These sentiments include fears over the impact of worsening trade relations. You may recall that we wrote about this in our June letter. At the time, we said that there would be 'lots more twists and turns'. Well, they've arrived. And it remains unclear how long they will last for.
But this isn't the only crosswind at the moment. The trade situation has combined with rising commodity prices to fan fears of inflation. This is feeding into speculation of rising interest rates, particularly in the USA. Those rate rises should in turn dampen growth. Even if they don't, the consensus now is that American economic growth can only slow from here.
None of these changes favour our stocks. Of them all, the one that is most reliably difficult for our strategy is the emergence of the first signs of slowing growth. A lot of impactful companies are cyclical and sensitive to economic growth. Underperformance in September came from weak performances in the Resource Efficiency, Sustainable Transport and Environmental Services themes. These all share cyclical features.
Over time, it is our experience that the secular sustainability trends that underpin our stocks reassert themselves. But in the early stages of recessionary periods, as the saying goes, the baby often gets thrown out with the bathwater.
The best example of this in September might be our Sustainable Transport theme. Four of our stocks in that theme are exposed to improving vehicle efficiency. Three of them, Aptiv, Hella and TE Connectivity, are leaders in the electrification of cars. The fourth, Norma, will benefit from that trend but also has a big role to play in more efficient internal combustion engines.
In September, the subsector benchmark for these stocks underperformed the broader market. The stocks themselves all underperformed the subsector. They had been comfortably ahead over the previous three years.
And yet meaningful adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) will occur in the next five years. The number of EV models available will jump from 155 at the start of this year to 289 by 2022. The global stock of electric cars has grown by over 50% in each of the last three years. The International Energy Agency can envisage electric vehicle penetration reaching 30% by 2030.
More importantly, the messages from the companies themselves have been consistent. Even as demand for cars softens, the manufacturers are not pulling back from their electric and low-emissions development plans. The commercial imperatives are just too strong.
In the longer term, those imperatives are only strengthened by more expensive fossil fuels. Ironic then that also this month, the Brent crude oil price rose from $77.53 to $82.72 per barrel. This move was driven by geopolitical tensions including with Iran, Russia and the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Some forecasts have it now rising over $100 for the first time since 2014.
The fossil fuel industry is enjoying this short-term revival. The Energy sector was the strongest performing segment of the broader market in September. That's investment flowing into a sector which is undermining itself with higher prices.
For those playing a longer game, the real opportunities are elsewhere. Market dislocations like this often make them more apparent. And they offer the opportunity to add to the long-term winners at more attractive prices.


A collection of dishes perfect for the Spring months, using the best Spring produce available.
Roasted pork fillet salad with a grilled pear and walnut dressing.
I really enjoy pork fillets in springtime. They're a nice change to the heavy roasts and slow cooks of winter, and the perfect complement to this crispy pancetta salad. The hero of the salad aside from good quality pancetta is the dressing, which combines freshly grilled pears and walnuts. It's so good that you could almost eat it on it's own!
This dish is the perfect Sunday lunch, reinvigorated for warmer months, and the best part is that any pork leftovers will be just as delicious to eat cold the next day, sliced and thrown into a salad or as cold sandwich meat with your favourite accoutrements.
Set up a steamer on the stove and preheat the oven at 200 degrees Celsius.
Cut the cauliflower into little florets, peel the carrots and asparagus, wash the lettuce and take the leaves, stems and the fluff of the artichoke until only the heart remain, place the artichokes in lemon water straight away to prevent them from going black.
Steam the vegetable separately or in different basket if you have a multi level steamer. Cook them until just tender, a good way to check is to use a small knife if it goes in easily, it's ready.
Preheat a shallow frying pan with a bit of olive oil, cut the meat in equal pieces, season it with salt and pepper and seal the pork all around then put in the oven for about 10-12 minutes.
Meanwhile, slice the pear (2-3 mm slices) and grill them on a grill pan for 1 minute on each side, then cut them into small dice and keep aside. Finely chop the chive, roughly crush the walnut and mix with the pears.
Heat up a small frying pan on a high heat and cook the diced pancetta until crispy (no need to add any oil in the pan), transfer the pancetta in a bowl with some kitchen paper to soak up the excess fat, then mix with the rest of the dressing ingredients.
Add white wine vinegar and olive oil to taste, season with salt and pepper. Mix the vegetables together and arrange them on serving board or a platter, place the pork pieces around the salad and drizzle the dressing over the top.


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Images of the search for happiness in African Literature
February 04, 2021 - 16 h 00 / 16 h 00
In this lecture, I will present a brief summary of the first part of my project on the Images of the Search for Happiness in African Literature written in Portuguese. We will see how the idea of happiness has changed throughout time with philosophers, writers and historical events in the world. We will further see that although happiness has an individual weight, it has a very important role that is constructed in a collectivity and determines the social group ambitions. We will call attention to the interdisciplinarity aspects that are fundamental for the research on happiness in literature.
Although large parts of modern philosophy concentrates on anguish and depression, happiness has been the subject of a great quest throughout human history. The main goal of this project was to study the search for happiness within African literatures written in Portuguese where it has assumed an important role to literary autonomy.
Prof. Maria Teresa Salgado Guimarães da Silva
LE STUDIUM Visiting Researcher
FROM: Writings of the female body, Faculty of Letters, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) - BR
IN RESIDENCE AT: RÉMÉLICE (RÉceptions et MÉdiations de LIttératures et de Cultures Étrangères et comparées) / University of Orléans - FR
Partners of the event
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Social Studies >>
Chapter 5 Test topics/Vocabulary
Topics for Chapter 5
Additional Social Studies Flashcards
Great Awakening
-Great Awakening is a religious movement that swept the colonies
-Showed that everyone was equal in God's eyes
-Images of God's anger was shown by a priest(Jonathan Edwards). These images terrified listeners
-George Whitfield drew thousands of people with his sermons and rasied funds to start homes for orphans
-Encouraged ideas of equality
Elightenment
-The Enlightenment is the movement that emphazied reason and science as a path to knowledge
-Benjamin Franklin was famous Enlightenment figure
-Enlightenment was mainly involved with wealthier, educated men
-Began in Europe, but effected colonies as well
-Discovered natural laws in governing the universe within movement
-John Locke argued that people have natural rights(Right to life, right to liberty, and right to pursuit of happiness)
-John Locke was a man who discovered the human rights that all humans have.
-These rights are right to live, right to liberty, right to pursuit of happiness
-Magna Carta(Also known as Great Charter) was a document that guaranteed important rights to freemen and noblemen-those not bound to a master
-King needed the noble's money to finance a war
-Limited power of the king
-Property could not be seized by the king or his officials
-Could not be taxed, unless a group of prominents men agreed
-Could not be put to trial based on official's word, without witnesses
-Punished only by a jury of their peers(same social rank)
English Bill of Rights 1689
-English Bill of Rights was the agreement to respect the rights of English citizens in Parliament
-King or queen cannot cancel laws or impose taxes unless Parliament agreed
-Less power for king and queen
-Protect rights for English citizens and Parliament
The Glorious Revolution
-Glorious Revolution is where Willam and Mary new monarch to England was change in leadership
-Change in England leadership
-No support from the monarchy of James
-It was a hands-off policy. Parliament passed the laws regulating trade, the use of money, and apprenticeships in the colonies
-Governors rarely enforced these laws
Albany Plan of the Union
-It was the first formal proposal to unite the colonies
-Ben Franklin came up with the plan
-Each colony had sent representatives to the Grand Council
-Represented by Ben Franklin's "join or die" poster
-Treaty of Paris was a treaty that said Britain claimed all of North America east of the Mississippi River.
-This was made because Britain won the French and Indian War
-Britain also got most of Canada
Effects of the French and Indian War
-Effects was the Treaty of Paris, fueled the Revolution, and also fueled independence from England
Causes of the French and Indian War
-The causes were fighting between fur trade with Indians and fighting over pieces of land
Turning Point of French and Indian War
-The turning point was the Battle of Quebec
-When Montreal fell, all of Canada was in British hands
-This helped Britain in the war


