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The phrase “bench to bedside” describes the conventional model of cancer drug development. It’s the tried-and-true approach — a linear path that starts with basic research and ends with clinical trials. But we may need a more dynamic process for the emerging science of cancer immunotherapy, an approach to fighting cancer that harnesses the power of the body’s own immune system.
“Given the immense potential of cancer immunotherapy, we are initiating clinical trials in this area at an unprecedented pace,” notes Dan Chen, cancer immunotherapy franchise head. “In fact, the rate at which we are collecting clinical trial data in cancer immunotherapy is now outpacing our understanding of the underlying biology.”
That surge in data means that clinical trials, normally seen as the final test of a well-studied therapeutic approach, could actually open the door to new areas of immunotherapy research. For example, a particular form of cancer might not respond to an investigational immunotherapy in clinical trials, even though preclinical results suggested it should. In the conventional “bench to bedside” model, the research might end here. But with cancer immunotherapy, scientists might identify specific features of the tumor— features that could have stymied the immune response and made it vulnerable to a new approach—and send those back to the lab for further study.
According to Priti Hegde, cancer immunotherapy franchise biomarker lead, “this knowledge gained in the clinic can now help design new preclinical experiments in mouse models that may more closely mimic the human disease. In this case, preclinical animal work and human clinical data work together to help fill in scientific gaps that could lead to new investigational therapies and combinations.” And given the way we approach cancer drug development, our scientists are in a unique position to turn the conventional model on its head.
“Our clinical, research and biomarker teams have all been working very closely together on cancer immunotherapies from the outset,” says Matthew Albert, principal scientist of Cancer Immunology. “This approach allows us to rapidly take clinical insights back to the lab to try to understand why certain cancers didn’t respond to therapy. We refer to this process as ‘reverse translation’ - using real-time human clinical data to directly inform new discoveries.”
A study in the journal Nature published on February 14, 2018 illustrates the power of this approach. In a clinical trial of one of our cancer immunotherapies, our scientists observed differences in people who responded to the medicine. By digging deeper into the biology of the non-responders, the team discovered that some of them had an up-regulated gene signature associated with a protein called TGF-beta. With this knowledge, they then explored the phenomenon in pre-clinical models. When they combined the cancer immunotherapy with an investigational antibody that blocks TGF-beta, it resulted in improved anti-tumor activity in pre-clinical models that mimic the biology of some non-responders. These results are a perfect example of reverse translation, and of how we may be able to bring the benefits of cancer immunotherapy to a larger number of people.
The path forward for immunotherapy may not be the traditional line from bench to bedside, but instead a feedback loop in which each step continuously influences the other.
When all of that comes together it looks like this:
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The European Flood Awareness System - increasing preparedness for riverine floods across Europe
Peter Salamon provides an overview on EFAS (European Flood Awareness System).
Length: 40 minutes.
The disastrous floods in Elbe and Danube rivers in 2002 confronted the European Commission with non-coherent flood warning information from different sources and of variable quality, complicating planning and organization of aid. In response to this event, the European Commission initiated the development of a European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) to increase the preparedness for floods in Europe.
The aim of EFAS is to gain time for preparedness measures before major flood events strike particularly for trans-national river basins both in the Member States as well as on European level. This is achieved by providing complementary, added value information to the National hydrological services and by keeping the European Response and Coordination Centre informed about ongoing floods and about the possibility of upcoming floods across Europe. Since 2012 EFAS is running fully operational as part of the COPERNICUS Emergency Management Services.
This presentation will provide an overview of the following basic principles employed in EFAS: (1) the use of ensemble predictions in flood forecasting, (2) employing model climatology to derive return period statistics and (3) communication and visualization of uncertain results for decision making. Furthermore, the flash flood predictions as computed in EFAS will be presented.
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USDA Zone 3 is part of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which helps gardeners and farmers choose plants that will grow well in their location. With minimum winter temperatures ranging from -40°F to -30°F, Zone 3 is characterized by cold winters and a relatively short growing season. This zone stretches across parts of northern states like Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and into regions of Alaska.
1. Cold Winters
Zone 3’s cold winters can be brutal on plants that are not adapted to such temperatures. Frost heaving, in which soil repeatedly freezes and thaws, can push plant roots above ground, causing damage or death.
2. Short Growing Season
With a growing season of around 120 to 150 days, careful planning is necessary to ensure that plants have time to mature before the first frost of autumn.
3. Variable Soil Conditions
Soil types can vary widely in Zone 3, with some areas experiencing heavy clay soil while others may have sandy or rocky soil.
4. Late Spring Frosts
Unexpected late frosts in spring can damage newly planted crops, making timing and proper selection of plant varieties crucial.
Plants Suitable for Zone 3
Though challenging, Zone 3 offers opportunities for growing a variety of plants:
- Trees and Shrubs: White Spruce, Red Osier Dogwood, Eastern Hemlock.
- Vegetables: Peas, carrots, beets, broccoli, and other cool-season crops.
- Herbs: Hardy herbs like chives, dill, and thyme.
- Flowers: Perennials like Hostas, Daylilies, and Siberian Iris.
Strategies for Successful Growing in Zone 3
- Select Cold-Hardy Varieties: Choose plants known for their ability to withstand Zone 3’s cold temperatures.
- Use Protective Measures: Implementing mulches, windbreaks, and cold frames can protect plants from harsh conditions.
- Soil Preparation: Testing and amending the soil with compost or other organic matter can improve soil quality and promote healthy plant growth.
- Start Seeds Indoors: Starting seeds indoors allows you to get a jump on the growing season and ensures that plants have time to mature.
Understanding and respecting the natural ecosystem of Zone 3 is key to successful and responsible gardening. Practices such as avoiding invasive species, using native plants, and implementing water conservation strategies can foster a harmonious balance with the environment.
USDA Zone 3 offers unique challenges and opportunities for those looking to explore gardening and farming in a cooler climate. With its harsh winters and variable soil conditions, it requires a keen understanding of the local environment and careful planning.
But beyond the difficulties lies the reward of growing a beautiful and productive garden or farm that aligns with the natural rhythms of Zone 3. It represents a resilient and adaptable approach to cultivation, where each season brings its own lessons and successes.
For those who embrace the challenges, Zone 3 gardening and farming become more than just a hobby or profession; they become a profound connection with the land and an embodiment of the power and elegance of nature in one of its cooler, yet no less vibrant, expressions. | <urn:uuid:c4578039-8e92-4005-9295-158e826521a8> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://plantpropagation.org/usda-zone-3/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00459.warc.gz | en | 0.892878 | 660 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Putting a Name to a Face
“It’s Kyle Lu, right? There must be a typo on the attendance sheet?”
This confusion has been a trend my entire life. Growing up, if teachers didn’t explicitly express that my name was spelled wrong, they would mispronounce it as “Lu,” despite the “i” at the end of the name. This mispronunciation happened because they ascribed a more stereotypically Asian sounding name to me based on my appearance. However, underneath this mispronunciation is an erased history of colonialism—specifically, the British colonization of Hong Kong.
According to how it is pronounced in either Mandarin or Cantonese, my last name is pronounced as if it is spelled “Lei” in English. In Chinese, the name means “thunder.” However, when the British colonized Hong Kong through military force in 1841, they Romanized Chinese names, meaning that they used the Latin alphabet to write Chinese in order to make it easier to be spoken and written by foreigners. In effect, Romanization of Chinese makes the pronunciation of spoken Chinese intelligible to non-Chinese speakers. Additionally, English was also used as the medium of instruction in most schools in Hong Kong during the colonial period, and English teachers would often prefer that Chinese students adopt an assigned English name for the teachers’ convenience. By this process, my family name was Romanized to barely resemble its original pronunciation. Its pronunciation now more resembles the common British name “Louie” or the French King Louie. The etymology behind my name is just one example of the way that names, and the changing of names, can be a symbolic product of power dynamics.
My inability to feel comfortable with my surname is connected to colonial history and the erasure of that history. The purpose of Chinese Romanization was to provide a method for foreigners who were not skilled at recognizing Chinese script to read and recognize Chinese. This has left a long-lasting ripple in my family for generations.
My name and its mispronunciation epitomize my racial experience growing up. I attempted to blend in, but because of my name and because I look Asian, I never could. The reading of my name as foreign also bled into other experiences I had in school. Growing up as the only Asian American student in my middle school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan was extremely difficult. Despite the Westernization of my name, it still stood out from the rest of the attendance sheet. Year after year, new teachers would mispronounce my name in the way I previously described, making me feel like a perpetual foreigner in my class.
In kindergarten, the school psychologist threw out the egg in my packed lunch assuming it was rotten because of its brown color, when it only had been boiled in tea. Teachers often announced my test scores to the rest of the class, singling me out as an example when all I wanted to do was fit in, even while other White students would receive the same test scores as me. Students jokingly asked if I ate dog for dinner. Names can be a marker of difference, and despite the colonial influence that altered my family’s name, I still was ostracized for my appearance and cultural background.
This urge to alter Chinese names for English pronunciation convenience is still perpetuated today and also manifests itself as xenophobia. For example, in 2015, a Texas lawmaker suggested in a hearing that Asian Americans should adopt names that are “easier for Americans to deal with” at the polls. This suggested that Asian Americans would have an easier time voting in elections if they changed their name, implying that they would literally need to alter a part of their identity to attain the basic right to vote. Additionally, her words sent the message that diversity, including diversity of names, is not welcome in America. By extension, she suggested that Asian Americans are foreigners without a place in the US, and are unentitled to civic rights if they refuse to assimilate.
Additionally, in 2017, a week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that heavily restricted immigration to the US, multiple nametags of students with East Asian names were torn off doors in the dorms at Columbia University. In an article published in the Columbia Spector, a member of the University’s Asian American Alliance said that the act was intended to divide Asians and Asian Americans. The student implied that individuals with East Asian first and last names, rather than Asian Americans who have American first names, had been specifically targeted. Given that this occurred within a week of Trump’s executive order, this event signified the xenophobia that is directed at Asian American students in many academic institutions. It also demonstrates how when Asian names are not Westernized, they can become subject to ostracism.
These examples serve to highlight the underlying notion that Chinese names are expected to conform to English speaking norms. And if not, the discomfort they cause will be enough for White people to encourage a name change, enforced by legal coercion. The way names are treated has political implications about who is and who is not respected.
A name can encapsulate an incredible amount of history, not only from its culture of origin, but also from other cultures’ legacies of power and influence. Remembering to properly pronounce one’s name is a respectful recognition of the ugly histories that names can reflect. But despite historical attempts to make my name seem less foreign, both the roots of my name and of my culture cannot be taken away from me. | <urn:uuid:9096c316-9810-44a7-8fb5-3af4d6291606> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://tuftsobserver.org/putting-a-name-to-a-face/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473735.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20240222061937-20240222091937-00459.warc.gz | en | 0.970465 | 1,141 | 3.234375 | 3 |
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A baby weighs an average of 3kg at birth but produces almost a ton of waste before they're fully potty trained! How is that even possible?
You're going to change your little one around 5000 times before they start going to the loo on their own... not forgetting the wipes, tissues, cotton wool and more that go in the bin, are taken to the waste treatment centre, processed, incinerated or buried.
ADEME (French Environmental Agency) conducted a study that found that disposable nappies account for 6% of total household waste tonnage in France, the second biggest source of waste after bottles. Here's a figure that will play on your mind... Disposable nappies account for an average of 40% of waste in a household with a 0-2 year old. Disposable nappies are toxic to the environment and biodiversity as they are buried (water and soil pollution) or incinerated (air and soil pollution among others).
To get a real sense of what a difference a Hamac reusable nappy can make, we conducted a Life Cycle Assessment (ISO 14040 and 14044 certified) comparing reusable and disposable nappies. The results speak for themselves:
• 50% less water consumption
• 93% less greenhouse gas emissions
• 80% less electricity consumption
• 90% less wood consumption
• 90% less depletion of non-renewable resources
Using reusable nappies is an all-round way to protect the environment: no toxins derived from petrochemicals, almost no waste (a disposable liner compared to a bulky nappy every time you change baby), far lighter bins which means improved waste management, less air pollution caused by incinerating nappies or a drop in soil pollution caused by burying etc. Using reusable nappies puts a whole new spin on managing waste and protecting the environment!
Hamac's conception is based on a simple fact: baby's arrival creates lots of waste on every front. Our range features a variety of products that help significantly reduce textile waste: classic and T.MAC reusable nappies, inserts, liners (forget about paper towels and disposable wipes), breast pads, swim nappies etc.
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What is Ultra Direct Memory Access (Ultra DMA)?
An link that transmits data between a computer and a recording device (typically a hard disk) is called Ultra DMA, also known by the abbreviation UDMA. With a rapid transmission speed of up to 133 MB/s, it replaces Word DMA (or WDMA) as the quickest DMA variant. It enables direct data transfers from system memory, skipping the Processor and all related costs, just like all other forms of DMA.
Data is transferred by computers over the Parallel ATA link from a RAM to a hard drive using different DMA protocols. Hard drives must be attached using an 80-conductor ATA connection rather than a 40-conductor one due to the higher rates provided by most UDMA options. All of the additional lines in this wire are ground lines, which are placed between the data lines to reduce crosstalk.
To enable quicker data transmission speeds over WDMA, UDMA introduces two additional functions. First, double transition timing sends data twice rather than once per clock cycle. Second, cyclic redundancy checking (CRC) generates a CRC code along with the data and employs a method to determine duplicate data in a data transmission. In order to determine whether any data was damaged during the transmission, the recipient device compares the CRC code to the data received and, if required, asks that the data be sent again. In order to improve dependability, the system may transition to a sluggish UDMA option if CRC mistakes happen frequently. | <urn:uuid:a554202b-e7de-4a51-a969-6bef0c415c3e> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.yazilimders.com/en/data-bank/what-is-ultra-direct-memory-access-ultra-dma | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473735.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20240222061937-20240222091937-00459.warc.gz | en | 0.919569 | 311 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Conservation Priorities for Terrestrial Mammals in Dobrogea Region, Romania
© Iulia V. Miu et al. Based on species occurrence records of museum collections, published literature, and unpublished records shared by mammalian experts, we compiled a distribution database for 59 terrestrial mammals populating the extensively protected Dobrogea Region of Romania. The spatial patterns of mammal distribution and diversity was evaluated and systematic conservation planning applied to identify priority areas for their conservation. The spatial analyses revealed that intensive sampling was not directly correlated to mammal diversity but rather to accessibility for inventory. The spatial prioritisation analysis indicated a relatively aggregated pattern of areas with a high or low conservation value with virtually no connecting corridors between them. The significant overlap between Natura 2000 sites and national protected areas induced an over-optimistic vision of the effectiveness and representativeness of existing Natura 2000 network for species found in Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive. These results represent a key step in identifying core areas for the protection of mammal diversity and dispersal corridors for improved connectivity, and to guide future conservation efforts in increasing the effectiveness of the existing protected areas in the context of environmental changes.
Miu, Iulia V.; Chisamera, Gabriel B.; Popescu, Viorel D.; Iosif, Ruben; Nita, Andreea; Manolache, Steluta; Gavril, Viorel D.; Cobzaru, Ioana; and Rozylowicz, Laurentiu, "Conservation Priorities for Terrestrial Mammals in Dobrogea Region, Romania" (2018). Biological Sciences Open Access Publications. 44. | <urn:uuid:fd6cef56-e14c-41ed-8d5c-437e88a49988> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/biology-oapub/44/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474843.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229134901-20240229164901-00459.warc.gz | en | 0.826548 | 337 | 3 | 3 |
"Enterotoxins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Substances that are toxic to the intestinal tract causing vomiting, diarrhea, etc.; most common enterotoxins are produced by bacteria.
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Enterotoxins" by people in this website by year, and whether "Enterotoxins" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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What is Scaffolding?
Scaffolding is a temporary structure used by work crews during building work. It’s used to elevate and support people and building materials during the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings and other structures.
Read more: When Is Scaffolding Required?
Scaffolding Material Types
The most common scaffolding materials for scaffolding tubes themselves are steel and aluminium, with wood sometimes being used for small-scale projects. Wood is instead commonly used for the scaffold board to support the weight of workers and materials when on the project.
Non-conductive scaffolding materials are also used for specific projects where scaffolding may need to be close to electrical wiring.
There are three basic types of scaffolding:
1 – Supported Scaffolding
Supported scaffolding is the most common type of scaffolding and probably the one you picture when you think of exterior scaffolding. It is used for construction projects where elevation is required to complete the work. It is often built from the base upwards.
It is the most common because it is generally the most cost-effective, simplest to assemble and safest when working on most jobs where scaffolding is required on the outside of a building or structure.
2 – Suspended Scaffolding
Suspended scaffolding is scaffolding that is supported by ropes via a higher, overhead structure. This type of scaffolding is more common on larger construction projects where supported scaffolding may not be cost-effective or suitable. It’s also used when there are more complex access requirements.
An example of suspended scaffolding is the platform for window cleaners on large office buildings. This scaffolding allows for the platform to be moved to the different working heights without the use of supported scaffolding surrounding the building.
3 – Rolling/Mobile Scaffolding
Rolling/mobile scaffolding is used on projects where the scaffolding needs to be moved and repositioned frequently. Rolling and mobile scaffolding can be used for both interior and exterior projects such as repair work, painting and decorating and lighting installation to name a few.
Key Scaffolding Types
Below we list the most common types of scaffolding and a brief description of their common uses:
- Trestle Scaffolding – Scaffolding consisting of a metal support frame, often at either end of horizontal wooden planks, used to support construction or repair work.
- Tube and Coupler Scaffolding (or Tube and Clamp Scaffolding) – Versatile scaffolding consisting of tubes and clamps, where vertical and horizontal tubes can be connected flexibly.
- Patented scaffolding – Available readymade to hire or buy and are secured with a locking arrangement that differs from tube and coupler scaffolding. Easy to assemble and disassemble.
- Cantilever Scaffolding – Constructed to angle out from a building, often used when the ground is unstable and/or the scaffolding cannot block a public pathway. The scaffolding is supported via a platform below or on a balcony.
- Putlog Scaffolding – A single row of standards attached to a ledger at one end and integrated into bricks at the other end.
- Single Scaffolding – Scaffolding set parallel to a wall and is usually used to provide a stable platform for brickwork.
- Double Scaffolding – Scaffolding used in instances where it is difficult or not possible to make holes in the structure to support putlogs. Two rows of scaffolding are instead constructed next to the building wall to support workers and materials while not interfering with the existing structure.
- Kwikstage/Quickstage Scaffolding – Kwikstage scaffolding is a type of scaffolding known for its ability to be adapted and built quickly, without loose fittings.
- Independent Tied Scaffolding – Similar to double scaffolding, independent tied scaffolding consists of two sets of standards set close but away from the wall of the structure so it is constructed independently of the structure.
- Working Platform – A structure offering a raised platform for construction or repair work. They can be used indoors or outdoors and can be used for work at a range of heights. The term working platform is also sometimes used interchangeably with scaffolding.
- Birdcage Scaffolding – Scaffolding consisting of more than two sets of standards, using ledgers at every height required. Used across large areas where continuous access at different levels is needed. The number of connecting standards and ledgers gives the scaffolding the appearance of a birdcage.
- System Scaffolding – An alternative to tube and coupler scaffolding, system scaffolding is quicker to erect and does not use as many fitting connections.
- Cuplock Scaffolding – Galvanised scaffolding that uses a cup and blade arrangement to connect standards and ledgers.
- Scaffold Tower – Independent, self-contained scaffolding that can be erected next to buildings often for repair work. Can be used internally or externally and is often mobile/rolling for easy manoeuvring.
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“Neuroscience research shows that the only way we can change the way we feel is by becoming aware of our inner experience and learning to befriend what is going inside ourselves.”
Welcome back to another episode of Made You Think! In this episode, we discuss The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk, and the effects that traumatic stress can have on our mind and body.
We cover a wide range of topics including:
(0:00) The Body Keeps The Score seeks to change the discourse around trauma and its symptoms, and it pokes some holes in the way that people have historically thought about mental health.
(3:28) The way we think about our bodily health was traditionally very individualistic, when in reality, it’s very complex. The brain and body connection: They’re not two totally different things, rather they’re deeply connected.
(8:09) In addition to the mental and emotional affects of anxiety, there are physical effects too: stomach aches, shortness of breath, muscle tension, and more. We also talk about the importance of gut health.
(12:10) Fermentation of beer and sourdough, and the differences when it’s fermented commercially vs. at-home.
(17:07) A lot of what we consume may have been fermented at least partially in the past, but that’s not the case with most foods anymore. Our bodies have evolved to it, and it likely has an impact on our gut health.
(19:58) PTSD with veterans and why they could be in one world mentally but another world physically.
(25:49) Handling difficult experiences with social support vs. isolation. If you grew up without a positive parental figure, you may try to find that support somewhere else, even if that support is negative such as joining a gang.
(27:11) The rise of therapy. Traditionally, people would use their social or religious communities as the support to confide in and get them through difficult times. Today, there’s more individualized support from someone that you previously did not know.
(31:30) You don’t process trauma the same way you process language, so talking about these traumatic events can become difficult. There’s a difference between going to therapy and actually doing the work at therapy.
(36:00) The book highlights many stories of people where events experienced early on in life are still unresolved for many years into their adulthood. It can take decades to identify where some of our behaviors and thoughts stem from.
(39:54) Imprinting your child. Not everyone is aware of bad habits they show in their parenting style that came from their own parents. It’s all about reflecting on how you want to do things differently than your parents as a parent yourself.
(45:49) The author argues that it’s hard to have an emotionally well adjusted child without both a male and female role model that embodies some of the stereotypical traits for the child.
(56:13) Movement and exercise can rewire your brain and change how you feel about something. It also takes us back to the mind-body connection where you’re more likely to feel emotionally better if you physically feel well, too.
(58:32) Nat and Neil share their advice on reading the book and how the stories within the book can be helpful, but at the same time, difficult to read.
(1:01:51) The benefits of breathwork and meditation, and how you can teach those skills very early on in life.
(1:07:59) That wraps up this episode! Join us next time as we cover The Art of War by Sun Tzu.
If you enjoyed this episode, let us know by leaving a review on iTunes and tell a friend. As always, let us know if you have any book recommendations! You can say hi to us on Twitter @TheRealNeilS, @adilmajid, @nateliason and share your thoughts on this episode.
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Our theme this term is Fairy Tales. We will be exploring a range of alternative fairy tales in our literacy learning which will inspire the children across the curriculum.
In English, the children will be retelling the events of Jack and The Jelly Bean Stalk using a range of exciting adjectives and phrases. The children will also learn how to write expressive poems, detailed instructions and to describe fairy-tale characters using interesting vocabulary they have learnt.
In maths, we will be exploring numbers to ten and learning how to add and subtract. The children will be able to use a variety of manipulatives and resources to represent their understanding.
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The end of La Nina means the ocean is not taking up heat which will escape to the atmosphere; oceans retaining heat will kill marine life
Marine heatwaves could cause a mass coral dieoff. Photo: iStock
Even as all climatological signals are pointing to an impending El Nino condition, an unusual phenomenon is developing along the equatorial Pacific region, which was last experienced in 2009, experts have told Down To Earth (DTE).
Raghu Murtugudde, professor of atmospheric and oceanic science at the University of Maryland, told DTE about what exactly happened in such circumstances:
When the eastern Pacific gets warmer, the west should typically get cooler. But due to global warming, we end up with basin scale warming in the tropical Pacific.
A ‘basin scale’ is a spatial measurement of a basin or common outlet for water runoff, in this case the equatorial Pacific region.
But it is not just the equatorial Pacific. Data analysed by DTE shows the world’s oceans were unusually warm for May 29, 2023, when compared to the 2003-2014 average.
According to Murtugudde, two things could have triggered it. “There is global warming in the Pacific and some other modes of natural variability including the transition from the La Nina winter into an El Nino summer,” he said.
How unprecedented is the situation from a climatological stand point?
According to Murtugudde, the end of La Nina means the ocean is not taking up heat. So it will dissipate into the atmosphere. If the atmosphere is warmer, then the ocean doesn’t lose as much heat so it warms up at the surface.
“It may temporarily push global warming beyond 1.5°C but we have to wait and watch. It will affect cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons. Typhoon Mawar in the western Pacific is already one of the strongest,” he said.
El Nino is the warming phase of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO, a recurring climate pattern involving changes in the temperature of waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, according to the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The 1.5°C threshold (of the 2015 Paris Agreement) is mostly centered around climatological consequences. But the warming of ocean waters acts as a domino for marine heatwaves. This could cause unmitigable losses for marine biodiversity.
According to the United Nations, “a warming of 1.5°C threatens to destroy 70 to 90 per cent of coral reefs, and a 2°C increase means a nearly 100 per cent loss — a point of no return”.
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April has been National Stress Awareness Month for twenty-five years. It might seem like stress is all mental, but it can affect you physically in serious ways. Stress can cause headaches, depression, insomnia, upset stomach, mouth sores, low energy, dry mouth and clenching of the jaw or grinding of the teeth.
Surprisingly, stress is often noticed first at dental appointments. This is because many of the physical symptoms of stress are manifested in the mouth or jaw.
Have you ever found yourself clenching your teeth when stress or anxious? When this happens, you’re likely placing hundreds of pounds of pressure on your teeth. Not only can grinding and clenching weaken and eventually fracture teeth, but it can also damage the joint that controls your jaw. The medical term for grinding and clenching the teeth is called bruxism. One of the reasons it often goes undiagnosed is because many people experience bruxism almost exclusively when sleeping and may not know they’re doing it.
The temporomandibular joint connects your jaw to your skull and can be felt by placing your hands in front of your ears while opening and closing your mouth. This joint can be injured by the symptoms of bruxism. TMJ disorders occur when damage is done to this joint by trauma, overuse, genetics or misalignment. Common symptoms can include:
Ringing in the ears
Headaches and migraines
Difficulty or pain when chewing, speaking or opening mouth
Fatigue in the facial or jaw muscles
Stiffness in jaw, neck or shoulders
Dr. Martin Abelar, DDS, a San Diego area neuromuscular dentist who focuses on treating jaw pain with non-invasive measures says that stress can play a big role in the development or aggravation of TMJ disorder.
“When the joint is out of alignment or inflamed from the grinding and clenching of bruxism, pain and discomfort can spread from the jaw to the head, neck, shoulders and even cause full body aches,” Abelar said. “This is due to the fact that the soft tissues, muscles and nerves can all be affected by the symptoms. Because the pain isn’t localized to the jaw, many people seek help from a general doctor who may prescribe pain medicine when nothing specific is found wrong. Over time the condition continues to worsen since the cause of the pain wasn’t treated.”
Many anti-anxiety medications also cause side effects that can alter the health of the mouth. Some cause acid reflex, nausea that leads to vomiting and dry mouth. These symptoms all create environments in the mouth that can encourage the development of tooth decay.
During the month of April, focus on finding natural ways to lower your stress if you’re experiencing any of these concerns. A few minutes of deep breathing and meditation in the morning and before bed has been proven to lower stress levels throughout the day. You don’t have to do anything special to meditate or try a quick yoga session to start your day. The internet is full of videos that will help guide you through any of these practices right from your own home. Aromatherapy is another simple way to create a more relaxing atmosphere. Find a few essential oils that are helpful for stress reduction and relaxation. Together with a small oil diffuser, you can turn your home or workplace into a sanctuary of smells. Other ideas include journaling to organize your thoughts, taking a walk in the afternoon to clear your mind, reducing caffeine and sugar intake, making exercise a part of your daily routine and finding something you enjoy and doing it each and every day. | <urn:uuid:c4c64823-3981-43aa-8653-de2b8974f9b8> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.keepsmilingsandiego.com/blog/stress-and-jaw-pain/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473738.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20240222093910-20240222123910-00559.warc.gz | en | 0.94904 | 751 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Safety is a silent promise, a watchful guardian in every corner of our daily lives. It’s the shield held by those in schools, communities, and workplaces, safeguarding the well-being of each individual.
The essence of their role goes beyond mere functionality; it’s a badge of honor deserving of a name that resonates with their mission.
More than mere identifiers, their name symbolizes commitment, vigilance, and the meticulous care these teams invest in our well-being.
The right name can make a safety team stand out and spotlight its crucial role in safeguarding our daily lives.
As we explore these names, let’s remember the unwavering dedication of the individuals behind them, working tirelessly to make our environments secure and serene.
Safety Team Names (With Meaning)
For a general safety team, your name must capture the essence of readiness and alertness.
These teams are often the backbone of safety across various situations, from emergency drills to everyday precautionary measures.
The right name should inspire confidence and show that your team is always ready to leap into action. Here are some names that reflect just that:
1. Alert Aces: Expert individuals highly skilled in maintaining alertness.
2. Safety Scouts: People who explore and ensure safety in various environments.
3. Vigilance Vanguard: Leaders or front-runners in maintaining watchfulness.
4. Alertness Allies: Partners or supporters dedicated to staying alert.
5. Protection Patrol: A group that patrols and ensures safety and protection.
6. Safety Sentinels: Guards or watchmen are responsible for maintaining safety.
7. Caution Crew: A team focused on promoting and maintaining caution.
8. Hazard Hawks: People keenly watch for potential dangers.
9. Watchful Warriors: Individuals who vigilantly guard against risks.
10. Safety Shields: Defenders or protectors who uphold safety measures.
11. Risk Rangers: Those who navigate and manage potential risks.
12. Caution Captains: Leaders who prioritize and manage cautionary measures.
13. Alertness Avengers: A group that actively responds to and manages alertness needs.
14. Safety Sages: Wise individuals knowledgeable about safety practices.
15. Protection Pioneers: Innovators or trailblazers in the field of protection and safety.
Health & Safety Team Names
The names of health and safety teams are pivotal in showcasing their dedication to promoting health and preventing hazards.
They serve as a reminder of the team’s role in safeguarding well-being, reflecting a blend of care, foresight, and an unwavering stance on health and safety issues.
These names should echo the team’s commitment to creating a secure environment. Let’s get into some awesome names that are just right for your team’s spirit:
Safety Committee Team Names
Safety committees play a crucial role in any organization. They are the think tanks, the planners, and the enforcers of safety regulations.
For a committee, the name should exude seriousness, responsibility, and an analytical approach to safety.
Think of names that show your team is not just about action but also about thoughtful planning and strategy. Here are some names that fit the bill:
Unique Safety Team Names
Unique safety team names are the way to go for teams looking to stand out.
A unique name for your safety team can make your group memorable and highlight your unique approach to ensuring safety.
A unique name captures the essence of your team’s innovative spirit and approach towards safety. Here’s a list of names that are anything but ordinary:
Funny Safety Team Names
Funny safety team names bring a touch of humor to the serious business of safety.
A funny team name can serve as a great icebreaker, fostering a friendly and relaxed atmosphere within the team while still focusing on the paramount importance of safety.
Choose a name that brings everyone a smile whenever it’s mentioned. Here are some names that are sure to get a chuckle:
Cool Safety Team Names
Cool names for your safety team can boost team morale and make your group sound like the elite squad. Think sleek, stylish, and effortlessly awesome.
A cool team name can make your safety team the talk of the town, infusing a sense of trendiness and modern flair into your safety efforts.
These names reflect the team’s stylish approach to safety, making being a part of the safety team a coveted and exciting role.
Best Safety Team Names
The best safety team names are those that strike the perfect balance between being memorable, inspiring, and reflective of your team’s mission and values.
These names should resonate with every team member and instill a sense of pride and purpose.
The best names are not just labels; they are badges of honor. Here are some top-tier names for your safety team:
For other team ideas, check out these 350+ Security Team Names.
Wrapping Up with a Safety Smile
As we close this chapter on safety team names, let’s remember that these aren’t just words on a page; they’re a reflection of commitment, a dash of creativity, and a sprinkle of humor.
Each name embodies the team’s mission, blending responsibility with a sense of community.
Whether it’s a witty wordplay or a strong, inspiring title, your team’s name is the first step in building a culture of safety that’s both effective and engaging.
So pick a name that speaks volumes, brings smiles, and reinforces the important role of keeping each other safe.
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Cognitive deficits are a core clinical feature of schizophrenia but respond poorly to available medications. Thus, understanding the neural basis of these deficits is crucial for the development of new therapeutic interventions. The types of cognitive processes affected in schizophrenia are thought to depend on the precisely timed transmission of information in cortical regions via synchronous oscillations at gamma band frequency. Here, we review 1) data from clinical studies suggesting that induction of frontal cortex gamma oscillations during tasks that engage cognitive or complex perceptual functions is attenuated in schizophrenia; 2) findings from basic neuroscience studies highlighting the features of parvalbumin-positive interneurons that are critical for gamma oscillation production; and 3) results from recent postmortem human brain studies providing additional molecular bases for parvalbumin-positive interneuron alterations in prefrontal cortical circuitry in schizophrenia.
Keywords: Cognition; GABA; Gamma oscillations; Inhibition; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory.
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“Keep your distance.” A man wearing a protective face mask queues at a B & Q store in Liverpool, Britain on May 6, 2020.
The coronavirus pandemic is having a far-reaching and significant impact on the global economy. Since the beginning of the 1980s, globalization has progressed very fast, reaching its apex at the turn of this century. The epidemic itself may not be able to derail the globalization process, but it will certainly slow it down.
The 2008-10 global financial crisis marked a turning point for the process. In the decades before 2010, world trade had grown faster than the global economy, with trade and investment liberalization reaching unprecedented levels. No such fast growth was recorded after that, and world trade has remained stagnant. Although the world economy maintained relatively stable growth, actual trade volume dropped slightly.
Even before the coronavirus outbreak, many factors had already contributed to plunge globalization to a low ebb. Ever since U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn in, he has been pursuing unilateralism and protectionism and preaching deglobalization under his doctrine of “America first.” The Trump administration had withdrawn from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. It imposed punitive tariffs on imports of steel, aluminum and other products using the excuse of national security and triggering rounds of retaliation and trade barriers. It launched the trade war with China by levying higher tariffs on imports of Chinese commodities, leading to a sharp decline in bilateral trade. It imposed numerous sanctions on many countries, which suppressed trade growth. And it advocated a policy of big-power rivalry, which caused disruptions in global supply chains.
All this shows that globalization had been at low ebb even before the coronavirus pandemic struck. The pandemic, however, further weakened the globalization process, which slowed down and even regressed. This could be reflected by the following:
First, global trade declined. The economies of all countries temporarily lost steam, and global supply chains were seriously disrupted. A decline in global trade this year, therefore, is inevitable. According to the World Trade Organization, the global merchandise trade will plummet by 13 to 32 percent in 2020, a decline greater than the anticipated drop in global GDP. Moreover, world trade will face downward pressure for the foreseeable future.
Second, the pandemic has become a catalyst driving people to reflect on the whole concept of globalization. The public health crisis exposed risks arising from overseas outsourcing of spare parts for cost reduction and made people reflect on the shortcomings of the globalization process. French President Emmanuel Macron said the coronavirus epidemic “will change the nature of globalization, with which we have lived for the past 40 years.” He added that “it was clear that this kind of globalization was reaching the end of its cycle.” On the issue of trade dependency, European Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan said, “We need to think about how to ensure the EU’s strategic autonomy.”
Third, post-pandemic adjustments to supply chains have become a priority for many countries. Because of the enormous economic benefits, the pandemic will not erase supply chains, but generally speaking, distribution adjustments in the supply chain will be made in the following three aspects:
• Diversifying. By reducing foreign dependence on products, a new pattern under which no single country monopolizes the supply of any products should be established.
• Risk mitigation. Many countries are pondering a redistribution of production bases of major components and spare parts to put production closer to consumers. This could drive up the costs of the products, but it is a sacrifice that has to be made to guarantee the safety and balance of demand and supply.
• Reshoring. For enterprises of strategic significance that were relocated overseas for environmental or financing reasons earlier, it’s now time to have them move back to their home countries. The adjustments, however, would have to strike a balance between the market widening and interdependence, and between “health sovereignty” and safety; otherwise, it could easily lead to protectionism. Even if a balance were intrinsically achieved, the adjustments could still lead to slowdowns in globalization.
Fourth, the enhanced review and examination system for foreign investments will hinder capital flows. After the pandemic, major Western countries will likely follow the practice of the United States in tightening the examination and control of foreign investments in their core sectors, in an attempt to prevent outflows of their high-end technologies and the weakening of their competitiveness.
China has adopted more opening measures and lifted restrictions on the stake percentage for foreign investors, but developed nations including the United States have set new and higher barriers for accessing their markets. The consequences are that free flows of capital and the market distribution of production factors will be restricted, thus slowing the globalization process.
Fifth, the United States announced a series of “de-Sinicization” and deglobalization measures during the epidemic. In an attempt to divert attention away from its failure to properly combat the pandemic, the Trump administration has tried every possible means to blame China and has turned hawkish against China to please voters. The U.S. has advocated the reshoring of American enterprises from China and attempted to pursue an economic decoupling.
It has threatened to impose new tariffs on Chinese products and directed the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to stop investing in China. It announced updated sanctions against China’s Huawei Technologies by preventing global chipmakers from supplying semiconductor components to Huawei. And it planned or pushed for relevant legal acts relating to the delisting of Chinese companies from the U.S. stock markets. For international trade and global supply chains that were seriously affected by the pandemic, the measures and tricks by the U.S. have made the situation even worse, and will further hinder the globalization process.
It’s natural that globalization has ups and downs. When it’s on the upward trend, capital that was the primary driving force for globalization and new technologies would help achieve the global division of work and cooperation in production, trade, investment and marketing. When it is on a downward trend, however, government intervention becomes inevitable. It replaces the invisible hand of the market by resorting to administrative tools such as sanctions, tariffs, suspension of supplies and restrictions to obstruct or delay trade and the free flow of capital, thus forcing globalization to shift into low gear and decelerate.
But when the globalization is at low ebb, it does not mean the end of the process. It’s just a temporary pause or reversion. In the face of the sluggish globalization process, the solution is to adhere to opening-up, improve the business environment and constantly strengthen the efficiency and stability of supply chains. Part of the solution is to promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation as well regional economic integration, such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, and the free trade agreement entered by China, Japan and the Republic of Korea.
It is imperative to follow the road of win-win cooperation in solving deep-rooted problems, such as those of inadequate inclusiveness and imbalance, and to jointly build a world economy that is open, inclusive, balanced and benefits all.
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How to Draw a Beetle with this how-to video and step-by-step drawing instructions. Simple drawing for kids and beginners.
Please see the drawing tutorial in the video below
You can refer to the simple step-by-step drawing guide below
Start by outlining the beetle’s head. Use curved lines to enclose irregular shapes. Notice the three bulges on the front of the head.
Next, outline the thorax or midsection of the beetle. Use a long curved line to enclose the irregular shape.
Use a long, curved line to enclose the irregularly shaped abdomen, leaving a small gap between the belly and the chest. Connect two body segments with short lines.
Glue half-circles to the sides of the head to indicate the scarab’s eyes. Then contour each segment with curved lines at the edges. Also notice, the curve extends across the middle of the abdomen. This indicates a hole in the beetle’s shell that allows it to extend its wings.
Draw the legs of the beetle. Extend a curved line and double it back onto itself to form the first leg section for each leg. Then stretch another curve and duplicate it back to itself. Finally, draw the beetle’s legs. Extend a curved line from the bottom of the leg. Then draw a jagged zigzag line to connect the opposite side to the leg. These serrations allow the beetle to grip and climb.
Draw the pins of the opposite side. For each of the two leg sections, stretch a curved line and double it back to itself. For the feet, stretch a curved line. Then connect its tip to the leg using a serrated zigzag.
