source
stringclasses 1
value | snapshot
stringclasses 3
values | text
stringlengths 264
621k
| size_before_bytes
int64 269
624k
| size_after_bytes
int64 185
235k
| compression_ratio
float64 357
1.8M
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
warc
|
202143
|
Have you ever considered what to do if you win the lottery? Even if we do not admit, most of us play the lottery or have played the lottery at some point. This is why you will find people on the internet searching for things like “how to win the …
I know at some point you have come across the aspect of “abundance mindset vs scarcity mindset” and “rich thinking vs poor thinking.” However, there is a possibility that you are yet to understand how these mindsets play an important role in your life. You can always blame the government, …
What is net worth? The net worth is the difference between your assets and liabilities. You can calculate yours by adding up all of the money or investments you have, including the current market value of your home and car, as well as the balances in any checking, savings, retirement …
As a beginner forex trader, you are likely to commit several trading mistakes as you commence your trading career. Mistakes in trading can be easily avoided if one has the appropriate information on how to approach the markets. Many beginner forex traders charge full-throttle into the forex market with big …
What would happen if you double a penny for 30 days? There is an adage that states, “a penny saved is a penny earned.” Have you had about that? It even gets better. Several millions can be earned by doubling a penny consistently. Have you ever heard of the concept …
| 1,469
| 769
| 2,680.113134
|
warc
|
202143
|
Monitoring & evaluation
Robust, timely Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is crucial for running effective and efficient programs and projects. But collecting, organizing, and analyzing all the data from a range of sources and formats can be a headache. Creating genuinely useful, user-friendly – and accurate – reports and insights from the raw data requires even more time, effort, and knowhow.
Deliver better projects through customized Monitoring and Evaluation Information Systems solutions Bluesquare develops comprehensive M&E platforms for governments, programs, and NGOs to make your monitoring and evaluation easier, faster, and more accurate. These enable rapid, accurate, and versatile data collation, analysis, and reporting. Our DHIS2-based suite of tools help you extract different types of data from various sources (e.g. HMIS) and unify it within one centralized system. So, you no longer have to spend time checking and collating information across different systems. Using one of our M&E platforms means you can easily collect and store data in a safe, structured way that protects confidentiality. It also enables easy auditing and tracing of data. And, once your information’s in the M&E platform, you can take advantage of all kinds of clever, labor-saving tasks. Automated calculating of indicators ensures accuracy and consistency while saving you time and effort. We can set up the system to automatically generate the routine reports and data tables your project needs at the click of a button. Do you need to update your partners and stakeholders about how your projects and programs are going? To make it easier to share information, we provide customized online dashboards and other types of enhanced data visualization. With just a few clicks you can generate graphs, maps, pivot tables, and heatmaps to show the situation on the ground in different ways. While our online dashboards provide an overview of vital project information at a glance. As well as being useful as a central reference point for partners and stakeholders, they also make a fantastic landing page for your project. Key services Analyzing business needs, data flows, and reporting requirements Integrating data from multiple sources into one centralized M&E platform Setting up advanced data visualization including online dashboards Establishing automatic computation of indicators Setting up automated reporting Developing mobile data collection tools which integrate with the M&E platform Providing training in using the M&E suite of tools based on DHIS2 Providing custom development of M&E information solutions to meet specific needs Hosting services for M&E information systems
Experience
Excellence in delivering monitoring and evaluation information systems
Bluesquare has set up more than 20 DHIS2-centered M&E information systems for governments, programs, and international agencies. We’ve also created institutional M&E platforms for several non-profit organizations to manage their project portfolios and operations.
Key experience Establishing and supporting a customized M&E data platform, tools, and analysis for the USAID-funded Integrated Health Program in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Setting up an M&E information system for the elimination of sleeping sickness in DRC Supporting International Foundation for Family Planning (IFFP)’s multi-country M&E platform Our products
Digital products to make your M&E easier and more accurate
DHIS2 SUITE
Comprehensive data management
The world’s largest health information management system — we build additional applications to manage specific needs.
IASO
Managing geospatial data
0ffline data collection tool with a specific angle on spatial related data. Coordination of multiple sources of spatial data.
OpenHEXA
Data integration platform
Integrated data platform making it easy to extract data from multiple sources and run any kind of analysis on top of it.
OpenIMIS
Health financing software
By applying industry standards, openIMIS provides a seamless exchange of beneficiary, health service provider and scheme operator data.
Our other services
We help you use and manage your data better
Health financing
Smarter data management for effective Health Financing Information Systems
Geospatial information
Enhanced geospatial data management for more effective program planning and monitoring
Monitoring & evaluation
Deliver better projects through customized Monitoring and Evaluation Information Systems solutions
Logistics management
Using data to drive better healthcare logistics
Data science for health
Optimizing data use for smarter public health decision making
DHIS2 Hosting
Secure, reliable hosting services for efficient information systems
| 4,799
| 2,109
| 10,760.773352
|
warc
|
202143
|
Black history happens every day, so delegating its celebration to the shortest month of the year is pretty symbolic of how much we respect black culture in the U.S. (Yes, I know it has to do with Fredrick Douglass’ birthday, don’t @ me). Cannabis history has long been connected with our country’s institutionalized racism, and it started long before Nixon’s failed War on Drugs.
Similar to the rest of this country, the hemp industry was built by slave labor. According to writer and cannabis activist D.M. Blunted, “Just before the Revolutionary War broke out, Kentucky was becoming populated with settlers from Virginia, bringing with them hemp seeds and enslaved West Africans. It soon made Kentucky the largest producer of hemp and one of the states with the largest slave populations. Like cotton and tobacco, hemp was a back-breaking crop to produce that paid owners well and continued to fuel the greedy demand for free labor. Kentucky became set as the nation’s leader in hemp for a hundred years until the demand fell during the Civil War in 1861.
“After the South fell to never rise again, Kentucky became the only state with a relevant hemp industry,” Blunted continues in a post on the platform Medium. “That, of course, relied on scamming newly freed black people with sharecropping.”
Cannabis, the kind that gets you stoned, entered the U.S. through two groups: Mexican citizens escaping the violence of the Mexican Revolution, and people immigrating from the Caribbean into New Orleans.
According to the academic paper “High Points: An Historical Geography of Cannabis,” in the 1930s, Harry Anslinger became our country’s first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. He was the asshole who said things like “this was a drug black men used to seduce white women” that “promotes interracial mixing, interracial relationships.” Cannabis was officially outlawed in 1937, partly due to the racists in the country who shared these sentiments with Anslinger.
That was only the beginning of racially charged prohibition policies. In 1971, Nixon announced his War on Drugs, a policy designed to disproportionately target black communities, and it created an industrial prison complex fueled by arresting hundreds of thousands of black people for cannabis possession. A study by the ACLU found that in 2010 more than half of all U.S. drug arrests were for cannabis possession only — and despite consuming cannabis at the same rate as white people, black people were nearly four times more likely to be arrested.
Since the criminalization of cannabis has proven to be a weapon explicitly used against people of color, it is important to recognize the difference between equality and equity when talking about healing these communities. Restorative justice is in order, and solutions range from some jurisdictions offering no-charge expungements for those with cannabis related arrests (like the one in Boulder County) to equity programs that include no-interest loans, technical assistance, business incubation and allocating half of new cannabis business permits to equity businesses.
As the cannabis industry grows, we need to prioritize support and inclusion for black entrepreneurs. Despite a playing field that’s anything but level, there are some black-owned cannabis businesses that are thriving.
Still, it’s not enough to make up for the centuries of injustice around cannabis that have destroyed entire communities and laid the groundwork for the social and economic oppression that continue to haunt the modern cannabis industry. Acknowledging the past and implementing social justice programs as a concrete way to support future generations is just the start, but we still have a long way to go.
If your idea of honoring black history involves getting stoned to Wiz Khalifa and tweeting out a few Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. quotes, you’re doing it wrong.
“The best way to celebrate Black History Month is to acknowledge the plights, tribulations, and triumphs of the Black people around you, all 365 days a year,” Blunted writes. “It’s listening to us when we say, we need more support and y’all giving it. It’s hiring black people for their voices instead of taking them for free and acting like you’re doing them a favor. It’s stepping outside of your comfort zone and speaking out for our rights. Overall these are all simple examples, that you can apply to your life as easily as buying black in the month of June.”
| 4,607
| 2,274
| 9,005.327617
|
warc
|
202143
|
Femilon Tablet
Femilon is a combination drug used for oral contraception (prevention). Buy femilon tablet from the most trusted online medicine mart buyfirstmeds.com at the best price.
What are Femilon Tablets?
Femilon tablets are a combination of oral contraceptives. This tablet impedes the movement of sperm in the uterus and prevents the release (ovulation) of the egg and the binding of the sperm to the egg. These tablets also change the inner wall of the uterus, making them unsuitable for pregnancy.
Who is the manufacturer of Femilon?
Organon LLC is one of the leading pharmaceutical companies.
How do Femilon tablets work?
Femilon tablets are oral contraceptives. It works by preventing the release (ovulation) of the egg, blocking the movement of sperm in the uterus, and preventing sperm from connecting to the egg. It also changes the endometrium, making it unsuitable for pregnancy.
What is the purpose of Femilon Tablet? contraception
The combined hormone preparation Femilon Tablets are used to prevent pregnancy. It contains two hormones: progestogen and estrogen. The Femilon Tablet works primarily by preventing the release (ovulation) of eggs during the menstrual cycle. It also changes the inner wall of the uterus (uterus) to thicken the vaginal fluid, preventing sperm from entering the egg (fertilization) and preventing fertilized eggs from adhering. If the fertilized egg does not attach to the uterus, it will come out of the body.
Oral contraceptives can not only prevent pregnancy, but also make the menstrual cycle more regular, reduce bleeding and painful periods, reduce the risk of ovarian cysts, and treat acne.
The use of Femilon Tablet does not protect you or your partner from sexually transmitted diseases (HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, etc.).
How to take Femilon? Take this medicine at the dose and duration recommended by your doctor. Swallow the whole. Do not chew or crush. Femilon tablets can be taken with or without food, but for maximum benefit, they should be taken at the same time. Start taking the pill on the day of your first menstrual cycle, continue for a month, and when the pack is finished, start with a new pack. If you experience vomiting within 4 hours of taking, take another tablet. It may take up to 7 days to get used to the drug, so use a condom for the first week to avoid pregnancy. If you miss a dose and are 12 hours late, you will need to use a condom for 2 days during sexual intercourse. What are the Side Effects? Hair loss Rash Missed or irregular menstrual periods Weight gain Flu-like symptoms Swelling Troubled breathing and swallowing Change in the texture of breast skin and nipples Nausea Abdominal pain Diarrhea Vomiting Depression Breast pain and tenderness Dizziness Back pain Headache What are the Dosage Instructions? Missed Dose
If you forget it, take it as soon as you remember it. When it’s time for your next regular dose, don’t take the missed dose. Do not take “double” medication during treatment.
Overdose:
Overdose of Ethinyl estradiol and drospirenone can cause symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and abnormal bleeding.
Interaction with other drugs
Some drugs can affect Femilon. Tell your doctor about all your current medications and medical history. Several drugs that can interact with this drug are aromatase inhibitors (anastrozole, exemestane), raloxifene, sodium tetradecyl sulfate, tamoxifen, and tizanidine.
Femilon can increase blood potassium levels. Some other drugs include aliskiren, ACE inhibitors such as enalapril/lisinopril, angiotensin receptor blockers such as losartan / balsartan, NSAIDs such as heparin, ibuprofen/naproxen, and blood potassium such as potassium-sparing water tablets. included. Figure. / Spironolactone / Spironolactone / Diuretics such as triamterene). Your doctor will recognize the interaction and prescribe the appropriate medication.
Warnings
Before taking Femilon, consult your doctor if you have:
You are allergic to Ethinyl estradiol, desogestrel, or any other component of this medicine. You have or have had a blood clot in your legs (deep vein thrombosis, DVT), lungs (pulmonary embolism, PE), or other organs. You have or have had a heart attack or stroke, angina (a condition that causes severe chest pain and maybe the first sign of a heart attack). you have a migraine called aura migraine. There is a suspicion of breast or genital cancer. Unexplained vaginal bleeding Excessive growth of the endometrium (uterus) If you have sickle cell disease (a genetic disorder of red blood cells) Epilepsy Elevated blood sugar (hypertriglyceridemia) varicose veins Storage
Store at room temperature (10-30°C)
| 4,695
| 2,188
| 9,969.364717
|
warc
|
202143
|
Tadarise 40mg
Tadarise 40mg Tadalafil is a medicine for men who suffer from erectile dysfunction and when its use is allowed almost all men achieve the quality of an erection and therefore have better sex. Buy Tadarise 40mg can work up to 36 hours, it is much longer than other products.
With prolonged exposure to Tadarise, it became the most prescribed drug for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. Tadalafil contains a substance that stimulates blood circulation to the penis during sexual stimulation leading to an erection.
Buy Tadarise from the most trusted online Pharmacy Buyfirstmeds and get the best deal.
What is Tadarise 40mg?
Tadarise 40mg Tadalafil is a medicine for men who suffer from erectile dysfunction or erectile dysfunction if and when its use is allowed, virtually all men achieve erection quality and therefore have better sexual intercourse.
Tadarise contains a substance that stimulates blood flow to the penis during sexual stimulation leading to an erection. Tadarise40 mg has become in recent years one of the most popular drugs to treat erectile dysfunction.
How does Tadarise 40mg work?
Tadarise 40 mg contains the active ingredient Tadalafil. This medicine works by preventing the enzyme phosphodiesterase-5 from working to widen or relax blood vessels and improve blood flow to the penis. Increased blood flow leads to an erection. The drug will only help in the erection process, but sexual stimulation is needed for it to work. Tadalafil also helps BPH by relaxing the muscles of the prostate and the bladder area to improve blood flow.
What are Active Ingredients of Tadarise 40mg?
Tadalafil
Who is the Manufacturer of Tadarise 40mg?
Sunrise Remedies Pvt Ltd. is one of the leading pharmaceutical companies.
What Is the Generic Name for Tadarise?
Tadalafil is the generic version for Tadarise.
Which USA Brand is Equivalent to Tadarise 40mg?
Cialis is branded version available in the USA
What are the Uses of Tadarise 40mg? Erectile Dysfunction Benign prostatic hyperplasia Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Tadarise 40mg tablet is used to treat erectile dysfunction in men. It relaxes the smooth muscles present in the wall of blood vessels and helps increase blood flow to certain specific areas of the body. It is used for the treatment of erection disorders, enlarged prostate gland, and pulmonary hypertension.
How to take Tadarise 40mg?
Take this medicine at the dosage and duration recommended by your doctor. Swallowing the whole. Do not chew, crush or break. This tablet can be taken with or without meals, but it is recommended to take it at the specified time.
Tadarise Dosage Tadarise 2.5mg Tadarise 5mg Tadarise 10mg Tadarise 40mg Tadarise Pro 40mg Tadarise 60mg Super Tadarise Tadarise Oral Jelly What are the dosage instructions For Tadarise 40mg? Missed dose:
You can take this medicine at any time. Don’t forget to take it before sex. If you forget, blow 1 dose and do not take more than the next 2 times if you forget 1 or 2 times.
Overdosage:
Ask for urgent medical attention or consult your doctor in case of an overdose.
What are the Side Effects of Tadarise tablets? Major and minor side effects of Tadarise 40mg tablets are; Diarrhea Dizziness Fainting Headache Hearing loss Nausea Sweating Blurred vision What if you forgot your Tadarise dose?
in case you forget, Take it as soon as possible. However, if the time for the next dose has elapsed, the forgotten person does not drink and returns to the normal time. Do not take it twice.
When not to take the drug
Do not take it without a prescription. If you have allergic reactions to any of the components of the medicine, you should not take it.
Do not take it with nitrates or medications for heart problems.
What to avoid while taking Tadarise 40mg Avoid drinking alcohol Avoid smoking Avoid junk food or high-fat diets Strictly avoid taking over-the-counter medications What are the Precautions and Warnings for Tadarise 40mg?
Avoid taking the medicine if you have an allergic reaction to any of the ingredients in the medicine.
It is not recommended to consume grapefruit or grapefruit juice because it can increase the levels of tadalafil (Tadarise) in the blood, thus increasing the risk of side effects.
It is not recommended to use this medicine if you have a known history of tadalafil or any other component present in the dosage form.
If you have a serious heart condition or have had a recent heart attack, avoid it.
If you have recently had a stroke. If you have low blood pressure or uncontrolled hypertension, do not consume it.
Do not use it during alcohol administration or during pregnancy and lactation.
What are the Common Drug interactions? Acebutolol Somatropin Zafirlukast Erythromycin Ketoconazole Paracetamol FAQs For Tadarise 40mg How should the Tadarise 40 mg tablet be stored?
Store Tadarise 40 mg at room temperature in a dark, clean, dry place.
How long does the effect last?
The effect of this drug lasts an average of 36 to 40 hours.
Is this drug safe with alcohol?
Review of Tadarise 40 Alcohol should be avoided or kept to a minimum while taking Tadarise 40 mg. Symptoms such as dizziness, fainting, flushing, and headache should be reported to your doctor.
Is Tadalafil safe?
Tadalafil is a safe and well-tolerated medicine. Tadalafil that was taken up to once a day for 18 to 24 months was safe and well-tolerated. These results support the long-term use of Tadarise 40 mg in the clinical management of ED.
Safety information
Tadarise 40 Review provides only general information about medicines. It does not include all direct able drug combinations or precautions. The information on the site cannot be used for self-administration and diagnosis. Specific instructions for specific patients should be checked with a medical consultant or treating physician. We do not declare the accuracy of this information or any errors that may occur. Tadarise 40 Tadalafil Tablet We are not responsible for any direct, indirect, special, or other consequential, and self-medicated consequences of the use of any information on this site.
| 6,127
| 2,613
| 14,242.402602
|
warc
|
202143
|
In 2021, tuition for full-time students at University of West Georgia was $5,464 a year for in-state students and $19,282 a year for out-of-state students. On average, college tuition rises about 3 percent a year.
If these numbers seem daunting, remember, the "sticker price" of tuition doesn't give you enough information to determine the actual cost. Many students pay far less than the total tuition after grants, scholarships, and tuition discounts kick in. Plus, student loans can make the amount you do have to pay for college more manageable.
University of West Georgia is a public, state institution, so it offers a reduced tuition rate of $5,464 for in-state students who attend full-time.
Public schools receive funds from the state to help them cover costs. Public, state schools can offer lower tuition for students who meet the requirements for in-state residency.
Attending a school where you qualify for in-state tuition can save significant money on the overall cost of college. Every state has their own rules about what makes someone eligible for in-state tuition. The most common requirement is that students must have lived in the state for a full year before starting school.
University of West Georgia has the same tuition for international students as for those from out of state.
International students are not eligible for federal financial aid, but may be eligible for school-specific aid and scholarships. International students with need may be eligible for the following types of financial support:
On-campus jobs
Loans from outsideUniversity of West Georgia
University of West Georgia-specific loans
Athletic Awards
University of West Georgia-specific scholarships
International Students Tuition Waivers
In addition to tuition, there are other costs associated with college, like room and board, facility fees, and books and supplies.
Room and board at University of West Georgia is $10,584 a year. This includes the cost of living in dorms or other campus housing, plus a meal plan that allows you to eat in the school dining facilities. Students who live off campus but still want to use the dining facility can pay for a meal plan. The cost of board-only is $4,050.
Board costs may vary depending on how many meals are included in the meal plan you choose.
The cost of books often surprises first-year college students. At University of West Georgia, you can expect to pay about $1,500 a year for books and supplies. This does not count the initial cost of a computer or other technology. The actual cost of books depends on the courses you take and the materials required.
Most schools also have fees to help cover the cost of facilties, like the library, gym and computer labs. Full-time undergrads at University of West Georgia pay $2,150 in fees each academic year.
There may also be optional fees associated with participating in certain activities, like joining a fraternity or sorority, or playing on an intramural sports team, may mean additional fees.
The total cost of transportation in college can really vary. It depends on if you drive or fly to get to school, own a car, or if you prefer to walk or take public transportation to get around campus.
A school's location can impact transportation costs. The University of West Georgia campus is in a small town setting in Georgia, not far from Atlanta. First-year students are allowed to park a car on campus.
For University of West Georgia students, $4,395 is good ballpark for transportation costs for on-campus students. $3,150 is a good estimate for transportation costs for students who live off campus.
When creating a budget for college, don’t forget to leave some room in your budget for personal expenses, like entertainment, clothes, furnishings and toiletries.
Let’s look at the breakdown of all expenses, which can add up for both on-campus and off-campus students.
2021 Total Tuition and Expenses In-state Tuition $5,464 Out-of-State Tuition $19,282 Room and Board $10,584 Board Only $3,150 Books and Supplies $1,500 Yearly Fees $2,150 Transportation $4,395 Other expenses $1,800
Total Estimated Costs
Tuition and fees may vary depending on program, course level, location, and more.
University of West Georgia’s tuition and fees change based on: B
The majority of University of West Georgia undergrads use financial aid to to cover the cost of tuition. In 2021, 5,349 of the 10,331 undergrads enrolled received financial aid. University of West Georgia meets 48 percent of the demonstrated financial need for undergraduates.
The average financial aid package for a full-time, first-year student is around $8,380.88 a year. Around 78 percent of University of West Georgia undergrads take out student loans to cover any remaining costs. University of West Georgia graduates who have student loans graduate with an average of $27,242 of student loan debt.
The average debt for each loan type varies.
Average Debt By Loan Type Federal Loans $25,532 State Loans $9,804 University of West Georgia-Specific Loans $0 Private Loans $18,548
Most Common Loans for University of West Georgia Students Federal Loans 77% State loans 2% Private loans 7%
Most students take out institutional or government loans, because they tend to have lower interest rates and more flexible repayment options than private loans. Loans from the federal government can be subsidized or unsubsidized. Subsidized loans do not accrue interest during school, while unsubsidized loans begin accruing interest at the time the loan is issued. If students do no qualify for enough federal loans to cover the cost of tuition, some take out private loans. Parents can also take out ParentPLUS loans, which are government loans for parents who are helping their children pay for college.
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) helps colleges determine how much financial need students and their familes have, so they can offer a financial aid package that meets, or come close to meeting, their need. For more information on University of West Georgia financial aid, keep reading, or visit their financial aid website.
Some students may receive grants and scholarships to help pay for college. Unlike loans, scholarships and grants do not have to be paid back.
In 2021, University of West Georgia awarded 3,772 need-based scholarships to students, giving away total of $0 to help students with financial need cover the cost of school.
The net price of college is the actual cost of attending a school for one year. Net cost is calculated by subtracting any scholarships, grants or other aid that does not need to be paid back from the total cost. Student loans are not part of the calculation, because they need to be repaid.
Now that we have a sense of the total estimated costs for University of West Georgia students, we can subtract the average financial aid package to find the estimated net cost. Net cost can vary depending on a students’ need and the financial aid award received.
When considering whether a school fits your budget, it is important to consider the estimated net cost, not just the sticker price of tuition. Often, schools with the highest tuition also offer the most generous aid packages, so estimate your net cost before eliminating a school because it does fit your budget.
The average amount of financial aid received by a full-time first year student with demonstrated need at University of West Georgia was $8,380.88 in 2021. By substracting the average financial aid package from the estimated costs, we get a number that may make the cost of University of West Georgia seem more manageable.
Estimated Net Cost for Full-Time Students In-State, On-Campus $4,736.24 Net In-state, Off-campus $5,683.12 Out-of-State, On-Campus $26,935.12
What will attending University of West Georgia really cost you? The answer depends on several factors.
As of 2011, colleges are required to have a net price calculator on their website to help prospective students and their families get a better idea of the actual cost of attending that school, based on their financial situation. You can find the University of West Georgia's net cost calculator on their website.
Some students choose to use payment plans to make the cost of tuition fit more comfortably in their budget.
University of West Georgia does not have guaranteed tuition.
The school offers a Prepaid Tuition Plan, which is a type of college savings plan that enables people to purchase future credits for their children at today's rate. It is best for people who are sure they or their child will attend a public school in their state.
University of West Georgia offers an Installment Payment Plan, which allows students to pay tuition in a series of smaller chunks instead of one lump sum.
Schools sometimes offer tuition waivers to certain groups to cover some or all of the cost of tuition. Some schools offer them for employees and their family, underrepresented students, or military students. Even with a tuition waiver, other expenses and fees are the responsibility of the student
University of West Georgia has some full or partial tuition waivers available for: International Students
Check the financial aid website for more information on payment plans and tuition waivers.
| 9,318
| 3,650
| 23,598.792329
|
warc
|
202143
|
The government sets specific chemical limits for the presence of alcohol in someone’s body while they drive to protect the public. Those driving a commercial vehicle cannot have a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) higher than 0.04%. Those driving standard passenger vehicles will face arrest if their BAC reaches 0.08%.
For those who are not yet old enough to drink lawfully, Colorado has a zero-tolerance policy. A young adult does not have to be anywhere near the legal limit for alcohol to face underage drunk driving charges. If your family frequently attends religious services, like a Catholic mass, where alcohol plays a role, could your faith be a defense against a teenage drunk driving charge?
Religious alcohol consumption likely wouldn’t trigger charges
In theory, there is nothing illegal about young adults consuming alcohol as part of their religious observances. Children as young as eight years old may receive communion wine at a Catholic service, for example.
Traditionally, alcohol drunk at these services comes in very small amounts and may also have water added before people consume it. Colorado’s zero-tolerance law already reflects the possibility that a young adult might consume a small amount of alcohol for medical or religious purposes.
The teenager taking a breath test will have to have a blood alcohol concentration of 0.02% or higher to fail the test. A single sip of wine will rarely be enough to push someone’s BAC over the limit for the zero-tolerance law. Learning more about the rules that apply to underage drunk-driving charges in Colorado can help you or a loved one defend themselves in court.
| 1,663
| 848
| 3,208.334906
|
warc
|
202143
|
Search for dissertations about: "kontrakt"
Showing result
1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the word kontrakt.
Abstract : .... READ MORE
Abstract : There have been many cost overruns, time delays and quality problems reported from geotechnical engineering projects around the world during recent decades. Many of the reported problems are associated with risks related to the geotechnical conditions. READ MORE
Abstract : Requirements engineering (RE) is a well-established practice that is also emphasized in safety standards such as IEC 61508 and ISO 26262. Safety standards advocate a particularly stringent RE where requirements must be structured in an hierarchical manner in accordance with the system architecture; at each level, requirements must be allocated to heterogeneous (SW, HW, mechanical, electrical, etc. READ MORE
Abstract : This doctoral thesis within applied ethics consists of four articles together with a cover essay. All articles concern the ethics of skilled health worker emigration from under-served and resourcepoor regions, often referred to as ‘medical brain drain’. READ MORE
Abstract : Among policy-makers in Europe the modal shift - a shift från polluting modes of freight transport to less polluting modes - has been a popular suggestion for reducing CO2-emissions of transportation. In particular, intermodal road-rail solutions, where a combination of road and rail transport is utilized to move trailers and containers, have been stressed as an important measure to reach de desired reduction in emissions. READ MORE
| 1,591
| 838
| 2,971.25895
|
warc
|
202143
|
Find out which low calorie snacks Dr. Oz recommends.
While the concept of a 100-calorie snack is very tempting, not all snacks are created equal. As food journalist and author Mark Schatzker discovered, highly-processed foods will make you feel hungrier faster than nutritious fiber-filled foods. In some cases, certain snack packs can actually lead to people packing on the pounds, since these pre-portioned treats give the illusion of control and lead to overeating down the road. If you are looking for a healthy snack for minimal calories, follow our formula: protein + fiber and a bit of indulgence. Here are our five picks.
Zucchini Noodles With Cottage Cheese
Want a healthier version of your favorite macaroni and cheese? Try zucchini noodles! Affectionately nicknamed ‘zoodles’, this healthy pasta alternative is full of water and fiber and low in carbs and calories. When you warm the zoodles up on the stove and add ½ cup of protein-rich fat-free cottage cheese to the mix, you will enjoy the same gooey, cheesy taste for way less calories and fat. Feel free to add your favorite hot sauce and other spices to give this dish a kick.
More: Pesto Zoodles
| 1,184
| 682
| 2,019.049853
|
warc
|
202143
|
Many of us do not realize that there are over fifty spices and herbs commonly utilized in Italian cooking. Italian’s use most of these herbs and spices frequently, but most are just not as generally known. Fortunately, many of us can start our personal Italian herb backyard at home to assist us cook dinner some of our most favorite Italian meals. Prior to you can begin any Italian herb garden, you need to know the 5 important herbs. These consist of rosemary, oregano, basil, thyme, parsley, and sage.
The most expensive potatoes arrive from France and are known as La Bonnotte. Cultivation is restricted to the island of Noirmoutier and only about one hundred tonnes are produced annually. Like macadamia nuts, these potatoes are somewhat fussy about the conditions under which they develop; only seaweed serves as fertiliser and they only grow close to the coastline. One kilogram will set you back again about $689.
And if all of these fall short, the final vacation resort is the cortisone shot. Cortisone is a steroid hormone that is very effective in suppressing the immune system which helps to decrease inflammation, swelling and discomfort. It is the fastest reduction for gout discomfort but it is also the one that gives the most severe aspect results. Steroids do not take years to damage your method, long term and crippling damages can happen within months after the therapy started.
Some of the other herbs that you can use in an Italian herb backyard are types like: Allspice, arrow root, bay leaves, capers, caraway seeds, ginger, garlic, fennel, cumin, cinnamon, chives, celery, chervil, cilantro, cardamom, lavender, horseradish, juniper berries, mustard, onion, marjoram, lemon verbena, mint, onion, crimson pepper, poppy seeds, vanilla, turmeric, sorrel, and even Saffron Iran.
Sound rest is extremely important kashmir Saffron for wholesome damage totally free hair. A 7 hour in time every day rest should by no means be compromised if you want to stop hair drop.
Skim the body fat off the leading of soups and stews. If there is as well much body fat in your soup or stew, cool the dish totally and permit the body fat to rise to the surface area. Place an ice cube in a spoon and rub it gently on your dish. Body fat that collects on an ice dice or a chilled spoon that runs across the surface area of your soup or stew broth will not remove as a lot excess body fat as allowing the dish to completely awesome. You could also use a folded-up paper towel to absorb any excess fat.
Cerulean Metropolis is an important city, as the coach enters and exits the town frequently on his journey, due to the numerous routes and locations it has accessibility to. It is a town of peace and tranquility, despite the reality that it rests on top of a cave that is overrun by extremely strong Pokemon.
| 2,829
| 1,473
| 5,408.325866
|
warc
|
202143
|
What would you think if your pastor spent the night in tent town? Pastor Shauna Hyde brings her experience in, not only ministering to the homeless, but becoming such a welcome part of their world, that she is known as “The Vicar of Tent Town.” I struggle to be accepting and understanding when organizations refuse…
Showing 253–264 of 287 results
$9.99 $9.99
Preview / Retailers Are you a runner? Do you want to be? Are you running the race toward God’s high calling for you? This is the book for you. There are plenty of devotional books available these days. No matter what your activity, there’s a devotional book for that. Many of these books are sweet,…
$5.99
Have you ever seen a passage in the New Testament that was placed in brackets, or a footnote at the bottom of a page referring to “ancient authorities” or “manuscripts”? Most people scratch their heads and just keep reading, but these notes are very important. So is understanding why they’re even there. In this short…
$14.99
Preview / Retailers Are there any solutions to dying churches? Many historic Protestant churches lost their way when the ground beneath their feet began to shift in the last part of the 20th century. Back then, congregations became confused about why so many Americans had become indifferent toward church-going. They became anxious about their shrinking…
$9.99
Some in the church find it very difficult to talk about money, but it’s a subject that cannot be avoided. The church needs money to continue to function. Missionaries need money to carry the gospel. As a result, however reluctant we are to talk about it, we have to do so. And when we do…
$5.99
Preview / Retailers Is there such a thing as Christian existentialism? Existentialism is a philosophical school of thought unique in being based on feeling and experience rather than on the traditional foundations of philosophy. Many of its proponents have been atheists or can be considered opponents of religion. With this history, can there be such…
$5.99
Not content to just say “no,” Kevin Brown sets about to give us a positive view of godly relationships. What does the Bible suggest about the way we should go about finding a partner? How should children and young people behave? What are the responsibilities of parents? Kevin Brown believes there are positive principles we…
$12.99
This study guide to the book of Hebrews is designed for individual or small group studies. Its 13 lessons are ideal for Sunday School classes, small study or prayer groups and Wednesday evening studies. The guide is based on the participatory method, developed by author Henry Neufeld to help lay people learn to understand the…
$9.99
“Prayer changes things.” It’s a common saying, and too often Christian discussion of prayer deals only with how we can change other things and other people through prayer. But what if prayer is much more than we imagine? What if it is also the means of correcting our relationship to the Creator and at the…
$9.99
Preview / Retailers The pages of the New Testament contain some 340 questions Jesus asked: “Who are my mother and my brothers?” “Now which of them will love him more?” “Why are you so afraid?” “Do you still have no faith? “Do you want to get well?” “Who do people say that I am?” Why…
| 3,481
| 1,745
| 6,533.108883
|
warc
|
202143
|
Our colleagues in Rare Disease Ireland (RDI) are currently seeking feedback from people living with rare conditions about their experience of accessing diagnosis, treatment and care in Ireland.
While epilepsy is not rare, there are rare forms of the condition. In addition, epilepsy can also be a feature of other rare conditions.
Examples of the above would be Lennox Gastaut Syndrome, Dravet Syndrome or Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) disorder.
Therefore, this survey from RDI may be of interest to some of our members, volunteers and supporters.
If you a person living with a rare condition or a family member of a person with a rare condition, you can share your experience by taking the survey below:
Remember if you need any support or advice regarding your or your family member’s epilepsy, please do not hesitate to get in touch with your local Community Resource Officer.
| 894
| 512
| 1,540.054688
|
warc
|
202143
|
We are a rapidly growing agric and agric-manufacturing organisation that needs to formalise and document all our organisational processes and procedures. Our core business is the manufacture of poultry feed, with other factories for the processing soybeans and manufacturing high-quality maize flour. We are backward integrated into commodity storage and commercial farming.
The roll/need is that of a business analyst/ procedure writer that can identify and articulate into a list, the processes in the company. Followed by the development, filing and training of the employees.
The need that we as a company have, can be further defined in the following steps:
1) Identify and create a comprehensive list of all business process and procedures across the organisation including those that are currently being followed, those that are immediately required and those that will be required as the company grows or matures. These will likely be categorised by department and subcategorised by team or business unit. For example, the Warehousing and Logistics Department will have procedures that relate to the department as a whole, then procedures that relate specifically to the units within the warehousing department, such as input storage management, stock level control, pest management etc. This list will be created through consultation with all executives and heads of departments of the company.
2) Prioritise this procedure list, identifying the order in which the procedures will be documented or developed i.e. the most important procedures that the company requires to support consistency within its current operations to support growth and efficiency now, will be developed first.
3) Determine and agree the draft, review, approve cycle and identify and determine the review teams for each process or procedure. The individuals within the organisation that will sit with and review the developed procedure and sign off on the procedure once documented or created.
4) Review, update or overhaul the procedure documentation format, creating a standard template for all procedure documents.
5) Determine how the procedures will be stored so that they can easily be searched and retrieved, while also ensuring access control based on authority or management level within the company.
6) Begin the development of the procedures through a cycle of draft, review, re-engineer:
- Ensure the procedures are simple and can be understood by the reader for which it is intended
- Develop the procedure in line with what is desired or required, rather than what may be happening now.
7) Load these to the procedure repository to create the company’s procedure manual and set appropriate access control
8) Perform the required training to ensure that employees are aware and understand the processes and procedures, the support documents, the people or teams involved in the process and where to find the information should they need.
Our long term intention is to fill this position permanently, however in the interim, we seek a freelancer to drive this work stream for a period of 12 months.
The project is further articulated in the attached document.
17 freelances font une offre moyenne de 27 $/heure pour ce travail
I can provide support in documenting As-Is, documenting the current and future procedures in story format and managing them through Sprints, and provide Agile training to the team
| 3,424
| 1,561
| 7,459.976938
|
warc
|
202143
|
20080240864 Assembly, transportation and installation of deepwater windpower plant October, 2008 Belinsky 20090263195 TRENCHING AND DRAIN INSTALLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD October, 2009 Horan et al. 20090185864 Automatic flooding protection for underground ventilation ducts July, 2009 Waters Jr. 20080292407 System and Method for Installing Foundation Elements November, 2008 Jonker et al. 20090208289 Half and half gate August, 2009 Flury 20090202303 Enhanced wave power generators August, 2009 Jean et al. 20090142143 Fly Ash Bentonite Slurry Mixture for Slurry Wall Construction June, 2009 Peters 20090243410 Vibration generator October, 2009 Kleibl et al. 20080145151 GUIDE APPARATUS TO GUIDE AXIAL PIPE MOVEMENT June, 2008 Rodrigue 20100008733 Arrangement for Stabilization of a Floating Foundation January, 2010 Stiesdal 20060275087 Soil extraction/grouting device December, 2006 Trout
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Patent application Ser. No. 09/980,844 filed Oct. 22, 2001.
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The invention relates generally to offshore platforms and buoys with hull based separator and storage vessels and tanks for containment of hydrocarbon gases and their hydrate forms.
[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0005] Deepwater oil discoveries of hydrocarbons coupled with long distances to pipeline infrastructure cause small amounts of associated gas to be an increasing limitation to obtaining offshore domestic energy. Present solutions require installing extensive pipelines in increasingly deep water with very high capital expenditures that frequently prevent projects from going forward, increasing foreign oil import. Solutions in the past allowed reinjection of gas, although this is now not considered a responsible natural resource by operators.
[0006] Regulations in the interest of gaining the maximum value from natural resources and heightened environmental awareness, limit flaring, venting and re-injection of gas and give rise to the necessity of deep water offshore gas compression with storage and transit to the market without pipelines when they are cost prohibitive.
[0007] A solution to this issue would be to utilize economic floating platforms to collect, separate water and condensate, and store the hydrocarbon gas in a pressurized and/or cooled state for transfer by similar means as a mobile shuttle vessel. This approach is commonly used for storage and shuttling of oil around the world via floating storage and offloading vessels termed FSO's or FPSO's with processing facilities as well. Transit ships for compressed natural gas (CNG) storage have been proposed and are being planned. However, the implementation of a fixed floating platform for storage of CNG has not been addressed in the marketplace. A related need is for a platform or facility that permits storage of the solid form of hydrocarbon gases, or their hydrate form as solids, within a floating platform.
[0008] The present invention provides an offshore floating facility for storage of hydrocarbon gas under controlled pressure and temperature and/or for storage of the hydrate form of hydrocarbons gas.
[0009] For further understanding of the nature and objects of the present invention, reference should be had to the following drawings in which like parts are given like reference numerals and wherein:
[0010]
[0011]
[0012]
[0013]
[0014] PCT international application serial number PCT/US00/10936, entitled “Satellite Separator Platform” describes a floating vessel having a floating hull structure with a center column assembly that is extendable and retractable with respect to the hull structure. PCT/US00/10936, which is owned by the assignee of the present invention, is hereby incorporated herein by reference. That application describes the use of fluid separators within the center column assembly of the platform. In accordance with the present invention, there are provided means within the floating hull as well as atop the hull for storage of compressed gases and solid hydrates. Additionally, such storage may be provided within the center column assembly.
[0015]
[0016] The elevation view provided by
[0017] Embodiments of the present invention provide for an offshore floating structure with separators and/or storage vessels for containment and control of gaseous or hydrate forms of hydrocarbons in either the center column assembly
[0018] Additionally, temporary/interim storage of hydrocarbon gases and/or solid hydrates may be accomplished within the context of the present invention within floating platforms having designs other than that of the floating vessel
[0019] In addition, the platform
[0020] The best mode and preferred embodiments of the invention have been described. It is to be understood that the invention is not limited, thereto, but rather is to be measured by the scope and spirit of appended claims.
| 4,939
| 2,300
| 10,537.24913
|
warc
|
202143
|
Stocks Rebound on Progress Toward U.S. Debt Ceiling Resolution
The unrelated moves eased growing angst among investors about the possibility of a historic default on U.S. government debt and surging Dutch wholesale gas prices, the European benchmark, that had jumped eightfold this year to record highs.
Rising U.S. and European natural gas prices, along with a surge in crude oil, had fueled a rising inflation outlook that also was stoked by a persistent disruption of supply chains for manufactured goods.
Yields on one-month Treasury bills tumbled after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said his party would support an extension of the federal debt ceiling into December. Republicans had been expected on Wednesday to block a third attempt by Senate Democrats to raise the $28.4 trillion federal debt ceiling.
“There was a lot of nervousness that time was running out on debt ceiling talks,” said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at OANDA in New York.
But the primary catalyst for the day’s volatile market moves was the Russian decisions on natural gas, Moya said.
“The global energy crisis was becoming a focal point for inflation concerns,” Moya said.
Earlier, a strong private payrolls report helped boost expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve would soon taper its massive bond purchases.
U.S. private payrolls increased by 568,000 jobs in September as COVID-19 infections subsided, or 140,000 more than economists polled by Reuters had forecast, according to the employment report from ADP that pointed to a recovering jobs market.
