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FirstCaribbean Bank releases statement about NYSE listing
From CIBC FirstCaribbean
Bridgetown, Barbados – FirstCaribbean International Bank Limited is exploring a potential stock market listing of some of its shares in the United States, the world’s deepest capital market. No decisions have been made. However, a listing on the NYSE would provide CIBC FirstCaribbean with access to a larger investor base, enhanced liquidity and greater access to capital.
“CIBC FirstCaribbean has delivered strong operating performance and financial results [during] the last three years,” a bank statement read. “During this period, we have achieved an increase in adjusted net income of $123 million in 2015 to $153 million in 2017 (a CAGR of 11 percent), with a strongly improving asset quality profile. We have demonstrated continued market share gains with greater-than-average market growth across most geographies and business segments. We have achieved this by offering a superior client experience and technology interface together with our full suite of products and services.
“This trend is set to continue and we remain focused on delivering excellent service to our clients and providing the best possible return on investment for our shareholders.”
CIBC FirstCaribbean is the largest, regionally-listed bank in the English- and Dutch-speaking 68 branches and offices. The bank, which has almost 250 years of combined experience in the region, offers a full range of market-leading financial services in corporate and investment banking, treasury sales and trading, retail banking, wealth management, small business and credit cards. CIBC FirstCaribbean is a member of the CIBC Group, a leading Canadian-based global financial institution with nearly 11 million personal banking and business clients. | <urn:uuid:8e38b653-4277-4ab9-be8c-de458f581e8f> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/firstcaribbean-bank-releases-statement-about-nyse-listing/ | 2024-04-24T03:40:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.952119 | 365 |
In its 70 year history, Ferrari has made a number of concept cars. Some redefined the design and desirability of concept cars (like the P4/5), some not so much (like the Sergio). But the coolest concept to ever have been embellished with a prancing horse is the Modulo.
Based on a 512S chassis, the Pininfarina designed Modulo debuted at the 1970 Geneva Motor Show. Sadly though, it didn’t make it to production. According to Ferrari, It wasn’t intended to be more than a geometric study. Even with wheels and a 550 hp 5.0-liter V12 inside, the concept was non-functional as a road going vehicle.
As such, Jim Glickenhaus, race car driver and owner of SCG (Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus) took it to himself to make the car function. Glickenhaus purchased the car from Pininfarina in 2014 and after four years of work, he is happy to report that the Modulo can now run under its own power. Checkout this video of the Modulo in action.
The restored vehicle will even be making an appearance at Pebble Beach later this month, sharing the lawn with other prancing horses and making running demonstrations around the roads of Monterey. Recently, the car actually descended onto public roads for a test run flaunting its full aerodynamic dress. | <urn:uuid:35bd820d-c1fb-44a4-a79a-8b54b41f5038> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.thesupercarblog.com/ferrari-modulo-concept-to-make-pebble-beach-appearance/ | 2024-04-24T03:32:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.954953 | 288 |
For most of us, tongue twisters are simply an amusing childish wordplay. Nevertheless, little did we know there was quite a significant history behind one of the world’s most famous tongue twisters.
“She sells seashells by the seashore“: this tongue twister takes us back to the 19th century when the woman referred to simply as “she” was a real person and carried the name of Mary Anning.
Anning was born on 21 May 1799, in Dorset, southwest England. Her family had a rather unusual way of earning a living. It involved digging up fossils and selling them to people who visited the coast. Now, this might sound strange, but back in the 19th century, rich and middle-class people loved having curio cabinets as showpieces in their living rooms. These cabinets were often decorated with various natural relics including fossils, most of them souvenirs brought from abroad.
From a very young age, Anning, along with her brother, mastered the art of recognizing, collecting, labeling and cataloging the various fossils and remains they found. They unearthed their findings out of the cliffs of the Jurassic coast stretches along the southernmost edge of England, and is today designated a World Heritage Site.
For Mary, things changed rapidly when, still a child, her father sadly died in 1810. Although a very young girl at that point, she was forced into running the family business full-time in order to provide for her younger siblings. Her business could have been a lucrative one, but for the majority of her life, Anning struggled to make ends meet. Some days she had to dig for hours just to extract a single fossil, which was far from enough to sustain the family.
When she was just 12 years old, Mary and her brother unearthed the skull of a four-foot “Ichthyosaur”, a prehistoric stealthy sea giant that thrived over 250 million years ago. The siblings dug out the rest of the skeleton a couple of months later, and the discovery brought them worldwide attention.
What’s fascinating is that these excavations occurred decades before Darwin first published his theory of evolution. It was also a time when people had little real knowledge of the ancient past of the planet. Furthermore, the majority of scientists asserted that animals did not go extinct, rather that they would migrate to a location more suited to their needs. That might sound silly seen from today’s perspective, but that was the reality of the 19th century.
Mary also unearthed fossils of plesiosaurs and a pterosaur. Around the same time, Gideon Mantell and William Buckland excavated their first dinosaur fossils too. These were all essential findings that brought clear evidence of the process of extinction.
When Anning’s findings were displayed, it initiated a considerable buzz within the scientific community. She was suddenly of close interest to the wider community of archaeologists and researchers. A notable geologist of those days, Henry De la Beche, started to create illustrations of the unearthed life forms in their natural habitat as he imagined it. All illustrations were based on the fossils found by Anning. La Beche generously gave the revenue from the illustrations to Anning as her financial struggles continued.
Mary Anning may not have been a trained scientist with a degree, but her findings changed the face of science forever. Her gift to the world was that she introduced what were until then unknown creatures, and rejuvenated the debate about mankind’s place in the universe.
Anning died of cancer at the age of 47. Charles Dickens was one of the first famous people to praise her in a wandering tribute, 18 years following her death. Throughout the 20th-century, a number of other authors acknowledged Anning’s life as inspirational. The famous tongue twister about her life was first recorded in 1908, by Terry Sullivan, who wrote:
She sells seashells on the seashore
The shells she sells are seashells, I’m sure
So if she sells seashells on the seashore
Then I’m sure she sells seashore shells.
It was P.J. McCartney, in 1978, who confirmed that it was in fact Anning who served as the inspiration for Sullivan’s tongue twister. | <urn:uuid:faad7940-ac5a-4692-9d1c-0368d5e49599> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/01/24/tongue-twister/?utm_source=penultimate | 2024-04-24T03:10:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.981352 | 895 |
Photo by Beth Segal
The first time I bit into one of these treats, it was deep, dark, cocoa love. Shortbreads are a simple, sweet, biscuit-style cookie – grown-up, if you will. Chocolate flavor fills every crevice in this recipe — which is inspired by pastry chef, cookbook author and baking goddess Maida Heatter — and the butter delivers a final kick to our taste buds.
- 2 cups sifted unbleached flour
- 1/2 cup sifted unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter
Heat oven to 300 degrees. Line two cookie trays with parchment or silicone mats.
Place butter in large bowl of standing mixer and beat until soft. Add sugar and beat to mix. Add flour and cocoa on slow speed and then blend on high until dough is smooth and large clumps form.
Form dough into ball and flatten slightly. Dust flour on both sides, on rolling surface and on rolling pin. Roll to half-inch thickness, at least. Dough might be crumbly, but you can ease it back together after each roll.
Start working from the edge of the dough, using a cookie cutter. Sprinkle flour on the cutter each time and cut each cookie as close to the other as you can. Place on cookie sheet, one inch apart.
Bake 25-30 minutes, watching for any burning in the last few minutes. Let cool a few minutes on the tray then use spatula to move to a rack to fully cool. Add a design with royal icing or just dust with additional confectioners sugar. Makes 2 dozen.
Gary: With a sweet, chocolatey cookie, look for wines that are sweeter than the dish. For this pairing, a Kabinett or Spätlese German Riesling or similar wine from California, Washington or Ohio would be very pleasant. Also try a Vouvray/Chenin Blanc, Sweet sparkler or Moscato, an Ice Wine from the Lake Erie or Niagara region or a Muscat Beaumes-de-Venise. | <urn:uuid:139a0dde-81e4-47fb-8bff-8fc265f62811> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.thewinebuzz.com/chocolate-shortbread/ | 2024-04-24T03:12:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.911148 | 449 |
To begin the admission process, kindly read the information below and click the link to complete the form online or download the PDF.
How to Apply: The WIT School is now accepting applications for the upcoming academic year, from June 2023 until August 2024. Prospective students must use our convenient online application system to apply for admission. If online forms cannot be accessed, applicants can download the form, complete it offline, and then submit the scanned PDF to the admissions office at [email protected] or deliver it to the Administrator at our campus. Our office operates from Monday to Friday, between 7:30 am and 5:00 pm.
Assessment tests: Our admission process is comprehensive and considers various factors, including the applicant's personal qualities, developmental milestones, academic aptitude, and individual requirements. As part of the assessment, each applicant will be evaluated in Literacy and Numeracy except for the Daycare and Nursery (ages 3mo to 3yrs).
Offer letter: Parents of successful applicants who meet our admission criteria will receive written notification by email, which may fall within these three categories (acceptance, rejection or placed on the waiting list). The email will include important details, such as the child's assigned class, school ID number, prospectus, school fees, and other important information.
Payment of fees: It is vital that all fees, including the enrolment fee and academic term fee, are paid promptly upon accepting the admission offer. Payment must be completed 14 days after receiving the offer letter. Partial payment of fees may not be permitted, and failure to meet the deadline may result in the forfeiture of the admission slot.
Orientation: After completing the admission process and fee payment, students and parents will be invited to an orientation session at an agreed-upon date and time. During this event, participants will receive valuable information about school policies, take a campus tour, and meet their class teachers. We eagerly anticipate welcoming new students and their families to TWS.
NB: Kindly note that due to limited slots and a teacher ratio of 12:1, our highly competitive and rigorous admission process is strictly granted on a first come, first served basis, and where the child and family has met all the necessary admission requirements, subject to the availability of vacancy in the child's assigned class. | <urn:uuid:df1e963f-8c52-4864-b7c0-f7162d5dd210> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.thewitschool.com/enrolment | 2024-04-24T03:21:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.939227 | 471 |
UnitedHealth Group Inc. should produce solid earnings this year, but the company’s main focus is on overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic, company executives said Wednesday.
David Wichmann, the company’s chief executive officer, told securities analysts, during a conference call, that the effort to fight COVID-19 is deeply personal to everyone at UnitedHealth.
UnitedHealth is now a major health care services provider as well as health insurer.
“We are committed to applying the full capacity of our enterprise to serve, not just our patients, members, and customers, but also the hundreds of millions of people impacted across the nation and around the world,” Wichmann said.
One concern, he said, is that COVID-19-related disruption could end up benefiting United Health at the expense of doctors, hospitals and customers.
(Related: What If COVID-19 Lowers Health Claims?)
Because the current situation is so unusual, UnitedHealth is not sure what its insurance claims, health care revenue, and earnings will be like, Wichmann and other executives said.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) already includes a minimum medical loss ratio (MLR) provision. The minimum MLR provision requires health insurers to provide rebates if health care spending amounts to less than 85% of revenue for large-group health coverage, or less than 80% of revenue for individual or small-group health overage.
Because health care providers and patients are putting off as much care as possible, both to conserve health care resources and to reduce the risk that patients and providers will infect each other with the virus that causes COVID-19, it’s possible that reductions in health insurance claims will outweigh any COVID-19-related claim costs from now through June, Wichmann said.
If health claim reductions are really bigger than the added COVID-19-related costs, “not only would there be normal MLR rebate situations, but we may very well find ourselves in a position where we can provide some additional premium relief to those clients,” Wichmann said. “It remains to be seen whether or not we are able to do so, and to what extent. But it is something that we’re deeply committed to doing.”
Wichmann also talked about worries about potential “financial imbalances” at several other points during the call.
“While there is still much to understand, we can be very clear with you today that we are committed to ensuring that any financial imbalances which arise from this situation will be reconciled proactively and addressed fairly for all those we serve,” Wichmann said.
UnitedHealth has already paid about $2 billion to health care providers early, to help the providers cope with the effects of COVID-19 on their operations, Wichmann said.
UnitedHealth held the conference call to go over earnings for the first quarter.
- A link to a recording of UnitedHealth’s earnings call is available here.
- Links to UnitedHealth earnings documents are available here.
- An article about UnitedHealth’s earnings for the fourth quarter of 2019 is available here.
The quarter ended March 31.
UnitedHealth executives noted that, because COVID-19 began to have much more of an effect in March, and major government rule changes took effect in March, the pandemic has not yet much effect on its earnings.
UnitedHealth is reporting $3.5 billion in net income for the first quarter on $64 billion in revenue, compared with $3.6 billion in net income on $60 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2019. | <urn:uuid:04404bcf-ddc6-4718-8d65-6debc789a933> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2020/04/16/unitedhealth-to-fix-covid-19-related-financial-imbalances-ceo/ | 2024-04-24T04:16:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.96617 | 764 |
Daryl Chew has been appointed to a Singapore-China Joint Experts Team, comprising six members each from Singapore and China. The Joint Experts Team will make recommendations on the implementation of a joint dispute resolution mechanism and propose a set of rules and procedures that will meet the needs of businesses in Singapore, China and beyond. To find out more click here.
The twelve members of the Joint Experts Team were unveiled at the 2nd Singapore-China International Commercial Dispute Resolution Conference on 7 April 2022, hosted by the Ministry of Law (Singapore), the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), and the International Commercial Dispute Prevention and Settlement Organisation (ICDPASO). The conference included discussions on the judiciary and legal industry’s experience overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic, innovations and international cooperation in arbitration, and the development of multifaceted international commercial dispute resolution mechanisms. Daryl delivered closing remarks at the conference in English and Mandarin, which was livestreamed online.
ABOUT DARYL CHEW
Daryl is the managing partner of the firm’s Singapore office. He has an active portfolio of arbitrations involving a wide range of applicable laws and venues, arising from energy, construction, M&A, joint venture, and general commercial disputes. Daryl serves as the Chairman of the Board of Maxwell Chambers, co-chairs the YSIAC committee, and serves on the Singapore Management University School of Law Advisory Board. He is recognised in Chambers, The Legal 500, and Who’s Who Legal, and has been named among “30 People to Watch in the Business of Law in Asia in 2022” by Asia Law Portal. | <urn:uuid:d79a84b2-dff1-4122-a875-ac22eee00c8c> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.threecrownsllp.com/daryl-chew-appointed-to-singapore-china-joint-experts-team-following-2nd-singapore-china-international-commercial-dispute-resolution-conference/ | 2024-04-24T04:00:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.940709 | 339 |
I’ve been trying to think of a way to make cereal that doesn’t involve any grains. Or much sugar. And really, this kind of stumped me because low-sugar and no-grain cereal doesn’t sound very good (can it even be called cereal?).
Today I came up with a cross between granola and cereal…and it was chocolate too. My Mom tried it and agreed that it kind of tastes like crushed up Oreos. Except, if you eat a lot of actual Oreos, it probably doesn’t seem as similar as we think it is. Either way—if you like granola, chocolate, and peanut butter, you’ll like this.
Although I’m really excited about this kitchen invention, I’m actually more excited about how well it goes with greek yogurt (that I added peanut butter powder to—it is definitely like dessert for breakfast, except there’s nothing indulgent in it!).
Grain Free “Oreo” Dark Chocolate Granola w/ Peanut Butter
1 cup almonds (I used raw, soaked, dehydrated almonds)
1/4 cup peanut butter (or other nut butter)
1 T cocoa powder (use unsweetened or raw cacao if you’re hardcore!)
1 T cacao nibs (you could probably use chocolate chips instead)
2 droppers full of liquid vanilla stevia or 1-2 Tbsp maple syrup (add more to taste)
Add all ingredients to food processor, and process until well combined and almonds are chopped into tiny pieces. Taste it, and add more sweeteners if you need it! Spread on dehydrator tray and dehydrate for a couple hours at 115 degrees.
I ate this mixed with plain full fat greek yogurt (the yogurt had peanut butter powder and stevia stirred into it—it was amazing!). The crumble mixture was warm and slightly soft right out of the dehydrator…I refrigerated it, and ate more later, and it was awesome that way too.
This would work with milk as cereal or sprinkled on pudding or yogurt. I’ve eaten some plain too…
Side note: Did you know that Oreos are vegan? I’m always surprised when people talk or post about how great it is that things like Oreos or Doritos are vegan. One of the discussions I have with my students is about this—how can we make a realistic judgment about whether it’s a healthier choice to be a “vegetarian” or an “omnivore?”
Generally in the US, who we label as a vegetarian are non-meat-eaters…but it doesn’t mean (to many people) that vegetarians actually eat vegetables.
What is vegetarianism or veganism? Is it the diet centered around veggies or is it the absence of meat and animal products? (That’s what I ask my students). Can you be called a vegetarian and live on Oreos and other cruddy processed junk listed here?
I know there are dictionary definitions of the different ways of eating—but that doesn’t really matter if it’s not what people do in practical application!
What I hope is that students conclude on their own that the most important thing is to choose foods with healthy qualities (most of the time). You may know by now that I’m not a fan of labeling anything—I just like to focus on quality of foods. I’d rather discuss where your meat came from (CAFO or organic free range farm?) than what it is you’re eating.
The more I explore this and learn about quality of foods, the more passionate I feel about it—I don’t care what a person is “labeled” food-wise, but I do care where the food/ingredients come from! | <urn:uuid:fe112dbd-81b7-4a0e-8345-ecab61be5c9b> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.thrive-style.com/2012/03/dark-chocolate-oreo-granola-w-peanut-butter-perfect-for-greek-yogurt-or-ice-cream-topping/ | 2024-04-24T03:43:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.952051 | 814 |
What a week! We went to NY for 5 days to visit my family, so Dave has definitely been initiated now. We had a really great time, and spent most of it with Matthew accompanying us. It was his 10th birthday, which means it’s also the 10th anniversary of my sister’s death. Matthew’s birth seems like so long ago, but at the same time, it feels like just yesterday. I love telling him about the funny and cute things he did when he was tiny, and he really likes to hear about it too. I’m so proud of that little (big) guy—he’s so good at being exactly who he is, and he’s funny and thoughtful too. I know his Mom would be super proud of him.
I’m not really approaching pregnancy in the same way my sister did–she wasn’t really focused on the healthy eating and lifestyle aspects of the process. One thing I’ve thought about a lot is that I have to be flexible with how I eat right now (especially with this whole rot gut & headache thing I have going on). In my mind, I have an idea of how I should eat each day—what nutrients to include, how much protein, etc. Then, depending on how I feel, I modify that and do a sort of experiment where I eat a little something and see if it makes me feel better or worse.
In the last few days, I’ve discovered that carbs (especially grains) make me feel best. This is so strange because for the past couple years, I have felt my best being grain free.
I’ll admit, I’m still primarily focused on quality of food. I like organic good quality ingredients, and this was easy to maintain at my Mom’s house because that’s how she eats too. I definitely ate my share of toast, oatmeal cookies, pumpkin pie, cider donuts, pizza, chicken wings… and vegetables, salmon, beef, ham, eggs, and cheese. Most of that stuff was good quality, and a small amount was actual junk.
I weigh exactly the same as I did last week (and the week before).
So I’m going to try and share something interesting… my boobs are killing me and they’re huge. If they didn’t hurt so dang much I’d just be thrilled about the size increase!
Overall, I feel good when I first wake up, and as the day goes on, I feel icky and exhausted. The traveling we did was just fine—it didn’t make me sick to fly (although I wasn’t crazy about the radiation exposure), but the day after we returned I was so sick and exhausted that I couldn’t lift my head off the couch all day.
What I’m eating: farm eggs, cheese, sprouted grain toast with butter from grass fed cows, rice crackers, veggies (cooked—raw makes me want to vomit), bacon, and … brownies.
Side note: we jammed our luggage full of Finger Lakes Coffee Roasters coffee… if you haven’t been there and live near one, please go. I’m drinking decaf these days (when the thought of it doesn’t make me want to hurl), and Dave is trying out all the flavors he hasn’t had yet (his current fave is tiramisu).
I’m going to write a post about pregnancy supplements soon, and also tell you about how I’m dying my hair while pregnant. I’ve given a few hints over the last couple weeks… any guesses what I’m dying it with?
