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the yes camp managed to mobilize a huge number of supporters during the last year.
and people deeply care when they have the feeling that they can influence decisions.
Speaking about the EU referendum, a colleague wondered if Cameron's attitude towards both the Scottish Independence and the In/Out EU referendum were similar - ie "surely they won't have a chance to succeed". Well, he miscalculated with the independence referendum, I hope the other one won't be as close.
Even though my last post on the Scottish Independence Referendum ended up being quite long there is still much more. First of all, I found a very good essay by Charlie Stross on the referendum, well worth a read.
There is obviously the economy. But then an independent Scotland might be better off or worse off or nothing would change in terms of the economy. We might have another total financial melt-down dragging down the rUK (or the UK) or the world develops a serious whisky habit. Well, we basically do not know and have no way of knowing what will happen. So, I am not really that worried about the economy.
I can understand old (retired) people voting no, for them it can only get worse. I still have a few decades of work in front of me (hopefully), so I am not worried about my pensions. I also do not see why I should suddenly loose them.
I am already a foreigner in the UK. My family is spread over a number of European countries, my friends are distributed all over the world. So if Scotland should become independent my status would not change. Who knows - I might even decide to become a Scottish Citizen.
Anyway, one thing that really puzzled me was that I kept hearing that should Scotland become independent then Labour in the rUK would be finished and the Tories would rule for ever more. A corollary goes, that should there be an in/out EU referendum in the rUK (without Scotland) then it was more likely that the rUK would leave the EU. Well, during the last General Election in 2010 the number of Scottish votes were about 8% of the total number of votes given. So, somehow, if those assertions are true, the Scottish vote although a small fraction has a big influence on the rUK election results. At the same time, the Scots complain that their views are not represented in the UK parliament. Something cannot be right here.
The graph shows the number of seats won by the Conservatives (blue), Labour (red) and other parties (black) for the past few general elections. The green line shows half the number of total seats. So, if a party is above the green line it has a majority. The solid lines show the combined number of seats for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the dotted lines show the number of seats when Scottish seats are added to the rUK seats.
The plot shows that there is very little Tory support in Scotland (well, we did know that) and hence the Scottish complaint that they are ruled by a party they did not vote for. More interesting is that at no time during the last 30 years the UK government relied on the Scottish votes with the exception of the last election in 2010: without the Scottish vote the Tories would have had an outright majority (now they are in coalition with the Lib Dems).
It seems the statement that the Labour would have no chance in the rUK is based on the results of the last election. If the British do not like the Tories, they should just not vote for them. There might be other instances in the past when the UK government depended on the Scottish vote but I have not looked that far back (at least I did not extrapolate from one datum).
I also realise that the first past the post election system produces non-representative results. But that works both ways - for the Conservatives in England and Labour in Scotland. No wonder neither of the major parties wants to change the electoral system. Another reason the vote yes.
It's getting late and I shall have a look at the EU referendum issue in a later post.
You can download my scripts that collected the data and did plot from my github repo.
I promised myself that I should write down my thoughts on the Scottish Independence Referendum before it actually happens on the 18th September 2014. It certainly has been a roller coaster ride of thoughts and only now a few days before the referendum my ideas have settled on a somewhat firm decision. When the referendum was announced I started off with no idea. After a while and some reading I was reasonably firmly in the no camp to the extent that I had a passionate discussion with a colleague about why no is sensible. Some more thoughts and I am in the yes camp.
I am German but I have made Scotland my home. I am very happy here in Edinburgh, a very international and multicultural place. My wife is Scottish, my kids are bilingual. They go to a school where about half the kids are multilingual too. I found Scotland very welcoming and tolerant. So my experience is that the desire for independence is not due to nationalistic feelings but a desire to shake up the current UK political establishment. In fact my personal viewpoint is that of an internationalist.
I think the difficulty with deciding which way to vote is because there is no way of making a rational choice. We cannot know what will happen in the future. I also think that both campaigns have been very selective with their messages. I did notice, however, that the no campaign is very negative about the future of an independent Scotland (perhaps it has to be). It is also very much stuck in the past - the UK used to be an empire which won various wars in the past (and don't get me wrong I am glad that Germany lost the second world war and had a chance to shed some of the entrenched traditions and outlooks and start anew). I think the Orange Order March in Edinburgh demonstrates this yearning for the past quite nicely. The yes camp is naturally a lot more positive about the future. It is probably far too optimistic about what can be done.
In the case of independence there will losers and winners. I suspect that some of the financial institutions will relocate South (presumably London).
Oil production tends to follow a bell shaped curve - the Hubbard Curve. The theory includes a slow build up of production where new fields are found and production is ramped up, a peak and a decline where it becomes harder to extract the oil and fewer new fields (which are also smaller) are found. So from past production data and especially once production has peaked you can extrapolate how long the oil will last. The UK is unusual in that it has peaked twice. We discussed that at work and my colleague Roy Thompson thinks that the twin peaks are due to the Piper Alpha disaster. By the way, the same analysis can be applied to gas production. So, oil and gas will run out in the next few decades (soon enough to be within my lifetime).
An independent Scotland should use the remaining oil/gas revenues to support new industries which will offer opportunities for good jobs that compensate the loss of jobs in the financial industry and prepare the country for a time when the oil wells have dried up.
I would have thought that an independent Scotland would want to be also independent of the pound. Initially this would mean a Scottish pound and a Scottish Central Bank. This is also a requirement for EU membership.
EU membership might seem like a contradiction to the desire to be independent. I don't think so. The Scottish Independence is not a nationalistic movement. I think it is about correcting the neo-liberal course firmly pursued by the various UK governments of the past 30 years or so. Being German, I am very much in favour of a federation. Some powers should be devolved to local entities whilst other powers should be devolved to larger, overarching entities. This could obviously include a UK state. However, I fail to see that the UK establishment has the capacity to change direction and enter a serious constitutional debate. Current talk about the UK considering leaving the EU are obviously worrying as well. It would be a great disaster to the UK (and Europe) should they leave the EU. The recent uproar about limiting the power usage of vacuum cleaners is very telling - we do want more efficient gadgets whatever they might be and it takes regulation to make these changes happen.
The initial thought that moved me from a tentative no to a tentative yes was that an independent Scotland would have a much smaller armed force and could not afford to take part in any foreign military adventures. I do not want to support military actions based on blatant lies (remember the 40min weapons of mass destruction?). Trident might not move from the Clyde straight away - maybe it will never move but the (r)UK may decide to just not renew their nuclear capabilities and decommission it.
The no campaign threatens economic disaster and Scotland being left undefended should Scotland become independent. Frankly, when I think about the future my view of it is not very positive to start with. I strongly think that we will need to seriously change the way we live. Wars over resources in the Middle East, civil unrest in the US, youth unemployment in Southern Europe, migrants fleeing Africa in the hope for a better life in Europe and looming climate chaos all suggest we need to change or suffer the consequences. On top of that we have a relentless industrial revolution were it is not clear that humans are the winners.
a small country such as Scotland might be more flexible, capable and adaptable to a changing world.
Finally, in any case, it is amazing how everyone talks about the referendum, in the streets, at the bus stop, at work. I think it does show that people have not lost interest in politics. However, it does suggest that people are fed up with mainstream politics. We shall see what will happen on Thursday. The one thing I truly hope is that participation will be huge.
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A recent survey My Yellow Brick Road conducted by The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU) reaffirms that migrant professionals residing in Saudi Arabia feel secure, happy and fulfilled in the kingdom due to a wide variety of reasons.
There are 151 people participated aged 30 years in average, in the survey throughout Saudi Arabia. 46 percent think that safety is the key reason of their satisfaction, 44 percent think comfort of friendships is the best reason, while 34.6 percent think comfortable lifestyle in the kingdom is best reason.
Participants said they had collectively achieved several goals, Money savings (54.6 per cent), a better lifestyle (38 per cent), buying a home (37.5 per cent), and paying for education (32 per cent).
Saudi Ministry of Labor (MoL) will impose various fines on employers / companies who are unable to follow new regulations. Below is the summary of these fines under new regulations, please note we have compiled this for information sharing purpose only, you may visit actual news site for further clarification.
SR 2,000 fine on employer on keeping passport of employee with him.
SR 3,000 fine under wage protection program on companies who are unable to pay salaries on-time to their workers. This amount of fine will be for each unpaid worker. Furthermore workers will be allowed to transfer their services to another company without the need of approval from current employer. Wage protection program will be compulsory for companies who are having at least 11 workers and a maximum of 100 workers on Feb 2016.
SR 5,000 fine on employer if he did not provide a copy of contract to his workers.
SR 10,000 fine on employer for offering such a job to male worker which is restricted for female worker.
Saudi Gazette has reported that Summary courts in Makkah and Jeddah have charged 24 with human trafficking and they are sentenced to 10 years imprisonment along with 1000 lashes and fine from 20,000 to 100,000 Saudi Riyals. Below is the infographic showing details of the court’s decision.
Saudi Arabian Govt has provided a helpline for expatriates to discuss and solve their problems, register complaints against abuse of law by sponsors or anyone else.
Expatriates can call this number 19911 and submit their complaint in a variety of languages available from Saturday to Thursday. Currently available languages are Arabic, English, urdu, Hindi, Indonesian, Amharic, Malayalam and Tagalog.
QSaudi Blog has created a very useful graphic for this purpose which can be seen below.
So if you are an expat in Saudi Arabia and you are having any difficulty regarding labor law, abuse of law or any other issues related with your company or sponsor feel free to dial this number and authorities will guide you to the possible solution.
Your Work Life in Saudi Arabia: How will it be?
Riding on a Camel back and moving across the sand dunes and winds in the Arabian Desert with an Arabic song playing in the background. The idea might seem synonymous to a lot of people’s perception of working in Saudi Arabia.
But, is there any other shade to this cliched thought?
Yes dear reader, there definitely is. Working in Saudi Arabia is a different experience altogether. Right from beautiful places like Dumat al Jundal and Jamarat bridge to the rich delicacies like Kabsa, Haneeth and Baladi cheese, this Kingdom has a lot to offer to those living here. Saudi Arabia gives numerous job opportunities to grow and excel in one’s professional life.
However, the discussion to follow will talk about the work conditions and idiosyncrasies in this country. Giving it a quick glance might help you gain an insight regarding the professional life and work environment you’ll be facing, once you are there.
What do you need to know about the employment contract?
You will be provided with an employment contract which will specifically mention all the details of the pay-package. Any verbal communication will not be considered or covered by the contract.
The employment terms mentioned should be in coherence with the labor law in Saudi Arabia, governed by the Ministry of Labor.
Though you’ll be handed over an English-language contract signed by you and your employer before departing for Saudi Arabia, but you’ll be asked to sign an Arabic version after your arrival as well. Arabic version is the one that will be referred in case of any dispute.
When checking the contract make sure the details regarding salary, job title and description, probation period, housing allowance and relocation costs are included.
What are the working hours in KSA ?
The number of hours you’ll have to devote to work per week varies between 40 to 48 in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, depending on the organization’s policy.
Office hours range between 7.30 am/8 am until 12 noon, then from 3.30/4 pm until 7 or 8 pm.
Most of the government offices are open from 7.30 am to 2.30 pm with the general banking hours being 8 am until noon.
However, in the month of Ramadan the working day is reduced to six hours, which a lot of companies apply only to the Muslim staff.
Friday is the Muslim day of rest and if your firm has a five-day working week, the other day off will either be a Thursday or Saturday.
What are the work ethics you need to keep in mind?
Work ethics keep on altering once you are moving across the globe from country to country. In Kingdom of Saudi Arabia they are much different to those followed at any work destination in the world. Right from the most conservative style of dressing to a specific polite way of greeting your co-workers, this country has the most different set of work and business etiquettes in store for you.
For instance, you will be expected to greet your colleagues by the title Sayed (Mr.) or Sayeda (Mrs.). Whilst working in Saudi Arabia you’ll also have to avoid scheduling any business meeting on Friday, which is generally known by the name ‘Juma’- meaning the prayer day.
What is the remuneration available in different professions?
According to a salary survey (in Saudi Arabia) by a reputed website the average monthly salary in the country is 16,252 SAR.
However, the maximum salary is as high as 140,000 SAR and the minimum is as low as 833 SAR.
The remuneration associated with some prominent professions in Saudi Arabia (as of 2nd Sep 2014) can be found below.
What will be the entitlements associated with your job?
Employment in Saudi Arabia includes a 21 days paid vacation for the first five years of your tenure. Some companies allow the employee to go on vacation only once in every two years. Hence, make sure that your work contract includes at least 21 days of paid vacation in a single year.
From the 6th year onwards the number of vacations increases to 30 per year. However, if your employer has made you to sign a contract of 21 days’ vacation even after you’ve entered the sixth year of tenure, the law obligates him to pay you for the remaining 9 days per year once you’re leaving the kingdom.
An employee working for more than 2 years is eligible for ‘End of Service’ benefits too.
For less than 5 years: 1/3rd of the ESB award or half salary.
For more than 5 and less than 10 years: 2/3 of the ESB award or half salary for the first five years and full salary for the next five years.
For more than 10 years: Full ESB award or half salary for the first five years and full salary for the rest of the years.
Working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will make you a part of eight million expats in the country, thriving for a comfortable and secure work life. But, it might seem like a cake walk, once you are well acquainted with the norms and regulations followed in this country.
expatriate women teachers on dependent visa (house wife iqama) can work at private schools without transferring their sponsorship to the school, This decision has been taken to tackle shortage of female teachers at private schools. Instead of issuing new teacher’s visas and source them from abroad Ministry decided to take advantage of locally available skilled female teachers. This will require a formal approval from the MoE (Ministry of Education) for each individual candidate.
Expatriate Dependents can now work in Saudi Arabia at private organizations or International Schools without transferring their sponsorship to their employers, Saudi Gazette newspaper has reported. This decision by Ministry of Labor will allow local community schools or private schools to hire wives or daughters of expatriate workers who are already living in Saudi Arabia but unable to work due to their iqama status, which previously not allow them to work.
This will reduce amount of foreign manpower required for local education system and help utilize existing manpower which is available here in the form of expatriate dependents.
Expatriate dependents which are previously living in Saudi Arabia but unable to take part in development of country can now easily join hands with locals and can utilize their education and talent to bring prosperity in education sector of Saudi Arabia.
I am emphasizing more on education because this sector lacks qualified staff and private schools are already taking benefit of expatriate dependents but in an illegal way (because govt does not allow dependents to work). However current move on MOL will bring a good change in local education system and it will make more and more qualified people available for hiring in schools and other organizations.
Schools in Saudi Arabia were always having problems in recruitment of female teachers because their guardians aren’t ready for transferring their sponsorship to schools. Now under monitoring of MoE female teachers can easily work in schools without need to transfer sponsorship (iqama) to school and schools will be responsible for their medical insurance.
As per Saudi Labor Law, daily working hours cannot exceed 8 hours so the same will be effective for female teachers. Additionally female teachers are entitled to 21 days paid annual leave.
There are further benefits for pregnant working females. They can have a maximum of 10 weeks maternity leave. They have a right to get 1 hour break for breast-feeding their children. Furthermore employer cannot fire a female during maternity leave and the employer will be responsible for all medical expenses for the pregnant female teachers. These are some great benefits female teachers will get, Thanks to Saudi Arabian Govt.
If you are not familiar with how to get your family in Saudi Arabia, read this post.
According to “the news tribe” Kuwait government will soon lift ban on visas for Pakistanis. This ban is started in 2011 which includes 6 countries and Pakistan was one of them. One reason of this ban was to control increasing number of expatriates in the country. According to a Kuwaiti newspaper, Kuwaiti government finalizes to introduce new laws and conditions for visa issuance.
This could be a great decision for Pakistani workers who are looking to go abroad for a bright future of their families. Below is a screenshot from the source of news.
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2019-04-20T00:22:16Z
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https://prosaudi.com/tag/expatriates/
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Women are making an invaluable contribution to the power and water industries as reflected by the many ladies amongst the winners of the 2017 African Utility Week Industry Awards that were announced at the CTICC in Cape Town last week. Three of the awards, namely Lifetime Achievement, Outstanding Contribution to Power as well as Young Energy Leader Award, were won by women.
More than 750 top level power and water professionals attended the fourth edition of the African Utility Week Industry Awards gala dinner on Wednesday evening, 17 May, which honour pioneering utilities, projects and people in the energy and water industry on the continent.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela’s personal assistant, Zelda la Grange, delivered an inspiring guest keynote address with charming anecdotes of working with and for the legendary anti-apartheid activist and politician.
Helen Tarnoy, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Aldwych International Ltd, United Kingdom, an engineering company that has been involved in some of the most successful independent power projects on the African continent.
Helen has been a passionate devotee to the African power market since her first contact with it in the mid-1990s. Her first major success was to lead the recovery and eventual success of the Songas Gas to Power Project in Tanzania. Following on the success of the Songas Project, Helen actively participated in all phases of several other AES successes in Africa including the acquisition and successful construction of the Ebute Power Project in Lagos, the privatisation and early operation of the Kelvin Power Plant in Johannesburg and the acquisition of a majority position in the Sonel vertically integrated utility in Cameroon.
As the Managing Director of Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company, Eng. Gichuki is responsible for running all facets of the business. He has a proven executive management track record and over 20 years of experience in managing growth in the water and sanitation sector. Most notable in his management of the company is the innovative inclusion of low income (informal) settlement communities as partners (customers). In 2016, the company participated in the planting of over 150,000 trees in catchment areas to help deal with climate change. Eng. Gichuki has been instrumental in guiding the sector to develop county specific implementation plans.
Rose has spearheaded the development and implementation of vocational training and skills development of plumbers and Electromechanical technicians within the NWSC which has benefited over 500 staff and contributed to the operational efficiency of the organisation. Rose is the first African to sit on the UNESCO – International Hydrological Progamme Advisory Board for human settlement, water and sanitation and holds the position of Vice President. In 2017 she was awarded the Golden Jubilee Award for excellence in leadership in service delivery by His Excellency the President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Rose is very active in the International Water Association and was at the helm of the International Water Chief Executive Organization forum held in June 2016 that brought together 14 CEOs from various water utilities in Africa and 56 key stakeholders to deliberate on the strategic priorities of the water sector in Africa and efforts to strengthen collaboration.
Ethiopia strives to be the hub of renewably sourced energy in the region and beyond. Ethiopian Electric Power is instrumental to this ambitious plan. EEP is a sole provider of bulk electricity to users, mainly to the Ethiopian Electric Utility; direct industrial customers; and exports to neighbouring countries. Djibouti and the Sudan are connected to Ethiopia by a high-voltage power line.
EEP operates and maintains more than 12 hydropower and three wind power plants distributed in different parts of the country with installed capacity of more than 4290MW, including the Gibe III plant (1870MW). There are two major hydropower projects under construction, namely the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (6000MW) and GenaleDawa 3 (254MW).
The Lilongwe Water Board is a statutory organisation that supplies water to the residents of Lilongwe, the capital City of Malawi and its surrounding areas. Currently, Lilongwe City has a population of about 1,000,000 and the company serves around 70% of the population. There are about 65,000 metered customers and more than 700 water Kiosks (communal water selling points) within the City. The total pipe network for LWB is estimated at 1,600 Km.
Successes in 2016/17 include the significant strides it has made in the reduction of Non-Revenue Water from around 41% in January 2016 to 26% by December 2016 thereby offering a cheaper water source in a way and by increasing capacity to deliver services by initiation and completion of infrastructure projects.
ACCIONA, SENER and TSK built Concentrated Solar Power plant in South Africa set a new African record for the continuous, round the clock supply of electricity. Within the first month of commercial operation, the newly-inaugurated 50 MW Bokpoort CSP plant, produced electricity for a continuous period of 161 hours, equivalent to almost six days.
Bokpoort CSP’s 50MW is equal to powering 21 000 households and has over 8 600 collectors at the plant with more than 136 000 mirrors. At its construction peak, over 1 300 jobs were created at the plant, filled largely by the local community previously dependent on farm work.
“It is a great honour for us to be recognised amongst all our peers across the continent. There are not many small scale projects such as ours around in South Africa so we sometimes feel a little bit on our own. We do our best to try and keep the standard high so for me and my team this is great encouragement that we are going in the right direction” – this is according to Anton-Louis Olivier, MD of Stortemelk Hydro.
Stortemelk Hydro RF is located in Clarens in the Free State, South Africa and has a capacity of 4.5MW. The Stortemelk Hydro will result in a reduction of 540 000 tons of CO2 emissions over its 20 year life span and was constructed on an existing dam.
The Hydro is the first to use a vertical Kaplan turbine and air cooled indoor transformers in hydro power in South Africa. The highly integrated and compact design reduces operational risk and maintenance costs. The project was constructed on time and on budget with 98% availability in the first 6 months.
“What is really unique about Solar Turtle are the safety features for women working in high crime rate areas such as informal settlements, rural communities or war-torn countries of the world. That is what we are really hoping to achieve. Not just making examples for the next generation of women to follow, but doing it safely.” So said James van der Walt, CEO of Solar Turtle, who accepted the award at the gala dinner on Wednesday night.
The SolarTurtle is an ultra-secure solar powered MU in a box. Shipping containers are converted into small, mobile solar power stations. These SolarTurtles are designed for off-grid schools where conventional solar PV solutions will not work. In crime-ridden areas across Africa traditional solar PV solutions have failed. The solar panels are typically stolen within a few months of deployment. The problem is so severe that the Gauteng provincial government was prepared to dismiss solar power as a possible electricity solution for schools and community centres.
The SolarTurtle is a solar kiosk designed for unparalleled security and maximum portability. These container-based solar kiosks are assembled off site then deployed by simply offloading the container and unfolding the panels towards the sun. In the morning when it is safe the panels are unfolded from their secure location to feed from the rays of the sun. In the evening when it is unsafe the panels are folded away into the hard shell of the container. The power from the SolarTurtle feeds the school and a small woman-owned solar kiosk business inside the container.
In July 2016 a consortium led by French multinational electric utility company Engie achieved financial close on the 100MW Kathu Solar Park project in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Developed by the consortium, the park is sponsored by the SIOC Community Development Trust, Lereko Metier, Public Investment Corporation, Investec Bank, and the Kathu Local Community Trust. Lenders on the project are Rand Merchant Bank, Nedbank Capital, ABSA Capital, Investec, and the Development Bank of Southern Africa.
Once in operation, Kathu Solar Park will have the capacity to supply 80,000 households across South Africa and will help reduce carbon emissions by 300,000t every year. The solar project is expected to be connected to the grid by the end of 2018, supplying clean and dispatchable electricity to the South African power utility Eskom under a 20-year power purchase agreement.
Charlotte Aubin-Kalaidjian is founder and CEO of GreenWish Partners, the independent power producer dedicated to renewable energies in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the past 12 months, GreenWish led the development, structuring and financing of the Senergy 2 solar PV plant, the first solar Independent Power Producer in West Africa. Charlotte’s commitment to the sustainable development of Africa is also demonstrated by her involvement and board positions in the R20 NGO dedicated to climate change actions, the Women in Africa Initiative, as well as sponsor and Jury Member of the Energy Generation Academy out of Lomé, Togo. She also acts as business angel and mentor with a focus on social and environmental entrepreneurs as well as young artists. She has initiated an ambitious Photo Project “Solar Magic” with Initiative for Global Development to illustrate the potential of solar on Africa society, economy and environment.
Fatima Ademoh is an energy and finance specialist and currently serves as the Project Developer in the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) funded off-grid Renewable Energy project being implemented by Ajima Farms in Nigeria. In this capacity, she led the preparation of funding proposal that secured US$150,000 grant in the USADF Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Challenge.
More than 170 entries were received for the African Utility Week Industry Awards. Huawei, the well-known global information and telecommunication giant, was the lead sponsor this year while other supporting partners were Aberdare, Eaton, Enel, ESI Africa, KPMG, Lucy Electric, SBS Tanks, Standard Bank, Steinmüller Africa.
African Utility Week is organised by Spintelligent, a multi-award-winning exhibition and conference producer across the continent in the infrastructure, real estate, energy, mining, agriculture and education sectors. Other well-known events by Spintelligent include Agritech Expo Tanzania, CBM-TEC, Kenya Mining Forum, Future Energy East Africa (formerly EAPIC), Future Energy Nigeria (formerly WAPIC), Future Energy Central Africa (formerly iPAD Cameroon), iPAD Nigeria Mining Forum, DRC Mining Week and EduWeek. Spintelligent is part of the UK-based Clarion Events Group.
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2019-04-21T10:40:20Z
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https://www.engerati.com/blogs/women-dominate-african-utility-week-industry-awards-cape-town-year
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Is Five Below Warm ?
.. Apparently it's been snowing a bit. A bit late, a bit dry, a bit warm and a bit much. How usual. The neighbors know what to do - enjoy and shovel. Thanks guys: it's nice not to have to "dig in" - "digging out" is bad enough.
.. 'Tis the season to start our vigil of snow watching. The snow pack is one of our most precious commodities. It nourishes the streams and the landscape through the summer months. It brings oxygen to the fish we love and it sustains life.
.. The current warm spell and heavy snow fall has produced dangerous avalanche conditions, but brings a chance for consolidation into a good base for the upcoming storms.
.. Our vigil always starts with a visit to the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center. It has resources for the region and links to the various monitoring data bases.
.. The avalanche specialists of the Gallatin National Forest are out there doing it right now.
.. They have a great photo gallery, real time weather conditions, and field trip videos. We tend to frequently visit the real time conditions at Lionhead, and the Madison Plateau SNOTEL sites the most.
..We salute those who go to keep us informed. Even with the advance of technology and remote sensors there is work to be done. Right now the snow sensor on Lionhead is acting up. You can bet the intrepid humans will be there to fix it soon. Thanks is given to you.
.. Periodically we'll report in on the condition of the snow. Right now we're a bit down in our neighborhood drainages - but it's early.
JELLO GENOCIDE FOR LAKERS ?
.. Straight from the Research Roundup (#283) at Montana State University comes news that there may be an effective way, (or ways,) to combat the Lake Trout population in Yellowstone Lake.
Jell-O, ultrasound, microwaves and electroshocking are among the possible solutions f or lake trout in Yellowstone National Park, says Al Zale, Unit Leader of the Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit at Montana State University. Lake trout, which were introduced illegally into the park, threaten native cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake. To find the best way to destroy lake trout eggs, Zale received a grant from the National Park Service. He and his collaborators will analyze several potential solutions and recommend the best. If Jell-O is chosen, it would probably be unflavored, Zale said. Workers could spread it over the fish eggs to smother them. Zale added that it would seem efficient to get rid of the eggs during spawning season, which occurs primarily during late fall. They know where the eggs are located because of past telemetry studies.
.. Follow the work at MSU on the Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit Page.
.. Did you know that the Pick Handle Barracuda is also know as the the "JELLO FISH?" World record for Sphyraena Jello is 29 pounds, 12 ounces.
..Taking his cue from The Trout Underground, Santa makes his plea.
.. We've not had much keyboard time of late, (fish // don'tchknow,) so here's our annual post for the island folks in the "QUEENDOM" of CALIFIA.
.. After "THE BIG ONE," The left coast is supposed to become an island.
.. The Maps below are for Joe at THE HORSE'S MOUTH. Que Tal Hombre? Es possible? Es Del Sud?
..Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo seems to be responsible for the island concept in his 1510 novel Las sergas de Esplandián. It sounds like a great place to be. All inhabitants are tall gorgeous black women. Strong, noble, warrior goddesses ruled in the land of Queen Califia: the most noble of all.
.. There's no specific mention of fishing or trout, in the work, but the trout was known in Spain, and there are some spectacular places there to fish.
.. Although contemporary Californios have taken their cue from the British tradition, they could have easily become fly fishers in the Spanish tradition.
.. The Spanish fly fishing tradition can be traced, (in literature,) to a retired Aragonese soldier's 1539 work,"The Little Treatise on Fishing", by Fernando Basurto.
.. The early Spanish flies were densely tied of multiple hackles, and fished with a long rod and no reel. Today 'dapping' is returning. Andrew Herd suggests that the Spanish patterns may have been intended to float. Ahhh, old is new.
.. From Seville and Granada come some of the earliest examples of fish hooks, and despite the extensive "press" given the Anglophillic point of view it seems that fly fishing is a Mediterranean, (nee, even Macedonian,) tradition.
.. As California becomes reclaimed by Hispanic culture and people, one would wish that the fly fishing heritage of Spain would also return.
.. Jeff Kennedy is grinding along over at Drawing Flies 365. Just a couple of days left. This blog is a tough act to follow and we eagerly anticipate the encore.
.. His flies and the blog itself are both informative and entertaining. We hope it remains in an archival state for many years to come.
.. There is a group of folks known as the "Prolific Daily Painters." These artists are committed to one work per day. Ann Elizabeth Schlegel is one who has practiced the discipline since August, 2006.
.. Her blog "Painting Each Day," has an extraordinary array of images, and includes a few flies as well, (#1, #2, #3.) The paintings of the flies are for sale, if you'd like to add to your collection.
.. HDW MOBILE has the new masthead in place and is, of course, is on the road. SHEBOYGAN? MENOMINEE? YEEE HA! The slick of the road in the upper Midwest. Happy Holidays.
.. Those of you following the march of invasive species should click on over to the INVASIVE SPECIES WEBLOG for a glimpse of our current biota; native and otherwise. (Last night's post is about the frog invasion in Montana.) Jennifer Orth has been busy cataloging the visitors since 2002.
.. The site is searchable, informative, definitive, current, and extensive. The 2009 invasive species calendar is available and all profits are donated to groups doing work in the arena of invasive species.
.. Don't get shot. Use protective coloration, (borrow a near-dead truck if you have to.) Take a local along. Knowing some Pauma & speaking a simple greeting is useful. Grunt up the steep and treacherous canyon from the bottom.
.. Catch 7" trout that are 11 years old. Don't touch them. Don't take them from the water. If you fish here you may capture one of the most rare trout on the face of the earth.
.. Puff down the hill. Avoid the local felines. Avoid the poison everything. Admire the fire-blackened trees and browning new growth. Drive a bit and have dinner at Baci Restorante. You did make reservations the week before? You did tip Tony the day before - right?
.. May we suggest: Calamari Fritti, followed by Insalata Capricciosa, then Rack Of Lamb Napolentana, and all accompanied by Colli Di Conegliano. A bit of vanilla ice cream, Galliano, and coffee should settle the meal.
.. We'd hope to live to see a real run.
.. From Protect Your Waters comes a note about Didymo and it's spread in New Zealand. The diatom has been discovered in the world fly fishing destination-river Karamea, in Kahurangi National Park.
.. The saga of threats to the Blue Duck is an example of "unintended consequences."
.. Rabbits, introduced to New Zealand became a pest. The stoat, (ermine,) was introduced to control the rabbits. The ermines found native ducks easier to catch and eat.
.. The native Whio, (Blue Duck,) is endangered and now being threatened by Rock Snot, (Didymosphenia geminata,) in addition to the stoats.
.. This double threat from invasive species is a classic example of the exponential threats facing native species around the world.
.. It's not good to fool with Mother Nature.
.. The same kind of threats face many species in Yellowstone National Park: fish and others. Our "deception" is improving all the time.
.. Early on, Victorians, Sportsmen, and Yellowstone Park Managers introduced exotic fish into the rivers of the park. The fish brought fishers. Fishers brought other invasive species.
.. Now Yellowstone's native Cutthroat Trout are disappearing through predation and interbreeding. Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, and Lake Trout are the primary culprits at present. The New Zealand mud snails, Didymo, and other world travelers are threats looming on the near horizon.
.. Fishing has grown, (though not recently,) to invade all fishable waters. It is a pastime that unthinkingly - or innocently - believes that it is about the fish.
.. Rivers, lakes, ponds, oceans, and the other waters that contain the fish are usually secondary in the thinking process of fishers. The ecology of the fish and its environs are way down the list of concerns and conversation. This has got to change if fishing is to continue in our national parks.
.. Rock Snot is at the south entrance to Yellowstone National Park. The threat is real and the diatom will probably be in the rivers within the park in the next year or two. It may be there now - unnoticed by fishers and managers alike.
.. For information about the hybrids in Montana's fishery visit: Trout Conservancy Of Montana. For information about Rock Snot just use your search engine.
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There is a lot of talk about Cloud Storage, Cloud Computing, Cloud Servers, and related things that can be accomplished in the pervasive land of distributed, abstracted computers.
Here we answer those questions for you.
What Exactly is a Cloud Server?
A cloud server is a “virtual machine” which runs on one particular physical host server (a.k.a. as “hypervisor”). The host server is generally big and powerful, and can run many virtual machines at once. So, your cloud server/virtual machine will typically be sharing the same underlying hardware with other virtual machines.
What makes these virtual machines “Cloud-like” is that you never have to know anything about the physical server on which your cloud server is running. In fact, your Cloud Server can be seamlessly moved from one physical server to another (minimal or zero downtime). Additionally, the capacity (memory, disk space, and CPU power) of the Cloud Server can be modified as needed without altering anything at the hardware level. Cloud Servers can also be provisioned (created) and taken offline “at will” as the underlying hardware is always there and the addition and removal of virtual machines is completely automated — one merely needs to configure the new cloud servers once they are online.
Does not run on multiple host servers at the same time — i.e. there is no multi-server or multi-data center redundancy built into a single Cloud Server. Redundancy must be obtained using multiple Cloud Servers or redundant hypervisor clusters.
How Powerful is a Cloud Server?
1 “Core” is 1 cpu “processor”. In modern servers each actual CPU is comprised of multiple “cores” than can operate in parallel. If your cloud server has “1 core,” then you get to use only one of these at a time.
Network speed is skewed to give the smaller machines at least a reasonable speed and to give the larger machines close to the full available capacity of the hypervisor. However, there is obviously capacity sharing going on here.
How does the scheduling of CPU actually work?
Each Cloud Server is assigned a fixed weight based on the size. So a 2 Core server will generally get 2x the CPU cycles that a 1 Core server would have access to. However, if there are free cycles on a hypervisor, all Cloud Servers may have the opportunity to “burst” and consume more CPU. This creates a leveraged environment that allows smaller Cloud Servers to likely consume cycles as needed, but still protects larger Cloud Servers that require higher loads.
How does scheduling of disk I/O work?
These days, most cloud servers use disk space attached from an external storage array (i.e., a SAN or similar solution such as “Cloud Block Storage”). The I/O capacity available to your server in these cases is a function of the connectivity to this storage system, the underlying storage solution (e.g., SATA, SSD, RAID level, number of drives, etc.), and what you may have purchased. It does not directly relate to your server “size” except in so far as your server may be “too small” to keep up with the data throughput/processing requirements placed on it.
Some cloud servers use storage located directly on the host hypervisors. This is usually faster and less expensive storage. However, the disk I/O capacity is shared directly by all cloud servers run on that hypervisor and the larger your cloud server instance, the more priority your I/O will typically have.
How Reliable is a Cloud Server?
Cloud Servers are only as reliable as the underlying host server hardware. However, there is no built-in protection against the failure of the underlying server (hypervisor) hardware. If its CPU or RAM should fail (or network card, or motherboard, or some cable comes loose), for example, that failure would cause downtime for all Cloud Servers on that host. In fact, should the underlying hardware develop issues, all Cloud Servers may need to be migrated to a new host server — with the downtime that a migration may require. However, the processes are all automated, including a migration to a new server if warranted. All of the hardware is standardized, so the detection of any issues and replacement of any problem components is very simple.
If other Cloud Servers on your host are all using a lot of bandwidth, then some instances may have less bandwidth available to them than otherwise. This may make network connections seem slower.
If other Could Servers on your host, especially larger ones, are using a lot of disk I/O, then disk I/O for your Cloud Server may be slower than otherwise. This could be problematic if your application is I/O intensive (databases and email are resource intensive, for example).
If your disk storage is on a SAN or “Cloud Block Storage,” a similar issue of I/O starvation can occur if other processes that use disk space in on the same physical drives that your storage is allocated on are overusing that storage space.
Finally, in addition to problems with the underlying hypervisor hardware, issues can crop up in the storage array. Disk drive failures can cause degraded performance. Multiple concurrent disk failures can cause data loss. Use of a cloud does not completely protect you from disaster; however, it does place proactive maintenance and capacity planning into someone else’s hands.
The larger your Cloud Server instance is, the more reliable and consistent the server is.
A single Cloud Server is less reliable than an single physical server (because you are sharing).
More reliability can be had by using multiple Cloud Servers for redundancy or load balancing (as with Physical Servers).
When is a Cloud Server a Better solution than a Physical Server?
This depends on how the pros and cons work out for your particular situation.
Most economical option. Since the underlying hardware is standardized, even a 100% size Cloud Server, where the entire host hypervisor is utilized by just your Cloud Server, can be cheaper than a similar physical dedicated server outside of the Cloud. Certainly smaller-sized Cloud servers are extremely affordable.
Easy to upgrade or downgrade. Cloud Servers can be upgraded or downgraded to other sizes with just the touch of a button and a few minutes of downtime. This is much simpler than with a Physical Server, where upgrades may require downtime and/or migrating to a new server with requisite costs. With Physical Servers, a downgrade is also not usually an option.
Good contract terms. Since the provisioning and de-provisioning of Cloud Servers is automated (i.e. no hardware needs to be deployed or removed), it is very fast to setup or remove a server. As such, Cloud Servers are billed as a commodity (i.e. by the hour or minute). LuxSci provides favorable terms where Cloud Server accounts can be closed with little notice.
No Bulk Mailing. To prevent the IP addresses associated with the Cloud Servers from being “tarnished” by Spam blacklists, there is always a very strong no-bulk-mailing policy on Cloud Servers (and this applies to all Cloud Servers in general, including the Amazon Server Cloud). If you need to send bulk mail of any kind, you will need a different kind of environment. LuxSci has a special architecture that works around this limitation of Cloud Servers to allow reliable email delivery.
Shared Hardware: The shared underlying hardware could result in decreased performance in some cases. It is also technically less secure/private to share hardware than not to share hardware. I.e., you should not put an application that must be PCI-compliant on a Public Cloud Server.
Bandwidth. Outbound network bandwidth is metered in that you pay for what you use. If you need to use lots of bandwidth (i.e., 500-1000+ GB) each month, it may be cheaper to get a Physical Server (or a LuxSci Enterprise Class Cloud Server) where the first several Terabytes of bandwidth included.
Network Connectivity. With the largest Cloud Servers, you can have essentially a 1 Gigabit connection to the Internet as a whole (a saturated 1 Gbps connection only gives you 600-750 Mbps of bandwidth in practice). Smaller Cloud servers have limited network speeds.
Complex Scenarios. If you require hardware load balancing, hardware firewalls, or other advanced configurations, you will want a Dedicated Server, rather than a cookie-cutter Cloud Server.
Hardware Issues. Enterprise Class servers use a cluster of hypervisors instead of a single one. If there should be a hardware issue, your server is instantly rebooted onto another good hypervisor. You suffer from less than a minute of downtime in the case of hardware failure instead of minutes or hours.
Private Cloud. The cluster of hypervisors is private to LuxSci and LuxSci’s customers. This provides a much greater level of security. The risk of customers in one server exploiting and attacking customers in another server hosted on the same hypervisor is dramatically reduced compared to the use of public cloud servers.
Disk I.O. LuxSci’s hypervisor clusters are directly and redundantly connected to a high-speed encrypted private storage area network. Disk I/O speed is much higher than with public cloud servers.
Network Bandwidth. LuxSci has a very large reserve of available outbound bandwidth. As such, we give each Enterprise Class server 10,000 GB of outbound bandwidth per month, included.
IP Addresses. The IP addresses of LuxSci’s Enterprise Class servers are not gray-listed or tainted. They are great for sending email. LuxSci also has a special solution for its Business Class cloud servers that serves the same purpose.
Ask LuxSci for a free consultation.
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May 31, 2016. The latest global ranking of national higher education systems reveals. in some previously uncounted public spending on higher education).
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On Wednesday night March 20th, hundreds of local public school employees. Organized by rank and file members of the New Jersey Education Association, they held signs stating "Fix The Unfairness.
The 2019 Best Public High Schools ranking is based on rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of reviews from students and parents using data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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now rank among the top tier of public priorities. About two-thirds also say that taking steps to make the Social Security (67%) and Medicare (67%) systems financially sound are top priorities for the.
"It’s the first time we’ve been number one among public universities," said J.J. Boehm, director of media relations for the university, adding that they also ranked eighth overall among all.
Charter schools are big business. Who’s making money off public education? The Arizona Republic reveals what charter schools don’t tell parents.
Oct 12, 2017. Times Higher Education ranked eight UCs among its “elite group” in its. five UC campuses among the top 10 public universities in the country.
Law and Architecture institutes in the country. In addition this year participation was made mandatory for institutes which were receiving public grants from the government. Among the 4500 institutes.
Eller College of Management’s Management Information Systems graduate department was ranked No. 1 in public universities.
Sep 21, 2016. Public schools, he said, are wasting taxpayers' money. The other roughly $560 billion dollars spent on K -12 education comes from the states themselves. when our students' test scores are ranked worldwide, checks out.
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Finland has been a top contender on every Program for International Student Assessment survey. The country built a comprehensive education structure designed to offer citizens free education with.
UA, based in Tucson, tied for No. 81 on the 2019 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities list, released this week, marking the best showing for Arizona’s three public. 75 countries. Both.
The Census Bureau compiles data on education spending per pupil and elementary/secondary education revenues for each state. Nationally, the most recent data indicates $11,762 is spent on public.
Jan 7, 2016. Oregon schools rank in the bottom third nationally, as measured by Education. 38 in public education, based on student achievement, school.
the lowest in the country, meaning 1 in 3 low-income students do not graduate. The regular high school dropout rate is 26.4 percent, the third highest." But these rankings don’t reflect the efforts.
After decades of under-investment in public education, U.S. students rank behind their peers in other countries, particularly.
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A public university is a university that is publicly owned or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university.Whether a national university is considered public varies from one country (or region) to another, largely depending on the specific education landscape.
According to Niche, the best public high school in the country is Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Illinois. To arrive at these rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S.
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Every Chandler dog bite accident has the potential to wreak havoc on the lives of the victims and their families. But when you are the parent of a child victim in an accident where a dog bite occurs, you'll find that there is more than just havoc in your life. It will seem that there is nothing that can quell the anger and frustration, and the fear that you feel over the pain that your child has experienced and will continue to experience.
When a dog bites your child you may feel or think that you have no recourse against the owner of the dog. Your primary concern is your child, their health, and their well-being, and you may not even be thinking about what the future holds. Fortunately for you and for your child, no matter how distracted you may be by your concern, you do have recourse against the owner of the dog that bit your child and changed their life forever. However you only have these rights if you act quickly on your child's behalf, reach out to the right people who can help you, and do whatever it takes to ensure the safety of the neighborhood, your child, and your family's future. If you are the parent of a child that was injured by a dog, it is also important to understand your rights and responsibilities, what may happen to your child, and where to go from the time of the injury moving forward.
Disfiguring bite injuries. Disfiguring bite injuries are common in dog bite accidents and impact hundreds of people throughout the United States every year, changing not only their lives, but also their appearances, permanently. When a dog attacks your child, there is a high likelihood that they will be bit on the face or other part of the head, arms, legs, neck, chest, hands, or feet, and any of these areas are susceptible to disfiguring injuries. For a child, a dog bite injury on any part of the body has a high risk of sustaining a serious disfiguring injury that may cause them significant harm.
The amount of disfigurement depends on the location and severity of the injury, and also the age of your child and how large their body parts are. With disfiguring injuries it is a very real possibility that your child will require multiple surgeries just to begin the corrective process, but that surgery may not ever completely repair the injury or make your child look the way they once did. These types of injuries forever change the life of your child because they are a constant reminder of the pain and suffering of the accident, and because they may be teased at school, and even be shut out from groups of friends, or from jobs that they may have held at a later point in life.
Another reason that disfiguring injuries are so serious for children is that they can impede the normal growth process and over time, your child may lose use of a limb or other body part due to these injuries. Unfortunately, there is no crystal ball to tell you or a doctor what the permanent damage may be. Only time will tell.
Losing the use of limbs and digits, or, losing digits or limbs all together. While losing limbs is a significant possibility in a dog bite injury, losing the use of a hand, of a digit, or of another part of the body is also a possibility. Some children have been paralyzed from the neck down and from the waist down in a bad dog attack incident. This is a very serious type of injury as it impacts your child's mobility for the rest of their lives. While surgery can help to increase mobility for your child, in the majority of cases, your child will face lifelong problems due to their injuries.
Internal injuries. Internal injuries are more than just possible, but probable, in a dog bite accident and can cause a significant amount of loss of blood within the body. Internal injuries are very common in dog attacks involving small children where the dog stomped on the child or bit their bodies. If your child fell down repeatedly while trying to get away from the dog, this could also have contributed to the development of internal injuries.
Unfortunately, internal injuries are not always readily apparent, and if your child does not exhibit symptoms, or does not have external injuries, you may be tempted to not take your child to the hospital. However, it is critical that whenever a dog attacks your child, that you take them to the emergency room immediately, as only a doctor can determine whether or not your child has sustained internal injuries. A visit to a doctor could be a life-saving measure that you never thought of.
Significant blood loss. When your child is involved in a dog bite accident, it is likely that they will suffer a significant amount of blood loss. Small children, unlike adults, are likely to sustain deeper wounds across a much larger portion of their bodies, making it more likely for them to lose more blood in this type of incident.
Depending on the severity of the injury, the depth of the bite, the location of the bite wound, and how long it takes for you to get your child to the hospital, they could lose a significant amount of blood. This will, in turn, result in your child requiring blood transfusions and other emergent care. Significant blood loss from a dog bite injury can also result in your child going into shock, and falling into a coma, or may even cause their death.
In addition to the above listed injuries there are many other types of injuries that occur in dog bite accidents, which is all the more reason for parents throughout Chandler and the state of Arizona to do everything possible to protect their children and the future of their families.
When your child is involved in a Chandler dog bite accident you may feel that your family is at a loss for having any recourse against the owner of the dog. However, you have more rights than you are aware of at this time that will provide you with the ability to seek recourse against the owner of the dog. In addition you may be able to seek out additional assistance from animal control. Animal control will take possession of the dog in question and hold it to ensure that it is not an aggressive dog and that it does not have any diseases that could cause serious harm or death to your child or others in the area.
The law will also help you to get recourse against the owner of the dog when you file a civil suit against that individual for your child's injuries and medical bills, including those that will occur in the future. In addition your family will be able to seek recompense and compensation in the settlement for your lost wages while caring for your child, and for other traumas that your child may face in the future, such as the inability to work and to lead a fruitful life.
After your child is involved in a dog bite accident you have the right to seek recompense from the dog owner for the damages caused to your family. However you also have responsibilities that you must attend to in order to ensure that your child's right and your rights are upheld. One of the most important things that you must do immediately after dog bite accident is to take your child to the hospital. Getting your child to the hospital not only ensures that your child will receive appropriate and timely medical care, especially if they sustained serious or life-threatening injuries, but it also ensures that you will have a record from a medical provider in the hospital showing that your child sustained serious injuries due to their encounter with the dog in question. Waiting several hours or days after a dog bite incident to get your child to the hospital could compromise your ability to seek compensation from the owner of the dog.
It is also your responsibility to notify animal control that there has been an incident with an aggressive dog. Contacting animal control ensures that the dog will be taken off the streets, and animal control can hold the owner of the dog responsible for their actions. If you do not notify animal control and the dog bites another child you could be held responsible for withholding information from the law.
After a bad Chandler dog bite accident in which your child is seriously injured, getting them to the doctor and getting in touch with animal control are obviously your top two priorities. However, you must also quickly shift gears and think about your family, and your future. And that means reaching out to a skilled Chandler personal injury lawyer. An attorney who is experienced in dealing with dog bite injury accidents can help you to gather all of the information and evidence you need to proceed with a legal case against the owner of the dog that bit your child. They will collect witness statements, information from animal control, records from the doctor, and other evidence to build a strong case that will help ensure you receive the compensation you need to put your family back together.
The Husband and Wife Law Team can help you fight for compensation to cover the wages you lost while caring for your child, all of your child's medical expenses at present and for the future, and additional compensation for pain and suffering felt by your child and by your family. Contact the Chandler dog bite attorneys at the Breyer Law Offices, P.C. for a free consultation to help you better understand your rights and responsibilities, and to determine whether you have a good case.
Chandler Dog Bite Attorney Disclaimer: The legal information presented at this site should not be construed to be formal legal advice, nor the formation of a lawyer or attorney client relationship. Any results set forth herein are based upon the facts of that particular case and do not represent a promise or guarantee. Please contact a lawyer for a consultation on your particular legal matter. This web site is not intended to solicit clients for matters outside of the state of Arizona.
The information offered by Breyer Law Offices and contained herein, regarding Arizona statutes and claimants' rights is general in scope. No attorney-client relationship with our attorneys is hereby formed nor is the personal injury information herein intended as formal legal advice. Please contact an attorney regarding your specific inquiry.
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Asking for advice and feedback after leaving a controlling religion is normal- and healthy!
When we leave a controlling group we go through a process of self-discovery and enlightenment. It takes time. We move forward with our lives and establish our own belief system, new paradigms, and traditions in our own way.
Folks contact me asking for advice fairly often. Many want to vent and tell their story and that is a healthy thing to do. First off, there is nothing wrong with asking for advice or ideas or seeking a listening ear! It can be very therapeutic and if you feel like contacting me or any of the other great folks in the exJW community you should not be afraid or hesitate.
That said, sometimes when questions or advice is asked, and I receive a message, the person really wants affirmation and/or confirmation of what they are already doing. That is how the mind works. The emotional state that we find ourselves in after leaving the rigid structure of a fundamentalist group or cult like the Jehovah’s Witnesses or Scientology or Mormonism, etc. can be quite a difficult place to be.
The following video contains some simple ruminations on this topic- I hope it helps. If you wish to contact me, do so! Please use my email address at: [email protected]. Reach out to those people that are positive and accessible in your life- this is how we heal and make new friends.
29 Comments on Former Jehovah’s Witnesses- Are you asking Questions? Do you need advice?
One of the many fears people face after years and years of mental manipulation is that of ‘what if I’m wrong’? ‘My eternal destruction or bliss is at stake’ etc.
As an agnostic I hope there is something to look forward to; for this I still hold out hope, but the scientific ‘Occam’s Razor’ reality is that NOTHING in the universe survives universal entropy.
It may be cold comfort, but this should encourage us to seize the day and enjoy what we have; not what we THINK we don’t have. In other words, live in the present, not in a future that could be a reality or not. And…think things through rather than be trapped by the paradigms of other humans who have knowledge no better than yours nor mine.
Hey frank, nice to be here, ….just got disfellowshipped, and the tons of bricks fell off my shoulders as i walked out of the door..
Lettin my goatee grow as we chat my new friend, i think all my new friends will like my new look, and attitude.
Cool. That’s what I did too. They didn’t understand the freethinking.
The truth is…its great. A grown person should make grown person decisions for himself, and not leave it up to others to do it for him, or her.
SEIZE THE DAY, ! ! ! !
I just gotta say that ever since i faded from the religion I have been much happier. I was drinking alot, taking anti depressants and eating alot. I am not drinking anymore, off of my meds and 130lbs lighter and much happier. i think all guys grow a goatee when we first leave but my gf likes it when I am clean shaven so I bounce here and there I like the feeling of not having to look over my shoulder. I find it funny when hypocritical JW’s avoid me though I was never DFD or reproved and they have been and get all “holier than though”. I also feel loved when those few sincere JW’s come to me and say hi and don’t ask stupid questions. All in all for those of us who have to leave in whatever manner/way for our own good it’s the best thing to do and for those of us who have to “stay in” for whatever reason, i wish you the best. We all think differently and have our own thoughts about religion, jesus/god/bible/creation/evolution etc. I like finding common ground with people and openly debating things and have learned quite a few new things in my time out. Best of luck to all those who have recently awakened to TTATT in whatever decision you take from this day forward.
Hi CM. I must admit, beyond the novelty of not wasting any more time at meetings, I cannot say I’ve EVER missed the ‘lifestyle’!
The only true thing one one can say about the ‘truth’ is as Peter Cook once said, “There’s not enough to feed the mind!” There is an intellectually-nourishing world out there, seize the day!
I agree with you…I don’t miss it at all. I like having weeknights to myself to go to the gym, rest, etc. And my weekends back to do whatever I want even just lay around and do nothing. I do wish that more people, not just JW’s would be more open minded in discovering what is out there and learn about science history and world religions and only then can they be convinced that they are doing truly makes them happy and feel true to themselves.
Kingdom hall daydreaming…..please tell me im not the only one, who while listening to the bwa bwa bwa bwa, discource had these? Scenario: terrorists enter the kingdom hall , its all up to you….CAPTAIN SAVE THE HALL, …..ha ha ha…….
Weird part now, is that im trying to save the rest of my family, from that SAME hall….
Yes , “Myriads on Myriads of Brothers” exist here and there all over the place ! Not just at their meetings . .
Those “kingdom songs” are mainly on a rather low level of spirituality . And the rhetoric from the talks and parts “on stage” aren’t any better . . . no matter how much exquisite speech is being performed .
My wife and I did “the fade” and never looked back. It’s healthy to speak with other ex-JWs who may have had similar experiences. I feel sorry for those that “wake up” and their mate/spouse does not. An excellent means of therapy is creating a YouTube channel and talking about your life as a JW. I use to have a YouTube channel called “wakeupwitness” years ago and I vented about certain thing. I closed that account and started a new one “jwnomo”, short for JW no more.
I agree its healthy,I left at 15 or 16,till now have I finally felt vindication after years,I’m not the only one!
Does anyone know about the watchtower taking over QSC Telecom.? I just barely found out about this.
They really do ruin peoples lives . They crushed mine because of their hypocrisy and NOT following the bible for plessure. They surley do not do what they preach.
Hi, I am an x jw of 15 years..I enjoy talking with others and helping some who need advice. How can I advise someone who is df’d , thinking of reinstatement so as not to lose her family & then eventually just fading away.? this person is married to a jw man & parents and siblings are jw also.
dear Eric: I grew a goatee like yours. But it had too many grey hairs. It did not look no way near as good as yours, so I shaved it off. But when it comes to being handsome, I still give you stiff compitition. Thank you for all that you have done for all of us. I am sure that I speak for all stugglers that we can’t thank you enough.To every one who is struggling.Each and every one of you has great mental, spiritual and emotional powers that our Grand Creater has given us. You must have an iron will, nerves of steel, balanced with a heart gold. You must see yourselves as survivers ,not as strugglers. Never forget that the LORD loves you and we love you too. p.s. Eric next time I hit the numbers I’ll send you some mean green to support the cause. I’m living right now, on bread and water. Because I ran out of food stamps (ebt). ha ha ha, This is a joke. Remember what the Scriptures say that the LORD is a happy God.
i am a former “born into” witness.i have serious anxiety and depression along with a serious confusion of which way to go spiritually and am still horribly intimidated by the witnesses even after 33 years out! where can I find an outlet to tell my story?
I Believe the Answers are always Simple.
MT 6:24 “No one can slave for two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other,or he will stick to the one and despise the other.
MT 10:37 He that has greater affection for father or mother than for me is not worthy of me; and he that has greater affection for son or daughter than for me is not worthy of me.
They Invoke “The Slave” more than JESUS. Keep quiet and JUST LISTEN. From the abundance of the heart speaks the mouth says Jesus.
When YOU ARE IN LOVE you do not want to hear anything bad.
JW’s think they have a Direct line to Jehovah and forget that NOBODY goes to the Father unless Jesus takes them.
thisus the most self centered victim crap I’ve ever heard. I’m disfellowshipped and have been for the last 16 years. I’m over that. It’s time to move on folks!
I was born into a family of Jehovah’s Witnesses and was once a very studious young member myself. However. the more I learned about the world around me from people who were not JWs, the more I knew that something wasn’t right. I felt awful for betraying everything I’ve known since infancy. By the time I was baptized at 18 I knew that there was enough doubt in my heart to make the commitment insincere, but I carried on for the sake of my family’s reputation.Now I am a young adult and I have completely detached myself from the religion, I no longer attend the meetings but I cant bring myself to tell my parents. It’s such a heavy secret to carry. i’m glad I was able to share this.
Hi, I just stumbled on your you tube video with Issac. I am so glad to know that there are real men like you guys who are supporting those leaving or who have left. I am disfellowshipped and I left. There were NO SUPPORT for us who pulled the life support system from out of our necks of this Matrix. I am here in Riverside and would like to know about the west coast meetups. I did not leave to get into drugs or to experience a wild life. I was getting so depressed from the pioneering, overgiving, major negativity this religion brings onto people and the constant meetings to keep you hemmed in and stay hemmed in!!!! I look forward to a reply. Looking forward to some REAL friends. Those who have common sense morals and have a foundation for truth as this world looses more of itself into oblivion.
I am new on here I was disfellowshipped about 10 years ago and I came back out of guilt while I was losing my Mom to cancer. I wrote my letter of dissociation about 2 years ago. This is a constant struggle. My depression comes and goes. My family has all disowned me with the exception of one sibling who left at 18, I really need to be able to talk to others who have these feelings. I was married to an abusive elder for many years. I was a 5th generation JW. I need help in staying strong. Are there any group meetings in the San Francisco Peninsula area? Please let me know I’m really having pain in my heart. I have lost my children to their JW father and all of my lifelong friends. I so appreciate any support I can get.
To date, the videos covering my judicial tribunal before three elders have been viewed over 60,000 times. The amount of minutes viewed is over 600,000 minutes, which is more than 10,000 hours of watch time. A huge number of comments have been received via YouTube commnents, email, and other methods. These have been overwhelmingly positive and continue to trickle in nearly every day. However the Watchtower defenders or “JW apologists” commenting on my YouTube channel are on the rise. They are doing this in direct disobedience to their Governing Body leaders. (See The Watchtower of July 15, 2011 page 16) This is actually quite encouraging to me, as it shows that people are thinking for themselves more and more, even if they are operating from a position of ignorance on some points.
Some of these rogue Jehovah’s Witnesses that are trying to defend “The Truth” are sincere. Unfortunately many of them are also bullheaded and arrogant in the way that they try and make their case.
For the last month or so the very anti-watchtower website “six screens of the watchtower” has had a special caller on their bi-monthly call show, a young man claiming to be from Bethel. He is allegedly calling from inside Bethel, is assigned to the IT department and was tasked with monitoring so-called “apostate websites” and other computer and internet related duties. He claims to have fake Facebook pages to gain information on Witnesses and dig up dirt on them, as well as many other secret ways to hack computers. At first when I heard him I was skeptical, but then began to think that perhaps he is on the level. Many of the things he has brought out shows he know a lot about the organization and the governing body too.
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http://www.jwstruggle.com/2014/11/former-jehovahs-witnesses-are-you-asking-questions-do-you-need-advice/
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A reader (Patricia J) wrote to me recently about various things and mentioned that she lacks some diversity in her compost since she doesn’t have access to good manure.
Several months after writing the above, I learned about the practices of Robert Quinn, a very successful large scale organic farmer in Big Sandy, Montana which I found most encouraging.
Mr. Quinn has no large livestock operation nearby to supply healthy manure and the fields there are so big that he considers it impossible to spread compost or manure anyway.
Thus, Mr. Quinn uses neither compost or manure!
Quinn has experimented with clovers, medics (self seeding legumes), peas (field peas), alfalfa and grains. He definitely practices diversity in the use of his cover crops.
He credits past crops of alfalfa for helping to build up soils on the farm. He plants alfalfa as green manure when testing shows the need for a boost of extra nitrogen to the soil or when the next crop is a crop that will use great amounts of nitrogen.
Although this commercial farmer monitors his soil in a way that would not be practical for the home gardener (or at least not for me) — there is no reason we as small gardeners can’t use alfalfa to build our soil as long as we practice diversity with our cover crops (or green manures) and not plant the same one all the time.
The greater your diversity – the wider your range of nutrients and soil life in your soil.
Using a strategy similar to Mr. Quinn’s of cover crop/green manure rotation in our small gardens can bring us the same benefit that this successful organic farmer has had: greater diversity in soil life that helps disrupt insect, disease and weed cycles AND gives a high quality organic crop.
Wow,this sounds so interesting, Theresa. Thanks for sharing it.
I am in the same situation – I have no access to good manure. I started using cover crops and actually try to use appropriate cover crops as living mulch and try to rotate cover crops. I also bury my kitchen waste in the garden beds and have a cold compost pile going (but that haven’t produced any compost yet). My soil is poor since I just stated gardening, but I am wondering to get the nutrient benefits of cover crops if you have to till them under. I prefer not to disturb the soil and cut the cover crop and use it as mulch, but will the plants get the nutrient benefits of this cover crop for optimum production? I do know that I am already disturbing the soil when I bury my kitchen waste and that bothers me too, but I can not come up with another way and I don’t want to put it on the compost pile. Thank you so much for all the great gardening info.
I have been reading about using cover crops for a little while and was wondering where do you buy the seeds for your cover crops? Thanks so much for any help.
I have buckwheat growing in one of my beds right now, and will plant each bed with a cover crop as they are cleared out for the season. A few of them will need more than one crop.
Sandra — Did you receive the “special 100 letter” I sent out two days ago? Your’s came back to me — along with all 10 letters to AOL addresses. Hope you received it when I resent it.
You’re definitely on the right track to want to minimize disturbing the soil, but you don’t have to be concerned that burying your kitchen waste will hurt. It won’t. You’re providing food for the soil life and the soil will be just fine with that.
So glad to hear you are using cover crops as a living mulch and also rotating them. Excellent! Your poor soil will not be poor for long! You’ll see a BIG difference especially by year 3 of gardening. Also by your starting out with cover crops you’ll be light years ahead of someone like myself who came to cover crops late in the game.
Cover crops can be used to benefit the soil in so many way. If you want to use them as a green manure and get that “young” growth to give a good boost to the soil for the next crop — just incorporate the young cover crop into the first few inches of the soil. The good you are providing will far outweigh any harm you do in disturbing the soil. Balance is the key.
I pulled buckwheat (about 8 inches tall) the other day to use as a green manure before my garlic that I plan to plant in October. I laid the buckwheat — root and all on top of the soil and then covered with a nice layer of straw. (That’s almost like the concept of compost — the green (nitrogen)/the fresh plant —- and the browns (carbon)/ the straw. The buckwheat should decay very nicely and relatively quickly.
If I had gotten to it when it was only about 3 to 4 inches tall I think I may have used my hand tool to lightly incorporate it into the first few inches of soil. It would have been fine that way also.
Regarding your statement and question: I prefer not to disturb the soil and cut the cover crop and use it as mulch, but will the plants get the nutrient benefits of this cover crop for optimum production?
This a question many of us have and fortunately nature has a principle that can easily answer it for us. The principle is diversity in all things.
— When we plant cover crops we usually have some specific job in mind for them to do. That end goal is how we determine how to handle them. I told more about that in my post last September – https://tendingmygarden.com/cover-crops-your-purpose-determines-when-you-cut-or-incorporate-into-the-soil/ BUT to get the most benefit from our cover crops: diversify the way you use them and make note of your results each time — even if only mentally.
When you want that extra boost for the next crop — use your cover crop as a green manure. When you want the roots to stay and allow a different soil life to be active —- cut your crop and leave the roots. When you want the biomass for your compost or mulch — let a crop like rye or alfalfa grow and cut it several time. If you want to save seed — allow some to seed. Do not allow everything to seed — or all the nutrients will be in the seed.
And on it goes. Vary what you do so all bases will be covered. If you follow the principle — you’ll always win.
I buy quite a bit of my covers from Pinetree Garden Seeds. There shipping is about the most reasonable I’ve found.
Glad you are thinking about using covers. They’ll make a big difference.
Emily – Yes, Nichols is a good company. As with many seed supplier companies they were devastated when Monsanto bought the great seed company Seminis. Immediately after that Nichols began to seek out other varieties and stopped offering Seminis seeds because it is now owned by Monsanto. Along with many of us, they too are unwilling to offer economic support to Monsanto.
I don’t know much about Botanical Interest but will check out your link.
Glad you’re planting your covers to give new life to your finished beds. Keep me posted!
Dagmar – I forgot to mention that sometimes — especially if you have sandy soil — laying the cover crop on top of the bed to decay is more beneficial that incorporating it. The benefits last longer that way for sandy soil.
Theresa, what a wonderful bit of information. I have purchased my dutch white clover seed and am looking forward to getting it planted. Over the winter I will add to my seed bank by purchasing some buckwheat and maybe some winter rye. And I will keep researching using cover crops. Thank you for these posts because they really get me motivated.
Glad to hear that Toni.
When we hear of the successes of others it’s always encouraging and helps each of us in our own garden.
Will look forward to hearing about your experiences and successes with your cover crops.
Thank you Theresa for your in depth reply. One of my faults is that I want to get it right at the first try, that’s why I read and try to wrap my brain around everything instead of trying it out right away. Now the last few months I did not get the timing right on the buckwheat cover crop, I had two months gap between crops and I used buckwheat (should have used cow peas) and so I thought I cut the buckwheat and then put more buckwheat seeds underneath the cut down buckwheat. Lesson learned: only about half of the seeds germinated – so don’t do that again. I like the idea of cutting down the cover crop and covering with mulch (I have no access to straw – need to use shredded leaves and can’t wait till the trees start shedding in fall (the leaves from last fall are in my cold compost pile). I’ll do better next year!!! But looking forward to my fall crops – here in North Florida it is pretty much year round planting, so cover crops need to be planned carefully in winter too since I got stuff growing everywhere all year. And that is why I really also want to try living mulch. I actually took a leap and planted cow peas between my tomatoes I planted beginning of August. Will see how that goes.
I have to check out Pinetree Seeds for Cover Crops, I ordered mine from Peaceful Valley and they have a huge selection, there is where I found the sunn hemp. Thanks again.
I have raised beds mainly, mostly Originally filled with topsoil and thick layers of leaves and garden waste, but thanks for the tip for the sandy soil since I have areas outside the raised beds where I want to grow Okinawa Spinach and herbs etc. I have sunn hemp growing there and I was planning just to cut it down and let it decay so I guess I was on the right track there.
Peaceful Valley is also a good company and it’s nice to have a huge selection.
From what I understand Sunn Hemp is a great legume to grow in Southern/tropical areas so that would be a good choice for you.
We all want to “get it right the first time”. 🙂 That’s only bad when we let it stop us from doing anything and I don’t think that’s the case with you Dagmar. From what you say — you are right in there trying things and learning and benefiting from your mistakes.
Living mulch should really help you out since you don’t have access to straw. Keep me posted on that.
Cow peas should be good between your tomatoes. If they get taller than what is good for you — just trim them down.
I have a cold compost pile too. It’s mainly a place to pile up weeds and various vegetation I pull out of my borders. Getting the end result after it’s decayed is a bonus.
But my leaves are so precious that I would never consider putting them in my cold compost pile. I probably wouldn’t mind so much if it were a hot pile and was ready in 18 to 30 days. Even then I may hesitate. Leaves are so filled with great stuff and are just about the best thing you can do for your soil. Soil life loves them and when I get them in the fall I can hardly wait to get them to the garden so the soil can start reaping the rewards.
Good luck with everything. I’ll look forward to your updates.
Very interesting about the leaves. Yes, I definitely will start to use them on the beds, Actually I can probably pull a good amount from the compost pile I have. I have about 20 oak trees in my yard, so I do get plenty of leaves. Thank you for the tip.
So glad you’re gonna use the tip Dagmar! Leaves make everything better.
I would like to copy this article as part of a demonstration at a community garden on putting the garden to bed. Please let me know if you have any objections. Thank you and keep up with your great articles. I look forward to reading them.
Jack, you may use the article but I would like for you to show my copyright on it. “Copyright TendingMyGarden.com” will be sufficient.
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https://tendingmygarden.com/soil-fertility-without-manure-or-compost/
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4 testers wanted! @PingTour G700m irons - is it a big iron done right?
It’s a big iron done right.
That’s how our own Tony Covey described the new PING G700 irons when they launched last January. It’s a big, hollow-bodied, forgiving iron that does its best to look like the i200’s slightly older, slightly bigger brother, with enough extra oomph to make you rethink that whole I-don’t-need-distance-irons mantra.
Our description from last January still applies: distance without compromise.
PING touts the G700’s as a game improvement iron, but the forgiveness and extra distance is combined with playability and tighter dispersion, and it’s all packed into a slimmer, more appealing shape. Forgiveness, distance, playability, and dispersion in combination are the Holy Grail for irons, and pulling that off in one iron set would be a game-winning, bases loaded home run.
MyGolfSpy is looking for four avid golfers from anywhere on the Planet Earth to test and review (and keep) a set of PING G700 irons and see if PING really has hit the Walk-Off Grand Slam of irons.
Yes, anywhere on the planet!
Please read this part carefully, as this is going to be a popular test opportunity and we want to make sure everyone who is interested in applying signs up in the right place.
As you know, MyGolfSpy takes its product testing very seriously. All of our member reviews are published in our Community Forum (click here to check them out). We expect a lot from our reviewers – writing a thorough, detailed and honest review is a two-month commitment, requiring extensive on-course evaluation. as well as participation in the Forum itself to answer questions and discuss product performance with other golfers.
That means to be a potential reviewer you must be a registered member of the MyGolfSpy Community Forum, where you’ll find tens of thousands of like-minded golfers from all over the world anxious to talk about golf equipment.
– First, sign up for the MyGolfSpy Community Forum (click here to register).
– Second, apply ONLY in the Official PING G700 Irons Testers Wanted thread in the MyGolfSpy Forum (click here).
We’ll be announcing the testers in that Forum thread next week, so make sure to check in to see if you’ve been chosen.
Come on people…READ THE FRICKIN instructions…NOWHERE does it say apply in the comments. I can only imagine how good..these reviews would be, if they can’t follow instructions….NOT!!
I would love to try these babies out! I live in Myrtle and Golf all the time with a lot of different groups. Currently I am hitting the Ping i e1 and love Ping clubs. I recently got the Glide 2.0 stealth in 60 and 56 and wow are they incredible!!
Please pleat pick me go test the g700 irons bursting to evaluate them!
I play Ping G25 Irons today, am 65 years young this month. Would love to try these new irons.
Would love to try the G700 , l currently play Cobra 2300’s . l hit my 7- iron about 155 yds and play to a 13 handicap and 69 yrs young .
Currently, I’m using Fourteen TC888 (3-Pw) Nippon Modus 120 stiff.
My 7 iron goes 160. Handicap 15.
I love to use G700 with graphite stiff shaft.
Bob; Texas; currently play Pin “G’s” regular steel shaft. 7 iron distance 145 yds. Play to 12 hdcp, 75 years old.
Haven’t played Ping irons since the Ping Eye 2s! Would love to try the 700s. I currently game P790s with Project X 6.0s and hit my 7 iron 165.
73 yrs old, in need of new senior irons as old irons are worn out. Face grooves are worn. I have seen Ping irons in Golf Galaxy and am interested. Would love to test these Ping irons on my course.
I have the PING i200’s and would love to try the G700’s for some extra distance without losing the accuracy!
I would love to test out these new ping irons as my current set – Mizuno jpx800 – are worn out!
I am a 16 marker (retired) in Dubbo NSW, Australia.
I have played from a handicap from 6 – 18.
I currently play Ping GMax, CFS70, regular shafts.
Love to have a hit of the new ones….will bring a ‘down under feel’ to the testing…..
I am retiring soon to play more golf and would love to play these irons. I am a 13 handicap and hit my 7 iron about 170. Currently play Ping I25 and taylormade irons.
I have titleist ap2s and i hit a PW 140-150. If these are longer, i would probably need 5 wedges to get me gapped out. I just so happen to have a bunch of wedges to do just that. Never had ping irons but always wanted to try them. It would be interesting to see what these would do with a high swing speed.
I started playing 6 yrs ago with hand me downs G10s. I’ve never really tried any other brands. I love how forgiving they are. I’m a 20+ handicap and would love to see if newer technology really does make a difference.
Great looking irons, at 70 I am always looking for extra distance without giving up accuracy, these irons are definitely on my radar.
Thank you to Ping and MGS for this great chance to test what seems to be a great iron for many of us.
Good luck to all who enter their name for the testing opportunity!
love to do a review.
Wow! These look pretty amazing regardless if they’re oversized game improvement irons. Never played hollowed body clubs before and the technology that goes into these type of irons are very intriguing.
I have played a Ping i25 driver for well over 4 years now that I totaly love. I have always been a Taylor Made iron guy. I was fitted 2 years ago with my current set of M2 irons that im pretty happy with. I would love the opportunity to compare the Ping 700 with my Taylor Made irons.
I’m a senior with an 18 handicap. I typically play 4-5/week. I currently play Titleist 716 AP1 5-P,GW,AW(52*) with A shafts.
Since I’ve been seriously looking at the G400 SFT driver, I’m clearly also very intetested in testing the G700 irons.
I have played many different clubs over 50 years, but never Pings. I maybe missing something good. I would be willing to try them and give you feedback.
Thanks for being a MyGolfSpy reader!
I want to take this chance to explain our process. We take our Community Forum Review opportunities like this one very seriously – our Forim members have come to expect thoughtful, detailed and honest equipment reviews from their peers. As all of our Community Forum Reviews are published in the Forum itself, being a registered member of the Forum is essential.
The process for registering is quite simple – but it does have to be followed. With over 65,000 current active members, our forum has developed quite an active and energetic community, and our members have a great time talking golf and golf equipment with each other in a friendly, open and respectful environment.
Applying in the appropriate thread is also important, as a good reviewer will have to navigate the forum in order to post his review, along with pictures and to interact with community members who will have questions.
So the process is the process for a reason – to ensure that our community members have access to a long line of thoughtful, honest reviews from golfers just like themselves. As of right now, we have over 1,000 applicants for the G700 iron opportunity in a little over a day, so I guess that speaks for itself.
Thanks again for being an MGS reader, and I sincerely hope we’ll see you in the MGS Community Forum!
I play the ping iblade right now. I am looking to either upgrade or try another brand,so this would be perfect chance for me to try the g700. Also to see if I want to continue using ping.
I have been playing Ping clubs for quite some time now they just seem to fit me better than any others I have owned would love to try these new 700 clubs.
It would be a honor to test these.
I Play the Ping Karsten irons now with a Ping G Driver. I have been a Ping irons guy since the 80s. and they just get better with every new model introduced.This is my year to purchase new clubs and this would be a great way to get it done.
I now play the ping G30 iron am a 14 handicap. I would love to test the new ping 700’s. I play 2-3 rounds a week at several different courses with an hour of my location. I have a titlest 915 driver, G25 4 wood, a exotic 3 wood. My irons are5-9 and 4 wedges. Have a great day and hitter straight!
I have 2010 forged ping irons blue dot. I would love to test news ping irons.
I am playing the Ping Anser irons and driver and would love to try the G700’s and G400 Max driver. I’ve played Ping for 35 years and can’t say enough about them!!
Have the TM P790 would love to see how these compare!
I won matchplay and had to spend my pro shop credit on something . . . . Bought ping 700’s this spring, took 2 weeks to get used to them. Love them, long and HIGH! Added a Calloway 64 deg wedge (65 yds max) Have 5 wedges bent to 10 -12 yds apart), 9 -6i, recoil F3 shafts, Ping 5,7,3 wood and 400 max driver.
Don i also play the GMax which I love and I demo’d the G700’s a few months back. For me, the solid strikes were the same as GMax, however the misses were worse. Also, I really liked the feel of the GMax better as well both on solid strikes and misses.
These are some good looking clubs, neat, well shaped with some decent bottom perimeter weighting and what I would call a slide sole (a little wider than usual)……… I like big time. Whoever gets to test and keep these bad boys is going to be all smiles every time he or she walks out onto the course……… break a leg everyone – Go to the thread to apply!!!
I will soon be 56 in August, I’m a 9 handicapped and I have never been able to test clubs. I have G30 pings irons and would like to test play irons, it would be awesome.
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https://mygolfspy.com/4-testers-wanted-ping-g700-irons/?replytocom=325885
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Recent research has found that it can be difficult to find a concierge doctor or a direct primary care physician rural areas such as: Idaho; North Dakota; South Dakota; Louisiana and Mississippi. In many cases, there are less than half-a-dozen practitioners to serve an entire state.
Since the mid-1990′s, states like California and Florida have seen the greatest amount of physicians actively opening and using these new business models. For most of the country, direct primary care and concierge medicine practices are growing and that growth is rapidly expanding in major metropolitan suburbs as well.
Large networks of doctors who have modeled their medical practice after these business strategies have claimed a significant portion of the market share and thus help to keep prices from inflating too high in major metropolitan markets.
Overall, concierge medicine is thriving in metropolitan markets with the majority of incomes remaining the same or increasing slightly. It has been estimated that concierge medicine and direct care physicians number approximately 5,000-5,5000 physicians and/or physician clinics across the U.S.
The top 4 most popular specialties in concierge medicine are: primary care; family medicine; cardiology and pediatrics.
The majority of concierge doctors (approximately 25%) earn between $200,000 – $300,000 per year.
The typical age of concierge doctor is between 40-59 years of age.
Most concierge doctors and direct primary care physicians treat six to eight patients per day.
Female concierge doctors fill up their concierge practices 30% faster than men.
Career satisfaction in the field among physicians also remains high. Only 18% of physicians stated they would not make the same decision again. In previous years, it was 25% but even so, the number overall is low and satisfaction with the business model is high when compared to traditional, insurance-based or managed care medical specialties.
Many people feel they are at the point where going to a Western trained (allopathic) doctor has lead to frustration or no results in improving their level of health and vitality. Working with a holistic medical doctor can be a very rewarding experience and likely to be a more integrated and comprehensive approach then just a General Practitioner. Many holistic doctors are classically trained with an MD from an accedited medical institution but have additional training in pain management, herbal supplements, acupuncture, kinesiology and genetic testing. Most holistic doctor have a few specialties and use an integrated approach.
When you are facing an acute immediately life threatening trauma such as a bullet or heart attack then just going to an emergency room with ER doctors is going to be the wisest and most prudent decision but for on-going chronic health conditions such as auto-immune disorders, digestive issues, allergies, skin conditions, chronic pain and obesity then depending on your outlook and level of insurance, considering a Natural Medicine Doctor which are referred to as many different titles such Naturopath, Integrated Medicine or Holistic Health Practitioner.
There are many factors to consider when searching for a suitable practitioner. The first is one to consider is has the practitioner worked with conditions like yours before. Questions to ask a potential Holistic Medical Doctor are: What kinds of conditions do you treat? What conditions do you treat the most? What kinds of strategies do you use? Do you take insurance? Are you in-network or out–of-network? What if my health conditions don’t progress? How confident are you that you can help me with my health goals? How much do most of your clients need to spend on supplements or additional lab testing?
Most holistic doctors will examine your eating habits, levels of exercise, levels of stress and what kind of work they do. If the doctor does not ask examine these issues in your life then they probably are not truly an Integrated Doctor. If the doctor does not spend more time with you then a typical doctor visit then it also is probably not a great fit if you are truly looking for a holistic approach. A Holistic Medicine Doctor will likely spend more time with you on an initial visit. The typical amount of time for a first visit is one hour but many will spend two hours with you.
Be wary of the doctor that treat every condition and all kinds of people. If you are suffering from low back pain then seek out a doctor that specializes in chronic pain. If you are suffering from a a thryoid condition then seek out a doctor that specializes in auto-immune disorders. You want don’t want a generalist you want a specialist.
You often will pay more or out–of-pocket for this kind of care. Depending on the kind of health insurance and deductibles you have your-co-pays might be similar if you had just gone to an Family Medicine Doctor.
Whatever route you take, you should plan on being very pro-active and self-educated while taking on your health challenges. With Webmd, YouTube and so many other online portals you can learn so much about different strategies for your own health and wellness. Be prepared to ask intelligent questions and be familiar with some of the strategies they might recommend such as changing certain foods you eat and changing your lifestyle.
Have you ever pulled plants from the soil? One can pull facts about medicinal plants from the large store of information on the Internet. This article calls readers’ attention to a few facts about medicinal herbs for dry skin.
The users of herbal dry skin products appreciate the benefits of aloe vera, calendula and comfrey. Those are herbs that are applied to the skin. Yet not all the remedies for dry skin get smeared on the skin. Some essential oils are added to bath water.
In addition, there are herbal dry skin products that are meant to be ingested. Teas that contain chamomile, dandelion or peppermint have been pointed to as a treatment for dry skin. Borage, fennel and calendula are other herbs that have been used to make a skin-healing tea.
Still, not everyone with dry skin can feel safe using a medicinal herb to treat that skin. Women who are pregnant, nursing or attempting to become pregnant should know that scientists have not investigated the degree to which medicinal herbs can affect a developing child.
Someone who is taking medications for some other health problem should speak with a doctor before using any medicinal herbs for dry skin. That advice certainly applies to someone who has recently had surgery. While surgery can dry the skin, it also exposes the body to many chemicals. Patients should not mix those chemicals with the chemicals in some of these herbs.
A person who has hay fever might want to consider an alternative to an herbal treatment. In fact, a person who is allergic to any plant should think twice before trying herbals for dry skin. Only an experienced herbalist, or a botanist, can identify those herbs that belong in the same plant family.
Medicinal type herbs should not be used on small babies. Even adults can be harmed by these, if used in excess.
In light of all the facts above, one can appreciate the need for alternatives to the available medicinal herbs for dry skin. What are those alternatives? Which of those alternatives would most effectively substitute for one of these herbal dry skin products?
A skin care product that can stimulate collagen production is an excellent substitute for an herbal skin treatment. All healthy skin contains collagen. Any healthy skin cell should be able to produce collagen. The absence of collagen in skin can lead to the development of dry skin.
How can skin benefit from the production of collagen by skin cells? Collagen is a fiber-like protein. Think how firm and strong a tight rope can be. That is how firm and strong skin can be, when it contains an adequate amount of collagen.
The reader should not assume that a good skin care product must contain lots of collagen. A good skin care product should stimulate the skin cells to produce collagen. The ability to smear collagen on the skin is not going to aid the healing of dry skin.
In conclusion, a good skin care product should penetrate the skin, so that it can not be washed off the skin. A good skin care product helps the skin to carry-out its normal biochemical functions. The production of collagen is one of those vital functions.
Doctors who practice osteopathic medicine, known as ODs, are the new kids on the block when compared to medical doctors, or MDs. American physician Andrew Taylor Still developed osteopathy and the American Osteopathic School, the first school to offer training in osteopathy, opened in 1892. According to the National Osteopathic Association, more than 10,000 students are enrolled in the 20 colleges in the United States that offer training in osteopathic medicine.
Why Choose an Osteopathic Doctor?
Training to practice osteopathic manipulative medicine is quite similar to the training that medical doctors receive. As undergraduates, both types of doctors graduate from a four year college or university with a degree in one of the sciences. After receiving their undergraduate degrees, potential doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy must complete four years of basic medicine in medical school.
After finishing medical school, both types of doctors complete a residency program. Then, they can finally choose a specialty. Like MDs, ODs can become specialists in surgery, family medicine or psychiatry. After completing all of their training, both must be accredited and licensed in the state in which they want to practice.
ODs also receive additional training beyond MDs about humans’ skeletons, muscles and nerves, or the musculoskeletal system. This gives ODs the knowledge that they need to practice osteopathic manipulative treatments, or OMT.
In the past, the differences between ODs and MDs were quite clear. ODs approached the patient as a whole and emphasized preventative care while MDs focused on treating symptoms of illnesses. However, today, the lines between the two types of practices has blurred as both types of physicians want to help their patients stay healthy and prevent illnesses from occurring. The main practical difference between the two types of physicians is that ODs may use osteopathic manipulative medicine on the body as part of a patient’s treatment.
The steps that you would take in choosing an OD are the same as if you were choosing an MD. You would want to pick a doctor who is accredited and licensed, who has a good reputation in his or her specialty and who is covered by your insurance policy. Try and get a reference from someone that you trust and check to see if the physician has been sued or disciplined in the past.
While they are often the most visited physicians in the country, there is an increasing shortage in the number of family practice physicians. The trend began almost 4 years ago, when statisticians noticed that less and less graduating medical students were choosing primary care, or family practice, as their specialization. In a recent survey conducted by Merritt Hawkins & Associates, for the Physicians’ Foundation, it was found that about 150,000 (or half) of the country’s family practice physicians planned to quit practicing or see fewer patients over the next three years. With less family medicine physicians entering the workplace and more physicians leaving family practice, it is sure to create an abundance of available employment opportunities.
Physicians, who are in the phase of choosing a specialty, have been gravitating towards other, more focused, fields of medicine. With the ability to charge a premium and focus on one particular region of medicine, choosing a focused specialty can be alluring and lucrative. Having found their particular niche in medical school, or perhaps during internship, most prospective physicians are choosing to remain within that focus when seeking employment. Family practice treats a broad audience, and a broad knowledge is needed in order to properly treat these patients. While it may not be as enticing, it is often just as rewarding.
What seems to be shocking is the finding that family practice physicians are planning to leave their practices, or reduce their number of patients over the next three years. Many physicians cite frustrations with the current Medicare reimbursement structure. When Medicare does not reimburse the physician for the full cost of the services provided to the patient, the physician is forced to bill the remaining balance to the patient. It is often that these patients are unable to pay the remaining balance because they are elderly citizens living on a fixed income, and many of them do not carry supplemental health coverage. Physicians who are self employed, working as an independent practice, cite that they have experienced a dramatic increase in the required non-clinical paperwork required by Medicare.
We all know how frustrating paperwork can be! With all the complaints filed it’s important to consider that although family practice physicians may be feeling it more strongly, these are concerns that have been voiced by physicians throughout the industry.
With the shortage of primary care physicians comes great hope for those seeking employment opportunities. There is growing availability in almost every area of the country, but specifically rural areas. With patients in great need of finding an established family practice, there are also growing opportunities for physicians looking to start their own practices. Small groups of physicians are opening family practices in farming communities and are finding it difficult to keep up with the amount of patients wishing to be seen. They are able to work together and spread the responsibilities of patient care, hospital rounds and call duties among the participating physicians. Often, they are successful enough to offer salaries and benefit structures that are competitive with urban markets. Additionally, these rural family practices serve the community, not only by providing much needed health care, but also by providing employment for support personnel.
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Evansville, IN, MARCH 12, 2015 - Springleaf Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LEAF), today reported a GAAP basis net loss of $47 million, or $0.41 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2014, compared with net income of $27 million or $0.24 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2013. Net income for the full year 2014 was $505 million, or $4.38 per diluted share, largely attributable to the previously announced pretax gain of $726 million on the sale of approximately $8 billion of real estate assets1,2.
For Core Consumer Operations, core earnings (a non-GAAP measure) for the quarter was $65 million, versus $48 million in the prior year quarter, and earnings per diluted share (a non-GAAP measure) was $0.57 for the fourth quarter versus $0.43 in the prior year quarter3,4. For the segment, full year core earnings were $238 million, versus $198 million in the prior year, and earnings per diluted share was $2.07 versus $1.92 in the prior year.
Consumer net finance receivables reached $3.8 billion at December 31, 2014, an increase of $666 million, or 21% from December 31, 2013, and 6% from September 30, 2014.
Consumer net finance receivables per branch were $4.6 million at December 31, 2014, up 22% from December 31, 2013 and 6% from September 30, 2014.
Risk-adjusted yield for our Consumer segment in the quarter was 21.99%, up 81 basis points from the fourth quarter 2013.
The company generated over $1.0 billion of total consumer origination volume in the fourth quarter including $160 million of direct auto loan originations. Direct auto loan receivables reached $238 million at year-end.
1 Real Estate segment and Other Non-Core reflect historical accounting basis (which is a basis of accounting other than U.S. GAAP).
2 Gain from sale of real estate assets excludes restructuring, transaction expenses and provision adjustments.
3 Excludes the impact of charges related to accelerated repayment/repurchase of debt, fair value adjustments on debt, one-time costs associated with debt refinance, and earnings attributable to non-controlling interests.
4 Core Earnings income taxes assumes 37% statutory tax rate.
Consumer and Insurance pretax income was $64 million in the quarter versus $41 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, and flat from the third quarter of 20145.
Consumer net finance receivables reached $3.8 billion at December 31, 2014, an increase of 21% from December 31, 2013 and 6% from September 30, 2014, driven by the company’s focus on increasing personal loan originations through its branch network and diversifying its product offerings. Consumer net finance receivables per branch continued to grow, reaching $4.6 million at December 31, 2014, up from $3.8 million at December 31, 2013 and $4.3 million at September 30, 2014.
Net interest income was $208 million in the quarter, up 27% from the prior year quarter and 6% from the prior quarter. Yield in the current quarter was 26.95%. Risk adjusted yield, representing yield less net charge-off rate, was 21.99% in the quarter, up 81 basis points from the fourth quarter of 2013 as gross yield expanded while net charge-offs remained flat year-over-year. Risk adjusted yield declined 35 basis points from the third quarter of 2014 due primarily to the seasonal increase in charge-offs.
The annualized net charge-off ratio was 4.96% in the quarter, versus 5.16% in the prior year quarter and 4.68% in the prior quarter.
The annualized gross charge-off ratio was 5.78% in the quarter, up 29 basis points from the prior year quarter and up 32 basis points from the third quarter 2014. Recoveries continued to normalize in the quarter at 82 basis points versus 33 basis points in the fourth quarter of 2013, following the sale of a pool of previously charged-off accounts in June 2013.
The 60+ delinquency ratio was 2.82% at quarter end, versus 2.60% at prior year quarter end and 2.55% at prior quarter end.
5 Consumer and Insurance segment reflects historical accounting basis (which is a basis of accounting other than U.S. GAAP). Pretax income excludes impact of charges related to accelerated repayment / repurchase of debt and one-time costs associated with debt refinance.
The Acquisitions and Servicing segment contributed $39 million to the company’s consolidated pretax income in the quarter6. The entire Acquisitions and Servicing segment, which includes non-controlling interests, generated pretax income of $51 million in the quarter7, with net interest income of $112 million and yield of 26.47%. Actual net finance receivables at quarter-end were $2.0 billion, down from $2.1 billion at September 30, 2014. The principal balance of the portfolio was $2.6 billion at quarter-end versus $3.2 billion at December 31, 2013.
The annualized net charge-off ratio was 5.56% in the quarter, versus 8.46% in the prior year quarter and 5.31% in the prior quarter.
The annualized gross charge-off ratio was 6.15% in the quarter, down 284 basis points from the prior year quarter and up 32 basis points from the third quarter 2014. Recoveries continued to improve in the quarter at 59 basis points versus 53 basis points in the fourth quarter of 2013.
The delinquency ratio for the Acquisitions and Servicing segment was 4.69% at the end of the quarter, a decrease of 42 basis points from the prior quarter end.
The Non-Core Portfolio (consisting of legacy real estate loans) and Other Non-Core activities generated a pretax loss of $71 million in the quarter8. The legacy real estate portfolio pretax loss primarily results from the impact of full year real estate sales on the segment’s interest earning assets. The proceeds from these sales have been allocated to the Non-Core portfolio, which resulted in a reduction to net interest margin.
6 Excludes impact of one-time items related to accelerated repayment/repurchase of debtand earnings attributable to non-controlling interests.
7 Includes impact of charges related to accelerated repayment/repurchase of debt and earnings attributable to non-controlling interests.
8 Excludes impact of one-time items related to the accelerated repayment/repurchase of debt, real estate sales (including restructuring and transaction costs), and one-time costs associated with debt refinance.
As of December 31, 2014, the company had $3.4 billion of cash and highly liquid investment securities. The company had total outstanding debt of $8.4 billion at quarter-end, in a variety of debt instruments.
1. Net Finance Receivables represents data as of December 31, 2014. All other metrics represent data for the year ended December 31, 2014.
2. Risk Adjusted Yield = Yield less Net Charge-off rates.
3. Excludes impact of charges related to accelerated repayment/repurchase of debt, fair value adjustments on debt and earnings attributable to non-controlling interests.
We report the operating results of our Core Consumer Operations, Non-Core Portfolio and Other Non-Core using the same accounting basis that we employed prior to 2010 when we were acquired by Fortress (the “Fortress Acquisition”), which we refer to as “historical accounting basis,” to provide a consistent basis for both management and other interested third parties to better understand our operating results. The historical accounting basis (which is a basis of accounting other than U.S. GAAP) also provides better comparability of the operating results of these segments to our competitors and other companies in the financial services industry. The historical accounting basis is not applicable to Acquisitions and Servicing since this segment resulted from the purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio on April 1, 2013 and therefore, was not affected by the Fortress Acquisition.
Pretax Core Earnings is a key performance measure used by management in evaluating the performance of our Core Consumer Operations. Pretax Core Earnings represents our income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes on a historical accounting basis and excludes results of operations from our Non-Core Portfolio (legacy real estate loans) and other non-originating legacy operations, gains (losses) resulting from accelerated long-term debt repayment and repurchases of long-term debt related to Core Consumer Operations (attributable to Springleaf), gains (losses) on fair value adjustments on debt related to Core Consumer Operations (attributable to Springleaf), one-time costs associated with debt refinance related to Consumer and Insurance, and results of operations attributable to non-controlling interests. Pretax Core Earnings provides us with a key measure of our Core Consumer Operations’ performance as it assists us in comparing its performance on a consistent basis. Management believes Pretax Core Earnings is useful in assessing the profitability of our core business and uses Pretax Core Earnings in evaluating our operating performance. Pretax Core Earnings is a non-GAAP measure and should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for or superior to, operating income, net income, operating cash flow, and other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Springleaf management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss our fourth quarter and full year 2014 results and other general matters at 10:00 am Eastern on Thursday, March 12, 2015. Both the call and webcast are open to the general public. The general public is invited to listen to the call by dialing 877-330-3668 (U.S. domestic), or 678-304-6859 (international), conference ID 83319327, or via a live audio webcast through the Investor Relations section of the website. For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available on our website or by dialing 800-585-8367 (U.S. domestic), or 404-537-3406, conference ID 83319327, beginning approximately two hours after the event. The replay of the conference call will be available through March 26, 2015. An investor presentation will be available by visiting the Investor Relations page of Springleaf’s website at www.springleaf.com on Thursday, March 12, 2015, prior to the start of the conference call.
This press release contains “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. Forward looking statements include, without limitation, statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, projections, strategies, future events or performance, our 2015 guidance ranges and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are not statements of historical facts. Statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words “anticipate,” “appears,” “believe,” “foresee,” “intend,” “should,” “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “plan,” “may,” “could,” “will,” “are likely” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward looking statements. These statements involve predictions of our future financial condition, performance, plans and strategies, and are thus dependent on a number of factors including, without limitation, assumptions and data that may be imprecise or incorrect. Specific factors that may impact performance or other predictions of future actions include, but are not limited to: changes in general economic conditions, including the interest rate environment and the financial markets; levels of unemployment and personal bankruptcies; shifts in residential real estate values; shifts in collateral values, delinquencies, or credit losses; natural or accidental events such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, or floods; war, acts of terrorism, riots, civil disruption, pandemics, or other events disrupting business or commerce; our ability to successfully realize the benefits of the SpringCastle Portfolio and the OneMain acquisition if completed; the effectiveness of our credit risk scoring models; changes in our ability to attract and retain employees or key executives; changes in the competitive environment in which we operate; changes in federal, state and local laws, regulations, or regulatory policies and practices; potential liability relating to real estate and personal loans which we have sold or may sell in the future, or relating to securitized loans; the costs and effects of any litigation or governmental inquiries or investigations; our continued ability to access the capital markets or the sufficiency of our current sources of funds to satisfy our cash flow requirements; our ability to generate sufficient cash to service all of our indebtedness; the potential for downgrade of our debt by rating agencies; and other risks described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Form 2013 10-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2014. Forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. We caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward looking statements that speak only as of the date they were made. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this presentation or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. You should not rely on forward looking statements as the sole basis upon which to make any investment decision.
Net income (loss) attributable to Springleaf Holdings, Inc.
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As river cruising continues to boom, the choice of lines and ships is also increasing. Thanks to its widespread marketing and sponsorship of popular television programs such as Downton Abbey and Miss Marple, there can be few people who haven't heard of Viking River Cruises.
On the other hand, the European cruise lines CroisiEurope and A-Rosa will ring fewer bells. Already well known in their respective homelands -- France and Germany -- both lines are now selling cruises in the United States, U.K. and other English-speaking countries. A-Rosa has been around since 2000, and family-owned CroisiEurope, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2016, is one of the pioneers of river cruising.
How do these lesser-known lines stack up to Viking? Take a look at our guide on Viking versus CroisiEurope and A-Rosa.
CroisiEurope and A-Rosa offer extremely competitively priced itineraries, and the cost of the majority of cruises with both lines is at least $1,000 less per cruise than Viking, with extra inclusions, such as an open bar throughout the day. Viking includes wine, beer and soda with lunch and dinner. However, there are marked differences in other areas, such as meals, excursions and entertainment, which reflect the price differential.
Viking offers a wide range of deals and promotions throughout the season, which can sometime make it hard for travelers to decide when to book to get the best rates. CroisiEurope and A-Rosa's pricing structures are much simpler, and in the case of CroisiEurope, most cruises are exactly the same price throughout the season. Both lines also offer discounts on selected sailings, which can be found on their respective websites. Viking sells itineraries on a cruise-only or airfare-included basis, with airport transfers. Through their websites, CroisiEurope and A-Rosa sell itineraries on a cruise-only basis. On some cruises CroisiEurope provides transfers to and from local train stations. However, travel agents and tour operators will package itineraries with air travel and transfers, which is a particularly good option for U.S. passengers who might be on their first trip to Europe and want all the arrangements to be made for them.
All three lines require a nonrefundable deposit -- around 20 percent of the cost of A-Rosa and CroisiEurope cruises and a flat rate that is typically $500 for Viking -- and impose a sliding scale of cancellation charges dependant on the time of canceling. It's worth noting that A-Rosa has a generous free rebooking policy, available once only per booking and up to 30 days prior to departure. Any changes to cruise dates with Viking and CroisiEurope are treated as cancellations and subject to cancellation charges.
Choose Viking if you plan to travel in a group.
A-Rosa and CroisiEurope both offer discounts for group bookings. However Viking provides the most comprehensive offer for groups, including discounted travel and free cruises for group travel organizers, depending on the size of the booking. It can also accommodate special group requests, such as dedicated excursions for the group or onboard events that might include a private cocktail reception. It also offers a refer-a-friend rewards program.
Choose A-Rosa or CroisiEurope if you want gratuities included or prefer discretionary tipping.
Because most passengers are European, where the tipping culture is less entrenched than the United States, gratuities are included in the cost of A-Rosa cruises. Passengers who wish to provide something extra for exceptional service can leave money in a tip box at reception at the end of the cruise, or give gratuities directly to individual members of the crew; however, this is not a requirement. CroisiEurope does not include tipping in the fares but operates an optional tipping policy, which is left entirely to the discretion of individual passengers. For guidance, the line says €5 to €10 per person, per day, and for passengers that want to tip there is a gratuity box on the reception desk. Reflecting the U.S. tipping philosophy, Viking passengers are requested to settle onboard gratuities at the end of the cruise. The recommended amount is €12 ($13.40) per person, per day for the ship's staff and crew, and €2 ($2.25) per person, per day for the program director. Smaller tips, payable in cash, are also encouraged for guides and drivers on shore excursions.
This is an area where there is a big difference between the lines, and one of the reasons why Viking's fares are considerably more than A-Rosa and CroisiEurope. Complimentary daily excursions are included on Viking, and each cruise will typically feature two or three additional optional excursions, for a fee.
The arrangements for shore excursions on A-Rosa and CroisiEurope depend on where you book. For U.S. passengers, the land tours are included in the fare. For U.K. and European passengers, they are not included in the fare. They can be booked as a package in advance of the sailing at a reduced rate, or booked onboard. (With CroisiEurope excursions are included for passengers on Asia itineraries and selected Douro sailings). With all lines, the shore excursions are a combination of walking tours and coach excursions into the local countryside to visit historic towns, castles and other places of interest.
Choose Viking if you want an inclusive culture-rich experience.
Viking places a big emphasis on its included excursions. Each day a large proportion of the cruise director's talk is a detailed rundown of the next day's tours, and a daily excursion -- sometimes two -- are included in the fare. It's also worth noting that Viking caters for passengers with varying levels of mobility, providing guests with the opportunity to join gentle-paced or faster walking tours.
Choose A-Rosa or CroisiEurope if you want to pick and choose active excursions.
Akin to an ocean cruise experience, and more unusual to river ships, A-Rosa and CroisiEurope cater to passengers who don't want a packed schedule of daily included excursions; whether they are on a budget, prefer to explore independently or simply want to spend more time onboard when the vessels are in port. In general, A-Rosa includes one half-day tour in the price of the cruise and others can be booked prior to embarkation or during the cruise. Similarly, most of CroisiEurope's excursions are provided at additional cost, and can be purchased in advance or onboard for the same price.
The excursions on both lines are generally more active than Viking's, involving more walking. A-Rosa also has a fleet of onboard bicycles, used for group shore excursions or available to hire individually, and CroisiEurope has free bikes available on its barge cruises. Viking does not have onboard bikes or offer cycling tours.
With more than 60 vessels, including 46 Longships, Viking is the world's largest river cruise line. CroisiEurope has 45 vessels, including its recent debut on the Elbe, with the Elbe Princesse, and an additional French hotel barge, Deborah. It markets itself as the largest European river cruise line, which is correct in the context that its headquarters and operations center is totally based in Europe. A-Rosa is the smallest of the trio, with 11 vessels. That said, you can't miss them as they are the most eye-catching ships of the lot, with white exteriors covered in rose petals and a pair of bright red lips holding a rose across the bow.
The Viking Longships that sail on the rivers of Europe carry 190 passengers. CroisiEurope's fleet ranges from 24-passenger barges to 190-passenger river vessels (it also operates a 200-passenger ship and eight-passenger yacht that sail on coastal cruises in the Adriatic and Mediterranean). A-Rosa vessels carry 174 to 242 passengers.
All three lines sail the Rhine, Danube, Main and Moselle, Rhone and Saone. Viking and CroisiEurope also offer itineraries on the Seine, Garonne, Gironde, Dordogne, Elbe, Douro, Russian waterways and Mekong in Vietnam and Cambodia (for the 2016/17 season CroisiEurope's 60-passenger Princess Apsara will join its four other vessels on the Mekong). A-Rosa is introducing Seine itineraries from 2017. Additionally, Viking sails in Egypt and Myanmar (Burma). CroisiEurope is unique as it is the only river cruise line to sail on the notoriously low waters of the Loire, and is the only one of the three lines to offer cruises along Spain's Guadalquivir and Guadiana rivers. It also operates a fleet of hotel barges on French canals and rivers in regions including Burgundy, Alsace, Provence and Champagne. All three lines offer Christmas market cruises.
Choose Viking if you prefer to know what to expect.
Bar a few design tweaks on the newest ships, the Viking Longships are virtually identical with exactly the same layout of cabins and public rooms, which are all decorated in the line's trademark Scandinavian style. Repeat passengers will know exactly what to expect and won't have any unexpected surprises in relation to cabin decor or amenities.
Choose CroisiEurope or A-Rosa if you want to break the mold.
CroisiEurope has a really neat range of ships and is the only one of the three lines to operate intimate hotel barges with just 12 cabins. Its standout vessels are the 96-passenger Loire Princesse, the only river vessel on the Loire that has a paddlewheel on each side to enable it to navigate the river's shallow waters, and the new 80-passenger Elbe Princesse, which has a similar design. Both CroisiEurope and A-Rosa vessels are decorated in bright, modern colors.
This is another area where the lines offer very different experiences. Viking has always been firmly aimed at the English-speaking market. It draws its crew members from a variety of countries that line the route of its European itineraries, such as Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria. In contrast, CroisiEurope and A-Rosa remain faithful to their roots, recruiting the majority of crew members from France and Germany which makes for a really authentic onboard atmosphere. Both of these lines run "international cruises," where English-speaking passengers will have a dedicated host (that said, all public-facing crew members are bilingual and speak excellent English so booking one of these sailings is not essential, and the main benefit is having an English-speaking guide on excursions).
Choose Viking if you prefer to sail with folks from the same country.
U.S. passengers can expect the majority of their shipmates to be from North America, with a smattering of Brits, Canadians and travelers from other English-speaking countries.
Choose CroisiEurope or A-Rosa if you want a cosmopolitan, family-friendly atmosphere.
Sail on these two lines and you'll have a truly multinational experience and the chance to chat with passengers from France, Germany and other countries (who invariably speak much better English than most U.S. and U.K. passengers speak European languages!). Viking does not actively encourage children, and aside from the very occasional older teenager you are unlikely to see any young people on their sailings. However, A-Rosa actively welcomes families, and youngsters under 15 travel free of charge when accompanied by a parent on select sailings. CroisiEurope offers discounted fares for children under the age of 10, and also runs special family cruises on select summer sailings.
Viking's 95-cabin Longships have the same layout and configuration, and are all decorated in tasteful, muted tones. The Veranda Cabins are 205 square feet, including the walkout balcony, and French Balcony cabins, where you can look out rather than step outside, are 135 square feet. Lower deck cabins, that have a fixed window, are 150 square feet. Veranda Suites, which have a separate bedroom and living area, are 275 square feet and two-room Explorer Suites (two on each Longship) measure 445 square feet.
Cabins on A-Rosa vessels differ slightly in terms of categories. For instance, on some vessels there are no suites. The majority of standard cabins measure 156 square feet and have French balconies with floor-to-ceiling windows, or fixed windows on the lower deck cabins. On the ships that do have suites these range in size from 226 square feet (four on each ship with a French balcony) to a pair of cabins that measure 312 square feet, with a walkout balcony and French balcony. Most of the cabins have fixed double beds, and generally there are only four on each ship that have two single beds. The ships feature cabins with connecting doors, and staterooms with one or two extra pull-down beds that are suitable for families or groups of friends.
Cabins on CroisiEurope vessels vary the most due to the variety of different vessels in the fleet. They range from 75 square feet to 180 square feet, with the most common size being 140 square feet. Unlike the other two lines, very few CroisiEurope ships have suites and so you will generally find all the vessels on a particular ship being the same size. Some vessels have French balconies, but there are no full verandas.
Cabins on all three lines are well equipped with comfortable beds, large TVs with on-demand films and entertainment and free WiFi. All passengers on A-Rosa are given a red rose on arrival and there is a stem vase, filled with water, waiting in the cabin -- a nice little touch.
CroisiEurope is the only line that offers accessible cabins.
Choose Viking if you like proper balconies.
Viking has a high proportion of balcony cabins, and the balconies are furnished with two chairs and a small table.
Choose A-Rosa if you're traveling alone.
All of A-Rosa's Christmas market and Christmas cruises are free of single supplements. In addition, 89 "international" sailings on the Rhine, Danube and Rhone do not carry single supplements. Solo passengers on Viking and CroisiEurope have to pay single supplements.
Choose CroisiEurope if you want to relax and watch the passing scenery.
One standout feature on the majority of CroisiEurope ships is that beds face the river, so passengers can relax in their cabins and watch the world float by (you wonder why more lines don't design their cabins like this).
When it comes to mealtimes there are substantial differences between all three lines, and personal taste will play a major factor in deciding which line to book. Viking has the largest choice, and will suit passengers who prefer full-service a la carte meals and the option to choose between classic and regional fare. Viking is the only line that offers made-to-order items at breakfast in addition to a buffet. Breakfast on CroisiEurope and A-Rosa is buffet-style.
A-Rosa bucks the usual trend on river cruises with a buffet at every meal, apart from one a la carte dinner included in the fare and the option to buy more. In another break with tradition, food is arranged over several buffet stations in a separate area next to the dining room, rather than on a central buffet in the restaurant. As a result, meals are leisurely affairs with less rigid dining times, and the option to take food to eat in the bar and on the sun deck. In addition to traditional German foods (think plenty of meat and sausages!), there is always a wide choice of international dishes and vegetarian options.
At lunchtime Viking has a buffet and served a la carte menu, and in the evening it is a full-service a la carte dinner. Viking also offers an alternative light lunch and dinner in the Aquavit Terrace, the indoor/outdoor eating area that's a unique feature on the Longships.
Lunch and dinner on CroisiEurope ships is a three-course fixed menu of local specialities, all served with French flair and excellent bread. Meals are typically meat heavy and served with rich sauces and there's only one choice; special diets and vegetarian meals are available with advance notice, but you might have to ask repeatedly. Viking includes beer, wine and soda with lunch and dinner and has a 24-hour complimentary tea and coffee station. A-Rosa and CroisiEurope include all drinks throughout the day, with the exception of a small number of premium brands.
Viking offers the most comprehensive enrichment program, with in-depth port talks, activities such as language lessons and cooking demonstrations, and shows by visiting singers, dancers and musicians in addition to a resident onboard pianist/singer.
To a lesser extent, CroisiEurope hosts lectures and demonstrations and, depending on the itinerary, a folkloric group or local musicians may come aboard. There is no resident onboard musician.
What A-Rosa lacks in port talks and other enrichment activities, it more than makes up for with lively entertainment. In addition to light-hearted workshops such as how to make towel animals, the onboard entertainers are usually multi-talented and will sing, play several musical instruments, host quiz shows and become a DJ after dinner and get passengers on the dance floor.
A-Rosa comes out tops in this category. In keeping with the German love of well-being, vessels are equipped with gyms and there is a daily staff-led early morning stretching or exercise class. There are also bicycles and swimming pools on all vessels. A-Rosa also operates a professional river cruise spa, which is far more than a token massage bed in a cabin. The largest ships have a spa reception area, and the Spa-Rosa area on all ships includes treatment rooms, a spa menu featuring Babor and St Barth products, a changing area, sauna and relaxation room.
None of these features, aside from bicycles on CroisiEurope's barges, feature on the other two lines.
Viking has elevators on all of its Longships and the other two lines have elevators on some, but not all, vessels. They all offer free WiFi and a for-fee laundry service, aside from CroisiEurope that does not have a laundry service.
Viking has an excellent tried and tested product, with plenty of attention to detail, that appeals to the North American market. Despite their lower fares, CroisiEurope and A-Rosa do not compromise on quality, and both lines offer a great value experience for passengers who want to try something different and get a real taste of Europe -- both on and off the ships -- and prefer the flexibility of only paying for the excursions that interest them.
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2019-04-25T05:59:18Z
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https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=2387
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AMEX Credit Card Travel Insurance is embedded into some, but not all, of their cards.
Different cards have different levels of cover.
AMEX cards have highly limited cover that is totally inadequate for almost every traveler.
Also, American Express Travel Insurance is available to buy as a standalone trip protection product from the American Express Travel Insurance site.
This direct to consumer travel insurance from American Express is different from the cover offered on American Express cards, which can be confusing. Also, if a customer wishes to buy American Express Travel Insurance directly, they do not need an American Express card – you can buy with your Visa or MasterCard.
So, two completely different products, with two completely different levels of trip insurance cover from American Express.
In this article we will cover AMEX Credit Card Travel Insurance.
These are critical areas of cover that we think should be in every travel policy. AMEX cardholders who need this additional cover will need to buy a comprehensive travel insurance policy of the type we sell at AardvarkCompare.
American Express is one of the largest credit card companies in the world. Whilst Visa and MasterCard have far greater sales volume, Amex considers itself the most premium of all credit card issuers.
Part of the Amex appeal to customers is the enhanced benefits that come associated with each card.
Baggage Insurance offers reasonable cover if a bag is lost.
Car Rental Cover saves the equivalent of $9 per day in alternative insurance costs.
Travel Accident Insurance is Death and Dismemberment Cover. It is not Travel Medical Insurance. As such, we feel that this is a terribly disingenuous cover name which is confusing to anyone unless they read the policy documents in detail.
It should be noted that the majority of these programs are selected by a credit card issuer in order to be of high perceived value to a customer, but with low cost. Low cost is created by having a low cost of use – reading a guide for example. Or, the low price is due to low cover or a low claims rate.
So, in this case, American Express Cards are hoping that a customer feels that there is value in the card that has been issued, but that the customer does not use the benefits that come with the card.
Let’s look at some of the benefits that are associated with travel insurance.
The AMEX Baggage Insurance plan is underwritten by AMEX Assurance Company. It is currently available on 41 of the Amex cards issued in the USA.
In practical terms, the baggage insurance plan is available on Blue, Green, Gold and Platinum cards.
The Amex Baggage Insurance Plan has recently been updated. Visitors to the Amex site will be advised to select either the new policy, or the policy issued prior to September 1, 2017.
Of significant importance – the Amex Credit Card Baggage Insurance plan is only valid if the entire fare for the trip was charged to the member’s card. You need to pay for your trip with your American Express card in order to for the Amex Baggage Insurance plan to activate.
Now, just to add to the complexity, AMEX Baggage Insurance has three different levels of cover – Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3.
Card Member, and the Card Member’s spouse or Domestic Partner and dependent children under 23 years of age.
Take a look at the list. Some of these Amex cards have very high prestige levels, yet exactly the same cover as a cheap and cheerful Amex Blue. So, just because your card says Platinum, doesn’t mean it has regular Platinum benefits. Be very careful. The phrase to look for is ‘Platinum from American Express’ – that is a ‘Platinum’ card with Platinum benefits. So, there is a card in the list above that is called American Express Platinum Credit Card. Sounds like a Platinum. It isn’t.
Furs or articles made mostly with fur or trimmed or lined with fur.
Now, this does not make a great deal of sense to us, but there seems to be a significant difference in the way in which a very similarly titled product has its benefits created.
Remember that we earlier described a series of Amex Platinum cards that only had Level 1 Cover – Amex Platinum, Platinum Delta and Platinum Delta Skymiles.
The ‘Platinum’ in those earlier cards does not accurately describe a higher value card.
Only when we get to ‘Platinum Card from American Express’ and ‘The Platinum Card from American Express’ do we begin to see true Platinum levels of cover.
Check your policy benefits carefully.
The baggage travel protection that American Express embeds into its cards is good. The protection levels within its Platinum cards are excellent. However, not all Amex cards are created equal. There are a large number of cards that sound as though they have superior benefits but do not.
It is very important to check your own policy benefits when looking at your Amex Trip Insurance. Remember, as well, that you must pay for the entire trip with your Amex card in order to get the benefits of cover.
Currently in the USA, American Express offers credit card car rental loss and damage insurance on 52 of its different credit cards.
Why is this a useful insurance? Well, a car rental insurance bought on its own from AAA or Allianz would cost $9 per day. The Amex cover replicates this standalone cover, so is very good value for its cardholders.
You have fully activated coverage.
You use Your Account, American Express Membership Reward Points and/or American Express Pay with Points to hold or place a deposit at the time the rental is checked out and to pay for the Entire Rental from the Rental Company. Coverage will not be activated if You pay for any portion of the Rental Vehicle by some other means.
the purchase invoice price of the Rental Vehicle, minus salvage and depreciation costs.
Reasonable and necessary charges related to the Rental Vehicle subsequent to the Damage or Theft.
You need to use your AMEX Card to pay for the entire transaction of your rental car. Otherwise, this element of the American Express Card Travel Insurance will not activate.
You need to decline the Car Rental Company CDW offer.
You have $50k of cover – think about this if the car that you are renting is worth more than this.
You need to use your American Express Card to pay for the entire transaction of your rental car. Otherwise, this element of the American Express Card Travel Insurance will not activate.
You have $75k of cover – better than the $50k Tier 1 cover, but, still think about this if the car that you are renting is worth more than $75k.
The full Platinum Card from American Express gives an additional level of cover if you frequently hire cars worth more than $50k but less than $75k.
Note that any driver intoxication will invalidate the insurance, so please drive sober.
Also, cover will only work for up to 30 consecutive days of car rental.
Currently in the USA, American Express offers credit card travel accident cover on 62 of its different credit cards.
We think that this is one of the least useful policy benefits available on a credit card.
It is providing some death and dismemberment cover when you are on a trip that you fully paid for with your American Express card. At AardvarkCompare we don’t come across many customers searching for this type of cover. Customers want trip cancellation benefit, or travel medical cover. But rarely, if ever, are we asked about travel death and dismemberment cover.
Note that American Express does not call this cover ‘Death and Dismemberment’. Yet that is exactly what it is. We find this concerning, and think that it is less than transparent.
The reason for our concern is that many travelers mistakenly believe that AMEX Credit Card Travel Accident Insurance is going to offer them medical benefits. This is, we believe, an entirely logical conclusion that a traveler would make. $100k of Travel Accident Insurance sounds to most people like $100k to cover medical charges in the event of an accident on a trip.
It won’t cover a cent.
So, make sure you know what Amex is giving you. You are not getting Travel Medical cover.
Many customers will require far more extensive Travel Insurance than that which is offered by AMEX Credit Card Travel Insurance. Be careful and try not to assume that a Platinum card will have medical cover, or cancellation benefits. There is no such cover.
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2019-04-21T12:18:05Z
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https://www.aardvarkcompare.com/blog/amex-credit-card-travel-insurance/
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However, "memorable" doesn't always translate to profitable. The reality is Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists hear dozens of pitches a week.
Relay the right information, in the right way.
Over the years, we have noticed that there is a definite formula for pitching VCs. Unfortunately, many founders who aren't privy to this information, risk making mistakes that can easily be avoided.
As can be expected, several factors go into determining whether or not to invest in a startup (some instinctual, some quantitative). Not every investor will assign the same weight to every metric. With that said, there are some data points and factors most seed round investors care about.
How much traction do you have? Anyone can blow-up a pie graph, projecting market share, but those numbers don't mean much until you have proven a demand for your product. VCs want to invest in sustainable businesses, and that means illustrating how you have seen consistent product demand.
How does your product fit into the overall market? Is there room for growth?
Investors want to see data that indicates you’re building something others are willing and able to pay for.
Depending on the type of startup, requirements may differ between month over month revenue and growth rates. All metrics should be confirmed with VC contacts.
You might only be based in San Francisco today, but what about 1-2 years from now?
Will your manufacturing process change?
What type of financing will you need to expand?
Whether you plan to expand nationally or internationally, know how you will scale when the time is right.
What is your average cost per customer? How do you acquire new customers? And why does this strategy work?
Marketing should be a core part of every business plan from day one. Telling your investors you "do online marketing" isn't enough. Be prepared to get specific (e.g. paid advertising campaigns on Facebook, organic search traffic methods, cold calling).
While valuing mature companies is fairly straightforward — market capitalization and sales multiples can be used to provide a solid foundation — valuing startups can sometimes be more ambiguous.
Liquidation preferences are created to ensure that investors get paid promptly should your company either sell or go out of business. Here's a helpful article to help you determine yours: WTF Is a Liquidation Preference?
How much equity will you retain as a founder? Standard vesting clauses typically last four years, with a one-year "cliff." For example, if you have 50 percent equity, and leave after two years, you will only retain 25 percent. Here's a good primer on how it works.
How do you value a company? Especially one that hasn't seen much traction because you started it three months ago.
While there are many methods to consider, it's important to remember the primary function of early-stage valuations: Communicating how much stake a VC will get in return for his investment.
Early valuations are based on demonstrated traction, revenues, market demand, and reputation.
The investment you receive should allow your startup to achieve significant growth during the next 18 months, so that you can successfully raise the next round of investment.
Higher valuations aren't always better (the more money you get, the more quickly you are expected to grow). It really depends on your strategy.
Here's an article that looks at how to arrive at the valuation you need.
Once you have gathered your supporting information, and identified what you need, it's time to target the VCs who best align with your goals.
Investment firms can generally be divided into two categories: Top-tier and second-tier. As expected, the competition to get in front of top-tier investors can be tough, but the networking required to get there is absolutely worth it.
