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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) may be tapped to enforce security for the coming national and local elections in May 2022 but it would be on a case to case basis and not nationwide, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Wednesday, September 29.
Lorenzana emphasized though that the job of securing the election is the responsibility of the Philippine National Police (PNP).
“However, if situations become chaotic or the integrity of the polls is endangered and the capacity of the PNP is overwhelmed, the AFP will assist the PNP in restoring order,” he said in a statement.
“In fact, this is automatic based on past practices between the two services and doesn’t necessarily need a directive from the President. It’s not nationwide though but on a case to case basis locally,” he added.
The Defense Chief was reacting to the pronouncement of President Duterte last week that he may be forced to use the military just to ensure the “peaceful and violence-free conduct” of the polls next year.
“Either we have an election that is free or I will use the military to see the election is free,” he was quoted as saying last Friday at the inauguration of the new Sultan Kudarat Provincial hospital.
The Commander-in-Chief’s statement gathered mixed reactions from various stakeholders. Vice President Leni Robredo said Duterte should not “threaten” the Filipinos by using the military in the elections.
“Huwag sana gamitin ang militar para takutin ang mamamayan kasi ang militar kakampi natin ‘yan (The military should not be used to threaten the public because they are our allies),” she said.
Senator Panfilo Lacson, chairman of the Senate committee on national defense and security, had said that it is the responsibility of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to deputize the AFP and PNP so they can be sent to election hotspots.
Senator Richard Gordon, who has been criticized by the President over the Senate’s investigation on the alleged anomaly in the procurement of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) supplies, said he was “alarmed” by the statement.
But Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Epimaco Densing said Duterte could have only thought of using the military and to act as support forces to the police in maintaing the peace and order in the upcoming elections.


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The average home has been steadily increasing in size and number/quality of amenities for generations. The 800 sq. ft. homes that had one electrical outlet in each room and where people once raised eight or nine kids gave way to much larger homes by the time I was a kid. My parents still live in the rambler they built 45 years ago. It has 1100 sq. ft. up and down (for a total of 2200). We had only one bathroom until Dad added a second one when he finished the basement during my early teen years. Still, my folks raised five kids in that home and we didn’t feel deprived.
This Gainesville Sun article reports that the average home size has grown roughly 20% over the past decade and a half, while the average number of dwellers per home has decreased slightly over that same period. (Also see this Zillowblog post.) We are getting more floor space for fewer people. The Kaysville, Utah family of five featured in the G-Sun article is upgrading from a 2100 sq. ft. home to a 5700 sq. ft. home. They essentially say that they need the space because they’ve got more stuff than people used to have. The G-Sun article says, “In much of the country, the growth in big houses is fueled by suburban homebuyers seeking luxury, rather than big families needing space….”
The average family’s mortgage debt-to-income ratio has increased pretty much directly proportionate to the increase in average home size. Clark Howard reported on his 10/12/07 show (see here) that over one generation, “Mortgage debt has risen 50 percent, while the average size of a home has risen 50 percent!”
It isn’t necessarily the cost of the amenities we are adding to our homes that is at the root of our mortgage debt increase. The real cost of better stuff has steadily decreased over time to make it more affordable. (See this Money Magazine article for some interesting insights.) A big plasma TV today is no more expensive in real terms than was a basic b/w TV set in 1960. But it requires a lot more space, so we build bigger and more opulent homes, which demand bigger and more oppressive mortgages.
An interesting feature of our economy is that this constant push for bigger homes affects everyone. A spokesman for the National Association of Home Builders reports, “You cannot sell a new home today with 1½ bathrooms,” which was the average home in 1970. “Even if only two people are in house, they still want 2½ to three bathrooms.” In other words, housing expectations have increased across the board, even among the poorer classes. So everyone, including the person that rents, is affected.
This would all be fine if housing costs as a percentage of family income had remained steady. But that’s not the case. Total family compensation has increased dramatically during my lifetime, mainly due to the increase of two-earner families and the increase of employment benefits. (Wages not including benefits have remained roughly stagnant.) But for all this added income, a greater percentage of it is going to mortgage debt than when we had single-earner families with fewer employment benefits. We are using this increased debt to fund bigger, nicer houses with a lot more stuff.
Our economy is presently structured to get people into debt early and then keep them there. During my lifetime, demand for debt instruments has exploded and the market has responded with increasingly easy credit. Median household debt from all sources has increased 1200% since I was a child. That’s a good way to get lots of stuff before you have to pay for it, but it’s not a good way to have peace of mind.
It is possible to have the peace of mind of minimal or no debt, but it requires a lot of dedication and a willingness to be satisfied with less stuff than your income peers. This kind of peace does not fall from the sky. It requires serious focus and effort. It requires swimming against the current of what everyone else is doing. Thanks to many blessings, my wife and I have been able to manage our household of seven on a single income for many years, which is certainly not what most others are doing. Lower cost, low debt living is not easy. But it’s worth it.