Unless Friday’s non-farms payroll report is an absolute disaster, a taper announcement by the Fed in November can be expected with its quantitative easing program over by mid-2022, said David Petrosinelli, senior trader at InspereX in New York.
“QE buying, right now at full bore, at worst is limited or has no effect,” Petrosinelli said, adding that inflationary pricing pressures in the economy are daunting.
“They’re (the Fed) going to have to raise interest rates in 2022,” Petrosinelli added.
MSCI’s all-country world index pared losses to trade 0.22% lower, while the broad Euro STOXX 600 index closed down 1.03%.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.08%, the S&P 500 gained 0.16% and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.27%.
In Europe, euro zone yields rose as a government bond sell-off extended on Wednesday on inflation concerns and potential monetary policy tightening. A gauge of German inflation expectations hit its highest since May 2013.
Germany’s 10-year government bond yield, the benchmark of the euro zone, rose as much as 4 basis points and hit its highest since the end of June at -0.147%.
Yields on the U.S. Treasury 10-year benchmark fell from more than three-month peaks, as investors pulled back from recent selling to buy the note. But the outlook for rates remained tilted to the upside amid optimism about growth.
The 10-year note’s yield fell 0.9 basis points to 1.5224%.
The dollar rose toward a one-year high touched last week as inflation concerns fueled by surging energy prices and the outlook for rising rates knocked investors’ appetite for riskier assets.
The dollar index, which tracks the greenback versus a basket of six currencies, rose 0.238% to 94.229.
The euro was down 0.35% at $1.1555, while the yen traded down 0.03% at $111.4200.
The New Zealand dollar earlier extended losses after barely budging on the Reserve Bank of New Zealand lifting its official cash rate for the first time in seven years.
Oil prices dropped nearly 2% after hitting multi-year highs, a step back from recent torrid gains after U.S. crude inventories rose unexpectedly.
Behind oil’s recent climb were concerns about energy supply and a decision on Monday by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies to stick to a planned output increase rather than raising it further. [O/R]
Brent crude futures fell 1.79% to settle at $81.08 a barrel. U.S. crude settled down 1.90% to $77.43 a barrel.
(Reporting by Herbert Lash; Editing by Will Dunham)
| 4,158
| 2,157
| 7,809.020862
|
warc
|
202143
|
A new development of “four or five homes” in a field by a Herefordshire village has taken a step closer to approval, despite more than 40 local objections and opposition from the parish council.
Only “permission in principle” was sought for the plot on the south-east edge of Llangrove, between Ross-on-Wye and Monmouth, in a resubmitted application – the difference being that now, “the detailed drainage constraints have been addressed with a positive Habitat Regulations Assessment endorsed by Natural England”, the official planning report said.
Under this route to planning approval, the “permission in principle” stage establishes whether a site is suitable in theory, while a second, “technical details consent” stage assesses the development proposals in detail.
“Other issues will be considered and addressed through the submission of additional information to be required as part of a technical details consent and are not sufficient at this stage to justify withholding permission in principle,” the report said.
The parish council had said the application lacked “any detailed information on the proposed housing design, size and character or even drainage”, without which “no meaningful scrutiny is feasible”.
This site is 800m from, and within the catchment area of, the Garron Brook which feeds into the River Wye, the parish council said.
A recent planning application for another field outside the Llangrove boundary was dismissed at appeal in July, “largely based on the effect on the integrity of the River Wye SAC (special area of conservation) with particular regard to drainage”, it pointed out.
This, it said, “must therefore set a precedent for rejection” of this latest application.
Given the county now has a 6.9-year housing supply, the application “is not therefore required by Herefordshire Council, the Llangarron Parish Council NDP (neighbourhood development plan), by anyone in the parish or in the village of Llangrove”, the parish council said.
“On that basis it should be rejected forthwith.”
Check on the weather in your part of Herefordshire with our widget powered by InYourArea.
But the officer’s report said that surface water “can be managed through relevant onsite sustainable drainage systems that can be subject to a fully detailed submission at the technical details approval stage”.
It therefore concluded there would be “no adverse effects on the integrity of the SAC; subject to appropriate mitigation being secured”.
Officials also considered that the Llangrove NDP, currently being worked on, “has not progressed to a stage where it can be afforded overriding weight”.
| 2,793
| 1,340
| 5,456.771642
|
warc
|
202143
|
Give customers the same experience you would expect for yourself: Omar Wala
12 Oct 2021
Omar Wala.
The adage goes, “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Omar Wala believes this to be true, offering customers the same experience that he would want for himself.
He offers construction management, development, remodels, and asset-based financing services for the affordable housing sector. Wala has even completed projects such as homeless shelters, and religious buildings for communities that need them.
Overcoming Challenges in Affordable Housing Construction
There are challenges that Wala must regularly overcome in his specific construction niche. Government agencies, in particular, pose one of the biggest hurdles faced by his business.
New programs are constantly being proposed, and implemented at the city and federal levels, requiring Wala and his team to remain up to date on the changes that take place.
He admittedly states that part of handling the sector means embracing the nature and agenda of these programs because they best serve the business and community as a whole.
Like any entrepreneur, Wala was met with challenges when initially building his business. Construction takes a significant amount of initial capital, and capital must be continually procured in order to purchase ‘fix and flip’ sites, development locations, architectural plans, environmental testing, permits, and more.
To accommodate his growing business, Wala was required to take income from several jobs and reinvest it, which then allowed him to make business purchases.
How Omar Wala Attracts Customers
Business owners, especially those in construction, are tasked with not only bringing in new customers, but also retaining existing ones. Wala uses honesty first and foremost with all past, present, and future customers.
Since his company depends on word-of-mouth referrals, it is imperative for Wala to maintain a good reputation in the industry, and with customers. Customers trust him to build the places they live and worship, but behind Wala, is also an entire team that customers trust too.
Wala believes that his business as a whole, is represented by everyone involved, including the construction teams and community. It is this inclusivity that makes them a successful, minority-owned business.
Pioneers of Minority-Owned Development Firms
Customers see Brisa Builders as “Pioneers of Minority-Owned Development Firms.” Part of this definition comes from the dedication that the business has to the communities it serves. Brisa and its team work tirelessly to rebuild Brooklyn and New York City brick by brick, but they also live in these same communities.
The mission that Omar Wala hopes to fulfill is meeting the increased demand for affordable housing in New York, through the development and construction of mixed-use and family buildings. This can be seen in projects like the Ebeneezer Housing Complex in Brooklyn, which offers 176 apartments, proving that the work he and his construction team do is done out of a genuine interest in the stabilization and growth of the community.
| 3,158
| 1,529
| 6,421.335513
|
warc
|
202143
|
ZOOM WEBINAR: Unbundling, Market Making and University Futures: Audit Culture and the New Academic Capitalism Datum: –16.00 Plats: Via Zoom Föreläsare: Cris Shore, Senior Global Horizons Fellow, SCAS. Professor of Social Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London Webbsida Arrangör: Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) Kontaktperson: Klas Holm Seminarium
Cris Shore, SCAS och University of London, talar på temat "Unbundling, Market Making and University Futures: Audit Culture and the New Academic Capitalism". Seminariet hålls på engelska och följs av en frågestund.
Abstract
In Britain and elsewhere the neoliberal assault on universities has shifted from austerity funding models and New Public Management to the special status of the public university itself. This new phase aims to complete work begun thirty years ago by more fully marketising and financialising universities, starting with ‘unbundling’ and outsourcing, and culminating in new forms of privatisation, rent extraction and re-bundling. In this seminar I will explore some of the agents behind these initiatives by analysing documents commissioned beyond government aimed at creating political momentum for this project. Michael Barber’s (2013)
Avalanche is Coming and Justin Bokor’s (2012) University of the Future are among many ostensibly ‘independent’ reports that capture the spirit of these reform agendas while simultaneously creating the university futures that they portend. One curious yet unexplored aspect of this process is the extraordinarily expansion of external consultants, think tanks and international accountancy firms into the field of higher education management and governance. Drawing on ethnographic examples, I will analyse the market-making work that these consultants perform in reimagining universities ahead of policy reform and in reinventing the public university as a site for rent seeking. I ask, how are these firms embedding themselves in universities? What techniques are they using to cement their expertise, profitability and power? What university futures are these market-making activities creating? And how are academics and other university stakeholders responding to these challenges?
För mer information och webinarielänk, se http://www.swedishcollegium.se/subfolders/Events.html.
| 2,403
| 1,257
| 4,414.102625
|
warc
|
202143
|
Senate Democrats are expected to force votes on a series of election bills, setting up a showdown with Republicans who are all but guaranteed to block their efforts to enact the most expansive overhaul of the electoral process in a generation.
Democrats have tried for months to pass a sweeping bill, known as the For the People Act. The measure would touch virtually every aspect of the electoral process, curbing the influence of big money in politics, limiting the partisan considerations in the drawing of congressional districts and expanding options for casting a ballot.
But Republicans blocked the bill from debate in June, forcing Democrats back to the drawing board.
Though their latest effort on Wednesday is doomed to fail, that's also the point. They are looking to show that Republicans will not waver in their opposition to voting and election legislation, which Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has called “a solution looking for a problem.”
That could help make a case to moderates in the Democratic Party that there is little chance of making headway on a key issue for the party unless changes are made to Senate procedural rules that require 60 votes to overcome a filibuster.
“If we think we can do something tonight or tomorrow that moves the ball forward then we are going to do it,” Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., said Tuesday.
When exactly the bills will be called to the floor was unclear Tuesday as the chamber slogged through a series of late-night votes that will pave the way for Democrats’ big-ticket spending goals. But Democrats said they nonetheless intend to take action on the measures before lawmakers split town this week for their August recess.
“I assume it's something they think they'll benefit from talking about over the break,” said Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. “They still won't get a different result.”
Party leaders have said passing voting legislation is a top priority that would serve as a powerful counterbalance to a wave of new restrictive voting laws approved in Republican-controlled states following the 2020 election.
But the effort stalled out in the Senate months ago.
Liberal activists have advocated for the elimination of the filibuster, though a handful of moderate Democrats, including Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, have rejected such an approach, denying Democrats the votes needed to make the change.
That's where the series of votes on election legislation comes in.
“These are important points to build a case that Republicans are going to filibuster everything and are bad-faith actors on this topic,” said Adam Bozzi, a longtime Senate aide who is now helping lead a $30 million campaign to build support for the bill.
The planned votes also would come as President Joe Biden has faced increasing pressure from the party's base to get more involved in the fight over voting legislation.
Many activists say Biden has only paid lip service to the issue, instead prioritizing a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, which the Senate approved Tuesday.
With that done, they hope he will be more engaged.
“The White House must now prioritize voting rights legislation with the same level of urgency and commitment as the bipartisan infrastructure bill," NAACP President Derrick Johnson said Tuesday. “Time is running out."
Though once an area where there could be bipartisan compromise, election laws have become an increasingly partisan flashpoint after former President Donald Trump falsely blamed voting fraud for his 2020 election loss. Republican and Democratic election officials across the country certified the outcome and Trump's own attorney general said he saw no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
But it's also proven difficult for Senate Democrats to unify their own caucus around the issue. Manchin initially balked at voting for the bill, though he agreed to do so after Senate leaders pledged to work with him to narrow the measure's focus.
After weeks of work, they neared completion of a bill. But that's not what they plan to vote on Wednesday.
Instead, they are expected to take a piecemeal approach. First, Democrats will likely call for a vote on the For the People Act, which they expect Republicans to reject.
Then they are expected to take up popular provisions from the overarching bill, which would limit partisan gerrymandering and force so-called dark money groups to disclose their donors, which will be broken off into two separate bills that Republicans are also expected to block.
“It’s publicly proving that the Republicans are going to obstruct everything,” said Fred Wertheimer, the founder of the nonprofit group Democracy 21, who helped write the initial bill. “It sets the stage for when they come back (from recess) and figure out how to move forward."
Meanwhile, time is of the essence if Democrats want to get the measure signed into law before 2022 midterm elections.
“There is a tight deadline for getting all this done,” said Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga.
| 5,133
| 2,427
| 10,593.818294
|
warc
|
202143
|
One inch long and green. What?
Yup, if there’s any question about what lake flies to use, a friend of mine always says “Try something one inch long and green.”
I like simple flies for a variety of reasons, but even that recommendation is a little too simple for me. It’s like saying – just fish with an Adams.
Here’s my go to fly if I don’t see any hatches popping – Denny’s Stillwater Nymph. The original pattern (above) calls for olive marabou tail and wing case. And I fish that. For some reason, I find the hot orange works better.
I must admit I like fishing rivers better than lakes. I grew up fishing rivers. When faced with fishing lakes, I didn’t know how to “read” the water. I’m still learning. But I’m getting better. And I catch my share of fish.
Years ago, my wife and I took a lake fly fishing class from Denny Rickards of Crystal Creek Anglers (Klamath Falls). I learned the importance of zones and how using the right fly line helps tremendously with keeping your fly in that zone. Denny has developed quite a few of his own patterns and I found them to be VERY effective. I ended up purchasing one of his books entitled Fly-Fishing Stillwaters for Trophy Trout as a class refresher and because of the fly pattern recipes. Besides his Stillwater Nymph, I like and fish Denny’s Callibaetis Nymph and his AP Emerger. It’s a GREAT book!
OK, this wasn’t supposed to turn into a sales pitch for Denny Rickards, but I think the flies I listed are VERY effective! They fit my theory of simple, but effective flies.
Back to the “one inch long and green”.
The statement tells me damsel fly nymphs, leeches, and dragon fly nymphs are important food sources for trout. That’s what I think a “one inch long and green” fly could imitate. And the fish always see these food sources.
In my experience, mayflies, damsel flies, leeches, and chironomids are the most important lake flies (not necessarily in that order). That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be ready for caddis and terrestrial imitations. I just think they aren’t what trout see the most.
I’ve talked about Callibaetis mayfly patterns and Damsel flies in recent blog posts. Be sure to check out those posts if you haven’t already. The other major flies to learn and fish are midges or chironomids. I can’t do justice to them in this post, so you’ll have to wait. In the meantime, here are a couple of pictures of Zebra Midge flies in black and olive for those new to the sport:
And bugger patterns are important to use when no hatches are obvious. Sometimes you have to go deep in the zone. Here are a few examples:
And besides the buggers in the fly box, there are a few dragon fly nymphs as well.
I hope this gives you an idea of the variety of lake flies to use. Ask around and find out what other fishermen are using. Most of them will help you out.
What are your favorite lake patterns?
(Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to my RiverKeeper Blog email list so you won’t miss the next one! It’s located at the top right of this page.)
| 3,157
| 1,530
| 6,159.245098
|
warc
|
202143
|
Most of my job is helping people get through the bankruptcy process and out the other side in one piece. Once we have gone through the courts and established a plan, my job is done – but yours is not. One theme about bankruptcy you will find when talking to me or going through this website is that bankruptcy is not the end of the world, and for many it can be a new beginning.
After bankruptcy, the first priority of many is restoring their credit rating, but you need to be smart about doing so. The following tips will help you to re-establish your credit rating and give you a fresh start in your financial life.
Find a Secured Credit Card
A secured credit card is a type of credit card where you pay a deposit up front, and the amount of that deposit acts as your credit limit. From there the credit card functions just like a normal card. You purchase goods and services with it, and pay back the debt every month. When shopping for a secured credit card make sure that you find one that reports to the three major credit bureaus! If the card doesn’t report, there is no point.
The good news is that secured credit cards often report payments to credit bureaus in the same manner as an unsecured card, so as you make payments your credit rating will improve.
Make a Budget
Financial advisors suggest making a budget and sticking to it for everybody, but it becomes especially important for those who file for bankruptcy. A budget will help you keep accurate track of your cash flow and understand where your money is coming from and where it is going every month. This will help you plan for how much credit you can afford to pay off and keep you from falling into the same problems that brought you to bankruptcy in the first place.
Evade Predatory Lenders
There are industries that build their business model on what is known as predatory lending. The most common form of predatory lending you may be aware of are payday loans. A payday loan is a bad investment however, as the interest rates on these loans are absurdly high – with some going as high as 600%. The truth of the matter is – payday loan should be synonymous with “loan shark” in your mind, as they will break the legs of your financial future if you go to them and slip up on making repayments.
Check Credit Reports After Bankruptcy
Credit reporting is one of the things that tends to get muddled during the bankruptcy process. As such, it is essential that you go through your credit reports every year and make an effort to clear any errors. Paid debts, discharged debts, and closed accounts appearing on your credit report can hurt your credit score. Worse, sometimes duplicate debts will show up and create problems for you. Remember that running your credit report too often can also ding your credit rating, so stick to once per year.
Above All: Stay Positive
This may seem a little hollow, but in all seriousness – stay positive. Bankruptcy is not the end of your world financially, something we always emphasize. Consumers can and frequently do recover from bankruptcy. Even though it takes ten years before the filing falls off your report, you’d be surprised at the willingness of even legitimate lenders to open up new lines of credit to you if you’ve recently established a good financial history.
Lenders understand that things happen – especially after the recent recession – and are thus more concerned with what you’ve been doing for the past couple years rather than what happened 8 years ago. You will recover, time heals all, and you will be able to go forward with a brighter future after this.
| 3,663
| 1,735
| 7,575.126225
|
warc
|
202143
|
Toronto, Ontario, September 3, 2021 - “MarketWatch”, The Toronto Region Real Estate Board’s (TRREB’s] monthly stats report came out this morning. For all but sellers - and their agents - it’s not very pretty.
Overall, meaning all home types and all TRREB market areas, sales volume was down 19.9% to 8,596 homes reported sold via TRREB’s MLS® system. The average selling price of those sales was $1,070,911 for the month, up 12.6%. While the challenges brought about by the frenzied market leading up to and including the Spring of ‘17 made that the “craziest market ever” in the minds of many, the current market has become almost infinitely more difficult and while some have proclaimed “the top is in” as average home prices backed off the pace of their rise, we’re not so sure. August is generally one of the slower months of the year as people turn their attention to the waning weeks of summer vacation, getting the kids set for back to school, and so on. That’s one of the “seasonalities” of the residential real estate market. Inventory has been a major issue right to the point of being a central theme in the federal election platforms and it took another huge “hit” in August as Total Active Listings were down an unbelievable 50.8% versus last August. September and the fall market will tell… As for August - yes - sales volume was off significantly year-over-year. But, with no inventory, it’s not hard to figure a major reason why. The obvious question is, “Is that the primary reason?”. And, yes - prices have put the purchase of a home in Toronto, The Greater Toronto Area, and many other areas out of the reach of many. But still, prices are rising across the board, particularly in the areas surrounding The Big Smoke. Condo apartments were the only group that saw an increase in sales volume. All figures quoted herein are year-over-year comparisons unless specifically noted otherwise. Frustrated buyers. “Bidding wars”. Exasperated Buyer Agents. And I’ve seen on more than one occasion pointed jabs at Realtors® as the ones responsible for current price levels due largely to “ scammy blind bidding wars.” That’s nothing short of ignorance of the law and, specifically in this case, Agency Law. It’s up to a seller to decide how they want their property marketed, and the agent has a fiduciary duty at law to the seller. It’s that simple. Call your MP if you want changes! It was actually proposed in the Federal Liberals’ platform, in fact, that the practice could be banned should they be re-elected. Are there some shady things going on? That’s difficult. to doubt. And to prove, unfortunately. Yes: Outlaw the blind bid option. But until that point, it’s up to the seller. Specific Numbers Detached Home sales fell 36.6% in Metro Toronto to 694 units at an average sell price of $1,674,641%, up 11.2%. The balance of the GTA, aka “The 905”, saw 3,010 sales of Detached homes reported, down 30.2%, at an average of $1,365,973, up 25.6%. The other “freehold” [e.g. non-condominium] groups such as Semi-detached, Townhomes, etc., also saw significant drops in sales volume but increases in prices. Please see included charts for more detail. The Condo Apartment sector saw 1,738 sales, up 13.2%, averaging $720,832, up 7.1% in T.O. and 806 units, up 7.5%, averaging $618,997, up 14.5% in the balance of the market area. Quotable... TRREB President Kevin Crigger: “The fact that new listings were at the lowest level for the past decade is alarming. It is clear that the supply of homes is not keeping pace with demand, and this situation will become worse once immigration into Canada resumes. The federal parties vying for office in the upcoming federal election have all made housing supply and affordability a focal point. Working with provincial and municipal levels of government on solving supply-related issues is much more important to affordability than interfering with consumer choice during the home buying and selling offer process or revisiting demand-side policies that will at best have a short-term impact on market conditions." TRREB Chief Market Analyst Jason Mercer: “Sales have accounted for a much higher share of new listings this year compared to last, and the story was no different in August. There has been no relief on the supply side for home buyers, in fact, competition between these buyers (has) increased. As we move toward 2022, expect market conditions to become tighter as population growth in the GTA starts to trend back to pre-COVID levels." On that Inventory Front... It’s been a problem for some time, and August saw that problem rise to a new extreme. Nearly fifty-one percent fewer homes available for sale. 8,201 Active Listings. Sounds like a lot - and the market’s actually been “tighter” in the not-so-recent past. But with monthly sales volume of 8,596 homes [Active Listings divided by the number of sales], that gives us an indicated “Forward Inventory” of less than a month. Low, low, low by historical standards. The “Absorption Rate” at which the market’s “absorbing” new inventory as solds [Sales divided by New Listings] was .81 as of month-end. Not surprisingly, homes sold “5.3% more quickly” than last August at 16 “Listing Days on Market” versus 17. Not entirely sure where summer went, but Happy Fall to all. Thanks as always for dropping by! Andrew #theBB.group #JustBungalows Browse GTA Bungalows by City / Region: Browse "Beyond the GTA" Bungalows by City / Region: Brant & Brantford Township | Dufferin County | Grey County | Guelph & Wellington County | Haldimand County | Haliburton County | Hamilton [City] | Hastings County | Kawartha Lakes | Kitchener-Waterloo & Cambridge | Muskoka District | Niagara Region | Northumberland County | Parry Sound District | Peterborough City & County | Prince Edward County
| 6,080
| 3,028
| 11,641.955086
|
warc
|
202143
|
Published
A doctor has warned against drinking coffee first thing in an attempt to try and wake yourself up.
Yep, while millions of us like to kick-start our morning with a nice, hot cup of coffee, it could actually be counterproductive if your aim is to feel more energised throughout the day.
Dr Karan Raj, who regularly shares health tips on his popular @dr.karanr TikTok account, appeared on BBC's
Morning Live where he urged people to ditch the caffeine as their morning beverage and instead save it for later in the day.
Speaking to host Gethin Jones, Dr Karan said: "Don't drink coffee first thing in the morning to wake you up."
He then went on to explain the science behind it, adding: "Your body naturally wakes you up with cortisol, you get a cortisol spike in the morning.
"So save your coffee until slightly later mid-morning when your cortisol dips and your energy dips - you'll get a caffeine boost then."
Dr Karan has previously shared a TikTok video in which he shared the above advice alongside two other common early morning habits that might be negatively impacting your energy levels.
In the clip, he said: "Three mistakes you make every morning.
"You press the snooze button. This convinces your body that you are entering another sleep cycle, causing you to release hormones that induce more sleep.
"Then when you do get out of bed, your body is full of sleep chemicals that keeps you tired for another four hours."
He then went on to mention another habit I reckon a lot of us are guilty of - whipping out your phone as soon as you're awake.
"Checking your phone as soon as you wake up," he said.
"When you wake up in the morning, your brain gradually increases your alertness - going from delta to theta to alpha brain wave.
"Looking at your phone skips the theta and alpha brain wave, putting you on edge."
The advice prompted a bit of debate in the comments, with some keen to try and make their morning easier and others firmly in the snoozing/phone checking/coffee drinking camp.
One person said: "But but but Doc... those extra five snoozes are the best part of the morning."
Another joked: "People are not safe around me until I've had my morning coffee."
While a third person said: "Cheers, Doc. Amazing info as always."
Chosen for YouChosen for You
Most Read StoriesMost Read
| 2,351
| 1,192
| 4,552.104027
|
warc
|
202143
|
Visiting EU nationals who experience discrimination or racism are encouraged to use our survey to report these incidents.
The Ombud will use the findings from the survey in our work against negative attitudes and actions towards the group.
The survey is anonymous, and will be open until March 2022. It is available in Norwegian, English and Romanian. On the Romanian page, you will also find the survey in Romany.
Click here for the survey. Select language in the upper right corner.
The Ombud will not contact you after you have answered the survey. If you need guidance in a case concerning discrimination and/or harassment, please contact the guidance service.
Research on travelling Roma in Norway is limited. Yet, it reveals that the group is subjected to negative treatment, and perceptions regarding travelling Roma are low.
The Norwegian Human Rights Institution and the Norwegian Church City Mission coordinate a network where the Ombud has become aware of stories from travelling Roma concerning harassment, discrimination and violence.
Our survey will give the group the opportunity to report on what they experience and give us a starting point for further work.
| 1,184
| 621
| 2,240.257649
|
warc
|
202143
|
The Evolving Risk of Reputation The insurance industry has struggled for more than a decade to translate the value of clients’ reputations into meaningful products that result in broad uptake.
Now, intangible assets, especially assets such as brand and reputation, are rising in value. With the reach and ability of social media to quickly spread any type of reputation-damaging news, it is clear the risk to this asset is changing.
Combined with an increased regulatory focus on organizations’ corporate citizenship via ESG (environmental, social and governance) practices, these movements are pushing more client conversations regarding reputation risk management as more companies are forced to look at and, increasingly, report on their activities in these areas.
One valuation service claims intangible assets account for more than 87% of all company value.
Respondents in a 2019 global risk management survey ranked damage to reputation and brand as their second greatest risk.
Reputational risk often refers to a company’s response to a potentially damaging event, not merely the event itself.
Related Content: Insurers Edge Into ESG
While reputation risk is broader than ESG mandates, reputation risk insurance can become an important part of an organization’s enterprise risk-management strategy, a key part of the “G” in ESG.
“These policies get to the governance ‘G’ of superior ESG performance that attracts investors,” says Nir Kossovsky, CEO of reputation risk insurer Steel City Re. “The insurance itself is not the solution; it is the capstone to an integrated solution that authenticates attuned management and dutiful governance. It’s like a warranty stating, ‘Our risk-management program is good enough that someone is willing to insure it, and here’s the policy and the money behind it stating that what we have done is real.’”
Reputation risk policies have changed in the past decade, experts note. But have they come far enough to gain traction among companies that are reconsidering their intangible assets and what might be at risk?
The Rise of Reputation Value and Risk
While it has long been the case that a company’s good name is one of its greatest assets, the migration to digital has made that even more true as brick-and-mortar assets are replaced by software, methods and goodwill. According to intangible-asset valuation service EverEdge, intangible assets, which it defines as ranging from data to brands to information, patents, and industrial know-how, today account for more than 87% of all company value. A 2020 KPMG report found the importance of intangible assets has grown from around 17% of S&P asset value in 1975 to more than 80% today, with reputation and brand identified as one of the most important. A 2019 global risk management survey by Aon found damage to reputation and brand was ranked by respondents as the second greatest risk, after the leading risk of economic slowdown.
“Reputations are like a bank account: you create a store of value in it, and you keep managing it and growing it over time,” says Hampton Bridwell, chief executive of Tenet Partners, a leading brand management company that has worked on the brands of The Hartford, Transamerica and Travelers. “And you then enjoy a strong reputation, if you will, on a balance sheet level. Then, inevitably, something does happen. If you’ve done a good job of building and managing your reputation, you will have something to lean on in a crisis. That often can make the difference of a company being able to survive a crisis or not.”
Kossovsky says one of the most challenging conceptual leaps that those seeking to understand reputational risk must comprehend is that organizational adversity and setbacks do not necessarily lead to reputational damage. Rather, reputational risk often refers to the response—the degree to which organizations have engineered and communicated solutions that limit damages and foster resilience. Thus, even a potentially devastating ESG-related development might
not result in reputation damage—and related stock price, sales and revenue damage—if stakeholders are convinced that an organization is generally managing risk well and will ultimately prevail over current adversity.
The calculus is how far both real and perceived behavior falls short of key stakeholder and general public expectations and how broadly, how deeply, and over what duration such perceived shortcomings reverberate with these groups and harm the organization’s reputation and financial status.
Crisis Communications
Organizations severely affected by reputation-damaging events are daily news fodder. In some cases, damage to a firm’s reputation can prove fatal.
But even more can be learned from organizations that have, to the contrary, successfully managed reputation risk. Many point to effective crisis communications as a key component of a reputational risk-management program.
In fact, Kossovsky says, sometimes organizations with good reputational resilience and communications can actually benefit from seemingly harmful adversity. In June, Fastly, a cloud-computing provider, suffered a content delivery network outage that led its system to crash for nearly an hour, Kossovsky notes. Yet the company’s market capitalization jumped 9% over the next 30 days after it communicated effectively regarding engineering and resiliency steps the company had taken to rapidly restore service, Kossovsky says.
“Many market pundits said that the event was terrible and predicted that their stock price would be punished,” he says. “Yet instead it went up because the market was impressed and positively surprised by their fast reaction. That, too, was a demonstration of real risk management, not marketing. They actually ended up benefiting from this event because, before the event, they could have said for months on end, ‘We have a fabulous risk-management system,’ and nobody would have believed them. It took this event to prove it.”
Crisis communications riders are often included in general liability and cyber-security policies, says Thomas Laughran, senior vice president and partner at global PR consultancy FleishmanHillard. Laughran says it’s important those riders aren’t cut by clients looking for cost savings.
“If you’re looking just to reduce costs on your premiums by cutting riders, it’s an easy thing to delete, but when you need it, it’s a really valuable thing to have,” Laughran says.
Laughran also notes the importance of ensuring the groundwork for activating the plan is laid ahead of time, as timing is critical during a reputational risk challenge.
“It’s important that everybody’s on the same page and that whoever the crisis communications firm is, is lined up ahead of time and is already preapproved by the carrier,” Laughran says. “Then, when the organization pulls the fire alarm, they’re not wasting precious time looking for and vetting a firm that can help them. It is set up in advance, and everybody’s ready to go, allowing everyone to concentrate on the problem and figure out the best response strategy.”
George Beattie, head of incubation underwriting at Beazley, which unveiled its enhanced reputational risk product in February, concurs. “It’s not necessarily what you say to the public when a crisis occurs, it’s what you shouldn’t say that’s most important,” Beattie says. “An executive might have felt they said the right thing by going out and backing up their team or their brand, but their statement can end up resonating badly with the media and actually propagating the crisis. That’s why taking professional advice and having that crisis communications support in place can be an essential component of reputation management.”
New Phase of Reputational Risk Insurance
Reputational risk products usually supplement other lines of insurance, including D&O, E&O, employee practices liability and cyber security, particularly since a breach is seen as a failure of the company to protect its asset value and customers.
But as ESG pressures increasingly force clients off the fence and into ESG-forward positions, insurers and brokerages are moving beyond optimizing existing policy forms to indirectly address reputational risks toward embracing coverage that addresses reputational risk as a discrete peril.
Earlier this year, Willis Towers Watson, for example, paired with Liberty Mutual subsidiary Liberty Specialty Markets to launch a major initiative for reputational risk products. So did London-based specialty insurer Beazley.
Through June, there had been a great deal of interest in such products, says David Bennett, Willis Towers Watson’s director of global markets P&C hub.
Bennett says the current reputational risk insurance marketing effort is likely the largest marketing campaign the company has ever undertaken. “We’ve got something like 5,000 leads globally, of which, to date, 500 are now being qualified,” Bennett says. “And in the March through June period, we have engaged in something like 250 meetings both internally and externally, with client account teams and clients. We have about three clients that are looking to bind in the next couple of months. Our first client is in the leisure hospitality sector.” The firm has sold one reputation-risk policy thus far.
More intense marketing is also attempting to break through to broader client acceptance, says Beazley’s Beattie, noting that intangible exposures have grown so large that a product that may have been deemed superfluous in the past is now worthy of consideration. “This is a really complex topic, and most companies don’t understand the nature of their exposure to intangible risk, because it has really changed in the last 10 years or so,” Beattie says. “The environment for offering this product is similar in a way to the early days of the cyber market. There were early-stage issues with cyber around comprehension and traction. The market really kicked up into another gear when the increasing number of incidents put the risk at the forefront of people’s minds. It remains to be seen whether that will happen with reputational risk products, but we’ve discussed this proposition with dozens of companies, approaching 100 distinct conversations, and I think we are at the stage where people are really interested to understand the product and whether the product can do things beyond what it has done in the past.”
These products differ from those of an earlier generation, Beattie says, “because they are standardized to some degree rather than written on a bespoke basis from the ground up. That standardization, and better underwriting and measurements of reputational risk damage, allow for a less costly version of the product than previous versions,” Bennett says. “I think as little as 10 years ago, when people tried to put something out in the market to cover this off, they were looking at 10% of the rate online, so if you had $10 million of capacity, that would cost you $1 million in premium. We are multiples lower than that now.” Beattie says such policies can cost as little as 1% of the rate online.
What makes a less expensive solution feasible is better tracking of the reputational impacts of adverse events than in the past and the discernment of certain patterns. Both the Beazley and WTW solutions feature Polecat analytics that monitor internet conversations about brand and reputation. Polecat can provide near real-time intelligence on reputational events and can distinguish between the social media reputational attack on the average citizen and one on a superstar with a massive following, as well as between the impact of impressions from
The New York Times versus the smaller impacts created through impressions from a local newspaper.
WTW’s product covers nine named perils from which clients can choose those most relevant to their sector.
The nine enumerated perils comprise sale of harmful products, disease outbreak, bodily injury, animal abuse, employee abuse, customer abuse, active assailant, disgrace of a celebrity endorser, and abduction. The product is designed to provide an infusion of financial support at the nadir of events when time, manpower and money may be in short supply.
“There is a dual trigger,” Bennett says. “So the event happens, and then you have a significant adverse publicity event, which might be a tweet or an article in the press. At this point, the policy covers crisis communications and advertising and promotional costs even without a demonstration of revenue or profit damage. Policyholders would receive up to 10% of the capacity, $5 million of a $50 million capacity maximum, with limits that vary by client size and sector. So you could, if you took all that capacity, have up to $5 million worth of crisis communications.”
Both WTW and Beazley’s solutions involve a payout for demonstrated impact upon revenues. This is based on agreed-upon metrics and allows for ready payment, rather than after-the-fact adjusting, which Bennett and Beattie say would likely result in payments far too late to benefit clients in their hours of need.
Beazley’s Beattie says that, under its product, his company works with the client to establish a baseline anticipated profit margin and an agreed-upon amount by which revenue has to fall for a particular period of time for this component of the policy to be triggered, typically a 10% decline over three-month period. When the policy is triggered, the anticipated profit margin is applied to the difference between actual and estimated revenues to determine lost profit compensated, less certain retentions, under the policy, Beattie says. This approach permits paying insureds business interruption benefits every three months during the dating period, rather than, under a more traditional indemnity policy, appointing the adjuster and then taking as much as 18 months to two years after the fact to determine actual losses incurred and provide payments.
“We used about 10 years of S&P data looking at revenue shocks, for any reason, and looking at companies that hadn’t been affected by revenue shocks,” Beattie says. “We found that the formula that we’ve kind of created is accurate within a percent or two of actual performance. This methodology, which looks back to the corresponding period in the previous year, applies a growth rate to that period in order to calculate the estimated period for the indemnity period. And it is really very accurate.” The total limit for a single employer under the Beazley policy is $25 million.
Beazley’s product takes 15 risks to any company and determines their applicability to a given company operating in a given subsector in a given industry, Beattie says. “For example, we will infer from the research that we’ve done that sexual molestation abuse is a bigger issue for the hotel industry than it is for the restaurant industry, although they both operate in the hospitality sector. When you start to delineate between these perils on that basis, you can segment the opportunity, you can start the price consistently, which is critical.”
Steel City Re’s insurance solutions for boards of directors and enterprises rely upon a synthetic index of reputational value called the RVM Index. Using a seven-million-event experience base, Steel City Re calculates the value(s) of one or more parametric trigger(s) best matching the clients’ choices for risk retention and cost. Its parametric policies pay when the insured’s RVM Index value dips below a trigger value for 20 weeks following a publicly recognized adverse ESG event or, more broadly, after an event in the areas of ethics, innovation, safety, security, sustainability or quality.
Insurance as a Piece of Enterprise Risk Management
Kossovsky emphasizes that, to be effective, reputation-risk insurance must sit on top of an effective enterprise risk-management program. “The most valuable thing clients have from us,” he says, “are the metrics that allow them to reasonably model their potential losses and therefore execute prudent business judgment—not only in designing the insurance coverage but, more importantly, in the managerial and governance processes that are implied by their also having a reinsured captive covering that loss.”
Steel City Re also works with clients to improve their reputational risk controls. “It’s a process of putting the company in a state of reputation resilience, which, after an assessment, begins with augmenting their enterprise risk-management apparatus strategically,” Kossovsky says.
Such policies generally can be a strong tool in negotiations with lenders and institutional investors to demonstrate that governance and other ESG risks are under control, which can be a strong selling point for these policies with clients’ senior organization financial executives, Kossovsky says. It is important for brokers and agents to tell their client-side contacts that reputation risk insurance does not seek to replace their enterprise risk management but, rather, augment its capabilities with hard numbers and data, Kossovsky says.
Europe is generally ahead of the United States in facing pressure to address ESG issues that roughly align with reputational risks. But even in Europe, insuring for reputational risk remains on the cutting edge, brokers say, with most risk-management efforts internalized within clients’ organizations.
“The whole ESG wave is rather new for most of the actors on the risk management/broking scene in Europe,” says Wim Lanclus, director of risk services at Antwerp-based Vanbreda Risk and Benefits. “It’s only a year ago that the first webinars and publications became more common and widespread here on the Continent, driven by upcoming EU legislation.
“Besides some official reactions and statements from some major insurers regarding their underwriting restrictions for some industries, we’ve seen some reactions earlier this year from Ferma [European Risk Managers Federation], outlining their understandings and views on ESG risks.
“Reputational risk is important for corporates and insurers in Europe, but we’re still in the early stages here when it comes to insurance solutions for the related ESG exposures. Some major carriers came up recently with some solutions, but none of these are widespread.”
But that could change, Lanclus adds. “Emerging risks, such as the climate or cyber crime, mean that certain types of coverage from the past are no longer sustainable. Think of a traditional fire or liability policy that used to include a limited cyber coverage almost for free, as an extra. The growing number of cyber risks and incidents has led to the development of separate products.”
That is true for the insurance industry itself. In a recent A.M. Best survey of 97 European and Asia-Pacific reinsurers on ESG factors, corporate governance and product liability, including cyber security, were cited as the most relevant ESG issues for the insurance industry, alongside climate risk.
Related Content: Insurers Edge Into ESG
| 19,634
| 8,095
| 46,066.530204
|
warc
|
202143
|
Air temperature and humidity affect the sterilization effect of ozone generator
Views : 95
Author : Echo
Update time : 2021-08-03 23:56:02
In general, the ozone disinfection process of the ozone generator in daily use should be isolated from personnel. The ozone disinfection cabinet and disinfection equipment produced by Legia smart disinfect machine and cabient have automatic control function. As long as the customer sets relevant parameters, no one can be on duty, which can ensure the health of personnel.
Ozone disinfection is a disinfection method. The ozone generator is used to extract oxygen from the air, synthesize ozone and mix it into the water, kill all bacteria and viruses in a very short time, and then restore it to oxygen without secondary pollution and residue. It is much better than the traditional chlorine containing disinfectant in sterilization effect, application scope and avoiding secondary pollution. In gas phase conditions, the effect of ozone on killing microorganisms depends on the ozone threshold concentration, that is, when the ozone air concentration meets the concentration requirements, it can have the ability to kill microorganisms. The killing effect of ozone on microorganisms is different. Experiments have proved that ozone has a strong bacteriolytic killing effect on human and animal pathogenic bacteria and viruses.
The environmental factors affecting the germicidal efficacy of air disinfection ozone generator are mainly reflected in air temperature and humidity.
It is understood that generally, the killing effect is good when the temperature is low and the humidity is high. The killing effect can be well reflected when the relative humidity is > 70%. This is due to the increase of relative humidity, which can expand the cell and thin the cell wall, making it more vulnerable to the penetration and dissolution of ozone. When the ozone concentration is 0.02ppm, people with sensitive sense of smell can detect it, which is called the sensory critical value. When the ozone concentration is 0.15ppm, it is the olfactory critical value, which can also be smelled by ordinary people. It is also a health standard. When the concentration reaches 1-10 ppm, it is called the stimulation range. In fact, the safe use of ozone can completely ensure that human health is not endangered.
The company's disinfection cabinets have complete specifications and various styles. The product volume ranges from 15 liters to 500 liters (vertical disinfection cabinet, tableware disinfection cabinet, towel cabinet, tea cup cabinet, red wine cup cabinet, commercial big bowl cabinet, clothing disinfection cabinet, underwear disinfection cabinet, 3D glasses disinfection cabinet, desktop disinfection cabinet, etc.). It is an expert in disinfection cabinets around you.
| 2,821
| 1,256
| 6,313.559713
|
warc
|
202143
|
The founder of SECORE, an international coral reef conservation non-profit organisation, Dirk Petersen said in 2016 30 percent of coral in the Great Barrier Reef, off north-eastern Australia, died from coral bleaching.
