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The new owner of the Mercury News and Contra Costa Times, MediaNews Group, planning to develop a regional Web site that, according to John Simmerman of the CoCo Times, “aims to be a model for how old-guard newspapers can work and make money online.” Simerman doesn’t have much more information than when work about such a regional site first emerged on June 29. But the papers involved in the site would include Singleton’s group of 11 papers in the Bay Area and possibly the Hearst-owned Chronicle. Internal discussions on the proposed site will begin next Monday, Simmerman’s story says.
MediaNews quietly develops Internet plan
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As South Korea eased COVID-19 restrictions, a mobile operator company in the country is reportedly using a robot to reduce human contact and maintain sanitation in the building. According to an international media outlet, a self-driving robot equipped with cameras and an LED screen greets visitors at the lobby of the firm. The robots also check the temperature of the employees and also dispenses hand sanitiser and disinfect the floor.
The white robot politely also reminds people to ‘take part in social distancing’. Several corporate companies in South Korea have now reportedly been using robotic for tasks including manufacturing and cleaning. The technology is now also getting a boost as people are trying to minimise human contact due to the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
Robot to minimise human contact
As per reports, the robot is developed jointly by SK Telecom and Omron Electronics Korea. The technology transmits data to its server in real-time, powered by the telecom company’s fifth-generation (5G) technology. Furthermore, the robot reportedly also sets off an alarm if anyone’s temperature is over 37.5 Celsius. While using artificial intelligence (AI), the robot also detects gathering and advises people to disperse. Moreover, the robot also reminds people to put on make if they are not wearing one.
While speaking to an international media outlet, Ra Kyhong-hwan, head of data business cooperation at SK Telecom and one of the developers, said that the robot helps minimise people-to-people contact and reduce the time that’s taken for temperature checks at the entrance, and the AI technology raises accuracy. Kyhong-hwan also informed that the technology is also armed with ultraviolet lamps and two disinfectant sprayers and the robot can disinfect 99 per cent of the surface area in 10 minutes.
Several businesses and retailers are eyeing robots and especially amid COVID-19 pandemic. Similar to the South Korean firm, the Singapore government also started using spy robots in a bid to remind people to ‘stay safe, stay home’. In order to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus, Singapore’s Public Utilities Board are now using robots to make sure there are no large gatherings in public spaces. According to an international media report, the O-R3 shares data collected through its 360-degree surveillance camera with public health officers. | <urn:uuid:0b9d397c-2915-40b5-a7ee-d8b2faa33302> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.techregister.co.uk/south-korea-robot-with-artificial-intelligence-helps-fight-covid-19-spread/ | 2024-02-21T16:35:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473518.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221134259-20240221164259-00890.warc.gz | en | 0.93931 | 483 | [
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eBooks make your book available anytime, anywhere, to any reader. So, how do eBooks work, and what do authors need to know about publishing one?
eBooks are incredible. They take up next to no space, reach your readers’ eyes within seconds, and can be much more cost-effective than traditional paper books. But what is an eBook? And how does it work? Is an eBook just a fancier Wattpad?
Ok, that last one was a joke. eBooks are definitely different than blogs or social media posts, and they require just as much patient effort as a paper book – with a few twists. Since eBooks are digital, publishing them is a little different from publishing a paper book. Starting with a strong understanding of what an eBook is will help you navigate the unique challenges and perks they bring to the table.
This guide answers “what is an eBook?” and more…
1. What is an eBook? And how does it work?
2. eBooks and PDFs
3. eBook formatting
4. Copyrighting an eBook
5. Should you publish your book as an eBook?
6. Advantages of eBooks for authors
7. Self-publishing your eBooks
What is an eBook? And how does it work?
In its simplest definition, an eBook is a book that is published digitally. Now, that’s pretty broad, so let’s dig into what distinguishes eBooks from any other online publication.
Typically, when you publish writing online, you can come back to edit it later. Blogs, social media, even websites are editable after publishing. Most of the time, all you have to do is hit a button and start typing. An eBook, much like a paper book, isn’t easy to edit. Once it’s published, it’s published!
So what is an eBook? Since it isn’t a physical object, an eBook is stored as a file that can be accessed from a number of different devices. eReaders are devices specifically designed for eBooks – like Barnes & Noble’s Nook or Amazon’s Kindle. But eBooks can also be accessed through smartphones, computers, and tablets!
Let’s dig into a few details that set eBooks apart from other online or print publications.
eBooks and PDFs
Are eBooks and PDFs the same thing? If not, what is an eBook? After all, PDFs can’t be edited, and often they can have similar cover designs and formatting to an eBook. Technically speaking, PDFs aren’t eBooks. One of the things eBooks have in common with print publishing is an ISBN (International Standard Book Number).
An ISBN identifies your book as unique material, and it’s essential for selling your book or distributing it to libraries. The steps for how to get an ISBN number will depend on where you live, so make sure to double-check when you’re ready to publish.
While a PDF can be given an ISBN, many of the eBooks you see online in PDF formatting don’t have one. Most of the time, when an “eBook” is available through a company or individual’s website, it’s a marketing tool. While these can have helpful information or moving stories, they aren’t books, strictly speaking.
One of the biggest draws to eBooks is how accessible they are. With PDFs on shaky ground, what is an eBook format that authors can easily access?
eBook formatting can come in many different shapes and sizes. We’ve already discussed PDFs, but eBooks can also be formatted as EPUB, TXT, or AZW files, to name a few. Different devices will support different formatting, and some – like AZW files – are only accessible through one platform.
What is an eBook format that’ll work for you? That depends on what you’re publishing! You can always hire someone to format your eBook, but if you’re self-publishing, you’ll want to find the best eBook formatting software for your project.
Formatting is one of the cornerstones of eBooks. The formatting is what allows the text in your book to change sizes and fonts, and maintain chapter, line, and page breaks. What is an eBook without the versatility of good formatting? The power of formatting makes eBooks fantastically accessible – even if the reader needs extra-large print or a specific font.
Copyrighting an eBook
You don’t have to copyright an eBook separately from your physical book (or vice versa), so you’ll only need to do it once. Copyrighting an eBook is different from ISBNs in many different ways, and this is one of them. You do need separate ISBNs for print and digital versions of your book, but you don’t need to copyright more than once.
Copyrighting your eBook is pretty straightforward. You’ll go to copyright.gov and register your book, then you’ll need to put together your copyright page. eBooks need copyright pages, just like print books, and they should contain your ISBN and standard disclaimers.
What is an eBook and how does it work in copyrighting? eBooks are intellectual property, just like physical books. With eBooks, the digital rights management (DRM) of your book will work alongside your copyright to ensure your book isn’t pirated or copied.
DRM technologies – such as encryption – can be available through the platform you publish on. You can (and should!) also manage the rights to your eBook yourself through DRM software.
Should you publish your book as an eBook?
Whether you publish your book as an eBook is entirely up to you! Learning how to publish an eBook can be helpful during your first time self-publishing since eBooks remove a few steps from the publishing process. You don’t need to worry about any of the publishing steps that involve physical copies of the book – like printing or distributing to bookstores or libraries. (Or finding space for extra copies of your book!)
What is an eBook distribution process like? Without physical copies, you’ll be distributing your eBook through different platforms, like Kindle Direct Publishing. And once your eBook is up on those sites, you’ll need to get the word out through social media, blog content, word-of-mouth, and/or search engine optimization. After all, once your eBook is published, you want to be sure people read it!
Advantages of eBooks for authors
When it comes to benefits, what is an eBook and how does it work for authors? Why would you publish your book as an eBook instead of in print? EBooks are increasingly popular, bringing in around $1.95 billion in revenue in 2022. And without the costs of printing, eBooks can easily be listed at lower prices than print without hurting your bottom line.
eBook pricing is just one of many things that make your book more accessible. The formatting, portability, and ease of annotation all make eBooks accessible to people with all kinds of needs and wants. And that accessibility means your book can make it to more people than a print book ever could!
What is an eBook publishing process like? It depends on whether you're self-publishing or not, but some authors find the publishing process simpler than print publishing. If you have your eye on writing multiple books, eBooks can streamline your process and ensure your fans have access to every book you release, the moment you release it.
Self-publishing your eBook
Authors like you find themselves wondering about publishing almost from the moment they decide to write a book. What is an eBook? And how does it work for authors? What is an eBook format that will work for me and my readers? How do I copyright or get an ISBN for my eBook?
Having an answer to these questions can make you feel more secure in the process, but there’s something even more important to have in mind before you self-publish… writing your book! Writing your book is a difficult, rewarding process, and publishing is just one step in a very long journey. Once your book is written, you’ll need to make sure it reaches the readers who will love it most, on- or offline. | <urn:uuid:3b0ddf73-4d59-4577-9439-d9fefbfe670f> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://selfpublishing.com/what-is-an-ebook/ | 2024-02-24T20:14:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474544.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224180245-20240224210245-00890.warc.gz | en | 0.927738 | 1,751 | [
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Australia’s trusted immunisation experts
06 February 2024
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As of Tuesday this week, all Australian adults aged 40-49 are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
Some states and territories had already opened up their rollout to under 50s, including Victoria, which invited 40-49-year-olds to come forward from late May in light of the current outbreak. In the Northern Territory, everyone aged over 16 is now eligible, while in Western Australia adults over 30 will be eligible from Thursday.
Most Australians under 50 will receive the Pfizer vaccine, which is the preferred COVID vaccine for people in this age group. This is based on advice from Australia’s Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation around the risk of rare blood clotting disorders following the AstraZeneca vaccine.
To this point, we’ve been quite fixated on the side effects and small risks associated with the AstraZeneca vaccine. But with many Australians now lining up for the Pfizer shot, let’s take a look at what we know about side effects and rare adverse events after this vaccine.
In Australia the Pfizer vaccine is registered for use in people over 16. Two doses are needed, with a gap of at least three weeks between doses.
This vaccine has now been administered to many millions of people around the world. We know a lot about its safety from both clinical trials and safety surveillance programs in the community.
AusVaxSafety has been collecting and regularly updating vaccine safety data from Australians who have received a COVID vaccine, either Pfizer or AstraZeneca.
As of May 30, more than 245,000 people had responded to text message or email questionnaires on side effects after their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, and over 140,000 people had responded after dose two.
Close to two-thirds of people reported no reactions after the first dose, and 40% reported no reactions after the second.
The most common side effects include headache, muscle aches and fatigue, and these are more common after dose two compared to dose one.
These sorts of side effects are very similar to those reported in clinical trials and what’s been set out in the Pfizer vaccine’s product information. They occur because our immune system is responding to the vaccine.
Side effects will usually present in the first 24-48 hours after vaccination. We know from AusVaxSafety surveillance and safety data from overseas they usually last less than two to three days, and nearly everyone who experiences side effects is back to normal one week after vaccination.
You can manage symptoms such as pain or fever with medicines like paracetamol or ibuprofen. But if your symptoms persist or get worse, you should see your GP.
There have been reports of anaphylaxis after the Pfizer vaccine. Anaphylaxis is an acute allergic reaction where people experience a rash, lip and tongue swelling, trouble breathing and sometimes shock (low blood pressure and fast heart rate).
Overall it’s estimated anaphylaxis occurs in approximately five people per million doses of the Pfizer vaccine administered. Anaphylaxis nearly always happens in the first 15 minutes to half hour after vaccination, which is why people are asked to wait in the clinic after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.
Anaphylaxis is easily treated (reversed) with an injection of adrenaline by nursing and medical staff at the vaccination centres, and people affected generally make a complete recovery.
If you happen to have had an acute allergic reaction after vaccination, it’s important you tell your doctor before getting a second dose of the same vaccine. You may be referred for a specialist allergy consultation.
Recently there have been reports from overseas, including the United States and Israel, of myocarditis (heart inflammation) and pericarditis (inflammation of the lining of the heart) following vaccination with the Pfizer vaccine.
The US Centres for Disease Control notes these cases have been mostly in younger males (aged 16 years and older), usually appear within several days of vaccination, and are more common after the second dose.
However, no causal link has been formally established. It’s important to note heart inflammation can be caused by many factors. These include infections, particularly from viruses or bacteria; or damage to the heart’s tissue or muscle as a result of autoimmune diseases, medicines, environmental factors, or other triggers, including, rarely, vaccines.
The COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety is also reviewing this issue. They have noted that in most of the reported cases, the people have recovered.
Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration, meanwhile, is continuing to monitor myocarditis and pericarditis as “adverse events of special interest”.
Rigorous studies where we compare the number of myocarditis cases in vaccinated and unvaccinated populations are underway in countries such as Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States to assess whether there is any link between myocarditis and the Pfizer vaccine.
But at this stage, there’s no significant cause for concern.
Real-world studies are showing the Pfizer vaccine has clear benefits in reducing deaths and hospitalisations due to COVID-19.
As we’re seeing right now in Victoria, community outbreaks continue to pose a significant risk. Our path out of this pandemic relies on a high uptake of vaccines, and use of the highly effective Pfizer vaccine is key.
Author: Associate Professor Nick Wood, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney, and Associate Director, NCIRS
This article first appeared in The Conversation. It has been reproduced here under Creative Commons licence.
Access the latest COVID-19 vaccine safety data here
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Slaughterbeck Floors is going through a change in ownership after more than 30 years in business.
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“I am proud of the customer service I give, so it was a great fit to join Slaughterbeck Floors. I am enthused by the customer service given to the customers by the employees here. I think it is a winning merger.”
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In Paul’s home, he has stuck with traditional red oak hardwood throughout.
He takes pride in knowing he’s able to help one customer get the best experience they can interacting with him and his team at Slaughterbeck Floors.
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Every job and every customer is different, and each should be treated as such. With some customers, we can guess what their concerns will be. If you have young kids running around, we’ll probably omit explaining the chemistry of different finishes or other minute details, so you can get back to your family.
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Subsequent, across the confessions, the thought of relationship possessions doesn’t occur. Alternatively, spousal possessions including the house are believed e the latest house is inserted-within the Lebanon often the spouse-regardless of any economic or non-economic benefits designed to help have the assets.
Whenever husbands don’t financially service their own families otherwise under-promote, female all over confessions brings legal actions before spiritual courts to shop for them to meet its repairs obligations. To achieve this, they have to show their husbands have failed in order to adequately permit them, and refuse states regarding insolvency otherwise point inability because their husbands’ duty is contingent abreast of their capability to spend, besides new wife’s you need.
Several months shortly after she registered the brand new lawsuit, brand new Maronite court offered Lana along with her young buck maintenance out of LBP700,000 30 days ($460), even though her partner possess several functions which can be an attorney
Judges in the spousal restoration lawsuits do not however use obvious criteria into the examining just what sufficient levels of spousal repairs try. Judges don’t, such as for example, on a regular basis have confidence in items like experience with the minimum salary, the value of the fresh new partner’s assets, or their annual paycheck to choose spousal restoration. In all of your times Person Rights View examined, judges’ failure to utilize clear criteria within the using the criteria given for because of the personal standing laws and regulations whenever assessing enough levels of maintenance triggered ineffective and arbitrary judgments.
Lawyers informed People Rights Observe one to spousal fix rarely exceeds LBP600,000a times ($400). From inside the 24 judgments issued of the Religious courts one to Peoples Liberties Observe analyzed, repair has ranged of LBP150,000 ($100) in order to LBP600,000 ($400) 30 days. Furthermore, the average worth of restoration approved inside 38 Sunni and you will Ja`fari lawsuits reviewed from the Person Liberties View are LBP300,000($200) a month, however some women questioned significantly more according to the husbands’ element to blow large numbers. In cases where women up until the Sunni courts kept the sum of for the discretion of your judge, the newest courtroom immediately offered all of them LBP200,000 ($133).
Evaluator validate awarding low spousal maintenance by the citing the nation’s floundering cost savings and you can reduced minimum-wage. Although 11 attorneys taking care of personal status circumstances through to the courts whom Person Liberties Check out interviewed reported that evaluator is actually somewhat unwilling to award highest amounts, in cases where in fact the spouse you are going to manage to spend even more. Including, from inside the an incident of a great French federal exactly who partnered an abundant Lebanese man, just who, with regards to the woman’s attorney, is the owner of numerous functions and it has a websites worth of many dollars, the fresh judge purchased the spouse to blow $300 thirty day period. As matter are shortage of to have their own to lease appropriate rental, this new lawyer informed Individual Legal rights Observe she is already surviving in a beneficial convent.
In another case, Lana, in her own late twenties,who was simply hitched when she are really more youthful on the Maronite confession, submitted an effective spousal maintenance circumstances as an element of an excellent desertion lawsuit for assistance having herself and her one or two-year-dated young man adopting the disputes with her partner you to definitely led to their own leaving the latest marital house for factors the new court seen as genuine.
Only for the instances in which female got inserted into legal specialized prenuptial plans employing husbands indicating that when away from e total well being, was basically spousal repairs quantity notably large. Solicitors which spoke so you’re able to Peoples Rights Watch revealed that in certain of their circumstances monthly installments reached up to $cuatro,000.
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Join us on Friday, June 16th at 6:00p at Cockatoo for our second annual Pride happy hour, an event for LGBTQ+ landscape architects, architects, planners, and allied professionals in the Philadelphia region. Let’s start conversations, build community, and celebrate Pride within our fields!
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By Huon Hooke
Zeus is being a grumpy old man today,'' says Evangelos Gerovassiliou, as we lunch on the verandah of his winery Domaine Gerovassiliou in Epanomi in northern Greece. Black clouds gather over Mount Olympus, which dominates the horizon, and is said to be the home of Zeus.
Sure enough, we scarcely finish our may fish with olive oil and lemon sauce, a delicious tomato-and-onion salad and eggplant with garlic, before the torrent comes down. We take the remnants of our assyrtiko white wine indoors. Greeks love to eat and drink and, as we know, neither bad weather (rare) nor bad economic news (less rare) are allowed to interfere.
Indeed, it's not all bad news out of Greece: the country's wine exports are bubbling along quite happily. Some say Greece is the world's oldest new wine region. It is the world's oldest wine-producing culture of note - the Greeks introduced ancient Romans to the vine - but the Greek wine industry has been reborn in the past 20 years.
The revival parallels similar events in most parts of the wine world. Its extra kick along, I suspect, is the relatively recent but widespread fascination with indigenous (or autochthonous, as the Greeks say) grape varieties. The Greeks have about 300, of which several are likely to travel. That's travel in two senses: the wines are being exported and so are the vines.
The Barry family in Clare has recently planted assyrtiko, the lip-smacking dry-white seafood wine grape grown in hot, dry, windy conditions on Santorini.
It is one of the most terroir-driven wines I've tasted. It actually smells of the volcanic ash, or pumice, that passes for soil on an island blown apart by one of the world's most violent volcanoes. It doesn't sound appetising but it is dry, crisp and a great accompaniment to fish.
The best assyrtikos I taste are made by Gaia (pronounced ''Yair''), Argyros and Domaine Sigalas on Santorini, and Domaine Gerovassiliou in the Macedonia region. They are all imported and sold in the $25-$39 price range.
The statement about terroir and assyrtiko is no hollow claim: in Macedonia's Amyndeon and Epanomi regions they make lovely assyrtiko, but it tastes quite different from Santorini's ''volcanic'' version. ''The difference has to be the terroir,'' says Gaia's Yiannis Paraskevopoulos, who co-founded the winery in 2004 with Leon Karatsalos.
The Greeks grow chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, shiraz, cabernet sauvignon and merlot, but the world is more likely to be intrigued by their autochthonous vines. In whites, there's roditis, malagousia, aidani and moschofilero as well as assyrtiko, and in reds, mavrotragano, xinomavro, mavrodaphne, limnio and agiorgitiko. Hard to pronounce, let alone remember, but it helps to know ''mavro'' means ''black''. And ''g'' is pronounced ''y''. Say ''aye-your-yittiko'' 20 times to yourself.
I taste beautifully clean, modern, well-made wines from all these grapes, but I'm sure I have a vetted selection and some pretty ordinary stuff also exists.
The local hope is for xinomavro, perhaps the most distinctive and interesting of the black grapes, although it is a high-vigour vine that must be strictly controlled to produce good wine. It is prone to weak colour, high acidity and rather hard tannins except when low-yielding vines achieve full ripeness. This is a hard ask. But the best wines I tasted did bear out the local catch-cry that xinomavro is the Greek pinot noir, or perhaps the Greek nebbiolo. The degree of difficulty is high but the rewards are there.
Kir-Yianni winery, in the Macedonian region of Naoussa, puts a major effort into xinomavro and is producing the best results. The 2011 vintage, indeed all its 2011 reds, are stunning and worth waiting for.
Of the finished xinomavro reds I taste, the best is the 2008 Alpha Old Vines, an old-vine bottling off 87-year-old bush-vines growing on pure sand. It's made by Angelos Iatrides at his Alpha winery in Amyndeon. It has fleshy richness, velvet-smooth tannins, sumptuous dark cherry flavours and real gravitas.
The easier to appreciate and enjoy indigenous black variety is agiorgitiko. This can be a marvellous wine, especially in the hands of the Gaia company - which has a second winery in the southerly Peloponnese province, which specialises in this grape.
Dark-coloured, rich, fruit-sweet and balanced, without excessive acid or edgy tannins, it is a wine to which most red-wine lovers would instantly warm. The best I tasted were under the Gaia Estate label (the 2006 is $60 in Australia), but the younger, earlier-drinking 2010 Agiorgitiko by Gaia ($27) is a delicious and affordable entree to this exciting grape variety.
Gaia partner and winemaker Paraskevopoulos lectures in wine science at the University of Athens, so he knows his stuff. A man whose talent for winemaking is matched by his ability to communicate, he's playing a key role in getting the word out about modern Greek wines.
Agiorgitiko also makes splendid rose´s, none better than Gaia 14-18h Rose´ (the 2011 is $22). It's light, soft, beautifully balanced and moreish.
And talking of pink wines: against all expectation I taste a sparkling xinomavro at the tiny, family-owned Karanika winery in Amyndeon that is truly excellent. Used in much the same way as pinot noir in champagne, this organically grown and hand-made brut cuvee speciale was a 2010 vintage aged on lees for 12 months. With a shrug of the shoulders, Karanika's owner and winemaker Laurens Hartman says: ''No matter how hard the crisis hits, we have sparkling wine every day!''
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Tesla Inc. worldwide deliveries missed forecasts in the third quarter and the company warned of challenges.
Tesla Inc. worldwide deliveries missed forecasts in the third quarter and the company warned of challenges in getting its cars to customers, suggesting that supply-chain snarls remain a blight.
“Historically, our delivery volumes have skewed towards the end of each quarter due to regional batch building of cars,” Austin, Texas-based Tesla said in a statement. “As our production volumes continue to grow, it is becoming increasingly challenging to secure vehicle transportation capacity and at a reasonable cost during these peak logistics weeks.”
Quarterly deliveries are among the most closely watched indicators for Tesla since they underpin the carmaker’s financial results. Though legacy automakers and new entrants alike are bringing more EVs to market, Tesla has led the charge for battery-powered cars since the first Model S sedans were delivered to customers a decade ago.
Tesla had said that its delivery count is conservative and that final numbers could vary by 0.5% or more. The company produced 365,923 vehicles for the quarter.
Tesla began shifting to a “more even regional mix” of vehicle production, leading to an increase of cars in transit during the end of the quarter. “These cars have been ordered and will be delivered to customers upon arrival at their destination,” the company said on Sunday.
The carmaker doesn’t break out sales by geography, but the U.S. and China are its largest markets and the overwhelming number of sales were of the Model 3 sedan and Y crossover.
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This guidebook is written by Cheryl Robbins, the founder of Tribe-Asia. Cheryl has spent many years traveling to Taiwan’s indigenous communities and has compiled some of her experience in this book.
This book focuses on nearly indigenous communities in Taipei City, New Taipei City, Taoyuan County, Hsinchu County and Yilan County. In each township, places to stay, eat and shop are introduced. In addition, cultural and ecological attractions are included. Many of Taiwan’s indigenous communities are located in places of natural beauty, making them excellent cultural tourism and ecotourism destinations.
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Although this book is written by a long-time foreign resident in Taiwan for international travelers, it has also been translated into Chinese. Hopefully, this will encourage Taiwanese to visit more of their country and discover what makes it so beautiful—its mountains, rivers, forests, culture and people.
Cheryl Robbins was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. After earning a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology from the University of California, Davis, she decided to experience life in another country. Her interest in learning Mandarin Chinese brought her to Taiwan in 1989.
Cheryl has traveled around much of Taiwan and its offshore islands both as a tourist and as an arts, culture and travel writer. Her articles have been featured in a number of publications including Taiwan News, Fountain Magazine, Travel in Taiwan Magazine, Compass Magazine and CNA Newsworld. She is also the co-author of “The Real Taiwan and the Dutch: Traveling Notes from the Netherlands Representative”, which was published in 2010, and the author of “A Foreigner’s Travel Guide to Taiwan’s Indigenous Areas: Central and Southern Taiwan”, which was published in 2012, as well as “A Foreigner’s Travel Guide to Taiwan’s Indigenous Areas: Hualien and Taitung”, which was published in 2014.
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It’s practically a tradition to break New Year’s resolutions. How many of us have actually lost those 10 pounds, cut out caffeine or organized our closets despite the declarations we made when hanging the new calendar? Rather than going through the motions again this year, consider using the fresh start of January 1 to make resolutions that focus on your horsekeeping habits instead.
Of course, it’s not like you’re a bad equine caretaker now. In fact, if you’re reading this, you’re probably quite conscientious. But chances are you’ve thought of making at least one or two management changes that you just haven’t gotten around to. These are the things you know will help make your horse healthier and happier but, for whatever reason, you just haven’t done yet. Well, now’s the time.
To help you get your list started, we’ve put together a few horse-related New Year’s resolutions to consider, along with some practical advice for implementing them over the long term. Resolving to do them all would probably be too much to take on, but pick a few that seem the most manageable and will have the greatest benefit to your horse and situation.
1. Increase your horse’s turnout time
You’ve no doubt heard this advice a hundred times, and with good reason: Horses on full turnout are naturally more fit, colic less, have fewer respiratory issues, grow stronger hooves and tend to be less “flighty” when ridden. Given all of those benefits, why wouldn’t you turn your horse out 24/7? Because the reality of walking out in the darkness of a rainy winter evening to fetch a wet horse you have to clean up before you ride is pretty miserable, that’s why.
Fortunately, your horse can benefit from even a few extra hours of turnout each day. So resolve to increase your horse’s turnout time by any amount you can. Small management modifications can help you keep that pledge:
• Consider building a small “holding” paddock close to the barn, where you can turn your horse out for a few hours even when you know you’ll need him close by later on.
• Establish a smaller “catch pen” at the entrance to your larger field. Always feed and water your horse in this area and you can just shut the gate after a meal to keep him there until you ride him later.
• If grooming a wet horse is your biggest turnoff, look into lightweight turnout blankets and rain sheets that can cut down on the mud you’ll have to contend with when you bring in your horse.
And remember that pasture living isn’t an all-or-nothing proposition. If you know you won’t be riding your stall-kept horse for a few days, leave him out in the pasture during that time. If he’s got an adequate winter coat, companionship, a source of forage, water and shelter from the wind, he’ll do just fine. When you’re riding again regularly, you can go back to the regular stall routine. Even small increases in turnout will yield positive results, and as your horse’s health improves and you spend less time cleaning stalls, you’ll find that your incentives to keep him outdoors will outweigh the hassles. In fact, this will probably end up being one of the easier resolutions to keep.
2. Maintain your horse at a healthy weight
Equine obesity is now epidemic. Recent research from England showed that about 54 percent of horses there were dangerously overweight, but their owners did not recognize the problem. The researchers say they’d expect to find similar results in this country. Some owners, it seems, don’t have an “eye” for weight or are in denial about how overweight their horses really are.