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Saturday, April 8th, 2016
How do you do? I hope all is well today and you are really enjoying the change in season and weather. I’m writing you this post from your past, my present (January 14th, 2016). This post will be officially published April 8th, 2016.
I am currently preparing a batch (19 weeks worth) of pre-scheduled post in a series called “Saturday Inspirations.” I’m doing that because, in my present I’m about 2 months away from giving birth to my 6th child, the 5th to be placed in our family’s care (one of our children God chose to take care of Himself in Heaven). So I’m preparing for a big blogging break.
Nevertheless, I really wanted to keep the TGI Saturdays momentum going, while I’m on break, so week after week these pre-cooked, pre-scheduled post will come down from my “virtual freezer” to keep you inspired, encouraged, uplifted and sharing your best posts with the TGI Saturdays Family.
Today is our 63rd week of TGI Saturdays. Yeah us! Thanks for dropping by, hope you enjoy.
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19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV)
I wrote a poem a while back called “Treasure Box,” that I’d like to share with you today. It’s simply a poem that asks the question, what do you treasure? What are your treasures? I don’t have much to say about that. I know what my treasures are, do you?
One man’s garbage is another man’s treasure
Isn’t that how the saying goes?
So what are your treasures?
What means the world to you?
What do you value most?
Is it the offspring from your womb?
The golden sun, the stars, the gleaming moon
Or is it the smell of morning dew,
that you most value?
Is it the money in your pocket,
Or the pictures in your locket?
The physical things you own
Or to you, when kindness is shown?
Is it climbing up a tree,
Or the calming sound of the sea?
The buzzing of a bee,
Or holding a newborn baby?
What makes life worth it?
Worth it all in the end.
Is it the love of God, family and good friends?
I know what is in my treasure box
I’ve put things in perspective
Love is the biggest treasure of all
Love is my main objective
Loving life, living life to the fullest
Loving the treasures all around.
All God’s blessings abound
These I treasure more than man-made things to touch
I treasure God’s gifts that are free for all
And valued so very much
Written by L.J.G.B (me)
Peace, Love and Blessings to you.
What do you treasure?

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Sources suggest KM Birla’s contribution is expected to be a small amount, and may be less than even Rs 1,000 crore.
File photo of Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla
Capital infusion is critical for the growth and survival of Vodafone Idea (Vi), and sources with direct knowledge tell Moneycontrol that promoter Kumar Mangalam Birla is likely to infuse a token amount in the company as a show of confidence.
Sources suggest Birla’s contribution is expected to be a small amount, and may be less than even Rs 1,000 crore.
As Vodafone Idea plans to reach out to investors to back them after the telecom relief package, a show of confidence from a promoter entity may help the company, a source pointed out.
Sources also told Moneycontrol that there is no agreement between the government and Vi for a large sum of Rs 10,000 crore fund infusion by promoters Vodafone Plc and Aditya Birla Group.
KM Birla, who is Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, had stepped down as Chairman of Vi, but had put his efforts into convincing the government for a telecom relief package, which could help the company manage its cash flows.
Sources indicate that the token fund infusion is unlikely to be from any of the group’s listed entities, but is more likely to be in Birla’s personal capacity from a closely held entity.
Moneycontrol has not received responses on the queries sent to Aditya Birla Group, Vodafone Plc and Vi.

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Malaga is extolling its leading role in Spain's real estate market. The city will add 1,500 new Build To Rent (BtR) homes over the next three years, according to CBRE's Living Trends Report.
According to the consultancy firm, Seville will add 1,000 new homes of this type in this period. In total, CBRE forecasts the delivery of 37,000 BTR homes in Spain in the coming years, 85% of these between Madrid and Barcelona.
Through the Terra Project, CBRE has identified in Malaga an area of vacant residential building land of approximately 12.1 million square metres. This space could be used for the development of around 102,000 homes, which could be absorbed over a period of 15 to 30 years. On the other hand, in Seville, an area of eight million square metres of vacant residential buildability has been identified, where it would be possible to build around 58,000 dwellings.
On a national level, it is estimated that there is an average of 255 million square metres of vacant residential buildable area across Spain, which would allow for the construction of approximately 1.8 million homes. This number of dwellings would be absorbed over a period of more than 30 years.
"In Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Malaga, Valencia and Seville, given the lack of supply of finalist land, investment is focused on land under development. However, investor interest is increasingly concentrated in these provincial capitals, where they are looking for a type of product with high liquidity and low risk in its marketing phase thanks to the high demand for housing," explains Miriam Goicoechea, Director of Research at CBRE Iberia.
Rising residential land prices
According to CBRE, the increase in demand has generated increases in land prices in the main regions during 2022. In particular, in Malaga and the Costa del Sol, the price of land experienced a growth of 7%, making it the region with the highest year-on-year increase in land prices. For this year, the consultancy firm forecasts a stabilisation of land prices in the main cities and provincial capitals. However, due to the shortage of finalist land, an upward trend in prices is expected.
The disparity between supply and demand for housing has resulted in an increase in rental costs. Malaga ranks as the fifth most expensive city in Spain to rent a property. On average, the price per square metre per month is 11.9 euros, showing a growth of 19% compared to the first quarter of 2022. Nationally, the price of rent has experienced a year-on-year increase of 8% in the first quarter, reaching 11.3 euros per square metre per month.
Barcelona remains the most expensive city in Spain to rent a property, with a price of 18.6 euros per square metre per month, which represents an increase of 20% compared to the first quarter of the previous year. In second place is Madrid, with a rent of 16.2 euros per square metre per month and an increase of 10%. Palma has taken over from Bilbao and is positioned as the third city with the highest rents, closing the first quarter with a price of 13.7 euros per square metre per month and an increase of 19%.
"The main problem to be tackled is the lack of rental housing supply, a trend that we believe will increase in the coming years. Currently, 24% of Spanish households are renting, a figure that drops to 22% in Andalusia. However, this figure is still below the percentage of the European Union population living in rented accommodation (30%) and is far from the levels of Germany, Austria and Denmark, which are above 40%", comments Laura Peláez, senior consultant for Research Living, Alternative and Hotels at CBRE Spain.

