The Narcissist's Flying Monkeys
Traits and Characteristics of Flying Monkeys
FLYING MONKEYS ARE ENABLERS who act on behalf of narcissists. They are usually friends and relatives who serve as surrogates, emissaries, fixers and drones in the narcissist's network. Moreover, they make it possible for narcissists to carry out their campaigns of abuse by proxy.
A person may rationalize playing the flying monkey role for a variety of reasons. Here are some examples:
 - Necessity – They may feel beholden to the narcissist because they are a relative or friend.
 - Acceptance – They may long for attention and validation from the narcissist.
 - Avarice – They may benefit from enabling the narcissist.
 - Schadenfreude – Some people genuinely enjoy inflicting pain and suffering on others.
 - Manipulation – They may be empathic people with poor boundaries who buy into the narcissist's schemes and mischief-making.
Flying monkeys and the cycle of narcissistic abuse
Flying monkeys are usually active in every stage of the cycle of narcissistic abuse:
 1. Idealization
 2. Devaluation
 3. Discard
 4. Hoover
The Cycle of Narcissistic Abuse
In the idealization or love bombing phase, flying monkeys may be used to provide social proof for the narcissist. At this stage, it's their job to convince the target that the narcissist's false self is real.
Flying monkeys help the narcissist accomplish this by vouching for them and helping them appear to be believable, trustworthy and stable. Flying monkeys also provide false verification for the scapegoat stories/smear campaigns the narcissist has crafted to discredit their previous victims.
During the devaluation phase of narcissistic abuse, the behavior of flying monkeys is similar to canned laughter on a sit-com. In other words, the flying monkeys encourage and echo the abuser's negative sentiments about the person the narcissist is denigrating.
They also cover for the narcissist while they are grooming a new source of attention and adulation i.e. narcissistic supply.
In the discard phase flying monkeys enable the narcissist to control the narrative and escape accountability. Once again, this is done by providing the narcissist with social proof of their scapegoat story/smear campaign which is now directed at their current target.
Flying monkeys provide a narcissist with an alibi for whatever narrative they invent about themselves or the people they target.
They enable the narcissist to use a gaslighting tactics like DARVO against the target. DARVO is an acronym for:
 - Deny the abuse took place.
 - Attack the individual confronting the abuse.
 - Reverse the roles of
 - Victim and
 - Offender
The final stage of the cycle of narcissistic abuse is the hoover maneuver. In this stage the flying monkeys enable the narcissist to hook the target and reel them back into the relationship so the cycle of narcissistic abuse can begin again.
This may be done by carrying messages from the narcissist to the target. For example, flying monkeys often surface when the recipient of abuse has ended contact with the narcissist. The flying monkey may befriend the target to extract information about them for the narcissist.
Alternatively, malevolent flying monkeys may slander, harass, stalk and assassinate the character of the target to such an extent that the recipient of the abuse may feel that the only way to put an end to their torment is to resume contact with the narcissist and plead with them to make it stop.
Types of flying monkeys
Narcissists assign different kinds of flying monkey roles to people depending on the individual's motives.
There are two main subgroups of flying monkeys: benevolent and malevolent.
Benevolent Flying Monkeys
Benevolent Flying Monkeys have four main characteristics.
 - The harm they inflict is largely unintentional.
 - They are susceptible to manipulation.
 - They have poor boundaries.
 - They are people pleasers.
Benevolent Flying Monkeys | Narcissistic Abuse
As people pleasers, it is easy for narcissists and psychopaths to manipulate benevolent flying monkeys into doing their bidding. All they have to do is appeal to their empathy and/or fear.
The benevolent flying monkey turns a blind eye to the narcissist's history of odious behavior. They justify this action with self-deception and put their trust in platitudes like everyone makes mistakeseveryone deserves a second chancethey'll grow out of it someday, and love conquers all.
Benevolent flying monkeys are likely to be triangulated because have a desire to be seen as heroic. They are blind to the true nature of their role as flying monkey. Instead, they view themselves as the peacemaker, the rescuer or savior.
The Meddler | Benevolent Flying Monkey | Narcissistic Abuse Rehab
The Meddler is usually someone seeking the thrill of the rescuer role. They are usually reacting to the theatrics of a narcissist. To cast someone in the role of Meddler, a narcissist may go to them and claim that their target has abused them. Because Meddlers lack boundaries, narcissists can easily overwhelm them by pouring out a never-ending litany of woe peppered with threats of self-destruction.
Meddlers are often in awe of narcissists and find their endless drama titillating. However sometimes exhausted Meddlers interfere in an attempt to stop the narcissist's whinging.
The Empath | Flying Monkeys | Narcissistic Abuse
The Empath can also be triangulated by a narcissist. An unseasoned empath is easily be seduced by the narcissist's manipulation tactics, especially pity plays and love bombing
Highly empathic people often have a blind spot for the scheming nature of a narcissist as they are unable to conceive that anyone would deliberately conjure up the mischief and mayhem that narcissists revel in.
Narcissists corrupt empathic people by mirroring their good-natured persona back at them. Thus, empathic people identify and bond with narcissist's false persona. Seeing their reflection in the narcissist, the unseasoned empath extends trust but fails to verify the facts. In other words, they do not do their due diligence and dismiss the other person's side of the story.
When a narcissist is mirroring an empathic person, their empathy can be weaponized. The Empath believes, "this person is similar to me, therefore I will treat them the way I would like to be treated, I will give them the kind of support I would like to have if I were in their shoes."
To live a life free from manipulation and enabling toxic people, Dr. Paul Bloom's proposes rational compassion as opposed to unbridled empathy.
Empathy is a disaster in this complicated and interesting world. It has several problems. It is biased. We feel more empathy toward people who look like us, who share our skin color or our ethnicity; who are attractive rather than ugly; who are close rather than far. It's innumerate. We feel empathy for the one but not for the hundred. Thirdly it can be weaponized.
Paul Bloom, Yale University.
Dr. Bloom points out that empathy can be biased whereas compassion is just.
Coward | Flying Monkey | What is an enabler of narcissistic abuse?
The Coward is recruited to do the narcissists bidding because they feel intimidated and afraid of the narcissist. The Coward may feel that they stand to lose some advantage by failing to keep the narcissist happy. Their self-interest readily overrides their conscience.
In many instances, the coward relies on the narcissist in some way i.e. they may be employed by the narcissist or they may wish to access privilege through their connection to the narcissist.
Malevolent flying monkeys
Malevolent flying monkeys share several common characteristics, as well.
 - The harm they inflict is intentional.
 - They take genuine pleasure in destroying other people.
 - They have are amoral.
 - They are highly anti-social.
Malevolent Flying Monkeys | Narcissistic Abuse Rehab
Malevolent flying monkeys are divided into three common classes: the Scandalmonger (Sadist), the Narcissist, and the Psychopath.
How do flying monkeys enable narcissists?
The Scandalmonger is always up for the sadistic power trip of destroying another person. They are recruited into the narcissist's triangulation efforts because they relish the thrill and brutality of scapegoating.
Scandalmongering is antisocial behavior and it is done without conscience. This type is callously treacherous. Often they make a pretense of sympathy and solidarity with the target in the aftermath of the devaluation or discard stage of narcissistic abuse.
Their aim is to weaponize the trust of the target. Anything the target confides in them will immediately be conveyed to the narcissist and used to inflict greater harm to the target.
If the scandalmonger believes that the narcissist has a high enough status, they don't bother pretenses and go straight for the target's jugular by gleefully participating in the narcissist's smear campaign and assassinating the target's character.
In both instances, scandalmongers are uninterested in the target's point of view because their goal is to silence them. Scandalmongers don't care about what is right or what is fair. They are happy to shoot first and ask questions later – if at all.
Scandalmongers experience a profound Schadenfreude at being able to participate in the destruction of another person.
Narcissist | What is a flying


