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Hire-and-fire labor reform: A historic attack on the Italian working class
Mike Jobson
On Friday, the Italian Cabinet approved a reform advanced by the unelected government of Mario Monti, originally meant as a decree then changed into a draft, to scrap Article 18 of Italy's labor code.
Article 18 is an important conquest of the working class in the post-war period, providing job security for workers in firms with over 15 employees. It requires such firms to rehire, and not simply compensate, workers found to have been dismissed "without just cause." Polls have found that a majority of Italians oppose scrapping Article 18.
If the bill is passed by the parliament, companies will not be obliged to reinstate workers, but will be asked to pay an indemnity between 15 and 27 months worth of wages, with no more obligations. This will allow companies to lay off workers without proving there are compelling "economic" reasons for doing so, in exchange for what would effectively be a minimal severance package.
The bill also contemplates an "abbreviated trial procedure" aimed at limiting costs to the state of wrongful dismissal suits. A slight modification under discussion would give judges full power to evaluate whether to reinstate a worker or not. The conditions are thus being created for the courts to issue summary verdicts in favor of employers seeking to dismiss their workers.
In an attempt to divert from the core issue—that is, businesses' desire to fire workers at will—various government representatives have stressed that "discrimination" (over religious beliefs, sexual orientation, gender, etc.) will still be illegal. However, this simply ignores the fact that the main reason businesses want to fire workers is economic.
In a statement showing the essentially dictatorial character of his government, Prime Minister Monti warned he would proceed despite popular opposition to his reform: "No one shall fool oneself that external forces can intervene to change the content... It is the task of the parliament whether to approve it or not."
Labor Minister Elsa Fornero praised the bill: "It is a good reform, with a relatively high indemnity [for workers] … This is a 'bet' on the market to make the Italian economy more attractive for those companies that are closing here to re-open in Serbia. I would like entrepreneurs to say, 'It's possible to invest in Italy.'"
This begs the question of the conditions under which capitalists will choose to invest and hire workers in Italy instead of Serbia. In Serbia, workers earn roughly €400 (US$530) per month or less. With youth unemployment in Italy at 30 percent, eliminating Article 18 would give businesses a powerful incentive to fire higher-paid older workers and hire young people at wages rivaling the ultra-low levels of their oppressed class brothers in Eastern Europe.
Workers in a number of key firms walked out and mounted protests in response to the announcement of the labor reform. Fincantieri shipbuilding workers in La Spezia and Genoa went on strike and occupied a factory. Aerospace workers at Alenia blocked traffic in Turin, petrochemical workers in Priolo, Melilli, Augusta, and Caserta (near Naples) went on strike, and workers at scooter manufacturer Piaggio blocked the Florence-Pisa-Livorno motorway.
Amid escalating anger in the working class, the Stalinist General Confederation of Italian Labor (CGIL) union and its affiliated FIOM metalworkers' union are calling for strikes. However, this is primarily a measure to prevent working class opposition from escaping the control of the unions, which have negotiated the bill with the Monti government. When Monti began negotiating the reform last December, he insisted that he wanted "to implement measures on which the unions and employers can agree." (See "Italian government attacks labour protection laws".)
Now CGIL leader Susanna Camusso is trying to present a "left" face and issue statements criticizing the reform. Last week she commented, "It would be good to ask why there have been so many protests in the country and why there will be many more in the next period."
Camusso deceitfully presents her cynical objections to the elimination of Article 18 as if the measure were designed to raise living standards and economic growth. Thus she said, "We don't believe that a bill can be a startup for [economic] growth, instead this can be done only through investments." In fact, the drastic lowering of living standards of the workers is precisely what investors will require, in order to invest further in Italy with the guarantee of maximum profits.
FIOM, like the CGIL and the others, is working relentlessly with the government to implement all the necessary attacks on the working class to make investing in Italy more attractive. Thus, a communiqué on FIOM's web site described a meeting between the CEO of multinational telecommunications firm Alcatel, Ben Verwaayen, and the minister of economic development, the ex-banker Corrado Passera. Passera opposed Alcatel's outsourcing plans and stated his commitment to make Italy more attractive to foreign investment.
FIOM's communiqué stated that the union "considers important the path initiated by the minister of economic development for the individuation of an industrial plan to revitalize investments, work to keep multinational companies in our country, and to keep and promote skilled labor." FIOM is silent on the implications of this position, however: if it supports the government's policy, it logically supports wage and benefit cuts to generate the promise of high profits and attract investment to Italy.
This underlines the critical importance of the organization of a struggle by the working class independent of the union bureaucracies and the political establishment, which supports the bill.