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The Old Monterey Foundation is pleased to report that Monterey's Neighborhood Improvement Committee (NIP) has allocated $215,000 to our request for funding of the preliminary implementation of the Master Plan for the lower Presidio Historic Park. It was nip and tuck as the voting to allocate about $3.8 million went to a third round, where we garnered 51 votes, sufficient to win funding from the remaining $750,000.
There were many worthwhile projects nominated for funding this year, and most of the funding went to traditional neighborhood improvements like sidewalks, drainage, and landscaping in the first two rounds. In the face of this competition, OMF reduced our request from a total of $752,000 to $215,000, which was the minimum needed to begin the transformation of the Lower Presidio from an overgrown waste area to a real public park.
With these funds, we expect to accomplish the signage necessary to inform and direct the public to Park, including entrance signs at both entrances to the Park and several off-site signs pointing the way; construction of a concrete walking path from the existing parking lot out and around the promontory of the Serra Monument and sites of El Castillo; handicap access; benches overlooking the harbor; and some interpretive signs. Not included in this round of funding is the removal of trees blocking the historic view of the Harbor ($47,000); replacement of the cyclone fence with a historically accurate wooden slat fence around the entire perimeter of the Park ($100,000); and the pathway up to the Sloat Monument ($245,000).
The NIP allocation goes before the Planning Commission and the City Council for final approval (in June). While we are waiting for that assured approval, OMF is getting the administrative effort organized between the City and State authorities, and the Federal authorities. Hopefully, we will all be ready to leap forward in June after final approval. It is not unreasonable to hope and expect that the majority of this implementation piece will be underway before the end of the year.
While that effort is ongoing, OMF intends to fund and begin a public awareness program to inform the public of these developments and set the stage for funding of later developments in the Park. The Army's Manager of the Presidio environmental and cultural programs has agreed to start what may be a two-year program to develop archaeological protocols with the affected indigenous Americans for digging and excavation on the site, which will be required by later phases of the Master Plan. Once those protocols are in place, progress in developing the Park will be unfettered by bureaucratic delays.
In the immediate future, OMF will be writing grant applications and soliciting private funding for completion of the Phase I implementation – including removal of trees, erection of a wooden fence, and constriction of a pathway to the Sloat Monument.


Posture is the way a person hold his/her body while sitting, standing or lying down. Proper posture is the appropriate alignment of the body parts that are well supported by adequate amount of muscle pressure against gravity. Right posture is an essential way in maintaining the various complex structures in the back and the spine healthy. Good posture is more than cosmetic, it is necessary in reducing occurrence of back and neck pain. The back support on the other hand is crucial especially for people who spend most of their hours sitting on a chair or standing all day long.
People do not consciously keep their normal posture, but particular muscles do the job for them, it is automatic. Various muscle groups such as hamstrings as well as large back muscles are essential in keeping good posture. On the other hand, the ligaments support in holding the skeleton together. Such postural muscles, if perfectly functional, prevent the gravitational force from pushing a person over forward. The postural muscles keep the posture and balance when moving as well.
How to get better posture requires keeping the parts of our body aligned with each other. It also means keeping all parts in balance and well supported. Since people is bound of having several postures in a day, it is crucial to know what is satisfactory and the right ones for good back support. When shifting from one position to another position, it is ideal to do the shifting gently and smoothly. Upon establishment of the initial good posture habits, the movements will be automatic and effortless to maintain.
Why good posture is important?
If good posture and satisfactory back support is not maintained, it can contribute strain to muscles as well as add stress on the spine. Eventually, the stress brought about by poor posture can alter the anatomical characteristics of our spine, which can lead to the possibility of constricting the nerves and blood vessels; other problems with discs, joints and muscles. These are primary contributors to pain in the back and neck.
Correct posture helps an individual sit, stand, walk and lie in positions that bring less strain in supporting the muscles as well as the ligaments when doing movements and bearing weights.
Having the correct posture helps to keep the bones and joints in the right alignment for the muscles to be used correctly and decreasing abnormal wearing of the joint surfaces. It also reduces stress to the ligaments, which hold the spinal joint together, thereby lessen the occurrence of injury.
Moreover, right posture allows the muscles to work effectively, permitting the body in using less energy, preventing muscle fatigue. It helps avoid muscle strain, back pain and overuse disorder.
In maintaining the right posture, it requires adequate muscle strength and flexibility, normal joint movement in the spine together with other body regions and effective postural muscles, which should be balanced on the both sides of spine. Additionally, postural habits must be recognized at home, workplaces and other areas where people do their usual activities.
The first step to address how to have better posture is to know exactly what are the things that you might be doing wrong while sitting, standing, walking or sleeping. The appropriate approach to understand if your posture is right is by observing self while walking. Focus your attention on the movements of the body from the head down to the toe.
While Standing – Many people habitually place their hands in the pocket while they are standing. This habit can gradually results to slouching shoulders. While standing, good posture is maintained properly by keeping hands at the sides of the body. Keep some distance between feet in order to align with the shoulder.
Understand what you are doing by standing against the wall. Most people will have everything touch the wall except the head. This implies that improvement is necessary. Make it habitual to stand with shoulders upright. This will help the head to line up with the accordingly with the spinal cord.
While Sitting – People who are working in offices sitting for several hours in front of a computer should practice healthy sitting habits. Our spine is not capable of bearing prolonged weight loads in a static position. This may cause development of complications in the spinal column.
When sitting on a chair, the lower back or the lumbar region of the spinal cord must be provided with optimum support. It is essential to maintain the right posture and prevent lower back ache.
Keep the top of the computer screen at eye level and ensure that both your arms and wrists are well supported by the table and chair. Let your head rest back on the chair.
While sleeping – It will help using firm mattress to provide the right support to your body while you sleep. Sleeping on your back will help to improve posture because in that position, the spinal cord receives complete support from your bed, while the shoulders are lined up with the body perfectly.
The choice of pillow to use is up to one's preference. However, flat pillow is appropriate if you are sleeping on your back. An extra pillow can be used also below the knees while sleeping to lessen the strain on the lower lumbar region of the body.
Exercising – Practice to get up from chair regularly or do stretching at regular intervals to help relieving muscle fatigue. Accordingly, people who do regular exercise maintain a better posture than those who only sit for long period.
Therefore, make it a habit to do exercises at least 15 to 30-minutes daily. Doing exercises for back and abs brings outstanding result to your overall health.
Overall, other than having good posture tips, improving your lifestyle will help a lot to achieve good posture. Simply keeping weight down can provide amazing results related to your posture. Exercising can strengthen the muscles, which will help the body to be in the right position.