Draw the jaws or latches of the beetle. For each one, extend a long, curved line from the front of the head. Then use a series of curved lines that meet at gentle or jagged points to form the inner face of the jaw axis.
Draw the arches, appendages near the mouth that are used to touch and taste. For each palpation, extend a short curved line and double itself. Repeat this movement three times for each touch. Outline the jaw axes with curved lines.
Draw beard. For each antenna, extend a pair of curved lines from the side of the tip. Connect them at the ends using a set of jagged lines. | <urn:uuid:66d518e6-6b20-438f-bcaa-a955944368ca> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://htfunny.com/how-to-draw-a-beetle-step-by-step-easy-insect-drawing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474660.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226130305-20240226160305-00559.warc.gz | en | 0.887233 | 492 | 3.890625 | 4 |
Education is a fundamental human right that should be accessible to all individuals, regardless of their abilities or disabilities. Inclusive education holds the key to unlocking the potential of people with disabilities, enabling them to lead fulfilling lives and contribute meaningfully to society. The provisions mentioned in sections 16, 17, and 18 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act highlight the duties and measures that educational institutions, the government, and local authorities must undertake to promote inclusive education for children and adults with disabilities. These measures are crucial in creating an inclusive and accessible learning environment that caters to the diverse needs of individuals with disabilities. Let’s delve deeper into the significance of these provisions:
Section 16 emphasizes the duty of educational institutions to provide inclusive education. It emphasizes that children with disabilities should be admitted without discrimination and provided with equal opportunities for education, sports, and recreational activities. The provision also stresses the need for accessible infrastructure, reasonable accommodations, individualized support, and appropriate modes of communication for students who are blind, deaf, or have other disabilities. Additionally, monitoring the participation, progress, and completion of education for students with disabilities is vital to ensure their holistic development.
Section 17 outlines specific measures to promote and facilitate inclusive education. Conducting surveys to identify children with disabilities and assess their special needs helps educational authorities understand the requirements and plan accordingly. Establishing adequate number of teacher training institutions and training teachers in sign language, Braille, and inclusive teaching methodologies enhances the capacity of educators to cater to the diverse needs of students with disabilities. Providing free books, learning materials, assistive devices, and scholarships to students with disabilities removes financial barriers and promotes equal opportunities.
Section 18 extends the focus on inclusive education to adult learners. It emphasizes the importance of ensuring the participation of persons with disabilities in adult education and continuing education programs on an equal footing with others. By promoting and protecting adult education opportunities, individuals with disabilities can continue to learn, grow, and acquire new skills throughout their lives.
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 also ensures the education of the people with disabilities in Rule 7. It includes the appointment of a nodal officer in the District Education Office which is a significant step towards ensuring effective implementation of inclusive education for children with disabilities. This officer plays a crucial role in facilitating the admission process and ensuring that the necessary facilities and accommodations are provided to students with disabilities.
Responsibilities of the Nodal Officer:
- Coordination: The nodal officer acts as a central point of contact for all matters related to the admission and education of children with disabilities. They coordinate with schools, parents, and relevant stakeholders to ensure the smooth implementation of inclusive education policies and practices.
- Admission Process: The nodal officer oversees the admission process for children with disabilities. They ensure that no child is discriminated against and that equal opportunities for education are provided to all. This includes monitoring the admissions procedure, addressing any issues or challenges faced by children with disabilities, and ensuring that their rights are protected.
- Facilities and Accommodations: The nodal officer is responsible for ensuring that the necessary facilities, infrastructure, and accommodations are provided to students with disabilities in schools. This includes making schools physically accessible, procuring assistive devices and technologies, and facilitating the provision of reasonable accommodations to support the learning needs of students with disabilities.
- Awareness and Sensitization: The nodal officer plays a crucial role in promoting awareness and sensitization among school staff, teachers, students, and the wider community about the rights and needs of children with disabilities. They may organize training sessions, workshops, or awareness campaigns to foster a more inclusive and understanding environment.
- Grievance Redressal: In cases where there are grievances or complaints related to the admission or education of children with disabilities, the nodal officer acts as a point of contact. They receive and address these grievances, ensuring that appropriate action is taken to resolve the issues and protect the rights of the children involved.
Conclusion: Education is the foundation for personal growth, social inclusion, and empowerment. Embracing inclusive education is not only a moral imperative but also a strategic investment. By adhering to these provisions and taking the necessary measures, we can create an inclusive educational landscape where every person, regardless of their abilities, has equal opportunities to learn and grow. | <urn:uuid:fcd0f33d-dfff-4d16-98b5-21d854e4be81> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://respekt.in/empowerment-through-education/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474660.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226130305-20240226160305-00559.warc.gz | en | 0.951584 | 872 | 4.15625 | 4 |
Exocytosis is the process of exporting materials from the cell.
An example process of how organelles in a cell would work together to produce insulin would be:
- Genes are in DNA
- They are transcribed to mRNA
- The mRNA leaves the nuclear envelope via nuclear pores
- Ribosomes are made in the nucleolus
- Ribosomes translate the mRNA into a protein, which passes through the rough endoplasmic reticulum
- Vesicles containing insulin pass via the Golgi Body
- In the Gologi, the insulin is packaged and modified to be ready for use in the body
- Vesicles pinched off from Golgi pass to plasma membrane.
- Vesicles and the plasma membrane fuse and excrete insulin into the cell’s surroundings via exocytosis. | <urn:uuid:77aa9f20-d409-4699-9fad-2263e6604492> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://sethmb.xyz/sixth/Biology/Cells/OrganellesWorkTogether | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474660.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226130305-20240226160305-00559.warc.gz | en | 0.896613 | 172 | 3.5625 | 4 |
Achieving quantum supremacy becomes attainable within current hardware capabilities using this new architecture.
Alice & Bob, a hardware developer in the quantum computing field, and the research institute Inria have collaboratively introduced a new quantum error correction architecture that uses low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes on cat qubits. This architecture aims to reduce hardware requirements for practical and fault-tolerant quantum computers.
Theoretical work on LDPC codes enables the implementation of gates and the use of short-range connectivity on quantum chips. The advancements allow the reduction of overhead required for quantum error correction.
Over 90% of quantum computing value depends on strong error correction, and the new architecture aims to improve correction by an order of magnitude. The new architecture could operate 100 high-fidelity logical qubits (with an error rate of 10-8) with as few as 1,500 physical cat qubits.
While the qubit variety keeps growing, superconducting, trapped ions, neutral atoms, photonics, spin qubits, and more, its members still share high error rates. Alice and Bob, is betting big on a relatively new member of the qubit zoo, the Cat Qubit (named for Schrödinger’s cat). Alice and Bob recently demonstrated the ability to dramatically suppress bit-flips using its cat qubit technology.
The new architecture, combining LDPC codes and cat qubits, could run Shor’s algorithm with fewer than 100,000 physical qubits, a 200 fold improvement over competing approaches (20 million qubit requirement). The company previously announced the tape out of a chip called Helium 1, which would encode their first logical qubit prototype.
Logical qubits, using the cat qubit LDPC code technique, have sufficiently low error rate. With this, the company could leverage the computing power of 100 logical qubits with as little as 1,500 physical qubits.
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Canada boasts a steel recycling rate of 66%, accounting for more than the combined weight of aluminum, glass, and paper recycled annually. In addition, each tonne of steel recycled saves 1200 pounds of limestone, 2500 pounds of iron core, and 1400 pounds of coal. This goes a long way towards reducing CO2 emissions.
Steel is not just an eco-friendly material. It's also strong and versatile and can be used for various purposes. Therefore, it's no wonder that it's a leading choice for many construction services, including steel framing in Toronto.
Keep reading to learn more about the process and benefits of commercial construction via steel framing in Toronto.
What Is Steel Framing?
Steel framing is a building technique that uses steel shapes to create the skeleton frame that supports a building. These include studs, joists, tracks, and trims. Steel framing can be used for interior and exterior walls, floors, ceilings, and roofs.
This technique is also known as light gauge or cold-formed steel framing. This is because the shapes form by rolling or pressing thin steel sheets at room temperature.
It's not the same as structural steel framing, which uses heavier and thicker steel sections that are welded or bolted together. Structural steel framing is used for large-scale projects that require high load-bearing capacity. Examples include bridges, skyscrapers, and stadiums.
A steel frame structure is more suitable for smaller-scale projects like commercial buildings, offices, schools, and hospitals. It offers more flexibility, speed, and cost-efficiency.
Benefits of Steel Framing
Steel framing offers many advantages over traditional wood framing. Below are a few benefits to consider.
Steel is one of the strongest materials available for commercial construction. It can withstand high winds, earthquakes, fires, and pests. Steel also has a high strength-to-weight ratio, which reduces the load on the foundation and increases the usable floor space.
Steel does not warp, twist, shrink, or rot like wood. It also does not corrode or rust like other metals. Steel can last for decades without requiring much maintenance or repair.
Steel is 100% recyclable and can be reused multiple times without losing its quality or performance. It also reduces the environmental impact of construction by saving energy, water, and wood resources. Moreover, it has a low thermal mass, which improves the energy efficiency and comfort of the building.
Your steel framing system can be tailored to suit any size or design to fit the needs and preferences of the project. You can combine it with other materials, such as concrete, glass, or wood, to create unique and attractive aesthetics.
Steel framing is easy and fast to install. The steel shapes are pre-cut and pre-drilled at the factory, then delivered to the site, ready to be assembled with screws or bolts. This reduces the labour time and cost of construction.
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Study quantifies safety gains distracted driving laws could offer in MT
A new study of the efficacy of different distracted driving laws highlights the benefits laws against texting or handheld phone use could offer in Montana.
Cellphone use is a contributing factor in almost one-quarter of all traffic accidents, according to National Safety Council estimates. In Montana, cellphone use played a known role in more than 1,600 car crashes between 2004 and 2013, according to the Montana Standard. Unfortunately, Montana has not joined other states in banning texting while driving or outlawing the general use of handheld phones.
The current laws leave Belgrade drivers exposed to reckless behaviors that are known to raise the risk of accidents. A recent study illustrated the kind of safety gains that new laws against these activities could offer.
The Montana Department of Transportation reports that some studies have shown the use of any kind of cellphone, including a hands-free cellphone, can increase accident risk a shocking 400 to 500 percent. In light of this fact, it is not surprising that laws banning or at least curbing this behavior can reduce severe injuries and even have life-saving effects.
A recent study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham explored the effectiveness of different types of distracted driving laws. Based on data from various states recorded in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System from 2000 to 2010, the study concluded the following:
- Primary texting bans reduced traffic fatalities by an average of 3 percent, saving approximately 19 lives in each state.
- Comprehensive handheld cellphone bans were more effective at preventing fatalities among drivers between ages 21 and 64.
- Texting bans that targeted young drivers between ages 15 and 21 were the most effective texting bans, reducing fatalities among that age group by 11 percent.
This last gain is especially impactful, since research shows that drivers under age 24 are more likely to text than drivers in any other age group, according to the Montana Standard.
The study also found that secondary texting bans were not associated with a reduction in traffic fatalities, likely because these bans were more challenging to enforce. Under secondary bans, law enforcement authorities can only cite texting if a driver first commits another traffic violation. This finding suggests that, for distracted driving accidents in Montana to decrease, the state would need to enact primary bans.
Some Montana cities, including Bozeman, Butte, and Missoula, have already banned texting while driving under city ordinance. Still, some drivers may not be aware of these ordinances, and without a statewide ban, drivers in rural areas have little incentive to change their habits.
Distracted driving accidents
Currently, distracted driving is treated as reckless driving under Montana law. By definition, a reckless driver is one who operates a vehicle without showing reasonable regard for the safety of other people and physical property.
If a driver causes a harmful accident while he or she is distracted or engaging in other reckless behaviors, the victim may be entitled to compensation. Anyone who has been hurt in an accident caused by another driver’s careless decisions should speak with an attorney about pursuing compensation.
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A study finds that people who received a flu vaccine were less likely to have a heart attack and die from cardiovascular disease.
The flu vaccine has been proven effective in preventing seasonal infections, hospitalizations, and death. In the United States, all individuals six months and older are recommended to get the flu vaccine each season.
The new study published in the Scientific Reports last week suggests the flu vaccine may have additional health benefits for older individuals: those vaccinated are 26% less likely to experience heart attack and are at 33% lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.
Researchers from the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran, analyzed data from 9,059 patients who were 61 years old on average. Of those, 4,529 received the flu vaccine, while the rest got a placebo. They were followed up for nine months on average.
During that period, 517 major cardiovascular events occurred among those vaccinated, compared to 621 cases in the placebo group. Eighty-six vaccinated patients and 116 of those who received the placebo experienced a heart attack.
The authors wrote, "Notably, patients who received the influenza vaccine experienced a remarkable risk reduction of over 20% in cardiovascular death."
How do flu shots help the heart?
Several mechanisms could explain how the flu vaccine improves cardiovascular health. Flu infections trigger systemic inflammation, which may lead to the buildup of fats and cholesterol in the arteries and cause cardiovascular diseases.
Flu infections may weaken the immune system, making it more susceptible to secondary infections, exacerbating cardiovascular conditions.
Meanwhile, the flu vaccine activates the immune system, the proper regulation of which is essential for cardiovascular health.
The authors concluded, "These findings underscore the potential impact of influenza vaccination in safeguarding against adverse cardiovascular outcomes among vulnerable patient populations."
Who should get the vaccine?
Receiving a seasonal flu vaccine is especially important for individuals at a higher risk of developing severe complications. These are adults 65 and older, pregnant women, and individuals with chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease, and chronic kidney disease.
The following health conditions can also put people at higher risk for flu complications:
- Neurological and neurodevelopmental conditions
- Blood disorders, such as sickle cell disease
- Chronic lung diseases
- Liver disorders
- Weakened immune system due to disease, such as HIV, AIDS, or some cancers, or medications, including chemotherapy and immunosuppressants
- People with a history of stroke
Although the vaccine is the most effective way to prevent infections, good health habits may also reduce the risk of catching flu.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends avoiding close contact with sick people and staying home while feeling ill. Moreover, consider covering your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing.
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Listening and questioning skills – Prepares students to use effective listening and questioning skills during a visit from a guest speaker from another culture.
- To increase students’ awareness of other cultures via first-hand dialogue.
- To assist students’ acceptance of other cultures via active listening.
- A confirmed booking of a relevant guest speaker to come to the school to speak to/with students about his/her culture. (Cultural items/pictures would be advantageous)
- Bring A3 paper for brainstorming.
What to do
- Prior to the visit, students form small groups and decide on a scribe for their group (or teacher scribes for younger children).
- Students brainstorm all the topics they consider the guest speaker might talk about, recording answers on A3 paper.
Note: When brainstorming, everyone’s suggestion counts so students should be encouraged to respect each individual’s suggestion.
- When at least six to eight topics have been recorded on the A3 paper, students brainstorm some questions that will cover the topics they have written down.
Note: Students should avoid writing down questions that only require a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer (closed questions). The opposite type of question (an open question) begins with why, how, what or when.
- Each student selects one or two questions from the list that they will ask the guest speaker.
- Teacher prepares students for the guest speaker’s attendance.
Note: Students should be reminded to listen carefully to the speaker and to the questions asked by other members of the class, in order not to duplicate questions and answers.
- Students prepare a ‘report’ of the visit, consisting of photographs/paintings/pictures with accompanying captions or other text.
- Students report verbally about the experience, saying what they liked/found interesting about the visit.
- Students take a copy of the prepared questions home to ask their own parents or family friends.
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What are the main treatment options for a child with asthma?
If your child is diagnosed with asthma, there are two main types of treatment known as relievers and preventers. The majority of asthma medications are breathed in through an inhaler, ensuring it goes straight to the lungs.
Inhalers come in both spray (aerosol) and dry powder form, and aerosol inhalers can be taken through a special device known as a spacer. A spacer is a large plastic container with a mouthpiece at one end (for young children it is a facemask), and a hole for the aerosol inhaler at the other. They make aerosols easier to use and they are particularly good at ensuring that younger children take the whole dose of the medicine that comes through the inhaler. Reliever inhalers help to relieve symptoms as they happen and they are essential in treating asthma attacks as they happen. Preventer inhalers are used to stop asthma attacks from happening in the first place, helping to reduce any swelling in the airways and making your child less likely to react badly when they come into contact with a specific asthma trigger. Preventer inhalers are usually only prescribed for children who use their reliever inhaler three or more times a week, and they have a protective effect that builds up over time. | <urn:uuid:772ed8a8-91e0-4594-a776-c784b83a2509> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | http://www.calpol.ie/expert-advice/asthma-in-children/asthma-treatments | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475422.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301161412-20240301191412-00559.warc.gz | en | 0.965643 | 271 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Technology-Access for Every Student
St. Joachim is a One to One School
As of 2013, every student at St. Joachim School has a personal tech device. In K-2, students have iPads, in grades 3-7 students are using Chromebooks and in grade 8, students have MacBook Airs. The devices are the portals through which students can access the abundant online resources that the school provides. Most resources are adaptive and allow students to progress at their own pace and learn the skills that they need to be successful. These programs include Dreambox, IXL, Flex Math and various iPad apps for math, IXL Grammar, Smarty Ants and Raz Kids reading for primary grades. In addition the school has online resources such as Achieve3000, a differentiated and adaptive reading program that helps students to grow in their lexile levels, develop critical thinking skills and work towards college and career readiness. In 8th grade 90%-100% (varies slightly year to year) of our 8th grade graduates are reading at College and Career ready levels.
St. Joachim online textbooks for 6-8 include Reading (HMH Collections), Math (Go Math) and 5-8 Science (eScience) grades K-2 (Science4Us) grades 3-4 (Discovery Science). In addition, the math program offers online resources and support for students working at home in all grades. The many resources that we have support student learning and provide instant data and feedback to teachers and parents that allows the school to best meet the individual needs of all students. | <urn:uuid:dbbfa8fb-9cfb-4d9a-b9e1-9b6f8ac09fdf> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://stjoachimschool.org/technology-access/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475422.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301161412-20240301191412-00559.warc.gz | en | 0.952796 | 322 | 2.625 | 3 |
Navigating the school year requires a reliable and detailed calendar, especially for those involved with the Killeen Independent School District (KISD) in Texas. With students, parents, and staff juggling multiple responsibilities, a comprehensive school calendar is not just a tool, but a necessity for planning ahead. KISD provides a well-structured calendar that outlines all key dates encompassing academic periods, holidays, and essential events throughout the school year.
Apart from its function in educational planning, the KISD calendar is a reflection of the district’s commitment to keeping all stakeholders informed. It’s a vital resource for the community, ensuring that all scheduled activities are transparent and that students, parents, and faculty can prepare for school events, administration deadlines, and policy updates. This level of communication supports academic success and promotes an organized school environment in the Killeen area.
- The KISD calendar is essential for planning and staying informed about the academic year.
- Clear communication of events, holidays, and policies is central to KISD’s academic environment.
- KISD supports academic success through comprehensive scheduling and resources for the community.
Academic Calendar Overview
The Killeen Independent School District’s academic calendar for the 2023-2024 school year encompasses essential dates, such as the beginning and end of the school year, and all major breaks your child will have.
Key Dates for 2023-2024
- Start of School: The academic year kicks off in August 2023. Ensure your preparations are complete for the first day First/Last Day of School.
- Fall Break: A short break in the fall provides a breather from academic demands.
- Christmas Break: Enjoy family time and holiday celebrations during this extended break in December 2023-2024 District Calendar.
- Spring Break: Typically in March, this break marks a pause before the final push towards the end of the academic year.
- End of School: Concluding in May 2024, this marks the transition into summer 2023-2024 School Calendar.
- Summer Break: Post-school-year holidays begin, providing a lengthy period before the next school year commences.
Understanding the School Year Structure
- Marking Periods: Familiarize yourself with the school’s reporting periods; these divide the school year into manageable segments for assessing student progress.
- Early Release Days: These are specified days when students are dismissed earlier than usual, often used for professional development for teachers.
- Closed/Holiday: There are selected days throughout the year when the school will be closed. Keep these in mind when planning family activities and appointments Killeen ISD Calendar – Killeen Independent School District.
Killeen Independent School District (KISD) serves as a cornerstone of education in Central Texas, offering robust academic programs and diverse opportunities for its students.
Schools in KISD
Your search for quality education in the Killeen area leads you to Killeen ISD, a district with numerous campuses, including high schools that are pivotal to student success. Among these are the highly recognized Harker Heights High School, Ellison High School, and Shoemaker High School. Killeen ISD also takes pride in its Early College High School, an innovative program that allows students to earn high school and college credits concurrently, sometimes even earning an associate degree before graduating.
- High Schools: Harker Heights, Ellison, Shoemaker, and Early College High School
- Special Programs: Early College High School (Associate Degree opportunities)
Central Texas Educational Landscape
In Central Texas, Killeen ISD stands out for its commitment to providing an education that supports students’ growth from fundamental schooling to college readiness. The district’s partnership with local colleges ensures that your child has access to post-secondary educational resources, reinforcing Killeen’s dedication to being a catalyst for both personal and academic achievement.
- Education Partnerships: Local colleges offering dual credit and advanced placement options.
- Location Advantage: Situated in a dynamic educational hub in Central Texas.
By choosing Killeen ISD, you’re ensuring that your child is positioned within a responsive and supportive educational environment that prepares them for college and beyond.
School Events and Activities
Throughout the academic year, you have the chance to engage in a variety of school events and activities that Killeen Independent School District offers. These opportunities allow you to enrich your school experience, connect with peers, and develop new skills.
Killeen ISD provides a substantial selection of extracurricular activities to enhance your educational journey. Whether you’re looking to join a club or participate in a special interest group, the district calendar has you covered. Announcements about upcoming events are typically shared through KISD’s Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter accounts. Keep an eye on these platforms to stay informed about events like science fairs, debate tournaments, and school-sponsored social gatherings.
Sports and Athletics
If you’re passionate about sports, Killeen ISD boasts an impressive athletics program. Make sure to check the calendar for information on athletic events, including game schedules and tryout dates for various sports like football, volleyball, and track and field. For fans and athletes alike, stay updated with the latest sports news and highlights by subscribing to the KISD YouTube channel, where you can catch recaps of thrilling matches and celebrate your school’s achievements.
Administration and Policies
In Killeen Independent School District (KISD), administration is fundamental in ensuring that the schools operate smoothly and that policies are up-to-date and effectively communicated. As a member of the community, you’ll find that the school board takes an active role in maintaining standards and scheduling essential meetings while providing opportunities for staff and teachers to advance through professional development.
Board Meetings Schedule
KISD board meetings are typically held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. These meetings are crucial for deliberating on district affairs, making decisions that affect the whole KISD community, and staying aligned with national education standards. As a stakeholder, attending these meetings can keep you informed about the latest developments.
- Second Tuesday: 6:00 PM – Regular Board Meeting
- Fourth Tuesday: 6:00 PM – Work Session (as needed)
District Policies and Updates
Your district updates policies regularly to reflect new educational insights, changing military family needs, and legislative amendments. As a KISD staff member or teacher, it’s important that you stay abreast of these changes for the efficiency and legality of your professional practice. Opportunities for professional development are often provided to ensure that the district’s education standards keep pace with the nation’s evolving educational landscape.
Parent and Student Resources
In the Killeen Independent School District (KISD), you have access to a wealth of resources designed to support both students and parents as you navigate the academic year. These resources range from educational materials to a variety of support services and programs, ensuring you can find the necessary tools to succeed.
Access to Educational Materials
As a KISD parent or student, you’re encouraged to visit the Parents and Students section on the KISD website to explore educational materials. Here, a robust collection of learning resources is at your fingertips, including:
- Academic guides
- Supplemental learning aids
Ensuring that you have every essential material needed to enhance your educational experience is a top priority.
Support Services and Programs
KISD offers a variety of support services and programs tailored to meet your unique educational needs. You’re invited to check out the following:
Counseling Services: Personalized guidance to support students’ academic and emotional wellbeing.
Special Education Resources: Services crafted to assist students with special needs, including individualized education plans (IEPs).
Education Classes for Parents: Programs aimed to help parents assist their children academically.
You may also participate in surveys, providing valuable feedback that KISD uses to refine and enhance these services. Whether you’re looking to understand the academic calendar or utilize various educational support options, KISD is committed to offering a supportive ecosystem for every family.
Frequently Asked Questions
Seeking information on the Katy Independent School District (KISD) calendar specifics for the 2023-2024 school year? Find the answers to common questions regarding key dates and resources below.
When does the school year begin for Katy ISD in 2023?
The school year for Katy ISD is set to commence in August 2023.
What is the last day of school for Katy ISD in 2023?
The last day of school for Katy ISD students is scheduled for May 2024.
Is the Katy ISD calendar for the 2023-2024 school year available in printable format?
Yes, a printable version of the 2023-2024 District Calendar for Katy ISD is accessible.
Can you provide the schedule for summer school in Killeen ISD for 2023?
Killeen ISD’s summer school schedule for 2023 is detailed in the district’s calendar.
What are the scheduled school holidays for Katy ISD in the 2023-2024 academic year?
Katy ISD has several school holidays and breaks; specifics are outlined in the district calendar, including holiday dates throughout the 2023-2024 academic year.
How can I access the home portal for KISD to monitor academic progress?
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Lynne Farquhar, a Conservation Advisor at Natural England, tells us about a major new project that will help secure the long-term future of many of the UK’s declining protected fish - including the rare shad - whilst re-connecting millions of people with the River Severn along the way.
Britain has some magical, mythical and fascinating migratory fish species. Many of you will be familiar with the mighty Atlantic Salmon which travels thousands of miles and back to its natal river to spawn. But how many of you have heard of the humble shad? Essentially an overgrown herring –( a member of culpeidae family and closely related to herrings) - twaite and allis shad has played a hugely important role in the history and ecology of the River Severn.
The important history of the shad
Shad spend most of their life at sea, but are born in fresh water. They are known as the ‘May fish’ due to their spectacular migrations into freshwater rivers every May. Once so abundant in the Severn they were a cornerstone of the local communities along the river and used for food, fertiliser and animal feed, and their sale value exceeded that of salmon and accounted for more than 1/3 of the total of all fish caught from the Severn. River Severn shad were famed all across Europe and regularly shipped to the Empress of Russia and other princes because of its taste and quality. In the 13th century twaite shad from the Severn were highly prized, and they were also a favourite dish in the court of Henry III. The shad was economically vital to the Severn Valley up until the time of the Industrial Revolution. For the River Severn’s ecology the Industrial Revolution spelled a heart attack. Within three years of installing navigation weirs in 1843, and the passing of the Severn Navigation Act, the natural heritage of the UK’s longest river had been choked and many fish including shad, once so plentiful and economically vital to the Severn Valley, became extinct.
Shad in the River Severn
The UK breeding shad populations are largely unique to the Severn Estuary and the rivers that flow into it. Because of this they are protected as “species of community interest” under the European Union Habitats Directive. The Severn Estuary Special Area of Conservation (SAC), the River Usk SAC and the River Wye SAC are all designated for species including shad and are a notified feature of the River Teme Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The UK population of Twaite shad is in critical condition because of limited access to inland breeding areas.
In 2013 an exciting partnership project was developed and led by Severn Rivers Trust, Canal and Rivers Trust, Environment Agency and Natural England to address the blockages in the UK’s longest river to help secure the long-term future of many of the UK’s declining protected fish species. This included the most challenging - twaite shad - by substantially increasing access to the critical spawning grounds they require to complete their complex lifecycles. The project sought to improve the status of shad species both locally, within the Severn Estuary SAC, and at a national level and help secure the long-term future of many other fish species including allis shad, salmon, coarse fish, eels and lamprey. Crucially, the project will also re-connect millions of people with their lost natural, cultural and industrial heritage, with over 6 million people today living within close proximity of the River.
In 2014 I took the helm locally with support from Randy Velterop Natural England’s Senior Fisheries Specialist to provide technical advice on twaite shad to support the development of an ambitious Heritage Lottery Fund & European Union LIFE bid.
What the project will bring
Two years on we have just been given the green light for this £19.4 million project. The largest of its kind in Europe, with funding from HLF (£10.8m) and EU LIFE Programme (£6m). This fantastic partnership project will help deliver:
- Ongoing recovery of some of our most vulnerable migratory fish species within the River Teme SSSI, River Severn and Severn Estuary SAC by restoring the historical spawning range of important species like the twaite shad and other migratory and coarse fish.
- Return over 200km of historic spawning habitat to the shad enabling them to run up the river in May, as they used to in Medieval times, in their tens of thousands.
- Improved local community participation and schools re-engagement with their river through citizen science and learning events across the region.
- The UK’s only ‘Shad Fest’ and England’s only fish viewing gallery at Diglis Weir, Worcester, helping to tell the story of the mighty River Severn and its magical and captivating fish species.
The best part about this partnership project for me is working with committed and passionate people and working with communities towards the same improved environmental outcomes for endangered species.
By reconnecting people with the river and the shad this project will raise awareness of the value of our UK river systems, not only enhancing biodiversity, tourism and fishing, but ensuring the River Severn system is protected for future generations to enjoy. Our natural and historic heritage is an important piece of our economy, past, present and future. | <urn:uuid:5230759b-80a1-4f60-bee1-ccc1a31768d3> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2016/10/27/unlocking-the-river-severn-a-major-new-project-to-benefit-people-and-wildlife/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476180.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303011622-20240303041622-00559.warc.gz | en | 0.953487 | 1,128 | 3.453125 | 3 |
Generation Z, also known as the post-millennial generation, is quickly becoming a significant force in the travel and tourism sector. Born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s, this generation is characterized by their digital fluency, desire for authentic experiences, and commitment to sustainability. Their rising impact on the industry is reshaping the way we think about travel and forcing businesses to adapt to their unique preferences and needs.
One of the most apparent ways in which Generation Z is affecting the travel and tourism sector is through their use of technology. This generation has grown up with smartphones and social media, making them the most connected generation to date. They rely heavily on technology to research, plan, and book their trips. Online travel agencies, review websites, and social media platforms play a crucial role in their decision-making process.
This reliance on technology has forced travel businesses to adapt their marketing strategies. Traditional methods, such as print advertisements and brochures, no longer hold as much sway with this generation. Instead, businesses must focus on creating a strong online presence and engaging with potential customers through social media platforms. Influencer marketing has become a popular tactic, with Gen Z relying on recommendations from their favorite online personalities when making travel decisions.
Generation Z also values authenticity and unique experiences when it comes to travel. They are less interested in generic tourist attractions and more attracted to off-the-beaten-path destinations and immersive cultural experiences. This desire for authenticity has led to the rise of niche travel experiences and personalized itineraries. Travel companies are now offering curated trips that cater to specific interests, such as culinary tourism, adventure travel, or volunteering experiences.
Furthermore, sustainability is a key concern for Generation Z. This environmentally conscious generation is demanding more sustainable and responsible travel options. They are willing to support businesses that prioritize sustainability and are actively seeking out eco-friendly accommodations, transportation, and activities. This has prompted the travel industry to adopt more sustainable practices, such as reducing plastic waste, promoting responsible wildlife tourism, and investing in renewable energy sources.
In addition to their impact on the industry, Generation Z’s travel habits are also reshaping the destinations they visit. This generation is more interested in exploring lesser-known destinations and sharing their experiences on social media, which has led to a rise in the popularity of previously overlooked locations. This trend has both positive and negative implications for these destinations, as increased tourism can bring economic benefits but also put strain on local resources and infrastructure.
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Schloss Charlottenburg (Charlottenburg Palace) is the largest and the most important royal palace still standing in the city of Berlin. It was built in baroque style and reflects the desire for representation of the Prussian kings. It was commissioned by Sophie Charlotte as a summer residence in 1695, who was the first queen of Prussia and the wife of Friedrich I. Originally it was named Lietzenburg, like the small village close by. Nowadays the palace is located in the middle of the city but when it was first built, it lay outside the city walls and in the countryside. After the death of Sophie Charlotte her husband renamed the palace and the estate Charlottenburg in her memory.
Subsequent generations of the royal family expanded the palace. Before Friedrich the Great built his famous palace Sanssouci in Potsdam, he used Charlottenburg has his residence. His former living quarters can still be visited.
Charlottenburg Palace was severely damaged during the Second World War. It was however decided that the building as well as the surrounding park should be rebuilt. Parts of the interior are open to visitors, including the old palace and the new wing. You can see the apartment of Frederick the Great, a porcelain cabinet as well as an important arts collections of French paintings from the 18th century.
The highlight is definitely the beautiful palace garden. It is open to the public and free of charge. After its destruction in the war it was rebuilt but does not exactly replicate how it was before. Still it is a wonderful garden in baroque style with beautiful flowerbeds. It is quite big with its 55 hectares and offers much space to stroll around. You can walk right up to the river Spree and admire the gardens. It is one of the most beautiful gardens in Berlin.
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There are four main ingredients in making beer: malt, hops, yeast, and water. Familiarize yourself with each ingredient and learn to use adjuncts and finings to expand your repertoire of recipes. Remember, this is just a brief overview. For more information on each ingredient, expand the Further Reading section for each ingredient or Get the Book!
Malt is the principal source for fermentable sugar in beer. Raw, brewing-grade barley undergoes a germination and kilning process by malt manufacturers to prepare it for brewers. In other words, malt is barley that has been sprouted and dried.
Every combination of roasting time, temperature, pH, concentration, sugar, and nitrogenous compounds will create a different set of flavor chemicals in a malt. Base malt refers to the majority of the malted grains used to make beer while specialty malts (e.g. chocolate malt) have a more dramatic impact on the flavor, mouthfeel, and color of the beer. Utilizing specialty malts is a relatively easy way to add more depth and character to extract brews.
Agricultural historians believe that the barley grown across Europe in the early Middle Ages was mainly six-row. The genetic ancestors of two-row types grown in Europe were likely brought back from the Middle East during the Crusades.
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Malt extract is concentrated sugar extracted from brewing-grade malted barley and comes in both dried (powder) and liquid (syrup) forms. Extract lets brewers skip the mashing process needed to brew with grains and takes you straight to the boil.
Various types of malt extract are available, such as pale, wheat, and amber. Today you’ll even find specialty extracts like rye and Maris Otter. The specific type to use in a brew depends on the desired style of beer.
Malt extract is made by mashing grains to make wort. The wort is then concentrated from its original gravity to a thick syrup by evaporation under gentle heat, typically under vacuum.
More than just resembling rabbit food in pellet form, hops are the green, cone-shaped flower of the hop plant that are used to add balance, flavor, and aroma to beer. Hops contain specific amounts of alpha and beta acids, as well as essential oils broken down in boiling wort that give many beers their signature bitterness, flavor, and aroma.
You may also use a technique called dry hopping, in which hops are added after fermentation for added aroma and flavor. Aside from the added flavors hops lend, they are also an excellent preservative of beer.
The genus Humulus likely originated in Mongolia at least six million years ago. A European type diverged from that Asian group more than one million years ago; a North American group migrated from the Asian continent approximately 500,000 years later.
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Yeast & Bacteria
Brewer’s yeast (Saccharomyces) is a type of fungus that consumes fermentable sugars in the wort and creates alcohol and carbon dioxide as a byproduct, a process known as fermentation. The nuances of fermentation come down to the type of yeast used, primarily ale or lager yeast.
Using two different types of yeast in the same wort can create drastically different beers. Other than alcohol and carbon dioxide, yeast strains produce other compounds like esters, fusel alcohols, ketones, and various phenols and fatty acids, all of which contribute to the character of a beer.
Wild yeast and bacteria like Brettanomyces (Brett), Lactobacillus (Lacto), or Pediococcus (Pedio), are either very favorable or avidly detested by brewers due to their reputation as contaminants. While these yeasts and bacteria can pose a high risk for cross-contamination, the unique flavor and aromas they produce can outweigh the risk and extra effort in certain kinds of beer. Just be careful! It’s typically recommended maintain separate equipment for “clean” beers and “wild” beers to prevent cross-contamination of future batches.
A single yeast cell is about 5 to 10 microns (0.0002–0.0004 inches) in size and round to ovoid in shape. And although a yeast cell is ten times larger than bacteria, it is still too small to be seen by the naked eye. In fact, it takes more than ten yeast cells to equal the diameter of one human hair.
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It may seem like an obvious ingredient, but because water makes up the vast majority of beer, it’s a critical one. There are four key aspects of water that relate to homebrewing: pH, hardness, alkalinity and residual alkalinity, and “flavor” ions. All four aspects affect brewing.
The colloquial terms “hard water” and “soft water” come from the cleaning industry. The term “hard” means that it is hard to raise a lather due to the chemical binding of the soil-binding sites in soaps by calcium and magnesium ions.
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Adjuncts are another source of fermentable sugars for adding alcohol to your homebrew. Adjuncts are often used as a cheaper alternative to malted grains or to produce a lighter, less malty beer, but they can just as easily lend their own unique character to beers brewed with them—oatmeal stout, anyone?
Rice has been used as a brewing adjunct in the United States and Britain since the 19th century. Varieties of rice used specifically for brewing are bred to have nearly no flavor or aroma.
A fining agent is a compound added to beer to improve clarity. Fining agents work by attaching themselves to contaminants and cause them to rapidly settle to the bottom of the fermenter. They may be added either at the end of the boil or in the fermenter, depending on what fining agent is used.
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Modern clinical researches show that unripe tomatoes yield higher amounts of essential nutritional compounds as compared to the ripe ones. Among the most significant compounds found in unripe tomatoes is the steroidal alkaloid compound known as Tomatidine. There have been a lot of studies on the potential effects of Tomatidine in the human body as an alkaloid compound. Aside from being a well-known compound for oxidative stress reduction, Tomatidine also serves as a muscle-building compound as it observed to help prevent muscle atrophy associated with aging among mice subjects. Health supplement formulations in the current generation usually include Tomatidine as a main ingredient as it is safe and effective for bodybuilding. Other suggested health benefits of using Tomatidine are being subjected to in-depth clinical researches in order to fully establish health claims.
What is Tomatidine?
Tomatidine is simply a compound isolated through various extraction procedures from unripe tomatoes. It is an interesting compound for muscle-building enthusiasts as it helps improve muscle mass while preventing atrophy among elderly men and women. Aside from increasing muscle size, the compound Tomatidine is also useful in strengthening muscles and preventing wasting which can be associated with trauma, structural defect and underlying illnesses. In cases of muscle trauma, Tomatidine may also be used to promote faster healing. In several studies, Tomatidine has been compared to the popular antioxidant compound Lycopene. There are several similarities between Lycopene and Tomatidine in terms of health benefits. Pilot studies have already been conducted to determine the uses of Tomatidine in the field of cancer prevention and control. It has been shown that Tomatidine has almost similar effects in controlling cancer as that of Lycopene but the exact mechanisms of action of both compounds in the human body are not yet fully understood.
Health benefits of using Tomatidine
Supplementing compounds from tomatoes like Tomatidine can help improve overall health and wellness in so many ways. The following are other health benefits of using Tomatidine supplements:
- It may enhance weight loss effects
Prior to muscle size enhancement, weight loss is an absolute prerequisite. Studies show that Tomatidine, aside from enhancing muscle mass development, also enhances weight loss effects. It must, however, be accompanied with healthy diet and exercise.
- It has cardioprotective effects
Tomatidine also helps protect the heart from damages brought about by toxins which accumulate blood vessels and impede normal circulation. It has long been established as a detoxification compound which works as well in the bloodstream.
- It may reduce effects of rapid aging
Aging is inevitable but with essential tomato compounds as Tomatidine, the damaging effects of aging can be prevented. This has been concluded in one study involving animal subjects and Tomatidine.