IHSS Provider Wait and Travel Times
IHSS Provider Wait and Travel Times
IHSS gives services to help you stay at home if you cannot take care of yourself because of your disability. This pub tells you about getting IHSS hours for help getting to the doctor. It also tells you if you can get IHSS hours for doctor trips for a child.
1. Can I receive IHSS hours for my provider to take me to doctors' appointments?
Yes, this is called "accompaniment to medical appointments." Medical accompaniment to "health care appointments" (e.g. medical appointment at a doctor's office, dentist and to other health practitioners) is an IHSS service certain IHSS recipients can receive. Medical accompaniment can be authorized when a recipient needs another IHSS service in order to get to and from a medical appointment or alternative resource, and/or at their destination.1 For example, if a recipient has been authorized for accompaniment to medical appointments, the provider can also be paid to help the IHSS recipient travel to and from medical appointments.
Examples of help with travel includes things like helping a recipient get in and out of a vehicle, getting properly seated, and using seat belts. To get authorized for medical accompaniment, you should tell your IHSS social worker that you have a medical appointment and that you need your IHSS provider's assistance to get to the medical appointment. The IHSS social worker will then assess your need for assistance in getting to and from medical appointments.2 IHSS care providers are not required to use their own vehicle to transport recipients to and from a medical appointment. However, an IHSS recipient can pay their care provider for the use of their vehicle to transport the recipient to and from the recipient's medical appointments.
2. Can an IHSS provider get paid for time spent waiting at an IHSS recipient's doctor's appointment?
Yes. As of February 1, 2016, providers can receive payment for time spent waiting at medical appointments. In order to be paid for waiting at a medical appointment, the provider has to show that while they are at a recipient's medical appointment, they cannot leave because they cannot predict how long the recipient's appointment will take. An example would be when a provider takes a recipient to a medical appointment and the provider has to wait at the medical office because, at any moment, they may have to take the recipient home. This means the provider is "engaged to wait" or "Wait Time —On Duty."
When a recipient is authorized for medical accompaniment, if all the following conditions are met, then the provider will be considered "Wait Time —Off Duty" (which means they will not be paid for any time spent waiting for the recipient):
 1. The amount of time the appointment will take is known in advance which would allow the provider plenty of notice that they will not be needed to provide services during that time and which can then be used for their own purposes;
 2. The appointment is scheduled to last enough time for the provider to conduct personal business; and
 3. The provider is not required to perform any other authorized service, e.g., food shopping, other shopping/errands, during the appointment time.
If all the above conditions are met, then the recipient must tell the provider that they do not have to work until a specified time when they must return to accompany the recipient home. The provider will not be paid for this time. If all the above conditions are NOT met, the provider is considered to have "Wait Time —On Duty," and they must be paid for the time they spend waiting for the recipient.
You can find more information on wait times in All County Letter No. 16-01. 3
3. What if I need my provider to take me to an alternative resource? Can they still get paid to wait for me?
Individuals can receive transportation to a site where alternative resources provide in-home supportive services to the recipient in lieu of IHSS. 4 In general, for individuals who receive time for medical accompaniment to an alternative resource, the time an IHSS provider is waiting would not to be compensable because recipients are usually dropped off and picked up at a certain time. Normally, a provider cannot be paid for the wait time associated with accompaniment to alternative resource sites because the provider can effectively use that time for their own purposes and it is considered Wait Time Off-Duty. 5 However, in order to determine whether wait time is paid, the social worker must determine whether or not a provider is using "Wait Time-On Duty" or if the provider is using "Wait Time-Off Duty." 6
4. Can a minor receive IHSS hours for accompaniment to doctors' appointments?
There are special requirements to get medical accompaniment authorized for minor recipients. Medical accompaniment for minors can only be authorized if the minor recipient has an "assessed extraordinary need," the appointment is for a specialist, and the minor recipient has a need for an authorized IHSS task to be performed during travel to or from the appointment.
To get medical accompaniment and associated wait times authorized for a minor recipient, each of the three following conditions must be met:
 1. The minor recipient must have an assessed extraordinary need. An extraordinary need is a need that is based on the functional impairment due to the minor's disability and the need is beyond what would normally be expected for a minor of the same age without the functional impairment.
 2. The appointment(s) must be with a physician or other licensed health care professional in a specialty care discipline and the appointment must be related to the minor's disability or functional impairment. Medical Accompaniment may not be authorized for routine appointments with the minor recipient's pediatrician or primary care physician, such as well-baby/child visits, annual check-ups, immunizations, visits related to common childhood illnesses/injuries, etc.
 3. The minor recipient must have a need for an authorized IHSS task(s) during travel to and/or from the appointment, or at the appointment.
The guidelines for authorizing wait time for adult recipients are not applied in minor recipient cases. This is because a parent is typically expected to be present during a child's medical appointment so that they can participate in a discussion with the medical professional about the child's health and make decisions about treatment and care. The social worker should include the wait time in the authorization of hours. You can find more information and examples in All County Letter No. 17-42.
5. Can an IHSS provider get paid for travel time between recipients?
Yes. IHSS providers can be paid for travel time. Travel time is the time it takes a provider to travel directly from the location where they care for a recipient to another location to provide services for a different recipient on the same day. However, a provider cannot get paid for the travel time to and from his or her home to any IHSS recipient's location. In addition, providers can only be reimbursed for 7 hours of travel time per week. 7
Providers who have multiple recipients should contact the county in order to complete form SOC 2255 and submit it to the IHSS office. This form must be completed in order for the provider to be compensated for their travel time.
1 See Welfare and Institutions Code § 12300(b), and Manual of Policies and Procedures (MPP) Section 30-780.1(b)(5)(A)-(B)).- (Return to Main Document)
2 See MPP Section 30-757.15.- (Return to Main Document)
3 All County Letter No. 16-01, dated January 7, 2016, is available online at this link for the PDF.- (Return to Main Document)
4 MPP Section 30-757.154.- (Return to Main Document)
5 See All County Letter No. 17-42, dated June 23, 2017, available online at this link; see also All County Letter No. 14-82, dated November 25, 2017, available online at this link for the PDF.- (Return to Main Document)
6 For more information, see ACL No. 17-42, available online at this link, and ACL No. 14-82, available online at this link for the PDF. - (Return to Main Document)
7 Information on travel time is here: link to the PDF on Travel Time for In-Home Supportive Services providers from the CA Department of Social Services website. - (Return to Main Document)
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The current Ethereum hashrate (ETH hashrate) is 310.15 TH/s at block height 11,359,735 with a difficulty of 3,721,852,768,261,272.00.
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Most full Ethereum nodes will have an option to see the current Ethereum global hashrate using the "getnetworkhashps" command in the console window.
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Synchronous Channels using MVars
An MVar in Haskell is a shared variable that is either full, or empty. Trying to write to a full one, or read from an empty one, will cause you to block. It can be used as a one-place buffered asynchronous channel. Consider if you didn't want choice, or conjunction or any of the fancy features of CHP, but you do want to build a synchronous channel using MVars. How would you do it?
MVars — The Obvious Way
There is a very straightforward way to turn asynchronous channels into synchronous channels: you form a pair of channels, and use one for the writer to send the reader the data, and the other for the reader to send the writer an acknowledgement:
data SimpleChannel a = SimpleChannel (MVar a) (MVar ()) newSimpleChannel :: IO (SimpleChannel a) newSimpleChannel = liftM2 SimpleChannel newEmptyMVar newEmptyMVar writeSimpleChannel :: SimpleChannel a -> a -> IO () writeSimpleChannel (SimpleChannel msg ack) x = putMVar msg x >> takeMVar ack readSimpleChannel :: SimpleChannel a -> IO a readSimpleChannel (SimpleChannel msg ack) = takeMVar msg <* putMVar ack ()
Let's assume that context-switching is the major cost in these algorithms, and examine how many times a process must block in the above algorithm. We know that this must be at least one; whoever arrives first will have to block to wait for the second participant.
We'll start with what happens if the writer arrives first. The writer arrives, puts the value into the data MVar, then blocks waiting for the ack. The reader arrives, takes the data and sends the ack, at which point the writer wakes up. So in this case: one block.
If the reader arrives first, it will block waiting for the data MVar. The writer will arrive, put the value into the data MVar, then block waiting for the ack. The reader will wake up, take the data and send the ack; then the writer will wake up. So here we had two blocks. The writer blocking is unnecessary; if the reader was already there waiting, there is no need for the writer to wait for an ack, it could just deposit the value and go — if it knew the reader was there.
MVars — The Faster Way
There are several ways to remove that second block. One way is to have an MVar as a sort of status MVar. When the reader or writer arrives, they try to put into this MVar. If they succeed, they are first and they wait on a second MVar. If they fail, they are second and act accordingly, emptying the status variable and waking up the first party:
data FastChannel a = FastChannel (MVar (Maybe a)) (MVar ()) (MVar a) newFastChannel :: IO (FastChannel a) newFastChannel = liftM3 FastChannel newEmptyMVar newEmptyMVar newEmptyMVar writeFastChannel :: FastChannel a -> a -> IO () writeFastChannel (FastChannel sts ack msg) x = do first <- tryPutMVar sts (Just x) if first then takeMVar ack -- will block else takeMVar sts >> putMVar msg x readFastChannel :: FastChannel a -> IO a readFastChannel (FastChannel sts ack msg) = do first <- tryPutMVar sts Nothing if first then takeMVar msg -- will block else (fromJust <$> takeMVar sts) <* putMVar ack ()
This version is, in my benchmarks, twice as fast as the first version, which suggests that context-switching really is the expensive part of these algorithms. In fact, I started out with the first version in thi spost, but CHP's more featured and complex algorithms were coming out faster because I only ever block once. It was only when I improved the MVar version to the second one above that the results were as I expected.

