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Starting in the 1980's, policy makers and governments became more mindful of the connection between the environment and gender issues.[1] Changes began to be made regarding natural resource and environmental management with the specific role of women in mind. According to the World Bank, in 1991, women, "women 'play an essential role in the management of natural resources, including soil, water, forests and energy...and often have a profound traditional and contemporary knowledge of the natural world around them'". Where women were previously neglected or ignored, a trend was started that realized the implications women have upon the natural environment and in return, what effects the environment has on the health and well-being of women. Gender-environment relations have valuable ramifications in regard to the understanding of nature between men and women, the management and distribution of resources and responsibilities and the day-to-day life and well being of people.[2]
Women's connection with the environment[edit]
Farming and Agriculture[edit]
See Also: Feminization of Agriculture
In a majority of the world, women are responsible for farm work and related domestic food production [3] [4] [5] [6]. An increasing number of women are taking over and expanding their involvement in agricultural tasks but this has not changed the gender division of labor with regard to reproductive work.[6] Esther Boserup looked into the farming systems of men and women in Africa and found that "in many African tribes, nearly all the tasks connected with food production continue to be left to women". [7] Schultz et al (2001), found that "90 % of women in the developing world, where most of the planet's biological wealth is found, depend on their land for survival. Women head 30 % of the households in developing countries, 80 % of food production in sub-Saharan Africa is done by women, 60 % in Asia and 50 % in Latin America [8].
The dependence on nature and the environment for survival is common among Third World women [3]. For this reason, it has been argued that this dependence creates an deeply rooted connection between women and their surroundings. The views women have on nature are unique in that they connect the land to immediate survival and concern for future generations rather than simply looking at the land as a resource with monetary value [5]. With the development of newer technologies, there has been a shift to more non-farm activities, however, men more than women are the ones participating in the shift, leaving women behind [7]. It has been projected that with the continuation of men shifting to urban livelihoods, more and more women will be depended on to maintain the household by farming [4]. Issues such as climate change will have a greater impact on women because the land they farm will be negatively affected [8].
Land ownership and property management[edit]
In many parts of the world, specifically developing countries, there is a great deal of inequality when it comes to land ownership.[4] Often, women do not have the right to own land and/or property, but they often are the ones who tend to the land. Bina Agarwal, has written a great deal about gender and land rights in Third World countries and according to her, "Hence, insofar as there is a gender and class-based division of labor and distribution of property and power, gender and class structure people's interactions with nature and so structure the effects of environmental change on people and their responses to it." [3]
Kenyan land takeover: In Kenya, starting in the mid 1980's, women protested against the elites and big foreign corporations who were coercing and controlling the production of the land. Rather than allowing food to be grown for survival, women were pressured by both their husbands and the government to cultivate coffee for foreign profit. Protests continued and gained strength over the next couple of decades. The protests eventually ended in a Kenyan power shift enforcing democratic national elections which resulted in redistribution of land possible.[9]
Relationship between violence of nature and women[edit]
[[[Carolyn Merchant]] and Vandana Shiva wrote that there is a connection between dominance of women and dominance of nature. Shiva said, "The rupture within nature and between man and nature, and its associated transformation from a life-force that sustains to an exploitable resource characterises the Cartesian view which has displaced more ecological world-views and created a development paradigm which cripples nature and woman simultaneously". [10] Exploitation of women's labor as well as the abuse the natural environment are connected as they are both marginalized within the economy. Both the environment and women have been viewed as exploitable resources that are significantly undervalued.[9] The ecofeminist argument is supported by the idea that women in developing countries rely on nature to survive, therefore, destruction of the environment results in elimination of women's method to survival.[3] According to Jiggins, environmental degradation effects women the most, furthering the inequalities between men and women. [5] One study showed that new developments in technology and developments in land access are denied to women, furthering their subordination and inequality. [11]
Theoretical Perspectives[edit]
See also: Ecofeminism
Ecofeminism says that women are closer to nature than men are. This closeness, therefore, makes women more nurturing and caring towards their environment. Some indicate the biology of women as the reason behind the closeness, while others credit culture and historical factors. [12] An ecofeminist believes in a direct connection between oppression of nature and she subordination of women. Vandana Shiva, an Indian physicist, is credited with bringing ecofeminism into public consciousness by her reports of the Chipko movement. [8]
Environmental Feminism[edit]
Environmental feminism differs from ecofeminism in that it is more focused on the actual, specific interactions with the environment. Connections between environment and gender can be made by looking at the gender division of labor and environmental roles. The knowledge of nature is shaped by the experiences an individual has. This is prominent in many developing countries where the responsibility of collecting fuel and fodder is placed upon the women.[3] Both the resources and the meanings are taken into consideration with environmental feminism. There is a challenge to not only focus on the gender division of labor but also the actual appropriation methods of the resources. [3] In other words, there is not simply an inherent connection between women and nature, rather there are material realities that exist. [11] Bina Agarwal [13] opposes ecofeminism and outlines three problematic elements which are:
- Historical characterization of the situation of women and nature
- Linking of the emancipation of women with that of nature
- Assumptions about women's agency
Due to gender differences in income-spending patterns, women are at a higher risk of living in poverty. For this reason, access to land is of special importance. Land access allows for a number of production advantages such as growing trees, fodder and/or crops. But, land access also allows for increased credit, bargaining power and strengthens aggregate real wages rates. [4] Even the smallest amount of land can have huge impacts on welfare directly as well as increasing entitlement to family welfare. Chada [14]
1. Incentive effect: If women are given secure land rights, there will be a greater incentive for higher production rates. Women will be motivated to use the best technologies, increase cultivation, and make long-term investments.