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Intel and Professor Stephen Hawking demonstrated a new Intel-created communications platform to replace his decades-old system. The customizable platform dramatically improves Hawking’s ability to communicate, and will be available to research and technology communities by January of next year.
Hawking has an MND (motor neuron disease) related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a condition that has progressed over the years and left him almost entirely paralyzed. As a result, he can only communicate through technology. By studying Hawking’s acute needs, and the very specific relationship between this man and his machine, Intel developed a tailored solution called ACAT (Assistive Context Aware Toolkit) that results in dramatically improved communication:
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Metagenomics of the Human Body introduces readers to the major findings from the human genome project and at the same time presents the crossover to the human metagenome/microbiome, which we are only starting to understand through the advent of newly emerging technologies and other developments. The book brings a new perspective by combining the information gained from the human genome with that derived from parallel metagenomic studies, and new results from investigating the effects of these microbes on the host immune system. As the field of metagenomics continues to evolve, Metagenomics of the Human Body brings together leaders in the field and their unique perspectives on this topic. The authors focus on the human genome and recent developments in the fields of microbial ecology and metagenomics of the microbial species that are associated with the human body. They also discuss the enormous implications for health and disease. Metagenomics of the Human Body is ideal for scientists, clinicians, community activists, undergraduate and graduate level students, as well as ethical and legal groups associated with or interested in the issues surrounding the human genome. About the Editor Dr. Karen E. Nelson is the Director of the Rockville Campus of the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) where she has been for the past 14 years. She was formerly the Director of Human Microbiology and Metagenomics in the Department of Human Genomic Medicine at the JCVI. She has authored or co-authored over 100 publications, and is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Springer journal Microbial Ecology. She is also a standing member of the NRC Committee on Biodefense, a member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Communications Committee and a Fellow of the ASM.
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Researchers have found that nutrition A can be essential to the insulin-secreting feature of beta cells. It’s a discovery that could open the door to new treatments for diabetes. Diabetes is estimated to affect more than 29 million people in the United States. Type 2 diabetes accounts for around 90 to 95 percent of all diagnosed cases. The researchers found the solution for natural supplements for diabetes type 2. This arises when the beta cells of the pancreas fail to produce enough insulin. That time the hormone regulates blood glucose. Type 1 diabetes, which accounts for the remaining 5 percent of cases occurs. That time the immune system destroys beta cells, hampering insulin production. Diabetes vitamin pack is so important for reduces diabetes beta cells.
Recently reported in the Endocrine Journal that- “When we discovered that insulin cells have a cell surface expressed receptor for vitamin A. We thought it was important to find out why and what the purpose is of a cell surface with vitamin A, mediating a rapid response to vitamin A.
On partially blocking the vitamin A receptor in beta cells from mice. It’s eliminating the ability of vitamin A to bind to these cells. The team found that their ability to secrete insulin was reduced in response to sugar.
Vitamin a deficiency may destroy beta cells:
For their study, Salehi and colleagues also tested beta cells derived from humans with and without type 2 diabetes. Then the researchers partially blocked GPRC5C in these beta cells. When sugar was applied to these cells. That time the team found that their insulin-secreting ability decreased by almost 30 percent.
Due to the fact that impaired insulin secretion is a prime motive of type 2 diabetes. researchers believe that this finding indicates that a lack of vitamin A. It’s found in liver, fish oils, and diverse end result and vegetables – may play a role in the disease. It’s the best vitamins for diabetic’s type 2. However, the team discovered that a lack of vitamin A led to a reduction in beta cells’ ability to stave off inflammation. A complete deficiency of vitamin A caused beta cells to die. This finding suggests that vitamin A deficiency may also be involved in type 1 diabetes, which is caused by the destruction of beta cells.
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All though these findings indicate that vitamin A may be useful for diabetes. It’s help to type 2 diabetes cure naturally. The researchers stress that increasing the intake of this vitamin, it’s may be too risky.
These observations therefore raise the exciting possibility that agents targeting GPRC5C may represent a novel therapeutic means of increasing the functional beta cell mass and also modestly boost insulin secretion.


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Agri-Environmental Sustainability of Indian States during 1990-91 to 2013-14
Sacchidananda Mukherjee ()
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Improving economic viability of Indian agriculture is contingent upon agrienvironmental sustainability (AES). For agriculture, environment acts as a sink of pollution load as well as inputs for production. Objective assessment of environmental impacts of Indian agriculture and impacts of polluted environment on agriculture are crucial for AES. The costs of polluted environment on agriculture will be borne by farmers in terms of loss of productivity and quality of farm produces. Comprehensive assessment of economic costs of environment on Indian agriculture is lacking. On the other hand, unless internalize environmental impacts of agriculture will be borne by the society - in terms of depletion and degradation of water resources, land degradation and emissions of GHGs. Environmental impact of agriculture will be largely borne by vulnerable sections of the society who cannot afford to adopt pollution aversion practices (or technologies) to avoid health hazards. Moreover, marginal and small farmers may also not be able to mitigate the impact of polluted environment on their farmland by adopting various coping mechanism (pollution averting behavior). Therefore agri-envirionmental sustainability of Indian agriculture is important for wellbeing of Indian farmers. In the absence of system of integrated environment and economic accounting (SEEA) in India, present paper builds a comprehensive agri-environmental sustainability index (AESI) based on 40 indicators to assess the potential (possible) impact of agriculture on environment. The study captures both spatial and temporal aspects of AES by covering 17 general category states for the period 1990-91 to 2013-14. The study comes out policy suggestions which could be useful to adopt sustainable agricultural practices.
Keywords: agro-ecosystem environment; agri-environmental sustainability; agrienvironmental indicator; sustainable agriculture; environmental sustainability; Indian states. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Need a golf cart to tote the pups to all of the events at the Summer Celebration Trials? We have an arrangement with Players Golf Cars www.playersgolfcars.com, which must receive […]
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Chocolate Company Café Amersfoort
CHCO Café Amersfoort
Chocolate Company Café Amersfoort is located in the middle of the center, just behind the Koegarage and close to the public transport stops. A wonderful place to enjoy the most delicious chocolate while shopping. But also to be able to work in peace or to have a nice lunch with colleagues, family or friends.
Quickly one of the unique flavors of hot or cold chocolate milk, delicious coffee, fresh tea or something fresh, to extensive dining with toasties, sandwiches, salads or the HIGH CHOC sensation. All top products that you don't want to miss!
If you don't feel like or have the time to enjoy our café, you can also take most products with you as TAKE AWAY, or order them online and have them delivered. If you live in Amersfoort, you are extra lucky. If you order before 4 p.m., your order will be delivered to your home the same evening! Go to: http://bezorgen.chcoamersfoort.nl
In short: A visit to this cozy café is more than worth it. Our Chocolistas are ready for you!
Come as a couple or a larger group and enjoy top quality chocolate and the tastiest cakes. Book by email or give us a call and we will take care of the rest. Please also let us know if allergies or vegetarian options have to be taken into account.Book now! View our menu here!

