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Activity 10: Royal children
(Project: The Victorians) Pupils answer a range of maths questions related to Queen Victoria's nine children.
string(39) "The Victorians Cross Curriculum Project"
string(32) "Creative Teaching & Learning"
string(62) "https://www.teachingtimes.com/the-victorians-project-overview/"
string(220) "Victorian innovations and discoveries helped make our world what it is today – but at what cost? Explore the lives of rich, poor and more with this series of themed classroom activities for use with Key Stages 2 and 3."
string(440) "... forgotten explorer?Activity 1: Reading in rolesActivity 2: Reading comprehension exerciseActivity 3: Victorian ExplorersActivity 4: The British EmpireActivity 5a: Victorian TimelineActivity 5b: Long, long ago…Activity 6: A new inventionActivity 7: Famous Victorians – Who said that?Activity 8: Let us beginActivity 9: Queen Victoria's family treeActivity 10: Royal childrenActivity ..."
string(4257) "Victorian innovations and discoveries helped make our world what it is today – but at what cost? Explore the lives of the rich, poor and more with this series of themed classroom activities for use with Key Stages 2 and 3.The Victorian era was a time of massive change. During this time, the British Empire expanded into many parts of Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Canada. Queen Victoria ruled over so many countries it was called 'the empire on which the sun never sets'.The expansion of the empire increased trade between Britain and distant regions, helping to boost the economy. Explorers became the heroes of the day as they undertook dangerous travels in the name of humanity and science and helped to inform the world of uncharted territories. The reign of Queen Victoria was also a time of great inventions and changes in medicine, science and engineering. The development of machinery and railways revolutionised society and the economy, and sparked the Industrial Revolution, which soon spread around the globe. These changes affected the life of everyone in Britain. At the beginning of the Victorian age, the majority of the population lived in villages and worked on the land. By the end, most people could be found in towns and cities, working in offices, shops and factories. Life for the poor remained largely unpleasant, yet by the end of Victoria's reign, child labour had been outlawed, with reform bills passed to make sure all children received an education. The progress in science also led to significant developments in medicine and medical care. Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole revolutionised the care of the sick. There were breakthroughs in antiseptics and anaesthetics, popularised by Queen Victoria when she used chloroform during the birth of two of her children. Micro-organisms were found to be the cause of diseases that were carrying off even the most prominent members of society. A result of this was new sewage systems. The workhouses also had a place in helping to care for the most vulnerable members of society. The catalogue of inventions during this time period is vast – the camera, electricity, the light bulb, the car, the steam engine, the list goes on. No other period in history saw so many inventions. Many famous doctors, explorers, novelists and artists are still remembered today for what they did during Victorian times. The Victorian age therefore offers a huge range of opportunities for pupils to undertake their own research into the changes, innovations, inventions and exploration that helped shape the world they live in today.																							The Victorians Cross Curriculum project includes:John Rae – Britain's forgotten explorer textDr John Rae spent much of his life mapping land within the Arctic Circle, living among native people and learning the skills that allowed them to survive in harsh Arctic conditions. So why is it that he became Britain's forgotten explorer?Activity 1: Reading in rolesActivity 2: Reading comprehension exerciseActivity 3: Victorian ExplorersActivity 4: The British EmpireActivity 5a: Victorian TimelineActivity 5b: Long, long ago…Activity 6: A new inventionActivity 7: Famous Victorians – Who said that?Activity 8: Let us beginActivity 9: Queen Victoria's family treeActivity 10: Royal childrenActivity 11: The Industrial RevolutionActivity 12: 'Darkest London'Activity 13a: The workhouse and child labourActivity 13b: Rights of the child P4C enquiryActivity 14: Victorian money and mathsActivity 15: The cost of livingActivity 16: Making William Morris wrapping paperActivity 17: Famous Victorians in medicineActivity 18: Germ theoryActivity 19a: Cholera in Victorian LondonActivity 19b: Avoiding choleraActivity 20: Deadly diseasesExisting subscribers to Project-Based Learning Resources, download all activities here.Non-subscribers:Click hereto subscribe to the Creative Teaching and Learning service and gain access to these resource packs.ORClick here to purchase this project for a one-off fee of £48.00. Images: (top right) victorianschool.co.uk; (left) historyconflicts.com; (middle) webs.bcp.org; (right) 1216.virtualclassroom.org."
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The Victorians Cross Curriculum Project
string(20) "Gardening In Schools"
string(55) "https://www.teachingtimes.com/gardening-schools_260312/"
string(338) "This new Government-backed Royal Horticultural Society report states school gardening boosts child development; teaches life skills and makes kids healthier and happier. The RHS is part of the Taskforce that compiled the report, which looks at schools in England, to explore and set out the huge benefits to children ..."
string(383) "... RHS is part of the Taskforce that compiled the report, which looks at schools in England, to explore and set out the huge benefits to children who are taught how to grow food.KeywordsGardening, child development, schools. outdoor curriculum, children, numeracy, literacy, language skillsSummaryThis new Government-backed Royal Horticultural Society ..."
string(403) "This new Government-backed Royal Horticultural Society report states school gardening boosts child development; teaches life skills and makes kids healthier and happier. The RHS is part of the Taskforce that compiled the report, which looks at schools in England, to explore and set out the huge benefits to children who are taught how to grow food.
string(4092) "ResourceGARDENING IN SCHOOLSOriginal DocumentGardening In Schools – A Vital Tool For Children's Learning. This new Government-backed Royal Horticultural Society report states school gardening boosts child development; teaches life skills and makes kids healthier and happier. The RHS is part of the Taskforce that compiled the report, which looks at schools in England, to explore and set out the huge benefits to children who are taught how to grow food.KeywordsGardening, child development, schools. outdoor curriculum, children, numeracy, literacy, language skillsSummaryThis new Government-backed Royal Horticultural Society report states school gardening boosts child development; teaches life skills and makes kids healthier and happier. The RHS is part of the Taskforce that compiled the report, which looks at schools in England, to explore and set out the huge benefits to children who are taught how to grow food.The Royal Horticultural Society asked the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to assess the impact of gardening in schools. They surveyed 1,300 teachers and conducted an in-depth study of 10 schools reflecting a robust mix of types – from a large primary school in urban London to a small village school in Yorkshire.The main conclusions of the report are:· Improves academic achievement. · A standout finding of the report was the benefit school food-growing activity had on academic achievement. Schools cited supporting the outdoor curriculum (68%), supporting the science curriculum (57%) and supporting the food technology curriculum (39%) as motivations for growing food in their school. · Further evidence showed enhanced scientific understanding, numeracy, literacy, and language skills.· Builds life and employability skills. · Aside from the emphasis on improving learning, the Taskforce found that the activity of growing food in schools also supported the acquisition of life skills, including financial literacy and enterprise skills. · Communication and employment skills were also enhanced. · Signs for improved motivation and behaviour, for example arriving early to school and leaving later, were found, as was increased attendance and completion of homework, and less disruptive classroom behaviour.· Improves health and wellbeing. · 73% of schools cited teaching children about nutrition as a motivation for food growing, 68% for giving them skills for a healthy adult life and 33% for encouraging exercise. · Evidence showed improved understanding of food and nutrition, increased willingness to try fruit and vegetables and increased consumption of fruit and vegetables.Other conclusions:· Just 1 in 4 primary teachers uses gardening to teach.· Gardening is ideally suited to help schools deliver all aspects of the primary curriculum and can support the application of the emerging emphasis on learners' attributes and creative freedom for teachers.· Tasks such as planting seedlings and tying tomatoes to canes help develop children's fine motor skills.· Exposure to insects such as worms helped small children overcome their fears;· Gardening projects help teach children about sustainability and their responsibility to the environment.ActionRoyal Horticultural Society Actions:· Continue our investment and work with partners to maximise the impact of the Campaign for School Gardening for children across the country;· Inspire and support schools to embed gardening in learning and school life by providing a mix of hands-on local support and online teaching and learning tools;· Train an additional 4,500 teachers over the next three years how to use gardening in delivering the curriculum and improving all aspects of school life;· Campaign to get the benefits of gardening in schools better and more widely understood.NotesAuthorR ChimaDate CreatedMarch 2012Enquiries to:raspal.chima@yahoo.co.uk(Authoring Unit)Month / YearPage 1 of 1©Birmingham City Council"
string(52) "Making Music: Teaching, Learning & Playing In The UK"
string(50) "https://www.teachingtimes.com/making-music_220914/"
string(319) "This report published by the exam board of the Royal Schools of Music, and its partners, is a comprehensive survey of the learning, progression and teaching of musical instruments in the UK. concludes with a series of recommendations from the sector that are intended to provoke debate, decision and action ..."
string(369) "... 0% of children from the lower social grades who have never played an instrument said they hadno opportunity to learn at school ■ 74% of children from affluent backgrounds have had instrumental lessons – individually or in classgroups – compared to 55% from disadvantaged social groups ■ Almost 10% fewer children play ..."
string(490) "This report published by the exam board of the Royal Schools of Music, and its partners, is a comprehensive survey of the learning, progression and teaching of musical instruments in the UK. concludes with a series of recommendations from the sector that are intended to provoke debate, decision and action towards giving people of all ages and backgrounds even more of an opportunity to learn, participate and make progress in and through music.
