text:
Rep. Jim Jordan: I'm Convinced FBI Tried to Stop Trump From Being President
House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a live television broadcast on Capitol Hill on Dec. 4, 2017, in Washington, D.C.
By Todd Starnes Published on December 19, 2017 •
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told the Todd Starnes Show he is convinced the FBI was actively trying to stop Donald Trump from being elected president of the United States.
Last week, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., called for the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller.
"We are at risk of a coup d'etat in this country if we allow an unaccountable person with no oversight to undermine the duly-elected president of the United States," Gaetz said Wednesday in remarks deliver on the House floor. "And I would offer that is precisely what is happening right now with the indisputable conflicts of interest that are present with Mr. Mueller and others at the Department of Justice."
I asked Jordan if he bought into the argument that something nefarious was afoot.
"The whole pretext is wrong. Think about this — you had — I'm convinced now — the FBI actively seeking with intent — actively trying to stop Donald Trump from being president of the United States," Jordan told Starnes.
He was referring to a treasure trove of text messages written by investigator Peter Strzok — referring to an "insurance" policy. Watch the entire interview below.
Jordan said he was very concerned that the "insurance policy" might have been dressing up the dossier and turning it into an intelligence document and taking it to the FISA court to obtain a warrant to spy on Americans.
"If that happened — and it sure looks like it did — if that happened, it is wrong as it can possibly be in this great country for the FBI to actively be trying to make sure one individual, one major party's nominee does not become the next president," Jordan said.
As I said on last week's program: It appears the Obama Administration not only weaponized the Internal Revenue Service, but it appears they also weaponized the FBI.
Jordan said it "looks like they went after a major party's nominee for president and said, 'We cannot allow that individual to be the next president of the United States,' and they actively tried to stop it."
Todd Starnes is host of Fox News & Commentary, heard on hundreds of radio stations. His latest book is The Deplorables' Guide to Making America Great Again. Follow Todd on Twitter @ToddStarnes and find him on Facebook.
Originally published on ToddStarnes.com. Reprinted with permission.


Former senator Bob Day's lawyers have attacked the evidence of two witnesses before the full bench of the High Court considers whether his election was valid.
The court, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, will consider whether Mr Day was ineligible to be elected as a Family First senator at the 2016 election.
At issue is whether Mr Day breached Section 44 (v) of the Constitution due to a direct or indirect financial interest in a property he partly used as his electorate office.
The property at 77 Fullerton Road, Kent Town, SA, was sold by B&B Day, the trustee of the Day Family Trust, to Fullarton Investments in 2014.
During a special pre-trial hearing, the court heard from Mr Day's ex-business partner John Smith, who said Mr Day asked him if he could transfer the property under his wife Deb's name so it wouldn't be a "conflict".
Mr Day told him he wasn't allowed to receive Commonwealth lease payments if it remained in his name.
Mr Smith said he only agreed on the condition it would not cost the couple anything.
However, on Tuesday, Andrew Bell SC, for Day, told the court Mr Smith's recollection of discussions he had with Mr Day about the property transfer were "all over the place".
He also criticised the evidence of Deb Smith, who told the court her husband came to her two years ago and said Mr Day wanted to put the property into her name.
She said she didn't read the documents to transfer the ownership and "just signed it where it was marked".
She also said she didn't realise she was being made a director of a new company called Fullerton Investments, believing she was simply the owner.
Mr Bell said she clearly understood she was to be a director of Fullerton Investments.
The Smiths were called as witnesses by former Labor senator Anne McEwen, who is a party to the case after losing her seat at the 2016 election.
She argues Mr Day's financial interest in the Fullerton Road property continued beyond the transfer of sale to Fullerton Investments and that he controlled the newly formed entity.
However, Mr Day denies having a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the lease, executed about December 1, 2015, between Fullarton Investments and the Commonwealth.
Justice Michelle Gordon has reserved judgment on what issues should be considered by the full bench of the High Court when the matter goes before it in February.
She will hand down her judgment in coming days.


text:
Q: Programatically sync OneDrive for Business folder on local machine I have a spreadsheet stored on OneDrive for Business that I need to edit locally and then update online. I've got this working perfectly - by using Excel Interop I'm able to open the spreadsheet, make the required changes, save and close it, which in turn automatically syncs the changes to OneDrive.
What I can't do however is automatically sync changes from OneDrive to my spreadsheet before I open it. I can do this manually by right clicking the OneDrive for Business icon in my system tray and clicking "Sync Now". Is there a way of carrying out the "Sync Now" action programmatically?
Any help is greatly appreciated.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Texas will "not tolerate" sanctuary campuses or cities, said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Twitter Thursday.
His tweet came in response to petitions circling this week around Texas campuses, including University of North Texas, Texas Woman's University, and Texas State University. The petitions call for schools to enact similar protections as sanctuary cities, which pledge to not cooperate with enforcement of federal immigration law.
He told Fox News on Tuesday that he had already "used [his] powers as governor of Texas to withhold funds to cities or counties that are declaring themselves to be sanctuary cities," but an investigation by The Dallas Morning News refutes that claim.
The legality of sanctuary campuses is still up for debate. Some private universities, like Wesleyan University in Connecticut, have declared themselves sanctuary campuses, but the situation for public universities is different since they are on state-owned land.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act protects all student information except their enrollment status, whether they live in campus housing and their major and classification.
Currently there are an estimated 300 sanctuary states, counties, and cities across the U.S., but no model for sanctuary campuses. Calls for sanctuary campuses began in the wake of Donald Trump's campaign pledges to repeal DACA and escalate deportations.


exfoliation (rus. эксфолиация) — Segregation of the layered filler particles into individual nanoelements in the nanocomposite material matrix.
The term exfoliation is used to describe polymer-clay systems. Clay has a plate-like structure with plates of about 1 nm thick. The plates are parallel to each other and form crystallites (tactoids). There may be water molecules and metal cations in between the layers. Of most interest for the production of nanocomposites are those clay tactoids, which can desintegrate into individual nanolayers after some particular processing. The result of peeling, when the layered silicate tactoids are completely divided into separate layers, is known as exfoliation (see also delamination). To make the clay exfoliated, it should undergo some water repellent treatment and increase the distance between the plates. To achieve this, the surface of the plates shall be modified with surfactants (with resultant organoclay), or amphiphilic polymers (polyethylene oxide, block copolymers), which penetrate (intercalate) into the space between the plates. The polymer melt is mixed with a filler using an extruder, though the filled polymer can be synthesised directly from a mixture of the monomer and a filler (nanofillers).
The fully exfoliated state improves the mechanical properties of nanocomposites, such as stiffness, dimensional stability, impact resistance; increases the oxygen index, and decreases gas permeability.
Development of polymer/clay nanocomposite. The first stage involves generation of tactoid - polymer closes around the organic clay agglomerates. The second stage (intercalation) involves penetration of the polymer into the interlayer space of the organic clay, causing the layers to move apart by 2-3 nm. The final stage involves exfoliation.
Pinnavaia T. J., Beall G.W. Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites. — Wiley, 2000. — 370 p.
LeBaron P. C., Wang Z., Pinnavaia T. J. Polymer-layered silicate nanocomposites: an overview // Appl. Clay Sci. 1999. V. 15, №1–2. P. 11–29.