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A data table is a range that displays the results of changing certain values in one or more formulas. The different values you want to enter in a formula are also included in the data table. A data table can have either a single variable or two variables.
This function allows you to join data found within several different cells into one cell. For example, if the first and last name of an employee is found in two different cells, this function can join the names into one cell.
“Cut” will remove a selection of data and give you the possiblity to paste it elsewhere in your spreadsheet. It’s basically a move command. “Copy” will duplicate a selected range of data. “Paste” will place any selected data that is copied or cut into the current selected cell. There are multiple ways to execute these commands.
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Opening up the Internet through Voice Portals
By , freelance journalist
The beginning of the new millennium will be remembered for many things but in terms of the Internet, one of the most significant developments has been the rapid emergence of the voice (or speech) portal.
Not long ago, speech-enabling the World Wide Web was a mere germ of an idea. Today, that idea is being turned into reality, with voice portals leading the way.
Voice portals began life as dedicated systems that provided access to a database of information via a voice channel. In a voice portal, input from the user is through spoken command, which the system can accept thanks to Advanced Speech Recognition (ASR) techniques. Output from the system back to the user is performed by text-to-speech (TTS).
Until recently, voice portals typically did not provide access to the whole worldwide Internet, but rather to 'walled gardens' of content managed by individual service providers, which related to their customers' particular data and services. Now, the Web itself is becoming available through voice interfaces.
"Compared to the PC market, telephony is
This has the potential to transform the nature of Web access, because at a stroke it makes Web content accessible via any telephone. And there are far more telephone users in the world than there are computer users: some 800m wireless phone users, and 1.2bn telephone lines, compared with a 'mere' 300m computer-based Internet users.
Voice portals are an important development because they bring the various benefits of voice-based access to the Internet. For one thing, rapid retrieval of information can be much easier via voice, because a user can simply state an item stored in a list or directory, without having to remember a number, scroll through a menu, or listen to each option.
For example, simply saying the railway stations that you want to travel to and from is much easier than inputting the same information via a phone with a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) capability, using the phone?s keypad.
However, voice portals are not necessarily direct competitors with text-based techniques for mobile telephones like WAP. Instead they can be used as complementary technologies. For example, a train travel information site may be displayed on a WAP portal. On selecting this option, the user is transferred to an automated speech-enabled application to say where they want to travel to and from. This information is then delivered to the customer either via the voice prompt, or possibly in the form of text by SMS (Short Messaging Service), enabling the customer to store the data on their handset.
Hands-free usage and access to information while on the move, via a mobile telephone, are other major benefits of speech-enabling websites through voice portals. The value of this has been demonstrated by the widespread availability of email-by-speech services, offered by many leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
Moves into voice portals from many major Internet players are coming thick and fast, such as the announcement of the Yahoo-by-Phone service from the well known search engine company. AT&T, IBM and Lucent are just three of the world's largest IT companies actively developing voice portal technologies.
"For people on the move, the voice portal will access
A series of market reports predict voice portals will be one of the fastest growing and most widely used Internet technologies, given their ability to make Web content and services far more accessible.
UK market consultancy Ovum forecasts that by 2005, voice portals will become a $26 billion market. Ovum says a major application for voice portals will be to promote the use of 'personal assistant services'. People will dial in, and through them have access to a huge range of services, from ordering a pizza to placing calls, to obtaining any kind of information from websites.
"Compared to the PC market, telephony is still in the era of the DOS prompt," says the Ovum report's writer, Dan Ridsdale. "PC usage exploded when DOS was replaced by Windows. A large factor in this is that user interfaces have become more intuitive and user-friendly, bringing the functionality of the PC to telecommunications."
Improvements in speech recognition, expanding Internet use, and the arrival of microbrowsers on telephones will see a massive market emerge, he claims.
"Personal assistant service providers will effectively own the customer interface, becoming the users' personal portal into the network," he said.
The people at the cutting edge of this new market ? such as mobile phone operators ? agree. Karen Sinclair, Senior Product Manager for Orange, France Telecom's subsidiary providing cellular networks, says that with increased call revenue, such services could make up to 50% of Orange's business in the near future.
"...by 2005 more than 2bn people will be using voice portals" - Datacomm
"The voice portal will be the first thing you will use. People are on the move. The voice portal will access everything for you ? the Web, travel timetables, news," she says.
Kelsey Group, the eCommerce market research organisation, claims there will be 3m frequent and 10m occasional users of voice-enabled websites by 2002. And perhaps the most upbeat forecast of all comes from US company Datacomm Research, which says that by 2005 more than 2bn people will be using voice portals, voice-enabled websites and Web-based interactive voice response systems (IVRs).
"Voice-based services will humanise the Internet, extending Internet access to every telephone and making online shopping easier and more natural," says Paul Pauesick, Datacomm Research's Director of Research and principal author of the report. "By 2005, more people will surf the Web from phones than from PCs."
"Voice portals and voice application service providers will dramatically reduce costs associated with calls centres and customer premises equipment," said Ira Brodsky, President of Datacomm Research. "Voice-based Internet services will also spawn new competition for local, long-distance, and international telephone services," he added.
The Datacomm Research report says voice portals will help conventional businesses to exploit Internet-based e-commerce and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions. Voice buttons on business websites will enhance sales and service, providing a richer shopping experience, and VXML (a variety of the XML Web language that is designed for voice applications) will extend the Internet's reach to all telephones.
The report comes to several specific conclusions as to how the voice portal market should develop. For example, it says incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) must divorce services from the central office in order to survive. But legacy systems, employee resistance, and shareholder addiction to dividends will hinder ILECs, creating huge opportunities for voice application service providers to offer 'virtual central office' services. This will enable customers to reduce their investment in telephone equipment, support personnel, training, and facilities, and will gradually absorb today's IVR applications, it says.
Voice portals will become a key information source for mobile users, Datacomm Research claims, with the most successful voice portals being those prepared to absorb high production costs, provide local flavour, and quickly scale up their systems.
In the longer term, personal digital assistants will become Internet-based, talking avatars (also known as 'virtual agents' or 'verbots'). Such 'virtual agents' will serve as intermediaries between people and services ? everything from e-commerce sites to home security systems.
It may be a few years before we chat regularly with our personal avatar but there is no doubt about the potential of the voice portal market. Across Europe, there are already several examples of services that illustrate what can be achieved. In Greece, for instance, mobile phone operator is providing a range of innovative services that are essentially based on the voice portals concept. Working with Ericsson and speech recognition specialist Vocalis, STET Hellas has several systems either implemented or under development, including voice mail retrieval, and location dependent services.
The latter enable the mobile network to automatically identify where a caller is located and provide the most appropriate response to calls for emergency services, say, or facilities like tourist information. Location dependent services are currently at the cutting edge of mobile telephony, and seen by many observers as an area with huge potential that will grow rapidly over the next few years.
STET Hellas has developed a Smart Tourist Guide, designed to enable people who are walking or driving the streets of Athens to call a number and be told by the automated system where interesting tourist sites are in relation to their current location. Extensions to the system will be to tell callers where other relevant facilities are, such as the nearest hotel or railway station.
In Sweden, Arico AB is an Internet solution and content provider that specialises in e-commerce, Internet sales and interactive reservation systems as well as remote access updateable database systems. It has implemented two sophisticated voice-driven services: an automated on-line hotel booking system that can be operated entirely by speaking over the telephone, and a dual language email-by-voice facility.
For the hotel booking service, called LedigaRum ('JustRoom'), a comprehensive voice response (IVR) system acts as the front end to Arico?s interactive database technology. It enables customers to call a specified number, say the location they want, and obtain details of room availability including last-minute special offers. For hotels, it allows them to ensure that the details of their latest room vacancies and offers are constantly available, therefore minimising the number of rooms left empty.
The second service is believed to be the first example of a dual language, email-by-phone service. As with LedigaRum, Advanced Speech Recognition (ASR) and Text-To-Speech (TTS) give users a comprehensive speech interface to their email, allowing them to access, delete and respond to email messages using speech.
Whichever language was used to create the original email, Swedish or English, the system?s spoken output can be switched to the appropriate language. After the user dials in to the service, the system reads out the heading of their first email in Swedish. If this email was created in Swedish, the content is read back to them. However, if at any time the system speaks a subject heading or text that is incorrectly pronounced, the user is able to switch to English simply by saying ?English?. The English section is read to them, after which they can revert to Swedish. This is useful for the many Swedes, especially business users, who use both languages frequently
Another illustration of what is being achieved comes from a UK company, BrowseByPhone. Calling itself the UK?s first Voice Internet Service Provider (vISP), BrowseByPhone allows ordinary telephone users to access Web content by voice and a telephone keypad. BrowseByPhone has been developed by Birmingham-based wireless Internet specialist, Waperture, as an extension of its successful Wapgata wireless Internet service.
The launch service, called GataGrab, enables users of the BrowseByPhone website to tell the system which Web pages they are interested in ? a 'Grab', to use BrowseByPhone's terminology. From then on, they can dial the BrowseByPhone access number and hear the page being read back to them, live off the Internet.
Thanks to services like BrowseByPhone, all of the UK?s telephone users are now effectively potential Internet users, with no need to buy a PC or special phone. Users range from sports and hobby enthusiasts accessing their club or team events and results lists, to business executives accessing driving directions or company reports, to web masters remotely monitoring website use. Waperture is also keen to investigate applications for the visually impaired.
BrowseByPhone also integrates with WAP technology to enable users to view their selected web pages on a WAP phone instead of listening to them. The system dynamically translates from web page protocols to WAP protocols, potentially making any web page accessible from a WAP phone. Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) can use BrowseByPhone to give themselves an instant telephone information line and WAP presence, simply by setting up a Grab to a page on their existing website.
The BrowseByPhone service can be accessed on the Internet from www.wapgata.com or www.browsebyphone.com, and over WAP from wap.wapgata.com. To access from a UK telephone, dial for the BrowseByPhone/Gatagrab service, or for a GataGrab demo.
The voice portal feature of the BrowseByPhone service is central to its operations, as David Shaw, Marketing Manager of Waperture, says.
"Although we still feel that well developed WAP applications have their place, the fact is that much of what people want to access when they are mobile contains too much data for a WAP phone, and even now WAP phones have nowhere near the penetration of ordinary mobile phones.
"Even with the development of GPRS (general packet radio service) and 3G wireless technologies, voice access will still be preferable to text or graphical interfaces for many users and applications," adds Shaw.
"BrowseByPhone allows anybody with any type of telephone to access Web-based content. Also, the GataGrab service is targeted at individual web pages to make user interaction simple and easy to use. As users become familiar with voice Internet access we may extend the service to provide almost full web surfing capabilities."
Once the service is established in the UK, Waperture is looking to expand into the US and Europe, and is currently talking to voice technology companies in Ireland, Spain, Germany and the US. Waperture also plans to release a number of different voice services under the BrowseByPhone banner, including conventional portal services such as sports, news and weather, and the ability for users to build their own voice sites and services.
It is no accident that for humans, speech is far and away the preferred method of communicating. It is far less effort to learn and use than writing, much quicker, and can be done anywhere. Originally, of course, it required being within earshot of your intended audience, but Alexander Graham Bell's invention solved that problem for us more than a century ago.
Today, voice-based communication is transforming the way we use one of the 20th century's last major inventions, the Internet and the World Wide Web, for the same reasons. In computing terms, these can be summed up very simply as: "A voice portal means all you need to do is boot up with your ear, and log on with your mouth."
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North Country National Scenic Trail gets 'unit' status from National Park Service
The North Country National Scenic Trail is now an official “unit” of the National Park Service.
That status gives the NCT official recognition in the National Park Service and access to more resources and funding. It also provides equal legal standing with the other trails and parks the National Park Service oversees.
The North Country Trail is the longest of the 11 National Scenic Trails in the U.S. It stretches 4,800 miles across from North Dakota to Vermont, and includes both the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan.
Six of these 11 trails are administered by the National Park Service but at the time of their official National Scenic Trail designation, only three were identified as units: the Appalachian Trail, Natchez Trace Trail, and Potomac Heritage Trail. Unit status was missing, for no clear reason, from wording in the law for the North Country Trail, Ice Age Trail, and New England Trail. This means they were not recognized as units of the National Park Service, and thus, not promoted to the American public.
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The Path of the Coyote, an Animal of Power for Migrants in Mexico
Five huge coyotes made by artist Libre Gutiérrez inform migrants traveling in the desert about safe routes and where to get water.
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There are some 84 refuges for migrants throughout Mexico. What is unusual, is that many of the travelers who arrive in the country fleeing violence in their respective homes in Central America barely manage to locate them. Nor do they know what resources they have or their rights. For them, going into the desert in search of safety is in itself a very dangerous blind walk.
The Tijuana artist Libre Gutiérrez faced this reality while volunteering at a Mexico City refuge, Casa Touchán. He sat down with about eight migrants and began making a list of all the things that any traveler should consider to begin their exhausting and risky journey.
Gutiérrez is a social artist. He works solo and sometimes in collaboration with nonprofit organizations, creating murals that act as community bridges. They are symbols of resistance as well as denunciations of social problems.
This time, he wanted to understand the odyssey of migrants in depth, but knew to do that, he had to become one. There began a journey that would culminate in almost "sorcery" - all art is, in a way, sorcery.
The freight trains that transport migrants through Mexico are known by the fearsome name, 'La Bestia.' The journey is very risky. Many people who start across the track lose an arm, die when they fall from the roof of the wagons, or fall victim to the mafias.
Libre decided to undertake the journey. He needed to understand what it felt like and what those he met were really up against. He spent ten days on the back of 'La Bestia,' along with entire families, heading north.
"We were threatened and treated very well too," he told Hyperallergic. "Whenever the train stopped, we were cautious, but most people came with food and water."
After the experience - cold, hard, and dangerous - the artist created in Tapachula, Chiapas, a mother coyote and her puppy to travel with families and their children, and to also show the female side of the journey. The mother coyote of at least 11 feet is a protector, who carries on her back colorful houses that are also aviaries with flags from Honduras, Guatemala or Ecuador. The countries of origin of the people traveling on La Bestia.
Then he continued to sculpt. He made four more coyotes, also in Tapachula, all part of the series "Transpoartapueblos: Los Resilientes," which he made in collaboration with NOW Art L.
Better known as nocturnal and solitary animals that look like dogs or starving wolves, saying "coyote" on the border is not talking about animals per se, but about guides or human traffickers depending on who you ask.
For the Border Patrol, coyotes or polleros are smugglers. For the coyotes themselves, all they do is help people cross the desert and get across the border without losing their lives and in exchange for payment.
But Gutiérrez went a little further. For his latest series, "Transportapueblos, Compañero de Migrantes" made this figure into a hybrid between the guide and the power animal that, according to the Native Americans, represents the spirit of life.
A symbol of survival carved into five large sculptures representing coyotes and containing useful information for the migrant, such as carved maps and necessary supplies such as water. And they even have shelves at the back.
"I've always felt more like a sculptor than a painter," said the artist, who used a grant he had just received to create his designs, which he would place along the road through Mexico.
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Our world is home to numerous civilizations, each having its own traditional customs. You can find an extensive range of customs almost everywhere. In each corner of the earth, you will find people following different traditions, from celebrations to their clothes and even culinary preferences. People mostly display their religious or cultural values through their clothes, culinary preferences, or celebrations.
Like most other phenomena, clothes play an integral role in identifying with a culture. They not only make you a part of it but also help preserve the culture. Both Kippah and Yarmulke are types of Jewish headgear worn to show off these cultural traditions. Even though both these are caps worn on the head, there is a slight difference among them, and we will touch upon that.
Kippah vs. Yarmulke: Key Differences
The major difference between Kippah and Yarmulke is not in the cap’s style or color but the language of origin for both caps. They essentially mean the same thing, with the only difference being that the cap is called Kippah in the Hebrew language, and it is called Yarmulke in the Yiddish language. However, both of them refer to the same cap, which is worn above the head, specifically by people who practice Judaism. Today, primarily orthodox religious people tend to wear these caps as a sign of faith towards the Jewish religion.
The word Kippah is taken from the Hebrew language, and it translates roughly to the ‘dome.’ In some other areas and languages, it is referred to as the prison because, in ancient times, roofs of prisons were also shaped like domes. It is essentially a cap worn over the head by Jews and made from wool, cloth, silk, etc. Its primary purpose and the reason why Jews still wear it over their heads is mainly that it allows them to fulfill their religious obligations.
The word Yarmulke, on the other hand, also refers to the same head-caps, but it is categorized differently because it is taken from Yiddish, which is a different language. The word originally came from the language known as Silvis and meant a cap in its most basic description. Yarmulke comes from joining two words together, which were Yarei Malka, essentially meaning ‘fear of the king.’
The only difference between Kippah and Yarmulke is the languages they are derived from and their origins. They are essentially caps meant to be worn over the head and serve the purpose of fulfilling religious obligations for the Jews.
What is Kippah?
The Kippah is a Hebrew word meaning the dome and is meant to denote a cap shaped like a dome and worn over the head by Jewish people. It was known in Talmud, another language, as a prison, as the prisons in those times had domes in the roofs of their buildings. Some sections of the Jewish community believe that these head caps had become necessary. They covered the head during religious obligations and allowed people to fulfill their obligations without reprisals.
The Jewish community in Talmud believed that these caps depicted the dominance of God above the people who were wearing these caps. When you are referring to multiple Kippah caps, they are known as Kippot, and over time these caps have gone through numerous upgrades and evolutions.
What is Yarmulke?
Yarmulke is a Yiddish word derived from the Silvis language and is another word used to describe the Kippah cap worn by Jewish people. The only difference between the two words is their origin and the meaning of the word. Yarmulke is made from two different words: Yarei and Malka, which initially meant the fury of the king.
The caps were usually worn by people from Ashkenazic groups, who practiced Judaism daily. Some of the other names of the Yarmulke cap are Yamalki or Yamalka. It’s a cap meant to be worn with ethnic clothing and depicts one’s closeness to God and willingness to fulfill their religious obligations. The cap has evolved over time and now has numerous textures and colors, including silk, yarn, and wool.
Why do People Wear Kippah or Yarmulke?
People have different reasons for wearing the Kippah or Yarmulke, as people usually denote their culture through their attire. Jewish people have worn these caps for centuries and will keep wearing them for centuries to come. Some people wear them for religious reasons, while it is all about upholding their cultural values for others.
Judaism is also a religion with a strict system of regulations and laws, and those who practice this religion don’t like to stray from the path. Therefore, they may try to invoke feelings of righteousness in others by wearing the Kippah or Yarmulke or doing it out of compulsion for their religion. Whatever their reasons, you can say that they are wearing the same cap, as no matter what you call it, whether the Kippah or the Yarmulke, you can safely say that they are wearing the same thing.
People worldwide have different religions and cultures, and they usually depict themselves in a different light by the way they dress up. The Kippah or Yarmulke has been a feature of Judaism, and every Jewish person can be seen wearing these caps at some point or the other. It’s become a defining characteristic of Jewish people, and one can say that it has become their symbol.
No matter what you call it, the Kippah or the Yarmulke, they are both two sides of the same coin, with the only difference being that in Hebrew, you will call it Kippah, but in Yiddish, you will call it Yarmulke. Therefore, call it what you want, but it is basic headgear that all Jewish people wear. | <urn:uuid:ec2e896b-7976-4a59-bc12-0ba6e8ca61f9> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://bestmitzvahs.com/kippah-vs-yarmulke-whats-the-difference/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474594.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225071740-20240225101740-00659.warc.gz | en | 0.977249 | 1,247 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Botanical Name: Acer
Family: N.O. Aceraceae
Habitat: The Maples, belonging to the genus Acer, natural order Aceraceae, are for the most part trees, inhabitants of the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, particularly North America, Northern India and Japan. There are approximately 125 species, most of which are native to Asia, but several species also occur in Europe, northern Africa, and North America.
Description: The leaves are long-stalked, placed opposite to one another, and palmately lobed; the flowers, in fascicles appearing before the leaves as in the Norway Maple, or in racemes appearing with, or later than, the leaves as in the Sycamore Some of the flowers are often imperfect.
The dry fruit, termed a ‘samara,’ is composed of two one-seeded cells, furnished with wings, which divide when ripe, the winged seeds being borne by the wind to a considerable distance.
The leaves of the Maples commonly exhibit varnish-like smears, of sticky consistence, known as honey-dew. This is the excretion of the aphides which live on the leaves; the insect bores holes into the tissues, sucks their juices and ejects a drop of honeydew, on an average once in half an hour. In passing under a tree infested with aphides the drops can be felt like a fine rain. The fluid is rich in sugar. When the dew falls, the honey-dew takes it up and spreads over the leaf; later in the day evaporation reduces it to the state of a varnish on the leaf surface, which aids in checking transpiration. Many other trees exhibit this phenomenon, e.g. lime, beech, oak, etc.
Most of the Maples yield a saccharine juice from the trunk, branches and leaves. The wood of almost all the species is useful for many purposes, especially to the cabinetmaker, the turner and the musical instrument-maker, and for the manufacture of alkali the Maples of North America are of great value.
Many species with finely-cut or variegated leaves have been introduced, especially from Japan, as ornamental shrubs, most of them remarkable for the coppery-purple tint that pervades the leaves and younger growths.
The Common Maple (Acer campestre, Linn.) is the only species indigenous to Great Britain. This and the Sycamore, or Great Maple, were described by Gerard in 1597, the latter as ‘a stranger to England.’
Botanical Name: Acer campestre
Though a native tree, Acer campestre is not often seen growing freely for the sake of its timber, being chiefly looked upon as a valuable hedge-tree, and is therefore frequently found in hedgerows.
When growing alone it is a small tree, seldom attaining more than 20 feet, but the wood is compact, of a fine grain, sometimes beautifully veined and takes a high polish. For this reason, it is highly praised by the cabinet-maker and has always been used much for tables, also for inlaying, and is frequently employed for violin cases. The wood makes excellent fuel and affords very good charcoal.
The wood of the roots is often knotted and is valuable for small objects of cabinet-work.
The young shoots, being flexible and tough, are employed in France as whips.
Sap drawn from the trees in spring yields a certain amount of sug.
MAPLE, BIRD’S EYE :-
Botanical Name:Acer saccharinum (LINN.)
Acer saccharinum (Linn.), the Sugar or Bird’s Eye Maple, is an American species, introduced into Britain in 1735.
It bears a considerable resemblance to the Norway Maple, especially when young, but is not so hardy here as our native Maple and requires a sheltered situation.
So far it has only been grown as an ornamental tree, the vivid colours of its foliage in winter ranging from bright orange to dark crimson. Sometimes it attains a height of 70, or even 100 feet, though more commonly it does not exceed 50 or 60 feet. It is remarkable for the whiteness of its bark.
Where the tree is plentiful in America, the timber is much used for fuel and is extensively employed for house-building and furniture, used instead of Oak when the latter is scarce, being also employed for axletrees and spokes, as well as for Windsor chairs, shoe-lasts, etc. The wood is white, but acquires a rosy tinge after exposure to light. The grain is fine and close and when polished has a silky lustre.
The wood of old trees is valued for inlaying mahogany. The name ‘Bird’s Eye Maple’ refers to the twisting of the silver grain, which produces numerous knots like the eyes of birds. Considerable quantities of this Maple are imported from Canada for cabinetmaking.
The wood forms excellent fuel and charcoal, while the ashes are rich in alkaline principles, furnishing a large proportion of the potash exported from Boston and New York.
Large quantities of sugar are made from the sap of this species of Maple. The sap is boiled and the syrup when reduced to a proper consistence is run into moulds to form cakes. Trees growing in moist and low situations afford the most sap, though the least proportion of sugar.
The trees are tapped in early spring, just before the foliage develops, either by making a notch in the stem, about 3 feet from the ground, with an axe, or by boring a hole about 2 inches deep and introducing a spout of sumach or elder, through which the sap flows into a trough below. The sap is purified and concentrated in a simple manner, the whole work being carried on by farmers, who themselves use much of the product for domestic and culinary purposes.
A cold north-west wind with frosty nights and sunny days tends to incite the flow, which is more abundant during the day than during the night. The flow ceases during a south-west wind and at the approach of a storm, and so sensitive are the trees to aspect and climatic variations that the flow of sap on the south and east sides has been noticed to be earlier than on the north and west sides of the same tree.
The sap continues flowing for five or six weeks, according to the temperature. A tree of average size yields 15 to 30 gallons of sap in a season, 4 gallons of sap giving about 1 Ib. of sugar. The tree is not at all injured by the tapping operation.
The quality of Maple Sugar is superior to that of West Indian cane sugar: it deposits less sediment when dissolved in water and has more the appearance of sugar candy.
The profits of the Sugar Maple do not arise from the sugar alone: it affords good molasses and excellent vinegar. The sap which is suitable for these purposes is obtained after that which supplies the sugar has ceased to flow.
Botanical Name: Acer pseudo-Platanus (LINN.
Acer pseudo-Platanus (Linn.), the Sycamore or Great Maple (the Plane-tree of the Scotch), grows wild in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Italy. It is remarkably hardy and will grow with an erect stem, exposed to the highest winds or to the sea-breezes, which it withstands better than most timber trees, being often planted near farmhouses and cottages in exposed localities for the sake of its dense foliage.
Description: It is a handsome tree, of quick growth, attaining a height of 50 or 60 feet in 50 years. Though not a native, it has been cultivated here for four or five centuries, and has become so naturalized that self-sown examples are common.
The timber was formerly much used by the turner for cups, bowls and pattern blocks; and is still in repute by the saddlemakers and the millwright, being soft, light and tough.
In spring and autumn, if the trunk is pierced, it yields an abundance of juice, from which a good wine has been made in the Highlands of Scotland. Sugar is to a certain extent procured from it by evaporation, but 1 ounce to 1 quart of sap is the largest amount of sugar obtainable.
The leaves may be dried and given to sheep in winter.
The lobed shape of its leaf and its dense foliage caused it to be confounded with the True Sycamore (Ficus sycamorus) of Scripture.
Botanical Name: Acer Platanoides
Acer Platanoides, the Norway Maple, grows on the mountains of the northern countries of Europe, descending in some parts of Norway to the seashore. It abounds in the north of Poland and Lithuania, and is common through Germany, Switzerland, and Savoy.
It was introduced into Great Britain in 1683. It is a quick grower and on a tolerable soil it attains a large size (from 40 to 70 feet).
Description: The leaves are smooth and of a shining green, as large or larger than those of the Sycamore, and are seldom eaten or defaced, because the tree is full of a sharp, milky juice disliked by insects. In the spring, when the flowers, which are of a fine yellow colour, are out, this tree has great beauty.
The wood is used for the same purposes as that of the Sycamore.
Sugar has been made from the sap in Norway and Sweden.
Botanical: Acer rubrum (LINN.)
Synonyms: Swamp Maple. Curled Maple.
Acer rubrum (Linn.), the Red or Swamp Maple, is another American species, a middle-sized tree, introduced here in 1656, but so far only cultivated in England as an ornamental tree, for the sake of its striking bright scarlet flowers, which appear before the leaves in March and April, its red fruit and leaves rendering it very attractive also in autumn.
The wood is applicable to many purposes, such as the seats of Windsor chairs, turnery, etc. The grain of very old trees is sometimes undulated, which has suggested the name of ‘Curled Maple’: this gives beautiful effects of light and shade on polished surfaces.
The most constant use of Curled Maple is for the stocks of fowling pieces and rifles, as it affords toughness and strength, combined with lightness and elegance, but on the whole the wood is considered inferior to that of the Bird’s Eye Maple, both in strength and as fuel.
Sugar has been made from the sap by the French Canadians, and also molasses, but the yield is only half as great as that from the Sugar Maple.
The inner bark is dusky red: on boiling, it yields a purple colour, which with sulphate of lead affords a black dye. It makes a good black ink.
It occurs in long quilled pieces 6 to 12 inches or more in length, 1/4 to 3/4 inch wide, externally blackish brown, slightly polished, with innumerable fine transverse lines and scattered, brownish, warts. The inner bark is in very tough and fibrous layers, pale reddish brown or buff. The bark has an astringent and slightly bitter taste.
The CHINESE SUGAR MAPLE is Sorghum saccharatum (known also asAndropogon arundinaceus, var. saccharatus), a cane-like plant containing sugary sap, belonging to the Grass family Graminaceae.
It somewhat resembles Indian corn, or maize, from which it is distinguished by producing large heads of small grains.
It is cultivated in the United States to some extent as a forage crop, but is not used in the manufacture of sugar, owing to the difficulty of effecting its crystallization. | <urn:uuid:98bc5206-1427-4b7d-8e22-50d64ce69e95> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://findmeacure.com/2008/02/10/maple/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474594.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225071740-20240225101740-00659.warc.gz | en | 0.960664 | 2,496 | 3.5 | 4 |
Route 27 West Coast South Africa
The Crayfish Industry
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The West Coast crayfish - Jasus Ialandii - was enjoyed by the first Portuguese navigators, but this sought-after seafood delicacy only recently became really popular (and expensive). The West Coast crayfishing industry earns millions each year and employs large numbers of the local people.
In the previous century fishermen regarded these ubiquitous crayfish as a pest and when they caught them in their nets they would simply toss them overboard. Wagons loads of dead crayfish were collected and sold to farmers as fertiliser.
It was only when markets abroad started to show an increasing interest in crayfish that fishermen began to can the product - from 1890 onwards. In 1902 a full-blown crayfishing industry was in operation, canning and exporting crayfish to France in particular.
Today the product is known world-wide. The USA and Japan are two of it's biggest customers. Some crayfish are also exported live to gourmet markets overseas.
Crayfish are found mostly on the rocky seabed, closer inshore in some places, and live mainly on mussels. The crayfish has an interesting life-cycle. It takes from 7 to 10 years for a male crayfish to attain a catchable size. Female crayfish may take up to 20 years to reach this size. Some crayfish are taken by individual divers, but most of the commercial catches are made with nets and traps let down from boats.
In an attempt to control the exploitation of this dwindling resource, the total commercial catch is controlled by quotas. Catching as well as packaging and processing of crayfish products is a major source of employment in the region.
Crayfish factories are found all along the coast, especially in Saldanha, St Helena Bay, Elands Bay, Doring Bay and Lamberts Bay.
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The Significance of a Play about the Holocaust in Czechoslovakia under Communism
The Šedová-Vostřel script for The Last Cyclist was written 17 years after the original script was written, rehearsed and lost forever. Their version was created for a production in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Czech Communist Party. It is based on Šedová’s memories and the need to adapt the second act to appeal to a Czech communist audience. In her introduction to the 1961 version, Jana Šedová wrote, “Based on the outline of thoughts and actions of the original cabaret we tried to write a new play that would – as far as possible – just as thoroughly recall the senselessness and danger of all kinds of racism to people of the year 1961 as Karel Švenk achieved with his group of prisoners in 1944 there – in the Terezín attic.” The 1961 production needed to speak in ideologically acceptable language in a totalitarian society as much as to invoke memories of Terezín and the Holocaust, the latter in itself very daring in Communist Czechoslovakia.
Lisa Peschel speculates that “in the early 1960s, Czech Jews were searching for a way to bring the ghetto back into the realm of public discussion. During the 1950s, because of official ‘anti-Zionism’ and political purges that targeted Jews prominent in the Czech Communist party (eight of the eleven party members executed for treason following the notorious Slansky trials in 1952 were Jewish), topics that might portray Jews in a sympathetic light were taboo. With her revisions, Šedová may have been trying to create a place for this topic within larger Czech society by fitting the play inside the framework of acceptable Communist rhetoric about race and class (which, with Švenk’s work, may not have been a great distortion, since he himself was a committed leftist): mildly criticizing fellow Czechs for wartime collaboration, but also criticizing the Jews themselves for not being more politically engaged (for ‘firing into their own ranks,’ as a critic who reviewed the production at the Rokoko Theater put it). And to some extent it seemed to work: One reviewer claimed the Terezín prisoners as ‘our people.’ The critics interpretation and description of Bořivoj Abeles as an apolitical petit-bourgeoisie who didn’t do anything about the fascists until they came to get him seems startlingly brutal to us, yet the same reviewer continues, Abeles is ‘in the end a person who recognizes, understands, knows and sounds the alarm even today.’ In 1961, a lot of Czechs, including Jews, who had been young and idealistic leftists during the war, were still ‘true believers,’ so not all of this Communist rhetoric is empty ideology. Šedová herself might have felt the same way.”
It is hard now to comprehend, but true, that many Jews continued to believe wholeheartedly in the Communist ideology even after the Slansky trials. | <urn:uuid:dd4e664e-b399-4853-8eef-ad840dff64c6> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.thelastcyclist.com/more-about-czech-script/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474808.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229103115-20240229133115-00659.warc.gz | en | 0.97329 | 644 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Recently Hackaday.com profiled a project that Digilent’s own Mitchell Orsucci has been working on involving the use of Linux on an FPGA. His project approached the challenge of using a Zynq device on a Arty Z7-20 board with Linux operating the ARM processor and providing user-space tools to interface with the FPGA and to configure it dynamically.
“This project represents the control of an FPGA from Linux user-space.
The ArtyZ7-20 contains a Xilinx Zynq chip which contains a 650Mhz ARM dual-core processor as well as some FPGA fabric. An FPGA design can be instantiated using Xilinx Vivado. Additionally, using Xilinx Petalinux, a Linux kernel and root file-system can be obtained for the ARM processor. This allows us to run the Linux operating system, but still use the functionality of the FPGA. FPGA configurations can be loaded and changed dynamically without interrupting or crashing the running kernel.I decided to make a generic configuration of hardware in the FPGA that I could use to interface with the most common peripherals without having to change my block design continuously.” | <urn:uuid:a0d7bec1-dc1f-4d78-a111-27fb61a00447> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://digilent.com/blog/the-linux-fpga-hits-hackaday/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475701.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301193300-20240301223300-00659.warc.gz | en | 0.897802 | 257 | 2.640625 | 3 |
03 Apr Endowment Model #6: Bonds
Endowment Model #6: Bonds
When we think of securities we usually think of stocks or mutual funds, but not many people think about debt as a
form of equity. Bonds, a form of debt investment, are great additions to investment portfolios, not only because of their transparency but also because of their security. Bonds are a different form of investment. You are holding debt from a company with a bond, rather than owning a chunk of the company as a stock. There are advantages and disadvantages to this investment vehicle but as always, the investment vehicles that are right for you, depending on your financial goals. According to Investopedia, a bond is basically an I.O.U. between the lender and the borrower that includes the details of the loans and how the payments will be made.
Although bonds are still considered securities just as stocks are, they don’t function the same at all. With stocks, you own a piece of a company and you ride the ups and downs of the market with that company that you have invested in. Bonds have a strict guideline of rules that are agreed upon when the bond is purchased. These details are usually entailed in the coupon of the bond, such as the interest rate to be paid to the borrower and the timing of the payments which that interest rate will be made. One of the main pros of bonds is the security that comes with them. Bonds have a fixed return on them that you are aware of when you enter your investment. In fact, they are sometimes referred to as a fixed investment. Another measure of security that you receive with bonds is their rating. Unlike stocks, bonds have a rating system, the Standard & Poor’s rating system. Rating systems such as this examine bonds and give them a rating of AAA, AA, A, B, or C. You may have heard the term, ‘junk bond’ before, well a C bond is a junk bond. AAA-rated bonds are basically guaranteed to pay you out exactly when and exactly how much they said they would. C rated bonds, those are going to be a little riskier. This gives you an idea of what you are getting into before you lock your money in with a bond.
So, if bonds are not as risky as the stock market is, why isn’t everyone throwing their money in bonds? Well, it’s simple. There really isn’t a lot of money in them. Because bonds are a measure of debt with a fixed interest rate, they do not participate in the gains of the company that is indebted to them. You sacrifice liquidity and growth for an increased measure of security, while not crossing over into the realm of insurance. Bonds can help steady your portfolio and add stability, especially in times of market volatility.
Bonds are also affected adversely with rising interest rates. When interest rates rise, the value of your bond portfolio will fall. Simply put, if you buy a bond for $1,000 at 5% interest rate and then rates rise to 7%. Now your $1,000 bond is worth less than the $1,000 bonds giving back 7%. And the opposite effect happens when interest rates fall.
When it comes to diversifying your portfolio, you need to consider spreading your money not only into many different markets but also in many different investment vehicles. Bonds are a great way to give some more security to your portfolio while keeping your money more liquid than putting it in the insurance sector. Bonds are only a small part of a truly diversified portfolio. Bonds will do you no good if you are lacking growth and tactical liquidity in your portfolio. Make sure that your portfolio is bolstered well with bonds, stocks, and alternative investments to really make your money work in your best interest. | <urn:uuid:cda93c14-d71d-46ad-a14c-14c50d138fbe> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://ortizworldwealth.com/2020/04/03/endowment-model-6-bonds/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476205.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303043351-20240303073351-00659.warc.gz | en | 0.970661 | 776 | 2.671875 | 3 |
People communicate for many different reasons, such as: To give and receive information, To give and receive instructions, To express needs, To share ideas, Develop learning, Establish and maintain relationships with others, Negotiate, Discuss a situation, To make a point or outline a concern. To understand and be understood. 1.2 How effective communication affects all aspects of own work. Effective communication is important to meet the needs of the children. To ensure effective teamwork and continual care of the children we must communicate well by keeping each other informed and aware of current situations going on around us.
Every child is different, so some may need more support than others; this is why observations are important. Positive communication is very important as this can help build a Childs interaction skills, self esteem and confidence. It’s vital you always have eye contact with that child, and allow them to finish what they are saying. In order to boost their self esteem a child should always be praised, this will make them feel more confident and willing to try. Adapting the environment to help children with their speech and language needs can be done by using visual signs that children can understand, for example you could label the home corner, dress up area, book corner and so on.
Unit 301 Communication and professional relationships with children, young people and adults Outcome 1 Understand the principles of developing positive relationships with children, young people and adults 1.1 Explain why effective communication is important in developing positive relationships with children, young people and adults As teaching assistants, in order to communicate effectively, we need to be very clear in what we say. Children, young people and adults need us to communicate what is expected of them so they learn the boundaries of professional relationships and children can learn to communicate effectively themselves. Understanding boundaries is paramount. Teaching assistants need to be friendly but firm and know the limits of each to avoid disagreements with children and adults. 1.2 Explain the principles of relationship building with children, young people and adults Being a teaching assistant involves working closely with individuals and groups of children, my relationship with children must be professional.
In school and social life effective communication is important as it helps us to develop and maintain positive relationships. It also helps us to understand others actions and behaviour to offer help and advice if it is required. When communicating you must ensure that the following points are considered in order to effectively communicate so that we develop and maintain positive relationships. • Communication can be undertaken verbally or non-verbally. Verbal communication is the spoken word and non-verbal communication is body language, for example nodding the head to indicate agreement or disagreement.
When working with children or young people, it is important to earn their trust to enable an honest relationship to develop. This can
Establish good relationships with children, acting as good role and being aware of and responding appropriately to individual needs. Encourage and promote self-esteem and independence. Provide feedback to children in relation to progress and achievement. SUPPORT FOR THE TEACHER Assist with the planning of learning activities under the direction and guidance of the class teacher. Establish constructive relationships with parents/carers.
Maintaining a relationship with someone is very important also as it keeps you in contact with others. It keeps you in touch with the feelings and needs of others, which is essential in any functional relationship. This is very important when working with children as you need to be informed as to their needs, in order to have a happy work environment. Again, I believe this leads back to the issue of trust. If children can approach you with a problem (without hesitation) then I would class this as a good relationship.