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Swan song
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For other uses, see Swan song (disambiguation).
"The singing swan" (1655) by Reinier van Persijn.
The swan song (in ancient Greek: κύκνειον ᾆσμα) is a metaphorical phrase for a final gesture, effort, or performance given just before death or retirement. The phrase refers to an ancient belief that swans (Cygnus spp.) sing a beautiful song in the moment just before death, having been silent (or alternatively, not so musical) during most of their lifetime. This belief, whose basis in actuality is long-debated, had become proverbial in Ancient Greece by the 3rd century BC, and was reiterated many times in later Western poetry and art.
Origin and description[edit]
In Greek mythology, the swan was a bird consecrated to Apollo, and it was therefore considered a symbol of harmony and beauty and its limited capabilities as a singer were sublimated to those of songbirds.
Aesop's fable of "The Swan Mistaken for a Goose" incorporates the swan song legend thus: "The swan, who had been caught by mistake instead of the goose, began to sing as a prelude to its own demise. His voice was recognized and the song saved his life."[1] There is a subsequent reference in Aeschylus' Agamemnon from 458 BC. In that play, Clytemnestra compares the dead Cassandra to a swan who has "sung her last final lament". Plato's Phaedo records Socrates saying that, although swans sing in early life, they do not do so as beautifully as before they die. Aristotle also noted that swans "are musical, and sing chiefly at the approach of death". By the third century BC the belief had become a proverb.[2][3]
Ovid mentions it in "The Story of Picus and Canens": "There, she poured out her words of grief, tearfully, in faint tones, in harmony with sadness, just as the swan sings once, in dying, its own funeral song."[4] The swan was also described as a singer in the works of the poets Virgil and Martial.[citation needed]
The most familiar European swan, the Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), although not actually mute, is neither known for musicality nor to vocalize as it dies. This has led some to criticize swan song beliefs since antiquity, one of the earliest[5] being Pliny the Elder: in 77 AD, Natural History (book 10, chapter xxxii: olorum morte narratur flebilis cantus, falso, ut arbitror, aliquot experimentis), states: "observation shows that the story that the dying swan sings is false." Peterson et al. note that Cygnus olor is "not mute but lacks bugling call, merely honking, grunting, and hissing on occasion."[6]
However, the Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus), a winter visitor to parts of the eastern Mediterranean, does possess a 'bugling' call, and has been noted for issuing a drawn-out series of notes as its lungs collapse upon expiry, both being a consequence of an additional tracheal loop within its sternum. This was proposed by naturalist Peter Pallas as the basis for the legend. Both mute and whooper swans appear to be represented in ancient Greek and Egyptian art.[3][5]
The Whooper Swan's nearest relatives, the Trumpeter and Tundra Swans, share its musical tracheal loop. Zoologist D.G. Elliot reported in 1898 that a tundra swan he had shot and wounded in flight began a long glide down whilst issuing a series of "plaintive and musical" notes that "sounded at times like the soft running of the notes of an octave".[7]
Post-classical cultural references[edit]
Chaucer wrote of "The Ialous swan, ayens his deth that singeth."[8] Leonardo da Vinci noted "The swan is white without spot, and it sings sweetly as it dies, that song ending its life."[9]
In Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Portia exclaims "Let music sound while he doth make his choice; Then, if he lose, he makes a swan-like end, Fading in music."[10]
The well-known Orlando Gibbons madrigal "The Silver Swan" states the legend thus:
"The Swan Song" ("Schwanengesang") is the nickname of the 1733 Baroque Concerto written by Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in D minor for oboe, strings and continuo.[11] The concerto of Telemann begins with a sad part (adagio) later a glad part (allegro), the singing of the swan itself, another sad part (death), and finally a hopeful end.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the English phrase "swan song" or "swan-song" borrows from the German schwanen(ge)sang or schwanenlied.[12] The Scottish cleric John Willison, in one of his Scripture Sermons, 1747, proposes a verse from Psalm 48 as a "swan-song" for the faithful.[13]
Samuel Taylor Coleridge made comic use of the legend when he quipped ironically:
Tennyson's poem "The Dying Swan"[14] is a poetic evocation of the beauty of the supposed song and so full of detail as to imply that he had actually heard it:
Tennyson's poem was an inspiration for the ballet The Dying Swan created for Anna Pavlova in 1905, to the music Le cygne from The Carnival of the Animals by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns.
Finnish composer Jean Sibelius's tone poem The Swan of Tuonela, in a famous solo, uses a cor anglais to play the dying song of the legendary swan of Tuonela.
In Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, there is a tenor solo called Olim Lacus Colueram about a swan who laments his end and looks back at his glorious days by the lake.
In his song '3005' rapper Childish Gambino references it with the line "And when I'm long gone, whole crew sing a swan song"
The season finale of Season 5 of the show Supernatural the episode is titled Swan Song. It refers to Sam Winchester's last act of averting the apocalypse, by jumping into the cage with Lucifer to save the world.
By extension, "swan song" has become an idiom referring to a final theatrical or dramatic appearance, or any final work or accomplishment.[15] It generally carries the connotation that the performer is aware that this is the last performance of his or her lifetime, and is expending everything in one magnificent final effort.[original research?]
 1. ^ Aesop (1998). The Complete Fables. Penguin Classics. ISBN 0-14-044649-4. p. 127. Annotation by Robert and Olivia Temple: "The premise of this fable is the odd tradition of 'the swan song.'" (Online version)
 2. ^ Arnott, W. Geoffrey (October 1977). "Swan Songs". Greece & Rome 24 (2): 149–153. JSTOR 642700.
 3. ^ a b Brazil, Mark (2003). The Whooper Swan. T & A D Poyser. ISBN 978-0-7136-6570-3. pp. 64-65. (Online version)
 4. ^ Ovid. "Metamorphoses (Kline) 14, the Ovid Collection, Univ. of Virginia E-Text Center; Bk XIV:320–396: The transformation of Picus". University of Virginia.
 5. ^ a b Arnott, W. Geoffrey (2007). Birds in the Ancient World from A to Z. Routledge. ISBN 0-203-94662-6. pp. 182-184. (Online version)
 6. ^ Peterson, Roger Tory, Guy Mountfort, P. A. D. Hollum, P. A. D. Hollom (2001). A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe. Houghton Mifflin Field Guides. ISBN 0-618-16675-0. , p. 49
 7. ^ Johnsgard, Paul A. (January 2013). "The Swans of Nebraska". Prairie Fire (USA). Retrieved 21 January 2013.
 8. ^ Skeat, Walter W. (1896). Chaucer: the Minor Poems. Clarendon Press. , p. 86 (Online version)
 9. ^ da Vinci, Leonardo. The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Complete. Google. ([1])
 10. ^ The Merchant of Venice, Act 3 Scene 2
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 12. ^ "swan, n.". Oxford English Dictionary. June 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2013.


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- The definition of a handicap is a race where the competition is evened out by giving advantages to the weaker competitor and making the race more difficult for the stronger competitor, or something that is a disadvantage.
- An example of a handicap is a race where heavier people have to carry less weight and the lighter people have to carry more weight.
- An example of a handicap is a broken leg.
- Handicap is defined as to cause a disadvantage.
An example of handicap is to pour a slippery substance over an obstacle course.
- a race or other competition in which difficulties are imposed on the superior contestants, or advantages given to the inferior, to make their chances of winning equal
- such a difficulty or advantage
- something that hampers a person; disadvantage; hindrance
- a physical or mental disability
Origin of handicaporigin, originally a game in which forfeits were drawn from a cap or hat ; from hand in cap
- to give a handicap to (contestants)
- to cause to be at a disadvantage; hinder; impede
- Sports & Games a. A race or contest in which contestants are given advantages or compensations to equalize the chances of winning.b. Such an advantage or penalty.
- Usage Problem A physical or mental disability. See Usage Note at handicapped.
- A disadvantage or inconvenience. See Synonyms at disadvantage.
transitive verbhand·i·capped, hand·i·cap·ping, hand·i·caps
- Sports & Games To assign handicaps or a handicap to (a contestant).
- To cause to be at a disadvantage; impede.
Origin of handicapFrom obsolete hand in cap, a game in which forfeits were held in a cap.
- Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
- Age is often a handicap.
- An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.
- The older boy won, even though his opponent had been granted a handicap of five meters.
- A handicap in chess often involves removal of the queen's rook.
- (sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
- A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
(third-person singular simple present handicaps, present participle handicapping, simple past and past participle handicapped)
- To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
- (by extension) To place at disadvantage.
- The candidate was heavily handicapped.
- To estimate betting odds.
- Grandpa Andy would buy the racing form the day ahead of time so he could handicap the race before he even arrived at the track.