Extra pounds carry a high price. Horses who are overweight are more prone to joint disease, metabolic conditions and potentially deadly laminitis. The problem is compounded by the fact that many breeds of horses, and nearly all ponies, are genetically predisposed to obesity, probably due in part to a so-called “thrifty gene” that allows them to survive on minimal forage. These are the horses who can “live on air” but we end up giving a scoop of grain twice a day anyway because we don’t want to leave them out at feeding time.
Making the resolution to keep your horse’s weight under control will require adjusting your own perceptions as well as your horse’s lifestyle. The first step is to review the Henneke Body Condition Score (BCS) System and determine for yourself what your horse’s score is. If you’re unsure, ask a knowledgeable friend or, better yet, your veterinarian for an unbiased assessment.
If your horse needs to lose weight, work with your veterinarian to determine how many calories he actually needs and adjust his diet accordingly. Be prepared to cut back on his ration dramatically or switch to a lower-calorie feed. You’ll also want to look into using a grazing muzzle during turnout in the spring and fall and potentially year-round if your horse is susceptible to laminitis. Yes, a muzzled horse can look sad, but not nearly as sad as one who has foundered.
Diet changes probably won’t be enough to slim down an extremely fat horse, so you’ll also need to increase his exercise. More turnout with an active herd is a great start, but it won’t be as effective as under-saddle workouts four or more days a week. Again, consult with your veterinarian to map out a progressive conditioning/weight loss exercise regimen for your horse. If you can’t ride as often as necessary, consider half-leasing your horse to a trusted rider or just sharing him with friend looking for a regular mount.
3. Modernize your deworming plan
This is a resolution that benefits not only your horse but, ultimately, all of horsekind. It’s a two-pronged approach, the first being to address your use of chemical dewormers and the second to improve your manure management practices to control parasites.
That internal parasites can develop resistance to chemical dewormers isn’t a distant possibility—it’s a scientifically proven reality. Resistance develops over several generations of parasites, when the ones that survive treatment are the only ones left to reproduce. Eventually, the parasites that remain on a farm are genetically selected to resist the chemicals (anthelmintics) used to control them. Experts warn that eventually we may have no effective anthelmintics for certain parasites, a devastating reality that sheep breeders are already facing.
Anthelmintic resistance is, in some respects, inevitable, but indiscriminate and overzealous use of dewormers greatly hastens the process. Deworming your horse based on the calendar alone is an outdated and harmful habit. Instead, resolve to work with your veterinarian to develop a deworming program tailored for your property and the individual horses on it.
Keeping this resolution will require some work and investment. You’ll need to consult with your veterinarian and collect fecal samples for testing. Then you’ll have to craft a master deworming strategy specifically for your situation. In the end, you’ll likely find that you’ll be able to deworm your horses less often, and perhaps some of your horses will never need to be dewormed at all. It’s a nice bonus when doing right by your horse saves you money.
The second phase of this resolution involves managing your manure, specifically in pastures, to decrease the amount of parasite larvae your horses pick up as they graze. Spreading manure on pastures or dragging piles already there is a legitimate manure-management method, but if you’re doing either when environmental conditions favor egg hatching and larvae growth, you’re just seeding your pasture with parasites.
In general, spreading or dragging manure in hot (90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher), dry weather is safest, as the larvae will quickly be killed in the sun. Larvae are less likely to be killed in very cold weather, but prolonged periods of below-freezing temperatures can keep some larvae from maturing to the point they are infective. The worst time to spread and drag manure is in moderate (between 45 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit) temperatures, particularly after a rain. As appealing as outdoor work may seem in those conditions, resist the urge to hitch up the spreader. Instead, pick up piles in the fields and compost your manure to be spread only after it is thoroughly “cooked.”
[Click here to learn how to develop a modern deworming protocol]
4. Learn about toxic plants in your area
It’s a sad fact that the horse owners who know the most about the toxic plants in their area have usually learned the hard way. We all know that certain species are harmful to horses, but we don’t often take the time to inspect our properties for them until a horse is sick and we are looking for the reason why.
Although most horses won’t eat toxic plants unless their pasture has been stripped of all other options, some are curious enough to nibble on anything just to see if it tastes good. And it takes only a mouthful of certain plants to kill a horse.
Your local extension agent is a great resource for learning about toxic plants. You can find one through your nearest land-grant university. Many have regular educational programs specifically on the topic of toxic plants, and some will travel to your farm and take a look around for you. If you can’t find an expert, do some online research or head to the library for resources on the toxic plants in your area. When you walk around your property, bring color pictures to refer to. As you look, remember that horses reach through and over fence lines. If you’re unsure about a plant, take a sample and consult with your veterinarian or even a local nursery for a positive identification.
Ideally, you could remove all toxic plants from your property, roots and all. If that’s not possible, at a minimum fence horses far away from dangerous plants and then be vigilant to ensure clippings or branches don’t come into their reach. You’ll also want to use your newfound knowledge when you trail ride or travel to events—toxic plants can crop up anywhere.
[Click here to learn what the 10 most poisonous plants for horses are.]
5. Keep regular farrier appointments
If your horse is blessed with good feet, it’s easy to slack off on farrier appointments. And waiting “one more” week to schedule a trim or reset typically won’t adversely affect most horses. But when “one more” becomes two or three and it happens a few times a year, cracks, flares and imbalances can develop in any hoof.
Problems that take only a few weeks to develop in a hoof can take a few months to correct. Considering it takes nearly a year for a hoof to grow out from the coronary band to ground level, a crack that extends “only” two inches up from the toe could take six months to resolve. And hoof imbalances—toes grown too long or one wall higher than the other, for instance—don’t just look funny, they alter the way a horse bears the load of each step and can stress his muscles, joints and tendons. A delayed farrier visit could eventually lead to a much more expensive veterinary visit and long lay-up as a lameness issue is addressed.
An easy first step to keeping your farrier appointments is to schedule them all at once, for the entire year. Most farriers will be happy to line up a regular schedule. Fill in your calendar and then adjust specific days as needed if other issues arise. If you board at a large barn, your farrier will probably be coming out on a regular basis anyway, which makes scheduling much easier. If you have only a few horses on your own property, it can also help to coordinate with other owners in your area who use the same farrier—by making your appointments on the same day, you’ll have more incentive to stay on schedule. You can also help each other out by holding horses for shoeing, if necessary. Your farrier will be a great resource for coordinating schedules with other horse owners nearby.
6. Feed more forage
We all know that good-quality hay is the foundation of a healthy diet for your horse. Nutritionists recommend that a horse’s diet be at least 2 percent roughage, by weight, which means a 1,100-pound horse needs at least 22 pounds of hay, a little more than half of a typical small square bale every day.
Hay keeps a horse’s digestive system working properly, controls his weight when it’s given instead of high-calorie concentrates, keeps him warm in winter by stoking his metabolism and gives him something to do with his time, reducing the risk he will develop stereotypies or behavior problems. Not to mention it only makes sense to base your horse’s diet on something he naturally evolved to eat.
This is also, in theory, a pretty easy horsekeeping resolution to make and keep. Simply increase the amount of hay you give your horse, right? Not necessarily. Large amounts of hay tossed into a paddock or stall can go uneaten or be ground into the dirt under hooves. It’s a waste of nutrients and money. To make this resolution a lasting management change, you’ll need to make sure you’re feeding more hay in a way it’s most likely to be eaten.
First, make sure you’re buying good-quality hay. This doesn’t mean it has to be packed with nutrients. In fact, if your horse is overweight, a less nutrient-rich forage (combined with a vitamin and mineral supplement, if necessary) is a wise choice. But the hay must be dust-free and fairly leafy. Coarse, stemmy hay won’t be eaten, and moldy hay can cause respiratory problems. Take a critical look at the hay you’ve been feeding and start shopping around for alternative supplies if the quality isn’t all it could be.
Horses can still waste tasty hay, particularly if a large amount is tossed loose onto a stall floor. If you end up picking up hay as you muck, you could try to figure out a way to deliver small amounts more frequently, but returning to the barn mid-afternoon to throw hay doesn’t always mesh well with work schedules. Instead, look into slow-feeders, which not only keep hay off the ground—often while still encouraging a natural heads-down grazing position—but force horses to eat it at a more leisurely pace, mimicking natural grazing patterns.
There are situations in which it’s just impossible to feed more hay. It could be a supply or storage problem, or an older horse whose teeth are too worn down to chew forage. In these cases, you can supply the needed roughage in other forms. Alfalfa pellets and complete feeds, for example, can provide the same amount of forage as traditional hay. They don’t always provide the “chew time” that a flake will, but in some situations these alternatives are an ideal solution to hay problems.
There’s nothing magical about January 1 that makes change any easier, but it’s as good a milestone as any for giving it a try. If you’ve been toying with the idea of adjusting your horsekeeping habits, why not focus on those instead of the same old resolutions. Then, when your horse is happier and healthier than he was last year, you can enjoy your second cup of coffee and messy closets with a clear conscience.
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Which is the best US state to incorporate your company?
5 states where it is profitable to buy and sell in the U.S.
In terms of taxes there is a lot of variety, depending on the state where you are, in order to know the amount of money you must pay in the United States and comply with your tax duties. This time we will talk about sales tax, especially about the 5 states that do not charge sales tax (Oregon, Alaska, Delaware, Montana, etc).
Beaver State es uno de los estados que no recauda impuestos sobre las ventas. No obstante, para este año 2022, se implementó un impuesto sobre la venta de aquellos vehículos que hayan sido comprados fuera del estado y que deseas registrar.
Another important aspect to consider is that to compensate the lack of sales tax, Oregon has a very high income tax burden and a moderately high property tax rate.
It is recognized for the low tax burden it represents for its citizens, this in order to encourage foreign production in a community where there is little population. In addition to having no sales tax, there is also no state income tax. Despite this, it is important to note that many of its counties, known as "districts", levy sales tax. For example, the municipality of Juneau charges a 5% sales tax on purchases.
It is considered a corporate tax haven, as it does not levy any sales tax or state tax on its citizens. However, it compensates for its low tax collection by imposing a moderate income tax, in addition to a gross sales tax levied on companies on the total amount of sales.
Montana, a sparsely populated state, does not have a state sales tax. Because of this, some municipalities such as Big Sky attract a large number of tourists and therefore implement local sales taxes. Property taxes are on the heavier end of the scale, and income tax is near the 50-state average rate.
Lastly, we have the state of New Hampshire, which also does not charge sales tax. However, keep in mind that property tax rates tend to be some of the highest in the country.
Income tax is extremely limited, as it only applies to interest (such as from a high-yield savings account) and dividend income (such as dividends from stock purchases).
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Blackwell Grange Golf Club boasts one of the best-stocked golf shops in the North East.
The shop offers a comprehensive range of top brand items at competitive prices. We also have an experienced sales team qualified to provide specialist advice, enabling you to obtain equipment best suited to your needs.
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The course is accompanied by an enthusiastic team of PGA professionals under the guidance of Peter Raine. Extensive tuition packages are available for all levels, including individual and group lessons, golf clinics and video analysis for the young aspiring Tiger Woods. Blackwell Grange Golf Club is proud to boast its official Golf Foundation, Starter Centre Status. This enables children of all ages a chance to develop their skills through a structured award scheme towards casual play and handicap competitions culminating in junior membership.
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Historic hair samples collected from Aboriginal people show that following an initial migration 50,000 years ago, populations spread rapidly around the east and west coasts of Australia.
“The mitochondrial dates reported here for Aboriginal Australian arrival and dispersal appear considerably older than recent estimates from nuclear genomic data that suggest a single ancestry population started to differentiate as recently as [10,000 to 32,000 years ago],” Australian Centre for Ancient DNA Director Alan Cooper, senior author on a study out in Nature today, and his co-authors wrote.
Cooper led an international team that sequenced mitochondrial DNA in more than 100 Aboriginal Australian samples collected between the 1920s and 1970s, after obtaining consent from participants or their living family members. A phylogenetic analysis of these and other available mitochondrial sequences placed early Aboriginal populations in Australia at around the time it was still connected to New Guinea, subsequently splitting into groups that migrated down the country’s coasts and diverged.
“Amazingly, it seems that from around this time the basic population patterns have persisted for the next 50,000 years, showing that communities have remained in discrete geographical regions,” Cooper said in a statement, noting that the study “provides compelling support for the remarkable Aboriginal cultural connection to country.”
He and his colleagues used Illumina HiSeq, MiSeq, and NextSeq instruments to sequence mitochondrial DNA isolated from 111 locks of hair collected from individuals in half a dozen Australian locations and stored at the South Australian Museum collection. They identified 54 mitochondrial haplotypes from five main haplogroups.
When analyzed alongside dozens of existing Aboriginal Australian or Melanesian mitochondrial sequences, the team’s phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial sequences from their hair samples hint that the individuals share a most recent common ancestor going back some 43,000 to 47,000 years.
The researchers also delved into relationships within the Aboriginal Australian phylogeny, and used their haplogroup data to retrace migrations down the east and west coasts of the country as Aboriginal populations started to split and diverge.
“The marked population structure of deeply diverged Aboriginal Australian mitogenomes appears to date back to the original arrival of people on the Australian part of the Sahul,” Cooper and his co-authors wrote. “These patterns are surprising given the pronounced environmental changes that have occurred since initial colonization.”
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The orange glow of the sun brought warmth to my face and body and quickly aroused me from my slumber. I awoke to the familiar view of the valley below us. Snow caked every tree as if nature was trying its best to hide the color green from our vision. The trees stood tall but still appeared minuscule from our perch on the ridgeline above. Our village was nestled into a hollowed-out portion of the formidable mountain above us. Our rickety houses consisted mainly of sticks and mud except for the grand common space. Large mastodon tusks lined the rough stone staircase towards Chief’s house and the path maintained a constant orange hue from a series of torches.
The common space was alive with the incessant buzzing of villagers conversing among themselves on the dirt floor that surrounded the slate speaking platform. A few minutes after I arrived, Chief finally emerged from his dwelling. Chief called out to the villagers assembled before him. He raised his hands and shouted, “My family we have come across a familiar problem that must be dealt with quickly. Winter has once again lasted longer than expected and we find ourselves in dire need of food.” Murmurs rolled across the crowd like a tidal wave as all of us knew what Chief was asking. “My family,” Chief started up again in a powerful voice. “I am asking again for a team of hunters and gatherers to descend into the valley to collect as much food as possible for the village.” Another older fellow took the stage next to Chief. He held a piece of drawing slate and a carving knife. The other man somberly questioned the crowd, “Do we have any volunteers?” A few murmurs rippled through the crowd before a few hands shot up from the usual folk. The first hands to go up were from the typical warriors and hunters who always volunteered themselves for anything that would bring them closer to death. I envied them for their bravery and desperately wanted to show the village that I could be an equally valuable member. About ten hands had appeared before I nervously decided that I was going to reach for the sky and volunteer myself.
I was the only girl of the group, but so far I had proved myself as a skilled huntswoman on the various species that lived on or above the ridgeline, but I knew the valley would be fraught with challenges I had never experienced before. Our group of tattered fur pelts descended through the snow into the uncertainty that lay ahead. With each step we took, the environment around us transformed. The sparsely existent trees of the ridgeline exploded into a dense conifer forest that shielded our view in all directions. Soft, white snow hung off the tree branches like a robe which greatly disoriented us as we tried to find the easiest route to the center. As we continued crunching along through the snow, the familiar pine fragrance of springtime flooded our nostrils, signaling that we must be close to the center of the valley.
Sunlight pierced through the narrow slits between branches like a thousand freshly forged swords. We followed the glistening light through the forest until a branch was pushed aside, revealing the valley before us. The valley had been shielded from the harsh storms that plagued the ridgelines and only maintained a dusting of snow throughout even the worst winters. As the sun warmed the Earth, small flowers in purples, yellows, reds, and blues scattered themselves across the valley; their heads poking up through the minuscule layer of snow. The flowers were accompanied by hordes of small bushes and trees; all of which provided either fruit or roots we could harvest.
We knew we had to be quick as the conifers provided shadows for all kinds of animals to hide behind and a group this big would surely draw some notice. We set off scratching through the snow, collecting roots and berries. After a short while of digging, one of the huntsmen signaled us to come to him. He pointed to the ground and with a quick glance, and I instantly understood why he called us over. There on the shavings of snow were the tell-tale toe markings of a big cat, so big in fact, that his tail dragged along the snow behind him. I looked at the huntsmen with a look of wonder. He stared back at me, though appearing to look through me, “saber tooth,” he whispered. At that moment a look of fear rippled across his face of stone. His mouth moved to say something, but he quickly shoved me to the ground. At that moment an enormous saber tooth tiger soared out of a snowbank and crushed the huntsman with one swift clench of his jaw. The other huntsmen and warriors shrieked and split up in a wild scurry in a foolish attempt to save themselves. I stayed still hunkered down in the snowbank. The tiger chased the others around and one by one killed them all.
As the sounds of shrieking faded, I emerged from the snowbank, grabbed my spear, and began to collect the food the others had dropped. I treaded softly across the snow and silently slipped back into the shadows of the conifer forest. The path back to the village snaked its way along the steep cliffs of the mountainside. I was nearly at the village when a low, rolling growl filled my eardrums from the ridgeline above me. I looked up and saw the tigers’ fangs flicker in the light of the setting sun. I dropped the food bags and grabbed my spear just as the tiger lept. I closed my eyes, pointed my spear, and screamed. I felt a punch to my chest and tasted the all too familiar metallic taste of blood. I opened my eyes and was surprised by the tiger laying motionless, skewered on my spear. I finished the steep hike up to the village and collapsed to a hero’s welcome at the gate. The murmurs once again rolled through the crowd as they gazed upon the massive saber tooth tiger that stripped the lives of so many from our village. | <urn:uuid:d944ed21-eb50-4305-8b85-b5c8d9fc42c9> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://decameronproject.org/stories/the-day-that-changed-my-life/ | 2024-02-23T06:14:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474361.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223053503-20240223083503-00090.warc.gz | en | 0.979797 | 1,258 | [
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Daniel Nesbitt ’22
In last week’s edition of the Tripod, editor-in-chief Gillian Reinhard ’20 detailed her brief dive into the realm of Elm and Key, one of Trinity’s very own secret societies. Her detailed account traced an initiation process that seemed relatively mundane, though peculiar, including letters with biblical quotations and anachronistic language. Despite this relatively benign front, something more disconcerting could very well lie beneath.
Elm and Key lacks something integral to all secret societies: secrecy. It is a well-known tradition that all graduating members of the organization wear large key necklaces at graduation each year, rendering useless any prior attempts to conceal members’ identities.
Having garnered a reputation for recruiting student leaders, Elm and Key seems to be attempting to unite student leaders to accomplish its mission, however nefarious that may be. After being kicked out of the Greenberg Center, Gillian writes that, “members berated me for undermining the important work the group does to make Trinity a better place.”
That these students believe they have to dress up and meet in secret to accomplish their goals is extremely disconcerting for a whole host of reasons. For starters, the anonymity raises concerns about the goals of the students of Elm and Key. If community leaders cannot publicly advocate for their goals and instead sequester into the shadows, then the value of these goals is called into question. If their work is truly good and in the best interest of Trinity, why can it not be done in the public sphere?
As Elm and Key is now known to consist of Trinity community leaders, it is very likely that members of the Student Government Association (SGA) are involved in the organization. If our duly elected SGA representatives seek to enact change through secret means rather than through the democratic means for which they were specifically chosen, then they can claim no proper respect for the office and should immediately resign or be recalled. There is still another troubling aspect to SGA members’ role in Elm and Key. The secret society actively sought to recruit the editor-in-chief of the Tripod, the free and independent student press. This Putin-esque, authoritarian tactic of controlling the press and meaningful channels of dissent reeks of malfeasance, and those involved should be publicly remanded for their actions.
Following the controversy of the Churchill Club last spring, the SGA has actively sought to reform their policies regarding registered student organizations at Trinity. Among other things, one key issue was about the use of SGA funds. As there are almost certainly members of SGA within Elm and Key, are they also attempting to use student funds from SGA’s discretionary fund to fund their activities? Doing so would show a complete disregard for SGA’s policy’s, though that hasn’t stopped them before. In addition, there could be no way for students to ensure that Elm and Key is not using student funds without permission as the very people who control student funds could also be in the organization itself.
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Tips to use a space heater safely and efficiently
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that space heaters cause more than 1,700 house fires every year. When used incorrectly, space heaters can be a fire hazard and also result in energy bills that send a chill down your spine. If you are planning to use a space heater to warm up your home this winter, consider the following safety and efficiency tips:
Space Heater Safety Tips
- Purchase a heater that has the seal of a qualified testing laboratory and comes with safety features such as auto shut off, which turns off the heater if it tips over.
- Vintage is not a good thing when it comes to space heaters. Think twice before plugging in an older heater and consider upgrading to a newer model with better safety features.
- Never set up a space heater on a table. They are designed to be placed on the floor, on a hard, level and nonflammable surface. Keep the space heater at least 3 feet away from curtains, drapes, blankets and anything else that could catch fire.
- Never use an extension cord. Space heaters should be plugged in directly to a wall outlet, as most extension cords cannot handle the high currents a space heater draws and could cause a fire.
- Do not leave a space heater unattended. Always turn off the space heater when you leave the room or go to bed, and do not put a space heater in a child’s room.
Are Space Heaters Energy-Efficient?
When shopping for a space heater, you may notice several manufacturers advertising their model as being 100% energy efficient. While that is technically true — a space heater converts 100% of the electricity it uses into heat — that does not necessarily mean that using one will lower your winter energy bills. It may, in fact, cost you more money.
Space heaters still draw electricity to produce heat. If you are relying on space heaters as your main source of heat for the winter months, your winter energy bills are probably much higher than they would be if you invested in making your home more energy efficient. Installing an HVAC system or a heat pump, along with insulation and weatherstripping, will give you better results, helping you stay warm and reducing your energy bills in the long run
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Cenforce is a popular medication for treating Erectile Dysfunction (ED). It has gained significant attention among individuals seeking solutions for this condition.
The medicine is available at many local and online pharmacies with a doctor’s prescription.
Many people wonder, “Can we buy Cenforce in Walmart”? Walmart is a popular retailer for a wide range of products. But does it also provide prescription medicines?
This article discusses the availability of Cenforce at Walmart. It also covers the potential risks of buying it from there and explores alternative options for safely purchasing the medicine.
Can you get Cenforce at Walmart
The availability of Cenforce at Walmart is a common query for those seeking convenient and accessible options.
However, it’s important to note that Cenforce is a prescription medication. Walmart pharmacies, on the other hand, mainly provide over-the-counter products.
As a result, it may not be easy to find Cenforce readily available in Walmart. Thus, you may need help to get Cenforce at Walmart. Also read: Can We Buy Cenforce on Amazon? Exploring the Risks and Considerations
Risks of buying Cenforce in Walmart
It may be challenging to find Cenforce in Walmart. However, if Cenforce is available for purchase over the counter at a Walmart pharmacy, there may be concerns about its safety.
Attempting to purchase Cenforce or any prescription medication from Walmart without a valid prescription poses various risks. These risks include:
Legal consequences: Buying prescription drugs without a doctor’s guidance is against the law and may lead to legal consequences.
Health complications: Cenforce, like any medication, can have side effects and interactions with other drugs. Using it without proper medical guidance may lead to health complications.Authenticity concerns: Buying medicines from unauthorized sources can be risky because you might get fake Cenforce, which can harm your health.
Alternatives to Walmart for buying Cenforce
Cenforce is a prescription medicine for Erectile Dysfunction which cannot be purchased from Walmart.
Buying prescription medicine from unauthorized or unverified sources can be illegal or dangerous.
To ensure your safety, buy Cenforce from verified and licensed sources. These include healthcare providers, trusted pharmacies, and licensed online pharmacies.
Consult a healthcare professional
The safest approach to obtain Cenforce is to consult a licensed healthcare provider.
Medical professionals can evaluate your medical history and determine the appropriate dosage of Cenforce that suits your specific requirements.
A healthcare professional can provide information on how to buy Cenforce safely.
While Walmart may not carry Cenforce, other reputable pharmacies might offer this medication.
Ensure you have a valid prescription when approaching any pharmacy for prescription drugs.
It is essential to remember that the medicine is not available over the counter. Avoiding any pharmacy selling the drug without a prescription would be best.
Recommended: Learn why you should avoid taking over-the-counter ED pills. Read Over-the-Counter ED Pills You Should Know About
Some online pharmacies are authorized to sell prescription medications, including Cenforce.
It is essential to exercise caution when buying medicines online. You must verify the legitimacy of an online pharmacy to avoid getting counterfeit products.
GoodRx Medicine is a licensed pharmacy that provides Cenforce with a valid doctor’s prescription. It is a safe source to purchase prescription medicines.
Also Read : Can We Buy Cenforce Online? All You Need to Know
The bottom line
Walmart does not offer Cenforce or similar prescription medications. However, it is crucial to consider the risks involved in buying these drugs without a valid prescription.
It is essential to consider safety and legality when seeking treatment for Erectile Dysfunction or any medical condition.
Seeking advice from a healthcare professional can help you obtain appropriate guidance. It can help you explore safe options to buy prescription medicines.
It is essential to note that taking prescription medications without proper medical supervision can have potential risks to your health.
Always make informed decisions and prioritize your well-being over convenience.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I purchase Cenforce at Walmart without a prescription?
No, you cannot buy Cenforce or any prescription medication at Walmart without a valid prescription. Walmart primarily sells over-the-counter products. Medicines that require a prescription from a licensed healthcare provider are not available at Walmart.
Why is Cenforce 100mg not available at Walmart?
Walmart’s pharmacies typically offer a variety of over-the-counter medications. They may not stock prescription drugs such as Cenforce 100mg. Prescription medications, including Cenforce, require careful monitoring and individualized treatment plans. They need the guidance of a healthcare professional.
Can I order Cenforce 200mg online from Walmart’s website?
Currently, Walmart’s website does not sell prescription medications, including Cenforce 200mg. You may find various over-the-counter products and health-related items. However, prescription pills are typically not available for purchase online through their platform.
Can I use herbal or over-the-counter supplements as a substitute for Cenforce?
While some herbal or over-the-counter supplements claim to help with ED, their effectiveness and safety are not well-established. It’s best to consult a healthcare professional before using such supplements to avoid health complications and ensure your safety.
Where can I purchase Cenforce if not at Walmart?
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Tumors tend to grow by recruiting new blood supply and majority of large tumors tend to be very vascular . This creates a propensity for tumors to bleed and many times these can be life threatening events . This can be the first presentation or more commonly may occur any time during treatment or subsequently . Using advanced catheters and guide wires , the interventional radiologists can access the bleeding vessel within the tumor , through a minor cut in one of the leg or hand artery , also called as angiography and plug the culprit bleeding vessel using various agents in a procedure called as embolization.
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jvolk0122 writes to me, asking about the pinch collar:
Hi I adopted a lhasa apso terrior mix which is about 20 pounds and have started to train her. I have a pinch collar and have it fitted correctly. The problem is that I think it may be to aggressive for her. When I give a pop she yelps the first couple of times and listens well. After the first couple of times she starts to get really submissive by rolling on her back, peeing, and laying down not making eye contact. When this happens I am not able to get her to listen any more. Giving a correction at this point only makes her more submissive. Is there another collar that I could try or do you have any suggestions how to handle this?
I need more detail:
Just because a car can go 100 mph, doesn’t mean you have to drive it 100 mph, everywhere you go, right? In fact, you may never drive it 100 mph. You can moderate how hard you press the gas pedal. Just like you can moderate your correction intensity with the pinch collar.
But I’m sure you’re smart enough to have figured that out, already — so, maybe you can explain in more detail what’s happening? Is it related to a specific exercise you’re teaching? The “attention-getter” exercise?
I’m just starting to work on the basic dog training commands, of come, sit-stay, and down-stay. For the sit-stay. I’ll tell her sit, then push her butt down. When she tried to stand I corrected her with a pop and tell her to sit again. I’ll say free and let her get up with praise. With the correction she usually yelps and looks really startled the first couple of times. Say by the fourth or fifth time I correct her she starts to get really submissive from what I can tell. I’ll correct her and she’ll go immediatly down on her back, she has peed before, or she will lay down and not look at me in the eye’s and wine. If I try to coax her up she’ll usually not make eye contact with me and get up but then go right back down. I’ve tried doing a lesser correction because she is not that big of a dog and it shouldn’t take that much to get the point across to her, but it still usually gets the same result. I’ve thought of getting those rubber coatings for the prongs to make it less of a correction that way? Is this the info you’re looking for?