I appreciate the insights and ideas you’ve given me in the past couple weeks regarding pregnancy and morning (all day?) sickness… thank you! I love hearing about other people’s experiences with pregnancy! | <urn:uuid:df9df5ac-9b5a-450d-94bc-72612f514a2d> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.thrive-style.com/2013/10/pregnancy-update-9-weeks/ | 2024-04-24T03:43:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.966952 | 825 |
Renovating your home is an exciting process; transforming old and dated features into something cooler and newer, or fixing up and replacing those things that don’t work properly anymore. Yes, sometimes it can be annoying, time consuming and expensive… but think about the final result; ultimately you get a better version of your home, even if it’s just a small renovation!
Renovating the home also requires you to be careful and aware of potential risks. It’s important to use the most appropriate tools for the job, ensuring they are in good working order and replacing any that are old or unsafe. At the same time, using common sense is essential; like never using a ladder on a slippery surface or putting electrical devices near water.
When it comes to what to wear, gloves are a must for many renovation works while safety glasses, earplugs and other protective clothing are sensible choices, too. What you may not have considered, though, is the importance of using safety shoes. Not just for professionals, safety footwear such as Airtox Safety Shoes are a must-have when carrying out home renovations, for the following reasons.
Protective Toe Cap
This is the basic requirement needed by footwear to be classified as “safety shoes” and also one of their key features. Think about all the times you could be working with heavy or sharp objects and they fall on your toes. Annoying and painful! A toe cap protects against injury and shoe damage. Furthermore, many Airtox models come with a NEO-steel toe-cap which keeps the shoe from feeling heavy, despite the added protection.
Dangers come not only from the top. Sharp objects can be found on the floor and other surfaces. Nails and glass being two of the potential hazards, so a good pair of safety shoes will feature anti-penetration layers which create a barrier between your feet and the hazard. Some designs, with the so called ‘Whitelayer’ feature a material tested by the US military which keeps the shoes very light whilst offering full protection.
Anti-slip and Waterproof
If you have to work on slippery surfaces or in a wet environment, anti-slip and waterproof shoes will help you stay focused on the task in hand without worrying about balancing and keeping upright. If you have to work in very wet conditions, you can be assured your feet will be warm and dry.
Not all the safety shoes come with good waterproof credentials, though, so if that’s important to you be sure to check the model of shoes you are buying.
Safety shoes and home renovation
Safety shoes can make a big difference to you when it comes to carrying out home renovations. As mentioned earlier, they’re not just for professional work people. Once you buy a pair they can come in handy for many maintenance jobs all around the home, so they are a great investment. Not only that, modern designs and materials ensure that many good quality safety shoes look like normal trainers, rather than a work shoe. So you can look cool even when renovating!
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The penultimate race in the Spur KZN Trail Series took place in the tranquil setting of the Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve, despite the weather spicing things up with clouds building overhead and the threat of rain becoming more and more imminent closer to start time.
The Championship Race saw men and women complete two laps of the 5.1km route and it was a great crowd-pleaser! Runners were spurred on upon completing their first lap as the rain made things interesting, and it was great to see so many grind it out and complete both laps.
Mark Mitchell was first over the line again coming home in a time of 49:05, the only person to break 50 minutes. His rival, the ever smiling Owen Bengo crossed shortly after to take 2nd place in 50:10, with Michael Hay hot on his heels. He came home in 50:14 to round out the top three in the Men’s Open category.
In the Ladies Race, series leader and now overall winner, Trish Bahlman picked up her third win in a row to dominate proceedings once again. Her time of 54:44 was enough for her to win by an astonishing margin of over 12 minutes! Second lady over the line for the 3rd consecutive race, went to Jean Hackland who is showing great consistency has surely wrapped up 2nd place in the Open Female for this Championship. She crossed under the arch in a time of 01:06:51, with Dawn Mackay crossing the line 3rd female overall and first veteran in a time of 01:15:13.
Same same, but different
In the Men’s 5.1km short course Challenge Race, it was none other than Series leader in the Minimee Category, Dylan O’Brien who claimed his 3rd win in a row and took an unassailable lead in the Series, coming home in 27:46 with Josh Reid coming home in 2nd place overall but 1st Open Male in a time of 28:22. Third male over the line and 1st Veteran went to Steven Gossman, who is also enjoying a great Series with some super results, crossing under the arch in a shade under 30min in a time of 29:17.
In the Ladies Challenge Race, it was once again the young Julliette Goebel who keeps on impressing, coming home 3rd overall over the line and first female in an incredible time of 28:41. Second lady over the line was Birde Tussaint, who crossed 16 seconds later in 28:57. The last place on the podium went to another podium regular this Series, Roxanne Vale who crossed the line in 30:29.
The Spur KZN Trail Series comes to an end this Saturday at iSithumba. It promises to be an exhilarating climax with a few categories yet to be decided.
A big thank you to sponsors, Spur, adidas, BOS, Protea Hotels and Graham Beck for their support and enthusiasm in making this Series happen.
- Mark Mitchell 49:05
- Owen Bengo 50:10
- Michael Hay 50:14
- Trish Bahlmann 54:44
- Jean Hackland 1:06:51
- Dawn Mackay 1:15:13
- Dylan O’Brien 27:46
- Josh Reid 28:22
- Steven Gossman 29:17
- Julliete Goebel 28:41
- Birde Tussaint 28:57
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Update: The family trying to find a new home for Howard the World’s Tallest Gnome has revealed a short list of five places where the 7.91-metre-tall figure might be erected next.
This list was posted to the gnome’s Facebook page:
White River Resort, Sayward
Treasures, Curio and RV, Coombs
Log Cabin General Store, Parksville
Fast Time Grand Prix, Parksville
Galey Farms, Saanich
Along with this statement:
“We have narrowed it down to our final 5, although we appreciate each and every interested party and offer of support. We will be making our final decision on Tuesday. We are taking his longevity and care into account as well as ensuring he will continue to be in the family based environment he was originally built for.”
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Howard the World’s Tallest Gnome may well be the world’s most popular gnome.
Close to 100 interested parties have put their names forward to take on the 7.91-metre-tall gnome, which needs to be relocated from its current Nanoose location, said advocate Bridget Matewish. Her grandfather Ron Hale constructed Howard at home.
The family will be reviewing offers mid-month, Matewish said on a new Facebook page dedicated to Howard the World’s Tallest Gnome.
This process will be “taking into account all things ... logistics, longevity, and who will take the best care of him for the duration of his life, and coming to a decision as a family,” Matewish said on Facebook. She could not immediately be reached today.
The family has set up a GoFundMe page with a goal of raising $15,000 for repairs to the gnome, now more than 20 years old. As of mid-day today, $265 had been raised.
“The money will be used to purchase him a brand new trailer to replace the rotten base he is currently on, completely repaint him, as well as repair his plaster hands and foam face. Any remaining money will be donated to the Parksville SOS to support those most vulnerable,” the GoFundMe page said.
In 2009, the Guinness Book of World Records deemed Howard to be the world's tallest gnome.
Howard stands at the Nanoose Bay Town Pantry and Chevron gas station, 1660 Island Highway, between Nanaimo and Parksville.
The gnome is currently owned by Parkland Fuel Corp. of Calgary, property owner. Matewish said she was told that the roadside attraction must be removed by the end of April or it will be taken down.
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How to prepare maths for competitive exams: tips for students
Competitive exams are conducted by the educational institutions for providing them admission in higher learning courses as well as for the recruitment process too. These exams assess students’ knowledge and understanding of the academic subjects they learn in their secondary and senior secondary classes. The standard syllabus of most of the competitive exams in English comprehension, reasoning, general knowledge, environmental science, and mathematics.
Among these subjects, one which is considered to be the most complex is maths. Students find mathematics preparation for competitive exams difficult. Let us discuss some tips that all students can follow to prepare for mathematics better and crack competitive exams with high scores.
Table of Contents
Maths preparation tips for competitive exams
Start your preparation early
We all know that competitive exams have a vast syllabus to cover. For maths as well the syllabus is vast. The topics that you learn in secondary and senior secondary classes are asked in the competitive exams. If students start their preparation late, they will face difficulty in completing the syllabus. Till last minutes, winding up the syllabus makes one stressed and less effectively prepared. To avoid this happening with you, start your preparation early. With this students will be able to wind up the syllabus timely and can utilize the remaining time for more practice and revisions.
Focus on your weaker sections more
We all know that maths is slightly a complex subject. It has many applications and concepts which cannot be understood that easily. In these several mathematics concepts, you must focus more on the ones which you are not able to understand and solve accurately. For example, if you face difficulty in understanding geometry, focus more on topics like angle sum property of triangle, circumference, mensuration, and more. Keep practicing these topics more. Get your doubts cleared from the teachers properly, take more practice exercises and work to hold a good command over all mathematical topics. Try completing tricky maths puzzles with answers.
Practice sample papers
Sample papers are one of the best preparation sources for competitive exams. By solving sample papers and previous year question papers, students can check how much they know, how well they can solve the maths questions to find where they are lagging. By solving the sample paper questions correctly, one feels confident about their preparation and is motivated to keep working hard.
Also, students can find where they need more hard work and practice. By solving these papers, students can improve their preparation. Also, they can get an idea about what is the exam type, what questions are important and asked repetitively in the exam.
Practice is the key to scoring high
We all know practice makes a man perfect. To hold a good command of maths concepts, practice is very important. Along with understanding the concepts, don’t forget to solve the related questions and exercises too. Once you are done with completing the syllabus, give your time to practice and revise as much as you can.
Solve and practice more the questions on percentage, calculus, and trigonometry as many students make mistakes here.
Don’t get stuck
In mathematics some concepts are difficult and you are not able to understand them effectively even after several attempts. But as you know that there is a vast syllabus to cover, don’t get stuck on a particular topic only. By a few attempts if you are not able to understand the topic that well, move to the next ones. Try to complete the syllabus as soon as possible and later you can come to the topics which you could not understand properly earlier.
This will save a lot of time and make you less stressed too. The same goes for the mathematics questions. If you are solving maths sample papers and can’t get an accurate answer to a question, don’t get stuck to it. Move to the next ones. Once you are done with the paper, come back to the ones that were left. This will improve your maths learning, scores as well as time management skills.
Competitive exam scores play an important role for students to get admission in their dream colleges and pursue their interested streams. To have academic success in the future, students must prepare effectively for these exams. Among the exam syllabus, mathematics is considered to be a challenging one. By following the above-mentioned tips, students can prepare for the maths syllabus of the exams better and more effectively. | <urn:uuid:48238cf8-1c16-4d61-af72-4b159565cf1e> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.tipsfromcomputertechs.com/prepare-maths-for-competitive-exams/ | 2024-04-24T03:05:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.966024 | 890 |
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There is a universal myth that all Asian food is made of meat. Tum Tum Asia wanted to address this misconception while showcasing their 100% vegetarian, authentic pan Asian cuisine with a twist. A cleverly crafted menu from the streets of China, India, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Japan. This seemed like a tasty project right from the start.
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Tony Backhouse, BA, B.Mus, is one of the leaders in
the Australasian a cappella movement.
He founded Australia’s foremost a cappella gospel choir Café of the Gate of Salvation in 1986, and wrote music for & directed it for 21 years. He founded a cappella choir the Honeybees and has directed and sung with reclusive male a cappella group the Heavenly Light Quartet since 1996.
In demand for his inspiring teaching style, Tony has run more than 2000 vocal workshops throughout the world for the public, for festivals, schools, universities, churches, organisations and corporate training events.
‘Tony Backhouse has been, and continues to be, a major influence on music in Sydney and beyond.
The a cappella revival is almost entirely due to him.’
Martin Wesley-Smith, composer, Australia
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CaptainFalcon wrote: » Fuck SpectraL, the motherfucker! Just fuck him!
LSA King wrote: » At least he's actually reporting people for going off topic in the more serious forums.
Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, child porn, flooding,hacking, exploits and harmful posts that will put Totse in danger, DO NOT USE IT FOR ANYTHING ELSE, users who abuse this feature will be banned.
-SpectraL wrote: » It's spam.
-SpectraL wrote: » We'll see what Dfg thinks, and we'll also see what he thinks of his illegitimate moderators.
-SpectraL wrote: » It's amusing, too, that the moderator who just sent me a warning was the very moderator who decided to turn a blind eye to the spam in the thread I reported, and it's the spammer itself who got this moderator to do it. Zoklet v2.0. lol Fix it, Dfg... you know why DaGuru and I are watching you before contributing/investing anything here, don't you? I think you do.
TheDarkRodent wrote: » LMFAO SpecGuru, you don't contribute anything anywhere ever.
TheDarkRodent wrote: » Are you serious? I guess you missed this part.
TheDarkRodent wrote: » Spam is the use of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited bulk messages.
LSA King wrote: » No, I didn't miss that part. Clearly it can be interpreted as spam. We sorted this issue out in the beginning that SG/HB are the playground for nonsense. Of course it's a tough call and obviously up to the Moderator of those individual forms to determine what action they want to take if any. The goal is to keep things as serious as possible in other forums and Off-Topic posts/threads, derailing threads, etc. can be considered spamming. It could be. It's all int he eye of the beholder, however, contact the forum moderator and ask him. Reporting threads goes to EVERYONE not just that moderator. One of the flaws in the system. Each mod should have full control of the content of his forum with only Global Mod or Admin's stepping in during an absence, massive spam attack, etc. Derailing threads isn't a Global issue which is what the Report function does. That's just what it's associated with. If you were using the net long before 1999 you know spam encompassed bulletin boards long before email. *EDIT* Just found this and got hard btw.
TheDarkRodent wrote: » I was using CompuServe with a 900 BAUD acoustic modem in 1983 when they opened their doors. That does not change the fact that both email and bulletin boards are "electronic messaging systems (that can be) to send unsolicited bulk messages."Derailing threads is not a violation. Not that I agree with that in the serious forums, but as of now it is not.
Dfg wrote: » Man I got a boner for Zora. Ahem, don't abuse the report feature people, especially when the Mod asks you nicely.
DaGuru wrote: » ELL OH FUCKIN ELL @ the staff actually banning Spectral over this latest silliness. :facepalm: So yet again you are stepping forward and saying......"Here at .info we encourage slobber, one-liner's and 4-channing hilarity"....because the side you chose in this instance was the wrong one. And then a handful of you will actually continue to spend hours upon hours of thought/preparation/effort into textfiles, CMS's, Wiki's, advertising, and all the other time wasting nonsense when barely only 5% of the content in this place is even worth reading....and those that stand up for better content are labeled as an "enemy" of the website. :rolleyes: What is it you people are trying to build here again? Oh I forgot, just another arena so a few people can get off on mod perks and the "power" it gives them to fuck around and pretend to be an authority(?) figure during make pretend time in their made up little cyber world. So how long is it for this time Dfg....another "perma"-ban in the home of free speech (tounge removed from cheek), or another one of your pointless hour/day long ones just to further incite the GAME of being able to play with infractions, bans, and other moderator toolbelt functions? InB4 "chill/power going out/taking a walk/IRL stuff can't let people think straight"/whatever excuse to make a cursory statement and just flop on out the door as quickly and aloofly as possibly.
Auschwitz Nazi Disneyland wrote: » What makes you say Spectral's been banned? I can't see it.
GeneralMcBoozer wrote: » Actually, this is my understanding of why it was reversed:
DaGuru wrote: » ELL OH FUCKIN ELL @ the staff actually banning Spectral over this latest silliness. :facepalm: So yet again you are stepping forward and saying......"Here at .info we encourage slobber, one-liner's and 4-channing hilarity"....because the side you chose in this instance was the wrong one....
-SpectraL wrote: » Check this out.. retard spammer kidiot posts yet more garbage in discussion thread... mod of that forum decides to just stick his thumb up his ass and do nothing about it... I report it... so the same mod with his thumb stuck up his ass warns my account for reporting garbage in a discussion thread. So I report the abuse of authority from the mod with his thumb stuck up his useless ass, and Dfg comes along and bans my account for reporting the abuse of authority from his incompetent moderator. Hard to believe, huh? But that's exactly what just happened. To top it all off, another idiot with global mod under his nick comes in and lays out his complete approval for both the spammer and the incompetent mod. But it's good, because now we know for a fact that Dfg and his lapdogs just want a shitty site full of garbage and spammy kidiots. They don't want a site with actual content, they just want a piece of shit where all their spammy little kidiot friends can destroy discussion threads all over the forum while dropping shitballs out of their dumb asses 24 hours a day. Now we know it's not worth posting anything here, and we know it will never amount to anything more than a garbage dump. I'll just post garbage all over the place as well.
GeneralMcBoozer wrote: » :facepalm:
-SpectraL wrote: » It's quite amusing to watch these idiots rationalize and explain their blunt stupidity.
GeneralMcBoozer wrote: » This post answers part of your query. As for the rest, I have no idea how things were from the beginning, as I was not here. But as a mod, I can say that the report feature does have it usefulness. It has alerted me personally to posts that needed attention before I managed to get to them. Yeah, there is no "common user who saved the day by reporting a post" that I know of, but it is still a useful tool for mods to get a jumpstart to things that they may have missed. I do not know off the top of my head the actual ratio between useful reports and useless reports. But I can comment on how a user should use that feature. For example, if Spec had reported the posts that he had, with "This could be spam, can a mod check it please" or at least something along those lines. Instead of "kick this kidiot off the site" then the reports would have been seen differently and definitely not as an abusive report. As wacky as it sounds, the wording does matter. I do not believe that the report button is there "to incite drama and arguments.......just so certain mods or admins have something to do, because they cling to the game-playing and getting off on their control panelsto the extent they do." It is there for the mods to be informed of a possible problem in their section. When someone reports a post, the section mod gets an email for that report, which lets us know about it, even if we are not on at that moment. The feature does do some good, but because of the maturity of the people who abuse it, it turns out to be more of a handicap than it should be.
Yeah Boozer, you DO get it, thanks for agreeing with me. wrote: The feature does do some good, but because of the maturity of the people who abuse it, it turns out to be more of a handicap than it should be.
-SpectraL wrote: » So far, I've been banned by Dfg twice and one his lackeys once, even though no rules were ever broken by me. All three bans were simply because they didn't like what I had to say. This latest ban was because they didn't want me bitching about the genuine spam they continuously allow and encourage from several spamming kidiots. Instead of facing up to the issue and doing something about it, it's much easier for them to simply shoot the messenger and continue on in their incompetence and blissful ignorance. They think they can escape due ridicule by pressing buttons and hiding behind their control panels, but they got another thing coming. Oh, yes, indeed. Lots of things coming. I have lots of free time, and I make an absolutely wonderful enemy.
-SpectraL wrote: » It's pretty hypocritical that they are moving my "posts" to the Trash, but on the other hand they've let their pet spammers' posts stay right where they are - riddled throughout the discussion threads. It's like they need to single out anybody with more than half a brain and hound their posts, but they're totally fine with the clueless spam-monkeys. It's as you said, DaGuru... little lame power-seekers out for a quick fix. They don't get off as much playing with the posts and accounts of the brain-dead spammers, but they get quite a rise playing their stupid little games with the accounts and posts of people with any level of intelligence higher than their own. Zoklet v2.0. lol
-SpectraL wrote: » The only flaw in your lame contrivance is a major one: I DID report spam, which is fully allowed under the current rules. Just because you decide to call kidiot garbage valid postage in NO WAY makes it so. hehehe All you do is prove all the more how really clueless and retarded you all really are, that's all you do when you come up with this kind of shit. Everything you do only serves to expose you for who you really are.
TheDarkRodent wrote: » They are not moving your posts to the trash, I am..
TheDarkRodent wrote: » ^ I knew that news would give you a woody.
DaGuru wrote: » Nah, what's really going to give me a woody is when I'm perma-banned yet again for not doing anything wrong other than point out the stupidity and hypocrisy amongst many of you folks. Even better than that will be watching you personally continue to have the daily dramas with the Pacinos and Fattys of this website....all the while you are trying to demonize people that leave your backside eternally scarred despite the fact they too agree that all these fools posts is garbage.