Monti is relying on the support of Italy's bourgeois "left" parties—which backed his installation last year at the behest of Europe's major banks—to ensure that the bill will not encounter any opposition from within the political establishment. Democratic Party (PD) Secretary Perluigi Bersani endorsed the bill, adding that "there are good aspects and some to be corrected."
Deputy PD leader Enrico Letta, a vocal supporter of scrapping Article 18, made clear in an interview with the Financial Times that the PD's support is critical to passing the reform. "If the PD collapses, it will also be the collapse of the Monti government," he said. "For this strange experiment [with an unelected Monti government] to work, the PD must remain a pillar of unity."
Roberto Pessi, a labor law expert at Rome's Luiss University, downplayed the threat to the ruling class posed by actions proposed by the CGIL: "No revolution. Maybe a general strike for image purposes."
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Wind Energy Electric Line Project Faces Uncertain Future
Scott Van Aartsen August 29, 2016 August 29, 2016
O'Brien County, Iowa — A court ruling in Illinois has placed the future of the Rock Island Clean Line in jeopardy again.
According to court records, the Illinois 3rd Appellate Court has reversed the Illinois Commerce Commission decision granting Rock Island Clean Line a certificate of public need and necessity.
The Rock Island Clean Line is a proposed project to build a 500-mile-long electric transmission line through Iowa, starting in O'Brien County, to ship wind power generated in Iowa to Illinois, where it could feed into a grid serving Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, the District of Columbia, and eight other states in the northeast, according to court documents.
Earlier this year, the Iowa House passed a bill that would probably have doomed the project. Had the bill become law, developers of electric transmission line projects would have had three years to get agreements with 75 percent of affected property owners before Iowa regulators could have given developers eminent domain authority to seize the rest of the properties. The bill passed the House on April 5th on a 63 to 33 vote, and was sent to the Senate where it was assigned to the Government Oversight Committee, chaired by Senator Rob Hogg. Hogg did not take the bill up so it died in Committee.
Proponents of the $2-billion construction project say that if it's not built, it would also place in jeopardy the fate of $7-billion worth of wind turbines in Iowa. Clean Line could appeal the decision to the Illinois Supreme Court.
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Tom Cannavan, award-winning wine writer, broadcaster and publisher of wine-pages.com, has announced the return of the sell-out London Festival of Wine in 2019. No wonder the capital's wine lovers scooped up every ticket in 2017 and 2018, with fantastic exhibitors and hundreds of brilliant wines on tasting – and all included in the ticket price.
Described by one wine lover as having "A very impressive venue, superb organisation and high quality exhibitors," Tom is bringing the festival back to the beautiful One Great George Street, a unique day-long celebration of wine. The 2019 Festival is open from 12:30pm until 5pm, with re-entry via the Festival wristband – plus you can buy wines on the day with great discounts.
We love great wine, and the festival is all about sharing that love: our slogan is "serious, without being stuffy." That begins with our exhibitors, who have the freedom to showcase their most interesting wines. We've already signed up some of the world's top wineries and the UK's classiest wine merchants. Our masterclass programme is superb. It features some of the world's rarest and greatest wines, taught by expert tutors and winemakers, but we're keeping ticket prices as low as possible to make sure everyone has the chance to share these once in a lifetime opportunities.
You'll discover superb new wines as you hone your own palate, whilst our exhibitors pour and discuss their wines with you – and of course, Tom will be on hand all day to share his knowledge too.
Priced at £25.50 with no booking fee, tickets include all tasting samples and are on sale now. The masterclass programme will be announced in due course, and ticket holders will be the first to know. Please note that the Festival always sells out months in advance.
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The Festival takes place in the magnificent Grand Hall of One Great George Street in the heart of Westminster, two minutes walk from Westminster Tube Station and surrounded by the capital's sites, as well as plenty of shopping, hotels and restaurants.


With population of 5,416,021 by 2000, most of the Tibetans live in Tibet Autonomous Region. A few are scattered in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces.
Tibetans speak a language belonging to a sub branch of the Tibetan-Burman branch of Sino-Tibetan phylum. There are 3 major local dialects: Weizang, Lang and Amdo. Tibetan script was first created in the early 7th century with four vowels and 30 consonants; it is an alphabetic system of writing.
Tibetans take "Zanba" (roasted highland barley flour), mutton and Yak beef as the staple food. Their drinks include Yak butter tea and barley wine.