2. Credit and input access effect: "Titles would enhance women's ability to raise production by improving their access to agricultural credit, as well as by increasing women's independent access to output, savings and cash flow for reinvestment". [4]
3. Efficiency of resource use effect: Studies have shown the possibility that women use resources more efficiently than men. This could mean anything from making a more productive use of loans of money earned to the ability of women to achieve higher values of output based on cropping patterns.
4. Gender specific knowledge and talent pool effect: Many women have specific and often times greater knowledge about certain crops and planting patterns. If women are included as farm managers, a more diverse and talented informed pool will be created.
5. Bargaining power and empowerment effect: Providing women with the opportunity to own land will increase their sense of empowerment and could help women to assert themselves more in various situations such as policy creation other government schemes.
Source of Land[edit]
Because public land available for distribution is now quite limited, most of the land will need to come from private sectors. "To get a share of land, therefore, it is critical for women to stake a claim in privatised land". [4]
Environmental change and women[edit]
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Today, women struggle against alarming global trends, but they are working together to effect change. By establishing domestic and international non-governmental organizations, many women have recognized themselves and acknowledge to the world that they not only have the right to participate in environmental dilemmas but they have different relationship with environment including different needs, responsibilities, and knowledge about natural resources.[15] This is why women are affected differently than men by environmental degradation, deforestation, pollution and overpopulation. Women are often the most directly affected by environmental issues, so they become more concerned about environmental problems. Studies have shown the direct effects of chemicals and pesticides on human health.[16] According to United Nations Chronicle journal researchers have found an association between breast cancer and the pesticide DDT and its derivative DDE; and also one study by the World Health Organization has found that women who are exposed to pesticides face a higher risk of miscarriage.[16] These kinds of health problems cause women to feel more responsible regarding environmental issues.
Gender and perception of the environment[edit]
Given the environmental degradation caused while men have had dominance over women, and women's large investment in environmental sustainability, some have theorized that women would protect the Earth better than men if in power. Although there is no evidence for this hypothesis, recent movements have shown that women are more sensitive to the earth and its problems. They have created a special value system about environmental issues. People's approaches to environmental issues may depend on their relationship with nature. Both women and nature have been considered as subordinates entities by men throughout history, which conveys a close affiliation between them.[17]
Throughout history men have looked at natural resources as commercial entities or income generating tools, while women have tended to see the environment as a resource supporting their basic needs.[citation needed] As an example, rural Indian women collect the dead branches which are cut by storm for fuel wood to use rather than cutting the live trees.[18] Since African, Asian, and Latin American women use the land to produce food for their family, they acquire the knowledge of the land/soil conditions, water, and other environmental features.[19] Any changes in the environment on these areas, like deforestation, have the most effect on women of that area, and cause them to suffer until they can cope with these changes. One of the good examples would be the Nepali women whose grandmothers had to climb to the mountain to be able to bring in wood and fodder.[20] This conflict started because men wanted to cut the trees to use them for industrial purposes while women wanted to keep them since it was their food resource and deforestation was a survival matter for local people.[21]
Gender-based commitments and movements such as feminism have reached to a new approach through the combination of feminism and environmentalism called Ecofeminism. Ecofeminists believe on the interconnection between the domination of women and nature. According to ecofeminism the superior power treats all subordinates the same. So, ecofeminism takes into account women subordination and nature degradation.[22] Remarking all these different reactions, one can see that however, most policy decision makers are men.
Women environmentalists[edit]
Mei Ng[edit]
Mei Ng was born in Hong Kong, China and she received her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California Berkely in 1972 and has worked diligently to promote environmental awareness throughout China. Her message of sustainability and eco-friendliness has reached nearly 860,000 people in 15 provinces. Mei Ng is an advocate of responsible consumption, renewable energy utilization, and sustainable development through the women and youth of China. [23]She previously held the position of Director for Friends of the Earth (HK) in Hong Kong, an environmental organization which seeks to encourage environmental protection in China.[24] In 2001 she was appointed to the Advisory Council on the Environment and in 2002 Mei Ng was elected to the United Nations Global 500 Roll of Honor on World Environment Day. Also in 2002 she was appointed by the Chinese State Environmental Protection Agency as China Environment Envoy. In 2003 the Hong Kong SAR Government awarded her with the Bronze Bauhinia Star and in 2004 she was appointed to become a member of the Harbour Enhancement Committee. Mei Ng strives to mobilize women to defend the environment and to bring environmental education to all parts of China. [25] She founded the Earth Station, Hong Kong's first renewable energy education center and has been well-received by policy makers and citizens alike.[26]
Vandana Shiva[edit]
An influential leader in developing nation environmentalism is Vandana Shiva, born on November 5th, 1952 in India. Vandana Shiva has a B.S. in Physics, a M.A. in philosophy from the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) and received her Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario in Quantum Theory Physics.[27] Vandana Shiva is a world-renown environmental scholar and activist and she has made great strides for women in India as well as around the world.[28] As an physicist-environmentalist adhering to ecofeminism, Vandana Shiva has published numerous papers on the unequal burden placed on women by environmental degradation, stating that women and children "bore the costs but were excluded from the benefits"[29]of development. Vandana Shiva is also an active voice for localized, organic agriculture and she began a movement entitled Navdanya where participating Indian farmers have created 'freedom zones' to keep their crops free of chemicals to revitalize an organic food market in India. [30] She has received many honorary degrees awards. In 1993 she received the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize, also known as the Right Livelihood Award. In 2010 Sydney Peace Prize and in 2011 she received the Calgary Peace Prize. In addition, Vandana Shiva was named "one of the 7 most influential women in the world." by Forbes.[28]
