it stood until year 37 A.D., when Caligula ordered the forum demolished and the obelisk transferred to Rome. He placed it in the center of the Circus, where it would preside over Nero's countless brutal games and Christian executions. It was moved to its current site in 1586 by the engineer-architect Domenico Fontana under the direction of Pope Sixtus V; the engineering feat of re-erecting its vast weight was memorialized in a suite of engravings (illustrated right). The Vatican Obelisk is the only obelisk in Rome that has not toppled since ancient Roman times. During the Middle Ages, the gilt ball on top of the obelisk was believed to contain the ashes of Julius Caesar. Fontana later removed the ancient metal ball, now in a Rome museum, that stood atop the obelisk and found only dust. Though Bernini had no influence in the erection of the obelisk, he did use it as the centerpiece of his magnificent piazza.
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The paving is varied by radiating lines in travertine, to relieve what might otherwise be a sea of cobblestones. In 1817 circular stones were set to mark the tip of the obelisk's shadow at noon as the sun entered each of the signs of the zodiac, making the obelisk a gigantic sundial's gnomon. Below is a view of St. Peter's Square from the cupola (the top of the dome) which was taken in June, 2007.
St. Peter's Square today can be reached from the Ponte Sant'Angelo along the grand approach of the Via della Conciliazione (in honor of the Lateran Treaty of 1929). The spina which once occupied this grand avenue leading to the square was demolished ceremonially by Benito Mussolini himself on October 23, 1936 and was completely demolished by October 8, 1937. St. Peter's Basilica was now freely visible from the Castel Sant Angelo. The effect of its demolition, however, was to destroy the characteristic Baroque surprise. The Via della Conciliazione was completed in time for the Great Jubilee of 1950.
Rome is genuinely unique in its history and splendor, creating a pristine setting for any activity. The citys splendor awakes during a day of following Rome's history into the past. The luminous pure white classical architecture of the city turns golden at sunset. As the descend darkness hits the streets, the light of the shining rooftops draws the eye upwards. Some of Rome¡¯s impressive and magnanimous buildings, such as St. Peter's Basilica, face toward the west to catch the fading rays. This permits visitors and residents to bask in the glorious experience of a true Roman monument until the final moments of the waning sun. Especially on a hot day, sundown is an ideal time to discover the cities many marvels. Rome at Sunset Rome Take a tour of Rome at Sunset in Italy part of the Worlds Greatest Attractions travel video series by GeoBeats. We do not accept any payment from businesses featured on geobeats.com unless indicated otherwise. | <urn:uuid:dc4731f4-83a7-4943-a0b9-9caebf31e5a2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.globalcitymap.com/italy/saint-peter-square-map.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281419.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00483-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944219 | 1,338 | 2.9375 | 3 |
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"Acid-Base Equilibrium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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by FAS grad Christina Cooper
by FAS grad Pam Rice
by FAS grad Robert Heindel
by FAS grad Charles Reid
by FAS instructor Dolph LeMoult
The digital textbook for the Famous Artists Cartooning Course is the rebirth of a classic! Created by the giants of cartooning, it has such a solid-gold pedigree we reissued it without modernizing the text. It offers you practical teaching that is the closest thing to actually sitting in the cartoonist’s studio.
Our Cartooning Course was envisioned, created, and illustrated by the giants of classic cartooning. Their names are familiar to both cartoon aficionados and anyone who’s read the funny papers over the years: Rube Goldberg, Milton Caniff, Al Capp, Whitney Darrow Jr., Willard Mullin, Harry Haenigsen, Peter Wells, and more.
Because this classic Course has such a solid-gold pedigree, we are reissuing it without updating or modernizing. It contains references which may seem old-fashioned—but don’t be distracted. The meat of the instruction—practical instruction that gives you the closest thing to actually sitting in the cartoonist’s studio and watching him demonstrate his techniques—is timeless and just as fresh as when it was first created.
From their vast experience—and with the humor that characterized everything they drew—the masters of cartooning who created this Course will teach you, step-by-step, what you need to know to become a successful cartoonist yourself. As you work through these lessons, studying and practicing, you’ll acquire the tools to express your own creative talent.
Whether you’re interested in advertising, humor, or editorial cartooning – or even manga and anime – you’ll find inspiration and practical instruction in these lessons created by masters of the art of cartooning.
In Cartooning Book 1 (of the three-volume Course), you’ll jump right to the important basics: how to ink, the comic head, the figure, anatomy, pretty girls, figures in action, clothes and folds, and special types. Later volumes will deal with form, perspective, props, animals, kids, and much more.
Each of the ten chapters in Book 1 includes exercises for practice.
Getting started • Turning your cartoons into dollars • Meeting your teachers • How to study • How your work will be criticized and graded • Suggestions on sketching, working space, and starting a file morgue • Materials and their uses • How to scale drawings • Starting to letter • Drawing for reproduction • Engraving processes and a note on neatness
Chapter 1—The comic head
How to draw the comic head from all angles • Varying the position of the features to create different characters • Facial expressions and head gestures • How to draw girls’ heads • Hair on the head • Changing the shape of the head
Chapter 2—The comic figure
How to draw active cartoon figures with the simple gesture, action sketch, or stick figure • Giving solid form to cartoon figures • The basic form figure and its parts • Action of torso, arms, and legs • Foreshortening explained • Step-by-step procedure in drawing a cartoon figure • Clothing tips
Chapter 3—Inking head and figure
Holding and using the pen • Basic pen lines • Brush drawing • Procedure: a method for inking the ad and figure • How to use the tools • Patterns and blacking in • How to correct mistakes • Dos and don’ts
Chapter 4—The head in detail
Developing you style • Basic expressions • How to draw the eye • The nose • The mouth and chin • The ear • Hair on the head and face • How your Faculty combines the features for their cartoon characters • Dos and don’ts
Chapter 5—The figure in detail
How your Faculty puts figures together • How to draw hands that help you tell your story • How to draw feet and shoes in action • Practice drawing in a panel with simple backgrounds
Anatomy made painless for cartoonists • The movement of the spine • The four muscle groups: back, chest, arm, and leg muscles in action • Proportions of the male and female figures • Tips on drawing action and clothing the figure • Important things to remember
Chapter 7—Pretty girls
How to draw pretty girls and where and why • The cartoon girl based on life • Proportions • How to draw her head: three types • The hairdo • The breasts and torso • The hips • How to draw her legs • Tricks with feet and shoes • Tips on the cartoon girl in action
Chapter 8—Action and the figure
Making your ideas alive with figures in exciting action • Balance • Realistic action • Balance-in-action • Action or speed lines • The chase • Sock and smack • Faculty examples of figures in action
Chapter 9—Clothes and folds
Realistic wrinkles to give authenticity to your cartoon figures • The seven types of folds • Draping the male and female figures • Cloth in action: examples by your Faculty of simplification and drawing cloth
Chapter 10—Special Types
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A helping hand
Scott Edman has a big sweet tooth that needs satisfying and a bird feeder that needs frequent filling. Both tasks require a trip to the grocery store at least one a week.
Because physical injuries prevent him from driving, getting to a store is difficult.
In the past he could call in an order to New London's grocery store,
The Big Store, and employees would deliver groceries to him.
They even put the groceries away in the cupboard. But when the town's only grocery store closed last month, Edman -- like many other residents in town -- was stuck.
"It hurt me. It hurt a lot of people," said Edman, 62, who lives at Glen Oaks Care Center. "When you don't have a grocery store in town, you don't have a town," he said.
Much of New London's population is elderly and, like Edman, had shopped at the Big Store all their lives.
When the tight economy caused the store to close, residents with limited mobility were in a tailspin.
But Edman is now buying his groceries in neighboring Spicer. He gets there by riding a free, handicapped-accessible bus that's made possible by the New London American Legion.
"It's so handy. You get on the bus and they help you get the food," said Edman, who speculated that the bus driver would probably even cook the food for him if he asked.
Dale Peterson, a member of the Legion who initiated the bus sponsorship, said he wanted to find a way to help New London residents with a basic need -- getting to a store to buy groceries.
Many people relied on the Big Store and don't have transportation to get elsewhere. Peterson's own 93-year-old mother used to ride her electric cart for two blocks from her home to the Big Store. "It's devastating for the town not to have a grocery store," Peterson said.
The Legion pays Peterson Bus Service to pick up New London residents at their homes and take them to Jahnke Foods in Spicer every Tuesday and Friday.
"We're happy to provide the service," said Stephanie Francis, transportation manager at Peterson Bus. The fee they charge the Legion for the bus, which has a wheelchair lift, is enough to "cover our costs," she said.
The bus has made just a handful of trips so far, with one to three people riding each time.
"We want to see people ride it," Peterson said. "It's on a schedule to go."
Edman said more people should be taking advantage of the free service. He's ridden the bus to Spicer three times so far and he plans to go again next week.
Darryl Jahnke, manager of Jahnke Foods, said he welcomes all new customers that the Legion bus is bringing, but said it was not good that the New London grocery store closed. "It's sad to see any store go. It is. It's just sad," Jahnke said.
Peterson said the Legion will continue to pay for the twice-a-week bus trips to Spicer until a grocery store opens again in New London. "New London certainly needs a grocery store," Peterson said.
That sentiment is echoed by Steve Renquist, director of the Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar Economic Development Authority, who has been talking to a number of different business owners and entrepreneurs who've "shown some interest" in getting a grocery store back in business in New London.
He's also been working with financial institutions to develop an attractive financing package.
There have been plenty of rumors flying around town for weeks about the Big Store reopening, but so there's been nothing confirmed.
The current owner, Brian Hedtke, said Tuesday he's trying to sell the store.
Renquist said he thinks there's a strong enough market in New London to support a grocery store again.
"I honestly believe we have a market, and we're looking for a grocer to step in and take advantage of the business market." But he said something should happen before people's buying habits change permanently.
In the meantime, Renquist said he's "delighted" that the New London Legion is "helping their public out."
If a grocery store does open again in New London, Renquist said he hopes residents "bend over backwards to give it a chance." The inconvenience of not having a grocery store in town may be enough of an incentive for people to patronize the local store when it does reopen, he said.
New London residents who live within a mile of town who want to ride the American Legion-sponsored bus to Jahnke Foods in Spicer can call Peterson Bus Service at 320-354-2414.
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School Background Variables. Comparative Study of Phase IV IGE Evaluation Project. Phase IV, Project Paper 80-7.
Nerenz, Anne G.; And Others
This is one of a series of reports which provide definitions of and descriptive data on the variables used in the Comparative Study of Phase IV of the Individually Guided Education (IEG) Evaluation Project. Phase IV investigated three curriculum programs specifically designed to be compatible with instructional programming for the individual student: (1) the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skills Development (WDRSD); (2) Developing Mathematical Processes (DMP); and (3) Prereading Skills (PRS). Information on instructional methods and pupil outcomes for grades 2 and 5 was collected from achievement monitoring and domain referenced tests, teacher logs, and classroom observations. Information on background, organizational, and program variables came from questionnaires completed during structured interviews with principals, unit leaders, and teachers. This paper focuses on six background variables: Demographic Background, Teacher Experience, Interorganizational Relations, Procedures Fostering Coordination and Development of the School Program, Intraorganizational Structure, and General Implementation of the Instructional Programming Model. For each variable, the report includes a verbal definition, a list of the questionnaire items from which the variable was developed, a detailed explanation of the scaling procedures, and a description of the distribution of the variable in the 19 participating schools. (Author/BS).
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools, Grade 2, Grade 5, Individualized Instruction, Institutional Characteristics, Mathematics Instruction, Program Implementation, Programed Instruction, Questionnaires, Rating Scales, Reading Instruction, School Organization, School Surveys
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: N/A
Sponsor: National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC.
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Indonesia Committed to Building Inclusive Economy, Harmonious Human: President Jokowi
Indonesia committed to establishing an inclusive economy and harmonious relations between human beings and the environment and to being adaptable to face crises, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said.
“The ratification of the Job Creation Law or Omnibus Law is a big step to facilitate business licensing and provide tax incentives to attract investment, particularly labor-intensive industries and digital economy,” the President said at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Special Virtual on Indonesia through a video conference from the Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java Province, Wednesday (25/11).
According to the President, Indonesia also remains committed to a more sustainable and greener economy, adding that the economic recovery measures must also consider environment protection.
“The protection of tropical forests will be our priority to combat climate change,” he said.
The President went on to say Indonesia has made several breakthroughs, including utilizing biodiesel B30, developing D100 Green Diesel using100 percent palm oil with an amount of 1 million tons of palm oil produced by local farmers, installing hundreds of thousands of Solar Power Plants (PLTs), and processing nickel ore into lithium battery that can be used in cell phones and electric cars.
“All these measures will create new job opportunities that will also contribute to energy development,” he said.
On that occasion, the President also said that 2021 will become a year full of opportunities for the country to participate in reviving the global economy.
Indonesia, he added, also continues to push the world by building a better investment ecosystem through the improvements of regulatory and bureaucratic ecosystems on a large scale, providing incentives for investment in accordance with predetermined priorities, and ensuring stable social and political conditions.
“I am calling on the world community to join and invest in Indonesia in order to build an inclusive, sustainable and resilient future,” he said. (BPMI/UN) (RIF/EP) | <urn:uuid:cc9ede26-a8ec-4042-b489-75bdb73fe631> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://setkab.go.id/en/indonesia-commits-building-inclusive-economy-harmonious-human-president-jokowi/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.935617 | 423 | 1.953125 | 2 |
Obama-Care 3.8% Tax on Real Estate Sales?
Beginning January 1, 2013, the 3.8% tax on some investment income will take effect. The most common misconception is that it is a 3.8% tax on real estate sales. Untrue. It is not a transfer tax and will not be imposed on all real estate transactions.
3.8% Tax: Who is Affected and How Much Will You Owe?
- Individuals with more than $200,000 adjusted gross income (AGI)
- Couples with more than $250,000 AGI, filing a joint return
Types of Income Subject to the Tax:
- Net Rental Income
- Capital Gains (less capital losses)
The new tax applies to the LESSER of:
- Investment income amount
- Excess of AGI over the $200,000 or $250,000 threshold
Example: Sale of Principal Residence
John and Mary sold their principal residence and realized a gain of $525,000. They have $325,000 AGI (before adding the taxable gain).
The current tax law allows exclusion of capital gain on the sale of a primary residence in the amount of up to $250,000 for individuals and up to $500,000 for married couples. The new 3.8% tax would only be imposed on the gain over this threshold amount, and even then it would depend on the other components of the AGI.
The 3.8% tax applies to whichever is less: the total investment income or the amount that the AGI exceeds the high-income threshold ($200,000 or $250,000). In John and Mary’s example, the following facts apply:
AGI before Taxable Gain: $325,000
Gain on Sale of Residence: $525,000
Taxable Gain added to AGI: $25,000 ($525,000 sale price minus the $500,000 capital gains exclusion)
New AGI: $350,000 ($325,000 + $25,000)
Excess of AGI over $250,000: $100,000 ($350,000 AGI – $250,000 threshold)
$25,000 taxable gain is less than the $100,000 excess of AGI over $250,000, so the tax applies to $25,000.
Tax Due: $950 ($25,000 x 3.8%)
NAR Brochure Illustrates 8 Scenarios
If it is still clear as mud, this should help. The National Association of Realtors has produced a 10-page brochure that explains in plain language how the tax might apply under these eight scenarios:
- The sale of a principal residence
- Sale of a non-real estate asset
- Gain, interest, and dividend from securities
- Real estate investment income
- Rental income as sole source of earnings
- Sale of second home with no rental use
- Sale of inherited investment property
- Purchase and sale of investment property
Download the PDF for easy-to-understand examples of these scenarios, and please consult with your tax adviser to be sure you understand how the tax applies to your personal situation. | <urn:uuid:e436d21e-9833-489e-a551-134c2b5f3079> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.saradaryl.com/obama-care-3-8-tax-on-real-estate-sales/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284411.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00454-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924436 | 670 | 1.851563 | 2 |
Recent Tutoring Session Reviews
"Today we focused on vocabulary and reading strategies. We are working on reading problems and passages carefully, while looking at the entire passage. We discussed this and practiced finding details in a story. In math, we finished finding area of irregular shapes and discussed what we feel needs to be reviewed based on her notes, confidence levels, and practice test. We identified percentage word problems, fractions and decimals, and operations with integers as the skills that still need practice. For homework, I assigned her a synonyms quiz."
"The student and I went over the questions he got wrong on a math section and a verbal section. He only got three wrong on the math, so I am not worried about his performance in that area. He did well with the verbal too, getting less than 10 wrong. Ideally his work on roots, suffixes, and prefixes will help that. We started going over a reading section together. He did well when he didn't use his own thoughts/ideas to answer the questions. I really made clear to him the importance of making sure the answer is in the passage, if not word for word than a very close paraphrase. I asked him to finish the reading section, as well as the other math section and another verbal section for our next session in January."
"Today we started by going over fraction to solidify what we had gone over earlier in the week. We hadn't talked about dividing fractions, so we used that as the way to talk about the aspects we wanted to practice. This included reducing, multiplying and turning mixed numbers into improper fractions. These are all related to the operation we were trying to do, so it was a perfect way to practice what we had done. The student needed a lot of reassurance to start, but she ended doing everything independently by the end of the first hour and a half. At her request, we spent the rest of our time practicing with sets. We went over the concept of what a set is, and what we do with them. We used the flashcards as our starting point to talk about intersection, union, subsets, the empty set, and patterns. She grasped onto these concepts with ease and worked through the problems really well." | <urn:uuid:a8ab651d-1cc6-4a09-8e58-cfaebb5fbca0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.varsitytutors.com/hoffman_estates-il-ssat-tutoring | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281649.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00441-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983157 | 456 | 2.90625 | 3 |
"These prices are unheard of! They are worse than the Ramadan heat wave," says Aisha, cradle in hand, sheltering from the blazing sun in Tunis' central market during the Muslim fasting month.
It is Tunisia's first Ramadan under an Islamist government, which promised to rein in food prices when it came to power seven months ago but has yet to do so, and poor Tunisians are struggling to cope.
"This year everything is expensive; the prices have hit all-time highs," complains the housewife, as she eyes the well-stocked shelves, whose contents remain largely out of her price range.
"People can only look and go on their way," says Aisha, adding that for iftar, the evening meal when Muslim's break their fast, she is forced to feed her family a plate of kadhab, any sort of vegetarian poor-man's dish without protein.
Amid the cries of market traders and the pungent smell of fish, disadvantaged Tunisians wander round the stalls searching for affordable food.
"One kilo of lemons today, at four dinars (two euros/$2.46), is eight times more expensive than before Ramadan! It's a disgrace," says Souha, blaming the speculators who profit from the hunger that follows the day-long fast.
"Briks without lemon during Ramadan, there's no point!" she adds, referring to a Tunisian dessert widely-eaten during Ramadan.
Selima, a textile worker, says: "With my budget of 160 dinars (90 euros) I could get by for the month, but this year I've spent it all in the first week."
At the end of April, Prime Minister Hamadi Jabali pledged to bring down the cost of consumer goods before Ramadan, but it was a promise that rang hollow as prices continued to climb.
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What is supposed to be a period of abstinence for Muslims, the holy month often paradoxically leads to a frenzy of consumer demand and price hikes.
In a bid to curb price speculation, the authorities deployed monitors, but they have met with hostility from some traders. Even so, more than a thousand offenses were recorded in the first five days of Ramadan.
"The government must do what is necessary to contain high prices and increase salaries, otherwise it will be punished in the next elections," says Mohammed, a civil servant.
"What is more important than allowing people to eat during Ramadan?" he asks, recalling that last year's revolution, which ousted dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, was sparked by frustration at the poverty and precarious livelihoods of so many Tunisians.
"People sacrificed their lives. We have a government and elected MPs, but the prices have not fallen one iota," says his wife Nabila, who works in a bank.
The coalition government, formed after the first post-uprising poll in October, has raised the minimum monthly salary to around 150 euros, and talks over public and private sector pay increases are in their early stages.
But for now, the cost of living is frequently satirised in the media, with newspapers devoting entire sections to the problem of high food prices and sometimes offering cheap recipes to help people make ends meet.
"You have to secure a bank loan to make chakchouka" these days, quipped one radio commentator recently, referring to a highly popular, spicy dish made of tomatoes, onions, eggs and peppers.
Tunisia went into recession last year, and despite recovering in 2012, the economy remains fragile. Unemployment, which spurred many of the revolutionaries into action, hovers at around 19 percent.
The Ben Ali regime repeatedly claimed that less than four percent of the country's population lived in poverty, but after the revolution it emerged that this was a gross underestimate, the real figure estimated at almost a quarter. | <urn:uuid:9c770753-bc28-4ea9-a631-6056d799414a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.yourmiddleeast.com/news/tunisians-face-costly-first-ramadan-under-islamist-government_8560 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281226.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00384-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969827 | 803 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Welcome to this week’s Feel Good Friday!
A 6th grader found her talent with baking during the pandemic. And now, she’s using her talents to help her fellow students.
Keena Schroeder has a cheesecake business called Bug’s Bakery, Bug is her nickname.
She and her dad started thinking of ways to use the money and she decided to take 5-dollars from the sale of each cheesecake and donating it to her school district’s Hunger Hero Campaign.
“He kind of brought up the hunger heroes, which is like, it’s a campaign to raise money for kids who can’t afford school lunches. And I thought that sounded really good, especially because it’s like food, and I make cheesecake.
Keena presented a check of 1-thousand dollars to the school board this week.
A Navy war veteran from Florida has a birthday story to tell for the rest of his life.