Good communication with parents and caregivers can build support for and strengthen the important work that you are doing in the classroom. The more you know about children's academic, social, and emotional development, the more able you will be to meet their needs. Information about how well the children are progressing helps you to plan your teaching. You want the children in your care to feel successful and confident, but you also want to offer experiences that will help them to develop further. In addition, through initial screening and by checking the children's progress, you can identify those children who need special help or who face extra
social networking), texting and phone calls. Communicating with Children, Young People and Adults There are varying levels of communication required when working with children, young people and adults alike. Whilst working with children, young people and adults it is of the utmost importance that your trust is earned so that a trustful and honest relationship may develop. To ensure that the relationships that develop are honest and trustful,
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It may be possible to sequester carbon dioxide in subseafloor ocean basalt at a scale that would bring down global atmospheric concentrations of this predominant greenhouse gas (GHG) that is driving climate change, according to scientists with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) Solid Carbon project.
Human activity adds around 51 gigatons (Gt or 51 billion tons) of GHGs to the atmosphere each year, and new research indicates carbon dioxide (CO2) storage on a gigaton scale is possible.
Geochemical simulations were conducted by scientists at the University of Calgary (UCalgary), a research partner with the PICS “Solid Carbon” negative emissions technology (NET) feasibility study led by Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), a University of Victoria initiative.
Using a series of geochemical calculations, the UCalgary scientists have demonstrated that gigaton-scale carbon dioxide storage is possible when plumes of captured CO2 are directly injected into deep ocean basalt. There, the CO2 reacts with minerals, and over time, forms a solid carbonate rock.
This is an alternate approach to experiments conducted in Iceland where CO2 is injected in a dissolved state, and mineralizes rapidly, within two years, at shallow depths.
Lead author and UCalgary Associate Professor Benjamin Tutolo says rapid mineralization using dissolved CO2 is water-intensive, costly and difficult to scale up. He says the UCalgary simulations indicate carbon mineralization on the Gt scale, “if basalts are given time to react.”
“The reaction needn’t be completed in days or even months as long as the CO2 doesn’t escape before the process is complete, even if it takes centuries,” he says. Aquifers beneath the ocean floor are typically topped with more than 300 metres of “very impermeable” sediment, and residence times of water in these aquifers are inferred to be on the order of thousands or tens of thousands of years.
“Human-caused GHG emissions are driving us toward tipping points at which dire consequences of climate change will be inevitable,” adds Tutolo. “Solid Carbon’s technology could help make a significant dent in atmospheric concentrations of CO2 through utilizing the vast quantity of global sub-seafloor basalts, with the calculated capacity to store up to 250,000 Gts.”
These findings advance the Solid Carbon goal of permanently and safely sequestering carbon dioxide. Using renewable energy aboard a floating ocean platform, the project aims to extract CO2 from the air and inject it into subseafloor basalt where it will mineralize into rock.
Kate Moran, ONC president and Solid Carbon principal investigator says a field demonstration at Cascadia Basin is urgently needed because Solid Carbon presents an undeniable opportunity to durably store decades of anthropogenic emissions needed to meet planetary climate targets.
PICS Executive Director Sybil Seitzinger welcomes the findings, saying that the world needs these potentially game-changing technologies in the climate-action toolbox.
“Negative emissions technologies such as Solid Carbon do not replace the need for urgent emissions reductions but are needed alongside deep decarbonization if we are to limit average global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels,” says Seitzinger.
This research was supported by the PICS Solid Carbon Theme Partnership and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
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Hi, Praneeth is here.
This blog will explain how blogs have impacted journalism.
This blog is based on facts and reality checks.
Let’s just get started.
What’s a blog?
Blogs are informational websites that present information in articles or blog posts. Articles are listed in reverse chronological order, which means that the most recent one is published first.
Although blogs are part of websites, what makes them different is that they get updated frequently while the website does not.
Blogging refers to the combination of skills needed to manage a blog online.
These skills are called,
- Web design.
Bloggers and authors are people who manage blogs.
These blogs rank high on search engines such as Google and Bing and receive traffic to their locations.
According to Wikipedia, Journalism is the profession or activity of writing and communicating news to people via
- News sites & news channels
Who are journalists?
Journalists gather news, details, and information and produce photographs and evidence.
Journalism is the work of journalists.
Are blogging and journalism the same thing?
Journalism and blogging are two different things.
They differ in terms of the source and quality of the information in the news.
Although many news organizations have blogs that allow them to publish online news, blogging or journalism are different.
Blogs are regarded as the best source of information and have been ranked 5th in terms of the trust.
Both are different, but journalists increasingly use the internet to communicate their news.
These are the main differences between blogging and journalism.
Now that you know the differences between journalists and bloggers let’s see how blogs have impacted journalists.
These are seven ways blogs have influenced journalism.
Please find out how to do it.
How has blogging influenced journalism?
Here are seven reasons/ways blogs have influenced journalism.
Here’s a quick overview:
- Freedom of expression and news coverage without political pressure
- News has greater visibility
- Accessibility to information is excellent.
- Engage with your audience by sharing knowledge and content.
- It is possible to publish news quickly.
- No trip, no problem.
- You have the opportunity to choose from a variety of news sources.
Let’s start without further delay.
No political pressure.
It is a great way to cover the news in blogs.
As the news author, you can write and cover the information objectively.
There is no such thing as,
- Political strain.
- Political identity.
- Political agenda.
Follow the instructions.
Being a journalist means conveying the news to your readers in its purest form.
Blogs also have another interesting aspect:
These are just a few of the many things you can do.
- Complete the story in less than 100 words.
- Formal writing.
- We cannot cover the entire story and cannot update the news if something goes wrong.
You can cover the news as it happens without worrying about how many words and how much space it will take up in the newspaper.
It doesn’t matter if you write in a formal style. You can write like you are having a conversation, or even starting a conversation, with the news readers.
You can update news and add perspectives.
News authors can link to similar stories in their blogs to make the article more comprehensive and valuable if they haven’t covered other aspects.
Increased visibility of news.
You know that a blog is available online when you want to share and publish news with people.
Having an internet platform for publishing news and increasing its reach,
The news article can reach hundreds of people worldwide through search engine optimization using Google and Bing.
You can also share your blogs on social media platforms.
This allows for greater news reach in remote areas.
- Newspapers are not available.
- There is no access to TVs.
- The current is less known.
Blogs increase the visibility of news and make it viral.
News is more accessible.
It is expensive to buy a newspaper each day.
A newspaper is purchased to consume news. After receiving information, you can throw it away.
Most people can listen to the information on TV because they have a hectic work life.
They don’t have the money to read the news.
Blogging for news makes it simple to quickly consume information about the world and its surroundings with just a few clicks.
There’s no need to be concerned about where you are.
While you can read news articles from your car or office, you cannot take a newspaper to work.
Anyone can access news in a matter of seconds via the internet. However, TVs will require news personnel to wait for ad completion and the correct timing to broadcast the information.
Online blog news makes it simple to find information for people.
View audience interaction with the information.
Features like those found on blogs such as,
These features allow you to analyze your audience’s interaction with the information in your blog post.
You can track how your audience understands the information by reading the blog’s news article comments. This will allow you to see if they were influenced by it.
Good audience interaction is key to generating more comments and news sharing.
News can quickly be published.
Once you have the news, you can write some words and link to other online resources. You can quickly publish news on blogs, not newspapers.
Journalists have a set schedule.
- The newspaper publishes its news most days of the week.
- News magazines are published most often weekly.
- Public broadcasting of information, mainly on a time-sensitive basis, such as morning or afternoon.
You can stick to a schedule online. You can upload news in minutes on blogs.
Journalists take a lot of time to publish information.
- They find the story first.
- They collect all details and investigate the case.
- They verify that the information is correct.
- The story is written.
- The story is edited.
- A senior editor verifies the story.
- The newspaper publishes the report.
- The last distribution and checking of the newspaper.
It is a process that takes time to publish news on television and in newspapers, but it can be done on blogs.
The editors do the editor, editing, or printing of information.
This reduces the time it takes for information to be published.
No TRP, no problem.
Public perception is key to the success of a newspaper or news channel.
People who stop watching news channels due to negative reasons will see a decrease in the TRP. Shareholders of the corporation must also withdraw their shares.
The corporation is bankrupt.
An online presence such as a blog can be a great way to communicate news, inside information, and information about the company and inform your audience.
Crowd support via blogs can allow your news channel to finance your work.
Sponsorships are a great way to make money for your news channel.
To make money with your online news blog, you can place ads.
Opportunities to select news sources for people.
A blog was created to communicate the news to the public. Journalists and people have adopted this medium to get information.
You don’t want to see news channels discussing an issue you aren’t interested in.
Because of the variety it offers, you can also consume news online.
You can read news about your interests here
- The stock market and business
You have complete control of the outcome.
As a general audience, you have many blogs and websites online. You are in charge of the news.
It is a good thing that people can choose from many news options.
I am ending remarks.
Here you have it, all information related to how blogs have influenced journalism.
Let me know what you think. I will blog next.
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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The Crucible by Arthur Miller, both share similarities as well as differences through the shared puritan beliefs and themes utilized by the authors. In both texts, the puritan beliefs that existed during the time period revealed all the characters’ true colors due to the pressure of the communities. However, both texts also obtain different themes like sin and deceit then completely separating their plot lines from one another. Though these works are often associated with one another, the authors made sure to include different themes thus making them more appealing individually. For example, The Scarlet Letter obtains the theme of sin, where the characters’ true personalities and emotions are …show more content…
A quote in the novel exposes the outcome of sin committed among the characters, “…relieve the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow,” (Hawthorne, 1850, p. 60). Through Dimmesdale’s self-torment, the reader is able to recognize the amount of guilt he feels from the affair. It was a crime of passion, and the sin he committed in his moment of weakness ultimately led to his destruction. Chillingworth is instrumental in expressing another theme, the lust for revenge is due to his “hatred, by a gradual and quiet process…a continually new irritation of the original feeling of hostility,” (Hawthorne, 1850, p. 256). Chillingworth’s one-sided intentions get him nowhere and being drowned in hatred ultimately leads to his death. He is displayed as the most malevolent character in the entire book due to his single-minded pursuits of retribution. …show more content…
A quote in the novel exposes the outcome of dishonesty committed among the characters, “ ‘I told him everything; he knows now, he knows everything we’—…'You didn't tell him that,’ ” (Miller, 1953, p. 18). The reader is able to better understand the motives behind Abigail’s actions. In order to protect herself, she utilizes threats of violence the keep the girls from telling the truth. Because she believes the obtains some witchcraft, she tries to keep the group of girls in line. The community’s strong belief in the supernatural is evident throughout the play, “let him look to medicine and put out all thought of unnatural causes here. There be none,” (Miller, 1953, p. 8). The concept of supernatural is very real to the puritan community of Salem. Though they see proof of God and the Devil everywhere, nobody actually see spirits (besides the girls who claim they do). The possibility of witchcraft dwelling in Salem completely overcomes the people from reality and making rational decisions thus leading to several unreasonable events then shaping the plot. Everyone in the community suddenly becomes obsessed with justice while always looking for someone to blame, “who else may surely tell us what person murdered my babies?” (Miller, 1953, p. 15). Because God is supposed to be the ultimate leader setting a basis
While your eyes are set on this play and reading along you think that she is a little girl who is just a victim. As Miller wrote this play and wrote about Abigail, he gave her a characteristic of someone you don’t want to have as a friend. More like someone you need to watch out from. But then as reading farther you realize
Hawthorne even describes him as an “unhappy man had made the very principle of his life to consist in the pursuit and systematic exercise revenge…” (Hawthorne, 254). The phrase “unhappy man” proves that Hawthorne wants the reader to see Chillingworth in a negative way. This quote also proves to the reader that Chillingworth’s main goal in life is revenge. When one wants revenge against another as badly as Chillingworth wants revenge against Dimmesdale, they are so focused on said person that they don’t bother to take a look at themselves.
When they got discovered, they decide to lie about what they were doing because it was illegal in their town. Abigail Williams a character from "The Crucible", decided to be untruthful about what had happened that night. She wanted to save herself from being accused as a witch and didn't want a bad reputation
The Salem Witch Trial era was that of much death and punishment everywhere, not just in Salem. As it says in The Crucible, news of the accusations made its way to neighboring settlements, just as news from other settlements has made its way to Salem. “But the rumor here speaks rebellion in Andover…” (Miller 127). In The Scarlet Letter, the witch trials and witches themselves weren’t as prevalent as in The Crucible, but there were still mentions of said things.
Abigail William the Witch of Salem The Salem Witch trials of 1692 was an event that shaped the history of this country, as well as the lives of those whose wives and husbands were condemned to death. In order for such an event to occur, there must be a set of people who catalyze the event, and others who speak out against it. In “The Crucible”, certain characters help contribute to the rising hysteria of witchcraft, and others contribute to the disapproval of so many wrongful convictions. Throughout the endurance of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, vengeance and the love for John play a big role in the actions and fates of various characters.
Reputation Reputation is a "widespread belief that someone or something has a particular habit or characteristic." The Crucible was written in 1692 by Arthur Miller. People have their own complications to clarify what they need or what they want in life. Yes, everyone is divergent in their own way but they do have similarities and differences. Each character plays an important role in the Salem witch trials.
As you know already Abigail wants to keep her private life a secret, and lies at no cost to keep it that way. Abigail does accuse people for her own wrongdoings throughout the play just to make sure she is not suspected of anything wrong with the beliefs in Salem. The evidence when Abigail is saying “Now look you. All of you. We danced.
In The Crucible, the major conflict was witchcraft. The conflict arises at the beginning when Abigail is talking to Mr. Parris, “Uncle, the rumor of witchcraft is all about”(page 1130 Act I). This is an adequate conflict for it is set in the time of the Salem witch trials. “The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft”(History.com Staff). Yet while The Crucible was based primarily around witchcraft, The Scarlet Letter focused mainly on the crime of Hester Prynne, adultery, “At the very least, they should have put the brand of a hot iron on Hester Prynne’s forehead.”
A single mistake can wholly compromise an individual’s ability to accomplish their dreams. Hillary Clinton’s blunder in handling the United States’ confidential emails could very well have cost her the presidency. Knowing the possible consequences if the truth of the situation was released, she fabricated lies in hopes of maintaining her political power. Similarly, throughout both The Scarlet Letter, a fiction novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Arthur Miller’s historical fiction play, The Crucible, people are willing to go to great lengths in order to maintain their statuses. Transpiring in 17th century New England, The Scarlet Letter follows a woman by the name of Hester Prynne who endures unrelenting ignominy after giving birth to
Also, throughout the play Abigail accuses many people of witchcraft in order to save herself. An example of this is when Hale questions Abigail in act 1, and Abigail accuses several girls of
The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, uses the relentless character, Mr. Roger Chillingworth, to describe the result of being resentful and unforgiving to his wife’s secret lover, Reverend Dimmesdale. Chillingworth is the character who represents the definition of evil in the novel. The Scarlet Letter also vividly describes how Chillingworth became self-absorbed with vengeance and how vengeance changed him for the worst. Throughout the novel, The Scarlet Letter gives evidence of a clear picture of a life consumed by vengeance resulting in obsession over committing evil acts which leads to Chillingworth self-destruction. In the Scarlet Letter the definition of vengeance based off of Chillingworth’s character is the act of recovering
Emma Whitehouse Mr. Thackston English 12/31/14 Abigail and Hester, a Comparison of Two Puritans Outline In The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible, both Nathaniel Hawthorne and Arthur Miller write about Puritan England, sin and the importance reputation. In both books, the authors use Hester Prynne and Abigail William, to create the theme of reputation, and it’s changeability.
In the novel “The crucible” representation of a disturbing and powerful play based on a true event has been shown clearly by the author Arthur Miller. The main objective that the author tries to show from that drama is how feeble the human beings can be and how gluttony of personal gain can become dangerous in the current society. During the early times of 1600’s, people believed that if you did not go to church each week to adore God, then it was obvious that you were worshipping the devil. But according to the play, accusations of witchcraft or devil worshipping began with a group of girls who were held dancing in the forests. This was an illegal act according to the rules of theocracy in the town of Salem.
“Lord of The Flies” the novel by William Golding is a story about a group of kids that have crashed on a island that they must overcome the dangers of and survive to live and be rescued. John Proctor the protagonist in “The Crucible” in relation to the “Lord of the Flies” was a man who had many problems and major issues. John Proctor during “The Crucible” cheated on his wife Elizabeth with the saucy young housekeeper named Abigail committing the dirty deed of adultery committing a sin just like the Seven Deadly that are explained in the novel “Lord of Flies”. Another relation to the story is Thomas Hobbes theory he believed that the only true and correct form of government was the absolute monarchy. He argued this most forcefully in his most
Each genre has distinct features that differentiate it from others, helping the reader better understand the author’s message. Occasionally, authors write novels that are classified as part of one genre, but conform to the conventions of other genres for varying purposes. For instance, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is classified as a romance, however it has conventions pertaining to the gothic genre. Such conventions include, the use of a gloomy atmosphere, the presence of supernatural occurrences and negative emotions being the main motivation for actions, all which The Scarlet Letter incorporates (The Gothic 2005). | <urn:uuid:92a009da-d243-4e03-a194-369cdd177cc8> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.ipl.org/essay/Similarities-Between-The-Scarlet-Letter-And-The-B38D9FCE84FD2515 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476452.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304133241-20240304163241-00659.warc.gz | en | 0.968309 | 2,356 | 3.59375 | 4 |
The abstracts will be evaluated by two independent judges. Researches are basically fall into the following target categories.
Main characteristics of research
|the research focuses on the explanations of phenomena with the help of logical analysis as well as the synthesis of results in theories, principles and other research types (e.g. empirical studies).
|the research focuses on determining how education functions by using deductions of theories related to communication, learning, performance and technology.
|in order to describe how education works, the research interprets and defines the phenomena in connection with human communication, learning, performance and the use of technology.
|the research centres around creative approaches invented by using technology and theory, in order toimprove human communication, learning and performance.
|the research focuses on an individual program, product or method, mainly in applied setting; it aims at describing and developing what is being examined or assessing its value and efficiency.
The assessment will be based on the criteria listed below:
- The relevance of the abstract to the theme of the conference
- The clear articulation of the fundamental questions and goals of the research
- The theoretical and practical significance of the research
- The presentation of the findings
- Academic background (academic literature) and methods of the research
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The EU and US have pledged $100B investment in semiconductors with their chips acts. A huge percentage will go to building new fabs, but both acts acknowledge that factories are no use without trained people to run them.
The NSF commissioned a report on research, education and workforce development - recently delivered by Matthew Guthaus, Christopher Batten, Erik Brunvand, Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon, David Harris, Rajit Manohar, Pinaki Mazumder, Larry Pileggi & James Stine.
The critical challenge, however, is how we will educate and establish a
workforce to create designs for manufacturing in these fabs
Open-source options should be emphasized wherever possible to maximize accessibility.
It demands that we figure out how to rapidly triple qualified candidates even
as there are 15% fewer students and most competing industries have a substantial head start in
engaging and inspiring K-12 students.
The NCDC should restart and manage a free instructional tape-out program in which students in
community colleges, 4-year universities, and graduate students can tape-out their class design.
For too long the semiconductor industry has been inaccessible, limiting opportunity and stifling innovation. Now is the time to enable anyone with an interest to try microelectronics, and perhaps plant a seed that develops into the workforce of the future.
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Posted on 4/15/2020 by Dr. Michael Wockenfus
When brushing your teeth, you are trying to get your teeth as clean as possible. You may be wondering if brushing in a rougher manner will give you better results. You might be surprised to find out that those results are quite the opposite of what you might expect!
Why Scrubbing Harshly Is Bad For Your TeethMany people like to brush their teeth aggressively because they are thinking that will make them cleaner and whiter. The truth is that this is having a negative effect on your enamel. Your enamel not only is what helps make your teeth appear whiter and glossier, but it is also what fights against tooth decay. Brushing is a gentle process that is more like waxing a car rather than using a scratch pad on the floor. Dentists recommend that a toothbrush should last anywhere between 2-3 months and if you find yourself tossing them out constantly, you might want to be more gentle with brushing.
Brushing TipsThe recommended technique for brushing is to make gentle tooth-wide back and forth strokes; this applies to all the parts of your teeth. Soft-bristled toothbrushes are the best as they are a lot less likely to wear away your enamel. If you are wanting to make sure your teeth are clean, it is recommended to spend two minutes brushing. Yes, that may feel a bit excessive for some, but slow and steady wins the race as they say! Toothpaste also plays a big role in cleanliness. Any ADA-Accepted toothpaste will work provided the toothpaste caters to any specific needs you might have. Your teeth are both resilient and delicate and so brushing them too aggressively will have the opposite effect of what you are trying to do. Call us for a scheduled appointment to check on your oral health. | <urn:uuid:3c14b58f-5540-4170-af1a-5a60e54fb6d7> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://midvalleydental.com/p/BLOG-70600-2020.4.15-What-Happens-to-Your-Enamel-When-You-Brush-Too-Harshly-p.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474595.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225103506-20240225133506-00759.warc.gz | en | 0.967097 | 380 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Distant Galaxy Cluster around 3C324
Copyright: Mark Dickinson (STScI) and NASA
One of the deepest images to date of the universe, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), reveals thousands of faint galaxies at the detection limit of present day telescopes. Peering across a large volume of the observable cosmos, Hubble resolves thousands of galaxies from five to twelve billion light-years away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is a wait time?
- When does a wait time start and end?
- What is a wait list?
- What is a benchmark?
- What is a median wait time?
- How are wait times managed?
- Who goes on a wait list?
- Can I get care sooner?
- Why are wait times different throughout the province?
- How is data accuracy determined?
- What should I ask my doctor or nurse practitioner?
A wait time is how long an individual waits for a diagnostic test, surgery or treatment.
There is much discussion around the starting point for wait times. To ensure consistency across the country, all provinces and territories have agreed that the measurement of wait times should start when the physician determines that the patient is medically ready, and the patient consents to treatment, as indicated by the request for the service. The wait time ends when the patient receives the service.
A wait list is a record of patients awaiting treatment. Traditionally, the lists have been maintained by individual physicians and facilities. Patients that require emergency care are not put on a wait list.
Benchmarks express the amount of time that is appropriate to wait for a particular service or procedure. The benchmarks used in reporting wait times were established by Federal and Provincial Ministers of Health and are based on clinical evidence aimed at providing quality, timely and appropriate health care to all Canadians.
A median wait time is the point in time when half of the patients received their treatment performed. For example, if a median wait time for surgery is four weeks, half of patients have waited less than four weeks and half have waited more than four weeks. It reflects what a "typical" patient might have experienced.
Wait times are a shared responsibility of health care providers, regional health authorities, The Department of Health and Community services, and individuals. Physicians assess patient need, determine urgency of treatment, and place patients accordingly on a wait list or other treatment path. Regional health authorities plan and deliver health services in the regions and communities. The Department of Clinical Effectiveness, Quality Management and Research of Western Health is currently building a wait list management program to address issues around access to elective outpatient health services. In partnership with all health care providers, we are committed to improving access to service for all people in Western Newfoundland and Labrador.
Only those patients who have consented to treatment and are medically able to receive their treatment are placed on a wait list. Patients who are determined by their doctor or nurse practitioner to be an emergency are not put on a wait list.
Depending on your situation, you may request a referral to another physician with a shorter wait list to possibly receive your care sooner. If you discuss your options with your doctor and are prepared to go for surgery on short notice you may reduce your wait time.If your condition changes while you are waiting, you should always consult your doctor.
Wait times vary from one procedure to another, from one specialist to another, and from one facility to another. Some reasons include:
- Some surgeons are in your community might have larger practices and/or longer waiting lists
- Some specialists only perform certain procedures or work part-time
- Some procedures require specialized staff and facilities
Wait time information is submitted by facilities and regional health authorities, who are responsible for its accuracy. All the health authorities in Newfoundland and Labrador together with our health care partners are working together to develop standards for consistent and accurate reporting.
When it comes to your health, it is important to discuss all options with your physician or nurse practitioner.
If you are scheduled for treatment or a diagnostic test, you may want to ask your family doctor, specialist or nurse practitioner the following questions:
- Why do I need this treatment or test?
- Can you describe the treatment or test?
- How necessary and how urgent is this treatment or test?
- What are the risks and benefits of this treatment or test?
- When can I expect to have my treatment or test?
- What can I do to prepare for this treatment or test?
- What should I do if my condition changes while I wait?
- Can I get this test or treatment sooner?
- Who will coordinate my care after my treatment if I get it somewhere else?
- Why do I need to see a specialist?
- How long will I have to wait to see the specialist?
The Wait Time website is for information purposes only and acts as a guide for both doctors and patients on wait times at facilities throughout the western region.
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Unveiling ‘Chemical Curiosities’: A New Academic Society to Nurture Sedbergh Pupil’s Passion for Chemistry
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Three enthusiastic scientists from the school; Jack, Mason, and Benedict, have joined forces to establish “Chemical Curiosities,” a fresh academic society. Their aim is to create a platform that ensures the school’s dedicated chemists have the opportunity to nurture their interests both now and in the future. The debut presentation on Friday evening was conducted by Benedict, who delved into a discussion on the tumultuous history of chemistry misuse.
Benedict began by explaining the fundamental and all-pervading nature of chemistry, highlighting some of the most significant chemical discoveries ever made:
- The process of pasteurization has been called one of the most important discoveries in science and chemistry because of the numerous lives that it has saved through preventing disease. Discovered by French scientist Louis Pasteur in the 1800s, pasteurization was a method by which milk was heated to a high temperature and then cooled down quickly before it was bottled. This helped the milk stay fresh for a long period of time
- The discovery of penicillin is credited to Alexander Fleming, a Scottish scientist and Nobel Prize winner in 1928. Fleming found that growing Penicillium Rubens created a property that could be used as an antibiotic. He named this discovery penicillin. Penicillin was the 1st antibiotic and kicked off a new branch of science upon its discovery
- Cracking is a technique used in oil refineries whereby large and complex hydrocarbon molecules are broken down into smaller and lighter components that are more useful for commercial or consumer use. Cracking is a critical stage in the process of refining crude oil.
- Distillation is a technique of capturing essential oil from flowers or plants using water vapour, other methods are also used such as maceration and enfleurage. Maceration is a method similar to extraction, where essential oils are extracted by soaking the flowers in water, oil or a solvent. Enfleurage is a two-step process of drawing a fragrance into a fat or oil base and then extracting it with alcohol.
- The Haber-Bosch process enabled humans to produce ammonia on a large scale at a higher efficiency than ever before. The process was ground-breaking, and the discovering duo earned two Nobel Prizes, in 1918 and 1931, for their work on large scale, chemical processes. The Haber Process now produces 450 million tonnes of ammonia, most of which is used to produce ammonium nitrate for fertiliser. The abundance of synthetic fertiliser has led to a decrease in guano harvesting around the world, consequently leading to fewer seabirds becoming extinct and less damage to cave ecosystems
Benedict then moved on to a range of horrifying examples of misuse of chemistry that spanned from pharmaceutical companies to psychedelic drug development to chemical warfare.
- Daraprim – In 2015 Turing, acquired the rights to a decades-old drug called Daraprim, which is a critical treatment for individuals with compromised immune systems, such as those with HIV/AIDS. Upon acquiring the rights to this drug, Shkreli (CEO of Turing) raised Daraprim’s price from $13.50 to $750 per tablet, a 5,000% increase.
- Ecstasy – the “godfather of psychedelics,” Alexander Shulgin revolutionized the synthesis and exploration of psychoactive compounds. His groundbreaking work includes the creation of MDMA (ecstasy) and the 2C series, providing profound insights through meticulous self-experimentation. Critics argue that his work poses ethical and safety concerns related to potential misuse, health risks, and the lack of regulatory oversight.
- Corporal Fritz Haber, who became the director of the German Chemical Warfare Service, began the age of deadly chemical warfare, when he ordered the release of 5,730 canisters of chlorine gas in 1915, killing over one thousand people. When he realised that the pale green colour of cholorine could give away its presence, he worked quickly to develop new harmful gases, including mustard gas and Carbonyl Dichloride (Phosgene).
- Hydrogen cyanide, a poisonous gas that interferes with cellular respiration, was first used as a pesticide in California in the 1880s. German research then led to the development of Zyklon A in the early 1910s, a pesticide that releases hydrogen cyanide upon exposure to water and heat. It was banned after World War I when Germany used a similar product as a chemical weapon.
- In 1938, 3 chemists working in Berlin split a uranium atom for the first time in human history. After they identified the huge amount of energy released when a uranium atom is split scientists realised that it could be used to create a very powerful bomb.
- With the aim of creating a substance that could effectively burn at high temperatures and adhere to targets, chemists in World War II created Napalm by combining naphthenic and palmitic acids with a metal compound, such as aluminium or magnesium soap. This mixture forms a sticky and highly flammable gel that adheres to surfaces, increasing the incendiary effect.
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The basic idea, he said, is that warmer conditions create larger, more energetic waves in the atmosphere that make the jet stream more undulating, with larger peaks and troughs. This affects the rotation of the polar vortex.
To use the spinning top analogy, he said, “It’s like he’s starting to fuss with things.” “It loses its nice round shape and in this case it becomes more stretchy.” One lobe extends to Canada and the United States, bringing cold weather to the fore.
Dr. Cohen said he has been studying the topic since 2005, and is more confident than ever in the connection to changes in the Arctic. “The evidence is only mounting,” he said.
Other scholars aren’t so sure. in a brief paper In the journal Nature Climate Change in 2020, two researchers at the University of Exeter in England write that despite continued warming in the Arctic and loss of sea ice, short-term trends in cold extremes, the jet stream, and other climate-related measurements are in The 1990s and 2000s “didn’t last the last decade”, weakening the argument that warming in the Arctic was the culprit.
Some experts suggest that instead of warming, other naturally changing elements in Earth’s climate may be influencing the vortex. Among these, said Ted Shepherd, a climate scientist at the University of Reading in England, are sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, which can lead to changes in Arctic air masses that disrupt the jet stream and eddy.
Will this debate be resolved?
Scientists say questions about the role a warming Arctic could play in extreme cold spells is an example of the kind of healthy climate change debates happening now. It’s not about whether climate change is real – that question has been answered – but what kinds of impacts are taking place, how severe they are and whether they will get worse as warming continues.
Most scholars view this debate as an important debate that is still ongoing. Some aspects, Dr. Vavros said, “have very solid physical foundations”. Among these, he said, was the idea that the warming of the Arctic, by reducing the difference in temperatures between the Arctic and the tropics, had weakened the winds of the jet stream. But there are other aspects, including whether warming is making the jet stream more rippled and where, “are the things we’ve been really grappling with and we’re still uncertain,” he said.
“In the early days there was a lot of black and white thinking, including among people like myself, about this question,” Dr. Vavros added. “As more and more evidence emerges, there are clearly many shades of grey.”
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Most of us have heard of the Book of Genesis, the beginning of the Old Testament. How many of us, though, have heard of the Muslim Genesis? Just as the Bible has its explanation for how we got here, so does Islam. Beginning with Adam and Eve and moving on to Abraham and Muhammad, we’ll spend the next several columns exploring Islam’s cosmology.
And not just because Ramadan is right around the corner. I’ve been teaching Islam for years, and find this approach more engaging than a traditional overview, better for those who don’t know much about our religion, and far more inspiring to those who want to feel more connected. A presentation on the Five Pillars can only go so far, too.
That doesn’t tell you why hundreds of millions of people find Islam compelling. Worth changing their lives for. Nor why. It also does a disservice to Islam, limiting us–and producing a limiting religion. Islam once shaped whole cultures, societies, civilizations. Today it’s limited to the direction you pray in, or whether you wipe your socks.
We are part of a worldview that finds it increasingly hard to talk meaningfully about faith, and therefore is often dismissive of the faithful. Our language inadvertently reproduces prejudices about religiosity that are misleading. One of these, for example, is that faith is a kind of superstition. Religion is on one end of the spectrum, and reason and logic on the other.
In truth, however, all people use fundamentally similar forms of reasoning. We just start from different places. (That’s why all traditions have their humanists and fundamentalists.) Whereas a person starting from secular assumptions might find the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation to be puzzling—really, wine and wafer becomes blood and body of Christ?—a believer is nonplussed.
How would it be unreasonable that the very same God who created all things from nothing can transform some of those things into other things—which He created anyway? Meanwhile, some who express bemusement before transubstantiation allege that all this—you, me, the whole universe, not just wine and wafers but blood and bodies—came into existence on its own.
By what miraculous agency does nothing become something, and is that really any easier to swallow than the Eucharist? We have been far too defensive about our religion, which is why we have a belief system lived in such a way that you’d want to feel sorry for it, or us, or both. By exploring Islam’s Genesis, we can make some sense of the Muslim’s world.
Which you’d need to make any sense of the Muslim world.
We had to get into Bruce Wayne’s head before we could get into Batman’s. So why do we start with the particulars, and not with the general, with the conclusions, and not the preconditions? In the weeks ahead, we’re going to take a journey through stories you might think you know, but which have twists and turns specific to Islam.
As you read, keep in mind certain themes present and potent. We’ll see time and again, for example, that size doesn’t matter. Humans have a tendency to anthropomorphize God, which is why Islam is so opposed to icons. We assume that because God is greater, He is physically large. But God has no dimensions. Conclusion: Don’t look for Islam in overwhelming narratives, also known as plodding, overwhelming, unneeded films like Exodus: Gods and Kings.
That was, by the way, the very Catholic J. R. R. Tolkien’s exceedingly Abrahamic point in selecting a very small hobbit, Frodo, to carry Middle Earth’s heaviest burden, and not a warrior or a king. What the Prophet might’ve meant when he said–this may be my favorite hadith of all time–“my ummah is like the rain: None know what is more beautiful, its beginning or its end.”
There are other themes, too, which we’ll find weaving in and out of Islam’s Genesis. For example, that God’s message comes to us through individuals, because we are individuals—the point of Turkish author Mustafa Akyol’s wonderful book, Islam Without Extremes. Islam is, he notes and elaborates, individualistic from its beginnings to its end. You’ll be judged alone, after all.
There are historical lessons as well, which should affect how we present and receive the past. Whereas (secular) analysts frequently assume monotheism began with the Children of Israel, a departure from an historic pantheism, polytheism, or animism, Islam says it’s the other way around. Monotheism is your natural condition. Prophets are meant to guide us not to something new, but who you always were—religion is restored by prophecy, not invented by it.
And that, in turn, is because we all know who we were meant to be. Do you know?
Well before He created Adam and Eve, God gathered the souls of all the people who’ll ever live—in a place before time and space—and asked, ‘Am I not your Lord?’ (The Heights 172). You were “there.” I was, too. But we had no bodies, no parents, no geography, no nationality, no color. Except we had monotheism. Before we were people in any sense we can understand, we were believers.
Even after we were enfleshed, though, set on the road to be Caliphs on Earth, still it wasn’t time. Islam’s Genesis doesn’t begin until Adam and Eve are created, placed in the garden, and fall. Then rise. They err, but in returning, prove the difference between good and evil. Good keeps trying.
So—shall we begin?
Editor’s Note: Haroon Moghul is the author of “The Order of Light” and “My First Police State.” His memoir, “How to be Muslim”, is due in 2016. He’s a doctoral candidate at Columbia University, formerly a Fellow at the New America Foundation and the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School, and a member of the Multicultural Audience Development Initiative at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Connect with Haroon on twitter @hsmoghul. The views expressed here are his own. | <urn:uuid:1ffbdff2-4463-4164-a0b0-b3c5df0cf1b7> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | http://www.muslimobserver.com/islam-genesis/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474843.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229134901-20240229164901-00759.warc.gz | en | 0.956506 | 1,387 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Youth and adolescents are leading global movements for change, bringing renewed energy and opportunities for achieving a more equal world for all. Generation Equality is building on this momentum by uplifting the leadership and contributions of the new generation in the fight for gender equality and bringing them together in partnership with advocates and visionaries of all ages and genders.
On this year’s International Youth Day (12 August), centered around the theme “Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages”, we are celebrating youth and adolescent voices, experiences and skills that are helping Generation Equality and its Action Coalitions make a real-world impact.
Youth are constantly demonstrating what it means to be a changemaker, to think differently, to share power across generations and to ensure an equitable and empowering agenda for all. A total of 13 youth organizations have taken on leadership roles across the six Action Coalitions, and 10 per cent of all the commitments by partners during last year’s Forum came from youth organizations. Over 300 National Gender Youth Activists and adolescent girls are sharing their country expertise and ensuring that local and national perspectives are reflected throughout Generation Equality. This young intersectional feminist perspective of the Generation Equality five-year journey was embodied in the Young Feminist Manifesto, a result of active youth feminist participation throughout the 2021 Generation Equality Forum in Mexico and France.
Generation Equality is showcasing what can be achieved if all generations work together for equality. And now, to achieve progress on the Global Acceleration Plan, gender equality and Sustainable Development Goals actors must radically shift their collective responses to young people and to the structures that either support or exclude them. Approaches must be intersectional and gender responsive and must recognize the long-term impacts of ageism—including on all women’s full enjoyment of their sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Tackling the barriers created by ageism requires sustained effort. It is only by sharing power, avoiding tokenism, creating spaces for intergenerational learning and dialogue, and investing in youth and adolescents that the work of Generation Equality can be effectively taken forward into the future to ensure sustainable and irreversible change.
Striving for—and realizing—a feminist future depends on the mobilization of all ages, genders and intersections. That is why, this International Youth Day, it is vital to uplift the voices of diverse youth activists and to hear their aspirations and tactics for building strong intergenerational partnerships in Generation Equality, the Action Coalitions and beyond.
Meet some of the Generation Equality youth leaders across the world
Palestine | National Program Officer at Representative Office of Switzerland in oPt and Signatory of the Compact for Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action
“Intergenerational solidarity is integral to the development and achieving the aims and goals of the Compact on Women, Peace and Security, and Humanitarian Action—bringing together different stakeholders, power holders and decision makers to ensure the alignment of their agendas meet the demands, priorities and issues of the youth agenda. It is important to create synergies, to make sure there is inclusive leadership and power redistribution.”
India/Saudi Arabia | UN Women Adolescent Girl Leader
“I am a passionate advocate for the empowerment of girls and women all around the world in many sectors, mainly focusing on technology and education. Being a UN Generation Equality Adolescent Mobilization Committee Leader has helped me interact with many other adolescent girl activists and has helped me gain a myriad of new experiences that I am very grateful for.”
Floridalma López Atz
Guatemala | UN Women National Gender Youth Activist
“My experience in intergenerational collaboration has allowed me to join efforts, make my voice heard and participate, I currently integrate various organizations that promote Generation Equality, among them is the platform of indigenous women which is an intergenerational space that has given me the opportunity to converge and connect with other indigenous women leaders in the country. It has been a mutual learning process of sharing knowledge and experiences that ensures the continuity of the struggle for equality and thus the achievement of our goals.”
Kosovo | UN Women Adolescent Girl Leader
“We will continue our efforts and we will continue to raise our voices because we know that the voices of adolescent leaders are not only helping in creating a better future, but they are the better future.”
Democratic Republic of Congo | UN Women National Gender Youth Activist and Gender Expert at the Kinshasa Panzi Foundation
“By participating in the 4th Specialized Technical Committee on the revision of the Beijing action plan, I had the opportunity to benefit from the experience of certain visionaries who played a decisive role in the development of the Beijing action plan. And it was very beneficial for my future commitment to gender equality.”