-SpectraL wrote: » They actually think that if they call a dog a cat that we're going to follow along blindly just because they say we should. Hahahha... classic shit right there, for sure. They're that stupid.
-SpectraL wrote: » The mod group here is really nothing more than a rough collection of wannabes and posers. TheDarkRodent is just one among many. They talk a lot, and they throw a lot of smoke around, but in the end their actions go far in revealing just how weak and immature they really are as a group. And that figures, because their "leader" is cut from the very same cloth. The apple never falls far from the apple tree. | <urn:uuid:7ca8043d-0255-44c8-8448-73fa45184632> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.totseans.com/bbs/discussion/17107/why-isnt-spectral-banned-yet-for-abusing-the-report-feature | 2024-04-24T02:21:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.97337 | 2,582 |
In the wake of the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall cultural venue near Moscow, a somber scene unfolded outside the Russian embassy in Athens as citizens leave candles, flowers, and heartfelt messages of condolence for the Russian people.
In a recent social media update, the Russian embassy conveyed its appreciation to both Greek friends and Russian nationals residing in Greece for their outpouring of condolence messages following the tragic incident.
The post highlighted a shared sentiment of solidarity, stating, “We are all united in prayer for the swift recovery of the injured.”
Furthermore, flowers, candles, and condolence notes create a solemn scene outside the Russian Consulate in Thessaloniki.
In a statement shared by the Consulate, they express sincere appreciation to their fellow countrymen and the people of Greece for the outpouring of support, flowers, and heartfelt condolences extended following the appalling terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall on the outskirts of Moscow. | <urn:uuid:1c744a98-dccc-4b43-9904-18e4e5baf9a9> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.tovima.com/society/citizens-express-condolences-with-messages-candles-and-flowers-at-russian-embassy-in-greece/ | 2024-04-24T04:05:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.92607 | 193 |
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Mile marker 0 for the Little Beaver Creek Greenway Trail can be found at its southern in Lisbon. Located in a former railroad depot, the Lisbon trailhead is about a quarter mile from the actual start of the greenway. From there, the trail gradually rises about 450 feet over its 12.5-mile length, running north to Washingtonville.
The paved pathway parallels the Middle Fork of the Little Beaver Creek and has many beautiful and interesting features, including glacial outwashes, upland fields, mature ravine woodlots and wetland wildlife habitats. A highlight is the Teegarden-Centennial Covered Bridge, on the National Register of Historic Places, located in the community of Teegarden, about halfway along the trail.
Remnants of the area’s industrial heritage can still be found along the trail. In Leetonia, near the northern terminus of the greenway, the Beehive Coke Ovens Park sits on the remnants of 200 coal-fired ovens built in 1866. Burning the coal without oxygen creates coke, which burned hot enough to melt iron. More than 70,000 tons of coke were produced annually during the site’s heyday, shipped by rail car to Pittsburgh and other iron-producing cities. The ovens were permanently closed in 1930, but like the rail line, would find new life decades later. In the 1990s, the site was turned into a park and nature preserve, and the coke ovens added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The greenway is built on the right of way of the Pittsburgh, Lisbon & Western (PL&W) Railroad line. For most of the first half of the 20th century, the PL&W ran both freight and passengers throughout Pennsylvania and Ohio. When the PL&W ran into increasing financial difficulties in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it merged with the Erie Lackawanna Railroad. The outlook improved for a short time but took another downturn in the following decades. After the railroad abandoned the track, much of it fell into the hands of local philanthropist Allen Dickey, who would later donate it to Columbiana County. The first 10 miles of trail were built in 2000. Twenty years later, the trail may be as important to the local community as the former railroad.
As a segment of the Great Ohio Lake to River Greenway, the Little Beaver Creek Greenway is a part of the trail system that begins in Ashtabula County and continues through Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana counties. When complete, the Great Ohio Lake to River Greenway will be more than 100 miles long.
Additionally, the Little Beaver Creek Greenway Trail is part of the Industrial Heartland Trails Coalition efforts to establish a multiuse trail network spanning more than 1,500 miles across 48 counties in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and New York.
Parking is available at multiple locations along the trail, including at the northern trailhead (415 S County Rd, Washingtonville) and at the southern trailhead in Lisbon (S Lincoln Ave, one block south of Maple St). Visit the TrailLink map for all options and detailed directions.
TrailLink is a free service provided by Rails-to-Trails conservancy
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It's probably just my PC, but has anyone else noticed a delay when you click [Like] on a post? For me, it now takes 30 seconds or more to register. Happened all day yesterday and this morning too. All other functions work normally. It'll probably clear up on its own.
i noticed that as well, but seldom 'click' the like button .... i just assumed it was an 'undocumented' feature, lol
It happens, now and then. Also, you will notice it has happened when people make a duplicate posting.
I often use the [Like] button to show appreciation for a thoughtful post or good photograph, and it's nice to receive them, as it confirms members are reading and enjoying posts. Other forums that lack the feature or have members who never use it are like a morgue and I rarely visit them.
Same here, although it used to only be in the middle of the night, which I assume they are backing up the site? Lately though, it's slow during normal hours off and on. Hope it will clear itself up like Search and My Content did eventually Get this a lot lately. The little connection thingy! I try not to mess with it as it causes Double post!
I recently upgraded my old laptop to windows 10 and noticed the problem after that. I just figured it was a windows problem.
I have mentioned the signal for such things happening and what to do several times. Perhaps ya'lls should read more of what gets posted. Have wonderful day. It's raining here.
Staff has been working on it. (Not me, I haven't go a clue what to do.) It appears to be fixed now. Making a new post seems to be a little sluggish but other than that it does work.
It still takes a while for me to post likes, unless I reload the page right after I post the like. Also, it takes a while for my posts to appear, again unless I reload the page.
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The older I get and/or the longer I travel the pickier I am becoming about where I am wanting to stay. If I could stay in luxury apartments and hotels all of the time of course I would but that isn’t always possible. Especially when staying in an expensive city like London. If I am going to stay in a hostel at this point it better be pretty nice and have all of the amenities that I am looking for.
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Large spacious rooms
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Shared toilet, shower and sinks in the dorms
Often with hostels the toilets, sinks and showers are located in the hallways and you share them with the whole floor however in these rooms they were all contained in the room. There was a room with just a toilet, then a second room with a sink and shower and then in the room there was a second sink and mirror so more than one person can get ready at one time. There weren’t actually any additional showers or toilets in the hallways however I wish there was as sometimes you need to do things at the same time as others, of course that wasn’t a deal breaker for me.
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Thursday, May 18, 2006
Master plan or free will?
One of the interesting sub-themes raised by a few people in yesterday's comment thread was the issue of whether life and death were part of some master plan (meaning controlled by a Higher Power), or simply random events (meaning controlled by human free will).
It's funny that in the midst of this discussion (but unrelated to it), I received an email from a friend inviting me to participate in a discussion of the actions - perhaps more correctly 'inaction' - of an English soldier in WWI; Private Henry Tandey. In light of the [perhaps] coincidental timing of the email, I've decided to invite you all to the discussion:
For most of you the name Henry Tandey won't ring a bell, so allow me to provide some background information:
According to records from his Regiment (The Green Howards), Private Tandey spent the 28th of September, 1918 helping to capture a French village called Marcoing from the German forces holding it. During the fighting for the village and its crossing...
"His platoon was held up by machine-gun fire. He at once crawled forward, located the machine gun with a Lewis gun team and knocked it out. On arrival at the crossings he restored the plank bridge under a hail of bullets, thus enabling the first crossing to be made at this vital spot. Later in the evening, during an attack, he, with eight comrades was surrounded by an overwhelming number of Germans and, though the position was apparently hopeless, he led a bayonet charge through them, fighting so fiercely that thirty seven of the enemy were driven into the hands of the remainder of his company. Although twice wounded, he refused to leave until the fight was won."
For these actions he was awarded the Victoria Cross, 'the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces'.
However, during that same campaign (some historians argue whether it was that day at Marcoing or a few days earlier at another battle site called 'Menin Cross Roads'), Private Tandey encountered a wounded German Lance Corporal... raised and aimed his rifle... and in a moment of mercy decided not to fire. The German soldier nodded his thanks and the two men rejoined their units.
One of the most common questions asked to teenagers in youth groups (especially Jewish ones) intended to spark moral/ethical discussions is whether, given the opportunity to travel back in time, they would go back and kill Adolph Hitler (his name should be obliterated). This question never fails to trigger (pun intended) lively discussions about free choice, the dangers of toying with history and even whether we have the ability to wrest control of G-d's intended plans away from Him.
However, for Private Tandey the question was not some academic discussion point intended to make suburban teenagers calibrate their moral compasses. As he had admittedly done on several previous occasions, he opted not to kill a lighly wounded soldier... a man who turned out to be a Bavarian Lance Corporal named Adolph Hitler.
After WWI a famous photograph depicting British soldiers of the Green Howards regiment bringing wounded soldiers to a first aid station was turned into an even more famous painting. The setting for the photo/painting is somewhat under dispute as it could have been either of the two battle-sites mentioned above. However, this question of location is only somewhat important to the story since both Tandey and Hitler were certainly present at 'Menin Cross Roads' and almost surely also at Marcoing.
In the early '30s, Hitler heard about the famous painting that was now hanging in the Officer's mess of the Green Howards Regiment and requested it for the conference room in his newly built mountain retreat. The reason he wanted the painting is that in the photo from which the painting had been rendered, Hitler clearly recognized the British soldier who had spared his life.
The regiment sent him the painting with very polite greetings.
When Neville Chamberlain came to visit Hitler in the days leading up to WWII, Hitler pointed out the soldier in the painting to him... told him how that soldier had spared his life... and asked that Chamberlain convey his good wishes to the man (which according to several historical accounts - including Tendey's family - he promptly did) upon returning to England.
I've shared this story with you today because whether this event took place at 'Menin Cross Roads' or Marcoing, both Tandey and Hitler were quite certain that it had happened.
For Hitler it was one of many near-death experiences in which he perceived that G-d had interceded on his behalf (as with later assassination attempts), indicating that he was destined to do great things.
For Tandey, he had to live the rest of his life (he died in 1977) knowing that but for a moment of mercy... the smallest squeeze of a trigger... tens of millions of lives might have been spared.
As if I didn't have enough to keep me awake at night, I now have an opportunity to ponder this continuation of yesterday's discussion of whether the events in our world are entirely a result of free will or if they are, in fact, part of G-d's master plan?
And of course, how do we live with the possibility that whatever we decide might be 100% wrong?
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This is where we are lucky to be observant Jews. What does the halacha say about killing a wounded soldier? Is it permissable or not? If you follow the law, then you need not have regrets later.
Posted by: westbankmama | May 18, 2006 12:51:26 PM
There are some problems connected with this example. First, it is one of those war legends, and historians have all reasons to believe things were never as they are believed to have been (e.g. Hitler, according to archives, was found to be on leave on that particular day when Tandey spared a soldier's life, historians argue). It's great fodder for the what-ifs and how-coulds, but the problem with it - it brings no valuable solution, because it is a futile discussion about things that likely never happened that way. Both Hitler and Tandey were convinced they had met - but whose belief triggered whose conviction, and upon which circumstances really?
With a history of antisemitism not only in Germany, it would have been a question of time and place, more than anything else. If not the megalomaniac Hitler, then any other psychopath. It is not so much the question about Hitler the evil, but about Jews being the target of centuries of prosecution and humiliation: tolerated at the highest, but never appreciated.
If you argue the way you indicated, you could as well go farther back that trail and speak in favour of abortions. Neither Hitler's mother, in this case, nor Tandey could have known whom they were meeting (i.e. a future psychopath).
Tandey, moreover and no matter who the man was whose life he spared, acted according to conventions. He spared the life of a wounded enemy who no longer was able to properly defend himself.
It is easy to look backwards and spot mistakes and lament over apparent failures - "magic moments of humanity". However, and unless science prooves that it's not so, time doesn't move bilinear (psychologically, that's why mankind developed time machine phantasies), and that's why it is so important to train a sound sense for moral and ethics in the present, to be able to reasonably act in the present and from then on. Just don't train this sense with examples that are unreasonable.
Posted by: a. | May 18, 2006 12:58:31 PM
Westbankmama... If you've ever met a soldier who has taken a life... even in full accordance with rules of engagement and current conventions, the term 'no regrets' will not likely be the words he or she uses to describe the experience.
A. ... The records dealing with Hitler's unit were destroyed by allied bombing, and the historian who claims to have found records showing Hitler was on leave the day of the battle has yet to actually produce the documents. The prevailing theory these days is that the two actually met at the earlier battle... an understandable mistake since they were only a few days apart and Tandey says he spared the lives of wounded soldiers on several occasions during that campaign. That having been said, I agree it is probably futile to play the 'what if' game because time really only works one way. But there is still the issue of whether our actions and deaths are entirely a result of our choices in life or whether they are sometimes directed as part of a larger plan. We see many times in scripture of Prophets being given a peek at the future of the Jewish people, which would suggest that at least some free will was being withheld so that their trajectory through time towards the prophecy they saw wouldn't be altered.
Posted by: treppenwitz | May 18, 2006 1:56:45 PM
How about Master Plan *and* Free Will? That's the Catholic take on it, according to my understanding. Our catechism (sounds like our version of your halacha) says: "To G-d, all moments of time are present in their immediacy. When therefore he establishes his eternal plan of "predestination" [i.e. master plan], he includes in it each person's free response to his grace."
This approach draws a distinction between the preordaining of human actions vs. knowledge of human actions. Knowing about something doesn't mean you caused it to happen. And, where we see a series of human actions over time, I think G-d sees them all at once, regardless of time.
It's good, in my opinion, to be patient and realize we have a very limited view of the overall plan.
Posted by: Steve Bogner | May 18, 2006 1:58:13 PM
My understanding is that prophecy is contingent. For instance, the Prophet Yonah goes and tell Nineveih "yall'll be overturned in 40 more days." No ifs, ands, or buts. This was the decree. Of course, though, the people of Nineveih repented, and the prediction didn't come true.
It's like quantum physics (props to Springbird) — God will point out to you where you seem likely to be headed, or where you should try to be headed. It's up to us to make positive prophecies come true, and negative ones not come true.
Posted by: Steg (dos iz nit der šteg) | May 18, 2006 2:52:03 PM
Oh boy! Talk about waking up in a hurry. Hindsight is always one of those things you can only learn from. Tandey was acting on his personal convictions which I find admirable.
Hitler apparantly was shown mercy many times throughout his life. Instead of learning to pass that mercy on to others, if feed into his homicidal visions. That may have been the lesson that G-d was trying to impart to Hitler, extend mercy to all as it was extended to you.
There are many Jewish thoughts about G-d's Master Plan v Free Will.
Some believe that G-d watches every moment in our lives. This, to me, negates free will and the conviction that we are created in His image. Why create us if we are to be mere automatons with no control over our lives?
Every morning, I pray "who has called me to be free". We have the guide that shows us how to live our daily lives, the Torah. We are to be conscious of every thing, from the food we eat to how many times a day we pray.
But we have to make the choice to live this way.
One of the things I've been reading about is the term Chosen People. It is said that we were the third or fourth group of people that G-d tried to make His pact with. No one else wanted the job! Maybe the lesson from that is again we all have to make the choice to live our lifes filled with the wonder of His creation, to treat others with kindness, to strive for justice. He gave us the tools on how to live. It's up to us to follow them.
I'm still lerning and I'm sure that my rabbi will be issueing more books for me to read! It's a journey of a lifetime.
Posted by: seawitch | May 18, 2006 3:12:06 PM
Classical Jewish thinkers (Rambam et al.) view the paradox of "G-d's Master Plan vs. Man's Free Will" as just that -- a paradox: G-d's "foreknowledge" is causative (as opposed to being passive), and man's free will is absolute (except when we are explicitly told otherwise -- e.g. when G-d "hardened Pharaoh's heart").
We are not expected to be capable of understanding how these two incompatible ideas can exist in the same universe. We are just expected to accept that they are both true.
In terms of "what are we supposed to *do* about it?"... The Orthodox Jewish response is that our job is to do G-d's will as revealed to us in the written and oral Torah. Nothing more (the rest is G-d's business) and nothing less (that is purpose of our existence).
Posted by: wogo | May 18, 2006 3:44:41 PM
I believe in both G-d's Will and Free Will. Having said this, I also believe that obedience is what G-d cares more about than outcome. If I take this particular story as factual, as evil and destructive as Hitler was (that's an understatement), I believe G-d also cared about Private Tandey's actions. We are all held to account by G-d for our actions, or in this case inaction. On the surface of it, being human and all, I would have appreciated Tandey pulling the trigger to avoid so much human suffering. However, it may be fallacious to say that The Shoah became a reality due to this one man's inaction. There may be other more cause-effect situations in Hitler's life that are more linked.
Trepp, I really enjoyed this post. I have thought of this before, but in a more general way. The movie Butterfly Effect treats this issue (not regarding Hitler, but about changing the past and how it affects the present) and I think they did a very good job showing how even the smallest change can produce outcomes you'd never expect.
Posted by: Tracey | May 18, 2006 4:08:47 PM
Could you find a more difficult question to ask? THIS is what you are doing during this bout of insomnia? Call Dr. Bean and have him send something over.
Poor Tandey - regardless of whether he did or did not spare Hilters life, imagine living with the belief that you missed the opportunity to stop a war that killed tens of millions.
Posted by: lisoosh | May 18, 2006 4:15:16 PM
I'm in no way qualified to answer this question. I am not religious. I only know what I believe. Why would G-d's plan be to see millions of people die in such horrific ways? Are you saying that G-d only loved Hitler, and so spared his life? People have complete free will and they are the one's who make a mess of things.
Posted by: Cruisin-mom | May 18, 2006 4:31:43 PM
If we look at our tradition we see moments in which man argued with G-d.
The moment that sticks out in my mind is that Avraham argued for mercy for the people of Soddom and Gomorrah.
I don't think that he could have done this without free will.
Without free will there is no difference between adults and children. All we become are little toys.
Posted by: Jack | May 18, 2006 5:33:54 PM
I would have to say that of all the interesting viewpoints prsented over here, I'd have to agree with Steg's. Tandey did the best he could with the opportunity he had - and his conscience is clear. Hitler did the WORST he could with the opportunities he had, and will be judged accordingly. I don't see any moral hindsight dilemma here, really.
Posted by: Irina | May 18, 2006 8:22:47 PM
You may remember, Jacob got the Mitzvah ... and a broken hip. It comes with the deal.
Short answer to the moral conundrum: The world is not about to run out of evil people. Tandey's sparing Hitler's life made no difference. If not Hitler, any of many millions of other people would have volunteered. We choose, but God decides.
Posted by: Bob | May 18, 2006 8:59:40 PM
I'm not about to get into the Free Will discussion,but just want to point out that the choice Tandey faced is NOT the same as the theoretical one "faced" by the suburban teenagers.
In the hypothetical time travel scenario, the teenager knows exactly who Hitler is, what he will become, and what could be averted if Hitler is killed beforehand.
Tandey had no such foreknowledge. For all he knew, the German in front of him could be a madman who would bring about the murder of millions . . . or the great-grandfather of the person who will someday discover an easy, cheap way to prevent dysentery, thereby saving the lives of millions of children every year . . . or just a guy with no dramatic future at all.
Posted by: Sarah | May 18, 2006 10:24:45 PM
This is interesting, because it highlights the existence of Free Will, Yetzer HaTov and Yetzer HaRa - responsibility and accountability.
Under the hypothesis that this story is true and accurate:
Private Tandey choose out of MERCY not to shoot a wounded enemy soldier - he acted correctly, there really is no doubt about that.
The enemy soldier A.H. was given another chance at life - and he decides later to squander it, to use his 'borrowed time' to do what is evil - this cannot be the responsibility of another.
Doesn't Yechezkiel 18 tell us this?
Private Tandey only assumed culpability (unfairly so) after the fact - hind-sight is always 20/20.