Pronounced as "kha-tag", hada is regarded as an honorable gift of Tibetans, which is a long narrow white scarf made of silk. Through it, the Tibetan people express their best wishes on many occasions like wedding ceremonies, festivals, visiting the seniors and the superiors, and hosting guests. People should lift the hada above their shoulders and bow to the receiver if presenting it to a shrine or a high-rank lama. The hadas embody the purity, loyalty and blessing. Being given a hada, people is supposed to receive it with both hands.
When you visit a local Tibetan family, the host may entertain you with their home-made barley wine. Please receive it with both hands. Traditionally before drinking the guests are expected to use the forefinger to dip in the cup and flick the wine in the air three times to show respect to gods of heaven, earth and dragon. Then you should take three cups of wine non-stop or sips three times, get refilled and then bottom up (for light drinkers). Drinking butter tea is a daily must-do for all the Tibetans, which help them to fight against rigidness, enhance the blood circulation. When the guests are offered a cup of butter tea, they are not expected to empty it at one gulp, but leave some in the cup to get more refilled. Once you have enough, please pour the rest of the tea on the ground gently.
Please always walk clockwise around the religious shrines, stupas, Mani stones and prayer wheels. However, if you visit a Bon monastery, then walk counterclockwise!
The monks take off their shoes upon entering a chamber, while it is fine to the visitors without doing the same thing. Entering a chamber during the chanting session is allowed on condition that there should be no disturbance to the monks.
While in a Tibetan monastery, please don't smoke, drink alcohol or make big noises. Besides, please don't touch, step over or sit on any religious scripts of any forms.
Always ask for permission before taking photos.
Don't do harm to any creatures in this land: yaks, dogs, vultures and sheep.
Don't stepping on the threshold when entering a Tibetan house.
The public display of affection is not suggested in this religious area.
Tibetans do not believe in burying or cremating dead bodies. The remains of the dead are cut up by funeral priests at dawn to feed vultures, in the belief that these birds take the spirits to heaven. Strangers are forbidden to attend the ceremony.


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The importance of freshwater corridors in the Amazon
by The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Existing and potential dam projects in the Amazon region. Our data included mainly hydropower projects, with a small number of existing dam projects without hydropower production (installed capacity = 0). Credit: Conservation Science and Practice (2022). DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12853
The Amazon rainforest and basin are crucial for the balance of the Earth's environmental systems that enable life as we know it. The world's largest rainforest covers 6.7 million square kilometers and encompasses the largest network of forests and rivers in the world, housing around 10% of the world's biodiversity and 20% of the planet's freshwater.
However, there are few studies on monitoring freshwater corridors and their importance for biodiversity and related ecosystems services. A new study published in Conservation Science and Practice, assesses the critical areas that need to be protected to maintain this delicate balance. The study was co-authored by Bernardo Caldas, Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT researcher and MEL Director for CALPE, and Michele Thieme.
"The data and information generated by this research group are crucial for the conscious and integrated management of freshwater ecosystems in the Amazon. Besides biodiversity, the health of these freshwater systems is crucial for food production and climate change adaptation strategies," said Caldas.
Protecting multiple ecosystem services
Rivers and related freshwater systems (floodplains and temporary lakes) in the Amazon serve multiple functions: they provide habitats for freshwater fish populations that provide food security both for local communities and cities in the region, they deliver sediment downstream, mitigate the impacts of extreme weather events such as droughts or floods, and provide habitats for biodiversity. Safeguarding healthy, free-flowing rivers is crucial to maintaining these critical ecosystem services over time.
This new research provides an understanding of where these freshwater corridors or "swim ways" currently exist, and where they might disappear due to future hydropower development that block the movement of key migratory species in the Amazon Basin including fish, dolphins and turtles. The intention of this research is to provide a case for the protection of these key corridors as part of the larger Amazonian Regional Protected Area system in order to ensure the vitality and health of the local ecosystems, freshwater flows, water quality and quantity, forested and stable banks, and species for people and nature.
In conducting the research, scientists of several organizations and academia, led by WWF, analyzed more than 340,000 km of Amazonian rivers, beginning with an assessment of the connectivity status of all rivers and then combining that with occurrence of migratory fish, migratory turtles and dolphins. The resulting map shows where Freshwater Connectivity Corridors (FCCs) exist and where they would be disrupted under a hydropower development scenario considering currently proposed or planned dams.
Bernardo Caldas et al, Identifying the current and future status of freshwater connectivity corridors in the Amazon Basin, Conservation Science and Practice (2022). DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12853
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Keep on flowing: The importance of freshwater corridors in the Amazon (2023, January 25)
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The ZIGEN ZIG-18DA 1x8 HDMI Distribution Amplifier splits an HDMI signal between 8 displays. This HDMI splitter supports 3D and resolutions up to 1080p. It can be cascaded up to eight times.