text:
Fake Magazine Renewal Subscription Notice From National Magazine Services
by Hugh Mann | Sep 16, 2008 | Finance | 14 comments
A quick warning to anyone and everyone who has a magazine subscription. Beware of fraudulent magazine subscription notices.
I just received a fictitious mailing from "National Magazine Services, Inc." asking me to renew my magazine subscription for 4 years. At first glance, I took it as a legitimate renewal invoice as my subscription is actually up for renewal and, as we all know, sometimes magazines will outsource their billing to a third party.
Luckily for me, I also received a renewal notice from the real company yesterday. Once I compared the two invoices, I also noticed that the magazine name was incorrect. You would think I would have caught that first but the magazine recently went through a name change. It was originally called MacAddict and is now called MacLife.
Another tell-tale sign was that the invoice requested checks or money orders should be made payable to "National Magazine Services, Inc." instead of the magazine company.
Here's the fraudulent company information.
National Magazine Services, Inc.
Elmsford, NY 10523
Received another notice in the mail to renew my subscription. Only this time the notice was from;
Magazine Distribution Services, Inc.
1350 E Flamingo Rd.,
Suite 138 #749 ?
I'm guessing that's a rented mailbox.
Oh wait, look at this, a satellite photo of their location. And look, it's a strip mall with a UPS Store. Hmmm?
So I ask you, would a large magazine distribution service really use a PO Box? I think not. Can you say SCAM?
My next question is, if I can figure this out AND pinpoint their location with just a few clicks, then why can't the FBI or other law enforcement agency do the same thing and shut these low-lifes down?
Like this? Check out: Scams
ASHLEY on December 16, 2008 at 10:15 pm
MY SISTER JUST GOT SCAMMED BY THESE PEOPLE
THEY CHARGED HER CREDIT CARD TODAY
DON'T PAY THESE JERKS
THEY SAID THEY WOULD REPORT HER AND SEND HER TO COLLECTIONS
AND ASKED HER FOR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
WHY DO YOU NEED THAT TO SELL MAGAZINES
WHEN WE CALLED BACK AND THREATENED LEGAL ACTION, THEY SAID THAT WE WOULD NOT BE FORWARDED TO COLLECTIONS
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THESE GUYS, DO NOT PAY THEM ANYTHING
I REPORTED THEM TO THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU
Sam on March 17, 2009 at 6:43 am
I just received a notice from the National Magazine Servies, Inc to renew/new my order for "US News & World Report. I never have read that magazine over the counter so why would I have ordered the magazine at all. Also why would I be a new reader.
Gail on April 21, 2009 at 12:00 am
I too recently received a notice from the Nat'l Magazine Service. The prices just didn't seem right to I went the the magazine website. First of all, my subscription doesn't run out until October. The Nat'l Mag Svc gave me until April 27 to take advantage of these great rates. Their rates for a 2 year renewal were DOUBLE! Why are these crooks still out there?
Gail on April 20, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Russ on June 2, 2009 at 11:43 pm
I just got a renewal for National Geographic from these crooks. The 3 year renewal made me look closer. The form looks almost exactly like the National Geographic renewal notice. I bet a check made out to National Geographic would be cashed!
Russ on June 2, 2009 at 7:43 pm
imci on February 21, 2010 at 8:47 pm
The obvious answer is "Because they are inept, incompetent, and imprisoning them are not on or at the top of their agenda".
David on June 17, 2010 at 7:33 pm
I have been receiving notices from these guys for almost 2 years, for Backpacker magazine..Back in the '90s, I did subscribe to Backpacker, due to my involvement in Boy Scouts, but did not renew after a couple of years..
I rec'd a renewal notice today..The return address is a 216 Lemmon Dr, #357, in Reno, NV 89506..
This 'notice' has a 1 888 number..I called it, was put on hold by a mechanical operator, then was put in que, then the mechanical voice came on and said 'due to high call volumn, our customer service operators cannot get to you. Please let your name and number'..Blah, blah blah blah..
The notice is going where the rest of them did, the infamous File 13..
David on June 18, 2010 at 12:33 am
Missy on July 6, 2010 at 3:55 pm
I've been getting these same renewal/new order's for some time now. The one I received today is for more than triple my original price from McCalls. It is from 216 Lemmon Dr. #357 Reno, NV 89506-8701.
You would think that if you really want people to fall for this you would at least give the same renewal price as the magizine does not triple the price. I would also like to know how they are getting this information since one of the magazines i ordered, I did from the magazines website and had it sent to a new address and within days I had one of these renewal notices from NMS @ the new addy for the magazine i just ordered. I called the magazine and voiced my concern that they were selling customer info and was informed that they do not do that and that everything is confidential. I dont know, but I never send money to these people, I always send directly to the magazine itself, its just safer that way.
Missy on July 6, 2010 at 10:55 am
Twixt on September 14, 2010 at 1:48 pm
Yesterday I received FOUR separate "Notice of Renewal/New Order forms for four magazines, only one to which I have a subscription. I was going to deal with this on the internet only to have my computer flash up, "Warning, Possible Phishing Site" which made me look for more information on NMS. Thank goodness the internet can help in these cases. My NMS is at 216 Lemmon Dr. #357, Reno, NV Customer Service 1-888-586-7753 I did Google Map the address and it, too, is a UPS store. Unbelievable!
Mattman_7 on February 12, 2011 at 3:40 pm
Ok, so I get Mad Magazine. The cover price is $5.99, it comes out quarterly.NMS has the balls to try to charge me $34 for one year. Aren't you supposed to get a deal for subscribing?

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
What TN Can Learn from Louisiana on Vouchers
Tomorrow, the Tennessee General Assembly's House Finance Committee will listen to debate and possibly vote on HB 1049, legislation that would create a private school voucher program in the state of Tennessee.
Yes, the 22 members of the Finance Committee could send an expensive, unproven voucher scheme to the House Floor for a vote — or, they could reject the plan or delay a vote until later.
The cost of the program at full implementation comes in at $130 million or more. Local school boards would lose funding but still have to maintain facilities and staffing at or near current levels.
This comes at a time when the state is facing a lawsuit calling its funding of public schools inadequate.
It seems that, no matter what you believe about the merits of that lawsuit, it would be wise to wait on starting an expensive new program until the suit is settled. Imagine if the state opens vouchers and then also loses the school funding lawsuit. The money that would then be going to vouchers could be used to boost funding at public schools.
Aside from the funding question, though, it's important to pay attention to outcomes. As Jon Alfuth noted in an article on the topic last year, so far, there is little to no evidence of a positive impact on student outcomes from a voucher program.
If what we do in education is truly all about the students, then we should adopt policies that have proven positive impacts.
Proponents may argue, though, that vouchers haven't shown harm and it is possible Tennessee's program could be the one that finally shows a benefit.
Except, now there's a study of Louisiana's voucher program. Instead of showing no impact or a slight positive impact, the study shows actual harms to students participating in the program.
Specifically, the study, released by the National Bureau of Economic Research found:
Attendance at a voucher-eligible private school lowers math scores and increases the likelihood of a failing score by 50 percent.
Voucher effects for reading, science and social studies were also negative and significant.
The negative impacts of vouchers were consistent across income groups, geographic areas, and private school characteristics, and are more significant for younger children.
Survey data shows that voucher-eligible private schools experience rapid enrollment declines prior to entering the program, indicating that the vouchers may attract private schools struggling to maintain enrollment.
So, not only are vouchers expensive, they have been shown (in Louisiana at least) to have negative impacts on students.
With little data showing any significant positive gains and new data suggesting possible harms, it is difficult to understand why policymakers would adopt a voucher system in Tennessee.
A group in Nashville speaking out against vouchers:
This entry was posted in BEP, Vouchers and tagged Andy Spears, How Vouchers Harm Students, Louisiana Vouchers, Tennessee General Assembly, Vouchers, Vouchers and the BEP, Vouchers Harm Students. Bookmark the permalink.
5 thoughts on "What TN Can Learn from Louisiana on Vouchers"
Pingback: Louisiana, TN, and Vouchers | Spears Strategy
Pingback: Tennessee Education Report | The Price is Right
Pingback: The Blasphemy of School Vouchers | Dad Gone Wild
Pingback: Tennessee Education Report | Corra and Weber Talk Vouchers
Pingback: Tennessee Education Report | TC Weber's Voucher Party


Ceramic tiles made in Italy - modern style.
Italy is famous for its red clay deposits, from which the ceramic tiles and ceramic articles are made, in general. According to historical data, the ceramics appeared a long time ago, and the Italy played an important role in its production. One of the first models of ceramic tiles was found in this country and the researchers have attributed it to the IX th century. Namely, here the ceramic tiles have begun to be produced on an industrial scale. In Europe, one of the types of ceramics, majolica, reached only in XIV century. Besides the numerous clay deposits for producing this façade material – ceramic tiles, Italy is very rich in natural stone. This material is used to send to ceramic tiles an unusual texture.
This type of tiles enjoys success because it resembles to natural material. Italian tiles are distinguished by a special uniqueness. Many Italian factories produce nominal collections. These products are hand-made and are destined for the connoisseurs of beauty.
Quality cover tiles of the floor today are no longer considered budgeting. The mosaic, imitation of animal skins, ethnic styles, subject panels – all these can be on your floors. For an ancient interior can be used the sandstone, which imitates marble.
The floor from natural marble is suitable not only in ancient interior, and also in the rooms decorated in the "modern" style; the marble can be beige, gray, on its background will look splendid blue or purple furniture, WENGER or ZEBRANO furniture, but only in large rooms.
Ceramic tiles inside can become a stylish accent in a variety of settings – antique panel in bathroom, sanitary unit of "leopard" or purple, "wood" kitchen in a set of tiles that imitates the texture of the wood, white floor in the hall, contrast paint on the kitchen floor and loggia. The modern Italian producers give freedom to the designer's fantasy producing tiles designed for owners of apartments with refined taste and high requirements toward room styling. As a floor covering, the ceramic tiles are very functional – durable, wear and moisture resistant – is the choice of the owners not only styled but also practical that did not plan to change this interior over many years. A unique requirement for the installation of ceramic tiles – is the surface that must be perfectly straight. Usually, most of the buyers do not have enough experience and knowledge to choose the material, color, size, and quantity. However it would be superfluous to differentiate true from false material, which also requires experience. If you are unsure about the choice of ceramic tiles and want to be consulted about the choice, fitting, sandstone and faience care, etc, please contact the professionals.
The specialists of Elite-Mobili Company will be glad to help you choose this important finishing material, like sandstone and faience. Italian tiles are an excellent option to create an unrepeatable style. We offer you a wide range of ceramic granite and élite ceramic tiles from Italy. They are the best design and traditional solutions of high quality. Ceramic tiles and ceramic granite of high quality from the most popular Italian brands are the most demanded and popular among buyers. Italian tiles are exclusive; collections are made by the best European distributors.
For those who appreciate individuality, the best choice for ceramic finishing will be the products of factories in the assortment of which there are no collections in a large number.
Each plate is produced manually, which makes it exclusive and an expensive decoration. The faience is unique. Its design is being developed for each particular case. Only in this way we can produce a unique and exclusive article. And the combination of faience and additional decoration elements is also ideally suited for creating interiors.
ELITE MOBILI, C&C di Luca Cassiani – delivery from Italian factories !!!


