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This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the What's the Theme? Analyzing Character Motivation lesson plan.
Objectives
Academic
Students will understand that the theme is the central idea or underlying message of the text.
Language
Students will be able to make an inference with sentence structures using sentence frames.
Introduction(2 minutes)
- Tell students that today they will be learning some sentence structures and vocabulary that will help them make inferences to determine a character's motivation in a story.
- Explain that in fifth grade, they will be expected to understand the theme of a story. However, in order to find the theme, they must first understand what a character wants or the reason for their actions (i.e., their motivation).
Building academic language
Word(10 minutes)
- Use vocabulary cards to introduce the definitions for the words inference, motivation, and theme. Explain that these are some of the big ideas they will be thinking about in the lesson.
- Tell students that they will be studying some additional vocabulary words that will help them describe a character's motivation. Display the word bank section of the worksheet Determining a Character’s Motivation and read the words aloud, having students echo you after each word.
- Provide students with the Glossary worksheet with student-friendly definitions for some of the words. Allow students to review it with a partner.
- As a model, show students the picture vocabulary cards for two of the motivation words (approval, envy). Then, hand out two blank vocabulary cards (or index cards) to each student. Instruct them to pick one word from each column in the word bank (i.e., one "want" word, one "feeling" word). Tell students to write each word they chose, the definition (using the glossary or a dictionary), and a picture on each of their vocabulary cards.
- After students have finished their two vocabulary cards, have them meet in small groups to share. Then, invite students to share with the class so that several different words are represented. Make quick drawings for any words that were not represented with student drawings.
- Hand out the worksheet Determining a Character’s Motivation and have students complete the vocabulary matching exercise in section one with a partner.
Sentence(8 minutes)
- Tell students that they will be studying sentence structures and phrases that will help them make inferences as they read.
- Explain that authors do not always explicitly tell why a character is motivated to act a certain way, so a reader must use clues to infer what they want or feel to determine what their motivation is.
- Display the worksheet Sentence Stems for Making Inferences and review the sentence stems with the class.
- Direct students' attention to the picture of three children. Give them time to study the image, then instruct them to discuss it with a partner. As they discuss, tell students to use the prompts and sentence stems to make an inference about the characters in the picture.
- Call on non-volunteers to share the inferences they made about the picture. Remind students to use the sentence stems when they share their answers.
Discourse(10 minutes)
- Display the story Stone Soup. Read it aloud as students follow along.
- Tell students to talk with their partner and make inferences about what motivated the characters to make stone soup. Remind students to use the sentence stems and the vocabulary words during their discussion.
- After students have talked, write variations of the inference sentence stems on the board:
- "In the story, the author suggests that the wanderers are motivated by ____ because they..."
- "The description of the wanderer's actions suggest that they were motivated by ____ because..."
- "When the author said ____, it suggests that the characters are motivated by..."
- Hand out an index card and tell students to choose a sentence frame from the board. Have them write a sentence about the characters' motivation on their card, along with their name.
- When students have finished their sentence, tell them to pass their card to a new partner (not the person they talked with).
- Write some additional sentence frames on the board:
- "I agree that the characters were motiviated by ____, because the author also said..."
- "I disagree. I think the characters were motivated by ____, because the author said..."
- Tell students to read the card recieved from their partner and respond with an agree/disagree statement, using the new sentence frames on the board. Provide a student-friendly defintion for the words "agree" and "disagree" and explain that if they agree, they should find another example from the text to support the inference. If they disagree, they should state what they think the motivation was and why.
- After students have responded to their partner, invite them to discuss their responses together. Then, call on a pair of students to share their sentences aloud.
- Remind students that an inference is based on our own reasoning and evidence, but we will not always make the same inferences as other people. Explain that whatever inference we make we should be able to find evidence to support it.
Additional EL adaptations
Beginning
- Complete a Frayer Model for the words "motivation" and "inference."
- Pre-teach additional vocabulary terms that students will see within texts during the lesson, like "wanderers" and "ingredients."
- Allow beginning ELs to use bilingual resources to define new words throughout the lesson.
- Strategically pair beginning ELs with more advanced ELs or students who speak the same home language.
Advanced
- During the discourse level focus, challenge advanced ELs to write sentences using word banks as supports rather than sentence frames.
- Allow advanced ELs to utilize a glossary, thesaurus, and dictionary for help with unfamiliar words.
- Choose advanced ELs to share their ideas first in group and class discussions. Ask advanced ELs to add on, rephrase, or clarify what their peers say in class discussion.
- Have advanced ELs repeat instructions and key vocabulary while summarizing important information for the class.
Formative Assessment of Academic Language(5 minutes)
- Direct students' attention to the short story at the bottom of the Determining a Character’s Motivation worksheet. Do a choral read-aloud with your students.
- Instruct students to use the provided sentence frame and the vocabulary they learned to make an inference about Raoul's motivation in the story.
- Allow students to share their responses with a partner before calling on non-volunteers to share their inferences.
- Collect students' completed worksheet to check for understanding.
Review and closing(3 minutes)
- Remind students that the words they learned in this lesson are only a few of many motivation words.
- Have students form small groups of four. Hand out a sheet of paper to each group and have students brainstorm as many other motivation words or phrases as they can, writing their ideas on their paper.
- Call on students to share the words and phrases they brainstormed. For each word or phrase that is shared, draw a quick picture on the board as a visual support.
- Explain to students that they can use these and other motivation words when they make inferences about a character in a story. | https://www.education.com/lesson-plan/el-support-lesson-inferring-character-motivation/?source=related_materials&order=10 |
Hello parents and primary school kids! I’m Teacher Augustine, and today, let me share with you the 7 tips that I share with my students for them to prepare for the English exams when there is only 1 week left.
It is a common misconception that the English paper cannot be prepared for. True, there are no hard scientific facts to remember, nor are there complicated math formulas to memorize. But! Singapore’s primary school English exam papers are designed to test the students on the various applications of the English Language in different contexts through the 11 sections in Paper 1 and Paper 2. Ultimately, it all boils down to the understanding and the application of the various techniques involved in each individual section that will help ensure your child perform his best during the examinations.
Alright, let’s begin with our first tip!
1. Stop working on practice papers
First thing first, when there’s only 1 week left before the English exams, stop working on new papers. Instead, focus all your child’s energy on reviewing past papers done in the school, at the tuition centre, or at home. Learning from past mistakes to prevent them from making the same mistakes again in the exams is waaaay better than giving them opportunities to make new mistakes at this point in time.
2. Prepare a small vocabulary handbook – (for continuous writing)
Prepare a small handbook of good descriptions given either by the school or his tutor. Memorize at least 30-50 short descriptions, phrases, and words, particularly those that are describing emotions, as well as 3-5 awesome introductions of different settings to kick-start the story. Remember, setting a good impression at the beginning and maintaining the story with wonderful, appropriate descriptions throughout are the key ingredients in doing well for it.
3. Reviewing all the past Grammar MCQ sections
Go through all the grammar MCQ questions done from past papers, and understand all the reasons for all the answers. Remember, the grammar MCQ section is designed to test the child on the grammatical rules and its applications, such as tenses, prepositions, subject-verb agreements, phrasal verbs, and so on.
Also, remind your child to get rid of the lazy “hmmm… that answer “feels” correct” approach. Grammar is all about discipline. Know the rules, underline them, apply them to the blank, and your child should always aim for full marks in this section as well as for the Grammar Cloze and the Editing sections.
4. Reviewing all the past 2 Vocabulary sections – (Vocabulary MCQ and vocabulary cloze)
Similar to the previous tip on grammar, go through all the questions done in these 2 sections once again and make sure your child knows what all the tough words mean. If your child comes across any difficult words, ask him to use Google and write down the definitions! But do be careful, the vocabulary sections aren’t just testing the students on the knowledge of those words, but on the context in which they are used in the sentence as well. So, when he is using the online dictionary, remind him to write down the definition that goes with the context of the sentence, not just the first one that he sees.
5. Reviewing all the past Synthesis sections
Once again, go through all the past papers and pick up on the commonly tested sentence structures to prepare for this section. Make sure that your child understands the different types of synthesis questions, for instance, the suuuper popular direct and indirect speech, if only, either/ or, etc.
6. Reviewing all the past Comprehension OE sections
By going through the past comprehension OE questions, your child will have a better understanding of the different types of questions and the structures required for each type, for instance, factual questions, inferential questions, thinking questions, vocabulary in context questions, etc. In addition, he should know when he is allowed to lift (when they ask you to find a word/ phrase/ sentence) and when he must paraphrase (all other types of questions).
7. Bug the teachers and tutors
The last tip. If your child comes across any past mistakes that he doesn’t understand, ask him to tag them using post-its, and encourage him to approach his school teacher or tutor to explain them to him once again. And when he’s back, ask him to explain them to you, just to make sure that he fully comprehends what he just learned.
And there we have it! The 7 tips on how to prepare for the Primary school English exams when there’s only 1 week left.
But before I leave you, don’t forget that I’m here for you and your kids as well! So if your child has any past mistakes that he still couldn’t understand why the mistake was committed, or why the answer is the answer, feel free to leave a comment below with the question or shoot me a direct message on my facebook page, and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can!
All the best now!
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Twenty-five years It overtook the World Trade Center in New York City to become the highest building in the world when it was completed in 1974, a record it maintained for nearly 25 years; it was also the tallest structure in the Western Hemisphere for 41 years, until the new One World Trade Center surpassed it in 2013. The Sears Tower is currently the 4th tallest building in the United States and the third tallest building in Illinois.
Its height makes it eligible for inclusion in several top 10 lists. It is the only building in America that can be seen from both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The tower also has the distinction of being the first building to be mentioned by name in the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. In the book, Mr. Dobbins takes young Tom to have a look at the "new big store" being built across the river, which turns out to be the Chicago World's Fair (1893).
The tower is located at 600 Lake Street in Chicago, Illinois. It replaced the Merchandise Mart as Chicago's tallest building and its second largest building after the John Hancock Center. The Sears Tower has 49 floors above ground and an additional 7 floors below ground. The total floor area is about 5 million square feet (480,000 m²), making it the largest office space building in the world. There are 1,100 parking spaces beneath the building, most of them valeted.
When it was finished in 1972, 1 World Trade Center was the tallest skyscraper in the world for two years, eclipsing the Empire State Building after a 40-year reign. The North Tower was 1,368 feet (417 meters) tall and contained a 362 foot (110 meter) telecommunications antenna or mast constructed on the roof in 1978. The South Tower was 1,344 feet (411 meters) tall.
In addition to being the tallest building in New York, 1 World Trade Center was also the second fastest building ever built at the time of its completion. The building took only 11 months to complete instead of the usual 12-13 months.
It should be noted that this ranking is not necessarily indicative of which building is the greatest, but rather which building was created first. There are several other buildings that are taller today than 1 World Trade Center was back then. However, if you include the antennas, the North Tower held the record for longest free-standing structure in the world until 2009 when the Shanghai International Financial Center was completed with a height of 2,732 feet (853 m).
1 World Trade Center was also the most expensive building ever erected before breaking its own record twice over. The total cost of construction was $140 million (1969 dollars), almost $500 million in today's money. It remains the largest single contract price ever awarded at the time it was completed.
The Twin Towers—the original 1 World Trade Center (the North Tower), at 1,368 feet (417 m), and 2 World Trade Center (the South Tower), at 1,362 feet (415.1 m)—were the highest structures in the world at the time of their construction. (1973-2001) The World Trade Center (WTC)
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For more than three decades, the CN Tower was the highest building, tower, or freestanding structure in the world. It is still the highest structure in the Western Hemisphere. Over the years, Guinness World Records have featured the World's Tallest Free-standing Structure (1975). The CN Tower was again voted World's Most Popular Theme Park in the 2012 worldwide poll of readers of Condé Nast Traveler.
The SkyDome, now known as Rogers Centre, was once declared the world's tallest building when it was under construction. But on September 28, 1973, the CN Tower was opened with President Nixon in attendance. It was later surpassed by Taipei 101. Today, the CN Tower remains the most popular attraction in Toronto and one of the top attractions in North America.
The CN Tower stands 348 m (1168 ft) tall and holds the title of highest building in Canada and of the Western Hemisphere. Its height makes it easily visible from many places in Toronto and its proximity to the city center makes it a must-see destination for tourists.
For four decades, Chicagoans had been able to outperform New Yorkers on at least one metric: the City of the Big Shoulders has the highest skyscraper in the country. However, as of Tuesday, the crown is shifting eastward. One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan is now officially higher than the Willis Tower in Chicago. The new tallest building in the world is also more than twice as tall as the next-highest office tower in its home city.
In fact, no building in Chicago is higher than the Willis Tower (second only to Dubai's Burj Khalifa as the tallest building in the world). But the difference is that both the Willis Tower and World Trade Center were designed by the same architect, Peter Cook Miller Jr. He also designed the Sears Tower in Chicago, which is second only to the Willis Tower as the tallest building in the Midwest. The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are also designed by Cook Miller, but they're not attached to any buildings; they stand alone like giant candles.
The Willis Tower was built in 1990 and stands 553 feet high. The World Trade Center was completed four years later in 1994 at a cost of $1 billion and stands 494 feet high. That's bad news for Chicagoans, but good news for New Yorkers. Even though the Willis Tower is still quite the sight to see, it can't hold a candle to its newer counterpart. And with each passing year, it gets harder and harder to tell which is which. | https://bindleyhardwareco.com/how-long-was-the-sears-tower-the-tallest-building-in-the-world |
7 Surprising Buildings That Were Once the World’s Tallest
When it was completed in 1931, the Empire State Building instantly became the tallest in the world. Standing an impressive 1250 feet tall, it was the first 100-story building in history and held the record as the world’s tallest for the next 41 years, until the completion of One World Trade Center in 1972. After that, the title moved to Chicago, and then to a number of super-tall buildings in Asia, until the current world’s tallest—Dubai’s Burj Khalifa—took the title in 2007.
Precisely what constitutes the world’s tallest building is debatable, with arguments raised over whether or not uninhabitable structures (like telecommunications towers) qualify for inclusion, and whether the extra height gained by the addition of radio masts and flagpoles should be taken into account. But using a straightforward list of habitable structures measured from ground to roof as a yardstick, the back catalog of former World’s Tallest Building title-holders actually includes some quite surprising entries.
1. THE PYRAMID OF GIZA // EGYPT
When the Great Pyramid at Giza was completed after 20 years of construction in around 2500 BCE, it stood an imposing 480 feet tall—although erosion has knocked a full 25 feet from that total so that it stands 455 feet today. Precisely what held the title before then is debatable, although contenders include several more of Egypt’s pyramids, the 28-foot Tower of Jericho completed around 10,000 years ago, and Göbekli Tepe, a mysterious site in Southern Turkey that dates back to the 10th millennium BCE.
2. LINCOLN CATHEDRAL // UNITED KINGDOM
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When construction of the immense central spire of Lincoln Cathedral in England was completed in 1311, it is believed to have stood an impressive 525 feet, easily surpassing the Great Pyramid’s height by more than 40 feet and breaking its run as the world’s tallest building after a staggering 3800 years. Sadly, all three of Lincoln’s spires have been lost: the two smaller spires were removed in 1807, almost a century after concerns about their safety were raised by the architect James Gibbs, while the taller central tower was destroyed by a storm in 1548. Its collapse also meant that Lincoln Cathedral’s title was temporarily handed over to …
3. ST. MARY’S CHURCH // GERMANY
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The 495-foot-tall Marienkircher or St. Mary’s Church in the town of Stralsund in northeast Germany was completed sometime in the 13th century. It might have unceremoniously snatched the title from Lincoln Cathedral after the disaster of 1548, but the Marienkircher has had its own share of bad luck throughout its long history: its bell tower collapsed in 1382, and its central steeple blew down in a storm in 1478 and had to be replaced. The replacement, however, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground in 1647—handing the title of world’s tallest building over to …
4. STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL // FRANCE
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After a run of bad luck for ecclesiastical buildings, Strasbourg Cathedral—at 466 feet tall—managed to hold on to the title of world’s tallest building for the next 227 years (although some in the 19th century thought it was shorter than the Great Pyramid). But in the late 19th century, improvements in building techniques and architectural engineering led to a flurry of tall buildings completed all across Europe.
In 1874, a rebuilt St. Nicholas’s Church in Hamburg was completed after the previous building burned down 30 years earlier; standing 482 feet tall, it took the title from Strasbourg (but went on to be all but destroyed during the Second World War and is now in ruins). In 1876, a cast iron spire was added to Rouen Cathedral in France, which stole the title from Hamburg. Then in 1880, work was finally completed—after a 407-year hiatus—on Cologne Cathedral in Germany: construction had originally begun in 1248, but was halted in 1473. The finished building stood 515 feet tall, enough to steal the title from Rouen and return it to Germany. But just like its predecessor, Cologne Cathedral only held the title for the next four years.
5. WASHINGTON MONUMENT // UNITED STATES
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, the 555-foot Washington Monument became the world’s tallest entirely stone-built structure, the tallest obelisk anywhere in the world, and the first known structure in North America to hold the title of world’s tallest building. Despite that impressive record, however, Europe reclaimed the record just five years later with …
6. THE EIFFEL TOWER // FRANCE
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The 986-foot Eiffel Tower was the centerpiece of the 1889 World’s Fair. Although its designer and namesake Gustave Eiffel had a permit allowing it to stand for a total of 20 years, it was originally intended to be dismantled when the fair was over. Thankfully, aside from its popularity, part of the reason the Tower still survives is that it proved an excellent telegraph transmitter, and even proved useful in intercepting German radio signals during the First Battle of Marne in 1914.
On its completion on March 31, 1889, the 984-foot Eiffel Tower instantly became the world’s tallest building (although, astonishingly, it shrinks by up to 6 inches during cold weather). It held the record for the next 41 years, until finally it was beaten by …
7. THE CHRYSLER BUILDING // NEW YORK
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When it was opened on May 27, 1930, New York City’s Chrysler Building broke the Eiffel Tower’s record by a full 60 feet—it stands an impressive 1046 feet tall, making it the first building in history to break the 1000-foot mark (thanks largely to a 185-foot spire constructed in secret to prevent any competition from beating it). It remains the tallest brick-built building in the world (although it does have a steel frame), despite holding the record as the world’s tallest for just 11 months: the Empire State Building was completed on April 11, 1931. | https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/88334/7-surprising-buildings-were-once-worlds-tallest |
One of the most iconic landmarks in the United States, the Gateway Arch is a 1,200-foot-tall monument to St. Louis.
The stainless steel structure was built to commemorate the Louisiana Purchase, a transaction that doubled U.S. territory without firing a single shot or causing any bloodshed whatsoever.
It was designed by famed architect Eero Saarinen as an open invitation for all Americans to come to explore their natural frontier.
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Gateway Arch facts for kids
- The Arch, located in the city of St. Louis, Missouri
- At 630 feet tall, the Arch is the equivalent of 63 stories.
- It was designed by Eero Saarinen
- Construction started on February 12, 1963, and finished on October 28, 1965.
- It has 33 steel trusses which hold up the 263-feet length of the Arch.
- Over 80,000 tons of steel were used in construction.
Who was Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen was born on October 20, 1910, in Helsinki, Finland. He died July 1, 1961, at the age of 50. Today Saarinen is regarded as a master of American architecture.
It was the centerpiece of an urban renewal plan to transform a decaying waterfront into a tourist destination and recreational area.
What are some fun facts about the Gateway Arch
It is the tallest man-made monument arch in the Western Hemisphere
It’s 630 feet tall
It took 178 days to construct
There are 11,000,000 rivets in the entire structure
There are 160 steps to reach.
It has a total of 227 tons of steel.
Why was the gateway arch built
Since the Civil War, St. Louis has been a city of architecture, focusing primarily on tall buildings and parks. A large monument to the City of St. Louis was needed to define the place of St. Louis in the country.
It was initially planned to be of similar size to the Great Pyramid in Giza, a pyramid that is 440 feet tall and weighs 6 million tons.
It was designed to be the tallest man-made monument in the world, higher than any other obelisk or pyramid ever built.
How high is the Gateway Arch
It is 630 feet tall (192 m) from the ground to the top of the highest pinnacle.
Does the Gateway Arch sway
It is a tiny bit off-center, but you can feel it when you are standing next to it, especially if it is windy. The shape of the Arch is a wedge with two sharp corners pointing to the sky.
How much does it cost to visit the Gateway Arch
It will cost $3 per person to enter the grounds. You might be required to reserve a spot to enter the viewing area of the arch itself. The best thing to do is check out the website for any updates and access the online booking for visiting.
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Interesting Facts about the Gateway Arch
Gateway Arch National Park is a memorial park in the heart of St. Louis, Missouri, named for a stainless steel monument that stands 630 feet (192 meters). It features sculptures and a visitor center with information on St. Louis’s history and architecture.
Even though the visitor center was started at the same time as the Arch, its construction did not finish until 1976 due to inadequate funds. However, the center was opened on June 10, 1967, with exhibits.
At the time of its installation, the cost of the monument was estimated to be around $13 million, which is equivalent to approximately $120 million in current money.
The observation deck at the top of the Arch deceptively appears to be tiny, yet it holds up to 160 people. The deck measures 7 feet 2 inches by 6 feet 9 inches.
It is the tallest Arch in the world and a monument to westward expansion.
Dick Bowser developed a tram system to carry visitors to the top of the Arc de Triomphe in just two weeks. It was modeled on the triumphal arch design.
The museum at the base of the Arch gives visitors a glimpse of what everyday life was like in the early 1800s. And an overview of Louis history and the westward expansion. | https://www.konnecthq.com/gateway-arch-facts/ |
Cairo, the City of Lost History
Situated along the Nile river, it is around 165 km from the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of Egypt had previously been ruled by the Kings of ancient Egypt, Turks, Romans, French and of course, the British. The largest city that visual of over 300,00 people and it is symbolic of the greatest display of ancient Egyptian artifacts which are from the tomb of Tutankhamen. Cairo is also home to the oldest University in the world- and also hosts one of the largest mosques in the world.
To get here, you have to travel through the Cairo international airport, which welcomes both domestic and international flights. You can easily book Dubai to Cairo flights, Sydney to Cairo flights, cape town to Cairo flights and more so for travelling.
- Muhammad Ali Mosque: Illuminated at night, this mosque stands as a symbol of the father of the modern Egyptian nation. Built between the years of 1830 and 1848, this building was made using the Ottoman style of limestone and alabaster. As such, it has a 21-meter dome in diameter and stands up tall at 51 meters high. The best part is the decorations- to consist of globe lamps, gold and also with small stained windows. It consists of four small corner droners and by 4 semi-circular If you admire the architecture, this is the place you have to drop by.
- The Great Pyramid of Giza: also known as the pyramid of Khufu, this is the oldest remaining wonder of the ancient world. At 756 feet in width and about 481 feet in height, it is the largest of three pyramids located at Giza Necropolis. Built by a labour force of over 100,000 between 2580 and 2560 BC using 5 million tons of limestone, this structure has remained the tallest man-made a structure for over 4 millennia. There are three chambers for it- for the King, the Queen and a third for someone else, whose identity remains unknown. The pyramid itself is surrounded by a huge burial site where two temples are situated along with a number of smaller satellite pyramids. This is truly a major landmark for the city.
- The Egyptian Museum, Cairo: This is where the 11kg famous golden burial mask of King Tuthankhamun is kept. Known as the world's biggest collection of treasures from ancient Egypt, this house was established way back in 1902 with an expansive sprawl of over120,000 artifacts. You will also find a decorated chest, gold bracelets and other kinds of jewelry and weapons in here. Our advice is to travel with a guide so that you can get a complete experience.
- Saqqara Pyramids: It was a burial site for Memphis, which is the ancient Egyptian capital. Located at around 30 km from Cairo, it also consists of various smaller burial tombs, including the famous Step Pyramid of Djoser. Once built as a burial site for the Pharaoh, this maze of tunnels and channels is 6 km long in length and wounds around a big central shaft.
Cairo is a desert city which is a beautiful combination of the old and the new, the myth and the modern; all of which come together to form something amazing. | https://connectgujarat.com/cairo-the-city-of-lost-history/ |
Where is the tallest church spire in England?
Salisbury Cathedral is the present tallest church building in the country, standing at a height of 123 metres (404 feet), and it remains amongst the tallest medieval churches in the world.
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Churches 200 feet or taller.
|Name of Church||Salisbury Cathedral|
|Height (m)||123|
|Height (ft)||404|
|Location||Salisbury, Wiltshire|
What is the second tallest spire in England?
Norwich cathedral was started in the 1100’s and has the second tallest spire in the UK.
How many UK cathedrals have 3 spires?
There are only three cathedrals in the United Kingdom with three spires. Lichfield Cathedral, dating from the 13th and early 14th centuries is the only medieval cathedral.
How high is the spire at Salisbury Cathedral?
The spire stands at 123 meters (404 feet) and has been wowing visitors since it’s construction in the 14th century. The spire and tower of Salisbury cathedral are a wonder of medieval architecture but more importantly a fantastic example of 17th century ingenuity to keep the place standing!
Which city has the largest cathedral in UK?
Liverpool Cathedral is the largest cathedral and religious building in Britain, and the eighth largest church in the world. The cathedral is based on a design by Giles Gilbert Scott and was constructed between 1904 and 1978.
Which is bigger York Minster or Lincoln cathedral?
The cathedral is the fourth largest in the UK (in floor area) at around 5,000 square metres (54,000 sq ft), after Liverpool, St Paul’s and York Minster. …
What is the oldest cathedral in Britain?
Cathedral Church of St Deiniol. The oldest cathedral in Britain was founded in 525 by St Deiniol who became bishop in 546.
What is the tallest church in the world?
The tallest church in the world is the Ulm Minster, the main Lutheran congregation in Ulm, Germany. The tallest Roman Catholic, as well as the tallest domed church, is the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro.
What is the highest church in Shropshire?
St Alkmund’s Church stands at the highest point in the town of Shrewsbury. The structure that stands today is part mediaeval and part Georgian. The tower and spire (56 metres high) was built about 1475 in the Perpendicular style.
Is Truro Cathedral Catholic?
Truro Cathedral is the first Anglican cathedral built in England since the Reformation.
How many Spires does Lichfield Cathedral have?
Lichfield Cathedral has a splendid setting and a fascinating history. Its three spires are unique amongst medieval cathedrals and are often referred to as ‘the Ladies of the Vale’.
Where is the Magna Carta kept?
There are four extant original copies of the Magna Carta of 1215. Two of them are held by the cathedral churches in which they were originally deposited—Lincoln and Salisbury—and the other two are in the British Library in London.
What cathedral was used in Pillars of the Earth?
Salisbury Cathedral: Ken Follett’s Pillars Of The Earth. | https://unityofsurprise.org/bible/which-city-has-the-tallest-church-spire-in-england.html |
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Image sourced from the Daily Mail.
New York City has some of the tallest buildings in the world, so imagine being one of the brave construction workers who built these incredible structures only made possible by structural steel. From 88 floors up, this cheerful worker gives a friendly wave while doing structural work on the Empire State Building.
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The view atop the world’s tallest building is pretty remarkable – particularly from the outside. The men in this photograph stand on top of beams while working on the construction of what would become the world’s tallest man-made structure. Today the Burj Khalifa stands at 829.8m and has more than 160 stories. Dubai has a reputation for having the biggest man-made structures. Along with the Burj Khalifa, the country is also home to the world’s tallest hotel at 355m (JW Marriott Marquis), biggest mall, biggest aquarium and second biggest man-made marina.
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Image sourced from the Daily Mail.
What better place to have lunch than with your feet dangling 256 metres above the New York streets? ‘Lunch atop a skyscraper’ is an iconic image that features eleven men casually eating lunch on the RCA Building during its construction at the Rockefeller Center in New York. Although it has recently been said that this photograph was staged for publicity, I think we can all still agree that sitting on that beam without safety gear would not have been an easy task.
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Two builders during the construction of the Empire State Building, Lewis Hine, c 1933.
If you are working on the construction of the Empire State Building, you may as well take a break where you can enjoy a great view right? In this photograph, taken by Lewis Wickes Hine, two workers wedge themselves between a couple of beams to take a break from a hard day’s labour. It took 57,000 tons of steel to construct the skeleton of this building, 7,000,000 man hours and cost $40,948,900 to build.
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Lifting roof section over Sydney Cove, 1967, by David Moore.
The Sydney Opera House is Australia’s most iconic creative and technical achievement in construction history. It took four years to solve the technical challenge of how to construct the roof sails and 16 years to complete the entire building. Photographer David Moore watched as the Opera House slowly came into being and documented the process, capturing the human endeavour and daring efforts.
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Power grid workers on the world’s tallest electricity pylons, Anhui Province, China. (Photograph sourced from HAP/Quirky China News/Rex Features)
Working on top of the world’s tallest electricity pylons certainly isn’t a job for those with a weak stomach. To give you an idea of just how high up these workers are – the structure is painted red and blue to make them highly visible to passing air traffic. Their only mode of climbing the last few metres to get to the top of the structure is by using rope ladders. The Chinese project involves building a 270m high electricity pylon between Anhui province and Shanghai (a distance of 430km).
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Innovative or dangerous? I think we’d definitely go with the latter. A few years ago images were caught of a Chinese construction worker being lowered down the side of a building in an excavator scoop to dislodge a piece of debris. A mini-excavator sitting on the edge of an 8 storey drop, lowering a worker off the edge – what could go wrong? Thankfully the worker managed to get back to safety and will hopefully choose other modes of transport next time.
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In Hong Kong bamboo is used for the majority of scaffolding because it is strong, flexible and low cost due to its abundance in China. This type of scaffolding is made up of multiple layers of bamboo poles that are tied together with bamboo string. Hong Kong has lower level regulations for bamboo scaffold construction, so it generates a higher rate of accidents than steel scaffolding. Here’s some footage of bamboo scaffolding in action: Bamboo Scaffolding
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A photographer caught this image from the 15th floor of a residential block, making these nimble workers approximately 25 floors high. The workers climb the scaffolding with bamboo rope hanging from their belt and fasten the poles together as they go. This is a common thing to see in Hong Kong cities and is an impressive sight for visitors.
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Image sourced from the Powerhouse Museum.
Workmen stand high, attaching supports to a pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. As the world’s largest (but not longest) steel arch bridge, the top of this structure stands 134 metres above the harbour. The bridge took 1,400 hundred men, 8 years, 53,000 tonnes of steel and 4.2 million dollars to build. | https://networksteel.com.au/case-study/10-construction-images-guaranteed-to-get-your-heart-racing/ |
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In the last few posts we've been talking about some of the ways our thinking lets us down when we're chugging along on intuition, or System 1, as Nobel Prize-winning researcher Daniel Kahneman calls it. System 1, he says, operates silently and automatically in the background, providing impressions, impulses, intuitions and instant conclusions about what we hear and see. When you've got that peaceful, easy feeling, you know System 1 is at the helm. As long as you're in a state of "cognitive ease," your thinking will be fairly superficial because of the relaxed vigilance of System 2, which is the more effortful, analytic thinking mode.
Interestingly, just as cognitive ease increases a good mood, a good mood conversely increases cognitive ease. In other words, says, Kahneman, "A happy mood loosens the control of System 2 over performance: when in a good mood, people become more intuitive and more creative but also less vigilant and more prone to logical errors."
This is because System 1 will jump to its conclusions on the basis of the relatively scanty information it is processing automatically and unless (or until) a sense of cognitive strain mobilizes System 2, the intuitive answers supplied by System 1 will hold sway. "Remember," says Kahneman, "that System 2 is lazy and that mental effort is aversive."
What does this mean for critical thinking?
Simply this: Take your mood into account when you have important decisions to make. That peaceful, easy feeling may be beneficial to your physical and mental health, but it also means your System 2 is weaker than usual and you may be tempted to let your intuitions rule you inappropriately. | http://subscribe.vision.org/familymatters/archive/2012/02 |
Are there any other aspects you have reflected on that are not included above? Introduction As per the discussion on the critical and the reflective thinking, I have seen that there are great transformation in the organisation which are directed to the change in the distributed computing.
Hire Writer The reflective journal critical thinking reflective writing assignment known as a reflective diary will be the ideal place to write down some of biggest thoughts of life. For aligning future actions using your reflected experiences and values.
When students are faced with a perplexing problem, reflective thinking helps them to become more aware of their learning progress, choose appropriate strategies to explore a problem, and identify the ways to build the knowledge they need to solve the problem.
The primary goal of the conclusion is that of presenting the way in which your mindset has been modified. Critical thinking paper format Writing a critical thinking essay slightly differs from the other types of assignments, so you should pay attention to the main criteria and the structure of the paper to avoid common mistakes.
To show the meaning of what had happened. You have participated in a number of activities and discussions. Provide ideas and activity sheets to help students evaluate the evidence they gather. For effective phase out planning, a refined approach and evaluation is important which will share the innovation to the relevant teams and the processes.
How To Write Reflective Journal? After approximately ten minutes of reassurance, Jim had regained his breath and was much more calm and relaxed. To let your thoughts leave your mind. My perception has been completely changed with relation to the handling of the industrial competition with the potential entrants, threats of the suppliers, buyers and the substitutes in the organisation.
