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0.998489 | What are these "translations" and where do they come from?
"death"[MeSH Terms] OR "death"[All Fields]"
("myocardial infarction"[MeSH Terms] OR ("myocardial"[All Fields] AND "infarction"[All Fields]) OR "myocardial infarction"[All Fields] OR ("heart"[All Fields] AND "attacks"[All Fields]) OR "heart attacks"[All Fields]) AND ("aspirin"[MeSH Terms] OR "aspirin"[All Fields])"
Search Workbench presents exactly the same translation to you as if you had scrolled down to the "Search details" box in PubMed. You may find that this interpolation of your original terms is not exactly what you are looking for — experienced searchers can modify it by hand using the "Edit this search" option.
Can I export a modified search to use in PubMed?
If you choose the icon next to your search, you'll open it in a new PubMed window. Just copy the address from this window and use that URL to run the search again.
What are these Venn diagrams about?
If you want to construct a PubMed search of any complexity, you have to think about how you want to combine your terms using Boolean logic. Search Workbench helps to facilitate this process by showing you how the results for your search terms in PubMed compare to one another in total size as well as how they overlap.
These diagrams are not only displayed for individual searches (so long as you have more than one term), but they are also displayed for comparisons as well. Comparing searches directly is useful for seeing exactly how variants of a search do or do not overlap. Note: The display logic underlying the Venn diagram will almost always give a good sense of set proportions, but plotting intersections onto a two-dimensional plane can be somewhat inexact for any diagram involving more than two sets.
For more fun with Venn diagrams, check out PubVenn.
What do Proportion by Year diagrams represent?
As you might have guessed, the "Proportion by year" chart shows you how the results for a particular search compare with PubMed as a whole over time. Remember, these are not raw totals, but proportions; it is entirely possible for the proportions for a search to remain steady (or decrease) in the face of increasing citations as the total database increases dramatically each year.
Note: with some searches, you may see the graph tail off dramatically in the last year or two. This is likely an artifact of citations being included in PubMed before they are formally indexed; any search that relies upon MeSH headings will underperform in relative terms until the indexing catches up.
You can see these diagrams in a larger format by visiting PubMed by Year.
A hedge is a pre-built part of a search that helps you focus your retrieval on a particular topic. | 2019-04-19T20:42:50 | https://searchworkbench.info/questionsandanswers.html |
0.999558 | Sen. Ron Johnson Ronald (Ron) Harold JohnsonGOP senator: 'No problem' with Mueller testifying The Hill's Morning Report — Category 5 Mueller storm to hit today GOP senators double down on demand for Clinton email probe documents MORE (R-Wis.) sent a letter to the White House on Tuesday requesting a briefing on Ivanka Trump Ivana (Ivanka) Marie TrumpAfrica's women can change a continent: Will Ivanka give them her full support? A Trump visit to Africa is important — and carries some urgency On The Money: Cain 'very committed' to Fed bid despite opposition | Pelosi warns no US-UK trade deal if Brexit harms Irish peace | Ivanka Trump says she turned down World Bank job MORE's usage of her personal email to discuss government business.
Johnson, who chairs the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, asked White House counsel Emmet Flood to brief him on the potential federal record-keeping requirements breach.
In the letter, Johnson mentioned emailing the White House in February of 2017 about "the importance of using official government email accounts for official business," and a September 2017 letter he sent to McGahn after reports that six White House members may have used personal accounts.
Johnson requested that a timeline of Trump's employment history with the White House and details on the quantity and content of emails sent from her personal account be presented to his committee.
The letter set a Dec. 7 deadline for the briefing.
The Washington Post first reported early Tuesday that Trump, a senior adviser to the president, sent hundreds of emails about White House business and her official schedule to administration aides, Cabinet officials and her personal assistants during 2017.
President Trump Donald John TrumpDemocrats' CNN town halls exposed an extreme agenda Buttigieg says he doubts Sanders can win general election Post-Mueller, Trump has a good story to tell for 2020 MORE dismissed the story as "fake news," despite making a similar potential violation by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonDavis: The shocking fact that Mueller never would have accused Trump of a crime Trump says he would challenge impeachment in Supreme Court The Hill's Morning Report - Will Joe Biden's unifying strategy work? MORE a centerpiece of his 2016 presidential campaign.
A spokesperson for Abbe Lowell, Ivanka Trump's attorney, told the Post that Ivanka Trump "sometimes used her personal account, almost always for logistics and scheduling concerning her family" while she was entering government and stopped once she was informed of rules surrounding email use.
Rep. Trey Gowdy Harold (Trey) Watson GowdyHouse Dem calls on lawmakers to 'insulate' election process following Mueller report Democrats put harassment allegations against Trump on back burner Democrats seize on Mueller-Barr friction MORE (R-S.C.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, requested information pertaining to the matter from the White House earlier Tuesday.
The Hill has reached out to Ivanka Trump's lawyer for comment. | 2019-04-25T14:28:46 | https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/417764-senate-homeland-security-chairman-requests-briefing-on-ivanka-trump |
0.999246 | QUESTION: Creationists keep missing one very important detail; what happened between Noah and Jesus? That's only 2,500 years. God killed all life on land, even that which creepeth on the earth. If I take the Bible literally, then he killed worms, beetles, microbes, bacteria, and everything else that makes the soil fertile. When Noah landed, he only had two worms, two beetles, two microbes, etc. He also only had seven people with him. Given these severe restrictions, Noah had to found the kingdom of Egypt, the dynasties of China, the Indian culture of North and South America, in perhaps only a hundred years. Modern Archeology can provide dates not only through carbon dating, but in the case of China, from one the history of one uninterrupted culture. Noah had one square inch of fertile soil on the side of Mount Ararat, thousands of hungry animals, and seeds waiting to be planted. He also had to found all of our modern human cultures. Make a timeline specific to location and population, in decade increments. It's only 2,400 years--that's a heck of a lot easier than 4 billion.
RESPONSE: Creationists haven't missed that little detail, but I think you missed some of what the Bible says. There were two qualifications for the animals on board the Ark: they not only had to be those which moved about on the earth, but also those that had the breath of life, or "nephesh." The word "nephesh" refers to those animals with soul: or, if you like, "responsive personality." Thus, you would have all mammals that lived on land, reptiles, and birds. Amphibians did not need the Ark, and insects, worms, bacteria, etc., do not have a nervous system which is complex enough to mark the animal or organism as having a uniqueness and the trainability which "nephesh" implies. Thus, these organisms were preserved in various ways outside the Ark through the flood.
Regarding the food situation, if you read Genesis, you will notice that no one disembarked until the dove brought back an olive shoot. Olives do not grow as quickly as grass, and so there is the indication that the vegetation was quite adequate for survival immediately after release from the Ark.
As far as the cultures are concerned, you will find a very accurate and widely-referred-to Table of Nations in Genesis 10. It is used by archaeologists, historians, and linguists to help trace the roots of various ancient cultures and has proven to be quite accurate. As far as repopulation of the earth is concerned, not much time was needed for the early civilizations. In Genesis 11 you will read of the long ages (although only half of what they were pre-flood), which then went down again after the event of Peleg's time and gradually, after that, to what we know today as the upper limit on human ages--about 120 years. In the early generations, we read of families being rather large, and when the average family has about six children or more, the population can grow quite rapidly. | 2019-04-20T06:51:31 | https://carm.org/secular-movements/evolution/what-about-creeping-things-and-noahs-ark |
0.998654 | Q. What can I do if I am not happy with the findings of an inspection report?
The inspection report is sent to the provider in advance of it being published on the website. They are asked to comment on factual accuracy and are also given an opportunity to comment on the report findings. The provider's response is appended to the report when published on the website.
Q. How do I make a complaint about an inspector?
All inspectors are expected to work in accordance with the Authority's Code of Conduct for staff conducting statutory inspections, investigations or reviews.
Service providers who are unhappy with the conduct of an inspector, should, in the first instance, contact the inspector directly.
If the matter remains unresolved or if the provider wishes to bypass the initial step, you should contact the inspector’s line manager who will review the matter. | 2019-04-26T12:31:07 | http://www.irishnursinghomes.eu/INH/GalwayVoluntaryHomes/ |
0.981514 | How do we expand the focus on “individual choice” to acknowledge that industry practices shape our environment and constrain our options?
A new study in Pediatrics (subscription required) demonstrates that industry practices determine which options are available to us, and also shape the discourse on public health solutions. The study found that TV media were more likely than newspapers to focus on individual lifestyle choices, rather than system-level policy changes, as solutions to unhealthy eating and lack of physical activity in children. Researchers posited TV media’s dependence on advertising revenue as a possible explanation. When large corporations have nearly limitless advertising budgets to shape the public discourse, the deck is unfairly stacked against families, parents, and all of us.
The Chicago Tribune interviews PepsiCo’s chief science officer in “Dr. Mehmood Khan taking on the PepsiCo nutritional challenge.” Dr. Khan emphasizes individual responsibility, claiming that “[a] healthy lifestyle…is all about balance. That means there are no ‘bad’ foods,” neatly sidestepping Pepsi’s role in promoting unhealthy snack food consumption and in defining what choices are available.
Human Events criticizes proposed voluntary nutritional guidelines in “Obama’s Food Police in Staggering Crackdown on Market to Kids.” The proposal would disallow advertisements to children for products that do not meet the guidelines. The article quotes a dietician saying “[t]hese are decisions I want to make for my kids. These should not be government decisions,” ignoring how industries’ extensive budgets determine and define what options are available to parents.
Reuters on the “U.S. Conference of Mayors Announces Multi-Year Community Grant Program with American Beverage Association.” The program aims to educate individuals “to encourage healthy weight through balanced diet choices and regular physical activity,” choosing not to address the need for system-level change in industry practices.
We encourage prevention advocates to use the word ‘Options’, not ‘Choices’, when they talk about prevention work. Using the word ‘options’ helps shift responsibility for accessibility and availability away from the individual, and back to the industries and policies that shape and limit our behavior and our choices. Families don’t have much control over what’s made available to them in the places they live, work, and play; they don’t ‘choose’ what’s on their grocery shelves, whether parks are available nearby, whether their neighborhoods are safe or their neighbor smokes. A ‘choice’ between an awful and a less awful option is not a true choice at all.
In many neighborhoods, the default option is not the healthiest option—like kids having to ask for water in schools. Parents and families shouldn’t have to search out and choose the healthiest option—the healthiest option should be the norm. To recap from last week's Rapid Response, messaging should lead with the environment, focus on values, and state solutions.
Children and families deserve healthy options. Policies that increase access to healthy foods and decrease access to unhealthy foods protect children and families. The restaurant industry alone spends more than $5 million every day marketing unhealthy foods to children. With numbers like these, the deck is stacked against parents who want to make healthy decisions for their children. Policies help right the balance, giving families more control, more options, and paving the way for better health.
For the first time, the nation has delineated a broad, comprehensive approach to prevention. In the Huffington Post, Larry Cohen discusses the strengths and opportunities presented by the landmark National Prevention Strategy. Read more. | 2019-04-25T20:31:18 | http://www.preventioninstitute.org/press-archive/email-updates/email-blast-1168922.html |
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0.99865 | Which foods could be dangerous for my dog?
Can cause intoxication, coma, and death.
The leaves, seeds, fruit, and bark contain persin, which can cause vomiting and diarrhoea.
Can cause obstruction or laceration of the digestive system.
Generally too high in protein and fats.
...vomiting and diarrhoea and be toxic to the heart and nervous systems.
If fed exclusively or in high amounts can result in a thiamine (a B vitamin) deficiency leading to loss of appetite, seizures, and in severe cases, death.
Contain an unknown toxin, which can damage the kidneys. There have been no problems associated with grape seed extract.
Unknown compound causes panting, increased heart rate, elevated temperature, seizures, and death.
Can damage the lining of the digestive system and be toxic to the other organs including the liver and kidneys.
Contain an unknown toxin, which can affect the digestive and nervous systems and muscle.
Can depress the nervous system, cause vomiting, and changes in the heart rate.
Some adult dogs and cats may develop diarrhoea if given large amounts of dairy products.
Can contain multiple toxins causing vomiting and diarrhoea and can also affect other organs.
Can contain toxins, which may affect multiple systems in the body, cause shock, and result in death.
Contain sulfoxides and disulfides, which can damage red blood cells and cause anemia. Cats are more susceptible than dogs. Garlic is less toxic than onions.
Seeds can cause intestinal obstruction and enteritis.
Can cause obstruction of the digestive tract.
Contain an enzyme called avidin, which decreases the absorption of biotin (a B vitamin). This can lead to skin and hair coat problems. Raw eggs may also contain Salmonella.
May contain bacteria such as Salmonella and E. coli, which can cause vomiting and diarrhoea.
Contain oxalates, which can affect the digestive, nervous, and urinary systems.
If eaten in large quantities it may lead to electrolyte imbalances.
Can become trapped in the digestive system; called a "string foreign body."
Can lead to obesity, dental problems, and possibly diabetes mellitus.
Table scraps are not nutritionally balanced. They should never be more than 10% of the diet. Fat should be trimmed from meat; bones should not be fed.
Contains nicotine, which affects the digestive and nervous systems. Can result in rapid heart beat, collapse, coma, and death.
Can expand and produce gas in the digestive system, causing pain and possible rupture of the stomach or intestines.
Can cause very low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia), which can result in vomiting, weakness and collapse. In high doses can cause liver failure.
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0.999193 | Tha an dealbh seo a’ sealltainn beanntan Thoirbheartain, Liathach air an làimh chlì agus tomad fìor-mhòr Bheinn Eighe air an làimh dheis. Tha an leth an iar de dhruim Bheinn Eighe a’ gabhail a-steach a dhà bhinnean Rothach clàraichte. Tha na beanntan air an dèanamh suas de chlach-ghainmhich Thoirbheartain agus tha iad air cuid de na binnein as sònraichte air an oirthir an iar.
Ann an 1951. B’ e sreath bheanntan Bheinn Eighe, a’ chiad Tèarmann Nàdair Nàiseanta a chaidh ainmeachadh ann am Breatainn. Chaidh a chruthachadh sa chiad àite airson an t-seann choille-giuthais Caledonianach a ghleidheadh agus tha meud 48 cilemeatair ceàrnagach ann. Sa Ghiblean 2014 thug Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba Tèarmann Bheinn Eighe agus Tèarmann Eileanan Loch Ma-Ruibhe còmhla gus Tèarmann Nàdair Nàiseanta Bheinn Eighe agus Eileanan Loch Ma-Ruibhe a chruthachadh.
Tha an dealbh seo a’ sealltainn beanntan Thoirbheartain, Liathach air an làimh chlì agus tomad fìor-mhòr Bheinn Eighe air an làimh dheis. Tha an leth an iar de dhruim Bheinn Eighe a’ gabhail a-steach a dhà bhinnean Rothach clàraichte. Tha na beanntan air an dèanamh suas de chlach-ghainmhich Thoirbheartain agus tha iad air cuid de na binnein as sònraichte air an oirthir an iar.<br /> <br /> Ann an 1951. B’ e sreath bheanntan Bheinn Eighe, a’ chiad Tèarmann Nàdair Nàiseanta a chaidh ainmeachadh ann am Breatainn. Chaidh a chruthachadh sa chiad àite airson an t-seann choille-giuthais Caledonianach a ghleidheadh agus tha meud 48 cilemeatair ceàrnagach ann. Sa Ghiblean 2014 thug Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba Tèarmann Bheinn Eighe agus Tèarmann Eileanan Loch Ma-Ruibhe còmhla gus Tèarmann Nàdair Nàiseanta Bheinn Eighe agus Eileanan Loch Ma-Ruibhe a chruthachadh. | 2019-04-18T17:20:42 | https://www.ambaile.org.uk/detail/gd/31833/1/GD31833-liathach-beinn-eighe-and-glen.htm |
0.999999 | Is there such a thing as ideomatic C? I'm not sure: I hear Python people talk about ideomatic Python a lot (although I'm probably still very unpythonic most of the time), and I'm convinced that functional programming in languages like Haskell and Lisp approaches the task of programming with fundamentally different ideoms than an imperative language like C. But I haven't really witnessed many conversations about the concept of ideomatic C.
Why am I asking this? This semester of EE264, the advanced C programming course for undergraduate electrical engineers at Purdue (where I am the TA), is being taught by a Lisp hacker. Which is awesome, because the Lisp-y way of problem solving is sometimes quite different from the way I would approach a simple problem.
Loop over the whole string, exit the loop when you hit the zero delimiter, and keep a count as you go. Sounds perfectly simple and clear to me. Why would I do such a simple task any other way?
Recursion! To count letters in a string. It is perfectly clear to me that this works, but I also know that I personally approached the problem from a completely different viewpoint. If there is such a thing as ideomatic C, the first way is probably it, but that does not mean that the recursive approach is wrong.
I doubt that there are any significant differences in performance between the two solutions (although I did not test this), but the interesting thing to me is the fundamental difference in the way how the same problem was approached. There are probably many other ways of doing this, some more elegant and some less, and in teaching C, I will inevitably be exposed to all of them.
Apart from programming, little things like these teach me another lesson: When trying to solve a problem, one should try to 'think outside the box' as much as possible and consider input and opinions from a variety of sources and a variety of people.
Let's hope that I follow my own advice and use as many sources of knowledge as possible to solve the problem in my next blog post, which will be a lot more mathematical than this one. | 2019-04-23T04:02:37 | https://ogbe.net/blog/all_roads_lead_to_rome.html |
0.999999 | What do you think this story is about (from the title)?
A woman in China who pretended to be pregnant so she could get a seat on train was found out when the fake stomach she was wearing slipped out of her shirt and fell to the floor.
The woman, named as Zhang, had constructed the ruse in a bid to encourage train passengers to give up their seats.
The fraud was discovered when the fake silicon stomach she paid about $50 for failed, according to The Beijing News.
Unfazed, Zhang then complained to her local fair trading bureau about the poor quality of the stomach.
Zhang claimed the belt tying it to her waist came loose, leaving her “found out and mocked” by other passengers, The South China Morning Post said.
Zhang has been criticized for a “shameless” and “disgraceful” stunt.
A report in Want China Times says fake pregnancy bellies have become a hot online shopping item in the country.
"Shoppers use the items — among other reasons — for faking a pregnancy before adopting a child, to avoid being laid off at work, and to enjoy the privileges to which pregnant women are accustomed."
A lady in China brought a fake stomach. She used the stomach to pretend she was pregnant. She did this so that people would give her a seat on the train. The fake stomach fell out. Train passengers saw it. They mocked her. She then complained to the fair trade bureau. She said the fake stomach was poor quality. Her complaint was rejected. Fake pregnancy stomachs are a popular item in China. They are selling well.
What are some common frauds now-a-days?
Would you pay $50 and wear something heavy just to get a seat?
What have you bought that was poor quality?
What are hot (shopping) items at the moment?
Do you shop on-line much? What do you buy?
Have you used the bar code reader app that gives the cheapest price on Amazon for that product?
What kind of things do you or the people you know pretend to do?
Do you have a rejected story?
What kind of things do you drop on the floor (by mistake)?
When do you need encouraging?
Who do you encourage and how?
Tell me a 'failed' story.
Is their an organization like a 'fair trade bureau' in your country?
What (can / would) you do if the product you buy is defective or not the same as that advertised?
Have you ever returned a product?
What's it like being pregnant? / What do you imagine it's like being pregnant?
What problems are associated with adopting a child?
What things do you avoid?
If you went to another country, what do you think it would be difficult to become accustomed to?
What do you think it is difficult for foreigners to become accustomed to in your country?
According to the news, the big bang last night was from a meteorite.
According to the weather report, their will be lots of yellow sand from China tomorrow.
According to this travel book, Amanohashidate, Miyazu City is a beautiful place to visit.
According to experts, it will take many years to clean up the nuclear disaster.
According to the fortune teller, I will marry and live happily ever after.
According to the sign, Imabuki Waterfall is this way.
According to history, there is an earthquake there once every 80 years.
According to him, 20 people will come. | 2019-04-26T14:28:37 | http://www.aoraki-eigo.com/faked-pregnancy-for-seat.html |
0.998671 | What possible street cred could there be in a roots-country record sung by three New York-born, Los Angeles-reared sisters and produced by a guy who grew up in Santa Monica? Plenty, when the singers are Petra, Tanya and Rachel Haden, the triplet daughters of jazz luminary Charlie Haden, and that producer happens to be Ry Cooder.
It's worth knowing that before the triplets' dad earned his stripes in the jazz world, Charlie spent many years performing country music with his family throughout the Midwest — a history he tapped in his 2008 album, "Rambling Boy," for which Tanya and Rachel were along for the musical ride.
So, no big surprise that his offspring absorbed a fondness for songs they tackle here such as the Carter Family's "Single Girl, Married Girl," the 1955 Kitty Wells hit "Making Believe" and the Louvin Brothers' existentially heartbreaking "When I Stop Dreaming." They're not utterly rooted in old-timey selections, however: They also take on Nick Lowe's sweet "Raining Raining."
Cooder's production is fittingly raw, putting no phony gloss on songs brimming with heart-on-sleeve honesty. Petra Haden has created a cottage industry with multitracked recordings showcasing the versatility of her own voice, but in tandem with her sisters, the vocal lines bring to bear the power of family harmony that's long been an important foundation of traditional country music. The Haden Triplets carry on that tradition marvelously. | 2019-04-24T12:26:55 | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-haden-triplets-review-20140211-story.html |
0.996911 | Print mid-node of linked list.
Print or find the middle element of a given linked list there are following method.
Method 1: Count all nodes and divide by 2.
Method 2: Used two pointer. one pointer are increment by one , and second pointer are increment by two and get mid node.
Print middle of given linked list. First need to find that particular node. Suppose following data [556, 424, 520, 525, 497, 584, 554, 449, 545, 505] are inserted on linked list.
In this given linked list number of nodes are 10. that means two middle node are possible in this linked list at position 5 and 6. Choose any one of them of that position.
c program to print middle of linked list.
This program is work on method 2. Replace this print_middle function to below code then it will work on method 1. | 2019-04-21T08:23:06 | https://www.codelike.in/c/linked-list/print-middle-element-in-single-linked-list |
0.999923 | On Sunday, February 9, in 1964, 73 million viewers in the US and millions more in Canada watched the Beatles' American television debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The band's very first LP, "Meet the Beatles," sold 3.6 million albums in the first two months in the US, and Capitol Records went on to sell 15 million Beatles albums in the States in 1964. These were different albums, with different combinations of songs than the Beatles albums released in England. That separate release pattern continued until June 1967 with the release of the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album, which was exactly the same record all over the world.
Now, with the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' first US appearance in full swing, Capitol Records has remastered the entire US catalog and released 12 individual albums and a deluxe box set. I spoke with the project's audio supervisor, Steve Berkowitz, and mastering engineer, Greg Calbi, to learn about how they fine-tuned the sound. The project stretched out for months as they auditioned a vast number of analog and digital masters of the US and British Beatles albums. Berkowitz and Calbi also had access to unplayed original US Beatles LPs, and they used them to get a handle on the sound that Beatles fans heard the first time around.
What's the best archived version of a Beatles song? That gets really complicated, and something Berkowitz and Calbi had to sort out, and did so on a track-by-track basis. Then when those tunes were assembled to make complete albums, it was Calbi's job to make them sound good together. When I did a series of comparisons on my own with LP and CD versions there were clear sonic differences, but I was thrilled with the 2014 US Beatles remasters' sound. Unlike the 2009 stereo-only British CDs, each US album has stereo and mono versions of every tune. That's a pleasant surprise; the 13-disc "Beatles in Mono" box that came out in 2009 currently sells for over $170 on Amazon.
The two US movie soundtrack albums, "A Hard Day's Night," and "Help!" had Beatles tunes and a handful of non-Beatles score tracks, but the British albums had Beatles songs only. The new US remasters have the score tracks, which were mastered from the original analog tapes. I always skipped over the score tunes when I was a kid, but I'm really enjoying them now.
I bought the US Beatles Capitol Albums sets when they were remastered in 2004, and compared those discs with the 2014 remasters. Frankly, there's no comparison; the new ones sound better. They're more fleshed out, less compressed, and clearer. So even if you own the 2004 sets I'd recommend buying at least some of the 2014 Beatles albums.
I was hoping Capitol would have remastered the only official Beatles concert album, "The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl," which debuted in 1977 on LP, and never appeared on CD. I'm sure that'll eventually happen. New vinyl isn't in the plans right now for the US Beatles catalog, and neither are high-resolution downloads, but there's always next year. | 2019-04-25T11:59:04 | https://www.cnet.com/news/the-beatles-us-albums-remastered-review-and-overview/ |
0.999999 | You've known this English rule your entire life—and never heard of it before now.
Can you find the error in the following sentence?
Don’t dally-dilly thinking about it—you probably felt the offending phrase zag-zig through your gut with the intensity of a pong ping ball. Who in their right mind says, “dong, dang, ding”? Everyone knows it should be, “ding, dang, dong.” Why? Well… ‘cause. It’s just one of those secret English rules you didn’t know you always knew.
While there’s nothing grammatically wrong with calling your mom for a quick chat-chit or blasting your favorite jam on the hop-hip channel, you will be rightly mocked for uttering any of these flop-flipped phrases. And for that you can thank the rule of “ablaut reduplication”—a hidden formula all English speakers know implicitly despite having never heard of it before.
That explains why an English-speaker will never bat an eye at “flimflam” or “bish-bash-bosh,” no matter how nonsensical the individual words may seem.
As to why this I-A-O pattern has such a firm hold in our linguistic history, nobody can say. Forsyth calls it a topic of “endless debate” among linguists that may originate in the arcane movements of the human tongue or an ancient language of the Caucasus. Whatever the case, the world’s English speakers are on-board, and you will never catch Lucy accusing Charlie Brown of being washy-wishy. | 2019-04-25T16:05:25 | https://www.rd.com/culture/ablaut-reduplication/ |
0.999997 | Garcinia cambogia é uma fruta pequena, em forma de abóbora, amarela ou esverdeada.
Suplementos de Garcinia cambogia são feitos a partir de extratos da casca da fruta.
A casca da fruta contém grandes quantidades de ácido hidroxicítrico (HCA), uma substância ativa que demonstrou ter algumas propriedades de perda de peso.
Os suplementos de Garcinia cambogia são feitos a partir de extratos da casca da fruta Garcinia gummi-gutta. Eles contêm quantidades elevadas de HCA, que está ligada a benefícios de perda de peso.
Muitos estudos em humanos de alta qualidade testaram os efeitos da perda de peso da garcinia cambogia.
Além disso, a maioria deles indica que o suplemento pode causar uma pequena perda de peso.
Em média, a garcinia cambogia demonstrou causar perda de peso de cerca de 2 libras (0,88 kg) mais do que um placebo, durante um período de 2–12 semanas.
Por exemplo, o maior estudo – em 135 pessoas – não encontrou diferença na perda de peso entre aqueles que tomavam garcinia cambogia e o grupo placebo.
Como você pode ver, a evidência é mista. Suplementos de Garcinia cambogia podem produzir perda de peso modesta em algumas pessoas – mas sua eficácia não pode ser garantida.
Alguns estudos determinaram que a garcinia cambogia causa perda de peso modesta, enquanto outros estudos não relatam efeitos perceptíveis.
Como isso ajuda a perda de peso?
Há duas maneiras principais que garcinia cambogia é pensado para ajudar a perda de peso.
Estudos em ratos mostram que aqueles que recebem suplementos de garcinia cambogia tendem a comer menos.
Da mesma forma, alguns estudos em humanos descobriram que a garcinia cambogia suprime o apetite e faz você se sentir satisfeito.
Seu mecanismo não é totalmente conhecido, mas estudos com ratos sugerem que o ingrediente ativo da garcinia cambogia pode aumentar a serotonina no cérebro.
Como a serotonina é um inibidor de apetite conhecido, níveis sanguíneos mais altos de serotonina podem reduzir o apetite.
No entanto, esses resultados precisam ser tomados com um grão de sal. Outros estudos não observaram diferença no apetite entre aqueles que tomavam este suplemento e aqueles que tomavam placebo.
Esses efeitos podem depender de cada indivíduo.
Mais importante ainda, garcinia cambogia afeta as gorduras do sangue e a produção de novos ácidos graxos.
Estudos em humanos e em animais mostram que pode reduzir os altos níveis de gordura no sangue e reduzir o estresse oxidativo em seu corpo.
Um estudo também sugere que pode ser especialmente eficaz na redução do acúmulo de gordura da barriga em pessoas com excesso de peso.
Ao inibir a citrato liase, pensa-se que a garcinia cambogia reduza ou bloqueie a produção de gordura no seu corpo. Isso pode reduzir as gorduras do sangue e diminuir o risco de ganho de peso – dois fatores principais de risco de doença (33).
Garcinia cambogia pode suprimir o apetite. Ele também bloqueia a produção de novas gorduras em seu corpo e foi mostrado para reduzir os níveis de colesterol e triglicérides no sangue em pessoas com excesso de peso.
Além disso, garcinia cambogia poderia impulsionar o seu sistema digestivo. Estudos em animais sugerem que ele ajuda a proteger contra úlceras do estômago e reduz os danos ao revestimento interno do trato digestivo.
Garcinia cambogia pode ter alguns efeitos anti-diabetes. Também pode ajudar a proteger contra úlceras no estômago e danos no trato digestivo.
Every entrepreneur who wishes to protect his/her business from any danger or damage should contract a corporate security administrations supplier. Notwithstanding, several corporate security administrations suppliers flourish and it is essentially difficult to figure out which one is dependable and will work to your best advantage.
A trustworthy corporate security administrations supplier ought to have every single important grant and accreditations to lead business in such an industry. Keep in mind: the lives of your representatives and the welfare of your business properties are in question. Depend these critical issues just to faculty who originate from suppliers that are sufficiently careful to experience and pursue exacting guidelines in their field.
One thing more: recollect that the security faculty you will contract ought to have the experience and legitimate foundation to be regarded compelling in security work. Procuring unpracticed security work force may demonstrate cataclysmic to your business if an episode happens because of your security staff’s failure to comprehend the issues at hand.
Corporate security administrations suppliers should realize that security staff, regardless of how experienced they might be, will think that its hard to satisfy their obligation in the event that they are not furnished with the correct gear. Propelled types of gear like ID scanners, GPS following, and FLIR gadgets, among others, ought to be given in-house by your picked supplier. Access to occurrence and mishap announcing programming and online planning arrangements is additionally perfect for a productive methods for correspondence to specialists and the administration should the need emerges.
The rate offered by a corporate security administrations supplier ought not be the main thing to see while procuring individuals will’s identity depended with security-related obligations. Make sure to search for the three qualities referenced above so as to enlist the correct supplier. Try not to jeopardize your business, premises, and your representatives by settling on a wrong decision for less.
Fandoms happen to be online communities devoted for you to a particular superstar, TELEVISION SET series, novel or perhaps performer, to name a new several. Perhaps nuptials have their particular fair share from the infatuation. Wedding themes vary from typically the classic to the hippest and most popular sujet more recently. Thanks to interpersonal media, vlogs, plus Pinterest, engaged couples may possibly right now personalize their nuptials having themes like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Disney plus the epic Game regarding Thrones!
Do you have a radical friend who is about to tie the knot? Subsequently this is for a person! Participate in the fun together with give the most unforgettable gift ever!
Help your beloved close friends start things up having home decorations and basics for their brand-new residence. Cooking area and eating lies are perennial absolute favorites yet give it a little angle to suit their fandom preferences. Make their home together with dining encounter exclusive and they’re going to surely appreciate you in making cooking and even eating a component of their infatuation.
As for residence decors, your present should be attractively geeky and sophisticated. If you wish your present in order to be small yet useful, imagine lamps and night time lights, book ends, lighting or throw cushions. They will surely love a careful compliment!
Support them make their a short time burning hot as couple for a lasting matrimony. Perhaps you should give matching robes, fandom undergarments or some sort of gift bag filled together with fandom stuff with regard to their very first nights? How about wine glasses for two, etching together with symbols or game titles of the obsessions, for an romantic toast to their very own union? You can generally lower by at your regional geek shops or even look the Internet for more ideas plus alternatives to give your buddies. This sexier the better. The more often creative the more it’ll cling.
That they may already have pair fandom shirts and hooded sweatshirts or they might in addition have attires of their particular favorite characters. What about a pair of towels together with their preferred fandom logos or maybe models? Matching boots and shoes or maybe inside slippers are usually as well available for fanatic couple. Shops dedicated to fandoms come out like mushrooms so you can surely find 1 about your area. In the event that not, then on the net stores got a lot of finds excellent for the pair. ThinkGeek, ThisIsWhyImBroke, Firebox and a lot more will be just right with regard to you.
If most likely crafty and good at Photoshop, then coming up with the perfect present is merely a good easy!
Terrariums are usually definitely popular nowadays. In case your pals are in to Pokemon, The Hobbit or maybe The Hunger Games, in that case take out the landscape and put it in a glass for the excessively preoccupied couple! They’re somewhat easy to generate (not to mention fun), along with the Online has tons of actions and procedures in doing one with the motif of your choice.
Photoshop is a wonder within the 21st hundred years. Imagine the limitless photograph modifying you can do! Have them for you to outer room with the Star Trek, Star Wars, Thor or Guardian’s of the Universe throw in party regarding their out-this-world relationship. Recruit them inside the Recon Corp with Levi and this gang in the Titan-slashing world of Attack about Ti (symbol). The list will go on.
If you’re typically the type that loves intending beyond your restraints (and have the means), after that prepare to blow individuals minds by simply buying your own personal couple pal tickets into a much-awaited Comic Con or even similar events? How with regards to tickets to their favored artist’s shows? What about a new collectible, a fixed version or the latest memorabilia item with an autograph? Give a short message for the set then they have an pure excess.
As you can see, the Net contains a myriad of issues we need to pull through within this generation. It’s a wellspring regarding ideas regarding seekers, and if you’re one, then your quest won’t be in vain. Obtaining the excellent wedding product for buddies is definitely not an easy task because many of us want to present the best current achievable. But then again, just simply like whatever they always express, it’s the concept (and effort) that matters. Almost any present is admired when it’s a product associated with real friendship between folks.
The fibonacci collection has fascinated mathematicians to get many years. Let’s have a good look at just how these kinds of numbers might influence on lotto applications.
This sequence is simply a group of numbers where every amount is the sum involving the previous two.
What is definitely of interest is the relation of any a couple of statistics approaches the “golden number” of 1. 6180 which usually appears in nature through the Egyptian pyramids through to help the petals on many flower variety. The higher the number, the short the ratio is to help 1 . 6180.
With first glance the sequence doesn’t appear to offer us any kind of help with Lotto selections.
You will find also many numbers in the particular very first decile and several even numbers.
Where typically the numbers may be useful is using the set to make selections by created combos.
What ever assortment program you make use of, the number of achievable combinations is likely in order to be large.
For instance , a good gruppo calculator would likely make 924 combinations for only 10 unique numbers.
That will be way too many lines for an individual player, but a person could use the particular fibonacci sequence to work outside which lines to select.
The classiness of the particular series is that a person may start with any two figures and create your own own sequence.
5 15 15 25 40 66 a hundred and five etc.
You can then choose lines by the combinations produced structured on the fibonacci statistics. By way of example you may well pick traces 5, 10, 18 and the like.
Depending on your starting point that could lower the number of lines in order to less than 12-15, a more controlable amount for an individual parte player.
Players could separate out the combinations to get rid of unlikely patterns making the fibonacci choices even a great deal more optimal.
Another option could be to use some sort of unique number generator in order to create the starting position for the series, or even to have range of different sequences to be able to experiment with.
The concept is to use the sequence to make your personal selection system which you in that case refine and try out.
This article has presented the idea of applying a confirmed precise theory to lottery selections. The fibonacci pattern can be a great example connected with the balance concerning some sort of seemingly arbitrary event plus implementing professional strategy to achieve a great outcome.
Security is a lose-lose situation business. On one hand you can say you needn’t bother with security benefits as nothing has transpired previously, and then again really having security administrations appears as though a misuse of cash as they are not counteracting anything…that you are aware of.
There are many archived instances of renowned individuals who have been far from home and had their homes focused by criminals. Increasingly genuine cases have detailed the people family being held at blade point.
Stories, for example, these could have been maintained a strategic distance from by methods for a basic hazard appraisal. On the off chance that you are going on vacation or leaving town for a few days and a large portion of the world know where you are, at that point you should assemble a straightforward security intend to defend your home and additionally family. What individuals at some point overlook, is that it’s not simply the well behaved natives who are perusing the news papers and magazines.
For famous people who need the media for their professions, they should recollect that what keeps them in the open eye can likewise be their adversary. I saw a vast photograph in a newspaper news paper of a football player going out, wallet close by, and it was obviously loaded down with £50 notes!
It is anything but an instance of encircle yourself with protectors. It’s tied in with making yourself mindful that being in the open eye can make you an objective, and raising your own security mindfulness could drastically decrease your odds of turning into a casualty of wrongdoing. Because something hasn’t occurred, doesn’t imply that it won’t occur later on.
The main standard of individual security is that YOU are in charge of your very own security!
This standard doesn’t mean you need to attempt each part of your own security. Simply perceiving that you have to roll out certain improvements and revealing them to the security director is an extraordinary begin. In the event that you work for an extensive company or are a big name in your field, you will for the most part have an in-house security chief you can request guidance. They should then have the capacity to make a few suggestions for you. On the off chance that you don’t have an in-house security director yet remember you may need to roll out certain improvements, at that point reaching a believed, proficient and experienced organization like Capitol Risk is a decent spot to begin.
Providing security benefits now days is something beyond about providing security officers. Legislative center Risk for instance can compose for you to be grabbed, headed to a private airplane terminal to meet a private flying machine and afterward traveled to a selective extravagance heaven island. At that point once you are completely loose, present to all of you the path back home to your entryway step. On the off chance that you would one day be on vacation and happen to end up amidst a political uprising, at that point we would likewise be in a situation to get security officers to you and get you out of the nation. Broad systems and associations empower us to bring you completely overseen security administrations for each part of your life.
With the strategy of globalization, the expansion regarding the organization entities has reached to even the particular country and remote sections from the globe. In present world, it has come to be quite definitely clear for some sort of country to enter directly into international trading for this sake of global acknowledgement. A similar is the event with the binary options investing in which trading is conducted on the stocks plus merchandise in the economic markets. The profit as very well as loss situation inside binary trading is centered for the mobility in typically the price of often the shares or commodities. As being the planet’s overall economy is establishing advances and bounds, the binary buying and selling can be the lucrative trading if implement with careful research simply by the investor.
Binary trading has become this most popular forex trading platform, and even due to the swift growing of this enterprise, growth throughout binary possibilities brokers’ toughness is using place. The importance connected with typically the brokers cannot end up being ignored as the major function of the broker is to carefully handle the deal of the investor simply by helping him through any wide and thin of binary trade. Behind the success of every deal, the binary options dealer is the main quitar. With the advance of new broker entities in the meeting place business platform, it may be significantly easier to select this best agent according to help the choice. It is definitely the dealer who assists the investor in taking the best selection from the perfect timing to avoid the loss and limit the potential risks.
Trader inside binary possibilities buying and selling provides the complete authority to choose the asset and approach the money management insurance policy. On the other hand, it is the particular binary options broker that guides the trader inside the best possible way concerning typically the asset type that will is great for trading. The assistance of the agent has a lot regarding value as he or she is usually experienced in the discipline of trading and it is quite professional in his strategy. For the long-term positive aspects together with profits to the particular investor, it would turn out to be the best idea to adopt help from the brokerage. Binary option broker relieves the particular dealer in tough periods by providing with a really good counter strategies to make enormous outcome from each trade. Traders, that are exact a great deal interested in acquiring a prosperous career inside binary trading globe, certainly not avoid the services together with assistance of the finest binary agent.
Just how can Binary Option Brokers Help to make Their Money?
There happen to be 2 binary selection enterprise versions currently at the rear of the particular industry. Typically the mostly CySEC-regulated single market-maker (European) company model, and the exchange-based (US) model.
If anyone are throughout Europe and you have a good little bit of binary alternative experience under your belt, you probably understand all about exactly what we’ll call the “CySEC” style. In this business model, often the broker acts like the sole price-maker plus that trades against their own clients. The setup is reminiscent of the casino, where the patrons play resistant to the house. Often the same thing happens right here, with traders going up up against the house on each single deal that many people take. The conflict with client positions together with the potential for fraud is rather obvious in this particular setup. Often the broker can be essentially going up resistant to the trader, on his individual turf, as outlined by a place of rules set and even enforced by way of him. It is accurately the reason exactly why US specialists haven’t permitted this type of buying and selling to take root throughout the country and even why EU authorities happen to be progressively frowning upon the particular build up way too.
The “CySEC” unit dangles a vast selection of fraud possibilities for stockbrokers, and some do without a doubt take full advantage of such opportunities. These people change their prices, they stimulate slipping to trigger investments to lose together with they offer bonus items traders can certainly not hope to gain out. Some of these types of procedures are done by way of brokers who will be otherwise governed and qualified too.
Often the exchange-based business structure, used by simply all US-licensed agents, and even some of their Western equivalent too, is a inherently fairer one. Around this sort of setup, traders act as often the market-makers, which means of which they establish pricing, relating to the dynamic involving source and demand. The particular downside is naturally the fact that root assets which fail to get enough curiosity will simply not necessarily possess any pricing accomplished. By way of an exchange like NADEX and DAWEDA, stock traders industry against their peers instead of against the “house”. Just what this means is that will this exchange operator features no good engage in not fair practices, thus skewing the trading equation one way or another. When some sort of broker wins some sort of trade in an exchange, they takes property money misplaced by one more trader. Typically the exchange slashes a percentage upon entrance into a trade, along with upon deal expiry, from the winner. That way, the change loves the steady flow connected with revenue, while the merchants appreciate a level playing-field.
The most creative – in addition to at the same time period the majority of disgusting – procedures are perpetrated by means of agents operating out of what can easily be identified as the “Wild West” region of this binary solution dealing business. Such brokers are certainly not accredited and regulated, plus they reply to no authority in different shape or form. So, they have a free hand to be able to fleece typically the unfortunate merchants who slip for their charades, any kind of which way they will discover fit. Such scammers can indeed get very creative and they’ll stop at nothing.
1 of a well liked tricks can be to designate dealers an “account manager” who else after that does the actual “trading” with the victim’s income, inside the most “optimal” approach. Optimum in this scenario relates to the rip-off of the trader regrettably, this is why those who also drop for many of these “offers” can inevitably constantly see their particular accounts purged. The normal MO of these artificial account managers is quite suspicious. They first “win” a number of trades for their particular clients, prodding them regarding their potential, and growing and maintaining the seeds involving greed in them. They subsequently get in touch with them directly in addition to try to persuade these individuals to make additional build up, promising fantastic profits. In the event traders draw the brand and even refuse to comply, the container of their particular accounts begins within zeal. If they try to help to make the deposit, numerous documents shall be questioned of them plus little by little, all transmission will probably be gotten rid of with them as typically the cash disappears from their particular accounts.
How can Binary Option Brokers Make Their Money? | 2019-04-19T12:17:39 | http://www.thegildedmoosetes.us/category/general/ |
0.999731 | Alan Stanton replied to Clive Carter's discussion £35,900,000 of Haringey funding for one school?
"Exempt information? Surely you know the drill?https://youtu.be/VuE_jqYNi3c?t=90"
"I imagine many people know the saying: "Don't do as I do; do as I tell you". But where does it come from? Wikipedia, has a page: "Do as I say and not as I do". It cites John Selden (1584-1654) and his book "Table…"
"Adrian, I would like to believe that the dismissal of your entirely reasonable and legitimate Freedom of Information Request is a genuine mistake. And that Fortismere Foundation School will now have a change if heart. It appears to me that not only…"
"Nothing that Keep Britain Tidy does or says will affect the failing Joe Ejiofor regime. Nor should KBT seek to take a "tough line". They are a neutral independent organisation which tries to act as a "critical friend" in the…"
"It's Haringey Council's equivalent of the Dead Parrot Sketch. Council Officer: " Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the park and uh, we're right out of red flags". Customer: I'm trying to…"
"I worry most about a particular section of the "public".Years ago our friends' son - now in his twenties - came home from primary school and told his parents how the answer to one of the SATS questions "happened" to be in a…"
"Telling an unpleasant truth is hard, isn't it? Some people will wriggle and niggle and even giggle their way out of doing it.When our nearest local park was awarded a green flag Haringey Council erected a flagpole. There was a real green flag.…"
"Finally, finally. Some facts; fresh air; and sunshine.Except that even the "explanation" has a colander-full of holes."
"You are entirely missing the point of the article. Spurs are refusing to pay despite the fact that Spurs "supporters" add to the litter etc in local streets. They also add to noise; to parking problems; chocked roads; and to passenger…"
Alan Stanton replied to Adrian Essex's discussion The people's parks have green flags high Oops. Two of them no longer fly. . . . .
"The reply from Joe Ejiofor to Luke Harrison at the last Council meeting was petty and insulting. It continued the childish yah-boo playground games, indulged in for many years by both parties. (At the public expense.) Silly posturing demeans…"
"Thanks Bob for continuing to press on this issue.After sixteen years on the Council as a Labour Party member I finally became increasingly disappointed, and then angry at the way so many "back bench" councillors were treated with such…"
"“You can leave in a huff. Or you can leave in a minute and a huff.” (Marxist joke)It feels like it's taken not much longer than a minute and a huff before the prospect of a new transparent and accountable Council evaporated in the…"
"Below is a copy of the letter Fortismere parents got in May 2018. I've named the file "Cost Neutral for Some". I'm thinking of words for a new version of the old song "Other People's Babies". (Words by A.P.…"
"Last week I looked this up Fortismere Foundation School website. I couldn't find much. The most recent docs I came across were from 2016. Including a report on what they've named their 'Site Improvement…"
""To appear here shortly". Some clarity please, Clive. Does that cryptic comment mean that you or one of your contacts has now had the reports?I enjoyed your spoof of the Cllr Joe Ejiofor message - with green flag posters on the wall behind…"
"If you are blocked for disagreeing with Mr Peter Bingle and can't view his tweet, here it I added a black border. Not of course referring to Mr Bingle, but in the hope that when even leading lobbyists express disgust about MIPIM it…" | 2019-04-26T15:49:02 | http://opinion8.ning.com/profile/AlanStanton |
0.995613 | Is there a link to the latest version of the HxC manager program?
I remember HxC manager as a program, but you already have the HxC.Rom on the emulator.
Theres is the ROM version.
It can be instal instead or after EXDOS ROM ?
EXDOS required, this is a additional utility for change the mounted image on a HxC.
However, it has been MANY years since I last worked with an Enterprise, so could you - or someone else - tell me in more detail how I run HxC manager?
As far as I know HxC.rom is not included on the Exdos controller. And Pear does not supply a version with (as far as I understood from him - excuse me in advance if I understood this wrong).
Is this the way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-624bEIkVo I know that my version is not the slim version but loading EPDOS (where do I get that BTW?) and then loading HxC manager?
In the ROM of the card at now is EXDOS only.
In addition, to see additional applications in ROM (e.g. HxC), you will need EXOS in version at least 2.2 (Zozo, please correct me if I've got something mixed up).
Your EXDOS-Compact from Pear has space for a lot of extra Roms. I think that Zozo will provide you an image to program the FlashRom included.
Using Epdos is the "cheap" way for an Enterprise with spare memory to install a virtual Rom, that will last until the next hard reset. You don't need that method, but Epdos is indeed a great file manager with a lot of extras. Ask Zozo to include it on the Roms compilation.
All HxC versions behave the same.
Pear: Zozo has provided John the Enterprise, so surely it has inside installed the most actual EXOS Rom, no problem with that.
John did not write me that the Flash should be on the card and I sent him a simple EPROM.
My bad. Misunderstood the concept. Can I buy from you (and replace my self) the Flashrom?
you will need EXOS in version at least 2.2 (Zozo, please correct me if I've got something mixed up).
John Fante got a machine with EXOS 2.4.
Can I buy from you (and replace my self) the Flashrom?
It will be cheaper to buy any (almost) Flash memory on local than to send from foreign.
If you have a Flash memory programmer, you can replace the chip itself (the description of the jumper setting is on the wiki).
If you do not have the right tools, then of course there is no problem.
I can send Flash memory with any content.
Zozo(and others, but mainly...) has improved very much the computer with his EXOS and EXDOS revisions, adding new characteristics and compatibility with new hardware without losing(but incrementing...) the old exciting feelings when managing this lovable computer. | 2019-04-22T02:11:59 | https://enterpriseforever.com/hardware/hxc-manager-program/msg71587/ |
0.999999 | Is Sam Allardyce the right man for the job?
He's got Jose Mourinho and Sven's Göran Eriksson's backing, but is the Sunderland manager really the man to get the England Team back to the top?
UCAS is sending female students tampons and no one quite knows why Celebrities support Leslie Jones as she quits Twitter due to severe racist abuse.
Following the England team's disappointing performance at the Euro's, it has now been confirmed that Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce will be taking over Roy Hodgson's recently vacated spot as the new England manager. The news has been met with mixed reaction.
Newly appointed Manchester United manager.
Newly appointed Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has praised the appointment claiming Allardyce is "more than ready" to manage the England squad and that he is a "good motivator and can create a good team spirit." Former England manager Sven Göran Eriksson, who managed the team between 2001 to 2006, also backed the Englishman.
Speaking to Sky Sports, the head coach at Shanghai SIPG said, "Sam has been there for a long, long time and he's done a good job wherever he's been. He's very organised so that will be a very organised team I suppose. So why not? Good luck, Sam." West Ham fan Calum @calumwhu, is very reluctant to praise his club's former manager but concedes that he's the "right choice because he obviously gets the best out of his players."
"My concerns about his appointment," says Calum, "are obviously his lack of success, but like I said this is offset by the fact that he's never had the opportunity to work with a top quality team.
I'm also worried that his style of play won't translate to an England team that are used to having 65 percent possession every game, but if teams he's managed previously can score 2 goals with 35 percent possession, why can't this England team do just as well with 65 percent?"
However, this reaction hasn't been shared by all.
Aged 61, Allardyce is a managerial veteran with a strong number of teams under his belt. He started out managing Blackpool back in 1994. He since went on to manage Notts County, Bolton, Newcastle, Blackburn and West Ham before moving on to manage the struggling Sunderland.
Yet, despite this time in top-flight Football, he has never managed a team who are expected to win each and every game.
Whilst Göran Eriksson praised Allardyce saying, "Many times he has managed a team that has been struggling and has done the job" many fans don't think this qualifies him for the role, Hartlepool fan, Connor Harper, says, "His entire managerial career history has been damage limitation and avoiding relegation. This is a foreign challenge."
He does "well as the underdog", says Tom, but "England team [is] a different ballgame." | 2019-04-18T15:04:02 | https://uk.blastingnews.com/sport/2016/07/is-sam-allardyce-the-right-man-for-the-job-001026865.html |
0.998652 | Question: Options For Automatically Retrieving Entrez Gene Names From Id?
This is somewhat related to my Bioperl Bio::Db::Entrezgene No Longer Works. I've been using the BioPerl module Bio::DB::EntrezGene to automate my conversion of EntrezGene IDs (as retrieved from BioMart) to Entrez gene names. However, that module no longer seems to work. I'd still like to have a automated way of retrieving Entrez gene names, so I was wondering if anyone here had any suggestions as to how to go about it. For example, are there other (still-functional) BioPerl modules that can retrieve the gene name, given the EntrezGene ID? It doesn't have to be in BioPerl (although something in Perl would be nice); really, I'd just like to avoid having to pull down gene entries manually at Batch Entrez.
What species are you are you referring to?
Most of the time, the gene names I need to fetch are for zebrafish, but I've also needed to do it for humans and mice.
As I expect that the Entrez gene name is basically the same as the gene name used in Ensembl, you could use the Ensembl REST API for this. The nice thing is that you can incorporate the REST requests in scripts written in any language, or use them directly from the command line.
where brca2 is the gene name.
Map gene names to gene ids. | 2019-04-22T20:01:35 | https://www.biostars.org/p/70387/ |
0.999763 | How did you come to be an actor?
I've been doing it since I was 15. As little a kid I wanted to do it, but my parents weren’t too keen. But I'd look in The Age in Melbourne every day for the open call auditions. I was doing this as a child, at age 10, every morning. And there'd be advertisements for cattle calls for things, "Beauty and the Beast: The Musical needs 10 year olds", so I'd go off and audition for it. And then my parents would get a call from someone saying, "Can you thank Tom very much for coming in but this time..." and things like that. They finally broke and let me properly pursue it when I was about 15 – they didn't really have much choice in the matter.
They're not from this world at all and, I guess, they felt it was a weird environment for a child. They weren't stage parents in any way, completely the opposite. They thought that I should be an adult before doing these things, quite rightly – I wouldn't want my kids to do it, I don't think.
By the time I was about 17, we’d had some tragedies in the family and the acting work was my saviour, absolutely my saviour. I dropped out of high school in my last year, I was working, loving it. And at around 18 I did my first feature film, Australian Rules, and from that point it was my whole life.
My first theatre production was at Belvoir St after Neil Armfield had seen me in a film and asked me to audition for The Lieutenant of Inishmore. I didn't know anything about Belvoir or Neil at the time, I was just in Melbourne thinking, "Oh, it's some play happening up in Sydney." Other people eventually said, "You know, that's a really cool thing." I was just all about the job.
Tom in Belvoir's The Lieutenant of Inishmore.
I had a pretty spectacularly dramatic incident five weeks into that Belvoir season, where I had, essentially, an adrenal overload onstage at the end of the night. It was a very physical production, I was smashing my knees into the stage every night and getting my hair unintentionally ripped out by Dan Wyllie. My body was pretty broken by it all. And so I had this adrenal overload at the final curtain of the show, in which my whole body started seizing up and I thought I was having a heart attack. They take me to St Vincent's and I'm there covered in stage blood from the show, no shirt on. And with me the whole time was my partner at the time, Rita Kalnejais, who was in the show, and I was saying, "Tell my mum I love her!" and all that kind of stuff. I have to tell the hospital, "Not real blood! Not real blood! Heart attack!" So, they put all the sensors on me and then they come back to me with a paper bag, and they say, "Look, we know it feels like a big deal for you, but you're not having a heart attack, you're having a panic attack." It was the first time I'd ever had one of those in my life and I was completely freaked out by it. I think I missed one show and then managed to finish the run of the show, with great difficulty. But from that moment I thought, "Theatre is just too dangerous for me." I'm not exactly sure, but I think it was about nine years where I didn't do theatre. I was like, "I'm not going to do that, because I'll die." I mean, there was a year of therapy and antidepressants to reprogram my brain because this adrenal overload meant I suddenly started having panic attacks all the time. So, I had a year where I barely left the house apart from seeing the psychiatrist. I got better, panic disorder cured, but theatre was another frontier. Because I'm not formally trained as an actor, my only programming is "go for it" every night, like you would for a take for film and TV. I used to get really frustrated (unfairly in hindsight) if another actor wouldn't give everything every time. Of course, I got broken because of that attitude to an extent, but it was all I knew. So, I really removed myself from theatre, didn't even go see it.
About three years ago, I got stone-cold sober and I'm married and my whole life is very secure and safe and happy and healthy. And I thought, "Hmm, it'd be nice if just a little bit of theatre popped up."
Were you looking for the danger again?
No, I just felt safe, so I no longer thought that something huge was going to happen if I went there. Kate Mulvaney called me up about a reading at Melbourne Theatre Company of her play Rasputin.
One of the Cybec Readings?
Yeah, one of those. And I said, "Yeah, OK." So, I went along to this thing where you rehearse for a day and then put it on that night. And I really, really loved it. It was a great play. So after that, I asked, "Can we make this play happen?" And the response was, "Well, yeah, we're trying, that's the whole point of it all." I was just so ready to do it. It didn't seem too dangerous, I wouldn't have to go to a place that would mess me up or anything.
Rasputin didn't get picked up that time, but eventually Iain Sinclair and I had a meeting about The Beast by Eddie Perfect, which was this big comedy. I thought, "Great! I can clown around…". And I wanted my first show back to be a big show. I didn't want to pop into a smaller theatre and damage myself if only a small number of people were going to see it, you know.
And I know how egotistical and ridiculous it sounds, but I was like, "If I'm going to do it, I want thousands of people to see me broken and destroyed! I want it to be a dramatic death!" Anyway, I was so fine, not even the slightest little flare up. It was an amazing cast and I felt very safe and that I was really back. You know, you monitor anniversaries of the previous disaster – "Oh, it happened five weeks in" – but I got over all that stuff.
The idea in my head now is that it'd be a nice thing to do one big show each year. I don't know whether I could do back-to-back seasons like so many people do brilliantly. I just always choose some stupid physical character trait that will eventually decay me, you know. In Endgame, I've already got this fused leg and I'm already thinking about the exercises I'm going to do to keep my body solid through the season.