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Sallow Skin
Your skin says everything about your health, lifestyle, and even meal intake. Would you wonder if we tell whatever you do simply affects your face in any way, positive or negative?
It's a fact! In the case of meager hygiene conditions, elevated stress, bad lifestyle, and poor diet, your body outcries so that you get back to change it.
This is when your skin shows signs, and a Sallow Skin tone appears on your epidermis
What Is Sallow Skin?
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Sallow skin is not an undertone or even a natural tone but a skin condition in which your skin appears different from its original complexion.
Sallow Complexion / Tone:
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You may not notice the signs of sallow complexion at the start, but with time, you will find your face is losing its freshness, natural glow and looks tired and even saggy all the time.
Also, when sallow skin condition hits, the layer on the outermost part of your face appears brown or yellow.
 1. Sallow skin appears Brown or Tan in olive skin tone. Learn all about what is olive skin tone in the defined guide.
 2. Sallow skin appears Pale or Yellow on fair and pink skin tones. The veins on your arm can identify your skin tone.
How To Know If You Have Sallow Skin?
Here are some ways by using which you can identify if you have sallow skin.
1. Check Your Face In The Mirror:
what does sallow skin mean
To recognize if there is sallowness in your skin, you need a mirror and proper light.
Check if,
 1. Your skin looks dull, tired, and swollen
 2. Your skin has tan or yellow blemishes
 3. Your skin tone is different from its natural tone
 4. Your skin is two-toned
If any or all of these four conditions, you may have skin sallowness.
Remember: Sallow skin doesn't mean acne or scars appearing on your face. It simply means your skin has lost its naturalness.
2. Match Your Skin with the following images:
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Here are some pictures, taken from authentic sources, like doctors and patients, to let you identify the appearance of sallow skin:
These pictures show the brownish or yellowish tones and swelling that appeared on the faces of the people suffering from sallow skin conditions.
We're providing it aiming to help you identify properly how does sallow skin look like:
Remember: On the internet, you can find plenty of pictures targeting what does sallow skin looks like. However, not all of these pictures are authentic or true. So don't trust every picture you see to feel tensed about your skin.
3. Get Examined By An Expert: (Optional):
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You may skip this point if you have confirmed your skin tone. However, if you have a hard time understanding if your skin is sallow or aged, go to a dermatologist.
They will apply some tests, ask you some questions and give you a proper answer about your skin condition.
Remember: You should be persistent and check your skin for any changes on a regular basis to hack the issues at the start. If you can afford, monthly checkups can help a lot.
Once you are confirmed, conditions appearing on your skin relates to sallowness, you will have to move to the next thing to do, to help retreat your sallow skin.
Why Your Skin is getting yellow, tan, or losing its natural complexion?
Here are some causes explained:
Before you go into deep discussion, remember; You may have to change the way you live your life. It would help if you transformed your diet, your sleeping routine, and your overall routine schedule.
Why? Let's read a little more to know the answers.
Sallow Skin Causes and Triggers:
1. Hiding Sallow Skin with Makeup:
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If there are blemishes on your skin and you try to hide them from makeup, it is a good thing for a limited period; however, it is not an option for the long run.
When you hide sallow skin with makeup, you get used to living with the condition. This thing damages your skin, even more when time passes.
How to heal Sallow skin Permanently?
For this;
Hide your flaws through makeup outdoors, and after coming home, follow a good skincare routine. Such as:
 1. Cleanse skin with a good cleanser regularly
 2. Use toner
 3. Exfoliate with facial cleaners on a regular basis
 4. And always choose makeup without irritant-additives.
2. Poor Lifestyle Habits:
How to choose makeup for sallow skin
Though, from the past some years, skin awareness has increased. However, still, there's a lot more to do. Two types of lifestyle habits affect the skin and its health.
 - Use of cheap products:
When instead of buying good skincare products, people try to find cheap solutions for whitening and skin clearance, then the skin starts looking fine for a limited time.
But in the long run, the skin's outermost layer, we call dermis, gets damaged. Such creams and makeup products never let the skin breathe. Hence, it starts getting dry, dull, and tired.
 - Use of wrong products:
On the other hand, when instead of using products made for your skin type solely, people buy things without understanding the need of the time. Such as, instead of choosing a toner, they get just a cleanser.
How to Choose Makeup for Sallow Skin?
For this,
 1. Try to buy makeup, less but from good companies, especially foundations.
 2. Try to buy products according to your skin and do not skip using them.
 3. If going through a severe Sallow Skin condition, instead of hiding it with makeup, go for permanent solutions.
 4. Always clean makeup before you go to sleep to let your skin breathe during the night and keep from issues like dull, sallow skin and tired eyes due to allergic shiners.
3. Dehydration:
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Believe it or not, none of us completes our water intake. We drink water only when our throat feels dry or thirsty. But what if our skin is thirsty?
Long hours sitting in offices and at work don't let us feel thirsty more often because we are spending our day without moving our bodies.
Hence, our daily water consumption becomes lower and lower, and we remain unable to drink the recommended 8 glasses of fresh water every day.
When we don't feel like drinking water, our skin starts showing signs that it is thirsty, that we call, in other words, dehydrated.
As a result, this continuous dehydration becomes a cause of Sallow Skin.
How to Keep Skin From Dehydration?
 1. Drink eight glass of freshwater a day
Smoothies, juices, and flavored drinks don't serve your body as water does. However, quartz crystals can enhance the purity of water to influence your skin better. So, let your skin heal with natural quartz water.
 1. Decrease liquid consumption for caffeinated, carbonated, or alcoholic beverages and move to drinking healthy drinks.
 2. Splash water on your face thrice a day, and don't forget to put a good moisturizer afterward.
 3. Exfoliate your skin routinely at home.
 4. At night, let your skin breathe, so instead of applying creams and lotions that will block your skin's breathing pores, try to spray water from time to time before you sleep to keep it hydrated.
Remember, hydrating your skin doesn't just associate with water intake but also its consumption directly on the skin.
4. Stress and Anxiety:
Sallow skin causes
Stress is the biggest cause of skin problems. Ever heard the quote, "happy girls are prettiest"? It's a fact. If you are stressed about your skin condition, don't be as it will do NOTHING except worsening the issue.
Stress and anxiety come hand in hand, and there can be various causes of stress apart from your skin. Make your mind believe that stressing over an issue is not an option.
Remember, stress doesn't damage you outward, but it damages your inner beauty too. It makes you the most negative person on earth…
So, you will have to find ways of coping with stress for the sake of your inner and outer beauty:
For this:
 1. Try to meditate or do yoga every evening once you are free of all chores
 2. Stop overthinking and keep your brain busy with books and movies
 3. Have a company of good friends who cheer you up in the true sense
 4. Think about good things.
 5. Always revise in your head, YOLO.
Apart from these reasons, there also can be underlying medical conditions behind Sallow skin. In the net lines, we will be discussing those points:
6. Insomnia:
Sallow skin tone
Insomniacs always have a hard time sleeping but have you ever noticed the things this lack of sleep causing on your skin?
Insomnia is a condition in which a person has a hard time sleeping. They keep struggling on their beds for sleeping but take hours to finally fall asleep.
This thing causes swelling in the eyes and puffiness on the face, which becomes a cause of sallow skin in


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How To Be A Better Foreman – Burnaby
November 30, 2018 @ 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Many great trades people take a foreman position and fail. Not for lack of skills or drive but simply for lack of guidance on how to be a great foreman. This 1-day course gives participants the fundamentals of field leadership, organization, crew morale, efficiency, and productivity.
- Understanding why and how many foremen fail
- How the foreman's role has changed
- Dealing with workplace conflict without being a jerk
- Learning how to anticipate production and jobsite issues
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How the camera is going to be placed on the Folding Surface Phone
A new mobile device Microsoft products, which many call Surface Phone, has appeared in several patents over the past few months, making us believe that the software giant is still betting on smartphones.
Most patents indicate the addition of a collapsible agent based on two different screens which are connected to each other by a revolutionary joint that supplies a device. This device could be a smartphone, a laptop and a tablet, with Windows 10 as the operating system that adapts to all needs.Surface Phone
Our latest patents give us a fresh look at how Microsoft plans to apply the camera to the Surface Phone if a folding agent could create additional challenges in the design of the device.
The so-called "SPLIT-CAMERA AUTOALIGNMENT" patent describes an approach that has the camera elements separated into two different parts, one on each side of the screen. Every time the user switches to the phone's form factor, all the elements are fine-tuned to power the camera so they can take pictures naturally.
Next, we come across the patent "FLOATING CAMERA MODULE" which analyzes how the camera itself can be a floating component that can be moved according to the form factor and create a number of design advantages, such as lack of bending camera.
Finally, there is the patent "RETRACTABLE CAMERA CAP" which is based on more sophisticated technology according to Microsoft, without giving further details.