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We've made it to Moscow! Well actually we're 200km's past there and we're well on our way to Saint Petersburg!
Over the past six weeks we racked up 9200km from Vladivostok to Moscow. It's safe to say it's been the hardest thing we have ever done. We never imagined that it could be so hard. At times it just felt like the most horrific idea of our lives. We drove in temperatures as low as -37C and we now know what cold is. When you do something like this people will tell you that cold is cold and -5 in the UK is no different to -30 in Russia. They are wrong. A slight breeze feels like it's going to take any exposed skin with it and it's just incredibly uncomfortable.
Fortunately though, the cold weather gives way for the most fantastic atmosphere from fellow people on the road. There's a mutual understanding from other people of just how cold it is and they do anything they can to help you. Whether it's been strangers pulling us over to make us a coffee or the biker community warming us up with copious amounts of vodka, we have been dragged along by the kindness of the Russian people.
For us, this has been the ultimate endurance challenge. We've crossed 7 time zones and driven every day for six weeks (except one where we fixed the bike). With roadside repairs and pushing up the odd hill it's been physically exhausting. We've both shed the pounds – Reece has lost a stone and Matt has lost a half of one. But it's also been mentally draining. Don't tell our mothers but we've spent almost everyday praying that the next slip won't be in to an oncoming lorry and that we'll live to taste the borscht at lunch…
The people have been amazing and the scenary has been mind blowing. It's been an incredible experience and something that we will never forget (for so many reasons).
We'll be cracking on tomorrow and continuing our drive to the Ace Cafe. Thanks for all of your support over the past 6 weeks! If you're feeling generous this christmas then why not donate to the organisations were supporting on our website? We're just a few pounds off smashing that £6,000 milestone!
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When Caroline LeBlanc took the stand Wednesday at the inquest into her son's death, she described him as loving and kind boy.
Eighteen-year-old Jones was shot dead by a city police officer at his Sympatica Crescent home Aug. 25, 2010.
The officer was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Special Investigations Unit.
The inquest is mandatory under the Coroner's Act. It is scheduled to last until May 11 and hear from about 30 witnesses. Dr. Jack Stanborough is presiding over the inquest.
At the time of his death, Jones had almost three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system. An autopsy showed that he also had drugs in his system, some medicinal, along with traces of past cocaine use.
In the weeks leading up to his death, Jones had been experiencing mental health issues, along with drug and alcohol problems.
In June 2010, he took half a bottle of Tylenol and was admitted to hospital.
On the night of his death, he had been wielding kitchen knives and demanding that police officers kill him.
"Do you believe at that point in time that Evan did want to die," asked Glenn Stuart, who is acting as the family's lawyer.
A statement by Const. Adam Hill, the city police officer who shot Jones, was read into the record by Karen Shea, who is serving as counsel to the coroner.
Shea explained to the jurors that Hill has not returned to work since the day of the shooting due to medical reasons and, based on a ruling by Stanborough, will not be appearing in person at the inquest.
Jones's family opposed that decision because Hill will not be subjected to cross-examination.
In his statement, Hill said he was called to 91A Sympatica Cres. just before 10 p.m. on Aug. 25, 2010, to respond to a domestic dispute.
Another officer, Const. Kari Drake, arrived at the scene at about the same time.
A woman, later identified as LeBlanc, was standing on the front lawn and Hill said he feared for her safety.
Both Hill and Drake said they used "tactical communication" in an attempt to talk Jones down, repeatedly asking him to drop the knives.
Hill said Jones ignored all police requests to drop the knives.
Jones, Hill said, then "gave a sinister sneer" and went inside the house.
Hill said he had a third officer who had arrived at the scene, Const. Leonard Van Holst, confirm that Jones's sister and two-year-old niece were in the house in an upstairs bedroom.
Saying he feared for their safety, Hill kicked down the front door. He and Van Holst went inside and found themselves in the hallway with Jones, still armed with the knives.
"I felt that time and distance were now not on my side," Hill said.
He said he continued to ask Jones to put down the knives. Drake had come into the house through a back door and Hill said he motioned for her to get out the way.
"I didn't want a blue-on-blue situation," he said.
Hill said he then pepper sprayed Jones in the eyes but it had no affect.
Hill said Jones then charged at the officers with a meat cleaver in the air.
"I fired as many rounds as necessary to stop the threat. I felt I had no other alternative.
Jurors at the inquest earlier heard that the cause of Jones's death was four gunshot wounds.
Harry Thorne, a forensic investigator with the SIU, said that one of the bullets hit Jones's left arm and went into his chest, another went through his heart, another entered his lower back and a fourth bullet grazed his upper back.
Thorne said he was present at Jones's autopsy but didn't recall there being any evidence of pepper spray used.
When questioned by Stanborough, Thorne said the pepper spray could have been vented through the open front and back doors of Jones's house.
Another SIU forensic investigator told the jury that three bullets, two knives, one cleaver, a barbecue fork and five bullet casings were found in the home.
There was also an impression on the wall of the living room consistent with it being struck with a cleaver.
LeBlanc said the first evidence of her son's drug problem was in January 2009 when he was caught smoking marijuana and referred to a program at St. Leonard's.
The inquest heard that Jones left the mental health unit at the hospital several times without being discharged.
He also left Holmes House, an alcohol and drug treatment facility in Simcoe, after being admitted a few days earlier in July 2010.
On July 17, 2010, he was caught shoplifting a chocolate bar.
On Aug. 4, 2010, Jones got into a fistfight with his brother, Bill, and LeBlanc called police. She said she told police Jones was taking anti-depressant and anti-psychotic medications. Jones got into a scuffle with officers and was charged with assault.
LeBlanc said that, for some time in the summer of 2010, Jones seemed to be doing better. He joined a gym and started working out with weights at home.
But earlier in the day on Aug. 25, Jones had been drinking with a friend and returned home in the evening agitated. When he started throwing things, LeBlanc called police from outside her house.
She said she was shocked a few minutes later when police arrived and drew their guns. She turned to see Jones on the porch holding the knives.
LeBlanc said she was concerned that her son may harm himself but told Van Holst that she felt her daughter and granddaughter were safe upstairs in the bedroom.
When questioned by jurors and Stanborough, LeBlanc said she felt she could have been helped by more family support to deal with her son's issues.