Posted by: Shadow Bear | May 19, 2006 4:21:48 AM
How about the master plan to unleash Photo Friday. ;)
Posted by: Jack | May 19, 2006 10:23:11 AM
I imagine we must constantly be missing opportunities every day that could stop evildoers from doing evil. Like maybe not reporting someone for a wrongdoing who goes on to do far worse. Which seems to me to be the equivalent of the soldier who fails to do his official duty and shoot an enemy soldier. There was a moment like that in "Saving Private Ryan" where the German soldier spared went on to be responsible for the deaths of some of the rescuers' platoon. And of course we are all constantly missing opportunities for doing more good; perhaps by failing to give some small encouragement that could make all the difference to an individual with potential but lacking self confidence.
So perhaps the implication of Private Tandey is that we should be thinking less about solving evil by taking out individual evildoers and more about putting our energies into building societies that don't let themselves be seduced by evildoers? Shabbat shalom to everyone.
Posted by: Judy | May 19, 2006 12:24:56 PM
It has been a good few months since I have had any time to look at your blog and the first one i see is Gone Where from Wednesday.
I love the way you deal with these so difficult of issues. But, man, they are so heavy!
I have in the past learned many of the traditional Jewish treatments of these issues, but still I am left unable to express myself in this area or deal with them in myself (maybe I am just still a kid). Your posts here and the comments on them are great and so insightful...
I hope that all is well with you and yours.
Posted by: NN | May 19, 2006 1:39:12 PM
The Tandey/Hitler conundrum is dealt with in the Midrash (don't ask me which - I don't remember). In Genesis, when Ishmael is dying of thirst in the desert, G-d answers his prayers. The Torah says that G-d "listened to the voice of the child as he was then." Midrash points out that Ishmael went on to live a less-than-exemplary life - and others point out that a large number of his descendents believe in flying airplanes into buildings, blowing themselves up in pizza parlors, etc. However, none of that was relevant to the child Ishmael "as he was then" - he was just a child, he prayed sincerely, and G-d spared him. Private Tandey had nothing to feel bad about - he spared Private Hitler "as he was then." What Hitler did with his life thereafter was not Tandey's fault. As for G-d's Plan vs. Free Will - that's a whole 'nother discussion. All the best - have a Good Shabbos.
Posted by: Psachya | May 19, 2006 5:05:49 PM
Hey, could YOU have forgotten it's Friday?? Where are my pics? I need my pics. Pics! Pics! Pics!
Posted by: Lioness | May 19, 2006 6:36:13 PM
[See, bad behaviour never pays off. Well, except for cursing of course. Either way, here's the most important bit: shabbat shalom!]
Posted by: Lioness | May 19, 2006 6:37:33 PM
I know I haven't really been responding to comments on this thread and I feel bad about that. But this is really a case of me being way out of my depth and also being really interested in how others view the topic. I appreciate all the diverse viewpoints you have offered.
Posted by: treppenwitz | May 21, 2006 5:20:21 PM
i respect what you have sead about my great uncle private henry tandey, i hate to hear that people have been saying that he litterally started world war 2 by not executing hitler on the spot, thanks for your comment.
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Israel faced growing international pressure on Wednesday to hold off on a planned assault on the last refuge for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza after truce talks in Cairo ended inconclusively.
Officials said Tuesday's talks were constructive and would continue, but the lack of an immediate breakthrough fuelled fears among hundreds of thousands of people crammed into Rafah that Israel would soon storm the city on the border with Egypt. Tensions also rose along Israel's northern border
with Lebanon on Wednesday. Israel said a woman was killed in a rocket attack from Lebanon, and four people were reported killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon.
WHO representative Richard Peeperkorn said an assault on Rafah would be "an unfathomable catastrophe... and would even further expand the humanitarian disaster beyond imagination."
Israel says it takes steps to minimise civilian casualties and accuses Hamas fighters of hiding among civilians, including in hospitals and shelters - something the militant group denies. — Reuters
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Brazil is the largest country in South America, covering almost half of the continent’s area. It borders the remaining South American countries, with the exception of Chile and Ecuador.
The country is one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse in the world, and it comprises different protected ecosystems and habitats.
Capital : Brasília
Area: 8,515,767 km²
Population: 208,733,102 (Estimate 2018)
The official language is Portuguese.
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The official currency is the Real ($R, BRL). Most hotels, restaurants and shops accept debit and credit cards. Automated Teller Machines (ATM) can be found in the main cities.
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In any organization, unrestricted access to systems and resources poses significant security risks. Recent cybersecurity events have shown that attackers will target any organization of any size. The most common attack vector is through unauthorized access to a legitimate account, often preceded by a phishing technique.
To protect against unauthorized access, it's essential to establish rules and policies for authenticating and authorizing users. Access control serves as the mechanism for imposing these protections, determining who or what is permitted to perform actions or access resources within the organization.
Driven by security requirements, infrastructure considerations, and compliance mandates, companies implement access control measures for their employees. However, access control extends beyond human users to encompass system processes and applications as well.
Newer forms of access control improve security by replacing traditional systems with advanced methods, such as key cards and biometrics. These systems offer convenience to authorized users and enable flexible, remote operations through cloud-based solutions. They streamline security management, updating user databases automatically and allowing granular access control based on roles. Integration with other security systems enhances overall protection, providing comprehensive surveillance and situational awareness capabilities.
Types of access control models
Various access control models regulate resource access in organizations, defining rules and mechanisms for granting, denying, or revoking access rights. These models operate on specific principles, providing different levels of granularity and flexibility in managing permissions.
Mandatory Access Control (MAC)
Mandatory Access Control (MAC) adopts a centralized management approach, indicating the highest degree of available control. This model grants sole management authority of access controls to the owner and custodian, removing the ability for the end-users to confer privileges to anyone else. It assigns security labels to resources and users, considering classification, clearance, and compartmentalization, thereby restricting access unless labels align. Initially developed for military and intelligence use, MAC protects sensitive data across various sectors, including finance and government.
MAC employs two key security models: Biba and Bell-LaPadula.
- Biba emphasizes information integrity, enabling lower-level clearance subjects to read higher-level information ("read up") and higher-level subjects to write for lower-level clearance objects ("write down"). This model suits business contexts, facilitating communication between executives and lower-level employees.
- Bell-LaPadula prioritizes confidentiality and is commonly applied in governmental or military roles. Users with higher clearance levels, e.g., Top Secret, are restricted to writing at their level or higher ("write up"), while they are permitted to read information at lower levels ("read down"). This model ensures strict control over access based on clearance levels.
- Strong enforcement of rules since users cannot override organization-wide policies set by MAC administrators.
- Effective categorization of resources through security labels, limiting access to specific user groups.
- Impedes collaboration due to stringent security measures.
- Complex implementation.
- Increased workload in maintaining security labels, leading to slower and more labor-intensive processes.
Discretionary Access Control (DAC)
Discretionary Access Control (DAC) empowers resource owners to make security decisions, allowing them to grant permissions for resources they control. In this process, a security administrator creates a resource profile detailing access permissions through an access control list.
Unlike mandatory access control, which depends on one person, DAC allows teams of admins or non-IT users to oversee access. While providing subjects with maximum freedom, DAC offers lower security compared to other models. The sharing option in most operating systems reflects DAC, allowing users to set read/write privileges and password requirements for their owned documents within a table of individuals and user groups.
- Flexible and straightforward: DAC enables resource owners to promptly add new users and privileges without waiting for central approval.
- Business responsiveness: With policy change requests not requiring security administration approval, decision-making becomes more agile and aligned with business requirements.
- Flexibility may lead to over/under-privileged users.
- Limited visibility: Security administrators struggle to monitor resource sharing and need to search through multiple ACLs to view individual privileges.
- DAC's user discretion can create inconsistencies and oversight gaps, posing security risks.
- Requires constant monitoring and supervision.
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Role-based access control (RBAC) assigns access privileges according to users' job roles. This model is a common component of access control systems used in Industrial Control Systems (ICS). Contrasting mandatory and discretionary access control, RBAC streamlines IT privilege management through automation. It groups users into roles based on department and position, with corresponding permission roles tailored to each group's access requirements. It simplifies the process of granting appropriate permissions to new users upon entry.
- Automated and scalable.
- Ease of maintenance: Makes user onboarding, offboarding, and role adjustment tasks efficient.
- Centralized policies across the organization.
- Lower risk exposure: Users' access to resources is aligned with their roles, reducing potential security risks.
- Complex deployment in large organizations.
- Smaller roles enhance security but may lead to overlaps.
- Assigning too many roles can lead to unnecessary privileges.
Rule-Based Access Control (RuBAC)
RuBAC uses programmed conditions set by an administrator to determine access to objects. Unlike some models, RuBAC considers not only the subject and object but also the action, akin to if-then statements in coding. It can accommodate multiple conditions and variables for access decisions. Organizations needing access restrictions based on time or location may find RuBAC useful, but modifying the programmed conditions requires time and coding expertise.
Less common access control models
The following control models are less common but hold value in specific contexts:
Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC): Combines RBAC and RuBAC, granting permissions based on subject clearance, object type, action, and environment. Allows extensive control but requires significant coding.
Risk-Adaptive Access Control (RAdAC): Assesses subject clearance, security metrics, connection type, location, and authentication methods to build a collective profile, and then determines access based upon the risk. Ideal for dynamic security needs but complex to configure.
Identity-Based Access Control (IBAC): Controls access based on a subject's singular identity, often using login ID, password, fingerprinting, or facial recognition. Suitable for simple access scenarios but subject to privacy concerns and password fatigue.
Organization-Based Access Control (OrBAC): Considers subject role, action, object permissions, and organization affiliation. Ideal for large companies with multiple subsidiaries, streamlining permission management across the organization.
Access control is crucial for minimizing company risk and attacks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Various guidance, standards, and regulations such as ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI DSS outline specific requirements that businesses must meet. Choosing the right access control model depends on factors such as budget, organization size, ease of use, security needs, integration capabilities, and scalability. Therefore, choosing the appropriate access control model is essential to align with business goals while also ensuring the security of the organization.
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The Malariaworld exhibition has been developed for World Malaria Day 2024 to raise awareness of malaria and malaria research. We highlight some of the Nuffield Department of Medicine’s contributions to malaria research. Come and visit our exhibition at the John Radcliffe Academic Centre, 22-29 April 2024.
3 April 2024
In the 1st week of April each year, the global community comes together to celebrate health workers, the backbone of the health industry and society. This year, the theme is #SafeSupportedHealthWorkers. The Frontline Health Workers Coalition and its partners are leading the effort. The goal is to unite advocates, health workers, leaders, and communities worldwide to call for investment, protection, and support for the health workforce. This is especially important in low—and middle-income countries.
22 February 2024
KWTRP hosted 153 students for the Annual School Leavers Attachment Scheme (SLAS) Open Day. The SLAS open day targets top performing students in Kilifi to give them an opportunity to information from various stakeholders and scientists that would help them firm up or redefine their career aspirations. It is an opportunity to give the students information about the need to take science and health related careers with the focus on creating the next pool of researchers in Kenya, Africa and beyond.
18 February 2024
Dr Tabitha Mwangi, a former KWTRP scientist now working in the UK, has written an inspirational book targeted at High school going children but also useful in shaping students already in university in shaping their career journeys.
23 November 2023
OUCRU are tackling the global health threat of Antimicrobial Resistance – a silent pandemic claiming millions of lives yearly. Learn about our collaborative research, our interventions in local hospitals, and our ongoing efforts to combat AMR.
22 November 2023
As part of the global efforts to raise awareness about Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) during World AMR Awareness Week, OUCRU Nepal has been actively engaging in public outreach activities since 2016. These initiatives aim to educate and empower individuals to take action in preventing the spread of AMR and promote responsible antibiotic use in the country.
21 November 2023
At OUCRU, we are committed to raising awareness about antimicrobial resistance in the communities we work with. To fulfil our commitment, OUCRU’s Public and Community Engagement team has organised several activities and projects across our sites. The aim has been to educate and empower individuals to take action in preventing the spread of AMR by promoting responsible antibiotic use.
1 November 2023
In a world driven by innovation and technology, healthcare remains a cornerstone of society. Understanding the healthcare system's challenges is crucial for professionals and the public. As part of our ongoing commitment to fostering knowledge and awareness the Health Systems Collaborative (HSC) team participated in community engagement as a part of the IF Oxford Science and Ideas Festival. This event allowed participants to explore the human resources for health challenges while highlighting our work to address these issues in the UK and worldwide.
10 October 2023
On October 7th, we had the privilege of hosting a live webinar together with the Vietnamese Psychotherapy Association (VnPA) and Medisetter, titled “Mental Healthcare for Carers: We Support the Supporters!” in honour of World Mental Health Day 10th October 2023.
10 July 2023
This year’s School Leavers Attachment Scheme (SLAS) cohort have successfully concluded. The cohort included 9 students drawn from secondary schools in Kilifi who scored highest in aptitude tests and interviews. The 3-month attachment, which started from 1st March to 31st May, involved two-week long rotations in the HSRE, Neuro, ICT, Labs, Wards and ED departments and bi-weekly tutorials.
5 May 2023
Vaccines are the most effective and affordable way to prevent diseases. The pandemic led to a lag in immunisation for essential vaccines – 25 million children worldwide missed out on vaccination in 2021, according to WHO. At OUCRU, in addition to research and collaborations on various vaccine projects, we are committed to public and community engagement and education around vaccines. Look at some engagement projects that help raise awareness about vaccination and build the capacity for frontline healthcare workers, especially in rural areas.
The journey of dreams, improving engagement with underserved populations at risk for Hepatitis C in Vietnam.
22 March 2023
OUCRU Public and Community Engagement team produced a video based on their project “Community-based participatory research to promote engagement with underserved communities at risk of Hepatitis C virus in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam”. This video was made by community members of the community-based participatory research to the project. The video is in Vietnamese with English subtitles
25 October 2022
OUCRU’s Public and Community Engagement team develops training and resources on the topic of stress management and communication skills. Run by the Public and Community Engagement team, the Youth Ambassadors programme also links young people to medical research that impacts their lives and connects researchers to the health issues that young people care about.
OUCRU presents a new virtual exhibition: Digital Diaries, Voices from the Pandemic, COVID-19 experiences in Asia
13 September 2022
This online exhibition showcases short films and photographs created by health-care workers and community members and documents the socio-cultural impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, Nepal and Vietnam.
21 June 2022
Healthcare workers and community members in Indonesia, Nepal and Vietnam have been documenting their personal experiences of Covid-19. They have each made their own ‘digital diary’, using a range of creative tools and with technical support from the project team. These diaries form part of the SPEAR project: exploring the experiences and impacts of COVID-19 for healthcare workers and vulnerable communities.
17 June 2022
Community Engagement (CE) is a critical aspect of health research because of its potential to make research more ethical, relevant, and well implemented. Many research programmes now aim to incorporate CE activities at all stages of their work. This KWTRP brief summarises key findings from a malaria trials, and provides an illustration of how CE works more generally. It highlights facilitators and challenges to engagement, and the ethical issues that are particularly relevant in LMIC settings with under resourced health systems.
11 May 2022
Organised by a grass-root community of thousands of scientists across the world, Pint of Science 2022 allows researchers in 25 countries and over 800 cities to share their latest findings with lay folk in interesting, informal settings. Lao PDR joined the global Pint of Science family on Monday 9 May, when the first-ever Pint of Science Laos kicked off!
26 April 2022
The Eijkman Oxford Clinical Research Unit in Indonesia and Sumba Foundation collaborated with photographer Yoppy Pieter to express the human face of leprosy in Sumba, a remote island in eastern Indonesia. The project aimed to visualize the story of leprosy and raise awareness of this debilitating and heavily stigmatised disease
24 March 2022
In 2022, tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem, particularly in developing countries. On the Thai-Myanmar border, TB is an important problem among migrants, a vulnerable, very mobile population, with unstable, often difficult living conditions, insecure incomes, and poor access to health services.
11 March 2022
In the last two years, OUCRU has worked with our partners and collaborators to conduct various research and engagement projects in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This portfolio provides an overview of all the on-going projects that our entire programme have been working on to contribute to the understanding and management of COVID-19 and its national, regional and global impact.
19 November 2021
A downloadable resource for educators, health & research professionals to help develop young peoples’ understanding of AMR and positive actions they can take to mitigate it.
16 November 2021
Until recently, Plasmodium falciparum dominated the malaria research landscape, and Plasmodium vivax infection was considered benign and inconsequential. We now know that this is not true: if not properly diagnosed and treated, P. vivax can lead to life-threatening syndromes and death. Professor Kevin Baird from EOCRU in Jakarta, Indonesia talks to OutBreak News Today
7 May 2021
Live and on-line from Bangkok! Be ready for Thursday 13th May, when Pint of Science Thailand will stream live from Bangkok. Join us via Facebook, YouTube or right here from the Pint of Science Thailand website as we journey from bacterial infections to viruses, discover how clinical trials work, and how scientific development is seen in the eyes of the law!
27 April 2021
The International Girl’s in ICT day is commemorated to create awareness on the critical need for more girls and women in the ICT sector, encourage and inspire young girls to actively pursue careers in STEM as well as engage the community to promote collaboration through partnerships. Kathreen Wafula, an ICT Support Technician in Kilifi, joins a strong team of techies and is one of the 4 women in the department.
26 April 2021
World Immunization Week highlights the role vaccinations play in improving the health of communities. As the COVID pandemic continues to impact countries worldwide, governments are facing challenges related to coverage, equity and sustainability of routine immunisation alongside access and the particular maintenance requirements related to the SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Communication with communities has been key to ensure continued engagement with the vaccine programs despite the challenges of current contexts.
25 April 2021
For World Malaria Day 2021, F1000 Research Blog spoke to Professor Phaik Yeong Cheah about her research focussed on drama and arts-based community engagement for malaria research, published with Wellcome Open Research.
28 January 2021
KWTRP initial community and public engagement strategy was developed in 2005 with three goals: build understanding and trust between researchers and communities, enhance ethical conduct of research, and disseminate research findings to promote uptake into policy. Our programme has since developed and now includes engagement with media, radio programme, media engagement workshops, various meetings and forums, and a fully-fledged school engagement programme that was awarded the 2019 Oxford VC Public Engagement with Research Award.
30 October 2020
Ethox programme REACH (Resilience, Empowerment and Advocacy in Women's and Children's Health Research) posted a visual research gallery as a Public Engagement project. Six galleries of photos by SMRU's Suphak Nosten depict aspects of migrant workers' daily lives: the Thai-Myanmar border; work; cultural and spiritual values; the often-difficult journeys seeking healthcare; striving for better; and dedicated frontline health workers. Richly coloured, sometimes personal, Suphak’s photography is deeply empathetic and memorable.
Parenting for lifelong health for young children, project led by MORU Bioethics & Engagement Amalee McCoy
14 October 2020
The University of Oxford, MORU, the University of Cape Town, the Thai Ministry of Public Health, and UNICEF Thailand worked together to promote lifelong health and well-being, and prevent violence against children. Led by Amalee McCoy from MORU Department of Bioethics & Engagement, this project involved the cultural adaptation and testing of an evidence-based parenting intervention for low-income families with children aged 2-9 living in Udon Thani, Thailand.
16 March 2020
This community drama programme was designed by the OUCRU Public and Community Engagement group to raise awareness about the importance of vaccinations in remote areas of Binh Phuoc province. The majority of the population are ethnic minority groups with limited access to health promotion. Without even radio as a method of dissemination, home visits by local healthcare workers is the main way to encourage the community to get vaccinated. Scripted very closely to the context of everyday lives, this play helps understand more about vaccinations and explains how to access the National Expanded Programme on Immunization.
10 January 2020
When we are ill, we expect our medicines to work as intended. But what if they do not contain the ingredients listed on the packaging? The Pharmacide Arts exhibition “What’s in your medicines?” showcases the original artwork of 11 South East Asian artists. The exhibition is open to the public from 26th-28th January 2020 at the Mandarin Hotel, Bangkok, from 10 am – 5 pm.
16 October 2019
When we are ill, we trust that the medicines that we take will make us feel and be better. But what if our pills do not contain the ingredients listed on the packaging? The art exhibition ‘What’s in your medicines?’ explores how substandard and falsified (‘fake’) medicines can affect our health, by showcasing the striking and original artwork of 12 South East Asian artists.