81-Year-old Wayne Foit figured he’d show his 78-year-old war buddy the sights in Volusia County and what better way than a peaceful canoe trip for a birthday gift.
But as the pair were heading back to the canoe site the tide suddenly picked up and swept them miles away.
At one point the canoe overturned, and the men were thrown into the water.
They managed to get back in, but the canoe was water logged.
Foit, who lost his leg in an accident 7 years ago suddenly had an idea.
“I took my prosthetic off and I used that as a bailing cup cuz we didn’t have nothing to bail with. ”
You had to bail the water out with your prosthetic.
“This one right there this one yea.”
They were stuck out on the water for more than 24 hours.
Police Chief, Tom Grimaldi, says the team finally found the two blocked by debris in a tributary.
“We were were able to use like a bedsheet to wrap them in and we carried them out that way. ”
“That was the best birthday present I ever had, seeing the police come? and the guys coming down the hill (laughs)”
Paramedics checked them out and other than a few bumps and bruises said they were fine.
Two chefs are hoping their new cookbook will help those who have lost their taste and smell due to the Coronavirus.
The book is called Taste and Flavor.
These two British cooks say they engineered their recipes to aid those with a missing or distorted sense of smell.
Their recipes, aim to stimulate a nerve which triggers sensations when eating.
Some of those foods include mint, wasabi and cinnamon.
In the recipes, they avoid foods like garlic, onions and even chocolate because to those missing a normal sense of smell those foods can taste awful.
You can get a free digital copy from Life Kitchen.
And speaking of taste Busch is offering 20-thousand dollars for your dog to drink beer.
Well, not exactly real beer but the brand’s special dog brew. A canine friendly alcohol free Bone Broth.
The company launched it last year and now wants to expand so they’re looking for an official Dog Brew Taster.
If your pup is picked he or she will become the new Chief Tasting Officer.
The gig comes with a 20-thousand dollar check, pet insurance and free Dog Brew.
To apply, post a picture of your dog on social media along with their qualifications and the hashtag Busch CTO Contest.
That’s all for this week’s Feel Good Friday.
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According to the position published on February 27th, 2018, by the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers, the introduction of mandatory electronic sick leaves is a step in the progressive direction of digitalisation of the healthcare which must be assessed positively. From July 1st, 2018, the only effective form of issuing a sick leave will be an electronic document. Until now, doctors have had a choice between writing a traditional sick leave on paper or writing an electronic sick leave entry in the IT system.
In the last edition of the survey on the largest barriers for doing business in Poland, entrepreneurs of the SME sector put legal instability first, followed by excessive bureaucratic obligations and high labour costs. The research was carried out by Maison&Partners on behalf of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers.
Another trade organisation joined the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers lately – the Union of Railway Employers. The organization established in 2001 has been operating since 2001 and currently has 30 members – companies belonging to the URE employ as of now approximately 90 thousand people.
Entrepreneurs do not show a radical change in their economic sentiments – the latest results of the Busometer ZPP Index amounted to 44.67 points. This outcome is similar to the results from the second half of 2017. The results of the latest Busometr survey indicate that entrepreneurs from the SME sector have a rather neutral attitude towards the government’s economic policy. | <urn:uuid:8d6bad84-831a-4614-b9da-ac7250692f68> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://zpp.net.pl/en/whats-new/page/66/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573163.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818033705-20220818063705-00068.warc.gz | en | 0.95285 | 294 | 1.523438 | 2 |
The cost of your website depends on the number of pages as stated above. A typical Basic HTML website for instance can have up to 5 pages including-Home, About Us, Products, Services, Contact Us. The cost will be 5 X N8,000(cost per page)=N40,000. If the website is complex but with 5 pages, cost will be 5 X N15,000=N75,000.
An E-commerce site can have pages like return policy, Terms and conditions etc. Each of this added page will be calculated into the cost. | <urn:uuid:ee696ed4-555f-45bc-accb-e5e0fc4cd9dd> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://eloquenttouchmedia.com/order-website.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279169.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00209-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912243 | 117 | 1.875 | 2 |
Continuous Integration With Xcode ServerNov 2, 2014 · 10 minute read · Comments
Updated 19 Feb 2016: Some minor updates to the process for Xcode 7 and OS X El Capitan
Xcode Server was introduced with Xcode 5 to provide a way to perform continuous integration through the creation of bots that automate the building, analysing, testing and archiving of projects. The bots can be created in Xcode on a development Mac and then run on the server. Since this requires OS X server it is a great way to use a spare Mac you have gathering dust.
This post collects together my notes on installing and setting up the Xcode service on an OS X Server. My simple objective was to have my unit tests run each time I make a commit to a project hosted in a GitHub repository.
Installing OS X Server
To install Xcode Server you first need a Mac running OS X Server. There is nothing to stop you from turning your development Mac into a server and using it to run Xcode Server. However it is also a great way to use an old Mac as long as it is capable of running Yosemite.
If you are a member of the iOS developer program you probably know that you are entitled to use Mac OS X Server free of charge. To redeem your copy you need to login to the iOS Dev Center, find OS X Server in the downloads section and request a download code:
The current version is OS X Server v5.0.15 and supports OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and OS X El Capitan systems.
If you are already on the Mac where you want to install the server you can just click on the redeem code in the iOS Dev Center to directly launch the Mac App Store, redeem the code and start the download. If you need to enter the code manually the Redeem link is listed under Quick Links in the Mac App Store. The Server application downloads to the Applications folder and needs to be run to complete the setup.
Click the continue button, enter your password for admin access and let the install complete. Once the Server app is displayed you should the list of services that you can now run on the server in the sidebar (none of which are currently enabled).
Remotely Managing A Server (Optional)
If you have multiple Mac’s and want to administer the server remotely you can download the Server app from the Mac App Store to another machine. To allow remote management you need to check the server settings and ensure that the “Allow remote administration using Server” is enabled:
Now when you run the Server app on the remote Mac select “Other Mac” and enter the host name or IP Address of the server together with the Administrator name and password to connect.
Since the server is running with a self-signed certificate that was generated during the installation you will most likely get a warning. You can either just accept the certificate this time by clicking “Continue” or select “Show Certificate” to modify the trust. You can choose to always trust “com.apple.servermgrd” or only this certificate:
Turning On Caching Service (Optional)
One other tip you can take advantage of is to turn on the Caching service. This speeds up software downloads and updates by caching Mac and iOS system updates and App Store downloads on the server. To enable click on the Caching service in the Server app and switch it on. You can optionally select the disk volume and cache size. Once the service is running any clients (Mac or iOS) on the same local network will automatically use the caching service.
Configuring the Xcode Service
With OS X Server installed and running we can turn our attention to the Xcode Service. If you have not already done so you should download and install Xcode on the server from the Mac App Store (assuming you are developing with the released version of Xcode). If you have just installed Xcode on the server you will need to run it before configuring the Xcode service to accept the software license agreement and let it finish installing components.
Click on the Xcode service in the sidebar of the Server app and then use the “Choose Xcode” button to find the version of Xcode you want to use (for example: /Applications/Xcode):
Once the setup finishes you will need to slide the switch to start the service:
We now have a running Xcode service but before we look at using it from a project there are a few extra server configuration steps:
To allow Xcode Server to access provisioning profiles you need to add a developer team from the Apple Developer program. Use the
Add…button and enter your Apple Developer credentials to confirm you want to add this server to your team.
Any test devices you attach to the server should show up in the devices list. If this is the first time you have used the device for development click the “Use for Development” button and then “Add to team” to add it to the Apple developer team. If the device shows as not supported check you have removed any passcode lock.
You can also configure Xcode server to host code repositories on the server but since I am going to be using a remote repository hosted on GitHub I will skip this step.
Configure Xcode Development Environment
The following steps are performed on the development machine. I am assuming you already have a project with unit tests.
Add Server Account
On your development Mac add a server account to Xcode so that you can check the status of the remote bots from Xcode. In the Xcode preferences Account tab use the Add button and add a server. The server should show up in the list, enter your user name and password to connect to the server.
Share The Scheme
The Xcode project scheme defines the settings to use when a project is built, run, tested, profiled, analysed or archived. To allow these settings to be accessed by the Xcode server they need to be checked into the source code repository which requires that they be shared. In Xcode on the development machine use
Product > Scheme > Manage Schemes to view the available schemes. In my case I have only a single scheme to mark as shared:
This creates the
xcshareddata directory containing the scheme configuration that I can then check into the Git repository for the project.
Setting Up SSH Keys For Repository Access
To allow the Xcode server to access the GitHub repository it needs to know the SSH keys to use. GitHub has detailed instructions on generating SSH keys that you can follow if you need to create keys. In brief to create a new pair of keys from the command-line:
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -C [email protected]
You will prompted for a file name and then a passphrase. By default this will create two files in the
.ssh subdirectory of your home directory named
id_rsa.pub but you can use some other value when prompted. You need to copy the contents of the id_rsa.pub file to the SSH keys section of your GitHub account. If in doubt refer to the detailed GitHub instructions.
A quick tip that I always forget: The
pbcopy command is a quick way to copy the contents of a file to the clipboard making it easy to paste into a window:
$ pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
Add Remote Repository to Xcode Accounts
To allow the Xcode Server to access the remote code repository you first need to add it to the Xcode Account settings on your development Mac. In the Xcode preferences Account tab use the Add button to add the repository. In my case I want to access a repository on GitHub using the SSH public/private keys I created above. The SSH URL for the repository is as follows:
Select SSH keys for the authentication method and then select your private key (in may case stored in ~/.ssh/github):
Xcode will pickup the public key and then attempt to authenticate with the remote repository.
Create a Bot
To create a bot to run our unit tests, use
Product > Create Bot and check the scheme and server name are correct:
At this point the Xcode Server will check if it can access the source code repository which in my case will fail as I have not given Xcode any credentials:
Change button and select
Existing SSH Keys for the type and paste in the public (
id_rsa.pub) and private (
id_rsa) keys into the correct fields
Clicking Next will cause Xcode to validate the credentials and if all went well you should see the options to schedule and configure the bot:
Configure the Bot
A bot can be configured to run hourly, daily, weekly or when there is a new commit to the repository. When run the bot can perform static analysis, testing and product archiving actions. You can also specify if and when the bot should clean the build products and intermediates. To fit my requirements to run the tests on each commit I selected the following options:
- Schedule: On Commit - the bot will check for new commits every 5 minutes
- Actions: Perform analyze action, Perform test action
- Cleaning: Once a day
I don’t archive every build and I only clean the build products once a day to keep the builds fast. Since you can have multiple bots you could also for example schedule a bot to run once a day that did a clean build and archive.
Next you can specify which devices and simulators should run the tests. Any devices you want to specify must be connected to the server. If you select
Specific Devices and Simulators you are presented with a list of attached devices and the long list of simulators for each version of the iOS SDK.
Finally you can add an email notification or shell script trigger before and after a bot runs if you need some custom actions. By default an email notification is generated when a test fails or a build has errors:
With the bot configuration complete, use the Create button.
There are several ways to view and manage a bot:
You can manage the bots you have created from the Report Navigator in Xcode on your development Mac:
Right-clicking the bot in the navigator pane allows you to edit or delete the bot or run it immediately. Selecting the bot will show a summary of the bot integrations in the editor area of Xcode. Clicking on the entry in the navigator pane for a specific integration run will show detailed results:
Each bot is also accessible via a web browser at the URL:
<hostname> is the address of the OS X Server. This view is less useful than the Xcode reporting interface but it does provide a quick summary of the most recent integrations. You can also switch to the big screen mode either by clicking the button on the bots homepage or using the URL:
If you have never used a continuous integration server to run your tests you should give Xcode Server a try. It is a little bit of work if you are not already running OS X Server but for the most part it is simple to get started. Alternatives such as Travis CI are free for open source projects but will cost you money for private repositories so it is worth trying Xcode first to see if it will meet your needs. | <urn:uuid:ee51c71a-d11c-4a15-beb4-c91d09e3d7ec> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://useyourloaf.com/blog/continuous-integration-with-xcode-server/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280364.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00028-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.875272 | 2,342 | 1.882813 | 2 |
The main purpose of main purpose and characteristics of the automatic cut cutting machine is used for fixed length cutting transparent tape, adhesive tape, plastic film, paper and other materials, the whole roll width of the material by setting the width divided into small volume. For example, commonly used transparent glue is cut through the device. The width of the cut can be set on the man-machine interface. In the man-machine interface can be established on various working modes, each mode includes: setting the cutting width, number of parameters. For example, if the customer selects mode 1, then the system runs automatically according to the width set by mode 1, and the number of cutters is automatically stopped when the number of cutters is set to the set number. If mode 10 is selected, after starting, the system will stop automatically after cutting the number of knives set in mode 10. The length of the feed can be set on the man-machine, and the cutting accuracy is improved. Automatic cutting table features: 1., the use of Japanese imports of PLC control, making cutting accuracy more accurate, more stable performance. 2. touch screen data input display: can be a variety of sizes, a variety of data set at the same time, set up a total of 12 different data, size and can automatically continuous execution. The 3. knife holder can move back and forth, and the cutter can automatically adjust the angle to ensure that all the ends of the cut end are smooth and smooth and have no protruding volume. 4. adapt to a wide range of materials, double-sided adhesive minimum cut size can be divided into 0.8mm width. | <urn:uuid:0218d5fb-6079-4ea3-b29a-a9331511615f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.moroccorentcar.com/ennews/193.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00276.warc.gz | en | 0.872884 | 332 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Gastric Bypass Surgery, an Overview
With the number of people suffering from obesity rising so rapidly in America it was only a matter of time before the miracle cure for those who were morbidly obese. Is it all really as simple as stapling your stomach?
The gastric bypass has suffered both positive and negative press since it's availability to the general public. We've heard the fatal horror stories resulting in death months down the line after the surgery, but we've also heard the success stories by hundreds of satisfied and much trimmer people!
The surgery sounds simple, the surgeon will tie off part of your stomach creating a re-route around the rest of the stomach which reduces the amount of food the person can take in, causing them to feel hungry after only a few bites. Its clear why the gastric bypass works and why weight loss is very rapid after the surgery.
While it sounds simple on the surface the gastric bypass is actually a very complex procedure, both for the surgeon and the patient, mentally and physically. The rigid diet a patient must stick to afterwards could be challenging and there are important nutrients to take.
You should always seek professional advice if you're thinking about having the gastric bypass, and remember there are many other ways of weight loss. Invasive surgery always carries a risk.
Article by Beverley Brooke, visit the section on the gastric bypass for more information about the gastric bypass
Lost Weight with Gastric Bypass & Now Youre Regaining - Fix It Fast!
I've talked to quite a few fellow gastric bypass patients recently and we all have one thing in common: About the third year after gastric bypass we get hungry. And we eat more.
Zone Diet Weight Loss Program
The Zone Diet as a weight loss program has been discussed in detail by Dr. Barry Sears in his book The Zone: Revolutionary Life Plan to Put Your Body in Total Balance for Permanent Weight Loss.
Before & After: A New Look at New Years Resolutions
Have you seen the ditty below that's roaming the Internet these days? Before you read it and fall for its 'humor,' consider this. Each year, thousands, even millions, of people engage in an after-the-holidays ritual of self-denigration and punishment - to make up for the pleasurable indulgence of a very special time of year.
Weight Loss: The Strength in Setting Goals, Achieving Objectives, and The Power of Intention
The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers. -Brian TracyObjectives and goal setting and a desire or an intention to meet said goals and objectives is, undoubtedly the most imperative piece of the puzzle when attempting to achieve anything worthwhile in life.
Making Healthy Lifestyle Changes that Last - A New Look at New Years Resolutions
Would you run out of fingers, and maybe even toes, if you used them to count your tries at adopting a healthy lifestyle? Many of us would. The reason? Often it's that we need to change how we try to make changes.
Yoga As An Aid To Weight Loss
Yoga is wonderful for nurturing a state of mental and physical well being . It promotes a balanced and healthy lifestyle, and yoga techniques can be applied also to removing excess weight, thus bringing you an extra benefit, that is if being overweight is a problem to you.
Lose Weight - Find Hidden Calories
If it seems that you have been eating as usual and the pounds seem to be creeping on - you could be a victim of hidden calories.When we are busy, stressed or focused on something else we reach for convenient snacks that are usually high in fat.
Weight Loss: Carbs? Or No Carbs?
Dietitians just plain don't like low-carb or high-protein diets.Whether it's The Atkins Diet, The Stillman Diet, The Scarsdale Diet or Eat Yourself Thin Like I Did by Nancy Moshier, a popular, new book that recommends a low-carb regimen, medical experts say these diets are not part of long-term weight maintenance.
Weight Loss & Obesity Affects Life Expectancy
We hear it all the time?lose weight for your health. Few people however, realize the extent to which this is critical to their physical well-being and ultimately their life expectancy.
Weight Loss Plateaus -- 7 Easy Steps to Overcome It
Have you ever experienced this scenario before?"I have successfully lost 15 of the 25 pounds that I want to lose, but now I am stuck at the same weight even though I am faithfully controlling my food intake and doing my exercises. What happened? Is the diet not working anymore?"Yes, many women over 40 start off their weight loss programs full of excitement and determination, and indeed you do see the pounds dropping off over the first few weeks.
3 Simple Weight Loss Tips from the Pros
Tip 1) DRINK A GLASS OF WATER AFTER EACH SNACKThis will help you get in your 8 to 10 glasses of water eachday but it can also have other benefits. Ever feel hungry aftereating a handful or standard serving of nuts? Try drinking waterafterwards.
Weight Loss the Easy Way!
With weight loss comes a lot of dedication and change of lifestyle. We can start with exercise, which is vital to all weight loss programs.
The Miraculous Claims of the Zone Diet
One way of recognizing a fad diet is said to be the promise of multiple miraculous effects upon health. And Zone diet promises a lot.
Reasons for Obesity
Causes of ObesityJust like there is no weight loss pill or single "magic potion"diet plan to cure obesity there is no single cause of obesity.We are living in an age of two income families, job loss,stress, and time constraints.
How to Eat All You Want and Still Lose Weight
How would you like to eat all you want and still lose weight, or maintain your trim figure?Sounds impossible?Have you seen those skinny young women who eat like horses, with plate after plate of food at the buffet table without putting on any weight?Ok, so some of them may be bulimic. You know, the sort who eat all they want, then go to the toilet to throw up everything they just ate.
7 Part Plan To Beating Childhood Obesity
Everyone from politicians to parents is talking about fighting the war against childhood flab. It is odd that in a relatively wealthy countries such as the US and Australia improving children's health, weight and fitness should be a problem but it appears to be a sticking point with many.
Can Caffeine Tights Beat Cellulite?
At around £350 pounds a treatment, Lipo-Dissolve the so called "flab-jab" injection that dissolves fatty tissue in the knees is costly, painful and requires ugly plasters on both knees, as recent pictures of Gerri Halliwell and Nicole Kidman show.There is an alternative however, that involves no effort, discomfort or sticking plasters, wearing Coffee Tights!Coffee Tights or Caffeine Tights as they are also known as are normal-looking sheer tights that are impregnated with caffeine.
Weight Loss Tip - The Importance of Lowering Your Body-Fat!
When you hear a doctor or a personal trainer say, "Your body fat is too high, or you are borderline obese, what do you think? Does it matter to you? Does it motivate you to lose weight? Or are the numbers on the scale more important?Most people will always have a love - hate relationship with the scale in their bathroom. However, with the dramatic increase in diabetes and obesity cases in America the importance of keeping your overall body fat down becomes the most important issue to ones health.
Weight Loss Tips: Get Free and Effective Weight Loss Tips!
Looking for Diet Programs on net is like looking for water in an Ocean. But trust me, looking for good Diet Program is like finding a pearl in the ocean.
Weight Loss NOW! The Soft Drink Diet
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At the same time, when everything was going one way, the Rhodians also, with a view to reclaiming from Philip the district on the mainland —
Peraea is its name —which their forefathers had held, dispatched Pausistratus the praetor with eight [p. 325]
hundred Achaean infantry and about one thousand1
eight hundred auxiliaries collected from different states:
these were Gauls and Pisuetae and Nisuetae and Tamiani and Arei from Africa and Laudiceni2
With these forces Pausistratus took Tendeba, a city in the territory of Stratonicea and well situated, without the knowledge of the king's forces who were on Thera.
There reinforcements, summoned at this time and for this purpose, to wit, one thousand Achaean infantry with one hundred cavalry, met them; Theoxenus was their commander.
Dinocrates, the king's prefect, first moved his camp towards Tendeba itself for the purpose of recovering the fortress, then to another fort, also in the country of Stratonicea —they call it Astragon —recalling all the garrisons which had been scattered far and wide and Thessalian auxiliaries from Stratonicea itself, and began to march towards Alabanda, where the enemy lay.3
The Rhodians did not decline the battle. So, placing their camp near by, they came down to the battle-field.
Dinocrates placed five hundred Macedonians on his right flank and the Agrianes on the left;
in the centre he posted the troops gathered up from the garrisons of the forts —they were mostly Carians —and he covered the flanks with the cavalry and the Cretan and Thracian auxiliaries.
The Rhodians had in the centre the Achaeans, a picked force of infantry, and the auxiliaries, made up of men of different races,
and the cavalry and what there was of light infantry placed outside the flanks.4
On that day both lines merely remained standing [p. 327]
on the banks of the river flowing between them, -5
which was then a small stream, and after hurling a few missiles retired to their camps. The next day the two armies were similarly formed and a battle began, severer than might be expected from the numbers of the combatants.