Wangari Muta Maathai[edit]
In 1940 Wangari Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya. She attended Mount St. Scholastica College in Kansas and received her degree in biological sciences in 1964.[31] This was apart of the 1960 'Kennedy Airlift' which brought 300 Kenyans (including Barack Obama's father Barack Obama, Sr.) to the United States to study at American universities.[32] She then obtained her M.S. from University of Pittsburgh in 1966 and her Ph.D. from the University of Nairobi. She was the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree.[31] Wangari Maathai was a relentless advocate for human rights, preaching the necessity for democracy. Her passion for environmental conservation lead her to found the Greenbelt Movement in 1977. Wangari Maathai's personal life was turbulent with divorce and jailings, as well as constant confrontations with the Kenyan government. Her push to protect national land from development made her less than favorable to Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi, who served from 1978-2002. In 2004, Wangari Maathai received the Nobel Peace Price making her the first African woman to win, a prideful moment for the people of Kenya.[33] On September 25, 2011 Wangari Maathai died of ovarian cancer. BBC World News noted this as a 'Death of Visionary'. [34]
Maria Cherkasova[edit]
Maria Cherkasova (1938 - ) is a journalist, ecologist, and director of Centre for Independent Ecological Programmers (CIEP). She is famous because of coordinating a 4-year campaign to stop construction of hydro-electric dam on the Katun River. After Cherkasova's involvement in the student movement on environmental protection in 1960's, she began to work for the Red Data Book for the Department of Environmental Protection Institute. She researched and preserved rare species until she became the editor of USSR Red Data Book. She co-founded the Socio-Ecological Union, which has become the largest ecological NGO in the former Soviet Union. In 1990, she became director of CIEP, which arrange and drives activities in an extensive range of ecologically related areas on both domestic and international fronts. Cherkasova recently has shifted her focus on children rights protection to live in a healthy environment and speaks for both inside and outside Russia.[21]
United States[edit]
Rachel Carson[edit]
One of the outstanding women environmentalists is Rachel Carson. Rachel Carson (1907–1964) was a scientist, writer, and ecologist. Rachel Carson went to the Pennsylvania College for Women, majoring in English, but she was inspired by her biology teacher so she switched her major to biology. She became more interested and focused on the sea while she was working at the Marine Biological Laboratories in Massachusetts. Her eloquent prose let to the publication of her first book, Under the Sea-Wind: a Naturalists' Picture of Ocean Life , in 1941. In 1949 she became chief editor of the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Her second book, The Sea Around Us, won the National Book Award and sold more than 200,000 copies. After that she retired from FWS and became a full time writer. After her third and final book about the sea, The Edge of the Sea, Carson focused on effects of chemicals and pesticides on the environment. That is when she wrote her book about environment, Silent Spring. The book was about what man has done to the nature and eventually to himself, and started a modern environmental movement. Carson believed that human and nature are mutually dependent on each other. She argued that industrial activities such as pesticides use can damages the earth ecosystem and will have far-reaching ecological consequences such as future human health problems. Today, scientific studies have demonstrated these consequences.[21]
Ecological movements initiated by women[edit]
Chipko movement[edit]
One of the first environmentalist movement which was inspired by women was the Chipko movement (Women tree-huggers in India). "Its name comes from a Hindi word meaning "to stick" (as in glue). The movement was an act of defiance against the state government's permission given to a corporation for commercial logging. Women of the villages resisted, embracing trees to prevent their felling to safeguard their lifestyles which were dependent on the forests. Deforestation could qualitatively alter the lives of all village residents but it was the women who agitated for saving [End Page 163] the forests. Organized by a non-governmental organization that Chandi Prasad Bhatt led, the Chipko movement adopted the slogan "ecology is permanent economy." The women embracing the trees did not tag their action as feminist activism; however, as a movement that demonstrated resistance against oppression, it had all the markings of such.".[35]
It began when Maharajah of Jodhpur wanted to build a new palace in Rajasthan which is India's Himalayan foot hills. While the axemen were cutting the trees, martyr Amrita Devi hugged one of the trees. This is because in Jodhpur each child had a tree that could talk to it. The axmen ignored Devi and after taking her off the tree cut it down. Her daughters environmentalists like Chandi Prasad Bhatt and Sunderlal Bahuguna
Green Belt movement[edit]
Another movement, which is one of the biggest in women and environmental history, is the Green Belt movement. Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai founded this movement on the World Environment Day in June 1977. The starting ceremony was very simple: a few women planted seven trees in Maathai's backyard. By 2005, 30 million trees had been planted by participants in the Green Belt movement on public and private lands. The Green Belt movement aims to bring environmental restoration along with society's economic growth. This movement led by Maathai focused on restoration of Kenya's rapidly diminishing forests as well as empowering the rural women through environmental preservation, with a special emphasis on planting indigenous trees.[36]
Navdanya also known as the 'Nine Seeds Movement' seeks to empower local Indian farmers to move away from growing any genetically modified organism (GMOs) on their land and return to organic, chemical-free practices. This movement has reached over 5,000,000 Indian farmers and created over 65 seed banks around India.[37] Navdanya fights to eliminate the commercialization of indigenous knowledge also known as 'Biopiracy'.[38] Navdanya addresses multiple other international issues including climate change, food security, misapplication of technology, food sovereignty, fair trade, and many others.[37] This movement also created a learning center entitled Bija Vidyapeeth. Bija Vidyapeeth, in collaboration with Schumacher College in the United Kingdom, seeks to educate participants in sustainability and ecological principles.[39]
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Absent intervening legislation, the U.S. federal government's appropriations will lapse on October 1, 2013, prompting a government shutdown. Separately, the secretary of the Treasury has informed Congress that, no later than October 17, 2013, the federal government will exhaust its borrowing capacity under the statutory debt ceiling.1 Absent intervening legislation, insufficient cash may then remain on hand to meet all of the government's obligations, causing what has been referred to as the "debt ceiling crisis."