How is it coming into a show like this to replace Robert Menzies?
I met with Andrew a year ago about this show. I thought the play was brilliant, I thought I could bring my own clown version to this role, as well as it just being beautiful and written incredibly well. But then the role went to Robert Menzies and I was honoured to have even been considered – it's one of those rare moments where you go, "Oh, he'll be f***ing amazing!" And I'd actually been talking to Julie Forsythe about Endgame – she's doing it at MTC right now, she's in the bin right now – and so when I got the call from STC, there was no question. I had to ask my wife, but there was no second guessing. And it's amazing to be back in Sydney. There's so much great passion, energy and value put on theatre in this town.
You mentioned the clowning aspect of Endgame. I imagine anyone who saw Waiting for Godot here in 2013 would understand how clowning and Beckett go together, but what's your take on it in Endgame?
There's so many different kinds of clown in it. Even within the one character. I'm realising that there's no template with this. When you read it at first, you might think there is, but when you get to the specifics of it you realise it changes every 20 seconds. The play begins with something that everyone could recognise as a kind of clown routine – moving the ladder back and forth – but then it switches into (almost) naturalism, for a moment, then I'm playing straight man to Hamm's laugh riot. I'm still getting comfortable with the changes and it as a general form feeling OK. But there was a gross shock to begin with of not having a simple, gradual through-line of a single 'clown'.
Hugo Weaving was talking the other day about how Beckett doesn't give actors an easy motivational bridge between moments.
Exactly, as an actor your first thought is, "Why do I start talking about this? Why do i do that?" And Hugo's right, most of the time there is no connection. But you get this creepy feeling – and this is a bit romantic and dramatic – that Beckett's ghost is standing over you reassuring you that it is all there. Once you get it all down and you learn everything and you've done it a bunch of times, you'll be able to stand back and it'll be clear that something that happens two-thirds of the way through might not relate to what happened immediately prior but it does relate to something that happened for a second in the first third. And so you can find a complete through-line from one moment to another moment, it's just really complicated. It feels seriously bizarre to begin with. I don't think Beckett is messing with the actors, even if people assume that. I think it makes perfect sense, it's just beyond my intelligence as to how he created it. It keeps you at arms length, so it never gets too bald.
It must be satisfying to dig into text that is so complex, so layered and multidimensional.
That's the genius of it. You feel that there are conscious triple meanings in each line. It's staggering. I'm a bit of a philistine, I've never really tackled any of these great works, and it's been a real joy to be allowed into something like this, into a brain like Beckett's. It's fascinating. It's beyond philosophy. It's not just rumination, it's very personal.
That's right, Beckett's actually embodied it. It's not the espousing of philosophy just in language, it's making it happen through action – the people in his plays live that philosophy.
Yes! And it is so deeply personal, these things that he's extracting from his life and putting out there. Look, you could read his biography and then say, "Hamm and Clov are Beckett and his wife." But, in practice, it doesn't help you, because no one can completely zoom in on and recreate the characters from someone else's life. So, Hugo and I have to find our own version of a relationship, which takes time. I'd never met Hugo before this, and it takes time to get through all the normal personal stuff to something else.
How do you do that – go about building a relationship with another actor – especially when you're playing characters that are so close to each other?
In this case, the initial thing was easy, because I'd weirdly just worked with Hugo's son – the amazing, lovely Harry Greenwood – last year on Gallipoli. He's an incredible young man, divine. And having spent time with him you just make the assumption that at least one of his parents has to be amazing. An amazing, open-minded, divine individual. So the odds are pretty good and there's a strange kind of familiarity in that small way. Given that I had about 10 hours' notice between getting the job and the first reading, Hugo's the perfect person to greet you in that situation. Warm and generous.
It's interesting, we did our lines looking at each other just now, because Hugo realised that he never really gets to look at me in the show. None of them really look at each other much. So, as actors, it's useful to play around with both to see what we're each doing, because the voice and the face aren't always doing the same thing.
We've been talking about how it's jazz. It's loose, things can pop up from nowhere. But, like jazz, you learn the standard before you start improvising. So, we're still finding the standard.
In terms of how my music and acting interact, I feel that there's definitely a rhythmic aspect shared across both. And, with this character, I've got one fused leg (who knows, this will probably change) and the other leg does all the work moving around, so it's entirely possible that he could have a beat based on that, even when he's standing still. And that's comforting to me as a musician.
Are you still playing music?
It's been a couple of years since I did a proper gig. My singing voice hasn't been the same lately, which feels like fate saying that I should put music to one side now. I can't do the music and act at the same time – I can't write songs while I'm working as an actor – it just doesn't work for me. They’re different parts of the brain, or the same, so they argue.
What else have you got on this year?
You seem really OK with that?
Yes and no. There's usually a week or two where I'm completely comfortable with the physical recovery. But when it ticks over that last day, I'll be like, "I don't deserve to eat." My wife almost gets a tear in her eye, "You do deserve lunch, you're lovely, of course you deserve it." But I haven't done anything. It's an ancient thing in the body, you know, I haven't sown the seeds, I haven't killed anything, I’ve just played video games or whatever busying activity it is. So, no, I don't really handle time off well. At all. The dream is to always have something coming up. Hopefully one day it might happen. But I also took two years out, completely, to play music and tour with that. I focused on something else entirely and enjoyed it.
I've had moments of questioning what the point of acting is. In film and TV, you can feel like a cog in the system – the editing, the camera angle, all of those decisions that are completely separate to you that can change everything. So I've found that I really need to collaborate and invest – I'll have options for lines, ideas for scenes that I'll prep the night before a shoot day – so I feel like I've got ownership, even if I just put in one new thing. And theatre is the best version of that, its so collaborative. You feel like it's really yours.
Yeah, it's so lovely! It's what I'm supposed to do. | 2019-04-22T04:18:44 | https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/magazine/posts/2015/march/feature-tom-budge |
0.999918 | When Danielle (Juliette Lewis) asked Max where he was from, he answered her with two questions of his own. Either one will suffice.
You know why the bosses chose Sam "Ace" Rothstein (Robert De Niro) to manage their casino? It was because he ate, slept and lived gambling and he rarely lost a bet. Who wants to bet on us not remembering how he got around obtaining a license?
(11) "Where do you think I'm from?" and "If I (tell) you, you gonna get mad at me?" (12) Right (13) No (14) He told him to read the book between Esther and Psalms in the Bible (The Book of Job). (15) There would have been a conflict of interest. Max got to Heller before Sam did.
(16) He wanted Sam to have a gun that was right for the size of his hands. (17) We omitted the words, "It's premeditated." They followed, "I know the plan." (18) Jim Beam and Pepto Bismol (19) Myers against Cady in a battle to see who can hold a melting flare in their hand the longest.
(20) He strapped himself to the underside of the Bowdens' car when they left New Essex.
He kept changing his job title, which prolonged the review of his application.
12. We need some help settling another argument. It involves the ticket agent that Max lied to. You could say that encounter occurred under false pretenses, but our argument would be he never claimed to be someone else. Only Danille was led to believe otherwise. Right or wrong?
13. When Danielle allowed Max to put his arms around her he did more than that. Did she back away when he kissed her on the lips?
14. The answer to this question isn't "In the dictionary." Well, it is, but it isn't. Confused? Good. Where did Max say Sam would find the meaning of the word "commitment"?
15. The Hell, you say? Tell us what he said when Sam came to him for help. He being Heller, Lee Heller (Gregory Peck).
wanted a gun, Kersek suggested a .38 snub-nosed special. What was that recommendation based on?
17. Two words are missing from the following exchange of dialogue. Tell us what they are and where they belong.
Sam: "I know the plan. It makes me an accomplice, an accessory, an abettor. It's also excessive force."
Kersek: "The only thing excessive we could do to Cady would be to gut him and eat his liver."
18. Kersek thought he was talking to the Bowdens' maid (Zully Montero) when he mentioned his father's favorite drink. Pour us a glass of the same stuff.
what Max did when he reminded Sam's wife and daughter that his mission in prison was to become more human than human.
20. You remember how Rose (Kate Winslet() found Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) aboard the Titantic after he was locked up, don't you? She asked all the right questions. Here's the last of ours, for this quiz - How did Max find Sam's houseboat in Cape Fear? | 2019-04-24T22:08:44 | http://lightscameratrivia.com/Cape-Fear-B.html |
0.999999 | The role of the AASP Strategic Alliance Liaison is to promote the organization to groups and organizations outside of the field of sport and exercise psychology. For instance, this individual would promote AASP and the larger profession to sport, exercise and related performance groups and organizations. To do this, the AASP Strategic Alliance Liaison will work closely with the public relations firm contracted by the organization and the Public Relations and Outreach Division Head. This individual will report directly to the Public Relations and Outreach Division Head.
The role of this individual is to work with the Community Outreach Committee to generate a list of groups and organizations that AASP could connect with to increase the profile of AASP and sport and exercise psychology as a profession globally. As such, the goal is to increase the number of sport and exercise psychology related jobs in the industry, and to ensure that AASP has a connection with other professional organizations.
Within this role, the individual would make phone calls and develop connections with professional and sport, exercise and performance related groups/organizations. The individual would serve as a long-term connection with the Joint Commission on Sports Medicine and Science, and be willing to attend related conferences (e.g., JCSMS, ACSM, NASPE, APA Div 47, BASES, COSP) and travel to meet with executives from related organizations (e.g., NCAA, Little League Baseball) with the funding of AASP.
The AASP Strategic Alliance Liaison position is an appointed (volunteer) position that serves at the will and pleasure of each AASP President coming into office. Appointments of this position by the President will be made in consultation with the Public Relations and Outreach Division Head and the Executive Board. Since this position is not an elected position, it is not considered an Executive Board position, and does not have voting privileges on the Executive Board. However, it is essential that the individual serving in this position have a strong understanding of the history and current directions of the organization and Executive Board. Therefore, when appropriate, this individual will be invited to sit in on Executive Board meeting phone calls, and when appropriate, discuss issues pertinent to the strategic alliance initiatives of the organization. The person serving in this role will not be eligible to sit in on any executive sessions of the executive committee, and in most cases will not travel to spring board meetings. The individual within this role will be filled-in on all other relevant Executive Board issues by the Public Relations and Outreach Division Head. Given the role of this individual, it would be preferable for the individual to have previously served on the Executive Board, and have a strong understanding of the history and functioning of the organization. Further, it would be preferable for the person in this role to have background in and appreciation for both psychology and exercise science.
The position of AASP Strategic Alliance Liaison will be developed on a trial basis. Therefore, this position will begin in 2013 and will have an automatic sunset of December 2016. Based upon the merits of this position as determined by the standing Executive Board in 2016, a decision can then be made about renewal or making this position permanent. If the decision is made to renew this position in 2016, the Executive Board should also consider putting in a term length for the position (e.g., 6 years). | 2019-04-21T05:13:41 | https://appliedsportpsych.org/about/aasp-committees/strategic-liaison-position/ |
0.999593 | How to say what needs to be said?
Astute readers will have noticed the slight change in the title and header of this blog, from "Bad Pennies: They'll come back as soon as they're ready," to a more singular variety.
That is because, as of today, I am, as they say, on my own.
I started this blog when Craig and I moved to Australia, to keep in touch with Atlanta-based beloved people. And over the last three years, it has grown, and it has reflected nearly every shift in our lives.
And I have grown. And Craig has grown.
And we are no longer who we were when we set off on an adventure called Australia.
So, this blog will now reflect this shift in our lives.
We are each on our own.
Happier posts coming soon, I promise, dear dear readers.
My trip to Manchester wasn't all relaxation and train-station-based theatre, my friends, oh no. It was also a serious business trip that had me visiting the Photon Science Institute to have a stickybeak, meet prospective collaborators, give a presentation and paint myself as generally competent and good drinking company in case they feel like handing out postdoctoral appointments soon. And so on Wednesday we set out for the uni in classic Craig fashion, i.e., unsure of where the building is, exactly, and what it's called. Fortunately I had my contact's number written down and we didn't have problems. In short, the visit was very good, and my presentation was fine, and Nija, ever the fan of science, came along too, wearing her new T-Rex necklace. Nija sat down in the third row or so, amidst the people of the Institute.
G: (smarmily, eyebrow cocked) Heh-looooo, are you a student at the Institute?
N: (chipperly) No, that's my sweetheart up there! The ginger!
G folds his arms and slumps into his chair.
N: So are you a student here? What do you do?
G: Nothing. It's complicated. Whatever. Mumbles.
A true slice of life! Oh well, can't win them all.
Anyhow, we set out after the visit to one of England's classic destinations, the Lake District (or possibly the Lakes District), famous for astounding scenery, quaint villagelets and rakish authors who died more than a century ago, like Wordsworth and Thomas de Quincey. It's about an hour north of Manchester, so in Sydney terms it's in metropolitan Manchester. We set out on our journey in classic Craig fashion, i.e., I had looked at the map (as we sat in the car before leaving) and kept telling myself the numbers of the motorways we needed to take, but didn't write it down as I thought "It's only two numbers, how can I forget?" Well, first we got stuck in traffic (or we participated in traffic, as it were) on the Ring Road for an hour just trying to get to the other side of town. Second, all the motorways leaving Manchester are sixty-something, so I just basically got mixed up between 61 and 66.
A good 30 minutes into our journey up the 66, the thing terminated and put us onto a surface street. I was trying to get to the M6. Something was amiss. Nija had to drag out the map, which she hates being responsible for, and I wound up agitated and not very friendly about getting us to the 61, so we could get to the 6. It wasn't pretty, and I was sorry, and I encourage you to write things down, reader, lest you wake your partner from a pleasant doze to give her bad news and then have her fix it.
We did get to the 61 (thanks, darling) and then to the 6, and then wound our way up past wind turbines and through lovely countryside into Cumbria and the hamlets of the Lakes. Fortunately, summer was on its way to the North and so it was light out until about 10PM---fantastic---so even though it took us twice as long to get there than expected and even though we'd left in mid-afternoon, we could still take in the epic landscapes and mirrored surfaces of the lakes, meres, tarns, sluices, estuaries, wassers, fjords, estanques, pozos, billabongs, and whatever else they call ponds up there in that part of the shop.
On a friend's recommendation, we planned to stay in Grasmere, a village about 20 minutes beyond Windermere, "the Katoomba of the Lakes". We got there and checked ourselves into a comfortable guest house, headed into the dark for a pub meal, then returned with wine.
Next morning we were surprised to find that someone had been making sacrifices to the god of good weather; despite the rainy week we'd had in Manchester we got one of the Lakes' elusive beautiful days. We packed up some of the food we'd brought from the city, had some breakfast, picked up some maps, and headed out according to one of them on a several-hour walk around Grasmere lake. Fifteen minutes later, we still hadn't gotten out of Grasmere, because we couldn't figure out where, exactly, the map was telling us to start. I suppose it was more of a set of vague instructions than a "map", per se. Eventually, thanks to the help of a kindly hotel receptionist, we were on the right track.
It was indeed an excellent walk, and by the time we got back to Grasmere we were in need of some tea and cake, which fortunately were available at the tea and cake shop. Afterward we grabbed our car and toodled up toward Penrith, capital of the Eastern Lake District. We were hoping for a scenic journey, whatever the destination, and my choice of a tiny little squiggle on the map to get there paid off big-time, with some harrowing driving and frankly unbelievable views. It doesn't make for good blogging, though, since we didn't take pictures; we just sat agog at the immensity and diversity of the landscape, from green pasture-lined hills to sharp, craggy, dusty ranges, all in the span of a few miles.
We made it to Penrith in one piece. For our Australian readers, this is the original Penrith we're talking about here, and let me tell you that it's quite an honour to set foot in the place that inspired our own mountainside metropolis. One can see why some voyager might have longed for his home such that he decided to spawn a new one. There is a nice clock tower.
And note this in your travel journals: not a pub in Penrith has macaroni and cheese. We checked. But they do serve beer, and hot chips, and so we tucked in, and watched Obama give a speech without the sound on, and we headed back to Grasmere for a quiet night.
What is a train station?
Before Craig got here, a friend of mine asked me what Craig and I would do. I listed the knowns: spend time introducing Craig to my new friends, go to the Lake District, go to Mossley and see Acorn's Antiques. I said there were unknowns, too.
My friend said, "I thought you'd just spend all week in bed."
I laughed. "Right," I said, "We're not really that sort of people."
In the ten short days that Craig was in Manchester, we did many things. Some might say too many. For example: on his fabulously rainy last day, we went to the Manchester Art Gallery. But no one could possibly question Station Stories.
Piccadilly train station is, perhaps, not quite at the centre of the city, but it is Manchester's main train station. Its current incarnation was built in the 60s, and as such, it is an enormous glass structure. In its own way, it can be beautiful.
It is modern, with digital arrival and departure signs. 12 train platforms, as well as the Metrolink light rail platforms below. It is also a mall, housing Starbucks, Monsoon, TieRack, and the only Manchester branch of the enormous UK chain The Bagel Factory, which sells and promotes bagels as "America's best kept health secret!" Indicating, of course, a nearly complete misunderstanding of bagels, Americans, and more generally, perhaps more sadly, health.
But what is a train station? For the most part, I think, for most people, a train station is a waiting place. A place merely designed to take you from home to a place you want or need to be. It is a place you deal with, a place where you undergo sacrifice of time and pleasure, in order to get somewhere you would prefer to be. Or perhaps somewhere you have to be.
A train station is also a public place, where many people have private trajectories. Some are coming home, some are starting holidays. Some are leaving for work, some arriving from it. In many public places, everyone is largely doing the same thing, in restaurants, most people eat. But train stations are a special sort of public place, with special rules. You do not usually congregate in a train station. You pay 30p to use the restroom. There are special rules.
And for the most part, I think, for most people, not a lot happens in a train station. It is a waiting place. It is a getting from here to there place. It is just an in-between place.
Approximately 12 strangers stand on the mezzanine of Piccadilly Station, looking down at the ground floor. Imagine you are watching the amorphous crowd. You stand, watching, picking out individuals as they make their ways through the station. This one has an enormous backpack. Maybe she's on her way to the trip of a lifetime. Maybe she's just returned from it. Maybe, just maybe, you think, Manchester is part of it.
You and approximately 11 strangers are not only standing on a mezzanine and watching. You are all also wearing headphones, making you look, if anyone cared to look, like a group of very special people.
In the headphones, you hear ambient music, sounds from around the train station. You can also hear muffled announcements, fighting their way into your ears, despite the headphones.
And then you hear a man's voice, very nearly inside your head, telling you the story of the girl he met, loved and lost at the train station.
You hear him, but you do not see him. He is one of the crowd.
And because you cannot see him, he could be anyone. These thoughts, this story you're hearing, they could be anyone's. Because a train station is a waiting place, that makes it also, strangely sometimes, a thinking place. And any of these people you're watching could be thinking this. Something like this.
Eventually, if you pay attention, he makes himself known. He wanders through the crowd, speaking quietly into a wireless microphone, and though you are 50 feet away, you can hear him just as you could if he were in your bed, telling you everything he'd been through with that woman. It feels like he's talking to you.
Really, he's talking to you. And approximately 11 strangers.
He told us his story, about how she wrote him cards, and how he needed to get rid of them, now that she wasn't his any longer. He tries leaving them around the station these days, he says, but it's hard. People are always noticing, giving them back to him. "Hey, mate! You dropped this!"
And as in his story, so in real life. You and approximately 11 strangers are the only ones, you see, who know he's trying to drop these things. And you are unnoticed. You are 50 feet away. There are many people in this train station who are there merely to wait, and they do what people do. Mostly, they do not notice. They do not notice him dropping his love letters, and they do not notice approximately 12 strangers watching them, with headphones on. But some do notice.
"Hey mate," they say, in entirely good faith. "You dropped this!"
He takes the card back, and thanks them for noticing, and continues telling his story and drops the card again.
And you stand there on the mezzanine and listen to this private story unfold. You watch and hear this performance, performed for an intimate audience: only you and approximately 11 strangers.
Is a train station, then, a private place?
Or is a train station, then, a theatre?
We heard six stories that day, performed by six writers. They performed at different parts of the station, and we walked to varying areas to hear and sometimes see them.
David Gaffney, Nicholas Royle, and Jenn Ashworth were especially memorable, perhaps only because I had already heard of those writers. Or perhaps because I could, in some way, relate to the stories they told.
There was a very obscure sort of poetry by Tom Jenks that was difficult to hang onto because I could not read his words as he said them, and his words were sometimes tricks, as poems can sometimes be. There was a conspiracy tale about the Masons.
Their stories were live-mixed with music and sounds from around the train station. Very cool technology was used to transmit the live-mix to our headphones.
It was futuristic. No. It was the future. I think this because Station Stories, in a way, raised almost too many questions for it not to be the future.
When you really start thinking about them, they are truly strange places. They are never fully closed, so there is never really an "inside." They have doors that demarcate inside and outside for people. But the doors for the trains are always open to the outside. Perhaps it makes sense for them to mix public and private like this, to be so ambiguous.
For Station Stories, the thoroughfares were the stage, sometimes. And sometimes the dead spaces of the station were the stage.
Is it ok to have people to unintentionally become part of a performance against their knowledge and/or will? Or where is the line between art and life, and are we allowed to find them and trample on them in this way? Are we not allowed? Who lays down those rules?
What is a performance? And who are performers?
The writers, surely, were performing. Traditionally. But what of the strangers who didn't know what was going on, and yet still played by the special rules of the train station, by refusing to let a man drop a card and keep walking? What of them doing what was expected? What of the others who ignored the cards, who didn't notice the cards? What of them doing what was equally expected?
And more to the point and to the problem questions.
Occasionally people pointed up at the mezzanine, alerting their family to our presence, laughed at the specials, or just looked confused in our direction. We looked back, sometimes. That, too, was that a performance?
Of course, individual lives and stories and trajectories are going on everywhere all the time. Only a solipsist could imagine otherwise.
Which is too bad, because I feel like I look rather stern and unhappy in that picture. Just about angry.
"No," he said. "That's what you look like when you're thinking."
Oh, dear. I might need to stop thinking so much, if that's how I look, I said.
And he said something sweet, like he does, because he's that sort of person. It was, undoubtedly, loving. The kind of thing he says all the time that I forget quite easily. I'm that sort of person.
Two days later, we were back at Piccadilly, this time having a private story of our own in that very public space. He was leaving again, and this time I won't see him for probably a full year, unless we manage something magical. He probably did, but I can't remember if he told me this time that I look beautiful.
I don't remember the right things sometimes. I'm that sort of person.
This is a footnote, added mere hours after this post was published.
I have twice been in train stations when they became not waiting places.
Years ago in Atlanta, I was on my way to a protest against an abomination that is otherwise known as war. I was traveling on MARTA, which is an abomination in itself. I tell you what, it is not "Smarta."
Having cleverly deduced that a truly massive horde of protestors (maybe 30 people?) were using public transit to attend the protest (because, I suppose, we were holding placards and banners that said, sometimes, "No Blood for Oil"), the cops shut MARTA down to prevent us joining the massive horde that was already at the protest location. Which is to say, our combined might would have equalled that of... well, maybe 100 people. Protesting isn't that big in Atlanta. We were already on the train, and we were only a few stops away, but now we were locked in.
And someone started singing. Not some obvious protest song, not Woody Guthrie or Bob Dylan. Not Joe Hill. Oh, no. No, no.
Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear!
O-oh! Living on a prayer!
I present for your judging eyes, then, dear readers: Bon Jovi as a transformer of space.
Craig and I waited on the platform, just a few weeks ago, for the train that would arrive and a few minutes later, take him away. We said our goodbyes, the train rolled in. And rather than him quietly taking his seat, we were overwhelmed by 100s of laughing, cheering, partying, screaming people streaming out of the train.
Man City had just won the FA cup. City fans made the train, the train station, the streets into a place of pride.... Craig's train left with him on it, and I followed the party into the train station and out of it, laughing and taking heart in the collective joy that filled the train station. | 2019-04-22T02:13:03 | http://atlsyd.blogspot.com/2011/06/ |
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40. D) It was frequently interrupted by commercials.
12. A) The man is fond of traveling. B) The woman is a photographer. C) The woman took a lot of pictures at the contest. D) The man admires the woman's talent in writing.
13. A) The man regrets being absent-minded. B) The woman saved the man some trouble. C) The man placed the reading list on a desk. D) The woman emptied the waste paper basket.
14. A) He quit teaching in June. B) He has left the army recently. C) He opened a restaurant near the school. D) He has taken over his brother's business.
15. A) She seldom reads books from cover to cover. B) She is interested in reading novels. C) She read only part of the book. D) She was eager to know what the book was about.
16. A) She was absent all week owing to sickness. B) She was seriously injured in a car accident.
C) She called to say that her husband had been hospitalized. D) She had to be away from school to attend to her husband.
17. A) The speakers want to rent the Smiths' old house. B) The man lives two blocks away from the Smiths. C) The woman is not sure if she is on the right street. D) The Smiths' new house is not far from their old one.
18. A) The man had a hard time finding a parking space. B) The woman found they had got to the wrong spot. C) The woman was offended by the man's late arrival. D) The man couldn't find his car in the parking lot. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) The hotel clerk had put his reservation under another name. B) The hotel clerk insisted that he didn't make any reservation. C) The hotel clerk tried to take advantage of his inexperience. D) The hotel clerk couldn't find his reservation for that night.
20. A) A grand wedding was being held in the hotel. B) There was a conference going on in the city. C) The hotel was undergoing major repairs. D) It was a busy season for holiday-makers.
21. A) It was free of charge on weekends. B) It had a 15% discount on weekdays. C) It was offered to frequent guests only. D) It was 10% cheaper than in other hotels.
22. A) Demand compensation from the hotel. B) Ask for an additional discount. C) Complain to the hotel manager. D) Find a cheaper room in another hotel. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. A) An employee in the city council at Birmingham. B) Assistant Director of the Admissions Office. C) Head of the Overseas Students Office.
D) Secretary of Birmingham Medical School.
24. A) Nearly fifty percent are foreigners. B) About fifteen percent are from Africa. C) A large majority are from Latin America. D) A small number are from the Far East.
25. A) She will have more contact with students. B) It will bring her capability into fuller play. C) She will be more involved in policy-making. D) It will be less demanding than her present job. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 注意:此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答. Passage One Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) Her parents thrived in the urban environment. B) Her parents left Chicago to work on a farm. C) Her parents immigrated to America. D) Her parents set up an ice-cream store.
27. A) He taught English in Chicago. B) He was crippled in a car accident. C) He worked to become an executive. D) He was born with a limp.
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. A) He suffered a nervous breakdown. B) He was wrongly diagnosed. C) He was seriously injured. D) He developed a strange disease.
30. A) He was able to talk again. B) He raced to the nursing home. C) He could tell red and blue apart. D) He could not recognize his wife.
31. A) Twenty-nine days. B) Two and a half months. C) Several minutes. D) Fourteen hours.
32. A) They welcomed the publicity in the media. B) They avoided appearing on television. C) They released a video of his progress. D) They declined to give details of his condition. Passage Three Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. A) For people to share ideas and show farm products. B) For officials to educate the farming community. C) For farmers to exchange their daily necessities. D) For farmers to celebrate their harvests.
34. A) By bringing an animal rarely seen on nearby farms. B) By bringing a bag of grain in exchange for a ticket. C) By offering to do volunteer work at the fair. D) By performing a special skill at the entrance.
35. A) They contribute to the modernization of American farms. B) They help to increase the state governments' revenue. C) They provide a stage for people to give performances.
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Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. | 2019-04-23T01:57:53 | http://8875.org/da-jia-ban-yi-zi-qian-jin-2007-nian-6-yue-23-ri-da-xue-ying-yu-si-ji-CET-4-shi-ti/2 |
0.999999 | So have you been waiting for someone who knows "evangelical" stuff to write the "big picture" of what is going on in the Wheaton College wars?
That is precisely what veteran Washington Post religion-beat pro Michaelle Boorstein asked former GetReligionista Sarah Pulliam Bailey to do the other day. I especially appreciated that this journalistic view from 5,000 feet (or higher) involved the angle that GetReligion has been talking about from Day 1 -- the "who gets to define what 'evangelical' means, especially when jobs are at stake?"
I was actually on vacation when the news first broke, so I came back to the story trying to sort out what actually happened, who said what when, why it had turned into such a nightmare for the college. I saw a lot of people posting really simplistic reactions, like the college is racist or the professor equates Islam with Christianity, so clearly people didn't understand the complexities.
I asked our higher education reporter if I should disclose that I went (to Wheaton College). She said no, unless I'm on some alumni association or something. We have UVA grads report on UVA, etc. It's pretty easy to find through Facebook or Linked In or pretty much anywhere that I went there, but we didn't feel like it was necessary to stamp on the story itself.
So what are the real issues in this doctrinal skirmish?
The underlying theological debate taking place among evangelicals is complex, and accusations of Islamophobic bigotry or a betrayal of the Christian gospel are not uncommon. The debate has centered on how the Christian belief in a Trinitarian God -- God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit -- differs from the God of Islam and Judaism.
Theologians have debated whether Christians and Muslims understand God in the same way, and if so, whether they worship the same “one God.” Do they define the word “worship” in the same way?
So here is a question that I have been waiting for someone to ask. What are the relevant passages in the Wheaton College doctrinal statement? Might someone at least offer readers a description -- with a relevant URL -- of what is in there?
To state the obvious: I have not taught at Wheaton College. However, I have taught at two other Christian liberal arts colleges and it's pretty easy to see that this story is unfolding on multiple levels.
Like what? Bailey's story notes that this conflict truly became dangerous when it got personal and, in particular, when Hawkins decided that she was being asked to defend her own beliefs to a greater degree than previous professors who have clashed with the school. Thus, she has gone silent. Trenches are being dug.
It doesn't help that questions have been raised about where Hawkins stands on other hot-button moral and doctrinal issues. As Bailey's story makes clear, these are tense times at Wheaton when it comes to culture wars of all kinds.
My hunch is that -- looming in the background -- is the fact that Wheaton Provost Stanton L. Jones had already announced that he would step down from that post at the end of this academic year. So do you think there are divisions inside the Wheaton faculty on a host of issues, doctrinal and moral, and that it is crucial who becomes the next provost (the chief academic officer) in these tense times? You think?
So what are you waiting for? Read it all. | 2019-04-26T08:09:31 | https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2016/1/25/sarah-pulliam-bailey-takes-deep-dive-into-wheaton-wars-and-conflicts-inside-evangelicalism |
0.99853 | A former leader of the South Carolina Republican Party known for his incendiary tweets about Trayvon Martin, Nancy Pelosi and others is now facing charges after allegedly slaughtering a family dog.
Todd Kincannon, a former lawyer, told officers that he had to “sacrifice” his mother’s dog because he is “the second coming of Christ” and God told him to do so, going on to say that Jesus needs a sacrifice and blood must be spilled every 1,000 years, according to a police report.
Police said the incident happened at Kincannon’s parents’ home in Simpsonville, S.C., where he had been living. His father called police about 1:30 a.m. on July 26, saying that his wife had locked herself in the bathroom because she was “absolutely terrified” of their son, who had just killed their dog “with his bare hands,” the report says.
Police found Bailey, his mother’s 10-year-old beagle and cattle dog mix, lying on the kitchen floor, riddled with stab wounds and covered in blood, the report says.
Kincannon, 37, was taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital for a mental-health evaluation, police said. He has not been arrested, and it was unclear Friday whether he was still at the hospital. He has been charged with ill treatment of animals. A spokesman for the Simpsonville Police Department did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Kincannon made headlines several years ago for several inflammatory tweets about Pelosi, whom he referred to as “crooked,” among other things, often using vulgar epithets.
He caused further uproar in 2013 with tweets he wrote during the Super Bowl, which was being held in New Orleans.
“It hasn’t been this dark in the Superdome since all those poors occupied it after Hurricane Katrina,” he tweeted in February 2013, the year a blackout delayed the game.
Minutes later, he wrote comments about Martin, the black teen who was fatally shot by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman in 2012.
“Will karma find me as quick as it did Trayvon?” he wrote in one of the tweets. “Oh wait I make it past my 18th birthday. So I guess the answer is no,” he wrote.
In an interview with HuffPost in 2013, Kincannon said he tweets incendiary comments to rile people and watch their outrage for fun.
I see no causal link between "GOP" or "GOP leader" and these actions.
What I do note is that this < expletive deleted > has some clear mental issues in his trolling hobbies. People that think it's fun to tweet incendiary comments to rile people up and watch their outrage are disturbed.
There were clear signs of a problem that people ignored.
Well, no pardon for this guy. He can't muscle in on Dotard's acting like he's the second coming.
I really don't see the point of this post, unless it's to add proof to Shakespeare's "Kill all lawyers." | 2019-04-24T05:57:48 | https://defendingthetruth.com/threads/former-state-gop-leader-kills-mother%E2%80%99s-dog-claims-he%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98the-second-coming-of-christ.97438/ |
0.99986 | This tomb require a simple task to be done in order to receive a prize. You need to swing the wooden basket with wind that is blowing from the window in order to jump on a wooden ledge, that is on a wall, the basket get swung to.
The First step you need to do, is to close the window so that the wind can stop blowing inside, then wait for the lowest shutter to open up, and then quickly raise the wooden basket and jump on it. When it is on a full swing, jump on a wooden piece at a wall, and jump again to reach the wooden ledge. From here simply continue to a platform above the room, and proceed to tomb chest.
When the lowest shutter opens, quickly raise the wooden basket.
Jump on it fast, and wait to get swung to the piece of wood on the wall.
Double jump in order to reach this wooden ledge.
From there continue to left up to the balcony. | 2019-04-25T10:36:20 | https://www.gosunoob.com/tomb-raider/tomb-raider-maps/hall-of-ascension/ |
0.999988 | Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Siguiente"
Su hermana me dijo que no le molestara. Su hermana me dijo que le gustaba.
Please show me example sentences with (Alguien me podria decir si la siguiente oracion esta en voz pasiva? :"Smatphones are now being released with as much 4gb ram".).
It is in passive voice, yes, and it sounds perfect. Active would be: "Samsung and Apple are now releasing smartphones with as much as 4GB of RAM". The active form emphasizes that these are actions of Samsung and Apple. The original passive form emphasizes the large amount of RAM.
How do you say this in English (US)? "usualmente mi rutina es la siguiente"
@Ophiuchusss "Mow the lawn" means to cut the grass.
¿Me ayudan a corregir la redacción del siguiente texto por favor?
Example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "enunciado"
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Example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "sihirli" | 2019-04-20T05:19:15 | https://hinative.com/en-US/dictionaries/siguiente |
0.999941 | Favorite movies Desu Noto 1 & 2, A Clockwork Orange, The Fifth Element, LotR Series, HP Series... Favorite bands / musical artists Voltaire, The Brobdingnagian Bards, Emerald Rose, Nightmare, Culture Club, Within Temptation Favorite writers Author - Terry Goodkind Favorite games Tetris! [And the Spyros games...though A New Beginning really isn't that good.] Favorite gaming platform Whatever I can play Tetris and Spyro on. Tools of the Trade Camera, pencil and paper Other Interests Try finding something that's not part of my interests.
Kitty Von Bismarck was an orange tabby cat who found me coming home the eve of St. Patrick's Day, 2010. He was chasing Kitty, my neighbor's Calico, across the driveway, where she decidedly turned and hit him. He wasted no time in turning his tail up and marching his way to mewhere she then tried to chase him across the yard, hissing and spitting.
I chased Kitty away, far as I could tell this new cat had done nothing to her. He purred, allowing me to pet him and hold him; he was skinny, I could feel his ribs. I laid out food and water bowls for him,wondering where he had come from. No one knew had moved into town anywhere near my house, and I had certainly never seen him before.
He was still around when my parents arrived home an hour or so later, just as friendly to them as he was to me. They couldn't figure out where he had come from either, though my dad supposed he was around 2 years in age.
Days went by. Weeks went by. The little orange tabby still strutted around our backyard, he just wasn't underweight anymore, and was larger than Kitty. Kitty still didn't like him, she hissed and tried to swat him whenever he came near.
My family let him on the back porch so Kitty wouldn't eat his food. Leave him alone too long, and I ended up with cat poop to clean up. Leave the kitchen door open, and I had to chase him through the house. A little flea collar was a nice help, as my father then stopped complaining about any flea bites when he picked up Bizzy, as I had begun to call him.
My father told me, "Looks like he's not leaving...If he's going to hang around you should get him neutered." I started looking around at the Vet Clinics,I didn't have a lot of money, and anyone with a pet knows they can get expensive. After a few days, "you should get him neutered" turned into "you should get him neutered and get his shots done". Which later turned into "get this test done, and that test done...".
Borrowing a pet carrier from Quentin's girlfriend, Aja, I brought Bismarck to the Vet. I needed my father's help getting him in, and he cried the whole way. We believe he was scared we were going to dump him somewhere!
A little timid when first brought back home, he quickly came out of it, he rather enjoyed being able to strut through the house...even if he was only starting one room at a time. He found my room without being shown, and jumped right up onto the bed, a nice loud purr following suit. Despite my father's reaction, I bought a food and water bowl into my roomBismarck decided he liked eating in my room better than the kitchen or back porch.
Months went by; he quickly learned his way around the house,and was very vocal when he wanted attention or decided he wanted to go outside. He loved playing with his toys,especially the ones on stretchy strings and his squeaky mouse. He enjoyed bottle caps, too; but would stop the moment he knew you were watching him. He gave my brother John a strange look every time he was called"Mix-Master Biz".
The foot of my bed was his. I made the mistake of sitting there once, and he tried to push me off rather than choose a different area to lie on.
On Wednesday, the 18th of August, Bismarck and I were playing in my room when I noticed a flea. I promptly brought him outside, I would have to give him a bath later. I worked that day, and the next,and the next. Today, Saturday the 21st,I slept in, later than I had intended to. My mother had fed Bismarck just a couple hours earlier, and we decided since we both were off work to givehim his flea bath.
I went outside, calling him, taking his little mouse toy with me. He didn't come, I walked around, looking in all his usual hiding spots, but couldn't find him anywhere. Then I saw him, curled up onthe side of the house beside the glass doors to the pool room. I called him, he didn't move. I went up to him, he looked up at me slowly. His right hind leg had deep red marks in it.
I ran inside calling my mother, she wasn't answering, but Quentin heard me, and ran downstairs. "Get Mom," I told him, "Bismarck's hurt."
He ran into my mother's room as I ran back outside. I picked Bismarck up carefully, his right hind leg just hung. He felt "top heavy". I met my mother at the backdoor, we brought him upstairs, and she looked at his leg. It bent in every direction, and his thigh was like a blood pocket. I grabbed my wallet as Quentin called his girlfriendwe had to find a Veterinary Clinic open after 4pm on a Saturday. Easier said than done.
The three of jumped in the van and started down Lexington Avenue,originally to get Aja and Ashton. My mother was holding a crying Bismarck and Quentin was on the phone with Aja trying tofigure out where we were going to go. We skipped picking up Aja and Ashton, as we found somewhere out of town to go.
I stopped in front of PetSmart, my mother got out and ran inside with Bismarck as I parked the van. Initially the nurses at the hospital centre there were just going in the order everyone had shown up, my mother trying to keep Bismarck from crying and jumping away from the nearby dogs. After my brother and I ran up the nurses asked us what was going on, and we were quickly seen to a room.
A nurse came in, took a quick look at Bizzy, and said it looked like he had been hit by a car.
He was taken back to have IVs attached and X-rays taken. The upper part of his little leg was in shambles, they said a brace wouldn't be able to fix it, they would haveto put a plate in, and that would be if they didn't have to amputate it alltogether.
"But that isn't what concerns us," the Vet told us, pulling another X-ray up on screen.
The car hit had busted his diaphragm. All his lower organs were pressing up against his heart and lungs.
If they could get his stable, they could transfer him to an emergency animal hospital not too far away, where they could attempt to move his organs back to where they should be. It requires special training that most Vets don't have, and it's a procedure rarely done. IF he were to survive that, they would have to make sure he was stable again before they could attempt the leg. And IF he survived everything, he would be spending a few weeks in intensive care, if not longer,and then he could still get an infection which would be dangerous. Either way, he'd be in a lot of pain for along time. Overall I'd be spending over $5,000, and chances are high he wouldn't even make it.
I made the hardest decision I can remember making, and had him put down. Quentin, mom, and I said our goodbyes, and were there with him as they did it. It was like he just fell asleep.
Now I don't have a little orange tabby greeting me each day I come home from work. No little Bismarck crying in the hall because he wants to play and everybody's busy.
Haven't seen or talked to you in such a long while.
It's been almost a year since you've been on. Just wanted to stop by and let you know that I've been thinking of you and hope you're doing well.
It's ~ChiiLuna on my new account.
Sure am! =^^= I had some serious RL issues, mainly work related that prevented my online time a lot. But yes, I am back! | 2019-04-24T21:04:29 | https://www.deviantart.com/veychyryn |
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You can take it all the way up until you go to bed. Because there are no stimulates in the formula it will not keep you awake. We have not encountered any of our testimonials reporting and we at CREATE have never have experienced it. | 2019-04-21T08:20:23 | http://create38.com/faq/ |
0.999937 | Morand, S and Krasnov, B.R. The Biogeography of Host-Parasite Interactions. Oxford University Press; 2010. 277 pages, ISBN 978-0-19-956134-6 (Hbk.), 978-0-19-956135-3 (Pbk.).
When starting to read the book, I first decided to come back to the definition of what is biogeography? Biogeography is the study of the distribution of living organisms spatially and temporally. The scope of this multi-disciplined field aims to reveal where organisms live, at what abundance, and why they are, or are not, found in a certain geographical area. The patterns of species distribution across geographical areas can usually be explained through a combination of historical factors such as speciation, extinction, continental drift and glaciation, in combination with the geographical constraints of landmass areas and isolation, and the available ecosystem energy supplies. Biogeography is also important in extrapolating the ripple effects of natural and man-made impacts on organism range and distribution. More generally, biogeography is the science that attempts to document and understand patterns of biodiversity, which means that biogeographers seek to understand the interactions between populations, species and ecological communities with their environment, in space and time.
Astonishingly, consideration of population and species health and viability is still rare in biogeography whereas the role of parasites in regulating host population abundance and in exterminating local species - thus what can make one species common and even abundant, and what can make another species rare - has received much attention over the past decade. The biogeography of some hosts may be influenced by the distribution of parasites, quite apart from the abiotic influences and, in contrast, the biogeography of parasites is determined by host suitability and availability and therefore by the geographical distribution of their host species. As already suggested , host-parasite systems may be viewed as keystones in biogeography, and this book by Serge Morand and Boris Krasnov is addressing this important, but largely neglected, issue in biogeography.
The book comprises five sections: (i) Historical Biogeography, (ii) Ecological Biogeography and Macroecology, (iii) Geography of Interactive Populations, (iv) Invasion, Insularity, and Interactions, and (v) Applied Biogeography. Instead of describing each one of these and the many (18) chapters constituting the book, I will concentrate this review on what I really liked, and disliked, in it. First, the two scientific editors succeeded in gathering together a very impressive list of authors (38 including the foreword, the introduction and conclusion), some, if not all, being among the leading scientists in the fields of host-parasite systems, ecology or biogeography. This resulted in a vast list of examples and case-studies ranging from obligate mutualists of plants to animal parasites and human pathogens. The diversity of studies we can read in this book is undoubtedly one of its major strengths. Graduate students, research scientists and lecturers, as well as a broader audience within the fields of geography, epidemiology and veterinary medicine, will find here a goldmine in which to dig for minerals to illustrate their lectures or to influence their own research. I have already used some of these studies to illustrate some of my lectures and conference presentations, and I can imagine that many readers will do the same. My main negative criticism, as recurrently found with this type of multi-authored book, concerns its inherent diversity of writing style, of viewpoints and opinions on what biogeography really is, and of the main objectives to be addressed for this type of published work among the different chapters. In addition, here and there, some wording and typographical errors still persist, suggesting that its production may have been done too rapidly.
A title for this book review could have been Host-parasite biogeography, or simply patterns of sampling effort only? Reading the book, and after having finished reading Chapter 10 "Gap analysis and the geographical distribution of parasites" by Mariah E. Hopkins and Charlie L. Nunn, I then decided to stop my review work for a while. Not because of too much work to do in other areas, but because this chapter reaches an important conclusion that patterns of sampling efforts might (strongly) impact our knowledge of host-parasite biogeography. Since curiously a pdf file of this book can be easily downloaded from the Web, I checked how many times the sampling effort, sampling artefact or sampling effect expressions were used in the previous chapters and even in those subsequent. The term sampling(s) is used on very rare occasions but with another explanation, and it is used on page 90 only to discuss its confounding, perverse effect on parasite data. From chapter 11 to the conclusion, the term sampling appears 3 times but again for another reason, and in the Conclusion on page 268, by the editors, to re-discuss the importance of sampling in the biogeography of host-parasite interactions.
This chapter by Hopkins and Nunn is at the heart of what is, or what should be, the biogeography of host-parasite interactions, i.e., greatly influenced by geographically inconsistent sampling patterns (in terms of unexplored regions, unsampled host species, heterogeneous sampling efforts,...). This chapter in itself is questioning the validity of a biogeographical perspective in studies of host-parasite biogeography, when not checking for perverse effects exerted by sampling biases in space. Interestingly, it also suggests that gap analysis can be applied to guide spatial patterns in host-parasite systems sampling efforts. The above comments must be seen in the light of the next Chapter 11 "In the hosts' footsteps? Ecological niche modelling (ENM) and its utility in predicting parasite distributions" by Eric Waltari and Susan L. Perkins. Using ENM, the authors explore the distributions of parasites and their hosts, based on the attributes of some chosen bioclimatic, environmental and biological parameters. Several illustrations are given, and notably that of a tritrophic model, i.e., a tortoise, a tick and an apicomplexan pathogen; an invasive host species, the ant Solenopsis invicta, and its two microsporidian species; and 10 Anopheles species and human malaria in Africa. To come back to my earlier comments, it seems, based on my own survey of the literature, that we are dramatically lacking such examples of the geographic distributions of one host species, its potential vector species and its pathogen species over their overall ranges of distribution. In my opinion, this is exactly the research direction that the biogeography of host-parasite interactions should take. One needs to select some host species or host taxa, and to explore over their entire geographical ranges the distribution of their associated organisms like vectors, reservoirs and parasites. This will permit a cross-checking of all these with epidemiological data (prevalence, incidence, morbidity, mortality,...) and organism life-history traits (host susceptibility, nutritional status, pathogen virulence,...) in order to better understand host-disease interactions in a geographical dimension. Morand and Krasnov are proposing some interesting research perspectives that should be taken into account by the community within this field of research in the near future.
To end this review, the reader will find in this book some excellent chapters, which will certainly provide stimulation and creativity for new research perspectives in host-parasite biogeography. Essentially, because sampling bias is, as usual, the demon in ecology, evolution and biogeography, host-parasite biogeography will need first to exorcize it using optimization techniques on where to prioritize the sites to visit, the order in which to visit them, the host taxa and even the parasite taxa to sample in a time where we are describing more and more disease agents , and more specifically viruses and protozoans. | 2019-04-23T18:05:52 | https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1756-3305-4-34 |
0.998875 | What Are These ‘Unusual’ Red Streaks on Saturn’s Moon?
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has returned images of several inexplicable red streaks that are painted across Saturn's icy moon Tethys. Astronomers have no hard leads on what may have caused the streaks, which are described as being "among the most unusual color features on Saturn's moons".
Some have speculated that the streaks could be the result of ice with chemical impurities; they could also be indicative of smaller features (such as fractures) that are not more clearly visible from so far away.
"The red arcs must be geologically young because they cut across older features like impact craters, but we don't know their age in years." said Cassini imaging specialist Paul Helfenstein. "If the stain is only a thin, colored veneer on the icy soil, exposure to the space environment at Tethys' surface might erase them on relatively short time scales."
The image above is a composite of several images taken by clear, green, infrared and ultraviolet spectral filters that enhance the color of the streaks, which are not as visible to the human eye.
Cassini will follow up with higher resolution images of the streaks later this year.
Experts believe that Saturn's rings were formed by a comet colliding with a moon. | 2019-04-19T15:05:56 | http://www.discovery.com/dscovrd/space/what-are-these-unusual-red-streaks-on-saturns-moon/ |
0.998558 | This one is about: What is a Sphincter Pharyngeoplasty?
What is a Sphincter Pharyngeoplasty?
I don't believe my PS plans on doing either a pharyngeal flap or a Z flap. He talked about a fairly new procedure ("to our area"). I am not sure of the name of the procedure but I believe it contains the word "sphincter". Do you or anyone else know what he might be talking about. He is a great surgeon but my wife does not like his bedside manner. This inhibits the level of questioning we put him through.
This procedure is called a Sphincter Pharyngeoplasty. They create a type of sphincter at the back of the throat by detaching, turning and reattaching mucosa in such a way as to give the child a structure she can use then to close off the extra space when talking.
Yes, it is a fairly new procedure. As far as whether it is the "best" is a matter of great debate -- but it is accepted and performed by a lot of teams. I think the bottom line is that EACH of the optional speech-related surgeries is the BEST for certain and specific children.
A pharyngeoplasty is a speech-related surgery in which the mucousal tissues of the pharynx are detached, twisted around, and re-attached in such a way as to create a sphincter-type structure that will allow Scotty the chance to get the closure he needs in the back of the throat. It is also called a Sphincter Pharyngeoplasty.
There are two other commonly used speech-related surgeries. Those are the Pharyngeal flap (a ledge is created between the soft palate and the back of the throat to close off the extra space) or a Double-Reversing Z-Plasty (or Furlow) in which the palate itself is made longer and more flexible the using a Z-plasty repair.
The surgery that Scotty is having today is gaining in popularity as a surgical procedure for the type of speech problem Scott has had. | 2019-04-20T19:00:03 | http://www.widesmiles2.org/cleftlinks/WS-766.html |
0.999998 | Je ne suis pas intervenu plus tôt sur l’assassinat du ministre libanais Pierre Gemayel, le 21 novembre, pour deux raisons. La première est que ce blog ne « réagit » pas à chaud à chaque événement et n’a pas pour but de donner « rapidement » une interprétation (J’ai donné des éléments pour comprendre le contexte libanais dans d’autres textes de ce blog) ; d’autre part, l’ensemble des médias a immédiatement désigné avant toute enquête le coupable, la Syrie, et le simple fait de s’interroger là-dessus peut apparaître suspect.
Qu’on soit clair. Je ne sais pas qui a tué Pierre Gemayel. Cet assassinat a peut-être été commis sur ordre des autorités syriennes, ou à l’initiative de tel ou tel de ses services secrets. Mais, pour l’instant, personne n’en a apporté la preuve. Je pense en revanche intéressant de s’interroger sur certaines des « preuves » contre Damas et aussi, à partir de ce tragique événement, sur le contexte libanais.
Le premier argument est connu. A qui profite le crime ? Selon ses accusateurs, le régime syrien craint la mise en place du tribunal international chargé de juger les assassins de Rafic Hariri (ce qui est probable) ; mais en quoi l’assassinat de Pierre Gemayel règle-t-il ce problème ? Dès le 25 novembre, le gouvernement libanais (en l’absence des ministres du Hezbollah et d’Amal, démissionnaires) a adopté le projet de tribunal international. De plus, il était évident que Damas serait désigné comme « responsable » de ce crime par les Etats-Unis et la France et que cela ne pourrait que renforcer le front antisyrien, au moment même où Damas multiplie les gestes d’ouverture en direction de l’Occident.
Cette position sur le tribunal vient d’être réaffirmée avec force par un communiqué commune du 24 novembre de Nabih Berri, le président du parlement libanais et chef du parti Amal et par Nasrallah, le secrétaire général du Hezbollah (je le publie en anglais plus bas).
Ammar al-Musawi, membre du bureau politique du Hezbollah, a déclaré sur Al-Jazira, le 24 novembre :« Il est clair que les forces du 14 février (Said Hariri et ses alliés) tentent de présenter le tribunal comme un sujet de discorde entre les Libanais. Je veux rappeler que, durant les négociations entre les différents dirigeants libanais, ceux-ci ont tous approuvé le tribunal international. Mais les gens en place tentent de nous empêcher de discuter le projet de résolution sur le tribunal (transmis par les Nations unies) (...) Nous discutons aussi avec les forces du 14 février de la création d’un gouvernement d’union nationale et de l’obtention d’une minorité de blocage d’un tiers. » Car la vraie question que pose l’opposition est celle-ci : le pays peut-il être dirigé contre la moitié au moins de sa population ?
Peut-on présenter la situation aussi schématiquement ? En oubliant, par exemple, le général Michel Aoun, l’opposant le plus déterminé à Damas depuis quinze ans, qui dirige le principal parti maronite et qui est allié au Hezbollah ?
O Lebanese, the recent escalation of the debate on the stand on the international tribunal and the exploitation attempts by many quarters to peddle specific political stands, has made it necessary to address you to state the truth as it is from the premise of our national and political constants and our principles, which are based on justice and truth.
Immediately after the major crime of the assassination of Martyr Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri and his comrades that has afflicted Lebanon, the Amal Movement and Hezbollah affirmed and announced their eagerness to work to expose this crime and those who planned and carried it out, and to punish them, given that this is a national priority that must be attained. While we were daily reiterating our commitment to fulfil all the requirements for the establishment of an international tribunal, the crime of assassination of Martyr Deputy Jubran Tuwayni took place. The issue of expanding the investigation and the establishment of an international tribunal was listed on the agenda of an extraordinary cabinet session without giving the ministers the opportunity to discuss and prepare themselves for the issue to make it easier to be adopted. But the prime minister at the time insisted on not changing the date of the session and did not give the ministers two days to pr ! epare and discuss the issue. Had the prime minister agreed to do this, it would have been [long] enough to reach the necessary conclusions and the ministers of Amal and Hezbollah would not have suspended their participation in the government because their role in the preparation, participation and adoption of the decision has been ignored.
Since the leaders of the two parties are eager to establish the tribunal and seek the truth, they kept reaffirming their support for the tribunal on every occasion until the national dialogue conference convened on 2 March 2006. The conference convened at the invitation of Speaker Nabih Birri. The first item on its agenda emphasized the need to unravel the truth about the assassination of Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri and its ramifications. Since the Amal Movement and Hezbollah have been constantly supporting the truth, they explicitly stated at the first session of the national dialogue that they support an international tribunal. Unanimous agreement on this item was reached in the first hour after the conference convened. Those attending paid tribute to the advanced stands of Speaker Birri and Hasan Nasrallah - stands that have been registered in the records of the conference.
Since they insist on not having their stand on the tribunal be misconstrued, the leaders of the movement and the party grasped every opportunity during central celebrations and through Speaker Birri and His Eminence Al-Sayyid Nasrallah from the time when the national dialogue conference was held until the recent consultation meeting to reaffirm their decisive stand on this issue while the parliamentary majority was trying for political reasons to cover up some of their crises by making the people believe that any political change or stand on the government or its performance stems from the rejection of the tribunal.
This showed that the facts on political issues that are related to the Israeli war on Lebanon and the economic, social and financial crises had been distorted in a manner that caused controversies. This weakened the unity that used to exist on the need to unravel the truth ; did not serve the cause of the tribunal ; and created some confusion among the people although the movement and the party kept reiterating their stand on the issue.
O Lebanese : In view of the developments that prevailed in the Lebanese arena at the end of the Israeli war of aggression on Lebanon, Speaker Birri took the initiative to send out invitations for a consultation meeting among the parties to the dialogue on the issue of the formation of a national unity government and a new election law and to prepare for what is needed on the economic and financial level. Since we were eager to remind people of our positive stand on the tribunal, the consultation meeting was an opportunity to expand the discussion to reiterate the stand on the tribunal.
The conferees spent some time discussing the issue and the Amal Movement and Hezbollah reiterated their known stand on this issue in a frank and explicit manner at the first and second consultation sessions. A limited meeting took place during the third session when Deputy Sa’d al-Hariri joined a meeting that was being held on the sidelines of the sessions between Speaker Birri and Deputy Ali Hasan Khalil on one side and Deputy Muhammad Ra’d and Minister Muhammad Funaysh and Deputy Husayn al-Hajj al-Hasan on the other. Deputy Al-Hariri proposed to the conferees a formula based on reaching agreement on the principle of the establishment of an international tribunal, discussing the details related to this tribunal in side meetings among the three parties before submitting it to the cabinet to ensure its expeditious and unanimous adoption, and approving at the same time the formation of a national unity government in which the opposition forces will have more tha ! n one third of the portfolios, where effective participation will be ensured, and which will be the introduction to the discussion and settlement of controversial issues.