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Besides farming and agribusiness, Neil Fanta of Dawson, N.D., is developing an area along Crystal Springs for cabins. After getting his main crops in, he was digging up a 30-acre area for a food plot for deer and pheasants. Photo taken June 17, 2019, Dawson, N.D. (Forum News Service/Agweek/Mikkel Pates)
Late start, cool temps, but still 'there's a little hope'
By Mikkel Pates / Agweek Staff Writer on Jun 24, 2019 at 8:30 a.m.
DAWSON, N.D. — A wet spring followed by a cool early summer means crops in the central part of North Dakota are between two or three weeks behind schedule and not yet catching up.
"We've got some stuff that the stand wasn't great on and did a little replanting due to the moisture," said farmer Neil Fanta, of Dawson, about 50 miles east of Bismarck, N.D. "Did a little replanting due to the moisture. Now we've got everything planted and doing some spraying and doing some top-dressing."
Fanta and his wife, Becky, are grain farmers and also run Elite Ag Solutions, a business he started 22 years ago, just out of high school. The Fantas sell Pioneer seed, with some chemical retail locations.
Fanta, 42, and his family plant more than 8,000 acres. They grow corn, soybeans, wheat and canola. His father, Donald, 71, farms with him, as well as a son, Clayton, 20, who just finished an agricultural course at Bismarck State College.
The Fantas sell some other crops, including alfalfa and sorghum and sudangrass. They got out of the livestock business about 15 years ago.
Despite the rains, the Fantas got almost all of their land planted. Part of the urgency was to stay eligible for Market Facilitation Program payments, the U.S. counter-move to Chinese tariff war retaliation.
Support for Trump administration policy changes seem to remain strong, even though market impacts have hurt farmers, he said.
Farmers have recently been cheered by recent run-ups in the markets as traders respond to the reality of large numbers of unplanted U.S. acres.
"I know there are some places that have had a real tough time getting their crop in, and haven't, but it makes for the markets to rise a little bit," he said.
Crops are about two to three weeks behind. Some of the corn is a few inches tall and other corn is just coming out of the ground. Ditto for the soybeans.
"It's going to be interesting at the end of the year," Fanta said, noting that with temperature highs in the mid-50s in late June there isn't a great accumulation of "growing degree days," an agronomic measure for crop development. With corn, for example, significant crop growth occurs largely between 50 and 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
In Fanta's corner of the world, moods have improved significantly. "When the spring started, a lot of my customers were pretty down-and-out, the prices were really bugging them," he said. "Now that the market has moved and there's a little hope, guys are in a lot better mood."
Despite the uptick in grain prices, Fanta hasn't done much marketing of the 2019 crop. "The market is still moving a little bit," he said. "We've done a little just to protect ourselves."
Not all of Fanta's fieldwork involves commodities. On June 18, he was breaking up a 30-acre piece of land to plant, some "real late corn just for a food plot for deer and pheasants."
As a side enterprise, he is working to develop some recreational cabins along Crystal Springs, thinking the lake might be attractive to Bismarck or Jamestown residents who want a getaway without much gravel road travel.
His sons all hunt and he operates a hunting lodge on the side.
"This is new land, we just purchased it and we were out here spraying, and it's always been a kind of a weed mess," Fanta said. "We want to clean it up, get some nice habitat going for the deer."
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Labs that conduct the highest number of routine blood tests are more likely than others to report estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), an important measure of kidney function that can identify early kidney disease, according to a survey funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The work is reported in the October issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
"We are encouraged to find that many labs are routinely reporting eGFR, allowing earlier diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease, " said NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. "But the survey illustrates the need to continue NIH efforts to promote automatic reporting of eGFR by all labs so that more people can benefit from earlier diagnosis."
The survey found that more than 86 percent of the highest-volume independent labs (those in the top 5 percent) and more than 55 percent of all labs in the top quarter of high-volume labs report eGFR, in contrast to only 24 percent of low-volume labs (those in the bottom quarter). The survey demonstrates room for improvement in making eGFR readily available to primary care providers who could be treating early chronic kidney disease — primarily caused by diabetes and high blood pressure — and possibly reducing their patients' risk for kidney failure, which results in the need for dialysis or a kidney transplant.
"Estimated GFR is an important measure of kidney function that can be easily calculated using serum creatinine and a patient's age, gender, and ethnicity," said Andrew Narva, M.D., director of NIDDK's National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP). " It's a good sign that the highest-volume labs are commonly reporting eGFR. We hope that lower-volume labs will follow their lead as increased reporting may result in earlier identification and treatment of chronic kidney disease." Serum creatinine is a waste product in the blood created by the normal breakdown of muscle cells during activity.
While eGFR reporting is high among high-volume labs, reporting is relatively low overall (38 percent), particularly by labs in physicians' offices (26 percent) and low-volume independent labs (39 percent). On the positive side, the survey found that about 67 percent of labs that report eGFR do so routinely — without providers needing to ask for the result.
The survey also found that nearly 40 percent of labs are reporting eGFR values above the cutoff of 60 milliliters per minute per 1.73m2 (an estimate of body surface area used to calculate eGFR levels). "NKDEP's recommendation is to report such values as 'greater than or equal to 60' because the equation used to estimate GFR is less reliable and the creatinine result becomes more variable at lower concentrations," explained Greg Miller, Ph.D., chair of the NKDEP's Laboratory Working Group and author of an editorial in the same issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. To learn more about guidelines for estimating and reporting GFR and its importance in detection and treatment of chronic kidney disease, visit the NKDEP website at www.nkdep.nih.gov.
NIDDK conducts and supports research in diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases, nutrition, and obesity; and kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases. Spanning the full spectrum of medicine and afflicting people of all ages and ethnic groups, these diseases encompass some of the most common, severe, and disabling conditions affecting Americans. For more information about NIDDK and its programs, see www.niddk.nih.gov.
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Mozilla released Firefox 109 to the stable channel yesterday for Windows, macOS and Linux. One of the biggest changes in the update was support for Manifest V3, and the introduction of a new Unified Extensions button.
According to Mozilla's article, the new extensions button will allow users to control website specific extension permissions. So, it was introduced to comply with Manifest V3.
Firefox Unified Extensions vs Overflow Menu
The new button is very much for all intents and purposes similar to the one that you can find in Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi, Brave, and Opera. It is a pop-up panel that lists all non-pinned add-ons that are installed in Firefox, i.e. the buttons for extensions that are not displayed on the browser's toolbar.
My biggest gripe with the new panel is that it is ridiculously long, it takes a lot of space on the screen, and if you have a ton of add-ons you have to actually scroll down till you see the bottom of the list. It almost looks like a resized version of the about:addons page. Just look at the image below, and compare it with the screenshot above, the number of items in the list are identical.
And it is not customizable at all, you cannot remove the button from the toolbar or move it (rearrange it). I know I have an absurd amount of add-ons installed in Firefox, but each of those serves a specific purpose. The whole point of having extensions is to have a customized browser, tailored to suit the user's needs, not the developer's.
Oh, and there are more issues with it. You cannot rearrange the order of the items in the new Firefox Extensions panel, and it does not have a sort by option either, so instead of an alphabetical order (or reverse), or a custom order, you are stuck with a random mess.
A useful feature that the Overflow Menu had was to remove extension buttons from the toolbar. Let's say you have an add-on installed which doesn't need any interaction from the user, for example, Facebook Container. The remove from toolbar option can be used to hide the button from both the toolbar and the menu, but still allows the add-on to work. The icon can be restored from the "Customize" section that can be accessed by right-clicking the toolbar. This is not possible with Firefox's new Unified Extensions, so the add-on is either on the toolbar, or in the new panel, which lengthens the list.
Fortunately, you can disable restore the good old Overflow Menu, and get rid of the new design simultaneously.
1. Open about:config in a new tab. Click on Accept the Risk and Continue button.
2. Type or paste the following flag's name in the text box.
extensions.unifiedExtensions.enabled
3. Double-click on the result to change its value from True to False.
4. Restart Firefox.
Note: If you wish to revert the change, just follow the same steps, and set the value to true.
This is important because some people may have heard about the new button, and decide not to update to the latest version. You should not do that, because you will be missing some important bug fixes. Update your browser and change the setting, and you can continue using it per usual.
Why replace a perfectly functional user experience with one that is lacking options that the old one had? The new button in Firefox is clearly a work-in-progress feature, that should not have been made the default user experience in the stable channel of the browser.
A ticket on Bugzilla refers to the customization options in the Unified Extensions panel. A developer has mentioned that it is still being worked on. There is a discussion on Mozilla Connect about the feature and potential improvements suggested by users.
What is your take on the Firefox Unified Extensions panel?
Learn how to remove the Firefox Unified Extensions button. This tutorial also restores the Overflow Menu to the browser.
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kontranapad said on January 18, 2023 at 12:29 pm
Thanks. It works. What about the bookmarks? Now there must be an bookmark toolbar item up there (not visible) and status bar is reduced becouse eveything is in one line.
If anybody knowes how to slove that please write it up.
Tom Hawack said on January 18, 2023 at 12:30 pm
Deciding not to update an application to the latest version for the sole reason of a button is odee, moreover when it concerns a browser and all the security/privacy fixes it may include.
I think, I hope this article will take care of such a weird decision.
I had disabled this 'Firefox Unified Extensions' button (keeping the Overflow Menu) ever since it had been mentioned on a Ghacks article [https://www.ghacks.net/2022/08/07/mozilla-is-working-on-a-single-extensions-button-for-its-firefox-web-browser/] then again at [https://www.ghacks.net/2022/11/23/januarys-firefox-release-will-support-manifest-v3-extensions/].
One of the many things I appreciate here on Ghacks are those articles about announced/upcoming novelties, features : allows to not be surprised the day they appear :)
John G. said on January 18, 2023 at 12:53 pm
The idea of the button is good, however the problen is the long description of each extension content, that increases the wasted space. Mozilla needs to revert the description only. Thanks @Ashwin for the article! :]
Mark said on January 18, 2023 at 1:06 pm
I have the update, but the extensions button just opens the addons page, I do not see the menu
mikes said on January 18, 2023 at 7:11 pm
The extensions menu only appears if you previously had add-ons pinned to the overflow menu. If there were none, it defaults to the about:addons page — which is highly annoying.
Anonymous said on January 18, 2023 at 1:39 pm
That button is useless and takes up space, much like Edge and Chrome. Please quit emulating Chrome, Mozilla. I would visit the settings page for extensions if I wanted to manage my extensions.
hg said on January 18, 2023 at 6:10 pm
My thought exactly.
Service Pack said on January 18, 2023 at 2:18 pm
Version 89 & ESR 78.15 are the last good versions I can think of when it comes to UI…
I am thinking of finally upgrading to either 109 or ESR 102.7 however the UI and functionality changes makes me want to stay with the old versions…
justi said on January 18, 2023 at 3:14 pm
LibreWolf users who updated it yesterday will have to follow the same procedure to restore the Overflow menu. I know; I just did.
German_Firefox_user said on January 18, 2023 at 3:32 pm
A user over at heise.de reports (sorry, German text only!) that this pref "extensions.unifiedExtensions.enabled" is only going to work till Firefox 111 and CSS code will be required to remove it then:
https://www.heise.de/forum/heise-online/Kommentare/Manifest-V3-als-Standard-Firefox-109-mit-Sicherheitsupdates/Re-Schon-drei-Beitraege/posting-42157659/show/
Anonymous said on January 20, 2023 at 1:57 am
Well, then… CSS it is!
pHROZEN gHOST said on January 18, 2023 at 3:38 pm
Excellent point … "This is important because…"
Done. Thanks.
VioletMoon said on January 18, 2023 at 4:12 pm
It's important because . . .
It means Mozilla developers subjugate users to their own dictates–opinions, whims, and fancies– about what a browser should look like and how it should function; which buttons are helpful or not; and how users actually interact with and use a product/service–without any meaningful input by the users.
The article and comments indicate that users preferred the "overflow" menu when compared to the new and delightful default named "Unified Extensions" which is a misnomer of sorts–an implication that will require thought.
So . . . thanks, Ashwin.
I was actually referring to Ashwin's comment. Maybe you need to see the whole thing …
VioletMoon said on January 20, 2023 at 2:27 am
Duly noted:
"Fortunately, you can disable restore the good old Overflow Menu, and get rid of the new design simultaneously . . . this is important to know because some people, hearing about the new button, may decide not to update to the latest version. Such a choice would result in missing some important bug fixes."
Thanks for the clarification!
igor said on January 18, 2023 at 4:28 pm
Since I updated to v109 the icon of Firefox in taskbar is a blank icon. Is this happening to anyone else?
https://imgur.com/TDc1r69
Paul(us) said on January 18, 2023 at 5:15 pm
What I liked up to now is that I could alphabetically order the add-ons quite easily.
This possibility seems to be gone completely.
Or do I miss it? Any suggestions on how I can alphabetically arrange my add-ons? Anybody?
For the rest, I like the new extension button probably because the main screen estate is 27 inches.
Is there a way to completely disable Mv3 compatibility?
I worry that once the "world" gets accustomed to its presence in Firefox that it will start to become the default for developers at the expense of Mv2.
(Admittedly I don't know how this all functions, so maybe my concerns are uninformed…?)
I previously had placed an add-ons shortcut button in the toolbar for easy access to all add-ons. FF109 hijacked it and moved it to the far right position while also making it impossible to relocate! (Not to mention the change in functionality.) I disabled that **** right away.
Also, for those interested:
extensions.manifestV3.enabled ………… (true, false)
A. Gold said on January 19, 2023 at 10:14 pm
My experience as well. I used the add-ons shortcut button on the menu bar where it's handy yet out of way and tried to get it back but couldn't without disabling m3. I don't even want to talk about the appearance of the extensions list in 109.
I can't imagine why Firefox would (I presume), think it could maintain/increase its market share by designing the browser to behave like all the others. Its diversity of features were once it's competitive edge. Perplexing.
Ehankro said on January 18, 2023 at 5:47 pm
Some one who updating ff109 on windows 7 32bit with kb5022338 which is their experience?
I like the new menu. It's one of the things that I always liked in chromium based browsers. I even had it enabled before 109 when it was set to false as default, but it was't ready for usage then. Maybe they should make a visible settng for it for the people that don't like it.
GiddyUpGo said on January 18, 2023 at 8:45 pm
I hated this Icon so much that I was ready to restore Firefox to an old version!
This was the worse change, for me, that Firefox every changed.
Why to take the space with something without an opt out?
itombe said on January 18, 2023 at 8:58 pm
*kisses teeth* bring back the add-ons bar Mozilla
12bytes said on January 19, 2023 at 12:37 am
i wonder what the [email protected]'s ([email protected], inc) will come up with next on their race to the bottom
at least i gotta give 'em credit for continuing to support manifest v2… for the time being anyway
A. Gold said on January 19, 2023 at 9:58 pm
This is a great fix, especially since the update removed several toolbar buttons that I can't get back. I'm just hoping that Firefox doesn't respond to the voluminous numbers of unhappy users because of this change, by removing the later support for it's configuration, as it did with the density option: Compact (not supported).
User2232 said on January 19, 2023 at 11:34 pm
I switched to brave, disabled the crypto thing. I love firefox but I cant do anything with the developers. Why do they want to copy chrome in EVERY aspect?
And firefox feels much slower than chromium :(
Why couldn't they have incorporated all this new MV3 management over addons in one central place that is dedicated to managing addons, like, oh, I don't know… maybe ABOUT:ADDONS?
On about:addons, I never understood why they removed the buttons on each addon for Update, Preferences, Remove, Report, etc. and gave us that stupid three-dot menu button.
Because we all now want our controls buried in sub-menus of sub-menus of sub-menus instead of being immediately accessible. Didn't you get the menu? LOL.
This no longer works in 111.0a1. They will remove this flag soon. Firefox just keeps getting worse.
stapuft said on January 20, 2023 at 6:51 am
no, it still works, i just did it, you have to restart for changes to take effect.
a moz employee said on January 20, 2023 at 6:27 pm
The pref still exists. Customizability is a planned feature.
thanks for this, i was looking all over for the flag kept doing the wrong ones lol, i have NO FUCKING CLUE why they thought adding this was a good idea, i mean they already have the "overflow" button, it serves the SAME EXACT PURPOSE, so why the fuck was this new thing even needed?
Tim said on January 20, 2023 at 7:48 am
This new menu is not necessary since there is the other menu where we can keep stuff. Now I have two such menus, one for screenshots and the other for extensions. Two buttons waste space. Has the new extension button been introduced to emulate Chrome? Firefox developers, we don't want Chrome, we want Firefox. Besides, you don't believe new users will appear because of such changes? Please make meaningful changes. I suggest Dark Reader as a native feature of the browser.
Administrasi Bisnis said on January 20, 2023 at 11:27 am
just knew me how, because it hasn't been a firefox for a long time
nita said on January 20, 2023 at 8:54 pm
O-oh, the extentions icon is now gone, but so are all the bookmarks from bookmark bar. It's there, but it's empty… Setting "extensions.unifiedExtensions.enabled" in "about:config" back to "true" didn't help – the extentions icon is back, but the bookmarks are still missing.
Johan said on January 23, 2023 at 12:40 pm
Thank you Ashwin for your fix!
Peter Newton [London UK] said on January 25, 2023 at 7:14 pm
I do not like the new position for the icon giving access to the extensions list, it cannot be moved back to the preferred position on the tool bar, the list displayed when clicked is not a problem, but I really cannot see the point of this modification. The adjustment in prefs.js through about:config can restore the overflow menu, once modified you can put the icon back where you had it before, I am grateful to Ashwin for bringing this reversion to my attention but I cannot help thinking that this was a pointless Mozilla modification, why not simply leave things as they are if they work ?
I'm reminded of what Bones said upon his return to the Enterprise in Star Trek : "I know engineers, they just love to change things". [Frustrating]
The next thing about V109 is slightly more worrying, for the time being we have support for both Manifest V2 and V3. Is this a slippery slope? We all know about the limitations which will be placed upon all future extensions under MV3. I'm willing to bet that the most important extensions, designed to preserve privacy and limit data collection, will be the ones most seriously affected. My question is this, how long are we going have MV2 support? and how long will it be before we part with every scrap of data as a result of the change? Will MV3 extensions be as functional and effective as the previous generation?
The MV3 modification is alarming to me, and if you all value your privacy and resent data collection, all of you should be alarmed as well.
Peter Newton [London UK]
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Today we will less active day to gain some strength before the long hike ahead of us. However, we will not seat around playing chess. Probably the most important valley in the Julian Alps is Vrata Valley. It is 15 km long valley which leads to the north face of Triglav. Before a short hike towards the overwhelming view on Triglav we will follow a magnificent trail that is not know to most of people and leads to one of the biggest waterfall in the country.
The high plateau pastures of 'Planina Blato' above the Lake Bohinj will be the best start our day. From there we hike past several traditional shepherd's huts. On the way, we can stop at one for a quick lunch in the form of a traditional local made dish. We finish with a descent towards the Triglav lakes Valley and settle in the mountain hut 'Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih'. The hut is located just by the Double Lake and Lake Močivec.
A bit shorter, but the most spectacular day is the hike up to the Triglav Lakes Valley. It is one of the most romantic places in the Julian Alps. It is a valley above the famous Lake Bohinj, in the direction of Mt Triglav and Mt Kanjavec. The valley is also called the Seven Lakes Valley (although there are actually ten lakes in total). All the lakes in the valley are connected by underground aquifers. The lakes ultimately drain out as a spectacular waterfall called 'Slap Savica' at the end of the Bohinj Valley, which feeds the Bohinj lake itself.
After an hour of pleasant walking, we will reach the biggest lake called the Kidney Lake due to its distinctive shape. From there we continue the hike up to discover the five upper lakes, which are smaller but located in the fantastic ambient of Mt Kanjavec and other mountains. In the early summer season, some of these lakes may be still covered in ice and snow. We finish the day in the mountain hut just above these higher lakes.
From the hut 'Zasavska koča' we take scenery descend down to the Soča Valley. There we can visit the magnificent Soča spring and then visit a completely renovated traditional farm 'Kekčeva domačija'. It is a truly unique place where we can enjoy a unique culinary experience based on local traditional cuisine.
The price includes all guiding fees and expenses, hotel accommodation in the valley (twin-room), mountain hut accommodation, entrance fees and all transfers.
The price does not include lunches, additional drinks, personal insurance, equipment rental and travel to and from Slovenia.
We run this hiking tour with no more than 6 people per guide. If the group is larger than 6, there will be a second guide and we will have the ability to split the group if necessary. We run this tour with a minimum of 4 people.