Find out everything you need to know about building a tech startup in Silicon Valley. From the best Venture Capitalists to the best networking events, get The Silicon Valley Startup Guide.
How many firms should you be targeting? Well, that really depends on your goals. However, in general, early-stage startups should target at least 100 investment firms to perfect pitch, and then determine your top 20 to target with that perfect pitch.
Once you have identified your target firms, spend some time studying the backgrounds of the firms' individual investors to find your best match. Consider the unique individuals you plan to meet with and tailor your pitch accordingly.
How well do they know our industry?
Will they need to be educated with detailed examples?
What successful startups have they backed in the past and why?
What do we have in common with those companies (and how can we demonstrate that)?
Will we be meeting with decision makers or supporting team members?
How big is their fund?
As you gather this information, you may find a variety of background info that can improve your pitch. For example, if this investor has a variety of educational companies in their portfolio, they may be especially interested in how your app could potentially expand into that direction.
The Bottom Line: Always personalize your pitch.
Remember: Investors are people too. Obviously, you want to make a favorable impression on the individuals you are about to meet. However, avoid elevating them in your mind as having more value than yourself. They need you as much as you need them.
With that said, the best way to make a great impression is to be authentic. Most investors are pretty good at reading people. Don't try to make your personality "bigger" than it is and don't pretend you "have it all figured out" when you don't.
A suggestion: Begin by asking your VCs what they most want emphasized within your presentation. This way, you can customize your pitch to address this specific point of interest. Don't rearrange the whole thing; just make sure to spend a little more time on that one area.
"I knew that no one had the ability to execute my plan as well as I did," Young said. "Sure, they could read my blueprints, but building it was another story."
Translation: Ideas are a dime a dozen; executing them is what counts.
Craft a 2-minute introduction that paves the way for what is to come.
A memorable tagline that encompasses your overall vision.
An explanation of who you serve, what you provide and why.
The goal is to keep it simple so VCs don't have to struggle to figure out what the presentation will cover.
Don't say: We provide SQL, in-memory scale-out architecture that is ACID compliant, blazing fast, and real-time decision-making capable.
Say: We make in-memory data 100x faster than traditional alternatives.
If this were one of those "make your own story" books (i.e. turn to page 45, and the princess travels to Mars; turn to page 65, and she accepts a job with Google), you would now have the choice between two plot directions: Emphasizing Metrics vs. Emphasizing Market Demand.
Show me the numbers! If you have strong metrics, you'll want to highlight those upfront.
Are you using industry standard metrics?
Do your numbers support each other?
Can you elaborate if asked?
However, what if you have not yet achieved much traction? Should you still lead with numbers? Probably not. While you will want to emphasize potential growth by discussing things like Total Market Share (TAM), you will want to begin by emphasizing the specific problem you're seeking to solve.
How did you come across this particular need in the marketplace? Why is the need so strong? And what is the one reason your product is most equipped to feel that need?
Again, emphasizing TAM and market share is great. But, also consider providing visual aids that illustrate the specific segment of the market you are reaching. Your primary goal is to convince the VCs that demand for what you are offering is significant, and that there really isn't anything else like it on the market. Fail to clearly articulate why your product is different, and investors may be wary of its unproven nature.
Next, it's time to tell your story.
In 2007, twenty-something's Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky were struggling to pay rent. The duo caught wind of a design conference coming to San Francisco and came up with an idea: Rent out three airbeds on their living room floor to conference attendees who couldn't find available hotel rooms. The next day they created a website, and six days later they had a 30-year-old Indian man, a 35-year-old woman from Boston and a 45-year-old father of four from Utah sleeping on their floor. Thus, Airbnb was born.
The most powerful way to explain your company's value is within the context of a story. Don't rush this part; it's the part that makes people care. If you don't naturally have a great company origin story, consider creating a fictional story that clearly illustrates the problem your customer is seeking to solve and how your company delights them in the end. Videos, photos, and reenactments are all fantastic; get creative.
It's a famous euphemism when it comes to sales and marketing, and for a good reason. Listing off a bunch of features is incredibly boring. Thus, when you begin to explain the details of your product, focus on the benefits instead of features. Understandably, some people have trouble differentiating the two.
An easy way to keep this straight is to remember: A feature is what your product does, a benefit is what it allows your customer to do/experience (i.e. peace of mind, money saved, convenience).
FEATURE: Airbnb provides customers and homeowners with a digital platform for renting rooms out.
BENEFIT: Homeowners make money and renters save money while getting a more intimate travel experience with our digital platform.
One of the biggest stumbling blocks many VCs have is understanding why anyone should care about a new company. Your job is to demonstrate that your product is proprietary and that customers are motivated to get out their credit cards.
Once you have demonstrated the value of what you have, it's time to talk revenue.
What makes this product different than what is already on the market?
What is their revenue model and is it dependable?
Are they profitable right now? (compare CAC to LTV to prove profitability).
While numbers are important, they aren't deal-breakers. Great ideas, and great teams, can be just as important when evaluating startups. For this reason, you want to finish up by talking about why your team is especially qualified to pull this off.
You could have the best product in the world, but without the right team in place it's not going to work. In lieu of awesome numbers, passionate, hardworking, and smart founders can often sway deals in their favor.
Do emphasize relevant training and educational experiences that demonstrate you know what you are doing. With that said, don't assume you need a lofty resume to make a strong impression. When it comes to entrepreneurship, passion counts.
Standout entrepreneurs are more than their background; they are enthusiastic sales people, recruiters, and evangelists. Show investors why this company matters to you by helping them get to know you.
Finally, prepare a brief summary of your pitch. Just like your introduction, you will want to emphasize what you do, how you do it and the metrics that most prove your credibility. Also, consider closing with that tagline you came up with earlier.
Once you have finished, be prepared to answer questions. If you have done your homework (much of which was outlined in this article), you will have nothing to worry about. Remember: Investors are people too! And they want to see you succeed. Finally, don't leave without understanding exactly what will happen next and how you will be back in touch.
However you describe it, pitching VCs is an unavoidable part of growing a tech startup. If you believe in your product, stop at nothing to let people know about it. And if someone isn’t interested, find out why. Then come back with something they will be interested in.
One of the best ways to perfect your pitch is to surround yourself with others who are familiar with the process. Then, practice, practice, practice!
At RocketSpace, you'll find a talented community of founders, mentors, and investors to work alongside. With stringent vetting in place, we only admit startups who are building minimum viable products and scaling intelligently. With a strong tech community to bounce ideas and practice pitches off of, RocketSpace's tech startup campus members can prepare to face the challenges of raising VC, and scaling.
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2019-04-24T04:01:22Z
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https://www.rocketspace.com/tech-startups/how-to-pitch-a-vc-the-5-step-process
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“Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD!” Lam 3:40.
Last night I watched one of my favorite Christmas movies, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. And the one I watched is my favorite version, where George C. Scott plays the part of Scrooge. It is a powerful rendition of this Christmas favorite. As I watched, I became aware there was a very interesting message in the movie I had not seen before. And it has nothing really to do with Christmas, but it is a very Christian message. I will start by giving a very quick overview of the story.
Something intended to deceive; a hoax or fraud.
A person who claims to be other than what he or she is; an impostor.
What Ebenezer was saying was that Christmas is a fraudulant holiday for the purpose of deceiving people into buying things they did not need, or giving them to people who did not need it, and with money they did not have. If this was all there was to Christmas, I probably would not celebrate it myself.
He then tells Bob Cratchet, his only employee, he can have the whole day of Christmas off with pay, even though he felt Bob was stealing his money by not working for it. He then leaves to go to the exchange and meets two men who asks Ebenezer for a donation to the poor. Scrooge asks about the prisons and work houses which the government set up for the poor. He is told that many would rather die then go there. At which Scooge says in one of the most famous lines of the story, “‘If they would rather die, . . . they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.'” This was a hard hearted man. He then goes home, walking down a lonely street, goes into his fairly large home, walks up to his bedroom, and once in, scans the room in fear, then locks the door with various locks. His room is a cold, stark and lonly place, uninviting in all ways. He fixes himself a meager dinner, and receives a visit from his former and deceased partner Jacob Marley who says he was there for Ebenezer’s redemption and that Scrooge would be visited by three Ghosts. Let me summarize the three visitations. While he is with these three ghosts, he can see and hear everything, but they cannot see or hear him.
Here we see Ebenezer as a child. While his friends are having fun, he is alone and abandoned by his friends and family, He was sent off to boarding school as a young boy because his father resented him for surviving his birth while his mother did not. He was given the opportunity to go home, but only for three days, when he would then be sent to apprentice with a Mr. Fezziwig. There he meets Belle, a beautiful young lady and they fall in love, and during the Christmas Eve party, he sees how Mr. Fezziwig earned the loyalty and love of his apprentices by spending a small amount of money, but giving them a very enjoyable night. However, she leaves him because he was more interested in money than her. The ghost shows Ebenezer Belle, now married to a very successful and loving man, and having four kids. She mentions she pities Ebenezer, which he detests. What we see here is a young man who probably desired to please his father by being financially successful, which he attains, but loses everything else in the process.
This Ghost takes him to the streets on Christmas day, shows him all the people having a good time, buying food to prepare the Christmas meal, but all Scrooge sees is commerce, buying and selling. They go to the house of Bob Cratchet, Scrooge’s employee, and they see the family making Christmas dinner, taking part in all the family traditions, and again, all he sees is money, asking how could he provide all this on his salary. He sees Tiny Tim, their youngest son, who is crippled and has other physical problems which threatens his very life. Tim keeps saying he feels stronger every day, but in actuality he is growing weaker. A memorable line here is, Bob Cratchet speaking of Tiny Tim, “‘he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day who made lame beggars walk and blind men see.'” Scrooge asked the ghost if Tiny Tim would survive, which prompts the answer, if things go forward as they are now heading, he would die. He then takes Scrooge to the house of his nephew, who had invited him to his home for dinner. The main conversation was on the greediness of Scrooge and how sad his life really was. Lastly, he takes him to a place where the homeless live, scraping out a meager living as best they can. The ghost leaves him there, with Scrooge saying how he did not like that place and wanted to go home.
This is the spector Scrooge feared the most. What he saw was people laughing and joking about the death of some man. No respect was paid, in fact, many looted the man’s home, taking his possessions to sell in order to make a little money. Scrooge saw the body in his own bed, thereby figuring the man who died was probably him. He then asked the ghost to show him some true emotion and compassion, and he takes him again to the house of Bob Cratchet and sees the family crying and mourning over the death of Tiny Tim. Next, Ebenezer asks the ghost for the identity of the dead man, and it takes him to the grave, with the name Ebenezer Scrooge, only seen after he wipes away the snow that covered the name. He then cries out, saying he will change, and when he wakes up, it is Christmas morning and he is truly a changed man, who becomes more generous than any man had ever been, and he also pays for all doctor and hospital bills for Tiny Tim.
It is important that we examine ourselves and see who we really are, and not necessarily who we think we are. If we could see ourselves as others do, would we like what we see? I have taken the time to look at myself and I must say, I was not overly pleased. I saw things I hoped no one else saw. I realized that the picture I had of myself was in many ways humbug, as noted above, a person who claims to be other than what he or she is. And I wondered how others view me. Do they see through the mask I sometimes wear? Do they see me as someone I do not know? I have begun to pray that God will help me be true to what I declare. That I not only talk the talk, but I walk it also. That those areas God does not like, I would yield myself completely to Christ and allow Him to change me into what he wants, and not what I want. It is a tough thing to do, but change is not possible if we do not see a need to change. And if we all examine ourselves, using the Word of God as our prism, we will then see things we do not like and allow God to remove them from us. We will see some things we like, and allow God to strengthen those areas and use them for His glory. But if we do take the time, but allow ourselves to be continually self deluded by our pride, and do not look beyond our own masks to see the real person, then we are doomed to stay as we are.
You have probably heard the following saying, God loves us where we are, but loves us too much to allow us to stay there. God has a plan that He has set in motion since the initial fall in the garden. And He wants us to yield ourselves completely to Him, as instruments in His loving hands. But in order to be useful, we must be conformed to the image of Christ, and in order for us to be conformed, we must change, and in order to change, we must see a need to, and desire it. He is waiting to help us through this process. And if we totally sell out and give our all, we, just as Ebenezer Scrooge, can be transformed from humbug, to a beautiful person who shares the love of God to all, especially those in need, even to the detriment of our own desires.
I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone out there a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for following “Of God and Society” and I pray you have been blessed by it.
I enjoyed Reading this. I just wanted to comment that my favorite part in this movie and I think a point where Scrooge starts to put things together, is when the Ghost of Christmas Present takes him to the Cratchet resident and is telling him that Little Tim is going to die, Scrooge says, "No, no. Oh, no, kind Spirit. say he will be spared." In which the Spirit replies, "If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, none other of my race, will find him here. What then. If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population." I just love how the Spirit uses Scrooge's own words to prove the point. I think we don't really understand things we do or say unless they happen to us, and even then we sometimes don't put it together. But I just love how Scrooge hears those words and you can see the sadness forming on his face at the fact.
Anyways, I just wanted to say I agree and though it is a hard thing to do, I also am going to try and look at my life and try and figure out how I am seen by others and how I can portray more of Jesus in my life.
I agree Brandon. It is very powerful how, especially the Ghost of Christmas present used Scrooges words against him.. I think this burned to the very core of Scrooge. I am glad you enjoyed it. I do not know if you saw this, but you can subscribe and be alerted by email or RSS when a new entry is posted.
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SkyDancers International ships all products in the most robust possible packaging, and selects the most appropriate shipping carrier based on the items ordered. However, sometimes breakage may occur due to carrier mishandling while in transit to you. Should this happen, we will require at least two clear pictures of any damages to be either mailed or e-mailed to our customer service team ([email protected]) as evidence for any claim we may make against the freight carrier, and as a requirement to receive credit or replacement merchandise. This claim must be filed within 7 calendar days of receipt of the merchandise. SkyDancers International reserves the right to replace damaged merchandise within 14 calendar days of notification by the customer. If a replacement item is available for shipping within that time period then a refund cannot be issued. If no replacement is available, the damaged item(s) will be refunded in full.
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4. All claims for returns, damages or any other reason MUST BE MADE BY E-MAIL to [email protected]. The reason for the return must be clearly stated in the e-mail. Before taking any action you must have received a response from SkyDancers International, with an RMA number. All shipments sent to SkyDancers International without an RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) number will be refused and the associated charges will be the sole responsibility of the sender.
5. Shipping charges on returns due to no fault of the customer shall be the responsibility of SkyDancers International. All returned items must be returned in the condition in which they were received, in undamaged original manufacturer’s packaging, and crating materials when applicable, and with all original product manuals and instructions. After the product is received, inspected and verified to be in “as claimed” condition, a full refund will be provided on the product purchase.
7. Please note that custom orders may not be returned. If such products are damaged in shipment, we will assist you with freight claims, or if a product is found to have a manufacturing defect ñ it will be repaired or replaced based on manufacturer’s warranty policies.
8. Items being returned must ALWAYS be sent via ground transportation, insured by the sender. The sender is responsible for arranging the shipping carrier and pick-up for delivery back to SkyDancers International in Los Angeles, CA., unless the return is due to no fault of the sender (for example, damaged merchandise or wrong item received) Shipping charges for items that are sent back by any means other than ground transportation (cheapest available) will be the responsibility of the sender minus the cost of the ground freight charge. This includes when the item is being returned at our expense ñ it must be sent cheapest method possible. SkyDancers International will arrange the pick up and pay the freight and insurance for items returned due to manufacturer error, damages or any other reason that is not caused by the purchaser.
1. We use either DHL, FedEx or other freight carrier for our deliveries. In some cases (larger orders) your shipment may consist of a number of individual boxes placed on a single pallet. The pallet may need to be separated to be unloaded. Unless specifically requested, no truck lift-gate service is ordered for delivery. Please note that you may need to have at least one other person to help the driver with unloading. If you do require additional unloading help or lift-gate services from the carrier, you may contact the freight carrier directly to request such service, however any additional charges for custom unloading are to be your responsibility.
4. Due to the nature of the products we sell, boxes that have been dropped may not show obvious signs of external damage. This is very unusual, but could happen. You may want to open these specific boxes before the driver leaves to ensure that the contents do not have concealed damage. The driver may refuse to allow you the time to open specific boxes – if this is the case, open the boxes as soon as possible, but not later than 3 business days after the delivery, to inspect for damage. If we need to replace a damaged item it is in your best interest to contact us immediately, so we donít sell out of this item during the time you waited to report the issue. If the item is no longer available, customer service will assist you to make alternative arrangements, or arrange a refund.
If the shipment is damaged and unusable, it may be necessary to refuse part or all of the order. Call our shipping department at (818) 341-8060 before refusing any shipment. SkyDancers International will assist in filing a freight claim for damaged freight if the carrier is our normal in-house carrier. If the carrier was chosen by the consignee then it will be the responsibility of the consignee to file such a claim.
Should a shipment arrive with damages caused by the carrier, the carrier will return the merchandise “Dead Head” at no cost to either party. Do not attempt to return any shipment back to SkyDancers International or the originating factory without prior authorization from SkyDancers International. Please review the SkyDancers International Return Policy for additional information.
Please note that any additional freight carrier’s fees such as re-delivery, special notification, storage due to lack of response to appointment requests and lift-gate services are the responsibility of the customer (unless otherwise noted on your order). SkyDancers International is only responsible (under the “Free Shipping” policy) for curbside delivery. SkyDancers International will pay the basic delivery charges to the curb, and the residential delivery charge (assessed by all carriers) only. If other services, such as in-home delivery services are requested by the customer and billed to SkyDancers International, all such fees shall then be re-billed to your credit card. If the freight carrier is unable to deliver the freight due to problems with contacting you or setting up delivery appointments, storage fees may be assessed by the carrier in such case all storage fees are the responsibility of the customer and shall be billed to your credit card.
There will be an additional charge for shipping into Canada. Please call for a quote. The associated fees (customs duty, brokerage fees, etc.) are the sole responsibility of the purchaser. In the event that the purchaser does not pay these fees and they become billed back to SkyDancers International, then SkyDancers International is authorized to charge these fees to the purchaser’s credit card, or, if no card is available, to seek collection from the purchaser.
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An Appointment Request is a type of SERVICE REQUEST for an APPOINTMENT.
Each originating request may result in one or more APPOINTMENT OFFERS, the originating request may be from:Each originating request may result in one or more APPOINTMENT OFFERS.
an ACTIVITY which requires an APPOINTMENT to be made for further care or treatment.
Each Appointment Request should be reviewed by the receiving CARE PROFESSIONAL, ORGANISATION or SERVICE to decide whether an offer of an APPOINTMENT should be made.
It is on this date it is considered that the PATIENT has been added to the Out-Patient Waiting List for the APPOINTMENT with the expectation that it will take place.
When it is decided that an offer of an APPOINTMENT should be made then one or more APPOINTMENT OFFER should be offered each of which will record a separate and different APPOINTMENT DATE OFFERED and APPOINTMENT TIME OFFERED to the PATIENT.
The APPOINTMENT DATE OFFERED and APPOINTMENT TIME OFFERED of the APPOINTMENT OFFER equate to the allocated APPOINTMENT SLOT.
When more than one date is offered for the same Appointment Request, the PATIENT can choose which date and time to accept. APPOINTMENT ACCEPTED DATE records whether the offer has been accepted. APPOINTMENT ACCEPTED DATE records the date that the offer is accepted. When multiple dates are offered, the PATIENT should only be allowed to select one of them.
The SERVICE REQUEST DATE and SERVICE REQUEST TIME will also be the default created and recorded date and time for each APPOINTMENT OFFER made for the Appointment Request.
An indication of whether the face to face contact is the first occasion on which a PATIENT is seen by the particular Professional Staff Group Service, staff group (community) or Sexual and Reproductive Health Service between 1st April and the following 31st March.An indication of whether the face to face contact is the first occasion on which a PATIENT is seen by the particular Professional Staff Group Service, staff group (community) or Sexual and Reproductive Health Service between 1st April and the following 31st March. This contact may also be the Initial Contact.
An Initial Contact is not necessarily the First Contact In Financial Year as the PATIENT may have had another episode which ended earlier in the financial year.
The following table details the approved versions of the Maternity Services Data Set Messages and associated 'Useable From' and 'Useable To' dates.
It also allows download of the Maternity Services Data Set Message Schema and associated supporting documentation.
Mothers Sexual Health and Infectious Diseases Data Set (MSHID) where the information is anonymised.
For enquires regarding the XML Schemas, please contact the Health and Social Care Information Centre at [email protected] enquires regarding the XML Schemas, please contact the Health and Social Care Information Centre at [email protected], .
Mental Health Treatment is a CLINICAL INTERVENTION.A Mental Health Treatment is a CLINICAL INTERVENTION.
Mental Health Treatment is the delivery of treatment or intervention to a PATIENT during a Mental Health CARE CONTACT.A Mental Health Treatment is the delivery of treatment or intervention to a PATIENT during a mental health CARE CONTACT.
Pathology Laboratory Investigation is a CLINICAL INTERVENTION.A Pathology Laboratory Investigation is a Clinical Investigation.
A single (laboratory) service resulting from a DIAGNOSTIC TEST REQUEST, to be carried out in respect of a specified subject of investigation that leads to the production of one or more results.A Pathology Laboratory Investigation is a single (laboratory) service resulting from a DIAGNOSTIC TEST REQUEST, to be carried out in respect of a specified subject of investigation that leads to the production of one or more results.
Public Health England requires the mandatory collection of information on the SERVICES provided by Sexual and Reproductive Health Services.Public Health England requires the mandatory collection of information on the SERVICES provided by Sexual and Reproductive Health Services.
Reflect current data collection practices and requirements at Sexual and Reproductive Health Services.
The Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Data Set covers PATIENT contact with the Sexual and Reproductive Health Service whether in a clinic setting, in the PATIENT's home or at an alternative location.The Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Data Set covers PATIENT contact with the Sexual and Reproductive Health Services whether in a clinic setting, in the PATIENT's home or at an alternative location.
Description: The Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Data Set return includes PATIENT ACTIVITY provided by Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in clinics and non-clinic venues (e.g. outreach facilities or domiciliary visits). Also included are Sexual and Reproductive Health Services provided by non - NHS clinics funded wholly or in part by Local Authorities and/or Clinical Commissioning Groups (e.g. Brook). It does not include SERVICES provided by CONSULTANTS in Outpatient Clinics or those provided by GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.
Data collected will be used by the NHS, Care Quality Commission, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Public Health England and other appropriate ORGANISATIONS to support the monitoring of the National Strategies on Sexual and Reproductive Health Services, service provision, benchmarking and develop commissioning.
Time period: The extract will cover one financial quarter.
Frequency: Extracts run quarterly, 6 weeks after the end of the quarter.
Format: Data returned should be formatted to a comma separated variable (CSV) or in a MS Excel file. The data variables should be transmitted in the order specified in the Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Data Set.
Transmission: Data is submitted via an on-line process to the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
For further information on the Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Data Set see the Health and Social Care website.
Tissue Typing is a CLINICAL INTERVENTION Tissue Typing is a Clinical Investigation.
Tissue Typing is used for the purposes of producing a Human Leukocyte Antigen report.
The type of CLINICAL INTERVENTION.
An indication of whether it is the PATIENT's initial CARE CONTACT with a Sexual and Reproductive Health Service within a Health Care Provider.An indication of whether it is the PATIENT's initial CARE CONTACT with a Sexual and Reproductive Health Service within a Health Care Provider.
An indication of whether a PERSON is currently a prisoner.
PRISONER INDICATOR is used where the SEXUAL HEALTH AND HIV ACTIVITY PROPERTY TYPE is code 'Z - Prisoner'.For the Genitourinary Medicine Clinic Activity Data Set, PRISONER INDICATOR is used where the SEXUAL HEALTH AND HIV ACTIVITY PROPERTY TYPE is code 'Z - Prisoner'.
A code which identifies the PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION BODY or Representative Body.
The registration identifier allocated by an ORGANISATION.
GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL REFERENCE NUMBER.
The year and month of the latest Test Date where the PATIENT was tested negative for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the United Kingdom.The year and month of the latest test date where the PATIENT was tested negative for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the United Kingdom.
ANATOMICAL SIDE is the same as attribute ANATOMICAL SIDE.
EARLIEST REASONABLE OFFER DATE is the date of the earliest of the Reasonable Offers made to a PATIENT for an APPOINTMENT or Elective Admission. It should only be included on the Commissioning Data Sets where the PATIENT has declined at least two Reasonable Offers, and a Patient Pause is to be applied to the length of wait calculation performed by the Secondary Uses Service.
For an APPOINTMENT this is the earliest of the APPOINTMENT DATES OFFERED where the REASONABLE OFFER INDICATOR of the APPOINTMENT OFFER is National code 1 - Reasonable Offer.
For an OFFER OF ADMISSION this is the earliest of the OFFERED FOR ADMISSION DATES where the REASONABLE OFFER INDICATOR of the OFFER OF ADMISSION is National code 1 - Reasonable Offer.
Where, for any reason, a PATIENT cancels or does not attend an APPOINTMENT or an OFFER OF ADMISSION the EARLIEST REASONABLE OFFER DATE for the rearranged APPOINTMENT or OFFER OF ADMISSION will be the EARLIEST REASONABLE OFFER DATE of the cancelled APPOINTMENT or OFFER OF ADMISSION.
Where, for any reason, any Health Care Provider cancels and re-arranges an APPOINTMENT or an OFFER OF ADMISSION, the EARLIEST REASONABLE OFFER DATE for the re-arranged APPOINTMENT or OFFER OF ADMISSION will be the date of the earliest Reasonable Offer made following the cancellation.
Where a PATIENT makes themself unavailable for a longer period of time, for example a PATIENT who is a teacher who wishes to delay their admission until the summer holidays, making a Reasonable Offer may be inappropriate.
In these circumstances, so long as the Health Care Provider could have made at least two Reasonable Offers, the EARLIEST REASONABLE OFFER DATE will be the date of the earliest Reasonable Offer that the provider could have offered the PATIENT. This must be communicated to the PATIENT.
then EARLIEST REASONABLE OFFER DATE must be populated in the Commissioning Data Set record if a Patient Pause (the PATIENT is paused on the ELECTIVE ADMISSION LIST because they have made themselves unavailable for treatment for a specified period (for non-clinical reasons)) is to be applied to a REFERRAL TO TREATMENT PERIOD by the Secondary Uses Service.
Failure to include EARLIEST REASONABLE OFFER DATE in the Admitted Patient Care General Episode Commissioning Data Set record carrying the REFERRAL TO TREATMENT PERIOD END DATE, will mean no Patient Pause is applied to the duration of wait calculation for the REFERRAL TO TREATMENT PERIOD performed by the Secondary Uses Service.
where a PATIENT who is a child has been offered an APPOINTMENT but their parent/carer states that they wish to wait until the school holidays commence. The Community Health Service cannot commence planned treatment until the PATIENT is available.
where the PATIENT works away and cannot attend for a period of time, but it is not appropriate to discharge the PATIENT from the Community Health Service.
LOCAL PATIENT IDENTIFIER is the same as attribute LOCAL PATIENT IDENTIFIER.
This number is used to identify a PATIENT uniquely within a Health Care Provider. It may be different from the PATIENT's casenote number and may be assigned automatically by the computer system.
Where care for NHS PATIENTS is sub-commissioned in the independent sector or overseas, the NHS commissioner LOCAL PATIENT IDENTIFIER should be used. If no NHS LOCAL PATIENT IDENTIFIER has been assigned the independent sector or overseas provider identifier should be used.
LOWER LAYER SUPER OUTPUT AREA (GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER PRACTICE PATIENT REGISTRATION) is the Lower Layer Super Output Area for the General Medical Practitioner Practice where the PATIENT is registered. This item has been retired from the NHS Data Model and Dictionary.
The last live version of this item is available in the December 2014 release of the NHS Data Model and Dictionary.
ORGANISATION CODE (PATIENT PATHWAY IDENTIFIER ISSUER) is the same as attribute ORGANISATION CODE.
ORGANISATION CODE (PATIENT PATHWAY IDENTIFIER ISSUER) is the ORGANISATION CODE of the ORGANISATION issuing the PATIENT PATHWAY IDENTIFIER.
Where Choose and Book has been used, the ORGANISATION CODE X09 should be used.
then ORGANISATION CODE (PATIENT PATHWAY IDENTIFIER ISSUER) must be present in the Commissioning Data Set PATIENT PATHWAY Data Group.
SOURCE OF REFERRAL FOR COMMUNITY is the same as attribute SOURCE OF REFERRAL FOR COMMUNITY.
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Did you know there are plants you can grow in your own back yard that can actually benefit your hair? In honor of National Garden Month, we are growing more than just hair here at HairMax! What better way to officially kick off spring than a little DIY gardening that won’t just make your yard come to life, but also help your hair com back to life. From superfoods to herb and vegetables, here are 7 of the best foods to grow at home for better potential hair health.
Who knew that some of the best and healthy solutions for hair loss may be found in your backyard! Herbs and plants have been used to help promote hair growth for years, because they are said to help your scalp in so many different ways. Some say you can use them topically and others can be eaten or made into tea, for example, here are some recent posts about the benefits of 5 Essential Oils That Promote Hair Growth and the 5 Foods to Boost Hair Growth.
Let’s take a look at some of the best plants and herbs you can easily, and inexpensively, grow yourself!
In last week’s post about using rosemary essential oil, we learned that there’s increasing scientific evidence that rosemary oil can help boost hair growth. Along with being a powerful stimulant to increase blood circulation to the hair follicles, this oil can help fight your dry and flaky scalp due to the antibacterial and antifungal properties.
Hair health aside, many people use rosemary as a natural remedy for relieving pain or skin irritation and soothing indigestion. The soothing aroma of rosemary is frequently used to help relieve everyday stress, which is also a common cause of hair fall, especially in women. It is also said that the aroma of this herb is a natural deterrent for garden pests, like mosquitoes!
While you can grow your own rosemary from a seed indoors and transferring it outside in the spring, it is much easier to grow it from clippings.
Keep soil uniformly moist, allowing it to dry out between watering and be sure to have good drainage to prevent mildew/root rot.
Cut stems for fresh rosemary, or use a rack/hang upside down in bunches to dry. Once dry, strip leaves from the stems.
Chia seeds have been popping up everywhere lately, from beauty products to restaurant menus, and for good reason. They are perfect to sprinkle on top of salads, add to smoothies or water, but if you’ve bought them before, you’ll understand why growing it yourself makes total sense as a small bag can cost you up to $10!
In a recent post about this powerful little seed we discussed the many benefits of chia seeds, like how they have 10 grams of fiber in a 2 tablespoon serving, they are jam packed with antioxidants that help protect the body from free radicals, aging and cancer. 60% of chia seeds are composed of omega-3s that can help improve the integrity of keratin and elastin in your body so your hair is able to be thicker and more voluminous.
Considering the size of a mature chia plant takes up a good amount of space and grows taller than most herbs, having a backyard is suggested. So, if you are planning on growing chia in a pot, you will need one on the larger side and any specialist at your home improvement store can help advise you on what supplies you’ll need.
Sprinkle a few seeds over the soil and rub gently to cover them.
Harvest as soon as most of the petals have fallen off the flower.
The fastest and easiest way to extract the seeds is to rub dried flower heads with a flat hand and then isolate seeds using a strainer.
Green tea (Camellia Sinensis) is one of the most common Chinese herbal remedies for everything from weight loss to hair loss! How can it help your hair? Well, green tea can improve blood circulation to your scalp giving hair follicles more nutrients and is also a DHT blocker, the compound that causes hair loss.
You can grow from seed or clippings, or you can buy a plant from a nursery.
When starting from seeds, it can take years to make into tea, as it takes at least 3 years to grow a plant with enough leaves for a harvest. Take care of it and you’ll have tea for the next 50 years!
Cover the seeds lightly with soil and keep the soil damp and warm.
When new shoots appear in spring, it’s called a flush.
Steam them on stove top for a minute or two or roast in skillet.
Along with chia seeds, Kale has become one of the more popular greens, popping up on menus, beauty products, and even pet foods! It should be no surprise when you look at why kale is such a powerhouse plant. Having only 33 calories and around 3g of protein per raw cup, kale is also rated as one of the best veggies for absorbing free radicals in the body.
It is also packed with vitamins A, C, K, B and omega-3 fatty acids, which are important for hair health and growth. While kale can have a bitter, ridged, rough texture, if a younger plant is harvested, commonly known as baby kale, the leaf will be closer to spinach and a little sweeter. You can also marinate it in some lemon juice and dash of olive oil to break the leaves down for salads or raw consumption.
Early spring to early summer for best plant time.
Plant seeds ¼ to ½ inch deep into light soil that is well-drained.
After about 14 days, move seedlings to 8 – 12 inches apart.
Water regularly, but careful not to overwater.
When leaves are the size of your hand, pick a fist full, but not the bud (in the top center of the plant) to keep producing.
When I think of basil, I think of caprese salads, margharita pizzas, and pesto sauce! However, basil leaves have been historically used in medicine, as well as diet, in many cultures. The plant has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and anti-fungal properties. When broken down into an essential oil, it is said to potentially have stimulant properties that, when applied topically, can increase blood flow to the scalp in turn should help hair growth.
Basil grows easily from clippings, but can be grown by seeds indoors as well.
Keep soil moist. In hotter weather water freely.
FIY basil blossoms, if left on, have a great smell and said to attract pollinators to your garden!
Beets have been a popular salad topping or side dish for many years, and for good reason! Commonly known as “nature’s multivitamin”, beets can help your body fight off the common cold or some even say help against cancer!
Not only are the roots beneficial, but the leaves are just as edible and healthy. It has been said that beetroot can help complete your nutritional deficiency, help prevent scalp inflammation and might even help reduce you stress level.
Plant beet seeds ½ to 1 inch deep.
Keep soil moist until sprouts emerge.
Gently space seedlings 3 – 4 inches and water well.
Also known as “vegetable confetti”, they are one of the easiest greens to grow, especially for kitchen herb gardens or window boxes. Scientists say they have a greater concentration of vitamins and minerals versus fully grown greens.
If you look for them at the store, you will see how cost-efficient it is to grow yourself. There are over 40 different types of microgreens you can plant, like arugula, chard, sorrel, and Russian kale.
In one study, the younger greens had four to six times more beneficial nutrients. There are several different microgreens to choose from, including Microgreens Milk Mix seeds, which are ready to harvest within five to ten days.
Read seed packet for special requirements.
Sprinkle seeds over soil and cover with a very thin layer of soil.
Dampen surface with water spray bottle, or cover container with lid/clear plastic wrap until seeds sprout.
Mist with water once or twice a day to keep soil moist not wet.
Discard covering once sprouted and continue to mist daily.
When leaves arrive, snip above soil line and store in refrigerator.
Results differ for everyone so it’s important to try different approaches… even if these foods don’t really effect your hair health, your body will definitely thank you for all of the healthy nutrients and vitamins! Comment on which ones you try and if you see any difference!
Using products with essential oils, such as the HairMax for density products, will help fortify and revitalize hair. Infused with a synergistic blend of DHT blockers, anti-oxidants and therapeutic botanicals to restore balance, optimize scalp health and enhance the vitality, thickness and volume of your hair. These gentle products cleanses your hair without the harsh effects of sulfates that strip essential oils from your hair.
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Legally Blonde follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. When Elle's boyfriend, Warner, dumps her and heads to Harvard, claiming she's not "serious" enough, Elle takes matters into her own hands, As Elle begins outsmarting her peers, she realizes that law may be her natural calling after all.
This packet provides all the information you need to know to decide if you would like to be a part of this exciting production.
Thanks for reading and we look forward to bringing this classic Broadway musical to life with you all!
EVERY student, returning or new, must have one parent attend this mandatory meeting on Monday, July 15th, 7:00-7:30. It is IMPERATIVE that a parent attend so we can give you all the important info you need! If a parent does not attend this meeting, their child will be dropped from the show, unless prior arrangements have been made.
All rehearsals will be held at Rhythms Performing Arts (1114 First Street, Novato) until July 29th when we will move to Novato Theater Company Theater 5420 Nave Drive for tech week. Tech week rehearsals are MANDATORY - there can be no conflicts with these rehearsal dates.
We are planning 4 performances of Legally Blonde.
All actors will be called during all rehearsals. There will be some downtime for hanging out and having summer fun!
All shows are MANDATORY and students may not miss them for any reason except illness or family emergency. Students will be called between 1.5-2 hours before showtime for each performance.
After the final Sunday performance the cast will have a 45 minute strike to help pack and clean the theater. Then they will all get to stay for the cast party at the theater.
There are many things to do to put together a show, and therefore we ask for a parent volunteer from each family to fulfill TWO volunteer positions. However if this is not convenient for you, you have the option to pay the opt out fee of $40. Certain positions require expertise in a field (set, costumes, etc.) and most just require your time (backstage parent supervision, etc). Most jobs will require about 2 hours of work. If you LOVE volunteering or have a special skill that might be helpful, please email us.
We will have the volunteer list ready at our required parent meeting and at that time you can choose your position or pay the opt-out fee.
It is very important that we can communicate quickly with parents and students. We send out fairly frequent emails with calendar updates and other reminders.
We also use a group text app called GroupMe. We ask that students and parents download this app BEFORE our first rehearsal. (It is free in the app store). Then we will add you to our conversation and you will receive an invite on your phone. On the app you have the power to turn off notifications so it won’t drive you nuts. Plus, we will put the parents into a separate group from the students so the constant texts from the kids won’t make you crazy! Don’t worry, the kids chat will still be monitored by the directors! The app doesn’t give out your phone number to anyone but allows you to communicate with anyone in the group. We HIGHLY recommend using the app to stay in the know! We usually are able to respond faster to these group texts than emails or phone calls.
The Legally Blonde production costs $525, or $500 if you register before May 1. Your Rhythms account will be charged the full amount when you enroll. You must pay before our first rehearsal on July 15th or your child will be dropped from the production. You can pay by check, cash or credit card. We are not able to give refunds.
Your Production Fee includes your script and show t-shirt.
Parts of your costume will also be included, though we will ask each actor to provide some parts of their costume which we will discuss at the parent meeting.
We will start off with a quick dance and vocal warm-up. Then we will review the audition dance and perform it in small groups. Then each person will get a chance to go up one at a time and perform one song and two monologues of their choice (from the options handed out at the workshop). We may give you some feedback and ask you to do your scene one more time.
Callbacks are a chance for us to have actors try a couple specific parts that we think they would be good at. Everyone will get a callback. We will email you after auditions and let you know which parts you are called back for and give you some additional music or scenes to rehearse.
Auditioning is always nerve-racking. Just remember it’s okay to make mistakes or forget what you’re saying. We want you to succeed and are rooting for you to do your best, so let us know if you’re nervous so we can help you through it! We HIGHLY encourage everyone to audition - even if they are nervous. It is your first chance to get to know your fellow cast members. It is also very hard for us to cast someone in a fun part when we haven’t seen them in auditions.
Will everyone be in the play?
Will there be double casting?
Double casting is when two different actors are cast in the same role. They share performances so one actor will play the part in half the shows and the other actor plays the exact same part in the other half of performances. We will double cast some roles and will decide which roles to double after auditions.
Do I have to memorize my audition scene?
If you want to memorize your scene, that’s great! But it’s totally okay if you have your script in your hand during your audition.
Speak loudly and clearly. Act out the part with your body. Make a choice about your character – for example if you think Margot has a squeaky voice or Callahan has a funny walk, try it during your scene. Have fun and be confident! The more fun you bring to each character, the more excited your directors will be!
How do I get ready for auditions?
Practice your scene. Read it with your parents, your friends, your dog and by yourself. Look up any words you don’t understand. Practice the song of your choice.
Which scene should I practice?
You can practice as many as you’d like. Pick scenes that have situations or characters that are interesting to you. Everyone needs to perform at least one scene.
How do you know which roles I want to play?
On your audition form you can indicate which characters you are most interested in. Even if you don’t read for all of the characters, Kate and Amanda will know which parts you like.
Will I get to play a part I like?
Everyone will get a part that has lots to do. The more parts you put down on your paper, the better the chance you’ll get to play something you requested. You may get a part that you don’t even know about. Amanda and I sometimes write in roles for students who we think need to be featured in a special way and don’t fit into one of the other roles. So, give your part a chance! We can’t all play the title character.
By opening night, you will LOVE your character and be so excited to play the part. We try our best to make each part special and fun.
The character that I want to play doesn’t have a scene listed. What should I do?
We’ll only see a few scenes at auditions. Pick one or more of these ones to perform, and you’ll also have a chance to tell Kate and Amanda what other characters you’d like to play.
What if I have a friend who wants to audition but couldn’t come to the workshop?
When will I find out what part I got?
We will email you by Friday, June 14th to tell you what part you will be playing.
Elle Woods may appear like a typical blonde California sorority girl, but don't count her out. She is hardworking, optimistic and tenacious.
Margot, Serena and Pilar are Elle's trio of best friends and Delta Nu sisters.
Kate is a featured Delta Nu sister - the academic of the bunch.
Warner Huntington III is Elle's ex-boyfriend and caught between his former life with Elle and his newfound serious East Coast life with Vivienne.
Winthrop, Lowell and Pforzheimer are three admissions officers of Harvard Law School who eventually admit Elle into the program after some critical evaluation.
Emmet Forrest has had to work hard his entire life to get into Harvard Law School, and nothing is going to come between him and becoming a partner in Callahan's law firm, except maybe his surprising love for Elle.
Aaron Schultz, Sundeep Agrawal Padamadan and Enid Hoopes are three featured law students with academic credits that would intimidate anyone.
Vivienne Kensington is the very opposite of Elle, if judging only by demeanor. She comes from a very conservative East Coast background and is everything that Warner needs to make a serious move to become a lawyer.
Whitney is Vivienne's law school friend and partner in mischief when it comes to bringing down Elle.
Professor Callahan is the most-feared professor at Harvard Law School.
Paulette is a hairdresser that befriends Elle when she needs it most.
Brooke Wyndham is a famous fitness video guru on trial for killing her husband.
Dewey is Paulette's brash ex-husband who lives in a trailer and holds her dog captive.
Chutney Wyndham has a really bad perm and an even worse attitude. She is Brooke's unhappy stepdaughter who is actually guilty for killing her father and framing Brooke.
Kyle is the UPS delivery man who Paulette has her eyes on each time his job brings him to the salon.
Salon Employees (3). Part of Paulette's entourage at the salon who are very adept at the "Bend and Snap."
Grandmaster Chad is a rapper who shows up while Elle is trying to study.
Featured Ensemble: Gaelen, Judge, Jet Blue Pilot, Saleswoman, Store Manager, Prison Guard, Bookish Client and Sabrina.
Audition songs and scenes will be posted in April. Please check back!
Start looking over the audition songs and monologues so you are ready for auditions on June 5th. Pick one song and two monologues. Audition materials will be posted by April.
Get ready for an awesome broadway experience!
As we get started on a new show of Rhythm & Rhyme Productions, we wanted to review the things that are most important to us as directors and let you all know what we hope your children will get out of being in the show.
The reason we (Amanda and Kate, the directors) love working together is we have the same philosophy about teaching: to provide a positive and warm environment for students to learn, express, and push themselves forward. We pride ourselves on giving kids a second place to call home. We try to be great role models in being kind, caring, and respectful of others. This is the most important thing to us because when you have those things, we find that we get the most out of the kids artistically as well.
Here’s a couple other ways you as parents can help us to help us create the environment we want and that you want for your children: please encourage your kids to build one another up, be inclusive, and be optimistic about the show. If they do have concerns that come up, please encourage them to discuss it with one of us. We will help, but only if we know about what is going on.
We are lucky to have amazing helpers that act as student assistant directors. We always choose high schoolers who are great role models for our actors. If your child has a problem or concern or need extra help on something from the show, they can also speak to these girls about it.
We are looking forward to a fantastic and positive semester with your kids. Musicals have made such a huge difference in our lives - they have helped us become confident, outgoing, team-oriented, and hard working; they also helped us build lifelong friendships. We hope that your kids experience those same feelings while participating in our musical.
Casting is a difficult process. Here are some thoughts and guidelines we want to share with you about how we approach casting.
Generally, we see casting as a “matching” of an actor’s abilities and talents to produce the very best show that we can.
We are directing musicals. The production numbers are the show-stoppers of musicals. Therefore, the music and dance are the most important elements to us. The students cast in the chorus represent the largest and most important parts of our shows. We also work very hard to give every student a special moment in the show, whether it be a featured dance part, a solo, or a funny line to make the audience laugh.
As to the principal roles, of which there are relatively few in any show, we cast them on the basis of the level of excitement, interest, humor, confidence and just plain stage presence that we see at the audition. These roles are never pre-cast. Nor are they “earned” by being in previous shows, taking private lessons, or enrolling in lots of Rhythms classes. The people who get those principal roles must be able to hold the audience’s interest on their own or the show will die when they are on stage alone.
We give these roles to the actors who show us what they can do that in the audition. What we see is what they get. We cannot rely on prior knowledge or experience with a given actor because there are just too many surprises, particularly with children whose personalities and attitudes change so quickly. The auditions also show us how prepared an actor will be at coming rehearsals. By being well prepared for auditions, actors can show us their work ethic as well as their excitement and interest in that particular show they are auditioning for.
Theater and musicals in particular are an ensemble effort. Everyone is equally involved in the creating and performing of a musical. Everyone is equally deserving of the credit and praise of a show well done.
It is our job, as the directors, to create the very best show possible and therefore cast who we feel will help create the level of performance that we are after.
We hope these thoughts have given you an idea of how we work, and particularly how we cast.
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Big Sister E and Little Sister B are like many young fashionistas in that they like clothes and they have opinions on what they wear. Fortunately for me, I can still subtly steer both of them in a certain direction in the morning and have so far managed to not let them leave the house in anything too wild and crazy.
When it comes to selecting pieces of apparel that I know that will pass the test with the girls as well as me, I look for those that not only demonstrate fashion and high quality, but are also unique, innovative, and have that extra stand-out-from-the-crowd aspect to them. After all, who wants to look just like everyone else?
Currently the site that sums all of that up (and more) is none other than the comfortable, durable, stylish playwear from Peekaboo Beans.
A mom-designed, Canadian clothing line for baby, kids and tweens, Peekaboo Beans was founded with the vision of creating clothing that is not only fashionable, but extremely child-friendly as well. When a child's life can sometimes already feel challenging and overwhelming, the last thing that they need is apparel that is difficult to get on and off or has snaps or buttons that cause frustrations, right?
Instead, Peekaboo Beans pieces are all designed to promote kids learning to dress themselves. There are no small buttons or clasps; zippers are large enough for little fingers to grasp on their own; waistbands are comfortable with functional drawstrings (great for easy up and down for potty training!); thumb holes at the end of long sleeves allow for layering without bunching; and much more.
And Peekaboo Beans doesn't just ensure that each garment is made to be easy to wear, they only use the highest quality fabrics that wash wonderfully and are plenty durable to last from one child to the next. In fact, there is a Facebook group dedicated to reselling "vintage" Beans that can often bring in 50%-200% of their original value (depending on the item and condition)! That's quite a bit different from the $1 or $2 that you receive when you resell your children's mall purchases, isn't it?
After finding out all of the great features and impressive qualities of Peekaboo Beans, I couldn't wait to see a few of their items in person!
I'm a big fan of companies taking the extra step to package their items attractively, so I was already smiling when I pulled back the cute purple tissue paper and found completely adorable clothing waiting inside.
After unfolding the Full of Freedom Hoodie in Cornflower Blue (on sale now for only $18.75) and the Bliss Dress in Heather Grey ($56), the girls and I were immediately struck with the high quality and luxurious feel of the soft cotton.
As we admired the uncomplicated, modern designs, I really liked how both of the items had a comfortable, everyday look to them while still also appearing put-together and appropriate.
There was no doubt that they had to put each item on immediately to get the full effect!
Big Sister E pulled on her Hoodie, commenting on the lightweight feel and that she was already glad that there were two pockets right on the front to store her possessions. Add in the trendy hood, the cover for the top of the zipper (no accidental ouchies!), the hidden adjustable drawstring (perfect for cinching the waist and giving more of a fitted look), and the awesome thumb holes and she was loving the overall piece!
This Full of Freedom Hoodie does it all! Big Sister E has been wearing it as a light jacket as the temperatures have begun to drop and will definitely be donning it as an extra layer as we head into winter.
In fact, there has hardly been a day that has passed since this arrived that she hasn't worn it at home, at school, out playing and more!
At the same time, Little Sister B couldn't wait to wear the Bliss Dress and started talking about the unique kangaroo pocket on the front from the moment that she saw it.
Combine that with the black binding that really shows off the great lines of this dress, the striped cowl neck that adds just the right touch at the top, and the chic appearance of the entire piece, and it's no wonder that she has reached for the Bliss time and time again since that first day.
Whether worn with tights or leggings (or bare legs in the summer), this dress has definitely been a hit with everyone who has seen it. I've received multiple comments on it from other moms when we've been out and Little Sister B herself asks to wear her "kangaroo dress" multiple times per week... and can often be found pulling anything from jewelery to stuffed animals out of her beloved pocket.
With such soft, comfortable, stylish pieces available in unique designs for infants through tweens (sizes 6m - 8 for boys and 6m - 14 for girls), I become a bigger fan of Peekaboo Beans every time I visit their site. They have a great variety of pieces in so many hip, cute, individual, uncommon designs that the hardest part is choosing a favorite!
Not to mention that if you do manage to narrow the Beans down to a few that you like best, there is another crop arriving later this month so that there will be even more great pieces to choose from! As well as the fashions, I've been extremely impressed with the quality of these items and have found that they not only run quite true to size but that they don't shrink up in the dryer at all. My girls will be wearing these for quite some time to come!
You can find out much, much more about Peekaboo Beans apparel, their history, their inspiring passion for play (they have started a Play Revolution to spread awareness about the importance of play for children and donate to a non-profit called Playground Builders who raise money and construct playgrounds for children in war torn areas of the world), the way that their working environment empowers moms in the workforce and more by visiting PeekabooBeans.com and connecting with them on Facebook.
One lucky person will win their choice of item (up to $50) from Peekaboo Beans!
A big thank you to Lori Hoch for providing two Peekaboo Beans items for me to review as well as the item of choice up to $50 for one lucky giveaway winner. The opinions shared are my own and honest and if you really need to see more, click here to see how I roll.
I like the Bliss Dress.
I like the Peas & Thanks Coat!
I like the Boys On the Go Hoodie.
I love the Always Cool shirt for boys!
I like the In The Mix Tee.
I like the Take Your Pick Skirt.
My grandchildren already love Peekaboo Beans clothing! I love the amazing quality!
I am seriously in love with the bliss dress that little sister b is wearing. I love the grey and the purple colors offered. I think my daughter needs both! The you and me tee is cute too. The details are really phenomenal. Thanks for the chance!
I like the Peas & Thanks Coat.
One of the pcs I like is this: https://www.peekaboobeans.com/membertoolsdotnet/shoppingcartnew/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=28794&CatalogueID=208&PartyID=0&PartyGuestID=0&InternalUse=1&ProductGroupString=68.90&ReferringDealerID=813437 / Thanks for the chance!!!!
I like the Circa Pants.
I love their Your Pick baby dress in stripes! Thanks!
I like the On The Go Hoodie.
ai like the Mermaid leggings.
The I heart Play Hoodie is just adorable.
My daughter would like the day by day dress, in rose bud. And putting a sweater on top would be easy for me!
love the say cheese jacket!
I like the freestyle jacket.
Love Peekaboo Beans. Such cute clothes and so sturdy for young kids.
I really like the Wanna Play Dress, the Steel color would be perfect for bringing out the blue in my granddaughters eyes.
I like the Day By Day Dress in rosebud from Peakaboo Beans kidswear.
I like the Harmony Tunic.
I like the freestye jacket.
I like the Here is Now Jacket.
Also, their site is not very good - I got an error that I couldn't shop in 2 browsers because I already had one open tab. That shouldn't happen in a robust ecommerce site. Hope they can fix it. It's a nice site!
Long Embrace Pants for my sporty niece!
I like the boys On The Go Hoodie! Thanks so much for the fantastic giveaway!
I love the Join The Club coat!
The on the go hoodie is cool!
I like the Here is Now Jacket for my son!
oooo I LOVE t heir Join the Club Coat! REally different. And it comes in PURPLE. which the girls love. And I like the fact you can wear it longer or as a short jacket. Nice.
I like the Mermaid Leggings.
I would get the Here is Now Jacket in blue for my son!
I most like the i play hoodie.
The Memories Made Maxi skirt looks fun; I think it's my favorite!
I like the Your Pick Dress.
I really like the Always In My Heart Jacket for tweens.
I like the Shake It Up Pants in purple.
I love the Always Cool Shirt! I really like Peakaboo!
I like the You & Me Tee.
I like the girls Shake It Up Pant.
I really like Peakaboo I love the Always Cool Shirt!
My goddaughter would look so cute in any of this but i especially like the Always in my heart jacket, super cute!
Cute stuff! I like the At Ease Shorts for boys.
I like the Up & Away Pant [213-I104}.
I like the Sweetheart Leggings.
I love the Big Brother jacket.
I like the boys' layer up tee.
I really like the Boys Circa Pants.
I love the Join The Club Coat.
I really like the Roses Are Red Tee.
I love the girls cross my heart cardigan!
I like the Freestyle Jacket in purple. Very cute clothes. I also love the hoodie in the blog with the slit to keep the coat down.
I like the on the go hoodie for boys, thanks for the giveaway.
I like the love bird shirt.
I like the friendship tee and the kissy kissy leggins.
I like the Shake It Leggings.
My daughter, Sophie, would be absolutely adorable in the Seeing Stripes dress!
I like the Always Cool boys shirt.
I like the At Ease Short. Would be so cute on my little fellow!
I like everything but especially love the coat! Darling clothes!
I love the Join the Club coat for girls!
I love the Over & Out Shirt!
I like the Say Never Pullover shirt.
I like the boys everyday tee.
I like the One Love girl's tee.
I like the My Heart Tunic!
I like the queen of hearts tunic!
The Love Bird Tee is very cute!
I like the Seeing Stripes dress!
I like the Love Rules Tee.
Love the Kissy Kiss Skirt!
I like the My Heart Tunic for babies.
I love the peas and thanks coat.
I think the Wanna Play Dress is really cute!
I like the sun kissed capri!
I love the Peace Brah Tee along with a dozen other things!
I really love their Peas & Thanks Coat for boys. Its super cute :) They have a fun selection for little boys.
My sister is having her first child today!! I would love to get her the My Heart Tunic, & the Being You Leggings would go great with the cute shirt! Thanks!
I like the Boy's Big Brother Jacket.
Full of Freedom Hoodie is cute!
I really think the Kissy Kiss Skirt is very cute. I would like to win this for a friend of mine's Daughter.
I like the on the go hoodie in red!
I like the big brother jacket too! Thanks for the chances to win something.
I like the girls' Shake it Up Pants.
I like the I Heart Play Hoodie.
I like the Run Wild Pants for my grandson!
I like the Sun Dance Skirt.
I love the Seeing Stripes dress!
I like the PlayJamas the most.
The Wrapped in Style Scarf looks very nice!
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Much like Dietz & Watson, Marinucci’s has deep Philadelphia roots and has maintained a standard of excellence over the years.
A family-owned delicatessen serving Northeast Philadelphia since 1964. Over its five decades, Reen's has fed generations of families and has maintained the same high-quality and standards they are known for today.
The Cornaglia- D&W Peppered Ham, Prosciutto, D&W Hamcola, D&W Genoa Salami, D&W Provolone, lettuce, tomato, onion, roasted peppers and long hots on a seeded roll.
Much like Dietz & Watson, Marinucci’s has deep Philadelphia roots. Situated on St. Vincent Street, Marinucci’s has maintained a standard of excellence for years.
A wide variety of offerings and family run for generations are just a couple of things Linden Market has in common with us here at Dietz & Watson.
Al's Corner Deli & Catering has provided the best food in the Delaware Valley Since 1976 with a huge selection from Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Platters and Full Catering.
Over the last 45 years, Village Pantry has made a name for themselves in the local Feasterville community. Seasoned staff and owner Anthony Merlino, began working for the deli when he was just 14 years old. About 17 years ago, Anthony bought Village Pantry and revamped the deli’s menu, keeping the classics and adding a series of new and inventive hoagie creations for all to enjoy! Customers now rave of Village Pantry’s two signature sandwiches: “The Messina” and “The Villy Special”. “The Messina”; named after Merlino’s grandparents’ hometown of Messina, Italy; is piled high with Dietz & Watson Sopressata, Capicola, Prosciutto, Imported Provolone and topped with roasted peppers, while “The Villy Special” is layered with Dietz & Watson Bacon Ranch Cheddar Cheese, Smoked Turkey and drizzled with Smoky Horseradish Sauce. Stop by Village Pantry today to give these bold flavors a try!
In business for almost a quarter century, Sonny’s Italian Deli focuses on two things: delicious food and an accommodating staff.
9th Street Italian- D&W Cooked Salami, D&W Ham Capocolla, D&W Genoa Salami, D&W Sharp Provolone with homemade Roasted Red Peppers.
Tucked away in the corner of East Norriton, PA, we know Ana’s Corner Store to be worth the trip.
Roast Beef Special- D&W Roast Beef and D&W Swiss Cheese with Homemade Russian Dressing and coleslaw on a hoagie roll.
Located on Popular Fayette Street, this Conshohocken deli has been operating since 1975 and it offers the best sandwiches in town – hands down.
As a 5th generation family run business, Foresta’s truly embodies what it means to be a Real Philly Deli.
Rustic Italian- A Corropolese Seeded roll, D&W Hoagie Dressing, Chipped Prosciutto, Chipped Hot Soppressata, Hot Ham Capocolla, Fresh Mozzarella, Cherry Peppers, Roasted Red Peppers and drizzled with Balsamic Glaze."
You might be skeptical with a gas station serving up deli classics, but don’t let that fool you. If you stop by DJ Shell Sunoco, you’re bound to fill up your empty stomach, as well as the tank.
Italian Turkey & Bruschetta Wrap- D&W Roasted Turkey Breast and D&W Provolone Cheesepped topped with store-made tomato bruschetta, romaine lettuce, and store-made pesto mayo, rolled up in a spinach tortilla wrap.
The West Point Deli offers grocery, deli meats and cheeses, made to order sandwiches (breakfast, lunch, and dinner!), and catering service.
The Spicy Construction Worker Turkey Bomb- D&W Peppered Turkey, D&W Pepper Jack Cheese, D&W Bacon, Romaine Lettuce, Tomatoes, Sliced Onion, D&W Chipotle Mayo, Salt, pepper on an Oil and Vinegar served Roll and toasted until melted.
Jim O’Neill’s dream came true when he opened O’Neill’s Food Market in 1981. Now, nearly 40 years later, his two sons Jim and Mike have kept their father’s traditions alive, running O’Neill’s as it always has been – like an old-fashioned grocery store with a real neighborhood and family feel.
Countless Philadelphia hoagie fans have dubbed T&F Farmers Pride the home of the “best hoagie in Philadelphia” and we can see why.
Rajun Cajun- D&W Buffalo Chicken with D&W Bacon Cheddar Ranch cheese on a large seeded roll from Abruzzi bakery with house-made Cajun mayo, lettuce, tomato, onion and oregano.
Museum Deli has expanded with a second location! In 2018, owner and operator of Museum Deli opened a NEW location at 18th & Spring Garden Street! Check out Museum Market for the same great tasting food, fast service and family-like atmosphere. Satisfy your taste-buds with every bite and stop by this new spot, today!
3J’s Market truly embodies the definition of a “one-stop shop.” from their mini grocery store to full service menu, at 3J’s Market you’ll come in for a delicious hoagie and leave with everything on your grocery list.
Just a block away from the Philadelphia Art Museum on 22nd & Spring Garden sits Parkway Corner Deli and they really have it all!
In 1993, Museum Deli opened their first store, conveniently located off of interstate 95, right down the street from historic Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia, PA! With the help of sandwich makers Dago and Mira, Museum Deli has become known for their famous Chicken Pesto Sandwich – made with Dietz & Watson Grilled Chicken Breast, Mozzarella Cheese, and topped with Roasted Peppers, Romaine, Pesto and Olive Oil – how delicious! With the motto, “good food, fast service and a side of kindness,” Museum Deli knows how to satisfy their customers from every angle! Museum Deli has officially opened its second location off of 18th St. and Spring Garden in Philadelphia so come on in and grab a bite!
Owned and operated by the Campo Family for three generations, Campo’s Deli has become an integral part of this Old City neighborhood. Located by 2nd and Market, Campo’s is a deli the locals have come to know and love over the years. With the help of their amazing staff and premiere customer service, Campo’s has been featured on the Food Network for their high quality food and delicious sandwiches! Living by the motto: “If you’re gonna do it, do it right,” Campo’s is always looking for new opportunities to get creative. Over the years, the family has perfected their craft of several best-selling sandwiches including their Classic Italian and “The Orignal Cin,” a Dietz & Watson hoagie made with Turkey Breast, Jalapeno Cheddar Cheese, Homemade Caesar Dressing and Sweet Roasted Peppers. Campo’s Deli – Open 7-Days a week. Stop by to give them a try!
Old City Food Market opened in 1989 on 2nd and Market Street, in the heart of Old City, Philadelphia. After being passed down through the generations, Edward inherited the business from his father, John and mother, Jean, and has been making magic ever since! The “Italian Hoagie with the Works” is a family favorite and made 100% with Dietz and Watson’s Meats and Cheeses. It’s piled high with Dietz Provolone, Black Pepper Ham, Capicola, Cooked salami and Genoa and loaded with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles, sweet peppers, hot peppers, salt, pepper, and oregano! What could be better? Old City Food Market values kindness, so much so that they train their staff to treat customers as if they are family, whether it is their 1st visit or 100th visit to the deli. At Old City Food Market they say, “Friendly, Fresh, and Fast with A Smile,” and believe us, they deliver on all three! For great customer service and an incredible sandwich, visit Old City Food Market, today!
Family owned and operated since 1916, Dipascale’s originally opened in South Philly as butcher shop at the Italian Market.
The Kitchen Sink- D&W Premium Roasted Turkey, D&W Prosciutto, Sharp Provolone with Roasted Peppers, Broccoli Rabe and D&W Fresh Mozzarella Balls.
John’s Friendly Market lives up to their name as being the friendliest deli in the neighborhood! Founder, John Johnson opened John’s Friendly Market in 1975. Since then, daughters Josie and Grethe have taken over the family-business! Not only do they pride themselves on good food and relationships with their local community members, but also on their ""friendly"" delivery of customer service! Every day is a good day at John's Friendly Market. Stop in and see them today!
John's Friendly Roast Beef Special- Premium Roast Beef with D&W Swiss Cheese and Cole Slaw on Fresh Rye Bread made with Russian Dressing.
The commitment to quality and the desire to serve each and every customer to the fullest has McFarlan’s Market a top choice for South Jersey food lovers!
The McFarlan's Classic Italian- Generous portions of D&W Ham Cappicola, Genoa Salami and Provolone, on a long roll with fresh lettuce, tomato and onion with your choice of condiments.
If you’re looking for a family oriented, family owned, and family run deli, then look no further than Bria and Latella’s in Havertown.
Founded in the Swarthmore Borough in 1937, Swarthmore Co-op takes great pride in their staff and extraordinary customer service! Whether you're looking to grab a quick bite to eat on your lunch break, or do your weekly grocery shopping, Swarthmore Co-op has got something for you. Staying true to their motto,“Fresh. Friendly. Local.” the Swarthmore team knows how to keep their customers happy. Stop by today to experience the deliciousness for yourself! They look forward to seeing you soon.
The Rosemont- D&W Honey Turkey, D&W Havarti, D&W Honey Mustard, Baby Greens, Roasted Red Peppers on a Multi-Grain Ciabatta Roll.
If there is one thing Little Hut Sandwich Shop is known for, it’s customer service! A family owned and operated business for over 40 years, John and Effie Siamitras run Little Hut Sandwich Shop out of historic Ridley Park, PA. With the help of sandwich maker, Rita Spore, this shop is serving up a modern twist on old-fashioned style sandwiches and classic Italian favorites every day! Making sandwiches by the motto “we’re not the best, but there’s no one better,” Little Hut Sandwich Shop will make you feel like you’re right at home in mom’s kitchen. Enjoy being a part of this Philadelphia family and stop by Little Hut Sandwich Shop for something delicious!
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Basic Guide for HDV to Blu-Ray.
This is a very basic guide to making a Blu-Ray compatible disk using your HDV (1440 x 1080i ) footage and burn it to a standard DVD+R disk. Quality in not compromised, no re-encoding necessary. You can fit up to 20 min on a single layer and 40 min on a dual layer disk. This guide is very basic and the disk will have no menu and will play the video clip when the disk is inserted in the Blu-Ray player. I tested it on two players and it worked fine.
If you want multiple clips and a menu, then I suggest alternative methods like using Nero Vision to create an AVCHD disk with menus. You’ll have to encode to AVCHD for that option, but it will give you 40 min on a single layer disk.
Demux your m2t. You can use your favorite demuxer. I like ProjectX., it’s free and does a great fast job. It will demux your streams to xxxx.m2v and xxxx.mp2 without need for audio delay. You can create a shortcut to ProjectX on your desktop and simple drag and drop your m2t there. It will extract the streams to the same folder as your m2t.
Convert your mp2 audio to ac3 with your favorite encoder. You can use ffmpegGUI or whatever to make a 48khz ac3. I use 256 kbps. AC3 is perfectly compatible with Blu-Ray standards, but mp2 is not.
Mux your streams back together with tsMuxer. Change the extension on your xxxx.m2v to xxxx.mpv and import into tsMuxer. Then also import xxxx.ac3.
Start Muxing and you’ll be left with a xxxx.m2ts file.
Create your Blu-Ray file structure with TsRemux. Browse to your xxxx.m2ts and open it. Now deselect Bypass Audio Alignment (very important or you wont have audio in your Blu-Ray player). Select all streams. Select Blu-Ray. Browse to where you want to create the directory and choose a name for your folder. Finally, hit the Remuxer.
You’ll end up with a BDMV and CERTIFICATE folders. Your video will be in “STREAM” sub-folder in the “BDMV” folder.
Burn Blu-Ray structure with Nero. You’ll need Nero 7 or up because it has to support UDF v2.50 for the disk to work.
Set it up as above and burn both BDMV and CERTIFICATE folders to the ROOT. If you’re using XP, it won’t be able to read the UDF 2.5 disk you just created, but your Blu-Ray player should play it just fine.
I think I've read on doom9 that home made BluRay discs don't play on full spec (2.0) stand-alone players. It's not a problem, it's by design. The few stand alones that can play burnt authored discs are not to spec (or built to the interim spec).
Consumers should be aware that most commercial players, like the Samsung BD-UP5000, will not play a BD-R or BD-RE disk at all. In other words, the only media they will play are commercial Blu-ray movie disks, not movies made on a computer Blu-ray recorder. As a result, consumers cannot buy a Blu-ray disk recorder for their home movies and watch them on most commercial Blu-ray players. Some early -player models permitted this, but after a grace period, new versions of player firmware prohibit it.
If this is true, I don't think BluRay is much use to us HD camcorder owners.
However, BluRay format discs, and raw files, appear to play fine from DVD-Rs. Whether this is correct on 2.0 spec players, I have no idea, as none exist yet!
I'm happy to let someone else test out these expensive and potentially useless toys.
I'm glad to see discussions like this starting. The dual HD formats and ridiculously high prices on media and burners have been a major turnoff for DIY HD. As a result, the "how to" base of knowledge has been very limited. This is understandable because who wants to play around learning HD disc creation and backup at ~$20 a pop for media!
At least the dual format war seems to be winding down but until there are MAJOR drops in media and burner prices, this whole DIY HD thing is going to languish on the fringes.
I made a blu-ray format DVD with ImgBurn UDF 2.50 and it worked in a Sony burner with Power DVD V7.3 using XP.
The DVD worked in a PS3 which doesn't accept BD-R/RE blu-ray format discs. It will read BD-R/RE data discs.
The video worked but no audio when playing the DVD in a Philips BDP9000. This player will accept BD-R/RE blu-ray format discs but not data discs.
Both my attempts with ImgBurn with UDF 2.50 were unsuccessful upon (attempted) playback in my HTPC with Vista, the LiteOn BD-ROM drive, and PowerDVD 7.3.
When I put the disc in the drive, PowerDVD came up right on schedule, but just showed a black screen 'til I had to kill it with Task Manager.
Have you tried playing the "00001.m2ts" file in the "STREAM" folder directly?
Well, my situation just got "curiouser."
Seems PowerDVD no longer wants to play ANY of my BluRay movies, including commercial releases that played fine a week ago.
I said the PS3 won't recognize BD-R/RE blu-ray formated discs and I was wrong. I was testing a BD-RE disc bruned as UDF 2.0. It will play 2.5 burned discs.
The Philips player played back video choppy and when switched from bitstream to pcm audio, the audio was aslo choppy. So this player is out for this project.
The PS3 played back the DVD but I noticed it was skipping about 2 frames every second. Same thing happend when burned to a BD-RE disc. Am using clips from a Cannon HV20.
The strange thing is the 00001.m2ts file burned to a DVD data disc plays fine on the PS3.
I took a trailer from a blu-ray disc and using TsRemux and ImgBurn burned it to a blu-ray structured DVD and it played fine on the PS3. Took the same trailer and put it thru TsMuxer and skipping frames appeared on the blu-ray structured DVD. I'm suspecting TsMuxer is causing the skipping prdoblem but can't verifiy without another remux program.
Racer-x, have you noticed the skipping when playing back on a standalone player?
During my testing of my disk in Circuit City, one of the players I tried (I don't remember the brand) would play fine for about 5 sec and then would start to stutter. If I hit the pause button and then play, it would play fine for about 5 sec and then stutter again. It was as if the Chipset couldn't keep up with the 25 mbps stream. When I tried it on a friends Sony Blu-Ray player, it played perfectly fine and the chapter points also worked fine.
This is a very basic guide to making a Blu-Ray compatible disk using your HDV (1440 x 1080i ) footage and burn it to a standard DVD+R disk.
Your guide, however, may be useful for PCs with less muscle since there is no recoding involved (MPG2 stays as MPG2). The process is likely to be faster on any PC.
Well, seems my problem was a codec issue. I uninstalled PowerDVD, ffdshow, and a few other things, then reinstalled PowerDVD, and now I can play BluRays again. Though now Vista Media Center can't play XviD's but that's another story.
BTW, the second half of this guide works great for MPEG-2 transport streams recorded from ATSC OTA HDTV here in the US. I took my recording of this week's LOST episode, loaded it into TSremuxer according to the guide, and I got a BluRay disc of the episode that plays great in PowerDVD.
I'm gonna take it into the local Costco and see if their Sony 301 display can play it later this week.
I had an episode of Lost so I did what you did. Was wondering how a blu-ray player would handle a 60fps source. It worked perfect on the PS3.
What was interesting, the PS3 outputed at 1280x720p 60fps which is the original source.
what is the current price for a blu ray dvd recorder?
The burners are getting cheaper but I haven't seen the price on media budge.
Now you can see what's on your Bluray UDF 2.5 disks.
I have create a Bluray folder with Adobe Encore DVD and I have bured the two folders (BDMV and CERTIFICATE ) with nero on a DVD-RW with UDF 2.5.
Put the disc in the PS3 and it's not see as BD-vIDEO but like a data disc.
So the menu and the video is not automatically show. With the ps3 I can play see the video by manually entering the stream folder in the disc.
Someone here as played the disc on PS3, I'm doing something wrong?
Is there any guide for new tsmuxer 1.8.8 and what "add picture timming info" & "continually insert sps/pps" means.
This is the same problem I'm having, except mine play, but they "hiccup" irregularly, about every 3 sec. or so.
Are you using a Sony player (other than PS3)?
Do you use a Sony player?
Are you able to get your HDV content to play smoothly on bluray compliant DVDs - without transcoding into MPEG-4/H.264?
PS3 is the only Blu-ray player that can handle 25 Mbps of HDV video stream from DVD disk.
This is because PS3 spins DVD disk faster than any other stand alone BD player.
I used a Sony BD stand-alone player with AVCHD support like how most are now made.
The solution is to re-encode to spec...namely h264 which will then play properly as AVCHD on DVD.
I saw in another post where you're trying to use mpg which simply won't play as AVCHD on DVD in stand-alone BD players.
1. What software do you use to transfer the HDV to the PC?
2. TsRemux doesn't re-encode the video, right?
3. If I want to add title and menu pages that appear in between the video (meaning, I don't put any titles overlaid on existing video), do all 3 Blu-Ray video codecs support this? Is re-encoding necessary, given that it seems like it's just a concatenation?
4. If I want to put overlaid titles on video, do all 3 BR video codecs support this? I assume re-encoding is required?
6. Except for the case where commercial Blu-Ray players stop supporting MPEG2, is there any reason why I'd encode MPEG2 into H.264? I'm not going to get better quality, after the source encoded it as MPEG2, right?
7. When responses make references to H.264, they're not talking about the modified H.264 on Hi-Def Hard Drive camcorders, Correct?
Scenarist basic blu-ray without menus?
Web page for Guide for MKV to Blu-ray no longer works?
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2019-04-22T02:08:11Z
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https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/284836-Basic-Guide-for-HDV-to-Blu-Ray
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HOW TO MAKE KIDS LISTEN?
This is the most common question faced by all parents. They all want to know that how can they make their child listen to them.
Kids have their own mentality. They have their own world.
So sometimes it becomes difficult to understand them. You don’t know when they want to listen and when not. So it becomes necessary for you to understand what’s going in their mind. And also you must want to know that How to get kids to listen without yelling?
Because there are so many consequences which should be kept in mind if you yell at your kid. We will be discussing later: What happens when you yell at a child? Does your kid listen to you when you yell at him? The answer is a big NO. He will not listen to you when you yell at him. Instead of yelling you should try some other soft methods to make your kid listen to you. You have to know the reasons behind Why your kid is not listening to you. What is in his mind? You have to study their behavior. You have to study their attitude. You as a parent must know how to deal with a child that doesn’t listen. How to discipline your child when they don’t listen? What to do when your teenager won’t listen? How to discipline a teenager who doesn’t care about consequences? These are the common questions that you as a parent come across. In this article, we try to answer these questions and tell you about the five secrets of how to make kids listen? They are so many ways that can help you to make your kid listen to you. However, we will discuss the top five secrets of it.
Your way of talking to your kids will have a direct impact on how your kids listen to you. It totally depends on your tone of voice. If your tone of voice is gentle then your kid will definitely listen to you. If your tone of voice is not gentle to your kid then your kid will lose interest in listening to you. The way you talk to your kids define everything. So always use a positive and firm tone in front of your kids. Don’t be rude to your kid. Don’t sound angry or controlling because then your kid can think that you are on the other team and they will not listen to you. Make them feel comfortable with you so that they can listen to you and at the same time can discuss their problems with you. Give them that comfort level. But at the same time maintain your tone of voice firm. Speak directly with your kid with firmness in your voice. Sometimes being too gentle also make them lose interest in listening to what you are saying. So there should be firmness in your voice. The things must be conveyed to them clearly. The things must be conveyed to them with the clear objective. Do n’t sound frustrated in front of your kid. Always maintain a positive and direct approach. Yelling at them or talking angrily can only make the things worse so try to approach the situations positively. Children are attracted towards love and kindness. They respond well to them. Your tone of voice indicates how you are feeling and your kid can interpret those kind words and will definitely listen to you with keen attention and interest. Kids demand love and care.
Use a pleasant voice. Kids are attracted towards the sweet voice. They always move where they find love.
Don’t overreact or don’t be too emotional.
Don’t keep on shouting at your kids unnecessarily. Try to understand the situation and then react.
Don’t use harsh tone in front of your kids.
Try to explain to them everything calmly.
Your tone of voice must be firm. Tell them clearly what you want to say.
Don’t criticize your kid. Convert criticism into compliments. Your kid will then appreciate your compliment.
Try not to say “NO” or “DON’T” all the time.
Don’t show negativity in your words.
It is necessary that your kids listen to you but at the same time, it is also necessary that you should also listen to them keenly. You should show great interest in listening to what they are saying to you. Listen to them keenly. Try to understand what they are saying or what they want you to understand. Make your child the part of a conversation. In this way, you can develop a strong bond with them. They will also start listening to you. It’s a type of gives and takes. I listen to you and in return, you listen to me. For example: If after coming back home from school, your kid starts discussing the events that are happened in the school, listen to them and ask questions relating to them. So that your kid will understand that you are actually interested in knowing about his day to day activities. Even if you are busy or doing something stop that work and give time to your child, listen to him. It’s a good approach. If you start listening to them you will understand their way of thinking. You will get to know what they actually want. You will know about their thinking. It only takes a few minutes to give your time to them.
Kids don’t pay attention to you unless you give attention to them. Sometimes parents get so busy that they did not even bother to listen to their child. They think of it as insignificant. But actually, this is the most important thing to make your kid listen to you. It’s all about feelings. When your kids feel that you are listening to them, listening to their problems then they will also listen to them. Children demand attention and care. They also want to be heard. They also want their voice to get heard by you. So listen to them and try to understand them. Don’t make them feel that you are busy. Kids beg love and care. Give them your time, attention and care. That’s all that they want.
You can also give a surprise reward. In this way, they are forced to listen to you the second time. Praising is the thing that kids will appreciate. All of your child’s good efforts need praising. They feel good and they start doing those good things again and again. Praise them if they take a step forward to talk to you. Praise them if they come to you by themselves and start talking. But avoid over complimenting. Over-complimenting can do more harm than good. Everything has a limit. So you should praise them or give compliments only when they deserve. Stop being butter bite or giving them compliments all the time just by thinking that they will listen to you. Always emphasize the efforts and not the outcome. Praising is necessary but only at the right time. There is a time of everything and when that thing is done at the right time then you will get the fruitful results. On the contrary when the thing is done at the wrong time then its results are opposite. So praise them when it is actually needed. This will make him feel loved, appreciated and inspired and he will show more interest in listening to you.
Be reliable. Be true to your words. Be sure that what you are saying or telling your kids is true. Because if your kid see any falsity in your statement or they found that what you told them before was not true, then they may stop listening to you. They might think that what you will say is not correct. So make sure that whatever conversation you indulge in with your kid is true and you are not saying anything wrong to your kid. Be someone that your child can rely on. Of course, whatever wrong or right you are doing will definitely affect your kid, their behavior, and their future. If you want them to listen to you then be true to them. If you make any promise to them, then fulfill that promise. Make sure that the promise is fulfilled. If you do not fulfill that promise then it will have a bad effect on your kid and he might stop listening to you the other time. If you promise them to give a reward or some surprise then be sure that it is given. Don’t assume that your kid has forgotten your promise or have forgotten what you told them before. They have sharp memories especially when it comes to rewarding. Don’t underestimate your words. They can have a big effect on your kid’s small mind. Whatever you think is useless might be very useful to them. For example: If you somehow make a promise that you will take him for a movie the next month. Then take your child for a movie date next month. Because they might be waiting for that with eagerness. If you did not take him for the movie then they will not trust your words.
So if you want that your kid listens to you then be true to them.
Try to examine the reasons Why is he not listening to you? Put some efforts in studying his behavior. Try to understand what is going in his mind. Once you know that what is the reason behind this attitude of him, and then you can think of what to do next. Make them understand that listening is good. Tell them the benefits of listening. And also tell them the consequences of not listening. Make a positive effort towards them. Try to find out the reason behind their not listening to you. It will greatly help you in the positive direction. It may be possible that they are facing certain situations that encourage them not to listen to you. So your work is to understand that situation either by talking to your kid or by some other method. And then try to find the solution to make your kid out of that situation. Once the problem is resolved then your child will start listening to you.
Always give them respect. Say respectfully.
Keep yourself cool while talking to them. Avoid being hot-tempered.
Be calm and don’t lose control.
Don’t use inappropriate words in front of your child.
Don’t use harsh words while speaking to your kid.
Always try to maintain an eye to eye contact.
Don’t be hyper very quickly.
Always remember that being a child is not easy.
Make your point clear without making yourself crazy.
Let your presence known by your kid. Don’t let your child ignore you.
Concentrate on the things that really matter.
When you are trying to explain something make sure that your kid is calm and is in a position to understand.
Avoid talking to your child at that time when he is showing tantrums or is frustrated.
Don’t repeat anything again and again.
Your requests should be brief.
Explain to them about your expectations and give them fair warning.
You must articulate their feelings back to them.
Always explain to them what you are saying.
See every situation from their point of view and then it will become easy for you.
Show them, unconditional love. Love is all your kid wants.
Don’t give too many orders because nobody wants to listen to somebody who is giving order every time.
Don’t interrupt in between when your child is speaking. Give them a chance to speak. Try to understand what they are trying to convey.
Conversation with your kid should be on your list of priorities. Because the more you indulge in conversation with your kid, the more his listening power is increased.
Be calm and patient always.
And there are many more…..
Hence we talked about the top five secrets of how to make kids listen to you. Although there are many. Children have a considerable measure on their minds, from the history test to the soccer tryouts to the most current PC amusement. Guardians can be drearily low on their rundown. Also that when the brain is rewiring at age six, and again at age twelve, they can feel overpowered by outside jolts and blocks you out. Indeed, even little children are exceptionally occupied, since their set of working responsibilities is investigating and destroying your home. So kids have different things to consider. They additionally have diverse needs, and they don’t comprehend at all why it’s so critical to scrub down right this moment.
You have to listen to your kids if you want them to listen to you. More you listen to them the more they will listen to you. You have to maintain your tone of voice positive and firm. Speak gently but with firmness in your voice. Try to understand your childish behavior and attitude. Try to understand what is going in his mind. Make your child the part of the conversation. Listen to them keenly and with great interest. Don’t avoid them. Make them feel comfortable. Make them feel loved and cared. Appreciate their small efforts when they come near to you and talk. Be calm to them. Put some efforts to talk to them if they are not listening to you. If you start following these all things then your kid will definitely listen to you.
I am Lauren Brown, mom of 2 beautiful and smart kids. Parenting is called to be simple for mom or dad, but it is not as simple it looks. With my own experience and being a parenting counsellor, I help you to be the best Mom & Dad in your kid's world.
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2019-04-22T15:02:00Z
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https://parentsera.com/how-to-make-your-kid-listen/
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Time Particles provide a way for individual paint strokes painted by the paint synthesizer to have temporal continuity in an animation. Temporal continuity means that the individual paint strokes are present across multiple sequential frames as the animation progresses. The individual paint strokes associated with the time particles can have their own movement that is occurring over time, and is independent to any individual path regeneration for the paint stroke itself.
If a paint stroke length of 1 is used for time particles then an individual particle will be a single paint nib moving in time. If the paint stroke has a length greater than 1 than a complete paint stroke will be associated with each time particle. Depending on the settings of the time particle parameters in the paint synthesizer, a rigid paint stroke may move in time or the moving paint stroke may also be recalculated and redrawn in each new frame.
The movie example ‘motion-drops1’ shown in the link below shows off a simple use of time particles in a paint animation.
This example was create using a 2 step Paint Action Sequence (PASeq) that will be detailed below.
A simple paint preset was edited to turn on time particles as shown below in the Time Particles 1 control panel in the paint synthesizer.
The movement of the individual time particles over time is primarily defined by the editable parameters in the Time Particles 2 control panel in the paint synthesizer. The settings shown below were chosen so that the individual time particles would vertically drop and then bounce back up when they ran into the bottom of the canvas.
The number of time particles used in an animation is determined by the Max Stroke parameter in the Path Start control panel. All of the normal Path Start controls are used for the first frame of the animation, and will determine the initial start points of the individual paint strokes and hence the time particles themselves. All of the Path Start settings are ignored in subsequent frames of the animation.
A common editing mistake is to turn on time particles wihtout setting a reasonable value for the Max Strokes parameter setting. Many Studio Artist factory presets default with a max strokes setting of 40000. This is done so that when the action button is pressed the paint synthesizer will continue to draw for an indefinite time until a user manually stops action painting by pressing the space bar. 40000 time particles is an exceedingly large number of particles and each frame in an animation with this many particles would take a long time to render. 40 to 400 time particles are probably more reasonable numbers for a typical time particle paint animation. So remember to edit the Max Stroke parameter in the Path Start control panel with an appropriate # of particles before you build a PASeq or start an animation with time particles.
The screen snap below shows the 2 step PASeq used to create the motion-drops1 example.
The first action step used in the PASeq was created using the Geodesic Recursive Growth Image Operation. This action step processes the canvas with the feathering effect created by this particular Ip Op. The second action step is the AutoPaint paint synthesizer step that paints with the time particles. Note that the canvas background is not erased as the animation progresses, so each new output frame is created by painting on top of a feathered version of the previous output frame.
You can perform live parameter edits while the Studio Artist 4 paint synthesizer is running. This means that you have the ability to preview time particle behavior in real time and make editing changes while the time particles are moving. This can be a great aid to understanding how the individual time particle parameters control the particle movement over time.
Time Particles could also be used as an element of a live visual performance. Live performance could mean a live visual display projected to a live audience or an interactive visual performance streamed into a quicktime movie for later display. The later allows you to interactively work with presets that may render slightly out of real time but end up with a final rendered movie that plays at the speed you want for your final visual presentation or performance.
The key to time particle preview or to live visual performance using time particles is to use Loop Action. Loop Action is a new feature in Studio Artist 4. It allows you to seamlessly loop any individual action. To start Loop Action, just run the Action : Run Loop Action menu command.
Once you have a paint preset that uses time particles running in loop action, you will be able to see the time particle animation proceed in real time as the action loops over and over again. You can then edit the individual time particle parameter controls (or any other paint synthesizer editable parameters) and observe how they influence the time particle movements and overall paint effects respectively.
Pen Track is a new parameter available in the Time Particle control panel. When turned on, the time particles will be attracted to the current pen position when the pen is in proximity. This is a useful way to interactively control and influence time particle positioning and behavior in a progressing animation.
Pen Track works well when combined with particle Swarming. When Swarming is turned on there are additional parameters available that let you specify how individual particles attract or repulse. Think of the movement of individual birds or insects in an overall swarm and you’ll have an intuitive feel for the behavior of a swarm of particles.
Just like in nature, a few simple rules to define the behavior of individual objects in a swarm can lead to highly complex movement effects over time. For example, Close Repulsion in a swarm can keep individual particles from getting too close to each other while they are attracted to the pen with Pen Track on. This can lead to chaotic circling movement where the individual particles swarm around the current pen position. Lifting the pen out of proximity can cause the particles to then fly apart until the pen is again brought into proximity, at which point the particles will again move towards the current pen position.
The link below shows off an example of live visual performance using time particles. By working with the pen and pen proximity as loop action animation was progressing i was able to interactively influence and somewhat control the movement of the individual time particles. Because of the interaction of the swarming and border bounce parameters each particle also has a mind of it’s own in the loop action animation.
The live interactive performance was spooled into an open movie stream while loop action was progressing. I setup the movie stream frame write menu options to turn on ‘Enable Write on Op End’. For a single preset that is running in loop action this means that whenever the action ends in one cycle of the loop a frame is written out into the open movie stream. If you are running multiple actions recorded as individual steps in a PASeq as a loop action, then you could use the ‘Enable Write on PASeq Cycle’ menu check option so that a single frame would be written out into the open movie stream every time the PASeq completed one cycle in the loop action.
When i wanted to end the animation i just pressed the space bar to stop loop action. I then closed the open movie stream and had a finished movie file of the time particle animation.
Time Particles can reference their original start point locations as they move in an animation. This can be used to create animation effects that fracture an image apart (or vice versa). The way to do this is to use the Time Particle Start Point Tracking option in the Paint Source Offset control panel. A simple example of this kind of effect is shown below.
The Paint Source Offset controls in the paint synthesizer modulate the mapping between the spatial location of a paint stroke and the spatial reference for that canvas location in the source image. The Time Particle Start Point Tracking option means that no matter where a time particle moves in the canvas it will always reference it’s first frame source location.
To pass through the source image with no additional processing when painting, the following Paint Fill Setup parameters were used.
A Rectangular Grid Path Start Generator was used, so the first frame’s time particles were positioned on a grid spaced to fully cover the canvas. In subsequent frames they move based on the time path created by the Time Particle parameters in the paint synthesizer. A Polar Path Angle was chosen for the time particle movement to move the time particle paint nibs away from the center towards the edges of the canvas over time.
A source movie brush can be used with time particle settings turned on. The source movie brush can either be configured to generate photo mosaic style imagery or to encode N smaller movie files that playback as the time particles animate over time. So time particles can be moving in an animation while the movie associated with each time particle is animating it’s playback with the brush nib as well.
This first example was created with a graffiti movie brush. The source movie brush settings were configured to create a photo mosaic effect. The animation was created by processing a movie file loaded in the source palette with a time particle paint synthesizer preset that used a different graffiti source movie brush to create the moving photo mosaic.
This second example shows of movie source brush time particles that are configured so that different movie files play back in the time particles themselves. You could also process another loaded source movie file with this kind of effect like in the last example if you wanted to make a moving movie mosaic. However, in this example we just see the movement of the time particles as they play back individual movies within their circular paint nibs.
The paint synthesizer has the ability to encapsulate a set of bezier paths in it’s internal bezier path memory located in the Path Shape control panel. Version 4 has a new feature that enables you to use the individual bezier paths as key frames in an animation. When used with time particles this give the time particles the ability to self animate their shape over time in an animation.
A simple example of this is shown below.
A series of bezier paths were hand drawn to define keyframes for an undulating jellyfish. This hand drawn bezier path frame was then recored in the paint synthesizer’s internal bezier path frame memory. The Path Shape settings used to do this kind of embedded bezier path shape animation are shown below.
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2019-04-18T23:10:49Z
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https://tips.synthetik.com/time-particles-introduction/
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Wesleyan's first full-time sports information director, hired in 1982. Wesleyan class of 1979.
Wesleyan, founded in 1831, and Yale University, founded in 1701, are both celebrating the 150th anniversary of baseball at their respective colleges this year as the two met on Sept. 30, 1865 to inaugurate intercollegiate competition. A lot has changed since then, on and off the diamond, but for one night, students and alumni celebrated the rich history of these two prestigious programs and the great game of baseball.
On Sept. 26, to commemorate that first contest, the two clubs squared-off wearing throwback uniforms in an exhibition game at Yale Field. The idea for the game was spawned more than five years ago when Wesleyan head coach Mark Woodworth ’94 and Yale head coach John Stuper talked about playing the game while together at a summer camp.
At left, Yale University head coach John Stupe and Wesleyan head coach Mark Woodworth ’94 welcomed Fay Vincent to the reenactment game. Vincent served as the Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1989 to 1992.
More than 50 Wesleyan baseball alumni attended the game at Yale.
The Cardinals hoped for a better outcome than the 39-13 final score of the original contest, concluded after just eight innings so Wesleyan could make it back home on the last train of the day. That game lasted 3:05. In the 150th anniversary contest, Wesleyan exacted its revenge with a 6-3, 10-inning victory.
Ben Somera is the new head coach of women’s volleyball.
In this Q&A we speak to Ben Somera Jr., adjunct associate professor of physical education, head coach of volleyball. Somera joined the faculty at Wesleyan this summer.
Q: Ben, welcome to Wesleyan! You had a very successful three-year stay at New England rival Roger Williams, building the Hawks into a regional and national power in women’s volleyball. What tempted you to make the move to Wesleyan?
A: I have coached collegiate volleyball for almost 20 years and have had the opportunity to experience four university cultures and how they operate.
It was important to me that Mike Whalen, our athletics director, wants to win in all sports. I have always believed that the characteristics that lead to academic success are the same for athletic success, and those student-athletes who are willing to prioritize, time-manage, and sacrifice are able to maximize their potential in the classroom and on the court.
Three key players in Wesleyan baseball’s fantastic run over the last three years have signed professional baseball contracts this summer. Gavin Pittore ’16 signed a free-agent contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers; alumnus Nick Cooney ’15 signed a contract with the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks in the independent American Association; and Donnie Cimino ’15 was drafted in the 37th round by the Chicago Cubs.
Baseball player Andrew Yin ’15, who helped Wesleyan win two straight NESCAC titles, along with a perfect 12-0 conference record in 2015, was recently named a CoSIDA/Capital One First-Team Academic All-American for the second straight year. He is the only player among the 33 honorees on the three national teams in 2015 to repeat as a first-team choice.
Yin also is the only player among those cited to be a three-time Academic All-American. In 2013, Yin, then a sophomore, made his first appearance as an Academic All-America third-team selection. Sophomores are rare on the squad as only one of the 33 players in 2015 is a sophomore, also a third-teamer. Yin is the only Wesleyan player in any sport to be named an Academic All-American more than once, and is the fifth Cardinal baseball player since 1972 to grace the list.
Yin started 38 of 41 games at second base during Wesleyan’s banner 2015 campaign as the Cardinals posted an overall record of 30-11, just the third 30-win campaign in program history. The 2014 Cardinals set the record for wins in a season, going 31-13. Yin hit .309 with 43 hits in 139 at-bats in 2015. He led the Cardinals in walks with 21 and stolen bases, going 17-for-21. His 32 runs scored were second-highest on the team. He knocked in nine runs, had seven doubles and fielded at a crisp .957 mark. He ended his career on a 10-game hitting streak. Three of his doubles came in one game and keyed Wesleyan to its 4-3, 12-inning victory over Amherst in the NESCAC title game May 10. Yin doubled and scored in both the 5th and 7th innings, then doubled in the 9th inning to drive in the tying run. Wesleyan won the game on Guy Davidson’s (’16) 12-inning solo homer.
Andrew Yin is the only Wesleyan player in any sport to be named an Academic All-American more than once.
Davidson was among six Cardinals named all-NESCAC in 2015 as he joined pitcher Sam Elias ’15, also named Pitcher of the Year, and first-baseman Sam Goodwin-Boyd ’15 on the first team. Named to the second team were center fielder Donnie Cimino ’15 and pitchers Nick Cooney ’15 and Gavin Pittore ’16.
Yin was a first-team all-NESCAC choice in 2013 as well as second-team all-ECAC New England Division III.
Yin also was the recipient of Wesleyan’s Roger Maynard Award, given to the top senior male scholar-athlete at the university. Yin, who graduated May 24 with degrees in chemistry, molecular biology and biochemistry, and neuroscience and behavior, held a cumulative GPA of 4.01.
Eudice Chong ’18 claimed the first-ever NCAA Division III tennis title for the Cardinals in a thrilling 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 victory in the title match of the NCAA Division III women’s tennis singles championship in Mason, Ohio on May 23.
Named the NESCAC Player and Rookie of the Year, as well as the ITA Division III Rookie of the Year, Chong completed the 2014-15 campaign undefeated in singles play (22-0), dropping just two sets all season, both of them 4-6 to Joulia Likhanskaia of Bowdoin, whom she played for the third time this year in the NCAA finals.
Chong also earned All-America honors in doubles this spring as she teamed with Helen Klass-Warch ’18 to reach the NCAA Division III doubles quarterfinals, losing a three-set match to the top-seeded pair from Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. The Cardinal tandem amassed a 20-4 record at No. 1 doubles this year.
At the banquet, Pat Tynan, head women’s crew coach, and Athletic Director Mike Whalen ’83 presented an award to Brianne Wiemann ’15.
On April 30, more than 150 scholar-athletes, along with their coaches, faculty and staff members, attended the third annual scholar-athlete banquet, held in Beckham Hall.
Among the evening’s highlights was the presentation of the Roger Maynard Memorial Awards to women’s crew coxswain Brianne Wiemann ’15 and baseball second baseman Andrew Yin ’15. Since 1970, the award has been presented to the male and female senior student-athletes who best exemplify the spirit, humility and accomplishments of Roger Maynard ’37, a former Wesleyan trustee and standout cross-country and track letterman.
As the varsity-eight cox the last two seasons, Wiemann was integral in helping the Cardinals reach the NCAA Division III Championships a year ago. During that competition, she was named the Elite 89 winner for Division III women’s rowing as the participant in the Championships with the highest overall GPA. Wesleyan’s 2015 varsity eight squad is ranked ninth nationally in Division III heading into the New England Championships on May 2.
Yin took over as the Cardinals’ starting second baseman during his freshman year and enjoyed a string of 118 consecutive starts for the team over a four-year span. Heading into the final weekend of the 2015 regular season, Yin has 183 career hits, ranking third all-time at Wesleyan. He was a first-team CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-American in 2014 after earning third-team honors as a sophomore. That year he also received first-team all-NESCAC and second-team all-ECAC New England Division III laurels.
Head baseball coach Mark Woodworth with Andrew Yin ’15.
Wesleyan supporter and team orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bruck Moeckel, who has serviced the Cardinal athletic community for 23 years, was also honored at the banquet with the Cardinal Award. Presented by Wesleyan’s Athletic Advisory Council (AAC), the award recognizes a member of the Wesleyan community who has provided tremendous service and support to athletics.
During the banquet, Yin and women’s swimming standout Angela Slevin ’15 also spoke about their time as Wesleyan student-athletes. Slevin holds or is part of 11 Wesleyan school records, and was an NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships qualifier as a junior. She has been all-NESCAC throughout her career.
Attendees at the event were selected from 310 student-athletes who met the minimum qualification of a 3.2 cumulative GPA with at least sophomore status academically. That group was then whittled down to the 168 who received an invitation to the dinner based on a combination of their athletic accomplishment and the strength of their academic achievement.
Carly Feinman ’16, ESPN personality Wendi Nix, and Aliana Fichera at the TeamIMPACT event in Boston, April 2.
On April 2, Carly Feinman ’16, a diver on Wesleyan’s swimming and diving team, and 10-year-old Aliana Fichera, a local girl who has become an honorary member of the team, spoke on a panel during the TeamIMPACT Game Day Gala in Boston.
In November 2014, Aliana was “drafted” onto the Wesleyan team through the TeamIMPACT program, which matches children facing life-threatening and chronic illnesses with local college athletic teams. Aliana has attended numerous Wesleyan meets and team functions, and the team members have visited with Aliana during her treatments for Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) and for her meets with her swim team in Rocky Hill, Conn.
Approximately 45 student from the Macdonough School in Middletown came to Wesleyan for recess April 2. It was the fifth year in a row that an area school has been invited to Wesleyan’s Bacon Field House for a noontime recess in eary April.
Student-athletes from many Wesleyan athletic teams have spent significant amounts of time at Macdonough over the last five years to act as role models and speak to the students there on a variety of topics, such as sportsmanship.
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2019-04-20T04:43:21Z
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Hawaii's history in story and legend is ancient and proud, dating back at least a thousand years before American colonies became a nation in 1776. It is highly unlikely that the exact date when Polynesian people first set foot on these previously uninhabited islands will ever be known, nor much details about events occurring between that date and the first contact with Europeans.
Modern Hawaiian history begins on January 20, 1778, when Captain James Cook's expedition made its first contact with the Hawaiian people on the islands of Kauai and Niihau. Captain Cook was not the first man to "discover" the Hawaiian Islands. He was the first known European to arrive.
In the centuries before the arrival of Captain Cook, Hawaiian society was a highly stratified system with strictly maintained castes. Like medieval Europe and the other Polynesian nations, each caste had its assigned tasks and responsibilities. Not until 1810 was there a single king over all Hawaii with the reign of Kamehameha. Before then, there were a number of small kingdoms that divided the islands and were often at war with each other.
In each of these small kingdoms, the king, headed Hawaii's social pyramid, assisted by a chief minister and a high priest. Next in ranking were the ali'i or chiefs, who varied in power depending on ancestral lineage and ability. Persons especially trained in the memorization of genealogies were important members of a chief's retinue because a chief's ranking in society was determined by the legitimacy of his genealogy. Chiefs ruled over portions of the land at the whim of the king, who could remove and replace them according to a system of rewards and punishments.
Below the chiefs in temporal power, but often far above them in spiritual power, were the kahuna, or priest craftsmen. They were specialists in professions such as canoe-building, medicine, the casting and lifting spells, and in other fields.
The majority of Hawaii's people were commoners (makaainana), subjects of the chief upon whose land they lived. They did most of the hard work: building fishpond walls and housing, fishing, farming, and making tapa cloth. The commoners paid taxes both to the king and to their chief and provided some warriors for the chief's army. These taxes took the form of food, clothing and other products.
Below the commoners were a numerically small group of people known as "kauwa" or outcastes. Little is known of their origins or of their true role in Hawaiian society, although they were believed to be slaves of the lowest order.
The Kapu System is what cemented the ancient social structure. The word, known in English as "taboo" meant sacred or prohibited. Violators were swiftly punished by being strangled or clubbed to death. A commoner had to be careful lest his shadow fall across the person of a high chief, and he had to be quick to kneel or lie down in the presence of such sacred persons. Birth, death, faulty behavior, the building of a canoe, and many other activities were regulated by the kapu system, which permeated all aspects of ancient Hawaiian life.
The Hawaiian temples (heiau) contained images which symbolized the gods. The four major gods were known as Ku, Kanaloa, Lono and Kane, who represented the universal forces. Commoners performed their own simple ceremonies to family or personal gods (aumakua) while the complicated religious life of the ali'i required the services of a kahuna in large temple complexes. In some temples, human sacrifices took place.
As a young man of about twenty-five, he was present at Kealakekua when Captain Cook's ships anchored there. At the time, various kings had attempted to unite the entire island chain under one command. Kamehameha proceeded to establish his rule of the entire island of Hawaii. With the Big Island, Hawaii, safely in his hand, he set out to conquer the leeward islands, moving through Maui, Lanai and Molokai. To take O'ahu, he built an immense fleet of canoes to transport his warriors. They landed in a two-pronged attack with half the fleet coming ashore at Waialae and half at Waikiki. The united force drove Oahu's defenders into Nuuanu Valley.
Trapped in the valley, the Oahuans were forced to surrender or be pushed over the steep Nuuanu Pali. The King of Kauai and Niihau accepted Kamehameha as his sovereign.
At this time, foreign ships arrived in increasing numbers, bringing domestic animals, trees, fruits and plants never before seen in Hawaii. They also brought diseases, alcohol and firearms. With little immunity to new diseases, the Hawaiians soon began to die in alarming numbers while the destruction of their traditional way of life brought on a melancholy loss of the will to live.
She was Kamehameha the Great's favorite wife. A bold and intelligent woman, she served as kuhina-nui (premier sharing of kingly power) for Kamehameha II and as regent for Kamehameha III. She played a leading role in the overthrow of the ancient kapu system. In league with the King's mother, Keopuolani, she convinced Kamehameha II to sit down and eat with the women in violation of one of ancient Hawaii's most serious prohibitions. In old Hawaii, women were second-class citizens, more severely handicapped by endless kapus than the men of any class. With the overthrow of the kapu system, she was free to exercise her political authority.
A great contrast from his father, Liholiho (Kamehameha II) was 22 years old when he became King. Kaahumanu confronted the King and said that it had been his father's wish for her to share rulership of the land. Had anyone attempted such audacity in front of Kamehameha I, the culprit might well have been slain on the spot. Liholiho offered no objection and split his power in half with Kaahumanu. Early in his reign, Kaahumanu and his mother, Keopuolani, talked him into sitting down to eat with a group of noble women in view of onlooking commoners. The signal had unmistakenly been given that the ancient religion of Hawaii was dying. Shortly thereafter, Liholiho ordered god images burned and heiaus demolished throughout the islands. In 1823, Kamehameha II, Queen Kamamalu and a few chiefs and women sailed to England. They toured London and joined in entertainments arranged in their honor by the British aristocracy. While there, the King and Queen contracted measles, which Hawaiians had little immunity and died.
Kauikeaouli, the last son of Kamehameha the Great to rule, ascended the throne while he was ten years old, upon the death of his older brother. Kaahumanu governed as regent during Kauikeaouli's boyhood with the assistance of a council of chiefly advisors. He was King at a most difficult period in Hawaii's history. The influx of large numbers of foreign residents brought new problems concerning trade, credit, land titles and a plague of complications unknown to the simple Hawaii of just a few generations earlier. His reign of twenty-nine years was the longest of any Hawaiian monarch.
During his young manhood, personal troubles worthy of a Greek tragedy embittered his life. Prince Kauikeaouli and his sister, Princess Nahienaena, were very much in love. Such unions were acceptable among the nobles of ancient Hawaii, just as they were among Egyptian pharaohs. Close relatives often married to keep the chiefly bloodlines pure and to assure children with powerful "mana." This word describes a Polynesian concept in which certain persons possess supernatural power and authority derived from ancestors who held mana. Tortured by love of her brother and guilt from new-found Christian beliefs that had made inroads into traditional Hawaiian ways, Princess Nahienaena drifted into despondency and died at the age of twenty-one. Long after Prince Kauikeaouli became King Kamehameha III, he regularly visited her grave in Lahaina, Maui.
He was the first grandson of Kamehameha the Great to become King of Hawaii. During Kamehameha IV's reign and that of his successor, there was a growing agitation on the part of the sugar planters for annexation to the United States to secure a dependable market for their product. Many foreign residents did not wish to become citizens of Hawaii but wanted to be able to vote in elections. They wanted political power to safeguard their interests and would have preferred that common Hawaiians remain vote less.
Brother to Kamehameha IV, Lot Kamehameha was the final direct descendant of Kamehameha the Great to sit on Hawaii's throne and the last Hawaiian monarch to reign in the old style. After him, Hawaii's rulers were elected by the Hawaiian Legislature. Problems with the United States continued as they had during his brother's reign. Agitation by certain elements in favor of annexation by the U.S. threatened Hawaii's independence. Lot tried to defuse relations by promoting a treaty of reciprocity that would allow Hawaiian sugar to enter the American market duty-free. The Civil War had cut the Union off from Southern sugar and so there was a great demand from the North for sugar. Racial troubles increased in Lot's era due to well-founded suspicions that the Whites were trying to take over the Kingdom. In 1866, a fist fight broke out in the Legislature between White and Hawaiian members. Such an incident was probably long overdue for it was a most peculiar legislature wherein white legislators refused to speak Hawaiian, the kingdom's official language, and native Hawaiian members refused to use English. Lot never married and had no child, and died without naming a successor.
William Lunalilo was confirmed as King of Hawaii by the Hawaiian Legislature after an informal popular vote. Lunalilo was more liberal than his predecessor and made serious efforts to democratize the constitution. Once again, the question of the treaty of reciprocity with the U.S. rose. The Hawaiian sugar industry needed a natural market like the United States to absorb its increasing production. King Lunalilo allowed himself to endorse the cession of Pearl Harbor, though he felt it was an unwise accommodation to the powerful American giant. Once the news reached the Hawaiian public, they were outraged. Widespread disapproval of the idea forced its eventual abandonment. He died without naming a successor.
King David Kalakaua was elected by the Hawaiian Legislature of 1874 amid scenes of violence and indignity. His rival for the throne was the dowager Queen Emma. King Kalakaua was concerned with the well-being of his native Hawaiian people. He maintained a policy of filling administrative posts with Hawaiians wherever possible, a practice that did little to calm the fears of American businessmen who had supported him against Queen Emma. While favoring his people, Kalakaua repeatedly and sincerely insisted that there was room in Hawaii for all kinds of people. King Kalakaua became known in Hawaiian history as the "Merry Monarch." He loved parties, balls and entertainment. He enjoyed talking to such noted visitors as Robert Louis Stevenson. He included mass dances of the ancient sacred hulas in his parties. Toward the end of his reign, his cabinet was overthrown, a new constitution deprived him of almost all his power, and an ill-fated insurrection took place favoring the abdication of Kalakaua and his replacement by Princess Lili'uokalani.
She was already leading the nation as regent when King Kalakaua died in San Francisco. At the time that she became Queen, the political and economic climate was extremely complicated. Rivalry was intense between white businessmen who dominated the economy and native politicians who still retained the power to get things accomplished. The annexationists were badly outnumbered, and certainty the majority of the Hawaiian people, as well as many white residents, were against annexation. But the economic power structure was not intimidated by mere lack of popular support. On the whole, these businessmen were those who considered Hawaiians incapable of self-government. And, as businessmen, the annexationists believed that the monarchy was too inept to safeguard the interests of property and profits.
Lili'uokalani announced her intention to promulgate a new constitution which would restore the power of the monarchy. A Committee of Safety was formed by prominent annexationists. They took it upon themselves to create a provisional government and a militia. The Queen could have declared martial law and arrested the conspirators, but she felt that this would begin armed conflict which would result in loss of innocent lives. The Committee of Safety then made its move and armed companies of militia took over government buildings and offices. The evening before, marines and sailors from the U.S.S. Boston were landed to keep order in Honolulu and their commander, Captain G.C. Wiltse, openly supported the Provisionals. The Queen was powerless.
Finally on January 17, 1893, the Queen faced the inevitable and surrendered under protest. On January 31, Minister Stevens, at the request of the Provisional Government's advisory council, raised the U.S. flag over Honolulu. Annexation was thought to be a mere formality. President Cleveland's administration concluded that the monarchy had been overthrown by force with the complicity of the U.S. minister.
In 1895, Hawaiians loyal to the Queen staged a revolt in an attempt to restore Lili'uokalani to the throne. The revolt was soon crushed and the Queen was arrested and placed under detention in an apartment of her own I'olani Palace. She was also forced to relinquish any claim to the throne as a condition to obtain amnesty for the Hawaiian rebels.
President McKinley signed the resolution of annexation on July 7, 1898. It may have been a happy day for businessmen and new ruling classes of Hawaii, but for many others it was a day of sadness. Large numbers of royalists and common Hawaiians gathered quietly at the home of deposed Queen Lili'uokalani and Crown Princess Kaiulani to silently console them and pay homage to the last monarch of the forever-lost kingdom.
Victoria Kawekiu Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapala Kaiulani was born to Princess Miriam Likelike and Archibald Cleghorn, a prominent Honolulu businessman born in Edinburgh Scotland. She was to be the next heir to the thrown following Queen Lili'uokalani. Her exotic beauty was admired by many including Robert Louis Stevenson and she was pursued by eligible bachelors from the nobility and upper stratas of European society. She became the first member of the Hawaiian royalty to receive the kind of training traditionally given to the children of European monarchs in preparation for ascending the throne. She sailed to England, traveled widely, was taught many languages, literature, social graces and other subjects. Hawaiians referred to Kaiulani as "Our Last Hope" as annexation seemed imminent. After annexation, her vitality disappeared, she sought to get away from Honolulu with its atmosphere of swaggering American soldiers and the arrogance of the new government. With a defiance that had become part of her character since the downfall of the Monarchy, Kaiulani went horse riding too often in the chilly wind and rain. Doctors diagnosed her condition as rheumatism of the heart and she died March 6, 1899, surrounded by her heartbroken father, friends and relatives.
The missionaries who came to Hawaii in the earliest years were a majority from puritan New England, which explains much about their character. The missionaries reduced the Hawaiian language to written form, enabling the Hawaiian people to read and write in their own language. Schools were established throughout the islands as rapidly as possible. By 1831, only 11 years after the missionaries' arrival, some 52000 pupils had been enrolled. The missionaries introduced western medicine and undertook the Kingdom's first modern census. And the missionaries are credited to helping Hawaii become and remain an independent nation at a time when Hawaii was ripe for colonization.
The first newcomers were people of European ancestry, beginning with the English under Captain James Cook and then Americans who came as explorers, adventurers, businessmen and missionaries. At first, all foreigners were known as "haole," which means outsiders or non-Hawaiians. Since the first foreigners that the Hawaiians saw were Europeans, the word soon came to refer strictly to persons of European ancestry. This meaning continues to this day although sometimes it can also be used derogatorily.
Despite efforts of missionaries and other bluenoses among the non-Hawaiian population, the hula never became extinct although it faded from public sight during the middle decades of the nineteenth century. For a long time this authentic native dance form existed underground, banished from the towns but still quietly and surreptitiously performed among the rural people.
It was performed as a form of religious rite to honor the gods and the chiefs. It was usually dedicated to its patroness Laka, goddess of the hula. The ancient Hawaiian dances were performed by both men and women. The men's hulas were vigorous and forceful while those of the women were more sensual and esthetic.
Early missionaries disliked the hula they saw. The sight of scantily clad women moving in rhythm to poetry offended their puritan ethics and they made strenuous efforts to abolish this aspect of ancient Hawaiian culture.
hula in all its splendor and joy. During his reign, professional hula troupes became popular again and they meandered about entertaining people at luaus, public occasions and the theater.
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Revenue for 1Q Fiscal 2018 was $264 million; Titan reduced used equipment inventory by 9.7 percent and updates fiscal 2018 modeling assumptions in this fiscal report.
David Meyer, Titan Machinery's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Overall first quarter financial results were generally in line with our expectations. Due to the stabilizing agriculture equipment inventory environment and the progress we have made in reducing our equipment inventory, we are seeing equipment margin improvement sooner than originally expected, as well as stronger equipment demand within our international segment. Offsetting these developments were higher than anticipated operating expenses due to delayed benefits resulting from our restructuring efforts.
“We are confident in our estimate that the restructuring initiative will result in annual expense reductions of $25 million, however due to later than anticipated implementation, the cost savings for fiscal 2018 will be less than previously expected. We continue to be well positioned for improved bottom line results in fiscal 2018 despite continued soft demand in our domestic agriculture and construction markets. In addition, our restructuring efforts and continued focus on reducing equipment inventory positions us well for the future."
For the first quarter of fiscal 2018, revenue was $264.1 million, compared to $284.9 million in the first quarter last year.
Equipment sales were $167.9 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2018, compared to $184.9 million in the first quarter last year.
Parts sales were $56.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2018, compared to $57.5 million in the first quarter last year.
Revenue generated from service was $28.8 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2018, compared to $31.0 million in the first quarter last year.
Revenue from rental and other was $10.9 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2018, compared to $11.5 million in the first quarter last year.
Gross profit for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 was $48.9 million, compared to $53.5 million in the first quarter last year. The Company's gross profit margin was 18.5% in the first quarter of fiscal 2018, compared to 18.8% in the first quarter last year. Gross profit from parts, service and rental and other for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 was 74.7% of overall gross profit, compared to 72.8% in the first quarter last year.
Operating expenses decreased by $2.5 million to $52.0 million, or 19.6% of revenue, for the first quarter of fiscal 2018, compared to $54.5 million, or 19.1% of revenue, for the first quarter of last year. The increase in operating expenses as a percentage of revenue was primarily due to the decrease in total revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2018, as compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2017.
Floorplan interest expense was $2.7 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2018, compared to $3.7 million in the first quarter of last year. The decrease in floorplan interest expense is primarily due to a decrease in the level of interest-bearing inventory in the first quarter of fiscal 2018. Other interest expense was $2.1 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2018, compared to $1.0 million in the first quarter of last year. Other interest expense for the first quarter of fiscal 2017 included a $2.1 million gain recognized as a result of repurchases of our senior convertible notes during the quarter.
Restructuring costs were $2.3 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2018, compared to $0.2 million for the same period last year. The restructuring costs recognized in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 are the result of our restructuring plan announced on February 9, 2017 to consolidate certain dealership locations and to implement a reorganization of our operating structure.
The Company closed one Construction location during the fourth quarter ended January 31, 2017 and expects to close 14 Agriculture locations during the first half of fiscal 2018. The restructuring plan is expected to result in a significant reduction in expenses while allowing the Company to continue to provide a leading level of service to its customers. The non-recurring pre-tax costs associated with this restructuring plan, consisting primarily of lease termination costs and termination benefits, are estimated to be an additional $7.0 million for the remainder of fiscal 2018.
In the first quarter of fiscal 2018, net loss including noncontrolling interest was $5.9 million, or loss per diluted share of $0.27, compared to a net loss including noncontrolling interest of $3.9 million, or loss per diluted share of $0.17 for the first quarter of last year.
On a non-GAAP basis, adjusted net loss including noncontrolling interest for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 was $4.2 million, or adjusted loss per diluted share of $0.19, compared to adjusted net loss including noncontrolling interest of $4.8 million, or adjusted loss per diluted share of $0.21, for the first quarter of last year. The Company generated $1.6 million in adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of fiscal 2018, compared to $1.8 million in the first quarter of last year.
Agriculture Segment - Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 was $163.6 million, compared to $178.8 million in the first quarter last year. Pre-tax loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 was $3.9 million, compared to pre-tax loss of $3.8 million in the first quarter last year.
Construction Segment - Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 was $63.4 million, compared to $78.0 million in the first quarter last year. Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2017 included approximately $9.0 million of equipment revenue associated with our aggressive selling efforts through alternative marketing channels for certain aged equipment inventory. Pre-tax loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 was $2.6 million, compared to a pre-tax loss of $2.0 million in the first quarter last year.
InternationalSegment - Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 was $37.1 million, compared to $28.1 million in the first quarter last year. The increase in revenue is primarily due to increased equipment revenue as the result of the build out of our footprint, availability of subvention funds and positive crop conditions in certain areas of our markets. Pre-tax earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 was $0.6 million, compared to pre-tax loss of $0.5 million in the first quarter last year.
The Company ended the first quarter of fiscal 2018 with $56.2 million of cash. The Company's inventory level increased to $484.1 million as of April 30, 2017, compared to $478.3 million as of January 31, 2017. This inventory increase includes a $7.1 million increase in equipment inventory, which reflects an increase in new equipment inventory of $22.7 million, partially offset by a $15.6 million or 9.7% decrease in used equipment inventory. The Company had $259.6 million outstanding floorplan payables on $808.0 million total discretionary floorplan lines of credit as of April 30, 2017, compared to $233.2 million outstanding floorplan payables as of January 31, 2017.
During the first quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company repurchased $20.3 million face value of senior convertible notes with $19.3 million in cash. The Company has now retired $74.5 million or approximately 50% of the original face value of its senior convertible notes, during fiscal 2017 and the first quarter of fiscal 2018, with $65.3 million in cash.
In the first quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company's net cash provided by operating activities was $40.9 million, compared to net cash used for operating activities of $24.9 million in the first three months of fiscal 2017. The Company evaluates its cash flow from operating activities net of all floorplan payable activity and maintaining a constant level of equity in its equipment inventory. Taking these adjustments into account, adjusted net cash used for operating activities was $6.8 million in the first three months of fiscal 2018, compared to adjusted net cash used for operating activities of $5.8 million in first three months of fiscal 2017.
Mr. Meyer concluded, "The many improvements we are implementing in our operating structure combined with the deleveraging we've accomplished in the past couple years has us better positioned to generate positive earnings in the future. In addition, our cash flow generated from operations allows us to make appropriate investments in our business to take advantage of future opportunities and drive long-term profitability."
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The salivary gland is rhythmically controlled by sympathetic nerve activation from the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), which functions as the main oscillator of circadian rhythms. In humans, salivary IgA concentrations reflect circadian rhythmicity, which peak during sleep. However, the mechanisms controlling this rhythmicity are not well understood. Therefore, we examined whether the timing of parasympathetic (pilocarpine) or sympathetic (norepinephrine; NE) activation affects IgA secretion in the saliva. The concentrations of saliva IgA modulated by pilocarpine activation or by a combination of pilocarpine and NE activation were the highest in the middle of the light period, independent of saliva flow rate. The circadian rhythm of IgA secretion was weakened by an SCN lesion and Clock gene mutation, suggesting the importance of the SCN and Clock gene on this rhythm. Adrenoceptor antagonists blocked both NE- and pilocarpine-induced basal secretion of IgA. Dimeric IgA binds to the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (pIgR) on the basolateral surface of epithelial cells and forms the IgA-pIgR complex. The circadian rhythm of Pigr abundance peaked during the light period, suggesting pIgR expression upon rhythmic secretion of IgA. We speculate that activation of sympathetic nerves during sleep may protect from bacterial access to the epithelial surface through enhanced secretion of IgA.