Since we were eager to settle the issue of the tribunal, we made many contacts in the wake of this meeting that was held before the consultation session was suspended to expedite receiving the draft project on the tribunal to implement what was agreed upon. The reply came at 2200 [local time] on Friday night that preceded the last session of consultations and after Prime Minister Fu’ad al-Sanyurah had contacted Speaker Birri, who stressed to him not to set a date for the cabinet meeting on this issue before the meeting that was scheduled to be held on Saturday - that is, not before carrying out the implementation steps that were agreed upon during the limited meeting with Deputy Sa’d al-Hariri to facilitate the adoption of the draft resolution. This would give the ministers and the relevant committee the time to study the details of the draft project on the tribunal. But we were surprised to find out at the onset of the session the next day, Saturday, 11 Novem ! ber, that there was an intensive campaign depicting us as if we were ready to barter the international tribunal for political demands while no mention was made of what took place in the limited meeting that was initiated by Deputy Sa’d al-Hariri. Monday, 13 November 2006 was then set as a date for the next cabinet meeting without discussing this with anyone and without taking into consideration all the statements we made saying that we were ready to discuss the draft project with a positive attitude and open mind. This was accompanied by ending the political discussion on the basic provision that was listed on the cabinet agenda dealing with the formation of a national unity government because key leaders of the majority decided that this demand could not be discussed.
O Lebanese : In view of the fact that the crime of assassination against Deputy and Minister Martyr Pierre al-Jumayyil is being exploited in order to continue defaming our stand on the international tribunal, we have related the above facts in order to emphasize our firm support for this tribunal in accordance with the mechanisms that safeguard constitutional procedures and secure the attainment of the aspired objective. We say this while we insist on our legitimate right to call for a genuine political participation and we will not submit to any blackmail to have us change our stand on this participation. The confrontation by the other side of our legitimate political demands by resorting to the international tribunal to confuse public opinion and compensate for its weakness certainly does not serve the cause of truth and justice. Therefore, all of this will not dissuade us from committing ourselves before the Lebanese people to continue our call and have reco ! urse to the available democratic means within the laws and regulations in force. We will be compelled to use these means if the other side remains intransigent and flouts the pillars of Lebanese national accord. We ask God to stand witness to what we say.
Pour ceux qui comme moi ne se satisfont pas des discours convenus et des problématiques sans issus, quelques aspects permettant une approche dépassionnée.
Syrie–Liban : intégration régionale ou dilution ?
"Les forces du 14 février" sont ceux qui ont pris position contre la Syrie, le jour de la mort de R. Hariri.
Le camp "du 14 mars" (« qui fait référence à la manifestation géante après la mort de Hariri »), représente les forces du 14 février plus les partisans du general Aoun, ce que se garde bien de préciser le journaliste de Libération, et pour cause : comme indiqué par A. Gresh, le General Aoun anti-Syrien s’est depuis rallié au Hezbollah "pro-syrien". D’ou le refus des gens du Hezbollah et de Aoun lui meme de désigner les "anti-Syriens" (pourquoi pas pro-Americains ? la réponse est évidente) autrement que par la premiere appelation.
« Les forces du 14 mars, qui contrôlent les deux tiers de l’Assemblée et le poste de Premier ministre, sont soutenues par Paris et Washington, qui voient, dans leur victoire électorale du printemps 2005, qui a suivi le retrait syrien du Liban, un triomphe de la démocratie. » La encore, dans son simplisme outrancier ou plutot sa mauvaise foi, ce journaliste oublie de décrire les "subtilités" libanaises des alliances électorales. Ce camp (du 14 fevrier donc) n’aurait pu obtenir la majorité sans l’appui des.... Chiites du Hezbollah et de Amal qui avaient fait alliance avec Joumblatt et Hariri, et doivent s’en mordre les doigts maintenant. Malgré ce contexte défavorable, le camp du General Aoun s’est quand meme assuré 21 siéges, ce qui fait du general, comme le fait remarquer A.Gresh, le principal dirigeant Maronite. Nul doute que si l’alliance Hezbollah/Aoun s’était faite avant ces élections, la majorité aurait été toute autre. Mais il n’est pas sur que Paris et Washington y aurait vu un triomphe de la démocratie.
Enfin le systeme électoral libanais n’est pas exactement démocratique, puisque obéissant au sacro-saint "respect des équilibres communautaires".
Faut-il pleurer avec Gershon Baskin ?
Désolé, je ne peux pas. Je sais que David Grossman a, dernièrement, relancé avec succès la machine à jérémiades, mais ce n’est pas une raison pour embrayer. Assez pleuré après avoir tiré ! Cela fait des années qu’un bonhomme comme Gideon Lévy rend compte de ses rencontres avec ceux qu’Israël a besoin d’écraser. Gershon Baskin n’aurait-il pas lu Haaretz pendant tout ce temps ?
Et puis cette manie du paradis perdu sioniste. « Quand sommes-nous devenus aveugles aux souffrances des autres ? » : parce qu’il y a un avant où éclatait le souci sioniste de l’autre ? Les sionistes « de gauche » se paient la tête des autres. Il serait temps qu’on leur ôte leurs masques à simagrées au lieu de pleurer avec eux.
Aux dernières nouvelles, Gilad Shalit est toujours vivant. Ce n’est pas le cas des morts de Beit Hanoun. Je ne jette, disant cela, pas la pierre à Noam Shalit. Mais je n’ai aucune pitié pour Gershon Baskin. Comme disait l’autre, improvisant sur du Chateaubriand : « Il faut économiser les coups de pied au cul étant donné le nombre de nécessiteux ». Voilà un nécessiteux.
Il se tient, mercredi prochain à Bruxelles, une manifestation en faveur de la libération de Shalit et des deux autres soldats. Après avoir essayé la force (combien de morts, encore ?), on va essayer l’Europe. Je n’imagine pas que les manifestants demanderont la libération des 10.000 prisonniers palestiniens, ni plus sobrement encore, celle des 3.000.000 d’otages Palestiniens.
Je pense que le Liban est malheureusement au centre d’intérêts et d’enjeux internationaux qui le dépassent et dépassent son peuple avide de liberté et de démocratie ! Avoir pour voisin Israël est la pire des choses !
On en revient tout frais-tout ravigoré, prêt pour le coup de pied au c... à Gershon Baskin.
Liban - La saga des Gemayel : la Phalange - Stefano Chiarini, il manifesto, 24 novembre 2006.
De l’assassinat de Gemayel à la crise libanaise. A qui profite le crime ?
« Naturellement, la décision d’établir une cour spéciale pour étudier les assassinats de Hariri et Gemayel sont des obstacles sérieux [a un rapprochement entre la Syrie et les Etats-Unis].
Cette assertion de Landis me semble on ne peut plus pertinente, surtout si l’on épouse une autre récente assertion, celle du célèbre William Pfaff qui affirme que Bush vit maintenant hors de la réalité (Bush left reality behind). Si on ajoute la déclaration du professeur Rabinovich, on peut penser qu’il est dans l’intéret Busho-israélien de mettre hors-jeu toute tentative de rapprochement Syro-Americain. Et cet assassinat vient a point nommé. Une sorte d’“initiative”.
57% souhaitent que leur gouvernement entame des discussions avec les Syriens, et 59% redoutent une nouvelle guerre « au Nord » si de telles discussions n’étaient pas engagées. Il est vrai que 54% refusent l’idée d’un retrait du Golan. Mais il ne faut pas trop demander d’un coup.
"La perspective de combats dans la grande périphérie de N’Djamena n’est pas à exclure dans les prochaines vingt-quatre heures", a indiqué l’ambassade de France qui a demandé aux ressortissants français de la capitale de ne pas quitter leur domicile dès la tombée de la nuit.
Les autorités tchadiennes craignent une attaque de la capitale similaire à celle d’avril dernier, qui avait fait des centaines de morts. Dans un communiqué publié dimanche, le gouvernement tchadien a qualifié les opérations rebelles des dernières quarante-huit heures d’"opération de grande envergure tendant à le déstabiliser".
Il a accusé comme à l’habitude le Soudan et, pour la première fois, l’Arabie saoudite d’en être les principaux inspirateurs. Le Soudan et l’Arabie saoudite "équipent, entraînent les mercenaires, et leur assurent la logistique nécessaire pour attaquer aujourd’hui le Tchad sur plusieurs fronts à l’est", a affirmé le porte-parole du gouvernement, Hourmadji Moussa Doumgor. "La guerre imposée aujourd’hui au Tchad relève d’une guerre pour la promotion de l’islamisme militant prônée par Al-Qaida de Ben Laden, qui n’épargnera aucun pays de la sous-région", a-t-il ajouté."
Mr monsieur Gresh, je croix que vous n’avez pas conduit le raisonnement jusqu’au bout, parceque la meme question pourrait etre dirigée contre Israel, et beneficier de la meme analyse que pour le cas de la Syrie, autrement dit, si la reponse est par l’affirmative, Israel serait le seul beneficiaire du crime.
• En ce qui concerne Bush, si c’est le commanditaire, il ne le ferait que dans l’interet d’Israel bien entendu, enfoncer la Syrie, ennemi potentiel.
• La France n’a pas les memes motivations que Bush (affinité avec les chretiens Maronites)et n’irait jusqu’au crime.
• Pour l’Iran et le HIZB, le meme raisonnement concernant le cas Syrien, pourrait leur etre appliqué.
Il ne reste donc plus qu’Israel, le seul coupable à qui profite bel et bien ce crime.
• créer les conditions adequates pour une confrontation confessionnelle, Guerre civile au Liban, qui conduirait ineluctablement à un partage de l’etat, et création d’une entité chretienne Maronite pro-israel au sud, dans le but de securiser la frontiere nord d’Israel.
• Stigmatiser l’interventionnisme de la Syrie, et y favoriser une invasion Américaine.
• Exacerber la diabolisation de l’Iran, comme etat terroriste, et amplifier la pression au sujet de son programme nucleaire.
Se sont exactement les consequences de cet assassinat, comme d’ailleurs celui de Hariri.
[...]israel a été déjà impliquée dans plusieurs assassinats visant à discréditer certains régimes, par exemple, dans les années 50, israel a fait assassiner plusieurs ressortissants britanniques en egypte, pour discréditer le gouvernement égyptien aux yeux des occidentaux, la découverte du fait que les assassinats ont été commis par israel (qui n’a pas hésité à assassiner des ressortissants britanniques alors que la Grande Bretagne était l’alliée d’israel, dans le seul but de salir la réputation de l’Egypte), entraîna la démission de david ben gourion en 1963, cette affaire fut connue sous le nom de "l’affaire Lavon".
Le MOSSAD n’hesite pas à assassiner meme des juifs pour diverses raisons, créer la phobie de l’antisemitisme, et encourager l’Aleya.
Voir en ligne : Pourquoi Pierre Gemayel, pourquoi maintenant ?
• l’Irak (le gouvernement) qui ne veut pas être démantelée !
Irak : Une guerre civile pour se partager le pays, par Giuliana Sgrena.
"Le premier argument est connu. A qui profite le crime ?"
C’est moins qu’un argument, et il n’y a rien de plus éloigné d’une enquête objective que celle qui commencerait par cette méthode !
Tout d’abord, que doit-on appeler "profiter" ? Ah oui, évidemment, dans le cas du casse d’une banque, ou quand le mari infidèle tente d’éliminer sa génante épouse, il paraît facile de répondre à cette question, mais en politique, et notamment lorsuqe l’instabilité est la règle ?
Posons-nous la même question à propos des attentats terroristes du 11/09/2001 : a qui profita le crime ? Au coupable désigné ?
De ce fait, poser la question du "profit tiré du crime" est une plaisanterie.
Bert, ce n’est pas parce que c’est difficile qu’il faut que vous baissiez les bras. Allons, courage !
Pierre Gemayel n’était cependant pas un homme de pouvoir puisqu’on avait surtout parlé de lui il y a deux ans quand, en soutenant la « supériorité génétique » des chrétiens libanais, il argumenta que ceux-ci exprimaient « la qualité » contre la « quantité » des musulmans"
La démocratie version 2006 n’est plus celle qui respecte les lois et les droits de l’homme inscrit dans les constitutions, mais c’est bien le ralliement ou non à Washington.
Le Hizbollah et Michel Aoun demandent le respect de la constitution du pays, ils représentent un danger pour la paix, pour leur peuple.
Le pion Saad Hariri et son clan de démocrates version 2006 Walid Jumblat qui court aux état-unis voir Condolisa Rice tout deux unis par les liens d’une politique américano-saoudienne , eux, devraient représenter les sauveurs du Liban libre.
les nations arabo-musulmanes ont érigé en religion d’état le meurtre de citoyens ; même Arafat la Limace n’a pas été assassiné par le mossad, alors les déblatérations de Ahmed Saint-Yves sont malvenues.
"Bert, ce n’est pas parce que c’est difficile qu’il faut que vous baissiez les bras. Allons, courage !"
Je ne suis pas enquêteur, ni politique ! Mes bras n’ont aucune utilité en l’espèce !
Le mot "difficile" n’est pas opportun, pas plus que le mot "profite" dans "à qui profite le crime". J’évoquais par exemple l’assassinat de Kennedy : Pensez-vous connaître un jour la vérité ? Et relativement aux attentats du 11/09, pensez-vous qu’il y aura un jour ce qui permet de croire à l’état de droit, à savoir une enquête indépendante, des conclusions policières aboutissant à des inculpations sur des bases rendues publiques, puis un éventuel procès si les mis en cause peuvent être appréhendés ? Et concernant Hariri, ou Gemayel ?
Le reste n’est que spéculation, communication, procès d’intentions...mais cela n’a rien d’objectif. Il ne s’agit pas de céder devant la difficulté, mais de constater le renoncement de ceux qui sont censés défendre "la justice" aux rêgles mêmes de ladite justice. Dans ce cas, simple constat, nous ne connaitrons que la vérité des vainqueurs, de ceux qui auront le dernier mot.
Vous avez raison Bert, mais il se peut que quelques familles Syriennes préfèrent quand même qu’on cherche à qui profite le crime, pour qu’on puisse déterminer à qui il ne profite pas et ne pas donner suite à l’appel au lynchage de Monsieur Geoges W. Bush, président des États-Unis d’Amérique.
Mais peut-être que vous n’appartenez pas à une famille syrienne Bert ?
"Mais peut-être que vous n’appartenez pas à une famille syrienne Bert ?"
"quelques familles Syriennes préfèrent quand même qu’on cherche à qui profite le crime, pour qu’on puisse déterminer à qui il ne profite pas et ne pas donner suite à l’appel au lynchage de Monsieur Geoges W. Bush, président des États-Unis d’Amérique."
Je lis dans le dernier n° de "aviation week" : "Fears of nuclear-armed rogue states and global terrorism may be bad for international security, but the world’s most dangerous places have benefited one sector of the US economy : foreign military sales are set to hit a near-hit record this year"
A qui profite donc le crime ?
27 novembre 2006 10:22, 27 novembre 2006 12:22 représente une seule et meme personne bien sur, et toujours les memes crétineries et le meme récidivisme maladif.
33% des enfants de Sderot (ville Israélienne cible des "qassam" palestiniens) souffrent d’un désordre psychique appelé “stress post traumatique” selon le Haaretz. Et 100% des enfants palestiniens ajoute rageusement “Angryarab”.
Olmert a entendu Grossman : il propose aux Palestiniens de s’engager "dans une nouvelle voie". Il est prêt à leur faire "des offres très généreuses". Il est prêt à se "retirer de nombreux territoires en échange de la paix avec les Palestiniens". C’est Grossman qui doit être content : la Gauche comme le Droite, voici "les offres les plus généreuses" d’Olmert. "Nous avons commencé avant-hier", ajoute Olmert, guilleret.
Je n’ai rien vu, hormis la mort de combattants palestiniens ce W.E. encore et celle d’une femme palestinienne - mais qu’est-ce qu’elle avait, celle-là, à traîner comme ça, dehors ?
Il y avait déjà eu les "offres les plus généreuses" de Barak. Qu’en ont fait les Palestiniens ? Rien. Bah, ces Palestiniens ne savent jamais saisir le bien qu’on leur jette. Des manchots. Des ingrats, je vous dis. Tous des manchots et des ingrats.
1% c’est déjà 1% de trop , quel que soit le camp . Mais est-on obligé de prendre parti ?
Que pensez-vous des déclarations d’Ehoud Olmert ? Nuage de fumée ? Déclaration sincère ? Grosse blague pour faire rire à une Bahr’Mitzvah ?
Le très bien informé blog Loubnan ya Loubnan souvent cité ici évoque un danger imminent qui n’apparaît pas dans vos analyses : la forte pression pour une partition du Liban, afin d’affaiblir les composantes qui "ne plaisent pas" à l’occident et israel, et préfigurer sans doute ce qu’il adviendrait du moyen orient abandonné sous leur coupe. Qu’en pensez-vous ?
Le texte d’Avnery, dont parle K, vient d’être traduit en français : Une soirée à Jounieh, sur le site de l’Association France-Palestine Solidarité.
« Que des chrétiens et des musulmans de dix-sept communautés différentes aient su y partager le pouvoir pendant des décennies ... » Robert Solé (sur le Liban bien sur). C’était dans la rubrique Images d’Epinal.
Plus réaliste : La guerre civile aura t-elle lieu ?
Je reconnais avoir rode sur ce site plusieurs jours a l’affut d’une analyse a chaud d’Alain Gresh. Il est tout a votre honneur, Monsieur Gresh, de ne pas vous livrer a des speculations intempestives.
En plus de tous les points que vous avez deja releve ci-dessus, plusieurs negligences sont frappantes dans le traitement de cette affaire dans les medias.
Nullepart ils ne mentionnent les recentes declarations indignees de Pierre Gemayel, qui deplorait que les refugies chretiens du Chouf (1983) n’etaient toujours pas indemnises tandis que le gouvernement Sanioura cherchait a concurrencer le Hezbollah dans la course a la renconstruction et au dedommagement des victimes de la guerre de juillet. Ceci est une attaque frontale envers son allie de circonstance Walid Joumblatt, aui aurait quelques comptes a rendre quant a l’attribution des fonds qui lui ont ete confies pour l’indemnisation des populations deplacees. Le front du 14 mars pourrait bien etre moins unis que ce que les medias occidentaux refletent.
De meme, il est connu que le pouvoir Syrien s’appuie sur des services de securite affiliees a des pouvoirs parfois opposes. Les accusations de l’ancien vice-president Syrien Abdel Halim Khaddam a l’encontre du pouvoir de Damas quant a son implication directe dans l’assassinat de Rafic Al-Hariri, ont ete presentees copmme credible dans la presse. Sa campagnem,depuis sa residence Parisienne, pour un changement de regime a Damas a mis l’Elysee dans l’embarras puisqu’elle rendait evidente le detournement de l’affaire a des fins politiques. Il est bien possible que des responsables Syriens soient a l’origine du meurtre de Gemayel, mais il serait etonnant qu’ils appartiennent au clan deu president Bashar Al-Assad, dont le regime etait en train de se refaire une sante sur la scene internationale notamment grace a ses allies locaux au Liban et a leurs partenaires. Il eut ete peu opportun de leur mettre des batons dans les roues alors qu’ils semblaient en position d’ebranler le gouvernement pro-Americain de Fo’ad Al-Sanioura. En revanche, Khaddam qui a mise sur la chute du regime aurait bien interet a maintenir l’isolement de Damas.
Malgre cela, toutes les analyses que j’ai lues a ce jour mettent en causes "la Syrie" ou "les Syriens", depeints comme une entite homogene.
En reponse a la contribution de Monsieur Bert, la question "a qui profite le crime ?" vise a identifier les suspects potentiels et leurs mobiles afin de determiner quelles pistes sont les plus credibles. Des indices peuvent ensuite renforcer une piste ou une autre. En l’absence de preuves formelles dans l’immediat cette approche est parfaitement judicieuse.
« 1% c’est déjà 1% de trop , quel que soit le camp . Mais est-on obligé de prendre parti ? ». Mais non tj, il ne s’agit pas de nier les souffrance des enfants israéliens, mais de dénoncer le fait de considérer les palestiniens de moins de 12 ans non pas comme des enfants mais comme des terroristes.
En fait, s’il est vrai que la “religion” Druze est dérivée du Chiisme, il est important de faire 2 remarques : elle n’est pas plus “extrémiste” que n’importe quelle autre religion au Liban ; et à part d’en etre un dérivé historique elle ne ressemble en rien au Chiisme ni d’ailleurs au Sunnisme.
Le passage : « La loyauté envers la communauté passe avant toute autre loyauté - et certainement avant toute loyauté envers le Liban. » ne peut etre compris sans un autre plus loin : « C’est lui [le chef de la communauté] qui distribue tous les postes « appartenant » à sa communauté. » C’est ce qu’exprimait G.Corm : "Je compare souvent le système communautaire à un système totalitaire. Chaque communauté exerce un totalitarisme sur ses sujets. Ce système est usé mais continue parce qu’il est tout le temps alimenté par le système régional et les influences extérieures sur le Liban."
Sans remettre en cause les informations souvent pertinentes et les articles en général plutôt bienvenus de Robert Fisk, on peut tout de même mettre un bémol au titre que vous lui décernez (’un des meilleurs spécialistes du pays’).
Robert Fisk a tout de même répété à pusieurs reprises que c’est le Hezbollah qui a provoqué la guerre avec Israël (’le Hezbollah a provoqué la guerre en capturant deux soldats israéliens et en en tuant trois autres, le 12 juillet’ dit-il) . C’est au minimum un sacré raccourci, et éventuellement un mensonge. S’en tenir à cette présentation des faits sans développer est en tout cas peu acceptable de la part d’un ’spécialiste’.
Pourquoi ne pas présenter la chose autrement et dire que la capture de soldats israëliens a été l’excuse choisie par Israël pour déclencher une guerre qui était de toute façon planifiée de longue date ? Si on doit se focaliser sur les prisonniers, pourquoi ne pas parler de tous les civils, militaires et politiques faits prisonniers par Israël depuis des années ?
Tout ça pour dire que certaines déclarations de Robert Fisk sont un peu courtes pour un ’spécialiste’.
J. Cook l’a bien montré ici et la.
D’autre part la communauté Libanaise est elle meme egalement « répartie dans le monde entier ».
En réaction aux commentaires de Jean, les “Forces Libanaises” de Geagea, de par leur extrémisme, sont les plus enclins a oeuvrer en faveur de cette partition.
Il est a craindre que, si jamais cette partition se réalise, une guerre intra-communautaire se déclare au sein de la communauté Chrétienne, du fait de la représentativité trés minoritaire du parti de Geagea au sein de cette communauté. Comme d’ailleurs peut etre des guerres intra-communautaires au sein d’autres communautés.
Cette partition ne me semble pas du tout pouvoir assurer la paix civile.
Exusez moi Mr Grsh de revenir sur l’affaire du LOBBY .
D.B. : Bon, deux autres exemples, plus contemporains, du pouvoir de l’AIPAC sur le contrôle de la politique depuis les coulisses et sur la scène.
J.B. : Essentiellement ce que Clinton a compris, tout comme Bush le jeune – l’actuel George Bush – c’est que si vous ne pouvez pas vous battre contre eux, alors il faut les rejoindre.
Il y a eu un article dans le quotidien juif israélien "Ha’aretz" qui décrivait la judaïsation du Département d’Etat.
Ce que vous avez vu dans l’administration Clinton a été une bataille des sionistes libéraux pour soutenir Israël, à l’intérieur de l’administration contre les supporters extrême droite du Likoud à l’extérieur de l’administration. Ainsi, vous aviez tout un débat autour de ce qu’allait être la politique américaine, partagée être entre ces deux groupes.
Dennis Ross est maintenant avec l’AIPAC. Martin Indyk, qui a créé "l’Institut de Washington pour la Politique au Proche-Orient", vitrine de choix de l’AIPAC, est entré dans l’administration grâce à Clinton et s’est vu dans la foulée accorder la citoyenneté : il est Australien d’origine. Ainsi, vous voyez leurs allées et venues.
Note de Jeff Blankfort : Pour ceux qui ont peut-être espéré que ce nouveau lobby pro-israélien allait fondamentalement différer du bon vieil AIPAC, cet article devrait mettre un terme à leur illusion. Ils apprendront d’ailleurs ici même qu’un ancien membre ultra-sioniste du Congrès US, Mel Levine, en est un des initiateurs. Il semble bien que cette « nouvelle » opération ne soit qu’une entourloupe des sionistes libéraux, afin d’enterrer la controverse et le débat autour du pouvoir et de l’influence du lobby israélien, soulevés par l’analyse des professeurs Mearsheimer et Walt, par le professeur Tony Judt, ainsi que, tout récemment, par James Petras, dans son nouveau livre Le Pouvoir d’Israël aux USA (The Power of Israel in the United States).
Merci Saintyve pour ces précisions, concernant, l’influence lobby pro-israélien aux USA.
Mais rassurez-vous, je n’ai aucun doute sur son existence.
Mes doutes portent sur le sens qu’il faut donner au mot "influence".
A force de vouloir tout expliquer par cette influence, on risque de passer à côté de certaines réalités.
La publicité de l’action de ce lobby focalise l’attention, sur son rôle. Mais certains de ses membres peuvent plus discrètement, utilisent le lobby à des fins personnelles (Geoge Soros par ex.).
L’administration US ne se prive pas non plus pour rejeter sur le lobby la responsabilité d’actions controversées (refus des choix démocratiques du peuple palestinien par ex.).
Je ne doute pas non plus que le lobby pro-israélien joue un rôle dans le réchauffement de la planète, mais je ne suis pas sûr que ce rôle soit significatif.
Je ne pense pas que la politique que mènent les US depuis le renversement du Shah, soit dictée par le seul lobby pro-isralélien, ou alors, il aurait remplacé le "lobby pro-iranien".
Et même si les US étaient totalement influencés par le lobby "pro-israélien", encore faudrait-il préciser de quels israléliens il serait le représentant, ou alors il faudrait le renommer en lobby "pro-israéliens", car la société isralélienne n’est pas monolithique.
Peut-être que certains israléliens ont intérêt à la mort de Pierre Gemayel, mais pas Israel. Parce que l’argument qui consiste à l’expliquer par une volonté de déstabiliser un pays déjà déstabilisé n’est pas recevable.
Je n’arrive pas à réconcilier les actions US sur le terrain, avec l’activité du lobby pro-israélien, par contre je les comprend très bien dans un contexte de guerre économique (et la ça tombe bien parce qu’en temps qu’européen je me sent particulièrement visé).
Voici un point de vue lumineux, celui de Jonathan Cook. Un journaliste et écrivain basé à Nazareth, Israël. Son livre, “Blood and Religion : The Unmasking of the Jewish State ” a été publié par Pluto Press.
La Syrie, un bouc émissaire commode pour la mort de Gémayel, par Jonathan Cook.
Jonathan Cook à Nazareth, 24 novembre 2006.
Après ces tires croisés il ne faut pas s’étonner que des balles aillent se perdre au Liban.
si on se fie à "résistance.chiffonrouge", ce type vendrait père et mère, il est aussi peu juif que possible, n’hésite pas à ruiner les économies d’un pays.
Autant dire que je n’en crois pas un mot, comment aurait-il pu s’allier à la famille Bronfman, qu’on ne peut accuser d’antisionisme primaire, bien au contraire ? A moins qu’il ne veuille les utiliser ?
Traduction (partielle) du “communiqué commun du 24 novembre de Nabih Berri, le président du parlement libanais et chef du parti Amal et par Nasrallah, le secrétaire général du Hezbollah”, a partir du 8ieme paragraphe.
On se rappelle qu’a l’instigation de Nabih Berri (président du parlement) un dialogue national s’était ouvert le 6 novembre. Plusieurs sessions ont eu lieu avant que le point de rupture ne soit atteint.
« Une réunion limitée a eu lieu lors de la troisième session lorsque le député Saad Al-Hariri a joint une réunion [entre Chiites] qui se tenait en marge de la réunion.
Le Député Al-Hariri [Saad, fils de feu Rafic] a proposé aux conférenciers une formule reposant sur le fait d’atteindre un accord quant au principe de l’établissement d’un tribunal international, et sur les détails liés à ce tribunal lors de réunions en coulisse entre les trois parties [Hezbollah, Amal, et Hariri] avant de le soumettre au cabinet [ministériel] pour assurer son adoption expéditive et unanime, et approuver en même temps la formation d’un gouvernement d’unité nationale dans lequel les forces d’opposition auront plus d’un tiers des postes de ministre, où une participation efficace sera assurée, et qui sera l’introduction à la discussion et au règlement des questions controversées.
« Mais nous fumes étonné de découvrir au début de la session le jour suivant, samedi 11 Novembre, qu’il y avait une campagne intensive nous dépeignant comme étant prêts à donner notre accord sur le tribunal international contre des satisfactions politiques tandis qu’aucune mention n’était faite de ce qui avait eu lieu lors de la réunion limitée lancée a l’instigation du député Saad Al-Hariri. La date du Lundi 13 novembre 2006 a été alors fixée comme date de la prochaine réunion du cabinet ministériel sans discuter de ceci avec quiconque [sous entendu quiconque de l’opposition] et sans prendre en compte toutes nos déclarations disant que nous étions prêts à discuter du projet de résolution de manière positive et l’esprit ouvert.
Faux, Saint-Yves. Cet article n’existe pas.
une photo qui convaincra peut etre Mr Ayad, le journaliste de Libération, que les choses « ne sont pas ce qu’elles paraissent etre » au Liban : « La « guerre des portraits » empoisonne le climat à Achrafieh » (Achrafieh est le principal quartier Chrétien de Beyrouth, et les portraits en question sont ceux de Aoun et Geagea ). ....quelque 300 militaires ont dû intervenir pour empêcher militants des FL (Geagea) et du CPL (Aoun) d’en venir aux mains.
• Aux Fans du blog Loubnan ya Loubnan : le Nidal nouveau est arrivé : toujours le meme gout.
• Plus sérieusement, le trés fiable Ghassan Ben Gido, envoyé special d’Al Jazeera au Liban, vient d’annoncer que le début des manifestations du camp anti-Americain aura lieu dans les 72 heures. Espérons que l’armée Libanaise restera unie pour éviter le bain de sang.
Al Jazeera rapporte que la majorité vient de prendre une initiative pour debloquer la situation. Lors d’une rencontre, Amine jemael a fait des propositions à Nabih Berri. Volonté de sortie de crise ou manouvres pour retarder les manifs ? L’avenir nous le dira.
Mais peut etre que Landis est un Syrien déguisé en Américain ?
Compassion. Celle du conseil des droits de l’homme de l’ONU qui vient de voter (45 voix pour/1 contre-Canada-) une résolution proposée par des pays musulmans : arret des implantations dans les territoires occupés, désarmement des colons, et démantèlement des colonies existantes.
Elle a été qualifiée de résolution allant dans le sens d’une « perpétuation du conflit », par l’embassadeur Israelien a l’ONU.
Qui a parlé de partition ?
• Les sacrifices des dizaines de milliers de partisans et de sympathisants dont les souffrances et les douleurs [etc..].
bonjour monsieur gresh, le crif parle d’une livre sur votre journal et israel. l’avez vous lu ? qu’en pensez vous ?
K merci pour la traduction, j’ai pas pu la lire in inglish. Pierre, l’influence du LOBBY dont il estquestion, est celle qui concerne le soutien inconditionnel à Israel, meme contre les interets US. et non pas de la politique exterieure US en général.
C’est ainsi que le Département d’Etat qui a historiquement été considéré comme un ennemi par l’AIPAC, plus enclins à soutenir les états arabes et les intérêts pétroliers de l’Amérique – c’est assez intéressant – a été littéralement disculpé et un certain nombre de lobbyistes juifs libéraux, comme Dennis Ross, ont été introduits dans l’administration Clinton.
BEYROUTH (AP) - Un militant islamiste syrien, qui tentait d’entrer illégalement au Liban, a déclenché mardi sa ceinture d’explosifs après une fusillade avec les forces de sécurité syriennes près de la frontière, faisant deux blessés, a annoncé le gouvernement syrien.
Omar Abdullah, 28 ans, connu aussi sous le nom de code d’Omar Hamra, était l’un des chefs du groupe islamiste "Tawhid et Jihad". Alors qu’il tentait de franchir la frontière, côté syrien, au poste de Jdeidet Yabous avec de faux papiers, il a ouvert le feu sur les forces de sécurité syriennes, avant de tenter de prendre la fuite, selon le communiqué du ministère syrien de l’Intérieur."
surtout, n’en parlez pas, ça risquerait de nous faire rire !!
Saintyves, si l’action du lobby israélien "est celle qui concerne le soutien inconditionnel à Israel, meme contre les interets US" elle a toute la sympathie de l’européen que je suis.
Comment fonctionne le lobby sioniste aux USA.
29 novembre 2006 a parlé de l’attentat-suicide en Syrie à 10:36. Devoir accompli, il a ri. J’en suis fort aise. Si 29 novembre 2006 10:36 éprouve le besoin de s’offrir un vrai rire qui soulage, un rire qui soulage vraiment, il peut toujours reposter en gras la formidable conclusion de son message. Puis rire de lui. Promis, je rirai aussi.
Haaretz, 29/11/06 "Chirac : France, U.S. agree there is no point talking to Syria"
"The conditions for an honest dialogue with Syria do not exist."
L’éditorial d’Ignacio Ramonet, Labyrinthe palestinien, dans le Monde diplomatique de décembre, fait froid dans le dos.
"Vers l’abîme. On sent confusément que les souffrances subies par les Palestiniens, les solidarités de plus en plus audacieuses qu’un tel tourment entraîne au Proche-Orient, et les violentes réactions de défense d’Israël, risquent de conduire le monde vers l’abîme."
Yann, Mr Chirac, habituellement si pragmatique, devient incroyablement va t-en guerre dés que les intérets de la famille Hariri sont en jeu.
Mais le plus choquant est qu’il ait qualifié l’assassinat de Rafic Hariri de "crime contre l’humanité" au moment meme ou les Libanais etaient endeuillés aprés les massacres de centaines de civils par l’armée israelienne.
Noam Shalit et la "compassion"
Gershon Baskin a dit « compassion » ? Alors peut-être faut-il relire Baskin en ayant à l’esprit ces mots de Noam Shalit.
J’avais dit que je ne jetais pas la pierre à Noam Shalit. Aujourd’hui, c’est pure « compassion » si je ne le fais pas. | 2019-04-21T02:51:55 | https://blog.mondediplo.net/2006-11-26-De-l-assassinat-de-Gemayel-a-la-crise-libanaise |
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Q. What makes this safe?
A. Unlike the older versions of Neurofeedback that had an “expert” deciding how to direct the brain, this sophisticated technology uses the innate intelligence of each individual brain to learn self-regulation, maximizing its safety.
A. Yes. Much like learning to ride a bike, your body remembers the new neuropathways and they are always there to choose from in the future.
Q. How long does it take to see/feel results?
Q. Is Neurofeedback hard to do?
A. Its easy! You just sit back and relax. After the central nervous system relaxes, the surrounding issues dissolve with ease.
Neurofeedback is cutting-edge technology with decades of history and research. Neurofeedback has been utilized for more than 30 years with the first published study of its efficacy appearing in 1970. Ample research supports the effectiveness of Neurofeedback on a plethora of symptoms. Leaders in the field of Neurofeedback experience a success rate of nearly 90 percent (Robbins 2008). Efficacy studies continue to be published and many well-educated and well-trained clinicians have found this modality to be an effective adjunct to multi-disciplinary treatment.
There is more research on the effectiveness of Neurofeedback then there is on Ritalin!
“I was dreading adopting the four year old that had lived with us for the last two years. | 2019-04-22T11:03:07 | http://www.brightenthebrain.com/neurofeedback.html |
0.999998 | Methamphetamine, commonly referred to in New Zealand as “meth” or “P”, is associated with high rates of personal and community harms. People who use methamphetamine have an increased risk of death due to overdose, suicide or cardiovascular causes. Any health interaction is an opportunity to discuss methamphetamine use if suspected and offer support to stop.
Methamphetamine, also known as meth or “P”, is a central nervous system stimulant that causes the release of dopamine, noradrenaline and serotonin.1 It is the most potent form of amphetamine-type drug, and is ranked as the most harmful drug in New Zealand for dependent users.2 The acute effects of ingestion, which resemble the “flight or fight” response, typically last four to eight hours and are similar to other psychostimulants, such as cocaine.1 It can be produced in powder, pill or crystal formulations, the latter also referred to as “ice”.
* Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), also known by various other names such as “fantasy”, “waz” or “mils”, is a GABA B receptor agonist; it is sometimes used with methamphetamine and is associated with particularly severe withdrawal symptoms and overdose.
Anxiety and depression can result from methamphetamine use, particularly during the “come down” period. Surveys in New Zealand have found that approximately one-quarter of people who frequently use methamphetamine are also taking antidepressants.8 Suicidality is also more common among users of methamphetamine; 18% of methamphetamine-related deaths in Australia between 2009–2015 were suicide.13 The impulsivity, disinhibition and psychosis associated with methamphetamine use is likely to be a factor in this. Assessing patients presenting with symptoms of anxiety or depression for the possibility of drug use should be a routine aspect of practice.
There can be a large delay between when people start having problems from their drug use to when they seek help. As general practitioners may be one of the few health professionals people using methamphetamine interact with, they can help to close that gap by asking patients about their drug use.
Even if people are not ready to quit, general practitioners can help people to care for other aspects of their health and offer harm reduction advice (see: “Harm reduction for people who use methamphetamine”).
Use open-ended questions. For example, after asking about smoking or alcohol use, ask “what about anything else?”, and repeat the question if necessary. People may disclose use of substances they feel are more acceptable first, e.g. admitting to cannabis use first and then methamphetamine use on further questioning.
Advise people injecting methamphetamine not to share needles and where to get clean ones, see: www.nznep.org.nz/outlets.
Counselling and support from a health professional, whānau/family and friends is the best approach to encourage withdrawal and abstinence from methamphetamine. As little as two sessions of counselling can help improve abstinence rates for people with methamphetamine dependency.20, 21 People must decide that they want to quit, and the role of the general practitioner is as a facilitator who helps them to come to that decision, then encourages perseverance once patients are attempting to quit (see: “Motivational interviewing can help people to reflect on their methamphetamine use”).
Addiction specialists advise intervening in the first consultation when methamphetamine use is disclosed.20 Clinicians may feel time-pressured to deal with the patient’s presenting issue first and discuss their methamphetamine use at another time. However, people who use methamphetamine may have little contact with health services and engaging with the patient can set the scene for later change and help them avoid future harm.
Engaging (whakawhanaunga): establishing a trusting relationship that sets the scene for open, honest and non-judgemental discussion.
Focusing (whakamārama): discussing the details of the specific issue, revealing the scope of the problem and any contributing factors.
Planning (whakamaheretia): working together to formulate a plan for enacting changes.
The last stage of motivational interviewing may not be reached in the first or early sessions but following through the first three stages increases the likelihood of the patient engaging in behavioural change in the future.
The purpose of this approach is to get patients to begin thinking about their use; even if they are not ready to stop, it encourages reflection on what they get out of using methamphetamine and what the costs are, in terms of their own personal health, effects on their relationships, or financial cost.
If a patient is ready to change, or thinking about a change, they can be directed towards resources and support services (see: “Patient resources”).
A variety of support options are available to assist people undergoing methamphetamine withdrawal, including phone or text support and home-based withdrawal with help from a Māori health provider or addiction service (see: “Patient information and further assistance”).
The use of an antidepressant such as a SSRI is unlikely to be useful for treating the symptoms of depression associated with withdrawal, as depressive symptoms are worst in the initial few weeks after stopping use and these medicines often require several weeks of dosing to take effect.1 However, if depression persists, or is underlying to the substance misuse, antidepressant treatment is appropriate. N.B. Be aware of the potential for increased suicidal ideation during the methamphetamine withdrawal period, and in addition, an increased risk of serotonin syndrome in people who concurrently take a serotonergic medicine such as an SSRI, SNRI or tramadol with methamphetamine.
Thank you to Dr Vicki Macfarlane, Lead Clinician, Medical Detoxification Services, CADS, Waitemata DHB for expert review of this article.
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0.996968 | Can I Take an At-Home Drug Test for Marijuana while I'm Pregnant?
Many hospitals now test mothers after giving birth. Even if you refuse to be tested, they will often test your baby instead. Unfortunately, many urine drug screenings seem to be completely thrown off by a pregnant woman's changing body chemistry, so you may want to take an at-home drug for marijuana and other drugs, even though you're pregnant.
Failing a screening at a hospital can result in Child Protective Services opening a case, even if the result isn't accurate, but testing yourself can indicate what the result will be and whether you need to take precautions.
Sure, you can test yourself for marijuana at home, but please be aware that the result might not be accurate. If you have a specific reason for testing yourself for marijuana, you may want to get a multi-panel marijuana testing kit instead. These kits test for marijuana at different cutoffs, so you can get a feeling for how clean you are. Stay away from cheap testing kits, because these can be even more inaccurate.
If you're worried about false positives, you're probably more likely to fail for opiates or methamphetamine. These are serious drugs, so any false positive for these is going to ring a lot of alarm bells. In this case, you probably want to get a good quality 5-panel home testing kit. These kits allow you to test for all the common street drugs at once.
What if I fail my at-home drug test for marijuana?
If you fail your home drug test, it's best to check the law in your state and your hospital's policy on testing mothers (or their children) after childbirth. For example, Colorado law defines child abuse as cases where "a child tests positive at birth for either a schedule I controlled substance : or a schedule II controlled substance." Now, even though marijuana is legal in Colorado, it's still a schedule I controlled substance. This means testing positive for marijuana will lead to child abuse allegations. In contrast, mothers-to-be can smoke tobacco and abuse alcohol with legal impunity.
While EMIT urine drug tests are common and cheap, hospitals might choose to test your blood instead. Blood tests are much easier for marijuana users to pass, with light users passing after a couple of days of abstinence and heavier users passing after two weeks. These tests are usually much more accurate than urine screening tests, but it's unfortunately impossible to test your own blood without going into testing center and having a professional test it.
If you fail a drug screening at the hospital, ask for proof. If it's based on the result from an EMIT device, demand a second more thorough test. This could involve testing your urine, blood, or saliva with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, for example.
You can also buy detox drinks that help you pass urine drug tests, but make sure you get one that's suitable for use during pregnancy. | 2019-04-18T22:32:36 | http://www.passadrugtestingforall.com/take-home-drug-test-marijuana-while-preg-a-127.html |
0.999999 | Big help is here with Google Home. It's powered by the Google Assistant, so you can ask it questions and tell it to do things. Just start with "Ok Google" to get answers from Google, play your favorite songs, tackle your day, enjoy your entertainment and control your smart home. And when you ask for something, the Assistant provides information that's personalized just for you since it can distinguish your voice from others. There's plenty of help to go around.
Big help is here with Google Home. It's powered by the Google Assistant, so you can ask it questions and tell it to do things. Just start with "Ok Google" to get answers from Google, play your favorite songs, tackle your day, enjoy your entertainment and control your smart home. And when you ask for something, the Assistant provides information that's personalized just for you since it can distinguish your voice from others. There's plenty of help to go around.
I've had my Google Home for about 3 weeks and have been very happy with it. Setup was a breeze and could have been done by anybody. // Pros / Difference from Echo: - #1 major difference. Google Home can handle different grammatical structures and syntax for the same question. Simple example: What is the capital of Norway? = Which city is the capital of Norway? = What is the Norwegian capital? I find this really good for family and friends because -- unlike with Alexa / Echo -- we don't have to learn how to exactly verbalize every “skill”. Google Home allows us to speak naturally without us having to learn its own language. - The above ability combined with Google Home's awareness of context helps it with some complicated questions like: Me: OK Google. What is that song from the Lion King? > Google Home: The songs are Circle of Life and … > Me: OK Google. Play it please > Google Home: Sure. Playing Circle of Life. = Wow. Note that I didn't even mention the song. - #2 major difference is multi-room audio!! I've got two Google Home devices and two Chromecast Audio devices ($35 each) in my home, and I labeled the group as “Entire Home”. So I can say: OK Google. Play Arianna Grande in Entire Home. Echo is unable to do this (yet?). - The “Good morning” / “My day” feature is really neat on Google Home. It tells me in one pass about the weather, traffic to work, my appointments, and rounds up with news from my favorite sources. - Works flawlessly with Chromecast devices. Example: OK Google. Play a funny cat video from YouTube on the Living Room Chromecast > Then Google plays it on Chromecast, which triggers my living room TV to show the video - There are some customizable bases that are better suited to your home decor. However, these are a little pricey for fabric and metal. Nonetheless, Google Home is very soft and unassuming in its design whereas Echo feels very industrial to me personally. // Pros / Similarities with Amazon Echo: - The far-field mics work well and can pick up voices from across the room without having to yell. - The speaker quality is very good. - Works well with Google Play Music, Spotify, YouTube, etc. But Google Home doesn't work with Amazon Music (yet?). - Connected Home - Works well with Philips Hue lightbulbs and Nest Thermostat. I haven't tested out other brands like LifX, Wemo, etc. I do think Echo has more connected home applications because it's been in the market longer, but I don't use those other services at this time. - Set reminders, timers, get recipes, get directions, call an Uber - There are lots of IFTTT (third party app -- try it out!) routines that can be built. - The Google Home app is very easy to use. // Minor Cons - You do have to say “OK Google” to prompt the device. However, this is no different than saying “Alexa” for Echo. The Pro I seen in this is related to privacy -- I don't want the device to respond to anything my family is talking about unless we specifically want to interact with it. - Only the top of the Google Home device has a light indicator to show when it's listening. So if you've got this on your kitchen counter and you're seated on your couch (at a lower height), you may not see the lights. Echo overcomes this with the light ring around the device. - The Google Home device can't be used as a speakerphone or be used to make phone calls. - Saying OK Google also triggers my phone. I'd like the ability to choose the device with which I want to interact. // Major Cons: - There can only be one user profile! So I can get a run down of my day, but my girlfriend can't get hers; we can only hear my services but not hers. To be fair, this isn't that different from Echo, but it is a little annoying. This seems like the next step for both Google and Amazon. Overall, I think Google Home is an excellent product, and I look forward to seeing more services being made available.
Amazing product. The accuracy recognizing what I say is extremely good. Been using it mostly for news and music in the morning, and to impress friends when they come. Want to set up some iot lights that I can use voice control on but they're too expensive at the moment. If you have a chrome cast you'll never have to search for videos again because you can just find them with your voice and it integrates flawlessly. The speaker is surprisingly very robust. Only negative for me is having to say "hey Google" every time. It's not as smooth as saying a name like Alexa.
The Google Home is a well built voice activated speaker that sounds pretty good and is useful for many things, specifically the Google Home is quite useful for setting alarms and timers, and I have been getting up in the morning more consistently than I had been before I received my Google Home. The Google Home is able to play at volume levels that are plenty sufficient for most situations. If you choose to buy a Google home, after connecting it to your internet connection, then it is best to download the Google Home app for Android or Apple, then locate and optimize all the settings to get the best experience using the Google Home. In the settings there is a setting called Accessibility, it allows you to turn on the option to play an audible sound, which indicates when you should speak your verbal request. This means that after you say OK GOOGLE, you will then hear an audible beep, so you will know exactly when to speak your request, without this Accessibility sound option turned on, it is necessary to be looking at the Google Home device when saying OK GOOGLE, so that you can see the lights on the top of the Google Home light up, of which the lights indicates that you should then speak your request. It is basically easier to say OK GOOGLE and hear an audible beep indicating when to speak your request, than it is to say OK GOOGLE and have to be looking at the device to see the visual indicator to know when to speak your request. The Google Home app has the option to add your home address, which is necessary for the Google Assistant to provide your weather requests, as the Google Home needs to know the location of the weather that you are desiring. The Google Home app allows you to set a desired music playback source, and also allows you to create a list of your desired news sources, allowing you to customize the news that you can hear playing through the Google Home. Newer versions of the Android operating system have the built in options of allowing the Google Assistant to be always listening, so that you can say OK GOOGLE, and then you can make a verbal request, the same way that the Google Home does, but using the Google Home device is a much better experience. The two microphones on the Google Home pick up your voice noticeably better than the microphone on a smart phone. The Google Chrome web browser has apps and extensions that can be installed, which add interactivity with your Google Home device. Do a Google search for Chrome Web Store, and it will bring up the website where you can search for and install the available Google Apps and Extensions. The Google Keep app for Google Chrome, allows you to create a shopping list that can be used with the Google Home Assistant, just create a shopping list in the Google Keep app, then ask the Google Home Assistant: What is my shopping list, then the Assistant will verbally remind you of all the things on your shopping list. The Google Keep app can be downloaded for Android or Apple and can be installed on your smart phone, allowing you to create shopping lists the same way. The Google Calendar extension for Google Chrome, allows you to quickly add calendar entries, then you can ask the Google Home Assistant: What is on my calendar, and the Assistant will verbally remind you of your calendar events. The Google Cast extension for Google Chrome, allows you to see which song Pandora is playing, this extension allows you to pause music playback and also adjust the volume level, all of this from the Google Chrome browser. Below is a list of verbal requests that the Google Home can be used for: What time is it Set an alarm for 7 am, Set a timer for 30 minutes (Multiple timers and alarms can be set) Stop alarm, Stop timer, Stop all timers, Stop all alarms What is today's weather (Your local weather will be read if your address has been set) What is the weather in Ventura, California (Any city and state can be requested) What is the humidity (Your local humidity will be read if your address has been set) Is Wal-Mart open, Is Best Buy open, Is Jack in the box open, etc.. What is on my calendar (Calendar events must be added first in Google Calendar) Add orange juice to my shopping list, Add bananas to my shopping list, etc.. What is my shopping list Play music, Pause music (Music will play from your chosen default music source) Play Google Play music (Use this if Pandora is default music source) Play Pandora music (Use this if Google Play Music is default music source) Play news, Pause news (News will play from your chosen list of news sources) Turn up the volume, Turn down the volume Volume level 4, Volume level 6, Volume level 3, etc.. (Volume levels 1 - 10) What is the volume The Google Home voice activated smart speaker, allows adding Philips Hue lighting control, it is necessary to synchronize the Google Home device with the Philips Hue bridge, this synchronizing is done in the settings of the Google Home app on an Android or Apple device, once this is setup, all of the following can be said to control Philips Hue lighting. Turn lights on 10 percent, Turn lights on 50 percent, Turn lights light blue (Daylight), Turn lights white (Warm white), Turn lights red (Great for movie lighting, or night lights), Dim lights, Turn lights on 100 percent, Turn lights off. The Google Home has a really nice power supply, which has a silicone strap that wraps around the cord. A quality power supply always adds to making an electronic device have a luxury feel to it. My overall opinion of the Google Home Assistant, is that owning and using the Google Home has made life more convenient.
The Google Home sits beside my Amazon Echo. I've enjoyed the Echo but I wanted the vast wealth of information that Google has that is missing on the Echo. I can't notice a difference in audio quality but my husband says the Echo sounds better. The Home gives me more music options than the Echo since my Google Play Music, Pandora and Spotify accounts are not the premium levels. One thing I miss on the Home is that the Echo can be set to sound an audible tone when it hears the wake word. I miss that handy feature on the Home. The Home handles math calculations more naturally than the Echo because it recognizes monetary terms. Alexa, what's 20% off of ten dollars? "20% of ten dollars is two dollars." Hey, Google, what's 20% off of ten dollars? "The answer is eight US dollars." Obviously Google knows how I shop better than Alexa.
Fine example of AI (Artificial Intelligence). Works well. Simple Plug & Play installation. Download and setup App to make personal preferences, location, etc. Device has incredible sound and the ability to "understand" you. The female voice is clear and pleasant. It is in the learning stages so not everything you ask it yields a successful response. You get its attention by saying "OK Google", "Hey Google" works too. Works with Chromecast devices to turn on/off lights, TV viewing, etc.. Read the product description online to get a good understanding of this device and its capabilities. I'd like to able to customize "OK Google" to another wakeup phrase, along with the thousands of other Home users. Home has the ability to translate into many languages but not as many as Google Translate on my Android phone (?). I like the instant weather and news updates just by asking "How's my day?". It is a bit of a gadget and this point but I have faith that Google will make this the best on the market by bettering it's completion (Echo, Siri, Alexa).
I really like the Google Home. If you've thought about buying one, I would recommend it. (I've never tried the Alexa, but I've heard GH is better. The price is definitely better.) There were a few hiccups, however. First, I had to buy a new wifi router because my old one was too old or inefficient; I'm not sure what the problem was, but I couldn't get the GH to connect to it. I bought a new Belkin (for about $60) and now everything works fine. Second, the GH right now is more of a novelty than anything else. It answers questions (briefly) and plays music. It can do other things, but at the moment that's all I do with it. However I really like the technology, and I'm sure that in the future all appliances (TVs, computers, microwaves, etc.) will be able to tie into the GH. This will enable you to say, "Hey Google, preheat the oven to 350." At the moment such tech doesn't exist--or I don't have it--but I'm sure it will become more common (just like wifi is now almost universal). I know that it can do some things like that, but I don't have the tech set up to enable it to do so.
So far my Google Home (GH) experience has been a little of a let-down. Only one Google account can be set up for now which means that shared calendar information is not handled by GH. I share a calendar with my wife and hers is the primary calendar used for family planning. GH does not list any events created on her calendar, only my primary calendar. I also wish I could force it to recognize a certain route to my work. It often provides travel times for alternate routes which are not good options for me. GH also only allows one shopping list so you cannot currently set up a shopping list for several different stores. I do like how it integrates with Chromecast Audio. You can set up speaker groups which is nice. As for the GH itself, speaker quality is decent. It lacks highs but handles bass sufficiently for the size of the unit. For now it is just a novelty. Without added updates, its value to me will be limited. | 2019-04-26T01:14:27 | https://www.walmart.com/ip/Google-Home/54742302?wpa_bd=1550835047999&wpa_pg_seller_id=F55CDC31AB754BB68FE0B39041159D63&wpa_ref_id=b3b44df5a80fa7baa71d22b892318394&wpa_aux_info=__aux_info__&wpa_tag=__tag__&wpa_pos=2&wpa_plmt=__plmt__&wpa_aduid=__aduid__ |
0.999993 | With the growing democratization of information, corporate responsibility may no longer be optional.
Is the evolution of the Internet having an effect on way companies view consumers? There's been a lot of talk about it lately. Consumers are gaining unprecedented power. They're less and less passive, given the prevalence of user-generated content like blogs, wikis, amateur video, and ratings and recommendation engines. Many companies -- media companies are a good example -- have already been forced to change the way they view their traditional businesses and innovate like crazy as consumers take more control.
Individual creativity and dialogue are building. And I can't help wondering whether consumers' newfound power may have repercussions in business and investing that aren't even fully understood yet.
For example, maybe companies that don't act responsibly on certain key issues will become increasingly vulnerable to disruption, too.
I've long believed that more and more consumers are voting with their wallets and shopping with their values in mind. However, it's difficult to quantify a trend like that, other than observing that companies like Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) and Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ:WFMI) have been good examples of extremely successful companies that try to act with a great deal of responsibility and seek to exceed expectations for shareholders, customers, employees, and communities alike.
However, I recently ran across a survey conducted by Fleishman-Hillard (a public-relations agency owned by Omnicom (NYSE:OMC)) and the National Consumers League. It queried 800 random respondents on issues having to do with corporate social responsibility, and some of the results were rather surprising.
It's tempting to think that most consumers don't take all that much into consideration when they make their purchasing decisions. Conventional wisdom might imply that low price or luxury brands would be the most compelling elements that drive average Americans to support certain companies. However, 52% of the respondents in the survey said that they actively seek out information about a company's track record in social responsibility "all of the time" or "sometimes."
Furthermore, when participants were asked what elements drive them to buy products, two of the usual suspects were well represented -- 20% cited lower price and 20% cited easily available products. But then again, 35% of the respondents said that whether a company made socially responsible products also gave them reason to buy.
Meanwhile, the respondents also gave the impression that corporate social responsibility would make a difference in the companies they invest in. An impressive 63% said a company's track record would be "extremely" or "very" influential in whether they would invest in a company.
Another interesting element of the survey was how respondents defined corporate social responsibility. That's one of the sticking points of socially responsible investing, after all -- it's a subjective term that may mean different things to different people. It seems most people related corporate social responsibility to the way corporations treated their workers, which seems like a pretty simple issue to wrap one's head around. After all, nobody likes to hear of a company that pays its CEO millions of dollars yet lays off a large number of workers.
On the other hand, even though consumers seemed to view corporations' treatment of workers as a very important element of being socially responsible, a whopping 82% said a company's environmental impact was "extremely" or "very" influential when it came to products they bought.
The survey implied that consumers are coming up with ideas on their own, as opposed to relying on experts' opinions on these issues. (Ah, the wisdom of crowds in action!) The Internet is obviously a big influence on empowering consumers more than ever to research and reach their own conclusions about the world around them.