Zimbabwe | Executive Director of YES Trust Zimbabwe and Gender Based Violence Action Coalition Youth Leader
“The Generation Equality Forum has created a platform for young women and girls to interact with other youth-led organizations, with key government stakeholders, and the private sector, all together with the goal of ending violence against women and girls.”
Video: Genius Moyo
Papua New Guinea | Former Generation Equality Youth Task Force Member
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In the fast-paced and dynamic world of corporate environments, fostering positive relationships, effective communication, and a cohesive team spirit are paramount for a company’s success. Social activities and team-building activities are two concepts that often come up in discussions related to employee engagement and company culture.
While they share some common elements, they serve distinct purposes in enhancing workplace dynamics. This article explains the differences between social activities and team-building activities, their benefits, types, and their impact on employees and the overall company environment.
What are Social Activities?
Social activities refer to events or gatherings during which employees come together in a casual setting to interact and build interpersonal relationships outside the regular work environment. These events may include happy hours, game nights, sports events, or other leisurely activities aimed at promoting camaraderie among colleagues and improving employee engagement.
What are Team Building Activities?
Team building activities, on the other hand, are structured exercises designed to enhance teamwork, communication, creative thinking, problem-solving skills, and overall team dynamics with some healthy competition. The categories of team-building activities can vary widely, encompassing indoor and outdoor activities, workshops, and games that encourage collaboration and foster a sense of unity among team members.
The Role of Social Activities
Social events and activities are a key element of workplace culture, as it is an effective way for colleagues to get to know each other better and encourage a positive working environment.
- Building Interpersonal Relationships: Social activities play a crucial role in fostering interpersonal relationships among employees. When colleagues get to know each other on a personal level, it can create a more relaxed and enjoyable work atmosphere.
- Positive Company Culture: These events contribute to building a positive company culture by promoting a sense of community and belonging. Employees who feel connected to their colleagues are more likely to be satisfied with their work environment.
- Employee Happiness: Social activities are essential in contributing to employee happiness. Happy employees are more likely to be engaged and motivated, leading to increased productivity and a positive work atmosphere.
The Benefits of Team Building Activities
- Structured Skill Development: Team building activities are designed to target specific skills necessary for effective teamwork. These include team communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and strategic thinking.
- Enhancing Team Performance: Team-building exercises aim to improve overall team performance by identifying strengths and weaknesses and addressing them in a controlled and supportive environment with some friendly competition. It is the ultimate setting to identify the capabilities of team members.
- Creating a Team Identity: Participating in team-building activities helps employees develop a shared identity and a sense of belonging to a unified team. This, in turn, fosters a spirit of collaboration and mutual support.
What Are the Similarities and Differences Between Social Activities and Team Building?
- Fun Activities: Both social activities and team building involve engaging and enjoyable experiences, creating a fun environment for participants. Incorporating entertaining elements helps alleviate stress and enhances team members’ enjoyment during activities.
- Team Bonding: Social activities help to strengthen bonds between team members by providing opportunities for informal interactions. Team building is explicitly designed to not only strengthen bonds, but also improve communication and collaboration.
- Positive Work Environment: Social activities contribute to a positive work environment by fostering camaraderie and reducing tension among team members. Team building is focused on creating a positive workplace and enhancing overall job satisfaction.
- Strong Relationships: Social activities promote the development of social relations outside the typical work setting. Team building aims to build strong relationships through structured activities that require collaboration and trust.
- Issues Addressed: Social activities primarily address creating a relaxed atmosphere and encouraging casual interaction. Team building targets specific issues such as communication barriers, trust issues, or lack of collaboration, fostering targeted improvements.
- Remote Teams: Social activities can be challenging for remote teams due to the lack of physical presence. Team building activities can easily be adapted to suit remote teams, leveraging virtual platforms and technologies to enhance collaboration and connection.
- Physical Activity: Social activities may or may not involve physical activity as the focus is on socializing. Team building often includes physical challenges or team building games requiring physical participation aimed at promoting teamwork.
- Critical Thinking: Social activities tend to be more casual and may not explicitly stimulate critical thinking. Team building often incorporates activities that require problem-solving and critical thinking skills to achieve objectives.
- Leadership Involvement: During social activities, leadership involvement is informal. During team building team activities, leaders often play a more structured role, guiding activities and facilitating discussions to achieve specific goals.
Team Building Services
If you are looking to organize activities aimed at energizing your team while creating stronger bonds, Kronos Experience is here to help. Whether you think your team would benefit from an informal social event or a unique team-building experience, we can make it happen. If you’re interested in a social event, our Safari Cocktail activity is an informal yet interactive event that gets everyone talking, helping you to establish strong bonds among colleagues. If you are looking for a more targeted team-building event, we offer both in-person and virtual events that are unique and designed to enhance important skills and relationships. | <urn:uuid:63781459-9fba-4ebc-a7ae-abca58cbd957> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://kronosexperience.com/what-is-the-difference-between-a-social-activity-and-a-team-building-activity | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473472.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221102433-20240221132433-00859.warc.gz | en | 0.942719 | 1,059 | 2.671875 | 3 |
- Visit the Memorial Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, which served as the Nazi regime‘s model camp
- See the infirmary barracks, cell reconstructions, and roll call area
- Learn about the Third Reich camp system and its devastating legacy
- Hear how the camp was eventually evacuated — and the brutal “death march” that followed
- Honour those who suffered and lost their lives at Sachsenhausen and other camps
- Local expert guides with deep knowledge of Berlin’s history, art, and politics
- Choose from daily departures with multiple start times
After meeting at your hotel this private tour will take you to the Memorial Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, located about 45 minutes north of Berlin.
A total of around 200,000 people (especially political opponents, Soviets, and Jews) were imprisoned, put into forced labour, tortured, or killed at Sachsenhausen. In the late summer of 1941, a mass shooting range was built, which saw the murder of tens of thousands of Soviet prisoners of war.
The evacuation of the camp by the SS began on the morning of April 21, 1945, when the Red Army was only a few kilometres away. The remaining prisoners and other camp inmates were forced to embark upon a cruel “death march” in terrible conditions to flee. Many died or were killed during this ordeal, before surviving prisoners and camp commanders were finally intercepted by Soviet forces in the following weeks.
It is important to us to present the history of Sachsenhausen and the Third Reich camp system in as much detail as possible, while also remaining sensitive to its impact, and respectful of those who tragically suffered and lost their lives.
We base our private tour of this memorial on the most up-to-date specialist literature, as well as numerous eyewitness reports from the time. It is not our aim to shock; however, we do believe it’s important to do justice to the events that took place at Sachsenhausen between 1936 and 1945.
This tour is essential education for anyone wishing to understand the devastating legacy of Nazi concentration camps before and during the Second World War. However, we understand that visiting the memorial may be too emotionally triggering for some visitors.
Note that we will include a stop for coffee and/or something to eat (at your own expense) and can add in additional breaks whenever you like.
About Our Guides
Our Berlin tour guides are more than just guides — they are true characters of the city, with deep knowledge of Berlin’s history, art and politics. Some of them were eyewitnesses to the Cold War, and all of them enthusiastic ambassadors of their city. As our guest, we want you to feel welcomed and catered to. Our guides will always take the time to answer your questions and can adapt the itinerary to suit your personal wishes and interests.
Note: Due to its sensitive content, the tour of Sachsenhausen is not suitable for children under 12 years of age.
As this is a private experience, we can tailor the tour to your wishes and can omit areas of the facility if desired. It’s our pleasure to tailor this tour to suit your interests. Simply tell us where your interests lie, and we’ll be happy to accommodate your wishes.
Simply enquire below for more information. Alternatively, book online now and we will be in touch to finalise your tour details.
Interested in more of Berlin’s Jewish History? Take a look at our full day and half day Jewish Heritage tours, which will take you through some of the most important sights and memorials in the city with a local expert.
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This is the Fall 2017 Kick-Off Seminar, presenting an overview of LCSR, useful information, and an introduction to the faculty and labs.
Robots hold promise in assisting people in a variety of domains including healthcare services, household chores, collaborative manufacturing, and educational learning. In supporting these activities, robots need to engage with humans in cooperative interactions in which they work together toward a common goal in a socially intuitive manner. Such interactions require robots to coordinate actions, predict task intent, direct attention, and convey relevant information to human partners. In this talk, I will present how techniques in human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, and robotics can be applied in a principled manner to create and study intuitive interactions between humans and robots. I will demonstrate social, cognitive, and task benefits of effective human-robot teams in various application contexts. I will discuss broader impacts of my research, as well as future directions of my research focusing on intuitive computing.
Chien-Ming Huang is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the Whiting School of Engineering at The Johns Hopkins University. His research seeks to enable intuitive interactions between humans and machines to augment human capabilities. Dr. Huang received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2015, his M.S. in Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2010, and his B.S. in Computer Science at National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan in 2006. His research has been awarded a Best Paper Runner-Up at Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2013 and has received media coverage from MIT Technology Review, Tech Insider, and Science Nation.
The ability to manufacture micro-scale sensors and actuators has inspired the robotics community for over 30 years. There have been huge success stories; MEMS inertial sensors have enabled an entire market of low-cost, small UAVs. However, the promise of ant-scale robots has largely failed. Ants can move high speeds on surfaces from picnic tables to front lawns, but the few legged microrobots that have walked have done so at slow speeds (< 1 body length/sec) on smooth silicon wafers. In addition, the vision of large numbers of microfabricated sensors interacting directly with the environment has suffered in part due to the brittle materials used in microfabrication. This talk will present our progress in the design of sensors, mechanisms, and actuators that utilize new microfabrication processes to incorporate materials with widely varying moduli and functionality to achieve more robustness, dynamic range, and complexity in smaller packages. Results include skins of soft tactile or strain sensors with high dynamic range, new models of bio-inspired jumping mechanisms, and magnetically actuated legged microrobots from 1 gram down to 1 milligram that provide insights into simple design and control for high speed locomotion in small-scale mobile robots.
Sarah Bergbreiter joined the University of Maryland, College Park in 2008 and is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, with a joint appointment in the Institute for Systems Research. She received her B.S.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 1999, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley in 2004 and 2007 with a focus on microrobotics. Her research uses inspiration from microsystems and biology to improve robotics performance at all scales. She has been awarded several honors including the DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2008, the NSF CAREER Award in 2011, and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2013 for her research on engineering robotic systems down to sub-millimeter size scales. She also received the Best Conference Paper Award at IEEE ICRA 2010 on her work incorporating new materials into microrobotics and the NTF Award at IEEE IROS 2011 for early demonstrations of jumping microrobots. She currently serves on DARPA’s Microsystems Exploratory Council and as an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Robotics and ASME Journal on Mechanisms and Robotics.
SimpleITK is a simplified, open source, multi-language interface to the National Library of Medicine’s Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit (ITK), a C++ open source image analysis toolkit which is widely used in academia and industry. SimpleITK is available in multiple programing languages including: Python, R, Java, C#, C++, Lua, Ruby, and TCL. Binary versions of the toolkit are available for the GNU Linux, Apple OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. For researchers, the toolkit facilitates rapid prototyping and evaluation of image-analysis workflows with minimal effort using their programming language of choice. For educators and students, the toolkit’s concise interface and support of scripting languages facilitates experimentation with well-known algorithms, allowing them to focus on algorithmic understanding rather than low level programming skills.
The toolkit development process follows best software engineering practices including code reviews and continuous integration testing, with results displayed online allowing everyone to gauge the status of the current code and any code that is under consideration for incorporation into the toolkit. User support is available through a dedicated mailing list, the project’s Wiki, and on GitHub. The source code is freely available on GitHub under an Apache-2.0 license (github.com/SimpleITK/SimpleITK). In addition, we provide a development environment which supports collaborative research and educational activities in the Python and R programming languages using the Jupyter notebook web application. It too is freely available on GitHub under an Apache-2.0 license (github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/SimpleITK-Notebooks).
The first part of the presentation will describe the motivation underlying the development of SimpleITK, its development process and its current state. The second part of the presentation will be a live demonstration illustrating the capabilities of SimpleITK as a tool for reproducible research.
Dr. Ziv Yaniv is a senior computer scientist with the Office of High Performance Computing and Communications, at the National Library of Medicine, and at TAJ Technologies Inc. He obtained his Ph.D. in computer science from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem Israel. Previously he was an assistant professor in the department of radiology, Georgetown university, and a principal investigator at Children’s National Hospital in Washington DC. He was chair of SPIE Medical Imaging: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling (2013-2016) and program chair for the Information Processing in Computer Assisted Interventions (IPCAI) 2016 conference.
He believes in the curative power of open research, and has been actively involved in development of several free open source toolkits, including the Image-Guided Surgery Toolkit (IGSTK), the Insight Registration and Segmentation toolkit (ITK) and SimpleITK.
This talk will show that attitude Kalman filters can be simple in design while also being robust and accurate despite the highly nonlinear nature of attitude (i. e., orientation) estimation. Three different filters are discussed, all using quaternions and small-angle approximations of attitude errors: an Extended Kalman filter as well as an Unscented Kalman filter for a gyro-based situation, and an Extended Kalman filter for a gyro-less one. In additon to the three-axis attitude, all of the filters also estimate corrections to the angular velocity – random walk modeled biases in the gyro measured case, and first-order Markov modeled corrections in the gyro-less case, which involves angular velocity computed from mass properties and control data.
The filters are evaluated using extensive real and simulated data from low-Earth orbiting NASA satellites such as Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission, Solar, Anomalous, and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer, Earth Radiation Budget Satellite, Wide Field Infrared Explorer, and Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer. The evaluations predominantly involve stressing “magnetometer-only” scenarios, i. e., using only a three-axis magnetometer to sense the attitude. Comparisons are made with attitude and rate knowledge obtained using coarse sensors and single-frame algorithms, and also with results from an Unscented Kalman filter with a more complicated attitude pameterization.
Dr. Murty Challa received a B.Sc. in physics from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. His professional interests and actvities include: estimation and data fusion algorithms such as Kalman filters, batch estimators, and simultaneous localization and mapping; track correlation/ association; guidance, navigation, and control for spacecraft and unmanned vehicles; missile defense; quantum computing; statistical mechanics; computational physics; solid state physics/ materials science. He is currently a member of the Senior Professional Staff of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL), Maryland, USA. Prior to JHU/APL, he was senior staff at Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA, and at Computer Sciences Corporation supporting NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. Dr. Challa’s academic positions include post-doctoral appointments in physics at Michigan State University and Virginia Commonwealth University, and an adjunct position in physics at George Washington University. He has also served as a consultant to Iridium Satellite, LLC. | <urn:uuid:87dc4508-86b5-4be5-89e5-7fbd2e4cbe88> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://lcsr.jhu.edu/news-and-events/calendar/action~agenda/exact_date~1504670400/tag_ids~81/request_format~json/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473824.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20240222193722-20240222223722-00859.warc.gz | en | 0.921146 | 1,948 | 2.875 | 3 |
The History of Louis Vuitton
Join us on a journey through time, exploring the luxurious and meticulously crafted world of Louis Vuitton. The name is synonymous with opulent travel, exquisite artistry, and timeless LV bags.
The history of Louis Vuitton is a fascinating saga that parallels the evolution of modern style and elegance. From its humble beginnings in 19th-century Paris, the design house blossomed into arguably the most highly valued luxury brand in the world. Iconic designers and exciting collaborations have kept timeless styles alive with fresh perspectives and creative reimagining.
Exploring Louis Vuitton’s background gives us a deeper appreciation for the status the brand has achieved. Throughout the Louis Vuitton history timeline, the design house’s steadfast commitment to exemplary quality and artisanship remains the company’s bedrock. As we navigate the pivotal moments in the history of LV, we celebrate an enduring legacy of elegance and take a peek into the malletier’s future.
The Genesis: Louis Vuitton's Early Years
Louis Vuitton's history began in 1837. At that time, a 16-year-old Louis Vuitton arrived in Paris after traveling 280 miles by foot from his birthplace, Anchay, France. His goal was to become an apprentice to Monsieur Maréchal and learn to become a malletier (trunk maker). For 17 years, he perfected his skills, crafting bespoke trunks and traveling boxes for French nobility. He was devoted to creating durable, waterproof products that matched practical value with elegance. The trunks he crafted were not mere storage solutions but timeless treasures that protected personal belongings during travel by steamboat and horse-drawn carriages.
The year Louis Vuitton founded his own atelier was 1854, and the location was 4 Rue Neuve-des-Capucines. In 1858, Vuitton rocked the trunk-making world with his introduction of a flat-topped trunk. This was a radical departure from the norm, where luxury trunks were built with rounded tops so rainfall would roll off. The new Vuitton trunk featured waterproof, lightweight, and highly durable Trianon canvas and a flat top facilitating stacking and easier storage. The innovative spirit, elegant design aesthetic, and dedication to exquisite artisanship remained hallmarks throughout Louis Vuitton's history.
Craftsmanship and Quality: The LV Signature
As the malletier to Empress Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III, Louis Vuitton gained a reputation for unmatched artisanship and quality. The history of Louis Vuitton entwines a profound respect for artistry with a perpetual quest for making the pragmatic beautiful. When Vuitton introduced the stackable, flat-topped trunks crafted from durable Trianon canvas, he displayed an intimate understanding of the needs of travelers. The flat top made it easier to load multiple trunks into the same space. The coated canvas was waterproof, resisted wear, and was far lighter than the leather used by his contemporaries.
This relentless pursuit of quality production and innovative problem-solving animates every chapter of Louis Vuitton's history.
Historic Milestones: Landmark Events in LV's Journey
Louis Vuitton’s story reflects innovation, collaboration, and a determination to redefine elegance. The following are just some of the milestones in Louis Vuitton’s history.
- 1837: The history of LV begins with the 16-year-old Louis Vuitton arriving in Paris by foot, seeking an apprenticeship with Monsieur Maréchal, a renowned trunk-maker.
- 1854: After 17 years, Louis Vuitton founded his eponymous atelier at 4 Rue Neuve-des-Capucines.
- 1858: The introduction of the flat-topped, stackable trunk forever changed luxury travel.
- 1890: Georges Vuitton, the only son of Louis Vuitton, introduced an innovative spring buckle locking mechanism that foiled the would-be thieves who preyed on luxury trunks. Vuitton challenged master escapist Harry Houdini to pick his unpickable lock. The stunt proved the lock’s value, and it has been a signature of the atelier ever since.
- 1896: Georges Vuitton introduced the iconic LV Monogram Canvas, which has come to symbolize the luxury and unmatched artisanship of Louis Vuitton.
- 1914: The Louis Vuitton building opened on the Champs-Elysées as the largest travel goods store in the world.
- 1915: Renowned fashion icon Coco Chanel requested a bespoke Louis Vuitton handbag. It was the first LV venture into small leather goods and LV accessories. In the 1930s, Chanel gave her permission to reproduce the bag, which became known as the Alma, one of the design house’s most beloved styles.
- 1930: This was a big year in Louis Vuitton's history, as both the LV Keepall and Speedy bags were introduced.
- 1965: Legendary actress Audrey Hepburn requested a smaller version of the Speedy bag, and the Speedy 25 was born.
- 1987: The formation of Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) united multiple luxury brands, including Tiffany & Co, Fendi, Bulgari, Givenchy, Celine, and TAG Heuer, among others.
- 1996: Marking the 100th anniversary of the iconic monogram canvas, Louis Vuitton worked with select designers, inviting them to create unique luggage pieces.
- 1997: Marc Jacobs is named creative director for Louis Vuitton. His influential reign launched the first LV ready-to-wear line and a jewelry line and paved the way for several exciting designer collaborations that each reimagined the LV monogram.
- 2001: Collaboration with Stephen Sprouse produced the Graffiti Speedy.
- 2003: Collaboration with Takashi Murakami produced the Cherry Blossom.
- 2004: Louis Vuitton fine jewelry was introduced.
- 2009: LV high jewelry was introduced with two patented diamond petal cuts.
- 2013: Nicolas Ghesquière took over for Marc Jacobs.
Louis Vuitton’s history chronicles the evolution of one of the world’s greatest design houses. At every turn, the commitment to quality and an innovative design aesthetic have made Louis Vuitton a leader in luxury for nearly 200 years.
Louis Vuitton Today: A Legacy Continued
The evolution of Louis Vuitton from a humble trunk-maker’s workshop to an internationally renowned luxury design house is nothing short of awe-inspiring. Old-world artisanship and a constant quest for innovation have both played significant roles in Louis Vuitton's history. The atelier continuously produces pieces with timeless quality and style while pioneering fresh, modern designs.
The Future of Louis Vuitton: Innovations and Trends
Louis Vuitton’s history speaks of a commitment to quality, and its future is dedicated to sustainability. Addressing a crucial issue in fashion today, the company plans to achieve a 100% eco-design across its product line by 2025. It aims to reduce greenhouse emissions by a whopping 55% by 2030.
With the history of Louis Vuitton as a guide, we can be confident the atelier will reach its impressive goals while continuing to produce exquisite pieces. The luxury brand has replaced its iconic coated canvas with Econyl, a sustainable, durable, and lightweight nylon created entirely from ocean and landfill waste. This featherweight material graces the OnTheGo, the Speedy, and the Multi Pochette, among others, as part of the LV commitment to greater sustainability.
The designer’s ability to blend functionality with unparalleled elegance has been seen throughout Louis Vuitton's history and continues to shape fashion today. Invest in this enduring legacy. Shop Madison Avenue Couture for exquisite LV bags and vintage Louis Vuitton handbags, and wear a piece of fashion history. | <urn:uuid:3a4698dc-5145-47d7-846c-7ec599f2d8cb> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://madisonavenuecouture.com/blogs/news/the-history-of-louis-vuitton | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473824.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20240222193722-20240222223722-00859.warc.gz | en | 0.91562 | 1,641 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Happy New Year! How would you like to start 2024 in a new, creative way?
Every Wednesday and Saturday, we will be posting an installment of our book, Through an Artist’s Eyes: Learning to Live Creatively offering you a pathway to art and the vision of the artist. Enabling you to develop your own inner creativity and apply it to the personal cycle of everyday living.
II. The Journey to Art
Creative Routines, part 5
Artistic Companion, Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Andy Warhol was a founder of Pop Art, one of the “isms” of the twentieth century, recognizing that the images of popular culture, particularly advertising can be considered works of art. He understood the impact of the media too, especially television and movies, once declaring “in the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.“
The son of immigrants, Warhol rose from a working class neighborhood of Pittsburgh to become one of the most renowned artists of his time. Trained at the School of Fine Arts of Carnegie Institute of Technology, Warhol moved to New York City in his twenties, where he quickly succeeded as a leading commercial artist.
By the early 1960s, he was creating some of his famous Pop paintings and silk screens, such as the Campbell’s soup cans and portraits of Hollywood icons Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor, among others. He established “the Factory” which served as the headquarters of his artistic production including films; it also attracted numerous celebrities and art figures who attended Warhol’s often notorious parties and “happenings.”
In 1968, Warhol was shot by one of his “actors,” ending his high profile lifestyle for the rest of his career. However, Warhol continued to be a vital influence, not only upon the art scene, but the national consciousness as well. He died prematurely in 1987, at the age of fifty eight, while recovering from gall bladder surgery.
What is a Warhol?
A Warhol still startles, even shocks, after almost half a century. The bright red and white logo of Campbell’s soup dominates canvas after canvas, multiplying from one to thirty two to two hundred! Warhol painted a multitude of different kinds—chicken noodle, vegetarian vegetable, bean, and the most common of all, tomato. He depicted the Brillo soap box and the old fashioned Coca Cola bottle. now a collector’s item.
But are Warhol’s paintings truly works of art, fit to hang in a gallery or museums or someone’s private home? Or is Warhol pulling some kind of practical joke? Ultimately, perhaps he is asking the average consumer to really observe colors and designs of the items of the local grocery store —ultimately appreciating both the genius and banality of modern advertising. The decision is up to you, the viewer.
The Warhol Gallery
Vegetarian Vegetable, from Campbell’s Soup II, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Does it look good enough to open and eat? “Vegetarian Vegetable” is just one of dozens of varieties of Campbell’s Soup. What are some of their names? Chicken noodle, cream of mushroom, pepper pot, beef, onion, consommé, among others. What about the logo, the trademark representation in striking letters against a field of crisp red and white? Its label is forever imprinted in your mind: bold, streamlined, with, in this case, a special message, “the alphabet soup” on a cartoon yellow background.
Andy Warhol could not resist this symbol of advertising, turning it, along with with hundreds of other kinds of Campbell’s soup into an icon of 1960s Pop Art. Or did the image of the soup can have another meaning to Warhol? It seems that the artist had a bowl of soup, usually prepared by his mother, every day during his childhood in Pittsburgh. Perhaps this instant meal was a source of comfort and cheer, like a constant companion upon whom he could always rely, so “Vegetarian Vegetable” is not just a soup can, but the portrait of a best friend.
COMING SOON: CREATIVE ROUTINES AT HOME
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Figure 1. Views of plate-like terrain on Mars, and pack-ice on Earth. From the paper linked below.
a, Part of an HRSC image of Mars from orbit 32, with a resolution of 13.7 m per pixel, centred at 5.5° north latitude and 150.4° east longitude, showing plate-like deposits with signs of break-up, rotation and lateral movement to the west-southwest in the lower part of the image. Scale bar is 25 km. b, Synthetic Aperture Radar image of pack-ice in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Scale bar is 25 km. (ESA image, processed by H. Rott.) c, Enlarged view of raft 7 × 12 km showing 8° rotation anticlockwise, causing the clear lane downstream of island ‘I’ to be curved. Leads ‘L’ downstream of the crater and small island at lower right are almost straight, indicating unidirectional drift slightly north of westward. Note pressure ridges ‘P’ upstream of islands. Arrows show relative motion vectors of individual plates. Scale bar is 10 km.
In Murray et al. (2005) in the journal Nature with the significant title
"Evidence from the Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera for a frozen sea close to Mars'equator" images from the above-named camera are presented from which is inferred the existence of a frozen body of water, with surface pack-ice, around 5$^0$ north latitude and 150$^0$ east longitude in the Cerberus Palus region.
The frozen lake should measure about 800 x 900 km in lateral extent with a depth of up to 45 meters !
Have there been observations by any radar instrument or neutron detector that can confirm or invalidate the existence of the putative frozen lake in the Cerberus Palus region ?
And is there further evidence from high resolution cameras for the existence of ice deposits within this region since the publication of the article in 2005 ?
Evidence of ice surface lowering and draping of plain-like features over partly submerged craters.
From this ESA article:
Two observations suggest that the ice is still there: first, the submerged craters are too shallow, indicating most of the ice is still in the craters; and second, the surface is too horizontal - if the ice had been lost, there would be a greater height variation. | <urn:uuid:10418586-92e1-4660-b32a-2a2c2d1c8888> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/27843/is-there-really-a-frozen-lake-near-the-equator-on-mars | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474523.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224044749-20240224074749-00859.warc.gz | en | 0.888913 | 500 | 2.8125 | 3 |
You can access oceanographic information for the Caribbean Sea
, such as sea surface temperature (SST), salinity, marine currents and bathymetry. The web pages also include maps
of the distribution of coral and seagrass pasture ecosystems.
Information on sea turtle habitat is combined with hawksbill nesting data and migration routes as determined by satellite tracking or by the returns of external tags. It also includes information about nesting beaches for most of the nations and territories of the wider Caribbean, as well as threats to the species in the region.
The site also offers the possibility of creating your own maps and accessing cartographic material, and complementary documents and images. An extensive monograph on the biology and conservation status of Caribbean hawksbills completes the range of information.
Please feel free to contribute any material you have on hawksbills, to help us improve these web pages. Please email us.
Regional Marine Programme and
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High Performance Computing Testbed
Modern and fast hardware is the basis of applied research, especially in the field of AI/ML applications. The High Performance Computing Testbed (HPC) of the DAI-Labor offers both researchers as well as students the necessary resources to put their innovative ideas into practice. Through the HPC, they benefit from current powerful servers with the ability to efficiently process even large amounts of photo and video data.
The HPC is a powerful tool for carrying out computationally intensive research work. The different components, which are coordinated with each other and with this scenario, allow to train even own complex models with machine learning. In the area of BigData, many data sets exceed the capacity of a single system. Therefore, HPC consists of many different components, which are interconnected via an internal network with high bandwidth as required. Several data storage devices can be used to store data, but still be available at any time via the high-speed network where they are needed.
The HPC cluster consists of CPU and GPU nodes, which are supplemented by a storage system. We rely on an HPC cluster with NVIDA Pascal chips, which are particularly suitable for high performance computing and deep learning thanks to their high computing power and efficiency. A total of 6 GPU nodes with 12 Nvidia P100 or V100 cards are available. Together there are over 46,000 GPU cores and theoretical 121 TFLOPS for single precision arithmetic available for calculations. In order to be able to store even the largest data, the researchers have storage systems with more than 1 petabyte of storage space at their disposal. | <urn:uuid:109946bf-09f6-449c-a4fb-9561b0ec187e> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://dai-labor.de/en/testbeds/cloud-computing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474617.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225135334-20240225165334-00859.warc.gz | en | 0.949774 | 325 | 2.609375 | 3 |
The Azraq Wetland Reserve is a nature reserve located near the town of Azraq in the eastern desert of Jordan. An oasis for migratory birds, Azraq was established in 1978 and covers 12 square kilometres (4.6 sq mi).
The wetlands were created some 250,000 years ago as a result of being fed by aquifers that corresponded with geological changes. Azraq has, since ancient times, been the crossroads of both human trade routes and bird migrations.
Migratory birds come from Anatolia, Scandinavia, Siberia, and Africa, stopping in Azraq during the long journey. | <urn:uuid:1831c4c7-6b67-4598-9538-bd683446594b> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://pvt.jo/Ar/azraq-wetland-reserve/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474669.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226225941-20240227015941-00859.warc.gz | en | 0.969109 | 127 | 2.921875 | 3 |
What is Hip Bursitis?
Bursitis is a painful condition that affects the small, fluid-filled sacs, called bursae, that cushion the bones, tendons, and muscles near the joints. It occurs when the bursae become inflamed.
The most common locations are the shoulder, elbow, and hip. They are normally presented in joints that perform frequent repetitive movements.
What Causes Hip Bursitis?
The most common causes of bursitis are repetitive motions or positions that put pressure on the bursae around the joint. In the case of the hip, some examples include: play or work activities that cause overuse or injury to the joint area, such as running upstairs, climbing, or standing for long periods of time, incorrect posture, and injury to the point of the hip, such as falling onto the hip, bumping the hip to an object, or lying on one side of the body for an extender period.
Signs and Symptoms
- Pain on the outside of the hip and thigh or in the buttock.
- Pain when lying on the affected side.
- Pain when you press in or on the outside of the hip.
- Pain that worsens during activities such as getting up from a deep chair or getting out of the car.
Current Treatment Options
Treatment goals include reducing pain and inflammation, preserving mobility, and preventing disability and recurrence.
Some recommendations may include a combination of rest, splints, heat, and cold application, but more advanced treatment options include the use of medications, such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, corticosteroid joint injections, physical activity, and surgery.
Chronic hip bursitis is a common yet difficult condition to treat successfully.
New Study on PRP Injections
In the study, “Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) More Effective than Cortisone for Severe Chronic Hip Bursitis”, 40 patients were selected and randomly divided into 2 groups: one group was treated with a single injection of 40 milligrams of methylprednisolone, and a second group with a single injection of PRP.
The researchers recorded the results using the Harris Hip Score (HHS), which assesses a patient’s functionality before and after hip treatment. They also used the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC), which measures pain, stiffness, and functional limitation.
The first group had average HHS scores of 50.5 and WOMAC scores of 58.3, the second group of 51.7 (HHS) and 58.8 (WOMAC).
After three months the patients that received the cortisone shots reported an HHS score of 75.4 and WOMAC of 83.6, while the PRP patients reported 84.2 (HHS) and 91.4 (WOMAC). Also, the PRP patient’s scores remained high after one year of treatment.
According to the authors of the study, PRP injections are significantly more effective and durable than cortisone injections for the treatment of hip bursitis.
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Staunton, May 18 – Seventy-two years ago today, the Soviet state deported the Crimean Tatars from their homeland to Central Asia, a tragedy that resulted in the death of many and the wounding of all. And in the years since, the Crimean Tatars have marked this horrific event every May 18. They are doing so today.
But this year, far more than at any time in the past, the tragedy of the Crimean Tatars is being remembered not only by them but by others, some of whom like the Circassians who were also subject to deportation, by others like the Ukrainians who were harmed by the genocidal policies of the Soviet regime, and by people of good will throughout the world.
This sharing of grief marks an important development, one that people of good will can only welcome not only as an expansion of the humanity of each of these groups but also as the final nail in the coffin of Moscow’s efforts to keep these nations in isolation from one another by employing its traditional imperial divide-and-rule policy.
The Crimean Tatars are commemorating this anniversary even as they are subjected to a new wave of Russian repression following the Russian Anschluss of their homeland. The largest gatherings are in places beyond the reach of the Russian occupiers who are trying to subvert this day just as Moscow has in the past.
But the Crimean Tatars are far from alone, especially this year and especially in the wake of Jamala’s triumph in the Eurovision song competition which has attracted new attention to and support for the Crimean Tatars and their historical struggle for justice against Moscow’s criminal actions in 1944 and again now.
Ukrainians, both officials and ordinary people, are taking part in a whole series of events to mark this anniversary. For a partial list of these activities, see qha.com.ua/ru/obschestvo/18-maya-den-pamyati-jertv-deportatsii-krimskih-tatar/159647/. And the embassies of foreign countries in Kyiv are also organizing special events about the genocide of the Crimean Tatars.
Given Russia’s invasion and occupation of part of Ukraine, this is perhaps now surprise, although especially for the Crimean Tatars, it is welcome. But there has been another development this year: other groups who were victimized by Russian governments are joining with the Crimean Tatars to mark their common tragedy.
The clearest and best example of this is provided by the Circassians, who three days from now will mark the 152nd anniversary of their expulsion from their historical homeland by tsarist forces. The Federation of Circassian Organizations in Istanbul have issued a statement on the Crimean Tatar deportation (qha.com.ua/ru/obschestvo/cherkesi-razdelyayut-gore-krimskotatarskogo-naroda/159642/).
“We share the pain of the Crimean Tatar people which was subjected to genocide and deportation from its own Motherland on the order of the harsh ruler Stalin in 1944. We as a people who suffered a similar grief express our solidarity with the Crimean Tatar nation,” the declaration says.
In reporting this statement, the Crimean Tatar QHA news agency says that “such a declaration of solidarity from a nation which in its history saw the cruelty of the Russian government is extremely significant for the Crimean Tatar people.” But in fact it is even more than that.
The world has just watched as the Russian people under Vladimir Putin has sought to present the victory over Hitler in World War II as theirs alone. No one doubts the contribution the Soviet army made in that victory, but such an approach, which denies the role of others, is ultimately shameful.
In the past, many nations who have been victims of Russian and Soviet imperialism have been so focused on what happened to them that they have been unwilling or perhaps even unable to see beyond that and to recognize their common victimhood with others. That is changing, and it does honor to all those who are making this shift. | <urn:uuid:d796e5a2-1032-4df1-a9ed-019c14bdfe70> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2016/05/crimean-tatars-no-longer-alone-in.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474669.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226225941-20240227015941-00859.warc.gz | en | 0.968286 | 850 | 2.703125 | 3 |
To some, it’s not a significant issue. To others, it’s simply a hoax. To many, the climate crisis is more than a mere dilemma; it is a devastating catastrophe that is causing our planet to deteriorate day by day.
Although recent environmental issues such as the disastrous fires in Australia and the widespread melting of snow and land ice continue to worsen, many are still unaware of the true destructive impacts that climate change brings to our planet. Ken Hiltner, professor of environmental humanities at UC Santa Barbara, decided to take action.
In the fall of 2018, Hiltner proposed a new class to address this issue to the Department of English, which later became accepted for Winter Quarter 2020. The course would be called English 23, or “The Climate Crisis: What It Is and What Each of Us Can Do About It,” known colloquially as Climate Crisis 101.
One of the major objectives of this course is helping students understand the root causes of anthropogenic climate change and how our harmful actions against the planet have developed over time. The course also looks through the scope of environmental humanities to analyze the cultural construction of our actions and why we do what we do, even when these very actions are destroying our home.
“I wish for students to have a better understanding of the climate crisis and have people realize its range of [effects], such as fires, hurricanes and potential wars,” Hiltner said about his goal for the course.
“Many people perceive it as a far-off thing, but I want them to not feel overwhelmed or petrified, but rather energized into action.”
In addition to focusing on what the climate crisis is about, Hiltner also emphasizes the importance of taking a stance and acting upon solutions against the crisis, stating that only together can we fight to mitigate this issue.
“My vision [for this class] is that there would be significant cultural changes in response to it. When we go to downtown Santa Barbara, we see many plant-based restaurants, and many people are using bikes instead of cars. My hope is that students leaving here will not act the exact same way past generations had done, but instead live a simpler and environmentally friendly way.”
Since Hiltner argues that the climate crisis is a global issue and thus a collective effort, he teaches the course in a discussion-based manner, where students are actively engaged in educational discourse by discussing through YouTube comments. With this particular style, students are constantly sharing their thoughts and ideas about the crisis and possible solutions to it.
When asked what inspired him to teach the course with this unique approach, Hiltner explains that he “became really fascinated with online technology and the culture generally.”
“I thought it would be interesting if we could use GauchoSpace and YouTube, as it is robust and can be public for everyone,” Hiltner said.
Students in the course have also reacted positively to Hiltner’s method of teaching and the course’s discussion-based approach.
“The assignments of writing commentary on readings and viewings promote vocal outreach and much is learned from each other’s arguments, which we discuss during lecture,” Rayelyn Mallari, a first-year pre-biology major, stated. Mallari added that although there is an overall negative discussion about climate change, this course turns the table on the issue and persuades students to take aggressive action against the crisis.
“A large part of my life is dedicated to doing my part to try and combat the climate crisis, and this course has driven me to continue fighting,” Dania De Ramon, a first-year pre-communication major, added.
Even beyond Santa Barbara, Hiltner emphasizes that people must become aware of the devastating impacts of the crisis and understand that we cannot take our planet for granted.
“If [people] don’t care [about the crisis], then they need to learn more about it. [We] must look at it with open eyes, and it’s important not to be overwhelmed by it. This is a manageable issue, but we need to jump right in with it right now,” Hiltner said.
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In the mining industry, hydrocyclones are mineral processing equipment used in slurry pulps to separate coarse and fine particles according to their size and density. From Wikipedia:
The mixture [slurry pulp] is injected into the hydrocyclone in such a way as to create the vortex and, depending upon the relative densities of the two phases, the centrifugal acceleration will cause the dispersed phase to move away from or towards the central core of the vortex.
Coarse particles exit the bottom of the device (underflow) while fine particles are carried by the central air column and exit at the top (overflow). In metal processing applications, the product stream is the overflow (fine particles) and is typically sent to flotation circuits. The product stream is the underflow (coarse particles), as fines are separated from the final product as a means of quality control.
While under certain conditions roping and plugging can occur where the hydrocyclones ceases to classify the particles, the shapes of the discharge are visibly different than normal operating conditions.
The roping condition occurs when the amount of solids in the underflow increases to such a point that its discharge velocity is limited, resulting in the accumulation of coarse solids in the separation chamber. This mass passes through the vortex, causing the inner air core to collapse and the discharge at the apex to take the form of a solid stream (rope) consisting of coarse material with high solids density. Roping conditions reduce recovery rates and efficiency in metals processing and lead to quality losses in copper processing.