Using HDBaseT technology, the ZIG-HVX-70R from ZIGEN extends an HDMI signal up to 70 meters using a single Ethernet cable. It also transmits bidirectional control signals for ultimate convenience. It can be used as a stand alone solution or combined with matrix switch setups to extend the input or output cable distance.
The PureLink HDX II Tx/Rx HDMI over 4 LC Fiber Extender Kit is designed to transmit 1080p HDMI signals up to 5000 feet using LC fiber optic cable. It features full HDCP compliance.
The need to 'split' an HDMI signal is quite common. In residential applications, splitters are often used for sending a single cable box to multiple displays. In office applications, splitters are often used for sending a single computer to multiple monitors. In education applications, splitters are often used to send a video source to both a desktop monitor and a ceiling mounted projector. There are lots of use patterns, and they all revolve around the need to take a single HDMI source and send it to multiple destinations.
The TL-DA14-HD2 splits a single source to four destinations (typically displays or projectors). A built-in amplification circuit ensures performance for higher resolutions (1080p, 4K@30, and 4K@60) and longer cable lengths.
TL-SMG-HD table insert is the perfect complement to TechLogix TL-SM3X1 switchers. Not only does it provide local HDMI connection, but also provide intuitive control for input switching and display on/off.
Essentially, the TL-SMG-HD and TL-SM3X1 system is a high-quality, inexpensive control and signal management system that anyone can understand.
Bumblelion and Eleroo, Moosel and Rhinokey, and Butterbear and Hoppopotamus. What's so great about these guys and gals? They are freaking awesome combinations of animals whose different parts make them better. The TL-SM3C-HDV is the Wuzzle of AV.
The TL-SM3C-HDV is a hybrid system: three input switcher, extender with remote power, and control system. The switcher is configured for automatic switching with manual override out of the box, but also has a manual-only function. The built-in extender passes power from the receiver to the transmitter up to 70 meters over shielded solid core Cat 5e or greater cable. The control system can control the display via CEC, IR, or RS232, and includes two relays that can be configured as momentary or latching based on the installation needs.
Table inserts (sold separately) are available for HDMI, VGA and DisplayPort source devices, providing connectivity for sources such as laptops and tablets, as well as display on/off and source selection control that is simple enough for any user to understand with virtually no training. While maintaining 100% compatibility with the original Share-Me™ Series table grommet inserts, the TL-SM3C-HDV has a dedicated, non-propietary 4-pin port to interface with the new TL-SMG-4C, which adds volume control to the display on and off features of its siblings.
The TechLogix Share-Me™ Series is designed for an extremely quick installation. Simply mount the switcher under the podium or conference room table, mount the table inserts in pre-cut holes sized from 56mm through 70mm, and connect the table inserts to the switcher using standard AV cables (HDMI, DisplayPort, or VGA) and a 3.5mm cable. Run a single shielded solid core Cat 5e or greater cable to the receiver. Connect the HDMI cable and necessary control interfaces from the receiver to the display. All power and control commands are sent from the table inserts to the switcher via the 3.5mm cable. Plug in the receiver and the system is up and running.
The latest iteration of TechLogix Share-Me™ Series presentation switchers expand upon the original TL-SM3X1-series switchers. The basic premise is still true: an affordable solution that integrates AV switching and device control. Unlike the Trons of the world, we have actually added features based on customer feedback, and, as we have always done, all accessories are included; a power supply should never be a separate line item.
Bumblelion and Eleroo, Moosel and Rhinokey, and Butterbear and Hoppopotamus. What's so great about these guys and gals? They are freaking awesome combinations of animals whose different parts make them better. The TL-SM3C-HD is the Wuzzle of AV.
The TL-SM3C-HD is a hybrid system: three input switcher, extender with remote power, and control system. The switcher is configured for automatic switching with manual override out of the box, but also has a manual-only function. The built-in extender passes power from the receiver to the transmitter up to 70 meters over shielded solid core Cat 5e or greater cable. The control system can control the display via CEC, IR, or RS232, and includes two relays that can be configured as momentary or latching based on the installation needs.
Table inserts (sold separately) are available for HDMI, VGA and DisplayPort source devices, providing connectivity for sources such as laptops and tablets, as well as display on/off and source selection control that is simple enough for any user to understand with virtually no training. While maintaining 100% compatibility with the original Share-Me™ Series table grommet inserts, the TL-SM3C-HD has a dedicated, non-propietary 4-pin port to interface with the new TL-SMG-4C, which adds volume control to the display on and off features of its siblings.
