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Group rides began and finished in the dark due to the 6.5 hours of sunlight at this time of the year. Riders were once again thankful for the Prosperous Contented Obstruction Blocking which provided partial relief from the icy cold wind.
Reached by telephone in his luxurious villa, Johan had nothing but praise for his team. "Smoky Lake is a place of dreams. The team defrayed some of my overhead with their knit wear production. Frozen extremities are a small price to pay for this special experience."
Alberto can only look on in envy from the Astana training camp in Spain.
I for one am training this winter season sans scarf and shirt. I am attempting to recreate the robotic discipline shown late great (dead and frozen) Russian riders who felt grateful for their paltry morning gruel and anything resembling clothing. By hardening my body to the elements I shall gain a level of mental fortitude only displayed by Johan the Souse at the Blackjack table.
My wish this festive season is for one and all to change their bourgeois ways and find out what WWJD really means on a personal level. As for me I am wishing speedy, efficient amputations and an early spring.
Kindest regards, K2nees
You might be wondering which scarf I chose to wear today. Since the morning low is a mere minus 15, I chose a multicoloured scarf from Florence, expecting that its thinner nature would be suitable for the moderated temperature. I have some interesting observations that I would like to share with you.
The scarves in this analysis will be called Sisley (long navy blue cotton/wool mix, purchased in Florence, Italy) and Ermini (striped delicately coloured wool, also purchased in Florence, Italy).
The scarves were tested for the following characteristics: Neck warmth, facial coverage and overall look.
Neck warmth – okay to good
Face coverage – moderately excellent to excellent. The stretchiness of the weave would make full facial coverage at lower temperatures impossible.
Overall look – utilitarian excellence (not to be confused with Unitarian excellence)
Neck warmth – excellent to extremely excellent. almost too excellent
Face coverage – probably poor to moderate due to its narrower nature.
Overall look – elegant excellence with aspirations of operatic attendance.
Conclusion: depending on where I am going and who I might meet on the way, the wind conditions and a variety of factors too numerous to mention, both scarves have a purpose and are welcome additions to the scarf stable.
Night Train questioned the permanent nature of prison tattoos. "I don't want it to come off in the first rain storm!" she injected.
Johan still has to determine who will apply the tattoos. His plan is to assign "tattoo partners" from within the team who will apply the ink to each other. Funnily enough, Johan has not been assigned a partner at this point in time.
Lampo thinks that the tattoo should be lower on the rider's forehead so that it won't be covered up by his helmet.
Upon hearing the news Johan said, "Good riddance to that whiner. He was too much of a team player for us anyway."
Lampo Bianco's reaction was eager and selfish, "That just means more plywood products for us!"
K2nees mused, "Team Vitesse could have taught him so much..."
LeTriple beamed at the news, "I am glad he is not on my new team. I didn't feel like pulling him over every climb in every race."
h20 remarked, "The sensations are good. Let's party!".
Obviously a rivalry has been spawned. No doubt Alberto will have to get used to watching the backs of Team Vitesse riders as they disappear into the distance throughout the TdF.
On his recent 1.5 hour flight to the west coast, he experimented with increasing his lung capacity even further. Lampo strapped a pillow over his face to filter out potentially harmful viruses and increase the effort of breathing. "By making it more difficult to suck air and actually fight for your very life, your lungs will increase in power, efficiency and capacity," wheezed Lampo. He recommends a smaller couch pillow for flights over 2 hours. Thank you for that LB.
Lampo Bianco is travelling without precarity to the west coast on a surveillance mission. He and Hat Model are attending some festal occasions.
K2nees continues to avoid perfidy and displays much uxorious behaviour. Both LB and K2 have shown so much uxoriousness that there will be additions to the Vitesse team in 2010.
LeTriple continues to amaze with perspicacious fotos of his now weekly assaults of Mont Ventoux.
Night Train's lack of quiet querulousness may awaken with the continued consumption of farl.
Johan's insistent plangency can be heard from his private social Siberia.
h20 persists in producing somewhat specious blog entries which, it is hoped, are the opposite of longueurs.
PE5GW is just plain sick of moving.
The celebrations marking the Year of Erudition will be modest because HL88 is not a profligate manufactory.
Watch for excerpts of "The Lamentations of Lampo" exclusively here at cyclingcosmonaut.
In case of a tie, whoever has the most tied stooks in the time allotted will be allowed to carry refreshment bottles for the likes of LT, LB, K2nees, h20, and Night Train. Both Alberto and Cadel are reportedly in training for the great mow off.
Henceforth the newest addition to Team Vitesse, our Netherlands based correspondent, will be known as LeTriple or LT. New contract documents with his corrected name will be couriered to his cosmodrome in Zeeland immediately. When asked for comment he said "I have good sensations with my new team. The undulating terrain in Zeeland is very challenging. Training here allowed me to conquer Mont Ventoux and that is how I came to the attention of Johan."
Johan has decided that Alberto will be allowed to attend the training camp/team building exercises in January. "We will see if he can keep up to our stars. He will not receive any remuneration for his efforts just like everyone else on the team", Johan stated.
Training camp opens in Smoky Lake as soon as the temperature reaches minus 30 degrees C.
As I know you can appreciate the feeling of suffering caused by climbing a mountain on a bicycle, I just thought I'd drop you a line to let you know I set out for Mont Ventoux again a few weeks ago. With a friend (the one who crashed into a tree, last time we were there) I rented a house a few km along the way up from Bédoin for two weeks.
Our main goal was to reach the summit from all three sides in one go, preferably within 2 hours time. As we had two weeks available to us, we decided to warm up a bit by riding some routes I found on a site dedicated solely to Mont Ventoux (http://www.dekaleberg.nl/ if you're interested). To work up our courage, we went up from Sault first as it is the easiest route to take. I am pleased to report that we reached the summit well under our target time of 2 hours. Dat geeft de burger moed!
2 days later we attacked the climb from Bédoin. This proved to be a lot more difficult, though easier than last time for I never had the idea that I would fall of my bike for lack of speed. That said I averaged only 10,4 km/h and at some point did not seem to be able to go any faster than 8 km/h. If my friend and I hadn't been climbing together, I think we both would have turned around. Anyway I reached the summit only one minute shy of 2 hours, within my target time, having been passed only twice, and without stopping. Loads better than last time, so I can now comfortably say that I conquered le géant de Provence. The last ascent, starting in Malaucène, proved to be at least as hard as the one from Bédoin. It is much more irregular, and steeper in places. In addition a few kilometers along we had to battle against the wind as well as against the incline. Unfortunately it took me 2 hours and 3 minutes to get to the top. But I didn't much care, as the wind made it so cold all I wanted was to get back down as quickly as possible. Descending quickly wasn't much of a problem as I reached a new max speed of 85,4 km/h.
As you know, I have this cool gadget on my bike that records just about anything. It's no SMEVEC, but it does the trick. Here's the record of my climb from Bédoin: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/16220642
Contador is said to be seriously considering joining Team Vitesse. "Vitesse is unfettered by a pro license and rides outside the law. Johan is such a motivating force. This makes for good sensations", remarked Alberto recently. Given the chance to ride with cycling legends Night Train, Lampo Bianco, K2nees and h20, Contador would be a fool not join to the Team. Johan believes that Contador is a good fit. "Team Vitesse is made up of individuals who look after themselves first. That is how we roll", drawled Johan.
h20 has offered to sweeten the deal with cut rate CAFIBs for Contador and his extended family.
"Alberto will join us. He cannot afford to ignore the aerodynamic benefits of plywood" posited Lampo.
"Contador can learn a lot from the best on Team Vitesse" said K2nees.
The CAFIB is now available from Happy Lucky 88 Manufactory. Quantities are limited so act quickly now to ensure that you can be the first one in your peer group to own a coveted CAFIB. Satisfy your craving!
Far more disconcerting is the possibility that the HEAVY DROP, h20's patented downhill maneuver, may disappear from the professional peleton. You may remember that the HEAVY DROP is the technique of launching an attack on a downhill section of the parcours preferably when a nature break has been called. h20 was a pioneer of this procedure and one its finest practitioners. "I simply will not be able to bend the cranks like I used to" quipped h20 sadly. This news comes as a relief to K2nees whose constant efforts to catch h20 will be marginally easier now.
"No Labour in Excess of Necessity" will be the watch words for this pedalling powerhouse. By following this sage expression, HL88 can maintain its ridiculously low prices while nurturing their analytic and synthetic prowess.
By sending much needed $$ now, future generations of cold arm sufferers will not have to enter the cycle of cold arm suffering or indeed ever suffer from cold arm. ACT NOW!
What makes this especially galling are the arrows at the model's wrists and knees as well as the exit arrows at the shoulders. When compared to Happy Lucky 88's Super Absorbent Rain Cape (below) there is little doubt that this upstart competitor has directly copied our arrow use.
It is likely that this blatant pointer copying will be mired in legal limbo for many years to come. Rest assured that Happy Lucky 88 Manufactory has vowed to defend its singular right to use arrows.
Please join cycling cosmonaut in wishing LB an excellent 2010 racing season.
Lampo Bianco has joyfully increased his carbon footprint by flying to San Francisco with Hat Model. His mission is to secure more sponsorship for Team Vitesse and do a little sightseeing on the way.
h20 underwent minor surgery for a problem with his middle finger. Overuse in the upright position during races made it impossible for him to make a fist. The surgery has been judged a success as he is now back to punching riders from other teams.
K2nees has been gainfully employed and continues to drool over titanium. He also continues to take a hard look at elk in the wild.
Pucky now rides above the head badge, master of all he surveys.Inspired by Johan, The Steaming Madman, LB and h20 wanted to make up for omitting the Single Speed World Championships from their racing calendar. They also knew that this would be their last tune up before travelling to Switzerland for the UCI world road championships. With Lampo as point man, the duo smoked over the dry rooted trail at warp speed. Joyous was the mood and as heart rates became elevated, the rapture set in.Pausing for some liquid refreshments, h20 liberated a pair of brewskis from their bubble wrap protection. To that point, the Surly chain tensioner had never been properly tested. Success was just a bottle cap away. Fully refreshed the duo suddenly found themselves in darkness after the sun dropped out of the sky.
The riders now feel fully prepared for the world road championships and look forward to being able to purchase their plane tickets very soon. Apparently Johan was in charge of transport procurement but once again squandered the funds on wine, women and song. Donations are now being accepted for the "Let's Get Team Vitesse to Switzerland" fund.
Disappointment rippled through the team after it was learned that they had missed their chance to dominate at the Single Speed Championships in Durango, Colorado. No one was more upset than Johan who had vowed to make this event the party highlight of his year. Now the team must find ways to propitiate the great man to avoid the rescission of his services.
The individualistic missing magic charm was the subject of a massive mojo manhunt. It was finally discovered after apparently having gone through the laundry. At its original 4 foot height, the MOJO might have been a liability when strapped to the frame of a bicycle. PE5GW must have been aware of this when she included it in the wash. Now its actual size will not affect the high performance of LB on his Monkey.Pucky the Mouse Beaver was known for his bravery and ability to be invisible and be in 2 places at the same time. We wish Lampo Bianco and Pucky the Mouse Beaver future success and safe riding.
h20 now must locate the delicately wondrous item which was carefully placed somewhere in the man cave.
Happy Lucky 88 Manufactory has developed a new line of clothing specially designed to address the stress and duress of dress. Based on its successful Super Absorbent Rain Cape, new micro ply-fiber actually wicks moisture in. Nonexistent durability coupled with extreme discomfort means only one thing: you are wearing the best that HL88 has to offer.
h20, S&M and that day's protected rider, Lampo Bianco, set a furious pace for the opening 500 meters. Massive crowds greeted them along the route. As they crested a catagory 1 col, the sound and smell of the clamorous fans grew to a fever pitch and odor. h20 was setting an infernal tempo at the front. One fan ran out seeking an autograph from LB. It was then that the much maligned Team Vitesse teamwork came to the fore.
Known for their incessant internal attacks, Team Vitesse has received undue criticism for being individuals on a team looking after their own interests. "I acted on instinct!" said h20 in television interviews later. Review of the race footage clearly shows the course of events.
As the fan was about to reach LB and hinder his forward progress, h20 sacrificed his body, GC placement and his bicycle to block the fan and protect LB. h20 found himself down on the tarmac with extreme road rash, a deep muscle bruise on the upper thigh, torn ligaments, arthritis, liver damage and most importantly, a damaged front brake lever. S&M quickly dismounted to assist his fallen comrade while LB put in a few choice punches and words into the seething crowd. Team Vitesse riders were far ahead of the support vehicles so any reparations were up to the quick thinking trio. Shaken but unstirred after the shock of the fall, h20 quickly mounted and, true to Team Vitesse form, quickly got a gap on his fellow team mates.
The ride continued without incident but K2 was never seen again that day. It has come to light that his valiant attempts to catch the splintered Vitesse peleton resulted in a coughed up lung.
Lampo Bianco won the day with the strong finishing Senor Merlini leading LB out to the final climb. h20 suffered immensely but managed a credible third. Despite his serious injuries, he defended his downhill sprint jersey with aplomb. The offending fan remains in hospital with a genuine LB signature on his body cast.
Paliopy: the beautiful awesome beauty of Team Vitesse riders in their "chick magnet" formation replete with coordinated outfits. Similar to panoply except without the special formation.
Loserization: the noun form of the verb "loserize". To be dropped from the "chick magnet" formation due to an uncoordinated outfit.
Team members spend hours coordinating their attire in order to provide a cohesive "look" to the thousands of fans who line the route. Favoured methods of coordination between riders include the telephone, faxing, and the hyper modern email.
There is a lot more to kit coordination than meets the eye. Team Vitesse takes the challenge of dress very seriously. The result is a wonderful panoply of colour that all fans can enjoy.
Let's not forget Johan's edict, "When you look good, you feel good. When you feel good, the sensations are good. When the sensations are good, it is time to go to the pain cave." Of course everyone wants to look good in the pain cave.
h20 suffered a blow out yesterday on his way for a coiffure. It has been posited that the inner tube exploded due to a small burr on the inside of the rim. h20 foolishly left the HL88 tool kit at the Cosmodrome and was stranded. Fortunately PE5GW commandeered a support vehicle to ensure that h20 did not miss his appointment. No injuries resulting from the blow out were reported and at this writing, the offending rim has been sanded with a 3M pad on the advice of Team Vitesse's metallurgist, PE5GW.
A case in point is the impossibly light-weight Well Flourishing Ankle Bolstering. If HL88 deigned to unleash the finely engineered Well-FAB on the market, it would most certainly turn the orthotics world on its head. However, it chooses not to because its first priority is supporting Team Vitesse cycling. The Manufactory continues to touch base with individual team members for input in order to fill their needs at any point in time. "Global marketing, as lucrative as it is likely to be, would be like a day without sunshine." spake a Manufactory representative. Let us never forget that Happy Lucky 88 Manufactory has committed itself to ensuring that all products it produces are unsurpassed in discomfort.
Made from the same plywood as the Super Absorbent Rain Cape and weighing an incredibly light 1.2 kilograms, the Well-FAB is meant to fit snugly inside an over sized cycling shoe for maximum protection and shock absorbency. Armed (ankled in this case) with the Well-FAB, K2nees is sure to kick some butt while raising the profile of Happy Lucky 88 Manufactory. HL88 advises wearing the Well-FAB on each ankle for improved balance.
Lampo Bianco had spent the previous evening ensuring that his brother's stag went smoothly. This included close examination of special parts augmentation under the influence of liquid refreshment and guidance of Johan. With the wind at their backs, h20 provided the perfect leadout for LB who engaged in a low airburst and blew by the complacent and unsuspecting K2. Always up for a challenge, K2's subsequent recovery and infernal pedalling style left his team mates sucking locusts and wind on the next 10% hill.
It was soon obvious that LB's low airburst and alcoholic alchemy had taken its toll. He contented himself with watching wheels as he was pulled across the hot dry plains. Even the youthful legs of K2 suffered under the intense heat and unforgiving wind as he gathered all the King of the Mountain points.
Half hearted attacks lasting 6 or 8 pedal strokes were mounted by h20 whenever he caught up to the peloton. The power could not be sustained but h20's pride made him contest every chance to pad his insurmountable downhill sprint point lead.
The injury report reveals that K2 received a low flying locust strike to the groin area. LB's strange blood chemistry has no known precedence in medical science. h20 has yet to get his heart rate below 170 bpm. Johan would be proud.
As the pair snacked on cold left over pizza, a strange figure cycled past in the 29 degree heat. An alacrity with the camera and quick thinking ensured that an image was captured. Clearly a man in a winter coat looking straight into the camera. Could it be that h20 inadvertently caught Johan the Omniscient in one of his many disguises in a rural town of 3,000 inhabitants?
Night Train and The Bear are back from their training session for Team Vitesse in Holland having ridden the roads that will be used by the Vuelta. Sadly they were not wearing the lovely green Vitesse jerseys, because they don't have them, but were supported by the team in every other way. They did rides between 30 and 100 k and discovered that riding a dead straight flat road into the wind requires endless re-calibration of the Happy Lucky SMEVEC 88. They also discovered that ice cream is excellent cycling fuel, and that the Dutch have an interesting twist on the game of "chicken" involving two pairs of riders approaching from opposite directions. Yikes, who will pull back??? Such excitement!
The intrepid duo made it from London to Amsterdam, via Gent and Antwerp, bike, train, boat, bike train. The resulting boat-lag required a couple of rest days in Amsterdam with friends, riding to Haarlem and Leiden, and then up to Den Helder. The idea was to island hop from there: Texel, Ameland, Terschelling, and back to the mainland. The SMEVEC 88 indicated that this route is entirely possible. It is possible to get to Texel, but that's it until Tuesday. They rode all around Texel where examples of wondrous Dutch engineering were plainly evident. Total bizarre paving of the seaside was bizarre but apparently necessary. Also sighted were plentiful gorgeous dunes. Once the realization that the SMEVEC 88 had led them down a garden path, they cycled back down the coast of North Holland the next day. There were gorgeous dunes (again) with endless brick cycle paths, and beautiful woods with crushed shell trails. The woods were welcome as it was around 30 degrees and the wind was against them. (No doubt they probably rued their decision to leave the Prosperous Contented Obstruction Blocking at home. ed).
Rest assured that this Dutch ride was monitored by Johan the Omniscient in that creepy way he has.
The usual pungent odor is somehow charming and reassuring. A potpourri from a garbage truck parking lot, an animal feed plant next door to an abattoir mixed with a dash of oil refinery burn off is a curious wonder. Perhaps the sinuses can been scorched to the point where any smell is welcome. A feeling of general well being can be expected to descend on such a ride due in large part to warm weather, minimal wind, the ripe atmospheric conditions and plentiful insects for swallowing.
Please note that all miasmas and any resulting feeling of well being are licensed property of Happy Lucky 88 Manufactory and can only be accessed by tapping out an infernal rhythm.
h20, the highest ranking official at the Western Cosmodrome, immediately began the interview process for a larger dog. In conjunction with an increased animal security, 24 hour surveillance will be provided by Happy Lucky 88's state of the art equiment currently being tested by the Pope.
This small semi-mountainous area in the Northern Hemisphere takes its name from the French word for speed. Many of its picturesque roads are paved thanks to the benevolence of Johan the Omniscient. Under his tutelage, great cyclists are molded and formed in a pure cycling culture. With an increasing population of coffee drinkers, Vitesseland has become a vibrant land of peaks and valleys. Its mostly temperate climate encourages a fast easy going lifestyle. For more information visit Vitesseland.com.
The wind played a factor in the team maneuvers. Against Johan's orders, both riders decided to leave their Prosperous Contented Obstruction Blocking at HQ.
As the team turned into the teeth of the wind, h20 launched one of his patented HDs (heavy drop). This delivery of heavy effort left LB dazed and confused. Regaining his composure, LB's HA (high airburst), caught h20 completely off guard. No one expects a burst of nuclear weapon size damage barely 10 minutes into a ride. Needless to say there were no gauntlets left to be thrown after the intense early action. From that point on both LB and h20 carefully monitored each other and the terrain for a SAFE (selected area for evasion).
Johan the Omniscient ordered a HALO (high altitude low-opening parachute technique used by the military to deliver equipment and supplies from airlift aircraft flying above the threat umbrella). A small HALO team made up of podium girls transferred the Prosperous Contented Obstruction Blocking to LB and h20.
Having agreed to call the hostilities a stalemate, the riders returned to TAMCO (theatre army movement control centre) also called the team Winnibago, for hot chocolate.
I ventured out during the brief sunny period this past evening hoping to refine my skills and avoid any further nature break escapes. Under sunny optimistic skies I set out for the now fabled "tour de dump". After weeks of training, I tapped out an infernal rhythm for myself according to the on board SMEVEC 88T.
As I headed out of town the skies grew darker punctuated by lightening flashes. Well shy of the half way turn around point, the first rain drops were felt through my plycra and the decision was made to abort the launch. Shortly thereafter the heavens unleashed their fury and hail-like drops of rain lashed the route. I quickly installed the Super Absorbent Rain Cape as instructed by Johan over race radio. My infernal tapping then led me back into the moving weather cell. As the absorption coefficient of my HL88 plywood products reached their highest saturation levels, I knew that the time had come to go hard. I time trialed my way back into the city using all the technology Happy Lucky 88 had to offer. The sun broke through leaving me to contemplate important questions like "Is titanium a lightning conductor (answer: probably)" and "Do these soaked Sidi shoes make my butt look fat? (answer: probably)".
After the one hour ride from hell a lesson had been learned. "if it looks like rain stay home on the couch and let the titanium bicycles glow in the corner." I beleive it was a good measure of my increasing fitness for cyclo-cross season and an excellent test of HL88 products.
One lingering question remains..."Does Team Vitesse have a team meteorologist or at the very least a team metallurgist?"
Editor's note: Indeed Team Vitesse does have a metallugist. It is PE5GW who doubles as team ornithologist.
H2O, overripe veteran and sneaky weasel, wisely waited for a K2nees nature break to attack. K2nees was reported as saying, in the heat of his drainage operation,”I just lead him out for the downhill sprint points and pulled him through the wind, why, why would he do that, I thought we were teammates”. Apparently they are the team mates of the Armstrong / Contador variety.
Following H20’s initial attack, K2nees slowly finished his business and tried to catch back on the slight rise, however the next downhill greatly benefited H20’s gravity assisted riding style. After coming to within 10 bike lengths K2nees was again put on the defensive by another highly suspect maneuver. Darting in front of some vehicular traffic K2nees was forced to wait and watch helplessly while H20's gap grew again. After resuming the chase it wasn’t long before K2nees was in h20's ample slip stream (for the first time that ride). After catching back on negotiating a hill, K2nees was ready to put in another attack but seeing the pain the eyes of his team mate after his short escape he dutifully pulled H20 back to the Team Vitesse support vehicle while offering words of support to his gassed team mate.
In honour of his yellow bellied action Team Vitesse will be awarding H2O a new piece of clothing to go with his downhill sprint jersey, the “brown bib shorts of disgust”, for most annoying rider. Unlike the other jerseys awarded on the podium, readers wishing to watch this clothing presentation are asked to meet the janitor behind the porta-potties.
The peloton has long agreed that attacking during a nature break is unsportsmanlike and rude. Never one to shy away from controversy, h20 did just that while K2 stopped to adjust his fluid levels. h20 immediately got a gap and went into time trial mode on one of his patented downhill sprints. K2 barely had time to adjust his package when he was forced into serious pursuit. h20's impeccable timing allowed him to extend his monstrous attack. He was able to turn west before some vehicular traffic which delayed the now desperate K2nees.
h20, not wanting to break his young teammate's spirit, eased up to allow K2 back on his wheel.
A couple of valuable lessons were learned. Never stop for a nature break and never trust a teammate.
More Happy Lucky 88 Manufactory research into stem length is required. Remember to keep all packaging in case the items need to be returned.
The origin of the Pain Cave can be traced back to Australopithicus, that monkey-man you sometimes see at the mall. Historians guess with uncertainty that Australopithicus probably spent most of his or her days in the Pain Cave.