True, it's just one survey, and surveys can be flawed. And let's face it -- oftentimes people answer surveys as they would like to imagine they "should" behave but perhaps don't.
Regardless, though, there are more and more signs that people are looking with an increasingly critical eye at some of their purchasing decisions, and many smart companies are making moves to meet the demand.
In southern New England, Dean Foods (NYSE:DF) and Hood demanded that regional dairies provide milk without artificial growth hormones -- Monsanto's POSILAC. Organic milk has been a growth segment, and apparently the demand is too significant, at least in that market, for Dean Foods and Hood to ignore. News items like that imply a more serious shift than people might have previously thought.
Privately held American Apparel made a name for itself with sweatshop-free factories here in the States. Chipotle (NYSE:CMG) includes organic ingredients on its menu. Volcom has launched a green clothing line called Verde. Why on earth has Toyota's (NYSE:TM) Prius done so well, again? And Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) -- maybe the first company many critical consumers think of when it comes to putting profit above most other considerations -- wouldn't be spearheading so many environmental initiatives right now if it weren't in its best business interests to do so.
These are just a few examples. You could argue it's all a fad, but I don't think it's unreasonable to wonder whether a revolution is at hand. Maybe emotional dividends are more important than anyone would have imagined a decade ago.
There's bad news for corporations, at least according to this particular survey -- respondents believed that companies have a dismal track record when it comes to being socially responsible. And it's obviously not lost on many companies' public-relations departments, since most companies have plenty of materials to try to make the case that they are socially responsible and perform any variety of good deeds -- all of which should be taken with a grain of salt, since it's pretty obvious that such materials can be the equivalent of good marketing.
Meanwhile, another interesting element of the survey was that people said they often use the Internet to research companies' track records on the issues that influence what they buy, and why. It also implied that blogs and user ratings are viewed as more trustworthy sources than traditional media coverage, which is a big part of my premise that a major shift is gaining momentum.
Of course, any kind of disruptive influence also has the silver lining of catalyzing creativity and building a better solution at its core. A kinder capitalism -- one in which caring about people and the world in which we all exist can, in fact, build a better long-term business and higher profits -- shouldn't be viewed as a contradiction in terms, but rather a challenge to innovate that will be rewarding on many levels. And if companies view creating good businesses with a holistic view of responsibility and giving people what they want as paths to great opportunities down the road, that sounds like a win-win situation to me.
With the Internet's increasing democratization of ideas and information, disruption is certainly at hand. In more ways than one, a revolution -- and evolution -- in the way businesses work and conduct themselves may be under way.
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0.999977 | Erosion is the loss of tooth enamel caused by acid attack. Enamel is the hard, protective coating of the tooth, which protects the sensitive dentine underneath. When the enamel is worn away, the dentine underneath is exposed, which may lead to pain and sensitivity.
How do I know I have dental erosion?
Erosion usually shows up as hollows in the teeth and a general wearing away of the tooth surface and biting edges.
This can expose the dentine underneath, which is a darker, yellower colour than the enamel. Because the dentine is sensitive, your teeth can also be more sensitive to heat and cold, or acidic foods and drinks.
Every time you eat or drink anything acidic, the enamel on your teeth becomes softer for a short while, and loses some of its mineral content. Your saliva will slowly cancel out this acidity in your mouth and get it back to its natural balance. However, if this acid attack happens too often, your mouth does not have a chance to repair itself and tiny bits of enamel can be brushed away. Over time, you start to lose the surface of your teeth.
Are there any medical problems which can cause dental erosion?
Bulimia is a condition where patients make themselves sick so that they lose weight. Because there are high levels of acid in the vomit, this can cause damage to tooth enamel.
Acids produced by the stomach can come up into the mouth (this is called gastro-oesophageal reflux). People suffering from hiatus hernia or oesophageal problems, or who drink too much alcohol, may also find they suffer from dental erosion due to vomiting.
Can my diet help prevent dental erosion?
Acidic foods and drinks can cause erosion. Acidity is measured by its 'pH value', and anything that has a pH value lower than 5.5 is more acidic and can harm your teeth.
Fizzy drinks, sodas, pops and carbonated drinks can cause erosion. It is important to remember that even the 'diet' brands are still harmful. Even flavoured fizzy waters can have an effect if drunk in large amounts, as they contain weak acids which can harm your teeth.
Acidic foods and drinks such as fruit and fruit juices - particularly citrus ones including lemon and orange - contain natural acids which can be harmful to your teeth, especially if you have a lot of them often.
'Alcopops', 'coolers' and 'designer drinks' that contain acidic fruits and are fizzy can cause erosion too.
Plain, still water is the best drink for teeth. Milk is also good because it helps to cancel out the acids in your mouth.
Many sports drinks contain ingredients that can cause dental erosion as well as decay. However, it is important for athletes to avoid dehydration because this can lead to a dry mouth and bad breath, stick to water if you can.
What can I do to prevent dental erosion?
Have acidic food and drinks, and fizzy drinks, sodas and pops, just at mealtimes. This will reduce the number of acid attacks on your teeth.
Drink quickly, without holding the drink in your mouth or 'swishing' it around your mouth. Or use a straw to help drinks go to the back of your mouth and avoid long contact with your teeth.
Finish a meal with cheese or milk as this will help cancel out the acid.
Chew sugar-free gum after eating. This will help produce more saliva to help cancel out the acids which form in your mouth after eating.
Wait for at least one hour after eating or drinking anything acidic before brushing your teeth. This gives your teeth time to build up their mineral content again.
Brush your teeth last thing at night and at least one other time during the day, with fluoride toothpaste. Use a small-headed brush with medium to soft bristles.
Should I use any other special products?
As well as using a fluoride toothpaste, your dental team may suggest you use a fluoride-containing mouthwash and have a fluoride varnish applied at least every six months. They may also prescribe a toothpaste with more fluoride in it.
Dental erosion does not always need to be treated. With regular check-ups and advice your dental team can prevent the problem getting any worse and the erosion going any further. If a tooth does need treatment, it is important to protect the enamel and the dentine underneath to prevent sensitivity. Usually, simply bonding a filling onto the tooth will be enough to repair it. However, in more severe cases the dentist may need to fit a veneer. | 2019-04-23T14:42:46 | http://gillinghamdentists.com/index.php/patients/dental-erosion |
0.999999 | Review Context: I have played Halo since the launch of the series. It is a huge reason why I still even have an Xbox to this day.
When the Halo: The Master Chief Collection was announced I could not contain my excitement. I remember endless days in high school playing Halo 2 online for hours on end. So to bring that back in all its glory, plus an HD remake of the campaign, and 8 multiplayer maps revamped had me ready to go. Unfortunately, quickly after launching the game I realized this was not the game I wanted it to be.
The first thing that really drove me crazy about Halo: The Master Chief Collection was the install process. You are excited to get a new game and toss it in your fancy Xbox One to play and have to sit at the dashboard while it installs, no big deal. Finally the game installs then I boot the game up to be presented with a pop up telling you it will now install each campaign individually followed by the multiplayer. It takes forever to actually play the game, so when the time comes and all is installed you are beyond ready to play.
When you have finally installed the campaigns and made your way into them you realize how beautiful they are. The feature to flash between the original graphics and HD remade graphics makes its way back in Halo and is now in the Halo 2 remake. It would be nice if we saw this in the Halo 3 campaign, but that game honestly still holds up pretty well today. The game runs all campaigns in 60 FPS, which seems to be the industry standard at this point. The confusing part is that the only game that does not run in 1080p is Halo 2, it runs in 1328. It still looks and plays really well though. One of the key features that made Halo so great to me back in the day was local co-op. I was beyond happy to see that the dying art that is local co-op was still present in the Halo: The Master Chief Collection. With the new feature of campaign playlists, local co-op has a new life in this game and hopefully can start an upward swing and return in more games. Another thing Halo: The Master Chief Collection does right is their controls. It has all the controller layouts from the original games, but on top of that it gives you the ability to set your own controls and have them stay the same over all four games and multiplayer. Plus, with the comfort of the Xbox One controller this game plays extremely well.
The multiplayer on paper sounds like every Halo fan’s dream; every multiplayer map from every Halo, including all downloadable content maps. It features tons of different game modes such as deathmatch, team swat, team snipers, capture the flag, and of course big team battle. Plus every game and also the anniversary mode of Halo 2, on paper, this could fill all your Halo needs! Then said paper was lit on fire and left to burn to ash! The game was hit with devastating launch issues. On launch day I could not even get into a matchmaking game, and people were posting that it was taking anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour to find a match. I figured it was just a bad launch day for the servers and in a few days this would pass and I would be online. 343 addressed the stability and connection issues very fast saying that they were removing playlists and also working on a server side update to fix the issues. Three days after launch they put an update out and said that another update would be coming out in the next few days that would fix the matchmaking experience. I was able to get online for a few matches, but the teams would be unbalanced and if the host happened to quit during the match the game would just end for no reason.
I could go on for days on how bad the launch was, but the launch is still having very bad lingering effects that are causing the game to be unplayable online today. 343 has promised updates to fix the matchmaking experience and has even given players rewards for sticking with the game. The rewards were in game such as titles, profile pics, and badges. The biggest reward for playing the game at launch was the news that users would be given the Halo 3: ODST campaign for free, but this too has also been pushed back multiple times and we have yet to see the Halo 3: ODST campaign.
This game in my mind easily trumps all other bad launches. 343 promised that they would do their best to fix matchmaking and at least bring it to a playable state. Yet, while the Halo: The Master Chief Collection was struggling as an unplayable state, 343 managed to successfully launch and run the Halo 5 beta, which had errors that were immediately addressed and fixed. I see this as a slap in the face to die hard Halo fans. 343 has this product which they promised would be fixed by now, and we are six months post launch with a game that is still unplayable. The issues I listed with the game are just the tip of the iceberg because the multiplayer is riddled with issues. One of my personal favorite issues being, if you ‘team kill’ three times, instead of being kicked you are sent to the enemy team. How does this happen?!
Halo: The Master Chief Collection has been on sale at low prices and is now actually bundled with the Xbox One. Microsoft must think it is still a selling point if they are willing to bundle it with the console, or they just want to push their broken game on poor unsuspecting consumers. It is a shame that a game with such a following that actually plays well has so many outstanding issues that 343 is not fixing. “The seed of our future are sown in his past”, this is the buildup on Halo: The Master Chief Collection for Halo 5. 343 needs to hope and pray that their release of Halo 5 is nowhere near as bad as this launch, if that is even possible. Avoid this game at all costs until you see that it has been properly patched and fixed. | 2019-04-25T10:50:37 | http://www.gamereviewpad.com/halo-master-chief-collection-review-xbox-one/ |
0.999977 | What is going on at Guantanamo Bay? While the Bush administration has made a few missteps in its war on terrorism, its decision to send some captured Taliban and Al Qaeda members to the U.S. naval base in Cuba--and its refusal to grant them prisoner-of-war (POW) status--has become a public relations fiasco. "The U.S. is placing these people in legal limbo," complains Amnesty International. "They deny they are prisoners of war, while at the same time failing to provide them with the most basic protections of any person deprived of their liberty." Even the British are upset. "It is very important for those people to be held according to the principles of international law," British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said of the Guantanamo prisoners. "[T]hat is the way in which one can maintain the moral ascendancy here, and the reverse is also true."
Criticisms of the Guantanamo Bay policy fall into four categories--none of them convincing. The first concerns allegations of actual mistreatment. After captured Taliban and Al Qaeda members first began arriving in Guantanamo on January 11, the Pentagon released photos of the prisoners in shackles and blacked-out goggles; cries of "inhumanity" quickly followed. The British newspaper The Independent likened Guantanamo Bay to a concentration camp; the Mail on Sunday tabloid ran the headline "TORTURED." But in fact, as has since become evident, the conditions at Guantanamo are far from inhumane. The pictures that sparked the outrage were taken shortly after the prisoners' arrival, while they were in transit to their cells--and most likely to revolt. Once the inmates settled in, the goggles and shackles were removed. Moreover, the prisoners are entitled to hot showers, prayer mats, and three meals per day. They also receive medical care. (One prisoner even underwent surgery for painful glaucoma resulting from an injury sustained five years ago.) Little wonder then that Taliban being kept in the Shibergan prison in Afghanistan recently shouted to an Associated Press reporter, "We want to go to an American prison!"
The second criticism focuses on international law. Although the United States may be treating the prisoners humanely, some are troubled that the prisoners have not all been officially afforded the protections offered by the 1949 Third Geneva Convention. But the full range of Geneva Convention privileges belong only to "lawful combatants" who, among other requirements, have a "fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance" and conduct "their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war." These criteria clearly don't apply to members of Al Qaeda, and arguably not to members of the Taliban either. Nonetheless, President Bush recently decided that the Convention will in general terms apply to captured Taliban members at Guantanamo, but not to captured Al Qaeda. Yet neither group will be afforded POW status. (As POWs, the prisoners would be entitled to automatic repatriation to their home countries when the conflict ended.) This compromise has not satisfied the International Committee of the Red Cross (icrc), which maintains that the Geneva Conventions require that in cases of doubt a "competent tribunal" decide whether captives are entitled to POW status. But the icrc is not the only arbiter of what the Convention entails; other legal scholars argue that the Convention mandates a competent tribunal only when fact-specific questions of an individual's status are at issue, such as in instances of deserters or those who have lost their identity cards. "If you stipulate that these detainees are members of the Taliban and Al Qaeda," says Ruth Wedgwood, an international law professor at Yale, "then there is no fact-specific question for a tribunal to decide."
The third criticism leveled at American policy is that if the United States does not grant the Taliban and Al Qaeda members POW status, Americans taken prisoner in future conflicts will not be treated in accordance with international law. But even leaving aside the fact that the United States is acting in accordance with international law at Guantanamo, it's hard to imagine a theoretical U.S. adversary that would adhere to international law if only the United States had read the Geneva Convention differently at Guantanamo. Saddam Hussein? The Taliban? A contempt for not only international law but also civilized norms is, after all, the one characteristic most American adversaries share.
The final complaint brings us back to where we started: public relations. Even if the prisoners are being treated humanely, and even if the Bush administration is acting in accordance with international law, some argue that the perception of what's going on at Guantanamo makes the United States look bad. But this criticism essentially asks America to abandon its own moral judgment--presumably in favor of the judgment of those who have opposed the war at every stage. But this is not a public relations war. It is a war. | 2019-04-19T01:10:07 | https://newrepublic.com/article/66136/prison-terms |
0.985985 | This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. James Gurney wrote "Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter," he also wrote and illustrated "Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time.
Oscar Rejlander contributed photographs to Charles Darwin's work The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.
Published in 1872, the book was one of the first to be illustrated with photographs, and it was unusual at the time to see photos showing such expressions.
Oscar Rejlander took a carefully composed portrait of Alice-in-Wonderland author Lewis Carroll.
He provided reference photographs to assist painters such as Lawrence Alma Tadema. Finally, Rejlander pioneered an ambitious approach to art photography, producing in 1857 a moralistic photomontage called "The Two Ways of Life"
Anand has some questions about how people talk about color temperature.
He says he understands how a yellow can be cooler if it leans more toward blue, and warmer if it has a red bias. But which blue is warmer/ cooler? One could argue that a blue with a red or violet bias is warmer because red is a warm color. But a blue with a yellow or green bias can also be regarded as warmer because yellow is also a warm color.
He also asks which is warmer, green or magenta? And is there a pure primary color on the dividing line between warm and cool? Finally, Which is the warmest color on color wheel of tube colors yellow or orange?"
Answer: Artists mean different things when they talk of color as warm or cool. A swatch of orange or blue standing alone can be described in absolute terms as a warm color or a cool color. Alternately, some artists use color temperature more as a relative concept to distinguish two closely related colors. For example, a green mixed with more orange might be regarded as warmer than a similar green that was composed with more of a blue-green hue.
As you suggest, this relative approach to assigning color temperature can be confusing when someone is talking about blue, which could be made warmer with the addition of either red or yellow. You're right that blue is the coolest color, so I don't think it makes any sense to describe a warmer blue.
Is there a primary color on the dividing line between warm and cool? Yes, greens and violets are on the dividing line, but artists don't always agree precisely where to divide the color wheel.
Which color is the warmest? I'd say a yellow orange, like a cadmium yellow medium is the warmest. But keep in mind that warmth is not something you can measure with a thermometer. It's psychological. And the effect of a color in a given picture depends to a great extent on what colors you put around it.
Alphonse Mucha's son Jiří (1915-1991), who wrote one of the best books on the artist, went before the camera in 1975 to share his recollections. He leafs through old prints and portfolios and tours the family home in Prague.
He says that his father put the idea of the perfect women on such a high pedestal that he was aloof and even disdainful around his actual models. When his father was about 13, he fell in love with a girl his age, who died. Forever afterward, he cherished that childlike feminine ideal, and tried to recapture it in his work.
Answer: "Some people call it "window shading," especially oil painters. I call it "ink-jetting" or "area-by-area painting."
For example, I want to paint this diner in watercolor. I start with a pencil drawing to give a baseline scaffolding.
Today the National Gallery in Washington opens the exhibition "American Pre-Raphaelites: Radical Realists."
The show includes more than 90 works of art, including oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings, some never before exhibited. One of the American leaders of the movement was English expatriate Thomas Charles Farrer, who was instrumental in spreading Ruskin's philosophy of close observation of nature.
Oddly enough, the curators left out Asher B. Durand from the selection of exhibited artists, even though he was a central figure in advocating truth-to-nature philosophies. Although Durand didn't mention Ruskin by name in his Letters on Landscape Painting, he exemplified many of Ruskin's philosophies in his careful studies of trees and landscapes, and he gave Ruskin's ideas his own American slant. Durand exhibited these studies to a rising generation of landscape painters at the National Academy of Design in New York, where he was president from 1845-1861. Contrary to the impression left by the catalog essay, which quotes critics accusing Durand of belonging to a "past age and a dead system," in fact he remained an influential advocate of close observation, celebrated and beloved by younger artists until his death in 1886.
Henry Roderick Newman, Study of Elms, 1866, watercolor, 17 x 19 in.
The catalog begins with seven essays examining roots of the truth-to-nature philosophies, the role of photography in their work, their interest in still life painting, and the iconography of American Pre-Raphaelites.
One of the authors devotes twenty pages to the idea that some of the landscape paintings contain veiled references to the Civil War, Abolitionism, and other hidden political agendas. For example, the boat pulled up on shore in Charles Herbert Moore's painting Hudson River, Above Catskill is described as a "wrecked or stranded boat emblematic of a foundered ship of state and the associated fears for and even a loss of faith in the American corporate enterprise during and following the Civil War."
While some artists were certainly painting landscapes with political overtones during this period, I'm a bit skeptical of some of these interpretations. In the case of the Moore landscape above, maybe the boat was there because someone just beached his rowboat above the high tide line (the Hudson River above Catskill is tidal).
1864, graphite, 23 x 17.5 in.
I wish the catalog's editors had devoted less page space to political theories (why not publish those online?) and instead tell the factual and humorous stories of the artists. What logistical challenges did they face, and what practical methods did they use? There are a lot of vivid, first-hand accounts in letters and journals to draw upon. I also wish the editors would consult practicing painters and conservators to give themselves more of a grounding in the concerns the actual artists faced.
Or better yet, cut back on the text and devote more pages to reproductions of artwork.
John William Hill, Apple Blossoms, watercolor, 1874, 9 x 15.5 in.
Despite those quibbles, the 312-page catalog is worth the cost ($65 list, $42 on Amazon) for the 210 color illustrations. There are high quality reproductions of all the works in the show, plus several closeups.
Fidelia Bridges, Study of Ferns, oil on board, 10 x 12 in.
I was especially impressed with the 11 works by William Trost Richards and the six samples by Fidelia Bridges. The back of the book includes an exhibition checklist, a timeline, artist biographies, notes, and index.
Exhibition: American Pre-Raphaelites: Radical Realists will be up through July 21, 2019.
It's time to visit my friend Mel Birnkrant, who almost singlehandedly rescued the early image of Mickey Mouse.
Classic Mickey was nowhere to be seen between 1939 and 1973, because Mickey was replaced with the 1938 redesigned version).
One of Mel's cherished possessions is a set of one-of-a-kind sculpts of Minnie, Mickey, and Horace Horsecollar from about 1934. The rubber-hose style legs are made from electrical wire, and the heads are hand-carved from wood.
The painting is in gouache (white, raw sienna, terra rosa, and ultramarine blue) over a casein underpainting.
I'm using my homemade sketch easel at sitting height. Original Borden Dairy “Elsie” puppets are in the background.
Tomb guardians in ancient China from the 7th to 9th century A.D. served to protect the living from wandering spirits of the dead, and to protect the tomb from robbers.
Some of these molded earthenware sculpts were composite figures that included qualities of human and animal forms.
According to Wikipedia, the earth spirits had animal bodies "often including wings sprouting from the tops of the forelegs.
"The heads are often different, with one semi-human and another perhaps based on a snarling lion. Both have horns and crests like flames or huge cockscombs."
The European Union has thrown out Sweden's proposal to ban cadmium paint.
"It’s hard to imagine painting without cadmium. The brilliant, lightfast pigment was discovered around 1820 and started appearing in artist’s red, yellow, and orange paints in the 1840s — just in time for Impressionist founder Claude Monet’s arrival in the world. They’re what gave us Monet’s haystacks, Van Gogh’s sunflowers, and Matisse’s red-drenched studio. The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) began considering a ban on cadmium after the Swedish Chemicals Agency submitted a 197-page document calling for one in December 2013. Cadmium pigment is made with cadmium sulphide, a toxic heavy metal. It is not technically classified as hazardous by REACH, the EU body that advises the commission on chemicals, and it makes up only .1 percent of paints. Nonetheless, the report argued that artists were polluting the environment by rinsing their cadmium-soaked brushes in the sink. The cadmium would find its way into sewage sludge that is spread on agricultural land and wind up polluting crops, and so increase the risk of cancer and other illnesses."
In the summer of 1851, Pre-Raphaelite painters John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt traveled to the Elwell River in England, each in hopes of painting the background for an ambitious picture that they had planned in their heads.
Millais wanted to paint Hamlet's Ophelia drowning in a stream, and his plan was to paint the background first.
Following the advice of critic John Ruskin to capture every detail faithfully—“rejecting nothing—selecting nothing”—Millais dutifully recorded the "flowering rush, river daisy, forget-me-not, willow herb, meadowsweet, and the wonderful tangle of brier bush with its multitude of dog roses in bud and bloom."
According to a 1923 biography: 'They were up by six o’clock and at their selected spots by eight o’clock, where they painted until evening, returning to their lodgings about seven o’clock; Hunt had to walk four miles and Millais two to their respective painting places.
The process of painting the background on location took more than two months.
Where do our eyes look when we watch a movie? Eye-tracking technology can record in real time how the observer's eyes land on important features, and then jump to new points of interest.
Scientists can take the data from the visual experience of many individuals and compile it into heat maps showing where most observers actually look. That information can suggest the cognitive activity driving the eye movements, and it can help editors understand what information people are taking away from the moving pictures.
Researchers used this technology on three films: the war movie "Saving Private Ryan" and two Pixar movies, "Up" and "Monsters, Inc."
1. "Hot spots emerge around the character’s mouths, as if our viewers are conditioned to look for identification through the way a film’s central characters 'speak', and are searching for narrative clarification through dialogue exchanges that actually never emerge."
2. "Objects and motifs that actively move the story along and define character mood are picked out of the mise-en-scène and gazed at even when the scene is fluid and action is taking place across the filmic space."
3. "Our eyes seem to be active in finding emotive objects even when they are found in a busy scene. There is a caveat here of course: the 'extra' attention to significant objects may well have been because the scenes were free of dialogue."
4. "When the sound is off, viewers actually migrate slightly away from the character’s mouths to focus on their eyes, and to objects that are pregnant with narrative information."
5. "The viewer is searching for non-verbal signs to confirm what might be taking place and because the eyes, culturally speaking, are where “truth” is to be revealed." | 2019-04-19T08:43:52 | https://www.feedspot.com/infiniterss.php?q=site:http%3A%2F%2Fgurneyjourney.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault%3Falt%3Drss |
0.998126 | The headphones I'm wearing atop my head have been in my possession (though not necessarily clinging to the aforementioned skull) for a while now. I bought them back in May 2010 to use with my V-Drums. They're big (huge, really), they're comfy, and they sound pretty good. I didn't get much use out of them, however, because I've been using them exclusively with my drum kit until recently, when a pair of decent Fender Stereo headphones took their place. I'm not saying the Fender headphones are better, but they're good enough to have made me think about a more optimal usage pattern. I'm at my desk at work for about 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. On average I'd say that 6 of those hours may involve usage of headphones, which is likely more in a day than I'd use everywhere else combined in a week, so why not put my best foot (or in this case audio delivery mechanism) forward in that respect?
This is all a precursor (and, in fact, largely irrelevant) to what I'm about to say. The MDR-XD200 headphones tote around a "dual-setting" feature: each of the speakers (that's Left and Right, yes) has their own individual settings. By settings, I mean there's a switch on each speaker labeled "Sound Mode" with the options: Music and Movie. Both modes of entertainment offer different optimizations in the ranges of sound being delivered.
The switch, however, does absolutely nothing save a satisfying "click" sound when toggling between settings. I am all but convinced that this is nothing more than a placebo; a marketing gimmick for a product that does just fine without it. When these headphones go the way of all electronic devices made after the mid-90s and eventually stops working, I'm quite tempted to take them apart and see if the switch is even connected to anything else.
These headphones are nice, but I feel like they're making a fool of me. | 2019-04-21T07:08:07 | http://awplog.twinkfish.com/viewpost.php?n=104 |
0.999994 | What to say about ungulates, the members of the deer family? Deer, moose, elk and other members of this family strike a chord with many nature enthusiasts. I suppose everyone loves Bambi!
As gentle as many ungulates appear to be, it seems that more people in North America are injured every year by ungulates than by carnivores such as cougars or bears! Moose, elk and bison in particular can be very temperamental and territorial - caution is always in order when photographing these creatures!
A Mule Deer buck with antlers in velvet stands proudly in the giant sequoia forests of the Sierra Nevada mountains in central California.
This young deer was out for some early spring browsing one evening and struck a perfect pose for me.
This deer must have found something very tasty.
This deer seems quite accustomed to posing.
This young fellow looked like he enjoyed rubbing his snout against the vegetation.
This deer keeps a watchful eye as another member of the herd grazes in the background.
These members of a small herd in Ontario obviously found some tasty morsels in this meadow.
This doe was watchful as the members of her herd grazed peacefully on a lovey spring afternoon in southern Ontario.
A young white-tailed deer in a typical rural Ontario scene..
This doe is raising its tail to warn other deer of possible danger, typical behaviour for white-tailed deer when alarmed.
Deer are remarkably resilient to winter weather, provided the snow does not become too deep and hampers their ability to find food.
This alert doe is likely foraging with her fawn of the year in cold winter weather.
A Mule Deer doe and her twin fawns grazing peacefully in British Columbia.
These two siblings in British Columbia don't seem to mind sharing the "green, green grass of home' with each other.
This female Mule Deer seems to be enjoying a sunny summer day in Banff National Park.
This Mule Deer doe is seen delicately grazing on wildflowers on a summer afternoon in Banff National Park.
A female Mule Deer relishes some fresh vegetation on the California coast near Monterrey.
This cow Elk is out enjoying the first light of a summer morning in Jasper National Park.
This cow Elk is enjoying wildflowers on a summer morning in Jasper National Park.
This young Elk is in Jasper National Park.
This large bull Elk is browsing on summer foliage in Jasper National Park. Note the velvet (bloodied skin) hanging off the rearmost tines of his new antlers, as he polishes and shines them in preparation for the year's mating season by rubbing them against branches.
This large bull Elk is browsing on summer foliage in Jasper National Park. .
This male Bighorn Sheep (ram) shows off his well-used horns, complete with some pesky foliage that just won't fall off.
This Bighorn ram is seen on a mountain slope in Jasper National Park.
This big fellow in Jasper National Park almost seems to be challenging me to a head-butting contest. Note the foliage in his horns...he's been feeding on some thick vegetation.
This Bighorn Sheep Ram struck a great pose for me in Jasper National Park.
This bull moose in Algonquin Provincial Park has been suffering from winter ticks, as shown by his damaged coat. Unfortunately, this is a growing problem for dwindling moose populations in many parts of North America, due in part to climate change.
This young bull Moose was out for some early morning grazing in Algonquin Provincial Park.
This seasoned bull moose seems to be licking his lips over some tasty morsel. I don't think he's sticking his tongue out at me, is he?
This older bull's antlers have already started growing by early spring.
A bull moose very delicately samples some spring vegetation.
A bull moose takes a moment to relieve an itch while enjoying spring vegetation in Algonquin Provincial Park.
Bull Moose - what are you looking at?
With his look, this bull moose almost seems to be saying, "what are you looking at?".
A seasoned bull moose takes a breather from grazing spring vegetation in Algonquin Provincial Park.
This cow Moose is knee-deep in a bog as she browses on vegetation in early spring.
This portrait of a bull moose in early spring illustrates why many consider the moose one of the most awkward-looking creatures in North America. However, they say that beauty is only skin-deep!
This young bull moose makes a bit of a splash as he crosses a creek in early spring.
This young fellow is already showing some antler development in this spring portrait.
A profile of a young bull moose in early spring.
This healthy-looking cow moose was out for some early morning browsing.
This cow moose and her calf were quite curious and struck an interesting pose for the camera.
This young bull moose seems to be suffering quite a bit from winter ticks, judging by the condition of his coat.
A young bull moose takes an evening drink in Algonquin Provincial Park. | 2019-04-22T10:30:45 | https://www.jvnaturephotos.com/Ungulates/i-vLHX4MW |
0.999998 | Directions (Q.1- 5): In these questions you have a brief passage with 5 questions following each passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and blacken the appropriate rectangles in the Answer Sheet.
The Rajputs occupy an honoured place in the history of India. They were a war-like people, proud and patriotic. They were zealous of their honour, and would lay down their lives to uphold it. They loved their homes and fought bravely to defend the honour of their women-folk. Nothing would tame their spirits. Perils only called forth their courage and poverty only increased their power of resistance. None could fight like them. Their motto was ‘Better death than dishonour’.
1. Which of the following represents the central theme of the passage?
2. Which of the following is opposite in meaning to the word ‘proud’ in the passage?
4. Which of the following statements is not true in the context of this passage?
The Rajputs achieved eminence in history due to their-great bravery.
They would fight for upholding women's honour.
In moment of danger they would exhibit great courage.
They could not face the challenge of poverty.
they were fond of wars.
they were proud of their war.
they were jealous of people's honour.
they lived and died upholding their self respect. | 2019-04-24T12:16:03 | https://www.examsfunda.in/view-questions.php?id=U1NDIFF1aXogKEVuZ2xpc2gpIC0xMw==&cid=Ng== |
0.998507 | I recently conducted an informal survey on the experience of 3D cinema. Due in part to the digital revolution in Hollywood just prior to 2005, 3D films have now become a staple of local Cineplex Cinemas. During the time leading up to writing this article, at the Peterborough Galaxy Cinemas, there were about three 3D films to choose from in a given week.
77 individuals participated in the short survey. 21 of these were surveyed at Galaxy Cinemas. To get more informative results, a larger sample is sorely needed. In further quantitative research, I would consider sets of questions about film genres and the 3D experience – several respondents noted that 3D is best employed in specific genres.
In the below summary, bolded phrases indicate the question on the survey. Thank you to all the respondents.
First of all, I wanted to know why individuals were going to see movies in 3D. Did they value the experience of 3D itself, regardless of movie (22% response)? Was it the movie itself that appealed to them, without reference to the dimensional presentation (34% response)? Or was it merely the scheduling that forces audiences into a particular screening (32% response)? Surveyed respondents could select more than one answer to this initial question, so we see that the appeal of a certain film and the scheduled time likely results in more 3D attendance. Several respondents made such a comment – they don’t actively seek out a 3D movie unless it is the only option available.
What does the 3D cinema experience offer? I suggested a few possible answers since it is sometimes difficult to describe your sensations or aesthetic judgments, and more than one answer was possible: 3D offers a heightened bodily experience (15%), better depth of field (24%), and has its own unique aesthetic and styles (36%). 16% also said 3D adds nothing to their film experience.
Most found the experience of 3D generally enjoyable, or that it varies (64%), while a smaller number found it rarely enjoyable or deplorable (25%). Very few believed the extra three dollars are worth the added benefits of 3D (10%) and in fact, many participants strongly believed it is not worth the extra cost (40%). Others thought it occasionally worth the cost or worth the cost on Tuesdays during cheap movie night (49%).
I thought to do this study inside Galaxy Cinemas with audiences of one title screened in both 2D and 3D. Without reason, Cineplex turned down my request to conduct research. The very small sample I collected in front of the theatre generated similar results, but perhaps a larger theatre sample might prove more positive attitudes towards 3D cinema: 33% of the theatre-goers said 3D was worth the extra cost while out of the general sample, 10% agreed that it was worth it.
One significant finding of the survey was movie attendance. Only three participants never go to the movies in a given year. Remarkably, almost half see six or more movies a year, with nearly a third going more than 10 times a year.
I pulled these six+ movie attendees from the data. Most were going to see more 2D screenings than 3D. The simple answer is that there are more 2D screenings (20%), but a few individuals wanted to see more 3D (9%). A majority of participants actively viewed 2D screenings because they felt that 2D is superior and/or 2D is cheaper (58%).
Cineplex offers a reduced number of 2D screenings (or sometimes none at all) for their 3D films, and will usually schedule the 2D screenings in the afternoon. If a large percentage of the audience is going to the theatre to see a particular film, regardless of 3D or 2D presentation, the extra profit made from the 3D tickets certainly adds up over a number of screenings.
The data from the general group and the active cinema-goers unsurprisingly indicated that spectators want a more even split between 2D screenings and 3D screenings (38% and 46%). Further, in the general group and active cinema-goers group, a third even preferred more 2D screenings than 3D screenings. Lesser numbers believed that 3D films should be solely seen in 3D (24% and 17%).
Going to the cinema costs money – both spectators and corporation know this. The data suggests that customers are not satisfied with their experience of 3D for the price paid. Only 10% of the surveyed respondents were consistently pleased with 3D films.
In the comments section of the survey, there was some appreciation of 3D films with the caveat that superb, innovative 3D films are rare.
Several complained about the added cost and a few felt that 3D is a useless gimmick that distracts from the movie/story/acting.
Finally, the most frequent comment: people with prescription glasses have a hard time getting the 3D glasses to fit properly.
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0.999693 | In 5 pages the author discusses the war of 1812. ' America's second war of independence was the War of 1812, which is also called the Napoleonic Wars. The War of 1812 was limited in its popularity. It was a relatively minor war. The United States did not fare well in the War of 1812.' Bibliography lists 4 sources.
This 8 page paper takes a critical look at this country's difficult history from the time of Napoleon's rule through the present day. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
A 5 page review of the book by John Bierman. Concentrates on the author's writing style. No additional sources cited.
A 4 page paper that discusses the military differences between Napoleon and Frederick the Great and creates a premise for the development of warfare. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
A 5 page paper discussing the military genius of Napoleon. The writer asserts that Napoleon was the greatest military leader and strategist of modern times. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Napoleon / Was He Great?
A 5 page essay on this question. The writer posits that Napoleon was not a great man. Much like Hitler, his goal was to control Europe and to annihilate anyone who disagreed with his quest. However, as Hitler was revered, Napoleon was despised. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
A 10 page research paper that traces Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power from a shaky beginning to becoming the military genius he is credited to be. The essay reviews some of the major battles that he won and lost, his reorganization of France and of a great part of Europe, his two exiles and his death. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
An 8 page paper positing that Napoleon had no chance of winning the campaign. Arguments are based on William Fuller, Jr's. 'backwardness' theory of Kuturov's campaign, which included tactics that Napoleon was unprepared, strategically, to fight, or even interpret. Fuller's theories and Kuturov's tactics and strategies are argued successfully against von Clausewitz and Sun Tzu strategy and tactic theories. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
A 4 page paper discussing the career of Napoleon Bonaparte. The writer is concerned with assessing whether or not Napoleon was a 'Hitler-like' figure. Bibliography included.
A 9 page paper that relates the history of weapons creations and development in the 19th century to three major points in history, the American Civil War, the Napoleonic Wars, and the Industrial Revolution. The author suggests that these historical points effected the creation of different types of weapons and that the increased demand and increased technologies of this era pushed weapons inventors into the creative process, with a number of major results. Bibliography lists 8 sources. | 2019-04-21T14:34:33 | http://papertopics.com/categories/087-019.html |
0.999999 | Question posed on our website: Any work on supporting/offering OPC UA? MQTT? I like the internet server & redundancy. What I may want to do is integrate your product to display VTScada HMI screens. How do I populate the screen(s) with real time data? I have in place all the data acquisition & can provide it to your internet server(s) via??? I'm thinking in terms of Opto 22 HMI servers which get the real time data to display via OPC UA.
Question posed on our website: Any work on supporting/offering OPC UA? MQTT? I like the internet server & redundancy. What I may want to do is integrate your product to display VTScada HMI screens. How do I populate the screen(s) with real time data? I have in place all the data acquisition & can provide it to your internet server(s) via??? I'm thinking in terms of Opto 22 HMI servers which get the real time data to display via OPC UA.
For OPC, currently VTScada only supports OPC Classic, so if your data acquisition supports that then all will be good.
There is also a JSON driver if you can provide data in that format, along with all the other drivers supported out of the box in VTScada.
For OPC, currently VTScada only supports OPC Classic, so if your data acquisition supports that then all will be good. There is also a JSON driver if you can provide data in that format, along with all the other drivers supported out of the box in VTScada. | 2019-04-26T13:46:48 | https://forum.trihedral.com/index.php?u=/topic/28/supporting-offering-opc-ua/post-64 |
0.997268 | Clearly, we are going to see a wave of coverage this weekend -- perhaps peaking on Monday -- focusing on the Alliance Defense Fund and the protests being planned under its "Pulpit Initiative." As a guy with a degree in church-state studies, I am both fascinated and stunned by what is about to happen. It's like preparing for a giant -- yet scheduled -- train wreck, and a strategic one, to boot. But here is the key. I am not sure that anyone knows precisely what is going to happen this coming Sunday.
I say that, after reading the following report in the Los Angeles Times. Here's the start of Duke Helfand's report, which ran with the double-deck headline, "Pastors plan to defy IRS ban on political speech -- Ministers will intentionally violate ban on campaigning by nonprofits in hopes of generating a test case."
Setting the stage for a collision of religion and politics, Christian ministers from California and 21 other states will use their pulpits Sunday to deliver political sermons or endorse presidential candidates -- defying a federal ban on campaigning by nonprofit groups.
The pastors' advocacy could violate the Internal Revenue Service's rules against political speech with the purpose of triggering IRS investigations. That would allow their patron, the conservative legal group Alliance Defense Fund, to challenge the IRS' rules, a risky strategy that one defense fund attorney acknowledges could cost the churches their tax-exempt status. Congress made it illegal in 1954 for tax-exempt groups to publicly support or oppose political candidates.
Now notice, right up front, that the lede contains an apple and an orange. What does it mean to say that clergy are going to "deliver political sermons or endorse presidential candidates." What is a "political sermon" and what, precisely, makes a "political sermon" a violation of U.S. law?
There are all kinds of legal layers here. Let me sketch out a few.
(1) Take, for example, a priest who follows guidelines and preaches a sermon against abortion and related life issues on "Respect Life Sunday," the first Sunday in October.
(2) But wait. This year, there will almost certainly be Catholic priests who stress that there are a wide array of life issues, other than abortion, that must be taken into account in the voting booth. This can be interpreted as offering theological cover for most Democrats, including the candidate for the White House.
(3) Then there are priests who will read Vatican statements that abortion is the issue that towers over others, a unique form of absolute evil. Some may even say that it is wrong to vote for candidates who actively support an unfettered right to abortion. Will these be political sermons? Wink-and-nod endorsements?
(4) It is also common for sermons to be delivered, in a wide variety of ethnic churches, that include statements by the pastor that say something like this: "This candidate is one of us." Then everyone stands and cheers, while the pastor and the candidate embrace. Is that an endorsement?
(5) What about pastors who strictly stick to a social, moral or religious issue in a sermon -- yet also say that it is sinful to vote for any candidate, in either party, who violates what the pastor believes is the biblical stand on that issue? These sermons can focus on the war in Iraq, abortion, universal health care, gay rights, etc. Are these "political sermons"? Do they, for all practical purposes, serve as endorsements for some candidates over others?
(6) Finally, what if the pastors say, "Now, brothers and sisters, I cannot tell you who to vote for! But I am going to vote for (fill in blank here), a long, longtime friend of this church." Is that a personal or corporate endorsement?
So what are these "Pulpit Initiative" preachers going to do? All of the above? Will they openly endorse a candidate or pronounce an anathema on one?
The defense fund issued seemingly contradictory statements about the initiative. On one hand, it insists pastors will not endorse candidates and will simply exercise their constitutional rights by addressing "the differing positions of the presidential candidates in light of Scripture."
On the other hand, the defense fund describes its efforts as a "strategic litigation plan" that seeks to "restore the right of each pastor to speak scriptural truth from the pulpit" without losing a church's tax-exempt status.
"The bottom line is that churches and pastors have a right to speak freely from the pulpit," said Dale Schowengerdt, a defense fund attorney working on the project. "They should not be intimidated into silence by unconstitutional IRS regulations or rules."
That doesn't tell us much, now does it?
Stay tuned. This may get very, very complicated. But I guess that is the point. Repeat after me: Religious liberty is messy, but it beats all of the alternatives. | 2019-04-22T16:32:06 | https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2008/09/apples-oranges-in-political-pulpits |
0.998584 | This article discusses the pharmacological uses of lithium salts; for information on the chemistry of individual lithium salts, see Category:Lithium compounds.
Lithium in pharmacology refers to use of the lithium ion, Li+, as a drug. A number of chemical salts of lithium are used medically as mood stabilizing drug, primarily in the treatment of bipolar disorder, where they have a role in the treatment of depression and particularly of mania, both acutely and in the long term. As a mood stabilizer, lithium is probably more effective in preventing mania than depression, and may reduce the risk of suicide.[How to reference and link to summary or text] In depression alone (unipolar disorder) lithium can be used to augment other antidepressants. Lithium carbonate (Li2CO3), sold under several trade names, is the most commonly prescribed, whilst the citrate salt lithium citrate (Li3C6H5O7), the sulfate salt lithium sulfate (Li2SO4, sold as Lithionit), aspartate and the orotate salt lithium orotate are alternatives.
Upon ingestion, lithium becomes widely distributed in the central nervous system and interacts with a number of neurotransmitters and receptors, decreasing norepinephrine release and increasing serotonin synthesis.
However, by the turn of the century, the use of lithium in this way died out and was seemingly forgotten. This was also due to the reluctance of the pharmaceutical industry to invest in a drug that could not be patented. The use of lithium salts to treat mania was rediscovered by the Australian psychiatrist John Cade in 1949, who proposed lithium as a tranquilizer, and soon succeeded in controlling mania in chronically hospitalized patients. This was one of the first successful applications of a drug to treat mental illness, and it opened the door for the development of medicines for other mental problems in the next decades.
The rest of the world was slow to adopt this revolutionary treatment, largely because of deaths which resulted from even relatively minor overdosing, and from use of lithium chloride as a substitute for table salt. Largely through the research and other efforts of Denmark's Mogens Schou in Europe, and Samuel Gershon in the U.S., this resistance was slowly overcome. The application of lithium for manic illness was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration in 1970.
Lithium treatment is used to treat mania in bipolar disorder. Initially, lithium is often used in conjunction with antipsychotic drugs as it can take up to a week for lithium to have an effect. Lithium is also used as prophylaxis for depression and mania in bipolar disorder. Also, it is sometimes used for other disorders, like cycloid psychosis, unipolar depression, migraine and others. It is sometimes used as an "augmenting" agent, to increase the benefits of standard drugs used for unipolar depression. Lithium treatment was previously considered to be unsuitable for children, however more recent studies show its effectiveness for treatment of early-onset bipolar disorder in children as young as eight. The required dosage (15-20mg per kg of body weight) is slightly less than the toxic level, requiring blood levels of lithium to be monitored closely during treatment. In order to prescribe the correct dosage, the patient's entire medical history, both physical and psychological, is sometimes taken into consideration. Blood tests are carried out every 3 months to ensure the level of lithium is appropriate and to prevent toxicity, along with kidney and thyroid tests.
Those who use lithium should receive regular (generally monthly once stable) blood tests and should monitor thyroid function annually and kidney function every three to six months for abnormalities. As it interferes with the regulation of sodium and water levels in the body, lithium can cause dehydration. Dehydration, which is compounded by heat, can result in increasing lithium levels.
High doses of haloperidol, fluphenazine, or flupenthixol may be hazardous when used with lithium; irreversible toxic encephalopathy has been reported.
Lithium salts have a narrow therapeutic/toxic ratio and should therefore not be prescribed unless facilities for monitoring plasma concentrations are available. Patients should be carefully selected. Doses are adjusted to achieve plasma concentrations of 0.6 to 1.2mmol Li+/litre (lower end of the range for maintenance therapy and elderly patients, higher end for pediatric patients) on samples taken 12 hours after the preceding dose. Overdosage, usually with plasma concentrations over 1.5mmol Li+/litre, may be fatal and toxic effects include tremor, ataxia, dysarthria, nystagmus, renal impairment, and convulsions. If these potentially hazardous signs occur, treatment should be stopped, plasma lithium concentrations redetermined, and steps taken to reverse lithium toxicity. The most common side effects end up being an overall dazed feeling and a fine hand tremor. These side effects are generally present during the length of the treatment but can sometimes disappear in certain patients. Other common side effects such as nausea and headache, can be generally remedied by a higher intake of water. Lithium unbalances electrolytes; to counteract this, increased water intake is suggested.
Lithium toxicity is compounded by sodium depletion. Concurrent use of diuretics that inhibit the uptake of sodium by the distal tubule (e.g. thiazides) is hazardous and should be avoided. In mild cases withdrawal of lithium and administration of generous amounts of sodium and fluid will reverse the toxicity. Plasma concentrations in excess of 2.5 mmol Li+/litre are usually associated with serious toxicity requiring emergency treatment. When toxic concentrations are reached there may be a delay of 1 or 2 days before maximum toxicity occurs.
In long-term use, therapeutic concentrations of lithium have been thought to cause histological and functional changes in the kidney. The significance of such changes is not clear but is of sufficient concern to discourage long-term use of lithium unless it is definitely indicated. Doctors may change a bipolar patient's medication from lithium to another mood stabilizing drug, such as Depakote (valproic acid), if problems with the kidneys arise. An important potential consequence of long-term lithium usage is the development of renal diabetes insipidus (inability to concentrate urine). Patients should therefore be maintained on lithium treatment after 3-5 years only if, on assessment, benefit persists. Conventional and sustained-release tablets are available. Preparations vary widely in bioavailability, and a change in the formulation used requires the same precautions as initiation of treatment. There are few reasons to prefer any one simple salt of lithium; the carbonate has been the more widely used, but the citrate is also available.
The precise mechanism of action of Li+ as a mood-stabilizing agent is currently unknown. It is possible that Li+ produces its effects by interacting with the transport of monovalent or divalent cations in neurons. However, because it is a poor substrate at the sodium pump, it cannot maintain a membrane potential and only sustains a small gradient across biological membranes. Yet Li+ is similar enough to Na+ in that under experimental conditions, Li+ can replace Na+ for production of a single action potential in neurons.
Recent research suggests three different mechanisms which may act together to deliver the mood-stabilizing effect of this ion . An increasing number of scientists have come to the conclusion that the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate is the key factor in understanding how lithium works. Other mood stabilizers such as valproate and lamotrigine exert influence over glutamate, suggesting a possible biological explanation for mania.[How to reference and link to summary or text] The other mechanisms by which lithium might help to regulate mood include the alteration of gene expression and the non-competitive inhibition of an enzyme called inositol monophosphatase.
Unlike other psychoactive drugs, Li+ produces no obvious psychotropic effects (such as euphoria) in normal individuals at therapeutic concentrations.
Dr. Klein and his colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania discovered in 1996 that lithium ion deactivates the GSK-3B enzyme. The regulation of GSK-3B by lithium may affect the circadian clock -- and recent research (Feb 2006) seems to support this conclusion. When GSK-3B is activated, the protein Bmal1 is unable to reset the "master clock" inside the brain; as a result, the body's natural cycle is disrupted. When the cycle is disrupted, the routine schedules of many functions (metabolism, sleep, body temperature) are disturbed. Lithium may thus restore normal brain function after it is disrupted in some people. The complete mechanism by which it treats mood disorders remains a mystery.
Lithium is much less teratogenic than previously thought, though it does double the likelihood of Ebstein's anomaly (a cardiac defect), occurring at 0.1% when used during the first trimester of pregnancy.
There have also been long term effects on the kidney, including diabetes insipidus with secondary distortion of bladder and urinary tract. Animal studies show long-term physical and behavioural effects extending beyond the first generation.
As with many other drugs, songs have been written about its effects, "Lithium Sunset" by Sting, and "Lithium" by Nirvana are some examples. The song "Lithium" by Evanescence, though titled like the drug, has been stated to be a metaphor about numbness and happiness.
Hundreds of soft drinks included lithium salts or lithia water (naturally occurring mineral waters with higher lithium amounts). An early version of Coca Cola available in pharmacies' soda fountains called Lithia Coke was a mixture of Coca Cola syrup and lithia water. The soft drink 7 Up, originally named "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda", contained lithium citrate until it was reformulated in 1950. Additionally, Lithia light beer was brewed at the West Bend Lithia Company in Wisconsin.
All of these were forced to remove lithium in 1948. The amount of lithium in any of the commercially available soft drinks was hundreds of times less than a minimum psychiatric dose, but the ban didn't make any distinctions on that basis.
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0.999988 | 'Umar Ibn Al Khattab was born into a respected Quraysh family thirteen years after the birth of Muhammad (peace be on him). 'Umar's family was known for its extensive knowledge of genealogy. When he grew up, 'Umar was proficient in this branch of knowledge as well as in swordsmanship, wrestling and the art of speaking. He also learned to read and write while still a child, a very rare thing in Makkah at that time. 'Umar earned his living as a merchant. His trade took him to many foreign lands and he met all kinds of people. This experience gave him an insight into the affairs and problems of men. 'Umar's personality was dynamic, self-assertive, frank and straight forward. He always spoke whatever was in his mind even if it displeased others.
'Umar was twenty-seven when the Prophet (peace be on him) started preaching Islam.The ideas Muhammad (SAW) was preaching enraged Umar as much as they did the other notables of Makkah. He was just as bitter against anyone accepting Islam as others among the Quraysh. He did not believe in the teachings of Muhammad(SAW) and did not like Islam or the Muslims. The story of his embracing Islam is an interesting one. One day, full of anger against the Prophet, he drew his sword and set out to kill him. A friend met him on the way. When 'Umar told him what he planned to do, his friend informed him that 'Umar's own sister, Fatimah, and her husband had also accepted Islam. 'Umar went straight to his sister's house where he found her reading from pages of the Qur'an. He fell upon her and beat her mercilessly. Bruised and bleeding, she told her brother, "Umar, you can do what you like, but you cannot turn our hearts away from Islam." These words produced a strange effect upon 'Umar. What was this faith that made even weak women so strong of heart? He asked his sister to show him what she had been reading, but his sister told him to clean himself before touching the Quran.After he cleansed himself and began reading the surah,he became fascinated at what he was reading.He could not stop reading the wonderful verses and immediately decided to accept Islam. He went straight to the house where the Prophet was staying and declared his faith in Islam.
'Umar made no secret of his acceptance of Islam. He gathered the Muslims and offered prayers at the Ka'bah. This boldness and devotion of an influential citizen of Makkah raised the morale of the small community of Muslims. Nonetheless 'Umar was also subjected to privations, and when permission for emigration to Madinah came, he also left Makkah. The soundness of 'Umar's judgment, his devotion to the Prophet (peace be on him), his outspokenness and uprightness won for him a trust and confidence from the Prophet which was second only to that given to Abu Bakr. The Prophet gave him the title 'Al-Faruq' which means the 'Separator of Truth from Falsehood'. During the Caliphate of Abu Bakr, 'Umar was his closest assistant and adviser. When Abu Bakr died, all the people of Madinah swore allegiance to 'Umar, and on 23 Jumada al-Akhir, 13H, he was proclaimed Caliph.
" ... O people, you have some rights on me which you can always claim. One of your rights is that if anyone of you comes to me with a claim, he should leave satisfied. Another of your rights is that you can demand that I take nothing unjustly from the revenues of the State. You can also demand that ... I fortify your frontiers and do not put you into danger. It is also your right that if you go to battle I should look after your families as a father would while you are away.
"O people, remain conscious of God, forgive me my faults and help me in my task. Assist me in enforcing what is good and forbidding what is evil. Advise me regarding the obligations that have been imposed upon me by God ... "
Once a woman brought a claim against the Caliph 'Umar. When 'Umar appeared on trial before the judge, the judge stood up as a sign of respect toward him. 'Umar reprimanded him, saying, "This is the first act of injustice you did to this woman!"
He insisted that his appointed governors live simple lives, keep no guard at their doors and be accessible to the people at all times, and he himself set the example for them. Many times foreign envoys and messengers sent to him by his generals found him resting under a palm tree or praying in the mosque among the people, and it was difficult for them to distinguish which man was the Caliph. He spent many a watchful night going about the streets of Madinah to see whether anyone needed help or assistance.
"This is the protection which the servant of God, 'Umar, the Ruler of the Believers has granted to the people of Eiliya [Jerusalem]. The protection is for their lives and properties, their churches and crosses, their sick and healthy and for all their coreligionists. Their churches shall not be used for habitation, nor shall they be demolished, nor shall any injury be done to them or to their compounds, or to their crosses, nor shall their properties be injured in any way. There shall be no compulsion for these people in the matter of religion, nor shall any of them suffer any injury on account of religion ... Whatever is written herein is under the covenant of God and the responsibility of His Messenger, of the Caliphs and of the believers, and shall hold good as long as they pay Jizyah [the tax for their defense] imposed on them."
Those non-Muslims who took part in defense together with the Muslims were exempted from paying Jizyah, and when the Muslims had to retreat from a city whose non-Muslim citizens had paid this tax for their defense, the tax was returned to the non-Muslims. The old, the poor and the disabled of Muslims and non-Muslims alike were provided for from the public treasury and from the Zakat funds.
"O God! I am advanced in years, my bones are weary, my powers are declining, and the people for whom I am responsible have spread far and wide. Summon me back to Thyself, my lord!"
Some time later, when 'Umar went to the mosque to lead a prayer, a Magian named Abu Lulu Feroze, who had a grudge against 'Umar on a personal matter, attacked him with a dagger and stabbed him several times. 'Umar reeled and fell to the ground. When he learned that the assassin was a Magian, he said, "Thank God he is not a Muslim."
'Umar died in the first week of Muharram, 24H, and was buried by the side of the Holy Prophet (peace be on him).
As a Caliph, Umar ruled for ten years.
Hamza ibn ‘Abdul-Muttalib (In Arabic: حمزة إبن عبد المطلب) was the paternal uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (SAW) and his foster-brother. He was regarded as his foster brother because Prophet Muhammad and Hamza were suckled by the same women when they were infants. He and Muhammad were raised together as they were almost the same age. With excellence in the arts of wrestling and swordsmanship, Hamza used his talents and experience to its best in the cause of Islam and earned the title of "Chief of the Martyrs" from Muhammad. Hamza was very fond of wrestling and hunting. He took great interest in swordsmanship and archery."
Hamza was the son of Abdul Muttalib (Shaiba ibn Hashim), the grandson of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf and the great-grandson of Abd Manaf ibn Qusai from the tribe of Quraysh, حَمْزَةُ بنُ عَبْدِ المُطَّلِبِ بنِ هَاشِمِ بنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ القُرَشِيُّ Hamza was known as the Lion of God (Arabic أسد الله) and the Lion of Paradise (Arabic: أسد الجنة) for his bravery. Among his titles are: Abu Umara ("أَبُو عُمَارَةَ"), and Abu Ya'la ("أَبُو يَعْلَى"). Hamza was also given the tittle of "Seyyed-ush-Shuhda" (Leaders of the Martyrs).