Leadership Briefing Issue 9.02(98)"
string(5738) "Leadership BriefingLeadership Briefing – www.teachingtimes.comReports Summaries – a weeklyservice of essential summaries,in-depth reports and criticalanalysis that's new and relevantto education, linked to originalsource documents.MAKING MUSIC: TEACHING, LEARNING &PLAYING IN THE UKKeywordsMaking Music,teaching,learning,playing, children,backgrounds,opportunity,participate,progress,teachers, socio-economic SummaryThis report published by the exam board of the Royal Schools of Music, and its partners, is acomprehensive survey of the learning, progression and teaching of musical instruments in theUK. concludes with a series of recommendations from the sector that are intended to provokedebate, decision and action towards giving people of all ages and backgrounds even more ofan opportunity to learn, participate and make progress in and through music.The report, which builds on three similar programmes of research that ABRSM conducted between1993 and 1999, involved many of the foremost organisations in UK music education, from Ofsted andArts Council England to Youth Music and Trinity College London.Main Findings: ■ The report reveals that there is much to celebrate in a British musical landscape, transformedsince smaller, similar surveys were undertaken by ABRSM in 1993, 1996 and 1999, when musicinstrument learning was shown to be in decline. ■ More children than ever are now playing a wider variety of musical instruments with theproportion playing leaping from 41% in 1999 to 76% in 2014, while technology is providing newopportunities for anyone to engage with and create their own music. Simultaneously, the nation'smusic teachers are expressing high levels of professional satisfaction, reflecting the rewardingnature of their work and their enjoyment of teaching. ■ The generally positive trajectory has happened in the context of a plethora of positive political andsector-lead initiatives and research activity – from Musical Futures and Wider Opportunities tothe Henley Review of music education, the first National Plan for Music Education, the creation ofmusic education hubs and the recent Paul Hamlyn Foundation Review of Music in Schools. ■ Successive governments' policies have helped bring about real improvement, particularly in termsof first access for primary school children. ■ However, 15% of all children under the age of 17 have never had an instrumental lesson in theclassroom or individually. ■ There is an uneven social and geographical picture in terms of access, provision and progression.Despite concentrated investment in providing primary school children the opportunity to tryWeek Commencing 22nd September 2014http://gb.abrsm.org/fileadmin/user_upload/PDFs/makingMusic2014.pdfhttp://gb.abrsm.org/fileadmin/user_upload/PDFs/makingMusic2014.pdfLeadership BriefingLeadership Briefing – www.teachingtimes.comReports Summaries – a weeklyservice of essential summaries,in-depth reports and criticalanalysis that's new and relevantto education, linked to originalsource documents.instruments through whole class ensembles, only a small minority of young people go on to learnthrough formal music education progression routes. Those who do are significantly more likelyto be from more affluent social backgrounds, with children from lower socio-economic groupssignificantly disadvantaged. ■ The sheer number of young people making music in alternative settings suggests a hugeenthusiasm to play instruments – and that the formal routes and experiences they are offeredthrough formal music teaching provision sometimes fall short. ■ Numerous political and sector-lead initiatives have taken place resulting in the fact that morechildren than ever are playing musical instruments: 76% of UK children aged 5-14 say they 'knowhow to play' compared with 41% in 1999.  36 % of those (3.5 million) currently have lessonsKey statistical findings: ■ Instrumental trends are shifting with more people now learning the electric guitar than the violin ■ Technology is having a significant impact on the way people learn and progress in their musicmaking ■ 15% (1.4 million) of all 5-17 years olds have never played a musical instrument ■ Sustained, progressive music education tends to be the preserve of children born to wealthierparents, so funding needs to be focussed to better support disadvantaged learners, addressregional imbalances and ensure a more equitable supply of diverse instruments ■ 76% of UK children aged 5-14 say they 'know how to play an instrument' compared with 41% in1999. ■ Electric guitar overtakes violin for the first time in the list of top six most popular instrumentslearned. Drum kit, bass guitar, keyboard all surge in popularity while woodwind and percussiondo not. ■ Piano sees a 15% growth securing its place as the most popular instrument played by 5-14 yearolds. ■ 21% of 5-17 year olds who play are 'self-taught' ■ 15% of 5-17 year olds have never played an instrument ■ 0% of children from the lower social grades who have never played an instrument said they hadno opportunity to learn at school ■ 74% of children from affluent backgrounds have had instrumental lessons – individually or in classgroups – compared to 55% from disadvantaged social groups ■ Almost 10% fewer children play instruments in Wales and Scotland than in England and NorthernIreland ■ Teachers rate job fulfilment as 8 out of 10 on average, and are more fulfilled the longer theyremain in the profession.WEB LINKMaking Music: Teaching, Learning & Playing In The"
Making Music: Teaching, Learning & Playing In The UK
string(48) "The transformation of a historic two-site school"
string(15) "Learning Spaces"
string(61) "https://www.teachingtimes.com/transformation-two-site-school/"
string(213) "In this article, Jamie Barrett, Managing Director of construction consultancy Evolution5, looks at how the John Roan School in London was transformed to help address the increasing pressure on education provision."
string(339) "... Refurbishment for Interim Decant and Primary UseAn unused school building at Royal Hill was refurbished to provide an interim decant facility for John Roan year 10 and 11 students. On completion of the new school at Westcombe Park, the Royal Hill scheme was upgraded and converted for occupation by James ..."
string(13) "Jamie Barrett"
string(5668) "Greenwich has one of the fastest-growing school-age populations in the UK.  This project was required to help address the increasing pressure on education provision in the area.The John Roan School is a secondary school, with a history that dates back to 1677. It occupies two sites adjacent to Greenwich Park – the lower school was located at Westcombe Park, and the original school (which was built in 1928 and is a neo-classical Grade II listed building) is at Maze Hill.State-of-the-art teaching facilities and flexible learning environments were required to take the school into the next century and expand places to 1,400 pupils – including 350 Sixth Form students.A Three-phase Solution Evolution5 was appointed to provide both project and cost management services to redevelop the John Roan School sites through Greenwich Council's strategic partnership arrangement with Babcock International.The scheme was a complex, two-year new build, refurbishment and extension programme.  It created spacious, well-lit buildings that offer high quality facilities for both vocational and academic learning.Remodelling and ExtensionThe listed building at Maze Hill was extensively and sensitively remodelled and extended to improve the classrooms and circulation areas, and to create new social, dining and learning spaces in one of the internal courtyards covered with an ETFE 'floating pillow' roof. A dedicated sixth form centre and ICT facilities were also added.Demolition and RedevelopmentThe building at Westcombe Park was completely demolished and replaced with a new purpose-built, three-storey 7,845m2 school for years 9, 10 and 11. Decant sports accommodation was also provided during the build programme. The finished campus now accommodates general classrooms, design and technology laboratories, and an entrance atrium with stepped seating to create a performance space linked to the main curriculum and sports wings. There are multi-purpose and open-plan spaces for use as an open learning resource centre and break-out study areas; a winter garden, and drama and activities studios. A sports and amenity building doubles as a valuable community facility.Refurbishment for Interim Decant and Primary UseAn unused school building at Royal Hill was refurbished to provide an interim decant facility for John Roan year 10 and 11 students. On completion of the new school at Westcombe Park, the Royal Hill scheme was upgraded and converted for occupation by James Wolfe Primary School.A Highly Complex and Challenging ProjectThe redevelopment of The John Roan School was highly complex and involved many challenges:Children could not be displaced and teaching had to remain uninterrupted throughout, despite working in a live school environment during each phase. This involved moving year groups around and noise levels were carefully managed. During exam periods, construction activity levels were halted and then accelerated to maintain programme.This was a multi-stakeholder project which required continuous liaison and dialogue between different parties.Managing the design and installation of a lightweight, transparent ETFE roof at Maze Hill connected to the listed building on three sides involved multiple agreements, a high degree of consultation with different interested parties and a visit to another application of this structure to inform the project management of the process.All finishes had to be signed off by the school before design close. To achieve this, samples of furniture, wall colours, fixtures and fittings were obtained and 'mock' classroom areas created to attain feedback and a high degree of engagement with teaching staff.School technology was constantly evolving, with initial designs incorporating projectors, which moved to interactive white boards and finally touch screens.The construction budget was constrained and various funding streams had to be managed.Lessons LearnedConsistent and regular communications are essential on a project of this scale and with so many stakeholders and in the context of having to manage constantly changing requirements from the school.  Site walks throughout the construction process were very useful to inform everyone what was taking place and when. Evolution5 conducted monthly meetings with school governors and took senior management around the new buildings when it was safe to do so. These initiatives worked very well.The sample classrooms were invaluable in helping to obtain informed and constructive feedback on design detailing from teaching staff, whilst effectively managing the school's expectations.The Client's PerspectiveAndrew Carr, Contracts Manager, Royal Borough of Greenwich Council, said, "We were kept up-to-date at every stage and the project management of this highly complex school redevelopment was excellent. The approach to communication was really helpful and we could pinpoint the project's progress precisely, at any point. The consultancy team was fast to respond to any challenges and engaged with us at every level. They were extremely thorough, identifying any issues and the most appropriate solution.  They did a great job on this challenging scheme and we can't think of any areas they could improve on." At the opening, Des Malone, Head Teacher of The John Roan School, said "This is a landmark for The John Roan which opens our outstanding buildings fit for 21st century learning. We are all immensely proud of our very special school."Project Data:Client:  Royal Borough of GreenwichLead consultants: Babcock"
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Got my Adobe Community Expert (ACE) designation today...thanks, Adobe!