If you’re just starting out, you might be working her a bit hard. The concept of learning is to make it easy for the dog to connect the action with the command, resulting in a reward. When I first teach a dog to sit, as soon as the rear touches the ground, I’m happy. Then I work up from there, asking that the dog hold that sit longer and longer, and that’s when I start incorporating corrections as a means to teach the dog that Sit means “Your bum stays there until I tell it to move.”
She just might need to learn the command better. It sounds, from your description, more like she’s learning a military drill and shutting down, with the rolling on her back and especially the urination. It’s the equivalent of throwing a new worker in with the seasoned ones and then promptly docking the new worker’s pay because the immediate results aren’t up to par. You can make training fun without going over-the-top clicker-trainer sunshine-and-butterflies peppy, and there’s no problem with using some food treats or a favorite toy as a reward when first learning new concepts.
You can keep using the collar, but I’d recommend backing off corrections until she knows what she’s supposed to do and you’re beginning to proof her commands.
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- b : the art or skill of employing available means to accomplish an end
A tactic is a conceptual action. In military usage, a military tactic is used by a military unit of no larger than a division to implement a specific mission and achieve a specific objective, or to advance toward a specific goal. A tactic is implemented as one or more tasks.
The terms tactic and strategy are often confused: tactics are the actual means used to gain an objective, while strategy is the overall campaign plan, which may involve complex operational patterns, activity, and decision-making that lead to tactical execution. The United States Department of Defense Dictionary of Military Terms defines the tactical level as
...The level of war at which battles and engagements are planned and executed to accomplish military objectives assigned to tactical units or task forces. Activities at this level focus on the ordered arrangement and maneuver of combat elements in relation to each other and to the enemy to achieve combat objectives.”
If, for example, the overall goal is to win a war against another country, one strategy might be to undermine the other nation's ability to wage war by preemptively annihilating their military forces. The tactics involved might describe specific actions taken in specific locations, like surprise attacks on military facilities, missile attacks on offensive weapon stockpiles, and the specific techniques involved in accomplishing such objectives. | <urn:uuid:d09d4fba-f588-42e0-8fce-0817acfbcabb> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/Tactics | 2024-02-27T10:20:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474674.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20240227085429-20240227115429-00090.warc.gz | en | 0.944624 | 270 | [
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Real estate agencies are aware that in order to market their listings, they need to be online. You can enhance visitor engagement, increase your visibility, and convert them into prospects with a property website that is simple to locate and use.
But keep in mind that none of this will be effective unless your website has all of the contemporary features that visitors demand. If your internet presence is old or difficult to use, it won’t help you. Users can form an opinion about your website and opt to stay on it in as little as 50 milliseconds. You therefore require an optimized website that adheres to contemporary design and usability trends and fulfills the demands of today’s tech-savvy users.
Here we have discussed important elements that any real estate agency should include in their website to make it a huge success.
The goal of minimalism is to create designs that are straightforward and practical, free of extraneous details that could divert the user and make the text stand out.
In addition to design components, this also refers to website language that has been condensed and streamlined to draw readers’ attention to crucial calls-to-action and encourage conversion, as seen on the websites. Avoid filling the space with unnecessary content. A minimalistic layout is skimable and therefore user can find the right information in short amount of time.
The goal of a straightforward navigation and condensed menu options is to assist users focus on the website’s most crucial components while minimizing distractions.
By limiting navigation, visitors can concentrate on the information provided, such as building details, location, and amenities, rather than clicking away and leaving the website.
Wide aspect ratios on displays and hamburger menus are increasingly commonplace in mobile navigation, as seen, for instance, on The Essex website.
Bold and Clear Typography
Design and marketing messaging can be supported by a contemporary, bold typeface. In order to leave a lasting impression, it highlights the property’s brand identity and makes the key value propositions stand out.
Today’s web designs frequently employ the full top fold of a page for a single message, allowing the text to serve as the primary focus and give context to new visitors.
Making your listing stand out and different from the competition by using a special font.
Strong Accent Tones
On your commercial property website, you can easily use color to attract attention and leave a lasting impression. Make sure the color scheme you select is in keeping with your brand’s colors or the branding developed for that property.
Interested in sharing Smart City Islamabad Master Plan with image and text details? Then professional photography and full-width photos are key components of interface design for CRE websites, especially for hero images that draw in potential clients.
High-quality images can provide you an advantage and make a significant difference in how soon you can generate early interest in buying or renting your property. An example of this is Highwoods’ Bank of America Tower.
Today, every website user is accustomed to seeing maps and pins indicating nearby properties, companies, and amenities.
Since real estate is all about location, an interactive map is a crucial factor in any choice made by a prospective renter or investor when assessing commercial property.
A well-designed map can significantly enhance a distinctive and memorable user experience.
A modern commercial real estate website must be simple to use and browse on both desktop and mobile devices because nearly half of all web traffic worldwide originates from mobile devices.
No matter the device, always make sure to maintain a consistent user experience. Test the best suitable website design that is mobile optimized as well. This way your traffic being generated from mobile device will be easier to retain.
Considering these elements in focal point is crucial to ensure your real estate website delivers the right message to the audience. And that you can retain clients for a long time. Covering all the points will also allow you to make your website more professional and aesthetically appealing. Avoid jamming the space with unwanted ads or popups to avoid any annoyance at the user’s end. we have discussed important elements that any real estate agency should include in their website to make it a huge success. | <urn:uuid:3f07f977-d709-448c-abd9-3489f7cea562> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.blogbola.com/7-elements-of-modern-real-estate-website-what-to-consider/ | 2024-02-28T19:28:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474744.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228175828-20240228205828-00090.warc.gz | en | 0.929407 | 848 | [
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Long-story-short: if you’re looking for an angsty, lusty read, this one is gold. If you’re looking for something with more depth, you might want to steer clear.
Full disclosure: the author generously provided a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Does this book contribute to or help crush the romance stigma?
Meh, it’s not really doing much to contribute to or crush the stigma. It’s just kind of there.
Other reading suggestions
My all-time favorite hot-guy-who-doesn’t-speak romance is Mia Sheridan’s Archer’s Voice. Can’t recommend that one highly enough. Another hot-guy-who-doesn’t-talk-much romance is Carian Cole’s Tied. Check either of those two reads out. You won’t be sorry. | <urn:uuid:2386d663-4932-4deb-8077-2c0a915c5b0c> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.romancerehab.com/blog/inarticulate-by-eden-summers | 2024-02-28T18:42:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474744.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228175828-20240228205828-00090.warc.gz | en | 0.853051 | 195 | [
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Colorado Review Associate Editor Lauren Gullion interviews Katherine Hill, winner of the 2010 Nelligan Prize for her story “Waste Management” (selected by Andrea Barrett).
Lauren Gullion: What inspired your story “Waste Management”?
Katherine Hill: My boyfriend (now husband) and I had just moved into a new apartment, and you know how it is when you move. You’re suddenly aware of how much stuff you have—in closets, in drawers, under beds. You have to get all these boxes to put it in, and then when you’re done you have to throw all those boxes out. So much packaging just to get yourself from one side of town to the other! We’d moved for happy reasons but I kept looking at those boxes and wondering how someone who was moving for unhappy reasons might feel. I imagined she’d feel incredibly overwhelmed, and the story developed pretty quickly from there. I started writing it before we’d even fully unpacked.
LG: Your protagonist in the story is charmingly pitiful. How did she first appear to you? In other words, what helped you tap into such an intriguing narrator?
KH: Like many first-person narrators, this one originated as a voice. She started talking in her batty way and I knew I just had to follow her.
LG: Were there multiple drafts and/or any major changes that really made that story click into place?
KH: After I drafted the story, I had to put it aside for a while to work on other things. It’s possible I even forgot about it. I came back to it over a year later when I was asked to give a reading and was casting about for something fresh I felt comfortable sharing. I tend to be pretty harsh on my own writing, so when sentences I’d written months and months before actually made me laugh out loud, I knew I had to pursue it. The long gap really helped though. It was as though someone else had written it and was now asking for my advice, so it was (relatively) easy to see what needed cutting and what needed expanding.
LG: What is your favorite aspect of fiction writing?
KH: Wow, where to start? Of course I love inhabiting someone else’s life and mind for a while. Striking upon the perfect word or phrase is a great feeling, too. But I could probably get both of those pleasures elsewhere. I think what I love most about writing fiction is the opportunity it allows for candor. Our culture is full of conversations that are managed in one way or another. There is this very strong sense that certain words, ideas, and feelings are appropriate and certain others are not—even among supposedly free-thinking people—to the point that much of our public discourse is about judgment and order, about policing uncomfortable ideas and keeping them in check. For me, fiction is an opportunity to explore many of the things we’d rather not admit about ourselves. That we are selfish or manipulative or powerless or whatever. I like characters who bump up against the invisible walls of judgment and order and who are as a result engaged in some kind of elaborate self-justification. Because, really, aren’t we all?
LG: You also publish articles and reviews. How does writing these compare with fiction writing?
KH: The articles and reviews keep me reading current fiction and thinking about the wider literary world. Of course I’d do this anyway, but it’s nice to have concrete assignments that force me to articulate my perspective as part of a larger conversation. Reviewing others’ work also helps me better understand my own. Truthfully, there’s probably some element of self-preservation here, too. Writing fiction is an often bruising odyssey that can leave me feeling pretty inept, so these other assignments give me an opportunity to feel like a competent writer every now and then.
LG: In addition to the Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction, your fiction has also won the Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction. What plays into your decision on whether or not to enter a particular contest?
KH: I ask myself, “Would I be happy to be published in this magazine?” If my answer is “Yes—God, yes!” then I enter.
LG: You’re currently at work on a novel. What lessons from your experience in short fiction are you applying to your longer work? What new lessons are you learning?
KH: Writing fiction of any length is an exercise in patience. Whether I’m working on a single sentence in a story or a character who develops over hundreds of pages, it always takes longer that I want to get it right. So in both forms, I’ve learned to give myself time. Having published a few stories is very encouraging—proof that patience pays off in short fiction. I have to keep reminding myself that the same is true for novels.
LG: What advice do you wish you’d been given five years ago?
KH: I guess I’m pretty fortunate in that I’ve never really lacked for good advice. The trick is remembering it at the right time. The best I’ve ever gotten about writing I’ve gotten many times over. And that is to read. Just read. I’ve learned so much from my teachers and family and friends, but I’ve definitely learned the most from other people’s books and stories. I could’ve thrown myself into writing without an MFA, but I never could’ve done it without Virginia Woolf and E. M. Forster or Lydia Davis, Aleksandar Hemon, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Lorrie Moore. Sames goes for all the wonderful writers I’m just discovering now. Their talents depress me sometimes. It’s like, “Great. Here’s another incredible book I didn’t, and can’t ever, write.” But mostly, it’s exhilarating. They teach me what fiction can and should be. They show me how it’s done.
LG: You’ve recently joined Barrelhouse as an assistant editor. How does it feel to be on the other side of the submissions queue?
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[fair warning, this is a rant]
Since Summer 2010 I have been rocking an HTC Evo after leaving my iPhone 4 upgrade with AT&T. I went with the Evo 4G and loved it, even bought my brother, wife, and employee one. Sense is an excellent “overlay” for Android and I missed a ton of the issues many people talked about with Android looking ugly, not being smooth, etc. It is a really nice addition but I do have issues with it. My main issue is the battery and it has moving away from the Evo product line but let’s start with a lighter topic first: updates.
HTC isn’t overly bad with this, IMHO, and it is somewhat petty but where is the new Android Market? I love app updates and check daily [literally] for them. When I keep seeing and hearing about this new Android Market and can’t touch it…I get annoyed.
Again…pretty petty because I’m still getting to My Apps, finding new apps/games, etc. What I can’t get to are books and movies. I don’t buy those on phones anyway [Kindle books I do] but I want my options open, in case I do buy a movie on my tablet and want to switch to my phone on the go.
The Evo 4G is even more outdated than my Evo 3D. That’s somewhat expected except for the fact it came out last year [15 months ago]. I’m currently running Android 2.3.4 [Gingerbread] so the Evo 3D has the latest Android, which is great, but things like the Market just annoy me.
This is the bottom line reason for my move. Updates are a minor issue but I’m tired of sacrificing my mobile experience over a lack luster battery. Let me tell you a story.
On Monday, September 26, 2011, I leaned over, unplugged my Evo 3D, and hopped out of bed around 7:30 to take my son to school. My wife already had him up and moving so I just needed to help with his lunch and do the driving. After dropping him off, I came home, showered, and went to visit my doctor for my yearly visit.
On the way I decided to listen to the Mobile Nations podcast. It was ~15 minutes long which is just about the right amount of time for me to arrive at my doctors office. Unfortunately, I couldn’t finish before I made it there because the loading of the mp3 kept failing due to my 4G connection not connecting in my area any longer [even though my wife’s Evo 4G can get a 4G in the same spots I cannot]. I kept telling the Listen app to load so I got most of the way through the podcast, after a few restarts. when I arrived and finished it during the 10 minutes I waited to see the doctor.
After finishing with my doctor [clean bill of health, in case you were wondering, but need to get fit], I followed my yearly routine when visiting the doc and grabbed some Denny’s [I’m an outright habit driven creature]. My battery was pretty low [in the yellow] by time I made it to Denny’s but still enough for me to get around the net and do things.
While I sat at Denny’s awaiting my favorite chicken fried steak meal, I browsed my emails, responded to some @TiPB comments and started listening to more podcasts [Ruby5 mainly] to catch up to one’s I missed. My food arrived so when the podcast finished [they are short, five minute podcasts] I just finished eating, occasionally checking email.
Ahhh…a great meal to start off my day. Time to head home to get to work. It was just after 10:30 when I walked outside and since I focused on my grub I hadn’t seen my battery level just yet but the Evo let me know it was low
[with the Power Savernotification] as soon as I unlocked my phone.
Wait…I’m less than 15% [the threshold where Power Saver kicks in] already? I’ve moderately used it for 3 hours with solid breaks between use [while driving son to school, showering, with the doctor and eating]. It wasn’t 15% though…I had 5% battery left!!!!
Irritated. I turned Power Saver off. On the way home I wanted to listen for new emails coming in [“interesting” conversation on @TiPB that morning] although I knew it would kill my battery. When I made it home, I was at 1% and reluctantly plugged it in. I was reluctant because I wanted to drain it of its life in an attempt to say “I’ll starve you out!” and win this chess match of sustaining battery life.
Bottom line…I received 3.5 hours [being generous here] of use out of my phone before I had to lower my experience [leave the Internet alone, turn off connections (wifi, bluetooth, etc), and just use it as a phone] with my phone to only using it sparingly.
Remember, I came from an iPhone last year where I could leave my iPhone unplugged all day or at least, with moderate use, only charge it once a day [typically 6-8 hours after unplugging]. I used to golf while listening to sermons/music with my iPhone and a bluetooth headset connected. That’s 4 hours [minimum] and still had battery life [at least 60-70%].
I LOVE Android and have no plans on going back to the iPhone [for numerous reasons] but enough is enough. One of my favorite features of Android is the untethered experience. I have NEVER synced my phone w/ my computer to get any content. It is all on Google’s servers, I bluetooth it, or connect it to my laptop as a disk drive and drop something on my SD card. This is awesome but with the Evo, specifically, I’m tethered to a charging port.
When my wife and I leave the house we grab all of the items we need [wallet, purse, kids, etc] and Evo charging wires for our USB plugs in our trucks. We literally will turn around to get a charging wire before leaving if we’re going to be out for a while. Terrible…terrible experience.
You can read Engadget’s review to see their thoughts on the battery as well.
Well, some Apple zealots may throw a jab saying I’ll need to leave Android completely to get a good battery. I don’t buy that as I don’t believe it is an inherent issue with Android. At some level I do agree Android is eating battery like the Cookie Monster, 4G will kill any phone, and I’ve seen OK battery life with my Evo at times [had to limit what I did and connections]. I put this on the manufacturers and at this point I’m moving to Samsung.
The Samsung Galaxy S II touts battery claims bold enough to make me believe them:
- 10.5 Days
Amount of time available in Sleep mode in which a phone’s display are inactive to save power, but not totally shut down.
- Continuous Talk Time: up to 8.7 hours
Battery power consumption depends on factors such as network configuration, signal strength, operating temperature, features selected, vibrate mode, backlight settings, browser use, frequency of calls and voice, data and other application usage patterns.
- 3.7 Volt, Lithium Ion, 1800mAh
The Evo 3D has a 1730 mAh battery so it concerns me a bit whether or not that extra 70 mAh is enough but with my Galaxy Tab 10.1 being on for 3 days…I’m willing to be sold on the S2 lasting at least 7 hours, which is plenty for me since I’m usually by an area to charge anyway.
Here is what Engadget had to say about the S2 battery:
After 20 hours, half of which were filled with the above tinkering and exploration, we managed to drag the Galaxy S II down to 15 percent of its original charge. This was with our usual push notification suppliers, Gmail and Twitter, running in the background and while constantly connected to our WiFi network.
In summary, we expect you’ll be able to get a decent couple of days’ regular use out of the Galaxy S II
So…that’s my goal. I plan to chunk my Evo 3D and my wife’s Evo 4G in my tech drawer [along with my iPhone] and snag two Galaxy S II phones.
What Will I Miss
The dedicated camera button is a gem! I love it.
Sense. The UI is slick and beautiful.
3D. My son loves it. I rarely use it [TBH] but he likes the idea of 3D pictures. It is a great talking point too. People love asking about it and I enjoy showing them.
This thing starts up really quickly. I hope that is an Android feature and not Sense, seeing as my entire Android phone experience has been with an Evo I don’t know where the lines blur/cross on all features.
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An Australian orchestra made up of medics from a wide range of professions is performing in Christchurch to raise funds for the Charity Hospital.
The orchestra Corpus Medicorum is a charitable trust established to encourage doctors and medical students not to forgo their substantial talents during the long years of healthcare training. It also provides a highly satisfying creative outlet for practicing healthcare professionals to balance their demanding professional lives.
Corpus Medicorum is widely regarded as one of Australia’s premier amateur orchestras and was founded in 2002 by Royal Melbourne Hospital cardiothoracic surgeon and violist Phillip Antippa. The orchestra has toured overseas and performed in St Petersburg, Russia, Osaka in Japan and Europe with concerts in Greece, Italy and Slovenia.
To date the orchestra has donated more than $1 million for the lung cancer research at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, where many of the musicians are based.
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- In the Midwest the cold winter months are on the way, that means tons of snow and ice covered streets, steps and porches! Lugz Tampora Quilted Boots are not only amazing beautiful but perfect winter boots that can withstand our harsh winters!! When you put the boot on your feet are engrossed in warm luxury!
The Tampora Boots offer the following features:
- Perma Hide upper
- Suede shaft
- Soft acrylic fur lining
- Cushioned insole
- Padded tongue
- Rubber toe cap and heel
- Adjustable fold-down collar
They are man-made boots that come in colors from black/cream to brown/black/cream. This gives you the ability to match them with your favorite outfit whenever you plan on wearing them.
- Lugz Tampora Boots make excellent hiking boots and are nice and durable. And if you’re not interested in hiking, Lugz Tampora Boots are also a nice fashionable boot. The length gives you a nice cover over your leg so you don’t get that wet cold snow leaking in to your boot, giving you a nice warmth feeling. Like I had said even without the snow the boot is a nice look able to show to your friends, and family. This is simply a boot I would take out in any type day ran/snow/shine.
You will most defiantly use these boots for more than one occasion! Simple visit Lugz for a pair of Tambora boots.
Disclosure: I received a free product from the sponsor to review. I received no monetary compensation and my opinions are my own and were not influenced by the sponsor. | <urn:uuid:f16036b6-275e-4da4-ba89-a37183795943> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://momblogsociety.com/womens-lugz-tampora-boots-review/ | 2024-03-02T12:55:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475825.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20240302120344-20240302150344-00090.warc.gz | en | 0.949815 | 348 | [
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DOCS TYPE: ANCCE
LEVEL: basic ridden
15’000 – 25’000 eur
Batuta has a glamorous and absolutely stunning appearance! She is genuinely uncomplicated in every way: a real pleasure in the yard! Not only she has a super work ethic, but also a willing temperament and a natural ability under saddle! She always gives you more and more! Standing at a lovely 1.72cm, she fits the modern and leggy type!
She’s one of those horses who is happy to learn new things everyday and just offers you the exercises with easiness. Batuta really is the dream combination that any rider looks for! She will surely make his new rider happy, either you’re an amateur who just want to have fun or if you want to explore your competition ambitions.
This blend of Yeguada Militar and Yeguada Bohorquez bloodlines creates a pedigree for Batuta that is not only distinguished but also reflective of the careful selection and breeding practices of two reputable establishments. With such a heritage, Batuta is likely to carry forward the legacy of excellence, making her a promising horse with a pedigree rooted in the finest Spanish equestrian traditions.
- Utebo II (Yeguada Militar): Being a descendant of Utebo II, Batuta inherits a connection to the esteemed Yeguada Militar. Utebo II’s bloodline likely contributes traits synonymous with the military’s breeding program, emphasizing qualities such as strength, reliability, and versatility.
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I finished reading this over a week ago now. I've since finished reading Stephen King's On Writing, but probably won't say much about that. It was exactly what it sounds like.
The Read-Aloud Handbook, however, should be read by all teachers/parents, especially those with kids in elementary school. It discusses the importance of reading in education and literacy and the research that has been done on the topic. It also shares a number of memorable anecdotes and experiences from the author's personal life.
The largest takeaways are that reading is so powerful and that read-alouds should not be taken for granted. They should be done by all teachers, in class, every day, for most grades, in all schools, no exceptions. Read-alouds work like advertisements for the pleasure of reading books. They let children see adults reading and allow them to understand more than they would by simply reading on their own, as most children have a higher aural (listening) vocabulary than they do a reading vocabulary.
As children get older, of course it is acceptable to allow them to read on their own, but that doesn't mean adults should stop reading to them or talking about books they are enjoying themselves. Creating "life time" readers who are passionate about reading is the goal of this book and it all starts with young children and parents reading to them.
Along with many other worthwhile piences of knowledge in teh book, the author, Jim Trelease, describes the "Three B's" of getting children to read more:
These "Three B's" have connected quite directly to my own life recently. Although my life history of reading follows the research and experience talked by Trelease throughout the book, these "Three B's" have been completely encapsulated in the last couple of years with the advent of the e-reader. I first began reading e-books in Korea on the Nook, but have since switched to my smart phone. The e-book on a tablet or smart phone represents the ultimate in "Three B" convenience.
You have access to millions of books in the palm of your hand.
You have digital "book basket" in your e-reader library.
You have an LCD back-light that that works just like a book lamp in bed.
Between these three aspects of the e-reader, my reading has taken off in the last two years. I was always an avid reader, but since adopting the e-reader as my go-to choice for books, I have read 82 books in 2012 and 94 books so far in 2013 with more to come before the end of the year.
In wrapping this up, I didn't mean for this post to turn into an endorsement for e-books, but the endorsement was there to be made. I strongly suggest getting a copy of The Read-Aloud Handbook for yourself if you are a current or future teacher/parent, or if you know a current or future teacher/parent. That basically means everyone ought to have this book. Reading has absolutely changed my life for the better and this book gives me and anyone else who reads it all the information they need to explain how and why reading is so powerful for themselves and their children as well. | <urn:uuid:38af6a42-7ef3-4a2e-ac7d-bcd401c641f0> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | http://www.kylefitzgibbons.com/blog/archives/11-2013 | 2024-03-05T06:47:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707948223038.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20240305060427-20240305090427-00090.warc.gz | en | 0.975553 | 662 | [
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Veronica Louise Dunne is an American actress, voice actress and writer, who, for Disney, , portrayed Marisa K.C. Cooper ‘s best friend in the Disney Channel Original Series, K.C. Undercover. She also made guest appearances in The Suite Life on Deck as Tiffany, Austin & Ally as Emily, According to Jim as Lauren, Kickin’ It as Taylor, and Walk the Prank as herself. Additionally, she voiced Janna Ordonia in Star vs. the Forces of Evil.
Born age: March 2, 1995, 29 years old and 0 months, Malibu, California, USA
Sun Sign: Pisces
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Green
Height: 5’7″ – 1.70 m)
Measurements: 35-25-36 in – 86-63.5-91.5 cm
Bra size: 32C US – 70C EU
Father: Murphy Dunne
Mother: Kristine Dunne
She is from Malibu, California. She dated actor Max Ehrich for three years before splitting in July 2017. Subsequently, she began dating Taylor Noblett, but they have since split.
Veronica Dunne got admission to Carnegie Mellon University. However, she decided to defer her studies so that she could focus on her acting career.
Veronica’s father, Murphy Dunne, was closely associated with theatre. This way, she was exposed to acting from an early age. Her debut play was Cinderella, produced under ‘Lythgoe Family Production’ house. In the play, Veronica got to share the stage with Hollywood veterans like Jennifer Leigh Warren and Freddie Stroma. Thereafter, Veronica starred in a couple of stage plays namely Into the Woods, Chicago, and Cabaret. She moved to New York for the play Black Suits, written by ‘Smash’ fame Joe Iconis. Her career took a major turn after that. She got an offer to play the role of Marisa Clark in Disney’s then-upcoming television series, K.C Undercover. At the same time, Veronica auditioned for the lead role of Sophie in the Broadway Production, ‘Mamma Mia.’ She cleared both the auditions, but eventually chose the role of Marisa over Sophie.
The character of Marisa brought Veronica the much-needed fame. The party-animal, chirpy and stylish best-friend of the lead, K’.C. Cooper’ became everyone’s favorite television character. For the role, her personal experiences in high school came in handy. Veronica found herself a lot like Marisa. Veronica managed to not get overshadowed by Zendaya Coleman, who played the lead role and is an established Disney’s in-house actress.
Veronica had earlier shown her acting skills in other Disney hit shows, such as Austin & Ally, The Suite Life on Deck, and Disney X D’s Kickin It. She also played the main lead as Lauren in the episode, According to Jim. Veronica made her silver screen debut with the 2009 film, Locker Love in which she played the role of Sarah Meyers. Her filmography includes two shorts films namely Couch and Our Wild Hearts released in 2011, and 2013, respectively.
Veronica regards actresses like Jennifer Lawrence and Lucille Ball as her inspiration. Though, her all-time favorite is Marylin Monroe.
Veronica’s fans got to see her musical talent when she performed at the 2014 Spotlight Awards Gala hosted by The Music Center of Los Angeles.
Known for roles in television series such as Kickin’ It, Austin and Ally, and The Suite Life on Deck, she landed her first series regular role on the Disney Channel original series K.C. Undercover as Marisa.
Veronica terms herself a complete musical theater nerd. She admits that she loves sleeping and can be found napping around on the sets.
She had an early television appearance in an episode of According to Jim in 2008. Her first movie role came in 2009 when she appeared in Locker Love.
She was accepted into the prestigious Carnegie Mellon music program but had to delay her enrollment due to a possible Broadway opportunity.
She starred opposite Kamil McFadden on K.C. Undercover and has shared several Instagram photos with him.
In 2009, she was first seen in the short romantic film Locker Love.
However, her first theatrical film appearance was in the drama flick, A Woman Called Job, released in December 2014.
First TV Show
In 2008, Veronica made her TV show debut in an episode of the comedy and romance series, According to Jim.