Enter the TL-2X1-HDVC. This compact switcher automatically manages the connections of two unique users or two unique connections—no more passing cables, pushing buttons, and untangling knots. The switcher automatically "senses" when someone plugs in an HDMI or VGA cable and makes their device live to the display. It's the latest and greatest in automatic switching technology.
Enter the TL-2X1-HDV. This compact switcher automatically manages the connections of two unique users or two unique connections—no more passing cables, pushing buttons, and untangling knots. The switcher automatically "senses" when someone plugs in an HDMI or VGA cable and makes their device live to the display. It's the latest and greatest in automatic switching technology.
Enter the TL-6X1-HDV. This compact switcher automatically manages the connections of up to six unique users—no more passing cables, pushing buttons, and untangling knots. Each user gets their own cable and the system automatically "senses" when someone plugs in and makes their device live to the display. Plus, HDMI and VGA dual connectivity ensure both new and old devices can connect to the system.
Installation and use is easy: place the TL-6X1-HDV on or under the conference room table, run up to four HDMI cables and two VGA cables to the different points on the table, and connect your devices (typically laptops, tablets, and phones). Cables don't need to move and the TL-6X1-HDV handles user signal switching and distribution. You can even connect secondary audio-video inputs, such as BluRay players, dedicated computers, and cable boxes.
Unfortunately, technology in classrooms and conference rooms is often more frustrating than effective. The headache begins at the design stage—random parts need to be pieced together to form some semblance of a system. The headache continues into the purchasing stage—technology is expensive, often costing multiple thousands of dollars per room. Installation is just as painful—those random parts now need to be connected together, and extensive programming is required to make them operate as one. And then the head explodes—the system is too daunting for the presenter, so they let it sit unused.
Thousands of dollars and countless hours are wasted by the users of the rooms who opt to ignore the expensive technology around them.
Enter the TL-CAV-01 room kit. We've designed the system to be affordable, easy-to-install, intuitive to use, and powerfully effective as a presentation and room audio-visual signal management tool. The system includes both audio and video routing and control, and only requires a single twisted pair cable to connect all of the components. Best of all, a simple wallplate controller provides users with volume control and source selection, and automatic modes of operation ensure the system will be used and not feared. The single TL-CAV-01 part number replaces hours of design and installation work, and the all-in system price is unrivaled in the education and corporate AV technology markets.
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£300m BBC rival 'waste of cash', says VLV
by Joanna Taylor - Oct 8, 2004
An influential television lobby group has warned that Ofcom's radical plans to create a new £300 million public service broadcaster to compete with the BBC could prove to be a waste of money.
Speaking in her capacity as chairwoman of the campaigning body Voice of the Listener and Viewer, Jocelyn Hay said that although the proposition sounds "interesting" it might be more effective to plough the money into programmes for existing broadcasters.
She commented: "In some ways it looks very attractive but we need to study the practicalities of this and whether in fact it is the best use of a sum of £300 million. Is setting up a new channel better than using that money to improve the existing provisions of channels that already exist?"
Ofcom proposed last week in its long-awaited report on the future of PSB that a not-for-profit TV channel should be set up in competition to the BBC in a bid to "maintain and strengthen" high-quality programming.
The so-called Public Service Publisher would be backed by an annual budget of £300 million and pay around £150,000 an hour for up to three hours per day of high quality programmes, including drama, arts and comedy shows.
The Corporation will be barred from running the service but any other organisation, including ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and BSkyB could bid to run the station. Its budget will come from either an increased licence fee, a government grant or a tax on the profits of UK broadcasters.
Ofcom's report also recommended that the BBC's licence fee should be retained until 2016 but there should be a mid-tern review in 2011.
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Adult Education is a Concurrent Subject with both Central and State Governments being required to contribute to its promotion and strengthening. At the national level, National Literacy Mission Authority (NLMA), an autonomous wing of MHRD is the nodal agency for overall planning and management and funding of Adult Education Programmes and institutions. Its inter – ministerial General Council and Executive Committee are the two policy and executive bodies.
Presently, the provision of adult education is through the Saakshar Bharat Programme (SBP) which is a centrally sponsored scheme.The National Literacy Mission Authority (NLMA), is the Nodal Agency at the National level. The Joint Secretary (Adult Education) is the ex – officio Director General of NLMA. It was set up in 1988 with the approval of the Cabinet as an independent and autonomous wing of the Ministry of HRD (the then Department of Education). The Cabinet vested NLMA with full executive and financial powers in the sphere of work.