What is e-NACH & e-Mandate?
Just curious, e-NACH is an abbreviation, right?
Yes, e-NACH stands for Electronic National Automated Clearing House.
Sounds promising, tell me more...
E-NACH and e-Mandate are easier ways for merchants and their buyers to handle all recurring payments like telephone bills, insurance premiums, utility bills, SIPs, school fees etc.
For instance, if you are signing up for an insurance plan through an e-Mandate, you can schedule all your premium payments through a simple online process at the start of the insurance period, instead of manually keeping track and making individual premium payments. No more pesky reminders or late fees!
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So is there a difference between e-NACH & e-Mandate?
They are two different services, both delivering the same result i.e. enabling automated recurring payments. e-NACH is governed by NPCI & covers over 40+ banks while e-Mandates are controlled by individual banks and is currently available across 4-5 banks.
Interesting, so how does the service work?
E-Mandates can be directly set up through a netbanking transaction from merchant websites. In order to do this, a customer would need to complete a one time netbanking transaction authorization after which all subsequent payments will not require customer intervention.
Netbanking is the primary mode for e-Mandates at the moment, with more payment modes to be added in the future.
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This seems similar to ECS (Electronic Clearing System). How is it different?
ECS is an offline process where physical documents have to be filed and checked manually, while e-Mandate is a paperless online process. This has reduced the processing time from 21 to just 2 working days, in most cases.
As a customer is there any eligilibility criteria to apply for the service?
Anyone with an Aadhaar linked bank account at a participating bank is eligible to apply for e-Mandates.
Are there any limits for the number of e-Mandates that can be set up through a single bank account?
No, there is no limit to the number of e-Mandates that can be set up for an account.
What happens in case of insufficient balance in the bank account?
Like any other online transaction, in times of insufficient balance, the payment to the merchant is denied.
How does the payment appear in the bank statement?
Payments will be reflected as NEFT Bank transfers from the customer account to merchant account.
Can I set up e-Mandates or e-NACH as an option for collecting recurring payments from my customers?
Absolutely! e-Mandates are now available for merchants to use. Razorpay Subscriptions is a great way to automate recurring payments using e-Mandates and other payment modes like credit cards.
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Functional Materials play an ever-increasing role in our modern society. They form the basis for a wide range of technologies. Computation, communication, storage and displaying of information would not work without them, making them essential for the entire IT sector. The same is true for the generation of and the storage of energy, for mobility and for sensing.
The term functional materials covers different material classes ranging from semiconductors over polymers and molecular crystals to nanoparticles. It is their special electrical, optical and magnetic properties that make functional materials so important.
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Don't know if you knew this but there are other places that have sweet onions too that are indigenous to their area.Texas has their 1015 Super Sweet(planted on Oct.15) and Washington has what's called Walla Walla's. I think Hawaii has a particular sweet onion too.
That's not a post Iíd expect from someone who likes to chide people for not reading posts before posting.
Expanding on what I wrote two posts before yours (where I commented on both 1015ís and Maui onions), none of the sweet onions we have in the US today are indigenous. It all started in 1898 when Bermuda onions were first planted in Texas. Ironically, the seeds were from the Canary Islands not Bermuda.
By the 1920's they were growing so many onions in Texas, the demand for seed brought in new, inexperienced seed growers who drove the Canary Island seed quality down. Per-acre yields in Texas became so low that growers began looking at other varieties Ė the most important of which was the Grano from Spain. Because of low yields, there have been few, if any, Bermuda onions grown commercially in the US since the late 1940's despite what you might see advertised at your grocery store.
One of the most important super sweet onions is the Granex, an F1 hybrid that was developed in Texas from the Excel Yellow Bermuda and the Texas Early Grano 951. This onion has a host of names including Vidalia, Maui, Noonday, etc.
The Grano 1015Y (a.k.a Texas 1015) is not a hybrid Ė rather an improved Grano 951 that was developed for resistance to pink root Ė not sweetness per se Ė while maintaining early maturity. Attempts to further improve the 1015Y have resulted in later maturity which is highly undesirable from a commercial growing perspective.
The Walla Walla onion, on the other hand was developed from seed brought from Corsica off the coast of Italy. Interestingly, Bermuda onions are also of Italian origin.


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Externally supported Public Financial Management (PFM) reforms often have limited success in developing countries. The reforms commonly introduce new laws and systems that are not fully implemented or used, especially by distributed agents—budgeters, accountants, and such in sector ministries, provinces, and districts. This article asks why this should be expected and what could be done about it. It builds a theory of institutional change and tests such using data from a survey of public sector accountants in Eastern and Southern African countries—one sub-set of which was distributed. The evidence supports a simple explanation of why distributed end users often limit PFM reform success: they are likely to support incumbent institutions and question reform alternatives and are less engaged in reforms than more concentrated agents who champion reforms. The article suggests that research and practice needs to better account for the influence of distributed agents on externally supported reform success.
Andrews, Matthew. "Why Distributed End Users Often Limit Public Financial Management Reform Success." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-026, May 2014.


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NIH commits $24 million annually for Big Data Centers of Excellence
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund up to $24 million per year for four years to establish six to eight investigator-initiated Big Data to Knowledge Centers of Excellence. The centers will improve the ability of the research community to use increasingly large and complex data sets through the development and distribution of innovative approaches, methods, software and tools for data sharing, integration, analysis and management. The centers will also provide training for students and researchers to use and develop data science methods.
Biomedical research is increasingly data-intensive, with researchers routinely generating and using large, diverse data sets. Yet the ability to manage, integrate and analyze such data, and to locate and use data generated by others, is often limited due to a lack of tools, accessibility and training. In response, NIH launched the Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative in December (2012). This initiative supports research, implementation and training in data science that will enable biomedical scientists to capitalize on the transformative opportunities that large datasets provide. The investigator-initiated BD2K Center of Excellence funding opportunity is the first of several BD2K funding opportunities to be announced in coming months.
By encouraging the formation of interdisciplinary teams in a collaborative environment the BD2K Centers of Excellence also seek to increase the involvement of investigators outside of traditional biomedical areas who are experienced with data science.
Applicants responding to the BD2K Center of Excellence funding opportunity announcement should identify a research topic and propose research in data science. They should develop approaches, methods, software and tools for data integration, analysis, database development and management and visualization and modeling to address important research questions. The products from this R&D will be shared and distributed broadly to the research community. The centers are expected to interact as a consortium that cooperatively builds on individual research efforts.
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text: Many products and processes have multidimensional characteristics and criteria. As these responses involve common parameters and processes, the response data are correlated. The quality and reliability improvement of such products and processes will typically involve multiple-response optimizations to find optimal operating conditions. Many of the current multiple-response optimization approaches assume a single-response uncertainty in the response models, and the uncertainty in the parameter estimates of the models. In this paper, we consider a Bayesian Model Average (BMA) approach to the modeling and optimization of variability of the predictions and the uncertainty of the model parameters. We further propose a Mahalanobis distance (MD) approach to account for the correlations among the response and the variation in the estimation of the response model.


text: ||Abstract In the study of animal emotions, emotional valence has been found to be difficult to measure. Many studies of farm animals' emotions have therefore focussed on the identification of indicators of strong, mainly negative, emotions. However, subtle variations in emotional valence, such as those caused by rather moderate differences in husbandry conditions, may also affect animals' mood and welfare when such variations occur consistently. In this study, we investigated whether repeated moderate aversive or rewarding events could lead to measurable differences in emotional valence in young, weaned pigs. We conditioned 105 female pigs in a test arena to either a repeated startling procedure (sudden noises or appearances of objects) or a repeated rewarding procedure (applesauce, toy and straw) over 11 sessions. Control pigs were also regularly exposed to the same test arena but without conditioning. Before and after conditioning, we measured heart rate and its variability as well as the behavioural reactions of the subjects in the test arena, with a special focus on detailed acoustic analyses of their vocalisations. The behavioural and heart rate measures were analysed as changes compared to the baseline values before conditioning. A limited number of the putative indicators of emotional valence were affected by the conditioning. We found that the negatively conditioned pigs showed changes that were significantly different from those in control pigs, namely a decrease in locomotion and an increase in standing. The positively conditioned pigs, however, showed a stronger increase in heart rate and a smaller decrease in SDNN (a heart rate variability parameter indicating changes in autonomic regulation) compared to the controls. Compared to the negatively conditioned pigs, the positively conditioned pigs produced fewer vocalisations overall as well as fewer low-frequency grunts but more high-frequency grunts. The low-frequency grunts of the negatively conditioned pigs also showed lower frequency parameters (bandwidth, maximum frequency, 25% and 50% quartiles) compared to those of the positively conditioned pigs. In any of the statistically significant results, the conditioning accounted for 1.5–11.9% of variability in the outcome variable. Hence, we conclude that repeated moderate aversive and rewarding events have weak but measurable effects on some aspects of behaviour and physiology in young pigs, possibly indicating changes in emotional valence, which could ultimately affect their welfare. The combination of ethophysiological indicators, i.e., the concurrent examination of heart rate measures, behavioural responses and especially vocalisation patterns, as used in the current study, might be a useful way of examining subtle effects on emotional valence in further studies.