For there were not more than three thousand infantry and one hundred cavalry on either side, but they fought not only with equal numbers and similar weapons but with the same courage and equal hope as well.
The Achaeans at first crossed the river and attacked the Agrianes, and then almost the whole line hastily crossed the stream on the run. The issue was long in doubt.
By weight of numbers, the Achaeans, a thousand strong, dislodged the four hundred;6
then, as the left gave way, the whole effort was directed against the right flank.
The Macedonians could not be moved as long as the line held and the phalanx was, so to speak, compact; when, after their left flank was exposed, they tried to change front so as to
meet the enemy that was attacking them in flank, they first caused immediate disorder and confusion among themselves, then they began to fall back, and finally threw away their arms and fled at full speed. The fugitives made for Bargyliae, and Dinocrates sought refuge in the same place.
The Rhodians followed as long as daylight lasted and then returned to camp. It is quite clear that if the victors had at once marched to Stratonicea, this city could have been recovered without a struggle.
The opportunity for this was lost while they consumed time in occupying the forts and towns of Peraea.
Meanwhile the courage of those who were holding Stratonicea with the garrison was renewed, and presently Dinocrates [p. 329]
entered the walls with the troops that had survived7
the battle. In vain was the city then invested and besieged, nor was it recovered until some time later through the aid of Antiochus.8
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North Carolina system of grants for small business
Like every other state North Carolina also gives grants to its locals with the help of the federal body organizations. There is one unique factor that is associated with small business grants that are given in this state. That is that the business has to make sure that it is eligible for the tax exemption clause. The better situation is going to be if this clause has already been implemented and applied on the business. If the small business for which the grant is being applied for has already been exempted from tax under the official clause then the chances of your securing the grant are very high. Apart from this all the other criteria is almost the same as the one being applied in other states. In order to make sure that you are able to get the grant follow the mentioned steps:
- As mentioned earlier make sure that the tax exemption under the section 501(c) (3) has been processed and properly recorded with the concerned authorities.
- Make sure that the business plan is very strong and that it does come under anyone section in which the grants are available.
- Once the type of grant has been selected make sure that you fully understand and complete the required paper work.
Every state has a slightly different set of areas in which it prefers to give out the grants. One can confirm the details from the given contact information. However, the main categories are as follows:
- Job Development Investment Grant focus on the business that are helping in career building.
2. North Carolina Green Business Fund supports business that is looking for green solutions for our life styles.
3. Mini Grant Program are for business that are run by young individual to support their innovation and talent.
4. Domestic Violence Grant is for women who are running their small working units and have been victims of domestic violence.
The said contact information is as follows:
NC Community Development
Valerie D. Moore
SBEA Program Manager
Burlington Downtown Corporation
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Hawkins, Micajah Thomas
20 May 1790–22 Dec. 1858
Micajah Thomas Hawkins, legislator, congressman, and planter, the youngest son of John and Sally Macon Hawkins, was born in Warren County. His paternal grandparents, Philemon and Delia Martin Hawkins, who migrated to North Carolina from Gloucester County, Va., about 1737, were among the first settlers in the area that became Bute County, which in 1779 was divided into Warren and Franklin counties. Micajah was the nephew of Congressman Nathaniel Macon and Benjamin Hawkins, a U.S. senator and an Indian agent.
Hawkins attended the Warrenton Academy and The University of North Carolina. During the War of 1812, he was a member of the Seventh Company, Third North Carolina Regiment. He attained the rank of major general in the North Carolina militia. Hawkins became a large-scale planter; according to the 1840 census, he owned 105 slaves, 60 of whom were engaged in agriculture.
At an early age Hawkins entered politics, serving in the North Carolina House of Commons in 1819 and 1820. In 1823 he moved to the state senate, where he remained until 1827. When Robert Porter resigned his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, Hawkins, a Democrat, was chosen to replace him in the Twenty-second Congress, taking his seat on 6 Jan. 1832. He was elected to the Twenty-third Congress and served for three successive terms thereafter, until 3 Mar. 1841. He declined to run for reelection in 1840.
Returning to North Carolina, Hawkins resumed his agricultural activities, but he was unable to resist the lure of politics. In 1846 he won another seat in the state senate, and in 1854–55 he was a member of the Council of State.
On 20 Sept. 1810, Hawkins married Priscilla M. Moss. Apparently she died childless. His second marriage, to Mariah E. Baker, who was thirty-nine years his junior, was performed on 13 Feb. 1849. They were the parents of two daughters and a son: Ella Thomas, Martha Hamlin, and John Harrison. Hawkins was buried in the family plot on his plantation in the Sandy Creek district of Warren County near Warrenton.
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Groves, Joseph Asbury. The Alstons and Allstons of North and South Carolina. Atlanta, Ga.: Franklin Printing and Publishing Company, 1901. 272. http://books.google.com/books?id=mF8xAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA272#v=onepage&q&f=false (accessed April 11, 2014).
Adams, John Quincy. Memoirs of John Quincy Adams, comprising portions of his diary from 1795 to 1848. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co. 1874. 316. http://archive.org/stream/memoirsofjohnquis09adam#page/316/mode/2up (accessed April 11, 2014).
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Taking part in a clinical trial may be the best treatment choice for some polycythemia vera (PV) patients. Today's standard treatments for cancer are based on earlier clinical trials. LLS continues to invest funds in MPN research.
Click here to read more about clinical trials.
Current PV Research and Clinical Trials
An example of treatments being studied include:
Possible genetic origin of MPNs
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Earth Week 2020
Earth Week Resolutions is a 5 day social media campaign presented by Take Back the Light and the Recycling Council of Ontario. With the hashtag #EarthWeek2020, we are inviting stakeholders from all sectors to join the conversation around circular economy and learn how these concepts can be applied in their respective domains! An excellent resolution to start with, regardless of sector, would be using your buying power to ensure spent lightbulbs are properly recycled at the end of their life – a simple but impactful action that follows circular concepts.
Register below to make your commitment this Earth Week (April 20-24), and submit your company logo to us at [email protected]. Upon doing so, you will receive a package that includes a breakdown of how the circular economy works, sample tender language that will allow you to join in right away, and additional tweets and images to help get you started on social media! | <urn:uuid:3326a186-db6c-4c33-9b3f-ed55077dfeb2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://takebackthelight.ca/earth-week-2020/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.935757 | 191 | 1.539063 | 2 |
Deforestation Essay, Research Paper
Deforestation Deforestation is the act of cutting down and clearing out trees in large amounts. This is occurring in many areas of the world, specifically in the rain forests of South America and Africa. It is very profitable to be in the tree business and that is the reason many people seek to be hired in this area of business rather then any other. Even with the positive aspect of the wages, deforestation is damaging the Earth, her animals and her natural resources. One example of the negative effects caused by the cutting down of trees is that it will eventually lead to a lack of oxygen in the air. Trees recycle dirty air that people have breathed in and out, exposing the carbon-dioxide. The trees feed on the CO2 and in turn release fresh oxygen into the air. It is a cycle that will drastically change if a large percentage of trees on the Earth are destroyed. Another example of a negative effect cause by deforestation is many species are killed, and with concern to the
rainforest, many endangered species have no hope to survive. The rain forest houses more animal species then everywhere else in the world combined. When deforestation occurs, animals homes are destroyed and they are with them. The third negative effect that occurs when deforestation is allowed is that plants are cut down, burned and destroyed to make way for the machinery. In the rain forest there have been many plants that proved useful in medical procedures and even plants that cure such things as cancer or reduce the white blood-cell counts. If we destroy the rain forest we may be destroying our opportunity to find cures to diseases we have yet to cure. These examples clearly illustrate the idea that the deforestation of rain forests are unnecessary and should be unnecessary. Not only could it destroy the Earth s plants and wildlife, but in the end could show our fate if we continue to cut down the trees. People may die because of the lack of medications that might have been found in the acres of Africa and South America. Hopefully, sooner then later, people realize that the deforestation of these areas in unneeded and will cease. | <urn:uuid:2913b375-e97e-4f0e-bdd5-6915b568a15c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://mirznanii.com/a/65924/deforestation-essay-research-paper-deforestation | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284411.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00455-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961988 | 421 | 3.046875 | 3 |
"Workers Not Slaves"
A unique aspect of the TraffLab research project is the close collaboration with the TAU Law Workers’ Rights Clinic. Led by Adv. Idit Zimmerman and Adv. Irit Ulman, the Clinic expanded its mission to become a ‘laboratory’ for the study of labor-based anti-trafficking tools, by pursuing a labor approach to trafficking in the Israeli legal context. The Clinic’s legal activity provides experiential and empirical data to answer the project’s research questions regarding the potential and the limits of labor-based tools to combat human trafficking.
Ongoing Clinical projects
Development and construction projects in Israel often rely on migrant workers. While most workers work for Israeli construction companies, and arrive under Bilateral Labor Agreement regulating recruitment and conditions of work, several thousand are workers of foreign-owned construction companies – mostly from Turkey and China. These companies bring their workers with them to work in Israel (this can be described as a form of 'posted' work). While Israeli law formally applies to their workers, the workers are tied to their employer and, except in the most extreme circumstances, cannot switch employers. Moreover, there is growing evidence that workers in these foreign construction companies pay high recruitment fees or commit to pay high penalties if they do not complete their contract with the company. In addition, workers complained about frequent and severe violations of workers’ rights. The Clinic represents a group of Turkish construction workers in a suit against their employer, a Turkish construction company. The suit advances a novel doctrine of employment under conditions of “abusive employment” (Ha’asaka Pog’anit - a term of art under Israeli labor law), amounting to human trafficking. This doctrine – currently under litigation – attempts to extend an existing category of abusive employment to achieve financial redress for human trafficking victims in labor courts. The case is pending before the Tel Aviv Labor Court (no. 14051-08-18) available here. [Hebrew]
This doctrine was also used, in later cases, to represent a group of students from Guatemala and Honduras who were severely exploited on farms; and a group of Ukrainian migrant workers exploited in the cleaning sector. See details below.
The Clinic represented (together with Kav LaOved – Worker’s Hotline) agricultural engineering students from Guatemala and Honduras in a suit against the training center and against the students' employers, a regional council. These students came to Israel because they were promised participation in an academic-level studies program, including practical training in the most advanced agricultural technology in Israel. Instead, they found themselves employed under exploitative conditions as manual workers in the agricultural industry. The suit, filed in the Be'er Sheva Regional Labor Court, advanced the doctrine of employment under conditions of “abusive employment” amounting to human trafficking. See the complaint, attached here. [Hebrew] The case ended in a settlement.
The Clinic is currently representing a group of 7 female migrant workers from the Ukraine, who were exploited in the cleaning sector, in a lawsuit in the Labor Court against cleaning services subcontractors and service customers. The workers were all employed under conditions of severe exploitation and were provided substandard housing, and suffered constant threats as well as sexual violence and abuse at work (their employer was convicted of rape but the prosecution did not indict them for human trafficking ). The suit will continue to advance the doctrine of “abusive employment” amounting to human trafficking.
The Clinic filed a lawsuit in the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on behalf of a care worker against a company offering consulting services for obtaining a work visa for Canada. The suit suggested the company operated systematically to exploit migrants, and did not provide the services promised. The case ended in a settlement.
We assisted the first sex workers’ organization in Israel - Argaman [“Scarlet” in English] – Organization of Working Women - in their establishment and registration process. Argaman seeks to ensure the voice of sex workers is heard in policy processes, to fight the stigmas against sex work, and to promote sex workers’ rights.
Hotline for Employers of Migrant Care Workers
Migrant care workers in Israel are mostly employed by dependent elderly, many of whom receive a social security long term care benefit to pay for their services. Employers of migrant care workers often describe their situation as being “stuck” in the status of an employer by necessity, and not out of volition. In this sensitive dynamic, both the employers and the workers find themselves in need of assistance on various legal issues related to the employment. This understanding led to the foundation of the hotline for employers of migrant workers – an email address and a Facebook page - which is operated by the Workers’ Rights Clinic. Through the hotline, we seek to assist employers of migrant care workers, inform them about their duties toward the workers they employ and their own rights as benefit recipients, and map the challenges of employment created by governmental policies on in-home care.
Care Workers’ Migration: Towards an India-Israel Bilateral Labor Agreement
In 2018, NALSAR Law School in Hyderabad and TAU Law school held a global classroom where students from each side studied the situation of migrant workers in the India-Israel corridor and worked on understanding the migration process and working conditions upon migration. The students learned about the rise of bilateral labor agreements as a tool to regulate migration and its powers and limits in protecting workers’ rights. They then drafted an annotated model bilateral labor migration agreement between the two countries, in an attempt to reduce workers’ vulnerability in the migration process, and create mechanisms to enhance their bargaining power.
Clinical collaboration: The Labor Migration and Trafficking Clinic at NALSAR and the Workers’ Rights Legal Clinic at TAU.
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Innovations in Taxidermy
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A form of bestiality, taxidermy is the art of mounting animals for sexual fun and study. Usually, the practice involves sex with vertebrates, but it may also occasionally involve sex with invertebrates such as insects, amebas, or Hillary Clinton. As with most other forms of sex, taxidermy has benefited by improved techniques in recent years, although its popularity has declined of late. Innovations in taxidermy are certain to attract more attention and excitement among devotees of this "forbidden" practice.
edit Popular Career Choices Among Taxidermists
edit History of Taxidermy
Leather sex increased the demand for tanneries, and, by the sixteenth century, there was a tannery in every town in Europe, with promiscuous men (and, less often, women) bringing trophy wives to furniture upholsterers, who, lacking the better sexual techniques to come, sewed the animal skins after stuffing them with rags, cotton, or other filler material, calling them "stuffed animals." Modern professional taxidermists use penises to fill the animals and prefer the term "mounting" to "stuffing,” although it amounts to much the same thing.
edit Recent Innovations in Taxidermy
In the last century, taxidermists began to experiment with anatomically correct animal mannequins configured in pleasing poses that often revealed the animals’ buttocks, teats, and sex organs. One of the more recent techniques practiced by modern taxidermists is to freeze-dry the animal, after which it offers virtually no resistance to erotic overtures of any kind, becoming the perfect mate on a cold, dark night.
edit New Venues for Taxidermists
Modern taxidermists also resort to crypto-zoological taxidermy, which involves stuffing or mounting non-existent animal species such as Pamela Anderson and Sarah Michelle Gellar. Another modern branch of taxidermy is rogue taxidermy, in which taxidermists emphasize the sexual oddities of animals: women with multiple breasts, extra nipples, and unusually large labia are popular, as are men with double-pronged penises or oversize scrota. | <urn:uuid:c0b996a8-e427-45c4-98ab-ca35851ac915> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Innovations_in_Taxidermy | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284411.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00463-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942141 | 478 | 2.4375 | 2 |
"The Center provides a warm and supportive atmosphere where young children can learn about themselves, each other, and the outside world. Our programs seek to develop a child’s self-esteem, while preserving class unity through developmentally appropriate activities so that each individual may succeed. The staff fosters each child’s sense of personal responsibility and balances structured activities designed for fun and learning with free time to help children make choices and explore new possibilities. We emphasize a cooperative spirit by helping children resolve their own conflicts within safe limits and treat children with respect, understanding, and good humor. The program encourages good communication between school and home in order to be mutually supportive and promotes ongoing professional development for teachers."
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WELCOME TO WHITTIER SCHOOL
Thank you for visiting the Whittier School website. We have a long tradition of academic achievement, student participation, and parent involvement. Whittier prides itself on the ability to enhance the lives of our students and maintain a positive role in the community by providing a respectful, nurturing, and challenging environment that will enable each child to reach his/her full potential. We strive to create the best learner-focused classrooms possible in order to meet the needs of each of our students. Whittier is a great place to learn!
A NOTE FROM THE PRINCIPAL…
Welcome to the 2016-2017 school year! It is exciting to start another year at Whittier School. Our goal is to continue the long-standing reputation of educational excellence. As always, our faculty and staff have been preparing for a terrific school year.
This school year, we look forward to continuing our work and implementation of small group instruction, emphasizing Guided Reading and Guided Math. Technology integration will continue to progress throughout Whittier as we continue to use iPads, Apple TVs, and SmartBoards. This year the 1:1 mini iPad program will continue to be implemented across all grades levels – 1 through 6. Social Emotional Learning will continue to emphasize school and classroom community through Classroom/Morning Meetings, Second Step, and Bullying Education and Prevention. We will also begin to develop and work with students on goal setting. Taking ownership and responsibility for learning is key in the academic growth and improvement in students.
This year, our school theme is “Be inspired by who you are!” Whittier faculty, staff and students will be challenged to be inspired by who each of us is and what each of us does. We are all unique individuals with our own unique talents, interests and values that we bring to the table. As we continue to support and cultivate diversity, inclusivity and acceptance throughout our school community, it is so important that we all continue to inspire ourselves, as well as others.
The school is the heart of every village. Teachers are responsible to teach and educate our children. Students are responsible to try their best and learn from the experiences afforded them. Parents are responsible to insure that their children are prepared and ready for each school day. The Community is responsible to support the overall educational process. Together, we will all work to achieve educational success for all our Whittier students!
Thank you for the support and confidence you give us in educating your children!
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The world could end about a year from now on December 21, 2012...if the Mayan calendar is correct, that is. We here at American Morning aren't going to rely on some primitive astronomy.
If you want to make decisions based off what could actually happen next year – listen to Michio Kaku, a child prodigy who's become one of the greatest minds of our time. He's a top physicist at City University of New York who has picked up where Albert Einstein left off.
Kaku wrote the book "Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100" and in the book he talks to hundreds of other scientists to piece together what our life will look like in the next century.
This morning on American Morning, Kaku joins Ali Velshi to share with us with a glimpse at what's possible in 2012.
Yesterday, scientists from CERN, the world's largest particle physics lab, announced that they are closer than ever to finding the so-called "God particle."
Scientists believe that they've spotted hints of this elusive subatomic particle, formally called the Higgs Boson, which is key to an elegant theory explaining how tiny particles work to form all of the matter in the universe.
On American Morning this morning, Brian Greene, theoretical physicist from Columbia University and author of the book "Hidden Reality," explains this discovery and why it is so important to modern physics studies.
In New York City on Oct. 3 and 4, more than 30 schools from Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens have been invited to attend one of the two Dream Tour programs at the Harlem Armory and The Apollo Theater.
The DREAM (Daring to Reach Excellence for America's Minds) Tour was created by The Harris Foundation and Dr. Bernard Harris, the first African American astronaut to walk in space. It's a motivational program that encourages America's middle school students to attend college and study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as a means to fulfill their dreams.
Dr. Harris delivers an engaging and educational program to students. These high-energy, high-tech events include music, testimonials from engineers, live science experiments and a simulated Shuttle launch. He talks to American Morning about the importance of inspiring children to study math and science saying, "technology drives everything."
The four-day World Science Festival kicks off today in New York City, promising to attract leading scientists, performers, and thousands of attendees.
Actor Alan Alda and physicist Brian Greene join the AM crew this morning to discuss the importance of making science accessible and exciting to a broad audience. Author of the bestseller "The Elegant Universe," Greene co-founded the festival where Alda's play on Marie Curie will be featured in tonight's opening gala.
Just 675 nautical miles from the North Pole, the Catlin Ice Base is considered ground zero for climate change. Each spring, the ice base attracts scientists trying to figure out what impact the melting ice cap is having on the surrounding environment.
Philippe Cousteau, CNN Special Correspondent and Environmentalist, is at the Catlin Ice Base in the Arctic and tells Ali Velshi about his experience there.
Are schools in the United States doing enough to teach our kids math and science? According to a recent study, out of 34 countries, the U.S. ranks 19th in science and 27th in math.
But an elite research competition - the Intel Science Talent Search - is hoping to find future scientists among U.S. high school students. CNN's Jim Acosta reports. | <urn:uuid:bb2d1b6e-4851-469a-b998-259d78529f6b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://am.blogs.cnn.com/category/science/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281226.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00383-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944276 | 741 | 2.375 | 2 |
Donald Trump compared the 1990s to the Great Depression, split hairs on his history with bankruptcy and equated his efforts to pay as little as possible in personal income tax to a legal duty.
These deviations from the truth came Monday during a rally speech in Pueblo, Colorado, as Trump responded to a weekend report in The New York Times that revealed the GOP presidential nominee posted a loss of more than $916 million on his 1995 state tax returns. The reported loss could have allowed him to avoid paying federal income taxes for nearly two decades.
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A look at some of Trump’s claims and how they compare with the facts:
TRUMP: “The news media is now obsessed with an alleged tax filing from the 1990s at the end of one of the most brutal economic downturns in our country’s history. If you remember the early `90s, other than I would say 1928, there was nothing even close,” Trump said. He later called the early `90s “an economic depression.”
THE FACTS: The early 1990s might have been more painful for Trump, but for the vast majority of Americans, the Great Recession, which began in 2007, was much worse. Total employment fell by 8.7 million jobs nationwide _ compared with just 1.6 million jobs lost during the early 1990s. The jobs reduction during the Great Recession was more than 4 times greater as a proportion of the labor force. The Great Recession also lasted for 18 months _ more than double the length of the downturn Trump cited as worse.
For Trump to blame his personal financial woes largely on the recession of the 1990s is also a stretch. Toward the end of the 1980s, Trump borrowed large amounts of money at steep interest rates to pay for expensive, and ultimately unsuccessful, properties. One of his casinos, the Trump Castle, defaulted on debt payments in June 1990 _ a month before that recession even began.
Trump’s problem there wasn’t that visitors to Atlantic City suddenly stopped gambling _ the city’s gaming revenues rose every year in the 1990s. It had more to do with Trump’s past mistakes, such as selling junk bonds with a 14 percent interest rate and overbuilding.