Although the government shutdown and the debt ceiling crisis are occasionally conflated, they have distinct effects on government operations and on parties interacting and transacting with the government. A government shutdown occurs when federal agencies experience a lapse in their legal authority to incur financial obligations. For that reason, many federal employees cannot continue working during a shutdown and many contracts and grants are not awarded. By contrast, in a debt ceiling crisis, the government generally retains the authority to incur obligations, but may lack the cash to liquidate all of its obligations on time.
Government operations during a shutdown are controlled by rules that, albeit complex, are well-established and elaborated by past practice. The debt ceiling crisis, however, is unprecedented and little is known about the way the federal government would operate in it.
Government Operations During a Shutdown
The Antideficiency Act, 31 U.S.C. § 1341, prohibits officers and employees of the federal government from entering into obligations in excess of appropriations.2 Appropriations that fund much of the federal government's current operations will expire at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, September 30, 2013.3 If no further appropriations legislation is enacted, the Antideficiency Act will generally deprive federal agencies of their authority to enter contracts, make grants, employ personnel and incur other financial obligations.
Yet some governmental functions continue even during a shutdown. Guidance promulgated during past shutdowns (or near-shutdowns) by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel has authorized agencies to obligate funds during a shutdown for, among other things:
In addition, consistent with guidance from the OMB,5 federal agencies are updating their contingency plans for operations during a shutdown. The plans are collected on the OMB website.6
With respect to the federal government's litigation responsibilities, the Department of Justice's plan indicates that criminal matters would continue without interruption.7 Civil litigation, however, would be curtailed or postponed to the extent that this can be done without compromising to a significant degree the safety of human life or the protection of property. This plan assumes the courts would continue operating during the shutdown.
Government Operations During a Debt Ceiling Crisis
In contrast to the well-documented government shutdown procedures, no formal guidance is available about the operational effects of a debt ceiling crisis. Past practice likewise does not offer a reliable roadmap for a debt ceiling crisis, because the statutory debt ceiling had always been raised before the crisis occurred. Nor do shutdown procedures generally offer an accurate analogy for a debt ceiling crisis, because the problem they address (lack of authority to obligate funds under the Antideficiency Act) is not the principal problem during the crisis (inability to borrow when cash is insufficient to meet obligations).
Some information has been made public about operational options the Treasury considered during the (ultimately averted) brush with the debt ceiling in the summer of 2011. For example, according to a letter to Senator Orrin G. Hatch from the Treasury's inspector general, the "range of options" included "asset sales; imposing across-the-board payment reductions; various ways of attempting to prioritize payments; and various ways of delaying payments."8 While the Treasury concluded that none of the options "could reasonably protect the full faith and credit of the U.S., the American economy, or individual citizens from very serious harm," Treasury officials told the inspector general "that organizationally they viewed the option of delaying payments as the least harmful among the options under review." The inspector general's letter does not indicate that a final decision among the various options had been reached.
Efforts have also been made to establish by legislation the priority of payments during a debt ceiling crisis, and the House of Representatives passed such bills this year.9 The Obama administration has consistently opposed such legislation on the ground that prioritization of payments is "default by another name."10 _______________
1 Letter from Jacob J. Lew to John A. Boehner, Sept. 25, 2013, available at http://www.treasury.gov/Documents/Debt%20Limit%2020130925%20Boehner.pdf.
2 31 U.S.C. § 1341(1)(A)-(B) ("An officer or employee of the United States Government or of the District of Columbia government may not make or authorize an expenditure or obligation exceeding an amount available in an appropriation or fund for the expenditure or obligation; [or] involve either government in a contract or obligation for the payment of money before an appropriation is made unless authorized by law . …").
3 See Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6).
4 See OMB Memorandum 13-22, Sept. 17, 2013, available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2013/m-13-22.pdf; Office of Legal Counsel, Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Government Operations in the Event of a Lapse in Appropriations (Aug. 16, 1995), available at http://www.justice.gov/olc/appropriations2.htm.
5 See OMB Circular A-11, section 124.2, available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/a11_current_year/s124.pdf.
6 See http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/contingency-plans.
7 See http://www.justice.gov/jmd/publications/doj-contingency-plan.pdf.
8 Letter from Eric M. Thorson to Orrin G. Hatch, Aug. 24, 2012, available at http://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/ig/Audit%20Reports%20and%20Testimonies/Debt%20Limit%20Response%20(Final%20with%20Signature).pdf.
9 Full Faith and Credit Act, H.R. 807 (113th Cong. 1st Sess.); Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014, H. J. Res. 59 § 138 (113th Cong. 1st Sess.).
10 Office of Management and Budget, Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 807, May 7, 2013, available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/legislative/sap/113/saphr807r_20130507.pdf.