Is the apex body of NLMA, headed by Minister of Human Resource Development and consists of, among others, Ministers of Panchayati Raj, Rural Development, Minority Affairs, Information and Broadcasting, Health and Family Welfare, Youth Affairs and Sports, Social Justice and Empowerment, Women and Child Development, senior level political leaders of the main political parties, three Members of Parliament, Education Ministers of six States etc.
The Executive Committee is responsible to carry out all the functions of the Authority in accordance with the policy and guidelines laid down by the Council. It strives for proper implementation of policies and incorporation of latest developments in the field of adult education. It is headed by Secretary (SE&L) and comprises of Adviser (Education), Planning Commission, Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser in Ministry of HRD, Chairman of National Institute of Open Schooling, some State Directors of Adult Education, and officials of the State Governments, representatives of SRCs and JSSs as well as non-official members.


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A lot of singers struggle to take and hold a long extended breath.
There are two reason to make the issue as follows.
People can control breaths precisely. Only when the diaphragm, internal and the external intercostal muscles and the costovertebral joint work very well.
So many people have problems with moving the costovertebral joint. If the costovertebral joint does not move widely, it cannot move the diaphragm, This is because of an increase to the space in the pleural cavity.
The posterior region of the thorax: The costovertebral joint connects the ribs to the thoracic vertebra.
The hard vocal cord muscles cannot follow the cricothyroid muscle when it is moving quickly, because the cricothyroid articulation cannot extend correctly.
If a person stops vibrating the vocal cord, precisely making only the vocal folds vibrate, the sound produced becomes a falsetto.
Only taking in and releasing short breaths will also cease or lessen controlling the pitch of the brief sounds being made, because it is impossible for mucosa tissue to move by itself.
For anyone who truly wishes to make their vocal cord muscles flexible to a superior degree, I would like to recommend you look into and take ultrasonic therapy for the thyroid cartilage and stretch the cricothyroid articulation.
The model of the vocal cord muscles and the mucosa.
People who can extend the vocal cord, and possess superior flexibly, when vocalizing with a high-pitched voice can take in and release a very long breath in both high and low pitch sounds.


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SPOTLIGHTING SOUTHEAST CHICAGO & NORTHWEST INDIANA
ANOTHER IMPORTANT COMMMUNITY WEBSITE: WORK2GETHER4PEACE
Articles 2018 Archive
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IDEAS, INFORMATION, PLANS. ETC.
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Photo of community event canoeists on Wolf Lake, taken from the William W. Powers State Recreational Area, in the only Illinois State Park located inside the City of Chicago. Looking at an Industrial park in Northwest Indiana. Photo by Kevin P. Murphy
Welcome to Spotlighting Southeast Chicago & Northwest Indiana
History & Resources
This website is a Work In Progress.
We have learned that there is always more to be discovered about a region that has had at least a 12,000-year life span, which began as glaciers receded and organic life, in many forms, began to fill the increasingly "user friendly" spaces the glaciers left behind.
For thousands of years, the region flourished as a gathering place for myriads of migratory wild fowl, whose flyways ran from the arctic to the subtropics and beyond, and were heavily concentrated across the Calumet Region. With its vast waterways rich in varieties of fish and other marine life, the region provided a hospitable way-station for the annual bird migrations north and south. And, of course, it provided an excellent hunting ground for creatures that partook of the avian bounty passing through the area.
Aboriginal Americans became an important part of that process and, in time, became the dominant players in the region's prehistoric game of life. Much later, they were joined by Europeans and their descendants, whose migrations had brought them into the Calumet Region. Among the first of those were French voyageurs who pioneered the wilderness, often traveling and hunting with the nomadic aboriginals, but also blazing trails for others to follow, establishing trading posts and building communities that grew up around those kernels of permanence. Later settlers then altered the region from a hunting and fishing paradise to farming and farming-related commercial activities.
Industry came naturally with the influx of people who were more inclined to take root than to adopt a nomadic life style of following wild creatures in their migratory patterns. And, given the abundant resources of the region, industry flourished, becoming the dominant "life form" for nearly two centuries of heavy use -- and heavy pollution -- of the natural resources that had first led it here.
A vast natural area that had once numbered its human occupants in nomadic dozens, the Calumet Region eventually became permanent home to millions of people, over multiple generations of human life.
Where there are people, there is history, and there are artifacts. There is also mobility, and the distractions of everyday life that make it easy to lose track of that history and its artifacts.
Like historical societies and their museums, which strive to identify, document, and collect historic records and artifacts, this site exists to do a similar job of identifying and highlighting repositories of regional history that are particular to the Southeast Chicago/Northwest Indiana "Calumet Region," as well as spotlighting existing local sites that are, in themselves, historically important, although not necessarily recognized widely as such.