Mammals possess circadian clock systems that control various physiological phenomena such as body temperature, sleep-wake cycles, and liver metabolism1, 2. Circadian clock systems are organized by a central clock called the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN)3, and by peripheral clocks located in many peripheral organs4, 5. In addition to this system, biological functions of metabolism and the immune system are also known to affect circadian rhythms6, 7.
IgA is a type of antibody that works mainly in the mucosal immune system. It is abundant in the mucus of saliva and the small intestine8. Since plasma cells produce IgA in the salivary glands, there is a large amount of IgA in saliva. Therefore, IgA plays an important role as the first line of defense in oral immunity9. Monomers of IgA form dimeric IgA (dIgA) through the J chain. This dIgA binds the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (pIgR) on the basolateral surface of epithelial cells and forms the IgA-pIgR complex. The IgA-pIgR complex is transported to the lumen from the basolateral surface. Proteolytic cleavage occurs at the apical surface, and a fragment of pIgR becomes a secretory component (SC) that binds dIgA. In this way, secretory IgA (sIgA) combines with other SCs, and free SCs are released. As a result, sIgA binds to luminal bacteria and prevents them from accessing the epithelial surface9. Therefore, a reduction in salivary IgA levels allows bacterial access to the epithelial surface and leads to various diseases such as upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) and periodontal disease10. A few studies demonstrated that salivary IgA concentrations display diurnal variations in human experiments, and concentrations peak during sleep11, 12. However, the underlying mechanism of this diurnal variation is unknown. Therefore, signaling processes modulating IgA secretion may be controlled by circadian rhythms.
Because it is difficult to obtain an adequate amount of saliva from mice under normal conditions, some experiments used pilocarpine for parasympathetic stimulation and norepinephrine for sympathetic stimulation13. Saliva secretion is known to decrease following an adrenoceptor agonist injection compared to that upon injections with pilocarpine14. Previous studies have demonstrated that the submandibular gland expresses clock genes, which show robust circadian rhythms15, 16. Rhythmical Clock gene expression in the salivary gland is controlled by sympathetic activation via the SCN17. In addition, both mRNA and protein expression of adrenoceptors in the submandibular glands were reported to show circadian rhythm18, 19. Therefore, the timing of administration of adrenoceptor agonist injections may affect the secretion of IgA in saliva. In addition, we examined whether the SCN clock directly controls time-dependent IgA secretion via adrenoceptor activation or is indirectly controlled by the adrenal gland through sympathetic regulation. We aimed to investigate how sympathetic nerve activation affects salivary IgA secretion rhythms through control of the biological clock.
We investigated whether salivary IgA secretion reflects circadian rhythms. Submandibular glands are regulated by both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems14. Therefore, we used pilocarpine to stimulate the parasympathetic nerves and NE to stimulate the sympathetic nerves. We observed a significant increase in IgA concentration during the light phase in the NE group, but not in the control group, as assessed by one-way ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis test (Fig. 1a,d, Supplemental Table S1). Cosinor analysis revealed significant but weak rhythmicity in control groups, whereas NE groups showed strong rhythmicity (supplemental Table S2). The mice used in Fig. 1a–c are different from those in Fig. 1d–f, since we performed independent experiments to confirm the findings.
The circadian rhythm dynamics of salivary IgA secretion. (a) Salivary IgA secretion rhythms in the case of administration of either pilocarpine (control) or a mixture of pilocarpine and norepinephrine (NE) (n = 8–10). (b) Saliva flow rhythms in control versus NE groups (n = 8–10). (c) Salivary IgA volume rhythms. Data were calculated by multiplying the results from Fig. 1a and b (n = 8–10). (d) Salivary IgA concentration rhythms in control versus NE groups (control, n = 4; NE, n = 9–10). (e) Total protein concentration rhythms in saliva (control, n = 4; NE, n = 9–10). (f) Salivary IgA concentration rhythms were normalized to total protein concentration (control, n = 4; NE, n = 9–10). (g) Salivary IgA concentration rhythms in mice fasted for 24 hours (n = 9–12). Values are shown as the means ± SEM. (a,c,d) **p < 0.01, NE group ZT6 vs. ZT18 (one-way ANOVA with Tukey post-hoc test). (f) *p < 0.05, NE group ZT6 vs. ZT18 (Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn post-hoc test). (g) ***p < 0.001 **p < 0.01, NE group ZT0, ZT6 vs. ZT18 (one-way ANOVA with Tukey post-hoc test), #p < 0.05, cont. group ZT6 vs. ZT18 (Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn post-hoc test).
The saliva flow demonstrated weak circadian rhythm with peak at ZT4.8 (Zeitgeber time, ZT0 represents the start of the light period and ZT12 represents the start of the dark period) for the control and ZT11.4 for NE groups (Supplemental Table S2, Fig. 1b). The total amount of salivary IgA displayed a similar rhythm (Supplemental Table S2, Fig. 1c) as that observed for IgA concentrations (Fig. 1a). Because the stimulation of the sympathetic nerve triggers saliva protein secretion14, we next investigated whether total protein concentrations in saliva show a circadian rhythm. Protein concentrations did not display a circadian rhythm (Supplemental Table S2, Fig. 1e). Therefore, salivary IgA concentrations were normalized by the total protein concentration in the sample. However, this still showed a clear oscillating rhythm (supplemental Table S2, Fig. 1f) that was similar to that for IgA concentrations alone (Fig. 1d). We showed representative data for the diurnal variations of the protein concentrations, which set ratio 1 at ZT0 in saliva (Supplemental Fig. S1a). A portion of the data in Fig. 1a and d are also used in Supplemental Fig. S1b and a, respectively. In both the control and NE groups, the protein concentration ratio did not demonstrate any significant circadian rhythm (Supplemental Fig. S1a, Supplemental Table S2). However, the diurnal variation of the salivary IgA ratio increased during the light phase compared to the protein concentration ratio (Supplemental Fig. S1b, Supplemental Table S2).
To investigate whether feeding rhythm, chewing action, or amylase secretion affect salivary IgA secretion, we measured salivary IgA concentrations in mice after a 24-hour fasting period. IgA concentrations showed similar rhythms as those observed in non-fasting mice (Fig. 1g). However, the rhythm peaks in both the control and NE groups appeared 2–3 hours in advance (Fig. 1g, Supplemental Table S2) compared to the those in the free feeding group (Fig. 1a,d). These results suggest that salivary IgA secretion displays circadian rhythm. Moreover, this rhythm is not affected by saliva flow, total protein in saliva, feeding rhythm, or chewing action. Therefore, we next assessed the IgA concentration in the submandibular gland, and found that it showed weak circadian rhythm with peak at ZT3.6 (Supplemental Fig. S2, Supplemental Table S2). These results suggest that the rhythm of salivary IgA secretion is partially related to IgA concentrations in the submandibular gland.
Because salivary IgA secretion shows a circadian rhythm, we examined whether salivary IgA secretion is controlled by the SCN. To investigate the influence of the central circadian clock on salivary IgA concentrations, we lesioned the SCN (SCNX) and compared IgA concentrations with those in the sham-operated group. We confirmed the success of the SCNX surgery using actograms for both the pilocarpine (Fig. 2a,c) and NE (Fig. 2b,d) groups. A representative histological analysis of the SCN lesion is shown in Supplemental Fig. S3, demonstrating that the SCN was completely destroyed. We prepared two sets of SCN-lesion groups (pilocarpine and NE) to account for the possibility of recovery after the SCN lesion. We found that the SCNX group still had rhythmicity of salivary IgA secretion in both the pilocarpine (Fig. 2e) and NE (Fig. 2f) groups. However, the rhythmicity and amplitude, as evaluated using the cosinor method, were dampened in the SCN lesioned group compared to that in the sham group (Supplemental Table S2). These results suggest that the rhythm of salivary IgA secretion is highly controlled by SCN.
The circadian rhythms of salivary IgA secretion in SCN-lesioned mice. (a,b) Representative double-plotted actograms of locomotor activity for one sham mouse and one SCNX mouse after pilocarpine (a) or NE administration (b). (c,d) Representative Chi-squared periodogram analysis of behavioral data for one sham mouse and one SCNX mouse after pilocarpine (c) or NE (d) administration. Straight lines in each figure indicate statistical significance. (e,f) Salivary IgA concentration rhythms in non-SCN-lesioned (sham) and SCN-lesioned (SCNX) after pilocarpine (e) or NE administration (f) (n = 4–6). Values are shown as mean ± SEM. (f) $$p < 0.01, sham group (one-way ANOVA). **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05 vs. sham ZT18. #p < 0.05 vs. sham ZT0.
It has been suggested that the submandibular gland responds to sympathetic nervous stimulation17 (Fig. 1a,d). Therefore, we investigated the relationship between the sympathetic nervous system and the regulation of salivary IgA concentrations. We administered agonists and antagonists of NE at ZT6, since the salivary IgA concentration peaks at this time point (Fig. 1a). The salivary IgA concentration increased significantly with agonist treatment, and decreased with antagonist treatment (Fig. 3a). Antagonists significantly blocked the NE-induced increase in salivary IgA concentrations. In addition, both α receptor agonist phenylephrine and β receptor agonist isoproterenol increased salivary IgA concentrations at ZT6 and ZT18. However, the observation that the salivary IgA concentration is highest at the light phase was also observed in both agonists-administered groups (Fig. 3b,c). Both phenylephrine and isoproterenol showed a circadian pattern of IgA secretion (Supplemental Fig. S4a,b, Supplemental Table S2) similar to NE-induced secretion. These results suggest that the sympathetic nerve activation-induced increase of salivary IgA secretion is caused by an activation of α, β, or both receptors.
Effects of sympathetic nerve agonists/antagonists on salivary IgA secretion. (a) Salivary IgA concentrations after application of the sympathetic nervous system agonist (norepinephrine 1 mg/kg) and/or antagonist (prazosin 1 mg/kg, propranolol 1 mg/kg, or 10 mg/kg) with pilocarpine. “+” indicates the reagent that was mixed and administered to mice, “−” indicates the reagent that was not administered to mice. (b,c) Salivary IgA concentrations when the α receptor (phenylephrine, 5 mg/kg; the numbers in parentheses are the number of samples) (b) or β receptor (isoproterenol, 5 mg/kg; n = 4–5) (c) were stimulated at ZT6 or ZT18 (n = 3–5). Values were shown as means ± SEM. (a) ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, vs. the NE(+)-Prazosin(−)-Propranolol(−) group (one-way ANOVA with Tukey post-hoc test). (b) *p < 0.05, ZT18 group cont. vs. PE (Mann-Whitney test). (c) **p < 0.01, iso group ZT6 vs. ZT18 (Student’s t-test).
Clock genes, which are reportedly expressed in the submandibular gland, demonstrate circadian rhythms15, 20. We show that salivary IgA secretion rhythms appear to be controlled by sympathetic activation through the SCN. Sympathetic stimulation causes circadian fluctuations and resulted in a circadian change in salivary IgA secretion. To investigate the submandibular gland’s sensitivity to and the time frame for sympathetic stimulation, we administrated NE during the light phase (ZT4) or the dark phase (ZT16), and compared the phase shift for Per2 gene abundance in the submandibular gland. When NE was administrated at ZT4, the Per2 phase advanced in a concentration-dependent manner (Fig. 4b,c, Supplemental Table S2). However, when NE was administrated at ZT16, the Per2 phase was unaffected (Fig. 4d,e). In all groups, the circadian rhythmicity of Per2 abundance, as evaluated by cosinor analysis, was maintained in vehicle- or NE- treated mice (Supplemental Table S2).
Sensitivity of the submandibular gland clock to sympathetic nerve stimulation, as evaluated by IVIS in PER2::LUC mice. (a) Experimental schedule. White and black bars indicate 12 hours of light and dark. Triangles under the white and black bars indicate the time at which the reagents were administered intraperitoneally. Bi-directional arrows under the white and black bars indicate the period of measurement using IVIS. (b,c) Average peaks of phase of PER2::LUC rhythms (b) and PER2::LUC expression rhythms (c) in submandibular glands after mice were administered the reagent at ZT4 for 3 days (n = 3–6). (d,e) Average phase peaks of PER2::LUC rhythms (d) and PER2::LUC expression rhythms (e) in submandibular glands after mice were administered the reagent at ZT16 for 3 days (n = 4–8). Values were shown as the means ± SEM. (b) **p < 0.01, control vs. NE 2 mg/kg (one-way ANOVA with Tukey post-hoc test).
Next, we examined whether NE directly affected the submandibular gland function. Under in vitro conditions, NE administration at the rising phase of Per2 rhythm significantly advanced the Per2 rhythm phase without affecting the amplitude (Supplemental Fig. S5a–c). NE administration at ZT4 in vitro caused an increase in Per1 gene abundance but not abundance of the Per2 gene in the submandibular gland (Supplemental Fig. S5d,e). These results suggest that the submandibular gland has a higher sensitivity to sympathetic stimulation through direct action during the light phase than during the dark phase. In other words, there is a time window during which the submandibular gland responds to external NE stimulation. Our results suggest that ZT4 is the approximate time during which the submandibular gland has the highest sensitivity to NE.
We investigated whether the rhythmicity of salivary IgA secretion is controlled by pIgR. The pIgR mediates transcytosis of IgA secretion; therefore, we investigated whether the abundance of the Pigr gene in the submandibular glands demonstrates circadian rhythms. We observed that Pigr abundance in the submandibular glands increased during the light phase, and peaked at ZT2.2 (Fig. 5a, Supplemental Table S2). To investigate the influence of the central circadian clock on Pigr abundance rhythms in the submandibular glands, we next performed a SCNX, which was compared with the sham group. In the sham group, there was a significant difference between ZT6 and ZT18, whereas no significant differences were observed among the SCNX groups (Fig. 5b). To determine whether the circadian rhythm of Pigr mRNA abundance is directly regulated by the Clock gene, Pigr mRNA abundance was examined using Clock −/− mice. The Clock mutation led to decreased Per2 gene abundance in the submandibular gland (Fig. 5c). The levels of Pigr mRNA increased and their rhythm was lost upon Clock mutation (Fig. 5d). These results suggest that the abundance of Pigr fluctuates with the circadian rhythm, and this may be controlled by the SCN clock and Clock gene. Therefore, the rhythm of Pigr in the submandibular glands may influence salivary IgA secretion caused by sympathetic nerve activation.
Circadian rhythm for Pigr gene abundance in submandibular glands in intact SCN-lesioned and Clock −/− mice. (a) Relative mRNA abundance rhythms of Pigr (n = 4) in the submandibular gland. (b) The relative mRNA abundance of Pigr in SCN-lesioned mice compared to that in sham-operated mice at ZT6 and ZT18 (n = 6–7). (c,d) The relative mRNA abundance of Per2 (c) and Pigr (d) in Clock −/− mice compared to that in wild-type (WT) mice at ZT6 and ZT18 (n = 4 for each group). Values are shown as means ± SEM. (a) *p < 0.05, ZT1, ZT5 vs. ZT13 (Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn post-hoc test), (b–d) *p < 0.05, ZT6 vs. ZT18 or WT vs. Clock −/− (Mann-Whitney test).
It is well known that cortisol secretion in saliva is rhythmically controlled via the SCN clock, and secretion peaks during the early daytime hours21. External application of corticosterone or dexamethasone resets the phase activity of clock gene expression rhythms22, 23. Therefore, we investigated the contributions of corticosterone and adrenal gland activity to the NE-induced salivary IgA secretion rhythm. We prepared two sets of adrenal gland-lesion groups (pilocarpine and NE) to account for the possibility of recovery after the adrenal gland lesion. We lesioned the adrenal glands of mice, which resulted in decreased serum concentration of corticosterone (Fig. 6a,b). In sham-operated mice, groups treated with pilocarpine or pilocarpine and NE showed similar circadian IgA secretion (Fig. 6c,d, Supplemental Table S2), similar to that uninjured animals (Fig. 1a,d). In lesioned mice, pilocarpine alone or in combination with NE produced a pattern of salivary IgA circadian secretion similar to that observed in sham-operated mice (Fig. 6c,d, Supplemental Table S2). These data suggest that adrenal gland activity may not contribute to the NE-induced salivary IgA secretion rhythm.
Effects of adrenal gland lesions on salivary IgA secretion. (a,b) Serum concentrations of corticosterone in the adrenal gland lesion (ADX) group compared to the sham-operated group for pilocarpine-only (a) and pilocarpine/NE-treated mice (b) (n = 3–6). (c,d) The rhythm of salivary IgA concentrations in the ADX group compared to that in the sham-operated mice for pilocarpine-only (c) and pilocarpine/NE-treated mice (d) (n = 3–6). (a) p = 0.0952 (Mann-Whitney test), (b) ***p < 0.001 (Student’s t-test), (c) sham, p = 0.0538 (Friedman test); ADX, p = 0.0882 (Friedman test), (d) sham, p = 0.0678 (Friedman test); ADX, **p < 0.01 (Friedman test).
In this study, we observed a clear circadian rhythm for salivary IgA concentration, total IgA content, and IgA per secreted protein in the saliva of NE- and pilocarpine-treated mice. These effects peaked during the light phase. A similar rhythm was seen in the pilocarpine-only group, but there were no significant peak values. Since salivary IgA concentrations increased following an additional NE administration, this suggested that NE signaling provides timing signals instructing salivary IgA secretion. We also concluded that this rhythm was not affected by saliva flow or total protein concentrations in saliva because these factors showed weak circadian rhythms. The rhythmicity of salivary IgA secretion was unaffected by 24-hour fasting, but the peak time was delayed. We previously showed that 24-hour fasting advanced the peripheral clocks evaluated by in vivo imaging of the bioluminescence rhythm in Per2::Luc mice4. Thus, rhythm formation of salivary IgA is not required for feeding or chewing.
There are two possible mechanisms for NE-induced salivary IgA secretion being the highest at ZT6 and the lowest at ZT18. One may be NE receptor sensitivity. In addition to our observations in Fig. 5, it has been reported that the submandibular gland shows circadian rhythms for clock gene expression15, 16, 20. We previously reported that the mRNA of adrenoceptors, including the α and β receptors, showed higher levels of expression during the light phase compared to that during the dark phase19, suggesting that external injection of NE has a strong effect during the light phase. The phase shifting effect on Per2 gene expression rhythms in the salivary gland following daily NE injections was time-dependent. Our in vitro analyses demonstrated that NE directly affects clock function in the submandibular gland (Supplemental Fig. S5). Furthermore, significant advances in the phase after NE injections occurred with respect to the light phase, but not the dark phase. These data suggest that an inactive daytime period leads to a time window for external NE-induced salivary IgA secretion. The peak phases of IVIS data in ZT4 and ZT16 saline-treated groups demonstrated 2–3 hour differences between the two groups (Fig. 4). We previously reported that stress at an early inactive period caused phase advancement. Furthermore, stress at the early active period led to phase delay, suggesting that saline injection may be a stress stimulant, causing phase shifts of the submandibular gland clock.
Another mechanism involves the process of IgA secretion. It is known that pIgR mediates transcytosis of IgA9. Therefore, we investigated whether Pigr gene abundance levels in the submandibular glands show circadian rhythms. We found that Pigr expression in the submandibular glands increased during the light phase, suggesting that NE induced high salivary IgA secretion at ZT6. However, the IgA concentration in the submandibular gland showed weak circadian rhythms. These results suggest that the rhythm of Pigr abundance levels together with IgA concentration in the submandibular gland may influence the rhythmicity of salivary IgA secretion. These two mechanisms may act cooperatively to produce the observed daily rhythm of NE-induced salivary IgA secretion.
It is known that sympathetic nerve stimulation, such as through administration of isoproterenol, β-receptor agonists14, or NE decreases saliva flow. In addition, secretion of saliva is under sympathetic nervous control, and the proteins in saliva increase upon stimulation of the sympathetic nerve24. Therefore, it seems that the rhythmicity of salivary IgA secretion was not affected by the rhythms of saliva protein production. We observed that salivary IgA concentrations increased following treatment with an adrenoceptor agonist and decreased upon antagonist administration. In addition, both α and β receptor agonists increased salivary IgA secretion at both ZT6 and ZT18, and the peak in salivary IgA secretion during the light phase was still observed after treatment with both agonists. The stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system increased salivary IgA concentrations. However, it did not change the tendency for salivary IgA concentrations to be highest at ZT6 and lowest at ZT18. Pilocarpine-induced salivary IgA secretion showed a weak rhythmicity, and the highest levels were observed during the light phase. These results suggest that the sympathetic α and β receptor system mainly control the daily rhythm of salivary IgA secretion instead of the parasympathetic nerve system.
We found that the circadian rhythmicity of Pigr mRNA abundance in the submandibular glands was dampened in SCN-lesioned and Clock −/− mice. This strongly suggests that circadian signals from SCN and/or the circadian clock in the submandibular gland contribute to the NE-induced salivary IgA secretion rhythm. Vujovic et al. reported that the submandibular gland contains an autonomous clock that can persist in isolation from nervous input but is influenced by the sympathetic nervous system17. This report may support the requirement for sympathetic nerve activation for salivary clock function.
In human saliva, some substances such as cortisol, melatonin, and amylase show clear daily rhythms21, 25, 26. Therefore, we examined the possible interactions between NE-induced salivary IgA secretion and these substances. Similar to injections of NE19, 27, corticosterone caused phase-resetting in the peripheral clock of the salivary glands22, 23 in mice. Furthermore, stress decreased salivary IgA secretion in humans28. Interestingly, lesions of the adrenal gland in mice caused a pattern of pilocarpine- or pilocarpine-/NE-induced salivary IgA secretion similar to that in sham-operated mice. This suggests that NE-induced salivary IgA secretion is independent of adrenal gland function. We used the ICR strain of mice, which do not produce melatonin because of a mutation in an enzyme required for melatonin synthesis29. In this biological context, melatonin makes no contribution to salivary IgA secretion. To assess the role of amylase in the current experiments, we examined NE-induced salivary IgA secretion after 24 hours of fasting. The circadian pattern of salivary IgA secretion was very similar to that in the 6-hour fasting control group, suggesting a weak contribution of amylase to salivary IgA secretion.
It has been reported that a decrease in salivary IgA secretion may lead to URTI and periodontal disease10. We found that the amount of salivary IgA, which should increase during sleep, did not increase after disruption of the biological clock. These results suggest that salivary IgA does not increase when the biological clock is disturbed or when there is a higher risk of the aforementioned diseases. In addition, since the submandibular glands are controlled by the autonomic nervous system, salivary IgA secretion and saliva flow are modulated by sympathetic nervous stimulation compared to that by only parasympathetic nerve stimulation. Therefore, parasympathetic stimulation during the inactive sleep period may only weakly increase the basal secretion of IgA to protect from bacterial invasion. In our daily life, the sympathetic nervous system may become activated during inactive periods such as staying up late or under excessive stress, which leads to salivary IgA secretion. We speculate that activation of sympathetic nerves during sleep may protect from bacterial access to the epithelial surface through a significant secretion of IgA.
Animal care was conducted with permission from the Committee for Animal Experimentation at Waseda University (permission # 2016-A059), and in accordance with the Law (No. 105) and Notification (No. 6) of the Japanese Government.
Male ICR mice (7 weeks old) were purchased from Tokyo Laboratory Animals Science Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan). For in vivo and in vitro monitoring of PER2::LUC bioluminescence, PER2::LUC mice (7 weeks old) were obtained, as previously described19, 20, 22. In some experiments, we used male ICR Clock mutant (Clock −/−) mice and wild-type (WT) mice, and confirmed the genotypes by polymerase chain reaction30. The Clock mutation in mice was identified by an N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea mutagenesis screen of circadian periods31. Mice were housed at 22 ± 2 °C with a humidity of 60 ± 5% under a 12-hour light/dark cycle. The lights were turned on at 08:00 and turned off at 20:00. Mice were fed a normal commercial diet (Catalog #MF; Oriental Yeast Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) and were given ad libitum access to water.
Mice were fasted for 6 hours before collection of saliva to exclude effects associated with feeding, and to ensure the consistency of the oral environment among experiments (except in Fig. 1g). In one experiment (Fig. 1g), mice were fasted for 24 hours to avoid any effects from feeding. Saliva was collected from the oral cavity using a micropipette after intraperitoneal injection of pilocarpine (1 mg/kg) (Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd., Osaka, Japan) to stimulate saliva secretion (366 ± 54 μL for 5 min) through parasympathetic nerve activation. NE and saline injection weakly stimulates saliva secretion (2.0 ± 1.0 μL for 5 min). Therefore, to examine the role of NE on IgA secretion, a mixed solution of pilocarpine (1 mg/kg) and NE (1 mg/kg) (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA.) (NE group) was used to stimulate the sympathetic nerves (232 ± 18 μL for 5 min), which was compared to the pilocarpine (1 mg/kg) injection alone group (control group). Drugs were dissolved in 1X phosphate buffered saline (PBS). PBS injection alone (0.2 ± 0.15 μL for 5 min) did not induce saliva secretion. Although we need at least 2.5 μL saliva for the IgA assay, a combination of PBS and NE injection did not yield enough volume of saliva. It has been reported that the aspiration method does not suppress the diurnal variation in salivary IgA secretion compared to the swab method in human experiments32. Therefore, we used pipettes to collect saliva. Saliva collection commenced 5 min after reagent injection. Saliva was placed in microcentrifuge tubes containing protease inhibitors and placed into an ice bath. Saliva samples were clarified by centrifugation at 16,000 × g for 10 min at 4 °C. Samples were stored at −80 °C until the analyses were performed.
We used prazosin hydrochloride (1 mg/kg) (Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd., Osaka, Japan) and propranolol hydrochloride (1 or 10 mg/kg) (TOKYO KASEI, Tokyo, Japan) as adrenoceptor antagonists. Phenylephrine (5 mg/kg) (Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd, Osaka, Japan) and isoproterenol (5 mg/kg) (Tocris Bioscience, Bristol, United Kingdom) were used as α receptor and β receptor agonists, respectively. Pilocarpine was mixed with 1X PBS and used as a control treatment.
Mice were euthanized and the submandibular glands were collected. Tissues were placed into protease inhibitor-containing microcentrifuge tubes, and incubated in an ice bath. Samples were homogenized using a micro-homogenizer and then centrifuged at 3,000 × g for 20 min at 4 °C. The supernatants were stored at −80 °C until the analyses were performed.
Salivary IgA levels were quantified using a Mouse IgA Ready-SET-Go! ELISA kit (eBioscience, Vienna, Austria), according to the manufacturer’s protocols.
The protein concentration of each saliva sample was quantified using a BCA Protein Assay Kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA), using bovine serum albumin as a standard, following the manufacturer’s protocols.
To investigate the role of the SCN on salivary IgA secretion, we performed SCN lesions on mice. As described previously20, bilateral thermal lesions of the SCN were performed stereotaxically under anesthesia using midazolam/medetomidine hydrochloride/butorphanol tartrate. After surgery, locomotor activity displayed arrhythmicity in SCN-lesioned mice. We scarified mice to assess the histology of lesion sites by staining with cresyl violet, and to verify the extent of injury according to our previous paper20. A lesion electrode was inserted into in the cerebral cortex of mice in the sham group.
General locomotor activity was recorded with an infrared radiation sensor (F5B; Omron, Tokyo, Japan) as previously published19, 20. Double-plotted actograms of locomotor activity were recorded in 6-min epochs using ClockLab software (Actimetrics Ltd., Wilmette, IL, USA). Chi-squared periodogram analysis was used to examine the rhythmicity of behavioral data with the period (20–30 hr).
As described previously19, adrenal gland lesions were made using the dorsal approach under anesthesia with midazolam/medetomidine hydrochloride/butorphanol tartrate. Briefly, the skin on the back was shaved, and an incision of about 1 cm was made parallel to the spinal cord. The adrenal glands were removed via small openings made in the left and right muscle layers of the spinal cord. To maintain ion balance, mice with adrenal gland lesions were provided with 0.9% NaCl water ad libitum. A similar operation was performed on mice in the sham group, without removal of adrenal glands.
Serum corticosterone levels were quantified using the AssayMax Corticosterone ELISA Kit (Assay Pro, MO, USA) according to the manufacturer’s protocol.
In vivo monitoring of PER2::LUC bioluminescence was performed using an IVIS kinetics system (Caliper Life Sciences, Hopkinton, MA, USA, and Summit Pharmaceuticals International Corporation, Tokyo, Japan), as previously described20. Mice were anaesthetized with a mixture of isoflurane (Mylan Inc., Tokyo, Japan) and concentrated oxygen. Anesthetized mice were injected subcutaneously on the back near the neck with D-luciferin potassium salt (15 mg/kg; Promega, WI, USA). Among anesthetic drugs, isoflurane did not affect phase and free-running period of liver clock ex vivo monitoring of PER2::LUC mice33. Images were acquired using an in vivo imaging system (Perkin Elmer, Waltham, MA, USA) with a 1-min exposure time from the dorsal- and ventral-up positions 8 and 10 min after luciferin injection, respectively. Images were obtained six times a day at 4-hour intervals (ZT9, 13, 17, 21, 1, and 5). Mice were returned to their home cages between imaging sessions. Photon counts for each tissue were analyzed using the Living Image 3.2 software (Perkin Elmer). The average photons for the six time points for each day were designated as 100%, and the bioluminescence rhythm was expressed as a percentage of each set of six points for individual organs. The peak phase, amplitude, and rhythmicity of normalized data were determined using the single cosinor procedure program (Acro.exe version 3.5)34.
In vitro bioluminescence monitoring data were analyzed as previously described34. PER2::LUC mice were euthanized by cervical dislocation for the evaluation of bioluminescence rhythmicity in the submandibular glands. Submandibular gland sections on a membrane (Millicell cell culture inserts, Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA) were explanted into a 35 mm petri dish and cultured in 3.0 mL Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM, Invitrogen, Waltham, MA, USA) supplemented with NaHCO3 (2.7 mM), HEPES (10 mM), kanamycin (20 mg/L), insulin (5 μM/mL), putrescine (100 μM), human transferrin (100 μg/mL), progesterone (20 nM), sodium selenite (30 nM), and D-luciferin potassium salt (0.1 mM). Treatment with each reagent was at a specific time point between the first and second peak. Before the reagent was added, 3.0 mL of cultured medium was transferred to other dishes at 37 °C, and the membrane was transferred to each medium in turn (1 mL reagent medium for 30 min; 1 mL wash medium for 10 min; and 1 mL remaining medium for monitoring of bioluminescence). Bioluminescence was monitored for 1 min at 10-min intervals with a dish-type luminometer (LumiCycle, Actimetrics, IL, USA). The amplitude of the waveform was calculated using R software35 from the recorded data. The phase and period length were measured using Actimetrics software for LumiCycle with sin fitting as previously described36.
Submandibular glands from ICR mice were incubated in vitro at 37 °C in modified Krebs-Ringer medium containing 0.2% glucose, and bubbled with a gas mixture of 95% O2 and 5% CO2. Krebs-Ringer medium was used in the treatment group containing 10 μM NE. Submandibular glands were incubated for 1 hour. After incubation, these tissues were collected and real-time RT-PCR was performed.
Total RNA was extracted from tissues, using phenol. Aliquots of 50 ng of total RNA were reverse-transcribed and amplified using a One-Step SYBR reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) kit (TaKaRa Bio Inc, Shiga, Japan) in Piko Real (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, Kanagawa, Japan). Primer pairs were designed based on published data for the Gapdh, Per1, Per2, and Pigr genes. The relative levels of the target gene PCR products were normalized to that of Gapdh. The data were analyzed using the delta-delta Ct method. The primers for Gapdh were as follows: Gapdh-F, 5′-TGGTGAAGGTCGGTGTGAAC-3′; Gapdh-R, 5′-AATGAAGGGGTCGTTGATGG-3′. The primers for Per1 were as follows: Per1-F, 5′-CAAGTGGCAATGAGTCCAACG-3′; Per1-R, 5′-CGAAGTTTGAGCTCCCGAAGTG-3′. The primers for Per2 were as follows: Per2-F, 5′-TGTGTGCTTACACGGGTGTCCTA-3′; Per2-R, 5′-ACGTTTGGTTTGCGCATGAA-3′. The primers for pIgR were as follows: pIgR-F, 5′-AGTAACCGAGGCCTGTCCT-3′; pIgR-R, 5′-GTCACTCGGCAACTCAGGA-3′.
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This work was partially supported by the Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation, SIP, “Technologies for creating next-generation agriculture, forestry, and fisheries” (funding agency: Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution, NARO) (S.S.), and by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) (26220201) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan (S.S.).
M.W. designed and performed the experiments and wrote the paper. M.K., K.H., H.S., A.H., and H.M. performed the experiments. K.O. provided advice regarding the experiments and wrote the paper. A.N. and S.S. conceived, supervised, and designed experiments.
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After a few years I figured it was time to update my about page, a lot of stuff has changed since I started this blog !!
Hi, Thanks for stopping by my blog !!
I am excited you are here and hope to share with you my love for all things beaded , and sparkly !!
I am a bead collector (hoarder) , there is just no other word for it ! I have not met a bead I did not like !! I have been collecting and beading for over twenty three years !! I started when our youngest was around 18 months and he is going to be 26 in a few weeks now !!! I love looking at them, and playing with them, creating with them. I have boxes and boxes of them, you know the ones, the little plastic ones with the twenty compartments, I have 118 of them, pretty much all sections taken ,seed beads, all kinds of regular beads, charms, pendants, and findings in all finishes, , gold plated , antique brass, silver plated,copper and Tibitian silver . I could probably have more containers, but I have doubled up many compartments when I only have a few of each bead, finding , or charm . I do have around six or seven empites waiting until they are needed !!
since taking these of my studio we have moved a few times , but I left these pictures of my studio in our apartment so you can see the studio I had for a while. It was a very nice one !! You can tell by my flower they were taken in the winter.
So, we loved living closer to my husbands work, he works 45 miles from our town, so we had moved up there to try it out but missed our family, friends and house, so we moved back to town but into another house we bought as our kids were still renting the house we left for the apartment and had our son in laws extended family living with them and could not move out. No one would have rented to that many people and pets, but our house was plenty big enough to handle it.
I set up my studio in our new house, knowing our youngest son would be moving in a few months later when his apartment contract was up. He needed a break to recoup after four years out on his own.
So, this was my beading closet with all my wonderful beads , findings ,and sequins , along with all my other fun craft supplies were in this closet. It was a step down from my apartment studio, but it was a place to work as I had a table set up in there to work on.
I knew it would be hard to not have a room for my stuff, but the reward was getting our son home one last time, and I wanted to enjoy that time with him. I knew once he moved out again, he would not be moving back again.
I also knew our really big living room could be used for my bead storage and still have plenty of room left for us to live in it !!
here is is, my bead boxes, a lot less back then, and my desk, and the dining room right there for me to work in .
It was a lovely big room !!
We really missed our lovely old house so, that Thanksgiving weekend when we found out the extended family were moving back to Calif after the start of the year, we asked the kids if they wanted to trade houses with us so we could move home , and they were thrilled.
So, March of the next year 2014 we got to come home and they rented our other house instead !!
DO not ever move two households from one house to the other in one day, it is grueling . 12 hours almost to the minute is what it took.
This is the new studio after we moved in, what a nightmare !!! What we thought would be an easy move, was not at all !!
looking at the hall door, so disheartening !!
I finally got my side set up and again, a lot less bead boxes than I have now !!
he made me some beading tray shelves, something I have always wanted for the projects I always have going !!
all was well, we were starting to work on some stain glass pieces together and then our world changed again.
Our son in law had been hit by a car while jogging in early Dec , and finally came home from the hospital but could not work. they lived almost an hour away and they needed to get back in town near family . So, we offered them to move in with us, our son was planning on moving out but bumped it up a few months so they could get their girls registered and starting school. We could have kept our studio intact, but they needed that bigger front room as their room, so we moved our studio AGAIN to the middle bedroom so they could have that big front bedroom for their room. Giving them, the front living room, that front bedroom and a bedroom for their three girls, our grandaughters, behind the living room, kitty corner to their bedroom across the hall. We are next to their bedroom on the same side of the hall as we had been, but it gave them those front three rooms. It is a much narrower room then we had and it is not as much room to store stuff so I am constantly in a mess until we can gut out the closet and put in shelves.
Our son in a law is doing much better and should eventually fully recover with just some minor reminders of injury we are hoping , but right now he is dealing with nerve regeneration so he can walk normally and that can take years but he is working very hard to do what he can. We are grateful to have him, he was lucky to survive and we know we are so blessed that is he is here and doing better every day !!
So, here we are now, I am all moved in, set up for the most part, but kind of a mess as I have a lot less room in here, and Davids side is a mess and still not together. We started a kitchen reno becuase our 90 year old kitchen was just getting too hard for that many, now a family of 7 to work in. We have been at it for months and are hopefully getting the cupboards up soon and will have a stove again soon too !! After the kitchen is done, we have to get the kids house ready to sell and that entails some bathroom renovations. So, it will not slow down for a long time around here !!
here is my side of our current studio, the picket in the background has been all replaced and it is pretty again, a big job but well worth all our hard work. A much nicer view out my studio window.
with ongoing work in the ktichen and him working so much overtime, Davids side is a hot mess of his glass studio stuff and the kitchen reno but at least his uncut glass is safe on its shelf .
Hopefully this winter, we can get him back up and running, but not until a lot of other things are done, but the room will not be changing again while the kids are here, but once they move out again, I will be moving back in my big pretty front room, David will take over this room for his studio at that point. He loves this room more.
My work bench today as I took these pictures, looks fun, but it is an empty wine bottle I got from our daughter and son in when I saw it in the ktichen, I am drinking crystal light, but I was taking pictures of wine charms and wine bottle charms for listings and posts. I am not really a wine drinker at all, so it’s pretty funny I make wine related charms !!
I absolutely love to take apart old, worn, or maybe not attractive things, that have pretty parts and use them to make new things. I find it very satisfying to see what I can do to give those items new life, be it a bead, charm or finding. Searching for and finding these treasures at garage sales and thrift stores is one of my very favorite things to do.Both David and I cherish those days we get rarely anymore to go out to yard sales and thrift stores. In times past, we spent many a day enjoying the hunt on his days off, , but just too much going on and too much overtime being worked , but someday soon we will be able to hunt at sales for treasures again !!
Why a blog ? I love to bead and want to meet other beaders and artists and writers and learn from them and teach what I know when possible. I love to learn new things and always enjoy sharing what I have learned. I am an avid reader and like many life time readers I also love to write, always have, so a blog was a perfect fit for me.
I have a store on Etsy by the same name as my blog and have a link to it on my home page. I am constantly growing and changing what I do and look forward to do more interesting things and learning a lot. I recently discovered the Etsy community section of the site, and what a wonderful thing that it. If you are interested in selling your creations and have not started, or have an Etsy store already, but like me, are still learning and need to learn a lot more, check out their community area, there are so many interesting videos and teams to join. Etsy is a wonderful community of artistic people !! I am constantly amazed and inspired by the artists on Etsy.
I am going to be trying a lot of new things here and will take you on my journey !! I am hoping to meet other beader/ bloggers and see what they are up to and share what I learn and learn from them !! Even after more than twenty three years I have so much to learn, and there is always something new to conquer in the world of beading !! I have not tried more than I have tried, raising kids for 30 years, I stuck to what I knew and love and now I am ready to step out of my comfort zone and try new techinques and learn new skills !!
On my personal side, I am a wife of almost 35years to my wonderful hubby and we share four kids and seven grandkids. They keep us pretty busy.
Both my husband David and I are also avid but still amatuer photographers and he is also a wonderful stain glass artist, currently not working on his art because of the reasons mentioned above, but hopefully soon he will be working with me again on wonderful items !!
So, we love to take photos, go to yard sales , thrift stores, and antique stores , and watch tv, we like tv a bit too much, I will admit that, and we love to be creative. We have a lot of fun and enjoy our life together and see our kids and grandkids whenever we can which is a lot more now with all the grand kids in the same town, only our oldest son, a SGT in the army lives in another state. He is trying to get closer to us and his kids as fast as he can but makes it out as often as he can for visits !!
I have been at this blogging thing for a while now, that is why I decided to update this page as it was very out of date !! I am enjoying the blogging community and meet so many amazing people this way !! I am a big blog reader as well and have made some true friends along the way with some fellow bloggers !!
So, to sum it up, I am a wife, mom , and Grandma but still a little girl inside that loves my beads and wants to create. I am still relearning how to play more in the studio, and not worry so much about what will sell, but what sounds like fun to make !! I am a work in progress !!
Since updating this a year ago next month, I have closed my jewelry making portion of my business and I am concentrating on sequins and seed beads, my true passions. I will update this page completely at some point, but for now, just will add this update. My newest posts from the end of August 2016 amd start of Sept 2016 have much of my plans laid out. I will update pictures of the studio with a lot more beads and sequins as soon as I can. It is a pretty big mess right now as I get ready to launch my new website Sequinsandsilver.com in October 2016.
Thanks so much for joining me on my journey, I hope to join yours too !!!
Hi, thank you for visiting and following. We may share our ideas on beading too.
I wqould like that !! I am always looking for new ideas and suggestions and I am always happy to share my experience and ideas with others !!!
You have a great blog, actually, looks like you have more than one, and Etsy and Twitter too! How wonderful! I’ve “tweeted” a few times, but for the life of me, I just can’t figure out how to do it right! LOL! Oh well, never too old to learn, right? I haven’t posted much about my personal life. Our lives have differences, but we have many things in common too. Didn’t have my first car till I was in my 30’s, and even then, it was only so I could chauffeur the kids around. Didn’t drive out of town till my 40’s, s-c-a-r-y!!! Found myself divorced at 50. Thought my husband was encouraging me to go to nursing school after the kids were on their own so we could have more financial security together. Guess he just didn’t want to feel guilty about leaving me alone, in debt, AND no way to support myself. HA! My way of conquering the whole “feeling useless, stupid, & scared” thing was to buy an old RV and drive it all the way to California alone (well, I brought my dog). After a couple of years of traveling I had several internal discussions about “wanting my life back” when it occurred to me that I didn’t really want “that” life back. I wanted a NEW life. MY life. So I came back home and have been working on “finding” (and liking) myself ever since. God bless you, Steph! We’re all in this together. Keep at it and you WILL find your way… YOUR way!
I am so glad you dropped by and said hi !! Thanks so much for your kind words. I have always been a writer, since I was a kid so blogging came natural to me. I have three main blogs I use, but somewhere out there are a few others that never took off !!
Wow, you have been through so much but it sounds like you are finding yourself and I think that is somethign we are all doing, especially after having kids !! I started my time to be me blog for that reason but I do not post there as often as I should. It is not that I have found myself and do not need that blog anymore, I am just too all over the place, ADD is as active in my adult life as it was in my childhood !! I jump around too much and need to find ways to direct my thoughts a bit better, a life long battle unfortunately !!
Twitter is much easier than you think once you get the hang of it. I got it hooked up to the blog through the widget section and it took time and I honestly could not tell you how I did it, but I kept at it until I got it hooked up. setting up a twitter account is a breeze and then Etsy is free, you just pay 20 cent per item to list them for four months and they have buttons to click as you list to put it on your facebook or twitter it !! If I can do it all, Trust me, anyone can !!!! As I figured it out and set it up I really was proud of my accomplishments, we did not grow up with all this, so figuring it out in my fifties was a challenge !!
It is all a lot of fun and meeting new people is the reason I do it !! I am trying to look for new blogs more often and that is how I found you. I love to find like minded people to learn from and share with, I have no beaders in my day to day life and so I enjoy sharing my joy of beading online with all the wonderful people I meet here and on thier blogs !!
Right back at ya, you will find your way too and we can encourage each other. If I can help you with anything, just ask, I will do my best to help all I can, I figured it out once, I can at least look at what I did and see if I can explain it, lol !!! I have no doubt you will figure it all out without any help, it just seems a bit overwelming at first !!
Just now seeing this comment. Having trouble figuring out how the comments work. Also been very busy. Went to the Country Living Fair in Atlanta this weekend. Wow! they have LOTS of jewelry makers there! I thought of you. Hope you’re doing well! Enjoy having you as a blogging friend!
HI Gina, nice to hear from you !! Sounds like fun, I do not get out to enough fairs any more. I want to start looking for some, they are really fun this time of year !!
HOpe you are doing well, we are great, thanks so much for stopping by !!!
Just wanted you to know, I nominated you for the Leibster Award. Go to my site and read the instructions on my post about the award.
Thank you for discovering my photography blog http://www.throughharoldslens.com. Hope you enjoy your journey. On behalf of the Through Harold’s Lens Creative Team, my trusty sidekick Mr. SLR Nikon, his brother Mr. Pen Pal and myself, we wish you the best.
I thought I’d come and visit you before I try and go to bed. I have insomnia and haven’t slept much in a couple of weeks.
Nice to meet you and looking foward to getting to know you , I am so happy I found your blog !!
I am so flattered and honored with all the awards you sent my way !! I am so touched , thank you !! With my eye, the house reno and two big orders I am working on, I am behind on my blog and emails !!
I am not sure I will be passing them on right now, I have too much on my plate and I have no clue how to get anything on my darn page. I got an award years ago, and never could put it on my side bar. I have never liimited computer skills, I can email, blog, search, get on my social media, but the blog overwelms me a lot. I know there is so much more I coudl do with it, but I Have no clue how !!! I just do the best I can !!! I hope you know I feel the same way about you !! I have so much respect for you and I appreciate so much that you follow me and take time to post on my blog and I will try to do better at that myself. With the five extra people in our house right now, three kids 8 and under, and no kicthen, just our sink right now, there is a lot on my plate and I get a bit overwelmed.
I will do a quick thank you blog and send people your way, I want to at least do that for you as a huge thank you !!!
you are so sweet, thank you again, soooo much !!!!
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Starting point: the USA has 50,000,000 functional illiterates.
Typically, these people wouldn’t find this article or be able to read it.
People who can’t read well are usually reluctant to talk about it. The goal of this article is to start a journey of discovery: to determine what the problem is and how it can be helped.
The first thing needed is candor. The second is hope. In millions of cases, the reading problem is neither deep nor permanent. Some improvement is almost always possible; major improvement is often possible. Let the journey begin.
Here’s something that must be mentioned: is reading the main problem? Or are there other problems such as faulty eyesight or hearing, poor memory, emotional problems, or inability to concentrate? If other problems exist, the best thing is to visit a doctor, therapist, or learning center; and take tests that will determine the exact problems and suggest how to fix them.
From this point, let’s assume that you can do everything that most other people can do except read. Perhaps you assume that you were somehow born without much of this skill. In fact, that rarely happens.
What has happened in TENS OF MILLIONS of cases is that many schools used reading instruction that does not work as claimed. (This instruction is variously called Whole Word, Look-Say, Sight Words, Memory Method, Whole Language, Dolch Words, and Balanced Literacy.) Having such instruction is bad luck, sort of like getting the measles, but it’s not your fault. Repeat: it’s not your fault. And you can be cured!
The situation is much like going in a barber shop to get a haircut. Oddly, the barber neglects to cut your hair but he does splash on some obnoxious cologne. So you went in with one problem but come out with two problems: you still need a haircut but now your hair smells funny. In sum, Whole Word instruction neglects to teach you to read; it then adds a new set of problems that are loosely called dyslexia--a fancy Greek word that means “reading problem.” In practice, you don’t process print in a normal way. But why? Not because there is anything wrong with you, but because you were NEVER taught to process print in a normal way, but in an abnormal way. You may be 100% normal in every way except that you were unlucky enough to attend a bad school.
ARE YOU A VICTIM OF WHOLE WORD?
1) MEMORIES OF LEARNING TO READ AT AGES 6, 7, 8 AND 9: Did your teacher tell you to use “picture clues?” Did your teacher tell you to “guess" or "guess from context?" Did your teacher tell you to memorize “sight words?” Did your teacher tell you, when you had a problem, to “skip ahead?” Did you teacher specifically tell you, “Don’t sound out letters or words”?
If you answer “yes” to these questions, you were definitely in a Whole Word classroom. In which case, it’s almost impossible to have a successful outcome. On the other hand, your reading problem may be shallow and easily corrected.
2) HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH STRANGE WORDS? Is it difficult to read made-up words such as: rop, bef, fap, sig, lep, wid, hur, pid, kag, dem?
Is it difficult to read big words you haven’t seen before such as: dynasty, pecunious, jabberwocky, carnation, nitrogen, loblolly, pandemonium, criterion?
If you answer “yes,” you were probably a victim of Whole Word. If you had learned phonics, you would be able to sound out these words.
3) ARE THERE WORDS YOU KNOW BY MEMORY...BUT OTHER WORDS, NO MORE COMPLICATED, THAT ARE HARD TO READ?
Again, a “yes” answer indicates you were taught to read by Whole Word.
4) DO YOU REVERSE LETTERS--FOR EXAMPLE, READING NO as ON, WAS as SAW, or LEFT as FELT?
If you answer “yes,” you were probably in a Whole Word classroom.
5) DO YOU MAKE CERTAIN KINDS OF MISTAKES? The following quote is from first-hand observations by Dr. Samuel Blumenfeld in various schools: "[Average students] seem to read with an adequate speed, but they make many errors along the way. They would drop words, read words that weren't there, sometimes rearrange the words in a sentence. They were never aware of their errors and never stopped to correct themselves, unless someone was there to point out errors. If not, they would read on, even when their error altered the meaning of the sentence." All of these errors are distinctively the result of Whole Word, and would almost never appear if someone actually knew how to read.
6) ARE YOU ABLE TO READ IN SOME SENSE BUT YOU FIND IT EXHAUSTING? DO YOU AVOID READING IF AT ALL POSSIBLE? Some students get all the way to college but they can’t read well, hate to read, and use all kinds of tactics to conceal their problem. Typically, this is a bright person with a good memory who has memorized 5,000 or so of the most common words. Still, every article or book presents strange new words. Such “readers” actually experience higher blood pressure as they struggle to make sense of a language they can’t truly read. All of these behaviors are often the result of Whole Word.
Note that these mini-diagnostics take only a few minutes; but so much is revealed. That’s because Whole Word disrupts the learning-to-read process in characteristic, predictable ways.
Bottom line: the solution to all these problems is to forget the bad lessons of the past, to start over, and learn to read properly. All of which you can do.
The best parallel seems to be with a hunt-and-peck, two-finger typist. If such typists want to be good typists, they need to put aside their old habits and learn to type as if for the first time.
The aspect of this story that fascinates me is that this woman was extremely smart, and had highly educated parents, and knew so much about so many languages, but she became a victim of Whole Word AND COULD NOT SEE HER WAY OUT OF THE WHOLE WORD PRISON. Her teachers had wrapped her in a cocoon, and she didn’t even know it. If this highly intelligent woman couldn’t escape, how can all the millions of less academically gifted people who know only one language? I’ve been thinking about this woman’s story for 20 years; this article represents an attempt at helping people in a similar situation. Half the battle, I’m convinced, is simply understanding that escape is possible.
A century ago we had literacy rates around 98%. A non-reader or an extremely poor reader was actually a rare thing in the world, until our Education Establishment went to work.
Mona McNee further reports that she personally taught “nearly 360 dyslexics to read, after their teachers had given them up as intractably illiterate. In every case she got them reading and many became highly fluent.” All of these so-called dyslexics were victims of Whole Word. These people were not somewhat impaired; they were extremely impaired. Officially, they could not be helped. In fact, they were saved, that’s the thing to keep in mind.
It may be helpful to understand clearly why Whole Word doesn’t work and how it creates problems that can last for a lifetime.
1) Whole Word instruction hides the fact that English reads from left to right, and that each word MUST be read left to right. Here’s a made-up word: sensonomic. This has to be attacked sen-first, so-second, nom-third, and ic-fourth. No other way is reading; all other ways lead to dyslexia; indeed, they ARE dyslexia. All so obvious to people who can read. But some victims of Whole Word never learn the absolute basics--that’s why the scam is so vicious. It abuses six-year-olds who can’t defend themselves.
2) Whole Word forces you to memorize words as shapes or graphic designs. You are actually told to ignore a vast array of phonetic clues that are right there in front of you--that is the problem. So your brain becomes divided and conflicted. (Compare trying to sing a song and read a book at the same time.) When you see a word, you don’t know whether to recall its shape from memory OR to sound it out as you should. This confusion wastes energy and makes you anxious. You can’t read with efficiency or pleasure. (Furthermore, English words can appear in lower case, upper case, handwriting, or exotic typefaces, all of which compound the confusion many times over.) The cure is to forget any “sight words” or “Dolch words” you ever learned, and to start reading English phonetically.
NOTE: Whole Word actually requires memorizing many forms of each word.
Consider these words strictly as graphic shapes and you will see they are often very different.
Every school, every teacher, every classroom, every student is different, so there are millions of different outcomes. In general, the older you are, the more time you may need to learn to read properly. Another factor is how completely you were cut off from phonics.
Here’s the basic plan of action. In learning a phonetic/alphabetic language such as English, you must learn to see LETTERS, SOUNDS, AND SYLLABLES. You may never have been taught these basic skills, so now is the time to start. Learn the alphabet (the ABC’s), maybe learn the main consonant sounds, the long and short vowel sounds (but don’t get mired in details), and start reading all the words in your immediate environment. Get going. Read all the letters you see. Sound out every word you see.
Once you grasp how it works--printed words are SPOKEN SOUNDS REPRESENTED ON PAPER--you’ll be reading in no time. Your speaking vocabulary is much larger than you might think--probably 30,000 words and names at a minimum if you’re 10 or older. You ALREADY know how to say all these words; and you will soon be able to read all those words in print. Reading is like riding a bicycle--the more you do it, the more comfortable you feel. Read. Read. Read. Liberate yourself from illiteracy.
A note about the politics of reading: I find that some of these businesses are a little vague about stating root causes. I suspect they don’t want to offend the Education Establishment by coming right and saying that schools are often the cause of the problem. This article, however, is based on an opposite premise: the first thing we want to know is root cause. How was a person taught? If the answer is Whole Word, then most of the mystery disappears. All the experts I’ve come to trust insist that with Whole Word you naturally get dreadful results.
On the other hand, if it turned out a person had learned to read phonetically (no Sight Words at all) but was still a bad reader, then we would have a real mystery. Perhaps there’s some subtle eye problem--in which case a doctor might help. Perhaps the person was forced to read difficult or boring books and lost interest---in which case the trick may be to focus entirely on easy, fun books that deal with only the subject you find most interesting.
So far as I know, the approach outlined in this article has not been tried. My basic thought was that any action is better than no action. Testing new ideas, talking to people about the problem, learning what may have happened in the past--these have to be good first steps. Not to mention, this approach is free and can be pursued privately at home.
Keep in mind that, for many illiterates, embarrassment is a powerful deterrent to doing anything at all. For a person with reading problems, there can seem to be few useful options. Clinics and learning centers might be expensive, and how can you know if they can help?
Meanwhile, I’ve been inspired by stories of people who were tutored late in life and finally regained lost ground. I know reading tutors who rescue children damaged by the public schools. Some problems might take a lot of time to fix; but Whole Word is, finally, just a set of bad habits. Like slouching or gross table manners. We can change.
Meanwhile, the mainstream media look the other way, usually supporting the Education Establishment no matter what it wants to do. This is short-sighted, as I’ve pointed out in an article called "How Newspapers Are Committing Suicide" (Google it with quotes.) Basically, newspapers are conspiring in the destruction of their customer base!
Here we are, almost 55 years after Flesch explained everything you need to know; but we’re still wallowing in the same mistakes. Enough is enough, wouldn’t you say? Please mention this article to any person or organization who might be able to put it to use.
For more about how our educators got so lost literacy-wise, please see "30: The War Against Reading." The Annex suggests some good phonics programs.
This article (still in beta, one might say) requires what might be called diagnostics on-the-fly. Here are two others. Send in your suggestions.
The point is, either someone can read the daily paper or they cannot (that is, they stumble over fairly easy words, make weird substitutions, and in general struggle at what should be a simple task). This test takes a minute and costs nothing. It does require that a good reader have a second copy of the paper and be listening closely.
Here’s another simple test: longer words that most students would have in their speaking vocabularies; but it’s unlikely they would have memorized them as Whole Words. Tell the students: “Please read these and state the meaning if you can. Go as fast as you can.” Glance at your watch...So the test seems to be about vocabulary; but it’s really a one-minute reading test.
Real readers might stumble or pause here and there; but most will be able to read accurately down this list. Whole Word readers will make many mistakes, and throw out weird guesses that are not even close.
The key thing here is to find a program that uses synthetic phonics and no other kind (no analytic phonics, for example). Personally, I don’t trust complexity and pedantry (partly because I still don’t know any phonics rules) so I’d suggest looking for the simplest and cheapest program. Most observers agree: once humans grasp the phonetic concept, their brains take over.
I would like to be able to recommend the best programs available. Send your suggestions. Saxon (for reading, math, etc.) is a name that often pops up first. Mona McNee in her book “The Great Reading Disaster” concludes that her own Step by Step is the best; I trust McNee completely but must mention that this program has a British flavor.
Samuel Blumenfeld, our foremost authority on reading, created a program called Alpha-Phonics, which can be obtained on samblumenfeld.net. Blumenfeld is the author of “The New Illiterates” and many other important books about education.
Don Potter, a big crusader in this area, says that Blend Phonics is the shortest and simplest. (It was created by Hazel Loring in 1980.) A pdf can be downloaded free on donpotter.net.
Wanda Sanseri gave a wonderful overview of all things phonic to the Oregon State Senate in 2001 (click here). This teacher's experiences are particularly delicious from my point of view because, according to her own testimony, she was in the classroom teaching children to read but she had never heard of phonics. How is that remotely possible? A question that may well lead you to dive into: 30: The War Against Reading.
Numbers such as 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. are non-phonetic symbols. They are graphic designs. They are used around the world; and each language pronounces 1 differently: uno, une, ein, una, etc. People around the world have no choice but to memorize how to draw and how to pronounce this symbol. In short, it’s a perfect example of a “whole word,” i.e., something you have to commit to memory. Whole Word, the reading philosophy, foolishly pretends that all English words are just like 1. That’s the lie.
In truth, all English words are alphabetic/phonetic objects. For example: ONE. This thing makes no sense to Russians or French people. ONE makes sense only to English-speaking people. It’s a combo of an o-sound and an n-sound, so you end up saying something like ONE. This word, in short, contains lots of phonetic content, which is there to help you remember what this word is and how to say it.
Whole Word dictated that all phonetic content has to be kept secret from children. Quite insane. From that point onward, fluent reading basically becomes impossible for most children.
When dealing with children, keep in mind the gimmick that Whole Word schools use: phony books with carefully limited vocabularies. Children see the same 500 or 1000 words; students with good memories can seem to be reading. They are not reading. Show them a cereal box or newspaper, and they won’t be able to read it. Besides, most children do not have excellent memories. Memorizing 1000 word-shapes, even if they always appear the same way, is a daunting task.
Meanwhile, all around them in every direction, English appears in all its rich and multitudinous forms, unreadable and unknowable. Do you think such children don’t feel lonely and isolated from their own culture? Do you think they don’t feel anger, anxiety and loss of self-esteem? When it comes to generating bad side-effects, Whole Word is a monstrous success.
Marva Collins, a famous educator, said: "Our children and parents surrender themselves to those who are identified as protectors, but who actually destroy them. Children come to school to get what they lack, and they are told, instead, all the things they cannot do."
The International Dyslexia Association appears to claim that dyslexia is entirely a brain/genetic problem. The IDA does not even mention reading instruction as a possible cause. Many experts strongly disagree with the IDA. Rudolf Flesch and Samuel Blumenfeld concluded that the vast majority of reading/dyslexia problems are not brain/genetic problems--they in fact result from faulty instruction in reading. Diane Mcguinness (author of “Why Your Child Can’t Read”) concluded that dyslexia has no biological basis at all.
A second organization, the International Reading Association (IRA), pushed Whole Word for more than 40 years and caused untold damage (50,000,000 functional illiterates). Now, it seems to me, the International Dyslexia Association is providing protective cover for the IRA by pretending that the problem is different from what it is, and must be treated in a way that won’t help.
The truth, in so far as I can deduce it from all the conflicting reports, is a diamond with five facets: 1) Real dyslexia is extremely rare, almost non-existent. 2) A certain percentage of children may have a potentiality for dyslexia (this would be sort of like having a latent gene for a disease); but this potentiality is activated ONLY if the child is taught to read using faulty techniques, i.e. Whole Word. 3) So dyslexia--there or not there? real or not real? genetic or not genetic?---is actually a moot point in a sensible school. 4) Some experts like to say Whole Word activates the disorder, while other experts say it mimics the disorder. In either terminology, if you are taught properly, you can’t and won’t have dyslexia. 5) Dyslexia and functional illiteracy are the plagues that should never have been. They were caused by bad educators pushing bad theory.
It’s worth noting that Maria Montessori, the innovative Italian educator, declared that she could teach all children to read and write by the age of six or seven. British schools traditionally assumed that children would learn to read by Christmas of their first year. Marva Collins states that all her pupils learn to read in the first year...Whole Word, even if things proceed on schedule, hopes that children might learn to read by about high school!
Here’s a parallel. A young person is kept in a house until the age of 20, never rides a bicycle, never even sees one. Then the person is put on a bike, and told to “learn to ride by riding.” You’ll probably observe these behaviors: falls, crashes, screams, bruises, blood, crying. What? This person can’t ride a bike?? So the experts designate all the observed problems as BDS--Bicycle Difficulty Syndrome. The government spends millions of dollars trying to determine why the victim suffers from BDS. Genetic? Environmental toxins? Gosh, it’s all soooo deep and mysterious. This sad person suffers from BDS. Or Dysbicycleia. And nobody knows why!!! Websites and associations spring up to grimace and groan over the plight of BDS victims. Maybe their mothers were drug addicts. Maybe the moon passed through Jupiter. Maybe it’s cosmic rays.
I submit this is an exact parallel to the so-called dyslexia that millions of Americans are said to suffer from. The schools don’t teach the children to read. And then everybody stands around wringing their hands. Woe is us. Woe is us. What mysterious ailment do the children suffer from??
At this point, the solution is to start over, teach the victims how to read.
In the case of BDS, the solution is similar. Put that person on a bike with training wheels and get them out on the streets until they have regained all the lost ground.
The fundamental scam in Whole Word is confusing how we recognize or identify such things as faces, art, cars and buildings, with how we read words in an alphabetic/phonetic language. Explaining the differences between these cognitive activities is a fascinating challenge. I've made a number of graphic videos for YouTube. If you've got patience for just one, let me recommend "How Dolch Words Cause illiteracy and Dyslexia."
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Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani appreciated the positive role played by Qatar in the region, stressing the need for developing bilateral political and economic relations with Doha, IRNA reported.
During his meeting with Qatari Speaker of the Advisory Council Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al-Mahmoud, Larijani described any hegemonic temptation in the world as ineffective.
The Qatari speaker also said that his country has great respect for Iran.
During Tuesday’s meeting with a Pakistani Senate official on the sidelines of a conference of Eurasian states’ parliaments in Turkey’s Antalya, Larijani blamed the United States for obstructing the sale of Iranian gas to Pakistan, Tasnim News Agency reported.
Iran’s section of the Iran-Pakistan pipeline was complete and the gas supply is also ready, according to Larijani.
Larijani said certain parties are opposed to cooperation between Tehran and Islamabad.
“Under the contract between Iran and Pakistan, the gas pipeline (on Iran’s soil) has reached the border, and the gas (supply) is also ready, but the US is said to be putting obstacles, because it is mad at your (Pakistan’s) progress and is against the export of gas to Pakistan,” Larijani told Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan Saleem Mandviwalla.
The senior Pakistani lawmaker said his country’s new government is behind the project and wants it completed immediately.
Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline, which stretches for 900 kilometers only in Iran, has been designed to help populous Pakistan overcome its growing energy needs.
Pakistan has fallen short of constructing the 700-kilometer part of the pipeline on its territory.
In August, Iran’s Ambassador to Islamabad Mehdi Honardoost said Iran has spent more than $2 billion on the gas pipeline project and fulfilled much of its commitments, noting that only a 180-kilometer part of the pipeline on the Iranian soil remains to be completed.
“Should Pakistan take a positive step, we will rapidly finish the remaining section,” the envoy said at the time.
Iran is the top exporter of rose water in the world, said the head of Rose Water and Herbal Essences Union in Kashan, central Iran.
Reza Navvabi told Iran Daily that Iran exports rose water to 30 countries, mainly to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain.
The UAE imports rose water in bulk, then repackages and exports the product to ensure a more efficient and lucrative trade, he added.
Navvabi noted that despite efforts to introduce the product to the world, rose water is not in high demand since many nations are unaware of its use — unlike rose essence which is well-known and widely consumed in perfume industries of Bulgaria and Turkey.
He added that China began importing rose water from Iran two years ago, along with Korea that uses the comforting and refreshing effect of the product in saunas, and Germany which has recently imported it to meet food industries’ demand.
Iran produced 30,000 tons of rose water in Kashan in the year to March 20, 2018 and the figure is expected to reach 33,000 tons this year, he noted.
Navvabi further said the country exported 4,300 tons of rose water, and 35,000 tons of herbal essence in the one-year period; adding that overseas sales of the latter increased by 42,000 tons during the last six months.
Currently 75 percent of rose water is produced in 730 traditional workshops and 68 factories of Kashan, and the neighboring cities of Qamsar, Neyasar and Bazrak, he added.
Primarily used either in confectionary and ice-cream industries or as a natural medicine, rose water is also common during funerals and religious ceremonies.
In addition, 80 types of herbal essences are produced in Kashan. They are used to cure many kinds of ailments such as diabetics, kidney disorders, heart disease, obesity and depression, Navvabi concluded.
On the second day of the UN top court session on Iran’s complaint against the United States over the seizure of $1.7 billion of Iran’s assets, Iran’s lawyers said Washington is accusing Tehran of supporting terrorism in order to escape accountability for charges against it.
Uncertainty surrounding Iran’s oil industry ahead of forthcoming US sanctions could prompt “extreme volatility” in oil prices, BP’s chief executive said on Wednesday.
“I think it’s going to be 45 days of extreme volatility, it could spike up, it could also go the other way,” Bob Dudley told CNBC.
Dudley’s comments come at a time when oil market players are closely watching what happens when US sanctions on Iran’s oil industry come into force on November 4.
It’s hard to be precise over how much of Iran’s production will be affected by the sanctions. It largely depends on whether the country’s oil-buying customers are afraid of secondary sanctions from the US if they do business with Iran. BP’s competitor Total announced in August that it was pulling out of a giant oil and gas project in Iran.
But BP and Serica Energy were granted a new license Tuesday to run a North Sea gas field partly owned by Iran showing the US is willing to make some exemptions to the reach of the sanctions.
Three days ago, India also said it will buy nine million barrels of Iranian oil in November, two industry sources said, indicating the world’s third-biggest oil importer will continue purchasing crude from Iran despite US sanctions, Reuters reported.
Meanwhile, a US government official said on Friday the administration is actively considering waivers on sanctions for countries that are reducing their imports of Iranian oil.
“If waivers were granted to others, to big oil-consuming countries, you could see it [the price] go down, there’s a lot of uncertainty right now,” Dudley said.
Some analysts predict as much as 1.5 million barrels per day could be removed from the market, an event that could cause prices to rise further. On Wednesday, Brent crude futures were trading at $84.96 per barrel while US West Texas Intermediate was trading at $74.92.
Dudley didn’t see demand falling as a result of high prices due to global GDP growth (seen at 3.7 percent in 2018 and 2019 by the International Monetary Fund) still being robust. “It’s still growing demand; it might be a little bit off but we don’t see that destruction yet,” he said.
“You look at the GDP (gross domestic product) growth in the world and that’s a very indicator on the demand growth for oil and it has been for decades and decades… If you start to see half a percent come off GDP growth around the world, it might be a 200,000 barrel-a-day drop in demand, the way our economists view it, and it’s not that much,” he said.
US President Donald Trump has called on OPEC to increase production to mitigate any Iranian shortfall and impact on prices.
Saudi Arabia, the de-facto leader of OPEC, says it has the spare capacity to fulfill any shortfall created by Iran, but Iran has disputed that.
Iran’s Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zanganeh dismissed Saudi claims, saying that the global market will never believe such claims.
Trump announced in May that Washington was pulling out of the nuclear agreement and reimposed sanctions against Tehran.
A first round of American sanctions took effect in August, targeting Iran’s access to the US dollar, metals trading, coal, industrial software, and auto sector. A second round, forthcoming on November 4, will be targeting Iran’s oil sales and its Central Bank.
The Trump administration is pushing on all buyers of Iranian oil to cut imports to zero. But Iran, OPEC’s third-largest producer, has repeatedly announced that its oil exports cannot be reduced to zero because of high demand levels in the market.
Top UN official in Afghanistan said there is no military solution to the fighting in the Asian country, renewing the UN’s call for an immediate settlement to the war.
“As there can be no military solution to the fighting in Afghanistan, the United Nations renews its call for an immediate and peaceful settlement to the conflict,” said Tadamichi Yamamoto, the top UN official in Afghanistan, Reuters reported.
A report from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Wednesday that at least 8,050 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in the first nine months of 2018, almost half of them targeted by suicide bomb attacks and other improvised devices that may amount to war crimes.
Seventeen years after US forces led a campaign to overthrow the Taliban following the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington, the figures underline how dire the security situation remains.
The number of casualties was roughly in line with the same period a year earlier, when there were 8,084 casualties, with deaths this year rising five percent to 2,798 and injuries falling three percent to 5,252, UNAMA said.
While the figures show little change in the overall trend of violence, the UN highlighted the indiscriminate use of suicide and IED attacks, which killed 1,065 civilians and wounded 2,569 in the first nine months, a total of 3,634 casualties, compared with 3,007 casualties in the same period of 2017.
“UNAMA recalls that attacks deliberately targeting civilians and the murder of civilians are serious violations of international humanitarian law that amount to war crimes,” it said in the report.
With parliamentary elections due on Oct. 20, security officials warn that attacks are likely to pick up on polling stations and other election sites, many of which are located in schools, mosques or health clinics.
A wave of suicide attacks in the eastern province of Nangarhar and in the capital Kabul this year has hit students preparing for exams, spectators at sporting events, people waiting to register for elections as well as Shia mosques.
The mainly Shia Hazara minority has been especially heavily targeted by attacks claimed by the local affiliate of Daesh terrorist group.
The report attributed 65 percent of casualties to the Taliban, Daesh and other anti-government forces.
As casualties from suicide attacks and improvised explosive devices rose, casualties from ground fighting fell by 18 percent to 2,311 (605 deaths and 1,706 injured). At the same time, there was a 39 percent rise in the number of casualties from airstrikes, which have risen as air operations have been ramped up, to 649 (313 deaths and 336 injured).
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Iran called for strengthening the UK’s trade relations with Iran, and said that the British government is committed to supporting the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
Turkish newspaper Sabah said on Wednesday it had identified a 15-member intelligence team it said was involved in the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Khashoggi was last seen a week ago entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul to get documents related to his forthcoming marriage. His fiancée, waiting outside, said he never emerged and Turkish sources said they believe Khashoggi, a prominent critic of Saudi policies, was killed inside the mission.
Saudi Arabia has dismissed as baseless accusations that it killed or abducted Khashoggi. Saudi authorities have so far not commented on the 15 nationals reported to have come to Turkey.
A Turkish security source had previously told Reuters that a group of 15 Saudi nationals, including some officials, arrived in Istanbul and entered the consulate on Oct. 2, the same day Khashoggi was there, and later left the country.
Sabah newspaper published the names and years of birth of 15 Saudis it said arrived at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on Oct. 2. Twelve of them arrived early on Tuesday, based on photos captured at passport control which it published. The 15 departed at four different times, Sabah reported.
The report also said that the Saudis stayed at the Wyndham and Movenpick hotels in Istanbul, in the same neighborhood as the Saudi Consulate. Both hotels declined to comment on the report.
One of the men identified by name and photo in the Sabah report is a Saudi forensic expert, according to Saudi media reports, and is on the board of the Saudi Society of Forensic Medicine.
Turkish NTV broadcast videos of what it said were the men arriving at the airport and checking into one hotel, as well as videos of what it said was a large van arriving at the consul general’s residence two hours after Khashoggi had entered the consulate.
AFP reported on Wednesday that Turkish investigators are examining CCTV footage showing the moment missing Saudi journalist entered the kingdom’s consulate and the movements of a team suspected of involvement in his disappearance.
Government sources said at the weekend that police believed Khashoggi was killed by a team especially sent to Istanbul and thought to consist of 15 Saudis.
CCTV released on Wednesday by Turkish TV showed a man believed to be Khashoggi enter the consulate as well as a vehicle of interest entering and leaving the building after Khashoggi went inside.
Khashoggi, a former Saudi government adviser, had been living in the United States since last year, fearing arrest.
He has been critical of some policies of the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Riyadh’s intervention in the war in Yemen.
Turkish police were looking into two private aircraft that landed at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on October 2 at different times, carrying the individuals of interest in the case.
Turkish newspaper names 15 Saudis..
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Home » Lifestyle » Diary » I’m supposed to LEAVE?
Because I run my own business and work from home, I’ve been really fortunate in never needing to take my kids to daycare or babysitters.
That said, Evan will be starting a summer preschool class tomorrow (just a one-hour class, one day per week), and as it will be the first time I’ve ever dropped him off with anyone who wasn’t an immediate family member. I’m not sure how he’s going to handle it, and honestly, I’m a little anxious about the whole thing myself.
My parents are the only people we’ve ever left the kids with, and I’m wondering if I’ve set myself up for a major event when I take Evan to his class tomorrow.
Am I over-protective? You bet.
I don’t know if it’s been a detriment, I just know I’ve done what I thought was right, and what I’ve been comfortable with. I’ve been a little more lax with Kara, but generally, I’m a pretty high-strung mom when it comes to my kids’ proximity to me!
I know that they are their own little people, that they need some space to grow and explore, but they are also the most precious things in the world to me and I like to keep them close.
Parents, do you remember the first time you dropped your baby or child off at a daycare or school? Am I crazy to have anxiety over this?
I have an idea of how you feel! I’ve only left my kids (4 and 18 mo) with my mom, and the older one has been with my in laws. The longest my daughter has been away from me is two nights when my husband and I wanted a mini babymoon pregnant with our second.
I’m very hands of when it comes to them playing on their own, getting messy and dirty, and just being kids. But I’m not comfortable leaving my kids with strangers. Don’t know if I’ll ever be! Eventually I’m sure I’ll warm up to it, but even then, I’m only willing to leave them with aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. I think it is GOOD for them to be close, I wholeheartedly believe that the closer the children are to their parents (physically, emotionally), the more comfortable they will be with others down the road. It gives them a secure base, a trust that’s established, knowing that someone has always been there and they weren’t just tossed from one care provider to another through childhood.
I felt exactly the same way you do. The only people that ever watched my girls were my parents or close friends. It is so hard leaving them! I just sent my oldest daughter to college for the first time this past year and I had all the same emotions flooding me. But, it does get better and will work out. Just be prepared to cry in the car!!
yes, and mine didn’t even say goodbye. **he’s now 17 (youngest is 8)** it’s not easy, but he’ll be fine. and, it’s okay if you shed a tear or two. I did.
You’re definitely not crazy. I was super nervous and anxious to leave my daughter at daycare not only for the first day but for a few weeks. My husband worked close to her daycare and would normally drop her off. I missed her like crazy. The teachers were great at sending pictures and updates at least once a day for a week and then randomly or if I asked them to. It will get easier. You will trust that he is in good hands once you meet and interact with the teachers.I hope he does great at drop off. I’m sure he will. Try to keep occupied for the hour so it goes quickly. Good luck to you and Evan.
The first time I dropped my daughter off anywhere other than with my mom (and even that didn’t happen very often) was her first day of Kindergarten. She was SO ready and she ran off all smiles… and never looked back. Me on the other hand? I bawled my eyes out and hubby had to practically drag me from the room/school… okay home since its a short walk from our house lol. I hated every second of it and had major anxiety (2 weeks into the school year she had her first grand mal seizure, she has epilepsy – I was a MESS). I cried for weeks and spent a lot of time hanging out at the school (my son was in a VPK program a that school 3hrs a day). Thankfully the school was amazing, her K teacher was actually the mother of someone I went to school with and my niece & nephew also had her as a teacher.
For me it was taking them to camp for the first time. I wanted to stay at a hotel near there just to make sure they were OK. So we always did that for ONE night after we dropped them off just in case. Turns out they loved the camp and went for the next 4 years in a row, 3 weeks at a time. Still was always worried — but felt comfortable with the camps ability to keep them safe.
Thousands of Moms have left their children in the hands of day cares, pre-school, day camps, 1st day of school, etc. without any damage to them. Usually, within minutes they are adapting and don’t want to leave because they are having so much fun socializing with their peers. Moms are the sufferers but when they go back to pick up their kids, they realize it was a good decision they made.
You’re not crazy at all. I remember dropping Jas off. We had to drop her off in carpool. Parents were not allowed to go in. I had my husband ride with me. It was so hard, but she ended up having a great time and couldn’t wait to go back.
No, you are not crazy to feeling like this.
I felt the same way when I dropped my #1 at day care for the first time. My best advice, is to stay with him for the 1st 10-15 minutes to make him comfortable, then just say you have to go to the bathroom and that you’ll be right back. I would highly suggest not dropping him off quickly and running away. That will make you feel horrible and put unnecessary stress on him. It’s just for 1 hour, so very little time if he is comfortable.
With that said, when it was time for #2 to start school, it was a completely different story: He said “BYE mom, blew me a kiss, and yelled, as he is running away: Don’t come back too soon, I want to play all day”!
Good luck! and remember that kids (usually) adapt really fast to new situation!
I’ve been there and done that. I worked as a Preschool Teacher before becoming a Mom, so I think that helped my insecurity about leaving my child for the first time. I recall as a teacher many times that the child cried when the parent left and then was perfectly fine as soon as Mom was out of sight.
I remember feeling anxious about leaving my child and also little jealous of the teacher who would get to experience things with my child that I couldn’t. But I tried to keep the focus positive and not transfer my anxiety to my child.
It was always helpful to me when the preschool teacher wrote or told me about something they did in class that day so I had something to ask my child about their day.
Just be extra kind to yourself and your child tomorrow. It’s O.K. for him to cry, and it will tear at your heart strings if he does, but it just shows a healthy attachment to you (not that kids that don’t cry aren’t attached, they just show their anxiety a different way). Reassure him that you’ll be back and then show him you keep your word by showing up on time to pick him up. It’s also O.K. for you to cry after you drop him off. I know I did. As a matter of fact I cry just about every year at the first day of school and my oldest is in Middle School now!
I was “lucky” in that I wasn’t able to drop my daughter off to her first day of pre-school myself. I run a home daycare, so it worked out that my husband took her. I’m not gonna lie… I cried! (After she was out the door, of course. ;) ) I’m in the same boat, haven’t left my kids with a babysitter aside from my Mom and Brother. She starts Kindergarten this fall… I’ll be taking her… We’ll see how it goes!
Me too, mama. You have to be in this world. “Free range parent” is not how you’d describe me! Sure, I let them explore and get messy, and do things on their own — but I’m right there available in case they need me.
My kids are 8 and 2 and I’ve never left them except with immediate family members (my mom, mother-in-law, and my sister). Even then, I’m calling to check in every so often. They’re little for such a short time, I don’t see anything wrong with treasuring every moment. — and with all the terrible things that happen, I think in this day and age you can’t be too careful.
That said, I think one hour, one day a week is a good start to get your toe wet in the world of letting them spread their wings a bit!
Personally, I think your little one will be fine — you will be a different story! I wouldn’t be surprised if you sat in your car the entire hour outside, counting the minutes until you can come get him — oh wait, that would be me LOL The first time anyway!
I’m sure it’s gonna be awesome, though! Boy, this mommy stuff can be a tough gig, right?
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PRK (photorefractive keratectomy) was at one time the most common laser eye surgery. It uses the same excimer laser as the LASIK procedure to reshape the outer layer of the cornea to correct for nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. Presently LASIK is more common but PRK is still an excellent alternative for patients who cannot undergo LASIK Surgery.
In preparation for surgery, anesthetic eye drops are administered. Next, a speculum is placed in the eye to keep the eyelids open which is normally not uncomfortable. While the patient fixes his or her gaze on a target, the laser reshapes the cornea by removing tissue (a process called ablation) which is controlled and closely monitored by Dr. Chesen. The laser is actually guided by a detailed map of the patient's eye which has been programmed into a computer beforehand. The ablation usually takes less than a minute for each eye depending on how high the patient's vision prescription is. Most patients feel no discomfort during the procedure. After the procedure is complete, a contact lens is placed on the eye. The patient may go home shortly after the procedure; however they may not drive themselves.
Dr. Chesen will prescribe medication and eyedrops for your recovery . He will also schedule several check-up appointments to monitor the healing process, followed by periodic visits over the next several months. Most patients can return to work in 2-4 days.
The laser used in photorefractive keratectomy is called an excimer laser. It emits a specific wavelength of cold-ultraviolet light energy that vaporizes fractional layers of cells, leaving a very smooth surface.
By carefully sculpting the shape of the outer layer of the cornea, this laser -- a "cool" laser that does not produce heat -- creates an optimal surface layer for the eye's lens. For nearsighted patients, the laser slightly flattens the top of the cornea. For farsighted people, PRK surgery yields a slightly steeper cornea. In patients with astigmatism, the laser smooths out irregularities. The equipment Dr. Chesen uses includes a corneal topographer and wavescan instrument that can perform the precise measurements and calculations needed to map your cornea and the desired correction.
PRK is preferred for patients who have thin corneas, as well as patients who have corneal irregularities. These conditions would complicate a LASIK procedure and make the patient a less than ideal candidate for LASIK. However, because PRK removes considerably less corneal tissue than LASIK procedures, it is possible to perform this procedure on patients who have issues such as a thin cornea. Other situations in which PRK is preferred include patients who have job or leisure activities which make them poor candidates for LASIK. This may include patients such as athletes where there is a high potential for damage to the flap during such activities. In these cases a procedure which does not require the creation of a flap, such as PRK, eliminates this concern.
Any surgery includes risks. PRK is considered a simpler procedure than LASIK because Dr. Chesen does not cut into the cornea, but works only on the surface. Many of the risks of PRK are the same as those for LASIK. Night glare is a fairly common side effect and will improve with time. When you reach your 40s, you may still need reading glasses for presbyopia.
The major advantage of PRK eye surgery is that it is a very uncomplicated procedure and does not require the creation of a flap. Another significant advantage to PRK eye surgery is it is available to many patients who are not ideal candidates for LASIK procedures. Patients who have thin corneas, as well as patients who have work or recreational activities which prevent them from having a procedure involving the cutting of a flap can both benefit from PRK eye surgery.
The visual outcome is the same. The difference is the first few days after the surgery. In LASIK the cornea is cut and a flap is created. In PRK a very thin layer of cells is removed from the surface of the cornea. The actual laser treatment that is applied to the cornea is the same. In LASIK the recovery is such that the patient can drive and work the day after surgery. In PRK there are several days of mild to moderate blurry vision. The ability to drive and work varies in these patients.
The PRK healing time is longer than the healing time required for LASIK and improved vision may not be evident for several days. Conversely, LASIK patients will experience improved vision the day after the procedure. The PRK healing process is considered to be slightly more uncomfortable than that of LASIK and may take longer.
Dr. Chesen can advise a patient whether or not they are a good candidate for PRK surgery. Patients who are considering this procedure should visit the office for a complimentary screening in order to determine if they are an ideal candidate and if the procedure is likely to be successful. In general, good candidates for PRK surgery include those who have mild to moderate myopia or hyperopia, those who have career or leisure requirements which make having a flap impractical and patients who are not eligible for LASIK based on the shape or thickness of their cornea.
Do you have a career that requires a lot of activity such as military, police officer, firefighter or other types of highly involved action based careers? Do you enjoy a very active lifestyle by doing things such as swimming, skydiving or scuba diving? Do you have to wear glasses in order to do those things? If so, PRK may be the laser surgery for you!
People with active lifestyles or careers are said to have been recommended to have PRK because you may be more vulnerable to eye injuries. With PRK there is no flap made during the procedure so there would be less of a chance of injury should something come into contact with the eye. Therefore, if you lead an active lifestyle or have a career that is demanding physically, then PRK may be for you.
PRK is the common name for a surgical procedure called photorefractive keratectomy. It uses an excimer laser to sculpt an area on the surface of the eye, rather than making a flap in the cornea, removing an area the thickness of 1 to 3 human hairs and molding the top of the cornea to make accurate and specific corrections to the patient's vision. Nearsighted patients have the cornea flattened while farsighted patients have the cornea steepened.
PRK can be used to treat nearsighted, farsighted and astigmatic eyes. It has some disadvantages compared to the newer and more common LASIK surgery - notably, a longer recovery time - but is still a valuable option, especially for patients whose corneas are too thin to make them candidates for LASIK. In addition, PRK is one of the procedures most likely to be approved for active-duty members of the U.S. military services.
PRK is a useful alternative to LASIK for patients who have thin corneas. In addition, some doctors believe PRK to be more effective than LASIK for mild to moderate nearsightedness, though clinical data on this suggest there is not much difference.
Otherwise, the criteria for PRK are the same as those for other forms of refractive surgery. People who have unstable eyes (particularly those under 18), women who are pregnant or nursing and those with certain medical conditions are not considered good candidates for successful PRK eye surgery. Dr. Chesen will meet with you to answer any questions you have, but also to test your eyes and take your medical history, before you schedule your surgery.
What to expect before PRK surgery?
During your pre-operative evaluation Dr. Chesen will check for ocular irregularities through a dilation exam, take refractive error measurements, take pupil measurements, take corneal thickness measurements and create a corneal topography map. You may also have your eyes tested for tear production -- if you have "dry eye" you can still have PRK, but may need to take extra steps to ensure your eyes are hydrated.
You will be asked not to wear your contact lenses for one to three weeks before the procedure in order to allow your cornea to return to its normal shape.
What to expect during PRK?
Your eyes will be numbed with anesthetic drops and you will lie down for the procedure. Dr. Chesen will place a speculum over your eye to hold it open -- this sounds uncomfortable but is not - and you will be asked to look at a target light while Dr. Chesen performs the procedure. Try to maintain your focus on this light - it is important to obtain the best results from the surgery. The actual PRK laser eye surgery takes less than a minute. The laser will make clicking sounds during the procedure, and you may smell a faint odor. This is normal.
What to expect after PRK surgery?
Dr. Chesen advises taking a few days off from work after PRK surgery. You will wear a special "bandage" contact lens for a few days and will need to use eye drops for several weeks. You may experience some irritation or discomfort, controllable with over-the-counter medication. Someone will need to drive you home from your procedure.
Dr. Chesen at Chesen Laser Eye Center is proud to offer an amazing new refractive lens implant called the Visian™ ICL. (also called the implantable contact lens) For patients who are looking for vision correction alternatives to LASIK, glasses or contact lenses the ICL lens has proven to be a viable alternative. The Visian™ ICL actually corrects up to -15 diopters of nearsightedness and extends well beyond the treatable limits of LASIK eye surgery. If you have been told that LASIK eye surgery is not an option please feel free to contact us immediately and we will be happy to provide a complimentary screening to determine your candidacy.
Unlike traditional contact lenses that go on the surface of the eye, Visian ICL is surgically inserted into the eye where it provides excellent quality of vision for a wide range of correction needs. Many patients often describe their vision after ICL surgery as crystal clear.
The only way to determine your candidacy for the Implantable Contact lens implant is to come in for a comprehensive eye examination with Dr. Chesen at Chesen Laser Eye Center. After a series of eye tests the doctor will be able to determine the best vision correction option for you. Choosing the Visian™ ICL as your refractive implant of choice needs to be a carefully thought out and researched decision. We make every effort to provide the best vision care solutions to our patients and that is why we have selected this revolutionary lens.
You have thin corneas and LASIK eye surgery is not a safe option.
You are a nearsighted patient between the ages of 25 and 50.
Before determining your actual candidacy we suggest doing a significant amount of research on your unique visual situation. Make sure to interview qualified comprehensive eye surgeons, not just LASIK surgeons. You can rest assured that Dr. Chesen at Chesen Laser Eye Center will only provide the best possible vision correction options.
Dr. Chesen welcomes you to his Visian ICL surgical center in Reading, Pennsylvania. Our staff and credible doctors offer a very sterile and accommodating environment for ICL surgery. After being escorted in the surgical suite and prepped for surgery your eye will be numbed with light topical anesthetic. This surgery process is very similar to the widely accepted phacoemulsification cataract surgery with which Dr. Chesen has 25 years of experience. Prior to the ICL surgery Dr. Chesen will make two microscopic holes in the iris. Once the eye is numbed the surgeon will make 2 side port incisions and one main temporal incision that is critical to the insertion process. Next Dr. Chesen will insert the ICL through the main temporal incision and place the lens behind the iris and in front of the crystalline lens. This insertion procedure is typically performed one eye at a time. There is very little discomfort and normally no pain associated with the procedure. Some drops or perhaps oral medication may be prescribed and a visit is usually scheduled the day after surgery. Patients will be advised to arrange for someone to drive them to and from surgery.
Visian™ ICL is actually a removable lens implant and can correct a wider range of prescriptions than LASIK or PRK. Also, the ICL can be removed if needed.
If you are a highly nearsighted patient seeking a Visian ICL in Pennsylvania would you rather choose a lens with a 7mm incision size where you need eye stitches or one with a 3mm that requires no stitches. The ICL is implanted with a 3mm incision size instead of other phakic IOL alternatives. The incision required to implant the foldable Visian ICL is very small and done in a safe zone of the eye so as to not negatively impact vision.
The Visian ICL has proven to be the phakic IOL lens of choice for high myopes and patients with severe levels of nearsightedness. The Visian ICL can correct from -3.0 to -20.0 diopters with or without astigmatism and hyperopia.
The Visian ICL is made from Collamer, a collagen copolymer. Collagen is the same naturally occurring substance present in all of our connective tissue and the eye. It is highly biocompatible and not recognized as a foreign object as a result of its unique makeup. Implantation of the lens does not physically change any part of the cornea or other part of the eye, side effects such as halos and glare are almost nonexistent. Also, if needed or requested, the Visian ICL can be removed.
Page Topics Include: The Visian Implantable Contact, Visian ICL, phakic IOL, Visian ICL Philadelphia. Visian ICL doctors Philadelphia, Visian ICL surgery centers.
The Visian Implantable Contact Lens is FDA approved and over 75,000 have been implanted to date.
Dr. Chesen had to complete certification surgical courses to implant this Visian ICL lens implant and is a board certified ophthalmologist practicing in West Reading, Pennsylvania.
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Doomsday weather in Stuttgart. The temperature reads minus two degrees as swollen skies roll over with a mix of rain, sleet, snow and haze. Could our road trip suddenly be in jeopardy?
The day before, Frank Walliser, engineer extraordinaire, had called an emergency meeting. There was no way this triple-hearted roadster could be unleashed in such adverse conditions on uncompromising low-profile summer tyres.
Officially, Porsche does not offer all-season rubber for the 918 Spyder. After all, driving in sub-zero temperatures would probably refrigerate the lithium-ion batteries to premature extinction.
Unofficially, however, a friend of Herr Walliser, who works in the prototype shop, produces a set of bespoke black alloys shod with brand-new Pirelli Sottozeros. New tyres fitted, the chrome blue 918 is released from the factory gates at 10:30am sharp.
One could drive non-stop from Stuttgart to Valencia in just over 13 hours, but we took the 1741km scenic route which called for 22h 48min hours of wheel time. My time capsule passenger is Sebastian Rüger, a 31-year-old whizz-kid engineer who knows a lot about hybrids and practically everything about the 918.
The low, wide and outlandish two-seater commences the first leg of the journey in E-Power mode. In this configuration the two electric motors, whirring a happy duet, sound unexpectedly subdued inside the cabin.
In tandem, the compact power packs muster 210kW and an impressive aggregate torque of 585Nm. Depending on one’s driving style, E-Power offers a maximum zero emission range of 31km or a top speed of 150km/h.
On the feeder lane to the A81 motorway, a bomb dropped on our acoustic idyll as the V8 engine entered the scene like a bat out of hell – loud, harsh and furious. The ice-cold liquids inside the angry flat-crank, direct-injection, normally-aspirated high-revving 4.6-litre engine were evidently at odds with the under-challenging 120km/h speed limit.
Up to 3000rpm the 32-valver, which is a direct descendant of the RS Spyder power plant, sounds rough and raucous. Between 3500 and 6500rpm, petrol feed, firing order and valve timing finally agree on a more coordinated and slightly smoother rhythm and pace.
But it’s only from 7000rpm to the cut-out at 9150rpm that the ‘steam hammer’ effect eventually compresses the running characteristics to a dense energetic flow.
Too true. The race seat makes you painfully aware of those shapely love handles, the race suspension kickboxes us with vigour through the day, the race brakes decelerate with an unashamed grinding noise.
The boot (110L when the roof is in place) has race car space, rear visibility is compromised by the gills, louvres and the XXL wing, and noise levels at speed match a race car for pungency and persistence.
Fuel consumption on the other hand corresponds to the drinking abilities of a compact car. We didn’t come close to the claimed 3.1L/100km, but the observed average of 10.6L/100km was not bad for a 345km/h super coupé.
The difference between these numbers is due to the controversial and unrealistic EU measuring cycle, obviously defined in an ivory tower by officials under the influence.
Depleting a full load of E-Power is the easiest trick in the book: just ignore the detent in the throttle pedal or push the red H (for hot lap) button – and don’t forget to brace for the physical afterburner effect.
Restoring energy to its 6.8kWh peak is equally simple: keep the engine spinning at medium revs for about 15 minutes in Sport – or Race – and the green dots on the dash will reassemble in full force.
Lyon, France, welcomes us with ‘sleeping policemen’ – width restrictors and the tallest kerbs this side of the Eiger’s north face. Although tackling the down ramp to the hotel car park was a 13-minute nerve-wracker, we successfully complete the pole slalom to find the solitary charge point, thankfully unoccupied.
While a high-speed wall charger (around A$30,500 plus installation) would have performed the act in 25 minutes, hooking the car up on (s)low-voltage household mains extended the process by four hours.
The batteries always keep a 25 per cent emergency charge – in case you take an impromptu detour to the racetrack where the entire energy reservoir may be depleted at a push of the ‘H’ button.
Although the E-Power reservoir was tapped whenever it made sense, we nonetheless had to make four pit stops to fill up the 70L tank with a total of 213L premium juice.
The next morning, S-GO 9182 follows the river Rhone south in tip-toe fashion, elegantly swooshing past slower traffic, and soaking up applause and thumbs-up gestures. When fully charged, battery power alone can whisk the 918 from 0-100km/h in a brisk 6.2sec.
Some 19km down the road, the black box summons hybrid mode signalling that the V8 will now cut in or be phased out according to throttle orders. Not sufficiently inspiring? Twist the mode dial to Sport and try to suppress a big smile when it grabs you by the neck and glues your bum to the seat.
In Race, the Porsche morphs into a real road rocket and this ultra-fast urge is matched by an even more aggressive shift strategy. The seven-speed PDK transmission hammers through the gears like a firing pin on steroids, the E motors howl breathlessly up to their ambitious redline, and the V8 bursts noisily into brief charging spells. There’s no doubt about it – this car makes concerted attacks on your senses.
It dries your throat, moistens your palms, and fills your nose with the sweet smell of fast flowing electrical current. It reduces CO2 emissions by making you hold your breath in a mix of astonishment and awe.
The arrow-straight and suspiciously empty Autoroute du Sud is the perfect place to check out the bespoke infotainment system. We like the comprehensive content, the quick response time, the clever ergonomics. We don’t like the reflections on the shiny screen, the marginally intuitive coordination of the two monitors, or the lack of any tactile feedback.
Rolling at a steady 128km/h through radar-infested territory, we kill time rating the sensational Burmester sound system, the authentic leather seats (are they really A$36,000 nicer than the standard cloth upholstery?), the body-colour ignition key left of the steering column (why is the wheel only adjustable in reach?), and the electric auxiliary heating (a whopping $A9000 – bum warmers are free, though).
Despite the numerous extras, our 918 still lacked the heavily promoted Weissach pack, which adds a whopping A$107,700 (approximately) to the total while reducing weight by 41kg. We applaud the achievement, but a similar effect could be had with the price of a Fitness First membership.
The most demanding section of the entire voyage is the winding coastal road between Perpignan and the Spanish border. Although the tarmac is narrow – bumpy and dotted with blind crests – the 918 tracks with the precision of a Strike Fighter, clings like a magnet to bitumen, and decelerates like an F1 car, only to reach out for the next straight with expandable elasticity.
As soon as the hinterland opens up and the rock faces give way to rolling hills, the Porsche readily beamed us into a parallel universe with such relentless thrust, it feels like vital body fluids were beginning to boil.
The 2.6sec acceleration from 0-100km/h very nearly ends in my cardiac arrest, and when the speedo shows 200km/h a mere 4.7sec later, adrenalin flows like a burst fire hydrant. It’s mildly terrifying.
Scared by my courage, I hit the brakes and immediately wish for four-point belts, Schwarzenegger forearms and eyeballs capable of staying in their sockets. Instrumental in this mind-boggling energy squashing performance are carbon-ceramic discs the size of New York pizzas, improved Michelin tyres boasting a secret superglue compound, and the riveting recuperative performance of the hybrid brake system, which can pull up to 0.5G.
The Porsche approaches Barcelona in balmy weather, so it’s high time to convert the coupé into a spyder. To keep the toupee from getting airborne, you must first attach a small double-decker drag deflector to the windscreen frame. Even with the roof stowed in the tiny cargo bay, the carbonfibre body feels as if it had been hewn from solid steel. The downside to this granite rigidity is rock hard suspension which pummels your derriere like four jackhammers.
Only professional masochists, or Max Mosley, would have the balls to switch the damper calibration from ‘Have Mercy’ (standard) to ‘Last Rites’ (sport). The fast-responding front axle lift (yours for just A$13,500) on the other hand dramatically reduces the nose bleed factor.
The large tail rudder will, at the push of a button, freeze in two different positions for maximum downforce or maximum speed. Even with energy packs depleted, this plug-in supercar can still top 326km/h, but Spanish jails are almost as bad as Indonesian ones, so we didn’t even try.
Zooming through tunnels at 144km/h in third gear was enough to make the plaster crack and fall from the ceiling.
a quick trackside lunch. In pit lane, the 918 finally shed its Dr Hyde costume for the more appropriate Jekyll livery.
Sadly, all it takes to put your driving skills into perspective is one quick lap next to rallymeister, Walter Röhrl, who drives the entire lap in ‘D’ and still gets to the finish line light years before the next quickest.
However, we do eventually learn to late-apex most corners, step on the gas early, anticipate the dialogue between rear-wheel dominance and front-wheel support, brake eerily deep into bends, open up steering much sooner and to look after the tyres rather than understeer into oblivion.
As the track closes at 5pm, we point the Porsche’s low-slung nose toward the open road one last time. Although I am strapped to a A$1.2m spaceship, my fear factor has shrunk to 911 GT3 levels since we left Zuffenhausen barely three days ago. The 918 may not be as easy to drive as a 911 Turbo, but it certainly isn’t a razor blade on wheels either.
The difference between the standard model and the Weissach edition we briefly trialled on track is marginal unless you’re a pro. Rather than spending a small fortune on fancy paint and better leather, it makes more sense to invest in higher technology which suits the character of the car very well.
At no extra cost, Porsche will shrink-wrap the Spyder in matte black, Martini Racing livery or the striking Salzburg Racing design which allegedly pays tribute to a certain Porsche legend, Ferdinand Piech.
Porsche intends to manufacture 918 units of the 918, but so far only two-thirds of that number have customer names attached. Is this déjà vu of the Carrera GT, which found a mere 1270 takers despite a production target of 1500 units?
Just in case you’re in the market for one of these rare automotive dream tickets, bear in mind there are two seat sizes to choose from (small did not work well for me…), that plug-in charging really is only optional icing on the cake, and that this car is, in real life, so much more than the sum of its parts.
Although it’s swollenw with technology, the 918 we lived with for half a week was not an unapproachable monster. On the contrary, it is a thrilling and surprisingly unpretentious blend of supercar, race car and vision of the future.
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Welcome to Upscale Consignment. Vintage Vogue is Marble Falls Premiere Women's Consignment Boutique. Where you can find the latest trends and top labels, like Double D, Ann Taylor, Chicos, & more. Remember Shop Cheap, Look Chic.
America has caught a little bit of Downton Abbey fever and Vintage Vogue is no exception. We love the show and why wouldn’t we? It takes us to an entirely different era when things were, not necessarily simpler, but just classier all around- including the fabulous attire.
I know I’ve often said to myself while watching the show, “Wow! I love what she’s wearing!” and perhaps you have felt the same way. But then again, that does not mean I’m going to be wearing beautiful evening gowns to dinner in my 2,500 square foot home. We live in different times and with different incomes but that doesn’t mean our fashion can not be influenced by such gorgeous attire in our day-to-day living.
Take for example the 20’s inspired blouse with these jeans. It’s definitely a fun way to incorporate a little “Downton” while out shopping on a Saturday or the next photo definitely makes a statement without being over the top. Trend spotters have been noticing how designers have let themselves be influenced by the craze and have now been incorporating vintage elements in their collections.
Let’s start off 2013 saving smart and let’s make a resolution to not make unresearched purchases because there is truly a time for everything under the sun as the wise King Solomon once said (including making certain purchases) .
Treading away from fashion and consignment for one day, let’s focus our attention to another love of ours and that is showing off our frugalness with great steals at retail locations. We all know what wonderful year round deals you can find at great consignment stores like Vintage Vogue but here’s a great list from Yahoo’s Financially Fit blog that I wanted to share with you.
The International Consumer Electronics show, the world’s largest consumer technology trade show, falls in January. Here, manufacturers introduce their newest products from flat screen TVs to mobile phones and cameras. With new tech products soon to flood the marketplace, retailers will discount older models and place them on super clearance in January, especially if holiday sales were disappointing. “You’ll find many high-end models at lower prices than you saw even on Black Friday,” notes Dan de Grandpre, Editor-in-Chief of DealNews.com. TVs, specifically, often see attractive pricing this month, as the Super Bowl draws near. “In January, electronics retailers tend to focus on the Super Bowl buyer. That means that high-end TVs – larger screens, with features like 3D – go on sale,” says de Grandpre.
If you’re in the market for an alternative ride like a motorcycle, boat or even a convertible, January is a good month to drive a bargain, as showrooms experience a huge slump this time of year. Salespeople are more likely willing to bargain. Check in with your local dealerships and ask about special offers.
Except for items specializing in winter sports, camping and outdoor stores often see a drop in sales during the cold winter months, according to historical sales data collected by DealNews.com. This means you’ll find low prices on things like tents, backpacks, and fishing gear.
January is also a great time to find deeply discounted bedding and linens, as some stores simply try to keep up with tradition. “White Sales” began in 1878 by Philadelphia department store owner John Wannamaker, who wanted to keep linen makers afloat during the slow, winter months.
Speaking of home improvement, January is also a savvy time to shop for a new home. According to the National Association of Realtors, January is one of the slowest months of the year for existing home sales, with more families buying homes in the late spring and summer, closer to the start of the new school year. Cold weather discourages pounding the pavement so with fewer buyers on the market, you have eager sellers and far fewer bidding wars.
While watching a “What Not to Wear” re-run the other day, I heard them say such a perfectly useful acronym and decided it was too good not to share.
The acronym is fairly simple and obvious but it’s such a good thing to keep in mind while shopping for clothing, especially while shopping by yourself when you don’t have access to a second opinion or the second opinion you do have around is not exactly trustworthy!
B: Body appropriate Does this item really flatter your body type? Think back to similar items you’ve purchased in the past, did it photograph well? Also, use the mirrors that allow you to see the back of you as well as the front and make sure you can sit and breathe comfortably in.
A: Age appropriate There’s no need to obsess over this one even though most of us do. It’s really a matter of comfort. Do you feel comfortable sporting this potential trend? If you do, it’s most likely age appropriate and when in doubt, do without!
E: Expense appropriate CPW (cost per wear) When making a decision, take into consideration the wear you will receive from the item AND what you currently have in your closet that you can coordinate with the new piece. For example, don’t be afraid to bite the bullet with your basic black skirt that you know you’ll wear until the threads fall apart, but think twice before buying anything that’s too expensive and flashy that will be very noticeable if worn frequently.
While I was out shopping this past weekend I fell in love with a hunter green Marc Jacobs leather purse. Hunter green? Yes, it’s a little unexpected but it was absolutely perfect!
Unfortunately, the beautiful purse was not on the shopping list but as I continued shopping, I noticed this hue was all over the place. It’s like when you buy a certain car and all of a sudden you start seeing just how many cars like that are on the road. I realized this was one hott trend for any wardrobe.
Hunter green is bold enough to be the predominant color in fun evening wear but also subdued enough to just add a sophisticated splash of color to any run of the mill outfit. So I am professing here and now my love for hunter green and hope this collage I put together helps others give green a chance.
It’s happened to us all before. You have an important party or event to attend and you simply don’t feel like going because you don’t feel you look your best. This usually is an issue when you’re meeting with people that haven’t seen you in some time or meeting someone where landing a good first impression is crucial. The experience itself can make any one selfconcious but add a bad haircut, an extra five pounds, or a lack of a stylish ensemble, and you have a recipe for a party pooper.
But there’s no need to avoid the party all together. We’ve come up with some great tips to turn around any to-be sour party moments.
1. Draw attention to your best features.
While you may be completely focused on your “bad” haircut, make others notice your beautiful statement earrings or smoky eye make up. Pin up shorter layers to help those features steal the show.
2. Wear comfortable clothes that fit your shape.
Yes, ideally we would have lost those extra five pounds by the party date, but unfortunately it’s not always possible. Instead of squeezing into a tight dress that might make others realize you’ve put on a little weight and make you feel self conscious all night, wear something that fits to the point where you feel comfortable and able to breathe. Usually comfort can turn in to confidence and confidence translates to beauty in others’ eyes.
Didn’t have time to run to the store for this season’s latest trend? Don’t stress. Run to your closet and find a classic look for the event your attending (something that you can’t pinpoint to a certain year). Now think of accesories that will help make the ensemble look more modern. If you don’t currently own any, run to favorite jewelry store already dressed and ask for a store associate to help you find something that will “pop”. As we all know, it’s much easier and quicker to shop for accesories than it is for a new outfit and being already dressed will help you see the “whole” picture.
We hope this blog has you soon feeling like a million bucks. Put these suggestions in to play and you’ll be ready to party in no time!
Some helpful points to consider when trying to save some money.
Vintage Vogue is officially accepting kid’s apparel! Exciting? We think so!
Our mini me’s need to be a great or even better reflection of us so they deserve the best. But the best doesn’t always have to cost like the best.
After all, the way kids grow nowadays..they’ll wear those brand name sneakers three, maybe four times? We also pride ourselves in great parenting, showing them morals and values that will make them capable adults. Why not show them to love the earth and recycle? There’s also a great lesson in being frugal and not viewing gently worn clothing as the plague that should be avoided at all costs.
There’s no doubt about it.. the art of consigning and shopping consignment is a useful habit that will stay with your children for years to come! Come by to Vintage Vogue today and bring your little one too to start teaching them just one more of your many valuable life lessons.
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It is located between Avlida and Chalkida. Aulis or “Avlida” as it’s known in Greek was where one of the most dramatic scenes throughout Homer’s Iliad took place. After killing a sacred deer of the Goddess Artemis, the leader of the Greek forces Agamemnon could not set sail for Troy due to a lack of wind. The space has revealed at Aulis is the place of worship of Artemis which is the temple of the goddess. Phase edge of the sanctuary lasted from the Classical to the Roman period.
The area was inhabited since Mycenaean times ( 16th-12th century BC), The Homeric Aulis but believed that further north, in Glyfa near Halkida. The continuous use of space certifies finding portion arched building of the Geometric period ( 10th-8th century BC.) beneath the Temple of Artemis in the 5th century BC. At the same time made the Sacred Fountain located 8μ east of the church and surrounded by precinct. In the Hellenistic period ( 330-30 BC ) added a vestibule to the temple and built a complex of laboratories and hostel south. In imperial times (30BC - 330 AD ), the church repaired, while the number of offerings shows the bloom of worship. The temple was destroyed during the invasions of the Goths of Alaric in 396 AD Later, in the place of the church founded baths (thermae) .
Aulis was never a town and considered part of the province of Thebes until 387 BC. Since then it belonged territorially to Tanagra. The Spartan king Agesilaus, as '' new ''Agamemnon, sacrificed at the shrine of Artemis Avlideias, before embarking to Asia in 397 BC. There is therefore a continuous habitation from Mycenaean to Roman times. Aulis managed to survive mainly due to the existence of the sanctuary of Artemis and ceramic workshops. Report the sanctuary of Artemis is Avlideias Strabo ( 9,2,8 ) and Pausanias ( 9,19,6 ff. ).
This is an important prehistoric settlement and cemetery of the Early Bronze Age (3000-1900 BC ) which is located in a fertile and strategic point of the Evian Gulf, near Chalkida. It is undeniable that the settlement of Manika was an entire city though not as densely structured, after it was found that there were excavated and uncovered several areas. The heyday of the settlement must be that controlled the main sea route communication era, the Evian Gulf, while handled and processed, obsidian and especially metals, which ought and the greatest growth. From J. Davis was caracterized as one of the largest settlements of the Bronze Age in Greece, but if one looks deeper, one finds that to date has not been found in other larger extent. Is also without disputing that the city had a urban plan, because the most places found with orientation of houses addressing NS or EW. This approach seems to have been influenced by natural axes, the coast and the ancient road that went along the direction N.S. The first traces of habitation was encountered since the Paleolithic period, but the first major settlement can be termed as hamlet took place around 3000 BC at the beginning of the Neolithic Period. This first center of town was the northern edge of the current in the sleeves. This first city would live for a millennium and as revealed by archaeological excavations was a well organized city with large blocks, roads and houses that were square or arched ground floor or first floor, and had also a sacred focus, wells and pebbled floors. In the course of other settlements developed around this seems to indicate the overall edge presented with permanent habitation and so acquires its first competitors.
The Hellenistic cemetery of Agios Stefanos.
A large cemetery from Hellenistic Chalkida has been unearthed along the ancient road that led to Eretria. It includes tombstones and ancient steps leading up to the top, towards the ancient Acropolis of Chalkida.
The Fountain of Arethusa at the southern entrance of Halkida, in Agios Stefanos.
The grave of John Skarimbas is located opposite the entrance of the Fortress Karababa.
Eretria, «the city of rowers» (whose name originates from the verb Eretto, meaning to row) is located on the lush plains southwest of Chalkida, opposite Oropos in Attica. Eretria was once an important naval city of Greece, since the 8th century BC and had numerous colonies along the coasts of the Aegean, the islands, and Greater Greece.
Archaeological artefacts from the Mycenaean era demonstrate the high quality of life enjoyed by its residents, a fact further attested by the inclusion of its residents in Homer's catalogue of ships.
Eretria began to develop its urban character from the 8th century BC. It took part in the Greek colonial effort, founding a number of colonies, and developed into an important commercial centre, with ties to the eastern Mediterranean.
The expansion of Eretria troubled Chalkida, and led the two cities to the well-known war of Lilandio. Despite the negative outcome of the war, Eretria continued to flourish during the archaic period. In 494 BC, it supported Militos in its revolt against the Persians, a move that led to its destruction four years later, in 490 BC Notable residents of Eretria include the painter Filoksenos, who created a painting of the battle of lssos, the tragic poet Achaios, and the philosopher Menedimos, founder of the School of Eretria. The Romans destroyed the city, which was abandoned and slowly fell into ruin.
• The Archaeological Museum of Eretria. Notable among its exhibits are the sculptures from the temple of Dafniforos Apollo (the laurel bearer), and especially that ofThiseas and Antiopi.
• The Ancient Theatre of Eretria.
• The Macedonian Tomb of Eroton.
• The temple of Dafniforos Apollo in Eretria.
• The temple Isis of Eretria.
• The House of Mosaics.
• The Baths of Limani, 3rd century BC.
• Lower Gymnasium baths in the southeastern part of the city, 4th century B.C.
• Archaeological site North of the Museum: Western Gate early archaic period, Sanctuary of Ares, 2nd century BC., Anaktoro 5th century BC., Temple of Dionysos 4th century BC., Upper Gymnasium, 4th century BC., Thesmoforio (sanctuary of Dimitra) 3rd century BC.
• Early Christian Basilica in Agia Kyriaki, 3 Km SE of the cities.
Lefkanti is located between Chalkida and Eretria. Archaeological expeditions in ancient Kseropoli brought to light important information about the so-called Dark Years.
The Monument of Toumba, Lefkanti, is the largest monument from the Early Iron Age to be discovered in Greece.
In the settlement of Xeropolis have seen a successive building phases, of which the oldest dates back to the Early Bronze Age.
At Touba hill, findings of a vaulted building, this is about 47m long and 10m wide. This is the familiar Memorial bleach, which was constructed probably in the first half of the 10th century BC this is the most monumental structure of the Early Iron Age, which has been discovered in the world. The building had wooden outer colonnade. Inside, the main room, were found two burials hegemonic character, a man and a woman, accompanied by rich grave goods, some of which were imported from the East, and horse burials. This structure is interpreted as a house - ruler of a local government, which after his death turned into a memorial and was covered by mound.
The adjacent hills have uncovered the cemeteries of the town, whose research yielded significant number of burials (179 graves and 93 cremations). The cemeteries of the Early Iron Age yielded rich finds, gold jewelry and luxury goods from the East. Archaeological research has shown that the tombs belonged to a community with a high standard of living. The richest burials belonged to warriors buried with their weapons and valuables coming from the East. The guns were usually made of iron, as this new technology had reached the Aegean probably from Cyprus around 1000 BC. Gold jewelry was placed in female burials of which there were missing earrings and rings. Among the imported objects held was a special place of vases of faience and copper.
In the region of Halkida in Anthidona lies the Tomb of Salganea.
The wetland of Psachna, otherwise, said, the Kolovrechtis, a coastal wetland created by a small river at the beginning of the valley looking at central Evia, which flows into the North Evian. Located 12 km north of Halkida, the Kolovrechtis Wetlands should be famed for the natural utopia it provides to hundreds of different plant and animal species.
Amarynthos the natural harbor in the southern Gulf of Evia inhabited throughout the prehistoric and classical times until the Roman period ( 3000 BC - 1st century AD ).
The name of Amarinthos mentioned in Linear B tablets.
·Paleochora, evidence of Neolithic human activity.
·Macedonian tomb facade typousto way for Upper deeply.
·Roman Baths of Aliveri. The ancient baths, discovered on site steam electric plants in the Karavos Aliveriou, an interesting monument of the late Roman period.
·Mycenaean tomb at Katakalou. It is the best preserved Mycenaean tholos tomb in Evia. Located about two kilometers north of the village.
·La Cuppa castle this small fortification built with large stone slabs sits at the entrance of the Manikiatis Gorge just above the small hamlet of Vrysi. Researchers have also discovered ruins at this site which date back to the Hellenistic period.
·Skoteini Thourrounion Cave. One of the most intriguing caves throughout Evia is the cave of Skoteini outside of the village of Thourrounia in the middle of central Evia dated to the Early Neolithic period. Near the cave was excavated Neolithic settlement and cemetery.
·Viglatouri Oxylithos. In the region of modern Kymi Viglatouri Oxylithos the hill, three kilometers from the sea, have uncovered the remains of ancient Kymi.
·Viglatouri - ancient Kymi The ancient city has been discovered in Viglatouri Kimi archaeologist and excavator Effie Sapouna - Sakellaraki, which coincides with ancient Kymi that is probably the home of the Latin alphabet. Archaeological finds suggest that the idiotypes " chalcidicum ' alphabet, in which S is written as C, the D as D, the X as X , R to R and Y as U, extracted from Euboeans settlers in Italy later to become the Latin alphabet.
Effie Sanouna - Sakellaraki had published in 1984 an article in the Archaeology newspaper, which claimed that indeed the ancient Greek city - Kymi was mentioned by ancient writers as the Italian metropolis of Kymi - despite the scientific controversy, as until then there had been no corresponding archaeological findings.
The archaeological site of Kymi is located 3 km from the sea, on the hill of Viglatouri. This revealed an entire village of prehistoric and Geometric period with houses, temples, squares, streets and tombs. The ruins that are visible cover the slopes of the hill, belonging mainly to the settlement of the Geometric period, whose scope is not yet seen as a whole.
Has revealed rectangular and arched buildings with paved roads, constructed of small stones, pebbles, pressed shells and a small section of the wall at the foot of the hill. In the central nucleus of the settlement was square and an oval stone building, sanctuary , found looted and given rich pottery , which dates back dated to the mid-8th century BC. The arch was the first that came to light during the excavations of 1984. This building can be interpreted as a shrine - memorial, according to the opinion of the archaeologist Effie Sapouna - Sakellaraki. Corresponding examples of oval buildings from this period are known from Euboea ( in Lefkanti where they celebrate religious festivals in honor of the dead ), but outside of Evia, Smyrna and lift. The hypothesis for the function of the building is strengthened by the existence of the adjacent paved area, which was founded on Protogeometric graves. To the east of free paved area revealed one Rockrose many animal bones, which was probably a kind of grid, where the sacrifices were made. The shape of the altar is known in the East but also in the Cyclades. The sanctuary, which according to the pottery found there, flourished from the mid-8th century BC and destroyed around 700 BC is considered to have served as a place of worship nobles, who traveled and lost away from home.
Beneath the ruins of geometric settlement preserved remains a significantly older residential phase, arriving to the. From the settlement of the prehistoric era buildings stand out with craft facilities ( kilns in the Middle Helladic period) and the so-called " mansion " of the Mycenaean period, under the later monument .
Kastri Potamias. The ruin of an important settlement of the Classical and Hellenistic period lies on the Kastri hill, north of the village Potamia, in Evia. Surface finds from the southern slopes of the hill indicate that the site was inhabited from the Neolithic period (fourth millennium BC) and onwards.
Archampolis in Kafirea, between the villages Thymi and Evaggelismos is the ravine Charchampolis or Archampolis gorge, an impressive but rugged landscape. The archaeological site of the ruins Archampolis organized the ensemble, which includes houses, workshops metallurgy, roads and fortifications. The ancient remains have been found in various locations in the nearby ravine or Charchampolis or Archampolis in Kafirea.
In Styra there is an interesting hiking trail that leads to the Ancient Quarries Stone Styria. At the top of the hill overlooks Styra is visited the shambles Cyclopean Wall, where the Megalithic Portal Armenia.
Widely known ancient monuments in Karystia are the Drakospita. They are a group of twenty monumental stone constructions, mostly square or rectangular. The best preserved dragon houses are on the top of Mount Ochi a complex of three Drakospita in place Palli - Lakka in Styra. Other Drakospita identified in the mountainous areas around Styra (positions Limiko , Ilkizes , Kourthea, amines ), but lower in Niborio ( Tower Niborio ) in position vigkla in Poplar Nea Styra and elsewhere. The building is a typical Niborio Hellenistic tower and associated with adjacent quarries. Two Drakospita have also been identified in Central Evia, in term and near Dirfys Vatontas New Artakis.
The dragon houses of Evia then, some of which are still in excellent condition, are human constructions, the products of people who lived on the island before the 7th century B.C. and used them either as temples or as their house.