Take a bow, Beth Mowins.
There are plenty of glass ceilings still intact in sports media, but none has been harder to break through than the role of an NFL play-by-play announcer.
On the opening weekend of the 2017 NFL season, that ceiling will get a very significant crack when Beth Mowins will call play-by-play on the second game of ESPN's Monday Night Football doubleheader.
The news, which was first reported by Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated, is noteworthy because Mowins will become the first female play-by-play announcer on a national broadcast in NFL history.
Mowins previously called play-by-play for a regionally televised Oakland Raiders preseason game in 2015. Before that, the only woman to fill that position in a booth was Gayle Sierens, who called play-by-play for a regionally televised Seattle Seahawks vs. Kansas City Chiefs NFL game in 1987 for NBC Sports. Sierens was offered the play-by-play position for six games the following season by then-NBC Sports Executive Producer Mike Weisman, but she turned down the opportunity because it was only part-time work, and she would have had to give up her full-time anchor job in order to accept the offer.
Mowins joined ESPN in 1994, and has since worked as a play-by-play announcer for NCAA Championships in basketball, softball, soccer, and volleyball, and according to ESPN Media Zone, has been the voice of the Women's College World Series for over 20 years.
She has regularly worked play-by-play on ESPN's men's and women's basketball games, and in 2005, she became the second woman to regularly call college football on national television when she worked Western Athletic Conference games on ESPNU.
She will be paired in the broadcast booth with former New York Jets and Buffalo Bills head coach Rex Ryan, whom she previously worked with to call Florida State's spring football game.
Last month, Awful Announcing reported that ESPN executives were considering making this move. As Ben Koo pointed out, it's a pretty win-win move for ESPN and Mowins. After all, it's only one game — opening weekend is the only time ESPN will have two Monday Night Football games, so it is always looking for a one-off broadcasting team to take the booth. That means that this is only a one-game commitment, and everyone can see how it goes. Plus, Mowins will be following in Chris Berman's footsteps, and his skills as a play-by-play announcer were far from renowned.
But while it's a relatively low-risk decision, all things considered, this is still a sign of progress, and ESPN should be commended for it. As Deitsch pointed out, this isn't something you're seeing at any other network.
Why Did ESPN Just Make This Woman Their First Female Baseball Analyst? Because She's Really Good.
Mowins has more than paid her dues, and those who have previously worked with her are certain she will make the most of this opportunity. After all, in her first year as play-by-play announcer for the Raiders, their preseason football broadcast was nominated for a Northern California Area Emmy nomination.
"Beth Mowins has excelled as play-by-play announcer for the Raiders' preseason football, demonstrating unmatched professionalism, work ethic and passion for her craft," Vittorio De Bartolo, the executive producer of broadcasting for the Oakland Raiders, told Sports Illustrated.
This is a big win for women in sports media. Let's just hope it doesn't take another 30 years for a follow-up victory.


