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Salvinia eradication at Wairakei Stream
Biosecurity New Zealand
The invasive Salvinia plant
After just one phase of eradication of Salvinia (Salvinia molesta), Wairakei Stream in Papamoa is looking great.
The seasonal aquatic fern, Salvinia (Salvinia molesta) quickly forms extensive floating mats on still waters and swamps, and can completely smother waterways and affect water quality.
In warm conditions, it can double in area within 2 weeks. It smothers or forces out native plants, can attract breeding mosquitoes, blocks dams and irrigation systems, removes oxygen from the water and creates a drowning risk for people and animals. And, it's gotta go!
In early June 2018, Tauranga City Council, the Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Biosecurity New Zealand, began the first phase to contain and eradicate the infestation of this aggressive aquatic weed. It had spread over a 1 kilometre in the Wairakei Stream and threatened to spread further into other stream systems.
Local iwi, Ngā Pōtikī, were on site to help out during the week to monitor for eels during the removal operation and to ensure appropriate cultural processes were respected. The wider-iwi groups around Tauranga were also onsite to support Ngā Pōtikī and the eradication team at a karakia ceremony before the removal process began.
The first stage of the removal process involved removal of the mass of salvinia by suction truck similar to that used for sewage spills.
"We're very pleased with the process so far," says John Sanson, Manager Recovery and Pest Management at MPI. "Virtually all the salvinia plants have been removed."
As part of Tauranga City Council's general weed management procedure they've sprayed herbicide on the banks to kill any remains of salvinia plants, deposited from recent flooding, and any other weeds on the banks and scrub near the stream. No spray has been used over the water.
The eradication team from Biosecurity New Zealand, Tauranga City Council, Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Ngā Pōtikī
Stage two is now underway, which involves regular and frequent checks to remove every last fragment of salvinia from the waterway and banks. These weekly checks will continue for several more months until no further plants are found.
"Following phase one, we're only finding a few plants," says John. "However, we must be sure to remove every remaining piece of salvinia because even very small fragments can survive and grow."
The stream will be monitored over the next two to three years (stage three) to make sure all salvinia has been eradicated from the Wairakei Stream.
All going well, the team should be able to declare salvinia eradicated from the site around 2021/22.
Biosecurity New Zealand's priority is to rid the country of every salvinia plant. If you have salvinia in a pond or aquarium on your property or know where it is growing, contact your local council or call Biosecurity New Zealand on 0800 80 99 66.
If you would like to know more about salvina, visit Biosecurity New Zealand.
From left to right: before, during and after the removal of Salvinia from Wairakei Stream


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El protocolo de configuración dinámica de host (en inglés: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, también conocido por sus siglas de DHCP), desarrollado a partir de 1985 como extensión de BOOTP, es un protocolo de red de tipo cliente/servidor mediante el cual un servidor DHCP asigna dinámicamente una dirección IP y otros parámetros de configuración de red a cada dispositivo en una red para que puedan comunicarse con otras redes IP. Este servidor posee una lista de direcciones IP dinámicas y las va asignando a los clientes conforme estas van quedando libres, sabiendo en todo momento quién ha estado en posesión de esa IP, cuánto tiempo la ha tenido y a quién se la ha asignado después. Así los clientes de una red IP pueden conseguir sus parámetros de configuración automáticamente. Este protocolo por primera vez se publicó en octubre de 1993 (RFC 1531) y su implementación actual para IPv4 está en la RFC 2131 (marzo de 1997);  para IPv6 está descrita en RFC 3315 (julio de 2003).

Historia
DHCP se definió por primera vez como un protocolo de seguimiento estático de las normas en el RFC 1531 en octubre de 1993, como una extensión del protocolo Bootstrap (BOOTP). La motivación para extender BOOTP /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enpXs0 era porque BOOTP requería intervención manual para completar la información de configuración en cada cliente, y no proporciona un mecanismo para la recuperación de las direcciones IP en desuso. Puede ser usado para entregar un amplio rango de "option subnet-mask" parámetros de configuración extra a los clientes IP, incluyendo parámetros específicos a ciertas plataformas. Debido a algunos errores en el proceso editorial, fue rápidamente reemitido como RFC 1541.