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SOOS Natural reserve
The SOOS natural reserve with its peat bogs and moors is the home of a number of endangered species of plants and animals. The mud volcanoes (mofettas or fumaroles) and mineral springs and gases emergences are another point of interest. Get enchanted by the intact nature.
There is a 1200 metres long educational path leading through the SOOS reserve on wooden walkways. The walk will widen your knowledge of zoology, botany and geology.
What you will see in SOOS:
- Well-preserved peat bogs and their biotopes
- Gas emergences and hot mineral springs
- Mud volcanoes (mofettas or fumaroles)
- Rare plant species
- Endangered animal species
If you plan to take a trip to the SOOS reserve or the other places of interest of Western Bohemia you can take advantage of the services of the Bohemia Hotel: comfortable accommodation, excellent restaurant, wellness services, arrangement of a guide for your trips to the vicinity etc.
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Bintari was inspired by the combination of kawung batik and flora batik. In Javanese culture, the geometrically arranged Kawung motif is interpreted as a symbol of the occurrence of human life. The hope is that humans will not forget their origins. In addition, the Kawung batik motif is also known as a symbol of wisdom, self-control, and a clean heart. The flora is the rose guava flower, where rose guava is one of the typical flora of Yogyakarta.


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Ford Focus>> System of greasing of the engine>> Control lamp of emergency pressure of oil
The control lamp lights up at pressure in the greasing system, equal 30 — 50 kPas which cannot provide existence of a necessary oil film in rubbing places of the engine. The lamp can light up also when the car goes on a bend with a minimum level of oil: as centrifugal forces arising thus move oil in a case towards turn and the oil pump cannot take away necessary amount of oil. After fast driving on автобану or at movement on lifting the lamp idling starts to blink, it is a sign of that it is not enough pressure of oil. As soon as the lamp by the first pressing a gas pedal dies away again, it should not cause in you concern, however let's burn with it long, cool the engine better.
If the control lamp burns constantly, act as follows:
- immediately stop and muffle the engine;
- check level of oil and if necessary add it. Otherwise go carefully before the following filling and add oil there. Check after that, whether the lamp dies away at the working engine;
- if the lamp does not die away, tow off the car in the next workshop and find out the reason by means of the expert.


Irish immigrants have been remembered at an event in the US state of Utah celebrating the 150th anniversary of the 'Golden Spike', the moment when the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed.
The railway connected the east and west coasts of the United States and was finished on 10 May, 1869.
An estimated 10,000 Irish immigrants worked on the railroad.
Many of them were veterans of the US Civil War and made up at least half of the workers from the Union Pacific railway company.
They worked alongside a mix of Mormons, other European immigrants and recently emancipated African Americans to construct the line from the east.
Many Irish also worked alongside the 15,000 Chinese immigrants who were the main workforce building the line from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah.
A ceremony was held in Utah to mark the 150th anniversary of the railroad's completion.
The event was addressed by the Irish Ambassador to the US, Daniel Mulhall.
He said he was proud and honoured to mark the enormous role played by Irish immigrants in the building of the transcontinental railroad.
Irish Ambassador to the US, Daniel Mulhall, addressing the crowd
"Theirs was a magnificent contribution to the making of modern America," he said.
The US President Donald Trump has paid tribute to the workers who built the transcontinental railroad.
In a statement he said: "We honor the undaunted efforts of the people who made this innovation possible, including workers of Irish and Chinese descent, as well as freed slaves, Native Americans, Civil War veterans, and Latter-day Saints."


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Media statement: PASA on unauthorised debit orders
14 January 2019 - Unauthorised debit orders, sometimes referred to as "R99 debit order scams" (although amounts vary), have once again received close press attention in recent weeks. The South African Reserve Bank, the Payments Association of South Africa (PASA), the banks, and a number of user associations are aware of the problem; they have been actively focused on the matter and on a number of steps to address it.
Customers are understandably frustrated by the issue, but there is also some confusion and misinformation around the issue which deserves some clarification – which we hope to achieve by responding to a few frequently-asked questions.
Why do banks allow debit orders to go through?
Banks act as facilitators of payments and are bound by law to honour debit orders submitted into the payment system by other banks on behalf of their clients. Each debit order transaction involves an entity (called a "user") as well as the banks, and if all parties do not collaborate in an organised manner, the debit order system, through which 55 million payments to the value of over R80 billion are processed every month, would cease to function. Accordingly, when banks submit transactions on behalf of users, they do so on the basis that such a user has included only valid debit orders backed by a paper or voice mandate. These mandates are, however, held by the user, and not by the sponsoring bank -- the bank simply facilitates the transaction on behalf of their client.
Then why don't they just refuse debit orders from companies that customers regularly reverse?
The vast majority of disputed debit orders are in fact legitimate ones agreed to by customers, but which are reversed for "cash management" reasons – so that the money can be used for something else.
To put the numbers in perspective, on average about 1,5 million of the 55 million monthly debit orders are disputed – less than 3%. Based on PASA and bank estimates, however, of the 1,5m only about 10% of the debit orders disputed by customers are actually unauthorised.
This is a major problem for the industry. First, customers need to be aware that it is illegal, not to mention unethical, to reverse a debit order they have authorised as payment for a legitimate legal contract or service. Second, the millions of monthly reversed legitimate debit orders make it extremely difficult to identify those debit orders initiated by fraudsters. For example, a corporate user that is completely compliant to the rules in every respect and only submits debit orders with valid mandates may still face high levels of disputes through no fault of their own.
Are the banks profiting from this?
PASA CEO Walter Volker explains, "Banks are certainly not profiting from debit orders being reversed; on the contrary, by virtue of their sponsorship of the transactions and the associated legal obligations, they are exposed to the full value of the debit orders being disputed.
"If a bank reverses a debit order on instruction from a customer, and it turns out there was a valid mandate, the bank risks losing that entire amount if they cannot get it back from the consumer. On the other hand, in the event that an illegal debit order is disputed, the sponsoring bank would be liable to reimburse the full amount, even after the so-called rogue user has been exited from the system." There are therefore many hidden costs and risks, which consumers are not always aware of.
Why are some banks charging consumers when they dispute a debit order?
Reversing disputed debit orders takes time and work. As explained above, banks take on the risk that the company submitting a debit order has either been excluded from the system or is no longer in business, so the cost of managing and upholding disputes is high. At the same time, as explained above, 90% of disputes are ultimately found to be illegal. Some banks, therefore, have introduced fees in the hopes of limiting such illegal disputes. Even for banks who do charge, however, a consumer would be within their rights to request a refund if it is found that there was no valid mandate and that the debit order is in effect unauthorised or fraudulent.
Which banks have been hit by the so-called "R99 scam"?
No bank is immune to unauthorised debit orders. Volker says, "This is not just a problem involving one bank, one company or one scam. It is an industry-wide problem and PASA is working with all the banks to improve the safety of the system, both for consumers and for companies."
What is being done about the problem?
PASA has been working with the banking industry since 2013 to implement a wide-reaching and complex system called DebiCheck, the first of its kind anywhere in the world. The initial phase went live on 1 August 2018, by which time all 11 participating banks had implemented DebiCheck operationally.
Right now, user companies are busy implementing the systems and introducing the new business processes that are necessary to fully utilise DebiCheck. Volker explains: "Thousands of user companies, from large corporates to small business, will be using the system – so we need to ensure it remains stable and that consumers are not adversely affected."
With DebiCheck, banks will require customers to electronically confirm debit order information with them directly at the start of a new contract with a user, before any collection can take place; thus ensuring that both consumers and their banks know precisely what should be debited from their bank account. Once the consumer has authorised the electronic mandate, it will be stored on their bank's mandates database and can be verified or monitored at any time.
Will DebiCheck be available as an option in all instances?
In its initial phase, only consumers dealing with companies that have implemented DebiCheck will be required to confirm their debit order information electronically. Although the system is working already, it will take time for all DebiCheck users to ramp up their usage of the system. This number will grow over time, and the aim ultimately is to eradicate any and all unauthorised debit orders, through a combination of DebiCheck and other, more general debit order abuse measures.
While DebiCheck is ramped up, what other protection is provided?
In addition to DebiCheck, PASA is working with the banks to improve the processes by which new companies are allowed into the debit order system and to ensure rogue companies are identified and removed from the payment system. "This is a very serious matter for us and we are doing everything we can to identify those companies who are abusing the debit order system," says PASA Senior Legal Counsel Charl Ackerman.
PASA and the banks are also working to refine existing rules and processes in the payment system to further curb debit order abuse. Informational material has been developed and is being rolled out to educate consumers on their rights and obligations in the debit order environment.
In some instances, individual banks have put in place other measures such as SMS alerts for all debit transactions, free debit order reversals below a certain amount and cheaper appor online-based debit order dispute procedures.
Why is DebiCheck taking so long?
The scale and complexity of DebiCheck means that it has taken a great deal of work and time to implement. As of August 2018 the system is in place and in use, and companies are being added to the system all the time. New DebiCheck debit order customers are already receiving confirmation requests from their banks, but there is still work going on to mature the systems and to fully implement all functionalities required by users and banks.
The Reserve Bank recently granted a 12-month extension (until October 2020) to fully implement DebiCheck. This only affects the final date by which the old systems will be switched off. Nevertheless, says Volker, "The eleven banks participating in DebiCheck are committed to the process and still aim to have most companies on the system this year."
These additional 12 months will also be used to mature the system and to phase out old contracts and systems.
What can customers do to protect themselves?
 - Check your bank statements regularly for transactions you do not recognise.
 - Query unauthorised debit orders with your bank immediately and report the details to the Payments Association of South Africa at _EMAIL_.
 - Ensure that your bank has your correct cellphone number so that you receive SMS alerts when money is deducted from your account and also to receive DebiCheck confirmation requests.
 - Be wary when entering into contracts verbally, electronically or in writing.
 - Do not share or confirm your banking details, including your account number and branch code, if you are not certain exactly what they will be used for.
 - Do not dispute debit orders that you have authorised.
For more information about debit order abuse, DebiCheck and what the public can do to protect their accounts, please visit _URL_
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About PASA
PASA is the payment system management body recognised by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), in terms of the National Payment System Act of 1998, to organise, manage and regulate the participation of its members in the payment system. For more information, please visit _URL_