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A commemoration ceremony for B-24 Getaway Gertie will go on rain or shine on Saturday, June 24. The event will honor the lost airmen of the B-24 Liberator Getaway Gertie, which crashed into Lake Ontario on February 18, 1944.
The program will include New York State Air National Guard’s 174th Attack Wing Honor Guard, a welcome from Oswego City Mayor Billy Barlow, an invocation with Oswego County American Legion Chaplain Debi VanSlyke, and a wreath unveiling with bugler Corey King from Fort Ontario State Historic Site. The Commemorative Air Force is scheduled to pay homage to the Getaway Gertie crew by performing a fly-over with one of the last airworthy B-24 Liberators, Diamond Lil.
A distinguished panel of speakers will pay tribute to the lost aircrew after the ceremony. They include federal, state, and local representatives, along with Bill Crist, chairman of the advisory council for the proposed Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary. Of note, Tom Wilber, author of “Vanishing Point: The Search for a B-24 Bomber Crew Lost on the World War II Home Front,” will take the podium to tell the story of “Getaway Gertie.” Wilber will be joined by some family members and descendants of the lost crew members.
UPDATE 6/25/23- Due to weather, the B-24 Diamond Lil was unable to do the flyover. If you have an event in which you would like to have a CAF aircraft attend or perform a flyover, please visit this link.


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Rod Paige, George W. Bush's nominee to run the Education Department, has been praised as a tough administrator who brought a reformist rigor to the job of superintendent of the Houston schools. But under his tenure, the Houston Independent School District joined one of the cheesier recent trends in public education: the boom in exclusive contracts with soft-drink manufacturers to peddle high-sugar sodas in schools.
The sale of exclusive ``pouring rights'' is perhaps the least wholesome of all the corporate marketing gimmicks that lately have found their way into public education. Typically, these contracts require the schools to promise to sell a certain number of sodas a year. This transforms the school's role from simple provider of vending machines (can anyone remember that the mere presence of soda machines in schools was once controversial?) to active peddler of the sodas.
The agreements specify the number and placement of vending machines and the number of hours they will be open to kids, pressing as far as possible past the spirit of federal rules that bar schools from selling sodas in cafeterias during lunch time, on pain of losing subsidies for their breakfast and lunch programs. In exchange, schools get everything from new athletic facilities to scholarship funds.
So while health teachers are instructing kids on the food pyramid, and on all the malign effects of too much refined sugar, the message beyond the classroom door is to drink up -- long as you're drinking Coke, or Pepsi, or whatever brew is paying the bill.
Two years ago, just as the pouring-rights trend was exploding, the Center for Science in the Public Interest issued a report titled ``Liquid Candy,'' which explains why the schools' surrender on this issue is a signal failure of their responsibility. Start with the obvious fact that sodas promote tooth decay and obesity, which is steeply on the rise among American children. Add in the fact that as soda consumption by teens has roughly doubled over the past 20 years, their consumption of milk has dropped by almost half. ``One of the biggest dietary changes in teen-agers is that 20 years ago, teen-agers were drinking almost twice as much milk as soda pop,'' says Michael Jacobson, executive director of CSPI. ``Now they're drinking twice as much soda pop as milk. That is particularly of concern in teen-age girls, who should be developing bone mass, so they won't develop osteoporosis later.''
The center estimates the average teen exceeds his or her recommended intake of refined sugar every day with the consumption of sodas -- alone -- before you add in whatever other sugars that person may be consuming.
School districts in San Francisco and Seattle have explicitly banned contracts with soda makers. But elsewhere the practice is spreading fast. The Center for Commercial-Free Public Education estimates pouring-rights contracts roughly doubled in 1998 alone, from about 50 to 110 school districts. Andrew Hagelshaw, the center's senior program director, told a researcher that the agreements are ``happening so fast we can't keep track of them.''
It may not be fair to single out Houston, which last year signed a contract with Coca-Cola worth a little more than $5 million over five years. At least they didn't emulate their brethren in the Grapevine-Colleyville School District, further north in Texas, where officials sold space on a high school's rooftop for Dr. Pepper ads that could be seen by planes landing at the nearby Dallas-Fort Worth airport. Or in Colorado Springs, where a district administrator panicked over his school system's failure to meet Coke's annual soda quota. ``Fast Food Nation,'' a new book by journalist Eric Schlosser, quotes a memo in which this official listed ways schools might up their consumption, including letting students bring their Cokes to class.
But the team of Bush and Paige does have a striking chance to show what it values. Bush claims to be passionately committed both to public education and to the rights of business. But here is an area where these two priorities are clearly in conflict. A Republican president, with his secretary of education, could plausibly hope to shame American educators and school boards out of their dependence on the soda subsidy. Unless he puts a higher value on the great American freedom to develop brand loyalty among 13-year-olds. I'm not holding my breath.
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Summer is an excellent time to get out and about on the water and have a go at messing about in boats and that’s exactly what we will be doing on this course. Spending time in both canoes and kayaks, you will get the opportunity to learn new techniques and develop your skills. You don’t need to have any prior watersports experience to take part other than a willingness to have a go and get wet! We will start the week with the basic skills needed to move your craft through the water (with plenty of more challenging tasks for anyone who has done it before) and progress through to the finer skills of a seasoned paddler. We will also cover rescue skills in both craft to ensure that everyone is safe and can help each other back into their boats. Of course, there will be lots of opportunities to play games and compete against each other which can lead to people going for an unplanned swim so watch out!
Participants, over a full week, are expected to attain* the following awards inclusive within the course fees;
- British Canoeing : Paddle Start or Paddle Discover Paddle Award
- British Standup Paddleboard Association : Ready to Ride Award
* subject to meeting the required standards of personal competency
The course is held at Milton Country Park and transport from The Perse School will be provided each way.
The practical content of all courses will be led by Cambridge Sport Lakes Trust and their staff team. You can find more information at their website by clicking here
The lead coach will be ‘British Canoeing UKCC Level 2’ / ‘Canoe and Kayak Coach – sheltered inland’ or higher and / or British Standup Paddleboard Association Level 2 Instructor, or higher.
Other members of staff will be a ‘British Canoeing UKCC Level 1 / Paddlesport Instructor or higher and / or British Standup Paddleboard Association Level 1 Instructor, or higher.