Is it possible to separate emotions from issues that are heavily based on belief systems such as religious beliefs? To participate your opinions with others. Learning experiences should be designed to include advice from teachers and co-learners.
One of our specific student outcomes is to solve andanalyze open-ended problems and another is to engage in critical thinking by evaluating designsolutions. Order now Writing a reflective journal will be a difficult task if you do not know what exactly this type of paper is. The effects of argument mapping-infused critical thinking instruction on reflective judgement performance.
Permit yourself the time for making an error and carry on. One needs to work on different processes, skills and the tools to effectively handle the process with the driving change and growth. There are reasons why reflective journals can be useful. Hence, a SMART goal will help in analysing the productivity of the employee to track the formation as well as the process of appraisal to information management of the higher performance discussions.
Jim is a year-old man, attending the pulmonary rehabilitation programme PRP. The analysis assignment was two-fold: How you will use your learning from the subject in your workplace? With the matrix management, I will be able to work on the commands and control with the fluctuating workload to manage the large projects easily.
Designing a deeply digital science curriculum: I have realised that maintaining the team will help me with increased ideas and discussions and my work will also have less errors due to the combined effort of people.
I felt this helped in building a therapeutic nurse-patient relationship. Provide reasoning and argumentations for your audience.
The framework is set for the improvement of the end-to-end business processes with the improvements which approach to the maturity model concepts.
You can also order a plagiarism report if needed; Competitive prices and constant discounts. The initial step in mastering how to jot down reflective journal is as easy as being ready to write down your opinions and thoughts on something which you are studying whenever the mood tends to strike.
Then write a paragraph or two, encouraging the reader to action or showing how the topic may influence their lives. Measuring third year undergraduate nursing students' reflective thinking skills and critical reflection self-efficacy following high fidelity simulation: Additionally, reflective learning journal is a smart way to discover the creative solutions for difficult issues.
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It helps you therefore to recognise and clarify the important connections between what you already know and what you are learning. It is a way of helping you to become an active, aware and critical learner. Critical thinking and critical writing are common phenomena in the accounting field.
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Here’s a… hypothesis for why many habits of philosophical thinking might not come naturally. The hypothesis is that some tools for critical evaluation run counter to another valuable set of tools: our tools for effective social engagement. These tools help us make sense of what someone is saying by encouraging us to interpret underspecified claims in the most positive light; they help us coordinate conversation by establishing common ground.
That’s Tania Lombrozo, associate professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and National Public Radio (NPR) columnist, in a recent post at NPR’s Culture & Cosmos. She’s commenting on the “Philosophy Tool Kit” Alan Hájek (ANU) published at Aeon last week (you might have seen it in DN’s Heap of Links).
Why do we need special training to acquire them? Why aren’t they built into our cognitive machinery, or acquired through our years of experience evaluating claims and arguments in everyday life?
When someone asks us for “the right thing to do,” we’re inclined to engage in the conversation they’ve invited us to engage in: one in which we assume there is a right thing to do, and we help them to find it. When someone says “everyone likes a good book,” we understand them to be telling us something about the kinds of people relevant to our current conversational context, not something true of every single person.
If this is right, then some forms of critical evaluation and philosophical thinking are hard because they force us to suspend other habits of mind; habits that serve us well when our goal is to engage or persuade or befriend.
I think there’s something to this—and it runs in both directions. In conversation, questions about implications, definitions, and distinctions in my interlocutor’s speech sometimes come to mind before its implied meanings, scope restrictions, and purpose. Vocalizing these questions in a non-philosophical context (and sometimes even in philosophical ones) can serve as an obstacle to understanding and progress—and human connection. Perhaps the fact that restraining this analytical impulse requires effort explains philosophers’ apparent preference for romantic partners who are also philosophers. | http://dailynous.com/2017/04/10/when-to-turn-it-off/ |
Creative thinking is a way of looking at problems or situations from a fresh perspective to conceive of something new or original. Creative thinking is a process utilized to generate lists of new, varied and unique ideas or possibilities. Creative thinking brings a fresh perspective and sometimes unconventional solution to solve a problem or address a challenge.
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Learning Skills:. Subscribe to our FREE newsletter and start improving your life in just 5 minutes a day. Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally, understanding the logical connection between ideas. Critical thinking has been the subject of much debate and thought since the time of early Greek philosophers such as Plato and Socrates and has continued to be a subject of discussion into the modern age, for example the ability to recognise fake news. Critical thinking might be described as the ability to engage in reflective and independent thinking.
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The description of reflective thinking:. Critical thinking and reflective thinking are often used synonymously. Critical thinking is used to describe:. Reflective thinking, on the other hand, is a part of the critical thinking process referring specifically to the processes of analyzing and making judgments about what has happened. Dewey suggests that reflective thinking is an active, persistent, and careful consideration of a belief or supposed form of knowledge, of the grounds that support that knowledge, and the further conclusions to which that knowledge leads. Learners are aware of and control their learning by actively participating in reflective thinking — assessing what they know, what they need to know, and how they bridge that gap — during learning situations.
Using these models, they developed the Critical Thinking Roadmap, a framework that breaks critical thinking down into four measurable phases: the ability to execute, synthesize, recommend, and generate. With critical thinking ranking among the most in-demand skills for job candidates , you would think that educational institutions would prepare candidates well to be exceptional thinkers, and employers would be adept at developing such skills in existing employees. Unfortunately, both are largely untrue. This confirms what a Wall Street Journal analysis of standardized test scores given to freshmen and seniors at colleges found: the average graduate from some of the most prestigious universities shows little or no improvement in critical thinking over four years. Employers fare no better.
Click Here for our professional translations. Question: Critical thinking is essential to effective learning and productive living. Would you share your definition of critical thinking? Paul: First, since critical thinking can be defined in a number of different ways consistent with each other, we should not put a lot of weight on any one definition. Definitions are at best scaffolding for the mind. Two things are crucial:.
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The work conducted by the Institute of Medicine IOM in its report, Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality, identified five core competencies needed by working professionals to improve the delivery of care in the current health care system. In conjunction with the IOM report, the nursing profession, through the Quality and Safety Education for Nursing QSEN project, embraced the five IOM core competencies, which include patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics. Additionally, the QSEN work also identified safety as a core competency required of professional nurses. The inclusion of these six core competencies in prelicensure nursing curriculum is recommended to prepare the nursing student for professional practice.
What they will expect, though, is for you to be able to think ; to know how to make connections between ideas and evaluate information critically. It seemed like something that my teachers just expected us to pick up in the course of our studies. While I venture that a lot of us did learn it, I prefer to approach learning deliberately, and so I decided to investigate critical thinking for myself.
Тридцать два, - уточнил Стратмор. - У него был врожденный порок сердца. - Никогда об этом не слышала. - Так записано в его медицинской карточке. Он не очень-то об этом распространялся.
Подождите, - сказала Сьюзан, меняя позицию и придвигаясь ближе. - Хорошо, теперь давайте. Дверь снова приоткрылась на дюйм. В Третьем узле виднелось голубоватое сияние: терминалы по-прежнему работали; они обеспечивали функционирование ТРАНСТЕКСТА, поэтому на них поступало аварийное питание. Сьюзан просунула в щель ногу в туфле Феррагамо и усилила нажим. Дверь подалась. Стратмор сменил положение.
Бросить все и ехать в аэропорт. Вопрос национальной безопасности. Он тихо выругался. Тогда почему они послали не профессионального агента, а университетского преподавателя. Выйдя из зоны видимости бармена, Беккер вылил остатки напитка в цветочный горшок. От водки у него появилось легкое головокружение. Сьюзан, подшучивая над ним, часто говорила, что напоить его не составляет никакого труда.
ГЛАВА 25 Городская больница закрылась для посетителей. Свет в бывшем гимнастическом зале выключили. Пьер Клушар спал глубоким сном и не видел склонившегося над ним человека. Игла похищенного у медсестры шприца блеснула в темноте и погрузилась в вену чуть выше запястья Клушара. Шприц был наполнен тридцатью кубиками моющего средства, взятого с тележки уборщицы.
Понятно, почему она не хотела верить ни одному его слову. Он почувствовал, как вокруг него выросла стена, и понял, что ему не удастся выпутаться из этой ситуации, по крайней мере своевременно. И он в отчаянии прошептал ей на ухо: - Сьюзан… Стратмор убил Чатрукьяна.
Затуманенные глаза Беккера не отрываясь смотрели на торчащий из двери кусок ткани. Он рванулся, вытянув вперед руки, к этой заветной щели, из которой торчал красный хвост сумки, и упал вперед, но его вытянутая рука не достала до. Ему не хватило лишь нескольких сантиметров.
Может быть, я так и сделаю. - Mala suerte, - вздохнул лейтенант. - Не судьба. Собор закрыт до утренней мессы.
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We often hear the words critical thinking questions mentioned when investigating teaching ideas and strategies. Incorporated below are practical ideas of how to incorporate the different categories of questioning into your everyday teaching.
The National Curriculum Statements Gr R - 12 among other things, aims to produce learners that are able to solve problems and make decisions using critical and creative thinking, as well as encouraging learners to collect, analyse, organize and critically evaluate information. In the Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS) the different subjects use various taxonomies expressing various cognitive classifications or levels which are to be included in the assessment of the subject.
This is a wonderful idea, however if the learners have not been exposed to these types of questions or have not been taught how to answer them, they will find it difficult, even frightening, when confronted with critical thinking questions for the first time in test.
In the CAPS documents various taxonomies with regards to cognitive classifications or levels have been combined and / or used by the different subjects, to be included in the subject's assessment.
All subjects focus on three overall classifications (levels) of cognitive operation or learning:
Low order
Middle order
Higher Order
So where did it begin . . .
Benjamin Bloom, in 1956, categorised and classified thousands of teachers' questions into a taxonomy. He expressed the thought that the higher up the taxonomy one moved with the type of questions being asked and answered, the deeper the learning:
The lowest level was knowledge (recall of information)
Comprehension was next (understanding meaning)
Application followed (apply what has been learnt)
Analysis, was next (to separate material or concepts into components)
Synthesis, followed (create new meaning or structure)
Finally, evaluation (to make informed judgements)
Anderson in 2001, adapted Bloom's idea, replacing the wording, such as knowledge was replaced with remembering. While the higher order levels of evaluation and synthesis were inverted, so that evaluating was seen as the second highest and creating (synthesis) were reflected as the highest order of thinking.
Comparison of Bloom's and Anderson's Taxonomies
Anderson, et al's Changes To Bloom's Taxonomy (Wilson, 2006)
Anderson, Krathwohl, et al. changed Bloom's noun descriptors into verbs. They also interpreted create, as a higher order of thinking, than evaluate.
While a problem-solving taxonomy may be grouped into the areas or classifications of: routine, diagnosis, strategy, interpretation and generation. (Plants, H.L, et al 1980)
Each subject has adapted and interrupted various taxonomies to suit their subject's needs with regard to assessment. (see table below)
Information adapted from the Basic Education, Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS) for each subject http://www.education.gov.za/Curriculum/CurriculumAssessmentPolicyStatements/tabid/419/Default.aspx
So what should we, as teachers, do . . . .
Firstly we need to include the different categories (levels or classifications) of questions in our planning and preparation.
Note:The critical thinking questions must be included into the teacher's planning. If thinking questions are asked in an assessment, and learners have never been exposed to these types of questions while teaching, they will find them extremely difficult.
Secondly, we must verbally ask the children questions from the different categories, while we are teaching.
Thirdly, we should set classwork activities that incorporate the different categories of questions for learners to solve.
Only THEN should critical thinking questions be included into assessment tasks.
Anderson's Taxonomy And Level Descriptors; Adapted From Sun, Y. M. (2007) And Wilson, L. O. (2006)
Begin by including one or two questions from each level in your preparation and planning, these can be used as reminders while you are teaching.
As you begin to ask questions using the different levels of thinking, you will begin to find it easy to incorporate them as your lessons as you go along.
Examples of knowledge questions may include:
What is . . . ?
Which is true or false?
How many . . . ?
Examples of comprehension questions may include:
Write a brief outline ...?
What do you think may happen next ?
Can you write it in your own words?
Examples of application questions may include:
What would you change if . . . ?
Do you know another example where . . .?
From the given information, develop . . . . .?
Examples of analysis questions may include:
Why did . . . changes occur?
How is . . . similar to . . .?
What was the motives for . . . .?
Examples of synthesis questions may include:
Can you design a . . . to . . . ?
What is the possible outcome to . . . .?
Having read all the information, how would you resolve the problem?
Examples of evaluation questions may include:
Is there a better solution to . . ? Justify / Explain why
How would you feel if . . . .?
Assess the value of . . . ?
Encouraging all learners to be involved in every aspect of a lesson is of importance to all teachers.
As teachers, we are continually looking for ways to assist us in the classroom and improve our teaching and the children's learning, by varying the types of questions being asked, and allowing learners to engage and discuss possible answers, they will remain more focused and involved.
As teachers how do we encourage learners to think critically and creatively within our lessons? By asking the questions that spart curiosity and interest.
The greatest success when trying to assess using critical thinking questions, is that the thinking questions HAVE been incorporated into the learning and teaching strategies used by the teacher.
Begin practicing yourself, think about questions at the various levels and then test your questions on your learners
By including different types of thinking questions while you teach, as well as in the class-work tasks the learners need to complete, the students will manage to answer the more complex questions more effectively during assessment tasks.
Have fun thinking of different types of questions your students can engage in, from simple knowledge and recall, to more complex synthesis and evaluation type questions.
I look forward to hearing from you, share your thoughts and ideas.
References:
Anderson, L. W., Krathwohl, D. R., Airasian, P. W., Cruikshank, K. A., Mayer, R. E., Pintrich, P. R., Raths, J. & Wittrock, M. C. (Eds.). (2001). Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. New York: Longman.
Bloom, B.S., Engelhart, M.D., Walker, H.H., Furst, E.J., & Krathwohl, D.R. (1956). Taxonomy of Educational Objectives; The Classification of Educational Goals. Handbook 1: Cognitive Domain. Longman, Green and Co., New York. | https://www.evolveschool.co.za/post/2013/02/26/critical-thinking-making-it-work-in-your-classroom |
Jimmy Stewart was an Athlete and Baseball Player.
He was born on Wednesday May 20th 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States.
Jimmy Stewart is the searcher and the seeker of the truth. He has a clear and compelling sense of himself as a spiritual being. As a result, Jimmy's life path is devoted to investigations into the unknown, and finding the answers to the mysteries of life.
Stewart is well-equipped to handle his task. He possesses a fine mind, and is an analytical thinker, capable of great concentration and theoretical insight. Jimmy Stewart enjoys research, and putting the pieces of an intellectual puzzle together. Once he has enough pieces in place, Jimmy is capable of highly creative insight and practical solutions to problems.
Jimmy Stewart enjoys his solitude and prefers to work alone. He needs time to contemplate his ideas without the intrusion of other people's thoughts. Jimmy is a lone wolf, a person who lives by his own ideas and methods. As a result, close associations are difficult for him to form and keep, especially marriage. Stewart needs his space and privacy, which, when violated, can cause him great frustration and irritation.
When his life is balanced, however, Jimmy Stewart is both charming and attractive. He can be the life of a party, and enjoy performing before an audience. Jimmy enjoys displaying his wit and knowledge, which makes him attractive to others, especially the opposite sex.
But Stewart has distinct limits. While he is generous in social situations, sharing his attention and energy freely, he is keenly aware of the need to "come off stage" and return to the solitude of his lair. Jimmy Stewart associates peace with the unobtrusive privacy of his world. Therefore, intimacy is difficult for Jimmy, because he guards his inner world like a mother lion does her cubs.
All this privacy and aloneness can cause isolation and loneliness, however. Jimmy Stewart can be aware of an emptiness in his life, a part of him that yearns for company and close companionship that may be unsatisfied.
If isolation is brought to the extreme, Jimmy can become cynical and suspicious. He might develop hidden, selfish motives, which people may sense and may cause them discomfort around him. Stewart must guard against becoming too withdrawn and independent, thus shutting out the love of others and keeping him from experiencing the true joy of friendship and close companionship.
Jimmy Stewart must especially watch out for selfishness and egocentricity, thinking of himself as the center of the universe, the only person who really matters. Social contact gives Jimmy perspective on himself and on life, while too much isolation can make him too narrow and even shut off from the rest of the world.
Secretly, Stewart may feel jealous of the easy relationships formed by others; he may perceive others as less inhibited than him, or more free to express themselves. He may harshly criticize himself for not being more gregarious, powerful, or capable of greater leadership.
Jimmy Stewart's challenge in life is to maintain his independence without feeling isolated or ineffectual. He must hold fast to his unique view on the world, while at the same time being open to others and the knowledge they have to offer.
With his abilities to learn, analyze, and seek out answers to life's important questions, Jimmy Stewart has the potential for enormous growth and success in life. By the time he reaches middle age, Jimmy will radiate refinement and wisdom.
Pythagoras loved the seven for its great spiritual potential.
You and Jimmy
About Jimmy's Life Path number
If ever there was a single moment of total transformation, it was actually the moment of Jimmy Stewart's birth. In that instant, Jimmy stepped through a door in time into a new reality - the reality of human life. The most critical number in Stewart's numerology chart is based on the date of his birth - the moment when the curtain went up in Jimmy Stewart's life. | https://www.celebrities-galore.com/celebrities/jimmy-stewart/life-path-number/ |
Vivian Canoletti is a female celebrity.
She was born on Wednesday November 20th 1974, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Vivian Canoletti is the searcher and the seeker of the truth. She has a clear and compelling sense of herself as a spiritual being. As a result, Vivian's life path is devoted to investigations into the unknown, and finding the answers to the mysteries of life.
Canoletti is well-equipped to handle her task. She possesses a fine mind, and is an analytical thinker, capable of great concentration and theoretical insight. Vivian Canoletti enjoys research, and putting the pieces of an intellectual puzzle together. Once she has enough pieces in place, Vivian is capable of highly creative insight and practical solutions to problems.
Vivian Canoletti enjoys her solitude and prefers to work alone. She needs time to contemplate her ideas without the intrusion of other people's thoughts. Vivian is a lone wolf, a person who lives by his own ideas and methods. As a result, close associations are difficult for her to form and keep, especially marriage. Canoletti needs her space and privacy, which, when violated, can cause her great frustration and irritation.
When her life is balanced, however, Vivian Canoletti is both charming and attractive. She can be the life of a party, and enjoy performing before an audience. Vivian enjoys displaying her wit and knowledge, which makes her attractive to others, especially the opposite sex.
But Canoletti has distinct limits. While she is generous in social situations, sharing her attention and energy freely, she is keenly aware of the need to "come off stage" and return to the solitude of her lair. Vivian Canoletti associates peace with the unobtrusive privacy of her world. Therefore, intimacy is difficult for Vivian, because she guards her inner world like a mother lion does her cubs.
All this privacy and aloneness can cause isolation and loneliness, however. Vivian Canoletti can be aware of an emptiness in her life, a part of her that yearns for company and close companionship that may be unsatisfied.
If isolation is brought to the extreme, Vivian can become cynical and suspicious. She might develop hidden, selfish motives, which people may sense and may cause them discomfort around her. Canoletti must guard against becoming too withdrawn and independent, thus shutting out the love of others and keeping her from experiencing the true joy of friendship and close companionship.
Vivian Canoletti must especially watch out for selfishness and egocentricity, thinking of herself as the center of the universe, the only person who really matters. Social contact gives Vivian perspective on herself and on life, while too much isolation can make her too narrow and even shut off from the rest of the world.
Secretly, Canoletti may feel jealous of the easy relationships formed by others; she may perceive others as less inhibited than her, or more free to express themselves. She may harshly criticize herself for not being more gregarious, powerful, or capable of greater leadership.
Vivian Canoletti's challenge in life is to maintain her independence without feeling isolated or ineffectual. She must hold fast to her unique view on the world, while at the same time being open to others and the knowledge they have to offer.
With her abilities to learn, analyze, and seek out answers to life's important questions, Vivian Canoletti has the potential for enormous growth and success in life. By the time she reaches middle age, Vivian will radiate refinement and wisdom.
Pythagoras loved the seven for its great spiritual potential.
You and Vivian
About Vivian's Life Path number
If ever there was a single moment of total transformation, it was actually the moment of Vivian Canoletti's birth. In that instant, Vivian stepped through a door in time into a new reality - the reality of human life. The most critical number in Canoletti's numerology chart is based on the date of her birth - the moment when the curtain went up in Vivian Canoletti's life. | https://www.celebrities-galore.com/celebrities/vivian-canoletti/life-path-number/ |
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Microsoft Toolbars offer the user the option of displaying a label below each tool. Name at least one reason why labeled tools can be accessed faster.
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Assume, for this, that the user knows the tool and does not need the label just simply to identify the tool. You have a palette of tools in a graphics application that consists of a matrix of 16xpixel icons laid out as a 2x8 array that lies along the left-hand edge of the screen.
Without moving the array from the left-hand side of the screen or changing the size of the icons, what steps can you take to decrease the time necessary to access the average tool?
A right-handed user is known to be within 10 pixels of the exact center of a large, X screen. You will place a single-pixel target on the screen that the user must point to exactly. List the five pixel locations on the screen that the user can access fastest.
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to thought (thinking). Thought (also called thinking) – the mental process in which beings form psychological associations and models of the world. Thinking is manipulating information, as when we form concepts, engage in problem solving, reason and make urbanagricultureinitiative.comt, the act of thinking, produces thoughts.
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Charles Baudelaire was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe.
He was born on Monday April 9th 1821, in Paris, France.
Charles Baudelaire is the searcher and the seeker of the truth. He has a clear and compelling sense of himself as a spiritual being. As a result, Charles' life path is devoted to investigations into the unknown, and finding the answers to the mysteries of life.
Baudelaire is well-equipped to handle his task. He possesses a fine mind, and is an analytical thinker, capable of great concentration and theoretical insight. Charles Baudelaire enjoys research, and putting the pieces of an intellectual puzzle together. Once he has enough pieces in place, Charles is capable of highly creative insight and practical solutions to problems.
Charles Baudelaire enjoys his solitude and prefers to work alone. He needs time to contemplate his ideas without the intrusion of other people's thoughts. Charles is a lone wolf, a person who lives by his own ideas and methods. As a result, close associations are difficult for him to form and keep, especially marriage. Baudelaire needs his space and privacy, which, when violated, can cause him great frustration and irritation.
When his life is balanced, however, Charles Baudelaire is both charming and attractive. He can be the life of a party, and enjoy performing before an audience. Charles enjoys displaying his wit and knowledge, which makes him attractive to others, especially the opposite sex.
But Baudelaire has distinct limits. While he is generous in social situations, sharing his attention and energy freely, he is keenly aware of the need to "come off stage" and return to the solitude of his lair. Charles Baudelaire associates peace with the unobtrusive privacy of his world. Therefore, intimacy is difficult for Charles, because he guards his inner world like a mother lion does her cubs.
All this privacy and aloneness can cause isolation and loneliness, however. Charles Baudelaire can be aware of an emptiness in his life, a part of him that yearns for company and close companionship that may be unsatisfied.
If isolation is brought to the extreme, Charles can become cynical and suspicious. He might develop hidden, selfish motives, which people may sense and may cause them discomfort around him. Baudelaire must guard against becoming too withdrawn and independent, thus shutting out the love of others and keeping him from experiencing the true joy of friendship and close companionship.
Charles Baudelaire must especially watch out for selfishness and egocentricity, thinking of himself as the center of the universe, the only person who really matters. Social contact gives Charles perspective on himself and on life, while too much isolation can make him too narrow and even shut off from the rest of the world.
Secretly, Baudelaire may feel jealous of the easy relationships formed by others; he may perceive others as less inhibited than him, or more free to express themselves. He may harshly criticize himself for not being more gregarious, powerful, or capable of greater leadership.
Charles Baudelaire's challenge in life is to maintain his independence without feeling isolated or ineffectual. He must hold fast to his unique view on the world, while at the same time being open to others and the knowledge they have to offer.
With his abilities to learn, analyze, and seek out answers to life's important questions, Charles Baudelaire has the potential for enormous growth and success in life. By the time he reaches middle age, Charles will radiate refinement and wisdom.
Pythagoras loved the seven for its great spiritual potential.
You and Charles
About Charles' Life Path number
If ever there was a single moment of total transformation, it was actually the moment of Charles Baudelaire's birth. In that instant, Charles stepped through a door in time into a new reality - the reality of human life. The most critical number in Baudelaire's numerology chart is based on the date of his birth - the moment when the curtain went up in Charles Baudelaire's life. | https://www.celebrities-galore.com/celebrities/baudelaire/life-path-number/ |
Diego Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter, whose large frescoes helped establish the Mexican mural movement in Mexican art, and was a member of AMORC, the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, an occult organization founded by American occultist Harvey Spencer Lewis.
He was born on Wednesday December 8th 1886, in Guanajuato, Mexico.
Diego Rivera is the searcher and the seeker of the truth. He has a clear and compelling sense of himself as a spiritual being. As a result, Diego's life path is devoted to investigations into the unknown, and finding the answers to the mysteries of life.
Rivera is well-equipped to handle his task. He possesses a fine mind, and is an analytical thinker, capable of great concentration and theoretical insight. Diego Rivera enjoys research, and putting the pieces of an intellectual puzzle together. Once he has enough pieces in place, Diego is capable of highly creative insight and practical solutions to problems.
Diego Rivera enjoys his solitude and prefers to work alone. He needs time to contemplate his ideas without the intrusion of other people's thoughts. Diego is a lone wolf, a person who lives by his own ideas and methods. As a result, close associations are difficult for him to form and keep, especially marriage. Rivera needs his space and privacy, which, when violated, can cause him great frustration and irritation.
When his life is balanced, however, Diego Rivera is both charming and attractive. He can be the life of a party, and enjoy performing before an audience. Diego enjoys displaying his wit and knowledge, which makes him attractive to others, especially the opposite sex.
But Rivera has distinct limits. While he is generous in social situations, sharing his attention and energy freely, he is keenly aware of the need to "come off stage" and return to the solitude of his lair. Diego Rivera associates peace with the unobtrusive privacy of his world. Therefore, intimacy is difficult for Diego, because he guards his inner world like a mother lion does her cubs.
All this privacy and aloneness can cause isolation and loneliness, however. Diego Rivera can be aware of an emptiness in his life, a part of him that yearns for company and close companionship that may be unsatisfied.
If isolation is brought to the extreme, Diego can become cynical and suspicious. He might develop hidden, selfish motives, which people may sense and may cause them discomfort around him. Rivera must guard against becoming too withdrawn and independent, thus shutting out the love of others and keeping him from experiencing the true joy of friendship and close companionship.
Diego Rivera must especially watch out for selfishness and egocentricity, thinking of himself as the center of the universe, the only person who really matters. Social contact gives Diego perspective on himself and on life, while too much isolation can make him too narrow and even shut off from the rest of the world.
Secretly, Rivera may feel jealous of the easy relationships formed by others; he may perceive others as less inhibited than him, or more free to express themselves. He may harshly criticize himself for not being more gregarious, powerful, or capable of greater leadership.
Diego Rivera's challenge in life is to maintain his independence without feeling isolated or ineffectual. He must hold fast to his unique view on the world, while at the same time being open to others and the knowledge they have to offer.
With his abilities to learn, analyze, and seek out answers to life's important questions, Diego Rivera has the potential for enormous growth and success in life. By the time he reaches middle age, Diego will radiate refinement and wisdom.
Pythagoras loved the seven for its great spiritual potential.
You and Diego
About Diego's Life Path number
If ever there was a single moment of total transformation, it was actually the moment of Diego Rivera's birth. In that instant, Diego stepped through a door in time into a new reality - the reality of human life. The most critical number in Rivera's numerology chart is based on the date of his birth - the moment when the curtain went up in Diego Rivera's life. | https://www.celebrities-galore.com/celebrities/diego-rivera/life-path-number/ |
Edward Furlong is an American actor and musician who won as a child Saturn and MTV Movie Awards for his performance as John Connor in Terminator 2 (1991), and also won Young Artist Award for his performance in A Home of Our Own (1993).
He was born on Tuesday August 2nd 1977, in Glendale, California, United States.
Edward Furlong is the searcher and the seeker of the truth. He has a clear and compelling sense of himself as a spiritual being. As a result, Edward's life path is devoted to investigations into the unknown, and finding the answers to the mysteries of life.
Furlong is well-equipped to handle his task. He possesses a fine mind, and is an analytical thinker, capable of great concentration and theoretical insight. Edward Furlong enjoys research, and putting the pieces of an intellectual puzzle together. Once he has enough pieces in place, Edward is capable of highly creative insight and practical solutions to problems.
Edward Furlong enjoys his solitude and prefers to work alone. He needs time to contemplate his ideas without the intrusion of other people's thoughts. Edward is a lone wolf, a person who lives by his own ideas and methods. As a result, close associations are difficult for him to form and keep, especially marriage. Furlong needs his space and privacy, which, when violated, can cause him great frustration and irritation.
When his life is balanced, however, Edward Furlong is both charming and attractive. He can be the life of a party, and enjoy performing before an audience. Edward enjoys displaying his wit and knowledge, which makes him attractive to others, especially the opposite sex.
But Furlong has distinct limits. While he is generous in social situations, sharing his attention and energy freely, he is keenly aware of the need to "come off stage" and return to the solitude of his lair. Edward Furlong associates peace with the unobtrusive privacy of his world. Therefore, intimacy is difficult for Edward, because he guards his inner world like a mother lion does her cubs.
All this privacy and aloneness can cause isolation and loneliness, however. Edward Furlong can be aware of an emptiness in his life, a part of him that yearns for company and close companionship that may be unsatisfied.
If isolation is brought to the extreme, Edward can become cynical and suspicious. He might develop hidden, selfish motives, which people may sense and may cause them discomfort around him. Furlong must guard against becoming too withdrawn and independent, thus shutting out the love of others and keeping him from experiencing the true joy of friendship and close companionship.
Edward Furlong must especially watch out for selfishness and egocentricity, thinking of himself as the center of the universe, the only person who really matters. Social contact gives Edward perspective on himself and on life, while too much isolation can make him too narrow and even shut off from the rest of the world.
Secretly, Furlong may feel jealous of the easy relationships formed by others; he may perceive others as less inhibited than him, or more free to express themselves. He may harshly criticize himself for not being more gregarious, powerful, or capable of greater leadership.
Edward Furlong's challenge in life is to maintain his independence without feeling isolated or ineffectual. He must hold fast to his unique view on the world, while at the same time being open to others and the knowledge they have to offer.
With his abilities to learn, analyze, and seek out answers to life's important questions, Edward Furlong has the potential for enormous growth and success in life. By the time he reaches middle age, Edward will radiate refinement and wisdom.
Pythagoras loved the seven for its great spiritual potential.
You and Edward
About Edward's Life Path number
If ever there was a single moment of total transformation, it was actually the moment of Edward Furlong's birth. In that instant, Edward stepped through a door in time into a new reality - the reality of human life. The most critical number in Furlong's numerology chart is based on the date of his birth - the moment when the curtain went up in Edward Furlong's life. | https://www.celebrities-galore.com/celebrities/edward-furlong/life-path-number/ |
Keira Knightley is a British actress, best known for her appearances as Juliette "Jules" Paxton in Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Elizabeth Swann in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2003), and as Elizabeth Bennet in the period drama Pride & Prejudice (2005).
She was born on Tuesday March 26th 1985, in Teddington, London, England.
Keira Knightley is the searcher and the seeker of the truth. She has a clear and compelling sense of herself as a spiritual being. As a result, Keira's life path is devoted to investigations into the unknown, and finding the answers to the mysteries of life.
Knightley is well-equipped to handle her task. She possesses a fine mind, and is an analytical thinker, capable of great concentration and theoretical insight. Keira Knightley enjoys research, and putting the pieces of an intellectual puzzle together. Once she has enough pieces in place, Keira is capable of highly creative insight and practical solutions to problems.
Keira Knightley enjoys her solitude and prefers to work alone. She needs time to contemplate her ideas without the intrusion of other people's thoughts. Keira is a lone wolf, a person who lives by his own ideas and methods. As a result, close associations are difficult for her to form and keep, especially marriage. Knightley needs her space and privacy, which, when violated, can cause her great frustration and irritation.
When her life is balanced, however, Keira Knightley is both charming and attractive. She can be the life of a party, and enjoy performing before an audience. Keira enjoys displaying her wit and knowledge, which makes her attractive to others, especially the opposite sex.
But Knightley has distinct limits. While she is generous in social situations, sharing her attention and energy freely, she is keenly aware of the need to "come off stage" and return to the solitude of her lair. Keira Knightley associates peace with the unobtrusive privacy of her world. Therefore, intimacy is difficult for Keira, because she guards her inner world like a mother lion does her cubs.
All this privacy and aloneness can cause isolation and loneliness, however. Keira Knightley can be aware of an emptiness in her life, a part of her that yearns for company and close companionship that may be unsatisfied.
If isolation is brought to the extreme, Keira can become cynical and suspicious. She might develop hidden, selfish motives, which people may sense and may cause them discomfort around her. Knightley must guard against becoming too withdrawn and independent, thus shutting out the love of others and keeping her from experiencing the true joy of friendship and close companionship.