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Comparing Colony countries vs Netocratic countries
When we are comparing Colony countries vs Netocratic countries, it is essential to know whether these countries are the places where these government forms have originated. Colony has originated in Rome and the place/s where Netocracy has originated is Not Applicable. When a country adopts a government form, it means that the ideology of that government form becomes the key principle in running the country. Comparing Colony vs Netocracy Definition will help you in grasping the meaning of these ideologies. We give you a gist about the presence of Colony and Netocracy. Colony countries vs Netocratic countries comparison can be found by its presence in different continents of the world. A list of the Colony and Netocratic countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, American and other continents is given below:
- Colony countries in Asia are Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Taiwan. Netocratic countries in Asia include NA.
- The list of European Colony countries comprises of Malta. List of European countries that have adopted Netocracy include NA.
- In North America, countries that have accepted Colony as form of government are Barbados, Canada and Jamaica. Netocratic countries in North America are NA.
- Argentina, Brazil and NA are the countries with Colony as a government form. NA are the Netocratic countries present in South America.
- The list of Colony countries in Africa includes Angola, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mozambique, Somalia and South Africa. Netocratic countries in Africa are NA.
- Colony has been applied in other continents in Australia and NA. Netocracy is also present in countries like NA.


Elimination half-life
The "elimination half-life" is the time period it takes for the plasma concentration of a drug to be halved. Hence, each successive half-life, less drug is eliminated. After one half-life the amount of drug remaining in the body is 50%, and after two half-lives 25%, and so on and so on.
In other words, if you have 40 pies and you half them you are left with 20 pies. If you half 20 pies you are left with 10 pies. If you half 10 pies you are left with 5 pies. So if inject 10mg of heroin at 1:00 pm and at 1:05 pm there is only 5mg of heroin circulating in your system, you would say that heroin has a 5 minute elimination half-life. Ironically, heroin's elimination half-life is 5 minutes. Some scientific research says it's actually less than 1 minute, but only when heroin is injected.
Heroin's half-life
Heroin metabolizes into 6MAM. Then 6MAM metabolizes into Morphine. When people use heroin, it's actually a combination of these 3 drugs that intoxicate users. For this reason, the elimination half-life of heroin is considered to be a combination of these three half-lives; heroin (less than 5 minutes), 6MAM (6 – 25 minutes) and Morphine (2.5 – 5 hours).
The elimination half-life of heroin is therefore 2.68 to 5.5 hours. Secondly, the drug effects of heroin generally last between 1 and 2 half-lives. Following that logic, the effects of heroin range between 2.68 to 11 hours. In other words, the effects of heroin last, on average, last about 6.84 hours, which is the midpoint between 2.68 and 11.
The Math
If you look below you'll see a bunch of numbers listed 1-8. Number one represents 1 half-life, or 50% (1/2) of the original amount. Number 7 represents 7 half-lives. The product of number 7 is 1/128, which means less than 1% (.78%). Since it takes 7 half-lives to get below 1% of the original amount, it's safe to say, that heroin is effectively gone from your system between 7 and 8 half-lives.
 1. 1/2 or 50%
 2. 1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4 or 25%
 3. 1/2 x 1/4 = 1/8 or 12.5%
 4. 1/2 x 1/8 = 1/16 or 6.25%
 5. 1/2 x 1/16 = 1/32 or 3.125%
 6. 1/2 x 1/32 = 1/64 or 1.562%
 7. 1/2 x 1/64 = 1/128 or.78%
 8. 1/2 x 1/128 = 1/256 or.359%
The Conclusion
The half-life of heroin is at most 5.5 hours, i.e. 5 minutes for heroin, plus 25 minutes for 6MAM, plus 5 hours for Morphine. If you multiply 5.5 by 8 (for 8 half-lives), you come up with 44.0 hours, which is when heroin withdrawal generally peaks, though its symptoms generally plateau for almost 24 hours. That is why heroin withdrawal is most difficult between the second and third day. If you are struggling with heroin addiction, it is suggested that enroll into a reputable Heroin Detox Center so that professionals can minimize heroin withdrawal symptoms as safely and as comfortably as possible.


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Due to inclement weather conditions, Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) will operate on a Virtual Instruction, Code V tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. The following applies to students during a Virtual Instruction, Code V.
- Virtual instruction starts on time for all students.
- Learning support centers and internet cafes at schools are closed. This includes those students who are bused to internet cafes for technology access.
- All CCPS meal service is canceled. This includes both curbside meal distribution sites and the mobile meals program.
- Some students may be assigned asynchronous lessons from teachers.
- Students who do not have access to virtual instruction on a Code V day: parents must submit an absence note to the school for an excused absence. Students will have 72 hours to access recorded instruction and allowed to make up assignments.


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Parabolic figure skating blades
Parabolic figure skating blades were first introduced by HD Sports in order to employ new scientific developments in the creation of figure skating blades, which are mounted on the bottoms of skates.
The middle section of parabolic blades is thinner than that of normal blades, while both ends are typically wider than those of regular blades. This translates into less steel and a lighter blade overall.
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Search Result for "autocratically":
1. in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator;
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Autocratic \Au'to*crat"ic\, Autocratical \Au'to*crat"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. -- Au'to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]