And that brings us back to the "Work in Progress" aspect of this site. One need but spend an afternoon in the museum of the Southeast Chicago Historical Society, in Calumet Park, to learn how rich the area is in historic artifacts and information, much of which walks in through the door of the museum completely unexpectedly. No doubt, other museums have similar experiences.
Thus, we will begin this site with a knowledge-, and resource-base that will, undoubtedly, grow as new information "walks in through" our digital "museum doors" and is shared via numerous networking mechanisms. We are also designing this site so that visitors to it will be able to contribute their own knowledge of regional history -- documented, we hope -- and share any artifacts to which they may have access, via graphic representations of them, rather than in their actual physical form.
So, we urge you to join with us in filling the countless blank pages pertaining to the history of the Calumet Region. Discovering such information before it disappears forever is an exciting, and important, process. As a past president of the Chicago Historical Society (now known as the Chicago History Museum) once pointed out, the society that loses track of its history has no culture, and is likely to reinvent the same mistakes over and over again.
Kevin P. Murphy & Joann Podkul Murphy -- October 24, 2016, 11:39 A.M.
April 18, 2018, Update:
A quick scan of this website, today, will indicate that we have added a lot of present and future information as part of its revised role as history-repository-plus-current-activity-broadcaster.
Like any living entity, this site has evolved, so that it currently includes input from the community about what it is doing, and what it seems to care about, to the extent that such information finds its way to us.
Also, this site has been joined by our other site, "Calumet Region Sites" (https://www.calumetregionsites.com), which focuses on regional sites that are historically significant, interesting, and/or threatened, and provides on-line links that can be accessed by visitors to site markers that we have posted at the sites, in the field, wherever possible.
Included on that website are three digital tours that we have created for access by smart phones and tablets: the "Calumet Region Sites Green Tour" (http://calregionsites.com/green-summit-tour-sites-/index.html), the "Southeast Chicago Public Art Tour" (http://calregionsites.com/south-chicago-public-art/index.html) and the "Blues Brothers Sites Tour" (https://www.calumetregionsites.com/blues-brothers-south-chicago-sites-tour-home.html). We plan to add other tours that we have created as our schedule permits.
So, like "The Region," itself, this website -- and its affiliated website(s) continue to evolve. -- k & j
May 21, 2018: As part of that "Evolution," this is Day One of our managing this website under Weebly Website Building software and hosting.


If you are a seasoned farmer you probably know what raised garden beds are, but even if you are not, don't worry. You will know a lot about its benefits and even feel inspired to try it out by the time you finish reading this.
When put in simple words, raised-bed gardening means growing plants in a bed of soil that is three to four feet wide and is much higher than the surrounding soil. It can be anything from six inches to waist high.
This soil bed sometimes has a frame around it made of wood, rock, or concrete blocks. The concept of raised garden beds becomes much simpler if you think of your own bedroom. Your 'floor' is the soil and your bed is similar to the raised-bed in the garden.
The primary reason for using raised garden beds is that they can do wonders for plant growth and can even extend the growing season. This is because the soil inside the raised garden beds tend to be warm even during early spring when the soil around is much colder. Raised garden beds also provide a healthy environment suitable for microorganisms, which in turn facilitates plant growth. Plus it is an excellent way to keep weeds including lawn grasses away.
However, there is no reason to think that raised garden beds are only good for the plants. These are equally beneficial to your back and when used intelligently, can even function as your creative masterpiece embellishing your garden.
It is always recommended to use raised garden beds that are twelve inches in height. This simple step ensures that you do not have to bend as low and so spare your back from unnecessary strains and aches. This is especially advantageous to older people.
Think of using raised garden beds if you have sandy or clay soil. The best part is you don't have to struggle with the topsoil of the entire garden. Simply fill the raised garden beds with good quality topsoil and you are all set!
Raised garden beds are excellent for keeping your garden tidy and organised. No matter how heavy the rain, you can always have your feet clean and still enjoy some fresh veggies straight from the garden. Let your creative juices flow and help you arrange these beds in new patterns that will add a new dimension to the appearance of your garden.
Whenever you are looking for raised garden beds, make sure they are made with rot-resistant lumber and material that would withstand all weather conditions.
The Mega Garden Store has some beautiful and function varieties. Check out this online store for yourself today!
Written for Mega Garden Store by Hayley Jones.


The E 30 KX is a 12" (30cm) subwoofer with very high power handling. It has an impressive SPL of 86.5dB (2.83 V/1 m) and a sealed box or bass-reflex type enclosure of 28 to 35L !