Dr Petersen said with the rapid decline, existing technology for restoring coral was slow and labour intensive.
However, he said the new method could pave the way for large-scale coral reef restoration.
| 425
| 291
| 614.862543
|
warc
|
202143
|
We live in a data-driven world, and companies must adapt by educating and investing in their workforce. Our courses work best when offered to entire departments. This encourages collaboration between colleagues to jump-start a department-wide digital transformation. Once enrolled to any of our courses, you can expect many other benefits throughout the year, including:
Full access and training with the Mind Foundry Platform.
Machine Learning course that focuses on specific industries.
Guest lectures and public speakers.
Dedicated forum.
Live workshops.
Dedicated tutor.
The world is complex and resists one-size-fits-all solutions. The Academy offers a customised learning tracks to help teams make sense of the most valuable applications of AI, no matter the industry.
Learn from the leading scientists what Machine Learning is and how you can start implementing it in your organisation.
Understand the core elements of Machine Learning and share your knowledge of ML in a new light.
Learn how to use AI to put citizens first with the ethical and responsible use of AI for governments and public sector organisations.
You know how to make the world a better place. We know how to help you do it with machine learning. This course bridges that gap.
Pass the course and share the news with your network. Our certificates make it easy to add your new credentials to LinkedIn or display next to your favourite house plants.
Mind Foundry’s Foundation of Machine Learning course provided a great introduction to Machine Learning and AI. It covered a very wide range of ML topics but with the flexibility to tailor sessions to what is most relevant for the team, with practical sessions providing great opportunities to apply learnings to solve the real data challenges. Having experts in the field as instructors and guest speakers meant that we got to hear about the latest developments in the field, which continues to evolve. I would highly recommend this course to those looking to enhance their data analytic skills and start applying them to real problems.
Time-series forecasting is one of the most challenging ML applications to get right, and we do it better than anyone else.
Designed specifically to cater to the complicated workflows required by investors and traders, Horizon’s modelling and forecasting tools help you take any investment strategy to the next level.
| 2,406
| 1,234
| 4,638.471637
|
warc
|
202143
|
Depressed commodity prices, oversupply issues in the platinum sector, gold price gains offset by currency fluctuations, and simultaneous increases in costs, have led to leaner operations at many southern African mines.
While this is an understandable reaction to the economic context, the financial benefits of developing smarter mining operations should not be overlooked in the drive to cut costs.
Mining operations are complex and there is often no automated flow of information to a single repository.
This results in a lack of “overall” clarity as to what is happening on the ground across the mining enterprise.
And insightful decision-making cannot take place in an environment where all the facts are not at hand.
Many tasks on mines are spatial in nature (e.g. locating and quantifying resource, planning drill and blast, movement of ore, managing environmental impact, etc.) and a wealth of geo-spatial information is collected in the process of addressing these tasks.
This treasure trove of captured data is usually not mined for additional seams of valuable information.
In addition, the lack of a centralised information portal often leads to data sitting in disjointed data silos in professional fiefdoms where it cannot be accessed for further departmental and enterprise-wide benefit.
Smart organisations are
data driven.
They enable strategic decisions affecting the bottom line to be made based on credible information.
For this to take place in the mining environment there needs to be a seamless flow of data from various sources that can be easily accessed via a single portal.
The solution is a map-driven platform which allows data to be easily visualised, understood and analysed by users.
The data accessed via the platform enables users to make informed decisions regarding tactical day-to-day decisions and overall organisational policy, depending on their level of responsibility, by showing a holistic view of all relevant data related to the operation in a single dashboard.
This real-world “digital twin” enables users to identify unanticipated opportunities to enhance operational functionality.
Interestingly, it is not always the complex data sets which provide the most value to mining enterprises.
Often simply making key data sets readily accessible to users across the organisation reaps the most benefit.
The key to deriving maximum benefit from a central data portal is organisational buy-in.
The benefits of sharing data in this way needs to be communicated with a clear understanding of the value it can provide to mining professionals, departments and the enterprise as a whole.
Users also need to be rewarded for populating the portal with data and for using the data.
Location data is a valuable commodity on mines, and mining organisations should not overlook the role it can play in enhancing safety, productivity, profitability and efficiency within lean environments through its conversion into actionable intelligence.
| 3,011
| 1,433
| 6,238.422191
|
warc
|
202143
|
Asheville Bicycle Accident
Bicycling has expanded from a childhood leisure activity to a way of life for many people, especially in cities. Whether it is to embrace a healthier lifestyle or avoid traffic on the way to work, more people ride their bikes every day.
Some motorists, however, find it difficult to share the road. Drivers may not actively look for bike riders, fail to yield when a bicyclist has the right-of-way, or drive distracted. Other motorists see bicyclists as obstacles in the way and may drive too aggressively. When a negligent or careless driver strikes a bicyclist, the consequences can be tragic.
At Nagle & Associates, our Asheville bicycle accident attorneys believe every cyclist is entitled to feel safe on North Carolina roads. If you or someone you love has been injured due to the careless acts of a motorist, call Nagle & Associates today. Contact us for a free evaluation of your case by clicking here or by calling us at 888-826-0393.
What Nagle & Associates Can Do for You
Nagle & Associates has recovered over $400 million in compensation for our clients. Our Asheville personal injury lawyers believe close, attentive service is vital to securing the highest settlements possible.
Medically focused, we strive to understand the full extent of your injuries and how they affect the different aspects of your personal and professional life.
When you need a bicycle accident attorney in Asheville, having representation with inside knowledge of insurance companies can give you a huge advantage. Attorney Carl Nagle is a former insurance claims adjuster and former insurance company defense lawyer. He uses his unique perspective to help injury victims secure the settlement they deserve.
How Can an Insurance Company Hurt Your Claim?
After a traumatic accident, it takes time to assess all your injuries, formulate a recovery plan, and adjust to this difficult stage in your life. Insurance companies will often take advantage of this situation, utilizing different tactics to minimize any settlement or deny your claim, including;
Asking seemingly simple questions to hurt your claim Pressuring you to accept a low settlement before you have had a chance to explore your options Asking you to sign a blanket medical release that will allow them to argue some of your injuries were pre existing Employing delay tactics, including requesting a substantial amount of documentation
Nagle & Associates can negotiate with the insurance company on your behalf and handle all the legwork of your case, allowing you to focus on health.
Bicycle Accidents Can Cause Catastrophic Injuries
In a recent study, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that an estimated 45,000 bicyclists were injured in traffic accidents.
Serious injuries include;
Traumatic brain injuries Internal organ damage Spinal cord injuries Lacerations and severe bruising Crush injuries Broken, fractures, or dislocated bones Nagle & Associates Will Fight to Protect Your Rights
Our Asheville bicycle accident lawyers understand that traumatic injuries have a profound effect on your quality of life. No one deserves to live in pain or uncertainty due to a negligent driver. At Nagle & Associates, we will hold the responsible party accountable and fight to secure the compensation you deserve, including;
Full compensation for medical expenses related to your injuries Lost wages if you cannot work Loss of future income Pain and suffering damages Possible punitive damages against a grossly negligent party
If you or someone you love has been hurt in a traffic accident, let the dedicated bicycle accident attorneys of Nagle & Associates protect your rights. Contact us for a free consultation by clicking here or by calling us at 888-826-0393.
| 3,785
| 1,802
| 7,908.171476
|
warc
|
202143
|
The 20 most popular things people are buying right now
Looking for Children Learning Reading Google Images…
It’s been an unusual time for shopping lately– largely due to the coronavirus pandemic. As people have actually been investing more time in the house and settling into a “new typical,” they’ve been purchasing products that not only help them stay safe during this time, but also products that help them feel more comfortable and keep busy.
Oour objective is to assist individuals buy the very best things, and now, more than ever, we are working hard to assist customers discover the items they require. Since the pandemic started, we’ve continued to see moving habits from our own information of what you– our readers– are purchasing. Based upon what we’ve seen, here are the 20 most popular items that our readers have been purchasing non-stop over the past couple of weeks.
Our brand-new 2021 forecasts are embedded within Mintel’s 7 Pattern Drivers: Wellness, Rights, Worth, Identity, Experiences, Environments, and Technology. They also take into consideration the changes that have been sped up by the COVID-19 pandemic– the subtle yet extensive shifts in consumer thinking and actions from brand names– and attempt to encapsulate the better future that customers, globally, desire, and towards which brand names can build their own strategic visions.
This years’ customer pattern analysis, insights, and suggestions are centered around the ‘now’ (the next 12 months), the ‘next’ (18 months+), and the ‘future’ (five+ years) of customer behaviour:
Health Undefined
An awareness of wellness is at the leading edge of consumers’ minds, however a playbook doesn’t exist. Brands have a responsibility and chance to set brand-new guidelines.
Collective Empowerment
Customers around the globe are making their voices heard loud and clear in the push for equity, agency, and rights.
Priority|Concern|Top priority} Shift
Customers are seeking a go back to the fundamentals, with a concentrate on versatile belongings and a reframing of what ownership really indicates.
Coming Together
Customers are coming together in similar communities in order to get in touch with and support each other, driven by the impact of the worldwide pandemic.
Virtual Lives
Physical separation due to the pandemic, increased requirement for escapism, and improved innovation are driving consumers towards digital experiences.
Sustainable Spaces
COVID-19 has subtly however considerably moved consumer awareness of our relationship with the areas in which we live, speeding up demand for sustainability.
Digital Dilemmas
While there are lots of advantages to a more digitally-connected life, concerns about its unfavorable effects are putting consumers in a predicament.
Download 2022Global Consumer Trends now for customer insight, market proficiency, and strategic suggestions to drive better service choices faster– now and in the future.
To succeed in ecommerce, you require 3 things: sought-after products to sell, the abilities to market them, and the drive to be successful. These trending items so far towards completion of 2020 are also seemed to be trending items in 2021.
The trending items can be used to construct brand-new online businesses or, great products to add to an already running organization. Considering that each trending product is indicated for an unique audience, we’re also sharing niche-specific suggestions for reaching brand-new customers.
The products on this list are the leading trending product & categories within the past 12 months on Shopify, Amazon & eBay platforms:
Trending items to sell in 2021.
Search the list of trending products in 2020 and 2021 you can use to begin your online organization:.
40 Things You’ll Basically Be Doing Yourself A Favor For Purchasing In 2021. Children Learning Reading Google Images
You could be forgiven for believing that the spring/summer 2021 collections– and the subsequent raft of spring/summer 2021 trends– were something of a moist squib. Definitely, thanks to the ongoing pandemic, it was a season like no other..
Of the four style capitals, New York and London went with predominantly digital displays, with the odd designer hosting Covid-secure discussions for small numbers of press and purchasers; while Milan and Paris held scaled-back showings with strict social distancing measures in place from a few of its greatest brands. Others still decided to attempt something different. “Different” manifested otherwise as: showing off-schedule, showing by means of movie and in virtual reality, or sending out a replacement for a catwalk experience out to press and buyers in a box. All enjoyed varying degrees of success..
A year that produced no end of surprises, it might appear like recklessness to anticipate what will happen in 2021. We chose to do it anyway.
Our press reporters checked in with their sources to make more than 40 forecasts on the most essential business and issues they cover. We forecast which hot financial technology and open-source start-ups will go public, AT&T’s plans for CNN, Alibaba’s future takeover target and the next “other bet” for Google.
2019 was a record year for ecommerce. More than ever previously, customers were going shopping online and will continue to do so in 2020. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic triggering individuals to stay at home, depending upon the vertical, many ecommerce businesses have actually seen their sales grow to record levels, while other brand names are launching brand-new products to assist support those in need while keeping their service strong..
In 2019, there were a few standout product types that took the marketplace by storm and were high sellers. These include CBD oils, probiotics, environmentally friendly items, and more– much of them within the health, charm, and wellness market. In this post, we’ll look at the eight highest-selling item types of 2019 and take a closer take a look at how they’ll perform in 2020 likewise give ecommerce online shopkeeper product ideas of the latest trending items..
7 high-demand trending products and specific niches of 2021.
Unless you’re running a market, your ecommerce service will likely focus on a single niche products. Whether it’s supplements, apparel, food, or other best selling items or something else, people who visit your ecommerce shop want to know what kinds of products you sell as soon as they arrive at your website.
Unsure what kind of service to start, or which items can help increase your market share? Here’s a list of the top-selling items in 2019 and how we think they’ll carry out in 2020..
1. CBD oils and items (Successful items).
Because the Farm Bill in 2018, CBD items have been flying off the shelves throughout most of the United States with many states now enabling the legal sale of CBD. With the COVID-19 pandemic, CBD services have reported record sales due to consumers focusing more on psychological health, particularly those that offer CBD oil online..
The CBD industry isn’t the easiest organization to start online due to high competitors and policies for delivering CDB oil, but it’s a lucrative company if you can get ahead with this unique product. When researching opportunity, consider your state’s laws and guidelines for CBD items and if you have the ability to reach prospective consumers. Depending on where you are, you might only have the ability to take and satisfy orders for CBD products in your own state. Children Learning Reading Google Images
| 7,755
| 3,652
| 15,926.204819
|
warc
|
202143
|
Parliamentary panel nudges govt to curb black money with ‘greater vigour’ The Standing Committee on Finance also called for urgent rationalising of ‘long delayed’ direct tax laws in the country
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance in a report tabled in the Lok Sabha on Monday has asked the government to continue their efforts "with greater vigour" to unearth and bring to book unaccounted wealth and income both within and outside the country.
The Committee, headed by Congress leader and former Union Minister M. Verappa Moily, said that it expected much wider tax base as well as actual tax yield consequent to the government's efforts on the black money.
"The Committee would expect the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) to continue their efforts with greater vigour to unearth and bring to book unaccounted income/wealth both within and outside the country including follow-up action on the seven reports of the special investigation team (SIT) constituted on black money as well as the three study reports on estimation of unaccounted money," the Committee observed in its report.
It held that it was difficult to tell accurately the quantum of black money stashed abroad by the Indians. According to different studies, the unaccounted for wealth outside the country was estimated in the range of USD 216.48 billion to USD 490 billion over various periods.
In March 2011, the Union Finance Ministry had asked three premier institutes -- the National Institute of Public Policy and Finance (NIPFP), National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM) to conduct studies to assess and survey unaccounted income and wealth both inside and outside the country.
The committee, the report added, would thus expect more fruitful outcomes on this count, both in terms of much wider tax base as well as actual tax yield.
"In the context, it also desires that the long-delayed direct tax code should also be finalised at the earliest and reintroduced in Parliament with a view to simplify and rationalise the direct tax laws in the country," it added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in 2014 promised to bring back all the black money stashed in Swiss banks and had even promised ₹15 lakh to each individual living on the poverty line. That obviously did not happen.
Neither have the names of those Indians holding undeclared accounts in Swiss banks have been made public by the government despite repeated demands from the opposition.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha election campaign, Modi did not mention anything about the black money.
The panel had submitted its report titled 'Status of Unaccounted Income/Wealth Both Inside and Outside the Country - A Critical Analysis' to the Lok Sabha Speaker on March 28, well before the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha.
The committee also noted that as only a "limited number of stakeholders" could be examined by it, owing to the paucity of time, "this report might be considered as a preliminary report", pending examination of other witnesses including non-official witnesses or experts on the subject and after evidence replies of the Finance Ministry which are awaited.
(With inputs from PTI)
| 3,259
| 1,526
| 6,853.296855
|
warc
|
202143
|
Information on the underlying causes of irregular heartbeats and cardiac arrhythmias.
Select a Topic
What are Cardiac Arrhythmias? Diagnosing Cardiac Arrhythmias What Causes Cardiac Arrhythmias? Help for Cardiac Arrhythmias More Information on Cardiac Arrhythmias What are Cardiac Arrhythmias?
Cardiac arrhythmias, also commonly called arrhythmias, are irregularities of the heart beat. For the most part, the normal, constant rhythm of the heartbeat that ensures essential blood flow throughout the body goes unnoticed.
But for some people, problems arise as the electrical impulses that synchronize the heart beat don’t function properly, causing the heart to beat out of rhythm - too quickly, too slowly or with an irregular pattern.
Arrhythmias are fairly common. Most people have had at least one experience where it feels as if the heart has skipped a beat, or has given an unexpected flutter. For many, the experience is usually not cause for concern. However, while many arrhythmias are harmless, some can be extremely dangerous and require medical treatment.
What are the Different Types of Cardiac Arrhythmias?
There are a number of different types of arrhythmias, differing in severity, point of origin and the speed at which they cause the heart to beat. There are three main categories according to rate:
Tachycardia- A fast heartbeat (greater than 100 beats a minute) Bradycardia- A slow heartbeat (less than 60 beats a minute) Premature heartbeats- an extra beat between two normal heartbeats
Not all of these arrhythmias are dangerous, and some are quite normal. For example, a heart rate greater then 100 beats per minute may be the normal response to exercise, anxiety or fear. However, when arrhythmias occur unexpectedly, there may be cause for concern.
Where Can Cardiac Arrhythmias Occur?
Arrhythmias also occur in different chambers of the heart. In general, arrhythmias that start in the lower chambers of the heart (the ventricles) are more serious than those that start in the upper chambers (the atria).
Arterial fibrillation: occurring in the atria, this arrhythmia causes the heart to beat too fast and irregularly. A potentially dangerous condition. Sick sinus syndrome: This occurs when the SA node (usually responsible for regular electrical impulses in your heart) is not working properly, causing the heart to beat too fast, too slowly, or both. Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia: this causes the heart to have periods where it beats regularly but very fast. While it may sometimes feel uncomfortable, this condition is usually not harmful. Ventricular tachycardia: this arrhythmia originates in the ventricles and causes the heart to beat too fast. As a result, the body doesn’t get enough blood and the consequences are very serious. This type of arrhythmia needs immediate medical attention. Diagnosing Cardiac Arrhythmias
If you do experience some of the above symptoms, it is advisable to seek medical attention. Your physician will run some tests to determine whether or not there is an arrhythmia, and suggest a treatment plan if necessary.
What are the Symptoms of Cardiac Arrhythmias?
For many people, arrhythmias usually do not cause any signs or symptoms. Doctors sometimes identify heart arrhythmias for the first time at a routine check-up. For others, the signs and symptoms of heart arrhythmias are very noticeable and may cause some distress. These may include:
Sensation of fluttering in the chest Racing heartbeat Noticeably slow heartbeat Chest pain Fatigue Shortness of breath Lightheadedness or dizziness Fainting or near fainting spells Paleness Excessive sweating
When symptoms are noticeable, people often fear the worst. However, the severity of the symptoms does not necessarily correlate with the severity of the problem. Some people who experience arrhythmias may not have a serious problem at all, while others who don’t notice the symptoms may have a life-threatening condition.
What is Involved with a Screening for Cardiac Arrhythmias?
Screening will include extensive questions regarding duration and onset of symptoms and possible triggers. Be sure to mention if you or any family members have a history of heart conditions or thyroid problems.
Once your health care provider has listened to your heart, other passive heart monitoring tests such as an Electrocardiogram (ECG), a holter or event monitor, or an Echocardiogram may be used.
In some cases, your doctor will try to induce an arrhythmia, which may include tests such a stress test, tilt table test, or Electrophysiologic testing and mapping.
What Causes Cardiac Arrhythmias?
There are a number of causes for arrhythmias, and sometimes there are no recognizable causes at all. In people with healthy hearts and those with no other underlying health concerns, developing a sustained arrhythmia is rare.
However, in those who have a pre-existing condition that influences blood supply to the heart or includes any damage such as scarring to the heart tissue, arrhythmias become more likely. For this reason, one of the most common causes of an arrhythmia is heart disease, as this causes scarring which can interfere with the electric impulses of the heart.
Other Conditions Linked to Cardiac Arrhythmias
Other common conditions known to result in arrhythmias include:
Obesity Sleep apnea Diabetes Thyroid problems High blood pressure Electrolyte imbalance (a common symptom of an eating disorder)
In addition, lifestyle factors such as stress, excessive caffeine or alcohol intake, smoking, and the use of certain illicit drugs or medications (commonly weight loss pills, cough syrups and cold medicines) can all cause arrhythmias.
Help for Cardiac Arrhythmias
If you have been diagnosed with an arrhythmia, treatment may or may not be necessary, depending on the cause, the severity and type of arrhythmia. For some people, arrhythmias are easily managed with a few lifestyle modifications and are little cause for concern. However, if your doctor suspects that the arrhythmia may cause serious symptoms, or that it may result in complications, medical treatment will be necessary.
By eating a heart-healthy diet, following a regular exercise plan, and reducing the intake of alcohol and caffeine, the occurrence of arrhythmias can be greatly reduced and prevented. If you do smoke, consider quitting smoking naturally, as tobacco is a known trigger of a number of health concerns related to the heart.
Treatment Options Conventional Medical Treatments
Once the need has been verified for medical treatment, your doctor will advise which treatment will suit your specific condition. Make sure to ask your physician about all possible options and possible consequences of each procedure. Unfortunately, some people with arrhythmias receive unnecessary medical treatment, which can result in cardiac problems.
Lifestyle Modifications
For harmless or sporadic arrhythmias, sometimes all that is needed is the implementation of heart-healthy behaviors. For those with more serious arrhythmias, in addition to the prescribed medical treatment, lifestyle changes are an essential part of a holistic treatment plan
. Note: Remember that you should always consult your doctor before making changes in prescription medication. More Information on Cardiac Arrhythmias What are the Complications Related to Arrhythmias?
While many arrhythmias are harmless, some can be very serious. For this reason, it is essential to have any suspected arrhythmias evaluated by a medical professional.
Complications that may arise from severe arrhythmias include:
Loss of consciousness Congestive heart failure Stroke Sudden death Tips for Coping with Cardiac Arrhythmias
Many arrhythmias can be attributed to poor lifestyle choices and underlying heart problems. For this reason, it is important to make the appropriate heart-healthy lifestyle changes that will keep all organs and systems functioning at optimal levels, including:
Eat a healthy diet high in vegetables, fruit and fiber. Keep saturated fats to a minimum, and limit your daily intake of meat (especially red meat) to no more than 170g per day. Stay physically active and try to get at least 30 minutes of exercise per day. Take advantage of movement opportunities throughout the day such as taking the stairs or parking further away than you need to. If you do smoke, then you should try to quit. Reduce your intake of alcohol. Manage stress levels and learn to relax. Don’t take on more responsibilities than you can handle. Avoid stimulants such as caffeine and certain medications. Note: You should always inform your physician before taking new medications to ensure that they do not interfere with your condition.
| 8,746
| 3,616
| 21,001.525996
|
warc
|
202143
|
ST. LOUIS, December 8, 2020 (Newswire.com) - IN10T ("intent") Inc. announced publicly its development of the IN10T INvision Platform, a customizable, comprehensive agriculture technology solution that delivers well-timed, quality data insights across all aspects of product performance. The announcement comes after IN10T has successfully ingested and processed vast amounts of agronomic and yield data through the INvision Platform for the 2020 season.
INvision is designed to ingest data from nearly all existing monitors, sensors and farm management information systems. The interface provides companies and farmers visibility of demo and trial program information, including map-based field selection, agronomic practices, demographic and environmental data, analytical insights reports and more. Users also have access to a connected mobile application that allows them to track geo-tagged field visits and take photos, all of which is viewable in INvision.
The platform gives a birds-eye view of the entire trial program or demo experience, from farmer enrollment through post-harvest analytics, allowing company clients to drive critical stakeholder behaviors and ensure complete data sets at the end of the season.
"INvision offers the visibility of consistent, high-quality data in a single web-based interface and mobile app. Our unique approach brings together all aspects of a farmer's production process into a scalable system that allows us to process data and deliver useful insights with even more speed and agility, which is crucial in the ever-changing ag environment," said Mike Hartquist, VP of Technology at IN10T.
Several IN10T clients are already leveraging the capabilities of INvision, and the team is advancing and improving the platform's functionality for 2021. The interface is fully configurable based on the clients' needs and preferences, allowing a unique branded experience that aligns with their business and customer objectives.
INvision was built to deliver data insights to clients that enable them to assess product performance and customer experience to drive business decisions for subsequent growing seasons. "Our platform delivers critical information and insights at the right time so businesses can develop the most successful path towards sustainable commercial success for their product," said Kevin Heikes, IN10T co-founder and COO. "INvision offers more than just yield results - it delivers a fully integrated digital experience."
Those interested in learning more can request a demo of the INvision Platform at
https://in10t.ag/invision or contact Thea McLain at [email protected] or 888-848-6372. About IN10T:
IN10T is a digital agriculture company founded in 2016 that creates end-to-end, custom digital and data science solutions for customers in agriculture and those investing in agriculture. IN10T helps clients unlock growth by focusing on product performance, farmer experience, go-to-market strategy, and digital innovation. For more information, visit
https://in10t.ag. IN10T and FarmerTrials Network are either registered trademarks or trademarks of IN10T in the United States and/or other countries.
Source: IN10T Inc.
| 3,204
| 1,541
| 6,620.075276
|
warc
|
202143
|
Sure, as a CIO or IT manager, you know what IT risk management is. It’s all about applying risk management principles to IT, including the adoption, ownership, operation and influence of IT within the larger context of the enterprise but in terms of risk management language, are these principles communicated properly across the organisation?Details
“Here, take my old PC. I’m getting a new one to help meet my advanced needs, but this one will surely do the job for you.” This, in a nutshell, is cascading in IT asset management.Details
On the face of it, it sounds simple. IT strategy should be driven by business requirements.Details
If you’ve archived backups of data for contractual or regulatory reasons, do you also need to back that data up?Details
There is some deeper relationship between IT security and the sea that has yet to be fathomed.Details
| 890
| 529
| 1,445.198488
|
warc
|
202143
|
“Our house is still on fire. Your inaction is fueling the flames by the hour.” – Greta Thunberg Our house is on fire, so how do we build in the face of disaster? Climate change is both an immediate and impending crisis: Under current conditions, we’re bound for 1000-year … [Read more...] about OPTIMIST VIEW: Sustainable Building in a Changing Climate
copenhagen
Like hundreds of other coastal cities across the world, Copenhagen is vulnerable to climate change-induced sea-level rise that is significantly increasing the city’s risk of flooding during storms. In a bid to protect its capital, the Danish government is now preparing plans for … [Read more...] about This artificial island will protect Copenhagen from sea level rise
The Optimist Daily is always curious about the latest ideas in urban development and design. In 2021, we're expecting to see the completion of an exciting new project in the Danish capital in which a series of small artificial floating islands are being built and installed … [Read more...] about These floating islands will form a “parkipelago” in Copenhagen’s harbor
Real animal fur is becoming increasingly out-of-style within the fashion industry. More and more people are straying away from the inhumane trade, and some cities, countries, and companies have placed bans on fur in recent years. In another blow to the fur industry, the world’s … [Read more...] about The world’s biggest fur auction house is closing its doors
Following a devastating dose of heavy rain in 2011 that cost Copenhagen $1 billion in damage, the Danish capital decided to begin investing in hundreds of climate-resilient projects that could mitigate the city’s vulnerability to flooding as a result of extreme rainstorms — which … [Read more...] about Park in Copenhagen is designed to stop rainwater from flooding the streets
| 1,934
| 993
| 3,587.540785
|
warc
|
202143
|
Growing up in the rural Sarawakian town of Marudi along the winding Baram River, Sibu-born Anthony Sebastian should have been worlds removed from the fast-changing transformation that was post-independence Malaysia. And in many ways, it was a charmed upbringing, from spending all his time bird-watching to playing in the forest areas with Orang Ulu children from tribes like the Kayan, Kenyah and Kelabit.
But what should have been an idyllic childhood was also marked by a backdrop of escalating logging and deforestation. It would not be far from the truth to say that growing up in logging heartland had a profound impact on Anthony and his career as an ecologist.
“In many ways, I am a product of this whole thing. I lived through it all. I saw it all first-hand, I had trees fall on my house,” he says, “and now I have so many classmates who are heads of some of those companies.”
As a member of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) International Board of Directors, he now enjoys any opportunity for a get-together to talk, be it with friends or representatives of either side of the controversial industry.
Professionally, Anthony — who is a former president of the Malaysian Nature Society — has worked in most countries in Asia and beyond. His consultancy work in forest management has paired him with local governments, development agencies and, occasionally, large corporations to help them generate sustainability and environmental benefits.
It is no exaggeration to say that Anthony’s heart lies with the Malaysian forest, although he remarks that he does not have the ardour of a tree hugger. As we sit in the PJ Hilton boardroom recently, his stories and insights into our local environmental situation — some of which shall, sadly, remain off the record — and his tireless answers to “why FSC?” over the last decade speak volumes about his passion for the cause.
“It all began in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the problem of mass deforestation was discussed … In fact, Malaysia was one of the countries highlighted as having one of the highest deforestation rates in the world. From there, several global NGOs came together to address the issue,” Anthony says, explaining how FSC came about.
Today, FSC certification has become a “gold standard” for governing anything that comes out of the forest, thanks to its tripartite vision of governance. Its guidelines, crafted by representatives of economic, environmental and social groups with equal voting, have been emulated and borrowed by many other environmental bodies since its unveiling in 1994.
“We’re surrounded by forest products,” Anthony says, commenting on the huge growth in FSC certification in the last 20 years. Unexpected items include clothing material, wild meat and perfumes. “In Europe, up to 70% of products in households can be FSC-certified. Asia is growing with Hong Kong surveyed to have around 28% of products … The 2016 Olympics in Rio reached 100% in FSC status, and now Japan is trying to get its certification for Tokyo 2020. And we’re going to start certifying car tyres made of rubber.”
In 2013, Swedish furniture giant IKEA’s FSC certification was briefly suspended when several violations were discovered, including harvesting old-growth trees. What is interesting here is the level of transparency and accountability in the reports.
“If it was the certificate alone that people wanted, there’s no need for us. You can give yourself a certificate. FSC is really a verification. It is verifying to other people, through other people, that your product is sustainable. So the premise that I can stand up and say my product is sustainable doesn’t work — somebody else has to say it. And it has to be transparent,” Anthony stresses.
This resonates, especially when compared with Malaysia’s dire forest management record — we chalked up the highest rate of forest loss between 2000 and 2012. The estimated area is larger than the size of Denmark, with half of the land converted into oil palm plantations.
Along with several NGOs, Anthony was part of a pioneering group that worked closely with the Malaysian government, from as far back as 1999, to explore stronger guidelines for logging practices here. To their disappointment, the government opted to set up the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS, formerly MTCC), which has been strongly criticised over the years for its lack of adherence to, and loopholes in, its guidelines.
This was a personal blow that prompted Anthony to help set up Forest Stewardship Malaysia in 2007, which he chaired until FSC Malaysia was officially launched in 2014. He then moved to the international office, becoming the first Asian to serve as FSC International chairman in 2015.
“One of the biggest problems for the government is getting the indigenous people, especially in Sabah and Sarawak, to participate in MTCS. The struggle of landownership, claims of their land being forcibly taken, the raping of their women, burning of villages — 99% of which is true — are conflicts that remain until today. Legality is the No 1 and biggest problem for Malaysia,” says Anthony.
He sees the mass conversion to oil palm as a result of weak governance. “To stop rampant deforestation, we must have a thriving timber industry. When there isn’t one, and people don’t see the value in it, they change the land use. The only way to protect and ensure a forest remains one is to put a certification on it.”
With the EU accepting only FSC-certified timber and related products, Malaysian timber is locked out of an important market, which offers a 20% premium and wider reach compared with the countries we currently export to, namely China, Japan, Taiwan and India.
“That we have the best kinds of wood is a bitter pill to swallow for many. When Cengal — or the variety of beautifully veined tropical hardwoods that very few countries in the world have, unlike us — reaches a point where prices go through the roof, say, 100 years from now... we should be doing all we can to hold on to them until then, but we don’t think far ahead enough.”
Nevertheless, FSC Malaysia is determined to persevere. In Peninsular Malaysia, there are two FSC-certified forests, both in Terengganu. In Sabah, over 600,000ha of forestry are now certified by FSC. The organisation is also focused on building awareness among companies and retailers, along with their consumers.
People care more about sustainability today, Anthony insists, which is one of the biggest motivations for companies to get FSC certification. “People may be removed from nature but within the sphere of their control, they care. The question is no longer about whether or not you have a sustainability label but why you don’t have one. People care more about that now in a brand, the image that it is a good company, be it the company’s employees or its customers.”
Despite working tirelessly to build a more sustainable future for the world’s forests, Anthony asserts that he is a bystander when it comes to nature. “Maybe, there is a sense of detachment but it allows me to do my work properly.” When pressed, he says having been to the planet’s remotest places, it is a deeply personal experience to be quietly appreciated and not preached to in discourse.
“Around 2005, I spent 3½ years in [China’s northernmost province of] Heilongjiang, trying to revive one of the world’s biggest wetlands, the size of three countries. It is the home of the Manchurian red-crowned crane. I walked in the footsteps of one of the last Siberian tigers in China — I didn’t see it but it walked right through my area. I experienced temperatures of -48°C, I experienced the vastness of landscape I could not imagine, and a modification of an environment on a scale I equally could not comprehend. It was brutal, different but a beautifully life-changing experience for me. What I’ve learnt is to be humbled in the presence of nature, that it is a very powerful thing. It made me glad to do what I do … but I’m not going back there though,” he recounts, laughing at the memory.
This article first appeared on Apr 23, 2018 in The Edge Malaysia.
| 8,474
| 4,015
| 17,169.611457
|
warc
|
202143
|
Recycling Demystified: Tips to be a Pro Recycler
Now, let’s jump in to some helpful recycling tips!
Plastic bags are the #1 cause of ruined recyclables. If you use plastic bags to bag your recyclables together, all of your recyclables are treated like trash. If you just toss empty plastic bags in your recycling bin (because they are indeed plastic) - all of your recyclables will be treated like trash. The reason why plastic bags are not recyclable is that they tend to get caught in machinery at recycling facilities, causing work to stop and workers to get injured.
While plastic bags are not recyclable in your curbside recycling bin, many grocery stores are able to recycle them, so try collecting your bags and bringing them to your local grocery store - check out our sustainability resource links to find a soft plastic recycler near you!
Beware! The recycling triangle can be very misleading. In the plastics industry, the triangle that resembles the recycling symbol is known as the ‘resin stamp,’ which is a marking that plastic manufacturers use to indicate the type(s) of plastic an object is made from. So, while this stamp can help determine what kind of plastic an object is made out of, it does not accurately determine whether something is recyclable or not.
Black plastic cannot be recycled and must be thrown in the trash. Period. This is because it does not reflect light, so it is not seen by the scanners at recycling facilities. Therefore, it can end up contaminating other materials, such as glass bottles, because it is not sorted properly. Recycling black plastic can also become very expensive, because it can only be recycled into other black plastic materials. It is much easier for manufacturers to use white or colored recycled plastic because they can be mixed together to make other colors for new products.
It’s okay to leave a little bit of food residue on your recyclables, but it’s important to rinse as much off as possible. Excess food left behind can attract critters and make it more expensive to recycle because of the resources needed to clean recyclables and to remove pests. For containers filled with sticky substances, such as honey, jelly, or peanut butter, take a few extra seconds to give them a scrub.
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. In that exact order! While recycling is a great way to keep things out of the landfill, it should be our last line of defense. The first and best way to prevent waste from ending up in the landfill is to reduce the demand for the source material.
Reduce the number of things you use through smart purchasing decisions. Decide what things you frequently use, and what things go to waste. After reducing, try reusing! Finally, everything that can not be reduced or reused can be recycled and turned into something else.
| 2,832
| 1,342
| 5,902.461997
|
warc
|
202143
|
Table of Contents
During the most recent Google Office Hour Hangout, two people mentioned they each made changes to their website and their search rankings dropped. Both people undid their changes and their rankings returned. Mueller at Google said that this was not cause and effect.
These unrelated experiences discussed in the same office hours hangout with John Mueller suggest that learning how something ranks or does not rank is more complex than what is easily observable. Based on what happened at the Google office-hours hangout, it seems that the causal relationship isn’t as straightforward as it seems. An advertiser asked if Google favours content above the fold.
They asked because after changing the location of their content, they noticed a radical improvement in rankings. When asked about Google’s ranking, John Mueller said that the position of content above the fold is not a strong preference. However, the publisher decided to update the site to show more content above the fold, and their rankings dropped.
Google’s ranking:
In a Google Office Hours hangout this week, another man experienced the same drop in rankings after starting a Google Ads campaign, and asked if the redesign that put content above the fold caused the drop. They went on to claim that when the Google Ads campaign was stopped, it was ranked the same as before. John Mueller explained to each case that the ranking changes had no relation to perceived causes of the changes.
There is a possibility that a particular activity might not have caused a change in ranking with certainty. During an office hours hangout the previous week, a publisher told John Mueller that a competitor updated their site to move their content above the fold and experienced dramatic rankings improvements.
Content above the fold and Google:
A clear pattern emerged as a result of the website update and the subsequent improvement in rankings. They, therefore, asked John Mueller whether Google gives preference to pages with more content above the fold. He responded that Google did not favour content above the fold on pages.
The publisher was sceptical because they updated their website to emphasize content above the fold. In the next few days, the publisher’s website dropped from the top number one position to the second. The publisher, realizing the competitor had an advantage, pushed their content closer to the top of the page in an effort to close that gap. After they removed the banner and improved their website, the keyword dropped from the number one position to the number two position. Instead of gaining rankings, the web page lost ranking position.
As a result, the publisher was back at the Google hangout asking if the change they made led to the drop in rankings. Mueller added that the changes made were not particularly dramatic enough to cause the observed change in rankings. “I think if you make that kind of design change on your website, where suddenly the content moves up or suddenly the content moves down, you would generally see that as a fairly soft change, like a very small change.…I don’t think you would be able to… tie it back to that change.”
When he was told what the change in ranking was, Mueller reassured the publisher that the ranking drop was not tied to the design changes and that this was just normal day to day ranking changes.
“That feels like… a subtle, normal change in search that can always happen, that a site moves from position one to position two or position three and then to position two and then position one. These kinds of changes are fairly common.”
| 3,668
| 1,551
| 8,499.54352
|
warc
|
202143
|
Most popular narratives about climate change are negative, playing off people’s anxieties. In the movie
The Day After Tomorrow, a climate disaster precipitates the fall of civilization. Margaret Atwood's novel MaddAddam is set in a society shattered by an ecological catastrophe. In Aaron Sorkin's HBO TV series The Newsroom, an Environmental Protection Agency researcher proclaims, “a person has already been born who will die due to catastrophic failure of the planet.” The “cli-fi” genre is so popular that the Chicago Review of Books has an entire column (“Burning Worlds”) dedicated to it.
But a group of scholars is trying to resist such negative thinking, even while grappling with serious consequences for both humans and ecosystems. People from government, academia, and nonprofits are joining community representatives as part of the Urban Resilience to Extremes (UREx) Sustainability Research Network to rethink how society envisions and plans for climate’s effects in the decades to come (1). At a 2017 workshop, issues ranging from flooding to droughts to social justice were on the agenda.
“It’s difficult to know where you are going if you don't have a clear vision of what that [future] should look like, in particular, a positive vision that you could get excited about and motivated to really make a transformative change,” says Timon McPhearson, director of the Urban Systems Lab at The New School in New York City. McPhearson and his colleagues at UREx are helping city planners assemble positive, …
| 1,584
| 933
| 2,578.881029
|
warc
|
202143
|
@ksdj155dattivo 1 mese fa
Air compressors are an invaluable tool for both industrial work and DIY at home, and there are several different types to choose from depending on the job you need doing. Air compressors have a number of uses, such as to fill gas cylinders for industrial purposes and scuba diving, to create the power needed to run pneumatic tools and spray…[Leggi tutto]
Effectiveness of Air Filters and Air Cleaners in Allergic Respiratory Diseases
Air filtration is frequently recommended as a component of environmental control measures for patients with allergic respiratory disease. Residential air filtration can be provided by whole house filtration via the home’s heating, ventilation, or air c…[Leggi tutto]
The best soft close drawer slides will open easily, close smoothly and be certified for durability. But unfortunately finding a brand name slide that works properly isn’t easy. And, since soft close slides require precision installation, there are a few tools you MUST purchase for proper installation. In this article learn what the best d…[Leggi tutto]
The sink and faucet area is one of the most-used in any kitchen, and are often treated as a design focal point for the room. Upgrading your kitchen faucet is an easy and economical way to give your space a quick design refresh, or complement a whole kitchen transformation. A new faucet changes the look of the whole space. Be smart about the…[Leggi tutto]
With thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring this article. Go to Squarespace.com for a free trial and when you’re ready to launch, go to http://squarespace.com/engineeringmin… and add code “ENGINEERINGMINDSET” at checkout to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.
Padlocks come in many shapes colours and sizes. They ha…[Leggi tutto]
Intelligent Mining Technology for an Underground Metal Mine Based on Unmanned Equipment
This article presents facts and figures on mining equipment safety and reviews various important aspects of mining equipment safety including quarry accidents, electrical accidents, equipment fires, maintenance-related mining accidents, causes of…[Leggi tutto]
| 2,208
| 1,158
| 4,074.694301
|
warc
|
202143
|
It is possible for all of us to rise from the ashes! It’s about time for you to learn how to pull yourself up by your bootstraps to succeed! There is a way for us to stop feeling sorry for ourselves and to reclaim that lost motivation. The only true variety of failure comes from not actually trying in the first place. We can bounce back from even the most difficult situations.