Veronica Dunne Favorite Things
Foundation – Giorgio Armani Foundation
Mascara – Colossal Volume by Maybelline
Hair Product – 10 leave-in conditioner spray
Dream Meal – Pepperoni Pizza and cookie dough
Footwear – Booties or Stuart Weitzman over-the-knee boots
Red Carpet Style Icon – Kate Hudson
Hollywood Crush – Tony Goldwyn
Go-To Karaoke Jam – Any song by the Spice Girls
Dream Musical Theatre Role – Fanny Brice in Funny Girl and Glinda in Wicked
TV Show – Girls
Emoji – Monkey with eyes covered
Veronica Dunne Facts
When she was giving a screen test for her role in C. Undercover, she had also cleared an audition for a role in the Broadway production of Mamma Mia! She had to eventually give up on the play to work on TV series.
Veronica Dunne is fond of tattoos and has got “These too shall pass“ inscribed on her left arm and had got a tiny heart tattooed on the inside of her right wrist.
She was cast in the recurring role of Taylor in the comedy television series Kickin It in 2014. The show stars Leo Howard, Dylan Riley Snyder, Mateo Arias, Olivia Holt, Alex Christian Jones, and Jason Earles.
She started her fascination with acting by appearing in musical theater plays.
In 2016, Veronica Dunne provided vocals to the character of Janna in the animated fantasy adventure magical girl television series Star vs. the Forces of Evil.
Some of her hobbies include singing, dancing, watching movies, and spending time at the beach.
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Northampton and Amherst contain the largest population of higher education students in Western Massachusetts. Together, this city and town posess four of the five prestigious institutions of the Five College Consortium. Smith College, along with Mount Holyoke in the neighboring town of South Hadley, is also part of the "Seven Sisters" historical women's liberal art's colleges.
Amherst College- Consistently ranked one of the nation's top liberal-arts colleges
Hampshire College- A private liberal arts college
Mount Holyoke College- An internationally famous women's liberal arts college
University of Massachusetts- The flagship campus of the commonwealth's university system
Smith College- A prestigious, private woman's liberal arts college. The Amherst-Regional school district also includes nine educational facilities, three of them private
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BBC WW2 People’s War
The BBC asked the public to contribute their memories of World War 2 to a website between June 2003 and January 2006. An archive of 47,000 stories and 15,000 images is the result. Learn More >
The following was taken from BBC WW2 People’s War – An archive of people’s memories
People in story: Joyce Marson (nee Stringer)
Article ID: A7083362
Contributed on: 18 November 2005
This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Dorothy MacKenzie for Three Counties Action on behalf of Joyce Marson and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the site’s terms and conditions.
We lived on the Isle of Wight and during the war every night my mother used to fill all the saucepans and bath with water ready for the incendiaries. We eventually moved beds downstairs to the dining room and we would change into a separate set of clothes (not night clothes) to go to bed in. We always had a bucket and stirrup-pump handy. On Sunday morning when we listened to Neville Chamberlain saying we were at war, we were cutting up stockings to fill the cracks in the floorboards to keep the gas out. We also taped the windows.
We would take the cream off the top of the milk to make butter; my stepfather had made a churn. We were sent parcels of tea and sugar from India by my step-grandmother. We kept chickens for eggs and an allotment for vegetables. My stepfather preserved tomatoes, beans and fruit. My mother was with the WRVS to help with National Savings.
We attended a sewing party in the afternoon making long stockings with oiled wool for seamen. We knitted woollens from unpicked wool. Old saucepans went for the making of Spitfires. Living on the Isle of Wight we were the recipient of bombs that didn’t reach Southampton or Portsmouth.
At age sixteen I worked as an assistant in the local county library. I had to do one night a week on fire watch in the building. We had stirrup-pumps and buckets at the ready. We used to go out of the library and watch the ‘dogfights’ and we cheered ‘ours’ on during the day.
When I was eighteen there was conscription. I had the choice of working in a factory — I wanted to be a land girl but this was not available, so I went into nursing in the Royal Isle of Wight County Hospital.
The food was poor and there was a shortage of domestic staff as women were in munitions and war work. We made the tea for our breakfast. Lack of plates for our meals was a problem and we had to wash up the plates before being given our pudding. There were weevils in the rice pudding. Matron oversaw rationing. We each had one week’s ration of cheese, butter, — all on one plate and a pot for sugar — and it went everywhere with you!
On night duty we cooked our own food from a supply of thinly sliced meat with gravy and potatoes. Fried bread in liquid paraffin came up well - very crisp. Our parents subsidised us with eggs etc.
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Light for My Path Daily Devotion
Joshua said, “Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve him wholeheartedly and faithfully. Remove the gods that your fathers served in the region across the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. But if you see no benefit in serving the Lord, then choose for yourselves today whomever you will serve—whether the gods that your fathers served beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household—we will serve the Lord!” (Joshua 24:14-15 EHV)
Hymn ELH 364:1,6 O for a Faith That Will Not Shrink
O for a faith that will not shrink,
Though pressed by many a foe,
That will not tremble on the brink
Of any earthly woe.
Lord, give us such a faith as this;
And then, whate’er may come,
We’ll taste e’en here the hallowed bliss
Of an eternal home.
Heavenly Father, help me to stand firm in my faith to the end. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. | <urn:uuid:26fad329-025f-4888-9585-a5a180da6556> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://els.org/dailydevotions/wednesday-february-1-2023/ | 2024-02-23T09:35:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474377.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223085439-20240223115439-00190.warc.gz | en | 0.902798 | 252 | [
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1、 Inspection and test of three-phase asynchronous motor mainly include:
Measurement of insulation resistance between windings and casing and between windings; Measurement of DC resistance of winding under actual cold state; No load test; Dielectric strength test of insulation between windings and casing and between windings; If necessary, conduct the dielectric strength test of winding turn to turn insulation.
2、 Inspection and test methods of three-phase asynchronous motor:
a) Appearance inspection: check whether the appearance is complete, whether the signs at the outlet end are correct, whether the fastening screws, bolts and nuts are tightened, whether the rotor rotates flexibly, and how about the radial runout of the motor shaft extension and vibration. For the wound rotor motor, the assembly quality of the brush, brush holder and collector ring should also be checked, as well as whether the contact between the brush and collector ring is good. Check the exhaust system of closed self fan cooling motor;
b) Measurement of insulation resistance: for the motor after repair, only the cold (normal temperature) insulation resistance of winding phase to phase and phase to ground is generally measured. For the wound rotor motor, the insulation resistance of rotor winding shall also be measured. For motors with multi speed windings, the insulation resistance of each winding shall be measured one by one. The insulation resistance of large motors can be measured to determine whether the windings are damp. For motors with rated voltage below 500V, 500V tramegger is generally used for measurement, and 1000V tramegger is used for motors with rated voltage between 500V and 3000V; 2500V tramegger shall be used for motors above 3000V. For motors below 500V, the insulation resistance shall not be less than 0.5M Ω. All windings replaced shall not be less than 5M Ω;
c) Measurement of DC resistance: the DC resistance of motor winding is generally measured under cold state. The ratio between the measured resistance values of each phase and the three-phase average value shall not be greater than 5%. If the difference between the resistance values is too large, it indicates that there is short circuit, open circuit, poor welding or contact in the winding, or the number of winding turns is wrong. If the three-phase resistance exceeds the specified range, it indicates that the winding wire is too thin;
d) Withstand voltage test: withstand voltage refers to that the motor stator winding can withstand a certain voltage without breakdown after being insulated by insulating materials from phase to phase and from phase to ground. AC withstand voltage test and DC withstand voltage test are both withstand voltage tests, which are methods to identify the insulation strength of power equipment.
DC withstand voltage test: the voltage is high, which has a special effect on finding some local defects of insulation, and can be carried out simultaneously with the leakage current test. Compared with AC voltage withstand test, DC voltage withstand test has the advantages of portable test equipment, less damage to insulation and easy to find local defects of equipment. Compared with the AC voltage withstand test, the main disadvantage of the DC voltage withstand test is that the voltage distribution inside the insulation is different under AC and DC, and the DC voltage withstand test is not as close to the actual insulation as AC voltage withstand test.
AC withstand voltage test: AC withstand voltage test is very strict to the test of insulation, and can effectively find more dangerous concentrated defects. It is a direct method to identify the insulation strength of electrical equipment. It is of decisive significance to judge whether electrical equipment can be put into operation. It is also an important means to ensure the insulation level of equipment and avoid insulation accidents. The AC withstand voltage test may sometimes make some weaknesses in the insulation more developed. Therefore, before the test, the insulation resistance, absorption ratio, leakage current, dielectric loss and other items must be tested on the test object, and the AC withstand voltage test can be conducted only after the test results are qualified.
1) Stator winding: during the handover test, 1 kV shall be taken for the rated voltage of 0.4 kV and below, and 10 kV for the rated voltage of 6 kV; For the motor in operation, and for the motor whose stator winding is not replaced or partially replaced during overhaul, take 1.5 times of the rated voltage, but not less than 1000 volts; For motors with all stator windings replaced, take 2 times of the rated voltage plus 1000 volts, but not less than 1500 volts; The AC withstand voltage test of low voltage motors of less importance below 100 kW can be conducted with a 2500 V megger;
2) Rotor winding: during the handover test, take 1.5 times the rated voltage for the irreversible rotor and 3 times the rated voltage for the reversible rotor.
Note: For the AC voltage withstand test of synchronous motor rotor coil, the test voltage shall be 7.5 times of the excitation voltage, but shall not be lower than 1200V and not higher than 75% of the factory test voltage.
e) Turn to turn insulation test: increase the power supply voltage to 130% of the rated voltage, and let the motor idle for 5min without short circuit. It is called turn to turn insulation test to assess the insulation performance between turns;
f) Measurement of rotor open circuit voltage: when measuring the rotor open circuit voltage, the rotor is stationary, the rotor winding is open circuit, the starting rheostat is disconnected, the rated voltage is applied to the stator winding, and the voltage between lines is measured between the rotor collector rings. For motors with the rated voltage above 500V, the voltage applied to the stator winding can be appropriately reduced;
g) No load test: the no-load test is to apply three-phase balanced voltage on the stator winding of the motor to make the motor operate without load. Its purpose is to determine the no-load current and no-load loss, and separate the iron loss and mechanical loss (including wind friction loss) from the no-load loss.
During the no-load test, observe the motor operation, monitor whether there is abnormal sound, whether the iron core is overheated, whether the temperature rise and operation of the bearing are normal, and check whether the electric brush of the wound rotor motor has sparks and overheating.
For the repaired asynchronous motor, during the no-load test, usually only the no-load current is measured to check the quality of the motor after repair. No load loss test shall be conducted only when necessary.
3、 General inspection before DC motor test:
a) Carry out general inspection on the assembly quality of the motor (such as whether the fasteners are tightened and whether the rotor rotates flexibly); The brush holder shall be firmly and accurately fixed on the brush holder, the lower edge of the brush holder shall be parallel to the surface of the commutator, and the distance between the brush holders shall be equal; The brush shall be able to move up and down freely in the brush holder, but it shall not be too loose; The brush surface shall be well matched with the commutator; The spring pressure at the top of the brush shall be adjusted properly; The commutator surface shall be clean and smooth, the mica sheet between commutator sheets shall not be higher than the commutator surface, and the recessed depth shall be 1-1.5 ㎜; Check whether the outgoing line of the motor is correct;
b) Use a plug gauge to check the air gap under each magnetic pole on the circumference of the armature, and measure at both ends of the motor axis each time. The large allowable deviation value of air gap shall not exceed ± 10% of its arithmetic mean value.
The DC motor after repair is generally subject to the following tests:
a) Check the polarity of motor winding and the correctness of its connection; Check the correctness of the connection between the main magnetic pole and the commutation pole winding; Check the correctness of connection between series excitation and shunt excitation windings (or between shunt excitation windings); When measuring and measuring the insulation resistance of windings to the enclosure and between windings, in addition to measuring the insulation resistance of each winding to the enclosure and between each other, the insulation resistance between the steel wire hoop of the armature winding and the commutator, between the commutator tight ring and the commutator, and between the brush holder and the enclosure (the brush shall be lifted at this time) shall also be measured. The insulation resistance value shall not be lower than the value calculated by the following formula, that is, R=UN/(1000+PN/100), where R - insulation resistance (M Ω); UN - rated voltage of motor (V); PN - rated power of motor (KW);
b) The DC resistance of winding shall be measured by double arm bridge. The measurement shall be carried out three times, and the arithmetic mean value shall be taken. At the same time, the ambient temperature shall be measured with a thermometer; Under the condition that all windings of the motor are correctly connected, the brush of the motor must be placed on the geometric neutral line to ensure good operation performance of the motor; If the windings are replaced, the commutator is repaired, or the winding insulation is suspected, the withstand voltage test shall be conducted on the casing of each winding and commutator, and the withstand voltage test shall be conducted between windings;
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For as long as fashion shows have existed, guest lists — and, in particular, front rows — have helped define the standing of a brand or designer.
Even pre-social media, when fashion week retained a special mystique and degree of secrecy, front rows served as barometers of the cultural zeitgeist. At one of Christian Dior's earliest shows, for example, French surrealist icon Jean Cocteau and American socialite Wallis Simpson sat alongside journalists; in the '70s, Bianca Jagger was a frequent VIP guest, often placed between Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell and pop-art pioneer Andy Warhol.
Over the years, front rows have remained a reunion of motley personalities across fields, but the dynamics and purpose of them have evolved. Magazine editors, digital editors, buyers, celebrities and, increasingly, content creators come together to assess, support and promote new collections. But today, more than ever, the front row has become a stage on its own, says creative and digital strategist Laurent François, managing partner at the creative agency 180 Global.
"Front row is more than ever a social marker. What used to be an elitist and fairly discrete access has become an entertainment platform," he explains. "Before, the front row was content you would find on celebrity pages of main magazines. Now, the fashion show narrative structure has changed. The protagonists are not just the models on the catwalks, but [also] the attendees, who have a part to play; the storyline starts far before the live show, and lasts longer."
Jordan Frazes, founder of partnerships agency Frazes Creative (working with Latin American powerhouses like Sebastián Yatra, Nathy Peluso and Nicki Nicole) echoes the idea that front-row guests are an increasingly important piece of the fashion show puzzle: "The fashion is on display and will be captured, but it's the famous faces in the background, their styling and sometimes their facial expressions that make their way into the headlines of media coverage."
With these new actors breaking into the fashion scene — not as observers, but as key players — crafting a seating chart has become an art form in itself, says Gia Kuan, founder of Gia Kuan Consulting, the global consultancy representing well-loved brands such as Kim Shui and Telfar. "There's no cookie-cutter solution" to curating a guest list, she argues. Many factors come into play, from logistical limitations to brand goals.
"We need to consider the brand's ethos and where they are or where they want to be in terms of milestones," she ponders. "Is it a community-heavy brand where we value the presence of their direct-end consumer types or collaborators, or are we prioritizing press and industry/buyer models?"
The process of deciding who will be invited to a show is unique to each brand and PR team, but as front rows contribute to introducing novelty and raising anticipation for the event, organizers are often confronted with the challenging task of prioritizing certain guests. Decisions, however, will be discretional — and can even differ from one season to the other.
Sometimes, brands would observe traditional industry practices, favoring senior fashion professionals, sponsors, legacy publication editors and those who are most likely to help the brand gain exposure and guarantee sales — namely stylists, buyers and brand ambassadors. Of course, there are only so many front-row seats in a given venue.
Matthew Cancel, founder and CEO of the public relations and creative agency Cancel Communications, starts with two main questions: "How is this collection going to be seen?" and "How is this collection going to be purchased?"
"It's not as simple as, 'Okay, let's invite editors and buyers' — it's understanding where customers are actually shopping and getting their information," he explains. "This is a big reason social media creators are now a large part of NYFW. They have the reach, they have an engaged audience and millions of people are only going to see certain runway shows through the lens of their channels."
"Sometimes there's the reality of a tighter space, and a second row is necessary," Kuan explains. "I know 'standard industry practices' are often prioritized by seniority within the industry and social clout — for us, it's about who has supported the brand and will continue to do so and [is] not just there to be seen, and that the support is coming from a genuine and consistent place. Sponsors are a large factor, if they have seats as part of deliverables."
Experts seem to agree that genuine support and community building are a priority.
"Every season we assess who's been supportive of the brand since the last show, who the client is excited about and what requests we've received inbound," says Lindsey Solomon, founder of Lindsey Media, one of New York's top fashion publicists. "I think [brands prioritize the type of guest] that's genuinely excited and wants to be present and isn't just requesting [a seat] for the sake of being there."
This reciprocity is also important for talent management.
"The ultimate goal is to create mutually beneficial partnerships that make both the artists and the brand shine," says Sataporn Panichraksapong, chief executive officer of GMMTV, the Thai company representing fashion's newest front-row sensations, from Prada ambassador Metawin Opas-iamkajorn (a.k.a. Win Metawin) to rising stars Jirawat Sutivanichsak (Dew) and Tu Tontawan, who've sat front row at Loewe and Dior shows, respectively.
"We'd say the key elements include checking if the brand vibes with the artist's image and values, making sure it connects with the target audience they're trying to reach," he adds. "The reputation of the fashion brand and the potential for a long-term relationship are also essential considerations.
Though storytelling and connection between brands and show attendants is essential, there are additional aspects that'll determine the set-up of a front row, such as guest availability and the fast-paced nature of the industry. As Cancel puts it, the environment doesn't allow for brands to lock in front rows as far in advance as the general public would believe.
"VIPs' schedules are fickle, so they're constantly dropping out and need to be replaced with others," he says. This is especially true in February, when celebrities' schedules are packed with award-season obligations. "Typically, [preparations start] about six weeks before the show, with the real work happening in the last two weeks."
It's not just actors and musicians who can be hard to pin down: "The media industry is currently an absolute disaster, so it's very possible that if you invite an editor too early, they may not be working at that magazine come show time," he adds.
Last-minute confirmations, no-shows and cancellations also influence the arrangement of a first row. "We need to consider and predict drop off — it's math, some risk and guesswork," explains Kuan. "Given how compact the invitations schedule leading up to the shows is, seating is usually done the week leading up to show, with confirmations sent the day prior and changes all the way through to the day of show."
In an era where part of the success of a fashion show is measured through metrics such as Media Impact Value (MIV), numbers will also be considered to some extent. Social media following, ability to attract audiences and brand exposure are factors that influence the configuration of VIP sections.
Nevertheless, most interviewees seem to agree that brands will look at a convergence of elements. For Kuan, a person doesn't necessarily need to have an internet presence or own a magazine to add value to the brand and deserve a front-row seat.
"Our work prioritizes deep cultural shifts, with metrics of success derived from the true impact authenticated by the people and communities reached," she says. "Follower count and circulation values are definitely not the only thing we look at."
It's similar from the talent perspective. Frazes recognizes the importance of storytelling and the opportunities a specific moment could lead to.
"There's always someone on the marketing team calculating metrics, but my nearly two decades of experience representing international talent — first at Atlantic Records and currently via my agency — has verified my belief in listening to your PR instinct over the numbers," she says. "It's [about] getting the talent in the right rooms to meet the trailblazers and talent teams to [cooperate] on future projects, bookings and collaborations. For me, one 'PR moment' isn't measurable alone — it's the momentum and continued awareness from talent showing up for the strategy and doing the work."
Ultimately, understanding the spirit of our times, as well as the brand's target audience and consumers, will play a crucial role in what each fashion show prioritizes on the front row. As Cancel says, we're not living a the "Gianni Versace '90s Supermodel"-era anymore.
"The hyper fixation of the front row is a bit overrated and out of date, in my opinion," he shares. "I've been to Brandon Maxwell shows where he's forfeited any VIPS and instead sat his team's families' front row — as in the families of the people who physically sew his collection and made the garments. I thought it was such a beautiful, honorable and innovative decision." | <urn:uuid:27eed9bd-661e-4bf6-ba58-3acee166b988> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://uk.style.yahoo.com/art-front-row-vip-seating-133000796.html | 2024-02-26T04:34:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474650.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226030734-20240226060734-00190.warc.gz | en | 0.964916 | 1,974 | [
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Field Food offers a simple way to reconnect to the seasons, whether through our food or in our beautifully curated space in the South Downs.
We’ve always envisioned Field Food as a place to take a pause and refocus. Slowing down is all part of the experience. Everything we do is paired back, relaxed and unfussy, allowing space to connect with the people and natural world around us.
We create food that is designed to celebrate the best of each season with great quality, local ingredients that have been gathered, grown or sourced by us. We aim for flavours to be at their peak and for our menus to be harmonious with the time and place that you are eating.
Working with the seasons means that we are growing, foraging and preserving throughout the year; making our own ferments, pickles and preserves to stash away the best of the season, ready for the next one.
We endeavour to make Field Food’s legacy one of regeneration, seeking not to take more from an already troubled planet, but instead to give back to it through supporting organic, sustainable farming and being part of a local and circular economy, proudly working with small, passionate Sussex-based growers and businesses.
The Flint Barn can be found where the South Downs meet the Ouse, nestled amongst ancient woodland and acres of pasture, yet just a stone’s throw from Lewes and Brighton. A remnant of the areas farming past, it makes for a perfect, secluded hideaway.
A space that’s certainly off the beaten track, but close enough to get back to it at the end of the day.
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So you would like to make delicious kabobs at home without a whole lot of mess? The iMiGoo Smokeless Kabob Maker has you covered. It is an indoor vertical grill that rotates your food 360-degrees for even cooking. It ships with stainless steel skewers.
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WWF legitimises the expansion
of polluting industry
How does WWF justify all this?
WWF officially states that it is important to work with industry in order to tackle the systemic causes of environmental degradation, in order to change the economic system. However, this excuse is ridiculous because in all the decades of collaboration of these companies with the WWF their partner corporations have become more, not less, polluting. After a long partnership Coca-Cola was still the most polluting plastic company in the world in 2020. Instead of tackling the systemic economic issues, these partnerships are reinforcing those underlying drivers by allowing companies to present themselves as eco friendly while increasing pollution and promoting market-based consumerist, false solutions to the issue. If WWF wanted to change the behavior of businesses they would challenge them and oppose them, not take their money, be led by corporate CEOs and help them justify their normal environmental destruction.
“We are particularly proud of our work on palm oil,” WWF said. However, WWF’s work on palm oil will take time to pay off and it may be too early to fully judge its success. Even so, if last year’s fires in Indonesia are any indication — an area the size of New Jersey went up in flames due to the palm oil and pulp and paper industry burning lands — any progress on the ground remains elusive [...] Critics say that what’s needed is data proving that corporate partnerships, certification schemes, payment for ecosystem services programs, and other new-conservation initiatives actually deliver on promises for wildlife and biodiversity”.
Global Witness research found a Logging company in Malaysia has used WWF sustainability scheme Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN) to greenwash itself while still cutting trees in the protected area. The company in question, Malaysian logging company Ta Ann Holdings, has licenses to clear-cut 156,000 hectares of rainforest in Borneo, much of which lies within the boundaries of a signature WWF sustainable forest project called “Heart of Borneo.”
“The report, Pandering to the Loggers, found that widespread problems with monitoring and transparency have allowed several of the scheme’s member companies to continuously flout GFTN rules. The report cited several case studies that showed GFTN members illegally clearing forests or trading in illegal timber, including one in Malaysia which has been clearing the habitat of orang-utans and clouded leopards.”
It emerged that ten years after joining the scheme UK company Jewson was still trading in illegally sourced timber Swiss-German company the Danzer Group is facing new allegations of involvement in conflict between communities and authorities in an area of operation of one of its subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
If WWF wanted to change the behavior of businesses they would challenge them and oppose them, not take their money, be led by corporate CEOs and help them justify their normal environmental destruction. On the contrary, many NGOs and researchers have observed how partnering with WWF helps big corporations to gain the legitimacy and authorization necessary to continue their destructive activities by making them look sustainable.
This is known as greenwashing.
“One of its first sponsor Its first corporate sponsor was Shell, one of whose presidents also served as president of WWF. The organisation has said recently that it is phasing out donations from fossil fuel companies, but this is not complete and in 2010 it was paid by Shell and to study which forests in the southern hemisphere should be retained and where land could be cleared for industrial use”
“There is ample evidence to suggest that partnering with the biodiversity sector does, in fact, help extractive companies to (re)establish the social conditions of production. For example, the Campo Ma’an and Mban et Djerem National Parks in Cameroon were created with financing from the consortium of oil and gas companies behind the Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project. When the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline was initially proposed in the late 1990s, the consortium faced a legitimacy crisis. Civil society organisations in Cameroon and around the world feared that the state was not strong enough to regulate the oil and gas sector and that environmental degradation would follow. Due to this legitimacy crisis, the consortium was initially unable to secure financing for the petroleum development and pipeline project. To overcome this challenge, it proposed that it would fund the creation and operation of two new national parks as a way of offsetting environmental degradation linked to the pipeline project, as well as a number of other environmental initiatives. This helped to appease concerns about the environmental impacts of the pipeline project from key financers and, subsequently, secure funding. Today, the WWF and Cameroon Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife co-manage Campo Ma’an and Mban et Djerem National Parks with continued financing from the oil and gas consortium”
REPUBLIC OF CONGO
The WWF Messok Dja conservation projects in the Republic of Congo, where severe abuses were reported, including gang-rape, torture and murder, was also funded by logging and palm oil companies. Even though the logging companies concessions included parts of the same forest, which they are cutting down, and their logging roads are the primary avenue for poachers entering the park, the WWF did not oppose their activities in any way: it instead used their funding to pay for the anti-poaching eco-guards who abused the local Baka.
The extract from the following UNDP report on Messok Dja indicate how those financing the projects and partnering with WWF were damaging the ecosystem, including in the protected areas: “UNDP’s private sector partners, which provide parallel financing to the project, include large international logging and palm oil industry conglomerates: Industrie Forestière de Ouesso (IFO), tourism company (Congo Conservation Company), a palm oil company (Eco-Oil Energy).
Eco-Oil Energy is a Malaysian company: The concession agreement with the Congolese State covered an initial area of 50,000 hectares but is expected to vastly expand. However, The Prodoc refers to the establishment of palm oil plantations and commercial logging operations as major threats to the region’s biodiversity and wildlife. It states that the land-use changes brought about by palm oil plantations threaten to turn large tracts of land into hostile areas for medium and large-sized mammals either because they cannot survive in oil palm monocultures or because the presence of animals will not be tolerated by plantation managers. Concerning logging, the Prodoc states that timber production is not only affecting the region’s forest cover, but is also associated with high levels of poaching as formerly inaccessible forest tracts are being opened up by the logging roads crisscrossing the concession areas.
While persecuting Indigenous peoples who hunt to feed themselves the WWF, together with most of the conservation sector, has allowed and facilitated trophy hunting, where rich tourists kill wild, sometimes endangered animals, for fun. A former WWF campaign manager published a book showing that “The Worldwide Fund for Nature has a little-known record of backing the shooting of big game for sport and has recently been involved in trying to stop legal obstacles being placed in the paths of the hunters”.This is a very lucrative business but is obviously really harmful for wildlife. Some WWF offices changed their view on this, and WWF put out statements against it, but the practice continues in many WWF reserves and in parks where the WWF works, such as Ngorongoro and Serengeti in Tanzania. WWF says that “The decision to allow trophy hunting is a sovereign one made entirely by the government concerned”, but these governments are getting heavily funded by WWF who hasn’t pressured them to stop.
All these examples of partnerships are destructive for the ecosystem because, while protecting a small fraction of land they allow industries who fund conservation to continue degrading ecosystems all around the protected areas, which is what matters on the large scale. In this way all the ecosystems around the protected area become degraded and this ultimately also damages the protected area, as ecosystems are all interlinked. | <urn:uuid:9b93b4c5-1f96-4048-a708-73cd52dd3ec8> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.wtfwwf.org/brizy-5356/ | 2024-02-28T22:20:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474746.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228211701-20240229001701-00190.warc.gz | en | 0.963619 | 1,644 | [
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In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has been increasingly used in the software development industry to improve the efficiency and productivity of developers. At Yodigito, we have been utilizing AI tools such as Github Copilot
to assist our developers in building amazing tools. In this blog post, we will explore how these AI tools have increased our productivity and helped us deliver high-quality software to our clients.