Keira Knightley must especially watch out for selfishness and egocentricity, thinking of herself as the center of the universe, the only person who really matters. Social contact gives Keira perspective on herself and on life, while too much isolation can make her too narrow and even shut off from the rest of the world.
Secretly, Knightley may feel jealous of the easy relationships formed by others; she may perceive others as less inhibited than her, or more free to express themselves. She may harshly criticize herself for not being more gregarious, powerful, or capable of greater leadership.
Keira Knightley's challenge in life is to maintain her independence without feeling isolated or ineffectual. She must hold fast to her unique view on the world, while at the same time being open to others and the knowledge they have to offer.
With her abilities to learn, analyze, and seek out answers to life's important questions, Keira Knightley has the potential for enormous growth and success in life. By the time she reaches middle age, Keira will radiate refinement and wisdom.
Pythagoras loved the seven for its great spiritual potential.
You and Keira
About Keira's Life Path number
If ever there was a single moment of total transformation, it was actually the moment of Keira Knightley's birth. In that instant, Keira stepped through a door in time into a new reality - the reality of human life. The most critical number in Knightley's numerology chart is based on the date of her birth - the moment when the curtain went up in Keira Knightley's life. | https://www.celebrities-galore.com/celebrities/keira-knightley/life-path-number/ |
When researchers publish studies examining religious cults, they typically focus on the central figure as the only destructive force behind the cult's creation. It is very easy to identify harmful doctrine, poor leadership skills, personality disorders, and other attributes pointing to the cult leader as the main problem. Without the leader, a cult could not exist.
It is easy to overlook the other half of the equation. Without cult members, a cult would also not exist. While their assessment of the central figure is accurate in many ways, it is a grave error to overlook the attributes of followers that also lead to a cult's creation. The central figure may fall short in an evaluation of good leadership skills, but cult followers also fall short in the skills of a good follower. Often, they are not aware; never having studied the qualities of a good follower.
A good follower does not simply join a group to exist as a member. Good followers have infinite knowledge and understanding of who it is they are following and why. Good followers who do not yet have this knowledge and understanding will not rest until they have acquired it. Should the leader withhold critical information, a good follower will press even harder to find answers, because they are continually thinking about the leader and his agenda. More specifically, they are critically examining information to better understand what the leader has going for them, and what they are up against. Good followers are not afraid of negative information. They believe in the leader, and believe there are solid answers to any critical information.
Most cult followers do not display the attributes of a good follower. They are not fully aware, and are comfortable with limited understanding. They avoid critical information for fear of what they might find, and do not critically examine their leader or his or her claims. Cults thrive because of this, and as a result, cult leaders are empowered. | http://seekyethetruth.com/blog/2017/20171206_Following_the_Leader.aspx |
Depakote can cause a number of side effects which require that you contact your doctor immediately. They include: an increase in the severity of seizures; unexplained bruising, bleeding or purple spots on the skin; allergic reactions, such as facial swelling, itching, blisters, rash or hives; unexplained fatigue or joint weakness; difficulty breathing or swallowing; uncontrolled movement of the arms, legs or eyes; an increased number of depressive or suicidal thoughts; a yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes (jaundice); severe abdominal pain, nausea or vomiting; and confusion or a worsening of mood. Depakote also can cause side effects that do not require immediate medical attention. However, notify your doctor if these milder symptoms persist or worsen over time: fluctuations of menstrual cycle; changes in weight; a loss or increase in appetite; diarrhea or constipation; heartburn; drowsiness; slight loss of coordination or memory; mood swings, including agitation or slightly abnormal thinking; hair loss or unexplained growth; headaches or dizziness; flu-like symptoms, such as a runny nose or sore throat; ringing in the ears; blurred vision.
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What is RBC Count?
This test measures the amount of red blood cells (RBC), also known as erythrocytes in the blood. RBCs are formed in the bone marrow and contain hemoglobin, a protein that carries oxygen to the tissues in the body. This test is mostly used for the diagnosis of anemia and is often done as a part of complete blood count for routine health examination.
A low RBC count is manifested by fatigue, shortness of breath, dizziness, lightheadedness while changing positions quickly, increased heart rate, headache and pale skin. While symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, joint pain, tenderness in the palms and soles, itching skin and sleep disturbance indicate high RBC count.
An abnormally high level of RBCs, also known as erythrocytosis might be an indication of excessive cigarette smoking, hypoxia, congenital heart disease, dehydration, renal cell carcinoma, pulmonary fibrosis and polycythemia vera.
Interpreting RBC Count results
Interpretations
The normal range of red blood cells is
Adult Male 4.5 - 5.5 10^6/µL
Adult female 3.8 - 4.8 10^6/µL
Children 3.0 - 5.4 10^6/µL
High RBC count may be caused by low oxygen levels, Polycythemia, kidney disease, dehydration or intake of anabolic steroids.
Low RBC count may be due to anemia caused by decreased production or blood loss. | https://www.1mg.com/labs/test/red-blood-cell-count-1772 |
Why to get tested?
To evaluate the hemoglobin content of your blood as part of a general health checkup; to screen for and help diagnose conditions that affect red blood cells (RBCs); if you have anemia (low hemoglobin) or polycythemia (high hemoglobin), to assess the severity of these conditions and to monitor response to treatment
When to get tested?
With a hematocrit or as part of a complete blood count (CBC), which may be ordered as a component of a general health screen; when you have signs and symptoms of anemia (weakness, fatigue) or polycythemia (dizziness, headache); at regular intervals to monitor these conditions or response to treatment
What sample needed?
A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm or by a fingerstick (children and adults) or heelstick (newborns)
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The symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis are variable and unpredictable as the disease impacts each person’s nerves differently. While this is true there are some symptoms are common to many people suffering from MS. Some of these are fatigue; which is the most prominent symptom as it occurs in about 80 percent of people, walking difficulties, numbness of the face, body or extremities, spasticity, weakness, vision problems, dizziness and vertigo, bladder problems, sexual problems, bowel problems, chronic pain, cognitive changes, emotional changes, and depression, which is a very common symptom. (MS Symptoms). Some of the symptoms of MS that are not as common in patients are speech problems, swallowing problems, tremor, seizures, breathing problems, itching, headaches, hearing loss, and other probl...
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...s such as The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke are working to find better ways to treat and diagnose MS. One of the most promising research areas involves naturally occurring antiviral proteins known as interferons. Beta interferon has been shown to reduce the number of exacerbations and may slow the progression of physical disability. The attacks, when they occur, are usually shorter and less severe. Along with the research into interferons, there is also research into treatments that may curtail or improve the function of the immune system against MS.
Multiple Sclerosis is a disease impacts the brain and central nervous system. MS can be a severe disease with many symptoms that make the disease hard to diagnose. Many people are diagnosed with MS and even more people will be diagnosed with it as the methods to diagnosing the disease improve.
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Polycythemia (High Red Blood Cell Count): Polycythemia is a condition in which there is an increased number of red blood cells in the blood. There are two types of polycythemia; 1) primary polycythemia and 2) secondary polycythemia. The two main conditions of primary polycythemia are polycythemia vera (PV) and primary familial and congenital polycythemia (PFCP). Causes of secondary polycythemia include conditions as a result of chronic hypoxia such as COPD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary hypertension, congestive heart failure, obstructive sleep apnea, and certain cancers. Examples of symptoms of polycythemia include easy bruising or bleeding, blood clot formation, headache, itching, and fatigue. Treatment for polycythemia depends on the cause. Untreated polycythemia generally has a poor outcome for the patient.
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Myelofibrosis is a clonal stem cell neoplasm that progressively causes fibrosis of the bone marrow. Basically, myelofibrosis is of two types, namely, primary myelofibrosis and secondary myelofibrosis. In 2008, WHO classified primary myelofibrosis under Ph chromosome negative myeloproliferative neoplasms along with polycythemia vera, essential thrombocytosis, chronic eosinophilic leukemia, chronic neutrophil leukemia, mastocytosis, unclassifiable myeloproliferative neoplasm and neoplasms associated with eosinophilia and PDGFR abnormalities.
Polycythemia vera is associated with increased in erythroid, megakaryocytic and granulocytic production in bone marrow. However, after 10-12 years of diagnosis of polycythemia vera, in about 20-30% of the patients it can transform to secondary myelofibrosis and fibrosis maybe evident in the bone marrow of these patients. At this stage, it is quite difficult to differentiate between polycythemia vera and primary myelofibrosis.
Essential thrombocytosis is associated with increased proliferation of megakaryocytes in the bone marrow with subsequent elevation of platelets in peripheral blood. The other stem cell lineages of granulocytes and erythrocytes are not affected. It also has a tendency to transform into secondary myelofibrosis; however, its transformation to it is less common accounting in only <1% patients at 10 years and <10% at 15 years.
Primary myelofibrosis is a heterogeneous disease with bone marrow changes associated with proliferation of megakaryocytes and reticulin and/or collagen fibrosis. Although, bone marrow fibrosis is a characteristic feature of primary myelofibrosis, in some cases and early phases it may be devoid of fibrosis known as prefibrotic primary myelofibrosis. In these cases, megakaryocytes proliferation is accompanied by little or no fibrosis along with granulocytic proliferation mostly associated with erythropoiesis alleviation. (1)
Stages Of Progression In Myelofibrosis
Although, prefibrotic phase of primary myelofibrosis is accepted by WHO, there is still doubt regarding the progression of myelofibrosis due to few conflicting studies that have studied sequential biopsy specimens. A retrospective study with a cohort of 109 individuals classified myelofibrosis into 4 stages, namely, MF0 (absence of reticulin fibrosis), MF1 (mild reticulin fibrosis), MF2 (overt collagen myelofibrosis) and MF4 (osteomyelosclerotic stage). The results were consistent with disease progression in about 71% patients in MF0 phase and in these 32% showed step wise disease progression to fully developed primary myelofibrosis. About 60.6% cases in MFI phase evolved to MF2 and 36.4% cases in MF2 evolved to MF3 phase, whereas, MF3 phase remained consistent without any further evolution. This indicates progression of disease from the time of diagnosis form mild to moderate and moderate to severe primary myelofibrosis. However, in some patients, there was steady decline in myelofibrosis, although the percentage was quite small than the cases that progressed to more severe form.
The progressive worsening of primary myelofibrosis is seen clinically as overt splenomegaly, in addition to progressive systemic symptoms. The initial phase of primary myelofibrosis may resemble essential thrombocytosis, due to the presence of thrombocytosis. In addition, systemic symptoms maybe present including, fatigue, weakness, weight loss, night sweats, fever, dyspnea, bleeding and early satiety due to splenomegaly. In some patients, renal stones and gouty arthritis may also be present secondary to hyperuricemia.
No curative treatment exists for primary myelofibrosis with the exception for allogeneic stem cell transplantation. However, the treatment cannot be available to most of the patients due to increased mortality and morbidity of the procedure. Treatment is aimed at reducing the constitutional symptoms along with anemia, splenomegaly, thrombocytsis, leucocytosis and resulting complications. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation is reserved for intermediate and high risk patients only. Low risk patients are managed with drug therapy (interferon, hydrea). Intermediate risk and high risk patients are managed with a combination of drug therapy, blood transfusions, splenectomy, radiotherapy and allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Some chemotherapeutic drugs include erythropoiesis stimulating agents, androgens, cladribine, thalidomide, lenalidomide, danazol and prednisone.
Mutation of JAK2 is seen in about 70% of the patients of myelofibrosis; therefore, JAK2 inhibitors have been able to improve symptomatic splenomegaly and systemic symptoms of the disease. However, more clinical trials need to be done to prove their safety due to their adverse effects of cytopenias and bone marrow suppression.
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The Full form of PCV is Packed Cell Volume. PCV measures the percentage of RBC (red blood cell) found in the whole blood. The components of blood are white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. Red blood cells (RBCs) help in the transportation of oxygen throughout the body. High or low levels of red blood cells may be a sign of certain diseases or conditions and the immediate symptoms may be shortness of breath, fatigue, headache, etc. PCV test is one amongst many tests that may be used to diagnose or monitor a condition called anemia. In anemia, the blood may lack enough healthy red blood cells. This test may also be used to monitor or diagnose a condition known as polycythemia, a rare type of blood cancer. This test may also be performed as part of a CBC (Complete blood count) test panel to monitor the overall health of an individual. The doctor may advise a person to undergo this test if he is experiencing signs and symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, headache, dizziness, cold hands and feet, pale skin, etc. These are some of the common signs and symptoms which may be associated with anemia or polycythemia.
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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma symptoms will appear as the disease progresses. If you experience any of these symptoms, do not assume it is due to cancer. Many of these symptoms can be caused by other, less serious conditions, like an infection. However, it is still important to discuss them with your doctor. Early detection and treatment improve outcomes for both cancer and other health conditions.
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Do you have a philosophy? Having a philosophy is different from studying philosophy. Having a philosophy means that you adhere to certain principles and integrate these principles with all other ideas. Those without a philosophy are at greater risk of being "tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine."
A philosophy system is like a building. Each must be built upon a foundation. The foundation always comes before the walls, windows, and ceilings. A building without a foundation will collapse. The height of a building is dependent on the strength of its foundation. Sometimes we notice the facade of the building before we think about the foundation. This is true in philosophy. For example, we often notice political ideas without recognizing the assumptions behind those ideas.
The foundation of any philosophical system rests on Metaphysics and epistemology. Metaphysics is the study of what reality is like. Epistemology is the study of knowledge. Neither can stand alone. Each co-implicates the other. These are the foundational branches of philosophy because all other ideas are dependent on them.
The central branch of philosophy is ethics. It is the study of how one should act. One cannot have an ethics without understanding reality and the consequences it brings. Hence, metaphysics and epistemology are necessary for a developed ethics.
Philosophical systems lead to implications in politics and aesthetics. Politics is how one applies an ethics in the context of society. One can practice ethics if he is alone on an island, but he cannot practice politics without other people. Aesthetics is the study of the arts—music, literature, and fine art. It asks questions such as "What is art?, "Is there an objectively good or bad art? and if so, "What is good art?
This understanding of how different branches of philosophy fit into a coherent whole is an aid to properly integrating our ideas. | http://www.gavinjensen.com/blog/tag/Ethics |
What are the major problems of philosophy?
Some of the major problems of Philosophy are as follows: Our common sense takes the physical world as consisting of various kinds of things which are supposed to possess qualities and related to one another in different ways. These things are regarded as substance. Substance is something permanent and changeless.
What are the philosophical issues?
Philosophical issues are the topics and questions raised by the study of philosophy . There are several branches of philosophy , and in all of them, the search for answers often leads to more questions.
What is the most difficult branch of philosophy?
Although, the single most complicated work of philosophy ever is Alfred North Whitehead’s Process and Reality, the last work of systematic metaphysics ever written.
Do philosophers still exist?
It can be easy to think that all the good ideas have already been thought; after all, philosophy have been going on for more than 2500 years. But that isn’t true! There are still some genius philosophers out there , of course. Here, we give you ten living people with ideas worth learning about.
How is philosophy important?
The study of philosophy helps us to enhance our ability to solve problems, our communication skills, our persuasive powers, and our writing skills. Below is a description of how philosophy helps us develop these various important skills.
What are the three branches of philosophy?
1. Explain and differentiate three main areas of philosophy: ethics , epistemology and metaphysics . 2. Explain the difference between knowledge and beliefs about the physical world (the realm of science) and knowledge and beliefs about moral issues and metaphysical things such as God, Heaven and Hell, and souls.
What are the three major philosophical issues in psychology?
Define psychology and discuss the three major philosophical issues : free will vs. determinism. dualism vs. monism (mind-brain problem) nature vs. nurture.
What are the philosophical methods?
Philosophical method (or philosophical methodology ) is the study of how to do philosophy . Systematic philosophy attempts to provide a framework in reason that can explain all questions and problems related to human life. Examples of systematic philosophers include Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza and Hegel.
What does a philosopher do?
In a modern sense, a philosopher is an intellectual who contributes to one or more branches of philosophy , such as aesthetics, ethics, epistemology, philosophy of science, logic, metaphysics, social theory, philosophy of religion, and political philosophy .
Why is philosophy so boring?
The esoteric nature of their studies and general self-absorption means that philosophers themselves are incredibly boring people. Where philosophy can be applied or develops techniques for demonstration it’s typically spun off into its own discipline, such as mathematics or science.
Why is philosophy so hard?
Philosophy is difficult to understand because it sometimes talks about subject matter to which one cannot relate to some direct, practical experience. Second, philosophy is difficult because oftentimes people have a misguided view of what philosophy is. Philosophy is supposed to be difficult .
Who is the most difficult philosopher to understand?
Hegel
Who are the greatest philosophers?
Philosophers Table of Contents Thomas Aquinas. Aristotle . Confucius . René Descartes. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Michel Foucault. David Hume . Immanuel Kant .
Who is the greatest thinker of all time?
GREAT THINKERS Aristotle , 384 – 322. Moses Maimonides, 1138 – 1204. Thomas Aquinas , 1225 – 1274. Adam Smith, 1723 – 1790. Alexis de Tocqueville, 1805 – 1859. Al-Farabi, c. 870 – 950. Thucydides, 460 – c. 395. John Locke , 1632 – 1704.
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What are the 3 things to be considered in philosophy?
Explain and differentiate three main areas of philosophy: ethics, epistemology and metaphysics.
What is the most interesting philosophy?
8 Interesting Philosophies You Probably Believe In But May Not Know Of Yet
- Hedonism – if pleasure is the only thing you live for. …
- Nihilism – if you believe in nothing. …
- Solipsism – if you think you’re the world. …
- Logical Atomism – if you think reality lies in simplicity. …
- Stoicism – if you think hope is the opium of emotions.
Why philosophy Cannot define?
Philosophy is thus a form of inquiry – a process of analysis, criticism, interpretation, and speculation. The term philosophy cannot be defined precisely because the subject is so complex and so controversial. Different philosophers have different views of the nature, methods, and range of philosophy.
Is philosophy a way of thinking?
Philosophy is an activity of thought, a type of thinking. Philosophy is critical and comprehensive thought, the most critical and comprehensive manner of thinking which the human species has yet devised. This intellectual process includes both an analytic and synthetic mode of operation.
What are the 8 schools of philosophy?
Some of them are commonly misunderstood, and we correct that problem here.
- Nihilism.
- Existentialism.
- Stoicism.
- Hedonism.
- Marxism.
- Logical Positivism.
- Taoism.
- Rationalism.
What are the 5 types of philosophy?
The major branches of philosophy are epistemology (knowledge & truth), metaphysics (reality & being), logic (argumentation & reason), axiology (aesthetics & ethics), and political philosophy (the state & government).
What are the 4 types of philosophy?
There are four pillars of philosophy: theoretical philosophy (metaphysics and epistemology), practical philosophy (ethics, social and political philosophy, aesthetics), logic, and history of philosophy.
What is a philosophical person like?
a person who is deeply versed in philosophy. a person who establishes the central ideas of some movement, cult, etc. a person who regulates his or her life, actions, judgments, utterances, etc., by the light of philosophy or reason. a person who is rationally or sensibly calm, especially under trying circumstances.
Is everyone a philosopher?
So basically, everyone qualifies as a philosopher and even an authority in philosophy, but great philosophers are nevetheless few and far between, simply because geniuses are few and far between.
What are the 7 philosophers?
Seven thinkers and how they grew: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz; Locke, Berkeley, Hume; Kant (Chapter 6) – Philosophy in History.
Who is the father of philosophy?
Socrates of Athens
Socrates of Athens (l. c. 470/469-399 BCE) is among the most famous figures in world history for his contributions to the development of ancient Greek philosophy which provided the foundation for all of Western Philosophy. He is, in fact, known as the “Father of Western Philosophy” for this reason.
What are the 6 branches of philosophy?
Six Branches of Philosophy – Epistemology, Logic, Metaphysics, Ethics, Aesthetics, Political Philosophy.
Who invented existentialism?
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) as an Existentialist Philosopher. Kierkegaard was many things: philosopher, religious writer, satirist, psychologist, journalist, literary critic and generally considered the ‘father’ of existentialism.
Is astrology a philosophy?
Principles and practice. Advocates have defined astrology as a symbolic language, an art form, a science, and a method of divination. Though most cultural astrology systems share common roots in ancient philosophies that influenced each other, many use methods that differ from those in the West.
Who is a philosopher in the original sense of the world?
Thales
Abstract. The first philosopher is usually said to have been Thales.
Do philosophers still exist?
It can be easy to think that all the good ideas have already been thought; after all, philosophy have been going on for more than 2500 years. But that isn’t true! There are still some genius philosophers out there, of course.
What is the oldest philosophy?
From the Vedic scriptures, too, Hinduism (today’s name for Sanatana Dharma) is the oldest. | https://antennamediatorino.eu/en/is-there-a-philosophy-of-stupidness/ |
Philosophy is literally “love of wisdom,” and although there are many and varied branches of philosophy, what they all have in common is the desire to know truth.
To this end, philosophy examines the practice of specific fields (e.g. mathematics), investigates the nature of knowledge itself (epistemology), formulates principles of inductive and deductive reasoning (logic), inquires as to what sort of life is best for a human being (ethics), and seeks the highest principles and causes of all things (metaphysics and theology). | https://www.clrconline.com/philosophy-home/ |
Meta-philosophy (philosophy of philosophy) is the study of the subject, matter, methods and aims of philosophy. It is the "philosophy of philosophy". It is worth noting that many people consider the study of philosophy as very much a part of Philosophy proper-- that the study of philosophy is intertwined with all branches of philosophy just as Logic or Epistemology. The term Meta-philosophy, although explicit and sometimes useful, is seldom used to distinguish itself from Philosophy proper since the subject of Philosophy is commonly understood to encapsulate this area of inquiry.
The primary question for meta-philosophy is: "What is philosophy?" And because different philosophers have offered different answers, it is the task of meta-philosophy to adjudicate. But before adjudication can be undertaken, these alternative conceptions of the nature of philosophy must be identified, clarified, and understood.
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Taxonomy of philosophical problems
What is not controversial, are the general types of problem branches which are included in philosophy. These are the major branches: metaphysics, epistemology, axiology or moral philosophy, and logic. Philosopher and encyclopedist Mortimer Adler however, excludes logic as being a separate endeavor and includes all second-order problems (generally questions pre-supposing the existence of abstract ideas and subsequently trying to understand them). Second-order problems are often found arranged under various branches of philosophy which start with the phrase "philosophy of ______". Adler (1994) divides these second-order philosophical problems into two branches: those dealing with objects of thought, such as Being, Cause, Change, Infinity, Fate, Love and those dealing with the subjects of thought (intellectual endeavors containing procedures) such as philosophy of religion, philosophy of history, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, the understanding of both branches of second-order thought aided by the other major branches, e.g. metaphysical knowledge in religion, epistemology in religion, axiology in religion. In any case, it is a problem of meta-philosophy to provide some kind of taxonomy.
Skepticism about philosophy
From a theoretical perspective, the most radical approach to the nature of philosophy is to take a skeptical stance, and proclaim that philosophy as such is either an impossible undertaking, that it is a deluded undertaking, that it is a worthless undertaking, or even that it is in some sense an evil or dangerous undertaking.
Less mitigated skeptics would make similar claims about one or more of the major or minor branches of philosophy. Thus, some would claim that metaphysics is either impossible, deluded, worthless, or dangerous; that epistemology is either impossible, deluded, worthless, or dangerous; that axiology is either impossible, deluded, worthless, or dangerous; that logic is either impossible, deluded, worthless, or dangerous; and so on.
For each of these skeptical approaches one can find some historical figure.
Progress in philosophy
Whether there is progress (philosophy) depends, of course, on what one thinks are the nature of philosophy and the criteria of progress.
Meta-philosophical writings
Many philosophers have written on meta-philosophy: The tradition goes back to Plato, whose dialogues are directly concerned with ethics, but constantly raise questions concerning the nature of philosophy and its methods (most explicitly addressed in the Meno), the value and proper aims of philosophy (in the Apology, Gorgias, Protagoras, etc.), and the proper relationship between philosophical criticism and everyday life (a theme running throughout all his works, but explored most famously in the Republic).
Although Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and Philosophical Investigations are works directly concerning logic, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind, the nature of philosophical puzzles and philosophical understanding is central to all of the discussions; Wittgenstein frequently diagnoses philosophical errors as involving confusions about the nature of philosophical inquiry.
C. D. Broad is known for distinguishing Critical from Speculative philosophy. See his "The Subject-matter of Philosophy, and its Relations to the special Sciences," (http://www.ditext.com/broad/st/st-intro.html) in Introduction to Scientific Thought, 1923. "Critical and Speculative Philosophy," (http://www.ditext.com/broad/csp.html) in Contemporary British Philosophy: Personal Statements (First Series), ed. J. H. Muirhead (London: G. Allen and Unwin, 1924): 77-100. "Some Methods of Speculative Philosophy" (http://www.ditext.com/broad/smsp.html), Aristotleian Society Supplement 21 (1947): 1-32. "Philosophy," (http://www.ditext.com/broad/philo.html) Inquiry I (1958): 99-129.
Curt Ducasse, in (Philosophy as a Science (http://www.ditext.com/ducasse/ducasse.html)(1941)), examines several views of the nature of philosophy, and concludes that philosophy has a distinct subject matter: appraisals. Whether Ducasse is correct or wrong about this, is a matter for meta-philosophy, i.e., philosophy of philosophy, to decide.
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Adler, Mortimer (1994). The Four Dimensions of Philosophy. New York: MacMillan. | http://dizziness.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Meta-philosophy |
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I am a member of the Department of Philosophy at The University of Massachusetts, Amherst. I work mainly in metaphysics, but also have research interests in epistemology, ethics, philosophy of art, and various other areas of philosophy.
Most of my published articles are available on the Online Papers page of this website. There is also information about (and some excerpts from) a metaphysics textbook that I co-authored with John W. Carroll on the An Introduction to Metaphysics page. | https://markosian.net/ |
Metaepistemology is the branch of epistemology that asks questions about epistemological questions and inquires into fundamental aspects of epistemic theorizing, such as metaphysics, epistemology, semantics, value theory, agency, psychology, responsibility, reasons for belief, evidence, and probability. So, if as traditionally conceived epistemology is the theory of knowledge, metaepistemology is the theory of the theory of knowledge. It is currently an emerging and quickly developing branch of epistemology, partly because of the success of the more advanced “twin” normative subject of metaethics. The success of metaethics and the structural similarities between metaethics and metaepistemology have inspired parallel conceptual forays in metaepistemology with far-reaching implications for both subjects. The article offers a survey of core bibliography about basic metaepistemological themes. The bibliography aims neither at being exhaustive nor at presenting these basic themes in their full sophistication and complexity. Rather, given the broad span of themes and problems that fall under the label of metaepistemology, the aim is to introduce some bibliography and some works that provide an overview of some of the cutting edge research that is currently undertaken in metaepistemology debates. In what follows, “(meta)”epistemology is bracketed to indicate the epistemology of epistemology. This is to be distinguished from nonbracketed “metaepistemology,” which is meant to refer to the whole domain of metaepistemological theorizing (metaphysics, epistemology, semantics, value theory, agency, etc.). Henceforth, this usage for the two concepts will be assumed. I am indebted to Robin McKenna, Adam Carter and Martin Grajner for helpful comments.
General Overviews
The literature to date includes no definitive general overview of the field (or even a textbook). At least two reasons can be cited for this failure: first, because the field of metaepistemology is just now emerging, partly because of the success of the more advanced “twin” normative subject of metaethics, and second because the field is so vast and with so diverse and complicated topics that a general overview, even a simple textbook, is a difficult task for any epistemologist. Even the compilation of this article is quite a challenge. However, important monographs touch on various fundamental aspects of metaepistemological theorizing. Fumerton 1995 examines the epistemology of epistemology and its possible implications for skepticism. Williamson 2000 argues against the reductive conceptual analysis approach to knowledge and for the introduction of a nonreductive account of knowledge that reverses the traditional explanatory order in epistemology. Zagzebski 1996 suggests that a responsibilist, intellectual virtue theory could help us illuminate fundamental epistemic concepts such as justification, knowledge, and understanding. Cuneo 2007 brings out the normative structural similarities between ethics and epistemology and indicates that they support realism. Carter 2016 examines epistemic relativism as a metaepistemological project.
Carter, J. Adam. Metaepistemology and Relativism. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
A thorough study of epistemic relativism (and its recent developments) as a metaepistemological project. Carter questions whether the kind of anti-relativistic background that underlies most projects in mainstream epistemology can, on closer inspection, be vindicated. To this effect, dialectical strategies for epistemic relativism are considered and criticized. Available online for purchase.
Cuneo, Terence. The Normative Web. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
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This monograph brings into view the normative structural similarities of ethics and epistemology (reasons, supervenience, objectivity, motivation, etc.) and argues that the two domains stand “on a par.” That is, either both should be realistically construed or both should not. Cuneo goes on to argue that epistemology is more plausibly construed realistically and that this provides us with reason to believe that ethics are also more plausibly construed realistically.
Fumerton, Richard. Metaepistemology and Skepticism. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1995.
The book focuses on the epistemology of epistemology and its implications for a possible treatment of skepticism. It argues that externalist approaches aspire to naturalize epistemic normativity (through causality, reliability, tracking, etc.) and that this begs the question against the puzzle of skepticism. Instead, it defends a broadly internalist account of justification that takes skepticism more seriously.
Williamson, Timothy. Knowledge and Its Limits. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
This is a seminal book arguing that knowledge is not to be analyzed in any further constituents, such as truth, justification, and belief. Rather, the order of explanatory analysis should be reversed. Knowledge should be considered an unanalyzable conceptual primitive, the first building block for a theory of knowledge, and then go on to explain other epistemic concepts/phenomena (evidence, skepticism, assertion, etc.) through knowledge.
Zagzebski, Linda. Virtues of the Mind. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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This is a landmark book for the development of Aristotelian/responsibilist virtue-theoretic approaches to epistemology. Building on the interesting but neglected normative analogues between ethics and epistemology, Zagzebski suggests that an intellectual virtue theory could help us illuminate fundamental epistemic concepts such as justification, knowledge, and understanding.
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The Epistemic Life of Groups: Essays in the Epistemology of Collectives (Mind Association Occasional Series)By: Miranda Fricker (editor), Michael S. Brady (editor)Hardback
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DescriptionSocial epistemology has been flourishing in recent years, expanding and making connections with political philosophy, virtue epistemology, philosophy of science, and feminist philosophy. The philosophy of the social world too is flourishing, with burgeoning work in the metaphysics of the social world, collective responsibility, group action, and group belief. The new philosophical vista now more clearly presenting itself is collective epistemology-the epistemology of groups and institutions. Groups engage in epistemic activity all the time-whether it be the active collective inquiry of scientific research groups or crime detection units, or the evidential deliberations of tribunals and juries, or the informational efforts of the voting population in general-and yet in philosophy there is still relatively little epistemology of groups to help explore these epistemic practices and their various dimensions of social and philosophical significance. The aim of this book is to address this lack, by presenting original essays in the field of collective epistemology, exploring these regions of epistemic practice and their significance for Epistemology, Political Philosophy, Ethics, and the Philosophy of Science.
About AuthorMichael Brady is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. His research centres on the philosophy of emotion, and its links with moral philosophy and epistemology. In 2013 his book Emotional Insight was published by Oxford University Press. He is currently Co-Investigator on a major interdisciplinary project on the Value of Suffering at Glasgow. He was Director of the British Philosophical Association, having previously served as Secretary of the Scots Philosophical Association. Outside of academia, he has acted as a philosophical advisor on a number of productions by the Manchester-based theatre company Quarantine. Miranda Fricker is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield. Her research is in ethics, social epistemology, and feminist philosophy, with occasional forays into political philosophy. She is the author of Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing (OUP, 2007); co-author and editor of Reading Ethics: Selected texts with interactive commentary (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009) with Sam Guttenplan; and co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Feminism in Philosophy (CUP, 2000) with Jennifer Hornsby. She is Director of the Mind Association, and an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Philosophical Association. | https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/the-epistemic-life-of-groups-essays-in-the-epistemology-of-collectives-mind-association-occasional-series/9780198759645 |
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Possible Worlds: Structure and Stuff.
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Philosophy of Mind and Action, Epistemology, Moral Psychology.
Philosophy of Emotion, Metaphysics, Ethics, Ancient Philosophy.
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Much of my research is on the topic of practical intelligence, the specific form of intelligence that rational creatures exercise qua agents. The questions that arise in connection to this topic lie at the intersection of philosophy of mind and action, epistemology, and moral psychology. I have additional interests in these areas, as well as working projects in ethics, philosophy of emotion, metaphysics, and ancient philosophy.