Students on the BA Hons Teaching, Learning & Child Development programme are introduced to assessment protocols and practices in a series of seminars at the beginning of Year 1. After the first assessment point in semester 1 each PAT meets with their group of 10 tutees to reflect on the feedback / feed-forward received for the first piece of summatively assessed work. The PATs use the GROW model of coaching with the students to unpick the assessment feed-forward and to target set for future work.
The next Personal Tutoring Staff Development Workshop will be held on Wednesday 24th April.
To attend please book via the CLT Professional Development Series web space.
Or for more information or to book a bespoke workshop for your department please contact Dawne belld@edgehill.ac.uk or email CLT@edheill.ac.uk for more details.
The next Induction and Transitions Workshop is on Wednesday 24th April. To attend please book via the CLT Professional Development Series web space.
Between first week and reading week the students engage with work which extends that which they started pre-course and during First Week. These sessions include input from Learning Services on accessing information and Assistive Technologies. The course team (Programme Leader & Course Leader) deliver these sessions covering active reading techniques, how to get the most out of your lectures, Harvard referencing, and the assessment protocols and practices on the programme.
Students comment that these sessions really help give them a grounding in some of the key skills they need to develop and as these sessions run simultaneously with their first module they utilise the skills in between taught sessions to get a feel for what works best for them. The programme team is looking to build on this and develop a HE Study Skills module across both semesters in Year 1.
With what feels like never-ending dark mornings and a long stretch ahead to Easter, Library and Learning Services understand that for some students bouncing back after the Christmas break is easier said than done!
While we hope students found space to relax and recharge for all-important semester 2, we know for some students the reality would have been more mark schemes and revision than mince pies for Rudolph….
This session was designed to demystify some common academic language found across marking criteria.
This workshop was an introduction to mindfulness, helping students build resilience and learn more about how to cope with life at university.
This session encouraged students to 'Jumpstart their January' with motivating tips and techniques!
For this session we provided a calm, safe space for a spot of mindfulness.
From notetaking and utilising tutors' office hours, to accessing reading lists, this workshop showed students how to make the most of their contact (and non-contact) hours and find a study strategy that works for them.
For further details and to book please see the CLT Website Professional Staff Development Series.