China Anne McClain is taking a walk down memory lane today and celebrating a huge milestone: nine years since the series premiere of "A.N.T Farm"! The 19-year-old actress, who's currently back on set with her fellow 'Descendants 3' castmates, got her start as Chyna Parks on the Disney Channel original series, and she's come a long way since then.
In case you missed it, this is how China reacted when she found out that D3 was officially happening!


text:
CDO University | Thought Leaders
Predicting the Next Decade of Transport Technologies
By Colin Lew, Intelematics on November 02, 2020
The "Jetsons" introduced the flying car concept back in the 1960s, when every morning, George Jetson would get into his car, fly to work and then shrink it to the size of a briefcase. Then in 1989, "Back to the Future Part 2" recaptured our fascination with flying cars, giving us hope that they would be on our roads by 2015.
While the flying car's evolution hasn't quite panned out as "Back to the Future" suggested, recent updates from Japan about Sky Drive Inc's successful testing of a manned flying car gives us hope for an exciting future. The future of transport has always captured our imaginations, and humans have forever been fascinated with 'what's next' in helping us get around.
And let me tell you, despite flying cars not yet zooming over our heads, the future of transport is looking incredibly exciting in more ways than one. I think two transport technologies worth highlighting that were once the work of science fiction are now looking increasingly likely to come to fruition in the next decade.
Diversifying Global Supply Chains for Resilience
How a COVID-19 Free Smart Building Can Transform Sustainably Beyond the Pandemic
Hyperloops: Hyperspeed rail travel of the future
Hyperloop technology is a form of transport currently in development by many governments and private companies worldwide. The technology could see passengers traveling close to 1,200 kilometers an hour in floating pods that race along inside low-pressure tubes, either above or below ground.
One of the key benefits of Hyperloops is that they can travel as fast as a jet but avoid all the drawbacks of air travel. Firstly, they will help travelers avoid all the rigmarole of airports. No more checking in hours ahead of your flight, checking in baggage, going through security, or long boarding and disembarking processes. The Hyperloop experience is similar to that of a train station — turn up a few minutes before scheduled departure, hop on straight away, and once at your destination, you depart on time too.
It's also the location of Hyperloop stations that further enhances their appeal. When we think about airports, they're required to be located outside cities, often more than 45 minutes from Central Business Districts, due to their sheer size and the need for clear airspace to land. If traveling between cities for work meetings, using Melbourne and Brisbane as an example, it takes 45 minutes to get to the airport, then an hour at the airport to check-in and get through security. The flight itself takes over two hours, and then it takes another 30 minutes to get out of the airport before traveling another 45 minutes to reach the location of the meeting. To make it to a 10 am meeting, you have to leave the house at 6 am.
But where Hyperloops are concerned, while the trip itself may take a similar amount of time, the stations are more likely to be conveniently located in the city center. And there's no stuffing around at the station — cutting the journey time to half.
But it's not just the convenience benefits of Hyperloops that are worth highlighting. They also bring significant environmental benefits. Hyperloops carry a relatively small carbon footprint, particularly when compared with air travel, or even car travel, as it uses very little energy to propel pods through the tube. Furthermore, because they run at ground-level, Hyperloops can be directly powered by renewable energy, in the form of solar or wind energy, close to the source.
There is also an argument that Hyperloops are far safer than both air and car travel, with the possibility of an accident causing death or severe injury next to none.
There are already signs around the globe that Hyperloop travel is just around the corner. After the concept was first mentioned publicly in 2012 by Elon Musk, there has been an arm's race of sorts worldwide to get the first viable version of the technology up and running.
Hyperloop Dubai is looking the most promising right now. The world-first technology being created by Virgin Hyperloop One was initially set to launch at the end of the year before being delayed by COVID-19. Once launched, Hyperloop Dubai will make it possible to travel between Dubai and Abu Dhabi in 12 minutes, compared to 90 minutes it takes otherwise. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the perfect testing ground for Hyperloops; Dubai is home to a world-leading airport, and both Dubai and Abu Dhabi are seen as progressive, smart city developments.
With our largest cities located so far apart, Australia would greatly benefit from the travel efficiencies Hyperloops bring. Furthermore, due to the wide-open spaces and available land between our major cities, there would be room for further investment in wind and solar energy that could exclusively and sustainably power the Hyperloop.
However, there is work to be done before Australia is ready for Hyperloop technology. First and foremost, it needs government support. We need to see collaboration between the private and public sectors to get it off the ground. Funding and investment need to come from both government and business.
On the first examination, Hyperloop technology may not seem like a wise investment for Australia, as our lower population would drive smaller returns. However, both government and business need to understand that the benefit doesn't just come from improving Australian commuters' travel experience. It also comes from showcasing Australia's capability to bring about innovative technological advancement to the world.
Swarming robotics: the key to unlocking an autonomous future
The concept of 'swarming' isn't new, but its potential application to our transport system is. In nature, swarming refers to collective behavior exhibited by entities, traditionally animals, of similar size which aggregate together, perhaps milling about the same spot or moving en masse in one direction. In the animal kingdom, we see this behavior amongst insects, birds, and fish. But we are now starting to see this concept applied to robotics, through the power of technology, to help benefit society.
We are already seeing instances where swarming drones are replacing humans. At the moment, the technology is getting used in disaster recovery to gather situational awareness data during the first few hours after a major natural disaster; in the military, for attacking enemy bases; in logistics, for sorting parcels in warehouses; and in transport, for accelerating the viability of autonomous vehicles.
The way that swarming robots work is that there is no one leader. Instead, they work collectively and collaboratively to respond to their environment and the actions of those around them. They are programmed to react to circumstances as they unfold, rather than programmed to follow a pre-determined path or a pre-determined sequence of actions. A human operator controls the swarm as a whole, but there is no individual robot that makes up the swarm.
One of the benefits of this is that many robots can be controlled at once — macro commands can be given, while the individual robots respond to each other and their environment to work out the rest. Another benefit is that the recovery mission, military mission, or transport network's success isn't dependent on one individual robot or piece of technology. If one robot fails, the rest of the swarm can continue with little disruption, and the failed robot can be quickly and easily replaced.
Swarming robots respond to both explicit and implicit messages. For example, let's look at this technology being applied to transport and autonomous vehicles. An explicit message may come when vehicle A, which is traveling one lane to the left of vehicle B, indicates that it will merge right. As a result, vehicle B picks up the explicit message (the flashing indicator signal) and moves one lane to its right.
Implicit messages may come when a vehicle interprets and processes vehicles' behaviors in its immediate surroundings and in distant surroundings to gauge the ripple effect of the multiple actions in its environment and respond accordingly. An example of this may be when a vehicle travels in the far-right lane and registers that most of the 'swarm' is shifting to the right. However, by assessing its environment, it understands that it is in the far-right lane, so it has no room to move, so responds differently, for example, by slowing down or speeding up.
If swarming technology was introduced to the road network, we would see greater confidence in autonomous vehicles through improved safety and efficiency. The network would operate in an incredibly coordinated and intuitive way, with fewer gridlocks and fewer accidents.
Currently, swarming robotics technology for vehicles is being tested in a lab setting. But even if it's proven successful in the lab, it will meet additional complications when faced with real-world requirements. We are looking at about a decade of further development before the technology is mature enough, but it's already proving a robust use case for an autonomous future.
However, before we get to that point, there's more that we need to work through for this technology to be viable for regular use. In particular, regulation will be critical — you can't have a robot that no one's responsible for; someone has to be accountable for its actions. Human oversight will remain a crucial part of successfully launching and adapting this technology. If we think about that in a military context, if the command is given to attack a base, but the swarm attacks civilians, there will be consequences.
If we think about the road network, there are different models for rolling out the technology that would need to be worked through. For example, would it be a centralized model where the swarm is operated from one central location and by one central body? Or would it be a decentralized model where the swarm is operated by multiple parties in 'zones'?
To bring the technology to life, we need to see continued investment in research and development, more work done on the regulatory side, and begin to build a bank of real-world case examples. A good place to start could be introducing swarming robotics into mines, which provides an isolated environment to refine the technology, then build it out from there.
It's going to be an exciting decade ahead for transport, with the emergence of technologies that no one would've thought possible even a decade ago. I, for one, can't wait to see how it unfolds.
Colin Lew is Head of Technology at Intelematics, one of Australia's leading mobility data and technology companies. Intelematics delivers its smart mobility solutions to government, vehicle manufacturers, urban planners, infrastructure firms, and consumer-facing navigation services, including Google Maps. Colin Lew is a strategic IT leader with more than 20 years' experience leading technology and business transformation programs for some of Australia's top companies, including Telstra, Coles, and Transurban. Colin holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Melbourne.
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of CDOTrends. Image credit: iStockphoto/shansekala
Who's Really Accountable for Digital Transformation in Government?
After COP26, Why Supply Chain Leaders Must Step up to Reduce Emissions
Turning Your Internal Capabilities Into Revenue-Generating Products
Forrester Predictions 2022: Tech Will Shift From Problem-Solving To Long-Term Innovation
EY ASEAN Banking Series: M&A for COVID-19 Recovery
EY ASEAN Banking Series: COVID-19 Response and Implications
Ten Macro Risks That Will Matter in 2019