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Abstract Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. More treatments are needed. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) alters neuroplasticity and connectivity within the brain, is an FDA-approved treatment for major depressive disorder, and is being explored for the treatment of AUD. To date, however, an efficacious rTMS protocol for reduction of drinking and other important clinical outcomes in AUD have yet to be identified. Preliminary data indicates that the cerebellum may be an important treatment target for reduction of negative affect and downstream alcohol use in individuals with AUD. In particular, greater activation in cerebellum during a multisensory Stroop task is strongly correlated with both self-reported negative affect and alcohol use disorder severity. The overall aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of inhibitory rTMS on self-reported negative affect and on activation in cerebellum during a multisensory Stroop task. Thirty-four treatment-seeking individuals with AUD will be recruited from local intensive outpatient treatment programs (IOPs), enrolled, randomized to active treatment or sham (blinded), and treated in 10 sessions over 2 weeks. To assess changes in brain function that result from treatment with rTMS, fMRI scans will be obtained at baseline and 2 weeks (baseline and 1 day following treatment completion). Our primary outcome measures will include self-reported negative affect, cerebellar activation during the Stroop task, and alcohol use outcomes. We hypothesize that reductions in negative affect and in BOLD signal will be greater in individuals on active compared to sham inhibitory rTMS. We also hypothesize that these reductions and active treatment will be related to better alcohol use outcomes (greater percent days abstinent, longer time to relapse). Findings will provide critical information about whether or not a larger clinical-trial investigating the efficacy of rTMS to the cerebellum for individuals with AUD is warranted.
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8 Ways to Boost Your Mental HealthMarch 25, 2020 - Katie McCallum
Sometimes, life comes at you fast. Other times, the hustle and bustle just manages to catch up with you. With it can come stress, anxiety, sadness or fear of the unknown — all of which can impact your mental health.
Managing your feelings and handling everyday challenges is an important part of maintaining your overall well-being, but sometimes this is easier said than done.
Keeping up with your mental health can sometimes mean seeking support from a mental health professional, but it can also mean taking the everyday steps needed to boost your mental and emotional wellness.
Here are eight things you can do every day to boost your mental health:
Start your day on a positive note
Having a morning routine is good, but making sure you're starting your day on a positive note is important, too. Showing gratitude, whether it's towards yourself, someone else or something else, can improve your mental health and emotional well-being.
Instead of firing up your social media apps as soon as you wake up, take some time to give yourself a compliment or to acknowledge something or someone you're grateful for. Or do both! Promoting feelings of self-worth can have a powerful effect on your mood, and keeping a journal of the things or people you're grateful for can help fill you with joy and happiness.
It can be easy to fixate on questions like: What if? Why me? and What's next?
But these questions can distract your mind from enjoying life and completing the tasks at hand. In fact, research shows that "a wandering mind is an unhappy mind."
Rather than thinking about what isn't even actually happening right now, focus on what is happening. Your coffee is hot. This new playlist sounds fun. Your dog looks extra fluffy today. This banana tastes perfectly ripened.
Whether it's a sound, smell, taste or sight, focusing on physical sensations you're experiencing can help quiet your busy mind and ground you in the present moment.
Make time for exercise
We all know that exercising regularly is an important part of maintaining a healthy weight, and you may also know that it benefits your heart. But exercise also benefits your brain — supporting cognitive function, improving mood and reducing stress and anxiety. It's why the CDC recommends regularly being physically active.
Physical activity stimulates the release of endorphins, which relieve stress. It also stimulates the release of dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine — which help regulate your mood. For instance, the serotonin boost you get from exercise can help improve your sense of well-being. In addition, exercise helps balance adrenaline levels in your body, which can reduce stress.
This means that regular exercise, even if it's just a 20 minutes a day, can help you cope with stress and improve your overall mental health. It's also a great way to feel a sense of accomplishment, as well as a healthy way to take control of your life during a time of uncertainty.
Your brain is one of the busiest organs in your body — and it needs the right kind of fuel to keep it functioning at its very best.
Eating well-balanced meals full of foods rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants can help improve your mood and promote cognitive function. A healthy diet includes plenty of vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains, lean protein and healthy fats. Take note that processed foods, which can be high in refined sugars and saturated fats, are not on this list.
If you need something more concrete than a list and you're looking for a healthy diet to help keep you on track, consider the Mediterranean diet.
Social distancing will remain important throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, but social distancing doesn't have to mean being socially isolated. From phone calls to video chat and other digital tools, there are plenty of ways to stay connected with friends and loved ones during the pandemic.
And this matters, since, like many mammals, humans are social creatures. According to the CDC, both the quality and quantity of our social relationships impact our mental health, so it's important to stay social.
Socializing can mean opening up to someone about a problem or issue, but it can also mean just being kind to others more in general. Placing your trust in others, as well as receiving trust from others, can improve your emotional well-being and build self-worth. Being kind to people, regardless of whether you know them or not, boosts happiness and can build self-esteem.
Plus, socializing with another person can be a great way to learn new things, reminisce about happy times in the past or even just laugh — as well as serve as a second set of eyes to help find the silver lining in a stressful or frustrating situation.
Set goals for yourself
There's nothing like the feeling of accomplishment. Whether it's losing 10 pounds, saving up money for a down payment or getting that promotion you've been gunning for — achieving a goal can help boost your self-esteem and self-worth.
One thing to keep in mid while setting goals, though, is to make sure they're realistic. Your goals should be challenging, but should also play toward your strengths. In addition, make sure you can devote the time and effort needed to achieve the goals you're setting. If there's something you'd like to do, but are unsure how realistic it might be, consider trying it as a hobby first.
Take sleep seriously
Most nights, it's probably pretty easy to choose that TV episode that's currently being queued up for you over getting some shut-eye. But that voice in the back of your mind saying, "It's time for bed," is almost always right.
Lack of sleep, as well as low-quality sleep, can have a big impact on how you feel the next day. It can make you more irritable, as well as reduce your ability to concentrate on the tasks at hand.
This means it's important to make sure you're getting enough sleep every single night. It's also important to make sure you're setting yourself up for sleep success — by doing things like avoiding staring at your devices before bed.
Don't be ashamed to ask for help
Admitting that you're struggling is hard, but there's no shame in it.
If you feel like stress, sadness or negative feelings are starting to pile up, try confiding in a friend or family member. Talking to someone about your concerns can help you process your feelings more fully, and may help reduce some of the burden you're feeling. It may also strengthen the bond between yourself and another person especially if he or she is experiencing the same struggles. All of these things can help improve your mood.
If you're concerned about your mental health, you should seek help from a medical health or mental health professional. A good place to start is your primary care doctor.