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about hinduism
These are some of the modern hindu temples built by Indian hindu expriates.
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London – popularly known as the Neasden Temple – is the first traditional Hindu Mandir in Europe. 2,820 tonnes of Bulgarian limestone and 2,000 tonnes of Italian Carrara marble were shipped to India, carved by over 1,500 craftsmen and reshipped to London. In all, 26,300 carved pieces were assembled like a giant jigsaw puzzle in less than 3 years.Since its opening in August 1995, the Mandir has attracted devotees and visitors from all over the world.
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir – One of the 70 Wonders of the Modern World.
Link to temple website, click HERE
Shri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple, Chicago
In addition to the Lord Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) shrine, there are other shrines in the temple to different deities. On either side of the main shrine are shrines for Sri Devi (Lakshmi) and Bhudevi (Andal). In the two corners in front of the main shrine are shrines for Sri Kanyaka Parameshwari and Sri Ayyappa. In the two corners further away are shrines for Sri Anjaneya and Sri Satyanarayana. Closer to the entrance are shrines to Ganapati, Subrahmanyam, Siva and Parvati.
Sri Siva Vishnu Temple, Washington
Sri Siva Vishnu Temple, the premier Hindu temple in the Washington DC Metropolitan area. The actual temple construction began in 1988 and has incorporated the Mayan, Pallava, Vijaynagara, Kerala and the South Canara styles of temple architecture. The Temple houses several deities, consecrated between the years of 1990 and 2003.
BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, Toronto
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Toronto is a Hindu temple in Toronto, Ontario, opened on July 22, 2007 by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper with Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, Federal Opposition Leader Stéphane Dion, Indian Ambassador to Canada Rajamani Lakshmi Narayan and BAPS Spiritual Leader Pramukh Swami Maharaj also in attendance. The temple was constructed by 2,000 builders who were required to follow ancient Hindu rules. The temple was built using Turkish limestone and Italian marble.
Shri Venkateshwara Temple, Birmingham
This is a very impressive temple with the main temple is fronted by two smaller temples, one dedicated to Shri Ganesha and one to Shri Murugan (Kartikaya). The The main temple has Venkateswara at the centre, and also had other deities including Lakshmi and Hanuman.
© 2016 by Hindu Sanatan Mandir. all rights preserved.