Github Copilot is an AI-powered code suggestion tool that was launched by Github in 2021. It uses machine learning models to suggest code snippets and functions to developers as they write code. Github Copilot is powered by OpenAI’s GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) technology and is trained on a large dataset of code from various open-source repositories. This allows it to suggest accurate and relevant code snippets based on the context of the code being written.
At Yodigito, we have integrated Github Copilot into our development workflow to help our developers write code faster and more efficiently. When a developer writes code in their code editor, Copilot suggests relevant code snippets and functions that can be added to the code. This not only saves time but also reduces the likelihood of errors as the suggested code is based on existing code that has already been tested and reviewed.
ChatGPT is another AI-powered tool that we have started using at Yodigito to increase the productivity of our developers. ChatGPT is a language model that has been trained on a large corpus of text and is capable of generating natural language responses to a given prompt or question.
As soon as ChatGPT was made generally available we integrated it into our development workflow to assist our developers in their research and problem-solving tasks. For example, if a developer encounters a problem or error while working on a project, they can simply type a description of the issue into ChatGPT. The tool then generates relevant solutions and suggestions for the developer to try out. This helps our developers save time and effort as they do not have to spend hours researching and troubleshooting the issue on their own.
Our Commitment to Innovation
At Yodigito, we understand the importance of staying up-to-date with the latest technological advancements in the software development industry. As such, we are constantly exploring and evaluating new AI tools that can further enhance the productivity and efficiency of our developers. Our commitment to integrating new technology into our development workflow ensures that we are always delivering cutting-edge software tools to our clients. We believe that by staying ahead of the curve, we can continue to provide exceptional service and exceed our clients’ expectations.
In conclusion, AI tools such as Github Copilot and ChatGPT have greatly increased the productivity and efficiency of our developers at Yodigito. These tools not only help our developers write code faster and more accurately but also assist them in their research and problem-solving tasks. By leveraging AI technology in our development workflow, we are able to deliver high-quality software to our clients in a timely and cost-effective manner.
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I well remember seeming my first British Osprey at Boat of Garten in Scotland’s Cairngorms during a Geography field course – a few too may years ago now for my liking.
At the time it was one of the few breeding pairs in the British Isles.
Then I can recall the first young Ospreys being introduced to Rutland Water Reservoir, first into breeding pens and then later released.
I can still see its piercing eyes staring at me as I tried to stay clear of its flexing talons and beak! We both ended unscathed with it flying off strongly and me receiving a rather over the top ‘put it there high fives’ by the on watching beach attendant.
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Our friend Shanna Groeninger is the Resource Development Director for the Boys & Girls Club of Evansville, and she was our guest for this week's edition of This or That. Now, I haven't really done the research to back up this claim, but I'm pretty sure (99%) that Shanna is our first repeat guest for This or That. We first played this ridiculous game with Shanna back in July of 2020. We've had her on the show several times since then, but we felt now was a good time to put her back in the hot seat and grill her with some new This or That questions. Of course, Shanna is down for anything!
As usual, most of our questions are silly and frivolous, and the answer really has no real-life implications - this week they were questions about streaming habits, the perfect dip, and personal hygiene. Also, as usual, we try to pin our guest between a rock and a hard place with at least one question. - for Shanna, the tough question involved her husband. It was a simple question, a simple choice - date night or girl's night out? We fully admit that with this kind of choice we are trying to stir the pot a little bit - make our guests sweat a little bit. Do I tick off my friends or my hubby?
Try as we might, Shanna wasn't phased. She considered her options, made her choice, and then defended it with an explanation that we could not rebut. She's a true This or That pro. Take a listen to the episode below. Pay attention around the 1:30 mark, when I try (and fail) to twist Shanna's words and embarrass her a little bit. Also, at 2:38 we learn another interesting fact about Liberty - we peel back another one of her many layers. Haha! | <urn:uuid:f677f48b-4f99-4b10-b833-fadf49f57993> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://my1053wjlt.com/this-or-that-with-shanna-from-boys-and-girls-club/ | 2024-03-01T08:54:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475203.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301062009-20240301092009-00190.warc.gz | en | 0.975679 | 379 | [
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Sophie Theis, International Food Policy Research Institute
What are ways to ensure small-scale irrigation technologies benefit women farmers? A new REACH toolkit from the International Food Policy Research Institute, “Considering gender when promoting small-scale irrigation technologies: Guidance for inclusive irrigation,” provides guidance for policymakers and project managers involved in planning and evaluating irrigation projects to include women. The toolkit draws on findings from IFPRI gender and irrigation research under REACH and the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation.
As climate change makes rainfed agriculture an increasingly precarious venture, small-scale irrigation technology is key to ensuring smallholder farmers can adapt and manage risk. However, despite the gradual uptake of small-scale irrigation technologies, women farmers are at risk of being left behind.
Overall, women are less likely to practice irrigation than men. The few women who do irrigate are more likely to use highly labor-intensive manual methods of lifting and applying water, such as buckets and watering cans, while men are more likely to use more expensive, labor-saving mechanized technologies, such as solar or diesel pumps.
This reflects the reality that women do not have the same opportunities as men to adopt and benefit from irrigation technology.
Why do women need irrigation technologies?
Women make up about 43% of the on-farm labor force in developing countries (Doss 2011). They need irrigation for the same reasons men do—and then some.
Specifically, irrigation technology can support women farmers in the following ways:
- Generate income through higher value produce, higher yields, and an extended growing season;
- Grow more nutritious crops;
- Withstand weather variability and climate stresses;
- Access water supply for multiple purposes in addition to crops (drinking, cleaning, livestock, etc);
- Improve family health and reduce women’s burden of caring for the sick;
- Reduce women’s own time and energy burden of collecting and/or applying water.
Why is there a gender gap in irrigation technology adoption?
Men and women both face barriers to adopting irrigation and other agricultural technologies, but women face more barriers and different kinds of barriers. A common mistake is to only think about the act of buying or acquiring technology. However, acquisition is only one aspect that exists within a wider uptake process which includes four key stages: technology development, dissemination, adoption, and use. Each stage presents opportunities to include women and overcome constraints.
We can investigate the following gender and social inclusion issues at each phase:
1 – Design:
Irrigation technology is rarely designed with or for women. This matters because women often prefer different irrigation technologies than men and will not adopt technology that does not meet their needs. Making irrigation work for women means understanding where, when, for what purposes, and at what scale do women clients want to use irrigation and water technologies in the given context. Issues like the location or portability of the technology, suitability for multiple uses (drinking water, irrigation, livestock watering), labor requirements, social acceptability of use, and upfront and operational costs often matter to women.
2 – Dissemination:
Even if the technology meet women’s needs, women won’t adopt it if they don’t know about it. Disseminating information about new technology requires specific strategies to reach women. Traditional channels, such as farmer field days and trainings or working through extension agents, producer groups, or equipment dealers, may leave women out. Rather, we need to meet women where they are and provide information through networks that women trust, such as women community leaders, savings groups, frontline health workers, or women lead farmers and producer groups
3 – Adoption:
Once women learn about a technology, in most cases, they need to find a way to purchase it. Access to credit remains a challenge for women. In addition, irrigators need access to irrigable land, water, labor, and markets to buy inputs and sell irrigated produce. Women are disadvantaged in each of these areas. Furthermore, within the household, women often need her husband’s consent to purchase technology.
4 – Use:
Finally, after irrigation technology is adopted, men and women, even within the same household, may experience different impacts, such as workload, power to decide on whose plots of land the technology is used, and control over the income generated. There are also risks to women who irrigate. More powerful actors in the family or outside can appropriate land after they make investments in irrigation, so efforts are needed to secure women’s land and water tenure to ensure benefits after the technology is adopted.
Irrigation policymakers, project managers, engineers, designers, extension agents, and equipment dealers each have a role to play in making small-scale irrigation work for women. The process of technology adoption requires coordination between actors to ensure the design of the technology meets women’s needs, that information about the technology reaches women, that women are able to adopt the technology, and that women are able to benefit securely from the technology.
To close the gender gap at each phase, a new project note for REACH—“Considering gender when promoting small-scale irrigation technologies: Guidance for inclusive irrigation”—details further opportunities for measuring gender differences in irrigation technology adoption and taking action. This project note assists irrigation policymakers and practitioners in designing inclusive irrigation projects and monitoring and evaluating their impact on men and women. Ultimately, there is no one factor that is singlehandedly responsible for women’s exclusion from technology adoption, and assessing women’s needs in design, dissemination, adoption, and use of technology is the foundation for developing a holistic strategy to make irrigation work for women.
An example of questions for policymakers and project managers to consider while evaluating the impact of irrigation projects on women is included below (from the toolkit):
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Thermal Analysis and Optimization of the Phase Diagram of the Cu-Ag Sulfide System
A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
Energies, Volume 15, issue 2
AbstractThermal stabilities of selected ternary phases of industrial interest in the Ag-Cu-S system have been studied by the calorimetric and electromotive force techniques. The ternary compounds Ag1.2 Cu0.8 S (mineral mackinstryite) and AgCuS (mineral stromeyerite) were equilibrated through high-temperature reaction of the pure Cu2 S and Ag2 S in an inert atmosphere. The synthesized single solid sample constituting the two ternary phases was ground into fine powders and lightly pressed into pellets before calorimetric measurements. An electrochemical cell incorporating the two equilibrated phase and additional CuS as a cathode material was employed. The measurement results obtained with both techniques were analyzed and thermodynamic properties in the system have been determined and compared with the available literature values. Enthalpy of fusion data of the Ag-richer solid solution (Ag,Cu)2 S have also been determined directly from the experimental data for the first time. The thermodynamic quantities determined in this work can be used to calculate thermal energy of processes involving the Ag-Cu-S-ternary phases. By applying the obtained results and the critically evaluated literature data, we have developed a thermodynamic database. The self-developed database was combined with the latest pure substances database of the FactSage software package to model the phase diagram of the Ag2 S-Cu2 S system.
Funding Information: This research was funded by the Academy of Finland project ?Thermodynamic investigation of complex inorganic material systems for improved renewable energy and metals production processes?, Decision number 311537, as part of the Johan Gadolin Process Chemistry Center activities at ?bo Akademi University. The APC was funded by ?bo Akademi University. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Copper, Inorganic materials, Ofofthethephase diagram arearescarcer, Particularly ininthetheAg2S-rich part, Phase diagram, Silver, Sulfide, Thermal analysis, Thermal energy, Thermochemistry, Thethelower temperatures
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KATHMANDU Oct. 30 (Nepal Foreign Affairs)–Indian President Pranab Mukherjee congratulated Bidhya Devi Bhandari on her election as the President of Nepal, on Thursday.
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- 1 tbsp. olive oil
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- 3 stalks celery, diced
- 2 sprigs thyme
- 1 lb. split peas, rinsed and picked over
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Three cheers for our heroic Lifeguards! In this episode, I get the opportunity to speak with Logan Evans, the Life Guard who was part of a three person team of First Aid providers who helped a woman who had apparently had a seizure and fallen in the Women’s shower room at a local pool! The problem was that there was a pool full of people and the patient was trapped in a locked shower stall half in and half out of the door on the ground. Watch this interview to see how Logan, Certified Lifeguard, sprung into action to help this person through this scary and potentially life threatening situation.
This episode was originally recorded in 2008. It was our first broadcast of 45 total before we ended the show.
On this week’s iRescueRadio, we cover stories ranging from a Canberra, Australian man who gets bit by an extremely deadly Australian Brown Snake… and lives! Next, a boy in Belding, Michigan is bit by a black widow spider…guess where it came from! And then, we cover Google Flu Trends and a hilarious look at the effects of music on your health. All this on this episode of iRescueRadio. Listen now by clicking on the play arrow below.
I received yet another loving email from a person who’s father died in the front of their automobile while they were driving them to the hospital. Due to things outside her control, she was unable to move her dad to the ground so she improvised and did CPR while he was reclined in the car the best she could. She has struggled for some time with this and found some relief from my episode on “Did I Do CPR Wrong?”.
I just replied back to her and I have to believe there may be others who have tried to save a life with CPR and felt it was not successful. So I’m going to include my reply to her in this blog entry and for those of you who are suffering, I hope it helps.
This person said in her last paragraph of her email: “I have struggled with this in so many ways, yet feel comfort in being with him when he left. I have struggled to find any material that related to my experience. I have felt isolated in not being able to share how I lost my dad, This story, the words you have written, have helped me process and understand my own experience. Thank you.”
This was my response:
I’m so very sorry for the loss of your Father. I’m sure this must have been most traumatic for both you and your mother. I want to re-ensure you that what you did for your dad that day, was the most brave and loving gift you could have given both your dad and your mum. Every thing you did sounds perfect in order to give your dad the best chance of survival possible under the circumstances. The fact that he did not survive the event does not have anything to do with your efforts. Remember, CPR is only a time buyer in case the person is going to respond to medications and advanced medicine. It’s not a guarantee. The fact that you had the courage to try and the compassion to help is amazing. Please let your mother know that her reaction to the situation is also very normal. She lost the love of her life. Her soul mate and her husband. It’s a nightmare that is happening for real, right before her eyes and it’s not wrong for her to be so overwhelmed with grief and fear that she could not help. That’s why paramedics are not called to their own homes for emergencies. It’s too emotional. So please, let your mother know that she is not at fault for her reactions either.
I hope and pray that you will receive peace during this time of healing. But please know that everyone has a day to die and it’s never easy to experience it. CPR just keeps the window of opportunity to survive open a little longer. You gave that to your dad. As a father myself, I can only imagine how I’d feel to know that my daughter loved me so much that she would give me CPR while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. What love.
Be at Peace,
P.S. I’ve included the video that explains this message in detail. I recorded it so long ago, it’s hard to find so I’m going to bring it back to the top. Share it with anyone you may know who may benefit from it.
I was sent a tweet from our friends across the Ocean who are involved in rescue. It appears that a teenager was washed out to sea and the brave men and women who make up the UK Coast Guard, risked their lives to try and save this child. Regardless the outcome, I wanted to thank them personally by featuring their rescue video.
Got a good question via email today regarding the choking adult scenario. This rescuer asked if we could explain the following: “Please talk about how to give a pregnant woman chest compressions if she was choking. How would we hold her? With an infant we make sure the head is below the body. But what to do for a pregnant woman who is choking? -H____
I thought this was a good question and one that we cover in our CPR certification course. Feel free to view it below. At about 44 seconds into the training, I talk about what to do if the person has a distended abdomen that’s too large to reach around, or they are a pregnant person. I hope this helps!
As in all accidental deaths, the more we know about how to prevent them, the better off we will all be. In this episode, I answer an email that asked if I could combine training with some more realistic visuals about how a person may actually look when they’re drowning vs. the hollywood melodramatic look. The rescue fan was concerned that many people may not even realize that a drowning victim could be very quiet and not really even yell for help.
I hope this training helps us all have a much safer summer of fun!
When natural or unnatural disasters strike, the chance of getting emergency help to your doorstep fast while the EMS services are exhausted is very slim. I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about a situation that doesn’t get discussed much. What effect does a hurricane or natural disaster have on the rest of the community? We sometimes forget the fact that though the rest of the world is distracted by a storm or other disaster related buzz, people still get sick, heart attacks still happen, car accidents still happen but we don’t often think about from where the next ambulance, fire truck or police car is going to be responding. This episode of RoyOnRescue addresses this issue and urges people who may be in high risk of needing an ambulance or other EMS service to think proactively and make arrangements before the emergency happens. Think about moving loved ones with fragile health to temporary locations that may not be effected by the hurricane. Can the person stay with a relative until the community has recovered? What is the back up plan if one can be found? I hope this RoyOnRescue episode get’s everyone thinking and will hopefully help prevent a needless death due to not having the appropriate plans in place. Stay safe, our prayers are with everyone who has been and is effected by hurricane Sandy and other storms.
In this RoyOnRescue, we take a look at Stephen St. Bernard, who risked his own life to save another. He caught a young girl after she fell from a third story platform and though he suffered some injuries after the rescue, he saved the little girls life. This is an episode dedicated to the neighborhood heroes that get involved and make a difference. You won’t want to miss the live footage of this heroic event. Thank you Stephen St. Bernard, for being a true hero.
Some have asked, how does catching a falling child compare to catching a weight at that velocity. A physicist has figured it out and states, “If she weighs 50 pounds, the man and ground must push up with an average of 12 times that force, or 600 pounds.”
In this episode, I wanted to take a moment to focus on the success of rescue attempts. Though it’s no guarantee that anyone will survive no matter how hard we try to save their lives, from time to time…they do.
And this is a video that celebrates survival. Don’t forget to celebrate the caring enough to try, no matter what the outcome too.
It’s been a while but it’s good to be back. In this episode I explain why it’s been so long between my last vlog and this latest release. I also talk about a first hand experience I had watching dangerous undertows and sideways currents when I took my family to Lake Michigan on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. The waves were 4-6 feet and they may have made a very dangerous situation. Be sure to watch in order to learn more about how to keep others safe at the beach. | <urn:uuid:cfc59c1d-c50c-45c1-bbda-2a43da5a5452> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.royonrescue.com/tag/rescue/ | 2024-02-27T03:31:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474670.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20240227021813-20240227051813-00290.warc.gz | en | 0.977375 | 1,879 | [
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Red Sox prospect Tyler Dearden is ready for another career season
We’ve been talking a lot lately about how solid the Red Sox farm system is and it’s hard to not get excited about the talent that’s rising through the ranks. We all know the big names that will more than likely be calling Fenway Park home in the near future but one guy that doesn’t get as much love is outfield prospect, Tyler Dearden.
Dearden currently plays for the Greenville Drive, Boston’s High-A affiliate and he’s coming off of a career season. The New Jersey native was drafted by the Red Sox back in 2017 and has slowly made his way up the ranks of the developmental system. I think many of us get caught up in the excitement of how fast some of our prospects make it through the system whereas Dearden is more of your standard story.
Had COVID not erased the 2020 season he’d have five years of MiLB action under his belt but he sits at just four thanks to the lost year. While he has shown some glimpses of what he could be his progress isn’t quite up to what some of the other names we constantly hear about have done. The outfielder spoke this week about what he did in 2020 and 2021, as well as, what his goals are for 2022 as we inch closer to the MiLB season.
"“For me, I think it was one of the best things to happen to me personally because I was coming off kind of a down year in ‘19 where I was injured,” Dearden said. “2020 kind of gave me a chance to really focus on getting my body healthy and getting my swing really to where I wanted it to be. It gave time to really take some time and dive in and get my swing in a place that I felt confident in.”"
That down year he talks about in 2019 actually syncs up with a memory of mine. While visiting my brother and his family in Greenville that summer we made our way over the Fluor Field to see the Drive do the damn thing. My main point of excitement that night was seeing Triston Casas in person but it was Dearden that had me talking as I left the ballpark that night.
The Drive had a 4-1 lead heading to the bottom of the seventh inning and Dearden would come up with the bases juiced. He hadn’t recorded a hit yet that night but this was one of those moments where everything fell perfectly into place.
Dearden got a pitch that was right where he needed it to be and he launched a grand slam right into the section we were sitting in, putting the game out of reach for the Columbia Fireflies.
From that moment on I was a Tyler Dearden Guy. As I look at his player page on Sox Prospects, there’s plenty to be excited about while they don’t hold back on their analysis of his future.
Luckily, at just 23-years-old he has plenty of time to figure things out and continue to work on his deficiencies. If the Red Sox has any sort of flux as far as positions are concerned it’s in the outfield. We may be set for the now, but the future is definitely wide open and Tyler can kick the door in.
"“Potential minor league depth player. Can dream on a bat-first, corner outfield profile, but has a lot of development to go, and there is wide gap between what he is now and what he could be in the future. Progress has been slow and impeded by injuries. Must develop physically. Will have to hit, as he doesn’t project to add much defensive value.” – Sox Prospects"
Dearden credits his career-best 2021 campaign by staying healthy and just trying to slow the game down. By being more patient at the plate his offensive numbers skyrocketed and it’s likely going to be the reason why he should see a promotion in 2022.
His final slash for Greenville last season was a strong .261/.368/.523 with a Greenville record 24 homers and 80 RBI. Again, it won’t be easy to match those numbers again but staying healthy will definitely be the first step.
That summer I got to see him play he had to battle hamstring and ankle issues which hampered any chances at production he may have had. Now that he’s healthy and ready to rock after a good showing in the Winter Warm-Up Camp, his future is bright.
"“For me, it was more about kind of just simplifying things,” Dearden said. “Just trying to get into a good position consistently. And I think mentally, it was a big thing taking it one pitch at a time, one at-bat at a time. Kind of slowing the game down. Something that I think worked for me all year was just telling myself good or bad, I’m always one swing away. I’m one pitch away. And I think that played a big role.”"
MassLive’s Christopher Smith mentions that Dearden will most likely start 2022 with the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs which will put his work ethic to the test. He’ll need to keep putting in the hours that he is now but with a stronger level of competition ahead of him it’ll take even more to keep climbing the ranks.
Just based on what he said about not just his 2021 season but what he’s doing to prepare for the 2022 campaign has me excited. He knows his weaknesses and is formatting his training and working toward turning them into strengths.
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Korg's legendary Wavestation introduced the world to wave sequencing, and the 37-key Wavestate builds on that legacy with a reimagined, compact synth designed from the ground up to satisfy today's demanding musicians and producers. Wavestate mk2 expands the original with 96 stereo voices alongside four layers with gigabytes of samples, vector synthesis, modelled filters, and extensive hands-on control.
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Legendary synthesis, radically re-imagined.
The legendary Wavestation introduced the world to Wave Sequencing, transforming raw samples into sounds that no one had ever heard before. In 2020, the Wavestate brought Wave Sequencing to the next level. Featuring the radically re-imagined Wave Sequencing 2.0, Wavestate delivers astonishing, ever-changing sounds with extensive hands-on control. Far from a nostalgic reissue, Wavestate was designed from the ground up for a new generation of musicians, producers, and composers.
Now we present the Wavestate mark 2, with improved polyphony (96 stereo voices) and a fresh look. Updated sounds and software keep it fresh while the compact form-factor, with 37 full-size keys, still transports easily and fits neatly into any stage, studio, or desktop setup.
Easily expressive. Exceptionally deep.
Bursting with knobs and controllers, the Wavestate invites you to explore. All of the basics–filter, envelopes, LFOs, effects–are at your fingertips with dedicated front-panel controls. Eight programmable Mod Knobs are customized to bring out the most in every sound, often taking them in entirely new directions. Use the knobs in realtime performance, and also save the results as new sounds. Add in the Pitch Bend and Modulation Wheels and the unique Vector Joystick, and you’ll always have multiple dimensions of realtime expression.
Want to dig deeper? Almost all front-panel knobs, and most on-screen parameters, can be modulated. You can even modulate settings for individual Wave Sequence steps! Mod Processors let you transform modulation signals using quantization, smoothing, curvature, and more.
Choose your filter.
Add vintage character to your sounds with the aggressive MS-20 Lowpass or Highpass filters, or the strong, sweet Polysix Lowpass. Shape and refine with a full collection of resonant 2-pole and 4-pole Lowpass, Highpass, Bandpass, and Band Reject filters. Or, step outside the box with Korg's unique Multi Filter, which creates modulatable blends of multiple modes simultaneously.
An arsenal of effects.
The Wavestate’s superb effects deliver production-ready sounds. Each layer has three dedicated effects; additionally, the Performance has a master reverb and parametric EQ. Along with standards such as compressors, EQs, choruses, flangers, phasers, and stereo delays, you’ll find distinctive processors such as the Wave Shaper, Talking Modulator, Reverse Delay, Multiband Mod Delay, and Overb (from the OASYS), plus modelled effects including Vox guitar amps, Vox wah, multi-head tape echo, and a collection of classic guitar pedals.
Multiply by four.
With all of that synthesis power, you might think the Wavestate would play only one sound at a time. Not a chance. For even more rich and complex results, layer up to four Programs together in a Performance–each with their own effects and arpeggiator. The Vector Envelope and Joystick mix the individual voices of the four Layers, and can also modulate any other parameters.
Gigabytes of samples. 96 stereo voices.
Totaling in the gigabytes, the Wavestate’s sample library is more than a thousand times larger than that of the original Wavestation. That’s a lot of great-sounding raw material for Wave Sequences. There’s a bank of samples from Plugin Guru, brand-new samples from Korg, and a selection from the Nautilus, Kronos and Krome libraries. Of course, Korg also provides all of the Wavestation’s samples (including all options), plus a huge library of Wavestation Wave Sequences. Play up to 96 stereo voices with pristine clarity, using Korg’s proprietary anti-aliasing sample playback technology.
4GB of User Samples.
Express yourself in your own unique voice. Import up to 4 GB of your own Multisamples into the Wavestate via the free Sample Builder application for Mac and Windows. Many third-party libraries are available, too! Use your new samples in Wave Sequences or as single Multisamples, just like the factory Multisamples.
Set Lists and Smooth Sound Transitions.
Set Lists offer effortless organisation of your Wavestate Performances, and deliver instant access at the gig or in rehearsal. Smooth Sound Transitions allow previously-played voices and effects to continue to ring out naturally, even once a new sound has been selected.
Plays well with others.
Balanced stereo outputs connect to any recording or monitoring system, and a stereo headphone output is provided for private playing or onstage cueing. Din-style MIDI jacks ensure connection to other MIDI-equipped instruments and audio gear. The Wavestate supports class-compliant USB MIDI connections to Windows and Mac computers, and the Wavestate Editor/Librarian and Sample Builder programs are available as free downloads from Korg.
The Editor/Librarian acts as a second front panel for the Wavestate. Realtime display of modulated parameter values and Wave Sequences gives you instant feedback on your creations. Copy and paste sounds, envelopes, LFOs, filter settings, and more. Dive deep into Effects with access to all internal parameters and create your own Effects Presets.
(Click here to download the Editor/Librarian)
Free bundle of music software.
The Wavestate comes with a diverse variety of music software from Izotope including “Ozone Elements” which lets you not only create songs but also master them using AI, “Skoove” which will help you improve your keyboard playing skills, as well as software synths from Korg and other brands.
In other words, the moment you get your hands on this synthesizer you'll have a variety of tools to help you take your music to the next level.
37 keys (velocity and release-velocity sensitive)
Wave Sequencing 2.0
96 stereo voices
1,042 Wave Sequences
Storage for tens of thousands of user Performances
4 Layers, Reverb, EQ; all edits are stored in the Performance, DAW-style (saving as separate Programs, Wave Sequences etc. is supported but not required)
Program, Arpeggiator, Key and Velocity Zones
Wave Sequence, Filter, Amp, Pre FX, Mod FX, Delay
2-pole LPF, 2-pole HPF, 2-pole BPF, 2-pole Band Reject, 4-pole LPF, 4-pole HPF, 4-pole BPF, 4-pole Band Reject, Multi Filter, MS-20 LPF, MS-20 HPF, Polysix
Mod Wheel, Pitch Wheel, Vector Joystick X/Y, 8x Program/Performance Mod Knobs
3x Envelopes, Vector Envelope, 3x LFOs, 2x Mod Processors, 2x Key Track, Step Sequencer Lane, Step Pulse, Tempo, Program/Performance Note Count, Program/Performance Voice Count, Poly Legato, Velocity, Exponential Velocity, Release Velocity, Gate/Gate+Damper, Note-On Trigger/Note-On Trigger+Damper, Note Number, Aftertouch/Poly Aftertouch (external MIDI only), MIDI CCs +/-, MIDI CCs +
Most parameters can be modulated, including parameters of individual Wave Sequence Steps. Depending on Wave Sequence length, there can be more than 1,000 potential modulation targets per Program.