Fast forward to the modern era and we find that cyclists visit the Pain Cave regularly; often after extreme effort on difficult mountain stages. We can surmise from this example of Jan's anguished face and fetching headgear that he has entered the World of Hurt and is looking for the entrance to the Pain Cave.
It is generally agreed that no one spent more time in the Pain Cave both on and off the bike than Marco Pantani. He finally escaped on February 14, 2004.
Team Vitesse drops in to the Pain Cave regularly just to get in touch with their inner cramps, cricks, distress, stabbing soreness, torment, torture and throbbing. Short visits are highly recommended by Johan and Ignats Konovalovas, a giant among cyclists, who got paid a pile of money to say, "When you want more pain you are good".
Johan is quoted, "for some reason he defends the KODS jersey and its honour with pride and terminal velocity at every downhill opportunity."
"Our bike handling skills will improve as we try to dodge the erratically flying plywood".
"Pain is good...Pain means you are good...Come on more pain...and the splinters will only cause more pain".
"When you hurt like a dog from injuries sustained from airborne chunks of plywood, you want to go and do it again the next day".
Johan probably put it best, "It is very good for cycling. It will separate the Lances from the mere Albertos".
LB recovered from his illness and finished first on top of Mt. Ventoux the day after the actual TdF stage. Team management still consider this a great success. LB mentioned that he had no trouble with the rental car on the way up.
We still await a report from K2nees whose rest day in Holland seems to have stretched into a 2 week vacation. Reportedly he has been studying reasons for Rabobank's stunning success at the tour. Their one stage win and highest placed rider in 78th is an inspiration to all professional teams.
Still recovering from knee trauma (probably for the rest of his cycling career), h20 launched on a training ride in the 28 degrees of Alberta. Upon conclusion of the 388 km training run, the heart rate monitor (part of the SMEVEC 88T) showed an average of 147. h20's usual average for a ride in 138. This stunning and amazing increase in speed, power output and heart rate can easily be accounted for by fact that h20 usually rides with team members who obviously slow him down.
Team Vitesse did not hear much from Johan during the last 3 weeks. No doubt his subtle negotiation tactics and sensitive counselling skills were employed in inflaming the Alberto-Lance soap opera.
Obviously someone had enough time and butter on their hands to build a gigantic figurative sculpture of some important American historical figure. Think of the number of straight ended croissants that could have been made for the peloton flying through rural France using that same rancid butter.
HL88 has quietly unveiled its Flagship calculator. A recall of the original number cruncher on the SMEVEC 88T necessitated the development of this lightning fast machine.Team members will return to the peloton in time for the Stage 20 up Mount Ventoux with croissants for the team and a few training miles in their legs. | <urn:uuid:9a9e06dc-6acc-43b8-b753-60e27e4dfac8> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://cyclingcosmonaut.blogspot.com/2009/ | 2022-01-19T07:36:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320301264.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220119064554-20220119094554-00438.warc.gz | en | 0.965917 | 7,576 |
In a retrospective interview discussing his role in the “video nasties” moral panic, Romano Scavolini – director of the controversial Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (1981) – decried the hypocrisy of American genre films that gleefully show acts of violence but pull away before the audience can witness the ensuing carnage. Mainstream American horror movies, Scavolini explains, allow the viewer to see the knife but never the wound (“vedi soltanto il coltello ma non vedi la ferita”).
Prano Bailey-Bond’s Censor (2021) is all about the wound, the scars both physical and psychological that linger long after the initial moment of violence has passed. It is a film deeply invested in the process through which trauma burrows beneath the skin and works its way into the deepest crevices of one’s being. As such, its central narrative and thematic conceit, censorship, extends beyond the film’s setting during the zenith of the1980s video nasty panic, to encompass the complex ways in which individuals respond to traumatic events by repressing, or censoring, painful realities.
The protagonist of Censor is Enid (Niamh Algar), a strait-laced perfectionist who works as a film censor. Enid is proud of her job at the censor’s office, defensively telling her mother (Clare Holman) early in the film that her work is not entertainment, but a job that she does to protect people. Enid believes wholeheartedly in the moral crusade against violent and sexually explicit films that were raging in 1980s Britain. She feels that the innocent must be shielded from dangerous influences and takes care to perform her job with diligence and dedication. Although the film takes place in the years following the implementation of the Video Recordings Act 1984 – legislation that required all films released on VHS to be submitted to the British Board of Film Classification for classification and/or cuts – the public hysteria surround the proliferation of violent videos is not Censor’s primary focus. Instead, the film grounds itself in Enid’s deep-rooted trauma and her failure to move beyond the mysterious disappearance of her sister, Nina (Amelie Child-Villiers), decades earlier. The subject of censorship weaves its way into the film through Enid’s inability to confront or access her memories of the events that took place on the day Nina vanished. Indeed, her parents note, with barely concealed hostility, that Enid has never been clear about what happened when her sister disappeared in a lonely woodland.
Enid is a paragon of self-control whose conservative hairdo and prim reading glasses form a protective façade or stuffy propriety. She pours everything into her work, holding herself to an impossibly high standard and consistently striving for perfection. She seems to have no life outside of her job: no friends, lovers, or meaningful connections, just a drab apartment and a strained relationship with her parents. When Enid’s pain does bubble to the surface it is in quiet moments of habitual self-harm, when she compulsively picks at the skin around her fingernails.
Enid’s trauma is remote, seemingly forgotten, yet somehow omnipresent. She cannot articulate it, nor can she fully comprehend what happened in the woods all those years ago. Instead, she catches brief snatches of memory, flickers of images from twenty years before a red-haired girl running and giggling, the tinkle of a wind chime. Sometimes, her memories are short, fragmented pictures that refuse to tell the whole story. On other occasions, they are more prolonged, albeit incomplete, flashbacks. The sharp trill of a ringing phone brings her back to the distant moment when she sobbed as her father screamed at her, imploring her to remember what happened to Nina. The vague, intrusive manner in which Enid’s past returns to her while simultaneously eluding her grasp is, it seems, characteristic of profound trauma. The most famous contemporary theorist of trauma, Cathy Caruth has argued that
“trauma is not locatable in the simple violent or original event in an individual’s past, but rather in the way that its very unassimilated nature—the way it was precisely not known in the first instance— returns to haunt the survivor later on.”
Essentially, trauma arises out of those events that are so terrible – so sudden, painful, or violent – that they cannot be integrated into the survivor’s consciousness. They resist simple articulation and refuse to be recalled as clear, linear narratives. Instead, they return, intermittently and unbidden, as flashbacks, nightmares, and repetitive behavior. This is precisely how Enid experiences her trauma. She cannot fully recall or express what happened to Nina, but she is repeatedly subjected to unwanted flashes of memory so intense that they threaten to overwhelm her.
Enid exists under a perpetual state of siege. Her past constantly encroaches upon her present, rising up to grasp her, before briefly letting her go free again. This cycle reaches its apex when, during the screening of a film she has been asked to classify, she is confronted with an on-screen reflection of her sister’s disappearance. While watching a new release called Don’t Go into the Church (a clever nod to the plethora of real-life 70s and 80s horror films with prohibitive titles like Don’t Look in the Basement, Don’t Go in the House, Don’t Go in the Woods), Enid becomes violently ill. She begins to shake and runs to the bathroom to vomit. The cinematic depiction of a young girl who murders her sister with axe is too much for her. Enid clearly sees herself in the little girl who brutally attacks her sister, though whether this is because Enid literally harmed her younger sibling or if it is merely a projection of her guilt remains unclear. In any case, her identification with the girl is emphasized as the on-screen image of the child fleeing from her sister’s murder cuts to a scene of Enid fleeing the screening room so that she can be sick.
The Greek word trauma originally described a wound inflicted on the body, but over time it has come to be more closely associated with mental pain. Nevertheless, many psychiatrists have argued that trauma should be considered a whole-body affliction, a disorder that has the power to rewire the brain, recalibrate hormone levels, and damage the immune system. Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk explains that
“After trauma, the world is experienced with a different nervous system. The survivor’s energy now becomes focused on suppressing inner chaos, at the expense of spontaneous involvement in their lives. These attempts to maintain control over unbearable physiological reactions can result in a whole range of physical symptoms, including fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and other autoimmune diseases.”
Enid experiences her trauma both mentally and corporeally. It consumes her mind, but it also makes itself known on her body, through bouts of shaking, vomiting, and her proclivity for masochistic skin-picking. Her mental wounds become visible in her physical form, and her psychological disintegration is mirrored by an increasingly disheveled outward appearance.
After Enid is forced to re-experience the pain of Nina’s disappearance through the cinematic mirror of Don’t Go into the Church, she becomes obsessed with proving that not only is her vanished sister still alive, but that she has grown up to become a B-movie actress named Alice Lee (Sophia La Porta). Alice, Enid explains, has Nina’s eyes. Moreover, Enid’s belief that her sister has survived allows her to rewrite her own painful history, so that rather than helplessly watching as Nina was taken – or, as the film also suggests, playing a more active role in her demise – Enid can now “save” Nina.
Enid becomes increasingly isolated and paranoid as she attempts to track down Alice and prove that she is indeed her lost sibling. When she finally does find Alice – in a bizarre, Lynchian sequence that takes place during a night-time film shoot – Enid brutally dispatches her co-star (Guillaume Delaunay) and director (Adrian Schiller) in hopes of protecting her “sister” from their sadistic intentions. While the scene in which Enid frenziedly attacks the cast and crew with an axe recalls her earlier role as a censor, cutting up films deemed inappropriately violent, it also signals her final plunge into all-consuming madness, as she is no longer able to separate cinema from real life, fantasy from reality.
In the aftermath of the on-set violence, Alice flees into the forest, and Enid is left to collapse in a broken, bloody heap on the ground. Muttering “please be her, please be her” like a desperate prayer, Enid succeeds in reversing her distressing situation by inexplicably resetting reality so that Alice, now revealed to be Nina, reappears shrouded in brilliant white and glowing like an angel. Enid drives Alice/Nina home as a radio news program announces that all video nasties have been destroyed and, as a consequence, crime has been eradicated. Pulling up to her family home beneath a vibrant rainbow, Enid smiles beatifically as Alice/Nina is returned to her joyful parents. Only a few scratches and momentary glitches indicate that all is not what it seems and that Enid’s happy ending is little more than a hopeless fantasy.
Censor’s conclusion is certainly unexpected. In a film that began as a tense psychological thriller about a young woman traumatized by her sister’s disappearance, the closing flight into fantasy seems disconcerting and inappropriate. However, such an ending – in which a painful reality is replaced by a more appealing fantasy – was inevitable from the outset. One of the first conversations we witness between Enid and her colleagues in the censor’s office concerns the distasteful nature of realism, as Enid advocates banning a particular horror film because its violence is “too realistic”. Midway through the film, when Enid goes to rent a video nasty from a local shop, the owner tells her that the movie’s ending has been taped over with another film. In the closing moments of Censor, Enid performs a similar act of “taping over” as she creates an idyllic scene of family togetherness to mask the disturbing reality of her final tragic descent into violence and madness.
The practice of creating a so-called “cover story” to mask painful realities is relatively common amongst trauma survivors. Often, they will concoct a simplistic account of their traumatic experience that can be relayed to friends and family in hopes of explaining certain symptoms and behaviors. Enid’s colleague Perkins (Danny Lee Wynter), who had previously worked as a psychotherapist, tells her at one point that “people construct stories to cope”, to make difficult experiences more bearable. He also comments that “You’d be surprised what the human brain can edit out when it can’t handle the truth”. The word “edit” is crucial here, as it establishes a connection between the processes of film censorship (editing and cutting out unpalatable scenes) and the brain’s tendency to repress difficult, traumatic memories. The use of the term “edit” also foreshadows Enid’s ultimate escape into fantasy, as she cuts out her painful experiences and splices in a happier solution.
Although the video nasties panic is not at the center of the film, it is an important part of Censor’s setting, and the cultural context mirrors Enid’s individual trauma in some very intriguing ways. In much the same way that Enid creates a happy story of family togetherness to screen a much more violent, and indeed complex, reality, so too does it seem that everyone else around her is trying to distill difficult realities into simplistic, easily consumable stories. Early in the film, a man murders his wife and children, and the crime is blamed on a video nasty that Enid and her colleague Sanderson (Nicholas Burns) passed for release, albeit with extensive cuts. It is later revealed that the man in question had never seen the film, and the connection between the murder and video nasties was a vain attempt to explain an incomprehensible crime. Similarly, throughout the film, there is a recurring motif whereby radio, television, and newspaper headlines loudly and confidently blame all manner of social ills on video nasties. Censor, however, suggests that this is a simplistic response to the complexities of a society that was, in the 1980s, torn apart by war, political violence, and mass unemployment. The attribution of crime and social unrest to the proliferation of controversial VHS tapes therefore seems like nothing more than a story created to simplify a complex reality. Indeed, this process of simplification is rendered explicit during an early scene where Enid observes a couple fighting on a train. They bicker cruelly, almost violently, about her recent job loss, providing a momentary glimpse of the rampant unemployment that was ravaging Britain under Thatcher. When Enid looks away from the pair, she sees a man holding a newspaper whose frontpage headline declares “Crime on the Rise: Video Nasties to Blame”.
Enid’s recalibration of her own anguish, her creation of a naïve fantasy to cover the pain of a profound loss, echoes the broader process of cultural recalibration taking place around her. Britain in the 1980s was dealing with its own traumas: A massive economic downturn that saw tens of thousands lose their jobs, war in the Falklands, a surge in political violence, a callous Conservative government. It is immensely difficult to weave all of these diverse issues into a cohesive narrative, and it is even harder to understand a nation’s indifference to the growing numbers of unemployed and impoverished. It is far easier to distill that pain into an easily digestible story about perverse videos corrupting an otherwise decent nation. Like Enid, Britain itself has constructed a story in order to cope.
Although set amidst the moral panic of the video nasties scare, Censor is a film less about violence and more about wounds. It allows us to witness the knife, the act of violence, but also the carnage that follows, the wound that festers long after the danger has passed. In places, Censor actually seems more interested in the wound than the violence itself. After all, we never see what happened to Nina – though, there are hints and allusions – but we are brought into intimate proximity with the scars her disappearance has left on Enid. The film is interested the marks, the lacerations, that linger in the aftermath of a traumatic event. It shows how both the mind and the body respond, often in bizarre or inexplicable ways, to trauma. Moreover, Censor explores the stories we tell – as individuals and as a society – in hopes of masking unbearable pain and conjuring a simple explanation for infinitely complex realities.
Censor is now on general release in UK and Irish cinemas. It is also streaming online: https://www.censormovie.com/watch-at-home/
Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRrhXjH1M70
Ban the Sadist Videos! (dir. David Gregory, 2005).
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Using Your Webcam like a Pro
Recently there has been quite jump in the number of people using webcams as their primary means of creating videos as well as getting work done remotely.
So much so that even Canon recently released their own app to allow owners of their DSLRs to use them as webcams.
Most full image cams or even video cams are not really set up in such a way as to allow for their use as webcams and personally I have never really understood this.
Anyway, this week over on the Magisto blog they did a bit of a roundup of their own covering all things webcam.
There are a heap of resources and references on the subject covering what equipment you can use as well as some great tips for creating a good looking result.
Audacity – Tools, Plug-ins, and Effects
A few weeks ago I added a video which was an excellent introduction to the free audio editing program, Audacity.
You can see that video on this Friday Roundup here – Introduction to Audacity
The great thing about Audacity is that it is a fully featured audio editing program that has been and still is being actively developed by an enthusiastic community of users.
Very often good free tools like this start of with everyone jumping up and down and contributing then within a year or two it all falls by the wayside.
Not so with Audacity!
As it stands the program is packed full of features but like any program of this complexity, you need to learn to walk before you can run.
The video below is the follow up to that last one I referred to and begins the process of delving deeper into some of those more advanced capabilities.
How I Plan Shots & Transitions – B ROLL 101
As part of the series on this site covering how to shoot better videos there is one section devoted to the subject of pre-planning what you are going to actually shoot.
You can read that article on Shooting with the Edit in mind here
In that article I discuss the need for a storyboard whether it is a full blown or at least a plan in your head as to what shots you are going to need.
A lot of people have trouble with this because I think they tend to over think it especially when you are working at home movies or short projects end of the scale.
To try to add a little perspective I have added the tutorial below which shows how a pro does it in a commercial setting.
As you watch it you will find that many of the things he does are not going to be necessary for yourself and that’s OK.
My main point here is that you can get to see the process, not necessarily every little detail he includes.
Viral Instagram Effect: The Square Dance
This is a deconstruction of a Cache_bunny effect from Instagram.
If you don’t know who Cache_bunny is and you use Instagram then she is someone well worth checking out.
Just click here, Cache_bunny to see more of her videos on Instagram
She specializes in short, sharp, often funny videos that employ all manner of effects.
Anyway, to the video!
Be warned, Cache_bunny does not achieve the results she gets by employing a few automatic, point and click features in her software!
These effects take time in the shooting stage and a whole bunch of fiddly stuff in the post stage so take these on at your own risk!
The demo is in Adobe After Effects but any editor with masking and motion tracking can pull it off.
Erase An Object in Filmora – Custom Masks
For a simple, easy to use video editor you can still pull off some amazing stuff in Filmora when you know how.
This is another tutorial that relies on at least a little of the work to be done outside the program in some kind of image editing software.
The one used in this video is Affinity Photo which was previously called Serif Photo back in the day.
There is a 90 day free trial of the software on offer at the moment but bear in mind it is not software I use personally.
If I need to do masking as shown in the video I will use a more advanced video editor that already has that feature.
So again, this is just one way you can stretch the abilities of Filmora a little further.
An alternative to using that image editing software is the free Paint.net program which although a little clunkier to use, can still get the job done.
Remove The Sky in Filmora9
This is another tutorial done in Filmora9 using an external image editor to create a custom mask and then replace what was cut out.
In this example it is the existing sky in the scene.
It is basically the same technique shown in the video above, just applied to a different scenario.
Invisibility Effect with FilmoraPro
This one is a walk through and practical demonstration of the green screen module and other effects inside Filmora Pro.
How To Find Missing Media Files – CyberLink PowerDirector 18
This video is a demonstration of finding missing files for a specific project when they get lost.
Although it is essentially a PowerDirector tutorial, the concepts are universal.
The first thing to get your head around is the idea that when you “Save” a project in any video editing software you are not creating a video.
So many people get tripped up by this when they first start editing.
After all, save means save right?
Well yes it does but not in the way most of us think of it.
What it actually means is to save the project file that was automatically started when you began the project.
The software uses that file to record your editing decisions and the location of all your media assets.
This is so that you can close the program and come back to that same project later to continue.
That’s why moving (or worse) deleting media assets you are using in an incomplete project is a big no-no!
The video shows how you can usually locate missing files and explains project files.
Add Background Music in DaVinci Resolve
DaVinci Resolve is perfectly acceptable alternative for a free video editing program that offers a great range of features even at the free level.
However the program is essentially targeted towards the professional level editor so things can get hugely complicated really fast!
The video below is a good example of how that works.
You will see in the video that Casey simply adds a music track to the timeline in the editor.
He then just as simply adds a little fade-in and fade-out at the ends to make it seem smooth.
However at that point he attempts the process of audio ducking.
Audio Ducking is when you lower the background music well below the level of any voice-over that is occurring then raise it back up when the voice-over ends.
To do it effectively and professionally the level of the music should be constantly raising and lowering depending on the voice track.
All good so far!
It is when Casey starts to do that in the basic editor that things get troublesome!
What he has to do is add a key frame every time when he wants the music to lower, than add another when he wants the music to go back up, each time manually raising or lowering the music volume.
This activity even on a small project can quickly cause you to lose the will to live.
An obvious workaround to this would be to have some kind of automatic ducking feature and in fact that’s what most consumer level video editors have.
From the timeline you just tell the program to analyse the voice track and the music track and the ducking is done for you.
Now here’s where the difference in Resolve comes in.
Because it is pro and used for pro level projects of course it has a ducking feature BUT!
To access it you have to go into the audio part of the program called Fairlight and you are immediately confronted with a control panel that makes a space shuttle look simple!
Worse yet, the Ducking feature is not even called the Ducking feature, it has some other name and there are about ten steps you have to go through to get it setup and applied.
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A federal judge in Austin struck down a Texas law that was supposed to take effect this week. Legislatures meant House Bill 20 to keep social media platforms from censoring users. Governor Abbott claimed some of those companies actively “silence conservative ideas and values.” UNT law professor Brian Owsley says the first amendment prohibits the government from limiting free speech, but Facebook and Twitter are private companies. Judge Robert Pittman also noted that smaller platforms like Parler have no problem with conservatives posting what they like. He also said that a court blocked a similar Florida law from June. | <urn:uuid:0a04a5bd-aed7-4287-b5c4-60992775d5e4> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://easttexasradio.com/judge-strikes-down-texas-social-media-law/ | 2022-01-19T07:18:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320301264.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220119064554-20220119094554-00438.warc.gz | en | 0.971917 | 118 |
New Delhi: Today is the birthday of the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He is receiving greetings from all sides on this special occasion today. Today, there is a wave of birthday greetings to PM Modi. From special people to the common people, are wishing PM Modi a happy birthday. The list includes everything from politicians to actors and sportspersons in the country. Recently, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli also wished PM Modi on his birthday. On the other hand, Paralympic medalist Avani Lekhra also wished the Prime Minister a long life on social media and wished him a happy birthday.
Warm birthday greetings to our honourable PM @narendramodi ji. May you be blessed with good health and happiness.— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) September 17, 2021
You must be aware that Prime Minister Modi has been very active in the world of sports for some time now. At the time of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, he was seen constantly talking to the athletes and encouraging them. At present, Indian captain Virat Kohli has tweeted his birthday greetings to the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and wrote, "Warm birthday greetings to our honorable PM @narendramodi Ji. May you be blessed with good health and happiness.'' On the other hand, India's great batsman Sachin Tendulkar wished PM Narendra Modi on his birthday and said, "Happy birthday, Narendra Modi Ji. Wishing you a year full of good health and happiness.''
Happy Birthday, Hon. PM @narendramodi ji. Wishing you a year full of good health and happiness.— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) September 17, 2021
At the same time, Saina Nehwal, who won India a bronze medal at the London Olympics, congratulated him and wrote, "Dear @narendramodi sir… wish you a very happy birthday... You are a natural-born leader with unique qualities. Thank you for being an inspiration to many.'' At the same time, the Bronze Medalist of the Tokyo Olympics also congratulated and wrote, "Heartiest birthday greetings and best wishes to the successful Prime Minister of the country, Shri Narendra Modi Ji, who has given India a distinct identity in the world."
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Currently infants face the risk of exposure to potentially toxic environmental hazards. Air pollution among others is the most common environmental hazard that infants can be exposed to. These hazards have found their ways into our homes and children's play grounds. Notably, health hazards pose a big risk to the health of the infants as they can contact different diseases such as cancer, chronic diseases, and acute respiratory diseases. Furthermore, they can cause learning disabilities among children at a further stage.
Environmental pollution can majorly be blamed on technology, thus development of industries that use toxic chemicals in their manufacturing processes. It is worth noting that many chemicals have been discovered in the last 50 years. These chemicals are legalized for factories' use without considering the health risks the young ones are being exposed to. In this essay, we will be tackling how air pollution is dangerous to the health of infants and the prevention modes.
Air pollution is the release of toxic or unwanted substances into the air.
The toxic substances may cause discomfort, health risk, death to human beings, and other living organisms. Air pollution mostly affects infants and children at large, due to their narrow airways and the fact that they experience frequent rapid rates of respiration. This normally happens both indoors and outdoors from different sources. Pope, Snyder & Mood asserts that the best example of indoor pollution emanates from the smoke of cigarettes, while outdoor pollution mostly comes from ozone. However, both the indoor and outdoor pollutants have serious effects on infants.
These effects include chronic diseases, asthma, and lung failure.