An unforeseen monetary crisis happens and then Glaslyn life for the individual facing such a unforeseen trial almost comes to a stop. Fast adequate arrangements for bad credit loan must be made and unsecure money loan appear to be by far the most mandatory option for such precarious arrangements. Nevertheless, most traditional bad credit funding on offer require unforeseen paperwork and adequate verification process, making the cash advance application and bad credit loan approval a trial and time consuming process. As a result, most unforeseen borrowers would shy away from approaching a monetary lender in case they've an imperative requirement for Glaslyn payday services. Nevertheless, bad credit funding lenders in the monetary market have rectified this Glaslyn perception about quick personal loan by introducing the cash advances no faxing processes, which not only enable a potential Glaslyn borrower to get imperative access to dollars as and when the Glaslyn need arises, but such unsecure fast loan have also done away with the mandatory Glaslyn requirements, to make matters more convenient for the Glaslyn unsecure money loan applicant.
Quick express personal loan no faxing are actually one of the great and fastest ways to arrange for Glaslyn dollars during times of unforeseen monetary crisis. The majority of the great lenders offering these Glaslyn unsecure loan have and own well known online sites, which form imperative sources of info on these Glaslyn unsecure cash loan. A potential Glaslyn borrower could gather all that mandatory info, compare Glaslyn rates among different unsecure quick loan lenders and accordingly select a reliable Glaslyn lender and feasible personal loan plan, all through the great process of few easy clicks. Even the short term funds application and processing of the rapid personal loan no faxing can be done online, saving effort and Glaslyn time considerable of the borrower. One can just fill up an online cash advances loan application form with couple of basic personal Glaslyn and employment details and apply for the Glaslyn short term funding. No Glaslyn documents are actually required to be faxed to the Saskatchewan lender for the quick personal loan verification and Glaslyn processing.
After the unsecure money loan lender receives the Glaslyn borrower's application for the bad credit loan no faxing and has verified the Glaslyn info provided, the decision regarding the bad credit funding approval is actually fast. The Glaslyn borrower can then hope to get the cash advance amount transferred to his Glaslyn account within twenty four hours of the bad credit loan approval itself and hence, any unforeseen dollars requirement can be immediately met through these imperative bad credit funding. The repayment for the quick personal loan is also just as convenient and a Glaslyn borrower only needs to supply Glaslyn banking info with the lender at the time of cash advances approval, to make sure that the unsecure fast loan amount is actually repaid on time.
As the unsecure money loan no faxing are generally express personal loan , there's no need to place Glaslyn collateral against the lender and the unsecure loan also doesn't insist on a Saskatchewan credit verification of the Glaslyn borrower, before the unsecure cash loan approval. Hence, this type of Glaslyn unsecure quick loan is actually adequate for every category of borrowers, starting form those with precarious credit to the Glaslyn tenant who doesn't have an adequate asset to place as security against the Glaslyn personal loan. Furthermore, the Saskatchewan lender doesn't place unforeseen restriction on the expenditure of the Glaslyn short term funds amount and hence, any individual requiring immediate Glaslyn dollars for just about any type of monetary need, could easily apply for and get great access to such rapid personal loan.
Get a Payday Loan in Glaslyn Now!
We commit to connecting you with an approved Glaslyn lender. We also made the process simple. No need to visit hundreds of websites and fill out numerous paperwork.
Our great online service readily serves your Glaslyn need to connect with a lender. The bad credit funding process takes a few minutes. Once you click our Link, you will be redirected to an well known lender's website where you can review the terms of the cash advance, including details about all the imperative rates and fees. If you accept these mandatory terms, the Glaslyn lender will deposit dollars directly into your Glaslyn bank account. Every Glaslyn inquiry received is handled with care and speed.
We recognize a bad credit loan is a private matter. Reasons for needing dollars range from mandatory automobile maintenance, unforeseen medical expenses, an great family vacation, imperative home improvements, etc. Whatever your reason, we respect your privacy. Thus, we work with great lenders familiar with your Glaslyn situation and are ready to help.


Indianapolis TFS User Group Meets in February to Talk Agile!
Synopsis: Over the past several years the Agile methodology has taken the development community by storm. With the release of their updated software development products in early 2010, Microsoft created a series of tools, patterns, and practices, which make their platform ideal for Agile development. The new scrum template along with Team Foundation Servers' easy customization makes it a strong fit for any organization moving to or involved in such a process. We'll step through the new template, talk about the scrum framework, and discuss how to make it fit an organization's needs.
Bio: During his career, Kevin has had the opportunity to fulfill many roles in the software development lifecycle, and he has seen both the joyful success and the crushing failure of software projects. Realizing that spending time on solutions of little or no value is extremely depressing, he has spent the last several years working to gain a glimpse into how to make cohesive teams, successful projects, and satisfied customers. Outside of programming, Kevin focuses on leadership, motivation, and software development process methodologies.


The popd command is an internal command that is available in the below Microsoft operating systems.
If Command Extensions are enabled the POPD command will delete any temporary drive letter created by PUSHD when you POPD that drive off the pushed directory stack.
Changes the directory to the directory stored by the PUSHD command.


text:
The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype () is a book discussing mother goddesses by the psychologist Erich Neumann. The dedication reads, "To C. G. Jung friend and master in his eightieth year". Although Neumann completed the German manuscript in Israel in 1951, The Great Mother was first published in English in 1955. The work has been seen as an enduring contribution to the literature inspired by Jung, and was the first to analyze an archetype with such depth and scope.

Summary

Great Round of female archetypes

An abbreviated abstract of Neumann's diagram, identified as "Schema III", will here introduce the book's narrative and analysis. At the rim of the circle, or Great Round, are situated several mother goddesses and related female entities drawn from the history of religions. To represent a typology, Neumann selected six representatives.

                                           Mary

                                Isis                 Sophia

                                            X

                               Lilith                 Kali

                                       the witches

These figures are grouped in two polar opposites: the Mother axis (Isis-Kali); the Anima axis (Sophia-Lilith); the two axes intersect in the center of the circle, forming a large X (shown here reduced in size). The lower quadrant is considered negative, with both Lilith and Kali being half positive and half negative. A vertical connecting the 'archetypal Feminine' (Mary-the witches) is mentioned.

Neumann in his Schema III drew upon the values of traditional cultures, with a strong caveat: the Round here is 'reductionist', a simplification for brevity and clarity; in analytically positioning these figures of the psyche, each is ambivalent. In human nature of each individual, these symbolic figures possess great power, dynamic and polyvalent, in potential or as activated. Further, depending on the context, each archetypal figures may "shift" or "reverse" into its opposite. The two dimensional diagram is, accordingly, actually three. Schema III:

Kali, the terrible Mother (sickness, dismemberment, death, extinction); and the Gorgon.
the witches, negative change, as in a fairy-tale witch; also: the Furies.
Lilith, the negative Anima (ecstasy, madness, impotence, stupor); and Circe.
Isis, the good Mother (fruit, birth, rebirth, immortality); also: Demeter and Ishtar (Inanna).
Mary (spiritual transformation); also: Kwan-Yin (Avalokiteśvara).
Sophia, the positive Anima (wisdom, vision, inspiration, ecstasy), the Muse; also: Maat.

These female figures are not of precise attributes, nor rigid, fixed characteristics, but are changeable, as explained both objectively by religious history, and subjectively by archetypal psychology. Hence, there is overlap in the Great Round positions.

Archetypal articulation and consciousness
Following the theme of his The Origins and History of Consciousness (1949; 1954), Neumann first tracks the evolution of feminine archetypes from the original uroboros (primordial unconsciousness). These archetypes become articulated from the "Great Round". "The psychological development [of humankind]... begins with the 'matriarchal' stage in which the archetype of the Great Mother dominates and the unconscious directs the psychic process of the individual and the group." Eventually, from the symbolic Great Round, new psychic constellations are articulated, e.g., the Eleusinian Mysteries.

Increasingly, opportunities opened in these ancient cultures for spiritual transformation which liberated the individual ego consciousness, the awareness of self. The "rise to consciousness" through a semi-unconscious social process affecting the group becomes institutionalized as ritual. Later more individual paths may evolve to augment this process.

Cultural, academic issues

Psychology of gender dichotomy
In Neumann's prior work The Origins and History of Consciousness, the Great Mother archetype is eventually transcended by the mythic Hero. His victory personifies the emergence of a well-established ego consciousness from the prior sway of unconscious or semi-conscious forces (characterized by female symbolism). The gender-dichotomy framework, however, favored a focus on the liberation of male consciousness.

In his subsequent The Great Mother, Neumann directs most of his attention to the feminine archetypes, elaborating their nature and qualities. Its seldom-stated back story, by default, is the emergence of the ego consciousness of the male hero. Yet the book closes with a brief summary of the "primordial mysteries of the Feminine", including the Eleusinian of the mother and daughter Demeter and Persephone, and the transformative figure of wisdom, Sophia. "Neumann was well aware that The Great Mother [emphasized] only one side of the story, and had plans to complement the study with a volume on the female psychology of the Great Mother." His early death foreclosed such a companion volume.

Neumann did publish several articles, followed by an amplification of it, which outlined his multilateral understanding of the rise of a woman's ego consciousness and corresponding relationship to the Great Mother archetype. Other Jungian studies, however, have addressed analogous paths of female consciousness.

Archetype compared to archaeology
Neumann praised Johann Jakob Bachofen in a 1930s manuscript, latter published, calling Bachofen "a treasure chest of psychological knowledge" if "interpreted symbolically and not historically". His book, highly influential in its era: Das Mutterrecht (1861) [Mother Right: an investigation of the religious and juridical character of matriarchy in the Ancient World]. Yet Bachofen's theory of "female dominated epochs" did not survive scrutiny; it had been "criticised and rejected by most contemporary historians". Neumann, following the subsequent scholarship, viewed Bachofen not as a cultural historian of an ancient matriarchy, but rather as a great modern researcher of the soul.

While conceding the negative conclusions of cultural history and archaeology, in the 1930s there was an effort "to rescue Bachofen's concept of an age of gynaecocracy through a psychological revision." Starting from a piece by Jung on the mother archetype, Neumann slowly "expanded Jung's original research", broadening its range and adding depth. A large number of Eranos illustrations depicting historic Female Archetypes supplemented his text. He finished the manuscript in 1951, Die Grosse Mutter. Liebscher cautions that it is "important today to read Neumann's study not as a contribution to a failed ancient cult of the Goddess but as an exemplary study of archetypal psychology."

Several decades later, Marija Gimbutas in her 1989 book presented ancient evidence to support a widespread cult of the Great Mother Goddess. The book drew a strong popular response. It spawned renewed interest in this complex theory studied by multiple academic disciplines, and written about by generalists. Yet this theory was considered suspect by 'New Archeology'. Admittedly, there were many specific goddesses in the ancient world, some with very large followings. Yet Liebsher notes "most archaeological scholars today agree that there is no evidence for ancient worship of the Great Mother goddess... ." Another opinion holds that Gimbutas has been recently "vindicated".

Until his untimely death, Neumann continued to publish on feminine psychology. Inclusive of new research and debate, many adherents persist in taking the view of a privileged cultural role for ancient women, and often favor a transformation in gender understanding.

Reception

Psychologist James Hillman criticizes Neumann's reductionism in interpreting every kind of female figure and image as a symbol of the Great Mother. Hillman suggests that, "If one's research shows results of this kind, i.e., where all data indicate one dominant hypothesis, then it is time to ask a psychological question about the hypothesis."