Also, the Great Depression began after the stock market crash of 1929, not 1928.
TRUMP: “I have a fiduciary responsibility to pay no more tax than is legally required like anybody else.”
THE FACTS: Corporate executives have justified tax avoidance by citing their fiduciary duty for years, but Trump’s use of the term might be the most creative misapplication of the term yet. A fiduciary, by definition and by law, is a person who must act in the best interest of another party. It’s the highest possible legal standard of care for another person’s finances.
Public company executives have thrown around the term loosely in recent years, arguing that they are obligated to maximize shareholder profits however possible. Trump’s statement goes even further, saying he has a fiduciary responsibility to himself.
Other presidential candidates, including Mitt Romney in 2012, intentionally opted not to take certain tax deductions, meaning they ended up paying more than necessary in the strict legal sense. Trump might not want to pay taxes. He might not even have to. But he certainly has no fiduciary responsibility to minimize his personal tax burden.
TRUMP: “Some of the biggest and strongest people and companies went absolutely bankrupt, which I never did. By the way, are you proud of me? Would have loved to use that card, but I just didn’t want to do it.”
THE FACTS: Trump did use that card with his businesses. While he did not personally file for bankruptcy, his companies filed for Chapter 11 protection six times between 1991 and 2009. During a Republican primary debate last year, Trump acknowledged his role in the corporate bankruptcies, but left out a couple. “I’ve done it four times out of hundreds, and I’m glad I did it. I used the laws of the country to my benefit,” he said. | <urn:uuid:bd1c1821-61ae-4149-badc-e850d2ab53b9> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/donald-trump-distorts-1990s-economic-downturn-3064387/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718285.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00107-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965226 | 1,108 | 2.0625 | 2 |
HANOI, Vietnam — Southeast Asia's top diplomats confronted Myanmar by demanding that democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi be freed before the country's elections next month, while the U.N. chief warned Thursday that keeping thousands of political prisoners locked up could destroy the vote's credibility.
Despite persistent pressure, Myanmar officials gave no clear answer about the fate of Suu Kyi, who has spent 15 of the past 21 years imprisoned or under house arrest.
But Myanmar confirmed that its military leader, Than Shwe, will not run in the Nov. 7 elections as the military regime attempted to present a new image to the world at a regional summit that opened Thursday in Vietnam.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told The Associated Press that by freeing its jailed dissidents, Myanmar could create a "perception that this election will be more inclusive," even if it's too late for the dissidents to run as candidates or to vote.
The Southeast Asian country's military rulers have enacted laws that prevent Suu Kyi and other political prisoners from contesting the elections. That leaves the junta-backed party as its only strong contender, leading critics to accuse the regime of maneuvering to ensure that the military will remain in control.
"Without releasing all political prisoners, then there may certainly be some issue of legitimacy or credibility," Ban told the AP in an interview in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
He spoke before flying to Hanoi, where he was to meet with Myanmar Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein (pronounced "Tane Sane") on the sidelines of the summit. Although Thein Sein represents his country at international events, he takes his orders from junta leader Than Shwe.
Myanmar officials refused to directly confirm whether Suu Kyi would be released from house arrest when her detention expires on Nov. 13.
"Now at this time I would strongly urge the Myanmar authorities that it is not too late — even at this time — to release all political prisoners so that the Nov. 7 elections could be more inclusive and more participatory and credible," Ban said.
During a meeting with Myanmar's prime minister, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III pressed for Suu Kyi's immediate release, said presidential spokesman Ricky Carandang.
"There was no commitment and the president, I would say, was disappointed at the lack of response," he said.
But Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said Myanmar also did not contest that her detention ends just after the elections, suggesting that perhaps she may be freed.
In Washington, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley dismissed the idea that hints of Suu Kyi's release signaled anything but business-as-usual for the regime.
"This is a craven manipulation by Burma," Crowley said. "How convenient that they're hinting that she might be released after an election that is unlikely to be fair, free or credible."
Suu Kyi's party is boycotting the elections as undemocratic after winning a landslide victory in the country's last elections in 1990. The junta refused to accept those results.
Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo said Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win announced that junta chief Than Shwe will not be on the ballot — the first confirmation from the reclusive government that the longtime military leader will not participate in the polls. However, he is widely expected to have some new role after the elections.
"You know the system they have. He will be elected president, I'm almost sure," Romulo said.
The military junta, which has been in control for the past five decades, worked to put on a fresh face at the Hanoi meeting, unveiling a redesigned flag and new name — the former "Union of Myanmar" is now the "Republic of the Union of Myanmar."
Such changes, critics say, are intended to mask the shortcomings of the long-awaited polls.
Another issue high on the summit agenda involves territorial disputes on the high seas between China and its neighbors.
China claims sovereignty over the entire South China Sea, but parts of it are also claimed by several of its Southeast Asian neighbors, including Vietnam. China recently clashed with Japan over a ship collision in the East China Sea, straining relations and stoking anti-Japanese protests.
Heads of state from the Asean countries — Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam — along with leaders from Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Russia and the United States will attend the summit. (AP) | <urn:uuid:c9bc0a9c-cbaf-4a90-b7be-796f4e4a4387> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/217088/asean-including-rp-presses-myanmar-to-free-suu-kyi- | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.962893 | 951 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Two Cases of Omicron Variant of COVID-19 Found in Genesee County
Looks like the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has arrived in Genesee County.
Two confirmed cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 have arrived in Genesee County. According to reports, the two residents that tested positive for the Omicron variant were ages 18 and 64. Apparently, these two residents tested positive for COVID on December 1st and 2nd.
These two cases could be the second and third confirmed cases of the Omicron variant in Michigan. The first confirmed case was discovered in Kent County. Michigan is now on the list with over 20 other states with confirmed cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Where did the Omicron variant originate?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the first cases were detected by the World Health Organization from samples collected on November 11th and November 14th. These two samples were collected in Botswana and South Africa respectively. The new variant was officially named Omicron on November 26th and the first confirmed detection of it in the United States was on December 1st, 2021.
What do we know about the Omicron variant?
There is still more to learn about the Omicron variant, but so far the most common symptoms that have been reported are:
- Runny Nose
During investigations of the Omicron variant, exposures have been associated with international and domestic travel, large public events, and household transmission. This particular variant has already spread across most of the United States. To see more about the variant and which states have confirmed it, click here. | <urn:uuid:c3a33352-bf94-42cc-b7c2-3c1a55adf810> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://banana1015.com/two-cases-of-omicron-variant-of-covid-19-found-in-genesee-county/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.972262 | 361 | 2.234375 | 2 |
|Protected Areas in Honduras
Department of Protected Areas and Wildlife (Departamento de Areas Protegidas y de Vida Silvestre - DAVPS)
With Decree n. 74-91 of 18th July 1991, the functions of the Wildlife Department of RENARE have been transferred to AFE-COHDEFOR, where the Department of Protected Areas and Wildlife has been created; this department is in charge of regulating and managing the resources regarding wild flora and fauna and of protecting and managing the natural protected areas.
The aims of the Protected Areas Section are: coordinating the regulations and planning of the protected areas, creating and maintaining information services on the current situation of the protected areas, as well as giving continuity to their legalization.
The Present Context
The protected areas in Honduras are 107, out of which 57 have legal basis and therefore form the present protected areas system of the Country. The other areas (50) are protected by the Presidential Agreement 1118-92.
At the moment, the protected areas must face unprecedented threats, such as demographic growth, irrational management, unbalanced and often unrestrained exploitation of natural resources, coffee cultivation, breeding activity, unsustainable development and land property policies. For these reasons, Honduras is loosing about 80,000 hectares of natural areas per year. The loss of natural areas, their deterioration, and the illegal trade of wild species represent the main threats to biodiversity.
Priority Protected Areas
Considering the present problems of the protected areas, their features, size, conservation status, financing opportunities, etc. and according to the proposal elaborated in 1995 within the CBM Program, 34 priority protected areas have been identified: Honduras is directing the main actions towards them.
The protected areas in Honduras are divided according to forest regions, which do not always correspond to the administrative regions of the Country.
Therefore, you will find in this page a first list of protected areas (in these cases, administrative and forest regions correspond); following the link below, you will find a further list of protected areas divided according to the forest regions including more administrative areas.
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Malaria Consortium was pleased to participate in a timely webinar earlier today: ‘Getting the most from seasonal malaria chemoprevention: New learnings from Niger, Nigeria and Benin’.
The webinar, orchestrated by Population Services International (PSI), brought together implementers operating in these countries to share their learnings from this year’s delivery with an audience of over 200 international health experts.
In his welcome address, Dr Pedro Alonso, Director of the World Health Organization’s Global Malaria Programme spoke of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) as a fantastic story of progress and success thanks to the concerted efforts of partners scaling up this life-saving intervention.
“As Director of the Global Malaria Program of WHO, SMC is one of the highlights of our malaria global effort. It is a fantastic example of the translation from research into policy into application and scalability, and reaching millions of children in one of the areas of the world – in fact, the area of the world – where under-five mortality is highest and where malaria is a main contributor to that mortality.”
The emergence of COVID-19 as a global health crisis raised questions as to if and how SMC could be delivered as planned this year. Malaria Consortium has been a leading implementer of SMC since WHO issued its recommendation to scale up the intervention in 2012 and has continued to deliver SMC safely during the COVID-19 pandemic and in line with government strategies. Malaria Consortium’s Olatunde Adesoro, Programme Director for SMC in Nigeria outlined how implementing SMC this year in the context of COVID-19 was achieved in practice – from global partner collaboration and stakeholder engagement to procurement of resources and training adaptations, and reflected on the achievements, challenges and lessons to be learnt for the future particularly in the provision of safe essential health services amid a pandemic.
Presenters from PMI Impact Malaria and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) also spoke to improved efficiency of campaign delivery through digitisation in Benin and the introduction of integrated malnutrition screenings in Niger respectively.
The event served to demonstrate the opportunities of SMC to further improve malaria control outcomes alongside additional interventions and showcased the programme’s adaptive and scalable attributes. Dr Alonso highlighted these attributes as he spoke of how the benefits of SMC could and should be felt in regions beyond the Sahel in the future.
“SMC is a great success story and we must not just preserve it but nurture it. I believe also, adapt it as per the principles of the High Burden, High Impact (HBHI) initiative […] Let’s be clear, there are no conceptual reasons why SMC should not be used in other parts of the continent. In the spirit of adapting our response to what the epidemiology looks like, we should be able to deploy our tools and our mixes of interventions to all the areas where significant benefit could be achieved.”
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Want to know more about why arts are good for business and business is good for the arts? Are you looking for new ways to build successful arts and business partnerships or how to advance support for the arts in Boulder? Check out this list of great resources.
- Business of Art Workshops
- Fiscal Sponsorship
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The pARTnership Movement is an initiative from Americans for the Arts to reach business leaders with the message that partnering with the arts can build their competitive advantage. Americans for the Arts is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts, and its website contains links to research and real stories of successful partnerships and a toolkit for arts organizations.
ARTSblog posts some of the best new thinking about why arts matter, why the private sector has a strong stake in supporting the arts, and how arts and businesses are working together in creative ways to mutual benefit.
ArtsJournal is a digest of some of the best arts and cultural journalism in the English- speaking world.
Arts and Government:
City of Boulder Community Cultural Plan: Adopted in 2015, this nine-year plan is the strategic framework and master plan for the City’s investment in arts and culture.
City of Boulder 2014 Ballot: 2A Community, Culture and Safety Sales/Use Tax. This three- year tax provided $27 MM for a range of investments including in the City including public art ($600,000), capital investments in the Dairy Center for the Arts ($3.8 million) and the new Museum of Boulder (up to $4.0 million).
A division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade, Colorado Creative Industries provides resources and technical assistance to support creative entrepreneurs and enterprises.
It’s Official: Creativity Drives Business Results: This 2016 study commissioned by Adobe demonstrates that business that embrace creativity outperform their peers on revenue growth and market share.
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Let me guide you through a nature experience and a life lesson that stays with you. I know it can take a lot of courage to spread your wings and to have an adventure when it comes to your personal life, but with just a tiny bit of courage, an adventure in the nature can turn into something big and meaningful.
Mr. Keizō Anan, the owner of Nature and Lodging Center Bōken Kazoku:
My dream was to create a place, where people could find meaningful personal connections. Then in 1993, my dream came true as the former Hirafu Elementary School got a new life and the building was put to practical use again as “Nature and Lodging Center Bōken Kazoku”.
“Bōken Kazoku” means “Adventure Family”. Here people can rediscover what it is like to live in harmony with nature.
At the foot of the magnificent Mount Yōtei, also known as the Mount Fuji of Hokkaido, we are operating “The Forest of Adventures”, where people get to experience deeply, with all their five senses, what it really means to be in the wild. In the forest there is no electricity nor any of the artificial noises we are so used to in our everyday lives. The information you might have gained from books or the internet stands little meaning here. I might speak quite simple English, but that is not important: I want you to actually use your Sight, Hearing, Taste, Smell, and Touch to discover and to do things by yourself and to learn by practice.
This program was created so that I could share with you the way of “Living with Nature” that I have learned here at Niseko. Let me teach you how to find edible wild vegetables in the mountains and how to catch fish from a river with your bare hands. I want you to know how to make fire and to cook the food you have gathered in the wilderness. I can teach you how to build wooden tools by your own hands or you can try using some ancient tools we have here.
We can take a bath in a “Goemon-burō”, a traditional cauldron type of Japanese bath, that is heated directly with fire (the name comes from legendary thief Ishikawa Goemon, who was boiled alive in a cauldron…) We can build a wooden raft and head out for an adventure down the river. Or how about dipping in a hot spring mud bath hidden behind a bamboo thicket?
I have lived here in Niseko for 30 years, and this place has taught me plenty. Now it’s my turn to transmit my wisdom to you. Let me share with you the way of “Having a Real Adventure” that I so treasure.
There are so many things that I would like to do with you and there is so much to be learned… Actually, a day could never be enough to transmit all the knowledge I have. This being the case, please tell me if you have your own preferences or interests. We must also consider the season and whatever surprises nature has prepared for us, but that is what makes it a real adventure.
I am sincerely looking forward to meeting you!
Let’s build a raft together! Sometimes they break down in the middle of the river…
You have to climb through a thicket of bamboo grass for 20 minutes… and then suddenly in front of your eyes there is a… Hidden hot spring mud bath!
Cooking rice with a traditional Japanese kettle is interesting and tastes the best!
Here at the foot of Mount Yōtei, you can find plenty of wild vegetables
During autumn season there are so many mushrooms waiting to be found♪
Enjoy the change of seasons
The refreshing spring water of the Forest of Adventures is the best!
Catching fish with our bare hands is exiting!
Living self-sufficiently: Cooking fish we have caught by our own hands
“Goemon-burō”, a traditional type of Japanese bath
Eating outdoors while appreciating the Mount Yōtei scenery
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One crucial advantage of using solar panels is the belief that they don’t release any fumes which were popular in green houses. The panels do not produce any smoking, chemical or heavy metals and this can be risk factors to individual well-being. Solar panels are consequently environmental-friendly in comparison to burning of fossil fuels to produce electricity. That is crucial considering that carbon emissions are unsafe and avoiding their exhaust helps within defending our current and foreseeable future environment.
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|I know how many of you out there hate doing legs. I myself used to despise it. But the medically proven fact is that working out your legs is essential to reap maximum gains from your workouts. It's because your muscle groups in your legs are some of the largest muscles in the body (depending on what you work out - some people I know have bigger Pecs than quadriceps!). When you work out your legs, your body releases testosterone to other muscle groups, therefore allowing you to grow everywhere.
A friend of mine who is 6'0 and training naturally using creatine and eating really well reached a plateau at 90kg that he could not pass. He never worked legs because he found it painful with sore knees. And really, when you walk in the gym and have the option of squats or bench, what are you going to choose? So I suggested a breaking the legs up, at least to begin with.
When I first decided I wanted to incorporate legs into my heavy schedule I was worried about sacrificing the time that I spent working other more visible groups. So here's how I started.
Although I tend to isolate muscle groups more intensely now, this is a good way to incorporate legs into a workout. I used to use a 4 day training cycle.
Day 1. Chest, triceps, calves.
Day 2. Shoulders, quadriceps.
Day 3. Back, biceps, hamstring.
Day 4. Rest.
Now, I'm not saying this is a perfect training routine, far from it, but it is a good way to learn to incorporate legs into your workout. After doing this for a short period of time you will begin to enjoy doing legs. When this happens, you may want to break your workout down to allow more time on specific muscle groups. The point of my little tip is that my friend, who had reached a plateau at 90kg, started training like this. He reached 100kg naturally and broke that plateau almost immediately after starting legs. He gained size all over and now he is 115kg, though this second gain was achieved through the help of a little friend called Sustanon 250.
Eat well and remember to rest. Overtraining is an easy habit to form and people believe this false rumour that by targeting individual muscle groups, you are allowing the other muscles to rest, therefore you can go to the gym everyday. This is a load of crap. When you train, you are still pulling energy from the same reserves, whether you be pressing, or calve raising. Although your actual muscles may heal effectively while you are training other groups, your energy reserves, not to mention interest, continues to decline. You will lose interest and find the gym becoming more and more of a monotonous task. You will become soft and not push till complete exhaustion on that final set. You will give up far to easily when you should be going hard. Have a day off every now and then to restore your energy and interest. I recommend training 4 days, resting 1. And every now and then when you feel like you are in a rut, and have reached a plateau, have 5 days off. You will come back to gym a new person ready to get fing HUGE!!!
|I agree with the leg workouts (they are a must). I have always been involved with some form of training or another, but I have found weight training to be the most satisfying. When I was 28 years old, I got started working the weights, but I did it 7 days a week, up to 2 hours daily without working my legs.
Guess what happened about 8 months into this routine? Burn out, immune deficiency, sickness, I quit!!!
Now I am 44 and have a desk job, very little activity. So, once again I am lifting weights this time. I am concentrating on legs on my first day after rest. I have enjoyed good gains, and now realize the importance of a good leg workout. I am not over training, but enjoying myself and looking forward to working out.
If someone were to ask me what is the best advice I could give, I would have to say you need what you don't have until you are about 40 years old (PATIENCE ) and a good leg routine, mixing it up to keep your legs as well as other body parts in suspense, wondering what you are going to incorporate into the workout next. Thanks for all the help.
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11 missing after Gulf of Mexico oil rig blast
The US Coast Guard launched a frantic air and sea rescue operation Wednesday for 11 oil workers missing in the Gulf of Mexico after an explosion rocked a rig off the Louisiana coast.
Three people remained critically injured after the blast ripped through the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible platform around 10:00 pm Tuesday (0300 GMT Wednesday), sending balls of flame shooting into the night sky.
Fifteen people were airlifted by helicopter and taken to local hospitals, as rescuers scrambled to evacuate the rest of the 126 personnel from the rig, operated by Swiss-incorporated contractor Transocean, which has headquarters in Houston, Texas.
The platform, under contract to BP Exploration and Production, Inc., likely suffered a blowout while drilling through rock at BP's Macondo prospect, said Transocean vice president Adrian Rose.
"There's undoubtedly some pressure buildup in the marine riser, which comes from the seabed," he told reporters, ruling out a shallow gas pocket as the cause of the explosion.
"Hydrocarbons under pressure -- gas or oil -- got into the riser, came up the riser, expanded rapidly and exploded."
But he stressed that the cause of the accident was still under investigation and that "we have no facts to say that it's actually a blowout. This is an assumption that we are making."
A local official told The Times-Picayune newspaper that the 11 missing workers were found safe, but the Coast Guard denied the report. It had initially indicated that up to 12 people were believed missing.
"We have no idea where the 11 people unaccounted for are but we will continue to search," said Eighth Coast Guard District commander Rear Admiral Mary Landry.
The platform, located some 52 miles (84 kilometers) southeast of Venice on the Louisiana coast, was tilting between three and 10 degrees and still burning nearly a day after the blast.
While three other vessels tried to douse the flames and ferried shocked workers, some with minor injuries, to shore, the Coast Guard searched the waters for signs of life using six cutters, one airplane and four helicopters.
Workers jumped at least 75 to 100 feet (23 to 30 meters) into the water to escape the fire. Survivors were found on the rig and in the waters surrounding it, some of them clinging to life rafts.
The Coast Guard said it would conduct a joint investigation with the US Interior Department's Minerals Management Service and BP. Coast Guard environmental teams were on standby to assess the damage after all workers had been accounted for and the fire extinguished.
BP vice president for Gulf of Mexico exploration David Rainey said that pollution from the explosion, if any was "minor," although stressing the situation could change. He said BP had activated oil spill response plans.
The fire was burning off much of the oil spilled during the accident, officials said.
Landry said the fire was been fueled by oil leaking from the well head, and "as long as that crude is leaching, we're going to continue to see that fire."
"They've got a remotely operated vehicle, subsurface vehicle that can work to secure that source, to plug that well head, if you will, and if it can plug the source, then we can mitigate the fire," she said in an interview with CNN.
Among the 126 workers aboard the rig at the time of the explosion, 79 were Transocean staff, six were BP personnel and the remainder were third party workers, Rose said.
According to Transocean, the Deepwater Horizon platform is 396 feet (121 meters) long and 256 feet wide. It can accommodate a crew of up to 130.
Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea in 2001, the rig can drill up to 30,000 feet deep and operate "in harsh environments and water depths up to 8,000 feet," Transocean said.
The company said it had dispatched emergency and family response teams to help the US Coast Guard and BP care for traumatized workers and search for the missing.