Air pollution is an environmental hazard that can seriously harm infants. The chemicals released by the factories can cause both health risks and increased mortalities. Infants living in urban areas face higher risks of being infected by air pollutants. According to Creel, the risk of air pollution on children is high because of various factors such as children face more often-rapid respiration rates, they have narrow airways and the fact that children inhale more pollutants per pound of the body weight. Serious health effects are associated with inhalation of these pollutants. Infants face risks of contacting diseases and disabilities such as asthma, acute respiratory illness, ear infections and decreased lung functions. Pope, Snyder, & Mood assert that most of these infections are serious, and the blame is on the increased infant mortality rates. However, measures are being put in place to control the outdoor pollutants that are the ozone. Considering that, obliviously our infants are not safe in our polluted environment, thus serious measures should be put in place.
The infants' health and safety are the most important things in our society, thus, good care is a necessity for them. Below mentioned are some of the recommended ways to prevent the infants from environmental hazards such as air pollution.
Firstly, you should not smoke or let other people smoke near an infant. The cigarette smoke is among one of the indoor pollutants. However, this is preventable by avoiding smoking indoors so that there is no exposure of smoke to the young ones.
Secondly, the parents or any other person taking care of the infant should pay attention to the environmental reports and limit children from exposure to the outdoor air. This is applicable mostly on the ozone alert days and the other days that the air is polluted.
Thirdly, the use of pesticides and other chemicals at home has to be avoided. An alternative solution can be used if possible instead of risking the infant's health. Furthermore, you can work with the other community members and recreation centers and discuss how to avoid using pesticides and other chemicals.
Lastly, the residents of a specific place can come together and address their problem to government officials representing them. Creel reiterates that the government has to pass laws that protect and care for the health of infants.
Although the fight against air pollution is still on, there have been interventions for a long period to do away or control the chemicals. Evidently, in the US, the then president Nixon adopted the clean air act. Additionally, in November 1996, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the US released a statement Environmental Health Threats on infants and declared that for the first time children would be considered in every EPA hazard measurement and standard-setting actions.
In conclusion, a clean and safe environment is important for all of us and especially our children. Infants are delicate and thus, they need to be cared for and protected from any environmental hazard. In order to breath, we need air, air is ideal for the functioning of the human body. The infant's life is threatened when we have a polluted air. In our today world, we have thousands of toxic chemicals that affect infants. Normally, there are two types of air pollution, indoor and outdoor pollution.
Indoor pollution mainly comes from substances like cigarette smoke and the pesticides while the outdoor pollution is from the ozone. Despite that, there are recommended ways to be used in order to protect the infants from being exposed to these chemicals. Among them are, avoiding smoking and use of pesticides indoors, addressing your issues to the government officials so that the children can be protected and choose to use fewer chemicals in your home. | <urn:uuid:74c4eb98-1a8a-4543-a354-b8b947f0847a> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://envrexperts.com/free-essays/essay-about-analysis-air-pollution-united-states-america | 2022-01-19T08:57:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320301264.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220119064554-20220119094554-00438.warc.gz | en | 0.959082 | 1,031 |
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Rohingya women and girls have suffered targeted atrocities at the hands of Burma’s security forces. Amounting to crimes against humanity and genocide, these attacks were gendered in their conception, commission, and consequences. Accordingly, gender must be central to any and all efforts aimed at justice and accountability for the crimes committed against the Rohingya.
For an in-depth analysis of the sexual and gender-based crimes perpetrated by Burma’s security forces against Rohingya women and girls, see the Global Justice Center’s (GJC) legal brief: Discrimination to Destruction: A Legal Analysis of the Gender Crimes Against the Rohingya.
Gender was a fundamental component of the violence committed against the Rohingya
Sexual and gender-based violence has long been the weapon of choice for Burma’s security forces, and the recent attacks against the Rohingya is no exception. Beginning in October 2016, Rohingya women and girls were targeted for particularly brutal manners of killing, rape, sexual violence, torture, and forced displacement. Perpetrators showed no mercy, targeting pregnant and disabled women, as well as girls as young as five. Many women report being gang raped, some by as many as eight perpetrators. Rapes were accompanied by physical violence, threats, humiliation, and cruelty. Women were beaten, punched, kicked, and subjected to invasive body searches. Their bodies were mutilated, their breasts and nipples cut off and vaginas slashed. According to one report, after a pregnant woman was raped, her stomach was slit open and her unborn baby killed with a knife. These violations were often performed in public or in front of family members, traumatizing both the victims and the witnesses. They were also widespread: in one instance, 52% of women interviewed reported they had been raped or subject to sexual violence.
The violence was not limited to sexual crimes. Rohingya women and girls were often murdered by being burned alive or butchered by knives used for slaughtering animals—methods of killing that mirror the destruction of objects and property, demonstrating the security forces’ misogyny and deeply gendered conceptions of power. Further, long-embedded discriminatory legal systems limit Rohingya women’s reproductive choice and family life and reflect institutionalized and gendered persecution. Upon fleeing these horrors, women confront particularly harsh consequences: cultural obstacles to receiving humanitarian aid and medical and psychosocial care, lasting consequences and discrimination from sexual violence crimes, and increased risk for sexual violence and exploitation.
These attacks are international crimes
Brazen and pervasive sexual and gender-based violence was used by Burma’s security forces as “collective punishment” and as a “push factor” to destroy and coerce the Rohingya to flee Burma. As such, the crimes against Rohingya women and girls form the basis of the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, forcible transfer or deportation, rape and other sexual violence of comparable gravity, and torture; as well as the genocidal acts of killing, causing serious bodily or mental harm, inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction and imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group. As detailed in GJC’s recent brief, these classifications show how gender permeates the commission and effects of international crimes and how those experiences might be incorporated into prosecutions.
More generally, the crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya are the result both of the widespread and systematic nature of the campaigns of violence, as well as the network of laws and policies that deprive the Rohingya of fundamental rights and freedoms such as citizenship, marriage, reproductive choice, movement, and healthcare access. Burma’s security forces attacked Rohingya civilians en masse and with machine-like consistency, destroying almost 400 villages in Rakhine State and forcing over 700,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh in the months following August 2017. The violence showed clear patterns, demonstrating planning and intentionality.
Individual acts amount to genocide when they are committed with intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, in whole or in part. The unprecedented scale of atrocities, longstanding discrimination against the Rohingya, systematic patterns of attack, brutal and public sexual and gender-based violence crimes, and statements of Burmese government officials and security forces are all strong indicators of genocidal intent against the Rohingya.
Gender-inclusive justice and accountability is imperative
The international community has, at long-last, begun to recognize the imperative to ensure justice and accountability for the crimes committed by Burma’s security forces and the impossibility for justice in Burma’s domestic system. While the international community begins to develop mechanisms for justice and accountability—whether through investigations in the United Nations system, International Criminal Court, or third-party states—it is essential that the gender dynamics underpinning the crimes committed against Rohingya women and girls are a central and omnipresent concern.
As the evidence of crimes against humanity and genocide committed against the Rohingya mounts, the call for justice is not just a moral imperative, but also a legal one. In order to fulfill state obligations to prevent, suppress and punish genocide, the international community must recognize and punish all forms of genocidal violence, including gendered genocidal crimes. When gendered crimes are excluded from prosecutions and remedies, survivors of those crimes are denied justice and history yet again erases the experiences of women and girls. Accountability for crimes committed against the Rohingya presents an opportunity to treat crimes against women equally under international law.
To the Burmese government: (1) Initiate impartial investigations and civilian accountability proceedings into violations of international law and human rights; (2) Cooperate with and grant access to international human rights and accountability efforts; (3) Amend the 2008 Constitution to bring the military and security forces under civilian oversight; (4) Pass the Prevention and Protection of Violence Against Women Law in line with international human rights standards; and (5) Amend citizenship laws in order to recognize and restore the rights of the Rohingya.
To the United Nations & international community: (1) The Security Council should refer Burma to the International Criminal Court (ICC); (2) The UN General Assembly should establish an impartial international mechanism to collect, consolidate, preserve and analyze evidence of violations of international law; and (3) Countries should employ universal jurisdiction to prosecute responsible individuals for international crimes.
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Valero Energy’s cash flow
In 2018, Valero Energy (VLO) generated $4.4 billion in cash from operations—20% lower than the previous year. The company had $3.9 billion investing cash outflows—65% higher YoY (year-over-year). Valero Energy’s financing outflows rose 60% YoY to $3.3 billion in 2018.
Cash flow shortfall
Valero Energy had cash outflows of $3.7 billion in the form of capital expenditure and acquisitions and $1.4 billion in the form of dividends in 2018. The company had ~$5.1 billion of significant cash outflows in 2018. Valero Energy’s cash flow from operations of $4.4 billion was lower than the needed outflows.
Valero Energy’s cash flow from operations fell short by $0.7 billion in covering the capex, acquisition, and dividend outflows. The company repurchased $1.7 billion of shares in 2018.
Valero Energy used its cash reserves to fund the shortfall and share repurchases. The company’s cash balance decreased from $5.9 billion on January 1, 2018, to $2.9 billion on December 31, 2018.
Phillips 66’s (PSX) cash flow from operations of $7.6 billion was enough to cover its capex and dividend cash outflows. Phillips 66 was left with $3.5 billion of surplus cash after incurring these necessary expenses. HollyFrontier’s (HFC) cash flow from operations of $1.6 billion could cover these cash outflows.
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|Battle Of Muktsar|
|Part of Mughal-Sikh Wars|
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The Battle of Khidrāne Dee Dhāb took place in 1705, following the siege of Anandpur. In 1704, Anandpur was under an extended siege by the allied forces of the Mughals and the hill chiefs.
The forty deserters from Anandpur lived in the Majha region in Punjab. A woman, Bhag Kaur (also known as Mai Bhago) who also lived in the village, convinced the deserters to fight with her at Khidrāne Dee Dhāb, where they fought and died under the leadership of Guru Gobind Singh, who blessed them for their service and the place, later, was renamed as Muktsar, literally meaning The Pool of Liberation.
- "Bedava". The Sikh Encyclopedia. http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/bhai-gurdas-and-the-early-sikh-literature/bedava. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- Surinder Singh Johar (1998). Holy Sikh Shrines. M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.. p. 46. ISBN 978-81-7533-073-3. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MS93PR4itX8C&pg=PA46&dq=Battle+of+Muktsar&as_brr=3.
- R. K. Pruthi (2004). Sikhism And Indian Civilization. Discovery Publishing House. p. 106. ISBN 978-81-7141-879-4. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KxndvJs3wUkC&pg=PA106&dq=Battle+of+Muktsar&as_brr=3.
- Linda Edwards. A brief guide to beliefs. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 0-664-22259-5. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=edT9ZBiroCQC&pg=PA171&dq=Battle+of+Muktsar&as_brr=3.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The 70th running of the men's Little 500 and the 33rd running of the women's race will be held at Bill Armstrong Stadium on Wednesday, May 26. The women's race will begin at noon, and the men's race will follow at 4 p.m.
Entrance to Bill Armstrong Stadium will be limited to essential, credentialed volunteers and riders. Fans are encouraged to watch the races via livestream at broadcast.iu.edu.
"While the date for this year's race is unlike other years, we're happy to be able to continue this storied IU tradition while ensuring the safety of our riders, volunteers and campus community," said Andrea Balzano, director of the IU Student Foundation. "Our students work diligently to plan and train for this event, and we're thankful to be able to celebrate their efforts with a revised event schedule in 2021."
The races have been planned by IU Student Foundation in consultation with the Monroe County Health Department and IU's Medical Response Team, which has led the university's comprehensive public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic for almost a year.
The IU Student Foundation will follow health and safety protocols for riders similar to those used by IU Athletics for student athletes, which includes COVID-19 testing. Additional rules for riders participating in the May races are forthcoming.
Details about other Spring Series Events, which include individual time trials, Miss N Out and Team Pursuit, are also forthcoming. There will be no qualifications for the 2021 races, and all currently registered Little 500 teams will be permitted to participate in the event. IU Student Foundation is still determining how the starting grids will be orchestrated.
The Little 500 is the largest collegiate bike race in the United States. In a race modeled after the Indianapolis 500, riders compete in four-person teams around a quarter-mile cinder track at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The men's race is 200 laps (50 miles) and the women's race is 100 laps (25 miles).
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I conceal carry a semi-automatic sub-compact pistol daily, and I have for many years. For a very long time, I carried a Springfield XD sub-compact chambered for .40SW. Nowadays, I am carrying a Glock 43. Thinking back, I can’t remember deciding to forego the bigger caliber and the higher magazine capacity.
I realized that I had changed my philosophy on my concealed carry gun when I started looking at revolvers. I realized that I might be overlooking some possibilities, so I started doing some research. That research led me to the Ruger LCRx, and I had a revelation. I needed to rethink my position on revolvers and semi-automatics for concealed carry.
The Ruger LCRx Overview
The Ruger LCR first appeared in 2009, chambered for the venerable .38 Special. In 2010, Ruger followed with the introduction of the LCR-357 chambered for the ever-popular .357 Magnum, and then Ruger released models chambered for .22LR, .22 Magnum, .38 Special +P, 9mm Luger, and the newest in .327 Magnum.
The original LCR’s are hammerless and in 2013, Ruger released a hammered model dubbed the LCRx. The LCRx has a more traditional double action (DA) look and feel with an external hammer that allows the shooter to cock and shoot single-action if desired.
The LCRx was designed to be a concealed carry “snub-nosed” revolver and comes standard with a 1.87-inch barrel. In 2019 Ruger announced that a new version of the LCRx with a 3-inch barrel and chambered in .357 Magnum would be available. This model debuted at ShotShow in January 2019.
The Detailed Breakdown
I decided to look at the specifications on the Ruger LCRx chambered in .357 Magnum with a 3” barrel compared to my Glock 43. I wanted to compare the two to see how a revolver really stacked up against my daily carry, and the results surprised me!
|Ruger LCRx .357 Mag||Ruger LCRx 9mm||Glock 43 9mm|
|Height||5.8 inches||4.5 inches||4.25 inches|
|Length||7.5 inches||6.5 inches||6.26 inches|
|Weight||21.3 oz||17.4 oz||17.95|
|Width||1.28 inches||1.28 inches||1.02 inches|
Putting the numbers where I could see them side by side brought things into focus. I had to rethink my aversion to revolvers for concealed carry, especially considering my own decision to go with a lightweight single-stack semi-automatic pistol.
What the Ruger LCRx Brings to the Table (Or the Holster)
From the perspective of carrying concealed, a subcompact gun is a solid choice for almost everybody. They are light, easy to conceal, and the comfort factor weighs heavily on the overall evaluation. I ask friends why they don’t routinely carry, and the number one answer is that the gun they carry just isn’t comfortable in a lot of situations.
A gun at home doesn’t do you any good when trouble strikes and you are on the move. Why bother to take an in-person or online class, pass the test, go to the range and train if you aren’t going to carry regularly?
The Ruger LCRx chambered in .37 Magnum comes in at just over 21 ounces, while the Glock 43 comes in at almost 18 ounces. That is a 3-ounce difference – a relatively negligible amount. If you chose the LCRx chambered in 9mm Luger, the Ruger gains a slight advantage in weight over the Glock 43.
The other big physical consideration for a subcompact gun is the overall size. In comparing the LCRx to the Glock 43, I was not surprised that the Ruger LCRx was a bit wider than the Glock 43. The other dimensions are almost identical except for the length of the Ruger LCRx with the 3-inch barrel, which is the longest of the three guns that I compared.
In looking at the way the three models in the chart compare on size, there should be no appreciable difference in carrying them concealed because of size. Again, my thinking on carrying a semi-automatic rather than a revolver had to be revised.
Round count was always one of my big arguments for going with a semi-automatic pistol for concealed carry. My thinking was that if the bad guys were going to carry pistols with 10, 12 or even 18 rounds, I needed to have at least that many as well.
For many years I did carry a large caliber gun with a very high magazine capacity. The more I carried it, the more I found it uncomfortable, heavy and unwieldy for every day. Gradually, my choice of guns got smaller, lighter, and carried fewer rounds. As previously stated, my current go-to concealed carry gun is the Glock 43, which holds 6 rounds.
When reviewing the Ruger LCRx compared to the Glock 43, however, I realized that the Ruger only gives up one round in the comparison. I wondered how much of an impact this would make, so I started doing more research.
According to the FBI, the average gunfight lasts about 3 seconds and involves 3.59 rounds. Don’t believe the TV shows and movies. In real life, these situations happen quickly, and without warning. In a recent incident caught on video, a gunfight erupted in a church. The entire incident from first shot to last shot lasted less than 2.5 seconds and involved three shots total, two by the bad guy and one by the good guy.
I concluded that the number of bullets in my gun might not be the most important consideration that I should put into my choice of concealed carry. With that in mind, the LCRx stacks up nicely against the small frame single-stack semi-automatic pistols.
The goal of anyone involved in a self-defense situation must be to end the threat as quickly as possible. In the case of anyone who carries concealed, this leads to decisions of stopping power. In my case, the 9mm Luger has been the choice for many years. Newer ammunition and advances in ballistic characteristics of bullets and powders have made the 9mm the go-to choice among most shooters.
Taking a second look at the world of small frame revolvers and the LCRx has revealed new possibilities. A revolver offers choices in calibers that are not usually available in semi-automatic pistols. In this case, the choice to carry a gun chambered in .357 magnum becomes a possibility.
Back in the day, before many of you reading this were even born, the standard-issue revolver carried by law enforcement was chambered for .38 Special. Then two well-known shooters came together to produce a new offering. Elmer Keith and Phil Sharpe took the .38 special and souped It up into the .357 Magnum. Since that time has become the yardstick against which we measure most revolver ammunition.
In terms of performance, coupled with ease of shooting, there are not many comparable choices. I have always liked the .357 Magnum, but as a rimmed cartridge, there are very few semi-automatic pistols chambered in .357 Magnum.
When looking at all the considerations for a concealed carry weapon, the Ruger stacks up very well. Revolvers are definitely a viable option. Reliability is always a big factor, and revolver reliability is well known, given their simplicity. Ruger, as a company, has an excellent reputation for the quality of their guns, so reliability issues in carrying a revolver, especially the LCRx, are almost non-existent.
Size and weight aren’t factors when looking at the comparisons. The dimensions and unloaded weight of the LCRx compare easily to most of the sub-compact single-stack semi-automatic pistols on the market.
That leaves caliber choices. The LCRx offers the opportunity to carry one of the most popular calibers in history, the .357 Magnum. That, for many of us, can be a tipping point in the decision process. In terms of ballistics and performance, very few calibers available in an easily concealable pistol frame can compare.
There are a few other advantages to the LCRx chambered in .357 Magnum. The option to load and shoot a wider range of ammunition is a consideration. For lighter felt recoil, you can load and shoot .38 Special, and .38 Special +P in your LCRx chambered for .357 magnum.
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Real Housewives of Orange County star Meghan King Edmonds, 33, has spoken out about her stepdaughter's mental health after having survived the horrific Las Vegas shooting.
The blonde beauty attended the Route 91 Harvest Festival on Oct. 1 when troubled gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire. The massacre ended in the death of at least 58 innocent concertgoers. More than 200 were severely injured and hospitalized and over 400 harmed.
Added Meghan of Hayley's condition: "She has some PTSD and I think probably everybody who was there does. It's the deadliest mass shooting in American history. It's horrible."
While Hayley and her roommate managed to run out of the arena as soon as the bullets started to fall during Jason Aldean's performance, the stress caused by the incident was more than enough to leave her severely traumatized.
"She was so lucky to come out totally unscathed, physically, but the emotional and mental healing process will go on for years and years," added the RHOC star of Jim Edmonds' daughter. "We're just so thankful that she just ran. She just ran and ran and ran and didn't stop running. Her roommate actually grabbed her, and was like, 'No, let's go,' 'cause Hayley wanted to lay down, but her roommate was like, 'No, we've got to keep going.'"
Hayley reportedly "sought out group therapy" following the tragic incident. "She said it went really well and she's trucking ahead in life and moving on. I'm really proud of her. She's growing up."
One day after escaping the massacre, Hayley herself shared a statement via Instagram, along with a string of pictures taken "6 minutes" before the attack.
"We didn't think we just ran and stayed together. I hope I never have to experience such a traumatic moment ever again. The world is a cruel place and I don't even know how to comment on such an unbelievable tragedy. I am so thankful that every single person I knew is home safe and sound now and feel such guilt and sadness for the people who are suffering," she wrote.
"I can't help but think my mom was watching over us last night. I have no other explanation for all of us making it out of there alive. I love you all and I am safe and sound with my sister and brother and law tonight who are keeping me company. Wishing nothing but good thoughts for the people who were affected."
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Camille Fournet is a small leather goods and watch straps manufacturer located in France. They’re known in the watch community as one of the best strap maker and OEM strap makers for JLC and some Omega models. However, skill comes at a cost as they’re one of the more expensive custom straps next to famous names such as Aaron of Combat Straps, Jean Rousseau and ABP Concept.
My choice of strap is a bit limited this time around as exotic materials are not available to order from them depending on your location. Australia has a stricter law regarding importation of animal leather that Camille Fournet does not want to ship alligators or crocodiles. Another experience I had with this law is a delayed shipment of a Grand Seiko SBGW231 as Seiko took a while to get a clearance for the crocodile strap.
Their prices vary depending on material and if it’s custom made or off-the-shelf. For off-the-shelves, their alligator can start at USD$166 to USD$350 for the more expensive hand-stitched with an alligator lining.
I opted for a curved custom made calf as it’s one of the cheapest and also available for shipping to Austraia. There’s not a lot of strap maker who can do curve straps as well. I initially ordered one first and ordered another one. Below are my configurations.
Prices for both are identical with the latter being cheaper as I did not opt for a buckle. A notable configuration I chose was opting for machine stitched. Hand stitched considerably increases the price
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Camille Fournet delivered when it came to delivery and packaging. They use a priority FedEx to deliver to Australia so it arrived in less than 5 business days. Inside the parcel is a thank you letter and a nice black rectangular box. Upon sliding to open, there’s another velvet pouch which holds the strap.
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Jennifer Peck of the Oakland based Partnership for Children & Youth discusses how the organization connects community partners in underserved Bay Area communities with available public and private resources so kids have the support they need to succeed.
Jennifer Peck, founding member and Executive Director of the Oakland, CA based Partnership for Children & Youth joins Affordable Housing Podcast host Joanne Greene to discuss this organization’s services and accomplishments that started in 1997. Their primary goal is to connect schools and their community partners in underserved Bay Area communities with available public and private resources. They’re also committed to improving the effectiveness of funding streams and services for low-income children so that all children have the learning, health and social support they need to succeed in school and in life.
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Strategies, tools, and solid plans are all essential in running a trades business. But growing a great one goes beyond that.
Building businesses isn't just all about systems. It's also a personal and spiritual growth journey where you constantly connect with yourself to challenge your beliefs and actions.
This is what Barry has to tell us in his second Amazon bestseller book "Sex, Drugs, and Radical Expression." Following the successful launch of his first book, Barry gives us a little backstory of his newly released piece and the content and value that every tradie will get from it.
We're excited to be sharing this news with you. So if you want to hear more about this life-changing book, then hit the play button now!
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- The Path to Freedom by Barry Williame Magliarditi (https://www.pathtofreedom.com.au/free-book-1)
- Sex, Drugs, and Radical Self Expression by Barry Williame Magliarditi (https://barrymagliarditi.com/)
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I do not read Scoop usually, because they refuse to apply any sort of editorial selection to the pieces they publish, and I can't be arsed sorting good from bad.
I was interested to see an anonymous article called ‘An Unpalatable Truth’ in the latest issue of your magazine Franklin E Local. (1) The article suggests that a series of European peoples, most notably the Celts, settled New Zealand thousands of years ago. According to the article, these ancient settlers were peaceful folk who lived happily for many centuries before being conquered by Polynesian invaders who were the ancestors of the Maori. The ‘savage’ Polynesians supposedly ate all the Celtic men, made the Celtic women into sex slaves, and stole the wood and greenstone carvings the Celts had created.
According to ‘An Unpalatable Truth’, evidence of the existence of the original white settlers of New Zealand is being suppressed by a conspiracy of government officials, academics, museum workers, and Maori. You accompanied ‘An Unpalatable Truth’ with an editorial which enthusiastically endorsed the article, and which demanded that New Zealand history ‘be known without political bias’.