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Uthradam Hill Resort is located at an altitude of 286m. Its just a 5km drive from Payyannur railway station and 150km from Kozhikode Airport which makes it ideal for all tourist cherish the breath taking view of nature at a glance and add glory to life. The roof top of this tourist resort would be most convenient place to enjoy the cool breeze and to give pleasure along with a soothing sensation to the eyes and mind. It gives a fascinating view of the rivers and backwaters surrounding it. This resort is in close proximity to Malabar's many other tourist spots and historical places highlighting India's heritage. The structure and the interiors provide a partially colonial and ethnic feel well-supported by the lush greenery surrounding the hill top resort. The stay at the resort will provide you with an opportunity to indulge in pure luxury while caressing your future ambitions for life.
Uthradam resort offers vibrant facilities that make it stand apart from the cluster of normal guest houses that dot kannur. The resort also holds the distinction of maintaining a multi- cuisine restaurant that serves Indian, Chinese and Continental dishes in natural home made freshness. Aligned on the same lines, Uthradam resort provides a host of other facilities to meet all individual holiday makers' requirements. The resort offers luxury rooms with modern facilities. Besides this, we provide all facilities to conduct parties at the roof top. We hope to provide a complete tourist pleasure . It shall be our pleasure to be a host to you.
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Ezhimala is a beautiful village located in Kannur District of Kerala. It is about 55 km from Kannur. The main attraction is the Ezhimala Beach. Ezhimala is also significant as it boasts one of the largest naval academies among Asian countries. The carved stone pillars, an ancient burial chamber and an ancient cave at the foot of the Ezhimala hillock are other points of interest in Ezhimala. An ancient mosque on the hill is another draw. Ashtamachal temple, Madayi Kavu Temple and Kunhimangalam are nearby tourist destinations which are worth visiting. A flourishing seaport and center of trade in ancient Kerala, Ezhimala was one of the major battlefields of the Chola-Chera war of the 11th century. Ezhimala can be reached easily as it is between Payyanur and Payangadi road route. Ezhimala Railway Station on the Kannur-Payyanur railway line, managed by the Southern Railways, serves this place.
Ezhimala is also known as the "Mrithasangeevani garden" in the early days. According to legends a piece of hill fallen at this area when "Hanumaan" was taking the whole hill with medicine to "Lanka" for saving "LORD LAXMAN". People here still believe mrithasangeevani is there in Ezhimala. Almost 90% of herbs required in Ayurveda can be found in and around Ezhimala. The air we breath in Ezhimala has lot of ayurvedic medicine properties, it will flush out all toxins from your body. The villages around Ezhimala are generally called as Ramanthali Panchayat which consists of Ramanthali, Vadakkumbad, Poochal, Kunnaru, Palakkod, Ettikkulam etc. Ramanthali panchayat is surrounded with water. You may call this panchayat as an Island with very beautiful seen of sea, rivers and forest. The rest of the area is fully covered with coconut trees. This island is currently connected to Payyanur and Payangadi towns thru two bridges at Ponnakkadvu and Plakkod respectively. The climate is very pleasant at this area. This is one of the points of tourist attraction. Currently the west and south sides of the hill are taken for the Naval Academy purposes.


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Electrolytic leakage
If I put 200V across a string of two 100k resistors, then put an electrolytic capacitor across one of the resistors and wait for the cap to charge. If the voltage across it is 95V, does this mean that the leakage current is equivalent to that of a 1M resistor, and can I assume for all intents and purposes that this cap has such a resistor across it?
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Yes, but due to the chemical nature of these capacitors, leakage current depends on things such as temperature and aging, and may not follow a linear relationship to applied voltage. In other words, don't rely on a particular leakage current value for electrolytic capacitors. Furthermore, leakage current changes also from unit to unit.
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Thanks Eva,
I'm dealing with a 450V 180uF cap. Can I predict its condition through the amount of leakage current? (I have begun to re-form it and it seemed leaky to start with) |
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Since becoming a member I have learned a few things about caps. The leakage you have found @ 200V (about 50uA) will probably be at least trebled by the time you raise the applied voltage to 400Vdc. If the cap was suffering excessive leakage then you need to reform it to at least it's final working voltage plus a margin for voltage variations. Otherwise heating due to excessive leakage will be cumulative with ripple and other heating effects. Finally, the change in ESR seems to be the best guage of life remaining in the cap. About a doubling from the spec value is a guide to end of useful life. I suspect that you could get some half decent performance when ESR is double and maybe a bit further. Some manufacturers test the ESR soon after a quick version of reforming. There appears to be some kind of relation here. I hope I have got this right.
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Makes sense, thanks Andrew.
I'm having trouble identifying the cap. It is 1/3/8" wide and 2/3/8" tall. It appears to be CE rated. What would a rule of thumb acceptable leakage be? |
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the leakage is often quoted as 0.01CV or 0.02CV You can calculate this @ 0.02*180*450*10^-6=1620uA=1.6mA Can someone jump in and confirm that the C in the formula is Farads? I have checked a few lower voltage caps, I have reformed, and they often leak at less than 5% of the formula projection.
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I can't tell you how excited I am to be able to make this while camping. The kids are going to love it as will the adults I am sure. Stay tuned for Part Two...The Mega Ball goes Camping.
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i as curious about this crazy ball thing too... in theory it certainly sounds like it would work, and it's a great little invention/cute idea!!
i am also wondering about those fancy frozen ice pop molds they sell at williams sonoma... - July 29, 2010 at 11:14 AM
- Brandy said...
When I was a kid we'd make "Kick the Can" ice cream - same idea, but using two different sizes of coffee cans, nested, instead of a storebought ball contraption. Then we'd, well, kick the can around the yard!