Transocean is the world's largest offshore drilling contractor, with a fleet of 140 mobile offshore drilling units, in addition to three ultra-deepwater units under construction.
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I’m really excited about this new article and I think you will be excited too. I have found an article which describes the secrets hidden inside BMW E36 on board computer (OBC). It’s really fascinating me that the Germans in 1993 or so were having such things. All I can say is WOW!. OK, enough talking about the Germans, so Mr. OBC here turned to be not as simple as I really thought at first. It has many information that is hidden and can be displayed with tiny effort. I’m almost sure that you’re going to love the article below. I just wanted to say that you should make sure to try the Instrument Panel Tests. It’s really cool to watch your car checking itself.
Note: I did try almost all what’s written in here and it’s working great.
Disclaimer: Use this info at your own risk!! I’m not responsible for your mistakes man!
There are many interesting functions available on the E36 OBC (On Board Computer) that are not documented in the owner’s manual, including changing the language of the display. The procedures described here work on my ’97 328iC, which has the upgraded OBC – they may work on other models of similar vintage.
Programming the Display Order
Unlock the Display
Setting the Country Code
Instrument Panel Tests
Programming the OBC to Display Contents in a Desired Order:
When you repeatedly press in on the turn signal stalk, the OBC display cycles through the various information types that it has in memory. The default sequence is: CONSUM1, CONSUM2, EXT. TEMP, SPEED, LIMIT, DIST and TIMER. If you want to change the display order, use the following procedure:
Press-in and hold the turn stalk for about 5 seconds. The OBC display will change to Prog 1. Press the button corresponding to the first function you would like to have displayed in the sequence. For example, if you would like the outside temperature to be displayed first, press the TEMP button. The display will then change to Prog2. Continue pressing the OBC buttons in the order you want, up through nine entries. You don’t have to enter all nine – if you would like the display to cycle only between TEMP and RANGE, simply enter those two items as Prog 1 and Prog 2. When finished, press the SET/RES button to store the sequence in memory.
To revert to the default order, simply press SET/RES as soon as Prog 1 is displayed.
Accessing Data in the OBC:
The OBC contains a lot of data, and displays the data in a manner determined by the country code that is stored in it. The technique to access this data is as follows:
Press the 1000 and 10 keys simultaneously. You should see Test-Nr.: appear in the display.
The table below lists the available test codes that are available. Enter a test code number, using the number keys, followed by the SET/RES key. However, to access codes other than 1, 10, 14, 19, and 21,
you have to first unlock the OBC, using the procedure described below.
Read the results.
For test numbers 10 and 11, enter a new value (if desired) and press SET/RES.
Return to the normal display functions by pressing CHECK or any other key.
Unlock the Display:
Most of the test sequences require you to first unlock the display before. Enter test code 19 using the above procedure. The display should read LOCK:ON. Then enter an unlocking code consisting of the sum of the current month plus date (for example, if today is July 11, enter 18). Then press SET/RES, and the OBC is now unlocked.
Following is a listing of the available tests, along with with my notes as to what I think each test means. Note that the display uses European conventions for decimals (i.e., the number 61,7 is 61.7f or us Americans). You will see that I don’t have good explanations for several of these test codes
Test Code No.
Display Must Be Unlocked First?
All LED display elements are lit
Verify that the display is working properly
VBR: n,n l/100km
n,n = instantaneous fuel usage in liters/100 km
VBR: n,n l/h
n,n = instantaneous fuel usage in liters per hour
RW-VBR: n,n l/100
n,n = average fuel usage in liter/100 km.
RW: nnn km
nnn = range in km
TMTL: nn,n l
nn,n = fuel remaining (in liters)
V: n km/h
n = instantaneous speed in km/h
UB: nn,nn V
nn,nn = system voltage (should be
LAND: n xxx *
Country code — for US drivers
should be set to 2 USA — see description below
EINHEIT n: xx *
?? There are two EINHEIT displays: the values for xx in EINHEIT 1 can range between B0 and BF, and for EINHEIT 2 range between 0F and FF (mine is set to B3 and FF, respectively). Press the 1000 or 100 key to switch between EINHEIT 1 and EINHEIT 2.
VANK nn km/h
nn = average speed
nn:nn = ETA (will display
–:– if the OBC’s distance function is not in use)
dd.mm.yyyy = Software version date. Mine is 25.06.1991
DIAG: nn nn nnn xx
Diagnosis code? Mine is 01 05 255 FA
PORT: nn nnnnnnnn
Port codes? Press 1000
or 100 key to cycle port numbers. For example, PORT 01 is 10101000
PROM: nn nn
?? Mine reads 00 12
DTON or DTOFF?
(Single tone horn versus dual tone)
xx = ON or OFF.
See description above for method.
nnnn = Fuel rate calibration factor. Mine is set to 1000
Reset all defect codes? Also erases all stored values in the OBC (i.e, fuel consumption, avg. speed, timer, etc) and clock.
Note: #20 The factor is used to correct the OBC Avg Fuel Consumption figure to reality. If your OBC is off a bit, fill it UP totally and then run the tank down and refill. Then calculate your Actual MPG. Now enter test #20 get the old Correction Factor. NEW CF = OLD CF *(Actual MPG/OBC MPG)
Setting the Country Code:
If your OBC suddenly starts displaying every thing in German, and you would like to put it back to English, use test sequence number 10. Once you’re into test number 10, press the 1 key several times, and you’ll see the display cycle through various country options. For example, 0 is for Germany (the display reads LAND:0 D * – I assume D stands for Deutschland). As you cycle through the options, you’ll see choices for the Great Britain, USA, France, Canada, etc. Once the display is on the country you want, press the SET/RES key to store your choice into memory — for US drivers the display should be set to LAND: 2 USA * . Then press the CHECK key, and the display will reflect the units of the country you’ve chosen.
Instrument Panel Tests:
With the engine off, press and hold the trip mileage reset button, and then turn the key to accessory position 2 (OBC and radio come on). The LED display on the instrument panel (which normally is the odometer) will change to tESt01 and then will begin to cycle through several displays. Release the button. The display will continue to cycle through several displays. Here’s the data my car displays:
BMW Part No.
Last 5 digits of VIN
Revision Index Hardware No.
Finally, all LED elements will light, and all gauges will cycle once.
You can press the mileage-reset button again to access more tests. Tests 2 through4 are always unlocked and hence available. Tests 5 through 14 are normally locked — to access these you must first unlock the display-using test 15.Otherwise the display simply shows: ——–.
Engine type: n = 2 for 4-cylinder engine, 3 for 6-cylinder, and 4 for 8-cylinder
km traveled since last oil service reset.
Age of car, in days
For tests 5 – 13, display must first be unlocked using sequence 15.
SI evaluation factor: n = 0 or 1 (over-rev), t= 0 or 1 (engine temp over heat)
Fuel level and coolant temp. Displays hexadec codes relating to gauge position:
Fuel Gauge Hex value:
A (empty) —-> 0d
End of Reserve —-> 37
B ——> 54
C ——–> 90
D ———> c4
E (full) ——> f0
Engine Temp Hex value:
A ——-> ce
B ——–> 6d
C ——–> 5c
D (center) ——> 4f-23
E ——–> 1e
F ———> 18
Current engine RPM
Current road speed in km/h
Distance – used to compare odometer mileage in the EPROM vs. the coding plug. If the two values don’t agree (for example, if one of these elements was replaced), the manipulation dot will illuminate. This function will synchronize the two readings to the highest value. Press and hold the reset button for 4 seconds, and the lower mileage reading will be overwritten by the higher, and the manipulation dot is cancelled.
Status bits – input signal (0=low
or 1= high):
1: seat belt: fastened =0
2: ignition lock: key inserted=0
3: door contact: door open = 0
4: clock button pressed = 0
5: SI reset = 0
6: EGS transmission failure = 0
Status bits – output signals:
1: Gond output
2: Brake warning lamp
3: Low fuel warning lamp
4: EGA lamp
5: Seat belt lamp
6: manipulation dot
Country code of cluster (USA = 02)
Lock Status (on or off). Press and hold the reset button for about five seconds until the display reads "OFF". Now you can access test sequences 5 through 14.
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Ever since the first practical garden rototillers appeared in the 1930s, they have remained popular tools for those with large gardens to manage and maintain. Their ability to turn unused land into a smooth seedbed with just a few passes, and incorporate compost and other soil amendments into the top few inches of soil, has persuaded generations of gardeners that a tiller is a "must-have" power tool.
Front Tine or Rear Tine?
Like any other tool, tillers should be matched to the kind of work they will be used for. A small garden, say less than 1/8-acre, which has been in use for some time, can be handled with an inexpensive front-tine tiller. A large garden, up to an acre or more, at least some of which is unbroken sod, needs a more powerful and expensive rear-tine tiller. A good compromise is to rent a large tiller to get the garden established, then buy a smaller tiller to maintain it.
Tillers bearing this label are made by others, but the retail stores, online sales, and widely available service help to keep these tillers popular. Some have Briggs & Stratton engines, while others use generic engines distributed by MTD--a conglomerate that owns several brands. These tillers are good value for occasional use. Some newer Craftsman models have the engine mounted over the tines--a throwback to the earliest tiller designs.
The Honda FR600 and FR800 model tillers use reliable Honda engines and have a chain-driven transmission with three forward gears and reverse. Tilling width is 20 inches. A two-direction depth bar helps ensure good performance in varying soil conditions. Controls are easy to access on the handlebar. The tiller has a full-tine enclosure, full-width drag flap, and a standard front counterweight. Not cheap, but good quality and good value.
An old brand now owned by the MTD conglomerate that also owns the Cub Cadet, White Outdoor, Yard-Man, Bolens, and other well-known brands. Several models of front- and rear-tine tillers are available, most with Briggs & Stratton engines. Quality has deteriorated since the MTD purchase of the brand, but they are still sturdy and mostly well-designed machines that can be depended upon for hard work. The Pony and Horse models are available with an electric start option. The Big Red Horse model is powerful enough for commercial work.
The BCS garden tractors are probably the best quality machines currently on the market. Designed to accept several attachments--from rototillers, snow-blowers, chipper-shredders, and mowers--the all-gear transmission is much stronger and more reliable than machines that use belt or chain transmissions. Admittedly a bit more expensive than other tillers, the BCS line offers design and quality to match its prices. | <urn:uuid:b248b98f-3028-4de3-9430-8dd5d95d6fef> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.gardenguides.com/99670-garden-tillers.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284352.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00188-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947492 | 602 | 2.09375 | 2 |
- Denial rates for new employment H-1B petitions were 32% in the first quarter of FY 2019, a significant increase in the number of rejections seen in previous years, according to research from the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP). Between FY 2010 and FY 2015, the rate never exceeded 8%, NFAP said. The results are based on a study of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) data.
- The researchers said they believe the rise in denials occurred because "USCIS and its adjudicators have raised the standard of proof for approving an H-1B petition."
- NFAP also noted that employers are experiencing more difficulty in getting approval for existing H-1B visa holders. In Q1 of FY 2019, USCIS denied 18% of H-1B petitions for continuing employment, compared to denying 3% in FY 2015 and 5% in FY 2017, NFAP said. NFAP noted that Amazon's H-1B denial rate was 17% for continuing employment during FY 2019. Microsoft's denial rate for initial employment was 13% for FY 2019, up from 1% in FY 2015, according to NFAP.
Computer-related occupations make up a large part of the H-1B program. Almost 70% of petitions in FY 2017 were for computer professionals, according to USCIS data. At least 10 companies that provide professional or IT services experienced denial rates for H-1B initial employment of more than 40% in Q1 FY 2019, while the companies' denial rates in FY 2015 were between 4% and 8%, NFAP said.
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) made changes to the H-1B visa program. The rule reversed the order by which USCIS selects H-1B petitions so that USCIS first selects the petitions filed on behalf of all visa holders and then selects from the remaining petitions a number estimated to reach the advanced degree exemption. DHS also put into place an electronic registration requirement for H-1B cap-subject petitions expected for the FY 2021 cap season.
DHS has said the reversed selection process will increase the number of individuals with advanced degrees from U.S. colleges and universities selected for further processing and that the electronic visa program will be more productive for businesses. But others have reported the filing process has become more difficult for petitioners and employers, with previously routine H-1B applications receiving much more scrutiny than in the past.
Employer willingness to hire under the H-1B visa system does have a payoff, according to research by two University of California assistant professors. In a study involving product reallocation over patents, they discovered that firms that hire high-skilled workers through the program are more likely to have high product reallocation rates associated with high amounts of revenue growth. The researchers also found that businesses that hired H-1B workers weren't as damaged by the Great Recession as those that did not. | <urn:uuid:36b20ac2-e24d-40bf-a1fd-e2a0dfba0e95> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hrdive.com/news/study-h-1b-denial-rates-are-up-by-a-wide-margin/552825/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00068.warc.gz | en | 0.970979 | 620 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Taking Meds Is Such a Pill… How To Fix This
As we get older, chronic health conditions can become a significant part of our lives. Treatment often involves a growing list of medications that can become difficult and time consuming to manage. The coordination of getting prescriptions from your doctor, refilling them and keeping them all organized is challenging. It is not surprising to hear that less than 50% of Canadians are compliant with their medications, meaning they do not take them as prescribed.
Why does this happen?
Well we often either forget to take our meds or choose not to take our meds as prescribed.
Problem #1: We Choose To Not Take Our Meds As Prescribed
As we age we tend to take more medications and as a result get more undesirable side effects. Dizziness, tiredness, insomnia, constipation, and bladder control problems are just a few examples of side effects that occur because we are on too high of a dose or on too many medications. It is important to know that these are not normal processes of aging. Medication overuse in older adults is more common than you think. It occurs because as we age our bodies ability to process and eliminate medications declines. As a result medications tend to stick around a lot longer, accumulate in our body and lead to increased side effects and even toxicity. Sometimes the side effect of one medication is treated with another, leading us to feel even more unwell. Side effects and feeling unwell are usually the reason why older adults choose to not take their meds as prescribed.
Solution #1: Have Your Medications Personalized To YOU!
Side effects and medication overuse in older adults could soon be a thing of the past. Electronic health record systems, like ClinicalConnect, are now allowing for improved information exchange amongst healthcare professionals. The collaborative care model, often seen in the hospital, is now possible in the community setting. Pharmacists are now able to access important information such as diagnoses, doctors reports, and blood work to help personalize medications to each individual. Pharmacists can now leverage their expertise on medications to help select the right medication and dose for you based on your other medications, drug interactions, side effects and on how your body processes them.
Certified Geriatric Pharmacists specialize in how to adapt our medications to our bodies as we age. They can now access blood work to determine your kidney function and how your body processes medication to help assess what is the right medication and the right dose for you. The Health Depot uses ClinicalConnect and a growing team of Certified Geriatric Pharmacists and other Pharmacist specialists to help personalize your medications, reduce your side effects, and improve your overall health.
Watch the video below to learn more about medication overuse and the need to personalize medications.
Problem #2: We Forget To Take Our Medications
As we take more prescriptions, vitamins, minerals, and over-the-counter health products, it can become challenging to manage our health properly. Remembering to refill, pick up and organize a growing list of mediations can become a daunting task. It is no wonder that we often forget to take our medications. How can we help to improve managing meds? Weekly pill organizers can help. However, they are very labor intensive and don’t help with the complexity of knowing what meds need to be separated so they don’t interact. Pill organizers are also not convenient, as they are not easy to take with you.
Solution #2A: Get Your Meds Organized In Daily Dose Packs
Have your meds organized for you by date and time in Daily Dose Packs at no additional cost. They fit conveniently in your pocket or purse, allowing you to take them with you wherever you go. The packs are easy to open and replace the need for “hard-to-open” bottles or bulky blister packs. The pharmacists at The Health Depot help to organize your packs ensuring meds are at the proper times and correctly spaced for your preferences and safety.
Solution #2B: Get Automatic Refills
Automatic Refills: Have your daily meds synchronized and automatically filled and delivered to your door for FREE. The Health Depot has a team of Pharmacist Specialists that will even contact your doctor for refills so you never have to worry about running out again.
Problem #3: Your Pharmacy Doesn’t Have Daily Dose Packs or Cannot Personalize Your Meds
Solution #3: Transfer To The Health Depot Pharmacy … They Are Happy To Help!
Contact The Health Depot today for a no obligation FREE consultation about your Medications and learn why they are the preferred pharmacy for CARP and Zoomer. Call Toll Free: 1-855-844-2242 or email [email protected]
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As mentioned in the overview, there are four basic types of power conversion. Once you have determined the type of converter that you need, you will need to consider the other options: specifically, filtered vs. unfiltered, and regulated vs. unregulated.
Filtered indicates that the converter is designed to prevent line noise from being carried into the connected device. This is important for audio and video equipment, as line noise can cause interference issues, such as static or a poor picture.
Regulated means that the converter is designed to provide a specific level of unvarying power. This is required for devices which are not tolerant of minor power changes and/or which state that they require a regulated power supply.
The chart below lists the various situations in which you would need a power converter and which converter should be used.
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Supporting Families with Teenagers3 Oct 2011 - 15:30
From 1 January 2012, Family Tax Benefit Part A will increase for dependent 16 to 19 year olds who are undertaking full-time secondary study. The maximum rate will increase by $161.42 per child per fortnight, to $214.06.
These changes to family assistance encourage dependent teenagers aged 16-19 years to stay in school by providing more support for their family while they are in secondary study.
Also from 1 January 2012, Youth Allowance will generally not be available for dependent children under 18 years old who are living at home and undertaking full-time secondary study.
Families not currently receiving Family Tax Benefit for their older teenager are able to pre-claim from 3 October 2011 and are encouraged to use the online Family Tax Benefit-Youth Allowance Comparison Estimator to help work out which payment best suits their circumstances.
Families may also be eligible for other family assistance benefits such as Rent Assistance, Family Tax Benefit Part B, Multiple Birth Allowance and Large Family Supplement.
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Scores of Russian media disseminated stories this week claiming that the US were conducting secret biological experiments in Ukraine resulting in some of the recent outbreaks of certain diseases in the country. All the publications use the same source for this fake story, the hacker group Cyber Berkut.
This is not the first time that such stories have been circulated; they rely on conspiracy theories and offer no evidence for their claims. StopFake has debunked similar fakes in the past and repeatedly pointed out that information distributed by Cyber Berkut is completely unreliable.
Some Russian sites cited a Global Research article about the Pentagon unleashing biological weapons against Europe and quoted UNICEF Ukraine representative Joanna Barbaris speaking about a measles outbreak, implying that the two were secretly connected. However, according to Barbaris, the recent measles outbreak in Ukraine has nothing to do with biological weapons, it occurred because parents would not have their children vaccinated against the disease.
StopFake has pointed out on numerous occasions that Global Research is not a real news and analysis site, but rather a factory of fakes specializing in conspiracy theories.
The Cyber Berkut story that Russian media cite is filled with innuendo and unsubstantiated claims about US military intelligence running biological weapons labs in Ukraine. The story refers to emails from a Dr. Eliot Pearlman, head of the International HIV/AIDS and TB Institute about meeting medical officers from the Defense Ministry and Ukraine’s National Guard, attending conferences and distributing condoms to Ukrainian soldiers. None of these are secret activities.
Eliot Pearlman is a former US army doctor who has lived in Ukraine since 1991, his activities with HIV and TB prevention are completely open and accessible on his NGO’s website.
Cyber Berkut also claims that one of the companies running these secret laboratories is Black&Veatch, a global consulting company specializing in infrastructure development. Black&Veatch was awarded a US Defense Threat Reduction Agency contract to help Ukraine enhance its capacity to detect, diagnose, report and respond to infectious disease outbreaks and has built a state of the art diagnostics laboratory in Odesa.
StopFake has reported that in 2005 Ukraine’s Health Ministry and the US Defense Department signed a cooperation agreement aimed to prevent the spread of pathogens, technology and expertise that could be used in the development of biological weapons. Under the agreement many Ukrainian laboratories were overhauled and modernized. The labs are completely open and transparent as is the work that is taking place there. | <urn:uuid:9950b888-ac3a-4b37-b551-ea4f0a09ca7c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.stopfake.org/en/fake-ukraine-a-us-biological-testing-site/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.964019 | 497 | 1.835938 | 2 |
Today is Bunker Hill Day (observed), a legal holiday for government employees in Boston. Since I don’t work for the government I had to go to work, but figure it’s a day worth mentioning.
Mass Moments recounts the battle and its commeration with the Bunker Hill Monument, a granite obelisk I see each and every day (and enjoy climbing). Unfortunately, Mass Moments repeats the old canard about the battle really being fought on Breeds Hill. This fact always seems to be related by someone in a know-it-all tone which really misrepresents the significance of the battle or the topography involved, and thus annoys me. Breeds Hill is basically an arm of Bunker Hill and the two are adjacent so the preoccupation with defining them as different locations is really overstated.
Yesterday I noted the ongoing little kerfuffle over whether it would be more accurate to call the Battle of Bunker Hill the “Battle of Breed’s Hill.” We can do that, I figure, right after we change the name of the Battle of Gettysburg to the “Battle of lots of places all around Gettysburg, but not, you know, right in the middle of town.” It might be a little more accurate, but it wouldn’t really be worth it.
Other Boston 1775 posts about Bunker Hill include:
- New Bunker Hill Visitors Center Opens Tomorrow
- Setting the Scene for Bunker Hill
- Timothy Newell Reports from Bunker Hill
- We Have Peppered ‘Em Well
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Generic anti-seizure medications are a great alternative to their more expensive brand-name counterparts, and it’s worth asking your doctor about generic anti-seizure medications.