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Prices of seafood have constantly been increasing over the years, making it one of the most expensive, if not the most costly, protein sources on the market.
Seafood is expensive due to many factors, including increasing demand, cost of transportation, cost of preservatives, difficulty in preparation, how difficult the resources are to obtain, etc.
It doesn't seem like the prices aren't going down anytime soon especially seeing as the possibility of the fish becoming rare is possible.
The seafood prices range widely, usually depending on the type of animals involved and whether they are raised on a fish farm or gotten from the wild. While seafood quality diminishes quickly, there are some steps to ensure that they are delivered and cooked in the top condition possible.
Check out some of the reasons why seafood is so expensive below.
Top 8 Reasons Seafood is So Expensive
1. Transport Logistics
You can deliver food from land sources by fast and cheap means of transportation such as trucks and rails, but this is not so with seafood. Since the high demand for seafood is because people want it fresh, there is difficulty transporting it from one location to another. Seafood doesn't last very long fresh, so this brings the need to transport it by air or with overnight buses for quick delivery.
Another factor that pushes the transport price up is preserving the product from source to destination. Many of these preservation methods aren't cheap, and all of these play a factor in the final price you purchase from restaurants.
The flavor of seafood changes within 24 hours, and stale products are usually not acceptable cause they are needed as fresh as possible from the ocean. Manual labor required for all these activities is another factor that increases the cost because it involves a lot of workforce, and you need to pay the laborers need to be paid.
2. Supply and Demand
Seafood has a very high demand, especially as a good source of proteins. The laws of demand and supply affect the prices of goods a lot. In the case of seafood, we have high demand and low supply, which makes the prices rise. Increased costs will balance the supply with demand and meet what is needed.
Since we can't increase seafood supply as quickly, we can do the same for meat; this problem will continue for a while. Also, due to water pollution and overfishing, we face a case where the resources (animals) are reducing and slowly becoming extinct. Meanwhile, the population of people keeps increasing exponentially, and as a result, the prices will keep growing.
3. High Mortality Rate (Difficult to maintain)
The two options for seafood are farm-raised and wild-caught. Even though catching seafood out in the wild is difficult, it doesn't mean farm-raised seafood isn't without its challenges. Fish farming needs a lot of resources and proper management for success.
Fish farming requires more skill than plant farming or livestock rearing, even under desirable weather and climate conditions. Aquaculturists need to place the fishes in specific places so that they do not die and have the right conditions for survival.
Also, this task requires a high level of skill, so the few fish farms available usually charge more for their products due to the quality service that isn't easily gotten elsewhere.
4. Difficult to Obtain
As we highlighted in the previous point, catching seafood in the wild is challenging and requires a high skill level. You will need big fishing setups (rigs) and costly equipment.
The laborers or fishers typically go out into the sea and cast the huge nets from their boats. After that, they have to wait till the trap has caught a considerable amount, usually at least half the net, before they can withdraw it and get the fish/animals.
Since the sea where they are going to fish has no medical facilities or any facility, they usually treat fishing as a massive exhibition that they plan correctly for a long time, so there are no hitches in execution. To prepare for any unforeseen circumstances, they also take medical supplies in case of any incident out at sea.
5. Health Food Sources
People have been becoming more and more aware of the consequences of eating meat in recent times, such as high cholesterol. This has caused people to look for other sources of nourishment, and seafood is the easy answer to that.
Seafood has high amounts of protein, Vitamin D, Phosphate, Calcium, Zinc, Vitamin B2, and Omega-3 fatty acids, amongst other healthy minerals. Seafood is the healthier choice for meals, and as people are increasingly more concerned for their health, the demand rises.
6. The Rarity of the Seafood
As we've previously explained, seafood is generally difficult to obtain, but some more than others. There is very rare seafood, and you can only find these in specific places. Some examples are caviar, oysters, lobsters, etc. These are examples of seafood that are usually more expensive than others because they aren't readily available.
It isn't uncommon for some people to wait for specific seasons for some seafood as that is the only time they are available in their locality. If you encounter these varieties of seafood off-season, the restaurants will charge a premium for it.
7. Cooking Difficulty
There are many different types of seafood categories, and there are some that require a lot of effort and resources to cook correctly. Some of the preparation techniques usually require expensive cooking lessons. It takes the highest level of skills and chefs to prepare seafood, so quality raises the price.
An example of a seafood dish that requires special skills is Japanese pufferfish. These are poisonous fishes, and chefs must have cooked for themselves or others multiple times before serving them at a restaurant. Another example of this is octopuses that need a lot of heat within a short time to cook properly without getting burnt.
8. No Subsidies for Fishermen
Fishers do not receive the same benefits farmers receive from the government. Farmers have access to loans to start their business, tax cuts in some places, or even sponsorship to begin farming. On the other hand, Fishermen don't have such luxury, and it doesn't seem like that will be changing anytime soon.
Government regulations also determine which fishes they can farm, the number of fishes that anglers can catch, and the processes used to get the fish. They need licenses for people to take part in fishing, and these licenses are usually expensive, costing a lot of money straight from their pockets.
Flouting any rules or refusing to get approvals can lead to sanctions. All these sanctions and limitations, including the risks involved, raise the cost of production, which increases the prices of seafood.
Why is Seafood So Expensive: FAQs
What seafood is the most expensive?
Blue-fin Tuna is the most expensive type of seafood right now. Blue-fin tuna is the crucial ingredient for making tuna; this makes it one of the seafood in highest demand. There is also a risk of this seafood going extinct because it is a rare commodity. This fish has a very exquisite and luxurious taste that you can't find anywhere else.
Why is shrimp so expensive?
Shrimp is expensive because of its very high demand. It is an excellent source of protein, but the supply is low primarily due to horrible farming activities and the type of shrimp. Some reasons why they are expensive are:
- The cost importation
- High demand
- High mortality rate
- Shrimps are good for Human health
- Prices vary according to the type and sizes
- Time-consuming to harvest
Why did crab get so expensive?
Crabs, like most other seafood, are expensive and also seen as food for the Elite "fine dining." Just shrimp, crabs rank high on the most demanded seafood. Some other reasons they are expensive are:
- Rules and regulations concerning catching them
- High cost of importation and exportation
- High demand
- Lower supply than demand
- Different variations of crabs make them have separate prices
Why are lobsters so expensive?
Lobsters are very expensive due to only being gotten from water or riverine areas. Their natural habitat is ocean water, making it difficult to rear them because creating a similar condition to a place for them to live and grow would be very expensive and impossible for most.
The average cost of lobster in 2021 was $10/pound, but in 2022, it is $20 – $150+/ pound, depending on the part and size. Lobsters also have a lot of uses, and as a result, they are high in demand. The increased demand coupled with the low supply contributes to the increasing price. In summary, Lobsters are expensive because:
- Cost of Transportation
- High demand
- Low supply
- Lobster being a meal for the elites
Is seafood more expensive than meat?
Seafood is usually more expensive than most types of meat because, unlike meat such as cow, turkey, goat, etc. is relatively easier to rear and transport.
How to Save Money on Seafood?
- Choose white, flaky fishes in the store; they are usually cheaper than other options.
- Buying frozen foods instead of fresh helps cut down cost
- Bulk buying also helps cut down costs.
- Can watch out for sales from stores to get them when they are cheaper
- Filling your stomach at all-you-can-eat seafood restaurants can save your money too.
There is a noticeable increase in the number of factory farms, and wild-caught seafood has been reducing. This helps close the gap between the supply and demand of seafood, increasing prices. Hopefully, this trend continues and effectively reduces the costs of seafood.


Unable to access certain music library tracks
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Try the following if you experience issues playing some tracks in your music library.
If tracks were recently added, re-sync the music library to refresh the library's available tracks. For instructions, see Syncing the music library
If using iTunes 12.2 or newer, open iTunes and select iTunes > Preferences > Advanced. In the Advanced settings, make sure that "Share iTunes Library XML with other applications" is ticked so the iTunes library is available to the SoundTouch system
If the computer containing the music library was updated to a newer operating system, try removing and then re-adding the library to your SoundTouch account:
 1. Open the SoundTouch app on the computer containing the music library
 2. Select the Menu icon (≡) in the top-left corner and select "Settings > Music services > Music Library" (Note: On desktops and tablets, if the Menu icon (≡) is not visible, the slide-out menu might already be open)
 3. Select the library showing "This computer"
 4. Select "REMOVE MUSIC LIBRARY". A confirmation pop-up will appear
 5. Select "REMOVE"
 6. Add your music library back to your SoundTouch account. For help, see Adding a music library to SoundTouch
Determine the file type of the audio track and verify it is one of the supported formats listed below (Note: There are no known bitrate limitations with these formats but sample rates are limited to 96 kHz):
 - MP3
 - AAC (excluding Protected files)
 - M4A (including Apple Lossless [ALAC] files)
 - WMA (excluding WMA Lossless files)
Unsupported file types will either need to be converted, re-ripped or re-obtained in one of the supported formats above
If the file is an audiobook with the ".m4b" extension:
 1. Locate the file on your computer or NAS drive
 2. Change the file's extension from ".m4b" to ".m4a"
 3. Re-add the file to your music library. If using iTunes, right-click the file in iTunes and choose "Get Info > Options". In Options, set "Media Kind" to "Music"
 4. Re-sync the music library. For instructions, see Syncing the music library
Search for the track in the program used to manage your music library (Windows Media Player or iTunes) and make sure that it can be played by the program. If not, there is an issue with the track
Cloud storage is not supported. Instead, download the desired tracks from the cloud to the computer or NAS drive containing your music library, then re-sync the library. For instructions, see Syncing the music library
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