I have a PhD in Sociology, I have a research interest in New Zealand history (amongst other things), and I worked until recently at Auckland museum - I suppose, then, that I must be a member of the vast conspiracy that is stopping the truth about New Zealand history being told! It is disconcerting to be accused of such a serious crime, so I hope that you’ll forgive me for explaining why I think the charges that your magazine has brought are not only false but malicious.
Read the whole thing. It's worth it.
This is the neo-nazi bootstrapping strategy for polluting the common wisdom. First, you self-publish. Then, you submit an article to a minor periodical, referencing the self-published material. Then you can write works that have credible-seeming references and other scholarly apparatus, pointing to the periodical. And so on, until an edifice of pseudo-learning is erected where the faithful strengthen their idiot prejudices and the innocent can be duped into acquiring them.
Posted on Wednesday, November 19 2008
All your foreshore & seabeds are belong to us.
Seriously though - boatloads of peaceful celts?
This story comes up now & then
Ha - I'd found the Celtic NZ site a while back and dismissed them as harmless nutters, with a possible side order of "so the bloody Maoris should shut up then 'cos my ancestors were here first!". I'd thought they were more amusing than anything else. Interesting to know that they are not quite so amusing or harmless.
Wow, the National Front reading list must be damn near half a page by now.
Thanks for that, Stephen, the article is great. I am definitely in the Deborah Lipstadt camp when it comes to dealing with these dangerous idiots: don't ignore, rebut. And pity the poor souls, too, if you find the time, for in other continents they have to push just one foundational lie to get back in the game, Holocaust Denial, whereas here they need that plus Celts Were Here First. It's called having one's work cut out for you, especially with these pesky Scott Hamiltons around. (And let's not forget punk fairies).
SO, all this talk about Maori & PIs being genetically disposed to playing rugby....
Pfft, clearly, my ancestors taught them well.
Would these nutters be related to that slighty-worrying, but always closed, bookshop on Dominion Road, I wonder? It's got Union Jacks and standing stones in the window, and I've always wondered if it's some kind of BNP thing, or off down the track of ley-lines and von Daniken.
But I'm afraid the self-referential bootstrapping strategy is not limited to neo-nazis. I was working with a chap at Placemakers who described himself as a "Peak-Oil Activist", and he leant me one of their texts to read. It looked academic, until you noticed that the only citiations were other publications of a similar ilk, separated by oceans of unfounded assertions of "how it will all pan out when the oil ends".
Before I get flamed, I am not saying that the position expressed in this work was as toxic as white supremacist nonsense; I am saying it was as intellectually selective and self-referential. (Then again, there's theology, of any religion. Hmmm)
Douglas: they're British Israelites, I believe.
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I hate to beg for help. I asked for help last Thursday with my poetry reading skills. Now here I am asking for help again. I am definitely hanging my head and kicking the dirt with my shoe as I write this.
This time there is a time constraint. And rules.
One of my stories is in the Midlife Collage contest this week. See it up on the Home page: “Still Photo” by Luanne Castle. It competes with four other very short stories.
The idea is that readers (that’s you, a reader 😉 ) read the stories which are up this week. Then you leave comments on at least three of them. (Note: the comments only count if you comment on at least three stories). Not “atta girl” type comments, but the sort of comment you might leave on one of my blog posts. If you think my story deserves to win, by all means, say so in your comment and give a reason why.
If you don’t have time to leave the comments, please leave a Facebook “like” for my story! Here is the Facebook page.
The way they select the winner is through both the comments and the Facebook likes, with the comments being weighted more heavily.
I would be so grateful if you would read my story and the others and give the feedback that you are able to give.
Go here to find my story:
Here’s my plan.
If my story were to win, I would like to use my award to design a contest for Writer Site–something you all can participate in. What do you think about that idea? I got the idea from the Paying It Forward segment on our local TV station.
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WARSAW, Poland (CNN) -- President Donald Trump chided North Korea for its recent missile tests, saying it is "behaving in a very very dangerous manner."
"It's a shame they're behaving this way -- they're behaving in a very very dangerous manner and something will have to be done about it," Trump said in a news conference Thursday with Polish President Andrzej Duda.
The President said he has "some pretty severe things" available to him when asked about military action against North Korea, but declined to elaborate.
"As far as North Korea is concerned, I don't know, we will see what happens," Trump said when asked about military action against North Korea. "I have some pretty severe things that we are thinking about. That doesn't mean we are going to do it. I don't draw red lines."
Trump also mentioned his 2016 election victory early in his opening statement, touting Polish Americans for backing him in 2016 as Duda stood next to him.
"As you know, Polish Americans came out in droves in the last election and I was very happy with that result," Trump said.
The press conference outside Warsaw's Royal Castle was Trump's first since June 9, when the Romanian President visited the White House.
The President is also expected to herald an arms deal struck overnight in Warsaw. Poland's Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz told reporters on Thursday that the United States had agreed to sell Patriot missiles to Poland.
Populist tone in speech to Polish people
Trump will strike a populist tone in Poland on Thursday, decrying "the steady creep of government bureaucracy" and casting the story of Poland as one of people "who have never forgotten who they are," according to excerpts of the speech to the Polish people Trump plans to deliver.
The speech, along with his meeting with Duda and a session with other Eastern European leaders on energy infrastructure investment, kicks off Trump's second trip abroad as president, a critically important trip that will later see Trump discuss trade, climate and migration at the G20 meeting in Germany.
Trump is expected to receive a warm welcome in Poland, where American presidents have long been well received and whose conservative government, led by Duda, is more ideologically in line with Trump than his predecessor, Barack Obama.
"I am here today not just to visit an old ally, but to hold it up as an example for others who seek freedom and who wish to summon the courage and the will to defend our civilization," Trump plans to say in his high-profile speech to the Polish people from Krasinski Square.
The speech will be symbolic for Trump: Standing in the square, the President will be flanked by the Warsaw Uprising Monument, a large memorial that remembers the Poles who fought to free Warsaw from Nazi control in 1944.
"The triumph of the Polish spirit over centuries of hardship gives us all hope for a future in which good conquers evil, and peace achieves victory over war," Trump plans to say. "The story of Poland is the story of a people who have never lost hope, who have never been broken, and who have never forgotten who they are."
Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party has worked to ensure Trump is greeted warmly in Poland. Conservative politicians from around Poland have informed constituents that they will provide free buses from cities as far away as a 4-hour drive so that people can watch Trump's speech.
Contentious G20 meeting is next
Trump's visit to Poland will be short. After landing in Warsaw on Wednesday night, Trump leaves on Thursday afternoon for Hamburg Germany and the G20 meeting. In total, Trump will spend around five working hours in Warsaw.
Thursday's visit to Warsaw opens a trip that will see the President meet face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian meddling in the 2016 election and investigations into the Trump campaign's connections to Russian operatives have hung over the White House for months.
The G20 meeting in Hamburg will be a contentious affair with a host of confrontations on the schedule.
Looming over the whole conference will be Trump's meeting with Putin, which will likely be analyzed worldwide for changes in American policy to Russia.
After the day in Poland, Trump flies to Hamburg, where he will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has maintained an icy relationship with Trump since they met at the White House in March.
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This crispy breaded cauliflower is salty, tangy, sweet, spicy, and crunchy all at once! It’s 100% plant based and 100% delicious.
How often do you eat meatless? Maybe for Meatless Mondays? Maybe vegan or vegetarian during the weekdays? More and more research is showing that not only is eating less meat good for physical health, it’s gentler on the planet too. Which, is why Alex and I started this website in the first place! Today we eat a mainly whole food plant based diet (most of the time, but we flex a little, too!). So, we’re always interested in new ways to make eating plants fun and exciting: like this crispy breaded cauliflower recipe.
The inspiration behind the recipe
When you eat a lot of veggies like Alex and I do, there’s a lot of room for creativity. Learning to cook vegetables in delicious ways has been a huge learning curve for us. But after 10+ years of cooking this way and writing a book about it, we now feel like experts. Still, there are millions of ideas yet to explore, like this baked and breaded cauliflower recipe. We are HUGE cauliflower fans, and we typically coat it in olive oil and roast it. We’ve never had a crispy breaded version at home.
Alex came up with an idea for a breaded cauliflower recipe that’s baked, not fried. I didn’t believe that he could do it baked, as I thought it would come out all soggy. Alex took it as a challenge and I said, go for it! He set about to make a baked and breaded cauliflower recipe that would be totally crispy and crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside.
And it turned out so, so delicious that I was instantly a believer! What I love about this recipe is that it is so many things at once: savory, tangy, sweet, and spicy. And, it really is crunchy after being baked, not fried! Your palate is simply overwhelmed by the complexity.
How to make breaded cauliflower
A few notes on the basic concept here. When you cut the cauliflower, make sure to cut it into large florets to make them easy to bake. Then, instead of mixing the cauliflower with olive oil like a typical roasted cauliflower recipe, you mix it with a heated mixture of peanut butter, soy, maple, and hot sauce, which helps the breading to stick. Then, you’ll add the breading: panko, cornmeal, and a bunch of spices. Using cornmeal here on Alex’s part was genius: it gives a big crunch to the cauliflower.
After you bake 30 minutes in a hot oven, it’s good to go! The cauliflower is best right out of the oven — though it still tastes crunchy after sitting for a while at room temp. If you refrigerate leftovers, however, the moisture in the refrigerator takes away the crunch.
How to serve this crispy cauliflower
OK, now the question: how to serve it? Because we loved this breaded cauliflower so much, we decided to make it into a few different recipes. Our favorite: this crispy cauliflower tacos recipe! And we’ve got another bowl meal coming soon. It’s a fantastic side dish or appetizer as well. If serving as an appetizer, you could add a drizzle of Yum Yum sauce or another sauce. Or, kids love this cauliflower with ketchup!
Looking for cauliflower recipes?
Aside from this crispy cauliflower, here are a few top cauliflower recipes:
- Golden Cauliflower Soup
- Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower
- Cauliflower Casserole with Gnocchi
- Veggie Burrito Bowl with Cauliflower Rice
- Tomato Coconut Cauliflower Curry
- Grilled Buffalo Cauliflower Sandwich
- Buffalo Cauliflower with Blue Cheese Dip
- Roasted Cauliflower and Apples with Dill
This recipe is…
This crispy breaded cauliflower recipe is vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, and dairy-free. For gluten-free, use gluten-free panko and tamari.Print
This crispy breaded cauliflower is salty, tangy, sweet, and spicy all at once! It’s 100% plant based and 100% delicious.
- 1 medium head cauliflower (about 2 pounds whole)
- ½ cup panko breadcrumbs (use gluten free panko as necessary)
- ½ cup cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon refined coconut oil
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce (or tamari or coconut aminos)
- ½ tablespoon hot sauce
- Preheat the oven to 400F.
- Chop the cauliflower into large florets. Place them in a large bowl.
- In a small bowl, mix together the panko, cornmeal, cumin, smoked paprika, garlic powder, turmeric, and kosher salt.
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, whisk together the coconut oil, peanut butter, maple syrup, soy sauce, and hot sauce until fully combined and slightly darkened, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour the sauce onto the cauliflower and stir several times until the cauliflower is well coated.
- Pour about ⅓ of the dry mixture into the bowl with the cauliflower and mix. Repeat twice to stir in the remaining dry mixture to coat all of the cauliflower. Then remove the breaded cauliflower from the bowl with your hands and place it onto a parchment lined baking sheet. About ½ of the crumbs will remain in the bowl; you can discard these.
- Bake the cauliflower for 30 minutes total, flipping the cauliflower with a spatula at the 15 minute mark. Serve immediately. If serving as an appetizer, you could add a drizzle of Yum Yum sauce or another sauce. Or, kids love them with ketchup! (If you have leftovers, you can store them refrigerated and then reheat them in a 350F oven on a parchment lined baking sheet for about 10 minutes, flipping once.)
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
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I hope you I could inspire you with this post to spend some time at the veggie isle during your next food shopping trip and search for the super seasonal kohlrabis. They just make a perfect veggie alternative to the classic starchy potato fries.
Like always, share your delicious veggie creation with me so I can repost it on my social channels. Simply tag me on Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube or Facebook. Plus, if you have any feedback for me, questions with regards to the recipe or if you just want to say "hi", comment below or shoot me a personal message through my contact form.
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October 5 Prayer
Epehesians 3, Galatians 1, Luke 10:29-37
“The mystery of the gospel was made known through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
I pray over you a release of the blessings of God’s undeserved kindness and total well-being that flows from our Father God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
The secret mystery of the Messiah is The gospel of grace.”
I watch the multitude of leaves changing colors in the sky and fall to the ground.
It is brisk and cold out , yet a beautiful fall sunny day to take a walk.
Stopping to see the graces all around me, I ask the questions of my soul.
What is it that I need to let fall to the ground in the season of my life?
Where am I hurrying to complete a task or change the way things look on the outside that I am forgetting to care for the inside of me?
There is this mystery called grace. The name of God is mercy.
We are living in a time where we are called by grace to love one another as God loved us. (Jesus' words, not mine.)
Where do I limit his call in me and how do I show this kind of undeserved favor and love to another?
“Lord, make me a messenger of this wonderful news that we are wrapped into you as one. Help us to let the things that keep us from living in grace fall to the ground.
Remind us of your kindness throughout the day so we may be thankful and show the same to others we meet.
For it is in receiving that we are able to give and in the letting go that we are free to receive and release even more.
Let us enter this season of autumn with open hands and hearts looking high and reaching wide.
Let a smile be broadcast upon our face even under a mask when needed to wear, let your glory shine through.
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If you’re looking for a compact SUV, or something that’s more of a crossover, then the Fiat 500X certainly sits in that territory. It has that certain style, looks cheekily tough and actually drives pretty well.
There are three petrol engines on offer and two turbodiesels. The 2.0-litre diesel comes with four-wheel drive and a nine-speed auto transmission, but perhaps the 1.6-litre diesel is a better and cheaper option overall. The 1.4-litre turbocharged petrol engine goes pretty well and is actually quite refined, whereas the diesels tend to let you know they are there.
Handling is actually not bad, although at higher speeds on rougher roads you feel the downside of suspension that is nominally tuned to handle a variety of surfaces, with the softer springing allowing a bit more lean than you’d like. Steering is predictably uncommunicative but no worse than rivals.
Inside you’re in a sound environment. Everything feels and looks pretty good quality, certainly up to the price point and beyond. There’s plenty of space in the front and a pair of supportive seats. There’s also good space for rear passengers, and the boot may not be class-leading big, but it is deep and practical.
Pop Star may not sound like something you want to associate with, but it’s the trim level to go for, one above Pop. That gives you alloys, rear sensors and body-coloured mirrors to go with the standard air-con, cruise control, USB and a touchscreen.
Residuals should be pretty strong and you really should be able to wangle a decent discount and finance deal. They’re reasonably cheap to run and you get a three-year, 60,000 mile warranty which is good.
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The last several years have been exciting for Star Wars fans everywhere thanks to the release of new movies, a web series, and Star Wars Rebels on the small screen. Rebels premiered in 2014 and has spent four seasons filling in some of the biggest blanks in Star Wars canon in the years leading up to the original trilogy. Thanks to the canon reset following Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm, it's possible for Rebels characters to pop up in future Star Wars stories set in pretty much any era. Although Star Wars Rebels will soon come to an end on Disney XD, here are 8 characters that should definitely appear in the movies.
The inclusion of Sabine in Star Wars Rebels has resulted in a lot of information about the Mandalorians in the aftermath of the Clone Wars, and she's a fabulous combination of warrior and artist. How many characters in the Star Wars universe have ever learned to master a lightsaber without the advantage of Force-sensitivity? As one of the young members of the Ghost crew, she could also reasonably still be alive and in action in the era of the sequel trilogy. Sabine could turn up in the next installment of that trilogy, if only for a minor role. Alternately, how about an anthology film about Mandalore?
Grand Admiral Thrawn
Fans of the Star Wars Expanded Universe were thrilled when Star Wars Rebels reintroduced Grand Admiral Thrawn into canon as the big bad of Season 3 and kept him around for Season 4. The character's absence from the original trilogy following his major presence in Seasons 3 and 4 of Rebels has led some fans to speculate that Thrawn will die ahead of A New Hope, but surely Rebels can't kill off Thrawn so soon, even if Rukh is around! He could be sent off to the Unknown Regions or packed off on a top-secret mission or demoted after the probable destruction of his TIE Defender factories on Lothal, which would leave the door open for him to appear in a film.
Technically, Hera Syndulla already had a presence in one of the Star Wars films, although she didn't appear in the flesh. A "General Syndulla" was summoned over the intercom in Rogue One, and the Ghost was visible during the grand Battle of Scarif. The Forces of Destiny web series has also established that Hera survives at least to the end of Return of the Jedi and probably beyond. She could easily pop up in an anthology movie set any time between after the events of The Clone Wars and before the sequel trilogy. Besides, Hera has appeared or been mentioned in A New Dawn, Rebels, Forces of Destiny, Rogue One, various Star Wars comics, and even Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures. Surely she deserves to make the leap to live-action!
Let's face it: Kanan is probably not going to survive the end of Star Wars Rebels. A living Jedi knight in the Rebellion would have been mentioned in the original trilogy. Ezra has Lothal as an excuse to leave the Rebellion and stay alive off-screen, but would Kanan really willingly leave Hera? Luckily for those of us who will be devastated if/when he dies, Kanan led quite a life prior to the beginning of Rebels. The events of the Kanan comic series and the A New Dawn novel reveal that Kanan was more of a scoundrel than a rebel in the aftermath of Order-66 until he met Hera. An appearance from Kanan (or Kanan and Hera together) in a pre-Rebels anthology installment could make perfect sense. Although Solo would have been a great fit, maybe a Boba Fett movie will actually happen and provide another opportunity.
Before he was Kanan Jarrus, he was a Jedi padawan by the name of Caleb Dume. If any future Star Wars movies delve or even flash back into the prequel era before or during Order-66, an inquisitive young Caleb could certainly appear. Alternately, we could get an adult Caleb Dume. Season 4 of Rebels has seen Kanan begin to embrace his former identity as Caleb, and the mysterious wolves on Lothal even call him "Dume." Assuming Kanan reclaims his Caleb Dume identity before dying heroically, he could appear in the form of a Force ghost as Caleb. If he does become a Force ghost, he could really appear in any era following his death.
Ahsoka is one of the most popular original characters to come out of one of the animated Star Wars shows. Like Kanan, she's a former Jedi who did not perish during Order-66. Unlike Kanan, however, she departed the Jedi order before the Republic fell, and there are a lot of blanks in her past that could be filled in with a movie appearance or two. She could easily appear alive and well in a movie set ahead of Rebels or in a later film via some kind of Force shenanigans. A recent Rebels trailer seemed to hint that Ahsoka is alive in the Force. Who knows? Maybe she and Kanan/Caleb can hang out as Force ghosts and give Mystery Science Theater 3000-style commentary on the original trilogy. Who wouldn't watch that?
The cranky little murder-bot Chopper is the best-known droid to come out of Star Wars Rebels, but he's not the only one. The Clone Wars-era protocol droid AP-5 defected to the Rebellion after an adventure with Chopper, and he's spent the last season and a half calculating odds and providing droll commentary for the rebels. If Chopper could appear in Rogue One, surely AP-5 could appear in a movie as well, right? After all, this is the droid who delivered what may be the closest thing to a Broadway-style musical number that ever occurs in the Star Wars universe. What's not to love?
Unlike the other characters on the list, the clone trooper known as Rex may have actually appeared in the original trilogy. In Return of the Jedi, an older rebel with a thick white beard was part of Han's mission on Endor. Before the canon reset, this particular rebel was a character by the name of Nik Sant. The resemblance between Rex on Rebels and the character in Return of the Jedi nevertheless had fans theorizing that Rex survives to the Battle of Endor. Star Wars Rebels showrunner Dave Filoni has acknowledged and admitted that he likes the theory, and it's not like Nik Sant is a household Star Wars name. All we need is explicit confirmation that Rex is the old guy in Return of the Jedi, and we'll have a canon appearance of a Rebels character in the original trilogy! Just look at the resemblance:
Tune in to Disney XD on Monday, February 19 at 9 p.m. ET to catch the next new episode of Star Wars Rebels' final season. Our midseason TV premiere guide can point you toward your other viewing options. Don't forget to take a look at our pitches for Star Wars TV shows that should rise up after Rebels is done.
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Pendant Lamp with Round Glass Diffuser
The Gregg pendant lamp LED was designed by the Italian designers Ludovica and Roberto Palomba for Foscarini. The asymmetrical shape, as well as the white satined surface is strongly reminiscent of water-polished pebbles. The sculptural silhouette of the delicate lamp seems to have a different shape depending on the angle it is seen from—a captivating experience for its audience.
The warm white, energy-efficient LED light creates a cosy and comforting atmosphere, ideal above the dining table, sofa or desk. The pendant lamp is suspended by means of a thin wire, which gives the impression that the glass body is floating. Whether alone or arranged in series or clusters, a touch of modernity can be given to any interior. | <urn:uuid:ffde6f37-0a4a-4aac-983a-af3e8da2e458> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://www.connox.co.uk/categories/lamps/pendant-luminaires/foscarini-gregg-pendant-led.html | 2022-01-19T08:42:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320301264.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220119064554-20220119094554-00438.warc.gz | en | 0.921235 | 164 |
Is there somewhere a free code of a EVRC coodec?
Or at least a sample of the first 6th order Butterworth filter?
Reply by Steve Underwood●October 12, 20042004-10-12
Gerard Lyonnaz wrote:
> Is there somewhere a free code of a EVRC coodec?
> Or at least a sample of the first 6th order Butterworth filter?
The best place to look for an example implementation of most codecs
these days is the reference code published with the specs. However, I
don't think the EVRC specification or code if freely downloadable. If
you have the specification, I would have thought you would also have the
Excuse me for asking, but why do you need help with probably the most
trivial problem in implementing a codec? Almost any IIR filter designer
should produce a usable Butterworth implementation for you, although
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Babes, would we really be Elle's if we didn't bring in a beautiful pink cover-up? Of course not! This gorgeous piece has the softest and most subtle palm pattern woven into the fabric. The cut of this cover-up is extremely flattering and we absolutely adore the little tassels on the bottom. If you want elegance, then you'll need this cover-up!
Fit info: One size fits all.
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OGDEN -- Search teams continue to search for the 4-year-old boy who was swept down the Weber River over the weekend.
Searchers returned Tuesday morning to resume looking for the body of Corbin Anderson. However, with the water level rising, no dive teams will be used due to the high-water hazard.
They will be using kayaks to search along the banks of the river. They are focusing on the three-mile stretch from 17th to 24th streets.
Several agencies, including Ogden Fire Search and Rescue, Weber County Search and Rescue, Davis County Search and Rescue, Weber County Search and Rescue and the Utah Highway Patrol were involved in the recovery effort.
Officials with the Weber County Sheriff's Office say the Corbin's family was taking photos near the river on Saturday when he fell into the water near 300 West and 24th Street at around 5:45 p.m.
His father jumped into the river behind the boy, but he was unable to grab him in the fast, cold water.
The search has become a recovery effort. Crews halted their search just before 9 p.m. Saturday and resumed at around 5:45 a.m. Sunday to search as much of the river as possible before nightfall.
More than 60 people were involved in the search for the boy on Sunday, using both kayaks in the water and walking along the side of the river to look.
"They are gridding the river out. We have had kayakers along the river, we have had walkers along the river all the way to 17th Street," said Lt. Danielle Croyle, Ogden Police Dept.
Officials said they'd already searched the surface of the river for the boy with dogs, walkers and a helicopter, and Sunday's search focused under the water's surface.
"We've actually been able to drop the water level quite a bit from what it was last night. We're continuing to hope it drops further," said Lt. Mark Lowther, Weber County Sheriff's Office.
The cold, fast-moving water, however, is slowing the search effort. Crews say the water is about 47 degrees.