Bringing science and health research to Kenyan schools project wins University Public Engagement with Research Award
10 July 2019
A project bringing science to Kenyan schools, led by Dr Alun Davis from Kemri Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kenya and Nuffield Department of Medicine, has won a Project Award in this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Awards.
10 July 2019
A project using drama that engages with village communities in Cambodia, led by Professor Phaik Yeong Cheah of the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit and Nuffield Department of Medicine, has won a Project award in this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Awards. The project also won the Vice-Chancellor’s Choice Award for Public Engagement with Research.
4 June 2019
MORU, SMRU and FilmAid Foundation invite you to the Bangkok Premiere of Under the Mask on the 17th June. This drama film is based on real testimonies of TB patients. The story follows the lives of our characters as they journey from diagnosis to treatment and help from the SMRU TB team, and explores how each discovers their capacity to overcome the deadly disease and share their knowledge and experience with others. Made in the local language, this film provides an engaging and inspiring tool for raising TB awareness in the community.
24 May 2019
In this letter co-signed by Peter Horby and Vicki Marsh, researchers stress the importance of building trusting relationships with communities affected by ebola. As shown in DRC, trust is not a given, which is one of the reasons why community engagement – involving local people in the development of the response from the very start – is so important. In conflict zones this is more difficult than in other emergencies, and yet even more important.
10 May 2019
This year, the Pint of Science festival in Thailand is in not one but two cities! Join us in Bangkok at WeLearn on 21st-22nd May, and at Hungry Wolf's in Chiang Rai on 25th May.
10 May 2019
The 5th May is World Hand Hygiene Day. To raise awareness among staff and the Thai-Myanmar border populations of the importance of hand washing, a simple, proven effective way of infection prevention, the SMRU infection control committee worked with the SMRU clinics and Mae Sot lab staff to create this fantastic video.
7 May 2019
How to change urban Myanmar communities' antibiotics usage habits? Check out 'Fever and Antibiotic Use', a Wellcome-funded community theatre initiative by MOCRU Research Coordinator Dr Myo Maung Maung Swe. Myo uses forum theatre to engage Yangon residents in a lively manner so they can learn when to use antibiotics – or not.
25 April 2019
Today April 25 is World Malaria Day. We would like to highlight a malaria photography project by photographer Pearl Gan, in collaboration with OUCRU in Vietnam and EOCRU in Indonesia. Pearl's malaria project aims to bring visibility to the people and their malaria burden through her photographs of them and their environment. She hopes to humanise the faces of malaria and the malaria problem in the Asia-Pacific to audiences unfamiliar with it.
26 March 2019
OUCRU Photographer in Residence Pearl Gan has been awarded the International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases (ISNTD) Festival Award for her submission to the ISNTD Festival Showcase. Pearl submission included seven photographs, and was recognised for its impact on tropical diseases and its broader development goals.
16 November 2018
Visit the Radcliffe Science Library before 4th January 2019 to see a new art exhibition of 14 prints illustrating the global health impact of poor quality medicines. The proliferation of poor quality medicines is an important but neglected public health problem, threatening millions of people all over the world, both in developing and wealthy countries.
24 October 2018
Come and meet us at the ASTMH conference, to enjoy science over a pint and bite to eat: Outbreaks, from Ebola to Zika on Mon 29th Oct. Mosquitoes, the most dangerous animals in the world on Tue 30th. Global health terror night: bats, mites and other creepy crawlies on Wed 31st. We will be at The Vintage, 3121 Magazine St, New Orleans, 7-9pm
10 July 2018
KWTRP Community Liaison Group is working with the Jukwaa Arts Productions using a magnet theatre model to sensitize the communities/publics within Kilifi County about the Research work undertaken at the programme, and to learn about community/public concerns.
9 March 2018
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By Yahya Habil
The Republic of Namibia’s Presidency recently issued a statement rejecting what it deemed “Germany’s support of the genocidal intent of the racist Israeli state against innocent civilians in Gaza.
This came in the wake of Germany’s rejection of a genocide case brought by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for its ongoing war on Gaza.
In a post of the social media platform X, Namibia recalled the genocide of the Namibian people committed by the German Empire as the first genocide of the 20th century (1904-1908).
It said Germany, which is yet to fully atone for the genocide, has no moral high ground when it comes to matters of genocide and crimes against humanity.
This is because Germany, as the Namibian Presidency has pointed out, suffers from the inability to draw lessons from its horrific history.
With Namibia’s criticism of Germany and South Africa’s indictment of Israel at the ICJ, a recurring theme or trend has begun to form, if not already has, where African countries are becoming the vanguards of international rules and an authority on crimes against humanity throughout the world.
Skewed moral compass
In fact, African countries were the backbone of the UN General Assembly’s Resolution 3379, which had declared Zionism as a form of racism and racial discrimination.
In addition, and more recently, the Gambia has taken Myanmar to the ICJ for accusations of genocide against the Rohingya people.
As a result, African countries have filled a vacuum in this world as they have become a voice of reason and brought forth a sense of justice which was greatly lacking, because the world-leading countries of the West have revealed time and time again their skewed moral compass.
Moreover, it is only natural that African countries spearhead the fight against oppression and colonialism as the latter’s most horrifying episodes occurred in Africa. In other words, Africans know the horrors of colonialism too well, which is why they’re willing to adopt a genuine “Never Again” policy and identity.
And when it comes to the specific case of Israel and its act of ethnic cleansing towards the Palestinian people in Gaza, it is absolutely no coincidence that South Africa is the one taking Israel to court.
No longer chained
This is relevant because South Africa has an extra grievance which is that of apartheid, i.e. the system of racial segregation which officially ruled the country from 1948 to 1991, and is the law of the land in Israel since its inception which ironically also took place in 1948.
Today’s South Africa is no longer chained by apartheid, and is instead ruled by the same people who defeated the apartheid regime which was once an ally of Israel.
Furthermore, despite it not being mentioned in the Namibian Presidency’s recent post, the same applies for Namibia, as Namibia’s national experience is not so different from South Africa’s. After all, the country was formerly known as South-West Africa and was under the control of the South African government up until 1990.
Therefore, Namibia also has that extra moral standing as it also suffered from the rule of apartheid, and not just the genocide committed against its people in the early 20th century, which saw the collective punishment of the Herero and Namaqua peoples of Namibia.
As one can infer, the events of this genocide strangely resemble what has happened in Gaza, thus giving Namibia yet another reason to stand against Israel’s actions.
Germany's branding fear
Namibia, just like its sister nation of South Africa, is making sure that the lessons learned from colonialism do not go in vain, as it is today standing up for the Palestinian cause, the cause of all oppressed peoples.
Unlike its former coloniser Germany, Namibia very well has the ability to draw valuable lessons from its own history.
Through its national experience, Namibia understood that its independence which emerged out of genocide and colonialism meant that it should ensure that such injustice should not be repeated.
On the other hand, Germany did not heed the lesson that a genocide against any group of people, and not just Jews, is unacceptable no matter the context.
Instead, it remains morally inept by turning a blind eye to Israel’s actions as it is afraid to be branded once again as anti-Semitic.
This is by no means surprising as Germany’s post-WWII foreign policy has been centered around distancing the country from the image of a global aggressor.
The crimes within
However, what Germany seems to be unaware of is that, by supporting Israel’s recent actions, it is reviving and reinforcing the very image of the aggressor.
As for Namibia and its fellow African countries, despite this honourable position of true moral high-ground, they still have a long way to go if they want to remain a voice of reason and the authority on crimes against humankind in today’s inhumane world.
African countries should also pay attention to the crimes against humanity being committed elsewhere, especially within the continent itself, as they are unfortunately abundant.
Only then Africa might find itself at the threshold of a historical, civilisational resurgence, since morality is the true foundation and point of departure for every solid civilisation.
The author, Yahya Habil, is a Libyan freelance journalist focusing on African affairs. He is currently working with a think tank in the Middle East.
Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author do not necessarily reflect the opinions, viewpoints and editorial policies of TRT Afrika.
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Plants need carbon dioxide to manufacture their food. Humans give off carbon dioxide from respiration. Burning fossil fuels releases carbon. With a multitude of sources pumping carbon and its compounds into the atmosphere, how does all of it get balanced? Via carbon cycle. But what is the carbon cycle? The carbon cycle demonstrates the movement of elemental and combined carbon on earth. Graphite and diamond are the common elemental carbon forms, whereas the combined state forms include carbonates, carbon dioxide, and more. Learn in detail about the cycling of carbon, carbon cycle definition, the steps involved in the process, and other details through the cycle diagram.
What is the Carbon Cycle?
Carbon is amongst the most important elements of life on earth. The human body contains 18% carbon by mass; food products contain carbon; economies, homes, and transport—are all built on carbon. Carbon is a must, but it is entwined with serious climate change issues. However, an efficient carbon cycle has been maintaining the level of the element in nature.
Carbon cycle definition: The process of interchange of carbon compounds among the geosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and pedosphere of the earth.
So there are carbon reservoirs in nature, and a change that shifts carbon from one reservoir adds more carbon to the other reservoirs. For instance, changes that liberate more carbon into the atmosphere cause a rise in the earth’s temperature.
What does fast and slow carbon cycling mean?
A carbon cycle has fast and slow components depending upon the amount of carbon cycling per year.
Short-term/ Slow carbon cycle: The movement of carbon between soil, rocks, oceans, and the atmosphere via a series of chemical reactions consuming up to 100-200 million years is said to be a slow carbon cycle. Approximately 1013 to 1014 grams of carbon move annually via the slow carbon cycle.
Long-term/ Fast carbon cycle: The movement of carbon amidst life forms on earth is called the fast carbon cycle. The main components of the fast carbon cycle are plants, animals, and phytoplanktons (microscopic organisms in the ocean). Approximately 1016 to 1017 grams of carbon move annually via the fast carbon cycle.
Steps of Carbon Cycle
The plants take up atmospheric carbon dioxide, absorb it into their cells, and use it to manufacture starch while utilising energy from the sun and water from the soil. The chemical reaction in which carbon is fixed is given as follows:
6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2
The movement of carbon from plants to the atmosphere can be in the following ways:
- Breakdown of sugar in plants for energy to grow.
- Animals eat the plants and break down the plant sugar for energy.
- Plants die and decay. Bacteria eat them.
- Fires flare up and consume plants.
In the four cases mentioned above, oxygen combines with sugar releasing water, carbon dioxide, and energy. The chemical reaction for this procedure can be represented as follows:
CO2 + H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2 + energy
When sugar is consumed anaerobically, lactic acid is formed, which further breaks down into carbon dioxide and water on the availability of oxygen. The equation for the reaction is as follows:
The above processes involved in the cycling of carbon can be summarised in the following steps:
- Atmospheric carbon gets absorbed by plants for photosynthesis.
- Animals consume the plants, and carbon gets bioaccumulated into their bodies.
- When animals and plants die and decompose, the carbon is released into the atmosphere.
- The unreleased carbon eventually becomes fossil fuels.
- Fossil fuels are used as fuels for several man-made activities. Hence, carbon is pumped back into the atmosphere.
Oceans and seas take up more carbon than they give out. Hence, they are also called carbon sinks. In the ocean and seas, the carbon cycle operates as follows:
- Marine animals convert carbon to calcium carbonate.
- This calcium carbonate becomes a part of their hard shells, such as in clams and oysters.
- When these shelled organisms die, their bodies decompose, leaving the hard shell behind.
- It accumulates on the seafloor, gets broken down by sea waves and is compacted under enormous pressure to form limestone.
- When limestone rocks get air exposure, they get weathered, releasing carbon into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.
Carbon Cycle Diagram
The following diagram shows the various components of the carbon cycle and its movement across land, water, and the atmosphere.
Processes Involved in Carbon Cycle
There are main processes involved in the carbon cycle:
Importance of Carbon Cycle
- The carbon cycle regulates the presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
- It plays a vital role in creating an energy balance by trapping long-wave radiations from the sun, enabling the atmosphere to act as a blanket over the planet. Thus, stabilising the climate.
- Along with other biogeochemical cycles such as the nitrogen cycle and oxygen cycle, it plays a vital role in the existence of life on earth.
Factors Affecting Carbon Cycle
The carbon cycle is influenced by different factors such as:
- Burning fossil fuels: Human activities like burning coal and petroleum release enormous amounts of carbon into the atmosphere.
- Deforestation: Plants fix carbon. However, cutting down trees puts a lot of free carbon into the atmosphere. Changing land use or urbanisation leads to increased deforestation.
- Using limestone to manufacture concrete: Concrete is high in demand for building materials. As more and more limestone is utilised to make concrete, higher amounts of carbon are liberated, creating a disbalance in the carbon cycle.
- Carbon sequestration: High carbon sequestration helps reduce the rising amounts of carbon in the atmosphere.
- Volcanic eruptions: Volcanoes release high amounts of gases, including sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide, that upsets the natural carbon cycle.
Effects of Changing Carbon Cycles
When left unperturbed, the carbon cycle maintains a steady carbon concentration in the atmosphere, ocean, and land. However, when changes are introduced via inappropriate practices in one reservoir, the adverse effects ripple through the other reservoirs.
Temperature Change: The atmosphere holds a significant amount of carbon as it plays an important part in controlling the earth’s temperature. Methane, carbon dioxide, and halocarbons are greenhouse gases that keep the earth warm by absorbing a wide range of energy and then re-emitting it. This re-emitted energy moves out in all directions, and some of it returns to earth to heat its surface.
It is important to understand that a lack of greenhouse gases would lead to frozen earth at -18 degrees Celsius. At the same time, too many greenhouse gases would make the earth hot like Venus, with a temperature of around 400 degrees Celsius.
Currently, an increasing amount of carbon gases in the atmosphere has led to global warming. Higher the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere, more radiation will be returned to the earth. Consequently, the earth’s temperature would rise too. If practices are not checked soon, the temperature will rise and lead to many serious scenarios such as melting ice in polar regions, milder winters, a decrease in moisture in the soil, and more.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. What is carbon sequestration?
The removal of carbon dioxide from the air and the process of storing it is called carbon sequestration. Farms, grasslands, and forests serve as sinks of carbon dioxide. Human activities, both positive and negative, affect the amount of carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere via trees and plants.
Q2. What are the main sources of carbon in the non-living world?
The four main sources of carbon in the non-lining world are as follows:
- Carbon dioxide in the air and that dissolved in water
- Rocks in the earth’s crust contain carbonates such as dolomites and limestones.
- Fossil fuels like coal and petroleum
- Volcanic eruptions release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Q3. How is the carbon cycle significant to humans?
Humans are dependent on carbon for various purposes, and the carbon cycle regulates the carbon available to them. The carbon cycle balances the earth’s temperature, makes up the food that sustains life, and provides energy that fuels the global economy.
Q4. What efforts can help fix the carbon cycle?
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Google as it wants to take over the world it already controls, has launched Chrome, a browser under open source that seems to make news.
Exactly 10 days ago Google stopped paying for the download of Firefox, for which it paid up to a dollar to download and install it.
There is no clarity behind what goes Google, when installing Chrome you can decide to import the bookmarks and configurations of Firefox.
And for those who want to know why, here is the story version.
Proque now much more is done on the web that makes 15 years
Google uses web browsers as a means of working to search, chat, send and receive e-mail and share information and resources. In addition, as Internet users, we also use them to buy online, conduct banking, read the newspaper and contact our friends. Every time we spend more time on the Internet doing things that we never imagined we could do when the Web was created 15 years ago.
For this reason, we started thinking about the type of browser that we could create if we started from scratch and took advantage of the new features that exist on the Internet today. We came to the conclusion that the Internet has gone from hosting web pages that only contained text to interactive and multimedia applications today and, therefore, we rethink the concept of browser. What we needed was more than just a browser and that is why we have created a modern platform for viewing and interacting on websites and applications.
Because we like to do everything "beta"
Today we launched the beta of a new open source browser: Google Chrome.
Overall, Google Chrome has a simple and functional interface. For most users the browser is not the most important thing in their experience in the Net: it is only a tool where to visualize and to execute the sites, web pages and the applications that conform it. Just like the homepage of our search engine, Google Chrome is fast and easy to use. Its goal is for users to get the information they seek and access websites as quickly as possible.
Because we like to use quality guinea pigs of yours
And this is only the beginning, Google Chrome is susceptible to improvements and updates. We have launched the beta version for Windows in order to introduce this new concept to the user community and check its acceptance. We are also working on the Mac and Linux versions and will continue working to make Google Chrome faster and more stable.
Because we are going to bet on Back to Microsoft open source
We owe a large part of this project to other free software initiatives and we are determined to continue working in this direction. We have used elements from Apple's WebKit and Mozilla Firefox browsers, among others, and with this goal we are making it possible for our code to be open as well. We hope to collaborate with the whole community so that the Network advances.
The Internet improves thanks to new alternatives and innovations. Google Chrome is one more option and we hope it helps to create a better Web.
Here's our presentation, but the best thing is that you try Google Chrome and decide for yourself.
It does not look bad, it could be one of the best Beta of Google then, it has a good page of frequent consultations, open source, assure that soon will be released versions for linux and Mac ... what is sure is that they will stop supporting the Mozilla foundation that will see sticks after it seems that its relation with the references of AdWords was more intimate than economic.
He fucked all the useless buttons, leaving only the tabs. As a drop-down tool on the right is what is rarely used: print, save, options etc.
Opening a new tab shows Shortcuts in the form of images of the most frequented sites
Good search engine
It is curious that another can be used search engine As default, including Yahoo, msn, Altavista, Wikipedia, Ebay, among others. Whatever it is, search.
Oriented to the tabs
It is noteworthy that it does not require installation of plugins, because its technology Plug & Ship Presumes that he already brings them.
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Obama Astounded By Latest Jobs Data
ROBERT SIEGEL, host:
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.
MELISSA BLOCK, host:
And I'm Melissa Block. Astounding - that was President Obama's word today for the number of Americans who now find themselves unemployed.
President BARACK OBAMA: Just this morning, we learned that we lost another 651,000 jobs throughout the country in the month of February alone, which brings the total number of jobs lost in this recession to an astounding 4.4 million.
BLOCK: While we're talking numbers, the president preferred to focus on a much smaller figure, 25. Mr. Obama was in Columbus, Ohio, where the city's police department was able to save 25 jobs. That's thanks to money included in the massive economic stimulus package signed into law last month. NPR's Don Gonyea reports from Columbus.
DON GONYEA: The president came to Columbus for a graduation ceremony for police recruits, a ceremony that almost didn't take place. These police hopefuls got word at the end of January that deep city budget cuts meant the jobs they were training for were being eliminated. More recently, they got a reprieve, making them direct, individual beneficiaries of the recently enacted stimulus bill. The city of Columbus received a grant for $1.25 million to help keep police officers on the street. So the welcome Mr. Obama received as he stood on stage at the morning graduation ceremony today was especially warm. The president offered congratulations.
Pres. OBAMA: You have studied hard, you have trained tirelessly, and there is no longer any doubt that you will be employed as officers of the law when you leave here today.
(Soundbite of clapping)
GONYEA: But as he addressed these 25 men and women, each relieved to have a job, he also turned to the much more sober news of the day: an unemployment rate nationally of 8.1 percent.
Pres. OBAMA: I don't need to tell the people of this state what statistics like this mean because so many of you have been watching jobs disappear long before this recession hit. And I don't need to tell this graduating class what it's like to know that your job might be next.
GONYEA: The president continued to promote the need for bold action by the federal government, and he criticized those who continue to argue that the economic stimulus package was too large.
Pres. OBAMA: There are those who believe that all we can do is repeat the very same policies that led us here in the first place. But I also know that this country has never responded to a crisis by sitting on the sidelines and hoping for the best.
GONYEA: Afterward, he sat on the stage and watched the swearing-in ceremony.
Unidentified Man: And that I will well and faithfully…
Unidentified Group: And that I will well and faithfully…
Unidentified Man: …discharge the duties…
Unidentified Group: …discharge the duties…
Unidentified Man: …of the office of police officer.
Unidentified Group: …of the office of police officer.