Decimator, Graphic EQ, Guitar Amp, Modern Compressor, Parametric EQ, Red Compressor, Ring Modulator, Tremolo, Wave Shaper
Black Chorus/Flanger, Black Phase, CX-3 Vibrato Chorus, EP Chorus, Harmonic Chorus, Modern Chorus, Modern Phaser, Orange Phase, Polysix Ensemble, Small Phase, Talking Modulator, Vintage Chorus, Vintage Flanger, Vintage/Custom Wah, Vox Wah
L/C/R Delay, Multiband Mod Delay, Reverse Delay, Stereo/Cross Delay, Tape Echo
Early Reflections, Overb
4-band parametric EQ
Headphone (6.3 mm stereo phone jack)
OUTPUT L/MONO and R (impedance-balanced 6.3 mm TRS phone jacks)
DAMPER (6.3 mm phone jack)
MIDI IN and OUT connectors
USB B port
AC adapter (DC12V, 2500mA)
565 x 338 x 92 mm
All new products are sold with a 2-year manufacturer warranty which is upgraded to 3 years when bought direct from Korg UK.
Certified Refurbished products also come with a one year warranty.
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I call BULLSHIT. I say MURDER. (HERE IS THE VIDEO….the shooting starts at 1:00….) The cops had reason to be wary, yes. The SWATTING had everyone on edge, and they thought they were surrounding the home of a man who was purported to have shot his father…
The cops were in position over 50 yards away, under cover. The poor dude, who had no idea what was going on, got shot because the cop at the back of the rifle, looking through a scope, at night, with VERY poor lighting, decided the guy on the porch was “reaching for his waistband”.
He shot and killed Andrew Finch, who likely never knew why the cops were surrounding his house or why he was shot.
If I had shot anyone at that range, for ANY reason, at night, with no weapon visible, I would (rightly) be charged with, and tried for, MURDER. The cop needs to be as well. Low lighting, a LONG distance and yet the cop was able to “be assured” that there was a weapon (hint: There wasn’t…Mr Finch was unarmed).
“Officer Safety” and all that….Had there been an officer on the porch, instead of hiding across the street, then this could have perhaps been avoided.
Here’s a hint for cops: If you are that afraid, then FIND ANOTHER JOB.
No, I wasn’t there, and no, I don’t want to be a cop….but at the end of the day, your safety doesn’t trump those of the citizens you serve.
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Telephone: 01625 575279
Mobile: 07506 825480
Cheshire Hunt Self-Catering Cottages
Hedgerow, off Spuley Lane, Rainow, Cheshire, SK10 5DA
Orchard and Damson are two self-catering cottages created from a barn conversion and are situated in Rainow in the Peak District. Our Facilities and services are outlined below to enable all visitors to make an informed decision as to whether we meet your particular access needs.
- Detailed information is available on our website regarding layout of the rooms and facilities provided. Photos are provided in the gallery.
- Full directions and contact details are provided on the website and will also be sent with confirmation of the booking.
- Booking enquiries can be made via e-mail ([email protected]) by telephone on 01625 575279 or mobile on 07506 825480.
- The nearest bus stop is in Bollington, which is a 10 minute walk from the cottages.
- Macclesfield train station is a 10 minute drive away and provides good train connections and a regular 1 hour 50 minute service to London.
- Manchester International Airport is a 30 minute drive away.
Arrival and car parking facilities
It is possible to park in front of the cottages for unloading purposes, and there is a large designated parking space at the rear of the cottages, in front of the games room.
Entrance to the cottage is through the front door which opens straight into the kitchen. Access can also be obtained through double patio doors in the living room, approached from the parking area by a side path which has steps and leads onto the private patio area at the rear.
The downstairs living area is open plan with three steps from the kitchen down to large living room with dining area. Three steps also lead to an open area with a feature window, and the first staircase leads up to two twin bedrooms with 3-foot-wide beds and a fully tiled family bathroom, comprising a bath with fitted overhead electric shower, WC and sink unit. A second staircase, from the kitchen, leads to the master bedroom which has a 5-foot-wide bed and a fully tiled en-suite room with electric shower and wash basin.
Downstairs the flooring in the kitchen is tiles, and apart from the steps which are carpeted, the living area has laminate wood flooring. Upstairs is fully carpeted, apart from the bathrooms which have floor tiles.
The entrance to the cottage is through a front door which opens into hallway which then leads down 3 steps to an open plan living room and dining area, with a single patio door providing access to a garden area and private patio.
From the dining area, three steps lead up to kitchen. From the hallway is a staircase which leads to three bedrooms. The first bedroom is the master bedroom which has a 5-foot-wide bed and a fully tiled en suite room comprising an electric shower, WC and wash basin. There is a low slanted ceiling on far side of bedroom due to the sloping roof. Two additional bedrooms, one twin and one single, both have 3-foot-wide beds. There is also a fully tiled family bathroom with bath and overhead shower, a sink unit and WC.
Upstairs is fully carpeted apart from the bathrooms which have floor tiles.
Downstairs, the living room has laminate wood flooring, the stairs are carpeted and the kitchen has floor tiles.
- Seating is provided in both cottages in the form of dining chairs and two leather sofas. A cot and high-chair can also be provided on request.
- Electric lighting is provided, including table lamps in the sitting areas, and side lights for each bed.
- All bedding is anti-allergic.
- The cottages are serviced by a septic tank and further information is provided in the cottages.
- Access to shared facilities of croquet lawn, orchard, games room, and parking, is through a 5 bar gate at side of the cottages. Each cottage also has its own private patio area.
- Children, walkers and one well behaved dog are welcome.
- A Fire blanket with extinguisher is provided downstairs, and a fire extinguisher is provided upstairs. Smoke alarms and CO² emission alarms are situated in both cottages.
- A non smoking policy is in operation.
- An Information folder in each cottage provides telephone numbers for doctors, dentists and other services that may be required during your stay.
- Anne Gregory
- 01625 575279
- 07506 825480
- Cheshire Hunt Lodge
- Hedge Row
- off Spuley Lane
- SK10 5DA
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Migrants Moving Again in Guatemala; Trump Targets Democrats
CHIQUIMULA, GUATEMALA —
More than 2,000 Honduran migrants traveling en masse through Guatemala resumed their journey toward the United States on Wednesday as U.S. President Donald Trump sought to turn the caravan into a political issue three weeks before midterm elections.
A day after warning Central American governments they risked losing U.S. aid if they didn't do something and saying that anyone entering the country illegally would be arrested and deported, Trump turned his sights on Democrats and urged Republican allies to campaign on border security.
"Hard to believe that with thousands of people from South of the Border, walking unimpeded toward our country in the form of large Caravans, that the Democrats won't approve legislation that will allow laws for the protection of our country. Great Midterm issue for Republicans!'' Trump said in a Wednesday morning tweet.
"Republicans must make the horrendous, weak and outdated immigration laws, and the Border, a part of the Midterms!'' he continued.
In Guatemala, the migrants rose early and many left without eating breakfast, bound for Zacapa, the next city on their route. Overcast skies and a light drizzle took the edge off the sweltering heat and humidity, making the trek more bearable.
'It is God who decides'
Migrant Luis Navarreto, 32, said he had read about Trump's threats regarding aid to his country but was undeterred.
"We are going to continue,'' Navarreto said. "It is God who decides here. We have no other option but to move ahead.''
The migrants are fleeing widespread poverty and gang violence in one of the world's most murderous countries, and many blamed Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez for what they called unlivable conditions back home.
"We are here because of Juan Orlando,'' said migrant Nelson Zavala, 36, adding that the last three days had essentially been sleepless ones.
The previous day, the migrants advanced about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from the Honduras-Guatemala border to arrive at the city of Chiquimula.
That's a tiny portion of the almost 1,350 miles (2,170 kilometers) they'd have to travel to reach the closest U.S. border.
Some were able to hitch rides, and hundreds advanced farther and faster than the main group to reach the Guatemalan capital, according to the Casa del Migrante shelter there.
Late Tuesday, the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico to respect the rights and ensure the safety of the migrants traveling in the caravan.
The caravan has snowballed since about 160 migrants departed Friday from the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula, with many people joining spontaneously while carrying just a few belongings. Estimates of their numbers ranged up to 3,000.
Three weeks before the U.S. elections, the caravan was bound to draw Trump's ire. But he did not follow through on a similar threat to cut aid to Honduras in April over an earlier caravan, which eventually petered out in Mexico.
'Political groups' blamed
On Tuesday, Honduras' president accused unnamed "political groups'' of organizing the caravan based on lies in order to cause problems in Honduras.
"There are sectors that want to destabilize the country, but we will be decisive and we will not allow it,'' Hernandez told reporters.
Earlier, the Foreign Ministry alleged that people had been lured to join the migration with "false promises'' of a transit visa through Mexico and the opportunity to seek asylum in the United States.
In a joint statement Wednesday, Mexico's Foreign Relations and Interior departments said that anyone in the caravan with travel documents and a proper visa would be allowed to enter, and that anyone who wanted to apply for refugee status could do so.
But the statement said all cases must be processed individually, suggesting that authorities have no intention of letting the migrants simply cross the border en masse without going through standard immigration procedures.
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Directions: UIW seniors who would like to take MBA/MSA graduate courses in the last two semesters of undergrad must meet the following:
• Have a GPA of 3.0 or above
• Students must apply and be admitted into a graduate program at UIW before they are eligible to enroll in graduate courses as an undergraduate student.
• The graduate application entry term must be the semester AFTER graduation.
• Students may not take more than 6 semester hours of courses for graduate credit while registered as a senior.
• Students can enroll in graduate courses during the final two semesters of their undergraduate program.
• Graduate course hours will not be counted toward the baccalaureate degree.
• Students receiving financial aid should check with the Office of Financial Aid before registering for graduate courses as this may impact their financial aid status.
• In order to qualify for banded tuition, students must be enrolled in at least 12 hours of undergraduate courses during the semester(s) in which they enroll in graduate courses. Students may choose to take all six banded tuition graduate hours during their final undergraduate semester, or they have the option to take three graduate hours during each of their final two undergraduate semesters.In either scenario, students must be enrolled in at least 12 hours of undergraduate courses during the semester(s) in which they choose to also enroll in graduate courses.
• Banded tuition does not apply if a student is not enrolled in at least 12 undergraduate hours in addition to any graduate hours taken during an undergraduate semester.
• The student must submit this form to secure the approval signatures.
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A New Year's Message From The Newsroom
I don’t have to tell you what kind of a year it’s been.
You’ve seen fake news articles spread faster than real news. You’ve watched facts sometimes lose their meaning, dwarfed by sensational soundbites and outright lies. You’ve seen an indifference to the truth.
We feel it too. And our team at KyCIR continues to work harder and harder to produce honest, independent investigative journalism.
Because of your support this year, we've been able to fight for transparency, hold the powerful accountable, prompt reforms and shed light in dark, opaque corners of the commonwealth. We’ve collaborated with other news outlets and reached new audiences through Kentucky and beyond.
In 2017, we are absolutely committed to take our mission to new heights.
We thank you, our readers and listeners. We thank our donors who help make this newsroom possible. And we thank the sources, tipsters and citizens who care greatly about accountability, transparency and the future of Kentucky. | <urn:uuid:ff0542cc-352f-4df9-a842-8ae1b39be690> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.lpm.org/investigate/2016-12-30/a-new-years-message-from-the-newsroom | 2024-03-05T04:56:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707948217723.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20240305024700-20240305054700-00290.warc.gz | en | 0.898344 | 221 | [
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Oct 16, 2013, 7:53 PM EST
Carl Crawford hit a total of six homers in 435 at-bats in his first year with the Dodgers. On Wednesday, he hit his fourth in 39 postseason at-bats.
It was supposed to be Hanley Ramirez and Yasiel Puig supplying the Dodgers with most of their power this month, but while Ramirez came up big in the NLDS, it’s been Gonzalez, Crawford and Juan Uribe combining for nine of their 11 homers overall. Ramirez hit his lone bomb in Game 2 against the Braves. A.J. Ellis hit the remaining homer in today’s Game 5.
Crawford is the bigger surprise. Of his six homers on the season, four game in April. He hit one in his final 328 regular-season at-bats. But Crawford had shown power in the postseason before, hitting two homers for the Rays in the World Series loss to the Phillies in 2008. Overall, he has seven homers in 122 postseason at-bats, or one every 17.4 at-bats. In the regular season, he’s hit a total of 124 homers in 6,050 at-bats, or one every 48.8 at-bats.
Both Gonzalez and Crawford were, of course, picked up from the Red Sox in last summer’s megadeal, with the Dodgers also getting Josh Beckett and Nick Punto in return for salary relief and prospects. It will be the go-to narrative if the Dodgers and Red Sox happen to advance to the World Series from here. The Red Sox have no one they acquired in the trade on their postseason roster, but they used all that freed up cash to sign free agents like Mike Napoli, Shane Victorino, Stephen Drew and Jonny Gomes . The Dodgers didn’t get outstanding seasons from either Gonzalez or Crawford, but both were solid enough and they’re making a bigger impact now. Neither team has any regrets at this point.
Jan 30, 2015, 7:23 AM EST
I’ve heard of teams insulting players after they left, but never at their introductory press conference.
Jan 29, 2015, 10:50 PM EST
High-spending teams like the Yankees and Red Sox are among the favorites to sign Cuban infielder Yoan Moncada, but the Rays are also interested even if it’s fair to call them a long shot.
Jan 29, 2015, 9:21 PM EST
Beachy is currently 10 months removed from the second Tommy John surgery of his career.
Jan 29, 2015, 8:02 PM EST
Cotts compiled a 2.84 ERA in 131 appearances with the Rangers over the past two seasons.
Jan 29, 2015, 7:04 PM EST
Billingsley hasn’t pitched in the majors since undergoing Tommy John surgery in April of 2013.
Jan 29, 2015, 6:45 PM EST
Add another name to the list of fifth starter candidates for the Braves.
Jan 29, 2015, 5:42 PM EST
Nava requested $2.25 million and the Red Sox countered at $1.3 million.
Jan 29, 2015, 3:30 PM EST
I guess it’s better than snakes. Or wasps.
Jan 29, 2015, 3:15 PM EST
Santiago spent last season with the Reds, hitting .246 with a .667 OPS in 75 games.
Jan 29, 2015, 2:31 PM EST
Belisario was awful for the White Sox last season, allowing 46 runs in 66 innings.
Jan 29, 2015, 2:04 PM EST
This is funny. But also insightful.
Jan 29, 2015, 1:00 PM EST
Does this man look like he’d be a friend of a guy like Pete Carroll? Welp, he is.
Jan 29, 2015, 12:45 PM EST
He’ll work with union chief Tony Clark.
Jan 29, 2015, 12:30 PM EST
We can, from now and forever, refer to Werth as the “The Nationals’ ex-con right fielder.”
Jan 29, 2015, 11:30 AM EST
Brad Pitt was too young to portray him, though. Maybe Kevin Kline could’ve?
Jan 29, 2015, 11:22 AM EST
Good luck, Devin.
Jan 29, 2015, 10:39 AM EST
Kris Bryant of the Cubs tops the list.
Jan 29, 2015, 10:15 AM EST
Francisco Rodriguez? Rafael Soriano?
Jan 29, 2015, 10:01 AM EST
He’s gonna get big pushback from the LOOGY union, but is the idea a good one?
Jan 29, 2015, 9:09 AM EST
Baseball should never fear innovation. But not all new rules are, by definition, innovation.
- Jayson Werth to serve five days in jail for reckless driving 43
- Keith Law’s top 100 prospects list is out 37
- Great Moments in Media Arrogance: Marshawn Lynch edition 168
- Nationals sign former Blue Jays closer Casey Janssen 11
- Ichiro Suzuki’s deal with the Marlins is worth $2 million 34
- Orioles acquire outfielder Travis Snider from Pirates 37
- Not so fast on the Bud Selig Hall of Fame talk 50
- Blue Jays sign president and CEO Paul Beeston to extension through 2015 26
- Great Moments in Media Arrogance: Marshawn Lynch edition (168)
- Rob Manfred, new Major League Baseball commissioner, suggests ban on defensive shifts (118)
- Why “Deflategate” would never happen in baseball (96)
- The Yankees are going to try to get out of paying A-Rod his contract incentives (83)
- The 2015 Braves have “gravitas” and “veteran leadership” and will have dirty uniforms. Just kill me now. (76) | <urn:uuid:c991760a-301f-405d-8710-bd576e6cbc45> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/16/adrian-gonzalez-carl-crawford-providing-the-pop-for-dodgers/related/ | 2015-01-30T13:23:13Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115855561.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161055-00138-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930095 | 1,253 | [
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Muppets 'Green Album': OK Go, Muppets team for video
It makes sense that OK Go and the Muppets have teamed up to create a sure-to-become a multimillion-view video remix of the classic "Muppet Show" theme song for the just-released "The Green Album." Both the band and the Muppets (or at least their handlers) are master practitioners of the viral video.
The redone theme is the first track off "The Green Album," a multi-band tribute to the Muppets, with songs from Weezer, My Morning Jacket, Alkaline Trio and others.
The video features all the members of OK Go and darn near all the Muppets. But whose video is it, exactly? As you can see by the "Inception"-like ending, we may never know.
We can surely expect more as the drumbeat grows louder for the Muppets' return to the big screen on Nov. 23.
-- Patrick Kevin Day
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Significance and Use
The aromatic hydrocarbon content of motor diesel fuels is a factor that can affect their cetane number and exhaust emissions. The aromatic hydrocarbon content and the naphthalenes content of aviation turbine fuels affect their combustion characteristics and smoke-forming tendencies. These properties represent specifications for aviation turbine fuels (see Specification D 1655
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) regulates the aromatic content of diesel fuels. California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations place limits on the total aromatics content and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon content of motor diesel fuel, thus requiring an appropriate analytical determination to ensure compliance with the regulations. Producers of diesel fuels will require similar determinations for process and quality control. This test method can be used to make such determinations.
This test method is applicable to materials in the boiling range of motor diesel fuels and is unaffected by fuel coloration. Test Method D 1319
Results obtained by this test method have been shown to be statistically more precise than those obtained from Test Method D 1319
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the total amounts of monoaromatic and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon compounds in motor diesel fuels, aviation turbine fuels, and blend stocks by supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC). The range of aromatics concentration to which this test method is applicable is from 1 to 75 mass %. The range of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations to which this test method is applicable is from 0.5 to 50 mass %.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. The values stated in inch-pound units are for information only.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
D1319 Test Method for Hydrocarbon Types in Liquid Petroleum Products by Fluorescent Indicator Adsorption
D1655 Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuels
D2425 Test Method for Hydrocarbon Types in Middle Distillates by Mass Spectrometry
D6299 Practice for Applying Statistical Quality Assurance and Control Charting Techniques to Evaluate Analytical Measurement System Performance
ICS Number Code 75.160.20 (Liquid fuels)
UNSPSC Code 15101505(Diesel fuel); 15101504(Aviation fuel)
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Update Aug.30, 2012
The cat is out of the bag. There is a 0-day out there currently being used in targeted attacks. The number of these attacks has been relatively low, but it is likely to increase due to the fact that this is a fast and reliable exploit that can be used in drive-by attacks and all kinds of links in emails. Interestingly, Mark Wuergler mentioned on August 10 that VulnDisco SA CANVAS exploit pack now has a new Java 0-day. It makes you wonder if it is the same exploit that leaked from, or was found in the wild and then added to the CANVAS pack. Or if it is totally unrelated and there are two 0-day exploits now.
The purpose of this post is not to provide the vulnerability analysis or samples, but to offer additional information that may help prevent infections on some targeted networks. We all know what kind of damage Java vulnerabilities can cause if used in drive by exploits or in exploit packs. We believe that revealing technical vulnerability details in the form of a detailed technical analysis before the patch is dangerous, and releasing working exploits before the patch is vain and irresponsible.
The Oracle patch cycle is 4 months (middle of February, June, October) with bugfixes 2 months after the patch. The next patch day is October 16 - almost two months away. Oracle almost never issue out-of-cycle patches but hopefully they will do consider it serious enough to do it this time.
We have been in contact with Michael Schierl, the Java expert who discovered a number of Java vulnerabilities, including recent the Java Rhino CVE-2011-3544 / ZDI-11-305 and CVE-2012-1723. We asked him to have a look at this last exploit . Michael sent his detailed analysis, which we will publish in the nearest future and a patch , which we offer on a per request basis today.
At this point the patch is by request is not to preserve the code but limit it to IT administrators and developers who can test and decide if they want to deploy. We do not want to push/offer it to 3 billion end Java users, it wasn't tested in all the possible scenarios and systems.
Atif Mushtaq from FireEye covered the payload part of the exploit, which is helpful and something to look out for if you are protecting your network or your customers. We should note that attackers are not limited to .net addresses and already used other domains and IP addresses.
The malicious executable name varies and it the future may get replaced by any kind of payload. At this point, it appears to be Poison Ivy RAT variant that is likely to be detected by many antivirus vendors.
More about Poison Ivy
Alienvault Nmap Script to detect Poison Ivy Clients
Will Brown: Detecting Poison Ivy
Details about the exploited vulnerability, mitigation factors and tips.
2. This vulnerability affects Java 7 (1.7) Update 0 to 6. Does NOT affect Java 6 and below.
3. It works in all common browsers
3. It does not crash browsers (which does NOT mean it does not work!), the landing page looks like a blank page (for the original exploit only. Future variants may be different), sometimes one may see a flash of a rotating Java logo and the word "Loading"
6. If the exploit is successful, it downloads and executes a malicious binary, which calls to another IP address/domain hello.icon.pk / 188.8.131.52
8. Disable Java in your browser, apply the patch (see below), or
Malware behavior and indicators
Payload: : hi.exe Size: 16896
MD5: 4A55BF1448262BF71707EEF7FC168F7D (Virustotal 26/42)
- Legitimate Portable Media Serial Number Service MsPMSNSv.dll is deleted from C\WINDOWS\system32 (Virustotal 0/42)
- Malicious mspmsnsv.dll is copied to C\WINDOWS\system32 (Virustotal 21/42)
- "Portable Media Serial Number Service" (WmdmPmSN in the registry) is running.
The vulnerability has been patched today. Please see the note on the top of the post.
Java 7 Zero Day Buster
by Michael 'mihi' Schierl, <schierlm at gmx.de>, http://schierlm.users.sourceforge.net/
To use, locate the (jre/)lib/security folder in your JDK/JRE (there should be a
file called cacerts in it), create a folder (jre/)lib/endorsed next to it and
place this Jar inside it.
The Java VM will load all Jar files in this folder and replace any of its own runtime classes (from rt.jar) by .class files inside of these Jars. Note that this feature is not officially supported by Sun/Oracle except for updating XML parser libraries, but it seems to work.
Use this Jar only for Java 7 Update 0 to 6, as other versions may have a different version of the patched class and break horribly. The patch seems to properly block the access vector used by the 0-day circulating at the moment, but I take no responsibility that it fixes all ways this bug can be exploited, nor that it will not break any other existing Java programs.
In other words, create a folder under lib in your Java 7 program folder, name it endorsed, copy the patch jar in it and restart the browser(s).
Interim patch results
|Patched Java 7 with Internet Explorer. No malicious exe download.|
|Patched Java 7 with Firefox. No malicious exe download.|
|Java permission request on Chrome|
|Win XP sshot. No malicious exe download on Chrome (tested on XP and Windows 7)|
Rapid7 / Metasploit indicate that they tested their module on Chrome on Windows XP. In our experience, if Java is allowed to run like you see on the picture above, the malicious binary does not get downloaded. We tested several times with the same results - Java runs but no contact with the second server and binary download. Testing on the same VM with Internet Explorer or Firefox immediately causes infection. Don't know, maybe Rapid 7 'improved' the exploit and you can send them your thanks if you wish, but the original exploit does not work on Chrome.
Requesting the patch:
This is not an official patch and had limited testing. In general, it is best to disable Java in your browser
If you are in the environment where you must have Java with Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera, email us at admin <at> deependresearch.org from your company address with a brief explanation of the planned use and we will send you the download link.
If you are in the exploit making business,'whitehat' or not, please do not bother.
If you are a home user and/or do not need use it to protect users, customers, and networks, please use the workarounds.
Feel free to contact Oracle and ask them about their patch cycles. You can also contact Rapid 7 and ask if they ever heard of "Social responsibility" .
We want to thank Michael 'mihi' Schierl for his analysis and patch development and anonymous for the sample donation.
CLICK HERE TO SEE IF YOU ARE VULNERABLE (Zscaler)
The Zscaler tool checks the version of Java used by your browser. If it is below 1.7_7, you need to update it from Java.com. If it is 1.7_ 7 already, you are safe (for now). As of Aug 31, 2012, the Zscaler checker prints "vulnerable for 0-day" for a ALL versions above 1.6, they just need to update the tool. In reality, if you have the latest version of Java, you are not vulnerable to this exploit.
In general, you don't need Java plug-ins in browser, best to keep it turned off. You can still use Java desktop apps.
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Penn and NorthWood high schools will each have several teams competing at the Indiana Academic Super Bowl State Finals May 4 at Purdue University.
Both schools had teams qualify to go to state in area contests held April 16.
Penn had teams qualify for state in the science, social studies, math, English and interdisciplinary divisions, all in class 1. NorthWood, in class 2, had teams qualify in science, fine arts, social studies, math and interdisciplinary divisions.
Through Indiana Academic Super Bowl contests, teams of students compete with other schools by answering questions about a particular era, this year ancient Greece. Topics within the era include English, science, social studies, mathematics and interdisciplinary rounds. The senior division also includes a fine arts round.
Area contests for junior division teams, those in middle school, will be April 27.
Junior division state winners are chosen through the area contests.
Local junior high and middle schools with junior division teams are Bethany Christian Middle School, Concord, Fairfield, Elkhart Christian Academy, Goshen, Jimtown, North Side, Northridge, Pierre Moran, Schmucker, Grissom and West Side, according to the website for Indiana Association of School Principals, which organizes the program.
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Aldi is your friend in the UK.
Eggs are just over £2 for 15 free range
Mince beef is under £3 for 800g (that is a frickin huge pack)
Frozen chicken protions are less than £2 for a kilo IIRC.
The fruit and veg is cheap, as are the nut and ground almonds.
We are self employed, earing bugger all so living on Working Tax Credit and Child tax credit and paying a mortgage out if it (we'd be far better off on the dole in a rented house) we make do for a family of 5, and I eat a lot, on about £100 a week, sometimes less if I get to the local co-op when the meat is marked down, then we get more of a variety, we even had lamb mince and a whole duck (£4) last week
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RF Shorts - May 27, 2010
• The Los Angeles Times reported
GPS is getting an $8 billion upgrade
. "The new system is designed to pinpoint someone's location within an arm's length, compared with a margin of error of 20 feet or more today. The new satellites will also triple the amount of signals available for commercial use and will have atomic clocks that are even more precise--keeping time to a fraction of a billionth of a second."
•The New York Times says
TV Antennas Send Wrong Signal to Buyers
"When it comes to real estate values, agents say, antennas can detract from curb appeal and signal to buyers that the rest of the property is potentially a wreck." Author Dana Jennings added, "To be fair, there are still working antennas out there, just as there are still a few working water-powered sawmills. There are simply some people who want their TV free--no cable or even Netflix for them--and they're not going to surrender their antennas."
• Ars Technica talks about the failure of local radio stations to provide emergency information to Minot residents more than eight years ago in
Clear Channel still haunted by Minot toxic spill disaster
Author Matthew Lasar, after detailing the breakdown in communications between local authorities and the local Clear Channel radio stations, urged broadcasters to be prepared for such emergencies.
"Here at the San Francisco chapter of the Ars Orbiting HQ, we're waiting for our next major earthquake," said Lasar. "On that fateful day, our Internet won't be worth much if our local ISPs go down. Our smartphones won't help if carrier networks overload or their transmitter towers run out of back-up power. Ditto for cable TV, electricity-wise. So chances are that when the Big One comes, we'll drop our fancy mobiles, get in our cars, and fire up our AM radios. Here's hoping that six months later we won't be following debates about why we heard nothing but Rush Limbaugh and adult contemporary pop."