"When we put the divers in the water with the current and the temperature, they're only able to stay in the water for so long before we have to pull them out and give them a break," said Lowther.
Rescuers say that in their experience, the boy's body wouldn't have traveled far, so divers focused on the area immediately downstream from where the boy fell.
"Anything's possible. He could have been taken downstream. But with the logs and the rocks and debris in the river, we feel that most likely he's closer to where he went into the water," said Lowther.
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Of course we were returning to the Oggy and the Cockroaches Games category today as well, since there are plenty more games for us to share here with you all, so we are not going to miss a beat in doing so. The game we are offering you right now is a game that is suited for this winter month of december, because we are talking about a game called Goggy and the Cockroaches Snowball where you are going to take part in a snowball fight together with the characters in the cartoon. We will explain how the game works right now, so no worries, you will do great! First, choose a character, and one of the three levels of difficulty. You are going to use the character using the four arrow keys, and the space bar to throw snowballs. Be careful how you aim and send them, because you can only miss 5 times, because the fifth one means that you have lost the game. For every correct throw, you get 100 points, so try to make a score as big as possible. That's it for the explaining of the gameplay, so come and play this game right now, and we are sure that you will be having a tremendous time, just like we did! | <urn:uuid:b98573cd-15a7-4b8e-b871-dcff8ed8797b> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://www.gameszap.com/game/6898/oggy-and-the-cockroaches-snowball.html | 2022-01-19T08:25:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320301264.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220119064554-20220119094554-00438.warc.gz | en | 0.973766 | 250 |
Working Out with Ian "Uncle Creepy" McCall as He Prepares for UFC Fight Night in Brazil
by Corey Beasley
I have been working with Ian for almost a little over 5 years. We have gone through a lot of challenges, learned a lot of things and continue to streamline our program as he charges toward another title shot.
The following videos give you a sneak peek into some of Ian's workouts.
We work together 3X's per week, for about an hour.
The hour typically flows like this:
- SMR, foam roll, mobility work
- Dynamic Warm Up
- Speed, Agility, Plyometrics
- Strength Work
- Conditioning (Optional, depending on fight schedule)
The following videos will walk you through a typical workout with Ian McCall
SMR, Trigger Point, Foam Roll, Etc - 5-10 Minutes
Ian always shows up early and spends about 10-15 minutes on the rollers. This helps loosen up tight muscles and prep him for the work he's about to do.
Dynamic Warm Up - 5-10min
Ian's warm up typically involves a series of mobility drills for the ankle, hips and upper back/shoulders. Once we complete the mobility series, we transition into crawls and finish with a series of locomotion drills (running, shuffles, skips, etc) The main goal of the warm up is to avoid injury. Get the joints moving, increase core temperature and prepare the mind for the workout ahead.
Speed - Agility - Plyometrics - 5-15 min
We will typically pick 1-3 exercises for this section. The goal is speed and power, so we keep the reps low, intensity high and allow plenty of rest, so we can repeat that explosive effort.
Strength Work - 20-30min
Once we have warmed up a got the nervous system firing, we move on to the strength. Squat, hinge, push, pull, etc. We use barbells, kettlebells, sandbags, bodyweight and many other pieces of equipment to get strong. Here are some of the exercises we've used during this camp.
Conditioning was labeled as optional above, because our focus changes outside of camp, during camp, and as we get closer to fight time. Conditioning can be done during strength and conditioning sessions, on off days or with his skill coaches at Team Oyama. Some are short, explosive repeats, others may be 30sec-1min and others may be longer, less intense intervals for recovery and to develop an aerobic base. All depends on the goal and what we are trying to accomplish.
Here are a few of the drills that we have used with Ian during this camp:
We are proud of the changes that Ian has made and it has been a blast watching him develop into the UFC Fighter he is today. Be sure to watch him compete in Brazil against John Lineker Nov 8th for UFC.
Corey Beasley is co-owner of Innovative Results gym in Orange County, CA. Their unique training style has attracted some of the best grapplers and UFC Fighter in Southern California, so next time you are in that area, be sure to look em up! | <urn:uuid:83102dea-4f17-4a10-a948-321af0f98d41> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://www.getphysical.com/blog/ufc-fighter-working-out-with-ian-uncle-creepy-mccall-as-he-prepares-for-ufc-fight-night-in-brazil | 2022-01-19T07:01:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320301264.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220119064554-20220119094554-00438.warc.gz | en | 0.959907 | 669 |
Brahms, Johannes. Erste Symphonie (C moll) Johannes Brahms Op. 68 für 2 Pianoforte zu 8 Händen von Robert Keller. Berlin: Verlag von N. Simrock in Berlin, G.m.b.H., . Simrock plate number 8032. 34 cm x 26.5. The Brahms First Symphony arranged for two pianos eight hands by Robert Keller. Two scores: Score I, Pianoforte I, Secondo (verso), Primo (recto), pages 1 – 59, complete; Score II, Pianoforte II, Secondo (verso), Primo (recto), pages 1 – 51, complete. Paper wrapper, back cover advertises the Ungarische Tänze von Johannes Brahms für 2 Pianoforte zu 4 händen and the Slavische Tänze von Anton Dvoŕák 2 Pianoforte zu 4 händen. Here is a small tear to the front wrapper with no text or paper loss, and a small damp stain to the front cover, otherwise the condition is very good. This copy is signed on the title page by Mary I[sabella] Dickson, daughter of Dr. George Dickson, 9 India Street, Edinburgh. Miss Dickson became the wife of Dr. Alan Menzies, a professor of chemistry at Princeton University. Her daughter was Elizabeth G. C. Menzies. One other complete copy of this rare eight-hand piano arrangement made during Brahms’s lifetime (1833-1897) at two pianos was located at the Nederlands Muziek Instituut, Muziekbibliotheek. | <urn:uuid:a0b47d49-7234-4a70-a334-94c53c543281> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://www.gosenrarebooks.com/book/brahms-first-symphony-arranged-for-two-pianos-eight-hands-1891/ | 2022-01-19T07:58:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320301264.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220119064554-20220119094554-00438.warc.gz | en | 0.735342 | 374 |
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MAKE IT! A GIFT THAT SHINES I MINC GIFT BOX TUTORIAL
Hello everyone and welcome to a super easy DIY tutorial involving some of my favourite basics.
This type of project is truly perfect year round, but especially for these summer months that are filled with graduations, weddings, showers…just to name a few. Of course do not forget to stick a few birthdays and anniversaries in there for good measure. Whatever the celebration, this project is ideal for tucking in a special something to send well wishes and love.
So how exactly did I create this one of a kind gift box? Well…with a little help from the ever trusty We R Memory Keepers Gift Box Punch Board.
The gift box punch board creates an array of boxes in various sizes. The guidelines are noted on the board, which tell you how large of a paper is needed and how and where to align your paper, where to punch, and where to score. Repeat along every side until the box template is created. The process is the same no matter the size of the gift box. The only change will be what size of paper is required.
Watch my video tutorial below to see just how easy this project is to create!
I have used the box punch board numerous times, and I seriously am in awe just how easy it is to create any size box…and the best part is NO glue required. I love the notch feature!
Using the glue paper for this project was a great switch up. The foil coverage is flawless and the paper is the perfect weight for creating a gift box capable of holding treats and other goodies with ease. This is a great alternative and choice, especially when using the Minc detail.
Everything I shared here today is available right now at JoAnn Stores and JoAnn online. I hope you are inspired to try your hand at making these gift boxes, disclaimer though…they are super cute and oh so addicting to make! And easy!
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Daily rate from USD 1,822 – USD 2,820 depends on season.
Expansive living area with courtyard
The two pavilions, each with 330 square meters of living space and deck and courtyard area, are situated side-by-side overlooking a beautiful white sandy beach with Koh Phanghan in the distance. There is a large living room equipped with all amenities, including satellite TV and a music system. Sliding doors from all of the living areas and main bedrooms open onto large teakwood decks, ideal for dining or simply relaxing with a good book.
Lush private gardens
The pavilions share a 1,600 square meter walled garden complete with Thai artefacts and a large double hammock in what can only be described as picture postcard scenery! Surrounded with lush vegetation and mature coconut and tropical trees, the setting preserves everyone’s privacy.
Culinary delights and alfresco dining
Each pavilion has its own private access, and there is a fully fitted modern kitchen. The indoor living areas include a fully equipped dining room, and the outdoor decking provides the perfect setting for alfresco dining.
A full time chef is included in the daily rate.
Outdoor spaces with a private pool
The 12 meter pool is floodlit and complete with a sunbathing area. All outdoor seated areas are equipped with deck furniture and umbrellas, and there are pool-side sun loungers. And all this is right by the beach with Koh Phanghan and Big Buddha on the skyline!
Seven stylish bedroom sanctuaries
Each pavilion features 3 air-conditioned bedrooms (2 double and 1 twin), all with en-suite bathrooms. The master bedrooms overlook the beach and have sumptuous bathrooms including a secluded outdoor Balinese bath and shower. All rooms are furnished and equipped to a very high standard. There is a third building near the entrance of the property that has the gym, the seventh bedroom and a bathroom with a bath as well as a shower.
Absolute beachfront location
Located on the northern coast of Koh Samui, on Big Buddha beach, the villa is 5 minutes’ drive from the airport and 10 minutes to Chaweng.
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SAPINDACEAE PRODUCTION AND RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA
Australia has an abundance of native Sapindaceae, with a few species that are considered to have an edible aril. A number of these have minor bush food status but have limited commercial potential. Longan, lychee and rambutan were introduced into Australia from the mid 1800s. Serious commercialization of these crops began from the 1970s when farmers in sub-tropical and tropical regions of Australia were seeking new commercial horticultural opportunities. Currently the value of these industries is in the vicinity of $35 M with lychee the predominate crop followed by longan and rambutan respectively. Despite Australia being a minor producer on the world scale it has contributed significantly to the scientific and production developments through the combined efforts of researchers and innovative growers. This paper details the development and status of the commercial Sapindaceae in Australia and highlights production and research activities.
Diczbalis, Y., Nicholls, B., Groves, I. and Lake, K. (2010). SAPINDACEAE PRODUCTION AND RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA. Acta Hortic. 863, 49-58
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Wood Wharf A2 and A3
|LOCATION:||Canary Wharf, London|
|CONTRACTOR:||Canary Wharf Contractors Ltd|
|CLIENT:||Canary Wharf Group Ltd|
|SECTORS:||Major projects and infrastructure, Commercial, mixed use, residential and retail|
|SERVICES:||Construction and Civil Engineering|
The scope of works involves the construction of the common basement and medium to high-rise structures at 10 Park Drive, Wood Wharf, including secondary steel work with an overall RC footprint of 65,000m2.
Building A2 comprises a further 14 floors of reinforced concrete frame and Building A3 comprises a further 43 floors of concrete frame.
The provision of tower cranes for the whole project is included within the scope of works. Altogether, Buildings A2 and A3 comprise 5,600 tonnes of reinforcement, 31,000m³ of concrete and 65,200m² of soffit formwork. | <urn:uuid:bdeeb4c2-cb53-49b7-ba0b-59d89796c2ae> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://www.kilnbridge.com/projects/wood-wharf-a2-and-a3-construction-rcstructure-london | 2022-01-19T09:21:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320301264.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220119064554-20220119094554-00438.warc.gz | en | 0.874467 | 236 |
JEFFERSON – The Lake Hopatcong Foundation honored some of its founding members Sunday, unveiling a plaque listing the names of donors who contributed $100 or more during the Foundation’s first year.
113 donor names are listed on the large bronze plaque that is hanging on the lake-side wall of the Lakeland Marine Base building, home to the Foundation office, in Nolan’s Point. LMB donates office space to the Foundation.
Between very short bursts of rain, Jessica Murphy, Foundation president, thanked the fifty or so guests for “believing in the cause right from the start” and for attending the plaque dedication ceremony. Murphy also thanked Camp Six, parent company of LMB and the Szigethy family, proprietors of Camp Six. (Editor’s note: Camp Six is the parent company of Lake Hopatcong News.)
Established in 2012, the Foundation is dedicated to protecting and improving the lake through events and initiatives such as the lake-wide cleanup in November of 2013 and the upcoming Lake Hopatcong Block Party at Hopatcong State Park.
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Simply speaking, “A machine is a device which received energy in some available form and utilizes it to do some particular type of work” or “A machine may be regarded as an agent for transmitting or modifying energy”.
A machine is a combination of components which can transmit power in a controlled manner and which is capable of performing useful work. A machine consists of a number of kinematically related links.A machine is a combination of resistant bodies (links or elements) with successfully constrained relative motions, which is used for transmitting other forms of energy into mechanical energy or transmitting and modifying available energy to do some particular kind of work.
Every machine will be found to consist of a system of parts (links or elements) connected together in such a manner that, if one be made to move, they all receive a motion, the relation of which to that of the first depends upon the nature of connections (i.e. joints).
The links may be rigid, rigid-hydraulic, or rigid-pneumatic. The power input may be mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, chemical, or nuclear. The power output may be mechanical, electrical hydraulic or thermal.
Examples of machines:
Heat engine- Receives heat energy and transformers it into mechanical energy.
Electric motor- Changes electric energy into mechanical energy.
A pump- Input electric power and output hydraulic power.
The majority of machines receives mechanical energy, and modify it so that the energy can be used for doing some specific task, for which it is designed, common examples of such machines being hoist, lathe, screw jack, etc.
Note:-It should be noted that machine must be capable of doing useful work. A series of kinematically related links put into motion with no output link, and which simply converts input energy to friction heat, is not a machine, unless the original purpose was only to generate heat.
CLASSIFICATION OF MACHINES
1. Machines for generating mechanical energy
- Converts other forms of energy into mechanical work
Examples: Steam engines, Steam turbines, I. C. engines, gas turbines, water turbines etc
2. Machines for transmitting mechanical energy into other form of energy
- Known as converting machines
Examples: Electric generators, air or hydraulic pumps, etc.
3. Machines for utilizing mechanical energy in the performance of useful work.
Examples: Lathe, and other machine tools, etc.
The transmission and modification of energy within the machine require the inclusion of a number of parts (links or elements), which are so selected that they will produce the desired motion and carry with safety the forces to which they are subjected so that the machine can perform its task successfully.
The study of relative motion between the various parts of a machine, and the forces which act on them, is covered under they field of “Theory of machines”, or “The Theory of Machines may be defined as that branch of engineering science which deals with the study of relative motion between various elements of a machine and the forces which act on them.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MACHINE AND MECHANISM
In kinematics, a mechanism is a mean of transmitting, controlling, or constraining relative movement. The central theme for mechanisms is rigid bodies connected together by joints. It can also be defined as a combination of resistant bodies that are shaped and connected in such a way that they move with definite relative motion with respect to each other.
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Lawrence Liang is a graduate of the National Law School. He subsequently pursued his Masters degree in Law and Development at Warwick, on a Chevening Scholarship. His key areas of interest are law, technology and culture, the politics of copyright and he has been working closely with Sarai, New Delhi on a joint research project Intellectual Property and the Knowledge/Culture Commons. A keen follower of the open source movement in software, Lawrence has been working on ways of translating the open source ideas into the cultural domain. He has written extensively on these issues and is the author of The Public is Watching: Sex, Laws and Videotape and A Guide to Open Content Licenses. Lawrence has taught at NLS, the Asian College of Journalism, Nalsar, etc., and is currently working on a Ph.D. on the idea of cinematic justice at Jawaharlal Nehru University. | <urn:uuid:57c92be6-b144-418a-9efa-bed268cb6e07> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://www.raceipconference.org/2017/speakers/lawrence-liang/ | 2022-01-19T07:31:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320301264.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220119064554-20220119094554-00438.warc.gz | en | 0.959985 | 180 |
In the early sixties, two factors resulted in Canada becoming the third country to reach space.
First, Canada needed to improve telecommunications so people could connect more easily. Second, exploring space had become a tool for economic development.
Already in the fifties, Canada was striving to build its first major ground-based telecom network. The plan was to erect over 100 transmission towers countrywide.
The fifties also saw the construction of the Alert base, which is still the northernmost inhabited place on Earth (only 817 kilometres from the North Pole). Located in Nunavut in Canada’s Arctic, this weather station set up in 1950 lies next to a military base built in 1958.
The fifties were also a time when Canadian engineers became concerned about the aurora borealis. As an aurora crosses the ionosphere, it seems to have a mysterious effect on radio transmissions and, sometimes, a catastrophic effect on the major power grids.
People noted that major blackouts coincided with intense periods of auroral activity. The only way to clear up the mystery was to investigate directly in space.
In 1945, 17 years before Canada first ventured into space, British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke predicted that Earth would one day be circled by artificial satellites that would remain in orbit at a fixed distance from the planet and be used as communication channels.
Fifteen years later, the idea of using satellites to enable conversations between citizens caught the imagination of a handful of scientists in the United States and the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, the two countries were involved in a space race whose aims were mostly military.
Civil applications for satellites seemed obvious to the Canadian government. In 1958, one year after Sputnik, the Department of National Defence received orders to build the first Canadian satellite and send it into space.
Alouette 1 was launched in 1962. Its mission was to study the ionosphere, where many future satellites would be put into orbit. Canada became the third country, after the Soviet Union and the United States, to send a satellite into space. Alouette 1 amazed the world because it was the very first geostationary satellite.
The whole world applauded Canada’s ingenuity and wondered how this small country, with fewer than 19 million people back then, could accomplish such a phenomenal feat.
In actual fact, to send its satellite into space, Canada relied on an American military rocket. Later, it began using NASA rockets.
In 1972, Canada sent up a satellite devoted exclusively to civil telecommunications. This was another world first, and Canada’s Far North was the first to benefit.
The public broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada used the satellite to broadcast its programs in colour. Radio and telephone communications with the south of Canada were no longer disrupted during bad weather. The satellite, named Anik A1, was the first in a long line of Anik satellites. In Inuktitut, the language of the Inuit of Canada, anik means “little brother.”
In the nineties, thanks again to satellites, broadband Internet services began to be offered across Canada.
The year 1995 saw the introduction of Radarsat, Canada’s first commercial remote sensing satellites. Equipped with powerful radar, they record images of Canada day and night to monitor the spread of forest fires and crops. They also locate promising prospecting areas.
In the seventies, Canada partnered with private industry and started to design the famous Hermes satellites. Especially powerful, they paved the way for multichannel satellite television as it exists today in Canada and globally.
Canada’s space program is estimated to be among the top six to eight programs in the world. Yet there is one telecom sector where the country lags behind other industrialized nations: cellphone service.
Leading Canadian companies often rely greatly on the extensive use of satellites.
Bell Canada employs nearly 52,000 Canadians. It is the largest company in Quebec and Ontario, Canada’s most populated provinces.
TELUS is a major company in Western Canada and is particularly active in British Columbia and Alberta.
MTS Allstream is the largest company in Manitoba, in Central Canada.
SaskTel is the biggest company in Saskatchewan, also in Central Canada.
The Americans and French claim to have invented remote medicine together. True, the first telesurgery occurred in 2001 in both New York City (where the surgeon was located) and Strasbourg (where the patient was located).
Still, Canadians have the honour of being the first to do a remote “medical procedure” using a satellite and cameras. On November 8, 1994, a medical team at Hôtel-Dieu in Montreal (one of Canada’s leading hospitals) examined a patient who was in Paris, France, at Hôpital Cochin. The patient was scanned with an X-ray machine despite his Canadian doctors being 5,900 kilometres away.
Canada is among the countries today where telemedicine is the most developed. In the Far North, telemedicine is the backbone of services offered by health officials. Hospitals and doctors are often hundreds of kilometres away from the Inuit communities that receive their services. These communities, which are often tiny, are spread across a region as wide as Europe.
The northern lights were one of the main reasons Canada began exploring space. These curtains of colour that stretch across the night sky are dazzlingly beautiful, but, for the Canadian government in the late fifties, they were also a threat.
Auroras are caused when solar wind particles interact with the upper atmosphere. They occur mainly in areas close to the poles, in the auroral zone (between 65 and 75 degrees latitude).
An aurora borealis can be seen at night in three areas of the world: northern Scandinavia, northern Alaska and northern Quebec (Nunavik). In these regions, auroras are visible almost every night.
In lower latitudes, like in Ottawa, Canada’s capital, solar flares must last a long time before northern lights will appear across the sky.
Auroras can be observed one to three times a month even in lower latitude areas like Montreal, especially in winter.
The solar activity cycle responsible for auroras is spread over 11 years. At the peak of the cycle (in 2013, 2024, 2035, etc.), auroras are more vivid and more common.
During intense solar storms, radio wave communications are scrambled or disrupted because the waves travel in the upper atmosphere where the northern lights lurk.
In the forties, Canadian scientists began reporting that the northern lights were causing power failures and extensive radio interference. For example, discharges of static electricity around transmission towers were strong enough to destroy safety devices and damage transformers.
Even back then, scientists realized that polar auroras changed the behaviour of the magnetosphere, which in turn disrupted the operation of satellites. Certain satellites lost all means of communication with Earth for days. The intense flow of protons and electrons from auroras penetrated satellites and could alter the data contained in their onboard computers.
Electric currents produced by auroras can cause telephone cables to malfunction by changing their tension. When this occurs, a telephone emits background noise.
It took many years to reveal, mainly thanks to Canada, all the dangers and mysteries of the northern lights.
In the sixties, Canada sent up a series of satellites carrying auroral imagers, magnetometers and ionospheric radars to better understand how auroras affect radio transmissions and the weather. Drawing on this research, Canada was able in the seventies to launch a large ring of communication satellites that were better protected against the dangers of the northern lights.
The Inuit of Northern Canada once believed they could see the spirits of animals like salmon, seals and belugas dancing in the auroras. Their shamans or medicine men claimed they took spiritual journeys through the auroras in search of ways to cure the sick.
The Algonquins also have a legend explaining how an aurora borealis is created. According to this myth, once Earth’s creator finished his work, he returned home to the north. There he made huge bonfires to remind humans he would not forget them. An aurora is supposedly the reflected light coming from the fires made by the great creator.
When certain Inuit groups observe an aurora, they see the spirits of the dead playing ball with walrus heads or skulls. The Inuit of Nunavik in northern Quebec see the opposite: the spirits of walruses playing with human skulls.
Over 100 years ago, Canadians already suspected a link between the northern lights and the Sun. Lumberjacks and farmers took auroras into account when making weather forecasts.
Some claimed that auroras meant good weather to come. Others believed the opposite: that auroras heralded high winds and storms.
Not until a NASA mission in 2007 was the record set straight: auroras have no real impact on the weather, but their behaviour is far more affected by the Sun than once believed.
The THEMIS international mission, which Canada took part in, sent a probe in February 2007 to the region where most auroras form. Scientists learned that the light display resulted from magnetic explosions occurring at a third of the distance separating Earth from the Moon. These discharges of energy are caused by “reconnections” between the giant magnetic ropes linking Earth to the Sun, ropes that store the energy from solar wind.
Auroras sometimes seem to occur at the same height as the clouds in the atmosphere. But they are in fact located in the ionosphere, a band that unfurls at a distance of 100 to 1,000 kilometres above Earth’s crust.
In comparison, the space shuttle travels at an altitude of just over 300 kilometres.
However, auroras can sometimes form at an altitude as low as 60 kilometres or as high as 2,000 kilometres.
The northern lights dance across the Yukon skies
Aurora borealis seen from the International Space Station
Today, as the polar ice cap continues to melt, Canadian satellites like RADARSAT-1 and RADARSAT-2 are extremely important for monitoring environmental changes. They also watch over ships in northern waters to ensure their safety. In addition, they conduct a series of missions that would be impossible to carry out otherwise.
Among these missions, they detect oil spills in the Atlantic Ocean, where Canada has exploited vast oil deposits since the mid-eighties. The satellites map different areas: land affected by drought, coastlines suffering erosion, crops infested by insects, territories of migratory animals threatened by predators, and forests ravaged by fires.
Canada is among the first countries that became accustomed to seeing the world from space via satellite images.