The locals call Dragan or Dragko referred entirely to the way the structure with grayish limestone, usually of large dimensions, built with courage and knowledge.
Dystos In imposing, rocky and steep conical hill castle which dominates the valley near Lake Dystos and is established in antiquity the homonym settlement. The archaeological site Dystos still dominates the imposing walls of the ancient city. In the eastern part of the wall dominates the unique gate flanked by two towers, typical sample fortification technique of classical times.
The Venetian Tower Koutoumoula is a well -preserved medieval tower in a prominent spot outside the village of Koutoumoula. Travellers have the opportunity to see one of the best well preserved Venetian towers throughout the country.
Artemis Proseoa sanctuary. One of the most important sanctuaries of Evia, which is related to the famous naval battle between the Greeks and the Persians in 480 BC, is located on the northern tip of Euboea, opposite Mount Pelion on the road leading from the villages Istiaia Artemisi and Halkida. An inscription is found in the temple that dates back to the 4th or 3rd century BC refers to the pyrrhic dance. The goddess Artemis named Agrotera honor of the Pyrrhic dance. It's possible the dance to be performed by young people in the region to commemorate the battle and thus worship the goddess.
A marble figure, larger than a life statue of a bull and measuring (length: 3.28m preserved height: 1.30m) belonging to a funerary monument of the 4th century B.C. The animal is represented standing, with head bent, in an attacking position. The lower part of the legs, below the knees, and the horns are missing. The statue was raised from the sea in the harbour of Oreoi, in 1965.
The Archaeological Collection of Aedipsos. Housed in the hydrotherapy centre of the Greek National Tourism Organisation the visitor has the opportunity to gaze at an archaeological collection comprising finds from the excavations that took place in the area. Pottery, coins, inscribed pedestals of statues and reliefs derived from rescue excavations in the city. The exhibits are mostly related to the spa during the Hellenistic and Roman period.
· Roman Valaneiastin beach Gialtra.
·The ancient Acropolis, is located on the top of the mountain country. During Byzantine times was turned into a Castle, where there exists ancient walls and ruins of the Byzantine and Venetian fortifications.
·Mooring Skyros. The settlement at Mooring, the northeastern part of the island, datable between the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC. It is walled with a clear development plan, roads and pipelines and presents important elements organized habitation ovens, hotplates, benches etc.
·Palamari Skyrou Located in the North-Eastern part of the island, the ancient settlement of Palamari, is a very important prehistoric settlement. It dates between 2500 and 1800 BC. It displays a clear city-plan with fortification walls and bastions, roads and drain-pipes, organized households with ovens, hearths, stone walls etc. On the coastline of the settlement the remains of a port have been discovered while within the settlement and the surrounding area they found many stones, bones and metal tools and utensils, as well as pottery are exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Skyros.
Magazia of Skyros. An extensive cemetery of cist-graves dated in the early Iron Age (1000-600 BC).
In the same area, a short distance to the south, The Mycenaean chamber tombs cut into the rock (are dated to 1600-1100 B.C) and graves of the Early Helladic period (3rd millenium BC) have also been discovered.
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The 2016 Oakland Raiders season is the franchise's 47th season in the National Football League, the 57th overall and the second under head coach Jack Del Rio. The Raiders improved on the 7–9 campaign from last year and clinched a winning season record for the first time since 2002 where they appeared in Super Bowl XXXVII.
The Raiders' lease on the Oakland Alameda Coliseum (known as O.co Coliseum from 2011 through 2015) expired after the 2013 season; the team had spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons in the Coliseum on year-to-year leases. The franchise was subject to a possible relocation to Los Angeles, and the Raiders' 2016 season could have been the first in Los Angeles since 1994, had the team been approved to move there. On January 4, 2016, the team filed a formal relocation application, along with the San Diego Chargers, which was competing against a separate proposal by the St. Louis Rams (now the Los Angeles Rams) to move to the Greater Los Angeles Area. The Raiders, despite their joint project with the Chargers earning the support of the Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities, did not receive enough support from the league as a whole for the relocation and withdrew its request to relocate to Los Angeles on January 12 after the Rams' proposal received a simple majority of votes.
The team also scouted the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas as another potential relocation candidate in late 2014, before it began focusing on its failed Carson stadium proposal. More recently, team officials began conversing with officials from Las Vegas, Nevada regarding a potential future relocation there; in January 2016, Raiders owner Mark Davis met with Sheldon Adelson (Las Vegas Sands owner and CEO) about a proposed $1.3 billion, 65,000 seat domed stadium. On March 23, 2016, Davis met with Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval about moving his team to Las Vegas and recently on April 1, 2016, Mark Davis toured Sam Boyd Stadium whether it could serve as a temporary home (it would likely pose a problem for the Raiders; the stadium, seats less than 40,000 spectators, less than the 50,000-seat minimum, nor are there any other stadiums in Nevada that meet NFL requirements) and met UNLV coach Tony Sanchez, athletics director Tina Kunzer-Murphy, adviser Don Snyder, and university president Len Jessup about further exploring the possibility of the Raiders moving to Las Vegas. On April 28, 2016, Davis pledged to commit $500 million toward a new stadium in Las Vegas at a panel that included soccer superstar David Beckham, who was backing a proposed Major League Soccer franchise that would share the stadium with the Raiders and UNLV college football. The Raiders' proposal would need approval and funding from the Nevada State Legislature and, ostensibly, league approval to go forward (only ostensibly, since the Raiders have left Oakland without permission at least once before and won their case in court); the league indicated at the May 2016 owner's meetings that it would not object to the Raiders relocating. Davis stated on June 7 that the options for staying in Oakland had been exhausted for the time being and that he fully intended to relocate to Las Vegas in the long term, this despite a rumor that Commissioner Roger Goodell was attempting to undermine a move by orchestrating a counterproposal for an Oakland stadium in collaboration with Ronnie Lott.
If the team were willing to stay in the San Francisco Bay Area for 2016, they had the options of signing another short-term extension with the Coliseum or sub-leasing Levi's Stadium from the San Francisco 49ers. Davis opted to seek another one-year lease extension on the Coliseum, which he secured on February 11, keeping the Raiders in Oakland for another season while a long-term solution continues to be sought. The lease included team options for 2017 and 2018.
On September 15, 2016, the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee unanimously voted to approve and recommend $750 million for the Las Vegas stadium plan. Then on October 11, 2016, the Nevada State Senate voted 16–5 to approve the stadium funding bill and convention center expansion. Three days later, on October 14, the Nevada Assembly voted to approve funding for the stadium 28–13. On October 18, Governor Brian Sandoval signed the stadium funding bill into law. Reports state that the NFL will not consider the Raiders move until as late as July 2017. Davis confirmed that the Raiders will stay in Oakland through their current lease, meaining the earliest the Raiders would play in Las Vegas would be 2019.
The Raiders traded wide receiver Brice Butler and their sixth-round selection to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for the Cowboys' fifth-round selection. The selection swap will only occur if Butler is on the Cowboys' 2015 53-man roster for six games.
The Raiders acquired an additional sixth-round selection in a trade that sent linebacker Sio Moore to the Indianapolis Colts.
In a high scoring affair, the Raiders took an early lead on a Sebastian Janikowski field goal and a Latavius Murray touchdown run, leading at the end of the first, 10–3. The Saints answered and took a half time lead on two touchdown passes by Drew Brees, 17–10. A 98-yard pass and catch from Brees to Brandin Cooks early in the third quarter put the Saints up by 14. However, the Raiders roared back, scoring 17 of the next 20 points with two rushing touchdowns, including a 75-yard run by rookie Jalen Richard on his first career carry to tie the game at 27 with eight minutes remaining in the game. However, Brees kept his tremendous game going as the Raiders were unable to stop him on the day throwing his fourth touchdown of the game to put the Saints back on top 34–27. The Raiders answered with a touchdown pass from Derek Carr to Seth Roberts with 47 seconds remaining. Coach Jack Del Rio opted to try for the two point conversion instead of trying to stop Brees in an overtime period and Carr hit Michael Crabtree for the conversion to put the Raiders up 35–34. The Saints had time to attempt a 61-yard field goal by rookie kicker Will Lutz, but the kick was wide right. The Raiders moved to 1–0 on the season as they won their season opener for the first time since 2011.
The Raiders looked to win their home opener and extend their record to 2–0 for the first time since 2002. But, the Atlanta offense and Raider defense, or lack thereof, would have a say in the game. Neither team could score in the first quarter and the Falcons took an early lead on field goal in the second. However, Latavius Murray answered with a one yard touchdown run to put the Raiders in front 7–3. The Falcons surged back to take a halftime lead on a 21-yard touchdown pass to Julio Jones and another field goal. At half, the Raiders trailed 13–7. In the second half, the Raiders retook the lead as Derek Carr hit Clive Walford on a 31-yard touchdown pass. Before the quarter ended, the Falcons answered on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Matt Ryan and a Ryan rush for two points to take a 21–14 lead into the fourth quarter. The Raiders tied it on a two-yard pass from Carr to Michael Crabtree, but the Falcons answered again with the help of a tipped Ryan pass that landed in the arms of Justin Hardy for another Falcon touchdown. Trailing 28–21, the Raiders thought they had tied it up again on a 51-yard touchdown pass from Carr to Amari Cooper, but officials ruled that he had gone out of bounds voluntarily before catching the ball. Head coach Jack Del Rio gambled shortly thereafter on a fourth and two which failed and led to another touchdown for the Falcons, a 13-yard run by Tevin Coleman. Trailing 35–21, the Raiders were able to bring it closer on an Andre Holmes six-yard touchdown reception, but the Falcons salted the game away and won 35–28. The Raiders defense allowed 528 yards of offense, the first team since the 1967 Falcons to give up at least 500 yards in the first two games of the season. The Raiders fell to 1–1.
The Raiders traveled to Tennessee looking to shore up their defense that had allowed 500 yards in each of the first two games of the season. The defense responded, forcing three Titan turnovers and holding the Titans to only one touchdown and 393 yards of offense on the day. Latavius Murray scored a touchdown for the third consecutive game, giving the Raiders a lead on their first drive, jumping in front of the Titans 7–3. The Raiders took over in the second quarter, scoring a touchdown on a 19 yard pass from Derek Carr to Seth Roberts and on Sebastian Janikowski's record-setting 52 yard field goal which marked the most field goals over 50 yards by any one player. Titans quarterback, Marcus Mariota, was intercepted on the final play of the first half by Reggie Nelson and the Raiders took a 17–3 halftime lead. DeMarco Murray brought the Titans within seven in the third quarter, scoring on a five-yard run. The Raiders defense held strong for the rest of the half, intercepting Mariota again late in the third quarter. However, the Raiders offense mustered zero points in the second half and, as a result, the Titans had a chance to tie the game late in the fourth quarter. Mariota hit Tajae Sharpe to get to the Raiders three-yard line with just over a minute remaining. However, Titan offensive lineman Taylor Lewan was called for unnecessary roughness for jumping on the pile after the play. The Titans were pushed back 15 yards, but Mariota hit Andre Johnson two plays later for an apparent touchdown, but Johnson was called for pass interference on the play and the touchdown was taken off the board. On fourth down with 16 second remaining, Mariota could not hit Harry Douglas in the endzone and the Raiders pulled out the victory. The win moved the Raiders to 2–1 on the season.
The Raiders traveled to Baltimore looking to win their third straight road game to open the season for the first time since 2000. The Ravens, undefeated on the season, looked to continue their good start. The Raiders jumped out early, taking a lead on a six-yard touchdown pass to Seth Roberts from Derek Carr. A Baltimore field goal tightened the lead before Carr hit Michael Crabtree for his first of three touchdown scores on the day, and the Raiders took a 14–6 lead to the half as the Raiders defense held the Ravens in check. Baltimore answered in the third quarter, pulling within two on a Joe Flacco one-yard touchdown run. Crabtree again answered for the Raiders on a 13-yard pass from Carr. However, the Raiders defense allowed a 52-yard pass and catch from Flacco to Steve Smith Sr. and the Ravens pulled within two after failing to convert on the two-point conversion. The Raiders lead tightened to 21–19. The Ravens struck again following a fumble by Raiders rookie running back DeAndre Washington and Terrance West scored three-yard touchdown run to take the Ravens first lead of the game 27–21. The Raiders answered, driving down the field before Carr hit Crabtree from 23 yards out. The Raiders took the lead 28–27. As time was running out, the Ravens looked for the game-winning field goal, but the Raiders defense held and the Raiders moved to 3–1 for the first time since 2000. The three-touchdown game marked Crabtree's first career three-touchdown game. Carr finished with four touchdowns on 199 yards passing. The Raiders defense, much maligned on the season, gave up 412 yards, but stopped the Ravens when needed.
The Raiders returned home to face the San Diego Chargers in their first division game of the season. However, the Raiders offense struggled to score early, unable to score a touchdown on three offensive possessions in Charger territory in the first half and turning the ball over early. Derek Carr was picked on the fourth play from scrimmage, setting up the Chargers for a chance to take an early lead. However, the Raiders defense forced a fumble and prevented the Chargers from scoring. The Raiders offense could not take advantage, only managing three field goals in the first half by Sebastian Janikowski, however he missed a fourth attempt. Tyrell Williams scored for the Chargers on a 29-yard pass from Philip Rivers and the Chargers took a 10–9 lead into the half. In the second half, the Chargers took a 17–9 lead on Melvin Gordon reception from Rivers. The Raiders answered on a 64-yard pitch and catch from Carr to Amari Cooper, his first touchdown catch of the year. However, the Raiders defense continued its struggles, giving up another touchdown pass from Rivers to Hunter Henry as the Raiders fell behind 24–16. A 48-yard field goal by Janikowski brought the Raiders within five before the Raider defense garnered its third turnover of the game, forcing a Gordon fumble. The Raider offense struggled in response and were left with a fourth and two from the Charger 21-yard line. Continuing with the season's gutsy calls, head coach Jack Del Rio went for it and Carr found Michael Crabtree for a diving catch in the corner of the endzone to give the Raiders their first lead of the game. The Raiders added on from there, scoring a touchdown on a Jamize Olawale one-yard run seemingly salting the game away, 34–24. However, the Raider defense allowed the Chargers to move within three on a 76-yard drive capped by an Antonio Gates touchdown catch. Trailing 34–31, the Charges again moved into Raider territory in the waning seconds of the fourth quarter. Forced to attempt a game-tying field goal, the Chargers fumbled the snap and the Raiders were able to run out the clock. Moving to 4–1 on the season, the first time since 2002, the Raider defense still surrendered over 400 yards for the fourth time in five games this season. Del Rio was angered by the continued poor defensive showing. Despite this and combined with a loss by the Denver Broncos, the Raiders moved into a tie for first place in the AFC West.
Following the Denver Broncos loss on Thursday night to the San Diego Chargers, the Raiders looked to move into sole possession of first place in the AFC West as they hosted the Kansas City Chiefs. Things began well for the Raiders as Jalen Richard returned the opening kick 50 yards and Derek Carr hit Andre Holmes for a three-yard touchdown pass to put the Raiders up 7–0. However, the struggling Raiders defense continued to have problems stopping opponents as the Chiefs scored on a two-yard touchdown run by Spencer Ware and a four-yard run by Jamaal Charles (extra point failed), putting the Chiefs in front 13–7. The Raiders were able to get a field goal from Sebastian Janikowski as the half ended to pull within 13–10. However, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, who is 16–2 in his career coming off of bye weeks, continued to baffle the Raiders defense in the second half. The Chiefs added a one-yard run by defensive lineman Dontari Poe and two field goals by Cairo Santos to go up 26–10. The Raiders offense managed nothing in the second half and the Chiefs won 26–10. The Chiefs offense put up 406 yards on the hapless Raiders defense. The Raiders fell to 4–2 on the season and back into a first place tie with the Broncos.
The Raiders traveled to Jacksonville looking to make up for their disappointing performance in Week 6 against Kansas City and to improve their road record to 4–0. Latavius Murray, making his first appearance since Week 4, scored two touchdowns for the Raiders, including the first touchdown of the game to add to a Raiders lead of 6–3 following two Sebastian Janikowski field goals. A five-yard touchdown pass from Derek Carr to Michael Crabtree before the half ended put the Raiders up comfortably, 20–6. The touchdown pass followed a Carr to Crabtree 52-yard pass to set up the touchdown. Janikowski added two more field goals in the second half making four for the game. Murray scored his second touchdown of the game following a fourth and 24 conversion by Raiders punter Marquette King who fielded a low snap and scampered for 27 yards and a first down. The Raiders defense improved their performance and intercepted Blake Bortles twice to secure the victory. Jack Del Rio gained a victory against his former team and the win moved the Raiders to 5–2 for the first time since 2001.
The Raiders traveled to Tampa Bay looking to improve to 6–2 overall and 5–0 on the road on the season. Tampa scored on a Roberto Aguayo 41-yard field goal and Jamies Winston threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to put the Buccaneers up 10–0 early in the second quarter. The Raiders started slow, managing only a Sebastian Janikowski field goal in the first half and the Bucs led 10–3 at the half. The Raiders offense came alive in the second half as Derek Carr hit offensive lineman Donald Penn on a tackle elgibile play from the one yard line for his first touchdown pass of the game, to tie the game at 10. On the next Raider possession, Carr hit Amari Cooper on a 34-yard touchdown pass to give the Raiders their first lead of the game. However, Tampa Bay answered soon thereafter, taking the lead on Cameron Brate touchdown reception and a Jacquizz Rogers touchdown run to move ahead 24–17 early in the fourth quarter. Carr threw his third touchdown of the game, this itme to tight end Mychal Rivera with 1:38 remaining in the game. With the game tied and the clock running out, the Bucs punted the ball back to the Raiders with 58 seconds remaining. The Raiders drove to field goal position, but Janikowski missed a 50-yard field goal wide left as time expired to force overtime. On the first possession of overtime, the Raiders again moved into scoring position, but due to penalties were forced to settle for a 52-yard field goal attempt which Janikowski missed wide right. The Raider defense held the Buccaneers to consecutive three an out series and the Raiders took over with 3:21 left in overtime. Carr led the Raiders to the Tampa Bay 41, and coach Jack Del Rio chose to go for it on fourth down. Carr hit Seth Roberts for the first down and he broke tackles as he scampered 41 yards for the game-winning touchdown. Carr threw for a franchise record 513 yards on 40–59 passing with four touchdowns. The Raiders won despite setting an NFL record for penalties in a game, with 23 total penalties. The win kept the Raiders in a first place tie with Denver at 6–2. The Raiders moved to 5–0 on the road for the first time since 1977.
The Raiders looked to take full possession of first place in the AFC West as they took on the Denver Broncos in Oakland on a Sunday night game for the first time in more than a decade. Things started well for the Raiders as they held Denver to three-and-outs on their first four possessions. Sebastian Janikowski hit two early field goals to give the Raiders a 6–0 lead. On the Raiders third possession, Latavius Murray capped off a 57-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown run to increase the lead to 13–0. Following the Raiders first punt of the game, the Broncos marched 84 yards for a touchdown on a pass from Trevor Siemian to Jordan Norwood to reduce the Raiders lead to 13–7. After Janikowski missed a 48-yard field goal and following another three-and-out for the Broncos, Murray scored his second touchdown of the game and increase the lead to 20–7. The Broncos added a field goal as the first half ended, putting them within 10 at 20–10. No team could muster any points in the third quarter, but a second field goal by Brandon McManus cut the lead to seven with 14:56 left in the game. The Raiders answered with a field goal and Khalil Mack sacked and stripped Siemian to give the Raiders the ball on the Denver 39-yard line. Murray's third one-yard touchdown of the game put the Raiders up comfortably at 30–13. Denver answered immediately on the second play of the ensuing drive when Kapri Bibbs took a screen pass 75 yards to cut the lead to ten. However, the Raider defense stepped up again and intercepted Siemian with 23 seconds remaining to end the threat. The Raiders ran for 218 yards and held Denver to just 33 yards rushing. Carr threw for 184 yards and Murray rushed for 114 in addition to his three touchdown runs. The win put the Raiders at 7–2 on the season and in sole possession of first place in the AFC West as they headed to their bye week.
Following the Raiders bye week, the team traveled to Mexico City to play the Houston Texans in a home game. A win for the Raiders would put them in sole possession of first place in the AFC West after a loss by the Kansas City Chiefs the day before. However, the Raiders defense struggled early and were unable to put much pressure on Texans' quarterback Brock Osweiler. However, they were helped all night by controversial calls by the officiating crew. The first was in the Texans' first drive as DeAndre Hopkins appeared to have stayed in bounds and scored on a 60-yard pass from Osweiler. However, officials ruled that Hopkins had stepped out of bounds and the play was blown dead. As a result, the play could not be reviewed and the Raiders only surrendered a field goal on the opening drive of the game. Following consecutive four-and-outs by both teams, the Raiders offense mustered a drive into Houston territory capped off by a 17-yard touchdown pass by Derek Carr to Jalen Richard to give the Raiders a 7–3 lead to begin the second quarter. On the ensuing kickoff, the Texans turned the ball right back over to the Raiders, but the offense could not punch the ball in from the one-yard line and settled for a Sebastian Janikowski 19-yard field goal to extend the lead to 10–3. The Texans quickly answered as Osweiler hit Braxton Miller for a 12-yard touchdown pass to even the score at 10–10. Neither offense was able to manage much for the remainder of the half and a sack by Khalil Mack ended the first half with a tie score. On the first play of the second half, Carr was pressured and threw a deep pass that was intercepted by the Texans. The ensuing 13-play drive capped off by a one-yard touchdown run Lamar Miller gave the Texans the lead, 17–10. The Raiders responded, getting to the Texans two-yard line, but could not punch the ball in again and settled for a second Janikowski field goal cutting the lead to 17–13. The Texans ended a long drive with a Nick Novak field goal to extend the lead to 20–13 with 11 minutes remaining in the game. Carr responded by finding Jamize Olawale wide open for a 75-yard pass and run to tie the game at 20. The Texans pushed the ball deep into Raiders territory again but were stopped on short yardage situations twice as controversial spots of the ball by officials turned the ball over to the Raiders on downs. The Raiders took advantage as Carr hit Amari Cooper on a pass and catch for a 35-yard touchdown play. The extra point gave the Raiders a 27–20 lead with 4:43 remaining in the game. The defense who had mustered little pressure on Osweiler all night, allowed a first down by the Texans, but then forced a punt with 3:13 remaining. On second and seven from their own 23-yard line, Carr heaved a 29-yard pass to Richard for a first down. After the two minute warning and the Texans final timeout, Latavius Murray was able to get another first down and the Raiders were able to run out the clock. The win put the Raiders at 8–2 on the season and gave them the No. 1 seed in the playoffs at the time. Carr finished with 295 yards and three touchdowns while the Raider running game only mustered 30 yards rushing against the Texans defense. The Raiders also clinched a non losing season for the first time since 2011. Another win will clinch the Raiders their first winning season for the first time since 2002.
Following their home game in Mexico, the Raiders returned to Oakland to face the Carolina Panthers. The Raiders were looking to extend their winning streak to five games, the longest streak since their Super Bowl season of 2002. Things started well as the Raiders defense held the Panthers to a three-and-out series and the Raiders offense moved right down the field. Seth Roberts caught a two-yard pass from Derek Carr to put the Raiders up 7–0. The Panthers answered on a three-yard touchdown run by Cam Newton to tie the score. The rest of the first half belonged to the Raiders as Latavius Murray scored from four yards out and Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 23-yard field goal to put the Raiders up 17–7. The Panther took over with 1:56 remaining in the second quarter looking to cut the Raider lead, but Khalil Mack made an acrobatic catch of Newton pass and returned it six yards for another Raider touchdown. The Panthers took a knee on the final possession of the half as the Raiders held a 24–7 lead. On the second play of the third quarter, Carr injured the pinky finger of his throwing hand on an awkward snap. The play resulted in a fumble recovered by the Panthers. Six plays later, Jonathan Stewart scored from one-yard out to cut the lead to 24–13 after the extra point was blocked. With Carr in the locker room tending to his injured finger, Matt McGloin took over for the Raiders, but they could not muster any offense and were forced to punt. Newton then hit Ted Ginn Jr. on an 88-yard pass and catch to put the Panthers with five. The Panthers opted to go for two points, but failed and, therefore, trailed 24–19. Carr returned to the game with a glove on this throwing hand on the next possession, but after completing two passes, Carr was intercepted by Thomas Davis. The Panthers continued their hot start to the half as Stewart scored his second rushing touchdown of the game. The Panthers again failed on their two-point conversion, but now held the lead, 25–24. Following three straight incompletions by Carr, the Panters took over and extended the lead on a 44-yard pass from Newton to Kelvin Benjamin. Now trailing 32–24, the Raiders answered on a 10-play drive capped off by a Clive Walford 12-yard touchdown reception. The two point conversion was good on a Carr pass to Roberts and the game was tied at 32. The Raiders defense forced a punt by the Panthers and the Raiders took over with 5:05 remaining in the game. The Raiders 12-play drive stalled at the Carolina six-yard line, but Janikowski hit his second field goal of the game to give the Raiders a 35–32 lead. With 1:45 remaining in the game, the Panthers looked to tie or take the lead. However, Mack continued his great day and stripped Newton of the ball and recovered the ball on a fourth and 10 play to ice the game for the Raiders. Mack finished with a sack, an interception, a forced fumble, and a touchdown, the first of his career. Carr finished with 315 yards and two touchdown despite missing a series with his injured finger. The Raiders improved to 9–2 on the season and remained in first place in the division. The win also clinched a winning season for the Raiders for the first time since 2002.
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Entering the world of inter-faith dialogue is a test of one’s tolerance. Those with a strong religious belief must surrender any claim to exclusive enlightenment. Those with no religious faith must approach believers in a generous spirit. Jonathan Sacks treads through this hazardous territory with respectful authority. The British rabbi and biblical scholar explores the potential for a unified reading of sacred texts by Muslims, Christians and Jews.
William Blake’s observation that diametrically opposed conclusions can be drawn from the same words is acknowledged deep into the book but Sacks unashamedly admits from the outset that he is reading “white” where others read “black”. In contrast to the hate-filled analysis of the fundamentalists, he sees the foundational stories of the three major Abrahamic faiths as lessons in love. Some will be unconvinced, among them militant atheists who believe religious texts are beyond redemption, and Sacks does little to build bridges with this constituency. “In fact, fundamentalists and today’s atheists share the same approach to texts,” he writes. “They read them directly and literally, ignoring the single most important fact about a sacred text, namely that its meaning is not self-evident.” This is superficially true. However, religious fundamentalists use sacred texts to justify terror and violence – something which Richard Dawkins can’t be accused of.
The opening line of Not in God’s Name: “When religion turns men into murderers, God weeps.” – is enough to turn off many an atheist, and Sacks gives the post-9/11 secularist movement short shrift, accusing it of making “palpably false” claims and having “ruined [its] case by caricature”. But for non-believers, as for worshippers of different faiths, there are good reasons to be patient with Sacks as he tries to create a new narrative for humanity. Not in God’s Name is partly a defence of religion and partly a diagnosis of its problems. And for Sacks the problems come back to the way “people of the book” misinterpret sacred scripture. “If we do not do the theological work, we will face a continuation of the terror that has marked our century thus far, for it has no other natural end,” he announces in the opening section of his book. The italics are his, and they add to an air of prophecy that runs throughout.
Sacks is not afraid to make bold empirical claims: “The greatest threat to freedom in the postmodern world is radical, politicised religion … The indigenous populations of Europe, the most secular continent on earth, are committing long, slow suicide … Demographically … the religious will inherit the earth.” Sacks’s forte, however, is not political analysis nor social science but rather scriptural learning, and the real substance of this work lies in his careful reading, and rereading, of the central stories of Genesis, the foundational book of Abrahamic monotheism.
Three stories attract particularly close attention, all relating to sibling rivalry: the dispute within Abraham’s family over the births of Isaac and Ishmael; the trials of Jacob and Esau; and the story of Joseph and his brothers who first abandon him and are later pardoned.
Genesis is not simply a work of history, or a cosmology. It is a subtle, multilayered philosophical treatise constructed in the narrative mode. It represents truth-as-story rather than truth-as-system, and it does so for a profoundly philosophical reason: it is about meanings, and meanings cannot be conveyed except through narrative … Unlike philosophical systems, which we either understand or don’t, biblical narrative functions at many different levels of comprehension. Our understanding of it deepens as we grow. Biblical consciousness is chronological, not logical.
In reaching this conclusion, he draws upon his own depth of religious learning but also a employs a degree of literary criticism, which may jar with traditional readers of these texts. He writes of how the Bible delivers several “masterstrokes” of dramatic intent; marvels at how “in a few deft strokes, the Bible sketches a picture of tension within the family”, and expresses awe at “the full scope and ingenuity of the literary unit that is the Jacob-Esau story”.
It occurs in the crucial scene … where the brothers come before Joseph for the first time, not knowing who he is, thinking him to be an Egyptian. There is a rare linguistic phenomenon known as a contronym, one word with two contradictory meanings. In English, the word ‘sanction’ can mean both a permission and a prohibition. ‘Fast’ can mean immovably stuck or moving quickly… In Hebrew the root n-k-r is a contronym. It can mean ‘to recognise’ or the opposite, ‘to be a stranger’, someone who is not recognised.
If we now re-read the text … we see that it uses the root n-k-r four times in two verses, three in the sense of recognition, one in the sense of enstrangement. ‘Joseph recognised his brothers but they did not recognise him’, and Joseph ‘recognised them but acted as a stranger’ … The dual meaning of the verb n-k-r gathers into itself the whole force and dramatic conflict of Genesis as a sustained exploration of recognition and estrangement, closeness and distance. It tells us that if only we were to listen closely to the voice of the other, we would find that beneath the skin we are brothers and sisters, members of the human family under the parenthood of God.
Similarly, when explaining the story of Jacob and Esau, where one brother tricks the other into getting a blessing from their father, Isaac, Sacks suggests that only the most careful reading of the episode can uncover its true meaning. In the story, Jacob has taken something that wasn’t his ‑ of out jealousy for his brother. Jacob later wrestles with a stranger, in an episode which “is cryptic almost to the point of unintelligibility”, before returning to prostrate himself before Esau. In what Sacks calls an “extraordinary literary phenomenon”, the reader is only made aware of the moral of the story by re-reading it with the knowledge of the how the events turn out. “That is when we make the discovery that changes everything. There was a second blessing” (author’s italics). This was given by Issac “to Jacob as Jacob” and “this is what transforms our entire reading of the story”.
What then of the words with which the story of the brothers began, namely that ‘the elder shall serve the younger’ (in Hebrew, ve-rav ya’ tsa’ir)? Here the Bible delivers a masterstroke. At first sight, the words mean what they say. Only in retrospect – and only in the original Hebrew – do we discover that they contain multiple ambiguities.
If creating multiple ambiguities is to be considered a masterstroke then clearly Genesis is the thing. For many, however, what Sacks describes as strengths of this ancient text will be seen as infuriating if not dangerous weaknesses. The glowing tributes are puzzling from a literary perspective. The truth is if you sent the Hebrew Bible to a publisher today it would be whisked off to a good editor before it got anywhere near a bookshelf. A greater concern about Sacks’s approach here is that he appears to suggest that you need the sort of sensitive appreciation of artistic quality that he possesses, combined with the same depth of learning, to understand what the stories mean. Do you really need to understand ancient Hebrew to know that sibling rivalry should not spill over into violence? More to the point, do you need to read the Bible to understand this?
Explaining the story of Jacob, Sacks says: “Peace comes when we see our reflection in the face of God and let go of the desire to be someone else.” If you take God out of the equation altogether – “Peace comes when we let go of the desire to be someone else” – what you have is a very basic psychological observation, which certainly doesn’t require an ordination or a religious qualification to grasp.
Suggesting that the democratisation of religion has contributed to extremism, Sacks argues that biblical texts “require the most careful interpretation if they are not to do great harm”. While these arguments might seem self-serving, coming as they do from a rabbi of high office, he makes a strong case that religions need a tradition of learned and authoritative scholarship to guard against the hotheads. “What happens in the case of fundamentalism is a kind of principled impatience with this whole process,” he writes.
Sacks rightly points out that the main victims of Islamic extremism are Muslims themselves. He suggests Islam is working its way through its own period of maturation, something similar to Jewish and Christian upheavals in previous centuries. But there’s no guarantee of a happy ending.
Sisi is a strange individual to invoke here. The former military commander led the forced removal of the elected Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, and his rule of Egypt since then has been characterised by a clampdown on journalists and draconian anti-terror laws. He is no theologian, in other words.
Sacks, on the other hand, is a proper theologian, and he deserves praise for daring to seek out a common ethic within the three Abrahamic faiths. The fundamentalists may not read beyond his surname but ordinary Christians and Muslims can point to this work and say, “look at how ‘the other’ sees the best in me”. Inter-faith dialogue can only be an imperfect, tortuous and mystical journey. Any realist would say it’s doomed to failure. But reaching out across the religious divide is important work that needs to be done and, as the Bible suggests, God loves a trier.
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Paying off student loans can sometimes feel like a daunting task, but if you approach it with a serious, rational plan, you could help yourself achieve more financial freedom faster than expected. Here’s some basic advice to help make paying them off easier and less stressful.
College is an exciting time, and if you were like most students then you were too busy studying and enjoying campus life to think about your student loans too much. Now that school’s done, though, it’s important to familiarize yourself with your loans. This means understanding how much you’ve taken out, what interest rate you’re paying on each loan, and the repayment period for each loan.
An easy thing to do after college is to simply ignore your student loans. It might not be the most pleasant thing to think about, after all. Ignoring your student loans could really damage your financial situation, leading to defaults, lower credit scores, and compounding interest that could leave you more in debt and financial trouble.
Life can get really busy, and it’s not always easy to remember when your monthly student loan payments are due, especially if you have to keep track of more than one loan. Log in to your online student loan accounts and set up automatic payments with your credit card. Make sure that your payment dates align with when you get paid so that you’re sure to have cash in your account before the payments go through.
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Credit cards, personal loans, and other forms of credit are essential financial services to a wide range of people, providing financial help when you need it. While these different ways of lending can be positive for your financial profile, it’s necessary to remember to make your payments on time. In order to do this, it’s important to manage your budget. You can also consider setting up your account for automatic monthly payments. Find out why it’s so important to make your payments on time, and allow Clearline Loans to help you out when you need it.
If you have a credit card or personal loan out, you’ve secured the lowest interest rate that was available to you at the time you took out the loan or credit card. In order to keep the interest rate as low as it is now, though, it’s important to make your monthly payments on time. Failure to do so could end up in a hike of your interest rate, which means bigger payments and more debt for you.
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If you’re having a hard time making your payment, there’s a tendency to put it off until your financial situation gets better. The problem is, the more you put off making your payments the worse your situation is likely to become. That’s because the next time your payment is due, you’re likely to owe over twice as much, including the current month’s payment, the missed month’s payment, and any late fees that may apply.
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Financial difficulties can strike at any time, and it’s often just the fault of circumstance. Sometimes, the best solution available is to file bankruptcy in order to get a fresh start. While bankruptcy isn’t an ideal situation, it can be made a lot easier with some careful planning and an understanding of the need to make financially responsible decisions and reestablish good credit. At Clearline Loans, we’re here to help you take both of these steps. Read on to find out how to get a loan after filing for bankruptcy, and count on our financial experts to help guide you through the process.
The most important thing you can do as soon as you file for bankruptcy is to get your financial house in order right away. Take an honest look at your financial situation, which includes your monthly income and all your monthly bills. Make sure that you leave room in your budget every month to pay for your gas and electric, mortgage or rent, taxes, and any other bills you might have.
Also consider setting up automatic payments or electronic reminders in order to make sure payments are made on time. By making your payments on time, you’ll be signaling to future lenders that you are financially stable and responsible enough to trust with a loan.
This might not sound like the most attractive option, but the fact is that your bankruptcy is going to show up on your credit report for the next seven to ten years. This means that future lenders are likely to be a bit weary to lend you as much money, especially immediately following your bankruptcy. This doesn’t mean it’s impossible to get a loan, though, and if you do your research you’re likely to find someone to take you on for a personal loan.
At Clearline Loans, we understand that financial difficulties can hit even responsible people due to job loss, emergency medical expenses, and a variety of other unexpected circumstances that might come up along the way. We’re here to help you regain financial stability with personal loans—even for those individuals with a bankruptcy on their credit history. In fact, getting a personal loan can provide more than just financial stability following bankruptcy. If you make your payments on time every month, you’ll actually be rebuilding your credit history and improving your credit score.
At Clearline Loans, we provide fast underwriting as well as quick and secure funding. Contact our state licensed agency’s top-notch customer service representatives to find out more about securing a personal loan today. We look forward to working with you as you navigate your financial life with clarity and an eye toward the future.
Your credit score is arguably the most important number in your financial profile. Your credit rating helps lenders determine whether you qualify for a loan, how much you qualify for, and what kind of interest rate you’ll receive. If you’ve recently applied for a loan and been told that your credit score is too low, then it’s time to take control of your financial future by doing what it takes to fix your credit. Here are some of the steps you can start to take now that will fix your credit score.
The most important thing that credit rating agencies consider to determine your credit score is how consistently you’ve met your payment obligations over the years. This includes paying rent, electric, phone, and mortgage, as well as credit cards, car loans, and personal loans. Rating agencies will also consider how late you were if you failed to pay on time, and if any of your payments went to collections. They’ll also check for bankruptcies and foreclosures resulting from the failure to make payments.
The next consideration is the amount of total debt you’ve incurred and currently hold. This is considered alongside the amount of available credit you still have. Considerations are also made based on the types of credit accounts you have open to make sure that you have a good mix of credit and are able to manage your different accounts well.
The third part of the equation is the amount of time that you’ve been taking out credit. If you’ve been responsibly taking out credit and paying it off for years, that is a more sure sign of financial responsibility than if you just started taking out credit for the first time with no history to track.
If you have taken out a lot of new credit accounts lately or have even applied for many, this could hurt your credit score in the short term, because it’s taken as a sign of potential financial vulnerability to other lenders.
The last consideration is the nature of the types of accounts you have opened. It’s best to pay off all of your accounts on time but to keep a diverse range of different accounts open, including store accounts, credit cards, car loans, and mortgages. This is the least important part of the equation determining your score, though, so there’s not much need to worry if you have a limited diversity of accounts.
If you need help securing a new personal loan, feel free to get in touch with the professionals at Clearline Loans.
How to Fix Your Credit Score.
If you’ve ever thought about taking out a loan, a mortgage, or a line of credit, or if you plan on doing so in the future, it’s important to understand your credit score. Your credit score is the most important factor that lenders take into consideration when deciding whether to agree to give you the loan and to determine the interest rate you’ll pay as long as the loan is out.
Credit scores range from 300 to 850 and are determined by three different ratings agencies—TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax. The better your credit score, the lower the interest rate and the higher the amount you’ll be approved for. In order to secure and keep the best credit score possible, it’s helpful to understand how it is determined.
There are three different credit reporting agencies—Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion—and each of them is required by law to provide you with one free copy of your credit report per year. There are a number of groups out there that will make you pay for your credit report, so make sure to go through annualcreditreport.com to avoid a charge. Looking at the report will give you a reality check in terms of your history of making late payments and other factors that could be causing your low score.
Your credit report is supposed to be based on your personal financial history, but sometimes something goes wrong and you have the wrong information on your report. This can happen for a number of different reasons, including mistaken identity and other errors. If you see information on your credit report that doesn’t look right, let the credit reporting agency know which information is incorrect in writing and ask them to correct the false information. They must respond to your request within 30 days.
The easiest and most immediate thing you can to do help improve your credit score in most circumstances is to make sure that you’re paying all of your bills on time every month. Every time you make a late credit card payment or allow a bill to go to collections, it is potentially having a negative impact on your credit score. Set up automatic payments online or set a reminder for when to pay each bill manually. If paying bills proves really difficult every month, make sure that you’re living on the right kind of budget for your personal income.
Another factor is the amount of debt you currently owe compared against your current credit limit. It’s a good idea in terms of how to rebuilt credit and how to ensure financial success and peace of mind in general to work as hard as you can to pay off your current levels of debt and to live within your means.
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If you’re only paying the minimum required payment for your debts, you will end up paying significantly more interest in the long run than if you are able to throw more money toward those payments each month. Do some budgeting to determine how much extra you can afford to put toward your debts each month and put that amount toward your debts consistently.
Most people have more than one kind of debt to their name. If you do, go through each of them to determine the amount you currently owe and the interest rate you’re paying on each one. In general, the best strategy to paying off your loans the fastest is to throw all of your extra money to high interest, large loans.
If you go by the numbers, then paying off large, high interest debt is still the best strategy, but it can sometimes seem slow going. If you’re the kind of person that likes to see some small but meaningful victories along the way and don’t mind paying off a little bit more interest in the process, the snowball method might be the right one for you.
The way it works is you throw all of your extra money at the smallest loans, which you’re able to pay off fairly quickly. Once one of those small loans is paid off, you add the total amount you were paying toward that loan each month and throw it at the next smallest loan in line. The result is an ever-increasing amount of extra capital to tackle debt and a feeling of small accomplishment along the way.
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It’s hard to understand what your financial problems are, or even start to make a budget, if you don’t first look at where your money is going. For a month, track how you spend all of your money, including categories for things like groceries, mortgage/rent, utilities, children’s needs, debt, and recreation.
Once you’ve tracked your spending habits for a month, you’ll be able to see how much you’ve spent during that period. Compare the amount of money you spend during a month to the amount of money you bring in from your employer, government checks, or other income sources. If the amount of money you take in is less than you bring in, then you should try to cut back in any way you’re able.
Whether it’s saving up for a car loan down payment, saying up for a down payment on a home mortgage, putting aside money for retirement, or putting away money for your children’s education, there are a variety of financial goals to consider when setting up a budget. Figure out how much you need to put away each month in order to achieve these goals, and factor that into your budget.
One of the big reasons that people end up in financial trouble is that they haven’t built up an emergency savings in case something goes wrong. From medical emergencies to car breakdowns, home expenses, and other surprises, life is full of unexpected expenses. If you can save up $5000 or $10,000 in case of an emergency, it gives you a buffer to keep you out of financial trouble.
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Saving money a low income can seem nearly impossible, which is probably the reason so many people choose to put it off. The fact is with just a little bit of advice, though, you can learn how to budget on a low income in a way that will reduce anxiety and put you on the path to achieving your personal and financial goals.
If you’re having trouble and need some help, you can easily secure a short term loan through Clearline Loans. In the meantime, here are some of the steps to take to making and keeping a budget if you’re on a tight budget.
The biggest cost in most people’s lives is their rent or mortgage. Think about your current living situation, and think about how you could lower your costs. If you’re renting, should you move into a smaller or more affordable apartment? If you have a room to spare, why not rent it out to a friend or acquaintance to generate some extra income every month. Finally, keep your utility costs under control by limiting use of heating and air conditioning as much as possible.
It can be really easy to let short-term enjoyment take precedent over long term financial goals, but if you can curb your spending and eliminate purchases that are unnecessary, you could end up saving hundreds of dollars or more every week. One way to do this is to set up a budget that limits your extra spending to a certain amount each month.
Another easy way to keep to a tighter budget is to avoid going out to restaurants and bars for food and recreation. Instead, purchase a used cookbook or get some recipes from some friends or family and teach yourself how to prepare some of the meals you’ve always wanted to know how to make. When it comes time to hang out with friends, hang out in the backyard, go to the park, or have a movie night at home.
One of the easiest ways that people allow their financial situation to get out of control is that when they fail to budget the right way they simply take on more debt then they can handle. They might do this by using the credit card too often, taking out loans to pay for things you can live without, or taking out an auto loan for a car that’s too expensive. The result of this is monthly payments that are too high and that could potentially break your budget.
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One of the most common anxieties that people have in day-to-day life is the management of finances. From debt to difficulty handling unexpected expenses, your finances can help determine your current and future well-being as well as the well-being of your loved ones. Use this simple guide to help guide yourself through the steps to financial success, and remember that Clearline Loans is always here to help if you need a helping hand with a loan approval.
401(k) Plans: If you have an employer who is willing to invest in your 401(k) plan, it’s a good idea for you to invest any extra income you have each month in order to help you build up a retirement fund. An IRA is also a good investment if a 401(k) is not available to you.
Invest in the Stock Market: If you want to take on the stock market, it’s a good idea to educate yourself before you start. Make sure to invest in companies that have been successful over a period of time rather than taking a risky gamble with your hard-earned money. You can also invest in mutual funds—bundles of stocks that are managed by experts to generate safe, reliable savings.
If you have savings built up and earn a steady income but still rent, it’s probably a good idea to invest in a home. While you’ll likely have a big mortgage you’ll have to pay off, owning a home comes with a variety of benefits. First, you’re generating equity in your home with each payment you make. You’ll also be able to take advantage of a variety of different home ownership tax incentives. In order to pay as little in interest as possible, though, pay more than the minimum payment on your mortgage principle on a consistent basis.
It’s not the most romantic way of spending your money, but paying a little bit extra for good health insurance, home insurance, and car insurance plans is a really good idea. If you pay less, chances are you’ll be getting worse coverage and could be looking at enormous deductibles that might totally break your budget if something ends up going wrong.
If you’re a smart consumer then there’s a good chance that you’re wary of credit cards, and that’s a good thing. Debt can really cause problems if you’re not careful. However, it’s smart to use your credit card within your set budget and then pay it off in full at the end of each month. If you do this, you’ll help establish a better credit score, allowing you to secure lower interest loans and mortgages.
It’s great to take control of your financial life. If you need any help at any point along the way, though, remember that Clearline Loans is here to help you out throughout the process. If you have questions, get in touch with our team at any time!
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The free up makes utilize of the terms “blockchain” and “distributed ledger” interchangeably and says that the Oracle blockchain cloud service “is constructed on top of” the Linux foundation’s distributed ledger system, Hyperledger material.
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“Push” blockchain payment methods infatuation Bitcoin don't permit reversal of payments, and are pointed out to gain more advantageous fiscal gain faith in positive African areas.
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Does MTO actually need blockchain? Are they an immature enterprise with slight contingent records infrastructure trying to for a bounce start with the aid of outsourcing?
They mention converting air miles and credit card elements to tokens. Is there a unprejudiced need for this character of provider? Or are they just yet another industry attempting to find an excuse to enact an ICO?
The CEO of Hong Kong-primarily based Bitcoin exchange Bobby Lee currently told reporter Ran Neuner of CNBC, that, after seven years of involvement with Bitcoin and blockchains, he now believes, “Blockchain can not gain any real world functions,” anyway payments or “cost switch” by means of cryptocurrencies.
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Britehouse, a division of Dimension Data, is the first colleague in South Africa to be accredited with the prestigious Oracle Cloud Excellence Implementer status for the Human Capital Management (HCM) and fiscal Management Suites, in the SADC region.
As a global provider of enterprise cloud computing, Oracle focuses on empowering businesses on their journey of digital transformation. In an pains to drive customer success they gain launched their Oracle Cloud Excellence Implementer (CEI) Program to partners globally at the Oracle OpenWorld 2017. The CEI Program awards special status for a specified geography and cloud service module to those highly qualified consulting companies who gain successful track records and superior customer satisfaction in Oracle Cloud implementations.
Says Daniel Robus, Oracle Alliance Director at Britehouse, "We gain taken worthy pride in delivering Oracle Cloud solutions to their clients and as a colleague of the Oracle colleague Network (OPN), they are pleased to receive recognition of their proven track record, and ongoing expertise."
In addition to achieving CEI status for HCM Oracle Cloud implementations, Britehouse has furthermore passed the stringent qualifying process to attain special status for ERP fiscal Management for the universal Ledger, Payables, and Receivables and Collections modules.
This status is awarded to those who gain undergone the rigorous and unbending process of gaining acceptance to the CEI Programme. This process comprises inviting partners who are OPN Gold plane members (or above) and who meet the competency and customer satisfaction principles.
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As an Oracle Cloud Excellence Implementer company, Britehouse will be on the receiving remain of deeper rendezvous with Oracle and recognition opportunities based on their cloud implementation expertise and success.
"Our customers will more easily identify us as a preferred colleague that can align to their specific needs, and based on what these needs are, configure from scratch solutions to assist them tang successful implementation and transform their human capital processes so they can position themselves for future success," says Robus.
Furthermore, the CEI program shows Oracle's commitment to cloud solutions and Britehouse's commitment as a Service Integrator. Additionally, it provides a unique occasion to profile the people behind the business, build careers, and raise profiles. As a result, working with those who gain been recognised and differentiated through the CEI program is a win from an internal perspective for Britehouse and a win for customers. This status furthermore serves as counsel to customers in that it recommends only the best for Cloud implementations.
Britehouse will furthermore be pursuing CEI status for a number of other Oracle Cloud services in Enterprise Resource Planning, ensuring that they are continually in a position to proffer the selfsame plane of excellence as a preferred colleague for businesses in the ERP arena.
TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- An inert healthcare enterprise resource planning software sector grew less than 2 percent in 2015 as hospitals turned available technology funding to conflicting priorities such as ICD 10 conversions, cybersecurity, population health and analytics, with less than 29 percent of totality US hospitals having implemented any ERP product.
As provider executives pan compounding value-based risk decisions, recent interest in ERP has climbed sharply according to a recent Black engage survey of 1,158 health system procurement and technology leaders in the fourth quarter of 2016.
"Crucial back-end software that manages finance, supply chain and inventory management, purchasing, payroll and coding gain been disregarded into a confused entanglement of different products that don't communicate and left executives with the inability to realize cost savings in preparation of value based care," said Doug Brown, Managing colleague of Black Book. "There has been user opposition to deploying a new or upgraded ERP, perceived as carrying a lofty expense tag in a time when clinical deployments overwhelmed hospital staff and budgets."
57 percent of the C-suite executives surveyed admitted not having a deep understanding of the impact or complexity of their supply chain until the reality of value-based custody set in this year with the accent on accountability to properly measure and compare medical costs with outcomes.
"In a payment environment that reimburses for value, it has become more censorious to understand exactly how much it costs to deliver patient care," said Brown. "Clumsy costing based on uncoordinated data will become perilous for hospitals at risk."
Supplies accounted for 30.5 percent of the indifferent hospital's annual operating budget in 2016 as reported by survey respondents.
Finding new methods of understanding unprejudiced costs per case and per episode of custody gain providers returning to ERP system basics to trek confidently to a valued based model.
69 percent of IT leaders polled pretense they will prioritize their supply chains in 2017 as among the most valuable asset for actionable data mining before overburdening their organizations with population health and sophisticated analytics tools.
ERP vendor market share was limited to only a handful of vendors prior to 2013, but the theatrical demand for cloud ERP and the amount of hospitals not using an ERP system has produced a spurt of new ERP vendors as older systems retool products or edge closer to obsolescence.
"As the industry emphases the identification and capture of totality costs to determine the actual cost of care, the implementation of newer ERP technologies and advanced costing methods has changed administrator's strategic technology plans," said Brown. "Patients cannot receive lofty trait custody without proper cohesion of supply chain, human resources, finance and operational systems with clinical data as it totality comes down to outcomes."
Cloud ERP solutions produced the highest client tang scores for healthcare organizations including quicken in implementations and scalable total costs according to Black engage results.
"92 percent of survey respondents recognize that the ERP of healthcare future is mobile and it's in the cloud with secure networking and analytics built in," said Brown. "The design is that you gain universal ledger, accounts payable, budgeting, forecasting and cash management totality accessible anywhere, whether in the operating room, purchasing, or in administration."
Cerner and Oracle furthermore received the highest client loyalty and retention rankings from currently installed customers.
86 percent of materials management leaders outsourced supply chain functions to medical and surgical supply distributors. 93 percent furthermore state they enact not suffer from any significant supply chain problems such as product delivery issues.
93 percent of materials managers state their organizations suffer from impecunious inventory control technology and processes that typically remain up with overstocking, lofty supply and labor costs and frustrated nursing staff.
According to the 2016 Black engage technology satisfaction survey of nurses, clinical staff spends an indifferent of 34 percent of their time on supply related tasks such as locating products.
72 percent of current ERP users state that their ERP modules in station are too difficult to use. 15 percent believe their current ERP product will be obsolete by 2019.
84 percent of respondents report they currently cannot segment patients based on spending, complexity or resources to adequately expense for 2017 value-based initiatives.
Black Book™, its founders, management and staff enact not own or hold any fiscal interest in any of the ERP vendors covered and encompassed in the surveys it conducts. Black engage reports the results of the collected satisfaction and client tang rankings in publication and to media prior to vendor notification of rating results and does not solicit vendor participation fees, review fees, inclusion or briefing charges, consultation requirements, and/or vendor collaboration as Black engage polls vendors' clients.
Since 2000, Black Book™ has polled the vendor satisfaction across over thirty industries in the software/technology and managed services sectors around the globe including ERP. In 2009, Black engage began polling the client tang of now over 540,000 healthcare software and services users. Black engage expanded its survey prowess and reputation of independent, unbiased crowd-sourced surveying to IT and health records professionals, physician rehearse administrators, nurses, fiscal leaders, executives and hospital information technology managers.
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2019-04-25T14:25:53Z
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http://www.stargeo.it/new/cheatsheet.php?pdf=1Z0-960
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This is a reference for the Cookbook Sigaliser algorithm and its associated Recipes. The Cookbook configuration properties are found in $MOOGSOFT_HOME/config/moolets/cookbook.conf.
name: Name of the Cookbook Sigaliser algorithm. Do not change.
class: Moolet class name. Do not change.
run_on_startup: Determines whether Cookbook runs when Moogsoft AIOps starts. If you enable this property, Cookbook captures all alerts from the moment the system starts, without you having to configure or start it manually.
metric_path_moolet: Determines whether Moogsoft AIOps includes Cookbook in the Moogfarmd calculation for Self Monitoring .
moobot: Specifies which associated Moobot the Cookbook Moolet loads at startup.
process_output_of: Defines the Moolet source of the alerts for Cookbook.
membership_limit: Maximum number of Situations an alert can be part of. This does not impact alerts in merged Situations. Smaller limits result in fewer Situations with many alerts and many Situations with fewer associated alerts. Larger limits result in many Situations with few alerts and a few Situations with many alerts. The optimal value is between 1 and 5.
scale_by_severity: Cookbook treat alerts with a high severity like alerts with a high entropy value. Moogsoft AIOps divides the severity number by the maximum severity (5) to calculate the scale. For example, for an alert with minor severity, the entropy would be 3/5.
entropy_threshold: Minimum entropy value that an alert must have for Cookbook to consider it for clustering into a Situation. Cookbook does not include any alerts with an entropy value below the threshold in Situations. Set to a value between 0.0 and 1.0. The default of 0.0 means Cookbook processes all alerts.
single_recipe_matching: Enable single_recipe_matching for Cookbook to treat Recipes in priority order, based on the order of configuration in cookbook.conf. The first recipe in the list takes highest priority. If an alert appears in a Situation that a recipe with a low priority order creates, it may reappear in a Situation that a Recipe with a higher priority creates.
cluster_match_type: Defines how Cookbook matches clusters. You can select the first_match in order so Cookbook adds alerts to the first cluster over the similarity threshold value. This is the default behavior for Cookbook. Alternatively, select closest_match to add alerts to the cluster with the highest similarity greater than the similarity threshold value. This option may be less efficient because Cookbook needs to compare alerts against each cluster in a Recipe. The Recipe-level match type configuration overrides the Cookbook-level definition.
cook_for: Minimum time period, in seconds, that Cookbook clusters alerts for before the Recipe resets and determines when to start a new cluster. You can set a different cook_for time for a Recipe, and this overrides the Cookbook value. Recipes without cook_for values inherit the value from the Cookbook.
cook_for_extension: Time period, in seconds, that Cookbook can extend clustering alerts for before the Recipe resets and starts a new cluster. Setting this value enables the cook for auto-extension feature for this Cookbook. As Cookbook receives related alerts, it continues to extend the total clustering time until the max_cook_for period is reached. Used in conjunction with the max_cook_for value, the cook_for_extension helps to ensure that Cookbook continues to cluster alerts together that are related to the same failure. The cook_for_extension only applies to new related alerts; it does not apply to existing alerts that are updated with new events.
If Cookbook receives another alert 1 hour and 5 minutes after the Recipe started clustering, because Cookbook received it within the extended time of 1 hour and 10 minutes, Cookbook further extends the total clustering time to 1 hour and 35 minutes. Cookbook continually extends the total clustering time as it receives more related alerts, provided that they are received within the extended time. Cookbook can extend the total clustering time until the max_cook_for time is reached. If Cookbook receives further related alerts after the max_cook_for time of 2 hours has elapsed, the Recipe resets and adds them to a new cluster.
If Cookbook does not receive any further alerts, it stops clustering alerts after the extended time of 1 hour and 10 minutes elapses. If Cookbook then receives another alert after this time has elapsed, the Recipe starts a new cluster.
You can set a different cook_for_extension time for a Recipe, and this overrides the Cookbook value. Recipes without cook_for_extension values inherit the value from the Cookbook.
max_cook_for: Maximum time period, in seconds, that Cookbook can extend clustering alerts for before the Recipe resets and starts a new cluster. It is used in conjunction with the cook_for_extension to help to ensure that Cookbook continues to cluster alerts together that are related to the same failure. This value is ignored unless cook_for_extension is specified. If max_cook_for is not specified, it defaults to three times the cook_for period.
chef: The recipe type: CValueRecipeV2, CValueRecipe or CBotRecipe. The Value Recipes cluster according to the recipe definitions whereas Bot Recipes follow custom clustering logic defined by a Moobot. See Configure a Cookbook Recipe for more details.
name: Name of the Recipe. Use a unique or descriptive name.
recipe_alert_threshold: Maximum number of alerts to cluster before Cookbook creates a Situation. If left as '0', a single alert can generate a new Situation.
exclusion: Filter that determines the alerts to exclude from Situation creation. By default Cookbook excludes all alerts with a severity less than critical. For details on creating a filter, see Filter Search Data.
trigger: Filter that determines the alerts that Cookbook considers for Situation creation. Cookbook ignores alerts that match the exclusion filter.
seed_alert: Filter that determines whether to create a Situation from a seed alert if it meets both trigger and seed_alert filter criteria. Cookbook considers subsequent alerts for clustering if they meet the trigger filter criteria. Alerts that arrived prior to the seed alert that met the trigger filter criteria do not form Situations.
The seed_alert filter is a mechanism to ensure that only specific events create Situations. For example, if you create a seed_alert filter if the description matches 'Switch failure', alerts are eligible for clustering only after a seed alert with the matching description arrives to create a Situation.
Example: 'Description' MATCHES "Switch failure"
rate: Filter that determines the minimum event rate per minute required for Cookbook to create a Situation. Cookbook only calculates the rate after the cluster meets the threshold defined by min_sample_size or max_sample_size.
Type: Integer (Number of events per minute).
cluster_match_type: Defines how Cookbook matches alerts to clusters. The first_match default option adds alerts to the first cluster above the similarity threshold value. The alternative is closest_match to add alerts to the cluster with the highest similarity greater than the similarity threshold value. The latter option might be less efficient because it needs to compare alerts against each cluster in a Recipe.
A Recipe monitoring for network link failures, which have a fast fail rate and many events in a short time, should have a short cook_for time.
A Recipe monitoring for disc or CPU issues, which have a slower fail rate as the issue builds, should have a longer cook_for time.
If you set a different cook_for time for a Recipe, this overrides the Cookbook value. Recipes without cook_for values inherit the value from the Cookbook.
cook_for_extension: Time period, in seconds, that Cookbook can extend clustering alerts for before the Recipe resets and starts a new cluster. Setting this value enables the cook for auto-extension feature for this Recipe. As Cookbook receives related alerts, it continues to extend the total clustering time until the max_cook_for period is reached. Used in conjunction with the max_cook_for value, the cook_for_extension helps to ensure that Cookbook continues to cluster alerts together that are related to the same failure. The cook_for_extension only applies to new related alerts; it does not apply to existing alerts that are updated with new events.
If you set a different cook_for_extension time for a Recipe, this overrides the Cookbook value. Recipes without cook_for_extension values inherit the value from the Cookbook.
max_cook_for: Maximum time period, in seconds, that Cookbook clusters alerts for before the Recipe resets and starts a new cluster. It is used in conjunction with the cook_for_extension to help to ensure that Cookbook continues to cluster alerts together that are related to the same failure. This value is ignored unless cook_for_extension is specified. If max_cook_for is not specified, it defaults to three times the cook_for period.
If you set a different max_cook_for time for a Recipe, this overrides the Cookbook value. Recipes without max_cook_for values inherit the value from the Cookbook.
hop_limit: Maximum number of hops between the alert source nodes in order for the alerts to qualify for clustering. Moogsoft AIOps measures hop limit from the first alert that formed the Situation and always follows the shortest possible route in the network. You can only use hop limit if you have imported your network topology into the system. See Import a Topology for details.
A hop is the jump between two directly connected nodes in a network. For more information on hops, see Vertex Entropy.
components: Values that alerts must match for Cookbook to include them in a Situation. You can provide multiple values such as source, description, service or using custom_info fields.
The Value Recipe V2 uses the shingle_size component to determine the similarity between different strings. See Recipe Types for more details.
You can enable or disable case sensitivity with CValueRecipe V1. You can also configure Cookbook to match each value in the list individually. See CValue Recipe for details.
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2019-04-20T01:05:50Z
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https://docs.moogsoft.com/display/070100/Cookbook+and+Recipe+Reference
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MIG for Cast Iron + Small Welding Table - The Home Machinist!
I saw an interesting video the other day. A guy named Tom Lipton bought a busted-up horizontal boring machine, and it had some broken cast iron parts. He used TIG to put them together. The thing that surprised me was that he didn't have to preheat anything (beyond a slight warm-up) or use welding blankets. He didn't use braze. He used 99% nickel rods.
This surprised me, because I always hear that welding cast iron is nearly impossible, and that you pretty much can't do it on any part where you have to worry about heat traveling to something and melting it.
I have a 2HP motor I bought on Ebay. The Post Office broke a foot off the cast iron base. I can't get anyone to buy it, even at the low price of $50. I considered trying to braze it, but that would mean applying all sorts of heat to the motor casing, and I figured I would destroy something.
I don't have TIG, but I have a 180-amp MIG, and I Googled around and saw that they make MIG wire for cast iron. Also, I've seen that some people weld cast iron using stainless wire.
Here's the question: is there any hope I can get this thing put back together with MIG? I would rather do that than have it sitting here collecting dust. I could use it in a future project, such as a buffer.
Also: I wonder if anyone can give me advice RE a compact welding table. I'm talking really compact, like 12 x 12. Nearly everything I've welded would fit on a small table.
I've had to resort to things like welding on the garage floor or welding on my wooden workbench and trying not to set it on fire. Is there a product out there for small jobs?
I have a 13" South Bend lathe faceplate, and I was thinking I might mount it on a vertical pole. I hate to ruin an unused face plate, but I don't have a lathe that size, and the face plate is just hanging on the wall. I would have to destroy the L00 mounting stuff. I was thinking I could put it on a short post with a gearmotor. and a pedal. I could use a clamping set to hold stuff in place.
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I was seriously impressed when I saw what Top Lipton did. If there is a way to avoid all that crap with the blanket and torch, then it opens up a whole new world to people who have to deal with cast iron.
Well, here's the short answer: There are two ways you can weld cast iron. First, you can heat the entire casting to near 450 degrees, then weld the piece. You have to keep it hot until you're done. Then it needs to cool slowly. Bury it in sand, wrap it with welding blankets, throw it in a good fire and let the fire die slowly and the cast iron cool slowly.
OR, Second, you can prep your part, tack it or clamp it together. Weld about 1 INCH and STOP. Let it cool completely as in cool to the touch throughout the entire casting. THEN weld another 1 INCH and STOP. Preferably spaced away from the first weld. This will reduce the accumulated stress in the cast. Let it cool completely and repeat, and repeat, and repeat. This procedure doesn't allow a massive amount of heat accumulation in the casting and thus there is much less stress in the iron as it cools.
My understanding on filler material. It needs to be stainless or high nickel content. You can weld or you can braze depending on the needed strength. If brazing, brass filler is commonly used. TIG is the preferred method of welding as the focus of the heat is very precise and much more localized.
DISCLAIMER: I can weld, but I'm not a welder and I have done very little TIG work. I have assisted on many cast iron repairs, most of them NOT structural such as the foot on a motor.
BUT, how much do you have to lose? The part is already considered scrap in most cases. If you can repair it and make it work wise for some time, You WIN.
Do some research. Look at the welders on You Tube. Welding Tips and Tricks dot com is a great place to get information, both online and You Tube. ChuckE2009 is a welder but much more down to earth (garage type welder). He has welded cast iron and made it work with regular arc and 7018 rod. NOT PRETTY for sure, but it worked.
Thanks. I did try Welding Tips and Tricks, but so far I haven't gotten much of a response.
I agree with you; I should try stainless wire and see what happens. It's not like I'm welding someone's heart and lung machine, so if the welds pop, I can try something else.
I'm going to warm it to about 100 degrees, tack it, and then do a bunch of very short welds. I guess I'll try peening them, too. It could work!
I understand the whole idea about NOT preheating is to prevent large amounts of heat in the metal. Heat = Metal Expansion. Keeping it cool reduces the amount of expansion and thus the amount of contraction. There is the biggest problem. The cast shrinks at one rate when it cools but the weld material shrinks at a different rate as it cools. The different shrink rates cause massive internal stresses and then the cracks happen.
Thus, try to weld very short spans and let all the heat fade out before the next weld.
Thanks. I've read about the expansion and preheating stuff. The reason I want to try it with only slight heat is that I read some "expert" claiming this was the way to go when you do it in short bursts. Whether he knows anything or not I do not know. I can't heat the part much because of the proximity to the motor windings.
I read a very interesting post today by some guy claiming to know something about metals, and he said non-magnetic stainless wire was the way to go, for reasons I don't recall. I should try to dig his post up again.
If you can, get some wire with some nickel in it. makes a big difference.
Stuff I use is called ni55.
Multiple passes are better than single pass in most all cases.
When you start welding, you will see that all looks different, in comparison to welding steel. Takes a bit of gettin' used to, to see the puddle, and what's going on.
Motor frames, which I have welded, are forgiving, and ones I have welded are quality castings. Cast iron is hadrly created equal.
Most I have done were Reliance, and GE. Not sure with Wee-Bee-Motors...or what you have.
Peening is also good. Needle scalers are excellent for that. Reheating is good between passes.
Cool slow as you can. Floor dry, heated prior in the oven, is what I use most. Peen as it cools, now & then. It'll stress relieve it as it cools.
This motor is a Mitsubishi. It may be Japanese. It doesn't name a country of origin.
What I read about welding warm cast iron was that it was too hot if you couldn't rest your hand on it. I want to try it that way because, well, I don't have much of a choice.
I do have a couple of needle scalers. I wish I had a piece of scrap cast iron to play with.
I considered trying to put studs in it, but it would be like microsurgery.
Mitsubishi is quality stuff, so I would think it would be an easy one.
Cast iron is highly variable in quality, and some can be quite difficult, if not impossible. Has much to do with carbon content.
I've run across some exhaust manifolds that just kept cracking after cooling, with pre-heating, peening and all. Just when you think you got it, you hear a "TINK".
I've always tried to get the temp up to about 400 F. Never heard that 'rest your hand on it ' rule. I have had repairs some crack after welding, which was due to a lack of pre-heat, but not the other way around.
As far as a welding table, find a large faceplate, mount it on a bearing and mount that onto a base. Make some locking mechanism to stop it from rotating.
That will give you a nice, heavy table with lots of clamping slots and the ability to rotate the part while you are working on it.
Adam Booth (Abom79) made one out of a really big faceplate.
I saw his table. I thought it was neat, but I didn't understand why it needed to weigh 400 pounds.
I don't like to cut up my South Bend faceplate, but I suppose I would pay just as much for a different one on Ebay.
I'm thinking I might make a turntable I can mount in my Rockwell Jawhorse. I just have to design it so heat can't travel all the way to the rubber Jawhorse jaws.
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2019-04-24T20:32:24Z
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http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?t=104409&start=12
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Welcome to the Spanish Immersion Program (SI) of Moorhead Area Public Schools. SI offers children an open door to learning a second language and a variety of cultural experiences while developing academic excellence.
The Spanish Immersion program offers children in grades K-6 an opportunity to learn to read, write and speak Spanish. The Spanish Immersion Program is located at Ellen Hopkins Elementary (grades K-4) and Horizon Middle School West Campus (grades 5-6). At both schools, students in the program are immersed or completely engaged in a second language while learning all subject areas, including reading, writing, mathematics, science and social studies. Using the identical elementary curriculum used by the other Moorhead elementary schools, SI teachers instruct in Spanish rather than English.
The Spanish Immersion students may work in multiage classes that are integrated into the full school community. Multiage educational practices are grounded in a philosophy that every child can learn at his or her own pace and that learning is a continuum rather than a series of steps. The multiage classroom creates a nurturing community where students begin to take responsibility for their own education, and it supports the acquisition of language and academic growth.
Besides learning the regular school curriculum, the students will become fluent writers, readers and speakers of Spanish. Students are also exposed to the cultures of Spanish-speaking communities in the United States and around the world. Along with the recognized benefits of being bilingual/biliterate, recent brain research highlights many other advantages to learning a second language at an early age in a program like Moorhead's K-6 immersion program.
Many schools report improved standardized test scores and improved English language skills for immersion students by the time they are in grades 5 and 6.
Read the Spanish Immersion brochure. Find resources for parents and students in the Spanish Immersion Program.
Do students have to live in Moorhead to enroll in the Spanish Immersion Program?
SI is available to students living in Moorhead. After all school district resident students are enrolled, other Minnesota students may open enroll. Students living in North Dakota are only allowed to enroll after Minnesota students have been placed. Students living outside of Minnesota are charged tuition.
When do students enroll in SI?
Parents who wish to enroll their kindergarten-age child in the Spanish Immersion Program should complete kindergarten registration online beginning at 8 a.m. Feb. 6, 2019, at www.moorheadschools.org/enroll. Online pre-enrollment forms are date- and time-stamped when submitted and used to identify the 72 students for the program. If there are more than 72 requests for registration a waiting list is created.
Children with an older sibling in the immersion program are given preference only if their pre-enrollment form is submitted by 6 p.m. March 15, 2019. District residents receive preference before open enrolled students or out-of-state residents.
Parents may choose to enroll their child as a first- or second-grader if there are openings due to attrition. Parents who are interested in enrolling their first- or second-grade child in the Spanish Immersion Program should contact Lynnelle Dirksen, Ellen Hopkins Elementary principal.
Do students have to start SI in kindergarten or can they wait for first grade?
Starting SI as a first-grader is certainly acceptable. Hopkins often has openings for first-graders and a number of students start in first grade. It is a good time to start since children have had a year in school and had an opportunity to further develop their English skills.
Can older students enroll in SI?
Other children enter at an older age if they have some experience with Spanish and a strong background in English. Students transferring from another SI program are welcome to our program. The program is not intended for children who use Spanish as their first language, instead it immerses children in Spanish so they are able to learn the language as a second language.
Are there any prerequisites for children entering SI?
There are no prerequisites to entering the program. We do stress the need for children to have a strong English vocabulary as they begin learning a second language.
Is SI kindergarten an all-day kindergarten?
The SI kindergarten is an all-day program, exactly the same as the regular English kindergarten.
Is the SI Program for children who speak Spanish as their first language?
The program is not intended for children who use Spanish as their first language. Instead, it immerses children in Spanish so they are able to learn the language as a second language.
Why should we consider SI?
SI is an outstanding program that offers children an opportunity to learn and be challenged. Not only do kids learn a second language, but we also find that other skills and brain development are enhanced by the additional stimuli a second language presents. SI students learn mental strategies that enhance their learning in all academic areas.
In today's global economy the knowledge of a second language offers today's students an edge in all aspects of their future aspirations. SI offers students a world view of culture and traditions in an era of political fluctuation and social misunderstanding.
What can we expect to see in our child's academic growth as a result of being in SI?
It is fascinating to watch the language growth in SI from grade K-3. By the time a student is a third-grader, he or she should be able to speak, read and write at a high level in English and Spanish. For example, students are ready for chapter books and able to write in paragraphs in Spanish.
Most immersion students grasp English reading with little formal instruction, as they are already learning reading skills in Spanish. There is a transfer of skills to English and many students are reading at grade level or higher in English by grade 3. Of course, there are the exceptions. A student who struggles in reading in Spanish may struggle to read in English and vice versa. Most immersion students are developing their writing phonetically in Spanish and they tend to begin to write English phonetically as well. Spelling and writing tend to improve in both languages through grades 3-5. By the time the students are exiting SI at the end of grade 6, most write and read as well, or better than, their English-only peers. Spelling may still be difficult until middle school.
As a parent who does not speak Spanish how hard is it for me to help my child with homework?
SI parents who don't speak Spanish (and many parents don't) will find that most things are sent home in both languages in grades K-2. By grade 3 some things may come home for parents in English but you will see more Spanish. Since most third-graders can read and understand directions without a great deal of parental help they do not receive English directions unless the assignment is entirely in English.
Many parents acquire some basic Spanish through the years just by exposure to student homework. Teachers are helpful about providing translations at parents' request. We also recommend a Spanish/English dictionary or using an online translator like www.spanishdict.com.
How can I become involved in the school community if my child is in SI?
Parents are invited to be involved through the Hopkins Parent Teacher Advisory Council (PTAC) and classroom activities. Hopkins Elementary does not have a separate SI parent organization. We are happy to pass along a parent name to potential SI families. These parents will share with others their experiences with the program and how they have become active in their child's school experience.
Do the students follow the program into middle school?
SI was expanded to grade 6 beginning with the 2017-18 school year. Students have opportunities for world language classes during the middle school years, and Community Education frequently offers a Spanish Club class for middle school students. In high school, students have the option of taking Spanish or Chinese classes, and some opt to take Spanish classes at the local universities.
How can we learn more about SI?
Parents who are considering enrolling their children in the district's K-6 Spanish Immersion Program are invited to learn more.
Meetings with Lynnelle Dirksen, Ellen Hopkins Elementary principal, will provide information about immersion education and the program at Hopkins Elementary. Parents will also have the opportunity to talk about their child's specific interests and needs, as well as discuss their questions or concerns.
Parents may also meet with a current immersion parent or visit Hopkins Elementary to observe the Spanish immersion classes. Parents must call the Hopkins office at 218-284-4300 to schedule their meeting or classroom visit.
A video about the program is available by request through the Hopkins office at 218-284-4300.
For more information about the Spanish Immersion Program, contact Lynnelle Dirksen, principal of Ellen Hopkins Elementary School, at 218-284-4300.
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2019-04-22T14:32:51Z
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https://www.moorheadschools.org/About/District-Office/Departments/Learning-and-Accountability/Curriculum/Spanish-Immersion.aspx
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A total of 23 subjects participated, divided into three groups: seven were trained as spinal cord-injured (Tr-SCI) individuals, seven were able-bodied individuals trained as runners (Tr-AB), and nine were untrained able-bodied individuals (UnTr-AB). We measured the cardiovascular autonomic responses in all three groups during each 5-min head-up tilt (HUT) of 0°, 40°, and 80°. Stroke volume (SV), heart rate (HR), and cardiac output (Qc) as cardiovascular responses were measured by impedance cardiography. Changes in deoxyhemoglobin (∆[HHb]) and total hemoglobin (∆[Hbtot]) concentrations of the right medial gastrocnemius muscle were measured using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS).
As the HUT increased from 0° to 80°, Tr-SCI group showed less change in SV at all HUT levels even if HR increased significantly. Mean arterial pressure (MAP) also did not significantly increase as tilting increased from 0° to 80°. Regarding peripheral vascular responses, the alterations of ∆[Hbtot] from 0° to 80° were less in Tr-SCI group compared to AB individuals.
There is a specific mechanism whereby blood pressure is maintained during a HUT in Tr-SCI group with the elicitation of peripheral vasoconstriction and the atrophy of the vascular vessels in paraplegic lower limbs, which would be associated with less change in SV in response to an orthostatic challenge.
A spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to dramatic central and peripheral cardiovascular adaptation. Decreases in cardiac output (Qc) and dimension have been reported in individuals with SCIs [1, 2]. Below the level of SCI lesions, increased peripheral vascular resistance , reduced peripheral capillarization , and decreased conduit artery diameters have also been observed [5–7]. These findings indicate that less blood pooling may occur in paraplegic lower limbs. However, in individuals with a SCI, orthostatic hypotension resulting from an acute or progressive decline in blood pressure (BP) > 10–15 mmHg in an erect position during standing or tilting may result in poor tolerance for standing, thus prolonging the rehabilitation time and worsening the deleterious effects of remaining immobile . The mechanism that underlies maintenance of BP must therefore play an important role in the tilt-induced increase in leg vascular tone in SCI patients corresponding to reduced central circulatory hypokinesis.
By contrast, despite the absence of central sympathetic control of limb vascular adjustment, SCI patients showed remarkable orthostatic tolerance during posture stress and their BP level was maintained during orthostatic challenges by augmented local vasoconstriction, most likely as part of the myogenic response . Theisen et al. also showed a vasoconstriction response during leg dependency in paraplegia, suggesting that a veno-arteriolar axon reflex (VAR) or myogenic activity was present in spinal cord-injured individuals . It is thus still unknown whether the blood pressure of individuals with SCIs can be maintained during an orthostatic challenge (as able-bodied healthy subjects can).
It has been demonstrated that individuals with aerobically fit paraplegia had significantly higher maximal cardiorespiratory fitness compared to individuals with sedentary lifestyle paraplegia . During an incremental arm exercise, individuals with aerobically fit paraplegia developed a 34–44% Qc advantage and had a greater stroke volume (SV) relative to their inactive counterparts . If wheelchair exercise training would induce greater Qc and mitigate reduced central circulatory hypokinesis, the arterial inflow of blood into paraplegic limbs might be augmented. In addition, some degree of resultant blood pooling could occur when the individual is in an upright position. However, it is not known whether trained SCI individuals can maintain their BP level in response to an orthostatic challenge. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a useful tool that can observe alterations in the microvascular blood flow into skeletal muscles when a subject is in a resting state. The present study comprehensively evaluated the interaction of central and peripheral circulation for BP maintenance in trained SCI individuals.
Seven trained SCI male individuals (Tr-SCI 34.1 ± 4.9 years old, body weight [BW] 58.9 ± 3.7 kg, VO2 max 27.3 ± 1.72 ml kg−1 min−1 during arm cranking, lesion level: thoracic vertebrae 6th (Th6) – lumbar vertebrae 1st (Lu1)) underwent a continuous wheelchair-basketball training program (basic skill and game training, approximately 2 h/day, 3 days/week) with an intensity of approximately 80% HR peak . None of the Tr-SCI group took any antihypertensive agents. The thickness of the subcutaneous adipose tissue (ATT) in the medial gastrocnemius muscle region was determined by B-mode ultrasound (model Logiq 400; GE-Yokogawa Medical Systems, Tokyo) with the Tr-SCI group in the sitting position. All individuals had incomplete lesions classified as American Spinal Injury Association [ASIA] class B . The physical characteristics of the Tr-SCI group, the amount of time since they incurred their SCIs, and their time spent practicing basketball are shown in Table 1.
Seven healthy trained able-bodied male individuals (Tr-AB 19.4 ± 0.3 years old, 168.9 ± 1.8 cm, BW 56.6 ± 1.7 kg, VO2 max 60.9 ± 1.61 ml kg−1 min−1 during running) and nine healthy untrained able-bodied male individuals (UnTr-AB; 21.0 ± 0.4 years old, 170.5 ± 1.1 cm, BW 62.8 ± 2.1 kg, VO2 max no measurement) constituted the two other groups tested. The individuals in the Tr-AB group were university level long-distance runners who had run approximately 300 km month−1 each over the prior 10 years. The individuals in the UnTr-AB group were university students who did not engage in any regular sports activity. All Tr-AB and UnTr-AB group had no history of cardiovascular diseases and were healthy as indicated by medical history, physical examination, BP (< 140/90 mmHg), and 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG). The experimental protocol was approved by the ethics committee of the Institutional Review Board of the Prefectural University of Kumamoto. All subjects provided written consent for their participation after they were fully informed about the study. The investigation was performed in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
All three groups of individuals underwent experimental sessions (15 min) using a customized head-up tilt (HUT; Ishinuki steel Co., Kumamoto) table from 0° (supine position), to 40° (tilting position), to 80° (standing position) for 5 min. The body in the Tr-SCI group was fixed on three portions of chest, upper limbs, and lower limbs by three clinical belts with the strong hook-and-loop fastener from both sides of the tilt bed. The Tr-SCI group could stand the foot plate in their shoes. Their shoes produced friction on foot plate to prevent their slip. Tilt gradients were changed slowly to prevent ankle clonus in the Tr-SCI group. During three steps of HUT, we assumed that that energy expenditure in the individuals was almost constant. On each data collection day, individuals reported to the laboratory at least 2 h after their last meal. They were asked to avoid caffeine, alcohol ingestion, and strenuous exercise for 24 h before the test. The temperature and relative humidity of the laboratory were maintained at 25 °C and 50%, respectively.
The central hemodynamic values of SV and Qc were continuously determined by an impedance method [14–16] using a computer-based automated technique with an impedance plethysmograph (AI-601G, Nihon Koden, Tokyo). Four disposable electrodes were placed on the neck and chest. The analog change in impedance (ΔZ) data and the voltage changes in the thorax were detected.
To avoid the effects of respiration and movement on impedance signals, we averaged the ΔZ values over three heartbeats, with the R-wave from the ECG serving as the trigger . The Qc was estimated noninvasively by measuring the changes in electrical impedance (Z0) transthoracically. Changes in transthoracic impedance have an inverse relationship to changes in the volume of fluid in the thorax. The SV was calculated as follows: SV = ρ × (L2/Z02) × ET × (dZ/dtmax), where SV indicates the stroke volume; ρ, the resistivity of the conductor; L2/Z02, the thoracic impedance (Ω), which is inversely proportional to the amount of fluid (ohms) in the thorax; ET, the ejection time; and dZ/dtmax, the maximum deflection (Ω/s) of the dZ/dt waveform during the ET. Trained SCI patients had already the information of blood examination data before this experiment. The mean value of Hct was 38.5 ± 3.43 (SD) %. As the rho was calculated by Geddes and Sadler equation (rho = 53.2e0.022Hct), the averaged values in rho was 124.4 ± 9.4 Ω cm. Otherwise, the value of rho in both AB groups was constant of 135 Ω cm. Both AB groups did not collect blood for analysis of Hct.
The beat-by-beat heart rate (HR) was continuously monitored by ECG (AT-601G; Nihon Kohden, Tokyo), which was conducted using transistor-transistor logic signal intervals synchronized with the R-wave of the ECG by CM5 leads. All data were adopted using a data acquisition system (PowerLab system, A/D Instruments, Castle Hill, NSW, Australia) with an interval resolution of 2 ms (i.e., sampling interval at 500 Hz). A customized software program was used to identify a stable and noise-independent fiducial point on all R-waves for each recording.
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP, DBP) values were measured using a sphygmomanometer (DM-500, Muranaka, Osaka) at heart level on the upper right arm as it rested alongside the subject’s body. The BP was measured twice at 2 min and 4 min at each gradient. The total peripheral resistance (TPR) was calculated when the BP was available. The TPR measure was defined as the mean arterial pressure (MAP) per cardiac output in mmHg L−1 min−1. The MAP was calculated using DBP and SBP, using the formula MAP = DBP + 1/3 (SBP − DBP).
The oxygenation and deoxygenation profiles of the right medial gastrocnemius muscle were recorded during the HUT test using continuous-wave NIRS (BOM-L1 TR, Omega Wave, Tokyo). The system monitored the concentration in oxyhemoglobin (HbO2), deoxyhemoglobin (HHb), and total hemoglobin (Hbtot), which were calculated from the light attenuation change by using the modified Beer-Lambert law . ∆[Hbtot] was the sum of ∆[HHb] and ∆[HbO2]. Pulsed light was emitted at 1-s intervals from the emission probe at four different wavelengths (775, 810, 850, and 910 nm) and was detected, as a function of distance, using a three-segment photodiode detection probe that received NIRS signals at 2 Hz. The distance between the emitter and receiver was 40 mm, and the penetration depth was approx. half of the distance between the emitter and the receiver, i.e., 20 mm. This has been validated in both healthy persons and patients and patients [20, 21].
The NIRS data gathered represented the relative concentration changes in the hemoglobin chromophores and were therefore not representative of absolute tissue O2 values. As ∆[HbO2], ∆[HHb], and ∆[Hbtot] were measured as a change from the resting baseline values, the probe gain was zero set prior to testing with the subject at rest in a supine position (0°).
All data are expressed as mean ± standard error (SE). Two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to determine whether the central and peripheral parameters were significantly different during the three stages (0°, 40°, and 80°) among the three groups (Tr-SCI, Tr-AB, and UnTr-AB). If significant effects of tilt were observed, Fisher’s PLSD test was used to evaluate the differences between two trials (vs. 0 gradient degree in each group/vs. Tr-AB in each stage). A mixed effects analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to separately to compare additional significant main (group and HUT) and interaction (group X HUT) effects of HR and BP to the HUT procedures. A probability (p) value of < 0.05 was regarded as significant.
There were statistically significant differences in age between the Tr-SCI and Tr-AB groups (F(2,20) = 4.28, p < 0.01) and the Tr-SCI and UnTr-AB groups (F(2,20) = 3.58, p < 0.01).
The ATT in the medial gastrocnemius muscle region averaged 8.7 ± 0.8 mm in the Tr-SCI group. Even though the ATT in the two present AB groups could not be measured, our recent ATT data in a different study averaged 3.0 ± 0.8 mm in runners and 3.9 ± 1.2 mm in untrained young subjects (unpubl. observations).
Figure 1 shows the central circulatory responses for HR, SV, and Qc during the HUT tests. Significantly increased HR and inversely decreased SV were proportionally observed in association with increased HUT from 0° to 80° in both AB groups, whereas the Tr-SCI group exhibited no change in SV at any degree of tilt.
In the supine position (0°), the HR in the Tr-SCI group (73 ± 6 bpm) was significantly greater than that in the Tr-AB group (58 ± 3 bpm, F(2,20) = 3.63, p < 0.01), whereas a significantly lower SV at 0° was found in the Tr-SCI group (78 ± 9 mL) in comparison with the Tr-AB group (104 ± 11 mL, F(2,20) = 4.10, p < 0.05) (Fig. 2). The HR in both the Tr-AB and UnTr-AB groups increased significantly with proportionally increased gradients (from 58 ± 3 bpm to 74 ± 3 bpm in Tr-AB; from 64 ± 2 bpm to 91 ± 4 bpm in UnTr-AB, F = 3.89, F(2,20) = 3.63, p < 0.01, respectively) (Table 2). The HR in Tr-SCI group also increased significantly with proportionally increased gradients (from 73 ± 6 bpm to 85 ± 6 bpm, F(2,20) = 4.10, p < 0.01, respectively) (Table 2).
The corresponding SV in both AB groups was significantly decreased at 80° compared to 0° (from 104 ± 11 mL to 71 ± 6 mL in Tr-AB; from 93 ± 6 mL to 62 ± 4 mL in UnTr-AB, F(2,20) = 3.89, F(2,20) = 3.63, p < 0.05, p < 0.01, respectively). On the other hand, the Tr-SCI group had a distinct profile in that the SV did not change significantly, even though the HR increased significantly, as the gradient of the tilt table increased (Table 2). The resultant Qc was not significantly different in any group or at any gradient of the tilt table.
Significantly increased MAP values at 80° in Tr-AB group and significantly increased DBP and MAP values were observed at both 40° and 80° in UnTr-AB group, whereas no significant differences in SBP, DBP, MAP, or TPR changes were observed in the Tr-SCI group as the gradient increased from 0° to 40° and 80° (Table 2). For all three groups at each gradient, there were no significant differences in any SBP variables.
Figure 3 shows the representative peripheral circulatory responses estimated from ∆[HbO2], ∆[HHb], and ∆[Hbtot] in each group during an orthostatic challenge. ∆[HbO2], ∆[HHb], and ∆[Hbtot] in the gastrocnemius muscle increased greatly as the gradient increased from 0° to 40° and 80° in UnTr-AB subjects. Interestingly, there was a significant difference in ∆[HbO2] between Tr-AB and UnTr-AB subjects at 40° (Tr-AB, − 0.01 ± 0.08; UnTr-AB, 0.62 ± 0.21 μmol dL−1, F(2,20) = 3.49, p < 0.05, Fig. 4). However, the average ∆[HbO2] in the Tr-SCI subjects remained stable at all gradients.
In all three groups, there was a common trend in which the ∆[HHb] proportionally increased with the gradients, and a significant difference in ∆[HHb] was observed between 0° and 80° even in the Tr-SCI group (F(2,20) = 3.55, p < 0.01, Fig. 4). In particular, the ∆[HHb] in the Tr-AB group (1.74 ± 0.23 μmol dL−1) increased compared to the Tr-SCI group at 80° (Tr-SCI, 0.45 ± 0.07 μmol dL−1, F(2,20) = 3.49, p < 0.01) and compared to the UnTr-AB group (0.73 ± 0.08 μmol dL−1, F(2,20) = 3.49, p < 0.05).
∆[Hbtot], which was the sum of ∆[HHb] and ∆[HbO2], was mostly reflected in the alterations in ∆[HHb] and was significantly increased as the tilt gradient increased (Fig. 4). At 80° HUT, the ∆[Hbtot] in the Tr-AB group (1.53 ± 0.16 μmol dL−1) was shown to be significantly greater than those in the UnTr-AB and Tr-SCI groups (1.05 ± 0.25, 0.52 ± 0.22, μmol dL−1, F(2,20) = 3.40, p < 0.05, p < 0.01, respectively). Compared to the UnTr-AB group, significantly smaller ∆[Hbtot] values were observed in Tr-SCI group (F(2,20) = 3.49, p < 0.05). Thus, the status of the change (AB vs. SCI) could be reflected by ∆[HHb] and ∆[HbO2] responses to orthostatic stress associated with central circulation.
The present study examined the differential changes in central and peripheral circulatory responses to an orthostatic challenge in the Tr-SCI group in comparison with the Tr-AB and UnTr-AB groups at different tilt gradients (0°, 40°, and 80°). Regarding the peripheral circulation corresponding to the central circulation, small alterations of ∆[HHb] and ∆[Hbtot] from 0° to 40° to 80° were shown by the Tr-SCI group. Significantly greater increases of ∆[HHb] and ∆[Hbtot] occurred in the Tr-AB group (p < 0.05), corresponding to significantly decreased SV and increased HR in both AB groups. Therefore, trained individuals with spinal cord injuries (Tr-SCI) are capable of maintaining their MAP even in response to an orthostatic challenge, and the mechanism underlying this maintenance of MAP may be similar to or the same as that by which peripheral vasoconstriction and less blood pooling are elicited in paraplegic limbs.
In Tr-SCI group, the HR in a supine position was significantly higher than that in the two AB groups. It was reported previously that paraplegics had a higher HR in a supine position compared to able-bodied controls . In another study, SCI individuals exhibited significantly higher resting values of plasma renin and catecholamines (particularly epinephrine) than able-bodied individuals . Among higher HR responders in able-bodied individuals, the plasma norepinephrine responses were all greater than those exhibited by individuals with lower HR responses . We therefore speculate that in the present Tr-SCI group, the cardiovascular effects of chronically elevated vasoactive hormones might play a very significant role in setting the mean HR (Fig. 2).
In both AB groups of the present study, significantly increased HR and inversely decreased SV were proportionally observed in association with increased HUT from 0° to 80°, whereas the Tr-SCI group exhibited less change in SV at all degrees of tilt. The resultant Qc showed no significant differences among any of the groups or gradient degrees. In addition, it has been suggested that in the Tr-SCI group, the venous return blood volume remained constant with less blood pooling under orthostatic stress. Sympathetic neurogenic vasoconstriction is quantitatively important in terms of successful responses to orthostasis . Aslan et al. indicated that an SCI results in decreased stimulation of arterial baroreceptors and less engagement of feedback control .
However, in the present investigation, the Tr-SCI group was able to maintain their MAP during HUT tests even though their responses showed no significant changes, whereas in the AB groups, the MAP and DBP were significantly increased at increased gradient degrees. This suggests that the baroreflex sensitivity in the Tr-SCI group might not be activated because less venous blood pools from the limbs to the thoracic region . Tr-SCI group was characterized by slightly but significantly increased ∆[HHb], even though the HR and the BP responses were not greatly altered. This might be due to the maintenance of residual sympathetically mediated vasoconstriction for paraplegic individuals with lesions below the Th6 level of the incomplete spinal cord.
At an 80° tilt, the ∆[HHb] in the Tr-AB group was increased approximately threefold compared to the Tr-SCI and compared to the UnTr-AB groups; the ∆[Hbtot] was mostly reflected in the alterations in ∆[HHb]. In previous studies involving SCI individuals, the central blood volume was found to be decreased by approximately 20% compared to healthy subjects at supine rest because there is less blood pooling volume and/or fewer blood vessels in the lower limb muscles . The former possibility would result from the increasing leg vascular resistance in individuals with an SCI during HUT in order to maintain the mean arterial pressure . The latter possibility would result from the gastrocnemius circulation volume per se being reduced due to the atrophy of the vascular vessels .
The vascular atrophy of the peripheral vascular bed was confirmed by some studies that observed a smaller femoral artery (FA) or reduced capillary supply in SCI individuals compared to able-bodied subjects [3, 7]. Consistent with the reduced FA diameter, the FA blood flow in SCI individuals (from 220 to 150 mL min−1) during HUT also appeared to be reduced when compared with values reported in able-bodied individuals (from 350 to 230 mL min−1) . Indeed, the increase in leg vascular resistance during HUT not only in SCI individuals but also in healthy controls was unaffected during an intra-arterial infusion of phentolamine (an adrenergic antagonist), irrespective of whether the sympathetic baroreflex was intact .
The Tr-SCI group was characterized by slightly but significantly increased ∆[HHb] at 80° HUT compared to 0°, demonstrating that even the trained SCI individuals also exhibited venous distensibility and venous capacity in the lower limbs . In addition, differences in ∆[Hbtot] and ∆[HHb] between our Tr-AB and UnTr-AB individuals might be due to the increased number of vessels resulting from the Tr-AB subjects’ endurance exercise training. This is thought to be caused by the volume of blood pooling having increased much more in the Tr-AB group than in UnTr-AB group because endurance exercise training imparts a powerful stimulus for vascular remodeling .
In general, the 20- and 30-year-old subjects would be defined as young individuals. The age difference between the trained SCI and two AB groups is not very important, because the metabolism in working muscles would be similar in potential between a 30-year-old and a 20-year-old .
The continuous-wave (CW)-NIRS we used in the present study assesses relative rather than absolute [HbO2], [HHb], and [Hbtot] values, which may have obscured the underlying response(s). The ATT in the medial gastrocnemius muscle region averaged 8.7 ± 0.8 mm in the Tr-SCI group, which might influence the optic strength of each wavelength in the Tr-SCI group. Thus, there may be a possibility that we underestimated the optical coefficients in the cases of > 5 mm ATT . The ATT in young subjects were mostly < 5 mm, as observed in our other study , even though the ATT in the two present AB groups could not be measured.
By contrast, Binzoni et al. reported that the deoxygenation [HHb] of CW-NIRS did not vary as a function of the fat layer, whereas the oxygenation [HbO2] was definitely higher in muscle than in fat, as shown by the lower ATT data . In the present study, as the larger alterations in ∆[HHb] and ∆[Hbtot] were observed during HUT, the clinical implications for CW-NIRS might have been less influenced.
Since we did not measure EMG in paralyzed limbs as muscle spasms were often assessed in previous studies , thus, we could not quantify muscle activity (e.g., spasm). This is one of the technical limitations in the present study; however, we carefully observed and did not find any symptoms of muscle spasm in all patients. Despite this, future studied should be warranted.
In a supine posture, the Tr-SCI group had significantly higher HR and lower SV values compared to the two AB groups. During subsequent HUT tests, Tr-SCI group exhibited less decreased SV and small alterations of ∆[HHb] and ∆[Hbtot] compared to those in both AB groups. MAP also did not significantly increase as the tilting increased from 0° to 80°. These results suggest that there is less blood pooling due to peripheral vasoconstriction and fewer blood vessels in paraplegic lower limbs of exercise-trained SCI individuals. These results are associated with less change in SV in response to an orthostatic challenge.
We would like to thank the expert technical assistance by the academic staffs (M Iwamizu, C Murakami, M Arima).
This study was supported in part by Kumamoto Frontier Science Promotion (to YF), Sasagawa Heath Science Grant (to MYE), and Grants-in-Aid for Science Research from the Ministry of Education and Science of Japan (22370091 to YF).
MI conceived and designed the study. MYE and MI managed the data collection. MYE analyzed the data with MY. YF and TH contributed to the physiological and clinical interpretations in the present study. MI and YF drafted the initial manuscript with important intellectual contributions from all co-authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The experimental protocol was approved by the ethics committee of the Institutional Review Board of the Prefectural University of Kumamoto. All subjects provided written consent for their participation after they were fully informed about the study. The investigation was performed in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
We fully understand and agree to all the terms and conditions stated here by you. Thank you for your consideration of my submitted paper.
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2019-04-23T22:49:31Z
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https://jphysiolanthropol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40101-018-0182-x
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Tilly Sproule is Australia’s top female barista and is using her position on the dais to not only connect coffee drinkers with the origins of their favourite brew, but also to encourage more barista sistas to join her on the national stage, where they can really let off some steam.
Tilly Sproule talks about coffee with an effervescence I’ve never experienced before. I love coffee, and consider myself quite an aficionado, but Tilly takes it to a whole other level. As we chat, her eyes beam and her smile widens; she’s truly found her passion (or is she just really caffeinated?).
Tilly’s coffee adventure started 10 years ago when she was a full time uni student in Brisbane, studying urban and regional town planning at UQ and working at a coffee franchise in the city.
“I fell in love with the fact I was somewhat responsible for changing someone’s day and I really loved that customer service side of things, more than the coffee at the time,” she says.
Having been promoted, Tilly deferred her degree after two-and-a-half years to pursue her caffeinated career, and she’s never looked back; in fact, she’s helped drive the coffee culture forward over the past decade, making the transition from commercial into specialty coffee, joining Tim Adams Specialty Coffee five years ago.
“Now being in specialty coffee, it’s about the whole education process; from the producer at origin all the way up to the customer. When I started in coffee, that connection was not there but now we’re seeing it more and more,” she says.
“One of the coolest parts of the coffee industry is it’s so progressive, there is always change, new techniques, or new coffees to taste and it is an industry that is never going to stop learning. We’re never going to get to a point where we’ve found the best way to brew coffee, the right way to taste it, the right way to extract it, we’re sourcing the best – end of story.
One of the cultivators of this progression in the industry is the Australian Barista Championship, where revolutionary techniques are applied and new equipment is invented, including the ONA Coffee Distributor (OCD), a prototype of 2015 World Barista Champion, Sasa Sestic, which is now used by everyday baristas worldwide.
In September last year, Tilly won the Queensland Barista Championship and competed in the nationals in March. The competition is not what you could ever imagine, it’s more than knowing how to make a mean cuppa, it’s about innovation in all areas of coffee, from partnering with the producers at origin right through to pushing the boundaries with the invention of three drinks (an espresso, milk-based and signature beverage), performed in a perfectly-timed presentation.
“The competition is at a level we’ve never been at before, it’s phenomenal the lengths baristas are going to,” she says, explaining the theme for her presentation this year was ‘connection’, a word encapsulating the very essence of why she’s devoted her life to coffee.
The coffee Tilly used for her espresso course was from producer, Jamison Savage from Panama, whose coffee has been widely used by competitors all over the world.
“We used an experimental lot, which had increased the clarity and sweetness of the coffee like you wouldn’t believe. It was so delicate with flavours of apricot and candied styles of oranges, it was so floral and stunning, so elegant, it was beautiful,” she says.
Jamison’s coffee was processed using washed carbonic maceration, which Tilly says is quite common in wine production, but unique to coffee.
“It’s a way of sealing coffee inside stainless containers. You charge it with carbon dioxide to remove oxygen, which means the fermentation of the coffee really slows down and you can control the rate and the temperature, and you get a sparkling type of acidity. It’s controlling variables, we do it as baristas at a machine level but now it’s happening at origin.
“Then we got this amazing coffee for our milk-based. This carbonic maceration process is now happening in Ethiopia. It’s very rare, there was only 12kgs of this coffee made and we bought 8kgs of it – the coffee tasted like Turkish delight.
At the Australian championship, Tilly broke new ground with her signature drink, charging the espresso with argon gas.
“Argon is used more commonly to preserve qualities in wine, if you open a bottle of wine and you pour a glass and cap it and store it, because of oxidisation you get tannins and sediment starts to form and it gets a little fermenty as you keep opening and closing the bottle, because of the exposure to oxygen,” she says.
“It got us thinking about espresso, when you brew a shot, you have crema that sits on top of the espresso and as the crema starts to oxidise and aerate, it breaks down slowly and the temperature starts to change.
“With this coffee we’re brewing, it has exceptional flavours to a certain point until they become good, so where is that point in time that oxygen affects the coffee enough to start impacting the flavour? Because as temperature drops, acidity increases and you lose the texture of the coffee.
“Argon is odourless and flavourless, so it doesn’t affect the coffee but it’s heavier than air so it settles on top of the coffee and stops any effects of oxidisation; it seals it. In wine, you charge the bottle with argon and put the cap on and it preserves the qualities, so we’ve done the same thing for the espresso.
Just as coffee is seasonal, so too is milk depending on how much rain we’ve had, and Tilly works closely with Maleny Dairies for all of her competitions to find a milk that will best complement the coffee and has the highest percentage of butter fat.
All of Tilly and her team’s preparation paid off, with her coming in fifth place and the only female in the final – making her Australia’s top female barista.
“Fifth in Australia is pinch yourself, but being the top female I still can’t believe it,” she says.
“We’re seeing more females compete now, which is really amazing and I feel so blessed if I have played a role in that. There are a lot of female baristas, but at this next level it’s interesting how male-dominated it is; it’s something that’s relevant with the industry at the moment, but on the same token, I wouldn’t be where I am without my two male bosses and mentors, Tim Adams and James Pedrazzini.
“I’m all for equality, but to empower women in coffee has been really powerful, to encourage everyone that there is more to coffee than pushing a button, texturing a jug of milk and making someone’s day.
“There are a lot of women behind the scenes, from baristas to our coffee producers who are doing great things, but it is interesting that they’re not on the pedestals; the CEOs of big coffee companies and roasters are males. I really believe we have a touch that the males don’t have, we have something a little bit more personable, more gentle and graceful about what we do and we all do it for different reasons.
For someone with such a profound knowledge and appreciation for coffee, I’m keen to know – How do you take your coffee?
“Nothing beats that indulgent standard flat white, a single shot. It’s a harmonious balance between espresso and milk and it’s so comforting and dessert-like; beautifully textured milk and amazing espresso extraction, that cup is a treat,” she says.
Why does specialty coffee have different flavour profiles; like blueberries, apricots and jasmine?
There are hundreds of different varietals of coffee. With wine you have shiraz, merlot and pinot noir, these are all types of grapes, so coffee has its own variety, there’s bourbon, caturra, geisha and the flavour is going to stem from what variety of cherry it is. Then there is the soil condition, climate, altitude, and how ripe the cherry was at picking. Then how is the fruit removed from the seed? The processing of the coffee impacts the flavour and draws out different qualities depending on whether it’s a natural process (the whole cherry is dried in the sun and absorbs all the sugars) or washed (coffee is pulped, fermented and cleaned quite vigorously), then you also have to roast the coffee and develop those qualities and take it to a certain degree where all of that hard work from the farm is exposed in the espresso. Then it comes down to the barista; we need to follow a recipe to ensure we get the best result in the cup doing justice by the pickers, producers, farmers, roasters and everyone in between, to serve coffee at its full potential for our customers to enjoy.
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2019-04-21T19:07:23Z
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http://profilemag.com.au/bean-queen/
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News is scarce these days for the public. The truth is hardly even out there anymore. The algorithms put in place to filter what you are allowed to see are making it very difficult to find facts.
This is wartime and we actually are existing in the fog of war. Only obscure, anonymous venues where obscure anonymous people join to dig relentlessly for the truth are keeping it provided to the people who want to brave those strange frontiers. Everywhere else is heavily censored or so riddled with enemy disinfo that very few questions can really get an answer. This includes the "alternative media".
For this reason, i'm writing this. What is happening right now is, hands down, the most historic and supernatural series of events to happen in many lifetimes. Biblical in proportions. This is a report of the facts brought to you by The People. The world needs to know. Most importantly, Americans need to know.
The MSM clowns have informed the public that a caravan of poor, disenfranchised families from Honduras and other central American countries are walking their way to the US border to attain the American dream.
We're supposed to have our emotions triggered and sympathise with the imagery of women and children plodding along, escaping the horrors of the countries they left and we're supposed to be outraged at the President's adamant refusal to allow any of these people in. "but the poor kids"
The "migrants" who numbered around 5000 or so originally are now being joined by successive waves of thousands from Mexico. The final count may numberin the 100's of thousands. They are charging toward the US are not families fleeing their horrible countries. They are criminals paid by members of the global Cabal to Invade US soil. The children you see with them are the product they're bringing with them to be sold to suppliers of the ruling controllers' most desperate need. They're addicts. Imagine them as heroine addicts who have had their cartels cut off from them. These kids are meant to be harvested like livestock and literally consumed.
Also in this hoard are the patsies of a demonic entity called Mara. They're better known as a "gang" and dubbed MS13, Mara Salvatrucha - 13. They are a death cult , not a gang. They very much believe in the rite of human sacrifice and inflicting the most horrific deaths imaginable on their victims. While the world is watching the "plight" of the poor immigrants some of us are aware that this is an invading army - the last defense of the dying establishment but one we should take seriously. The PTB intend to unleash hell on the US.
The approaching army was sent for multiple purposes all of which come together to form a scenario intended to crush everything and everyone standing for what's good.
Violence and chaos - The MS13 Cretans are intended purely to terrorise the public and spread panic. The People are the Cabal's worst nightmare right now and this is how they would like to put us all in our place.
Supply chains - As mentioned before -human trafficking. Supply chains for human product are rapidly being closed worldwide. This is a desperate attempt to bring the most highly valued commodity back as well as more commonly known drugs that were central to funding the Cabal's interests.
Vote manipulation - Are we about to have midterm elections? No, actually we're about to have the 2016 presidential election 2.0. Most of us longtime woke people know one thing about elections - they're bogus.BUT - not now. The methods by which the system was rigged to return a sure result have been over-ridden. The election is SAFE. In other words, it's fair. Every vote will actually be counted.
Why does this matter? Another foregone conclusion we cynical types have to think deeper on: The parties don't matter. Republican/Democrat - it's all the same. True,BUT - Those that are fighting the Cabal have to work within the system in place - two parties. Even though the R party itself may have been corrupt, think in terms of conservative vs liberal ideology. Citizens who consider themselves conservative tend to be Christians. They stand for traditional family values, oppose a "nanny" state and globalism and support founding rights such as the right to bear arms.
Regardless of what the party leadership does, conservative values are still held by people who identify as conservative. Liberal people stand for nations without borders (globalism), normalisation of abnormal behaviours, censoring of "hate speech" and other "offensive" expressions and tend to support openly what the Cabal perpetrates covertly on the other side (all under the guise of a more tolerant, peace loving culture).
Working within a two party system, you would expect those that hold values that align with ours to choose what the public views as the conservative branch to work out their plan and that's exactly what's being done.
The midterm elections are the showdown. If Republicans sweep the Senate, POTUS has the win. Don't be confused by the individuals who are running. Some have integrity, others could maybe use a little more. It's less about people than seats. The senate must be under conservative control for the measures to be completed that secure the defeat of the deep state - because on the other side are demons. No jokes here.
Who is running for the Democrats in the midterms? CIA operatives. The cesspool that is Langley has all but been dismantled but the operatives who have nothing they can accomplish through most of their traditional means are now running for office in order to stamp out the Storm that is destroying the multi-generational work of their Luciferian masters. This election comes down to life or death consequences for all involved, including the people of the nation. If the CIA controls the senate there is a real possibility that this inevitably descends into open civil war.
Most of the public may not even know a war is taking place but this is a do or die situation. Either the cabal goes down or we do. The migrants coming toward the border are going to be voting in the midterms if the establishment has their way.
Divide the populace - Because so much of the public is successfully manipulated to be divided and races/ethnicities have been artificially pitted against one another, it isn't hard for "them" to use that foundation now to get people's emotions involved and fighting amongst themselves about political leanings and sympathy for the migrants vs the view that says borders should be secured. If all understood the truth - that this is an INVASION, not a migration of needy foreigners, the answer would be pretty clear but much of the public is easily persuaded that it's a cold-hearted move to block them from entering the country.
The Storm is made of spiritual warriors. We know this is a battle of good against evil. We know that we are those standing up in the Name of the Creator against the full might of Satan's power in the world. Q's intel has directly confirmed what we understood before there was a Q. The only power we're relying on is faith. We are serious about praying. Millions of the obscure and anonymous kneel down and pray like their life, their families lives, their country and most likely the whole world depend on it. We pray for the protection of those leading, for the enemy's victims, for justice and for victory. This is the only reason we never talk about "if" we win. We talk about WINNING.
The migrants'war-cry is "Nothing will stop us. Only God". Good call. Heaven answers?
Mexico committed to stopping the invaders at their border. It would seem this has failed or more likely was an agreement to fail made with the Cabal. Their numbers are growing and still heading north. POTUS has declared a national emergency and is prepared to send the military to the border.
Watch carefully what will happen in the days prior to midterms. This is genuinely monumental and deadly serious times, folks. This is not a game.
Do not let "the poor kids" blind you. Look deeper in some of these pictures that are being shown by the media. Many look fit, have cell phones (even smart phones), look clean. I see a lot of nice clothing, good shoes.
Many are men, with tattoos even.
Do Not be swept away by what is being called the Blue Tsunami.
Exactly. Not to mention there's no humanly possible way that these people could hoof it 1000 plus miles. Great news, though - Guatemalan authorities have rescued kids that were being taken to be sold! WINNING!!
You Bet its different than any election.
Creepy Joe! This guy is buying stock in depends. It just so happens that old Joe has chosen to be such an idiot that he's openly groped all over little girls on camera numerous times in his career. Now this brain damaged jerkface is losing his crap, knowing full well he is so much toast.
A battle for America's soul, indeed.
"Now this brain damaged jerkface is losing his crap, knowing full well he is so much toast."
All staged as planned 30 or more years ago.
The Old World Order is programmed to burn itself to death and "Out of Chaos Comes Order"; the NWO.
Exactly as pictured on the front cover of the Economist magazine #issue Jan 1988. They even painted a badge labeled 2018 on the rising Phoenix pictured on the Economist magazine.
Creepy Joe is possessed by a negative entity. If his meat-suit is hung from a lamp-post it will make no difference to the demon as the possessed mortal has completed his task for haSatan. The demon will simply possess another sinner similar to the pigs that ran off the cliff when they faced Yahushua.
Specifically shows a prediction of a Global currency. The NWO, of course is a globalist agenda. This prediction is actually polar opposite of what's taking place which is a Nationalist revolution. A complete and total 180 from the global agenda of a NWO. In case anyone was still confused, DJT announced himself officially and publicly a Nationalist (which of course we already knew), just last week.
A global currency is not forthcoming, nor is a global government. Not on our watch, anyway. What can i say? The devil has plans. He always has plans, and predictions and charts and graphs and pictures. We're gonna mess them up.
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector apprehended violent criminals and gang members traveling with Central American migrants. Some of those include members of the most violent gangs in the U.S. and sexual predators against children.
Yahushua has a perfect plan - right. He trains everyone via dreams / visions; correct ?
So, let us say that you are correct and the NWO has been put on hold for at least another 4 year US Presidency.
So why would YHWH have trained many who are willing to accept the burden of faith in His Word, when nothing is set to happen for at least another 4 years ?
i speculate (from my visions) that many 40 Year Trials are coming to a close right now. In other words, mortals, world wide, are now spiritually trained and ready to battle the daemons that reside in this realm.
So why would YHWH hold back when His followers are ready for the final battle that He trained them for in the first place ?
Crumbs mate, bring it on. Many of us are already standing in the Lake up to our left foot, sinistrous side, Achilles Heal in the Lake. Hence, we know how fatal a teeny weeny sin can easily send our right foot into that Lake. i hold a Bible on my knee whilst standing with my right foot on one of the few hematite sandy islands in the Lake. i just wish a seraph could verify this vision of the Lake that shows why the only sounds that are heard in the Lake is the wind and the flames, even though every sinner is screaming cries of agony that are quite indescribable.
"He trains everyone via dreams / visions; correct ?" Not universally correct. Not everyone is given dreams and visions- this is a pretty specific gift but He uses countless ways and means to teach His people - sometimes it's just through life's experiences.
"why would YHWH have trained many who are willing to accept the burden of faith in His Word, when nothing is set to happen for at least another 4 years ?"
Well firstly, 4 or 5 years is nothing, even in the average human lifetime. If these things happen directly after Trump's terms it will be here before you know it.
BUT - believers all through history, most of which will not physically live in the end days have all been training for and fighting the great war that's reaching a peak now. We are all placed in the time we belong. If we're here to see this right now then, believe me, this is where YHWH planned for you to be right now. "Born for a time such as this."
Founder Cyprium created this Ning Network.
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2019-04-23T16:39:46Z
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http://timenolonger.ning.com/forum/topics/enemy-at-the-gate?commentId=5124148%3AComment%3A55305&xg_source=activity
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Watch the World Cup in Vancouver as South Africa hosts the 2010 FIFA World Cup in just a few days. The car flags are already waving and it will have the jubilation and national pride of the Olympics all day and night, throughout the region. Our multicultural melting pot of a city will come alive with men, women, and children sporting the colours of many countries on t-shirts, cars and everything in between.
Here’s how you can catch all of the action in Metro Vancouver either on television or in-person.
As the official broadcast home of the World Cup in Canada, the CBC will have extensive coverage including commentary from Vancouver’s own Bob Lenarduzzi. You will even be able to watch matches live online.
Cinema Public House and Library Square Public House open at 7:00am, showing games at 7:00am, 9:0 am, 11:30am, 5:00pm, 7:00pm and 9:00 pm. The Calling Public House, The Lamplighter and The Academic open at 11:00 am, showing games at 11:30 am, 5:00 pm, 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm. This schedule will be in place until July 11, 2010.
Probably one of Vancouver’s newest sports bars, Red Card will be showing most World Cup matches as their screens will be locked on the CBC as of June 11th when the open up for business at 7:00am.
Although not listed on their website, there are some ClubZone listings for World Cup games at Players Chophouse.
Open daily at 11:00am for World Cup broadcasts.
Nations converge on this one legendary road where you can choose from dining anywhere from a Nepalese restaurant to a Portuguese cafe. During the run of the World Cup there will also be the Car Free Day street festival as well as Italian Week.
Nyala African Cuisine (4148 Main Street) will be open daily at 6:30am serving an African style breakfast and lunch serving mostly south African and north African food. They will show all games on a 10-foot screen with HD projector.
Located just off Commercial Drive this one-room movie house usually shows World Cup games on their big screen with dozens of flags waving overhead.
On Seymour at Davie the Vancouver International Film Centre will open up its theatre for digital broadcasts of several World Cup games. Big comfy seats and full theatre amenities will make this one comfy place to check out the action.
Boasting Vancouver’s largest HD screen the Alpen Club will be showing every World Cup game.
Located on Main Street, the Cascade Room is planning full World Cup coverage. A schedule is available on their website.
Lulu’s Lounge will be showing the matches from 7:00am – 2:00pm every day. People can also enter to win a World Cup Jersey of their choice and a VIP River Rock Package.
As a side note, we discovered a cool television special on National Geographic last night called Build up to the Cup. From commuter rail systems to new stadiums, it’s fascinating to see how South Africa has been built up for this monumental occasion. Check local listings to see when it will air again if you’re interested.
Back to events, I’m sure there are many more taking place throughout Metro Vancouver during the World Cup so if you have anything to add, please feel free to leave a note in the comments and I’ll put it to the list.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa will run June 11 – July 11, 2010.
Update There will be a finale watching party / fundraiser at Ceilis on the 11th.
Update Ariane C guest posted about where to watch the World Cup final this weekend.
Most of the places on Commercial fill up quick – particularly on weekends. Come early – be prepared to stand!
Others: Rio Theatre, Vancity Theatre, Portuguese Senior’s Foundation (Burnaby – showing mostly just the Portugal games), La Fontana (Hastings – showing most of the games).
Cafe Barcelona will show the games.
Giant screen and good beer!
Thanks for this! Will be most helpful when World Cup fever hits!
Roma Cafe on Commercial has been a tradition for us for years! It’s always the center of action when it comes to Italians and Soccer!
In downtown, you can go to Eh! Restaurant, on 2nd floor 1050 Alberni st.
They will be showing all the games too.
Don’t forget Cascade Room on 10th and Main! Best drinks!
Thanks so much for this! Hubby is Dutch and was really bummed that most of their games start at 4 a.m. , and we couldn’t find a good list anywhere.
Does anyone know of any places that will be showing the 4 a.m. games?
Can’t wait for the World Cup to kick off. Thanks for the list Rebecca!
Thanks for the tip on the Vancity theatre showing games, I hadn’t heard anything about that but I’ll definitely be checking out England-USA on Saturday. Much appreciated.
Speakeasy on Davie (1239 Davie at Bute) will be showing most of the games, with sound. 15 high Definition TV’s including 92″ Screen – every seat is a good one. Lots of big booths for big groups too.
Speakeasy was packed during the Olympics, featured on News 1130.
Abruzzo on Commercial is the best. Great atmosphere. Wonderful coffee.
The Forum Sports Bar on Granville, which is jam packed with TV’s covering almost every inch of it will be opening at 6:30am daily throughout the World Cup as well.
Can’t wait for that team spirit & energy to return to this great city of ours!
Nyala Restaurant at 4148 Main St. (Main and King Edward) will be showing all the games on a 10 foot HD projector screen. Doors open at 6:30am, breakfast will be served. Hope to see you there!
Thanks so much for the info! I can’t wait to watch all the games and cheer for Mexico tomorrow!
Any place in Downtown showing 4:30am games live??
Hi dudes, my shaw won’t be activated til sunday, where in Burnaby can I watch the games?
Smileys Public House @ 911 W.Pender (Pender and Hornby beside the Days Inn) is showing World Cup Games also. It opens @ 9am to replay the earlier games and gets packed for the live 11:30am games. The atmosphere is great and lots of great TV’s for viewing. They PVR all the games, so ask the bartender and he’ll put a game you missed on the screen of your choice.(pending availability that is) Cheers!
What better way to celebrate World Cup 2010 in Vancouver than with a Vuvuzela… the sound of African soccer!
If you’re watching World Cup 2010, you’ve heard them in the crowd. They sound like a buzzing of bees or a heard of elephants!!
Many sports fans know this instrument brings lively atmosphere to the stadium or field, and it is has become part of South African football culture and a way of showing loyalty and dedication to your soccer team. Just as fans in other countries beat up drums, blow trumpets and sing, South African soccer fans blow the Vuvuzelas.
They’re in high demand and hard to find.
Woohoo!!! Cheer on your favourite team!!