(COLLEGE STATION, TX) – The Texas A&M Health Science Center Rural and Community Health Institute recently was awarded management of a $1.6 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to provide electronic connectivity for two communities’ health care systems.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant is directed by Theresa Cruz, director of Rural Health in the Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA). ORCA, which has subcontracted with HSC-RCHI to manage the project, is a state agency created in 2001 by the 77th Texas Legislature to ensure a continuing focus on rural issues, monitor governmental actions affecting rural Texans, research problems and recommend solutions, and coordinate rural programs among state agencies.
“We will implement electronic connectivity among all the health care facilities and providers in the Texas towns of Wellington and Friona to provide secure, confidential patient information.” said Janine C. Edwards, Ph.D., professor and staff member in the HSC-RCHI who was instrumental in the development of the grant proposal. “These two rural communities in North Texas will also have access to radiology consultation via telemedicine to a hospital in Amarillo affiliated with the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. The project is scheduled to be completed in 18 months under the guidance of an advisory board.”
Kathleen Meckler, R.N., M.S., interim director of HSC-RCHI, will manage the project.
Texas communities are making strides to improve patient safety and quality of care using standardized measures and health information technology. However, due to the lack of measurable patient outcomes, rural hospitals find it difficult to demonstrate quality and safety, or to make improvement efforts. These communities realize that without such efforts, their hospitals and clinics are at risk and have the potential to close, leaving thousands of Texas residents without primary care.
To overcome this challenge, the HSC-RCHI project will implement health information technology, which facilitates rapid and secure transmission of patient information among providers and analysis of data for improvement in patient care. Activities focus on the selection and implementation of a health information system that will connect all health care providers (hospital, doctors, pharmacy, nursing home, home health care, etc.) in the communities and with the tertiary care center in the region.
According to Dr. Edwards, this project is significant because it is a demonstration project designed to establish the groundwork for the other 186 rural communities in Texas that have small hospitals and various health care providers to implement community health information technology for patient safety and quality improvement.
Separately, HSC-RCHI has received a $15,000 grant to conduct an ORCA Flex survey. This annual evaluation analyzes the FLEX program by ORCA to determine the impact on Critical Access Hospitals and the rural communities in Texas that they serve. HSC-RCHI has performed such a survey for the past three years.
Authorized in June 2003, HSC-RCHI strives to partner with rural and community health facilities, clinics and physicians to provide a variety of educational programs, clinical outcomes, quality and patient safety services, benchmarking health care delivery services, health care delivery assessments, database management and analysis, research, medical education, graduate medical education and policy research that may be difficult for small or rural facilities to accomplish alone.
The Texas A&M Health Science Center provides the state with health education, outreach and research. Its six components located in communities throughout Texas are Baylor College of Dentistry, the College of Medicine, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Institute of Biosciences and Technology, the Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, and the School of Rural Public Health.
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Cameroon will lose its preferred trade status under the US African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) on January 1, following a US decision to revoke its status because of its human rights record. The October decision was confirmed through a presidential proclamation last week. Three other African nations also will see AGOA status changes, the White House said.
AGOA affect market access, investment and reduced or eliminated tariffs on US imports.
“Despite intensive engagement between the United States and the Government of Cameroon, Cameroon has failed to address concerns regarding persistent human rights violations being committed by Cameroonian security forces,” the previous White House statement said. “These violations include extrajudicial killings, arbitrary and unlawful detention, and torture.”
“I have determined that the Republic of Niger, the Central African Republic, and the Republic of The Gambia have not established effective visa systems and related customs procedures meeting the requirements” of the relevant AGOA legislation, the presidential announcement added. It applies to textiles and apparel imported by the US as well.
Other countries currently not eligible for AGOA participation are South Sudan, Eritrea and Democratic Republic of Congo. Imports from sub-Saharan Africa to the US under AGOA amounted to $12 billion in 2018 and accounted for nearly half of total US imports from the region, with Nigeria, South Africa, Angola, Chad and Kenya as the top exporters under the AGOA provisions.
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January 17, 2010, 12:00 am
Std IX and XI to get upgraded math, science syllabi next academic year, comparable to CBSE, ICSE boards
PUNE: In order to bring elements of competitive exams in the syllabus, the state board is introducing revamped math and science textbooks of std IX and XI from the next academic year. With this, the syllabi of these two subjects, crucial for entrance tests, will be compatible with those of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Indian Council of Secondary Education (ICSE).
In a meeting with top education officials, school education minister Balasaheb Thorat gave his consent to introduce the updated syllabus from June 2010. Updated textbooks for Std X and Std XII will be introduced in June 2011. This was confirmed by Board chairperson Vijaysheela Sardesai. Syllabus of National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) and National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2005, is the benchmark for revision of the syllabus.
Upgradation of the syllabi was necessary for two reasons. Integration of NCF spirit in education is binding on the state. The state board has been under fire for not having competitive edge in its curricula. Changes in math and science books will address both these concerns. The state board has already provided option of general math in Std IX for students who don’t want to opt for science after SSC. For the students who want to pursue science stream and probably go for entrance tests, math will be a tougher subject.
Jayashri Atre, member of Board of Studies of Math, told Sakaal Times that Std IX math subject will include Higher Order Thinking problems. She said, “Std IX will have more application problems. These are questions that assess students’ understanding of the concept. These problems will prepare students for competitive examinations. We may have Multiple Choice Questions in syllabus.”
For science, theory of constructivism - to generate knowledge from experiences will be the bottomline. Every chapter of science textbook will have activities for Std IX and Std XI. “Students will conduct classroom experiments, ask questions and derive answers from classmates. They need not mug up answers once the concept is understood. This will help them face Multiple Choice Questions in entrance tests,” said Dr Sulabha Vidhate, member of the Board of Studies.
RACE AGAINST TIMEMembers of Board of Studies of Math and Science subjects will be racing against time to bring out revised textbooks in the coming academic year. MR Kadam, director of Balbharati, which prints textbooks, wants the final drafts by end of March. This gives BoS two months to prepare the drafts. | <urn:uuid:486a80e8-b195-413c-97a7-d3a3ce02a1d3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cbseguess.com/news/detail/state-board-to-match-cbse-icse-standards-46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00278.warc.gz | en | 0.944231 | 600 | 1.898438 | 2 |
Selected Industrial View with W. Garth Smith, CEO and co-founder of MetaVR, Inc.
On the occasion of I/ITSEC 2017, MILITARY TECHNOLOGY publishes its Annual Simulation and Training Bosses (SATB) Series that conveys the thoughts and messages of the world’s defence simulation and training leaders, according to the question: “How do you apply/integrate live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) technologies to your tactical training, and can LVC training address the military’s readiness crisis??”
While MetaVR doesn’t make LVC systems (we aren’t system integrators), we provide the underlying technology to integrators for training systems used in LVC systems. We provide the image generator (Virtual Reality Scene Generator, “VRSG”) and high-resolution content: the round-earth geospecific 3D terrain and culture and dynamic entity models. Virtual training is valuable if the 3D virtual environment closely matches the live-training environment. VRSG provides out-the-window, sensor, and radar simulation components all based on the same terrain. This ensures the fidelity of matching views required for air to ground training missions such as joint fires, close air support, and UAS simulation.
For example, imagine training at a range on the Fallon Range Training Complex at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada. The targets are pretty well-known; pilots become familiar with them during close air support training missions. We have the infrastructure for LVC training on this range: 2cm per-pixel resolution terrain that we built from imagery collected by our SUAS, thermally accurate military models, etc. VRSG generates artificial sensor feed, so pilots can identify a target and engage. A pilot steers the aircraft toward a real location on the range but the aircraft’s sensor view is replaced by VRSG’s simulated sensor view of the range. (Because VRSG’s real-time physics-based imagery classification simulates the sensor view, the sensor view of 2cm resolution terrain is very accurate; details such as helicopter landing pads and small craters left from exploded ordnance are visible.) Using a high-quality SAF, the pilots could encounter a modern Russian EW platform with an air-defence system that they have never seen before and at a location on the range where there are no real-life targets. Even the EW response on the aircraft can be stimulated with the SAF. Our business partner Battlespace Simulations’ (BSI’s) Modern Air Combat Environment (MACE) generates artificial intelligence entities, thus making the target behaviours and EW signals that show up on VRSG’s simulated terrain. The instructor, using MACE, can put targets on these on unfamiliar locations that do not really exist in the physical world. The value for this kind of training could be significant.
I/ITSEC is showcasing the future of innovation across defences and www.monch.com/mpg/news/iitsec17.html brings together key developments from the show. For more information and a print version of the SATB series, please see MILITARY TECHNOLOGY #12/2017, available on booth #257; and frequently check back for more NEWS FROM THE FLOOR. | <urn:uuid:3caa5eef-f03e-492f-a1a5-7d4d67706056> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://monch.com/satb-metavr/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.905128 | 681 | 1.695313 | 2 |
From in vivo models to cell models
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-animal ethical bases and the evolution of man’s perception of animals through the
ages and according to civilizations and countries;
-an overview of different alternative methods and their status of validation. She introduced different
international organisations for the validation of alternative methods, in particular EURL ECVAM (European Union Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing);
-a new cell culture platform dedicated to teaching which is supported by the World Bank
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PySpark is a Spark API that allows you to interact with Spark through the Python shell. If you have a Python programming background, this is an excellent way to get introduced to Spark data types and parallel programming. PySpark is a particularly flexible tool for exploratory big data analysis because it integrates with the rest of the Python data analysis ecosystem, including pandas (DataFrames), NumPy (arrays), and Matplotlib (visualization). In this blog post, you’ll get some hands-on experience using PySpark and the MapR Sandbox.
Example: Using Clustering on Cyber Network Data to Identify Anomalous Behavior
Unsupervised learning is an area of data analysis that is exploratory. These methods are used to learn about the structure and behavior of the data. Keep in mind that these methods are not used to predict or classify, but rather to interpret and understand.
Clustering is a popular unsupervised learning method where the algorithm attempts to identify natural groups within the data. K-means is the most widely used clustering algorithm where “k” is the number of groups that the data falls into. In k-means, k is assigned by the analyst, and choosing the value of k is where the interpretation of the data comes into play.
In this example, we will be using a dataset from an annual data mining competition, The KDD Cup ( http://www.sigkdd.org/kddcup/index.php ). One year (1999), the topic was network intrusion and the data set is still available ( http://kdd.ics.uci.edu/databases/kddcup99/kddcup99.html ). The data set will be the kddcup.data.gz file and consists of 42 features and approximately 4.9 million rows.
Using clustering on cyber network data to identify anomalous behavior is a common utilization of unsupervised learning. The sheer amount of data collected makes it impossible to go through each log or event to properly determine if that network event was normal or anomalous. Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) are often the only applications networks have to filter this data, and the filter is often assigned based on anomalous signatures that can take time to be updated. Before the update occurs, it is valuable to have analysis techniques to check your network data for recent anomalous activity.
K-means is also used in analysis of social media data, financial transactions, and demographics. For example, you can use clustering analysis to identify groups of Twitter users who Tweet from specific geographic regions using their latitude, longitude, and sentiment scores.
Code for computing k-means in Spark using Scala can be found in many books and blogs. Implementing this code in PySpark uses a slightly different syntax, but many elements are the same, so it will look familiar. The MapR Sandbox offers an excellent environment where Spark is already pre-installed and allows you to get right to the analysis and not worry about software installation.
Install the Sandbox
The instructions in this example will be using the Sandbox in Virtual Box, but either VMware or Virtual Box can be used. For directions on installing the Sandbox in Virtual Box, click on this link.http://maprdocs.mapr.com/51/#SandboxHadoop/t_install_sandbox_vbox.html
Start the Sandbox in Your Virtual Machine
To begin, start the MapR Sandbox that you have installed using VMware or Virtual Box. It might take a minute or two to get fully initiated.
NOTE: you need to press the “command” key in MacOS or the right “control” key in Windows to get your mouse cursor out of the console window.
Once the Sandbox is started, take a look at what comes up. The Sandbox itself is an environment where you can interact with your data, but if you go to http://127.0.0.1:8443/ you can access the file system and familiarize yourself with how the data is stored.
For this tutorial, we will be in HUE. Launch HUE and type in the username/password combination: Username:
Username: mapr Password: mapr
Once HUE opens, go to the file browser:
When you are the in the file browser, you will see you are in the /user/mapr directory.
We are going to operate as user01. To get to that directory, click on the /user directory
Make sure you see user01.
Now we have access to user01 within our Sandbox. This is where you can create folders and store data to be used to test out your Spark code. When working with the Sandbox itself, you can use the Sandbox command line if you choose, or you can connect via the terminal or PuTTY on your machine as “user01”. If you choose to connect via a terminal, use ssh and the following command:
$ ssh [email protected]
Welcome to your Mapr Demo Virtual machine. [[email protected]
For this tutorial, I am using a Mac laptop and a terminal application called iTerm2. I could also use my normal default terminal in my Mac as well.
The Sandbox comes with Spark installed. Python is also installed on the Sandbox, and the Python version is 2.6.6.
~]$ python --version Python 2.6.6
PySpark uses Python and Spark; however, there are some additional packages needed. To install these additional packages, we need to become the root user for the sandbox. (password is: mapr)[email protected]
~]# pip install numpy
The numpy install might take a minute or two. NumPy and Nose are packages that allow for array manipulation and unit tests within Python.[email protected]
PySpark in the Sandbox
To start PySpark, type the following:
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~]$ pyspark --master yarn-client
Below is a screen shot of what your output will approximately look like. You will be in Spark, but with a Python shell¬¬¬.
The following code will be executed within PySpark at the >>> prompt.
Copy and paste the following to load dependency packages for this exercise:
from collections import OrderedDict from numpy import array from math import sqrt import sys import os import numpy import urllib import pyspark from pyspark import SparkContext from pyspark.mllib.feature import StandardScaler from pyspark.mllib.clustering import Kmeans, KmeansModel from pyspark.mllib.linalg import DenseVector from pyspark.mllib.linalg import SparseVector from collections import OrderedDict from time import time
Next,we will check our working directory, put the data into it, and check to make sure it is there.
Check the directory:
os getcwd() >>>> os.getcwd() '/user/user01'
Get the Data
f = urllib.urlretrieve ("http://kdd.ics.uci.edu/databases/kddcup99/kddcup.data.gz", "kddcup.data.gz")
Check to see the data is in the current working directory
Now you should see kddcup.data.gz in the directory “user01”. You can also check in HUE.
Data Import and Exploration
PySpark can import compressed files directly into RDDs.
data_file = "./kddcup.data.gz" kddcup_data = sc.textFile(data_file) kddcup_data.count()
Looking at the first 5 records of the RDD
This output is difficult to read. This is because we are asking PySpark to show us data that is in the RDD format. PySpark has a DataFrame functionality. If the Python version is 2.7 or higher, you can utilize the pandas package. However, pandas doesn’t work on Python versions 2.6, so we use the Spark SQL functionality to create DataFrames for exploration.
from pyspark.sql.types import * from pyspark.sql import DataFrame from pyspark.sql import SQLContext from pyspark.sql import Row kdd = kddcup_data.map(lambda l: l.split(",")) df = sqlContext.createDataFrame(kdd) df.show(5)
Now we can see the structure of the data a bit better. There are no column headers for the data, as they were not included in the file we downloaded. These are in a separate file and can be appended to the data. That is not necessary for this exercise, as we are more concerned with the groups within the data than the features themselves.
This data has already been labeled, meaning the types of malicious cyber behavior have been assigned to a row. This label is the last feature, _42, in the above screen capture. The first five rows off the dataset are labeled “normal.” However, we should determine the counts of the labels for the entire dataset.
Now let’s get an idea of the different types of labels in this data, and the total number for each label. Let’s time how long this takes.
labels = kddcup_data.map(lambda line: line.strip().split(",")[-1]) start_label_count = time() label_counts = labels.countByValue() label_count_time = time()-start_label_count
sorted_labels = OrderedDict(sorted(label_counts.items(), key=lambda t: t, reverse=True)) for label, count in sorted_labels.items(): #simple for loop print label, count
We see there are 23 distinct labels. Smurf attacks are known as directed broadcast attacks, and are a popular form of DoS packet floods. This dataset shows that “normal” events are the third most occurring type of event. While this is fine for learning the material, this dataset shouldn’t be mistaken for a real network log. In a real network dataset, there will be no labels and the normal traffic will be much larger than any anomalous traffic. This results in the data being unbalanced, making it much more challenging to identify the malicious actors.
Now we can start preparing the data for our clustering algorithm.
K-means only uses numeric values. This dataset contains three features (not including the attack type feature) that are categorical. For the purposes of this exercise, they will be removed from the dataset. However, performing some feature transformations where these categorical assignments are given their own features and are assigned binary values of 1 or 0 based on whether they are “tcp” or not could be done.
First, we must parse the data by splitting the original RDD, kddcup_data, into columns and removing the three categorical variables starting from index 1 and removing the last column. The remaining columns are then converted into an array of numeric values, and then attached to the last label column to form a numeric array and a string in a tuple.
def parse_interaction(line): line_split = line.split(",") clean_line_split = [line_split]+line_split[4:-1] return (line_split[-1], array([float(x) for x in clean_line_split])) parsed_data = kddcup_data.map(parse_interaction) pd_values = parsed_data.values().cache()
We are putting the values from the parser into cache for easy recall.
The Sandbox does not have enough memory to process the entire dataset for our tutorial, so we will take a sample of the data.
kdd_sample = pd_values.sample(False, .10, 123) kdd_sample.count()
We have taken 10% of the data. The sample() function is taking values without replacement (false), 10% of the total data and is using a the 123 set.seed capability for repeating this sample.
Next, we need to standardize our data. StandardScaler standardizes features by scaling to unit variance and setting the mean to zero using column summary statistics on the samples in the training set. Standardization can improve the convergence rate during the optimization process, and also prevents against features with very large variances exerting an influence during model training.
standardizer = StandardScaler(True, True)
Compute summary statistics by fitting the StandardScaler
standardizer_model = standardizer.fit(kdd_sample)
Normalize each feature to have unit standard deviation.
data_for_cluster = standardizer_model.transform(kdd_sample)
Clustering the data
How is doing k-means in Python’s scikit-learn different from doing it in Spark? Pyspark’s MLlib implementation includes a parallelized variant of the k-means++ method (which is the default for Scikit-Learn’s implementation) called k-means || which is the parallelized version of k-means. In the Scala Data Analysis Cookbook (Packt Publishing 2015) , Arun Manivannan gives this explanation of how they differ:
Instead of choosing all the centroids randomly, the k-means++ algorithm does the following:
- It chooses the first centroid randomly (uniform)
- It calculates the distance squared of each of the rest of the points from the current centroid
- A probability is attached to each of these points based on how far they are. The farther the centroid candidate is, the higher is its probability.
- We choose the second centroid from the distribution that we have in step 3. On the ith iteration, we have 1+i clusters. Find the new centroid by going over the entire dataset and forming a distribution out of these points based on how far they are from all the precomputed centroids. These steps are repeated over k-1 iterations until k centroids are selected. K-means++ is known for considerably increasing the quality of centroids. However, as we see, in order to select the initial set of centroids, the algorithm goes through the entire dataset k times. Unfortunately, with a large dataset, this becomes a problem.
With k-means parallel (K-means||), for each iteration, instead of choosing a single point after calculating the probability distribution of each of the points in the dataset, a lot more points are chosen. In the case of Spark, the number of samples that are chosen per step is 2 * k. Once these initial centroid candidates are selected, a k-means++ is run against these data points (instead of going through the entire dataset).
For this example, we are going to stay with k-means++ because we are still in the sandbox and not a cluster. You will see this in our initialization in the code where it says:
If we wanted to do k-means parallel:
Refer to the MLlib documentation for more info. ( http://spark.apache.org/docs/1.6.2/api/python/pyspark.mllib.html#pyspark.mllib.clustering.KMeans )
When performing k-means, the analyst chooses the value of k. However, rather than run the algorithm each time for k, we can package that up in a loop that runs through an array of values for k. For this exercise, we are just doing three values of k. We will also create an empty list called metrics that will store the results from our loop.
k_values = numpy.arange(10,31,10) metrics =
One way to evaluate the choice of k is to determine the Within Set Sum of Squared Errors (WSSSE). We are looking for the value of k that minimizes the WSSSE.
def error(point): center = clusters.centers[clusters.predict(point)] denseCenter = DenseVector(numpy.ndarray.tolist(center)) return sqrt(sum([x**2 for x in (DenseVector(point.toArray()) - denseCenter)]))
Run the following in your Sandbox. It could take a while to process, which is why we are only using three values of k.
for k in k_values: clusters = Kmeans.train(data_for_cluster, k, maxIterations=4, runs=5, initializationMode="random") WSSSE = data_for_cluster.map(lambda point: error(point)).reduce(lambda x, y: x + y) results = (k,WSSSE) metrics.append(results) metrics
In this case, 30 is the best value for k. Let’s check the cluster assignments for each data point when we have 30 clusters. The next test would be to run for k values of 30, 35, 40. Three values of k is not the most you test on in a single run, but only used for this tutorial.
k30 = Kmeans.train(data_for_cluster, 30, maxIterations=4, runs=5, initializationMode="random") cluster_membership = data_for_cluster.map(lambda x: k30.predict(x)) cluster_idx = cluster_membership.zipWithIndex() cluster_idx.take(20)
Your results might be slightly different. This is due to the random placement of the centroids when we first begin the clustering algorithm. Performing this many times allows you to see how points in your data change their value of k or stay the same.