Canada cannot make do without satellites. Indeed, in Canada, it has never been easy to communicate over distances. Several times in the 18th and 19th centuries, whole sections of Canada were cut off from the country and the rest of the world for weeks. Snowstorms and avalanches were the main threats to communications. Even in good weather, the mountainous terrain often made ground-based telecommunications impossible, and the infrastructures were prohibitively expensive to maintain.
Often, there was simply no one around to make, maintain or repair the equipment. Canada has the eighth least dense population in the world. The density is even lower in the Far North, which accounts for 40% of Canada’s land mass. Indeed, there is not even one citizen every three square kilometres in this region.
Among developed nations, only Australia has a lower population density than our own. But Australia has no major rivers, great lakes or rugged mountain ranges, and nor does it have regions that are continually wind-swept or covered in ice or snow for over nine months a year. Our low density and landscape are the reasons that, in the late fifties, Canadians wanted to set up a telecom network like no other in the world.
From 1963 to 1969, Canada joined forces with the United States for a joint experimental program called ISIS (International Satellites for Ionospheric Studies). One of the program goals was the transfer of technology.
Government scientists and technicians shared with their colleagues in the private sector the knowledge they had gained in the first phase of their research on space communications. RCA Victor, de Havilland Aviation and Spar Aerospace were the main Canadian and American companies taking part in the program.
Starting in 1967, Canada moved from the experimenting stage to practical applications and focused on launching its first domestic communication satellites. It also made its first attempts to gather data on the country’s natural resources.
In 1969, Ottawa created the company Telesat Canada to exploit its commercial satellite communication system, which it hoped to put into orbit.
As part of this new adventure, the satellite Anik A1 was launched in November 1972. It was followed by Anik A2 in April 1973. Canada had become a pioneer in the use of satellites for domestic communication purposes. A third satellite, Anik A3, went into orbit in May 1975.
In the early nineties, the launch of a series of new Canadian satellites marked the beginning of an era of high-powered communication satellites.
At the time, scores of Canadians began to access hundreds of television and radio channels through direct-to-home satellite broadcasting.
In 1992, after reaching its goal to encourage the introduction, development and use of satellites in commercial telecommunications, the Canadian government sold the controlling interests it held in certain companies that served as pioneers in the deployment of satellites.
Since then, new digital compression technologies for satellites have enabled Canadian consumers to receive a variety of commercial, information and entertainment services via the Internet.
Observe space weather via a Canadian hybrid satellite
It is fair to say that Americans had a hand in developing satellite television. Yet, from the start, Canadians were the driving force behind this invention that forever changed television.
From 1970 to 1979, Canada and the United States worked together on an experimental communication satellite system known as Hermes.
When launched in January 1976, Hermes was the world’s most powerful communication satellite.
Hermes was the first satellite to operate in the 14/12 GHz band. Thanks to this band and the power of the transponders, it was possible to use satellite dishes as small as 0.6 metres in diameter, specially designed for direct broadcasting of television signals to homes.
The Hermes program also included scientific applications, as well as experiments in telehealth, tele-education, community communications and the delivery of government services.
Commercial satellite television debuted officially in Canada in November 1982 with the launch of the Canadian satellite Anik C3 by the U.S. space shuttle Columbia.
In the past 30 years, Canada has gained expertise not only in geostationary satellites, but also in space robotics. As a result, NASA has relied on Canada to assist astronauts with their construction and repair work.
Canada has designed not one, but two giant arms (the first 15 metres long and the second 17 metres long). They are very thin, their diameter ranging from 33 to 35 centimetres.
Because they are white, these arms can be clearly seen in the dark space surrounding our planet. However, they are but one element in a very complex and less visible remote manipulator system designed by Canadians. This system also includes a hand device and a control station manned by an astronaut (usually a Canadian).
These arms were designed by the Canadian company Spar Aerospace. The first, Canadarm1, was sent into space in November 1981 in the space shuttle’s cargo bay.
Canadarm2 was launched 20 years later, in 2001. Today, it is secured permanently to the International Space Station. It is a bigger and “smarter” version of Canadarm1. Weighing 1,600 kilograms, it is four times heavier than its predecessor.
The arm can lift over 60 times its weight. It has seven joints, one more than its older brother. One of its duties is to perform “cosmic catches,” the catching and docking of unmanned spacecraft that carry everything from scientific equipment to supplies for the six crew members aboard the International Space Station.
For over 20 years, Canadarm’s “hand” was small, and its dexterity fairly poor. The hand was a cylindrical end effector containing a three-wire noose that could, for example, capture a satellite encountering difficulty.
Dextre is the sophisticated new “dexterous” hand found at the end of Canada’s second-generation arm. In 2008, Dextre and Canadarm2 were used together for the first time.
Dextre itself has two small arms and seven joints, which turn it into a robot handyman. It contains sensors that give a human-like sense of touch to the astronaut operating it from the control station. It also has small retractable socket wrenches, a camera and lights.
The new polymer $5 bill, released in 2013, features Canadarm2 and Dextre.
Dextre is put through its paces
The first Canadarm weighed under 450 kilograms (about the weight of five men) and could not support its own weight in normal gravity. During its development, it had to be laid on specially designed inflatable cushions.
Canadarm can move payloads of nearly 30,000 kilograms (about the weight of 15 large automobiles). It can manoeuvre objects into position with an accuracy of about five centimetres.
Each joint is powered by a motor driven by a servo-power amplifier.
The arm, which is made of titanium, stainless steel and graphite epoxy, is entirely covered by an insulation system made of layers of Kapton, Dacron and fibreglass.
The two Canadarms can be used in tandem in space. This technique is known as the “Canadian handshake.”
In summer 1983, the National Research Council of Canada sought astronauts by placing a job ad in major Canadian newspapers. A total of 4,300 people applied.
The ad said that the NRC was looking for men and women who were skilled at conducting scientific experiments, were comfortable speaking about science to the public, and were ready to embark on the most thrilling journey of their life—a trek into space.
The NRC was swamped with over 4,300 applications. They came from students, poets, journalists, engineers and scientists of all kinds.
The ad drew a strong response because Canadians of all ages were fascinated by space in the early eighties, even more so than today. The resounding success of Canadarm (the robotic arm developed under the NRC) on the space shuttle Columbia flights in 1981 and 1982 fuelled the enormous public interest.
When the space shuttle Challenger exploded in 1985, the U.S. space program was temporarily put on hold. At the time, Canada decided to expand its own program.
Hence, the Canadian Space Agency was formed in 1989 with the main goal of training the first Canadian astronauts. For its part, the National Research Council focused on developing robot and satellite technologies.
A historic trip through Canadian space exploration with astronaut Chris Hadfield – CBC
At night, the south of Canada when seen from space looks like a string of extremely bright pearls. Canada ranks among the four or five countries that are most visible from space at night.
Quebec City (300,000 people) causes as much light pollution as Boston (five million people) or the Paris region (12 million people).
As for the Montreal region (nearly three million people), it is as bright as the New York area (20 million people).
Light pollution is due to the misuse or overuse of light. The biggest problem is globe-shaped street lamps that cast their light directly skyward. Some advertising signs and billboards also use overly bright light. Quebec is especially at fault because electricity is inexpensive here compared with other provinces and, as a result, Quebeckers are less vigilant about the amount of energy they use.
Light cast toward the horizon pollutes 2.7 times more than light cast toward the ground. In fact, a 1% increase in light cast near the horizon boosts light pollution by 25%. That is why programs to reduce light pollution generally recommend using street lamps that do not cast more than 2% of light above the horizon.
In addition, a good portion of light pollution in Canada comes from the snow that covers the ground several months a year. Snow reflects light skyward rather than absorbing it.
Some cities have taken steps to cut light pollution. They use low- or high-pressure sodium lamps, which produce light that is up to four times less bright. With this measure, Calgary in Western Canada has turned down the brightness of street lamps several notches (and saved several million dollars a year on electricity).
The northern city of Yellowknife has lent its name to the most famous square kilometre of land on Mars. “Yellowknife Bay” is in fact where the U.S. robot Curiosity touched down in summer 2012.
There is a very good reason why the capital of the Northwest Territories (population: 20,000) shares its name with a patch of Martian land 250 million kilometres away. The ground near Yellowknife contains the oldest rock in the world—four billion years old—which is probably the same age as the Martian rock that Curiosity landed on.
Mining prospectors in Yellowknife are looking forward to the day when companies in their city can do business with the residents of Yellowknife Bay on Mars!
Canadian telecommunications date back to a period long before satellites and electricity were invented.
On the wind-swept plains and prairies of Western Canada, Aboriginals lit fires and sent up smoke signals. This was virtually the only way to communicate over long distances before the telegraph came along.
Canada began receiving radio transmissions only in the twenties. Canadians counted themselves lucky because they were among the first—with the Americans, British, French and Italians—to experience the power of radio waves.
The Montreal station XWA (today CFCF) owned by the Canadian Marconi Company had the distinction of giving the first radio broadcast in North America, and possibly even the world. It occurred on May 20, 1920.
Outside cities, radio was broadcast on trains. In fact, in the twenties, radio waves generally travelled along railroads, just as telegraph wires had done a few years earlier. With a few exceptions, including Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, the first radio was basically a railway service. It was mobile, but had little power.
Railway companies not only had the financial means to experiment with this new gadget, but also a captive audience, passengers forced to remain seated over long distances.
At the time, crossing Canada by train took up to 10 days. Railway companies were therefore looking for ways to entertain passengers.
In 1924, the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) began offering radio on almost all its long routes. It installed receivers to pick up broadcasts, which mostly came from the United States. Eventually it decided to build transmitting studios. This initiative culminated five years later in a transcontinental radio network linked by “landlines.” These famous lines, together with the lines of Canadian Pacific Railway, were the true ancestors of the telecom network in Canada.
By 1928, over 60 radio stations were operating in Canada. Most were low-power and offered only intermittent service. The sector was poorly regulated, which slowed the growth of radio in Canada compared with the boom in the United States. South of the border, radio broadcasting flourished thanks to businesses and corporations vying for airtime for their advertisements.
In Canada, advertising was initially forbidden, which deprived radio of revenue and slowed progress. Also, the government was unsure how to develop the medium.
In the early days, many amateurs created their own short-range radio stations. A whole slew of popular and inexpensive “amateur hours” sprang up, even though they often bothered neighbours or caused interference. For many years, Canada’s Department of Marine and Fisheries had the power to issue or deny permits for radio stations. Yet it did not seem to grasp the importance of this new means of communication.
The forties were the golden age of radio communications in Canada. The Second World War whetted people’s appetite for news. Canadians wanted to know what was happening around them, but they were also discovering the world. CBC News was founded in 1941, and Radio Canada International began operating in 1945. Programs about farming, like Le réveil rural in French were very popular.
In Canada, radio is much more regulated today than in the past. It is a model that Berlusconi’s Italy could have draw inspiration from.
The Canadian government, through its CRTC regulatory agency, does not allow an owner to control more than four radio stations in major metropolitan markets and more than three in smaller markets. The rules are designed to prevent a single owner from dominating a local broadcasting market (including discretionary and over-the-air services) and from controlling all cable and satellite companies in a given market.
As for cross-media ownership, new rules were recently drawn up to prevent one entity from controlling more than two types of local media (radio, television, newspaper) serving the same market.
Contrary to what old history books claim, Canadians, not Italians, are to be thanked for inventing radio. It was recently recognized that the Canadian Reginald Fessenden, not the Italian Guglielmo Marconi, was in fact the man behind the first radio transmission.
It is true that, in 1901, Marconi sent the first wireless telegraph message across the Atlantic from St. John’s, the capital of the future Canadian province Newfoundland. However, a year earlier, Reginald Fessenden, a Canadian inventor, had begun developing the first real radio wave transmission.
First, he transmitted the sound of a voice over an 80-kilometre distance. Six years later, in 1906, he repeated the feat over an amazing 5,000 kilometres, the distance between Boston and the Scottish coast. Fessenden aimed to make Canada a world centre for long-range radio transmission. But it was Marconi, with his stronger political ties, who was granted exclusive rights by the Canadian government to build the first transmitting stations in Canada.
Until recently, Fessenden’s name and his role as a great radio pioneer were largely unknown, even to Canadians.
75 years of broadcasting in Canada
In the fifties, the Canadian government oversaw the development of television with the clear aim of using it as a cultural safeguard against the influence of American media. Still today, the government monitors the industry closely and legislates to ensure that Canadian television and radio counterbalance what airs in the United States.
This goal is hard to achieve because over 85% of Canadians live in the southern part of the country. Preventing American airwaves from crossing the border is not easy. The Broadcasting Act (1968), however, is very clear in this regard. It states that the Canadian broadcasting system must be “owned and controlled by Canadians so as to safeguard, enrich and strengthen the cultural, political, social and economic fabric of Canada.”
Broadcasting space is a key political issue because radio and television are very effective means of bringing citizens together. That is why Canada continues to channel major funds into the largest public television network in democratic countries. It is also why it set up a powerful government agency to monitor the industry—the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. The CRTC rules on all kinds of issues: matters of good taste on radio and television, station ownership, number and location of stations, and conditions they can operate under.
The degree of control, which is unusual, sometimes criticized and often debated, seems nonetheless to reflect the importance Canadians attach to certain tools of development and well-being, which they want protected from the brute forces of capitalism.
In short, offering distinctively Canadian media that reflect the country’s values is as important as providing a free health care system. These matters are the foundations the Canadian identity is built on.
In 1971, the CRTC imposed Canadian content requirements and percentages for popular music that remain the cornerstone of Canadian broadcasting regulations.
In 1998, the requirements increased. The weekly minimum for Canadian music rose to 35% from 30% for radio stations in English and to 65% from 55% for stations in French.
On prime time television, broadcasters must favour Canadian programs. To date, the CRTC considers its television and radio monitoring system a success. Programs with the most viewers are Canadian. On the English side, Canadian drama series are more accessible and popular than in the past.
In the second decade of the 21st century, Canada’s bustling telecom sector is becoming even more crowded and complex. The question is whether Canadian media are still able to nurture a national identity distinct from the American identity and, by extension, whether French speakers in Canada can preserve their identity in a world increasingly dominated by the English language. The tech boom is transforming broadcasting practices and making cultural borders porous.
The next chapter in affirming the Canadian identity will probably play out on the web. Unfortunately, the CRTC has little jurisdiction over this tool used to transmit culture.
Recently the CRTC was widely criticized, especially by the Canadian government, for trying to rule in areas where the interests and needs of Canadian Internet users were not properly considered.
This lack of contact between the Internet and CRTC officials is a potentially serious shortcoming. The web, which is growing at lightning speed, is now the preferred medium for young Canadians wanting to keep informed.
Canada is trying to convey a clear message about adopting a national strategy to provide easier access to high-speed Internet so that Canadians are tech-savvy.
A technology like the Internet, which can easily connect rural communities thousands of kilometres apart, is vitally important in a country as vast as Canada.
In a few years’ time, the web has become a huge public space where people can find just about anything they are looking for.
In the world of the Internet, Canadians are considered trailblazers.
In the nineties, as the public gained access globally to the Internet, Canada was building a name for itself. Canadians took to the web at first slowly and then more eagerly, using the excellent telephone network already in place here (the world’s widest reaching). By the late nineties, the web had arrived in the Far North, this time thanks to antennas on Canadian satellites already in orbit for some time.
Canada ranks first or second worldwide in Internet penetration, a surprise to no one nowadays.
Canadians are the world’s biggest Internet users with over seven out of 10 adults surfing the web daily. Canadians even surpass the Americans and Japanese. Canada’s first-place ranking has made headlines worldwide—thanks again to the web!
From day one, the web in Canada has drawn its strength from consumers. Canadians have been absorbing the technology like a sponge. In 2009, for the first time, Canadians spent more hours browsing the web than watching television. Each week, they spent over 18 hours online and watched 17 hours of television. In 2019, Canadians spent an average of 5.5 hours per day using the Internet.
Despite a dazzling start and a remarkable performance, Canadians now say they have lost much of their initial zeal. They blame Canadian Internet providers for this turnaround.
Lack of competition among service providers has a hand in keeping prices high and slowing technological progress.
Overall, Canada pays much more than other countries for Internet access. Also, Canadians must deal with much slower connection speeds and tighter restrictions. In 2010, a package combining high-speech Internet, digital TV and phone services cost almost 2.5 times more in Quebec than in France. In 2019, Canadians paid an average of $250 per month for their telecommunications. Landlines and mobile phones, Internet, cable, digital platforms, all of these are still very expensive in Canada.
In 2010, the average price for one megabit per second was US$12 in OECD countries. Canadians, though, paid from US$3.85 to US$110.51 per megabit (from €3 to €81). Of the 30 or so countries examined, only Mexico and Finland fared worse.
However, the situation is improving. For example, monthly prices across the country for wireless, Internet, television and residential telephone services in 2018 were on average 11% lower than in 2016.
The most significant price reduction was in the mobile wireless market. According to the analysis of the four mobile packages presented in the CRTC report, prices declined by an average of 28% from 2016 to 2018, with the most significant decline for services with at least five gigabytes of data. For example, the average monthly price of a mobile service with an unlimited number of calls and text messages, as well as five GB of data, fell by as much as 35% in 2018, from $78.36 in 2016 to $51.05 in 2018.
With respect to the CRTC’s broadband service target speeds of 50 megabits per second (Mbps) for downloads and 10 Mbps for uploads, the average reported monthly price declined by 3.2%, from $82.05 in 2016 to $79.40 in 2018. (Source: CRTC)
5G in Canada explained – CBC
Opportunities and challenges for the Internet in Canada. Canadian Internet Forum 2012
In 2006, the Internet became available on trains for the first time in North America when the Canadian company Via Rail installed Wi-Fi technology.
Wireless Internet service was first offered on Canada’s busiest train route, Montreal-Toronto, and then soon expanded to other routes.
Today in Canada, wireless Internet is available to passengers at all major transportation centres like airports.
In 2019, 67% of Canadian Internet users use social media. They have an average of 6.8 accounts on social networks.
Social medias are most popular with Canadians aged 25 to 34 (26%), both women and men in this age group.
YouTube (84%) and Facebook (80%) are by far the most popular social medias in Canada.
In fact, Canada has the highest percentage of social network users in the world.
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Zauchensee Ski Resort – Skiing fun in a romantic lake landscape
The Zauchensee and Flachauwinkl Ski Resorts are among the most beautiful winter destinations in the world. With an altitude between 1,000 and 2,100 metres above sea level, the lake area is not only situated high up, but also has one of the highest snow guarantees in Austria during the winter. In addition, the mountain world is not only connected to the ski resorts of Radstadt and Altenmarkt, it is also part of the Salzburg Sports World and thus the world's most famous ski association.
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The large ski resort between Zauchensee and Flachauwinkl has a total piste length of 44 kilometres and 16 ski lifts. The lake landscape scores with a great location in a romantic mountain world between Tauernkar, Roßkopf and Gamskogel and is therefore the ideal starting point for varied skiing adventures for every level of difficulty.
Fun on the slopes for all requirements
The three surrounding mountain landscapes offer the perfect terrain with versatile piste fun for all sporting requirements. Beginners will find almost 24 kilometres of easy piste landscapes that are just right for relaxed cruising. Deep-snow experts and ski racers get their money's worth on the challenging downhill runs around the Beggipfel. In particular, the downhill slalom of the Kogelalm and the mogul piste at the Roßkopf bring every skier to their sporting limits.
The Zauchi`s Kinderland offers easy practice slopes for the first turns in the snow for small ski beginners. The mini lift and the magic carpet also ensure fun during the ascent. With the support of experienced ski instructors, nothing stands in the way of your upcoming career as a ski professional. Freeriders can let off steam on three varied routes. The cool "Absolut Funpark" in Flachauwinkl and Kleinarl is a Mecca for freestyle skiing and snowboarding. With seven challenging obstacles, it is exactly the right terrain for freestyle artists. The Kogelalm has a state-of-the-art training centre.
Excellent service at Zauchensee Ski Hire
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"Less politics and more action. I am a doer.
Pointing out issues is easy. Working towards real solutions takes hard work and effort. Since day one, I have been out in the community actively working to serve the people directly and deliver results."
"Being there for the community when the people needed it the most and personally helping and connecting people to resources in anyway I could was extremely humbling and rewarding."
Everett was disproportionately hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. When our residents needed the most, Stephanie was on the frontlines and by our residents’ steps along with city employees and volunteers to deliver the help that our residents needed.
• Stephanie helped to distribute hundreds of masks, diapers, food to seniors and COVID positive families, and was present at our various food distributions every week during the lockdown.
• Stephanie personally filled her car and drove hundreds of deliveries weekly to churches and community leaders where the food was redistributed to families in need. She helped to connect our community organizations with city resources for a greater reach.
• Honored our health workers during the most traumatic period of the COVID-19 pandemic in a partnership with. businesses and children from the community.
• In a collaboration between the Council on Aging of the City of Everett, School Committee member Marcony Almeida-Barros, local businesses, the Universal Church, LUMA, and the Eliot Resource Center, Stephanie distributed full Thanksgiving baskets with a frozen turkey, all of the fixings, masks and hand sanitizers to more than 250 families in need.
• Stephanie founght for vaccine access equity and worked with partners and the media to personally connect residents with the city’s vaccination clinic including non-English speakers who received their COVID-19 shots.
• Stephanie helped to promote, identify venues, and personally registered hard to reach non-English speakers at the mobile vaccine clinics
• Promoted local services available through her Amplifying Resources series where our local organizations were given a space to share their journey and information on the services they provide to the community.
• Created the Everett Housing Taskforce as a forum for housing advocates, community leaders, residents, business owners, and experts to discuss and evaluate policy solutions for the city and present recommendations.
• Provided multilingual Landlord/Tenant Housing Rights Workshops in partnership with the Attorney General’s Office, City Life Vida Urbana, The Everett Haitian Community Center, and Garreta Law.
• Provided Housing Rights Training to the EPD in partnership with the Greater Boston Legal Services
Connected multiple residents with GBLS for eviction representation
• Advocated for the creation of a municipal rental assistance fund
• Personally assisted residents with filling out and making sure applications were processed
• Shared know your rights pamphlets
• Translated city's rental application and assisted diverse individuals with their rental relief applications process
• Advocated for a more streamlined RAFT application
• Provided RAFT workshop in partnership with Metro Housing Boston
• Created the Everett Housing Trust Fund through which Home Repair Loans and First Time Homebuyer grants can be generated and funding for affordable housing projects can be provided.
As a product of the public school systems herself and a former ELL student who put herself through college working to support herself as a young adult, Stephanie understands the struggles of our youth first-hand and has been a constant presence supporting the youth in Everett.
Stephanie has been actively involved with our youth in many different aspects:
• Supporting the key-club and special needs students as a member of the Kiwanis Club of Everett
• Sponsoring the Resolution recognizing the creation of Everett's first Youth Council where she serves as an Adult Advisor
• Providing guidance and coaching for students during the yearly career fairs, science fairs, and mock interview days
• Supporting student clubs’ events with guest speakers and resources
• Creating paid internship opportunities to promote civic engagement in partnership with the Clerk's and Elections Office.
• Volunteering with EPS to deliver Chromebooks to families during the pandemic
• Partnering with businesses to provide toys for Christmas
• Visiting our schools during Read Across America Week to read to our diverse students in English, Portuguese, and Spanish
• Working with parents and the Everett Police Department to address teen rape and drug use
• Served as an advisor for the Business and Law Academy
• Served on the steering committee for the school reopening plan
• Served as a big sister for 7 years
• Served as a Youth Leader at the Youth Power Group
"Supporting our veterans, seniors, schools, and celebrating in community is important to me. I love meeting our residents and being a part of the culture of the city. To me, real commitment is about always showing up."
• As a year-round supporter of our community, Stephanie has been a sure presence at Memorial and Veterans Day events, community and senior dinners, flag raisings, school events, Domestic Violence Awareness events, and volunteering with local organizations.