Jungian analyst Robert H. Hopcke, who calls The Great Mother "monumental in its breadth", considers it "Neumann's most enduring contribution to Jungian thought" alongside The Origins and History of Consciousness (1949).

Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas "much appreciated" Neumann's book. His "psychological approach has opened new avenues in the interpretation... of the prehistoric Goddess." Yet Prof. Gimbutas felt that "the term mother devalues her importance and does not allow appreciation of her total character. Further, much of Neumann's archetype is based on post-Indo-European religious ideology, after the image of the Goddess had suffered a profound and largely debased transformation." Accordingly, for the prehistoric period, Gimbutas preferred "the term Great Goddess as best describing her absolute rule, her creative, destructive, and regenerative powers."

Siegmund Hurwitz, among other references to Neumann, quotes approvingly from The Great Mother for Neumann's description and characterization of the "anima figure" as a distinct female archetype, to be distinguished from the originally more powerful mother type.

Scholar Camille Paglia identifies The Great Mother as an influence on her work of literary criticism Sexual Personae (1990). She has called it "a visual feast" and his "most renowned" work.

Scholar Martin Liebscher writes, "Neumann's The Great Mother provided a watershed moment in the way archetypal studies would be conducted." The many previous monographs focused on a particular archetype could not compete "with the minute detail and careful structuring of Neumann's examination of the Great Mother archetype."

References

Bibliography
Books

 Bachofen, Johann Jakob ([1861], 1967), Myth, Religion, and Mother Right. Selected writings. Bollingen, Princeton University.
 Frey-Rohn, Liliane ([1969], 1974), From Freud to Jung. A comparative study. Jung Foundation, Putnam, New York.
 Gimbutas, Marija (1989), The Language of the Goddess. Harper and Row, New York.
 Graeber, David, and Wengrow, David (2021), The Dawn of Everything. A new history of humanity. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York.
 Harding, M. Esther (1936, 1955), Woman's Mysteries. Ancient and modern. Longmans, Green, London; rev'd ed., Pantheon, New York; several reprints.

 Hurwitz, Siegmund (1992), Lilith the first Eve. Historical and psychological aspects of the dark feminine. Daimon Verlag, Einsiedeln.
 Jung, Carl (1912, 4th rev'd 1950; 1956, 1967), Symbols of Transformation. Bollingen, Princeton University, CW, v.5.
 Jung, Carl (1921; 1971), Psychological Types. Bollingen, Princeton University, CW, v.6.
 Jung/Neumann (2015), Analytical Psychology in Exile. The correspondence of C. G. Jung and Erich Neumann. Princeton University. Edited by Martin Liebscher.
 Monick, Eugene (1987), Phallos. Sacred image of the masculine. Inner City, Toronto.
 Neumann, Erich ([1940]; 2019), The Roots of Jewish Consciousness. v.1, Revelation and apocalypse. Routeledge, London.
 Neumann, Erich (1949; 1954), The Origins and History of Consciousness. Bollingen, Pantheon; foreword by Carl Jung.
 Neumann, Erich ([1951], 1955, 2d ed. 1963; 1991, 2015), The Great Mother.  Bollingen, Princeton University Press
 Neumann, Erich (1952; 1956), Amor and Psyche. The Psychic development of the Feminine: A commentary on the tale by Apuleius. Harper; Bollingen.
 Neumann, Erich ([1950s]; 1994), The Fear of the Feminine, Princeton University (collection of essays).

 Perera, Sylvia Brinton (1981), Descent to the Goddess. A way of initiation for women. Inner City, Toronto.
 Qualls-Corbett, Nancy (1988), The Sacred Prostitute. Eternal aspect of the feminine. Inner City, Toronto.
 Rowland, Susan (2002), Jung. A Feminist Revision. Polity, Cambridge.
 Whitmont, Edward C. (1982), Return of the Goddess. Crossroad, New York.
 Goodison, Lucy, and Christine Morris, eds. (1999), Ancient Goddesses. The myths and the evidence. University of Wisconsin & British Museum.
 Olson, Carl, editor (1992), The Book of the Goddess. Past and Present. Crossroad, New York.

Articles
 Douglas, Claire (2008), "The historical context of analytical psychology" in The Cambridge Companion to Jung.
 Goodison, Lucy, and Christine Morris (1999), "Introduction. Exploring Female Divinity: From modern myths to ancient evidence", in Goodison and Morris.
 Jung, Carl (1938, 1954; 1959, 1969), "Psychological aspects of the Mother Archetype" in Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious. Bollingen, CW, v.9i.
 Liebscher, Martin (2015), "Forward" to Neumann's The Great Mother, Princeton Classics Edition.
 Neumann, Erich (1950), "Towards a Psychology of the Feminine in the Patriarchy" in Jahresbericht, Psychological Club, Zurich.
 Neumann, Erich (1950; 1954; 1994), "The Moon and Matriarchal Consciousness" in Fear (1994); a different translation in Spring (1954).
 Neumann, Erich (1953; 1959; 1994), "Psychological Stages of Woman's Development" in Fear (1994); a different translation in Spring (1959).
 Neumann, Erich (1954; 1959), "Leonardo da Vinci and the Mother Archetype" in Art and the Creative Unconsciousness, Bollingen, Princeton University.
 Neumann, Erich (1956; 1979), "Freud and the father image" in Creative Man. Five essays, Bollingen, Princeton.
 Neumann, Erich (1959; 1986; 1994), "The Fear of the Feminine" in Fear (1994); a different translation in Quadrant (1986).
 Paglia, Camille (Winter 2006), "Erich Neumann: Theorist of the Great Mother", in Arion 13/3, pp. 1–14.
 Spretnak, Charlene (2011), "Anatomy of a backlash: concerning the work of Marija Gimbutas" in Journal of Archaeomythology 7: 25-51.
 Tringham, Ruth, and Margaret Conkey (1999), "Rethinking the Figurines. A critical view from archaeology of Gimbutas, the 'Goddess' and popular culture", in Goodison and Morris, editors.

1955 non-fiction books
Books by Erich Neumann
German non-fiction books
Princeton University Press books
Books about paganism

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Children Allergies 2021:How To Manage All Child Allergies
Babies & Toddlers, Pregnancy & Babies / By Dr. Denise
Allergic in children is one of the most common childhood ailment that is mainly caused by allergies. Some of the symptoms may include a runny and itchy nose, sneezing, postnasal drip and nasal congestion
ALLERGY AND HYPERSENSITIVITY
THE FETUS AND ALLERGY
THE INFANT AND ALLERGY
ALLERGIC ILLNESSES DURING THE FIRST YEAR
INHERITANCE AND ENVIRONMENT
BREAST FEEDING AND ALLERGY
Most people use the word "allergy" to describe all types of hypersensitivity. In this chapter, the most common forms of true allergy are described. A specific antibody — called IgE — is associated with these conditions.
The IgE antibody is found in high levels in allergic people. It reacts with symptom-causing allergens such as pollen, mould spores, animal dander, dust mites, and certain types of food or medications.
Related Post: Baby Ear Infections – Baby Infections: Nose, Throat & Respiratory Problems
Allergies can be triggered or worsened even by non-allergic factors such as infections or airborne irritants. Plus, allergies give different symptoms to different children and can range from mild to life-threatening. Therefore, allergies are difficult to classify, and prevention and treatment vary from child to child. Today we cover here all about allergies.
IgE antibodies are formed in the third or fourth month of pregnancy. Nine out of 10 children with a high IgE count at birth later develop allergies. However, three-quarters of people with allergies had a normal IgE count at birth. Diets that avoid potential allergens such as eggs or cow's milk during pregnancy do not protect the unborn child from allergies.
Therefore, you should eat normally (but well) when pregnant. On the other hand, smoking does appear to increase the risk of developing an allergy later on.
Some newborns produce IgE antibodies soon after birth. These are primarily to proteins in foods such as eggs and cow's milk. Even the tiny amounts of such proteins present in breast milk are enough to trigger the process. Non-allergic children produce small amounts of IgE antibodies without having an allergic response.
Related Post: What Is Colic? & What Can I Do To My Colicky Baby? 2021
Some allergic children, however, produce high levels of IgE antibodies and develop allergic symptoms. Allergy to foods such as eggs, milk, and wheat may decline during toddler age, whereas allergy to fish, peas, peanuts, and shellfish lasts longer perhaps throughout life.
Atopic eczema is common in the first year. The child first develops dry, rough, slightly itchy skin. This is followed by a rash that appears first on the face, then gradually spreads over large areas of the body. The rash may ooze and be crusty.
It later moves to the back of the knees and inside the elbows. Much of eczema during the first 12 months is related to food allergies, most commonly to eggs and cow's milk.
Food allergies can also give other symptoms, such as vomiting, flushed skin, itchiness, hives, or allergic swelling (particularly around the mouth and eyes). Other, less common symptoms are diarrhea, difficulty breathing, or slow growth.
Respiratory symptoms may show up within the first month of life, but normally they don't appear until later in the first year. Early symptoms are a runny or blocked nose, sneezing, coughing, tendency to ear–nose–throat infections and bronchitis or bronchiolitis.
More rare during the first year are allergic eye symptoms and runny nose. Take great care with these respiratory responses. If they aren't understood and attended to quickly, they can later develop into allergic asthma.
Allergic children may also have a sensitive digestive system, with tendency to colic, vomiting, frequent loose stools, and slow weight gain. Such children often have hypersensitive skin, respiratory system, and intestines before they develop an allergic illness. Fortunately, many hypersensitive children don't become allergic later on.
Related Post: Healthy Newborn 2021– When Baby's Sick
Real food allergies are uncommon, but the risk of developing diet-related allergies is greater with infants than with toddlers. The intestinal system isn't fully developed in very young children, which can cause problems if the child receives sensitizing proteins (such as eggs or cow's milk) too early.
The likelihood of developing allergies is about 6 in 10 if both parents are allergic, and 3 in 10 if only one parent is allergic. If neither parents has allergies, there is still a 1 in 10 chance that the child will develop some form of allergy. It's now accepted that we only inherit the tendency for allergy — not a particular allergic illness.
Factors in the environment can be divided into two groups. The first group consists of true allergens such as eggs, fish and seafood, dairy products, various grasses and tree pollens, dust, mold and fungal spores, feathers, and animal dander. These true allergens produce an 1gE-type reaction and symptoms appear upon exposure.
Other environmental factors that activate or aggravate allergic reactions can be considered a second group. These factors include air pollution, unhealthy indoor climate (including smoking), changes in diet, and so forth. This may explain why allergic diseases have increased so dramatically over the last decade or so.
While breast-feeding, should you avoid eggs, cow's milk, etc. if your family has allergies? Research shows that eliminating such foods will reduce the levels of IgE antibodies and the symptoms of atopic eczema. But in the long run, there's no difference in frequency or severity of allergic illnesses. The most important thing is for you to eat a well-balanced diet.
Thanks a lot for reading my Allergies related article – "Children and Allergies – All About Allergies". Hope you read and enjoy!
Confused Woman's Guide to Best Pregnancy Diet 2021
Breast Feeding 2021: How It Benefits The Baby"
What is Gestational Diabetes? How To Manage It in 2021
Growth and Development of A Baby |Things To Know 2021