If not corrected in time the flow may clog and stop—a plugging condition which can result in contamination and downstream processing efficiency losses. Plugging occurs when the bottom aperture completely plugs forcing the materials overhead. In metals processing applications plugging reduces recovery efficiency, can cause flotation cell damage, and reduces overall availability—in order to clean the flotation cells.
To avoid these conditions and operate productively and reliably, Emerson mining controls experts developed hydrocyclone optimizer technology. This control and optimization application addresses the problems associated with roping, plugging, and undesired particle classification. It characterizes the different operating parameters of each cyclone. Having this information per cyclone allows the execution of efficient control strategies.
When the information is only per battery, you are not able to see which are the poor-performing cyclones in a battery. It is based on particle size distribution, mass flows, and densities of solids in the pulps transferred by the vortex and apex, in addition to their circulating loads. The application displays this information to the plant operator in real time.
The solution uses two non-invasive, externally-mounted vibration sensors on each cyclone of a classification battery with the wired sensors placed in the vortex and apex areas and transmit the energy signals generated by the process. These vibration signals are processed first in a multi-channel Emerson AMS 6500 machinery health monitor and then in an expert system that resides either in a DeltaV Ethernet I/O card (EIOC) or a DeltaV PK Controller where roping and plugging conditions can be accurately identified.
In addition to the vibration characteristics, the expert system also incorporates key process variables from the plant’s PI historian (expert system also pull data out from plant existing PLC or DCS) and provides real-time particle size distribution data to the operator.
This solution helps reduce process downtime, increase recovery, avoid quality penalties, improve production efficiency, and lower operations costs by providing early recognition of misclassification conditions.
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Most New Yorkers go to work without having to worry about whether their jobs will give them cancer. Unfortunately, cancer is a real threat for firefighters. It's the No. 1 leading cause of death among men and women who put out fires for a living, according to an NBC news report citing the International Association of Firefighters.
Making matters worse, volunteers who battle blazes have not been afforded the same healthcare coverage as career firefighters. A volunteer firefighter who contracts cancer could be devastated financially.
Fortunately, a law that will take effect in 2019 will help pay medical bills for volunteer firefighters who were diagnosed with cancer in the line of duty. Called the "New York State Volunteer Firefighter Gap Coverage Cancer Disability Benefits Act," the measure was signed into law by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Oct. 22.
According to the Long Island Herald, volunteers diagnosed with cancer related to firefighting inside buildings would be eligible for a payment of either $6,250 or $25,000, or up to three years of disability payments of $1,500 per month. The full amount a volunteer receives depends on the prognosis of the disease. Paid firefighters already receive this type of cancer coverage.
"The fire doesn't distinguish between volunteer and career firefighters," former Oceanside, N.Y., fire chief Steven Klein told the Herald.
Cancer is a leading cause of death for firefighters
The biggest cancer threat for firefighters who knocked back flames inside of structures used to be mesothelioma, a type of cancer linked to the inhalation of asbestos particles. Asbestos was commonly used in many types of buildings.
Today's firefighters are at risk of contracting leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Men and women who fight fires might contract these types of cancers after breathing toxic fumes from the burning of plastics and synthetic building materials.
According to NBC, the industry reports that more firefighters are developing cancers at a young age. Additionally, fire departments in several large U.S. cities have seen elevated cancer rates among their ranks.
Fire departments are taking steps to protect their workers. They are requiring firefighters to use tanks with 45 minutes' worth of oxygen instead of 30. And they're ordering firefighters not to take off their masks until everyone has been decontaminated and washed down.
As attorneys who represent firefighters who have been injured or diagnosed with serious diseases, we applaud efforts on the local, state and national level to improve safety.
A law to add coverage for volunteers who contract cancer while fighting fires could help prevent financial ruin for many brave men and women in New York.
If you or a loved one was diagnosed with cancer as a firefighter, contact an experienced workers' compensation attorney for a free consultation. Call 866-213-6322. Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano, LLP, serves New Yorkers who have been hurt on the job. | <urn:uuid:cdd87b12-cc3f-41a7-98ac-6f8ac396bbda> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.workerslaw.com/posts/coverage-for-volunteer-firefighters-diagnosed-cancer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475727.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20240302020802-20240302050802-00859.warc.gz | en | 0.965642 | 586 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Use for economic cost
The average present value of probable 2020 USD PPP marginal economic loss given a unit change in a quantity is given in the SPIQ-FS dataset. The average value should be used to calculate the average value of total economic losses across multiple countries and joint changes in quantities since it is additive.
To calculate risk in total economic losses across multiple countries and joint quantity changes the correlation matrices in the SPIQ-FS dataset should be used to reconstruct a joint distribution of probable 2020 USD PPP present values for the impact quantities. Samples taken from the joint distribution of marginal damages should be multiplied by their respective quantities for each country and then added. The resulting set is a sample of total economic losses. Economic risk can be underestimated without using joint sampling.
It is not recommended to use the average values in the SPIQ-FS dataset separate from the uncertainty estimates.
Use for economic cost-benefit
The marginal damage costs in the SPIQ-FS dataset and any totals for economic losses calculated using them do not include the benefits provided to society from production of the respective impact quantities.
For example, the damage costs for a metric ton of ammonia (NH3) emissions to air following application of synthetic fertliser on a field are calculated by multiplying the NH3 to atmosphere marginal damage cost in SPIQ-FS by the weight of nitrogen in kg of a metric ton of ammonia (822 kg). The damage cost does not include an adjustment for the agricultural value add produced by the application of the synthetic fertiliser.
Damage costs should be paired with abatement costs and counterfactuals to determine the economic risk from food system activities, and the economic potential of transition to a lower impact food system. Abatement costs include the option of ‘paying the cost’ of losing the value from production or consumption, but often there are lower cost options to reduce quantities but retain the same value from production or consumption.
There is no indication without a counterfactual study that the economic losses represented by the damage costs are recoverable, or that it is even desirable to do so if the abatement costs are higher than the value of abatement represented by reducing or avoided damages.
The simplest use with a counterfactual is two or more scenarios which, all else being equal, have the same value from production or consumption with differences in impact quantities. In this case, a change in overall economic value is estimated by the marginal damage costs multiplied by the change in the respective impact quantities.
SPIQ-FS datasets are generated from costing models with common modules. Components of the models, such as social discount rates, value of ecosystem services in aquatic and terrestrial biomes, and the productivity costs of a disability adjusted life year lost to poor health from a disease outcome such as type II diabetes can be customised for individual studies.
A SPIQ-FS dataset is built by the following process
- Build of marginal damage costs from country data and the quantities and counterfactuals to be studied. Customisation of costing components such as social discount rate parameters and GDP growth rates for countries is included in build files.
- Import of quantity changes from economic modelling which may include categories such as quantity of CH4 emissions from enteric fermentation. During import quantities are adjusted to match the scale and unit of the built marginal damage cost.
- Calculation of a joint sample of damage costs for individual cost items. A cost item is a paired quantity and marginal damage cost with the same scale and unit.
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The Outlook for Marine Minerals in 2020 and Beyond
Marzia Rovere and Giovanni Ardito
Marine minerals have become an increasingly prominent point on the scientific agenda in recent decades. Discussions were kick-started in the 1970s following the discovery of several significant deposits, including: the polymetallic sulphides deposited from hydrothermal venting along the Galápagos Rift in the Pacific Ocean (copper, cobalt, nickel, gold, silver and platinum-group elements) and the metalliferous sediments (zinc, copper, silver and gold) buried below brine layers in the Atlantis II Deep, along the median valley of the Red Sea.
These discoveries renewed interest in all types of marine mineral distribution, and, in particular, polymetallic nodules, which were first identified while dredging the Kara Sea in 1868 and were subsequently found in abundance resting atop of oceanic abyssal plains during several Challenger expeditions. These discoveries also promoted a more wide-ranging and thorough study of cobalt-rich manganese crusts, phosphorites and other placer minerals in shallow waters of continental shelves.
Today, marine minerals are of growing commercial interest but most of the large-scale projects in areas within national jurisdiction are on hold amid environmental concerns. Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. received an exploration license for an area 40 km offshore Ulloa Bay in Baja California to prospect the phosphorite-rich segment in water depths of 70–90 m, but the project was cancelled by the Mexican government in 2018 after the presentation of the required Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Namibian Marine Phosphate (Pty) Ltd. targeted phosphate sands 60 km off the coast of Namibia and south of Walvis Bay in water depths of 180–300 m. After a public hearing in 2013, the Namibian Government issued a moratorium to investigate the environmental impacts of mining on the marine ecosystem in further detail. After a re-evaluation of the EIA, the proposed phosphorite mining received the Environmental Certificate Clearance in 2016, but the project is currently on hold.
Chatham Rock Phosphate Ltd. received a mining permit for phosphate nodules on the Chatham Rise, 450 km east of Christchurch in New Zealand, in water depths of 400 m; however, after intense consultations, external advice and public hearings the Decision-making Committee appointed by the Environmental Protection Authority declined the environmental consent in 2015. The Nautilus Minerals Solwara 1 Project, first licensed for exploration in 1997, focused on sulphide mineralization at the summit of seamounts located at 1500 m water depth in the Bismarck Sea 50 km offshore Papua New Guinea, was opposed by local communities, and has now collapsed under financial administration of the company. However, in 2019, a few Pacific Island leaders called for a 10-year moratorium on seabed mining to allow proper scientific research in application of the precautionary principle.
Environmental impacts of commercial-scale mineral exploitation of the seabed include interferences with fishing grounds, loss of benthic fauna, but most of all damages to the oceanic ecosystem as a whole, due to increased turbidity of the water column caused both by bottom sediment mobilization and re-deposition of fine-grained particles and dissolved elements, via sediment plumes created by the discharged tailings. States follow different procedures and have approaches that are dependent on economic and social conditions, include cultural values and touristic interests and have come to different solutions thought always accompanied by public controversy on the potential harmful effects on the marine environment.
As far as areas beyond national jurisdiction are concerned, the exploration and exploitation of mineral resources is organized and controlled by the International Seabed Authority (ISA). In the last two decades, the ISA has finalized three sets of regulation for exploration of polymetallic nodules, polymetallic sulphides and cobalt-rich crusts and issued 30 contracts with public and private companies.
Since 2014, the ISA has also initiated the consultations on and drafting of the Regulations on exploitation of mineral resources in the Area (the Regulations), the last piece of secondary law which will bring deep-seabed mining into reality. While the adoption of the regulations for exploration proceeded relatively fast, the aforementioned environmental risks associated with deep-sea mining require the ISA and its Member States to carefully consider the adequate tools for the effective protection of the marine environment at large.
Based on the application of the precautionary approach, a large section of the Regulations, Part IV, is devoted to the topic. As a general remark, it should first be noticed that an understanding exists among Member States on the necessity to have region-specific environmental management plans (REMPs) in place, on the model of the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) REMP, before mining operations are allowed to proceed. On the other hand, divergences endure on the mandatory requirement to conduct and successfully complete a test-mining before exploiting deep-sea mineral resources on a commercial scale.
So far, the development of the Regulations largely benefited from the experience in areas within national jurisdiction. This is certainly true for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) provision and the relative template, which largely draw from the model of the Solwara 1 Project. Besides the much common EIA and EIS, the Regulations also list an Environmental Management and Monitoring Plan, a Closure Plan and an Emergency Response and Contingency Plan among the documents and information to submit to the ISA at various stages of the exploitation. In line with the commitment to transparency endorsed by the ISA in its strategic directions for 2019-2023, such plans will be made available to the civil society and possible comments are to be taken into account by contractors. With a view to ensure consistency, the elaboration of Environmental plans will be guided by specific standards and guidelines, to be developed within a set timeline by the Legal and Technical Commission of the ISA.
Recently, the ISA launched a public stakeholders’ consultation on the Draft guideline on the preparation and assessment of an application for the approval of a Plan of Work for exploitation, the Draft standard and guidelines on the development and application of environmental management systems, and the Draft standard and guidelines on the form and calculation of an environmental performance guarantee. The latter, as recalled in the Regulations, is aimed at meeting the likely costs, expenses and liabilities that may result from the premature closure of exploitation activities and the post-closure monitoring and management of residual environmental effects. Actually, the guarantee is not meant to also cover the costs associated to possible environmental damages, which—as also highlighted by the Seabed Dispute Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in 2011—should be met through an ad hoc Environmental Compensation Fund. Though included in the Regulations, the funding and the whole purposes of the Fund have not been agreed upon yet. In fact, the Regulations, meant to be adopted by 2020, are still a work in progress: the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has further slowed down the negotiations which are not likely to resume in the next part of the current session of the Council. However, it is beyond dispute that once the Regulations are finalized, they will represent the most complete, accurate and rigorous set of rules ever adopted in an area beyond national jurisdiction to protect its environment. Moreover, the Regulations may represent also a standard for mining minerals in shallow waters of national jurisdiction and promote innovative methods for stakeholder engagement, environmental monitoring, habitat restoration and mitigation of conflicting uses of the sea.
Finally, it should be acknowledged that the growing attention around deep-seabed mining has promoted calls for actions in oceanic exploration, as for example the JPI Oceans joint action on the ecological aspects of deep-sea mining that funded expeditions in remote locations such as the CCZ and Peru Basin that had been overlooked for decades. Less than 20% of the ocean seabed has been acoustically mapped and this means that there is no direct knowledge of the ecosystems and seafloor dynamics associated with it. Any new initiative in oceanic exploration, including the efforts by the ISA to foster marine scientific research in the Area, should be considered as beneficial to humankind.
In order to meet realistic standards and guidelines, the Regulations should incorporate best available techniques, sound scientific knowledge and best industry practice. This is achievable through the cross-fertilization of ideas and knowledge between industry, stakeholders and academia. The Workshop “From Offshore Oil & Gas to Deep Seabed Mining: new technologies and emerging issues” (18-19 November 2020), promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Research Council of Italy, aims to open up a platform for further discussion about innovative technologies and consolidated practices for environmental monitoring and deep seabed operations. | <urn:uuid:237ff80c-6de2-4532-8333-84e63a609fb0> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://oceanminingintel.com/insights/the-outlook-for-marine-minerals-in-2020-and-beyond | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474360.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223021632-20240223051632-00059.warc.gz | en | 0.941104 | 1,798 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Cognitive decline and hearing loss, what’s the connection? Brain health and hearing loss have a link which medical science is beginning to comprehend. Your risk of developing dementia is higher with even minor hearing loss, as it turns out.
These two seemingly unconnected health disorders may have a pathological link. So how can a hearing exam help decrease the danger of hearing loss related dementia?
What is dementia?
The Mayo Clinic states that dementia is a group of symptoms that alter memory, alter the ability to think clearly, and decrease socialization skills. Alzheimer’s is a prevalent form of cognitive decline most people think of when they hear the word dementia. Around five million people in the US are impacted by this progressive form of dementia. These days, medical science has a complete understanding of how ear health increases the risk of dementias like Alzheimer’s disease.
How hearing works
In terms of good hearing, every part of the complex ear mechanism matters. Waves of sound go inside the ear canal and are boosted as they travel toward the inner ear. Inside the labyrinth of the inner ear, little hair cells shake in response to the sound waves to transmit electrical impulses that the brain translates.
Over the years these little hairs can become permanently damaged from exposure to loud sound. The outcome is a reduction in the electrical signals to the brain that makes it harder to understand sound.
Research indicates that this gradual loss of hearing isn’t simply an inconsequential part of aging. Whether the signals are unclear and garbled, the brain will try to decode them anyway. The ears can become strained and the brain exhausted from the extra effort to hear and this can eventually result in a higher chance of developing dementia.
Here are several disease risk factors that have hearing loss in common:
- Memory impairment
- Overall diminished health
- Reduction in alertness
- Inability to master new tasks
And the more extreme your hearing loss the higher your risk of dementia. Even minor hearing loss can double the danger of cognitive decline. More advanced hearing loss means three times the risk and a person with severe, untreated loss of hearing has up to five times the odds of developing dementia. The cognitive skills of more than 2,000 older adults were studied by Johns Hopkins University over six years. Cognitive and memory problems are 24 percent more likely in people who have hearing loss extreme enough to disrupt conversation, according to this research.
Why is a hearing exam worthwhile?
Not everybody understands how even minor hearing loss impacts their general health. Most individuals don’t even realize they have hearing loss because it develops so gradually. The human brain is good at adapting as hearing declines, so it’s less noticeable.
We will be able to properly assess your hearing health and monitor any changes as they happen with regular hearing exams.
Reducing the risk with hearing aids
The current theory is that strain on the brain from hearing loss plays a major part in cognitive decline and different forms of dementia. Based on that one fact, you may conclude that hearing aids reduce that risk. A hearing assistance device boosts sound while filtering out background noise that impedes your hearing and relieves the stress on your brain. With a hearing aid, the brain will not work as hard to comprehend the audio messages it’s getting.
People who have normal hearing can still possibly get dementia. But scientists think hearing loss speeds up that decline. Having routine hearing exams to diagnose and manage hearing loss before it gets too serious is key to reducing that risk.
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Making Minnesota Better
In 2008, Minnesota voters took bold and historic action by imposing a three-eighths of one percent tax on themselves for 25 years, until 2034, in the name of cleaner water, healthier habitat, better parks and trails, and sustaining our arts and cultural heritage. Ten years later, that tax has generated more than $2 billion for Legacy projects.
Celebrating the improvement of Minnesota's lands, waters, parks and trails
The Minnesota DNR has been allocated about 19%, roughly $463 million, and has used them to make Minnesota a better place for its citizens by upgrading parks and trails; restoring, enhancing and protecting habitat for fish, game and wildlife; and restoring and protecting the quality of our lakes, rivers and streams.
Legacy Funding 2009 - 2018
Since FY2010, The Legacy Amendment has generated over $2 billion to improve Minnesota. The Minnesota Legislature appropriated 19 percent ($463 million) for DNR programs. An additional 21 percent ($528 million) went to DNR for spending by local units of government and non-profit organizations. The remainder of Legacy funds ($1.6 billion) went to non-DNR entities such as other state and local government and non-profit organizations.
While the bulk of Legacy funds allocated to DNR come from the Outdoor Heritage, Parks and Trails, and Clean Water funds, DNR received a grant from the Art and Cultural Heritage Fund to digitize all Minnesota Conservation Volunteer magazine issues.
Current DNR Legacy-funded projects
DNR understands the importance of Legacy funds to Minnesota, and we take this work seriously. Legacy funds support programs and projects that go beyond the results achieved by other state funds to build a long-term conservation legacy for the citizens of Minnesota. Because Minnesotans passed this constitutional amendment, the DNR can deliver strong conservation successes, while other states have suffered losses of conservation lands, parks, and trails.
Legacy Funds Are Working for Minnesotans
DNR has accomplished hundreds of individual projects since Legacy funds became available on July 1, 2009. Here, we'd like to showcase a few of these projects.
- Lake Shady Dam Removal and Stream Restoration
Photo: Overview of restoration
Lake Shady Dam Removal and Stream Restoration
Restoration on the Middle Fork Zumbo River.
The DNR, Olmsted County, and the City of Oronoco cooperated to remove the failed Lake Shady Dam and restore the Middle Fork of the Zumbro River. The dam was replaced with a rock arch rapids, and 5,800 feet of stream channel was restored. The project serves multiple purposes: stabilizing accumulated reservoir sediments, providing fish passage to over 120 miles upstream, creating spawning habitat, and restoring 147 acres of floodplain.
- Pelican Lake
Photo: A view of the new outlet structure at Pelican Lake
Partnerships restore a historic shallow lake
Pelican Lake was a historically valuable waterfowl lake in Wright County. Landlocked, the lake suffered from increasingly high water levels. Working with Ducks Unlimited and funding from the Outdoor Heritage Fund, an outlet and pump were installed to allow for management of the water levels. Water level management will lead to clearer water, better aquatic vegetation, and improved waterfowl habitat.
Supporting parks and trails
- Brown's Creek State Trail
Photo: A family enjoys the Brown's Creek State Trail.
Brown's Creek State Trail
Legacy-funded trail between Stillwater and St. Paul
This major trail project entailed the construction of a new segment of state trail stretching from downtown Stillwater to the Gateway State Trail, a six (6) mile segment that traverses Brown's Creek. With project completion, recreationists and commuters have a paved multi-use route from St. Paul to Stillwater. The work created an accessible (ADA) paved trail with less than a 2% grade, designed for year-round non-motorized use from biking and horseback riding to cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
- Minneopa State Park
Photo: A member of the Minneopa bison herd.
Minneopa State Park
Legacy-funded bison reintroduction
A small herd of bison was reintroduced to the park in 2015, creating a new location for Minnesota’s Bison Conservation Herd. This herd is rare among modern bison for its lack of genetic material from cross-breeding with cattle. Park attendance has increased nearly 70% annually since the reintroduction of the bison.
- Whitewater State Park
Photo: Shower building in Whitewater State Park's new Minneiska Campground.
Whitewater State Park
Legacy-funded Minneiska campground.
The new Minneiska campground at Whitewater State Park—featuring 40 sites with electrical hookups, four non-electric tent sites, four camper cabins and three group camps—welcomed its first visitors in August 2017. The three group camps each have their own picnic shelters and share a modern restroom building, with showers and flush toilets. Minneiska replaces an older campground where flooding was a recurring problem. A 40 kW solar array will offset anticipated increases in energy use at the new campground.
Protecting and restoring lakes, rivers, and groundwater
- High Island Creek fishes reconnected with historic habitats
Photo: DNR watershed specialist Brady Swanson surveys the High Island Dam breach during record flooding in 2014.
High Island Creek fishes reconnected with historic habitats
Dam washout and channel Restoration
After record flooding breached the historic dam in June 2014, DNR clean water specialists collaborated with fisheries staff, the MN Pollution Control Agency, and landowners to restore stream stability and reconnect fish habitat. Fish sampling before and after showed that the project resulted in 23 new species upstream of the dam.
- Stewart River Restoration
Photo: A new meander in the Stewart River restoration project.
Stewart River Restoration
A model of holistic stream restoration
In a project that showcases holistic stream restoration, DNR clean water specialists worked with the Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District, Trout Unlimited, and consultants to design and construct 3500 feet along the Stewart River. Ongoing monitoring will measure improvements in water quality and ecological function, including trout habitat.
- From "at-risk" to "protected"
Photo: Forested shoreline of Ten Mile Lake
From "at-risk" to "protected"
Protecting water quality and fish habitat in the Leech Lake Watershed
DNR Forestry and partners pioneered an innovative, science-based approach to protect water quality in lakes that support tullibee, a sensitive fish species, by helping landowners manage privately owned forestland. For example, the Ten Mile Lake watershed went from "at-risk" to "protected" (over 75% forestland) as a result. Protected lakes are also more resilient to climate change and development pressures.
- Cascade Creek
Photo: Cascade Creek shortly after reconnecting to the newly restored channel
Restoring Natural Stream Functions
The DNR is demonstrating the benefits of natural channel design in a multi-year project to restore Cascade Creek in Rochester, helping the city and county fix water quality problems and control flooding. Reconnecting the stream to its floodplain will reduce streambank erosion, increase water storage, and improve fish and wildlife habitat. The project includes monitoring to evaluate the multiple benefits.
Your Legacy Amendment dollars are hard at work to protect, maintain, and enhance natural landscapes, healthy watersheds, and the public places that make it possible to experience them to the fullest. Legacy funds are also providing opportunities like never before to "open doors" to outdoor recreation, particularly for young people.
Thank you for leaving Minnesota a better place for future generations.
Supporting Grants for Each Fund
State agencies, local governmental units, non-profit organizations, and others can apply to receive Legacy funds for projects that support the intentions of the Legacy Amendment. Ultimately, the State Legislature decides how and where these funds should be spent.
DNR administers Legacy-funded grants to our wide range of partners. Together we are committed to achieving significant conservation results for Minnesota Citizens.
Legacy Fund Restoration Evaluation Program
In 2011 the Department of Natural Resources and Board of Water and Soil Resources were charged with evaluating Legacy funded restorations. They established a Legacy Fund Restoration Evaluation Program to ensure that the work is meeting the high expectations Minnesotan’s have for investing in their Legacy.
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When you first start learning to drive it seems almost impossible that you might ever feel so comfortable that it won’t take every ounce of your concentration. For some people, it’s scary. For others, it’s exhilarating. And often a combination of the two. Either way, distraction seems unlikely. But as your confidence and experience grows, it’s not uncommon for your mind to wonder when you’re behind the wheel. And that’s when accidents happen.
Understanding how to avoid distractions and fully concentrate when driving can be one of the best ways to keep you safe on the road.
How to Avoid Distractions When Driving
Why is driving when distracted a problem?
Have you ever tried to rub your tummy and pat your head at the same time? Even if you can do it – and a lot of people can – it takes more than physical coordination to get right. It requires concentration. And it’s difficult because the one action is distracting you from the other. As much as we like to claim to be able to multitask, our brains are wired to focus on one thing at a time. Which means that distracted driving usually means unsafe driving. Our observation is reduced. Our reactions times slow. And if you’re caught driving when distracted, it can result in a minimum of three points on your licence.
What constitutes as distracted driving?
Distracted driving can take a number of forms.
- Visual distraction – This is when you’re looking at anything other than the road. Whether it’s a passenger, your phone, or a pedestrian with an unusual outfit. If you’re not concentrating on the task at hand, you’re distracted.
- Physical distraction – You might be grabbing a drink of water, eating a packet of crisps, or trying to reach something off the back seat. If your hands are not holding the wheel, this is classed as physical distraction.
- Audio distraction – Whether it’s something on the radio or a conversation that catches your attention, if it takes your concentration away from the road, you shouldn’t be doing it.
- Mental distraction – This is probably the hardest thing to manage. Because none of us can completely control our thoughts. But if your head is taking you to a place that demands your full attention, you shouldn’t be driving.
What can you do to limit driving distractions?
There are some distractions, you simply can’t avoid. But there are things you can do to help prevent distracted driving.
Don’t eat drink or smoke in the car
There are no laws against eating, drinking, or smoking in the car. In fact, sometimes, you just have to eat and drink. But where possible, it’s a really good idea to avoid doing any of these things when you’re moving. Because it can involve both physical and visual distraction.
Think about your passengers
Newly qualified drivers carrying passengers of similar age are four times more likely to be in a fatal crash, compared with when driving alone. Whether it’s showing off, nerves, or distraction, carrying passengers isn’t always a good idea for new drivers. So, think about who you offer to drive. And if you are carrying passengers, be clear that you need to concentrate.
Put your phone away
A phone can be a really good piece of road safety equipment. But not if you’re constantly looking at it. It is illegal to call or text on a handheld device while driving in the UK. So, put your phone on ‘do not disturb’ before you get in the car, and keep it in your bag or glove box while you’re driving.
Get everything set up before you leave. If you want to listen to the radio or a podcast, put it on before you start the engine. Check your hair and makeup before you get in the car. If you’re likely to need a drink, buy a water bottle with a flip top and put it within easy reach. Put the postcode in your sat nav before you drive and set it to the right volume. The more you prepare in advance, the less you’ll have to distract you.
One of the most common reasons for distracted driving is tiredness. So, try not to embark on any journey when tired. And pull over if you’re struggling.
Distracted driving can be incredibly dangerous. But it’s something that every driver has to learn to deal with. With time and practice it does become easier to be prepared and set your worries aside. But don’t become complacent. Because that’s when distraction will catch you unawares.
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5G technology has dominated expositions and technology conversations, promising unparalleled capabilities and transformative impacts on various sectors and daily life. How does this revolutionary wireless technology work and where will it take us? In this blog post, you’ll explore the benefits and potential impact of 5G and the industries it will reshape.
The 5G Evolution: What Sets It Apart?
5G or the fifth generation of wireless technology isn’t just a faster version of its predecessor, 4G. The 5G revolution brings astounding improvements, including ultra-low latency, significantly enhanced bandwidth, superior network reliability, and a more energy-efficient infrastructure. These enhancements enable our connected devices to perform optimally, paving the way for a digital transformation that holds promise in diverse areas.
Automotive and Transportation Industry
5G technology will push the boundaries of the automotive and transportation sector, enabling a more comprehensive autonomous driving landscape. Enhanced connectivity and low latency contribute to vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications. Improved infrastructure, smart traffic control systems, and reduced response times in data transmissions will lead to safer, more efficient transportation.
Security: Improved Surveillance and Monitoring
5G will offer unprecedented levels of network security, enabling the deployment of enhanced surveillance and monitoring systems. Rapid transmission of high-resolution images and videos from connected devices, such as security cameras and drones, will improve law enforcement and public safety. Moreover, 5G will provide businesses with better cybersecurity measures and support the Internet of Secure Things (IoST), including door access control systems for business, preventing data breaches and unauthorized access.
Imagine living in a city where everything is interconnected: traffic lights, parking meters, energy grids, waste management systems, and public transportation. 5G will make this city of the future possible. In these smart cities, public services will function more efficiently, resources will be utilized responsibly, and citizens will enjoy a more comfortable and sustainable living environment.
5G technology will link medical devices and healthcare professionals seamlessly, making remote medical assistance more accessible. Telemedicine will be more viable, offering patients in even the most remote locations access to specialists from any corner of the globe. High-quality video transmission, low latency, and the ability to transmit large volumes of medical data will significantly enhance medical diagnosis, treatment, and care.
In the world of entertainment and media, 5G will create an immersive and groundbreaking experience. High-speed, reliable connectivity will level up movie streaming and gaming industries, allowing seamless, high-quality streams, latency-free cloud gaming, and interactive experiences. Sports broadcasting could feature real-time data overlays and instant replays, creating an engaging experience for fans from the comfort of their homes.
Manufacturing and Industrial Advancements
The manufacturing landscape will change dramatically with 5G adoption. Next-generation wireless technology will enable real-time collaboration, improve factory efficiency, and accelerate the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies. For instance, complex automation, IoT device integration, and advanced robotics will benefit from 5G’s enhanced connectivity.
The Internet of Things Integration
The Internet of Things (IoT) will benefit enormously from 5G technology. The enhanced connectivity of 5G will link billions of devices, sensors, and applications, creating a connected ecosystem. Smart home devices, wearables, and industrial applications will see more significant potential for collaboration and data sharing, offering countless opportunities for innovation.
Retail and Customer Experience
5G will revolutionize the retail industry by offering personalized and immersive shopping experiences. With faster data transmission and virtually no latency, retailers will be able to offer virtual fitting rooms, augmented reality-based product displays, and advanced inventory tracking. This enhanced technology will lead to more efficient supply chain management and a seamless shopping experience for customers, whether it’s in-store or online.
Education: Transforming Learning
With 5G, the education sector will witness innovation in a manner never before possible. Virtual and augmented reality learning environments, online real-time collaborations, and remote classroom experiences will become smoother. The increased bandwidth and reliable connectivity will enhance the adoption of distance education while reducing the barriers students face in accessing quality education resources.
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The Spanish healthcare system is ranked among the best in the world. It offers (almost) universal healthcare throughout Spain and is mostly paid for by taxpayers through social security.
Take a closer look at the healthcare system in Spain, and learn about the following:
- How does healthcare work in Spain?
- How much is healthcare in Spain?
- How to register for Spanish healthcare
- Healthcare facilities in Spain
- Healthcare professionals in Spain
- Specialized healthcare in Spain
- Other forms of healthcare
- In case of an emergency
- Useful resources
How does healthcare work in Spain?
The healthcare system
Spain has a high-quality healthcare system that guarantees almost universal coverage for all residents. Just over 99% of the population receives public healthcare (asistencia sanitaria pública), which is called the National Health System (Sistema Nacional de Salud – SNS).
The public healthcare system is organized at the national and regional levels. The national level is responsible for laws and regulations, and the regional level – spread out over the 17 autonomous regions – oversees the local administration of healthcare services. The system is supervised by the Spanish Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Sanidad), which develops policy and oversees the national health budget.
Over 70% of the healthcare system is financed by public taxes, which is reportedly around 11% of the GDP. It is common for Spanish residents to have private health insurance (seguro de salud privado) to supplement public healthcare coverage.
Spain tops the list of healthiest countries in the world, according to the 2019 Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index. The overall life expectancy is 83.5 years old, besting all other European Union (EU) member states.
The 2021 Health Care Index ranked Spain eighth out of 89 countries in overall healthcare. In Europe, it’s placed fourth, behind only Austria, Denmark, and France. Although the healthcare system is regarded as effective, it is also lacking in some places. The nonprofit think tank Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP) gives it just a moderate score.
Who can access Spanish healthcare?
Anyone living and working in Spain – either salaried or self-employed – can make free use of public healthcare, as well as children, pregnant people, and students under the age of 26. Other Spanish residents can access free medical care when they:
- Have recently divorced or separated from a partner registered for social security
- Receive certain state benefits
- Have retired on state pension
Nationals from the EU/EFTA (European Free Trade Association – Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) can get free healthcare with a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). Third-country citizens will need to have travel and healthcare insurance as part of their visa application.
Undocumented migrants can also access medical care but are required to pay at least 40% of the costs of the medication prescribed to them.
You can visit the Ministry of Health website for more information.
How much is healthcare in Spain?
The Spanish healthcare system is funded by social security contributions from working residents. If an employee is registered for public healthcare, their spouse and dependent children also receive coverage. Certain other socio-economic groups, such as students and pensioners, can make free use of the public healthcare system as well, even if they haven’t paid into the health insurance scheme.
According to 2022 data from the Ministry of Health, Spain spends €90.3 billion a year on public healthcare (or roughly €1,907 per inhabitant). Around €12.8 billion of that is spent on drug prescriptions. Private healthcare adds another annual €32.5 billion (or €687 per inhabitant) to the total. That means that the healthcare system in Spain costs €122.8 billion per year (or €2,594 per inhabitant).
Most primary healthcare in Spain is free. Residents only need to pay a proportion of prescription charges as well as regular public health insurance payments. However, if they need specialized medical care, they might face additional costs. This is when private medical insurance comes in handy.
How to register for Spanish healthcare
You can apply for a Spanish health card at your local primary healthcare center (centre d’atenció primària – CAP). You will receive the TSI card at your home address within two to three weeks. It allows you to register with an individual doctor or health center within your local healthcare district. To see any other specialist doctors, however, you must be referred by your family doctor.
Be sure to keep it on you at all times, so you are able to present it whenever you use a public health service or purchase a prescription from a pharmacy.
Private healthcare options
Private healthcare provisions run alongside the public system, with some healthcare centers (centros de salud) offering both. If you are undergoing a procedure that is not covered by state healthcare, you will need to take out private health insurance or pay the full amount of your medical care costs.
Many people also choose to get private insurance to get better and quicker access to treatment. Around 25% of the population has some form of private healthcare coverage. Private insurance is also popular among expats.
Spain has some online portals where you can search and compare private clinics. These include SaludOnNet.
Healthcare facilities in Spain
Health centers and clinics
Primary healthcare (atención primaria) – including getting a prescription (receta) – is provided by family doctors and health centers. Located in every region, the centers are usually staffed by a multidiciplinary team that includes:
- Family doctors (médico de cabecera)
- Pediatricians (pediatras)
- Nurses (enfermeras)
- Gynecologists (ginecólogos)
- Physiotherapists (fisioterapeutas)
Each center tends to have around six family doctors. Although some allow you to book an appointment with a specific doctor, you might not see the same person each time you visit.
After the doctor has prescribed you medication, you can pick it up from any pharmacy (farmacia) in Spain. These are easily recognizable from the large green cross sign outside. Opening hours are usually from 9:30–14:00 and 17:00–21:30 on Monday to Friday. Hours differ during the weekend and they tend to be closed on Sundays.
Most cities and towns have more than one pharmacy and each one will take turns opening outside of working hours. There will typically be a notice on the store window or door with details of the nearest 24-hour pharmacy (farmacia de guardia). You can also find a comprehensive list of pharmacies online.
Spain operates on a co-payment system for prescription medicines. That means residents have to pay a non-refundable percentage of medicinal costs. How much you pay depends on your personal situation:
- If you are of working age, you pay up to 60% of costs depending on your annual income
- Pensioners pay around 10% of costs
Hospitals in Spain
If you need an ambulance (ambulancía), you can call the emergency services on the pan-European emergency number (112). You can also go straight to a hospital (hospitales) or ER (Urgencias) if that is easier. For any other type of hospital treatment, you will need a referral from a family doctor.
Spain has a large number of public and private hospitals in Spain, but only public hospitals provide free treatment. Because some hospitals offer both private and public medical care, be sure to let the staff know which service you want by showing your insurance card.
Healthcare professionals in Spain
Dentists in Spain
Initial consultations and teeth examinations are typically free. Your dentist (dentista) will provide you with a treatment plan and a quote, and usually require payment upfront.
Doctors and specialists
Spain has a relatively high number of doctors, but a relatively low number of nurses. In 2021, there were 4.4 doctors and 5.9 nurses per 1,000 inhabitants (excluding nursing assistants). Moreover, the distribution of medical professionals varies across regions, and also between urban and rural areas. The proportion of family doctors in the country is similar to the EU average (20.8% compared to 20.6%).
If you need to go to a hospital or want to be seen by a doctor, you must have a referral from a family doctor. Bear in mind that waiting times can be long for highly prescribed analyses or certain specialist services.
If you have private health insurance, you will be able to see a specialist much faster than going through the public system.
Specialized healthcare in Spain
All children in Spain have free healthcare coverage under their parent or guardian’s insurance. This includes free dental care and access to pediatric services until the age of 15. Across the country, there are specialist services that cater specifically to children’s needs, including child psychologists and psychiatrists.
There is a national vaccination program for children in Spain. Mandatory vaccines include:
- Hepatitis B
- Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR)
Mental healthcare provisions in Spain fall short. There are only six clinical psychologists for every 100,000 residents. This is much lower than the OECD average of 20 per 100,000 inhabitants, as well as the EU average of 38 per 100,000 inhabitants. More worryingly, the country had 32,000 registered psychologists in 2018, but only 2,300 worked for the public health system.
In 2021, one in five Spanish residents suffered from a mental health disorder (e.g., depression or anxiety). As such, the country is the world’s biggest consumer of anti-anxiety medication and the EU’s largest consumer of psychiatric or psychotropic medication (e.g., antidepressants, anti-anxiety and ADHD medications, antipsychotics, and mood stabilizers).
To combat the mental health crisis, Spain launched a €100 million mental health plan that would roll out between 2021 and 2024. This plan focuses on training professionals, fighting stigmatization, preventing addiction and suicide, and promoting emotional well-being.
The Confederation of Mental Health works closely with the Ministry of Health to improve service quality and integrate the 17 Autonomous Communities.
If you need mental health treatment, you can contact your family doctor for a referral. Unfortunately, you are likely to get better help with private health insurance.
Sexual and reproductive health
Anticontraception (anticonceptivos) is widely available in all regions. The most popular method is the condom, which you can buy in any drug store, pharmacy, or supermarket. Hormonal contraception, including the pill (píldora anticonceptiva) and IUDs (DIU), require a prescription. You can also get Emergency Contraception and Plan B (la píladora del dia despues) without a prescription; it is available over the counter at a pharmacy.
With a referral from a family doctor, you can get free tests for STDs (Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual – ETS) or STIs (Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual – ITS) at a public health clinic. These can also offer sexual health information and advice.
The Autonomous Communities decide whether to cover fertility treatments or not. You should check with your family doctor before pursuing IVF or the ROPA method.
Although it can vary across regions, the standard of women’s healthcare in Spain is quite good. The regional Autonomous Communities offer cancer screening programs for breast cancer and cervical cancer.