As a reliable resource for our business owners and a regular supporter of our business establishments, Stephanie has been a champion and a voice for our local businesses:
Providing information and guidance to new and diverse business owners navigating through the permitting and licensing process
Sharing information about COVID-19 guidelines during the reopening
Fighting for competitive business hours post-lockdown
Connecting immigrant businesses with the Chamber of Commerce
Recognizing community efforts by our local businesses
Supporting procurement training and business opportunities with the City
As a first-generation immigrant from Brazil who speaks Portuguese and Spanish and shares the same diaspora, Stephanie can relate and understand the needs of our diverse communities and has served as a bridge so Everett can be ONE and reach ALL.
• Personally translates city communications and applications into Portuguese to make information more accesible.
• Shares city news and updates on multi-lingual papers and radio stations
• Serves as a voice to inform the most effective ways to reach out and assist the community
• Advocated for more accessible and equitable vaccination sites with no registration and language barriers
• Connected local organizations with food distribution sites
• Assists individuals with City Hall related matters.
• Made the Presidential elections more accessible by adding multilingual poll-interpreters to the polling locations
• A champion for an inclusive redistricting process that is mindful of the diversity of the city
• A constant bridge connecting individuals to the resources available for residents
• A tireless spokesperson for voter participation, political education, and civic engagement
• Stephanie co-sponsored a resolution in support of the Work and Family Mobility Act.
Stephanie is the first freshman Councilor to chair a Committee.
As the Chair of Public Safety, Steph's first order of business was to visit each of the Fire Stations and Police station. Stephanie wanted to fully understand the make-up, needs, inventory, and the department budget prior to engaging in any discussions. Stephanie believes that the investment in public safety should follow development trends in the city to guarantee the safety of our first responders and residents. Stephanie is also constantly listening to our residents and voicing concerns for safer streets and much needed programs.
• Advocated for the safety and well-being of our firefighters with up to date gear, no exposure to fumes at Temporary Station, and a fully equipped gym
• An advocate for the building of a modern Police Station and investing in better equipment that can better serve our community.
• Advocated for added lighting and speed control measures to make our streets safer for our residents
• Worked together with parents and the police to address the issue of drug abuse and teen rape
• Supports the investment/partnership of the EPD with diversion programs
• Believes that sports, mentorship, professional training, and employment opportunities can protect our youth.
• Worked closely with residents to advocate for parking changes and speed controls
• Partnered with residents and businesses to provide Christmas gifts for Parlin and George Keverian students
• Currently working with Roads A and B residents on to improve the cleanliness, maintenance, lighting, and mitigate speeding issues.
• Ongoing work to tackle the rodent issue with a reassessment of the trash collection process and education around recycling and ordering additional barrels.
Everett Counts: Census 2020
In Everett, everybody counts. And to ensure that even the hardest to count communities would be included, Stephanie rolled up her sleeves and hit the streets to assist the city along with local organizations and Census partners to get our residents counted. Stephanie's drive and commitment was crucial for our Census results.
• Created multilingual literature for distribution in partnership with local residents and the Clerk's Office
• Organized and collaborated with the Everett Complete Count Committee to promote canvassing events and distribute census materials
• Promoted education about the Census online, multilingual media, and at local small businesses
• Coordinated with MA Counts, Census Bureau, Clerk's Office, and Everett Public Schools to set up tables in front of our schools to reach more residents
• Added Census materials to pantry distribution items
• The Everett count increased by approximately 15% as a result
Addressing the Digital Divide
"Stephanie understands how critical it is for the community to have access to a quality internet connection and has been an advocate for digital access, working to address the digital divide and improve the broadband infrastructure in the city."
• Sponsored resolution declaring the lack of access to quality internet a public health crisis.
• Worked with Xfinity to address service disruptions and prevent pricing increases in the middle of the pandemic
• Currently, part of the Digital Access Workgroup with the MAPC, City Administration, Communications Department, Everett Public Schools, and local community groups
• Supports the establishment of Everett's own Municipal Broadband
Fighting for Our Animals and the Environment
"As a dog owner herself, Steph is an advocate for rescue, dog parks, and humane practices for dogs and all animals including wildlife. Steph has always been present during the waterfront cleanups and supports alternative transportation, green municipal buildings, and reducing plastic waste."
• Sponsored resolution to designate Seven Acre a dog park.
• Sponsored ordinance protecting wildlife from inhumane treatment by pest control companies
• Currently working on ordinance to reduce plastic waste.
Standing With Our Union Brothers and Sisters
• Steph has stood in solidarity with our union brothers and sisters in their fight for better contracts.
• Always an advocate for our union members during budget season, Steph supports offering competitive salaries
and fully staffing departments.
• Steph is the current lead sponsor on an ordinance for Everett to be the first municipality in MA to opt-in to offer Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML) to city employees.
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PIXABAY, PUBLICDOMAINPICTURESVolcanic eruptions 252 million years ago dumped loads of carbon dioxide into the oceans, causing acidification that led to mass extinctions globally, according to work published in Science last week (April 10).
“Scientists have long suspected that an ocean acidification event occurred during the greatest mass extinction of all time, but direct evidence has been lacking until now,” lead author Matthew Clarkson of the University of Edinburgh’s School of GeoSciences said in a press release. “This is a worrying finding, considering that we can already see an increase in ocean acidity today that is the result of human carbon emissions.”
During this extinction event, 90 percent of marine species were wiped out, along with two-thirds of terrestrial plants and animals. Scientists had proposed that volcanoes or ocean acidification could have been involved in the die-offs, but Clarkson team measured pH more directly than previous studies, according to...
By analyzing boron isotopes from Permian-era rocks in the United Arab Emirates, the researchers saw a sudden drop in pH that occurred over 10,000 years at the tail end of what’s called the Great Dying. “It’s such a rapid change, the ocean can’t buffer the CO2 increase,” Clarkson told Nature News.
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Various news outlets recently reported a fatal accident involving a motorcycle rider being struck by lightning. This is a tragic incident. It comes several days after I watched jaw-dropping video of lightning striking a tree at the Women’s U.S. Open golf tournament. The amazing thing about the video, beyond the lightning itself, was the number of people still milling around outside. It is the season for golf, boating, and other outdoor activities. It is also the season for thunderstorms.
In my 25 years as an atmospheric scientist and professor, I routinely observe that people either don’t fully understand what precautions to take during lightning or underestimate their risks. Here is the science behind strategies to avoid being struck by lightning (indoors or outdoors).
Photo Courtesy: We Love Weather member Wichofilms, Daytona Beach, FL
First of all, the vast majority of lightning flashes (roughly 80% or so) are intracloud (IC), cloud-to-air (CA) or cloud-to-cloud (CC). It is the cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning flashes that pose a risk to a person standing on a golf course, playing little league baseball, riding a motorcycle, or fishing in a boat. The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory website is a good starting point:
Lightning is a giant spark of electricity in the atmosphere between clouds, the air, or the ground. In the early stages of development, air acts as an insulator between the positive and negative charges in the cloud and between the cloud and the ground. When the opposite charges builds up enough, this insulating capacity of the air breaks down and there is a rapid discharge of electricity that we know as lightning. The flash of lightning temporarily equalizes the charged regions in the atmosphere until the opposite charges build up again.
If you are caught outside, there are some key things to remember. Lightning often strikes taller objects like trees, buildings, antennas, and metal poles. Because the atmosphere is a good electrical insulator, lightning is looking for the path of least resistance. Additionally, the physical processes that create a cloud-to-ground lightning stroke depend on the ground itself (graphic below). Most cloud-to-ground lightning is “negatively-charged” so I will succinctly describe that process:
- A channel of negatively charged ions surge toward the ground in very distinct steps. This is called a stepped leader.
- As the stepped leader (and its various branches) move toward the ground, it attracts streamers of positive charge.
- The electrical potential of the stepped leader connects to the ground, tree, building, or whatever is available in the pathway. The negative charge starts to flow down the pathway.
- A return stroke explodes “up” the pathway or channel and this is what we actually see as the lightning stroke. It happens so fast that you may not easily discern the direction of propagation.
- If there is enough charge left in the cloud, subsequent dart leaders can use the same pathway created by the initial stepped leader. The return strokes associated with dart leaders are why lightning seems to flicker. (This truncated summary is derived from an outstanding National Weather Service educational website called Jet Stream)
5 step cloud-to-ground lightning process (ADAPTATION FROM NWS JET STREAM)
By the way, “positively charged lightning” happens in a similar process except positive ions initially flow downward. It is often associate with “blue sky” or cloud anvils and can be particularly dangerous because often there is no apparent stormy weather evident.
You do not want to be the source of ions for those streamers nor near one. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website recommends the following actions if you are caught outside:
If no shelter is available, crouch low, with as little of your body touching the ground as possible. Lightning causes electric currents along the top of the ground that can be deadly over 100 feet away… Stay away from concrete floors or walls. Lightning can travel through any metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring.
You might actually be surprised to learn that about one-third of lightning-strike injuries occur indoors. Some tips to remember while inside:
- Stay away from plumbing or water. Metal piping conducts electricity.
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Authentic and sincere music and love and passion dance to Lithuania come directly from tango’s own homeland, Argentina. For the first time in Lithuanian concert performances, charismatic tango masters – singer, composer and dancer Eduardo Gimenez, accordion virtuoso Nerijus Bakula, and winners of many international competitions and festivals – dancers Brigita and Carlos Rodriguez will perform together. Talented musicians have created an exceptional artistic and extraordinarily romantic artistic program that elegantly incorporates a pair of sensual dancers. Sounds like tang king Astor Piazzolla and famous composer Jose Padula, Juan Carlos Cobian, Francisco Canaro, Carlos Gardel, Mariano Mores and others. melodies, the magic of the Argentinean tango will spread on stage.
Born in Uruguay, Eduardo Gimenez is a great traditional and popular Argentinean musician with unique voice timbre and artistry. His contribution to popularizing tango art in our country is truly huge. The artist is constantly involved in various international projects, revealing the charm and traditions of the fascinating tango.
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We employed a qualitative method. Various aspects of the volunteer's role were explored by means of semistructured questions, addressing their activity, their motivations, and their feelings. Participants were volunteers (n = 19) trained in palliative care and working at a university hospital. After giving written consent, they completed the semistructured questionnaire at home. Content analysis was used to identify the main categories of answers and the principal themes reported by the volunteers.
The main difficulties were related to uncertainty of the context. As every situation is different, volunteers could not define their role once and for all. However, they derived great satisfaction from their activity. A supporting frame and a good balance between constraints and autonomy were facilitating factors. Besides, the complexity related to the context contributed to make the position valuable and challenging.
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I can’t seem to let A.D. Gordon go. And yet his is not an ideology that almost anyone seems to care about these days. Isn’t the modern task to seek more leisure and relegate labor to lesser beings — transient workers, illegal immigrants, cheap Arab labor, robots if you’ve got ’em?
Aharon David Gordon was born June 9, 1856. Maybe that’s enough of an excuse to think about him right now. Guess I can’t wait until his yahrtzeit. Or maybe, I’ll have to revisit him again then on February 22nd for that. But tell me, what’s wrong with דת העבודה — the religion of labor? You’d think that at this point it’d be exactly what was needed.
So. Here’s the premise.
You’e got this land called ‘The Holy Land.’ Which would imply that there is something inherently holy about the actual land itself. If you read your bible, you might think that the Almighty bellowed over these valleys and deserts. That Abraham held his conversations with YHVH in that very place. That Sarai laughed at the message of angels. That Moses beheld an ineffable sight. That all of them and more were commanded to traverse that land and to make it (the land) fruitful, not just themselves.
And if that’s the case, then the sacred task would be to get your fingers dirty, crouch right down and plant something. Taste the soil. Plant it.
It’s only that way, said Gordon, that you can feel what ‘Holy Land’ is all about. Look at his clothes. Just look at them. A.D. Gordon chose to live as an agricultural laborer. He didn’t start out that way. And it’s not the only thing he did. He emigrated to Palestine in 1904 when his entire village was sold to a new owner and he was suddenly unemployed. It was right at the start of Second Aliyah. He had never done a stitch of physical labor in his entire life. But in Palestine, he insisted on tilling the soil, working as a manual laborer in the vineyards and orange groves of Petach Tikvah and Rishon le-Tzion. And he began to write.
דת העבודה — כי העבודה היא חיינו
The religion of labor — because labor is our life
Not a popular ideology, is it? Contrast this to Thorstein Veblen’s depiction of American values around the same time that Gordon was writing, and you’ve got the mismatch of the millennium. Conspicuous consumption and leisure class ideology will trump the religion of labor any day.
But still. We do have an environmentalist movement, do we not? And maybe that’s the place to look for at least a sympathetic view of the sanctity of the land? And okay, let’s steer clear of the whole Zionist thing, and try to get more universal here. Maybe it’ll help.
A.D. Gordon’s argument is that man knows the cosmos by what he does and what he lives — i.e., by the immediacy of his experience. He says that intellect is simply insufficient.
Let me stop right here and say that my volume of Gordon’s writings was given to me by my father — and I never saw my father do a stitch of physical labor in my entire life of knowing him. And yet, and yet, I’ve found an old black and white photograph of him, hoe in hand, ecstasy exuding from him like an aura from God Almighty, actually tilling the soil. Of the Holy Land. Circa 1956. A hundred years after Gordon’s birth. Now, I don’t know if my dad just held that hoe long enough for the camera shutter to click or if he really and truly gave Gordon a chance.
Whichever it was, the religion of labor didn’t stick for him.
But it did for me. Call it a defect, maybe. Maybe I just don’t know what to do with myself unless it’s labor. Maybe it’s why I drag out grading papers. Maybe it’s why when I finish the bloody papers, I go right to the garden, start planting, pulling, pruning, and having visions of Creation itself. Isn’t that what gardens are for? Microcosm of the macrocosm?
A.D. Gordon said that the source of religion is the feeling that man is an organic part of Creation. That God cannot be approached through intellect, but through the immediate living relationship. His philosophy precludes the desirability of hiring labor, and the exploitation of cheap labor — especially cheap Arab labor in pre-1948 Palestine. Even Socialism was too intellectual for him. It excludes the notion of spirit. And in particular, the possibility of the renewal of the human spirit.
He was not an exclusivist, even if at first he was a Zionist.
Jewish people, he said, should be reborn into or subsumed under just ‘mankind’ (along with everyone else) — and that too would get us closer to the feeling of Creation.
“Our road leads to nature through the medium of physical labor,” he said.
“Farmer!” he said, “be a free man among men, but a slave to the soil … kneel and bow down to it every day. Nurse its furrows — and then even its stony clods will yield a blessing! And in this ‘slavery’ remember that you are a tiller of the soil! A tiller of the soil in Palestine! This must be a badge of honor for our people.”
Which doesn’t mean bulldozing villages and ancient olive groves.
Which doesn’t mean building fences and checkpoints across the land.
Which doesn’t mean the hiring of cheap Arab labor.
Which doesn’t mean draining the Kineret.
And doesn’t mean nightclubs in Tel Aviv.
Or more settlements focussed on possession.
Maybe I’m a little old fashioned, or maybe it’s that I was raised on A.D. Gordon — but I just want to be in relation to that soil. When I was a kid we saved every penny to plant trees in that ‘Holy Land’ of “ours.” Donate money now, and that’s not where your money will go.
June 9th is A.D. Gordon’s birthday. In honor of Gordon — bring something to life.
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On June 8, a statue named “Catapulta” was installed in the front lawn of Fowler-Kellogg Art Center.
“A lot of my work deals with getting stone up in the air,” said artist and Rochester native John Van Alstine. “One of the tools that has always inspired me is the catapult. … (The statue) has that idea of the stone launching up in the air, accentuated by that big red arch.”
“Catapulta” was installed in honor of Sydelle Sonkin and Herb Siegel, who donated $1 million to establish the Sydelle Sonkin and Herb Siegel Chair for the Artistic Director of the Visual Arts. The community is invited to a ceremony honoring the couple at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 21, on the Fowler-Kellogg Art Center lawn.
“We both had been thinking about doing something special for Chautauqua,” Sonkin said. “The timing was such that Don Kimes, who is the current artistic director, was retiring (and) it just all fit. It fit with our passion.”
Kimes has been the artistic director of Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution since 1986. Throughout his tenure, “he expanded the presence of Chautauqua’s visual arts program by bringing visiting faculty of substantial renown, expanding the visual arts lecture program, and enhancing the exhibitions programs,” according to the VACI website. This successor, who will hold this new endowed position, will be named this fall.
VACI holds 11 exhibitions every season, sampling work from artists like Charles Burchfield and Reginald Marsh. It is considered “one of the most respected summer visual arts programs in America” and is cherished by Chautauquans, according to the VACI website.
In the 10 years that Sonkin and Siegel have been coming to the Institution, they have extensively explored the art galleries and programs together.
“Herb and I have had an incredible love affair,” Sonkin said. “Together, we have a love affair with Chautauqua, and it so enriched our lives. A lot of the things that we do here we do a little bit (of) in our everyday lives.”
Individually, Sonkin and Siegel have appreciated art outside of the Institution for decades. Sonkin first enjoyed drawing in her hometown of Detroit, and has been exploring art galleries and museums since her 20s. She came from an art-savvy family, while Siegel discovered his interest in art on his own in Buffalo, New York, as a young professional. He used to frequent Albright-Knox Art Gallery in his spare time.
“I get a real feeling of home when I have pieces that I’m close to,” Siegel said.
He said he always appreciated the memories associated with acquiring each piece of art.
The couple shares their love for artwork at the Institution, and it is this shared experience that motivated them to endow the VACI chair. Before their relationship began 10 years ago, neither of the two had spent much time at the Institution. Siegel bought his condo in the 1980s for business trips to Jamestown, but never indulged in the programming.
“It was our relationship that brought me to love Chautauqua as I do now,” Siegel said. “(Sonkin) really sparked my interest in the Institution.”
In the beginning of their relationship, Siegel decided to take Sonkin to the Institution, and they have come every season since. They said they value many aspects of the Institution, from the art programs to the Chautauqua Cinema.
With Kimes stepping down as the head of VACI, the couple hopes their donation will help the visual arts progress even further under a new artistic director.
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Investigative journalist, Vanessa Beeley gives an excellent summary and explanation of the ‘White Helmets’ organization, and with it gives us words that will no doubt bear some prescience in the weeks and months to come.
This organization is rightly considered to be the clean-up crew and public relations face to the west, for the activities of Wahhabi and Qutbist terrorist/invasion groups operating in Syria.
The US has admitted to funding this organization, and as well we know that they are funded through the UN’s NGO structures. | <urn:uuid:c88a41ff-9dc8-408d-a220-ff4519138446> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://freeukrainenow.org/2016/05/01/white-helmets-exposed-as-us-uk-agents-embedded-with-al-nusra-and-isis-video/?shared=email&msg=fail | 2022-01-20T16:57:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320302355.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20220120160411-20220120190411-00518.warc.gz | en | 0.939432 | 151 |
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Call it a moodswing, or call it a moodSPIN, with Star Wars Mighty Muggs, heads are going to turn…literally.
This Captain Phasma Mighty Muggs figure features a push-and-turn mechanism so that when fans continue pressing the button, they’ll send the metallic-clad leader’s head spinning! With 3 different expressions and a classic character design that’ll have collectors doing a triple take, Star Wars Mighty Muggs send moodswings on the upswing. Additional Mighty Muggs figures each sold separately.
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There are a lot of things people say we need these days: fewer guns, better schools, less rain on the eastern U.S. coast, more rain in the West, a certain person out of political office, etc., etc. I would argue that, above and beyond any and all of those things, what we need is more empathy. It’s a personality trait that’s hard to define, especially to younger minds, and harder, perhaps, to develop and express. In a recent council my husband and I had with our kids on the subject of empathy, the best we could do was: “walking in other people’s shoes.” That is, indeed, a part of it: using one’s imagination to picture what it must be like for someone to experience something. But the actual act of using one’s imagination to do that can be difficult, especially if one thinks quite literally, like children do, or if one has limited experience. And let’s be honest: none of us has experienced everything so we’re all limited in some respects. And the expression of empathy is another important “ball of wax” too. So, I’ve put together a list of a few movies that demonstrate, in practice, what the exercise of empathy can look like.
Some of them are “family” movies, but not all, because it’s as important for adults to expand their ability to empathize as it is for kids to develop it. Oh, and I found deals on all of them for you! You’re welcome!
One might ask how a movie (and book) about a boy who ends up at an exclusive space school for kids training to defeat a once-ubiquitous alien race that almost wiped out the human species has anything to do with empathy. Bear with me, because I think this movie demonstrates empathy beautifully.
Ender’s too young to remember the almost-extinction of his race, but not too young to’ve learned about Mazer Rackham, a former fighter in that battle who saved humanity. At the school, he meets Rackham and, through him and letters from his sister back on Earth, becomes more acquainted with Earth’s past. Even as his understanding awakens, his battle skills sharpen, until he leads squadrons of soldiers in what they think are simulation attacks on the “bugger” race that originally attacked them. When he and his squadrons finally, through a “preemptiveness” mentality and great skill, annihilate that entire race, he’s told that the simulations were in fact real. Because of he’s learned about what Earth went through, he realizes the horror of what he’s done. At the very end of the movie, he’s given an opportunity to atone for what he did. In the sequels to the book upon which this movie is based, he spends the rest of his life doing so.
Similarly, one might wonder how a movie about a man woken prematurely from a cryostatic sleep on a space ship bound for a colony planet millions of light years away could demonstrate empathy. One might, in fact, really wonder that when one discovers that the man, after years of complete solitude on this ship, wakes up a woman and tells her that she was accidentally woken up early too but that he’s there to help her. He’d found that his premature awakening meant that he would age and die before the ship ever reached the planet. Waking the woman meant condemning her to the same fate. He was the opposite of empathetic, right? Yes.
Through a series of twists, though, Aurora, the women he woke up, is faced with the possibility that Jim, the man, might be killed and she would be completely alone for the rest of her life, aboard that ship. She realizes the desperate straits into which he was plunged. She doesn’t forgive him for lying to her, as well she shouldn’t, but he strives to atone for what he comes to realize as the worst of mistakes by discovering a way to put her back into cryostatic sleep. She refuses.
It’s not for kids because there is nudity and some scary moments. But it’s great for some adult empathy developing, and…
Straight from CommonSenseMedia.org:
Parents need to know that Inside Out is an outstandingly original, heartfelt story from Pixar about growing up and learning to handle your biggest emotions. Told primarily from the perspective of the feelings inside 11-year-old Riley’s mind (brought to life by the voices of Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling, Bill Hader, and more), the plot has many moments of peril/tension — including bridges/islands crumbling, a train tumbling over a precipice, and characters falling into a deep, dark pit. (Spoiler alert: One key character also permanently fades from existence; that and scenes in which it seems Riley is “borrowing” her mom’s credit card and running away are definitely upsetting.) Some of Riley’s fears are also on display, including a giant, scary clown. Parents are likely to get hit hardest by the film’s heart-tugging moments (bring tissues!), but anyone with empathy will feel for Riley as she experiences life’s ups and downs. Ultimately, Inside Out has important messages about needing to feel — and express — all of your emotions, whether happy or sad. Although most of the content is appropriate for elementary schoolers and up, younger kids may need a bit more explanation about what’s going on, since there are references to abstract thought and the subconscious, and it can be a little confusing when other characters’ emotions are shown.
Remember how I said empathy is all about getting into other peoples’ heads? That’s literally what 90% of this movie is about. The main character, Dom, has the technology to get into their dreams to learn their deepest secrets and even plant ideas in their subconsciousnesses, but to do so he and his team of dream operatives have to dive deeper into his own secrets than he’s comfortable with. Indeed, such a dive puts more than just their minds on the line.
Beauty and the Beast
One might say that true love is a form of the purest empathy possible, one in which the person who truly loves is most easily able to understand the person he or she loves. It’s also the form in which that empathy is most easily expressed, and ideally, the most often returned. The tale of how empathetic love develops between Beauty and the Beast, especially the original version, is a sweet depiction.
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Residents of “O-House,” as it is more commonly known, enjoy the convenience of meals at Oglethorpe Dining Commons, which is located just outside the lobby doors. Easy access to central campus and UGA bus routes make it a popular hall for first-years and upperclassmen. All residence halls have secure two-factor building access, WiFi and Ethernet internet access, laundry rooms, study lounges, community kitchens and access to a 24-hour desk.