- July 31, 2010 at 1:20 PM
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First Episode Psychosis of Schizophrenia and Schizotypal Disorder Psychotic Disorders Schizophrenia Schizoaffective Disorder |
Behavioral: 2 years OPUS treatment Behavioral: OPUS 5 years |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized Clinical Trial of the Effect of Five-years Versus Two-years Specialized Assertive Intervention for First Episode Psychosis - the OPUS II Trial |
- Negative symptoms, measured with Schedule for Assessment of Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia, (SANS) [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Psychotic symptoms [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Simultaneous remission of both psychotic and negative symptoms. [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Substance abuse. [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Suicidal behaviour. [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Use of bed days. [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Independent living. [ Time Frame: 3 Years ]
- Labour market affiliation. [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- User satisfaction. [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Adherence to treatment. [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Compliance with medication [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
Enrollment: | 400 |
Study Start Date: | July 2009 |
Study Completion Date: | October 2016 |
Primary Completion Date: | June 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
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5 years OPUS treatment
Behavioral: OPUS 5 years |
Active Comparator: 2 years of OPUS treatment
2 years OPUS treatment and 3 years of treatment as usual
Behavioral: 2 years OPUS treatment
2 years OPUS and transfer to standard treatment.
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The Danish OPUS I trial succeeded in randomizing 547 patients with first-episode psychosis to a two-year specialized intensive treatment program (OPUS) or standard treatment. The results clearly favored OPUS treatment, and psychotic and negative symptoms, substance abuse, adherence to treatment, use of anti-psychotic medication, user satisfaction, and use of bed days were better in OPUS compared to standard treatment. However, the five-year follow-up, three years after patients from OPUS were transferred to standard treatment, showed that the positive clinical effects were not sustained, when the intensive treatment was terminated, except from OPUS-patients being less likely to stay in institutions than patients who received standard care.
Objective: The aim in OPUS II trial is to compare the effect of five-years versus two-years specialized assertive intervention program (OPUS-treatment) for first episode psychosis on clinical symptoms, substance abuse, institutionalization, and labor market affiliation.
Hypothesis: It is possible to maintain the positive results of the intensive two-year intervention in another three years for those who keep receiving the specialized assertive intervention program.
Design: Open label randomized clinical trial. Setting: Psychiatric Center Bispebjerg and Center for Psychiatric Research Aarhus, Denmark.Participants: 400 patients with first episode of schizophrenia spectrum disorder received treatment in one of the six OPUS - teams for 1½ years.
Intervention: Another 3½ years OPUS-treatment versus ½ year OPUS-treatment and thereafter referral to standard treatment. The extended OPUS treatment consist modified assertive case management, rational pharmacotherapy, family psycho-educational intervention, group interventions to aid with recovery, social skills training, cognitive behavior therapy when indicated, and crisis intervention. OPUS-treatment is tailored to meet the individual patient's needs.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 37 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
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- patients aged 18 - 37 years
- first episode psychosis in schizophrenia spectrum
- treated for 1½ year in the five OPUS teams in the Capital Region and the OPUS teams in Region Midt
- patients who will give signed informed consent to participate in the trial
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- patients who are not treated in one of the OPUS team in the Capital Region and Region Midt
- patients who don't give signed informed consent to participate in the study
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00914238
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Psychiatric Center Bispebjerg | |
Copenhagen, Denmark, 2400 | |
Psychiatric Centre Bispebjerg | |
Copenhagen, Denmark, 2400 |
Principal Investigator: | Merete Nordentoft, Professor | University of Copenhagen |
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Responsible Party: | Merete Nordentoft, Professor, DMSc., Professor, Mental Health Centre Copenhagen |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00914238 History of Changes |
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Danish OPUS II trial |
Study First Received: | May 28, 2009 |
Last Updated: | October 24, 2016 |
Keywords provided by University of Copenhagen:
Randomized clinical trial first episode psychosis of schizophrenia and schizotypal disorder rehabilitation |
psychosocial health service research schizotypal Disorder |
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Schizotypal Personality Disorder Pathologic Processes Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders Personality Disorders |
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I came across an interesting statement recently and it has been fermenting in my mind ever since. The article on Search Engine Watch related to Pinterest and how to get the best from the new social media site. However, the contents in general were not what got me thinking. It was really one line near the end of the article, namely: Gerencser said he doesn't care about bounce rates all that much ……… "I'd rather have them come to the site and leave than never have come at all," Do you agree with that statement? For most online businesses, it would be very few.
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Other than holidays that are celebrated with candy, Groundhog's Day is my FAV.O.RITE. I'm biased because it's my birthday. I didn't lay eyes on a for-real-groundhog until I was an adult, but I've always felt attracted to all animals, small rodents in particular. Seems coincidental that my research has been with field mice and in prairies and woodlands.
Since I was a kid, I was outdoors, playing in the grass, trying to get a closer look at the animals. Now that I'm a trained biologist, what are considered professional skills seem almost like super powers that I learned to wield. Part of me sometimes wonder if being born on Groundhog's Day pre-destined my steps in zoology. Is the Groundhog my spirit guide? Am I ruled by the Order Rodentia? I don't know.
But even as a young child - and still today - I always have had this unexplicable attraction to animals and wild places. I can just spot a nest or den or an animal hiding in plan sight. I've got the eye or ear or something. I always seem to be in the right place at the right time. (Though I seldom have a camera or a good lens to document the occassions). This was one of those luck times, however.
Groundhogs in the City.
Recorded summer 2010, behind a business park parking lot off of Brentwood Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri. Shout out to my sister who pointed out the little guys to me.
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Ground Hog's day 2011
4 comments:
- Scicurious said...
Happy Birthday! :)
- 7:51 PM, February 02, 2011
- Instant People Search said...