Hamza, the son of Abd al-Muttalib, was the younger brother of Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib, Muhammad's father. He had also been weaned by the same woman, Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, as Muhammad, making Hamza Muhammad's foster brother as well. The two, Hamza and Muhammad, had grown up together, being just two or three years apart in age. But as the boys had become young men, they developed different attitudes to problems of society, Hamza was not such a contemplative thinker and was comfortable in his status of being part of the Meccan elite, though their relationship remained as strong as ever. So it was a conflicted Hamza that witnessed the escalating situation in the city as Muhammad declared the message of Islam. On the one hand, he had absolute faith in the character of his foster brother and nephew, being one of those who had been closest to him for all of his life. Yet some of his most honored values were the respect he held for his family and the traditions they had always followed, his pagan religion among these. So he was indifferent to the controversy, discouraging his peers from worrying about what they saw as a revolution in their midst and not bothering to join them in torturing the defenseless Muslims, while declining Muhammad's invitation to Islam. Hamza ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib was married to Salma bint Umays, the half-sister of Maymuna bint al-Harith (wife of Mohammed).
Hamza converted to Islam due after some actions of Amr ibn Hishām, (also known as Abū Jahl أبو جهل) known for his hostility against the Muslims. Hamza, Muhammad's uncle, had returned to the city of Mecca after a hunting trip in the desert. Upon returning, he soon learned that Abu Jahl (an avowed enemy of Islam) had heaped abuse and insults upon Muhammad, who had not responded and walked away from where he had sat in the Haram. Outraged, Hamza dashed to the Kaaba, where Abu Jahl sat with other leaders of Mecca, and began to beat him with his bow while shouting "Are you going to insult him now, now that I am of his religion and vouch for what he vouches for? Hit me if you can!" As the companions of Abu Jahl approached Hamza in an attempt to assault him, Abu Jahl feebly cried out from the ground "Leave Abu Umarah, for indeed I insulted his nephew deeply." And he cowered at the feet of Hamza, while his friends could not meet Hamza's eyes. As he departed, he kicked sand back at the men, leaving all shocked at what Hamza had just said, none more so than Hamza himself. After that incident, Hamza declared Islam, and made a covenant to help Muhammad and to die in the cause of Islam.
On 19 March 625 (3 Shawwal 3 hijri) Hamza was fighting alongside the Muslims in the Battle of Uhud. He was standing in front of Muhammad, fighting with two swords, and shouting "I am Allah's lion". The Abyssinian slave Wahshy ibn Harb was there near the mountain of Uhud where the battle was fought. His master, Jubayr ibn Mut'im (Arabic: جبير بن مطعم) had promised him freedom if he killed Hamza. Wahshy ibn Harb, who was skilled in using the Javelin, threw it into Hamza's abdomen and killed him. He (Wahshi) soon left the battle as he had no other reason to fight.
The poorer members of the Community including migrants from other parts of the world had a special place in the mosque called the Suffa. They were called the Ahl al-Suffa, People of the Bench, and many of them had no possessions but the clothes on their back. Abu Hurairah was the most prominent of the Ahl al-Suffa. The Messenger, upon him be peace, used to send any charity that he received and shared with them gifts that had been given. Abu Hurairah related how he used to lie on the ground or tie a stone to his stomach due to the intense hunger. On one occasion, he waited outside the mosque and when Abu Bakr went by, he asked him about a verse of Qurân in the hope that he would notice his state and offer him something to eat. However, he answered the question and went on. Then he did the same with ‘Umar ibn al-Khattâb, who did the same as Abu Bakr. Then he waited for the Messenger, upon whom be peace, who invited him in to his house to see if there were any gifts of food. He felt fortunate as the Messenger, upon him be peace, had been given a cup of milk. To Abu Hurairah’s dismay, he was ordered to invite all the Ahl al-Suffa and then to pour out for each one of them. At this, he despaired of getting any milk because they were so numerous and the person pouring the milk is always the last to drink. To his surprise when everyone had drunk, the cup was still full. He drank his fill and when he had finished, the Messenger, upon him be peace, said ‘drink!’ Abu Hurairah obeyed. When he had drank until he could drink no more, the Messenger, upon him be peace, smiled and again said, ‘drink!’ Despite being sated, he drank. After he had finished, the Messenger smiled again and said, ‘drink!’ To this Abu Hurairah, said ‘O Messenger of Allah, there is no way I can drink any more.’ He realised that the Messenger, upon him be peace, was teaching him not to doubt the blessings of his Lord.
Prophet Muhammad (s) migrated from Makkah to Madina in the 13th year of his Prophethood. He was accompanied by Abu Bakar Siddiq (RA) in this journey.
On his journey towards Madina, Prophet Muhammad (s) stayed in Quba for 14 days. It was situated in the outskirts of Madina. The first Masjid of Islam in the history was built in Quba.
As they approached Madinah, the people had gathered on the streets, eager to greet them. Everyone wanted the Prophet (s) to be his guest.
Finally by Allah's command the camel Qaswa, that Muhammad (s) was riding on stopped by Abu Ayyub Ansari's house and thus Prophet (s) stayed there.
The first thing Muhammad (s) did on reaching Madina was to construct a mosque. It was a simple structure made of mud bricks, wooden poles and a roof made of Palm leaves. Here prayers to God were offered five times daily in a free atmosphere for the first time in the history of Islam. This mosque was known as Masjid An Nabwi.
He next turned to establishing a brotherhood of the Muslims in Madina. Those who had fled from Makkah, called Muhajireens (immigrants) had left all their property and belongings behind. So, to provide shelter for them, every refugee was bound in a bond of brotherhood with one of the residents of Madina, called Ansar (Helpers).
Every Ansar would adopt a Muhajir and share half his possessions with him or her (Muhajir).
The Ansar happily responded to the call and soon every poor Muslim from Makkah was given the means to earn a living. This built the bond of brotherhood strongly in the hearts of people and helped ease the suffering of the poor.
To establish peace, Prophet (s) issued a document known as the Constitution Of Madinah. It described the duties and rights of the residents.
The Jews of Madina had also welcomed Prophet (s) warmly and they had hopes he would join them.
The Prophet (s) also made a Treaty with the Christians of Najran, a land in Northern Arabia.
All these treaties were made to show that Islam is a religion of tolerance and peace.
After the mosque was built, the issue came up of how to call people to Salah. People had suggestions to use a horn like Jews or a bell like Christian churches. Prophet (s) wasn't satisfied and then Allah SWT sent a dream to Abdullah Ibn Zayd, one of Prophet's (s) companion. He saw a man in green robes reciting some beautiful verses to him. The prophet SAW declared this dream as a true one and asked these words be taught to Bilal RA. So the first Muaddhin in Islam was Bilal RA.
Muslims were beginning to enjoy a stable community life in Madinah.
By the second year of Hijra, duty of Zakah was announced for all the Muslims.
Not everything was peaceful in Madinah. The three Jewish tribes of Qaynuqa, Quraiza and Nadir started feeling hostile towards Prophet SAW. They did not like his teachings. In addition some Jews were leaving their religion and becoming Muslims. Even one of their Rabbi by the name of Abdullah Ibn Salam had accepted Islam.
The idol worshipers of Makkah never forgot the Muslims. Whenever they captured any Muslims, they would often take them back to Makkah and torture them.
The Makkans would send out small groups to attack the outskirts of Madina.
The Prophet( SAW) organized small groups of Muslims to go on patrol and defend against these attacks. In the two years after the emigration, the encounters between the two groups were small skirmishes and raids. In Ramadan of 624 CE, this changed.
That year, the Prophet Muhammad received information that Quraysh had a large caravan returning from Syria to Makkah. The Muslims planned to raid the caravan in retaliation for Quraysh’s taking the property that Muslims could not take with them to Medina. Prophet Muhammad did not intend to go to battle. Abu Sufyan, one of the Makkan leaders who was with the caravan, received word of the plan for the raid and called on the Makkans to send troops to protect the caravan.
Before the Prophet decided to fight the Makkans, he consulted his followers who were made of up Muslims who emigrated from Makkah (called Muhajirun) and Muslims from Medina (called Ansar). He waited for the support of the Muslims from Medina because the Constitution of Medina that they signed on to did not include fighting outside of Medina. Once he received their support, the Prophet Muhammad decided to engage in battle.At the wells of Badr, the Muslims and the Makkans met for battle. The Muslims were outnumbered by the Makkans 3 to 1. The battle began with an Arab tradition where each side sends out warriors to fight each other. Ali, the Prophet’s son-in-law and cousin, Hamza, the Prophet’s uncle, and Ubayda, a companion of the Prophet from his clan, represented the Muslims and defeated the Makkan warriors. The battle then began and ended with a decisive victory for the Muslims. Muslims were victorious in Battle Of Badr which made their position even more secure than ever.
Jewish tribe of Banu Qaynuqa, publicly challenged Muslims to a fight and the Muslims surrounded their neighborhood. Eventually, Banu Qaynuqa agreed to pack up and leave the city forever. They broke the treaty and were exiled.
The remaining two Jewish tribes continued living peacefully but never gave up their secret plotting against the Muslim Community.
In the same year,the Muslims were ordered from Allah (SWT) to pray in the direction of Ka'bah instead of facing Masjid Al Aqsa. Thus the direction of qibla was changed to Makkah.
The next battle was Battle of Uhud, that took place near Mount Uhud to the north of Madina in Shawwaal of the third year after Hijrah. The polytheists sought support from their allies and mobilized an army made up of three thousand men to take revenge for their destructive defeat in the Battle of Badr. Muslims lost this battle to the Quraysh. Prophet Muhammad (s) was hurt on this battle and his Uncle Humza Ibn Muttalib was martyred. Humza was struck by an Abyssinian slave, Wahshi.
The Muslims had a new threat from home. Banu Nadir, another Jewish tribe that lived in the city tried to kill Prophet (s). They were told to leave Madina forever. Some of them went to live in Khaybar and some went to Palestine. But they were determined to take revenge against the Muslims.
A delegation from khaybar consisting of leaders from Banu Nadir met with the leaders of Makkah and they decided to attack Muslims of Madina.
The Jews sent messages to all the hostile Arab tribes to join them in fighting against the Muslims.
Makkans marched towards Madina with 10,000 soldiers to battle Muslims.This was known as Battle Of Khandaq or Battle Of Trench.It is also known as Battle Of Ahzab.To prepare for this battle, Muhammad (SAW) called a council for strategic planning. A companion, Salman Al Farsi came up with the idea of digging a trench around Madina. His plan worked and the Makkans could not cross the trench. And they got caught in a fierce storm that forced them to go back to Makkah. Muslims won this battle without fighting.
In the sixth year of Hijrah, Muhammad (s) left for Makkah to perform Umrah with 1400 companions.He camped at Hudaybiyyah, just short of Makkah. His match was entirely peaceful but the Makkans leaders barred their entry to perform Umra. Here at Hudaybiyyah, Prophet (s) signed a peace treaty with them, known as Treaty Of Hudaybiyyah. It provided for 10 years of peace between the Quraysh and the Muslims.
Within a year, the Makkans broke the deal and attacked a group of Muslims. Muslims then decided to go and free Makkah from idol worshiping.
Prophet (s) raised an army of 10,000 Muslims and set out to Makkah in the month of Ramadan. They camped outside of Makkah. The Makkans had no hopes of fighting such a huge army. Abu Sufyan declared his acceptance of Islam and agreed to surrender Makkah peacefully. Ka'bah was cleaned of all the idols and rededicated to the service of Allah SWT alone. Prophet's bitter enemies in Makkah became Muslims, after seeing the fair, kind and just treatment of our beloved Prophet (s).
Our beloved Prophet (s) passed away at the age of 63 years in the month of Rabiul Awwal.
How many times Besmillah Al-Rahmaan Al-Raheem is repeated? 114.
How many times the word 'Quran' is repeated in Holy Quran? 70.
The best eatable thing mentioned in Holy Quran is… Honey.
In which sura the name of Allah is repeated five times? Sura al-Haj.
Which sura is called ' Aroos-ul-Quran? Sura Rehman.
Which sura is considered as 1/3 of holy Quran? Sura Ikhlas.
In which Sura the backbiters are condemned? Sura Humzah.
In which Sura the name of Allah is repeated every verse? Sura Mujadala.
Madani Suras were revealed in how many years? 10 years.
How many Suras are in 30th. Chapter? 37.
In which sura every verse ends with letter ' Ra '? Qauser.
Which sura has the laws about marriage? Sura Nesa.
In which Sura the 27 Attributes of God are mentioned? Sura Hadeed.
Masjid Qiblatain (Mosque of the Two Qiblas) is located in Madinah. It is historically important to Muslims as this is where in Rajjab 2 AH the revelation of the Quran came to change the direction of the Qibla from Bait-al-Maqdis in Jerusalem to the Ka’bah in Makkah.
The Suleymaniye Mosque is the largest masjid in Istanbul. It was built on the order of Sulayman the Magnificent by the great architect Sinan, both are buried within the complex.
The Umayyad Mosque (or Masjid), also known as the Grand Mosque of Damascus is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. It is the first monumental work of architecture in Islamic history.
The Mosque of Cordoba, in Andalusia, Spain was originally the site of a church which was bought by the Muslim Emir Abd ar-Rehman and subsequently converted into one of the largest mosques in the world with work starting in 784 CE. Cordoba became one of the most advanced cities in the world, as well as a great cultural, political and economic center and the mosque featured as a great center of learning.
Masjid Nimrah is located on the plain of Arafat in Makkah.In the second century of Islam, Masjid Nimrah was built at the spot where the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) delivered the sermon of his last Hajj and led the Salah.
Masjid Al Jumuah is situated south of Masjid An Nabawi in Madinah. It was named so as the Prophet (s), led the first Jumuah (Friday) prayer here shortly after arriving in Madina.
Jama Masjid is one of the famous mosques, located in Delhi, India. It was constructed by a Mughal ruler, ShahJehan.
The Selimiye Mosque is an Ottoman mosque, which is located in the city of Edirne, Turkey. The mosque was commissioned by Sultan Selim II, and was built by an architect named Mimar Sinan between 1569 and 1575.It was considered by Sinan to be his masterpiece and is one of the highest achievements of Islamic architecture.
The Hassan II Mosque is the second largest mosque in the world and is located in Casablanca, the capital of Morocco. Michel Pinseau, a French architect, designed the Hassan Mosque and its accompanying minaret. Pinseau designed the building in such a way that it is able to endure earthquakes. At night the minaret has lasers that shine in the direction of Mecca. Today, the minaret is considered the tallest in the world, standing at 689 feet or 210 meters.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque,is Abu Dhabi's most iconic landmark that features eighty-two white domes. Built between 1996 and 2007, it was designed to be an architectural wonder that incorporated both modern and classic Islamic artistic styles. Greek and Italian white marble covers the exterior, while Islamic calligraphy decorates the inside.
The Faisal Mosque is the largest mosque in Pakistan, located in Islamabad. Completed in 1986, it was designed by Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay to be shaped like a desert Bedouin’s tent. Unlike traditional masjid design, it lacks a dome. The mosque is named after the late King Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia, who supported and financed the project.
The Great Mosque in Xian is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved Islamic mosques in China. The mosque is a combination of traditional Chinese architecture and Islamic art. It was constructed during Tang Dynasty. | 2019-04-24T00:33:14 | http://sundayschool.mapitt.org/junior-jeopardy-for-levels-45.html |
0.999999 | The goal of this workshop is to continue working on a pattern language for project retrospectives. It is "part 2" of the very successful workshop at OOPSLA'03. This year's workshop will concentrate on producing patterns that can be taken to a PLoP conference.
Even if you were not at the OOPSLA'03 workshop, you are most welcome to join all of us for this one!
Retrospectives are important, not only for object technology, but for any human activity -- to provide time for reflection, to improve on performance, and increase our understanding of the task at hand. The Principles Behind the Agile Manifesto state that, "At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly." There have been articles and an excellent book (Norm Kerth's Project Retrospectives, 2001) written on this topic but as is the case for many domains, experts know much that novices don't. We believe that documenting expertise in the form of patterns is an excellent way to share knowledge. The goal of this workshop was to begin documenting patterns in conducting successful retrospectives and looking for a pattern language structure.
Participants are asked to consider problems they have encountered in preparing and conducting retrospectives and capture this in a pattern using this format. Although new patterns are welcome, participants are asked to read through the wealth of information that has been collected in previous workshops. First drafts do not have to be polished works but we assume that authors will be willing to work with a shepherd -- that would be us -- to get patterns ready for the workshop.
Context: The retrospective has many different people with different roles and views.
The way we are colors what we see. We have our own filters and point of view. The way we interpret what we see is influenced by our experience.
No one knows the whole story of the project, so we have to hear all the viewpoints in order to truly understand what happened in the project.
Problem: Everyone sees things a certain way. There is a tendency for us all to believe that the way we saw the project was the truth and anyone that disagrees is wrong.
Solution: Create an atmosphere in which every opinion counts.
Resulting Context: The details of the project emerge. Each member of the team has the complete story, rather than only his or her own perspective.
We expect participants to be familiar with Norm Kerth's book (Project Retrospectives, 2001).
What have we collected so far?
Following are some pattern drafts and artifacts from last years workshop and artifacts from the 2004 Retrospective Gathering in Vienna, Austria.
The patterns and other artifacts from the workshop will be posted on this web site for comment. The patterns will be submitted to a PLoP conference at the next opportunity and the work will be continued in workshops in subsequent conferences. The goal is to produce a companion to Norm Kerth's book that would describe patterns in retrospectives. This book will have pattern contributions from many different retrospective facilitators. The patterns and preliminary work at this workshop was also displayed at the OOPSLA '04 poster session.
Linda Rising has a Ph.D. from Arizona State University in the area of object-based design metrics. Her background includes university teaching experience as well as work in industry in the areas of telecommunications, avionics, and strategic weapons systems. She has been working with object technologies since 1983. She is the editor of A Patterns Handbook, The Pattern Almanac 2000, and Design Patterns in Communication Systems. She has experience leading retrospectives in a number of companies and academic settings around the world, as well as giving presentations on the benefits of retrospectives. She has over 20 years of academic teaching experience and over 15 years of industrial training experience. She also has experience leading workshops in pattern mining.
Mary Lynn Manns has a Ph.D. from DeMontfort University in England in the area of software patterns. She is on the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, with over 20 years of teaching experience. She has taught seminars on project retrospectives and has led numerous retrospectives in both industry and academia. She also has experience leading workshops in pattern mining. | 2019-04-22T18:13:23 | http://www.cs.unca.edu/~manns/retropatterns.html |
0.999986 | Is there really such a thing as grit?
Though the word seems to be used often enough, particularly in relation to the 1969 Western classic "True Grit" starring John Wayne and Kim Darby (not to mention the 2010 remake), is it something that can be studied by psychologists? As it happens, the answer is yes.
There are different definitions for grit but the one that seems to be used most often is "perseverance and passion for long-term goals." According to psychologist Angela Lee Duckworth, author of the popular book, Grit: the Power of Passion and Perseverance and a MacArthur "genius" award winner, grit is a often-ignored psychological trait that can help explain why some individuals succeed when others with equal or greater ability do not. She also defines grit as "not just resilience in the face of failure, but also having deep commitments that you remain loyal to over many years" and argues that it can be a better predictor of long-term success than cognitive ability.
While Duckworth and other researchers have developed a series of psychometric scales measuring grit in children and adults, it is also important to understand recent research into grit and how it can mean different things to different people. Researchers have identified two main components of grit: "perseverance of effort" and "consistency of effort." On Angela Duckworth's Grit Scale, perseverance and consistency are measured as subscale scores along with the overall grit score.
Perseverance of effort (or perseverance for short) refers to the tendency to work hard even in the face of setbacks while consistency of effort means sticking to a specific goal, for years if necessary, without changing to a new goal that might seem more attainable. Both perseverance and consistency are vital elements of the drive to succeed.
According to Malcolm Gladwell's famous 10,000-hour rule, true success only comes to people who are willing to put in a great many hours to become good at something they value. Whether it involves learning a new instrument, a new language, or developing a craft, being able to deal with setbacks and stay focused on goals no matter how distant they seem. Hence the importance of perseverance and consistency in success.
But is grit really something that can be measured by psychologists? A new review article published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology examines the available research literature on grit and takes a critical look at what has been learned so far. A team of researchers led by Marcus Crede of Iowa State University conducted a meta-analysis of previous studies to examine the concept of grit and whether it is as useful as other researchers have suggested.
One problem that Crede and his co-authors noted in their paper is that grit is very similar to other psychological traits that researchers have been studying for decades. One of these traits is conscientiousness, which is also included in the five major dimensions of the Big Five personality model. Other traits include industriousness, achievement need, or self-control.
By comparing grit to these other traits, Crede et al suggests that the concept of grit may simply be an example of "old wine in new bottles" with nothing substantially new being added. Many of the Big Five personality tests measuring conscientiousness, for example, use items that are almost identical to items on the Grit Scale and the correlations between grit and conscientiousness reported in many studies tend to be extremely high.
So, is grit the same as conscientiousness? It's hard to say at this point. Much like conscientiousness, people seem to become "grittier" as they grow older and more mature. There is also a strong correlation between grit and other traits such as psychological well-being, optimism, life satisfaction. People scoring high on grit are also much less likely to commit suicide. And, of course, grit is also strongly related to academic performance and lifetime career success.
In their meta-analysis combining data from more than five hundred research studies and 66,807 research participants, Crede et. al. found that perseverance on its own tends to be a much better predictor of performance than either consistency or the overall grit score measured by Duckworth's Grit Scale. As for the total grit score, the relationship between grit and academic performance is often modest at best. On the other hand, factors such as cognitive ability, having good study habits, and good academic adjustment tend to be much better at predicting how well someone will do academically. As expected, they also found that grit is very highly correlated with conscientiousness and self-control.
But the results also showed some positive findings as well. People scoring high in grit were less likely to drop out of college. Even compared to more traditional predictors such as cognitive ability and grades in predicting, grit scores proved to be just as useful in predicting who would stay in school. Looking at perseverance alone however, its value in predicting academic success was better than total grit or conscientiousness scores.
Assuming that grit continues to hold up as a separate trait in its own right, what are the practical implications of grit research? Considering the value that grit, or at least perseverance seems to have, might it be possible to develop training programs to help people become, well, "grittier?"
There have been positive results with treatment programs for boosting industriousness and self-control, but it will probably be important to understand grit better before developing new training programs that may, or may not, be worth the investment in time and effort. As Crede et al. point out, future research into grit will probably depend on better ways of measuring grit and how important it really is for future success.
In the meantime, spare a thought for the role that grit has played in your own life. And remember these words by John Ortberg : "Grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness."
Academics almost always get wrong traits of character and behavior because they do not understand the meaning of words.
Grit means pluck (courage, boldness), firmness of mind in facing a bigger foe or unfavorable odds.
Meanwhile, perseverance means endurance (sticking through suffering).
Grit has nothing to do with resilience in the face of failure nor loyalty to long-standing commitments.
Researchers are trying to quantify two things that have nothing to do with grit while trying to call it grit — "perseverance of effort" and "consistency of effort."
It wasn't Malcolm Gladwell that came up with the "10,000-hour rule," her merely popularized it. K. Anders Ericsson, a psychologist at Florida State University, is the one responsible for that research. That's a rather important distinction to make, especially when the vast majority of people misunderstand that Ericsson's 10,000 hours was never a rule, or an absolute, that Gladwell makes it out to be. It is a correlational piece of information, and should be treated as such, something Gladwell doesn't do well.
This article is pretty generous to Duckworth and other grit proponents. It is pretty clear from reading the meta-analysis by Crede et al. that Duckworth has simply given a more marketable name to conscientiousness and that she made some very serious statistical errors in her work that led her down some very wrong paths. I find it distressing that she continues to talk about grit in such glowing terms despite her awareness of this meta-analysis.
Should Schools Get Grittier About Grit? | 2019-04-20T03:30:22 | https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/media-spotlight/201606/the-truth-about-grit |
0.999084 | A jihadist rebel group in Syria has called on its supporters to attack rival opposition factions that do not support its cause.
The call by the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) follows days of rebel infighting that has left scores dead.
It came hours after another rebel group called on ISIS to observe a ceasefire.
The al-Nusra Front said the factional fighting benefited the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Opposition activists say some 270 people have been killed in factional fighting since Friday. Clashes are continuing in Raqqa, a city under full rebel control and previously an ISIS stronghold.
BBC world affairs correspondent Mike Wooldridge says the damage being done to forces opposing President Assad was clearly recognised in an audio message from Nusra Front chief Abu Mohammed al-Julani, in which he called for a truce.
"The regime will gain new life when it was close to collapse," he said in an audio message posted on Twitter.
"(The fighting) risks costing us dearly on the ground if it continues."
He accused ISIS - also known as ISIL - of having a "flawed policy" that had played "a key role in fuelling the conflict".
The al-Nusra leader proposed an initiative to end the fighting that would include a ceasefire, a prisoner exchange and setting up an Islamic committee to mediate disputes.
However, a defiant ISIS audio message later urged its fighters to attack other rebel groups.
Spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani - although making no reference to the al-Nusra initiative - called on the militants to "crush them (the rebels) totally and kill the conspiracy at birth".
He also threatened all members of the main opposition political grouping, the National Coalition.
"Everyone who belongs to this entity is a legitimate target for us, in all places, unless he publicly declares his rejection of that group and of fighting the mujahideen," he said.
ISIS, formed in April 2013, grew out of al-Qaeda's affiliate organisation in Iraq and has since become one of the main jihadist groups fighting in Syria. It has gained a reputation for brutal behaviour in the areas it controls.
The SNC is itself deeply divided and on Tuesday postponed a vote on whether or not to attend a peace conference in Geneva planned for 22 January.
Earlier on Tuesday, activists in Aleppo told the BBC that militants from ISIS had summarily executed at least 50 captives who included medics, local journalists and members of rival rebel groups.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said that at least 34 foreign jihadists had been killed by rival rebel groups in Jabal al-Zawiya, in north-western Idlib province.
None of the reported killings can be independently confirmed.
Since last Thursday, large-scale attacks by an alliance of rebel groups have been taking place across northern and north-eastern Syria on ISIS strongholds and strategic positions. Scores are said to have died, including civilians.
The alliance says the offensive is driven by public anger in ISIS-controlled territories over practices including strict interpretation of Islamic laws as well as the kidnapping of journalists and torture of prisoners. | 2019-04-24T16:18:54 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25647057 |
0.999996 | What makes "killer" bees so deadly?
When bees attacked a Texas couple over the weekend, it seemed like a scene out of a horror film, according to the way one of the victims described the scene to the Associated Press. More than 30,000 bees swarmed the couple as they exercised their small horses. At first, the woman and one of the horses jumped into the pool to avoid the stings. There were so many bees that the sky turned dark, as if it was night, she said.
The couple eventually escaped into the safety of their house, covered in bee stings, but the horses suffered a fate much worse. The first horse died before help arrived; the second died several hours later despite the efforts of an equestrian veterinarian. Five hens also died in the attack. According to the AP, the bees are being tested to see if they are Africanized or "killer" bees.
The ordeal comes just weeks after a 62-year-old Texas man died when he was attacked by 40,000 bees. In March, two Tampa Bay public park employees survived after being attacked by about 100,000 bees.
According to experts at the University of Illinois' Department of Entomology, there are about 40 fatal bee attacks each year. The reason Africanized bee attacks are more deadly, explains Dr. May Berenbaum, a professor at the school, has more to do with the sheer number of stings than the actual bee venom.
With killer bees, "the venom is not more toxic," she explained to CBSNews.com. Rather, when killer bees are disturbed, "they are more likely to pursue the source of disturbance more consistently."
"Bee venom is a cocktail of biologically active components that are designed to inflict pain. The honey bee stings only defensively -- they don't try to kill, they try to educate," Berenbaum said. The pain is meant to warn predators -- in this case, the humans that disturbed the hive. The venom also sends a signal to fellow bees, marking the predator. This accounts for the repeated stings.
Killer bee attacks are so much more aggressive because when a killer bee hive is disturbed, the entire colony attacks. By comparison, when a European honey bee hive is disturbed, only about 10 percent of the bees will attack.
"If you can't escape that's when the fatalities occur," said Berenbaum.
Killer bees are a mixed breed of African and European honey bees. They made their way to the U.S. in 1990, traveling north from Brazil, where they were first introduced in 1957.
The attacks started growing in frequency around 2011, when fatal attacks were reported in Arizona and Texas, as well as aggressive attacks in California and Florida. Berenbaum says this has to do with expanding populations, rather than a biological change in the bees.
"One limit on the spread of Africanized bees is cold temperatures, they can't over winter," she said. "If winters are getting milder, there are more places that they'll persist."
Additionally, as the killer bees spread to new territory, they are encountering people who are not accustomed to dealing with them.
"Honey bees have been in the U.S. since the 17th century, so people have had a long time to get used to them," she said. Any time a new species moves into an area, though, there is "always a learning curve" and people are still learning to steer clear of killer bees. | 2019-04-26T11:06:59 | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-makes-killer-bees-so-deadly/ |
0.999987 | Why haven't I blogged in so long? It's a long story.
So let's begin at the beginning. Not the very beginning, of course, but the beginning of my audiobook career. Because doing audiobooks wasn't really what I set out to do; it just sort of happened, really.
It started when I read a book on getting your voiceover career going, and one of the main suggestions was to record a public domain audiobook for Librivox. Up until this point, I'd only done voice work in audio dramas, but I'd tried recording an audiobook once. It was a project of my own, just for fun, but when I listened back to how I sounded on my little Shure mic with no noise shielding, I got discouraged. Nevertheless, I was trying to up my VO game. I bought a Blue Yeti, and after taking part in a couple of multi-read collections, I recorded my first solo audiobook. Ashton-Kirk, Investigator by John T. McIntyre.
If you're thinking of getting into audiobooks, doing one for Librivox is a truly excellent idea. It's a great way to familiarize yourself with the process and figure out if this is right for you. It's also good for throwing your weaknesses into sharp relief.
Ultimately, I enjoyed the process of recording the first Ashton-Kirk novel, so I followed it up with a second, Ashton-Kirk, Secret Agent. By this point, I'd upped my game again, buying a Porta-Booth to cancel out the noise. And all was well.
In November of 2012, I responded to an audition notice from Dynamic Ram Audio Productions, and was lucky enough to be one of those chosen to record books that people would actually purchase with money.
I recorded three books in pretty quick succession in 2013; Hugh Monn: Private Detective made it to Audible fairly quickly after being recorded. Then I went to work on its sequel, then Sentinels: When Strikes The Warlord by Van Allen Plexico.
Chris Barnes, the man behind Dynamic Ram, had--and has--a very full plate. In addition to producing multiple audiobooks by multiple narrators, he had his own books to both narrate and produce. (You can read about his odyssey trying to record High Moor here.) I recorded a fourth book in the meantime.
In the end, Chris asked me to take over production of the other two books. Which is where my descent into madness began.
Making the leap from producing audio drama--where a little background noise can easily be lost in a sound effect or music cue--to producing an audiobook--where a little background noise can take the listener completely out of the narrative--has been quite the education. Quite the painful, painful education.
Chris has been very helpful during this process, offering suggestions and encouragement and acting as a sounding board. Which is good, because trying to get this audiobook wrapped up feels like...similes fail me, it feels like something really difficult, and every time I think I've got it wrapped up, something else seems to pop up. Whack-a-Mole, there we go, it's like Whack-a-mole.
Step 1 was going through the chapters and getting them into broadcast condition. Beyond processing, this involves listening with a fine-toothed comb and removing every little tick and pop you can hear, and if you can't remove it, you mark the line for rerecording. This was slow drudgery.
Step 2 was listening again, and this time marking up lines that had background noise, or bird calls, or just sounded like I said them with half my mouth closed. There were many of these, Many, many, many of these. Something the entire page of the book was yellow with highlighting.
Step 3 was--did I say was? Ho ho, chuckle chuckle, I meant is--rerecording.
My recording setup was simple. Computer on the floor, next to the desk. Microphone to the right of my monitor, safely ensconced in the Porta-Booth. I recorded four books in this position. Should be no problem, right?
Nope. Every time I recorded, there would be some damn thing or another. Echoes. Weird bass. I couldn't get the noise out of the lines. I moved the microphone. I moved the computer. Nothing worked.
So I built a sound booth. It's a good booth. It's made out of three doors, with a furniture blanket serving as the entrance. (Yes, of course I'm going to paint it blue, I just said it was made out of doors, come now.) Inside, there's a shelf where I can put my microphone and stand up my tablet to read off.
I bought 24 square feet of Auralex foam, which was just about enough to cover the inside of the booth from the shelf up. And I recorded. And all was well.
It's not on every line. It's only on some lines. B sounds, mostly. There is a distinct bouncing buzz, one that is just noticeable enough to make me grind my teeth. One that is unacceptable.
So. I have some more foam. It isn't fancy foam, but it's foam. I have attached it to the bottom of the booth. I will reattach the stuff on top with hardier adhesives. And then I will test and test and get this wretched microphone into the proper position, from which it will henceforth never be moved, and so eliminate The Boing.
I will finish this book. I will finish the other book. And I will finally, finally start a new project.
...and that's why I haven't been blogging lately. | 2019-04-19T16:46:45 | http://www.petemilan.com/blog/2014/5/2/the-audiobook-blues |
0.999307 | Practice the questions given in the worksheet on coordinate point. The questions are based on coordinate graph and how to locate the position of a point in a plane.
2. State which of the points lie on x-axis. Give a common reason.
3. State which of the points lie on y-axis. Give a common reason.
4. Mark the following points on the graph.
5. XOX' and YOY' are the co-ordinate axes. Find out the co-ordinate of points, P, Q, R, S, T, U and V. Also write abscissa and ordinate in each case.
6. Plot the point P (4, 0), Q (4, 4), R (0, 4). Now join OP, PQ, QR, OR. What figure do you get?
7. On which axis do the following points lie.
8. Write the following by observing the adjoining figure.
9. Write the co-ordinates of the points P, Q, R, S, T, U, V marked on the graph paper.
Answers for the worksheet on coordinate point are given below to check the exact answers of the above questions to plot the points in the Cartesian plane. | 2019-04-22T21:55:49 | https://www.math-only-math.com/worksheet-on-coordinate-point.html |
0.999998 | 1. Toast almonds on baking sheet at 375°F for 8 minutes or until golden and fragrant. Cool on plate.
2. Using blender, grind almonds until firmly ground.
3. In medium bowl, stir ground almonds and sugar together. In a separate bowl, cream butter with electric mixer and add 1 egg on low speed, then almond and sugar mixture, then rum. Stir in chocolate chips. Chill in refrigerator for 15 minutes.
4. Unroll refrigerated Puff Pastry Dough and trace 9 in. circles with cake pans.
5. Spread almond filling on one circle leaving 1½ in. edge. Brush egg wash along edge. Lay another dough circle on top, sealing and crimping edges with fork tines. Chill in refrigerator for another 15 minutes for extra support.
6. Lightly brush pastry with egg wash. With tip of knife, score top of pastry starting at center and make shallow slits of curved lines (like a pinwheel) from top to bottom.
7. Bake at 375°F for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°F and bake for 20 more minutes until pastry is a dark golden brown. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Option: Dust with confectioners’ sugar when pastry comes out of oven.
Toast almonds on baking sheet at 375°F for 8 minutes or until golden and fragrant. Cool on plate.
Using blender, grind almonds until firmly ground.
In medium bowl, stir ground almonds and sugar together. In a separate bowl, cream butter with electric mixer and add 1 egg on low speed, then almond and sugar mixture, then rum. Stir in chocolate chips. Chill in refrigerator for 15 minutes.
Unroll refrigerated Puff Pastry Dough and trace 9 in. circles with cake pans.
Spread almond filling on one circle leaving 1½ in. edge. Brush egg wash along edge. Lay another dough circle on top, sealing and crimping edges with fork tines. Chill in refrigerator for another 15 minutes for extra support.
Lightly brush pastry with egg wash. With tip of knife, score top of pastry starting at center and make shallow slits of curved lines (like a pinwheel) from top to bottom.
Bake at 375°F for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°F and bake for 20 more minutes until pastry is a dark golden brown. Serve warm or at room temperature. | 2019-04-24T12:21:35 | http://wewalka.us/recipes/almond-chocolate-pithivier-pastry |
0.999889 | What is the best host for a musician's website?
We are an unsigned band and would like to create a website, probably using Wordpress or a better platform fit for bands. Which host do you recommend that can handle all of the multimedia we would upload, as well as a store, and hopefully integration with sites like Soundcloud, Bandcamp, etc., and even better, a distribution deal to sell our music on iTunes and such?
CDBaby is great but way too expensive. | 2019-04-23T17:51:15 | https://answers.webhostinggeeks.com/what-is-the-best-host-for-a-musicians-website-4647 |
0.996136 | The Conservative government said Saturday it will speed up the processing of refugee applications in an effort to bring in "thousands more" Syrians and Iraqis by the end of 2015.
Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said the new measures mean the 10,000 Syrian refugees the government previously promised to resettle in the next three years would instead be brought to Canada by September 2016 — "a full 15 months earlier than anticipated," he told reporters in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough.
Syrians and Iraqis fleeing civil war and sectarian conflict will no longer have to prove they are convention refugees under the United Nations Refugee Agency, but will be presumed to be refugees by Canadian authorities for the purposes of vetting their applications.
Has the UN asked Canada to take 9,000 refugees by Christmas?
The UN has conceded it has been overwhelmed by claims for refugee status in recent months, resulting in a considerable backlog of applications.
"Today, by designating them differently, we are greatly expanding the potential for candidates and sponsorship with the private partners across Canada," said Alexander, who's running for re-election in the riding of Ajax, Ont., for the Oct. 19 federal vote.
"We will move quickly and above all responsibly — security screening will remain the top priority," he added.
Alexander also said the government would deploy additional officers to missions abroad and that applications from Syrians and Iraqis will be handled within six months of being filed.
"Some of our officers have already reached the missions that are most involved in the resettlement efforts," he said. "We will have more human resources hitting the ground in the coming days and weeks."
"We will do all of that by cutting red tape," the minister said in French, adding that a special co-ordinator will be appointed to handle the overall file of Syrian and Iraqi refugees by working with community partners and other levels of government.
On the Canadian side, Alexander said the government is doubling the size of the workforce at the Winnipeg processing centre where all applications are handled.
The government would also allow groups of five and families to sponsor those who have not yet received convention refugee status.
The cost of these measures, Alexander said, will be $25 million over two fiscal years.
The ongoing humanitarian crisis facing the Middle East and Europe became a major issue on the campaign trail after it was revealed that the family of a drowned Syrian toddler had hoped to come to Canada.
A photo the three-year-old boy, Alan Kurdi, lying face down on a Turkish beach, made headlines around the world and put the Tories on the defensive.
Kurdi's aunt lives in the Vancouver area and had failed in a refugee sponsorship bid for the young boy's uncle earlier this year. One of the roadblocks to the Kurdi family's reunification was their lack of convention refugee status from the UN.
The Conservatives faced fierce criticism from political rivals that they have not done enough to help Syrians escaping the ongoing violence despite having made an announcement in August that they would seek to bring in 10,000 Syrians in addition to the previous pledge — a campaign commitment that a new government would have to implement, Alexander said.
The Tories also created a Syrian emergency relief fund, which took effect last Saturday, that would match donations from Canadians to registered charities up to $100 million.
However, fewer than 2,500 have been resettled in Canada since the government first began accepting refugees from Syria in 2013.
Both the NDP and Liberals have offered up their own plans.
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has said on the campaign trail that a New Democratic government would resettle 10,000 Syrians before the end of the year and 46,000 by 2019. He has also stressed the need for more Canadian immigration officials to be on the ground in the Middle East.
For his part, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has touted his party's even more ambitious plan, saying a Grit government would bring in up to 25,000 refugees from Syria by January, 2016, and commit $200 million to help new arrivals settle in Canada and to help the UN manage refugee camps in the Middle East.
The opposition parties who have been clamouring for faster government handling of the crisis — and for accepting increased numbers of refugees — gave only grudging approval.
"Today he recognized that the Conservative government's policies were failing," said the Liberal. "He has refused to provide leadership on this issue, continually hiding behind fear mongering and bureaucratic roadblocks."
NDP candidate Paul Dewar said his party welcomes the measure to have a high-level bureaucrat co-ordinate efforts to resettle refugees in Canada, as well as the government axing the requirement that applicants have UN refugee status.
However, Dewar said, "it's not acceptable that we have to wait a full year to process those 10,000," adding that questions still remain about the details of the plan.
"Why can't we do this before Christmas? How many people are we actually going to put overseas to process things? And the big question is, is this going to include health-care benefits for those refugees coming in?"
But Alexander defended the Tory plan, saying it is the most prudent way to speed up the process while ensuring security remains the top priority.
"We did not make up this plan on the back of a napkin or pull it out of thin air. We looked carefully at our capacity. We looked carefully at the steps and procedures to keep Canada and Canadians safe," he said. | 2019-04-25T13:15:26 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-chris-alexander-refugees-1.3235415 |
0.981324 | In project time managing, defining the sequence and dependency of the activities is essential for documenting and recognising the relationship between each activities. The point is defining a logical sequence between tasks to do and increase efficiency during the project limitations. The sequence activity process includes inputs, tools and techniques, and output. (Figure 1) The input will be plan of scheduling management, list of activity, attribution of activity, milestone, scope and definition, environmental factors and organisation assets. The application tools and techniques are precedence diagramming method (PDM), dependency determination and leads & lags. The expected outputs are diagram of project schedule network and update of project documents.
The relationships between the activities of a project can be detected and documented in a process known as Sequence Activities, which are capable of considering the rational sequence of work and all project limitations to achieve the highest efficiency. At least a predecessor having a logical relationship of finish-to-start or start-to-start as well as minimum one successor having a logical relationship of finish-to-start or finish-to- finish in every activity and milestone, except for the first and last ones. A realistic and achievable project schedule should be considered in the design of logical relationships, which might be essentially supported using lead or lag time between the activities. In this context, project management software or manual or automated approaches can be beneficial in sequencing.
1. Schedule Management Plan (SMP): The SMP is a pre-project preventive thinking to identify several points, including the scheduling process involved in the project, thus helping the sequence activities.
2. Activity List : The activity list contains a critical pathway and basically a detailed documentation of all schedule activities required and sequenced for a particular project. The sequence activities can be affected by the dependencies and limitations that exist on the path to these activities.
3. Activity Attributes : Activity attributes generally refer to active components associated with an activity, which may be pivotal for sequencing for details like events, predecessors or successor.
4. Milestone List : The milestone list as a project management document may schedule all specific project milestones influencing sequence activities.
5. Project Scope Statement: The project scope statement is a good mean to describe the key deliverables of a project, including product properties involved in sequence activities like physical lineament of a project being implemented or the nature of a software project. Other scope statements of project can detail constraints and assumptions associated with sequence activities. Although these are mostly recorded in the activity list, their accuracy is explored as product scope description.
6. Enterprise Environmental Factors: The success of sequence activities is depended on either internal or external enterprise environmental factors (EEFs), including government regulations, industry conditions, project management information system (PMIS), scheduling tool, or work authorisation system (WAS).
7. Organizational Process Assets : Another factor contributing to the sequence activities is the organizational process assets (OPAs), including project plans of the corporate, formal or informal policies, procedures, processes, scheduling methods to developing logical relationships, and templates required for providing networks of project activities. Sequence activities can benefit from additional descriptive data provided by information related to activity characteristics in templates.
The PDM is a common visual tool to draw a diagram of project schedule network, which depicts graphical rectangles known as nodes, connected by one or more logical relationships to represent activities in these boxes. A precedence diagram is shown with the aid of activity-on-node (AON) strategy that is applied frequently within project management software. There are four logical relationships or dependencies in the package of PDM, including finish-to-start (FS), finish-to-finish (FF), start-to-start (SS), and start-to-finish (SF), containing a predecessor activity depicted logically prior to a dependent activity of a schedule, and a successor activity as a dependent activity depicted logically after another activity of a schedule.
In a logical relationship of FS, a successor activity can be advanced when the predecessor activity has finished; for instance, the ceremony of awards (the successor activity) can be advanced when the competition (the predecessor activity) has elapsed.
In a logical relationship of FF, a successor activity can finish when a predecessor activity has finished; for instance, a document editing (the successor activity) can end when a document writing (the predecessor activity) has finished.
In a logical relationship of SS, a successor activity can be advanced when a predecessor activity has advanced; for instance, Level concrete (the successor activity) can be advanced when a pour foundation (the predecessor activity) has advanced.
In a logical relationship of SF, a successor activity can be ended when a predecessor activity begins; for instance, the first shift of security guard (the successor activity) can be ended when the second shift of security guard (the predecessor activity) begins.
The most and the least commonly used logical relationships in the PDM are FS and SF, respectively. However, all of these logical relationships are present in a complete list of the PDM.
The characterizations considered in determining the dependencies included mandatory or discretionary and internal or external properties. Four dual attributes have been defined for the dependencies, consisting of a) mandatory external dependencies, b) mandatory internal dependencies, c) discretionary external dependencies, and d) discretionary internal dependencies.
Mandatory dependency refers to legal or contractual activities that must be happen inherently in the tasks, mostly including physical limitations. For example, it is mandatory to build a foundation in a construction project to continue to erect the superstructure; or a prototype in an electronics project cannot be tested until it must be produced. Another classification for the mandatory dependencies is hard logic or dependencies. Technical activities may not be placed in mandatory dependencies. Determination of mandatory dependencies in the process of sequence activities is undertaken by the project management team. The program's limitations in the scheduling tool should not be mistaken with mandatory dependencies.
Discretionary dependencies may be known as preferred logic, preferential logic, or soft logic. The behind principle of discretionary dependency is to understand the best strategies in certain or unusual domains of a project to reach targeted sequence in spite of other satisfactory sequences. It is essential to document all aspects of discretionary dependencies due to the presence of any total float value and limited later scheduling options. The modification or deletion of the discretionary dependencies should be taken while using fast tracking strategies. Determination of discretionary dependencies in the process of sequence activities is undertaken by the project management team.
External dependencies that are typically out of the control of the project team refer to a relationship between activities of project and out of project. For instance, an external source is required to deliver hardware to test a software project or the initiation of preparing a site in a construction project depends on governmental environmental hearings. Determination of external dependencies in the process of sequence activities is undertaken by the project management team.
Internal dependencies that are typically under the control of the project team refer to a precedence relationship between project activities. For instance, an internal mandatory dependency can be mentioned to inability of a team to test a machine until assembling. Determination of internal dependencies in the process of sequence activities is undertaken by the project management team.
1. Project Schedule network diagrams: The logical relationships are graphically drawn called as project schedule network diagram, also referred to as dependencies among the project schedule activities, which is prepared by manual manner or project management software. The diagram can represent full details or summarized activities of the project. A summary narrative can be illustrated with a diagram to show the used fundamental strategy in sequencing the activities, and to describe any abnormal sequence of activity on the network.
2. Updates of project documents: There are needs to update the project documents, such as activity lists, activity attributes, milestone list and risk register.
Only, the project product description should be prepared for a small project.
Careful thinking is necessary to achieve quality criteria in order to distinguish whether a product is acceptable or not. A way to test quality criteria is to scrutinise the distinction between completed or stopped working on this product.
Product-based planning is a method for identifying first a product requirements and second all activities, dependencies and necessary resources to deliver that product. This method has different applications such as Project planning, Stage planning and Team planning. The sequence involved in the development of products of the plan will be developed and the identification of their dependencies should be detected and defined, which is possible using a product flow diagram (PFD). The dependencies on any non-project products can be detected through this diagram, thereby providing the required activities and data for other planning approaches like estimating and scheduling.
The PFD is generated by the Project or Team Manager. However, the people responsible for developing or helping the plan products can be involved rationally.
When the product breakdown structure (PBS) has been drawn, some planners will decide to generate the PFD along with the PBS.
There is need for very few symbols in drawing the PFD. It is essential to detect any developed product (for instance, enclosure in a rectangle), and to exhibit any required sequence (for instance, interconnection of rectangles by arrows) in the plan. Moreover, the external products should be clear as any existing or non-project ongoing products (for instance, enclosure in a different shape like ellipse).
The PFD may be added with a starting point attached from all entry points. Although an exit is always available in the PFD, when many entrances exist, this position indicator prevents any of them from being ignored. The symbol of predecessor is there for all points of entry and is the only symbol in PFD not in PBS.
A separate list of the activities can be provided in spite of the use of PFD as the information source.
The required activities can be detected by using the products from the PBS or the work breakdown structure (WBS).
The activities involve management and quality-checking activities, and those required for developing the specialist products or for interacting with external parties like those that a product obtained from an outside source or for transforming external products into targeted ones. It is needed to shield the spread of activities unnecessary for the plan. Things should be kept simple if there is any doubt.
It is necessary to identify any internal and external dependencies of activities and products. For example, Activity C cannot start unless activities A and B are completed (as an internal dependency). Dependency of a delivery of a product needed for a project by another project, suggestion of a purchase order by the user and decision-making by the program manager are examples of the external dependencies.
In the wake of detecting the activities, and estimating related dependencies, duration and effort, the subsequent step is to approximate the optimal sequence required. This is an iterative step because the estimated effort and duration may be influenced by actual resource allocation.
Float or slack refers to the amount of time by which a given task in a project network can be delayed with no influence on the deadline for the project, which can be considered as both provision within the plan and spare time. Zero float means a condition with no excess time between activities, which defines a critical activity through the diagram (critical path). In fact, it can be claimed that any delay in the completion of an activity in the critical path (s) will result in delayed completion of the entire project.
The project manager will be able to monitor the plan’s activities by detecting the critical path (s) of the plan. Such activities should be timely completed in order to complete the whole plan in accordance with scheduling. Delay can occur for these activities for a period if resources are re-allocated to compensate for lost activities.
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“PRINCE2 is the world’s most widely-adopted project management method, used by people and organisations from wide-ranging industries and sectors. It is a flexible method that guides you through the essentials for managing successful projects, regardless of type or scale. Built upon seven principles, themes and processes, PRINCE2 can be tailored to meet your specific requirements.“ For an organisation or individuals, to deliver successfully a project within time, cost and right quality, this book presents universal project management methods, techniques, principles, and processes based on experience extracted from many different projects. The book also defines a framework of processes and instructions which has verified over many years as solution to prevent failure in projects.
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The book contains the body of knowledge for project management. The body of knowledge defines a set of standers, terminology, methods, and guidelines which need to develop over time. Project Management Institute (PMI) is documenting and publishing the Guide over the seen works and results. The PMBOK includes also some unique tools and concepts e.g. critical path method and work breakdown structure (WBS) to guide project managers in planning, organising, staffing, executing and controlling.
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0.999991 | If you know a little basic HTML, you can create custom variables and incorporate them into pages, blocks, banners, and email templates. When a variable is inserted into HTML, it is formatted as a markup-tag, and enclosed in double curly braces.
1. On the Admin menu, select System > Custom Variable.
2. Click the Add New Variable button.
3. Enter an identifier in the Variable Code field. Use all lowercase characters, without spaces.
In the Variable HTML Value text field, enter any content you want to include, using basic HTML tags. This option allows you to format the value.
In the Variable Plain Value field, enter the variable value as plain text.
1. On the Admin menu, select CMS > Banners. Then, click to open the banner.
2. In the Default Content section, click the Insert Variable button.
3. In the list of available variables, select the one that you want to use..
4. When complete, click the Save Banner button.
Click to edit a predefined template.
Click the Add New Template button to create a new one.
3. In the Template Content box, position the insertion point where you want the variable to appear. Then, click the Insert Variable button.
4. In the list of available variables, click to select the one you want to use.
5. When complete, click the Save Template button. | 2019-04-19T20:58:27 | https://docs.magento.com/m1/ee/user_guide/cms/variables-custom.html |
0.999999 | The search for new ideas must go broad and deep throughout an organization. Traditional corporate controls and structures don't work well with innovation teams. New methods are needed to gauge effectiveness.
Innovators must be kept connected to the mainstream business. Isolating them leads to tensions with other parts of the company and lessens the chances that their work will be adopted.
Every managerial generation rediscovers the need for innovation to drive growth but, decade after decade, "grand declarations about innovation are followed by mediocre execution that produces anemic results, and innovation groups are quietly disbanded in quiet cost-cutting drives." So observes Rosabeth Moss Kanter in a new Harvard Business Review article, "Innovation: The Classic Traps."
Kanter, who holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change, discusses her ideas on managing innovation and what companies can do to avoid the innovation traps that snare so many.
Sean Silverthorne: Companies and executives seem doomed to repeat the past when it comes to innovation. What are some of these mistakes and why are they repeated each generation?
Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Innovation seems to be rediscovered in each managerial generation (about every six years) as a fundamental way to enable new growth. But each generation seems to have forgotten or never learned the mistakes of the past, so we see classic traps repeated over and over again. Some of these repeat offenders include burying innovation teams under too much bureaucracy, treating the innovators as more valued corporate citizens than those who work in the current business, and hiring leaders who don't have the relationship and communications skills necessary to foster innovation.
Why the refusal to learn from the past? Institutional memories are short. But internal business pressures also play a part as executives balance the need to protect current revenue streams with the imperative to get behind new concepts crucial to future success. And too often executives lack courage—they call for innovation but then pull the plug on every idea brought their way.
Q: You categorize these mistakes under the headings of strategy, process, structure, and skills. Could you summarize your remedies?
Create processes and controls. The innovation process is inherently uncertain, so companies must develop new ways of tracking progress in these units. Rewarding a manager who "sticks to plan" doesn't encourage something new.
Select the right leadership. Innovation teams can't be isolated—their ideas will never catch on. So pick leaders who not only can communicate inside and outside the organization but who also know how to foster a collaborative culture.
In short, there are a lot of specific things companies can do to encourage rather than stifle innovation. But overall, companies need a culture and way of working that emphasizes flexibility and attention to relationships across areas.
Q: One of your warnings for corporate leaders is to be careful not to create two classes of corporate citizens: "those who have all the fun" and "those who make all the money." What's the central message here?
A: In 2002, Arrow Electronics attempted a new Internet venture, Arrow.com. The group was granted perks not given to others, and this did not go unnoticed by the sales group, which was already feeling threatened by Internet-enabled sales. The result: a literal brick wall was erected to separate the two sides of the building. Time was wasted battling each other and even stealing each others' customers.
So the message is you can't afford to build two cultures. Strong interpersonal connections must be created between the new and the established. In fact, each must contribute to the other.
Q: What is the innovation pyramid and how does it work?
A: The innovation pyramid is an innovation strategy that works at three levels. The lion's share of the investment underwrites a few big bets at the top: clear directions for the future. The second level is a portfolio of promising mid-range ideas driven by designated teams. At the bottom of the pyramid are early-stage ideas or incremental innovations that permit continuous improvement.
Influence flows from top to bottom—the big bets encourage smaller wins heading in the same direction. But success can also flow from the bottom to the top—3M's Post-it Notes is one such example.
Senior managers can use the innovation pyramid to gauge current efforts, recalibrate as ideas prove their value, and ensure there is activity at all levels.
Q: What companies do you think are the best at fostering innovation and avoiding these traps that snare others?
A: In the article I point to success stories from a number of companies including IBM, Seagate, Williams-Sonoma, P&G, and Gillette. Using the Innovation Pyramid model to accelerate innovation, Gillette created a stream of innovations—a battery-powered toothbrush, the marketing campaign for the Mach3Turbo, and the new-concept 2006 five-blade battery-powered Fusion shaving system—that raised revenues and profits.
Managers at these companies have learned the innovation lessons of the past. They strike the right balance between getting the highest returns from current activities and investing in new growth, they create organizational flexibility, and they foster communication and relationships.
A: I'm working with a small number of exemplary global companies that set high standards for themselves to see how they develop those standards, apply them to every business function, use them to raise the standards of the countries in which they operate, and generate productive innovation and new business opportunities in the process.
This continues my interest in innovation on a much bigger scale, and I'm already learning about cutting-edge new business practices. Stay tuned; I will start reporting on this in the spring. | 2019-04-25T08:58:52 | https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/lessons-not-learned-about-innovation |
0.999997 | I had quit my last job as an Assistant Manager at a Fast Food restaurant because of the way they treat their Managers. I pulled an average 60 hours a week forced to come in on my day off with out extra compensation. However, this story is about the job I obtain after quitting and 3 months of unemployment.
I got a job as a Receptionist/Admin Assistant at a Counseling Center for Teens and families. I felt I couldn't have gotten a better job. I am getting ready to start grad school and wasn't sure if I wanted my masters in psychology or education, I just knew I wanted to work with children. This was a perfect opportunity, flexible hours, decent pay, great friendly, family atmosphere, and lots of children. They were even willing to work with my school schedule.
I was even smart enough to ask during the interview how the position came open. The women doing the interview said they had almost double their client base in the last year and needed the extra help and that the other Receptionist / Admin Assistant had been there for 5 years. The opportunity seemed too good to be true; I should have known it was.
Everything started off great, or at least the first three days of training, which was spent going over all of the legal requirements of working in mental health. The last two days of the week were to be dedicated to training our perspective positions.