Discover the comforts and amenities available at Roscioli Hotels, 3 and 4-star hotels in Rome a few minutes away from city's main attractions.
Our hotels guarantee several comforts for unforgettable business and leisure stays, thanks to a wide range of amenities available: from meeting rooms dedicated to business events to the wellness areas for a moment of relaxation.
Always a new experience in our restaurants: available menus to satisfy every taste and need.
You can choose among different locations in Rome. Our hotels are situated in several strategic areas of Rome, close to Termini Station in the centre, in the Parioli and Monti neighborhood or a few minutes away from Fiumicino Airport and the New Trade Fair district.
Discover our hotels and choose the one that you like the most for your stay!
197 rooms, 4 Junior Suites, Four Seasons restaurant, fitness center. Hotel Universo is also the ideal solution for business events thanks to its 10 meeting rooms and the moderne equipment.
118 rooms, restaurant, fitness center and conference center with 5 meeting rooms. The hotel features a unique style and it's situated close to several places of interest in the center of Rome!
187 rooms, bar and restaurant close to the Colosseum... Our hotel is the perfect solution for every kind of stay thanks to the strategic position close to Termini Station.
3-Star Hotel with 41 rooms, 5 minutes walking from metro Cavour and close to Termini station, situated in the historic Monti neighborhood. It represents the perfect solution for your leisure stay in the heart of Rome.
104 rooms, sporting centre with agreement and outdoor swimming pool. Perfect location for banqueting, the hotel is situated in a green oasis close to Fiumicino airport, the new Trade Fair district of Rome and the EUR neighborhood.
93 rooms, 4 meeting rooms, restaurant and fitness centre. Situated in the elegant Parioli area close to Villa Ada, it offers amenities and comforts for every kind of guest.


text:
Grant Helps Former Students Return to TSTC
By: VBR
Education News Comments
Texas State Technical College was recently awarded a $300,000 reskilling grant to provide financial assistance to students who have had to drop out of college because of adversities.
"As we help rebuild the Texas economy, getting individuals employed in high-paying jobs is at the forefront of our mission," said TSTC Associate Vice Chancellor of Enrollment Management Christine Stuart-Carruthers. "This grant focuses on students who have been out of college for at least a semester, have less than a year to go to graduate and need assistance with tuition above what their financial aid covers."
Funding will be a last-dollar grant to cover the costs associated with tuition that a student's financial aid package will not cover during their final year of college. A student's eligibility may depend on whether they qualify for federal student aid and enrollment in an undergraduate or workforce-accredited program. Other factors include having an adverse affect from the pandemic and being within 12 months of completing a program.
TSTC executive director of Resource Development Juan Garza said that these funds are specifically for students who has to pause their studies.
"The money targets students that have stopped going to college in an effort to get them to return and complete a degree, or to pursue one of the eligible Occupational Skills Award programs," he said.
Several of TSTC programs are available via remote learning, a gesture that Stuart-Carruthers said may entice students to return.
"We have approximately 40 programs that are offered online," she said. "We are hoping this will assist students who may be working to fit college into their schedule."
TSTC students who would like to know if they qualify may reach out to a TSTC enrollment coach.
Funding for the grant comes from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's Texas Reskilling Support Fund Grant. A portion of the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund also supports the grant with allocation by the THECB.
For more information, call 1-855-211-9805 or email getregistered@tstc.edu.
Christine Stuart-Carruthers Harlingen Juan Garza reskilling grant Texas Reskilling Support Fund Grant Texas State Technical College TSTC
Changing A Legacy Product
One Door Closes, Another VIDA Opens


Dr Kwasi Akyem Apea-Kubi, Eastern Regional Minister, has urged Ghanaians to appreciate the oil resource as a national asset whose management must be above sectional interests.
"In this regard, every Ghanaian must feel the positive blessings of our new found fortune; the oil wealth, he stated.
Dr Apea-Kubi said that being new in the oil producing industry, Ghanaians must take a cue from Nigeria, the world's 10th largest producer of crude oil; and the fifth largest supplier of oil to the US, since its oil discovery in 1956.
He said research information had it that Shell had shipped oil from Nigeria for over 50 years but had, however, left the Niger Delta undeveloped and in a bad condition.
Dr Apea-Kubi said this in a speech, read on his behalf, at the opening ceremony of the fourth Annual Applied Research Conference of the Koforidua Polytechnic, on Wednesday.
The Regional Minister indicated that the Government would ensure that policies would include measures, which would make the oil companies take business and social responsibility seriously.
"Other issues of pollution and land degradation would be taken seriously," he said.
Dr Apea-Kubi charged Polytechnics to take advantage of the presence of oil and gas to develop in the innovation and enterprise attributes of their students so that they would have the confidence and capacity to seize opportunities and bring Ghana to greater heights.
"For Polytechnics to develop the innovative capacity of your students, therefore, you must be innovative and be prepared to go beyond the tried and tested to potentially better ways of equipping our young for the future," he advised.
Dr Apea-Kubi noted that for Polytechnics to succeed in their efforts to explore the learning experiences of their students, in the wake of Ghana's emerging oil economy, they must first have a strong sense of what works, for whom and under what conditions.
Dr Apea-Kubi challenged the Polytechnics to take a more direct initiative through research and other means to identify and anticipate national needs and bring its influence to bear on government in setting goals and objectives.
"By including Polytechnics in the formulation and implementation of economic development policies, the nation will be able to fashion a focused shared vision approach to economic development, sustained growth and stability," he stated.
He urged Polytechnic teachers to test their own programmers and pedagogies, understand what worked and what did not and find out how to do better.
Dr Apea-Kubi said it would be useful if more teachers were trained to conduct small-scale action research, especially in oil and gas to evaluate the effectiveness of some of their innovative strategies.