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The Dawn of E-Power & challenges of electromobility for Car Makers
For more than ten years, the future of electromobility seemed like a distant prospect thanks to the high prices of eCars, their low range, and the near-absence of charging infrastructure or battery research.
Today, we can confidently say that in upcoming decades this industry will change the automotive world as we know it. The question is no longer if, but when and how.
In spite of all the efforts, the global market share of eCars is still just two per cent
Technological progress is mostly focused on improving batteries, charging capacity and speed, or on the affordability of electric vehicles. But carmakers are for the most part ignoring an equally important aspect – the anxiety that most drivers experience at the prospect of switching from internal combustion engines.
Electric vehicles and batteries behave differently in traffic jams, on highways, in cold or hot weather, cannot be instantly refuelled, have different plugs from model to model, and rely on a network of charging stations that is still developing.
All these factors lead drivers to doubt the range and ease of charging of eCars, and may be inhibiting demand.
Infotainment systems seem not to be part of the technological revolution
With some exceptions, most of today’s electric cars use the same or only slightly modified software as internal combustion engine cars. This includes navigation and advanced telemetry, which is a crucial part of the solution for tackling range and charging anxiety.
We mean a modular, easy-to-integrate smart driving assistant developed specifically for electric vehicles. It consists of navigation based on individual car profiles and state-of-the-art eRouting, live traffic information and offline maps, charging-service providers and payments integration, and telemetry that provides guidance for eDrivers.
This solution is lightweight and flexible enough to be part of each car’s built-in systems, providing drivers with confidence about their range and charging, thereby easing their transition from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles by addressing these key challenges:
- The different behavior of electric motors compared to internal combustion engines
- Calculating the actual driving range
- Real-time integration of vehicle data
- Driver behavior telemetry
- Factors negatively affecting driving range (e.g. weather, battery age, climate, air-conditioning usage
- An undersized network of charging points
- The variation between charging point providers and specific conditions of use
- Cross-border travel using an international roaming solution
- Various charging modes (AC, DC) and connector types used in the charging points (Chademo, Combined Charging Standard -CCS)
- Variable charging speeds for each charging point, depending on the available electric voltage (230 V – 920 V) and maximum performance of the charging stations (from 2.5 kW up to 350 kW)
- Compatibility of the peak performance capability of the vehicle and the charging station
All of these challenges form a complex problem for electric vehicles that we call range and charging anxiety.
Range and charging anxiety – range drop
Despite the 64% growth in the number of electric vehicles worldwide in 2018, internal combustion engine cars still make up 97.8% of global sales. The automotive industry is struggling to take the next step, from innovators to mass acceptance.
There are several factors that negatively influence the range of each electric vehicle. Currently, the route is calculated assuming a fully charged battery and does not take into consideration how the driver actually drives, if they might need to temper their speed, or how fast the compatible charging points en route will be.
Navigation with predictive eRoute planning actively uses real-time information, taking into consideration several variables:
- Weather (current, forecast)
- Road topology (elevation)
- Driving style
- Historical data
- Charging speed
- Driver behaviour
- Driving style
Internal combustion engines are most fuel-efficient at higher speeds – up to 90 kilometres per hour (55 mph). Electric motors achieve the best results at speeds lower than 70 kilometres per hour (40 mph).
From the routing perspective, this means that if a driver navigates from point A to point B with a higher average speed, they might need to make at least a one-hour stop to fully recharge.
By avoiding highways and going via a slightly longer route at an average speed of 70 kilometres per hour (40 mph) it might, conversely, be possible to skip the charging stop and arrive directly at the destination.
For internal combustion engines, the first route will be the most time-efficient. For electric vehicles, even at the cost of more kilometres driven, the most efficient will be the second.
Stefan Janciga, Vice President of Automotive Business Unit, Sygic. Sygic is a global navigation vendor, trusted by more than 200-million drivers around the world.
Published in Telematics Wire