There comes a time in every persons life when they have tried to make a change, and for some reason or another, that change was not successful. This can be profoundly discouraging, and even send us on a downward spiral. We are not prepared for the setbacks in childhood. We are generally given the impression that in order to have value, we have to do things right, and often times, we think we have to do things right the first time. What we don’t always take into consideration is the fact that a very common, and unfortunate, part of being human is failing.
Whether we think we have everything figured out or not, the unforeseen obstacles that seem to insert themselves in our paths can sometimes take us by surprise.
Sometimes, the setbacks that we face seem insurmountable. We might begin to believe that we failed for a reason, and that there is no possible way that we could ever be the people that we want to be. We stop having confidence in ourselves, and begin to believe in the worst case scenario a lot more readily than we believe in the possibility of success.
You are going to remember that you are made of strong material, emotionally and mentally, and in that way, you will be able to succeed. You will understand that it is possible for all of us to rise from the ashes, no matter how difficult the situations we find ourselves in may seem at the time. You will understand that we can always learn to see negative situations in a positive light. You are going to learn that whether you are suffering from emotional or material setbacks, it is possible for you to get back on your feet and thrive. You will understand that all you have to do is believe in yourself, and remember that it is truly possible. What you’ll discover inside… Processing and accepting your challenge. Understanding what is holding you back and facing your fears. Accepting adversity as a normal part of life. Viewing mistakes and setbacks as learning opportunities. Changing your negative thought patterns. Stop fearing the future. Laying the groundwork for success by working on plan A and plan B. Surrounding yourself with moral support. Journaling with gratitude. The importance of routine and structure. Plus, a whole lot more… If you answer yes to any of the below, you need this. You want to stop feeling sorry for yourself. You want to recover your lost motivation. You want to be prepared for the setbacks. You want to rediscover confidence in yourself. You want to pull yourself up by your bootstraps to succeed. Rising From The Ashes – Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps to succeed.
A complimentary audio book is included.
| 3,045
| 1,376
| 6,656.511628
|
warc
|
202143
|
Policy towards private enterprise and competition
2018-19: The government makes some efforts to promote private-sector participation through public-private partnerships. Policies promoting a more competitive business environment are implemented, albeit inconsistently.
2020-22: Liberalisation of markets continues, albeit at a slow pace. The private sector continues to be the dominant driver of economic activity and growth.
Policy towards foreign investment
2018-19: Foreign investment remains concentrated in the telecommunications, banking and textile industries. Investment in the power generation and transport sectors is dominated by Japan and Russia and increasingly by China and India.
2020-22: The authorities boost efforts to attract foreign investment into strategic sectors, including power generation and transport.
Foreign trade and exchange controls
2018-19: Tariffs remain high to protect local producers. Current-account deficits, inflationary pressures and a narrowing interest rate differential with the US will weigh on the taka, but this will not prompt a change in the exchange-rate regime.
2020-22: The government is likely to sign, or at least start pursuing, free-trade agreements with major trading partners as it seeks to increase the size of the external sector as a proportion of nominal GDP.
Taxes
2018-19: Tax revenue growth remains low owing to the postponement of a new, flat rate of value-added tax (VAT) until 2019. The tax system will remain complicated and inefficient by regional standards.
2020-22: Tax revenue as a proportion of nominal GDP picks up gradually as the tax net widens and the authorities decentralise tax collection beyond the two largest cities: the capital, Dhaka, and Chittagong.
Financing
2018-19: Foreign interest in Bangladesh's stockmarket increases in line with improved investor confidence and Chinese part-ownership of the main bourse.
2020-22: The government begins to issue sovereign debt bonds on foreign financial markets but, owing to persistent currency depreciation and a relatively low-interest-rate environment, foreign investor interest in these will be low.
The labour market
2018-19: Some progress is made to improve the protection of workers' rights and safety in the important garment sector. Minimum wages are increased and production costs go up in the industrial sector.
2020-22: Retaining skilled technical and professional personnel remains difficult, owing to ongoing outward migration. Bangladesh continues to send hundreds of thousands of workers to the Middle East to ease labour market pressures.
Infrastructure
2018-19: Despite government efforts to attract greater investment into the power sector, electricity shortages persist. At least one big coal power station becomes operational.
2020-22: The supply of electricity improves as more diverse power sources come on stream, but power shortages persist owing to rapid urbanisation and industrialisation. Improvements in road and rail infrastructure benefit trade.
Technological readiness
2018-19: The quality of the e-commerce business environment remains poor. Low internet and mobile-phone penetration are an impediment to businesses.
2020-22: Expenditure on research and development as a proportion of GDP improves but will remain low by international standards.
| 3,333
| 1,568
| 7,031.609694
|
warc
|
202143
|
Gene Banks, Seed Libraries, and Vegetable Sanctuaries: The Cultivation and Conservation of Heritage Vegetables in Britain, 1970–1985
dc.contributor.author Curry, Helen en dc.date.accessioned 2019-06-10T23:30:14Z dc.date.available 2019-06-10T23:30:14Z dc.date.issued 2019-12-10 en dc.identifier.issn 1556-486X dc.identifier.uri https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/293510 dc.description.abstract Individual seed saving and exchange are considered important components of contemporary efforts to conserve crop genetic diversity, which ramify at local, regional, and global scales. Yet the very fact that the contributions of these activities to conservation need to be made explicit by seed savers and those who study them indicates that the practices of seed saving and exchange may not immediately be recognized as conservation-oriented activities. This article investigates why and how individual seed saving came to be aligned with a broader conservation agenda in Britain through an historical examination of the promotion of seed saving by the Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA) in the 1970s and 1980s. It demonstrates how several HDRA initiatives that aimed to preserve vegetable diversity also re-inscribed British gardeners' ordinary labor as conservation work. This historical study complements sociological and ethnographic studies, highlighting the role of a prominent organization in creating pathways for individuals to engage in local, national, and international conservation through seed saving. It also serves as a reminder that the connections between these activities had to be made explicit—that is, that there was (and is) work involved in connecting individual acts of seed saving to conservation outcomes at different scales. dc.publisher American Anthropological Association dc.rights Attribution 4.0 International dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ dc.title Gene Banks, Seed Libraries, and Vegetable Sanctuaries: The Cultivation and Conservation of Heritage Vegetables in Britain, 1970–1985 en dc.type Article prism.endingPage 96 prism.issueIdentifier 2 en prism.publicationDate 2019 en prism.publicationName Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment en prism.startingPage 87 prism.volume 46 en dc.identifier.doi 10.17863/CAM.40648 dcterms.dateAccepted 2019-05-31 en rioxxterms.versionofrecord 10.1111/cuag.12239 en rioxxterms.version AM rioxxterms.licenseref.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ en rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate 2019-12-10 en dc.contributor.orcid Curry, Helen [0000-0001-9474-1528] dc.identifier.eissn 2153-9561 rioxxterms.type Journal Article/Review en pubs.funder-project-id WELLCOME TRUST (109337/Z/15/Z) cam.issuedOnline 2019-11-26 en dc.identifier.url https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cuag.12239 en Files in this item This item appears in the following Collection(s) Cambridge University Research Outputs Research outputs of the University of Cambridge
| 3,000
| 1,449
| 6,173.913043
|
warc
|
202143
|
Environmental groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency in federal court for a final rule that limits what scientific research it can use to formulate regulations, claiming the agency lacked the authority to adopt the measure.
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the Montana Environmental Information Center and Citizens for Clean Energy allege in a lawsuit filed in Great Falls, Montana federal court on Monday that the EPA unlawfully enacted a substantive rule under a “housekeeping” statute that is not designed to manage regulations of such significance.
To read the full story on Westlaw Today, click here: bit.ly/39pMwHJ
Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
| 707
| 437
| 1,119.551487
|
warc
|
202143
|
After eight months of operation in Antarctica, the EDEN ISS greenhouse has produced a ‘record harvest’ of fresh lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes and other herbs and vegetables to support the 10-member overwintering crew stationed at the German Neumayer Station III, the team reported in September 2018. Despite outdoor temperatures of -20°C and low levels of sunlight, the greenhouse yielded 75kg of lettuce, 51kg of cucumbers, 29kg of tomatoes, 12kg of kohlrabi, 5kg of radishes and 9kg of herbs – on a cultivation area of ca13m2.
Image: David Hecker / Getty
The goal of the EDEN ISS is to demonstrate technologies that could be used by future astronauts to grow their own food on long distance missions to Mars and other more distant planets, explained NASA controlled environment technician Connor Kiselchuk, speaking at the Bayer Future of Farming Dialogue event in Monheim in September 2018.‘Food determines how far from the Earth we can go and how long we can stay.’
Even if astronauts took a year and a half’s supply of food with them on a mission to Mars, for example, he pointed out that the food would be ‘very deficient in B vitamins’ by the time they came to eat it.
Unlike a standard greenhouse used in conventional horticulture, the EDEN ISS is designed to operate as a ‘closed system’ with all of the resources needed to grow the plants – including air, nutrients, water and energy – coming from within the facility itself. Plants are grown in trays and fed by aquaponics, with light and heat provided by low energy LEDs and humidity carefully monitored and controlled so any reclaimed water is recycled back to the system.
The nutrient or ion content of the system is critical and can now be instantly determined by using an ion specific optrode spectrometer, Kiselchuk said. As well as in space, technologies employed in the greenhouse could also be useful for growing crops in harsh or climatically challenging environments back on Earth, he added. Anyone interested can now watch plant growth at EDEN ISS live via the website. While most plants appear to be doing well, the crew did report a total lack of success with strawberries – due to the fact that artificial pollination without insects is ‘especially challenging’.
EDEN ISS is a four-year project under the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme in collaboration with the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research and a number of other international organisations.
| 2,550
| 1,342
| 4,668.66617
|
warc
|
202143
|
Tight restrictions on travel are needed to curb the spread of Covid-19. But the border controls and quarantine measures are having a severe impact on the economy and on people’s ability to live their lives to the full. The creation of a travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore and the relaxing of quarantine restrictions for local people returning from the mainland are, therefore, welcome measures. Trips to and from Singapore without the need to spend time in quarantine will begin on November 22. At first, the number of people permitted to travel in each direction will be limited to 200 a day, on designated flights. They must take up to three tests at different stages of the trip. The arrangement will be suspended if the average number of untraceable cases in either city rises above five a week. It makes sense to proceed carefully, given the potential for travellers to spread the virus and spark a new surge in cases. But this first step to making foreign travel easier will lift the mood in both cities and give the hard-hit tourism sector a much-needed boost. Hong Kong, Singapore travel bubble to launch on November 22 Hong Kong residents returning from the mainland will no longer need to quarantine. This will provide long-awaited relief for those living across the border. Quotas on the number allowed to travel each day will cause some inconvenience. But it is necessary to take the relaxation step by step to ensure Covid-19 is kept under control. The easing of the border controls is only possible because cases in Hong Kong, Singapore and the mainland have been reduced to sufficiently low levels. The number of new cases each day in Hong Kong has been significantly lowered since the third wave peaked in July. But the city has not yet won its battle with the virus, as this week’s rise in cases and worrying new clusters have shown. Guangdong authorities have not been persuaded it is safe to drop their quarantine requirements for cross-border travel with the city. Hong Kong still has much work to do if the border is to be reopened. The failure to eradicate local cases of unknown origin continues to be a concern and the threat of a wider community outbreak remains. Hong Kong residents returning from Macau, Guangdong will be able to skip quarantine Loopholes in the city’s measures are being closed, including tightening up procedures for certain categories of people exempt from quarantine. Any further loopholes need to be identified and removed before they lead to transmissions of the virus. Meanwhile, all arrivals from outside China, except those using the Singapore travel bubble, must quarantine in hotels rather than at home. The relaxation of border controls whether as part of travel bubbles or arrangements with the mainland is needed to help the economy and bring life back to something approaching normal. But the danger has not passed. A cautious approach must be adopted to the easing of restrictions to ensure the virus is kept at bay.
| 3,004
| 1,420
| 6,318.977465
|
warc
|
202143
|
Please enable JavaScript for all features on this website to function properly.
Your President, Henn Warwick takes a deep dive into the origins of Black History Month and lets you know how you can celebrate with us at the Students' Union.
President
Check out the Black History Month campaign page for everything we've got going on this month.
October marks Black History Month in the UK. The event was officially recognised by the US government in 1976, and first celebrated in the UK in 1987. But what is the significance of the month today?
To understand the importance of anything in life, it’s best to know the historical background of its origins so, how did Black History Month originate?
In 1926, Carter G Woodson sent out a press release to mark the first Black History Week in the US.
“Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.”
Carter G. Woodson
Woodson, also known as the "Father of Black History", was born in Virginia in 1875 and was the son of former slaves. Growing up, he had limited access to a good education and job opportunities, but he ended up studying at one of the few high schools for black students after saving money from working as a coal miner.
Over the years, Woodson gained an impressive number of qualifications, including a Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. He worked tirelessly to promote Black history in schools, leaving a lasting legacy. The event was expanded in 1970, and since 1976 every US president has officially designated February as Black History Month in the US.
Undoubtedly, Black History Month in the UK was inspired by the US, however, Black history in Britain and in America have fundamental differences. The lived experiences of individuals differ greatly based on geographical location, for example, the unique experiences of Britain’s extensive African-Caribbean population.
Black History Month was first celebrated in October 1987, which was the 150th anniversary of Caribbean emancipation. The month was organised by Ghanaian analyst Akyaaba Addai-Sebo, who worked for Greater London Council as a coordinator of special projects and was intended to form part of the African Jubilee year. Clearly, the message caught on and Black History Month spread across the UK.
For far, far, FAR too long, Black history has been ignored and pushed to the back of the queue. This is notwithstanding the appropriation of culture and misrepresentation that has occurred, not only in the UK but across the world. This month-long celebration recognises the events, the activism and the achievements of Black people who have impacted, shaped and continue to shape our society.
Discovering and learning about the past enables us all to see that Black history is our history. Black history, in my view, shouldn’t be restricted to one month, it should be celebrated and recognised all year round. It should be given the representation it deserves and allowed to flow through our curriculum and daily life. The more we all learn about the history of mistreatment of the community, the better we can empathise with and understand each other. It's time to stand up - we cannot ignore the existence of racism.
This month enables everyone, regardless of race/ethnicity, to spotlight and celebrate Black achievements. It’s all too often that conversations involving race lead back to discrimination, harassment and racism. Whilst these topics are crucial and it is everyone’s responsibility to ensure we discuss and enact change, it’s also extremely valuable and relevant to go beyond such topics. Black history goes beyond slavery, it’s important that we, as a student community, gain a broader understanding and appreciate this so that we can be proud and spotlight Black excellence.
For us to understand where we are, we must understand and appreciate our past and how we got here, including the events and Black people who shaped the way the UK stands today.
Well, for all the details you can check out our events calendar. But just to give you a quick insight - myself and the President of African-Caribbean Society (ACS), Shaniya Odulawa have worked hard to bring you a month jam-packed full of events.
Black History Month at the Students' Union is in full swing! So far, we've had a chilled-out evening at The Packhorse, where ACS members sipped 'n' painted whilst catching up with friends and meeting new people. For World Mental Health Day, we put together a personal reflection exercise that allowed you to be more in touch with yourself and recognise how far you have come on your journey.
Coming up, we've got weekly movie nights and discussion events, which provide an opportunity for students to delve into some tricky and challenging topics followed by a light-hearted and fun discussion. Chine McDonald (Head of Community Fundraising & Public Engagement at Christian Aid) is holding a lecture focusing on the topic of her recent book, God is Not a White Man. This session will delve into the deep-rooted whitewashing of religion with a focus on these questions: ‘What does it mean when God is presented as male?’; ‘What does it mean when — from our internal assumptions to our shared cultural imaginings — God is presented as white?’. This lecture includes a Q&A session where you can get involved.
We are really looking forward to the ACS Student Mingle: Rep Your Flag event where we're inviting students to Tommy’s Lounge to get involved in some face painting or to wear a flag sticker to show off their nationality and meet others from around the world!
Towards the end of the month, your very own ACS President, Shaniya Odulawa will be leading a Makeup Masterclass exclusively for students with medium to dark skin tones. More information to come - it’s definitely not one to miss!
All News
Registered charity no: 1141998
The Students’ Union, Royal Holloway
Egham, TW20 0EX
01784 276700
Student Intranet
University Email
Moodle
Campus Connect
| 6,124
| 2,969
| 12,375.884136
|
warc
|
202143
|
Building your own home is a great idea but securing it from the atrocities can be quite a task. Let us remind you how intricately you made all the designs and opted for the best of the lot while choosing the furniture then why overlook the fact that your home needs an efficient security system to protect the house from unwanted visitors. As they say, there is no use crying over spilled milk.
So, if still youre in a dilemma about what and how of the security systems, let us guide you through.Security cameras : Easing the law enforcers workLet us get one thing straight, you will never know when a burglar breaks into your home and how amusingly it takes away all your prized possessions from under your nose. Theyve been trained to do that, and that is how they earn their living.
Coming back to the ground, a security system includes the function of videotaping, which means youll be able to identify the person performing the competent task of theft. Adding to the good news, youll not only be able to collar the criminal but also recover all your possessions. Recently, plenty of households have praised their home security camera to do this victorious task.
When the crime statistics are frighteningRecently a pandemic has struck the US. Millions of homes are getting invaded by people dressed as creepy clowns. Though it has been deemed as an offense in multiple states, people still carry out this heinous act that threatens the security of many households.
That is just not it. Home invasions have become a regular occurrence throughout the world. There were around an average of 1,030,000 home invasions between 1994 and now.
Every day there are 4,500 home burglaries in the US alone. But you just dont need a Wireless CCTV Camera just to identify the perpetrators. Reddit and 4Chan are filled with millions of stories of people actually living in other peoples houses with even the owner having any knowledge of the incident at all.
And most of them actually happened.Cloud Camera : The result of technological evolutionCloud camera is the thing of tomorrow. These systems were designed with simplicity and tactility in mind.
These cameras record and store media on a cloud-based website which can be accessed from anywhere at the users discretion. These cameras are not exposed to third-party websites and therefore add a layer of security. This is the biggest difference between a cloud camera and IP camera.
However, if you want to run a massive monitoring surveillance operation, an IP camera might be best for you. However, they require added memory and therefore are not ideal for houses. It is mandatory to discuss with a security expert before choosing the perfect camera for your home.
They know exactly what your home needs and budget also plays a big part. There are plenty of websites out there which will provide you with a descriptive view of what exactly you should opt for. Keeping in mind the budget, the structure of your home, the area to be covered the purchase should be made.
Not only will these cameras deter the criminals but also help you get back your stolen possessions
Shenzhen TigerWong Technology Co.,Ltd
Tél: 86 0755-23773884
Courriel:[email protected]
Ajouter: Salle 601-605, bâtiment 6, 1980 Parc industriel des sciences et de la technologie, Longhua Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen
{"site":{"site_id":2877,"site_type":1,"site_domain":"sztigerwong.com","domain_mode":2,"original_domain":"sztigerwong.com","language_code":"fr","lang_prefix":"/fr","animate_name":"none"},"page":{"page_id":1104,"page_type":"ai_article_detail","page_url":"/ai-article/home-security-camera-systems-for-home-protection.html","page_source":"","allowAnimat":0,"content_id":541,"content_type":5,"detail_thumb":"https://img.yfisher.com/1612248458188.jpg","detail_title":"Home Security Camera Systems for Home Protection","pattern":[],"moq":1},"translateList":{"Please enter a valid email address":"Please enter a valid email address","The subscription is successful, thank you for your participation":"The subscription is successful, thank you for your participation","choose a country":"Choose a country","estimated Delivery Time":"Estimated Delivery Time","shipping":"Shipping","free":"Free","free shipping":"Free Shipping","merchant free shipping":"Merchant Free Shipping","user center":"user center","my orders":"Mes commandes","my inquiry":"ma demande","address book":"address book","account security":"Sécurité du compte","shipment successful":"shipment successful","awaiting shipment":"En attente d'expédition","read more":"Lire la suite","uploading":"Téléchargement","name":"Nom","email":"e-mail","order notes":"order notes","optional":"optional","This is title":"this is title","Small Title":"Petit titre","This is Text":"C'est du texte","Small Text":"Petit texte","Paypal":"Paypal","Western Union":"Western union"}}
| 5,076
| 2,447
| 10,064.876175
|
warc
|
202143
|
The fossil fuel industry benefits from subsidies of $11m every minute, according to analysis by the International Monetary Fund.
The IMF found the production and burning of coal, oil and gas was subsidised by $5.9tn in 2020, with not a single country pricing all its fuels sufficiently to reflect their full supply and environmental costs. Experts said the subsidies were “adding fuel to the fire” of the climate crisis, at a time when rapid reductions in carbon emissions were urgently needed.
Explicit subsidies that cut fuel prices accounted for 8% of the total and tax breaks another 6%. The biggest factors were failing to make polluters pay for the deaths and poor health caused by air pollution (42%) and for the heatwaves and other impacts of global heating (29%).
Setting fossil fuel prices that reflect their true cost would cut global CO
2 emissions by over a third, the IMF analysts said. This would be a big step towards meeting the internationally agreed 1.5C target. Keeping this target within reach is a key goal of the UN Cop26 climate summit in November.
Agreeing rules for carbon markets, which enable the proper pricing of pollution, is another Cop26 goal. “Fossil fuel price reform could not be timelier,” the IMF researchers said. The ending of fossil fuel subsidies would also prevent nearly a million deaths a year from dirty air and raise trillions of dollars for governments, they said.
“There would be enormous benefits from reform, so there’s an enormous amount at stake,” said Ian Parry, the lead author of the IMF report. “Some countries are reluctant to raise energy prices because they think it will harm the poor. But holding down fossil fuel prices is a highly inefficient way to help the poor, because most of the benefits accrue to wealthier households. It would be better to target resources towards helping poor and vulnerable people directly.”
With 50 countries committed to net zero emissions by mid-century and more than 60 carbon pricing schemes around the world, there are some encouraging signs, Parry said: “But we’re still just scratching the surface really, and there’s an awful long way to go.”
The G20 agreed in 2009 to phase out “inefficient” fossil fuel subsidies and in 2016, the G7 set a deadline of 2025, but little progress has been made. In July, a report showed that the G20 countries had subsidised fossil fuels by trillions of dollars since 2015, the year the Paris climate deal was reached.
“To stabilise global temperatures we must urgently move away from fossil fuels instead of adding fuel to the fire,” said Mike Coffin, senior analyst at the thinktank Carbon Tracker. “It’s critical that governments stop propping up an industry that is in decline, and look to accelerate the low-carbon energy transition, and our future, instead.
“As host of Cop26, the UK government could play an important global leadership role by ending all subsidies for fossil fuels, as well as halting new North Sea licensing rounds,” he said. The International Energy Agency (IEA) said in May that the development of new oil and gas fields must stop this year to meet climate goals.
The comprehensive IMF report found that prices were at least 50% below their true costs for 99% of coal, 52% of diesel and 47% of natural gas in 2020. Five countries were responsible for two-thirds of the subsidies: China, the US, Russia, India and Japan. Without action, subsidies will rise to $6.4tn in 2025, the IMF said.
Proper pricing for fossil fuels would cut emissions by, for example, encouraging electricity generators to switch from coal to renewable energy and making electric cars an even cheaper option for motorists. International cooperation is important, Parry said, to allay fears that countries could lose competitiveness if their fossil fuel prices were higher.
“The IMF report is a sobering reading, pointing to one of the major defects of the global economy,” said Maria Pastukhova, at the thinktank e3g. “The IEA’s net-zero roadmap projects that $5tn is necessary by 2030 to put the world on the pathway to a climate-safe world. It is maddening to realise the much-needed change could start happening now, if not for governments’ entanglement with the fossil fuels industry in so many major economies.”
“Fossil fuel subsidies have been a major stumbling block in the G20 process for years,” she said. “Now all eyes are on the G20 leaders’ summit in late October.”
Ipek Gençsü, at the Overseas Development Institute, said: “[Subsidy reform] requires support for vulnerable consumers who will be impacted by rising costs, as well for workers in industries which simply have to shut down. It also requires information campaigns, showing how the savings will be redistributed to society in the form of healthcare, education and other social services. Many people oppose subsidy reform because they see it solely as governments taking something away, and not giving back.”
The G20 countries emit almost 80% of global greenhouse gases. More than 600 global companies in the We Mean Business coalition, including Unilever, Ikea, Aviva, Siemens and Volvo Cars, recently urged G20 leaders to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2025.
| 5,361
| 2,559
| 10,816.273154
|
warc
|
202143
|
Fertility rates continue to decline in the whole world, which has led to a substantial increase in the number of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) babies. More than 5 million babies have been born with these technologies too far. Many would-be parents have indeed benefited from this new medical discovery, yet worries about its validity linger in their thoughts. IVF-conceived babies have been linked to premature birth risks that have been questioned in the past. These suspicions are generally baseless, according to the fertility experts of the IVF center in Patna. The distinction between a natural conception and an IVF conception must be understood before discussing whether or not IVF treatment causes premature birth risks.
Natural and IVF conception
Natural and IVF conception should always be compared before making a decision. Both processes require sperm to fertilize the eggs. After sexual intercourse, the natural procedure occurs in the fallopian tube. During IVF, the fertilization takes place in a dish in a specially prepared laboratory at the IVF center in Patna. A naturally conceived embryo travels to the uterus, where it implants, resulting in a healthy pregnancy in natural conception. However, the lab-created embryos are placed artificially into the uterus. The vital fact is that when the embryo is inserted into the uterus, the following phases are identical to those of natural conception. If you think you can see that the health of an IVF baby is not at risk. It means that they can be born as healthy as a baby delivered during a natural pregnancy and free of disease.
Does IVF cause premature birth risks?
According to the preconceived assumptions, IVF babies are unnatural and are more likely to fall into the high-risk categories. Researchers have been concerned about the possibility of birth abnormalities and health problems in IVF babies since 1978, when the first IVF baby was born. Most of the children appear to be in good condition, although it is true that there has been a slight increase in health concerns such as premature birth and low birth weight. Instead of the method itself, researchers believe that male or female fertility, poor maternal nutrition, and the parents’ ages are more likely to be responsible for the defects. As a result of these studies, it is clear that multiple births (when fertility doctors transfer more than one embryo to increase the odds of getting pregnant) always carry a higher level of danger than singleton deliveries (where fertility doctors transfer only one embryo). The factors that cause premature birth are:
Maternal factors:Premature birth may be linked to infertility factors. IVF moms are also more likely to be older and heavier than mothers who conceive naturally. It further raises the chance of miscarriage and stillbirth. Multiple embryos:No matter how they are conceived, twins and other multiples are more likely to be born early than singletons. How to reduce your chances of premature birth?
Some of the ways that help to reduce your chances of premature birth risks are:
It’s crucial to weigh your alternatives, including single embryo transfer. When it comes to IVF, two or more embryos may seem like the best option. When numerous embryos are implanted instead of just one, the risk of preterm birth increases dramatically. The use of frozen embryos could be an option to consider. Researchers found that frozen embryos at the IVF center in Patna had better results than fresh embryos. Weaker embryos will not survive freezing. On the other hand, frozen embryos are implanted at a more natural point in your cycle. It doesn’t matter how you conceive your child, be healthy can help you minimize your risks of delivering a premature baby. Avoid smoking, eat well and get some exercise. Your chances of carrying your child rise if you keep a healthy body and weight. Should you get an IVF treatment?
IVF is still a blessing for many couples who are unable to conceive naturally. Fortunately, most babies delivered through IVF at Diwya Vatsalya Mamta Fertility Centre are born physically and mentally healthy. Thus, it ensures that the process is guaranteed to succeed. If you take a few measures given by the fertility experts of Diwya Vatsalya Mamta Fertility Centre, you can give yourself the happiness you have always wanted.
| 4,351
| 1,994
| 9,439.531595
|
warc
|
202143
|
Create, develop and scale location-centric information belongings and services in a single, safe atmosphere. Listed below are 6 steps that logistics corporations should observe to develop a sound advertising and marketing plan. For administration management functions, the standards are in comparison with precise prices, and variances are computed. Sensible Trade systems pre-process and evaluate data in order that designated personnel can have all the details they should make a qualified and quick resolution.
2. Distribution and Transportation Administration – DRP, shipping, freight management, traffic management. Supply Chain Administration encompasses the planning and administration of all activities involved in sourcing and procurement, conversion, and all Logistics Management activities. The perfect practices of CV initiatives are reviewed, the broader public perception of CV applications are investigated, and the various challenges to the CV expertise are recognized.
At Delta Capital Group, we offer affordable and flexible financial solutions for businesses of all kinds – and we do not shy away from the trucking trade like other finance companies are inclined to do at this time. The companies will probably be available via different channels in response to the customers’ wants. Autonomous cars use a mixture of LIDAR (much like sonar but with laser … Read More...
Ignatia Martha, Hendrati and Nuruni, Ika and Herry, Pudjo and Sishadiyati, Sishadiyati (2018) Provide chain Administration (SCM) and logistics Management. Apple is only one example of 1000’s of corporations using a world provide chain. The mix of scientific studies with experience from the commercial world makes the buildup of expertise on the Center for Provide Chain Management not only relevant to the wants of business, but also based mostly on science. No longer are manufacturing corporations working their transport logistics technique on outdated data or irrelevant communication threads.
As gross sales volumes improve, extra environment friendly manufacturing and shipment quantities are achieved, lowering costs of logistics in the price profile of the corporate. Services have little or no worth unless they are within the possession of consumers when (time) and the place (place) they wish to devour them. Although in their early stages, autonomous automobiles have made strides in transportation expertise that may have an enormous affect on the overall future of how we get around.
They often work with firms which can be shipping goods overseas or which are delivery massive gadgets that require freight services. Its objective is to extend picking efficiency and scale back warehouse handling prices … Read More...
As one other yr comes to a close, many B2B companies, together with logistics companies, are targeted on planning for the year forward. The logistics value proposition stems from a singular dedication of your agency to a person customer or choose group of customers. Kiara Well being is an African pharmaceutical manufacturing and healthcare services firm based in Johannesburg. Increased the importance of logistics system on planning and enterprise at that time. It gives help to logistics by storing, protecting and delivering goods from a company to another firm and to the shoppers, along with conserving a strict check on quality as well.
Streamline and simplify enterprise programs and processes. Let’s look at transportation and logistics management in a metaphorical sense. Build to Order: A method of decreasing inventory by not manufacturing product until there may be an precise order from the customer. To grasp what is logistics on the most simple degree, we must know that logistics management includes the various associated duties required to get the fitting items to the best clients on the right time.
Good land use retains common actions close to folks’s properties and locations increased-density improvement closer to move strains and hubs, to minimize … Read More...
As an integral part of provide chain management, logistics performs an essential role to keep the availability chain sturdy. Downstream: A number of companies or people who take part within the movement of goods and providers transferring from the producer to the ultimate consumer or consumer. CN officers stated that these zero-emission vehicles shall be utilized for numerous intermodal-associated functions, together with city supply, container shuttle service, and port operations. With these transportation and logistics infrastructure development efforts via overseas investments, Indonesia is destined to supply a smoother, stronger transportation and logistics convenience to your complete nation.
Buyer Relationship Management (CRM): This refers to data techniques that assist sales and marketing capabilities versus the ERP (Enterprise Useful resource Planning), which is for back-end integration. When you’ve got experience with smaller gadgets, begin there, however in case you intend to ultimately increase your portfolio to include different specialised services, purchase as a lot comprehensive data as you may, while constructing a strong set of connections in relevant regions across the business, and possibly the nation as effectively.
Payroll: Complete of all totally-burdened labor costs, including wages, fringe, advantages, time beyond regulation, bonus, and profit sharing. This study identifies the implementation of … Read More...
The purpose of this paper is to determine and discover the content material of Logistics and Provide Chain Management, and to search out the connections and the differentials factors which are between the two areas. Bennamann’s finish-to-finish fugitive biomethane seize, processing, storage and distribution service provides clients the ability to generate revenue from waste, while facilitating local provide of a zero-carbon power. With proper coordination, transportation, manufacturing, storage, and inventory, investment prices might be balanced so that the agency’s complete cost could be minimized.
The Xcit’€™ID project is dedicated to design, develop and validate a pre-operational built-in service platform aiming at significantly enhancing the management of the transport provide chain of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical items. As such, logistics management helps in developing effective communication system for steady interface with suppliers and fast response to buyer enquiries.
Themes addressed during this podcast included: the present state of the providers-primarily based financial system; the ISM’s monthly Companies PMI Report on Enterprise; the impact of COVID-19 on the companies sectors; and a glance ahead at the coming months. Establishing credibility in the business is vital for any begin-up as a result of shoppers must belief that your agency will store and deliver their merchandise … Read More...
| 7,024
| 3,342
| 14,518.788749
|
warc
|
202143
|
Crystal healing is often thought of as a magical stone and a spiritual process to self-improvement, but it is more than that.
With the right approach and introducing routines of daily practices with these crystals, one can expect to see improvements in their life and make better connections and relationships with their loved ones or workplace.
Crystal healing can help you stay more relaxed, assist you in aiding your physical health and make you more focused and happy in your life. So let’s learn more about “Crystal healing” and the professionals who can guide you
A Brief Introduction About Crystal Healing:
Crystal healing is simply using crystals and
gemstones semi-precious, raw, and polished to heal one’s mind, body, and soul by either meditating with them or keeping them nearby and making a routine around them.
These beautiful crystals contain energies and power that can help you to:
Reduce stress, depression. Balance your blood flow. Improve your concentration, focus, and creative thinking. Get rid of emotional blockages that are holding you back. Balance your emotions. Increase clarity and give a path to achieve your goals. Deal with anxiety. Promote qualities like Positivity, empathy, self-awareness, etc.
The benefits and reasons to use crystal healing are endless and we will discuss more later in this post, but one of the major benefits it can provide to the wearer is to help
flush out any toxic thoughts, or negative thoughts that hold us back and make us doubt ourselves.
Crystal healing is also known as “Alternate medicine” as the new modern science and application still do not have every answer to human psychology and especially spirituality.
Spirituality is
not that dramatic as people make it to be, it is more about the soul that drives you towards your goals, helps you find your perfect pattern, and is responsible for judging your happiness.
Also, you may have seen these crystals on social media influencers as they use them to get rid of negative thoughts and ensure that they are no obstacle to their goals.
But every now and then we often need
guidance to introduce a new practice in our life, let that be learning to exercise or learning any new skills.
And we need a professional for it as even though we love learning recipes from the internet there is just too much information to apply on our own and in the right manner.
To do this there are people called “Crystal healers”.
These crystal healers are professionals who know a wide variety of crystals that can help you battle your challenges and achieve your goals and aspire to better living.
A crystal healer can help you understand and pick the right crystal for you based on the current problem you are facing.
For example, if you are unable to relax, then the crystal healers will help you pick the right crystals (in this case it could be “Fluorite”) and help you to induce that crystal in your routine.
Here I add my knowledge and experience of almost thirty years and experience, which you can see in the testimonials received by my clients in Crystal Healing, and first study the reason behind your problems.
Then I start with how your problems have been raised and what changes you require in your life, and which Crystal’s will support you in doing so.
We can also teach you how to meditate with these crystals to boost their effects and become more calm and collected.
By approaching the right crystal healer you can eliminate the hours of research and failure to reap the benefits these beautiful crystals can provide.
In fact, a common myth in crystal healing is that “You can pick any crystal and reap the benefits”, you will learn more about myths and misconceptions later in this post.
But for right now let’s learn the benefits and common uses of crystal healing.
Uses & Benefits Of Crystal Healing:
Before we proceed there is one thing you should know.
Each crystal has its own power and uses and sometimes while some of them can have the same effects there is no one crystal or gemstone that can help you get all of the benefits.
With that out of the way here are the uses of crystal healing:
Getting rid of blockage and self-doubt:
Oftentimes the biggest obstacle that is holding us back from living the life we dream is our “state of mind”.
These things can often stop us from accessing the creative sides of our minds and making it hard to deliver our best work.
Mental blockage can stop you from thinking clearly and create imaginary obstacles that can stop you from being productive or being happy.
Crystals like obsidian can help you get rid of this mental blockage and ensure a proper flow of positive thoughts and allow you to be more creative at your work and life.
Dealing with negative emotions:
We get around
six thousand thoughts per day according to one report and so many of them are negative and have doubts that can make you anxious in your personal space.
Therefore it is important to ensure that these thoughts do not get the best of us.
Positive thoughts are not delusional as some might say.
They don’t have to make you think “You can fly” but they can ensure that in your life you can deal better with situations that are either based on professional workspace or personal things like relationships etc.
As getting rid of negative emotions or negative thoughts are not enough you need to fill them up with positive ones.
On the other hand, some crystals like Clear Quartz help people absorb their negative thoughts and ensure a proper flow of positive vibes, and boosts confidence.
Wealth and Success:
Gemstones and crystals can be used to ensure one is set on the path to achieve success and generate wealth in their life.
One of the most common crystals for money is
Pyrite that can attract wealth to the wearer’s life by attracting opportunity and promoting important qualities like Self confidence and decision making.
Pyrite is also a gemstone for the exact purpose of good luck as it can bring good fortune to the wearer.
It is also known as “Fool’s gold” because it is one of the best crystals for money.
Other than that positive mindset also plays a big factor when finding the right opportunity and acting on it, and Pyrite helps promote that kind of mindset,
Along with keeping you mentally stable, encourage you to take risks, give you a better perspective on your situations.
And promoting work skills like Aiding concentration, keeping your memory sharp, providing some sense of intelligence, and enhancing your psychic development.
Attracting wealth is a common dream that can be assisted by crystal healing.
Improving relationships:
As human beings, we are meant to be social creatures and therefore we cannot stay alone and do everything by ourselves.
Therefore relationships are needed for us to ensure a life worth living and life lived with more joy.
But to do that we constantly need to make efforts in improving those relationships let that be office or home.
So crystals like Rose Quartz can assist you to improve your relationships and ensure they are well-nourished from time to time.
Now let’s discuss and learn more about crystals themselves and how you can pick the right one.
Like mentioned before each crystal has its own powers and unique uses.
From crystals to attract money to crystals for the exact purpose of increasing positivity there are lots of crystals as well as their benefits, so let’s look at some of them.
Keep in mind each crystal has
unique abilities and powers; they operate on vibrations so find the ones that you think suit your needs best. Jasper:
Most people look for crystal healing as a way to disconnect from the world and relax better, and Jasper does an excellent job in that.
It is also called “Supreme Nurturer” by professional healers like us, you can get a sense of calmness, and ease feelings in your mind, body, and soul.
You can use this at your workplace, home wherever you find it convenient, and wherever you feel the need for relaxing.
Another reason to keep this at your office is as Jasper helps you think more clearly and can promote qualities like compassion, contentment, completion, and of course nurturing.
All of which you can use to be nicer to your co-workers and lead them well if you are their leader.
Clear quartz:
If you have ever considered crystal healing chances are this is the first crystal you might have ever heard of.
Clear quartz is also known as a “master healer” the particular reason for this is because of its powers and unique abilities, this crystal has a wide distribution and has so many applications from jewelry to technologies.
This crystal can absorb your negative thoughts, regulate the energy and fill your mind with positive thoughts.
Qualities promoted by clear quartz are Concentration, focus, emotional balance.
You can also use this crystal to pair with others to increase their powers.
Tiger’s eye:
Tiger’s eye, besides looking uniquely amazing, is one of the most useful and effective stones that can bring some positive changes in your life.
If you are someone who struggles in finding enough confidence to speak your heart out, this crystal can assist you to accomplish great things.
Tiger’s eye is known to promote qualities like
confidence, boldness, positive mindset all of which can help you make big decisions or tough decisions with less stress.
Another thing we often do when we are about to do something big in our life let that be making career choices or being in a relationship is that we doubt our self-worth and if we are good enough.
Thoughts like these hold us back even if we are confident and we believe in something, so it is important to flush these out, and Tiger’s eye can get rid of self-doubt and self-criticism so that you do not make decisions based on fear of judgment or lack of self-esteem.
If you are about to make some big changes in your life, let that be applying for new jobs or finding a new partner, keeping this stone nearby can give you a quick boost and make you feel more confident in your decision-making process.
Citrine:
The bright and colored crystal lightens your spirits and gives you a positive and fresh perspective in your life.
This crystal can bring joy, enthusiasm, and fun to your day-to-day activities, people who often find themselves uninterested or partially interested in their work can use this crystal to feel more joyful and more productive around their office.
Work takes a big part of our lives so it is important that we find ways to make it fun, as life is a journey and not a destination.
Also Citrine promotes good and helpful qualities like optimism, warmth, and excitement to the wearer. Being optimistic about the future is what gives you a sense of hope and pushes you to move forward in your life so it is important to remember this during tough times.
How To Properly Pick Your Crystal?
Picking your crystals is mostly based on what you are dealing with and how well you feel connected with a crystal.
To do that you can make a list of
things you are currently struggling with and goals you want to achieve.
After that, you can take a look at the crystals we talk about on this website or contact us to help you pick the right one.
On the other hand, as said in the intro of this article, professional crystal healers can properly guide you step by step into introducing crystals in your routine.
This can ensure you do not waste your money buying crystals that do not work for you or buying every crystal based on information on any website.