View full article by Houston Chronicle here.
Midway is planning on ending 2018 in a memorable note. The developer is planning to celebrate the grand re-opening of Kings Harbor on New Year's Eve.
Many businesses in Kings Harbor were flooded with over 6 feet of water by Hurricane Harvey. Many of the stores were closed for over eight months.
Chimichurris, South American Grill, will open before the end of August ready to reveal a new contemporary global cuisine concept.
Meanwhile, Raffa's Waterfront Grill will reopen in the fall with a new private dining room and open kitchen. Zammitti's Italian Ristorante will also open this fall and will have outdoor seating in its piazza or market square theme and an expanded bar.
Sharky's Waterfront Grill has not yet announced its reopening date.
Also at the mixed-use development, Wine & Design opening its first Texas location in the fall.
In addition to daily painting classes, Wine & Design will allow residents to flex their creative muscles through an assortment of arts and crafts projects, summer camps, day care camps and DIY projects. The business will also host private events, such as birthday parties and corporate events.
"As a lifelong resident of the area, I could not be more excited to bring this fun new concept to Kingwood and especially Kings Harbor," said Wine & Design owner, Chantel Edwards in a media release. "Wine & Design goes far beyond the borders of the typical paint and sip studios you've seen before and we can't wait for Kingwood to experience it."
Pretty Little Things, The Berry Bar and Dapper Darlings were the first stores in Kings Harbor to reopen in April with newly renovated spaces.
This year's event is sponsored by: The Berry Bar, Sharky's, Zammitti's, Capital Title, Pretty Little Things, Dapper Darlings, Raffa's, Chimichurri's and The Tribune.
While a deluge of floodwaters Hurricane Harvey forced many businesses in Kings Harbor to close for several months, it also gave local owners a chance to expand and reinvent themselves.
Eight of 13 restaurants and businesses at Kings Harbor — a mixed-use development on Lake Houston — have reopened, said Jonathan Brinsden, CEO of Midway Properties, the owners of Kings Harbor.
The businesses include Edward Jones Investments, Orion, Comfort & Care Medical Supplies, Joseph Chris Partners and BRW Architects. In April, the Berry Bar, Pretty Little Things and Dapper Darlings celebrated their grand re-opening.
Several popular waterfront restaurants, such as Sharky's, Raffa's and Zammitti's have plans to reopen this summer or fall.
Berry Bar Owner Joseph Nguyen said his business took on almost 5 feet of water and lost most of his equipment during Harvey.
Nguyen said he was thankful for Midway Properties to hire professionals to take down the dry wall and take care of other property damages to his and all other businesses in Kings Harbor.
"As soon as waters receded, Midway contracted a remediation company to come in and begin cleaning spaces and removing sheet rock and non-recoverable items," Brinsden said.
During those eight months of forced closure, Nguyen and his family were unemployed but that didn't stop them from coming back to Kings Harbor with a new look and a new menu with plenty of healthy options.
Some recently added items to the Berry Bar menu include their acai bowl, the berry bar waffle, fruit smoothies, mangonadas, flavored snow ice and fresh fruit juices.
"We see all the customers that came out and supported us, they know we struggled for the last 8 months so a lot of people came out and said hi to us and congratulated us for coming back to business," Ngyuen said.
Behind the Berry Bar is Dapper Darlings, a clothing store for infants and toddlers that was only open for 13 days before Hurricane Harvey hit.
Dapper Darlings Owner Felicia Cumby said while the store was closed for repairs they created a website to continue the business and sell at local events. Dapper Darlings took in more than 5 feet of water as well.
All of the clothing and equipment at Dapper Darlings was damaged.
Since launching their website, Dapper Darling's clientele has expanded and Cumby said.
"The notoriety that Hurricane Harvey brought to the Houston area — it was all over the news, because it was so devastating — people just wanted to support the businesses and the people that were affected," Cumby said.
During those eight months of being closed, Cumby took the time to increase her product offering in Dapper Darlings. Now the business is a one-stop-shop for events such as baby showers and birthdays for children.
When one enters Dapper Darlings there will be a painting next to the entry of a wave that has a bible verse on it. The wave represents how much water was in the store.
"It just meant something to us. Honestly, that was a really hard time for my family as you could imagine. We poured a lot of our savings into this and anybody opening a business is taking a risk but the risk that we didn't think we were taking was a hurricane coming to destroy things a couple days later," Cumby said.
One thing both Nguyen and Cumby did after the hurricane was get flood insurance to secure themselves in case another hurricane or natural disaster hits.
"You may never know the caliber of the people working shoulder-to-shoulder with you until they are put to the test. I have always appreciated the Midway team, and as a Kingwood resident almost all my life, I knew this is a wonderful community. But I have never been more impressed with the character of people who came together and supported each other as we recovered from Harvey," Brinsden said.
For the full article, visit Houston Chronicle here.
Kingwood, Texas (February 13, 2018) – Kings Harbor, a 20-acre mixed-use development on the Lake Houston waterfront greeted the new year with a new office tenant, exciting news on rebuilding efforts, and a refreshed brand and website.
After Hurricane Harvey's historic deluge and the release of water from the Lake Conroe Dam, Kings Harbor, which had never flooded before, took on 6 feet of water in all its first-floor businesses. Once the flood waters receded, remediation efforts and building repairs began immediately. Many of the locally owned businesses operating "mom and pop" single locations at Kings Harbor also suffered severe damage to their homes. But they wasted no time, as some, like Nikole Davis, owner of Pretty Little Things boutique, quickly opened temporary pop-up locations and online shops catering to loyal customers while also piecing their lives back together.
By November, the second-floor offices of Joseph Chris Executive Partners, BRW Architects, Inc., Comfort & Care Medical Supplies, Inc., and Orion Engineered Carbons had resumed operations.
In addition to existing tenants returning and reopening, one Kings Harbor tenant chose to open a second business for the first time there.
Felicia Cumby, owner of Dapper Darlings Boutique also is a branch representative for Edward Jones. The new Edward Jones location at Kings Harbor will occupy 1,099 SF of second level office space and construction is currently underway.
"I am excited to be moving my Edward Jones office to Kings Harbor. It's an area I frequent with my family," Felicia Cumby said. "Our firm concerns itself exclusively with the needs of individual investors and small-business owners, and I'm happy to continue to bring that kind of personalized service to this community."
Kings Harbor has several other businesses not just rebuilding, but also expanding. Pretty Little Things is expanding to include an office area for boutique owner, Nikole Davis. This will increase Pretty Little Things' space to 1,457 SF.
"We wanted to take this time to start fresh and take a look at what we loved and what could use improvements. An additional room for storage and an office will keep the store open and organized," said Nikole Davis, owner of Pretty Little Things. "We cannot wait to get back into the space and recreate ourselves! It will still be us, just better!"
Midway anticipates an increase in construction activity in the coming months. Currently, Capital Title has completed its rebuild and began operations in December 2017. Restaurants returning to Kings Harbor include Chimichurri's South American Grill, which began construction in January 2018, with Raffa's not far behind, and Zammitti's planning to expand its offerings with espresso and an enhanced bar.
Dapper Darlings Boutique, Pretty Little Things Boutique and The Berry Bar are projected to begin construction this month. The popular Sharky's restaurant also plans to return, although the exact date targeted for reopening has not yet been determined.
Kings Harbor will celebrate its revival with a brand refresh and new website. The community will have the opportunity to check out the new logo and branding on social media as the destination's rebuilding campaign launches a hashtag, #Demos to Dreams. The new website will follow soon after.
For up-to-date information on the rebuilding efforts at Kings Harbor, follow along on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Kings Harbor is a dynamic waterfront, 20-acre mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented village located in the heart of northeast Houston. The only commercial development within the market located directly on Lake Houston, Kings Harbor offers the perfect blend of uses, with signature restaurants, boutique shopping, town home, apartment and brownstone living, and office space. These factors, along with community events and celebrations, combine to create a unique urban environment.
Midway's purpose is to create enduring investments and remarkable places that enrich people's lives.
50 years. The Midway portfolio of projects completed and/or underway consists of approximately 45 million square feet of properties in 23 states and Northern Mexico ranging from office and industrial facilities, corporate headquarters, mixed-use centers, business and industrial parks, medical facilities, manufacturing facilities, and master-planned resort and residential communities.


Proudly led by the British Coatings Federation, PaintCare brings together local and national government, the waste industry, paint companies, retailers and other stakeholders to help solve the problem of leftover decorative paint. An estimated 55 million litres of waste decorative paint are generated each year in the UK. Most of it finds its way into the domestic waste stream; it then either goes into landfill or gets separated out and disposed of as hazardous waste at considerable cost to local authorities.
PaintCare aims to create a national scheme for leftover decorative paint in the UK, where it can be reused or remanufactured instead of landfilled, creating a 'circular economy' model.


By car: The pub is easy to reach, just five minutes from junction nine of the M20. Take the Tithe Barn Lane turning on the A28.
By bus: The pub is on the A-line bus route, which goes to and from the centre of Ashford.


text:
<?php
//Synchronization de valeurs :
class RuleSynchronization extends Rule
{
	private $sourceTable;
	private $sourceColumn;
	private $joinCondition;

	//Constructeur :
	function __construct($table, $column, $sourceTable, $sourceColumn, $joinCondition)
	{
		parent::__construct($table, $column);
		$this->sourceTable = $sourceTable;
		$this->sourceColumn = $sourceColumn;
		$this->joinCondition = $joinCondition;
	}
	public function launch($pdo)
	{
		//Creation de la jointure :
		$join = $this->targetTable . '.' . $this->joinCondition[0] . ' = ' . $this->sourceTable . '.' . $this->joinCondition[1];
		//Requete SQL :
		$pdo->exec('UPDATE ' . $this->targetTable . ' SET ' . $this->targetColumn . ' = (SELECT ' . $this->sourceColumn . ' FROM ' . $this->sourceTable . ' WHERE '.$join.')');
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Monday morning, during her debut as permanent co-host on "The View," Meghan McCain shared a heartfelt message about her father, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), and his recent brain cancer diagnosis.
John McCain, 80, was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a fast-growing and aggressive form of brain cancer, in July. He discussed his "poor" cancer prognosis on "60 Minutes" last month.
It is the most difficult thing I've ever done in my entire life. I don't know how people do it at all. It is the most chaotic, difficult, intense thing you could possibly go through, and I'm sitting here today because to take this job so quickly was a struggle, but I want to say that ultimately what tipped it over for me is you all have given me permission to talk about this in real time, to go through what it feels like to have the hero of my life — we are deeply connected, we are deeply close, to the point that I've almost been angry we're so close, because I feel everything so deeply right now — but I want to talk about what cancer feels like, what it feels like as a daughter. We aren't far enough along with research, and we especially aren't far enough along with rare cancers.


41 N. Fair Oaks Ave.
Architecture for Education plans and designs environments that inspire every student to excel, supporting a lifelong love of learning that is encouraged by multiple educational pathways. In close partnership with our clients, we build one-of-a-kind facilities reflective of their unique goals and aspirations; contemporary learning environments that evoke community heritage and traditions while adapting to new uses and evolving program strengths.
We provide sustainable, functional and beautiful kitchen design and cabinetry. For over four decades, our senior designer has designed and built over 2,500 kitchens. First in-home consultation is always free.
Gonzalez Goodale Architects was established in 1980 on the principle of improving the public environment through design excellence and senstive client service. Located in Old Pasadena, Gonzalez Goodale Architects serves a diverse public, non-profit, and institutional clients with an interactive, creative design process.
Starting with an extensive knowledge of architectural styles and the parameters requested by the client, Hatheway Design creates tailored-made environments for commercial and residential clients. Experience in both interior design and landscape allows us to create continuity between indoor and outdoor spaces.
316 N. Sierra Madre Blvd.
1862 N. Los Robles Ave.