Anyway, I'm back in the program and very honored. (It may take a few days to get the listing on the site.) I look forward to continuing to contribute to the CFML and broader Adobe community.
Hey folks, here's something to add if you wish to keep up on the news of the week in the CF blogspace. Andy Allan of the Scottish CFUG (www.scottishcfug.com) has started to keep a running weekly summary of what he observes to be the top news stories of the week among the various CF blogs.
Because he's using Ray's awesome BlogCFC tool and is marking the entries in a category (blog-round-up), you can easily keep an eye on all future posts.
Awesome stuff, Andy! Thanks so much, on behalf of the entire CFML community.
Of course, let's recognize that this is really a substantial undertaking for him. There could be times when he misses publishing it, or perhaps misses some entry you feel is vital. I'm sure he'll welcome comments there, but let's also cut him some slack.
If it becomes a more vital resource that proves too much for him to handle alone, perhaps it could become a community contributed resource. Maybe there's even some alternative approach where desirable blog entries are marked and rated by the community (without being lost in world-volume services like Digg, Technorati, Delicious, etc.) I don't use them to know, but perhaps others can comment (here or at Andy's entry).
But for now, let's just all sit back, relax, and gratefully enjoy Andy's editorial efforts. Thanks, dude!
As others have pointed out, the fine folks from Fusion Authority have come out with a new "Quarterly Update" magazine, with lots of content and few ads. I was delighted when they asked me to contribute a tips column on the back page. This quarter, I discuss 4 ways to read text files in CFML--there's much more than just CFFILE.
The mag was offered to all attendees at the conference and is also available as a subscription (paper only) at http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly/.


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Paytm Senior VP Krishna Hegde resigns
Harsh Upadhyay
Krishna Hegde, who headed the lending business of India's payment major Paytm, has been resigned from the Alibaba-backed company. Hegde had joined Paytm in the capacity of a senior vice president and to lead the consumer investment products at Paytm's Payments Bank division.
This is the third high-profile exit for the Noida-based company. Earlier in 2016, Vikas Purohit, senior vice-president at Paytm and Amit Lakhotia, vice president of payments had put in their papers.
According to an ET report, Hegde quitting the Vijay Shekhar Sharma led company has been confirmed by its sources. Also, Hegde's LinkedIn profile reads, 'Ready to make things even more exciting' stating end of his professional journey at Paytm for about 2 years from February 2016 to January 2018.
Till Jan 2017, he headed the team that has built multiple Paytm Financial Services including loans & gold.
To join Paytm in February 2016, Hegde had relocated to Paytm's headquarters in Noida from Singapore where he was managing director for credit research at Barclays.
In October 2017, Hegde was moved from heading Paytm Gold to oversee the company's lending segment in Paytm's bid to offer financial products to customers and merchants with other lenders.
Also Read: Paytm to launch financial products platform 'Paytm Money' by March
Apart from being a seed-stage investor in multiple Bangalore-based companies, Hegde was associated with Barclays for a tenure of over seven years. Besides, he has also worked with Lehman Brothers and IDFC Private Equity.
In January 2017, Paytm received final approval of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to launch its payments bank. As per the RBI's approval, payments banks can accept deposits from individuals and small businesses of up to Rs 1 lakh per account.
As far as lending is concerned, Paytm cannot lend directly to its users. Due to RBI regulatory restrictions, the firm can offer certain services as of now. It can take savings deposits and remittances but are not permitted to lend.
However, it has got permission from banking regulator to tie-up with lending firms to offer loan to its customers.
Amit Lakhotia, Krishna Hegde, Paytm, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Vikas Purohit
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In the preceding article, we examined conduction losses in output-stage MOSFETs that are power switches in synchronous rectifying step-down converters. This time, we consider switching losses occurring at switch nodes.
Switching losses, as the name suggests, are losses that accompany switching operation. The symbol PSWH is used.
A synchronous switch (high-side or low-side) of a synchronous rectifying step-down converter can be schematically thought of as switching (turning on/off) the voltages VIN and GND. The value obtained simply by multiplying the power in this transition time by the switching frequency is the switching loss. Refer to LX in the waveform diagrams below. The loss in time intervals in which the device is turned completely on or off is the conduction loss, explained in the previous article.
PSWH can be calculated using the following equation.
The power in the triangular area the base of which is the rise time or fall time and the height of which is VIN, is the loss. The faster the rise or fall time, the smaller is the loss during the transition time, but the switching frequency factor is present, and so it must be remembered that in order to reduce the switching loss, both the switching transition time and the switching frequency must be considered.
Next time, we will discuss dead-time losses.
・The switching loss in a synchronous rectifying step-down converter is calculated using the switching transition time, the power during this transition time, and the switching frequency.


Summertime is around the bend. You've bought all the current magazines pushing different swimsuit body diets, you've probably been all over the internet looking for top diet trends. The time to start is NOW! Wait! Before you go off and buy that magic pill, before you go off and start drinking nothing but kale juice for 21 days, take a few minutes and just consider the basics, a balanced diet, additional exercise, and BETTER sleep. Yes, better sleep, the easiest way to shed pounds.
Your weight loss plan can go haywire if sleep is not an integral part of the program. "Sleep is not only a pillar of healthy living, it's a foundation of a healthy life," Matthew Walker Ph.D., Author Why We Sleep. Sleep controls your mindset, your willpower, and your hormones. Without a plan to sleep better your diet plan is lost before it even begins.
Any weight loss plan is built around good willpower and a decision to hold off on eating "bad" foods." You want to stay away from useless calories and only eat what will help you stay within your caloric goal. These are great steps to take for shedding pounds, but without sleep, your willpower takes a beating. Without a good 7 to 8 hours of quality sleep, control over your hunger hormones is impacted. Yes, you have hunger hormones. Ghrelin is a hormone that signals your brain when it's hungry and time to eat. Without enough sleep, your body makes more Ghrelin, and your brain signals the need for more food. To make things even harder on your already stressed willpower, another hormone, Leptin, is reduced. Leptin is the hormone that tells your brain "Hey, it's time to put down the fork, you're full". Can you start to see some of the issues with missing out on sleep now? Wait, we aren't done yet, it gets even worse for your diet plan! Your cravings for high carb foods and fats also increase due to insufficient sleep. The culprit here is another hormone that was thrown off kilter by your staying up too late, cortisol. Cortisol is a hormone, it's purpose is to help us deal with stress, and it helps manage the use of fats and carbs throughout your digestive system. An overabundance of Cortisol makes staying away from those donuts all that much harder.
Another important facet of a weight loss plan is exercise. Without additional exercise, you will not be burning enough extra calories to impact your burn off of extra fat. Sleep plays an integral part in your willingness to expend this extra energy. Sleep also plays into your ability to concentrate and focus on tasks. Without necessary sleep, you are more likely to choose sedentary activities like watching TV.
Hopefully, you can see plainly now the importance of good sleep in your life and your weight loss plan. Dieting and weight loss are hard enough without starting with a great foundation of sleep. Don't make all your hard work go to waste after you've reached your goal weight either. Sleep is essential all the time, not just to shed those extra pounds. Remember, when you Sleep Well, You Live Well.
If you have comments on this or any other blog in the Sleep Well News and Blog pages, please feel free to post in the comments section below! We welcome your input and suggestions.
http://time.com/4757521/sleep-yourself-slim/, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sleep-newzzz/201709/weight-loss-and-sleep-is-there-connection-1, and Why We Sleep, Matthew Walker Ph.D. 2017.