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You should think about how many staff you have and whether they are paid hourly or on a salary. Except on vacations, they can obtain their checks every 2 weeks on the same day. Pay frequency is a critical decision that impacts everything from job satisfaction to business finances to the level of administrative support you need. Although more paychecks may be a pro to some, the drawback of the checks being smaller may be a con to others. Weekly Pay ScheduleOccurs once a week on a specific day of the week.
If it hires a new employee at an annual salary of $52,000 the employee will be earning $2,166.67 ($52,000 divided by 24 paydays) during each semimonthly pay period. The employee’s pay records will indicate a gross salary of $2,166.67 each semimonthly payday. Biweekly pay and semimonthly pay can be confusing because employees generally receive two payments per month.
Should the 27th Payroll Be Paid in the Year in Which It Occurs?
However, semi-monthly payroll can carry on unencumbered since it is set up to adapt to those changing circumstances. And employees are still able to get their full salary on the final payroll date of February which is on the last business day of the month, even if it falls on Biweekly vs Semi-Monthly Payroll the 26th or 29th. After learning the difference between semi-monthly and bi-weekly payroll, let’s look at the pros and cons of each. As you can see, accurate record keeping is a crucial step for employers who use a semi-monthly pay frequency for their non-exempt employees.
As an employer, to arrive at the hours for a biweekly employee, divide 2,080 by 26 pay periods. To arrive at hours for a semimonthly employee, divide 2,080 by 24 pay periods. To arrive at salary for both pay groups, divide the annual salary by the number of annual pay periods. That makes a biweekly schedule better for hourly workers, as hours are easier to track and paychecks are more consistent. The trade-off is the fact that when you’re paid varies continuously. A biweekly schedule does require some more attention in order to keep track of when you’re paid, as the pay dates shift.
What Is Semi-Monthly Pay and How is it Different from Bi-Weekly?
Should this be the case, most of the time, employees will automatically receive their payment on the last working day before the holiday or weekend. Two popular, yet easily confused, pay periods are biweekly and … Employees receive their earnings on the same day each pay cycle if you conduct a biweekly payroll. If your employees are paid every other Friday, you process payroll on the same day every paid month. A weekly pay period means that employees are paid at the end of each week for the hours they worked during the previous week. Businesses that adopt a weekly payroll schedule usually do so when a large number of their employees are hourly.
Employees who are paid semimonthly always receive two paychecks per month. Companies that run payroll with a biweekly frequency dole out a total of 26 paychecks per year. Companies that use semimonthly pay give employees 24 paychecks per year. When you pay employees semimonthly, you can count on paying the same amount to employees each month. The extra two paychecks for biweekly pay frequencies can set your business back if you don’t properly prepare for months with three paychecks.
Biweekly VS. Semi Monthly Payroll
And we provide you with the opportunity to offer financial wellness benefits to employees at no cost or lift to you. If cash flow projections or budgeting are tough for you, then switching https://quickbooks-payroll.org/ to a different pay frequency might help. While there’s no single pay schedule that all businesses follow, the most common pay frequencies are bi-weekly — or every two weeks — and weekly.
- Yet each payment schedule has some key differences and choosing the right one is crucial.
- Specifically, full-time salaried employees are compensated for 2,080 work hours yearly.
- In many cases, the employer may track hours a week behind the current payday.
- If an employee earns more than the wage bracket method’s income limit, apply the percentage method.


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Nine axe-wielding assailants reportedly killed during police station attack in Xinjiang
Nine axe-wielding assailants have been shot dead during an attack on a police station in China's restive Xinjiang region, state media has reported.
Xinhua news agency said the attack occurred early Saturday morning in the Serikbuya Township of Bachu County in Kashgar Prefecture.
Xinhua said the attackers killed two police officers and injured two others.
The agency gave no further details.
The reported incident comes at a time of heightened tensions in Xinjiang following a fatal attack in Beijing's Tiananmen Square last month.
Beijing blamed Uighur separatists from Xinjiang backed by the violent Islamist militant East Turkestan Islamic Movement.
Chinese state-run media have reported periodic bouts of violence in Xinjiang - a vast, resource-rich region that makes up much of China's western flank - which Beijing often describes as "terrorist attacks".
One such incident in June left 35 people dead, and 139 people have been arrested in recent months for spreading jihadist ideology.
The mainly Muslim Uighurs, the largest ethnic group in Xinjiang, routinely complain of rights abuses against them by the authorities and dismiss claims of terrorism and separatism as an excuse by Beijing to justify religious and security restrictions.

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Best Sandwich Restaurants In Watseka, IL
Oct 29, 2017
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Paul KrugmanImagine a variation on the famous Milgram experiment. In this one, instead of getting people to torture others, the authority figure would act in an increasingly demented fashion, to test how long they continued to follow his instructions 1/
Riding grew harder as I grew older. Then I got an electric bicycle.
Paul KrugmanNon-policy: I've seen the joy e-bikes bring. I do moderately strenuous bike trips to clear my head every summer, and so far I can still do it without aid. But I'm 66, I see others using e-bikes, and can easily imagine doing it when the time comes
The unprecedented expansion of the money supply could make the '70s look benign.
Paul Krugmanpredicting runaway inflation and interest rates from Bernanke/Obama policies
- predicting a miracle from Brownback policies in Kansas
- predicting disaster from Jerry Brown policies in CA 5/
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo privately told business executives and free traders that the trade war could end by the 2020 election and that hurdles to an immediate agreement still exist.
Paul KrugmanThe Trump economic team is getting a lot of well-deserved ridicule over its current panic. But the whole GOP has been in deep voodoo for a long time. As witness Mike Pompeo's meeting with the "Committee to Unleash Prosperity" 1/
Paul KrugmanMike Pompeo meeting with the "committee to unleash prosperity," founded by the men who advised Sam Brownback, the Kansas tax-slasher, who took office at the same time as CA's tax-hiking Jerry Brown 1/
NEW YORK—Bemoaning the paper’s recent series focusing on the role slavery played in American history, Newt Gingrich slammed The New York Times’ 1619 Project Monday as shameless abolitionist propaganda. “What we’re seeing is the tragic decline of The...
Paul KrugmanIsn't The Onion supposed to do satire, not straight reporting?
- predicting doom from Bill Clinton's tax hike
- when the economy boomed instead, giving credit to Reagan
- proclaiming a "Bush boom"
- ridiculing those warning about housing as "bubbleheads"
- denying any possibility of recession in 2008 4/
President Donald Trump drew so much attention this past week on matters ranging from wanting to buy Greenland to a supporter’s weight problems, that it was easy to miss some of his more stinging remarks on trade.
Paul KrugmanIn case you were wondering whether recent market developments have induced any rethinking of the proposition that trade wars are good and easy to win, Trump sounds ready to launch another front against Europe 1/