Hi, I’m just wondering if anyone knows where I can purchase a Honduras World Cup Jersey? I can’t seem to find one anywhere!
anyone know of any free places to watch the matches during the weekdays? i usually brown bag for lunch and just looking for a place munch and watch.
Anyone know of a restaurant/cafe to watch the world cup near broadway and oak area of vancouver?
does anyone know where is the best place to watch Argentina next game with Argentinian fans ?????
Did anybody happen to see Arlen Robben in the match with Netherlands against. Slovakia? Magnificent!
any other options or is that a good one?
dutch fans united in Vancouver…..where?
Where are all the Dutch footy fans Tuesday?
Dutch Fans are going to Stellas on Cambie and on Commercial for the game on Tuesday.
Anyone who can help me find out where all the dutch fans watch footy Tuesday?
so what is the best place for dutchies to watch on tuesday? is it Stella, is it Cafe Roma or what? let me know!
Holland-Uruguay will be watched in Coast Restaurant (O Lounge) on 1054 Alberni street. Please keep you’re eye out on the following sites: http://www.oranjeinvancouver.com and http://www.dutchnetwork.ca.
Holland-Uruguay word massaal bekeken in Coast Restaurant (O Lounge) op 1054 Alberni. Volg de volgende websites voor een eventuele finale: http://www.oranjeinvancouver.com en http://www.dutchnetwork.ca.
Cheer, cheers and DANCE at Ceilis while watching the world cup finale! $10 cover and all procedes go to the BC Cancer foundation.
Holland-Spain will be watched in Society in Yaletown on 1257 Hamilton street (Between Davie & Drake). This is according to Oranjeinvancouver.com and Dutchnetwork.ca. Game starts at 11.30am and bar will open at 10.45am. People who visited the Semi-final in Coast: Society is quite a bit bigger…. A special Dutch menu will be served: Bitterballen, Sate, Patatje met, etc…..
Holland-Spanje word massaal bekeken in Society in Yaletown op 1257 Hamilton street (Tussen Davie & Drake). Dit is bevestigd door volgende websites: Oranjeinvancouver.com en Dutchnetwork.ca. Wedstrijd begint om half 11 en kroeg gaat om kwart voor 11 open. Voor bezoekers van de halve finale in Coast. Society is een stuk groter… Er zal een special Oranje menuutje zijn: Bitterballen, Sate, Patatje met, etc….
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2019-04-21T12:15:44Z
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https://miss604.com/2010/06/watch-the-world-cup-in-vancouver.html
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Happy Memorial Day everyone! We hope that you were able to spend time with friends and family this weekend, but most importantly honor those who have given their lives in service to our country. Years ago we had the pleasure to visit the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. It was an extremely moving experience and we have never forgotten the quote by Abraham Lincoln inscribed on the wall.
“The solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom” – quotation from Abraham Lincoln’s Letter to Mrs. Bixby.
This week we are sharing an All-American fan favorite with you — Seagram’s Sweet Tea Vodka Lemonade. It can easily be your go-to drink of the summer. One of the great things about this drink, other than it is delicious, is that it is great for entertaining because it is a large batch drink. We love to serve drinks to our guests made to order fresh from the shaker, but sometimes when you are entertaining it is nice to have a pitcher or dispenser sitting out so guests can help themselves to seconds and thirds and fourths….
To make this drink you need three simple ingredients. Remember? Easy. Tasty. Fresh. The ingredients are Seagram’s Sweet Tea Vodka, lemonade and agave nectar. We used Minute Maid Lite Lemonade to keep the calorie count down, and we like Monin Agave Nectar. It is nice to have some lemon wedges and slices for garnish. Now just remember 3 parts: 2 parts: 1/2 part. It’s so easy! Pour 3 cups of lemonade into a pitcher. Next add 2 cups of Sweet Tea Vodka, and ½ cup of agave nectar. Stir. Add lemon wedges and ice. Pour over a glass of ice and sit back on your patio and enjoy the summer! You can make larger batches, just remember 3: 2: ½ parts!
Add lemonade, sweet tea vodka, and agave nectar to a pitcher. Stir. Add lemon wedges and ice.
Pour over glass of ice and garnish with a lemon slice.
This drink is a crowd pleaser. It’s so easy to make and so easy to drink. We would love to hear if you serve this for your guests this summer.
This week’s featured drink recipe is one of our favorites and references back to one of our favorite TV shows we watched while growing up, Gilligan’s Island. Although we were not alive when it first aired, (No, we are not THAT old!) we definitely enjoyed watching reruns as kids. If you did not watch the show, let us give you a short explanation. Gilligan’s Island was a comic adventure of seven castaways as they attempted to survive on an island on which they had been shipwrecked. Most episodes revolved around the quirky castaways’ conflicts and their unsuccessful attempts to be rescued from the island. Two of the characters of the show were Mary Ann and Ginger. Mary Ann was the sweet girl next door who was always baking pies for the other castaways. Ginger was a movie star who somehow had brought all of her glittery dresses and makeup with her on what was to be a short 3 hour yacht cruise. The question, “Mary Ann or Ginger?” has persisted among men as to which they prefer long after the series ended.
This drink certainly fits our 3 criteria Easy. Tasty. Fresh. It has three simple ingredients: Templeton Rye Whiskey, Ginger Beer (hence the name Mary Ann or Ginger?) and a fresh lime slice. To create this refreshing drink simply combine 1.5 ounces of Templeton Rye Whiskey over ice in a rocks glass. Top off with ginger beer. Add ice and garnish with a fresh lime slice. It is delish!
We can already hear some of you now, “Whoa! I don’t like whiskey,” or, “Beer? I don’t want to mix whiskey and beer.” Hear us out. First of all, Templeton Rye Whiskey doesn’t have the harsh whiskey taste that some of you may have experienced in the past. It is a sweeter, smoother taste. If Rhonda can drink it and like it, then it definitely is not too harsh. The Ginger Beer is not “beer”. It is labeled as a non-alcoholic soda, so you don’t need to worry that you are mixing a Bud Light and whiskey.
Craig prefers to make this drink with ginger ale. Rhonda prefers Goslings Ginger Beer. Potato. Pototo. The ginger beer has only 190 calories per can, and we don’t use a whole can for a serving. However, if you prefer a drink that is lighter on calories, Canada Dry Ginger Ale has 110 calories per serving (use half of a serving) or better yet, use diet Ginger Ale.
This drink is great to make when you want something easy and tasty. We hope you enjoy this drink as much as we do.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the moms! We celebrated Mother’s Day by running in our first ever half-marathon. Craig and I woke up at 5:00 am to drive to Ft. Worth for the run. Craig could have finished with a much faster time, but he stayed with me the whole way. What a guy! We made a special Mother’s Day dinner at our house with steaks and sides. Of course we had to have a special dessert, so I made the pie we told you to save room for last week.
I love to make desserts, and as a matter of fact I think that was one of the main reasons Craig asked me to marry him. One of my favorite summertime desserts is a recipe that I found in a cookbook that was given to us as a wedding gift. The recipe is from a cookbook named, For Goodness Taste by the Junior League of Rochester and this cookbook has some of the best recipes ever! This pie recipe is so easy. It is a crowd pleaser with friends and family.
Do you remember the criteria I listed last week for our recipes? Easy. Tasty. Fresh. Well this recipe doesn’t really have super fresh ingredients, but it is definitely easy and tasty. The most difficult part of this recipe for me is that you do need to plan ahead. You cannot decide to serve this for dessert for guests that are arriving in 30 minutes. The ingredients that you need are peanut butter, light corn syrup, rice crispy cereal, 2 pints of vanilla ice cream, sugar, cocoa, cream, margarine, vanilla and Café Borghetti Espresso Liqueur.
You probably are not familiar with the last ingredient, so let us tell you a little bit about it. Café Borghetti is an Italian coffee liquor that is made from real espresso coffee that is a blend of Arabica and Robusta coffee beans. When you unscrew the lid, the aroma makes you feel like you are in a little Italian coffee house in the middle of Milan. You can find Café Borghetti Espresso Liqueur at some liquor stores like Goody Goody or Total Wine. We have other great recipes that use Café Borghetti that we will share with you in future posts.
First, get the ice cream out of the freezer while you are making the crust. It is easier to work with if it is softened. Since we live in Texas, I always use Blue Bell Natural Vanilla Bean. (Yes, it was devastating to us Texans when Blue Bell took a hiatus from production last year. We are glad Blue Bell is back!) Next you will make the crust. Mix ½ cup creamy peanut butter, ½ cup light corn syrup, and 2 ¼ cups of rice crispies together.
Place the mixture in a pie pan sprayed with cooking spray. I use a sheet of wax paper to help me form the crust into the pan.
Spoon a layer of ice cream into the crust, and even it out. Then place into the freezer.
Next, you will make the fudge sauce. In a sauce pan heat the sugar, cocoa, cream and margarine. Stir constantly until boiling. Add in 3 oz. of Café Borghetti and leave on heat for about 3 more minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Cool the fudge sauce. Pour half of the sauce over the ice cream. Place back in the freezer for about 20 minutes.
Soften remaining ice cream and spread over frozen pie. Drizzle with remaining sauce. Freeze until firm.
Remove from freezer approximately 10 minutes before serving. Enjoy! There are several variations you can do with this recipe. If you don’t like the coffee flavor of Café Borghetti, you can leave it out. You can add mini chocolate chips to the crust, or use a different flavor of ice cream.
Mix peanut butter and corn syrup until blended. Add rice crispies and stir until coated.
Press into bottom and sides of 9-inch pie pan.
Top with 1 pint ice cream which has been softened slightly. Freeze until firm.
In saucepan, heat sugar, cocoa, cream and margarine, stirring constantly until boiling. Add Café Borghetti and remain on heat for 3 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Cool.
Pour half of sauce over ice cream. Freeze for about 20 minutes.
Soften remaining ice cream and spread over frozen pie. Drizzle with remaining sauce. Freeze until firm, approximately 3 hours.
Remove from freezer about 10 minutes prior to serving.
We hope you enjoyed the PBIF Pie as much as our family does. If you make it, we would love to hear about it – especially if you added your own variation.
Thank you to everyone for all the support you have shown regarding our blog. Starting something like this is kind of nerve racking, but what the heck. You only live once. Right?
We were originally going to post a recipe about a fabulous ice cream pie that Rhonda wanted to make this weekend, but reality kicked in and we had to make dinner for our family. Go figure. As we were preparing dinner, we realized that the grilled chicken recipe we were making fit the criteria for our blog. Easy. Tasty. Fresh! You will have save room for pie in the next post!
Years ago before Pinterest, Rhonda actually had to rip recipes out of magazines or print them off the computer as she found them. This is a recipe that we adapted from either Southern Living Magazine or Better Homes and Gardens years ago.
First you make the marinade. The marinade contains ½ cup of blue agave tequila. We prefer to use Corralejo Reposado. It is important to choose good quality tequila because you are putting it in the marinade for the flavor. We are planning a post soon to explain the differences in tequila quality.
Next the recipe calls for you to add in ½ cup of untoasted walnut oil. However, we can never find untoasted walnut oil. See criteria #1 above. Rhonda is a busy mom with a full-time career. If an ingredient is too far off her little quadrant of stores that she visits most, then she will not buy it. We can find roasted walnut oil. It is in our Kroger in the cooking oils section. It is usually on the top shelf. Oddly enough, we have also seen the roasted walnut oil at Home Goods in the kitchen and food section. If you can’t find the walnut oil, you can use regular cooking oil. We have substituted cooking oil before when we were in a pinch. It just doesn’t add any flavor.
Then you will add ½ honey, ¼ fresh squeezed lime juice and 1 tsp of finely shredded peel, 1 tsp kosher salt. Mix all of this together.
Place your chicken breasts into a gallon Ziploc bag. Rhonda always puts the bag in a bowl or pan before placing in the fridge to prevent accidents. The recipe originally calls for 12 chicken drumsticks instead of chicken breasts. We have made the drumsticks and they are tasty. Our family prefers white meat over dark meat, so we only make the drumsticks occasionally. Leave the chicken to marinate for at least 4 hours.
When you are ready to grill, place the chicken on a medium heat grill. Cook indirectly to the flame and turning once half-way.
Garnish with fresh cilantro. Yummo! The chicken is juicy with a sweet and tangy flavor. We would love to hear from you if the Corralejo Honey Lime Chicken makes it to your table this summer!
For marinade, in bowl whisk together tequila and oil. Whisk in honey, lime juice, peel and salt. Cover and refrigerate marinade for up to 2 days.
Place chicken in self-sealing plastic bag in shallow dish. Add marinade; seal. Refrigerate 4-8 hours turning occasionally. Drain and discard marinade.
Place chicken on medium heat grill. Adjust for indirect cooking. Turning breast over once half-way through cooking.
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In religious studies and folkloristics, folk religion, popular religion, or vernacular religion comprises various forms and expressions of religion that are distinct from the official doctrines and practices of organized religion. The precise definition of folk religion varies among scholars. Sometimes also termed popular belief, it consists of ethnic or regional religious customs under the umbrella of a religion, but outside official doctrine and practices.
In The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, John Bowker characterized "folk religion" as either "religion which occurs in small, local communities which does not adhere to the norms of large systems" or "the appropriation of religious beliefs and practices at a popular level."
Don Yoder argued that there were five separate ways of defining folk religion. The first was a perspective rooted in a cultural evolutionary framework which understood folk religion as representing the survivals of older forms of religion; in this, it would constitute "the survivals, in an official religious context, of beliefs and behavior inherited from earlier stages of the culture's development". This definition would view folk religion in Catholic Europe as the survivals of pre-Christian religion and the folk religion in Protestant Europe as the survivals of Medieval Catholicism. The second definition identified by Yoder was the view that folk religion represented the mixture of an official religion with forms of ethnic religion; this was employed to explain the place of folk religion in the syncretic belief systems of the Americas, where Christianity had blended with the religions of indigenous American and African communities.
Yoder's third definition was that often employed within folkloristics, which held that folk religion was "the interaction of belief, ritual, custom, and mythology in traditional societies", representing that which was often pejoratively characterised as superstition. The fourth definition provided by Yoder stated that folk religion represented the "folk interpretation and expression of religion". Noting that this definition would not encompass beliefs that were largely unconnected from organised religion, such as in witchcraft, he therefore altered this definition by including the concept of "folk religiosity", thereby defining folk religion as "the deposit in culture of folk religiosity, the full range of folk attitudes to religion". His fifth and final definition represented a "practical working definition" that combined elements from these various other definitions. Thus, he summarized folk religion as "the totality of all those views and practices of religion that exist among the people apart from and alongside the strictly theological and liturgical forms of the official religion".
Yoder described "folk religion" as existing "in a complex society in relation to and in tension with the organized religion(s) of that society. Its relatively unorganized character differentiates it from organized religion".
Alternately, the sociologist of religion Matthias Zic Varul defined "folk religion" as "the relatively un-reflected aspect of ordinary practices and beliefs that are oriented towards, or productive of, something beyond the immediate here-and-now: everyday transcendence".
In Europe the study of "folk religion" emerged from the study of religiöse Volkskund, a German term which was used in reference to "the religious dimension of folk-culture, or the folk-cultural dimension of religion". This term was first employed by a German Lutheran preacher, Paul Drews, in a 1901 article that he published which was titled "Religiöse Volkskunde, eine Aufgabe der praktischen Theologie". This article was designed to be read by young Lutheran preachers leaving the seminary, to equip them for the popular variants of Lutheranism that they would encounter among their congregations and which would differ from the official, doctrinal Lutheranism that they had been accustomed to. Although developing within a religious environment, the term came to be adopted by German academics in the field of folkloristics. During the 1920s and 1930s, theoretical studies of religiöse Volkskund had been produced by the folklorists Josef Weigert, Werner Boette, and Max Rumpf, all of whom had focused on religiosity within German peasant communities. Over the coming decades, Georg Schreiber established an Institut für religiöse Volkskund in Munich while a similar department was established in Salzburg by Hanns Koren. Other prominent academics involved in the study of the phenomenon were Heinrich Schauert and Rudolf Kriss, the latter of whom collected one of the largest collections of folk-religious art and material culture in Europe, later housed in Munich's Bayerisches Nationalmuseum. Throughout the 20th century, many studies were made of folk religion in Europe, paying particular attention to such subjects as pilgrimage and the use of shrines.
In the Americas, the study of folk religion developed among cultural anthropologists studying the syncretistic cultures of the Caribbean and Latin America. The pioneer in this field was Redfield, whose 1930 book Tepoztlán: A Mexican Village contrasted and examined the relationship between "folk religion" and "official religion" in a peasant community. Yoder later noted that although the earliest known usage of the term "folk religion" in the English language was unknown, it probably developed as a translation of the German Volksreligion. One of the earliest prominent usages of the term was in the title of Joshua Trachtenberg's 1939 work Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study in Folk Religion. The term also gained increasing usage within the academic field of comparative religion, appearing in the titles of Ichiro Hori's Folk Religion in Japan, Martin Nilsson's Greek Folk Religion, and Charles Leslie's reader, the Anthropology of Folk Religion. Courses on the study of folk religion came to be taught at various universities in the United States, such as John Messenger's at Indiana University and Don Yoder's at the University of Pennsylvania. Although the subject of folk religion fell within the remit of scholars operating in both folkloristics and religious studies, by 1974 Yoder noted that U.S.-based academics in the latter continued to largely ignore it, instead focusing on the study of theology and institutionalised religion; he contrasted this with the situation in Europe, where historians of religion had devoted much time to studying folk religiosity. He also lamented that many U.S.-based folklorists also neglected the subject of religion because it did not fit within the standard genre-based system for cataloguing folklore.
The term "folk religion" came to be increasingly rejected in the 1990s and 2000s by scholars seeking more precise terminology.
Yoder noted that one problem with the use of the term "folk religion" was that it did not fit into the work of those scholars who used the term "religion" in reference solely to organized religion. He highlighted the example of the prominent sociologist of religion Émile Durkheim, who insisted that "religion" was organized in order to contrast it with "magic". Yoder noted that scholars adopting these perspectives often preferred the term "folk belief" over "folk religion".
A second problem with the use of "folk religion" that Yoder highlighted was that some scholars, particularly those operating in the sociology of religion, used the term as a synonym for ethnic religion (which is alternately known as national religion or tribal religion), meaning a religion closely tied to a particular ethnic or national group and is thus contrasted with a "universal religion" which cuts across ethnic and national boundaries. Among the scholars to have adopted this use of terminology are E. Wilbur Bock.
The folklorist Leonard Norman Primiano argued that the use of "folk religion", as well as related terms like "popular religion" and "unofficial religion", by scholars, does "an extreme disservice" to the forms of religiosity that scholarship is examining, because – in his opinion – such terms are "residualistic, [and] derogatory". He argued that using such terminology implies that there is "a pure element" to religion "which is in some way transformed, even contaminated, by its exposure to human communities". As a corrective, he suggested that scholars use "vernacular religion" as an alternative. Defining this term, Primiano stated that "vernacular religion" is, "by definition, religion as it is lived: as human beings encounter, understand, interpret, and practice it. Since religion inherently involves interpretation, it is impossible for the religion of an individual not to be vernacular".
Kapaló was critical of this approach, deeming it "mistaken" and arguing that switching from "folk religion" to "vernacular religion" results in the scholar "picking up a different selection of things from the world". He cautioned that both terms were "ideological and semantic load[ed]" and warned scholars to pay attention to the associations that each word had.
Philippine mythology is a body of myths, tales, and superstitions held by Filipinos (composed of more than a hundred ethnic peoples in the Philippines), mostly originating from beliefs held during the pre-Hispanic era. Some of these beliefs stem from pre-Christian religions that were specially influenced by Hinduism and were regarded by the Spanish as "myths" and "superstitions" in an effort to de-legitimize legitimate precolonial beliefs by forcefully replacing those native beliefs with colonial Catholic Christian myths and superstitions. Today, some of these precolonial beliefs are still held by Filipinos, especially in the provinces.
Folk Islam is an umbrella term used to collectively describe forms of Islam that incorporate native folk beliefs and practices. Folk Islam has been described as the Islam of the "urban poor, country people, and tribes", in contrast to orthodox or "High" Islam (Gellner, 1992). Sufism and Sufi concepts are often integrated into Folk Islam.
In one of the first major academic works on the subject, titled Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study in Folk Religion, Joshua Trachtenberg provided a definition of Jewish folk religion as consisting of ideas and practices that whilst not meeting with the approval of religious leaders enjoyed wide popularity such that they must be included in what he termed the field of religion. This included unorthodox beliefs about demons and angels, and magical practices.
Later studies have emphasized the significance of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem to the many Jewish folk customs linked to mourning and in particular to the belief in hibbut ha-qever (torture of the grave) a belief that the dead are tortured in their grave for three days after burial by demons until they remember their names. This idea began with early eschatalogical aggadah and was then further developed by the kabbalists.
Raphael Patai has been acknowledged as one of the first to utilize anthropology to study Jewish folk religion. In particular he has drawn attention to the important role of the female divine element, which he sees in the goddess Asherah, the Shekhinah, the Matronit, and Lilith.
Writer Stephen Sharot has stated that Jewish popular religion in common with other forms of folk religion, has a focus on the apotropaic, or thaumaturgical, i.e. it is used to assist in protecting the individual from sickness, and misfortune. He emphasizes that while Rabbinical Judaism dealt with orthodox Jewish ritual, and halakah, magicians claimed to use unorthodox magical rituals to help people in everyday life. He points to the example of a relatively professionalised type of magician being the ba'al shem of Poland, who beginning in the 16th century thrived with the popularity of practical kabbalah in the 18th century. These ba'al shem promised to use their knowledge of the names of god, and the angels, along with exorcism, chiromancy, and herbal medicine to bring harm to enemies, and success in areas of social life such as marriage, and childbirth.
Charles Liebman has written that the essence of the folk religion of American Jews is their social ties to one another, illustrated by the finding that religious practices that would prevent social integration -such as a strict interpretation of dietary laws and the Sabbath- have been abandoned, whilst the practices that are followed -such as the Passover seder, social rites of passage, and the High Holy Days- are ones that strengthen Jewish family and community integration. Liebman described the rituals and beliefs of contemporary Jewish folk religion in his works, The Ambivalent American Jew (1973) and American Jewry: Identity and Affiliation.
In sociology, folk religion is often contrasted with elite religion. Folk religion is defined as the beliefs, practices, rituals and symbols originating from sources other than the religion's leadership. Folk religion in many instances is tolerated by the religion's leadership, although they may consider it an error. A similar concept is lived religion, the study of religion as practiced by believers.
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Chinese folk religion (Chinese popular religion or traditional Chinese religion) or Han folk religion or Shenism is the religious tradition of the Han Chinese, including veneration of forces of nature and ancestors, exorcism of harmful forces, and a belief in the rational order of nature which can be influenced by human beings and their rulers as well as spirits and gods. Worship is devoted to a multiplicity of gods and immortals (神 shén), who can be deities of phenomena, of human behaviour, or progenitors of lineages. Stories regarding some of these gods are collected into the body of Chinese mythology. By the 11th century (Song period), these practices had been blended with Buddhist ideas of karma (one's own doing) and rebirth, and Taoist teachings about hierarchies of gods, to form the popular religious system which has lasted in many ways until the present day.Chinese religions have a variety of sources, local forms, founder backgrounds, and ritual and philosophical traditions. Despite this diversity, there is a common core that can be summarised as four theological, cosmological, and moral concepts: Tian (天), Heaven, the transcendent source of moral meaning; qi (氣), the breath or energy that animates the universe; jingzu (敬祖), the veneration of ancestors; and bao ying (報應), moral reciprocity; together with two traditional concepts of fate and meaning: ming yun (命運), the personal destiny or burgeoning; and yuan fen (緣分), "fateful coincidence", good and bad chances and potential relationships.Yin and yang (陰陽) is the polarity that describes the order of the universe, held in balance by the interaction of principles of growth (shen) and principles of waning (gui), with yang ("act") usually preferred over yin ("receptiveness") in common religion. Ling (靈), "numen" or "sacred", is the "medium" of the two states and the inchoate order of creation.Both the present day government of China and the imperial dynasties of the Ming and Qing tolerated village popular religious cults if they bolstered social stability but suppressed or persecuted those that they feared would undermine it. After the fall of the empire in 1911, governments and elites opposed or attempted to eradicate folk religion in order to promote "modern" values, and many condemned "feudal superstition". These conceptions of folk religion began to change in Taiwan in the late 20th century and in mainland China in the 21st. Many scholars now view folk religion in a positive light. In recent times Chinese folk religions are experiencing a revival in both mainland China and Taiwan. Some forms have received official understanding or recognition as a preservation of traditional Chinese culture, such as Mazuism and the Sanyi teaching in Fujian, Huangdi worship, and other forms of local worship, for example the Longwang, Pangu or Caishen worship.
Chinese shamanism, alternatively called Wuism (Chinese: 巫教; pinyin: wū jiào; literally: 'wu religion, shamanism, witchcraft'; alternatively 巫觋宗教 wū xí zōngjiào), refers to the shamanic religious tradition of China. Its features are especially connected to the ancient Neolithic cultures such as the Hongshan culture. Chinese shamanic traditions are intrinsic to Chinese folk religion, an overarching term for all the indigenous religions of China. Wu masters remain important in contemporary Chinese culture.
Various ritual traditions are rooted in original Chinese shamanism: contemporary Chinese ritual masters are sometimes identified as wu by outsiders, though most orders don't self-identify as such. Also Taoism has some of its origins from Chinese shamanism: it developed around the pursuit of long life (shou 壽/寿), or the status of a xian (仙, "mountain man", "holy man").
Smaller household shrines or votive niche, such as the worship of Zaoshen and Caishen.Gōng (宫), meaning "palace" is a term used for a templar complex of multiple buildings, while yuàn (院) is a generic term meaning "sanctuary" or "shrine".
Some forms of belief are not recognised by the government as a religion for statistical purposes although such practices are not outlawed. There is a deep interaction between the Chinese folk religion of the large Malaysian Chinese population, and the indigenous Malaysian folk religion.
Manchu folk religion is the ethnic religion practiced by most of the Manchu people, the major of the Tungusic peoples, in China. It can also be called Manchu Shamanism by virtue of the word "shaman" being originally from Tungusic šamán ("man of knowledge"), later applied by Western scholars to similar religious practices in other cultures. It is a pantheistic system, believing in a universal God called Apka Enduri ("God of Heaven") which is the omnipotent and omnipresent source of all life and creation. Deities (enduri) enliven every aspect of nature, and the worship of these gods is believed to bring favour, health and prosperity. Many of the deities are original Manchu kins' ancestors, and people with the same surname are generated by the same god.Shamans are persons of unusual ability, strength and sensitivity, capable of perception and prediction of the ways of the gods. They are endowed with the social function to conduct the sacrificial ceremonies and approach the deities asking them intervention or protection. Because of their abilities the shamans are people of great authority and prestige. Usually, every Manchu kin has its own shaman.Manchu folk religious rites were standardised by the Qianlong Emperor (1736-96) in the "Manchu Sacrificial Ritual to the Gods and Heaven" (Manjusai wecere metere kooli bithe), a manual published in Manchu in 1747 and in Chinese (Manzhou jishen jitian dianli) in 1780. With the conquest of imperial power in China (Qing dynasty) the Manchu people gradually adopted Chinese language and assimilated into the Chinese religion, although Manchu folk religion persists with a distinct character within broader Chinese religion.
Miao folk religion or Hmong folk religion is the common ethnic religion of Miao peoples, primarily consisting in the practice of kev dab qhuas (Hmongic: "worship of deities"). The religion is also called Hmongism by a Hmong American church established in 2012 to organise it among Hmong people in the United States.It has a pantheist theology, centered on worship of deities and progenitors of the Miao peoples. Throughout its history it has incorporated theoretical and ritual elements from Taoism, and broader Chinese religion, especially the emphasis on the pattern of the forces of the natural universe and the need of human life to be in accordance with these forces.Most Hmong continue to practice the traditional religion, although many Hmong in Asia have converted to Buddhism or have mixed it with Buddhism, and many Hmong Americans and Hmong Australians have adopted Christianity or Buddhism.
Mo or Moism (Chinese: 摩教; pinyin: Mó jiào), occasionally called Zhuang Shigongism (Chinese: 壮族师公教; pinyin: Zhuàngzú shīgōng jiào; literally: 'Zhuang Ancestral Father Religion'), is the religion of most Zhuang people, the largest ethnic minority of China. It has a large presence in Guangxi. While it has a supreme god, the creator Bu Luotuo (布洛陀), numerous other deities are venerated as well. It has a three-element-theory (sky, earth and water). Mo is animistic, teaching that spirits are present in everything.Mo developed from prehistoric beliefs of the Zhuang people; it also has similarities to Chinese folk religion, and has developed similar doctrines to Buddhism and Taoism, in the process of competition with the influence of these religions on Zhuang culture. The Cultural Revolution of China weakened Mo, though the religion has undergone a revival since the 1980s. Moism varies from region to region.
Mongolian shamanism, more broadly called the Mongolian folk religion, or occasionally Tengerism, refers to the animistic and shamanic ethnic religion that has been practiced in Mongolia and its surrounding areas (including Buryatia and Inner Mongolia) at least since the age of recorded history. The Mongolian endonym is Böö mörgöl (In Mongolian cyrillic: Бөө мөргөл). In the earliest known stages it was intricately tied to all other aspects of social life and to the tribal organization of Mongolian society. Along the way, it has become influenced by and mingled with Buddhism. During the socialist years of the twentieth century it was heavily repressed and has since made a comeback.
Yellow shamanism is the term used to designate the particular version of Mongolian shamanism which adopts the expressive style of Buddhism. "Yellow" indicates Buddhism in Mongolia, since most Buddhists there belong to what is called the Gelug or "Yellow sect" of Tibetan Buddhism, whose members wear yellow hats during services. The term also serves to distinguish it from a form of shamanism not influenced by Buddhism (according to its adherents), called black shamanism.Mongolian shamanism is centered on the worship of the tngri (gods) and the highest Tenger (Heaven, God of Heaven, God) or Qormusta Tengri. In the Mongolian folk religion, Genghis Khan is considered one of the embodiments, if not the main embodiment, of the Tenger. The Mausoleum of Genghis Khan in Ordos City, in Inner Mongolia, is an important center of this worship tradition.
Nuo folk religion, or extendedly Chinese popular exorcistic religion, is a variant of Chinese folk religion with its own system of temples, rituals, orders of priests and gods, which is interethnic and practiced across central and southern China but is also intimately connected to the Tujia people. It arose as an exorcistic religious movement, which is the original meaning of nuó (simplified Chinese: 傩; traditional Chinese: 儺), and it spread even outside the boundaries of China exporting such practices in Japan and Korea. It has strong influences from Taoism.One of the most distinguishing characters of Nuo folk religion is its iconographic style, which represents the gods as wooden masks or heads. This is related to its own mythology, which traces the origin of Nuo to the two very first humans, who were unjustly killed by beheading and are since then worshipped as responsive divine ancestors. Nuo rituals began as efficacious methods to worship them, Lord Nuo and Lady Nuo. Since the 1980s Nuo folk religion has undergone a revitalisation in China, and today is a folk religion endorsed by the central government. Nuo priests are classified as 巫 wu (shamans) and their historical precursors were the 方相氏 fangxiangshi ("masters who assist the (astral) square").
Slavic paganism or Slavic religion define the religious beliefs, godlores and ritual practices of the Slavs before the formal Christianisation of their ruling elites. The latter occurred at various stages between the 8th and the 13th century: The Southern Slavs living on the Balkan Peninsula in South Eastern Europe, bordering with the Byzantine Empire to the south, came under the sphere of influence of Byzantine Orthodox Christianity, beginning with the creation of the Slavic alphabet (first Glagolic, and then Cyrillic script) in 855 by the brothers Saints Cyril and Methodius and the adoption of Christianity in Bulgaria in 863 CE. The East Slavs followed with the official adoption in 988 CE by Vladimir the Great of Kievan Rus'.The West Slavs came under the sphere of influence of the Roman Catholic Church since the 12th century, and Christianisation for them went hand in hand with full or partial Germanisation,.The Christianisation of the Slavic peoples was, however, a slow and—in many cases—superficial phenomenon, especially in what is today Russia. Christianisation was vigorous in western and central parts of what is today Ukraine, as they were closer to the capital Kiev, but even there, popular resistance led by volkhvs, pagan priests or shamans, recurred periodically for centuries. Even though the Byzantine Christianization firstly has slowed down the Eastern Slavic traditions in Rus', it has preserved the Slavic traditions in the long term. While local Slavic figures and myths, such as Baba Roga in Croatia were forgotten, Slavic culture continued to exist and even flourish in the Eastern Slavic countries. In the case of a Christian Latinization of the Eastern Slavic countries, this may not have been the case.
The West Slavs of the Baltic withstood tenaciously against Christianity until it was violently imposed on them through the Northern Crusades. Among Poles and East Slavs, rebellion outbreaks occurred throughout the 11th century. Christian chroniclers reported that the Slavs regularly re-embraced their original religion (relapsi sunt denuo ad paganismus).Many elements of the indigenous Slavic religion were officially incorporated into Slavic Christianity, and, besides this, the worship of Slavic gods has persisted in unofficial folk religion until modern times. The Slavs' resistance to Christianity gave rise to a "whimsical syncretism" which in Old Church Slavonic vocabulary was defined as dvoeverie, "double faith". Since the early 20th century, Slavic folk religion has undergone an organised reinvention and reincorporation in the movement of Slavic Native Faith (Rodnovery).
The Tai folk religion, known in Lao and Thai as Satsana Phi (Lao: ສາສະໜາຜີ; Thai: ศาสนาผี, /sàːt.sa.nǎː.pʰǐː/, "religion of spirits"), is a form of animist religious beliefs traditionally and historically practiced by groups of ethnic Tai peoples.
Tai folk animist traditions are practiced by the Lao, Tai Ahom, Lao Isan and Thais of Thailand. These religions are pantheistic and polytheistic and their practice involves classes of shamans.
Among the Lao, the Lao Loum and Lao Lom are predominantly Buddhist, while the Lao Theung and Lao Sung are predominantly folk religious. Tai folk animist traditions have also been incorporated into Laotian Buddhism.
Vietnamese folk religion or Vietnamese indigenous religion (Vietnamese: tín ngưỡng dân gian Việt Nam, tôn giáo bản địa Việt Nam), is the ethnic religion of the Vietnamese people. About 45.3% of the population in Vietnam are associated with this religion, making it dominant in Vietnam.
Vietnamese folk religion is not an organized religious system, but a set of local worship traditions devoted to the thần, a term which can be translated as "spirits", "gods" or with the more exhaustive locution "generative powers". These gods can be nature deities or national, community or kinship tutelary deities or ancestral gods and the ancestral gods of a specific family. Ancestral gods are often deified heroic persons. Vietnamese mythology preserves narratives telling of the actions of many of the cosmic gods and cultural heroes.
The Vietnamese indigenous religion is sometimes identified as Confucianism since it carries values that were emphasized by Confucius. Đạo Mẫu is a distinct form of Vietnamese folk religion, giving prominence to some mother goddesses into its pantheon. The government of Vietnam also categorises Cao Đài as a form of Vietnamese indigenous religion, since it brings together the worship of the thần or local spirits with Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism, as well as elements of Catholicism, Spiritism and Theosophy.
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The Best Way(s) to "De-Bug" Books !
Dryer with a shelf instead of Packtite/oven?
Getting ready to move and FREAKING OUT!
Can we use a Packtite for things like books?
Occasionally the question arises on how to treat books in which bed bugs may be present.
Hi, I’m Paul Bello author of The Bed Bug Combat Manual, welcome to today’s show.
When dealing with books, furniture or any item which may become infested with bed bugs perhaps it’s wise to first consider: what is the actual likelihood or probability that this item is, in fact, infested? While this is true of any item, today we are going to focus on hard cover books. So in addition to the probability or likelihood that a book is infested, we also need to consider how and when we need these books. If you’re a student studying for your biochemistry final, you’re pretty much going to need to have access to your text books immediately and we’ll discuss that later in today’s show.
Now, if your situation is truly “a bed bug ground zero” type location, where hundreds or thousands of bed bugs are seen everywhere, then it’s fair and reasonable to assume that bed bugs are probably going to be found in your books and other stored items too.
However, if you’re finding just a few bugs present in places where you rest, such as your bed frame or sofa, the odds that bed bugs have found their way into books stored on a shelf away from the bed is slim. But, if say, you're falling asleep reading books or studying in bed, then the likelihood of bed bugs getting in your books increases. In short, it is wise to weigh the risks in a reasonable fashion lest we drive ourselves crazy and do unnecessary work for no good reason.
This said, let’s talk about how to de-bug books using various techniques and methodologies , both chemical and non-chemical. Of course, each of these options has its own advantages, disadvantages and costs associated which we will discuss. Note that we’ll be considering hard cover books only for purposes of today’s show.
By the end of today’s show, you will be able to decide which treatment methodology option is best for you!
Bed bugs are well suited to surviving extreme cold temperatures for extended periods of time which becomes a concern when considering a freeze type treatment. While nearly everyone has a kitchen freezer, these are not well suited to kill bed bugs 100% in a timely fashion due to the variations in temperature as the door opens and closes. A chest type freezer is better choice since it is not as affected as a typical upright type freezer when the door is opened as cold "falls". However, if this is your chosen option, you will need to keep your books in the freezer for many days if not weeks to attain 100% mortality.
It is a well-known and established fact that bed bugs more readily succumb to heat than they do to cold. In short, bed bugs are good at cold but heat, not so much. How heat is delivered can affect the overall results and the treatment exposure time necessary to provide 100% mortality. Convection heat works better than conduction heat and this subject has been beaten to death on the Bedbugger Forum in the past. However, what’s not been addressed so much is the fact that even in a convection type heat delivery system application, conduction heat is happening as well in the micro-environs. It’s thermodynamics, it’s physics and it’s unavoidable but, that’s totally another subject. For heat treatments there are a number of commercially available small/portable type units such as the PackTite, Thermal Strike and others which may be purchased for such use.
Note that we do NOT want to apply liquid spray type pesticides to books! The discussion here is limited to vapor type insecticide applications which can kill bed bugs but not harm the books being treated. Currently, there are two products available with which to conduct such treatments. [Please note that your host for today’s show -- that’s me -- has a professional relationship as a consultant for a manufacturer of ddvp containing pest strips.] The two products are the rag in the bag product, which is neem oil, and pest strips, which contain the active ingredient dichlorvos.
Of course, with any pesticide application we must ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW LABEL DIRECTIONS!
Neem oil is nothing new and has been around as a formulated pesticide for many years. The active ingredient in neem oil is known as azadarachtin because it is extracted from the seeds of an evergreen plant Azadirachta indica. Neem oil based pesticide products are available in a variety of choices on the market today. In fact, the folks that make pest strips also have a number of azadarachtin containing products as well. Neem oil is considered a green or natural type product.
Pest strips are resin strips impregnated with the insecticide active ingredient dichlorvos. This product has been on the retail market since the 1960s and has been used in pet flea collars and other retail insect killing products for many years. When compared to other insecticides on a dose-per-dose type basis, it is likely the most potent and effective active ingredient against bed bugs available with the exception of the highly toxic and deadly fumigant compounds.
Please note that if you elect to use pest strips that it’s easier to work with a storage container type bin as the rigid sides maintain the air or head space necessary to allow the treatment vapors to move within the treated space in a superior fashion to that of a plastic trash bag. The pest strips should be taped or fastened to the inside lid and the lid sealed using packing or other suitable tape. However, if you use plastic trash bags, you’re better off not filling these bags beyond 50% full such that you can capture air within the closed bag to allow space for the treatment vapors. All sealed treatments should be labeled and dated.
Another methodology would be to simply seal and store the suspect books long-term. Doing so would lock any bed bugs in causing them to expire from starvation given sufficient time. Books may be sealed in plastic bags or storage containers.
In earlier shows it seems that the option of immediate physical elimination was not well presented or discussed. This option would be ideal for students and those who require immediate access to a book or books. So, let’s look at how this may be done.
Basically, all you need do is carefully and thoroughly inspect your book for bed bugs and bed bug eggs. Physically remove the bugs and eggs, and you’re good to go. Here are some tips on how to do this.
a. Work in a well, brightly lit area so you can see well.
b. Use a large magnifying glass if you need to.
c. Hold your book over a large white or light colored smooth surfaced container such as a bath tub, sink, baking dish, plastic storage container or other suitable surface upon which a bed bug or egg would be easier to see.
d. Carefully inspect the book in a thorough fashion such that no pages or areas are missed.
e. If a bed bug or egg is found, use a credit card, business card or other suitably firm object to scrape the bug or egg off your book.
g. Work carefully and thoroughly until you are satisfied that you’ve completely examined your book and that no bed bugs or eggs are present on that book.
h. Note that it is difficult to inspect the spine are of the book. To do so you will need to use a decent flashlight and look carefully inside the spine hollow if present. When done, you may then store the de-bugged book in a zip loc bag or other suitable bed bug proof storage bag or container.
i. Remember, you can store the books you need in a zip loc so that you can have access to it and not have to worry about bed bugs getting into it.
As for me, there's lots of books here. If I had to, the grand majority of those books would be sealed and those that I use regularly would be de-bugged in an immediate type fashion described above.
That’s all we have for today’s show. If you have questions or comments be sure to send them in and we’ll address them during next week’s show where we'll discuss nuclear fusion as a viable but cost effective bed bug killing methodology.
I just took my name off your web sites mailing list.
Do not open before Christmas !
Thanks for the great tips on the books!!
Let's get down the business... to defeat... the bugs. HWAH!
Very nice post Paul, thank you!
I would like to mention one additional point that was mentioned in another thread . . . If you decide or choose to go with the heat method and if you have a dryer in your home, that may also be an option for heat treating. Many models of dryers now have a shelf available that you can purchase and use for items that you don't want tumbling around. Monitoring temps would still need to be done to assure kill temps are reached.
ABF: Many models of dryers now have a shelf available that you can purchase and use for items that you don't want tumbling around.
Thanks Abs cause it was her idea & questions that resulted in the above.
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http://bedbugger.com/forum/topic/the-best-ways-to-de-bug-books
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Icomfort vs Sleep Ez? Rest Easy With Our Full 2019 Comparison!
Sleep EZ makes a variety of latex mattresses that range from organic to all-natural. Having been in business since 1976, Sleep EZ knows what its doing when it makes all-natural, safe mattresses for your family. They have a variety of products in various pricepoints and interesting features like: flippable and dual-sided mattresses.
Based on our aggregated reviews and our scoring method, we recommend Sleep Ez in this match up!
There is some negative input from sleepers about these mattresses. Some sleepers were unhappy with the comfort, but others were really pleased. Due to this, one of these could be great for you, but it also may be a problem. Take a look below to learn more about the specifics and to see if the mattress will work for you.
Whether a mattress is supportive or not is the difference between comfort and pain for stomach and back sleepers. Also, deeper support that keeps the spine aligned with the rest of the body is an essential trait for side sleepers. These mattresses offer a good amount of support, above average overall. That being said, some customers didn't feel supported 100% of the time so if you are heavier, make sure to review the specifications.
This mattress does well for most in terms of providing edge support. Those that are heavier may find some dipping close to the edges.
Sadly, these mattresses aren't well loved for their durability. While some customers felt well supported, others describe having issues faster than average. If you are considering, make sure to read more reviews and go over the return policies before you buy.
Customer satisfaction is a good check mark in finding if you want to do more research into a specific brand. Sleepers rate these mattresses highly versus others. Take a look below to read customer reviews and more mattress specifics.
These mattresses are quite supportive versus others in the industry. Their materials do a solid job at aligning the spine and customers feel good levels of comfort while sleeping. Customers describe these mattresses as offering solid support on the surface layers and and describe that there is good initial resilience in the material.
Edge support is important for those that sit or lay close to the edge of the mattress and wish having supportive balance all the way to the edge. These mattresses offer that supportive balance towards the sides.
Resting a bowling ball on the mattress is a good way to measure support and firmness. Reviewers describe these mattresses as evenly supportive throughout the surface.
Durability is the single most important criteria for buying a new mattress next to initial comfort. Being able to get 7 to 12 years of life out of a mattress comfortably is good for mattresses in this day and age. However, there are a lot of factors like body type and quality control that can affect durability. These mattresses impress reviewers with their durability. However, some that are heavier may see a slight decrease in durability.
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Wonderful experience - Shelley T.
We purchased a full mattress for our guest room. This company is the best! Excellent customer service, shipping, packing. Mattress is super comfortable and has gotten rave reviews so far.
Our second and third SleepEz’s - John E.
We purchased our dream vacation home, so we wanted our dream bed. We purchased the exact same king set up that we have at home. It’s so comfortable, we just love our bed and now there’s no getting used to a different mattress. Shipping is very quick, and easy. We also purchased the new Roma Mattress for our guest room. Our first guest said it was great!! I am constantly recommending SleepEz to anyone who will listen. Thanks SleepEz!!
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I love it! - Michelle P.
This mattress system is truly amazingly comfortable. As someone who had no problems sleeping on my 20-year old mattress, I can attest this is incomparable and that I sleep even better. Before I would have a few minutes before falling asleep, now I am out almost immediately. Combined with silk and linen bedding, it is such a luxury and comfort. The mattress came in three boxes and was simple to set up. The video on the website is helpful. Basically, you spread the organic cotton and wool cover on your bed and assemble the mattress components based on your preferences. The system is very versatile, with different layers and firmness can be combined. In addition, for queen size and larger, each half of the mattress can be different. It is a really amazing experience to sleep on this mattress. I also got full bedding and several pillows made of the same awesome latex. I fully, highly recommend it from personal experience.
Great Sleep!!! - Shelly B.
First time user of latex mattresses. So far this has been a great experience. Sleep EZ Customer service is great too! Those guys will work with you in resolving any issues and their recommendations are noteworthy as well.
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I bought 13-in Natural Latex Mattress with All Talalay layers (firm, medium, medium, soft). Originally, I was afraid that it's going to be too soft. I was so glad I decided to order it! It is soft enough but you are not sinking in it. Love it! My husband loves it too. I sleep in all positions (on my back, sides, and abdomen). Delivery was fast. Packaging was good and secure. Took little bit time to unpack it, but no problems with it. It comes with free sheets, pillows, and mattress cover. No smell, no defects. Easy to put layers together. Thank you, SleepEZ!
Best Mattress EVER!! - Nicole B.
Best Bed - Miles D.
Latex mattress - Maryann K.
Organic Latex Twin XL Mattress - Nelson R.
Excellent customer service! We called during a sale and got a recorded message saying that they would call us back if we left our number and a brief message and they called back promptly and were extremely knowledgeable and friendly. Then when we called in our actual order, the customer service representative couldn't have been any more pleasant (I'm sorry, I can't remember her name!) and was very helpful with some more questions that we thought of. First rate outfit all the way, would definitely do business with them again!
Great Service from Sleep EZ - James M.
The mattress is very comfortable. I also like the ability to change the layers to adjust firmness.
Organic Latex Mattress - Carl H.
A very comfortable mattress. Very professional and knowledgeable sales personnel. With the split mattress it is very easy to set up different firmness levels for his and her sides.
13" Organic Talalay Latex Mattress - Jen S.
Our previous mattress was a Simmons Beauty Rest with pillowtop. What started out as a mattress we liked, became a mattress we loathed. Lots of sleepless nights and pain in the morning. Our online hunt began for the perfect replacement. I first started reviewing memory foam but after a lot of research, I decided against it. I am so glad I did my homework. My search brought me to an unbiased reviews site sleeplikethedead.com. I discovered latex was the way to go for me. I compared several mattress stores recommended on the site and really liked what Sleep EZ had to offer. The purchase was seamless. I received a phonecall after I submitted my online order and was even more impressed with their customer service. All of my questions were answered and then some. My mattress arrived about 5 days after ordering. Assembly was a breeze. I was expecting to have an adjustment period but I instead the pain I was experiencing with my old mattress immediately went away. I sleep cool and comfortable every night. Don't hesitate to make the switch and go with Sleep EZ! They are incredible!
Great so far... - Patsy S.
Today is day #25. So far, so good. I'm almost 100% sure that we won't sent it back, even if we decide it's not for us. You see, the worst of this mattress is far superior to the old Sleep Number we got rid of! Seriously, I expected to like it, but my husband likes it too. The jury is still out on whether I'll swap the soft top layer for a medium one, but probably not.
great mattress - Marvin S.
AWESOME bed - Vanessa E.
High marks all around - Samuel R.
Great (incredibly great) customer service. Product arrived on time and as expected. Was easy to assemble. Boxes were even labeled. Only room for improvement that I could find was exploring use of a perforated plastic or adding a pull tab assist in opening the foam wraps. Either way, would certainly order again and already recommend to friends. Thanks.
good mattress - Francisca P.
3 mattresses and love them all - Shivanii C.
My husband and I have had a sleep ez for 8 years and love it. We bought one for each of our children. The only problem is we are so spoiled it is hard to spend the night anywhere else but home.
Worth every penny - Clare M.
We purchased an organic all-Talalay mattress based on our extensive online research. Our mattress arrived timely. It's easy to set up, comfortable beyond words, and has helped alleviate my partner's chronic back pain. Buy with confidence from this company; you won't regret it!
13" Latex Medium comfort stability sleep zone - Franz L.
Very pleased with my mattresses. - Timothy V.
Very pleased with my mattresses. And very, very pleased with the company. Easy to get a hold of real people there. Very helpful with all my questions. And went beyond the status quo to make sure I was satisfied. Thanks!
Nice mattress - Thomas W.
Good Night - Jarrett V.
With our old mattress both my wife and I would both wake up a little stiff most mornings. With our new mattress that is no longer the case! We've been sleeping on it for about a month now. We customized each side, with one having a soft top layer and one medium. We experimented with switching sides and found out that the customization was definitely worth it because we both slept better on the side we thought would be the best firmness for our sleep position. We're well pleased with our purchase!
Latex King Size Bed - Shane C.
This is our second latex bed. We bought the king size to replace a queen bed. We will never go back to a traditional mattress. It is a little more work to put a king size mattress together due to the size, but worth it. Great communication from Sleep EZ regarding shipping. Thank you!
Organic Latex Mattress - Norma S.
Bought this for the holidays. Had many very sensitive family members coming who can not tolerate non-organic mattresses. It was so well received that I may eventually move the mattress to the master bedroom!! Was very quick to receive. Arrived in pristine condition. Needs two to put it together, but its easy with four hands. So satisfied!!
Great Mattress! - Janell R.
We absolutely love our new mattress. We love the split side option! My husband and I needed different firmness levels and this was the perfect way to do it. The layer exchange process was smooth.
Great experience from ordering, delivery, - Tom G.
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I have rheumatoid arthritis . Husband has lumbar DJD. it is the best bed ever! I have no pain. Husband's 90% better. It's on a adjustable base. GET IT!
Third Mattress bought! The only kind we will buy! - Justin J.
So we were very skeptical to buy the first one. We lived in texas the showroom was in Phoenix we couldn't see it and we were hesitant to buy something we couldnt see or feel. Our son had allergies badly and all my research showed these didn't have that kinda problem and didn't off gas and other things. So we bought hte first one for his benefit. Its like a mattress from a 5 star hotel. We bought this config in case your wondering - Xfirm, Firm, and Medium. We liked it so much we changed our king bed as well to the same thing - those two are now 3 years old, we just bought another bed to replace our last remaining regular mattress. The only complaint if I had one is that there is a little bit of compression over three years where we mostly lay. Not super noticiable or anything but something, for that reason we rotate it (not flip) every 8-12 months. But other then that its PERFECT! we have a hard time sleeping on any other beds now!
Love our mattress! - Tim M.
My wife and I are sleeping longer and more sound than we have in a long time! Great innovation to be able to set up the firmness level of each side of the bed. We're both happy with what we chose!
Wonderful bed - Leann S.
I am chemically sensitive (but not allergic to latex). This was the perfect fit for me. Staff also very helpful.
Awesome mattress - Michael C.
Excellent Mattress and Sheet Set - Beverly H.
We purchased 2 mattresses for a folding platform frame to use for guests. They are as comfortable as the 3 layer mattresses we purchased from SleepEZ 8 years ago. They are so comfortable that we wouldn't consider any other brand. The best thing is that you can move the mattress easily, because it comes in layers. I stacked the 2 new mattresses on top of an existing SleepEZ bed, and now our guests can sleep in a regular bed.
I love it 😍 - Elizabeth Y.
Love my new mattress!!! - Patricia G.
Really, happy with my new mattress. Custermer service before the sale was excellent.
King and queen natural talalay - Kevin Y.
Setup was a little daunting at first because I’ve never built a bed, but it actually was quite easy! Very comfortable beds and very quiet when moving around on them. Great support from the team at EZ... I recommend the EZ bases and they also went together easy without tools!
Finally, a bed with no chemical smell. - Shelley D.
I am chemically sensitive and have finally found a bed that has no toxic smell. I am quite happy and comfortable in my natural latex bed. The phone associates were friendly and so helpful. One slip up with an item not received was quickly remedied. So very satisfied with my bed and this company!
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Mentors make a difference! The Office of Undergraduate Research officially launched our research Faculty Mentor of the Week recognition on August 28, 2017. Each week our office will highlight one of our outstanding and very much appreciated research faculty mentors who offer leadership and support of our undergraduate student researchers.
Dr. Babak Bazrgari is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering. Dr. Bazrgari is also the Director of the Human Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Lab with research focusing on the mechanical behaviors of the active neuromuscular and the passive musculoskeletal systems in the human body, and aims at controlling and managing musculoskeletal disorders. In the last year, Dr. Bazrgari has mentored eight graduate students and eight undergraduate students.
Mentoring is a great opportunity to deliver a rewarding and potentially life-changing experience for both the mentor and the mentee. "Mentoring students for me has not only involved giving and coaching, but equally learning from students," Dr. Bazrgari explained, "Particularly as related to differences in individuals' strengths and weaknesses, and how those personal characteristics can be properly implemented or managed to achieve one's goals in day-to-day life." When considering an undergraduate student for his lab, he appreciates a student's strong desire to learn, a willingness to accept responsibility, persistence, and hard work.
When asked about the value of undergraduate research, Dr. Bazrgari replied, "Getting involved in undergraduate research will enhance the educational experience of undergraduate students. It allows them to better realized the applicability of materials covered in the classroom and helps them develop important skills that can be leveraged toward achieving their career and educaitonal goals."
Thank you Dr. Babk Bazrgari for your support of undergraduate research at the University of Kentucky! We greatly appreciate the outstanding mentoring Dr. Bazrgari provides and the difference he is making for so many UK undergraduates.
Dr. Martin Nielsen is an Associate Professor and Schlaikjer Professor in Equine Infectious Disease in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment with research interests including equine parasitology, parasite control programs, and anthelmintic resistance. In the last year, Dr. Nielsen has mentored ten undergraduate students and four graduate students.
Dr. Nielsen is a dedicated supporter of undergraduate research and explained how mentoring adds value to his life, "Mentoring undergraduate students is one of the most rewarding activities in my work life. Hosting an undergraduate student is an opportunity to provide an experience that could be life-changing. Most of them come to me because they are curious about research and want to find out whether it might be something for them. We always need help with our many projects, so we provide some training in our laboratory methods and have the students start out working on some of those projects. After a while, many of them develop an interest in doing more and we encourage them to work on their own projects. I engage my graduate students in mentoring and supervising these students and help them develop a project idea. When we get to this point, it starts being really fun." He takes great pride in mentoring and developing undergraduate research students and aims to give them "an experience as a part of a research team, where people work together and help each other." Neilsen is proud of his undergraduate students' efforts, "Most of my undergraduate students have published their work in peer-reviewed research journals, and several have presented their work at scientific conferences. Needless to say that those are both tremendous achievements for undergraduate students. Whether they decide to pursue graduate studies or not, I consider such a research experience invaluable."
When looking for an undergraduate research mentee, Dr. Nielsen found that UK "is just full of smart, talented, hard-working and motivated young people, so I don't need to do much in terms of vetting or selecting the right students. That's our gold." Nielsen's passion for mentoring and research is tremendous. "In this day and age, there is no shortage of information available, and a lot of it is misrepresented, misinterpreted, and cherry-picked," he continued, "As a higher learning institution we should aim at educating our student to acquire and assess information in an unbiased manner. Research experience is key to achieve this."
Thank you Dr. Martin Nielsen for your support of undergraduate research! We greatly appreciate the outstanding mentoring Dr. Nielsen provides and the difference he is making for so many UK undergraduates.
Dr. Suzanne Segerstrom is a Professor of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences with research interests including personality, self-regulation, and health. Dr. Segerstrom's research primarily addresses the influence of individual differences in personality, cognition, and emotion on psychological health and physiological functions. In the last year, she has mentored six undergraduate students and four PhD students.
Dr. Segerstrom appreciates the opportunity to mentor students and explained, "My students challenge me to deeply understand what we are studying and how we are approaching science. Are we doing the best we can? What more do we need to do before we really know the answer to a scientific question?" When considering students for undergraduate research, she values two characteristics, no matter what career stage, "First, being smart and intellectually curious generates ideas. Second, being conscientious and hardworking realizes the potential of those ideas. The first gets a lot of attention, but the second is equally, if not more, important."
"Being a researcher is a great job, because you get to pursue answers to the questions that interest you." Dr. Segerstrom continued, "Undergraduate students who do research get a taste of that pursuit, which can be frustrating but is more fulfilling and exciting." Thank you Dr. Segerstrom for your unwavering support of undergraduate research at the University of Kentucky. We are pleased to recognize your dedication this week as our Faculty Mentor of the Week.
Dr. Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. Her field of specialization is Structural Engineering. Dr. Gutierrez Soto is also the director of the Multidisciplinary Smart Structures Knowledge Research Lab at the University of Kentucky. Her specific research interests include sustainable and humanitarian engineering, smart structures, multi-hazard resilience, vibration control, game theory, and green engineering to name a few.
While this is her first year at UK, Dr. Gutierrez Soto has already mentored five undergraduate students and two graduate students. When asked about her role as a research mentor, she explained, "I find it rewarding to be a mentor, because I had great mentors in my life that influenced the person I am today. Working with my mentees opened new avenues and viewpoints to solve an interesting problem. We are working together to make a difference in protecting structures from natural disasters." When looking for an undergraduate research mentee, Dr. Gutierrez Soto looks for "an undergraduate that is self-motivated. Someone that not only has the drive to carry on the tasks at hand, but also comes to the meetings with creative new ideas to take the project to the next level."
Dr. Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto values research and supports the undergraduate research experience at UK. When asked about the value of an undergraduate student engaging in research, she replied, "Research experience is one way to learn more about oneself and see the adventure that lies in the unknown. Research can be challenging and is supposed to be, because you are in nthe path of creating new knowledge; no matter how small, you are contributing and impacting the field."
Thank you Dr. Gutierrez Soto for your continued support and encouragement of undergraduate research. Your dedication makes a profound difference to students at the University of Kentucky. We are pleased to recognize you as this week's research Faculty Mentor of the Week.
Dr. Margaret Mohr-Schroeder is an Associate Professor of mathematics education in the Department of STEM Education, where she is also the Associate Deam of Clinical Preparation and Partnerships within the College of Education. Dr. Mohr-Schroeder enjoys researching pre-service teacher Mathematics Education, Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching, and Assessment. In the last year, Dr. Mohr-Schroeder has mentored 2 undergraduate research students. When asked about her role as a mentor, she replied, "I love working with undergraduate students! I love the fresh and innocent perspective they bring to a project. Watching them analyze data and discuss the results and their impact gives me a renewed sense of purpose. Further, the lens through which they analyze the data provides a different generational take, which in our work in education, is extremely important! They often times have insights that we would not traditionally think of."
When considering a student for undergraduate research, Dr. Mohr-Schroeder looks for students with enthusiasm for learning new things, persistence, and critical thinking skills. She explains, "Communication skills are of great value, as well, but I found those to be easier to teach than the former characteristics."
Dr. Margaret Mohr-Schroeder supports and values undergraduate research at UK and explained,"I think it's important to create more acces to the high quality undergraduate research experiences offered at UK, because I think it opens more opportunities for our students. Through undergraduate research opportunities, they get to explore and investigate a whole other world that will hopefully have a long term impact. The skills gained through an undergraduate research experience may not have direct connections to their future careers, but the 21st century knowledge and skills gained through these experiences will enable them to be better prepared UK graduates."
Thank you for your dedication and support of undergraduate research at UK. The Office of Undergraduate Reseach is pleased to recognize Dr. Margaret Mohr-Schroeder as this week's Faculty Mentor of the Week!
Jessica Houlihan is a Lecturer in the Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition in the College of Agriculture and PA-C in the Department of Pediatrics at the Kentucky Children's Hospital. She is interested in clinical and community-based research, quality improvement research, preventative and primary clinical care, women's health issues, and teaching/precepting students. In the past year, Houlihan has mentored approximately 60 undergraduate seniors that are enrolled in the DHN 474 and 475 Research Theory and Application class. Ms. Houlihan explains, "Being a mentor has helped me to continue to see the value of research and the research process. My goal is to help students feel confident as researchers and have the interest to pursue research endeavors in their future careers." She continues, "I am amazed at the thought process and research curiosity of the students I have worked with over the years. Often students have questions and concerns regarding health disparities that they hope to answer through research."
When looking for an undergraduate research mentee, Houlihan appreciates students with a natural curiosity and critical thinking skills. When asked about the value of undergraduate students engaging in research, she replied "Research activity in undergraduate students builds confidence and strengthens critical thinking skills. It is a great transition process for upper-level students to prepare for careers or graduate education."
Thank you Jessica Houlihan for your continued support and encouragement of undergraduate research. Your dedication makes a profound difference to students at the University of Kentucky!
Dr. Samuel Awuah is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts & Sciences. Dr. Awuah's research focuses on innovative drug discovery through computer-aided drug design, genetic editing, and rigorous chemical synthesis of organic and inorganic small molecule probes to interograte human biology processes and disease states towards new therapeutics. His laboratory is pivoted on three overarching themes involving drug discovery, chemical biology, and chemical immunology. In the past year, Dr. Awuah has mentored five undergraduate students.
When asked how mentoring adds value to his life, Dr. Awuah explains, "Working with talented undergraduate students at UK constantly stimulates personal learning as they ask important scientific questions that I would not under normal circumstances think about. They bring great enthusiasm and energy to my research program becuase of their desire to make discoveries." When considering an undergraduate research mentee, Dr. Awuah looks for students who are "passionate about solving problems using science as the vehicle." He also appreciates "traits of persistence and hard work" in his research mentees.
Dr. Samuel Awuah supports and values undergraduate research at UK and notes, "Our future scientific breakthrough lies in training undergraduate researchers." Thank you Dr. Awuah for your continued support and dedication! We are honored to recognize Dr. Samual Awuah as this week's Faculty Mentor of the Week!
Dr. Yang Jiang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral Science in the College of Medicine. She is also an affiliated faculty member of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, and of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Center at the College of Medicine. Dr. Jiang's research focuses on understanding the neural mechanisms underlying visual perception and cognition in healthy and clinical populations. In the past year, Dr. Jiang has mentored eight undergraduate students.
"It has been a gratifying experience to work with talented undergraduates through various UK undergraduate programs, such as Honors College and STEMCats. I have learned a lot from these students who have majors and minors in neuroscience, psychology, biology, public health, history, German, and engineering," she notes, "I feel rewarded through their achievements including getting into Ivy League universities, medical schools, or winning an undergraduate teaching award for assisting research training."
When asked what Dr. Jiang looks for in an undergraduate research mentee, she replied, "What I look for in a student is his/her research interests and passion and willingness to work for their goals. The most successful students in behavioral and clinical neuroscience are those who are self-motivated, excited to learn new skills, and team-players." She believes that "being a mentor comes with tremendous responsibility for guiding and developing a mentee's mind and soul, beyond simply passing on knowledge." She continues, "I have seen time after time that research accomplishment is a great predictor for undergraduates' future success. I am most proud when students tell me that their research experience has helped and shaped them into achieving bigger dreams."
The Office of Undergraduate Research would like to thank Dr. Yang Jiang for her dedication and support of undergraduate research. We greatly appreciate your efforts and celebrate you as this week's Faculty Mentor of the Week!
Dr. Gail Hoyt is a Professor of Economics and Gatton College Teaching Fellow in UK's Gatton College of Business & Economics. Dr. Hoyt is the co-coordinator for the Lab for Economics and Accounting Proficiency. Gail has won numerous teaching awards including the UK Alumni Association Great Teacher Award, the UK Provost's Award for Outstanding Teaching, and the Kenneth Elzinga Distinguished Teacher Award from the Southern Economic Association. Dr. Hoyt's dedication to education and mentoring makes such a difference to her students and mentees. Thank you Dr. Hoyt for your support and encouragement of undergraduate research!
Dr. Ana Liberato is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies in the Sociology Department in the College of Arts & Science. Her research interests include race, ethnicity, and gender and their interplay with political identity and political attitudes. Dr. Liberato's role as mentor giver her "satisfaction and pure joy from my successful mentees". She explains that "through interactions with them, I "renew" the love for my career and the energies and commitment needed for the constant pursue of effective teaching." When asked what she looks for in an undergraduate research mentee, she replied that she wants students to be "engaged, open-minded, and reliable. I feel I can work through any issue if these characteristics are present."
Dr. Ana Liberato supports and values undergraduate research at UK and explained, "Research can be a vehicle for multiple realizations by students in regard to what they are learning, what they can do with it, how they think, what they need academically and skills wise, and what really matters to them." Thank you Dr. Liberato for your continued support and dedication! We are honored to recognize Dr. Liberato as this week's Faculty Mentor of the Week!
Dr. John D'Orazio is a Professor of Pediatrics in the UK College of Medicine, as well as the Interim Director of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. Dr. D'Orazio is a physician scientist who combines a clinical career in pediatric hematology/oncology, caring for children with cancer and blood diseases, with melanoma and melanocyte research. Over the last year, Dr. D'Orazio has mentored 4 students in his lab and many others in the hospital as clinical observers onn Pediatric Hematology/Oncology rounds.
Dr. D'Orazio enjoys mentoring undergraduate students and explains, "Though it doesn't happen with every student, it is rewarding to see the spark of curiosity lit by scientific discovery. I enjoy energizing a love of research in students. A good mentor-mentee relationship goes both ways - the mentor helps give perspective and guidance, while the mentee brings fresh ideas and a sense of untapped potential." When considering an undergraduate mentee, he looks for a student with an innate scientific curiosity.
When asked about the importance of undergraduate research, Dr. D'Orazio replied, "Why should students engage in undergraduate research? At some point in every student's undergraduate studies, she or he should question what they're being taught. Where did the "facts" come from in the textbooks they're learning from? - they came from research! When a student is no longer satisfied to accept knowledge simply by passive absorption, but feels the need to create knowledge by discovery, then they are ready to do research."
Thank you Dr. John D'Orazio for your dedication and support of undergraduate research at UK.
Susie Thiel is a multi-media artist, choreographer, performer and educator. She is the Director of the Dance Program and Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Kentucky. Over the past year, Ms. Thiel has mentored 10 undergraduate students and explained, "I work hard to teach my students the importance of dance research and practice as research. Most students do not realize the importance of dance scholarship or that dance performance and choreography is research. I help my students expand on their artistry to include a variety of research methodologies and methods, as well as gain new perspectives that can be interwoven into choreographic endeavors."
When looking for mentees, Susie looks for students with questions, someone that wants to employ collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches. Ms. Thiel told us about one of her former undergraduate research students who was a dance minor and also in her third year of medical school at UK. This student's research was based on biological science and dance and culminated into the resulting work, A Production on the Production of Cortisol: Glucocorticoids Made Personal that explored how stress impacted a person physically, mentally, and physiologically.
Susie believes "it is crucial for students to begin to conduct research at the undergraduate level as they are the future dance makers and scholars. Student research at the University of Kentucky provides the student with a foundation to conduct research in their fields. Thank you Susie Thiel for your dedication and support of undergraduate research at UK.
Dr. Sarah Kercsmar is Director of Undergraduate Studies and CLM Assistant Professor in the College of Health Sciences. Dr. Kercsmar loves teaching and working with students, from the very first year until graduation. She especially likes trying out new teaching methods and active learning tools to help students learn through hands-on experience. Her research interests include the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, service-learning, and population level public health interventions.
Thank you for all the efforts you put in research and for your dedication to undergraduate research and your undergraduate students. The Office of Undergraduate Research is pleased to recognize Dr. Sarah Kercsmar as this week’s Faculty Mentor of the Week!
Dr. Christia Brown is Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Psychology, as well as the Director of Center for Equality and Social Justice. Over the past year, Dr. Brown has mentored 15 students. When asked how her role as a mentor creates value in her life, she explained, "I am deeply inspired by my mentees. The most rewarding part of my job is helping students develop a passion for research and a drive to ask the kinds of questions that can improve the world." Dr. Brown enjoys when students get excited "by the work we're doing and helps me see the research with new eyes."
When looking for mentees, Dr. Brown appreciates students who have a strong work ethic, inquisitive and passionate, and those who can bring a diverse perspective to the conversation.
Thank you Dr. Christia Brown for all the efforts you put in research and for your dedication to undergraduate research and your undergraduate students.
Puleo joined UK in 1991 after receiving his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He became director of the Center for Biomedical Engineering (now the F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering) in 2005 and associate dean for research and graduate studies in 2015. He received UK’s Excellence in Teaching for Biomedical Engineering in 2011, 2013 and 2015 and the College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research in 2013.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, Dr. Puleo mentored one high school student, two undergraduates, three graduate students, one postdoctoral dental resident, and two postdoctoral scholars. When asked about how his role as a mentor has added value to his life, he replied, "As cliche as it sounds, mentoring students is one of the most enjoyable aspects of being a faculty member...I view guiding young researchers as they begin their careers in science and engineering as a critically important responsibility of faculty at a top level research university." Dr. Puleo takes great pride in mentoring students and meets individually with his "lab folks" on Fridays as "that gives me something to look forward to at the end of the week." When looking for undergraduate student researchers, Dr. Puleo not only looks for motivation and grit, but also questions why the student wants to get involved in research, as well as their interests and desired career pathway. "Regarding grit, will the student be self-motivated, rise to independence, and be persistent in the face of challenges, such as when a research experiment does not go as planned? Gift is a key attribute not just for conducting research, but for success beyond the university."
Dr. Puleo is a true advocate for undergraduate research and we are pleased to recognize him as this week's Facutly Mentor of the Week.
Dr. Joao Costa is an Assistant Professor in Dairy Sciences at the Department of Animal Sciences. Over the past year, Dr. Costa has mentored 5 graduate, 12 undergraduates and 3 undergraduates from France as well as a section of the StemCats research mentorship program in Animal behavior.
When looking for mentees, Dr. Costa looks for students with a motivation to learn, professionalism, and responsibilityl. Dr. Costa believes that students should be motivated to explore and learn from the opportunities that are given to them during this fundamental period of their lives at the same time that they are learning the essential professionalism that will help them in being successful in life.
Thank you for all the efforts you put in research and for your dedication to undergraduate research and your undergraduate students. The Office of Undergraduate Research is pleased to recognize Dr. Joao Costa as this week’s Faculty Mentor of the Week!
Dr. DaMaris B. Hill is an Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing in the College of Arts and Sciences. Over the past year, Dr. Hill has mentored many over 15 students including graduate students across many colleges at the University of Kentucky. When looking for mentees, Dr. Hill looks for students with commitment, creativity, and vision. Dr. Hill believes that students should engage in undergraduate research "in order explore and engage with their interests in a way that can impact their "glocal" community."
Thank you for all the efforts you put in research and for your dedication to undergraduate research and your undergraduate students. The Office of Undergraduate Research is pleased to recognize Dr. DaMaris B. Hill as this week’s Faculty Mentor of the Week!
Rebekah Radtke is an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky. She has mentored 4 students and has said that mentoring students brings vibrancy to her work and allows her to think about her research from a different perspective. She says mentees have influenced how she approaches her research by providing valuable insights and energy to projects that impact our communities.
When looking for a student to mentor, she looks for self-directed, passionate students who are also good comunnicators. Thank you for all the efforts you put in research and for your dedication to undergraduate research and your undergraduate students. The Office of Undergraduate Research is pleased to recognize Rebekah Radtke as this week’s Faculty Mentor of the Week!
Dr. Amanda Adams is an associate professor at the University of Kentucky. She has over 20 referred publications and has been working with students in research at the university since 2011. Working at the Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, she has involved her investigations around models of ‘stress’ in particular how the process of weaning, as a model of stress, impacts immune and metabolic functions. Her research is focused on understanding how endocrine disorders —Particularly, Equine #Cushing’s disease— affects the immune response of aging horses.
Thank you Dr. Adams for all the efforts you put in research and for your dedication to undergraduate research and your undergraduate students.
This week our Faculty Mentor of the Week is Dr. Martina Vasil! Dr. Vasil is an Assistant Professor of Music Education and Director of the Orff Schulwerk and Dalcroze Summer Institute. She’s mentored eight undergraduate music students over the past year. When she looks for undergraduate mentees, she looks for curiosity, a natural propensity for writing and thinking, and a drive to learn more on a topic that interests them!
Dr. Vasil's role as a mentor evolved from her love of having mentors throughout her life. "Mentors have helped me to grow my knowledge in the field, gain confidence in my own thinking and ability to communicate my ideas, and take advantage of professional development and research opportunities. It has been extremely rewarding to give back and become a mentor myself to provide the same benefits to others. I have learned more about life and how people learn best from my students and have expanded my knowledge according to my students’ specific research and teaching interests. In many cases, I have gained new friends as my mentees have graduated and become professionals in our field of music education."
When asked about the value of undergraduate research, Dr. Vasil explained, "It is valuable for undergraduate music education majors to do research so that there is an empirical base for their teaching. Understanding why we do what we do and best practices only strengthen our pedagogy and impact on the field. Further, providing a platform for undergraduates to showcase their research (whether as a “Ted Talk” as I did with my MUS 361 class or a research poster) instills confidence in students that their ideas and curiosity have value and furthers their drive to continue to be reflective and responsive teachers."
Thank you Dr. Vasil for your continued support and encouragement of undergraduate research. Your dedication makes a profound difference to students at the University of Kentucky.
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Motherboard Wiring - How to Reconnect?
Need help with motherboard wiring: I have an emachine motherboard that was replaced and all the wires were not reconnected including Front USB and Sound. Can anyone help?
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Most likely they are not proprietary sound drivers. Most laptops will use the Realtek drivers. You may also be able to get the drivers from your motherboard manufacturer's page. If you don't know your motherboard manufacturer, look for a little app called CPUID.
How to build a computer - that works?
Okay. So I took some components from an old computer and am trying to build a new one. I have a new 500w power supply, a new disc drive, a new case, a new Gigabyte ATX micro Motherboard, and I am using old DDR2 RAM (4 GB, which the MoBo says it supports) and an old HD.
I tried booting up without the drives or the HD attached. Everything powers on fine, the fans spin, I get one beep. Then invariably at some point, the computer loses power. The power loss comes at different times. Sometimes almost right away, sometimes I make it to the Windows XP or BIOS screen (but never further, it always crashes almost instantly). I don't have a CPU cooling fan, but I have the power one and the system one. I don't think that's the problem, but I'm running out of ideas here.
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I have a Hewlett Packard Compac desktop computer and the problem I have is a regular loss of graphics for no particular (or apparent) reason.
I regularly have to use a windows repair disc, which leads me to conclude I have a faulty computer.
What's the age of your pc? Have you replaced computer components recently? Or changed software? I need some more information from you before I can provide assistance or help.
Thanks, Kris. You may have just identified my problem, as I do not have a CPU cooler installed. The mobo and processor are new, and on startup the processor and RAM were detected. I'll get a fan and install that to see if it works.
Sounds like a bad CPU pin connection between the new motherboard and the CPU/Package from the old machine.
Often when transferring components back & forth like a CPU, the pins are not seated or aligned properly in the MOBO socket receptacle. Even if they are the pins from a used component or CPU may have slightly altered, 'corroded' or tarnished over time. Gently remove CPU & observe the pins, re-seat or lower back in the new socket, close & lock the gate lever. Re-install CPU Fan/Cooler assembly - most new Mobo's will shut down if there is NO CPU FAN attached - its should have a three pin connector, (the 3rd wire is for speed sensor).
hope this helps isolate the trouble.
Why Does USB Device Power Stay On After Shut Down?
Need some advice: why does the USB device power stay on after shut down of computer?
I was given a bunch of old computers and parts and using them to build my own computer!!
First, let me say that when I was a preschooler my mother would find,and give me, broken things to fix. Things like vacuum cleaners,radios clocks,toys - just about anything electrical.
So I learned about power supplies and drives etc. And (thanks to this site) I built a computer. It took me about 1 year to get the build done, operating and online. And the only money I spent was for a legal disc of Windows XP (no regrets). I did find that I had more fun building it than using it!
The only problem that I'm really having is that when the computer shuts down, the B+ power going to the USB ports and mouse port stays on. I guess that I need a schematic for the switching SCRs. Are they in the motherboard or the power supply? If anyone can help me on this, please email me.
Question: Is this a Memory Stick Problem?
When I turn on machine, the CPU horn emits three 'ti ti ti' for 3,4 times, before it starts, and after motherboard POST details, it shows a CPU fan error. After some time the system resumes operations. Please help me fix this issue.
Response from Chris: It is most likely that one of the memory modules of your PC has become defective or has been recently added to your system incorrectly.
The motherboard bios is telling you that the CPU fan is not turning fast enough to cool the main processor chip.
How long has it been since you had a look inside your system? You might be surprised at the amount of dust that can accumulate over time on memory stick(s) and also plug up the system and CPU fan assemblies!
Having trouble building my own computer.
I've gone through 3 different memory sticks all DDR3 dual chn 1600, 1800, 2000 (tried all different kinds only using one in the first slot for power ups).
I've gone step by step troubleshooting each part. Every thing powers on and looks in working order, vice either the CPU or some part of the Mother board.
Lights on the board come on and I get a flashing red light by the battery (not sure what that means and it's not in the MoBo manual).
I can't get to any bios set up or any indication that the processor is running.
Ive ruled out case shorts, memory, video cards and power supply.
Am I missing something simple or do I have major issue?
Are the hard drive and MOBO incompatible?
I'm almost in your shoes Nate. Hopefully my posting can give you some insight as well.
I am upgrading my brothers old ATA system which has an AYA HD and CD-RW/DVD player. The new is an AMD AM3 Phenom X4, 4GBDDR3 1333 memory, MSI 880GM-E43 mobo, 550W PS.
After installing the new parts, I booted and received one beep and then the screen comes up stating there was a hardware change, reboot or go to Safe Mode, Last Known...,Restart, Load Windows normally. After a restart, same thing.
I sent back the mobo after talking with MSI and put the new one in, same thing. Replaced memory, same thing. Disconnected everything but CPU, RAM, PS, and HD - same thing. Put old PC back together, and it boots. I also think it could be the CPU but that is pretty rare. I'm stuck myself.
Speeding up my computer is my goal. How do I do it?
Connect the hard disk in question to a working system.
Configure the hard disk as a 'slave' if the main disk is working as the master. NOTE: CHECK THE CONFIGURATION PATTERN ON THE LABEL OF THE HARD DISK.
Boot the system and access your computer folder.
Select the right format; i.e. when selecting the Drive, precisely choose either Drive D or E for your disk and then click open to access your files.
I need a new motherboard for my PC (it's crashed). I have an Asus P5N32-E SLI but can't seem to buy it any where. Is there a motherboard that you would recommend to replace it?
that the original is no longer working.
To keep using all of your existing hardware (because once you swap out the motherboard you need to consider how the other computer components work with the motherboard and at times you need to buy more computer parts), I would suggest getting a like-for-like replacement on Ebay-uk.
While Intel LGA 775 socket 'T' motherboards are no longer in production, you can still get a couple of new replacements from companies like Newegg but be aware that these are no longer supported (but usually warranteed – make sure you check that before buying), although they are still a good option for a desktop/server using an existing CPU but with the added RAM and USB upgrade.
Note: When upgrading your motherboard, if you decide to go to a newer version (rather than selecting the one of the like-for-like motherboards I recommended above) remember that you will likely need to replace other components (to keep your system 'in sync').
Talk to your local computer parts supplier and make sure you cost out what all the components would cost and then compare to replacing with a like-for-like motherboard – sometimes it's more cost-effective over the long term to rebuild your system with newer technology.
Let us know what you decided to do about upgrading motherboard!
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Here is a guest post I wrote for the aptly-named site, Work Awesome. I hope you enjoy it!
Last fall, after putting off going to my first Toastmaster’s meeting for the umpteenth time, I decided to enroll in an improv comedy class. I had been watching Whose Line is it Anyway? and thought to myself, “Why can’t I think off the cuff and engage in witty banter like those guys on the show?” So, on the first day of class, I girded up my loins and forced myself to actually attend.
I knew I wouldn’t become the next Will Ferrell or Tina Fey, but I figured it would help me to round out my public speaking skills. What I didn’t anticipate, however, was that it would provide so many valuable lessons that could be applied to a professional environment.
Here are the top six lessons from improv that can help advance your career.
This is one of the foundational rules of improv. In essence, to be able to react effectively to your scene partners, you have to be completely attentive to their words and actions.
So, as opposed to thinking about what you are going to say next or wondering what interesting tidbit your vibrating smartphone is tempting you to read, your task is to give the other person your full attention.
The benefits of this approach in interactions with colleagues are pretty obvious. By taking this lesson into the workplace and being intentional about staying present with your co-workers, they will feel more understood and valued.
In turn, this will encourage them to return the favor by being more attentive to you. Further, by staying present you will be able to gather more information, including concrete data like specific facts and more subtle information like nonverbal reactions and group dynamics.
My last two posts have been about relationships, and this is my last post in the series I did for MindBodyGreen. If you’ve been following the my last few articles, you now know how to communicate effectively and have some relationship resolutions that can improve the quality of your interactions.
Still, we all make mistakes. We might do something we shouldn’t have or, perhaps we accidentally develop foot-in-mouth disease and wish we could take back our words. So, how do you own up for your wrongdoings and get your relationship back on track? How do you say you’re sorry so that the other person knows how much you mean it? Apologizing can feel uncomfortable, but it is necessary to maintain our relationships. This post will help you out by giving you some tips that can make your apologies run more smoothly. And, while I wrote it with personal relationships in mind, all of the information applies to business relationships as well.
Now you’ve done it. Despite your best intentions, you dropped the ball in some way. You feel remiss, and want to apologize for the action or inaction you’ve taken (or not taken) to disappoint.
Maybe you were too optimistic about what you could accomplish, and you missed an important deadline. Or, you blurted out something hurtful to a loved one. Or maybe you betrayed a close friend.
So how do you best own up to your mistake and make sure the other person knows how sorry you are? How do you apologize with strength, with integrity, while also showing vulnerability and compassion?
As you know, I truly believe that a holistic approach to life and work is most important. If your personal life is going well, that supports your success at work. However, if you are having relationship challenges, that can spillover into your work life, and make it more difficult to perform at your peak.
With that in mind, I recently wrote an article on MindBodyGreen with a very practical tip that will help you to strengthen your relationship. And, while I wrote it with romantic relationships in mind, the truth is, it will bolster your work relationships as well. I hope you enjoy it!
When most of my clients want to improve their communication skills at home or at work, they focus on how to better handle conflict. They want to have more empathy, to avoid being critical, or to make sure they don’t shut down when hearing uncomfortable information from loved ones or coworkers. They want to “fight fair,” to get all the issues out on the table without getting defensive, and to listen attentively in the process.
And let’s face it: all of these behaviors are truly important for navigating our interactions with others. After all, when two people, with two distinct life histories, engage with one another, differences in opinion arise. Handling these difficulties well could be the difference between a successful resolution and a knock down, dragged-out fight.
However, while arguments and conflict tend to get a lot of airplay because of how dramatic and emotionally-laden they can be, research suggests that you are making a mistake if you don’t also pay attention to how you respond to your partner’s good news.
In fact, psychologist Dr. Shelly Gable argues that how we respond to each other in good times can serve as a barometer of the health of the relationship, and that it can better predict the quality of the relationship than our reactions to bad news.
While many might think it is a pretty basic skill, I have found that listening is a common developmental opportunity amongst the executives with whom I work. Think of it – a lot of high achievers are results-oriented drivers, and with that often comes high urgency, impatience, and sometimes a certain degree of stubbornness. Thus, developing better listening skills is an important way for many individuals to become more effective both on-and-off the job.
Being a good listener is vital in business. Listening is an important skill in business because it is an essential communication tool. People are so busy thinking about what they will say next, that they fail to listen effectively. Those who can listen well can develop better relationships and eliminate misunderstandings and miscommunication,” explains Frederick J. Goodall, publisher of Mocha Dad and Mocha Man Style.
But for some being a good listener doesn´t come naturally. It is a skill that has to be learned and practiced.
First, determine if you are a poor listener. “Do people tell you you don’t listen? Even if the feedback is from your significant other, and you are prone to dismiss it, at least consider the possibility that this quality may manifest itself at work as well,” says Patricia Thompson, author of “The Consummate Leader: a Holistic Guide to Inspiring Growth in Others…and in Yourself” and president of Silver Lining Psychology.
You’ve finally done it. After years spent working long hours, perfecting your craft, and proving your worth on big projects, you’ve earned the title of your dreams. You are now officially Mr. or Ms. Bigwig. You bask in the glow of your momentous achievement, thinking of all the wonderful things you are going to accomplish, now that you are responsible for a team of people who will help you to shake things up for the company and bring acclaim to your area. You sit in your new office, feet on the desk, fantasizing about the ways that you will impact corporate America.
Yes, I’m sorry to burst your bubble, but your leadership style is playing a key role in the results you’re getting (or not getting). But I’m here to help. Read on for five of the potential reasons for your unenviable predicament.
You know that annoying quality your significant other and friends keep telling you about that you keep dismissing? It’s actually true. And, it doesn’t just affect you at home, it also rears its ugly head in the workplace. I hate to break it to you, but it comes up even more frequently now that you are constantly under all the stress associated with your new highfaluting job. Your strategy of thinking that if you just ignore it, it will go away, simply isn’t working.
Takeaway: It’s time to get serious about understanding yourself – your strengths, your weaknesses, and everything in-between, and doing something about it. If you don’t, it could derail you. Seriously.
Now that you are a leader, you think you are expected to have all the answers. So, instead of putting yourself in situations in which you can continue to stretch yourself and learn, you are concerned with looking good. You try to avoid being vulnerable by avoiding experiences that could make you look less than fully competent, and you might even stretch the truth a little to make yourself look better. However, you are shooting yourself in the foot. Instead of truly becoming a knowledgeable and high-powered leader, you to stay stagnant and underachieve relative to your potential, because you aren’t getting the valuable opportunities that will help you to develop. Plus, the people who report to you have learned that taking risks isn’t valued, and so they shy away from innovation or sharing unique ideas.
Takeaway: Want opportunities to learn and grow? Humility and a willingness to be vulnerable go a long way!
You have a sense of what leaders are “supposed” to be like, and so that is the person you aim to be. That engaging sense of humor you possess? You squelch it so you can appear more “presidential.” Your opinion about how the newest company initiative is likely going to go over like a lead balloon amongst people of your demographic? You keep it to yourself, for fear that others might not like what you have to say. Your people see that you aren’t advocating for them, and so, they don’t feel a need to go out on a limb for you. Instead of earning your seat at the table, you have become an empty suit taking up space, nodding your head as the “Yes-man” you think you should be. This causes others to see you as agreeable, perhaps, but definitely not as someone who adds value.
Takeaway: If you truly want to be a leader, you must embrace your authenticity. Authentic leaders set the tone for their people to bring their unique perspectives to the table and increase their odds of being valued for their own contributions.
“Work is work,” you say to yourself, “I’m not here to make friends.” You view relationship-building as schmoozing, and pride yourself on never sinking to such superficial lows. Because you think your competence should speak for itself, you focus intensely on charging through your to-do list, without placing any attention on the interpersonal side of things. You have overlooked the fact that people are more prone to be influenced by people they actually like. And, since you haven’t made personal connections, you find you’re having a hard time getting people to consider your perspectives. You lead your people the same way – you don’t have time to waste on “touchy-feely” crap when you are all paid to drive the business forward. Your people hate the culture you have set, because instead of feeling like well-rounded people with hopes, dreams, emotions, and needs for personal connection, they feel more like factory workers pressured to increase the rate at which they are manufacturing widgets.
Takeaway: Work gets done through people. Building relationships will build a sense of camaraderie and teamwork that complements getting tasks done.
The initial surge of joy you experienced over your promotion has reverted back to your more typical neutral to crabby response. You have devoted so much time to your work that you are neglecting your hobbies and interests that bring you happiness. You overlook the fact that people tend to produce better results when they are experiencing positive emotions. And, because you don’t realize that leaders’ moods are particularly contagious, you are unaware that your attitude is frequently the source of the sourpuss faces with which you are often greeted in the office, and the associated suboptimal performance.
Takeaway: Research shows that positive emotions are conducive to more effectiveness in work in a variety of areas. Taking the time to foster positivity in the workplace will make your area more successful.
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A few weeks ago I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the 2016 Families in Global Transition Conference in Amsterdam. It’s the third time I attend this conference and every time I find myself re-energized and grateful for this international community. It’s a space where I don’t have to explain myself or my background; I feel welcomed, understood and heard.
This year we had three spectacular keynote speakers, including the founder of FIGT and Third Culture Kid/Cross-Cultural Kid advocate, Ruth Van Reken. Ruth is so much more than that, however, so in her honor I would like to share my interview with her from 2014. That was the first year I attended FIGT and the first time I met Ruth – her warmth, humor and genuine interest in everyone she meets made a lasting impression. It was a privilege to interview her in 2014 and to hear her speak this year.
Certain names immediately come to mind when thinking about Third Culture Kid (TCK) research: Norma McCaig, Ruth Hill Useem, David Pollock and of course, Ruth Van Reken.
It is difficult to find just one word that defines Ruth, who is a missionary kid, an Adult Third Culture Kid, author, teacher, public speaker, and advocate of TCKs, among many other things. She was born in Kano, Nigeria to an American mom born and raised in Chicago, and an American ATCK dad born in Resht, Iran. She spent much of her childhood in Africa, returning to the US. for high school. As an adult, Ruth went to college, became a nurse, and then met and married her husband, David. Also a missionary kid and TCK in his own right, having lived two years in China as a child, David is also a doctor and as he wanted to work overseas, Ruth continued her expat life with her husband, raising three global nomads of her own in Liberia and the US.
As an Adult TCK, daughter, mother and grandmother of TCKs, Ruth knows the impact of this lifestyle and the importance of understanding it. She is dedicated to helping others understand their journey and to spreading the word about this global community. Without Ruth there would be no TCK ‘bible’ (Third Culture Kids: Growing up Among Worlds) and no Families in Global Transition (FIGT) conferences.
The two publications Ruth is most known for, Letters Never Sent and Growing up Among Worlds, were written under very different circumstances, but they both helped Ruth (and others) understand their own TCK background.
Finally writing about her experiences, at 39 years old, helped her process the emotions she had felt growing up as a TCK, especially about leaving home and going to boarding school. Expressing those emotions allowed her to finally address them and cope with them.
“This was not a book about a topic but simply a process of self-discovery,” she explained.
Her story resonated with many readers, and it continues to do so today, having sold over 32,000 copies. But when Ruth first wrote Letters, she had a hard time getting it printed because publishers didn’t believe there would be enough interest in her story.
From there Ruth did the selling herself until her collaboration with author and publisher Jo Parfitt, which allowed her book to receive the exposure it deserved. Jo revamped Letters by adding photos, an epilogue by Ruth, and making it available in print and kindle ensuring Ruth no longer had to sell it herself.
The book initially shunned by publishers would go on to impact people all over the world, who realized they weren’t alone in how they felt. By sharing her experiences and emotions, Ruth has helped others to learn from her lessons and ultimately live better in their understanding.
It was while working on Letters that Ruth and David Pollock first connected. He was preparing a conference on TCKs and she sent him a letter asking if he was doing anything to help adults struggling with their TCK experiences. That one letter led to a great friendship and collaboration.
Working on Growing up Among Worlds was a very different process to writing her journal. David had done much of the research but someone needed to put it in writing and make it available to others. In addition to writing it, there was also a need to clarify the whys of such a lifestyle, which were the challenges Ruth took on. Trying to explain the impact of growing up as a TCK also helped her understand herself better.
FIGT had very humble beginnings in the Midwest USA. While trying to adjust to life in suburban Indiana after living overseas, Ruth realized that not enough help was being given to relocated families. Although relocation packages included nice benefits and practical information, they lacked support in other areas.
In the meantime, Norma McCaig had started Global Nomads and David Pollock was talking about TCKs to international schools and organizations. Ruth’s memoir, Letters Never Sent had been published and people had begun writing to her, sharing their own similar experiences.
“It was apparent that issues related to global family living were real out in the world but they seemed invisible where I was living in Indianapolis,” she recalled. Then one day while sitting at her kitchen table with three friends, discussing the book she was writing with David Pollock, they realized it would be great to spread this information to a wider audience.
And so began the preparation for the first FIGT conference.
They found a venue, set a date (May 16th 1998) and created a logo, which is still used today. They even found a star speaker: David Pollock. At the time he was Executive Director of Interaction International (formerly Manhattan Youth Services), which he had co-founded in the 1960s. Few locals attended the conference, but many people traveled into town to hear David speak and ‘the magic of FIGT began’.
Although that first conference only had two sessions, it was so successful a second one was planned the following year and by 2001 FIGT had become an official organization. The conference was eventually moved from Indianapolis to Houston where there was a larger international community due to the oil industry, before moving to its current home in Washington, DC.
“Throughout the process, incredibly dedicated and capable board members […] have continued to lead the way to making FIGT what it is now,” she said.
Although David Pollock is gone, his legacy continues, not only through the knowledge he has left behind, but also through his son Michael, who led a Concurrent session with Ruth at the 2014 FIGT conference.
Another evolving aspect of FIGT is the bookstore. At the first conference there was no bookstore – there wasn’t even a book table. Ruth’s husband sold them straight from the boxes in the lobby towards the end of the conference.
“No one believed there was enough interest in such a topic to generate many sales,” Ruth recalled.
The main books available at the time were Letters Never Sent by Ruth and Strangers at Home by Carolyn Smith, a US diplomat’s daughter. The following years there were more, including Growing up Among Worlds as well as publications from Jo Parfitt and Robin Pascoe. But unfortunately the choices remained quite limited.
Today there is an online bookstore and a physical bookstore at the FIGT conferences filled with a myriad of expat and TCK-related books.
Ruth is currently working on new research regarding Cross-Cultural Kids (CCK). She wants to see how certain lessons can apply to all children who have experienced a globalized upbringing or some form of displacement from their parents’ home/culture.
Her hope is that by understanding the TCK experience it is also possible to help children from other cross-cultural backgrounds. She hopes to expand our views of who constitutes a global nomad and to use our past lessons to benefit them.
“If we have identified the gifts TCKs often receive from their cross-cultural childhood […] then is it possible those with other types of cross-cultural backgrounds […] have the same kinds of giftings?” she questioned.
She is also hopeful that future generations of TCKs/CCKs will continue to carry the torch for the global community. “Now we are in TCK Phase Two, watching your generation move into its place in the history of the world and build on the past so lessons learned can be applied to the present and prepare others to live well in a future where I believe CCKs of all backgrounds will be the norm and not the exception,” she said.
Although she speaks of passing the torch to the next generation, Ruth is far from done with her work. She continues to travel to conferences and schools speaking about TCKs and how to help them understand and make the most of their experiences.
Meeting Ruth was a highlight of the conference for me – I was immediately won over by her kindness, humor and warmth. She seems to have time for everyone, despite being in constant demand. She is modest and humble, almost to a fault, which only makes her more charming. She has done so much for this community and yet always downplays her contributions, preferring to give the credit to others. Thankfully those around her are willing to sing her praises and give her the recognition she deserves.
Ruth had endless wisdom to share, both when we spoke at FIGT and when I interviewed her after. She knows that growing up as a TCK/CCK is not simply good or bad. There are challenges and sorrow, but there are also amazing opportunities and happiness. Sometimes we forget that the ups and downs are both necessary parts of life.
After these many words of wisdom, she shared one final piece of advice, which she has carried around her whole life.
In an increasingly mobile world, perhaps that is the greatest piece of wisdom.
Je suis consciente que des attentats ont eu lieu dans d’autres pays (Liban, Iraq) avec de très nombreux morts et qu’il y a des victimes tous les jours en Syrie et ailleurs dans le monde. Le but du texte ci-dessous n’est pas de donner plus d’importance aux victimes de Paris, parce qu’aucun pays, aucune famille ne mérite de subir de telles atrocités.
Ce texte est simplement un hommage à une ville que j’aime profondément. Je suis 100% libanaise d’origine et Paris sera mon foyer éternel. Mon cœur est doublement brisé et ma peine est débordante.
Je pleure pour ma ville bien-aimée, mon cœur brisé déborde de tristesse. Paris – ville adoptée, adorée et chérie – tu souffres et je souffre loin de toi. Même si un océan nous sépare, mon cœur est avec toi et mes pensées traversent les distances et les vagues pour se poser à ton seuil.
Enfant du monde, mon âme est un mélange de cultures et mon cœur repose souvent dans plusieurs endroits, mais il ne quittera jamais Paris. Cette ville lumineuse a su bien s’emparer de mon cœur et c’est un amour éternel.
Il y a tellement de choses que je voudrais dire, mais je me retrouve sans mots face à ce tourbillon d’émotions qui remplit mon cœur et mes pensées.
Photo courtesy of Raya F.
This article first appeared in the September 2015 issue of Among Worlds.
Over the past couple of months the topics at #TCKchat have continued to be varied, thought-provoking and insightful. We finished our series of chats on race, culminating with a conversation about cultural and racial identity. We discussed the Third Culture Kid (TCK) ‘label’, and current/ future research topics for TCKs. We looked at how sports can be an important connector and tool to engage in your community. We also shared thoughts, advice and suggestions on creating and maintaining a global career.
As this issue of Among Worlds is focused on new beginnings, however, I would like to jump back a few months to a #TCKchat we had in September 2014 entitled New Kid on the Block.
The saying ‘practice makes perfect’ can apply to many things in life, but not to everything unfortunately. I’ve been the new kid quite a few times and I don’t think it really gets easier or better the more you do it. Sure, you might get more used it and as the years go by you’ll be more mature so you can handle it differently. But, on the flip side, as you get older, feelings get more complex and there’s more to juggle.
Being the new kid at school is never easy. It can be stressful, embarrassing, upsetting and lonely. Throw in a foreign country, a different school system or a new language and it becomes even more daunting. Sometimes there might not even be the comforts of home and personal belongings – they might still be shipping from across the world as you stay in a hotel.
By the time I was eighteen, I had lived in six countries (on four continents) and had gone to five different schools. I attended international/ American schools in Mexico, the Philippines and France; local schools in the U.S. and Australia; and then went on to study in French and British universities. I know all too well how it feels to be the new kid.
Although I was lucky to have supportive parents and a sister who shared the transition struggles, I still had to navigate the school days on my own. I had to talk about myself to unfamiliar faces, through the nervousness and sadness; I had to correct teachers on the pronunciation of my name; I had to find somewhere to sit at lunch and try not to feel too lonely. I don’t think more practice could have made any of that much easier.
Although the first days and weeks were tough, I always settled in eventually. I made friends, found my way around the school and one day, I was no longer the new kid. But I knew how difficult it was to feel so lost and alone, and I learned that the smallest gestures of kindness could make an enormous difference.
I took that lesson to heart and decided I would do everything I could to make the experience easier for other new kids. I initiated conversations with them and asked if I could help out. I looked out for them and if I ever saw someone who looked lost or lonely, I would introduce myself, offer to help them find their way, or simply talk to them and get to know them. Sometimes all you need is to know that someone cares.
Having the right kind of support during these transitions is so important, and I am grateful for those teachers and students who reached out a helping hand. I am even more grateful to have parents who were always supportive and reassuring. They did everything they could to help us navigate the tough parts of these experiences and cope with all the changes in our lives. Having siblings also made things infinitely easier – it was comforting to know I wasn’t alone in how I was feeling and what I was going through. We didn’t need grand gestures to help us through those moments. We simply needed a friendly smile, a sympathetic ear, a shoulder to cry on, a comforting hug – something that reminded us we weren’t alone and that everything would be alright.
I won’t pretend that moving was (or is) easy. Leaving behind all that’s familiar and starting somewhere new can be daunting and overwhelming. There are bound to be moments of sadness and loneliness. But it is also an exciting adventure, with wonderful opportunities. Being the new kid is never easy and new beginnings are always a little scary. Yet before you know it, you’ll know your way around school, you’ll be giving directions to tourists, and you’ll be calling that strange, foreign place home.
At #TCKchat we discussed being the new kid – sharing thoughts on how to make friends, who helped us through the transition, how we coped with being the new kid and finally offering up some advice for others going through similar challenges.
What type of a TCK were you when you first moved to a new place? Chameleon? Observer? Did you jump right in or have your guard up?
What was your strategy for making new friends?
Who helped you adjust? Teachers? Counselors? Peers and/or classmates?
What advice would you give a kid about to make their first move?
An earlier version of this piece was first published on my blog in June 2013. The version below was published in the September 2015 issue of Among Worlds.
Many things come to mind when thinking of summer: sunshine, ice-cream, vacation, lounging on the beach, late nights, cool drinks, lazy days and evenings with family and friends… But for me, and many other Third Culture Kids (TCKs), summer was also synonymous with change. In the American and/ or international schools we attended, when June came along and the school year ended, there was always someone moving away. Sometimes we had to say goodbye to friends who were leaving and other times we were the ones packing up. Either way it meant change, adapting to yet another new situation and having to figure it out all over again.
When we were moving there were obviously greater challenges and those summers were truly a period of transition. During those summers, we rarely went directly to the new country. Once school would finish in June, we would pack up the house, ship everything off with the moving company and we would head off to spend at least part of the summer with family. That way we could enjoy our vacation as much as possible before having to confront the inevitable challenges awaiting us.
It was a great idea to allow us this transition period, this pause, in between countries. It softened the blow of leaving our home and gave us strength to deal with arriving in a foreign place. Spending the summers with cousins and grandparents – being surrounded by loved ones and familiarity – eased the pain of loss and of sorrowful goodbyes. It reminded us that some things remain constant and steady, even when everything around us seemed to be a whirlwind of change. It also reinforced our belief that time and distance do not alter true friendship and love.
Summers are meant to be a time of joy, fun, laughter and carefree days. For TCKs moving to a new country the summer was much less carefree and relaxed. While others were still enjoying their last lazy days of lounging in the sun or chatting with friends, we were unpacking boxes in an unfamiliar house, trying to find our way in foreign roads and dreading the first day at a new school. It wasn’t always easy, but it was all part of the experience.
And despite all the tough moments, I would do it again, without a doubt. Those summers of change provided valuable lessons that will last me a lifetime and they taught me how resilient I really am. A restful summer is always welcome, but show me the next opportunity for change and my TCK itchy feet are ready for the next adventure!
I hope you all had a great summer, wherever you may be; and good luck to any of you who went through a summer of a change.
Adult Third Culture Kid (ATCK) and writer Kathleen Gamble knows what it means to live a global life. Kathleen has lived around the world – Burma, Mexico, several US states, Colombia, various countries in Africa, Switzerland and Russia. In her first book, Expat Alien, Kathleen takes us through her experiences and her history, starting from her parents’ first meeting and working her way through the many countries and continents since then.
Throughout her book, Kathleen shares personal stories and anecdotes to bring her experiences to life. There is the more harrowing side of global living – political unrest in Burma, earthquakes in Mexico, or stopping at a roadblock in Nigeria and having a soldier jam his gun through the window. But there are also stories of friendships, boarding school in Switzerland, traveling through Europe, card games with family and making home across continents.
Kathleen also delves into the difficulty of repatriation and reverse culture shock. When she returned to the US for college, she realized how different her upbringing was and found herself struggling to fit in and trying to understand the racial issues in the US. Despite the initial difficulties in settling in, Kathleen remained in the US for several more years before heading abroad again with her husband – this time to Russia. She lived nearly nine years in Russia, in six different apartments before returning to the US again. The stories of her time in Russia are fascinating and their unexpected departure following conversations with the FSB reads like a thrilling spy novel.
Even though Kathleen and her son suffered through culture shock upon returning to the US, Kathleen managed to turn things around and create a new life. Despite passing through a few difficult moments in the years since returning, her book ends on an uplifting note of hope.
Expats, TCKs, travelers and anyone interested in learning about various parts of the world through personal stories would enjoy Expat Alien.
You can purchase Expat Alien on Amazon.
Make sure to check out Kathleen’s blog www.expatalien.com to follow her latest adventures and also read more about her experiences growing up. You can also connect with Kathleen on twitter @ExpatAlien.
I never expected that an animated movie could make me feel so much. That it could reach so far into my heart and find emotions and feelings that I thought were either gone or buried deep. Turns out they were just under the surface, waiting to be triggered. And maybe they will always be there.
The movie I’m talking about is the new Pixar film Inside Out, which is about an 11-year-old girl (Riley), moving from her home in Minnesota to San Francisco. A lot of the movie happens in her head, where we see the different emotions (joy, sadness, disgust, fear and anger) personified as individual characters. It is beautifully made and I was blown away by how imaginative, creative and magical it was.
I was equally impressed with how the filmmakers portrayed her emotions, how they dealt with sadness and how they showed the importance of acknowledging all emotions – because they all play a role in shaping who we are and how we live our life. It showed that sadness is not an emotion to ignore; it’s not something bad and shouldn’t be stigmatized. Sometimes all you need is to acknowledge the sadness, sit with it and let it out. Then you are more likely to find comfort and see the beauty and joy around you.
When we ignore sadness or push it down, we don’t address it and often other emotions/ reactions come out instead – fear, disgust and anger. As Riley struggles with her emotions during this new transition she becomes confused, lonely and angry. Confused at how jumbled her feelings are, lonely without friends at her new school and angry that she was dragged away from her home and her friends.
As a Third Culture Kid (TCK), this movie resonated with me in a way no other movie ever has. I felt like I was watching my story on screen. And I know my TCK husband felt the same. We felt the sharp ache of goodbyes; the deep loneliness of having no friends and eating lunch alone while others talked and laughed around you; the anger and confusion of being torn away from everything familiar and loved. But mostly we felt the sadness… And we were both caught by surprise at the intensity of our emotions.
I’m now 30 years old, and I had a very healthy TCK upbringing. My parents were always supportive, they prepared us for every move, gave us closure and allowed us to grieve. So I thought all those emotions were sorted and neatly packed away in ‘long-term memory’ as the movie showed us. I never expected them to resurface so easily and to overwhelm me the way they did. But when Riley finally admits her sadness to her parents and says how much she misses home, the emotion was so raw, so real and so familiar that my heart overflowed… And so did my tears.
But the beauty of the movie, and of life, is that once you acknowledge the sadness you can address it and you don’t have to deal with it alone. From there it’s uphill because you’re not fighting against it anymore and more importantly you’re not fighting alone.
The movie shows that as Riley strengthens her relationship with her parents, makes new friends and slowly finds her place until this new location becomes home. And that’s how it worked every time for us – once you get past the heartache, loneliness and sadness, you make friends and you make a new home… At least until next time.
I don’t regret this life and despite feeling such raw sadness, I loved the movie. It has so much wonderful humor and such poignant, touching scenes. It wasn’t a sad movie, but it also didn’t shy away from the sad moments. It embraced them and showed how they’re an important part of the bigger picture. I’m grateful that someone took the time to make such a movie and to make it so eloquently and beautifully.
Words cannot really do it justice, so I would recommend this movie with all my heart. If you’re like me you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll think, you’ll be amazed by the magic of the movie… You’ll leave feeling inside out, upside down, jumbled up and moved to the core.
But you’ll also leave feeling warm, buoyant and just a little more lit up inside.
This article first appeared in the March 2015 issue of Among Worlds. Minor corrections have been made to reflect the most updated information (dates/times, twitter accounts) and hyperlinks have been added.
In this issue of Among Worlds, we begin a regular column called #TCKchat. Freelance writer and #TCKchat co-host Dounia Bertuccelli provides an introduction to #TCKchat, where to find more information and how to get involved.
When it comes to Third Culture Kids (TCKs), it is complex to find a one-size-fits-all answer. Despite sharing certain similarities, each TCK experience is unique and deserves to be heard. In this day and age of technology and social media, it is easier than ever to share thoughts and ideas with a global audience. Connecting with people across the world in an instant is something many of us do on a daily basis. For TCKs, this can mean keeping touch with family and friends, but also with other TCKs, with whom they feel understood and accepted. Adult TCKs Amanda Bate and Ellen Mahoney understood the importance of those connections and created a space where they could be nurtured and developed: #TCKchat.
What is #TCKchat and Why Was it Developed?
The Third Culture Kid Chat (#TCKchat) is a twitter chat focused on topics related to the experiences of Third Culture Kids (TCKs) and adult TCKs (ATCKs). It is a public discussion forum, providing insight and information to help support current and future generations of TCKs.
As adult TCKs who started their own businesses catered towards supporting TCKs during crucial transition periods, Amanda and Ellen have both the personal and professional experience to lead such a project. They both work with young adult and college age TCKs through their organizations Bate Consulting and Sea Change Mentoring.
Participants are of different generations and backgrounds (personal and professional) and are located across every continent except South America. The nine co-hosts are also from around the world and are currently living in Turkey, U.S.A (various states), Australia and Zimbabwe.
#TCKchat also aims to provide information, tips and insight to adults who work with or are raising TCKs. It can be a difficult experience to understand if you haven’t lived it, but “our discussions can be a tool for those who work with them [TCKs],” Amanda hopes.
Anyone can participate in #TCKchat, as long as they have a Twitter account. There are no restrictions of any kind, and no obligation to answer the questions presented. There is, however, an unspoken understanding that all involved will be respectful.
#TCKchat occurs on the first and third Wednesday/Thursday of each month with 2 sessions: 1st session at GMT 15:00 and 2nd session at GMT +1 3:00.
To make participation easier, use applications like Tweetdeck or Hootsuite. You can find a video on how to install/use these on the #TCKchat website, and the co-hosts are always happy to provide further assistance.
Use #TCKchat in each tweet so everyone in the chat can see/read your tweets.
All questions will be available on the website the Sunday before the chat, but they will also be tweeted out at intervals during the chat.
If you do not have a twitter account but would still like to read what was shared, the #TCKchat team has you covered: highlights of each chat are posted the following day and those are available to everyone.
Identity: How adult TCKs view themselves locally, nationally and globally.
There are a lot of insightful, touching and humorous comments made in every chat, but unfortunately it would be difficult to share highlights from all of them in one article. For this first column, I have included some tweets from topics that align with this issue’s theme of Dating and Relationships.
#TCKchat is steadily growing and we’re always happy to welcome new participants. The hope is that it will continue to reach TCKs across the globe and provide a welcoming environment for thoughts on this transient lifestyle and its impacts. #TCKchat is a community where you are understood, accepted and embraced.
#TCKchat is held on the first and third Wednesday/Thursday of each month with 2 sessions: 1st session at GMT 15:00 and 2nd session at GMT +1 3:00. To figure out when #TCKchat happens in your time zone, visit www.TimeandDate.com On the website, you will find upcoming chat dates and topics, highlights from past topics, a video showing you how to get involved/participate in #TCKchat and information on all of the co-hosts.
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2019-04-22T12:25:25Z
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Why is there so much interest in the youth demographic? Put simply, the Middle East's youth population bulge makes it too big to ignore.
"In 2015, close to one person out of five in the region was aged between 15 and 24 years," the World Economic Forum recently noted, following on an earlier observation that "one-third of the population is below the age of 15 years".
The forum goes on to suggest that one of the main challenges will be the empowerment of youth and the huge pool of talent, energy, and resources it represents.
How does the Arab Spring fit into this issue? In 2011, the Arab Spring led to regime change in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, as well as further protests across the region. For many, the abiding images of the period feature large crowds of young people armed with little more than their phones.
The use of phones to coordinate activity and share images and status updates with the world via Facebook and Twitter helped facilitate change, but views vary on the extent of its contribution.
Malcolm Gladwell's 'Why the revolution will not be tweeted' and John Pollock's 'How Egyptian and Tunisian youth hacked the Arab Spring' offer two perspectives, while Clay Shirky's exploration of 'The political power of social media' placed events in a wider historical context about technology's contribution to civil society and the public sphere, and internet freedom as a tool of statecraft.
Whatever your point of view, the Arab Spring highlighted that everyone -- from governments, to businesses and researchers -- needs to understand the concerns, attitudes, and behaviors of Arab youth.
What's changed since the Arab Spring?
It's a mixed bag. Digital adoption has grown and become more mainstream, so Arab youth are more connected than ever. But many of the underlying causes of the Arab Spring remain, such as unemployment, underemployment, lack of voice, and participation.
"Like their peers in the West, young Arabs today are digital natives," Sunil John, founder and CEO, ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller, tells ZDNet.
"Smartphone penetration across the region is nearly 100 percent. So, deficits in accessing wired internet, which are serious in parts of the Middle East, are somewhat remedied by the availability of smartphones and data services."
John's company has tracked the attitudes and behaviors of this cohort through the annual Arab Youth survey, which in 2018 celebrated its 10th anniversary.
"Young people view the digital revolution as the third most important development shaping the region over the past 10 years, after the rise of Daesh and the Arab Spring," he says."But the digital revolution is seen as the most important positive development in the region, with 60 percent of young Arabs viewing it as a good thing."
He argues that the biggest change has been how young Arabs consume media.
"Young Arabs are now getting their news first on social media, not television. This year, our survey reveals almost two thirds (63 percent) of young Arabs say they look first to Facebook and Twitter for news. Three years ago, that was just a quarter."
Where young Arabs get their news.
Although young Arabs have benefited from increased technological adoption, which in turn has resulted in changing digital behaviors, many of the wider political and socio-economic factors that contributed to the Arab Spring endure.
World Bank data indicates that youth unemployed is more than double the global average, while according to the World Economic Forum youth unemployment across the region stands at 31 percent, five times higher than the adult average. University graduates constitute nearly 30 percent of the total unemployed.
The World Economic Forum set out unemployment by age in the Middle East.
In 2012, a year after the frustrations felt by many young people bubbled over and onto the streets, Booz & Company (now Strategy&) published a detailed report on the attitudes and behaviors of the Arab Digital Generation. In many cases, little has changed since this report was published.
Produced with Google, and polling more than 3,000 digital users born between 1977 and 1997 in nine Middle East countries, they found a cohort with "less traditional ideas about family, religion, and marriage", and clear expectations and preferences for tech to enable greater e-government and e-commerce, as well as improved healthcare and education.
Although progress has been made in these areas, more clearly needs to be done.
What are the key opportunities and challenges?
A key implication of the regions demographic timebomb, as the UNDP explains, is that "the region needs to create more than 60 million new jobs in the next decade to absorb the large number of workforce entrants and stabilize youth unemployment".
Elsewhere, in 2016, Sophie de Caen, acting director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States in UNDP, suggested that, "Arab countries can reap the huge demographic dividend that its young population represents if they invest in enhancing the capacities of their youth and enlarging opportunities available to them".
ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller's John is optimistic about the future, arguing that the UAE and Saudi Arabia will be catalysts for growth in the tech sector.
"Governments are aware they have to provide rewarding, fulfilling jobs for their overwhelmingly young populations. In the UAE, we've seen the cabinet appoint a Minister for Artificial Intelligence; Dubai has pledged to be the leading AI-driven administration in the world, and the first 'blockchain government'," says John.
"In Saudi Arabia, the sovereign wealth fund, PIF, has teamed up with Softbank to create a $100bn fund for tech investment, the biggest such fund of its type in the world. But Arab countries won't achieve these goals unless they address the core issue of education."
John says across the Middle East, 29 percent of young Arabs identified modernizing the education system as one of the top three things that governments must focus on to move the region in the right direction.
"Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have woken up to that in recent years and have pledged greater emphasis on STEM education. But the region as a whole needs a focus on building a modern education system that can prepare the region's youth for the jobs of tomorrow," he adds.
One reason why this focus is needed, the World Economic Forum said last year, is that "by 2020, 21 percent of core skills in the countries of the GCC and 41 percent of those in Turkey will be different to skills needed in 2015".
Northwestern University in Qatar (NUQ) has undertaken an annual regional survey exploring media use patterns, content preferences, and attitudes toward topics such as censorship and digital privacy, freedom of speech and cultural preservation.
A persistent theme from NUQ's studies is the variety of digital experiences across the region. It's an issue that John also alludes to, highlighting the mixed nature of digital progress.
"Businesses will see that there is huge untapped opportunity in expanding their services to reach young digital natives," he says.
"For example, just over half of young Arabs say they shop and bank online, with varying degrees of frequency. But that suggests that almost half are yet to embrace online shopping.
"And we see in the geographic splits that while GCC youth are more familiar with online spaces -- almost three-quarters have shopped and banked online and half have banked online -- in North Africa, around 70 percent have not used the internet for shopping or banking."
This chart shows the use of online banking and views about it among young Arabs.
"How people interact with technology always evolves. In media, we'll continue to see traditional media lose out to new channels," John argues.
Specifically, he suggests, we will start seeing more apps and services created by Arabs and for Arabs.
"We've seen e-commerce startups like noon.com move into that space; we have homegrown blockchain specialists starting to emerge, and, with the right investment and motivation, we'll see young Arab startups occupying spaces that have traditionally been dominated by Western companies."
World Bank data indicates that the Middle East has one of the lowest levels of entrepreneurship in the world, with just one newly registered firm per 1,000 working age adults.
Yet, according to a 2016 survey produced by the World Economic Forum, one in two young Arabs identified creating their own business or working on an entrepreneurial project as a key area for potential empowerment.
It's an interest that John has also seen emerge through the Arab Youth Survey.
"This year is the first in which technology has emerged as the preferred sector in which young Arabs want to set up a business, chosen by 18 percent of those surveyed. In previous years, retail and real estate have always been the favoured sectors," he says.
Navtej Dhillon, the former director of Brookings' Middle East Youth Initiative, argued back in 2008 that the youth challenge is the most critical 21st century economic development challenge facing the Middle East.
"In a region where almost 65 percent of the population is under the age of 30, long-term prosperity and stability hinges on the opportunities afforded to this generation."
A decade on, that sentiment remains true. As the United Nations Development Programme explained last year: "The Arab region is home to the youngest population in the world, with over 100 million young men and women between the ages of 15 and 29."
Meeting the needs of this large, tech-savvy and often frustrated demographic is important for the stability of the region, as well as its growth.
Digital technologies have exposed Arab Youth to new possibilities and global cultures, as well as enabling different ways of communicating, spending their time and interacting with the world around them.
They're a vibrant, digitally confident cohort, who will inevitably shape the future of the region. Doing the best by them will be essential if the region's full post-petroleum potential is to be unlocked.
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2019-04-24T02:36:48Z
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If you grew up enjoying the wilderness with your family, you are bound to know a thing or two about knives. The classic red Swiss Army Knife by Victorinox is a staple in many people’s memories and modern life, too. Often touting numerous blade types, scissors, bottle openers, can openers, and toothpicks, Swiss Army has done an outstanding job of creating a product that has not only stood the test of time but continues to thrive. It is truly the definition of a multi-tool. While this is the most popular item from Victorinox, the brand has so much more to offer.