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Not a merry time for SME owners: 77% predicting no business growth for Christmas
Elizabeth Barry
Posted: 18 December 2017 12:14 pm
1 in 5 think that it will be even quieter than last year.
Small business owners are expecting a slow Christmas period for 2017, new research from MYOB has found. The MYOB SME Snapshot saw 77% of small- to medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners predict no growth in business over Christmas – a worrying statistic, considering as this is the time of year many businesses make a large chunk of their annual revenue.
More worryingly, one in five (18%) expects this Christmas period to be quieter than in 2016. CEO of MYOB Tim Reed puts the findings down to the changing Australian retail landscape.
"With the launch of a number of overseas retail outlets this year, our Aussie business owners are feeling apprehensive in the lead up to Christmas," he said.
"Businesses are telling us they're concerned about the impact this will have on customer footfall and revenue, especially given the wider global environment businesses are now playing in."
The launch of Amazon in Australia at the beginning of this month certainly did have an effect on Australian businesses. Some businesses have decided to sell on the platform, investing significantly in stock and delivery functions and even changing their business models in the process, but others are continuing on with their own business plans.
The effect of Amazon remains to be seen only a few weeks in, but the MYOB survey shows that there are factors outside of competition affecting SME's ability to grow.
A lack of forward planning was found to be a problem for SME owners in the lead-up to Christmas; 37% of those surveyed said they only started planning for Christmas two months out while one-third did not plan at all.
However, this may come down to a huge challenge facing most small businesses: a lack of time.
When asked about the main challenges they will face heading into 2018, maintaining a work-life balance was the biggest struggle for 45% of SME owners. More than a quarter (27%) said they wanted to actively improve in this area.
"The emphasis small business owners placed on the challenge of maintaining work-life balance suggests they are expecting to spend more time on their business, potentially to save costs on hiring or rostering more help," said Reed.
"This comes as a concern to small business owners' mental health as, for many business owners, this time of year is often reserved for some downtime, perhaps a break from work and time spent with friends and family."
Managing cash flow (39%) and operating costs (37%) were also high on the list of challenges for SME owners, but only 12% wanted to focus on improving this in the new year.
Reed's advice to retailers is to "play to your strengths".
"Our local retailers need to ... ensure they're adequately prepared and continue to focus on being a strong and vibrant part of their community, and ensuring they provide unique experiences for their customers. This kind of innovation will ensure they continue to have a strong presence both during Christmas and into the new year."
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• Arizona's highest recorded temperature was 128 degrees at Lake Havasu City, June 29, 1994.
and oftentimes, the entire country.
• Arizona became the 48th state on February 14, 1912.
Roadrunner and it can run at speeds of up to 15mph – faster than it can fly!
• A saguaro cactus will take between 50 and 100 years to grow an arm.
from encroaching on Arizona territory.
language to learn our military secrets.
• Don't believe everything you hear. Legend has it that the barrel cactus is a good source of water in the desert.
the hide off a Gila Monster.
• Arizona has more boat owners per head of population than any other state in the USA.
• The amount of copper on the roof of the Capitol building is equivalent to 4,800,000 pennies.
neither the town marshal or the sheriff in Tombstone, Arizona at the time of the shoot-out at the O.K. Corral.
• The largest freshwater striped bass caught in Arizona was at Bullhead City. It weighed 59 lbs. 12 oz.
• The world's largest solar telescope is located at Kitts Peak National Observatory in the city of Sells.
• Arizona has more mountains than Switzerland and more golf courses than Scotland.
states at the same time.
• Only 15% of Arizona is privately owned. The rest is made up of government and state-owned land.
• People think of Arizona as a desert state, yet it would be more accurate to think of it as a tree-covered state.
• Arizona has been known to have both the hottest and the coldest temperatures in the nation on the same day.
• It snowed 400.9 inches during the winter of 1972-1973 at Sunrise Mountain.
Legend has it that the barrel cactus is a good source of water in the desert. Well, you can try it, but you won't like it.
The pulp can be crushed to create a liquid, but the juice would peel the hide off a Gila Monster.
It is illegal to hunt camels in the State of Arizona. At one time camels were used to transport goods across Arizona.
The amount of copper on the roof of the Capitol building is equivalent to 4,800,000 pennies.
The Largest Freshwater Striped Bass was caught in Bullhead City, AZ weighing in at 59 lbs. 12 oz.
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Dr. West: Not a lot here on small cell lung cancer, but there are still a couple of pretty controversial questions, including what the role is for consolidation chest radiation in patients who have residual chest disease after a good, but incomplete, response to chemotherapy. What are you guys doing in that situation? Is this something that has become a standard, or something that you often recommend, or at least discuss with patients, or is it still not something that has penetrated into common practice; Ben?
Dr. Solomon: Yeah, so I must admit, even prior to the results with the Slotman study, which was published in the New England Journal — or, no, it was presented at ASCO — about thoracic radiation after chemotherapy, I used to worry about patients who had residual disease in their chest, because you worry that that's a site at which they're going to progress, and we've had discussions with our radiation oncology colleagues about treating that, almost preemptively. I think those data provide support to that, and provide an argument for delivering consolidation radiotherapy, if you like, for patients who have residual disease in their chest. There is additional toxicity from the treatment — the patients are pretty bashed up after their chemotherapy, so I think it's a sort of individual discussion that we have with patients.
Dr. West: And your thoughts?
Dr. Horn: So, were doing the same. In the patients who tolerated chemotherapy well, and are doing well after chemotherapy, and had either bulky disease, or have residual disease, we will send them to discuss the thoracic radiation with the radiation oncology folks.


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Issue Date: February 12, 1933
First City: Savannah, GA
Quantity Issued: 61,719,200
This issue commemorates the 200th anniversary of the settlement of Georgia by General James Edward Oglethorpe and his nineteen associates. Together, they founded a colony that prohibited alcohol and slaves. Strict loyalists to the British Empire, they eventually passed control of the colony to the Crown.
Birth Of James Oglethorpe
On December 22, James Oglethorpe, founder of the colony of Georgia, was born.
Born in Surrey, England, Oglethorpe briefly attended Corpus Christi College before joining the army of Prince Eugene of Savoy. Oglethorpe served as the prince's aide-de-camp and served with distinction during the Austro-Turkish War of 1716-18.
After the war, Oglethorpe returned to England and was elected a Member of Parliament for Haslemere in 1722. He took a special interest in the British Royal Navy, anonymously publishing "The Sailors Advocate," pushing for improved conditions.
In 1728, Oglethorpe served on a Parliamentary committee on prison reform. In this role he witnessed the horrible treatment in three debtors' prisons. Many of these debtors were released from prison with no support. Many of these people then went to London where they were impoverished or became criminals.
Oglethorpe believed he had the solution – to found a colony for debtors in America. In 1730, he and a group of like-minded individuals petitioned to form the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America. In 1732, Oglethorpe received a charter from George II for founding the colony, and Parliament granted him $50,000.
Oglethorpe and his partners developed a plan for the settlement (known as the Oglethorpe Plan) based on "agrarian equality." Families could own up to 50 acres, including a town lot, garden plot near the town, and a 45-acre farm, though they could own more 50-acre plots if they wanted.
In November 1732, Oglethorpe and a group of about 120 colonists departed England to start their new colony. They arrived in South Carolina before the end of the year and settled near present-day Savannah, Georgia, on February 1, 1733. Oglethorpe negotiated with the Tamacraw tribe for their land and oversaw the building of a series of forts. He brought with him cottonseeds that helped to establish that industry in the American South.
Contrary to Oglethorpe's initial plan, few debtors settled in Georgia. It was largely Scots, poor English tradesmen and artisans, Swiss, French, German, and Jewish refugees, as well as Salzburger Protestants. The colony accepted all religions except for Roman Catholicism.
Shortly after their arrival, Oglethorpe ordered the construction of a lighthouse to aid boats arriving in the Savannah Harbor. Completed in 1736, the Tybee Island Lighthouse stood 90 feet tall, making it the tallest structure in Colonial America at the time. The lighthouse was destroyed by a storm five years later and then rebuilt four feet taller than the original.
In 1734, Oglethorpe established the first Masonic Lodge in Georgia. Known as Solomon's Lodge, it's the "Oldest Continuously Operating English Constituted Lodge of Freemasons in the Western Hemisphere."
Oglethorpe proved to be an effective leader, governing for nine years. He also banned slavery in Georgia, but not because he was opposed to the idea of it. Having slaves in Georgia posed a potential threat to the colony's military security. The Spanish enemy nearby in Florida offered slaves freedom in exchange for military service, which was a risk Oglethorpe wasn't willing to take. But when he successfully drove back invading Spaniards at the Battle of Bloody Marsh in 1742, the threat was minimized. Oglethorpe left Georgia the following year, after which, the slavery ban was lifted.