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These 'Do It Yourself' Nano activities and experiments allow families to experience and learn about nanoscale science, engineering, and technology at home or on the go! They are are designed to be done in the comfort of your own home. Each activity includes lists of widely available, inexpensive materials, step-by-step instructions, and detailed explanations. Go ahead, give 'em a try!


Directed by Michael Longhurst at the Ustinov, St James, Arts, Haymarket and on tour.
Directed by Stephen Unwin at the Rose Theatre Kingston.
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Albion reveal new-look website
WELCOME to the new-look Albion website www.wba.co.uk.
The new website, launched today, offers a more modern and up-to-date design for fans to access all the Albion news, views, features and photographs.
We expect teething problems during an initial transitional period as data is transferred across from the former website to the new version and technical bugs are addressed by Football League Interactive's (FLi) chosen website provider. So we are asking for your patience.
The launch has been timed for pre-season to try and minimise disruption for users and to ensure everything is fully up and running in time for the new Barclays Premier League campaign.
All the important football stories and club information is there and will continue to be updated as and when the news happens.
Ultimately the new site will look a lot better and be more user-friendly and easier to navigate.
So please feel free to have a browse and keep coming back for more as we head into a new era under head coach Steve Clarke.
*Due to FLi's timescales the Albion Mobile site will be upgraded at a later stage and news on this will be announced at wba.co.uk.


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President Donald Trump has pointed to an increase in "clean coal" mining jobs in his first year. He's celebrating too soon.
In 2016, US coal mining productivity, as measured by average production per employee hour, increased 5.2% to 6.6 short tons per employee hour.
New coal mine to bring 70 jobs or more to Pa.
BOSWELL, Pa. (AP) — Officials say a new coal mine in western Pennsylvania will be bringing 70 jobs or more to the area later this year.
MT. MORRIS, Pa. (AP) — A mining company is closing one of its Pennsylvania coal mines and shedding nearly 400 jobs.
CALHOUN, Ky. (AP) — Construction is underway on a new underground coal mine in western Kentucky that would employ about 280 miners.
: "If we had not overturned this rule, we were looking at nearly 70,000 jobs across the country."
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Redashe are suppliers of sprung loaded bearing lubricators from Macnaught and more recently battery powered lubricators from Easylube. The Easylube lubricator system is managed by software and an alert system that has been developed to enhance bearing life expectancy, by precisely calculating and administering the correct dosage of lubricant required. For more information please call and ask to speak to a Redashe lubrication equipment specialist.


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Learn about our history...and our future.
We are a collective of alumni of various contemporary a cappella groups. We formed this collective because we love a cappella, but "life" (day job, family, logistics) has made it difficult to continue loving a cappella the way we once did -- by making it ourselves as a member of a group. The seeds of the AcaLumni Project were sown when a number of us were lamenting the lack of a musical outlet despite our best efforts to find a group to call home post-college, and we realized that, to "cover" a certain well-worn intro, we have the technology. We can make music again, on our schedule, on our terms, in our homes, in our free time.
Our members have collective singing experience spanning over 25 years. What many of us didn't have was a place to make music...until now.
What are we REALLY doing here?
With the advances in recording technology, it has never been easier (or less costly) to make studio recordings, and it no longer requires the whole group to be in the same room. This allows us to pursue the idea of being a virtual vocal band.
Specifically, each project lead will take an arrangement, break it up into its component parts, and spread it out to the team to learn and record in their homes. Our members record their part(s) using sheet music, recorded practice tracks, a small amount of equipment, and some software, and send those recordings back to the engineer who takes each of the parts to create a recording greater than the sum of said parts.
If you're familiar with Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir projects, or a few of the songs that Mike Tompkins has done, you'll see the idea in execution. We're just doing it at a smaller scale, with a more targeted group of participants, and with more regularity.
Who Aren't We?
Poor grammar aside, we want to be clear:
This is not run by paid professionals. None of us sing or record for a living. We are admitted, proud amateurs.
We have no grand plans of eventually transitioning into a regular live performing group.
We have no interest in profiting from this endeavor. None of us. (We do hope to raise funds to cover our expenses, but no one has any intention of ever making a dime off of this.)
Although we would be thrilled if we produced something that goes viral, that's not the goal either.
We're here to make music to the best of our ability, doing something that we love to do, and hopefully making some new friends worldwide in the process of creating art that we're proud to share with others. If singing contemporary a cappella with others is something that you miss, we want to help you feel the joy and thrill of making music with your friends again.
If that sounds intriguing to you, come sing with us!