INCIDENT ONE: One day of one my training, I was alone all day. The other Office Assistant had requested the day off months in advanced and I was left alone to fend for myself. I know how to answer a phone, but have no idea where the files go, any ones extensions or the policies/procedures for anything, as if I was being set up to fail. The next day I was corrected on my actions and "shown" the right way to do things.
INCIDENT TWO: The Monday after the week of training our CEO gave a project to the Part Time Receptionist. She was to retype and make a digital copy of a paper book including the policies and procedures of another Mental Health facility we were adopting as our own. He told her he wanted it done by Friday; the packet was almost 100 pages long. Now if this was all we had to do in the office if wouldn't be a problem, but we had plenty to do to keep us busy all day. So I offered to help. We didn't finish it until about a week and a half after its due date. I was constantly asked "what's taking you so long" "I wanted this done last week" "You have other stuff you should be doing". At this point I still haven't even trained on what it is I should be doing, just guessing. | 2019-04-21T04:22:38 | https://www.overcomebullying.org/bullied-by-the-ceo-part-1.html |
0.999999 | More on unit vector notation. Showing that adding the x and y components of two vectors is equivalent to adding the vectors visually using the head-to-tail method... These unit vectors are commonly used to indicate direction, with a scalar coefficient providing the magnitude. A vector decomposition can then be written as a sum of unit vectors and scalar coefficients.
orthonormal unit vectors ˆi# and ˆj#, We can then work out how to add vectors, calculate scalar products and so on working solely with these components. For instance, if we have two vectors r ˆ1 and rˆ2 given by rˆ1 = x1ˆi+y1ˆj and rˆ2 = x2ˆi+y2ˆj then rˆ1 +rˆ2 = (x1 + x2)ˆi+(y1 +y2)ˆj. It is important to note that while a vec-tor ˆr is a unique geometrical object, there is how to cook tomato curry Adding unit vectors: The unit vector does not change the length that is the length of unit vector is always one. The unit vectors are used to express the normal vectors.
How to find a vector perpendicular to two given vectors?
If I have two vectors in three dimensions, how do I find the angle between them. For example I have one vector of (3,2,1) and another of (4,-5,6) how would I find the angle (in degrees or radians) between them. If I recall there was some formula to do this. how to add a favicon using crazy domains If I have two vectors in three dimensions, how do I find the angle between them. For example I have one vector of (3,2,1) and another of (4,-5,6) how would I find the angle (in degrees or radians) between them. If I recall there was some formula to do this.
The unit vectors 〈 1, 0 〉 and 〈 0, 1 〉 are special unit vectors called standard unit vectors and are represented by the vectors i and j as follows: i = 〈 1 , 0 〉 j = 〈 0 , 1 〉 Any vector in a plane can be written using these standard unit vectors.
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Unit vectors . The definition of a unit vector is "a vector of length one." But this is just the same as a direction vector. "Direction vector" and "unit vector" are terms referring to the same concept. | 2019-04-25T00:31:15 | http://candjradioforwomen.com/northern-territory/how-to-add-unit-vectors.php |
0.984275 | What is a Digital Adapter?
A Digital Adapter is a one-way video device that allows an analog TV to display channels that have been transmitted to the home in a digital format. The Digital Adapter has a "Cable In" and "To TV" output and ‘Power Cord’. Your TV watching experience should be the same on that TV as it is today. The Digital Adapter does not support any advanced video services such as: HD channels, the Interactive Program Guide, VOD (Video on Demand), Pay-per View nor does it offer additional channels available with Digital Expanded service. The Digital Adapter comes with an easy-to-use remote control and is much smaller than current receiver boxes.
How do I know if my TV needs a Digital Adapter?
Your TV does not currently have Wyandotte Cable digital equipment (the coaxial cable goes directly from the wall to the TV).
Your TV does not have a built-in QAM digital tuner.
The FCC requires new TVs to have built-in tuners. If you have a TV with a built-in North American cable ready QAM digital tuner, you will not need a Digital Adapter in order to continue to enjoy your Wyandotte Cable Basic Channel lineup.
How do I determine if my TV has a digital tuner?
Refer to your TV owner's manual to determine if your TV has a built in QAM digital tuner. If there is no information in the owner's manual, the TV probably does not have a digital tuner. Another way to determine if your TV has a QAM digital tuner is to look at the TV remote control. If the remote has a dot (.) or a dash (-) button, the TV probably does have a digital tuner, as those buttons are often used in programming the tuning of a digital tuner TV.
Connect the coaxial cable directly from your cable outlet to your television. There should not be any other pieces of equipment connected between the cable wall outlet and the television (Digital Adapter, VCR, DVD player, etc.).
Use the remote that came with your TV to tune your TV set to Channel 88.4 or 88-4, depending on whether you have a dot or dash on your remote control. If you see the programming for Music Choice Channel playing on the screen, you will not need a Digital Adapter on that TV. Please allow up to two minutes for video to appear.
Select the Auto Program, Auto Tune, or Auto Scan Option (you may have to find this in ‘Settings’ or some other menu tab).
You will need to rescan or auto program your television when Wyandotte Cable channels are reorganized, added or removed.
What if I have a TV with a compatible built-in digital tuner?
Television sets with built-in QAM digital tuners do not need to be connected to Wyandotte Cable equipment to enjoy Wyandotte Cable Expanded Basic Cable service. If your TV has a built-in digital tuner, you will need to rescan (auto program) your television each time Wyandotte Cable channels are reorganized, added or removed.
Can I watch my local broadcast channels in HD without attaching any additional Wyandotte Cable equipment?
If you have an HD television set with a compatible built-in QAM digital tuner, you can continue to view your local broadcast channels in HD without any additional Wyandotte Cable equipment. If you do not have an HDTV set with a built-in QAM digital tuner, you need a Wyandotte Cable HD Receiver in order to receive HD channels, including your local broadcast channels. You will need Wyandotte Cable digital equipment (Basic Digital Receiver or HD Receiver) to receive any satellite programming services.
How do I program my VCR to record using a Wyandotte Cable Digital Adapter?
Set your VCR to record channel 3 for the time the program is airing.
Tune the Digital Adapter to the channel you want to record.
The VCR can only record the channel that your Digital Adapter is tuned to. To record different programs at different times, you will need to change the channel on your Digital Adapter. | 2019-04-23T08:39:04 | http://wyan.org/Cable-TV/Digital-Adapter-FAQs.aspx |
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| Proudly Powered by WordPress We have great news! We have great news! As of August 1st, , with the launch of our new Chick-fil-A One Membership program, all previously registered Chick-fil-A A-List Members now have the highest status, Chick-fil-A One Red, for the first year.. As an A-Lister, you can receive all program benefits by engaging with us by using your A-List card, the Chick-fil-A App or online. Alley Cat: 10/22/ Very disappointed about the Discontinuing of Chick-fil-A school supply drive back in August in the Tidewater (Military) area and the yearly Cow calendars. Details: Chick-fil-A today launched their first breakfast bowl, the “Hash Brown Scramble.” The Hash Brown Scramble is a protein-packed breakfast option made with Chick-fil-A’s signature “tot” style Hash Browns, scrambled eggs, a Monterey Jack and cheddar cheese blend and a choice of sliced Chick-fil-A Nuggets or sausage. | 2019-04-24T04:47:08 | http://orimono.ga/chick-fil-a-card-sil.php |
0.998972 | How to enrich Microsoft Dynamics CRM with data from smart surveys?
If you want to send engaging smart surveys to your Microsoft Dynamics contacts, enrich your contact records in real time with high value customer data or even empower your teams with actionable real time insights right from Microsoft Dynamics, you should connect your Microsoft Dynamics and MyFeelBack accounts together.
To design a precise and meaningful mapping, you should start by identifying what you want to map (i.e. which information you want to send to Microsoft Dynamics).
In your survey, please identify your Attributes (and create some if you don't have any). You don't have to use Attributes, but most of the time, it allows you to easily exploit the identity of your respondents (and then link it to the correct Contact record in Microsoft Dynamics).
As a best practice, we recommend to create an email Attribute to find corresponding email fields between your respondents and your Microsoft Dynamics contacts database.
Also, add Tags in your questions to identify them easily once you will be creating the Mapping between MyFeelBack and Microsoft Dynamics.
Then you need to connect Microsoft Dynamics to MyFeelBack.
Then click on the + Integrate button of Microsoft Dynamics.
You can now Connect to Microsoft Dynamics and enter your credentials.
In your Microsoft Dynamics account, you'll find your credentials. On the homepage go to: Settings > Dynamics Apps or by picking directly form your address bar.
Once you are connected to Microsoft Dynamics, you can design your Mapping.
1/ Name it to easily remember it (Cart Abandonment).
2/ In Distant App object, select the element you will feed inside Microsoft Dynamics. As an example, select Contact to add content in a field inside a Contact.
3/ The Identification field is really important to link a contact between MyFeelBack and Microsoft Dynamics. As an example, we choose to identify our customer thanks to his email address (which has to be the same in MyFeelBack and Microsoft Dynamics for the mapping to work).
4/ The Operation allows you to choose to either create a new entry on Microsoft Dynamics (Creation), update an existing entry by writing over an old one (Update), or even create an entry if the data does not exist yet and update if there is already existing data (Create or Update).
Internal objects are the information to find in MyFeelBack (in this case, a question associated to a Tag named Abandonment).
External fields are the fields which will be modified in Microsoft Dynamics (in this case, a field called Abandonment reasons in your Contact sheet in Microsoft Dynamics).
All you need to do now is to deploy your Campaign and verify that everything works well in Microsoft Dynamics. | 2019-04-24T04:50:15 | http://help.myfeelback.com/parametres-settings/how-to-enrich-microsoft-dynamics-crm-with-data-from-smart-surveys |
0.999853 | What are business models of open source projects?
I'm thinking about developing a software library for iPhone with my friend. Our target is a developing country where the mobile phone market is still very young, compared to U.S. The problem is that I don't know much about good business models for software development. Rather than charging customers by selling our library or apps, what is a business model behind making our library an open source project? Is it really about pursuing ones' passion and being just volunteers? What's the benefit of building a community in terms of making money?
The business model usually boils down to consulting, or value add software.
More importantly, the fact that software is free and open doesn't mean it is necessarily licensed to the community at large. ...if you have a customer, and deliver free and open code, that customer is not obligated to release the code to anyone else, and neither are you.
However, in the circumstance you describe, I'm not clear how you would monetize the model. Perhaps you would form a little co-existent consultancy that would, after release of a code-base, build apps based on the base. As a practical matter, a vast library is probably best utilized by its maintainer, or someone else familiar with its intricacies.
I think that, before deciding you want to be free and open, its important to sit down and understand what the business model is. Often, if you have a model, and software freedom matters to you, you can build backwards to that goal from the business model.
Provide community support and offer a monthly subscription for access and extras.
Another (less scalable) technique is to charge for initial setup and consulting time.
3 Sponsorship of an open source project, how much to charge? | 2019-04-21T16:45:33 | http://www.brightjourney.com/q/business-models-open-source-projects |
0.999993 | Who is Stormzy, what are his biggest songs and who is his girlfriend Maya Jama?
STORMZY has been a big name on the UK's underground grime scene for years, but went more mainstream after his debut studio album went straight to No.1 in the charts.
Who is Stormzy? What's his background?
Stormzy was born in July 1993 and grew up in Croydon, South London.
He went to Harris Academy South Norwood and it was here, at the academy, where he started rapping at the age of 11.
In an interview with music magazine Clash, he referred to himself as a "proper little s***" during his school days and was "excluded from school every week".
He left school at 17 and joined an engineering firm, but spent a lot of his time trying to perfect his freestyles on Post-it notes.
At 25 years old he's won two MOBO Awards and was named as an artist to look out for in the BBC's influential Sound of 2015 list.
His first studio album, Gang Signs & Prayer, came out on February 24 and went straight to Number One in the UK album charts.
Why is he called 'Stormzy'?
Born Michael Omari, he chose the performing name of Stormzy simply because it "sounded really cool".
Speaking to Live Mag UK back in 2014, he revealed: "I think God puts names in my head, like, ‘Wicked Skengman’.
"It just came to my head and I ran with it."
How did Stormzy become famous?
Stormzy first found fame through his YouTube videos, which he has been making since 2011.
But it was his Wicked Skengman freestyles on the channel which garnered wider appeal.
The Londoner had started as a road rap MC which was more stylistically hip-hop than grime.
He later became the first unsigned rapper to perform on Later with Jools Holland.
Stormzy made his acting debut in Noel Clarke's Brotherhood, the final film in the Kidulthood trilogy.
But days after the release of the film one of the actors and a childhood friend of the rapper, Aaron Eaton, died suddenly.
He paid tribute to him at the time, writing: "This one has hit home I can't lie. You had a kind heart and so many people will be broken by this, rest up my bro."
Is Stormzy still with girlfriend Maya Jama?
The rapper is currently dating Maya Jama, who he previously dedicated a song to on her 22nd birthday.
In 2016 she was named as a Rising Star for 2016 by Hello Magazine and is a TV and radio presenter on 4Music and RinseFM.
She has made appearances in some of his music videos, including Big For Your Boots, and the pair has been making red carpet appearances together.
The grime artist raised questions as he unfollowed Maya on Instagram just three weeks after they attended the BRITs 2018 together.
He then followed her again a day later.
What did Stormzy win at the 2018 Brits?
Stormzy won his first ever Brit award, scooping the prize for Best British Male after previously being nominated for Breakthrough Act in 2017.
Stormzy beat out the likes of Ed Sheeran, Liam Gallagher, Loyle Carner and Rag 'N' Bone Man.
He also bagged the Mastercard British Album of the Year for his album Gang Signs & Prayer.
Stormzy also performed at the Brits.
He swept the boards with THREE gongs at the 2017 MOBO Awards.
The rapper was also the first artist to win MOBO's 'Best Grime Act' award in 2014.
Afterwards, he spoke about the win to Live Mag: "That’s sick man. I think that’s an honour. Because this is a scene I’ve been watching throughout my whole childhood, it’s a scene I’ve grew up on, a scene that’s heavily influenced me. I’m a child of Grime, so for me to go and win the first-ever grime category for the MOBOs… that’s just an honour."
In 2015 he went on to win MOBO's Best Male Act and Best Grime Act awards.
What did he rap about Theresa May and the Grenfell Tower fire in his Brits 2018 performance?
Stormzy had a go at British Prime Minister Theresa May over Grenfell in emotional rap during closing performance at The Brit Awards 2018.
In the middle of his performance during the ceremony at London’s O2 , he rapped: “Yo Theresa May, where’s the money for Grenfell?"
In November, Chancellor Philip Hammond said an extra £28m would be going towards helping victims of the Grenfell fire who were left homeless.
He also said in the budget that funding would go to Kensington and Chelsea Council in West London - where the tower is - and would pay for mental health services and regeneration.
Speaking to BBC Newsbeat after the show, Stormzy said: "I didn't want to just come here as an artist like 'It's the stormzy show' [and] clean up at the Brits - it's all about me.
"This is bigger than me [and] if I can use my voice to say something that's bigger than me.
"I don't want this to be about me. It's not about me - it's about Grenfell and it's about all the things I said in that lyric.
"This is bigger than me."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn took to Twitter to congratulate the rapper on his win adding: "What a powerful performance."
What are Stormzy's biggest songs?
The artist made a name for himself with 2015 single Shut Up, and in 2017 released Big For Your Boots followed by Blinded By Your Grace.
He has collaborated with fellow Brit artists Ed Sheeran and Little Mix.
What else does Stormzy do?
In September 2017, the Big For Your Boots rapper filed a trademark application registering his name across Europe. An insider said: “Stormzy has become a massive star in the past 18 months so he and his team think this is the perfect step to turn his popularity into a booming business.
He also released a short film to go alongside current album Gang Signs & Prayers.
What did Stormzy say about the Notting Hill raids?
Stormzy slammed cops for a series of raids ahead of the Notting Hill carnival.
He accused police of targeting “black events” after the force made nearly 300 arrests before the Afro-Caribbean celebration in west London.
Stormzy hit out over a Metropolitan Police tweet which revealed officers had seized a kilo of heroin in Catford, South East London.
What happened when Stormzy was confused with Romelu Lukaku?
On July 10 2017 an Irish newspaper used a picture of Stormzy instead of Manchester United’s new signing Romelu Lukaku.
In an apology on their website Alan Steenson, Herald Editor wrote: “Hands up, we got it badly wrong.
“Earlier, we made an error with a picture of Romelu Lukaku that wasn’t him. It was Stormzy.
Did Stormzy send homophobic tweets?
Homophobic tweets posted by Stormzy were uncovered from 2012.
Whilst watching a BBC show called School for Stars he labelled one of the characters a “f**king f**”.
Also, in another tweet, which dates back just three years, he questioned whether one of his followers was a “f***t”.
He has since tweeted a lengthy apology for his past tweets, and ended it with: "Again, I’m sorry to everyone I’ve offended. To the LGBQT community and my supporters and friends, my deepest apologies" | 2019-04-24T22:18:42 | https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2868221/stormzy-brit-awards-2018-rap-grenfell-maya-jama/ |
0.997621 | Introduction. Conclusion. Body Paragraphs. Formula for Intro Paragraphs Sentence #1: The Attention Grabber. Introduces the topic of the thesis (without referring directly to it); Options include: Define the idea or concept that is the topic of the paper. Example: "The word 'punk' no longer just means a form of alternative music. | 2019-04-25T08:14:15 | https://pujckaytn.webgarden.cz/rubriky/attention-grabbers-for-essays |
0.999394 | Usher, Usher, Usher: The new 'King of Pop'?
Usher accepts the Artist of the Year award at the 2004 Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas.
ATLANTA (CNN) -- With Michael Jackson entangled in a child molestation case and currently in a spat with rapper Eminem over an unflattering music video, the time may be ripe to anoint a new pop music king.
R&B singer Usher Raymond IV seems to be the heir apparent. The baby-faced crooner's star has gone supernova this year. Witness the monster success of his album "Confessions," which sold 1 million copies in its first week in stores. The release is the biggest-ever debut for a male R&B act.
The album remains a force to be reckoned with on the music charts. When the artist re-released an expanded version of "Confessions" that featured a DVD, new tracks and artwork, it claimed the No. 2 spot on Billboard's album charts. To date it has sold 6 million copies.
Not one to rest on those laurels, Usher appears to be positioning himself to be a music mogul. In addition to starting his own label, he has issued an Usher debit card that features his face.
All of this work is paying off with new fans. It used to be the typical Usher fan was a hot and bothered, frenzied teenage girl. Plenty of them are found during the meet and greet session during the Atlanta stop of his "Truth" tour. They are in diverse company nowadays.
"I had a few truckers," he muses in a five-minute breather before preparing for the show. "I was really shocked to know they were fans of mine. David Copperfield's mother is a really good fan of mine. I didn't know. He told me."
Mothers and fathers of teenage girls, single thirtysomething men and couples appear to be admirers, too. They cram the seats at the virtually sold-out Atlanta show. There is extra excitement in the air this night. The concert is being filmed for a DVD, and it's a homecoming for the artist. Atlanta is where he launched his career at LaFace records. He also still has a residence here.
Usher bills himself as Mr. Entertainment. In concert, he lives up to the moniker. From the moment he is lifted onto his make-believe stage through an eruption of flames, he doesn't slow down or disappoint. There is a band, a DJ, eight dancers, and multiple costume changes and video screens. But it's Usher who captivates, pouring through his greatest hits of the past and present with the stamina of an Energizer Bunny. Even during a music break for his song "You Remind Me" he is doing handstands and popping and locking.
Some of his costumes are reminiscent of vintage Michael Jackson, the signature fedora and the jacket that resembles the one from Jackson's "Thriller" video. Perhaps it's just a rehearsal for when Usher assumes the King of Pop's throne. | 2019-04-26T00:30:27 | http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/01/usher/ |
0.999999 | This article is about 'the narrow gauge engine'. You may be looking for 'the standard gauge engine or the Story Library book'.
Number 2 (No. 2), nicknamed Stanley (after politician Stanley Baldwin), was an American narrow gauge pannier-tank engine who originally worked on the Mid Sodor Railway up until he was turned into a pumping engine.
Stanley was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works sometime around 1917, and apparently worked in the United States before arriving on Sodor. Following the end of the First World War, Stanley was bought secondhand as army surplus by the Mid Sodor Railway and was re-gauged.
However, Stanley proved to be a bad bargain. As he had not been re-gauged properly, Stanley was prone to riding roughly along the track and often derailed, though he believed this was no big deal. Repeated attempts to cure this habit failed, and Stanley was stripped of his wheels and became a pumping engine behind the engine sheds at Arlesdale.
Duke later lectured Stuart and Falcon about Stanley's downfall and they became "unusually good for several days".
Stanley was later relocated to Cas-ny-Hawin to pump out water from the mines, but by December 1946 he was becoming worn-out and broke down, causing the mines to flood. With no reason to stay open, the Mid Sodor Railway was closed and Stanley was scrapped.
Stanley was arrogant and careless and refused to listen to advice. This carelessness eventually led to him being converted into a pumping engine.
Stanley is based on a Baldwin Class 10-12-D 4-6-0 pannier tank engine, built at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for service in the First World War. They were sent to the United Kingdom and the British War Office chose them to be the principal military steam locomotive for the trench railways. However, they were rough riders and had the tendency to derail. After the war ended in 1918, various railways, such as the Welsh Highland and the Snailbeach District Railway acquired them as surplus. Five of these engines are known to be preserved. Stanley had been re-gauged from 1ft 11 5/8in to 2ft 3in. As of today, none of the class still reside in the United States, and the ones preserved still reside in the UK.
Stanley's second appearance, in the back of the shed in "Bulldog", creates a continuity error. According to "Granpuff", Stuart and Falcon did not know about Stanley, implying Stanley's arrival and likely scrapping occurred before their arrival. However, Stanley is seen in the same shed as Falcon, meaning Falcon would have known about Stanley and what happened to him. Also, it has been confirmed that Falcon was built and came to the railway before Stanley, while Stuart was built and came to the railway before Stanley was turned into a pumping engine.
Stanley was the first and only engine of an American class in the Railway Series.
In the illustration of Stanley as a pumping engine, he is incorrectly depicted as a saddle tank and only having one dome. However, it's possible he was given a saddle tank as part of the conversion to a pumping engine, and as he would remain stationary, his sand dome was no longer needed.
According to Rev. W. Awdry in The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways, Stanley was never officially named Stanley as it was only his nickname. He is regularly referred to by his number (No.2).
In the illustration of Stanley as a pumping engine, he is seen with a cigarette in his mouth.
“No. 2", said Duke. "Was American and very cocky. He rode roughly and often came off the rails. I warned him to be careful!"
"Listen, bud!", he drawled. "In the States, we don't care a dime for a few spills!"
"We do here! I said, but he just laughed. But he didn't laugh when the Manager said he was going to take away his wheels and said he was going to make him useful at last."
"W-w-why? What did he do?!"
"He turned him into a pumping engine, that's what! He's still there behind our shed." | 2019-04-23T15:59:39 | https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Stanley_(narrow_gauge) |
0.999999 | Does any of this matter ethically? For many, the key question here is whether these animals are capable of feeling anything—whether they are sentient. If they feel nothing as they are boiled or carved alive, then ethical qualms about these practices seem as misplaced as they would be for vegetables. But if they do feel—if they are sentient—then they are cruel and inhumane.
So what is the reality? Are crabs and lobsters sentient or not? Can science settle the issue? Before we can address this question, it helps to be clearer about what we’re looking for. I will focus here specifically on the phenomenon of pain. There is much more to an animal’s subjective experience of the world and of its own body than pain alone—but pain is the aspect of sentience with the most obvious ethical consequences.
Animal welfare scientists define pain as ‘an aversive sensation and feeling associated with actual or potential tissue damage’. When they talk about pain, they mean pain in its most elemental, evolutionarily ancient sense—a feeling that might have some but not all of the aspects of pain in humans. In particular, to feel pain in this basic sense, it is not necessary to be self-conscious—to be aware of oneself as being in pain.
Do crustaceans feel pain in this basic sense? Over the past few years, a series of experiments by the biologist Robert Elwood and colleagues at Queen’s University Belfast has demonstrated impressively sophisticated behaviour in crabs. Here is one example. Hermit crabs live in shells vacated by other animals. They prefer some types of shell to others, and will often switch from a less-preferred to a more-preferred shell in the wild. Elwood drilled holes in the hermit crabs’ shells and poked electrodes through the holes to see how they would react to small electric shocks—not a pleasant procedure, but a necessary one to gain insight into their responses.
In another experiment, Elwood and colleagues found that shore crabs rapidly learn to avoid locations they associate with harmful experiences. The crabs were offered a choice of two dark shelters: in one, they received shocks; in the other, they did not. In general, crabs prefer to return to shelters that they have previously occupied. But after repeatedly receiving a shock in one of the shelters, the crabs were much less likely to return to it—a phenomenon known as 'conditioned place avoidance'.
Motivational trade-offs and conditioned place avoidance are what I call 'credible indicators' of pain—credible because they cannot be explained away as mere reflexes, and because they tie in with a reasonable theory about the function of pain for animals that feel it. The idea in the background here is that pain is a guide to decision-making. To make flexible decisions, animals need to be able to weigh the seriousness of an injury against other things they need. Sometimes fleeing is the right thing to do; sometimes carrying on as normal is the right thing to do; sometimes tending the injury is the right thing to do—it depends on the situation. Pain is the currency in which the need to stop, or the need to flee, is measured. When we find an animal making flexible decisions by integrating information about past or present injury with information about its other needs, that is a credible indicator of pain.
Is it conceivable that motivational trade-offs and conditioned place avoidance occur without any pain? Of course, but no one is suggesting that pain is conclusively established by these experiments. We are talking about credible indicators, not conclusive proof. If we demand conclusive proof, this will never be attained—not for any animal, not even for other human beings. | 2019-04-18T16:19:35 | https://www.thelovepost.global/protection/articles/are-crabs-and-lobsters-sentient |
0.998465 | From a question about a man in a hat to a question about a boy wearing a crown. Where should we go next? Hat ... crown ... How about shoes?
Who wears these spectacular boots? | 2019-04-25T00:44:42 | http://www.helpreaderslovereading.com/2018/10/week-5-pbid-question.html |
0.999996 | Analysis - Since the fall of General Muhammad Suharto in 1998, Indonesians have been developing a vibrant but arguably flawed democracy burdened by a seemingly unshakeable oligarchy and a corrupt political ruling class.
At the same time, there has been a battle between pluralist Muslims, and those who would see the state as an enforcer of a puritanical and often intolerant religious piety.
Indonesia is the biggest Muslim nation in the world with 187 million voters from 350 ethnic groups, with more than 700 languages across 17,000 islands: staging an election there is never easy and involves a massive bureaucracy and scores of political parties - from the most liberal to the most conservative and intolerant.
In election after election, Indonesians have never really given majority support to those parties who would seek to join conservative Islam with political power.
However, this year's poll in some ways harks back to 2004, a watershed year in Indonesian politics when the new government headed by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono - or "SBY" - allowed the religious dynamics in Indonesia to shape the political regime.
The new President took the remarkable step of empowering the "Ulama Council", which until then had been a largely sidelined Islamic organisation set up by Suharto.
The council was charged with deciding what should be solely government business, and what should be deemed religious affairs.
On the council, Islamic vigilante organisations such as the Islamic Defenders Front and other groups promoting sharia law were given equal standing with mainstream Islamic organisations like Muhammadiyah - which boasts millions of members across the country.
The council was quick to label any liberal policies that displeased them as "sipilis" - western ideas that undermine Indonesian society - a term purposely designed to sound like "syphilis".
On Wednesday, Indonesia goes to the polls debating exactly these issues: what is Islam, what is Islamic, what is Indonesian?
For the first time, the President, Vice President, and members of Parliament will be elected on the same day.
Sectarianism continues to play a part in politics, and Islamist groups once considered fringe players have now joined the mainstream. But this time, perhaps, the poll seems unlikely to descend into a piety contest.
As in 2014, incumbent Joko Widodo is running against retired General Prabowo Subianto, whose military background (his father-in-law was Suharto) and ties with hardline Islamist groups make him a popular choice in some parts of the country - especially in the west of Java, which alone contains around 17 percent of the country's voters.
Despite Subianto's claims to "Make Indonesia Great Again" Widodo looks set to hold power bolstered by a clever choice in running mate: 76-year old muslim cleric Ma'ruf Amin, who is the man behind a fatwa against Christian Jakarta mayor "Ahok" (who eventually had to step away from his campaign for re-election, and was later jailed for insulting the Quran).
Widodo - known universally as "Jokowi" - still faces major opposition among conservative Islamists, who see him as too liberal, too friendly to the west, and too chummy those who would exploit Indonesia and its people for financial gain.
He's the first Indonesian leader to come from outside the country's political and military elites, and has faced accusations he's a communist, and a traitor who has allowed "millions" of Chinese workers into the country. Almost every day he faces a new scandal on social media, claims that are later shown to be hoaxes designed to derail his campaign.
Despite his liberal platform, liberal supporters of Widodo have harshly criticised what they see as his pandering to the conservatives, harking back to SBY's empowerment of the Ulama Council, and the eroding of Indonesia's reputation as pluralist and tolerant.
Jokowi faces an electorate wanting to move forward, but who in many ways are attached to a conservative past where the Islamic faith had a vastly more idealistic influence over politics.
Despite this, it seems political Islam in Indonesia may be about to face its biggest defeat in some time, as both main candidates come from a nationalist perspective, not an Islamic one.
The hardline Islamic parties are losing voters to both of them.
Most Islamic parties are unlikely to pass the 4 percent threshold and will be out of Parliament.
Every Indonesian presidential election since 2004 has ended in a legal challenge of the result, and General Subianto has already signalled he will mount a court challenge if the results don't go his way.
His campaign paints a picture of Indonesia as a country where a corrupt elite have failed time and again to manage the economy and take care of the people.
A similar criticism has been hurled at every Indonesian president since independence, but Joko Widodo moved quickly in his first term, taking the controversial step of scrapping fuel subsidies to Indonesians, and using the resultant revenue to build roads, airports, and other public infrastructure.
Has it been enough? At a time when the world's largest Muslim-majority nation is being shaped by an increasingly populist zeitgeist, he has had to make some hard decisions. And while he has not constricted the rights of minority groups he has been accused of doing very little to defend them.
In enabling the Ulama Council more than a decade ago, President SBY was seeking stability in Indonesia at a time when the echoes of the Bali bombing had only just receded, and the country was still struggling with the fallout from the Suharto years. SBY shied away from real change, and in so doing sowed the seeds of Jokowi's initial victory in 2014.
Mr Widodo's reputation as a reformer goes before him, his challenge this week is to assure Indonesians he is not a prisoner of history. | 2019-04-23T23:17:45 | https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/387135/187-million-voters-prepare-for-indonesian-elections |
0.999999 | tl;dr - SkinForum's Lavender Botanical Fuse mask hydrated and calmed my dry, irritated skin during the cold winter season. Use the promo code "thejenproject15" at theskinforum.com to get 15% off any purchase*!
Got resolutions for 2018? I'm still poring over what my 2018 vision looks like, but daily sheet masking is definitely in there - it's the best way to keep my skin hydrated, and it just feels good. 20 minutes of "me" time is never a bad thing, right?
I love the convenience of being able to put fruits and herbs on my face instantly through a sheet mask (no washing or chopping needed) - reminds me of when my mom placed sliced cucumbers on my face when I was a kid after swim meets.
With the days getting colder and drier, I needed something to moisturize and soothe my dry, flaky, and somehow still acne-prone skin. Y'all know how it is when you've got combination skin. I'd also just gotten some raised dark spots lasered off at the dermatologist, which made my skin more sensitive and sore. So I immediately gravitated toward the lavender-scented variety of this sheet mask. It's touted as a "blanket for the skin" which sounded perfect to relieve my irritation! In addition to lavender, the mask contains chamomile, aloe, rosemary, and raspberry extracts for maximal relaxation.
After using the lavender sheet mask, my irritated skin felt calmer, and I finally had no flakiness or oiliness (a miracle during these winter months!). What's an even bigger miracle is that I didn't even apply moisturizer before going to bed, but the sheet mask appears to have moisturized it enough. Plus I loved the experience of wearing a tingly, fragrant mask - clearly, I loved it so much that I fell asleep in it. The only downside is the inclusion of castor oil, which is likely not an issue for normal skin types, but I was worried because I'm so acne-prone. Haven't gotten any zits yet, so I'm guessing the castor oil was only present in minute quantities.
And I don't know if it's because it's the holidays, but I definitely felt like I had a glow after trying this lavender mask - see my unfiltered during-and-after sheet mask selfies below.
I can't wait to indulge with the other masks in this line! I've got citrus, herb, charcoal, and oxygen bubble left to try - stay tuned on my Instagram where I'll post reviews of the others. You can use the promo code "thejenproject15" at theskinforum.com to try these masks (or any of their others!) for 15% off*.
Which sheet mask are you most excited to try in 2018?
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I can’t believe your sheet was still damp in the morning even after falling off, all of mine are usually dry/almost crunchy if they come off overnight. That’s good stuff! Also, your photos are stunning, thanks for sharing with us!
Oooh I am ALWAYS looking for a good face mask. Especially after having a baby this year my hormones made my face go crazy and also it just feels like such a little self care/treat yourself thing!
I've been looking for sheet mask in the last couple of months. I will have to check these out soon. I defiantly need to check out Charcoal and Citrus. | 2019-04-19T14:36:39 | http://www.thejenproject.com/2017/12/skincare-resolutions-skinforums.html |
0.999878 | How can I perform the query to have a result similar to this?
What you are doing is placing the columns t1, t2, t3 in a row with the same years they belong to.
How could I achieve that?
In both cases, the performance should be good since you only need to go through the table once.
You must add ORDER BY . | 2019-04-21T00:16:59 | https://ifelse.info/questions/334/sort-query-result-ordered-row |
0.999251 | What is an avc file and how do I open an avc file?
Files with the .avc extension are used by applications from the Kaspersky anti-virus software product line. These AVC files are classified as data files, and the Kaspersky anti-virus software uses the data stored in these AVC files as updates for its virus definitions, and these virus definitions are stored in the Kaspersky virus database. These .avc files are also called Kaspersky virus database files. The dbs001.avc, dbs002.avc and dbs003.avc files are examples of these AVC files. Users who already have the Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 software installed into their Microsoft Windows-based systems can configure the application to automatically download and use these AVC files to update the current virus definitions stored in its database with the most recent virus definitions from the developer. The Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 software is also integrated with support for these AVC files, and this program can be installed in computers running on Microsoft Windows systems. The virus definitions database of this software can also be updated by the content of an AVC file containing virus definitions recently released by Kaspersky Lab. | 2019-04-19T14:35:11 | https://www.openthefile.net/extension/avc |
0.99994 | A cube that is 3.0 cm on a side is made from a material with a density of 800 kg/m3. The cube floats in a fluid that has a density of 1200 kg/m3. How much of the height of the cube is underneath the surface of the water?
The cube will float if the magnitude of the buoyant force is equal to the magnitude of the weight of the displaced fluid.
Here, is the density of the material, is the density of the fluid, is the volume of the cube, is the acceleration due to gravity, is the height of the cube underneath the surface of water, and is the area. | 2019-04-20T10:35:20 | https://www.chegg.com/homework-help/cube-30-cm-side-made-material-density-800-kg-m3-cube-floats-chapter-13-problem-12mcp-solution-9780321902566-exc |
0.999998 | Most people recognize the pervasive impact of geospatial technology even if they are not familiar with the terms. Location sensors are prevalent in cars, phones and even inhalers. On a daily basis, constellations of satellites provide updated images of the natural and manmade events that fill Earth's surface. Government investments in geospatial data have become a major boon to our economy and our lives.
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How will the need for geospatial skills change when there's a search engine for the planet?
There is an explosion of readily accessible imagery and video for the globe that will soon be coming online, thanks to upstart micro satellite companies, new imaging platforms, and advances in mobile data collection from smartphones. This new flood of information will be enhanced by high-speed online platforms that integrate these inputs for faster visualization and greater insight. A key element of success for this flood of information lies in the syndication and cataloging for comparison.
A federal judge slapped down the FAA's fine for a drone operator, saying there was no law banning the commercial use of small drones. The judge's decision could open up the skies below 400 feet to farmers, photographers and entrepreneurs who have been battling the FAA over the use of the unmanned aerial vehicles. NTSB Administrative Law Judge Patrick Geraghty ruled that the policy notices the FAA issued as a basis for the ban weren't enforceable because they hadn't been written as part of a formal rulemaking process.
News about funding in the location-based gaming market is often accompanied by dollar signs signifying large numbers like $550,000, $5 million, or sometimes much more. That's because location-based games are red hot — and some companies are learning that location-based technology can be used for more than dating apps.
I often consult to investment firms looking for insights into the smart grid space. I recently spent time with a hedge fund trying to decide whether and when to put money into the solar industry. I told them that solar + storage would soon enable certain customers in certain areas to divorce their utilities and become self-sufficient.
Three years ago the Open Source Geospatial Foundation and the International Cartographic Association became partners and launched the ICA-OSGeo Labs Initiative. The network of labs focuses on education and research with free and open source geospatial technology. Directions Magazine interviewed Helena Mitasova, associate professor in the Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences at North Carolina State University, to get an update on the initiative.
The Air Force is slowing GPS modernization and dropping part of the funding for dual launch of satellites, said defense officials describing the President's Fiscal Year 2015 budget. Air Force Undersecretary Eric Fanning said the Air Force would continue to "honor our investments and obligations" regarding the Global Positioning System but would "reprofile" the GPS III program so that it meets constellation sustainment demands.
A Federal Register Notice has been published allowing for a 30-day comment period on the proposed CNAV message on L2C and L5. The notice seeks comment from the public and industry regarding plans by the U.S. Air Force to broadcast pre-operational L2C and L5 civil navigation messages from certain GPS satellites beginning in April.
The Bipartisan Policy Center has published a new report titled "Cybersecurity and the North American Electric Grid: New Policy Approaches to Address an Evolving Threat." Its authors include a former director of both the CIA and the NSA, the former chairman of FERC and other notables. Among other things, it identifies best practices for sharing classified information — something many security experts believe is essential if the electric power industry hopes to avoid a devastating cyber attack.
The White House has issued an RFI on the topic of Big Data. Details are as follows — On January 17, 2014, President Obama called for senior government officials to lead a comprehensive review of the ways in which "big data" will affect how Americans live and work, and the implications of collecting, analyzing and using such data for privacy, the economy and public policy. The President requested that the review examine challenges confronted by both the public and private sectors.
DigitalGlobe is enlisting the crowd to scan and tag images of more than 1,200 square miles of ocean for any visible evidence that could help locate the Malaysia Airlines 777 aircraft that went missing. The Longmont, Colo.-based earth-imagery company deployed its FirstLook service on Sunday, directing two of its five satellites to snap photos of the area in the Gulf of Thailand, where investigators suspected the plane may have crashed, and then activated its crowdsourcing platform, Tomnod. | 2019-04-21T12:25:47 | http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/gita/GITA031114.php |
0.999931 | There's no company in the world quite like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). The tech giant regularly stretches its tentacles into new industries and seems to defy categorization. Its popularity is undeniable, and its stock price is correspondingly sky high. Are any of Amazon's rivals worth considering instead?
Amazon is best known as an online retailer, generating most of its revenue from e-commerce sales, but Amazon also has other significant businesses, including cloud computing, video streaming, e-book readers and tablets, book publishing, Alexa voice-activated technology and related devices, and advertising. While the bulk of its revenue comes from e-commerce, its cloud-computing division, known as Amazon Web Services (AWS), actually makes up more than half of its operating profit. Cloud computing is a much more profitable business than the e-commerce industry Amazon has come to represent.
E-commerce is the online buying and selling of goods, usually on a marketplace or platform like the one Amazon owns. Amazon dominates U.S. e-commerce, largely thanks to its aggressive expansion, its reputation for excellent customer service, the Amazon Prime loyalty program, and the culture of invention and experimentation fostered by CEO Jeff Bezos.
The behemoth claims nearly half of the market. Amazon is expected to control 49.1% of U.S. e-commerce sales in 2018, up 43.5% from the prior year, according to eMarketer. Its strong position has been fortified by Amazon's Whole Foods acquisition and rapid growth of the company's third-party marketplace. Its e-commerce market share dwarfs that of its closest competitor, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), at 6.6%, while Apple and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) follow at 3.9% and 3.7%, respectively. E-commerce as an industry continues to take share from brick-and-mortar retail, with online sales in the U.S. growing about 15% per year since the recession, while overall retail growth, which includes e-commerce, has averaged just 4.3%.
Amazon's e-commerce strength lies in its first-mover advantage in the naturally growing e-commerce world. It opened hundreds of fulfillment centers to support its free two-day shipping promise for U.S. Prime members, and it's on track to bring in more than $200 billion in revenue this year.
The company's strength in e-commerce has allowed it to support its other businesses, like Amazon Web Services (AWS), which emerged from the company's in-house project to manage its online retail business. Amazon embraced cloud computing early, essentially as a way of managing computing needs like software and storage from an off-site source, and AWS is now a major provider of such services for a vast array of companies, helping Netflix facilitate its video streaming and Airbnb easily scale its home-sharing marketplace. According to Amazon, AWS presents customers with a "broad set of global compute, storage, database, and other service offerings."
Amazon has also developed video and music streaming, which are free for Prime members, to entice more members to its loyalty program since Prime itself is an incentive to order more products from Amazon. Gadgets like its Fire tablet and the Alexa-powered Echo devices make ordering products on Amazon easier, and the draw of its website has enabled it to add on high-margin businesses like its third-party marketplace, where other vendors also sell on Amazon.com, fulfillment by Amazon, and a burgeoning advertising business.
Unsurprisingly, Amazon's size, reach, and penchant for experimentation has put it in competition with an incredibly long list of companies, big and small, across a variety of sectors. As Amazon enters and disrupts more industries, new competitors will join the ranks of its largest rivals.
Which companies are Amazon's biggest competitors?
Below, we'll examine each of the industries from which Amazon draws competitors and its closest rivals in each sector.
Amazon competes with most U.S. retailers, to some degree, because it sells everything under the sun. Although Amazon is primarily an online retailer, it competes directly with physical stores, most of which also sell their products online. Sales on Amazon.com take away from retailers' total sales, comprised of online purchases and purchases in physical, or brick-and-mortar, stores.
No company competes more intensely with Amazon than Walmart. Walmart was Amazon before Amazon existed. The superstore giant boasts massive economies of scale, a wide selection, and bottom-of-the-barrel prices, just like Amazon. Both companies are known for being near-monopolies. Walmart still generates significantly more retail sales, but Amazon has stolen its reputation as the leader in wide selection, low prices, and convenience. Walmart's growth even ground to a halt when revenue fell in fiscal 2016 for the first time in at least 35 years.
As a result, the brick-and-mortar giant has been forced to play catch-up, and it has made many strategic changes under CEO Doug McMillon.
It has stopped opening new stores in the U.S., instead investing the capital into improvements at existing stores, like higher wages and better training, making sure items don't go out of stock, and cleaning up stores to make them more presentable and shopper-friendly.
Walmart has also staked its future on omnichannel capabilities, the combination of online and offline assets to serve customers by doing things like adding thousands of grocery pickup stations and several hundred Pickup Towers, which are stations inside stores that dispense online orders.
Walmart has also made grocery delivery available from nearly 1,000 stores, and it offers free two-day shipping on orders with a $35 minimum with no membership fee, marketed as an alternative to Amazon Prime. Following its acquisition of Whole Foods, Amazon has become much more of a direct competitor with Walmart in groceries as Amazon also offers free delivery to Prime members in some areas from Whole Foods and gives in-store discounts to Prime members. It's planning to expand Whole Foods and its own delivery capabilities.
Finally, the retailer has gone on a shopping spree for e-commerce companies. It first acquired Jet.com in 2016, bringing in founder Marc Lore to run its domestic e-commerce operations, and since then, it's focused on picking up digital-first clothing brands like Bonobos, Moosejaw, Modcloth, and Shoebuy.
As a result of those moves, Walmart's U.S e-commerce growth has surged and is on track to deliver a sales increase of at least 40% for the second straight year. Comparable sales have seen solid growth as well, a sign that its strategy is paying off. Walmart is also set to top Amazon as the nation's largest online grocery seller.
Meanwhile, Walmart set itself up for a showdown with Amazon in India after acquiring a majority stake in Flipkart, the leading online retailer in the sub-continent. Amazon is close behind in the fast-growing market, and the two are expected to compete closely as the Indian economy develops.
With Amazon at the verge of becoming the second-biggest retailer in the U.S., behind Walmart, and the two facing off in India, it's clear that Walmart has become Amazon's biggest competitor as no other company has more to lose from the e-commerce giant's ascent.
However, Walmart is far from the only brick-and-mortar retailer battling Amazon. Costco, another one of the biggest domestic retailers, has also sought ways to fend off Amazon's retail rout.
Costco and Amazon are often seen as parallels because both have membership programs central to their businesses. Amazon Prime, which offers free two-day shipping on millions of items, among other benefits, costs $119 a year, and it has been perhaps the biggest driver of Amazon's monster growth over the last decade.
Similarly, Costco stores are only accessible to members who pay a $60 annual fee for access to its bargain-priced bulk goods. Costco sells its merchandise close to the price it pays suppliers for the goods, and it makes the majority of its profit from membership fees. Because of the membership fees, both companies tend to attract higher-income consumers, and since Costco's stores are primarily located on the coasts, they tend to compete more directly with Amazon than Walmart stores do, which are more concentrated in the southern and rural parts of the country.
Though Costco has performed better than most retailers in the face of the Amazon threat, the wholesaler has been forced to adapt. In October 2017, the company launched free two-day delivery for around 500 non-perishable stock-keeping units (SKUs) with a $75 order minimum, and it also partnered with Instacart to offer same-day delivery on groceries with an order minimum of $35.
Costco recently began reporting e-commerce sales and has delivered strong results, with e-commerce sales up 32% in fiscal 2018. Though its stores continue to attract high customer traffic, the warehouse operator may have to make further changes to stave off the threat as Amazon and other e-commerce operators like Boxed continue to innovate and e-commerce continues to get easier and more convenient.
Finally, Target is Amazon's last significant brick-and-mortar competitor. Like Walmart, Amazon, and Costco, Target sells a wide range of products including groceries, apparel, home goods, and electronics, and like the other two physical retailers, Target has been busy making moves to defend its market share.
A year ago, Target acquired Shipt, an Instacart competitor, which has helped the big-box chain bring same-day delivery to more than 1,400 Target stores, about two thirds of its total. Recognizing that fast, free shipping is now table stakes in e-commerce, Target upped the ante this holiday season, offering free shipping with no membership fee or order minimum on hundreds of thousands of items, a move that prompted Amazon to get rid of its $25 order minimum for free shipping for the holiday season, though the e-commerce king did not promise two-day shipping.
Target is investing in remodeling stores and expanding small-format stores in areas like underserved urban neighborhoods and college towns, where its model is a good fit. Target's investments and e-commerce efforts have paid off so far, as the company delivered its best in-store traffic growth in more than a decade, and e-commerce sales are surging, up 49% in the third quarter of 2018.
Amazon has grown so large that its biggest retail rivals are brick-and-mortar store chains, but the company is also challenged by smaller Internet-based companies like eBay and Etsy.
Despite its tepid growth in recent years, eBay is still the second-biggest online retailer in the U.S., and it's arguably Amazon's oldest competitor. In its early days, the online shopping and auction site mostly kept pace with Amazon's sales growth, as illustrated by the chart below.
However, over the last decade, online shopping has moved away from eBay's core strength as an auction business and toward mass-market retailers better equipped to serve shoppers' everyday needs. A number of factors have played a role in this shift, including increasing competition and the changing way consumers use the internet. Many seem to have simply lost patience with online shopping, and the gamesmanship of the eBay auction is no longer novel. The company itself started downplaying the auction element in 2008, but today, eBay still claims a significant share of online sales, racking up $94.3 billion in gross merchandise volume over the last four quarters.
More so than any other company, eBay competes directly with Amazon for third-party sellers to join the marketplace platform. By gross merchandise volume, eBay has the second-biggest online marketplace in the U.S. with 25 million sellers on its platform, significantly more than Amazon's estimated 2 million sellers. It's much easier to set up a sales account on eBay, and eBay has centered its strategy on making the platform easier for sellers so it can drive the kind of third-party sales growth Amazon has. Amazon's marketplace has been one of its most valuable growth engines as revenue increased 31% in the third quarter of 2018 to $10.4 billion. That growth was much faster than the 10% rate it saw from its online stores, or what it calls direct sales. Since marketplace revenue is more profitable, the category is an important one to Amazon, and eBay remains its closest competitor in the area.
Online crafts seller Etsy is significantly smaller than Amazon, with revenue of just $540 million over the last four quarters, but the company deserves a mention because it has survived -- and even thrived -- following a direct challenge from Amazon, which launched copycat Amazon Handmade in October 2015. With the help of new CEO Josh Silverman, the artisan-focused online retailer made a number of changes to beat back the Amazon threat.
Etsy stepped up its efforts to help merchants deliver fast, free shipping, especially during the holidays, when it's crucial for gifts to arrive by Christmas. Etsy charges its sellers much lower fees than Amazon, and it has added tools to improve the ease of selling on the site, allowing vendors to collect funds at the time of sale rather than when the product ships (the way Amazon does). Etsy's regulations on sellers are also less onerous as it allows them link to outside websites and collect email addresses for newsletters, as opposed to Amazon, which forbids such tools.
As a result of those initiatives, Etsy sales have accelerated this year, and the stock has nearly tripled. Its success offers a blueprint for other online marketplaces battling Amazon's encroachment.
While e-commerce has been Amazon's biggest business since its inception, cloud computing now makes up a majority of the company's profits and is a key growth driver. The emergence of Amazon Web Services (AWS) is another reason for Amazon's stock jump of more than 400% over the last four years. Revenue from the AWS segment was up 48% through the first three quarters of 2018, to $18.2 billion.
In the tech arena, Amazon's biggest rival is Alphabet, and the two tech giants are battling on multiple fronts. In 2014, Google's former executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, called Amazon his company's biggest competitor, saying, "Many people think our main competition is Bing or Yahoo. But, really, our biggest search competitor is Amazon."
It's easy to see why. The most valuable searches on Google, Alphabet's e-commerce and search engine subsidiary, are for products because those searches are usually made by consumers ready to spend money. Naturally, these searches command high advertising rates. However, more people searching for products are starting their quests directly on Amazon instead of using a search engine like Google. Amazon's challenge to Google has only increased as it's grown and made its own push into advertising.
Much in the way Google sells ads, Amazon has begun placing sponsored listings on its product search pages, encouraging businesses to pay to position their merchandise more prominently on Amazon.com. Amazon has sold digital advertising space for a number of years, but only recently has it ramped up its efforts, capitalizing on the vast data its has on consumers' shopping habits and preferences. Since Amazon.com is often the first site online shoppers go to when they want to buy something, space is very valuable.
Amazon is now the third-biggest digital advertiser behind Google and Facebook, and its ad business is growing fast. Revenue from Amazon's "other" segment, which is primarily made up of ad sales, jumped 122% in the third quarter of 2018 to $2.5 billion.
Alphabet has sought to push back on Amazon's incursion on its search dominance by launching its own delivery service, Google Express, and partnering with Amazon's brick-and-mortar rivals. Though Google Express signed up retailers including Walmart, Costco, and Target and seemed to have real potential, the service has largely fallen flat. Google Express introduced its shopping service in 2013, and it has gotten tripped in multiple ways since then. It initially offered perishable grocery delivery but suspended it in 2014; it closed its delivery hubs in 2015 and ditched its subscription model in 2017, along the way losing much of its talent and momentum to rivals like Uber.
Meanwhile, retailers have invested in their own logistics and e-commerce infrastructure as Google had little to provide in the way of hard assets other than technology and temporary labor.
Amazon and Alphabet have also been butting heads on voice technology. Amazon Echo and Google Home are the two leading smart speakers intended for use in the home. Amazon had 41% share of the global smart-speaker market, compared to 28% for Google, as of the second quarter of 2018. Considering the potential for smart speakers and voice-activated technology, this battle between Amazon and Alphabet is only just beginning. Market research firm Grandview Research estimates that the global speech and voice recognition market will reach $32 billion by 2025.
Like many other big tech companies, Amazon and Alphabet are also facing off in cloud computing. AWS is widely considered the leader in the fast-growing industry, on track to bring in $25 billion in revenue this year. AWS is the preferred choice among businesses, according to cloud management company RightScale, with 68% of responding businesses saying they use AWS applications. Microsoft Azure came in second at 59%, followed by Google Cloud at 19%, though 41% of respondents said they were experimenting with Google Cloud apps or planning to use them. Alphabet doesn't break out cloud sales, but Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in February 2018 that it had achieved a $4 billion revenue rate, which has likely increased since then. In its 2017 annual report, Alphabet identified Google Cloud as the biggest driver of growth in "other revenue," which rose 42% from $10.1 billion in 2016 to $14.3 billion last year.
Amazon and Alphabet have similar market caps and revenue growth rates. However, Alphabet has the distinct advantage when it comes to profit, with more than double the net income of Amazon over the last four quarters -- $18.8 billion compared to $8.9 billion for Amazon. That should give Alphabet an advantage as it seeks to narrow the gap with Amazon in cloud computing and voice technology, and defend its search advertising dominance. Alphabet spent $16.6 billion on research and development in 2017 (Amazon doesn't report R&D expenses). If Alphabet is spending more than Amazon on R&D, that's an advantage the Google parent can use as it battles Amazon on multiple fronts.
When it comes to cloud-computing competition, Amazon's closest competitor is generally considered to be Microsoft, which has a cloud service called Azure that competes directly with AWS. In total cloud revenue, Microsoft is actually ahead of Amazon as its commercial cloud segment, which is made up of Office 365 commercial, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and other cloud properties, grew revenue by 56% to $23.2 billion in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30. Microsoft doesn't break out specific revenue for Azure, which offers similar infrastructure-as-a-service capabilities as AWS, but Azure revenue jumped 91% last fiscal year.
Microsoft is the preferred provider of cloud computing for companies that compete with Amazon but still have cloud-computing needs. They don't want to fund the competition, so instead they opt to support alternatives like Azure and Google Cloud. Walmart teamed up with Microsoft on cloud technology, artificial intelligence, and machine-learning initiatives, and it has also told some of its tech suppliers to get off of AWS, saying it doesn't want sensitive data on a competitor's platform.
Amazon's ability to dominate unrelated industries has actually exposed a vulnerability as it encourages unrelated companies to team up against it. In the same vein, Alphabet partnered with several retailers through Google Express, though that project had limited success. However, in the case of Microsoft, whose domain is squarely in the enterprise IT arena, retailers and other potential Amazon competitors prefer its cloud infrastructure over AWS. Microsoft is not at all a competitor, while Amazon is their biggest threat.
What other businesses does Amazon have?
While e-commerce and cloud computing are Amazon's two primary business segments, the company has a number of other ancillary businesses, and it faces competition in those areas, too. Most prominent is video streaming, where Amazon offers both original and licensed programming for free to Prime members, or a la carte to others. Describing Amazon's unique model, CEO Jeff Bezos said, "When we win a Golden Globe, it helps us sell more shoes."
Prime Video's aggressive expansion has brought it into direct competition with Netflix, the global leader in video streaming. Netflix and Amazon compete for exclusive content, both original and licensed programming, driving up prices companies must pay for in-demand shows and movies. For instance, Amazon outbid Netflix for Transparent, which won a number of Emmy awards, and the two are competing fiercely in India, a fast-growing market of more than 1 billion consumers. However, they have taken different pricing strategies as Amazon has significantly lowered its fee for Prime to encourage people to join the service and take advantage of free two-day delivery, while Netflix's prices more closely resemble what it charges elsewhere in the world.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has consistently downplayed the threat from competitors like Amazon, emphasizing the vastness of the market, saying that plenty of growth remains. But as the streaming field gets more crowded with the upcoming entry of Disney and AT&T, which now owns Time Warner, the battle between Amazon and Netflix may grow more intense, especially in places like India. Notably, Netflix uses AWS to support its streaming services, indicating it doesn't see Amazon as a threat like Walmart does. Netflix uses AWS for data storage and to "quickly deploy thousands of servers and terabytes of storage within minutes," according to AWS. It would be costly for Netflix to develop its own cloud infrastructure to fulfill that purpose, not to mention be a poor use of the company's efforts and resources.
Amazon is now taking on logistics and delivery, posing a direct threat to both UPS and FedEx. Though Amazon is one of the biggest customers for those delivery services, Amazon has taken several steps to start taking delivery into its own hands.