Having a great knife or multitool is one thing, but having a Victorinox knife is even better. Enjoy the integrated durability and warranties that are offered from this well-known and well-loved brand. In this update, we have updated the descriptions to make them easier to read so that you can choose which product is best for you. Learn more about knife handling in the FAQ and don't forget to vote and tell us which criterion is most important to you!
This list of Victorinox Knives has been put together to show you the best researched and reviewed Victorinox Knives to give you an extra edge while in the woods. A Victorinox Knife to keep your eye on is the One-hand Trekker. We love this addition because it is crafted with precision, comes with a variety of tools, and has an ergonomic handle.
If you’re looking for a knife that offers a great balance between rugged outdoor practicality, style, and everyday function, this is a great choice within the Victorinox family. Designed with an ergonomic handle, and easy to use and practical tools, chances are you’ll be using this knife nearly every chance you get.
This knife includes a total of seven different implements, that provide ten different functions. They include a 3.9 inch locking blade, a can opener, a bottle opener, both small and large screwdrivers, a wire stripper, a 4.2-inch wood saw, a reamer, and a corkscrew. The truth is, you’ll probably end up using at least one of these tools every day.
Perhaps the area in with this knife from Victorinox truly shines is in how easy it is to use and how many practical ways of doing so one can find. From using the saw blade to cut through small branches, to using the screwdriver to tighten something on your compass, it’s the easiest thing in the world to accomplish what you need to do with this knife.
The precision craftsmanship, as well as the quality materials use to create this knife make it very long lasting indeed. Also, by only having truly essential tools and implements, this knife reduces the probability of something being broken or malfunctioning.
While nearly every tool in this knife can be, and often is used on a regular basis, there are a few exceptions. For most people, both the corkscrew and reamer have limited uses for everyday life, although the ability to uncork a bottle of wine at a moment’s notice certainly has its appeal.
Like many of the knives presented here, the quality and workmanship of the tools and overall example is truly top notch. In each case, the tools and implements have been shown to function correctly and to open and close with relative ease and fluidity.
Edge for edge, the Victorinox Swiss Army Ranger Wood 55 provides one of the most practical and easy to use knives from Victorinox on the market today. Not only is it easy to handle and use, but it provides tools that can easily aid your adventures, both in the great outdoors and your everyday life.
When it comes to compact practicality and usability, the Victorinox Farmer has built a solid reputation as a go-to knife. Packed with tools that have significant everyday use, it is also completely portable. In short, it has exactly what you need.
This knife is truly designed for all around use. It includes a large blade, a can opener, a small screwdriver, a bottle opener, a wood saw, and a wire stripper. Essentially it has all the tools that the average person would use in their day and nothing that would get in the way.
This is one of the areas where the Victorinox Farmer truly shines. The compact size of nine inches by six inches by a single inch makes it an easy fit for most backpacks, purses, or back pockets, so you can truly take it everywhere you go. Plus, the tools are readily available and easy to access using the standard thumbnail guide to pull them out. While it doesn’t have one-handed capabilities, it more than makes up for that inconvenience with its size and relatively small profile.
This particular knife has been touted to be one of the sturdiest, and most reliable Victorinox knives on the market today. Not only does the profile allow it to fit in multiple places, but it also helps to prevent undue wear and tear on the parts and tools by presenting a smooth, overall finish. So with proper care and maintenance, chances are this blade will last for decades to come.
The practical uses of this knife are very good. All of the included tools are things that the average person would use in their everyday life. While it is lacking a few tools, such as a reamer or a Phillips head screwdriver that may be useful depending on your situation, the overall knife serves most people quite well.
Like the other knives on this list, the Victorinox Farmer has been shown to be crafted with precision and dedication to practical detail. The tools are easy to pull open and close, relatively easy to maintain, and if you happen to carry this knife through some less than ideal conditions, it won’t fall apart that easily.
The Victorinox Farmer provides great, practical tools in an easy to transport and use a pocket knife. While the lack of ergonomic handles and select tools might be off-putting to some, overall this is a great choice for your next knife.
Simple, elegant, and extremely practical, the Victorinox Electrician is a specialized knife that has proven itself to be useful to nearly everyone who owns it.
Designed specifically for those who work with electronics and wiring, this knife contains a large knife, an electrician’s blade, a wire scraper, a reamer, a bottle opener, a screwdriver, and a wire stripper. While it doesn’t have all of the useful tools available, it does have many that an electrician or the average person would use while working around the house.
This particular knife is one of the most compact, and easy to use of the choices on this list. Measuring only 7/16 of an inch thick, it can easily fit into any pocket or bag. Also, because the edges are straight and clean, making sure the blades stay in top condition is very easy indeed.
The 420 high carbon stainless steel of the blades and tools make them easy to maintain and can withstand a lot of abuse that is associated with chores around the home and office.
This knife, although fantastic for everyday use around the home and office, does leave a bit to be desired when it comes to practicality in the great outdoors. The relatively small blade and lack of other tools make it an inadequate companion while fishing, hiking, or doing other outdoor activities. While it is more than compact enough to come with you, there are other options on this list more suited for the great outdoors.
The efficient nature of the tools provided as well as its compact size means that this is one knife where the craftsmanship can really stand out. Not only are the tools made of quality material, but even how they are laid out within the knife makes practical sense for the average user. It’s that attention to detail that makes this a great choice for your everyday knife.
The Victorinox Electrician provides a great knife to use in and around the home, and in situations where wiring or electronics is involved. While it’s not the best choice for the great outdoors, it can certainly provide some help there as well.
May be a bit large for pockets, etc.
This knife was named the Knife of the Year 2007 and with very good reason. Designed specifically for use by rescue workers and first responders, this is one knife that not only has the ability to withstand the great outdoors but has the ability to help you survive it as well.
The included tools on this particular knife are truly varied and will certainly help you when you're in a dire situation. They include a one-handed serrated locking blade, a window breaker, a strong screwdriver with crate opener, a disc saw, Phillips screwdriver, a bottle opener, a wire stripper, a reamer, a seat belt cutter, tweezers, a toothpick, and luminescent handles to make it easy to keep track of. Essentially, every tool and every function are designed to help those helping others in trouble get out safely.
Perhaps one of the drawbacks of this particular knife is that not every tool contained within it is easy to use by someone who is unfamiliar with it. While the bottle opener and window breaker are fairly straightforward in their use, the disc saw and the crate opener may take a few tries to get the hang of it. If you choose this pocket knife, we suggest that you spend a bit of time practicing with it for when the time comes.
Despite its many parts, this particular tool is one of the most durable in this particular list, provided that they are well maintained and cared for. So if you take this knife out into the field, be sure to do regular maintenance on it to keep it in prime condition.
While not every tool will be used by every person, this is a great and practical knife to have in an emergency. Also, the size may be a bit too large for some pockets. It’s a case of knowing that you’ll have what you need in an emergency and that perhaps makes it one of the most practical knives around.
Designed in collaboration with rescue workers and first responders, this knife shows a good level of craftsmanship. The tools are created out of stainless steel and formed with Swiss precision. This is one knife that will most likely outlive its 25-year warranty.
Whether you're in the great outdoors or driving on your way to work, the Victorinox Swiss Army Rescue Tool may just be the knife that can save your life. While not every tool will be used, having what you need to help keep yourself safe is a great thing indeed.
If you’re looking for a knife from Victorinox that is a great choice for use in camping, hiking, boating, and hunting, the Swiss Army EVO Grip 18 should certainly be on your list. Designed to be used in a variety of situations, this is one knife that is a great addition to your outdoor adventures.
This particular knife includes eleven different implements, that can be used to provide fifteen different functions. These include a 2.5-inch locking blade, a nail file, a pair of serrated edge scissors, a can opener, a bottle opener, both large and small screwdrivers, a wood saw, and a Phillips screwdriver.
Overall this knife is fairly easy to use, with each of the tools accessible with either two-handed or one-handed operation. The locking mechanism for the blades can be somewhat difficult for right-handed users to operate, but other than that, use is fairly straightforward.
With the exception of the outer grips and shell, this particular knife is just as durable as the others on this list. Thankfully, the entire knife does fall under warranty, and the Victorinox company is well known for their commitment to their customers and their satisfaction.
If you love the outdoors, this is a great choice since nearly every tool can be used at one time or another in your adventures. It may be a bit much for those who choose to stay closer to home, but if your grand adventure takes you to far off places, this is a great overall choice.
While still a step above most other brands, this particular Victorinox knife doesn’t quite have the level of craftsmanship seen in other knives on this list. While the interior portions are well made and fit together nicely, the out covering and grips tend to become slightly looser with age and frequent use.
While not as durable as we would like in the outer portions, the Victorinox Swiss Army EVO Grip 18 is still a powerhouse of practicality and function. It would certainly be a welcomed addition to your next outdoor adventure.
If you’re spending any amount of time on the waves, either at your local lake or the high seas, the Victorinox Skipper is one knife that you should consider putting as your first mate.
Designed with the avid fisherman and boater in mind, this knife from Victorinox includes a large serrated locking blade, a shackle opener with marlin spike, pliers with wire cutting ability, a wire crimper, and a Phillips screwdriver to round out the list.
While many of the functions in this knife need two hands to open and close, the overall use of the knife is fairly straight forward. It was clearly designed for efficient and easy use.
While not the most durable on this list, it is certainly a very sturdy option that can withstand life in a tackle box or on a sailing boat quite easily.
If you like to spend a great deal of time on the water, this is a great choice in a knife. You’ll have the tools you need to get the job done. However, not many of the tools can be used outside of that environment.
With it's relatively straight forward, yet specialized design, the Victorinox Skipper is a great example of what Swiss craftsmanship can do when asked to address the specific needs of a specific community. The stainless steel and housing both measure up to very exacting standards, and the overall feel of it is very pleasant indeed.
If it’s a sailor’s life for you, the Victorinox Skipper can be an able-bodied assistant to your crew. Filled with tools that are a great use for fishing and boating, this is one knife you’ll want to have on the high seas.
If you’re looking for a sentinel of a knife, the Victorinox Centurion is one that should be at the top of your list.
This knife includes many of the tools that you would use every day including a large blade, can and bottle openers, screwdriver, wire stripper, and reamer. It also includes tweezers and a toothpick, making this knife a great choice for every day carry no matter what your situation is.
With the exception of the one-handed blades detailed on this list, the Centurion is perhaps one of the most straightforward folding knives we reviewed. While it doesn’t have absolutely everything we would have liked to see, it still packs a punch when it comes to ease of use.
Durability is one area where this knife really shines. Designed to withstand the rigors of outdoor and indoor use, it includes an acid-resistant plastic and aluminum handle that protects the stainless steel components quite well.
At a practical level, this is one of those knives that you’ll be returning to again and again to use. Featuring tools that make your life easier in a package that is hard to break make this choice a true companion for the average person.
The Centurion is one of those knives that is simple in its design and nearly flawless in the execution of it. The tools are easy to use, the overall look is precise and clean, and there is little chance of it breaking due to overuse because of the care taken in building it.
If you’re looking for a practical workhorse to help you in your everyday tasks, the Victorinox Centurion is a great overall choice. While it doesn’t have all the features that an avid outdoorsman would employ, it’s still a great place to start.
Feel the need to carry a toolbox in your pocket? The Victorinox Swiss Army Trekker Multi-tool may just be what you’re hankering for.
This particular knife is filled almost to capacity with different implements and tools, making it both one of the most useful knives to have around. It includes a large blade with a locking option, can opener, small screwdriver, wood saw, bottle opener, large screwdriver, wire stripper, reamer, screwdriver, a toothpick, and tweezers.
Overall this entry into our list is about average on the ease of use scale. There are certainly others, such as the EVO Grip 18 and the Electrician that are far easier to use, but when it comes to other tools on the market today it is overall much more usable and practical. The only other minor complaint we had was the overall weight. It may be a bit too hefty for some users.
Overall the durability of this multi-tool is what we would expect from Victorinox, taking into consideration the tools contained within and our overall design concerns. With proper care, it should last for many years to come.
In this case, practicality becomes a double-edged sword in a way. While the included tools are truly an asset when they are used, not everyone will use them. Therefore, this is one entry where your lifestyle and what you’re using it for will come into play when thinking about the purchase.
While the Swiss Army Trekker Multi-tool is well made, the overall design could use a little bit of rethinking. The placement of some of the tools makes them harder to access.
If you’re looking for a great choice to make sure you can leave the toolbox at home, the Swiss Army Trekker Multi-tool is a great choice.
Designed with the hunter in mind, this knife from Victorinox is a great choice if enjoy spending time in the back country with only the animals, your wits and your weapon as your companions.
Unlike the other knives on this list, the Victorinox Swiss Army Hunter Pro contains just one tool, but it’s a remarkable one at that. This knife features a heavy gauge stainless steel locking blade that measures an effective 4 inches in length. It features the ability to open it one handed, as well as superior sharpness compared to other blades on this list.
With the thumb ring and easy to use one handed locking operation, you’ll be able to get this knife open in a flash and use it easily.
While there have been some issues with the housing and the blade tip in earlier versions of this knife, Victorinox seems to have addressed them well enough to create a knife that withstands the rigors of the hunting life without too much trouble.
When it comes to cutting things, whether it’s rope animal hide, or plant life in the back country, this simple blade is truly all you need. However, we wouldn’t suggest using it for other tasks such as tightening a screw or breaking a window. Its lack of other tools can be both a strength and a drawback depending on your needs.
With its straightforward and simple design, there is little that can hide the superior craftsmanship of this knife. The blade, as well as the housing, are solidly built, and chances are it will last for years to come.
The Victorinox Swiss Army Hunter Pro pocket knife is a true vision in a simple, yet functional design. If you want something that will cut nearly anything, this is a great choice.
Inspired by the knives issued to the German Army, this knife is a great choice for the general outdoors enthusiast or the weekend warrior.
The included tools of this knife from Victorinox include a serrated locking blade, a Phillips screwdriver, a wood saw, a bottle opener, can opener, and both a large and small screwdriver.
Each of the tools in this knife is fairly easy to access and use.
With proper care and maintenance, this knife will last for decades under normal use conditions. However, if you envision working in harsh environments, or putting this knife through serious abuse, you might want to consider some of the other options on this list.
When it comes to usability and practicality in the field, the Victorinox one hand trekker is a fairly good choice. The tools are practical and easy to use and should last with proper care through most average outdoor environments.
For all practical purposes, the craftsmanship of this knife measures up to industry standards and will last you for a fairly long time. However, there are quite a few on this list that have a better overall design and workmanship.
If you’re a weekend warrior that loves to camp, hike and explore the great outdoors at a comfortable pace, the Victorinox One-Hand Trekker German Army is a great choice. However, if you expect to be more extreme in your adventures, you might want to consider other options.
The best Victorinox knives are well known for being practical tools that can be used just about anywhere, and help you in numerous situations that you may find yourself in. One of the reasons for this universal usability is the fact that most of these pocket knives come with a wide array of tools. From the classic single-edge knife blade to a plastic toothpick, there are countless tools to use.
But it’s not only about what tools are offered in each of these knives. It’s also about practicality and functionality. Having a saw blade is all well and good, but in order to be practical, it needs to be able to cut through things with relative ease. Scissors that don’t cut adequately after a few uses don’t really serve you well in a pinch. And a Phillips screwdriver that doesn’t allow you to use it in many cases because of where it is on the knife doesn’t help all that much either.
Thankfully, except for a few instances, mostly involving the Phillips head screwdriver, these knives from Victorinox all offer the tools that most people use on a daily basis and some tools that certainly help out in a pinch or emergency situations.
Let’s face it; unless the knife is easy to use, chances are it won’t be used. Whether it’s opening or closing the knife blade, pulling out the tweezers, or angling the flathead screwdriver to get into a tight place, there are numerous situations where these knives offer a practical usability that is hard to match.
There are exceptions, of course. In some cases, such as the included corkscrew, the practicality of the tool and the ease of use just doesn’t seem to match up with the utilitarian nature of the knives from Victorinox as a whole.
Another aspect to consider when purchasing the best Victorinox knife for you is how long it is going to last. These knives are meant to take abuse either in the heart of the city’s jungle or trekking through the forest behind your home. After all, these knives have a heritage of being used by the Swiss military.
While the true durability of each particular knife varies with use and time, with proper care, each of the examples on this list should last for many years to come. There are some reports from consumers, of their knives lasting for decades, and only needing replacements due to being lost or stolen. Nevertheless, it is no wonder why fans keep coming back to Victorinox again and again, the durability of their products is undeniable.
And finally, it’s important to consider how practical the Victorinox knife will be for the situations that you are most likely to face. In taking this into consideration, we look at what a typical outdoors enthusiast would be doing while using the knife. He might be gathering kindling for a campfire. She might be trying to tighten a tiny screw on her compass. A teenager might use the main blade as a way to scrape mud off of his shoe (a use we don’t recommend by the way if you want your knife to last as long as it can). In a more urban setting, these knives can be used to help set watches, do minor repairs to computer terminals and even cut up an apple into easy to eat slices. There are countless uses for these knives, and their practicality is certainly a very important factor when choosing the best one for your needs.
There are plenty of counterfeit Victorinox knives out there. One of the company's best-known traits is the "snap" of tools when they fold back into place. Another unique touch you can look for is an inscription on the largest blade. The inscription should read "Victorinox Swiss Made."
Most Swiss Army Knives are banned from carry-on luggage. If the blade is smaller than 2.36-inches you can bring it on the plane with you in in the cabin, whether it be in your personal item, pocket, or carry-on luggage.
Having their start in the late 1800s, the Victorinox company has built a reputation for its high-quality craftsmanship and attention to detail. Designed with military precision and Swiss accuracy, the best knives from Victorinox are well known to stand the test of time.
While many of these knives are no longer manufactured in Switzerland, the pride and demanding nature of the company to produce high-quality knives hasn’t lessened at all. They still use high-quality materials, skilled craftsman, and artisans. In addition, with newer technology, and the ability to expand their manufacturing into a global scale, they are able to offer this quality at a much more reasonable price than before.
q: Is it an everyday knife?
In certain areas of the country, there are laws concerning what knives you are allowed to carry on your person based primarily on the blade length, and whether or not it is a foldable design. In addition, some of the knives presented here are entirely too large to carry around in a pocket or even in a purse.
So when choosing your next Victorinox knife, it’s important to consider if you’re going to be carrying it every day, and how you will be carrying it as well. Thankfully, most of the knives presented here are compact enough and small enough to meet the laws of the area as well as the practicality of everyday carry. There are a few exceptions, of course. For example, the Swiss Army Ranger Wood 55 knife is probably a bit too large to fit in the pocket, but it can easily be worn on a belt.
q: How and when can it be used?
This is perhaps one of the most important subjects to think about when purchasing your next Victorinox knife. How and when you see yourself using it will ultimately help you determine what type of knife you buy. Do you see yourself using it sparingly, such as cutting up a piece of fruit, or maybe turning a loose screw or two? Then a knife with a slimmer line and fewer tools, such as the Victorinox Electrician may be all that you need. However, if you see yourself using multiple tools, especially in a more wilderness environment, something like the One-Handed German Army Trekker knife, with its one-handed ease of opening and serrated locking blade might serve you better.
q: How should I clean my knife?
First, if you so happen to buy a Victorinox Knife that has electronics make sure to remove its batteries before getting started. Next, you have a couple of options. You can either simply inspect your knife for dirt and debris and gently clean it off with a soft towel and warm water. Or , if you find that your knife is a little bit more dirty and stiff, you can place it in a bowl of warm water. Once it is in the water, open and close all of the parts until they move smoothly. Finally, once your knife is 100% dry and clean, you will want to place a mall amount of oil between the blades.
q: How do I oil my Victorinox Knife?
First, have a look at how easily the tools can be pulled into their open position. Are some of them stiff, or slow moving? Or perhaps they get “stuck” half way through the motion? All three of these characteristics can become unsafe and lead to dangerous situations. In these cases, lubrication is most likely needed. While a standard knife oil will suffice, Victorinox offers a multi-tool oil that is specifically designed for their merchandise, and it actually works quite well.
When placing the oil on your knife, you place a very small drop of it in between the blades and blades, tool casing, and any other friction points.
q: What oil should I use to clean my Swiss Army Knife?
It is suggested by Victorinox that you use the company’s very own Multi Tool Oil. Victorinox explains that the benefits of using this oil are that it has a neutral smell and taste, prevent’s the knife’s aging, protects your knife from corrosion, and it’s food safe.
q: How do I sharpen my Swiss Army Knife?
And finally, take a look at the sharpness of the various blades and saws in your knife. The truth is, a dull blade is extremely dangerous since you often have to use more force to do the same amount of work as well the blade is sharp. That excess force can lead to accidents, tears, and even cuts. If the edge is straight, or non-serrated, the easiest way to sharpen it is to use a sharpening whetstone and scrape the blade edge against it at a 10 to 20-degree angle. To hone a serrated edge, take the sharpening stone and scrape it across the flat edge of the serrated blade at the same angle. There are, of course, tools available to help you sharpen the blades more efficiently, but discussing their use is beyond the scope of this guide.
q: How old should a child be before getting their first Victorinox knife?
The truth is, owning a knife for the first time depends more on the maturity level of the child, and not the age. It is also a parental decision, and one that takes into account a few different factors, such as whether or not the child needs to be supervised with the knife, whether the child understands the dangers inherent in a knife, and most importantly, what to do if something goes wrong or they get hurt.
When you’re considering buying a knife for your child, make sure both you and the child understand that a knife is not a toy, and should not be treated as such. If you sincerely feel that your child has the understanding, and physical capability to handle a knife correctly, then, by all means, help them to purchase one.
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2019-04-18T17:07:14Z
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https://www.gearweare.com/review/best-knives-victorinox/
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"As is always the case, the crafting of these types of bills in isolation of full impact analysis and stakeholder discussion does not yield good result and certainly requires needless expenditure of our collective energy. That said, if there is a single use with demonstrable public purpose and minimal impact that seeks a remedy, let's work collaboratively to that end. This ZTA as written, however, will do harm."
The Reserve is nearly 40 years old but the balancing act of farms on metro's edge remains fragile. Changes are part of managing a vibrant landscape, but we are the boots on the ground calling for careful respect of the ecosystem of farms, open space and rural communities that make the Reserve a place worth protecting in perpetuity.
Though we spent the year defending the Reserve, we also spent the year educating hundreds of local high schools students with farmer visits to classrooms and student field trips to farms. We educated voters with our 2018 Candidate's Survey to help them navigate a wide field of potential county leaders.
We spent the year collaborating on reducing the county's waste and carbon footprint. We successfully advocated for a strengthened Water Sewer Plan and were victorious in a developer's suit on Ten Mile Creek.
We put on the "Best Festival of 2018" according to Montgomery Magazine - the Field and Fiddle Festival and celebrated the Rustic Roads with hundreds of bikers and volunteers on the 11th Annual Ride for the Reserve.
It has been a great 2018 and we have bold plans for 2019. Our ability to Defend, Educate and Celebrate in Montgomery County relies on local support. When considering your end of year giving, please give where you live and support MCA with your tax-deductible donation. And Thanks!
Holiday Fun: What Kind of Apple Are You?
A bit of fun from your friends at MCA. Peace of the Season to you and yours. We will just have to wait until MoCo's orchards open again in the spring. In the meantime take our quiz to find out what variety of apple you are. We'd love to hear the results on our Facebook page.
It is nothing less than the global challenge of our time. A slow motion disaster, caused and perpetuated each day by all of us - leaving each of us either feeling powerless in the face of its enormity or in denial of an inconvenient scientifically proved truth. Our world is warming.
Recently predictions have gotten more dire, more certain. There is now a timeline for serious impacts to be felt. Much like the adage about planting trees, the time to act was either 20 years ago - or now.
Montgomery County's 93,000 acre Ag Reserve was envisioned at its creation in 1980 as a way to keep farms on the landscape and it has been successful, but it has also served as a "green lung" and water filter for the region, its forests sucking in Co2, its pervious surfaces allowing re-absorption of large rainfall events. But the County, the Reserve and MCA as its steward can (and must) do more to combat our climate challenge and mitigate the coming impacts.
The county has made a climate change pledge for the county of zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. The county is also working toward Executive Leggett's goal of being a zero waste county - starting with recycling/composting 70% of materials by 2023. MCA is proud to serve on the county's Zero Waste Task Force.
Regenerative agriculture may be a new term to many. It is a set of farming practices becoming increasingly popular as a way to increase crop yields, reduce pesticide use and capture atmospheric carbon. The general idea is to increase cover crops and perennial vegetation, till the soil less and utilize compost to lock Co2 in the air into the soil while increasing plant growth. Farmer Matt Rales, formerly of Potomac is doing this now on 800 acres in Virginia. Maryland has been the pioneer state taking steps to promote this climate mitigation practice with the Healthy Soils Act of 2017. MCA would like to help interested farmers implement these practices in Montgomery County.
How we farm matters but crop selection can also have an impact. The recently passed Farm Bill has finally lifted a national ban on growing hemp. This crop has the potential to be a game change for sustainable farming, waste and carbon reduction. Banned from US farms since 1937 because of an unfair association with its wilder cousin marijuana, industrial hemp production is poised to have impacts in the fields of medicine, plastics, food, auto manufacturer, the list goes on. MCA is taking the lead on getting farmers growing here in Montgomery County.
At MCA, our mission is to protect the farms and open spaces of the Ag Reserve but we all have a role to play in the challenges ahead. We can choose grim disaffection, denial or action. Help us position the Ag Reserve as a climate change mitigation tool for our county and region. We would be honored by your tax-deductible end of year gift. Thank You!
Having just joined the family in the annual It's a Wonderful Life viewing, I thought, once again, about how truly remarkable and unique the Reserve is... and how fragile. Remember the film's gripping scene when there is a run on the local bank and George Bailey spots a crowd of frightened shareholders descending on the family's savings and loan? George Bailey's earnest explanation of the benefits that the Savings and Loan provided, both individually and collectively, brought all but one, who still demanded his entire $242, to understand that there was a imperative to sustain the institution. They each took what they needed without crushing the savings and loan.
So it is, as I see it, with the Ag Reserve. We could easily wring every last dime out of the land for the benefit of a few at the expense of the many... sure we could.
deplete the Reserve by turning a blind eye to important preservation goals for open space and natural and historic resources. But much like the community service provided by Bailey Bros. Savings and Loan, the Reserve pays dividends in clean air, water quality, open space, food and fiber - the list goes on. The survival of farming and the Reserve is a commonly shared goal and we have all invested so much in it.
How do we arrive at a consensus as to the best means to keeping the land in farming and protecting open space and natural resources in the face of myriad challenges and pressures? Meeting this challenge is precisely what we do each day.
Since 2001, we have been the organization on the ground protecting the quality of our farms, open space and water supply. Our collaborative and tenacious approach has lead us to be called "one of the best" nonprofits in the region. Your tax deductible investment in our community stays here but goes far to ensure a future for local farms.
-Terracycle partners with large international brands to offer reusable containers called LOOP.
-Why do toothpaste tubes come in outer boxes?
MCA has been an active member in the County's Zero Waste Task Force. While the recycling rate is at 50% currently, the County is aiming to recycle 70% of its waste by 2023. Zero Waste is a really big goal and we are proud to work on it with other local stakeholders. The first step in the undertaking has been gathering data- that is why both MCA and the County have undertaken surveys to find out what is working at the household level. Thanks to all those that took the time to participate. The results are below.
- Food Scraps make up 21% of total landfill-bound waste in the County. While much of that food would biodegrade to make soil in the right conditions, this does not happen in a landfill. Many respondents want to see curbside composting.
- Residents also want to be able to recycle more of their waste (specifically plastics, styrofoam and bulk items such as mattresses).
-Better education on what can be recycled and why recycling is important was seen by many respondents as a good first step toward waste reduction.
Update - New Windsor in Carroll County has tried a "Pay as you Throw" approach to trash and it seems to be working.
MCA is able to work with stakeholders across the County because of your support! Please consider a gift to your small (but mighty!) local farm protection nonprofit with boots on the ground here in Montgomery County. Your gift is tax deductible and much appreciated!
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2019-04-20T22:41:52Z
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http://www.mocoalliance.org/news/archives/12-2018
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After installing HPe iLO Amplifier on your network and updating iLO 4 firmware to 2.60 or 2.61, you may notice that your HPe Proliant Servers may fail to boot ESXi from a USB drive or SD-Card.
This was occuring on 2 ESXi Hosts. Both were HPe Proliant DL360p Gen8 Servers. One server was using an internal USB drive for ESXi, while the other was using an HPe branded SD Card.
The issue started occuring on both hosts after a planned InfoSight implementation. Both hosts iLO controllers firmware were upgraded to 2.61, iLO Amplifier was deployed (and the servers added), and the amplifier was connected to an HPe InfoSight account.
This issue may occur intermittently, on the majority of boots, or on all boots. Re-installing ESXi on the media, as well as replacing the USB/SD Card has no effect. Installation will be successful, however you the issue is still experiences on boot.
HPe technical support was unable to determine the root of the issue. We found the source of the issue and reported it to HPe technical support and are waiting for an update.
This issue occurs because the HPe iLO Amplifier is running continuous server inventory scans while the hosts are booting. When one inventory completes, it restarts another scan.
Inventory scan resets back to 0% during numerous different phases of BIOS initialization and POST.
We noticed that once the HPe iLO Amplifier Virtual Machine was powered off, not only did the servers boot faster, but they also booted 100% succesfully each time. Powering on the iLO Amplifier would cause the ESXi hosts to fail to boot once again.
I’d also like to note that on the host using the SD-Card, the failed boot would actually completely lock up iLO, and would require physical intervention to disconnect and reconnect the power to the server. We were unable to restart the server once it froze (this did not happen to the host using the USB drive).
There are some settings on the HPe iLO amplifier to control performance and intervals of inventory scans, however we noticed that modifying these settings did not alter or stop the issue, and had no effect.
Make sure your iLO amplifier is powered off during any maintenance to avoid hosts freezing/failing to boot.
I’ve attempted to try downgrading to the earliest supported iLo version 2.54, and the issue still occurs.
I also upgraded to the newest version 2.62 which presented some new issues.
On the first boot, the BIOS reported memory access issues on Processor 1 socket 1, then another error reporting memory access issues on Processor 1 socket 4.
I disconnected the power cables, reconnected, and restarted the server. This boot, the server didn’t even detect the bootable USB stick.
Again, after shutting down the iLo Amplifier, the server booted properly and the issue disappeared.
Did you know that you can monitor and manage your VMware vSphere environment (ESXi hosts, cluster, and VMs) remotely with the “VMware vSphere Mobile Watchlist” app on your Android phone? Well, you can!
For some time now, I’ve been using this neat little app from VMware (available for download here) to monitor and manage my vSphere cluster remotely. You can use the app while directly on your LAN, or via VPN (I use it with OpenVPN to connect to my Sophos UTM). I’ve even used it while on airplanes using the on board in-flight WiFi.
The reason why I’m posting about this, is because I’ve never actually heard anyone talk about the app (which I find strange), so I’m assuming others aren’t aware of it’s existence as well.
The app runs extremely well on my Samsung S8+, Samsung S9+, and Samsung Tab E LTE tablet. I haven’t run in to any issues or app crashes.
The above screen is where you initially log in. I use my Active Directory credentials (since I have my vCenter server integrated with AD).
In the default view (shown above), you can view a brief summary of your ESXi hosts, as well as a list of virtual machines running.
After selecting an ESXi host, you can view the hosts resources, details, related objects, as well as flip over to view host options.
Under host options, you can Enter Maintenance mode, reboot the host, shutdown the host, disconnect the host, or view the hosts’ sensor data.
Checking the HPe Proliant DL360p Gen8 fan sensor data with VMware Watchlist.
Checking the HPe Proliant DL360p Gen8 temperature sensor data with VMware Watchlist. While not shown above, you can select individual items to pull the actual temperature values. Please Note that the temperature values are missing a decimal (Example: 2100 = 21.00 Celsius).
When selecting a VM (Virtual Machine) from the default view, you can view the VM’s Resources (CPU, Memory, and Storage), Details (IP Addresses, DNS hostnames, Guest OS, VMWare Tools Status), related objects, and a list of other VMs running on the same host.
Flipping over to the VM options, we have the ability to power off, suspend, reset, shutdown, or gracefully restart the VM. We also have some snapshot functionality to take a snapshot, or manage VM snapshots.
In my environment I have two HPe DL360p Gen8 Servers and the sensor data is fully supported (I used the HPe custom ESXi install image which includes host drivers).
Running Veeam Backup and Replication, a Microsoft Windows Server Domain Controller may boot in to safe mode and directory services restore mode.
About a week ago, I loaded up Veeam Backup and Replication in to my test environment. It’s a fantastic product, and it’s working great, however today I had a little bit of an issue with a DC running Windows Server 2016 Server Core.
I woke up to a notification that the backup failed due to a VSS snapshot issue. Now I know that VSS can be a little picky at times, so I decided to restart the guest VM. Upon restarting, she came back up, was pingable, and appeared to be running fine, however the backup kept failing with new errors, the event log was looking very strange on the server, and numerous services that were set to automatic were not starting up.
This specific server was installed using Server Core mode, so it has no GUI and is administered via command prompt over RDP, or via remote management utilities. Once RDP’ing in to the server, I noticed the “Safe Mode” branding on each corner of the display, this was very odd. I restarted the server again, this time manually trying to start Active Directory Services manually via services.msc.
General Description: The domain controller is booting to directory services restore mode.
The domain controller is booting to directory services restore mode.
To my relief, I read numerous sites that advise that when an active backup is running on a guest VM which is a domain controller, Veeam activates directory services restore mode temporarily, so in the event of a restore, it will boot to this mode automatically. In my case, the switch was not changed back during the backup failure.
Restart the server and the issue should be resolved!
With the news of VMware vSphere 6.7 being released today, a lot of you are looking for the download links for the 6.7 download (including vSphere 6.7, ESXi 6.7, etc…). I couldn’t find it myself, but after doing some scouring through alternative URLs, I came across the link.
Unfortunately the page is blank at the moment, however you can bet the download and product listing will be added shortly!
UPDATE 10:15AM MST: The Download link is now live!
More information on the release of vSphere 6.7 can be found here, here, here, here, here, and here.
I went to re-deploy some vDP appliances today and noticed a newer version was made available a few months ago (vSphere Data Protection 6.1.5). After downloading the vSphereDataProtection-6.1.5.ova file, I went to deploy it to my vSphere cluster and it failed due to an invalid certificate and a message reading “The OVF package is signed with an invalid certificate”.
I went ahead and downloaded the certificate to see what was wrong with it. While the publisher was valid, the certificate was only valid from September 5th, 2016 to September 7th, 2017, and today was October 27th, 2017. It looks like the guys at VMware should have generated a new cert before releasing it.
Once you download and install this, the executable can be found in your Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool folder.
This command will repackage and remove the certificate from the OVA and save it as the new file named vdpgood.ova above. Afterwards deploy it to your vSphere environment and all should be working!
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2019-04-18T20:53:29Z
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https://www.stephenwagner.com/category/vmware/esxi/
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On 8 September 2018, the Saloon at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton re-opened to the public after an extensive restoration project which began in 2002. In this blog post I look at some of the history of the room, and pick out the three parts of the room I find most interesting: the carpet, the silks, and the wall decoration.
The year is 1823. R. J. Tyers submits a patent for roller skates; Charles Macintosh of Scotland starts selling raincoats, or ‘macs’; Clement Clarke Moore’s poem ‘A Visit From St Nicholas’ was first published; and the composer Gioachino Rossini premieres his opera Semiramide in Venice. King George IV holds a ‘Grand Musical Party’ in the Music Room at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, and Rossini performs as part of the evening’s festivities. This rounds off a busy year for George; he has already overseen the completion of work on the Saloon at his Royal Pavilion.
The Saloon is a unique room at the Royal Pavilion, as it has never changed size or position in the building. Originally, the room would have been used as a main reception room for particularly high-ranking guests: this room is where George would have greeted Princes, Princesses, Dukes, Duchesses. It was also used as a reception room before dinner. When George entered the room, gentlemen were already standing, and ladies would have stood up as he entered. The Saloon would also have been used as a small recital room. An able player of the violoncello and piano, and renowned for his bass voice, George was a keen musician. He enjoyed giving small performances for his guests, playing catches and glees (popular songs of the time). The fabulous carpet in the Saloon would also been rolled back and the room used for small dances, with ‘devices of dragons’ chalked on the floor. The dragons chalked on the floor served a triple purpose: complementing the dragon imagery in the room (and around the rest of the Royal Pavilion), providing a pattern to follow whilst dancing, and enabling people to grip the floor whilst dancing.
So, why has the room been restored? In 2002, water penetration in to the southern apse (the half dome over the door) came through the painted sky ceiling. The water penetration revealed a stylized silver leaf shape from a previous decorative scheme: Robert Jones’ decorative scheme from 1823. The decision was made to go all-out and attempt a full restoration of the room to return the Saloon to how it would have looked when Robert Jones completed his design for George IV in 1823. The restoration was funded from a number of sources, including donations from the public and Royal Pavilion and Museums Patrons and Members as well as grants from The Monuments Trust, The Mercer’s Company, The Georgian Group (F.E. Cleary Fund), The J. Paul Getty Jr. Charitable Trust, The Pebble Fund, the Royal Pavilion and Museums Foundation, and the Royal Pavilion and Museums.
‘I can’t believe I’m allowed to walk on it!’ is a common exclamation from visitors when they enter the Saloon and see the vibrantly coloured carpet. In the centre of the carpet is a sunflower within a yellow star; the one hundred rays of the star radiate out from the sunflower to the border of the carpet. There is a circular border of twenty dragons, flowers and stars, a second border of leaves and flowers, and, at the very edge of the carpet, an outer border of two hundred and seventy four lotus leaves.
Two large imperial or fenghuang birds, on a sea green background, can be seen on the carpet, one in each doorway. The border of plants and leaves is botanically accurate and includes summer flowers from the gardens on the Royal Pavilion Estate. The stars depicted in the borders of the carpet are a symbol of the Knights of the Garter (a chivalric order founded by Edward III in 1348). The sunflower on the carpet – and around the room – are a symbol of unswerving devotion to a member of royalty. The dragons on the carpet have associations with the story of St George slaying the dragon, and are also symbols of power.
One of the Chinese Imperial, or fenghuang,birds on the carpet in the Saloon. Image © Naomi Daw/Brighton Museums.
The original carpet was made by Thomas Witty of Axminster, cost £620, and was one of three famous hand-knotted carpets that were supplied to the Royal Pavilion by Axminster. The other two Axminster carpets were in the Banqueting Room and the Music Room. The carpet in the Saloon, like many other valuable items in the Royal Pavilion, was removed by Queen Victoria when she cleared the building in 1847. The Saloon carpet was cut in to pieces, and the pieces were used either to furnish rooms in other royal residences or handed out as gifts.
The recreation the carpet in the Saloon required a lot of research by Anne Sowden, the Royal Pavilion’s textiles consultant. Parts of the original Saloon carpet do survive, such as the one that was returned on loan by George V in 1934; this was tracked down and studied. Two coloured designs for the carpet survive, one of which was only discovered in 2005. Descriptions from archival sources also assisted in the recreation of the design for the Saloon carpet. The design work for the replica carpet took over a year before it was sent to Axminster Carpets, who had been commissioned to recreate the carpet (a nice touch, as they made the original carpet 195 years ago). Anne Sowden created an intricate, line drawn and painted pattern, which Axminster translated on to their looms to support the weaving process. Digitisation of the carpet design took a further six months.
There are twelve colours in the carpet, which meant the weaver working on the replica had to swap looms, as their loom only held eleven colours. There are 64 tufts of carpet per square inch, and sixteen million tufts in the whole carpet. The carpet is made from the fleeces of eighty sheep from a mixture of breeds including Cheviot, Blackface, and Welsh. The replica carpet is designed to be very hard-wearing, and is expected to last approximately ten years.
Silk has been used on the wall panels, drapery, and upholstery in the Saloon. The design of the silk is known as ‘His Majesty’s Geranium and Gold Silk’. Only fragments of the original silk survive, so the task of recreating the silk required a lot of research and investigation. The design for the silk that visitors see in the Saloon today is based on historic written inventories of the room and watercolour reference views of the room as it looked in 1823. These included descriptions of a ‘bird motif’, ‘rosettes’, and ‘ferns’.
Detail showing the silk wall hangings and curtains. Image © Naomi Daw/Brighton Museums.
Richard Humphries at Humphries Weaving was able to find a black and white photograph in the company archive which matched the written descriptions. This was a photograph of a later copy of the design made by Warner & Sons in 1911. The discovery of the photograph in the archive at Humphries Weaving led to them getting the commission to re-draw and recreate the design. Several other chance discoveries in 2015 also assisted with the recreation of the silks in the Saloon. This included the discovery of an early nineteenth century woven sample of the silk in the back of a copy of The Merchant’s Sample Book of 1764 at the Victoria and Albert Museum (T373-1972). A fragment of silk removed from a chair in Buckingham Palace in 1976 was also rediscovered. Research also uncovered an original sample in the archives of Tassinari et Chatel in Paris.
‘His Majesty’s Geranium and Gold Silk’. Image © Naomi Daw/Brighton Museums.
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The pattern on the walls of the saloon is a recurring leaf and flower motif; this leaf and flower unfurls over the walls a total of twelve thousand times. Robert Jones’ original design for the walls was rendered in pearl white and silver, and is unique in his oeuvre – he does not seem to have used it anywhere else in any of his interior design schemes. In combination with the large mirrors it enabled Jones to explore reflective surfaces within the room. The silver on the walls was designed to complement the bold colours on the silks and carpet, and the brightness of the gold.
Part of the process of creating the recurring wall motif. Image © Naomi Daw/Brighton Museums.
Stencil for the leaf and flower motif. Image © Naomi Daw/Brighton Museums.
In the restoration, platinum has been used, with pale lilac used to create the shadows on each individual leaf. The shape was stenciled on to the walls, and then the colour and platinum was applied. Platinum was used instead of silver for two main reasons. Firstly, after exposure to the air, silver tarnishes and blackens, which would have required the walls to be re-silvered at a later date; and secondly, at the time work began on the walls, platinum was cheaper than silver. With each leaf and flower motif taking between fifteen and twenty minutes to paint, it took three members of staff two years to complete the recurring pattern on the walls.
As followers of my blog will know, I began my new role as a Visitor Services Officer at the Royal Pavilion and Brighton Museums back in June (it seems rather a long time ago now!). This meant I was able to see the end of the major restoration project and the opening of the Saloon to the public in my first couple of months. Every week saw new additions to the room, from the arrival of Robert Jones’ original chairs from the Royal Collection to the installation of the tripod bowl (or pot pourri stand). The ‘wow’ moment for me was seeing the carpet after it had been laid, with the sunflower motif visible in the centre of the room, now obscured by the seat. As an art historian I have really enjoyed learning about the processes behind the recreation of items like the carpet and the silks, and being able to share my new found knowledge with all of our lovely visitors. It’s also been fascinating to see how truth to the original design and a desire to preserve the room for the future works in practice in a historic house.
Want to find out more about the Saloon?
If this blog post has piqued your interest, you can explore a three hundred and sixty degree view of the room on the Brighton Museums website here.
You can also find out more about the restoration of the Saloon by watching this short video of David Beevers, Keeper of the Royal Pavilion speaking about the room.
The best way to experience the Saloon is, of course, to visit it! I hope you are able to stop by soon, and my colleagues and I look forward to talking to you more about the Saloon (and the rest of our wonderful palace, too!).
Thank you, Naomi, for this delightful and informative article. Much appreciate the work you put into the research.
Fabulous article on the saloon, Naomi. Well done on all that research.
The carpet is stunning and Alexandra showed me round day before the royal visit.
I’ve just seen a photo of Paula (Wrightson) and myself “dressing” the Christmas tree at Preston Manor on the monthly newsletter! It was taken about 3 years ago along with loads more by the official photographer – in summer! (Shh, don’t break the spell).
You’ve done such interesting things since your appointment in June.
Thank you Sarah. I’m glad you enjoyed it. I am very grateful to all of my colleagues, some of whom have provided information and all of whom have provided friendly discussion.
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I’m leading a workshop today for the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference on using unnamed sources.
I’ll discuss points made in posts about using unnamed sources, including one on persuading people to talk for the record about difficult topics (and my 20-years-later CJR piece about one of the sources) and another on using information from unnamed sources to persuade other sources to talk for the record. I also will talk about the importance of power and eagerness in granting confidentiality, and suggest we should not quote spokespeople for powerful people and organizations without using their names.
I also mention a couple of posts by others about email encryption for journalists.
If you already possess information the source would be curious about, use that to your advantage in approaching them. Former colleague Pete Carey approached a crucial source in New Orleans – post Katrina – and said, as the man was closing the door, “I didn’t come here to ask you questions, I just wanted to let you know what I know.” The door opened and the rest is history.
Finish every initial encounter with the suggestion that the source will want to know – as time goes on – what you have discovered and what you plan to publish. Of course, you’ll need extensive personal information to re-contact them: cell phone number, home phone number, email address, home address, office address and, perhaps, some additional info (DOB, SSN) in case you lose track. I’ve gotten the whole nine yards that way. In one case, we were able to track a man’s criminal activity using what he gave me.
Deeply background every source you approach, preferably ahead of time, and I mean scorched earth, without spooking the more sensitive ones.
Sometimes my most aggressive backgrounding activities – including contacting neighbors, colleagues, etc. – have caused a reluctant source to contact me, instead of the other way around. People who contact you – rather than you contacting them – tend to be more supplicant, which can be an advantage to a reporter.
Always ask sources for a list of their friends and enemies (sometimes this line of questioning requires subtlety). Then ask what each enemy would say about them.
Never argue with a person about their reluctances. Simply interview those fears. You’ll be amazed at the results of that approach.
In extreme cases – where sources must remain anonymous – get them to sign sworn affidavits. An added benefit — your readers will find these affiants more believe-able (see our Brock Adams investigation).
Final point – the vast majority of sources should be on the record and all methods, including ratcheting, should be employed to assure that.
Thanks to Eric for adding this advice to what I offered in last week’s post. I also recommend reading his “Loosening Lips” handout, from the best workshop I ever attended on interviewing.
This is an updated version of a handout for a reporting workshop I used to present more than a decade ago. I have updated it for my Advanced News Gathering class this semester at LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication.
Find new “suspects.” Seek out sources beyond the “usual suspects” on your beat. If you always find yourself talking to white men, find some women and minorities who might bring a different perspective to your stories and steer you toward different ideas. If you find yourself always talking to the professionals and bosses, spend some time talking to the folks in the trenches. If you spend most of your time talking to liberals, seek out some conservatives. If you spend most of your time talking to people your age, seek out some younger or older sources. These people with different perspectives will point you to different stories. Look around the agency you cover for the people or offices that attract the least attention. Spend some time there to see if you’ll hear some different tips. Ask yourself each week whether you made meaningful contact with a new source. If you didn’t, could you have?
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Identify “gatekeepers.” Develop rapport with assistants and other “gatekeepers” who control access to important sources. These people can be important sources themselves. At the least, good relations with them are essential at times to contacting the sources.
Go prospecting. Take time to go “prospecting” for sources and stories. Take a trip or set up an interview with no particular story in mind. Visit a source you haven’t seen for a while or a community or agency you haven’t covered for a while. Go just to familiarize yourself, to take someone to lunch or chat in the office or home a while. Maybe you’ll come back with a terrific story you never would have known enough to pursue. Maybe you’ll come back without a particular story, but with some tips to pursue. Maybe you’ll just come back with a valuable source to contact in future stories. At the least, you’ll gain a greater understanding of your community and your beat. Prospecting almost always yields stories and is always time well spent. You just can’t tell the editor or news director in advance what it’s going to produce.
Learn where records are. Familiarize yourself with the paper and electronic record-keeping practices of the offices you cover. Learn which records are clearly public, which are legally confidential and which might present access disagreements. Learn which records and databases you can access online without asking for them. For records kept by someone at the agency, ask to see them frequently, whether you are using them or not. This lets sources know of your interests. Seeking records in routine stories establishes precedents when you are seeking similar records in sensitive stories. Ask for records in electronic format whenever possible. Learn who has access to the confidential records (not just in the office, but clients or members of the public who might have them).
Find experts. Learn what academic institutions, think tanks or non-profit groups might study or monitor activities in your beat. Develop them as sources, so they will notify you of reports or rumors and they will know who you are when you call for their analysis of issues and events. Learn what attachments, if any, your experts have. Biases don’t render an expert’s research useless, but you must know them and note them.
Develop national sources. Contact national associations, academic experts and government agencies to develop sources with expertise in the subject you cover. They may provide valuable perspective for a local story. Or they may know something happening locally. They may alert you to a national trend. You can search for experts by topic at Profnet and Help a Reporter Out.
Be available. Let people on your beat know you’re interested in hearing tips, suggestions, complaints, whatever. Make sure they have your cellphone number and e-mail. Make rounds frequently in person and by telephone.
Be honest. Never mislead a source. Be honest about the direction a story is taking. If it’s going to be a “negative” story, don’t bill it as something else. If you’re not going to write a story about a tip, don’t indicate that you will. This doesn’t mean you have to offend or worry sources needlessly. If a source is worried about a negative story, assure him you intend to make the story fair and accurate and that you want to hear his side.
Be annoyingly insistent on accuracy. If someone gives you figures off the top of her head, ask where she got those figures, then check the original source. Call back sources to confirm spellings, figures, chronologies, etc. Ask for reports, documents, business cards, personnel directories, calendars, databases and spreadsheets that can confirm spellings, numbers and other facts. This not only ensures the accuracy of your stories, it wins respect with sources (and good will that you’ll need if an error does slip through). It puts sources on notice that they can’t slip bogus figures past you. And the materials you gather for one story often will be helpful in other stories.
Become an expert. The more you learn about the complicated issues, technology and economics of your beat, the more your sources will respect you, the harder it will be for them to BS you, and the easier it will be for you to spot good stories. Read books, articles, reports. Research online. Ask lots of questions.
Admit you’re not an expert. If you don’t know or understand something, ask. Sources will respect your honesty, and you will learn. Also, if you fake understanding, they will catch on quickly and you will lose credibility. Repeat your understanding back to the source for confirmation.
Show interest. Sources may want to bend your ear about a matter other than what you want to talk about. Listen. You may get a good news tip. Even if the source thinks it’s a story and you don’t, show interest. However boring or annoying a source may be, however uninteresting you find this alleged tip, you don’t know when a little bit of knowledge might be helpful. Even if the information is completely useless, the source will appreciate your interest and may someday tell you something that is important or interesting.
Tell sources of your interests. Tell good sources about stories you’re working on, even the ones that may not involve them directly. You may know that a source isn’t directly involved with an issue, but if you tell him about the stories you’re working on, he may steer you toward other sources who might be helpful, or he may tell you something helpful that he’s heard around the office.
Regard your sources as characters. You’re not going to profile everyone on your beat. But you might profile anyone on your beat someday. So regard them all as characters you must develop fully. Learn about their families, hobbies, backgrounds, favorite sports teams, watering holes. Note their mannerisms. Follow them on social media if they use it (and if they don’t, ask why). Even if you never write that profile, learning these things will bring some tips your way, as the character will tell you about something she heard from her husband or an interesting thing happening in a social group to which she belongs.
Establish a connection. Don’t be afraid to show your human side. If you have children the same age as the source, commiserate about car seats or car pools or car insurance, whatever stage the children are. If he hates your favorite sports team, engage in some good-natured trash talk. If she has an illness in the family, show genuine compassion. Don’t fake a connection or stretch for one, but be alert for genuine ways to make a connection. If you have little in common with the person, connect by showing genuine interest in the character beyond the narrow focus of today’s story.
Share control. Even if a source spends a lot of time with reporters, he probably doesn’t feel completely comfortable facing you and your notebook. Occasionally in an interview, give him some control. Sure, you’re asking the questions, but answer his questions if he asks any. Listen politely as he wanders off the subject occasionally. The source will feel more comfortable answering your questions if the relationship doesn’t feel one-sided.
Take control. Ask your questions directly. If the source ducks a question, ask again. Whatever niceties you engage in to establish rapport, the source should understand that your interest in the relationship is receiving information and understanding.
Track your sources. Use a spreadsheet or program such as Google Contacts or Outlook to keep track of information about your sources. Get their office phone, direct office phone, cellphone, home phone, vacation home phone. Get their e-mail addresses. Record names of secretaries, spouses, children, hometowns, former jobs, alma maters, anything you learn that might later be handy to know.
Ask for documentation. Always ask for documentation of what your sources tell you. You don’t have to do this in a challenging way (unless you’re challenging). Present it as part of your quest for accuracy. Or if the source was uneasy about discussing something for the record, say you can attribute something to a document rather than to him. Documents provide verification. They may provide details that your source can’t recall or did not know. They may lead you to other sources. In addition, they provide precedent. If a source gives you a document when it’s in her interest, it may be difficult for her to claim later that the same sort of document is not a public record.
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Stay on the record. As much as possible, keep your interactions on the record, especially when you’re talking about information your sources know first-hand. Your sources should always understand that this is a business relationship and your business is gathering and reporting information. When you have to go off the record, make sure it is for a good reason. For instance, if a source is telling you something he doesn’t know first-hand, you wouldn’t quote him about that anyway, but the tip may lead you to first-hand sources. If you go off the record, make sure both of you understand the terms: Is the information for publication but not for attribution? If so, try to get agreement on a description of the source that’s as precise as possible. Is the discussion not for publication (if so, make sure the source knows you will try to publish it using other sources)? Before you go off the record in any fashion, tell the source you might try to get her on the record later if she says anything you want to use. And if she does, go back later with just the information or quotes you want to use, and try to get her on the record. I discussed confidential sources more extensively in a 2013 post, and will focus on the topic in a separate class.
Face the music. When you write a story that might make someone angry, show up at her office after the story runs, or call, either to ask directly about the story, to follow up or on some other pretense. Give the person a chance to sound off. If you made mistakes, admit them. If you didn’t, hold your ground but listen respectfully. Many sources (politicians, lawyers, coaches, athletes) are used to respectful adversary relationships and they will respect you and keep working well with you if you show the respect and courage to face the music when you’ve nailed them. This also is a good time for getting news tips. If someone is upset about a negative story, ask about more positive news happening in his territory. If he says the situation in his office isn’t nearly as bad as in another office, ask for details about the other office.
Admit your mistakes. If you make an error (or if your organization makes an error on your turf), admit the mistake, correct it and apologize personally to those affected. People understand that mistakes happen and they respect people who take responsibility. If you weren’t mistaken or if it’s not clear whether you’re mistaken (such as a disagreement over emphasis, rather than a factual error), listen sincerely to the complaint. Even if you disagree, give the source her say and discuss why you told the story the way you did. Consider whether a follow-up story is warranted. If not, suggest a letter to the editor, a comment on the online story or a response in social media. Brief your editor or news director on the disagreement and how you handled it. If the source complains to the editor, you’ll be glad it wasn’t a surprise.
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Seems the more people you kill, the more your’re in the limelight.
That’s what this week’s killer du jour wrote about the August killer du jour in Virginia, who sought the limelight by doing his killing on live television and boasting about it on social media.
I don’t think that media cause mass killings any more than guns cause mass killings or violent entertainment causes mass killings or mental illness causes mass killings. Our nation’s violence sprees have complex causes and require complex, multiple solutions that will involve legislation, regulation, voluntary action and effective enforcement.
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Refractive outcomes following cataract surgery in patients that have previously undergone laser refractive surgery have traditionally been underwhelming. This is related to several key issues including the preoperative assessment (keratometry) and intraocular lens power calculations. Peer-reviewed literature is overwhelmed by the influx of methodology to manipulate the corneal or intraocular lens (IOL) powers following refractive surgery. This would suggest that the optimal derivative formula has yet been introduced. This review discusses the problems facing surgeons approaching IOL calculations in these post-refractive laser patients, the existing formulae and programs to address these concerns. Prior published outcomes will be reviewed.
The unfortunate irony for post laser refractive surgery patients has been the difficulty in achieving consistent, accurate refractive outcomes following cataract removal and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation [1,2]. Subsequently, researchers have described various errors in IOL calculation and developed a variety of approaches to overcome the reported refractive surprises [3-5]. Although refractive results have improved significantly over time, it would appear an optimal solution remains elusive, indicated by the significant number of methods available to aid post refractive IOL calculations . The purpose of this review is to identify the issues relating to IOL power calculations and describe the available methods to improve the accuracy of post cataract surgery outcomes. Published results will be discussed to provide an overview of current outcomes.
There are three main sources of error in IOL calculation for patients who have previously undergone laser refractive surgery: the index of refraction error, the measurement of corneal radius error and the inherent errors within the IOL formulas . These are discussed in more detail below.
Most keratometers measure the central anterior surface of the cornea only. The production of an accurate corneal power value thereby is reliant on several assumptions; firstly that the corneal surface has uniform curvature and power; and secondly that the relationship between the anterior and posterior surfaces remains fixed. The use of the average keratometric index, routinely 1.3375, assumes that these models are adhered to. Ablative laser procedures inherently change the relationship between the anterior and posterior curvature of the cornea, immediately invalidating the above assumptions. Furthermore, the true index of refraction will vary dependent on the amount of laser ablation (and remaining tissue) further impeding the use of a basic or standardized keratometric index . In eyes that have undergone myopic ablative refractive procedures, the resulting keratometry readings obtained by standard keratometry or topography will appear erroneously high, subsequently leading to an underestimation of the final IOL power . Depending on the literature, this value is estimated to represent a difference of between 14% to 25% . The opposite will occur in patients that were previously hyperopic.
This error may be mediated by adjusting the corneal power values through the use of refraction-derived keratometry values or through the use of regression-based formulas [10,11]. Although current literature provides adequate outcomes, the results do remain variable suggesting further validation is still required [12-15]. Bypassing the keratometric index and calculating corneal power by using Gaussian optics formula or ray tracing, based on Snell’s law, may yet provide the optimal approach . Both approaches require the examiner to obtain valid measurements for anterior and posterior corneal curvatures.
A further functional error may occur in obtaining the actual keratometric measurement . Corneal curvature measurements not obtained from the corneal centre may be erroneous . This error has been referred to as the “radius error”. This may reflect both the incapability of some keratometry units (or corneal topographers) to measure the central corneal area and the inability of these devices to incorporate the change to an aspherical cornea produced by the surgery [17,18]. These errors have been ameliorated with the use of diagnostic technology such as ray tracing and with the evolution of lasers using larger effective optical zones. The radius error impacts all post refractive IOL patients, however the risk of significant invalid measurements is increased in patients with small or decentered laser ablations.
It has been suggested that the magnitude of error in IOL power calculations is much lower in previously hyperopic eyes than in post myopic eyes due to the relatively minimal corneal steepening in hyperopic laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and a diminished reduction in the change of refraction index secondary to the corneal steepening [19,20].
Most third and fourth generation theoretical formulas share the same basic approach. This includes the primary equation to determine the effective lens position (ELP), based on parameters such as keratometry and axial length. Thereafter, this result is used in the original vergence formula to determine the suggested IOL power [21-23]. Identified by Aramberri, the use of the post laser keratometry values to determine the ELP is flawed . Essentially, anterior chamber depth should not change as a result of the laser surgery. Therefore, using the artificially lower keratometry values will lead to an underestimation of the ELP and resulting IOL power. The proposed “Double-K” procedure, using the preoperative keratometry for the ELP equation and the postoperative keratometry values in the IOL power calculation was derived to overcome this. Subsequently the “Double-K” technique figures in the majority of the calculations proposed [24,25]. This issue was similarly recognized by Holladay and is incorporated into his proprietary software available to surgeons (by checking the “previous RK” box on the IOL Consultant Program) . Of note, within the Holladay IOL Consultant Program, if the pre-laser keratometry values are unknown, a standard value is then used, which has been variably reported as 43.86 and 44.00 in the literature [4,26]. The true value remains under proprietary considerations.
The Haigis-L formula represents an alternative approach to bypass the inherent errors of post refractive subjects. The formula applies a correction curve to the existing measurement to derive the effective corneal power thereby bypassing both keratometer and radius errors . This value is then incorporated into the original Haigis formula for standard eyes. Significantly, the original formula does not use corneal radius as a predictor of IOL position thus further reducing the risk of the formula error.
To fully describe the historical outcomes of post refractive IOL power formulas, a PubMed database search was performed for relevant literature between 1998 to October 2014. The search included the following keywords; IOL power calculation, refractive surgery, keratometry, LASIK, photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and radial keratotomy (RK). Two hundred and twenty four articles were retrieved and evaluated. Approximately 70 keratometry or IOL power formulas were found. These were separated into 4 separate sub-headings including history methods, change in manifest refraction, no prior data and others (Table 1). The majority of calculations included in the “Others” column include topography derived keratometry values. Some approaches may have differed minimally from other established formulas and may not have been included.
^Used in conjunction with other methods to derive IOL power.
*May be used without clinical history information.
°Incorporated into the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons Post Refractive Calculator.
#Available in the Hoffer-Savini LASIK IOL Power Tool.
Note: references not provided for IOL formulas based on topographic measurement variations.
A discussion of the main formulas and respective refractive outcomes follows.
Originally proposed independently by Eiferman and Holladay, the “clinical history method” represented the first method to overcome the intrinsic IOL calculation issues in post laser refractive surgery patients [27,28]. For many years, this method remained the so-called “gold standard” for comparison . The methodology remains relatively simple. The effective keratometry value is calculated by subtracting the change in refraction induced by the treatment from the preoperative mean corneal power. This method effectively bypasses the index of refraction error. The main disadvantage of the clinical history method and similar formulas is the reliance on preoperative keratometry and refractive data. The effectiveness of these methods may be reduced by the possibility of further errors including but not limited to: the use of inaccurate central corneal measurements, variation in measurement units before and after surgery and the potential impact of index myopia [7,9,30]. Practically, the follow-up required to obtain the data may be particularly cumbersome if the patient had their refractive surgery elsewhere or a number of years previously. In a large study, Wang et al. found that formulas requiring both the preoperative refraction and keratometry values performed poorly compared to other available methods. Results showed significant variability with high IOL prediction errors and relatively low percentages of outcomes within ± 0.5 D and ± 1.0 D . This has been mirrored in subsequent studies and these methods should no longer be used [31-33].
Several approaches aim to bypass the need for preoperative keratometry and represent valid alternatives.
A number of methods propose applying a correction, based on the change in refraction, to the postoperative keratometry value. This value is then appropriately inserted into the Double-K formula to provide the final IOL power [34,35]. The “Adjusted Effective Refractive Power (EffRP)” and “Adjusted Atlas 9000 (4 mm Zone)” methods are commonly used examples available through the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS) IOL Calculator. These methods rely on the availability of the particular topographical unit and require the examiner to directly assess the measurement to confirm the quality of the reading.
Masket and Masket recognized the difficulty in obtaining accurate postoperative corneal measurements and effectively bypassed these potential errors by creating a formula based on the change in laser correction . The authors determined that the chief corrective factor in post-refractive patients was the amount of pre-ablative myopia. Subsequently, a value based on a simple regression formula deriving the change in manifest refraction, was added to the standard IOL calculation. Other authors have undertaken similar approaches with basic variations of the regression formulas [37-41]. Walter et al. described an even simpler approach: by assuming the patient never had myopic laser surgery and replacing the standard IOL target with the pre-laser amount of myopia . Although the authors reported excellent results, the initial study has been criticized by the use of a small sample size to derive the formula.
The risk of index myopia related errors remains considerable for methods based on the change in manifest refraction.
Common to all previous formulas is the requirement for preoperative keratometry and/or refraction data. This is often unavailable to surgeons and alternative approaches therefore remain necessary. Formulas based on postoperative information serve either to re-measure or recalculate the current keratometry values prior to entry into existing IOL calculations.
The over-refraction of a hard contact lens has been described previously [30,43]. This effectively re-measures the corneal curvature rather than providing a recalculated value. This approach has been limited by technical and time constraints. Difficulty in achieving an adequate refraction in patients with poor visual acuity further reduces the effectiveness of this method.
Shammas et al. previously described a simple equation modifying post-laser keratometry values to determine the corrected corneal power to be used in IOL calculation formulas . Other researchers have taken similar approaches. The Maloney and Koch-Maloney methods convert the post-laser keratometry values from corneal topography to the exact power present at the anterior corneal surface and then add an average negative power value for the posterior corneal surface . These latter formulas have been based on values obtained by the Atlas topography (Zeiss, Germany) and thereby remain of limited value to practices without this unit.
As described earlier, the Haigis-L formula bypasses the various errors through the use of a correction formula then applied to the standard Haigis formula. The relative availability of the Haigis-L formula across several platforms including both instrument and web-based programs, has led to the formula rapidly becoming a focus of many comparative studies albeit with varying results [46,47].
Mackool et al. suggested an alternative approach . The cataract is first removed and the patient is required to wait for an hour before an aphakic refraction is undertaken. An algorithm is then applied to the refraction to determine the true IOL power to be inserted. Ianchulev and Leccisotti also described “on the table” approaches with reasonable postoperative outcomes [49,50]. Sheppard, however, compared all three intraoperative aphakic formulae with mixed results . The author suggested that intrinsic differences within the formulae determine the most appropriate use in patients, that is, both the Leccisotti and Ianchulev formulae appear to provide better results for posterior IOL positions and the Mackool algorithm more appropriate for anterior chamber IOLs. Intraoperative reforming of the anterior chamber either with balanced salt solution or visco-surgical devices and variable refractive indexes remain significant obstacles for these methods achieving consistent postoperative outcomes [49-51]. More recently, the use of intraoperative wavefront aberrometry has been described to further refine outcomes . Results using the WaveTec Intraoperative Wavefront aberrometer were compared with several established formulae in post refractive patients. The WaveTec readings were more accurate than predictive formulae, most often predicting to within ± 0.5D of emmetropia. Tellingly however in this study, no method was able to achieve this accuracy more than 50% of the time, which highlights the relative inaccuracy of the post refractive formulae. Ianchulev and co-authors recently described more optimistic results with intraoperative aberrometry. They detailed results achieved with the Optiwave Refractive Analysis (ORA) System wavefront aberrometer that appeared to surpass those with comparative preoperative methods of IOL calculation .
The principles of ray tracing suggest that using this method for IOL calculations may provide more accurate, reproducible results compared to existing alternate keratometric methods. Ray tracing technology is currently available in many topographical systems although results may be enhanced with the addition of external computational programs such as Okulix (Oculix, Dortmund, Germany). Savini et al. indicate that ray-tracing avoids the systemic issues involved with post refractive cases . Calculating the refracted ray at both anterior and posterior surface avoids the use of the average, fictitious corneal refractive index. The ability of the ray tracing software to be performed over any corneal diameter minimizes potential instrument and thereby radius error. Finally, formula errors are avoided as the IOL position may be calculated without respect to the single anterior curvature value . Hoffmann et al. suggested that although the prediction accuracy of ray tracing remains only comparable to third-generation formulae, the accuracy in abnormal eyes, those with long or short axial length and those with prior refractive surgery is improved . The results obtained by Savinni and co-authors in recent papers further highlights the potential of using values based on ray tracing principles [12,17,53].
Although a number of formulae may now provide improved refractive outcomes in post laser refractive surgery patients, it remains a difficult and time-consuming action to derive the IOL powers using multiple formulae. This task however, has been made significantly easier with the advent of several available web- or app-based programs.
Developed with the support of the ASCRS, the ASCRS Post Refractive Calculator (www.iolcalc.org) remains an efficient method for obtaining multiple IOL formulae. The program utilizes several referenced formulas and provides an average of all available methods. Recognizing the increasing reliance on non-historical methods, the website recently introduced a further value representing the average of all non-historical methods. The formulae from the ASCRS website have been used in several studies and appear to provide consistent, reliable outcomes [24,25,29,52].
The Hoffer-Savini LASIK IOL Power Tool represents a similar approach, albeit through the use of a downloadable spreadsheet (available from www.iolpowerclub.org/post-surgical-iol-calc). The user enters the available keratometry and biometric values from which the spreadsheet provides the recalculated corneal power values to use in subsequent IOL formulae. The spreadsheet also calculates the IOL power directly through several available formulae. Although the IOL Power Tool replicates some of the formulae in use with the ASCRS web tool, the use of alternative formulae may provide further information for the surgeon.
Several other websites or applications remain available albeit without the range of the aforementioned sites. The Asia Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (www.apacrs.org) provides the Barrett True-K formula for post-refractive IOL patients. The McCarthy Post Refractive IOL Calculator (www.mccarthyeye.com/post-refractive-iol-calculator) provides several relevant formulae based on the outcomes of the authors’ prior study of 173 post-LASIK eyes . Several applications are available for use with existing iOS or Android devices. These include the Eye Pro application, which utilizes the BESSt post refractive IOL formula and the PAK post refractive IOL formula. [Note: the BESSt formula requires the input of keratometry values obtained by the Pentacam topography unit (Oculus Pentacam, Germany) [55-57]].
Within the UK National Health Service, figures of within ± 0.50 D for 55% and within ± 1.00 D for 85% have been used to provide a standard for refractive outcomes following cataract surgery in normal eyes . While this gauge underestimates the visual outcomes now expected, it supplies a benchmark standard that has been used in previous studies [29,32,39]. Table 2 delineates comparative results from past papers evaluating a variety of formulas in post laser vision correction cataract procedures.
The range for values occurring within ± 0.50 D and ± 1.00 D remains highly variable. The lowest percentage is reported by Canto et al. at 39% and 60% respectively, for their small series detailing the use of an intraoperative wavefront aberrometer. This would suggest that recording the simple intraoperative value does not take into account the impact of all surgical variables. Conversely, Masket and Masket reported 93.3% and 100% of patients within ± 0.50 D and ± 1.00 D respectively of the intended correction . Both Geggel and Hu similarly reported 100% of their patients within ± 1.00 D following surgeries in their respective cohorts [59,60]. Although Masket and Masket’s original paper was based on a relatively small sample size, which may have biased the final outcome, importantly the success of the formula has replicated with consistently good outcomes in further studies [31,32,61].
A criticism of most post-refractive IOL formulae remains the relatively low numbers used to derive the accompanying outcomes. The range amongst the listed publications remains significant from a minimum of 10 patients to a maximum of 246 (median of 27 patients) [46,59]. The availability of formulae and relative number of post refractive patients proceeding to surgery would suggest that further audits might provide additional important information to assist surgeons in choosing the most appropriate formulae. Similarly, it might provide a platform for a revised methodology.
The optimal correction of post-refractive IOL patients represents an ongoing concern for surgeons. The use of available programs and existing formulas serves to improve upon prior results however literature suggests that consistent outcomes similar to those obtained in virgin eyes currently remains out of reach. The continued audit of post-refractive IOL outcomes, the development of corneal imaging technology, and improved intraoperative wavefront aberrometry may provide the best opportunity for surgeons in the short to medium term.
All authors participated in the design of the review and helped. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS): http://www.apacrs.org.
Hill W, Wang L, Koch DD. IOL power calculation in eyes that have undergone LASIK/PRK/RK. http://iolcalc.org.
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Very noticeable improvement on my gums, dental exam showed huge improvement on my gingivitis.
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“My gums were inflamed for a few weeks for unknown reasons.
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Immunotherapy is totally different from chemo. The side effects are different ... everything is different. The thing is I would do Immunotherapy all over again because with chemo ... once you stop treatment chemo doesn’t continue to work. With Immunotherapy it has trained the T-cells ( the immune system)to kill the cancer and it’s immune response memory.
One week after my hospitalization from cytokine release syndrome, I was able to visit some Seattle sites such as the Space Needle & Ferris Wheel. This is unheard of with any of the standard chemotherapy regimens I've had. One month after my CAR T cell infusion, a bone marrow biopsy was done and no evidence of cancer was found. My family and I were elated. It is truly miraculous that in a short period of time, resistant cancer cells can dissipate after battling so long under standard regimens. One month after my CAR T cell infusion, I felt that I could easily reengage in life and have the energy level I once had. This is again not my experience with standard chemo protocols. I would easily do immunotherapy treatment again if needed in the future. The initial side effects were minimal as compared to all I've endured. There aren't any long-term side effects which is unlike standard protocols too.
I've had four cancer surgeries. The worst one was they took a foot and a half of my small intestine. The last one was five or six years ago, and the one before that was maybe another eight years before that. They removed a tumor from my liver the size of a baseball. And then they took out the spleen, gallbladder, and adrenal gland. There was some thought that I might not get through that. But thankfully, I did.
But no chemo, no radiation.
Other than the immunotherapy, I think they attribute the success to my lifestyle. I had polio at the age of 18 so it’s partly by necessity, partly just the way I am; I’ve always been athletic and I’ve always done a lot of exercise. I’m still swimming about 40 minutes a day. I do yoga just to keep myself flexible, and I try to be as active as possible.
Well, the biggest difference is that when I was diagnosed five years ago, the treatments were much more heavy-duty. It was much harder on me. Physically, I was more tired. When I compare it to the treatment that I'm having now, it’s very different. I’ve had zero issues, not one bad day. I haven't lost weight. I probably lost about eighteen pounds before, and I'm thin to begin with. But I’ve gained back maybe ten of that. My weight now is steady. I didn’t lose my hair, and that’s a big issue for me—as it probably is for most women.
I was lucky. My tumor really was the size and shape of a golf ball. A little bit smaller than a golf ball. Dr. Liau said, “Look, I think I got it all, but it always has these weird little streams that go off.” And so she recommended I have chemo.
My chemo was for two years: 21 days on, 7 days off. I’d feel like absolute crap and then just as I was starting to feel okay, I’d go back on. Intravenous (IV) chemo does not work for brains, it doesn’t go there. So the chemo for brain cancer is a tablet called Temodar. This chemo doesn’t make you lose hair. But it really does hit everything else. It gives you major constipation, it takes away all of your taste buds. It took me a good two years to get them back. And then there was the complete exhaustion.
They gave me a very strong chemotherapy treatment that involved two chemo drugs at the same time: VP16 and cisplatin. And then I would have to go and have radiation therapy as well. I went through about 7 weeks of the chemotherapy, which really made me quite sick. It was pretty devastating to my system and I didn’t know if I was even going to survive that. The radiation became very difficult towards the end. I wasn’t able to swallow anything and keep food down.
It turns out that the chemo treatments, the radiation therapy, none of that worked for me. In fact, the entire time I was on that treatment, the cancer was spreading throughout my body. During the chemotherapy, my immune system was depressed big time, and the cancer just took over.
It was brutal, but I was prepared. I was excited because I knew the sicker I got that meant the better it worked. I ended up in ICU that night. I was there for eight days, in a coma for most of those eight days.
I was released on March 3rd. They did a bone marrow biopsy that day. I went back to Dr. Park a week later and he said, “That first bone marrow biopsy usually shows some cancer, so don’t be upset. Your body is still actually killing it off.” But the bone marrow report came back zero. I was thrilled.
I have seen great results with immunotherapy treatments, The side effects are less harsh compared to chemotherapy.
Immunotherapy differed a lot from the chemo. When you’re going to get chemo, you walk into the treatment room and they hang a couple bags and they plug you in and when it all drains out, you’re done.
I had 21 treatments. But by the time I left the hospital, I couldn't feel any tumor on my shoulder. After 3 months, I went in and saw Dr. Coley and he examined me and he determined that I didn't need any more treatments. So that was that. I had to keep going back for examinations every three months and every six months and then the five-year period.
I went through nine rounds of the first phase of chemotherapy, then blood & platelets transfusions several times a week. The next phase of chemotherapy was supposed to be every other day for 6-8 months. Around the five month mark, I began to have severe side effects issues, mostly to do with my immune system being torn down. I kept getting fevers, and eventually wound up in the I.C.U.
It never made me feel good that the treatment was going to kill everything inside me. That's what chemotherapy does. It kills everything inside of you, and then you have to come back all over again.
Next I had radiation, and after that got set up for an autologous stem cell transplant, which would use my own stem cells. But then I had a heart attack, and fell off track. My support team and my wife Linda (my “shero”) helped me to get back on track. Another phase of treatment was added to my schedule, which meant even more chemo. Then they found more cancer, which meant I needed get donor stem cells. My son Terrance was a match, and I’m so grateful for what he’s given me through his donation.
In many ways it hasn’t changed too much about my life, although the way I live may be different. Even though I’m still fighting, I’m happier. I say yes to every experience I’m offered and try to live the mundane days as normally as possible. I feel like that’s really helped me keep things together and not let cancer take over my life.
I did not have other treatments.
When I was diagnosed, Perjeta was not in existence. After years of treatment, I was becoming critically ill, sleeping days at a time, unable to leave the house, susceptible to infection. I could easily see that I didn’t have much time left. Then Perjeta became available and reopened a door had been closed.
I am not special. I have no powers. I didn’t change any habits -- I eat the same, exercise the same. Medical science has a few tricks up its sleeves, and it is possible you will be the beneficiary.
My mum just had some chemotherapy for early stage breast cancer. She had a major infection because of the chemo and has been in the hospital for the last eight days and almost died, but she’s getting better now. But it just shows that something like chemo, because it destroys everything in your body, can be a lot more dangerous. Whereas with my treatment, I haven’t seen any change in quality of life, which has been fantastic.
I had chemo and radiation initially. It was brutal. First, it was an all day appointment, and second, I had to skip a several treatments because my blood counts were not up to par. I was on blood thinners and had low platelets (27). Around the 20th out of 30 radiation treatments the skin on my chest and back began to blister and burn. I had a hard time swallowing around this time because the radiation was killing the cells lining my esophagus. I was on steroids as well, and I had developed the typical moon face from the prednisone. I was loosing my hair in large clumps. The first thing Dr. Zhang did was take me off all medications. The immunotherapy stimulated my immune system to fight the cancer and did not need help from any other toxic drug. I began to feel better immediately. My coloring improved as well as my counts and weight, my hair returned. I was no longer sick.
It was more grueling than standard treatments. But, since it worked, that is ok by me.
I’ve been through many chapters with different medical teams, and the treatments evolved in the process. I had three awake brain surgeries at NIH in 1998, UCSF in 2011, and UCLA in 2013. Since the brain tumor went from Grade II to III in 2013, I also had radiation, oral chemotherapy called Temodar (temozolomide), and in a phase II clinical trial to receive the personalized dendritic cell vaccine called DCVax-L® developed by UCLA.
During treatment, I was just so thrilled that immunotherapy had worked that I had little room for any other emotion. But upon reflection, I realized that with immunotherapy, I felt that I played a part in my remission. I felt totally out of control during chemo. I was depending on the meds to heal me. It was empowering to know that it was my immune system that did the job.
Oh, it was a walk through the park. It was a piece of cake compared to the chemo and compared to the transplant. Dr. Brentjens told me jokingly that he viewed his job as putting the transplant doctors out of work. They want to develop [the T cell technique] and perfect it to a point where transplants wouldn't even be needed.
I started out with a combination of chemotherapy, Alimta, and Avastin, which I had four cycles of. Next, my oncologist put me on Avastin only for four more treatments. And the cancer responded. The tumors shrank. But my body didn’t react well. I was horribly sick from it.
My first treatment after diagnosis was surgery. After surgery, I couldn't have any chemotherapy or radiation for a month, and in that time tumors began growing up around the surgical site.
The first two weeks of chemo, the tumors went down, and then the next two weeks, the tumors came back. My oncologist said he didn't want to give me drugs that didn't work, so we needed to find a clinical trial.
Compared to chemo, immunotherapy was great. I didn't have any side effects.
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two large-scale programs: “About PISA,” OECD; NAEP: “National Assessment of Education Progress,” National Center for Education Statistics.
“high-stakes testing”: NCLB mandated that each state measure every child’s progress in reading and math in grades three through eight and at least once during grades ten through twelve. See “Introduction: No Child Left Behind,” US Department of Education.
Congressionally mandated program: The first NAEP data were collected on a trial basis in 1969. The assessments went through several major revisions before reaching the modern format in 1992. The data from the early assessments are rarely cited because they are not directly comparable to the post-1992 results. See “Grading the Nation’s Report Card: Evaluating NAEP and Transforming the Assessment of Educational Progress,” National Academies Press, http://www.nap.edu/catalog/6296.html.
Participating schools and children: Sampling methods: “About the 2015 Reading Assessment,” Nation’s Report Card, http://goo.gl/ubd5f6.
Really? reflex: Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler, “Weekend Update: Really!?! Congress’ Birth Control Hearing,” NBC.com, February 18, 2012.
Claims that depend: Trust, but verify, as they said in the Reagan era.
I mainly focus: For the blog, see http://www.dianeravitch.net. The blog is also a forum for like-minded critics. The book is Reign of Error (Ravitch 2013). For the talk, see “Conversation: Diane Ravitch,” uploaded to YouTube by The Nation, July 19, 2010, https://goo.gl/UXAaq0.
“The educational foundations”: National Commission on Excellence in Education (1983).
two reports: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 2004, 2007.
resulted from a toxic combination: Ravitch: “Venture capitalists and for-profit firms are salivating over the exploding $788.7 billion market in K–12 education” (Lee Fang, “Venture Capitalists Are Poised to ‘Disrupt’ Everything About the Education Market,” Nation, September 25, 2014, https://goo.gl/xCg5yP).
The reports on the state of reading: The NEA analyses of trends in reading were not competently conducted. The authors did not understand basic data handling and analysis (see, e.g., here). The data were from surveys about reading habits; the declines were in “leisure” and “literary” reading, ignoring reading on digital platforms, amount of reading for school or employment, and other reading. Whereas the first two reports reported alarming decreases in reading, the third one, “Reading on the Rise”, documented a sudden turnaround, “a significant turning point in recent American cultural history,” some slight upticks in the amount of literary reading in the survey data. These conclusions cannot be taken at face value.
independent operations: NAEP is federally mandated and funded but operates independently. NCLB mandated that schools receiving Title I funding participate in the NAEP assessments if selected under its sampling procedure. The purpose was to be able to use the NAEP to benchmark the states’ own tests. See Hombo (2003).
Hence the many attempts to explain: Examples: Martin Carnoy and Richard Rothstein, “What Do International Tests Really Show About U.S. Student Performance?,” Economic Policy Institute, January 28, 2013, http://www.epi.org/publication/us-student-performance-testing; Nick Pearce, “Pisa Panic: Being Honest About What PISA Really Shows,” Left Foot Forward, December 3, 2013, http://goo.gl/Ivpr0a; Diane Ravitch, “David Berliner on PISA and Poverty,” Diane Ravitch’s Blog, April 12, 2014, http://goo.gl/fPa4eo.
“Don’t believe anyone”: Ravitch (2013), 50.
general equivalency diploma (GED) holders: Heckman & LaFontaine (2008) note that GEDs account for 15 to 20 percent of high school diplomas each year and that those with GEDs perform at the level of dropouts in the US labor market. By inflating graduation rates, “The GED program conceals major problems in American society.” See also Heckman & LaFontaine (2010).
The US graduation rate: See Murnane (2013). The author also documents a true (non-GED-dependent) but unexplained uptick in high school graduation rates between 2000 and 2010.
“In my recent book”: Diane Ravitch, “Four Lessons on New PISA Scores—Ravitch,” Washington Post, December 3, 2013. See also Ravitch (2013), 70–72.
Hanushek and Woessmann: Hanushek & Woessmann (2012).
FISS, FIRS, SIMS, SISS, SIRS, TIMSS, and PIRLS: Mmmmm, you could Google them (try “_________ cross national assessment”). They are identified in the Hanushek & Woessmann article, p. 304, and on seidenbergreading.net.
analyses indicated “a close relationship”: Hanushek & Woessmann (2012), 267.
Hanushek and others have pursued: See, e.g., Murnane et al. (2000) and Hanushek & Woessmann (2008); for a different view, see Ramirez et al. (2006).
A five- or eight-point change: Sean Cavanagh & Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, “NAEP Gains: Experts Mull Significance,” Education Week, October 3, 2007.
They matter enough: Buckley (2001).
A smaller percentage of US students: OECD (2013b). For the lowest level, 1, scores are further divided into three sublevels. The < 2 refers to all level 1 data.
A comparison of the results: Amazingly, a large representative cohort of students took both the NAEP (in 2007 when they were thirteen) and the PISA (in 2009 when they were fifteen). This allowed Peterson et al. (2011) to make closer comparisons between the tests. They concluded that the NAEP’s proficiency standard was higher for reading, but the PISA standard was higher for math.
“It is fair to say”: Diane Ravitch, “Every State Left Behind,” New York Times, November 7, 2005.
“That 27 percent”: Garrison Keillor, “Where’s St. Michael When You Really Need Him?,” Prairie Home Companion, January 29, 2008, http://goo.gl/s2dSC8.
only a rough index: The National School Lunch Program, established by President Harry S. Truman in 1946, is a federally assisted meal program operated in public and private nonprofit schools and residential child-care centers. Students from households with an income at or below 130 percent of the federal poverty guideline are eligible for free lunch; they qualify for subsidized lunch if the household income is between 130 and 185 percent of the guideline. Peterson et al. (2011). For 2013–2014, children from families of four with incomes less than $30,515 qualified for free lunch; the cutoff for subsidized lunch was $43,568. Children above this cutoff are in the highest SES group, which includes many of modest means.
Low achievement in reading: See “Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every Student a Chance,” Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. The press release provides a good summary.
Gaps in educational opportunity: For a grim reminder of poverty’s impact on education, see Jaclyn Zubrzycki, “Detroit Studies Illuminate Problem of Lead Exposure,” Education Week, September 26, 2012.
Every PISA assessment includes: To get a fuller picture of how factors such as parental education, educational spending, and percentage of low-income participants influence country scores, I recommend looking at pp. 34–36 in a 2010 PISA in-depth report, also posted on seidenbergreading.net).
“U.S. students lag”: For Duncan’s remarks about the 2009 results, see “Secretary Arne Duncan’s Remarks at OECD’s Release of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009 Results,” US Department of Education, December 7, 2010, http://goo.gl/PAKnO. Many educators took issue with them and with his comments on the 2012 results. See Cameron Brenchley, “Duncan Calls for Higher Standards and Expectations Following PISA Results,” Homeroom, December 3, 2013, http://goo.gl/JUS5n8; Christopher H. Tienken, “Problems with PISA,” Chris Tienken, February 11,, 2014, http://christienken.com/2014/02/11/pisa-problems; and Diane Ravich, “David Berliner on PISA and Poverty,” Diane Ravitch’s blog, April 12, 2014, http://goo.gl/fPa4eo.
2013 report from the Economic Policy Institute: Carnoy & Rothstein (2013).
“damaging world-wide effects”: On the letter from educators, see “OECD and Pisa tests Are Damaging Education Worldwide—Academics,” Guardian, May 6, 2014, http://goo.gl/nl4epU. For a response from OECD, see Peter DeWitt, “What is PISA?”, Education Week, September 25, 2015, http://goo.gl/gGXCA0.
A much easier way to improve: Kay McSpadden, “Public Schools Aren’t Failing,” Charlotte Observer, January 30, 2015. http://goo.gl/8aeAWF.
“Less than 25 percent”: Kena et al. (2015).
“resilient” children: OECD (2011), 37.
“One of the basic principles”: “Educational Policy in Finland,” Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, http://goo.gl/EUw3I.
particularly disturbing: On eligibility for free/reduced-price lunch, see “Percent Low Income Students: 2013–2014,” ED.gov, http://goo.gl/oP5FC0.
educational redlining: “Redlining is the practice of arbitrarily denying or limiting financial services to specific neighborhoods, generally because its residents are people of color or are poor”: D. Bradford Hunt, “Redlining,” Encyclopedia of Chicago. I am familiar with the concept from growing up on the South Side of Chicago, at a time when the practice was rampant. Educator Linda Darling-Hammond has also described ESSA’s retention of high-stakes testing for the lowest-performing schools, which are in low-income communities, as a form of educational redlining: “Why Is Washington Redlining Our Schools?,” Nation, January 30, 2012.
Many factors contribute: Several perspectives on the achievement gap: Hoff (2013); Richardson (2008); Magnuson & Duncan (2006); Barton & Coley (2009); Washington, Terry, & Seidenberg (2013); Seidenberg (2013).
“East Versus West”: Sharon Begley, “East Versus West: One Sees Big Picture, Other Is Focused,” Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2003.
A good place to look is the reading data: Motoko Rich, Amanda Cox, and Matthew Bloch, “Money, Race and Success: How Your School District Compares,” New York Times, April 29, 2016, http://goo.gl/yVrTRF.
Studies of African American youth: Gosa & Alexander (2007).
These kinds of data: In analyses using a large longitudinal survey, Fryer & Levitt (2006) observed that the achievement gap present in kindergarten can be accounted for by a small number of factors related to SES. However, the gap also increased through the first several years of school for reasons they could not identify. It may be that standard SES measures are less valid for African Americans than whites (Rothstein & Wozny 2013) or that effects of SES multiply as school demands increase. It may also be that other factors such as language background start to assume more importance in school.
Children from lower-income families: Hart & Risley (1995). They used the labels “professional,” “working-class,” and “welfare,” which I’ve renamed as SES levels. The follow-up study on reading achievement: Walker et al. (1994).
Variability in spoken-language acquisition: Fernald, Marchman, & Weisleder (2013).
Recognition of the importance: Duncan & Sojourner (2013).
a study of fifty-three low-income mothers: Weizman & Snow (2001).
Similar variation: Kena et al. (2015); Horton-Ikard & Miller (2004); Gosa & Alexander (2007).
“Parents’ verbal engagement”: Fernald & Weisleder (2015). The study of the impact of teachers’ speech to children is Dickinson & Sprague (2003).
Most African American children: Woolfram (2004).
The question is not: AAE is linguistically unremarkable, an example of dialect variation as it occurs in all languages. The breakthrough research establishing this fact was conducted by sociolinguist William Labov (1972) and extended by many others.
Part of the “achievement gap”: These conditions were first pointed out to me by Julie Washington.
This occurs for several reasons: In fact the conditions governing the deletions of final phonemes are complex, and deletions are always optional. Basic facts about how often phonemes are omitted for a given word or by individual speakers are not known because the questions have not been adequately studied.
For an AAE speaker: Some of these phenomena also occur in the Southern White English dialect, and the impact on reading would be expected to extend to those speakers. See Wolfram (1974); Oetting & Kent (2004).
The impact of such pronunciation: Brown et al. (2015).
Acquiring this additional linguistic expertise: Bialystok et al. (2009).
A speaker of a minority dialect: It is also more difficult to identify AAE speakers with developmental spoken-language impairments because features that are indicative of an impairment in MAE can be grammatical in AAE: Oetting & McDonald (2001).
For verbally proficient children: Terry et al. (2010).
The impact of dialect differences: The issue was examined in the 1970s and 1980s, but the findings were inconclusive and the methods used do not hold up by modern standards. In recent years researchers have started to investigate the issue again, building on advances in research methods and findings about reading and language.
The evidence that speaking: Some representative studies: Terry et al. (2010); Charity, Scarborough, & Griffin (2004); Terry et al. (2012).
The findings are particularly sensitive: History of racist characterizations of black speech: Baratz & Baratz (1970).
I have used computational models: See Brown et al. (2015).
Both Australia and Canada have: Siegel (2010). For similar issues in Arabic, see Levin et al. (2008), and in Finland, see Latomaa & Nuolijärvi (2002).
Preservice teacher education rarely includes: Moats (1999, 2009).
negative perceptions of AAE: Blake & Cutler (2003).
Having to learn two dialects: From a biography of Condoleezza Rice (Mabry 2008, 13): “Then as now, many African American parents told their children, ‘You have to be twice as good.’ Meaning, they had to be twice as good as white people to receive the same level of respect, opportunity or status. ‘You were taught that you were good enough, but you might have to be twice as good given you’re black,’ Condoleezza Rice often recalled.” New data from the National Bureau of Economic Research (http://www.nber.org/papers/w21612) shows this to be essentially true with respect to getting and keeping jobs: Gillian B. White, “Black Workers Really Do Need to Be Twice as Good,” Atlantic, October 7, 2015.
Compelling children to learn MAE: Dudley-Marling & Lucas (2009).
“Often powerful”: Steiner & Rozen (2004).
with particular attention: For an example of casual bias, see Jennifer Holladay, “The Character of Our Content: A Parent Confronts Bias in Early Elementary Literature,” Rethinking Schools 27, no. 2 (winter 2012–2013), http://goo.gl/aFuCH. On tenacity, perseverence, and grit, see Duckworth et al. (2007). On the impact of poverty and racial bias: Wilson (2011).
As agents of social justice: Sleeter (1996, 152), for example, sees multicultural education as “a collaborative process involving dialog and bonding across racial and ethnic boundaries for the purpose of forging greater equality and social justice.” See also Stinson et al. (2012), who discuss pedagogical practices that link the teaching of mathematics to social justice issues.
“Using a theoretical approach”: Hassett (2006).
For lower-SES individuals: Heritability of reading depends on SES: Hart et al. (2013). Similar effects have been found for parental education (Friend, DeFries, & Olson 2008) and educational quality (Taylor et al. 2010). Note that although heritability is a measure of genetic influence on behavior, these heritability differences do not arise from the genome but rather from the impact of the environment on gene expression, brain, and behavior.
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2019-04-18T12:42:57Z
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https://seidenbergreading.net/links-by-chapter/chapter-10/?shared=email&msg=fail
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First of all, how could my input help?
I have been lucky enough to work with many Canadian and international content creators of film, television, web series, narrative apps, transmedia experiences and games. I have developed and been involved with the implementation of digital marketing and audience engagement strategies for many of these projects and have researched the online space and consumer behaviour from this perspective extensively. It has given me insights that could be invaluable as the Canadian government tries to figure out how to “strengthen the creation, discovery and export of Canadian content in a digital world.” I have some definite arguments about what makes CanCon viable, the value of audience, how niche global strategies are key to the future, and how Canada, perhaps more than any country in the world, has everything it needs to take advantage of these digital opportunities.
First real question, what the heck is VIABLE Canadian content?
The word “viable” has come up in the documentation provided by the government as well as in the online conversations around #DigiCanCon, although I would argue not as often as it should. What is viable Canadian content or, for that matter, a viable creative economy, business model or career? The answer to this question or questions is far from simple.
However, at its core, the answer to the viability question for every CanCon creator is that they need to have an audience for their work and that hopefully they can make a living from their creations (for which an audience is key). In our government-subsidized content ecosystem, the revenue model for creators has often had more to do with triggering public money than about finding an audience or generating revenue directly from growing that audience. While we should be grateful to have this kind of public support for creative work, it has insulated our creators from current market realities significantly.
Our existing funding system for media incentivizes plugging into the old model of broadcast television, theatrical distribution and film festivals, a model that is out of touch with the way most consumers demand their content in the digital world. The reality is, the audience has never been more empowered and creators, funders and traditional gatekeepers need to understand them better than ever or risk becoming obsolete. The digital audience holds the key to the future and there is lots of opportunity for those who understand their digital audience best.
OK, so what do we need to know about the digital audience?
Audiences are the new gatekeepers. We are living in an age of content abundance, and there is no putting that genie back in the bottle. But while the amount of content continues to grow, there are still only 24 hours in each day. The one thing, perhaps the only thing, that is in short supply is audience attention. Content consumers are unbelievably empowered in the digital world by the amount of choices they have for their free time and their control over their attention. For this reason, every marketing and engagement strategy needs to be led by deep knowledge of its target audience(s) and there is no one-size-fits-all.
Audiences are VERY impatient. We live in an age of instant gratification. We have forgotten how to wait for things, mostly because we don’t have to. This impatience contributes to online piracy and is something that creators should be taking into account when it comes to marketing and distribution of their content. Once the awareness and demand is created, people will want it NOW. They don’t want to wait for six months, one month or even a week. The old media business model is based on scarcity of content and access, with geographic territories and release windows maximizing sales. This methodology no longer fits with how consumers DEMAND content. They don’t care about the revenue model or technology limitations or IP ownership. They want what they want, when and how they want it and that is not likely to change.
Audiences want more. When people love a story they often can’t get enough. MORE can mean behind-the-scenes tidbits, additional story conveyed through different media, opportunities for fans to participate in conversations, the ability to act inspired by the story, and so on. A single linear storytelling medium like a movie is often not enough to feed an insatiable fandom. Content creators should figure out ways to create stories that stir up these kinds of passions, and to fulfill that desire across not just one installment but an entire body of work. Content creators also have to become more comfortable with the audience taking more ownership of beloved characters and storyworlds and even find ways to collaborate and participate in the fan creations. It is also tapping into this kind of passion that leads to successful crowdfunding or micropatronage campaigns.
Audiences are fragmented. Because we have so many choices when it comes to content, audiences are very fragmented. This means content creators outside of the mass mediaverse (aka Hollywood in the North American context) do not have a chance of reaching EVERYONE, or even a demographic slice that includes, say, all women between 18-34. The road to success for most content lies in leveraging niche appeal wherever possible. Speaking to the hearts of a relevant niche about themes and issues that mean a lot to them, can stir up those passions I mentioned above. And once the right niches are engaged they will amplify and spread the word for you (because every audience member has an audience now). Luckily, identifying, understanding and reaching niche audiences has never been easier because of the opportunities created by the digital world.
So how do we make the powerful, impatient, ravenous and fragmented digital audience work for viable CanCon?
Get out of the mass media business. We live next door to the huge Hollywood machine and do not have the money to effectively compete for the attention of the masses, especially on purely Canadian funded English language projects. When looking at the traditional model of broadcast television (which is driven by subscription and ad dollars that are declining), conventional theatrical distribution (where even blockbusters let alone indie films struggle), we have not had many recent Canadian financial success stories. The business models based on (pre)selling into geographic territories and/or reaching a mass global audience is in great jeopardy and does not favour the smaller players (as can be seen in the heated discussions around the single EU digital market). Canada IS a smaller player and should look for more strategic opportunities based on its own cultural assets. Mass media should not be the goal for Canadian content.
Embrace Canada’s diversity & niche appeal. We are one of the few countries in the world that has been built, for better or for worse, on mass immigration over the last 150+ years. It has left us with a very diverse population who have many unique stories to tell. Unlike the American melting pot, we have talked the talk of embracing the diverse mosaic of Canadian citizens. Our media, however, has been slow to reflect this multiplicity, being primarily driven by investment in stories mainly championed by straight, white men. While they are an important part of the Canadian story, it is only one part. Increasing public funding and support for diverse voices and stories dovetails beautifully with the fragmentation opportunity. In the digital world, creators can find deep and passionate niche audiences across the world who can create community and conversation around their content, which can become a path to a viable business model.
Invest in and incentivize strategic experimentation & early development that is audience driven. In the new digital paradigm, there is a lot more that could be included in development beyond scripts and prototypes. I would argue, in fact, that a story or project without an audience is not viable CanCon and that the two should be explored together. For instance, early development deliverables should not just include the delivery of a treatment or early concept, but also proof of audience & interest (through identification of target niches, influencers, online conversations and a demonstration by the content creator that they understand who their audience is and how this project/story will resonate with them). As script and concept development progresses, so should a more fully realized plan for audience development and engagement, perhaps with some early focus group testing and experimentation to further hone the strategy. Special provisions and support should also be provided for those without a track record in the funding system so that more diverse storytellers are encouraged to apply and are on-ramped into the public system.
Invest in and share content/audience data with creators & MAKE IT EASY. In the old media content model, there was very little data available to content creators. While there are still black holes in the digital dataverse (hello Netflix!), there is more data available than ever before. Data is the story of your audience, the one they tell with every action they take online. Data can make creators very powerful if they listen and respond. Giving creators access to tools they wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford and training to maximize this opportunity will be key for success in the digital world. Besides data on their own projects, it would also be great to get anonymized data from across Canada that could be sampled by different criteria (i.e. content type, genre, content length, etc). This information could provide important intelligence so creators can understand what has gone before so every project can start ahead of the game, set realistic goals and refine their strategies based on relative market intelligence. Every CanCon creator who gets public money should be required to contribute to this collective knowledge base. No data sharing should mean no money.
Incentivize & invest in audience development & engagement. Tools like Telefilm’s Success Index incentivize participation by creators in the old content business model, and keep diverse and innovative creators out who have not been a part of the public system in the past 5 years. No value is currently given to any metrics in the digital world. This needs to change if the government truly wants to get serious about DigiCanCon. Proof of a digitally engaged audience must be part of such criteria. Serious money also needs to be invested in the content creator taking ownership of growing this audience. I would suggest the equivalent of at least 10% of the production budget should be allocated for digital marketing and audience development by the CanCon creator. This audience should be a long-term asset that follows the creator throughout their body of work increasing the viability of their content and careers.
Embrace our digital superpower, which is our nation of diverse voices, and get out of the mass media business.
Weave audience development into every part of CanCon financing.
Incentivize data sharing by our content creators and pay for access to data tools they couldn’t otherwise afford.
Ensure there is significant budget set aside on every project for digital marketing and audience engagement by content creators.
Incentivize better participation in the digital world with a new Success Index that includes key digital audience engagement metrics.
And, finally, leverage the brand of Canada outside of the country by curating Canadian content on a digital hub, that itself actively cultivates and engages with key niche audiences around the world (walking the digital walk and setting an example for content creators).
Thank you for this opportunity to contribute to this inquiry, both the online conversation and this platform. I am sure there are many great ideas pouring in, and a focus on audience, data and diverse niche content will help set Canada up for great digital success in the future.
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2019-04-21T17:16:21Z
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http://www.veria.ca/digicancon-audience-data-diversity/
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 24th, 2016. Brazilian military police watch over tourists and locals at Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, before the start of the Summer Olympic Games in August 2016.
Brazil is one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Statistics show this easily and people feel it on the streets, mainly in the big cities, such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba. Every year there are around 60,000 murders, some of them carried out with shocking ruthlessness.
Despite this insecurity, felt for decades now, a terrorist attack has never occurred. In fact, Brazil has not even seen an attempt or a failed plot. There has been just one case of a jihadist group sentenced to prison – the Hashtag Operation group, just days before the Olympic Games in 2016. It is covered later in this article. Briefly, as terror cases go, it was not among the most serious.
That said, the Brasilia prosecutor is concerned about terrorist propaganda reaching young Muslims, including converts. But he notes that it is hard for the Polícia Federal or even the ABIN (Brazilian Secret Services) to estimate how many people are listening to and promoting the words of radical Islam.
It is also not clear how many of them want to travel to the Middle East or Africa to join ISIS and its affiliates. “Not so many”, he surmises. “We have to be aware of this complex problem, but Brazil doesn’t have to deal with this matter with the urgency of other countries.” Countries such as France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, or Germany, just to mention Western examples.
Concern was quite high, though, when the Olympics were staged in Brazil in 2016. Some months before the games, the FBI alerted the Rio authorities about suspicious internet and social media activities in Brazil. The suspects were passing their days chatting about weapons, ISIS, and the best ways to carry out attacks in Brazil during the games.
In the same period, the SITE Intelligence Group, which has expertise in monitoring jihadi activities on the internet, noticed that a small group of Brazilians citizens had sworn loyalty to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the ISIS leader, and that the terrorist organization had created a Telegram communication channel in the Portuguese language.
The backdrop was part of the alarm – terrorist attacks were continuing around the world. As the reports came into Brazil, Nice was attacked on 14 July. A lone wolf drove a truck through crowds of innocent people on the Promenade des Anglais, killing 84. In Rio, the authorities feared just this type of attack. The Olympics would attract huge numbers of tourists to the city and one crazy man with radical inspiration could kill many more than the Nice attacker.
Suddenly, Brazil was on the terrorist map and there was no time to waste. Action followed in July. In the “Hashtag Operation”,12 suspects were arrested in the first and until today only major counter-terrorism operation in Brazil. The arrests were based on the suspicion of promoting terrorism on social media, a new kind of crime under the umbrella of the new terrorism law.
The impact of the Hashtag Operation was huge, both inside and outside the country. People from all over the world were watching the games. They saw that Brazil was working to catch the “bad guys”, but a dark cloud called ISIS overshadowed the games.
However, apart from fundamentalist propaganda, not much was found. Apparently none of the suspects were caught with weapons, explosives or chemical products. All of them lived in Brazil and they only knew about Syrian training camps through the internet.
Immediately, some critics said that the operation was a flop and that the authorities had created unnecessary fear in the population, just 15 days before the Games. Could the group be no real threat? Perhaps it was only a bunch of lunatics with poisonous ideas, yes, but ultimately just harmless amateurs?
The suspects came from ten different Brazilian states and did not know each other in the real world. They only met on the internet – Telegram, WhatsApp and Facebook were the tools of the self-styled “Soldiers of Allah”. According to the police, however, they were trying to arrange a physical meeting and the police operation may have prevented it.
The judge in the case, Marcos Josegrei da Silva of the Federal Court of Curitiba, noted that the defendants were indeed “promoting terrorism”. They all tried to “spread, foment, encourage, push, boost, instigate or motivate a terrorist organization”. El Kadre in particular repeatedly insisted on forming a jihadist cell in the state of Mato Grosso with one mission – committing a terrorist attack on Brazilian soil during the Olympics. The targets could be foreign tourists, gays or Jewish people.
It was a historic verdict. For the first time, Brazil had jihadi inmates, convicted under the new anti-terrorism law passed four months before the Olympics and inspired by other laws approved all over the world, mainly after the Paris attacks in 2015.
The terrorism hysteria, did claim one victim – Valdir Pereira da Rocha, the 36 year-old younger brother of the mastermind Leonid El Kadre de Melo. Valdir too was arrested in Hashtag Operation. A few days later, a judge released him after the ongoing investigation concluded that he had no connections to the terrorism offenses.
However, Valdir was left with two problems. First, his picture and name featured in the news coverage. Second, he was taken back to prison in connection with an older murder case. Weeks later he was found dead at Várzea Grande Penitentiary in Mato Grosso. Inmates linked to Comando Vermelho, a criminal group with dozens of homicides all over the country to its name, beat him with iron bars after blocking the CCTV cameras with mattresses.
The government has not recognized the two phenomena, but the authorities have investigated them since 2000.
Local newspapers have discovered some information that shows the tip of the iceberg. In 2006, the Brazilian police arrested Farouk Abdul Hay Omairi, a Lebanese businessman who had obtained Brazilian citizenship illegally. His two sons were arrested as well. Omairi lived in Foz de Iguaçu, in the south of Brazil, and was suspected of providing travel support to cocaine smugglers.
This investigation, called Operation Camel, was one of the first to track links between Hezbollah and drug trafficking in the tri-border area of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. According to the US authorities, Mr. Omairi was one of the people financing the Hezbollah network in South America.
In recent years, the Brazilian press has reported a deal between some Lebanese prisoners in Brazil and the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital), one of the most dangerous and influential criminal groups in South America. It is said that the PCC provides protection for Lebanese inmates. In return, Hezbollah provides weapons and bombs to the PCC, increasing their power.
Other sources reveal that Hezbollah is not the only radical Middle Eastern group with obscure activities in the region. Hamas and even al-Qaeda are trying to gain influence too.
Furthermore, since the 1990s Iranian radicals have used the region as a hiding place. Moshen Rabbani was one of them. Police suspected he was the brains behind the attack on a Jewish center in Buenos Aires in 1994 that killed almost 100 people. Rabbani ran to Tehran but later he was tracked by Brazilian Intelligence in the tri-border area. But nobody arrested him.
The menace of narco-terrorism is also monitored in the north of the country. The authorities have reason to suspect that there could be links between Brazilian crime syndicates and paramilitary guerrillas from Venezuela and Colombia such as FARC (Forças Armadas Revolucionárias da Colômbia). Once again, the drugs and weapons business could damage Brazilian society.
One of the most mysterious stories that has put Brazil on the international intelligence radar in recent months has roots in Beirut. Jihad Ahmed Diyab was born in Lebanon and grew up in Syria. He was arrested in Pakistan in 2002 for suspected links to al-Qaeda and sent to the American detention center in Guantanamo. He was held for 12 years but never charged.
Now Diyab lives in Uruguay, where he has refugee status. Diyab complains that he is in a limbo situation and does not want to stay in Montevideo. He says that is treated like a criminal and his movements are tracked by the authorities all the time.
For its part, the press still speculates about possible connections between Diyab and the Hashtag Operation. Is Diyab looking for family and real freedom in Brazil? Or is he one more jihadist at large in South America? Outside the shadows, it seems no one really knows.
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2019-04-22T15:56:45Z
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https://eeradicalization.com/the-shadow-of-terror-in-brazil/
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BitMiner is one viral and nasty HYIP scam that has spread its lies and deception throughout the cryptocurrency realm. Hosted at bitminer.io, this free Bitcoin mining pool is essentially the sister site of StartMiner, which we have previously exposed as a Ponzi scheme. Save yourself from the inevitable agony and frustration that you would have suffered by learning all the concealed facts behind this Bitcoin scam throughout our real BitMiner review.
BitMiner is allegedly a Bitcoin mining pool that offers their service for free. Having mined a total of over 3,109 Bitcoins since they first launched 422 days ago is quite an astonishing feat of Bitcoin mining to claim. Asserting itself as the “ultimate mining pool,” BitMiner offers four different premium memberships in addition to their free version.
Due to the simplistic nature and design, BitMiner has shown remarkable longevity for a cryptocurrency scam due to its ability to fly under the radar. As we briefly touched upon above, BitMiner is essentially a clone of StartMiner which we concluded, with evidence, to be a Ponzi scheme. So how has BitMiner managed to survive as long as it has? Perhaps that can be contributed to the affiliate program that the creator behind this scam emphasizes throughout the webpage. Just like with StartMiner, more emphasis on drawing traffic and deposits are conducted than actual Bitcoin mining itself.
Operated by the same company as StartMiner, this site is ran by the company known as Bitminer Cloud Eu LTD. The registered office address of this company is 20-22 Wenlock Road, London, England, N1 7GU while the company number is 09951039. Serving as the CEO of this company is Giacomo Bugini and as we mentioned in our StartMiner review the current company status reflected is ‘Active proposal to strike off.’ Which means that Mr. Bugini has been unable to pay his company dues which greatly diminishes the likelihood of receiving payment from this company.
So in a nutshell, if you have deposited any bitcoins with BitMiner just understand that the likelihood of you receiving your funds back are just about as likely as you winning the Powerball. Community feedback, mostly in the form of forum posts, will indirectly confirm this truth for us as many investors who have put their faith with this service have reported being unable to receive any withdrawals from the site.
Not a chance! Refusing to execute withdrawal requests while the company behind this site is in financial trouble is a serious red flag in our books. Not to mention that this site bears remarkable similarities with startminer.com. In addition, we cannot overlook the fact that this site fits the ideal model seen with most Ponzi schemes. Research shows that early on when bitminer.io was initially launched the site served as a legitimate mining pool operation but within a few months time a number of complaints, mostly lack of withdrawals received, were reported.
As many of you have learned throughout our recent scam reviews, this tactless business model reinforces the ideal that the site under investigation is, in fact, a Ponzi scheme. Withdrawal requests were initially dispersed when the site was first created due to copious amounts of new depositors but after the steady stream of new depositors slowed down so did the acceptance of withdrawal requests. This truth alone reinforces the concept that BitMiner is nothing more than another Ponzi scheme.
There are numerous warning signs that are generated from BitMiner. Obvious signs that cannot be overlooked would be how the company is unable to pay their financial burdens and how the site was created by the same scammer behind StartMiner. For more startling warning signs, simply type “BitMiner reviews” into any relevant search engine and you’ll come across a wide variety of forum posts and articles claiming how investors have been unable to receive their withdrawal.
However, it would be ideal to exercise caution when conducting your own research since many of the outlets currently endorsing this Bitcoin scam offer misleading and deceptive reviews. As you will undoubtedly learn, most forum and review sites in the Bitcoin niche offer nothing more than ambiguous reviews that result in neither the exposure or apparent endorsement of this scam. Due to this truth we advice readers who want to learn the true nature behind any Bitcoin related investment opportunity to feel free to consult our site to learn the facts.
According to Alexa.com, bitminer.io has a current global rank of 12,144 with a rank of 3,507 in Brazil, which indicates this is a very popular site. Back in April 2017, they were shortly among the 5k top websites, but since then have been slowly declining in popularity. Most of the traffic received come from visitors residing within Turkey, Brazil, Vietnam, United States, Germany, India and Italy.
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Maybe the following is the same thing.
Still trying to find a decent one.
I reported bitminer to the appropriate legal authorities in the UK several weeks ago. I waited a year for all of my transactions to be approved (benefit of doubt, something my parents taught me). I encourage others to do the same.
Is there no possibility of shutting this scam down? I was lured into investing thousands of Rands(ZAR) early last year and when I tried to withdraw I kept recieving stories up to now.😭😭😭😭😭 now i’m just crying for my hard earned last money I had.
Possibly, but this has to be done in the UK, with the UK police Action Fraud group, as its a UK registered company. I would suggest anyone having issues with this and UK companies to contact them.
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It there any way to get these websites removed? these people are a bunch of scammers and it is so sad how they take advantage of people.
bitminer.io is a fraud scam site. Just google them to hear from the many ripped off people.
Try a legit site like miningbitcoin.us if you are interested in cryptocurrency.
Yes i lost some money so and so did others.
Lost more money in a scam like laser.
I only go for crypt’s who have triple the security and a white paper.
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No negatives and USA is opening up in June.
You have done a good job for those seeking safe mining platforms. On the basis of my long standing dealings with them, I testify that GENESIS and MINERGATE are highly reliable. I have also found COINBASE very OK.
Bitminer.io are scam rogues. They refuse to honour any of my numerous withdrawals and they do not even have the decency to reply to my many support tickets. Find attached a copy of my stucked up withdrawal requests.
Increase your IPV for instant withdrawals, or wait 10+ days until your withdrawal is processed manually.
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They feed off revenue generated by ad-traffic, like most of the others.
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Today we’re checking out a budget friendly media player, the X02 from Ruizu.
Ruizu was founded in 2010 and makes a wide range of products, everything from Bluetooth speakers to car air purifiers to MP3 players like the one we’re checking out today. The 20 USD/25 CAD the X02 goes for is a great price for a basic player, but the X02 isn’t overly basic. When you take a look at the extensive list of features and file support, it’s a great value, even if it isn’t perfect.
While she is no longer with Ruizu, I want to thank Ashley for reaching out to see if I would be interested in checking out their products, and for providing a discount code to purchase the X02 through Amazon.ca. It was delived to my door for a whopping $0.38 CAD. The thoughts within this review are my own and do not represent Ruizu or any other entity.
When it comes to portable amps and DAPS I take a pretty casual approach. If you’re looking for an in-depth look at this thing with measurement graphs going over THD, sine waves, etc. you’ll want to look elsewhere. None of that matters to me, nor do the components inside that make the device tick. All I really care about is ease of use, how well it can drive my headphones and earphones, and if they still sound good to me plugged into it. Great battery life is a bonus. This review will be mainly my subjective experiences with the Ruizu and how it has served me over the last month or so.
Looking at older coverage of the X02, it seems that along with some internal upgrades, the packaging received a buff too. The black and white design is attractive and the ridged texturing along the sizes and top looks and feels nice in the hand. I suspect this packaging is used for a number of their products because the model isn’t printed anywhere. A sticker on the back has that covered. Some statements on the back of the package like “BATTERY long time playing” and “MENU easy and comfortable interface” also lend to the idea that this package is used for other Ruizu devices since they are so vague.
The included earbuds certainly aren’t amazing, but they definitely exceeded my expectations. Material quality is mediocre of course. The cable feels quite fragile and the white plastics are low rent with their yellowish tinge. But, comfort is great and fit and finish is as good as it gets for a cheap freebie earphone. When it comes to sound, it’s a typical old-school earbud signature; lots of mids, very little bass, and neutral-ish treble with some roll off. I found clarity excellent, especially in the mid-range. They’re pleasantly inoffensive and capable enough to provide a decent experience. Heck, they even have a spacious presentation with good layering and separation. At high volumes they do distort, but that is par for the course with toss in buds. If you’re even remotely serious about your sound quality you’ll want to replace them immediately, but for the average user that just wants to listen to their music, they’ll do the trick.
The X02’s design takes great inspiration from Apple’s iconic but long discontinued iPod Mini. Like that device, it has a small screen set above a circular input pad within which is a central selection button. The X02 is all-plastic with a soft matte finish. While I like the look and feel of the finish, past experience with it on other devices has shown significant deterioration as the years progress. Hopefully that will not be the case with the X02, but the way people consume new products nowadays the device would probably be replaced long before it ever became an issue. It’s also not the most solid feeling device. Despite being small and compact, there is a fair bit of flex and twist to the chassis. Not something you’re likely to notice though, unless you deliberately start wrenching on it.
The circular pad covers four buttons in the cardinal positions. They perform a multitude of functions from menu navigation to track control. The center button is used to select menu options and pause/play music. I found the buttons satisfying to press as they respond with a prominent click that you can feel and hear. Unlike on some devices which are spongy or quiet, you know when you made a selection on the X02. On the bottom of the device is the micro-USB input port, headphone jack, and on/off slider switch that moves into position with purpose. To the right is a micro-SD card slot with support for 128GB cards, adding onto the already decent 8GB built in.
The X02 is a satisfying device to interact with. The velvety matte surface feels good in the hand and the buttons depress with a quality tactile response. In addition, they are laid out in a tried and tested manner that many will already be familiar with had they used an Apple device prior to their move to touch screen only devices.
Admittedly I didn’t do any testing of the 80 hours of battery life the X02 is rated for. Sorry ’bout that. What I can say is that since the device arrived on September 1st, 2018, it has been used for a couple hours every day. I’ve only had to charge it once since the out of the box charge depleted a couple weeks ago, and at the time of writing it’s still going strong on the next charge. Regardless of whether or not it will achieve the rated 80 hours, it’s got more than enough juice to keep even power users going for long periods without the need to juice up. Another thing that helps to conserve battery is if not playing music or in use, the X02 will turn off after a few minutes of inactivity. Handy!
Perusing through the X02’s menus is for the most part, a pleasant experience. I can think of a few players offhand, namely the HiFiMan MegaMini and XDuoo Nano D3, that do it with less grace and intuition.
On the home screen you’ve got nine menu options. Record, Folder, Ebook comprise the top row. Across the middle you’ve got Pictures, Music, and Video. On the bottom row you’ll find Tools, Settings, and your FM Radio. In the tippy top left corner is the time, while opposite is a battery life icon. Unlike on the XDuoo Nano D3 which has a similar Windows phone style grid layout, you can traverse the X02’s menu options any way you want; up, down, left and right. Delay when moving around is very minimal too. Good thing because laggy interfaces drive me nuts.
Once you start diving into the individual menus, you realize the X02 has a lot more functionality than it’s price and size would suggest. For example, under the Radio feature I was expecting just to be taken directly to the radio, but instead selecting that feature gave me a number of options; Station list, manual tune, auto tune, and FM recording. Under station list is all of your preset options. Manual tune lets you hunt through stations manually. Auto tune seems to update your presents with all available radio stations in the area. Insanely handy if you’re traveling to a new location. FM recording allows you to listen to past recordings saved to either the internal memory, or a memory card you have installed.
Under Tools you are given a calender, stopwatch, and an alarm. They didn’t need to include these, but they did. The calendar feature is very basic in that all you can do is select the date. The stopwatch feature give you five splits to work with which is nice. The alarm lets you set up a one-time, daily, or work day alert using the in-built songs or a custom track of your choice, and at the volume you set. The alarm feature is nice to have, but it doesn’t make the X02 a suitable replacement for a regular alarm. The X02 doesn’t have a built in speaker. That means you’re either going to need to hook up to one, or only use the alarm during circumstances where you’re using the device and have your headphones in, like during break at work, or while at the gym to let you know when you should move onto the next exercise. The alarm also doesn’t turn the device on, so if the X02 is off when the alarm should be sounding, you’re out of luck.