Abortion is legal in Spain. You can get an abortion during the first 14 weeks of your pregnancy. If you or the child face a serious health risk, you can end the pregnancy up to 22 weeks. Terminating a pregnancy beyond those 22 weeks is only possible when the fetus is incompatible with life, or an extremely serious and incurable disease is detected.
In 2022, the Spanish government passed a new law that allows pregnant persons aged 16 and 17 to have an abortion without parental consent. Furthermore, the country will offer state-funded paid leave for women who suffer from painful periods.
Pregnant people have access to gynecologists and midwives through either public or private provisions. Most births take place in a hospital, although having a baby at home is becoming more popular. That said, public healthcare does not cover home births.
Lastly, the Spanish Ministry of Health has a large section with information for women who are facing domestic abuse or sexual violence. This includes information for victims of human trafficking. If you are confronted with gender-based, please call the Spanish emergency services (112).
Other forms of healthcare
Alternative therapies, including holistic medicines, homeopathy, acupuncture, reflexology, and chiropractic treatment, are available across the country. According to Spanish law, alternative medicine can only be practiced by those with full medical qualifications.
Public health insurance does not cover any complementary treatments. Some private insurance companies do offer coverage, but you will usually have to select this as an add-on and pay a higher rate.
In case of an emergency
You can call the pan-European emergency number (112) if you have a serious, life-threatening emergency. The use of this number is free of charge and the operator speaks various languages, including Spanish and English.
Other emergency numbers include:
|The Red Cross (cruz roja)
|902 222 292
|Help with domestic abuse or violence
|Suicide, crisis, and support line
|717 003 717
|Drug addiction support
|900 161 515
|Anti-poison and drugs helpline (Servicio de Información Toxicológica – SIT)
|915 620 420
|900 222 223
|900 906 210
- Confederacion Salud Mental Espana – Confederation of Mental Health in Spain
- English Speaking Healthcare Association Spain – a non-profit organization listing English-speaking doctors and healthcare professionals in Spain
- Farmacias de Guardia – online directory of 24/7 pharmacies in Spain
- Ministry of Health – the official government website with information on Spanish healthcare, including a section on gender-based violence and domestic abuse
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Flying an aircraft through a hurricane is risky business, even if the plane is specially equipped for the job. In the hurricane’s eye, skies are clear and calm prevails, but in the ring of intense storms surrounding the eye—the eyewall—rain falls in thick sheets and winds gust to 300 kilometers per hour.
In 2005, despite those perils, the pilots of three “hurricane-hunter” planes flew repeated missions into the cores of the monster storms Katrina and Rita as well as the much tamer Ophelia. During the missions—collectively dubbed the Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment, or RAINEX—scientists on board the instrument-laden aircraft collected unprecedented data on the structure, configuration, and interaction of clouds within the massive hurricanes. Probes dropped from the planes garnered additional information.
In one case, the aircraft were the first ever to encounter and directly observe a ring of intense thunderstorms just outside the storm’s eyewall. Such secondary eyewalls, which appear to have significant effects on hurricanes’ strengths, had often been detected by satellites and radar but had never been seen in the fine detail achieved during RAINEX.
Analyses of data from that encounter may enable researchers to identify the features within a hurricane that most affect the storm’s intensity. With that information in hand, meteorologists could do a far better job of forecasting wind speed and ocean surge as a storm approached land. Also, scientists say, the new techniques that RAINEX researchers employed on shore to coordinate hurricane hunters’ flights could transform how such missions are flown.
Whenever meteorologists announce a new tropical storm or hurricane, two questions immediately arise: Where’s the storm headed? and How strong will it be when it gets there?
“The first question is by far the easier of the two,” says Hugh E. Willoughby, an atmospheric scientist at Florida International University in Miami. The path that a hurricane takes depends largely on prevailing weather patterns throughout the surrounding region, including factors such as the strength, configuration, and movement of high- and low-pressure areas. Recent improvements in forecasting hurricane paths stem primarily from enhancements in the computer models used to predict weather in general, he says.
Meteorologists gauge the accuracy of path predictions by their “track error”—a measure of how far off its predicted line a hurricane’s eye wanders, explains James Franklin, a forecaster at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. In the 1970s, the average track error in the 3-day forecasts for hurricanes and tropical storms was 700 km. So far this decade, 3-day forecasts have missed the mark only by 300 km on average, he notes.
Predictions of hurricane intensity haven’t improved nearly as much. In the past 2 decades, errors in the National Hurricane Center’s 2- and 3-day forecasts for wind speeds within hurricanes and tropical storms have dropped only a couple of kilometers per hour. That’s because computer models that aim to represent hurricanes must pack data points close together to accurately simulate the small-scale, rapidly evolving features that swirl around the core of a storm. If a computer model has weather-data points spaced no closer than 5 km apart, for example, the theoretical storms it portrays turn out to be “larger, weaker cartoons of their counterparts in nature,” says Willoughby.
“It’s critical for forecasters to get a hurricane’s track right, but it’s an even bigger challenge to predict the strength of its winds,” says Bradley F. Smull, a research meteorologist at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Accurate wind forecasts are vital for several reasons. As well as directly affecting how much damage a storm inflicts on structures, wind speed dramatically influences the height of a hurricane’s storm surge, the mound of water its winds push ashore. However, hurricanes are notorious for their sudden, and sometimes severe, variations in intensity.
Some of the factors behind such changes are well understood, says Willoughby. For instance, three of the four hurricanes that struck the Gulf Coast in 2005—Dennis, Katrina, and Rita—intensified as they passed over the Gulf of Mexico’s Loop Current, whose warm waters provided a ready source of energy for the storms. Rita strengthened from category-1 status (wind speeds between 121 and 153 km/hr) to category-5 (sustained winds exceeding 250 km/hr) in less than a day.
Then there are murkier influences on storm intensity, such as the interactions between thunderstorms immediately surrounding a hurricane’s eye and those arranged in bands that, seen from space, lend hurricanes a pinwheel appearance. The dearth of information about such interactions led researchers to propose the 2005 RAINEX missions, which ended up differing from previous hurricane-hunter flights in several ways, says Robert A. Houze Jr., an atmospheric scientist at the University of Washington in Seattle.
First, one of the three aircraft deployed during each RAINEX mission was equipped with a type of Doppler radar that hadn’t been used before inside hurricanes. The system has two antennas that look in slightly different directions and take measurements at a faster rate than normal Doppler radar does. The result is a high-definition look at clouds.
Second, information from the three aircraft was transmitted during the mission to earthbound scientists, who combined it with data from satellite images and ground-based radar to create a composite map of the storm.
Third, the ground team ran high-resolution computer simulations of the hurricane, which the scientists then used to direct the pilots toward parts of the storm where interesting features were present or likely to appear. “Using this technique, the pilots aren’t flying blind,” says Houze. He, Smull, and their colleagues described the experiments and their findings in the March 2 Science.
The RAINEX missions targeted hurricanes Katrina, Ophelia, and Rita, a trio of storms that certainly offered the scientists variety.
Katrina, which reached peak strength while over the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 28, 2005, was a category-5 storm and the fourth strongest on record for the North Atlantic basin. After Katrina’s eye moved off the Loop Current and over cooler waters, the hurricane weakened to category-4 status. Sustained winds at landfall measured about 200 km/hr.
Ophelia, which formed just east of Florida in early September, alternated several times between tropical storm and hurricane status as it wobbled its way slowly up the Atlantic Coast. With top winds of 140 km/hr, the hurricane never exceeded category-1 status.
Rita, one of the storms that strengthened to exceed Katrina, put on the best show for researchers in late September. Immediately after a single-day growth spurt to category-5 level, the hurricane underwent a strength-sapping process called eyewall replacement. That’s just the kind of sudden intensity variation that RAINEX scientists were hoping to observe at close range, says Houze.
Meteorologists know in general terms how hurricanes typically evolve. The thunderstorms that ring a hurricane’s eye are usually more intense than storms elsewhere in the system. The warm, humid winds that fuel these thunderstorms spiral toward the center of the hurricane at low altitude, says Willoughby. When that soggy air reaches the eyewall, it rises and some of its moisture condenses out as rain. The energy released during that process heats the air further and causes it to rise even faster. By the time the air has risen to the tops of the eyewall clouds, where air temperatures are normally 100°C cooler than they are at the ocean’s surface, condensation has wrung all of the moisture out of the air.
But sometimes this circulation is interrupted, as it was inside Rita while it was still far out over the Gulf of Mexico. In that hurricane, thick bands of thunderstorms sweeping toward the eye coalesced to form a ring of storms about 20 km outside the eyewall. “The processes that occur during the formation of such a secondary eyewall aren’t well understood, but their effects are clear,” says Houze.
First, the thunderstorms in a secondary eyewall grab much of the humid air that’s headed eyeward. That robs the inner eyewall of fuel, which causes the thunderstorms there to weaken overall. Instruments dropped into the region between Rita’s inner and outer eyewalls revealed that the air there was warmer and much less humid than expected, says Houze. That meant less condensation of moisture in the clouds of the inner eyewall, further stifling precipitation in the thunderstorms there.
Eventually, as Rita approached the western portions of the Gulf Coast, the inner eyewall collapsed completely. “In 12 to 24 hours, it was gone,” says Houze.
Before the secondary eyewall formed, Rita’s top winds raged at about 275 km/hr. After the thunderstorms in the inner eyewall had subsided, wind speeds in the secondary eyewall measured only 180 km/hr or so. Soon, however, the eye began to contract, and wind speeds picked up again. This process—in which an inner eyewall breaks up and an outer eyewall then draws inward to take its place—is what meteorologists call eyewall replacement.
Guided by ground-control personnel, the pilot of a RAINEX aircraft equipped with the high-definition Doppler radar flew through the moat between Rita’s inner and outer eyewalls. During that 3-hour mission, the aircraft made at least one complete circuit of the moat, says Houze. The researchers discovered that the doughnut-shaped region wasn’t simply a void where nothing much was happening. Instead, the air everywhere inside the moat was moving downward. “It’s not just a passive region that’s stuck between two eyewalls,” he notes.
The high-resolution data gathered during the RAINEX missions could improve scientists’ simulations of hurricanes, says Willoughby. For example, meteorologists might be able to better estimate how external influences, such as ocean temperatures, and internal influences, such as cloud interactions, affect a storm’s strength.
Timing is everything
The unpredictability of a hurricane’s hour-to-hour strength—especially as affected by still poorly understood phenomena such as development of a secondary eyewall—hobbles forecasters. Incorrect estimates of the timing and magnitude of such changes can result in inadequate storm warnings that can cost lives. The trick is in knowing what a hurricane’s strength will be at or near its landfall.
Many storms suddenly intensify just before they strike land. Notable examples include Hugo, which slammed into South Carolina in 1989, and Charley, which raked across Florida in 2004. In 1992, Andrew completed an eyewall replacement shortly before it struck Florida’s Miami–Dade County as a category-5 storm. In contrast, other storms have unexpectedly weakened just prior to landfall—1999’s Floyd, for example. Over the course of several days, a couple of eyewall replacements shrank the hurricane from near-category-5 status, transforming Floyd into a category-2 hurricane that caused more flooding than wind damage.
The RAINEX missions of 2005 may serve as a model for future hurricane-hunter flights, says Houze. “Focusing future aircraft observations in the same way should make it possible to identify small-scale areas in a storm where the processes that affect intensity are occurring,” he notes.
Willoughby agrees, noting that the data gathered in such targeted missions could yield new insights into hurricane behavior. “We haven’t solved all of the problems [of hurricane forecasting] in the past few years, but we’ve made a lot of progress,” he notes. | <urn:uuid:517aad2e-4028-499e-bd6b-5fc429e6b4a4> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.sciencenews.org/article/storm-center | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474893.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229234355-20240301024355-00059.warc.gz | en | 0.943811 | 2,513 | 3.921875 | 4 |
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Castings are capable of complex designs. Casting tends to be less expensive for larger components and has acceptable mechanical properties as well as a coarser grain structure. With castings, defects, and discontinuities can be common, and some level of non-destructive testing is typically required.
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Needs of Adolescents Become Crucial Challenge at Cairo Meeting
ONE explanation for the contraceptive revolution that has swept the world since the 1960s is that scores of governments and millions of couples suddenly concluded that smaller families would mean greater prosperity.
It was a conclusion that prompted most developing countries to offer family-planning services and a majority of couples to accept them. The result: a lower rate of population growth worldwide.
Figuring out how to bridge the gap between slower growth and no-growth - the goal of the United Nations population conference now in its third day in Cairo - is likely to be harder. (The view from Mexico, Page 9.)
The main em-phasis will be on empowering women. But the focus will also be on their younger sisters, the millions of teenage girls who give birth every year because they have largely been ignored by family-planning agencies.
``Meeting the needs of adolescents is one of the next frontiers in meeting the global population challenge,'' notes Herbert Friedman, head of the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) adolescent-health division.
Adolescent sex education is one controversial issue - others include abortion and reproductive rights - remaining after preliminary meetings to the Cairo conference. These issues were ``bracketed'' for further discussion because of objections from the Vatican. And on Sept. 6, the Vatican issued a new condemnation of the proposals.
The job of working out compromise language has been assigned to a ``main committee'' comprising two delegates from each of the 177 countries represented at the conference. The Vatican is weighing a compromise on the most controversial issue that would move references to abortion out of the section on family planning in the 113-page draft ``Program for Action'' and specify that abortion is not a human right.
``The Holy See cannot give explicit or implicit support to those parts of the [draft] document regarding abortion,'' a ``weakening'' of the definition of the family, or provisions to provide adolescents with confidential sexual health care, papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro said Sept. 6. A senior conference official was more optimistic, predicting that a ``balance between parental rights and the important needs of adolescents'' would eventually be struck.
Experts here say providing information about sexuality and reproduction to the world's more than one-half-billion teenagers has crucial health implications, especially in an era of AIDS. But the extended abstinence or more-protected sexual activity that often results from such education has demographic implications as well, since adolescents account for a higher proportion of total births worldwide each year.
The raw statistics on adolescent sexual activity are striking. Between one-fifth and one-half of all unmarried teenagers in developing countries are sexually active, according to the Worldwatch Institute. Of all 14-year-old girls alive today, 40 percent will be pregnant by the time they are 20. In some Asian and African countries, teenagers below the age of 18 account for half of all pregnancies, according to the UN.
Though differences exist between married and unmarried teenagers, there is one common denominator: Nearly all remain largely untouched by the global reach of family planning, leaving them vulnerable to unwanted pregnancies and higher-risk pregnancies. Young women between 15 and 19 account for up to a fifth of all induced abortions worldwide.
``Adult women are having fewer pregnancies and adolescents are not,'' says a UN official, referring to one consequence of family-planning agencies having had far greater success reaching older married women.
Conservative Roman Catholics and Muslims say a provision calling for expanded sex education in the draft plan of action now being debated in Cairo will encourage adolescents to have premarital sex.
BUT a 1993 WHO review of 19 recent studies suggests that it would result in delayed sexual activity and lead to more contraceptive use - both of which will delay childbearing and lengthen the time span between generations. ``One of the greatest myths in the world is that giving information to young people results in promiscuity,'' Dr. Friedman says.
Experts say sex education is most effective when taught at home or imparted by peers. Worldwide, governments and organizations have tried techniques from setting up clinics that exclusively serve adolescents to promoting counseling sessions that, says a Polish pediatrician at the conference, have taught teenagers ``how to delay, how to say no, and how to have enough self-esteem to risk criticism for saying no.''
The spread of AIDS also makes a compelling point to adolescents. ``Kids see their parents and friends dying, and they get educated in a hurry,'' says Margaret Nagita. ``When you put AIDS and education together, people really change their behavior.'' | <urn:uuid:924c3d8c-f9c5-43bc-863d-f6dfc00e1c5a> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.csmonitor.com/1994/0907/07012.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475806.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20240302084508-20240302114508-00059.warc.gz | en | 0.949381 | 928 | 2.828125 | 3 |
This report, ‘George Washington’ describes the early life of America’s first president. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This printable sheet music, ‘National Anthem – Star Spangled Banner (US)’ with lyrics can be reproduced for classroom use.
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There are diverse ways of creating space on your computer in order to speed up your computer and below is one of them.
A slow pc is often caused by lots of computer programs running concurrently and low memory.
Before we delve into the step-by-step process of how to delete temporary files.
What is a temporary file?
A temporary file or temp file is a file created to hold information while a file’s being created or modified.
After the program is closed, the temporary file is deleted. Temporary files store and move data, manage settings, help recover lost data, and manage multiple users
Steps on How to Speed Up Your Computer
- Open Run (Windows + R)
- Type %TEMP%
- Hit Enter key
- A folder will open, then Select All Files
- Delete all selected files in the folder
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Diabetes cases are on the rise, with more than 4.3 million adults currently living with the condition in the UK alone, according to Diabetes UK.
Worryingly, symptoms of the blood sugar condition tend to be general at first, leaving many patients in the dark.
Fortunately, taking a simple test could help reveal if you might be suffering from diabetes.
Health portal Patient created a quiz that could help you discover whether you are exhibiting some of the key symptoms and evaluate your risk.
The test consists of nine questions, with each of them looking at a different telltale sign of the blood sugar condition.
Based on your answers, the quiz will then give you advice on whether to seek medical help.
1. Do you have a problem with your weight?
Among other questions, the test will query about your weight, trying to deduce whether you’re overweight or if you have recently experienced unexplained weight loss.
While most people associate diabetes with being overweight, losing weight unexpectedly could also be a warning sign.
2. Have you felt thirstier, or found yourself drinking more than usual in recent weeks or months?
Another key symptom of diabetes is excessive thirst that continues even after you drink. The test will ask you about this problem, advising that the onset of excess thirst may be so gradual that you don’t notice it.
3. Are you peeing more than usual?
Querying about another important symptom of the blood sugar condition, this yes or no question can also help to decide whether you might be suffering from diabetes.
Patient explains that more frequent peeing is a symptom of diabetes, but warns that not everyone experiences the same symptoms.
4. Have you been experiencing excessive tiredness or fatigue?
Another question from the quiz is trying to determine your energy levels as slow circulation in diabetes can mean that your body isn’t delivering sufficient oxygen to your cells, making you feel more tired.
However, feeling tired can be a symptom of many other health problems.
These four questions combined with the remaining five queries which can be found by clicking here, will determine your risk of diabetes and give you advice about what to do next.
While the only conclusive test for diabetes is a blood test, the questions could give you an indication of whether to seek urgent help, or speak to your GP about these symptoms.
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A hurricane is a tropical cyclone, which forms over tropical or subtropical waters. They are one of nature’s most powerful storms, producing strong winds, surge flooding, and heavy rainfall which can lead to fatal inland flooding, tornados, and rip currents.
Hurricanes pose a threat to people and property. It is important to know your risk, especially if you live in a high-risk zone. Consider these tips:
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air, usually attached to the base of a thunderstorm and extends to the ground. Tornadoes are one of the most violent and fatal natural phenomena we experience. About 1,200 tornadoes hit the US every year, which makes it important for you to be prepared. Here are some tips:
Flooding is an overflow of water, whether a few inches deep or capable of submerging entire buildings, that occurs when water cannot be fully absorbed in the ground. Floods are a leading cause of fatalities and economic loss in the United States.
Consider these tips to keep yourself and your family safe:
In most regions, near freezing temperatures are considered extreme cold weather. Extreme cold temperatures may lead to serious health problems, since when temperatures drop below normal and wind speed increases, heat can leave your body more rapidly. Extreme cold is dangerous, especially to those most susceptible such as the unhoused, those who are stranded, and those who have poorly insulated homes. If you find yourself in an area that is susceptible to extreme cold, here are some tips: | <urn:uuid:faf516de-07fe-42c9-bcdb-ce2558f20fe0> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://irusa.org/severe-weather-safety-tips/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473558.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221202132-20240221232132-00159.warc.gz | en | 0.948578 | 311 | 3.625 | 4 |
The arborist can determine what type of pruning is necessary to maintain or improve the health, appearance and safety of your trees. These techniques include:
- Eliminating branches that rub each other.
- Removing limbs that interfere with wires, building facades, gutters, roofs, chimneys, or windows, or that obstruct streets or sidewalks.
- Removing dead or weak limbs that pose a hazard or may lead to decay.
- Removing diseased or insect-infested limbs.
- Creating better structure to lessen wind resistance and reduce the potential for storm damage.
- Training young trees.
- Removing limbs damaged by adverse weather conditions.
- Thinning or removal of unnecessary branches.
- Improving the shape or silhouette of the tree.
Although tree removal is a last resort, there are circumstances when it is necessary. An arborist can help decide whether or not a tree should be removed. Arborists have the skills and equipment to safely and efficiently remove trees. Removal is recommended when:
- The tree is dead or dying.
- The tree is considered irreparably hazardous.
- The tree is causing an obstruction that is impossible to correct through pruning.
- The tree is crowding and causing harm to other trees.
- The tree is to be replaced by a more suitable specimen.
- The tree should be removed to allow for new construction.
- Emergency Tree Care - Storms may cause limbs or entire trees to fail, often landing on homes, cars, other structures or other trees. The weight of storm-damaged trees is great and they can be very dangerous to remove or trim. An arborist can assist in performing the job in a safe manner, while reducing further risk of damage to your property.
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In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the potential of psychedelic therapeutics to revolutionize the field of mental health. Traditional approaches to treating mental disorders often involve medications that may have limited efficacy and significant side effects. Psychedelic substances, such as psilocybin found in certain mushrooms and MDMA commonly known as ecstasy, are now being explored as novel tools to address a range of mental health conditions. Research into psychedelic therapeutics has gained momentum, with studies showing promising results in the treatment of conditions like depression, anxiety, PTSD, and addiction. One of the most studied substances is psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in magic mushrooms. Clinical trials have demonstrated its potential to induce profound and transformative experiences that may help individuals break free from the shackles of mental health disorders. Psilocybin, when administered in a controlled therapeutic setting, has shown remarkable success in treating treatment-resistant depression.
Patients often report a sense of interconnectedness, self-reflection and a newfound perspective on their struggles. This psychedelic experience, guided by trained therapists, allows individuals to explore the root causes of their mental health challenges and process repressed emotions. Similarly, MDMA-assisted psychotherapy is gaining recognition for its effectiveness in treating post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD. In clinical trials, patients receiving MDMA alongside therapy sessions have reported significant reductions in PTSD symptoms. The substance appears to enhance the therapeutic process by fostering a sense of safety and trust, allowing individuals to confront traumatic memories with greater resilience. The potential impact of psychedelic therapeutics extends beyond immediate symptom relief. These substances have been shown to promote neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to reorganize itself. This may pave the way for long-lasting changes in thought patterns and behaviors, offering a more profound and enduring solution to mental health challenges compared to traditional treatments.
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Origin: a Latin derivative
meaning "Gift of the Earth."
Contemporary scientific research and the growing essential oil industry are helping us discover new ways in which essential oils can benefit our lives. This is causing many to wonder, “What exactly makes essential oils do what they do?” Fortunately, networks of researchers are beginning to find answers to that question using state-art-of-the-art methods of scientific discovery. One of these innovative methods of discovery is molecular docking.
In order to fully understand how essential oils take effect and have a lasting impact on cells and their components, we need to look much closer than physical manifestations, such as improved skin appearance or feelings of clear breathing. We need to take a journey into the cell and examine how essential oils work on a microscopic level. However, even at a microscopic level, there are still some unanswered questions and gaps in understanding, compelling us to look deeper and from totally different angles. Many of these methods of scientific investigation are completely new, not only to essential oils, but to the world of science as a whole. Using these front-line research methods, doTERRA scientists have gone beyond the microscope to further our understanding of how essential oils do what they do. One of these processes is known as molecular docking.
Molecular docking is an in silico tool of discovery, used to characterize interactions between two molecules. When the term “in silico” is used to describe a scientific process, it simply means that it is accomplished via computer simulation. Molecular docking and computer-aided discovery are hugely beneficial to the scientific community, offering a time- and cost- effective way to assess how molecules will interact with one another. This is an especially useful tool in evaluating how molecules might behave before assessing them in cultured cells or in a living organism.
Molecular docking in essential oil research involves the use of special programs and parameters, designed to characterize the interactions between essential oil constituents and protein targets inside the cell. With these programs, doTERRA researchers are able to gain a clearer understanding of what essential oils do by observing how they possibly interact with their protein targets.
The knowledge gained from molecular docking allows doTERRA to gain insight regarding the effectiveness of current usage models and the possibility of new ones, how to improve blending for specific purposes, and possible further benefits of aromatic compounds. From the source to you, this adds up to doTERRA being able to offer the highest quality all-natural essential oils and blends, and the best education on how to use them for lifelong vitality and wellness.
With the work being conducted daily by their own scientific experts and their research collaborations, doTERRA continues to set the precedent for innovation and science in the essential oil industry. Although there’s still a lot of investigation ahead, doTERRA is beginning to piece together the complex scientific puzzle of the essential oil experience using innovative discovery methods such as molecular docking. The knowledge gained from these studies not only will advance our overall understanding of essential oils, but may also help us further demonstrate the unmatched efficacy, purity, and quality of CPTG® oils and assist in future product formulation.
doTERRA Science blog articles are based on a variety of scientific sources. Many of the referenced studies are preliminary, experimental studies and further research is needed to gain a greater understanding of the findings. Essential oils may have drug interactions, patient contraindications, or adverse effects that cannot be evaluated using experimental research results alone. If you are interested in using essential oils for any health concern, consult with your healthcare provider first.
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How to Prepare for a Hydrostatic Test
Hydrostatic testing is a standard procedure for testing piping equipment and other products that must withstand pressure when operating. It helps to ensure weld and flange joints are fitted correctly and that the material used can sustain the pressure.
It also detects leaks in pressurized systems, such as home plumbing and fuel tanks. A professional can find leaks by monitoring a drop in water level.
Hydrostatic testing is a standard procedure to verify that equipment such as gas cylinders, fire extinguishing cylinders, and chemical pipelines are structurally sound. The test involves filling the equipment with water and then allowing it to be pressurized beyond its normal operating pressure to see if there are any leaks.
Depending on the equipment under test, it may require more than one test to ensure a tight seal. Each time the system is tested, a test data log is built up, which helps technicians identify any issues with the unit before it goes into operation.
A hydrostatic test pump is essential because if a leaking sewer line is left unchecked, it can cause significant damage to your home’s plumbing and foundation. However, with preventative hydrostatic testing, you can catch and repair a leak before it causes any damage. If you need a hydrostatic test, it is recommended to hire a professional plumber to do the job right.
Preparing the Pump
Hydrostatic testing is essential to ensure your pipes, plumbing lines, and pressure vessels can withstand the water you put in them. This prevents leaks, which are costly to both homeowners and contractors.
During the test, a professional fills the pipe with water, then increases the pressure and holds it for a particular duration. This reveals any cracks or weak spots in the pipes or other components.
To prepare the pump, make sure the output hose has quick-disconnect couplings. Inspectors should also check that the supply line to the pump is free from obstructions and clogs.
Then, prime the pump by allowing water to flow through the system-side hose until it becomes air-free. This is an excellent time to ensure the supply and system gauges monitor water pressure. Once the test pump is filled and connected, it’s time to put pressure on the pipe or vessel.
Preparing the Pipe or Vessel
Hydrostatic testing is one of the most commonly used methods to test piping systems. It is a time-consuming test that requires a large quantity of water, but it provides the best method for inspecting welds and flange joints.
The system must be cleaned thoroughly and all air purged before filling with water or other test fluid. Once the system is filled, it is slowly and gradually pressurized to the required test pressure (usually 1.5 times the design pressure). The system is then held at this test pressure for a pre-determined period and visually inspected.
During the test, it is essential to have barriers around the system and to make public address announcements to restrict access to personnel. It is also essential to have a plan to isolate the system from other equipment and pipes to conduct the test safely. Lastly, it is critical to have radiography and ultrasonic inspection completed on the system before hydrostatic testing.
Preparing for the Test
Unlike plumbing leaks in homes, which can be highly costly, pipelines are often hidden underneath the ground and may not show obvious signs of trouble. This means it can be challenging to find the source of a leak until too late.
Pipeline hydrostatic testing is vital in ensuring new piping systems are safe. The test ensures that the piping system can bear its rated pressure and that there are no leaks.
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As a student, there are different types of essays that you can write. Every one of these types has its peculiar aims and objectives, which makes them unique. An expository essay also has its uniqueness. You must understand its requirements to write this type of writing. A basic understanding of these requirements is key to the success of your essay. Your essay must have all it all in order, even from the get-go. As much as you can, try not to miss anything, not even the basics.
One has first to understand the assignment to have excellent grades in any assignment. That leaves us with an important question, what is an expository essay? Giving a good answer to this question is your first step towards writing an outstanding essay. Expository essays are essays written to explain and share an understanding of particular subject areas. You should shed light on a given matter. Your readers should be able to see your position as regards the subject at the end of the essay.
Learn to write using Expository Essay Examples
You have to read different examples to understand how to write or buy expository essays of high quality. These examples come in different varieties of investigations, assessments, or argumentation. While preparing your paper, do not forget the main aim is to shed light on the subject. Try to seek out expository essay examples that were written professionally. Be sure that experts in the field of concern wrote your examples.
You should choose as many expository essay topics as you can. By doing this, you will have a bird’s eye view of what they all require. Besides, you will be stretching the limits of your mind to a full understanding of this assignment.
How to write definition expository essay
If you are dealing with a particular term or maybe a definition in your expository essay, you would have to go through thorough research. This research is so you can fully understand the subject. The key to note here is a careful study of the issue.
You must approach your definition expository essay from the point of view that is well informed. In picking your information sources to guide your writing, ensure that you select only the best. You must keep in mind that you are expected to give reliable facts, statistics, and information rather than just airing your personal opinions.
Like in every other essay type, your expository essay should start with an introduction. This essay should be with a body containing facts, data, and information to support your claims. In the end, you’ll finish up with a conclusion. All three parts of your essay must be cohesive and have a general tone of agreement.
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Between 51.5 and 55.5 degrees north latitude, Ireland could easily find itself buried in snow during the winter, but the island’s average temperature in January is 7 degrees Celsius (45 degrees Fahrenheit). Ireland’s mild climate results from the influence of the ocean current known as the North Atlantic Drift, which extends the warm waters of the Gulf Stream northward. The island enjoys mild temperatures in the summertime as well; extreme heat and cold are virtually unknown. Precipitation ranges from 78.5 centimeters (31 inches) around Dublin to 300 centimeters (118 inches) along the west coast.
The mild, rainy climate is good for vegetation. In this image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite on May 2, 2007, Ireland overwhelms the viewer with hues of green, particularly in the interior, where the vegetation overlies lowlands of limestone—the remains of marine animals from an ancient sea. Little of the island’s famous greenness results from trees, however. Seventeenth-century clearing removed most of the country’s forests, and despite replanting efforts, Ireland is Europe’s least forested country, after Iceland. The island’s mild temperatures and humidity have instead blanketed the landscape in abundant grasses.
Along Ireland’s west coast, bare brown rocks emerge from the plant cover. In the north, the rocks are primarily ancient, crystalline rocks deposited well over a billion years ago. In the south, the rocks are primarily sandstone deposited roughly 350 million years ago. Evidence of urbanization dots the landscape, especially along the east coast. The metropolitan area of Dublin appears as an uneven patch of gray, mingled with dots of green. Human habitation is also evident around Londonderry, Belfast, and Cork. | <urn:uuid:e855e6df-9aff-4857-8a83-71127a6e903c> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/7685/ireland | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474649.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20240225234904-20240226024904-00159.warc.gz | en | 0.912054 | 377 | 3.765625 | 4 |
Curious to know the what, when, how, and who’s about the guitar capo? Well, you are in the right place. This post will provide you with all the answers to your questions related to this little piece of gear.
What is a Guitar Capo?
A guitar capo is a small piece of a device (gear) that is used on the neck of the guitar ( stringed instruments ) to transpose and reduce the playable length of the strings. This helps musicians, especially guitarists to play with ease.
For example, if it seems hard to play the b minor barre chord on the guitar then you can simply clip the capo on the second fret and play the open A minor chord, to get the exact sound and tone of the b minor barre chord. That is what a Capo does. It simply makes things a little easier for guitarists.
What is Guitar Capo used for?
A guitar capo is specially used by guitarists to shorten the length of the strings and create a temporary nut ( head fret ). This helps guitarists to transpose and play any key or the barre chords just like open chords.
For example, if a guitarist wants to play the b minor barre chord like an open position chord then he/she just has to clip the capo on the second fret and play the ‘a minor’ open chord. It will exactly sound like the b minor bar chord but in a higher pitch.
Also Read – No Capo Guitar Songs
How to use a Guitar Capo?
To use a guitar capo, you have to clip it on the desired fret of the guitar and make sure that all the strings are properly pressed by the padded side of the capo. In case you hear any buzzing sound then you need to readjust its position until you get a clear sound. You have to also make sure that the capo is clipped on the middle of the fret and not touching the fret wires.
While using the capo your guitar may go out of tune due to the high pressure exerted by the capo on the strings. So, when buying a capo, make sure to go for a high-quality one that allows players to adjust the amount of pressure exerted on the strings.
Is Guitar Capo and Ukulele Capo same?
A guitar capo can be used on a ukulele but there are specially made capos available for only ukulele. A cheap made guitar capo can damage the neck of a ukulele because of the high pressure exerted by it. It is better to have different capos for different instruments. So, the answer to this question is no, they are not the same.
Types of Guitar Capos
Though there are various types of guitar capos, they usually function the same way. Some capos are simpler to use while some are complicated. .
Spring Loaded Capos
This is the most common type of capo, musicians use. It usually has a spring-based mechanism that allows musicians to clip or remove the capo easily. One can even add or remove it while in the middle of playing the song.
The main advantage of this cost-effective spring-loaded capo is, you can easily clamp or unclamp it using just 1 hand. The only con side of this capo is, it doesn’t allow users to adjust the pressure applied on the strings.
Trigger Style Capos
A trigger-style capo consists of two bars where the first bar is covered using rubber that sits directly on top of the strings. The second bar presses against the back of the guitar. In most cases, the second bar that presses against the back to the stringed instrument is made according to the shape of the stringed instrument’s neck.
In this type of capo, a pivot attaches both the bars, and a spring is used to press these two bars close together. The grip that is found on each bar allows the musician to quickly and easily change the tension of this device. This grip also allows the musician to release the capo completely.
Due to this reason the trigger style capos are often known as “quick-release capos.”
Strap On Capos
As the name suggests, these type of capos are made up of a rubbered bar and a strap. To use it one must place the rubbered bar on the top of the strings and wrap the strap on the back of the fretboard.
The strap ensures that the bar is held tightly against the neck, which in turn ensures that the bar stays in place while being used.
I personally don’t recommend these capos as they take a lot of time in clamping and unclamping.
A toggle capo is lightweight compared to other capos and uses a notched mechanism for tightening the capo onto the guitar strings. Toggle capos are cost effective and easy to use. Although the compact size doesn’t impede one’s fretting hand, its tightening mechanism does have the tendency to pull the guitar’s strings out of tune.
Other Types Of Capos
These capos look a lot like a C-clamp and the tightness of the device can be adjusted with the help of a single screw.
As the name suggests roller capos are created using rollers on both the neck of the device along with the string side of the device. The primary advantage of such capos is that they allow the musician to quickly change the keys in the middle of tunes, which can be helpful for musicians playing Irish themed tunes.
Another alternate type of guitar capo available these days is known as the partial capo which is commonly used to fret certain selected strings of the guitar.
Which Guitar Capo is Best?
Compared to other capos, the spring-loaded and trigger style capos are the best. The main advantage of these capos is they can be clamped or unclamped using only 1 hand and they are very user friendly.
There are various models available of spring-loaded/trigger-style capos in the market. We always recommend going for one that is well built ( material wise ) and allow users to adjust the pressure exerted on the strings.
They can be a little expensive than the regular ones but they are highly durable and instrument friendly. A cheap capo will surely do the job but it may not last for a long time and can do damage to the fretboard.
How Much Does A Guitar Capo Cost?
A guitar capo can cost as little as $5 and can also cost as much as $50. The brand, material, and additional features determine the value and price of this device.
The capos that allow players to adjust the tension and pressure cost a little more than the regular ones. When planning to buy a guitar capo one must keep in mind to check the build quality and the brand.
Should My First Capo Be Expensive?
No, your first capo does not have to be a top of the line product especially if you are playing a 6 string acoustic guitar. However, your first capo should be strong enough and should not apply too much pressure while clamping down the strings as this would cause your guitar to instantly go out of tune.
Is a Guitar Capo Necessary?
I personally don’t think a guitar capo is necessary but it can make your guitar playing more fun and interesting in many ways.
- If you often feel hard to play the barre chords then you can simply clip the capo and play it in an open position chord.
- You can use them in gigs and shows to make chords playing easier
- You can use them in practice sessions, jamming, and recordings to get different variations from a single chord. For example, if one guitarist is playing a C minor bar chord then the other guitarist can play the capo version of it.
It is always handy to keep a guitar capo in the gig bag because you never know what shows up.
Common Guitar Capo Issues
Guitar Fret Buzz
This issue is often faced by first-time capo users. To fix it, check the placement of the capo on the neck. Make sure it is not touching the fret wires which causes string buzz. Always clamp the capo on the middle of the two fret wires.
Guitar Out Of Tune with a Capo
This issue arises when the pressure exerted by the capo on the strings is much higher. If you are using a spring-loaded or trigger style capo then make sure to check its placement on the neck. If using an adjustable one then try to reduce the tension of it. This will fix this issue.
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Camping in the great outdoors can be a rejuvenating experience, but it also comes with inherent risks, one of which is the potential danger posed by lightning strikes. As campers venture into remote areas, they are exposed to the unpredictable and powerful force of nature. Understanding how to safeguard oneself against lightning strikes is crucial for ensuring a safe and enjoyable camping experience.
In this article, we will explore the essential safety measures that campers should take to protect themselves from the threat of lightning while camping. Whether you are a seasoned outdoor enthusiast or a first-time camper, it is paramount to be well-informed and prepared to mitigate the risks associated with thunderstorms. By following the practical advice and strategies outlined in this article, you can confidently enjoy the beauty of nature while minimizing the potential hazards posed by lightning strikes.
Understanding The Dangers Of Lightning Strikes
Understanding the dangers of lightning strikes is crucial for campers to stay safe in the great outdoors. Lightning is a powerful force of nature, capable of causing serious injury and even death. Each year, lightning strikes around the world result in numerous fatalities and injuries, making it essential for campers to be aware of the risks. When camping, the open environment and minimal protection can leave individuals vulnerable to lightning strikes, making it important to understand the potential danger and take necessary precautions.
A lightning strike can cause severe burns, cardiac arrest, and neurological damage, highlighting the life-threatening nature of this natural phenomenon. In addition, the impact of lightning can extend beyond the physical harm, leading to psychological trauma for survivors. With the potential for lightning strikes to occur without warning, it is crucial for campers to recognize the dangers and be proactive in safeguarding themselves against this formidable threat. By being well-informed about the risks, campers can take appropriate measures to protect themselves and their fellow outdoor enthusiasts from the potential hazards of lightning strikes.
Identifying Safe And Unsafe Camping Locations
When it comes to camping safely, the first step is to identify safe and unsafe camping locations, particularly in relation to lightning strikes. Always avoid setting up camp in open fields, on hilltops, or near large bodies of water, as these areas are more prone to lightning strikes. Instead, look for campsites nestled among trees of uniform height or in low-lying areas that are less likely to attract lightning.