text:
use unicase::UniCase;

header! {
    #[doc="`Access-Control-Request-Headers` header, part of"]
    #[doc="[CORS](http://www.w3.org/TR/cors/#access-control-request-headers-request-header)"]
    #[doc=""]
    #[doc="The `Access-Control-Request-Headers` header indicates which headers will"]
    #[doc="be used in the actual request as part of the preflight request."]
    #[doc="during the actual request."]
    #[doc=""]
    #[doc="# ABNF"]
    #[doc="```plain"]
    #[doc="Access-Control-Allow-Headers: \"Access-Control-Allow-Headers\" \":\" #field-name"]
    #[doc="```"]
    #[doc=""]
    #[doc="# Example values"]
    #[doc="* `accept-language, date`"]
    #[doc=""]
    #[doc="# Examples"]
    #[doc="```"]
    #[doc="# extern crate hyper;"]
    #[doc="# extern crate unicase;"]
    #[doc="# fn main() {"]
    #[doc="// extern crate unicase;"]
    #[doc=""]
    #[doc="use hyper::header::{Headers, AccessControlRequestHeaders};"]
    #[doc="use unicase::UniCase;"]
    #[doc=""]
    #[doc="let mut headers = Headers::new();"]
    #[doc="headers.set("]
    #[doc="    AccessControlRequestHeaders(vec![UniCase(\"date\".to_owned())])"]
    #[doc=");"]
    #[doc="# }"]
    #[doc="```"]
    #[doc="```"]
    #[doc="# extern crate hyper;"]
    #[doc="# extern crate unicase;"]
    #[doc="# fn main() {"]
    #[doc="// extern crate unicase;"]
    #[doc=""]
    #[doc="use hyper::header::{Headers, AccessControlRequestHeaders};"]
    #[doc="use unicase::UniCase;"]
    #[doc=""]
    #[doc="let mut headers = Headers::new();"]
    #[doc="headers.set("]
    #[doc="    AccessControlRequestHeaders(vec!["]
    #[doc="        UniCase(\"accept-language\".to_owned()),"]
    #[doc="        UniCase(\"date\".to_owned()),"]
    #[doc="    ])"]
    #[doc=");"]
    #[doc="# }"]
    #[doc="```"]
    (AccessControlRequestHeaders, "Access-Control-Request-Headers") => (UniCase<String>)*

    test_access_control_request_headers {
        test_header!(test1, vec![b"accept-language, date"]);
    }
}


text:
Q: Pulling items from Allitems view using caml query I have two views. One is Dashboard view, and next one is AllItems View. Here, Dashboard is the Default View. But i have to pull items from Allitems view using CAML Query. Can anybody tell me how to achieve this.

A: That is pretty basic.
Assuming you have a SPList object, you just specify the View property:
SPList list = website.Lists["Listname"];
SPView queryView = list.View["AllItems"];

queryView.Query = " ... "
queryView.Update();

There are already a lot of resources available convering this:

*

*https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/39474/filtering-items-in-a-view-using-a-caml-query

*https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/42612/how-to-set-caml-query-for-special-view

*https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms434064(v=office.14).aspx


text:
class Sfn::IdentityMap
  attr_reader :records, :pages

  def initialize
    @records = {}
    @pages = {}
  end

  def get_record(klass, id, &block)
    result = @records[[klass, id]]
    result ||= begin
      obj = yield(klass, id)
      @records[[klass, id]] = obj
    end
    result
  end

  def expire_record(klass, id)
    @records[[klass, id]] = nil
  end
end


text:
Trim Castle was built in the 12 by Hugh de Lacy, a Norman knight sits on the River Boyne.
Trim, a historic town, is about an hour drive north of Dublin and is easy to find. You can look around the grounds outbuildings and take a guided castle keep. I recommend a tour of the castle, and access to the keep is guided tour.
The tour guide told about how life might have been in the castle when it was in use. The most disgusting (or interesting) were the holes in the chambers for a "toilet", which funneled down into a vat down in the basement, where stirred the vat to release ammonia, which wafted back up the duct to the "toilet", over which people hung their clothes to let the ammonia get rid of lice.
Some other buildings you can see on the grounds are the Great Hall, where feasts were held and politics discussed River Gate, which allowed deliver supplies from the river; the Curtain Wall; the Barbican Gate, a tower and bridge guarding the southern approach to the castle; and the Solar, previously a tower used for defense now converted to private apartments
The town of Trim has more ruins and a river walk. For example, across a bridge from Trim Castle, there is the Yellow Steeple, a remnant from the Priory of St. Mary, and the Sheep Gate, which is the only remnant from when the entire town of Trim was enclosed within a wall.


During World Economic Forum (WEF) Business Lead will be showcased, and Hanken School of Economics Rector Karen Spens will participate in a panel debate, concerning impact investment at the annual Swedish lunch event.
The award-winning Integration Program Business Lead is a hybrid initiative, that helps boost growth and increases Finland's competitiveness from an international talent point of view, as well as increases diversity of organisations which is proved to make them perform better financially and helps bridge the sustainability gap in Finland.
Business Lead, created and run by the Financial Times-ranked Hanken & SSE, combines education, mentorship and internship to fast-track unemployed academically educated refugees and immigrants into business life in Finland.
Read more about the integration programme Business Lead here and about the Swedish lunch in Davos here.


Nagkamali lang po ng pricing ng unang post sorry 😊 newbie lang po..
Benefit Get the Pretty Started!
Benefit Get the Pretty Started includes: - Hoola Bronzer - Galifornia sunny golden-pink blush - Watt's Up! Highlighter - includes mirror 3-in-1 palette! Message for more details regarding product & meet up!


"It is a real honour to stand here before you as the Party's spokesperson for Work & Pensions, my first time on the Conference platform.
"Conference, we live in troubling times. Our nation seems more adrift than ever. Our troubles often seem insurmountable.
"So, what are my 'simple truths'? First, I am a socialist. I believe that society is stronger – can achieve more – when we stand together, and that every citizen has an equal stake in our future.
"It is to me a simple truth that a nation aspiring to decency and fairness does not punish the disabled and disadvantaged.
"It is to me a simple truth that the way a government prioritises finite finances reveals its authentic self.
"So when this Tory Government imposes the bedroom tax on disabled people but gives tax breaks to millionaires, then their own simple truths are laid bare.
"It is to me a simple truth that where the dignity of rewarding work is deprived to millions through a lack of quality jobs, the rise of zero-hours contracts, and indignities heaped on loyal work forces by the likes of Sports Direct and BHS, then social and economic progress is stunted.
"And it is also a simple truth that targeting the most vulnerable in our society damages the least vulnerable, too. If you haven't already, please read the Richard Wilkinson's and Kate Pickett's book, The Spirit Level.
"This shows that societies with a wider gap between rich and poor experience higher levels of infant mortality, lower life expectancy, poorer mental health, and less social mobility.
"To me, as a former academic, it is a simple truth that evidence-based policy must replace policy-based evidence. That's why I'm a socialist. Because all the evidence points to another simple truth.
"By building a society where the hope of progress is genuine and realistic and not forlorn, where every citizen feels themselves an equal participant in our nation, and where government is seen to be working for everyone, we create a virtuous circle of growth, stability and contentment.
"For all the Prime Minister's warm words, it is by her actions we will judge her. She has been a senior member of a government that has chosen to visit austerity on the most vulnerable in society. She has been a senior member of a government that continues to rain down on our education system ideological reforms with little or no evidentiary justification. And she has been a senior member of a government where the number of foodbanks increased ten-fold in 4 years.
"Conference, inequality is not inevitable. We are all here precisely because we know that change is both possible and necessary.
"Today there are 3.9 million children living in poverty, and children's charities are estimating that will be 5 million. Conference, children being in poverty affects not just their childhood but their whole future life chances.
"And the five million disabled people living in poverty because of the extra costs that they face associated with their disability, is set to increase as a result of even more cuts in social security support.
"While I am proud of the last Labour Government's success at reducing pensioner poverty, women and the lowest paid remain at high risk of falling into poverty in their retirement.
"This injustice is being extended to 2.6 million women born in the 1950s, who have been short-changed by this Government bringing forward their state pension age.
"The pensions system that I want to see ensures dignity in retirement, and a proper reflection of the contribution that older people have made, and continue to make, to our society.
"This Government has fostered an insidious culture of fear and blame to justify their programme of cuts, deliberately attempting to vilify social security claimants as the new undeserving poor.
"I wanted to show you the trailer from Ken Loach's new film 'I, Daniel Blake' as I think it sets out so clearly much of that is wrong with the current social security system.
"I believe there is a better way, a fairer way. One where Britain is the centre of a new industrial revolution with industries and technologies as diverse as our people.
"To achieve this, we need to invest in our greatest asset – our citizens – nurturing a highly skilled workforce and rebuilding our country.
"For too long the labour market has been dominated by poor quality, low paid, insecure jobs resulting in two thirds of children living in poverty coming from working families. Four in every five people working in low paid jobs are still stuck in them ten years later.
"For those unable to work through illness or disability, we need to transform our social security system to one that is efficient, responsive, and provides basic support. Time and time again, I hear of how worthless the system makes people feel. For the vast majority of people who have paid into it all their working lives, this is like a slap in the face. People often feel desperate, have been left destitute and have even died.
"I want to change the culture of our social security system and how the public see it. I believe that, like the NHS, it is based on principles of inclusion, support and security for all, assuring us of our dignity and the basics of life were we to fall on hard times or become incapacitated, giving us a hand up, not a hand out.
"Work should always pay more than being on social security, but being in work shouldn't mean living in poverty and neither should being on social security.
"The Labour Party has already pledged to get rid of the discriminatory and unfair Bedroom Tax. But I want to go further.
"I want to scrap the discredited Work Capability Assessment and replace it with a system based on personalised, holistic support, one that provides each individual with a tailored plan, building on their strengths and addressing barriers, whether skills, health, care, transport, or housing-related.
"This Government's punitive sanctions system must go too, so Job Centre Plus and employment support providers' performance will not just be assessed on how many people they get off their books.
"I want to see disabled people better supported into and at work. We will halve the Disability Employment Gap – and when we say it we mean it. And we will tackle other labour market inequalities too.
"I believe in a fair and just Britain, where everyone can get on and no-one is left behind.
"Labour's policies will deliver prosperity for all and tackle the inequalities and poverty in Britain today.