• Last week the FCC released a
Report and Order and Second Report and Order (FCC 10-82)
authorizing the use of WCS spectrum adjacent to the Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS) spectrum used by Sirius XM Radio. My previous articles dealt primarily with concerns about interference from WCS mobile wireless broadband to satellite radio, but the Orders provide some benefits for SDARS, including the establishing a blanket licensing regime for repeaters operating up to 12 kW average EIRP. That will eliminate the need for Sirius XM Radio to request special temporary authority for their different repeaters every six months.
• WDCA television has a posted a
story with video
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South Bound Brook is a city in Somerset county, NJ with a population of 4,843.
66542 is a zipcode in Tecumseh, KS with a population of 1,333.
Some of the data listed here may be outdated, please check out South Bound Brook local info
and 66542 local info
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This information is for reference purposes only. It was current when produced and may now be outdated. Archive material is no longer maintained, and some links may not work. Persons with disabilities having difficulty accessing this information should contact us at: https://info.ahrq.gov. Let us know the nature of the problem, the Web address of what you want, and your contact information.
Please go to www.ahrq.gov for current information.
Implementation: the final frontier of preventive medicine
The experiences of the first and second USPSTF, as well as that of other evidence-based guideline efforts, have highlighted the importance of identifying effective ways to implement clinical recommendations. Practice guidelines are relatively weak tools for changing clinical practice when used in isolation (29,30). To effect change, guidelines must be coupled with strategies to improve their acceptance and feasibility. Such strategies include enlisting the support of local opinion leaders, using reminder systems for clinicians and patients (31), adopting standing orders, and audit and feedback of information to clinicians about their compliance with recommended practice (30).
In the case of preventive services guidelines, implementation needs to go beyond traditional dissemination and promotion efforts to recognize the added patient and clinician barriers that affect preventive care. These include clinicians' ambivalence about whether preventive medicine is part of their job, the psychological and practical challenges that patients face in changing behaviors, lack of access to health care or of insurance coverage for preventive services for some patients, competing pressures within the context of shorter office visits, and the lack of organized systems in most practices to ensure the delivery of recommended preventive care (32,33).
Failure to deal adequately with these challenges is a likely explanation for continuing gaps between USPSTF recommendations and clinical practice. Studies suggest that primary care physicians have variable but generally low awareness of and compliance with USPSTF guidelines (34,35,36). USPSTF recommendations have also had less influence on prevention-related legislation and policy than the highly visible efforts of advocacy groups (37). Under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress added several preventive services under Medicare, but only one of these (colorectal cancer screening) was recommended for routine use by the Task Force (38). Similarly, a recent survey of state legislation regarding cancer screening (39) shows many more examples of state-mandated coverage of prostate cancer screening (not recommended by the USPSTF) than of colorectal cancer screening. A recent Institute of Medicine report acknowledged these issues when it recommended a more objective and systematic approach to expanding Medicare coverage of preventive services recommended by the USPSTF (38). While the USPSTF and AHRQ will work to make their products more relevant to policymakers, these examples also illustrate that factors other than scientific evidence continue to shape policies in both the public and private sectors.
Neither the resources nor the composition of the USPSTF equip it to address these numerous implementation challenges, but a number of related efforts seek to increase the impact of future USPSTF reports. The USPSTF convened representatives from the various audiences for the Guide—clinicians, consumers, and policymakers from health plans, national organizations and Congressional staff—about how to modify the content and format of its products to address their needs. With funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the USPSTF and Community Guide Task Force conducted an audience analysis to further explore implementation needs. The Put Prevention Into Practice (28,40) initiative at AHRQ has developed office tools such as patient booklets, posters, handheld patient mini-records, and a new implementation guide for state health departments and clinical settings (41).
Dissemination strategies have also changed dramatically in this age of electronic information. While recognizing the continuing value of journals and other print formats for dissemination, AHRQ will make all USPSTF products available through its Web site. The combination of electronic access and extensive material in the public domain should make it easier for a broad audience of users to access USPSTF materials and adapt them for their local needs. Online access to USPSTF products also opens up new possibilities for the appearance of the third edition of the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services. Freed from having to serve as the primary repository for all USPSTF work, the next Guide may be much slimmer than the almost 1,000 pages of the second edition.
National efforts such as the USPSTF face inherent limitations in trying to influence practice in individual physicians' offices. To be successful, approaches for implementing prevention have to be tailored to the local level and deal with the specific barriers at a given site, typically requiring the redesign of systems of care. Such a systems approach to prevention has had notable success in established staff-model health maintenance organizations, by addressing organization of care, emphasizing a philosophy of prevention, and altering the training and incentives for clinicians (42). Staff-model plans also benefit from integrated information systems that can track the use of needed services and generate automatic reminders aimed at patients and clinicians, some of the most consistently successful interventions (31,43). Information systems remain a major challenge for individual clinicians' offices, however, as well as for looser affiliations of practices in network-model managed care and independent practice associations, where data on patient visits, referrals and test results are not always centralized.
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The USPSTF faces continuing challenges in its attempts to distill evidence and produce clinical recommendations (go to the accompanying article on USPSTF methods) (44). Increasing explicitness of USPSTF methods cannot completely remove the subjective element involved in making recommendations based on inferences from imperfect evidence on complex issues. Nonetheless, the USPSTF continues to adhere to the general principle that it is appropriate to set a high standard of evidence for preventive care. Premature promotion of services that may be ineffective not only wastes time and money, but could also harm healthy patients, divert attention from more important issues, and undermine efforts to determine what really works.
Over time, the principal question of interest to the USPSTF in the past—Does the preventive service work?—has matured into more sophisticated questions about the magnitude of benefit, the trade-off between benefits and harms, and the influence of individual preferences on those trade-offs. The Task Force is developing principles for incorporating "shared decision making" into recommendations involving important trade-offs (e.g., tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer, which carries potential benefits and risks), as discussed below. As detailed in the article about methods, setting the threshold for what constitutes good evidence remains a formidable challenge.
There are inevitable tensions in translating conclusions about the evidence into recommendations that may be widely applied by clinicians in a variety of settings. One approach is simply to describe the quality of the supporting evidence for specific outcomes, leaving it to others to translate that into recommendations appropriate to their practices. This approach recognizes that decision-makers—whether clinicians, legislators, payers, or patients—confront different constraints and priorities in their individual settings. Conversely, blanket recommendations offer clearer guidance but impose the value judgments of the committee and give little account to other determinants of appropriateness (expert opinion, prior experience, standards of care, costs, resources, patient expectations, available services, insurance coverage, medical-legal liability, and ethics). Feedback from a variety of users has clearly indicated a desire for explicit recommendations from the USPSTF, but the group will continue to struggle with its dual duties to describe the evidence and advise on practice policy.
An important challenge is what position to take for the many services reviewed by the USPSTF when available evidence is inadequate to assess the net benefits or harms. Some say the USPSTF should take a neutral position and offer no advice until better evidence becomes available. Others say it should be more permissive, offering such services as "clinical options," especially if the potential harms or costs are minimal. Doing so recognizes that science is only one consideration in judging appropriateness and that clinicians cannot always await better data to make a decision. Some argue the opposite: In an era in which preventive services of proven benefit are not delivered because of limited time and resources, the USPSTF should actively recommend against use of interventions that have not been adequately studied.
For a growing number of preventive services, available data are sufficiently robust to quantify the magnitude of benefits and harms for specific population groups, but this precision gives rise to difficult ethical questions about trade-offs (45). If a preventive service poses potential benefits and harms, some would recommend that the USPSTF avoid making any generic recommendations and instead uniformly advocate shared decision making, in which the clinician reviews the trade-offs with patients and helps them decide for themselves based on personal preferences. This approach, however, may be impractical and ethically unnecessary except for "close calls" in which judgments about whether benefits outweigh harms fluctuate dramatically based on personal preferences. Even in those cases, a large proportion of patients expects the clinician to give advice (46). Perhaps the USPSTF has a duty to proffer what that advice should be.
When the original USPSTF was established in 1984, it received explicit instructions not to consider the economic costs of preventive services. Recommending against an effective service because of its cost was considered unpalatable, econometric methods were immature, and controversy over costs could distract attention from more fundamental questions of effectiveness. Although modern methods of cost-effectiveness analysis still need refinement, it is now much more acceptable (in theory, at least) to consider costs in health policy. Here too, however, the role of the USPSTF continues to evolve. At present, the Task Force is reviewing published cost-effectiveness studies and subjecting them to critical appraisal according to accepted criteria, but there is interest in conducting its own analyses when published data fail to address questions of interest. Furthermore, questions of when and how the USPSTF might alter recommendations based on cost effectiveness are not resolved. If economic considerations will influence recommendations, what threshold of cost effectiveness or cost utility is considered acceptable? These issues are explored more fully in the accompanying article on cost effectiveness (47).
Finally, for the services the USPSTF does recommend, it is clear that clinicians, health care systems, and payers cannot implement everything at once. For priorities to be set in an evidence-based manner, the USPSTF sees the need for providing users with quantitative information about the relative benefits to individuals and populations. This would require converting the outcomes of preventive services to a common metric, such as quality-adjusted life-years, so that interventions that reduce morbidity or mortality can be compared on a level playing field. Although the USPSTF has decided to include outcomes tables in its reviews with the primary data on which such calculations would be based, views differ on whether it should undertake the additional role of ranking the relative priority of preventive services. The Partnership for Prevention convened a panel to develop methods for prioritizing services. The rankings of the services recommended in 1996 by the second USPSTF are expected to be published in 2001 (48).
The approach the USPSTF is currently taking in dealing with these issues is addressed more fully in the articles that follow. The details of this process, however, flow from fundamental philosophical choices about the roles and responsibilities outlined above, which will remain matters of discussion, debate, and learning for years. As the USPSTF makes adjustments in its sense of purpose to better serve the needs of patients and providers, its methods and procedures can be expected to develop accordingly.
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Share your 6 week experience....(dont hold back)
I'm still in week 6! I got sick one time at the end of week five, but nothing since. My breasts feel bruised, I'm having cramps a few times a day. I'm tired all the time. I cry almost every day, and I have no interest at all in seeing anyone or talking to anyone or doing anything that requires me to leave the house. (Of course, we haven't told many people yet, and I'm sort of afraid to, in case things don't end well - I lost my first pregnancy to mc almost 2 years ago - so I think that explains part of my anti-social feelings.) Oh, and I have to get up two or three times a night to pee.
Fingers crossed for all of us!
CDing, EBFing, ROTF, LOLing. Seriously, though, I'm way crunchy. Unless there's an easier way.
I'm 6 weeks and 5 days, and I have tender breasts, nausea, and a LOT of fatigue, and I get cramps on occassion as well. I think its all normal, and I have been reading up on what i should be experiencing and as long as your cramps arent really really painful u should be fine. Just take it easy, get plenty of rest and let ur significant other take lots of care of u and take care of house hold chores and shopping etc.
I also sometimes dont feel like socializing, mainly with my husbands parents only bc we haven't had the best relationship until this year. I am usually to tired to hang out with friends like I use to and would rather sit at home, eat and watch tv or movies. :)
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I'm really scared about losing this one, as I read about it happening to so many women. Every time I have a symptom, its almist like I'm grateful cause it tells me my fishie is still there.
We see the Dr for the first time on Friday... just a consult, as this is the first time seeing this Dr. I guess well schedule the first prenatal appt for the u/s then.
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I am extremely tired, hungry, have tender boobs, but the worst is the headaches that come every afternnoon/evening. Still oh so worth it! This is my first baby!
i am exactly 6 weeks today too :) i have the sharp like pains every now and then and from what my doctor says, they are normal.. its just your uterus stretching to make room for the baby, he explains it to be like an elastic and sometimes it kind of pulls back a bit, which causes the sharp pain.. only be worried if there is blood accompanied by really bad pains, and seek medical attention.
I've had nausea for the past few days yesterday was the worst so far, my whole body ached and i just wanted to sleep. I was a little anxious to make it to today.. as last november i miscarried at exactly 6 weeks, and also today was the due date of that baby.. kind of weird how it turned out..
We just have to stay positive though, GL to everyone and a happy and healthy 9 months! :)
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6w5d here! This morning I thought I was 6w3d but the doc bumped me up a couple days. Baby #2. We had been trying since last Oct/Nov to get pregnant. I ended up with my doc getting me to get a full pelvic ultrasound at the beginning of june and I finally got a positive test 2 days after the US. I still saw the specialist and he informed me that I have a perfect uterus so that makes me happy. lol
So far I have been a little crabby. Tired. I have only told one friend which I was in trouble for telling. lol. So I really enjoy being able to talk about it all with you ladies because as great as DH is, he really doesn't want to know any of the "gross" stuff. lol
Eggs taste like chinese food to me. I am only into fresh veggies and salty things. I don't have a huge appetite right now and today was my first moment of "what the heck have we got ourselves into" when i was at the Doc's and saw a brand new baby. lol. It can definitely seem overwhelming even though it was planned. A new adjustment - but a great adjustment. :)
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CANYON, Texas — Junior guard Devon Branch, returning after missing four games with a knee injury, scored 27 points to lift Pittsburg State past Eastern New Mexico University’s men 86-84 on Friday in West Texas A&M’s Thanksgiving Classic.
The Greyhounds, who trailed by as many as 10 points in the second half and by eight with one minute and 22 seconds to go, had a chance to win the game in the final seconds.
After Rodney Blackmon made a pair of free throws to cut Pittsburg State’s lead to 85-84 with three seconds left, ENMU forced a turnover on the inbounds play with three seconds left. But Phil Henry was called to an offensive foul as the Hounds were inbounding, and the Gorillas escaped with the win.
For ENMU (2-3), Blackmon and fellow senior guards Rafael Love and Devone Davis combined for 64 points, with Blackmon scoring 24 and Love and Davis 20 apiece.
Junior guard Sam Pugh finished with a double-double for the Gorillas (3-2), scoring 22 points and grabbing 11 rebounds, while sophomore guard Jake Bullard did likewise with 15 points and a career-best 10 assists.
Pitt State shot 61 percent from the field (28-of-46) and made 8-of-13 3-pointers, allowing it to overcome 21 turnovers.
The Greyhounds played without senior forward Cornelius Cammock and sophomore forward Lawrence Domingo. Cammock was suspended for both games this weekend and Domingo for Friday’s game — he will be back in today’s 1:30 p.m. (MST) matchup against Southwestern Oklahoma — for their parts in Monday’s postgame melee with Lubbock Christian at The Rock in Clovis.
Pitt State put together a 15-3 run for a 17-8 lead just over eight minutes into the contest. The Hounds, though, grabbed a one-point lead with an 11-2 run late in the half before the Gorillas went up 38-35 at the intermission.
A layup by Davis gave ENMU a 42-41 lead with less than 17 minutes left. After Pitt State scored six consecutive points, Blackmon knocked down three consecutive 3-pointers and Love had five points in a 14-8 run over 2 1/2 minutes to put ENMU in front again 56-55 with 13 minutes to go.
Pitt State countered with a 17-6 surge to open a 72-62 advantage before the Hounds mounted their late comeback.
Second-half comebacks have been a trend this season for the Greyhounds. ENMU made big runs to end a pair of games against Lubbock Christian, one which they won and Monday’s game in which they tied the game late only to see the Chaps’ hit a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer.
A Hounds’ rally in their season-opener against Missouri Southern State also came came up short, 68-65.
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The local Jerusalem council has approved this morning (Wednesday) the construction of 40 new apartments in Pisgat Ze’ev, and 146 in Har Homa Gimel.
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These days the work on analyzing the figures of the 2013 population census is being concluded, and once again the Jewish Settler communities are showing a resounding increase, according to Srugim. Based on these figures, 2013 has seen a 4.3 percent population growth in Judea, Samaria and the Jordan valley.
As of last December (which means the real figures for today are even higher), the Jewish settler population in Judea and Samaria is about 375,000, with an addition of some 15,400 new residents. The Judea and Samaria annual growth rate is more than twice the average in Israel west of the 1949 armistice line—aka the green line—which is 1.9.
The greatest growth was registered in 2013, same as in 2012, in the smaller communal settlements, some of which are in very remote locations, away from the population clusters of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. A source in the Yesha Council has suggested that this shows that the settlement movement is still being motivated mostly by ideology. But it could also mean that their cable TV and Internet service is not as reliable, which leaves young locals with more free time.
Settlements with the highest growth rates in 2013 were: Etz Ephraim (Samaria) with 41%, Har Gilo (Gush Etzion) 33.4%, Maskiot (Jordan Valley) 25%, Rotem (JV) 19.1%, Adora (Mt. Hebron) 15.9%, Yitav (JV) 12.5%, and Nachliel (Benjamin) 10.2%.
Settlements with the most significant population growth in 2013 were Mosiin Ilit—3,376 new residents, Beitar Ilit—2,703, Givat Zeev—970, Maale Adumim—487, Oranit-486, Etz Ephraim—367, Har Gilo—315, Tkoa—261, Shilo—253, Kochav Yaakov-250, and Geva Binyamin with 210 new residents.
The overall growth figures for 2013—4.3%, actually represent a small drop compared with 2012, which was 4.8%.
Sources in Yesha Council happily point out that these amazing growth rates have been achieved despite the delays and freezes in construction bids and land-use planning, and despite higher real estate prices across Judea and Samaria due to the diminishing available stocks.
Yesha Council Chairman Avi Roeh told Srugim: “Our area has become very attractive to young couples, and demand supercedes supply. This can also be seen in the growth of the number of students in the schools.”
Roeh added: “We’re working on developing old and new settlements and increasing the number of educational institutions across Yesha. It’s our way of supporting the State of Israel by raising the housing supply and bringing down apartment costs for young couples.”
The Defense Ministry announced Monday it already has approved the planning stage for new homes already announced for construction in Judea and Samaria.
The reporting by run-of-the-mill media of every announcement and step in the bureaucratic procedure for new homes in Judea and Samaria gives the impression that Israelis building double or triple the actual amount.
It also gives Peace Now another opportunity to condemn the construction, as it did Monday by stating, “This is yet another move that threatens to derail the peace process.” That is more or less the same thing it said a couple of weeks ago when the government said it will build the homes.
It takes anywhere from three to seven years for a house to completed in Israel following an initial policy announcement, which is followed by a series of steps that require approval by public servants, who otherwise would be unemployed.
Originally published at Gatestone Institute.
The Reykjavík City Council has approved a building permit for the construction of the first mosque in Iceland.
The mosque will be built in Sogamýri, an upscale district near downtown Reykjavík on a highly desirable plot of land that was granted to Muslims free of charge, courtesy of Icelandic taxpayers.
Members of the city council — which is led by Reykjavík Mayor Jón Gnarr, who identifies himself as an anarchist — say they hope the prime location will make the mosque a prominent landmark in the city.
Critics of the mosque, however, say the project is being financed by donors in the Middle East who are seeking to exert control over — and radicalize — the growing Muslim community in Iceland.
Although reliable statistics do not exist, the Muslim population of Iceland is estimated to be approximately 1,200, or 0.4% of the total Icelandic population of 320,000. Most Muslims in Iceland live in the capital Reykjavík, where they make up about 1% of the total population of 120,000.
The Muslim community in Iceland may be small in comparison to other European countries, but its rate of growth has been exponential: Since 1990, when there were fewer than a dozen Muslims in the country, their number has increased by nearly 10,000%. Much of this growth has been due to immigration, but in recent years native Icelanders have also been converting to Islam in increasing numbers.
Currently there are two main Muslim groups in Iceland: the Muslim Association of Iceland, which has around 500 members, and the Islamic Cultural Center of Iceland, which has some 300 followers. The former group is run by Salmann Tamimi, a Palestinian immigrant who considers himself to be the voice of moderate Islam in Iceland; the latter group is run by Ahmad Seddeq, a firebrand preacher from Pakistan whose activities are allegedly being financed by Saudi Arabia.
Although both groups pertain to Sunni Islam, they have been openly fighting with each other for many years over who should be the rightful representative of Islam in Iceland.
In 2000, Tamimi — whose group meets at a make-shift mosque on the third floor of an office building in downtown Reykjavík — submitted an application to obtain a free plot of land from city authorities to build the first purpose-built mosque in Iceland.
Not to be outdone, Seddeq — whose group meets at a make-shift mosque in an old concert hall near the Reykjavík airport — submitted his own application for free land to build a competing mosque.
City officials responded by saying there should be only one mosque and that it should be shared by both groups. “Obviously we won’t be allocating two lots for mosques at this point and we find it natural for them to cooperate on the construction of one mosque,” Páll Hjaltason, the chairman of Reykjavík City’s Urban Planning Council, told the newspaper Fréttabladid.
Seddeq said he was open to the idea of sharing one plot of land, but Tamimi, who submitted his application first, would have none of it. Instead, Tamimi lashed out at Seddeq, accusing him of extremism, fanaticism and oppression in the name of Islam.
“Our application is completely different from theirs,” Salmann said in an interview with the newspaper Fréttabladid. “This is like asking the national church to be with the Jehovah’s Witnesses.”
Tamimi sought to undermine Seddeq’s group by accusing it of being financed by Saudi Arabia. At one point, Tamimi called the police to report members of Seddeq’s group, accusing them of misunderstanding the peaceful nature of Islam, and saying that he feared that Muslim extremists were attempting to gain a foothold in Iceland.
Tamimi also sought to assure the Reykjavík City Council that — unlike Seddeq — his mosque project would not be financed by foreigners and thus would not be promoting extremism.
“If we are going to have a mosque, it must be done according to local considerations,” Tamimi said in October 2010. “As soon as you lose sight of the source of funding you lose control of what happens subsequently. The experience of other countries teaches that it is wise to reject large foreign investments in religion. Such investors are much more likely to import their own countries’ traditions and not adapt to the traditions in their host country.”
In the end, city officials sided with Tamimi, whose mosque project was formally approved on September 19. After more than a decade of bickering, construction of Reykjavík’s first mosque is expected to begin in early 2014.
The cost of building the 800 square meter (8,600 square foot) mosque — which will include a prayer hall, community center and library, as well as a nine-meter (30 foot) minaret — is expected to exceed 400 million Icelandic Krona (€2.5 million; $3.3 million).
But now that the Reykjavík mosque project has been given the go-ahead, Tamimi’s group has changed its tune and now admits that foreign donors will be paying for the mosque’s construction costs after all.
During a newspaper interview on September 19 — conducted just a few hours after the mosque project was approved — Sverrir Agnarsson, a convert to Islam who is chairman of Tamimi’s group, the Muslim Association of Iceland, was asked how the mosque would be financed.
“We have received numerous promises,” Agnarsson said. “We are mostly seeking funding from individual foreigners. We have a right to get support from the collective funds of Muslims [the Ummah, or the worldwide community of Muslims]. We are doing all of this in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice to guarantee that all the money coming to us is received legally, and is not associated with any terrorist organizations,” he added.
The idea that foreigners are financing the spread of Islam in Reykjavík does not sit well with many Icelanders.
One of the most vocal opponents of the mosque project has been the former mayor of Reykjavík, Ólafur F. Magnússon. In an article he wrote for the newspaper Morgunbladid, Magnússon laid out his position:
It is a matter of grave concern that it seems to be no problem for Muslims in Iceland to finance such a mosque here in Iceland with money from ‘Muslim/Islamic promotion organizations’ abroad. They could receive financial help from organizations that want to increase Islamic influence in Iceland as well as in other countries. This can be dangerous for our national culture and safety.
Magnússon also said why he thought it was wrong for foreign organizations to be financing the construction of mosques in Iceland:
Islam is a religion with the goal to eliminate all other religions and to expand all over the world, the West, the Nordic countries…and now even Iceland. The experience in the Nordic countries shows that Muslims are not adapting to society. This has become a huge problem, in Malmö [Sweden] for example. The other day, a mosque was to be built on Trondheim [Norway], but the Norwegian authorities canceled the project because some Saudi Arabian organization was to finance the whole thing.
Although he is not opposed to the mosque per se, Magnússon believes it is outrageous for the city to give Muslims a building site at no cost at a great location in the center of Reykjavík. He also asks why political movements and feminist groups in Iceland are so tolerant towards a religion that he says degrades women.
Part of the answer may be found in the political make-up of the Reykjavík City Council, which is led by the upstart Best Party, a so-called joke party that was propelled into office in 2010 as a backlash against establishment parties in the wake of Iceland’s banking collapse in 2008.
The Best Party — a semi-serious far left party that is home to anarchists, atheists, surrealists, punks and poets — is being led by Jón Gnarr, a stand-up comedian whose stated political aim is thoroughly to upset the established order in Reykjavík. Critics say the new mosque represents a big step toward achieving Gnarr’s objective.
During the week that the EU announced its planned sanctions against Israel, one of the dedicated Land of Israel lobbyists requested that I add my signature to a petition from MKs to the prime minister requesting the renewal of construction in Jerusalem. Thirty-two highly respectable signatures of loyal MKs from the center and right of Israeli politics already adorned the petition. But after a cursory glance at the following petition, I clearly could not sign:
To: MK Binyamin Netanyahu
Re: Renewal of Construction in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria – Now
We turn to you regarding the above issue as follows:
1. In these days, we are witness to another attempt by the European Union to terrorize the State of Israel and to damage its vital interests. This attempt may thwart any chance for a political breakthrough and foil the efforts of Secretary of State Kerry to renew the diplomatic negotiations.
2. On the backdrop of this attempt and its results, there is no place to wait any longer and it is imperative to immediately renew construction in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria.
3. We request that you give the appropriate instructions for renewal of construction.
“I can’t sign,” I gently said to the lobbyist. “I have a problem with the wording.”
“What’s the problem?”
“This document implies that we must renew construction in Jerusalem so that Kerry can succeed in the diplomatic process. But I think that we must build in Jerusalem for entirely different reasons, and I am absolutely opposed to the diplomatic process.”
The lobbyist tried to convince me that this is pragmatic politics, that this is the argument around which we can now achieve a consensus. “I also don’t like it,” he explained, “but that’s politics.”
The reputable number of MKs that signed the letter proved, on the surface, that he was right. One week later, Kerry succeeded in renewing negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Thirty-two MKs, those most loyal to the land of Israel – from Likud, Jewish Home, Yisrael Beiteinu and even Shas – are now signed onto a document that implies that there is no longer a reason to renew construction in Jerusalem. Our common goal – renewal of “peace” talks – has already been achieved.
Would a leftist MK ever dream of adding his name to this type of convoluted document that fundamentally contradicts his entire worldview – all in the name of political pragmatism?
Which politics ultimately determines Israel’s agenda? The “pragmatic” politics of the Right or the ideology of the Left?
It is time for the Right to connect its politics to its ideology.
Israel’s housing minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) has given final approval to the construction of more than 1,000 apartments in Jewish Judea and Samaria and in East Jerusalem, three days before Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are to resume in Jerusalem, and two days before the release of the first batch of Palestinian terrorists with Jewish blood on their hands.
Minister Ariel said close to 800 apartments will be built in East Jerusalem and close to 400 in several large Jewish towns east of the “green line.”
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had long insisted he would not resume talks without an Israeli settlement freeze. In the end, he acquiesced, in response to intense U.S. pressure.
Israeli negotiator Minister Tzipi Livni is also vehemently opposed to resuming construction in Jewish areas east of the “green line.”
The Kremlin’s human rights council is reviewing a prison sentence meted out to Ilya Farber, a Jewish schoolteacher convicted of corruption.
The regional court of Ostashkov, north of Moscow, sentenced Farber last week to seven years in jail after convicting him of receiving $13,000 in bribes from a construction company. The company was seeking permission to renovate a culture club in a village where Farber settled in 2010 and began teaching art to children.
Many in Russia believe Farber did not receive a fair trial, partly because of his Jewish origins, according to Matvey Chlenov, the deputy executive director of the Russian Jewish Congress. Several people have testified that they heard the prosecutor in Farber’s first trial telling the jury: “Is it possible for a person with the last name Farber to help a village for free?” – a statement interpreted as referring to the fact that Farber is Jewish.
The Russian Jewish Congress has collected $30,000 in donations to help support Farber’s three young sons as he prepares to appeal the sentence, Chlenov said.