Amazon has leased at least 32 cargo jets from Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, rebranding them Amazon Air. The company owns 300 semi-trucks and thousands of trailers, and it has also gotten creative with last-mile delivery by hiring drivers under its Amazon Flex program, where drivers use their own cars, and Delivery Service Partners, who drive Prime-branded vans. Amazon has experimented with drone delivery, which has the potential to upend traditional package delivery and broader e-commerce if it goes mainstream (it's still pending regulatory approval by the Federal Aviation Administration). The issue is caught in red tape at the moment, but some Amazon executives are hopeful that drone delivery could get off the ground in some capacity this year. It's unclear how much of a threat drone delivery would be to traditional package deliveries, but Amazon would likely use drones for light packages over short distances, supporting its same-day Prime Now delivery service, meaning it would not disrupt long-haul parcel transportation.
So far, Amazon's delivery and logistics business is small, and the company remains highly dependent on services like UPS, FedEx, and the U.S. Postal Service, but in its latest annual report, the company included logistics companies on its list of competitors, a sign of investment to come. Given Amazon's track record as a disruptor, FedEx and UPS may want to consider themselves warned.
Amazon has developed many competitors as it stretches across a growing number of industries, and this long list will grow in coming years as the company expands into new frontiers.
Its acquisition of Whole Foods brought it into direct competition with supermarket chains like Kroger. Potential expansion of Amazon Go, its cashier-free convenience store, could grow to as many as 3,000 locations and would threaten convenience-store chains like 7-11 as well as fast-food restaurants and even potentially businesses like Starbucks.
However, Amazon's next big frontier -- and the industry where it's likely to encounter a whole new wave of competitors -- appears to be healthcare. The company partnered with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase at the beginning of 2018 in a venture to launch a non-profit healthcare company with a mission of slowing the fast-growing costs of health insurance and healthcare that those financial companies cover for their employees. That venture should eventually bring Amazon into competition with a whole range of health-insurance providers and, likely, other players in the healthcare industry.
Amazon took another step into the $3 trillion healthcare industry with its June 2018 acquisition of online pharmacy Pillpack for $1 billion, putting it in direct competition with both traditional pharmacy chains like Walgreen Boots Alliance and CVS as well as new prescription companies like ExpressScripts. Considering Amazon's strength in e-commerce, Pillpack looks like a good starting point as it searches for a beachhead in healthcare. Amazon is also selling more and more medical supplies through Amazon Business, and it's hopeful that Alexa can play a role in healthcare. For now, that may just mean reminding you to take your pills, but there are ample opportunities down the road for voice technology in the healthcare space.
Considering the enormous size of the healthcare industry and the high level of consumer dissatisfaction with it, the sector seems particularly ripe for Amazon's unique approach to industry disruption. The company has kept customer focus at the heart of its mission since its nascence, and customer satisfaction has been a hallmark of its brand throughout its history. Amazon's invasion may not happen overnight, but healthcare companies should expect to eventually find themselves among Amazon's biggest competitors.
John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market, an Amazon subsidiary, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Suzanne Frey, an executive at Alphabet, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Teresa Kersten, an employee of LinkedIn, a Microsoft subsidiary, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Jeremy Bowman owns shares of Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, Starbucks, and Walt Disney. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Alphabet (A and C shares), Amazon, Apple, Berkshire Hathaway (B shares), Etsy, Facebook, FedEx, Netflix, Starbucks, and Walt Disney. The Motley Fool owns shares of Microsoft and has the following options: long January 2020 $150 calls on Apple and short January 2020 $155 calls on Apple. The Motley Fool recommends Costco Wholesale, CVS Health, and eBay. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. | 2019-04-19T07:31:21 | https://fool.whotrades.com/blog/43583042098 |
0.998036 | What are the problems with the promotion of non-woven shopping bags?
Non-woven shopping bags have good environmental performance. Because they have been promoted, what problems are they facing in the process of promotion?
The price competition between each other has affected the use of environmental protection bags.
Second, the cost of non-woven shopping bags is higher than that of plastic bags. Many stores only provide disposable plastic bags for cost savings.
Third, there are still some people who are not strong enough in environmental protection. They do not pay enough attention to environmental protection measures in their lives, and they do not realize the environmental value that a small non-woven shopping bag can bring.
Therefore, in the promotion process of non-woven shopping bags, these problems need to be constantly overcome. | 2019-04-19T20:13:40 | http://www.zedsound.com/English/html/624053308.html |
0.999995 | Does AAC use bit reservoir, like MP3 does?
Possibly related to previous question: which encoding mode yields (in theory at least) higher audio quality (regardless of file size): CVBR (Apple encoder) at 320 or TVBR Q127?
Does AAC retain more of the high frequency content of the input file than some other codecs, like Vorbis or MP3?
No encoder is perfect, so your question doesn't make sense. Are you asking about the theoretical ideal (using some magically perfect encoder) or are you asking about real encoders?
Content retention depends on the encoder, not the format.
I never said any encoder was perfect. I just asked which of the two specific encoder settings (using Apple's AAC encoder) I mentioned yielded higher quality output (and what would be the theoretical reasons for that).
OK, maybe I should rephrase my question: does Apple or Nero AAC encoder (either one of them) retain more high frequency content than, say, AoTuV Vorbis encoder (at comparable bitrates/target quality levels)?
They'll all be pretty similar most likely, although I think Vorbis at least lets you choose the lowpass cutoff frequency. FWIW though, this really shouldn't matter unless you are doing something very strange.
CVBR will mostly leave you with higher bitrate and bigger files than TVBR. But i can't remember which mode gave had a higher max bitrate. 256 CVBR should be really enough, but if you have the space and really want to use. 256 CVBR < 320 kbps CBR < 320 kbps TVBR < 320 kbps CVBR.
Vorbis can save frequencies up to 192 kHz. AAC up to 96 kHz but there are no encoders for that. So if you have 96 kHz files and want to preserve the high frequencies Vorbis is the way to go. It's the only lossy codec i know that can do this. Your files will get a little bit bigger than the 44 kHz version of course. | 2019-04-21T10:42:53 | https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?amp;topic=111053.0 |
0.997499 | I read this article and wanted to share it with you: How to Teach Children to do Original Research https://blog.sonlight.com/would-you-google-watergate-or-how-to-teach-enterprise-thinking.html.
Do your students trust the Internet? A little too much perhaps?
The famous Watergate journalist Bob Woodward recently criticized a class of elite journalism students at Yale. Their failure? He says they show "a heart-stopping over-confidence in the quality of the information on the Internet."
Woodward—who helped break the Watergate scandal—recently read the students' responses to the question "how would you cover the Watergate scandal if it unfolded today."
Apparently, the journalism students imagined they'd find the details of the scandal on the internet. In Woodward's words, they thought "that somehow the Internet was a magic lantern that lit up all events."
If you're interested, you can read all about this in The Wall Street Journal article "Before Watergate Could Be Googled." The article certainly got me thinking.
I remember Watergate. It took serious enterprise journalism to discover the facts and bring a private scandal into the open. Do students of today realize that? I wonder if students in the Internet/Information Overload Age really grasp that someone must do original research in order for new information to appear online.
Every field—journalism, the natural sciences, the humanities—requires some kind of original work. You can't report on a scandal if no one talks to the people involved. You can't study new data on the natural behavior of chimpanzees if no one goes out into the jungle and takes notes. You can't study contemporary literature if no one has written anything new.
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein practiced enterprise journalism; they hit the streets to find new, unpublished information. But I imagine your children aren't journalists. They're students (for now, at least). So what might be the equivalent exercise for them? Maybe we could call it "enterprise thinking," the ability to think for oneself.
How do we help kids learn to think for themselves?
I wonder if a good starting point is to teach kids to read with a critical eye. If we want them to really understand a complex topic, they'll need to read more than just a textbook passage, a Wikipedia article, or a few Facebook posts. They should read entire books and articles; they should consider different views and really dive into the topic.
I certainly hope to foster this type of study and critical thinking with Sonlight Curriculum. Sonlight students spend time reading and analyzing newspaper articles from Core F on up. Sonlight also uses "real" books to present complex issues and help students research various topics. When studying the American Civil War, for example, students read firsthand accounts, biographies, historical fiction and more.
My hope is that as students consider different viewpoints they learn not to take one person's answer (or one internet search) as the whole unbiased truth. I hope they learn to think critically and come to their own well-reasoned conclusions (under the authority of Scripture and with parental guidance, of course).
I wonder—if we can help our students learn that, will they be more prepared to dive in and tackle the challenges of original research and original thought when their time comes?
What do you think? How can we seek to raise up children who critically evaluate and engage their world? | 2019-04-18T15:27:09 | https://blog.sonlight.com/would-you-google-watergate-or-how-to-teach-enterprise-thinking.html |
0.999999 | The township of Rio Rancho has hitherto not had its own emergency facilities. It has secured funds to erect two emergency facilities in 1986, each of which will combine ambulance, fire, and police services. Figure 1 indicates the demand [figure omitted], or number of emergencies per square block, for 1985. The "L" region in the north is an obstacle, while the rectangle in the south is a part with shallow pond. It takes an emergency vehicle an average of 15 seconds to go one block in the N-S direction and 20 seconds in the E-W direction. Your task is to locate the two facilities so as to minimize the total response time.
Assume that the demand is concentrated at the center of the block and that the facilities will be located on corners.
Assume that the demand is uniformly distributed on the streets bordering each block and that the facilities may be located anywhere on the streets. | 2019-04-25T22:06:46 | http://math.tongji.edu.cn/model/mcm1986B.html |
0.999278 | Relocating to back to Brisbane. Looking to move late May/early June, flexible to suit the right place/people. Jackie works full time in sales, but is an industrial designer and is looking to move back into design once were settled in Brisbane. I have my own business + I work part time whilst my business is getting off the ground. Jackie is from Brazil and we are both keen travellers. I would consider us quite social and would like to live with other(s) who are the same (understand personal space and down time as well). Often go away camping (you'd be welcome to join) but also enjoy our time in the city with our friends. We are not the type to keep you up all night partying but will have friends over from time to time. A clean and respectful couple that values others privacy and are looking for somebody who is the same. (Ideally) Looking for a place in inner north area as Jackie will be working in Windsor and does not drive. A lock up garage is essential as I need a place for my tools (undercover parking is not suitable). Own bathroom/ensuite is preferred but flexible. Starting a new sharehouse is our preference but happy to jump into a pre existing one as well if it fits.
I’m looking to join a house or connect with a few new faces, after experiencing a share house that wasn't the right fit. I usually like to keep myself busy with creative projects, outdoor adventuring and growing my plant babies. In saying that I also enjoy relaxing with a nice book, and cooking up delicious treats. Looking for like-minded, tidy and respectful housemates who might also be up for grabbing dinner together or being social when it suits.
WALKING DISTANCE TO SHOPS & QUT! Set on a quiet street on an ideal location in Kelvin Grove – walking distance to all amenities including shops, take-away and QUT Kelvin Grove. This property has 3 large bedrooms with air-conditioned lounge and shared kitchen that offers comfortable long-term living for residents. The rooms and common areas are fully furnished and fully equipped with cutleries, crockery and cooking utensils. Internet is provided on behalf of the owner. QUT KG is just at a comfortable walking distance away and Brisbane city is located 5min away by bus.. Bedrooms: 3 Bedrooms Bathrooms: 1 Bathroom Rooms Room 3 - $165 P/W - Avail 3/07/2019 Room Includes: • Fully furnished • Double bed • Desk • Chair • Built-in wardrobe Common Area: • Kitchen • Modern Lounge • Dining Area • Laundry and Toilet/Bathroom Rent Includes • Electricity • Furniture • Gardening • Gas • Water Professional monthly room cleaning • Provision of a linen pack (bed sheets x 2 & pillow cases x 2); • Replacement of the linen pack once a month (this is a collection and delivery service only and will not include making of the beds) Education Facilities Close by: • QUT (Kelvin Grove) (Victoria Park Rd) 900m; • JCU (349 Queen Street) 3.2 kms; • Sarina Russo (82 Ann Street) 3.0 kms; • Griffith University (South Bank) (Russell Street) 4.1kms; • QUT Gardens Point (2 George Street) 3.7 kms; • Shafston College (Shafston Avenue) 4.2kms, • Royal Brisbane Hospital 1.8kms Shopping Close by: • Kelvin Grove Urban Village (Nando’s, Pizza Capers, Subway, • Woolworths Supermarket • Gym, Restaurants) – 660m • KFC – 0.14km • Thai Restaurant – 0.12km • Red Rooster – 0.31km, Post Office – 0.24km Public Transport: (Zones Travelled In: 1-2) • Closest Bus Stop Bus Route - To City – Approximately 5 minutes - Routes 345, 359, 390, 372; • Bus Route – From City – Approximately 5 minutes - Routes 325, 345, 373.
Two separate Level house with fully furnished rooming accommodation. Value for Money and easy access to QUT Kelvin Grove Campus. Each level have 6 individual bedrooms, fully equipped kitchen & 2 bathrooms/toilet for share. Internet available, courteous of the owner Convenience public transport access to City & QUT Kelvin Grove Campus. Bedrooms: 6 Bedrooms Bathrooms: 2 Bathrooms Rooms Available: Room 1 Dwn - $170 per week - Available 8/07/2019 Room 3 Up - $170 per week - Available 27/04/2019 Room 4 Down - $165 per week - Available NOW Room 4 Up - $165 per week - Available 8/07/2019 Room 5 Up - $165 per week - Available NOW Room 5 Down - $170 per week - Available 28/06/2019 Room 6 Up - $170 per week - Available 4/07/2019 Common Areas: - Large open plan kitchen - Spacious lounge & dinning area - Coin Operated Washing Machine provided - Carpeted floors in side the room, Timber / Tiles in Common Area Your Room Includes: - Fully furnished with Bed - Wardrobe - Desk - Chair - Lamp Rent Includes: - Electricity - Furniture - Gardening - Gas - Professional Cleaning of Common Areas (Twice a month) - Water We also offer the below service for these rooms: Professional monthly room cleaning Provision of a linen pack (bed sheets x 2; pillow cases x 2); Replacement of the linen pack once a month (this is a collection and delivery service only and will not include making of the beds) Professional laundry services to wash the linen pack; Education Facilities Close by: - QUT (Kelvin Grove) (Victoria Park Rd) 1.2 kms; - JCU (349 Queen Street) 4.3 kms; - Sarina Russo (82 Ann Street) 4.5 kms; - Griffith University (South Bank) (Russell Street) 5 kms; - QUT Gardens Point (2 George Street) 4.9 kms; - Shafston College (Shafston Avenue) 5.3 kms Shopping Close by: - ALDI supermarket is only 4 minutes walking distance. - Woolworths Supermarket Kelvin Grove Village Approximately 1.7kms away Cafes, Australia Post, Banks, Health Food Store, etc. Public Transport: (Zones Travelled In: 1-2) - Closest Bus Stop Approximately 440 metres on Windsor Road; - Bus Route 345 -Other bus routes to and from the City from Kelvin Grove Road Approximately 10 to 15 minutes - Routes, 390, 361, 364.
BEST VALUE EVER for modern AIR-CONDITIONING ROOM!!! These 3 units are fully equipped with modern kitchen facilities and lockable cupboards. Fully furnished lounge and bedrooms with internet available to the tenant, courteous of the owner. Ideally for students studying in the City, QUT Kelvin Grove and it is also very near to the Royal Brisbane Hospital. Each unit has: Bedrooms: 7 Bedrooms Bathrooms: 4 Bathrooms (2 Ensuites; 2 Common Bathrooms, extra toilet) Living Area; Kitchen Area Common Areas Rooms Available: UNIT 1: Room 2: $190 per week - AVAILABLE 10/06/2019 - AIRCON Room 3: $185 per week - AVAILABLE 8/06/2019 - AIRCON Room 6: $180 per week - AVAILABLE 4/07/2019 - AIRCON Room 7: $180 per week - AVAILABLE 5/07/2019 - AIRCON UNIT 2: Room 7: $190 per week - AVAILABLE 24/06/2019 - AIRCON UNIT 3: Room 1: $200 per week - AVAILABLE 27/04/2019 - AIRCON Room 2: $210 per week - AVAILABLE 9/07/2019 - AIRCON Room 3: $190 per week - AVAILABLE 5/07/2019 - AIRCON Room 5: $190 per week - AVAILABLE 20/07/2019 - AIRCON Room 6: $190 per week - AVAILABLE 20/07/2019 - AIRCON Room 7: $180 per week - AVAILABLE 22/05/2019 - AIRCON Common Areas: Large open plan kitchen, Spacious lounge & dinning area, Laundry, carpeted floors throughout the property, outdoor area. Your Room Includes: Fully furnished with Bed, Desk, Chair, and Hard Wired Smoke Detector. Re Common Areas: Large open plan kitchen, Spacious lounge; dinning area, Laundry, carpeted floors throughout the property, outdoor area. Your Room Includes: Fully furnished with Bed, Desk, Chair, and Hard Wired Smoke Detector. Rent Includes: Electricity, Furniture, Gardening, Gas, Professional Cleaning of Common Areas (Twice a month), and Water. Linen service once a month. All utilities included in rent - Water, Gas, Electricity • Professional monthly room cleaning • Provision of a linen pack (bed sheets x 2 & pillow cases x 2); • Replacement of the linen pack once a month (this is a collection and delivery service only and will not include making of the beds) • Professional laundry services to wash the linen pack; • The ability to utilise our electronic payments system on-line to afford greater convenience to pay rent; and • Pastoral care and consideration welfare and accommodation standards in accordance with Federal Government’s Education Industry National Code of Practice Education Facilities Close by: QUT (Kelvin Grove) (Victoria Park Rd) 1.2 kms; JCU (349 Queen Street) 4.3 kms; Sarina Russo (82 Ann Street) 4.5 kms; Griffith University (South Bank) (Russell Street) 5 kms; QUT Gardens Point (2 George Street) 4.9 kms; Shafston College (Shafston Avenue) 5.3 km Shopping Close by: Woolworths Supermarket – Kelvin Grove Village – Approximately 1.7km away – Cafes, Australia Post, Banks, Health Food Store, etc. Public Transport: (Zones Travelled In: 1-2) Closest Bus Stop – Approximately 440 metres on Windsor Road; Bus Route 345 -Other bus routes to and from the City from Kelvin Grove Road – Approximately 10 to 15 minutes - Routes, 390, 361, 364. Don't miss this opportunity!
Hi, I'm Daphne. I'm looking for a private room which near QUT Kelvin Grove campus ^^ I'm a funny person who you would find comfortable to share the house with.
I'm looking for a place to call home from feb-nov next year while I study at QUT. I'm very relaxed and easy going, spend most of my time studying and working but enjoy hanging out with friends in my spare time too!
I will move to Brisbane in July 2019 to pursue my master degree at UQ university. I'm an open-minded person, hard working and clean. I'm also keen on cooking and playing some outdoor activities.
ALL BILLS AND UNLIMITED INTERNET INCLUDED IN RENT. This house is a beautiful classic colonial set over 2 levels. The entry level has a living space (inc. a TV), a big kitchen and a massive back deck. All but one of the bedrooms are all located on the level above. There is one shared bathroom on the top level which has plenty of storage space and both a shower and a spa bath. Each bedroom is furnished with a standalone wardrobe, bed frame, mattress and a desk. Most importantly the house is a 600m walk to QUT Kelvin Grove and a 15 minute bus ride/30 minute walk into Brisbane CBD. Bedroom 2, 3 and 4 [BEDROOM 2 AVAILABLE NOW] -All of these bedrooms are furnished with either a double or queen bed, as well as wardrobes and desks. All of these bedrooms share the large main bathroom (as described above). Each are completely private with lockable doors. Unlimited internet and all bills are included. Main Bedroom (Bedroom 1) Not currently available - This private bedroom includes an ENSUITE, aircon and built in robes. It also includes an ENTIRE OTHER ROOM to be used as a study and is completely private (i.e. not a shared space). It is fully furnished with a queen bed in the bedroom, a dresser for extra storage and a desk in the study. Unlimited internet and all bills are included for $250 p/w. The house is managed by the onsite owner directly so you won't be dealing with an agency. Your bills are all included in the rent so no need to pay extra for internet, electricity and water. Each room has a lock and you will receive your own set of keys for privacy to come and go as you please. All of the rooms are fully furnished but you're more than welcome to bring your own furniture. Each room also has a ceiling fan. There is only on-street parking available (permit area). There is an onsite laundry and two clotheshorses provided. This is a non-smoking house and no pets, sorry.
A Brisbane worker's cottage with a large back deck, located close to QUT Kelvin Grove Campus (5 min walk). Air conditioning in living room, house fully furnished, access to public transport at street ends. Large backyard and seperate laundry downstairs. No pets.
Hey I'm Sam. Just arrived from New Zealand and I'm looking for a place to stay. Im very clean,relaxed and fun person to be around. Always keen to chat and go out for a drink. Just looking for a great group of people to get to know. Cheers!
G'day everyone! My name is Stuart, but I'm commonly just called Stuey or Stu. I'm very much a homebody and like/respect privacy between roommates but I'm all for having fun together and making some fun memories with some (hopefully) soon-to-be good friends. I'm into video-games, music, movies, computers, Vegemite toast and a lot of other little things that could make up a whole list. | 2019-04-26T09:38:00 | https://flatmates.com.au/kelvin-grove-4059 |
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0.99873 | What is Quellin Carprofen Soft Chew - Generic to Rimadyl?
Quellin is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that relieves pain and inflammation from osteoarthritis or recent surgery to improve your dog's mobility. In most dogs, improvement can be seen in a few days.
Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. Keep out of reach of children. Not for human use. Consult a physician in cases of accidental ingestion by humans. For use in dogs only. Do not use in cats. All dogs should undergo a thorough history and physical examination before initiation of NSAID therapy. Appropriate laboratory tests to establish hematological and serum biochemical baseline data prior to, and periodically during, administration of any NSAID should be considered.
What is the most important thing I should know about quellin?
Quellin is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to reduce pain and inflammation due to osteoarthritis and pain following surgery in dogs. Quellin is a prescription drug for dogs. It is available in a soft chewable tablet and is given to dogs by mouth.
What should I discuss with my veterinarian before giving quellin to my pet?
Tell your veterinarian about any NSAIDs or other medications your pet is currently being given.
How should quellin be given?
Quellin should be given according to your veterinarian's instructions. Your veterinarian will tell you what amount of quellin is right for your dog and how long it should be given. Most dogs will take quellin soft chewable tablets right out of your hand or the soft chewable tablet can be placed in the mouth. quellin may be given with or without food.
What are the potential side effects of quellin?
Quellin, like other drugs, may cause some side effects. Serious but rare side effects have been reported in dogs taking NSAIDs, including quellin. Serious side effects can occur with or without warning and in rare situations result in death. The most common NSAID-related side effects generally involve the stomach (such as bleeding ulcers), and liver or kidney problems. Look for the following side effects that can indicate your dog may be having a problem with quellin or may have another medical problem: decrease or increase in appetite; change in bowel movements (such as diarrhea, or black, tarry or bloody stools); change in behavior (such as decreased or increased activity level, incoordination, seizure or aggression); yellowing of gums, skin, or whites of the eyes (jaundice); change in drinking habits (frequency, amount consumed); change in urination habits (frequency, color, or smell); change in skin (redness, scabs, or scratching). It is important to stop therapy and contact your veterinarian immediately if you think your dog has a medical problem or side effect from quellin therapy. If you have additional questions about possible side effects, talk to your veterinarian.
What happens if I miss giving a dose of quellin?
Give your pet the missed dose of quellin as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and resume the regular dosing schedule. Do not give your pet a double dose.
What happens if I overdose my pet on quellin?
If you suspect that your pet has received an overdose of quellin, consult your veterinarian or emergency veterinary clinic immediately.
What should I avoid while giving quellin to my pet?
Avoid giving your pet NSAIDs such as aspirin, deracoxib, etodolac, firocoxib, meloxicam, tepoxalin. Also, avoid giving your pet steroids including cortisone, dexamethasone, prednisone, triamcinolone while on quellin.
What other drugs will affect quellin?
Quellin should not be given with other NSAIDs (for example, aspirin, deracoxib, etodolac, firocoxib, meloxicam, tepoxalin) or steroids (for example, cortisone, dexamethasone, prednisone, triamcinolone). Tell your veterinarian about all medicines you have given your dog in the past, and any medicines that you are planning to give with quellin. This should include other medicines that you can get without a prescription. Your veterinarian may want to check that all of your dog's medicines can be given together.
Make sure your pet eats the entire prescribed dose of quellin for maximum effectiveness. | 2019-04-22T08:46:15 | https://www.1800petmeds.com/quellin+carprofen+++generic+to+Rimadyl-prod102280.html |
0.999954 | The spirit then gave her a mantle, finer than any Brigid had ever seen, edged and embroidered in liquid orichalcum, which spelled out ten thousand wonders unknown to men. Quickly, the spirit set Brigid on her way.
The Mantle of Brigid is a millennia old silk cloth, threadbare and worn, that bears the images of a woman’s form. Many believe the woman in the image is Brigid, the Magic Bearer. Is it really the cloak that she was given in the East, or is it an elaborate forgery, a hoax prepared by some clever sorcerer-artist? Modern researchers have completed thousands of days of intense research on the mantle. In fact, it may be the single most studied artifact known to the Exalted. Yet, the controversy over its validity rages.
The Mantle is a seven-foot long, six-foot wide section of the finest scarlet silk, faded and worn with centuries of use and embroidered with hair-fine orichalcum thread. The image upon it is that of the silhouette of a woman. Believers in the mantle claim that the image could have only been made by the constant flow of Essence out of the wearer and through the cloth over the course of years. Investigators claim that the weaver of the silk is consistent with the weave of cloth fragments attributed to the era in which Brigid lived. Critics claim that the image is faked or the result of water damage and that there is no way to accurately match cloth weaves for cloth of that age. In addition, disbelievers state that even the finest silk could not have survived since the time of Brigid. Believers say that this just further supports their claims.
Currently owned by the Empress, the so-called Mantle of Brigid was her personal possession and a regular part of her wardrobe, at least when working magic. She certainly had good reasons to protect the mantle, if its history is to be believed. According to the tables, the artifact has survived earthquakes, fires and floods. Believers claim that the cloak will extend its resilience to its wearer and that the truly worthy wearer will gain, in addition, some small share of Brigid’s access to Essence. These claims have not been put to the test in modern era.
Note: With the Empress’s disappearance, this legendary artifact is now resting in her personal closet. Fortunately, no one knows about it. So this artifact simply sits there being dusted by servants on a regular basis but otherwise remain undisturbed.
It increases the Essence of any being wearing it by 5 in regards to Sorcery!!! Recalculate the character’s Personal and Peripheral Essence accordingly. These “extra” motes are available only when the character is wearing the mantle. Keep track of how many motes the character spends – they are subtracted from the character’s personal stores of power first.
If the mantle is removed after the magician has spent more Essence than her personal stores and not yet regenerated it, she takes an amount of bash damage equal to the difference. This damage can be soaked only with the character’s Stamina and cannot be reduced by armor, Charms, sorcery or any other effects.
Also, the mantle increases the wearer’s ability to work magic. Character who cannot perform sorcery such as mortals become able to work Terrestrial Circle Sorcery. Characters such as Dragon-Blooded, who can only perform Terrestrial Circle sorcery, become able to perform Celestial Circle sorcery. Characters such as Lunars and Sidereals Exalted, who can cast only Terrestrial and Celestial Circle spells, gains access to all 3 circles of magic. This benefit effect is somewhat diminished on Abyssal and Solar Exalted, both of which already have access to all three circles of magic, however, it overrides the limitation of studying both Standard magic and Necromancy. Allowing them to reach both Adamant Circle and Void Circle at the same time. | 2019-04-22T10:57:01 | http://exaltedpast.wikidot.com/artifact:brigidsmantle |
0.998622 | In Riyadh, there's a new king in town, and he is a very different man than his brother before him. After shaking up the government and replacing the chief executives of Saudi Arabia's two biggest corporate behemoths (SABIC & Saudi Aramco), his new majesty seems to have the right people in place to carry out what appears to be an entirely new set of policies.
Case in point was this past Thursday's meeting in St. Petersburg where President Putin received the Deputy Crown Prince and Saudi Defense Minister Muhammad bin Salman (a son of the current King Salman), along with Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir and the all-powerful Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi. The two sides signed a total of six new cooperation agreements that included the nuclear and military spheres.
From the Saudi delegation, the real power in the room was of course the vaunted Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi, who sounded quite confident about a rise in the price of oil in the near future. Naimi was quoted as saying, "I am optimistic about the future of the market in the coming months in terms of the continuing improvement and increasing global demand for oil as well as the low level of commercial inventories." This, the minister said, "is expected to improve the level of prices."
Naimi went on to praise the enhanced bilateral cooperation between Riyadh and Moscow, stating that, "This, in turn, will lead to creating a petroleum alliance between the two countries for the benefit of the international oil market as well as producing countries and stabilizing and improving the market."
A 'petroleum alliance' between Saudi Arabia and Russia to stabilize the global oil market? It sounds unlikely, particularly with all the talk about the U.S. and Saudi Arabia secretly agreeing to collapse Russia's economy by crashing the price of oil in 2014, not to mention how the two countries diametrically oppose one another on issues such as Syria, Iran, and Yemen.
But again, Saudi Arabia is under new leadership and is not the same country it was a year ago. The delegation sent to Russia this past week was of the absolute highest level, and the fact that the statement was given directly by Mr. Naimi, as opposed to some all-too-common 'senior official' or 'unnamed source', speaks volumes.
Naimi --- the redoubtable 80-year-old boss of Arabian black gold --- is a living legend in the Kingdom (he started his career with Saudi Aramco at the age of 11), and wields more power there than anyone who isn't the king. Statements from him on Saudi energy policy are not thoughts or opinions. Rather, they are facts and policies; and they would never be stated without the explicit approval and authority of the king.
Put simply, Mr. Naimi just declared a new direction in Saudi Arabian foreign policy.
Mr. Putin accepted the king's invitation to visit the Gulf state and in turn announced that he had invited the king to Moscow, which the deputy crown prince confirmed had been accepted. These meetings --- if and when they take place --- will be events to be followed very closely. | 2019-04-18T20:24:30 | https://russia-insider.com/en/politics/about-face-saudi-arabia-and-russia-ink-six-new-deals-embark-new-petroleum-alliance-progress |
0.999999 | Instructions: Beat cake mix, water, vegetable oil, and eggs in a bowl for two minutes, until it is smooth with no lumps.
Pour about a quarter of an inch of water into the bottom of the dutch oven.
Write each person's name on a paper cup for identification later.
Pour cake batter into paper cups, filling each one with about 1/3 cup of batter. Be sure they are no more than 1/2 full or the cake will expand out of the cup.
Each person adds whichever toppings they would like to their cupcake. They can either mix them in or leave on top.
Place 10 paper cups with batter into the water bath in the dutch oven. Ten 3-inch diameter cups fit perfectly in a 12-inch dutch oven.
Heat dutch oven for Baking to about 350 degrees.
Bake at about 350 degrees for about 25 minutes.
Poke a toothpick into some of the cupcakes. Poke it all the way to the bottom because the bottom tends to take longer to cook than the top. If it comes out clean, they are done. | 2019-04-24T15:23:44 | http://campingdude.com/content/recipe/cup_cakes-2442.asp |
0.999996 | Will The Walking Dead's Anne Be In Rick Grimes' Movies?
Rick Grimes' recent exit from The Walking Dead was only partly sad, as it was quickly followed by the announcement that Andrew Lincoln's character would return in TV films based within the show's universe. While Lincoln is going to be a part of that ride, other actors and actresses like Pollyanna McIntosh (Anne/Jadis) are still in the dark as to whether they'll be involved. McIntosh shared what she knows about the films, and gave a timeline regarding when she'll know if she'll appear.
They want to shoot next year, so if I don't hear by Christmas I'll know that I'm not doing it, won't I?
Pollyanna McIntosh doesn't know whether or not she'll be in The Walking Dead films, but told TV Guide she probably isn't if she doesn't hear something by the year's end. The actress confirmed she hasn't been contacted by anyone just yet, despite the possibility that her character Anne could be around in the next chapter of Rick's adventure. Anne was responsible for Rick's helicopter rescue in his Season 9 exit and went with him into the unknown.
Pollyanna McIntosh also revealed she didn't believe the scripts for The Walking Dead movies were complete. The actress revealed she's not the only one in The Walking Dead family curious as to what's going on, which may mean no one has been locked down beyond Andrew Lincoln. With that said, it would make sense that those most-connected to Rick Grimes at the time of his exit stand the greatest chance of appearing.
Anne's role in the escape would seemingly be evidence enough that she will appear in a future Rick adventure in The Walking Dead film universe, but it's more complicated than that. The folks that rescued the duo warned Anne there would "be consequences" for her actions, which could mean a punishment that keeps her out of the story. Depending on how extreme this group is, we might have a brutal character exit in store for Pollyanna McIntosh's character.
Regardless of what's in store for her character in the franchise's future, Pollyanna McIntosh is grateful for the run she's had on The Walking Dead thus far. After all, only a select few characters on The Walking Dead have gotten to exit on the terms her character did.
I'm incredibly grateful that my character got to do something so important as she was leaving. And also that I didn't die.
The Walking Dead is gearing up for its Season 9 midseason finale, which airs on AMC Sunday, November 25 at 9 p.m. ET. Fans looking for something else to get into can see what is coming to television in our fall premiere guide, or get a jump on what's premiering in 2019 with our midseason premiere guide. | 2019-04-21T20:20:55 | https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2462073/will-the-walking-deads-anne-be-in-rick-grimes-movies |
0.998972 | Has anyone else had any problem with the front piece of the power boost grip, the piece that covers the original grip? With mine, when I use it he camera with either the 100-400mm lens or the 50-140mm lens, the weight of the lens forces the front piece of the battery grip to move away from the actual camera grip. In other words, if this small insignificant piece of plastic were to come away or fail, the the whole grip whilst using the camera would be affected, possibly leading the the camera being dropped. The front plastic part is quite easy to move now. I find this quite disconcerting, and just wondered if anyone else had had similar problems before sending the grip back.
Haven't experienced that myself but will see how things go in time. It makes sense that the piece you are referring to would be the weak link. I thought that the first time I looked at it.
Letting the 55-140 hang from my fingers, with all the weight on the upper "strut" and holding with my fingers causes a gap between booster and camera body and feels as if it is pulling away/beginning to bend.
That piece is molded plastic attached to the booster, not one solid piece.
Talking of the 55-140, I'm just now discovering the clunking and whirring noises that come from it (that's what I get for sitting down in a quiet room to get to know it better). After some searching online, it seems this is common for the lens. Not quite what I was expecting, but the results are great.
Yes, I have the 50-140/2.8 and it can be noisy with its humming and clunking. But it's not an issue for most. I have used it in a quiet church during ceremony but only I hear it because it is by my head when I engage the auto-focus and VR. People notice the shutter sound when taking pic's more than the humming and clunking it makes when being used. I find the shutter to be quite quiet compared to my old Nikon full frame kit. And the shutter sounds are normal for a photographer working through a wedding ceremony, so no one gives it a second glance.
LOL ... I'm more concerned of the floor creaking (commonly does when it is very quiet in a church) when I walk around than my gear making noise.
That's reassuring, Adam - thank you.
I just got my x-t2 I thought I could charge the in body battery through the grip but it didn't charge?!?!
You can charge the batteries in the grip via the supplied charger.
The battery in the BODY can be charged via the camera USB port.
That is independent of one another.
While using the grip on my X-T2, do I have to insert 2 batteries in the grip ? Can it be one ? or None ?
Not that important, just wondering. Grip is fairly large and heavy when 2 batteries are in there.
The camera works fine with one battery in the grip or no batteries in the grip. The LCD shows how many batteries are available and their positions. | 2019-04-23T00:04:54 | https://www.fuji-x-forum.com/topic/3939-battery-grip-problems/ |
0.999987 | Will Apple Finally Part Ways With Samsung?
According to an HSBC report, Apple is finally moving on from its biggest competitor in a way that would benefit Taiwan Semiconductor.
It's always been a strange relationship between Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Samsung (NASDAQOTH:SSNLF). On one hand, these two companies compete among high-level devices including tablets and smartphones. However, Apple depends upon Samsung as a supplier to fabricate the heart of its devices -- Cupertino's signature A-line series of chips. In a recent HSBC research note, analysts Steven Pelayo and Lionel Lin estimate that Samsung produces 60%-70% of Apple's current-gen A9 chip.
More recently, however, Apple has been looking to divest itself from Samsung's clutches. Starting with the A8 chip, Apple decided to use Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE:TSM) as the lead fab. Later iPhone teardowns found Samsung providing up to 40% of fabrication. In the current A9 chip, this dual-sourcing strategy continued.
But that's not the biggest news from HSBC's report: It appears Apple has finally decided it's time to make the jump to Taiwan Semiconductor as its only source of fabrication for its next-gen A10 chip. If true, this could be a big win for TSMC at the expense of Samsung's future revenue and profit drivers.
For Samsung, this would serve as both a tangible loss and a symbolic one. As for the former, in its third-quarter earnings report, Samsung reported its first year-on-year operating profit increase in the past seven quarters. The reason for this reversal was not the company's smartphone line, but rather its semiconductor business, which increased a massive 62% over last year's result, contributing nearly 50% to Samsung's total operating profit.
Going forward, Samsung specifically noted 14-nanometer foundry growth, in reference to the fabrication node it manufactures Apple's A9 chip on, as a source of future earnings improvement. And while Apple should still contribute to Samsung's operating profit in the short term, this would hurt Samsung's year-on-year comparisons when this revenue and profit no longer show up on Samsung's income statement.
In addition, the symbolic blow could affect Samsung's 14-nm business. Earlier reports were that iPhones equipped with Samsung's A9 chip were prone to overheating with noticeably worse battery life. And while Apple later rebutted the reports, stating that the battery-life variance was only 2%-3%, moving away from Samsung amid quality reports has the potential to scare other smartphone makers away from Samsung, much as the company itself did to Qualcomm after reports that its previous-gen Snapdragon 810 flagship chip was prone to overheating.
Whether it's Apple's desire not to depend upon its main competitor, poor performance from Samsung-fabbed A9 chips, or seeming superior next-gen technology (see below), this would be a huge win for TSMC. Right now, Apple contributes more than 14% to TSMC's top line, with forecasts that the company will contribute $3.7 billion in the nearly completed fiscal 2015 versus companywide revenue estimates of $26.24 billion.
According to the report, TSMC is working with Apple to introduce integrated fan-out packaging, a breakthrough that will lead to thinner and lighter chips. As a result of this new technology, and it reportedly winning the full production, forecasts are that TSMC will increase its Apple-related revenue next year 24% to $4.6 billion. If so, this is a big win for TSMC at the expense of Samsung. | 2019-04-23T14:04:22 | https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/12/03/will-apple-finally-part-ways-with-samsung.aspx |
0.95868 | Is The Obama Campaign Too Obsessed With Delegates?
I think the reason for this obsession is that they really, really wanted to establish pledged delegates as the metric by which a nominee would be crowned. (I touch on this in my profile of Obama campaign manager David Plouffe this issue.) And if you start jumping around from metric to metric depending on which one favors you in a given moment, you quickly lose credibility with the media and superdelegates, as the Clinton campaign has discovered. On top of which, it's not entirely clear how big the tradeoff is between pursuing delegates and popular votes, at least within a given state. I'm sure it's not zero. But I'm not sure focusing purely on the popular vote as opposed to some combination of the popular vote and delegates in Pennsylvania would have netted Obama so many more votes overall. So I think the campaign's hyper-focus on delegates is pretty defensible.
Having said that, this does look like a moment when, if you have a chance to really hold down Hillary's popular vote total, you probably want to do it. Not just because this is really her last best hope for making up popular votes. But because, if you're able to hold her margin under five points in Pennsylvania, the ensuing media coverage could effectively force her from the race by drying up her fundraising. After all, as Chris notes, she's basically out of money already. Absent some really good news tomorrow, it's hard to see that changing. | 2019-04-21T06:22:50 | https://newrepublic.com/article/41366/the-obama-campaign-too-obsessed-delegates |
0.999918 | This article is about the holiday. For the work by Ralph Ellison, see Juneteenth (novel).
Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day, is a holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas, and more generally the emancipation of African-American slaves throughout the Confederate South. Celebrated on June 19, the word is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth. Juneteenth is recognized as a state holiday or special day of observance in most states.
The holiday is observed primarily in local celebrations. Traditions include public readings of the Emancipation Proclamation, singing traditional songs such as "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and "Lift Every Voice and Sing", and readings by noted African-American writers such as Ralph Ellison and Maya Angelou. Celebrations may include parades, rodeos, street fairs, cookouts, family reunions, park parties, historical reenactments, or Miss Juneteenth contests.
During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, with an effective date of January 1, 1863. It declared all slaves to be freed in the Confederate States of America in rebellion and not in Union hands. This excluded the five states known later as border states, which were the four slave states that were not in rebellion -Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and Missouri-, and those counties of Virginia soon to form the state of West Virginia, and also the three zones under Union occupation: the state of Tennessee, lower Louisiana and Southeast Virginia.
More isolated geographically, Texas was not a battleground, and thus its slaves were not affected by the Emancipation Proclamation unless they escaped. Planters and other slaveholders had migrated into Texas from eastern states to escape the fighting, and many brought their slaves with them, increasing by the thousands the number of slaves in the state at the end of the Civil War.
Former slaves in Galveston rejoiced in the streets after the announcement, although in the years afterward many struggled to work through the changes against resistance of whites. But, the following year, freedmen organized the first of what became annual celebrations of Juneteenth in Texas. Barred in some cities from using public parks because of state-sponsored segregation of facilities, across parts of Texas, freed people pooled their funds to purchase land to hold their celebrations, such as Houston's Emancipation Park, Mexia's Booker T. Washington Park, and Emancipation Park in Austin.
Although the date is sometimes referred to as the "traditional end of slavery in Texas" it was given legal status in a series of Texas Supreme Court decisions between 1868 and 1874.
In the early 20th century, economic and political forces led to a decline in Juneteenth celebrations. From 1890 to 1908, Texas and all former Confederate states passed new constitutions or amendments that effectively disenfranchised blacks, excluding them from the political process. White-dominated state legislatures passed Jim Crow laws imposing second-class status. The Great Depression forced many blacks off farms and into the cities to find work. In these urban environments, African Americans had difficulty taking the day off to celebrate. From 1940 through 1970, in the second wave of the Great Migration, more than 5 million blacks left Texas, Louisiana and other parts of the South for the North and West Coast, where jobs were available in the defense industry for World War II. As historian Isabel Wilkerson writes, "The people from Texas took Juneteenth Day to Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle, and other places they went."
By the 1950s and 1960s, the Civil Rights movement focused the attention of African-American youth on the struggle for racial equality and the future. But, many linked these struggles to the historical struggles of their ancestors. Following the 1968 Poor People's Campaign to Washington, D.C. called by Rev. Ralph Abernathy, many attendees returned home and initiated Juneteenth celebrations in areas where the day was not previously celebrated.
Since the 1980s and 1990s, the holiday has been more widely celebrated among African-American communities. In 1994 a group of community leaders gathered at Christian Unity Baptist Church in New Orleans, Louisiana to work for greater national celebration of Juneteenth. Paul Herring Chairman of The Juneteenth Committee credits Mrs. E. Hill Deloney (Community Matriarch) for starting the celebration in Flint, Michigan in the late 1980s; as he said, "… It's a time to Reflect & Rejoice, because we are the children of those who chose to survive." Juneteenth informal observance have spread to many other states, including Portland, Maine, in part carried by Texans. Expatriates have celebrated it in cities abroad, such as Paris. Some US military bases in other countries sponsor celebrations, in addition to those of private groups.
Organizations such as the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation are working toward gaining Congressional approval to designate Juneteenth as a national day of observance. Others are working to have its 150th anniversary celebrated worldwide.
In 1980, Texas was the first state to establish Juneteenth as a state holiday under legislation introduced by freshman Democratic state representative Al Edwards. Juneteenth is a "partial staffing holiday" in the state; government offices do not close but some employees use a "floating holiday" to take the day off.
By 2008, nearly half of US states observed the holiday as a ceremonial observance. As of May 2016, when the Maryland legislature approved official recognition of the holiday, 45 of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have recognized Juneteenth as either a state holiday or ceremonial holiday, a day of observance. States that do not recognize it are Hawaii, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota and South Dakota.
In 1996 the first legislation to recognize "Juneteenth Independence Day" was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, H.J. Res. 195, sponsored by Barbara-Rose Collins (D-MI). In 1997 Congress recognized the day through Senate Joint Resolution 11 and House Joint Resolution 56. In 2013 the U.S. Senate passed Senate Resolution 175, acknowledging Lula Briggs Galloway (late president of the National Association of Juneteenth Lineage) who "successfully worked to bring national recognition to Juneteenth Independence Day", and the continued leadership of the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation.
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0.999823 | Does the importer of a mixture have any obligations concerning potential impurities present in the mixture, where the impurity is a substance listed in Annex XVII?
The obligations of the importer of the mixture depend on the interpretation of each specific entry in Annex XVII to REACH for the substance concerned, taking account of the wording, the context and the purpose of the restriction in question.
For instance, if a substance were completely banned, then it could not be placed on the market, not even as an impurity in a substance in an imported mixture. On the other hand, some Annex XVII entries specify limits above which a substance cannot be placed on the market. This limit may not be exceeded, no matter what is the source of the substance in the mixture. However, this can only be determined on a case-by-case basis depending on the substance, the restriction and the concentration of the substance as an impurity in the imported mixture.
It should be noted that the impurity may be permissible at any concentration if the use of the imported mixture is not covered in the ‘conditions of restriction' listed in Annex XVII for the substance.
When a specific Annex XVII entry (e.g. entry 56 MDI) specifies the requirement for the package to contain protective gloves in order for the mixture to be placed on the market, is it possible to attach the protective gloves to the package, if it cannot contain them?
In special cases where, due to the size or shape of the packaging, it is technically not possible to include the protective gloves inside the packaging, it is considered to be sufficient that the gloves are fixed tightly to the packaging in a manner that they cannot be unintentionally removed during handling and transport. The gloves must not obstruct the label and the removal of the gloves must not destroy the label. In addition, both the packaging containing the mixture and the protective gloves must be placed on the market as a single unit, which explicitly signals to the consumer that the mixture may only be used with the protective gloves .
What is the definition of "toys", in the context of restrictions in Annex XVII to REACH?
A number of Annex XVII entries (Entries 5, 31, 43, 50 , 51 and 52) specifically refer to toys. The REACH Regulation does not define "toys". Toys are defined by Directive 2009/48/EC (hereinafter referred to as the Toys Safety Directive-TSD).
Article 2(1) of the TSD states: "This directive shall apply to products designed or intended, whether or not exclusively, for use in play by children under 14 years of age (hereinafter referred to as toys)".
Annex I to the TSD contains a more detailed list of products that are not considered as toys within the meaning of the Directive. Article 3 of the TSD defines certain types of toys such as "functional toy", "aquatic toy", "chemical toy" and "activity toy". Furthermore, Article 2(2) of the TSD explicitly mentions that the TSD shall not apply to the following toys: (a) playground equipment intended for public use; (b) automatic playing machines, whether coin operated or not, intended for public use; (c) toy vehicles equipped with combustion engines; (d) toy steam engines; and (e) slings and catapults. It is considered that if the TSD definition of "toys" is used in Annex XVII to REACH, these exemptions will automatically form part of that definition.
The European Commission services have prepared an explanatory guidance document on the TSD, (http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/toys/files/tsd-guidance/tsd_rev_1-6_explanatory_guidance_document_en.pdf) providing clarifications about its scope and definitions of certain categories of toys. Overall, the definition of toys in the TSD should be used to determine what we mean by "toys" for the purposes of restrictions in Annex XVII to REACH. Concerning toys exempted from the scope of the TSD (Article 2(2) of the TSD) these should also normally not be considered as "toys" for the purpose of the relevant REACH restrictions. In certain cases, it may be necessary to describe a class of toys to be covered by a restriction by reference to specific properties of the item.
What is the definition of "childcare articles", in the context of restrictions in Annex XVII to REACH?
A definition of "childcare articles" was inserted by the 22nd amendment of Council Directive 76/769/EEC, (which was repealed by REACH, Annex XVII) via the Directive 2005/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Directive 76/769/EEC was amended so that the following definition for childcare articles was added in its Article 1(3)c: "childcare article" means any product intended to facilitate sleep, relaxation, hygiene, the feeding of children or sucking on the part of children. Hence the intention of the legislator was to use this definition for the purpose of all the restriction provisions and thereby this to be applicable for the entire Directive 76/769/EEC. Therefore, the same definition appears in entries 51 and 52 of Annex XVII, providing an indication of what should be generally considered as a "childcare article" in the context of all Annex XVII (to REACH) provisions.
What is the meaning of the expression "placing/placed on the market for the first time" in the context of entries 3(7), 31(2)(b), 58(1) and 59(1)(b) of Annex XVII to REACH?
Article 3(12) of REACH defines "placing on the market" as supplying or making available, whether in return for payment or free of charge, to a third party. Import is deemed to be placing on the market.
Placing on the market for the first time limits the scope of the restriction to the first natural or legal person who supplies or makes available substances, mixtures or articles on the market in the EU. The first placing on the market in the EU will either be by the manufacturer or the importer of the substance, mixture or article concerned.
In some cases a restriction entry in Annex XVII refers to specific Directives/Regulations when describing the inclusion or exception of some substances or product categories from the entry. If this Directive/Regulation is repealed or modified, is the new/amended legislation applicable to the restriction?
In general, the answer is yes. However, it should be assessed on a case-by-case basis whether the new legal act replaces the repealed one for the purpose of the REACH restriction, taking into account, for example, the objective of the reference.
The new legal act may explicitly state that references to the repealed act must be construed as references to the new legal act (e.g., Article 139 of REACH).
Entry 19 (paragraph 4) exempts certain uses of arsenic compounds for wood preservation if they are authorised in accordance with Directive 98/8/EC. This Directive was replaced by Regulation (EU) 528/2012, which explicitly states that references to the repealed Directive must be interpreted as reference to the new regulation (Article 96).
Entry 45 (paragraph 3) exempts electrical and electronic equipment within the scope of Directive 2002/95/EC from the restriction of diphenylether, octabromo, derivative. This Directive was replaced by Directive 2011/65/EU, which explicitly states that references to the repealed Directive must be interpreted as reference to the new directive (Article 26).
Entry 50 (paragraph 3) defines tyres covered by the PAH restriction as tyres for vehicles covered by three directives, including Directive 2002/24/EC. This Directive was replaced by Regulation (EU) 168/2013, which expressly states that references to the repealed Directive must be interpreted as reference to the new regulation (Article 81).
As regards the amendment of an act referred to in a restriction, references in acts of Union law are usually ‘dynamic’, so that the reference is taken to be to the latest version of the act referred to. However, less commonly, a reference may expressly refer to an act as it stands on a specific date; this is known as a ‘static’ reference.
What information on restrictions is needed on the safety data sheet and when does the safety data sheet need to be updated due to restrictions?
Article 31(6) of the REACH Regulation provides that the safety data sheet (SDS) shall contain a Section 15 entitled ‘regulatory information’. Annex II to REACH provides requirements for the compilation of the SDS. Section 15(1) specifically mentions that, if the substance or mixture covered by the SDS is the subject of specific provisions in relation to the protection of human health or the environment at Union level (e.g. restrictions under Title VIII), these provisions must be mentioned, unless this information is already mentioned in other parts of the SDS. Thus, all restriction entries applicable to the specific substance or mixture covered by the SDS need to be indicated therein. As an example, SDSs including carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction substances (as such or in a mixture) listed in appendices 1 to 6 to REACH, need to refer to entries 28, 29 or 30 of Annex XVII. If another specific restriction exists for these substances, this needs to be mentioned as well in the SDS.
Moreover, Article 31(9) of the REACH Regulation requires suppliers to update the SDS without delay once a restriction has been imposed. In Section 16 (other information), a clear indication of where changes to the previous version have been made needs to be included, unless such indication is given elsewhere in the safety data sheet, with an explanation of the changes.
What is regarded as scientific research and development, which is exempted for restrictions? For example, does research by students at universities fall under this?
Article 3(23) of the REACH Regulation defines scientific research and development as “any scientific experimentation, analysis or chemical research carried out under controlled conditions in a volume less than one tonne per year”.
To further clarify the exemption (within Article 67(1) of the REACH Regulation, manufacture, placing on the market or use of a substance in scientific research and development (SRD) is exempted for restrictions), note that under the authorisation process the following Q&As (concerning the exemption in Article 56 for the use of Annex XIV substances in scientific research and development) has been provided. The same approach can be broadly considered as applicable to restrictions.
Q&A 1153 states that sampling for further analysis is not exempted and thus not regarded as scientific research and development. However, “activities considered to form part of the use of the sample in performing analytical activities” fall within the exemption.
Q&A 1030 explains that the uses of a substance upstream preceding an exempted end-use in scientific research and development are also exempted in quantities of the substance ending up in SRD (i.e. under 1 t/y per user) subject to certain conditions.
Q&A 585 explains that the exemption from authorisation also applies to the use of a substance in analytical activities such as monitoring and quality control under certain conditions. This exemption applies irrespective of where the analysis is performed i.e. on-site or off-site facilities, but does not cover sampling activities.
Scientific experimentation, analysis or chemical research in universities and secondary schools, conducted by students, may fall within the exemption, if they are carried out under controlled conditions, in a volume less than one tonne per year. In other words, if the volume of a substance used in scientific experimentation, analysis or chemical research is less than one tonne per year and it is used under controlled conditions, restrictions do not apply to that use.
Which restrictions under REACH concern textiles and leather articles?
Many entries in the Restriction List (Annex XVII) cover articles. Such entries are, for instance, entries 50 - 52, 61 and 63. These may address types of textiles and leather articles, even if these are not explicitly mentioned.
Entry 8 (Polybromobiphenyls; Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), CAS No 59536-65-1).
Entry 47 (paragraphs 5-7), restriction on chromium VI compounds in leather articles coming into contact with the skin.
Which restrictions under REACH concern electrical and electronic equipment?
Many entries in the Restriction List (Annex XVII) cover specific articles or all articles without explicitly referring to electrical and electronic equipment. These are, for example, entries 18a, 20, 23-26, 50-52. They may apply to electrical and electronic equipment, even if these are not explicitly mentioned (or derogated) in the entry.
Entry 63 (paragraph 8) excludes articles within the scope of Directive 2011/65/EU from the restriction on lead and its compounds in articles supplied to the general public.
Which restrictions under REACH concern paints or paint strippers?
Many entries in the Restriction List (Annex XVII) cover substances and mixtures in general, without specifying product types. They may thus also apply to paints/paint strippers, even if these are not explicitly mentioned in the entry.
Entry 59, restriction on dichloromethane in paint strippers under certain conditions.
In some cases a restriction entry (e.g. entries 32-38, 46) in Annex XVII refers to ‘cleaning’. What does this mean?
In general, cleaning refers to any removal of dirt or pollution from articles or places, both in industrial and institutional facilities as well as in households.
In some entries cleaning may be specified by reference to a particular user group(s) or potential exposure pattern to which the restriction applies. For example, column 2, paragraph 1 of entries 32-38 refer to the substance or mixture being intended for supply to the general public and/or intended for diffusive applications where releases can occur from multiple sources such as surface cleaning and cleaning of fabrics. Column 2, paragraph 1 of entry 46 applies to industrial and institutional cleaning systems (e.g. in schools, hospitals), with the exception of dry cleaning done in a controlled closed system where the washing liquid is recycled or incinerated and other cleaning systems where special treatment is used with recycling or incineration of the washing liquid. Column 2, paragraph 2 entry 46 applies to all domestic cleaning.
What is understood by an ‘article’ in the restrictions in Annex XVII to the REACH Regulation, following the judgement of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on substances (SVHCs) in articles?
The term ‘article’, as interpreted by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in its judgement of 10 September 2015 in case C-106/14 applies in the same way to restrictions in Annex XVII as to the other aspects of the REACH Regulation. The judgement is available here: http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?language=en&td=ALL&num=C-106/14.
For the purposes of REACH, the term 'article' has the specific meaning set out in Article 3(3) of the REACH Regulation. Article 3(3) defines an article as ‘an object which during production is given a special shape, surface or design which determines its function to a greater degree than does its chemical composition’.
'Complex objects' are made up of more than one article which meet the criteria laid down in Article 3(3) of REACH, e.g. a bicycle is a complex object made up of several articles, such as handlebar grips, cables, screws etc. Complex objects are explained in the ECHA Guidance on requirements for substances in articles. Please note the term ‘complex object’ corresponds to ‘complex product’ that is used in the ECJ Judgement referred to above (see footnote 12 of the above guidance).