GONYEA: The new officers filled the stage in dress-white shirts, black ties, on each chest a new, gold badge. Ohio is the eighth state Mr. Obama has visited as president to hold public events. He's told his staff he wants to get out of Washington regularly to keep in touch with the public. But Fordham University political scientist Jeffrey Cohen says it's also part of the perpetual campaign.
Professor JEFFREY COHEN (Fordham University): Presidents are always campaigning for public support, not just to win elections but also to promote their public policies.
GONYEA: Six of those states President Obama has visited are new blue states, each with a history of voting Republican in presidential elections until they voted for Obama. Professor Cohen…
Prof. COLLINS: One motivation for a president to go to a state like Ohio is to solidify his support in that state, and to put pressure on the congressional delegation in Congress, where you have still some Republicans who may feel some public pressure from their constituents.
GONYEA: Of course, those are also the states with the most voters in the middle, states the White House sees as critical to moving the president's agenda on a host of issues in the months to come.
Don Gonyea, NPR News, Columbus, Ohio. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Kevin Michael Buckley is an actor, singer, dancer, and musician who stuns audiences in a variety of roles, whether it be as a back-flipping member of the ensemble, or as the comedic sidekick. Kevin made his NYC début in The Wizard of Oz at Vital Theatre Company, and recently performed in the ensemble of All Shook Up at Madison Theatre at Molloy College. Most recently, he performed in The Cher Show at Gateway Playhouse and in Mamma Mia with Plaza Theatricals.
Kevin has performed in multiple theatre pieces including playing Calvin/Society Max in Guys and Dollsat Theatre Aspen directed by Hunter Foster, Sailor in South Pacificat Aspen Music Festival directed by Lonny Price, and a variety of roles for the Summer Cabaret Series at Theatre Aspen directed by Elise Kinnon.
While at Otterbein, Kevin played Fred Casely in Chicago directed by Melissa Lusher, Don Price/Acrobat in Big Fish directed by Thom Warren, and Anthony in Sweeney Todd directed by Thom Warren. He also played in The Adding Machine: A Musical as an ensemble member directed by Lenny Leibowitz and, Singin’ in the Rain as Young Cosmo directed by Christina Kirk.
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The Mood Disorders Clinic is designed to diagnose and treat children suffering from sadness, irritability, anxiety, fearfulness, mood instability, and/or loss. The clinic is set up for children ages 5 through 18 and has served the needs of our population for over 10 years.
In the Mood Disorders Clinic, each child is seen by a team of treatment clinicians. They will ask in-depth questions regarding the child or teen's mood symptoms, for example, when problems started, how much the mood issues interfere with the patient's ability to function, etc. Following a thorough evaluation, members of the treatment team will sit down with the family and discuss treatment recommendations.
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The specific approach for treating mood disorders in children varies by diagnosis, age and functioning of the child, as well as by the child's motivation to get better. Treatment options include:
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Multidisciplinary Treatment Team
Mood disorders in children frequently present differently from mood disorders in adults. The Mood Disorders Clinic has a highly specialized multidisciplinary team that understands the unique problems of this population. Our staff includes child psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical nurse specialists, and licensed social workers. The team meets weekly and works closely together as they provide comprehensive treatment for both the child and their family.
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Tom Waits played his first live show in five years on Sunday [October 27] at Neil Young’s Bridge School benefit concert.
Scroll down to watch fan footage of the entire 10 song set.
Waits was accompanied by David Hidalgo on guitar and accordion, Les Claypool on bass and Casey Waits on drums.
Waits has played the Bridge School Benefit concerts twice before, first in 1999 and then in 2007, when he performed with the Kronos Quartet.
Earlier in the concert, held at the Shoreline Ampitheater, Neil Young, Elvis Cotello and Jim James had led a tribute to Lou Reed, covering the Velvet Underground song, “Oh! Sweet Nuthin'”. You can watch the performance here. Other performers included Queens Of The Stone Age, CSNY and Arcade Fire .
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An ointment made from chickweed can calm inflamed skin. Apply the ointment one to two times per day.
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At The University of Olivet, the President’s Leadership Institute (PLI) was established to develop leadership in Olivet’s students, enabling them to become principal professional and community leaders. During fall 2020, the next class of students set out to continue this mission while connecting and learning virtually. The class is led by President Steven M. Corey, Ph.D., and a team of professional leadership coaches. Michael Bivens, of the Leaders in Action coaching organization, has been the “producer” of this year’s PLI program. Bivens has helped students effectively navigate the challenges presented by a virtual learning environment.
“We are in our ninth year of PLI, and this year’s participants and faculty have been challenged by having to deliver the program virtually,” Bivens explained. “A critical PLI success factor has been the face-to-face and personal interactions between the students and the students and faculty. It hasn’t been easy to cultivate those personal relationships over Zoom, but we are all doing our best. The students are still getting exposed to all the same leadership concepts, tools and information delivered to the previous classes. We have to give the students credit for staying engaged and doing the work. We expect a lot from them, and they are doing a great job of leading themselves and getting the most out of the program.”
The President’s Leadership Institute is a unique program for students who have been selected through a series of nominations from faculty and staff members. These are students who show promise inside the classroom and have made an impact in the The University of Olivet community. I was lucky to be one of the 10 members included in the PLI class of 2021. Each member of PLI is quite different, and we learn this through a series of tasks and tests, along with what is called the DiSC Assessment. This was one of the first steps in our program and it helps define the members of PLI and the leadership characteristics they possess. The DiSC Assessment categories leadership styles in dominance, influence, conscientiousness and steadiness. Each of the PLI faculty members have taken the DiSC assessment several times over their professional careers, and they are able to teach and hone students’ skills in our respective categories. It is not uncommon for there to be more members in a certain category over another, but the idea is to take everyone’s individual traits, strengths and weaknesses and work cohesively as a group.
Caleb Graham, another member of the 2021 PLI class, has had an excellent experience learning about those strengths. “As a student in the President’s Leadership Institute, I have learned an ample amount about my leadership traits and qualities, as well as those of my fellow peers,” Caleb said. “I have also learned how to better collaborate in a team setting in which we are working toward a goal. I feel that this year’s President’s Leadership Institute has been packed with useful information, even with the sessions being conducted virtually.”
With the guidance and support of our professional leaders, we are able to learn about ourselves, our peers and what it means to be a leader. One of the earliest exercises we did was to define and determine the similarities and differences between a manager and a leader. It gave us an understanding that leadership is more of a movement and management regards the completion of tasks. This not only helps us be better at approaching projects and the people we work with, but it also allows us to assess the individuals managing us in our working careers and understand their style. I find that most college graduates I know personally would have liked the opportunity to learn in an environment such as PLI, just to give them a glimpse at what it would be like to work with other managers and leaders for additional experience.
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Faculty & Staff Awards 2023
2023 Faculty & Staff Awards
Dr. Henry Yee, Laboratory Instructor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, receives the Science Award for Teaching Excellence.
Dr. Sandra Zilles, Professor in the Department of Computer Science, receives the Science Award for Research Excellence.
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The Iranian regime’s brutality against women who wanted to attend the national soccer team’s match in Mashhad has become one of the main topics in Iran’s media and has once again revealed its misogynist nature.
Shortly before the start of the match, the regime decided to prevent women from entering the stadium, even though they had valid tickets. The police attacked the women outside the gates with pepper spray, which also hurt some children who were present.
This decision to ban women from attending the game enraged the Iranian people, many of whom asked FIFA to sanction and suspend Iran’s soccer team from international competitions not only because this prohibition is a brazen violation of FIFA’s regulations, but also because it would show that the mullahs cannot discriminate against women with impunity. Such a decision would also encourage women in their struggle for their rights.
The most surprising part of the event was that, unlike in earlier attacks, women wearing chadors were subjected to violence by the regime’s security forces, undermining any excuse of fighting the violation of the regime’s compulsory dress code.
In a modern country with a civilized government, it would be inconceivable to attack a group of peaceful women and their children who simply wanted to watch a match of their national team.
The regime in its entirety opposes women attending matches. However, the backlash over this incident terrified the officials, forcing them to reluctantly react to the incident and shed crocodile tears for the women.
Without naming his father-in-law, Ahmad Alamolhoda, Ebrahim Raisi instructed the interior minister to “investigate the incident.” During the Friday Prayer Congregation before the match, Alamalhoda had brazenly claimed, “If a group of young men and women attend this match, a group of girls and women might get excited, clap, whistle, and jump in the air. This becomes vulgarity and vulgarity is a sign of sin.”
True to form, no official took responsibility for this brutal attack. Indeed, the Soccer Federation was blamed for this incident because it had sold tickets to women.
For its part, the Soccer Federation has since ludicrously claimed, “All tickets were fake and only nine women had bought tickets.” While all tickets were bought online from the Federation’s website, how does one explain the fact that it was only women who bought the fake tickets and not men?
To deal with this fiasco, the officials tried to blame this incident on an arbitrary decision. But a regime security official at the Khorasan Razavi Security Council acknowledged that officials in Tehran had ordered women to be barred from entering the stadium. He said, “We only enforced the decisions that were taken in Tehran. We and the Provincial Security Council abided by and carried out the order that came from Tehran.”
As if nothing serious had happened and that the main dispute was over money, the Soccer Federation announced that “Women who had bought the tickets will be refunded within 48 hours.”
Rejecting the regime’s narrative, Iranians demanded that FIFA suspend the national team from international competitions.”
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UPDATE - Situation remains critical in national park in northern Athens as wildfire continues to rage
209 fires broke out in Greece in last 48 hours, says civil protection minister
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ATHENS (AA) - The situation remains critical at the Parnitha National Park, in northern Athens where a wildfire has been raging since Tuesday, Greece’s climate crisis and civil protection minister said Wednesday.
“The speed of response was the maximum possible but owing to the gusty winds and the terrain of the area, it expanded swiftly,” Vassilis Kikilias said at a news conference.
He said a special fire brigade team on crimes of arson and police, as well as the National Intelligence Service (EYP) are investigating the cause of the fire in the northeastern Evros region.
Earlier, the Greek Supreme Court ured regional authorities to investigate the cause.
The National Fire Services was called to intervene in 355 forest fires, noted Kikilias, who added that in the last 48 hours, 209 new fires broke out.
Meanwhile, the fire, which already prompted the evacuations of several settlements including Agia Paraskevi, Agios Yannis Rossos, Dardiza and Menidi, has destroyed at least 10 houses, according to the public broadcaster, ERT.
In addition to three nursing houses and a monastery which were evacuated, the Amygdaleza refugee camp that houses 600 migrants was evacuated as for precautionary measure, it said.
Authorities and firefighters told ERT the strong winds and rugged terrain are severely hampering efforts to get the fire under control.
A fire that broke out Saturday in the area of Alexandroupolis is raging in the western direction and one which started on the island of Evia and is still out of control for a second straight day.
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Ecosystem degradation could raise risk of pandemics
See all newsEnvironmental destruction may make pandemics more likely and less manageable, new research suggests.
The study, by UWE Bristol and the Greenpeace Research Laboratories at the University of Exeter, presents the hypothesis that disease risks are “ultimately interlinked” with biodiversity and natural processes such as the water cycle.
Using a framework designed to analyse and communicate complex relationships between society and the environment, the study concludes that maintaining intact and fully functioning ecosystems and their associated environmental and health benefits is key to preventing the emergence of new pandemics.
The loss of these benefits through ecosystem degradation – including deforestation, land use change and agricultural intensification – further compounds the problem by undermining water and other resources essential for reducing disease transmission and mitigating the impact of emerging infectious diseases.
Lead author Dr Mark Everard, Associate Professor of Ecosystem Services at UWE Bristol, said: “Ecosystems naturally restrain the transfer of diseases from animals to humans, but this service declines as ecosystems become degraded.
“At the same time, ecosystem degradation undermines water security, limiting availability of adequate water for good hand hygiene, sanitation and disease treatment.
“Disease risk cannot be dissociated from ecosystem conservation and natural resource security.”
Dr David Santillo, of the Greenpeace Research Laboratories at the University of Exeter, added: “The speed and scale with which radical actions have been taken in so many countries to limit the health and financial risks from Covid-19 demonstrate that radical systemic change would also be possible in order to deal with other global existential threats, such as the climate emergency and collapse of biodiversity, provided the political will is there to do so.”
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Plug Power launches a major drive to interact with investors
Middleton was named Plug Power’s CFO on December 1, 2014. The Latham, New York-based company has been trying to reach out to investors in a variety of ways. Between May 19 and June 4, Plug Power CEO Andy Marsh and other senior executives will go on a six-city tour to interact with retail investors, institutional investors as well as consumers. They will cover Albany, New York City, Dallas, Chicago, Washington DC and San Francisco.
Plug Power CEO Andy Marsh said that he wanted to talk directly to investors rather than conducting meetings around conference calls. During the trip, Marsh will discuss revenue targets for current and next fiscal years, as well as the long-term growth strategy. Plug Power expects to generate $100 million revenue in the current fiscal year. Andy Marsh’s compensation in 2014 skyrocketed to $5.36 million from $752,863 in 2013.
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Plug Power is scheduled to release its fiscal first quarter results on May 11 before the market opens. The company had failed miserably to meet Wall Street expectations in Q4, 2014. For the first quarter, analysts expect the company to report 6 cents in losses on revenues of $17.20 million, up 208.60% from the corresponding quarter a year ago. For full-year 2015, analysts estimate $102.94 million in revenue and 20 cents a share in losses.
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I remember the first time I tried an onion bhaji. I was like 14, used to eating a lot of meat, tried it as a left over from my sister’s takeaway, cold. Tasted terrible tbh.
It’s one of those situations where I learned that onion bhajis are in fact an accidentally vegan side, I found out when ordering a takeaway, tried it again, then realised I’ve been missing out!
I then looked up what’s in onion bhajis, and noticed, it’s made up of just a few simple ingredients:
Gram (chickpea) flour
I was playing with a few combinations when I found the perfect balance, of cumin, that curry-like taste and crispiness.
Are onion bhajis gluten free?
Considering that traditional onion bhaji recipes call for gram flour, which is merely ground up chickpeas, onion bhajis are suitable for those who suffer from gluten intolerance/allergies.
It is advised to double check depending on who you order from, again depending on each individual’s needs.
What do onion bhajis pair well with?
Over the years of starting to get more into curries (previously I used to mainly eat steak and other savoury meat like chicken with rice, etc), as well as vegan food in general, I’ve started to mix up how I eat overall.
Initially I may have once ordered a curry with rice and naan, poppadoms, but only recently started eating onion bhajis with my curries instead.
Some of my favourite curries include:
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- Chickpea curry
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- Black eyed pea curry
I like to keep my options open so rotate between different curry recipes and dip these bhajis in all of em, photographed is a mint yoghurt I experimented with, recipe to be perfected.
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Well, I survived Christmas. It was a difficult Christmas since I couldn’t spend it with my family. My boyfriend and I live together, so we spent Christmas alone. I was hoping that I would be spending less money with the virus limiting visits, get togethers, and shopping, but nope, it didn’t. In fact, I spent more money this year. What I didn’t spend on entertaining I spent on ordering food and buying lots of wine! I bought gifts for my family online and had them delivered to their homes, which seemed like a good idea, but I ended up losing track of how much I bought for each person and spent a lot more than I planned to. I avoided looking at my credit card payment until this week. Wow! I was floored; I probably spent twice as much as I did last year. Now I’m stuck with this big credit card payment and both me and my boyfriend had our hours cut because of COVID, so we are in a bad situation. I am looking for advice on how I can get ahead of this so it doesn’t happen again next year. Thanks, Miranda.
Every January I get letters like yours, so, even without covid, most of us spend more than we should. We spend too much at Christmas, thinking our gift represents the love we feel for the person, but that is not the case. Gifts and money should not be an indication of how much love we feel for a person.
Now that you have gotten into this situation, you have to find your way out. Begin by prioritizing your debt. You need to work on paying off your credit card and high interest debt first. When you have your debts paid off, you can begin to save money for next Christmas. Open up an account just for Christmas and make monthly deposits. It’s important that you don’t deposit too much money and not have enough money for your monthly expenses, then use your credit cards. Save only what you can comfortably. Whatever you have in that account by next Christmas, is what you can spend on gifts and entertaining. You have to be disciplined and not spend more than you have in that account, no matter how tempted. If you get a bonus, or refund on your income tax, add some that to your Christmas account.
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The world is run by the people that show up. I was really disappointed at the State Senator spot in North Texas being unopposed in 2022, so to make sure that doesn't happen, I'm running. Also, I'm, like, an average guy, which would be a lot better than Dan Patrick and cronies. Nobody young ever runs and that's a depressing trend I want to end.
I’m 34, I work night shift maintenance in manufacturing. I’m blue collar for a couple generations back, and then you find the farmers. I can do pretty much everything myself… and I play grandpa to a lot of folks that post they need help on Facebook or through volunteer organizations, whether they need a mechanic or roadside assistance or a plumber.
Yup, I didn’t grow up in Texas, I wanted to come all my life though. I’m from Canada, by way of Indiana. I know rural! I lived over an hour from the nearest Walmart in Manitoba (north of North Dakota), and half an hour from the nearest auto parts store… convenient. I miss the easy access to public land in Canada though.
I grew up poor, in Canada though, single mom, lots of kids. Pretty sure I’d be straight up dead if I grew up in Texas, it was dicey enough as it was. And we lived somewhere there’s basically Universal Basic Income for kids! That was with grandparents in town, and being friends with the local food bank guy (I still can’t eat raisin bread because we got so much of that, and did you know you can eat the noodles out of long-expired Kraft Dinner even after the cheese powder turns a weird poisonous color?)
Even with that help, two broken collarbones and a femur that required airlift would have just nuked a Texan family, even one with two good jobs and savings… in Canada, that was $0. Texas has a higher GDP than all of Canada by the way, we can do better here than the randomly priced, but always too expensive, disaster that Texas healthcare is now.
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Indianapolis Failure to Diagnose Attorneys
FIGHTING FOR FAMILIES WHEN THE STAKES ARE HIGHEST
Misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose a medical condition is one of the most common medical malpractice claims filed. It is defined as the failure of a physician to identify and then appropriately treat a medical condition, either by not identifying a problem at all or by misidentifying a problem as one thing when it is really something else.
Unfortunately, medical misdiagnosis will continue to be a serious concern in the future of our healthcare. The Indianapolis medical malpractice attorneys at Wagner Reese have been fighting for the victims of doctor misdiagnosis and failure to diagnose since 1997. If you have a claim, we have the experience and resources to determine a plan of legal action, investigate your medical malpractice case, and fight for your recovery.
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Why Does Misdiagnosis & Failure to Diagnose Occur?
With continued advances in medical care and technology, you may consider failure to diagnose/misdiagnosis to be a rare occurrence, yet diagnostic errors continue to plague modern medicine. Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals dedicate their lives to caring for patients, but the faith instilled in our doctors to care for us during times of sickness and injury can be shaken when doctors fail to properly treat or diagnose patients in their care.
There can be several reasons a medical physician might fail to diagnose or misdiagnose a condition:
- Delayed referral of a patient to a specialist
- Test results misinterpreted
- Failing to act on a patient’s complaints appropriately
- Conducting a physical examination improperly
- Misdiagnosing a tumor as benign
- Failing to recognize potential indications of a problem
- Not ordering appropriate tests when indicated
- Failing to provide adequate follow-up care, including following up on test results or ordering additional tests
- Lack of informed consent
- Medical records mistakes
Medical Malpractice Claims for Diagnostic Errors
Failing to perform at the professional standards can result in severe health consequences for patients, including continued illness or injury or even the death of a loved one.
An error in medical diagnosis can result in serious injuries and conditions that require extensive treatment:
- Cancers (particularly breast, colon, prostate, lung, or skin)
- Cerebral Palsy
- Group B Strep
- Shoulder Dystocia
- Erb’s Palsy
- Wrongful Death
If you or your loved one suffered because a doctor failed to properly diagnose an injury or illness, you may be entitled to monetary compensation for the losses you have experienced. With decades of experience handling medical malpractice claims, Wagner Reese is here to help!