Alexander Brod, head of the Kremlin’s Human Rights Council, told the news site Utro.ru that he initiated a review of the case because he found the sentence to be “too harsh.”
Farber was arrested in 2011 and convicted. But a higher court scrapped the first conviction because of irregularities, including the judge’s instruction to the jury to “not to pay attention to the words of the defendant.” The conviction last week came in a retrial.
Farber was convicted of taking two bribes of $9,100 and $4,000 from the construction company Gosstroi-1 in exchange for permission to renovate a village club. Prosecutors said he signed off on the completed renovations when in fact none had been made.
Farber was a director at the club.
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What is Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH)?
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) is a rare disorder that leads to high blood pressure in the lungs. Persons with PPH usually have the condition for years without knowing it because the symptoms develop slowly over time.
What are the Symptoms of Symptoms of PPH?
Symptoms often include:
- Rapid heartbeat
- Chest pain
As the condition worsens, symptoms can expand to include
- Shortness of breath
- Swelling of the ankles and legs
- Bluish tinge to the lips and skin
How is PPH Treated?
Currently there is no cure for Primary Pulmonary Hypertension. Treatments are designed to help alleviate symptoms and slow the progression of the disease. The type of treatment administered will depend upon several factors.
Methods include various medications, including diuretics to reduce water buildup in the body, blood thinners and Digoxin, a medication designed to strengthen the heartbeat and help the body pump more blood. Oxygen therapy, surgery and various lifestyle changes may also be recommended.
Fen-Phen and Other Diet Drugs Linked to PPH
The once popular diet drug Fen-Phen has been linked to an increase in the risk for heart damage, including the development of primary pulmonary hypertension. Since 1994, the FDA has received and reported hundreds of reports of adverse events linked to diet pills containing ephedra, including Fen-Phen. Despite the known risks, Fen-Phen diet pills are still available for purchase over-the-counter.
If your or someone you love developed PPH and you have a history of using diet pills Fen-Phen, Adipex, Redux or Pondimin, you may be eligible for financial compensation. To learn more about your legal options, please call (800) 391-6415.
Canadians with pulmonary hypertension are struggling with the complications of the disease, according to results from a Canadian study, released yesterday from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) of Canada's Patient and Caregiver Survey.
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According to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania, women who undergo lung transplants are more likely than men to experience a certain type of injury afterwards.
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According to a study released February 8, 2006, women who take Paxil, Zoloft, and other antidepressants late in their pregnancies are at an increased risk of delivering babies with a serious lung condition called persistent or primary pulmonary hypertension.
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America's transportation system has changed along with the nation's society and economy. The following table puts those changes in perspective:Excel | CSV
|Resident population (thous.)||203,984||272,691|
|Total area (thous. sq. mi.)||3,619||a3,718 (1990)|
|Total civilian labor force (thous.)||82,771||139,368|
|Gross Domestic Productb||$3.4 trillion||$8.8 trillion|
|Median household incomeb||$29,600||37,430 (1998)|
|Average household expendituresb||N||34,205 (1998)|
|Number of households (thous.)||63,401||103,874|
|Average life expectancy (years)||70.8||76.5 (1997)|
|Labor force participation by women||46%||60%|
a 1990 data reflect the inclusion of the Great Lakes, inland water, and coastal water. 1970 data include inland water only. The Census Bureau tabulates area (square miles) data for the decennial census years only.
b Converted from current dollars to 1996 chained dollars using implicit deflators constructed from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index and the Bureau of Economic Analysis' chained-type price index.
Key: N = data do not exist.
Note: All dollar amounts are 1996 chained dollars.
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With the start of 2014 we only figured it was fair to share some new information about one of our upcoming games. So while we were hanging out at CES we talked with GeekBeatTV about a game we are all really excited for: Brothers in Arms 3. We shared some details with them about what we had in mind for the game, how it’s played and some of the cool game mechanics we are introducing with this latest addition to the series. If you’ve got a hankering for some Brothers in Arms 3 information don’t wait any longer and hit that play button!
If you can’t see the video below hit up this link right here to check it out over on YouTube. Also, if you are at CES this week, keep an eye out for any Gameloft people and feel free to say “Hi!” Make sure to tell them that Ryan sent you.
Let us know in the comments below which weapon you hope to see in Brothers in Arms 3 and if you want us to do more interviews like this!
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Inveterate shopper that I am, I must admit I was oblivous to the banality of biker events until Billdozer pointed out their vapid nature to me. Once illuminated, I have eschewed dealership hoedowns, parking lot swap meets and similar dreck ever since. Not that there's anything wrong with digging through trinkets beneath an EZ-Up in a dusty field while a cover band blares freedom rock through a half stack of shitty amps. In my old age, I've just learned it's more satisfying to ride motorcycles than it is to polish them.
Bill's first foray into "underground" motorcycle fun was an impromptu escape to Baja with some doormen from Las Vegas. in 2002 Bill crossed the border on his old Honda CB laden with a bivvy sack, some gasoline and little else. He survived that adventure just in time to endure another: a lengthy military deployment in the Middle East. While Bill was eating dirt and shitting freedom, I was burning the midnight oil at our small business in Southern California. Contact during those months with my business partner and best friend was sporadic, but between IED's and MRE's Bill emailed the plan for another motorcycle adventure, one that would give me my first taste of two-wheeled freedom.
Before announcing our El Diablo Run to the masses in 2005, we did a pre-run. The machine I rode on that 750-mile assault was a Flyrite chopper I built with an 8-inch bench grinder and a Craftsman tool set. I'd never ridden a motorcycle on pavement before, but that didn't stop me from appreciating their allure. I've always been a grease monkey, so the attraction was instant. The fact that a middle-aged BMXer on a hand-built chopper could ride to San Felipe and back was all the proof we needed, and in the spring of 2006, the El Diablo Run rolled out of SoCal with four dozen like-minded bikeriders in tow.
By 2008 the headcount at subsequent EDR's swelled to over 250 builders and bikeriders, a number that confirmed we were not alone—people across the nation and around the world were growing as tired of "the biker scene" as we had. Events like the Gypsy Run, The Revenge Run, The Twine Ball Run and others materialized from coast to coast, with riding and camping the focus at each one. No profit motive drove the proliferation of these events. Instead, the time and treasure required to make them a reality was donated by the bootstrap entrepreneurs who hosted them. Events of this nature are certainly not new, but their spirit had gotten lost in a sea of vendor rows and polished chrome.
The 2012 chopper social season kicks off this weekend in SoCal at Kutty Noteboom's Hippy Killer Hoedown. ChopCult is a proud sponsor of Kutty's car show and motorcycle campout, and we'll be there this Saturday to shoot bikes for upcoming CC features.
Later this month Billdozer and his son are heading east with a trailer full of bikes and gear for Garage Company Custom's Dixie Roundup. Larry Pierce and his lovely wife Ashley host this moonshine-fueled hootenanny, and it's a doozie. Biltwell's Mike D and I will be flying in to gird Bill's flanks at the drinking table, and I'll be bringing up the rear on at least one ride through the Dirty South.
Other underground chopper events are happening this spring, and you can read about them in the ChopCult events thread and community calendar. Thanks to all the hardworking men and women who spearhead these great events, and thanks to the bikeriders and volunteers who make them a success.
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G.Loomis Spinnerbait Series Trigger Rod
The holy grail of spinnerbait rods
Over the years I have used many different rods for my spinner bait fishing and none have even came close to measuring up to this rod. First off I chose the 6'9" MH for nice, smooth cast and superior feel in the tip. This rod is extra sensitive and working a spinnerbait along logs and various other forms of structure has never been more enjoyable and effective. Though it cast perfect, the real highlight of this rod is noticed after the hookup. Fighting fish has never been more efficient and as in all good rods one must feel the fish through the entire fight. This rod allows for that extension and couple it with a nice reel and you will have yourself a lifelong setup. Also don't forget about the lifetime warranty. Go ahead. Buy it.
April 20, 2008
I purchased the 6'9" MH G Loomis spinnerbait rod and paired it with a Johnny Morris baitcasting reel. The first time I used this rod, it blew away. The tip is soft enough to accurately cast any size spinnerbait into the tightest spot and the rod has enough backbone to rip your spinnerbait through weeds as well as rip the bass out of weeds. If you fish a lot of spinnerbaits, like I do, then this rod is a must. Its light weight and performance can't be matched. After you catch your first fish with this rod, you will wonder why you even hesitated in purchasing one.
June 15, 2007
Best spinnerbait rod I have every used. It is light, unlike most rods that you can cast a heavy spinnerbait with and casting is so easy you just have to flick your wrist.The rod also has an area in the handle just below the reel seat where it is exposed to give you better feel with a lighter bait.
July 11, 2006
I bought the 6'3" version of this rod and absolutely love it. I have it paired with a left handed Shimano Chronarch and I find myself constantly challenging myself to place my spinnerbaits in the tightest little targets. The rod handles 1/4 oz to 1/2 oz spinner baits easily. I can also throw really small crankbaits (D-Baits) easily with this rod as well.
This is one of my mandatory rods and would be replaced instantly if I lost it.
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On this date in our family history . . . the 17th day of October . . . in the year 1850 . . . 33-year-old Mahala L. Sharp is enumerated in San Augustine, Texas . . . this Mahala is my 3rd great-grandma . . . also in her household are 11-year-old Samuel Sharp (my 2nd great-grandpa) and 9-year-old Margaret Sharp (future wife of James Madison Hall, the Keeper of The Journal) . . . other folks in the neighborhood (on the same page) include . . .
- Noel G. Roberts (Mahala's brother) and his family . . .
including 12-year-old Benjamin Roberts who in 1869 marries Anna Cartwright, who in 1850 is the 6-year-old Anna Cartwright who is listed in the household of . . .
- Matthew Cartwright . . . the house pictured in the heritage collage above was the home of said Matthew Cartwright in 1850 . . . and was apparently next door to the home of our Mahala . . .
Missing from the 1850 census is Mahala's first husband, John M. Sharp (my 3rd great-grandpa) . . . the marriage records for San Augustine indicate that John and Mahala were married in 1838 . . . and he appears on the tax list for that year . . . the daughter mentioned above (Margaret) is born in 1840 . . . by 1846, the tax lists are showing Mahala Sharp, with no mention of John . . . and we have no further evidence of our John's existence . . . | <urn:uuid:63f1170d-01e4-46f0-a59e-0d7aa09924db> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.benotforgot.com/2009/08/wordless-wednesday-1850-neighborhood.html?showComment=1249748256075 | 2015-01-28T18:12:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422122276676.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124175756-00011-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967165 | 339 | [
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Officials say the massive flooding that devastated parts of Australia may be the worst natural disaster in the nation's history.
Floodwaters have claimed at least 30 lives and caused more than $5 billion in property damage.
As waves of water roared through northeast Australia, one group of Christian intercessors gathered on the steps of the Victorian Parliament building in Melbourne.
They asked God to protect their nation from further flood devastation. Pastor Danny Nalliah led the effort.
"We fell on our knees and we cried out to the Lord and we said 'Lord, please forgive us and heal the land,'" Nalliah told CBN News in a phone interview.
Nalliah estimated more than 1,000 Christians gathered in corporate prayer throughout Australia last week. The result? Floodwaters in parts of Australia began to recede.
"In Queensland, instead of it increasing, the water started receding," the pastor told CBN News. "The results of that, according to the news reports, was that thousands of lives and thousands of homes were saved."
"It was the collective prayers of the body of Christ that brought the results to the nation," Nalliah concluded.
The worst may not be over yet. The flood emergency now in the southeast of the country is expected to last about another week.
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|Liars Post New Video|
2010-02-19 by Tulannical | 6 Comments
|The three-piece from New York, Liars, have released a new video for their song 'Scissor'. |
The song is taken from their upcoming album, Sisterworld, which is set to be released on March 9, 2010 on Mute Records. You can watch the video here:
holy ballsack, what a video! Great song, Im so hard for march 9 right now. FF13 and Liars.
video rules. Album rules.
Digging: Rival Consoles - Sonne
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As we look back on the life of the brutal North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il, there are many myths and much propaganda to sort through before we find the truth about him. For starters, he wasn’t actually “Kim Jong-Il;” his real name was Yuri Irsenovich Kim.
A scratched childhood picture of Yuri Irsenovich Kim, better known as Kim Jong-il, second from left, along with childhood friends and a Soviet playmate Photograph: Ahn Young-joon/AP
North Korea watchers have known this, and other officially secret details about his life, for a long time – but a great summery of his real biography was posted on, of all places, Pravda:
Kim Jong-il’s official biography states that he was born in a secret military camp on Baekdu Mountain in Japanese Korea on 16 February 1942. Official biographers claim that his birth at Baekdu Mountain was foretold by a swallow, and heralded by the appearance of a double rainbow over the mountain and a new star in the heavens. Soviet records show that Kim Jong-il was born in the village of Vyatskoye, near Khabarovsk, in 1941, where his father, Kim Il-sung, commanded the 1st Battalion of the Soviet 88th Brigade, made up of Chinese and Korean exiles. Kim Jong-il’s mother, Kim Jong-suk, was Kim Il-sung’s first wife. The boy was named Yuri Irsenovich Kim, according to Soviet records.
The political career of Kin jong-il began in 1961, when he joined the Labor Party of the DPRK. In 1973, he took the position of the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party. In 1974, he became a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Labor Party. In 1982, he became a deputy of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK. He also supervised the work of special forces and organized terrorist attacks.
Kim Jong-il became the supreme commander of the People’s Army of Korea in December 1991. In 1992, he ascended to the title of the Marshall of the DPRK. In 1993, Kim became the chairman of the Defense Committee of Korea. He received absolute power in North Korea in 1994.
In 2004, NPR went to the little Russian town where Kim was born to talk to people who were there when he was born (where his dad was hiding from the Japanese behind the skirt of the Red Army – they even talk to a former KGB operative who describes the training of his dad to be the Korean Stalin).
The pre-1994 Kim-organized terrorist attacks referred to in the piece were planned and orchestrated with the help of the Soviets (Pravda left that part out – shocking, I know). After the sinking of a South Korean ship last year, the late Hwang Jang Yop, the highest ranking North Korean official ever to defect to the South, “introduced the story of a meeting between Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung right after the Rangoon Bombing of 1983, when North Korean agents tried and failed to kill then-South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan but succeeded in killing a number of other high officials at the Martyr’s Mausoleum in Rangoon, the former capital of Myanmar. Kim Jong Il boasted that the Aung San terrorist incident was a success for his secret agents, but once the terrorists were caught and North Korea’s involvement revealed, world opinion turned against North Korea. Then, Kim Il Sung said “World opinion has gone bad, why don’t we say that the military did it of its own accord?” But Kim Jong Il vehemently opposed the idea.'”
On his website, Edward Jay Epstein recounts a conversation he had with former CIA counterintelligence chief James Jesus Angleton:
His eyes sharpened like those of a hawk when he fastened on the details of the event he was describing. It was the recent assassination of 17 South Korean officials during a state visit to Burma.
On October 9, 1983, while the President of South Korea, Chun Doo Hwan, and members of his cabinet and staff were attending a wreath laying ceremony at the Martyrs Mausoleum outside Rangoon, four powerful bombs were detonated by remote control. They had been concealed in the roof of the shrine in such a way that they had not been detected by either South Korean or Burmese security. Although President Chun escaped injury because of a momentary delay in his schedule, the explosion killed 13 of his top aides and four of his cabinet ministers. In a single well planned coup, a major part of the South Korean government had been obliterated.
The assassins were caught the next as they day attempted to leave the country. When Burmese police challenged them, the three assassins tried to kill themselves with explosives. One died and two survived badly wounded. Under interrogation, the survivors admitted that they were captains in an elite unit of North Korean military intelligence that specialized in cover actions. They further explained that they had entered Burma September 22 on forged diplomatic passports issued to them in North Korea. They said that their orders included detailed instructions on how to carry out the assassination, they received the plastic explosives through the embassy pouch, and, during the two weeks it took them to plant the explosives, they had stayed at the residence of the North Korean embassy counselor. The police investigation confirmed their story. Their personal documents that had been expertly fabricated were vouched for by the Embassy . They had access to secret communications between the South Korean and Burmese governments that could only be intercepted by a sophisticated intelligence service. The plastic explosives had been manufactured in Eastern Europe, and designed especially to fit into the roof of the shrine. The remote control detonators used state of the art electronics. And a re-examination of the surveillance of the North Korean Embassy showed that they were aided and sheltered by North Korean embassy officials in Rangoon.
“It is rare to find such a clear example of a state act” Angleton delicately said. He pointed out that states usually have the ability to hide their assassinations. “A common thug can kill someone, but it takes the talents of an intelligence service to make a murder appear to be a suicide or accident death.” Of course, Angleton’s real concern was not what had happened Burma or what would happen in Korea but the nature of the statecraft practiced by Soviet bloc nations. For him, there was still the nagging problem of what he called “the relationship.”
“It may be politically convenient to assume that Soviet bloc intelligence services act independently of the Soviet Union, especially when it concerns an assassination, but what we don’t really know, or perhaps want to know, is what is the nature of the relationship between the KGB and other Communist intelligence services.” He pointed out that the issue could not be peremptorily disposed of. Golitsyn and other defectors had described an extraordinary degree of coordination between these services, guaranteed by a systematic Soviet penetration of the top ranks of satellite services by the KGB’s Second Chief Directorate. One role assigned the satellite services, according to these defectors, was to afford the Soviet Union cover, distance, and deniability in potentially embarrassing operations. In the case of North Korea, Soviet intelligence had established, staffed, trained and supplied its service. Moreover, using a kind of a “barium test” in which intelligence was especially concocted so that it could be traced as it was passed from one intelligence service to another, the CIA had been able to determine that the Soviets passed messages they intercepted through their Pacific signals satellite concerning the location of American ships in Korean waters to North Korean intelligence. This sort of cooperation had continued, according to Angleton’s sources, up until the shrine bombing. “Remember, The North Koreans needed, and got, very exact communication intelligence.”
There were other attacks he was known to have ordered – particularly the 1987 bombing of Korean Airlines flight 858, killing 115 – but the point has been made.
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The game against the Colorado Rockies was about to start at Dodger Stadium, and Asencion Garcia hurried through the turnstile with his family, decked in Dodgers swag.
From the baseball cap sporting the “LA” logo to the jersey buttoned down his chest, everything about the Los Angeles resident at the ballgame said “Dodgers.”
Upon closer inspection, the team’s traditional blue font scrawled across Garcia’s white jersey read “Los Doyers” not the usual “Los Angeles.”
“Doyers” means nothing in Spanish, but it means a lot to Garcia, and generations of Latino Dodgers fans.
“Doyers” has become a nostalgic phenomena in the Los Angeles Latino community, as more and more Mexican-Americans become assimilated and lose their accents. Previous generations of Central American immigrants struggled to say “Dodgers” so it came out sounding like “Doyers.”
“My parents, my uncles, they all say ‘Doyers,’” Garcia said. “My brother and I are the first Mexican-Americans in the family, and we say ‘Dodgers.’ My 5-year-old son here, he says ‘Dodgers.’”
Since it first surfaced in the early 1970s, the term has become a reminder of the once-rocky relationship between Los Angeles’ Latino community and their “Doyers.”
More than half a century ago. though, parts of the L.A. Latino community disavowed the Dodgers by any name.
In October of 1957, Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley had just announced the team would be moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles to bring baseball to the West Coast.
“When they moved to Los Angeles, they couldn’t say for sure where they were going to play,” said Mark Langill, the Dodgers’ team historian.
Even though they had acquired the rights to Wrigley Field in the event they actually made the move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, the 22,000-seat stadium was too small and not what the Dodgers had in mind, especially since O’Malley wanted a privately financed ballpark, Langill said.
The team wanted to build a 56,000-seat stadium in Chavez Ravine, a hilly area near downtown populated mostly by Latinos.
“I don’t really think the Dodgers knew what they were landing in,” said Langill. “But I think when that plane landed, they really understood the landscape.”
Faced with the prospect of being uprooted from their homes, residents waged the “Battle of Chavez Ravine,” an unofficial boycott in which they refused to leave their homes and accused the mayor of making illegal deals with the Dodgers.
After a public referendum narrowly passed in June 1958, the mostly empty housing units in Chavez Ravine were razed for construction of Dodger Stadium in 1959, after the few remaining residents were hustled out. The stadium was completed in 1962.
“It’s part of the oral history of the Eastside,” said Chris Zepeda-Millan, a political science and Chicana/o Studies professor at Loyola Marymount University. “The Dodgers symbolized the white male power structure literally displacing us.”
Still, Dodgers hype intoxicated the Southland, and the team hit a home run with everyone, including area Latinos, Langill said.
“Anybody that lost their home you would never convince otherwise; they’re still going to have those feelings,” Langill said. “But in general, the city embraced them from day one, from arriving at the airport to their first game in the Coliseum.”
Then, Latinos represented about 10 percent of the population in Los Angeles, said Fernando Guerra, director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles and professor of political science and Chicana/o studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. The city’s current Latino population is more than 50 percent, according to the 2010 U.S. Census.
Knowing their constituency and the changing demographics of the city, the Dodgers began looking for someone who could represent the growing Latino population.
“The dream was to find a box-office star, someone from Mexico, because of the demographic shift,” Langill said.
That’s when 20-year-old Fernando Valenzuela stepped up to the plate for not only the Dodgers, but Latino baseball fans who were hungry for representation in the major leagues.
“Fernando was the one that lit the torch and really connected the team with the fans. If you [had] a box-office star from Mexico, it made it a lot more personal from the Latino standpoint. And suddenly, the English-speaking fans were fascinated by this superstar from a Mexican village.”
With Valenzuela’s trademark wind-up and fast climb to becoming the National League’s top rookie and pitcher in 1981, “Fernandomania” ensued, even combatting “an anti-immigrant sentiment” at the time, Zepeda-Millan said.
“The Latino communities, especially in L.A., were feeling the brunt of that,” he said. “[Baseball] is America’s pastime. This was the whitest sport you can think of at that time.”
Valenzuela emerged as a role model for a fresh-faced generation of Mexican-Americans too young to remember the Battle of Chavez Ravine. “We saw him and said, ‘Hey, we could be good at that, too,’” Zepeda-Millan said. “That’s when Latinos finally adopted the Dodgers, and their love affair with the Dodgers began.”
Latino fan base growing
Roughly 24 percent of this season’s Major League Baseball rosters’ players are from Latin American countries, a dip from 27.3 percent last season, according to media reports. Overall, 241 players, or 28 percent of all MLB players, were born outside the U.S., Fox News Latino has reported.
According to the Dodgers, 43 percent of their fan base this season was made up of Latinos. Twenty-eight percent speak English only, and 19 percent speak Spanish only. Latino fans attended an average of about eight games this season, the team’s statistics showed.
“The Dodgers have been a part of Latino culture in L.A. for decades. Both go hand-in-hand,” Dodgers Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Lon Rosen said in a statement. “We are extremely proud of the legacy of Latino Dodgers past and present. Their impact on and off the field cannot be matched. We embrace the cultural significance of the term ‘Doyers’ used throughout Los Angeles and even by our own players. It’s a part of the club’s identity.”
In 2010, the Dodgers trademarked “Los Doyers” after shirts and jerseys sporting the phrase proved profitable for businesses around Chavez Ravine, according to reports. A cease and desist letter was sent to any business selling the merchandise.
Loyola Marymount’s Guerra said he’s attended parties on the Eastside where everyone will watch a muted television, but listen to the radio play-by-play of Hall of Fame broadcaster Jaime Jarrin — “the Vin Scully of Latinos,” Guerra said.
“Baseball is an incredibly strong sport in Latin America,” he said. “When immigrants came over, it was easy for baseball to be part of the immigrant integration story in Los Angeles.”
Juan Gonzalez, a Dodgers fan from Pacoima who attended a recent game, said hearing “Los Doyers” takes him back to the 1988 World Series, when his family would scream at the television for the “Doyers” to whip the Oakland A’s.
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Ian Musgrave posted Entry 2858 on January 30, 2007 05:34 PM.
Trackback URL: http://www.pandasthumb.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.fcgi/2848
Discovery Institute Fellow Jonathan Wells has for some time insisted that genes actually don’t do much, and that mutations in genes cannot play a significant role in evolution. One aspect of this is his claim that mutations in genes play little role in cancer. If he can throw doubt on the ability of genetic mutation to produce cancer, then by implication genetic mutation is not a force in evolutionary biology, and cannot be sculpted by natural selection. I have written about genes, cancer and Jonathan Wells before showing that he is greatly mistaken. However, recently published work has provided yet more evidence for a central role of genetic mutation in cancer, and further demolishes (if that is possible) Wells’s thesis[1,2,3,4].
Cancer is, at its heart, a disease of uncontrolled cell growth. There are many pathways that control cell growth and senescence, so it is not surprising that in cancer mutations are found in several different genes associated with cell growth and senescence. The most common mutations found in humans are mutations in the gene for a protein called p53. p53 activates cell suicide or permanent growth arrest in stressed cells or cells with DNA damage. The mutations in cancer cells inactivate p53, preventing it from stopping out of control cells.
If Wells is right, and mutations are not responsible for (or central to) tumourogenesis, then inactivation or deletion of p53 should do very little. In fact, p53 is shown to be a key player in experimental models. In tissue culture, deletion of p53 alone can send cells into uncontrolled growth. In mice that have had p53 knocked out, virtually all of them develop tumours, while the control mice had no tumours. This strongly suggests that mutations of p53 play a major role in generating tumours. All this was known when Wells wrote his TOPS article, but he mentions none of this evidence.
Three recent papers take the p53 a step further [1,2,3]. In these papers, p53 is replaced or reactivated in tumours in mice. If Wells is right, then reactivating p53 should be of little effect. The three recent papers used different techniques to reactivate p53. Despite this, and the different tumour types in the three papers, reactivation of p53 expression led universally to a prompt and impressive regression of the tumours in vivo. These results reinforce the role of mutations in p53 in cancer.
Wells’s favoured explanation for tumourogenseis is that chromosomal abnormalities, generated by centrosomes, are the key to cancer. I have dealt with his model of centrosomes before, but I will remind people that while chromosomal abnormalities are seen in many cancers, they are not seen in all cancers. Another recent paper has shown that in animals genetically engineered to have increased levels of chromosomal abnormalities , chemically or genetically induced tumour formation was inhibited. Thus, in certain kinds of cancer, chromosomal instability prevents tumourogenesis, the exact opposite of what Wells predicted.
Once again, real research trumps the tales of evolution deniers spun from airy nothingness. Is it any wonder that they do not expose their ideas to peer-review?
- 1. Ventura A, et al., Restoration of p53 function leads to tumour regression in vivo. Nature. 2007 Jan 24; [Epub ahead of print]
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Hans P Broedel
Witchcraft and magical beliefs in Europe considered as a problem in intellectual, social, and legal history. Medieval background, systematization of witchcraft theory in fifteenth century; comparison of learned and popular beliefs; mechanisms of witch trials and inquisitorial procedure; the Faust legend; growth of skepticism and decline of witchcraft in seventeenth century.
One of the most striking features of early modern European society is its intense fear of witchcraft, a fear that found expression in waves of witch "panics" and the accompanying persecution of thousands of supposed witches. In this course we will examine the evolution of this phenomena, from its origins in the middle ages, to its gradual extinction in the light of modern rationalism and skepticism. Lectures and reading will attempt to make sense of the problems of witch beliefs and witch trials by placing them in appropriate legal, religious, social and intellectual contexts. The course will pay special attention to the question of why the people accused of witchcraft during the Great Witch Hunt were overwhelmingly women, to the importance of a fusion of popular and elite cultural assumptions about sorcery and society in the creation of Early Modern witch beliefs, and to regional variations in witch beliefs and persecution.
Lectures will meet Monday through Thursday, with discussion sections meeting of Friday.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Some familiarity with European medieval or early modern history would be helpful, but is not necessary; students should be prepared to write a substantial, formal academic essay.
Class assignments and grading
Examinations (midterm and final), paper (around 7-10 pages), reading and participation in class discussions.
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