I hope you were able to get some hands-on experience using PySpark and the MapR Sandbox. It is an excellent environment to test your code and tune for efficiency. Also, understanding how your algorithm will scale is an important piece of knowledge when transitioning from using PySpark on a local machine to a cluster. The MapR Platform has Spark integrated into it, which makes it easier for developing and then migrating your code into an application. MapR also supports streaming k-means in Spark as opposed to the batch k-means we are performing in this tutorial. | <urn:uuid:a8b23f7d-58ec-4e92-b5b3-06ffbdbbe6bc> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://126kr.com/article/94cn047m2q2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279915.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00275-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.851269 | 3,990 | 2.5 | 2 |
How do I insert CV assistant in Word?
Go to Review > Resume Assistant. Enter the Role and Industry. Scroll down in the Resume Assistant pane to see Editor for Resume toggle.
What is CV assistant in Word?
Simply click the CV Assistant in Word’s Ribbon (it’s under the Review tab), click Get Started, tell Word which position and industry you’re in, and it automatically pulls up samples of how someone in a similar position added that information to their CV.
What is the best file format for resume?
Submitting your CV as a Word . doc or . docx file is one of the most popular choices for many candidates and hiring companies. It’s the default file type for CVs as basically everyone can open and read a Word document, which means the likelihood of the recipient receiving and being able to access your CV is high.
How do I shrink a file?
Open that folder, then select File, New, Compressed (zipped) folder. Type a name for the compressed folder and press enter. Your new compressed folder will have a zipper on its icon to indicate that any files contained in it are compressed. To compress files (or make them smaller) simply drag them into this folder.
How do I reduce the size of a scanned document?
If you have previously scanned documents that you would like to reduce in size, open them with Preview and then save them as a JPEG file using the Quality setting to reduce the file size. Then check the resulting file by opening it in Preview, and save it again as a PDF.
Why is my scanned document so large?
DPI. The dots per inch (DPI) of the scanned image is often the primary cause of a large PDF file. By default, most scanners record images at 300 DPI, which is the minimum DPI for any image that is printed after scanned. However, for a PDF that is for screen reading the DPI should be 72.
How do I make a PDF file smaller on my HP laptop?
Click the “Scan Document Setting” button and click the down arrow under “Resolution.” Click “150” to reduce the scan’s dots per inch setting – the lower the setting, the smaller the PDF file will be.
How do I reduce the MB size of a PDF scan?
Using “Optimize Scanned Image” in Acrobat Standard and ProOpen the PDF you wish to optimize.Choose Document—> Optimize Scanned PDF. . .The Optimize Scanned Image window appears.Choose the appropriate level of compression and click OK.
How do I make a PDF file smaller so I can upload it?
The simplest is to re-save your file as a reduced-size PDF. In the latest version of Adobe Acrobat, open the PDF you wish to re-save as a smaller file, choose File, Save as Other, and then Reduced Size PDF. You’ll be prompted to select the version compatibility you need and then you can click OK to save.
How do I reduce the size of a PDF file for free?
How to Compress a PDF Online FreeSelect the PDF file that you would like to compress, then upload it to the PDF size converter for compression.Wait a few moments for your file to completely compress.After the process has completed, download and save your new, compressed PDF to your computer.
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Chiral Chlordane Components in Environmental Matrices
ULRICH, E. M. AND R. L. FALCONER. Chiral Chlordane Components in Environmental Matrices. Chapter 2, Wayne Garrison, Weiping Liu, Jay Gan (ed.), Chrial Pesticides: Stereoselectivity in its Consequences. ACS Publications, Washington, DC, 1085:11-43, (2012).
Chlordane, a persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic organochlorine pesticide, has been studied for many years. Since the advent of chiral analysis for environmental samples, over 2,400 measurements have been made of various chiral chlordane components. Chlordane enantiomer fractions most often have been reported for air and soil with studies suggesting volatilization from soil is an important source to ambient air, although urban termiticide usage also can influence chiral chlordane measurements. Sediment core studies suggest the small amount of enantioselective degradation of chlordane likely occurs prior to deposition. In general, enantioselective degradation of chlordanes in biota occurs more frequently resulting in more nonracemic values than in other environmental media. There is also more diversity in range and enantiomer preference in biota. Analysis in plants has shown the ability to enantioselectively uptake and transport chlordane compounds from soil to root, from air to leaf and within the plant itself. Observation and measurement of chlordane enantiomers can provide a better understanding of the fate, exposure, toxicity, and risk of chlordanes and other chiral compounds in the environment.
The National Exposure Research Laboratory′s (NERL) Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division (HEASD) conducts research in support of EPA′s mission to protect human health and the environment. HEASD′s research program supports Goal 1 (Clean Air) and Goal 4 (Healthy People) of EPA′s strategic plan. More specifically, our division conducts research to characterize the movement of pollutants from the source to contact with humans. Our multidisciplinary research program produces Methods, Measurements, and Models to identify relationships between and characterize processes that link source emissions, environmental concentrations, human exposures, and target-tissue dose. The impact of these tools is improved regulatory programs and policies for EPA.
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Recently, I was proud to represent the Riverside Metropolitan Area at the 16th Annual Transportation and Infrastructure Summit in Irving, Texas.
Because transportation and infrastructure are the two most critical issues facing Riverside and the Inland Empire, I want to ensure that we have a seat at the table for such a critically important forum.
We are blessed to be strategically located near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the two largest container ports in North America.
However, serving as a mere pass-through for goods leaves us with the negative byproducts of international trade: air pollution, increased traffic, and a transportation infrastructure that bears the brunt of heavy truck and railroad traffic, shortening its lifespan.
The challenge that we face is capturing the positive economic aspects of serving as an international multimodal transportation hub, while mitigating the pollution and traffic that comes with such a designation.
Simply in terms of geography, goods movement will continue to flow through our area after being offloaded in the ports of LA and Long Beach.
Only with this fact in mind can we plan for our infrastructure needs, both current and future, and look into how to best harness the economic benefits that come with being a multimodal transportation hub.
Toward that end, I support two solutions. The first is building a nonprofit coalition of U.S. ports. The coalition would set a range for container/bulk fees to be collected at each port â" i.e., $50 per container.
The funds collected at each port would stay at that port for dockside and curbside improvements and to mitigate any issues in that portâs goods movement corridor.
This would enable each port to collect the funds needed to modernize and/or expand to contend with the Panama Canal expansions, increased traffic, and the Post-Panamax ships.
And being a nonprofit means that 100 percent of the funds collected would be used for the port and corridor improvements, without government interference depleting the funds.
The second key is to shift freight-truck travel to nighttime hours only.
This state and our nation have no short-term (one- to five-year) or even midterm (six- to 15-year) solution for reducing traffic congestion and cleaning our air and water without costing hundreds of billions of dollars and taking 20 years or more.
By restricting trucks to nights only â" 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. â" we could reduce by 40 percent the congestion on our freeways and highways and clean our air and water quality to 2025 standards within one year at no cost to the taxpayers.
This would also remove from prime drive traffic those employees who service the loading and unloading of the trucks, further reducing congestion.
Irving, Texas, serves as a model of success for what a forward-thinking, strategically located area like ours can become.
While benefiting from being located just outside of Dallas, and from air cargo rather than port traffic, Irving is similar to Riverside in significant ways.
A big lesson we can learn from Irving is to create a pro-business environment that encourages the business growth and job creation that in turn strengthens the overall economy.
Riverside has tremendous built-in advantages that we must actively work to maximize.
I have been working for many years to ensure that our unique needs in terms of transportation and infrastructure are met, and that because of our proximity to the ports of LA and Long Beach, our needs are of national importance.
Steve Adams is a member of the Riverside City Council. He was appointed by Congress to serve as co-chair of the National Multi-Modal Transportation Steering Committee, which was tasked to produce a national trade and transportation plan. He also served on Sen. Dianne Feinsteinâs Multi-County Goods Movement Task Force. | <urn:uuid:3e6ce525-4b09-4edb-a965-4db85351d557> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.pe.com/articles/transportation-674611-port-traffic.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281649.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00448-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958979 | 777 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Because I get more and more secutest for repair, I experimented with several fixtures. Secutests are a pain to work on because there is no room and there are dangerous voltages inside.
There is a PCB with big relais:
This is one of the many versions. The PCB hangs upside down in the cabinet. The view is blocked by most models, by a transformer and many wires. Many problems come from this PCB. I remove the relais, check and service or replace them and clean the pcb. Often there is a lot of dirt under the relais. Do not ask how it gets there, I do not want to know the owners do with these instruments. Most have a hard life but can get quite old with some TLC. G&M does not provide service information, so I reverse engineered it and made my own schematics.
Also a lot of relais that connect test signals to the banana jacks and analog signal handeling.
The rotary switch contacts, LCD display and digital signal handeling.
There are several versions of this board also. The one above is temporary without the 5 relais. I removed them to repair some inner PCB damage. But how to measure in this beast under power without electrocuting your self, it is very dangerous for a service tech inside there.
This setup was no succes, because the short cables and high voltages I do not like it if all pcb’s are loose on the table (and half over each other because the cables are to short.
so I mounted them on a perfoboard. Better as nothing. Then a customer gave me a box with junked secutest parts. I made a fixture from an old cabinet and some extension cables. This was a big improvement. It is flexible and safe. If you want to work on your own secutest be very careful, nothing is labeled. Cable colors are random. No silkscreen. The pcb’s are multi-layer and you need a very good and powerful (de)soldering gear (and desolder skills).
I use a small “thing” to simulate the DUT (device under test). It holds a resistive load, on/off switch, indicator light and some resistors (f.i. a 110M for Riso, a 7 ohm for Rsl, etc) to check all functions.
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He is a ten year old child who became famous in the Austrian capital Vienna, as the youngest reader in the city with more than 90 books in just one year. He is the Egyptian child Adam Hossam El-Qast.
The management of one of the city s public libraries was surprised by this large number of books he borrowed from the library in different fields and large size, as some books were more than 500 pages without pictures!
The story started from the school, as the library management contacted Adam s family to make sure that he was actually borrowing all these books to read them, and that he was not forced to do that. After discussing him they made sure that he understood the content of the books, so they asked him to offer a monthly seminar for the child on the library s website, he discusses the books he read with children of the same age group, and recommends them the appropriate quality, according to the interest of each child.
German as his mother tongue didn t prevent Adam from reading about his home country and the Egyptian history. He also likes books about animals and science fiction. His picture appeared on one of the major newspapers in Vienna and the national television interviewed him last week. Adam s interests did not stop at reading only, but two years ago he studied programming language, design, and montage programs. A tribute to Adam, his family, his school and his teacher, who discovered his talent, took care of it and supported it. | <urn:uuid:730fe44e-3072-44f4-b3a6-4305fe42bda2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://coptsunited.com/Details.php?I=2823&A=43571 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572021.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814083156-20220814113156-00067.warc.gz | en | 0.992906 | 296 | 1.835938 | 2 |
It is not a positional bargaining document, designed simply to rally the base at the outset of negotiations.
A big part of successful haggling—upmarket American-style—is knowing not just how but when a positional bargaining stance.
But the first step in this potentially constructive kabuki is positional bargaining.
Half an hour later, well fortified with a positional knowledge of Lani viscera, Kennon looked up at the redhead.
His wide experience was of great value in the positional warfare which ensued after the first Battle of Ypres.
But such was not positional authority or authority proceeding from a humanly created superior office and appointment thereto.
late 14c., as a term in logic and philosophy, from Old French posicion "position, supposition" (Modern French position), from Latin positionem (nominative positio) "act or fact of placing, situation, position, affirmation," noun of state from past participle stem of ponere "put, place," from PIE *po-s(i)nere, from *apo- "off, away" (see apo-) + *sinere "to leave, let" (see site).
Meaning "proper place occupied by a person or thing" is from 1540s. Meaning "manner in which some physical thing is arranged or posed" first recorded 1703; specifically in reference to dance steps, 1778, sexual intercourse, 1883. Meaning "official station, employment" is from 1890.
1670s, "to assume a position (intransitive), from position (n.). Transitive sense of "to put in a particular position" is recorded from 1817. Related: Positioned; positioning.
position po·si·tion (pə-zĭsh'ən)
A place occupied.
A bodily attitude or posture, especially a posture assumed by a patient to facilitate the performance of diagnostic, surgical, or therapeutic procedures.
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I am a student of various great drum teachers from many backgrounds. Experienced players enjoy jamming with me, but I have been told that I am especially gifted at helping beginners feel comfortable finding rhythms and sounds out of any instrument, including the human body. Rhythmic breathing is made simple and encouraged from the start. Tones and drum patterns can be explained verbally or written mathematically. Students remember the patterns forever, as well as gaining comfort in playing with other drummers or instruments. Odd time signatures or complicated songs can be tackled and easily learned. Use any drum or percussion instrument you have! Recordings are encouraged if you like!
Peter grew up in Chicago, raised to love soulful music. A graduate of Northwestern University's Performance Studies program with a focus on Theatre and Media Arts, Public Speaking, and Ethnology. Designing percussion for stage and dance lead to studies and teaching of North and West African, Middle Eastern drum, Caribbean/South American and Asian drum and percussion rhythms. First hand experience has been gained by living in Morocco and South Korea for nearly a year each, studying and documenting folk music.
Community-minded rhythm instruction with a focus on hand drums. Elements of conscious breathing and comfortable movement are adapted to whichever level of experience and instrument you are working with. A world of influences allows for a variety of methods for learning and memorizing patterns which may be written, spoken, sung, or improvised. Groups large or small will benefit from our ability to customize the experience to the participants and location.
Chicago performance art group Environmental Encroachment (EE) uses an artist marching band and theatrics to create unique entertainment environments. Performances can include costumes, live music, parades, fire spinning, hula hoops, antics, and audience interaction. EE Marching Band’s music uses Latin, North African, and traditional American rhythms, fused with a full brass section and on-call electric bass. Songs are folkloric fusions, classics and our creations inspired from New Orleans Second Line, Jazz and Rock.
EE’s magic circus marching band has evolved as part of a new genre of music: HONK! bands! "Across the country and around the world, a new type of street band is emerging. Acoustic and mobile, borrowing repertoire and inspiration from a diverse set of folk music traditions – New Orleans second line brass bands, European Klezmer, Balkan and Romani music, Brazilian Afro Bloc and Frevo traditions, as well as the passion and spirit of Mardi Gras and Carnival– these “honkers” all share a commitment to several core principles. Metaphorically speaking, they honk their horns for the same reasons motorists honk theirs: to arouse fellow travelers, to warn of danger, to celebrate milestones, and to just plain have fun.”
EE has done and can do parades, weddings, funerals, historical re-enactments, children’s shows, Halloween shows, street busking, second-line, festivals, performance workshops, rituals, marching band flags, circusesque sideshows, music for burlesque, vaudevillian skits, straight out music jams and synchronized swimming with tubas.
Environmental Encroachment started in 1996, with playground installations and live music interactions for people to play, be childlike, curious, free and happy.
Sourth By Southwest
Chicago World Music Festival
HONK! Street Band Festivals (Seattle, Boston, Providence, Austin)
Houston Art Car Parade
Lotus World Music Festival
Chicago Children’s Music Festival
Chicago Folk and Roots Festival
Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival
WZRD College Radio Spring Festival
Cleveland Performance Art Festival
Black Sheep Puppet Festival
Rotary Club’s Centennial Celebration
Chiditarod Shopping Cart Race
Michigan Peace and Music Festival
Chicago Peace Festival
Renegade Craft Fair
Taste of Randolph Street
Land of NOD Experiment
Queens Museum of Art, NY
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Krannert Museum of Art, Champaign, IL
Harley Davidson Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Oriental Institute, Chicago
Millenium Park, Pritzker Pavillion
Chicago Cultural Center
Sky Church, Seattle Center, WA
Old Town School of Folk Music
Gallery 37 Storefront Theater
The Chicago Theater
The Congress Theater
City of Chicago Halloween Parade
Unity Temple by Frank Lloyd Wright
Chicago’s Navy Pier
Chicago Motor Speedway, NASCAR
Vassar College, NY
Staten Island Ferry NY
Stone Scholastic Academy
Chicago Waldorf School
The Orange Show, Houston TX
Ravenswood Buddhist Temple
Harvard Square Octoberfest Celebration, MA
The Glessner House
The Rookery Buidling
All aspects of music store operation, with a focus on hand percussion and drumkit accessories. Daily knowledge gained about other instruments from around the world: strings, winds, reeds and more. Experience with a variety of percussion from around the world, as well as modern cutting-edge improvements on folk instruments, has allowed me to offer great advice to both prospective and current drum owners. | <urn:uuid:cc5fa0a0-d41f-4f43-8bac-b7b04eb01997> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://takelessons.com/profile/peter-m35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279933.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00118-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.896851 | 1,085 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Cycling around in Erlangen, Germany. My OSM work is mostly dedicated to cycle routes, but also completing the map when I find white spots. Also I'm working on generating a routable cycle map for Garmin GPS units (see below).
Routable cycle map for Garmin GPS units
I am really excited about auto routing for cyclist. The currently available routable Garmin maps work somehow, but they are not optimal. Therefore I started to make my own routable cyclemap for my Garmin Oregon 300. But first a list of resources if you are interested in routable and/or cycle maps for Garmin GPS units:
- OSM_Map_On_Garmin and OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Cycle_map are the official wiki pages for Garmin maps.
- OSM_Map_On_Garmin/mtb_map is a description how to create a topographical MTB map for Garmin.
- OSM_Composer is the wiki page for the OSM Composer. This is a nice GUI for generating your own maps. It is written in Java, but obviously mainly for Windows. I was struggling with the prerequisites needed to run this program, but it might be exactly what you want to create your own maps.
- http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewforum.php?id=26 is the OpenStreetMap forum for Garmin maps. | <urn:uuid:34c4c45e-5dcc-4bbd-869b-57e80ee24b3a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Radfahrer | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280504.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00138-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.891152 | 293 | 1.992188 | 2 |
Annuities are financial instruments that are often utilized as part of a retirement plan. They are issued by insurance companies and guarantee specific benefits to the purchaser. Investors seeking to take advantage of market returns offered by stocks and equity indices can do so using variable and equity-indexed annuities.
Annuities are a form of financial contract that individuals purchase from insurance companies in exchange for a defined benefit, such as guaranteed income payments at a predetermined interest rate over a set period of time -- generally the life of the annuitant. They can be purchased in a lump sum or spread over time in scheduled or periodic payments. Immediate annuities begin disbursement right away, while deferred annuities begin to pay out at a pre-set date in the future. Individuals often purchase annuities as part of their retirement plan to secure lifetime payments, ensuring they don't outlive their assets.
Unlike fixed annuities that carry little risk and provide a fixed rate of return (typically little more than the rates offered with CDs), variable annuities afford investors the opportunity to increase their retirement savings through investment in the equity markets. While they don't allow direct investment in individual stocks, investors are can select and control (buy and sell at their discretion) shares of stock mutual funds that are held in the underlying account (referred to as the sub-account) of their annuity. The rate of return of the annuity is determined by the performance of the mutual fund shares held within the sub-account. Because of the inherent risk associated with the stock market, variable annuities are considered risky compared with fixed annuities.
Another option available to investors is equity-indexed annuities (EIAs). EIAs are hybrid instruments combining aspects of both fixed and variable annuities. The purchaser is guaranteed a minimum fixed rate of return that is set within the contract (generally less than the rate offered in a fixed annuity), but they are able to earn additional interest that is linked to the performance of an equity index, such as the Standard & Poor's 500 stock market index. EIAs are generally capped at a maximum rate of return, such as 8 percent, regardless of the actual annualized return of the associated market index.
Annuities are considered long-term investments of a decade or more and often carry early withdrawal fees. Annuity contributions are not tax-deductible, as in an IRA account, but they do offer tax-deferred growth until distribution. Withdrawals by annuitants younger than age 59 1/2 are subject to the IRS early withdrawal penalty. Fortunately, gains earned within an annuity account are treated as ordinary income vs. those earned through direct stock investment, which are treated as capital gains. Unfortunately, the fees and commissions associated with annuities are often much higher than those incurred through direct stock investment.
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A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document.
- Outbound link (also known as hyperlink or link): Is, as the Merriam-Webster dictionary says: “an electronic link providing direct access from one distinctively marked place in a hypertext or hypermedia document to another in the same or a different document”. Or as we said earlier: “A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document.”
- Deep linking: Deep linking is making a hyperlink that points to a specific page or image on a website, instead of that website’s main or home page.
- Inbound link (also known as incoming links, backlinks, inlinks, and inward links) are incoming links to a website or web page. Inbound links are important for SEO (Search engine Optimization) because the number of inbound links is one indication of the popularity or importance of that website or page. Outside of SEO, the inbound links of a webpage may be of significant personal, cultural or marketing interest because it gives you key information to find out who is giving attention to your site.
- Broken link (also known as link rot, linkrot, dead link or dangling link):Is a link that points to a webpage or resource that is currently unavailable or out of date giving an error message on the users browser.
- Reciprocal links: Is a mutual link between two websites to ensure mutual traffic. This is important for important for SEO, as we have seen earlier because every inbound link adds relevance to your site. Search engines use link popularity algorithms in order to rank websites relevancy, this affects the order a website will show up after the user search for a specific term.
- Inline linking (also known as hotlinking, leeching, piggy-backing, direct linking, offsite image grabs) is the use of a linked object, often an image, from one domain A into a web page belonging to a second domain B. The domain B is said to have an inline link to the site where the object is located.