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Medical Workers Role in Torture
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of New York Times
Posted: April 14th, 2009
Medical personnel were deeply involved in the abusive interrogation of terrorist suspects held overseas by the Central Intelligence Agency, including torture, and their participation was a gross breach of medical ethics, a long-secret report by the International Committee of the Red Cross concluded. Based on statements by 14 prisoners who belonged to Al Qaeda and were moved to Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, in late 2006, Red Cross investigators concluded that medical professionals working for the C.I.A. monitored prisoners undergoing waterboarding, apparently to make sure they did not drown. Medical workers were also present when guards confined prisoners in small boxes, shackled their arms to the ceiling, kept them in frigid cells and slammed them repeatedly into walls, the report said. Facilitating such practices, which the Red Cross described as torture, was a violation of medical ethics even if the medical workers intentions had been to prevent death or permanent injury, the report said. But it found that the medical professionals role was primarily to support the interrogators, not to protect the prisoners, and that the professionals had condoned and participated in ill treatment. At times, according to the detainees accounts, medical workers gave instructions to interrogators to continue, to adjust or to stop particular methods. The Red Cross report was completed in 2007. It was obtained by Mark Danner, a journalist who has written extensively about torture, and posted Monday night with an article by Mr. Danner on the Web site of The New York Review of Books.
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Having a bad cough? If you’re desperately search for ways to get rid of a cough, we’ve got you covered. Keep reading to learn about different types of coughs and the best cough syrups from Watsons to calm your cough.
When should I see my doctor?
Cough is a common symptom for colds and the flu. Yet, it’s best to see a healthcare provider or doctor to get a consultation if you:
- have a cough that persists for more than 3 weeks
- are short of breath or have chest pain or unexplained tiredness
- have unexplained problems like weight loss or a fever
- cough up blood, mucus, or phlegm
- have trouble sleeping because of coughing
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Remember in college
when your professor gave the class a research assignment and you had to use a minimum of three sources with the caveat that you couldn’t use Wikipedia because Wikipedia wasn’t a credible source?
Yeah, that was then; this is now.
To this day, one of the first places I look when I’m trying to find information is on Wikipedia. It’s yet to steer me wrong. Well, until now. Maybe.
A few months ago, I had MTV or one of its offshoots on and a vaguely familiar song started playing and my ears perked up. I said out loud to no one, “Ooh, who is that?”
The song was “We Used to be Friends” by the Dandy Warhols. I’d heard of the group — in passing — but knew nothing about them. Apparently, I’d heard this particular song — God knows when — but didn’t know the name of it much less who sang it. From MTV, I noted the song and group because I wanted to explore further.
I went to You Tube and listened to it about a dozen more times before I was satiated.
“Bohemian Like You” is the other song by the Dandy Warhols I discovered I really like. (This is where Wikipedia comes in.) At the beginning of this song, it sounds very much like a Rolling Stones’ song…after the drum part, I mean. Was that “Brown Sugar?” I was delighted, but how did the Dandy Warhols get away with using the guitar riff from a Stones’ song without getting sued? Did they get permission? I was curious.
You know where I went to get cursory background info on this.
On the Wikipedia page for this song under the Critical reception section, the second paragraph states (I cut and pasted directly from there),
The A.V. Club noted the various influences from “retro” music present in the song, including how the guitar intro seems to imitate that of “Little Bitch” by the Specials as well as “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” by the Rolling Stones.
“Jumping Jack Flash?” No. No, no, no! It’s “Brown Sugar.” I think.
Also, I have no idea who the A.V. Club is nor do I want to know at this point because I’m kind of incensed if they’re the reason why this information is WRONG and I want nothing to do with them!!!!! Let’s just say that if I were the Soup Nazi, they would never get any soup again!
Instead, I went to You Tube and found “Jumping Jack Flash.” After that, I listened to “Brown Sugar.” Then my mind exploded because all of a sudden I couldn’t seem to distinguish one from the other in relation to the Dandy Warhol’s song. Let me tell you, in my world where music means so very much to me, that is just fu…messed up!
Obviously, since I could no longer rely on my blown mind, I played the first part of “Bohemian Like You” to my writer’s group; and Wendy immediately said, “Oh, that’s ‘Brown Sugar.'”
Thank you, Wendy!
With my sanity mostly restored if still a little wobbly, some in my writer’s group think I should change the Wikipedia page to credit the right Stones’ song.
Who, me? As if. *snort, giggle!*
On one hand, it bothers me that Wikipedia may be in error in this matter. On the other hand, it’s kind of cool to know there’s Wikipedia info that I’ve actually found that’s flat-out wrong. At least I think it is. This is a first for me. The point is, I know if I changed it, someone would come back and explain to me how and why I was so wrong and make me change it back to the way it was and then my whole world would fall apart from embarrassment.
After all, I am not exactly what you’d call a credible source.
My questions are: if any of this actually mattered to you, what would you do? Would you change the Wikipedia page? Would you just roll your eyes because you have more important things to think about and this is not one of those things? Have you ever found misinformation on Wikipedia? If you did, what did you do? Did you change it? Why or why not? Spill. I’d like details, please!
Now all the music! (It’s fun to play any of these songs and then go back to the top and watch Gru dance! Hey, if you want, dance with him. No one’s watching!)
From the Dandy Warhols
now for the STONES
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Excavation of drainage channels with improvement of capacities of existing drainage channels along with resuscitation of derelict and silted up drainage lines is another area where we have done considerable work in last twenty-five years.
During this period, the drainage schemes for Kendua Beel Basin, Haroagong-Kultigong Basin, Moyna Basin, Jamuna Basin, Ghea-Kunti Basin, Kherai-Buxi Basin, Bhagawanpur-Nandigram area and Keliaghai-Kapaleswari-Baghai Drainage Scheme have been taken up and are nearing completion. Besides, the work of Tamluk Master Plan has also been taken up to extend benefit by way of drainage as well as irrigation in the dry season.
Improvement of Drainage in Kolkata and its adjoining areas
The lifeline of drainage of Kolkata town and its suburban metro areas are the open drainage channels (khals) forming a network viz. Nowi, Bagjola, Kestopur, Bhangore Kata, Khardah, etc. After 1999 flood, a High Power Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. P.N. Roy, Member, State Planning Board was constituted, to suggest measures to remove persistent water logging of Kolkata and its suburbs. To implement their recommended remedial measures the State has taken loan from HUDCO and is now proceeding to complete the same by December 2002. The works undertaken are improving drainage capacities of the Nowi with ita branches, the Bagjola with its branches, Kestopur, Bhangore Khata, Khardah Khal, etc. in the North 24-Parganas. Existing waterways of several Railway and Road Bridges of these canals are being widened. A Pump House at a cost of Rs. 22.00 crores is being constructed at the outfall of the Bagjola Khal. In Kolkata, improvement works in the Circular Khal and all the drainage channels connected with pump houses of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation are in progress.
Improvement works are going on in the Tollygunj Panchannagram Canal and its intercepting channels having a good number of branches in the South 24-Parganas. Work is also going on in the Churial and Monikhali Khals and their branches in the district. The Department is going to take up ADB Loan of about Rs. 140.00 crores (one hundred and forty crores) for construction of 4 Nos. of Pump Houses on 4 major drainage channels along with lining works. | <urn:uuid:adb20667-9136-462f-9e88-942d155f9670> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.wbiwd.gov.in/index.php/applications/drainage | 2024-04-24T03:03:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.9467 | 537 |
Here at Braintree we're dedicated to crafting beautiful, quality pieces for you to treasure and wear time and time again. We've spent years developing our durable, easy-to-care-for fabrics to keep laundering as simple and kind to the environment as possible. So I thought I'd share some top tips for garment care, to help keep your clothes looking as good as the day you bought them.
Thoughtful Clothing Care Tips
Brightening up your dull or discoloured whites needn't call for ecologically harmful bleach. For a more natural approach, simply follow these steps:
1. Mix one cup of lemon juice with a tub of warm water to create a powerful pre-wash soak. Leave laundry to soak for 30 to 60 minutes before washing as normal.
2. Add a quarter of a cup of baking soda to your rinsing cycle to safely lighten, soften and deoderise whites.
3. Sunlight is a chemical-free bleaching agent, which also helps to kill bacteria. Simply hang laundry outdoors in the sun to dry for whiter whites, with added freshness.
Prolonging colour & print
Keep colours vivid and prints defined by taking a little extra care when laundering:
1. Soak new garments in one teaspoon of Espom salts dissolved in a tub of cool water to prevent colours from running in the first wash.
2. Turn garments inside out before laundering to reduce fading.
3. Always dry prints and darks inside out and in the shade to prevent the lightening effects of the sun.
Knits: Gently does it
Knitted garments can often be the most difficult to care for. Follow these easy instructions to show your knitwear the love it deserves:
1. Handwash garments in cool water using a mild, eco-friendly detergent.
2. A salad spinner makes for an excellent, gentle way to remove excess water and speed up the drying process.
3. Always dry knitwear on a flat surface to help preseve garment shape.
4. Pilling can be easily removed using a sweater stone or a recycled razor.
We could all do with a little more room in our wardrobes and spring is the perfect time to de-clutter by storing away winter essentials. Ensure they’re kept in prime condition with these handy tips:
1. Use vacuum bags to save on space and keep garments free from dust. Just be sure all garments are completely dry before packing away.
2. We love natural fibres, but they can be a target for damaging pests, such as moths. Keep them at bay naturally by making our DIY moth repeller -
3. If you find your garments smelling a little musty after storage, use a mixture of one part vodka and one part water in a spray bottle and lightly mist each garment. The alcohol in the vodka will kill any odour-producing bacteria and will evaporate without a trace (always do a patch-test in an inconspicuous area first).
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Wowza Snacks by Chef Bobo
In the realm of culinary innovation, Chef Bobo's Wowza Snacks stands as a testament to creativity and flavor. However, amidst the bustling culinary scene, the challenge lies in introducing Wowza's Crunchy Rice Crisps to discerning palates. Without an online platform, effectively conveying the essence of Wowza to potential customers becomes a daunting task.
Enter Web Loft Designs, equipped with a strategic approach to address this challenge. With meticulous planning, we crafted an informational website using Shopify, ensuring a seamless digital experience for visitors. This platform serves as a virtual showcase, allowing patrons to immerse themselves in the world of Wowza Snacks, guided by Chef Bobo's culinary expertise.
The launch of Wowza Snacks' website marks a significant milestone in its digital journey. As the second of three websites developed in collaboration with Chef Bobo, it symbolizes our commitment to amplifying Wowza's presence. With each website iteration, the resonance of Wowza's brand message grows stronger, promising an exciting culinary adventure for enthusiasts. Through Shopify's robust framework, Wowza Snacks is poised to captivate audiences and carve its niche in the competitive snack market. | <urn:uuid:2931e058-b78f-42f7-aed0-b1fd1d4f992a> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.webloftdesigns.com/our-portfolio/wowza-snacks-by-chef-bobo/ | 2024-04-24T03:16:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.889334 | 249 |
The 4 Best Proven Email Copywriting Formulas for E-commerce.
If you want success for your email marketing, you need to use proven email copywriting formulas.
Why email? Well, despite continual death knells, email marketing still generates £29bn in sales every year.
You’ve already embraced the power of segmentation. Only the right people get the right emails at the right time. Thanks to integration, your e-commerce and email platforms work seamlessly.
But getting the most out of your email marketing depends on how you write them. So proven email copywriting formulas are a major factor in achieving higher sales.
But that blinking cursor is taunting you. The empty ‘compose’ box isn’t getting any less empty. You’ve got the back-end right, but you still don’t know what to write for this new sequence. What’s the use? No one reads emails anymore, do they?
Remember, your customers don’t just want your emails. They need them. So, you change your opinion of writing them. Sketching out a framework takes a matter of minutes. Filling in the gaps is a pleasure as you’re excited to talk to your customers. They reply and tell you how they use your product, teaching you things even you didn’t know.
The difference? Copywriting formulas. They’re a tried and tested way of getting your audience from their current state of mind to a preferred state of mind. With a specific framework to follow, they take the guesswork out of writing copy.
And the beauty of copywriting formulas is they work. Some of them come from the golden era of advertising when people still read long-form adverts.
There are at least over 25 formulas in use in current marketing best practice. So, how do you know which formulas work best in e-commerce emails?
We’ll show you the top 4 proven email copywriting formulas that you can adopt and take your email marketing to the next level.
Proven email copywriting formulas No1 – NES
No, not Nintendo Entertainment System. This refers to Nurture – Excite – Sell. You can drip it out across a series of emails or – if you’re brave – use it in the same message. It works well in onboarding sequences or a welcome series.
Step 1 – Nurture your subscriber. Give them the content they signed up for. Get them used to clicking links in your emails. Don’t ask them to buy anything. If this was dating, it would be the ‘getting to know each other’ phase.
Step 2 – Excite them. Give them solutions to their problems. Prove you’re an authority on the topic. A curated newsletter is a great way to get them excited about receiving your emails. If you’re a clothing store, you might send them styling ideas or trend alerts. Collect resources about the type of fashion you sell. Think of this as the relationship.
Step 3 – Sell to them. Make your offer. You’ve gotten to know each other and shown why they can trust you. Because you know what you’re talking about. Making the sale is like popping the question. It’s asking them for a commitment.
The reason this email copywriting formula works is that it moves a cold subscriber through the spectrum to a warm lead. Yes, you probably gave them a discount code to get them to sign up. But to turn them from a one-off customer to a long-term fan, you take time before you ask for the sale. The length of this sequence depends on your product and why they signed up. It might take three emails across a week. Or it might need more emails throughout a trial period.
It also means you’re not stuck for what to write next. Draft the structure, outline the emails, automate, and away you go!
Proven email copywriting formulas No2 – AIDCA
Perhaps the most famous of the copywriting formulas, AIDA is the one we’ve mentioned most around here. This is a modified formula that works well in e-commerce. It stands for Attention, Interest, Desire, Conviction, Action. Outside of e-commerce, this is best used across a series of emails. But for e-commerce, a proven email copywriting formula is to use it within the same email.
First, you get the subscriber’s Attention. This is your subject line to snag their attention in their inbox. That’s why good email subject lines are crucial.
Next, you earn their Interest with a laser-focused introduction. Answer the question, “Why should I be interested in this email?”
Generate Desire for your product through the main email. That could be available products or the items on special offer. Show them other things they can buy that are similar to what they’ve already bought.
Appeal to their Conviction to buy. Don’t give them the opportunity to think “Well, I don’t really need a new pair of jeans…”. If you’re promoting a single product, add customer reviews to the email. Or images that let the customer think “I could look that good too”.
Last, prompt them to take Action. This is a literal call-to-action button. If you can, make this the only thing they can click in your email. If you give them too many things to click, they might not click any of them.
It’s a basic formula, but it works.
Proven email copywriting formulas No3 – PAS
Another classic copywriting formula works well in e-commerce email marketing.
It works by positioning your product as a solution to a problem.
It’s a proven email copywriting formula as you can spin anything into a problem/solution if you’re creative enough. It stands for Problem – Agitate – Solve.
1.Define the problem the subscriber has.
Paint a picture so they feel the frustration associated with the problem. Say you sell plant-based skincare. You’d start off by talking about the problems faced by those with skin complaints. Write them as if you suffer too.
2. Agitate by making it worse.
What might happen if the subscriber does nothing about the problem? In the above example, you’d heap on the extra problems faced when sufferers try too many ‘solutions’ at once. Or they waste money on things that don’t work and create further issues.
3. Show why and how your product solves the problem.
Maybe your skincare products don’t contain preservatives that irritate existing conditions. Or they’re chock full of the vitamins skin needs to thrive. Whatever it is, paint an even better picture of the solution.
If you’ve got a before/after image, now is the time to use it.
Then add your call-to-action.
This proven email copywriting formula is ideal for a single email format. You don’t want to leave subscribers on a downer after the Problem and Agitate phases. Include Solve in the same message. Go out on a high note.
Proven email copywriting formulas No4 – PAPA
This stands for Problem – Advantages of solving the problem – Proof you can solve it – Action. Start by describing, or painting a picture, of a problem.
Say you’re Warby Parker and you sell glasses online. Your customers already know their problem – they don’t have 20/20 vision. So, their problem might be finding affordable glasses. Or worrying they’re committed to a style they haven’t tried on yet.
Move onto the advantages of solving the problem with you.
For Warby Parker, this is where you’d mention happy customers getting the glasses they want at a good price. Or trying on glasses for free at home before committing to buying them. You might mention you donate a pair of glasses to someone in need for every pair bought.
These problems aren’t unique, but your solution is.
Provide proof you can solve the problem. Reviews or testimonials are great here. If the customers have bought from you before, remind them of their purchase.
Then ask them to take action and buy.
This formula works well in single emails. It invites the subscriber to empathise through a shared problem. And it lets them see how they’re better off solving the problem with you. Remember, customers are probably subscribed to other brands selling the same things.
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Think of these formulas as the content framework for your e-commerce email marketing
You might baulk at using proven email copywriting formulas as you don’t want to your copy to sound trite or… well… formulaic.
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Visions of a larger event? Celebrate your wedding in a grand ballroom
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Ballroom wedding reception locations in Southern California
Wedding locations with a Ballroom in Southern California. So you need a big space for your wedding. Are you thinking Hotel Ballroom? If you are looking for a location to host a large wedding reception, you’ll find hotels with a ballroom for private parties, banquets, corporate events, company parties, and wedding receptions in Southern California. We’ve added some nice big photos of ballrooms set up for wedding receptions below!
Encapsulate elegance and distinctiveness on your wedding day.
Truly a vision of grandeur, a ballroom in Southern California offering those high ceilings and beautiful woodwork, lighting and other amenities make the event spectacular while accommodating your larger group. If you don’t have an above-average size event planned, that’s OK too, these venues can section off portions too, thus making a smaller event more intimate. And if this Ballroom you love happens to be in a hotel, of course the beauty and luxury of allowing your guests to have an overnight stay and not have to drive home after your event is a serious PLUS!
Honor your vows in a ceremony and celebration that exudes splendor. Allow us to share with you, some of Southern California’s most beautiful Ballroom and Hotel venues.
The scene is familiar: Cinderella dancing the night away with her prince in a grand ballroom filled with people whose eyes are all on her. You’ve dreamed of this moment all your life.
Gowns, suits, tuxes, the cake, the dance floor…the ballroom, the guests…you are now celebrities, movie stars…all on this day.
If visions of grandeur and elegance encapsulate your vision of a perfect wedding day, perhaps a hotel ballroom is the best fit for your reception. With high ceilings, room to accommodate large groups, plenty of dance floor space and a variety of menu options, hotel ballrooms provide a place where you can be the belle of the ball.
Most hotels can put together wedding packages that include the ballroom, menu, cake and lodging for your day. As an added bonus, most hotels offer discounted lodging for your guests and a romantic honeymoon suite for you and your husband…post celebration, of course. Happy Planning! | <urn:uuid:af0ef633-f0d6-41ca-90af-480ad068bbfe> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.weddingcompass.com/visions-of-grandeur/ | 2024-04-24T02:25:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.900288 | 562 |
Sashes & Lace Wedding Rentals is a decor rental company offering services in Notre Dame de Lourdes, Manitoba. The team is dedicated to satisfying their customers with high quality service and equipment. The company boasts a vast inventory of products, ensuring that there is something for everyone. The friendly team are available to answer any questions which you may have.
Sashes & Lace Wedding Rentals offers a wide variety of rental products for wedding decor. These include:
- Head tables
- Chair covers and sashes
Sashes & Lace can also provide delivery, setup, and clean-up of their rentals. They will be more than happy to help you in any way they possibly can. If you have any specific requests, the team will be more than happy to meet, to discuss your needs and requirements.
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With the Tech Graduate Program, you can have the chance to work closely on the product with several teams to develop new features, products, and improvements over the course of 18 months, in order to help you develop skills, and be coached by different people while having a significant impact.
These different tracks will fully immerse you in Joko’s technical architecture: you will have a 360° view of what goes in and out of our systems and impact all of our users. You’ll hit the ground running and contribute to our projects in your first week.
The technical challenges that we are trying to solve at Joko are complex and diverse. For example, we are building a smart web browser able to understand and interact with any web page like a human being, and are processing massive volumes of transactions every day. For this reason, we don’t want to build a team of specialists, with people who only work on specific tasks (e.g. machine learning engineering, mobile app development, infrastructure engineering, etc.), but a team of engineers with a wide range of skills that are able to solve complex problems.