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1. (forthcoming) “The Puzzle of Learning by Doing and the Gradability of Knowledge-How”, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
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This thesis examines Nietzsche's philosophy as a response to Kant. I show that Kant, as interpreted by Nietzsche, dissociates epistemology and metaphysics. According to Nietzsche, the consequence of this dissociation is the collapse of Kant's transcendental epistemology into a sceptical idealism, which disables the making of positive metaphysical claims about the nature of reality. I argue that Nietzsche overcomes the dissociation of epistemology and metaphysics by rejecting Kant's distinction between constitutive, empirical knowledge and regulative, metaphysical belief. Furthermore, I show that
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Nietzsche rejects, what he considers to be, Kant's formalistic constitutive epistemology in favour of a regulative and interest-directed account of knowledge. I argue that Nietzsche adopts an internal realist epistemology that stipulates that our epistemic claims must be justified from within our perspectival practices of justification but that such claims must be subject to a realist constraint. Moreover, I propose that Nietzsche is justified, from within these epistemic parameters, in putting forward metaphysical claims about the nature of reality. The thesis is structured in four chapters. Chapter one examines Nietzsche's appropriation of Kant. Chapter two takes up the issue of Nietzsche's perspectivism in the context of his concerns with the issues of justification and truth. The penultimate chapter examines the emergence of Nietzsche's internal realism in his early writings. Finally, chapter four examines Nietzsche's will to power thesis where I contend that the metaphysics of the will to power is both facilitated by and compatible with his perspectivism. (
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Welcome to our new permanent staff, Martin Sticker and Tuomas Tahko, and our new teaching fellows, Max Jones and Robert Chapman.
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Welcome to Martin Sticker who joins us as a lecturer in ethics.
Martin specializes in Kant, Kantian ethics, Hegel, normative ethics with emphasis on moral overdemandingness and the debate between Kantians and Consequentialists. Recently he has been developing his interest in climate ethics and global justice.
He joins us from a postdoc position at Trinity College Dublin
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Tuomas Takho has also just started, as a reader in the metaphysics of science.
Tuomas specialises in metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science, and philosophical logic, with a particular focus on the metaphysics of science.
He joins us from the University of Helsinki and brings with him an ERC consolidator grant.
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Max Jones works on the Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Metaphysics and Philosophy of Maths.
His research is primarily motivated by the conviction that recent developments in the sciences of the mind have significant implications for traditional philosophical debates in metaphysics and epistemology.
Max did his PhD in philosophy at Bristol with Richard Pettigrew. He joins us from the University of Leeds where he has been working as a postdoc on John Divers' Thinking Counterfactually project.
He will be teaching Realism, Epistemology and Metaphysics, and Critical Reasoning.
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Robert Chapman specialises in the philosophy of medicine (especially psychiatry), bioethics, critical autism studies, neurodiversity, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein.
He did his PhD at Essex, funded by the Shirley Foundation, and has taught at King's College London and the University of Essex. This year he will be teaching Philosophy of Medicine and Death, Dying and Disease.
Also check out Robert's blog on neurodiversity.
Good luck to our staff who are leaving
Good luck to Alexander Bird who is now the Peter Sowerby Chair in Philosophy and Medicine at KCL, and to Megan Blomfield who has taken up a position as a lecturer at the University of Sheffield. We wish them the best of luck.
Also thank you very much to Ana Cretu and Mark Pinder who were our teaching fellows last year. Ana now takes up a postdoc position at the University of Edinburgh, Mark is now a lecturer at the Open University. | https://bristol.ac.uk/philosophy/news/2018/new-staff-2018.html |
Hospice by the Numbers – Size (ADC) Comparison
We ran multiple queries in the MVI Benchmarking Application (BA) to get some stratified data by Hospice ADC Range size. Below are the results. In this article, as in all articles of this nature, we will not interpret the numbers, but will rather let the numbers speak for themselves.
Does size matter? We have also selected a number of data-points of interest relating to this query. Any filter criteria selection in the BA impacts MANY areas and aspects of operations. This is why we designed our query system so interested parties can get a more complete view of hospice operations within the constraints of the data in our database. Querying the database by ADC size is a great way to illustrate this.
Also, keep in mind that when looking for best practices, rarely (if ever) are they found in the masses or the most commonly used approaches. Otherwise, how could they be best?! However, the measure of central tendency (with the median being the most accurate) is absolutely essential in order to gain perspective so you can separate yourself from the herd. Without this, you have little perspective and are operating in a “near-vacuum-experience.”
MVI uses the median or 50th percentile as it is the most accurate measure of central tendency, superior to averages (mean) or modes. | https://www.multiviewinc.com/hospice-by-the-numbers-size-adc-comparison/ |
Blog Profiles: Museum Blogs
Welcome to Blog Profiles! Each week, we select a topic and handful of blogs that do a great job contributing to the conversation. This week’s roundup is dedicated to a few unique museum blogs. Do you have a blog that deserves recognition? Tweet our writers at @BeyondBylines.
When COVID-19 restrictions began to lift earlier this year, I had the chance to visit the Albuquerque Museum to see Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism, an art exhibition that included over 150 modern Mexican artworks. As someone who appreciates history, it made me happy to be engulfed in nostalgic memories of studying Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera once again.
Those memories sparked a longing for the past, and I want to share that spark of nostalgia by highlighting museum blogs that reflect my admiration for artists, curators, and creators.
I hope these four museum blogs will inspire you to explore your own curiosity in artistic, cultural, and scientific history.
1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nestled in the center of New York City, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) boasts “over 5,000 years of art from around the world.” The Met offers an online experience like no other. What makes this blog especially unique is the #MetKids Blog. It has a free digital feature that allows access to videos, an interactive map, and an explorative “time machine.”
The Met blog seems dedicated to engaging and educating museumgoers of all ages. A theme of the blog that I particularly like is the showing of behind-the-scenes-activities. There’s a lot more to discover in the blog of one of the world’s largest art museums.
Dive into The Met with these posts: Beyond Beauty: Shiseido and Hanatsubaki Magazine; It’s in the Cards (Catalog); Making Portraits Personal with Guest Contributor John Parra; and #MetKids—How Does the Met Decide How and Where to Hang the Art?.
Follow @metmuseum on Twitter.
2. National Museum of African American History and Culture
The National Museum of African American History and Culture blog culminates the museum’s devotion to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture. The blog’s themes of resiliency, optimism, and community truly reflect what it means to be an American.
The blog is a safe and comfortable space to explore American stories and cultures. I learned quite a bit of new information by reading just a fraction of the articles available on the blog. There’s still a lot of truth to explore at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Here are the posts I recommend reading: From Trayvon Martin to Emmett Till: Black Lives Matter; Five Things to See: The Technology of Hip-Hop; and African American Achievement at NASA.
Follow @NMAAHC on Twitter.
3. Museum of Life and Science
The Museum of Life and Science blog is simple, accessible, and consistent. It’s mostly geared towards children, but the simple web design and inclusion of photos in every post makes the blog engaging to people of all ages.
The blog keeps readers up with the seasons by highlighting current events within nature and science. I appreciate the intimate and comfortable vibe the discussions give off and, most importantly, the contributions by experts in the field, such as the director of Animal Care and Ranger Greg.
I recommend reading these posts: Fall; See Yourself in Science; and A Little Bit of Blue.
Follow @lifeandscience on Twitter.
4. Denver Art Museum
I also had the chance to visit the Denver Art Museum in-person for the first time in over 20 years this past summer. After I posted my adventure on Instagram with the Denver Art Museum profile tagged, @DenverArtMuseum immediately responded with enthusiasm.
The Denver Art Museum’s social media curator and blogger went above and beyond my expectations by showing their impeccable timing and willingness to engage with museumgoers.
Get to know the Denver Art Museum with these noteworthy posts: Storytelling Studio Artist Kristina Maldonado-Bad Hand; Artist Chinn Wang Discusses Her Installation; and Increasing Access to Oracles of the Pink Universe.
Follow @DenverArtMuseum on Twitter.
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These days, there is a lot of talk about government blogging. At the same time, the geoblogosphere seems to be expanding almost daily. However, there seems to be little overlap between the two: there are very few government geoscientists blogging in an official capacity. I’ve written before about why I think government scientists should be blogging more. With some searching and asking around, though, I was able to identify some examples of government scientists blogging on official agency blogs:
Arizona Geology
Arizona Geology is the blog of the Arizona State Geologist. The blog is written by Lee Allison, the Arizona State Geologist and Director of the Arizona Geological Survey. Arizona Geology focuses on (surprise!) Arizona geology, but its coverage ranges beyond official state publications. The blog is a great example of short, informative, and timely announcements highlighting official news and publications as well as broader geoscience news and information of regional interest.
NASA Blogs
To anyone following U.S. government use of social media, it should be of no surprise that NASA probably leads the pack in terms of the number of blogging scientists. Many NASA scientists and engineers contribute to various agency blogs. While there is an overall index page for the blogs, there does not appear to be an “about” page for each individual blog clearly communicating the focus and frequency of the posts. Some examples of NASA blogs with contributions from agency scientists and engineers include:
Operation Ice Bridge
The Operation Ice Bridge blog covered the 2010 NASA airborne survey of polar ice. Contributors to the blog included a variety of NASA staff, including mission scientists. The top of each post lists the author and their title or position, which is a nice way to set readers’ frame of reference as they start reading. The posts from the scientists are short, engaging, and written in plain language. This blog also has great visuals, including both photos and data images. The mission has just ended, so this is an example of a project-specific blog from start to finish.
Notes from the Field
Notes from the Field are posts from a variety of NASA Earth Observatory scientists on field campaigns. These longer, casual posts give readers a real feel for what life in the field can be like.
Cassini
This is the official blog of the Cassini mission to Saturn. The blog’s intermittent posts include profiles of mission scientists and engineers as well as occasional news from the mission.
USEPA’s Science Wednesdays on Greenversations
Greenversations is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) blog written by employees, including some scientists, about their everyday work. Science Wednesdays focus on the science involved in USEPA policy work and tend to be short, engaging, and personal posts.
This blog is a particularly interesting example because the posts are considered to represent individual opinions of the author. The posts carry the following disclaimer:
“The opinions expressed in Greenversations are those of the author. They do not reflect EPA policy, endorsement, or action, and EPA does not verify the accuracy or science of the contents of the blog.”
While it’s great to see USEPA scientists contributing to the blog, it’s disappointing that USEPA does not stand behind the accuracy of information presented in its blog. The informal tone and language of some blogs should not be conflated with the quality and accuracy of the content. The general public should be able to rely on the accuracy of content provided on government web sites, regardless of the format in which information provided.
DOD Armed with Science
The Department of Defense (DOD) Armed with Science blog is less than a year old, but it’s a great example of an agency blog that incorporates a wide array of content including contributions from scientists and engineers. This blog also includes video from the Armed with Science webcasts, such as their video series of scientists talking in the recent Dispatches from Antarctica series.
Rock House: Alaska Geologic Materials Center
Updated: 12/8/2010 @ 18:50PST Hat tip to @knrpapp for pointing this one out.
Hot off the presses is Rock House: Alaska Geologic Materials Center (GMC), a new blog from the State of Alaska. The blog just opened its virtual doors this week! The name, Rock House, is a reference to the fact that the GMC is, literally, a house for rock: it stores and catalogs rock core and cuttings from Alaska. The blog plans to keep users and the general public informed about the GMC’s current events and future plans, and to discuss the unique challenges and practices of geologic materials curation. Their first post provides some interesting background on the GMC and the challenges and benefits of a geologic materials archive.
Government Blogs by Scientists or just about Science: What Do You Think?
These are just a few examples of official blogging by government scientists. These are not the only government blogs about science, of course; there are frequent science posts contributed by agency communications offices and science writers.
Do you follow any government science blogs? What do you think about agency blogs being written by scientists versus science writers? Does it matter?
Are there other examples of scientists blogging on official government blogs (in the U.S. and elsewhere) that you like? Please let me know about them in the comments. I’ll update this post accordingly. | http://cbdawson.com/blog/2010/12/gov-scientists-blogging/ |
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Think about the type of blog post that interests you. Why does it catch your attention? Is it informative, funny, or short and sweet?
After seeing people retweet my previous blog post about why PR pros should embrace Twitter, I wondered why this post was popular. The topic obviously interested me, but it wasn’t a groundbreaking idea. Other posts that I wrote involved statistics, quoted articles, and took time to create—but they weren’t popular.
I looked at the content of posts with hundreds of views and retweets. I studied the social media pro Chris Brogan’s blog. I thought about what I like to read. Eventually, I came up with a list to answer the burning question: what makes a blog post popular?
1.) Bullet points
Reading a blog should be quick and easy. Bullet points instantly make text easier to read. Bold words help, too.
2.) Questions
Don’t you think they’re a great way to catch readers’ attention?
3.) Tips & Tricks
Everyone likes advice. Especially advice that is put into a neat list.
4.) Short Sentences
Keep posts interesting. Make reading easy and quick.
5.) Pictures
Web browsing can leave you with a 9-second attention span— the same as a goldfish. Pictures can attract those wondering minds and keep readers focused on the article.
To all the readers and bloggers–what else makes a blog post popular?
This post was first published by Rachel Leamon on March Communications’ blog, PR Nonsense, and may be viewed here. | https://www.gcpr.net/blog/behind-the-retweet-what-makes-a-blog-post-popular/ |
Throughout this semester, I’ve learned and gained much knowledge of being an online publisher. Creating an online presence and expanding it to an online publisher is definitely not an easy job because you need an online community formed to interact and communicate with. Knowing your public and audience is crucial to maintain the blog because it can really help to enhance bringing more visitors to the blog and creating a bigger community.
Firstly, I have created my blog using WordPress as we were directed to do so in our class. I struggled a lot at first because this was my first time creating a blog or even playing around WordPress. I used social media a lot and created an online presence through the platforms multiple times, but creating a personal blog was a very different experience. It was definitely more personal and unique as Chittenden (2010) mentions that: “Blogs, which resemble online diaries, represent a popular space for teenagers to write about their experiences and instantly publish their thoughts to the web with minimal technical understanding”. My blog is a lifestyle blog, where I talk about the things I love- mainly beauty and food. I also had a section of ‘lifestyle’ where I posted different events and places to visit around Vancouver. This blog was definitely a personal blog because I wanted to share mainly my life, what I enjoy and where life takes me at.
Before I mention anything, it’s important to understand what a public is. “A public is a space of discourse organized by nothing other than discourse itself” (Warner, 2002, pg. 413). At first, the public that I imagined for my blog was strictly to young females, aged around 18-25, who lives in Vancouver. Since females typically enjoy more beauty products and adventuring for food in the cities, I thought that my audience will be mainly female. I thought that male would not enjoy my content as much because the content itself was not very appealing and also the visualization of my blog was more girly and feminine like. I’ve chose a very girly theme, which was the Olsen Light theme that I ultimately used for my blog. I personally really like a lot of white space because it gives a simple and minimalistic look to the blog. Also, the usage of white space allows my content to pop and easily catch the reader’s eyes. My main page does not display the recent posts because I thought that it made the front page look a bit messy, therefore I put a main home page picture, which was a decoration with flowers at first. However, as I developed my blog according to my audience, I ultimately changed my main picture to a city landscape image because it could target to everyone, not limiting to a specific audience.
Furthermore, with the help of Google Analytics, I’ve got to identify who my real audience was for my blog and I was very surprised with the results. It was very interesting to see that a lot of male were visiting my blog and reading my content. The content that male visitors enjoyed is food posts and lifestyle posts. As I mentioned, there are more girls that enjoy the beauty posts but to see that more male were coming to visit the blog, I naturally geared towards creating more content on food because it opens to a bigger audience. Initially, I wanted to focus my blog on beauty because I’ve always been passionate about makeup but I’ve reached to a point where I had to think about balancing what I wanted to share the most and what my audience wants. As I assumed, most of my visitors were located in the Vancouver area since my blog incorporated a lot with where I lived. To add on, I was surprised with the amount of people that were returning visitors. This proved me that putting efforts to engage with my audience does really pay off and creating content based on their interest is a significant factor to bring them back. I did not gather much comment on my site because it’s surely challenging for the audience to start commenting at first since my blog is fairly new. I definitely hope that more audience will engage and comment on my posts as it will help me to create content and give me inspirations.
Since the beginning of the term, I’ve learned tremendously about publication and how to develop my online presence. As having a lifestyle blog, I definitely think that having a distinct and unique online presence is essential and promoting myself is a crucial factor to be successful. As we can see from the media in our society today: “Promoting and branding the self has also become normalized, accepted phenomenon in ordinary people’s lives” (Van Dijck, 2013, pg. 203). I definitely have more respect to the famous bloggers in the media because with my short experience, I can doubtlessly state that a lot of time and effort goes into blogging and to maintain it. I think that creating a distinct online presence is a very important aspect when thinking about being an online publisher. There are many diverse factors to look at such as audience, visual, layout, content and much more to create a blog that will catch people’s attention. After this course is over, I do wish to continue with my blog because I think that I can really benefit from this experience and learning that will eventually help me in the future. PUB 101 has absolutely given me hands on, applicable skills that I can further use and I know that it will be extremely helpful. I’ve learned immensely about the publishing industry and what publishing is all about. I’m excited to learn and study more about Publishing as I continue doing my minor at SFU! | http://jennifer326jmk.ca/posiel101/essay-2/ |
Happy Friday (and National Author’s Day) everyone!
Preface: Welcome to another weekly round-up post from our growing community of bloggers, writers, vloggers, podcasters, and other fellow creatives. To be straight to the point, each and every week we hand-pick five top posts from a pool of the highest voted user-submitted/created posts in the community and include them in this weekly round-up blog post, along with the newsletter for all of our e-mail subscribers. As per our submission rules, posts shared can not be re-posts, or older than 1 month (31 days), meaning that all of the following are fresh and recent! Tune in every week and you will gradually become a better and more insightful creative over time!
Bijan Stephen of The Verge captures our top spot this week with his deep dive into one of YouTube’s most successful channels “Hot Ones by First We Feast”, it’s origins, and recipe (pun intended) for success. A well researched and highly informative read that should not be missed.
In a close second we have Ryan Law over at Animalz blog who published a piece about what he explains as “a copycat crisis in content marketing”. He interprets that it’s no longer worth utilizing the overused skyscraper technique, and makes a solid argument to put more effort into experimentation and trying new things. Agreed!
Topping off the podium is writer “Yanyi” on the “realities of leaving your day job, the complicated relationship between being creative and being truly productive, and the value of sometimes changing your mind” as is adequately summarized by their sub-intro.
Next up we find a post by Deanna Ting from Digiday who examines how a handful of major online publishers are trying out and jumping on young and growing social platforms in their attempts to reach their younger audiences, and to get their “foot-in-the-door” advantage as early as possible.
Last but definitely not least, Medium writer Shannon Ashley provides her personal knowledge and experiences in her short but sweet piece about how to never run out of ideas and how to find inspiration.
So without further ado, here are this week’s (Oct 26 – Nov 1, 2019) most valuable posts from the /t/BES creatives community:
🥇 1. Inside Hot Ones, the Wildly Popular and Violently Spicy YouTube Show
“The business of making videos is like the business of making any other high-volume food product; the processing machines can’t stop, because the public’s hunger is never satisfied.”
🥈 2. Copycat Content: SEO Tools Got Us Here, Humans Will Get Us Out
“There’s a copycat crisis in content marketing. Explore the search results for virtually any lucrative keyword, and you’ll find a bunch of articles with lookalike titles, headers and examples.”
🥉 3. Q&A: On the Differences Between Creativity and Productivity
“Writer and critic Yanyi on the realities of leaving your day job, the complicated relationship between being creative and being truly productive, and the value of sometimes changing your mind.”
4. What Publishers Are Learning From Being on TikTok
“All three publishers said they view TikTok primarily as a long-term way to engage and grow their respective audiences, similar to how they did with Snapchat a few years before.”
5. How to Always Find Something to Write About
“I used to think that being a writer was a lot like being an entrepreneur or inventor. As if you needed one really good and unique idea just to get started. I’m happy to report that I was wrong.”
That’s all folks! You can view all the rest of the community’s top submissions here.
Be sure to tune in next Friday for another great weekend reading list that will make you a better, wiser, and more informed blogger, writer, and/or creator! Don’t forget to bookmark this blog, or better yet, add us to your RSS reader if you use one! If you have anything awesome to submit that others might enjoy, feel free to do so — it might even end up on next week’s top five!
And don’t forget to help others find this nifty resource by sharing it around! Huge thanks!
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Do you want to start blogging in Nepal but don’t know where to begin? Well, fear no more because this article is here to help.
The best way to start a blog in any country is by getting your passion out into the world. Nepal is no exception and there are many bloggers who have been doing it for years without even realizing it.
The key, as with every new thing, is understanding what it is you’re trying to achieve before jumping in head first.
A good blog should have value beyond just providing people with links to your content (although that’s a great way to start). In other words, if your blog isn’t useful or entertaining then it’s probably not going to be very successful.
So how do you know when starting a blog is the right thing for you and your career?
Is Blogging in Nepal for You?
Let’s take a look at some of the main factors that should determine if blogging is the right choice for you:
#1 – Do You Have Something To Say?
No, not everything. But you should have some sort of unique point of view that nobody else is offering.
This doesn’t necessarily mean you have to be an expert in your field (although it helps). It just means that if you want to start a blog on a specific topic, there has to be something interesting and new about it that people will want to discuss.
If the answer is no then don’t worry too much because this is something that can come with time. Just keep writing and trying new things until you eventually find your niche.
#2 – Are You Willing To Spend Time And Effort On Your Blog?
No matter how good your content is, if you aren’t willing to put in the work then it’s going nowhere fast. Many people think they can start a blog without putting any effort into it but this rarely ends well for anyone involved.
If you want your blog to actually succeed then you need to be ready for the long haul and willing to put in the time required at the beginning before seeing any results (if ever).
It may seem like a lot of work but blogging in Nepal really isn’t as complicated as many people make it out to be – or maybe I just have an easy job! Either way, if you are willing to put in the effort then good things will come your way sooner than later.
#3 – Are You Willing To Be Honest?
This is an important point that many people forget about. This isn’t to say you should be blunt and hurtful but you do need to be honest with your readers. If they ask you a question then give them an honest answer.
If someone asks you a question about your niche or something related to it, then tell them the truth even if it isn’t what they wanted to hear. If you try and sugarcoat everything then people will quickly catch on and lose trust in what you have to say.
#4 – Are You Willing To Put In The Work?
This is another point that I see being overlooked by many people who start blogging in Nepal for the first time. They think that because they have a blog people are going to come flocking in without any effort on their part.
The sad reality is that this simply isn’t true; if you want your blog to be successful then you will need to put in the work required at the beginning before seeing any results (if ever). Many new bloggers in Nepal give up after finding out how much work goes into maintaining a blog so don’t let this put you off before giving it a try!
#5 – Are Your Posts Interesting And Unique?
If all of your posts are boring and uninteresting then no one will stick around for very long regardless of how unique your niche may be. Make sure that your posts are interesting and engaging to read as this is what will make people keep coming back for more.
That said, let us look at some of the reasons why you should consider getting into blogging in Nepal.
Reasons to Start a Blog in Nepal
There are a few reasons why you might want to start a blog in Nepal.
A lot of the content about Nepal is written by people who have never been here. They are often inaccurate and rarely provide any insight into what life is like for the people who live here.
You can change that. As a local, you have the unique opportunity to share your perspective on everything from food to culture and from travel to politics.
You don’t need to be an expert on everything either; it just takes some time and effort to learn about things that are important to you.
This type of blog will also be useful for friends and family back home who want to know more about your life here. There are thousands of Nepali people living abroad in countries like India, the USA, the UK, and Australia who would love this opportunity too.
The main advantage of starting a blog in Nepal is that it’s relatively easy (and cheap) compared with starting one somewhere else like the US or UK where the competition is much higher. The key is consistency; if you stick with it, you will eventually get results!
At the same time, blogging in Nepal can be a source of income if you are able to build up a large enough audience. It is not going to pay your rent or support your family but it could help you save up for a holiday or buy that new camera you’ve been wanting.
How To Start A Blog In Nepal: Step-By-Step Guide
1). Choose Your Niche & Keywords
Before you even start thinking about buying your domain name or creating your first post, you need to have a clear idea of what your blog is going to be about. This can be anything you like, but for the purpose of this guide, I’m going to assume you want to start a travel blog.
Research
The first thing you need to do is research your niche. The best thing to do is to find a blog in the same niche that is already doing well and use them as a template. Look at their design, the way they write their posts, and how often they post.
Brainstorm
After you’ve found some blogs you like the look of, sit down and have a think about what makes them successful. Is it their writing style? Their photography? Their location?
Obviously, you are not going to be able to compete with some of the biggest travel blogs out there but if you can find something that makes your blog stand out from the crowd then you’re on to a winner.
Essentially, a blogging niche is a subject or interest that you are passionate about and want to write about.
This could be anything from sports to politics, technology to fashion, gardening to photography.
The key is that you should be knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the subject matter. If you can’t talk passionately about it then how can you expect your readers to?
2). Pick a Name for Your Blog
Choosing the right name for your blog is important because it will be the first impression that most people get of you. Think of your own name: how would you feel if someone called you by a nickname or an insult? The same goes for your blog.
A good name should be easy to remember and catchy so that people will want to visit it again and again. It should also reflect the content of your blog, so if you’re writing about travel then Traveler’s Blog might not be the best idea.
Once you have the right name, go ahead and register it with the right company, such as Truehost.
3). Pick a Hosting Service
In order to set up your blog, you will need to choose a hosting service. The hosting service will be the place where your blog’s content is stored.
This means that your website will be accessible through the Internet, and anyone can access it as long as they know its name and address.
There are many hosting companies out there and they come in different shapes and sizes. Some of them offer free services while others charge a fee for their services. In order to find the right one for you, make sure that you consider these three factors:
- The number of people that can access your blog at any given time: If you have chosen a popular domain name such as www.example.com, thousands of people might be accessing it at any given time, so make sure that your hosting service has enough servers to handle the load.
- Speed: All websites have similar needs, and they all need to be accessible from anywhere in the world, which means that you will need a fast-hosting service.
- Cost: The cost of your web hosting is not going to be as important as other factors, but it is still something you should consider. The more you spend, the better your website will be.
There are many hosting companies out there, and each one of them will have different offers to choose from. You can contact them and ask for a free account to see if they are suitable for your needs.
4). Choose a Blogging Platform
Blogging platforms are the place where you will publish your blog posts.
They will also be the place where your readers will first see them, so you want to choose a blogging platform in Nepal that is easy to use and that has many features.
Here are some of the most popular blogging platforms:
a). WordPress
WordPress is a blogging platform that was originally designed for publishing personal websites. It is now used by millions of bloggers around the world, and it’s one of the most popular platforms for creating blogs because it has many great features.
For example, WordPress makes it very easy to create a blog by allowing you to choose a theme from its library and then apply it to your website design.
You can also add as many pages as you want to your website using its Gutenburg editor, which makes it easier than ever before for anyone with little or no web designing experience to create an attractive-looking blog.
It is not just about making your website look good though; WordPress also has many other great features such as SEO tools, social media integration, and much more.
b). Blogger.com
This is another popular blogging platform in Nepal that makes it easy for anyone to create a blog.
It is a little more difficult to use than WordPress, but it has many of the same features and you can still achieve great results when using the platform.
For example, you can easily add photos and videos to your blog using its simple photo editor, and you can also quickly create new posts by simply typing in your post title and then writing your post content.
c). Tumblr.com
Tumblr is an easy-to-use blogging platform that allows you to create beautiful-looking blogs in minutes with just a few clicks of the mouse.
For example, you can easily upload images from your computer or take pictures on any mobile device or camera and then import them into Tumblr.
You can also use this platform to share articles from other websites by simply copying and pasting the article into Tumblr, and then creating a new post from within its dashboard depending on which social media channel you want to use (such as Facebook or Twitter).
d). Medium.com
Medium is a blogging platform that allows you to create beautiful, compelling, and engaging blogs that attract thousands of readers each week.
For example, if you write about business, you can easily embed images from your company’s website into your blog post.
You can also use this platform to share articles from other websites by simply copying and pasting the article into Medium’s website and then creating a new post from within its dashboard depending on which social media channel you want to use (such as Facebook or Twitter).
Which one is the Best for Beginners?
The choice of the best blogging platform for beginners in Nepal is really up to you.
As a blogger, you are free to choose any platform that best suits your needs and your blog’s content. However, I would suggest that you start out with WordPress first.
All you have to do is ask your hosting provider to install the CMS on your domain.
5). Design Your New Blog
By now, you should have a domain name, hosting, and WordPress installed. The next step to start blogging in Nepal is to start building your new blog.
You can either choose to design your blog yourself or you can hire a designer to do it for you. If you want to design your blog yourself, then the easiest way is to use free WordPress themes.
What is a WordPress Theme?
A WordPress theme is a collection of files that is used to create a new blog.
You can use free themes or you can go for premium themes, which range from $10 to $200+.
A theme will help you customize the design of your blog and make it look like the one that you want. You can also use third-party plugins to customize your blog further.
Themes are made by different designers, so you can find a theme that suits your blog’s design.
Here are some examples of WordPress themes:
Install WordPress Plugins
Plugins are the little extra features that you can add to your blog. WordPress has a large collection of plugins that you can choose from. You can install the most popular WordPress plugins in one click, or you can individually install them if you want to.
Some plugins are free and some are paid, but if you use premium themes then your blog will be free of any ads. There is also a number of free themes available on the internet and it is up to you to decide which premium theme is best for your blog.
Here are some popular plugins:
- Akismet – Protects Your Blog from Spam
- WP Super Cache – Improves the speed of your site by using CDN (Content Delivery Network)
- Contact Form 7 – Creates contact forms on your blog for sending emails from readers to authors
- Jetpack – A complete plugin suite for bloggers and mobile app developers
- Social Warfare – Promotes social media profiles of authors and their social media accounts in their blogs, along with Facebook and Twitter widgets. Also allows users/readers/visitors to share their blogs and other content on their social media accounts.
- Yoast SEO – A plugin that allows you to optimize your blog for search engines, and also includes a sitemap generator.
6). Start Publishing Content
Once you’ve got your blog up and running, it’s time to start putting out content. You can follow this process:
a). Research Blogs/Influencers
To start off, you will need to look at the blogs that have a large audience in your niche. This can be done by using tools like Google Trends and BuzzSumo.
You can also do a search for blog posts that are popular in your niche on search engines like Google and Bing.
b). Find Keywords For Your Blog/Content
Once you have identified blogs that have a large readership and content which is relevant to your niche, it is time to find keywords that describe your content.
These are the keywords you will use to optimize your article for search engines.
For example, if you write about travel then you will be able to use the keyword “travel” as part of your content’s title or tags.
You can also use “travel” as part of your URL (your article address) so if people type in “traveling in Nepal” they will automatically arrive at your website when they click on it.
c). Write Content That People Want To Read
There are many different types of content out there like how-to guides, reviews, interviews, etc but when it comes to blogging it is important to write content that is relevant to your niche and popular.
It can be difficult to come up with unique content but you should try and think of interesting, useful, or funny ways to write about different topics. There are many different ways that you can add value to your blog such as answering questions, creating tutorials, and creating lists.
d). Make Your Articles Easy To Read
This is the most important part of writing content for your blog. If you have a hard time reading your own articles then no one else is going to want to read them either. The main goal of writing content for your blog is to create something that people will want to read, so you need to make it easy for them to do so.
The easiest way to write an article that is easy on the eyes and easy on the brain is by using simple language and short sentences. If you are unsure about how long a sentence should be then you can use this tool which will help you determine how long a sentence should be in relation to other sentences on your blog.
e). Make Your Blog Accessible To Everyone
Your blog should be accessible not only to those who are interested in what you write about but also to those who do not speak English as their first language or those who are visually impaired.
You can easily add accessibility features such as captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions when creating your site so that everyone can enjoy it regardless of their ability or disability.
7). Drive Traffic to Your Blog
Once you have started publishing articles, you need to attract visitors to your blog in Nepal. This is the most important step in your blogging journey. Without traffic, there is no money. It’s as simple as that!
There are a number of ways you can attract traffic to your blog. I’ll run through them in more detail below:
- Use Social Media: Social media is where the majority of bloggers are getting their traffic these days; it’s the easiest and fastest way to get new readers and followers. Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have become the new way of getting people to your blog. The key to using social media effectively is to make sure that you are posting quality content that is relevant to your readers.
- Guest post on Other Blogs: Guest posting is a great way to get exposure to your blog and increase traffic. Guest blogging on other blogs will not only help you get exposure, but it will also help build your brand and give you credibility. The best thing about guest blogging is that it’s completely free!
- Implement SEO: This is the most time-consuming and difficult way to get traffic to your blog. But it’s also the one that will help you increase your rankings in search engines. The key to effective SEO is to ensure that you are posting quality content on your blog. The more quality content you have, the more likely it is that Google will rank your blog higher in search results.
8). Monetize Your Content
The next step in how to start blogging in Nepal is monetizing your blog.
You should have a plan for making money from your blog before you start it. There are a lot of ways to do this but the easiest is by selling your own photos or content.
Here are some of the popular ways to make money blogging:
a. Adsense
This is the easiest route to monetization but not one that you should take if you are just starting out. You will need a certain amount of traffic before you can start making real money from Adsense.
Once you have that, it’s easy enough to set up your AdSense account and start earning some extra cash.
Learn more about AdSense here.
b. Affiliate Programs
Affiliate programs are a great way of making money from your blog. You can either get people to sign up for the affiliate programs you are using or you can get paid for referring others to sign up. You can also just accept affiliate payments from other companies and send them a percentage of your earnings.
c. Writing Content For Other Blogs
You can write content for other blogs and then sell it to them either directly or through an affiliate program. This is a good way of getting some extra cash but not one that will make you rich overnight.
d. Selling Products and Services
You can sell your own products and services on your blog. There are also many affiliate programs that you can link to from your blog and then offer a percentage of the profits.
e. Selling Your Own Ebooks/Digital Products
This is actually the most lucrative way of making money blogging. You can sell ebooks and make a commission from every sale. You can also link to affiliate programs that will pay you a percentage of the sales you generate.