- Forum signature linking: Is a technique used to build inbound links to a website via using forum communities that allow outbound hyperlinks in a member’s signature. This can be a fast method to build up inbound links to a websiteas well as produce targeted traffic. It is important to know that forums using the nofollow attribute will have no actual SEO value.
- Resource Linking: They are hyperlinks to a website or a specific webpage that contains content that supports the statement that is made on that web page, or hiperliks to a quoted text. Lately, resource links have grown in importance because good links count towards a better ranking.
- Absolute Authority Links: Absolute authority links are, links that are coming from a domain that is a general authority. At Wiep they subdivide this into two categories. Informational authority links and Navigational authority links.
- Relative Authority Links: These are websites that are an authority in their specific area. Even thought they might have a relatively low traffic. If every website in your sector likes to them they are a very good target.
- Link checker: Is an online tool to evaluate the page you specify, extract the links from it and test the status of each one. If any errors are found these are reported.
- Link shortener: New media social media like Twitter or Facebook, made link shortener bloom. What these tools do is to shorten an otherwise very complex link into a simple one. A link that has 100 characters can be reduced to 15 characters in order to be tweetable (remember the 140 character limit). The advantage to this is that some of these services allows you to personalize the links, add multiple links into one single link or track the stats of the people that click in the link you created (this one is specially important for marketers). Some example are http://bit.ly/ http://tiny.cc/ http://fon.gs Some services like Pretty Link for WordPress allows you to creat short links with your domain name.
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The Weber Performer grill is a charcoal grill that uses a gas igniter to light the charcoal. This eliminates the need for lighter fluid. The performer grill uses small propane tanks, which are sometimes referred to as propane cylinders or LP (Liquefied Petroleum) gas cylinders. The Weber Performer grill can run on propane or LP gas, and these cylinders are available where camping and grill supplies are sold.
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Things you need
- Propane cylinder
- Dish soap
- Spray bottle
Purchase a 400gr. or 465gr. disposable propane cylinder. Read the label of the tank to ensure that it has a CGA #600 connection, which is necessary to attach it to the Weber grill.
Remove the cap from the top of the propane cylinder by twisting it off in a counter-clockwise motion.
Push the propane tank up into the regulator which is located on the right side of the grill in front of the charcoal storage container. Screw the tank onto the regulator by turning it clockwise until it is tightly secured.
Mix a solution of equal parts dish soap and water in an empty spray bottle.
Turn on the gas supply by turning the gas control counter-clockwise one full turn.
Spray the solution onto the propane cylinder where it attaches to the regulator and along the hose which connects the regulator to the grill. Look for any bubbles which indicate a gas leak. Turn the gas supply off using the gas control knob.
Wipe the area with a wet rag to remove the soap if there is no gas leak. If bubbles did appear and indicate a leak, remove the tank and carefully reattach it to the regulator securely. Check for gas leaks again before you attempt to use the grill.
Tips and warnings
- Contact a Weber Customer Service Representative through the Weber website if you discover a leak in the regulator hose or if leaks around the regulator persist after you have repeatedly attempted to correctly attach the propane cylinder.
- 20 of the funniest online reviews ever
- 14 Biggest lies people tell in online dating sites
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Simple Definition of no–holds–barred
: free from the usual limits or rules
Full Definition of no–holds–barred
: free of restrictions or hampering conventions <a no–holds–barred contest>
First Known Use of no–holds–barred
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Enough is Enough is an organization that seeks to increase internet safety for families and children. According to them, 43% of teenagers with ages between 13 and 17 have experienced some sort of Cyberbullying in the past year. Cyberbullying can have serious implications for teens; recent studies have shown that Cyberbullying can trigger anxiety, suicidal thoughts and depression in teens.
This new study was led by Frank Elgar, a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine in Canada. The study was published in the JAMA Pediatrics.
With this study, Professor Elgar wanted to determine if the frequency of family meals had any influence on the effects of Cyberbullying on the teenager’s mental health. For the study, the researchers observed 20,386 teenagers from Winsonsin, US. Elgar stated:
Many adolescents use social media, and online harassment and abuse are difficult for parents and educators to monitor, so it is critical to identify protective factors for youths who are exposed to Cyberbullying.
The teenagers who were exposed to Cyberbullying and those who were bullied face-to-face were questioned by researchers to see how these two forms of bullying impacted several forms of mental health outcomes, such as anxiety, self-harm, suicidal thoughts and depression. The researchers also collected information on the teen’s regularity of family meals.
What Elgar’s team found was that the teens that were experiencing Cyberbullying were around three times more likely to have problems (emotional and behavioral) than those who experienced face-to-face bullying. It was also found that these issues were more common in teens that had fewer or no family meals.
The researchers concluded that regular family meals may protect against the harmful effects of Cyberbullying because of the communication and family contact that family meals involve.
Professor Elgar stated:
We do not want to oversimplify what we observed. Many adolescents do not have regular family meals but receive support in other ways, like shared breakfasts, or the morning school run.
What can be concluded is that parental involvement in a teenager’s life and some type of online supervision could really prevent or reduce Cyberbullying.
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The struggle against oppression and societal norms in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" still resonates with a modern audience.
The play about a misfit group of mental institution patients and their ringleader's struggle for power, which opens Saturday at the Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre, will evoke laughter, anger and sadness from the audience among other emotions, said director Billy Joe Herbert.
"You're going to go on a roller coaster ride with us," he said.
Performances will take place through Jan. 19 at the theater on Main Street in Wilkes-Barre. The stage version provides opportunity for new thought-provoking characterizations and events for those familiar with the story.
"The interpretation for the stage is a lot different from the movie," said actress Regina Yeager, who plays the discipline-loving Nurse Ratched.
In the play, prison inmate Randle P. McMurphy orchestrates his transfer to the institution from a work farm in the hopes of taking it easy through the rest of his sentence. He clashes with Nurse Ratched and leads his fellow patients in rebellious activities. It's based on Ken Kesey's novel of the same name, published in 1962. Jack Nicholson starred in the five-time Academy Award-winning film in 1975.
"As soon as he gets to the institution, he sees how these men are being treated, and he feels he had to help these men," Herbert said. "The whole idea of the show is that society tries to categorize us into one thing or another."
Even the actors are emotionally exhausted after rehearsals, said Yeager, a veteran actor who's performing for the first time at the Little Theatre. The characters all have their quirks and hang ups that play off Ratched's cold, stoic exterior.
"It's an emotional journey, for most of the ones who can show emotion," she said.
The patients' characters and motivations are more developed than in the film adaptation. For example, patient Chief Bromden has few lines in the film, but his character, played by actor K.K. Gordon, will narrate the show for the stage, Herbert said. It gives the audiences glimpses into his childhood and experiences to show how he ended up in the institution. It gives more depth to the character sometimes played with his Native American heritage as his only defining quality.
"I don't want anybody to play anything just one way," Herbert said, adding while some performances play recordings of Bromden's monologues, Gordon will perform each live. "It's written in a way that (the patients are) really hard to diagnose with just one condition."
The character of McMurphy, played by John Schugard, also varies from Nicholson's signature portrayal, Herbert said.
"It's completely different. He's got a different accent, he acts different," he said.
Yeager, of Moscow, said she bases her performance of the domineering Ratched on her own interpretation of the script rather than previous versions. Getting into "every woman's dream role" requires suppressing her instincts as a mother and figuring out how Ratched thinks.
"She's an interesting slice of humanity. She has her agenda and she has her rules, and she relishes the rules," Yeager said. "She just likes order at all costs."
Herbert directed the show at the Little Theatre in the 1990s, and he believes it has only been performed locally one other time. They lucked out casting-wise because productions are sparse locally this time of year. That means Herbert has put together a "magnificent" cast, Yeager said.
"Just about every cast member could and has held their own in a lead role in productions throughout the valley," Herbert said. "I'm so proud of all of these people."
What: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
When: Saturday and Jan. 17-18, 8 p.m.; Sunday and Jan. 19, 3 p.m.
Where: Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre, 537 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre
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High Water Warning – Columbia River
The Army Corps of Engineers warn boaters of high water and swift currents on the Columbia River.
Some boat launches along the Columbia River might not be accessible.
The Bureau of Reclamation issued a warning about high water flows, debris, strong currents and very cold water through at least the next week.
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There are so many wonderful, amazing stories that exist in the world based on real events: parts of history that are rarely learnt about because they don’t affect the larger fabric of society, yet contain some of the most unbelievable events around. Sometimes these stories grab hold of people, they capture their imaginations and demand more answers. People want to know what happens next, what the solution to the mysteries are, and how events would continue on. And when this happens to writers they can often be inspired to tell their own stories, their own ‘what if’ accounts of these very real, very amazing tales. Frank Lee: After Alcatraz is one of these stories.
This new Hard Case Crime title from Titan Comics begins by giving readers the very real story of the only people ever to escape from the world famous Alcatraz prison. On the night of June 11th, 1962, three men, John Anglin, Clarence Anglin, and Frank Lee Morris, performed a daring escape from the island prison. Fashioning heads from papier-mâché, they set up decoys in their cells, and escaped into the tunnel system behind the walls through holes they’d spent months digging out behind vent covers. Escaping onto the roof of the prison, where they’d stashed their homemade oars, they descended to the shore and boarded a raft they’d constructed out of old jackets, and escaped the island.
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In real life no record of them was ever found after their escape. Some believe that the three of them drowned in the bay, whilst others believe that they made good on their escape. Small pieces of evidence have been brought forward over the years that suggest they did survive their trip across the water, but no real answer has ever been found. And this is the story that captured the imagination of writer David Hasteda. This book focuses on Frank Lee Morris, and posits a possible series of events that happened to him after escaping Alcatraz.
In Frank Lee: After Alcatraz we follow the newly escaped Frank as he leaves the Anglin brothers behind and begins to make his escape through Muir Woods. Followed by search parties, and chased by tracker dogs, an injured Frank takes shelter in an old building in the small town of Bolinas. Frank attempts to stitch up the gash in his arm, but falls unconscious. When he comes to it’s been a few days, and he’s in the home of Francisco and Pam Leonetti, who have been taking care of him.
Francisco talks to Frank about why he was in Alcatraz, why a non-violent thief would wind up in the worst prison in the country, and sees that despite his past Frank isn’t a bad man. He offers Frank the opportunity to stay with them for a short while, at least until the cops stop looking for him. But as that short while becomes a long while Frank begins to make a life for himself in Bolinas, and with the Leonettis. The Leonettis tell everyone that Frank is their nephew, and he begins to become a son to the couple, who lost their own son years before. This begins a tale of how Frank starts to build a new life for himself, a new family, and the events that begin to unfold that put that new life at risk.
Frank Lee: After Alcatraz ended up being a rather delightful drama story about a man with a troubled past learning to start afresh. Despite being part of the Hard Case Crime label there’s very little crime that really happens in this book. I know that pretending to be someone you’re not to hide out from the authorities because you escaped from the most secure prison in the country is technically a crime, but other than that this is just a story about a man building a life for himself. Frank isn’t a bad person. He broke a few laws but he’s not a violent criminal, and this is one of those stories that has a more nuanced take on crime and criminals than just ‘breaking the law makes you a bad person’.
Frank proved to be an interesting man to follow. He’s spent so much of his life in prison and breaking out of prison that he really doesn’t know what to do with himself now that he’s out. He feels constantly on edge, waiting to be caught and dragged back to Alcatraz, because that’s all he’s ever really known. We get to see Frank learning to live a normal life, to settle down and build a home for himself, and it’s a really lovely journey.
He’s helped in doing this by the Leonettis, two of my favourite characters in the book. Older than Frank, Francisco and Pam see their son in the escaped prisoner. That’s even a big point of disagreement between the couple at first, and why Pam begins not wanting to help Frank out, because Francisco gives Frank their dead son’s clothes to wear. But as time moves on we see Pam warm to Frank, even ending up at the point where she’s so protective of him that she begins to fear he might suffer a similar fate to her own son. The Leonettis are a wonderfully warm and caring couple, and they come to see Frank as their own son. They don’t care that he used to be a criminal, they don’t care about his past other than wanting to protect him from it, and it’s their kindness and compassion that turns his life around. I came to care for the Leonettis pretty quickly, and loved the small family unit that they formed with Frank.
The art on the book is provided by Ludovic Chesnot, who has a look and style that feels very grounded at times, but also has a bit of flair to it that makes certain parts of the book feel a bit unnatural and stylised. I think this is perhaps a perfect approach to a story that is fictional, but grounded in reality. The art seems to reflect the fact that the events of the book aren’t real, that they are an embellishment by the author, yet could have happened. I liked the character designs, how instantly recognisable and unique everyone looked, as it helped to keep everything clear and simple and helped to prevent the story from getting muddled.
Frank Lee: After Alcatraz is an entertaining read, a fictional tale based on real events that tells a very human story with a lot of heart. I found a lot in this book to enjoy, and was genuinely disappointed when it was done as I’d have loved to have spent longer with these people and their lives.
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The copper used to make this cuirass makes it quite heavy, though it offers better protection than its counterpart made of leather. It is also no match for the durability of anything similar made of iron or mythril. Soldiers often use this piece of armor during their training for protection, as well as to train their bodies to support its weight. In other occasions, new recruits are sometimes teased by being made to carry a large number of these at a time.
Copper Cuirass (どうのむねあて or 銅の胸当て, Dō no Muneate?, lit. Bronze Breastplate), also known as Bronze Breastplate, Bronze Plate, Copper Plate, Copper, and Bronze Hauberk, is a recurring armor in the series.
A breastplate made of copper.
Bronze Breastplate is a low-ranked armor that provides 4 Defense, 2 Magic Defense, 5% Evasion, and 1% Magic Evasion. It is initially equipped on Monk A and Monk B, and others can be bought for 450 gil at Fabul, Troia, Mysidia, Damcyan, Kaipo, and Baron, or found in Tower of Trials (Edge's Tale). It can be equipped by everyone except Calca and Brina.
Turns greenish when weathered.
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Problems presented by medical students seeking support: A possible intervention framework
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Background: Academically bright and ambitious medical students must cope with a combination of curriculum, assessment, career choice, personal, family and social pressures. Many seek support, and some present complex problems that consume substantial resources. A few continue unresolved into postgraduate life and may affect future professional performance. Early intervention may be helpful in minimising the impact on both individual students and school resources.
Aim: To develop a broad classification framework for personal problems presented by medical students to student support services.
Methods: We report a study of more complex student problems presenting to student support services. A three stage iterative process, involving student support faculty from several international medical schools, discussed case scenarios based on pooled experience and developed a framework for categorising and considering management.
Results: Seven profiles of student problems were developed, based on composites of unidentified cases drawn from participants' experiences, reflecting: immaturity; learning skills; organisational skills; health or personal issues and poor insight. Broad characteristics and brief prognostic comments are provided for each profile.
Discussion: While profiles may overlap and each student may have a unique set of issues, there appears to be similarities that allow some categorisation for management strategies and prognostic features in both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. Further work is needed to develop 'diagnostic' assessments that might guide intervention.
Conclusion: This classification may assist early intervention into personal problems presented by medical students to student support services.
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What is the paradigm of intersubjectivity?
Intersubjectivity argues that each thought community shares social experiences that are different from the social experiences of other thought communities, creating differing beliefs among people who subscribe to different thought communities.
What is research paradigm definition?
• A research paradigm is “the set of common beliefs and agreements shared between scientist. about how problems should be understood and addressed” (Kuhn, 1970)
What is the positivist research paradigm?
The positivist paradigm of exploring social reality is based on the idea that one can best gain an understanding of human behaviour through observation and reason. Stated differently, only objective, observable facts can be the basis for science.
How do you define intersubjectivity?
1 : involving or occurring between separate conscious minds intersubjective communication. 2 : accessible to or capable of being established for two or more subjects : objective intersubjective reality of the physical world.
What is intersubjectivity example?
Intersubjectivity generally means something that is shared between two minds. A basic human example of intersubjectivity is having a shared, common agreement in the definition of an object. So most people would experience intersubjectivity when asked to picture an apple- the definition of an apple would be the same.
What is research paradigm in thesis?
A research paradigm is an approach or a model or a pattern to conduct research. It is a framework of thoughts or beliefs or understandings within which theories and practices operate. In simple words, a research paradigm is a process of creating a blueprint of research.
What is research paradigm example?
In pure sciences for example, the scientist will use a real reality as an ontological view and to know that real reality the scientist will use objectivity as an epistemological stance, quantitative methods as the methodology and hence the scientist is using positivism as the paradigm to find answers to the research …
What are the 4 research paradigms?
Research Paradigms Described Four major paradigms seem to compete in qualitative inquiry: positiv- ism, postpositivism, critical theory, and constructivism .
What is example of intersubjectivity?
Which is the best definition of the word paradigm?
See also: Paradigm (experimental) and Scientific consensus. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a paradigm as “a pattern or model, an exemplar; a typical instance of something, an example”.
What does distinctio mean in philosophy of mind?
(John Heil, Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction, 2nd ed. Routledge, 2004) “Distinction ( distinctio) was a literary and analytical tool in scholastic theology that aided a theologian in his three basic tasks of lecturing, disputing, and preaching.
What are some of the most common scientific paradigms?
Let’s look at four of the most common social scientific paradigms that might guide you as you begin to think about conducting research. A paradigm guided by the principles of objectivity, knowability, and deductive logic. , is probably the framework that comes to mind for many of you when you think of science.
What does the term dominant paradigm mean in social science?
In social sciences. Social scientists have adopted the Kuhnian phrase “paradigm shift” to denote a change in how a given society goes about organizing and understanding reality. A “dominant paradigm” refers to the values, or system of thought, in a society that are most standard and widely held at a given time. | <urn:uuid:00658959-6eaa-478a-a878-967a539052bf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://neighborshateus.com/what-is-the-paradigm-of-intersubjectivity/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571246.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811073058-20220811103058-00267.warc.gz | en | 0.924972 | 738 | 3.296875 | 3 |
by DAVE SIMPSON
At last month's Comdex show, Land-5 Corp. unveiled technology that it claims will increase reliability compared to traditional RAID levels, or architectures. Designed to protect disk arrays against multiple drive failures, RAIDn is a set of software algorithms that support parity checksum calculations and can handle any number of drive failures.
Land-5 demonstrated the technology embedded in the company's StoragePod network-attached storage (NAS) systems, which are based on a Linux kernel. For now, RAIDn works only with Linux, although the C code could be ported to other operating systems in the future. In addition to embedding the technology in its NAS servers, Land-5 plans to license RAIDn to other vendors such as RAID controller manufacturers.
In the NAS configuration, RAIDn buffer management code sits between the file system and the SCSI block device architecture. The code could also be implemented in firmware on RAID controllers, working in conjunction with XOR engines.
RAIDn provides the same reliability as RAID 1+5, with fewer drives and at lower cost.
Land-5 officials argue that most conventional RAID arrays can protect against only one drive failure or against three drive failures in very costly mirroring-plus-parity configurations. RAIDn allows administrators to protect against n-1 drive failures, where "n" indicates the total number of drives in the array.
In addition to reliability improvements, company officials claim potential cost savings and, compared to some RAID levels, improved performance, particularly in read operations. For example, Land-5 CTO Kris Land says RAIDn performance is equivalent to RAID 5 performance and is faster than RAID 1+5 or RAID 5+5 configurations. He also claims RAIDn can provide equivalent reliability of RAID 1 mirroring with about half the number of drives.
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Predatory Mammals need your help
No sooner had we completed our much needed predatory mammal enclosure, than coyotes and foxes found their way to our Center. We probably don’t have to tell you about the thousands of distressed animals that are brought to the Wildlife Center every year. You are already aware of the many hazards faced by wildlife living in or near an urban environment and the importance of having a Center that acts on their behalf. When spring arrives, the Center teems with baby birds and mammals, who are brought to us when they encounter cats and dogs, cars, pesticides, etc. We believe that we have a responsibility as well as an opportunity to make things right for all the animals that come through our doors.
Currently, there are five gray foxes, nine coyotes, and 27 raccoons under the Center’s care. A single coyote can cost approximately $600-700 during its several-month stay, foxes between $500-600, and $200–300 for each raccoon. We will easily spend over $15,000 just in food costs alone for these three species.
Five Gray Foxes
Gray foxes started to arrived this year to the tune of five tiny orphans. Mammals such as these play an important part in the ecosystem by consuming large numbers of rodents and small game. However, during the rehabilitation process their increasing appetite carries a hefty price tag. We believe in feeding a natural diet (which also includes fruits, berries and greens) so that our patients get the best possible care while with us and to ensure their future success in the wild.
This season, raccoons poured in, one after the other, many with URI (upper respiratory infection).
Early this spring, WCSV received five very young, orphaned coyotes in varying states of dehydration and emaciation because the Center has become the “go to” place for predatory mammals, not only for our hands-on, extensive knowledge but because we have adequate space for their rehabilitation process.
Soon after, three more joined the original five. One had been hit by a car and had to be treated for injuries. Then, the California Department of Fish & Game brought us yet another, which was confiscated because someone tried to keep it as a pet. Before we knew it, we had a total of nine youngsters.
You can be an ambassador for wildlife. There are many ways to get involved—and one way is to support the ongoing work we do at WCSV. We hope you might consider making a donation.
Now, more than ever, your generous support is needed to offset the increase in expenses of providing not only food, but medical care, housing and the staff that it takes to successfully rehabilitate these wild critters.
Please consider supporting local wildlife through a contribution to WCSV. With your help, we can carry on our mission to make this Valley a safe place for over a hundred species of wildlife and a place where we can continue to enjoy the beauty and joy these animals bring. Your assistance will allow us to continue the important work of rehabilitation and education.
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