The ECJ, in its judgment, observed that the REACH Regulation does not contain any provisions specifically governing complex products and that consequently, in the absence of specific provisions, there is no need to draw a distinction between articles of their own (e.g. screw) or when incorporated as components of a complex product (e.g. a screw in a bike). Therefore, when incorporated into a complex product, an 'article' remains an article within the meaning of REACH, as long as the article retains its special shape, surface or design, which is more decisive for its function than its chemical composition.
Entries in Annex XVII restricting 'articles' cover any object meeting the criteria in Article 3(3) of the REACH Regulation. Therefore, if an entry restricts the placing on the market of articles containing/releasing substance X and the restriction affects complex objects, the presence/release of substance X in each of the individual articles should be checked.
If a restriction entry refers to ‘parts of articles’, this should be understood as referring to an integral part of an article. Please note questions and answers (Q&As) and guidelines for some entries in Annex XVII have been developed which provide further information. The Q&As and guidelines are available on the ECHA website here: https://echa.europa.eu/information-restricted-substances.
Which type of oil lamps are considered as decorative within the context of Entry 3 of Annex XVII?
Oil lamp for decorative purposes is an oil lamp for interior or exterior use (e.g. in garden torches) appealing by its design and or the light atmosphere it creates.
In entry 3(1) what is included within the scope of ‘ornamental articles’, in addition to the examples of ornamental lamps and ashtrays in the legal text?
The restriction should be understood as a broad restriction covering all articles that contain liquids specified in the entry and intended to produce light or colour effects by means of different phases and which have an ornamental design. It does not matter if the article also has other functions besides being decorative. So for example, if articles such as cell phone covers, liquid timers, toothbrushes, shower curtains, key-rings and hourglasses contain ornamental features that produce light or colour effects, they are covered by the restriction even though the ornamental function is not the primary function of the article. Decorative LED lamps with glitter are also included within the scope of this restriction.
What is the scope of entry 8 which concerns polybromobiphenyls and polybrominatedbiphenyls? A specific CAS number (59536-65-1) is referred to in the entry, but are other polybrominated biphenyls also included in the scope of this restriction?
All polybrominated biphenyls (also referred to as polybromobiphenyls) are covered by the restriction in entry 8. The CAS number referred to in entry 8 is only an example of one of the main commercially used fire retardant products at the time of the adoption of the restriction.
What is the definition of paints in the context of entries 16 and 17 of Annex XVII? In particular, are children's paint sets, and also other stationery-type paints such as artist paints and do-it-yourself (DIY) decorations for t-shirts also covered?
The REACH Regulation does not provide a specific definition for paints.
According to a general meaning, paint is a mixture, usually of a liquid with a solid pigment. Furthermore, Commission Decision 2009/544/EC (establishing the ecological criteria for the EU Ecolabel to indoor paints and varnishes) provides the following definition: 'Paint' means a pigmented coating material, in liquid or in paste or powder form, which when applied to a substrate, forms an opaque film having protective, decorative or specific technical properties.
The abovementioned definitions provide an indication of what could be generally considered as a paint in the context of entries 16-17 of Annex XVII (to REACH) provisions.
It should be noted that the restrictions in entries 16-17 of Annex XVII only allow Member States to permit the use of paints containing the restricted substances for the restoration and maintenance of works of art and historic buildings and their interiors. Thus children's paint sets and other stationery-type paints such as artist paints and do-it-yourself (DIY) decorations for t-shirts must not contain the restricted substances.
Concerning children's paint sets, these may also be covered by the Toys Directive (Directive 2009/48/EC on the safety of Toys), which lays down limits for the presence of lead in toys.
Are the repairing and maintenance activities covered by the restriction in Entry 18(a) of Annex XVII?
Fever thermometers and other measuring devices for sale to the general public in use in the European Union before the 3 April 2009: The prohibition concerns the placing on the market of fever thermometers and other measuring devices for sale to the general public after the 3 April 2009.
Pursuant to paragraph 2, thermometers as well as other measuring devices for sale to the general public in use in the European Union before the 3 April 2009 are exempted from the prohibition. These instruments containing mercury which were in use in the European Union before the 3 April 2009 can be placed on the second hand market except in the territories of Member States which decided to regulate theses existing instruments. Repairing and maintenance activities for these existing instruments are excluded from the scope of the restriction. Nevertheless, in the case of repairing and maintenance activities performed on these devices, new measuring devices containing mercury shall not be used as this would be considered making available new measuring devices to the general public.
How should derogation in entry 18(a) of Annex XVII related to Antique Barometers be interpreted?
Under 18(a) antiques measuring devices are defined as more than 50 years old on 3 October 2007.
Under paragraph 3 antique measuring devices are exempted from the restriction. Repairing and maintenance activities for these antique measuring devices are also exempted for the restriction.
The intention of the legislator in granting an exemption for antique measuring devices is that their trade should continue (Directive 2007/51/EC, Recital No 4) due to their cultural and/or historical value. Therefore these instruments should continue to be serviced in order to keep their cultural and/or historical value.
Antique measuring devices such as barometers containing two columns of mercury which one consists of a thermometer are considered falling within the derogation of paragraph 3 and therefore they should continue to be serviced. The columns can be repaired or replaced if these activities are part of the maintenance and repair services and preserve the cultural and/or historical value of the instrument.
Professionals may buy measuring devices containing mercury if they are destined for the repair and maintenance activities of antique measuring devices.
Is there any definition for measuring devices in the context of entry 18(a) of Annex XVII?
Furthermore paragraphs 5 and 7 provide exhaustive lists of mercury-containing measuring devices intended for industrial and professional uses which have not been allowed to be placed on the market after 10 April 2014 (barometers; hygrometers; manometers; sphygmomanometers; strain gauges to be used with plethysmographs; tensiometers; thermometers and other non-electrical thermometric application; mercury pycnometers; mercury metering devices for determination of the softening point; mercury triple point cells other than those used for the calibration of platinum resistance thermometers).
The abovementioned definitions provide an indication of what could generally be considered as a measuring device in the context of entry 18(a) of Annex XVII to REACH provisions.
Are imports of CCA treated wood from outside the European Union banned under Entry 19 of Annex XVII?
Under Entry 19 of Annex XVII to REACH, CCA type C cannot be used to treat wood in the EU due to the fact that it has not been authorised under Directive 98/8/EC. A request for authorisation could, however, be made in the future in line with the requirements of Directive 98/8/EC.
· paragraph 4 a) authorises only the treatment of wood with CCA type C if this biocidal product is authorised under Directive 98/8/EC.
· under paragraph 4 b) it is stated that "Wood treated with CCA solutions in accordance with point a) may …."
This implies that all wood that is placed on the market in the EU must conform to the requirements of paragraph 4 a).
Therefore wood newly treated with CCA type C may only be placed on the EU market if this biocidal product used for treatment is authorised under Directive 98/8/EC.
the EU and imported. Obviously the requirement does not apply to wood treatment installations outside the EU producing wood for marketing outside the EU.
In summary since 30 June 2007, it is prohibited to place on the market and to import wood newly treated with CCA type C, until such time as a biocidal product containing this active substance is authorised in line with all the requirements of Directive 98/8/EC.
Under Entry 19, paragraph 4b) of Annex XVII there is a list of applications for which wood treated with CCA type C can be used. May treated wood be used for other applications, such as railway sleepers other than underground railway sleepers?
Paragraph 4b) of Annex XVII to REACH concerning arsenic compounds provides for a list of applications for which wood treated with CCA may be used. This is not a list of examples of possible uses but an exhaustive list of authorised applications. It flows both from the actual wording of those provisions and from their objective that the derogation provided for in paragraph 4 must necessarily be subject to a strict interpretation, as confirmed by the Court of Justice (case C-358/11, pp. 40-43).
Consequently, wood treated with CCA cannot be used for other applications than the ones listed in paragraph 4 b). Wood treated with CCA can, therefore, not be used for railway sleepers installed above ground.
What types of organotin compounds are covered by entry 20 of Annex XVII of REACH "organostannic compounds"?
Organostannic compounds covered by entry 20 in Annex XVII to REACH, must contain a carbon-tin bond. Substances like tin salts or organotin compounds, for which tin is bound to an atom other than carbon (for example hexanoic acid, 2-ethyl-, tin(2+) salt (CAS-No. 301-10-0)) are not covered by entry 20 in Annex XVII to REACH.
What is the meaning of the expression "already in use" in the context of the entry 20 of Annex XVII to REACH?
Paragraphs 4(b), 5(b) and 6(b) of entry 20 of Annex XVII to REACH, state that articles (and mixtures in the case of article 5(b)) not complying with point (a) of the paragraph shall not be placed on the market after [a certain date] ‘except for articles that were already in use in the Union before that date'".
The phrase ‘already in use' means in the possession of the end-user. Therefore, the derogations apply only to articles which reached end-users before the dates referred to in paragraphs 4(b), 5(b) and 6(b) of the entry. Those (second-hand) articles may continue to be traded after the dates on which the respective bans came into force. All articles still held by distributors, or in the storage facilities of importers or manufacturers on the dates when the bans came into force, should have been withdrawn from the distribution chain.
(a) Do toys fall within the scope of the dioctyltin (DOT) compounds restrictions of entry 20 (paragraph 6)? (b) Can toys benefit from the derogations for organotins in entry 20 of the Restriction List (Annex XVII)? (c) Would a paint coating on a toy that contains dibutyltin (DBT) as a biocide and not as a catalyst fall within the derogation?
(a) Yes, they do. Entry 20 in the Restriction List (Annex XVII) to REACH imposes DOT compounds restrictions for childcare articles, which are not toys. The REACH Regulation does not contain a definition of toys. The definition of toys in Directive 2009/48/EC on the Safety of Toys is illustrative in determining what should be considered as a “toy” in the context of this restriction (see Q&A 0982).
However, paragraph 6(a) of entry 20 restricts DOT compounds in textile toys as in any other textile article intended to come into contact with the skin. Furthermore, organic tin (including DOT) in toys is restricted by paragraph 13 of Part III (Chemical Properties) of Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC on the safety of toys, which specifies maximum migration limits.
In addition to derogation in paragraph 5(d), the other derogations currently applicable to TBT, DBT and DOT compounds in articles relate to the continued placing on the market of articles that were already in use in the EU before the 1 July 2010 for TBT (paragraph 4(b), before the 1 January 2012 (paragraph 5(b)) for DBT and before the 1 January 2012 for DOT (paragraph 6(b)).
Does the restriction in entry 20 (organostannic compounds) of Annex XVII to REACH apply to packaging?
Yes. Packaging can be considered as an article (or a product composed of different articles) in its own right. More information can be found in the ECHA guidance on requirements for substances in articles available at https://echa.europa.eu/guidance-documents/guidance-on-reach (in particular in chapter 2).
Therefore, with regard to entry 20, packaging should comply with the restrictions for tri-substituted (TBT, TPT) and dibutyltin (DBT) compounds. The restriction of dioctyltin compounds (DOT) which applies only to certain listed articles for the general public, applies to textile packaging.
According to paragraph 10 of entry 23 of Annex XVII to REACH cadmium shall not be used or placed on the market if the concentration is equal to or greater than 0,01% by weight of the metal in metal parts of jewellery. Does this concentration threshold apply to each metal component of an item of jewellery or to the jewellery item as a whole?
With reference to paragraph 10 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) 494/2011 amending entry 23 of Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation (cadmium) the concentration threshold of cadmium applies in each metal part of jewellery. The wording used by the legislator, i.e. "metal parts of the jewellery and imitation jewellery" implies that each metal part is relevant; therefore in order to determine if the restriction applies the calculation of the concentration in this case is to be done for each metal part. Therefore, if there are several metal layers as coatings on the surface of an inner (metallic) part of the jewellery these should be regarded as integral part of the metal part and the concentration limit of 0,01% is calculated for this whole metal part. In case the inner part is not metal, but the coating is made of metal layers, this coating is regarded as one metal part. If the jewellery article contains several metal parts, each of them should comply with the concentration limit.
Is it allowed to continue the sale/placing on the market of jewelry articles containing more than 0.01% of Cadmium, manufactured and already placed on the market (e.g. sold by the manufacturer to the distributor) before the 10 December 2011 following the entry into force of the new restriction according to Entry 23 of Annex XVII, paragraphs 10 and 11?
The prohibition of the placing on the market of jewellery and imitation jewellery articles containing cadmium includes sales from the manufacturers to distributors and from distributors to retailers, as well as imports. However, Commission Regulation (EU) 494/2011 contains derogation for articles that were placed on the market before 10 December 2011 (for the date see corrigendum published in OJ L 136/105). This means that jewellery and imitation jewellery articles placed on the market for the first time before 10 December 2011 do not need to comply with the prohibition thus they can be sold following entry into force of the new restriction for example to a retailer or on the second-hand market.
Which uses of brazing fillers containing cadmium can be regarded as uses for safety reasons (derogation in paragraph 9 of entry 23 of Annex XVII to REACH)?
Paragraph 8 of entry 23 of Annex XVII to the REACH Regulation states that cadmium and its compounds shall not be used in brazing fillers in a concentration equal to or greater than 0,01 % by weight. In addition, brazing fillers shall not be placed on the market if the concentration of cadmium (expressed as Cd metal) is equal to or greater than 0,01 % by weight. The paragraph also states that brazing shall mean a joining technique using alloys and undertaken at a temperature above 450°C. In accordance with the following paragraph 9, by way of derogation paragraph 8 shall not apply to brazing fillers used in defence and aerospace applications nor to brazing fillers used for safety reasons.
The safety aspect in relation to this derogation is if the use of cadmium containing brazing filler may prevent accidents causing human suffering or environmental pollution.
Brazing fillers used in turbine wheels in power plant technology in temperature below 650°C.
Turbine wheels in power plant technology are parts of speed drivers for gas compressors and boiler feed pumps, where rotational speed is approximately from 1000 revolutions per minute (rpm) up to 20 000 rpm. Cadmium containing brazing fillers are needed as they can be used below 650 °C without decreasing the strength of the parent material (base metal). Cadmium-free brazing fillers require higher temperatures which causes the weakening of the parent material. Weakening of the parent material could lead to the breakdown of the turbine wheel. Due to high rotational speed the parts and pieces of shrapnel may cause injuries to workers and others in the vicinity of the wheel. The breakdown of the turbine wheel may result also in a complete shutdown of the power plant, the compressor station of a gas pipeline, or of a refinery.
Brazing fillers used in pipes and tubes where acetylene is transferred in high pressure (1.5 – 17 bar).
Cadmium containing brazing fillers are needed in the joining process for pipes and tubes, where acetylene is transferred in order to avoid formation of explosive substances. Acetylene forms explosive substances with copper and silver as well as other materials (e.g. formation of copper acetylide and silver acetylide). Cadmium reduces the overall percentage of copper and silver in the brazing fillers to the level where formation of explosive substances does not exist. Another reason to use cadmium in brazing fillers for this application is that cadmium facilitates the capillary action and solder penetration ensuring a good quality joint with high integrity for pipes and tubes where acetylene is transferred in high pressure (1.5-17 bar). Release of acetylene from pipes and tubes may as well cause serious risk, as acetylene is extremely flammable gas and explosive with and without contact with air.
Other applications that would like to benefit from the derogation need to show the similar kind of safety aspects as described above.
Such considerations should take into account the availability on the market of cadmium-free brazing fillers which can address the safety aspects of the specific application of the brazing fillers in an equivalent manner.
See also ECHA´s report "The use of brazing fillers containing cadmium for safety reasons" [PDF].
Which types of articles coloured with mixtures containing cadmium can be regarded as using cadmium for safety reasons (derogation in paragraph 3 of entry 23 of Annex XVII to REACH)?
Paragraph 1 of entry 23 of Annex XVII to the REACH Regulation provides a restriction on cadmium and its compounds in mixtures and articles produced from certain synthetic organic materials (plastic materials) and paragraph 2 provides a restriction on cadmium and its compounds in paints (Tariff codes 3208 and 3209). The following paragraph 3 states that by way of derogation the restrictions in paragraphs 1 and 2 do not apply to articles coloured with mixtures containing cadmium for safety reasons.
There are two safety aspects in relation to this derogation. The first relates to the use of a specific colour or pigment with certain properties which is necessary to prevent accidents. The second relates to the use of a specific colour or pigment with certain properties in safety equipment.
Coloured wire insulation and cable jackets used in aircraft electrical and control systems for the purpose of fire detection and extinguishing systems, flight control systems or during flight tests.
The wire and cable connections are often used in in a high temperature application (greater than 150ºC ambient temperature). Cadmium pigments are used to keep the colour from changing or fading over time in the high temperature. Changing established colour conventions could introduce a significant risk of maintenance errors, which may lead to a risk of passengers.
parts of safety equipment for outdoor applications (e.g. seats, reels and diverse technical parts).
Outdoor safety applications are applications used typically in outdoor activities in areas where visible colours are needed for rescue or orienteering purposes in case of emergency situations. Cadmium pigments provide highly visible colour contrast with its surroundings (e.g. in rescue situations) and where durability of the colour for the ambient environment (e.g. weather resistance, light fastness, heat resistance and chroma) is needed.
The other applications that would like to benefit from the derogation need to show the similar kind of safety aspects than described above.
Such considerations should take into account the availability on the market of alternative substances which can address the safety aspects of the specific application in an equivalent manner.
See also ECHA´s report "The use of cadmium and its compounds in articles coloured for safety reasons" [PDF].
What parts of plastic coated copper beads (CCB) used in jewellery should comply with the cadmium restriction entry 23?
Entry 23 (paragraph 10 (i)) of Annex XVII to the REACH Regulation states that cadmium and its compounds must not be used or placed on the market if the concentration of cadmium is equal to or greater than 0,01 % by weight of the metal in metal beads and other metal components for jewellery making (see Q&A, 158). In addition, it should be noted that articles produced from plastic material referred to in paragraph 1 of the entry must not be placed on the market if the concentration of cadmium is equal to or greater than 0.01 % by weight of the plastic material.
Thus, in the case of plastic coated metal beads (CCB beads), both the plastic material and the metallic part of the bead need to comply with entry 23 (cadmium restriction).
Please also note that if the article is painted, then paragraph 2 will also apply to this article.
Do paragraphs 5 and 6 of entry 23 (cadmium and its compounds) cover unplated metal parts?
No. They cover only plated metal parts. Paragraphs 5 and 6 of entry 23 prohibit the use of cadmium for “cadmium plating” (defined as a deposit or coating on a metallic surface with metallic cadmium) metallic articles used in specified sectors/applications. The placing on the market of cadmium-plated articles used in those sectors/applications and of articles manufactured in some of those sectors/applications is also prohibited. The latter reference to “articles manufactured” must be taken to mean articles that have been cadmium plated, since paragraphs 5 and 6 relate only to “cadmium plating”. Accordingly, Paragraphs 5 and 6 do not cover articles with metal parts containing cadmium unless these parts are plated with cadmium.
Note that metallic articles containing cadmium may be covered under other EU legislation. For example, (1) electrical and electronic equipment falls under Directive 2011/65/EU on the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances and must comply as well with the maximum concentration limits for cadmium set in that Directive and (2) toys are covered under Directive 2009/48/EC on the Safety of Toys.
Is ink covered by entry 23 of Annex XVII to REACH, concerning cadmium and its compounds?
No. Ink is not included in the TARIC codes which define the scope of paragraph 2 of entry 23.
Are mobile telephones covered by the restriction set in Entry 27 of Annex XVII on nickel?
Entry 27 of Annex XVII to REACH states that nickel may not be used "in articles intended to come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin, if the rate of nickel release from the parts of these articles coming into direct and prolonged contact with the skin is greater than 0.5 Jg/cm²/week". The aim of this restriction to protect consumers against nickel allergy which may be caused by prolonged contact of the skin with nickel-releasing articles that come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin such as jewellery, buttons, tighteners, zips and rivets in items of clothing. It has emerged that some mobile telephones contain nickel in surface material and that consumers are at risk of developing eczema through skin contact with the mobile telephone. As mobile telephones are clearly intended to come into direct contact with the skin, and as they are used on a daily basis often for prolonged periods of time, it is considered that mobile telephones fulfil the condition of "direct and prolonged contact with the skin". Therefore mobile telephones are covered by the restriction and should comply with the conditions set in Entry 27 of Annex XVII to REACH.
How to clarify the "prolonged contact with the skin" in relation to the nickel restriction entry 27?
30 minutes on one or more occasions within two weeks.
The skin contact time of 10 minutes applies when there are three or more occasions of skin contacts within a two-week time period. The skin contact time of 30 minutes applies when there is at least one occasion within a two-week time period.
Are substances classified as CMRs, and included in Annex VI to CLP but not yet included in the Appendices 1-6 of Annex XVII to REACH, covered by the restrictions in entries 28-30 of Annex XVII to REACH?
No, only substances listed in the relevant Appendices (1 - 6) of Annex XVII are covered by the restrictions in entries 28 - 30.
When substances are classified for the first time as CMR and included in an ATP of the CLP Regulation, the European Commission prepares a draft amendment to include these substances in the Appendices of REACH Annex XVII. The amendment then has to be adopted in accordance with Article 68(2) of REACH, before the new substances are covered by entries 28-30.
Entries 28-30 of Annex XVII restrict substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic to reproduction (CMR). Do these restrictions apply to these substances when they are present in articles?
Substances within the scope of entries 28-30 are not allowed to be placed on the market or used for supply to the general public as substances, as constituents of other substances or in mixtures when the concentration is equal to or greater than the specified limits. Certain derogations apply to this restriction as listed in paragraph 2. CMR substances that are present in articles are not within the scope of the restriction imposed by entries 28-30, but other restrictions may be applicable to these substances, when present in articles. In addition, notification and communication obligations under REACH may apply; see the ECHA website: https://echa.europa.eu/regulations/reach/candidate-list-substances-in-articles/notification-of-substances-in-articles.
It should be noted that entries 28 and 29 are applicable to the substances that are listed in Appendices 1 & 2 (carcinogenic (C), categories 1A and 1B) and Appendices 3 & 4 (mutagenic (M), categories 1A and 1B). Entry 30 is applicable to substances which are classified as reproductive toxicants (R), categories 1A and 1B and listed in Appendices 5 and 6. These Appendices are regularly updated by including new substances, after the adoption of a harmonised classification for a substance as CMR, category 1A or 1B according to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.
What is the meaning of the expression "second hand market for re-use" in paragraph 2(c) of entry 31 of Annex XVII to REACH?
Paragraph 1 of entry 31 prohibits the placing on the market of wood treated with the substances listed in points (a) to (i) of column 1 of the entry, whether as substances on their own or as mixtures. Paragraph 2(c) of entry 31 states that "….the prohibition in paragraph 1 on the placing on the market shall not apply to wood which has been treated with substances listed in entry 31 (a) to (i) before 31 December 2002 and is placed on the second-hand market for re-use….."
This derogation therefore concerns wood that had already been treated with the substance listed in points (a) to (i) of column 1 of entry 31 before 31 December 2002. The intention of the derogation is to allow second-hand wood treated before 31 December 2002 with the substances covered by this entry to be traded by the end-user and subsequent users. This type of derogation is often included in restriction entries to avoid enforcement difficulties.
It should be noted that the conditions in paragraph 3 apply to second-hand wood benefiting from the derogation in paragraph 2(c). Thus, it cannot be used e.g. inside buildings, in toys, in playground etc.
Entry 40 of Annex XVII prohibits the use of flammable, highly flammable or extremely flammable substances in "aerosol generators placed on the market for the general public for entertainment and decorative purposes". Are aerosol generators containing coloured hairsprays and glitter for the body and sold to the general public restricted under this entry?
Entry 40 provides an indicative list of examples of products that are covered by the restriction. These examples are all products to be used for the decoration of venues for festivities/parties and for use during parties. None of these examples are cosmetic products within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 on cosmetic products.
Article 67(2) of REACH excludes cosmetic products as defined by Directive 76/768/EEC (now Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009) from the scope of restrictions when they target risks to human health within the scope of that legislation. This restriction on aerosol dispensers is entirely linked to the human health of consumers, which are fully addressed by Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.
Therefore, the restriction in Entry 40 of Annex XVII to REACH, prohibiting the use of flammable, highly flammable or extremely flammable substances in "aerosol generators placed on the market for the general public for entertainment and decorative purposes", does not cover aerosol dispensers which are cosmetic products. Coloured hair sprays and body glitter fall within the definition of cosmetic products in Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 as they are intended "to be placed in contact with an external part of the human body" with a view to "changing its appearance". They have a similar use to more classical cosmetic products, such as normal hair sprays and should not be considered as having an entertainment or decorative purpose within the meaning of the entry.
Are there any definitions for aerosols, aerosol dispensers, in the context of Entry 40?
The REACH Regulation does not define aerosols or aerosol dispensers.
According to the ordinary meaning of the word, an aerosol is considered to be "a substance enclosed under pressure and released as a fine spray by means of a propellant gas". (Oxford advanced dictionary definition). The term may in certain contexts be used for a mixture enclosed under pressure and released as a fine spray by means of a propellant gas, or the dispenser or package used to change the ingredient inside the container into a spray by the use of a propellant gas. The European Aerosol Federation uses the term "aerosol" for both the suspension and the dispenser/package.
Furthermore, it should be noted that according to Article 2.3.1 of the CLP Regulation (for "Classification, Labelling and Packaging"), the term "aerosol dispenser" means: any non-reusable container made of metal, glass or plastic and containing a gas compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure, with or without a liquid, paste or powder, and fitted with a release device allowing the contents to be ejected as solid or liquid particles in suspension in a gas, as a foam, paste or powder or in a liquid state.
The CLP definition is very similar to the definition provided in Article 2 of the Aerosol Dispensers Directive (ADD) (75/324/EEC).
The above definitions provide an indication of what could be generally considered as ‘aerosols/aerosol dispensers' in the context of Entry 40 of Annex XVII. Note that aerosol generators should be regarded as aerosol dispensers, as the original restriction discusses aerosol generators.
What is the meaning of products for entertainment and decorative purposes in the context of entry 40 of Annex XVII? Are aerosol dispensers containing coloured hairsprays and glitter for the body and sold to the general public restricted under this entry?
Entry 40 prohibits the use of flammable, highly flammable or extremely flammable substances in "aerosol dispensers where these aerosol dispensers are intended for supply to the general public for entertainment and decorative purposes". Paragraph 1 provides an indicative list of examples of products that are covered by the restriction. These examples are all products to be used to decorate, for instance, venues for festivities (e.g. Christmas, weddings, and carnivals) or parties (e.g. birthday parties and fancy-dress parties) and for entertainment use, for instance, during festivities and parties. None of the examples listed in the entry are cosmetic products within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 on cosmetic products.
Coloured hair sprays and body glitter would fall within the definition of cosmetic products in Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, as they are intended "to be placed in contact with an external part of the human body" with a view to "changing its appearance" and therefore have a similar use to more classical cosmetic products, such as normal hair sprays. Coloured hair sprays and body glitter should not be considered as having an entertainment or decorative purpose, and therefore they are not covered by entry 40 of Annex XVII to REACH.
Are optical brightening agents (OBAs) azodyes within the meaning of the Entry 43 to Annex XVII?
Through a literature search and consultation with experts in this area it was not found any structural connection between optical brighteners (or better called fluorescent dyes) and azodyes since either the NH bonds in the fluorescent dyes are connected to heterocyclic NC structures and therefore cannot form any of the 22 banned arylamines or they do not contain any azo bonds where reductive cleavage could take place to generate any of the aromatic amines covered by the azodyes ban. Therefore at the present time, this information confirms that the restriction in Entry 43 to Annex XVII does not cover optical brightening agents (OBAs). Should the chemical structure of optical brightening agents be different from the definition as reported above, this answer may change accordingly.
The restriction indicated in entry 43(3) applies only to the placing on the EU market of substances or mixtures containing the azodyes listed in Appendix 9 at a concentration exceeding 0.1% by weight, and to the use of such substances/mixtures within the EU. Does the restriction therefore not apply to imported articles which have been dyed with the azodyes listed in Appendix 9?
Entry 43(3) of Annex XVII restricts the placing on the market of substances and mixtures containing over 0.1% of the azodyes listed in Appendix 9, when they are intended for colouring textile and leather articles, and also the actual use of the substance or mixture for that purpose. Therefore, the presence of these substances in imported articles is not restricted.
However, pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of the restriction, if an azodye in Appendix 9 releases one or more of the aromatic amines listed in Appendix 8 in a concentration above 30 mg/kg (0,003 % by weight, it cannot be used in textile and leather articles which may come into direct and prolonged contact with human skin or the oral cavity (such as those listed in paragraph 1). Those textile and leather articles cannot be placed on the market unless they comply with that concentration limit.
Is the list of restricted items in entry 43 of Annex XVII to REACH concerning azocolourants and azodyes exhaustive?
No. The use of the words “such as” makes clear that the list of items mentioned in paragraph 1 of entry 43 of Annex XVII to REACH is a non-exhaustive list of examples of items covered by this restriction (clothing, footwear, textile toys etc.).
Do sofas and chairs (e.g. garden chairs/sun loungers’ type) fall under the scope of the restriction entry 43 of Annex XVII to REACH?
Yes. Garden furniture made of textile or leather is covered by entry 43 as people who use them can be in light clothing (even in bathing suits or bare) and “direct and prolonged contact with human skin” is very likely. There is even a direct reference to chair covers in the list of examples of articles covered by the restriction.
Entry 46 of Annex XVII to REACH - Nonylphenol.
Does the entry 46 of Annex XVII cover traces in cosmetic products?
Regulation 1223/2009 on cosmetic products, that repealed Directive 76/768/EEC, introduces a ban on the marketing of cosmetic products containing nonylphenol (CAS: 25154-52-3) and 4-nonylphenol, branched (CAS: 84852-15-3). Pursuant to Article 17 of the cosmetics Regulation, the presence of traces in cosmetic products is allowed, provided that such presence is technically unavoidable in good manufacturing practice and that the product does not cause damage to human health.
Entry 46 of Annex XVII to REACH bans the placing on the market of nonylphenol and nonylphenol ethoxylates as a substance or in mixtures in a number of applications including cosmetic products, when the concentration is higher than 0.1% by weight. The objective of entry 46 is the protection of the environment. Therefore Article 67 (2) of REACH does not apply. Entry 46 covers traces in cosmetic products to the extent that their presence presents a risk to the environment. The application of entry 46 of Annex XVII to REACH is complementary to, and does not conflict with, Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.
Does the entry 46 of Annex XVII cover all nonylphenols?
Yes. The intention of the legislator was to cover all isomers, linear and branched, of nonylphenol and their ethoxylates and therefore all of them are covered by the restriction.
The restriction on nonylphenol and nonylphenol ethoxylates was based on the risks identified in the risk assessment report prepared by the United Kingdom under Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 of 23 March 1993 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances. The risk assessment report states that "It is understood that nonylphenol (CAS Number: 25154-52-3) as originally defined by CAS (Chemical Abstract Service) covered all nonylphenols. However, subsequent revisions redefined it to cover only straight chain nonylphenol, other isomers having different CAS numbers. Given the method of manufacture of nonylphenols, very little if any straight chain nonylphenol is produced. That which is produced is only likely to be present at very low levels in commercial mixtures. The commercially produced nonylphenols are predominantly 4-nonylphenol with a varied and undefined degree of branching in the alkyl group. This assessment covers commercially produced material (predominantly 4-nonylphenol, branched). This material will also contain smaller amounts of other isomers and impurities, and falls under the CAS Number 84852-15-3."
Therefore Council Directive 76/769/EEC, as amended by Directive 2003/53/EC, did not specify any CAS or EC numbers for nonylphenol. In the revision of the REACH restriction by Regulation 552/2009/EC, which made several technical changes, the CAS and EC numbers were added. This will be corrected by a technical amendment to reflect the intention of the legislator.
What are personal care products in entry 46?
Paragraphs (1) to (9) of entry 46 list the ‘purposes' to which the restriction applies. Following paragraph (7) "cosmetic products" is paragraph (8) "other personal care products". It therefore seems that cosmetics are to be considered as a subcategory of personal care products.
REACH does not define "cosmetic products". According to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 on cosmetic products, "cosmetic product" means "any substance or mixture intended to be placed in contact with the external parts of the human body (epidermis, hair system, nails, lips and external genital organs) or with the teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming them, changing their appearance protecting them, keeping them in good condition or correcting body odours."
Based on the above, it can be interpreted that "other personal care products" within the meaning of entry 46 include, but are not limited to, any product meeting the conditions indicated in the above definition for substances and mixtures and other products used for personal hygiene, such as toilet papers, some female hygiene products, nappies, cotton pads, etc. This interpretation can be broadly considered as a perception of the average consumer for this product category.
For adhesive tapes, does the concentration limit for toluene of 0.1% in adhesives as specified in Entry 48 of Annex XVII apply to the whole mass of the tape or just to the mass of the adhesive layer on the tape?
Entry 48 prohibits the placing on the market for supply to the general public of toluene as a substance or in mixtures, in a concentration equal to or greater than 0.1% by weight, where the substance or the mixture is used in adhesives and spray paints. Adhesive tapes consist of a layer of adhesive coated on a flexible substrate. As the restriction concerns the concentration of toluene in adhesives, the concentration of toluene must be calculated with reference to the amount of adhesive on the tape, and not with reference to the total weight of the adhesive and substrate.
What is an interpretation of the "major operational change" concerning the requirement to control the calibration of the PAH/PCA ratio after each "major operational change" under Entry 50 to Annex XVII?
As stated in Recital 8 of the Directive 2005/69/EC (OJ L323, 9.12.2005, p.51), there are at present no harmonized test methods for measuring PAHs in the extender oils, or for measuring PAHs in tyres that contain such oils. Until suitable harmonized methods are available, the only named method that is permitted for measuring the PAH content of extender oils is the IP346 analysis method. This method is permitted providing that certain additional conditions are met. These additional conditions are necessary because the IP346 method does not measure the PAH content directly. In fact IP346 measures the total content of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PCA) rather than the PAH content. The PCAs are a group of substances to which PAHs belong, but in which PAHs are present in only very small amounts. The legal limit for PAHs in extender oils, which is 1 part per million (ppm) of BaP and 10ppm total PAH content, is considered to be met if the total PCA content is <3%. In other words, the PCA content of 3% is taken as a proxy measurement for a PAH content of 10ppm. The proxy measurements will be valid only if the ratio between the PAH and PCA content in the extender oil is known and does not change over time. The additional conditions therefore require an initial calibration of the technique (measurement of the PAH/PCA ratio) and recalibration at intervals of six months, or after "major operational change", in order to ensure that the measurements remain valid over time. The term "major operational change" should therefore be taken to mean any change in materials or processes that could invalidate the results of the proxy measurement. The principle cause of invalid results would be a change in the PAH/PCA ratio in the extender oil. However, it should be remembered that not only is IP346 a proxy method for measuring PAH, but that the quantity that it does measure, namely PCA content, is meaaured in a rather indirect way, namely by a change in the refractive index of a solution, and that PCAs are not the only substances that affect the refractive index of a solution. The potential for obtaining invalid results is therefore quite high and the method should therefore be used with considerable caution. It would therefore be advisable to recalibrate in case of doubt. The provision to control the calibration of the PAH/PCA ratio every six months is to safeguard the validity of the IP346 results against unintentional or unknown changes. This would apply for the case where the manufacturing process and materials used remain the same, and where there is no reason be expect a change in the PAH/PCA ratio. However, it is possible to imagine, for example, that a tyre manufacturer receives a reformulated extender oil from his supplier without being made aware of the change that has been made, and the results from the IP346 could be invalidated as a consequence. A six month recalibration interval was considered sufficient to cover such occurrences. Conclusion: The provision to control the calibration of the PAH/PCA ratio after each "major operational change" is to safeguard the validity of the IP346 results. A major operational change is therefore a deliberate change to materials or processes that might be expected to significantly influence the PAH/PCA ratio, or otherwise affect the validity of the measurement. Examples of such a change would be where the source of supply for the extender oil is changed, or where the method of using the oil is changed. Judgment of whether a particular change is sufficiently important to trigger the need for recalibration will necessarily be made case-by-case and will require expert opinion.
Does the restrictions provided in Entry 50 concerning on PAHs in tyres cover mobile machinery?
Entry 50 to Annex XVII as enacted by Commission Regulation 552/2009 restricts the use of PAH in tyres for "vehicles covered by Directive 2007/46/EC establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers".
Article 2 of Directive 2007/46 defines its scope. Paragraph 1 lists the vehicles designed for use on roads.
b) prototypes of vehicles used on the road under the responsibility of a manufacturer to perform a specific test programme provided they have been specifically.
In addition the definition of "motor vehicle" in point 11 of Article 3 requires that the vehicles covered should have a maximum design speed limit exceeding 25 km/h. In conclusion the restriction in Entry 50 covers the tyres for vehicles listed in the Article 2 paragraph 1, 3 and 4 of Directive 2007/46/EC which have a maximum design speed limit exceeding 25 km/h. Tyres of mobile machinery with a maximum design speed limit exceeding 25 km/h are therefore covered by the restriction and have to comply with the conditions set in the entry 50.
Does the restrictions provided in Entry 50 of Annex XVII concerning on PAHs in tyres cover "Standard reference tyres"?
Standard reference tyres are produced and imported solely for the purpose of providing a reference performance for other newly developed tyres. They are not placed on the market to be fitted on vehicles intended for final users. For the purpose of entry 50, tyres are defined as tyres for vehicles covered by Directives 2007/46/EC on motor vehicles and their trailers, Directive 2003/37/EC on agricultural or forestry tractors, and Directive 2002/24/EC on two and three-wheeler motor vehicles. It appears that Reference Tyres are not intended to be used on vehicles covered by the Directives 2007/46/EC, 2003/37/EC and 2002/24/EC. In conclusion these tyres should not be considered as covered by the provisions of the restriction in Entry 50 of Annex XVII.
Can you give examples of articles that are covered by or excluded from Entry 50 (paragraphs 5 and 6) of Annex XVII to REACH: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in articles supplied to the general public?
This document aims at providing a guideline concerning the interpretation of the scope of the restriction provisions in paragraphs 5 and 6 of entry 50 of Annex XVII to REACH Regulation (EU) No 1907/2006 on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in articles supplied to the general public. It has been drawn up to (i) clarify certain terms that define the scope of the restriction (e.g. “plastic and rubber component”, “direct as well as prolonged contact or short-term repetitive contact with human skin or the oral cavity", "normal/reasonably foreseeable conditions of use") and (ii) provide non-exhaustive lists of article types which fall within (or out of) the scope of the restriction.
In Entries 51 and 52 of Annex XVII respectively it is stated that the substances DEHP, DBP and BBP on the one side and the substances DINP, DIDP and DNOP on the other side "shall not be used as substances or or in mixtures, in concentrations of greater than 0.1% by weight of the plasticised material…". Does the 0.1% limit apply to each phthalate listed individually, or whether it applies to the 3 or 6 phthalates combined? How should this limit of 0.1% be applied when a product contains traces of more than one these substances?
The threshold of 0.1% is the standard threshold used in Annex XVII. The value of 0.1% has been chosen because it represents a measurable quantity. It is being used to take into account impurities, not to allow the use of certain substances, e.g. phthalates in toys and childcare articles. One should be aware that in order to plasticise a toy or childcare article concentrations of phthalates of more than 10 per cent are needed. Different restrictions are applied to each of the two groups of phthalates. The limit value of 0.1% should therefore be applied for each group of phthalates combined, i.e. the concentration of DEHP, DBP and BBP combined should not be higher than 0.1% and the concentration of DINP, DIDP and DNOP combined should also not be higher than 0.1%. Conclusion: A toy or childcare article would not comply with the Entry 51 or Entry 52 respectively if it contained either more than 0.1% of DEHP, DBP and BBP combined or more than 0.1% of DINP, DIDP and DNOP combined. However, it would be considered compliant if it contained only 0.09% of DEHP, DBP and BBP combined and 0.09% of DINP, DIDP and DNOP combined.
Are the articles destined to be used for the hygiene of children such as bathtubs, articles for the bath, bathtub mats, hairbrushes, bath thermometers, or nail cutters covered under Entries 51 and 52 of Annex XVII?
The entries 51 and 52 specify that "Childcare article" means "any product intended to facilitate sleep, relaxation, hygiene, the feeding of children or sucking on the part of children." As these articles are intended to facilitate the hygiene of children they should be considered as "childcare articles" as defined by the entries 51 and 52. In conclusion, articles which are used for the hygienic care of children such as bathtubs, articles for the bath, bathtub mats, hairbrushes, bath thermometers, or nail cutters are therefore covered by the Entries 51 and 52 and use of phthalates and should conform to the prescriptions of the entries.
Do mattress protectors (covers, pads etc.) fall within the scope of Entries 51 and 52 of Annex XVII?
The definition of childcare articles contained in Annex XVII to REACH is as follows: "Childcare articles" are defined as "any product intended to facilitate sleep, relaxation, hygiene, the feeding of children or sucking on the part of children". Further explanation is provided by the Commission services' guidance document on the interpretation of the concept "which can be placed in the mouth". It gives the following examples: "The main purpose of pyjamas is to dress children when sleeping and not to facilitate sleep. Pyjamas should therefore be regarded as textiles and, like other textiles, do not fall under the scope of the Directive. Sleeping bags are designed to facilitate sleep, and should therefore fall under the Directive." Taking this into account, and also taking into account that the guidance document explicitly contains a description and a photo of a mattress cover, it can be confirmed that mattress protectors are childcare articles as defined in Annex XVII. This means that the three phthalates DEHP, BBP and DBP listed in entry 51 of Annex XVII may not be used in mattress protectors. The other three, DINP, DIDP and DNOP, listed in the entry 52, are only restricted in those articles that can be placed in the mouth by children.
Can mattress protectors (covers, pads etc.) be placed in the mouth by children within the meaning of Entries 51 and 52 of Annex XVII?
The guidance document contains an example of a mattress cover that is not directly mouthable in normal and foreseeable use conditions. The edges and corner are not accessible for mouthing by the child – by design (the mattress should fit snugly in the cot to avoid entrapment risks), and the mattress is covered with a sheet in normal use and the surface is sufficiently taut (by design – to avoid suffocation risks) to prevent PVC from being mouthed through the sheet. This is based on the observation that inaccessible parts of articles can not be taken into the mouth. Articles or parts of articles should be considered inaccessible if, during proper use or reasonably foreseeable improper use by children, they can not be reached. However, there will be other cases when parts of certain articles can be taken into the mouth under normal and foreseeable conditions, for example when the mattress protector is placed on the sheet or cannot be completely fixed. In conclusion, mattress protectors that can be placed above sheets or that cannot be tightly fixed to the mattress have to comply with the restriction contained in entry 52 of Annex XVII to REACH. Authorities competent for market surveillance should assist manufacturers/importers in making a case-by-case assessment on the basis of the criteria described above and in the guidance document.
Is the substance Di-2-propyl heptyl phthalate (DPHP), CAS No 53306-54-0 restricted under Entry 52 of Annex XVII or is DPHP as a new compound different from DIDP and therefore not covered by the restrictions in Entries 51 and 52?
The restriction in entry 52 concerns the substance "Di-isodecyl phthalate" (DIDP) which is listed with CAS Numbers 26761-40-0 and 68515-49-1. Di-2-propyl heptyl phthalate (DPHP) is an isomer of decyl phthalate and has the CAS No 53306-54-0. According to the information at the Commission's disposal, DPHP (CAS # 53306-54-0) is different from DIDP and therefore not covered by entry 52 of Annex XVII. In conclusion, the substance is not covered under the entry 52 of Annex XVII. The uses of the substance may be regulated in the future on a Community-wide basis, if it appears from the information which will become available that it causes unacceptable risks to human health or the environment. In addition DPHP is explicitly not promoted by its manufacturers for use in toys, food packaging or medical products.
What is the interpretation of the concept "which can be placed on the mouth" as laid down in the entry 52, concerning toys and childcare articles?
Guideline on the interpretation of the concept "which can be placed in the mouth" as laid down in the entry 52 of Annex XVII to REACH Regulation 1907/2006.
This guideline aims at providing some criteria and examples to help identify those toys and childcare articles which can be placed in the mouth by children. The guideline lists the main criteria of "size dimension" and "accessible parts" (according to the EN 71-European Standard on the safety of toys) which would therefore facilitate the judgement - on a case by case – whether a toy or childcare article can be placed in the mouth by children. The guideline also provides pictures as examples in order to better indicate which toys and childcare articles or parts of them can be taken into the mouth.
Do blankets and objects to facilitate the transport of children fall within the scope of Entries 51 and 52 of Annex XVII?
The Guideline on the concept "which can be placed in the mouth" [See Q&A 748], provides certain clarifications concerning the types of childcare articles within the scope of Entries 51 and 52 of Annex XVII. For instance, sleeping bags are claimed to be articles designed to facilitate sleep, and should therefore fall under the scope of Entries 51 and 52. In addition, the guidance document explicitly contains a photo of a mattress cover which is considered as childcare articles, also explaining that certain parts (e.g. mattress protectors) can be placed in the mouth by children. [See Q&A 675].
Blankets are, in nature, articles similar to mattresses as both used in bed to facilitate the sleeping of children and therefore can be claimed to meet the broad definition of childcare articles. Furthermore, since blankets can be commonly placed in mouth by children, these can be considered within the scope of both Entries 51 and 52 of Annex XVII.
The Guideline clarifies that "entry 52 of Annex XVII on what can be placed in the mouth by children also covers the accessible parts of articles such as push chairs, car seats, sleeping bags and bike seats which are intended to facilitate sleep and relaxation during transport". Given that child seats and items which are used for transportation of children are quite similar in function and design to the above mentioned types of articles, they can be broadly considered as childcare articles [See Q&A 983]. In addition, it is noted that pictures of such types of childcare articles are also provided at the end of the Guideline. Over there, examples of mouthed items of such articles are provided to assist enforcers conclude whether they fall (or not) under the scope of entry 52.
In entry 51 of Annex XVII to REACH, does the concentration limit "0,1 % by weight of the plasticised material in toys and childcare articles" relate to the whole article or only part of it?". For instance, if only the head of a doll contains more than 0.1 % w/w phthalates, should the concentration be calculated on the total weight of the plasticised material of the whole toy or only for the weight of the plasticised material of the head?
The 0.1% limit was set up in order to eliminate the use of phthalates. Such limit was set up in order to be respected in each bit/piece of plasticised material by itself, regardless of whether there are other pieces or not. Therefore the reference to 0.1%, intended also as the sum up to the 3 phthalates, has to be calculated in each piece of plasticised material of each homogenous material. In the example referred to in the question the calculation should therefore be based on the weight of the plasticised material of the head of the doll and not the entire weight of all plasticised material of the whole toy.
Does a baby monitor fall under the definition of childcare article in the context of entries 51-52 of Annex XVII to REACH?
A childcare article is defined by entries 51 (4) and 52(4) as "any product intended to facilitate sleep, relaxation, hygiene, the feeding of children or sucking on the part of children" (see Q&A 983). A baby monitor does not facilitate the sleep or relaxation of the baby, it allows parents to be alerted when the baby is crying or making other noise. Therefore baby monitors fall outside the scope of entries 51-52 of Annex XVII.
Do entries 51 and 52 of Annex XVII of REACH cover certain articles often used by children (e.g. school supplies, clothing or hair accessories)?
No, items such as school supplies, clothing or hair accessories are not considered as toys in the sense of the Directive 2009/48/EC on the safety of Toys, as their main purpose is not to be used in play by the children. However, certain products such as plastic combs can fall under the definition of ‘childcare articles’ (defined in the restriction as any products intended to facilitate sleep, relaxation, hygiene, the feeding of children or sucking on the part of children) see (Q&A 0983).
Entries 51 and 52 restrict the placing on the market and use of phthalates in toys and childcare articles. Does this restriction apply to medical devices, such as nebulisers?
Medical devices are defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (see: https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/medical-devices/regulatory-framework_en#current_legislation). Entries 51 and 52 pose restrictions on certain phthalates in plasticised materials in toys and childcare articles. Medical devices are generally regarded to have functions different from those of toys and childcare articles. Childcare articles are defined in entries 51 and 52 as ‘…any product intended to facilitate sleep, relaxation, hygiene, the feeding of children or sucking on the part of the children’. Whether a medical device is a childcare article for the purpose of entries 51 and 52 should be assessed on a case-by-case basis. In the example of a nebuliser, the device is intended for administering a medicinal product (apparatus to be used for treatment) and therefore it is not a childcare article and the restriction does not apply to it.
Does the entry 56 of Annex XVII cover, besides the MDI monomers, also the oligomers and polymers of MDI?
The polymeric MDI, with CAS number 9016-87-9, is not included in the definition of the substance with CAS 26447-40-5 and moreover is not classified as dangerous in Annex VI of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (CLP). In the Risk assessment report and Risk reduction strategy performed by the Belgian Rapporteur, two main products were analysed during the exposure assessment and throughout the decision making process: the one-component foams and hot melt adhesives, both containing respectively 10% and 2% of MDI. Other products with MDI content below 0.1% did not pose any risk and therefore were excluded by the final consideration on the risk reduction measures under Directive 76/769/EEC. However, polymeric MDI present in mixtures is covered by the restriction when such mixtures contain more than 0.1% of MDI (as defined in the RAR). Therefore, dimers and polymeric forms of MDI are out of the scope of the current restriction except if they are part of mixtures containing more than 0.1% of MDI.
Does the derogation to the prohibition of supply of mixtures containing more than 16% of ammonium nitrate in paragraph 2(a) of Entry 58 of Annex XVII cover only downstream users and distributors who have a licence under Council Directive 93/15/EEC on civil explosives (OJ L 010, 16.01.1993 p.19) or whether it covers all downstream users and distributors?
In entry 58, the terms "including natural or legal persons licensed or authorised in accordance with Council Directive 93/15/EEC" should be read as an example of operators that benefit from the exemption. Therefore the derogation in paragraph 2(a) covers all downstream users and distributors as defined in Article 3(13) and 3(14) of REACH. As a consequence, mixtures containing more than 16% of nitrogen in relation to ammonium nitrate may be placed on the market after 27 June 2010 for supply to downstream users and distributors as defined in REACH. As consumers are not downstream users nor distributors, mixtures containing more than 16% of nitrogen in relation to ammonium nitrate may not be placed on the market for supply to consumers.
Can the downstream users acquire ammonium nitrate in order to produce mixtures containing more than 16% of nitrogen in relation to ammonium nitrate for supply to the general public, for example, in cold packs according to Entry 58 of Annex XVII?
If a downstream user uses ammonium nitrate to produce a mixture containing ammonium nitrate below the threshold, it may place this mixture on the market for supply the general public. But downstream users should not use ammonium nitrate in order to produce a mixture containing ammonium nitrate above the threshold for supply to the general public. The restriction is applicable to medical devices as well as to other mixtures containing more than 16% of nitrogen in relation to ammonium nitrate for supply to the general public. For example, instant cold packs which contain more than 16% of nitrogen in relation to ammonium nitrate may not be sold to the general public since 27 June 2010.
Can the downstream users acquire ammonium nitrate in order to produce mixtures containing more than 16% of nitrogen in relation to ammonium nitrate for their industrial or professional activities according to paragraph 2 of Entry 58 of Annex XVII?
The restriction is not applicable to downstream users who use ammonium nitrate for their industrial or professional activities in order to transform it into other substances for different purposes. Therefore, for example the use of ammonium nitrate to produce nitrous oxide for use in the production of pressurised foods or for use as anaesthetics is not restricted.
Does the restriction of dichloromethane in REACH Annex XVII (entry 59) for paint strippers also cover ink strippers, adhesive removers and degreasing agents?
No. Ink strippers, adhesive removers and degreasing agents are not within the scope of the restriction. The restriction covers paint strippers, including also varnish removers and lacquer removers.
Can you give examples of lead-containing articles intended for the general public that are covered by or excluded from Entry 63 (paragraphs 7 to 10) of Annex XVII to REACH?
This document echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/13563/lead_guideline_information_en.pdf aims at providing a guideline concerning the interpretation of the scope of the restriction provisions in paragraphs 7 to 10 of entry 63 of Annex XVII to REACH Regulation (EU) No 1907/2006 on lead and its compounds in articles supplied to the general public. It has been drawn up to (i) clarify certain terms that define the scope of the restriction (e.g. "accessible part of articles", "normal/reasonably foreseeable conditions of use") (ii) provide non-exhaustive lists of article types (and examples of sub-types) which fall within (or out of ) the scope of the restriction.
What substances are included within the scope of entry 68 concerning of PFOA, its salts and related substances?
Is PFOS (CAS 1763-23-1) considered a 'PFOA-related substance' and therefore within the scope of entry 68 of Annex XVII?
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its derivatives are specifically exempted by paragraph 4(a) of entry 68. This is to avoid double regulation as PFOS is widely restricted in the EU by Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 757/2010).
What is meant by a ‘related substance’ in column 1 of entry 68?
The term ‘related substance’ or ‘PFOA-related substance’, refers to a substance that, based upon its molecular structure, is considered to have the potential to degrade or be transformed to PFOA. This is described in footnote 2 to Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1000 amending Annex XVII of REACH to add entry 68. In addition, the description of any related substance in column 1 is applicable.
To what substances do the concentration limits of 25 ppb and 1000 ppb apply that are referred to in column 2, paragraph 2 of entry 68?
From 4 July 2020 the concentration limit ‘equal to or above 25 ppb’ applies to the use of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, CAS 335-67-1, EC 206-397-9) and its salts in the production of, or placing on the market in, another substance, as a constituent, a mixture or an article.
Any related substance (including its salts and polymers) having a linear or branched perfluoroheptyl group with the formula C7F15- directly attached to another carbon atom, as one of the structural elements’.
Any related substance (including its salts and polymers) having a linear or branched perfluorooctyl group with the formula C8F17- as one of the structural elements’.
What is meant with ‘textiles for the protection of workers from risks to their health and safety’ in the entry 68?
The restriction entry 68, paragraph 3(b)(i) provides a longer transition period for textiles used to protect workers from risks to their health and safety, i.e. paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply from 4 July 2023 to the use of PFOA and PFOA related substances in the production of, or placing on the market in such textiles. This transition period is thought to be sufficient time to allow the development of cost-effective alternatives for all relevant applications where the textiles are required to provide human health/life protecting functions (e.g. due to very strong oil or chemical repellence).
Could you clarify how the restriction of entry 68 applies to fire-fighting foams?
The substances restricted by the entry (column 1) shall not be used in the production of, or placed on the market in fire-fighting foam mixtures from 4 July 2020 (paragraph 2(b)) at or above concentrations specified in the entry. However, the concentration limits in the restriction (column 2, paragraph 2) do not apply to fire-fighting foam mixtures (paragraph 5(a)), placed on the market before 4 July 2020.
The restriction does not apply to the concentrated fire-fighting foam mixtures that are placed on the market before 4 July 2020 and which are to be used or are used in other fire-fighting foam mixtures (paragraph 4(e)). Thus concentrated fire-fighting foam mixtures that exceed the concentration limits specified in paragraph 2 of the entry can still be used in the production of other fire-fighting foam mixtures, if these concentrated fire-fighting foam mixtures were placed on the market before 4 July 2020.
In addition, fire-fighting foam mixtures produced using the above mentioned concentrated fire-fighting foam mixtures can be placed on the market. They can be used for training purposes provided that the emissions to the environment are minimised and effluents collected are safely disposed of.
Could you clarify how the restriction in entry 68 applies to medical devices?
The substances restricted by the entry (column 1) shall not be used in the production of, or placed on the market in medical devices other than implantable medical devices within the scope of Directive 93/42/EEC (to be replaced with Regulation (EU) 2017/745) from 4 July 2032 (column 2, paragraph 3 (c)) at or above the concentrations specified in the entry.
Implantable medical devices produced according to paragraph 4(d)(i) can be placed on the market without specific concentration limits (paragraph 6(b)).
Does the derogation referred to in column 2 in paragraph 4 (b) of entry 68 apply to articles?
No. The derogation applies only to the manufacture of a fluorochemical substance with a carbon chain equal to or shorter than 6 atoms where PFOA occurs as an unavoidable by-product. The derogation does not apply to substances, mixtures or articles as placed on the market.
Does the restriction entry 68 to REACH apply to cosmetics?
Yes, the substances in column 1 shall not be placed on the market in, or used in the production of cosmetics.
Article 67(2) REACH foresees that Annex XVII restrictions do not apply to the use of substances in cosmetic products in the case of restrictions addressing human health risks within the scope of the Cosmetic Products Regulation (Regulation (EC) 1223/2009). This is not the case for entry 68: all substances covered by the restriction are either persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) or are considered to have the potential to degrade or be transformed to PFOA. The concentration limits in the restriction ensure the emissions of these substances to the environment are decreased. | 2019-04-22T16:25:34 | https://echa.europa.eu/support/qas-support/browse/-/qa/70Qx/view/scope/REACH/Restrictions |
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