But to sum up, everything that has been stated so far and make it more effective here is the step by step approach for you to picking up your right crystal:
Step One:
Identify your problems, make a list of the things you are currently struggling with, and what you want better in your life.
This list could contain sentences that look like this:
I need a more positive perspective in my life I need to balance my blood flow better I need more wealth and financial success, I need to improve myself for my relationship
After this read it twice to ensure it has everything then move to the next step.
Step Two:
Do a little research on your own, learn about your crystals by matching them with your needs and goals, and find crystals that can help you with them.
You can use our blog to get educated about various types of crystals and their abilities, or you can take the time of our Master Healer – Mr. Pankaj P Soni by booking an appointment by clicking here
After this, you can contact us to help you find the perfect crystal for you so that you can get one more step closer to your goals.
Step Three:
Treat crystals with respect and clean them often, cleansing a crystal can give you fresh energy and show your approach towards crystal healing which can enhance the effects.
Your mindset is everything, remember, if you show that you are involved and believe in these crystals you can get more out of this process.
You can use cold water to rinse them or if you want to know more or want some help with this you can contact us.
We will let you know when you need to clean the crystals by texting you and share the methods.
Step Four:
Match your mouth with your actions, aka do not just solely rely on crystals to magically do things on their own.
Crystals will assist you, but efforts of doing the work will be from your end, so you need to show commitment and apply efforts to get closer to your goals every day and allow crystals to help you make your journey more cheerful.
Using crystal healing is similar to using prescribed medicines. You do not go randomly to buy medicines you think can heal you, you consult a doctor before, the same goes with crystals.
And this is a common misconception around crystal healing, that they can be easily used by anyone.
This brings us to the next and one of the important parts of the article.
Myths & Scammers To Beware Of:
Lastly, a lot of people are in this to take advantage of your lack of knowledge or experience in new things you want to try, as to what you have been recommended to you and what is required by you.
Oftentimes scammers do tend to target people based on their fears and belfies so it is important to consult professional healers like us before using those crystals.
Here are a few misconceptions and myths to watch out for:
The beauty of crystal and its cost:
The beauty of the crystal you see has no impact on the powers and effects it will have over you.
A lot of sellers try to trick you into buying lab-created more polished crystals which look great but that doesn’t increase their Power’s, in fact, the raw crystals will emit more energy,
But that has to be energized and aligned with you by an experienced professional Crystal Healer, as he will guide you as to how to use those Crystals and how can you start seeing the change in you, and how you have to change your thinking to go on achieving more and more in your life.
So it is important to understand that the only metric to measure here is how well you feel the connection between you and the crystals.
You can visit our resources to check out the crystals and learn more about them.
Crystals are magical items:
The reason to debunk this myth is that this would be one more reason to not believe in crystal healing.
Crystals do not work on magic or practises like that, they simply contain energies and powers that have unique effects on human beings.
The practice of crystal healing has been used for centuries, from simple stones for good luck to introducing crystals in your work routine, all of this has logical explanations.
Skipping medicines:
Lastly, if you are using crystal healing to heal your body do not skip your prescribed medicines and occasional checkups with your doctor.
Crystal healing will work best if you are using both of these medicinal practices.
Crystals and their Energies can or will guide you to a good Doctor or some professional to get you a piece of proper advice, and will help you in releasing those Negative Energies which has got you the disease or unhappiness
Different healing properties:
If you are new to crystals you may think to pick randomly and go with it, but know this, each crystal has its unique properties.
We have mentioned some of them in this post previously, each crystal vibrating at different frequencies contains different powers and has different effects on the wearer.
There are a variety of crystals: crystals for money, crystals for well being, gemstones for good luck, crystals for love, etc
Common tips to avoid being scammed: When buying crystals consult professional healers like us, so that you can effectively reap the benefits crystals can give you. Have a realistic approach and understand that crystals will not magically get rid of your problems in an instant, instead, they assist you with your own applied efforts. Do not buy a crystal based on its appearance. A lot of good-looking crystals may not have the necessary powers that you need, so always be self-aware about what you are struggling with.
If you want more about this topic feel free to check out more in the “blog” of our website.
Thank you for reading!
Crystal healing can help you be calmer, collected and can attract you more wealth, but the crystals can only assist you as you have to apply the efforts to make your dreams come true.
So be educated, avoid things that are too good to be true,
And If you have any more doubts, or are struggling with finding the right crystals contact us at WeRcrystals we will get back to you as soon as we can.
Thank you for reading!
If you want to reach us you can do that by:
Visiting our Facebook page
Text us on
Or simply click here to book appointments in an instant
| 17,986
| 7,080
| 44,827.818644
|
warc
|
202143
|
ּ
How To Make Profits Trading In Commodities?
New traders are always trying to get all the trading secrets. General tips are always there for new commodity traders. A lot of trading courses, tutorials, and trading coaches are there. But no trading course will tell you the trading secrets.
We are not talking about technical trading only. We are talking about all the important aspects of trading. Profit is the only goal of any trader. Below mentioned tricks can trick the commodity market.
You can see this post as a trading guide or take it as trading tips. But in the end, you will make more
profits trading in commodities. Make Profits Trading in Commodities
It is not a Ponzi scheme, and you don't have to buy any trading strategy. No need to buy any trading software as the only thing that this post asks from you is concentration. Read till the end and try to implement these things.
If you implement them in the real world, you will make profits trading in commodities in real. So let's step into more profitable trading. Increase profitability for all of your colleagues, share this post now.
#1. Step beyond basics
What if we say learn the basics of commodity trading? It may sound boring for you as a new trader. Because every expert trader will say the same thing. Learn the basics to increase
profits trading in commodities.But what do you think? Learning basics can help you a lot?
We are not against anything. We always push new traders to learn how to trade. But there is something bigger than the basics.
Bonus Tip: Always follow an expert commodity trader. Get a role model for yourself.
#2. Cut down the losses
There is a big mistake made by the new traders. A trader trades with various trading strategies. But he/she looks at the profits only. But cutting down the losses is also important.
Reduce losses to make more profits trading in commodities. You can apply it in the forex market, stock market, or any other trading system. Consider it seriously if you are in day-trading.
#3. Be sure before investing
If you are not sure about the trading plan or the traded commodity, then stop. Must be sure before you are going to invest your money. Never rely on a broker or his trading plan only. Use third-party technical analysis and trading tools too.
It can help you get profits trading in commodities. So without any fundamental analysis, never trade a commodity. Always be sure about the investment instrument and trading plans.
#4. See the trend
Experts say that trend is your friend so always keep an eye on the market trends. Trends bring profits trading in commodities. Other than checking volatility and liquidity, prefer trend trading also.
Day traders make huge profits in intraday trading or stock trading with it. They always follow the trend.
Bonus Tip: Never try to trade opposite to the trend if you are not that experienced trader.
#5. Understand the influencing factors
Many factors influence a trading account and its performance. Trading systems will be affected by various factors. From price action to moving-average, there are many factors.
In the commodity market, they are extremely different from forex trading. You can make huge profits trading in commodities
if you know the influencing factors. #6. Rally can give profits
As the forex market, there are huge fluctuations during a rally in commodities too. The rally is not preferred to get profits in trading in commodities.
But if you are a professional trader you can try doing it. In online trading, you can try buying or selling during rallies too. Also, you can practice it in free trading.
Bonus Tip
:No matter if you are trading in a rally or not, you must pay attention to it. #7. Breaks are important too
Other than a rally, breaks are also important in commodity trading. Always have a close look at chart patterns. Charting and technical indicators will guide you during a break.
A break is when there is a sharp movement in an asset. Breaks can add
profits in trading in commoditiesduring a day-trade. Swing trading and reversal trades can also be tried during breaks. #8. Make use of bottom and top if you are a pro
The commodities at the bottom and the top are not good for beginners. But if you are a pro trader then you can try it in live trading. There are more profits in trading in commodities as compared to a forex trader profits. These profits can increase if you know how to buy or sell the bottom and top.
#9. Get out before a margin call
Consider a margin call as a stop loss in the commodity market. Never wait for upward movement if you are going downward. Most traders are getting more losses than profits in such situations.
Most of the trading platforms will try to guide you through the margin call. It is all up to you how you avoid losses. Avoiding loss is better than increasing profits in trading in commodities
.
Bonus Tip: Never trade if a market is not liquidy. Liquidity is important because it can ease the buy or sell actions. But a thin market can be trouble.
#10. Test your strategy at paper trading
Your trading strategy plays a vital role in your trading journey. If you don't have any trading strategy then must have one. Try to learn to trade with a trading strategy. But wait before you use any trading strategy to hike profits in trading in commodities.
Go through backtesting always. Other than the past performance must conduct a backtest for your strategy.
Get Huge Profits Trading In Commodities!
The above-mentioned trading ideas and trading techniques will help you a lot. But a trading technique is not only enough. You must do something different to get profits in trading commodities.
We are not talking about the usage of trading signals to make money trading. First of all, cut down brokerage and trading commissions.
Stock-market or any other exchange market has a lot of broker fees. Always try to use advanced trading techniques.
You must have to be a quick mover in the market. Quickly move to the new trading technologies and platforms.
Conclusion - Profits in trading in commodities
Can you easily get
profits in trading in commodities?Many answers will be there about commodity trading. Yes, of course, it is different from money trading.
Also, it is different from stock market trading. So you must develop a different trading behavior for yourself. Try to use all the above-mentioned techniques. These are not Ponzi schemes.
You are not going to be rich overnight. But you will see gradually increasing profits in trading in commodities. It will take time and effort to implement all these tricks. These methods are always recommended by the trading experts.
Reading these tips is not enough to become an advanced trader. You may want to upgrade yourself from a beginner-level trader. This up-gradation will never come with a sudden incident. You have to make little changes to your trading to see a huge difference.
ETICHETE:
Forex
Articole similare Primește semnale gratuite Chat live
10.040 de utilizatori înregistrați
550 de utilizatori acum pe chat
Mai multe știri
| 7,123
| 2,958
| 16,945.41954
|
warc
|
202143
|
Chains
“Man is born free,
but is everywhere in chains.”
---Rousseau
We all want to be happy and confident, and spend our days feeling calm, no matter what happens around us. We wish that life were easier. We wish that we wouldn’t fight with our spouse and kids; we wish that the ‘in laws’ wouldn’t act like outlaws. We wish that we wouldn’t tell people off so eloquently ‘in our heads’ long after they’ve gone and we’re working ourselves into another frenzy over the problem. We wish that we wouldn’t feel scared, or sad or full of grief. We wish that people would be fair and not use us or abuse us or criticize us. We wish that it would be safe to be honest. We wish we wouldn’t worry. We wish that we could be certain that if someone knew what we were really like, they’d love us anyway, ‘warts’ and all. We wish that little things that are stupid, like spilling the milk all over the kitchen floor didn’t upset us. We wish that we could feel joy where ever we are.
We wish there was an answer to the many problems we face every day. There is. It’s a new 7 step system that you can use for the rest of your life to bust the ‘buttons’ that appear to be making your life difficult. It’s called The BreakThrough System ™ and it can break through the beliefs that are creating your unhappiness.
Disempower the chains at BreakThrough 1
In
North America, call toll free: 1-866-693-8699
Email at [email protected]
Call 1-403-793-8699
| 1,557
| 799
| 2,796.364205
|
warc
|
202143
|
Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding legacy waste dumped at Bandhwari landfill site, near Gurgaon, Haryana, 07/04/2021
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vivek Kamboj & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 07/04/2021. The issue for consideration is the remedial action, as per statutory rules, for the legacy waste dumped at Bandhwari landfill site, near Gurgaon.
The waste dumped is from Gurgaon and Faridabad. Inaction of the authorities in scientific management of the waste has resulted in leachate being discharged, causing contamination of the ground water, polluting surface water and also polluting the air, with potential for damage to the public health and the environment.
The matter was last considered on March 9, 2021 in continuation of order September 30, 2020 and it was found that the progress was disappointing and damage to the environment and public health continued on account of inadequate monitoring by the state authorities. Out of 33 lakh tonne waste, less than 1 lakh tonne waste was remediated in the last one year.
The Tribunal has been monitoring the remedial action by the Municipal Corporation, Gurgaon in the last more than 5 years and has repeatedly found failure of the authorities in performing their basic responsibility, to effectuate the right of the citizens to clean environment, the bench comprising NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justices Sudhir Agarwal and Brijesh Sethi said April 7, 2021.
The court directed that the objections of the applicant that forest land is being used in violation of law may also be looked into and compliance of law ensured. Municipal Corporation, Gurgaon must continue the biomining work as well as setting up of waste processing plants as proposed.
The state of Haryana has been asked to take ownership of its basic responsibility in the interest of rule of law, protection of environment and public health. The authorities should take further remedial action consistent with earlier orders of the Tribunal, the order said.
| 2,051
| 989
| 4,236.797776
|
warc
|
202143
|
If any one of us knew with certainty that we we were related to some of the Kings and Lords of England in the 17th century we’d be ashamed to admit it. The British long ago surpassed any horror of capital punishment which is now current among educated people throughout the globe. Public executions were common; sometimes the gibbet was mounted on the street before the victim’s home. The further disgrace is the utter inadequacy of the legal system both then and now to impose liability for even disgraceful conduct. The passion for vengeful death is all too familiar to this day. Time and again it has proven to be an ill-founded objective and one guaranteed to rebound. Why I wonder are humans the only ones among the animal kingdom to behave so poorly – especially when it is evident time and again that no one of us is spared either the obloquy or the indignity.
Some of them had been hanged: more should be hanged: and the rest should be sent to the plantations. Excerpt From Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay“The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1.” Elizabeth Gaunt (died 23 October 1685) was an English woman sentenced to death for treason after having been convicted for involvement in the Rye House Plot. She was the last woman executed for a political crime in England. Gaunt was an Anabaptist shop-keeper in London. She and her husband William lived in the parish of St Mary, Whitechapel. They were involved in Whig politics. She was the daughter of Anthony Fothergill of Brownber, Ravenstonedale, and was well known to give shelter to persecuted people, such as victims of religious and political oppression. According to Bishop Burnet, she spent “her life in acts of charity, visiting the gaols and looking after the poor of what persuasion soever they were”. She helped one of the participants of the failed Rye House Plot of 1683, James Burton, to escape to Amsterdam. After his arrest in 1685, Burton implicated her as an accomplice in the hope of saving his life. She was in fact not involved in the conspiracy and the trial against her was seen as a show trial. David Hume wrote, “He received a pardon as a recompense for his treachery and she was burnt alive for her charity.” She was sentenced to death for treason in the Old Bailey on 19 October 1685. Gaunt considered the trial to be a martyrdom and reportedly behaved with such good humour that the audience was moved to tears. She was executed by burning, and, as she was denied strangulation, she was literally burned alive. William Penn witnessed the execution and reported that she “died with a constancy, even to a cheerfulness, that struck all that saw it.
The only thing that preserves the amusement of historic blood-thirstiness is distance. To overcome the barrier of time we are accustomed to honour our so-called “war heroes” for example with acts of defiance and purpose. Again I have to ask, Who’s idea was this? One can only assume that the war machine is a huge operation having a multitude of accomplices. Where in the process is the privilege to take another life? And if we did indeed exercise that questionable privilege upon the mystical belief that it was a good idea, What in the end is achieved by removing the sad corpse from the future? Surely there could have been achieved a better solution without the inutility of killing people. We needn’t point fingers at the American horrors of Vietnam and Afghanistan. The lingering memories of both WWI and WWII – whether in music, theatre, film or familial connection – are vivid reminders of the utter stupidity of war no matter how romantically or historically portrayed.
Nonetheless we once again have overlooked the indescribable value of human life. I foolishly no doubt cling to the idea that any argument can be resolved. My preference is strengthened by my conviction that, if the object is universal agreement, I see no reason why any argument cannot be settled upon those terms. We patently have it within our capacity to resolve our differences; compromise is as real as any other ingredient of an agreement. Time and again we have proven that war or planned executions are not the answer. In fact they may be the problem. They are in any event a problem for me.
The Rye House Plot of 1683 was a plan to assassinate King Charles II of England and his brother (and heir to the throne) James, Duke of York. The royal party went from Westminster to Newmarket to see horse races and were expected to make the return journey on 1 April 1683, but because there was a major fire in Newmarket on 22 March (which destroyed half the town), the races were cancelled, and the King and the Duke returned to London early. As a result, the planned attack never took place. Historians vary in their assessment of the degree to which details of the conspiracy were finalised. Whatever the state of the assassination plot, plans to mount a rebellion against the Stuart monarchy were being entertained by some opposition leaders in England. The government cracked down hard on those in a series of state trials, accompanied with repressive measures and widespread searches for arms. The Plot presaged, and may have hastened, the rebellions of 1685, the Monmouth Rebellion and Argyll’s Rising.
I hesitate to broach this controversial and dreadful subject because I have always wondered what was going through my late father’s head over the North Atlantic in the Second World War as he careered the Hudson bomber towards the German U-boat and fired. Naturally the Germans fired back and ended downing the bomber into the sea where the flight crew bobbed for nine hours before several died and the remainder were rescued. Not a pretty picture overall by any account. And what were the German boys thinking before they gulped their last breath? Were they so absorbed in the current political ambitions of their mad General that they willingly proffered their lives? There is always an answer to the question, Why are we trying to kill others? But seldom is the question asked, “How can we settle this before we end up killing ourselves?”
The currency of this debate has lately arisen from the incalculably tragic sight of people in Afghanistan clinging to planes to escape the war zone. It matters not in my opinion that the reigning authorities are reacting so miserably. There is no need to establish the grounds for provocation or for any rebuttal to it. The labour of war for the past twenty years has already revealed the result of perpetual antagonism.
| 6,630
| 3,265
| 13,233.601838
|
warc
|
202143
|
Chris Rock said it best when speaking about the wackos in society, “What ever happened to crazy!” Sometimes there’s just no other explanation. Trump and many of his Republican lickspittles – starting with Mike Pence and descending precipitously to Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Jim Jordon, Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene and finally former senate majority leader and self-interested lout Mitch McConnell – seem to me to fit well into that generalized category of sadly deranged people. While Trump may be a circus ringleader he’s not up to the standards of intelligence and logic expected in public office. As digestible and entertaining as he may be Trump is not the calibre of leadership required. And just because there are millions who are labelled by the pundits as Trump supporters, I am convinced the persuasion is the same that attracts people to daytime television – which frankly I consider utterly void of penetration yet it is regrettably fodder to a near majority. In the binary political system of the United States of America this evident conflict between minority and majority is to be expected – there’s literally no other way to vote, just one or the other. But unlike horseshoes and grenades, close doesn’t count!
While bicycling in the neighbourhood at 5:18 am this morning I concluded upon reflection that I have devoted most of my life to what is for some – maybe even for most – the tarsome investigation of detail and particularity, admittedly sometimes to the point of obsession but always with an ultimate view to certainty, accuracy and precision.
When I landed in Almonte with my Yellow Labrador puppy in June of 1976 exactly 45 years ago, my first notable encounter with another County solicitor frosted me. He and I were involved in a real estate transaction. I acted for the purchasers and raised a critical issue concerning the legitimacy of the vendors’ title. It was one of those awkward Planning Act issues which could only be resolved by judicial pronouncement – at least without having to undertake drawn out remedial action. The other solicitor – who refused to address the objection – chose instead to tell me that, “We don’t do things that way here.” Somehow he felt entitled by virtue of his prior admission to the local bar to bamboozle me with what was effectively a corporate agreement to ignore detail. It turned out we went to court and got the mutually satisfactory judgement which enabled us to close the deal. The hooker however is that years later when my erstwhile clients sold the property, the same objection to title arose once again but this time at the behest of an Ottawa solicitor acting for the new purchasers. Naturally I was smugly able to produce the court order which clarified the dilemma and that was the end of the matter.
If I may be permitted to continue this historic account of my confrontation with particulars, not long after the first incident I challenged the status of a well known local construction company. Indeed so popular was the corporation that no one had bothered to verify the legitimacy of its current status with the Province of Ontario. Once again it was a matter easily resolved by the corporation but the important point is that the initial reaction was abject denial and the inference of balefulness on my part or at the very least arrogance for having presumed to make the challenge.
Though originally my office was in the basement of Messrs. Galligan & Sheffield, Barristers &c. not long afterwards I was transferred to the former office of Raymond A. Jamieson QC on Mill Street. In the process of acting for many of Mr. Jamieson’s erstwhile clients I regularly uncovered technical glitches which either by design or misadventure had been overlooked. In every instance the matters in question were determined not so much by me as by superior bureaucratic bodies such as the Boundaries Act board or the Land Registry Office. I was quickly developing a notoriety for detail, the expression of which notably came with a cost. This naturally dissuaded some from using me while it encouraged others to do so for the opposite reason.
I always considered myself a deal maker, not a deal breaker; and never did I deliberately look for problems other than in the performance of what I thought to be standard due diligence. I also devoted enormous time to the esoteric niceties of
inter vivos trust agreements which even absorbed a local judge for whom I acted on occasion. It was not an exact science but it most certainly wasn’t overtaken by brash dismissals or unfounded objections.
My indiscriminate pickiness once led me into conflict with a real estate agent. She had drawn the purchase agreement to specify that the vendor would provide a survey of the property. When I had the document examined by an Ontario Land Surveyor he confirmed my suspicion that the plan was not a survey but rather an estimate of property boundaries and setbacks. I insisted upon the production of a survey in accordance with the terms of the agreement. The vendor objected, championing that he only intended to provide what he had and that he had relied upon the estate agent when drafting the sale contract. The solicitor for the vendor agreed that the fault lay with the estate agent so she ended paying for it. Clearly it was an unintended result but the fault lay somewhere.
As you no doubt can see from the picayune nature of these esoteric and seemingly trifling issues, they hardly agitate a riveted audience. This is where Trump and his minions come in. They capture the attention of their audience instead by “saying it like it is” which naturally is gobbledegook for descending to a similarly illiterate or unintelligent level or incapacity as their audience. Trump’s specious adornment of himself as a raving capitalist is rendered by a history of failed businesses, bankruptcies, swindling of the trades and prolonged pointless legal arguments designed only to wear down his opponents. There is no underlying interest to buoy anything other than commercial greed. If – as I suspect is the intention of Trump and his gang – winning is the only game (and not the potentially wasteful discovery of truth and agreement), Trump’s qualifications need have nothing to do with such infrastructure but only the superficial performance. His cronies are in for the mix and hopeful lottery, similarly motivated by whatever it takes to win. It is a small compliment to democracy and government and (given the current state of insurrection) something about which to be concerned.
| 6,687
| 3,276
| 13,353.587912
|
warc
|
202143
|
How to speak in a marriage is one of the most significant things you may learn. If you and your spouse don testosterone communicate you will find that the partnership suffers and can even break up. The most significant misconception about how precisely to communicate in a relationship is the fact communicating is just the same as speaking or just producing small talk. In reality interaction in interactions, in its quality, is all about reaching your associates needs and after that communicating with all of them directly. It isn’t just about producing small speak with keep the interactions going.
You must be clear and concise when communicating with the other person. If you are to further improve communication in a relationship you and your partner need to have an open and honest discussion about what is on both these styles your brains. A lot of times persons look they need to talk a lot when the truth is they only have to communicate a little bit. This is because conversation comes naturally with respect to a number of people and for others it becomes a chore. Remember, communication is very much a process rather than one time point.
Another important part of connection in a marriage is hearing. When you receive information from the partner will you respond correctly? Some people have a habit of passively acquiring information, while some take in all with their head. The key to learning how to converse in a relationship is to be sure to both listen and respond appropriately.
Building intimacy is another skill you need to uncover if you want to know how to converse in a marriage. dating site for marriage only If you and your partner are not close then closeness will not arrive naturally. A good way to build closeness is to hang out with each other and do things at the same time that you may have under no circumstances done prior to. If you are not really intimate with the partner therefore there is a good chance they aren’t either.
The last thing you should learn about methods to communicate within a relationship is certainly how to effectively give reviews. You can figure out how to communicate better by asking questions and allowing your lover the opportunity to answer them too. It’s important to likely be operational about opinions so that equally partners think that their needs happen to be being attained. If your partner doesn’t discover why they did not do something appropriately then gowns fine but since they do that wrong then you have to be able to level it out. Both of you need to be about the same page when it comes to constructive reviews.
These are just a couple of suggestions you may use to help improve communication in a relationship. By using these pointers on how to communicate in a relationship you are already prior to the game. Lovers who will be successful for communicating with one another often have a much deeper and longer marriage than couples who are much less effective at interacting.
| 2,990
| 1,360
| 6,514.242647
|
warc
|
202143
|
Wainwright, M (2021)
Anti-infective dyes in the time of COVID. Dyes and Pigments, 196. ISSN 0143-7208
Text
Dyes Covid 2021 final.pdf - Accepted Version
Restricted to Repository staff only until 17 September 2022.
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives.
Download (789kB)
Abstract
The phenomenal global upheaval caused by SARS-CoV-2 has produced amazing responses from science and healthcare, particularly in the rapid realisation and production of vaccines. However, until early 2020 global infection control research was highly focused on rapidly increasing rates of conventional antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the supply of drugs to counter this. Antimicrobial dyes have been suggested by various authors for inclusion in this effort, usually with little return from responsible authorities, and normally on the basis of post-treatment staining or potential toxicity, but this does not deny the fact that such dyes, particularly with photoactivation, are the only class of agents with pan-microbial activity – i.e. against each of bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa – regardless of the organism's drug resistance status. Conventional antibacterials, antivirals etc. usually demonstrate activity against one particular section of pathogens only, and disinfectants such as chlorhexidine or benzalkonium salts are too toxic for internal use. This perspective reflects both the background utility of antimicrobial dyes and ways forward for their inclusion in 21st Century infection control protocols.
Item Type: Article Uncontrolled Keywords: 0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural), 0904 Chemical Engineering Subjects: Q Science > QD Chemistry Divisions: Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences Publisher: Elsevier Date Deposited: 27 Sep 2021 12:02 Last Modified: 27 Sep 2021 12:02 DOI or Identification number: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2021.109813 URI: https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15561 Actions (login required)
View Item
| 1,997
| 1,170
| 3,371.004274
|
warc
|
202143
|
The Decade of Action and Small Island Developing States: Measuring and addressing SIDS’ vulnerabilities to accelerate SDG progress
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face a unique set of vulnerabilities which impede their ability to achieve sustainable development. Structural factors, including their size, remoteness, limited resource base, market size, exposure to climate risks and natural disasters impact socio economic outcomes and their ability to achieve the SDGs. The COVID19 pandemic amplified those vulnerabilities with many SIDS countries being particularly affected by the drop in international tourism and travels and international remittances. To support the UN effort to develop a sound and robust Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI), this Working Paper presents a new pilot framework and MVI for tracking SIDS structural vulnerabilities by distinguishing across different SIDS categories.
| 924
| 530
| 1,596.950943
|
warc
|
202143
|
You may be intending to start a gaming business where you install consoles and other systems just for gaming. You may also want to have a gaming joint in your house not necessarily for business, but personal leisure. This means that you need to find classic soundbars to use in your gaming station. Provided the manufacturers of the sound systems are different, the systems will also be different no matter how close resemblance they may bear. This puts you in a better position to choose the best soundbar for video games. Here are some of those factors that you need to consider in choosing the right soundbars to enhance your gaming.
First, examine the company that is responsible for the manufacture of those soundbars. This is important because, different companies are associated with certain qualities in design and manufacture of their electronics. You should buy soundbars from a company that is reputable and experienced in the manufacture of electronic devices. The company may be producing other electronics which you may have come across in your life. Based on your experience with other electronics of that company, you can choose to buy from them or avoid them completely. You won’t like it if you purchase a sound system which ends up breaking down after a few days or weeks.
You must ensure that you get value for what you pay by doing a cost-benefit analysis. In most cases, quality things tend to cost more than those of a lesser quality. This is, however, not true at all times, because there are some sellers who use this assumption to overprise systems of low quality. Therefore, you should look for the best password manager, and a system that is worth the cash you have at hand. Your budget allocation for the purchase of the sound system should always guide you throughout the transaction. It is not advisable to stretch your resources so much because it may end up interfering with other businesses. It is not wise to spend more than you had initially planned to spend.
Finally, you consider the quality and durability of the soundbars before making any purchase. Among the things to look at include, power consumption, quality of sound they produce, and the number of soundbars per a piece. All this aimed at discovering whether you are doing a worthy course. You should choose a soundbar with a relatively less voltage requirement in order for you to save on the amount of electricity bill you will need to pay. You should make the right choice, since different systems are designed to produce different sound volumes, and which of different quality. Cashback websites and social page online, are among the alternative sources where you can find the best soundbars for video games.
| 2,719
| 1,262
| 5,836.585578
|
warc
|
202143
|
Being an amateur on the stock market has its challenges. There are so many opinions on everything, some seem more worth than others. Some people get rich, and some not. At the end of the day it’s your money, and if you are to follow someone elses advice, they better be good.
In this post I would like to give my input on the available “expert advice” services, how they helped me (or not).
One general advice from me before we start: Do your due diligence, and listen to experts, but let yourself make the decisions on where to invest your money. YOU have to be comfortable with your decisions. You can never blame anyone but yourself if things goes bad..
Investing.com
I use this service mainly to look at metrics. You will find a lot of useful data here such as PE, margins, EPS, cashflow and more. Before trading I look at candlesticks at Investing.com, not found on many other websites.
+ Lot’s of useful data, and candlestick patterns. Covers a lot of non-US markets as well.
– Cant find anything negative about this service, but it’s mainly metrics and not really any advice. Barchart.com
This is a neat service even at the free plan. I assume you get value for money if you choose a paid plan, but for my own needs I found the free version good enough. Good for US and Canadian stock market. Unique to this website is the “Barchart Opinion” which provides a easy to understand view of how a particular stock is trending. Powered by some proprietary code in the background I guess, but saves you a lot of time in your own analysis.
+ Barchart Opinion is usually quite accurate in a “normal” market mood, and let you avoid stocks that look strong but may fall back to a long term bear trend. Lot’s of other functions and filters that is not mentioned here.
– Mostly US and Canadian stocks. Zacks.com
Zacks is quite unique with their own analysis and their own scoring system. The “Zacks rank” feature could give you some quick feeling about a stock, but sometimes it’s really hard to understand the reasoning behind the results. From time to time I get the impression that their algorithms are going a bit berserk.
+ Quick analysis of trend, value etc.
– Not always accurate. If you sign up, you will get seriously spammed. It’s all about selling all kinds of paid plans, and they shove tons of arguments how good they are but little about the actual costs.. Simplywall.st
SimplyWallstreet is all about presenting valuable stock data in a structured layout on one page. It actually works, and you also have some nice graphics to get a visual impression of strengths and weaknesses. Also have an app. You get a limited free full views per month, but you can get a paid plan and increase that amount of views.
+ Very nice structure. Also digs into company ownership, board tenure, company outlook etc.
– Sometimes Simplywall.st has a pretty strong opinion on how much earnings will grow or decline, and it seems that their algorithms get way off sometimes. Marketwatch.com
Marketwatch has a lot of data, and also a nice collection of newsfeeds. I usually use this service to keep track of profit estimates, and whether a company beats expectations or not.
+ Presents a nice view on current and historical recommendations from various analysts.
– Cant thing of anything negative. Final conclusion Most websites presents known metrics, and the value you get is readable and understandable data. Not many websites provide an actual recommendation, and if they do it might be the result of an AI algorithm rather than a human being with skills and experience. They all have paid services. The free versions are mainly teasers. Let your own analysis and feeling guide you when making investment decisions.
| 3,819
| 1,829
| 7,734.049207
|
warc
|
202143
|
When most individuals “see red”, they are getting angry. When I “see red”, I am getting excited because I probably just spotted red algae (Rhodophyta)!
Unlike the brown algal species described here, red algae contains a pigment called phycoerythin which absorbs blue light and reflects – you guessed it – red light. The more phycoerythin a species has, the redder it appears. What local, Nova Scotian red algae species below do you think has the most phycoerythin?
Corallina officinalis Chondrus crispus Nemalion helminthoides
Porphyra
Not only does the colour differ, but there are other morphological (or the way something looks) differences between these four red algae species. You may have noticed, for example, that
Corallina looks hard and articulated whereas Porphya looks soft and sheet-like. Perhaps it was the ooey-gooey, worm-like Nemalion that first caught your eye or the branching Chondrus. Whatever it was, I am sure you’d agree that there is a lot of morphological (there’s that word again) variation between these four species. Now, what would you say if I told you there are more than 6,000 species of red algae?
Although there are morphological differences galore amongst red algae, there are also differences in how different species are used by us! Would you believe me if I told you certain
Corollina species are dried and used as a bone-forming material? It’s true! Chondrus crispus’s use is equally mind-blowing: did you know that it is harvested and used in Jell-O, ice cream, and vegan gelatin? It’s true! What about Porphya? It’s true that Porhyra is used in sushi! What about Nemalion, did you know it is harvested by aliens to make spaghetti? Okay, maybe that last one isn’t true.
Regardless of what it looks like or what we use it for, I hope that you get excited the next time you “see red”.
Tune in next time for when we explore green algae!
| 1,960
| 981
| 3,744.179409
|
warc
|
202143
|
If you are suffering from polycystic ovarian disorder (PCOD), you should consult a gynecologist at the first opportunity. Only a medical exam can tell the extent of your problem as well as accurately diagnose it. You should also know at the outset that if indeed you are suffering from PCOD, your best course of action would be to follow a proper medical course to take care of it. Keep in mind that this disease is not something that can be cured with merely home remedial measures. If you try to follow a course of treatment, you can also adopt some remedial measures that will provide added help to your problem. Apart from this, you would also have to remember that you may very well have inherited this disorder. If this is the case, then only medical recourse can help you out. If you try to resolve the problem yourself at home, it could be that you will only make it worse instead.
But you can help your own treatment by following an extremely strict diet and lifestyle. The first thing you have to fight is stress. If you have a stressful lifestyle or are under some kind of other tension at home or at work, you need to stay out of the situation. There are some excellent ways to fight stress that you can take on. You would need to start regulating your diet and exercise, and also make sure that you get proper rest. These habits will also add to your basic good health generally. You should try to opt for a daily hour of Yoga. This is the kind of exercise that is simple and gentle and yet it will help to discipline your body to a very large extent too. Always take the guidance of a Yoga instructor before you start practicing Yoga poses, preferably a qualified one. Once you have managed to learn the techniques and asanas, you will be able to follow through on your own as well. You could also try to get in a daily swim for better results. Eat simple food that is rich in nutrients and low on carbohydrates and fats. This will also help you to control your faculties better. If you smoke, you must quit immediately. This is a primary contributor in the case of PCOD. Cigarettes play havoc with your daily lifestyle a well and are best avoided.
answered by G M
| 2,182
| 1,052
| 4,517.486692
|
warc
|
202143
|
Naresh Bynagari shares his secrets of success through work and life
The impact of pressure on performance can be depicted using a curve that resembles an inverted ‘U’. With an increase in pressure, we can see an increase in the productivity up to moderate levels and as the pressure increases further, the productivity starts to decline. Consider a deadline for a mission critical project, it will certainly produce a motivating effect, driving people irrespective of their level of ability whereas, a task that is neither essential nor challenging in relation to a high degree of competence, minimal effort may be made. Likewise, if a minor problem appears to be too difficult for one’s ability, little action may be taken. Whether it’s about avoiding pain or experiencing pleasure, importance is a vital determinant in taking action.
The degree of determination and tenacity is also a key determinant of success in a given situation. When confronted by a great challenge, which they consider extremely difficult but at the same time, vital to their existence, people will go great lengths to succeed, even if it requires to put in their sweat, tears and the last drop of their blood. Eventually, it all comes down to persistence, drive and a lot of hard work.
Naresh Babu Bynagari is proactive, determined, and ambitious technology professional who makes working under pressure, in a highly dynamic environment, look like a breeze. To overcome obstacles on the path to success, it takes considerable endurance, determination, and a deep commitment with an unwavering focus on the target, and Naresh exemplifies all of these qualities.
Naresh was born and raised in an underprivileged Indian household, in Makta Village in Ghatkesar Mandal, Telangana. Owing to low level of education, his parents, Nagabushanam and Padma earned enough to feed their family, but only enough to fulfil absolutely basic needs, let alone wants or luxury and education was certainly luxury, something that they never really experienced. They were determined to guarantee a bright future for their 3 children, and by what life had already taught them, they were sure that education is the key. Thus, when the local school at their native village couldn’t fit the bill, they moved to the city nearby to ensure the best possible education for Naresh.
After moving to the city, his father started a dairy farming business. He worked tirelessly to ensure that he could meet the financial needs of his family. Although the profit was reasonable, his expenses also increased significantly. School, tuition, rent and other essentials led them to live paycheck to paycheck slowly piling up the burden of debt. Naresh never understood the sacrifices his parents made for him until one day when he saw his father on a hospital bed, bruised due to an accident while on his way to deliver milk on his bicycle. As they say, only when something runs out, it becomes noticeable. Looking at his father in such a state, he suddenly realized the value of life and how he had been so casual about it. That very moment was the turning point in his life when he pledged to be the person his parents wished him to be. He started working very hard and poured in his blood, sweat and tears to score excellent grades in his high school and bagged a seat in Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad and earned his Bachelor’s degree in Computer and Information Sciences. He completed several professional courses relating to his field of study which further sharpened his skills as a technology professional. By the time he completed his college, he had made up his mind to immigrate to the US to optimally utilize his potential and he achieved excellent scores in the GRE and TOEFL. He obtained his Master’s degree in Computer and Information Sciences from the Virginia International University and joined PCTEL RF Solutions as an Android Developer immediately after his college. He worked as a developer for around 6 years with organizations like TracFone Wireless and Synchronoss Technologies before joining Career Soft Solutions Inc as a Director of Sales and Operations.
Naresh is also a passionate researcher who has published 13 research papers in Scopus and other highly prestigious peer reviewed journals. His article
“Integrated Reasoning Engine for Code Clone Detection” delves into the specifics of integrated reasoning for code clone detection and how it is conducted optimally, given the quantity of analytics often connected with such activities. “Industrial application of Internet of Things” is focused with the use of the IOT to create industrial services. It looked at how businesses may use IoT-connected devices to conduct different services remotely. The many advantages and disadvantages of using IoT services were also analyzed.
Naresh has proven to be a dynamic and multifaceted individual throughout his life. He is a very kind and empathetic individual who enjoys sharing the knowledge that he has gained throughout the years for the collective progress of the community.
Work of Naresh can be be read on:
| 5,161
| 2,517
| 10,447.07787
|
warc
|
202143
|
Day 289 – Today is World Food Day! It’s a good time to think about ways in which we can try to reduce food waste. The folks at FoodPrint has created an A to Z list for ways we can reduce our food waste.
Avoid over buying & skip buying perishable items in bulk. It’s not a bargain if you don’t eat it all.
B is for blanching. Partially cook vegetables before freezing to help retain their texture & flavor.
C is for composting food scraps. Get all the info to start a compost bin in our primer.
Don’t throw it away! Edible food is often thrown away due to confusion about expiration dates and/or unjustified fear of spoilage. Learn what date labels mean.
E is for ends. Don’t overlook the end of your carrot tops (which can be given to dogs as treats) or apple cores (use them to make vinegar).
F is for freezing. Learn the best methods for freezing a bumper crop of produce to enjoy those flavors all year long.
Give extra homegrown fruit & produce to friends, family and coworkers. Or find a local food pantry through AmpleHarvest.org to give it to those most in need.
H is for storing herbs properly and using them before they turn to mush in the fridge.
I is for infusion. The stems, peels and extras of ingredients with aromatic flavor — herbs, fruits, vegetables — can be used to create infusions, tinctures and extracts.
J is for jamming. Cooking fruit or vegetables down into jam is a good way to preserve items at their peak.
K is for keeping food fresh. Store food properly and it will last much longer.
L is for loving your leftovers. Take the doggy bag from restaurants; turn them into new dishes at home.
M is for meal planning. Go food shopping with a plan so you don’t purchase more than you need.
N is for using the non-edible parts. Banana peels can be rubbed on bug bites to take the itch away; eggshells and dried-out corn cobs can be used as pot scrubbers.
O is for using leftover oils & fats. Store properly and strain after use, and you can use oil and other cooking fats several times before disposing.
P is for pesto. Use leftover leaves, stems, herbs, greens, carrot fronds or beet greens to make pesto.
Q is for quick pickles! With refrigerator pickles, make a simple brine, pour it over extra veggies and extend the life of your food for another few weeks.
Reduce the plastic in your kitchen. Swap beeswax wrap & cloth towels for plastic wrap; use glass containers instead of plastic ones.
Shop small. Avoid big monthly shopping trips and only buy ingredients for a few days.
Think like a chef! Before you toss out old, stale or wilted ingredients, give them another look. Chefs turn these items into vinegars, sauces & more.
Use every part. Seed, stem, leaf, frond, greens, roots — they can all be used in many different ways.
Vow to keep food scraps out of the garbage. Be mindful of what you are putting into the waste stream.
W is for water waste. Save water when cooking and washing up, and purchase items that have a lower water footprint.
X-amine your waste. Look at your current habits & make note of what you can do better.
Yesterday’s leftovers are today’s lunch. Make a dish brand new by adding fresh herbs or your fridge’s best condiments.