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Volcano Watch — HVO Welcomes a New Seismic Network Manager
The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is excited to welcome geophysicist Brian Shiro to its team!
Brian is HVO's new Seismic Network Manager, a key position in charge of monitoring earthquakes, one of the most important tools we have for understanding active volcanoes in Hawaii. He replaces Dr. Wes Thelen, who transferred to the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory.
Brian Shiro in the Wind River Range, Wyoming during a National Outdoor Leadership School expedition. Photo courtesy B. Shiro.
Brian comes to HVO from the NOAA's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in Honolulu, where he worked as a geophysicist for 10 years. In that capacity, Brian was one of a handful of scientists keeping watch on big earthquakes around the world, and, when needed, issuing tsunami advisories, watches, and warnings when dangerous waves were possibly headed our way. So, he is quite familiar with monitoring network operations and the pressure-packed, time-sensitive need to issue accurate information about potential hazards to emergency managers and the public.
HVO and the Island of Hawai'i are not new territories for Brian. In his time at PTWC, he worked in close cooperation with HVO to establish the Hawai'i Integrated Seismic Network, which involved expanding NOAA's seismic station inventory by scouting new installation locations and working with technicians to get the instruments up and running. These efforts facilitated better multi-hazard monitoring of earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis statewide.
Prior to his time at PTWC, Brian was heavily involved with installing and operating seismic networks in remote and dramatic landscapes around the world including Antarctica, Alaska, Canada, Fiji, Tonga, and the Northern Mariana Islands, where he witnessed up close and personal the start of the Anatahan eruption in 2003.
Brian also contributed to the mission of the USGS Honolulu Magnetic Observatory, where he measured Earth's magnetic field every week from 2005 to 2014. These measurements are used by science agencies from the U.S. and other countries to understand how the magnetic field contributes to and impacts space weather.
Magnetism also features prominently in Brian's recent research. Using a variety of electromagnetic techniques, he has conducted field surveys to find groundwater in the Arctic, search for permafrost on Mauna Kea, determine seamount ages in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, and map lava tubes on Mauna Loa.
Brian brings an inspiring planetary perspective to his work. In 2009 and 2010, he served on simulated Mars missions at the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station on Devon Island, Canada, and at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah. And, since 2012, he has helped establish and operate the Hawai'i Space Exploration Analog Mars analog missions on Mauna Loa. There, he trains crews and directs their field geology exploration program.
As you might have guessed, Brian's lifelong ambition has been to explore space as an astronaut—and he has been on NASA's short list of "Highly Qualified" applicants since 2008. While we hope he becomes a long term member of the HVO staff, we also wish him well on this quest!
Brian earned a Bachelor's degree from Northwestern University with triple majors in Integrated Science, Geology, and Physics, as well as Master's degrees in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Washington University in St. Louis and in Space Studies from the University of North Dakota. He is currently working on a Ph.D. in geophysics at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, investigating lava tubes on Mauna Loa and seamounts in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands from terrestrial and planetary science perspectives.
Speaking to at-risk communities and media about geophysical hazards is something Brian also enjoys. While at PTWC, he developed a website, subscription feeds, and social media services for improved public access to tsunami information. Recently, he worked with an interagency team to develop NOAA's Tsunami.gov, a new national website. So, watch and listen for a new HVO face and voice when the next eruption or earthquakemakes the news!
Brian is excited about the new adventures that await him at HVO and on Hawai'i Island, and HVO's staff look forward to working with him. Welcome aboard, Brian!
Volcano Activity Update
Kīlauea continues to erupt at its summit and East Rift Zone. During the past week, the summit lava lake was relatively stable, with the lake level around 30 - 35 m (98 – 115 ft) below the vent rim within Halemaʻumaʻu Crater. On the East Rift Zone, scattered lava flow activity continues within about 8 km (5 mi) of Puʻu ʻŌʻō. These flows were not threatening nearby communities.
Mauna Loa is not erupting. No significant changes in seismicity were recorded over the past week. GPS measurements show continued deformation related to inflation of a magma reservoir beneath the summit and upper Southwest Rift Zone of Mauna Loa, with inflation recently occurring mainly in the southwestern part of the magma storage complex.
Two earthquakes were reported felt in Hawaii this past week. On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 3:10 a.m., HST a magnitude 3.8 earthquake occurred 35.5 km (22.1 mi) southeast of Na`alehu, Hawai'i at a depth of 43.3 km (26.9 mi). On Monday, March, 28, 2016 at 4:03 a.m., HST a magnitude 3.7 earthquake occurred 0.5 km (0.3 mi) northwest of Kahului, Maui at a depth of 25.9 km (16.1 mi).
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Email: askHVO@usgs.gov
Christina Neal
Email: tneal@usgs.gov


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You've heard the accounts of Judas betraying and Peter denying, but this post, Pilate Judging, has some information on how Rome governed, who were the various Herods, why the chief priests had to use a trumped up charge before Pilate,... that I think you will find interesting and insightful. To read it go to my bio (for now) or to the blogs on PassiontoKnowMore and Pilate Judged dated April 17, 2019 (later.) I'd love to hear if you learned something new and what it was!


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Q: Create WordPress Admins To Create Posts Only Securely Using WordPress is a great way to learn and make progress on web development. Although, I want to make admins for each and one of my classmates to only and only create and publish posts on the web. For example, BuzzFeed has admins that create content and it tells the author name, date and time, comments and responses next to it. That's what I am aiming for. Not all of my classmates use wordpress or have ever used it so I want to find a way to create admins for them simply without creating security holes for the website itself and risking getting hacks or login attempts.
what is the best way to approach a situation like this?
anyone?
Thanks :)

A: If you want your classmates to be able to add posts you can add them as "Authors." Wordpress has a build in permission system that allows authors to only add, edit and delete posts.
If you want to have more control over the capabilities you can use a plugin like User Role Editor. This will allow you to create a new role and set specific capabilities for the created user role.


Al caminar por Tokyo tenía la sensación de estar deambulando al son de un compás repetitivo y mágico que te da lo desconocido, intentando abrazar lo inalcanzable.
"I felt a different man, out of place and disconcerted by eveything around me. As I was walking through Tokyo it seemed to me that I was wandering to the magical and repetitive sound of the unknown.
I was trying to take in something unattainable.


Book 2 is Finally Here!
We are really excited to see our Beginner's Language Learning series growing. It has been our goal since we started this project to release enough books in this series to provide at least a full academic year of language instruction for small children and their families. At the same time, we are trying to work with local artists and translators to make sure our content represents their heritage well. We also believe firmly here in giving people a helping hand, so we try to find artists and translators who actually need the work, not just feed our funds into a large corporate machine. Doing this takes time both to find these people, to evaluate their situation, and to build relationships with them. It is our eventual goal to do customized local artwork for each language we produce. We will put out another post soon giving more details about this.
For now, I want to give a big thanks to Igor and Viktoriya for their help with this book. We had to make some changes along the way, some of which will be reflected in the next few books in the series, but we are all pretty satisfied with how this one has turned out.
Book 2, "Victoria's Family," is a short story in which Viktoria introduces us to her closest relatives and teaches us more basic vocabulary and a little bit about names and families in the Russian-speaking world. Our Kindle version comes with embedded audio files that allow your children to listen along and interact with the story, even if you don't know any Russian yourself. It also comes with a lesson plan that extends the activities of Book 1, "Max and Mom Go Shopping" to give you introductory curriculum for homeschool or classroom settings. We are in the process of making some minor changes to the formatting to prepare the book for release as a paperback in the near future.
Check out "Victoria's Family," for a limited-time low price of $2.99, and be sure to give us your feed back to help us improve the following books in our series!


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Long Trail on the Falls has served the residents of Addison County since 1996.
We specialize in treating conditions of the muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, and joints. Our physical therapists provide patients with the most progressive methods of orthopedic and sports rehabilitation.
Meeting our patients' health care needs is our foremost objective. In order to get our patients back on the right path, we provide a team of licensed professionals: physical therapists, physical therapy assistants, and certified exercise specialists.
Trust the experienced professionals of Long Trail on the Falls.
Long Trail on the Falls is a multiple disciplinary dedicated team of clinicians. Our integrated knowledge and skills allow us to facilitate treatment based on individual needs. Each clinician's experiences, therapeutic interests and specializations enhance their ability to accurately and effectively restore function, thus progressing the client to a self-manageable protocol. We work in conjunction with your healthcare provider in order to get you back on the right path.
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by Joel Finkelstein, Savvas Zannettou, Barry Bradlyn, Jeremy Blackburn.
by Savvas Zannettou, Tristan Caulfield, Jeremy Blackburn, Emiliano De Cristofaro, Michael Sirivianos, Gianluca Stringhini, Guillermo Suarez-Tangil. In Proceedings of the ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), 2018 (Distinguished Paper Award).
Savvas Zannettou, Barry Bradlyn, Emiliano De Cristofaro, Michael Sirivianos, Gianluca Stringhini, Haewoon Kwak, Jeremy Blackburn. In Proceedings of the WWW Companion, 2018.