In 1743, Oglethorpe returned to England and rose through the ranks of the British Army. He raised a unit of Rangers to send to Georgia to defend against Spanish attacks, but after an unsuccessful skirmish and court-martial, he never commanded troops again.
In 1785, Oglethorpe met US ambassador to Britain John Adams and admitted he was upset over the fighting that had taken place between the two countries. He also said that he had "great esteem and regard for America." Oglethorpe died weeks later on June 30, 1785.
A town, county, and college in Georgia are all named in Oglethorpe's honor. There's also a statue by Daniel Chester French in Savannah. Oglethorpe is depicted with his sword drawn, facing south toward his former enemy, Spanish Florida.
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1933 1c Restoration of Fort Dearborn
1933 3c Federal Building at Chicago
1933 3c National Recovery Act
1933 3c Byrd Antarctic Expedition
1933 5c General Tadeusz Kosciuszko
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1932 2c Third Olympic Winter Games
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1934 3c Maryland Tercentenary
1932 3c 10th Summer Olympic Games: Runner at Starting Mark
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China Celebrates: With Biden As President, We Can 'Return To The Right Track'
This week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that with former Vice President Joe Biden projected to gain the presidency, it is time for the U.S. and China to "restart dialogue" and "return to the right track."
According to the Chinese foreign ministry's website, Wang spoke to the board of the US-China Business Council (USCBC), when he stated, "The USCBC represents American companies that do business in China and seeks to promote bilateral trade. … The most urgent task currently is for the two sides to work together to remove all sorts of barriers to achieve a smooth transition in China-US relations. At the same time, based on the direction of mutual benefits for our two peoples and countries, we need to strive to restart dialogue, return to the right track and rebuild trust in this next phase of relations," as The South China Morning Post reported.
Wang implicitly targeted the Trump administration, which has warned about the Chinese company Huawei Technologies and sanctioned Chinese officials over human rights abuses in Xinjiang, saying opponents of the Communist Chinese regime displayed "outdated Cold War mentality and ideological prejudices."
"Engaging in comprehensive containment against China, and even advocating for 'decoupling' and a 'new Cold War', this is making a historical, directional and strategic error," he said. "We expect and believe that the US' China policy will return to objectivity and rationality sooner or later."
Wang warned the U.S. not to "intervene in China's internal affairs," adding, "For problems that cannot be immediately resolved, we need to maintain a constructive attitude to manage the situation to avoid intensifying and escalating the overall situation of China-US relations."
As The Daily Wire reported, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Wednesday that the Chinese Communist Party is aggressively seeking to undermine the U.S., including through U.S. colleges and universities, which Beijing sees as "easy targets" to infiltrate and influence for China's benefit because they are "rife with anti-Americanism."
"It's that the Chinese Communist Party wants what we have, and they will do whatever they must do to take it and get it," Pompeo warned. "They will steal our stuff. They will pressure critics of the Chinese Communist Party to keep quiet. They will do whatever it takes."
"And it's important to come and talk with the American people about this because Americans must know how the Chinese Communist Party is poisoning the well of our higher education institutions for its own ends, and how those actions degrade our freedoms and American national security," Pompeo continued. "If we don't educate ourselves, if we're not honest about what's taking place, we'll get schooled by Beijing."
Last July, U.S. Attorney General William Barr asserted:
The General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, who has centralized power to a degree not seen since the dictatorship of Mao Zedong, now speaks openly of China moving closer to the center stage, building a socialism that is superior to capitalism, and replacing the American dream with the Chinese solution. China is no longer hiding its strength, nor biding its time. From the perspective of its communist rulers, China's time has arrived. The People's Republic of China is now engaged in an economic Blitzkrieg, an aggressive orchestrated whole of government, indeed whole of society, campaign to seize the commanding heights of the global economy and to surpass the United States as the world's preeminent technological superpower.
Author: Hank Berrien
Source: Daily Wire: China Celebrates: With Biden As President, We Can 'Return To The Right Track'


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Q: Using groovy ws with enum types? I'm trying to use groovy ws to call a webservice. One of the properties of the generated class is it's self a class with an enum type. Although the debug messages show that the com.test.FinalActionType is created at runtime when the WSDL is read I can't create an instance of it using code like
proxy.create("com.test.FinalActionType")

When I try and assign a string to my class uin place of an instance of FinalActionType groovy is not able to do the conversion. How can I get an instance of this class to use in a webservice call? I've pasted the important part of the WSDL below.
        <xsd:simpleType name="FinalActionType">
            <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
                <xsd:enumeration value="stop"/>
                <xsd:enumeration value="quit"/>
                <xsd:enumeration value="continue"/>
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A: I don't think it can easily be done yet, not using the available WSClient API.
There was a suggestion to add a "createEnum" method to the WSClient class (see test case patch and issue GMOD-82). Judging by Guillaume Alleon's comments under issue GMOD-4, there should be a way to create an enum instance when WSClient 0.5.1 is released.
UPDATE:
As of GroovyWS 0.5.2 (at least, I haven't tried 0.5.1), enums can be used with GroovyWS as follows:
...
wsProxy = new WSClient(wsdlUrl, this.class.classLoader)
wsProxy.initialize()
def anObject = wsProxy.create("some.package.AServiceInterface")
def anEnum = wsProxy.create("some.package.AnEnum")
anObject.anEnumProperty = anEnum.AN_ENUM_VALUE
...

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Well autumn is definatly here, the weather is grey and miserable and there is the smell of rotting leaves on the ground. Sounds horrible I know but I actually love all of it. Maybe it is just because I work from home so don't have to go out if I don't want to but there is something lovely about sitting in your living room looking out on a rainy day which warms your cockles (stupid english saying that I also love).
As well as working today seemed like the ideal day to do some baking, to me there is nothing like a just warm fresh out the oven cake on a autumnal day. So in raiding my cupboard to make my plain sponge a bit more interesting I found dried fruit which I normally have on my cereal. After a quick phone call to my superstar baker brother for the essential quantities, I was all set. He makes the best victoria sponge known to man so I always know that his advice will bring forth great cakes. I decided to make some cranberry and sultana vanilla buns (also known as cupcakes). Perfect little sweet bites of goodness which I can take for my packed lunch tomorrow.
Anyway so here is the recipe if you would like to try making them. I recommend them just warm with a good old cup of tea, nice and simple. Would also be good with a dollop of cream cheese icing if you have any cream cheese, which I didn't. Of course you can also use most varieties of dried fruit, also good are apricots, raisins and my all time number one favourite cherries.
enough dried cranberries and sultanas so that you have them evenly distributed through out the mixture.
This should make around 9 large buns or 12 smaller ones.
Do the usual, preheat oven at gas mark 4. Cream butter and sugar and stir in eggs and add vanilla. Fold in flour, mix in fruit. Put in bun cases in a tin and cook for about 20/25 mins or until slightly golden on top. Leave to slightly cool on cooling rack. EAT!!! Or if you have more will power than me you can keep these in an airtight container for up to 3 or 4 days or if you are more prepared like my mum in the freezer for ages and then defrost before eating. Perfect for kiddies lunch boxes as it keeps everything else cold.


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I'm sitting at my house in my spare room with that cool Canberra breeze invigorating my fasted frame. It's a cold snap that feels like a reprieve from the extreme heat of previous weeks, but in reality it's likely to be two violent swings of a unpredictable climate growing more extreme. Still, feels good.
I admit I didn't know about COINTELPRO. But I was aware of other, more purely racist things like Nixon and his advisors recorded on tape actively working to increase racial tensions, and of course Jim Crow. But I do see a very uncomfortable reality that all* these "conspiracies" you mentioned were government-instituted. And government instituted because the people were either: undermining the government (COINTELPRO), weren't trusting the government enough (Nixon) or not segregating themselves enough (Jim Crow). Who knows what the world might be like if the government wasn't trying to fix our social lives over the last hundred years.
I'd already read the Atlantic article of Between the World and Me, and read it again after your suggestion. To be honest I found it baleful and conspiratorial. The end kind of saves it with a Christian-like "we're all struggling but some more than others". Though rather than a cosmic evil or an entropic universe his struggle is against a white conspiracy beyond the knowledge and intention of most of those involved. One of the issues with subjective experiences as we're discussing them is that they can be annihilated when in contact with an opposing one. At the time I also read Ayaan Hirsi Ali's response, a more optimistic reading of America despite her subjective plight being obviously more violent and horrible than Coates'.


The Reserve Bank of India, known for its restraint, has now tuned combative, showcasing its resentment against the government.
At least two speeches recently made by the top RBI officials underscore the extent of the friction between the Central Bank and the Central Government.