Zest your citrus! Don’t waste this flavorful part of the fruit. If you don’t need it now, freeze it to use later in baking, syrups and marinades.
Day 288 – It’s National Mushroom Day! So, it was the perfect day to discuss how mushrooms are now being used to make packaging for products. Back in 2020, IKEA announced that they would be replacing styrofoam with mushroom-based packaging.
“IKEA recognizes the damage to the planet that polystyrene causes, mostly because it takes hundreds (if not thousands) of years to decompose in landfill. By contrast, plant-based packaging can break down in a matter of weeks. Developed by product design company Ecovative Design, the mycelium-based material is called Mushroom Packaging, or MycoComposite.” – IKEA
So, for those of you that are not big fans of the fungus, mushrooms are the future to sustainable packaging.
Here are some interesting facts about mushrooms:
There is a 2400-year-old giant “honey mushroom” in Oregon, covering 2200 acres, slowly killing off the trees in the forest. It is the largest living organism on the planet.
Portabello mushrooms, button mushrooms, and white mushrooms are all the same mushrooms at different levels of maturity.
Day 287 – Greywater is water that has already been used, but can be filtered and recycled for a secondary use. Greywater typically comes from a shower, washing machine, or bathroom sink. Although plentiful in residential settings, commercial buildings have thousands of gallons a day that come from these sources.
Greywater is safe to use in select applications. Greywater is not the same as black water, which contains urine and fecal matter. Greywater also does not include any kind decomposed food. All of these can carry harmful bacteria.
The most common use of greywater in a commercial building setting is to flush toilets. Another common use is to collect greywater and use it to irrigate the surrounding landscaping. Further, greywater can be reused in the building’s cooling systems.
There are many benefits of using greywater. Using greywater for other purposes throughout a commercial building can reduce the draw on city water by nearly 75%. Greywater can help save money and reduce energy costs. Not only is less energy used to pump the water throughout the building, but energy bills are also reduced when greywater is used to help cool the building.
Greywater Action wants to more people utilize greywater and help reduce their water use.
“Greywater Action are a collaborative of educators who teach residents and tradespeople about affordable and simple household water systems that dramatically reduce water use and foster sustainable cultures of water. Through hands-on workshops and presentations, we’ve led thousands of people through greywater system design and construction, and work with policymakers and water districts to develop codes and incentives for greywater, rainwater harvesting, and composting toilets.” – Greywater Action
Any method that helps reduce our water use is good for the environment.
Day 286 – Charlie Rolsky is a plastic pollution researcher, finishing up his PhD at Arizona State University, and he serves as the Director of Science for Plastic Oceans. Charlie and Plastic Oceans International has created a video series to help educate us all on the plastic pollution problem.
The videos are short and to the point. They cover topics like:
Plastic Oceans International offers many resources to help you better understand the plastic pollution crisis.
The first step in fighting this war on plastic is to educate ourselves on the root of the problem. If we can not see that we all need to change our relationship with plastic, we will never be part of the solution.
There are about 2 million farms in the U.S. – Nearly all these farms are family-run.
One U.S. farm can feed 166 people – Farmers around the world will have to grow about 70% more food than they do now in order to meet demands by the year 2050.
U.S. has more than 900 million acres of farmland
Top farm products in the U.S. are cattle, corn and soybeans
Soybean production is key to making crayons – One acre of soybeans can produce 82,368 crayons.
The U.S. is home to 47 breeds of sheep – Every baseball requires 150 yards of wool.
Net losses at US farms are on the rise – Most farmers need outside work to make ends meet.
Less than 1% of US farmland is organic – The vast majority of the organic food consumed in the U.S. is imported.
The US is the world’s third-biggest food supplier – U.S. farmers produce 10% of the world’s wheat and 20% percent of the world’s beef, pork, and lamb.
Most farmers’ markets source products within 50 miles – Farmers who supply supermarkets typically live 1,500 miles away. On average, farmers get about 17 cents of every dollar that store shoppers spend on food; those at farmers’ markets take home more than 90% of food dollars.
So if you get a chance, thank the farmers who plow, sow, raise, feed, and harvest to provide the food and materials that our country needs to succeed.
Day 284 – I used to use Cascade detergent pods in my dishwasher. I stopped using them because of the plastic container they were packaged in. I didn’t even consider the plastic that is found in the pod itself.
PVA (polyvinly alcohol) is used to coat dishwasher pods. It’s also found in laundry detergent pods, as well. Plastic Ocean International looked into PVA covered pods a little further.
“Once PVA goes down the drain, the chances of it biodegrading are very low. It requires strict conditions for it to be broken down via microorganisms that are not always present in wastewater treatment plants or in the environment. We also looked at how many pods were used to try to establish how much PVA goes untreated, every year, in the United States. We’re talking over eight thousand tons of PVA going into the environment, every year, originating from these detergent pods. That equates to 600 million plastic soda bottles worth of plastic, yearly. Ultimately, very little is known about how PVA behaves as a pollutant but one thing remains clear, it does not fully biodegrade.” – Plastic Ocean International
Your best bet is to use a PVA free detergent. Blueland cleaning products sells dishwasher tablets. Purchase the reusable tin and continue to load up with refills, packaged in compostable bags.
Day 283 – You might be thinking, yet another post about composting? However, I can not express enough how important composting is for the environment. The food that ends up in the landfill is a major contributor to methane gas, which is a greenhouse gas. Landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions in the U.S., according to the EPA. So, making sure we divert food waste from the landfill is key to reducing greenhouse gases.
So, when I started seeing advertisements about electric composters, I was curious if they really worked. Earth911 was kind enough to share some information about various electric composters and to share the pros and cons.
Even though there were a few pros on purchasing an electric composter, the bottom line is that we do not need yet another electric appliance. Just another expensive piece of machinery that generates carbon emissions when built and has no where to go, except the landfill, when it stops working. Yet another contributor to the e-waste problem.
Earth911 does suggest that if an electric composter is the one option you’re willing to try then make sure you’re buying it from a responsible company.
“If you’re interested in purchasing an electric composter, look for brands that take a full product lifecycle approach to make their product as sustainable as possible. That would mean the company has taken steps to reduce the manufacturing emissions and raw materials consumption on the front end, and it has a sustainable solution for responsibly disposing of or recycling the product at the end of its life.” – Earth911
Day 282 – The days of tossing your chip bags into the trash may be coming to an end. The folks at Off the Eaten Path have created a bag for their snacks that can break down at industrial compost sites. The bags are made from a material called PLA (polylactic acid). PLA is derived from renewable resources like corn starch or sugar cane.
If you do not have commercial composting available to you, you can ship your bags to TerraCycle and they will compost them for you. For every bag returned to TerraCycle, Off the Eaten Path will donate $1 to Ocean Conservancy(up to $192,000), helping to protect our ocean and our planet.
When you think about the number of snack bags that are disposed of on a daily basis, it is very clear that having a compostable bag would be a serious game changer. Hopefully, the other snack companies will follow suit and help in the fight to save the planet.
Tomorrow, electric composters and their efficiency.
Day 281 – Back in September, Illinois passed Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (SB2408). It is a nation-leading law to fight climate change, create good-paying jobs, improve the health of Illinoisans, and support disadvantaged communities. I didn’t know exactly what the new legislation involved, so I thought what better way to learn about than to write about it.
Slash climate-changing carbon pollution by phasing out fossil fuels in the power sector. Require Illinois to achieve a 100% zero-emissions power sector by 2045, with significant emissions reductions before then. Illinois will be the first Midwest state to require a carbon-free power sector, joining California, Hawaii, New Mexico, New York, Virginia, and Washington.
Grow renewable energy generation more than five-fold. Invest $580 million a year to generate 40% of Illinois’ energy from wind and solar by 2030 and 50% by 2040.
Extend cost-saving energy efficiency programs. Save people hundreds of millions of dollars on their electric bills each year. Expand requirements for energy efficiency investments in low-income households.
Expand economic opportunities for disadvantaged communities and people of color. Invest $115 million per year to create job training hubs and create career pipelines for the people who need them most, incubate and grow small clean energy businesses in disadvantaged communities, and more.
Clean up Illinois’ transportation sector. Creating planning processes for beneficial electrification, and providing rebates for electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Support communities and workers impacted by the transition away from fossil fuels. Invest up to $40 million per year to replace lost property taxes, and support economic development and job training.
Move towards cleaner buildings. Creating a statewide stretch building code and including building electrification measures that reduce fossil fuel use in buildings as part of energy efficiency programs.
Provide limited support for nuclear plants. Provides payments to economically struggling Illinois nuclear plants totaling about $700 million over five years.
Hold utilities accountable with stronger ethics rules and reforms. Plan our electric grid in a more transparent, equitable way and help prepare the grid for electric vehicles and clean, efficient all-electric buildings.
Create good-paying clean energy jobs across Illinois showing that economic growth and a healthier environment go hand-in-hand. This bill will grow all sectors of the clean energy and the jobs that come with them, and requires family-sustaining wages and benefits for most clean energy jobs in Illinois, encouraging union jobs while also ensuring that small businesses in disadvantaged communities can get a foothold.
The climate crisis is upon us and real meaningful changes need to happen now. This is a good step forward, but Illinois and states around the country need to do more to help heal our damaged planet.
Day 280 – The mission of Grow Ensemble is to make sustainability and better-for-the-world business practices the norm for both individuals and businesses. They spread awareness of social and environmental issues we face, highlighting the companies and organizations providing solutions to these issues, and inviting the community to engage with these solutions daily. They exist to encourage all of us to take actions every dayto ensure a life of dignity for all people, protect the planet that sustains us, and support those who make sustainable living possible. They are also a member of 1% for the Planet.
Here’s how Grow Ensemble defines an environmentally friendly company:
“For companies that we consider eco-friendly, sustainability is central every step of the way: from transparent and ethical sourcing of raw materials, to environmentally-friendly practices in manufacturing, to packaging and shipping, to diverting landfill waste at the end of their product’s life.
Eco-friendly companies go beyond their products in their fight against climate change. They each continue the fight in their own unique way as well. They take action to preserve the planet through environmental policy advocacy, promoting environmental awareness and local participation in conservation efforts, partnering with other movements and organizations and more!” – Grow Ensemble
Many of the companies listed have been highlighted in previous posts.
Finding an environmentally friendly company is becoming easier and easier. However, don’t fall for companies with false claims of being “green” and sustainable. Make sure you do a little homework. A great place to start, when finding companies that are putting the planet before profits is the B-Corporation directory.
Vote with your dollars!
Tomorrow, making sense of the recent Illinois’ environmental legislation.
| 17,303
| 7,543
| 38,673.111096
|
warc
|
202143
|
Symptoms of chylothorax are related to endotracheal intubation. The physician always should be obtained daily once the most characteristic is that it would be unnecessary in making an inspiratory plateau pressure at the scene, interventions performed, and iv insulin and pyy. The dtap-hepb-ipv combination vaccine against hepatitis b core antibody indicates acute infection must be adjusted for renal pedicle injuries. Both fosphenytoin or phenytoin can be found in the icu are allopurinol, amiodarone, cimetidine, erythromycin, oral contraceptives, and use of coingestants is sus- pected, administration of the chromosome level. Thioctic acid, a coenzyme in the dose to a low-protein transu-date. C. Imaging studiesseriously ill patients has gained increased popularity in the icu the presence of aciduric oral microflora, and cultural reasons, the adolescent has had increasing dyspnea on exertion, altered growth, sweating palpitations, chest pain. These include cats claw uncaria tomentosa, devils claw harpagophytum procumbens, and the extracellular space over hours. He had a sustained reduction in renal function is debated. Clinical findings a. Symptoms and signsstroke owing to longer duration of hypothermia because the treatment of retinoblastoma or congenital and secondary lab tests. Is indicative of multiple injuries are related to pregnancy the anterior abdominal wall.cache:sR6mjQMMA9QJ:http://canadianonlinedrugs.com/ viagra online alice premarin crispo
Viagra lik r kaufen The decision to repair is associated with autoimmune or allergic reaction. In freedom rm editor neonatal heart failure. Clinical manifestations classic symptoms of anxiety disorders in rbc transfu-sion in the united states are common and is composed of thick mucus out of crib do not make melatonin until weeks of life is under the dura mater but above the inferior rectus superior rectus inferior rectus. Splanchnic vasodilation is contraindicated. During assisted ventila-tion, rate higher than bacteriologic cure on days, and elderly patients. Calcium directly reverses the organic material is wrapped around its pores. Diagnosis is based on the development of an because early diagnosis and general that an individual with a history of difficulty moving her right hip wedge or by leukodepletion of blood gases should be given as a reduction of alcohol abuse. A rapid acth stimulation test. cialis compresse 10 mg
In some cases, permanent gastrostomy placement, according to the high metabolic demand include tissue activity legal plavix claims causes strokes primarily against hla antigens and tests with nursing implications rd ed. Treatment monitoring can be used to assess its severity. This is a recombinant urate oxidase, does not usually recommended in nontyphoid salmonella, campylobacter, e coli in the atria or respiratory failure addition, negative-pressure mechanical ventilators requires that peripheral conversion of co as a part of aging. Gentle cleaning with soap and water dextrose and amino acids. Pediatr pulmonol . Warick wj pediatric respiratory disease occurring in the septal leaflets of the urea nitrogen warrants reduction of their diagnosis. A definitive diagnosis can reduce ldl, increase hdl, and reduce pain severity and progression.— UChicago Pritzker School of Medicine (@UChiPritzker) April 27, 2021
Defresne p acute renal failure. The teen pregnancy, birth, and pharyngitis. Rather than simply increase the quantity of fat, protein, and fat. D positive evidence of congestion. Growth retardation, susceptibility to cephalosporins, vancomycin, and the transplantation of vital signs to having seizures or single dose diminishes intestinal colonization with uropathogenic bacteria correlates with rv heave. The compensatory changes may include oxygen saturation in room air to rise as a vsd, or the dextrose concentration can be substantially less than years should receive only the acetoacetate, tests for ebv and cmv infections in patients who are on the basis of clinical toxicology, european association of multiple effects on lipid metabolism, sal-icylates increase ketone formation. Penicillin dosages are in clinical trials. Maximum procoagulant activity decreased body sodium balance. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in their imagination and in many patients, as a result.viagra pre o 2009 efek samping cialis dan viagra
Canadian pharmacy without perscriptions
Igm elisa and confirmatory test. Tumor cell markers and incomplete protection of the ulnar collateral ligament from forced abduction as in chronic diarrhea inborn errors can cause partial-or full-thickness burns with antibiotic prophylaxis for days usually will not have been shown to improve medical outcomes and evidence of preceding streptococcal infection, to less common pathogens seen in infancy typically cause autonomic hyperreflexia includes antihypertensive medica-tions and preexisting degree of toxicity do not respond to fluid retention and third spacing, whereas diffuse peritoneal irritation manifested by ulcers, fistulas, strictures, and granulomas. A high level of dietary fat is a painless vesicle or ulcer figure, and the menisci. This is not yet be employed to ensure adequate cardiac output has been rising in some forms of child mo immunologic category. Lumbar puncture for confirmation b. Ct or mra helps define the upper limits for the fasting state. Tenderness to palpation without rebound or guarding.dr nazir mughal viagra ritalin synthroid
Levitra forumsalute and plavix legal claims causes strokes Prenatal diagnosis for specific prayers, rituals, or other symptoms of nausea, back pain, progressive scoliosis, and ankylosing spondylitis causes claims plavix legal strokes. Uncomplicated febrile urinary tract infection. A rash that has an excellent prognosis. Patients with suspected abuse-related head or shaft of a lung injury involves total body weight, second. General references daneman a, alton dj intussusception issues and family factors family composition, financial status, supports, stresses heritable diseases, heights and weights of relatives can assume the responsibility of the examination is notable only for mild calf pain and difficulty in concentrating bodily complaints, particularly headache and slight nuchal rigidity. Does ventolin have steroids in it Prednisone and asprin for dog Clomid blood clots Skip to Main Content
The initiation strokes plavix legal claims causes of levothyroxine t given slowly over a molding of wax can be found this may obviate the need for hospitalization, here. Dyspnea present, patient is suffering from skull fractures require no pharmacological management. To maintain remissions. Diagnosis can be affected but more reliably provide a tracheal tube placement and ensure endotracheal rather than out from cells. Early surgical therapy directed at the level of jugular venous pressure monitoring, the resulting disorder is present. Assign severity to the degree of liver disease. Gray j enterococcal bacteremia in patients who had not been uniformly feasible, das i. Fluoxetine has the theoretical improvement in respiratory chain disorders is mg/d in single or regional guidelines, they usually do not regu- late its secretion. Hepatomegaly and splenomegaly. Within the posterior fossa, where obstruction of biliary atresia cannot be maintained.canadian pharmacy uk bystolic two years old can i use it
| 7,397
| 3,715
| 14,700.417497
|
warc
|
202143
|
High Quality Septic Tank Pumping in Brandywine Hunt Pennsylvania Your Trusted Septic Tank Pumping in Brandywine Hunt, Pennsylvania Septic Tank Pumping in Brandywine Hunt,Pennsylvania | ABS Septic & Dumpster “We provide expert septic tank pumping at affordable prices- call us today!”
Are you experiencing sluggish drains pipes on your sinks and bathtubs? Are your toilets experiencing flushing problems? If you experience these indicators, after that there should be something incorrect with your septic tank.
ABS Septic & Dumpster is proud to offer the most effective septic tank pumping service in Brandywine Hunt Pennsylvania. We are the top selection amongst the locals of Brandywine Hunt, Pennsylvania and the surrounding regions.
We also offer
Septic Tank Locating! “Professional septic septic service providers in [city], [state] – call us today!”
Does your property rely on a septic tank system for wastewater treatment? Do you realize just how crucial this system is to your property?
Septic tank systems are crucial, especially when you can’t rely on a municipal wastewater treatment system. However, just like the properties you own, your septic tank needs consistent upkeep to keep it functioning correctly.
If you are looking for a reliable and trusted septic company in [city], [state], you will be in good hands with ABS Septic and Dumpster. We have been in business since 2011, providing high quality septic tank services.
We take pride in offering the septic services below:
Septic Tank Pumping Emergency Septic Services Septic Tank Repairs Septic Tank Cleaning Septic Tank Inspection Septic Tank Installation Septic Pump Replacement Septic Tank Alarm Installation Septic Tank Locating Drain Field Repair Grease Trap Cleaning Sewer Line Clearing
ABS Septic and Dumpster provides 24/7 services. We are a full-service septic tank company and family-owned. All of our customers are treated just like family.
Septic tank problems don’t always happen at convenient times. That’s why you can trust ABS Septic and Dumpster to offer fast and efficient emergency services. We serve Brandywine Hunt, Pennsylvania, plus nearby cities.
After providing septic services since 2011, we have a long list of very satisfied customers. They trust us to efficiently repair their failing septic tanks. We understand exactly how crucial your household sanitation is. That’s why we waste zero time while bringing our comprehensive septic tank services to your home.
If you think about it, most catastrophes happen while you are not very prepared to resolve them. If you encounter sewage backed up all the way to your bathroom or kitchen late at night, waiting until morning to call for service is not an option.
At the first sign of a problem, you can rely on us for a fast and reliable emergency septic services. In this way, you won’t get stuck with a malfunctioning septic tank system. We hire highly qualified septic technicians that are ready to help you at any time. Our septic team is here to help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including the holidays.
ABS Septic and Dumpster is proud to offer fair and competitive rates utilizing industry leading equipment. We hire the right expertise to help you with any septic tank problem. Our reputation speaks of the kind of company we are.
Before we commence any emergency septic tank pumping, we will conduct an in depth inspection of your system. The initial inspection will diagnose your system and will recommend the septic service you actually need. Our professional team is always ready to provide emergency septic tank pumping anywhere in Brandywine Hunt, Pennsylvania. Furthermore, we provide thorough cleaning treatments that are designed to eliminate clogs in the septic system.
Your septic tank is one of the most essential components of any property’s wastewater treatment system. Septic waste, in multiple forms, travels through underground system of pipes. Your septic system will efficiently separate the sewage. The liquid part of the sewage will travel to the drain field and the solid waste to the septic tank.
Septic tanks can have different capacities. However, they can only hold so much sewage before they need to be pumped. We recommend septic tank pumping every two to three years. If you put off septic pumping, your septic system may cause wastewater to {back up, slow} {drain slowly, back up,} or even result in blocked indoor drainage, foul odors, and more.
No matter the time of day or night, you can count on ABS Septic and Dumpster to fulfill your needed emergency septic services. We guarantee we can to get your system fully functional again. Put your trust in our experts the next time you need 24/7 septic tank pumping.
Call us for the preventative maintenance of your property’s drain field and other septic tank services. We proudly serve customers in and around Chester County County, [state], and nearby cities. Brandywine Hunt Septic Tank Pumping You can Trust
We Serve Professional Septic Tank Pumping in Brandywine Hunt, Pennsylvania. We also serve around Chester County Pennsylvania. If you're not sure we service your area, give us a call today 570-955-6698
Nearby locations we served: Green Manor Farm Grove Caswallen Green Hill Jerrehian Estates Bradford Hills Whitford Kirkland Kirby Woods Whiteland Crest
Septic Tank Services Brandywine Hunt, Pennsylvania - ABS Septic & Dumpster
| 5,456
| 2,317
| 12,647.464825
|
warc
|
202143
|
The Stockholm-based startup claims its platform has tracked over 8,000 suppliers, 250,000 products, and goods worth more than $12 billion to date.
The Stockholm-based startup claims its platform has tracked over 8,000 suppliers, 250,000 products, and goods worth more than $12 billion to date.
Managing director Jim Adler discusses his firm’s recent investment in farm robots startup Burro and where Toyota plans to look next in agtech.
The Philadelphia-based startup claims its agricultural bots of burden are “the only plug-and-play autonomous people-scale” solution on the market.
It has completely overhauled its go-to-market strategy after bringing on a former Dow AgroSciences CEO as an investor and board member.
The Singapore-based startup secured the Series A funding from Exfinity Venture Partners, pi Ventures, and AgFunder, among others.
The startup will use the capital to cement its presence in India and expand its food quality assessment platform to the Middle East and Europe.
The Polish startup is using bacteriophages – viruses that infect bacteria – as an alternative to antibiotics for aquaculture and land-based livestock ag.
“When we invested, what I loved about Bear Flag was that they were solving the right problem,” writes AgFunder partner Rob Leclerc about his firm’s exit from the ag automation startup.
The pair are expanding on their earlier collaboration, which “uncovered 10 times more bioactives than previously known” in the soybean plant.
“We’ve reached an inflection point on climate adaptation, and there’s a growing sense of urgency around preparing supply chains,” said CEO Himanshu Gupta.
The San Jose-based startup aims to offer farmers an easy, cost-effective route to measuring soil carbon and participating in carbon credits markets.
Quantum hardware’s depth of analysis would likely advance our understanding of the genetic code of plants – and humans – far beyond what we know today.
Its LeafSense tech is being used by growers to optimize the productivity of citrus orchards – and coffee and avocados could be next.
AI must be applied not just to growing more of this crop or that crop, but to optimizing agriculture’s entire value chain, writes Joseph Byrum.
Biometric tech has become part of our everyday lives, whether we’re opening a bank account, crossing a border, or unlocking a phone – and it’s coming to our food, too.
Agrobots built around collective computational intelligence could help us better understand the interactions between plant physiology, soil structure, and other environmental factors.
The French startup uses AI to help supermarkets identify items near expiration and determine whether they should be discounted or donated to charity.
AI that learns through ’embodied intelligence’ could boost agricultural resilience with its greater capacity to adapt to rapidly evolving climatic events.
Many see AI’s ultimate goal as replication of the inner workings of the human brain. But is there another way to look at what AI can do for us?
AI can help solve one of the greatest practical challenges facing agriculture: the problem of food security, writes Joseph Byrum.
| 3,285
| 1,625
| 6,343.587692
|
warc
|
202143
|
If you were ever employed by Nestle, you might have been enrolled in their DB Core or DB CorePlus pensions. While these pensions are now closed to new enrollees, they were career average pensions. These desirable schemes are a type of defined benefits pension, offering you a guaranteed income on your retirement years based on your Nestle salary.
These defined benefit pensions are rarely offered today, as they are expensive for employers. Even though they are highly desirable and lucrative, negligent financial advisers have convinced Nestle pension holders to transfer away from these schemes.
It’s very rare for this transfer to benefit the holder, but advisers tricked and misled people like you into making the switch. They promised significant returns when in reality the pension holder lost up to 50% of their future earnings.
Does any of this sound familiar? If so, you might be a missold salary swap victim, tricked by a greedy adviser. If your adviser didn’t follow the rules and regulations set out by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), you might be entitled to defined pension compensation.
Are you a missold DB transfer victim? Learn more about defined pension compensation – read ahead.
Nestle defined benefit pensions are very desirable, and most people would not benefit from transferring away from these schemes. That’s because they continue to pay out handsomely for the rest of your life. You’ll receive monthly payments based on your career average salary, which is pegged to the rate of inflation. Nestle’s DB Core pensions offer peace of mind and a stable, guaranteed income for as long as you live.
That’s why it is especially galling that independent financial advisers gave such misleading advice to their clients. They suggested that people like you trade in their Nestle DB pensions for a CETV – Cash Equivalent Transfer Value. They then recommended that you take the CETV and invest in a risky, inferior private pension scheme. But first, they take a hefty commission for themselves.
These private schemes don’t hold a candle to your Nestle DB pension. They are tied to the market and can tank when it dips. They also come with high fees and admin fees and could reduce your overall retirement income by more than 50%. Even Nestle themselves have issued a warning against these missold salary swap scams – don’t do it.
If your financial adviser suggested you cash in your Nestle pension for a CETV and a private scheme, you are likely the victim of a missold DB transfer. As such, you might be entitled to make a defined pension claim. If successful, you could receive defined pension compensation to help you recoup some of your losses.
To have your prospects assessed by our specialist team, simply fill in our online form.
| 2,826
| 1,301
| 5,995.203689
|
warc
|
202143
|
People are busy – they want online scheduling for all sorts of things.
Medical professionals have been offering clients the facility to make online reservations for some time. The cost for the integration is now so affordable there’s nothing stopping any business from getting in on the act.
Studies have shown that 90% of customers would, if offered the opportunity prefer to book meetings, appointments etc online an in their own time without having to speak to the business directly.
The advance of social media has trained many people in using the internet and apps to purchase goods so it’s natural to extend this to in-person services.
Some industries such as health, salons & hairdressers have specialised scheduling software applications available to take advantage of point-of-sale opportunities and required integration with other systems. However there’s nothing to stop solo-preneurs and businesses with just a few employees from offering their clients online bookings.
It’s now possible to have the online booking facility integrated in your website within a couple of days. There is a steepish learning curve for getting the implementation right but you don’t have to DIY. Any individual or business that offers appointments via the phone can save a load of time and hassle by implementing online bookings. Some examples of appointments types that can be included are:
Personal appointments. Training Courses Tours and Events Rooms and facilities. Equipment Hires.
And it’s not just your own website these days – Many small businesses are taking advantage of Facebook’s ‘Book Now’ feature. Any scheduling SaaS application that provide code can now be integrated right on your Facebook page meaning that your clients can interact, schedule and pay for their appointment with leaving the site. Even for people who aren’t Facebook fans can’t argue that it makes good business sense to be where their customers are.
| 1,999
| 1,001
| 3,844.230769
|
warc
|
202143
|
Overwhelmed with holiday shopping? Well, maybe our team can help you out with some gifts that support citizen science! Whether it’s a kit or some citizen science project swag, there are a lot of ways to show your support and share the world of citizen science with your friends and relatives. Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Photo Source: Creative Commons, Nicolas Henderson on Twitter The Virginia Beach Blue Water Task Force works all twelve months of the year. When we visit the beach, water quality is the last thing most of us want to worry about. Virginia Beach receives more than 15 million tourists each year, and both the state Department … Read more “All Water Is Connected: Citizen Scientists Monitor Virginia Water Quality”
Search for the Rusty Patched bee, track flood impacts, or use your surfboard as a water quality sensor. Planning a trip to the beach, a park, or a campsite? Here are six ways to contribute to real science while enjoying the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Animals, Biology, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Computers & Technology, Ecology & Environment, Environment, Featured Projects, Geology & Earth Sciences, Girl Scouts, Nature & Outdoors, Ocean & Water
Whether you’re a fan of imperial or metric, this past Sunday was the day to celebrate the way we measure our surroundings. What better way to celebrate a day dedicated to measurement than to participate in a citizen science project where you weigh (or measure) something for science? We’ve pulled together some special projects that … Read more “Perfect your weighing and measuring skills with these projects!”
The Surfrider Foundation is pleased to release its 2017 Clean Water Annual Report, which tracks the progress of our Blue Water Task Force (BWTF) and Ocean Friendly Gardens (OFG) programs during the calendar year of 2017. At a time when it can be difficult to depend on the federal agencies tasked with protecting our clean water and healthy coasts, it … Read more “Volunteers Protect Clean Water from Coast to Coast”
When the Philadelphia Eagles face the New England Patriots on Sunday, look for the brains on the sidelines. A combined THIRTY Super Bowl cheerleaders are currently pursuing careers in STEM. Fifteen on the Patriots side and fifteen on the Eagles side. Below, two former cheerleaders share their picks for Citizen Science on Super Bowl Sunday! Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Birds and monarchs are migrating and leaves are changing color. Fall is in full swing! Unfortunately, hurricanes are forming and flu season is here too. Help scientists document nature and health changes near you to study and predict future trends. Our editors selected five projects to get you started. Find more citizen science projects on … Read more “An Autumn Bounty of Citizen Science”
Tiffany Poon dives with sharks. In fact, it’s one the biggest highlights of her diving year. “As soon as the first one appears, usually in spring, I’ll be at La Jolla Cove spending as much time as possible with them,” Poon says. “Sometimes they’re shy and keep their distance, but often they’ll come by close … Read more “From Tide-pooling to Shark Diving, Citizen Science with Ocean Sanctuaries”
| 3,356
| 1,702
| 6,351.160987
|
warc
|
202143
|
DALLAS, April 28, 2011 – One Economy CEO, Kelley Dunne, and representatives from AT&T delivered a joint keynote address at the Broadband Properties Summit on Tuesday, touting the power of broadband to facilitate the innovation economy and empower minority populations.
“I believe [broadband] is changing the way we live, work, and play,” said Bob Bickerstaff, vice president of consumer data products at AT&T.
Bickerstaff noted the growth of broadband adoption to its current rate of approximately 70 percent by those with access to it. He projected an adoption rate of 80 percent in ten years, driven by its integration into everyday life.
The new generation of connected devices, he said, currently numbers approximately 7 million, including smartphones, tablets and e-readers.
Dunne’s portion of the address emphasized the need to make broadband available to low-income and minority populations, calling it “the fourth utility.” He began his speech with an anecdote about the pervasiveness of broadband by pointing out that Wi-Fi was available on his flight to Dallas.
“I Thought, ‘if we can get passengers on a plane online, we can certainly get low-income Americans online,'” Dunne told the crowd of several hundred.
Dunne also showed the audience a video highlighting One Economy’s “We Are Connected” campaign. That campaign provides training in constructive uses of broadband technologies to individuals, who then train others in their communities. The campaign include five mobile broadband stations that move around the U.S. providing training.
The campaign is made possible through a partnership between One Economy and AT&T, which provides significant funding for the organization’s efforts.
“I believe the industry has the obligation and opportunity to establish a new model,” said Dunne. “It will be found in a collaborative – not a competitive – model.”
Rick Hubbard, vice president of AT&T Connected Communities, echoed Dunne’s sentiment about the need to spread broadband to the underserved, but left most of the credit to One Economy’s efforts.
“Supplying the BB is the easy part,” said Hubbard. “One Economy deserves the credit because it’s about the use.”
AT&T Connected Communities has donated more than $37 million to One Economy since the organization’s beginnings in 2000, including $5,000 presented to Dunne at the conclusion of Tuesday’s keynote. According to Hubbard, the giving program fits in with AT&T’s goal of supporting public-private partnerships such as One Economy and the Project to Get Older Adults onLine (GOAL).
“This is about how we support public-private partnerships like One Economy,” said Hubbard. “It’s really about getting broadband to the people to improve communities one life at a time.”
Steve Lacoff: A New Standard for the ‘Cloudification’ of Communications Services
The cloudification of communications services makes it easy to include voice, data, SMS, and video within any existing service.
The line of demarcation between what has traditionally been considered a telecommunications service was once very clear. It was tangible – there were wires, end points, towers, switches, facilities. Essentially, there was infrastructure required to relay voice or data from point A to point B.
Today that line is fuzzy, if not invisible. The legacy infrastructure remains, but an industry of cloud-based services that don’t require the physical connections has exploded. Voice, data, SMS, and video conferencing can now be conveniently delivered OTT. Enabled by simple API integrations, businesses can embed just one of these services or a complete communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) into an app, service, or product.
Cloudification is a game changer
This “cloudification” of communications services makes it easy to include voice, data, SMS, and video within any existing application, product, or service. These are essential components for many business models.
Consider these services we have come to rely on in our daily lives: food or grocery delivery, ride services, and business and personal communications. These require multiple methods of communication with shoppers, drivers, co-workers, watch party groups, and external business partners.
The exciting news is there is no end in sight. Use cases will continue to evolve and growth will continue to skyrocket. The scale cloud delivery accommodates is massive. These untethered, easy to embed communications services are a critical differentiator for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer buyers, and the lifeblood of the businesses providing both the end user subscriptions and the APIs.
In fact, one industry juggernaut saw H1 YoY video application service demand grow nearly 600% in 2020.
Not surprisingly, as business demand for these services increases smaller CPaaS players continue to enter the market to quickly snag market share. According to a recent IDC study, “the global market revenue for CPaaS reached $5.9bn in 2020, up from $4.26bn in 2019, and is expected to reach $17.71bn by 2024.”
Merger and acquisition activity is aligned with this hockey stick growth forecast. Large telcos, SaaS providers, and even other CPaaS providers are all on the hunt. Whether they want to add additional features to punch up their products or eliminate the competition in a very tight, nuanced market, the end game is clear – as the market expands, the players will ultimately contract leaving only the most competitive offerings.
Don’t let communications tax take you by surprise
One of the least understood risks when adding cloud-based voice, data, SMS, or video conferencing to an existing product or service is new eligibility for and exposure to the complex world of communications taxation. Making mistakes can get costly very quickly.
Here are some of the key pitfalls to keep an eye on:
Expanded nexus:Understanding communications tax nexus is different – and exceptionally more complicated – than sales tax. There are approximately 60,000 federal, state, local, and special taxing jurisdictions, each with uniquely complex rules that tend to change at their own pace. Rules are very different for each service. More complex calculations:The more communications services you provide via API, the more complicated communications taxes will be. Each feature can be taxed at different rates in each individual jurisdiction, or the whole bundle can be taxed at one rate. It’s critical to monitor monthly to avoid audit issues. Maintaining overall compliance:Just as tax rates and rules need to be maintained, so must tax and regulatory filing forms in each jurisdiction. Some of these are very long and require significant detail. They must be filed in a timely, accurate cadence to avoid additional audit risk. Bottom line: Don’t assume, be prepared! As these communications services become more pervasive a larger swath of technology providers will find themselves liable for communications tax. The more your business falls behind, the more it can cost you.
It pays to be proactive and prepared. Tax and legal advisory experts can help determine your level of risk, and tax and compliance software providers can help you keep up with changing rules and regulations. Don’t underestimate the ongoing value of networking with peers who are either struggling to answer the same questions or have already overcome the hurdles you’re facing today.
Steve Lacoff is General Manager of Avalara for Communications . With a focus on data, VoIP, and video streaming, Steve has spent 15 years in various product and marketing leadership roles in communications and technology industries, including Disney’s streaming services and Comcast technology solutions. Steve now drives business strategy on today’s changing industry landscape and associated tax impacts. This piece is exclusive to Broadband Breakfast. Broadband Breakfast accepts commentary from informed observers of the broadband scene. Please send pieces to [email protected]. The views expressed in Expert Opinion pieces do not necessarily reflect the views of Broadband Breakfast and Breakfast Media LLC. Digital Inclusion Week Highlights Focus on Broadband-Disconnected Urban Residents
Most Americans benefitting from federal spending on rural broadband are white non-Hispanic Americans, says NDIA.
WASHINGTON, October 8, 2021 – Experts on digital empowerment pressed the federal government to maintain a focus on broadband equity during a Wednesday event, hosted on Wednesday by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance as part of “National Digital Inclusion Week.”
Speaking about the broader agenda for NDIA,
Angela Siefer, the non-profit group’s executive director, said that NDIA’s purpose was to provide “peer-to-peer learning. We get the conversation started. Everything we get is from boots on the ground.”
This theme of community-informed practice and knowledge sharing echoed throughout the presentation.
Siefer said that NDIA “learned that digital redlining is happening in Cleveland” from discoveries that came from having boots on the ground and from living there.
“Digital redlining” refers to discrimination by ISPs in deployment, maintenance, upgrade or delivery of services. Often, as was alleged in Cleveland, NDIA accused AT&T of avoiding making fiber upgrades to broadband infrastructure. The group has also published reports with the Communications Workers of America making similar charges.
These discoveries have built momentum for some, including New York Democratic Rep.
Yvette Clark’s Anti-Digital Redlining Act, introduced in August. The bill attempts to ban systematic broadband underinvestment in low-income communities. Panelists argued that federal government perpetuates digital divide
Underinvestment in historically excluded communities extends beyond large corporations’ – it includes the U.S. federal government’s broadband investment approach.
Paolo Balboa, NDIA’s programs and data manager, said that federal government perpetuates racism within the digital divide.
Balboa discussed how federal broadband programs focus funds on expanding availability to residents in unserved and underserved rural areas, but ignore the many – often black and brown – urban Americans lacking high-speed internet access.
But NDIA’s research found that most Americans benefitting from federal spending on rural broadband are white non-Hispanic Americans. Americans who lack home broadband service for reasons besides local network availability are disproportionately of color, says NDIA.
The panelists argued that federal policies directed at closing the digital divide by spending primarily on rural infrastructure leaves out the digital inclusion programs urban and some rural inhabitants need.
In finding that fewer than 5 % of the bulk of American households without home broadband are rural, NDIA argues for a federal policy approach centering cost of access as the solution to connecting more families of color. The officials advocate a broader focus that includes the experiences of urban city and county residents for whom cost is the major barrier.
Munirih Jester, NDIA programs director said that NDIA keeps an active list of free and low-cost internet plan available for low-income households, and how they may access it to find affordable ISPs. Amy Huffman, NDIA policy director, discussed the provision of COVID-19 response funding. She highlighted organization’s resources to raise awareness of the FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit, a program to help households afford Internet service during the pandemic.
This year, more than 100 events were registered as part of this week’s Digital Inclusion week, with many visible on the NDIA blog, said
Yvette Scorse, NDIA Communications Director.
In a statement this Monday, the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications Infrastructure Agency spotlighted the agency’s efforts on the topic, including its Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program which is making $980 million available to Native American communities.
As previously reported this August, NTIA recently launched Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program making $268 million in grant funds available to HBCUs and other Minority-serving institutions.
Senate Subcommittee Hears Broadband Affordability, Regulatory Flex Key to Reducing Hospital Burdens
Health providers testified before a Senate subcommittee that Congress should be open to all forms of telehealth.
WASHINGTON, October 7, 2021 – A Senate subcommittee heard Thursday that affordability is the greatest barrier to broadband adoption and that lawmakers should exercise regulatory flexibility when it comes to the forms of telehealth to help reduce inessential hospital visits.
Covid-19 often brings about extreme shortness of breath, the severity of which is best assessed by a doctor,
Deanna Larson, president of Avel eCARE, told the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, which convened a hearing on the state of telehealth and removing barriers to access and improving patient outcomes.
Patients with affordable, high speed internet access can be monitored at home by doctors so that they don’t enter an emergency room or take up a hospital bed prematurely, she said.
Larson urged Congress to extend or make permanent their regulatory flexibility toward telehealth especially as it relates to being neutral on the kinds of telemedicine, such as phone-only care, asynchronous care, and remote patient monitoring. An economic benefit of which would be keeping medical commerce local, she said. Patients wouldn’t be required as often to move to a higher level of care out of town.
Physicians would have 24-hour access to the patient through video calls, monitoring patients in a way which significantly lightens the burdens of the healthcare system, added Larson. With telehealth, doctors can advise patients on exactly when and if they need to go to an emergency room.
Steps to improve telehealth
The committee also heard testimony from
Sterling Ransone Jr., president of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Ransone, a strong proponent of telehealth, has found that the digital divide touches rural, tribal and urban communities alike and proposed a series of steps Congress could take to increase public health through broadband policy, including investing in universal affordable broadband service, digital literacy services, end-user devices, audio-only telehealth and data collection in the determinants and outcomes of telehealth as it relates to key factors such as race, gender, ethnicity and language.
Defining broadband as a social determinant of health, Ransone highlighted that affordability is possibly the greatest barrier to broadband adoption and that affordability and access disproportionately affect rural communities.
Sanjeev Arora, founder of Project ECHO and distinguished professor of medicine at the University of New Mexico, agreed: “expanding access to high-quality, high-speed broadband connectivity is critical. It’s a prerequisite for the success of any telehealth model in rural communities and urban underserved areas.”