Belated happy birth day! by the way i am inspired by your blog post let me share some information about Groundhogs, records search shows that groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as a woodchuck, or in some areas as a land-beaver, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. Just an additional information.
- 3:31 PM, February 08, 2011
Happy birthday Dr. Love! (;
I found your blog very informative and useful for the class assignment I'm doing!
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As a leading feminist and author of The Female Eunuch, Germaine Greer has helped put the feistiness into many modern-day women and (as some dare to call them) grrrls. However, the collective liberation of ladies went a bit pear-shaped last week when the veteran media don verbally laid into Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith (hitherto best known for Honour). Greer angrily called her an "insane reactionary", apparently without even reading her new West End play, The Female of the Species.
This piece is loosely based on an assault that Greer survived in 2000. She was held hostage by an obsessed undergraduate who walked into her house and went crazy, tying her up. Greer was saved by the arrival of some friends, but the episode must have been terrifying.
Now, what Murray-Smith has written is a farce, lampooning the likes of Greer, and I must say I was uncomfortable at first with Roger Michell's production. Turning such an incident into light entertainment feels dishonourable, even if the celebrity author of The Cerebral Vagina, named Margot Mason, and her assailant, Molly, are clearly fictional – played by Eileen Atkins and Anna Maxwell Martin.
That said, Greer certainly isn't above satire and presumably she wouldn't want to reintroduce censorship. It is, in fact, the limited authenticity that is problematic at first. Atkins' performance looks more stagey than satirically sharp in the opening scene as she hollers at her agent on the phone while wrestling her bra off under her top and hurling it away with a grimace. Maxwell Martin's dweeby Molly also hovers awkwardly at the off, on the threshold of caricature, twitching in her anorak, furiously confused by feminist theories. And when Sophie Thompson rushes in as Margot's messed-up daughter – also having a breakdown – she and Maxwell Martin seem excessively similar dowdy nutters: both round-shouldered as chimps.
That said, farce often takes a while to warm up and that is the case here. The absurdity escalates, moving away from Greer's experience. Thompson's Tess becomes hilarious when it emerges she is a toddler-harassed mother, working herself up into a tizz about having to make cornflake clusters. The pitch of her hysteria rises like an operatic aria. Paul Chahidi fetches up next as her husband, Bryan. Showing no inclination to unchain Margot, he is a teasingly ambiguous New Man, making politically correct speeches while throwing sly, smarmy glances at Molly.
The denouement is lame, but at its height this is a very funny evening and a comedy of ideas. It makes you dwell – retrospectively – on how profoundly confused we are now about what women really want.
The ladies in Zorro are putting their foot down. That's to say the most thrilling moments in this new West End musical – scored by the Gipsy Kings and choreographed by the celebrated flamenco dancer Rafael Amargo – are its bouts of furious stamping.
Starring Matt Rawle as the titular masked crusader of 19th-century California, this swashbuckling tale centres around the imperial Spanish pueblo of Los Angeles. This outpost is a remarkably attractive little fortress: sun-bleached stockades in rising tiers (designed by Tom Piper). However, life's no beach for its inhabitants as they find themselves under the dastardly military rule of Adam Levy's Ramon. This usurper has fooled everyone that the benign old governor is dead. It's amazing what you can do with a coffin full of rocks. And now he's taken to hanging the poor peasants in droves. No wonder they're kicking up a fuss.
The en masse choreography in the market square is exhilaratingly thunderous with fast-rapping zapateado heels. It's like a fantastic syncopated stampede, accompanied by angry shouts and whirling gypsy skirts. The chorus's more grief-stricken ululating songs – going back to flamenco's Spanish-Moorish roots – are spellbinding, too. This is musical with more authenticity and artistic calibre than usual.
Unfortunately, it's like an endless game of snakes and ladders. Just when you think the production values have shot upmarket, the quality comes slithering down to risible tat. Perhaps the hero's trademark Z – which, indeed, descends from the flies at one point – is one giant slippery slope. Zorraaargh. The sword fights are scintillating, yet the flying around on ropes is – erm – embarrassingly ropey. Stephen Clark's book and lyrics make little attempt to rescue anyone from the realms of pulp fiction, with only a few sparks of tongue-in-cheek wit. The acting is uneven and Emma Williams is rather a drip as Zorro's sweetheart Luisa. No matter though, the multi-talented Rawle exudes terrific charismatic swish.
Finally, a psychotic saddo is loitering in Hangover Square, Patrick Hamilton's 1930s tale of obsession and alcoholism, seedy digs and murderously bitter misogyny. This is an admirable fringe revival, at once claustrophobic and sensually fluid, directed by Gemma Fairlie. Fidelis Morgan's adaptation plays particularly disturbing games with doppelgängers as Matthew Flynn's nerdy yet menacing George fantasises about an actress on the skids called Netta. As if he's seeing double, she is simultaneously played by two actresses: husky, sorrowful Caroline Faber and brittle Clare Calbraith. They prowl round him like a mocking floozy and an imaginary friend, half-encouraging him to kill. Scarily twisted.
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The first AFRICOM (U.S. Africa Command) commander is seen here in Rwanda, with Rwandan National Defense Minister James Kabarebe, whose command of the M23 militia fighting in Congo, has been documented in the latest UN Group of Experts report on the undeclared war known as "the Congo conflict." The Rwandan military is one of the Pentagon's most useful "military partners" on the African continent, but this aspect of the U.S. relationship to Rwanda - and Uganda, another useful Pentagon "military partner" - was not much discussed at the 12.11.2012 House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.