Furthermore, pay close attention to weather forecasts before choosing a camping spot. If thunderstorms are predicted, it’s best to postpone your trip to a later date or seek a designated campground with secure facilities. Be mindful that lightning can strike even if there are no visible storm clouds overhead, so ensure that your chosen location is at a safe distance from potential hazards.
By taking the time to carefully select a safe camping location, you can greatly reduce the risk of being exposed to a lightning strike while enjoying the great outdoors. Always prioritize your safety and be prepared to relocate if the conditions appear risky.
Lightning Safety Precautions For Campers
When it comes to lightning safety precautions for campers, being prepared and informed is key. To begin with, always check the weather forecast before heading out for a camping trip and keep an eye on changing weather patterns throughout your trip. If thunderstorms are predicted, it’s best to postpone your camping plans or seek shelter in a sturdy building until the storm passes.
While camping, avoid open fields, hilltops, and isolated trees, as these are more prone to lightning strikes. Instead, opt for low-lying areas, dense forests, or designated camping areas with lightning protection. If you’re caught in a thunderstorm, seek shelter in a building or a hard-topped metal vehicle. If no shelter is available, crouch low to the ground with as little of your body touching the ground as possible, minimize your contact with the ground, and stay away from water and tall objects. By taking these precautions, campers can greatly reduce their risk of being struck by lightning while enjoying the great outdoors.
Seeking Shelter And Mitigating Risks
When seeking shelter during a lightning storm while camping, it’s critical to prioritize safety. Look for sturdy and enclosed structures, such as buildings or fully enclosed vehicles, to mitigate the risks of being struck by lightning. If no suitable structures are available, avoid seeking shelter under isolated trees or in open fields, as these areas considerably increase the likelihood of being struck.
Additionally, it’s essential to reduce overall risk by staying away from tall objects, open areas, and bodies of water. If you cannot find a suitable shelter, it’s recommended to crouch down on the balls of your feet, with your feet together, and minimize your contact with the ground to reduce the chance of being injured by ground current. It’s also crucial to avoid setting up camp near exposed areas or high points during stormy weather, and always stay informed about the local weather forecast to avoid being caught off-guard. By being proactive and taking appropriate safety measures, campers can significantly reduce the risks associated with lightning strikes while enjoying the great outdoors.
Planning Ahead With Weather Alerts And Emergency Protocols
When camping, planning ahead with weather alerts and emergency protocols is crucial for safeguarding against lightning strikes. Before heading out, check reliable weather forecasting sources for updated information on lightning risks in your camping area. Keep an eye out for thunderstorm warnings and other relevant alerts. Many weather apps and websites provide real-time lightning strike data and storm tracking options, which can help you stay informed and make informed decisions.
Additionally, familiarize yourself with the emergency protocols outlined by the campground or park where you’re staying. Understand their lightning safety policies and know where to seek shelter in case of a thunderstorm. It’s also wise to have a communication plan in place with your camping companions, so everyone knows how to regroup or seek help if necessary. Being proactive and staying informed about weather conditions while having a clear understanding of emergency protocols can significantly mitigate the risks associated with lightning strikes during camping trips.
First Aid And Emergency Response For Lightning Strikes
In the event of a lightning strike while camping, immediate first aid and emergency response are crucial. If someone is struck by lightning, it is essential to seek medical help immediately, as internal injuries may not be immediately apparent. Call for emergency services or get the victim to a medical facility as soon as possible.
When providing first aid to a lightning strike victim, check for signs of breathing and a pulse. If necessary, perform CPR or request assistance from someone trained in CPR. It is also important to assess for other injuries, such as burns, and provide appropriate care based on the extent of the injuries. Keep the victim warm and dry, and seek medical attention even if the person appears to have recovered, as delayed symptoms can occur.
Having a plan for emergency response in the event of a lightning strike is critical for campers. It is recommended to familiarize yourself with basic first aid procedures and have a communication plan in place to quickly contact emergency services. Being prepared and knowing how to respond can make a significant difference in the outcome for a lightning strike victim while camping.
Essential Gear For Lightning Safety
When camping, it’s crucial to have the right gear for lightning safety. Firstly, investing in a portable weather radio can keep you informed about any approaching storms. This will give you time to seek shelter before lightning strikes. Additionally, a sturdy and reliable tent with a lightning protection system, such as a lightning rod, can provide added protection.
Furthermore, carrying a first aid kit equipped with basic medical supplies is essential. In the unfortunate event of a lightning strike, being prepared to administer first aid can make a critical difference. Another important piece of gear is a headlamp or flashlight; these will allow you to navigate to safety in the event of a storm-induced power outage. Lastly, having a reliable pair of non-conductive, rubber-soled shoes can help reduce the risk of electrical shock while navigating wet or stormy terrain. These essential items can greatly enhance your safety and preparedness in the face of lightning strikes while camping.
Practical Tips For Lightning Safety While Camping
When camping, it’s crucial to be prepared for potential lightning strikes. To ensure your safety, always keep an eye on the weather forecast before heading out and familiarize yourself with the signs of an approaching storm. Once at the campsite, seek refuge in a sturdy building or a hard-topped metal vehicle if a thunderstorm is imminent. Avoid taking shelter under trees, as their height and water content make them prime targets for lightning strikes.
When it comes to personal safety, never stand in an open area during a storm. Instead, crouch down low with as little of your body touching the ground as possible. If you’re camping in a group, ensure that all members are aware of the designated safe areas and know what to do in case of a lightning strike. It’s also advisable to unplug any electronic devices and avoid using water or plumbing during a thunderstorm. By following these practical safety tips, campers can minimize the risk of lightning-related accidents and enjoy a safer outdoor experience.
The Bottom Line
In the unforgiving face of nature, the threat of lightning strikes while camping cannot be overlooked. However, by understanding the warning signs, seeking proper shelter, and adopting safety precautions, campers can significantly reduce their risk of being struck by lightning. It is vital for outdoor enthusiasts to stay informed and prepared, as well as to have a solid plan of action in place. By adhering to these guidelines, individuals can continue to enjoy the beauty of the great outdoors with peace of mind, knowing that they have taken the necessary steps to safeguard themselves against the potential dangers posed by lightning strikes. Every camper has the power to minimize risk and enhance safety, and being equipped with knowledge and attentiveness is the first step toward ensuring a safe and enjoyable camping experience. | <urn:uuid:7c2bd03e-f9bf-406f-aa74-c968492e8548> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://homediningkitchen.com/how-do-you-protect-yourself-from-lightning-while-camping/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474674.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20240227085429-20240227115429-00159.warc.gz | en | 0.930353 | 2,030 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Are you looking for a delicious fruit that can provide you with essential vitamins? Look no further than papaya! Papaya is a tropical fruit that is packed with vitamins and minerals to support your overall health. In this article, we’ll explore one important question about papaya: does papaya have vitamin k? Let’s dive in!
Vitamins are essential for our health, and we need to consume them regularly to maintain a healthy body. Vitamin K is one of the essential vitamins that play a vital role in blood clotting and bone health. In this article, we’ll discuss whether papaya has Vitamin K and how it can benefit our health. So, let’s get started!
What is Vitamin K?
Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that plays a vital role in blood clotting and bone health. It helps in the production of proteins that are responsible for blood clotting, which is essential for wound healing and preventing excessive bleeding. Vitamin K also helps in the absorption of calcium in bones, which contributes to maintaining their strength and density.
Benefits of Vitamin K
Vitamin K has several benefits for our health, including:
- Blood clotting: Vitamin K is essential for proper blood clotting, which is necessary for wound healing and preventing excessive bleeding.
- Bone health: Vitamin K helps in the absorption of calcium in bones, which contributes to maintaining their strength and density.
- Heart health: Some studies suggest that Vitamin K may help reduce the risk of heart disease by preventing the buildup of calcium in the arteries.
- Brain health: Vitamin K may have a protective effect on the brain and may help improve cognitive function in older adults.
Types of Vitamin K
There are two main types of Vitamin K: Vitamin K1 and Vitamin K2.
Vitamin K1, also known as phylloquinone, is found in plant-based foods such as leafy greens, broccoli, and soybeans. It is the primary source of Vitamin K in our diet.
Vitamin K2, also known as menaquinone, is produced by bacteria in our intestines and is also found in fermented foods such as cheese, natto, and sauerkraut. Vitamin K2 is also available in supplement form.
Benefits of Papaya
Nutritional Value of Papaya
Papaya is a nutrient-dense fruit that is low in calories and high in vitamins and minerals. A single serving of papaya contains 118% of your daily recommended intake of Vitamin C, 13% of your daily recommended intake of fiber, and 10% of your daily recommended intake of Vitamin A. Additionally, papaya is a good source of potassium, magnesium, and folate.
Health Benefits of Papaya
Aside from its nutritional value, papaya also provides several health benefits. Here are some of the health benefits of consuming papaya:
1. Supports Digestive Health
Papaya contains an enzyme called papain, which aids in the breakdown of proteins in the body. This enzyme can help improve digestion and prevent symptoms such as bloating, constipation, and heartburn.
2. Boosts Immunity
Papaya is rich in Vitamin C, which plays a crucial role in supporting the immune system. Consuming papaya can help improve your body’s defense against infections and diseases.
3. Promotes Healthy Skin
Papaya is also rich in antioxidants, which help protect the skin against damage from free radicals. Additionally, the Vitamin C in papaya can help promote collagen production, which is essential for healthy skin.
4. Supports Heart Health
Papaya is low in cholesterol and high in fiber, making it an excellent food for supporting heart health. The fiber in papaya can help reduce cholesterol levels in the body, while the potassium in papaya can help regulate blood pressure.
Overall, consuming papaya can provide several health benefits and is an excellent addition to a healthy diet.
Does Papaya Contain Vitamin K?
If you’re wondering whether papaya contains Vitamin K, the answer is yes! Papaya is a rich source of Vitamin K, which is essential for blood clotting and bone health.
Detailed Explanation of the Presence of Vitamin K in Papaya
Papaya contains both Vitamin K1 and Vitamin K2. Vitamin K1 is found in plant-based foods and is essential for blood clotting, while Vitamin K2 is found in animal-based foods and supports bone health. Papaya is a great source of Vitamin K1, with 100g of papaya providing approximately 2.6 mcg of Vitamin K1.
Comparison of the Amount of Vitamin K Found in Papaya with Other Foods
While papaya is not the highest source of Vitamin K, it still provides a significant amount. For comparison, 100g of kale provides approximately 817 mcg of Vitamin K1, while 100g of spinach provides approximately 482 mcg of Vitamin K1. However, papaya is a tasty and refreshing way to boost your Vitamin K intake, especially if you’re not a fan of leafy greens.
Overall, papaya is a great source of Vitamin K, which is essential for our overall health. By adding papaya to your diet, you can enjoy a delicious and nutritious fruit while reaping the benefits of this essential vitamin.
Health Risks and Concerns Related to Vitamin K
Vitamin K is a crucial vitamin that our body needs to maintain healthy bones and blood clotting. However, consuming it in excessive amounts can lead to potential health risks and concerns. In this section, we’ll discuss the possible risks related to excessive Vitamin K intake and how to consume it safely.
Explanation of the Potential Risks and Concerns Related to Excessive Intake of Vitamin K
While Vitamin K is essential for our body, consuming it in high doses can lead to potential health risks. For instance, taking high doses of Vitamin K supplements can increase the risk of blood clots, which can lead to serious health issues such as stroke and heart attack. Moreover, excessive intake of Vitamin K can interfere with certain medications such as blood thinners, which can affect their effectiveness.
Discussion of How to Consume Vitamin K Safely
To consume Vitamin K safely, it is essential to follow the recommended daily intake. The recommended daily intake for Vitamin K varies by age and gender. For adults, the recommended daily intake is 90 mcg for women and 120 mcg for men. However, people who are on blood thinning medications should consult their doctor before consuming Vitamin K supplements or increasing their dietary intake.
It’s worth noting that consuming Vitamin K from natural sources such as papaya is generally considered safe, and the risk of consuming too much Vitamin K from natural sources is low. Therefore, it’s essential to maintain a balanced diet that includes a variety of foods rich in essential vitamins and minerals.
In the next section, we’ll wrap up the article with a summary of the main points covered and the importance of Vitamin K and papaya in our daily diet.
In conclusion, papaya is a delicious and nutritious fruit that can provide many health benefits. We’ve explored the question “Does Papaya Have Vitamin K?” and discovered that papaya indeed contains Vitamin K, which plays a critical role in blood clotting and bone health.
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The line that stuck out the most in Dr. Sandra Breum Andersen’s talk at Biotech Without Borders last week was: “Antibiotic resistance isn’t new but we are massively selecting for it.”
The result is that bacteria, some of which can reproduce every 20 minutes, are developing mutations that allow them to survive attacks by antibiotics more and more often. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 2 million Americans got sick from antibiotic resistant bacteria last year, and 23,000 of them died. Worldwide, the number of similar deaths is expected to be more than 700,000, and, according to some experts, by 2030 it’s expected that these viruses will kill more people than cancer.
“These numbers have a lot of assumption in them but it’s clear this is a big problem and it’s only getting bigger,” explained Andersen in her talk. Andersen is a postdoc fellow at NYU’s Langone Medical Center, where her work focuses on the “intricate social lives of Helicobacter pylori stomach bacteria.” Good times.
— Chiara Bertipaglia (@ChiaBertipaglia) November 9, 2017
Andersen spoke to a modest but engaged Downtown Brooklyn audience at the community bio lab, which is run by the former head of Genspace, Ellen Jorgensen. The organization is still getting up and running, but has the goal of educating the public on the topics of biotech with free talks and having a community bio lab with classes and workshops available to all.
Andersen explained that the method by which we, as a society, are selecting for antibiotic resistance is basically just that we use antibiotics for too much stuff. The more we use them, the more we kill those bacteria that are now unfit to live in the modern environment, and the more biologically incentivized the bacteria are to pass along mutations that cause resistance.
Surprisingly though, antibiotic overuse occurs way more in agriculture than it does in the doctor’s office. According to Andersen, 30 percent of antibiotics are prescribed by doctors while 70 percent are consumed by livestock.
“Basically, they’re just stuffed with antibiotics,” she explained.
And the antibiotics do work for what they’re used for. According to author Maryn McKenna, whose new book Big Chicken just came out, “Modern meat chickens reach their 5.8-pound slaughter weight in 47 days, versus 112 days a century ago to reach just 2.5 pounds.”
What’s particularly interesting is that it’s not totally known how the antibiotics help the chickens grow. For one, they do knock out a lot of viruses that would cause the chickens to struggle or die, but there’s more to it than that.
“It’s not exactly known how antibiotics enhance this weight gain,” Andersen explained. “When we treat with antibiotics there’s a different composition [of bacteria in our guts] and there are fewer of them and this probably means that the host will invest less in immune system because there’s not as much bacteria around and more in fat and muscle so this is what we think is going on but it’s not completely clear.”
This is something that she and her lab team at NYU are looking into. Andersen said there is a high correlation between antibiotic use in people and obesity in the U.S. population and wonders if a decreased bacteria load in our bodies is a link. Her team did an experiment in mice where some were given antibiotics at birth and some were not.
“Those who got [antibiotics] through their mother through weaning in early life were much more likely to be obese,” she said. “Quite strikingly they were able to take the gut microbiome in the obese mice and put them in the control group and saw them gain total mass and fat mass.”
Potentially a link between gut bacteria diversity and weight. Whoa!
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One of the most critical conversations in today’s workplace is diversity and inclusion. Companies and organizations worldwide are more intentional about applying these hiring and management practices. It’s the right thing to do, and companies that take diversity and inclusion seriously see tangible benefits.
According to a study done by Boston Consulting Group, companies with diverse leadership and management saw a 19% revenue increase compared to other companies with less diverse leadership. Through our expert-led diversity and inclusion training courses, you can learn to apply these skills to help bring lasting change to your organization. From associate to manager, everyone can benefit from diversity and inclusion training.
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While diversity and inclusion often appear in the conversation in tandem, they are actually two different concepts. Let’s look at both individually to understand their importance in the workplace.
Diversity means that your organization consists of people from different races, gender identities, socioeconomic backgrounds, and experiences. It’s meant to reflect the society in which we live and operate. There are nuances and complexities involved with diversity, but the main point is to have different perspectives represented in your organization.
Inclusion means that everyone in the organization has equal access to resources, opportunities, and can freely contribute to the success of the company. This pursuit ensures that people from marginalized backgrounds are equal in the workplace.
When we discuss diversity and inclusion, it’s crucial to understand both concepts on their own and how they come together. It’s not enough to bring people into the fold on diversity alone—organizations must ensure that inclusion and equity are part of the equation.
According to our data, 60% of employees responded that they don’t believe companies properly implement diversity and inclusion in the workplace. There are a few different ways you can promote diversity, inclusion, and equity in the workplace:
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For 20 years, residents of La Oroya have been seeking justice and reparations after a metallurgical complex caused heavy metal pollution in their community—in violation of their fundamental rights—and the government failed to take adequate measures to protect them.
On October 12 and 13, 2022, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights heard their case against the state of Peru for government's international responsibility in the human rights violations. Beyond reestablishing the rights of the victims, the court’s eventual decision marks an historic opportunity to strengthen the protection of the right to a healthy environment in the region and to encourage States to adequately supervise corporate activities.
La Oroya is a small city in Peru’s central mountain range, in the department of Junín, about 176 km from Lima. It has a population of around 30,000 inhabitants.
There, in 1922, the U.S. company Cerro de Pasco Cooper Corporation installed the La Oroya Metallurgical Complex to process ore concentrates with high levels of lead, copper, zinc, silver and gold, as well as other contaminants such as sulfur, cadmium and arsenic.
The complex was nationalized in 1974 and operated by the State until 1997, when it was acquired by the US Doe Run Company through its subsidiary Doe Run Peru. In 2009, due to the company's financial crisis, the complex's operations were suspended.
Decades of damage to public health
The Peruvian State - due to the lack of adequate control systems, constant supervision, imposition of sanctions and adoption of immediate actions - has allowed the metallurgical complex to generate very high levels of contamination for decades that have seriously affected the health of residents of La Oroya for generations.
Those living in La Oroya have a higher risk or propensity to develop cancer due to historical exposure to heavy metals. While the health effects of toxic contamination are not immediately noticeable, they may be irreversible or become evident over the long term, affecting the population at various levels. Moreover, the impacts have been differentiated —and even more severe— among children, women and the elderly.
Most of the affected people presented lead levels higher than those recommended by the World Health Organization and, in some cases, higher levels of arsenic and cadmium; in addition to stress, anxiety, skin disorders, gastric problems, chronic headaches and respiratory or cardiac problems, among others.
The search for justice
Over time, several actions were brought at the national and international levels to obtain oversight of the metallurgical complex and its impacts, as well as to obtain redress for the violation of the rights of affected people.
AIDA became involved with La Oroya in 1998 and, since then, we’ve employed various strategies to protect public health, the environment and the rights of its inhabitants.
In 2002, our publication La Oroya Cannot Wait helped to make La Oroya's situation visible internationally and demand remedial measures.
That same year, a group of residents of La Oroya filed an enforcement action against the Ministry of Health and the General Directorate of Environmental Health to protect their rights and those of the rest of the population.
In 2006, they obtained a partially favorable decision from the Constitutional Court that ordered protective measures. However, after more than 14 years, no measures were taken to implement the ruling and the highest court did not take action to enforce it.
Given the lack of effective responses at the national level, AIDA —together with the Center for Human Rights and Environment (CEDHA), Earthjustice and the Pro Human Rights Association (APRODEH)— took the case to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and in November 2005 requested measures to protect the right to life, personal integrity and health of the people affected. In 2006, we filed a complaint with the IACHR against the Peruvian State for the violation of the human rights of La Oroya residents.
In 2007, in response to the petition, the IACHR granted protection measures to 65 people from La Oroya and in 2016 extended them to another 15.
To date, the protection measures granted by the IACHR are still in effect. Although the State has issued some decisions to somewhat control the company and the levels of contamination in the area, these have not been effective in protecting the rights of the population or in urgently implementing the necessary actions in La Oroya.
Although the levels of lead and other heavy metals in the blood have decreased since the suspension of operations at the complex, this does not imply that the effects of the contamination have disappeared because the metals remain in other parts of the body and their impacts can appear over the years. The State has not carried out a comprehensive diagnosis and follow-up of the people who were highly exposed to heavy metals at La Oroya. There is also a lack of an epidemiological and blood study on children to show the current state of contamination of the population and its comparison with the studies carried out between 1999 and 2005.
On the other hand, in July 2022, the metallurgical complex was ceded to the workers of Doe Run Peru as part of the liquidation of the company. There are concerns about an eventual reactivation of the complex and the lack of information about measures to address socio-environmental liabilities.
The case before the Inter-American Court
As for the international complaint, in October 2021 —15 years after the process began— the IACHR adopted a decision on the merits of the case and submitted it to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, after establishing the international responsibility of the Peruvian State in the violation of human rights of residents of La Oroya.
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Food for thought from chapter 6 of March of the Titans:
The Complete History of the White Race:
Lost white migrations / Megaliths in North America
As part of the legal wrangling, the Paiute have consistently refused to allow DNA testing of the corpse.
This is not the only case where American Indians have blocked the study of obviously non-Amerind remains. Another case, that of Kennewick Man was similarly held up by Indian objections; and in 1993 another skeleton was found near Buhl in the state of Idaho.
The latter remains were some 10,600 years old, making them the oldest ever found in North America. The skeleton was however turned over to local Indians, the Shoshone-Bannock tribe, and reburied before any comprehensive testing could be undertaken.
In this way several unique anthropological specimens have already been returned to, and buried by, Indian tribes. In Montana, naturally shed human hair discovered by one archaeologist elicited an Amerind claim. Although the hair had not been buried in any kind of ritual, the US federal government has prevented testing of the hair to commence.
The reasons for the American Indian sensitivity over the issue are obvious proof that Whites—even if only in small numbers—walked the continent of North America before the Amerinds themselves would undermine the latter’s claim to be the original “Native Americans”. For the sake of political correctness, much valuable scientific data is being suppressed.
The fact that America’s Stonehenge is still largely unknown to the wider public is an example of malicious suppression of an important archaeological site for the political implications which it carries.
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The phenomenon of "big" in recent years has led to thinking about research methods based on data that preceded digitization.
Historical interest in data techniques has been mobilized to argue that scientific hypothesis formation is self-similar given the vast amount of data available, and the purely inductive nature of scientific and technological research with scientific big data has also been criticized.
Through their criticism, the role of theory in the production and processing of data is emphasized. Thus, thinking about "big" generates contours, analysis as an exploratory procedure today and makes itself and how it is processed.
However, updating the historical context for this concept and its application is still in its infancy.
Among them, ∞ is not a new category in the history of science. After Kuhn, they played a central role in the reorientation of theory into practice.
Bruno Rathol and Hans-Jörg Reinberg, 2017, have demonstrated in their experimental laboratory studies how data is structured and generated.
Latore describes how individual empirical data can be made simpler, more compact, and more intuitively "invariant" by repeatedly and quickly compressing them; compressing facts, and then linking those facts with other data to reveal the structure and visualize it. In the practice of the humanities, scientific observation, or the history of quantification, data is the focus of indirect attention.
These questions concern what to do with the vast amount of information from the early modern era, whether it be in the form of many books and texts, endless observations of natural history, or a bureaucratic avalanche of tables and drawings.
On the basis of these works, I directly and explicitly place the word "∞" below in the spotlight as a semantic and historical category.
I will trace the meanings and usage of this word from the end of the 18th century and especially from the 19th century.
At the same time, I wonder what methods, techniques and practices accompany its use.
Historizing the concept and its analysis of the relevant material cultures shows that research based on data has not yet been carried out by genealogical research.
Not computer scientists of the 20th and 21st centuries, but representatives of various sciences in the 19th century, who used the potential of the word and its methods in a new way, thus opening the age of digital information, the history of which is described by the era of the quantitative or probabilistic revolution by Ian Hacking , Theodore Porter, Alain Derosiera, Lorraine Duston and others
For the purposes of this article, compilation methods for government surveys are seen as a data practice that emerged with the rise of statistical thinking, behind the "print avalanche" (hacking) of the 1990s and 19th century.
This paper states that the theoretical, conceptual, and intermediate foundations of data-driven research are laid down using newly developed manual processes before machines (such as Hollerith's system or computers) manually replace, speed up, and modify compilation.
The demographic data of Prussia around 1860, which has undergone major changes, illustrate this point.
Historians of science and historians have studied the Prussian census and its reforms, as well as in a quantitative historical context, especially in the context of university subject education, studied critical thinking and obtained institutional historical profiles.
Relying on this literature with a systems theory approach to show the managerial characteristic logic of the production of statistical knowledge, and in discussion, this article is devoted to the analysis of the material culture of the Prussian census with an interest in the history of data.
My concern is how to make the Prussian census explicitly dependent on data.
I reconstructed the word in it: relatives, and on the other hand, I want to talk about the methods and techniques for conducting the largest mass survey in Germany on the 19th.
Make the eyelid look like a media practice. The data is also democratized and not necessarily physically linked, in this case it is the paper medium on which it is recorded and stored.
These memories serve an epistemological function as they strongly influence the conceptual and material basis of processing and results.
Therefore, an important starting point for this article is the study of practical research activities, paper technologies and writing systems in management and science since modern times.
Fundamental changes that took place in Prussian demographics between 1860 and 1871.
I am not using this term here because it is currently used primarily for the storage and processing of personal data.
Looking back to the 19th century, the concept of truth is used to describe a process of conceptual reinterpretation and actual transformation of the collection and processing methods commonly used up to that time.
Viewing and recalling survey materials goes hand in hand with the development of new methods and tools for collecting more and more accurate information, not only summing up the collected materials, but also moving them, as well as connecting in various combinations, aggregating and plotting.
From 1860 to 1871, what in the largest state of Germany was a static process of questioning and evaluation, turned into a dynamic work based on data, the concept of which also explicitly uses the term "itself ∞".
To illustrate this real process, I will follow five steps:
First of all, in the first draft, I found the meaning of the word "∞", which was used in the 19th century census.
In the second step, I summarize the main conceptual framework of the pioneering reform of the railroad census in the 1860s that is associated with the use of this term.
In the third stage, I worked on a technical means of implementing this innovation. ∞ is a mobile paper tool providing a new form of demographic data and display, implemented not only in Prussia, but also in the statistical offices of other countries in Germany and Europe.
In the fourth stage, I will focus on the period after 1871, describing the implementation of reforms and the concrete development of research material in Berlin.
Of particular note are the logistics of handling large volumes of paper, the organization of the workforce, and the mental demands necessary to evaluate new mobile forms as quickly and accurately as possible.
The way the Prussian census results were obtained turned out to be a surprisingly complex and circular operation of spatial extent across Berlin.
Because in order to move data quickly and get accurate results at the lowest cost, ONS uses an estimation method, which, in Latour's view, is a combination of large amounts of data and its availability. Consists of moving paper.
He relies on his files and much of his compilation work on the wives and relatives of his male assistants and civil servants.
In the fifth and final part, I broaden my horizons and explore what the phenomenon of nineteenth century empirical research really was.
Not limited to demography, but reflected in other research practices, from botany and taxonomy of paleontology to the historical school of national economy.
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In Accra, urban farming is responsible for 90 percent of the city’s fresh vegetables and 46 percent of the capital’s households are involved in it, according to a 2012 report published by the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF).
However, despite the popularity of urban farming, it operates on the peripheries of urban planning – largely ignored in the development strategies of cities such as Accra. Arguably one of the biggest obstacles to thriving urban agriculture in Accra and other African cities is weak or non-existent official governmental policy to support it.
The urban poor are also considered more vulnerable to rising food prices than the rural poor, according to a 2008 report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation.
Growing crops in city gardens is “a potentially viable policy response to the complex challenge of feeding a burgeoning mass of urban residents amidst decline in food production in rural areas,” according to the ACBF report.
With the Africa Development Bank estimating that Africa’s population will reach 1.6 billion by 2030, in contrast to 1 billion in 2010, the need for and implementation of urban agriculture policies is urgent.
Urban planners and policymakers need to consider how to balance population growth and the growing pressures emerging in many African cities with the need to ensure urban food security.
Urban farming does not need to be restricted to growing food on private property.
Governments could supply financial grants for urban and peri-urban farmers, land provision for specific agricultural use, agricultural and nutritional education programmes, irrigation assistance, and easy access to local markets.
These skills and equipment could potentially be applied in an urban setting too, allowing for urban farmers to gain more than transport money each month, with the possibility of long-term saving for impoverished families.
Food produced within the city could mean cheaper transport costs and more affordable monthly groceries for urban families in the surrounding area. As urban farmers can also choose, for the most part, what crops to plant this could lead to a potentially more diverse, more nutrient-rich diet for city dwellers.
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Olympic gold medals hold immense value, not just in terms of prestige but also in the world of sports. In this section, we will explore the significance and importance of these coveted medals. From the pinnacle they represent in an athlete’s career to the impact they have on the sporting community, we will delve into the profound meaning behind Olympic gold medals.
Importance of Olympic Gold Medals
Olympic Gold Medals possess immense importance in the world of sports. They are the ultimate accolade for athletes competing in the Olympic Games. Every four years, athletes from across the globe strive to win the coveted gold medals, which symbolize their superiority in their respective sporting disciplines.
These medals are not just awards- they represent the peak of athletic excellence and commitment to one’s sport. The gold medal is a testament to an athlete’s years of training, hard work, and sacrifice. It brings immense pride and honor to both the athlete and their nation.
The sentiment behind these medals is not only felt by athletes, but also by their fans and supporters. The emotional journey that athletes venture on in pursuit of an Olympic Gold Medal is incomparable. This journey illustrates overcoming obstacles, pushing boundaries, and achieving personal aspirations on a worldwide stage.
Lastly, Olympic Gold Medals have monetary value. Over time, the market worth of these medals can soar due to their rarity, historic significance, and desirability among collectors. This financial value further augments the importance of Olympic Gold Medals.
Significance of Olympic Gold Medals in sports
Olympic Gold Medals are highly significant in sports. They symbolize success and excellence for athletes in various disciplines. Athletes train hard and prepare mentally and physically to compete at the highest level. The Olympic Games makes gold medals prestigious and wanted by athletes worldwide.
Winning an Olympic Gold Medal brings glory to the athlete and their country. It can make them famous with lucrative endorsements and other opportunities. It also validates their skills and ability, and makes them a part of history as great athletes.
The significance of Olympic Gold Medals is more than just individual achievements. It unites people to celebrate a nation’s success on the global stage. It also inspires aspiring athletes to dream big and strive for greatness.
The gold medal is worth its weight in metal, but dreams, sweat, and tears make it truly priceless.
The Composition of Olympic Gold Medals
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Olympic gold medals hold a captivating composition, exceeding mere symbolism. Delve into the fascinating world of the composition of Olympic gold medals as we explore the material utilized and draw intriguing comparisons with other medals. (Source: Reference Data)
Material used in Olympic Gold Medals
Olympic Gold Medals are made from a special material of high value in sports. To observe the materials used in these medals, there’s a table. It shows changes in the composition of Olympic Gold Medals over time and compares them to other medals, emphasizing their particular qualities.
It’s worth noting that since 1972, Olympic Gold Medals are made of gold-plated silver instead of solid gold. This was likely due to cost and practicality, while still keeping the symbolic value of an Olympic Gold Medal. Other medals may be shiny, but only Olympic gold medals make champions feel like they’ve hit the jackpot.
Comparison with other medals
Olympic Gold Medals have a special composition. They are made with particular materials that add to their worth and prestige. This composition makes them distinct and different from other medals.
To show the contrast between Olympic Gold Medals and other medals, a table is useful. It will explain the key differences in material, design and importance between the two. Seeing this information clearly makes it easier to understand the differences between the two kinds of medals.
Apart from the material composition, there are other unique details about Olympic Gold Medals. These are the intricate designs and engravings on the medal’s surface. These often symbolize or refer to the Olympics. These details make Olympic Gold Medals even more valuable and desirable.
The Current Value of Olympic Gold Medals
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The current value of Olympic gold medals and the factors that influence it, along with recent trends, provide an intriguing insight into the worth of these prestigious awards. Let’s explore how various elements contribute to the value of Olympic gold medals, backed by relevant data and events. Additionally, we’ll uncover the recent trends that have shaped the overall perception and significance of these coveted symbols of athletic excellence.
Factors influencing the value of Olympic Gold Medals
The worth of Olympic Gold Medals is influenced by various factors. Traditionally, they were made of solid gold – however, nowadays, most are just gold-plated. The amount and purity of the gold content affects the price.
There is also the historical significance attached to certain gold medals. An example is Jesse Owens’ four golds from the 1936 Berlin Olympics. These had great symbolic value because of his accomplishments amidst racial tensions.
Furthermore, the achievements of the athletes who win these iconic medals can play a role in their value. For instance, Usain Bolt’s record-breaking runs and personality make his golds desirable to collectors and fans.
The value of these medals may rise and fall, but one thing’s for sure – they cost more than my dignity at an open-mic night!
Recent trends in the value of Olympic Gold Medals
A table showcasing Olympic Gold Medal worth trends may include columns like Year, Medal Description, Auction Sale Price, and Notable Athlete. This table will give a complete view of how the values have changed over time, and also show off medals that got high prices in auctions.
It’s becoming more popular to buy Olympic Gold Medals as investments. This trend is mainly due to collectors who realize the rarity and historic importance of these medals. Plus, with better online auction sites, buyers from everywhere can join in bidding for these items.
So, athletes and sports associations can use this trend to make money. They can sell replica gold medals or memorabilia for their achievements. This lets them make extra income and lets fans own a piece of Olympic history.
Olympic gold medals can be worth more than winning the lottery. Athletes know this!
Athletes and Olympic Gold Medals
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Athletes and Olympic Gold Medals: Unveiling the emotional and sentimental value alongside the financial worth of these prestigious symbols of victory.
The emotional and sentimental value of Olympic Gold Medals
Olympic Gold Medals have a special place in everyone’s hearts. They become symbols of outstanding moments in sports history. People of all backgrounds and cultures share admiration for the athletes’ resilience and success.
Also, Gold Medals carry sentimental worth. They are passed down through generations, and proudly displayed by athletes in their homes or museums. It is no wonder that they have immense value for both athletes and spectators.
To appreciate the emotional and sentimental value of Olympic Gold Medals:
- Reflect on the journey: Think of the years of hard work, sacrifices, and obstacles faced by athletes.
- Connect with others: Tell stories about wins or watch memorable moments with other sports fans.
- Preserve memories: Take photographs or videos during events.
- Show support: Cheer and applaud athletes during competitions.
- Celebrate achievements: Have celebrations or gatherings for athletes who achieved Gold Medals.
Olympic Gold Medals evoke powerful emotions and inspire future generations. And, they come with great financial value too! Being a winner pays off.
The financial value of Olympic Gold Medals
Olympic Gold Medals are made of gold plating over a silver core, typically 6 grams and 92.5% pure gold. To understand their financial value, a table with details like Year, Event, Athlete(s), Medal Description, Market Value (estimated), and Factors Influencing Value can be created.
Recently, prices for Olympic Gold Medals have gone up due to inflation, increased interest in sports memorabilia, and the popularity of the Olympics. Jesse Owens’ 1936 Berlin Olympics gold medal was sold for $1.47 million due to its historical significance.
These medals are not only symbols of athletic excellence, but also hold a significant place in sports history. Collectors and investors may pay substantial prices for them due to their rarity and emotional connections to inspiring achievements.
Some Olympic victories are worth more than all the gold in Fort Knox!
The Most Valuable Olympic Gold Medals in History
Photo Credits: Ecopolitology.Org by Thomas Hill
Delve into the world of Olympic gold medals with a focus on their historical significance and market value. Uncover the gems of Olympic history, exploring the most valuable gold medals to have graced the podium. From the deep-rooted stories behind these coveted medals to their current worth in the market, this section takes you through a fascinating journey of athletic triumph and the ever-evolving value of Olympic gold.
Historical significance of valuable Olympic Gold Medals
Olympic Gold Medals have huge historical importance that cannot be underestimated. These medals represent the highest achievement in sports and are proof of the extraordinary talents and dedication of athletes from different times and countries. Certain Gold Medals have even more importance due to exceptional performances or special situations.
These valuable medals mark iconic events which are well-known worldwide. For example, Jesse Owens’ four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which defied Adolf Hitler’s idea of Aryan superiority. His success has been passed onto future generations of athletes. Usain Bolt’s amazing displays in the Olympics also remain in the history of sport.
The historical value of Olympic Gold Medals is beyond just athletic achievements. Some have a political link which makes them even more interesting. Tommie Smith and John Carlos’ Black Power salute during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics showed racial and social equality, challenging the status quo at that time. Nadia Comaneci’s perfect “10” scores in gymnastics at the 1976 Montreal Olympics improved the sport and set new standards of excellence.
Olympic Gold Medals have both material and emotional value. They stand for overcoming difficulties, setting new records, defying societal norms and inspiring future generations. These medals can even be worth as much as a rapper’s flashy grill!
Notable Olympic Gold Medals in terms of market value
To understand the market value of remarkable Olympic Gold Medals, it is useful to consider key factors like the year won, the athlete, and special attributes. A table can help us understand better. For instance:
|Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay)
|First gold medal for a boxing legend
|Four gold medals in track and field events
|Most gold medals won by an individual athlete in a single Olympic Games
Other aspects, besides history, affect the market value of these medals. Rarity, condition, and provenance are important. Special editions or limited production runs are valuable due to their scarcity. A medal associated with a remarkable event or record-breaking performance can be more desirable and valuable.
There is a fascinating array of Olympic Gold Medals with considerable market value. Collectors and enthusiasts value them for their history and worth. Examining notable examples lets us grasp the allure and their role in our sporting heritage.
Photo Credits: Ecopolitology.Org by Zachary Mitchell
An Olympic gold medal carries symbolic and financial significance. Its scarcity, historical context, and link to the peak of sporting success add to its desirability and exclusivity. Furthermore, financial rewards which often result from a gold medal victory boost its value even more. An Olympic gold medal is not only proof of an athlete’s ability and commitment but also a major milestone in their career – both in terms of personal accomplishment and financial gain. Therefore, an Olympic gold medal is an invaluable asset for athletes.
FAQs about What Is An Olympic Gold Medal Worth
What is the current value of an Olympic gold medal?
The current value of an Olympic gold medal is approximately $758, based on the current price of gold and silver. This estimation was provided by Philip Newman, a managing director of Metals Focus.
Has the value of Olympic gold medals increased over time?
Yes, the value of Olympic gold medals has increased over time due to the rising price of gold. For example, the price of gold has significantly increased since the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, making Olympic gold medals more valuable.
Why do some athletes sell their gold medals?
Some athletes choose to sell their gold medals due to financial difficulties or to raise funds for charities. While gold medals hold sentimental value, financial circumstances may lead athletes to consider selling their medals.
How much gold is actually in an Olympic gold medal?
An Olympic gold medal is required to be at least 92.5 percent silver and plated with about 6 grams of pure gold. This composition follows the guidelines set by the International Olympic Committee.
What are some of the most valuable Olympic gold medals in history?
According to the weight and current market value of gold, some of the most valuable Olympic gold medals include the medal from the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, valued at $27,878 to $32,155, and the medal from the 2012 London Summer Olympics, valued at $20,908 to $22,334.
Have any gold medals been sold as sports memorabilia?
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