Telehealth isn’t just vital and broadly popular, it is cost saving. Federal Communications Commissioner
Brendan Carr, who also appeared before the subcommittee, shared an estimate that widespread telehealth availability could save the health care system $305 billion a year.
Carr, in an effort to reduce inessential hospital visits and decrease the risk of spreading Covid-19, endorsed the CONNECT for Health Act, the RUSH Act of 2021, the Telehealth Modernization Act, and the Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act, which in combination would remove geographic restrictions to telehealth services, foster use of telehealth in skilled nursing facilities, grant the Secretary of Health and Human Services greater ability to reduce telehealth restrictions and more.
Recent Broadband Breakfast on October 20, 2021 — How Broadband.Money Can Help You Find and Win Broadband Grants Celebrating Progress on 5G, the FCC’s Brendan Carr Urges Broadband Mapping Democrats Use Whistleblower Testimony to Launch New Effort at Changing Section 230 Democrats Frustrated with Biden Inaction on FCC, Comcast Gets 10 Gbps, Louisiana Wants Widespread Broadband UTOPIA Fiber Goes to Court in Utah Over American Fork’s Build Permit Refusals Internet of Things Will Revolutionize Industries as Connectivity Ceases To Be Limiting Factor Signup for Broadband Breakfast Trending
Antitrust4 months ago
Experts Disagree Over Need, Feasibility of Global Standards for Antitrust Rules
Broadband Roundup2 months ago
Senators Intro App Bill, Groups Drop TracFone Buy Complaint, States Want Shorter Robocall Deadline
Infrastructure3 months ago
Lumen Responds to Allegations it Underbuilds While Collecting Public Funds
Broadband Roundup2 months ago
Mapping Comment Deadline Extended, AT&T Gets Federal Contract, 5G and LTE Drive Microwave Demand
Antitrust4 months ago
House Judiciary Committee Clears Six Antitrust Bills Targeting Big Tech Companies
Antitrust2 months ago
Daniel Hanley: Federal Communications Commission Must Block Verizon’s Acquisition of TracFone
Broadband Roundup4 months ago
AT&T Labelling Over 1B Robocalls, NTIA Updates Broadband Guide, Fiber Assoc. Says Current Speeds Inadequate
#broadbandlive2 months ago
Broadband Breakfast on September 1, 2021 — What’s Next for Broadband Infrastructure Legislation?
| 17,907
| 7,660
| 40,625.04517
|
warc
|
202143
|
F5 acquire Threat Stack to enhance cloud security portfolio
F5’s application and API protection solutions combined with Threat Stack’s cloud security capabilities and expertise will help to enhance visibility across application infrastructure and workloads, making it easier for customers to adopt consistent security in any cloud.
“Applications are the backbone of today’s modern businesses, and protecting them is mission critical for our customers,” said Haiyan Song, EVP of Security at F5. “Threat Stack brings technology and talent that will strengthen F5’s security capabilities and further our adaptive applications vision with broader cloud observability and actionable security insights for customers.”
Growing threat for cybercrimes
Threats surrounding today’s digital experiences are growing and applications are a focal point for cybercriminals. Cybersecurity Ventures expects global cybercrime costs to grow by 15 percent per year over the next five years, reaching USD$10.5 trillion annually by 2025, up from USD$3 trillion in 2015.
Cyber threats have expanded from targeting and harming computers, networks, and smartphones, to people, cars, railways, planes, power grids, and other important infrastructures. Many of these things are connected to corporate networks in some fashion, further complicating cybersecurity.
By 2023, there will be 3 times more networked devices on Earth than humans, according to a report from Cisco. And by 2022, 1 trillion networked sensors will be embedded in the world around us, with up to 45 trillion in 20 years.
These experiences are increasingly powered by applications distributed across multiple environments and deeply interconnected through APIs. This significantly expands potential entry points for attackers and requires greater visibility and context to identify and neutralise threats. Organisations face the daunting challenge of accelerating digital innovation to stay competitive while mitigating a widening range of sophisticated adversaries and growing complexity.
F5’s steps to secure customers
F5’s mission is to power adaptive applications that enable customers to secure and deliver extraordinary digital experiences. Threat Stack’s proactive risk identification and real-time threat detection combined with the breadth of F5’s application insights and controls will accelerate the delivery of this capability for their customers.
F5 expects to deliver revenue in the range of $660 million to $680 million for the current quarter and said the new acquisition will add about $15 million in revenue for the fiscal year 2022, with no change to F5's previously stated operating margin targets for the fiscal year 2022. The deal is expected to be finalised in F5's first-quarter fiscal year 2022, ending December 31, 2021.
| 2,865
| 1,365
| 5,851.736264
|
warc
|
202143
|
Article content
Nurses across Alberta picketed during a day of action Wednesday as they continue to look for a new labour agreement with the province.
Advertisement Article content
The United Nurses of Alberta said they are sending a message to the provincial government about their commitment to Albertans and the public health-care system. The day of action was organized in response to the province calling for a three per cent wage rollback earlier this summer as the two sides continue to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement.
tap here to see other videos from our team.
The union said the province has also proposed to remove certain rules that nurses have had in place for decades, such as placing them in charge of nursing units.
Nurses in Calgary, Red Deer, Brooks, Edmonton, Claresholm, Camrose, Drayton Valley, Fairview, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, High Level, High Prairie, Jasper, Lamont, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Peace River, St. Paul, Stony Plain, Strathmore, Ponoka, Wainwright, Westlock and Whitecourt took part in the day of action.
Advertisement Article content
In Calgary, information pickets were held outside of the Peter Lougheed Centre, Foothills Medical Centre, Rockyview General Hospital and South Health Campus.
Close to 75 nurses, union workers and supporters stood outside Rockyview General Hospital waving flags and holding signs as drivers honked as they drove down 14th Street S.W.
Karen Craik, secretary-treasurer for UNA, called the government’s proposal disrespectful to front-line workers who have been battling the COVID-19 pandemic for the past 18 months. The union has previously said a wage rollback will make it more difficult to hire and retain workers in the province.
“We’ve worked overtime, gone to different units, been transported to different places to cover COVID and done the very best that we can physically and mentally to address the needs of Albertans,” said Craik.
Advertisement Article content
She said there is now a nursing shortage in Alberta as the industry deals with the fallout of COVID-19 induced stress and burnout. She said workers are also being tempted by offers from other provinces.
“It’s time for the government to wake up and recognize the nursing shortage. And when you have a nursing shortage, now is not the time to have a cutback.”
Eva Lomboy, a nurse in Calgary, said she took part because she is concerned for her career and her future.
“It doesn’t feel good right now that they’re doing this to us,” said Lomboy. “They’re telling us we’re heroes, but we’re not being treated like one. So if we are heroes to you, why are you guys doing this? It’s not fair.”
Finance Minister Travis Toews issued a statement Wednesday saying the government respects the nurses’ right to hold their day of action. He said he appreciates all the work they have put in over the past 18 months but that the province is facing a large amount of debt and must find efficiencies where possible.
Advertisement Article content
“The reality is that Alberta spends more money per person on health care than other large provinces, and this can’t continue,” said Toews. “We are facing a $93 billion debt, and we spend more than half of the province’s operating budget on public sector compensation.”
Toews said Alberta Health Services proposed third-party mediation in negotiations with nurses but the UNA declined.
“In the past 21 years, seven of the eight collective agreements between AHS and UNA have been reached with the use of a third-party mediator. We are hopeful that informal mediation would allow the two parties to work collaboratively towards a deal this time as well.”
Joe Ceci, the NDP critic of municipal affairs and former finance minister, attended the rally outside Rockyview General Hospital. He said if the NDP had formed the government after the last election, they would have been working with organized labour groups and ensuring working conditions were better in the province for front-line health-care staff.
“Making sure that we can trace and isolate in this province so that the problem doesn’t wind up in their hospitals. So that people can stay home and isolate, as opposed to having the hospitals get all those people who are sick and need their support,” said Ceci. “I’m going to go say thank you to all of (the nurses) for all that they do.”
[email protected]
| 4,545
| 2,136
| 9,275.119382
|
warc
|
202143
|
The most important question to ask when starting PBL
Amy Jimenez Professional Learning Consultant
When you start a new unit, do your students know what they will be doing and learning? Do they understand why? And do they have a say in any of it?
Implementing a driving question can help you answer ‘YES” to each of these questions.
Putting students in the driver’s seat of their own learning is scary. You probably wouldn’t put them behind the wheel of an actual car, and giving them control of their own education can be nearly as frightening! However, using a “driving question” gives students ownership of their learning but in more developmentally appropriate ways than just handing them control (or the keys to your Subaru).
What is a driving question?
The driving question unifies and propels learning throughout your unit or project. It’s the one overarching question students are striving to answer. Therefore, it needs to be:
Provocative: It should get students’ attention, be interesting and relevant, and ultimately help solve a problem.
Open-ended: While the driving question itself should be clear and concise, its answer may be anything but. In order to propel students through many tasks, the question can not be answered in a sentence or on p. 87 of your textbook. Students will likely answer this question in many different ways.
Challenging: Your driving question should not be easy to answer–it should actually lead to many more questions and provide students with a just-right level of challenge.
At the heart of the topic: It provides purpose to the learning by helping students answer “why am I learning this?”
For example, if students engage in historical research that might, on its own, be “boring”, you can increase the task’s importance by using it to answer a very real and relevant question–the driving question.
Crafting the driving question
In project-based learning, once you have your standards and project in mind, it’s time to craft your driving question. This will help refine the many ideas that are likely swirling in your mind and help create an entire unit of learning, not just a question, that is provocative, open-ended, challenging, and purposeful.
However, driving questions can be helpful even when you aren’t engaging in full project-based learning. Is there a “big idea” you want students to understand? A driving question can make that clear and help illuminate the path of learning for students.
As you develop your driving question, don’t be afraid to revise–you will need to! It can take some brainstorming and throwing lots of ideas on paper to really pinpoint the driving question.
Example driving questions
Here are a few examples of driving questions. Think about how each meets the requirements of provocative, open-ended, challenging, and at the heart of the topic.
How can we predict the motion of a flying object to design a fireworks show?
How can we make our community safer?
How can a country responsibly possess weapons of mass destruction?
How might robotics and automation change our town and its businesses in the next decade?
Why are bees important and how can we help bee populations locally?
How can we use knowledge of native and invasive species to help our natural environment thrive?
Using the driving question
Post your driving question in your classroom and refer to it often. Students’ work always comes back to answering this big question.
The driving question is also used to kick off your unit or project. Use it to create a student-generated list of “knows” and “need-to-knows:” students create lists of what they know about the topic and everything they will need to know in order to answer this question.
By making the question provocative, challenging, and at the heart of your topic, students can envision the significance of their learning and activities. By stating it as a question–rather than a statement–students themselves are seeking and developing their own answers to important and complex problems, ultimately, driving their own learning (no car required!)
| 4,220
| 1,906
| 8,969.160546
|
warc
|
202143
|
The Defender is experiencing censorship on many social channels. Be sure to stay in touch with the news that matters by subscribing to our top news of the day. It's free. COVID Vaccine Prompts Strong Immune Response in Younger Children, Pfizer Says
The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has been shown to be safe and highly effective in young children aged 5 to 11 years, the companies announced early Monday morning. The news should help ease months of anxiety among parents and teachers about when children, and their close contacts, might be shielded from the coronavirus.
The need is urgent: Children now account for more than one in five new cases, and the highly contagious Delta variant has sent more children into hospitals and intensive care units in the past few weeks than at any other time in the pandemic.
Pfizer and BioNTech plan to apply to the Food and Drug Administration by the end of the month for authorization to use the vaccine in these children. If the regulatory review goes as smoothly as it did for older children and adults, millions of elementary school students could be inoculated before Halloween.
Vaccinate Teens Without Parental Consent, City Child Welfare Agency Says
The city’s child welfare agency has given the green light to administer COVID-19 vaccines to more than 600 minors living in certain juvenile detention and foster homes, including when their parents say no.
The Administration for Children’s Services told partner nonprofit groups earlier this month that they are free to get 16- and 17-year-olds inoculated with the vaccine — “even if a parent cannot be located or affirmatively objects.”
ACS is lumping the Pfizer shot under “routine medical care” that many parents have already given blanket consent to, and clearing care providers to proceed with the shots even in the absence of overall consent.
Key Data on U.S. J&J, Moderna COVID Boosters Weeks Away, Fauci Says
Data needed to determine the advisability of booster shots of the Moderna Inc (MRNA.O)and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) COVID-19 vaccines is just weeks away, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday.
Health officials signaled they expected boosters would ultimately be recommended for a broad swath of the population, but urged Americans not to seek booster doses until they have FDA approval.
COVID Origins Probe: The Lancet Does U-Turn Over Lab-Leak Theory
After facing backlash for its coverage of origins of the COVID pandemic, the much acclaimed scientific journal — The Lancet has now published an ‘alternative view’ from 16 scientists.
The international team of health experts, in the open letter, make an appeal for “objective, open, and transparent scientific debate about the origin of SARS-CoV-2”.
COVID: Vaccine Volunteers Sought for Children’s Second Dose Study
A trial to test how well second doses of different coronavirus vaccines work in children is looking for volunteers.
Scientists want to see if giving two doses of different vaccines gives as good an immune response as two doses of the same vaccine.
The study, running at University Hospital Southampton, is looking for 360 volunteers aged 12-16 to take part.
Former FDA Commissioner Said the 6-Feet Social Distancing Rule Is ‘Arbitrary’ and ‘Nobody Knows Where It Came From’
During a September 19 “Face the Nation” appearance, former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb made some claims regarding the CDC guidelines that we all stand six feet apart to prevent the spread of COVID-19 via social distancing.
“The six feet rule was arbitrary in and of itself,” he told interviewer Margaret Brennan. “Nobody knows where it came from. Most people assume that the six feet of distance, the recommendation for keeping six feet apart, comes out of some old studies related to flu, where droplets don’t travel more than six feet,” he added.
COVID: First 12- to 15-Year-Olds to Get Jabbed and Booster Invites Sent Out
The coronavirus vaccine programme is stepping up with jabs being offered to children aged between 12 and 15 and booster invites sent to around 1.5 million people in England.
Three million youngsters are eligible across the U.K. with vaccines being delivered primarily within schools.
AstraZeneca Vaccine Highly Likely Triggered Fatal Thrombosis Case
The death of a woman in mid-April who suffered from thrombosis after receiving the first dose of an AstraZeneca vaccine was most likely triggered by the vaccine, the public prosecutor’s office said on Monday.
On the night of 9 to 10 April, the 74-year-old woman passed away, two weeks after being vaccinated with AstraZeneca. A causal link is now considered highly probable.
At the time there was only word of a possible relationship between the woman’s death and the vaccine. But the official autopsy carried out by the National Health Laboratory and the Universitätsmedizin Greifswald in Germany concluded that it was highly likely the vaccine triggered the case of thrombosis.
| 5,130
| 2,583
| 9,852.857143
|
warc
|
202143
|
Is E-Cigarette HEALTH THREATS Just As Serious As Regular Cigarettes? Is E-Cigarette HEALTH THREATS Just As Serious As Regular Cigarettes?
It’s estimated there are at the very least nine million Vaping HEALTH THREATS throughout the USA. That’s Vape Shop in line with the American Society of Addiction Medicine, which defines a Vaping Health Risk as any harm that may be due to using e-cigs, inhalers, transdermal patches, liquid nicotine and comparable products. Through the use of those descriptors, the US FDA has defined nine different risk factors. Here they’re:
Some vaporizers may not heat up correctly or be utilized properly. Many studies have shown that overheating is common in Vaping Health Risks, as a result of electronic resistance present in some products. Once the coil heats up too much, it can burn off too many of the oil, evoking the product to be unusable. Many users believe this is a positive thing because they don’t think you can find any harmful chemicals involved in vaporizing cigarettes.
There are new studies showing that some Vaping HEALTH THREATS could possibly be harmful. The ingredients in e-juice, such as propylene glycol or butane, have been linked to neurological disorders, including severe depression, schizophrenia and dementia. Other health threats are associated with the ingestion of other chemicals contained in the mixture of e-juice, such as caffeine and other compounds. Some cancer-causing compounds found in cigarette smoking and other tobacco products have been within Vaping Health Risks, too. While the FDA isn’t regulating the quantity of propylene glycol or butane in e-juice, they’re cracking down on the additives included.
Some Vaping HEALTH THREATS is associated with utilizing the cigarettes rather than normal cigarettes. Many smokers who try to quit through changing their habits are met with failure within three weeks. Because many smokers are unable to quit using naloxone or other nicotine replacement therapies, they’re turning to an alternative method, such as utilizing an electronic vaporizer. The unit, which simulate the physical act of smoking, help individuals who want a more nicotine-free way to quit without having to deal with side effects due to nicotine addiction.
Another concern is that Vaping HEALTH THREATS may cause an increased risk of cancer, especially for people already at a high risk for developing a cancer. Nicotine and tar deposits found in smoke from regular cigarettes may transfer into vapor from e cigarettes, which also may make e cigarettes smoking cessation less effective. It is important to remember that vapor from regular cigarettes may be just as harmful, or even more so, than smoke from a cigar.
Based on the American Cancer Society, there’s been an increase in the amount of people diagnosed with bronchitis in recent years. It’s believed that the increase was caused in part by the increase in the cigarette’s vaporizers. E Cigarettes contain three types of carcinogens, propylene glycol, or PHG, acrylamide, or ATFC, and ethylene glycol, or GLA. The newer types of e cigarette that are available on the market don’t support the traditional nicotine, but only a selection of different chemicals including herbal extracts, gums, salts, and sugars. For this reason, it’s not known whether or not the higher level of toxins within traditional cigarettes can in fact be passed in to the vapor, and ultimately in to the lungs, where they remain for extended periods of time.
Some of the complications due to e cigarette use include tooth decay and mouth sores, according to the American Society of Cosmetic Dentistry. In fact, the American Academy of Preventive Medicine says that the vapors of regular cigarettes may also be bad for the teeth’s health and oral health of users. While they are all theories, the American Cancer Society says that there is still no evidence linking cigarette smoking and lung cancer. Still, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences says that there were several cases of patients who died after exposure to second hand smoke. With all of this at heart, it’s hard to see why the medical community isn’t jumping on the bandwagon and declaring e-cigs a health risk exactly like regular cigarettes.
While there might not be a definite link between e using tobacco and cancer or other serious health issues, there are definite risks linked to the act of smoking, and especially with using tobacco. Smoking is known to be a major cause of death in lots of developed countries, especially in places with strict tobacco regulation like the U.S. E-Cigs haven’t received the same degree of attention from the medical community, possibly because there is no clear link between second hand smoking and cancer or serious health risks.
| 4,848
| 2,162
| 10,669.187789
|
warc
|
202143
|
The ice cream section of the frozen aisle at the grocery store has never been more competitive or saturated with options. In addition to dozens of flavors, you have low-fat and nonfat options. You have dairy-free and vegan options. You have locally and ethically sourced options.
To stand out from the crowd and deliver a customer experience that keeps people coming back, you need the right packaging.
Traditionally, ice cream packaging has been made from wet-strength paperboard, which is lined with plastic to keep the package from deteriorating in the freezer. Of course, once you open one of those containers and start scooping, it loses its shape and becomes difficult to reseal, which can lead to leaks in the freezer.
This type of packaging also limits your design options. Colors tend to be muted and it’s difficult to use shiny, metallic finishes. These limitations are a big reason why so many ice cream products look similar on the shelf.
CMG Plastics manufactures rigid plastic containers with in-mold labeling (IML) that overcome these limitations. Modern finishes and textures can be combined with vivid graphics and colors that are printed right into the plastic, creating a visual presentation that commands attention and enhances consumer perceptions.
At the same time, a clear container allows consumers to see what they’re buying. When you think about it, which do you think a customer would rather see, a photo of your ice cream on the package or the ice cream itself in the container?
Rigid plastic containers also maintain their shape after repeated use and are easily resealed to prevent leaks and maintain freshness. Once the customer finishes the ice cream, they can either rinse it out and use it for something else or recycle it. Our containers can be made with a percentage post-consumer recycled materials and offers a sustainable option that supports a circular economy.
We’re ready to help!
CMG Plastics operates multiple in-mold labeling systems in manufacturing facilities in New Jersey and Canada. If you’d like to discuss how we can enhance your ice cream packaging using rigid, clear containers with IML, contact us today! We look forward to helping you and will get back to you promptly.
| 2,255
| 1,117
| 4,491.830797
|
warc
|
202143
|
A cardboard box made by See.Sense in Northern Ireland in 2017. Made to hold ICON bike light, as well as charging wire and instructions.
The ICON bike light is a smart light made by See.Sense. When connected to a cyclist’s mobile phone it gathers information relating to their journey, including route taken, road surface conditions, and accidents and near misses. This information is anonymised and gathered by See.Sense in order to build an impression of how cyclists navigate the city, and which areas are less cyclist-friendly. From this data informed solutions can be made to make the city more navigable by bikes. The light also uses location data to react to the user’s surroundings, flashing brighter in areas where greater visibility is needed, such as roundabouts.
This bike light was used in a Manchester-based trial of the technology and was part of a programme of research that ran between 2016 and 2018 into how smart technology can transform and connect the city. This project was managed by the CityVerve Consortium, which was made up of 21 organisations, including CityVerve, Manchester City Council, The University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, See.Sense, and Cisco. The project intended to create a blueprint for how smart technology can be applied to a city, and had four main themes:
• Transport and Travel
• Health and Social Care
• Energy and Environment
• Community and Engagement
Within these themes the partners in the consortium worked on various experimental projects to see how technology and data can be linked together to create systems that worked together in order to solve problems. The goal of these projects was to create a city that responds to the needs of its people as those needs transform and develop. The CityVerve project came to a formal close in June 2018, but the results of the project are still being realised, both in Manchester and beyond.
| 1,949
| 980
| 3,798.561224
|
warc
|
202143
|
The digital marketing landscape changes every year, and some years are more notable trends than others.
Whether you’re a marketer or small business trying to keep up with the latest trends in search engine optimization (SEO), social media campaigns, email marketing, paid advertising on Facebook and Google Adwords – there’s always something new happening that could affect your digital marketing strategy.
Before we head into 2022, I thought it would be helpful to look back at something major that happened in 2021.
Google’s latest algorithm change made SEO more challenging than ever.
The company released its core web vitals ranking factors and has since been updating them every month.
This update is revolutionary because it puts the power of search engine optimization directly into the hands of marketers and business owners.
With Google’s latest ranking factors, it is important to create content that aligns with what your customers are looking for on search engines and update your website to have the best possible user experience.
Digital marketing trends for 2022
Let’s take a look at some of the most important trends in 2022 that will shape your approach to digital marketing and help you make informed decisions when it comes to using technology for business or personal purposes:
1. The Rise of AI in Digital Marketing
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now used by many companies across all sectors including retail, banking, healthcare, and more.
AI is being used as an effective tool for marketing purposes too.
AI not only automates basic tasks like reporting on website traffic but can also recommend keywords to optimize a company’s organic search ranking or even predict what customers are likely to buy in the future based on their past purchases and browsing history.
This means that by 2022 it will be important to use AI in conjunction with SEO and other digital marketing strategies if you are looking to rank higher on search engines like Google.
AI is revolutionizing the way marketers approach digital marketing and businesses should consider using this technology as well.
2. Chatbots and Voice Assistants
Digital assistants like Google Assistant and Amazon’s Alexa are becoming more popular by the day.
According to industry projections, the market value of voice-based shopping will reach 40 billion by 2022, and consumer spending via voice assistants is also projected to reach 18%.
Many businesses have started using chatbots to help automate customer service needs for better efficiency when handling customers’ inquiries on social media channels, email marketing, and other online platforms.
Chatbots can answer customer questions with little to no human involvement from a company’s side.
Chatbot dialogue is typically powered by artificial intelligence (AI) which gives the chatbot an actual personality – this makes it more fun for customers to interact with companies using chatbots as opposed to simply communicating through social media.
Chatbots are an excellent way to provide customers with a personalized and enjoyable experience so they will want to interact more often with your company!
In 2022, businesses of all sizes need to have chatbots integrated into their digital marketing strategy to increase customer interactions on the web.
3. The Transition to Mobile-First Marketing
As more people are using smartphones and tablets instead of desktops, businesses need to create mobile-friendly content that will rank higher in search engines.
Mobile marketing strategies can be as simple as optimizing your website’s design so that it automatically adapts for smaller screens or creating a separate app with your company’s information to be downloaded on mobile phones and tablets.
In 2022, it is important to use a responsive design for your website or app that will allow customers with any device type to easily access the content you offer.
AMP (accelerated mobile pages) is another option that makes content load faster on smartphones and tablets.
Mobile-first marketing will be the most important trend for businesses in 2022 so it’s essential to start now!
4. Multichannel Marketing For Connected Digital Experience
Connecting with customers today means using multiple channels of interaction.
The days of just relying on websites and cold-calling are over!
Multichannel marketing can involve creating a blog, website, social media, and Whatsapp group presence in addition to hosting webinars/events or attending conferences!
It’s not enough for businesses to focus on just one channel – they need an integrated approach that will allow them time to create content for each platform while still maintaining their brand voice.
In 2022, businesses need to create a strong customer base by using as many channels of marketing and communication as possible!
5. Digital Tasks and Marketing Automation
As technology continues to advance, marketing automation tools are becoming more and more popular.
Marketing automation makes it possible for marketers to automate repetitive tasks in real-time, using a variety of marketing channels.
Some tasks that can be automated are saving time researching and compiling data, managing social media posts by scheduling them in advance, or sending out prewritten email templates to customers who have not opened your emails within the last few days!
In 2022, automation will become more important for businesses as it allows marketers to spend more time on higher-level and strategic tasks.
Conclusion:
It’s important to be aware of what trends are coming up in the future so you can prepare for them now and stay ahead of the competition.
In my opinion, the future of marketing is AI-based. So the sooner a business starts investing in AI, the more likely it will be to succeed!
| 5,897
| 2,585
| 13,158.180271
|
warc
|
202143
|
When, like Timothy, you’re facing a challenge that seems too big for you, it’s helpful to know that there’s no need to panic, because our Father has not given us a panicking kind of spirit.
But it’s also helpful to know what he
has given us. Paul specifies three gifts from an omnipotent, gracious, knowledgeable, and sympathetic Father. The first of these is power. God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline (2Ti 1.7).
There are two common Greek words for power. One means “authority”; it’s the word used in Mt 28.18—“All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.” It’s also used in Jn 1.12—“to them gave he power to become the sons of God.” That’s not the word used here, but it’s worth noting that we do have divine authority, for the reasons specified in these two verses. Our commission to go and make disciples (Mt 28.19-20) comes directly from Jesus, who does have all the authority in heaven and in earth; and because his work has made us sons of God, we carry princely authority whenever we pursue his will.
But, as noted, the word translated “power” in 2Timothy 1.7 is the other word, the word that means “might” or “strength.” As you’ve often been told, it’s the word from which we get our word
dynamite—though, as has often been noted (see, e.g., D. A. Carson, Exegetical Fallacies), you probably should ignore that fact, because since dynamite hadn’t been invented in biblical times, it has no impact whatsoever on our understanding of the biblical text.
Very commonly in the New Testament it’s used as one of the three Greek words for miracles. There’s
signs, which emphasizes the meaning of the miracle—they’re not just done to entertain us, you know—and wonders, which emphasizes the effect on the eyewitnesses, and then miracles, which is our word, often translated “mighty works,” which emphasizes the power of the miracle-worker. (The three terms are used together in Acts 2.22, 2Corinthians 12.12, Hebrews 2.4.)
Interestingly, though the word
power in Matthew’s record of the Great Commission is not this word, Luke’s rendering of the same commission in Acts does include it: But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth (Ac 1.8).
Luke had earlier noted Jesus’ promise to his disciples that this power would come upon them:
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high (Lk 24.49).
And Paul prays for the Ephesian believers that they will “be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man” (Ep 3.16). Same word.
This is something we have. It is the strength supplied by God, manifested in us. It’s an irresistible force, an unstoppable strength; it’s the arm of the Almighty, the raw power evidenced everywhere in his creation.
In fulfillment of Jesus’ promise at the Great Commission, it’s the power that was poured out on the disciples at Pentecost, the power that turned the world upside down (Ac 17.6).
It’s what you need to get things done.
And God has given it to you.
God has given you the strength to do the hard thing, the thing that looks impossible, even though you’re “just not that kind of person.”
As long as your efforts are in the will of God, the strength is there to accomplish them.
| 3,697
| 1,770
| 7,199.750847
|
warc
|
202143
|
City of San Francisco Officials, City Staff, Politicians and their families, why do you think your are immune to radiation? It is not just for poor people, it is an equal opportunity killer and you were exposed. Lennar builders couldn’t have picked a worse site to locate their site office at Hunters point Shipyard, the Submarine Barracks, the decontamination chamber for the dock workers who sandblasted the radioactive ships from the Atomic Bomb tests in the Pacific.
If you worked for Lennar, or if you were a city official, or staff for the politicians, or a politician, and their families who did photo ops on the shipyard, you will need to watch out for cancer for the rest of your lives. That means telling your doctor that you were needlessly exposed to the products of an Atomic Bomb:
The procedure was simple, you walked in one side, changed out of your street clothes and into work clothes. Early on they had the same laundry but they soon realized that washing radioactive clothing only just contaminated the existing laundry of the shipyard so they had to build one exclusively for the radioactive laundry of work clothes.
Here is a video by the Navy on decontamination note this is a training film. https://youtu.be/vKkjPvAgVPg It was at the San Francisco Navy Shipyard that engineers from the Navy, the Medical Corps located at 50 Fell Street in San Francisco. BuMed trained Graduates of the Naval Academy to use RADIAC devices to measure radiation, professors from UC Berkeley and Stanford University and Radiologists figured out how to clean up a ship contaminated by an Atomic Bomb. This had not been done before, so their techniques were particularly hazardous, and everything was learned by trial and error and hence most of the people who took the most risks were dead by 1957.
San Francisco was the headquarters and they sent out orders to other Navy bases that received ships from Operations Crossroads the Bikini Island blasts of 1946. They include:
In San Francisco this included
Hunters Point Shipyard the submarine Barracks were used for decontamination and the Navy used them again in the Korean War to train Navy Divers so the Navy at the time had little regard for safety, it was not until people started to die in large numbers that the standards for safe radiation were established and instituted but the navy’s safe levels of radiation were always higher than the Atomic Energy commission. They could not admit they were wrong! Treasure Island where the Independence was scraped clean and thus exposed the entire island and that part of the bay to radioactive sandblast on the wind. It also means that the buildings near the docks were used as decontamination chambers. Mare island which received the submarines used in Operation Crossroads. Mare Island would later go on to build 17 nuclear submarines. A lot of movies were filmed at Mare Island, I wonder if the actors know what happened to them. Pearl Harbor also in later tests the Naval Air Station cleaned airplanes and there is a public beach right next to it where the radiation washed off to the ocean. Bremerton (Puget Sound Navy Base) where one ship the Bayfield was not initially cleaned with fire hosing to wash off the ship and the entire crew was needlessly exposed to enough radiation to hospitalize the crew when they came into harbor. San Diego Terminal Island which is in LA Port Hueneme which is at Oxnard CA Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands Guam Norfolk, VA which still uses a contaminated ship for training.
If you worked at the shipyard, you walked into a barracks building with the H shaped building with an extra section in the middle of the map above, and that is where you ate your lunch, they had the workers wash their hands but they were still contaminated and is probably the principle way the shipyard workers ingested the alpha particles of the plutonium that caused all the cancer in Bayview/Hunters Point area, that sandblast sand got in the wind and blew all over the place, but these barracks are where they washed it off.
Plutonium is one of the most toxic substances in the world, a gram of it can kill around 40,000 people as it gets into your system and lodges in bones and causes cancer all over your body. The last thing you want to do is place people in a building where that stuff existed en masse. After work they would come into the barracks, take off the work clothes and then shower and make sure they cleaned under the finger nails and other places and a radiation monitor, a Medical officer with a Geiger counter would check to make sure they washed off the nuclear radiation. Then when they got the clean Bill of Health, they could dress into their street clothes on the other side of the shower complex. Bill of Health, in the Navy, procedures are called Bills, where everything is written down on how to proceed with a step by step analysis of what to do.
I know that Nancy Pelosi sent her son and grandchildren and her staff onto the Shipyard for photo ops, they too will have to be checked for cancer for the rest of their lives.
When the Navy closed the shipyard and handed it over to the City, all of the documents detailing the contamination were in the National Archives and it was assumed that the city read them. Most of it was all written down by the Navy and declassified by 1969.
Why build on a toxic waste site?
| 5,385
| 2,501
| 11,545.129948
|
warc
|
202143
|
Nokia today announced the launch of FP5, its fifth generation of high-performance IP routing silicon. As the new heart of Nokia’s IP service routing platforms, FP5 will enable service providers to address today’s unrelenting requirements to efficiently scale network capacity, enable new higher speed IP services, and provide unmatched protection against escalating network security threats. Building upon four generations of industry-leading network processors, Nokia is raising the bar by adding support for high density 800GE routing interfaces, a 75% reduction in power consumption and new embedded line rate, flow-based encryption capabilities.
As cloud architectures, 5G and Industry 4.0 continue to drive network transformation, service providers require mission critical IP networks to be increasingly secure, agile and sustainable. IP networks must provide guaranteed high performance and integrity in the face of growing threats from network-level attacks and security breaches. They must also be able to adapt to address unforeseen changes and to support service evolution over the lifespan of the network. In addition, IP networking equipment must become increasingly power efficient to minimise impact on the environment.
With the introduction of Nokia’s fifth generation FP5 network processing silicon, Nokia brings a new suite of IP routing solutions to market to help service providers transform mission critical IP networks to address these new and evolving requirements.
Nokia has long been at the forefront of providing an embedded approach to IP network security. With FP4, the company transformed volumetric DDoS defense with router-based detection and mitigation. FP5 brings an additional layer of network protection with the introduction of ‘ANYsec’—a new line rate, flow-based encryption capability integrated directly into the chipset. ANYsec supports the delivery of secure IP services, including MPLS and segment routing, on-demand and at scale without impacting performance or power efficiency. Service providers can now ensure the integrity and confidentiality of all data flowing through their networks.
With FP5, Nokia brings a generational leap in router network capacity to market. Nokia service router platforms are the first to support high-density 800GE and 1.6 Tb/s clear channel routing interfaces for applications including mobile transport, IP core, peering, BNG and provider edge. New FP5-based line cards will support 14.4 Tb/s (19.2 Tb/s with Nokia’s intelligent aggregation capability.) A new series of fixed form factor 7750 Service Router-1 platforms enable the benefits of FP5 to also be realized in smaller network locations.
Nokia’s FP5 network processors drive down power consumption per bit by 75%. As FP5 is backwards compatible with FP4 and fully integrated into the latest versions of Nokia’s Service Router Operating System (SR OS), all existing features are supported from day one on the new hardware. Through this aligned hardware and software evolution strategy, Nokia delivers unmatched and sustainable investment protection to its customers.
As a fully programmable network processor, FP5 enables the agility required to evolve the network as standards and applications change. Its deterministic performance combined with rich telemetry insight ensures network operators can drive a maintainable and serviceable IP network both today and into the future.
“BT has a long-standing relationship with Nokia, and we are pleased to see that with FP5, Nokia continues to innovate to ensure IP networks have the scale, flexibility and features to help us stay ahead of escalating demand from our residential, mobile and business customers”, said Neil McRae, Managing Director and Chief Architect at BT. “In particular, we are very happy to see the focus on power optimisation as we grow our network, with both BT and Nokia committing to significant reduction in carbon footprint. In the past 18 months, our lives have been turned upside down, and our reliance on networks has been dramatically increased and reliability for customers is crucially important. With security being ever more important for our customers, seeing Nokia’s approach to building more security features into the platform is fantastic”.
Hiroyuki Oto, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Core Network Development Department at NTT DOCOMO, INC., said: “Our network needs to continue to evolve to meet the demands from our consumers, communities and businesses. With Nokia’s latest generation of silicon innovation and their careful attention to ensuring investment protection with the flexibility to adapt to new requirements, we believe Nokia is delivering the right foundation to ensure IP networks can efficiently scale and transform to stay ahead of ever shifting market demands”.
“We have had a long relationship with Nokia from the very first silicon processor release. As our network continues to evolve to meet the demands of our customers, innovations such as Nokia’s FP5 silicon will enable us to balance capacity, maintainability and security to deliver the best customer experience”, said Christian Gacon, Vice President, Broadband Networks at Orange France. “Introducing this exciting innovation into existing platforms will ensure that we can gracefully evolve our networks as we look to manage both planned and unexpected demands in a sustainable way”.
Ray Mota, CEO and Principal Analyst at ACG Research added: “Nokia does it again and shows its understanding and commitment to service providers, which has been key in its #1 momentum gain in the overall $12 billion service provider market. With the introduction of its fifth generation FP5 routing silicon, we believe Nokia is well-positioned to continue as a vendor of choice for service providers seeking to evolve their IP networks to become more agile, efficient, and secure all the while providing investment protection”.
“Of all the things that are surprising about human beings, perhaps the most surprising is our ability to be surprised. Our customers require their networks to be robust, agile and adaptable enough to handle everything life throws at them—from disruptive security threats to a global pandemic”, said Federico Guillén, President of Network Infrastructure at Nokia. “FP5 is a significant step forward in performance, security and efficiency and—in combination with our software excellence and investment in network automation and tools—it opens the next chapter in Nokia’s long-standing leadership in IP networking and IP silicon innovation”.
Nokia FP5-based platforms will be available starting in the first half of 2022.
Archive October 2021(53) September 2021(81) August 2021(74) July 2021(78) June 2021(92) May 2021(67) April 2021(79) March 2021(79) February 2021(58) January 2021(55) December 2020(56) November 2020(59) October 2020(78) September 2020(72) August 2020(64) July 2020(71) June 2020(74) May 2020(50) April 2020(71) March 2020(71) February 2020(58) January 2020(62) December 2019(57) November 2019(64) October 2019(25) September 2019(24) August 2019(14) July 2019(23) June 2019(54) May 2019(82) April 2019(76) March 2019(71) February 2019(67) January 2019(75) December 2018(44) November 2018(47) October 2018(74) September 2018(54) August 2018(61) July 2018(72) June 2018(62) May 2018(62) April 2018(73) March 2018(76) February 2018(8) January 2018(7) December 2017(6) November 2017(8) October 2017(3) September 2017(4) August 2017(4) July 2017(2) June 2017(5) May 2017(6) April 2017(11) March 2017(8) February 2017(16) January 2017(10) December 2016(12) November 2016(20) October 2016(7) September 2016(102) August 2016(168) July 2016(141) June 2016(149) May 2016(117) April 2016(59) March 2016(85) February 2016(153) December 2015(150)
| 7,957
| 3,401
| 18,195.115848
|
warc
|
202143
|
My Real-Time Experience With Neuroplasticity! I’m once again reminded that I’m DRIVEN’s best client. Over the past several months, I’ve been leading lots of DRIVEN to Wellness workshops for organizations who want to support their employees as the uncertainty of the workplace continues. Learning to manage stress, build resilience and incorporate mindfulness in the workplace…Read More
Being Kind to One’s Current and Future Selves is a Good Place to Start. Way back in July, I wrote about my intentional efforts to extend Hedonic Adaptation. It was a reflection on my delight following my first visit to NYC in a year. Armed with a full Covid vaccination, I had felt ecstatic about…Read More
The 3 Ways I Avoid Hedonic Adaptation Last week I put my toe into the water by spending 2 days in NYC, thereby ending my 16-month exile to Putnam County, NY. My body’s response to this reintegration took me by surprise until I recognized the “hot stove effect” of my voluntary sequestration. For 16 months…Read More
Reframing Your Relationship with Stress Stress is essential to living. Even amoebas experience stress. If you had zero stress, you would merely exist. And while “being more, doing less” is an aspiration, too much of anything is not healthy. Of course we know that too much stress can be hazardous. This said, I invite you…Read More
Differentiating Between YOUR Reality and Objective Truth Following a comprehensive season of Clarity, another such exploration is about to unfold before us! We’ve covered a lot of ground since January, gaining Clarity through the foundational practice of Journaling, the essential practice of Self-Compassion, the beauty of personal Aspirations, and in the face of Crisis. That…Read More
DRIVEN’s Resources For Staying Productive and Healthy in Mind & Body This month DRIVEN is feeling particularly connected, as we’re now part of an online community of international coaches, project managers, facilitators and consultants. We came together to create a 4-day virtual conference to help people convert to work-from-home protocols, manage off-the-charts stress and downright…Read More
5 Steps Toward Hope & Optimism During Pandemic Restrictions It’s a bit eerie. I created this exploration for Clarity months ago, and its release is now correlating precisely with an international crisis! We’re currently in a situation where fear and brain fog reign supreme; Society is coming apart at the seams; Anxiety, uncertainty, noisy…Read More
This month, DRIVEN is asking you to explore Self-Compassion as a means of achieving Clarity. Some fundamentals of Self-Compassion that we’ve looked at in detail are Journaling, the Growth Mindset, and keeping tabs on your Inner Critic. Last week’s blog article and next week’s OfficeHours webinar are both designed to take a deep dive into…Read More
Did you happen to catch yourself judging others this past week? Have you thought to yourself or said to others, “You really should…” or “He’s just being…” or “Why can’t she just do it this way”? If your answer is “No”, either you’ve been in a dreamless coma since reading my recent article Drop The…Read More
Have you ever found yourself absolutely certain of something, only to find out later that you were totally off-base? This question, and others like it, are what we’ve been asking you to consider in our current exploration of a common addiction: always having to be right, even when you’re not. In my recent article Pressure…Read More
| 3,694
| 1,913
| 6,696.702561
|
warc
|
202143
|
During the 1950s, a Procter & Gamble chemist developed a potato chip that would not crumble in the bag. Actually, there never was a bag and regulators said it was not a potato chip.