Final Thoughts
Blogging in Nepal is great for anyone who wants to share their experiences in a different country and build a network of people interested in similar topics.
The best way to get started is by getting your passion out into the world and blogging about it!
As with all new things, blogging is not an easy task. However, if you stick at it then eventually you will find your niche, and your blog will take off.
Blogging in Nepal can be quite lucrative too; if you are able to build up a large enough audience then there are opportunities for people back home to read what you have written!
Go ahead and register a domain here. | https://www.truehost.com/start-blogging-in-nepal/ |
A very peculiar flora and fauna developed in mining sites. Awareness about the local biodiversity as well as knowledge about this special landscape which offers a unique habitat for various species is not very well developed amongst the population. The project Social Nature - The whitethroat goes viral wants to fill this gap.
Based on the life of the whitethroat, pupil use (personalized) storytelling, by means of their research as well as with the aid of 360° videos, a drone flight, a profil etc. to create informative and entertaining social media content (for a blog and a Facebookchannel) with which gaps of knowledge can be reduced for different target groups. Local 9th and 10th grade students generate posts that will always be from the whitethroat’s perspective.
With the bird as testimonial and social media storytelling the interest and sympathy of a large part of the population are evoked through personalized stakeholder addressing. Furthermore, the consideration of the ecological value of extraction sites is built and even strengthened.
Thanks to the support of refugees, enduring nest containers are built in collaboration with the students. These containers assist the birds in building their nests. | https://www.quarrylifeaward.com/projects/germany/social-nature |
Artificial intelligence is not a new concept. Philosophers and mathematicians have mused about “thinking machines” since antiquities.
You can find traces of this idea in many modern and classic stories if you look closely. From Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to the contemporary blockbuster Terminator series.
The idea of making it a reality was first realized during World War II. Pressured with decoding the Nazi’s Enigma Machine, the faculty at Bletchley Park tried their hardest to research and understand computers, logic, and mathematics.
Alan Turing was a prominent figure in these areas. His efforts and those of his companion led to the development and formalization of algorithms and computations with the Turing machine.
His influence on the field of computation was undoubtedly despite his somewhat unfair (an understatement) treatment following the war. Today, he is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
Although there were significant advances in artificial intelligence over the years, people have not seen it in use (or misuse) in recent decades.
AI has been a huge success story in the early years of this decade. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been able to recognize faces and write articles. This is thanks to massive advances in machine learning.
While these all may seem like positive changes, the development of AI has not been entirely positive. In the field of art and graphic design. High-quality criticisms have been received about AI-generated artwork. This has a lot to do with how AI is “taught” in making art which some have likened to stealing and blatant plagiarism.
Facial recognition is also not received well. The technology was often opposed due to concerns about security and privacy. Facial recognition AI has been used commercially despite that. Most newer-model smartphones and innovative technology have facial recognition as a means of security.
Writing, particularly in content, commerce and copywriting, is one area where AI is accepted. AI requires more human touch than in the other areas. This is because AI can’t fact-check or even get the tone right.
Artificial intelligence in writing, therefore, is more of a tool than a replacement for the real thing.
It is clear that more people are accepting and using the increasing number of applications and tools that can be used to create content or rewrite articles.
This might have to do with the fact that most writers consider a lot of AI-generated writing as a translation of what they are thinking in their minds. Only a human brain is capable of thinking up new ideas. Not a computer.
If you prefer visuals, this video reviews The Lap Life’s YouTube channel. You can still read our article to get a complete overview of Word Ai.
WordAI: A Review of the AI-Powered Automatic Rewriter What Rhymes With Q
WordAI is a natural-language processing (NLP), technology that allows the automatic generation content from human-written texts. Deep neural networks are used to understand the structure and meanings of natural language. This technology generates new versions of text that can be read and understood more accurately than traditional methods.
WordAI can be used for various tasks, including summarizing documents, paraphrasing texts, classifying topics, and generating automated responses in chatbot conversations.
WordAI is an intuitive tool for beginners that makes it easy to convert any text into different versions. These versions are more precise and readable. It helps novice users create high-quality articles quickly with minimal effort.
Additionally, WordAI can be combined with other NLP technologies, such as sentiment analysis, to provide even more powerful tools for creating content.
WordAI is a common tool in article spinning. It is used to create quality content for tier-1 networks such as EzineArticles or other article directories.
WordAI offers many advanced features that enable it to accurately spin text with high levels of readability, accuracy, and precision. It can also be used to generate SEO-optimized content, making it an ideal tool for content marketers and digital publishers.
WordAI was created by Alex Cardinell in 2011 to assist people with creating high-quality content quickly and efficiently for their websites. The tool uses advanced algorithms to analyze text and rewrite it into a more readable version.
It can also recognize and replace common words and phrases, helping users to save time and increase productivity.
WordAI is available in many languages. Some of which include: English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Polish, Czech, Slovakian, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Japanese and Russian.
What can WordAI do?
WordAi is an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) tool that helps you rewrite and completely restructure content. It employs advanced machine learning techniques, natural language processing (NLP), and other advanced features to deliver the best quality rewritten content.
WordAi makes sure that rewritten content is unique and easy to read, which allows them to rank higher in search engine results pages (SERPs). WordAi can help you rank higher on search engine results pages by identifying relevant LSI keywords.
WordAi’s advanced machine learning algorithms can produce the best results for your articles and blog posts. Based on the original article, it can generate unique titles or meta descriptions.
WordAI is also a great tool for SEO. It can help you spin quality and unique content that will help you rank higher in search engine results. It also provides SEO-optimized content so that it can be indexed quickly.
Using this tool, you can get high-quality backlinks to your website, which will help improve your rankings on search engines.
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What is WordAI used for?
WordAi, an automated article spinner, uses artificial intelligence to read the text and then rewrite it more naturally. It’s used by bloggers, content marketers, businesses, and anyone who needs original, automated content.
WordAI can create unique content for SEO campaigns and blog posts, website pages or press releases. It can quickly rewrite articles into unique versions of itself by using the latest cutting-edge technology.
The tool offers a wide range of tools that enable users to transform existing articles into new ones using different sentence structures or wordings. They can create original content quickly and easily without having to research or write it all from scratch.
WordAi is invaluable for those who want to get their message out there in the most effective way possible without sacrificing quality or accuracy.
What is WordAI?
WordAi is an excellent tool for rewriting text. It works by analyzing your source text and then rewording it.
To use WordAi, you simply click the “Rewrite” button, which will start the process of rewriting your document. WordAi allows you to make multiple versions of your article by clicking one button. WordAi supports up to 1000 rewrites per article.
WordAi is designed to quickly and accurately rewrite articles without human intervention. The rewritten versions are more readable than the original and have been optimized for search engine optimization (SEO). With WordAi, you can create high-quality content in no time!
The WordAI Spintax
WordAI uses a spintax, which we refer to as a syntax. This tool spins the syntax of content to make it unique. The WordAI spintax takes a block of text and randomly generates different versions of it to create unique articles for SEO purposes.
This works by breaking down the text into smaller chunks and then arranging them in different ways. Each spin creates a new article version, making it easier for search engines to crawl and index the content. This can increase website visibility, improve keyword rankings, or just generally boost traffic.
Thus the WordAI Spintax can do three very important things.
First: it can generate super-spun documents. Through Spintax, WordAI smartly creates high-quality nested spintax that can provide up to a thousand unique rewrites for each article.
It can also generate up to 1,000 unique rewrites per hour. This means that WordAi allows you to create up to a thousand rewrites per original article. This allows you to amplify any content in no time and requires minimal effort.
Last but not least, WordAi’s spintax ensures that you never run out of content options. With the aforementioned 1,000 variations of any article. This number of articles will help you get rid of writer’s block.
From there, you can develop completely original ways to express your ideas.
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What is WordAI?
WordAi can be used to quickly and efficiently rewrite content and articles. WordAi’s AI technology can automatically detect words and phrases and replace them with synonyms, generating unique content.
Also, with its bulk rewrite feature, you can easily rewrite large amounts of content in just a few minutes. Even better, WordAi offers a free trial for those who want to try out the software before committing.
When it comes to SEO content, WordAi has proven itself to be one of the best solutions on the market. It offers great features such as uniqueness and speed and has an easy-to-use API and support for Article Forge, making creating SEO content easier than ever before.
Furthermore, if you want more control over your rewritten content, then WordAi has an advanced mode where you can manually choose certain words or phrases that need to be rewritten.
WordAi is an excellent choice if you’re looking for a reliable and powerful tool that will allow you to quickly rewrite articles and create original SEO material.
With its AI technology, bulk rewriting capabilities, free trial option, and advanced mode options, it is clear that WordAi is one of the best choices available when it comes to rewriting articles or creating unique SEO content.
WordAI has many benefits
WordAI is an extremely powerful tool. It offers a lot of benefits to marketers and content creators. It can transform the way things work in a blog, company, or website if used correctly. Just a few of these benefits include:
- Increased efficiency: Today’s world is a race to the bottom. It is often a contest of who can get out the next best thing out there. It is also a race to talk about the so-called next great thing.
Content creators need to create content every day at a rapid pace. WordAI is a great tool for this.
WordAI allows you to quickly create new content, which saves you time that you can spend on other things. WordAI allows you to spend more time brainstorming new content than focusing on one piece at a time.
- WordAI will produce better quality: WordAI can extract a lot of information from large amounts of documents. Without question, this will result in a larger vocabulary than the average writer. WordAI also teaches correct grammar.
This will mean that grammar errors will be less frequent than usual. Overall, this will result in generating unique, readable content that is free of typos.
- WordAI can avoid plagiarism by creating unique, high-quality content. It can compare this so-called content with whatever sample is fed into it.
WordAI is able to deliver new written works that are free from plagiarism.
- SEO Benefits: Since WordAI’s generated articles are unique and high-quality content, your website quality will also naturally become high-quality. This will result in a website that ranks higher in search engines.
This will in turn lead to more traffic and revenue. That’s what we really desire.
- Cost-Effective:: With WordAI’s speed in generating content and relative ease, WordAI is a cost-effective solution for generating new content. If you are running a company with just a few writers, you can double their results in a short period of time.
As tempting as the benefits of WordAI is, it is important to remember that WordAI is just a tool. It is not a replacement for human writers. WordAI will still require human intelligence and touch to ensure WordAI generates quality content. Remember, a tool can only be as effective as its user.
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In what fields is WordAI very useful?
WordAI can be used in many fields including content marketing and SEO, copywriting and blog posts and articles. It also allows for creative writing, research and academic writing. What Rhymes With Q
WordAI can also help with product descriptions and email automation tasks.
WordAI in SEO Content
WordAI, an advanced artificial intelligence technology, can be used for creating unique content for SEO purposes. It uses natural language processing (NLP) to spin articles and generate multiple versions of the same article, which helps maximize the potential reach of your content. Here’s how you can use WordAI for SEO content:
- WordAI can quickly create multiple versions of the same article using different words and phrases. This allows you to generate unique content for SEO purposes. This is extremely useful when creating backlinks and guest posts since it ensures each post has its unique voice.
- WordAI uses NLP to improve quality – WordAI also analyzes existing articles and makes adjustments by replacing certain words or phrases with ones that are more relevant. This improves the quality of your content, allowing it to rank higher in search engine result pages (SERPs).
- WordAI can speed up content creation by automatically creating articles based upon keywords and topics that you specify. This saves time and energy on manually writing out new posts or optimizing existing ones, allowing you to focus more on other aspects of SEO, such as link building or social media optimization.
WordAI in Copywriting
Copywriting is now content writing. WordAI’s copywriting capabilities are the same as copywriting. You can get nearly the same benefits in Search Engine Optimization as WordAI.
Copywriting is the process of creating written content that promotes a product, service, or organization. To create persuasive copy that resonates, you must first understand your target audience.
Copywriting can include website copy, blog posts and emails, as well as social media content, brochures and press releases. It is important to get readers involved and encourage them to take action such as signing up for services or purchasing products. What Rhymes With Q
So with WordAI, you can easily generate one copy by rephrasing or rearranging your first original copy. It makes it easy to create multiple articles on a single topic. It is also a more efficient process overall.
With WordAI’s functions, you can finish one article, have that same article spinned into as many times as you can, and then release it as multiple blog posts.
This allows you to have more time to come up with new angles for your product. WordAIs allows you to focus on one article and then move on to the next in a shorter time. What Rhymes With Q
You also don’t need to worry about the quality of your writing. Heck, you might even be surprised at the result. Some of your writing might even become better. WordAi’s vast vocabulary might surprise you.
Grammar is also something you can relax about. WordAi, like most things, is taught correct grammar. You don’t have to worry about how the article looks, since it is fully readable and complete according to human standards.
That said, checking what WordAi has generated for you is still good practice. Although it may be tempting to let it do all of the work, WordAi is still a tool. It can lead to embarrassing situations if you are careless or blase.
This could even cause a decrease in the quality and quantity of your writing. Because AI is imperfect, this is what happens. While it is tempting to believe that everything the WordAI spits out is already usable, there will be times when errors occur.
These errors can come in many different types. It might generate the same paragraphs in multiple sections. Sometimes, these errors can come in grammatical errors. These errors could also be caused by incorrect information or incorrect facts.
No matter where it comes from, the fact of the matter is that you should not entirely leave all of your writing in WordAI. You should always look at the resulting text that it gives you to ensure that your high-quality and error-free writing is always met. What Rhymes With Q
WordAI in Blogging
Blogging has existed for as long as the internet has. Blogging is also a mainstay of online culture. Although most people don’t need to be introduced to blogging, we will provide some definitions.
The act of publishing and creating content on an internet blog is called blogging. You can also blog about maintaining or contributing to a blog, and engaging with readers through the comments section.
Blogs are often about writing about a topic or sharing personal opinions and experiences.
One thing about blogging is that people often believe they are only for one-time use. They are articles that can be published and then forgotten. Bloggers are prone to publish a blog, get traffic, and then forget about it.
Most do not realize that Blogs can also be reused and updated with more relevant information. Updating blogs is basically breathing life into blogs that have become stale. This can have many positive outcomes.
For one, refreshing an existing blog also means its search ranking will be refreshed. Some pages are lucky enough to have a refreshed blog that can positively impact their SEO.
This approach to blogs saves you a lot of time, effort, money, as well as other resources that are required for running and researching a blog. This beats creating a blog post from scratch. Besides, this blog entry already has a built-in audience.
If people find it compelling in the past, why not update it with more information?
What does AI and WordAI have to do specifically with this? There are many. WordAI can be used to quickly expand and rewrite content. More often than not, when updating blogs, people often just add a few paragraphs here and there.
WordAi is an AI article rewriter that eliminates the time and effort required to update old content. It automatically updates your content within minutes. You can focus all your efforts on updating and expanding your content. What Rhymes With Q
You can include more relevant and up-to-date information. If your original post was too short, you can increase the word count. If new facts or materials about that subject surface, you can also use the new section to delve deeper into those newfound facts.
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WordAI in Creative Writing
When AI and creative writing are placed in the same room, it might seem like a curse. But if you think about it, AI programs like WordAI can also be used as a blessing.
Artificial Intelligence (AI), which is a powerful tool for creative writing, can prove to be a valuable tool. AI can help by analyzing text for patterns and providing structured data, which can then be used to determine a writer’s style and preferences.
This data can be used to make suggestions on sentence structure and word choice and aid in developing characters or plot structure. Additionally, AI can help automate mundane tasks such as researching topics or finding images that match the tone of a piece of writing. AI is also useful for engaging with readers: using algorithms to analyze user feedback on articles or stories and making recommendations based on these results.
Artificial intelligence technologies, such as natural language processing (NLP), have potential applications for automatic summarization or storytelling. This allows computers to create stories from large data sets.
AI offers many possibilities for creative writers, allowing them to work more efficiently, produce higher quality work, and easily access new ideas.
All of this may sound good and all, but not all creative writers might feel comfortable doing this. However, that does not mean that they should disregard AI. For those who really want a challenge, they can use the AI-generated text as a benchmark that they must surpass.
The thing about AI-generated work is that they have a source. The source is a collection of previously published works. AI-generated work is therefore predictable.
This may not be a problem with marketing or blog posts, but it can be a problem in creative writing.
It is important to break the mold and make a name for yourself in creative writing. What Rhymes With Q
It is okay to stick with established tropes. However, it would be boring work if it did not. Creating something new takes work. Although some people do it better than others in this area, there is no denying that writers will encounter the age-old problem known as writer’s block. What Rhymes With Q
How can an AI text rewriter help a creative writer overcome writer’s block? Well, they can use AI to generate text and maybe find inspiration from these generated texts.
The generated text can be used by them as a guideline for their story. After all, a story that an AI cannot write is something new and something that is unpredictable by most.
WordAI in Academic Writing and Research
AI writing is accepted in most fields with some trepidation. However, academic writing and research have a strong case for supporting it. Text generators and AI rewriters work best when accurate information is available. What Rhymes With Q
In the field of academic writing, where facts and findings are already a given, AI word generators can become the best that they can be as tools to express the findings.
WordAi, an AI rewriter, can be used to help academics by simplifying long or difficult passages in research papers and creating unique research summaries that are shorter.
It can improve the readability of text, replace colloquial or jargon-laden language with more formal alternatives, as well as identify potential topics that warrant further investigation. WordAi is a time-saving tool that allows researchers to quickly create drafts of their research, which can be further refined or modified through manual review.
WordAI in Resume Optimization
A resume or a curriculum vitae is something that you present to prospective employers so that you can land a gig, a job, or a position. If you want to be accepted for your dream job, it is crucial that your resume is well-written.
This is a task that has been growing difficult year by year as there is a lot of competition that enters the job market year by year.
It is important to ensure that your resumes are professional in order for recruiters to read them. Just as with everything in this list, AI text generators like WordAI can help you build a better and more optimized resume. WordAI can optimize your resume by:
- Incorporating up-to-date industry keywords into resumes to improve search rankings.
- Using text optimization techniques and natural language processing to identify and correct errors and typos improves readability.
- Revising phrasing in resumes to highlight qualifications and ensure consistent use of language that paints applicants in the best possible light.
- Reorganize resume content to prioritize information and simplify presentation, while still ensuring that relevant details are included.
- During the editing process, automatically suggest and deliver more effective alternatives to underperforming words and phrases on resumes.
With the stiff competition in the job market out there, it is only right to use all the right tools at your disposal. WordAI is a great tool to have at your disposal. What Rhymes With Q
WordAi also makes your resume more visible and eye-catching. Being accepted for the job will entirely be on you.
WordAI for your Business
If you further read this article, you will notice that among WordAI’s price plan is an option for a Custom Entrepreneur plan. WordAi was designed for businesses. How does WordAI help you business? It all depends on your business.
WordAI can help in many types of business like:
- WordAI can quickly produce articles, website content, SEO optimized content and other written materials.
- WordAI Spin Marketing: WordAI is able to create unique, high-quality spins that can then be used in marketing campaigns. These spins can also increase visibility for a brand or product on search engine results pages.
- Automation: WordAI can be used to automate large parts of copywriting tasks like writing emails, webpages, social media posts, and more. This makes it easier to produce large amounts of material faster without spending too much time on manual tasks.
- Proofreading & Editing: WordAI offers proofreading services for business owners who need their materials checked before they are published or distributed. It also offers editing services if needed.
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WordAI Unique Features
- Automated Rewrites: WordAI uses its advanced artificial intelligence to automatically rewrite entire sentences and paragraphs, allowing you to instantly produce unique versions of your content.
This is one feature that makes writing and generating articles from WordAI fast and time-efficient.
- Human Readable Spinning: WordAI creates easy content for humans to read, understand and engage with. The algorithm takes into account factors like sentence structure, vocabulary choice and syntax in order to make sure the spun content reads naturally.
This is an important factor in creating high-quality articles. It makes the difference between machine-generated and hand-written articles. After all, people are less likely to read an article if they find out that it was written by a machine or AI What Rhymes With Q
- Advanced Customization Options: WordAI provides a variety of customization options that allow users to customize the output according their needs. These include synonym choices, paragraph formations and word replacements.
This greatly ensures that all your articles carry a personality that is not common to most AI-generated text. This can also help to mask text that is AI-generated, or human-written.
- Multi-Lingual Support: WordAI can support multiple languages including English, Spanish and Dutch. This makes it ideal for a variety of use cases and audiences.
WordAI has a wider reach than any other text generator. This multilingual support of WordAI takes it out of English exclusivity and allows it to be used by more people worldwide.
- WordAI’s Nested Spin Support: WordAI’s nested spin feature allows users to spin within spun articles, allowing them to quickly create multiple versions of the same article in just a few clicks.
You can write as much text as you want, as long as you have enough credits. Then you will find the best article for you.
- Grammar and Spelling Correction: WordAI can help fix grammar and spelling mistakes in your written word content. High-quality content is built upon good grammar and spelling.
It can be tedious to correct spelling errors and ensure grammar, especially for people who aren’t familiar with the language. This applies to all supported languages by WordAI.
With WordAI’s help, you are sure that all the generated and rewritten text is properly written. This allows you to spend less time focusing on the individual building blocks and more time examining the whole picture.
- Paraphrasing: WordAI can paraphrase old paragraphs and generate new content. Users will not have to worry about losing the meaning of the paraphrased content.
WordAI ensures that new content retains the overall meaning of the original.
- Sentence and Paragraph Shuffling: Aside from simple paraphrasing, WordAI also can shuffle the order of sentences and paragraphs to create new and unique content.
WordAI, like the paraphrasing function, ensures that the new content retains the overall structure and meaning of the original, while maintaining a fresh, high-quality version.
- Integration with Other Tools WordAI can be used in conjunction with other content creation tools and marketing tools such as article spinners or content management systems. What Rhymes With Q
WordAI integrates well with Article Forge (with plugins) and WordPress. WordAI also integrates with Content Management Systems like Drupal and Joomla to generate new content and blogs consistently.
WordAi can be used to generate product descriptions, and related written content for e-commerce platforms such as Shopify and Magento. If creating unique and constant emails is your game, you can integrate WordAI with email marketing software like Mailchimp and Constant Contact to generate unique email content.
Social media managers can also integrate WordAi on different platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram to create unique content.
WordAI Pricing Plans
WordAI is a powerful tool, so it’s not surprising that it will put a lot of strain on your wallet. If you’re convinced and you want to use WordAI, there are three options for WordAI’s pricing plans.
There are three types of plans: a basic, an enterprise, and a customized plan. Of course, each plan has its own features, and the Custom plan is often suggested for those looking at an enterprise plan. However, what billing plan you should select will be up to you at the end of the day.
Between the monthly and yearly plans, the latter is recommended since you can save at least $30 per month if you are billed yearly.
WordAI’s three-day free trial is available to anyone who wants to test it before committing.
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WordAI Pros & Cons
Pros in using WordAI?
- WordAI is quick and efficient. It can quickly create high-quality content using any input.
- It offers a wide range of features for customizing the output to meet the user’s specific needs.
- WordAI supports multiple languages, making it a great choice for international businesses or bloggers who require content in different languages.
- The spinning algorithms are extremely accurate, producing text that reads naturally and flows well.
- WordAI integrates with popular platforms like WordPress, making integration easy into existing systems. What Rhymes With Q
- It provides an intuitive user interface that simplifies the task of creating spun content quickly and easily.
What are the cons of WordAI?
- It can be slow, especially when processing large amounts of text.
- WordAI’s artificial intelligence algorithms can produce inconsistent results that may need manual correction or editing.
- It is not always accurate and may produce incorrect rephrasings or even misspellings.
- It is more expensive than some other content-spinning tools available on the market.
- Understanding how to use the tool correctly and interpret its results can take some time.
WordAI Review: The Final Word
WordAi is certainly an interesting tool. Truthfully, I am not completely down with emerging AI technology. You can say that I am more worried about the harmful effects it can bring about to a wider public. However, I would be lying if I denied how useful of a tool AI word spinners and rewriters like WordAI are. What Rhymes With Q
WordAi is a powerful and easy tool to automate content creation. It is easy to create new articles, rephrase sentences and spin entire paragraphs in just a few mouse clicks. WordAI is a great platform that offers many functions, which has helped me save a lot of time and effort when writing content.
If used properly, WordAI can bring a net positive impact on your work. These include improved accuracy and speed of text generation, better writing quality, and faster retrieval and analysis of relevant information for research purposes.
WordAi is a great tool to save time and spot plagiarism. WordAi uses machine learning algorithms to improve the readability of your text by grading sentence structure, word choice and other aspects.
WordAi’s synonym substitution feature can also help ensure that your text is unique and does not contain duplicate words or phrases.
WordAI Frequently Asked Questions What Rhymes With Q
What is WordAI?
WordAI is a multilingual article spinner that automatically creates human-quality content.
With WordAI, content writers, copywriters, bloggers, and those who belong on a related field can easily produce unique and original content that is free from any plagiarism. You can use it to generate quality content and check your grammar for exact results.
How much does WordAI cost
WordAI is available for a subscription fee and has three pricing plans.
These pricing plans include a monthly plan, a yearly plan, or a custom enterprise plan.
How Good is WordAI
WordAi is actually a pretty good tool overall.
It has its ups as well as downs, just like any tool. (see pros and cons). WordAi is very easy to use. It integrates with other top online marketing tools, including social media platforms, email marketing, and content management tools.
When asked to generate content, WordAI creates high-quality human-readable content. Its main problem is its inability to create unique content. There are only a lot of things that Ai can do.
Human writers are better if you’re looking for something completely original and outside the box.
Is WordAI good for SEO?
Yes, WordAI is a great tool for SEO.
It can help you generate unique, high-quality content, which is good for SEO and can help to boost rankings. The automated spinning process helps save time and resources, which would be required to rewrite the content manually.
Its deep understanding of language, and ability to identify synonyms makes it an excellent choice for improving readability scores.
What is article spinning?
Article spinning is a form of article writing involving taking one original article and manipulating it by changing certain words, sentences, or paragraphs to create multiple versions of the same article.
This process can help online businesses to create unique content for their websites without having to write it from scratch. Article spinning can also be used as a means of generating backlinks for SEO purposes.
Is Article Spinning with WordAI good for SEO?
Yes, Article Spinning with WordAI can be beneficial for SEO.
This allows you to create unique versions for the same article. This increases visibility in search engines and prevents duplicate content penalties.
It also offers automated sentence structure optimization and keyword enrichment to help create versions of the article that are more friendly for search engine algorithms.
Is article spinning legal?
Article spinning is a controversial topic. There is no clear answer on whether it is legal.
Article spinning typically involves taking existing content, rewriting it using automated software, and then distributing the rewritten content online. The legality of article spinning can vary from country to country, but some countries may consider it to be a form of copyright infringement.
Therefore, it is always best to consult with an experienced lawyer when engaging in any article-spinning activity.
Can WordAI do Article Spinning?
Yes, WordAI can do article spinning. WordAI offers an automated article-spinning feature that allows you to create original content from multiple versions.
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It’s been a very interesting month for the Buffer blog in December, 2013. We’ve made a few changes to the content we publish, how we work as a team and are hiring a new content crafter right now.
Let’s dig into some of the most exciting things happening:
Quick Summary
In December we had 493,253 unique visitors, a little less than in November. Overall, that’s been an interesting trend to observe, which we’ve documented a bit more further down under “ideas”.
How did the blog do overall?
- Total uniques: 493,253 (-7% from Nov)
- Total posts published: 13 (-2 posts from November) (8 in-house, 4 posts from Joel, 1 guest post)
- Total posts republished: 13 (TheNextWeb, Lifehacker, Fast Company, Huffington Post, Business Insider)
- Top 3 referral sites: Facebook (58,471 uniques), Reddit (25,349), StumbleUpon (15,819). Here’re all top 10:
- Top 3 keywords: “how to make yourself happy,” “best time to post on Instagram,” “best time to post on Facebook,”
- New email subscribers: 1,532 (-17% from Nov)
Here is our traffic graph from December. What’s interesting here, is that towards the later 2 weeks of December, with Christmas and New Year approaching, we saw a natural dip in traffic, as well as less published articles from our end, which helps understand the decline in traffic for December:
Which 3 posts performed the best?
10 Simple Things You Can Do Today That Will Make You Happier, Backed By Science
70,334 uniqes, published in August
Why We’re More Creative When We’re Tired and 9 Other Surprising Facts About How Our Brains Work
55,900 uniques, published in November
8 Surprising New Instagram Statistics to Get the Most out of the Picture Social Network
40,160 uniques, published in October
Ideas and thoughts from December
- Our traffic overall was lower this month, which, coinciding with Christmas and the holidays was partially expected, as can be seen in the last two weeks.
- We started a series with articles from Joel, CEO here at Buffer, which has had some great success, grabbing more than 30,000 uniques combined. It’ll be interesting to continue with business and lifehacking advice from Joel.
Ideas for looking ahead to January
- Focusing less on visits, more on conversions: We’ve had a terrific brainstorming session with one of our most valuable advisors, Hiten Shah. One of the things Hiten mentioned to us is to focus slightly more on getting better conversions from our blog to signup. We’re going to make this more of a focus, instead of general hits to the blog
- Focusing less on lifehacking, more on social media, blogging, email marketing content: About 1 year ago, we made a big change to the blog’s direction with more lifehacking content. Whilst this still works really well for us we’re starting to double down more on social media and other marketing content. I envision a split of 70% social media and other marketing content and 30% business advice, lifehacking content, etc. Of course, this is all subject to our results from tracking conversions better, especially with the new Buffer for Business we have in place.
- Hiring more team members for the content marketing team: We’re currently looking for the next Content Crafter at Buffer, which will be a key focus in January, to get Belle some help with cranking out awesome content.
I think this’ll be an exciting time for the Buffer blog in 2014, with tons of new things coming up and a new, closer social media focus.
Oh and the last thing, a big highlight for us was Google Analytics retweeting our article about Google analytics: | https://open.buffer.com/buffer-blog-stats-for-december-2013-493253-uniques-16518-email-subscribers/ |
Main Entry: blog. Part of Speech: noun. Definition: an online diary; a personal chronological log of thoughts published on a web page; also called weblog, web log.
The Information Superhighway was invented by genius nerd Al Gore in the late 80s. Al Gore is…uh-oh, wrong direction! Actually, the World Wide Web was created in 1989 by physicist Tim Bernes–Less of CERN, and became free for all to use on April 30, 1993. I was there in 1994 when Genie, Compuserve, Prodigy, and AOL became the early-generation dialup services to offer full access to the World Wide Web. I built my first web page in mid-2004, a monumental occasion that signaled the demise of my bulletin board system.
A website is a collection of text, images, and sometimes video or rich media posted on a single or multiple pages. Pages are arranged in logical order, typically in silos of like-topics, and interlinked with other pages to create the website. The retronym Web 1.0 (1991 to 2003) refers to early website design, where the focus was on publishing static websites as the byproduct of large up-front investments in content. The tags, along with framesets, were signs of the times. Content on a website was primarily managed by the owner of the website or several professional content writers. This is true today for the vast majority of websites that still cling to the 1.0 content model.
Content on professional websites is often well thought out, outlined, professionally written, strategically placed, optimized, and heavily edited before being published. This extensive process can take from a few days to several months depending on the topic, SEO goals, word count, and client needs. For the purpose of this article we will refer to this process as the c ontent [publishing] model .
The shift from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 (a retronym that characterizes Web site creation from 2004 to approximately 2009) can be seen as a result of technological refinements driven by the adoption of broadband connectivity and improved browsers. Web 2.0 is defined by blog site aggregation, a move from publishing to participation (true many-to-many connectivity), decentralization of Web site content, bottom-up content development, and the ongoing interactive process of content development. AJAX, Flash, widgetization, and user participation are signs of the time. Simply put, Web 2.0 is the readability and write-ability of the Internet—an interactive Internet that provides 24/7 ability to share, store, produce, network, communicate, collaborate, and learn.
Web 2.5 represents the evolution in Web technology that encourages and facilitates improvements to the Web 2.0 publishing model. If Web 2.0 brought a revolution of experiences in social networking, interactive blogs, and wikis, Web 2.5 provides additional tools that aggregate content and activities, allow data portability (a “friends” list in one social network can be more easily shared across other social networks), and filtering systems that can manage the flood of content from aggregated streams. These filtering tools work to allow the most relevant or popular content to rise to the top of the heap. Social connectivity and the growing interactivity within and between social networks represent the evolution of, and the direction, the web is taking, making the usefulness of cloud computing and Web apps a powerful engine of innovation and utility.
Web 3.0 is envisioned as taking aggregation, portability, and filtering even further with artificially intelligent algorithms tailoring semantic search results by divining searcher intent and the contextual meanings of search terms. Semantics is the science of meaning in language. Harnessing the intent and context, the semantics, of search terms chosen by the searcher promises to provide powerful new tools to refine search results over keyword results limited to loose associations between given keywords. Web 3.0 hopes to achieve meaningful contextual relationships between data sets rather than the loose associations between disparate data points a keyword search calls up.