The X02 also has a basic video player, but I don’t think anyone is going to be using it all too often, especially given the dominance of smart phones. The X02’s screen is small and low resolution and watching the pre-installed music video reveals a very blurry image quality. The optimal viewing angle is also somewhat bizarre being optimal at around a 160-170 degree angle. The included video defaults to a horizontal format, and to watch it you turn the X02 sideways and tilt the screen away from you. If you don’t, the screen is either too dark or becomes extremely washed out. Not so much of an issue during normal use, but if you actually want to make use of the video player, this is certainly something to keep in mind.
In the music app you’ve got tons of options too, all laid out ion a fairly logical manner. The first page has nine options; Now playing, all songs, update card data, artists, albums, genres, playlists, local folder, and card folder. Once you’ve selected a song, hit up or M on the control pad and you’ve got nine new options; home, shuffle, language learning, sound settings, a-b repeat mode, bookmarks, delete, add to playlist, and remove from playlist. While I’m not one for playlists, many of you out there are so being able to construct and deconstruct playlists on the fly will be a blessing.
I’m not going to go through every menu, but there are some handy features under sound settings. First is the equalizer. You’ve got OFF, six of the usual preset options, and a basic 5-band custom setting. Unfortunately, the particular frequencies affected are not mentioned, instead letting you adjust B/L/M/H/T. Still, it works as you’d expect. Bass frequencies to the left, moving through the mids to treble on the far right. Another cool setting is speed. I can see that being useful if listening to an audio book. Last is volume limit. Helpful feature, especially if you’re going to give this to a child, but it has one very annoying quirk. That brings us to my favorite section.
No device is perfect. There are some of the more prominent quirks I’ve experienced in my time with the X02.
When setting the volume limit in the sound settings, you are required to press left and right to raise and lower volume despite the volume bar being displayed vertically. Odd decision. Make sure you don’t have music playing when adjusting this setting. It starts off with the volume maxed out, and if you’ve got your headphones in and music on, whatever is playing is bumped to max volume. Ouch in numerous ways. This thing gets pretty loud which could damage your ears or your headphones if they’re particularly sensitive.
Volume does not have a dedicated control. While on the now playing screen, you need to hold down on the control pad for a moment to access the volume controls. On one hand this is simply annoying. On the other, this is a great way to prevent unwanted volume adjustments.
When listening to the radio, if you hold down the centre button for X02 will start a 3 second countdown. Keep holding through the countdown and it turns off. Not sure why this exists since they have a dedicated on/off switch on the bottom of the device.
Ever since I accessed the radio, that has been the default app the device opens to on startup regardless of what was used last.
The X02 is a decent sounding player, as long as you keep the cost under consideration. I was quite impressed with the sound stage and instrument separation. It does a good job off keeping tracks open and uncongested. It also helps that clarity and detail are also good, though micro-detail seems to be masked slightly. The mid-range isn’t dialed back and seems quite prominent, helping out v-shaped earphones a bit. Bass is severely rolled off in my experience so products that have excellent sub-bass extension, like the ADVANCED GT3 Superbass, lose a lot of that extension. This is not a good player for bassheads. It’s also not going to be a great option for those that like to listen at really high volumes either as you get noticeable distortion. The X02 sounds best when kept away from the extreme highs of it’s volume output.
Overall there isn’t much to say here. It has a reasonably uncolored signature and sounds okay. Definitely not up to the standards of a picky audiophile, but good enough for it’s target audience and affordable price.
While most audiophiles would never in a million years touch this feature, this was one of the features that had me most interested. This is an affordable device for the average user, and at least where I live, FM radio is still going strong. As is common, the X02 uses the headphone cable as the antenna and it has no issues picking up a number of stations in my area with a strong, stable connection.
The controls are intuitive and will be right at home for someone that uses and radio frequently. A single, quick press lets you manually hunt down stations while holding the button for one second automatically searches for the next available station. It’s quick and works perfectly. And, if radio presets are your thing you’ve got 30 to work with. Sweet.
MP3 players have fallen out of popularity over the years thanks to smart phones. Why carry multiple devices when you’ve already got what amounts to a powerful, fully featured PC hanging out in your pocket? The X02 is the kind if device you take with you when you don’t want to put that expensive smart phone in harms way, or just want something quick and simple to listen to music through.
Yes, it has some quirks, and yes, the sound quality isn’t going to win any awards, but that should be expected. It’s a media player for your average consumer, and taken as it is, it’s a wonderful little device. Bring it with you to the gym or on bike rides. Toss it in your purse to use those times you miss the bus by a minute and have to wait for the next one. Make it your kid’s first media player. You know they’ll probably break it at some point so you might as well start them off with something inexpensive, yet capable of sparking their interest in music and the arts.
The X02 costs less than most budget earphones, it has great file support, the controls are intuitive and familiar right out the gate, and the graphical interface is quick and easy to navigate. It has a ton of features too, like a radio, e-book reader, video player, and voice recorder. You might not use any of it beyond your first run through of the device, and it’s certainly not the ideal device to consume videos or books, but it’s all there and everything works. The battery life is outstanding as well and I have yet to have the device crash or shut down unexpectedly, so it runs reliably too.
While the X02 isn’t something I am likely to continue using since I already have considerably more capable (and expensive) media players, I respect it and really enjoyed using it over the last month or so. It’s an honest device that should make a lot of customers happy.
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The European Union is inextricably linked to the Arctic region (hereafter referred to as the Arctic) by a unique combination of history, geography, economy and scientific achievements. Three Member States — Denmark (Greenland), Finland and Sweden — have territories in the Arctic. Two other Arctic states — Iceland and Norway — are members of the European Economic Area. Canada, Russia and the United States are strategic partners of the EU. European Arctic areas are a priority in the Northern Dimension policy. Beyond areas of national jurisdiction, the Arctic Ocean contains parts pertaining to the high seas and the seabed managed by the International Seabed Authority.
The vast sea and land spaces of the Arctic region are vital and vulnerable components of the Earth’s environment and climate system. Arctic air temperatures have been increasing twice as much as the global average. Coverage of sea ice, snow cover and permafrost have been decreasing rapidly, triggering strong feed-back mechanisms that accelerate global warming. Accelerated loss from the Greenland ice sheet would raise sea levels rapidly and considerably.
In spite of harsh conditions, melting of ice and new technologies will gradually increase access to Arctic living and non-living resources as well as to new navigation routes. Although the Arctic remains one of the most pristine areas on Earth, it will be increasingly at risk from the combined effects of climate change and increased human activity.
EU policies in areas such as environment, climate change, energy, research, transport and fisheries have a direct bearing on the Arctic. It is a fundamental premise of the EU’s Integrated Maritime Policy that each sea-region is unique and needs individual attention in balancing its uses in a sustainable manner.
Activities in EU Member States — as most other countries — leave an environmental footprint in the Arctic. Addressing the root causes of Arctic changes requires a global response. Impacts resulting from climate change represent a challenge of paramount importance for the region at present and also for the future. The EU is a leader in fighting climate change and in promoting sustainable development. EU Member States and the European Community are parties to most multilateral environmental agreements of fundamental importance for the Arctic. European industries are in the front line in developing technologies for safe and sustainable operations in harsh conditions — on land, in coastal zones and offshore.
While the Arctic environment is particularly vulnerable, the low population and infrastructure density make emergency response management extremely difficult.
The main goal must be to prevent and mitigate the negative impact of climate change as well as to support adaptation to inevitable changes. Prevention and mitigation action should also concern other global and trans-boundary processes with negative impacts in the Arctic, such as long-range transport of pollutants. This should be complemented by developing a holistic, ecosystem-based management of human activities, ensuring that the latter are administered in a sustainable way, integrating environmental considerations at all levels. There is a need to improve emergency response management.
- Assess the effectiveness of EU policies and of multilateral environmental agreements in responding to Arctic environmental challenges.
- Strengthen international efforts to mitigate climate change and identify areas where support for adaptation to the effects of climate change needs to be provided, including the adaptive management of biodiversity.
- Promote permanent dialogue with NGOs on the state of the environment in the Arctic region.
- Coordinate efforts with Arctic states, territories and other stakeholders promoting high environmental standards. Enhance ecosystem-based marine management in the Arctic Ocean by sharing EU experience with the Arctic states.
- Where strategies and projects of the EU affect the Arctic, take account of environmental impacts before decisions are made. Promote the use of impact assessments of projects, plans and programmes affecting the Arctic environment, including strategic environmental assessments, and share experience with the Arctic states.
- Support screening and monitoring of chemicals in the Arctic. Step up efforts to reduce pollution of the Arctic by persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and other contaminants, including those from land-based sources. Continue supporting the destruction of stocks of harmful chemicals and the reduction of the risk of radioactive release in the Arctic.
- Pursue cooperation on prevention, preparedness and disaster response. The Commission’s Monitoring and Information Centre can contribute to enhancing EU disaster response capacity in the Arctic. The Commission will support concluding an agreement on emergency prevention and response in the Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC).
- Strengthen cooperation on improving primary energy savings, energy efficiency and the use of renewable energies in the Arctic.
- Contribute to assessing the impact on marine mammals of increased acoustic noise generated by human activities.
About a third of the 4 million people living in the Arctic are indigenous. They are particularly vulnerable to the increasing pressures of climate change and globalisation.
- Engage Arctic indigenous peoples in a regular dialogue.
- Provide opportunities for self-driven development and the protection of their lifestyle.
- Support in particular the organisations and activities of the Saami and of other peoples of the European Arctic, inter alia under regional and cross-border programmes. Promote Northern European know-how in reindeer husbandry.
- Continue efforts ensuring effective protection of whales especially within the framework of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), including in the Arctic context. Support proposals for the management of indigenous subsistence whaling, provided that conservation is not compromised, whaling operations are properly regulated and catches remain within the scope of documented and recognised subsistence needs.
- Conduct dialogues with indigenous and other local communities traditionally engaged in the hunting of seals.
- The Community is currently considering banning the placing on the market, import, transit and export of seal products. However, this should not adversely affect the fundamental economic and social interests of indigenous communities traditionally engaged in the hunting of seals. Under the terms of the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning trade in seal products, seal products resulting from hunts traditionally conducted by Inuit communities which contribute to their subsistence are exempted. The proposal also foresees that trade is allowed in other cases where certain requirements are met regarding the manner and method whereby seals are killed and skinned. The Commission’s dialogue with the indigenous communities concerned will aim to facilitate the practical implementation of these provisions.
Policy responses should be based on assessments using the best available knowledge and understanding of the processes affecting the Arctic. The Arctic Council has wide research programmes and publishes valuable assessments.
EU Member States and the European Community are major contributors to Arctic research. The current Seventh Community Framework Programme addresses new projects and large international undertakings dealing with Arctic-related research. The European Polar Board seeks to harmonise and maximise the impact of European polar research. The European Environment Agency has made a series of assessments, building on the work of the Arctic Council.
Nevertheless, long-term monitoring, coordination and data availability remain insufficient for Arctic research.
The European Community should maintain the Arctic as a priority area for research to close knowledge gaps and assess future anthropogenic impacts, especially in the area of climate change. Moreover, it should strengthen international cooperation and interoperability and contribute to designing concrete steps for prevention, mitigation and adaptation.
- Develop further research programmes dealing with sea-level rise, loss of sea ice and melting permafrost as well as related feedbacks leading to accelerated warming and having other anthropogenic impacts on the Arctic ecosystems.
- Assess the state and evolution of the Arctic environment in order to contribute to the formulation of appropriate EU policies.
- Create new research infrastructure and enhance monitoring and surveillance capabilities. Contribute to the completion of the Aurora Borealis research icebreaker project.
- Coordinate efforts in different research areas relevant to the Arctic such as environment, transport, health and energy, as well as develop Arctic technologies.
- Ensure continuity in space measurements via GMES . Support long-term measurements and reporting of marine data through the European Marine Observation and Data Network. Contribute to establishing the Arctic component of Global Earth Observing System of Systems.
- Develop enhanced, broad international information exchange on research projects and facilitate coordination of national programmes. Thus the EU should contribute to supporting the establishment of the Sustained Arctic Observing Network.
- Ensure open access to information from Arctic monitoring and research based on the principle of the Shared Environmental Information System. Facilitate and support outreach to the broader public.
The Arctic contains large untapped hydrocarbon reserves. Known Arctic offshore resources are located inside the Exclusive Economic Zone of Arctic states. Arctic resources could contribute to enhancing the EU’s security of supply concerning energy and raw materials in general. However, exploitation will be slow, since it presents great challenges and entails high costs due to harsh conditions and multiple environmental risks.
Support for the exploitation of Arctic hydrocarbon resources should be provided in full respect of strict environmental standards taking into account the particular vulnerability of the Arctic. The EU edge in technologies for sustainable exploitation of resources in polar conditions should be maintained.
- Work to strengthen the foundations for long-term cooperation, particularly with Norway and the Russian Federation, facilitating the sustainable and environmentally friendly exploration, extraction and transportation of Arctic hydrocarbon resources. As elsewhere, the guiding principles will be a level playing field and reciprocal market access.
- Encourage the observance of the highest possible environmental standards. Press for the introduction of binding international standards, building inter alia on the guidelines of the Arctic Council and relevant international conventions.
- Promote further research and development in offshore technology and infrastructures. Build on experience accumulated in European industry in offshore oil and gas exploitation. Facilitate further research and innovation as emphasis shifts to even harsher climates and deeper waters.
- Encourage the growth of maritime clusters where universities and research centres can provide trained staff and research facilities to smaller companies. Much of the innovation will be driven by small and medium-sized enterprises in regional clusters.
- Assess possibilities of endorsing the guidelines for oil and gas exploitation drafted by the Arctic Council.
The only significant Arctic fisheries occur at present in the Barents Sea and to the east and south of the Norwegian Sea. Nonetheless, climate change might bring increased productivity in some fish stocks and changes in spatial distributions of others. New areas may become attractive for fishing with increased access due to reduced sea ice coverage. For some of the Arctic high seas waters there is not yet an international conservation and management regime in place. This might lead to unregulated fisheries.
The EU is among the most important consumers of Arctic fish, of which only a small part is caught by Community vessels. The European Community is a member of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC). It cooperates fully with states with sovereignty or jurisdiction in Arctic waters, seeking not only to ensure fishing opportunities, but also to guarantee long-term conservation and optimum utilisation of fishery resources.
The EU’s main objective is to ensure exploitation of Arctic fisheries resources at sustainable levels whilst respecting the rights of local coastal communities.
- Put in place a regulatory framework for the part of the Arctic high seas not yet covered by an international conservation and management regime before new fishing opportunities arise. This will prevent fisheries developing in a regulatory vacuum, and will ensure fair and transparent management of fisheries in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing. In principle, extending the mandate of existing management organisations such as NEAFC is preferable to creating new ones. Until a conservation and management regime is in place for the areas not yet covered by such a regime, no new fisheries should commence.
EU Member States have the world’s largest merchant fleet and many of those ships use trans-oceanic routes. The melting of sea ice is progressively opening opportunities to navigate on routes through Arctic waters. This could considerably shorten trips from Europe to the Pacific, save energy, reduce emissions, promote trade and diminish pressure on the main trans-continental navigation channels. But serious obstacles remain, including drift ice, lack of infrastructure, environmental risks and uncertainties about future trade patterns. Hence the development of Arctic commercial navigation will require time and effort.
It is in the EU's interest to explore and improve conditions for gradually introducing Arctic commercial navigation, while promoting stricter safety and environmental standards as well as avoiding detrimental effects.
By the same token, Member States and the Community should defend the principle of freedom of navigation and the right of innocent passage in the newly opened routes and areas.
- Promote the full implementation of existing obligations concerning navigation rules, maritime safety, routes system and environmental standards in the Arctic, in particular those under the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
- Stress the need to avoid discriminatory practices (in particular in terms of fees, obligatory services, regulations) by any of the Arctic coastal states towards third countries’ merchant ships.
- Improve maritime surveillance capabilities in the far North. The Commission together with the European Space Agency is exploring a polar-orbiting satellite system that can pick up signals from anywhere on the globe. If successful, this would allow better knowledge of ship traffic and faster reactions to emergencies. The Galileo satellite navigation system will also play an important role in the Arctic for better and safer navigation, maritime surveillance and emergency response.
- Within the applicable rules of competition law, maintain the competitive lead of European shipyards in developing technology required for Arctic conditions. The potential to provide specially-designed, environment-friendly ships, including ice-breakers, is an important asset for the future.
- Explore support for designating some Arctic navigation routes as particularly sensitive sea areas under IMO rules, if proposed by any of the Arctic coastal states.
- Support any further work to enhance IMO environmental and safety standards applicable to Arctic waters.
In the field of land and air transport in European Arctic areas the main aim should be the development of East-West land and air transport infrastructures. The establishment of a Northern Dimension Partnership on Transport and Logistics will further support better land connections between the EU and North-West Russia, which are important for the future development of the area.
Arctic tourism, especially cruise ship tourism, is developing rapidly, but several accidents have demonstrated associated risks.
The EU should continue to support sustainable Arctic tourism, welcoming the efforts made to minimise its environmental footprint. Protection of the environment and benefits to local coastal communities should be primary considerations.
- Support increasing the safety of cruise ships, better guiding, restriction of access to highly vulnerable areas.
- Encourage environmentally friendly tourism, involving local communities.
There is no specific treaty regime for the Arctic. No country or group of countries have sovereignty over the North Pole or the Arctic Ocean around it. There are several maritime borders where Arctic coastal states have not agreed upon the delimitation of Exclusive Economic Zones. Submissions to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf may result in overlapping claims. Moreover, there are different interpretations of the conditions for passage of ships in some Arctic waters, especially in the Northwest Passage.
An extensive international legal framework is already in place that also applies to the Arctic. The provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) provide the basis for the settlement of disputes including delimitation. UNCLOS also contains rules for the use of living and non-living resources and the protection of the environment. Moreover, there is a long range of multilateral environmental agreements applying to the Arctic, frequently without comprising specific references to it.
In May 2008 five Arctic Ocean coastal states adopted a Declaration stating that they remain committed to the legal framework in place and to the orderly settlement of any overlapping claims. Since then, several of them have announced steps extending or affirming their national jurisdiction and strengthening their Arctic presence.
The Arctic Council has been successful in preparing assessments, developing a regional identity and setting the Arctic agenda. Along with the BEAC and the Nordic Council of Ministers, it is a participant in the Northern Dimension.
The European Parliament has recently highlighted the importance of Arctic governance and called for a standalone EU Arctic policy urging the Commission to take a proactive role in the Arctic. The parliamentary dimension of Arctic cooperation is crucial to raise awareness and to strengthen policy input. The European Parliament has been playing a valuable role in this respect.
The European Investment Bank can support investments in parts of the Arctic region, in accordance with its mandates, especially in the sectors of environment, transport, energy and research infrastructures.
The main problems relating to Arctic governance include the fragmentation of the legal framework, the lack of effective instruments, the absence of an overall policy-setting process and gaps in participation, implementation and geographic scope.
- The full implementation of already existing obligations, rather than proposing new legal instruments should be advocated. This however should not preclude work on further developing some of the frameworks, adapting them to new conditions or Arctic specificities.
- The EU should promote broad dialogue and negotiated solutions and not support arrangements which exclude any of the Arctic EU Member States or Arctic EEA EFTA countries.
- Arctic considerations should be integrated into wider EU policies and negotiations.
- Assess the effectiveness of Arctic-relevant multilateral agreements to determine whether additional initiatives or measures are needed. Closely follow the processes of maritime delimitation and of the establishment of the outer limits of the continental shelves to assess their impacts on EU interests.
- Explore the possibility of establishing new, multi-sector frameworks for integrated ecosystem management. This could include the establishment of a network of marine protected areas, navigational measures and rules for ensuring the sustainable exploitation of minerals.
- Enhance input to the Arctic Council in accordance with the Community’s role and potential. As a first step, the Commission will apply for permanent observer status in the Arctic Council.
- Suggest that Northern Dimension partners hold regular discussions about Arctic issues and examine possibilities for projects under the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership to cover wider areas in the European Arctic. Efforts in the area of energy efficiency and under new Northern Dimension partnerships will have great relevance for Arctic cooperation.
- Launch a reflection on possibilities for further development of Arctic-related cross-border cooperation and regional programmes to enhance cooperation with the Arctic states.
- Explore all possibilities at international level to promote measures for protecting marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, including through the pursuit of an UNCLOS Implementing Agreement.
- Work towards the successful conclusion of international negotiations on marine protected areas on the high seas.
- Discuss with Norway and Iceland how the Marine Strategy Framework Directive will be integrated into the EEA Agreement and thus apply to a part of the Arctic Ocean.
- Include Arctic matters in future high-level dialogue meetings on maritime affairs.
- Provide an overview of all the EU’s relevant Arctic-related activities on the thematic web-site on Maritime Affairs, and promote dialogue with stakeholders on these activities.
- Explore — together with the Nordic countries — possibilities for creating a European Arctic Information Centre.
- Establish closer links with Arctic education networks.
Being part of Denmark, Greenland is one of the Overseas Countries Territories (OCTs) associated to the Community. Significant Community financial assistance is provided to Greenland through Annual Action Programmes.
- Enhance Arctic-related cooperation with Greenland. Additional efforts should be envisaged to make the EU an even more important partner for Greenland in managing its fragile environment and the challenges confronting its population.
The suggestions contained in this Communication aim to provide the basis for a more detailed reflection. This will be useful for implementing the EU’s strategic initiatives, including the Integrated Maritime Policy. The present Communication should also lead to a structured and coordinated approach to Arctic matters, as the first layer of an Arctic policy for the European Union. This will open new cooperation perspectives with the Arctic states, helping all of us to increase stability and to establish the right balance between the priority goal of preserving the Arctic environment and the need for sustainable use of resources.
The notion “Arctic region” used in this Communication covers the area around the North Pole north of the Arctic Circle. It includes the Arctic Ocean and territories of the eight Arctic states: Canada, Denmark (including Greenland), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States.
Provisions of the EEA Agreement ensure full participation of the EEA EFTA countries in the Internal Market and in these respects allow for cooperation in fields such as environment, research, tourism and civil protection, all of great importance for the Arctic.
The Northern Dimension is a shared policy among its four partners: the European Union, Iceland, Norway and Russia, promoting stability, prosperity and sustainable development.
Arctic Council finding (2005), confirmed by later measurements.
Forum for intergovernmental cooperation in the Barents region.
Protocol 3 to the Act of Accession of Sweden and Finland.
Adopted by the Council, the Parliament and the Commission in 2005.
The Arctic Council is an intergovernmental forum promoting cooperation among Arctic states involving indigenous communities.
Past Community Framework Programmes (FP5 and FP6) provided support to more than 50 polar-related projects. This includes DAMOCLES, thes.
Past Community Framework Programmes (FP5 and FP6) provided support to more than 50 polar-related projects. This includes DAMOCLES, the largest contribution to the International Polar Year. Within FP6 the Arctic-related budget reached €86 million.
GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) is an EU initiative aiming at delivering sustainable and fully reliable information services based on Earth observation capacities.
Cf. Wood Mackenzie and Fugro Robertson: “Future of the Arctic, A new dawn for exploration“ and assessments from the U.S. Geological Survey. It is important to note that estimates are based on surveys; further in-depth research is needed for more accuracy.
On 4 November 2008, the Commission adopted a Communication on "The raw materials initiative – meeting our critical needs for growth and jobs in Europe" (COM(2008)699.
In shipbuilding, ship repair and conversion, marine equipment and design, such as the unique Double Acting Ship with the bow optimised for open water conditions and the stern designed for icebreaking. Dredging of Arctic ports is another field.
Five bilateral delimitations have been negotiated. Unresolved are: Russia vs Norway in the Barents Sea, US vs Russia in the Bering Strait and US vs Canada in the Beaufort Sea. Canada and Denmark have a dispute over Hans Island. In addition, Norway and several countries, including EU Member States, interpret the applicability of the Svalbard Treaty in the 200 nm area around this archipelago differently.
In 2001 Russia submitted a claim for a large portion of the Arctic, including the North Pole. Norway also submitted a claim; Denmark and Canada intend to establish claims.
The dispute involves both the delimitation of Canada’s internal waters where they can fully regulate trespassing, and the right of Canada to adopt and enforce laws to prevent pollution from vessels in ice-covered waters.
All Arctic states (except for the US), all EU Member States and the Community are parties to UNCLOS.
The Ilulissat Declaration of the Arctic Ocean Conference of 28 May 2008.
The Nordic Council of Ministers does valuable work promoting Arctic cooperation.
Resolution of 9 October 2008 on Arctic governance.
In the period 2007-2013, financial assistance of up to €25 million per year is allocated to Annual Action Programmes in support of the education and vocational training sector. Additionally, €15.8 million per year is devoted to fisheries.
Having regard to the Commission Green Paper on Future relations between EU and OCTs - COM(2008) 383.
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I’ve reviewed and read and pondered and studied all of the newest design and style books from dozens of publishers.
This week, you’ll learn more about the sensationally inspiring new Axel Vervoordt book; a lavish and superbly edited book by Timothy Corrigan on the restoration of his French chateau; and you’ll see why you must collect the staggeringly chic new book by Stephen Sills, and a totally original and new book by François Halard.
I discovered the marvelously understated (and powerful) book about William Hodgins (by Stephen Salny). Hodgins, of course, is the great Boston designer. It’s a secret delight. I'll tell you more about that next week. It's most luscious and detailed.
And California is represented strongly by Suzanne Tucker’s second book. Jennifer Boles alphabetizes design.
And there are the philosophical houses of Tadao Ando. And more.
Come with me to see what’s important now in the design world, and whose words and photography you’ll want to keep close.
You’ll want all of these new books for your design library.
Each year at this time I study and read and ponder and evaluate all of the new style and design books for fall.
With highly collectible books by Timothy Corrigan, Thomas Pheasant, François Halard, the archive of Alexander Liberman (next week), and a fantastically inspiring new volume by the electric Axel Vervoordt and his son, Boris, with Michael James Gardner.
This fall is a feast, a season of pure delight for book lovers.
The new books I’ve selected are crunchy! Readers can chew on each page—and devour word-by-word, every concept, hundreds of images.
1. AXEL VERVOORDT: LIVING WITH LIGHT under the direction of Boris Vervoordt. Foreword by Axel Vervoordt. Text by Micharl Gardner. Photography by Laziz Hamami (Flammarion).
This inspiring and highly expressive volume is a series of interiors around the world—that present very clearly the concept of light and their effect on interiors.
But in particular, it is an extraordinary tour de force of interiors in London, Tangier, Antwerp, and the remote coast of western France.
Living with Light explores Axel Vervoordt’s philosophy of living in harmony with natural elements--light, as well as water, metal, wood--and blending the power and influence of nature with the inspiration of art. The art of harmonious living is presented in this new book through fifteen bespoke interiors throughout the world, recently designed by the design team of the Axel Vervoordt Company.
Vervoordt’s vision is a search for absolute harmony, beauty and serenity. In a range of dramatically different houses—a paneled London townhouse, a light-filled villa overlooking the Mediterranean, several yachts, and Boris’s apartment, the firm creates spaces and interiors which not only reflect these values and shine with purity, authenticity and genuine soul. They capture, reflect and reinforce the personality and individuality of their owners and inhabitants. The Company’s biggest aim is to ensure that people feel happy in their homes.
The Vervoordt book writer: Michael Gardner is an American writer and essayist. He collaborated with May Vervoordt on the cookbook, At Home with May and Axel Vervoordt (Flammarion, 2012) that I admired so much and recommended last year.
For its depth of design, and higher ideals, this book is the first to collect.
This year, his voice and ideas (and those of Boris and Axel and their whole team) come through clearly. Axel Vervoordt: Living with Light (Flammarion, 2013). Originally from Des Moines, Iowa, Gardner currently lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.
There is a lot to learn from this book—furniture placement, color, art, simplicity, and modesty, collecting for example—and the text and images offer in-depth information and ideas.
2. AN INVITATION TO CHATEAU DU GRAND-LUCE by Timothy Corrigan, with photography by Eric Piasecki (Rizzoli New York).
I’ve known Los Angeles interior designer Timothy Corrigan for ages, and have always admired his style, his generosity, his careful tending of elegance and comfort in interiors from Satan Barbara to Qatar, and from Paris to Beverly Hills.
Ten years ago, Tim acquired the Chateau du Grand-Luce in the French countryside, west of Paris. It was a gently crumbling wreck. Historic, a jewel of the Loire Valley, a mere shadow of 18th-century magnificence.
After more than five years of meticulous restoration, he got to work on his great vision for the interiors—and the gardens.
The brilliance of this book is that it is gorgeous—and Timothy invites the reader to come and stay at the chateau, to dine beneath the trees in summer, to picnic and collect mushrooms in his forest, and to gather around a large table for a winter feast. The reader is there. He takes us by the hand—to markets, to sip, to greet his friends, to be in his world.
With the highly talented photographer Eric Piasecki, Timothy has documented each corner of the chateau, every sunbeam that falls through the tall windows and captured the changing seasons, the light of evening, the weekend walk through the gardens, a dinner in the Orangerie, and drinks in the library. I know Timothy—and was captivated and mesmerized by the intense detail of this encounter with beauty.
Francophiles will swoon. I did. I’m still dizzy. It’s a magnificent achievement.
3. FRANÇOIS HALARD by François Halard, with a preface by Pierre Bergé (Rizzoli New York).
François Halard has been shooting people and interiors for four decades, sometimes working with editorial direction for a magazine like Vogue, but equally photographing and capturing his own private projects, hanging out with Yves and Pierre and Cy and the Duchess of Devonshire. He’s shot La Maison de Verre in Paris, and La Malcontenta, and the studio of Richard Avedon and Roger Vivier.
The Halard book—the design fetish book of the season, truly—distills his pick of the best images, sometimes-just one or two, of these personal shoots. There’s the Cy Twombly Rome palazzo, Villa Noailles, Axel Vervoordt’s, and his own hideaway in Arles. Some of the houses he captured—Casa Malaparte, Villa Kerylos, and Albert Frey’s Palm Springs house—are ones that linger in the memory. The images of his Arles house—fuzzy, blurred, off-kilter, abstract—look as if he shot them in a kind of fever state, swept up in a reverie if beauty, time passing, a passion for classicism.
It’s all very unexpected, far from ‘canned’ and expected design, and he takes readers on an excursion, examining the ideas of creativity, poetry and mystery in rooms.
And there is a surprise for John Dickinson fans. There’s a startling spread of black and white images taken in San Francisco in the seventies, of a selection of John Dickinson furniture—and details and close-ups of his famous black Jaguar showing the steel nameplate on the driver side. Clever Halard!
4. STEPHEN SILLS: DECORATION by Stephen Sills, with a (brief but meaningful) foreword by Karl Lagerfeld (Rizzoli).
I’ve always been impressed by the intelligence, refinement and originality of Stephen Sills interiors. Each piece of furniture, every framed artwork, and all surfaces are considered, accepted, placed, and presented and composed with a precision and a sharp vision that are rare in the world of design. He understands antiques and paintings—and the effect and emotion they bring to rooms. He never overdoes it. Among his clients: Vera Wang, Anna Wintour, Tina Turner, the Newhouse family, and notable art collectors around the world.
There’s not a lot of text or information (I’d have liked to see more credits and detail of antiques, art, furniture and decorative objects).
Sills' book—for the observant—is a course in how to design. He begins with balanced and distinctive interior architecture, builds on subtle color palettes, and with the background in place, Sills choreographs furniture groups, tables, beds, and the necessities of daily life. How fortunate are his clients (and clearly they so adore him that the keep him close, and keep him working on one apartment and house after another). Cheers to Stephen Sills. He is the best of the best. I’m looking forward to meeting him at the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show this week. Highly inspiring.
5. LOUIS BENECH: TWELVE FRENCH GARDENS Preface by Erik Orsenna, of the Academy Française, Text by Eric Jansen, Photographs by Eric Sander (Publisher is Gourcuff Gradenigo).
This book presents French gardens designed by Louis Benech, from the Jardin du Soleil et des Nuages at the Château de Villandry to Square Nicolas Forestier in inner- city Paris, via an estate in the Sologne, a Normandy manor house, a Breton flower garden, an exotic oasis in central Paris, a project in the footsteps of Russell Page in Burgundy, and the gardens of the Château de Pange, officially recognized by the French Ministry of Culture as a ‘jardin remarquable’.
In their wide diversity, these elegant and elegiac gardens designed by Louis Benech reflect the many facets of a remarkable talent that has earned Louis Benech worldwide recognition.
6. THOMAS PHEASANT—SIMPLY SERENE by Thomas Pheasant, Foreword by Victoria Sant, Contribution by Jeff Turrentine. Principal Interior Photography by Durston Saylor (Rizzoli International).
Thomas Pheasant is a purist. He’s a classicist, and he is a perfectionist. His eye and heart and mind come together in this lovely volume, with rooms of grace, calm and quietude.
Pheasant, with offices in Washington DC and Paris, here offers his very compelling point of view that favors minimalism over crass color, and tamps down silhouettes and color to an elegant reductivist beauty.
Black and white photography is a revelation on these pages. This is a book that lingers in the eye. Most impressive.
7. TADAO ANDO: HOUSES by Philip Jodidio (Rizzoli New York).
In detail, Jodidio (author of countless books on international architecture) takes us around the world to view up-close Ando’s remarkable body of work.
There’s the Invisible House in Treviso, Italy, a house in Chicago, a penthouse in Manhattan, a house in Malibu, a never-built Golden Gate Bridge House for a San Francisco site (I beg one of the new tech zillionaires to build it), and a house in Sri Lanka, and a remarkable house in Monterrey, Mexico, in a dramatic mountain-view site.
Most of the houses are in Japan, and they include teahouses, a glass block house, an atelier in Osaka, a coastal house along the fragile Japanese foreshore, and concrete houses squeezed into small city lots.
This Ando book is a must for all architects, and for designers who want to expand their knowledge, their mind and their higher aspirations.
8. THE INSPIRED HOME: INTERIORS OF DEEP BEAUTY By Karen Lehrman Bloch with a Foreword by Donna Karan (Harper Design).
New York writer/ editor/author has a certain and constant focus—and with this new book she presents her ideas of authentic, uplifting, elegant, and enduring beauty.
She uses the elements of nature as guideposts, and lists a series of pointers to inspire the reader.
Interiors—all of them with a clear spiritual component-- include those of fashion designers such as Donna Karan, Alberta Ferretti, Luisa Beccaria, and Consuelo Castiglioni, the founder of Marni; top stylists and artists including Lori Goldstein and Michele Oka Doner; and renowned interior designers like Darryl Carter, Vicente Wolf, and Juan Montoya.
Feel visually. We must say, “This piece touches me, moves me, inspires me.” We should re-learn how to feel visually,” says Bloch.
Reject perfectionism. “Nature is not perfect: things don’t line up precisely; things are nubby, not smooth. As a result, the imperfections of an object, fabric, or person are often what make them real to our brains,” said Bloch.
Edit, edit, edit. “Minimalism doesn’t have to feel austere, sterile, or soulless. It’s easy and affordable to create a sensual simplicity, one that calms us by embracing the simplicity of the natural world,” said Bloch.
Create good flow. “The essential rhythms of nature are steady, yet unpredictable. One of the most common mistakes in trying to create a tranquil space is to think that everything has to be similar or “neutral.” But nature is neither neutral nor bland,” said Bloch in this book.
Cultivate true elegance. “ Elegance feels simultaneously fresh and grounded, innovative and grand. Because nature is profoundly elegant, elegance can have an immediate effect on our psyches. We can’t help ourselves: elegance breeds elegance,” Bloch said.
9. SUZANNE TUCKER INTERIORS: THE ROMANCE OF DESIGN Written with Judith Nasatir (Monacelli Press).
On these beautifully illustrated and detailed pages you will find the most beautiful dressing rooms in the world (one for a gentleman, one for a lady) in a superb apartment near Lafayette Park in San Francisco. These ultra-private retreats are for a couple, notable philanthropists, and they are the essence of custom design that Suzanne Tucker is known for.
In her second book, Suzanne Tucker details a series of residences in California, including a Normandy-style house in Marin County, an Italianate villa in the Montecito Hills, and many residences in prime positions on the San Francisco hilltops.
Anyone who loves textiles will want to pay close attention to her selections and her point of view. Admirable.
10. IN WITH THE OLD: CLASSIC DÉCOR FROM A TO Z By Jennifer Boles, with a Foreword by Alexa Hampton. With photography by Erica George Dines and Illustrations by Laura Boles Faw. (Potter Style).
Jennifer Boles, the founder of the wonderful blog, The Peak of Chic, is a longtime friend of mine. We’ve been ‘blog-mates’ for ages, and she often visits San Francisco to see her lovely and talented sister, Laura. We are also fellow Contributing Editors to House Beautiful.
I step back to look at Jennifer’s book objectively—and I find it wonderfully original.
Jennifer takes the reader through 100 entries, including classic dog paintings, butler’s trays, ballroom chairs, bookplates (she’s addicted), and follies, painted floors and ceilings, and the Dorothy Draper look, sunburst motifs, rush matting, tablescapes, treillage and valances. Along the way she offers helpful information, history, anecdotes on famous designers, and zebra prints.
There are mottos to learn from, motifs to copy, and ideas on every page.
I admire also the way Jennifer has added an extremely insider-y and helpful list of resources, including rare book sources, home fragrance, lighting, fabrics, antiques and auction houses. An essential and highly diverting reference.
11. HIMALAYAN STYLE: Shelters and Sanctuaries By Thomas Kelly & Claire Burkett (Roli Books).
Travel to remote regions is a great and essential inspiration for designers. This book takes readers on a journey through the elements of Himalayan style, including examples of authentic and historic architecture, sacred spaces and interiors of Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, and India. The foreword by acclaimed Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman calls attention to the spiritual foundation of Himalayan aesthetics.
Photographer Thomas L. Kelly and author Claire Burkert present chapters on contemporary style, which also covers museums, gardens, private homes and fine crafts..
Claire Burkert has worked with artisans in southern Nepal, Vietnam, and Tibet to both preserve and promote indigenous crafts. She is a regional representative for Aid to Artisans, a US-based not-for-profit organization. She is based in Kathmandu with her husband Thomas Schrom, a restorer of Himalayan buildings.
I’ve traveled extensively in this region—and this thoughtful book makes me want to go back. Richly inspiring.
I hope you will acquire these books from your local independent bookseller.
I trust you will want to support and encourage your nearest bookstores—and continue to stop in, chat to the bookseller, and make recommendations, requests and comments to enhance the bookstore.
All images used with specific and express permission of the publishers of each book.
Dear Dianne, thank you for all of these fine recommendations. I am reading several and plan to add more to my list!
What an honor to be featured on your blog. I admire everything that you do, so your kind words mean the world to me!
Beautiful introduction to these newly published books. Mu library is full, bookshelves packed, books stacked on the floor...where am i going to put these books as of course, i must get them from my local bookstore indeed!
I have 10 more books selected for next week.
I hope you are working on a new book at this very moment.
You offer information that is impossible to find elsewhere...passementerie, butler's trays, chinoiserie...there is so much to learn and you make the trip so enjoyable.
Lovely to hear from such an avid book collector.
I must say...don't let a few stacks of books on the floor deter you from getting more...I don't.
Keep collecting, and keep buying from your hard-working and devoted bookseller.
I'm fortunate to have Browser Books on Fillmore Street near where I live. I drop in there often to chat...and to find a book I did not even know about...or to poke around the travel section.
I too met once upon a time a certain someone who was 'restoring' a Montecito home...he demolished the original kitchen and baths of an untouched shrine to architecture still fully furnished for decades unlived in to a former financial advisor to J.P. Morgan. I offered the COUPLE to purchase the home in the demo state...they said no, they loved it forever! Years later, the same couple sold to acquaintances, and were in the middle of 'restoring' The Chandler residence in Hancock Park, another time capsule fully furnished and a jewel. Demolished kitchen, silver vault ad China room, demolished baths etc and hedges went up with a gate! I was led thru during demo but the person had gone to Home Depot for paints, but the other half of the couple asked about the columns being 'dirty' which I said no they are not, they have patina. The Great Antiquarian Adolph Loewi had procured these very same columns, and Leonard Stanley had incorporated them into the house for Mrs. Chandler. Years went by, they showed up at a home I restored and were friendly, but the advertising charm was quite apparent. I sold a Wallace Neff I lived in and restored to Madonna, and shock of shocks, I read that he restored and decorated a Neff for her...the very same Neff Diane Keaton beat me too...which by the way was exquisite eye restored by her. Later I was told he hung a painting only as he came to her thru her realtor.
Now a Chateau, DECLARED one of 100 top decorators according to ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST...and I recently read in ELLE DECOR his favorite color is Vert de Terre by Farrow and Ball, not Home Depot!
Wales loved the same color..which I painted our bedroom at the beach over 8 years ago in.
I look forward to all of your superb posts, and your annual book recommendations are highly anticipated. My library has been enriched by your past book recommendations.
I was fortunate to be recipient of Axel Vervoordt Living with Light, and i have spent days absorbing this book. The text by Michael Gardner is excellent, and the descriptions at the highest standard as you would expect from a top period antiques dealer. Besides the singular aesthetic of these interiors, I think these designs lead the way in incorporating period antiques and antiquities in a very modern way with highly edited and rare 20th designs. Perhaps what makes this book (and these rooms) so relevant today with the highly charged global fine art market is the incorporation of outstanding examples of contemporary art -highly curated works by Kazuo Shiraga, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni, Yves Klein and more. For designers and collectors seeking guidance in what artists to collect and how to incorporate these works in designs, this book is invaluable.
Thanks to your post, the book I am ordering right now is Francois Halard. He is a favorite photographer, and as you describe, his work goes far beyond that of depicting interiors to enter the realm of fine art contemporary photography. Once out of print, I predict that this book will reach the stratosphere in price as it is highly desired by both design enthusiasts and collectors of contemporary photography.
I am thrilled for Jennifer and Suzanne with their new books, and I look forward to all the books on your list.
Thank you, Diane -your recommendations are a must for any design library. I am looking forward to part II. !!!
Oh Diane! Now I need to add more books to my library, specially Vervoordt, Boles, Sills, Halard.
Are you also working on a new book? If so I can't wait to see it.
Thanks for these suggestions and waiting for more.
You have the most exquisite taste in everything!
This is surely proof that books are not going "out"!
And no one will be reading these on a "kindle "!!
Exquisite books; all of them!
Yours are my favorite of all!!!
I love your enthusiasm and comments...adore your insight and your plans to rush out and buy everything.
In particular...there is no death of the book. I am writing a book...completing it...as we speak, so I can be sure one more book is in the works. Don't be concerned.
In particular...in selecting these fall design books, I looked at every aspect...and in some ways it was not a judgement of the decor. Yes...I want to see wonderfully intelligent design, original work, a thinking designer who does not do the same thing over and over.
Axel Vervoodt's is a book you can keep forever...Halard, too...for all kinds of reasons, as Philip said.
I am working on a new book now--and you'll see it in fall 2014. It's top secret.
Be sure to stay in touch as I love to hear from you.
Great selections Diane! I am especially intrigued to see Tadao Ando: Houses. I am no minimalist by any means, but his work is so captivating in its purity.
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When my son was in third grade he started to have these unusual movements, which later also included vocalizations. The movements became so severe that my son was not able to go to school because the incidents would continue for hours and hours. Typically they occurred in the night, which in turn deprived him of sleep.
My son also has myoclonic epilepsy, occurring in the frontal lobe, and upon observing and conducting an EEG, the neurologist indicated that the movements did not have the characteristics of epileptic seizures. He concluded that they were non epileptic seizures. We then began work with a neuropsychologist regarding how to deal with this unusual activity.
After I got the medical community working on the seizures, I also had to deal with my son’s school My concerns with school was that I didn’t think they would be able to deal with these events while providing a safe environment to continue his education. Eventually, I took my son to school. They were shocked about what was happening. My son went to class while I talked with the principal, nurse and school psychologist. My son walked into the school as he was having these movements and continued to have them in the classroom.
I told the principal that they were not prepared to have my son in school. My son’s movements were extreme and he could potentially hurt himself while being at a desk. Who was watching him as he walked in the hall and prevent him from hurting himself if the events should cause him to fall down? Who is making sure he doesn’t poke himself with a pencil? What are you going to do about the loudness of his yells? How are you going to give him some privacy? How are you going to handle the other students when these events happen? My son’s vocalizations sounded like yells of pain? Who is going to differentiate these movements from his actual epileptic seizures? Soon, here came my son’s teacher along with my son. She said that he could not be in class yet until they got a little more organized. In the end I told the school I would obtain from our neuropsychologist recommendations for accommodation. Once those items were in place we would re-convene coming to school. Then we left. The second reason for this decision was the school could not accommodate his ability to learn when he would have these non epileptic seizures for hours in the night, causing loss of sleep. I needed to be able to teach him when he was capable of being taught. The school did not understand that a young man can not learn while his body is jerking and he is uncontrollable yelling. Or, he is not able to learn when he has only had two or three hours of sleep.
A couple of weeks later the school contacted me to review their plan and accommodations that they had in place for my son. It included gradually getting him back into the routine of coming to school, starting out with an hour and slowly working up to full-time. To compensate for the abbreviated school day they provided him with a tutor, which is where I made one of my mistakes. The tutor they selected was his actual third grade teacher. Later I found out that she was one of the reasons that was causing my son’s anxieties, which then triggered the non epileptic seizures. They created a screened off area of the classroom where my son could go while he was having one of these events. It gave him privacy and it contained a bean bag to provide some safety. Finally they provided an aid that would accompany my son wherever he went. This also turned out to be a big mistake. The aid would say things implying my son was faking these seizures, which in turn triggered non epileptic seizures. It was a vicious cycle.
In the end, my son finished the school year, but this event was the beginning of a continuous decline in his ability to learn in the public school setting. My son is now in 7th grade and this year we decided to do homeschooling because the school could not accommodate for his needs and continue providing him a “productive” education. The trigger that made me make this decision was that in 7th grade he was working on the same math that he had been working on in the 3rd grade. They were not making any progress. Meanwhile, I knew my son was a bright individual, especially toward math. Before he even went to kindergarten he had figured out on his own the concept of addition and subtraction.
It is now 4 years later and my son is still having these events, but they have drastically decreased as a result of taking him out of school. We have worked with neuropsychologist for the last 4 years with the goals of 1) identifying triggers for the events, 2)what to do when he has an event and 3)general lesson on how to reduce his anxiety. This also included learning bio-feedback. While seeing this neuropsychologist, we identified the fact that my son was having a combination of epileptic seizures, non epileptic seizures and Tourette Syndrome.
One other topic that you may run into is P.A.N.D.A.S., which is an acronym for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections. When my son was young, from the ages of one to two, he had severe ear infections, which eventually led us to have tubes put in his ears, which completely eliminated the ear infections. Later, I found out that when there were outbreaks of strep throat at school he didn’t get sick himself, but was a carrier of it which usually caused me to get strep throat. Of course this is all theory on my part, but it is interesting that my son may have a relationship to P.A.N.D.A.S.
Hopefully this post helps with your understanding of non epileptic seizures. I am including below some definitions of some of the term you may hear about with non epileptic seizures or with Tourette Syndrome.
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES): , also known as Non-Epileptic Attack Disorders, are events superficially resembling an epileptic seizure, but without the characteristic electrical discharges associated with epilepsy. Thus, PNES are regarded psychological in origin, and may be thought of as similar to conversion disorder. It is estimated that 20% of seizure patients seen at specialist epilepsy clinics have PNES. The differential diagnosis of PNES firstly involves ruling out epilepsy as the cause of the seizure episodes, along with other organic causes of non-epileptic seizures, such as syncope, migraine, vertigo, and stroke, for example. However, it is important to note that between 10-30% of patients with PNES also have epilepsy. Frontal lobe seizures can be mistaken for PNES, though these tend to have shorter duration, stereotyped patterns of movements and occurrence during sleep. The condition may also be referred to as non-epileptic attack disorder, functional seizures, or psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. Within DSM IV the attacks are classified as a somatoform disorder, whilst in ICD 10 the term dissociative convulsions, is used, classed as a conversion disorder.
Pseudoseizures or Hysterical Seizures: While it is correct that a non-epileptic seizure may resemble an epileptic seizure, pseudo can also connote “false, fraudulent, or pretending to be something that it is not.” Non-epileptic seizures are not false, fraudulent, or produced under any sort of pretense.
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2019-04-18T15:24:24Z
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https://snowflakesofwinter.wordpress.com/tag/epileptic-seizure/
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Are older 303's or 404's a good bet for a poor man's race wheel?
I'd get a new set.. i bought a used 303 and 404... the 303 has the spokes starting to pull through pretty bad and the 404 cracked in the braking surface... my new vueltas have been good so far!
1500 grams for a wheelset which is 50mm+ isn't too bad at all. I'd go newer, or very little use zipps if you can find a set.
When it comes to wheels, I would buy a new set that I could afford.
Neuvation has some good deals on 50mm carbon tubulars. I'm saving up for a set if some deals I'm working on don't work out.
Also, if you don't mind something heavier. The carbon vueltas that bikeisland.com sells seem like a pretty good deal and people on here have used them via a group buy that got pretty good feedback.
wheels take a beating moreso than other parts of a bicycle, getting used is a win some, lose some proposition. I'd be worried about the lose some side of that coin as everyone selling wheels says they're "gently used".
check out flashpoint wheels, they're re-badged older design zipps that are a more affordable pricepoint and new w/whatever warranty accompanies them.
Used wheels, if you get a good set, are, well, good. But they don't have a warranty or any kind of buyer-reassurance.
You can get new wheels (a pair) for about $1k. Williams wheels has almost current Zipp 404 rims on some wheels listed as "Not yet available". But when they are, they're supposed to be $999 (?).
Personally I'd get a 404 type profile before I got a 303 type profile. The taller rims are good for some extra top speed, and the weight penalty is minor. Use a box section or lower profile front rim in gusty or super-fast descent conditions. If I were to choose between the two sets listed above, I'd get tubulars, but that's because I already have tubulars.
No I don't work for or agreed to promote Williams or Zipp. But I looked at wheels for a few people and I think these are the (current) best deal.
As a "disclaimer" I do have an old 440 I build up late this last summer and I own and train/race on DV46s (tubular and clincher). I think the lower profile of the 46s is a disadvantage - that's why I built the 440. Ideally I'd want to have a 60-70 mm rim height wheel, at under 1400g for tubulars, something like the 404 or the 606s from Storck. For clinchers/training I'd want them heavy, like 1800-2000+ grams, kind of like Flashpoints (or the clincher Williams).
Those older Zipp rims cracking were the reason for the stigma surrounding Zipp.
Does anyone in the US sell those?
Just keep in mind that those have a carbon braking surface if that's an issue.
I mean, it is an issue, but you get pads with it. And swapping brake shoes isn't a huge deal.
Though, my 'issue' would be that all my backup wheels are Al clinchers, so the stock carbon cork pads wouldn't work on those.
The solution? Buy swiss stop yellow pads for races. If you have a backup wheelset with Al rims, then you can swap wheels without penalty. Use the stock pads for training since these would wear faster and are a little pricey. But if you use them only for racing, I'm pretty sure you could get a year out of them.
The wheels are also tubular, which is an issue, but I feel if you're going to spend hard earned cash on high zoot wheels, you might as well buy stuff that will be lighter. Tubular tires are expensive as well, which is why these would never be anything more than race only wheels, with possibly a training ride the day before a race so I could get used to riding them again.
Carbon braking isn't just an issue of switching pads. If you have raced on carbon rims you know that they pulse and are grabby(edge, new zipp and new reynolds are suppose to be better). The braking isn't ideal in long twisty downhills and horrible in the wet. If you want aero, fairly light and good braking go with an older set of bontrager carbons with the alum. strip or a set of hed jets.
Ah yes. I was going to be using mine mostly for crits. I'd swap back to my neuvations for races in the rain or with extended downhills.
You make a very important point about the braking that I was overlooking a little bit.
I'm pretty light (142 at race weight) and I don't think I would ever run more than a 40 or 50mm wheel in the front since I can already feel the wind blow me around with 27mm rims and I shudder to think what would happen if I had a 60 in the front!
I have the option of saving up for a set of carbon tubulars (50mm) or buying a used hed jet60 clincher rear and then finding something for a front later. I'm not really terribly interested in TT's yet, so these wheels would be seeing me through crits and RR's. I figure that with drafting, the effect of a more aero wheelset is pretty negligible isn't it?
Current wheelset is 27mm front and rear. Is there any point getting only a deeper rear wheel since I wouldn't want to go deeper than a 40-50 front, and the difference between 27 and 40 isn't all that great.
Last edited by ridethecliche; 11-28-08 at 06:54 PM.
In my experience with my 404 tubies, braking is pretty much a non issue. I use Zipp carbon pads with the Zipp wheels and Dura Ace pads with my alum wheels. The braking with the Zipps is'nt quite as crisp, but who cares. If you need to brake hard enough to lock your brakes during a road race, something has already gone horribly wrong!
Last edited by Mtn Mike; 11-28-08 at 11:09 PM.
In my experience with my 404 tubies, braking is pretty much a non issue. I use Zipp carbon pads with the Zipp wheels and Dura Ace pads with my alum wheels. The braking with the Zipps is'nt quite as crisp, but who cares. If you need to brake hard enough to lock your brakes during a road race, something has already good horribly wrong!
the zipp pads are horrible! change to swiss stops!
Good feedback everyone. Someone asked earlier about me. I am a strong, short burst of power, 200 pounder. I think I'll be back to 190 by spring (I really hope, or else my new speed came with a hefty price). I'll be doing alot of TT's, I am weaker on the road, I love crits. My factory aluminum clinchers are 27mm and 1620g or so.
I think I'll eventually be able to get some fairly new dimples. I'll hold out until I find some at a good price and hope for tubies and stuff for Christmas/B-day. If that doesn't pan out, I'll give in and get some 1500g other brands around January. It sure is frustrating to go from working back to school (monetarily speaking). Thanks to all for the input. I'll continue to watch and read.
RTC, Every little bit helps and if you're picking up 15 watts, that's a lot if you're in a break or OTF solo. Might make the difference between being caught or not. If you're working with a 280 FTP, that's 5% less power you need.
I'd be really careful about used older Zipps. My first 303 purchase were really badly beaten up, and 404's tubulars are pretty fragile, can't speak to the clinchers. A lot of other companies were using Zipp rims, so buyer beware. The 50mm carbon stuff is Gigantex (sp?), they are heavier but tougher, and usually much cheaper.
Best pads for wet braking and carbon rims I've found are the Kool Stop salmon. With Reynolds rims they actually stop in the wet better than aluminum rims. With Zipps they are about the same as aluminum rims. Otherwise I run either the KS dual compound or their straight carbon compound. Both burn up pretty quickly but $10 for a set of pads is worth it when you consider what can happen if you miss a corner or can't stop in time.
And a plug for the Token carbon wheels, I used a set for crits last year and not only were they tough as nails (double flatted on gigantic potholes twice and the rims stayed true) but they have very solid braking surfaces and get less pulse than any of the other carbon brands I've ridden. Their pads, once broken in, work really well.
I have acquired used Zipp 404's this winter. 1 rim came on a powertap I was going to buy anyway and the rim just "got int he way".
It's now clipped off the PT and sitting in the shop. 1 or 2 of the spoke holes look like they might be close to cracking, but I'll keep an eye on them.
I bought another 404 tubular laced up front wheel just the other day. It has been delivered, but I haven't checked it out yet. For me....these are definite TT wheels only. A few times a year in TT conditions is just fine for me. The rear is getting a wheel cover. I have a feeling that the front is in better shape so I might start searching out a nice cheap used disc for the rear instead.
If I decide I don't like them I might just swap them over to cyclocross duty next fall and ride the crap out of them. I am positive that my box sections held me back while riding the sand and some of the mud. The guys running deep section wheels sliced right through the stuff.
woops! I meant to use above quote from psimet2001 and go on to say that I've read other folks on BF say the deep wheels are nice in sand/mud. Still sharpening the PC skills-sorry.
I have a set of the older Zipp rims (Neuvation c38s) and have raced them for two years now with no problems. Have hit some pretty nasty potholes and even had to bunny hop over a bike flying across the road during a crit.
Is there any point going less than 50mm's for 'aero' wheels?
Sure they're about 200 grams lighter, which is great, so they're a little lighter and a little more aero, but isn't the point of aero wheels that the increased depth makes up for a little additional weight in all but the most upward situations?
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2019-04-22T20:11:56Z
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https://www.bikeforums.net/33-road-bike-racing/490126-older-303-s-404-s-good-bet-poor-man-s-race-wheel.html
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1 – Our earth is the creation and gift of God. Therefore we have to treat it with respect. We human beings, created in the image of God (Gen 1: 26), are called to be responsible administrators of the gods of creation, and we are called to “keep and cultivate [it]” (Gen 2:15).
2 – Jesus announced with his words and deeds that God is the God of Life (John 10: 10). Fidelity to the Gospel demands that we contemplate life as a gift of God in all creation. This integral and interdependent dimension of all that is created places a commitment on human responsibility.
3 – There is a close link between following of Jesus and mission. “The evangelizing mission cannot be separated from solidarity with the people and their integral promotion” (Document of the Latin American Bishops Conference in Aparecida [DA], 545). Thus, “the living conditions of many abandoned, excluded and ignored in their misery and their sorrow contradicts the project of [God] the Father and calls from believers a major commitment in favor of the culture of life. The Reign of Life which Christ came to bring is incompatible with those inhuman conditions. If we try to close our eyes in the face of these realities we are not defenders of the life of the Kingdom and we place ourselves on the road of death (DA 358).
4 – To live according to the Spirit of Jesus calls us to reaffirm the option for the poor, the vulnerable, and the excluded, who are the preferred recipients of the Kingdom and the primary victims of the negative effects of the socio-economic model now in place and of natural disasters provoked as a consequence of global climate change.
5 – We do not have the right to exploit the resources of the earth, “irrationally devastating the sources of life” (DA 471).
6 – The Social Teaching of the Church emphasizes the “a correct understanding of the environment cannot reduce nature in a utilitarian way to a mere object of exploitation” (Compendium of the Social Teaching of the Church [CDSI] 459). This implies also the responsibility so that future generations can inherit a land that is habitable.
7 – Reaffirm the need to preserve the planet earth as the “common house” of all living beings. Blessed Pope John Paul II advised us of the risks that are involved with considering the planet solely as a source of economic resources: “The environment as ‘resource’ puts in danger the world as ‘home’ ” (CDSI 461). For this reason there is a need to evaluate the long-term environmental cost of extractive [mining] activities.
8 - In regard to the activities of the extractive activities and to the use of natural non-renewable resources, it is necessary keep in mind the principle of the universal destiny of the goods of creation, especially the resources of vital importance such as water, air, and earth. This is the fundamental principle of the ethical-social order (Laborem Exercens, 19).
9. Another fundamental principal of Social Teaching which guides the Church in its commitment to promote integral and sustainable development is the principle of the common good. “To desire the common good and strive towards it is a requirement of justice and charity” (Caritas in veritate, 7). Likewise, recall that “the church has the responsibility in regard to Creation and senses the duty to exercise it also in the public environment to defend the earth, the water, and the air, gifts of God the Creator for all, y to protect the human person” (World Peace Day Message, 2010, 12).
10. The avalanche of mining projects in our department of Atlántida, which according to the data are several dozen, and try to exploit zones of a high ecological value. Atlantida has an unrivaled natural beauty with twelve protected areas as natural parks which represent 40% of its territory and is a region a the country with a major production of water, possesses a coastline apt for tourism with a series of coral reefs. Do we want to put all this beauty and richness in danger?
11 – The environmental impact that all these projects would bring on and the negative consequences for the life of the communities. Until now we do not have clear proof and evidence of the realization of any studies of the environmental impact which were carried out with the participation of the people affected. The lack of information in this respect makes us suspect the lack of credibility and the technical quality of these supposed environmental impact studies. We cannot begin a path in the name of development which will bring more damages than benefits.
12 – The lack of transparency and the secretive nature in these processes of concessions without informing and behind the backs of the communities which will be gravely affected. The wish is to impose the realizations of these projects on the communities without them having been consulted and with the excuse that “there are permissions” and “it is legal.” Can these projects be implemented without having taken into account the opinion of the communities? As the Church we say that it is not possible and reject this assault on personal and collective human rights.
13 – The intervention of the Police and State security forces biased in favor of those who manage capital, influences, and wills. We do not believe that the police acts in this case to protect the population, which has always been peaceful, but acts in favor of a part arriving to transgress legal limits and the police’s motto of “protect and serve.” Why is there the presence of the Cobra elements [an elite police force] in the zone with a provocative attitude toward the population which has lived peacefully without police presence? We reject that the State be the provocateur with its forces to the population of this sector. We are unsettled by the motto of these Cobra forces “to conquer or die.” Conquer whom?
14 – The intervention of the local authorities that do not act with transparency, denying the people the right to decide. Why has it not been possible to organize a popular consultation so that it would be the population who decide? Why have permission to operate been given without taking into account the opinion of the communities directly affected? Why do our public authorities turn their back on the people whom they ought to serve seeking the common good? Why this distance and failure of fluid communication with those whom they represent?
15 –Fulfilling its mission to work for reconciliation and unity, for respect for the dignity of each person and for the common good (cf. Lumen Gentium 1), the Church continues promoting an open and transparent dialogue between the different actors in the society who are involved in the socio-environmental conflicts. In this way the Church wishes to help in each case to put the breaks on the escalation of conflicts, to avoid violent outcomes and to find a just and sustainable solution.
• Guarantee consultation with the people beforehand, facilitating the participation representatives of the peoples and communities affected in decision making about the possible realization of said projects.
• Environmental Impact Studies which are serious and trustworthy with the participation of the affected communities.
•The Church also demands that the state, though its mining authority, adequately inform the population on the results of the study.
17 – That a dialogue be opened in the sector and in the whole department to arrive at a consensus on the routes to an equitable, human, and true development. We support the vocation of Atlantida as a tourist site, as much for its beaches ad for its mountains, the investment in forestry systems, fishing, agriculture and cattle farming, craftswork… Is mining the future of Atlantida? We believe that it is not and we know that other more human and sustainable alternatives must be sought in a form of consensus.
18 – The inhuman pressure that is being exerted on the communities of the sector of Florida and especially the community of Nueva Esperanza, in the Tela municipality in the parish of Arizona, Atlantida.
19 – The introduction of high caliber weapons in the sector. All this is permitted and with the connivance of the police in the zone for the purpose of squelching the voice of the communities which resist the imposition by force of a project which threatens their future.
20 – The presence of highly armed men in the zone, brought in from the outside the sector who are threatening all those who oppose the project with the practice of hired assassinations.
22 – The strategy of [sowing] division and confrontation among the people settled there. The mafia strategies of sowing chaos and lack of trust among the people with “informers.” “spies,” etc.
23 – The slander and threats against Father César Espinoza and the missionary team of Arizona, by some unscrupulous businessmen and those groups that come under their influence. As the Church of La Ceiba we support the pastoral work which is being done from the parish of Arizona rooted in a commitment to the poorest, in accord with the rich social teaching of the Church, accompanying the people who struggle for the right to life and the common good of the population.
24 – We don’t want this to come to violence in the zone… but if it comes to be, from today we deem responsible the impetuous businessmen who urgently are disposed to whatever may be in order to exploit the zone against the will of the people settled there, thus showing their imprudence and arrogance, as well as those responsible for State security forces who give orders which violate the security and the lives of a simple and peaceful people, and the police who follow orders to act against their own people in the service of private interest, and the local authorities for not having informed and consulted the people in a transparent manner.
25 – As Church to go forward strongly in the process of dialogue between the parties and to base ourselves in the just which does not always coincide with the laws which are passed.
We ask St. Isidore the Farmer, lover of the land and patron of our diocese, and St. Francis of Assisi to illumine everyone to find a wiser solution to the problems we confront. To them we entrust ourselves.
Signed by Monseñor Michael Lenihan, OFM (bishop of the diocese), Father Francisco Sánchez Argueta (vicar general), Father René Flores Pineda (chancellor), and Father Victor Cámara Cámaro (episcopal vicar).
The parts highlighted in black are highlighted in the original Spanish.
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2019-04-26T07:43:39Z
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http://honduraschurchdocuments.blogspot.com/2013/06/la-ceiba-honduras-diocese-on-mining.html
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All the young people we talked to have had to learn to do certain specific things on a daily or regular basis in order to look after themselves in relation to their condition. This included taking medication, monitoring symptoms, doing exercises, wearing special appliances, having daily medical treatments or specialist help. Young people talked about what it's like to look after themselves, what helps, what problems they have encountered and what motivates them.
It can be hard to get used to the idea of including some specific 'self-care' patterns into daily routines. Some had felt apprehensive at first and afraid about doing things like injecting insulin or changing the dosage of their medication. People were also sometimes unsure what they should or shouldn't be doing or saw the condition as stopping them from really living their life as they wanted to. It is also hard to get used to the need to organise and plan before making any changes to daily routines. Most young people pointed out that maintaining the 'right balance' between doing what you want to do and what you should do, can be difficult.
Explains her condition and her daily care routine and says how hard it is sometimes to get a good balance between her activities and the looking after her cystic fibrosis.
Sometimes I'll just say, 'Well I've got cystic fibrosis and it affects my pancreas so I can't drink.' And some of them will go, 'Alright ok.' Another people will go, 'What you've got what, what, What tell? What's that? Tell me about it.' So then I'll just say, 'Well you know it's a condition which affects my lungs and my digestive system by for it, producing excess mucus. And it makes your lungs like prone to infection and it makes it difficult to digest food because it blocks the pancreatic ducts which secrete the enzymes. So I have to take pancreatic enzymes to help digest my food. And I have to take various antibiotics to help reduce infection in my lungs and do different nebulizer's. And on a average at the moment I'm taking about 50 tablets a day of various kinds. And I have to do physio every morning when I wake up I usually do about an hour depending on how I am. But usually it averages out to be about an hour which helps to reduce the secretions and I bring up the mucus which would otherwise remain there to catch infection.
And I do enjoy keeping fit and well with my sport and exercise. And it also makes me feel like, almost it makes me feel like I am a healthy and well person despite having CF. And some people say to me, 'Oh you're fitter than me even though you've got CF'. And it was our friend's birthday last week and we were trying to blow out these balloons. And one of my friends couldn't blow up the balloon properly 'cause it was like a funny shape and I just did it without even trying. And she was like, 'Hang on a minute you've got CF lungs how can you do that?' And it was kind of, we were just joking and laughing about it.
But after my City of Manchester 10K like I did the run. Everything was well and I went back and I was working in a restaurant in the afternoon. And then after that I went home and I was kind of exhausted. It was like, 'Gosh been a busy day'. And then I had some more haemoptysis and stared coughing up a bit of blood which was a bit annoying. It was kind of. I was kind of disappointed more than anything because I was thinking how well I was and I managed to do the City of Manchester 10K and despite having CF. And I'm really, I'm really healthy.
And then when I started to cough a bit of blood I was, I was more disappointed in my body like, 'Why can't you support me? Like why can't you?' That's what, one of the things I get annoyed about. Like because I sometimes find it hard to get a balance between everything. I find it, I find myself getting a bit disappointed with my body when it doesn't support me all the time.
Some said that these tactics have helped them to feel more in control of their condition and physical problems. Some had learnt these tactics from other people with long term conditions, although the importance of some - like 'getting enough rest' - were obvious to everyone.
She says that pacing and accepting her condition and limits have helped her cope better with it.
He says that he knows and respects his limits and when in pain, he just rests until he feels better. He hasn't had a sickle cell crisis for the last three years.
I'm quite strict on my sleeping patterns. Because there's one medication I take in the evening, it makes me slightly drowsy. So I always take that at 8.30 and I always aim to be in bed at 10.30. Because I've found that if I'm tired I tend to feel more pain. And then when I'm in pain I tend to feel tired. So I'm quite strict on my sleeping. I'll get into bed, I usually drop off at about 11 and I wake up about half past six. Because if I sleep for too long, that triggers a flare-up as well, because I'm in the same position for too long. So like fatigue and my sleeping patterns, it's really quite closely related to my pain as well.
I'm coping with it quite well. You know, I tend, instead of like fighting against it, like before if I had a flare-up I'd try and go out for a run, but now I tend to work with it. I've sort of stopped thinking, 'Oh, this is a really bad thing'. Because it's not. It's just something you live with. I don't, I try not to let it impact. I know it is very difficult. It's okay for me to sit here and say, 'Oh, yes, my life is perfect'. I know it's far from that at times. But I try and make the best of it now.
Let's talk about manage, managing your condition. You said that in the last couple of years you think you have learned a lot. Can you tell me a little bit more about that?
Yes, I've learnt not to push myself so hard, you know. I've accepted more. I think with time I've accepted, 'Look, you've got scoliosis. You can either make the best of it or just stay at home and stay in bed all the time'. It's like when I said before, when I'd rather stay at home and watch a movie with someone rather than totally cancel the plans of seeing them. It's just, it's about being good to yourself and meeting yourself half, halfway. And don't be so harsh. Because I used to, if I used to take a day off sick at university, I mean I used to torture myself. I used to do things like, 'You're never going to pass now. You're going to miss so much work' When it wasn't. My mates used to bring my work round in the evening to me, and I used to catch up then. Or my tutor used to email me with work. So I never really used to lose a lot.
Because you were failing others?
Yes. And I thought I was failing myself too. Because where I hadn't accepted that I had this condition, I thought, 'Oh, you're being lazy, Elizabeth. For God's sake, get out of bed'. And I used to push myself really too hard. And in the long run I was doing myself a lot more damage. Because rather than like stepping things down a little bit, I'd keep it at the same level, and it would take my body a lot longer to recuperate.
So one of the key is to accept your condition?
Yes. And it's pacing as well. Do what you can, not what you think you should be able to, not what your friends tell you you should be able to, and sometimes not even what your physio tells you you should be able to, or your doctor. Because sometimes they only see you at certain points of your condition. They're not with you day in and, and day out. So do what you can really.
Basically I suffered from much more pain and they call it crisis. I suffered with a lot of pain when I was from the age of six to probably thirteen or so yes. I was in hospital quite a lot and I used to always be ill. I used to just used to be in pain. But nowadays that I'm growing older I'm getting out of my teenage years, I don't really suffer that much from it. I get pain occasionally but I don't really get it that much.
Any time I would get pain it would normally be, well I could get it in different places, my chest, my stomach, sometimes my leg and my arms. But any time I would get pain at, the first thing I would do, just take my medication. And I'll just try and rest. If I'm, for instance, I do that and it doesn't work then I, like part of my body my mum would probably massage, or, you know, my sister would help massage. But the pain, again in different places like, they, when I get pain in my legs and my arms is, that's, that's not so bad, but my chest and my stomach and my back those are like the worse places. But the, the pain would normally last for around, if it's not so bad probably up to 3 or 4 hours. If, if it is bad probably all day. So I just try and rest, you know, I don't do nothing. I just lie in bed. So.
And for how long do you need to rest?
Just when I know my body, you know, much better and I'm feeling a bit like, when the pain's gone that's, that's when I know I'm, you know, much better. But I just try and, if it's something that's, I know could get serious I just rest all day. And then the next day, if I'm feeling better then you know, I just go about my day and everything. But if the pain, you know, starts to increase, that's when I know I need to rest and I just need to take my time.
Most people they continue to suffer. It depends how you treat yourself like you know it depends how you look after yourself I should say. But me I try to do the right things all the time. I don't go over my limits you know. I don't play too much sports. And I know my boundaries like I don't go too far and I always limit myself with anything I have to do. But it depends what type of person you are and how you treat yourself basically.
Tell me more about what you do what you need to do to in order to look after yourself and prevent a crisis?
Okay. How do you feel about having that kind of limitation to doing sport?
I'm not really bothered by it because at the same time I don't really play that much sport. But I can do quite a lot at sport you know I do different activities. And you know it doesn't really bother me that much that you know that I have to stuff that I... But I know how my body works and you know there's only a certain amount I can do before you know ' I would know when I have to stop so I just ' I know my body really well.
Okay. Do you take any medication?
Yes. I take penicillin and folic acid every day.
Throughout the year or '?
Many commented that self-care is particularly difficult for teens. As teenagers, they wanted to do what their friends are doing and not to feel different. Some neglected their daily exercises, or did things that made their physical symptoms worse - like drinking alcohol, skipping meals, not taking medication or not wearing warm clothes. Many said they had learnt from their own experiences and commented on the importance of 'tough love' from parents and getting a 'good nagging' from their doctors!
She 'rebelled' against her cystic fibrosis when she was a teenager and acknowledges that it is important to have someone nagging you and pointing you in the right direction.
She has learnt from experience about taking care of herself. Says that when you are a teenager you are trying to be like everyone else but your body is not like everybody else's.
Had night time leg splints for her arthritis but found it hard to wear day time splints on her wrist. Wished she had kept doing her daily shoulder exercises.
I didn't, there wasn't any major times when I was unwell, until I got to the age of about 14 and I had a rebellious streak [laughs], as we all do, and from about 14 to 19 that's when I started, I had a portacath put in and I started having I.V.'s and it wasn't so much that I had bad chest infections, it was more to prevent it getting to that stage, which is what my new doctor, Doctor [name]'s idea was, was to stop it before it got that bad. And since about 19 I haven't had any, and I'm 21 now. So I'm doing alright.
Can you tell me more and in more details about your rebellious years?
Probably it was lack of care, lack of, I think it was because I hadn't had any real problems with CF, I didn't, it was probably denial that I had it, it didn't affect us, so I didn't take medication, I did think that I probably shouldn't have, and it hit back [Laughs]. Really, that's when I started getting chest infections.
What were you doing that you shouldn't have been?
Probably drinking. Oh I was under age but that kind of, it does even now when I go out, I tend not to drink much, unless it's a special occasion because it does dry us out and its makes us, the atmosphere as well, smoky atmospheres.
Hard love. It wasn't actually my Mum, it was more my Dad, and probably my, my healthcare professionals like my nurses, my doctors, kind of.
What do you think will happen if you do not look after yourself?
You'd just be ill all the time [laugh].
Have your doctors sort of talked to about it or not?
About not looking after myself?
No because I think I was. I've always looked after. Well I've always had my mum look after me and then encourage me to look after myself. So.
I would like to know how she encouraged you to look after yourself?
Just by, by her looking after me. Taught me to look after myself as I got older. And I know when I don't look after myself that I can get ill. So the doctors have never had to encourage me to do that really because I've learnt from experience. Like a little things like if when I was younger my friends were going out and they don't want to wear a jacket and I was like, 'I don't wear a jacket' [laugh]. And then I'll get cold and I'll get ill so I've learnt as well if I, sometimes you don't want to listen to your mum, you don't want to listen to the doctors. So you experience it for yourself and that way you could have avoided the two weeks of being ill if you'd just worn a jacket.
So it's you know, it's the little things. And now I'm a lot older I'm a, like my own person now. I don't. You know if my friends go out in nothing and it's raining or cold and I still wear my jacket. I still do what I want to do and I still have fun. And afterwards I still, I'll still be well because my friends aren't the one that you know, they can go out naked and they can still. They're not going to get ill. There's me that's going to get ill. So by doing things like that I've just learnt it's not worth it. And I've been through it so now I know just to take care of myself.
You went through it, of not listening to your mum or not wanting to listen to the doctors?
Yeah or just trying. I think you're trying to be like everybody else but your body is not like everybody else's.
Ok. So that's the message you, you got from your own experiences.
Maybe I don't know but I think because like when we started going clubbing and stuff so like started going out at the night when I'd never used to. And sometimes you just want to, you know, you just want to be like all your friends. But then you have to remember, you know, none of your friends have sickle cell, you're the one that has sickle cell. So they can do things like freeze to death [laugh] and stay up all night and get no sleep and you know all they have is a hangover or they might get a little bit of a cold but the effect that your body will have is that it will just go into a crisis. So I don't know if it was rebelling but it was just me like if someone. I think for me if someone tells me something it's not that I don't believe it. Most of the time I want to experience it for myself good or bad and think, 'Ok now I understand'.
Yeah you want to be the same as everybody else. You want to do all what they're doing because that's your group of friends. But I mean I now know that I can do that but I just have to make sure that I do the things that are going to keep me from, you know, prevention of being ill as well.
And I don't feel that they really helped me either, because I used to take them off. My legs are straight now because I used to do the exercises and I used to do all the physio and keep up with all of that, that was very important. So my legs are fine now, I don't have to wear them. I actually liked the splints for my hands; they're to stop my wrists from bending down. You may have seen people they've had arthritis and didn't have splints and their wrists are permanently bent downwards. And that's really sad to see because I think splints weren't thought as being that important in, in those, in the day that the person probably needed them. But I wear my night time splints. I do have slight dips in my wrists but I wear my splints every night so hopefully it, it won't get much worse.
I do have problem with day splints. I've never found a single day splint that I can wear and actually use because they're usually hard plastic and they go up to, half way up your hand and I don't think you realise how important the palm of your hand is until you have it half covered with plastic. You can't use a mouse on a computer like that, you can't use cutlery like that, you can't write, like it, it's too difficult to write 'cos you haven't got the manipulation in your muscles 'cos they're held in place. And I think the doctor's a little bit idealistic in that. They think that they're practical and that they're wearable but I found I could only ever wear it if I wasn't doing anything.
But I never used to have night splints either so that might have been it as well. So I would recommend those to anybody with problems with their wrists. Keep on with the splints and definitely wear them at night because they, they're vital in keeping your wrists nice and healthy and flat.
My left shoulder's quite bad and that's, I see that as being really my fault because I didn't keep up with the shoulder exercises and I do regret not doing them but I don't beat myself up about it. I used to get really frustrated with myself but there's nothing I can do about it, there's nothing I can change. The doctors say that they could replace the whole joint but I wouldn't get the movement back in it. But I believe that if I worked hard enough I think I could get the movement back.
Understanding and confidence about how to look after yourself is often a gradual process. Parents and doctors can help young people to understand the need to look after themselves and the serious consequences if they don't (see 'Getting on with your healthcare team', 'Talking to doctors and nurses', ' Transition from children's to adult services/clinics' and 'Dealing with the family'). Learning how to cope with physical problems such as pain can really help young people feel some control over their illness. The down side of taking responsibility for your own health is that you might end up blaming yourself if you get ill again - even if it will really not, in most cases, be because of anything they have done.
She now knows more about how to control pain. Her mother has played a key role in helping her to keep active and not to dwell on her pain in times of sickle cell crisis.
Ok so what are the things you need to do in order to, to help yourself and your condition?
Take medication and to wear a lot of warm clothes. But I don't really like wearing jackets and all that but I have to get used to it because when I didn't wear jackets and I got the attacks, you understand. But yeah I had to wear jumpers and you know, another jumper under that and you know, two pairs of trousers and thermals. Oh dear, a lot of warm clothing, yeah.
Do you remember how old you were when you started to understand what you needed to do and why you were doing it?
Oh it has definitely changed, definitely because I'm aware. I just feel that I can control it. When I was younger I couldn't control it at all. It would just come and I'd be there for two, three weeks in pain but now when it comes it's like, 'Oh it's an attack'. I mean I could, I could get up and I could cook. You understand but when I was younger I would be in hospital having all these needles but now if I had an attack in my leg or I'd just get up put some hot water on it or have a painkiller and then I would go and maybe sweep the floor or help the twins their homework. Like it doesn't. It comes to mind at times and even though the pain is there I just get on with what I'm doing but before I couldn't do that.
Apart from wrapping up and taking your medication what else do you need to do?
What to, to prevent ourselves from getting sickle cell. Just be wise basically. Just be wise, yeah. Maybe we could go swimming and the next week go swimming. But you have then, you have to realise that, 'Ok I can go this week but I can't go next week because if I go twice in a row and it's quite cold then you know that you'll get an attack. So just be wise with your thinking, in terms of when you do things.
When you have an attack, how long does it last?
The attacks, they can last for two weeks, two, three weeks in that, in the same pain.
What do you think has helped?
We were told about the various techniques used by young people to help cope with their physical problems such as persistent pain and tiredness. These included breathing and relaxation techniques, making daily activity charts, physiotherapy and exercises. A few had sought specialist help such as attending sessions with a pain psychologist or having complementary therapies (see 'Finding the right medication'). A person with ME/CFS said that he thought taking homeopathic remedies had helped control his headaches, coughs and colds.
The psychologist helped her to understand the relationship between pain and emotions and how techniques such as breathing exercises can help to control the intensity of pain.
She needs to take care of two chronic conditions: type 1 diabetes and cystic fibrosis. Of the two she says that she finds the control of her diabetes the hardest.
I was referred to a pain psychologist as a part I think probably support side of coping with the pain. I think, my GP, I think actually it was a consultant under the pelvic pain, but I went, I see a pain psycho, pain psychologist and it really, I think it really helped me. We did, we went through different things that we had to, we did a diary, when I was at uni and a different environment, where we had to, I kept a diary on a daily basis. Everything that I did had a scale of say one to ten or one to five and what those things, what those things, you know, let's say walking down the street and I put five or whatever and what I did and what things made me worse, in what ways they made me worse and then I'd go back to my meeting, which was once a week, with the pain psychologist and we'd go through the diary and she'd say 'How, when you did get to that level, how did you get through to cope?' So, if it was on a scale of one to five. How did you cope when it was level five? What did you do? And then she would suggest such things that may enhance what you did, like breathing through breathing techniques. One thing that she did actually was explained how pain is interpreted by the brain, so they use a, one thing that sticks in my mind, they used the simple terminology of a pain gate in the lower back that opens and closes according to your psychological interpretation of pain I think. And what opens that pain gate so if you're feeling more emotional, you're feeling less able to cope on a certain day then, for example, that may open the pain gate so the pain may seem worse. Which I don't want to sound like it's kind of all psychological 'cos some people might interpret it that way. But sometimes pain can be interpreted worse because you feel bad and some people, you know, and that can be intimidating for some people I think, because if you feel that your pain's made worse by your emotions and things, sometimes you worry that people think you're dolally rather than there being something actually wrong. And but there is the terminol' that this is what the pain psychologist explained and how, you know, these sort of things may affect it and what you can do to counteract those' You know, for example, if you're walking down the street if you feel that you're at level five, and you're feeling particularly emotional, you're feeling down, then your pain gate is going to make it a level five, whereas it may be, if you breathe a little deeper, rather than short breaths because you're feeling anxious. So, if you breathe deeper, you know, enabling oxygen to move round your body better, letting your body relax further, then maybe the pain level might be a level three. So, you know, it's not necessarily just the psychological interpretation but it's how that psychology affects how your body works and breathing's probably the best example of that, 'cos it does obviously affect how your muscles work, not obviously, but it does affect how your muscles relax.
What else do you need to do in order to prevent infections?
I don't think that I actually do much to prevent infection. I'm just being very lucky. I think. I think around Uni, Fresher's week, I didn't do that, because everyone gets Fresher's Flu, colds. I tend to stay away from, if I know someone's not very well I'll stay away. Or, my family will say, 'Ah, so and so's got this' and I'll say 'alright, I'll not come round' [Laughs]. So I tend to stay away from anywhere that's going to put this, and I'm always, it could be, say, obviously the British, 15 degrees, wow its hot, and I'll be like in a jumper. Make sure that I'm not exposed too much to get any kind of infection.
How was it for you to get used to injections?
It's probably why I don't have to take so much insulin, as, I mean a normal, the normal is for every kilo of your body weight is a unit. And I'm only taking five or six units, and I don't weigh 5 kilos [laughs] so, might not; I'm taking next to nothing.
I think I have ups and downs where sometimes I'm really good, everything's fine and when I do it I feel good for it, I feel better, there is a difference, then I got through times when oh, just can't be bothered, and then I'll go into a dip and then I'll feel crap, and you say, yes you know why you feel crap. I'll start taking, it is, it's like a constant, sometimes it's really good, sometimes it's a bit naff, and then you pick yourself up. It's never constant where it's perfect all the way; it's always up and down, for me.
What are the difficult things about managing your conditions?
I'd definitely say the insulin part of it. CF I've got no problem controlling, the diabetes is the hard one to control, homeostasis [laughs]. Very hard to control.
People who needed to use wheelchairs, or other mobility aids, described how this helped them to be more independent. One person who requires full time care emphasised independence of the mind as an important aspect of self-care.
He doesn't like relying on others to help with daily activities but knows when he needs help. Learning to drive has improved his life.
I have got two friends at the moment that are both in wheelchairs and far worse than me. You know they need help, you know 24 hour care, you know but I don't need 24 hour care I can do a lot of things for myself. But I do say to people you can take heart from that. If they can do it, why can't I. Do you know what I mean. So you can learn from other people a lot. I have become a lot independent since I started university, you know and you just see other people and you think you know I want to do that. You know, you don't want to be relying, I mean I hate relying on other people. You know. I hate relying on people and if I drop something on the floor you know I hate asking people to pick it up you know. I absolutely hate it. You know in case people moan or something. But there are some things I just can't do so I have to have some help.
Well around the house you know. Well for instance I can't put socks on and so I don't wear socks. Right. I haven't worn socks for five years. I know it sounds crazy but because I can't put socks on I don't want to keep asking people. I mean in the morning I have to get up myself, dress myself, so there is nobody here to help me put my socks on. So the simple solution is don't wear any socks. You know what I mean. I just can't do it you know. I can't bend down that far. I can get my shoes on because I have got like sticks etc that is easy. But I can't put my sock on. So I don't have any. I don't even have any socks. I know that is only a small thing but it is something I cannot not do. I couldn't do it to save my life. So I just don't wear socks. You now I can't, I mean in the kitchen we have got low work surfaces but I can't really cook so well because I can't lift the pans etc. And they are too heavy and I haven't got the strength. And I can't stand up for a long time anyway. I can only stand up for five, ten minutes at a time. So anything that involves standing up you know, for a long time I can't do. I can make a drink, I can make a sandwich, do the basic things but I can't cook a meal. Do you know what I mean. Because I can't cut things as well with a knife or something because I haven't got the strength. You know. But obviously I can't walk far. If I want to walk to the shops, I can't walk to the shops. And I know I can't play sports but I can do most daily things.
Back in March I learnt to drive. So I have got my car out there is mine. That is probably the best thing in the world because at least I can get to places without paying taxi fares and what have you. As you know it is expensive. But yes, that is probably the main. Having the car that is obviously the main boost is the car.
Everyone felt motivated to keep well in order to accomplish their goals, dreams and projects -whether these were in their social life, work or at school or college. Making the most of life and not 'wasting time' by being ill was seen as really important. Some people were very much encouraged by seeing how other people managed and stayed positive despite having much worse physical problems.
Keeping well also means maintaining some independence and learning to “work with your illness and not against it”. A young woman who had recently stayed out late dancing knew she would feel bad the next day but also knew how to make herself better. She said, “It was worth it because I'd had such a good night out… you can't be an angel all the time… sometimes it's about striking a balance”.
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The system filters-out undesirable email messages sent to a user email address. The system includes a data store providing updateable storage of signature records that correspond to a subset of undesirable email messages that may be sent to the predetermined email address. An email filter processor is coupled to the store of signature records and operates against the email messages received at the predetermined email address to identify and filter-out email messages corresponding to any of the signature records. An update system is provided to automatically receive a set of signature records, which are then used to update the plurality of signature records stored by the data store. The system can be implemented to include at least a portion of the email processor system within a client site email transport system, which receives the email messages addressed to the set of email addresses assigned or associated with the client site, including the predetermined email address.
The present invention is generally related to automated systems for blocking receipt of undesired electronic mail and, in particular, to a system and methods for reliably detecting and filtering out undesired and unsolicited electronic mail stealthily prepared specifically to avoid detection by conventional filtering systems.
The use of electronic mail (email) is widely accepted to the extent that email is often considered an essential tool in conducting business and communicating between individuals. Key aspects of the adoption of email for such use include the immediacy of the communication, the ability to specifically identify and define recipients by email addresses, that email addresses are often publically available by choice and by standard operation of conventional Internet tools, and the normally user-to-user personal nature of email messages.
A number of different uses of email have evolved beyond the most basic person-to-person communications. One of the earliest developments was the use of list-servers (Listserv) to broadcast email messages sent to the Listserv to a well-defined and selective list of Listserv subscribers. Another development was the direct use of email lists to send announcements and other notices to subscriber lists. Similarly, electronic periodicals and information clipping services often use email lists to distribute content or content summaries to subscribing users.
A generally undesired use of email, hereinafter referred to as the delivery of undesired email (UEM) and loosely referred to as “spam” email or “spamming,” is the typically unsolicited mass emailings to open or unsubscribed email addresses. Other names, such as Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE) are also used to describe the same problematic email. Information describing the problems and attempts to deal with UEM is available from the Internet Mail Consortium (IMC; www.imc.org). The impact of UEM is generally assessed in a survey, ISPs and Spam: The Impact of Spam on Customer Retention and Acquisition, Engagement #1802565, by the GartnerGroup, San Jose, Calif. In summary, UEM is received by some 90% of email users with publically accessible email addresses. Estimates vary greatly on the financial impact of UEM on the businesses and services, both large and small, that receive or unintentionally forward UEM to users. Although the individual costs of email message delivery are quite small, the size of mass-emailings creates real costs in terms of connectivity, temporary storage, and auditing. Even the cost to individual users may be significant, since many pay directly for connectivity time.
The email addresses used by UEM vendors are typically harvested from the Internet through scans of the information available on the Web, Usenet postings, and the various user directories and lists accessible through the Internet. For example, corporate Web pages may include an email address list of the different employees of the company. Postings to the public Usenet forums and hosted chat-rooms provided by different services often include the email address of each user who posts a message. User addresses may also be directly, though typically indirectly obtained from the different Listservs and subscriber list services that operate over the Internet.
Various email address harvesting tools, ranging from the simple to quite complex and tailorable to scan the Internet using many different scanning techniques, are conventionally available from a variety of sources. Therefore, virtually any user can set up as a mass-emailing vendor of UEM messages. Such UEM vendors typically hide the address and other source identifiers of their mass-mailings, relay their mass-emailings through third-party email forwarding gateways, further change their internet service providers (ISPs) to obscure their identity. Consequently, there is no effective mechanism currently available that will permit or enable users to avoid having their email addresses harvested. There is also no simple way users can pre-identify and refuse email messages from UEM vendors.
A number of products and services exist that attempt to identify and filter UEM messages from the ordinary email received by their users. The general operating principles of these systems are documented in Unsolicited Bulk Email: Mechanisms for Control, Internet Mail Consortium Report: UBE-SOL, IMCR-008, revised May 4, 1998. In general, conventional products and services rely on specific identification of known UEM vendors by source address, the specific content of manually identified UEM content, or heuristic-based identification of UEM messages.
Conventional heuristic-based systems, which are generally more effective that specific identification systems, are executed by a host computer system to review and filter already received email messages into ordinary and UEM categories prior to actual delivery to the email addressees. These systems may utilize a variety of different analyses of email message content to discern UEM, including key-word and key-phrase detection, which are predefined or learned over time and improper and missing email header fields. The predefined keys are static and typically include occurrences of “$$$” and variations of “make money fast.” Learning of other key-words and phrases conventionally requires manual intervention. UEM vendors, however, are known to be highly creative and have generally demonstrated that these heuristics can be defeated by selective crafting of the content of the UEM message through the use of automated technical mechanisms.
A known problem with heuristic systems is that the heuristics, operative at a level sufficient to identify a bulk of UEM received by a user, also create a substantial likelihood that non-UEM messages will be improperly identified and filtered. Any loss of non-UEM messages, however, is generally considered completely unacceptable by users. As a result, there does not appear to be any reliable and practically acceptable way to prevent the harvesting of email addresses, and thereby controlling the ability of UEM vendors from originating their mass-mailings, or to reliably identify UEM messages once received.
Consequently, there is a clear need for some reliable and effective manner of detecting and filtering out UEM messages from the stream of email messages received by email users.
Thus, a general purpose of the present invention is to provide an efficient method and system for qualifying and thereby providing a basis for protecting users against receipt of UEM messages.
This is achieved in the present invention by providing a method and system that actively qualifies undesirable email messages sent to the email address of a user-recipient. The content of a received email message is processed to produce multiple signatures representing aspects of the contents of the received email message. These signatures are compared against a database of signatures produced from a plurality of presumed undesirable email messages. A relative-identity of the signatures is scored to provide a basis for distinguishing the received email message from the presumed undesirable email messages.
The multiple signatures generated to represent the received email are produced as digest of algorithmically selected portions of the received email with the signatures defined by like algorithms being comparable. The rate of comparison matches between the multiplicity of suspect email message signatures and the signatures stored by the database serves as the basis for distringuishing the received email message from the presumed undesirable email messages.
The system includes a data store providing for updateable storage of signature records that correspond to undesirable email messages potentially sent to the user-recipient email address. An email filter processor is coupled to the store of signature records and operates against the email messages received to discern and qualify email messages determined by the system to sufficiently correspond to the signature records. The store of signature records is coupleable to automatically receive signature records corresponding to additional instances of undesirable email messages, which are then stored to the data store for subsequent use in comparisons.
The system can be implemented to include at least a portion of the email processor system within a client site email transport system, which receives the email messages addressed to the set of email addresses assigned or associated with the client site, including the predetermined email address.
An advantage of the present invention is that, through an effectively reverse harvesting of UEM vendors, a controlled yield of UEM is made available to the system as a basis for qualifying and potential filtering-out of UEM sent to protected users.
Another advantage of the present invention is that the signature records generated through processing of UEM messages effectively implement one-to-many relationship between an undesirable email, as directed to a recipient-user, and the UEM represented by the signatures stored in the data store. Thus, comparison of the signatures of a suspect email with those contained in the stored signature records enables both ordinary and intentionally created variants of UEM messages to be automatically detectable by the system.
A further advantage of the present invention is that a broad set of algorithms may be implemented as a basis for generating signature records, with only subsets of the algorithms used for particular signature records. A UEM vendor, therefore, cannot reasonably anticipate a particular subset of algorithms to evade in preparing a UEM message, since the subset is not static at least over time. Furthermore, variants of the top-level set of algorithms as well as new algorithms may be introduced with the effect that the top-level set of algorithms is not necessarily closed.
Still another advantage of the present invention is that the algorithms, based on their different basis for determining content similarity, are automatically resilient against ordinary and intentional variations. The resulting scoring of potential UEM messages is based not on exact identities, but on similarity matching. A particular signature record with therefore match the variants of a UEM message that might be produced by automated rewriting. Complex rewriting of individual UEM messages, requiring direct and non-automatable involvement of the UEM vendor, is both impractical and unprofitable for a UEM vendor.
Yet another advantage of the present invention is that a centrally maintained and managed server can be efficiently operated to collect, analyze, and produce signature records. By the proxy collection of UEM, the server is highly-responsive to new mass emailings of UEM and can quickly prepare and hot-update client-site filtering systems against at least any further passage of these UEM messages. Further, the server can automatically update the client systems with new algorithms and specifying different selections of algorithms for use in connection with particular signature records. As a result, client site administration is essentially automatic, yet maintained entirely up-to-date under the secure control of the server. The operation of the server, however, is also substantially autonomous. Little or no human interaction is required on an ongoing basis to manage or operate the system of the present invention. Specifically, no human interaction or contribution is required in order for the present system and methods to develop UEM message signatures. These signatures are automatically developed and distributed.
A still further advantage of the present invention is that the algorithmic operations of the server in analyzing potential UEM and the client in detecting UEM is both fast and highly-reproducible. Computational speed is proportional to and primarily controlled by the size of an email message being processed. A secondary consideration is the computational complexity of the algorithms. In the preferred embodiments of the present invention, the computational complexity is little greater than the computation of checksums of text characters.
FIG. 4 is a process flow diagram illustrating the analysis of email messages in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
The present invention provides a system and methods for reliably detecting and identifying UEM. Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention apply primarily to electronic mail messages, the present invention is fully applicable to other, at lease purportedly, user-to-user messages passed using other protocols and composed and read using non-email specific client applications. User-to-user messages can be passed using listserv protocols, as well as the more recent protocols developed to support internet relay chat (IRC), AOL® Instant Messenger™, and netnews messages transported by the network news transport protocol (NNTP). Where the content of such other user-to-user messages would qualify as undesirable in the manner considered for UEM, then the messages themselves are UEM within the scope of the present invention.
As illustrated in FIG. 1, preferred embodiments of the present invention, such as the system 10, utilize a server system 12 to collect and identify UEM through the generation of signature record sets and any number of client systems 14, 14′ that, based on the signature record sets, identify and filter-out the corresponding UEM received at their local sites. The UEM server system 12 preferably includes a signature server 16, a store for signature record sets 18, and some number of UEM relay systems 20, with at least one being required. These relays 20 may be email-enabled computer systems physically located local or remote relative to the UEM server 16 or may even be hosted as virtual systems by the UEM server 16 itself. Preferably, the configuration and operation of the UEM relays 20 is managed cooperatively with that of the UEM server 16.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, twenty to more than a hundred UEM relay systems 20 are established with access to the Internet 22. Each UEM relay 20 is preferably associated with a large number of decoy email addresses, totaling thousands to several millions of unique email addresses for the full complement of UEM relays 20. The UEM relays 20 are connected to the Internet 22 through different ISPs. Preferably, the selected ISPs are large email forwarders, whose blanket avoidance by UEM vendors would severely compromise any potential benefit of a UEM mass-mailing. Additionally, any Internet visible identification of the UEM relays 20 is preferably changed aperiodically to prevent any easy identification of the UEM relays 20 through their ISP hosts.
The decoy email addresses supported by the UEM relays 20 are published through various means to be available to harvester tools. In particular, public directories can be used to list the decoy addresses so as to appear indistinguishable from legitimate email addresses to harvester tools. These directories are preferably published through legitimate Internet directory services, including the InterNIC™ and the many commercial listing services that support publically accessible directories of users. Web-based directories can also be posted. Another preferred method of publishing is to post messages to the different publically accessible newsgroups, chat-rooms, and Listservs with the decoy mail addresses provided in the reply-to header field or body of the message.
The UEM relays preferably operate to forward 24 all email messages directed to the decoy addresses to the UEM server 16. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the email is simply forwarded 24 using the simple mail transport protocol (SMTP) to an unpublished email address hosted by the UEM server 16. Should a need arise, the email may be forwarded using a non-standard SMTP port number or a different transport protocol.
In an alternate preferred embodiment of the present invention, the UEM clients 14, 14′ may also host directories that publish email addresses, including decoy addresses, identified with the client domain. Since these decoy addresses also do not correspond to any actual user, any email received by these domain specific email accounts can be considered to be UEM. Preferably, these email messages are selectively forwarded 26 to the UEM server 16 in the same manner UEM messages are forwarded 24 by the UEM relays 20. Thus, even UEM selectively targeted to specific domains may be detected and ultimately filtered-out.
UEM messages forwarded 24, 26 from the relays 20, 14, 14′ are preferably processed by the UEM server 16 to generate corresponding sets of signature records storable by a signature database 18. For purposes of the present invention, a signature is some value or condition that represents some aspect, typically some portion of the content, of a particular email. Signatures generated in a like manner for an email are at least logically collected as a signature record. That is, the signatures of a signature record reflect different views of the email message content. These views are preferably constructed or calculated in the same or like manner, but operate over different selected, potentially overlapping, portions of the header fields and body of the email contents. In turn, a signature record set, containing multiple signature records, corresponds to a full representation of the contents of an email received by the UEM server 16.
A separate signature record set is not necessarily generated and stored for every UEM message received. Rather, the UEM server 16 determines whether the signature record set for a received email is already in the signature database 18. While an identity comparison between a new signature record set and those previously stored in the signature database 18 could be used, a sufficient comparison can be made by only comparing selected signatures from the new signature records with the signatures of signature records previously stored in the signature database 18. This has the effect of comparing a received email against a broad set of variants of the emails previously evaluated by the UEM server 16, but without requiring a signature record set to have been stored for each of those emails. Thus, by basing the comparison on the use of only a subset of the signature record set, or a signature-set, the comparison implicitly encompasses variants of UEM not actually received previously as email by the UEM server 16. The use of signature-set and the comparison of signatures from like signature records is preferred.
The UEM clients 14, 14′ are preferably based on conventional computer server systems 28 that support an SMTP gateway between the Internet 22 and users transferring email messages through the gateway. For non-SMTP based messages, a gateway or proxy for the corresponding transport protocol can be similarly used. In accordance with the preferred embodiments of the present invention, the gateway or proxy, such as the SMTP gateway shown, is modified to support an analysis and filtering function at least with respect to email messages received from a communications network, such as the Internet 22. Thus, the UEM client 28 operates to deliver filtered inbound email 30 messages to the email account users of the UEM client 28′, while allowing, email outbound 32 from the UEM client 28 sites to be passed to the Internet 22 without delay. If a client site allows internal email messages to reach and be routed by the UEM client 28, these messages are preferably treated as trusted and returned as part of the filtered inbound email 30 messages.
The modified SMTP gateway utilized by the clients 14, 14′ of the present invention preferably also processes inbound email messages from the Internet 22 by subjecting the messages to a multi-part analysis. In general, the signature record set produced by this analysis is then compared to the signature record sets retrievable from the client signature database 34. In general terms, if a signature-set match is found within predetermined tolerances, the message is filtered-out. More specifically, these comparisons enable the generation of similarity scores by evaluating the match rate of various subsets of signature records, combining the scores typically through an averaging operation, and potentially adding in additional signature characterizing values determined through the comparisons to reach a final similarity score for a signature record set. This final score is then compared against a preset threshold to finally determine whether the corresponding inbound message should be recognized or identified as a UEM message and accordingly filtered.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the filtering-out is performed by adding a defined UEM notation, such as “SPAM,” to a standard header field, such as the subject line header, of the inbound message. Alternately, a proprietary header field, possibly named “X-spam,” could be added to the inbound message. To prevent external interference with this alternative marking system, the name of any proprietary header field is specifically chosen not to correspond to any publically accepted or recognized header field name. Preferably, though optionally, a numeric percentage value denoting the degree of certainty that the message is UEM is added to the same header. This field value may be alternately presented as a defined word, such as “Low,” “Medium,” or “High,” where multiple thresholds are defined, to reflect the highest threshold value exceeded by the message content. Thus, the absence of a UEM notation in a specific header or a degree of certainty value of less than some defined percentage threshold value is preferably considered a non-UEM message indicator. In order to avoid outside interference with this marking scheme, any UEM notation or degree of certainty value present on an inbound message is removed or ignored.
Conventional email-client applications can then further filter these UEM marked messages directly into a trash queue or specifically segregated into some “suspected UEM” inbound email queue that a user can later summarily review and clean as appropriate. Where multiple threshold values are supported by the present invention, the email client readers may be configured to recognize each threshold value and apply a separate filter rule to specify a corresponding disposition for the differently identified messages.
Finally, the UEM server 16 preferably distributes 36 signature record sets as hot-updates to UEM clients 28. Thus, as updates are received by a UEM client 28, the signature record sets are installed into the signature database 34 and immediately made available to the UEM client 28 for use in evaluating email messages inbound from the Internet 22. Preferably, the hot-updating process is initiated by the UEM server 16 on or in connection with determining that a newly generated signature record set is not currently present in the signature database 18. The immediacy of the distribution of these new signature record sets minimizes the exposure of the UEM client system 14, 14′ sites to new, unidentified UEM emailings. For practical purposes then, the exposure to such new UEM emailings is determined by the delay between the beginning of a new UEM mass-emailing and the first receipt of a corresponding UEM message at a decoy email address. Provided a sufficient number of decoy email addresses are published and harvested in advance of a UEM mass-emailing, the detection and filtering-out of UEM messages can easily be greater than 98% and, with tuning of the filtering operation of the server and client systems 12, 14, may very closely approach 100%.
A preferred embodiment of the UEM server 12 is shown in greater detail in FIG. 2A. An SMTP server 42 receives the forwarded UEM messages collected by the UEM relays 20. The received messages are queued through a message collection queue 44 and a message normalizer 46. The collection queue 44 is provided simply to buffer a sequence of UEM messages awaiting processing though the normalizer 46.
Multiple forms: select the text/plain version.
( ", etc.) to ordinary characters.
Other forms: reduce to a plain text equivalent.
Other form conversions may be similarly implemented as different forms are identified adopted for use in connection with email messages. For example, extensible markup language (XML) documents may soon be adopted for the transport of email content. In general, XML documents may be treated like hypertext markup language (HTML) documents, since both are derivative subsets of a broader document description standard known as standard generalized markup language (SGML). Extensions to the HTML form conversions may need to be adopted to handle XML, though the goal of generally reducing the content to a plain text form remains.
Case: Content is converted to lowercase.
string and, therefore, are ignored.
The normalizations presented in Table II are the currently preferred set of such normalizations. Additional normalizations may be developed, in a generally consistent manner, as UEM vendors develop new methods of affecting the presentation of their UEM messages in an effort to randomly vary the appearance of their messages to automated detection tools and, thereby, avoid detection as UEM messages.
Once normalized, a message is then passed to an array of algorithmic processors 48 1-N to generate signatures based on a variety of differently selected subsets of the message content. These subsets may be selected as named blocks, such as a particular header field, as non-overlapping blocks, such as lines, sentences and paragraphs, and overlapping blocks of words as may be selected through a sliding window. In the preferred embodiments of the present invention, the algorithmic processors implement computational, comparative, and other processes for generating signatures. Computationally-based signatures are preferably digests or other mathematical operations that produce signatures representing some corresponding subset of the message content. Many acceptable computational digests forms exist, including checksums, message digests, such as MD5, and cyclic redundancy checks, such as CRC-8 and CRC-32. Table III lists a preferred set of the computational algorithms, employing a preferred checksum digest form, usable in connection with the present invention.
searching systems). This is a preferred algorithm.
multiple line breaks and blank lines.
combination in the original message content.
in the header fields of this message.
content, preferably exclusive of header fields.
preferably exclusive of header fields.
exclusive of header fields and blank lines.
of header fields and blank lines.
common words and numbers used in UEM messages.
numbers, postal addresses, and URLs.
determined against a common word-dictionary.
excluding stop-words given by a predefined list.
that also appear in the master word group list.
a range of 0.25 and 2 points.
in a range of 0.25 and 2 points.
such as in a range of 0.25 and 3 points.
The array of algorithmic processors 48 1-N preferably operate in parallel to generate a full signature record set of signatures based on a particular message. Each of these signatures is then passed to a final analysis processor 50 that composes a corresponding signature record set. Before storing the newly constructed signature record set to the signature database 18, the final analysis processor 50 preferably scans the signature record sets previously stored in the signature database 18 to determine whether a corresponding signature record set already exists in the signature database 18. The determination made is preferably whether or not there is a sufficient calculated degree of similarity, represented as a score, between the newly generated signature record set and those prior stored in the signature database 18.
Generally, where the similarity score produced by the comparison scan is above a pre-set threshold, the newly generated signature record set or a variant thereof is considered to already exist in the signature database 18. The newly generated signature record set is therefore discarded. Conversely, if the threshold level is not met, the newly generated signature record set is finalized and stored to the signature database 18.
In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the comparison scan operates to compare a subset of the signatures taken from the newly generated signature record set with those present in the signature database 18. This comparison is constrained to only comparing signatures that are generated using the same algorithm. Thus, for example, a signature newly generated using a three-word sliding window algorithm is only compared against signatures in the database 18 that were previously generated using the same three-word sliding window algorithm. For the preferred embodiment then, no comparison correlation is made or respected between the newly generated signature record set, as a whole, and any prior stored signature record set. Alternate embodiments of the present invention may determine correlations based on a signature record set basis to obtain a possible higher level of validity to the matches made, but at greatly increased computational requirements. In either case, the count of comparison matches to comparisons made yields a ratio value on a per algorithm basis. A degree of similarity score is then produced from a preferably mathematically based combination of the ratio values.
In greater detail with reference to FIG. 2B, the determination process begins with the final analysis processor 50 first operating to select subsets of the signatures generated by several of the different algorithmic processors 48 1-N from the newly generated signature record set 56. The total number of signatures selected, the algorithms for which signatures are selected, and the number of signatures selected corresponding to a particular algorithm are preferably determined empirically. For example, one algorithm applied to an email May produce 200 signatures. A representative set of these signatures, for purposes of comparison, may be a randomly selected set of 10 or 20 signatures. Thus, the comparison scan may only employ 10 signatures generated by a three word sliding window algorithm, 15 generated by a line-selection algorithm, and 5 generated by a unique word selection algorithm. The selected signatures are then compared via a comparative analysis block 58 against signatures of like generated signature records retrieved from the signature database 18.
score. This is a preferred algorithm.
together to provide a signature-set comparison score.
A predefined threshold similarity level, preferably programmable and stored by the final analysis processor 50, is then used to determine whether the currently generated signature record set should be stored to the signature database 18. If the degree of similarity computed for a newly generated signature record set is below the threshold, the record set is stored. Otherwise, the signature record set is discarded. For example, the newly generated signature record set 56 may include signatures generated by four algorithms, with each algorithm generating ten checksum signatures. The signature record sets previously stored in the signature database 18 may include signatures produced by four or more algorithms though including at least the four algorithms used in generating the current generated signature record set 56. If the comparisons between the signatures, on a per-algorithm basis, produce ratio match values of 8, 7, 9, and 5, the resulting degree of similarity score, using averaging, is 72.5%. Using differential averaging, the degree of similarity score is 75%. Finally, if the predefined threshold similarity level is set to 75%, inclusive, the newly generated signature record set 56 would be stored to the database 18 if the degree of similarity determination is defined as using averaging. Where the degree of similarity determination is defined as using differential averaging, the current generated signature record set 56 would be considered to be a sufficiently close variant of a prior recognized UEM message and, therefore, would be discarded.
In each case, however, a date/time-stamp is effectively updated for any signature prior stored in the signature database that matched a signature during the comparison scan. Thus, for preferred embodiments of the present invention where signatures are aged and progressively removed from the signature database 18, updating of the signature date/time-stamp values allows the signature database 18, as a whole, to track with the progression of variants of UEM received by the server 12.
Finally, in arriving at a similarity score, the use of only a subset of the signatures generated by the array of algorithmic processors 48 1-N for comparison against those stored by the signature database 18 serves a number of related purposes. By introducing an unpredictable variation in the particular set of signatures that will ultimately be used in screening received email messages, UEM vendors are unable to discern or reliably predict the essential criteria that would result in an email being compared and determined to be UEM. Additionally, using a subset whose algorithmic composition may equally change unpredictably, the introduction of new and additional algorithms is hidden from any UEM vendor who may try to discern or reliably predict UEM detection criteria.
An alternate preferred embodiment of the examination process is detailed in FIG. 2C. The final analysis processor 50 operates to compare the current signature record set 56, as generated by the algorithmic processors 48 1-N, against a currently selected signature record set 57, previously stored in the signature database 18. The two signature record sets are preferably arranged, at least logically, into signature subsets 56 1-N and 57 1-N. Each of the signature subsets 56 1-N contains the set of signatures produced by a respective algorithmic processor 48 1-N. Likewise, the signature subsets 57 1-N contain the sets of signatures earlier produced by respective algorithmic processors 48 1-N.
A comparative analysis block 58 preferably receives each of the signature subsets 56 1-N, 57 1-N and performs signature comparisons between the paired subsets 56 1-N, 57 1-N that correspond to a respective algorithmic processor 48 1-N. As between algorithm matched subsets 56 X, 57 X, each signature in the subset 56 X is compared to each signature in the subset 57 X. Subset totals of the number of identity signature matches and non-matches found are kept for each algorithm matched pairing of the subsets 56 1-N, 57 1-N. The resulting totals are then passed to a match analysis block 59 for a determination of whether to discard the signature record set 56 as being identical or sufficiently similar to a signature record set 57 already present in the signature database 18.
Referring again to FIG. 2A, the empirical selection of signatures for use in the comparison is preferably performed by an administrator through a local manager 52. This local manager 52 may be an administrative console attached to the server 12 or a separate administrative system. Preferably, the local manager 52 also operates to monitor the operation of the server 12 including generation of statistical and summary reports reflecting the operation of the server 12. The local manager 52 is also preferably responsible for establishing an aging algorithm for retiring signatures and potentially entire signature record sets from the signature database 18. Since only one or a small set of typically less than ten signature record sets are required to identify a particular UEM message and related variations, the storage capacity requirement for the signature database 18 16 is not great. However, individual UEM mass mailings tend to occur over relatively short periods, typically 1 to 5 days. Therefore, corresponding signature record sets can be considered to have a similarly limited effective life-span. Preferably then, the aging algorithm maintains signatures in the signature database 18 for an empirically selected aging period that may lost from one day to several weeks, with a preferred period of a few days, such as two to five days. The removal of signatures is accomplished by a periodic scanning of the signature database 18 and removing signatures whose date/time-stamps are older than the currently defined aging period.
The algorithmic processors 48 1-N that are not selected to produce signatures for new signature record sets preferably continue to generate signatures. The operation of such algorithmic processors 48 1-N is preferably maintained for a period of time at least equal to the aging period. Alternately, when an algorithm is retired, the signatures created using that algorithm are removed from the signature database. This tends if not actually ensures that signatures are retired before the corresponding generating algorithm is retired. Thus, the signatures generated against any given message are a proper superset of those stored by the signature record sets in the signature database 18 at any given time. The scan of the signature database 18 by the final analysis processor 50 for a matching signature record set can be performed irrespective of the particular subset of signatures selected for use in the current generation of signature record sets.
When a newly generated signature-set is finally identified by the final analysis processor 50 as representing a sufficiently different UEM message, the current generated signature record set is stored in the database 18. This record set as stored may include tuples storing a particular signature value and a versioned identification of the particular algorithm used to generate the signature. The date/time-stamp and other, optional data is preferably stored with the signature value at this time. The other data may include signature record generation dates, other data identifying or characterizing the signature or some aspect of the content from which the signature was generated, and data that may be used in support of the aging of the signature, the associated signature record, or full signature record set.
The signature record set is also provided to an update manager 54 for use in a hot update of the client systems 14, 14′. In the preferred embodiments of the present invention, the operation of the update manager 54 is ultimately defined by the local manager 52 and administrator. Preferably, this defined operation is a relatively continuous process of serving hot updates of newly identified signature record sets to the client systems 14, 14′. This is desired in order to minimize the latency from the first receipt of a message from a new UEM mailing campaign to the updating of the client systems 14, 14′.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the hot updates are dynamically sourced by the update manager 54 over the Internet 22 to the client systems 14, 14′. A conventional hot update system and proprietary communications protocol may be used. A hot update message will likely contain a single signature record set and, therefore, may be relatively small and quickly delivered. The record set size may be further reduced by sending only those signatures that did not match against the signature database 18 and updated date/time-stamps for those that did match. A hot update message may also include new or updated algorithms for use by the client systems 14, 14′. That is, any time a new or modified algorithm is adopted by the server 12 for use by one of the algorithmic processors 48 1-N, the algorithm is concurrently provided to the clients 14, 14′. Preferably, the hot update communications protocol is secure, such as through the use of an encryption protocol, to protect the content of the hot updates.
Referring now to FIG. 3, the client system 14, representing the client systems 14, 14′, is shown in greater detail. A SMTP proxy server 60 is installed in place of a conventional SMTP server 62 that is used as an email routing relay for a community of Users1-N 64. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the SMTP proxy 60 operates to route email messages inbound from the Internet to a white list processor 66. A white list 68, which is accessible by the white list processor 66, is managed by a local manager 70 under the control of a client site administrator. This local manager 70 may be an administrative console attached to the server 14 or a separate administrative system. Preferably, the local manager 70 also operates to monitor the operation of the server 14 including generation of statistical and summary reports reflecting the operation of the server 14. Using the local manager 70, the client site administrator can manage a set of white list entries, typically consisting of some set of domain names and email addresses corresponding to sites and individual correspondents that are trusted not to be a source or forwarder of UEM messages. Thus, the white list processor preferably operates to examine each message received from the SMTP proxy to determine if the “From:” domain or email address is on the white list 68. If present, the message is passed directly to the SMTP server 62 for eventual distribution to an end-user 64.
All other inbound email messages are next passed, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, to a hold queue 72. A UEM detection processor 74 operates on messages as entered into the hold queue 72 to determine whether the message corresponds to any signature record set stored in a client signature database 76. This detection process is performed generally in three steps: first, a client signature record set, reflecting the contents of a particular queued message, is generated and a scan comparison is made between a signature-set of the client signature record set and the signatures stored in the signature database 76; second, a similarity score is generated for the client signature-set; and third, a preferably threshold-based determination is made to determine whether the similarity score credited to the client signature record set is sufficient to consider the corresponding email message to be a known UEM message.
Preferably, the generation of the client signature-set is performed by an array of algorithmic processors, provided within the UEM detection processor 74, that is essentially identical to the array 48 1-N. The UEM detection processor 74 also effectively includes at least that portion of the final analysis processor 50 that operates to collect the signatures generated by the array 48 1-N, accesses the signature database 18, and performs the scan comparison to identify matching signatures in order to generate a similarity score, essentially in the same manner as performed by the server 12. This includes determining the ratio of matching checksum signatures found, normalizing, as appropriate, the ratio identity value, and adding any “adder” values to determining a final similarity score, as described above in connection with the operation of the final analysis processor 50.
Finally, based on the generated score, a client-site determination is made as to whether a scored message is a UEM message. In preferred embodiments of the present invention, a score threshold value is established by the client site administrator through a local manager 70. Messages having scores higher than the threshold value are considered to be UEM messages and dealt with in a manner determined by the client site administrator. Preferably, the options are to drop the UEM messages completely, to distinctively mark the message as UEM and thus delegate the further handling of the messages to the user-client email client applications, and to maintain a UEM message in the hold queue 72 pending review by the client site administrator.
Preferred embodiments of the present invention allow the client site administrator to set and manage through the local manager 70 multiple threshold values to support discrimination between different handling options. For example, a high threshold may be set to immediately drop UEM messages detected with a very high degree of certainty. One or more intermediate threshold values can be set to filter between messages that should be marked differently as UEM messages, such as with different rating numbers reflecting different likelihoods that the message is UEM. A low threshold value may be set to filter for all messages that are at least above a suspect threshold as bing UEM messages.
An algorithm set store 78 is preferably used to manage the current set of algorithms usable by the UEM detection processor 74. Both the signature database 76 and algorithm set store 78 are preferably hot-updateable from the server 12. In preferred embodiments of the present invention, the hot-update protocol is used to access a secure internet port 80 on the client system 14 and transfer updates to the local manager 70. In turn, the local manager 70, in a preferably automated process, stores the signatures of new signature record sets in the signature database 76 and new and updated signature algorithms, including their related parameters, in or through the algorithm set store 78.
The hold queue 72 can also be used to implement a delay function. In an alternate preferred embodiment of the present invention, the examination of messages entered into the hold queue 72 may be intentionally delayed. By forcing a delay before the UEM detection processor 74 begins the evaluation of a message newly entered into the hold queue 72, an opportunity is provided for the server 12 to notice any newly started UEM mass emailing and to generate and distribute corresponding signature record sets to the client systems 14, 14′. Preferably, the delay imposed is a variable parameter that can be set by the client site administrator though the local manager 70. In preferred embodiments of the present invention, the period of the delay may be set between 0 and 30 minutes, with a typical setting of between 5 and 15 minutes.