This is a unique chance to build an incredible experience in all parts of our technical stack. At the end of the program, the idea is to help you find your dream job and build your future within Joko!
During the program:
you will spend 6 months + 6 months + 6 months in three different teams learning different jobs alongside dedicated managers
you will be personally mentored by one of our founders with frequent one-on-ones
Several tracks are possible:
Software Engineering / Product / Data
Software Engineering / Product / Business Operations Engineering
Software Engineering / Product / Machine Learning
Software Engineering / Machine Learning / Data
Data / Business Operations Engineering / Product
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You’d like to have a custom track? Let’s discuss it!
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Communication: You have strong written and verbal communication skills, and you are able to explain something complex with simple words.
15-min call with the Hiring Manager
45-min personality interview with two team members
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45-min Founders interview
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Welcoming Hearts is a non-profit organization* founded in 2015 by a group of parents wanting to have a direct impact on children, families, professionals and the community as they navigate the journey through life with a loved one with special needs (VIPs). Our VIPs are those with any physical, cognitive, medical or hidden disability, chronic or life-threatening illness, or those who are medically fragile with an onset prior to age 22. We are an organization made up of volunteers and our goal is to promote inclusion, understanding and acceptance.
Our mission is to enhance the quality of life for all individuals with special needs by providing information and support to individuals, families, professionals and the community, through education and social settings.
Our vision is to create an environment where people with special needs are included in every facet of the community.
*Welcoming Hearts is a 501(c)3 organization EIN number: 47-5176982 . Your donation is tax deductible
WHAT WE DO
PARENT SUPPORT MEETINGS
Welcoming Hearts hosts a parent support meeting online via zoom on the 2nd and 4th Thursday at 7:00pm. If you would like the link email [email protected]
Welcoming Hearts hosts a play group 1-2 times a month, which are open to all members. Siblings are welcoming too!
TEEN CLUB (Middle and High Schoolers)
Welcoming Hearts will host a Teen Club once a month for Middle and High Schoolers.
MOM'S AND DAD'S OUTINGS
Welcoming Hearts will host once a month a Mom's Night Out and once a month a Dad's Night Out. These are opportunities to form social bonds with other parents on the same journey.
Welcoming Hearts host various family events throughout the year, including Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. This is a great way to connect with other parents, while having fun and socializing.
In the Spring Welcoming Hearts hosts a Running with the Chromies 10K/5K/1K Run or Walk.
In the Fall, Welcoming Hearts hosts a Halloween 10K/5K/1K Run Walk Creep Crawl or Roll.
In the Fall, Welcoming Hearts hosts a Family Resource and Fun Day.
For more information on all these and all our events, check out our calendar.
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Capri Palace Jumeirah
Capri Palace Jumeirah is a luxury 5* hotel set in the unspoiled and authentic town of Anacapri, famous for its scenic views, cove-studded coastline and gorgeous sunsets. Designed in the style of an eighteenth-century Neapolitan palazzo, its creamy white interiors blend in effortlessly with the traditional whitewashed buildings and picturesque pedestrian lanes of Anacapri. Home to an award-winning medical spa which hosts the one of a kind ‘Leg School, private beach club and 2 restaurants claiming the only 2 Michelin stars on the island, the hotel offers a relaxing atmosphere of chic and unpretentious elegance, while the glamourous boutiques of Capri are just a short drive away.
There is plenty to do at the hotel with a 40m outdoor mosaic swimming pool, private beach club reachable by the complimentary shuttle service and a fitness centre. There is a boutique on-site which sells handmade white cotton, linen and silk clothing along with footwear. The hotel also hosts its own private collection of painting and sculptures scattered throughout, known as ‘The White Museum’.
The Capri Beauty Farm is an award-winning medical spa offering a range of holistic treatments, led by 25 doctors, therapists, dieticians, beauticians and chefs, who combine the best of western and eastern traditions with an emphasis on medical and scientific principles and methodologies. Its innovative ‘Leg School’, a series of treatments addressed to vascular disorders of the lower limbs and cellulite, has been proven to successfully fight sluggish blood circulation, promotes lymphatic drainage and reduces cellulite, swelling and water retention. The spa menu also includes a range of traditional spa and beauty treatments from classic massages to body wraps to reflexology, and there is plenty of time to relax in the indoor pool and steam room between treatments.
L’Olivo: Awarded 2 Michelin stars, the hotel's signature restaurant serves Mediterranean classics with an extensive wine list.
Il Riccio Restaurant & Beach Club: Located on a cliff adjacent to the Blue Grotto, this restaurant is known for providing some of the best local seafood on the island, especially their sea urchins from which the restaurant takes its name.
Bistrot Ragu: Set on a terrace overlooking the Gulf of Naples, this casual dining venue is ideal for a lazy summer lunch or a snack with pizzas and light Italian dishes.
Located in the main square of Anacapri and overlooking the gulf of Naples, the hotel is a peaceful oasis tucked away from the hustle and bustle, yet to be close to many island attractions and the designer boutiques of Capri.
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There are 68 rooms and suites decorated in soothing Mediterranean colours of calming blues and whites. A unique blend of understated luxury and contemporary style, rooms are designed with hand-made white and blue ceramic tiles, fine linens and cottons and all-white custom-made furnishings.
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Are you flat out at work, working odd hours, or working remotely and struggling to make it to rental property inspections?
Or are you wanting to lease a Perth property in advance, before relocating from interstate/overseas?
If so, you might be wondering whether you can sign a lease in WA without viewing the property first – and whether it’s a smart move! We Love Rentals always recommends viewing a property before signing a lease, which is why we only allow tenants who have viewed the property to apply – to find out why we have this view read below.
Pros and Cons of Leasing Without an Inspection
Pros Of Signing a Lease Sight Unseen
If you’ve found this blog, you’re probably already considering the pros of leasing remotely and without physically seeing the property. Your own circumstances may make it an attractive option.
Your personal pros may include:
- avoiding queues at home opens
- resolving the problem of inspections clashing with work/travel
- securing a home in a competitive market by getting in early
- an urgent need because your current lease ends soon.
And for those relocating:
- avoiding an additional trip prior to relocating
- starting a new job without the stress of house-hunting
- having a home to go to when you arrive in Perth!
Cons of Signing a Lease Remotely
If you see this as your best option and find an agency that offers this service, then of course that’s your call. But we hope you’ll consider the risks before going down this path.
- video tours/photos often don’t accurately depict size/condition, thanks to use of wide-angle lenses and/or ‘airbrushing’
- marketing images never show unappealing features (or intangibles like noise)
- many agents won’t accept an application without you inspecting the home – this often narrows down your property options
- you’ll face break-lease costs if the property isn’t right
- you risk fake listing scams – identity details, bond and advance rent can all be stolen.
It’s in your best interests to view any property you intend leasing before applying – even a trusted person inspecting for you may overlook things that are a deal-breaker for you!
At We Love Rentals experience tells us that disappointment is more likely when a lease is signed “sight unseen”, which is why we don’t offer the service at the agency and a tenant must view the property to apply.
The cost of professional help, or a quick trip to inspect a short-list of properties, may be well worthwhile to avoid expensive break lease costs and the inconvenience of starting over if a property isn’t what it seems.
Signing a ‘Sight Unseen’ Lease
If you decide to sign a lease ‘sight unseen’ these precautions can help you to avoid disappointment and drama:
- use a relocation agent if you can afford to – they will view properties for you with a professional eye
- ask for photos/videos of all areas of the property taken on a phone – these are more realistic than professional real estate photos
- check room sizes on the floor plan
- request strata by-laws and clarify rules about pets, smoking, etc.
- ask in writing about issues past tenants have complained about e.g., outstanding repairs, phone signal, aircraft noise
- use Google Maps/Satellite Images and WalkScore to check amenities/travel distances/walkability
- for private rentals, search Landgate to verify the owner’s name matches the person you’re dealing with.
What Should I Do Next?
Before committing, consult a property manager.
The helpful, experienced team at We Love Rentals understand the pros and cons of renting when you are not in Perth or burdened with heavy work commitments. We personally do not offer this service, and if you want to know why we think it’s best to view a property before applying see our WA property tenant applications page.
Would-be tenants seek our advice because we know the market back-to-front and can help with solutions!
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Open relationships, wild marriages, blameless divorces: the ’68 generation are bound by the time in which they met and learnt to love. For the first time in modern society, new models for relationships were tolerated. How did this affect their roles as parents? How freely did they live their relationships? What were their ideals? What roles did equality, sexual freedom, fidelity, division of work, wanting children, methods of upbringing and handling conflict play?
Through interviews we let couples and their children talk independently from each other about how they perceived this time. How much did the ‘spirit of 1968’ have an influence on their childhoods? What repercussions did the patterns of the parents’ relationships have? Did these become models to follow or reject? To what extent are types of relationship a product of their times and where do experiences of change and uprising take place today?
with: Ute Baggeröhr, Jonathan Bruckmeier, Jens Koch, Sithembile Menck, Antonia Mohr, Gunnar Schmidt
directing: Julia Roesler
research: Silke Merzhäuser, Julia Roesler
scenery and costumes: Charlotte Pistorius
music: Insa Rudolph
dramaturgy: Silke Merzhäuser, Judith Heese
Uraufführung: 11.03.2018, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
photos: Felix Grünschloss
Produced by Badischen Staatstheaters Karlsruhe
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A month or so back I started a company with a buddy called DottedOnline, LLC. We are trying our best to create high quality websites. Our first site is called Flower Finder.net and is a local florist directory.
Much like a yellow pages but with more focus on a single topic… geo-vertical directories, compare these two:
Flower Finder – Chicago Florists
Super Pages – Chicago Florist
Which would you rather use? Our goal is to provide valuable feedback on the things that matter to the end user. Initially on this site it is just easy to navigate and find listings of local florists, and people have the ability to leave either positive or negative feedback on florists, on a variaty of ranking criteria.
We are also going to be adding valuabe content to people looking for flower information, much like florist.com, ftd.com or aboutflowers.com
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Our Food Rescue Program addresses a problem that every food market faces: what to do with surplus fresh food. WPE picks up high-quality unsold food and delivers it to over eighty organizations seven days a week. These organizations serve low-income families, isolated seniors, our unhoused neighbors, individuals with special needs, foster youth, new immigrant families, and other marginalized populations.
Food We Accept
The White Pony Express Food Rescue Program accepts the following donations:
The Good Samaritan Act
The Federal Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act established in 1996, protects businesses that donate food in good faith from being held liable should someone become sick from the food. The only exception to the law is in the case of gross negligence or intentional misconduct. California AB-129 states, “except for injury resulting from gross negligence or intentional misconduct in the preparation or handling of donated food, no person, gleaner, or food facility that donates food that is fit for human consumption at the time it was donated to a nonprofit charitable organization or food bank shall be liable for any damage or injury resulting from the consumption of the donated food."
Tax Benefits for Donating Food
Food donors are advised to consult with their tax adviser for information on tax deductions. For information on tax credit in California, please see the Charter 503, Statutes of 2011 (Fuentes, AB 152), regarding donations to food banks, voluntary contributions, and income tax credits.
Good Food Should Never Go to Waste
If you're a food-based business and are interested in becoming a regularly scheduled food donor, please contact us and our Donations Manager will respond promptly to help facilitate your donation pick-up and partnership.
Donating Catered and Prepared Foods
There are special rules around donations of catered and home-cooked foods from private parties. Please contact our Food Sourcing Manager here. if you have questions about catered or home-prepared food.
If you have a one-time donation of 100 lbs. or more, please email us.
Food Donations from Individuals
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Wedding videography can be expensive. I aim to provide a local, affordable alternative. I strive to provide high quality video at a price that fits your budget!
(3) 4K/HD Cameras
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Ceremony & Reception
Every shoot involves at least three cameras for the entire event for maximum video coverage
A full edited video of the entire event will be provided, along with a 5-7 minute highlight reel to share with friends and family!
Full coverage of the ceremony and reception is automatically included in all weddings!
All features can be removed or modified to fit any budget!
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Photo-a-Day (Saturday, 9th December, 2023)
Wigan Parish Church
My second daughter was baptized in that church by the Rector, who was an old school friend of mine.
Beautiful photo Colin, in the heart of Wigan Town centre and there for all to see.
What no pigeons Colin.
Many thanks Brian for posting this.
That's a really nice view of the Parish Church; the bare branches of the tree enhance it.
Nice shot of Wigan Parish Church.
But where is the Christmas tree?
One of the most photographed Church on Photo a day, and so it should be. It looks great which ever angle you look at.
It looks like a grey uninviting fortress compared to the brightly coloured Muslim mosques and Indian temples.
I was up in Wigan 3 weeks ago attending a dear cousins funeral and couldn't believe the amount of derelict churches I saw as we drove around the area.
A very good photo of Wigan’s landmark Parish Church. Looks like we have another resident snapper in our midst.
(And to think the Bonnie Prince MAY have hidden in the tower and peeped out of those spy holes!). Thanks Colin..
Was a regular during vacations 1970-72 for Evensong. A superb civic parish church which has a comfortable interior. The atmosphere within has, in my experience, only been matched by St Peter Mancroft in Norwich.
That of course was over 50 years ago. No idea what it's like now.
Thank for the Photo Brian, on behalf of Colin.
Look how nice and peaceful the grounds are, no pigeon feeders there. (Thankfully)
Derelict churches are all over the country not just around here..perhaps it’s the fault of folk no longer feeling the need to go to them..apart from occasional funerals. Such as yourself Sylvia….?
Thanks for all your appreciative comments and again to Brian for posting this on my behalf..
Gary, the interior is just has beautiful and interesting, nothing much has changed.
Sylvia, with great respect to the Mosques and Temples which as you say are often quite colourful and beautiful, I have visited and marvelled at many both new and old in my extensive travels in the Middle East, North Africa, India and Pakistan but any in the UK I imagine are all post WW2 and have no historical interest or deep rooted architectural merit, I doubt if any will structurally last as long as our dear little Parish Church
All Saints Parish Church Wigan has been built, burned, rebuilt and added to for centuries, it is even said containing stones and possibly an alter stone in its fabric from a temple in Roman Coccium times.
My best regards to Bognor, I stayed close by in Chichester a few years back and visited the Cathedral and Arundel Castle and of course the many Roman archaeological sites close by, none of these as I recall were brightly coloured!
Kind regards, Colin.
Every closed church in this country is a step towards actual civilisation and away from the tyranny of organised religion...
A beautiful interior,a warm inviting church.However,there doesn't seem to be very good communication from here in connection with up to date info about services( or lack of them !)
I don't know about that Gareth, when one church closes it is often converted to a Mosque, Hindu or Sikh Temple, not much sign of there of diminishing religion.
I saw one on the way into Warrington with the church tower/steeple converted into a Indoor Climbing Centre, perhaps they think it a quick route to Heaven!
Traditional Christianity as we know it might be on the wain but the Mormons and Happy Clappers appear to be doing well and growing.
When one faith closes there is always something else to replace it. Bingo, Football and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here for example!
This church has stood the test of time, it looks as solid as the rock it is built of.
Hello Alan in Canada....Happy Christmas !
The oldest churches I have visited are the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Church of the Nativity in the Holy Land. Still standing over a 1000 years. Despite all the wars through those years and which are still going on. Thousands upon thousands visit no signs of dying out there.
I don’t call the destruction of church buildings very civilised either. If that’s an example of civilisation count me out.
Colin, I make no comment about people's faith - I am a convinced atheist but respect that everyone has a right to faith and that it brings great comfort to many. My beef is with organised religion and the untold harm it has done throughout the ages.
There was a time when most small churches or chapels seemed to become carpet shops...
Veronica, who spoke about the destruction of church buildings ???
Thanks Gareth, yes I understood your message and to an extent do agree. Tricky subjects Religion, like Politics, best kept away from.
The main topic of the subject is the rich history of this beautiful church. Regardless of any faith or none all can or should appreciate its historical significance to Wigan.
This is a perfect subject for Rev David Long.
Sandra, there wasn't a Christmas Tree in this part of the Parish Church but where is/are the Christmas Tree's in Wigan? None last week at least.
There was a time when the Big Switch on of the tree on the Market Square or Market Place and the lights in Standishgate by a minor celebrity was a major event bringing in vast crowds with a real tree not a modern version of a tree that you could climb in like the one that was at the bottom of Makinson's Arcade.
I saw a few token lights on lamp posts and the two cabins selling sausages but not not much else to lift the spirits outside of the Grand Arcade.
Having said that not many decent people would want to venture into the town centre after sunset these days with their children.
Together there are 94 mosques in Blackburn and Bolton . When Muslim’s pray they face towards Mecca in Saudi Arabia , where there are no Christian churches ?
Even the Manchester bombers in prison are given a place where they can pray .
How can places like SA call themselves deeply religious yet deny other faiths a place to worship or pray ? Are there other faiths in Saudi?
Can you imagine the outcry if we denied Muslims their mosques. What is the one and first word they would use ?
Veronica, I too have been to visit some these sites The Sea of Galilee and even up onto Golan Heights with my Israeli colleague with a gun!
Bethlehem and Nazareth, lovely memories of my times there and used to have many Lebanese and Pakistan friends and colleagues, Christian and Muslim. When in Beirut there is a cable car that takes you to the top of mountain with a huge statue and visitors centre for The Virgin Mary, quite fascinating and revered by all faiths
Terrorists cause tyranny Graham not true Christians.
Example - Synagogues were destroyed by the Nazis in the last war. They also murdered Christians for speaking out against them or any other denomination who dared to speak out.
Everybody knows Mecca was in Blackpool.
Thank you Colin.
I just think it's appropriate to see a Christmas tree in the Church grounds, it seems fitting.
Veronica, what about the Crusades, the persecution of both Catholics and Protestants in this country, the Inquisition, the brutal oppression of native Americans, the Salem witch trials, the total mess that has been the Middle East for 1500 years ?? What about Shia and Sunni Muslims slaughtering each other for centuries? All for religion.....
As regards Church buildings, nobody admires and feels awe in the appreciation of a beautiful church or cathedral more than I do, so please don't suggest that I even mentioned the destruction of church buildings...
Sandra there's a Christmas tree outside St Peters Church in Hindley. Looks nice.
Religion creates culture in civilisations, regardless of what the religion might be. It creates a common path, a lifestyle, which is followed by all, like it or lump it.
All the Blessings of CHRISTmas to you Gareth. People are still being persecuted for their faith even today…that is not God’s will.
Well said Dek…
The crowd has many heads but no brain .
Dek, you are right in many ways, but all religions eventually create factions, subdivisions and schisms fuelled by human vested interests purporting to know that their version is the right one and all others are deviants from the one true faith ending in persecution and wars. Two thousand years of abject misery and sectarian hatred for millions throughout the ages which is still going on today.
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Petrus’ space-aged wine set to fetch $1m
The bottle of Petrus 2000, which recently returned from orbit following an extensive trial in ‘space aging’, is set to go on sale for something in the region of US$1 million.
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London Wine Fair unveils action-packed digital event
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UK appetite for Australian wine continues to grow
Australian wine exports to the UK continued to rise over the last 12 months, with both value and volume seeing double-digit growth.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer released a statement Friday saying the state is working on a coordinated effort to address the infant formula shortage.
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The governor said the state departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture and Rural Development are taking the lead.
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My husband, Benhi, was baptized in his home country, Namibia. Namibia is a country in southern Africa, and when Benhi was baptized, Namibia was under Apartheid rule. Benhi was baptized as an infant in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia. But his parents were forced to give him the “Christian” name–James. The same was true for each of his 12 siblings. They all were forced to take “Christian” names: Amanda, Douglas, Evelyn, Jeffery and Sylvia, etc. These names are not “Christian.” These names are Eurocentric.
This is an example of God’s gift of baptism being controlled by a system that is unjust. People were forced to abandon their culture and language in the name of the very God who created them. But the good news for us today is that the ground is level at the font. Baptism is God’s gift to humanity. All are equal regardless of race or nationality. It is a second birth that is open to all.
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