In the Web 2.0 publishing model the distribution of website content can be thought of as a one-to-many medium (although a web cast is actually classified as a many-to-many medium). This is the case when a single person or small group of people publishes an article and many people read it asynchronously.
The vast majority of websites, early-on, did not use content management systems (CMS). Well more than half of all modern websites deploy CMS features. CMS utilization has been fueled by the popularity of the blog. A CMS is a collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. A web content management system (WCMS) provides authors’ tools to create and manage content with relative ease and little knowledge of programming languages or markup languages (e.g., HTML and CSS). Most CMS systems use a database to store content, metadata, and page artifacts. Content is frequently stored as XML to facilitate reuse and enable flexible presentation options. The presentation layer or design is based on a set of templates. Unlike website building, a WCMS allows non-technical users to make changes to a website with little knowledge via a fat client or a web interface. Most newly deployed websites use a CMS.
A blog is a collection of dynamic text, images, and sometimes video that is posted on a single page. Sounds familiar, right? A blog is a website. Today, there is very little that separates a blog from a web page.
In general, blogs have a tendency to provide more publishing control and social interaction abilities, plus several little technical features. Blog posts are linked together, usually organized by date. This is why sometimes the blog is referred to as an online journal, since posts are typically chronologically ordered in reverse (newest post first). We will refer to this as the blog model .
In contrast to the content model, where there is a structured and systematic approach to content creation, a blog is typically more free-flowing and experimental. For example, the Dirigo Blog is primarily used to catalog technical, strategy, and content tidbits important to the Dirigo staff and our clients. Secondarily, our blog demonstrates to readers that our professional staff maintains its continuing professional education. The publication of blog posts does not require an exhaustive content creation cycle, but rather occurs almost as quickly as they are written—though Dirigo staff have made it a habit to reach out to our in-house editor for review and prose guidance after publication as part of the creative process.
Blogs are typically maintained by one to three individuals, that is why blogs are often cited as being online journals—singular people talk about their personal experiences in life, at work, at home, or cover completely random topics. Jorn Barger is credited with first using the term web log. While surfing the early Internet in 1995 he started cataloging his experiences on his website, Robot Wisdom. In this sense Robot Wisdom was Barger’s blog, or online journal of Internet experiences and musings about life.
In contrast, a very successful but controversial model of attracting unpaid bloggers as content providers has been utilized by the Huffington Post. The writers and bloggers submitting content are generally authoritative in their specialties and contribute in exchange for the fulfillment and satisfaction of this means of self-expression. Academics, politicians, policy wonks, and celebrity entertainers by the thousands have all contributed and indirectly benefit from the self-satisfaction—and cachet—of having been published on HuffPo.
Not all blogs are created equally. Today blogs often are dedicated to a single topic such as art, music, health, or fashion. The blog genres can get quite granular, as is the case with Pencil Revolution , a blog dedicated to the pencil. Other blogs like Barger’s Robot Wisdom cover a myriad of topics of personal interest to the author. Political, policy, and technical blogs have proliferated, covering topics as broad as foreign policy and economics, or more narrowly focused on current and historical trends, as in arms control and treaty verification. The quality of writing can run the gamut of simple prose and casual recollections or thoughts, to the presentation of highly detailed technical and authoritative information.
Platforms for blog publishing range from simple blog applications to other more complicated formats that facilitate meaningful presentation of rich, authoritative, highly technical information.
The following is a discussion of tips and useful pointers that make business blogging content of greater utility to the blog publisher and readers on the World Wide Web:
While there are many ways to appeal to an audience, the same three forms that make for persuasive rhetoric— ethos , logos , and pathos —make for a powerful blogging voice. Depending upon the nature of your business, your content will bear the mark of one or more of each of these forms. With a focus on ethos, your reader will identify with the writer’s character and image; with logos, the logic or rationality of the author’s argument wins the reader’s confidence; and with pathos, the appeal acquires more emotional overtones.
In the case of most small businesses, blogging is usually accomplished by a team of one. Many businesses just can’t find the time, and outsource content generation and their blog strategy to firms like Dirigo to ghostwrite.
One content generation option for advertisers is to engage a quasi-personalized service such as Pay-Per-Post (PPP). PPP affords advertisers an online shortcut by hiring blogging content creators—“posties”—to create sponsored content. Once a required blog or video has been posted, PPP reviews how well it matches the requested topic, tone, and length. If the work is deemed acceptable, PPP then handles payment from the advertiser to the blogger.
Each time a website visitor clicks on an AdSense advertisement, the blog owner will receive anywhere from a few pennies to a quarter (for example). As a best practice, the majority of advertising-supported blogs include 4–8 ad spaces in the sidebar, real estate prominent to the users’ eyes. Ad activity can be easily tracked, and the ads can be readily customized to the blog’s look and feel.
AdSense can dilute your brand equity because site owners don't have control over who advertises. Each AdSense click represents a lost reader. While strategies vary, we generally try to drive traffic from the blog to a website where we promote products or services. There is big money in mailing lists. We place an emphasis on capturing as many e-mail subscribers as possible from blog sources.
Most modern blogs are moderated or reviewed thoroughly by filtering systems and moderators. This is because blog SPAM or content SPAM is used heavily to take advantage of the open nature of comments in the blogging software via repeatedly placing comments into blog posts that provide nothing more than a link to a spammer’s commercial Web site. SPAM is huge maintenance problem.
Social Sharing Icons— At Dirigo Design & Development, we deploy a blog hub-and-spoke model that leverages blog content as the destination, and off-blog social media participation and other content syndication as outposts. Blog content needs to promote the brand and produce measurable return on investment. The blog might have Twitter, Facebook, Slideshare, or YouTube linkages used to extend the conversation, re-purpose, or mash-up blog content.
If your content is not easily shared, it is hard to build a readership to your blog. Use social media icons throughout the homepage, individual posts, and RSS feed, so that readers can easily share content with friends and social community members. The Facebook “Like” and Twitter "Retweet” features are universal blog elements. If you add social features to your blog, understand that to make them effective, resources should be spent on those off-blog social channels.
Content Organization via Tagging— A blog must have a method of organizing content. When a blog includes categories, you will usually find a list of the categories in the left- or right-hand navigations. Most organize content into categories and by chronology/date. Tagging is the most popular way of organizing content. Tag clouds or word clouds (weighted word-count lists reflected in the visual design) are typically used to organize content. They may be laid out sequentially (arranged either horizontally or vertically); sorted (arranged alphabetically or by some other criterion such as popularity or date posted); with a circular layout (positioning the most popular tags centrally and tags with decreasing popularity towards the borders); or in clusters, in which the distance between tags follows criteria such as semantic relatedness, with the most related tags positioned most closely. Tags are usually hyperlinks that lead to a collection of posts associated with the keyword phrase (an index page listing all of the posts associated with that tag).
Navigatio n— Make it easy to find content within the blog. Useful navigation elements include: categories, newest posts, tags or tag cloud, search box, recent posts, popular posts, and most commented posts. You certainly don’t need to build in all of the above-mentioned, but most of them are quite useful. Many blogs provide an archived collection of blog posts categorized by month and year. Other blogs in addition will provide subject categories as a means to correlate related postings. This element serves to provide readers with broader exposure to the thoughts and ideas presented in the blog.
Mood Iconography— Some blogs use a set of icons to represent their current mood. With the rise of social media and greater interconnectedness and “friending,” services have developed that allow blog users to record moods as a means to express current preferences and one’s mood at a given time. One such service states simply that they “help you keep in touch with how you and your friends are feeling.” Friends must register with the service to benefit, and buddy lists can be generated that track the mood of each member of the list. A mood history can also be generated with this service, tracking the changes registered by users. Links relating to a given mood; books on moods, feelings, or on subjects related to a given feeling; forums and discussion sites on mood and feelings; and a better understanding of oneself are among the benefits claimed by the service.
Technorati Tags— Technorati is an Internet search engine for searching blogs. Technorati looks at tags that authors have placed on their blogs. These tags help categorize search results, with recent results coming first. Technorati rates each blog’s “authority,” and the number of unique blogs linking to the blog over the previous six months.
Subscribers retrieve content using programs such as NetNewsWire, NewsFire, Blogline, Sage, Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Reader, Windows Live Hotmail, and so on. These programs, which are often referred to as RSS Readers , check the RSS feed address at intervals (e.g., every 30 minutes) for updates. When an update is detected, the RSS Reader notifies the user of the update. Seasoned RSS users have a standalone RSS reader of choice. Casual business users tend to gravitate toward MS Outlook or Entourage (Outlook for the Mac).
News aggregator websites (e.g., Google News) collect RSS syndicated content using algorithms that carry out contextual analysis and group similar content together. Many aggregators are hybrids known as mashups. The most common type of mashup is a web page or application that uses a combination of RSS from multiple sources. Data mashups combine similar types of media and information from multiple sources into a single representation. In combination, these resources create a new and distinct web service that was not originally provided by either source. The better aggregators (e.g., the Drudge Report and the Huffington Post) layer in a selective process exercised by human editors. Aggregators reduce the time and effort needed to regularly check many websites, creating a “personal newspaper” or unique information space.
Subscribe options should be easily accessible. Users should be given the option of subscribing to your blog by RSS or e-mail .
If a blogger writes a new entry referring to or commenting on an entry found at another blog, and both blogging tools support the TrackBack protocol, then the commenting blogger can notify the other blog using a ”TrackBack ping”; the receiving blog will, most often, display summaries of, and links to, all the commenting entries below the original entry. This facilitates conversations spanning several blogs that readers can easily follow.
Returning to the newspaper analogy, there is no feasible way for a traditional-print newspaper to allow everyone to post feedback and create a dialog. Sure, there is the editorial section; however, newspapers represent one-to-one relationships. Because blogs have the power to change the distribution model to many-to-many, they allow visitors to your website or blog to easily communicate with you and your other visitors publicly. This demonstrates trust, brand, and strengthens your online presence by fostering a social community atmosphere.
Content Management Systems —As noted, nearly all modern blog softwares deploy a content management system (CMS). Many include themes, plugins, and widgets, as well as SPAM controls. Three examples include Blogger, MovableType, and WordPress. WordPress is the most popular blog software currently in use. It is an open source CMS, used as a blog publishing application powered by PHP and MySQL. It has many features, including a templating system and thousands of plugins. WordPress MU (for multi-user ), extends WordPress into a community-building platform. Dirigo is also well practiced at deploying custom WordPress blogs. Among desirable CMS features to look for are the following.
Dirigo is an ASP.NET shop first and foremost. ASP.NET is one of three main programming platforms (PHP, JSP, .NET). ASP.NET is a comprehensively well-supported programming platform used for Web development and client server applications (stand alone programs). ASP.NET uses many programming languages (e.g VB.Net, C#, J#, C++ COBAL).
Because we most often integrate our blogs into the website, we tend to use BlogEngine.NET and now we have our own CMS system, which includes an easy, intuitive blog.
As previously mentioned, Barger is usually credited with starting the first web log in the mid-1990s. The term blog is a shortened version of web log. During the early days of the Internet users started pouring out their thoughts online, and the blogosphere took shape. Early in the first decade of the twenty-first century the blogosphere was segregated from traditional websites and existed as a niche of the web. These days we hear less about the blogosphere as a separate entity. Blogs today are considered more mainstream, even a necessity to successful business practice. For this reason many websites with blogs hire professional bloggers or in-house staff who blog as part of their job description (a technique known as blog seeding).
Technorati is a blog search engine, index, and one of the foremost authorities on the blogosphere. So who are these elusive bloggers? They are people inhabiting every continent, writing in over 80 languages across more than 130 million blogs. Below is the composition of bloggers according to Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere 2009:
Bottom line, a blog is just like a web site—except that it relies on interactive sharing of information, often in the form of the written word, and grows in content through interaction with its audience. Blogs use a variety of different publishing models based on user feedback. One or more blogs can help your business reaffirm your brand and marketing messages by staying in touch with your users and providing a place for them to give you feedback. Anyone with a computer connected to the Internet can start a blog. Integrating a blog into a well executed marketing plan that maximizes ROI can be a difficult task. Writing new blog posts can be as easy as writing an e-mail. It can also require a skilled writer.
Would you like to learn more about how a blog can help your business? Contact Dirigo Design & Development to find out how our professional staff can assist your business to grow its online presence. Our dedicated team members have a wide array of skills to offer, ranging from blog management and analytics to content creation and editing, cutting-edge search engine optimization for blogs and websites, and customer relation management.
Through a close working relationship with our clients we can help you to build your infrastructure, establish your online presence, and propel your business to new heights.
Principal Author: David Addison
Date of Publication: 03/29/2011
Updated: 02/20/2013
References: | http://dirigodev.com/content/anatomy-of-a-blog/ |
We are looking for a passionate Senior Technical Content Engineer to educate Pulumi’s rapidly growing community on cloud engineering best practices and how best to maximize use of the Pulumi platform to achieve success in developing modern cloud applications. You will be a part of realizing a vision where every developer can program the cloud and be integral in bringing a cloud engineering skill base into organizations worldwide.
In this role, you will communicate Pulumi's unique and innovative worldview and approach to the world of developers and engage with customers to solve complex problems and create scale by sharing these solutions with cloud engineering practitioners globally.
In addition to engaging deeply with the community, you will also work closely with Pulumi’s product and engineering teams to ensure that the needs of the community are always served by the Pulumi platform.
While Pulumi is headquartered in Seattle, WA, this position is remote-USA.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Write blog posts or whitepapers that offer architectural guidance, analyze varying technological viewpoints, and illustrate patterns and concepts around cloud engineering.
- Create the technical curriculum and content (e.g., tutorials, workshops) to get customers from a 100 to 400 level
- Build out a library of reference architectures for popular application stacks
- Create demos to be used in talks, blogs, social media, and community opportunities.
- Define, document, and share cloud engineering best practices and create open source, reusable Pulumi components which will be used by the cloud engineering community.
Expect to be challenged, learn, teach, and collaborate with a world class team of great people.
Desired Experience:
- 3+ years in a software development environment.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent a plus.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrable experience of building content to educate developers.
- Ability to author assets such as blog articles, tutorials, and workshops.
- Experience in one or more of the following technologies a plus:
- Cloud Platforms: Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform. | https://jobhired.io/remote-jobs/senior-technical-content-engineer-pulumi |
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided to restore California’s authority to enforce its own vehicle emission standards, reversing a controversial policy of the Trump Administration. The long awaited ruling was announced on March 9th after over a year of deliberation, bringing great satisfaction to folks concerned about climate change.
The announcement marks the culmination of a process that began on the day President Joe Biden took office. Biden’s Executive Order 13990 directed his agencies to initiate a sweeping review of virtually all environmental regulations enacted by the previous administration. Section 2 (ii) of the order singled out Trump’s “Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule”, which had significantly reduced the stringency of greenhouse gas standards for light duty vehicles and revoked California’s waiver of preemption under the Clean Air Act (CAA), preventing California from enforcing its own tailpipe emission standards.
Over a dozen states have adopted California’s stricter emission standards under Section 177 of the CAA, but the SAFE Rule also included an interpretation of Section 177 that would have prevented them doing so, even if California’s waiver were to be granted. The EPA’s recent ruling countermands this statutory interpretation, reaffirming the right of environmentally progressive states to adopt the Golden State’s stricter rules.
The Trump Administration’s determined efforts to deregulate the auto industry have now largely been reversed. Last December, the EPA finalized much stricter light duty vehicle emission standards that will govern the 2023-2026 model years. New federal standards for 2027 and beyond will be finalized before Biden’s term of office is completed.
The restoration of California’s authority to enforce stricter emission standards that can then be adopted by other states is arguably more significant than the tightening of the federal standards. The waiver of preemption applies to California’s entire Advanced Clean Car Program, which includes fairly stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and, more importantly, zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandates. California’s GHG standards are similar to the federal standards, encouraging fleets of cars sold by individual automakers to remain below an average threshold of tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions. This regulatory approach is extremely lenient and only provides slow, incremental tailpipe CO2 abatement. While the EPA’s regulatory framework includes provisions that incentivize the proliferation of ZEVs, it has no mechanism for enforcing specific ZEV quotas. The restored waiver of preemption and the reinterpretation of Section 177 will allow a large number of states to aggressively accelerate the transition away from internal combustion vehicles using ZEV mandates. Together, California and the Section 177 states account for roughly 40% of the U.S. auto market.
Many countries are turning to ZEV mandates because electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles are seen as the world’s best hope for eliminating tailpipe CO2 entirely. The restoration of California’s waiver will enable California’s Air Resources Board to implement Governor Gavin Newsom’s courageous Executive Order N-79-20, which calls for phasing out the sale of internal combustion vehicles by 2035. Up until now, California has only required automakers to manufacture fleets that include a small percentage of ZEVs. The implementation of N-79-20 will necessitate ZEV quotas that increase rapidly each year, starting in 2026. The challenging new regulations will be finalized this summer, solidifying California’s reputation as a bold leader in environmental stewardship.
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The project encourages reusing and utilizing recycled materials in civil and urban construction. The aim is to save valuable and finite natural resources and to reduce the carbon footprint in civil construction. The project supports cities and businesses by disseminating information on carbon footprinting and large-scale utilization of recycled materials.
The planned measures for the project will be implemented as a follow-up to the CircVol (2018-2020) project. The project is divided in three work packages (WPs), and SYKE (Finnish Environment Institute) participates in all of them in close cooperation with other project partners. The grand aims are to examine the overall carbon footprint of stabilised dredging mass on a recipe-by-stabilisation basis and to study the effects of post-treatment of non-stabilised dredging masses raised on land on the dissolution of harmful substances.
SYKE, together with Åbo Akademi University, is responsible for the WP1 "Calculating the carbon footprint" and examines the carbon footprint of the test plots stabilised in the Matalahti test field in a holistic manner. As part of the WP, SYKE focuses particularly on evaluating changing legislation and taking its requirements into account in the implementation of the calculation. SYKE, together with ÅA, assesses the usefulness, representativeness, limitations and definitions related to calculation. The usefulness of the data collected and obtained is assessed for national level greenhouse gas emission calculations.
In WP2, SYKE, together with GTK, assesses the effects of dredging mass treatment on the dissolution of harmful substances and the potential environmental impact. In addition to the Matalahti dredging mass, the option is to study dredging mass of another similar site in the Oulu region, for which SYKE is responsible for sampling and conducting sub-studies.
WP 3 concerns the dissemination and indicuration of acquired information. SYKE participates in disseminating and indining information in expert speeches on the issues of WP1 and WP2. In addition, SYKE will actively participate in the dialogue with various stakeholders during the CircVol 2 -project regarding the implementation and application of carbon footprint calculation. | https://www.syke.fi/en-US/Research__Development/Research_and_development_projects/Projects/CircVol_2_6Aika_project_Utilization_of_highvolume_side_streams_and_masses_of_soil_in_cities |
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Governments are meant to lead by example. The states that comprise our nation are supposed to replicate and learn from the moral values exemplified by our federal administration. To form a successful nation, states and the national government must join forces to fight for the common prosperity and security of their citizens.
Sadly, in the United States today, this system is completely flip-flopped. The lack of initiative by our current administration has required states to propose their own legislation to address issues imperative to our nation’s progression—issues that are otherwise neglected by governmental powers.
When our cities are flooded by rising sea levels and set aflame by wildfires ripping through communities at record-breaking speeds all as a result of climate change, it would be reasonable to assume that our government—the organization responsible for upholding the safety of citizens—would intervene. Instead, the current administration is doing the exact opposite. Since his first day in office, President Trump has taken aggressive steps to roll back Obama-era regulations regarding carbon emissions; to date, 78 environmental rules and regulations have been abandoned, according to joint research from Harvard and Columbia Law Schools.
As a consequence, our administration is accelerating climate change at an unprecedented rate. At current levels of environmental degradation, half of all plant and animal species face extinction in the next century, and 143 million people will be displaced from their homes by 2050, according to Time Magazine.
Out of fear of the drowned cities, destructive natural disasters and rising death tolls that encompass our future, states have taken it upon themselves to impose regulations on carbon emissions in order to slow the pace of global warming. In an effort to promote the Green New Deal, 21 states have joined together to create the U.S. Climate Alliance, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. The alliance includes nearly half of the U.S. population and would decrease America’s greenhouse gas emissions by one-third, according to The New York Times.
Although the proactiveness of these states is praiseworthy, climate change will not be slowed to a reasonable degree unless every state is on board and the country is collectively held responsible for lowering emission rates. However, this type of nation-wide movement is only possible when backed by the federal government, the same administration that has yet to respond to our planet’s crisis. Beyond uniting the nation in reducing America’s carbon footprint, federal action offers a platform for engaging with other nations in creating international emissions reduction agreements, something that is nearly impossible to accomplish at the state level.
More importantly, the federal government is the sole power that holds the ability to impose nationwide taxes on greenhouse gas emissions, which has been proven to be the most effective way of slowing the pace of climate change. According to a study conducted by professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), implementing a $50 per ton carbon tax and increasing it by five percent per year would lead to a 63 percent reduction in total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. A government-issued carbon tax, such as the one proposed by MIT, would substantially reduce U.S carbon emissions and even surpass the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement—all without requiring copious restrictions or production limits that could hurt businesses and individuals.
Although state action is meaningful and progressive, it is the joint duty of our states and the federal government to protect our citizens and our planet, even though the federal government should be spearheading this effort. As the rapid pace of global warming only continues to accelerate, the federal government must be held responsible for creating and upholding effective climate policy to achieve impactful, long-term reductions in U.S greenhouse gas emissions before an inhabitable future becomes our reality. | https://redwoodbark.org/51690/opinion/global-warning-a-congress-on-cruise-control/ |
In this blog, we'll discuss the purpose of a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in Glasgow, which vehicles are exempt from zone penalties, and how you can take advantage of the council's schemes to invest in a low-emission vehicle such as an E-Bike.
What Is A Low Emission Zone?
A low emission zone is an area with an environmental limit on certain road spaces. Polluting cars often have to pay a fee to drive into the zone. Low emission vehicles (such as PHEVs) will travel at a reduced rate, and zero-emission vehicles will travel for free.
A low emission zone aims to reduce pollution from road vehicles and encourage the public to switch to more sustainable travel to help save the environment and to save money on road fees.
What Is Glasgow's Low Emission Zone?
Whilst Glasgow has been taking steps to reduce its carbon emissions, the City Council reported that as of 2022, harmful nitrogen dioxide is being recorded in the city centre at levels that do not meet statutory objectives.
The main cause of this nitrogen dioxide is pollution from road traffic, so a low emission zone is being implemented to protect public health and air quality. The LEZ will be phased in gradually, so all drivers will be made aware of how it will affect them before it comes into play:
● Phase 1 (buses only) was introduced on 31 December 2018.
● Phase 2 (all vehicles) is in operation and will be enforced from 1 June 2023.
● Enforcement for vehicles registered to residential property within the zone will start on 1 June 2024.
Instead of charging a fee to those who drive into the zone (as they do in LEZs in London), Glasgow Council will charge a penalty of £60 to non-exempt vehicles who drive into the zone, reduced by 50% if paid within two weeks. This penalty will increase if a driver continues to use the zone in a non-exempt vehicle. Automatic Number Plate Recognition will be used to detect vehicles that don't comply with the emission standards.
Road signs signifying the borders of the LEZ will be put up, so drivers are aware when they are entering the zone. You can check if your vehicle meets exemption requirements on the Glasgow Council’s vehicle checker.
Vehicles Exempt From Glasgow's Low Emission Zone Penaltie
There are some vehicles which will be exempt from low emission zone charges. These mostly fall under the categories of emergency, low emission or essential vehicles, some of which include:
● Emergency vehicles
● Vehicles for disabled persons (including blue badge holders)
● Navel, Military or Air Force vehicles
● Historic vehicles
● Motorcycles
● Mopeds
● Motorised tricycles
● Motorised quadricycles
Glasgow Council Announce E-bike Loans
Transport Scotland and Energy Saving Trust will fund E-Bike loans to help make switching to electric vehicles easier for the Glasgow public. The E-Bike loan can help you purchase a new electric bike, including cargo and adapted cycles.
For individuals, the loan is interest-free and repayable over four years. It can be used for:
● 2 x E-Bikes capped at £3,000 each
● 1 x family cargo bike capped at £6,000
● 1 x adapted cycle (value assessed on a case-by-case basis)
The purchased E-Bike must comply with the UK Government's eligibility criteria for Scotland, and you must not pay any money (aside from the deposit) towards the bike before receiving the loan.
E-Bike loans are also available for businesses that want to reduce their carbon footprint by providing more sustainable travel options for employees.
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If your current vehicle is not exempt from the Glasgow LEZ and you need to travel through that area regularly, you should consider switching to a low-emission electric vehicle.
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In order to reduce the company’s taxation debts and also to accomplishtheir responsibilities as an enterprise, the company decided towards investing in CSR.
The CSR shall be managed by the CSR manager of the organization.
Expedia aims towards implementing the CSR activities through following necessary steps that would include the improvement of air quality and other related procedures.
The implementation period of the Expedia’s CSR activities have been decided to be for the duration of six months which would be starting from April 2017 till September 2017.
The allocated budget for their CSR activities has been set as £4.5 million.
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· Encouraging the involvement of the consumers towards reducing the carbon footprints thereby impacting the climate change.
· To increase the waste recycling up to 50% of the total amount of the waste.
· Towards improving the quality of air by reduction in the emission of the Particulate Matter.
· Towards reaching the goal to reduce the average noise produced per flight to 10% till the year 2020 as compared to reduced level till 15% in the year 2016.
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· To implement transport system for disposing the wastes.
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· With the reduction in carbon footprint, there will be an improvement in the quality of air.
· There will be a reduction in the wastes are to reach the landfills.
· The customers shall be actively participating in the CSR activities of the company.
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A PIONEERING STUDY OF THE CARBON FOOTPRINT IN THE GRAND EXPERIMENT FOR DETECTING PARTICLES AND RADIATION FROM SPACE
Large-scale physics and astrophysics experiments gather a large fraction of the scientific staff and absorb a significant part of the science budget. As such, it seems essential to assess their environmental impact. IAP Intern Clarisse Aujoux (ENSTA), and researchers Kumiko Kotera (IAP) and Odile Blanchard (Université Grenoble Alpes) led a pioneering study on the Carbon footprint of the international GRAND Project, published in Astroparticle Physics and Nature Reviews Physics. This study opens the way to controlling the environmental impact of large physics and astrophysics experiments.
The Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection, or GRAND project, is organized and funded by institutions from 11 countries including France, China, the Netherlands, the USA, and Brazil. It aims primarily at detecting neutrinos, cosmic rays (protons or atomic nuclei) as well as gamma rays coming from space with ultra-high energies, in order to understand their astrophysical origins, which are unknown so far. The detection will be performed with a colossal array of 200,000 radio antennas over 200,000 km2 (about the size of England), split into 20 sub-arrays of approximately 10,000 km2 each, that will be deployed worldwide. The strategy of GRAND is to detect the so-called air showers above 1017 electronvolts that are induced by the interaction of the cosmic high-energy particles with the molecules in the atmosphere or the Earth crust: these interactions produce a cascade of particles and an associated electromagnetic radiation in the radio wavelength range from 50 to 200 megahertz.
Figure 1: A prototype GRAND antenna being tested at the deployment site of the 300 antenna pathfinder, GRANDProto300, in the Qinhai Province, China. Photo credit: GRAND collaboration.
A staged construction plan aiming at validating the key techniques of the array, while achieving important science goals in the physics of ultra-high energy cosmic rays, radio astronomy, and cosmology early during construction, has been adopted by the collaboration. A “pathfinder” array of 300 antenna, named GRANDProto300, is planned to be deployed in 2021 (Fig. 1). It aims at demonstrating autonomous radio detection of inclined air showers (coming from a direction close to the horizon), and make measurements of the composition and the muon content of cosmic rays at energies around 1016.5 to 1018 electronvolts. The first 10,000-antenna sub-array (GRAND10k) is planned to be deployed in the mid-2020s, and will have the sensitivity to detect the first ultra-high energy neutrinos. In its final configuration GRAND200k, planned for the 2030s, the experiment is expected to reach neutrinos flux sensitivities 100 times better than in current experiments, and to locate their astrophysical sources of emission with an angular resolution of less than a degree on the sky, therefore opening the door to ultra-high energy neutrino astronomy on the sky.
The GRAND collaboration is concerned about its environmental impact, and a “GRAND Carbon Committee” was set up. As the experiment is in its prototyping stage, it is the appropriate time to make decisions according to environmental criteria. The first step towards taking such measures is to estimate the carbon footprint of the experiment, and assess the major sources of emission. A pioneering study of the global carbon footprint assessment of the GRAND experiment was conducted by Clarisse Aujoux (Masters’ intern at the Institut d’astrophysique de Paris, student of the École Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées - ENSTA), Kumiko Kotera (researcher at the Institut d’astrophysique de Paris, co-spokeperson of the GRAND collaboration), and Odile Blanchard (professor of economics at the Université Grenoble Alpes, one of the coordinators of Labos1point5).
The study they have performed focuses on the greenhouse gas emissions originating from three sources: travel, digital technologies and hardware equipment. Interestingly, it was found that these emission sources have a different impact depending on the stages of the experiment (Fig. 2 and 3). Digital technologies and travel prevail for the small-scale prototyping phase (GRANDProto300), whereas hardware equipment (material production and transportation) and data transfer and storage largely outweigh the other emission sources in the final large-scale phase (GRAND200k). In the mid-scale phase (GRAND10k), the three sources contribute nearly equally.
Figure 2: Roadmap of the GRAND project showing the different stages of the project, with information on the envisioned set-up, the staff growth of the collaboration, and the major greenhouse gas emission sources with their contribution in tCO2e/yr (total number of tons of equivalent CO2 emission per year), as well as the fractions originating from the digital, travel and hardware components of the project (source: Aujoux, Kotera & Blanchard, 2021, https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.02049.pdf)
Figure 3: Projected distribution of greenhouse gas emissions from all sources for the planned arrays at the various stages of the GRAND project: GRANDProto300, GRAND10k and GRAND200k. The title indicates the total number of tons of equivalent CO2 emission per year due to each source at each stage of the experiment (source: Aujoux, Kotera & Blanchard, 2021, https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.02049.pdf).
The study has initiated numerous discussions within the collaboration, as various types of actions may be implemented to mitigate the carbon footprint of GRAND, at all stages of the project deployment:
— Travel emissions may be reduced by encouraging local collaborators to perform on-site missions or by having international collaborators stay longer on the site of the experiment, rather than doing multiple trips of only a few days. Travel emission may also be reduced by optimizing the location of the meetings, limiting the number of attendees from the collaboration, opting for some virtual meetings, and combining virtual and physical meetings.
— Options to reduce emissions from digital technologies include the reduction in the volume of data to be archived. The collaboration is already developing data reduction strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of data transfer and storage by a factor of 10,000 to 100,000. It was also found that shipping regularly the disks containing the archival data by airmail would be largely less emitting than transferring the data via the internet. As for the emissions from simulations and data analysis, the challenge is to reduce the millions of computing hours expected to be spent yearly. Incentives to weigh the cost/benefit ratio of the simulation runs may contribute to lower the carbon footprint in the years to come.
— Mitigating the emissions from manufacturing and hauling the hardware equipment will be a top priority for the design of the GRAND200k phase, as these emissions are projected to weigh most of the carbon footprint in that final configuration of the project. The plans include optimizing the environmental cost of the materials used for the antennas, the solar panels and the batteries, establishing a recycling plan, and monitoring the transportation from the production sites to the antenna array sites.
This study was published in a Nature Reviews Physics article. The presented methodology is fully transparent and uses open source data, making the method replicable to any other scientific consortium. The GRAND collaboration will take several actions in response to this study. The various action plans proposed for each emission source will be documented in a GRAND “Green Policy”, which each collaboration member will be encouraged to follow, in order to reduce the collective carbon footprint of the project. | http://www.iap.fr/actualites/laune/2021/CarboneGrand/CarboneGrand-en.html |
In this report, the German Environment Ministry (BMUB) and the environmental and development organisation Germanwatch present new recommendations and criteria for climate protection projects in the forest sector that plan to generate emission certificates for the voluntary carbon market. It aims to provide clear guidance for the application of one or more REDD+ standards to be used under the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of BMUB and others. This will provide better orientation for anyone looking for meaningful and sustainable voluntary greenhouse gas compensation projects that meet ambitious environmental and social standards.
The various certification standards used on the voluntary carbon market have different emphases and in some cases, the quality of the social and environmental provisions varies considerably. Together with Germanwatch, BMUB has therefore developed guidelines for project managers that clearly indicate the minimum requirements for such certification standards.
A joint study by BMUB and Germanwatch provides the basis for these guidelines. It focuses on four criteria: climate integrity, biodiversity conservation, human and community rights, stakeholder participation and sustainable community development, and sustainability. Based on these criteria, eight existing certification standards were assessed in the study.