To sign a petition to ask UN Ambassador Susan Rice to back targeted sanctions against the top officials in Rwanda and Uganda, see change.org: Susan Rice U.S. Ambassador To United Nations (212) 415-4050: Back UN Sanctions Against Kagame/Museveni for Backing M23 Terrorists
And, tune into KPFA's Morning Mix, with Sabrina Jacobs, from 8:00 to 9:00 A.M.Pacific time, on Monday morning, 12.13.2012. KPFA 94.1fm-Berkeley, and streaming on the web at kpfa.org, in I-Tunes, and on the new Pacifica Radio Android and I-Phone app.


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Some people ain't no damn good
You can't trust 'em, you can't love
No good deed goes unpunished
And I don't mind being their whipping boy
I've had that pleasure for years and years
No, no I never was a sinner-tell me what else can I do
Second best is what you get-till you learn to bend this rules
Time respects no person-what you lift up must fall
They're waiting outside-to claim my crumblin' walls
Saw my picture in the paper
Read the news around my face
And now some peopkle
Don't want to treat me the same
When the walls come tumblin' down
When the walls come crumblin' crumblin'
When the walls come tumblin' tumblin' down
Some people say I'm obnoxious and lazy
That I'm uneducated and my opinipn means nothin'
But I know I'm a real good dancer
Don't need to look over my shoulder to see what I'm after
Everybody's got their problems-ain't no new news here
I'm the same old trouble you've been having for years
Don't confuse the problem with the issue, girl,
'Cause it's perfectly clear
Just a human desire to have you come near
Want to put my arms around you
Feel your breath in my ear
You can bend me You can break me
But you better stand clear
When the walls come tumblin' down
When the walls come crumblin' crumblin'
When the walls come tumblin' tumblin' down
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Fabulous wall!!!
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Gorgeous shot, and I love the interpretation of the lyric. Very cool!:)
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Wall with character!
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Thousands of Cambodians paid their last respects to their beloved former king Norodom Sihanouk as his body lay in state on Saturday ahead of his cremation next week.
The mourners were able to glimpse the late monarch's gilded casket through doorways to the purpose-built crematorium where it was carried Friday in a lavish procession that brought Phnom Penh to a standstill.
His body will be kept at the crematorium until Monday when his wife and his son, current King Norodom Sihamoni, will start the cremation ceremony.
"I had the chance to pay my last respects to the King-Father," 65-year-old Sun Sopho, said, with tears in her eyes, reflecting the sorrow of many who see Sihanouk as a force of stability over six turbulent decades.
"I asked his soul to bless us and to keep peace for the country forever."
The mercurial ex-monarch died of a heart attack aged 89 in Beijing on October 15 last year.
Sihanouk was just 18 when placed on the throne in 1941 by French colonial authorities, but quickly defied his patron's expectations of a pliant king.
A father of 14 children over six marriages, Sihanouk abdicated in 2004 after steering Cambodia through six decades marked by independence from France, civil war, the murderous Khmer Rouge regime, his own exile and finally peace.
Sihanouk - a self-confessed "naughty boy" who loved to direct films, write poetry and compose songs - remained hugely popular among Cambodians. But his record is not without controversy.
After being ousted by the US-backed General Lon Nol in 1970, he aligned himself with the Khmer Rouge, only to be placed under house arrest as the communist regime terrorised the nation.
Before the Vietnamese toppled the Khmer Rouge in 1979, Sihanouk took exile in China. He regained his throne in 1993, although his influence was greatly diminished and he abdicated in 2004 to be succeeded by Sihamoni.


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Sunday, January 23, 2011
Some dogs like to chew shoes. Others, socks. Mine can't resist a tasty box of tissues, especially Puffs Plus (must be the added lotion.) Needless to say, every day of my head cold from hell has been heaven for Lucy. Except when she gets caught in the act. Then, it's pooch purgatory.
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- Carol Starr Schneider said...
What a clever puppy! Dusty loves Kleenex too. Feel better, BG!
- January 23, 2011 at 11:41 AM
- Cathy Hamilton said...
I'm stockpiling naughty dog photos for the day I figure out our co-dog blog. And that day is coming soon, I promise!
- January 23, 2011 at 2:43 PM
- TARYTERRE said...
GREAT photo. Devilish little pup. Hope you'll be feeling better soon.
- January 23, 2011 at 2:43 PM
- Cathy Hamilton said...
Thanks, Terre! I may have just now turned the corner, energy-wise. I'm gearing up to hit the grocery store. There's nothing better, after several days cooped up inside.
- January 23, 2011 at 2:46 PM
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RobustSturdy, compact design with integrated paper drawer for reliable paper feed, maximum monthly volume of up to 15,000 pages.
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Fujitsu E342n. Maximum resolution: 2400 x 2400 DPI, Print technology: Laser. Maximum ISO A-series paper size: A4, Standard tray media types: Envelopes, Labels, Plain paper, Transparencies, ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9): A4, A5. Management protocols: HTTP, SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, WINS, IGMP, APIPA (AutoIP), DHCP, Supported network protocols (IPv4): TCP/IP IPv4, AppleTalk. Certification: FCC Class B, UL 60950-1 3rd, U.S. FDA, IEC 320-1, CSA, ICES Class B, CE Class B, CB IEC 60950-1, IEC. Dimensions (WxDxH): 396 x 353 x 249 mm, Package dimensions (WxDxH): 460 x 420 x 355 mm
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Ornate scrolled details present a flourish with unique appeal to the round Aurora wall mirror. It offers a beautiful accent to any room in your home.
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