In a presently preferred embodiment of the present invention, however, the delay is set at 0 provided a sufficient number of decoy email addresses have been deployed for a period of time sufficient to expect that many have been harvested. As a result, there is a substantial statistical chance that a decoy address will be in the first 1 to 5 percent of the email addresses used in a new UEM mass mailing campaign. Given that the latency of the server 12 in generating a corresponding and distributing a new signature record set, plus the latency of the clients 14, 14′ in installing the signature record set, is relatively small in comparison to the progression of a UEM mass mailing, the clients 14, 14′ will be updated in time to block at least 90% of any new UEM messages. A quite reasonably expected blockage rate of 98% is attained. This number is reached by assuming that the number of decoy addresses are sufficient to reasonably have the occurrence of a decoy address within the first 1% of the UEM mass mailing and assuming that the combined server 12, client 14, 14′ latency only allows another 1% of the UEM mass mailing to be delivered without detection. Even with a successful delivery rate of 10%, however, most UEM vendors should find that their UEM mass mailings are prohibitively ineffective to pursue.
FIG. 4 details, in flow diagram form, the process 100 of creating a signature record set by a server system 12 and scoring a message by a client system 14, 14′. Although performed for different ultimate purposes by the server 12 and client 14, 14′ systems, the process 100 nonetheless utilizes substantially the same steps. The process 100 begins with a single message, which is first converted 102 to a plain text form (Table I) and then normalized 104 to conform (Table II) the content to a standard presentation. The message content is then evaluated through computationally based algorithms 106, weight-based algorithms 108, and any other algorithms 110.
The computationally based algorithms 106 (Table III) include text block 112, chunking 114, selected text 116, and other 118 algorithms that operate to generate signatures based on a computation, such as checksums. Weight oriented algorithms 108 (Table IV) include improper field checking 120, count-based signatures 122, and other algorithms 124.
The use of the process 100 by a server system 12 next collects 126 the various generated signatures into a newly generated signature record set. A determination then made to store the signature set record in the database 18 where a generated similarity score is below a pre-set threshold. When a record set is stored to the database 18, the signature record set is stored and hot updated to the client systems 14, 14′. Changes in the current set of algorithms used, scoring parameters, and other data used by the algorithmic processor array 48 1-N are also included in the hot update.
The process 100, as used by the client systems 14, 14′, preferably relies on the scoring parameters provided for the specific algorithms 112-124 to determine the similarity score for the message being evaluated. The computational 128 and weighted adds 130 components of the score are tallied and then combined 132 to produce a final similarity score for the message. Based on pre-established score thresholds, a score comparision 134 is performed and an appropriate action is then taken, such as dropping the message or marking the message with a relative indicator of the likelihood that the message is a UEM message.
Thus, methods and a system for identifying UEM messages and supporting the filtering of such messages from the desired stream of inbound email has been described. While the present invention has been described particularly with reference to the filtering of electronic mail, the present invention is equally applicable to other and future forms of communications that operate on the basis of distributed public addresses for user-to-user communications.
In view of the above description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, many modifications and variations of the disclosed embodiments will be readily appreciated by those of skill in the art. In particular, the nature of the content normalization processes may be readily adapted to handing other and new content presentation conventions and may be adjusted to convert message content to a defined form other than plain/text. Additionally, the algorithms may be permuted in various manners to provide a renewable source of different distinct signatures and new algorithms, provided they create reproducible signatures, may be introduced at any time. Also, UEM should not be construed as restricted to just email transported by the simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP). Rather, UEM should be understood to include other message types where a server or proxy can be placed or executed in the transport path of these messages. It is therefore to be understood that, within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described above.
d) second determining whether said score value is greater that a predetermined threshold value, whereby said email message is qualified as unsolicited email.
wherein said step of performing performs said lookup of signatures by looking up signatures of said first said signature set against said first plurality of said reference signatures and by looking up signatures of said second said signature set, respectively by like predefined location, against said second plurality of said reference signatures.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein said step of first determining determines said score value for said received email message based on a calculated signature match value for each like pairing of said signatures between said first said signature set and said first plurality of said reference signatures and between said second said signature set and said second plurality of said reference signatures.
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Danielle de Niese does Handel, and more.
Danielle de Niese, the diva who can bring a new generation to opera.
That is my code name, of course. My real name is Dr. Piggy. I am director of research and development for Designing Women (NYSE: DeWo), a firm that designs women. Three years ago, Peter Gelb, the incoming managing director of the Metropolitan Opera, asked me to create a diva who could bring new life and new subscribers to that venerable art. With a hand-picked team of geneticists, biophysicists, and overpaid music critics, I drew up plans for a creature of superhuman beauty and talent, capable of singing, dancing, acting, and chewing gum at the same time, and charged with an animal magnetism of 10,000 Gauss. We were about to build the prototype when Mr. Gelb called to cancel the order.
Though the contract is still in litigation, I can see his point.
In the summer of 2005, the soprano scheduled to sing the role of Cleopatra in a new production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare at the Glyndebourne Festival in Sussex, England, fell sick. Desperate, the management turned to a nobody: a 26-year-old of Dutch and Sri Lankan extraction, extracted from Australia at the age of 10, and raised in California. The youngest singer ever accepted into the Metropolitan Opera’s training program, she’d made her Met debut as Barbarina, to good notices, at the age of 19. Her name was Danielle de Niese.
On opening night, she ceased to be a nobody. Audiences roared themselves hoarse. Critics could barely keep their flies buttoned. David McVicar’s cheeky production—which transposed the action from the Roman Empire to the British and spiced Handel’s arias with dance moves from Bollywood, Broadway, and MTV—seemed custom-cut for de Niese’s outsized talents. In fact it was custom-cut for them, partly. When, in rehearsal, McVicar and his choreographer, Andrew George, saw what de Niese could do, they kept pushing the envelope: “Can you do this?” Invariably, she could.
Lip-syncing on MTV is a breeze; singing opera at full voice while dancing is not. Maintaining precise breath control can be agonizing (“My heart was beating in my throat,” de Niese says), and one has to shuttle constantly between the tight diaphragm required for dancing and the loose one required for singing. (By the way, this little problem gave the biophysicists on our design team a real headache; in the end, we had to spring for two diaphragms.) To be sure, de Niese did most of the really aerobic stuff during her arias’ ritornellos, or instrumental breaks. Even so, her feat was pretty stunning.
Those of us who missed it because we were busy designing the perfect diva will have another shot next month, when the same production is mounted by the Chicago Lyric Opera. In the meantime, we can watch the DVD (BBC/Opus Arte). And we can listen to her debut album, a recital of Handel arias released this week by Decca.
De Niese’s backers believe she could bring a new generation to opera. I fully expect her to rope in several generations, including not only those who have reached puberty but those who are still watching cartoons. De Niese has the larger-than-life features of a Disney princess. Figuratively (by which I mean literally, with regard to her figure), she is a flesh-and-blood ‘Toon, a regular Jessica Rabbit. She is built for the theater, her every eye roll and lip purse reading loud and clear even from the nosebleed section. Yet the camera loves her, too, a fact first discovered by producers in Los Angeles who made her host of a children’s TV show when she was 12. (She won an Emmy four years later.) At a distance of 14 inches (the closest I got, on my honor), her eyes are so large as to be dizzying. Her mouth is constructed on a similarly queenly scale. When she sings or speaks her lips put on a show of their own, a bijoux ballet.
We tend to assume that the sort of opera most likely to attract new audiences is the sort written by Verdi or Puccini, in which characters behave in a relatively natural manner (e.g., singing continuously in long arcs of melody, often while dying). But it may turn out that older, more “artificial” forms, such as Handel’s opera seria, are a better draw. The plots may be convoluted, but they move in quick bursts of recitative, between which one can kick back and enjoy the arias. These resemble modern pop songs in (A) offering a snapshot of emotion, (B) being in ABA form, and (C) lending themselves to MTV treatment. And (D) just as the American popular song tradition, from the Café Carlisle to American Idol, allows one to “put one’s own spin on the standards” (in de Niese’s words), so does the return of the A section give ample room for creative ornamentation, which not only colors the music emotionally but “gives the singer a chance to show off, which I think modern audiences can relate to.” Since (E through H) Handel was probably, as Winton Dean remarks, “the greatest melodist in musical history” (think Messiah, then multiply by 23 oratorios, 50 operas, etc., etc.), you’ve got quite a songbook to work with.
Since I may have given the impression that my admiration for de Niese rests on extramusical grounds, let me use her new record as a chance to test that hypothesis.
De Niese is an enchantress, of course. Her magic does not require that she be physically present; it works just fine on video. But if so much of it is visual, what happens when all she has to conjure with is her voice? Will the spell—transferred to a spinning circle—be unbroken? Or will her man come to his senses and escape?
Let’s take the opening cut: ” Da tempeste,” the bravura aria Cleopatra sings when, having escaped dungeons, daggers, and a particularly nasty countertenor, she suddenly finds herself with Egypt, Caesar, and the known world at her feet. “If a ship, buffeted by storms, then reaches safe harbor, it no longer knows what to wish for.” In this foray into nautical psychology even so fine a Cleopatra as Magdalena Kozená falls short, incising a triumph so steely that one wonders if her dreadnought was ever at risk. De Niese, at a less frenetic tempo, conveys relief and a giddy joy: She’s on solid ground, but her legs are still shaking. In the repeat of the A section, where most singers just strut their stuff, de Niese uses ornaments as tools to dig deeper into the truth of the scene, striking gold with a spine-tingling cadenza. Compare the cadenza offered more than 40 years ago by one of the first Cleopatras on record, and to many ears still the best (of whom more later): It’s great fun, but empty of musical or dramatic sense.
If, on more plaintive numbers (such as “Lascia ch’io pianga,” from Rinaldo, de Niese doesn’t always sound the uttermost depths of sorrow, her youthful passion has a power of its own. Under, or somewhere near, the baton of William Christie—her conductor at Glyndebourne and elsewhere—the players of Les Arts Florissants partner her gallantly.
A quibble: While on the Glyndebourne DVD de Niese’s voice is, like her person, luscious from top to bottom, on the record it seems just a tad uneven, with hints of glare in the upper or “cash” register (so called because it produces the “money note”); I trust this can be chalked up to close miking and to the acoustics of the Paris church in which the recording was made. Mostly, though, the voice remains fresh, delicious—and, yes, enchanting. At least for this victim, the spell holds. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that Decca has graced the CD booklet with an all-Danielle fashion portfolio worthy of Vogue.
A young American singer takes the role of Cleopatra and is catapulted to instant fame. Sound familiar? It should if you paid the slightest attention to the recent obits for Beverly Sills, whose Cleopatrapulting took place in 1966. I’m not about to equate the two ladies vocally (love may be blind, but it isn’t deaf). Still, there are parallels worth drawing.
Onstage and off, Sills came across as unaffected, even “natural.” But it isn’t possible to be natural in opera any more than in sword-swallowing. In Donizetti’s Daughter of the Regiment—a 1974 Wolf Trap performance taped for TV—her gestures and facial expressions are refreshing because they come not from opera buffa but from vaudeville and Hollywood. (She claimed she took her cues from Lucille Ball, but she reminds me more of Harpo.) Even in more serious roles, such as her sublime Manon, one sensed a light emanating more from the Great White Way than from La Scala or the Palais Garnier.
De Niese, too, oxygenates the opera house with acting that seems unoperatic—which is not to say it’s not stagey. She could be Cleoparachuted into a Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan flick, and no one would bat an eye, at least until she started singing; even then, her dance moves might well distract viewers from the fact that the notes were written almost 300 years ago by a man wearing a wig the size of a collie.
Sills, who could duet with Danny Kaye as gracefully as with Nicolai Gedda, made many Americans feel at home in opera for the first time. De Niese has the potential to be that sort of rara avis (as Julius would say): not a glitzy, bloated “crossover” star, but one who doesn’t need to cross over because she naturally lives in both worlds.
I could be wrong, of course—in which case, Mr. Gelb, Galatea 1.0 is ready to roll.
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https://slate.com/culture/2007/10/danielle-de-niese-does-handel-and-more.html
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11030 20 Apr 2019 @ 0930 20 Apr 2019 @ 1945 RMichaels Yesterday, Fan and Mortar were having short, organized cycles (and at least one event cycle with significant Main Vent splashing, which is more promising than what I usually see this time of year). Today I observed Fan and Mortar from 0930-1945. Though I left for a couple periods, I believe I only missed two cycles. Cycles today were longer and less organized than what I saw yesterday. I only saw one "event" all day: it started at 1238 and it consisted of Main Vent splashing prior to a cycle start followed by one small MV splash after River came on. Otherwise the cycle was unremarkable (no pauses, little activity from Mortar, mediocre water levels). After that, the cycles were all long (River on for 1 hour or more) and boring except for the last. The last cycle was a regular cycle, though Main Vent steamed heavily prior to River starting and Bottom Vent and Lower Mortar had higher water levels than prior cycles. River and Gold came on almost simultaneously at 1907 and had much better water levels than what I'd seen previous. High and Gold had periods of jetting up to 4-6 feet that lasted for up to a minute. Water levels waned prior to Angle on at 1923, but the sudden increase in energy was still a positive. It will be interesting to see if Fan and Mortar continues its usual spring slumber or if it's working back toward having eruptions.
10874 20 Jan 2019 @ 1435 --- Graham no ice at the splashpoint. likely dormant.
10704 02 Nov 2018 @ 1143 --- steve It appears F&M did not erupt overnight. No ice or other signs.
10699 01 Nov 2018 @ 1250 --- steve At F&M I just watched three quick junk cycles. River, then High and Gold after a few minutes, then all off after a few minutes, then maybe five minutes off before it all repeats.
10619 18 Oct 2018 @ 1340 18 Oct 2018 @ 1344 MikeG Steam visible on webcam. Too much wind to know if it's really coming from F&M.
10606 13 Oct 2018 @ 1400 --- Tara No eruption overnight.
10599 12 Oct 2018 @ 0920 --- Suzanne No eruption overnight.
10572 06 Oct 2018 @ 0950 --- Tara No eruption overnight.
10570 05 Oct 2018 @ 1925 --- William Unattended. Had not erupted when I left at 19:25.
10565 05 Oct 2018 @ 1020 --- Tara No eruption overnight.
10505 30 Sep 2018 @ 1730 --- ThomasR Bridge and boardwalk wet. All vents quiet.
10476 27 Sep 2018 @ 0500 --- Graham No eruption yet.
10475 26 Sep 2018 @ 1950 --- William Had not erupted when I left at 19:50.
10454 26 Sep 2018 @ 0600 --- Graham No eruption yet.
10315 21 Sep 2018 @ 0645 --- Graham Has not erupted yet.
10127 10 Sep 2018 @ 0632 --- Kyle has not erupted. now at 14d 23h.
10051 05 Sep 2018 @ 2125 --- Tara Unattended.
10040 05 Sep 2018 @ 0455 --- Kyle has not erupted. at later stage if cycle. back vents steaming. poor water levels.
10036 04 Sep 2018 @ 1955 --- RMichaels Unattended.
10019 04 Sep 2018 @ 0508 --- SteveO No F&M yet.
10015 03 Sep 2018 @ 1945 --- RMichaels Unattended. No Event Cycles observed during daylight hours.
9995 03 Sep 2018 @ 0613 --- RMichaels No eruption yet.
9958 31 Aug 2018 @ 0530 --- SteveO No F&M yet.
9931 29 Aug 2018 @ 1910 --- c.barwin Unattended.
9738 16 Aug 2018 @ 2120 --- Tara No eruption yet.
9731 16 Aug 2018 @ 0945 --- Tara No eruption yet.
9729 15 Aug 2018 @ 2033 --- Tara Unattended.
9696 13 Aug 2018 @ 0646 --- JimS No eruption overnight.
9655 12 Aug 2018 @ 0610 --- JimS No eruption overnight.
9647 11 Aug 2018 @ 2125 --- Tara Unattended.
9640 11 Aug 2018 @ 0818 11 Aug 2018 @ 1502 c.barwin No morning or early-mid afternoon events. The last two cycles were long and MV emitted "half hearted" steam while RV sputtered along like it could pause. The first long cycle was 1130 RV on to 1256 RV on followed by 1256 RV on to 1445 RV on.
9620 11 Aug 2018 @ 0633 --- JimS No eruption overnight.
9606 10 Aug 2018 @ 2040 --- Tara Unattended.
9404 02 Aug 2018 @ 1314 --- hkoenig Fan minor. Hard to say when exactly started. Looked like extended “lock”. D>12m35s. Define end. Looked like photos and descriptions of 19th century activity.
9325 30 Jul 2018 @ 0650 --- hkoenig No eruption overnight.
9256 21 Jul 2018 @ 0244 --- hkoenig No eruption.
9243 19 Jul 2018 @ 0642 --- hkoenig Nothing overnight, marker in place.
9239 18 Jul 2018 @ 0850 --- Tara No eruption yet. Came up on what was probably the tail end of an event cycle. Water levels were poor but Bottom Vent's runoff was damp, Back Vents were on, and there was a single angled splash in Main Vent.
9049 06 Jul 2018 @ 2200 --- Tara Unattended.
8511 06 Jun 2018 @ 1230 --- Polly Stream by the outhouse is dry. Firehole River water levels are comparable to what they were last year at the time when F&M came out of dormancy (still on the high side but down considerably from peak).
8261 15 May 2018 @ 1452 15 May 2018 @ 1552 Polly River, High, Gold (with Gold 2 & 3) ie on approach. Very small amount of water in Bottom Vent channel about 1’ down. Angle 1507. At about 1541, Bottom Vent had a sound like breaker waves hitting a rock (bassy sound). By 1543 sounded like Bottom Vent or Lower Mortar was filling - water flowing inside. River was trying to shut off as we left.
8147 10 May 2018 @ 1915 --- Tara Stream next to pit toilet still flowing nicely. F&M in weak garbage.
8090 04 May 2018 @ 1605 --- Tara Weak garbage mode. Creek next to pit toilet flowing nicely.
7812 03 Nov 2017 @ 1437 --- steve No eruption overnight.
7795 29 Oct 2017 @ 1349 --- billwarnock Big steam cloud in Fan and Mortar area. Louise checked later and said it hadn't erupted. Steam billowing until 1406. I don't think it was Artemisia.
7711 15 Oct 2017 @ 1330 --- WillBoekel Area washed and fan and mortar dead in recovery mode.
6919 22 Sep 2017 @ 1030 --- Csiegel Lots of gurgling. Main, river, gold, angle all on sustaining about 2ft bursts then nothing.
6856 20 Sep 2017 @ 0823 --- JimS No eruption yet.
6854 19 Sep 2017 @ 1645 --- Csiegel Nuthin... Lots of churning. Gold on. River on.
6851 19 Sep 2017 @ 1250 --- Polly No F & M yet.
6804 18 Sep 2017 @ 1240 --- Polly Unattended.
6751 18 Sep 2017 @ 0740 --- JimS No eruption yet.
6627 17 Sep 2017 @ 0659 --- JimS No eruption yet.
6613 16 Sep 2017 @ 1925 --- Tara Unattended.
6433 15 Sep 2017 @ 2002 --- RLJones No eruption yet. F&M unattended.
6373 14 Sep 2017 @ 2009 --- RLJones No eruption yet. F&M now unattended.
6362 13 Sep 2017 @ 1902 --- Graham Abandoned after event cycle and to avoid more of the storm.
6326 12 Sep 2017 @ 1957 --- Tara Unattended.
6261 10 Sep 2017 @ 0953 10 Sep 2017 @ 1142 Polly Mostly organized series of cycles (long cycle, quick cycle, quick River & Angle on then off, cycle with decent water). This is what I like to see. Worth keeping an eye on.
06 Jun 2018 @ 1318 JSJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6v-pWJqTwY#t=5m47s Clips 18-27 of this video compilation (= time stamp 5:47 to the end) show some of Fan Geyser’s 1:18 to 1:52 PM major eruption on 6 June 2018.
06 Jun 2018 @ 1318 JSJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=577PNumPMvc#t=10m28s Video of Fan & Mortar Geysers' 1:18 to 1:52 PM major eruption on 6 June 2018.
06 Jun 2018 @ 1318 JSJ https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/41518400070 Photo (out of 16) of Fan & Mortar Geysers' 1:18 to 1:52 PM eruption on 6 June 2018.
31 Jul 2017 @ 0624 Tara https://youtu.be/kSklbSOYTp8 Video by Tara Cross.
31 Aug 2017 @ 2006 Tara https://youtu.be/6m2cmX6aIfw Eruption video by Tara Cross.
22 Aug 2017 @ 1343 JSJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHxKxRM53s0 Video by David Schwarz of Fan & Mortar's 1:43 to 2:16 PM eruption on 22 August 2017. The action starts at about time stamp 0:40.
04 Aug 2009 @ 0930 Tara https://youtu.be/j6kgoHwTRVg Video by Tara Cross.
22 Jul 2009 @ 1705 Tara https://youtu.be/SXrTs60JXFU Video by Tara Cross.
24 Aug 2008 @ 0856 Tara https://youtu.be/tXbXAvnTAqo Video by Tara Cross.
03 Sep 2016 @ 1046 JSJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHBNk8QUtOc Another video showing the lead-up & initiation of Fan & Mortar Geysers' late morning eruption on 3 September 2016 (the action starts at time stamp 3:44).
27 Sep 2016 @ 1159 JSJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTesyPxEi1k Video of Fan & Mortar Geysers' noon-time eruption on 27 September 2016.
03 Sep 2016 @ 1046 JSJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi4GAkZtZ6Q Video of lead-up & initiation of Fan & Mortar Geysers' late morning eruption on 3 September 2016.
03 Aug 2016 @ 1600 JSJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4D-IWcJ0RM Video of Fan & Mortar Geysers' 4:00 PM-onward eruption on 3 August 2016.
04 Jul 2016 @ 1422 JSJ https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/28118687280 Thermal image (1 of 6) of Fan Geyser's 2:22 to 2:58 PM eruption on 4 July 2016.
04 Jul 2016 @ 1422 JSJ https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/27755417113 Photo (1 of 10) of Fan Geyser's 2:22 to 2:58 PM eruption on 4 July 2016.
04 Jul 2016 @ 1422 JSJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqqb0EG5ODE#t=12m40s Clips 24-36 of this video compilation (time stamp 12:40-onward) show Fan Geyser's 2:22 to 2:58 PM eruption on 4 July 2016.
23 Jan 2015 @ 1317 WillBoekel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfzijBk43wc&list=PLROlDXCUlcDtsmrLRYTjg8BqhsS_TXTB2&index=6 Here is the capture from that day Don't see any F&M steam at 1317 or after that point.
27 Jul 2010 @ 1956 Tara https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2MA9VbvFBA&feature=youtu.be Video of eruption by Tara Cross. Eruption starts at about 7:50 in the video.
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Pleased to update on the significant progress in our West Cameroon cookstove project. This project is a landmark collaboration between CO2Balance and the African Centre for Renewable Energy & Sustainable Technology (ACREST). Together we have designed the ‘Sweet Mother Stove’, in a bid to improve lives in West Cameroon.
The registration process of the project with the Gold Standard has formally begun endorsing the project as part of CO2Balance programme of activities as the project moves along in its crediting cycle. Watch this space for interesting news and updates from West Cameroon as CO2Balance and ACREST launch a major marketing and stove sales campaign in the coming weeks to drive sales of the “Sweet Mother Stove” from as many as 15 selling points across West Cameroon. The current partnership continues to go from strength to strength. It is extremely fulfilling to see our partners ACREST grow organically as a result of this project.
Since the local stakeholder meeting held in January last year, a significant progress was achieved in the jointly implemented “West Cameroon Improved Cookstove” Project. The Gold Standard Foundation listed our project, endorsing this unique partnership whereby local knowledge and skills are matched with international support and know-how. The improved cookstoves made at the ACREST Headquarter in Mbouda has been subsidised though the carbon market and was made affordable for hundreds of families, providing access to cleaner and healthier cooking environment.
One of the stove users is Madame Yontu Solange. She is very happy with the stove mainly because it cooks faster and uses twice less wood than the three-stone fire she used before. She also pointed out that the stove is safe and does not require constant supervision like the three-stone fire, this way she can carry out other household tasks or even go to the market while the food is being cooked. Given that the stove retains heat efficiently, it keeps the food warm even after the fire extinguished, which is also a great advantage as the family is big and everyone arrives home at different time to eat.
We are looking forward for another successful year with ACREST in Cameroon!
At CO2balance we believe that our projects have the biggest impact on the ground if we work in strong partnerships with local communities and organisations, which is why CO2balance welcomes similar partnerships whereby international support meets local knowledge and skills.
The African Centre of Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (ACREST), our partner NGO in Cameroon has been working with engineers from Purdue University in the United States to harvest energy from the local river through a micro-hydro plant. Besides providing electricity for more than 50 families in the neighbourhood, the plant is essential for ACREST for a continuous work on its cook stove, solar and water purification projects.
Students at Purdue University wanted to take this initiative to a higher level in order to build a ” locally-sourced, locally-fabricated, financially-sustainable micro-hydropower plant” by upgrading the existing one with innovative engineering techniques to reduce operation costs. The project “Beyond “empowerment”: the realization of community power” has reached the final stage of the prestigious Clinton Global Initiative University 2014 commitments challenge, being one of the 16 finalists of the competition (http://press.clintonglobalinitiative.org/press_releases/16-student-teams-advance-to-compete-in-the-clinton-global-initiative-university-2014-commitments-challenge/). The Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) was launched by President Clinton in 2007 to engage the next generation of leaders on college campuses and to provide the necessary finance needed to realize the selected projects.
Well done ACREST and Purdue University!
In the previous post on Cameroon we wrote about the successful stakeholder meeting and the promising partnership co2balance launched with a local NGO, ACREST on improved cookstoves. ACREST has been successfully producing and selling the stoves in the past years and now thanks to co2balance subsidy channelled through the carbon market, the stoves are available to the wider community, serving families who previously could not afford buying it. Today we would like to present a case study of one of the existing ACREST cookstove users interviewed during our field trip in Cameroon.
Madame Lontsie Ernestine has been using the improved stove for four years to cook for sometimes as many as 14 people in her extended family.
During the interview she explained that she liked the stove primarily because it consumed much less wood than the traditional stoves. She compared the amount of wood she used to burn to cook on the three stone fire to the amount she needed on the ACREST stove – today she needs only 3 pieces of wood instead of 15 pieces to cook the same meal (see pictures below).
She also explained that since cooking on ACREST stove her health condition has improved thanks to the reduced in-house smoke. Just as other women in the area, she has been cooking inside the house and mainly in the evenings which has had very serious effect on her sight. The exposure to smoke from three-stone fire had caused eye irritation to an extent that her eyes were bloodshot and painful on a regular basis. She welcomed the partnership and the lower price for the improved cookstoves as she hopes that this way more women in the area will have access to better cooking conditions in their kitchen.
Co2balance is looking forward to supporting growing number of local families through the carbon market and in partnership with ACREST and hopefully we could soon report on similar success stories from West-Cameroon.
“Parfait”, “Très bien“, “Succès total “– these are just some of the participant feedbacks on our stakeholder meeting held last week in Bangang, Cameroon. The meeting marked the launching of the ‘Western Cameroon Improved Cookstove Project’ in partnership with a local NGO, ACREST and was attended by more than 150 national and international stakeholders.
During the stove demonstration which compared three-stone fires and improved cookstoves, participants could verify the reduced firewood consumption of the improved cookstove which has high importance in West-Cameroon, the most densely populated region in the country. The high population rate poses great pressure on the local forests, which have been gradually cleared for agricultural activities and for human settlements. Consequently the price of firewood has rocketed in the past years, making families spending more and more on fuel from their very limited budget.
As the stoves are made from local materials and by local staff, it ensures a truly sustainable process whereby local knowledge and skills are matched with international support and know-how. The participants have been provided the opportunity to purchase the stoves for a new, subsidized price and having sold dozens of stoves immediately after the workshop shows that this new partnership will be providing a long-term solution in areas most in need.
Eszter Hegyi from co2balance has arrived in Bangang, Cameroon to conduct the local stakeholder consultation alongside our project partner ACREST on the 7th Jan 2014. The meeting will be held in ACREST’s headquarters, in a lush jungle location powered by a water wheel – redefining the meaning of green!
The ‘West Cameroon Improved Cookstoves Project’ will see co2balance leveraging carbon finance to subsidise a construction and sales programme of over 3300 efficient wood burning stoves in the cities of Mbouda and Dschanque. 90% of people purchase wood fuel in these two cities, which has led to a dramatic decline in the nearby forests and consistent price rises in the main fuel used for everyday cooking. Our project will help reverse both of these negative trends and also kickstart a local business opportunity, which we will help to expand as awareness of cleaner, more efficient cooking technology grows.
This will be the second mini project within our Micro Energy Programme of Activities, which has been specifically designed to work with new partners to develop small domestic level energy efficiency projects in low to middle-income countries in Africa and Asia. Using this and our other low income country programme, we are able to develop projects in most countries across the globe and take advantage of the simplified rules for programmes of activities to offer our partners a route to scale up their business using carbon credit funding.
This is our first project in Cameroon and our first in a Francophone country, fingers crossed it will be the first of many – Bonne Chance Eszter!
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2019-04-25T00:42:14Z
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https://co2balance.wordpress.com/category/cameroon/
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We offer a simple and practical classification for a clear understanding of our role in prayer and lean how we can pray always: i) Active Prayer during Prayer; ii) Active Prayer outside of Formal Prayer; iii) Passive Prayer during Prayer; iv) Passive Prayer outside of Formal Prayer. This classification is again not to be taken as a watertight compartment, one level separate from the other, with absolute laws. It is only a help to pray always without any limits.
30 page book from Father Rudy.
Called the FIVE EXTERNAL SENSES.
Dhyanavana Publications, Bangalore 2013, pp. 362, Price Rs. 200.
“Fr. Rudolf is the author of 27 publications (books, articles, DVDs and CDs). Now I learn that he has completed a Trilogy of Homilies on the three year cycle of liturgy. The first volume was published in 2011 for Year B titled “The Mustard Seed”, the second volume published last year for Year C titled “A Sower Went Out to Sow” and the next one that has come out for the Year A is ‘And it Yielded A Hundredfold”: Bishop Bosco Penha, Em. Aux. Bishop, Archdiocese of Bombay.
Rudolf V. D'Souza OCD; Published by Dhyanavana Publications - Bangalore 2010, pp. 90; is a must read book during these years of preparation for the Birth Centenary of St. Teresa of Avila - 2015. This book deals with the comparative religious experience between the writings on prayer by St. Teresa of Avila and the Bhagavad Gita religious experience. The book is a re-print from the Gujarat Sahitya Prakash - Anand (Gujarat) by Jesuits. The book had a great success and has already gone into two prints. The book makes a pleasant reading and written in very scholarly and simple language. This volume is useful for all those who intend to get a comparative religious experience of two world religions and also recommended to be used in formation houses and seminaries of Theological formation.
SHARJAH & ABUDHABI RETREAT PREACHING : Fr. Rudolf D'Souza recently preached a six days retreat in Abudhabi. All his Retreat talks have been published in the form of DVD from Sharjah and into three cassettes( part one, part two and part three) from Abudhabi. This will be available also in India shortly.
HARJAH & ABUDHABI RETREAT PREACHING : Fr. Rudolf D'Souza recently preached a six days retreat in Abudhabi. All his Retreat talks have been published in the form of DVD from Sharjah and into three cassettes( part one, part two and part three) from Abudhabi. This will be available also in India shortly.
The themes are as follows: Day 1: THE KINGDOM OF GOD; DAY 2: KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE 8 BEATITUDES; DAY 3: KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS; DAY 4: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD; DAY 5: THE HOLY MOTHER CHURCH AND MOTHER MARY; DAY 6: FAMILY.
WHEN GOD LONGS FOR YOU, Praying is Friendship with God, Dhyanavana Publications, Bangalore 2010, pp. 88.
The book deals with the Prayer Definition by St. Teresa of Avila. The Birth Centenary of St. Teresa of Avila will be celebrated in 2015. Preparations for the celebrations of the 5th Centenary are on all over the world. The recently concluded international meeting of the Carmelite representatives from all over the world met at Avila spelled out the need for diffusing the spirituality of St. Teresa of Avila in a quicker and powerful way.The author was present for the meeting and promised that he would bring out this book as a prelude to these celebrations.
The present book can help the reader to get the best of the entire spirituality of St. Teresa of Avila, written in a simple flowing style that can help any reader to go deeper into the spiritual mind of this great Prophetess of Prayer and Contemplation.. This volume is a welcome compendium on Teresian Spirituality, that can be made available in all the formation houses, Institutes of Spirituality, Seminaries and houses of learning all over the world. The foreword to the book by Rev. Dr. Archibald R. Gonsalves OCD (Provincial Superior of the Karnataka Goa Maharashtra Province of the Carmelites) is strongly recommended before you begin to browse through the pages of this book.
Fr. Rudolf has written more than 250 articles in various national and international magazines, both in English and Konkani.
I CAME TO GIVE LIFE, LIFE IN ABUNDANCE (JOHN 10.10) AN AUDIO CD WITH 13 HOURS PREACHING ON GOD, FORGIVENESS, LOVE AND RESURRECTION.
A Mind Less Travelled, 2003.
A Mind Less Travelled, 2003; 2004: This book deals with the mind and the intricacies of the mind at Prayer. The author has given a number of tips on how we should prepare ourselves for prayer and what prayer can do to our daily life. He makes a thorough study of the brain, and gives suggestions on how we need to relax our mind to be creative, productive and spiritually active. The author convinces that the more we pray better we perform our daily works and tasks.
Cast Your Net Into the Deep, 2005: Published by Dhyanavana Publications; This book has 13 conferences on HOW TO FIND REAL MEANING IN LIFE.
When I Cannot Pray, 2001, 2003, and 2004: Published by Dhyanavana Publications, Bangalore. The book deals with Prayer. The author answers various questions regarding prayer: Why pray? How do we Pray? What is Prayer? Where one has to Pray? What is the goal of Prayer?
Awareness and Union with God Awareness and Union with God, A Bhagavad Gita and Christian Perspective, 2002: This book published by the GUJARAT SAHITYA PRAKASH, ANAND - GUJARAT. Deals with the Christian Tradition and the Hindu Tradition of Spirituality. Makes a pleasant reading.
Cast your Net into the Deep Cast Your Net Into the Deep, 2005: Published by Dhyanavana Publications; This book has 13 conferences on HOW TO FIND REAL MEANING IN LIFE.
Come to a Lonely Place, 2003: Published by Dhyanavana Publications, Bangalore. 12 lectures dealing with on how to build a healthy community life, in an Institute; in a Family or elsewhere.
Discernment in Prayer (Co-authored), 2000, 2004: The book is Published by the Dhyanavana Publications, Bangalore. The author edited the book and contains articles that enlighten a person to know more about prayer and deals with the ways of getting to know the authenticity of prayer life.
Indica - The John of The Cross The Gita And St. John Of The Cross: A Holistic Approach To Life": in Western Encounter with Indian Philosophy, ed., Augustine Thottakara, pp. 139-176, 2002. This is an article on St. John of the Cross and Indian Philosophy.
Thaklenthlo Demchar Theklentlo Devnsar (The Devil in the Mind) [in Konkani Language], 1989; Reprint by Konkani Welfare Association Mira Road in 2002. The book deals with all kinds of Psychological illnesses and the author clarifies that all these sicknesses need not be provoked by the devil, but are a result of the sickness of the brain.
Meeting in God-Experience Meeting in God-Experience, 1999: This book is Published by the GUJARAT SAHITYA PRAKASH, ANAND - GUJARAT. This book deals with the comparative spirituality of the Bhagavad Gita and St. Teresa of Avila. It makes a pleasant reading and helps unravel the meeting points between these two traditions.
The Bhagavadgita & St. John of the Cross The Bhagavad Gita and St. John of the Cross-, 1996, 1997. This is the Doctoral thesis of the Author, first published by the Pontifical Gregorian University, as the first number of the Series Volumes of Spiritual Theology. The book again was published by the GUJARAT SAHITYA PRAKASH - ANAND - GUJARAT (Jesuit Publication). The Author obtained the best thesis Award of the Year 1995 from the University. The book deals with the Comparative Spirituality of the Bhagavad Gita and St. John of the Cross - the Carmelite Reformer and Doctor of the Church.
Towards Prayer and Contemplation Towards Prayer and Contemplation, 2006: Published by St. Joseph Church, Mira Road. The author is the member of the Bombay Archdiocesan Commission for Promoting Prayer and Contemplation.
When I Cannot Pray When I Cannot Pray, 2001, 2003, and 2004: Published by Dhyanavana Publications, Bangalore. The book deals with Prayer. The author answers various questions regarding prayer: Why pray? How do we Pray? What is Prayer? Where one has to Pray? What is the goal of Prayer?
Where Lovers Meet Where Lovers Meet (Co-authored), 1998: The author has written two well studied articles in this book; one on Prayer in St. Teresa of Avila's writings and another on St. John of the Cross and Prayer.
The Dynamism of Spiritual Growth The Dynamism of Spiritual Growth : This book is an out come of a serious exegetical study on the important words and texts from the writings of St John of the Cross. The study deals with a short life and writings of the mystic and then does a complete study on GOD, MAN and WAYS to EXPERIENCE GOD.
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In these terms and conditions, the following words shall have the following meanings: “buyer”: individual, firm, company or other party from whom an order to supply goods or services is received; or who otherwise is the purchaser of goods or services from the company. “seller”: individual, firm, company or other party to whom an order to supply goods or services is given by the company; or who otherwise is the seller of goods or services to the company. “company”: Millside Heating Services Limited. “conditions”: the standard terms and conditions of sale set out herein, together with any additional terms and conditions that may be agreed between the company and the buyer. “contract”: a contract for the supply of goods by the company to the buyer. “goods”: products, kits, systems or services supplied or sold by the company. “order”: any oral or written order, including by email or web site, placed by the buyer with the company for the supply of goods. Words importing the singular number shall include the plural and vice-versa, words importing one gender shall include all genders, and words importing persons shall include corporate bodies, unincorporated associations and partnerships.
2.1 These conditions are incorporated into the contract and contain the entire obligations between the company and the buyer. All orders are accepted and goods supplied under these conditions alone.
2.2 Any other terms and conditions which a buyer might seek to impose are excluded, even if they are contained in a later document and/or purport to exclude or supersede any terms or conditions inconsistent with them and/or may be contained in any offer acceptance or counter offer made by the buyer. These conditions apply to all contracts between the company and the buyer unless and until the company notifies the buyer of any change to them.
2.3 No variation of these conditions is permitted unless expressly agreed in writing by a director of the company.
2.4 If at any time any part of these conditions is found to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable in any respect under any law, then such part shall be severable from the remaining provisions of these conditions, and the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
2.5 No order shall be binding on the company unless and until it has been acknowledged by the company either in writing or by delivering the goods to the buyer pursuant to the order. Any acknowledgement by the company of an order is subject to availability of the relevant goods.
2.6 All oral orders by commercial customers must be confirmed to the company in writing by an official Purchase Order or Works Order. Otherwise, for Domestic customers, the company reserve the right to request written confirmation of all orders in any such circumstances as the company shall see fit.
2.7 All orders shall be subject to a minimum invoice value of £50 plus VAT, except for orders placed on the company website which shall have a minimum £5 order value.
2.8 The company reserves the right to refuse to accept any order without giving any reason.
3.1 Where goods are ordered by the buyer, which the company deems to be “special” by virtue of the quantity or specification, then no cancellation by the buyer is permitted unless expressly agreed by the company. The buyer will be liable for the full price of any such goods.
3.2 If the company agrees to take back in to stock any goods correctly supplied to the buyer, the company reserves the right to apply a re-stocking charge of 10% of invoice or merchant/manufacturer’s terms which ever be the greater.
3.3 In the event of an agreed cancellation by the buyer, the buyer will indemnify the company fully against all expenses incurred by the company in connection with the order and its cancellation.
the company reasonably apprehends that any of the events mentioned above is about to occur in relation to the buyer and notifies the buyer accordingly.
3.5 The company’s rights contained in condition 7 shall continue beyond the discharge of the parties’ primary obligations under the contract consequent upon its termination.
3.6 The termination of the contract for whatever reason will be without prejudice to the rights and liabilities of either party accrued prior to termination.
4.1 Notwithstanding any quote given by the company, the price for the goods shall unless otherwise agreed be that prevailing at the date of delivery to the buyer.
4.2 Without prejudice to condition 4.1, the company may adjust the price of the goods at any time to reflect a variation in the cost to the company of supplying them caused by any circumstances beyond the company’s control. The company’s written certificate of such circumstances and variation shall be conclusive evidence of those matters.
4.3 Unless otherwise stated all prices quoted are exclusive of Value Added Tax and delivery charges, which shall be charged to the buyer.
4.4 Orders placed on the company website for less than £45 excluding VAT shall be subject to an additional charge equal to the full cost of delivery.
4.5 All quotes are given “errors and omissions excepted”, expire after 30 days if no other expiry date is expressed, and are subject to these conditions.
4.6 The company reserves the right to vary the specification of its goods or withdraw them from offer without notice.
5.1 Unless otherwise agreed with the company at the time of placing its order, the buyer shall make 50% payment for the goods with its order. Final payment shall be made within 7 days of completion of works and date of official company invoice. Any variance from these terms of payment shall not be effective unless it has been agreed in writing by a manager or director of the company, prior to the delivery of the goods.
5.2 The company reserves the right to charge interest at 5% above the base rate for the time being of Barclays Bank plc on all overdue invoices. Interest will accrue on a day to day basis from the due date for payment until full payment has been made.
5.3 The buyer shall forthwith on demand by the company reimburse to it any bank charges incurred or suffered by the company as a result of any cheque given by the buyer failing to be met on presentation.
5.4 The buyer shall not be entitled to withhold payment of any amount due to the company by reason of any claim by the buyer against the company or any third party in connection with the contract.
5.5 Without prejudice to condition 5.4, all legal and equitable rights of set-off that the buyer may otherwise have against the company are excluded.
5.6 Any discount or retrospective bonus granted by the company to the buyer is discretionary and may be withdrawn at any time at the company’s option and is in any event subject to payment by the buyer in accordance with these conditions.
5.7 The company reserves the right to terminate any credit arrangements at any time without giving any reason.
5.8 The company reserves the right to impose special credit conditions or demand security for payment before continuing with or delivering any order.
6.1 All goods shall be delivered to the buyer’s invoice address or to an alternative address specified on the buyer’s order unless the buyer arranges to collect them at a time agreed by the company.
6.2 All delivery times offered by the company shall be treated as best estimates. The time for performance of the contract by the company shall not be of the essence of the contract. The company’s failure to so deliver and/or provide the goods by the due date(s) shall not constitute a breach of contract. The company shall not be liable for any loss whatsoever or howsoever arising caused by non-compliance with advised delivery schedules.
6.3 Normal delivery schedule for any order will be within 7 to 10 working days from date of confirmed order, subject to manufacturer’s delivery schedule and external factors such as weather and circumstances in condition 14.
6.4 Where goods are delivered by instalments each instalment shall be deemed to be sold under a separate contract and no default in respect of any one instalment shall affect due performance of the contract as regards other instalments.
6.5 Any damages or loss of goods in transit must be reported to the company within 48 hours of delivery. Proof of Delivery supplied by a third part courier will be sufficient proof that the goods were delivered.
7.2 Title in the goods shall not pass to the buyer until payment has been received by the company for the goods and no other amounts are then outstanding from the buyer to the company in respect of other goods supplied by the company.
7.3 The company authorises the buyer to use or to agree to sell goods delivered to the buyer subject to the provisions of condition 7.4.
7.4.1 The buyer will hold the goods as fiduciary agent and bailee for the company.
7.4.2 The goods shall be kept separate and distinct from all other property of the buyer and of third parties and in good and substantial repair and condition.
becomes bankrupt or insolvent or enters into any arrangements with creditors or takes or suffers any similar action in consequence of debts or carries out or undergoes any analogous act or proceedings under foreign law.
7.4.5 Upon determination of the buyer’s authority to sell and use the goods the buyer shall place them at the disposal of the company. The company shall be entitled to enter the premises of the buyer for the purpose of removing them, using such force as is reasonably necessary for such purpose.
The responsibilities, liabilities and rights of the company and the buyer with respect to any claim of damage or discrepancy/shortage in respect of any delivery of goods, are contained within the separate Delivery, Damage & Discrepancy policy document.
9.1 The company warrants that it has title to and the unencumbered right to sell the goods.
9.2 It is the buyer’s responsibility to ensure that the goods are suitable for the purpose to which they are intended to be used. If the buyer is unsure as to the suitability of any goods for a particular purpose the buyer should consult the company prior to purchase.
9.3 Even if the buyer has consulted the company about the intended use of the goods, no representation or warranty is given as to the suitability or fitness of the goods for any particular purpose. The buyer shall bear the entire responsibility therefor.
10.1 The company is only liable for defects caused by faulty design, manufacture, materials or workmanship of goods supplied by the company.
10.2 In respect of goods not designed or manufactured by the company, the company only gives such guaranty or warranty to the buyer as the company itself receives.
defects arising in the course of storage or handling of the products after delivery to the buyer or its agent.
10.4 Nothing in these conditions excludes or limits the liability of the company for death or personal injury caused by the company’s beach of duty.
10.5 Liability for fraudulent misrepresentation on the part of the company is not excluded or limited.
10.6 Save as set out above, the company shall not be liable to the buyer for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage (whether for loss of profit, loss of business, depletion of goodwill or otherwise), costs, expenses, or other claims for consequential compensation whatsoever (however caused) which arise out of or in connection with the contract or the relationship between the parties.
10.7 If, notwithstanding the other provisions of these conditions, the company is found liable for any loss or damage suffered by the buyer, the company’s total liability in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation or otherwise arising in connection with the performance or contemplated performance of the contract shall be limited to the price of the goods paid by the buyer to the company.
10.8 Where the goods are sold under a consumer sale (as defined by the Sale of Goods Act 1979) the statutory rights of the buyer are not affected by these conditions.
Goods – subject to manufacturer’s terms and limits. In the event of goods sold via the company web site there is a 7 day “No Quibble” Guaranty of full refund.
Workmanship – All work carried out by the company shall be subject to 24 months warranty.
Any original component part replaced under warranty shall itself have a 12 month warranty. Such new warranty shall apply to the replacement part only and shall not extend the warranty period of the original appliance beyond its previously stated time period.
If an original component part is replaced under warranty and that replacement part then fails under its own warranty, as above; the part shall be supplied Free Of Charge but the labour cost of replacement shall be fully chargeable.
The company’s determination on any matter thus arising shall be final.
11.2 All warranty and guaranty provisions shall be invalid, in the event of the company not having received full payment for any and all goods supplied. This shall apply even if the buyer’s customer has paid the buyer for the goods, if the buyer has not made full payment to the company.
12.1 Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the company will be the sole owner of all inventions, designs or other similar items and the copyright in all documents and drawings made or produced by it in preparing a quotation for the buyer or in the course of work on any contract with the buyer.
12.2 The buyer agrees to preserve the IPR of the company at all times and to ensure that no contract for supply of goods involves loss of IPR by the company unless expressly offered as part of the contract by the company. IPR shall include any patent, trade mark, registered design, know-how, confidential information, trade secrets or copyright.
13.1 The buyer shall indemnify the company fully and keep it indemnified at all times from and against all claims made against the company by a third party in respect of the goods supplied by the company after their delivery to the buyer.
14.1 The company shall not be liable for any failure to deliver the goods arising from circumstances outside the company’s control. During any period in which such circumstances subsist the company’s obligations shall be suspended.
14.2 Non-exhaustive illustrations of the circumstances that are covered in condition 14.1 are; Act of God, war, riot, explosion, abnormal weather conditions, fire, flood, strikes, lockouts, Government action or regulations (UK or otherwise), delay by suppliers, accidents and shortage of materials, labour or manufacturing facilities.
14.3 Should the company be prevented from delivering the goods according to conditions 14.1 and 14.2, it shall give the buyer notice of this fact as soon as practicable, and in writing if possible.
14.4 If the circumstances preventing delivery are still continuing three months after the buyer receives the company’s notice, then either party may give written notice to the other cancelling the contract.
14.5 If the contract is cancelled under condition 14.4, the company will refund any payment which the buyer has already made on account of the price (subject to deduction of any amount the company is entitled to recover from the buyer) but the company will not be liable to compensate the buyer for any further loss or damage caused by failure to deliver.
15.1 Any figures, statements, descriptions, illustrations, photographs, drawings, or any other matters contained in the company’s or any other brochures, price lists or advertising literature are not guaranteed to be accurate and are intended merely to represent a general picture of the company’s or any other goods and shall not form part of the contract nor be regarded as a warranty or representation relating to the goods.
15.2 Due to the company policy of continual improvement it reserves the right to vary the specification, details, prices or availability of goods at any time.
Any notice to be given according to these Terms and Conditions shall be in writing wherever possible, or alternatively by fax or email or orally. Notice shall be deemed to have been duly given if sent or delivered to the buyer or other relevant party concerned at its specified address or such address as the buyer or other such party may from time to time notify to the company. It shall be deemed to have been served; if sent by post, on the third business day after posting, or if by fax, email or orally at the time of on the first business day after successful transmission. Notice shall be validly given if it has actually been received by any means.
These conditions and any such contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England, and the company and buyer hereby agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
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Should the parent be with the child in the dental operatory?
It has long been a topic for discussion if the parent should be present in the operatory when providing dental treatment to a child.
Most Pediatric dental offices require parental separation, feeling that a parent’s presence will hinder the formation of a relationship between the dental professional and the child.
At Hunterdon Pediatric Dental Associates, we have adopted Our Unique Team Approach in which parent, child and dental professional are all present and working together to educate the child about dental procedures and treatment. Thus, we encourage parental presence and parental participation during your child’s treatment. We feel this method will not only make your child feel more comfortable but also provides us the opportunity to educate the parents about their child’s oral health and their responsibilities to continue to reinforce this care at home.
In order to achieve these goals, it is important that the parent assume a supportive role and act as a silent observer while the child is cared for. We encourage parents to ask questions and to follow the instructions of the dental care provider as they lead and educate your child.
According to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, a child’s first dental visit should occur at the time that their first tooth erupts but no later than one year old. Although this makes perfect sense, it is Dr. Tafaro’s belief that the first dental visit for routine and preventative care should occur around age three. This is advised because most three year olds will be behaviorally adjusted to be educated about how dental care is provided, tolerate an examination and cleaning and leave with having a positive experience.
This by no means suggests that children under three should not be seen. Dr. Tafaro recommends children under three years old be seen if any of the following circumstances are present- child being breast or bottle fed past age of one year old, difficulty brushing child’s teeth, use of sippy cup or bottle during the day or at bedtime, presence of white spots, pitting or any discoloration of the child’s teeth. In these instances, the child’s visit will be limited to a complete examination and consultation of the findings with the parents.
Should my child be on a Fluoride supplement?
Fluoride is the best substance we have to fight the formation of cavities. When ingested as a liquid or a chewable tablet, fluoride becomes incorporated into the developing enamel of permanent teeth. This makes the enamel harder and more resistant to the harmful effects of bacterial acids.
Some communities make it easy for children to obtain Fluoride by placing it in their water supply. Unfortunately, the rural population of Hunterdon County makes this very costly. In this case, a Fluoride supplement should be prescribed.
* – until eruption of second permanent molars or longer if patient is cavity prone.
Is Fluoride hazardous to ones health?
Fluoride is one of the most extensively studied drugs. Many reports suggest that Fluoride is a carcinogen and can cause harm to ones bones and muscles. These studies are mostly anecdotal and they exaggerate their findings.
The true fact is that Fluoride is a drug and like any drug, too much is not good. The problems that arise from excessive fluoride ingestion are discoloration and pitting of permanent teeth. This will arise during the toddler years as the permanent teeth are developing.
To prevent excessive fluoride ingestion, parents need to monitor the ingestion of Fluoride from secondary sources. These include fluoridated water ingestion when the child is in daycare, a relative’s or other family member home where fluoride is in the water. Toothpaste contains lots of fluoride and only a small, flat row along three bristle rows of the toothbrush is recommended. Avoid using fluoride rinses in children under six years of age. If you have a concern with your child’s Fluoride intake, then our office can do a Fluoride history review with you.
Why are X Rays needed and is the radiation my child receives harmful?
Dental radiographs are a very necessary part of the examination process. Because baby teeth are developed very quickly, there tooth structure is not as well formed. Thus, they are more prone to developing decay. A small cavity that starts in between the teeth can become very large in a short period of time. This could cause the tooth to require more costly and extensive restorations or loss of a tooth from infection. Radiographs are also needed to monitor the development and eruption of teeth for orthodontic purposes.
Improvements in technology has led to the development of X Ray machines and fast films that deliver very little radiation to a very specified area. When comparing digital radiographic systems to traditional film systems, there is very little difference in the amount of radiation the patient receives.
Although there is no way to determine exactly how much radiation is too much for any given person, we do know that children are more susceptible to the effects of radiation and all efforts to limit radiation should be done.
In following this recommendation, our office’s standard radiation policy is to take two radiograph per year beginning at the age of 4 ½ years. A Panoramic radiograph (Equivalent to three regular radiographs) is taken at the age when the first permanent teeth erupt, about six years old. If determined it is necessary, it is repeated at the age of 10 – 11 years old. Once the patient has all permanent teeth present, Radiographs are taken every 18 – 24 months.
It is important to note that factors such as decay rate, ectopic positions of teeth and the frequency your child visits the dentist may alter the need for radiographs.
What are sealants and how do they work? How long do Sealants last?
Sealants are special restorations placed on the biting surfaces of teeth with the specific goal of preventing tooth decay.
During development, many teeth will develop defects in the form of pits and grooves. These imperfections are areas for impaction of food and bacteria. Because there are no effective methods to thoroughly cleanse them (toothbrush bristles are even too large to get into them), tooth decay can easily develop.
Sealants prevent decay by acting as a protective barrier so food and bacteria can not penetrate these imperfections. Thus, brushing becomes an effective method to clean these surfaces.
For sealants to be effective, they must be properly placed on the tooth. Any debris or salivary contamination will destroy the bonding of the sealant to the tooth. This will allow bacteria to penetrate between the tooth and sealant, causing a failure that could lead to tooth decay.
To prevent this, our office uses only the most effective methods and materials to insure the strongest bond of the sealant to the tooth. First, a rubber dam is used to isolate the tooth to prevent salivary contamination. Prior to its placement, a small amount of novacaine is usually given to numb the gum tissues around the tooth. This will insure the comfort of the patient. Bacteria and debris in the pits and grooves are cleaned out using a high speed drill. The enamel surface is recontoured, allowing us to detect any decayed areas and producing a superior bonding surface.
After conditioning the enamel, a special adhesive is applied to seal the enamel and aloe for good adaptation of the sealant to the tooth. A tooth colored filling material is then spread over the tooth and light cured. This material is much stronger than traditional sealant material and more resistant to wear. After polishing, a surface sealer is used to seal the margins where the tooth and sealant meet.
Although there is no specific time period a sealant will last, our office guarantees all sealants for three years. At this time, I am finding most sealants lasting over ten years without having any problems.
How is Restorative Dental Care Provided to Children?
Dental decay is a progressive disease that can cause extensive damage to primary and permanent teeth. The sooner a cavity is diagnosed, the less treatment will be required to restore the tooth.
Cavities that are confined to the biting surfaces of teeth are treated with a tooth colored filling. In this procedure, only the decayed areas are removed. These areas receive the filling while the rest of the tooth is sealed with the same filling material. This method of restoration is known as a preventive resin restoration.
Deeper cavities and those cavities that form in between the teeth require the removal of more healthy tooth structure. Here a definitive preparation is made in the tooth and a tooth colored composite resin material is used to restore the form and function of the tooth. Sometimes the placement of a protective base is required to insure the nerve of the tooth will not become irritated and cause sensitivity after treatment.
When decay progressive to the point where most of the crown of the tooth is affected, a stainless steel crown is required. Here, the entire crown of the tooth is prepared so the crown will fit over the tooth. Once properly fitted, the crown is cemented on.
When decay gets into the nerve of the tooth, the nerve must be treated to insure its health and prevent the tooth from abscessing. In this procedure, the nerve is removed from the inside of the tooth and a medication is placed to disinfect and preserve any healthy nerve in the root of the tooth. After this is completed, a stainless steel crown is used to restore the tooth.
Severely decayed front teeth in the young child present a cosmetic issue. Here, a stainless steel crown that has a tooth colored facing is used.
Restorative dental treatment is performed in the office with the use of local anesthesia to numb the mouth and teeth. Nitrous Oxide (laughing gas) is often used to help relax the children and provide a mild analgesic effect.
Orthodontic problems in children are either due to crowding of teeth, improper growth and positioning of the jaw bones or a combination of both of these problems.
When these problems are seen in children between the ages of 6 to 8 years old, limited orthodontic treatment could be very helpful in preventing the orthodontic problem from becoming worse. Such treatment is known as Interceptive Orthodontics or Phase I treatment.
By doing Interceptive Orthodontics, bite problems can be corrected that could prevent or reduce the amount of orthodontic care needed in the future. Such treatment includes promotion of front tooth alignment, space maintenance, correction of crossbites and habit control.
Many orthodontic problems are more complex and require a child to grow and develop before a definitive plan of treatment can be developed. In these cases, Comprehensive Orthodontic Treatment is best. This will usually consist of full braces and possibly some type of orthodontic appliance therapy that will promote the proper growth and development of the jaws.
The time to start Comprehensive Orthodontic treatment is between the ages of 11 and 14 years old. Such factor that need to be considered before determining the exact time to begin are growth and development, when permanent teeth are erupting, the child’s emotional and maturity levels and the complexity of the problem.
Dr. Tafaro has extensive training in Orthodontics as he has been providing such care for 15 years. At your child’s recall visits, an orthodontic evaluation is done. This information helps guide us to determine the proper path of care.
Although the primary teeth will eventually be lost, they are vital to a child’s health. Not only are they needed to eat, chew, talk and cosmetic appearance, the primary teeth hold space for the permanent teeth that replace them. When primary molars are lost prematurely, a space maintainer is needed to prevent the shifting of the other primary teeth.
There are two types of space maintainers. Unilateral or one sided space maintainers consist of an orthodontic band placed upon one anchor tooth with a wire soldered to both sides of the band. A bilateral space maintainer uses two orthodontic bands placed on opposing anchor teeth on each side of the jaw with a wire soldered to one side of each band.
The space maintainers are made by taking an impression of your child’s mouth and having it custom made by an orthodontic laboratory. They are cemented in the mouth so they can not be removed. They are removed when the permanent teeth are erupted in the mouth.
How Are Cavities in Very Young Children Treated?
Children under 3 ½ years old who have extensive restorative treatment needs present a problem in delivering quality dental care. Because they can not understand how to cooperate and are unable to tolerate longer appointments, dental care must be provided with the use of general anesthesia.
At our office, these cases are performed at Hunterdon Medical Center. Here, a trained anesthesiologist administers the anesthesia while all of the child’s dental care is completed. All children must undergo a routine physical examination prior to receiving anesthesia and be free of any illnesses.
New Jersey law prevents insurance companies from denying payment for medical benefits for dental care rendered in a hospital. Because of the inherent risk involved in receiving general anesthesia, Dr. Tafaro will only treat cases in which he deems it absolutely necessary.
What is gingivitis and how do you treat it?
Gingivitis is a reversible inflammation of the gum tissues due to plaque accumulation around an in between the teeth. It presents as red, swollen gum tissues where the teeth and gums meet. The body’s immune system recognizes the bacteria and responds to it by sending antibodies to the area to fight the infection. To do this, the small blood vessels become opened and fragile, thereby causing them to bleed when touched. If the gingivitis should worsen, the gum tissues can swell up, over growing the teeth and making it easier for plaque to stay on the teeth.
Treatment for gingivitis starts with more attentive and regular home care. Gentle brushing at the gumline and daily flossing will remove the bacteria and stimulate healing. If bleeding still occurs, then a professional cleaning as well as detailed home care instruction may be needed.
Children who have braces on their teeth are much more prone to developing gingivitis as the braces allow plaque to more easily accumulate. In this case, more attentive and frequent home care care is required.
It should be noted that gingivitis is the first step in gum disease. Because children’s immune systems are normally stronger, progression to more severe forms of gum disease is very limited. However, if good oral hygiene habits are not developed early, then there is a good chance that irreversible gum disease could form. Remember, once you have irreversible gum disease, it can not be cured. The disease can only be controlled through more frequent cleanings and many times surgical procedures.
Dental decay is a bacterial disease of the teeth. This disease begins by bacterial plaque forming sticky colonies around the teeth. These bacteria use sugar to produce an acid that dissolves the minerals out of the tooth’s enamel. This process is known as decalcification or acid attacks. As enamel is decalcified, it becomes porous and soft. Bacteria will infiltrate these pores and continues the process. If undetected, the decay progresses and creates the hole we call the cavity.
Fortunately, our mouth fights against this process by putting minerals back into the teeth through our saliva. However, it takes the mouth 20 minutes to recover from an acid attack before this can occur. If the mouth stays in cavity formation stages more than cavity repair stages, remineralization of the enamel cannot occur.
Cavities that develop in between the teeth are most frequently seen in children who eat lots of small meals, consume juices or soda by sippy cups or straws, or tend to take long times eating meals. Additionally, food that sticks in the mouth takes a long time to be cleared out. This will cause the loss of minerals from the teeth for as long as the food stays in the mouth. Such foods as potato chips, pretzels, and crackers are digested in the mouth to sugar and cause cavities faster than other sugary foods.
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2019-04-21T08:35:38Z
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Yesterday, we kicked off Sony Flash Week with a look at the Flashpoint XPLOR600 600ws monolights which offer affordable batter-powered 600 watt/second flash with wireless triggering, High Speed Sync up to 1/8000th and TTL for Sony Multi-Interface Shoe cameras.
Today we take a look at Flashpoint speedlights and hotshoe flashes for Sony Multi-Interface Shoe cameras offer wireless radio control, TTL and High Speed Sync.
Flashpoint Zoom LioN TTL R2 Speedlight for Sony (Pre-Order for $179.95) includes full R2 Remote TTL connectivity and interaction with all Sony strobe functions including TTL, High Speed Sync, Exposure Compensation and an automatically zooming flash head.
The R2 TTL Wireless Flash System is the advanced 2.4GHz radio remote that adds camera TTL dedicated custom functions to your multi flash experience. Easy to use buttons command a full range of functions like reliable channel triggering, group mode selectivity, HSS, with powerful signal strength and exceptional stability to your selected camera flash language. LED panels clearly display the status of all remote R2 compliant strobes so you always have control of group lighting mastery. R2 wireless communication gives speed of light response to on camera or off camera R2 family devices for a spectacular advantage on the shoot in any environment.
The other massive advantage is the internal and interchangeable Lithium Ion Polymer battery with exponentially more power than AA batteries of any type, while fitting into roughly the same amount of space. Packing an amazing 11.1 volts and 2000mAh, this battery can power your flash longer and with faster recycle than any shoe mount speedlight on the market. Full power recycle times are less than 1.5 seconds, even if you fire 5 full power shots in fast succession!
One completely charged battery can deliver up to 650 full power shots. The high-powered, fast recycling Lithium Ion battery has a charge time of just 2.5 hours has enough juice to get you through most shoots. (Extra Flashpoint Batteries for the ZoomLion Flash are Available for $49.95).
The flash head rotates 180 degrees in any direction and tilts over 90 degrees for any type of bounce or modifier use. The head zooms automatically or manually from 24-200mm, to ensure the necessary coverage without wasted spill. The built-in pull out wide angle diffuser spreads light evenly for use with lenses wider than 24mm to 14mm.
The key component that makes this new flash stand apart from others is the proprietary TTL and HSS enabled 2.4GHz R2 Radio Remote System radio triggers transmits atop a Sony body with the essential TTL pass-through and laser AF assist and works with the complete family of Flashpoint Speedlights, Monolights and Strobe lights with R2 TTL radio transceiver built right in.
Flashpoint Zoom Li-on Manual R2 Speedlight (Order for $99.95) uses the same 11.1 volt 2000mAh interchangeable Lithium Ion Polymer battery that can deliver up to 650 full power shots with all the same specs – just with manual power settings. If you prefer manual flash settings and don’t need TTL, you can get the manual-only version of this flash for $99.95!
Flashpoint Zoom TTL R2 Speedlight for Sony (Pre-Order for $119.95) is an advanced 2.4GHz radio remote that adds camera TTL dedicated custom functions to your multi flash experience. Easy to use buttons command a full range of functions like reliable channel triggering, group mode selectivity, HSS, with powerful signal strength and exceptional stability to your selected camera flash language. LED panels clearly display the status of all remote R2 compliant strobes so you always have control of group lighting mastery. R2 wireless communication gives speed of light response to on camera or off camera R2 family devices for a spectacular advantage on the shoot in any environment.
The simple layout and familiar controls make using this flash intuitive. The flash head rotates 180 degrees in any direction and tilts over 90 degrees for any type of bounce or modifier use. The head zooms automatically or manually from 24-200mm, to ensure the necessary coverage without wasted spill. The built-in pull out wide angle diffuser spreads light evenly for use with lenses wider than 24mm to 14mm.
This high-powered, speedy recycling, compact and durable AA battery-powered TTL flash is sure to become a pivotal part of your photography equipment lineup.
Flashpoint Zoom Manual R2 Speedlight (Order for $99.95) also uses AA batteries with all the same specs – just with manual power settings. If you prefer manual flash settings and don’t need TTL, you can get the manual-only version of this flash for $99.95!
Flashpoint StreakLight TTL 360w/s Flash for Sony with Flashpoint Blast Pack (Pre-Order for $619.95) with R2 integrated wireless transceiver built-in offers 360 watt/seconds of power, precise TTL exposure, advantages of advanced engineering and inventive circuitry in a solid, dependable package, energized by the magic of lithium. Ingenuity abounds with raw energy brawn and seamless compatibility to all Sony on-camera TTL controls. At the same time – acting as the Master command center interface – to control flash modes, power levels, and lighting ratios on any number of Streaklight 360 TTL Sony with either TTL or Manual power settings.
The 360ws bare bulb tube delivers beautifully even and soft light from its standard stippled parabolic reflector, with or without the two included diffusion disks. The Lumedyne style standard mount will accept most Lumedyne or Quantum accessories, as well as the full line of Streaklight accessories including beauty dishes, gels, grids, snoots, and an innovative umbrella mount which securely centers the flash for perfect on axis light distribution within an umbrella or brollybox.
I have several of the previous manual-only version of this flash. It works fine as long as you use it sparingly – but it will shut down in fired at full power for around 60 consecutive flashes as quickly as it recycles. For heavy use I would instead recommend: Flashpoint XPLOR 600 TTL R2 For Sony.
The key to the R2 TTL Wireless Flash System is the advanced 2.4GHz radio remote that adds camera TTL dedicated custom functions to your Sony multi flash experience. R2 wireless communication gives speed of light response to on camera or off camera R2 family devices for a spectacular advantage on the shoot in any environment.
R2 TTL Wireless Flash System is the advanced 2.4GHz radio remote that adds camera TTL dedicated custom functions to your multi flash experience. Easy to use buttons command a full range of functions like reliable channel triggering, group mode selectivity, HSS, with powerful signal strength and exceptional stability to your selected camera flash language. LED panels clearly display the status of all remote R2 compliant strobes so you always have control of group lighting mastery. R2 wireless communication gives speed of light response to on camera or off camera R2 family devices for a spectacular advantage on the shoot in any environment.
The incredible range of these compact and lightweight units as well as their integrated functions and features make them the first choice of professional photographers. The proprietary TTL and HSS enabled 2.4GHz R2 Radio Remote System radio triggers transmits atop a Sony multi-terminal body with TTL pass-through and works with the complete family of Flashpoint Speedlights, Monolights and Strobe lights with R2 TTL radio transceiver built right in.
All the R2 enabled family communicate seamlessly: the lithium powered Zoom Li-on Sony TTL speedlights, the Zoom M AA-powered speedlights, Streaklight 360 TTL for Sony, and the 600ws XPLOR600 monolights. Older Flashpoint flashes can be fired and controlled off camera while being attached to the R2 Radio Remote Receiver to grace remote link to earlier models.
All the R2 enabled family communicate seamlessly: Lithium powered Zoom Li-on Sony TTL speedlights, Zoom alkaline-powered speedlights, Streaklight 360w/s Sony TTL flash and 600w/s XPLOR600 monolights. Older Flashpoint flashes can be fired and controlled off camera when attached to this R2 Radio Remote Receiver.
R2R-S Receiver can also trigger other strobes with hot shoes or sync ports. It includes USB port for firmware updates and 2.5mm Sync Port.
An extra battery is always a good idea, and this long lasting 2000mAh power pack is no exception, even if it is likely to never die on you. Rated to 650+ full power shots on a single 2.5 hour charge, this unit delivers the power of an external battery pack inside your flash.
Flashpoint Grip for StreakLight Flash (Order Here for $19.49) this handy accessory allows Streaklights or other speedlights to be comfortably held by assistants and off camera by attaching firmly to the base of the flash. Ergonomic design conforms to the hand for a comfortable grip.
So these have the newer MI shoe?
Is the Godox X1N TTL trigger fully compatible with the Flashpoint Zoom Li-on R2 TTL On-Camera Flash Speedlight For Nikon?
It should be compatible if your using them with Nikon cameras but not on other camera brands.
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2019-04-21T22:03:24Z
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https://briansmith.com/flashpoint-ttl-hss-speedlight-hotshoe-flashes-sony/
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There are few places left in the world, especially in Europe, that can be legitimately referred to as ‘off the beaten track’ but Moldova is certainly a country that can lay claim to the description. Our in-depth, escorted tour of this charming country, with its rich cultural heritage, will explore a wealth of interesting sites including Medieval fortresses, magnificent wineries and the autonomous territory of Transnistria with its Soviet architecture. Crossing into Ukraine we will visit Odessa, the ‘pearl of the Black Sea’, to admire the splendid architecture and explore the fascinating labyrinth of underground tunnels before returning to Moldova where our final days will be spent admiring the beautiful, untouched countryside and of course enjoying the local food and splendid wines of the region.
Please note that the 2019 itinerary is 9 nights long and the 2020 itinerary is 10 nights long.
We will stay in the best available hotels in the region.
Day 1 - London Stansted to Chisinau, Moldova.
Fly by scheduled flight. Arrive this evening into Moldova’s capital, Chisinau and transfer to the Radisson Blu Leogrand Hotel, our base for the next five nights. Meet tonight for dinner in the hotel.
Day 2 - Chisinau & Capriana Monastery.
After breakfast in the hotel, we will enjoy a walking tour of Chisinau including the Central Cathedral, Parliament building and the excellent National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History. After lunch at a local restaurant, continue on to the 15th century Capriana Monastery, the current residence of the Metropolitan Bishop and the base for many past rulers of Moldova including Stefan the Great. The monastery was closed during the Soviet rule but was reopened in the early 1990s following an extensive renovation, and is home to Moldova’s largest religious library. We return to Chisinau this evening and enjoy dinner in a local restaurant.
Day 3 - Cricova Winery, Orheiul Vechi & Curchi.
In recent years Moldova has become renowned for its wines and this morning we will visit one of the most popular cellars at Cricova, which produces some of the country’s best sparkling wine. We will learn about the production methods, which follow the French system very closely, before exploring the huge cellar network. Situated 80 metres underground and stretching out for a total of 120 kilometres, these cellars are used by both the vineyard and many wine aficionados as a personal vault. After our tasting, we continue our journey to Butuceni for lunch in a local restaurant with national Moldovan dishes on offer. This afternoon we will visit Orheiul Vechi, Moldova’s most important historical site. See the impressive 13th century Cave Monastery, carved into the limestone rock, the ruins of the Geto Dacian fortress and visit the Ethnographic Museum. We will return to Chisinau via one of the oldest Moldovan monasteries – Monastery Curchi, which was founded in 1773 and is known as one of the most beautiful pieces of Bessarabian architecture. Return to Chisinau for dinner this evening.
Day 4 - Clisova Noua & Soroca.
This morning we visit a handicraft museum in the village of Clisova Noua. Reflecting Moldavian way of life, customs and traditions, this small museum showcases samples of national objects of Moldavia’s people and culture. Afterwards, we head north towards Soroca near the Ukrainian border. Here, following a traditional lunch, we will visit the impressive Medieval fortress which played an important and key role in the defensive battle against the Turks and was one of the ‘stone belt of fortresses’ built to protect Moldova. Return to Chisinau for dinner this evening.
Located in southwest Moldova is the autonomous region of Gagauzia. This little visited territory is home to Gagauzians, a minority group of Turkic origin that affiliate with the Eastern Orthodox Church. We will visit the capital of the region, Comrat and, after a local lunch, tour the neighbouring village of Besalma and visit a local house to learn about life in the region. Return to Chisinau for dinner this evening.
Day 6 - Transnistria & Odessa, Ukraine.
Situated to the east of Chisinau, on the Ukrainian border, is the state of Transnistria. Officially part of Moldova, it is run as an autonomous territory and clings to its Soviet roots; statues of Lenin overlook the streets and Russian is the official language whilst the hammer and sickle flag flies from the buildings. We will start our day in Tighina seeing the impressive 15th century Ottoman fortress before transferring to Tiraspol, the capital of Transnistria. On a city tour we will see the monument of Lenin, outside of the Presidential Palace, the World War Two tanks, and the unique and typically Soviet architecture. We will enjoy lunch at a local restaurant before travelling to Odessa, crossing the border into Ukraine, and arriving in the late afternoon at the Alexandrovsky Hotel, our base for the next two nights. Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant this evening.
Founded by Catherine the Great in 1794, following the Russian victory over the Turks, Odessa today is a popular resort. On our tour we will see the famous Primorsky Boulevard and the Potemkin Steps which rise to a height of almost 500 feet from the sea to the upper town. Also, see the acoustically perfect Opera House which is one of the most impressive buildings in Europe. Enjoy lunch in a local restaurant and this afternoon visit the Archaeological Museum. Established in 1875 it was the first museum of its kind in the former Russian Empire, housing jewellery and coins from early Black Sea civilisations. Following an early dinner, attend a ballet or music performance at the Odessa National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (subject to schedules and availability).
Day 8 - Odessa, Purcari & Chisinau, Moldova.
Today we visit the fascinating Odessa Catacombs. The sandstone on which Odessa stands is riddled with approximately 1000 kilometres of tunnels, quarried out for building in the 19th century. They have been used by smugglers, revolutionaries and World War Two partisans. Our morning tour includes a visit to one of the network of tunnels in Nerubayske village on the north-west edge of Odessa, which sheltered a group of partisans during World War Two and now has been turned into the Museum of Partisan Glory, also known as Catacombs. Leaving Ukraine, we return to Chisinau and en-route visit the Purcari Winery where we can appreciate the local wines. Here, a unique micro-climate, the location of the vineyards on the south-western and southeastern slopes, proximity to the Black sea and closeness to the Nistru River provides ideal conditions for the creation of high quality wines. Enjoy a tour of the cellars, the oldest in Moldova and unchanged since 1827, and a tasting before lunch at the winery. After our visit we continue our journey back to Chisinau where we will check in to the Radisson Blu Leogrand Hotel for a two night stay. Enjoy dinner at the hotel this evening.
Day 9 - Manus Bei & Milestii Mici Winery.
After breakfast we journey to The Manuc Bei estate and manor house which is located in Hincesti. Manuc Bei (1769-1817) was a wealthy merchant, diplomat, and inn-keeper during the period of the Ottoman Empire. In 1812 he played a major role in negotiating the signing of the Treaty of Bucharest between the Russian and Ottoman empires. Towards the end of his life, he retired to his estate of Hincesti where his son later built the manor house which was designed by famed architect Alexander Bernardazzi in the style of a French chateau. It is now a museum with more than 20,000 artefacts, which we will explore with our guide. After our visit we continue to Milestii Mici Winery which is renowned as having the largest cellar in the world with nearly 200 kilometres of caves situated 80 metres underground. There are now over one million bottles stored here and we will explore the cellars and have a tasting before enjoying lunch at the vineyard. Return to the hotel this afternoon and enjoy some free time before meeting for our farewell dinner this evening in a local restaurant.
Day 10 - Chisinau to London Stansted.
After breakfast we will check out of the hotel and transfer to the airport for our return scheduled flight to London Stansted.
Day 1 London Stansted to Chisinau, Moldova.
Day 2 Chisinau & Capriana Monastery.
Day 3 Cricova Winery & Orheiul Vechi.
Day 5 Clisova Noua & Soroca.
Day 6 Transnistria & Odessa, Ukraine.
Day 9 Purcari Winery & Chisinau, Moldova.
Day 11 Chisinau to London Stansted.
2019 PRICE INCLUDES: Economy class scheduled air travel • Seven nights hotel accommodation in Chisinau and two nights hotel accommodation in Odessa as described (or similar) on a bed and breakfast basis • Lunch and dinner daily • Excursions • English speaking local guide • Noble Caledonia Tour Manager • Gratuities • Transfers.
2020 PRICE INCLUDES: Economy class scheduled air travel • Seven nights hotel accommodation in Chisinau and three nights hotel accommodation in Odessa • Meals as indicated (B - breakfast, L - lunch, D - dinner) • Excursions • English-speaking local guide • Noble Caledonia Tour Manager • Gratuities • Transfers.
Please note: This tour will involve being on your feet for some long periods and traversing a number of cobblestoned streets and uneven paths.
Located next to Central Park and close to all major government buildings, the hotel's home in Chisinau, Moldova offers close proximity to a variety of nearby attractions such as shopping malls and theatres. The recently renovated pedestrian street and the Arch of Triumph are just a 5-minute walk away.
All 143 rooms have individual climate control, coffee and tea provisions, international television stations and free high-speed, wireless Internet.
The Alexandrovskiy Hotel is a 6-storey building located in the heart of Odessa, close to Deribasovskaya Street, City Garden, Cathedral Square, Primorsky Boulevard with Potemkin Stairway and the Opera House.
All rooms are equipped with air conditioning, LCD satellite television, free Wi-Fi Internet, telephone, mini-safe, minibar, bathrobes and slippers, bathroom with bathtub or shower, a set of mini cosmetics.
Bristol Hotel is placed in the very heart of Odessa city, on Pushkinskaya St., named to honour a great poet Alexander Pushkin, and located in close proximity to the city’s main attractions including the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet, and the Potemkin Stairs.
The hotel has 113 rooms with the interior recreating an atmosphere of the Baroque era with elegant classic-style interior and Italian furniture. In addition to accommodation, the hotel offers the services of a fine restaurant, ‘Le Grand Café Bristol’. Located on the ground floor and decorated in an Italian neoclassic style, the atmosphere is cosy and inviting. Guests can enjoy a wonderful breakfast in the morning and can enjoy dinner to the accompaniment of live piano music in the evening.
The Bristol Hotel also have a Spa area and fitness studio. There are a full range of health services, including massages, sauna and pool with views of the city.
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https://www.noble-caledonia.co.uk/voyages-and-tours/land-and-escorted-tours/tour/1790/bessarabia-&-beyond/?search_url_id=0
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You may have seen Lissa’s Call-To-Action asking people to submit comments opposing Antero’s proposed frackwaste dump that threatens the drinking water of about a third of Ritchie County, and everyone downstream, including Parkersburg and parts beyond.
So WV DEP granted the permit. It was not unexpected—they seem to approve every stupid thing, no matter how many citizens beg them not to—but it is still a blow to a community already struggling with water issues.
We deserve better. We deserve the West Virginia of our dreams—not our nightmares.
Those of us on Team Lissa aren’t politicians, political operatives or bureaucrats, and neither is Lissa. We’re regular people, too, and we’re also angry about the stupid way our state government prioritizes making money for corporate political donors over the needs of the people who actually live here. We’re unpaid volunteers who think that we need a voice like Lissa’s in the legislature, and we’re pouring our blood, sweat, and tears into this campaign.
That’s who we are. So let me tell you about the kind of effort it takes for regular people like us to try to protect Ritchie from this corporate aggression.
We discovered almost too late that there was only a one-month period to appeal the permit to count toxic frackwaste outflow as stormwater that can flow into the Hughes River. Fortunately, we found another citizen group who had started earlier than we did (and who had experience working on appeals), and we were able to join them.
We collected and submitted the names and comments on a petition demanding that the DEP begin to act in accordance with WV Code and deny the permit.
The petition is ongoing, and we hope to submit more signatures to the Environmental Quality Board later in the appeals process. SIGN THE PETITION.
But so you know how much our government is rigged to sacrifice regular people to the corporate bottom line, we want to share the steps you have to go through when you need to figure out how to stop a company from poisoning a community—and everyone downstream.
Take a look at this page: Filing an Appeal with the Environmental Quality Board. There are actually 13 pages of material about the appeals and hearing process. And the instructions are neither clear nor straightforward.
No where are all the requirements set out in an easy-to-understand manner. They don’t want it to be easy to understand. One suspects they’d rather be able to deny the appeal on a technicality—whoops, not enough copies!—than have to go through the motion of denying on the merits.
Getting the permit and all the required copies of the entire appeal packet really illustrate a lot of what is wrong with the process. Ask yourself: How much of a time burden should you be required to shoulder every day just trying to protect your drinking water? How much should you be required to pay to keep your drinking water safe? Isn’t that what we pay DEP employees for?
The answer to those questions, according to Governor Justice, is currently LOTS, LOTS, and NO.
So. Let’s pretend your full appeal totals three pages: a Notice of Appeal, a page of specific objections, and a Certificate of Service (in reality, the appeal we joined was much longer than this). That’s 30 pages, minimum, to print or copy. Okay, not bad. That’s also ten envelopes and close to $5.00 in stamps.
Click “Water Resources Permit Search” for a search form.
You can try selecting an affected county—“Ritchie”—and start the search. For this frack dump, you’ll get 912 permits to dig through. Is that too many?
You can try using the company name, “Antero,” in the “Identify permittee” field and search. That narrows it down! You ONLY have 121 permits to dig through.
Assuming you’ve gone through all those permits and finally figure out that the permit has to be the “Antero Solid Waste Landfill, WV0117579,” click that permit.
But the page you are taken to if you click that number is not the permit. No, that’s just the permit number you need to find the permit.
And you need to print a copy of the actual permit in order to appeal. So WHERE is the permit?
You’ve got to go to this seemingly secret page to search. It is buried on their website. I would never have found this search page without someone else telling me about it.
In fact, try searching for an “ePermitting” link on the DEP’s main page by entering “ePermitting” into the “Search WV DEP” tool. Nope.
So if you’re a regular person like we are, did you waste time going through the 900 or 100 permits? Did you go through a pile of old newspapers looking to see if there’s a legal notice or a permit number? How many hours should you be required to spend just trying to find the permit? Try fitting this in to your workday. Because most people probably can’t just take time off from their jobs, or their lives—getting the kids to school, doctor’s appointments, laundry and everything else—to fill an appeal.
So it’s a leap, but let’s skip forward, and just pretend you knew the secret ePermitting link all along, or that you had a friend who could tell you about it.
Search using the permit number: WV0117579.
Click the link from the search results; you’re in the right neighborhood now.
Click “Print” in the left sidebar.
You should have a print-ready form, now.
The permit is about 322 pages long. And you’ve got to include one paper copy with your original appeal packet.
If you were hoping to print at home, that’s probably out the window. It might be 5 or 10 cents a copy at your library or a print shop. You’re spending $32, give or take, just to make sure your appeal doesn’t get rejected on a technicality. And if you’re sending your materials by mail, your total cost to appeal just increased significantly. How much does it cost for packaging and postage on more than half a ream of paper?
You can also drive a down to Charleston to hand deliver the appeal, to save yourself shipping costs. But only if you have a reliable car, gas money, and free time during the workweek that coincides with the Environmental Quality Board’s office hours.
They don’t want us to succeed, that’s the bottom line.
Do you know what the good folks at the EQB have? A computer and an internet connection (in Ritchie County, by the way, not everyone is fortunate enough to have an Internet connection). I bet EQB has a printer, too. Extra toner cartridges, reams of paper, the works.
But they make it OUR burden.
Why can’t EQB advise me on how to find a permit? Why won’t they print it, if they need a printed copy? For that matter, why does it need printing out, when any party can access it online?
We didn’t ask for this: we didn’t ask for Antero to target our community with its toxic waste. But they have burdened us with it, nonetheless. Now we are bound to spend money, time, and effort… or just accept being sacrificed.
I’ve got a few guesses why this whole process requires so much of regular people like us: that’s how it’s designed.
It’s time consuming, stressful, and uncomfortably costly to appeal a DEP permit through the EQB. The person coordinating the Antero frackdump appeal, Tom Rhule, says he’s never known anyone who won their appeal. It’s important to do, he says, but it’s a ultimately a hoop we have to jump through if we want to be able to bring legal action to protect the drinking water of the residents of Ritchie County, of Parkersburg, and parts downstream.
Imagine now that you don’t happen to luck into another group working on your appeal, like we did—a group with a smart, dedicated, experienced coordinator who lives in Charleston and who can hand-deliver the appeal on your side.
You spend your time and resources researching how to appeal the dangerous permit, follow the fussy requirements, and with your own money, you print and deliver the hundreds and hundreds of required pages. You probably don’t have a lawyer helping you, but Antero is likely to bring their army of professional lawyers to the hearing… if you even get a hearing.
It’s you against the giants. And they have all the resources.
Remember, frackers purposefully locate facilities in places where people don’t have the money to fight back; that’s why poor marginalized communities bear disproportionate costs of fracking.
The process is rigged to sacrifice regular people like you and your family.
The company wants you to give up.
The state wants you to give up.
The Environmental Quality Board-–appointed by our Coal-Baron-in-Chief Governor inJustice—wants you to give up, because MONEY.
They ALL want you to give up.
We have to HOLLER FROM THE HOLLERS and demand the right to refuse this risk.
Remember Minden. Because no community should be sacrificed like that just to line corporate pockets.
Why Ritchie County said NO to the Justice Road Bond – Holler from the Hollers!
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2019-04-26T10:01:53Z
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https://lissalucas.com/2017/06/29/rigged-to-sacrifice-regular-people/?shared=email&msg=fail
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Handymen are tradesmen who perform a variety of jobs, including home and business repairs. A few insurance companies have developed special insurance programs to address the insurance needs of Handymen. Usually, the programs offer broad liability coverage at low rates and are available to smaller companies (less than $1,000,000 in receipts).
The most important policy to a Handyman is the Commercial Liability Insurance policy. The Commercial Liability Insurance policy will defend you and pay on your behalf when you are found legally liable for bodily injury or property damage that is caused by your business operations. This is a very broad policy and therefore contains many exclusions. Most of the exclusions are necessary as other policy types are needed to satisfy a more specific insurance need such as: automobile, watercraft, workers compensation, aircraft and mobile equipment to name a few. One of the most significant exclusions is damage to your product. While it covers damage you cause to the property of others, it does not cover loss or damage to your product. The liability portion of personal types of policies (such as homeowners) specifically excludes coverage for any business operations, hence the need for specific business liability insurance. As a tradesman, you will be asked to provide proof of insurance to customers and general contractors. They may even require you to add them as an additional insured on your general liability policy. Generally, this is not a problem and the insurance companies that have developed these special programs, can accommodate these types of requests. Additionally, the better insurance programs have built-in coverage enhancements that can include: Personal Injury Liability (libel, slander, false arrest, etc), Per Job Aggregate limits, Employees as Additional Insureds, Wavier of Subrogation, and Blanket Additional Insureds.
Another important coverage is the Business Automobile Insurance policy. It is not a good idea to have commercial vehicles insured on a private passenger automobile insurance policy, as it cannot provide all of the coverage you need. Also, it is not a good idea to insure private passenger cars on a business auto policy unless the cars are actually used in business. Employers must make certain that they also protect themselves from liability that stems from employees using their own vehicles for any errand of their employer. Many companies that have special Business Automobile insurance programs for Artisans offer an enhancement endorsement that can include; Employees as Insureds, Loss of Earnings, Towing Reimbursement, Wavier of Comprehensive Deductible, and Rental Reimbursement.
If a Handyman owns their own shop they will need additional coverages. Many handymen use the garage of their home as their shop to make things or store tools, equipment, hardware or materials. We need to make note of a condition found in any homeowner’s policy that EXCLUDES all coverage for a detached garage that is used in any way for business. In short, the homeowner’s policy will not cover a detached garage that is used in part or whole by your business. To cover this you will need a commercial property insurance policy, which can be written to include the building, contents, business interruption and much more. Depending on how you handle money, you may also want Employee Dishonesty Insurance coverage coverage to protect from the loss of property or money if an employee steals from you. Some insurance companies bundle a series of additional coverages and offer them in one endorsement and charge a flat fee rather than price each coverage individually. These enhancement endorsements can include: fine arts, outdoor property, computers, personal property of others, coverage for cash, property in transit, sewer back-up, spoilage, lock replacement and a variety of other losses. This endorsement is usually inexpensive. If the building has boilers, a separate form of coverage is needed to cover damage caused to the building as a result of an explosion from the build up of pressure. Also any buildings with expensive or special machinery can purchase separate coverage called Equipment Breakdown Insurance. The standard property policy does not do a good job of protecting this type of equipment or the resultant business interruption.
Handymen usually have a fair investment in hand, stationary and specialized tools. They can be in the shop, in a truck or on a job. Because these tools move around, the best way to insure them is with an Inland Marine Insurance policy. The commercial automobile policy only covers the truck; it does not cover the tools, materials or equipment inside, so if you want coverage for the stuff inside the truck, this is how you do it. If you have larger pieces of mobile equipment, such as a forklift, backhoe, front end loader, mechanical lift, etc., they can be listed individually on the policy for a lower rate than the other smaller tools which do not have to be specifically listed.
An exposure that is somewhat unique to handymen is materials left on the job. It is not uncommon to find thousands of dollars of material that belongs to the tradesman. Once they are accepted and paid for by the general contractor or project owner, they are the property of the GC, but until that happens, they are yours. The policy that covers this material is called an Installation Floater. It covers materials in transit, on the job to be installed and installed and waiting acceptance. It will also cover the damage you may cause to property belonging to others that you are installing (light fixtures, cabinets, plumbing fixtures, stained glass, etc.).
On occasion, handymen are asked to provide a performance bond to guarantee that the work they are contracted to do will be performed in accordance with the job specifications and on time. A bond of this type is underwritten by examining the contractor’s financial status, his ability to do the job and his track record on completing similar jobs. This process can take several weeks and, for this reason, a contractor who knows or thinks he will need a performance bond should start the underwriting process sooner rather than later. If a contractor does a lot of bonded work, he can establish a bonding program with his agent and surety and only needs to go through the underwriting process once a year rather than on a per bond basis.
If a handyman wants to carry limits in excess of $1,000,000 the umbrella liability policy is usually the best way to get this coverage. Limits up to $5,000,000 are common. Higher limits are available, but underwriters usually want to see a valid reason why a contractor wants limits above $5,000,000.
Handymen have some exposure to Errors and Omissions. It is common for a handyman to make a decision in the field (finished to be applies to steps, size of water lines, size of drains and vents, pitch, etc.) that, if wrong, can result in a financial loss to the project owner. If a loss results in someone getting hurt, that is covered by the commercial liability insurance policy. If a financial loss occurs (business must close, opening is delayed, things don’t work like they’re supposed to, work needs to be removed and replaced, etc.) those types of losses are not covered.
Handymen need to be cautious about creating any type of pollution. This exposure can only be assessed after a careful review of your operations. In many cases, coverage will not be available for this risk. The only option may be to implement a program to minimize the risk as you cannot completely avoid the risk and run a business. While coverage is not readily available, contractors can be held liability for a host of pollution events. Oil spills from an on -site fuel tank, removing a fuel tank, pollutants on the job (paint, solvents, asbestos, fiberglass supplies are just a few examples).
Hiring subcontractors is another area of potential problems for contractors. While handymen (as used in this discussion) are not general contractors, there may be times when they hire a subcontractor to help out when he has too much work or needs the expertise of another trade. When this happens, you need to be aware that you are held responsible for the actions of the sub and for overall job site safety. Also, you become responsible for providing workers compensation for any of his employees if the sub has failed to secure workers compensation insurance. You cannot avoid this responsibility. Your best protection is to obtain certificates of insurance for commercial liability insurance and workers compensation insurance, before the sub contractor sets foot on the job site. All certificates of insurance are not the same. It is critical that the sub you have hired has the correct coverage. If he doesn’t your insurance company may consider him uninsured and charge you a premium just as if he were an employee. This can cost you thousands of dollars in additional premium, which can be avoided by hiring properly insured subs. It is a good idea to have your insurance agent review certificates of insurance that you get from subcontractors before you let them do work for you.
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2019-04-20T05:03:53Z
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http://aiainsure.com/insurance-services/business-insurance/handymen-insurance/
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Personal and Portable 3D Printer.
This experiment of Project RE_ explores 3D printing as a DIY tool for upcycling. Customised lids are created using low cost 3D printing. They are then clipped or screwed onto standard jars, tin cans and bottles to create new and personal objects. In the first collection 14 objects were made : a watering can, an hour glass, a long pasta container, a bird house, a bird feeder, a mug, a rain catcher, a maple syrup bottle, a piggy bank, a orange juicer, a snow globe, a paint brush cleaner, a dumbbell and a lamp.
After finishing the content of a mason jar (pickles, mustard, jam...), I always clean it and keep it for later use. I quickly realised that I had almost no opportunities to actually reuse them unless I decided to turn my kitchen into a canning manufacture. These containers were going to be thrown away anyways and water would have been wasted for nothing. I remembered a design from Jorre Van Ast that could solve this problem by turning my jars into spice containers, but it seemed silly to buy objects just to reuse other ones. As a DIY'er, I had to find a better solution and 3D printing came to the rescue.
After downloading any of these designs, people can calibrate the dimensions, choose the color, customize the shape and so on. What I provide is the main idea and a working assembly unto standard everyday objects. I hope that the DIY community will carry on with the idea and come up with more ideas for upgrading our daily waste. Let's hack all this trash!
I really really want this Objet 3D printer, so please, please, PLEASE vote for me!
Also, see how to UPgrade your UP! with 3D printing and other tricks!
Long before going 3D, I made sketches to determine what my empty containers were about to become. To test the volumes and function, I used paper models, then polyurethane foam models. I followed the same design process I use to create industrial goods. Once all the objects were determined, I used Rhino and Solidworks to make precise 3D models that I turned into .stl files, ready to print. In the next steps, you will find the specifications and the STL file for the selected open source product.
You will need 3 small tin cans. 3'' diameter. Lips on both side, the bottom one being smaller.
Make sure that they were opened with a normal can opener. The ones that leave the can's lips intact. Both sides have to be open on 2 of them and one ove them keeps its bottom.
Customize the name on the lid (linguini, spaghetti, capellini...) and print all parts, no raft, with the FDM 3D printer.
Clip all cans together and use the last can to close the container.
Fill one of the jars with white sand, as thin as possible.
Reverse and adjust the quantity to have a precise timing.
Kind of an archaic object, but somehow very captivating to watch.
... Looks like I lost this file. I'll make an other one later.
Clean a screw top wine bottle and print the shower.
Fill the bottle with water, screw the part and water your plant... it's that simple.
Here is a cool and simple beer mug!
Just print the handle,top of the handle facing the heat table. There should be almost no support material.
Same old pattern : print, fill the 2.5'' jar halfway with clean water and screw. The cone inside stops the water from dripping out of the container in the case of an accident.
A cool juicer you just screw on a standard glass jar. Modern Upcycling.
Make sure you have the good jar. The opening should a standard 4 fillets lip, 66mm of diameter.
Most spaghetti sauce jars are this size. Just print and screw! This baby will rip your oranges in seconds.
I suggest you use food safe extrusion material.
Oh my god, I almost forgot this one!
Open a used 4 inch diameter tin can on both sides. Use a normal can opener, the ones that leave the lip intact.
Print both front and back part. Remove support.
Nail or screw the back part unto a tree or a wall about 1 to 3 meters above ground to attract eastern bluebirds.
More models for different type of birds will come.
I suggest to use ABS with a FDM machine to have a good clip!
No fillets for this one, just a clip. The jar you use will still need its original lid. I used a nice and round honey jar that I filled with water and added aluminum sparkles for the snowflakes. You can find that in any craft shop. I inserted and glued a model of Hoover tower on the inside part of the lid and screwed everything together tightly, leaving a little bit of air. Air is important otherwise it wont mix the snowflakes!
Print the base and ad a notification on it if you want (a month in San Francisco, for example).
If your jar was 2.25'' of diameter, everything should fit perfectly.
If your ceiling is leaking, you will enjoy this one. It is a funnel that you can insert on a masson jar. No fillets involved. What is great is that you can use the lines from the masson jar to see the quantity of water the rain catcher caught! A masson jar lid is a little bit larger than 2.5''.
You need a big jar for this one. 2.75'' diameter. This time, standard 6 treads fitting. I will try to make more sizes available.
-Glue the legs depending of the position of the nose. Use hot glue or super glue.
A vase you do needlepoint on!
This one fits on most olive jars. 2.25'' standard 4 treads.
Help the family grow! Print some stuff that upcycles standard containers and celebrate creativity with project RE_.
Bravo! Just perfect, thanks for share.
So great. This is amazing.
What materials are you using that are "food safe" ? Most filament suppliers in the US state that their PLA (the biodegradable filament) is not food safe.
Makerbot- "we do not recommend our materials as food safe and they should not come in contact with mouths. However, these are non-toxic plastics that are absolutely safe for skin contact."
So while non-toxic these should not be used as juicers/cups/food contact in anyway. Also, if an extruder is used with any died filament/other filament it contaminates all other prints. I have still found the only way to have food safe objects is by casting my prints in food safe silicon/resin. If you have any links to a food safe filament distributor, please share. Otherwise I would consider this instructable dangerous to people's health if they tried to use these on home 3d printers.
That what I call RE_cycling !!! HAD to be said... Great instructable Thanks!
The paint brush one I really really really want.
The plant water bottle...that is great.
Ok, I need to think of this more seriously. It's true that 3D printers aren't affordable yet. My idea was to get them 3D printed to the closest spot from the customer's home. Use FabLabs and hacker spaces as local factories and illiminate shipping cost and tooling. I havent built the network yet. Are you near a big city?
Yes I am in San Diego County. Foreign words to me are FabLabs and Hacker Spaces...??? LOL. You do have an excellent product (and I voted for you..no one else) But that is besides the point. You can market these items, or hook-up with a website to do it that way.
Your design and products are really amazing.Simple and most important FUNCTIONAL!As of your ideas of using FabLabs/hacker spaces... that would definitively be interresting.There is a company called Techshop that is trying to thrive on the DIY trend/3D printing and seems to be present in san Diego and heading to NYC(where i live).I've been trying to wrap my head around ideas how to use 3d printing in africa (where i am originally from) where this kind of simple products are sought and usually infamously expensive/or simply nonexistent.I do believe if in the USA 3d printing is a huge phenomena in 3rd developed countries it's going to be as big as bringing electricity to communities.But maybe i am a dreamer.We'll see.
That's great! I live in Montreal, but I have a membership at the San Francisco Techshop. Every city should have one! I have a friend called Bilal Ghalib who's job is to start Hacker Spaces and Fab Labs in Africa. It is a great success.
Thanks for your answer.I went checking Fab lab international website and as you said they are very active and successful in Africa(south Africa like always pioneer, Ghana,Benin..) but nothing so far in Congo (that's where i am from) . I'll be really interested to get in touch with your friend Bilal Ghalib or anybody in charge of Africa at Fab Lab.I'll drop my contact and mails through instructables private message.Thks.
Hey -- what license are your models released under? If they are a commercial-friendly license then other makers could start selling them online (if not locally). I run a print shop on Etsy to 3D print for those who don't yet have a printer, and I'd love to manufacture these too.
There are 3 types of ideas: Those that people look at and say "Gee, that's great!", those that people look at and say "I wish I had thought of that." and those that people look at and say "Gee... I could have thought of that".
The last type are the greatest ideas. They're also the most difficult to conceptualize, the simplest and most elegant in body and because the concept has never been thought of before, very few are creative enough to imagine them.
Yours is a new and original idea, a great concept and a beautifully polished execution. Congratulations on your award.
Now, I'm off to make a few coffee can bird houses.
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2019-04-18T18:24:31Z
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https://mobile.instructables.com/id/Project-RE-by-Samuel-Bernier/
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Every exhibit at JMM is a journey. Many, like last year’s Just Married!,v are journeys through time set in our own backyard here in Maryland. A few, our current exhibit Inescapable: The Life and Legacy of Harry Houdini, is an example, travel across the globe as well. But no matter how deep or how far the journey they all, following the Taoist proverb begin with a single step.
Sometimes that step occurs within the walls of our museum – like finding an unusual object in our collection. Sometimes it seems to be serendipity (besheret) – for example, my encounter with magician David London while escaping the heat at Artscape.
The single step that initiated our next project happened halfway around the world.
Two JMM Board members (Duke Zimmerman and Abe Kronsberg) on a tour of China stepped into the former Ohel Moshe synagogue in Shanghai which has been converted into the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum and started a conversation with the Museum’s director James Yang. Their meeting let to an e-mail and that e-mail led to an agreement and just fourteen months later JMM will host the Maryland premiere of Jewish Refugees and Shanghai, a panel exhibition of photos and facsimiles with bilingual text in English and Mandarin.
My personal interest in the Shanghai story began years ago when I read Rabbi Marvin Tokayer’s Fugu Plan, the story of the Lithuanian refugees saved by Consul Sugihara and their difficult passage across Russia to Kobe, Japan and eventually to Shanghai. I knew that they were a small part of a much larger refugee community in Shanghai during the Holocaust, but I frankly lacked an appreciation for just how much larger (more than 20,000 Jewish residents) and how much longer (1937 to 1948) this refugee community survived.
Shanghai, today by far the largest city in the world, was a relatively small town into the early 1800s. The Treaty of Nanking (1842) imposed by the British at the end of the First Opium War had the effect of making Shanghai an open port – a place where East met West. It also encouraged the first Jewish settlers here, Baghdadi merchant families, like the Sassoons and the Kadoories, who made the city a base for their East Asian operations. A second wave of Jewish settlement came between 1903 and the mid-1920s and Jews fled the pogroms of Russia and later political uncertainty of the Soviet Union for new lives in Harbin and Shanghai.
The third, and most desperate wave of immigrants began to arrive from Germany in 1937 and, after the Anschluss, from Austria in 1938, many saved by exit visas from Chinese diplomat, Dr. Ho Feng Shan.The neighborhood where they settled, Hongkou, soon acquired the nickname “Little Vienna.” By the time they arrived, Japan had already occupied much of the city outside of the International Settlement and their fate during the war would be entwined with the shifting positions of the Japanese government, consistently under pressure from its German allies to adopt harsher policies towards the Jewish community.
The exhibit not only explains the history of the community as a whole, but also devotes considerable attention to individual stories, of both the famous and unheralded residents. There is a panel on the life of future US Treasury Secretary, W. Michael Blumenthal and one on artist Peter Max and his first Chinese art tutor. There are also stories of work life, weddings, and beauty contests – of help from Chinese neighbors and struggles to survive.
We began conversations with our docent, Rena Rotenberg (whose husband was in Shanghai) and Yvonne Daniels who was born in that community (and has since agreed to be a speaker in an upcoming program). We also discovered a number of fundraising scripts and posters used locally in the effort to support the community both before and after the war. These conversations and materials will form the basis of a small lobby exhibit on the Jews of Shanghai and Maryland that will be a companion piece to the main exhibit during its run from February 3 through March 10.
Though the exhibit is at JMM for only a short period of time, we are packing a lot of programming into these five weeks. Our members-only preview, taking place on the evening of February 2nd is themed “Vienna Meets Shanghai” and features musical performances and culinary treats derived from both cultures – including a first-ever Lion Dance in the Lloyd Street Synagogue.
In subsequent weeks we will feature a half dozen lectures and films related to the Jewish experience in China – including two documentaries – Above the Drowning Sea and Minyan in Kaifeng (narrated by Leonard Nimoy, this is the unusual story of a 1,000 year-old Jewish community in central China).
Our Education department is also using this exhibit as a platform to expand our offerings. In conjunction with the Baltimore Jewish Council and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum we are offering a “Winter Teacher’s Institute.” In this program, which parallels our annual summer institute, we will provide on-site and off-site workshops that will enable teachers across Maryland to incorporate the Shanghai story into their curricula. In another initiative, our educators have reached out to Chinese language programs at both the high school and college level, inviting them to take this rare opportunity to practice reading skills in Mandarin while learning about an important piece of history. Several schools and college programs have already scheduled field trips.
With these initiatives we will take thousands more of our visitors on a journey – that began with a single step.
*This is a loose translation of the quote which references a “1000 li”, a Chinese unit of measurement that in the sixth century BCE was actually closer to ¼ of a mile today – but it’s the same concept.
A Story from the Archives: Is This Goldie?
In 1948 the United Jewish Appeal, with the help of numerous international organizations assisting in moving over 240,000 displaced Jews from D.P. Camps, France, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania, Hungary, North Africa, Shanghai, and other places to new lives in Israel, America, Canada, Australia and all over the world.
One of the vessels moving refugees was the USAT General Stewart that was originally used in 1946 to transport the troops home from Europe and Asia. By 1950 the General Stewart was being used to transport refugees for the International Refugee Organization, traveling from Bremerhaven Germany to New York and Halifax, Novia Scotia. Many of these refugees fleeing to the United States and Canada were Jewish.
On December 1, 1950 Abraham, Sonja and their 4-year-old daughter Goldie Friedman would board the USAT General Stewart in Germany with almost 1300 other refugees and twelve days later arrived in New York. Aaron and Sonia were the sole survivors of their families, their lives had been torn apart by the Nazi regime and after ten years of living in ghettos, concentration camps and as a displaced person they would be able to start a new life in the United States.
The Friedman’s were met by workers of the United Service for New Americans, part of the United Jewish Appeal, an organization that was supported by the Associated Jewish Charities and Welfare Fund in Baltimore. From the harbor the Friedman family boarded a train to Baltimore and were met by Mrs. Julian Adler, a representative of the Council of Jewish Women in Baltimore.
Above images from the 1949 Associated Jewish Charities scrapbook.
Sonia, Aaron and Goldie Friedman and Mrs. Julian Adler from the Council of Jewish Women in Baltimore, JMM 1996.063.041.
I couldn’t believe it, the little girl in the article was one of my mother’s closest friends. I had grown up my whole life knowing Goldie and her family, we took family trips together, my first time at Disney was with them. I had met her father as well and remembered him as the kind and sweet grandfather of my friend. Because of this I was able to find information in our HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) records on Goldie’s arrival to this country and her parents’ history.
At the museum we often get to help families find information on their history, sometimes it’s hit or miss but it’s always very gratifying when we can use our collection to help someone understand their past. And in case you were wondering I always take a peak to look for my own history as well. United Hebrew Charities Donor Booklet, 1915, JMM 1997.134.067.
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2019-04-19T22:35:40Z
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http://jewishmuseummd.org/tag/refugees/
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I came across some LENR Forum discussions on ICCF-21 where I have some personal experience to recount. The full thread is here, but I’ll start this coverage with a post by THHuxleynew that mentions me.
As is common with a first draft, this is long.
I would think that if you presented that argument to those at the ICCF, they would not have a problem with it. I think there is this impression that those in the field reject criticisms, and have withdrawn into their own little world where they rubber stamp each others work without question. From what I have read going back to the earliest conferences, it is just the opposite. They have begged mainstream to look at what they do, and critique it. Only a few have taken them up on their offer….
I think it time you skeptics give the field some credit for their openness, and quality of science being produced, even though they are still roundly stigmatized as whack jobs, and “bad scientists”.
Shane: you will I hope agree that although undoubtedly a skeptic I have never stigmatised workers in the field as whack jobs, nor bad scientists.
And I will confirm that. THH has criticized certain research claims, making his name with a sober study of the Lugano abortion calorimetry. I don’t recall him engaging in pseudoskeptical rhetoric.
With a single exception (Rossi, where I’d take into account a long documented prior history of deceit) I don’t pay attention to who scientists are and look at the quality of their work. Of course rossi is not a scientist, nor a qualifie[d] engineer, so not really an exception.
I do credit the LENR field with openness, in general. I’d like to see more challenge and criticism from within the field.
So would a number of the prominent scientists in the field, most notably Michael McKubre.
Too often papers are written with misleading power or energy density figures (the former, over short periods, means nothing. The latter, when summarising small measured power out/in discrepancies, means nothing).
These density numbers are an attempt to show significance, but add very little to an experimental report. A good example is the Lugano report. In the Takahashi report presented this year, energy density figures are given which, again, add nothing. The same as rosy predictions of a LENR energy future. They get way ahead of themselves, and it distracts from the actual results.
I’d rather that everyone presenting calorimetric results summarised the reasons to be wary. Or at least if that did not happen some peer reviewer should be doing it. It is a proper understanding in detail of the weaknesses in one methodology that helps others evaluate it and design replications that remove that weakness. Then, a set of replications becomes incremental, each one plugging previously identified gaps.
With a very few exceptions leading to inconclusive results, I don’t see this type of clear critique and better replication.
There are exceptions leading to conclusive results, that have been confirmed. THH is not attending to those, but to the many other studies that are inconclusive or weak — sometimes strong, but still — not confirmed. Studies that seem to show some anomalous effect are, quite without solid basis, considered “confirmations,” but McKubre points out that this is properly reserved for exact replications — or for experiments that are not merely some general and vague “nuclear effect,” but that show quantitative consistency. Heat/helium is such a set of experiments.
Personally I can’t see the point of emphasising the positive aspects of an experiment when everyone knows that artifacts exist and it only needs one unidentified error to generate them? As PR to get funding it may be needed, although not IMHO honest. As science, communicated to other scientists, i see no place for it.
I agree. “PR to get funding” is a common excuse for intellectual dishonesty. If it were up to me, finding such dishonesty in reports would disqualify them.
That is why I side with Abd over attitude towards skeptics.
People who determinedly ask difficult questions and look for loopholes and lack of care are what LENR experiments need.
We need this from within the field, from those who are already convinced, personally, as to the preponderance of the evidence that there is a real anomalous heat effect, and that it is nuclear in nature, otherwise bad evidence chases out the good. Skeptics who have not reached that point should properly remain valuable contributors to the conversation. The value of someone like Shanahan, though, is questionable. He does have ideas worth looking at, or that will, to “non-believers” seem reasonable, but he also is utterly convinced of his own rightness, to the extent that he wastes much time with completely preposterous — and useless — Rube Goldberg “explanations” of his ideas of “possible artifacts,” that are, more realistically, preposterous.
To be sure, Shanahan is pushed into these positions by those who insist on this or that anecdote, such as the Mizuno Bucket incident, which is not going to flip anyone’s switches in the Real/Unreal circuitry, but which does explain why someone who believed that the FP Heat Effect was impossible, came to reverse his position, i.e., Mizuno himself. I’d ask anyone tempted to try to “explain away” that report, to describe whether or not, if such a report were from their personal experience, just how “skeptical” they would remain.
In discussing that affair, tempers flared, and it is all understandable. Shanahan was misrepresented, as to what he’d actually said. He was brainstorming possibilities, not listing his beliefs, but, in a way, he invited the misunderstanding by being so persistent and insistent in brainstorming “artifacts.” Brainstorming is great when one is engaged in a collaborative effort to examine (and mostly reject) possible artifacts, but not in a debate with opponents with very strong opinions. Jed Rothwell knows Mizuno personally and has worked with him for years, having translated Mizuno’s book. In those discussions, that Mizuno was actually highly skeptical somehow was missed. Possibly that the book text isn’t easily available is a factor in this.
There can never be too much of that, until some new physics is unambiguously proven – and even after that, since identifying which of the indications are real helps further development.
I will be pointing out, over and over, that the Anomalous Heat Effect does not show or prove “new physics,” until and unless it is far better understood. The idea that it would require that, ill-founded from the beginning, then led to demands for “extraordinary evidence” as anything requiring overturning what is well-known would, by definition, be an “extraordinary claim.” Further, Pons and Fleischmann did not actually find direct “nuclear” evidence, and it is reasonably well-accepted now that their nuclear claims were premature. The rejection of the original claimed radiation then led to the baby being tossed out with the bathwater.
Overblown claims caused real damage. Yet we continue to see such claims in far too much of the literature.
Nuclear levels of excess energy, isotopic transmutation to non-natural isotopes, high energy products, are all unambiguous and replicable signs when properly measured.
Without correlations, variations in the isotopic ratio for palladium, for example, can be circumstantial evidence for a nuclear process, but can also be highly misleading. McKubre tells a story that they received an analysis showing a drastic variation palladium isotopic abundance, from one of their experiments, and went to the analyst, asking him if he was aware that this was very different from natural abundance. The analyst, said, “Oh, I’ll recalibrate.” And the amazing result disappeared.
Again personally, but quite uncontentiously, given ambiguous results, I can only remain skeptical. However, when judging overall the likelihood of LENR I look at the coherence between results. Things like the scaling issues that Louis Reed usefully pointed out and I expanded above. Such meta-analysis provides additional information about whether a given hypothesis is likely explanation for a set of individually anomalous results. Scaling is one way that specific indications could be turned into much stronger results.
Scaling is generally premature. Rather, before that would come the production of extensive experimental series, using common material, preselected to be likely active. I’ve been recommended that material be produced in substantially larger batches. Yes, that’s an increased expense, but the present practices have ended up wasting much time and money in work that isn’t commensurable, because the material has varied or becomes unavailable. Such material could be sold to recover costs, over time, so if decent choices are made in what to produce — and even more, how to test it once produced — expenses could overall be lowered, because production in small batches is more expensive per unit weight.
It is clear to me that there are anomalies in this area.
McKubre tells the story of the 2004 U.S. DoE review, emphasizing part of that story that is consistent with what he wrote before, but which goes a little further. Apparently the large majority of those who actually attended the presentation were convinced that there was a real heat effect, and probably that it was nuclear in nature (or, on the last point, at least “somewhat convinced.). Yet the overall review was not so favorable, because the bureaucrats apparently gave equal weight to those experts who had no participated in the face-to-face review. It’s apparent from the expert reports (they are available) that some gave no serious consideration to the evidence, and that some definitely misread the evidence.
There are anomalies, unexplained phenomena, and that’s the major point. Then we can look at evidence that the phenomenon is nuclear, but for practical purposes, “nuclear” matters little. Not yet, anyway, and even after that is established beyond all reasonable doubt — I personally claim this has already happened — “nuclear” might still be useless knowledge, because it won’t yet tell us how to control the reaction, how to create practical reliability. That will come, almost entirely, through exploration of the “parameter space.” With carefully controlled experiment.
Less clear how many are real surprising physical anomalies, because almost without exception all the quoted results are in the area where lack of care, or just bad luck, can generate results that look like anomalies but have a natural explanation.
Those possibilities exist for some of the work, but certainly not all.
For example, a consistent +10% anomaly in power out/in would be very surprising but not lead to an explanation involving a new exothermic reaction. That would generate power out uncorrelated to power in.
Yes. “Power in” can be a red herring. The Beiting report talks about “triggering the reaction” with heat. That’s a bit weird. The reaction apparently has a rate that is temperature-dependent, like many reactions. “Temperature” is what I call an “environmental variable.” It is not “energy in,” but with some experimental designs, it requires energy in to maintain temperature, if the reaction itself is not generating enough heat. But that is addressable with scale and with design. Power out (i.e., anomalous heat) would be, in such inadequately designed experiments, correlated with power-in, but only through temperature. Experiments can be — and have been — designed to operate at constant temperature, and in such experiments, the part of “power in” assigned to maintenance of temperature is not — or shouldn’t be — correlated with excess heat. Rather, in electrochemical experiments, excess heat is correlated with electrochemical current density, which will be correlated with loading behavior. In gas-phase experiments, there is no input power, in general, aside from temperature maintenance.
Yes, there is possible artifact that could arise from defective design in how the temperature is maintained, and we will be looking at that in a discussion which ensued between McKubre and Shanahan.
Where these are one-off errors it is amazingly difficult to identify them without a lot of hard work from the original team pinning down what they have really got. Time or other constraints may prevent that. Replications do not help if most fail, and a few, non-identical, produce similarly questionable results.
Yes. However, with heat/helium work, most experiments can “fail,” i.e., produce no significant heat, and yet the experiments contribute to the strength of the correlation, though all through the data point (0,0). Or more accurately, those data points with appropriate error bars.
Where identical replications produce the same results with enhanced instrumentation we have progress and the endpoint is either LENR proven (well, something beyond chemical proven) or that specific indication disproven.
Historically, the original Miles heat/helium report had small but significant amounts of excess heat, and helium results were order-of-magnitude. Huizenga noted the work as amazing, but then expected it would not be confirmed. It was, in fact, confirmed, in round outline by many research groups, and with increased precision for some, and the result did not disappear with increased precision. This work is under way, and I remain hopeful that we will see results from Texas Tech, soon.
As a hypothesis LENR can never be disproven. It is that weakness that skeptics outside the field accept, and know makes the benchmark of evidence needed for LENR higher than a non-expert view would think.
While the existence of some effect cannot be disproven — that’s well-known and accepted — specific causes for accepting the affect can, indeed, be shown to be defective, as they were with N-rays and polywater. This was never done with the FP Heat Effect (except for the original defective radiation claim).
An error was made in interpreting evidence for anomalous heat as evidence for “LENR.” The first and most urgent research agenda would properly have been to confirm the heat effect, setting “nuclear” aside. Instead, much effort was wasted on useless efforts to, for example, measure neutrons, and when neutrons weren’t found, or were only reported at very low levels, this was somehow considered to negate the excess heat evidence. It was a perfect storm.
If your hypothesis is so weak that it does not securely predict “a different way” and just says there can sometimes (but not always, and not replicably) be some kind of anomaly, it is a weak hypothesis.
Indeed. However, the Conjecture (deuterium conversion, with the FP Heat Effect, to helium and heat) predicts a relationship between two distinct results, and that is replicable and, in fact, widely confirmed.
It can never be disproven. It may still be true, and in principle there are non-understood scientific issues so complex that the only early signs are hidden in noise and possible artifact. Mainstean scientists will correctly view such hypotheses as likely false unless some stronger evidence can be found.
THH is speculating about “mainstream scientists” who rarely look at the evidence, and especially not at heat/helium. In 2004, the evidence presented on heat/helium was radically misunderstood, that is totally obvious: what was, in the the work reported, an unmistakeable and overwhelming correlation, was read as an anticorrelation. What that exposed was a defective review process, because a back-and-forth discussion of this would have quickly revealed the error.
That is the state LENR has been in for many years. Were the indications coherent you would see a pattern of better indications over time given continued effort. We can hope that is what we see now: but don’t kid yourselves that indications on their own are enough. What is needed is an LENR hypothesis that can be disproven, or an anomaly consistently replicable and scalable to make beyond all error.
The heat/helium Conjecture is readily falsifiable. It is replicable, the correlation having been confirmed many times.
In the context of LENR experiments that would mean, for example, that the +50% excess power results sometimes quotes survived replication and [sic, cut off in mid-sentence].
At this point, specific power results are not generally replicable, because of the material problem, but there may be exceptions in the Takahashi report. There are many issues there, but I am seeing a strong trend toward systematic observation.
What I hope to see is (1) settlement on a specific experiment (i.e., in that series, a specific Ni/Pd ratio, and then a choice of hydrogen or deuterium, for an extensive experimental series. The use of Differential Scanning Calorimetry to characterize material responses is definitely a step in a powerful direction: I would want to see many more runs with DSC, designed to show consistency — or lack of it.
When enough data is collected, it becomes possible to measure reliability.
Material production should be, for reasons explained above, done in large batches, with substantial material held back for use in confirmations by other groups. DSC has the promise of being usable in relatively fast material testing.
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