My first trip to the Barbican was in February last year, and since then it has become one of my favourite places in the city. I was amazed by the architecture; the layers upon layers of flats all with flowers cascading from their balconies, where the inhabitants have a full view of the lake at the centre of the estate. After deciphering a maze of hidden entrances, overhead walkways and dead ends, you can expect to see one of London’s most remarkable housing projects. On-site you can find art galleries, a theatre, restaurants, a church, parks, schools and even a dentist. The Barbican has its own ecosystem: a city within a city.
During the Second World War, London had been damaged significantly by almost a year of bombing, commonly referred to as the Blitz. The area surrounding Cripplegate and St Giles Church had been virtually destroyed and discussions began soon after about what should be built in the area. Architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon aimed to revolutionise London’s urban landscape. Their ideas produced a brutalist, utopian housing estate that prioritised the quality of life of its residents. Every amenity is less than a ten-minute walk away for those that live there. This closeness was intended to create a sense of community for young workers as well as attracting them back to a city centre demolished by war. Today, the Barbican remains a hub of culture, art and community.
It is commonly thought that the Barbican was once a council estate. However, the flats here were never intended for the working class. According to the website, the architects themselves stated that the target demographic was young, middle-class professionals, who enjoyed French food and holidays in the Mediterranean. The designs of the flats were even left minimalist in order to satisfy the middle class’s need for ‘consumerist self-expression’ as Logan Nash puts it. His research article ‘Constructing Gentrification at London’s Barbican estate’ highlights how the Barbican is an example of early gentrification ideals within London. It was once a place where the typical worker would live, but, with the ‘Right to Buy’ scheme being introduced in 1980, a majority of the flats became privately owned. Today, according to the Guardian, penthouses here can go for up to £4 million.
So, the chances of actually living at the Barbican may be out of reach. However, there are plenty of cheaper things to do. One popular activity which has been circulating online is a free visit to the Barbican Conservatory. It currently has 1,500 species of plants and is the second largest conservatory in London. There are new and innovative art exhibitions, theatre performances, a cinema, creative courses, a library as well as a reasonably priced café which is a great study spot. It’s even worth heading there for a simple walk around to explore an area of London that often feels other-worldly.


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Delhi Police arrests builder for duping buyers of Rs 1.2 cr
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Wednesday said that they have arrested a builder who had taken a huge amount from the complainants and sold them the flats which had already been sold to other persons in South Delhi area. Police said that the accused had cheated flat buyers to the tune of Rs1.2 crore.
Police identified the accused as Yogesh Kumar Bhati (37), resident of Sultanpur village. In a press statement, the city police claimed that on March 8, a case was registered at Fatehpur Beri police station on the complaint of one Sanjeet Kumar.
"In his complaint, the complainant alleged that Yogesh Bhati was constructing flats for sale. He booked one flat in the Abadi of Lal Dora of village Sultanpur, by agreement to sale dated 27-1-2017 with Yogesh Bhati," police said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Vijay Kumar said complainant paid the whole consideration amount to Bhati in different transactions.
"Possession of the flat was handed over to him. On 7th January 2019, when complainant went to his flat, he was shocked to see that some unknown were inside that flat," said DCP Kumar.
When he asked them as how they have entered his flat, one of the persons told him that they have purchased the flat from Yogesh Bhati.
"He called Yogesh Bhati and inquired from him how he has sold his flat and allowed to enter his flat some other person, Yogesh Bhati told him, he agreed to return his money with damages," added
He handed over him two cheques and promised to pay the remaining balance with damages after a few days. He presented the cheque to his bank but cheques bounced with remarks of "Payments stopped" he called Yogesh Bhati but he (Yogesh Bhati) did not receive his call and avoiding to meet him.
Meanwhile, another complaint was also received against the accused.
"During the investigation, accused did not join the investigation despite several visits of the IO at his house and pasting notice there for joining the investigation."
"He was absconding and was avoiding his interrogation. Later, he was arrested," said police.
During interrogation, the accused Bhati revealed that he had sold the same property through sale deed to different persons and received 30 lakh per flat from the

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The database, colloquially known as "World-Check," is typically sold by Thomson Reuters to a wide variety of agencies in a bid to offer a screening tool to weed out those who might be involved in criminal organizations. The fact that it exists is strange enough, but the fact that it could be selling online to the general public is even more bizarre.
The information comprising World-Check is taken from a vast amount of public data sources and even includes entries for figures who don't even appear to be charged with the "terrorism" they're listed with in the database.
The leaks have occurred after last month when security researcher Chris Vickery stumbled upon a copy of the database, which Thomson Reuters then referred to as "outdated." It was supposedly "exposed by a third party," but by then Vickery hadn't been the only person to get to it. That honor belongs to "Bestbuy," an individual who supposedly accidentally found the database, and has sold it three times over for 10 bitcoin apiece.
Thomson Reuters is aware of the latest leak of this information and has said in response to Motherboard that they're "engaging with the appropriate authorities" as far as the databases go.


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