As a result, BMUB and Germanwatch recommend a combination of existing standards, which certify emission reductions as well as provisions related to biodiversity and social issues. These are the existing certification standards:
- Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) or American Carbon Registry Forest Carbon Project Standard (ACR) to assess emission reductions
- Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standard (CCBS) to assess compliance with biodiversity and social provisions
VCS and CCBS are both standards that have been practically tested and that are already frequently applied in combination. The guidelines that are now being presented go one step further and include additional requirements: taking greater consideration of human rights and aligning the projects with the objectives of national forest policies. Moreover, the success of the guidelines will depend on their practical implementation by certifying organisations, civil society and governments. | https://www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/news/article/voluntary_compensation |
The Charlottetown Airport Authority (CAA) recognizes the effects that airport activities and associated carbon emission have on the environment and we want to do our part in helping to reduce these impacts. Starting in 2018, CAA will be partaking in the International Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) program, which promotes environmental efficiently and carbon reduction. The program will be put into place to manage, reduce, and ultimately neutralize Charlottetown Airport’s carbon footprint through four levels.
Using 2017 as the base year, the first level of the program will be to monitor base level carbon emissions from airport controlled sources over several years. The second level is achieved once a reduction in emissions is evident over sequential years and a Carbon Reduction Plan (CRP) is created, which involves implementing carbon management strategies and setting targets for carbon reductions. The third level of the program involves extending the scope of emissions to include tenant and public emissions within the airport property and involving tenants and the public in the CRP. The fourth and final level of the ACA program is neutrality, which involves implementing strategies to offset the carbon emissions from the airport that could not be reduced in previous levels. This level is the most complicated one, which will take the longest period of time and will most likely require involvement from external help.
To ensure the effectiveness of this policy, CAA will track annual greenhouse gas emissions, implement carbon reduction initiatives wherever feasible, and report annually to the ACA to maintain certification. The goals of this policy are fully supported by CAA CEO who will review the policy on a regular basis and ensures full co-operation at all times. | http://flypei.com/aca_policy |
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GreenPort Congress to be held in 2019’s European Green Capital
GreenPort Cruise & Congress 2019 is heading to Oslo from 16-18 October 2019.
GreenPort Congress 2019 will highlight the latest in environmental challenges and how ports can improve their carbon footprint in one of Europe’s most environmentally conscious cities, Oslo.
The Port of Oslo, Norway, is one of Europe's most ambitious and active cities for implementing environmental strategies. The city was recently awarded the title of ‘2019’s European Green Capital’, further supporting the port and city’s efforts to protect its surrounding environment and promote sustainable living.
Tackling climate change is a high priority for Oslo, with the city setting clear aims and targets to tackle the growing issue. Aims include; cutting emissions by 50% by 2020 (compared to 1990), becoming carbon neutral by 2050 and introducing innovations within transport infrastructure. Oslo has introduced a range of initiatives to achieve these ambitious targets, including the promotion of zero emissions transport. The city has become the ‘Electric Vehicle Capital of the World’, with 30% of all vehicles now sold in the city being electric.
The port has specifically aimed to reduce 85 % of its CO2 emissions by 2030 (action plan adopted by City Council - Nov 14th 2018) and by moving cargo from road to sea transport, aims to reduce both air pollution and carbon emissions by at least 50%. In addition, the port is working on projects to build infrastructure for emission free solutions, as well as developing shore power for ships.
The GreenPort Cruise & Congress brings together the whole port community and is a platform for the exchange of information on the latest in sustainable environmental practice. Experts from the Port of Oslo will be present at the conference, speaking to delegates on how they can adapt the same tactics for their own port environments. The event will assist maritime ports and terminals in reducing their carbon footprints whilst becoming more sensitive to environmental considerations, which is vital to their future success. | https://www.mercatormedia.com/news/greenport-congress-to-be-held-in-2019s-european-green-capital |
Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting: official guidance published
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published updated Environmental Reporting Guidance which incorporates the new Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) framework.
On 1 April 2019, SECR is being brought in by the government as it looks to enable businesses in Britain to improve their energy efficiency by at least 20% by 2030.
SECR will replace the reporting element of the scrapped CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (the allowance costs associated with this are being moved into the Climate Change Levy, which will increase in April 2019).
Under SECR, large UK organisations will be required to report their energy use, carbon emissions and energy efficiency measures in their annual reports. The introduction of this new carbon compliance framework aims to reduce some of the administrative burden of overlapping schemes and improve the visibility of energy and carbon emissions when CRC ends.
SECR will affect around 12,000 companies in the UK, 8,000 more than were required to comply with the CRC. Read more about which businesses qualify for the SECR, and which are exempt.
The new guidance document on SECR aims to helps businesses across the UK (in scope of the 2018 Regulations) comply with their legal obligations that come into force on 1 April 2019. It also outlines additional voluntary information that is likely to be useful to qualifying organisations and a wide range of stakeholders.
You can read the latest guidance here.
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In April 2018, the IMO adopted a strategy to reduce GHG emissions from shipping to align the sector with the Paris Agreement climate goals.
The strategy aims to reduce the carbon intensity of international shipping by at least 40% from the 2008 level by 2030 and to pursue efforts to reduce emissions intensity 70% by 2050. It also proposes to cut absolute GHG emissions by at least 50% by 2050, and thereafter to attempt to eliminate them altogether.
The consequences of this strategy will be far-reaching, as energy-efficient technologies and fuel switching must be adopted more quickly than ever before.
However, even with all policy measures currently in place and proposed, CO2 emissions from international shipping are projected to be 50% higher in 2040 than they were in 2008. This gap reveals the urgent need for policy action.
The only IMO regulations currently in place that directly address GHG emissions from ships are in the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), an efficiency standard for new ships, and the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP).
Under these policies, average fleet energy efficiency improvements of only 1% annually between 2015 and 2025. Under the NPS, which takes the impact of the EEDI into account, carbon intensity per unit of transport work decreases by only 35% during 2010‑30, falling well short of the IMO targets.
There is an even larger gap between the uptake of low-carbon fuels expected under current and announced policies and the level required under the SDS: only 3% of maritime fuel demand is met by low-carbon fuels in 2040 under the present framework, compared with the 25% prescribed in the SDS.
This wide discrepancy between the two scenarios illustrates the urgent need for policy action to drive a shift to low-carbon fuels in international shipping.
Recommended actions
While the IMO Initial GHG Strategy includes a list of possible short-, medium- and long-term measures, the EEDI and SEEMP are the only emissions regulations currently in place. Implementation of strategy measures is still under discussion at the IMO.
Shipping decarbonisation requires swift implementation and scale-up of new measures such as a more aggressive EEDI, a mechanism to raise operational efficiency, a low-carbon fuel mandate or standard, and a carbon pricing mechanism. These measures need to be implemented before 2023, at which time the IMO’s initial strategy calls for specific measures, and scaled up rapidly to meet long-term IMO targets.
In the OECD delegation’s submission to the IMO, numerous measures were recommended to align international shipping with the SDS, including:
- Strengthening the EEDI to require that all new ships entering the fleet be at least 60% more efficient than the EEDI baseline by 2030 (50% for container ships).
- Implementing an operational efficiency standard ensuring that ships still in use in 2030 are nearly 20% more efficient than the EEDI baseline (around 15% for container ships).
- Implementing a mechanism enabling the adoption of low-carbon fuels (e.g. a low-carbon fuel standard or mandate) to reduce the average well-to-wheel carbon intensity of marine fuels by close to 10% from the 2015 level by 2030, and by nearly 50% by 2050.
- Developing and adopting a CO2 pricing system for maritime fuels.
Innovation gaps
To put international shipping on the SDS trajectory, it is essential to switch to low- and zero-carbon fuels, as they barely figure in the maritime fuel mix.
Interest in using alternative fuels such as ammonia, hydrogen or advanced biodiesel and ammonia mounted significantly after the IMO adopted its initial strategy to reduce GHG emissions from ships by 2050. This agreement happened shortly before the implementation of Emission Control Areas (which limit sulphur oxide [SOx] and particulate matter [PM] emissions near ports) and tighter sulphur emission regulations, which will come into force in 2020.
Although advanced biofuels, hydrogen and ammonia are potential low-carbon options to replace conventional fuels, an important uptake barrier is their high cost compared with conventional fuels. In the cases of ammonia and hydrogen, another barrier is the lack of infrastructure.
In addition to diversifying the sources of maritime fuel supplies, adopting alternative fuels would help meet the tighter sulphur standards coming into effect in 2020; alternatives to bunker fuel will also be needed to meet SOx and PM emissions limits near a growing number of the world's ports (Emission Control Areas). These near-term air pollution targets can generally be met by switching to low-sulphur diesel or investing in scrubbers, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) is also an option because it does not emit SOx.
Oil demand in this fast-growing sector is set to rise 20% (to 6 million barrels per day) by 2030 unless measures are taken to enforce the IMO’s long-term GHG emissions target. Ship owners must therefore make some important decisions very soon.
In the long term, GHG emissions from international shipping must be cut by at least 50% by 2050. A challenge to meeting this IMO target is that ship lifetimes generally span two to three decades. However, depending on eventual costs and incentives, using ammonia or hydrogen could be a solution.
Additional resources
This commentary describes the outcome of the negotiations on the IMO Initial GHG Strategy in April 2018 and explains IEA involvement in this process.
The IEA announces its participation in the negotiations on the IMO Initial GHG Strategy negotiations and explains its input as part of the OECD delegation.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to extend their gratitude to Tristan Smith, of the UCL Energy Institute, for his valuable input and feedback on this section. | https://www.iea.org/reports/tracking-transport-2019/international-shipping |
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Don’t limit lighting to downlights. Depending on the location consider wall sconces or uplighting to create a softer ambiance and avoid potentially harsh downlighting that can cast ominous shadows.
As you evaluate the status of your lighting style keep in mind that lighting also functions as art that helps define your style set the mood and perform practical tasks. Think of adding light in unexpected places such as a chandelier in the master bathroom. And consider using light in unconventional ways — such as using hanging pendant lights as reading lamps.
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In writing there are so many aspects to consider, how to build your world, how to show and not tell. But what about the location of where you do your writing, does that matter too, to make the perfect scene or perfect chapter?
So, author may say that it doesn’t really matter. But to me, it does have some importance where I sit down to write.
Of course, every time I sit down to write it becomes; My Happy Place!
But the location can actually make a difference to me. Music can do a lot to affect my writing mood, and create an ambiance, allowing me to feel the mood of the scene, and it’s the same for location.
If I have to write a scene where people are going to a crowded place or going out, I like to go to a café, sit down with a good coffee and get to work. I know of course that some people can’t even work with music, let alone in a crowded place, so of course you just gotta create whatever works for you.
When the spring comes, and the temperature rises, I love to go out into nature, and sit down by a lake or something with water, and really use the energy and atmosphere around me.
And that is one of the amazing parts about being an author, (if you have a laptop of course) You are not grounded to one place.
So, ultimately My Happy Place, is wherever I can sit down and dive into my work, the location just sets the mood, and the energy around me, and I try to reap from that, every chance I get.
And it’s important because the mood or atmosphere I’m in actually determines how good my writing will be. I mean if you’re not really motivated, or into writing at all at that time, well most times that will show in your writing. So, I love to give it all, when I sit down to write, it gotta be right.
Feel free to tell me where you like to write, and what motivates you! | https://writerslifes.work/2019/04/10/this-is-my-happy-place/ |
A climatologist is someone who studies climates. Air pollution stays a serious menace to human health, causing one out of eight deaths globally. Beyond the impartial thermosphere is the ionosphere and exosphere These layers are of course attention-grabbing for space explorations and environmental concerns and area sciences.
This research reveals that agricultural emissions are important for air quality and their discount can successfully cut back the concentration of superb particles and their related premature mortality. By contrast, 3D models represent many of the bodily processes of the atmosphere but because of constraints on computer sources may have far fewer chemical reactions and compounds.
Right here we take a look at the chemistry that controls the composition (in the gasoline and aerosol part) of the aerosol part ambiance in the city, background and stratospheric environments. Lastly, three case studies of how this science has been used to find out coverage will probably be introduced protecting city air air pollution, stratospheric ozone loss and local weather change.
The principle subject areas comprise atmospheric modelling, discipline measurements, remote sensing, and laboratory studies of gases, aerosols, clouds and precipitation, isotopes, radiation, dynamics, biosphere interactions, and hydrosphere interactions (for details see journal topic areas ). The journal scope is concentrated on research with normal implications for atmospheric science somewhat than investigations which can be primarily of native or technical interest.
Chemical and bodily processes determine the radiative affect of vital non-CO2 greenhouse gases and aerosols. Specific experience with atmospheric pressure ion sources for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry is desired…. For comfort of study, atmospheric scientists divide the ambiance as if it consists of 4 layers. | https://www.houstontimespost.com/soil-nitrites-affect-atmospheric-chemistry.html |
"there was an atmosphere of excitement"
ambiance, ambience(noun)
the atmosphere of an environment
Wiktionary
ambiance(Noun)
A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
ambiance(Noun)
A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.
Origin: From ambiance
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ambiance in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ambiance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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à mon avis, ce que nous portons est souvent le reflet de ce que nous ressentons. lorsque nous portons des jeans, il reflète probablement l'ambiance la plus confortable, douce et chaleureuse que nous sommes dans ce jour-là. Je pense aussi que chaque fois qu'un beauté ou un génie porte des jeans, il fait sûrement déclaration de mode les plus percutants.
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The Cloud Hubs in AWS tab provides the AWS account details and EC-V deployment configuration details for all cloud EC-Vs that have been deployed.
Use this tab to:
Create and modify AWS accounts
Deploy EC-Vs in the AWS cloud
Remove an AWS cloud deployment
NOTE: Before you can deploy EC-Vs to the AWS cloud, you must perform several tasks in AWS. For more information, see AWS Account Configuration.
The following table describes each field on this tab.
|Field||Description|
|Name||Name given on the deployment configuration page.|
|VPC||CIDR block used for deployment.|
|Account||Name of the AWS account that was used to deploy the EC-Vs.|
|Instances||Number of EC-V instances in the deployment. To add one or more EC-Vs to the deployment, click +Add. In the New Instance on AWS dialog box, select the availability zone to use and any optional tags to apply to the new instance.|
Max indicates that the maximum number of instances have been created for the VPC CIDR block.
|Status||Status of the deployment. If more information is available, an info icon is displayed.|
NOTE: If the deployment was incomplete, the info dialog contains a link to download the log file and steps to resolve the issue.
|Terminate||To permanently delete a deployment, click Terminate. This action deletes all resources associated with the EC-Vs, including all EC2 resources.|
|Deployment Info||Click the info icon in this column to view deployment and instance details, including the IP addresses associated with the mgmt0, wan0, and lan0 interfaces.|
|Resources||Click the info icon in this column to view details about each AWS resource that Orchestrator created during the deployment. This information is helpful when, for example, you need to identify the IP address of a security group to add a user to.|
|Comment||Comments that were added to the deployment when the EC-V was created. To edit the comment, click the edit icon.|
Create or Modify an AWS Account
To create or modify an AWS account to Orchestrator:
Click AWS Accounts.
The AWS Accounts dialog box opens.
Click New AWS Account or click the edit icon next to the account you want to edit.
The AWS Account Configuration dialog box opens.
Complete or modify the elements as necessary.
Deploy a New EC-V
Click New Deployment to deploy one or more EC-V instances in AWS.
Remove an EC-V
If a deployment does not complete or you no longer want the EC-V in the AWS cloud, you can remove the deployment and all associated artifacts.
To remove a deployment, locate the deployment you want to remove, and then click Terminate in the desired row.
AWS Accounts
The AWS Accounts dialog box lists all of the AWS accounts that have been added.
Click Add AWS Account to create a new account for EC-V deployments.
Click the edit icon next to an existing account to modify that account’s details.
NOTE: You cannot modify accounts that have active deployments.
AWS Account Configuration
Complete the following steps to create an AWS IAM user account with the required permissions for creating EC-V instances in AWS.
Create a Policy with Required Permissions
Log in to the AWS Dashboard.
On the Find Services search menu, enter
IAMto open the Identity and Access Management (IAM) page.
Under Access Management, click Policies. The Policies page opens.
Click Create policy and click the JSON tab.
Delete the existing text.
Go to this web page, click the link for your version of Orchestrator, and then copy and paste the JSON policy text into the editor.
Click Next: Tags.
(Optional) Add metadata to the policy by attaching tags as key-value pairs.
On the Review policy page, enter a name and optional description for the new policy.
Review the policy summary to see the permissions granted by your policy, and then click Create policy to save your work.
Attach Policy to the Orchestrator IAM User Account
Click Users > Add user. The Add user page opens.
Enter a user name in the User name field (for example, ArubaOrchestrator).
Under Access type, select Programmatic access, and clear the AWS Management Console access check box.
Click Next: Permissions.
Under Set Permissions, click Attach existing policies.
Select the Policy document you created from the list, and then click Next: Review.
Under Permissions summary, click Add permissions.
Download Orchestrator IAM User Account Credentials
On the Users page, click the Security credentials tab.
Download or copy and paste the Access key ID and Secret key ID to a secure place for later use.
Create a Key Pair to Assign to EC‑Vs
Review the instructions on this page to create a key pair on the AWS region where you plan to deploy the EC-V.
Add the AWS Account to Orchestrator
Complete the following fields for Orchestrator, and then click Save when finished.
|Field||Description|
|Name||Enter a unique name. If you have multiple AWS accounts, you must enter a unique name for each account.|
|Access Key||Enter the Orchestrator IAM user’s Access Key ID that you saved earlier.|
|Secret Key||Enter the Orchestrator IAM user’s Secret Key ID that you saved earlier.|
|Comment||Enter a comment that provides any additional information about the AWS account.|
Orchestrator validates the account information. This takes approximately 45 seconds.
AWS Deployment Configuration
Use the AWS Deployment Configuration page to create one or more EC-V instances in an AWS region.
NOTE: If you do not have an AWS account configured in Orchestrator, the AWS Deployment Configuration dialog box is blank. Click the Accounts link to create an AWS account.
|Field||Description|
|Name||Enter a name for the deployment. This name is used only for identifying the deployment. A deployment consists of one or more EC-Vs that an Orchestrator creates in an AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). Only alphanumerical letters and hyphens are allowed in the deployment name. The maximum allowed length is 20 characters.|
|AWS Account||Select an AWS account to use for deploying the EC-V.|
|Region||Select an AWS region where you want to deploy the EC-V.|
|VPC CIDR||Enter a VPC Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) block. The smallest supported CIDR block is /24 and the largest supported CIDR block is /16. Orchestrator creates all AWS resources required for the EC-V deployment within this VPC. For each EC-V you deploy, Orchestrator creates three subnets that are /28 in size. In other words, if you deploy two EC-Vs, Orchestrator creates six subnets in total. This is true even if both EC-Vs are created in a single Availability Zone.|
|SSH Key||Select an existing AWS key pair to assign to the EC-V. A key pair must be created prior to the deployment.|
|Boost (Optional)||Boost requires additional resources on an AWS EC2 instance. After Boost and an appropriate WAN Bandwidth value are selected, Orchestrator displays the appropriate AWS instance types for the deployment on the Instance Type drop-down menu.|
NOTE: Selecting the Boost check box does not enable Boost on the EC-V. It only allows Orchestrator to display appropriate AWS instance types that can support Boost for the selected WAN bandwidth. To enable Boost on the EC-V, go to the Deployment page and the Business Intent Overlay (BIO) page after the deployment is complete.
|WAN Bandwidth||The Bandwidth drop-down list displays the current EdgeConnect license tiers. After you select a WAN Bandwidth value, Orchestrator displays the appropriate AWS instance types for the deployment on the Instance Type drop-down menu.|
|Instance Type||Based on your selection of Boost and WAN Bandwidth values, Orchestrator displays the appropriate AWS instance types on this drop-down menu.|
|AWS Tags (Optional)||Any comma-separated tags entered here are applied to all AWS resources that Orchestrator creates while deploying the EC-V. If you do not enter any tags, Orchestrator automatically creates a unique tag for each AWS resource that it creates while deploying the EC-V. This AWS tag is created to identify each resource created by Orchestrator. The tag is formatted as follows: sp-automated-deployment name-instance-index-resource name.|
|Comment (Optional)||Enter an optional comment if you want to attach any additional details for the deployment.|
|Advanced Settings||Custom AMI ID: If you want to deploy the EC-V with a specific public or private image, provide the AMI ID. You can obtain the AMI ID from the AWS console.|
Leave this field blank to allow Orchestrator to deploy the EC-V with the base AMI obtained from the AWS Marketplace.
|Horizontally Scale||You can deploy multiple EC-Vs by clicking + and selecting the Availability Zone for each EC-V. If the selected region supports multiple Availability Zones, each Availability Zone is shown on the drop-down menu. When deploying multiple EC-Vs, it is best practice to deploy each EC-V in a unique Availability Zone.|
|Appliance Tag (Optional)||Enter an Appliance Tag on this field if you want to assign a pre-configuration file to the deployment. If this field is left blank, Orchestrator will automatically assign an Appliance Tag for its own configuration purposes.|
When you have completed all of the required fields, click Review and Deploy. Review the configuration summary, and click Deploy to create the EC-V instances. | https://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/sdwan/docs/orch/configuration/cloud/cloud-hubs-aws/ |
Orchestrator modern folders help you containerize actions, processes, and users.
By default, actions are generated in the same folder as the corresponding processes. Only the users in that folder can access the actions based on their roles and permissions, as follows:
- Multiple users see all unassigned actions in the specified folder.
- An action user sees only their assigned actions (in the Pending tab).
As soon as an action gets assigned, it transitions from the Unassigned tab to the Pending tab of the assigned user.
- An action admin sees all pending actions and has the option to reassign them to other users, if needed.
Redirecting actions to specific folders
To control which users can access specific actions through folders:
- Create a folder.
- Make sure the users or groups that need to access the actions are assigned to the folder.
- Inside your workflow in Studio, use the Orchestrator Folder Path property to redirect the action creation or assignment to the desired folder.
Find the Orchestrator Folder Path property in activities such as Create Form Task and Assign Task.
Redirecting an action assignment or creation to a different folder allows you to control who can access the actions, as you can add or remove specific users to the folder.
For a more granular user restriction, assign them specific roles and permissions inside the desired folder. | https://docs.uipath.com/action-center/v0/docs/access-control |
The Orchestrator installation process asks for a number of settings. In this video Dan covers single versus multiple server deployments as well as other installation details.
- This video we'll focus on Microsoft System Center 2016 Orchestrator and the installation planning process. So let's talk about what it is that we need to consider before we actually get to the instillation of our Orchestrator ecosystem. The first thing we'll do is talk about whether we would have a single versus multiple servers. Orchestrator supports running within a physical or a virtual machine environment, but the operating system needs to be at least Windows Server 2012 R2.
Server 2016 is also supported, but not in the Server Core format. Server Core is an option whereby we don't have the graphical user interface portion on the Windows Server. And that is actually required for System Center Orchestrator 2016. If we go with the single server it means that we're installing all of the System Center Orchestrator components on the same host, and that may or may not include the sequel server which hosts the Orchestrator database.
Now if we have multiple servers in our environment we're essentially spreading out the Orchestrator roles across multiple hosts. And we would do this in a larger environment to increase things like Runbook capacity so that we could run more concurrent Runbooks because we've got multiple servers, and also it lends itself to resiliency to failure since components are not all running on the same host at the same time. But we shouldn't install Orchestrator on a domain controller computer. Really we should never install anything additional on an active directory domain controller where possible.
The other thing that we should also bear in mind is that the Deployment Manager tool which gets installed with Orchestrator can also be used after initial instillation to deploy some new items like Runbook Designers or new Runbook Servers. There are a couple of Orchestrator 2016 Services that will result from our installation, and if we install all of the roles on the same server then they'll all be installed on the same host. And they can actually all also use the same service account.
So the first service is the Orchestrator Management Service. This talks to the System Center Orchestrator database, also Runbook Designers and the Deployment Manager tool. Then we've got the Orchestrator Runbook Server Monitor Service, and like the name implies, it's purpose is to monitor Runbook Server health. Then we've got the Orchestrator Runbook Service, which is part of each Runbook Server. Remember, we only have one management server in our Orchestrator environment, but we could have more than one Runbook Server.
And those Runbook Servers are going to have the Orchestrator Runbook Service installed. Then we've got the Orchestrator Remoting Service, which is used by the Deployment Manager tool to connect to other hosts to install things like Runbook Designers, Runbook Servers or even to deploy integration packs out to let's say Runbook Servers. So the Orchestrator Remoting then, uses the local system account when it is running. So let's talk about Service Accounts for a moment.
As pictured in this screen shot, during the installation we get prompted to specify the service account information that we want used. Now if we have all services running on one server then they can use the same service account, they don't have to. Now, depending on what activities within your Runbooks are running, so depending on what they're doing will determine if any additional permissions might be needed. But depending on the activity within the Runbook, you can also specify security credentials that would be used for that specific case.
The service account permissions that are required are granted automatically during installation of Orchestrator, but what they are is to allow logging on locally as service and also the Orchestrator admins role. This is a role that's actually stored within the Orchestrator database, but we don't have to worry about those two things, because again, they're done automatically during the installation. When we do the Orchestrator installation it's going to check to see whether we've got the dot net framework at least 3.5 Service Pack one installed.
And if not, we will be prompted to do that. IIS or the Microsoft Internet Information Services web server is also required. However, it will be installed if it's not already there. Also, it's going to result in an Orchestrator Users Group in Active Directory. Now this is after the installation completes. We'll be prompted during the installation about this. So what this group does, is it grants permissions to use things like the Runbook Designer where Runbook authors could create and manage Runbooks.
It also grants permission to use the Deployment Manager tool, that's more of an admin tool. Which would be used for things like the deployment of Runbook Designers, or Runbook Servers or deploying Integration Packs for additional capabilities. On the database side, when we think about the sequel server that will host the Orchestrator database, we get prompted with this information during installation as seen in the screenshot. Where we can specify the sequel server name we want to connect to, we can specify the port number, the default is port 1433.
We can determine whether we want to authenticate using Windows or sequel authentication. And also, we can test the connectivity with the test database connection button. Now as we keep continuing through this wizard, we will also be prompted to either create a new Orchestrator database where we can specify the name or we can use an existing one. The installation will also prompt us for web services ports. The web service by default uses port 81.
And the console, the Orchestration console uses port 82. So this means that we're going to end up with two different websites that will show up within Microsoft IIS where the web service is essentially used for the REST API exposure of Orchestrator items. And the Orchestration Console is for monitoring and doing some very basic Runbook management.
Released10/4/2017
This course teaches administrators how to automate the monitoring and deployment of data center resources using Orchestrator 2016. Instructor Daniel Lachance begins with a discussion of Orchestrator components and interactions, and walks through the installation of an Orchestrator environment. Then he explores Runbook Designer, the tool for creating various automation solutions related to file management, user onboarding, and more. Follow along and learn how to create your own runbooks with this integral tool, and optimize and reduce your workload. | https://www.lynda.com/System-Center-Configuration-Manager-tutorials/Plan-Orchestrator-deployment/616729/660391-4.html |
If you are looking for the best location for your video, there are a few things that you should take into consideration from a technical standpoint.
First, you want to make sure that the location is visually appealing. You want to find something that is aesthetically pleasing and not cluttered with unnecessary objects.
Second, you need to think about the lighting. It is important that the light reflects off of your subject in a way that makes them look their best. If you are filming outside, it is important to wait until dusk so that there are more shadows being cast by the sun on your subject.
Third, think about what kind of background noise will be present in this location. If you are filming inside of a busy coffee shop or another noisy location, then it may be best to find a quieter spot unless that place is crucial for production. You can also work around this with a pro crew if need be.
Ok, let us dive deeper into the stuff that you actually care about/need….
Start with your goal and your purpose
The best location for your video depends on the goal you are trying to achieve. If you want to create a video that will be shared widely, then you should create it in an interesting location. If you want to create a video with high production value, then you should create it in a professional studio or setting.
Once the goal is clear, discover the purpose behind or for the video…
We all know that videos are a great way to engage with your audience and build connections with people. And while you may think that it doesn’t really matter where you film your video, it actually does. The location where you film your video can have an impact on how well it performs and how many views it gets.
The best location for your video can be the most difficult part of the process. So, It is important to consider the purpose of your video, who you are targeting, and what you want them to do.
What mood are you trying to convey – based on goal and purpose
The next thing you want to do is find a location that matches the mood you want to create with your video. The atmosphere created by a certain location can have an impact on the viewer’s perception of your content. For example, if you are shooting a horror film, it would make sense to shoot in an abandoned building or at night when there is less light pollution from other sources.
Work with a pro team to create the perfect atmosphere, mood, and scene.
Finally, consider what is needed for the type of video you want – objectively
The final thing to consider is the type of video you are making. If you’re shooting a commercial, you may want to film in an office or store front where your product can be seen. If you’re doing a documentary, you may want to film in a natural environment like the woods or beach.
If filming on location is not possible, then there are many other options available to create the perfect setting for your video. You can use green screens or chroma key technology to change the background of your computer screen so it looks like you’re outside when really it
Hopefully, you learned a thing or two; and good luck with picking the perfect location for your video, setting it up, and crushing it. | https://latentproductions.com/2022/01/23/how-to-pick-or-locate-the-perfect-location-setting-for-your-video/ |
Verify that vCenter Server is installed and running.
Do not reduce the default memory size, because the Orchestrator server requires at least 2 GB of free memory.
If your system is isolated and without Internet access, you must download the .ova file for the appliance from the VMware Web site.
Click Integrations > Add Integration > vRealize Orchestrator.
Click the SaaS-Enabled Orchestrator link to download the vRealize Orchestrator OVA application.
In the vSphere Web Client, select an inventory object that is a valid parent object of a virtual machine, such as a data center, folder, cluster, resource pool, or host.
Select Actions > Deploy OVF Template.
Navigate to the location where the .ova file was saved and click Next.
Review the OVF template details and click Next.
Enter a name and location for the deployed appliance, and click Next.
Select a host, cluster, resource pool, or vApp as a destination on which you want the appliance to run, and click Next.
Select a format in which you want to save the virtual disk and the storage of the appliance.
Creates a virtual disk in a default thick format. The space required for the virtual disk is allocated when the virtual disk is created. If any data remains on the physical device, it is not erased during creation, but is zeroed out on demand later on first write from the virtual machine.
Supports clustering features such as Fault Tolerance. The space required for the virtual disk is allocated when the virtual disk is created. If any data remains on the physical device, it is zeroed out when the virtual disk is created. It might take much longer to create disks in this format than to create disks in other formats.
Saves hard disk space. For the thin disk, you provision as much datastore space as the disk requires based on the value that you select for the disk size. The thin disk starts small and, at first, uses only as much datastore space as the disk needs for its initial operations.
Select the options that you want to enable and set the initial password for the root user account.
Your initial password must be at least eight characters long.
(Optional) Configure the network settings, and click Next.
By default, the Orchestrator Appliance uses DHCP. You can change this setting and assign a fixed IP address from the appliance Web console.
The Orchestrator Appliance is successfully deployed. | https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-Assembly/services/Using-and-Managing/GUID-D226EFA4-CC51-4A7A-B9C2-96EA03E518ED.html |
Andraursuta.com – Do you have an eclectic basement? Is it just a mess of a place or is there some real potential for turning it into an amazing and attractive space? Have you ever been thinking about doing an eclectic basement remodel but you aren’t sure how to begin? This article will talk about the basics of what constitutes an eclectic basement and give you some tips on how to get started.
The Specialty of The Eclectic Basement
What is so fascinating about this room of the house? Well, the fact that it is the dark and cold center of the home makes it ideal for crafting mood lighting and bringing in soft, ambient colors like cream, blue, and green. If you’re lucky enough to have flooring that is easy to clean and you can keep it looking like new year after year, then your basement will be a great canvas for your decorating skills. But, if you’re stuck for ideas, here are some guidelines that may help:
First, keep in mind that this room of the house is one that is constantly changing. Your life moves forward and when you’re thinking about renovating, you need to realize that there are lots of possibilities where this space is concerned. For instance, maybe you grew up in a home where there was a large family all around. Now, you’re one single person with three or four kids and you’re building a home of your own.
Second, consider the way your life is evolving. Are you moving into a bigger place? Do you have plans to eventually buy a home in a different neighborhood? It would make sense for you to consider how this basement space could be used now and how you might want to use it in the future.
Creating an Atmosphere Looks Mysterious
Third, think about the type of things you’ll most like to do in this room. Are there lots of things you’d like to display? Would you like to create a bit of an atmosphere where there’s a bit of an air of mystery? Do you have a love for fine art? Then a fine dining room may be just the room for it!
Fourth, consider what sort of eclectic basement design you want for your home. This will probably differ from the way you plan to use the basement. Do you want it simply as a place to dump all the junk? Or do you want to create a cozy feel where you’ll be surrounded by beautiful things and furniture?
Fifth, consider the ways that you can update this part of your home. If you find something you like in this room, then try to update the decor. Buy some new furniture and display it as much as possible. If you’re moving into a smaller place, then maybe you can change how you use the closet space. You’ll also need to pay attention to how much natural light comes into the basement at all times. Make sure that it gets plenty of sunlight during the day.
Tips for Using the Basement
Finally, think about how to make the most of your newly transformed basement. Put some finishing touches on the walls, update the art and lighting, and use your imagination to add some surprises. The possibilities are endless! With a little work, you’ll have a nice room that adds personality to your home.