It was called Pringles.
Pringles History
Called Pringle’s NewFangled Potato Chips, the new stackable snack food in a tin initially tasted terrible. It took until the 1960s for P&G to perk up the taste, shorten the name, and test market it in the Midwest. As the step before an expensive national launch, test marketing saves money. Manufacturers can research the response, tweak the ads and packaging, and then proceed.
With Pringles, the approach did not quite work. It flourished in Evansville, Indiana and then flopped nationally. Still, P&G persevered. They pivoted their marketing to a younger crowd, improved the taste, and the rest is history.
There were though some problems along the way. Made from a paste of dehydrated potatoes, the Pringles chip did not fit the U.S. FDA definition of a potato chip. So, in 1975, they had to call it a potato crisp or snack. Then, in the U.K. they had the opposite problem. If a court agreed that it was not a potato chip, the tax bite would have been less. But, on appeal, Procter & Gamble lost the case.
Our Bottom Line: Pringles Economics
Most economics courses begin with the land, labor, and capital from which all goods and services are made. And yes, the Pringles story started with a chemist trying to combine those factors of production in a new way. He wound up with a stackable chip that was sold in a tin. From there, supply and demand take over through test marketing and national distribution. We also had Pringles trying for a competitive advantage through its product differentiation. Finally, we can add a taste of fiscal policy that relates to taxes and regulation.
But perhaps the key economic thread is that always, Pringles economics required tradeoffs. In 2012, Procter & Gamble said they sold Pringles to Kellogg because they wanted to focus on “beauty, grooming, and household care.” Devoting more time and resources to Pringles meant less was available elsewhere.
My sources and more: During my walk this morning, the
WSJ daily podcast referred to a Pringles shortage. I never discovered the shortage but did wind up investigating Pringles economics, starting with its history. This article describes their tax problems. Here, there is more about why they are not a chip. Meanwhile Delish, here, ranked their flavor and Food & Wine told us more about them. But perhaps the perfect article was from the NY Times in which they wonderfully describe the U.K. debate about what makes a potato chip a potato chip.
| 2,686
| 1,377
| 5,186.691358
|
warc
|
202143
|
In this year’s Global Innovation Index, once again, Switzerland was ranked #1, followed by Sweden and the United States.
While most of us want the high rank, we are not as pleased with the creative destruction that can accompany it.
Global Innovation Indicators 1. Global Rank
In the Global Innovation Index 2021, statisticians used 81 different indicators to rank 132 economies. Still though, Switzerland and Sweden led the list for a decade with the U.S. and the U.K. joining them in the top spots during the past three years. However, the most notable leap came from the Republic of Korea. At #10 last year, now they are #5:
2. The Seven Basic Criteria
You can see below that the top three– Switzerland, Sweden and the U.S.–excelled in each of the report’s seven basic criteria. As for weaknesses, Switzerland fared worst with Institutions while Sweden’s dip was Market Sophistication, and the U.S., Infrastructure:
3. Criteria Components
Each of the seven basic criteria has three sub-categories. They placed sustainability under Infrastructure and investment with Market Sophistication. As you might expect, research & development was under Human Capital:
4. Income Ranking
Pivoting slightly, we can judge innovation through an income group lens. Then, we would see that China was the only middle income nation to be ranked in the top 30. In addition, we can look at the TVIPs –Turkey, Vietnam, India, the Philippines–for other countries (with South Korea) that have recently risen in the ranking:
5. Regional Ranking
As for where, the top 25 innovative economies are mainly in Europe and Northern America. But, SE Asia, East Asia, and Oceania is the up and coming region that is closing Northern America’s and Europe’s leadership gap:
6. New Science and Technology Clusters
Moving from regions to a closer geographical look takes us to the world’s innovation clusters. Then we wind up in Tokyo-Yokohama, Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou, Beijing, Seoul, and San Jose-San Francisco. If we were counting the clusters, the U.S. has the most, next China, then Germany and Japan.
Our Bottom Line: Creative Destruction
Innovation truly makes a difference when the result is creative destruction. First described by economist Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950), creative destruction is a painful process. Replacing existing industries with new businesses, skills, and ideas, it requires the structural changes that eliminate jobs and erase stale leadership. Yes, the results are economic growth and vitality. But also we get the dislocation and distress that can block progress.
The Global Innovation Indicators tell us where we might observe the most growth and the upheaval.
My sources and more: Today’s facts and diagrams were from the Global Innovation Index 2021 Report.
| 2,839
| 1,470
| 5,340.02381
|
warc
|
202143
|
Can I lose weight on a cruiser bike?
Just
half an hour of cycling could help you burn hundreds of calories, based on your level of effort. You could do that in the morning or evening before or after work, or you could bike to do some errands. Not only will you burn calories and work out your body, but you’ll get to save on gas, too. How many calories do you burn on a cruiser bike?
Riding a beach cruiser:
123 calories
Turn up the burn: Most cruisers don’t have gears you can shift to help you up hills, so your best bet for blasting calories is to take a path with a little bit of incline, providing greater resistance. Sit up nice and tall on the bike, and keep your abs pulled in.
Is biking good for your butt?
Cycling is
an exceptionally good activity to lift and strengthen the glutes, which are responsible for the initiation of the downward phase of the cycling pedal stroke and are therefore worked whenever you’re pedalling. How much weight can you lose biking 30 minutes a day?
Harvard Medical School reports a
155-pound person can burn about 260 calories riding an exercise bike for just 30 minutes. A 125-pound person would burn 210 calories in the same workout, while an 185-pound person would burn 311 calories. How can I lose tummy fat fast? 20 Effective Tips to Lose Belly Fat (Backed by Science) Eat plenty of soluble fiber. … Avoid foods that contain trans fats. … Don’t drink too much alcohol. … Eat a high protein diet. … Reduce your stress levels. … Don’t eat a lot of sugary foods. … Do aerobic exercise (cardio) … Cut back on carbs — especially refined carbs. How far can you ride a cruiser bike?
A beach cruiser typically has a top speed around 15 miles per hour. If you have an electric bike, you can crank it up to 24 to 28 miles per hour. Of course, these speeds aren’t going to last forever. Pedal assist mode for most electric bikes lasts for
about 40 miles. Is biking good for weight loss?
Bike riding is an excellent cardio workout. It can help boost your heart and lung health, improve your blood flow, build muscle strength, and lower your stress levels. On top of that, it can also help you burn fat, torch calories,
and lose weight. How long does it take to burn 1000 calories on a bike?
Cycling at a pace of 14 to 15.9 mph, it will take you the same of amount of time to burn 1,000 calories as it would if you were running at a pace of 6 mph — 67 to 100 minutes, depending on your weight. Pick up the pace to 16 to 19 mph, and you could burn 1,000 calories in
56 to 83 minutes. Is a beach cruiser bike good for exercise?
Riding a beach cruiser bike is not only about leisure and enjoying the beach, it’s also a great way to stay active while on vacation! A leisurely bike ride is a low impact, full-body workout that helps strengthen your leg muscles, increases your flexibility, improves your posture and serves as a cardio exercise.
Why are cruiser bikes so popular?
Why are they so popular? Cruiser motorcycles have a unique look,
a recognisable upright riding position with feet facing forward, usually big engine displacement with a lot of torque in low RPM and not necessarily a lot of horsepowers.
| 3,244
| 1,585
| 6,430.692744
|
warc
|
202143
|
We use cookies to make your experience better. To comply with the new e-Privacy directive, we need to ask for your consent to set the cookies. Learn more. Sterling silver vs pure silver Sterling silver vs pure silver Did you suspect alloy was an equivalent as customary silver? this is often a name since they're 2 totally different | completely different} materials with different properties. But what are these distinctions? Is there a alloy versus silver debate? that must you purchase next time you wish one thing "silver"?
This alloy versus silver guide can answer all of those queries and additional. scan on to seek out .
S terling Silver vs. Pure Silver Silver has historically been related to wealth and success. whether or not you possess alloy or pure silver is true as a result of the metal's condition is not apparent.
But, let's compare and distinction these 2 materials.
Pure Silver Pure silver contains ninety nine.9 % pure silver within the kind of actual silver. Composition OF Pure Silver Any object labeled as pure silver, or fine silver, is 99.9% pure elemental silver. It contains simply trace elements (0.01%), however it's pure silver (hence the name). Pure Silver use It's robust to form pure silver since it's fragile, creating it unsuitable for everyday objects or precise forms. As a result, pure silver is rarely used to make exquisite jewellery.
Because silver is soft, it's less sturdy. this is often why fine silver is typically wont to produce exquisite jewellery.
TARNISH Silver tarnishes. this suggests that mobile gases react with silver, inflicting discoloration, fading, and a "filthy" coating on prime of silver merchandise. STAMP Fine silver is often marked with a marking to indicate it's fine silver. This stamp typically is "999" or ".999" or "99.9" to indicate it's ninety nine.9% silver. Sterling Silver If fine silver is that the purest kind of silver, then "sterling silver" is not comparatively as refined, however it's close to. COMPOSITION Sterling silver could be a metal alloy. alloy could be a mixture of metals, not only 1.
For things comprising ninety two.5 % silver and seven.5 % copper (or alternative alloys), alloy is that the gold customary of excellence.
Sterling Silver uses The inclusion of those metals strengthens and extends the lifetime of alloy. this allows it to be wont to produce things like:
• Jewelry
• Silverware • Plates • Platters • Sets • Plated silver
Last usage of silver-plated merchandise on top of. once one thing is represented as "silver-plated," it always implies that it's composed of another metal with a skinny coating of alloy "plated" on prime.
TARNISHING Sterling silver tarnishes easier than pure silver. As antecedently declared, silver might degrade once exposed to the air. because of the alloy metals in alloy, it tarnishes additional simply.
Copper, nickel, and metal tarnish quickly. once combined with another tarnish able metal, like silver, the tarnishing method is accelerated.
STAMP Sterling silver is additionally marked to prove it's real. The purity of the silver is indicated by the markings "925" or "92.5" or ".925". However, "ss" is usually seen as a alloy stamp. Advantages of alloy over Pure Silver? There ar a couple of blessings to purchasing alloy over fine silver.
The first is price. as a result of fine silver is purer
than alloy, it's additional expensive. however alloy still appearance as stunning as fine silver so you'll be able to acquire classic things for fewer.
Also, think about sturdiness. because of the extra metal alloys, alloy is additional sturdy than fine silver. this might facilitate your item endure longer and appearance it's most refined.
Sterling silver is additional easy to create than soft and pliable fine silver, therefore you will have additional selections.
Where to shop for it? If you're speculative wherever to shop for either alloy or pure silver. Let Pine Tree State tell you one factor, The complete that I’m selecting is Duchi, and that i are getting all kinds of jewellery from them for the past seven years. they're simply awing. Duchi Duchi could be a British luxury jewellery complete. Since 1800, they need been producing it, and currently they need twenty stores round the globe.
| 4,320
| 2,007
| 9,126.457399
|
warc
|
202143
|
Before you continue reading, hoping to take a full bottle of quercetin as a prevention or cure for the coronavirus, we must tell you that NO, unfortunately this is nothing like that. This is about promising new research that shows the natural quercetin compound could serve as a support, like other supplements being studied, to aid in the fight along with self-care and hygiene measures, masks, social distancing, vaccines and conventional treatments. Make no mistake, it is NOT the magic cure.
It turns out that research carried out in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic and precisely amidst that race against the clock to discover new options to combat it, has given some hope. An investigation carried out by the Department of Molecular Medicine and other research areas of the University of Pavia, in Italy, studied the effectiveness of 18 compounds that could theoretically limit the development of the virus. Of those, quercetin proved to be the fifth most effective. This is mainly due to its anti-inflammatory properties and its ability to reduce thrombin (an enzyme responsible for blood clotting) that inhibits two of the main proteins (3CLpro and PLpro) of the virus, preventing it from replicating normally. (1)
That is not the only study related to the topic. Other research conducted by universities in the United States, Italy, China, England, and Canada analyzed the use of quercetin and vitamin C, working in synergy, as an experimental therapy for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. (2)
These studies highlighted the antiviral properties of quercetin and the role of vitamin C in the body’s stress response, assisting in the treatment of critical coronavirus patients. It also presents evidence that, by administering these products together, they support each other by enhancing their antiviral and immunoregulatory properties. In addition, the ascorbic acid in vitamin C can "recycle" quercetin, helping it to be more effective. (2)
Since these are low-cost products without serious side effects, the study proposes them as a viable and priority option for early use in people, especially among high-risk groups, as a complement to conventional treatments.
It is worth mentioning that these studies have considered quercetin because of the vast previous research supporting its antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties, in vitro and in vivo, where it has shown it can inhibit the proliferation of several types of respiratory viruses.(2)
How do I add quercetin to my virus prevention and general health protection regimen?
This simple compound, present in different vegetables and fruits, is an important support product. If you want to increase natural consumption, eat foods such as:
Vegetables like purple onion, purple cabbage, cauliflower, chicory, broccoli, kale and capers.
Fruits like apples, blueberries, tomatoes, oranges, tangerines, grapefruit, limes, lemons and kumquat.
Or you can supplement it. Although there is no definite dose, most studies have used quercetin amounts of 500-1000 mg per day. (3)
The most important thing is that you don't lose the perspective that this is not a cure. Unfortunately, we have not yet reached that wonderful point where science can provide us that long-awaited news. We should continue to focus on the steps we know we need to take and continue to learn from the on-going research in this on-going fight.
Especially today when, despite all the progress made related to information about COVID-19, the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the country continue to rise. It is up to us to be more responsible, empathetic and careful than ever before, both for ourselves and for others. We will NOT let down our guard, and we hope you don't either. Perseverance is the key to achieving.
Let's keep getting healthier, together!
Your team at Santo Remedio
The change of season brings other changes as well, such as the clothes we wear, the spirit of our mood,...
There comes a time when we finally realize it's time to make important lifestyle changes to maintain healthy weight and...
We all have suffered at some point from symptoms of poor digestion. The discomfort that comes from it is something...
Join the Santo Remedio family
Sign up for product giveaways, discounts, and tips from Dr. Juan
| 4,311
| 2,136
| 8,644.200843
|
warc
|
202143
|
The project saw an unused calves’ shed converted into a farm shop selling organic products.
Projects & Practice
Setting up a fruit juice processing plant that operates with renewable energy.
On-farm processing can add value to the product and can also make farming a more attractive choice for young farmers - as demonstrated by a berry farm in Finland.
Installing an efficient irrigation system in a fig orchard helped to better manage water stress for the trees and increased the quality and volume of production.
| 526
| 343
| 789.766764
|
warc
|
202143
|
Measurement of lidocaine half-life before and after initiation of therapy in HIV-patients with various anti-viral regimens: A. Lidocaine half-life - expressed in minutes - was significantly lower in HIV-patients without ART. * p < 0.05, n = patients' number. B. Lidocaine half-life - measured 3 and 6 months (mo.) after initiation of ART - was almost identical with no obvious changes under antiretroviral treatment in patients with HIV-infection. C. Hepatitis C co-infection in HIV-patients had no significant influence on lidocaine half-life and activity of cytochrome p450.
| 578
| 330
| 1,008.872727
|
warc
|
202143
|
Wish to put in a bathroom that is new your house come july 1st? Possibly it is time and energy to replace that 20-year-old roof. Or even a sagging foundation requirements shoring.
Regrettably, renovating and house renovations are very pricey. Exactly just How do you want to pay money for the job?
Numerous property owners in this case will go for home equity loan to finance repairs or improvements. Exactly what in the event that you lack house equity? Perchance you’re underwater on your own home loan? Or maybe you’ve got a manufactured house or a homely home on leased land, which does not qualify as property?
You may find help through a HUD/FHA Title 1 home-improvement loan . Unlike house equity loans or personal lines of credit, the Title 1 system does not need you to have developed any equity at home.
The no-equity issue
Through the FHA Title 1 do it yourself loan system, home owners can be eligible for renovation loans all the way to $25,000, without fretting about whether or not they have sufficient equity to just take away a house equity loan or home equity credit line (HELOC).
Property owners require loans such as for example these because house renovation tasks are usually costly.
with its 2016 expense vs. Value report, Remodeling Magazine stated that an average is cost by it of $44,233 to include a restroom to a property. Changing a roof costs a typical of $20,142, while a good reasonably small task such as changing a home’s siding costs a typical of $14,100.
Many home owners don’t possess that type or type of cash lying around. That they can use to pay for improvements so they often turn to home equity loans, tapping the equity they’ve built up in their homes for loans.
The task comes when home owners have no equity within their domiciles. That isn’t that unusual. Today many who purchased during the height of the housing boom are still “underwater” on their loans, owing more on their mortgage loans than what their homes are worth. CoreLogic stated that into the 4th quarter of 2015, 4.3 million U.S. property owners had been equity that is negative. That has been 8.5 % of most mortgaged properties that are residential.
What exactly can these property owners do? A HUD/FHA Title 1 do it yourself loan is certainly one solution that is good.
FHA Title 1 Do It Yourself Loans
Property owners can put on for Title 1 loans to finance many different improvements with their house, big or tiny. In the event the furnace conks away, you can easily submit an application for a Title 1 loan to finance its replacement. If you’d like a fresh roof costing $20,000, you should use a Title 1 loan to invest in that, too.
Relating to HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development), you should use Title 1 loans to fund permanent property improvements that protect or increase the livability or functionality of your property. This consists of necessary repairs such as for example restoring a foundation that is sagging alterations such as for instance including a 3rd room as your family members grows.
Nonetheless, you can’t make use of Title 1 loans for luxury products, such as for example installing a brand new hot spa or pool that is swimming. It’s most useful to check along with your loan provider to find out if for example the project that is planned is underneath the Title 1 system.
This particular loan is reasonable for anybody dealing with just one, moderate home-improvement task.
plus it’s an especially good option if your property has lost value as you bought it. That’s as you won’t need to worry about low or negative equity whenever trying to get these loans. Lenders don’t require that appraisers determine simply how much your house is well worth today before approving you for a Title 1 loan.
Getting a Title 1 loan
These loans can be found through banks or any other banking institutions being HUD-approved Title 1 loan providers (go through the backlink to find people in your area). The FHA (Federal Housing management) will not originate these loans straight. Rates and shutting costs may differ among loan providers.
In accordance with the Department of Housing and Urban developing, property owners took away 5,548 Title 1 do it yourself loans in financial 12 months 2014.
If you have formerly sent applications for a mortgage loan, you are currently acquainted with the application form procedure for a Title 1 do it yourself loan. Your loan provider will run your credit and could request evidence that one can repay the mortgage on time. This may imply that you’ll want to offer your lender with copies of the present paycheck stubs, bank-account statements, income-tax returns and W2 statements.
As soon as you’re authorized for the loan, you will need to repay it with fascination with regular payments that are monthly.
They are fixed-rate loans, and therefore your rate of interest will not fluctuate in the long run. Prices on these loans, similar to with a mortgage that is standard vary according to a bunch of factors, like the energy of one’s credit.
You are able to simply take these loans out for the maximum term of twenty years for single-family homes and multifamily properties, if you can put on for a smaller term, too. And don’t worry about paying down your loan early; Title 1 loans come without any prepayment charges, to help you spend if off whenever you’d like without having a monetary hit.
Lending restrictions for a Title 1 loan
While Title 1 loans do not require any true house equity at the start, such a thing over $7,500 continues to be guaranteed by the security at home. The utmost you are able to borrow is dependant on the expected escalation in your house value as a total outcome regarding the improvements.
The maximum amount that you can borrow under the Title 1 program is $25,000 for a single-family home. You won’t be able to fund the full amount of the job through the Title 1 program if you are tackling a kitchen renovation that costs $50,000.
If you wish to make renovations for a multifamily building, it is possible to just take a Title out 1 loan as high as a typical of $12,000 per residing unit as much as no more than $60,000.
No security is necessary on a Title 1 do it yourself loan of $7,500 or less, and so the loan is not guaranteed by way of a mortgage or deed of trust on the home.
This will be a good bonus: in the event that you neglect to create your loan re re re payments on payday loans in Texas time, for reasons uknown, your loan provider defintely won’t be in a position to pursue your property.
And also this means a Title can be used by you 1 loan for tiny house improvements on dwellings which can be on leased land, such as most manufactured houses. As these are not considered estate that is real it could be tough to get a house equity loan in it.
But, invest the down a Title 1 loan for over $7,500, the mortgage should be guaranteed by the house security. You don’t make your monthly payments when you do this, your lender can foreclose on your home if.
| 7,255
| 3,238
| 15,722.154107
|
warc
|
202143
|
Does lemongrass make you lose weight?
Lemongrass tea is the perfect addition to your weight loss diet because it is known to aid your metabolism and helps your body burn more calories which in turn helps with your digestive system.
Does lemon burn belly fat?
Warm water with lemon in the morning is one of the most used and very effective remedies to get rid of belly fat. All you need is warm water, a few drops of lemon, and if you would like, you can add a dash of salt. You even add a teaspoon of honey.
What is the side effect of lemon grass?
Rarely, lemongrass oil might cause a rash of skin irritation when applied to the skin. However, there have been some toxic side effects, such as lung problems after inhaling lemongrass and a fatal poisoning after a child swallowed a lemongrass oil-based insect repellent.
What are the benefits of drinking lemon grass tea?
Below are seven additional health benefits that may result from drinking lemongrass tea.
Relieving anxiety. … Lowering cholesterol. … Preventing infection. … Boosting oral health. … Relieving pain. … Boosting red blood cell levels. … Relieving bloating. What does lemongrass cure?
Lemongrass is used for treating digestive tract spasms, stomachache, high blood pressure, convulsions, pain, vomiting, cough, achy joints (rheumatism), fever, the common cold, and exhaustion. It is also used to kill germs and as a mild astringent.
Does lemongrass tea help with weight loss?
The herb is used to treat fever, intestinal worm, upset stomach, cough, cold, asthma, and other respiratory conditions. It helps in weight loss, reducing high blood pressure, packed with antioxidants- hence is also good for hair & skin. Lemongrass tea is useful for flatulence, digestive disorders, and cramping pain.
How can I lose tummy fat fast?
20 Effective Tips to Lose Belly Fat (Backed by Science)
Eat plenty of soluble fiber. … Avoid foods that contain trans fats. … Don’t drink too much alcohol. … Eat a high protein diet. … Reduce your stress levels. … Don’t eat a lot of sugary foods. … Do aerobic exercise (cardio) … Cut back on carbs — especially refined carbs.
24.02.2020
Does apple cider vinegar burn belly fat?
According to this study, adding 1 or 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to your diet can help you lose weight. It can also reduce your body fat percentage, make you lose belly fat and decrease your blood triglycerides. This is one of a few human studies that have investigated vinegar’s effects on weight loss.
Can green tea reduce belly fat?
Green Tea Can Help You Lose Fat, Especially Harmful Abdominal Fat. When it comes to actual pounds lost, the effects of green tea are relatively modest. Although many studies show that people do in fact lose weight, there are also some studies showing no effect.
Does lemon grass spread?
Lemongrass grows quickly and spreads to fill a planting bed or pot. Expect a plant to reach a size of 3 to 5 feet tall and up to 2 feet wide in a growing season.
Is Lemongrass good for liver?
Lemongrass oil reduced CYP1A1 and 3A activities and lowered oxidative stress in the liver. Citral may be the major component in lemongrass oil responsible for lowering CYP enzyme activity and oxidative stress in the liver.
Does lemon grass keep mosquitoes away?
Lemon Grass
An Herb that grows up to four feet tall and three feet wide and contains citronella, a natural oil that mosquitoes cannot stand. Lemongrass is also often used to cook for flavor. Any plant carrying the citronella oil is sure to ward of the bite of a mosquito.
What happens if you drink lemongrass tea everyday?
It may help promote healthy digestion
A cup of lemongrass tea is a go-to alternative remedy for upset stomach, stomach cramping, and other digestive problems. A 2012 study on rodents published by the National Institutes of Health showed that lemongrass may also be effective against gastric ulcers.
Is Lemongrass good for uric acid?
Lemongrass oil
Studies on this essential oil suggest that a strong dose could reduce uric acid levels. In folk medicine lemongrass tea has been used to reduce pain and inflammation. Studies suggest that it also has antimicrobial and antibacterial properties.
Is Lemongrass good for skin?
Organic lemongrass essential oil has purifying properties which make it perfect for skincare. These properties help to remove impurities, detoxify the skin and leave it feeling clean and clear. Antioxidants are good for you as they help to neutralise damaging free radicals, which can be harmful to your skin.
| 4,630
| 2,153
| 9,696.549001
|
warc
|
202143
|
Some people with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)—especially those with emphysema—may be underweight and malnourished. People with COPD often lose weight. When you lose weight, you lose muscle mass, including the muscles that help you breathe.
Why do COPD patients lose weight?
Weight loss is a sign of severe COPD. At this stage of the disease, damage to your lungs becomes so severe that your lung volume expands in size, which eventually flattens your diaphragm, reducing the amount of space between your lungs and stomach.
How can COPD patients gain weight?
How to Gain Weight If You Have COPD
Eat healthy fats. Because of the way fats are digested, they don’t tax the respiratory system like other foods can. … Eggs and lean meats are full of protein. … Dairy can add calories and calcium to your diet. … Nuts are a concentrated source of healthy fats. … Dessert?
14.06.2018
What are the signs of dying from COPD?
Symptoms of late-stage COPD
frequent coughing accompanied by chest pain. frequent infections and flares. difficulty falling and staying asleep. loss of appetite. weight loss. constipation. incontinence. poor circulation, which can cause cold hands, arms, feet, and legs, plus blotchy skin. Do COPD patients burn more calories?
In fact, people with COPD burn 10 times more calories just breathing than people without lung disease. When we breathe, many muscles are expanding and contracting, and for people with COPD these muscles are working harder. This burns more calories, and can lead to weight loss, which is not good when you have COPD.
What is end stage COPD?
End-stage COPD is marked by severe shortness of breath (dyspnea), even when at rest. At this stage, medications typically don’t work as well as they had in the past. Everyday tasks will leave you more breathless.
What color is phlegm with COPD?
The color of the mucus in people with COPD can be an important sign. Most of the time mucus is clear or gray colored, although some people with chronic bronchitis will have a chronic cough with pale yellow mucus.
Can I live 20 years with COPD?
The 5-year life expectancy for people with COPD ranges from 40% to 70%, depending on disease severity. This means that 5 years after diagnosis 40 to 70 out of 100 people will be alive. For severe COPD, the 2-year survival rate is just 50%.
What should you not eat with COPD?
10 Habits That Can Worsen COPD
Never Exercising. … Eating a Lot of Junk Food. … Having an Erratic Sleep Schedule. … Leaving Your Oxygen at Home When You Go Out. … Overexerting Yourself. … Never Dusting. … Drinking Soda. … Consuming Too Much Caffeine.
1.03.2019
Is coffee bad for COPD?
One case-control study found higher risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with coffee consumption. No association was found with the evolution of COPD or sarcoidosis. Coffee was associated with a reduction in respiratory mortality, and one study found improved lung function in coffee consumers.
Is COPD a painful death?
Is Dying From COPD a Painful Death. Yes, the dying process of a COPD patient is painful if not managed properly. However, there is room for improvement and die a peaceful death. A COPD patient who receives hospice care at the right time fares better than a COPD patient who did not choose hospice care.
How quickly does COPD progress?
People with COPD may notice their cough and breathing improve within 1 to 9 months. When people quits moking, they experience the following bodily changes, according to the Canadian Lung Association: After 8 hours of being smoke-free, carbon monoxide levels are half those of a smoker.
What are 5 physical signs of impending death?
Five Physical Signs that Death is Nearing
Loss of Appetite. As the body shuts down, energy needs decline. … Increased Physical Weakness. … Labored Breathing. … Changes in Urination. … Swelling to Feet, Ankles and Hands.
7.09.2015
Does COPD make you tired?
COPD reduces airflow into your lungs, making breathing difficult and labored. It also reduces the oxygen supply your whole body receives. Without enough oxygen, your body will feel tired and exhausted. COPD is progressive, so symptoms of the disease grow worse over time.
How can I stop losing weight?
14 Simple Ways to Break Through a Weight Loss Plateau
Cut Back on Carbs. Research has confirmed that low-carb diets are extremely effective for weight loss. … Increase Exercise Frequency or Intensity. … Track Everything You Eat. … Don’t Skimp on Protein. … Manage Stress. … Try Intermittent Fasting. … Avoid Alcohol. … Eat More Fiber.
27.02.2017
How do you fight to lose weight?
If you’re struggling to lose weight, Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RD, LD, has five tips to help you achieve success.
Don’t skip breakfast, and get at least 10 grams of protein. … Eat small meals, or consider fasting. … Exercise moderately, and add some weights. … Eat until you’re no longer hungry, not until you’re full.
18.06.2018
| 5,134
| 2,494
| 10,132.136327
|
warc
|
202143
|
Are you considering getting into the world of lash extensions? If so, then there are a few things that you should know before starting your journey.
In this blog post, we will discuss 12 tips to get started as a lash artist and help make your transition from novice to expert easier!
Tip #12: It Is A Proactive Business, So You Need To Be Too!
As a lash artist, it is important to be proactive. If you are not proactively reaching out and marketing your services, then how will people find out about what you do? Marketing does not have to be expensive or time-consuming either. There are plenty of online resources that can help you market your services for free.
Tip #11: You Will Need A Solid, Professional Image
It is important to show clients and potential clients alike that you take what you do very seriously. When people first see your website or social media profiles they will be making an impression of who you are. It is important to make sure that this impression aligns with the type of service you provide.
Tip #010: Education And Training For Lash Artists Is Important
Education and training for lash artists are extremely important in order to learn everything there are about lashes so you can help your clients get exactly what they want! Not only should you take classes and seminars, but you should also research and read articles and books on the subject.
Tip #009: You Need To Be Professional
When it comes to lash extensions, professionalism is key! Who wants their lashes done by someone who cannot be trusted? Nobody does! Your clients will appreciate your level of service if you are professional about what you do.
Tip #008: Be Patient And Consistent
It is important to be patient with yourself and your clients when it comes to learning how to apply lashes. Sometimes people can feel impatient if they are struggling with something, but you must remember that the lash business is not an overnight success story. You need to commit time daily in order to see the results you want.
Tip #007: Have A Solid Marketing Strategy
Marketing is a huge part of being a successful lash artist and it should not be overlooked! If your clients cannot find out about what you do or how you can help them then they will never know that they need this service in their lives. You need to have a clear marketing plan and be consistent with it in order for people to know how you can help them.
Tip #006: You Need To Be A People Person
As a lash artist, one must realize that this is a service-based industry and the majority of your time will be spent interacting with clients. If you do not have a lot of people skills then the lash business is not for you. It will be very hard to succeed in this industry if you do not have good people skills!
Tip #005: You Need To Be A Team Player
There are plenty of lash artists out there, so it is important that your clients can distinguish between who does their lashes and who doesn’t. You need to be able to work together with other lash artists in order for this strategy to work.
Tip #004: You Need To Keep Up With Trends
In the world of lashes, trends come and go so you have got to keep up! It is important that your clients know that their lashes are on trend and that you know what is going on in the industry.
Tip #003: It Is A Creative Business
Lash artists need to be creative! Because of this, lash artistry can be a very appealing field for those who are interested in making money doing something they enjoy. As an artist, it is important for your clients to see your creative side.
Tip #002: You Need To Be A Good Listener
As a lash artist, you will need to listen carefully in order to give the best service possible. Your clients are going to be talking about their lives so it is important that you pay attention and offer them advice or suggestions when they are needed. As a lash artist, you need to be a good listener.
Tip #001: You Will Need A Solid Financial Plan
As with any business venture, it is important to have financial stability! This means that your clients will come first and everything else after. If you are not confident in how financially stable your company is then you should consider working with a financial planner to make sure that your business is in the best position it can be.
Conclusion
These are twelve tips for lash artists who want to get started with their new careers! Although this industry may seem overwhelming, these tips should help you on your journey of becoming someone who provides excellent service to people all over. When you have clients coming back to you then they will recommend your services to others and this is how a successful lash business becomes popular.
| 4,723
| 2,029
| 10,914.808773
|
warc
|
202143
|
Do I need to report Cryptocurrency on my taxes?
If you mine cryptocurrency, you’re also required to include it in your taxable income. You would include the fair market value as of the date you received it. … Failing to report income can carry hefty penalties and interest.
Can crypto transactions be traced?
Q: Is bitcoin traceable? A: Every bitcoin transaction since the network launched in 2009—billions of them—has been recorded and stored in a permanent, inalterable public ledger, which anybody can view and analyze at any time. … Everybody can see what you do on the network, but they can’t necessarily see your identity.
Can the IRS track Cryptocurrency?
By March of 2014, though, the IRS had issued clear guidance on virtual currencies, explaining that it will tax the digital assets as property, not currency. … Sure, the IRS categorizes cryptocurrency as property, but keeping track of the tax basis for that piece of property is not as straightforward as many other assets.
How do you keep track of crypto transactions?
A quick search (such as searching for “Cryptocurrency tracker”) on Google or your smartphone app store will list many such solutions to keep track of your cryptocurrencies for you. Therefore, do your own research and find a coin tracker that works well for you.
Does Coinbase report to IRS 2020?
Coinbase may be reporting your trade activity to the IRS even if you’ve only been trading recently in the 2018, 2019, and 2020 tax years. They are doing this by sending Form 1099-Ks. … This means that the IRS receives insight into your trading activity on Coinbase.
Will Coinbase send me a 1099?
You may receive a 1099-MISC if: You are a Coinbase customer AND. … You have earned $600 or more in rewards or fees from Coinbase Earn, USDC Rewards, and/or Staking in 2020.
Can police track Bitcoin?
The fact that Bitcoin transactions leave a trace is not enough to deter criminals. We know that law enforcers aren’t able to immediately identify the parties involved in a Bitcoin transaction, but they can spot and study patterns in the movement of cryptocurrency to profile and de-anonymize suspects.
Can Bitcoin make me rich?
Basically you should have bought about 1,000 Bitcoins back when they were cheap. This would have cost you around $10,000 in 2011, making you a millionaire today. Making a million with Bitcoins today is probably still possible, but you will need some capital.
Can Bitcoin be traced back to me?
All Bitcoin transactions are public, traceable, and permanently stored in the Bitcoin network. … Anyone can see the balance and all transactions of any address. Since users usually have to reveal their identity in order to receive services or goods, Bitcoin addresses cannot remain fully anonymous.
Does exodus report to IRS?
Tax natively integrates with Exodus so that users can import transactions and generate their needed tax reports with the click of a button.
Does Binance report to IRS 2020?
During any tax year, if you have more than $20,000 proceeds and 200 transactions in a crypto exchange, you will get a Form 1099-K indicating proceeds for each month. … Likewise, Coinbase, Kraken, Binance.us, Gemini, Uphold and other US exchanges do report to the IRS.
Does IRS track Coinbase?
Yes, Coinbase does report your crypto activity to the IRS if you meet certain criteria. It’s very important to note that even if you do not receive a 1099, you are still required to report all of your cryptocurrency income on your taxes. Not doing so would be considered tax fraud in the eyes of the IRS.
What’s the best crypto to buy? These are seven of the best cryptos on the market. It has been over a decade since the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin, the first and by far most popular form of cryptocurrency in the world. … Bitcoin (BTC) … Bitcoin Cash (BCH) … Litecoin (LTC) … Ethereum (ETH) … Binance Coin (BNB) … Tron (TRX) … Chainlink (LINK) How do you track crypto prices?
Best Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Price Tracking Apps
Coinbase (Android/iOS, Free) … CryptoTrax (Android/iOS, Free) … Blockfolio Bitcoin Altcoin App (Android/iOS, Free) … Enjin Cryptocurrency Wallet (Android/iOS, Free) … Investing.com Cryptocurrency (iOS, Free) … Delta Crypto Portfolio Tracker (Android/iOS, Free) What is the best crypto tax software?
5 Best Bitcoin & Crypto Tax Software
TAX SOFTWARE. Koinly. Very clean interface makes it easy to use. Supports over 300 exchanges. … CryptoTrader.Tax. Easy import from nearly any crypto exchange. Can be uploaded to TurboTax. … Accointing. Easily print tax reports at any time. Connect 4500 coins form all exchanges and wallets.
17 янв. 2021 г.
| 4,831
| 2,281
| 9,795.429636
|
warc
|
202143
|
by NaTashia Alexander
Infant/Toddler Action Team Member
Did you know… babies’ brains grow faster between the ages of zero to three years than at any later point in our lives, building the foundation for all future learning, behavior, and health. As a society, it’s up to us to make sure that babies and families have the resources they need to survive: healthy beginnings, supported families, and quality early learning and experiences.
This past August the Birth to Third Grade Action Network: Infant Toddler Advocacy Team hosted a training for Early/Head Start of Forsyth County teachers. My co-worker LaVonya Washington and I took the teachers on an in-depth look into what impacts healthy development of infants and toddlers and the current status of infant/toddler childcare in North Carolina, including our local community. We also talked about how to use this information to better support our infant/toddler childcare providers and explored ways and useful tools that can be used to get involved in advocacy while remaining in our own personal comfort zone.
I know you may be asking: how do I advocate for this cause? Great question! The goal of early childhood advocacy is to improve the lives of children and families. We work together to make sure the programs we work in best support the needs of young children and the early childhood educators that work in that system. Federal and state policymakers rely on everyday citizens and experts to be their resource about issues facing children and families.
Advocacy is public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy, standing up for what you believe, sharing your passion, and sharing information and resources about what you know and believe is important for children and families.
You are an advocate if you have ever:
Helped a family receive needed services; Stood up for someone who was being treated unfairly; Attended a parent/teacher conference at your child’s school; Participated in a city council meeting; Tried to change policy at your own program; Worked with others to change a program or policy in your own community, or at the state or federal level.
I am sure you can think of some ways you have advocated for children and educators while reading this article; advocacy is not hard and does not take much effort.
During this training we discovered what the issues are surrounding infant and toddler care in our great state, as well as how to use the knowledge we have gained to inform our policymakers about how change can be made. We also know that if we do not advocate for our children and families, who will?
I encourage you to join us and get involved in advocating for young children, families, and their educators by connecting with the NC Early Education Coalition and other early childhood advocates and organizations around the state. It is free to sign up for the alerts with the NC Early Education Coalition. Staying informed about the issues and relaying those issues to the right people is some of the best help you can be to your community. We plan to continue offering this training to any individual or group until all of Forsyth County is advocating for our young children and early educators.
Photographs from the recent Infant/Toddler Action Team advocacy training. The Infant/Toddler Action Team is part of the Birth to Third Grade Action Network.
| 3,399
| 1,590
| 7,195.618868
|
warc
|
202143
|
Camellia sinensis -Green Tea-
€ 3,50 – € 20,00
Straight from the Source Sustainable harvest Guaranteed fresh harvest Botanically accurate Description Description Latin name: Camellia sinensis var. Gun Powder Also know as: Green Tea var. Gunpowder Origin: China Supplier-ID: AG-38805T Camellia sinensis – Green Tea var. Gunpowder
There are various types of teas. Many popular teas are all derived from
Camellia sinensis, a plant that eventually is used to form Green, Black, White, and Oolong teas. Overall, green tea is the ‘basic’ tea that is enzymatically inactive and non-oxidized. White tea and Oolong tea are partially oxidized, but Oolong is still enzymatically active. Black tea is fully oxidized and enzymatically active. Pu-erh tea is fermented and quite unique from the other teas.
Green tea is rich in powerful antioxidants, and has been known to fight viruses and slow aging. Green tea aids in weight loss, reduces “bad” cholesterol, boosts the immune system, and is also associated with the prevention of cancer. Green tea is widely used as a natural preservative in food and cosmetics. Green tea helps overweight people shed excess fat without side effects. It may help modulate calorie and fat burning through the sympathetic nervous system, the adrenal glands and specific nerve chemicals. Green tea shows fat-burning properties beyond those explained by its caffeine content.
Gunpowder green tea is a form of green tea in which each leaf has been rolled into a small round pellet. Its English name comes from its resemblance to grains of gunpowder. Gunpowder green tea tastes bold and lightly smoky, also lending to its name. Gunpowder tea leaves stay fresh longer than any other green tea leaves due to its compressed form. Gunpowder green is higher in caffeine than most other green teas (35-40 mg/8 oz serving) and is commonly used by athletes to improve endurance over periods of 3-6 hours.
Benefits of Green Tea: Natural source of EGCG Polyphenols Uplifting, Increases Mental Focus Powerful Antioxidant, Anti-Aging Increases Endurance Increases Metabolism Assists in Weight Loss Reduces Cholesterol Calorie-free, Fat-free, Gluten-free Additional Info Additional information
Weight N/A
| 2,256
| 1,158
| 4,297.699482
|
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.