In a speech delivered on Friday, Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Viral Acharya warned about the risk of undermining the central bank's independence and called it catastrophic. He also forewarned that the rash move could trigger a crisis of confidence in capital markets that are tapped by governments (and others in the economy) to run their finances. Showing his resentment, he said that the Government that does not respect central bank independence will sooner or later incur the wrath of financial markets, ignite an economic fire, and come to rue the day they undermined an important regulatory institution.
What is the provocation for the RBI's public expression of discomfort with the government?
In the wake of the Nirav Modi's Rs. 13,000-crore fraud at state-owned Punjab national bank, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley questioned the RBI'S role. On Tuesday, the Finance Minister went further saying the central bank looked the other way when banks gave loans indiscriminately between 2008 and 2014. It is this indiscriminate lending Jaitley has maintained that led to the huge pile-up Non-performing Assets (NPAs).
RBI Governor Urjit Patel had earlier responded strongly asserting that the RBI did not have the same regulatory powers over public sector bank, as it does over private banks. The Reserve Bank of India cannot replace the management and board of a public sector bank or revoke its license.
The RBI's Prompt and Corrective Action (PCA), which is a regulatory intensive care for banks with deep holes in their balance sheets, is another flashpoint. There are twenty Public Sector Banks, out of which eleven are operating under emergency measures. However, the government has asked for relaxation of these norms, saying it is impacting the lending ability and therefore, growth.
Another point of contention has been – Who will regulate India's payment ecosystem?
An inter-ministerial committee set up for the finalization of amendments to the Payment & Settlement Systems Act, 2007 was formed by the Government under the chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, which will have oversight on payments done through e-payments.
The Reserve Bank of India sent a strong dissent note to the government questioning the need for the separate payment regulator. The Payments Regulatory Board must remain with the Reserve Bank and headed by the RBI governor, it said. It also notified that having the regulation and supervision over Payment and Settlement systems with the central bank will ensure holistic benefits.
Another issue has been the government choice of directors on the RBI board. The government recently appointed charted accountant S. Gurumurthy associated with RSS affiliate swadeshi Jagran Manch on the Reserve Bank of India Board.
There is also the tussle over resources. The government is of the view that the Reserve Bank of India is sitting on excess capital and must transfer some of it to meet the government's fiscal targets. This debate, though, is not new and has been going on for at least two years.
The RBI has said having adequate resources is a part of the central bank's independence. The RBI believes the use of such a transfer would erode whatever confidence that exists in the government's intentions to practice fiscal prudence.
The government on Wednesday said the autonomy of the Reserve Bank of India is "essential", but acknowledged that it holds consultations with the central bank on several matters of public interest.
The statement came hours after reports said that the Centre had initiated talks with the RBI to consider invoking a provision under the RBI Act which has never been used before, which could empower it to issue directions to the central bank on certain matters. This provision was not used even when the country was close to default in the dark days of 1991, nor in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis.
What is section 7 under the RBI Act?
1) The Central Government may from time to time give such directions to the Bank as it may, after consultation with the Governor of the Bank, consider necessary in the public interest.
(3) Save as otherwise provided in regulations made by the Central Board, the Governor and in his absence the Deputy Governor nominated by him in this behalf, shall also have powers of general superintendence and direction of the affairs and the business of the Bank, and may exercise all powers and do all acts and things which may be exercised or done by the Bank.
To soften the blow, Government has come out with a clarification on the purported spat with the Reserve Bank of India. The government has said that the central bank enjoys autonomy within the RBI Act and that both the government and the RBI engage in consultations guided by public interest and the requirements of the Indian economy.
While disagreements between the RBI and government are not new, many experts feel that the particular episode has blown out of proportion, suggesting that it will have a negative effect on financial market sentiments.


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Shenzhen and Guangzhou SASACs have arranged for several state-owned enterprises to conduct due diligence on Evergrande's urban redevelopment projects, a person close to the matter said. Evergrande has approached every possible buyer in the market, the person said. However, no deals have been reached. Several real estate developers that have been in contact with Evergrande told Caixin that while some of Evergrande's projects look good on the surface, there are complex creditors' rights that uses of aspirin them difficult to dispose of.
Some potential buyers have said they could consider a debt-assumption acquisition, but Evergrande was reluctant to sell at a loss, Uses of aspirin learned. At an emergency staff meeting on Sept. But even if Evergrande can quickly sell its houses, the revenue would be far from enough to pay uses of aspirin debt.
The chance that Evergrande will not be able to pay interest due in the third quarter is 99. As of the end of June, Evergrande had total assets of 2. Of the nearly 2 trillion yuan of debt, interest-bearing debt was 571. The decrease in interest-bearing debt was mostly achieved by deferred payables to suppliers.
In addition uses of aspirin the 571. But the amount at Evergrande is not known. In the early stage of projects, developers need to invest a lot of money, which can significantly increase debt on the balance sheet. Uses of aspirin often place these debts off their balance sheet through a variety of means. After presale of the project, or even after cash flow turns positive, these debts would be consolidated into the balance sheet in the form of equity transfer, according to a property industry insider.
For example, 40 billion yuan of acquisition funds Evergrande obtained from China Citic Bank were invested in multiple projects. As Evergrande doesn't have an equity relationship with the two companies, this item was not required to be consolidated into Evergrande's financial statement.
Evergrande used leveraged funds to acquire equities in 10 projects, and none of them were included in its financial statement, the prospectus of its chaoshoubao shows. Evergrande has sold equity in subsidiaries to uses of aspirin investors and promised to buy back the stakes if certain milestones cannot be reached. Such equity sales are also a form of borrowing. Cl 5 hidden debts also include unpaid payments to acquire equities.
Dozens of small property companies have sued Evergrande demanding cancellation of their equity sales agreements Brilinta (Ticagrelor Tablets for Oral Administration)- FDA the company because Evergrande uses of aspirin to pay them.
They are Evergrande's partners in local development projects. A plaintiff's lawyer told Caixin that Evergrande's project subsidiaries do not want to hurt local partners, but they have no money to pay as sales from the projects have been transferred to the parent company. A total of 49 of Evergrande's wholly owned local subsidiaries have been sued since April, according to Tianyancha, a database of publicly available corporate information.
Evergrande also owes land transfer fees to some local governments. Some 20 Evergrande affiliates have not yet uses of aspirin payments to the city government of Lanzhou, the capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, throat teen to a list of 41 such firms issued in July by the city's natural uses of aspirin department. A potential default by Evergrande could spread to markets outside China as it has huge, high-interest offshore bonds.
Evergrande has been frantically selling properties at discounts this year. In the first half, the company reported 356 billion yuan uses of aspirin contracted sales, slightly higher than 349 billion yuan for the same period last year.
Average selling prices in the first six months declined 11. Meanwhile, payables increased 14. In response to uses of aspirin market environment, the company increased sales commissions and marketing expenses, the company said.
Compared with uses of aspirin competitors, Evergrande has higher capital and human costs but lower selling prices, an industry participant said. It reported a loss in its core property chelation treatment of 4 billion yuan.
Evergrande's extremely high debt ratio, high financing cost and repeated delays in payments to suppliers, partners and local government show that its liquidity has always been tight, but on the other hand, the fact that it has survived years under this model indicates that it has always been able to generate money, a veteran investor said.
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A Recovery Response to Horticulture Farmers' Crisis During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In August 2021, it will be six months since the "February-20 incident" that saw COVID-19 spread widely in Cambodia, causing the country entered into a lockdown in early April 2021 for over three weeks; Phnom Penh and some key provincial towns in various provinces imposed travel restrictions.
The pandemic has had a serious impact on Cambodian farming and horticulture. In various sectors, the market is coming under pressure; food production and internal markets for the entire food chain have fluctuated during this crisis.
During the April lockdown people were asked to stay indoors, a few big and small markets were shut down and transport was restricted. This caused issues in the supply of fresh vegetables, though these were quickly resolved through special permits for food and transport companies. The logistic arrangements had been extremely challenging for farmers to bring their produce to market, and they could not sell their harvested vegetables due to a lack of transport and stifled market access.
Consumers were afraid to go shopping for fear of contracting the virus, causing demand in provincial towns to drop considerably. Business activities were heavily restricted, and so farmers could not sell their produce. Some farmers consequently lost their entire vegetable harvest while others were forced to sell their vegetables at greatly reduced price, resulting in an economic loss.
With the Covid-19 now having spread to the provinces, consumer confidence continues to plummet, causing a deeper contraction in demand. The recent lockdowns in border provinces aggravate this, and a continued drop in tourist arrivals into the country has caused further contraction in local markets, most noticeably in Siem Reap province. Producers in Siem Reap and Battambang provinces have survived by been sending vegetables to other provinces, but this surplus supply has displaced local producers in the receiving provinces.
The Government of Cambodia has responded to the impacts caused by covid-19 by implementing various interventions to help stimulate agricultural recovery, support the greatest affected households through cash transfers, and prioritized a country-wide vaccination drive.