What’s the best thing for this room? If you have the money, it might be worth adding a wet bar. This will allow you to serve cocktails from your bar and keep cold drinks off of wooden floors, which is very important if you plan to use this room for parties. If you’re only doing this for company, however, you can simply hang up some bar-height glasses with non-skid backs on the walls and some comfortable barstools around.
The most common use for an eclectic basement is to turn it into a game room. Get some dart boards and plastic billiards tables. Put in a TV with a DVD player and a couch and chairs. Make sure that the room is dark enough so that everyone can hear what’s going on. Add a chalkboard for players to write on and paint the walls to encourage billiards or ping pong.
These are just a few ideas for turning your humble abode into an eclectic basement that will be a home game center for friends and family. If you have the money, put in a game room table and chairs. If not, start with the other rooms on your list and work your way up. By creating a unique living space, your eclectic basement will become more than just a hole in the wall. | https://andraursuta.com/2022/03/03/how-to-turn-your-humble-abode-into-an-eclectic-basement/ |
It is always great to have a large outdoor space in your home as it makes it easier for you to incorporate a variety of designs and improvements. However, it can be overwhelming if you do not know where to start. If you live in upscale subdivisions like Sentosa, where houses have sizable outdoor spaces, you should consider creating a garden. Having a garden provides several benefits such as good ventilation, shade from the heat, fresh ambiance, and cool air. If you want to create an aesthetically pleasing garden, you should know some principles of basic garden landscaping.
How to do Basic Garden Landscaping
Landscaping requires serious commitment as you take a lot of things in consideration, from the planning up to the actual work. However, it can be a fun and rewarding experience, especially if you know the basic garden landscaping principles. If you want to turn your outdoor space into a show-stopping garden, here are some garden landscaping principles that will help you create the garden of your dreams:
If you are having a hard time deciding on what you want your garden to look like, you should look for inspiration around your neighborhood. Upscale subdivisions like Sentosa have impressive landscaping, which is evident in their walkways and recreational areas. Use these as inspiration for your future landscaping project.
Do you have other questions? | https://www.sentosa-laguna.com/article/117/garden-landscaping-a-quick-guide-for-beginners.html |
Beautifully simple, the clean minimalist lines create an instant spatial awareness of the space in which it resides. Multiple lights can combine to create beautiful arrangements, complementing interior design concepts.
The subtle warm glow of the LED creates an ambiance that sets a welcoming mood for any classic interior. | https://www.tudoandco.com/products/sutikku-minimalist-led-wall-light |
Position Description:
Body Engineering - Design & Release Engineer for Body Structures.
* Design & release sheet-metal components and assemblies for various body structure & closures systems. Includes front end & underbody, upper-body and closures (doors, hoods, decklids & liftgates, static & dynamic sealing.)
* Implement product development process including product planning, development, validation & launch.
* Ensure products meet function, quality, cost, weight, and timing requirements.
Skills Required:
- Design and Release of components and assemblies
- Associated project management from concept to physical parts/assemblies, testing/validation, and launch.
- Ability to achieve product function, quality, cost, weight, timing, and attributes requirements.
Skills Preferred:
- Good communication skills, capability with Microsoft Suite of products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Experience/familiarity with GD&T
Experience Required:
- D&R engineering in sheet metal body structures, closures, stamping & body construction, static sealing, and/or dynamic sealing within the last 2 years OEM or Tier 1 Supplier.
- Includes upfront design & package of parts, build/testing and prove out and production launch.
- Experience/capability with CATIA v5 or similar CAD software, particularly performing studies and viewing capability.
- Familiarity with stamping process, including hot and cold stamped steels, Advanced High Strength steels, SMC, hydroforming and other lightweight materials such as aluminum and magnesium stampings and castings.
Experience Preferred:
* Will consider: - D&R experience in non-sheet-metal automotive commodities such as Safety Systems, Exterior/Interior Trim, Chassis within the last 2 years. - Familiarity only with sheet metal structures, closures, stamping, body construction, static or dynamic sealing and CAD in the case of recent graduate.
Education Required:
* BS or MS in Engineering. | https://optimalinc.recruitpro.com/jobs/100330.html |
VIRTUALCOMP project is in line with the APC project (Skywin) with a particular emphasis on the establishment of a stand alone numerical simulation platform used in all composite applications for aeronautic sector.
In particular, the software platform developed will be applicable to the modeling and design of advanced composite structures obtained by foldes spreading techniques on complex geometries but also the latest technology for automated fiber placement developed for the aerospace industry.
Virtual Manufacturing methods for composite structures and their effects on the behavior of the final material and of composite structures are one of the most innovative objective of this project.
The project is critical for the aerospace industry and the numerical simulation software industry. Indeed the market of CAE software is constantly evolving in the direction of more performance and the aeronautical industry must reduce aircraft’s weight and increase their knowledge of the latest techniques, such as the fiber placement tools. | https://www.skywin.be/en/projets-labelise/swvirtualcomp |
Professor Jianguo Lin, FREng, is a TATA Steel and Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair and Head of Mechanics of Materials Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK. Professor Lin's research expertise is in Materials and process modelling, Solid/Computational Mechanics, and their applications in advanced plasticity manufacturing technologies.
He joined Imperial College from the University of Birmingham in 2008 and established the Metal-forming and Materials Modelling Group at Imperial. The Group has developed a number of new processes for forming lightweight structural components. He is a Founder and the Director of Impression Technologies Ltd (a Spin-off company of Imperial College), which is resulted from one of their patented techniques on hot stamping of high strength aluminium alloys.
Abstract: HFQ®-Aluminium: Experimentation, modelling and application for stamping lightweight, complex-shaped, high strength panel structures
A novel forming technology, Heat treating, Forming and in-die Quenching (HFQ®), has been developed for producing lightweight, complex-shaped, high strength sheet metal components which, by enabling lighter weight structures to be used, will enhance the environmental friendliness of automobiles and land and air transport in general. By utilising the greater ductility of aluminium alloy at elevated temperature and retaining the ability to easily maximise mechanical properties of the formed heat treatable aluminium alloys, single-piece components can be used to replace currently used multi-part structures, such as aluminium alloy car door inner panels. Based on the patented HFQ® aluminium technology, a spin-off company, Impression Technologies Ltd (ITL), was formed with private investment for the commercialisation of the new forming technology. The world’s first HFQ® production line has been developed in partnership with AP&T (Sweden) and installed at ITL in 2016, shown in Fig. 1. The HFQ® technique has been used for the forming of high strength lightweight complex-shaped panel components for a wide range of vehicles in Europe. This presentation comprises a description of some of the scientific investigations undertaken in the development of this process including; novel alloy characterisation techniques, construction of novel computer-based material and process models and determination of process boundary conditions. Applications of HFQ® for automotive, aerospace and railway panel components are illustrated. Analysis has confirmed that using parts made by HFQ® technology could reduce body and chassis structures of passenger cars by 50%, resulting in a fuel saving of 20 to 25% and a reduction in CO2 of 28 to 35%. | https://www.ictp2017.org/conference/plenary-speakers/professor-jianguo-lin |
Within the framework of the research cooperation with Stanford University, Prof. em. Steve Tsai, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klemens Rother at Munich University of Applied Sciences develops new methods for the dimensioning, design and production of continuous fiber reinforced plastics in an international consortium. A special design with high potential for strength, stiffness, cost reduction and lightweight construction are so-called "skin/grid structures", i.e. panels reinforced with crossed ribs.
Click here for the project page Innovative Design and Manufacturing for Fiber Reinforced Plastic Components .
Up to now the work has been limited to thermoset matrix materials with carbon fibers. For thermoplastic materials, high warpage poses great challenges for the production of these structures. At Concordia University an interested and suitable partner could be found in the Dept. of Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Eng., who has the necessary laboratory equipment and experience in the field of fiber reinforced thermoplastic materials and manufacturing processes with Automated Fiber Placement.
Supported by a Mitacs Globalink Research Award, a research grant in Canada at Concordia University in Montreal was financed and made possible for a master student of the Computational Engineering course at our university. In the project ELSTec : Efficient Lightweight Structures by Thermoplastic Composites, both the manufacturing and the process simulation of the production of ribbed panels with endless fiber tapes (PEEK with endless carbon fibers) and the Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) were treated.
In addition to the first production of a low-warpage prototype structure (see figure), the process simulation of the AFP process of thermoplastic fiber tapes was also dealt with. Especially in this field, extensive research activities are planned.
This research will be continued cooperatively within the framework of a Ph.D. project from autumn 2020.
Running duration:
November 2019 – April 2020 - ongoing
Funded by:
Mitacs Globalink Research Award
Project Partners:
Prof. Suong Van Hoa
Prof. Farjad Shadmehri
Dept. of Mechancial, Industrial and Aerospace Eng. | https://www.hm.edu/en/research/projects/project_details/rother/elstec_1.en.html |
This book explains technologies for emergent robotic and computer-controlled fabrication of CFRP, woven, and other types of composite materials. Information is provided on how lay-up, heating, draping, stamp forming, braiding and weaving are carried out by specially designed equipment and how these processes are controlled with real-time data from sensors. Details are given on robotic process control, flaw detection, and quality engineering, as well as on new types of laminates and composites made possible by advanced automation. Technical information is relevant to designing and retrofitting composite manufacturing equipment. Research in the text was originally presented at a Concordia University symposium and is based on work done at German, Dutch, British, and Canadian universities and R&D centers.
From the Preface
(This book) “Presents new methods for heating and new methods for inspection of the quality of the laminates as they are laid. Dry fibers and special laminate and structures deriving from automation (are) investigated. There are also new developments in draping, stamp forming, braiding and weaving…and work on process simulation.
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Organizing Committee
PART 1—ELEMENTS OF THE PLACEMENT MACHINES
Dynamic Tool Center Point (DTCP) Implementing in Automated Fiber Placement (AFP)
Itzel De Jesus Gonzalez Ojeda, Olivier Patrouix and Yannick Aoustin
Design of a Machine for Automated Tailored Fiber Placement (TFP) Based Manufacturing Processes
Simon Konze, Sophia Elsner, Konrad Löschner, Peter Laabs, Lars Bittrich, Axel Spickenheuer and Gert Heinrich
Integrated Design and Manufacturing Approach for a Faster and Easier Production of Rotor Blade Molds—Direct Tooling by BladeMaker
Ingo Gebauer, Heiko Rosemann and Christian Dörsch
Introduction of a Multi Kinematic Gripping System for the Vacuum Bagging Process of Complex Shaped Aerospace Composite Structures
Clemens SchmidtEisenlohr, Michael Vistein and Lars Brandt
PART 2—HEATING SYSTEMS
Fiber Placement and Tape Laying Through Continuous Ultrasonic Tacking: A Robust and Low Cost Alternative
Arnt Offringa and Jeroen Oosterhof
Quantification of Tape Deconsolidation During Laser Assisted Fiber Placement
Thijs Kok, Wouter J. B. Grouve, Laurent L. Warnet and Remko Akkerman
Continuous Ultrasonic Welding of Thermoplastic Composite Plates
Genevieve Palardy, Frank Senders, Martijn Van Beurden and Irene Fernandez Villegas
Automated Fiber Placement of Thermoplastic Composites Using Fiber Laser
Mehran Eimanlou and Mehdi Hojjati
Xenon Flashlamp Heating for Automated Fibre Placement
David Williams and Martin Brown
Resistance Seam Welding of Carbon Fiber Semifinished Products
Fabian Zacharias, Hauke Schmidt, Sven Torstrick and Jan Stüve
PART 3: INSPECTION
Integrated Automatic Inspection in Robotic Composites Cells
Scott Blake
Fiber Angle Analysis of Carbon Fiber Preforms by 3D Eddy Current Testing
Christian Bülow, Sven Torstrick and Jan Stüve
Thermal Imaging as a Solution for Reliable Monitoring of AFP Processes
Carsten Schmidt, Berend Denkena, Tristan Hocke and Klaas Völtzer
Online Preventive Nondestructive Evaluation for Automated Fibre Placement
Rik Tonnaer, Sonell Shroff and Roger Groves
PART 4: DRAPING AND STAMP FORMING
Development of a Generic Geometry to Test the Limits of Automated Draping and Stamp Forming Processes in Composite Manufacturing
Julien Van Campen
Study of Biexperiment Inverse Method for Thermal Characterization of Fiberreinforced Composites
Laurent Pouliot Laforte and Louis LabergeLebel
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Stamp Forming of Thermoplastic Composite Wing Rib
Xiao Cai, Suong Van Hoa and Ramin Sedaghati
PART 5: DRY FIBER AFP
FeatureBased Design for Manufacturing Guidelines for Dry Fibre AFP
Mattia Di Francesco, Laura Veldenz, Simon Astwood, Peter Giddings, Giuseppe Dell’anno and Kevin Potter
Composite Laminates Made by Automated Fiber Placement of Dry Fibers and Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding
Norvan Gharabegi, Suong V. Hoa and Mehdi Hojjati
Assessment of Steering Capability of Automated Dry Fibre Placement Through a Quantitative Methodology
L. Veldenz, M. Difrancesco, S. Astwood, P. Giddings, B. C. Kim and K. Potter
PART 6: SPECIAL LAMINATES AND STRUCTURES
Laminates with Overlacing Made by Automated Fiber Placement
Minh Duc Hoang and Suong Van Hoa
Development of Manufacturing Process for Thick Curved Thermoplastic Composite Tubes by Using Automated Fiber Placement
Chong Hui Song, Jeffry Fortin Simpson and Suong Van Hoa
Automation for Wind Blade Manufacturing
James Sherwood and Matteo Polcari
Design, Manufacturing and Testing of a Variable Stiffness Composite Cylinder for Improved Bending Induced Buckling Performance
Mohammad Rouhi, Hossein Ghayoor, Jeffrey FortinSimpson, Tom T. Zacchia, Suong V. Hoa and Mehdi Hojjati
PART 7: BRAIDING AND WEAVING
Automated Braiding of Nonaxisymmetric Structures
Philippe Monnot, Jonathan Lévesque and Louis Laberge Lebel
Relating Weaving Parameters and 3D Woven Fabric Design with a Geometrical Modelling Approach
Julien BrazeauSeguin, Jonathan Levesque and Louis Laberge Lebel
PART 8: SIMULATION AND LAY DOWN PROCESS
Finite Element Simulation of Insitu Consolidation of Fibre Placed Thermoplastic Laminate for Prediction of Residual Stresses and Laminate Quality
Gautam Jeyakodi and Sonell Shroff
Systematic Down Selection Approach to Automated Composites Laydown Processes
Angelo Sportelli, Marco Barile, Gianni Iagulli, Marco Raffone and Leonardo Lecce
PART 9: TRENDS AND INNOVATIONS
Trends and Innovations of Automated Fiber Placement
Jihua Chen, Marc PalardySim, MarcAndré Octeau and Ali Yousefpour
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The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and the National Aerospace Laboratory of the Netherlands (NLR) have signed a Cooperation Agreement in the field of Fibre Reinforced Composites.
The goal of the cooperation is to more efficiently develop methods for the design, development and production of light-weight structures for the aerospace and transport sectors, this in order to contribute to the reduction of fuel consumption and associated CO2 emissions.
Within the agreement both centres will jointly undertake pre-competitive research projects, execute third-party contracts and allow the use of facilities and general infrastructure around the area of manufacturing techniques for fibre reinforced composites and simulation techniques. Both partners own and operate extensive facilities for the development of composite structures by tape laying or fibre placement and resin infusion.
On of the main areas of focus for the cooperation will be in the areas of automated fibre placement/tape laying techniques, robot assisted manufacturing processes, heating techniques and process monitoring, resin transfer moulding and virtual manufacturing. | https://www.compositestoday.com/2013/06/german-dutch-organisations-sign-composite-development-agreement/ |
Suitable materials for the hydroforming process include carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum alloy, copper alloy and nickel alloy. In principle, the materials suitable for cold forming are suitable for the hydroforming process. Mainly for auto parts factory, electronics factory, electrical factory, heat treatment factory, vehicle parts factory, gear factory, air conditioning parts factory.
For hollow variable-section structural members, the conventional manufacturing process is to first form two halves of the sheet and then weld them into a whole, and hydroforming can integrally form a hollow structural member that varies along the cross-section of the member at one time. Compared to stamping and welding processes, hydroforming techniques and processes have the following major advantages:
1. Reduce quality and save materials. For typical parts such as automobile engine brackets and radiator brackets, hydroformed parts are 20% to 40% lighter than stamped parts; for hollow stepped shaft parts, 40% to 50% of weight can be reduced.
2. Reduce the number of parts and molds and reduce mold costs. Hydroformed parts usually require only one set of molds, while stampings mostly require multiple sets of molds. The number of hydroformed engine bracket parts has been reduced from 6 to 1, and the number of radiator bracket parts has been reduced from 17 to 10.
3. It can reduce the amount of welding for subsequent machining and assembly. Taking the radiator bracket as an example, the heat dissipation area is increased by 43%, the number of solder joints is reduced from 174 to 20, the number of processes is reduced from 13 to 6 and the productivity is increased by 66%.
4. Improve strength and stiffness, especially fatigue strength, such as hydroformed radiator brackets, which can increase stiffness by 39% in the vertical direction and 50% in the horizontal direction.
5. Reduce production costs. According to the statistical analysis of the applied hydroformed parts, the production cost of the hydroformed parts is reduced by 15%~20% on average, and the mold cost is reduced by 20%~30%. | http://www.zxhydraulic.com/hydraulic-press-for-head-cover/ |
International Conference on Automotive, Mechanical and Aerospace Technologies (ICAMAT) is a 2 days conference devoted to the researchers and industry engineers in the fields of mechanical engineering and its associated branches of specialisms. This is a biennial conference organised by MechAero Foundation for Technical Research and Education Excellence (MAFTREE).
Venue: TANSTIA, Guindy, Chennai
Date: 03 – 04 April 2020
Call for Papers and Participation:
A call for participation and abstracts for ICAMAT-2020 is open to industries, institutions, practicing industry Professionals and Researchers. Subjects of interests are as follows:
- Aerospace and launch vehicles;
- Automotive vehicles including heavy vehicles;
- Railway vehicles;
- Land/terrain/combat vehicles;
- Unmanned aircraft systems;
- Marine, underwater and mining vehicles.
Focus will be given to the topics on lightweight, composites, urban air mobility, electric vehicles, sustainable transport, environmental friendly, low-cost vehicles and emerging technologies in modelling, simulation, optimization & testing. The ICAMAT-2020 will cover the following topics pertinent to vehicles for civil & defense use:
Teaching and delivery of vehicle structures & systems research topics
- Vehicle engineering curriculum
- Skills and professional development
Structural integrity and protection
- Static stress – modelling & simulation
- Crashworthiness
- Impact tolerant structures & ballistic protection
Lightweight design
- Metallic lightweight design – new materials and related processes
- Affordable and advanced composite structures
- Optimisation including multi-disciplinary design/shape optimisation
- Multi-material design and hybrid structures
Aerodynamics and fluid engineering
- Vehicle body design
- Engine systems
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Multi-physics problems
Dynamics and Systems Design
- Vehicle dynamics & control
- Suspension and power train
- Multi-physics problems
Noise, Vibration and Harshness
- Vehicle noise
- Vibrations
- Structural identification
Thermal tolerant structures
- Thermal stable structures
- Environmental and thermal barrier coatings
Vehicle Systems
- Fuel control systems
- Electrical and electronic controls
- Navigation and information systems
Manufacturing and quality
- Manufacturing
- Joining and assembly
- Non-destructive testing
- Quality incl. 6sigma etc
Safety and biomechanics
- Biomechanics
- Occupant safety
- Biomedical engineering
Energy harvesting and hybrid vehicles
- Materials for energy harvesting & fuel cells
- Thermoelectric generators
- Solar cell materials
- Hybrid vehicles
Emerging trends
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- Architecture and new concepts
- Knowledge based engineering
- Internet of Things
- Digital 4.0 / Industry 4.0
- Automation and coordinated robotic cells (COBOTS)
Testing and virtual instrumentation
- Material testing
- Virtual testing and simulation
- Impact/crash testing
Maintenance, repair and overhaul
- Vehicle health monitoring
- Repair processes and methods
- Recycling and reuse
The selected papers from this conference will be published in peer review journals including International Journal of Vehicle Structures and Systems; International Journal of Turbines and Sustainable Energy.
Submission:
If you wish to present your latest research or demonstrate your new application/product at this conference, please submit your abstract by email to: [email protected]. Contributions from the research areas other than the proposed conference topics are also accepted provided that it addresses disruptive technologies as applicable mechanical, aerospace and automotive industries. The abstract should be written in English and should be restricted to 1-2 pages in A4 format, including title, author(s) affiliation(s), keywords, illustrations and key references.
Dates of submission/acceptance:
Submission of abstracts: 20 February 2020
Notification of acceptance to the authors: 27 February 2020
Submission of full-length paper: 20 March 2020
Registration Fees:
The author (s) of accepted papers shall present their manuscript in the conference in order to be included in the conference proceedings. Registration fee includes participation in conference, delegate pack, lunch, book of abstracts and a CD-ROM of proceedings. No registration or refund is permissible. Registration fees can be paid either by demand draft in favour of “MAFTREE” payable at Chennai or by PayPal to [email protected]
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Confirmed key note lectures and speakers include renowned professionals and leading scientists from reputed organisations such as DRDO, ISRO, IISc, IIT, TVS, Mahindra, TATA, GKN, Airbus, ADA, HAL, AAASC, L&T, LMW and so on.
Pre-Conference Workshop on Advanced Composites – Design, Analysis & Manufacturing:
Hands-on training on advanced composites – Design, analysis and manufacturing using wet layup and matched die tooling techniques resourced by Dr. Vijay Sahadevan. Dr. Vijay has worked for ISRO Satellite Structures Group between 2000-2002 and then moved to overseas to pursue PhD at France. Post his PhD, he has worked across a number of composite projects ranging from piezoelectric composites based structural health monitoring, advanced composite wing structures to thermally insulated door for aircraft galley equipment. He has worked on a number of composites projects involving detailed design, industrialisation and certification for OEMs and tier-1 suppliers including Airbus, Boeing, Rolls-Royce, Bombardier Aerospace, Gulfstream, Embraer, Dassault Aviation, GKN Aerospace, Atkins and Ipeco. The hands-on workshop covers the following topics:
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- Session 1 – Composite Materials & Processes (theory)
- Fiber reinforced plastics
- Manufacturing processes
- Material & processes selection
- Session 2 – Hands-on matched die moulding (practical)
- Tooling concepts
- Resin preparation
- Wet lay-up
- Matched die assembly and curing
- Session 3 – Composite Product Development (theory)
- Lamina Properties
- Micromechanics
- Composite Construction Methods
- Classical Laminate Analysis (CLA)
- Design Principles
- Session 4 – Hands-on matched die moulding (practical)
- De-bulking
- Finished product inspection and quality
- Questions & Answers / General discussions
- Session 1 – Composite Materials & Processes (theory)
This pre-conference workshop will be held on 3rd April 2020, afternoon at TANSTIA. A separate registration is required for this practical yet highly valued training. Places are very limited and filled on first come first serve basis. Early-bird registration fees for this pre-conference workshop including composites training kit is Rs. 3000 per participant. Closing date of registration is 15 March 2020.
Sponsors:
ST Advanced Composites
MIDAS IT Korea
Contacts: | http://www.maftree.org/wp/?page_id=103 |
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Wichita State University ’s (WSU) National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) has received a $23.5m contract from the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to lead the fleet sustainment programme.
The ‘Modeling for Affordable, Sustainable Composites’ (MASC) contract will seek to develop a certification framework to pave the way for advanced materials and structural concepts for automated manufacturing.
Through the programme, the airforce is looking to expand the framework for developing innovative in-service inspection technologies for advanced structures and bonded joints.
The expanded framework will also cover validating composite repair analysis techniques, as well as life extension of ageing composite structures and structural enhancements.
US Senator Jerry Moran said: “The fleet sustainment programme signifies the immense value NIAR provides to our airforce and national defence.”
The programme will be led by NIAR’s new Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS) and include partnerships between AFRL researchers, defence contractors, and universities.
ATLAS is designed to develop manufacturing protocols for automated fibre placement (AFP) and automated tape laying (ATL) for aircraft systems.
Construction on this facility has started and is expected to be completed in mid-2020.
The project will focus on enhancing tools for design-manufacture-certify advanced integrated structures.
To achieve this, researchers and project partners will use machine-learning and artificial intelligence algorithms coupled with automated technologies to manufacture next-generation composite airframes.
WSU interim president Andy Tompkins said: “Wichita State has strategically invested in technology to assist the aviation and manufacturing industries become more competitive and efficient while providing applied learning opportunities for our students. | https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/niar-us-afrl-fleet-sustainment-programme/ |
CGTech (Irvine, Calif., U.S.), the developer of VERICUT CNC simulation, verification and optimization software, joins Wichita State University’s National Institute of Aviation Research (NIAR; Wichita, Kan., U.S.) to participate in the Automated Technologies Laboratory for Advanced Structures (ATLAS). ATLAS investigates the development of manufacturing protocols for automated fiber placement (AFP) and automated tape laying (ATL) for aircraft systems.
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After years of researching composite and adhesive-bonding failures, Epstein observed that most composite-bonding failures in aerospace applications resulted from poor surface preparation and contamination. Training workers about the correct techniques for manufacturing through hands-on training would limit failures in the automotive industry, consequently increasing OEM trust in the material. There are several training courses available for composite manufacturers, including ACMA’s Certified Composite Technician program. | http://compositesmanufacturingmagazine.com/2012/03/tips-successful-integration/ |
FibR GmbH is a specialist company for computational design and robotic fabrication of bespoke fiber composite structures. We enable the exploration of a novel design and construction repertoire for expressive high-performance lightweight structures.
Applications of our digital design and fabrication technology include building construction such as structures and facades, modular lightweight systems for trade fairs and exhibitions, as well as furniture and products. We offer our expertise across all project phases from concept development, design and construction planning to robotic production and installation of fiber composite structures.
Our robotic filament winding processes allow for complex spatial fiber placement, enabling societal relevant solutions for resource efficient manufacturing and architectural construction through load adaptive and waste free material usage. We work with a wide range of materials to realize expressive luminous glass fiber structures, high-performance carbon components and sustainable products made of natural fiber.
The underlying digital design and fabrication strategies of our work are based on seven years of research at the University of Stuttgart, the Technical University of Munich and Harvard University.
Exemplary applications of our technology across multiple scales include a wide-spanning load bearing structure for the fiber pavilion at the Federal Garden Show in Heilbronn, a modular lightweight structure for the Urban Micro Climate Canopy in Frankfurt, and exhibition furniture for Covestro AG. Our structures combine lightness and robustness with extraordinary design quality. | http://innochain.net/fibr/ |
This hands on course follows the entire manufacturing process of composite and carbon fiber parts using automated fiber placement and tape laying.
Richard Murrish, a Technical Fellow from Boeing will present their vision for innovative manufacturing technologies for composite materials.
This class presents an end-to-end solution for the automated composite manufacturing process. This class will cover advanced lay-up design strategies such...
Learn the details of the Nesting Utility directly from the team that created the application.
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The US Sailing team uses advanced materials like carbon fiber and an endtoend workflow to innovate on existing components to surpass the competition.
This class covers composite layup with Autodesk tools and highlights how companies can jump start composite processes at their facilities.
This is an introductory course to the entire platform. Also included is the end to end composite manufacturing process. | https://www.autodesk.com/autodesk-university/au-online?query=%22TruFiber%22 |
May 15, 2017
Having spoken with attorneys and information technology professionals across the country over the past few months, one common misconception I’ve heard is that “The GDPR doesn’t apply to my company.” The fact is, whether or not your company has offices in the European Union (EU), if you store or process any EU citizen data, the GDPR may affect you.
Going into effect May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, is an EU regulation that will be globally enforced, requiring organizations to include explicit protections when handling EU data. Just to name a few of the requirements that can be especially complex to implement, particularly given today’s large volume of unstructured data stores, organizations will have to:
- Receive explicit consent for the data they collect and how it will be used;
- Provide individuals with access to their personal data;
- Be capable of correcting, erasing, and restricting the processing of personal data in particular instances, such as when an individual withdraws consent, or when the data is no longer being processed for the reason that it was originally collected.
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The PDF version of this article is available for download. | https://www.zlti.com/news/gdpr-prep-stitch-time-saves-4-percent-global-turnover/ |
Supporters of education choice and parental rights will remember Idaho’s 2022 legislative session as the Year of the Micro-reform. Instead of implementing meaningful changes that give families control over their children’s education, the Legislature passed inconsequential bills that failed to make major headway in solving the problems plaguing Idaho’s education system.
2022 Session Recap: Education Bills
The education bills this session spanned a variety of issues such as teacher certification, content standards, full-day kindergarten, teacher pay and bonuses, school board trustee vacancies, student scholarships, and school mask mandate exemptions.
Significant pieces of legislation that became law include:
A piece of significant legislation passed by the Legislature but vetoed by the governor is:
Significant pieces of legislation that died in committee or on the floor include:
Legislative Accomplishments
Teacher Certification
Teacher certification is one avenue through which critical social justice ideologies trickle into public schools. Idaho’s state education agencies use mandatory certification requirements to force teachers to receive training in anti-racism or culturally responsive teaching to enter the profession. The Idaho Legislature passed House Bill 1291a, which would allow public charter schools to develop their own certification standards, but this bill does not apply to district schools. The bill represents a step in the right direction in decentralizing certification decisions to the local level but could have gone farther.
Commission for Libraries Budget
The Legislature passed a budget defunding the Idaho Commission for Libraries by nearly $4 million. This funding reduction included removing $307,000 in funding for the Idaho Digital E-Book Alliance (IDEA), an initiative that provides students at nearly 400 school libraries independent access to many titles that promote the sexualization of children and Marxist ideologies like critical race theory. Removing funding for this initiative helps protect students from politically motivated ideologies infiltrating public and school libraries.
Missed Opportunities
Parental Permission for School Clubs
House Bill 680 would have required schools to receive written permission from a student’s parents before that student participated in any student club or organization at school. Because some organizations available to students may not align with a parent’s values or expectations, it is critical that parents are informed about the options available to their student and give affirmative consent before the student participates.
Parental Permission for Student Data Collection
Increasingly, schools are incorporating instructional components that focus less on academic content and more on students’ mental or behavioral health. One new tool used to accomplish this in schools is social-emotional learning (SEL) programs. SEL programs often collect sensitive data about students, including their personalities, behavior, attitudes, and psychological or emotional status, all without parental consent. This data is stored in a statewide longitudinal database and can be shared with outside organizations. Passing legislation requiring parental consent before information on a student’s social and emotional health is collected or stored would be a positive step toward protecting student privacy and enforcing parental rights.
Curriculum Transparency
Curriculum transparency is becoming increasingly important to parents. Parents have the right to direct the education and care of their children and are not subservient partners to the state. Parents deserve to see for themselves what their children are learning in the public education system without having to rely on the assurances of school officials. Although the Legislature passed a minor transparency bill, which increased the representation of parents and citizens on curricular materials adoption committees, giving parents access to any and all curricular and supplemental materials distributed to children would be a stronger way to restore parental rights.
Education Choice
In 2021, 19 states passed new or expanded education choice programs, which enable parents to choose the right educational environment for their child or customize that child’s education to fit his or her unique needs, interests, and goals. House Bill 669, which failed in the House Education Committee by a vote of 8-7, would have established education savings accounts for which 65% of Idaho K-12 students would have qualified. Five Republicans joined the Democrats in the House Education Committee to kill the bill. Because a one-size-fits-all government-run education system does not meet the unique needs of each student, parents should have the flexibility to use their child’s education dollars to choose the mix of educational products and services that best serves their child.
Summary
Rather than going for the gold and instituting transformational changes for the benefit of Idaho’s students and families, the Legislature implemented minor changes to the existing education system that failed to make significant improvements.
The Legislature could have passed robust legislation to protect parental rights by requiring consent for student data collection and participation in school clubs and allowing parents to view supplemental curriculum used in the classroom. Instead, the Legislature slightly increased parent representation on curriculum advisory committees.
The Legislature had an opportunity to pass an education choice bill that would have allowed the majority of students to receive a customized education that fits their needs. Instead, the Legislature expanded the existing public school monopoly by creating full-day kindergarten programs and increasing spending on the system.
The Legislature gave families slightly more flexibility within the existing public system but did not implement any changes that constitute “school choice.”
For instance, Rep. Codi Galloway characterized Senate Bill 1373 as an education choice bill. During a hearing on the bill, Galloway argued that at its core, “This bill really is about choice in education.” However, the bill changed how literacy funding is allocated to allow for taxpayer-funded all-day kindergarten programs. By expanding the government’s role in education, the bill will actually limit parental choice by hampering the marketplace and driving up prices for private alternatives.
Similarly, Senate Bill 1255, which gives students $1,000 grants to use for a limited set of educational expenses, was billed as school choice legislation, even though it does not provide enough money for students to pay tuition at an alternative school and does not include private school tuition as an eligible expense.
These pieces of legislation were falsely portrayed as “school choice,” and they failed to enable Idaho’s families to choose the best educational environment for their children. | https://idahofreedom.org/recapping-idahos-year-of-education-micro-reform/ |
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