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Business consultants and executive coaches often use the line "even Tiger Woods needs to consult with a coach to improve his game". Sounds reasonable and it's true.
Golf guru, David Leadbetter, was recently interviewed in Maclean's magazine. He does coach the pro's as well as teach mere mortals at golf clinics around the world. As he puts it, "I'm a bit like Robin Hood because I rob from the rich and give to the poor." Since he charges up to $10,000 per day (for the guys competing in multi-million dollar tournaments) he can afford to give free advice to kids and young pros.
He did admit though that some golfers are "instructionally challenged" He was not so crude as to use the term LOFT (for "lack of f***ing talent") but he does sometimes suggest maybe they should try tennis.
It's also true for some ambitious new entrepreneurs who need to be told "maybe you should try a real job." Sometimes you just have to be cruel to be kind. | <urn:uuid:3091e4d2-8253-4d29-b509-6c29ced8def7> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://learningentrepreneurship.com/category/guru/ | 2022-01-20T16:46:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320302355.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20220120160411-20220120190411-00518.warc.gz | en | 0.983341 | 214 |
Characteristics of an effective mask
Internal medicine doctor and Advisory Board member for Boomer Naturals (a manufacturer of health products), Mary Clifton, said an effective mask must provide an adequate amount of filtration, fit, be safe, comfortable, and have more than one layer. When wearing a mask, it is important to make sure it covers your nose and mouth without gaps.
The purpose of a mask is to protect you from droplets that can be spread by someone near you or to protect others when you are in close proximity. So what kind of mask is the best? According to Clifton, there are many types of masks, each with a different level of effectiveness. Clifton said the most important thing when choosing a mask is about protection. Masks that you make yourself or buy online may have two to 60 percent protection.
Boomer Naturals Face Mask
This face mask of Boomer Naturals offers protection of anti-bacterial for 92.2%. that is based on the testing done by the Research Institute of Vietnam Textile and Center of Textile Testing. There are 3 layers in this mask, they are a layer of inner hydrophilic, middle filler, and also outer hydrophobic. Those layers cover your mouth and nose fully. This Boomer Natural prevents all droplets from spreading. It also provides breathable protection which is very good for adults although the user has sensitive skin.
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The demand for processed meat products is on the rise.
As a result, food producers must respond by adapting their working practices and operations. The method of processing for meat and poultry requires certain equipment so producers must ensure that they have the right setup so they can meet the demand.
Businesses operating in the meat and poultry sector are witnessing an increased demand for specialist equipment and this is being fuelled by a number of factors. Firstly, consumers are requesting a more diverse range of packaged meat products. Secondly, there is a greater awareness of the nutritional content associated with these foods and thirdly, more investment is being placed into research and development to enhance the nutritional content, creating healthier options for consumers. All of these things broaden the range of products that are available, placing increased pressure on producers.
The Use of Meat Processing Equipment
Meat Processing Equipment is a specialist type of machinery with advanced functionality allowing operators to process meat at scale without compromising on the quality standards that consumers expect from processed meat products. This type of equipment is becoming increasingly popular for several reasons. Not only does it provide more streamlined operations, it improves hygiene and quality standards too. Where emphasis is placed on health, hygiene and cleanliness, businesses are being encouraged to invest in this type of equipment.
The growth of the food processing industry on a global scale, combined with greater investment in automated machinery has driven the trend in meat processing equipment. In addition, research and development continues to evolve which not only improves processing techniques but also builds on new technologies used to boost productivity and allow businesses to grow much quicker. Stringent regulations placed on businesses in terms of packaging, processing and health and safety including hygiene regulations has also encouraged businesses to use new machinery to streamline production processes.
Meat Processing Equipment
Specialist equipment used for meat slicing is estimated to make up a significant proportion of the market. This type of equipment can be combined or integrated with other machinery to save time in productivity and activities such as weighing out products before processing.
Dicing equipment is also expected to experience a period of growth due to the consistency and speed it offers food producers. The growing trend for barbeque restaurants particularly in emerging economies is driving the growth in dicing equipment to create uniform cuts.
The use of blended meat processing equipment is also expected to rise due to the increasing demand for blended meat products such as burgers.
All of these trends have been documented in various studies into the way in which the meat and poultry processing equipment industry is growing. The two most notable studies include a study by Global Market Insights and another by Technavio.
Global Market Insights
According to the study by Global Market Insights, the industry for meat and poultry processing equipment will, by 2027 exceed £6.4 billion based on beef equipment alone. This increase is being driven by economic growth in developing countries which is, in turn, creating demand for beef products. The report also identifies other important findings on this industry:
The demand for chicken products is also on the rise due to a surge in younger people looking for products that are convenient and ready to eat. The market for chicken is set to achieve more than 7% CAGR throughout 2027.
More and more hotels and restaurants are requesting these products to serve to customers. As these types of businesses buy products in bulk, meat and poultry producers must switch to equipment that can mass produce processed food items quickly and efficiently.
Tender meats and better-tasting products mean that processing equipment must adapt to incorporate methods such as marinating and tumbling. Equipment in this area surpassed £1.6 billion in 2020.
The growth in dried, processed meat is also showing an upward trend and is likely to exceed £1.5 billion by 2027. This is largely due to the high protein content within these products and the increased shelf life that they offer, providing greater choice and convenience for consumers.
Technavio Industry Insights
A market research report exploring the current market trends in processing equipment for the meat and poultry industry between 2020 and 2024 was conducted by Technavio. Their report suggests, as does the Market Insights data that the growth in demand for meat and poultry products is in part, due to its nutrient content. Many meat and poultry products bring a range of benefits including vitamins and minerals, protein content as well as omega 3 fatty acids all of which contribute to a healthy, balanced diet.
If businesses are to survive and indeed thrive in the meat and poultry processing space they must implement new and creative ways to process these meats and particularly use the latest processing equipment. This statement is further strengthened by statistical data from Technavio’s market research:
Processing equipment for meat and poultry products is estimated to achieve a year over year growth rate of 2.47%, with equipment dominating the market throughout 2019.
The meat industry is a sector that is continuing to grow and while the market has shown little signs of movement in North America and Western Europe, it is expanding rapidly in regions such as MEA and APAC. This is largely due to an increase in consumption of meat products including processed items.
Most of the growth in demand will occur in the APAC region, which will retain more than 46% of overall industry growth.
There are also other contributory factors that govern rising demand including economic growth and changing consumer buying habits. There is a strong trend that shows a distinct move towards ready to eat meat and poultry products. This requires businesses in the sector to invest in their equipment and have the right resources to process the products at scale. China is one of the main markets for poultry and meat processing equipment and growth in this area is estimated to be much faster than any other region.
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Regular Coconut Oil 500 ml
Coconut oil washes out easily.
Although solid at room temperature, it liquefies to the touch.
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1) heat the bottle in warm water and pour it into wide-mouthed jars for easy access;
2) pour it into smaller bottles and use it in conjunction with an oil warmer; or
3) if you are so inclined, pop it into hot water or the microwave before your treatment and it will be liquefied in no time!
WARNING: All oils, regardless of brand, can be combustible. Use caution when drying or storing linens that have been exposed to oils. Dryer heat can result in combustion even during storage. Consult dryer manufacturer's guideline for drying and storing linens exposed to oils.
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Rod Crowe became the proud young owner of a 1970 Dodge Challenger in 1973.
His game plan was fairly practical because he wanted to buy a daily driver at the time so a ’70 Challenger was a pretty good bet at the time.
Fuel prices were on the rise in 1973, largely due to the Arab oil embargo that created shortages and subsequent higher prices in North America.
Rod’s Challenger was equipped with Chrysler’s legendary 383 big block at the time and was not exactly aligned with higher gas prices in terms of mileage. However, it was a brute force performer and gave the Challey plenty of horsepower for Rod’s needs–right up to the time he dynamited a piston and cratered the 383. Incidentally, he still has the exploded piston as a keepsake.
A new game plan was needed at the time so Rod chose a monster 451 stroker as a replacement for his factory 383 in 2013. A 451 stroker uses a base 400 cubic inch Mopar big block and adds some 440 DNA into the mix. Rod told MyStarCollectorCar that his new engine choice pumps out about 525 horsepower so his Challey is now even faster than its factory 383 version.
Rod chose to use the stock Torqueflite 3-speed automatic transmission behind his new engine, although he added a 2500 stall convertor for better launches. He also integrated a hotter electronic ignition into the firing system and is pleased with the results.
The ’70 Challenger was used as a daily driver for about three years and had about 82,000 miles on its odometer when Rod purchased it in 1973. It now has about 255,000 miles on it and Rod has enjoyed every mile along the way.
He has invested in the car’s well-being over the years, including a major cosmetic makeover in 1992 when Rod added new rear quarters, a passenger fender, new trunk tubs, and a replacement vinyl roof, among the most noteworthy improvements.
Rod also got rid of the 383 front fender badges on his Challenger and now flies under the radar a little because his car looks luxurious–even though it is fast and furious. Rod quipped his “ice cream doesn’t melt before I get home from the grocery store”–and MyStarCollectorCar totally believes him.
The Challey may be a hot car, but it does not run hot since Rod added an aftermarket aluminum radiator to his car so it could handle the heat produced by its beefed-up stroker engine.
Rod drives the car at every opportunity during the summer months because he still loves the car he bought when he was a young car guy in 1973. He also mentioned that his relationship with his Challey has “outlasted three wives” during the past 46 years–and that is a remarkable fact in his life.
Most older car guys have sold their cars from the early 1970s and the cars now only occupy a place in their hearts. But Rod is different because the ’70 Challenger he purchased in 1973 still occupies a place in his heart–and his garage.
Throw in over 177, 000 miles on the road together since ’73 and you get the picture about Rod and his Challey.
BY: Jim Sutherland
Jim Sutherland is a veteran automotive writer whose work has been published by many major print and online publications. The list includes Calgary Herald, The Truth About Cars, Red Deer Advocate, RPM Magazine, Edmonton Journal, Montreal Gazette, Windsor Star, Vancouver Province, and Post Media Wheels Section.
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The Los Angeles Kings announced the return of their leading scorer on Tuesday, activating Anze Kopitar from injured reserve for tonight’s game against Colorado at the Pepsi Center.
Kopitar, 25, had been out of action with a knee sprain suffered playing with Mora IK of the Swedish second division during the lockout.
He proceeded to miss LA’s opening-day game against Chicago — a 5-2 loss at Staples — but was able to partake in the pregame ring and banner-raising ceremony.
Not that it helped any.
“It definitely wasn’t fun,” he told NHL.com. “But it is what it is. I’d much rather play in 47 (of the truncated 48-game regular season) than to get hurt and be sidelined for a lot longer.”
Sounds as though Kopitar will resume his first-line duties, centering Dustin Brown and Justin Williams. That trio was huge for the Kings during their Stanley Cup championship run, combining for 55 points over 20 games. | <urn:uuid:d7f01a56-098f-4762-97d2-3d1c3940f6ac> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2013/01/22/kings-activate-kopitar-knee-will-play-vs-colorado/ | 2022-01-20T17:30:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320302355.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20220120160411-20220120190411-00518.warc.gz | en | 0.972169 | 221 |
Do you have a child who is a picky eater or were you once a picky eater as a child? Have you ever forced children to eat food or experienced being forced to eat food? If yes, how do you feel about that certain food item now as an adult? Forced feeding or forced consumption is defined as: “a situation where an individual (parent, caregiver, relative, friend or acquaintance) forced/demanded that you consume a specific substance such as food or beverage against your will”.
In a 2002 study by Batsell et al., the most common “forced” substances are vegetables (49.5 %), red meat (15.9 %) and seafood (7.5 %), fruits (6.5 %), milk, dairy and pasta. One factor that would influence a child to eat is neophobia or the unwillingness to consume a new food item and it would take 10 exposure trials before the child begins to accept the novel food. This could be aggravated by taste dislike and negative social situations such as punishing children if they do not eat the food. On the other hand, parents or caregivers justify their actions by saying “it's good for you”, “try something new”, “avoid wastefulness”, “child was too skinny” which aims to just increase the child’s size instead of improving their overall health. Even though the objective is to teach children to eat new food or vegetables - force feeding with punishment, humiliation or using another food as a reward is an ineffective way of teaching healthy food practices in children because it will cause a negative association with food which can be carried on up to adult life. In the same study, 72% of the respondents reported that they would not willingly eat the target food today as an adult. This could be detrimental if that individual develops rejection of a whole food group such as fruits and vegetables due to negative childhood experiences.
In extreme cases, force feeding may negatively affect a child’s nutrition when a caregiver or parent injures the child’s mouth or teeth by forcing a spoon or utensil inside the mouth of a resisting child. Mouth injuries related to forced feeding is considered child abuse - a violation of children’s rights. Since we are celebrating the National Children’s Month, we should be aware of these signs and take action to “protect all children from forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child” as stated in Article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of Children.
There are ways to encourage children to eat healthy food through effective and positive methods such as:
● Eating a variety of fruits and vegetables during pregnancy because studies have shown that a baby’s taste preference is influenced by the mother’s diet during pregnancy.
● Set an example and eat fruits, vegetables and other healthy dishes as a family since children tend to mimic adults in social situations such as eating.
● Assist children to eat, being sensitive to their cues or signals.
● Talk to children during feeding with eye-to-eye contact.
● Feed slowly and patiently, encourage but do not force. Do not force feed, punish or humiliate a child if they do not want to eat a certain food because this will cause greater negative association with the target food.
● Do not deceive the child that a certain food tastes good when it’s not because it will cause distrust and will make future food introductions harder.
● Include small pieces of the new food item with the familiar foods to gradually introduce it into your child’s diet.
● Respond positively to the child with smiles, eye contact and encouraging words.
● Feed the child slowly and patiently with good humor.
● Try different food combinations, tastes and textures to encourage eating.
● Wait when the child stops eating and then offer again.
● Give finger foods that the child can feed him/herself.
● Minimize distractions if the child loses interest easily.
● Stay with the child through the meal and be attentive.
With these positive and effective methods - both parent and child will have a positive eating experience and children will develop trust in their parents or caregiver in trying new food items. If you are having concerns for a child who is a picky eater, consult a pediatrician to give you tips on parenting or to assess if your child has an underlying medical condition that makes him or her avoid a certain food. In cases of potential child abuse, take action and report these incidences to the authorities or to the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
• Batsell Jr, W. R., Brown, A. S., Ansfield, M. E., & Paschall, G. Y. (2002). “You will eat all of that!”: A retrospective analysis of forced consumption episodes. Appetite, 38(3), 211-219.
• United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (1995). Convention on the Rights of the Child. United Nations Human Rights. Date Accessed 02 November 2021. Retrieved from https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx
• Antoinette Laskey, & Andrew Sirotnak. (2020). Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management: Vol. 4th edition. American Academy of Pediatrics. | <urn:uuid:ee9862d4-ec1c-47b2-9053-c451f06f8c4d> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://nnc.gov.ph/regional-offices/mindanao/region-xi-davao-region/6364-why-you-should-not-force-feed-your-child | 2022-01-20T16:16:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320302355.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20220120160411-20220120190411-00518.warc.gz | en | 0.943554 | 1,148 |
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Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, Stein Mart is a national retailer offering the style product, administration and introduction of a superior office or claim to fame store. Their engaged grouping of product highlights ebb and flow season, moderate to all the more likely style clothing for ladies, men and children, just as adornments, shoes, home designs, all offered at costs focused with off-value retail chains.
Their shopping background is more upscale than other off-value retailers, without any difficulty of-shopping, administration and introduction of product by classification, brand, style and size. Their client is both style cognizant and worth looking for with better than expected family unit salary.
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Simple and fun painting activity for Easter. We can easily set up this easter egg painting activity with things we have at home. Don’t we all love such activities?
Simple and fun Easter egg fork painting activity for kids Click To Tweet
- Xacto knife
How to paint the Easter eggs?
Draw eggs of different sizes using the paper knife. If you do not have paper knife, you can use oval punches or draw the eggs using pencil and cut it out with scissors. Parents can do this part of the activity and leave the painting to the kids.
Paint the back side of the fork with different colored paint
Draw different patterns on the eggs you have drawn on paper. Try out straight lines, zig zag lines and other patterns.
Use different color combinations and make your eggs colorful
Lift the eggs carefully. If you have drawn them using pencil, cut them out using scissors.
Your beautiful Easter eggs are ready. Hang them as a garland or use them as part of other craft activities.
Have you tried this super simple Easter painting activity with your child? Even toddlers can do this Click To Tweet
Want to see how we made these eggs? Check out the video below
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Have you ever thought which are the songs which will always remain in our playlist. Is it the most hit songs(Honey Singh types- दिल चोरी साड़ा हो गया...), trending nos. (रंग दे तो मोहे गेरुआ) or most viewed one ( दिल पे पत्थर रख के मुँह पे मेक अप कर लिया - 21 crore views). Mostly none of them.
Our playlists have songs which are close to our heart, they may be enjoyed listening with friends on a Manali trip (Why Manali-as I have some😉) or with family on a road trip, may be from a movie you can connect with or may be the one with extraordinary music, lyrics and singer combo.
So it has nothing to do what others like or want, it has to do more with your own inner happiness and delight.
It's sort of personalisation. Isn't it!!
Then why we try to copy others when it comes to investment. Why we invest in Gold in 2012, real estate in 2013, Equities in 2007 and mid and small cap funds in 2017-18.
Just go with the songs (investments) which you enjoy, I like combination of Kishore,Asha,Gulzar and R.D.Burman, but many of you might have a different choices. So my asset allocation or investment in equity or real estate or gold can't be like yours.
Even siblings can't have similar asset allocation the way they don't have similar playlists.
This weekend decide on your favourite investments (playlist) which suits your goals, risk profile, income, expenses, assets, liabilities, responsibilities, health condition etc etc..and enjoy musical journey of life.
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MORNING FRIENDS! Like many of you, I’m ramping up my production of holiday cards. I don’t have time to individually hand color every card with Copics so I’ve been thinking of ways to easily mass produce cards. So I rummaged through my collection of stencils and pulled out the Let it Snow Layering Stencil by Taylored Expressions. I’ve linked the supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.
Today’s project features:
- Let it Snow Layering Stencil by Taylored Expressions
- Ink blending, heat embossing and die cuts
- Additional basic supplies linked in thumbnails below.
For something different, I decided to use kraft paper — in this case, Neenah Desert Storm 100# paper. The Let it Snow Layering stencil comes in three parts so that you can stencil each layer in a different color. The first two layers consist of the large snowflakes. I used Distress Ink in Rustic Wilderness for layer one and Festive Berries for layer two. However, I actually inked the third layer first using Hero Arts pigment ink in Unicorn followed by Brutus Monroe embossing powder in Alabaster. As a result, I could complete all the heat embossing without waiting for the ink blended snowflakes to dry.
For the sentiment, I used the Mirthful die from Penny Black. I wanted to stack layers of the die cuts for dimension so I cut two layers from the Desert Storm cardstock and the top layer from the Slick Glitter Paper that I found at Michaels. This cardstock has the appearance of fine glitter but the surface is smooth. I adhered the layers together with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive and then glued the letters to the front of the card. I glued the card front to a card base cut from Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock and called it done!
That’s all for today! See you soon!
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Count the houses of worship: From Tyson Street to Tabor in Olney, you can walk a straight avenue of redemption, rising with the sun.
Baptist, Buddhist, Catholic, Episcopal, and Evangelical—every people to their house. Only I visit them all, as part of this mester de juglaría, this cycle of irregular meter and spotty rhyme with popular heroes at its heart.
When the heroes fall (or are felled) their friends light candles. Their families stagger to front pews, crowned and adorned. Their altar servers let tattoos peek out from under albs as they ring the sanctus bells. And their deacons lay stoles of mourning over bent necks.
Sometimes a cop from the neighborhood comes too, and goes to one knee, sensing the need for absolution.
Before the candles, before the stoles and bells, before the cop—I get the call… | <urn:uuid:c608fc20-1a6b-446c-9f69-f9036cb68016> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://sabrinavourvoulias.com/fiction/el-cantar-of-rising-sun/ | 2022-01-20T17:29:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320302355.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20220120160411-20220120190411-00518.warc.gz | en | 0.933504 | 189 |
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|Title:||Configuration of the drainage angle, intraocular pressure, and optic disc cupping in subjects with chronic angle-closure glaucoma||Authors:||Aung, T.
|Issue Date:||2005||Citation:||Aung, T., Lim, M.C.C., Chan, Y.-H., Chew, P.T.K., Rojanapongpun, P. (2005). Configuration of the drainage angle, intraocular pressure, and optic disc cupping in subjects with chronic angle-closure glaucoma. Ophthalmology 112 (1) : 28-32. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.06.033||Abstract:||To investigate the relationship between drainage angle configuration with untreated intraocular pressure (IOP) and optic disc cupping in subjects with chronic angle-closure glaucoma (CACG). Prospective, observational study. Two hundred seventy-five Asian subjects with CACG who participated in a randomized controlled trial that investigated the IOP-reducing effect of latanoprost and timolol. Chronic angle-closure glaucoma was defined as the presence of glaucomatous optic neuropathy (with or without a visual field defect), an anterior chamber angle in which the pigmented trabecular meshwork was not visible for at least 180° on gonioscopy, and evidence of peripheral anterior synechiae (PAS) in association with elevated IOP of 21 mmHg or more. Static and dynamic gonioscopy were performed, the angles were graded in each quadrant according to the Shaffer scheme, and the number of clock hours of PAS was recorded. The untreated IOP and vertical cup-to-disc ratio were correlated with mean angle width and extent of PAS. Mean angle width, clock hours of PAS, IOP, and vertical cup-to-disc ratio. Most subjects were female (75%), and the mean age was 62.9±9.4 years. The mean angle width was 0.77±0.53 and the mean number of clock hours of PAS was 4.77±3.2 hours. Untreated IOP correlated with angle width (r = -0.23; P<0.001) and clock hours of PAS (r = 0.22; P<0.001). Vertical cup-to-disc ratio also correlated with angle width (r = -0.17; P = 0.004) and PAS (r = 0.28; P<0.001). Performing a multiple linear regression using baseline IOP as the outcome variable with age, gender, clock hours of PAS, and angle width as predictors, there was a 0.39-mmHg (95% confidence interval, 0.15-0.63) increase in baseline untreated IOP for each unit increase in clock hours of PAS (P = 0.002). In subjects with CACG, the extent of PAS and a narrower width of the drainage angle were associated with higher untreated IOP and a larger vertical cup-to-disc ratio. © 2005 by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.||Source Title:||Ophthalmology||URI:||http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/29137||ISSN:||01616420||DOI:||10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.06.033|
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Campus Only Senior Thesis
© 2014 Nikita Gettu
Victim blaming is one of the most prevalent obstacles in the recovery of sexual assault victims, especially in cases of marital rape. Given the media coverage of the Delhi rape case of December 2012, there has been an increase in international discourse regarding the impact of ethnic differences on rape culture, victim blaming, and gender equality. Indians, Indian Americans, and European Americans completed an online questionnaire that aimed to identify the potential effect of ethnicity and several other predictors on the attribution of blame in cases of marital and non- marital rape. Indian Americans were studied in order to investigate the possible effect of bicultural identity on blame attribution in rape cases. As hypothesized, Indian Americans scored between Indians and European Americans in almost all predictors of perpetrator, victim, and circumstance blame. Also consistent with study hypotheses, there were ethnic differences in blame attribution such that Indians blamed the victim and circumstance the most and blamed the perpetrator the least. There were no significant differences in blame behavior between Indian Americans and European Americans except for in cases of victim blame. As hypothesized, individualism, collectivism, rape myth acceptance, and system justification were significant predictors of victim, perpetrator, and circumstance blame. Additionally, there were significant correlations between types of blame, rape myth acceptance (RMA), and sexism. Also consistent with the hypothesis, perpetrators were blamed more in cases of non- marital rape than in cases of marital rape.
Gettu, Nikita, "Cross Cultural Predictors of Blame Attribution in Marital and Non- Marital Rape" (2014). Scripps Senior Theses. 445.
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