During this time, SNV and the General Directorate of Agriculture (GDA) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), in coordination with PDAFF, have been providing farmers with recovery assistance through cash coupons for horticultural inputs. Small scale farmers producing for the market who want to restart commercial production are eligible for a subsidy to support the cost of inputs.
During this time, SNV and the General Directorate of Agriculture (GDA) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), in coordination with PDAFF, have been providing farmers with recovery assistance through cash coupons for horticultural inputs. Small scale farmers producing for the market who want to restart commercial production are eligible for a subsidy to support the cost of inputs. This project made this activity possible with fund support of Swiss Development and Cooperation (SDC).
Around 300 farmers, identified as those who were severely affected in four target provinces (Kratie, Stung Treng, Preah Vihear and Oddar Meanchey) have been receiving cash coupons that have been distributed to the farmers between June and July, 2021. The farmers could exchange their coupons at participating local suppliers for items such as vegetable seeds, trellis net, fertilizer, plastic mulching, compost, drip irrigation lines, as well as many other items.
"I had already raised the bed layout and planned to get an additional loan for plastic mulching from a local private supplier but it was always a hesitation to whether or not I should get the loan, especially during this unstable situation. But I was happy when hearing that CHAIN would help us," said Pich Sam Eng, a 58-year-old farmer living in Ou Russey village, Oddor Meachey.
He continued, "In July, I received a cash coupon valued 100 USD. With this coupon, I got four sets of plastic mulching and some fertilizers for my three-hectare vegetable farm."
The farming recovery intervention provides support for farmers to re-establish their farm production to ensure a regular supply of vegetables to markets and to provide short-term income. The intervention also supports partners in the delivery of post-disaster services to farmers and farmer groups with additional short-term manpower.
The CHAIN team and PDAFF officers identified a list of (semi)commercial small scale farmers who have suffered as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting country lockdown by classifying them into three categories: "totally lost" (over 250 USD loss), "some lost" (between 125 USD – 249 USD loss), and very little lost" (less than 125 USD loss).
Coupons were issued to farmers who displayed commitment to setting up their farms. Coupons with a value of 100 USD were given to each of the "totally lost" farmers while coupons with a value of 50 USD and 25 USD were given to "some lost" and "very little lost" respectively. The farmers used the coupons to cash in with any identified agricultural input supplier or lead farmer, each of which had been vetted using a competitive price comparison to ensure the provision of input package and materials at a fair price.
"This 100 USD coupon fund means a lot to me; it is more than I expected," said Mrs. Reum Rim, 50, living in Kompot village, Rohas commune, Roveang district, Preah Vihear province. "With this coupon, I could buy many things, including fertilizers, vegetable seeds, plastic net, plastic mulching. I would thank CHAIN and all partners, and I hope they will continue their support on this vegetable production as we farmers need more support."
CHAIN works indirectly with semi-commercial vegetable production groups through the PDAFF and market actors in order to establish market system changes in the targeted provinces. As a direct result of CHAIN support, both semi-commercial and commercial farmers can start recovering their farms, and will grow vegetables based on projected market demand and company order plans to avoid the surplus supply in the peak season of vegetable production.
Though farmers have already suffered a lot throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, the CHAIN team hopes that the rainy season will bring enough water to survive the dry season, but not so much that they suffer from flooding (particularly high risk provinces situated along the river). In preparation, however, some farmers have been supported by CHAIN with on-farm ponds for water storage or bore-holes and pumps, in anticipation of possible water shortages in the dry season.


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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Reproductive Violence: Afrofeminist Perspectives
by AgendaFM | Oct 8, 2020 | Call for Abstracts
Contributors are invited to submit manuscripts on the above topic from either an activist or research perspective. Abstracts and contributions must be written in English and in a style that is accessible to a wide audience. Please submit abstracts to Leverne@eject.co.za or admin@agenda.org.za
ABOUT AGENDA
Agenda has been at the forefront of feminist publishing in South Africa for the past 30 years and raises debate around women's rights and gender issues. The journal is designed to promote critical thinking and debate and aims to strengthen the capacity of both men and women to challenge gender discrimination and injustice. The Agenda journal is an IBSS/SAPSE accredited and peer-reviewed journal.
GUEST EDITORS: Dr Rachelle Chadwick & Dr Jabulile Mavuso
Conceptual Rationale:
Gender-based violence is a well-recognized and extensively theorized social problem in Southern Africa. There is also a rich corpus of feminist writing and research on reproductive health and sexual/reproductive rights across a range of African and transnational contexts. However, less feminist work has focused explicitly on reproductive coercions and human rights abuses as forms of violence. In parts of the Global South (particularly Latin and Central America), strong feminist activist movements have mobilized in efforts to name, problematize, and struggle against reproductive and obstetric violence (e.g. Dixon, 2015). For example, 'obstetric violence', a form of violence experienced by birthers in maternal health services, has been redefined by feminist activists not just as a health systems problem but as a systemic form of gender violence (Shabot, 2016). The intersectional differences that shape reproductive politics and materializations of reproductive violence and coercion have been well-recognized by Southern feminists (see Smith-Oka, 2013; Dixon, 2015).
While reproductive and obstetric violence have been recognized as pervasive problems in several African contexts, there has been little attempt to engage, discuss, and theorize such modes of violence from Afrofeminist perspectives. We use the term 'Afrofeminism' rather than 'African feminism' to disrupt any easy idea of coherence or singularity (Tamale, 2020). Furthermore, we define 'Afrofeminism' as modes of feminist analysis and activism that trace and foreground the racialized, colonial, and gendered circuits of power that shape the lives of African peoples of marginalized genders (both in African contexts and transnationally). This call is thus not limited to work that explores reproductive violence in African settings only, but seeks to broaden the lens by exploring transnational circuits of power that operate across Southern, African, and postcolonial contexts. In this special issue, we thus aim to provide a space for dialogue and conversation across geopolitical differences. The time is ripe to consider, debate, and define reproductive violence and injustice from Afrofeminist, Southern, and decolonial standpoints and to enable a set of conversations on how to theorize and challenge reproductive violence and forms of oppression from majority-world perspectives. This call for abstracts is thus an invitation to think and write about the particular forms and formations of reproductive violence, oppression, and injustice materializing in a range of contexts, including: African, Southern, and postcolonial settings.
We also seek to broaden the lens by expanding the definition of what counts as 'reproductive violence'. In much of the scholarship around reproductive and obstetric violence, normative and exclusionary assumptions about which bodies are reproductive and therefore which experiences count as violence still operate. Black, indigenous women, and women of color scholars have attended to the ways that patriarchy, racism and (neo-) colonial white-supremacy interact to produce and mask reproductive violence against Black, indigenous women, and women of color. However, less scholarly attention has been paid to the ways that various systems of power continue to normatively construct people who are queer (especially intersex, trans and non-binary), ill, poor, disabled, young, older, HIV+, fat, or migrants as non-reproductive bodies, devalue their reproductive capacities, and/or simultaneously hyper-invisibilize and erase their experiences of reproductive violence. As such, this call is an invitation to make visible a wider range of reproductive violations than is largely documented in scholarship on this issue. By 'reproductive violence', then, we refer broadly to practices, representations, policy, state, and institutional efforts to coerce, control, punish, diminish, devalue or oppress the reproductive capacities/bodies of marginalized peoples. As such, we are interested in thinking about how we might make sense of, theorize, and visibilize such forms of reproductive coercion, violence, and oppression as Afrofeminist, decolonial, and Southern scholars, writers, and activists.
We invite a range of perspectives on reproductive and obstetric violence, ranging from pieces that engage the theoretical, to personal reflections and stories, and more empirical or evidence-based articles that explore the ways in which various forms of reproductive and obstetric violence (including but not limited to: coerced or forced sterilization and denied sterilization, unsafe abortion and denied abortion/forced birth, abuses and power inequities pertaining to surrogacy work and assisted reproductive technologies, coerced contraception and unsafe, limited or inaccessible contraceptive care, biome dicalization, antenatal and childbirth abuse, miscarriage and stillbirth related abuses, breastfeeding injustices, stigma against (HIV+) gestators, unnecessary hysterectomies and birth interventions, histories and modes of population control) materialize across diverse settings. As such, we open an invitation for articles, essays and reflection pieces that engage questions along (but by no means limited to) the following lines:
What does it do (or undo) to adopt the language of violence in thinking about reproductive and obstetric health care issues? What does this frame enable or limit?
How can we theorize reproductive and obstetric violence from Afrofeminist, Southern, and postcolonial perspectives?
How does reproductive and obstetric violence materialize across a range of different African and transnational settings?
What kinds of reproductive and obstetric violence have materialized during Covid-19 lockdown restrictions across diverse contexts?
How can we define and conceptualize reproductive and obstetric violence from decolonial and Afrofeminist positionalities?
What kinds of Afrofeminist and decolonial feminist activisms are needed to counter, resist and challenge reproductive injustice in African contexts and beyond?
How do the frameworks of intersectionality, reproductive justice, and decoloniality enable or disable understandings of reproductive violence, injustice and oppression in various contexts?
How do persons who are variously marginalized, narrate experiences of reproductive and obstetric violence (broadly defined)?
How is reproductive violence produced through normative systems of power (including but not limited to, racism, classism, sexism, cisheteronormativity, ageism, ableism, healthism, fat oppression, religion, afrophobia/xenophobia)?
How does reproductive violence intersect with normative systems of power and respectability politics?
What are the intersections between reproductive and obstetric violence and the long afterlives of racialized historical oppressions (i.e. apartheid, colonialism, racist segregation)?
How do concepts such as obstetric violence, obstetric racism and reproductive justice travel to, resonate, and diffract in a range of African, Southern, and postcolonial contexts?
Guest Editors:
Dr. Rachelle Chadwick is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Pretoria. She has published widely on reproductive politics, obstetric violence, birth narratives and critical feminist methodologies. Her book, 'Bodies that Birth: Vitalizing Birth Politics' was published by Routledge in 2018.
Dr. Jabulile Mary-Jane Jace Mavuso is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Sociology department, University of Pretoria. Their interests lie in the intersection of gender, sexualities and reproduction and sexual and reproductive justice. Their most recent research has focused on abortion narratives. They have published in Culture, Health& Sexuality, Nursing Inquiry, and Psychology in Society
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I love Saturday mornings, especially when no one else is up yet and the house is quiet. I actually got to enjoy a full cup of hot tea. Typically, I'm rushing around in the mornings, trying to get out the door for work, and I only get a couple of sips before my tea goes completely cold. I opened the windows and let in some fresh air and spent some time looking at the work of artists I admire – Toni Burt, Tamara LaPorte, Jane Davenport, Kelly Rae Roberts, etc. Their work seems flawless, and I began feeling like I have so much to learn! I've been experimenting with acrylics and watercolor lately and am not great at using either, but it's been fun and interesting exploring how to blend, mix, and add texture. I worked on the piece above for a couple of days after work until the wee hours of the morning – not quite happy with it, but I continue to remind myself that this is about enjoying the process and creating for the sake of creating! I find art incredibly therapeutic, but often approach it like work. I have to get it right and get it done quickly, efficiently. The completely wrong mindset, right? In any case, what came to me in this piece was determination, courage, setting your own course and standing your ground. I generally hate conflict – I want everyone to live and breathe harmony, which unfortunately, is not possible in this world, especially when you work with prideful, inflexible, rigid people.
At work this week, I was faced with a difficult situation that made me feel, for lack of better words, completely yuck. Dealing with difficult clients is not my forte and is such a drain! I knew that I was putting my best foot forward and was determined not to let what was clearly the other party's issues become an attack on my person and heart. It wasn't easy, and it will continue to be a tenuous situation, but I believe that I'll handle it with grace and authenticity, even if the other is blind to it. Well, that's enough of that. I look forward to making art over the weekend and recharging. There is so much more to life than letting arrogance bring you down. May you have a lovely weekend doing what you enjoy!
It's taken me half my life to feel comfortable in my own skin. If I could tell my younger self anything, I'd say, "be who you are." I drew and painted this piece in celebration of living your own truth, finding your most authentic self, and doing what makes you happy.
I had never heard of 'soul care' until this morning as I was listening in to the Possibilitarian podcast hosted by artist, Kelly Rae Roberts, and Nichole Poinski. A light went off in my head as I contemplated why I feel so tired much of the time. Giving of yourself constantly is draining. I realized that I'm deficient in soul care. I think soul care is making a habit of practicing self-kindnesses, taking time to connect with your heart, and engaging in what feeds your soul and uplifts you. It's finding ways to refuel and energize emotionally, physically, spiritually, and psychologically. I'm convinced that I'll never have balance in my life – it's just not possible. I have a job that's extremely demanding, and at the end of the day, my light is barely flickering. I'm always just hovering over burnout. During this season of my life, I may not be able to change that, but I can counteract the fatigue by changing little things. I've decided that at bedtime, I'm going to identify five things that I did well during the day instead of checking my work emails or thinking through my to-do list for the next day. Maybe I responded with grace to a negative conversation with someone instead of reacted out of defensiveness. Maybe I took a 15 minute walk during my lunch break, which I rarely take away from my desk. I can try harder to practice gratitude instead of looking at all the things that are weighing me down. Tonight, I"m grateful for this period of creativity in my life. I don't know how long it'll last, but I'm grateful for the spark. I finished this little piece tonight. It's interesting to see how something turns out, as it never ends up the way I expect, and I have to silence the self-critic. But I remind myself that art is a process, and l'm growing. And, the inspiration that comes with it is gratifying.


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Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank are expecting their first child
byHelen - September 25, 2020 25 Comments
Princess Eugenie of York and husband Jack Brooksbank are expecting their first child. Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank are expecting a baby in early 2021, Buckingham Palace has announced. The official statement read: "Princess Eugenie and Mr Jack Brooksbank are very pleased to announce that they are expecting a baby in early 2021." On her own Instagram page, Princess Eugenie shared two photos and added: "Jack and I are so excited for early 2021..."
Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank announced their engagement in January 2018 and married at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle in October of that year. The baby will be a first grandchild for Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, and a ninth great-grandchild for the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh.
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YES! So happy for them!
Lovely news. I hope everything goes smoothly for them. Here's to 2021 being a better year!!
Denise 25/9/20 14:02
Mrs. Butterworth 25/9/20 14:15
Congratulations! That's lovely news.
Aww, super cute! Love her green blouse and their faces are so radiant!! Blessings to them both.
Very happy for them. Congratulations!
Quelle merveilleuse nouvelle. Toutes mes félicitations à ce charmant petit couple ; j'aime voir leur visage épanoui ainsi que la mignonne dernière photo qui est certainement un clin d'œil au sexe de l'enfant... Un garçon !! Vivement début de 2021 !
AnnieM 25/9/20 15:08
Non fashion but lovely news. Congratulations to the prospective parents.
From Joann: Wonderful news for a family that could use some good news. (I'm referring to you-know-who.) Hate to bring that up, but I confess it's the first thing that popped into my mind.
Anna 25/9/20 18:19
Yes, I feel sorry for Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice too. Their father's actions have really overshadowed their recent good news.
The baby isn't delivered yet - 2021. There is no need for an odd burden.
Granddad is one of thousands who's money run out and things can not be hidden anymore. He is just the first Royal, but he will not remain alone within the next five years.
Szilvia 25/9/20 16:08
WOW! Great news :) wishing Pss Eugenie calm and easy pregnancy and delivery
Congratulations to the happy couple!
Wonderful news! Congratulations!
How lovely! Congratulations
Silly question, is a title offered to this baby? (Of course, to me, all babies are royals!)
Unlikely. Most probably the child will be will be Miss or Master Brooksbank--similar situation to Princess Anne's children or Princess Alexandra's if you go further back
What wonderful news ! So pleased for them both ! Ana
Genni 25/9/20 19:09
Congratulations for Princess Eugenie and Jack!!! I suspected an announcement was coming up, I'm very happy for them.
LilyBart 25/9/20 19:44
Chel 26/9/20 00:58
What wonderful news, so very happy for them!
Isabel L 26/9/20 01:29
@ From Joann, why do you need to bring the grandpa's antics into this conversation ? This is a joyous occasion for this couple, keep the muck out of it.
Just read this news in the daily paper; how exciting. Everybody loves babies, they are a sign of hope for the future. Congratulations to the happy couple.
Wonderful news, Congratulations to the happy couple.
Maria from Italy 27/9/20 11:36
Congratulations to this stunning couple!


For as long as I can remember, computer games and music have been 2 of my favourite things, so it's awesome to be combining the two to make a living!
My love of game music goes right back to my first console, Sega Genesis, the music they made with the technical limitations back then was just insane.
I've been interested in making music myself since picking up a bass guitar at age 16, then I got into making electronic music on my computer with software such as Reason. For a long time I wanted to be a dance music producer (or the next Aphex Twin!). It wasn't until University that I decided I wanted to get into game audio, I have always been quite versatile and I loved the idea of producing music in all kinds of styles and getting paid for it!
It was also at University that my eyes (and ears!) were opened to the possibilities of sound design, and I decided to offer sound effect services alongside music composition. Now sound design makes up roughly half my workload and I have grown to love it and find it just as creatively rewarding as composing.
I've worked on many different games creating a wide variety of different kinds of music and sounds (SFX for a cat firing a laser out of it's nose was a highlight!) and I am always excited for what's coming next.