El protocolo BOOTP a su vez fue definido por primera vez en el RFC 951 como un reemplazo para el protocolo RARP (del inglés "Reverse Address Resolution Protocol"), o resolución de direcciones inversa. La principal motivación para la sustitución de RARP con BOOTP fue que RARP era un protocolo de la capa de enlace de datos. Esto hizo más difícil su aplicación /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf en muchas plataformas de servidores, y requería un servidor presente en cada enlace de red individual. BOOTP introdujo la innovación de un agente de retransmisión, lo que permitió el envío de paquetes BOOTP fuera de la red local utilizando enrutamiento IP estándar, por lo que un servidor central de BOOTP podría servir de anfitriones en muchas subredes IP.

Muchos trabajaron para mejorar el protocolo, ya que ganó popularidad y en 1997 se agregó el tipo de mensaje DHCPINFORM y otros cambios menores en el RFC 2131, y al 2016 se mantiene como el estándar para redes IPv4.
/etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf
DHCPv6 fue documentado originalmente en el RFC 3315 en 2003 y luego complementado por muchos otros RFC. El RFC 3633 añadió un mecanismo de delegación de prefijo para DHCPv6. DHCPv6 se amplió aún más para proporcionar información a los clientes con la configuración automática de direcciones sin estado en el RFC 3736.

Asignación de direcciones IP
Cada dirección IP debe configurarse manualmente en cada dispositivo y, si el dispositivo se mueve a otra subred, se debe configurar otra dirección IP diferente. El DHCP le permite al administrador supervisar y distribuir de forma centralizada las direcciones IP necesarias y, automáticamente, asignar y enviar una nueva IP si fuera el caso en que el dispositivo es conectado en un lugar diferente de la red.

El protocolo DHCP incluye tres métodos de asignación de direcciones IP:
 Asignación manual o estática Asigna una dirección IP a una máquina determinada. Se suele utilizar cuando se quiere controlar la asignación de dirección IP a cada cliente, y evitar, también, que se conecten clientes no identificados.
 Asignación automática Asigna una dirección IP a una máquina cliente la primera vez que hace la solicitud al servidor DHCP y hasta que el cliente la libera. Se suele utilizar cuando el número de clientes no varía demasiado.
 Asignación dinámica El único método que permite la reutilización dinámica de las direcciones IP. El administrador de la red determina un rango de direcciones IP y cada dispositivo conectado a la red está configurado para solicitar su dirección IP al servidor cuando la tarjeta de interfaz de red se inicializa. El procedimiento usa un concepto muy simple en un intervalo de tiempo controlable. Esto facilita la instalación de nuevas máquinas clientes.

Algunas implementaciones de DHCP pueden actualizar el DNS asociado con los servidores para reflejar las nuevas direcciones IP mediante el protocolo de actualización de DNS establecido en RFC 2136 (Inglés).

El DHCP es una alternativa a otros protocolos de gestión de direcciones IP de red, como el BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol). DHCP es un protocolo más avanzado, pero ambos son los usados normalmente.

En Windows 98 y posteriores, cuando el DHCP es incapaz de asignar una dirección IP, se utiliza un proceso llamado "Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing".

Parámetros configurables

Un servidor DHCP puede proveer de una configuración opcional al dispositivo cliente. Dichas opciones están definidas en el RFC 2132.
Algunas de las opciones configurables son:
 Dirección del servidor DNS
 Nombre DNS
 Puerta de enlace de la dirección IP
 Dirección de Publicación Masiva (broadcast address)
 Máscara de subred
 Tiempo máximo de espera del ARP (Protocolo de Resolución de Direcciones según siglas en inglés)
 MTU (Unidad de Transferencia Máxima según siglas en inglés) para la interfaz
 Servidores NIS (Servicio de Información de Red según siglas en inglés)
 Dominios NIS
 Servidores NTP (Protocolo de Tiempo de Red según siglas en inglés)
 Servidor SMTP
 Servidor TFTP
 Nombre del servidor de nombres de Windows (WINS)

Implementaciones
Microsoft introdujo el DHCP en sus Servidores NT con la versión 3.5 de Windows NT a finales de 1994.

El Consorcio de Software de Internet (ISC: Internet Software Consortium) publicó distribuciones de DHCP para Unix con la versión 1.0.0 del ISC DHCP Server el 6 de diciembre de 1997 y una versión (2.0) que se adaptaba mejor al RFC el día 22 de junio de 1999. Se puede encontrar el software en https://web.archive.org/web/20050102090919/http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Otras implementaciones importantes incluyen:
 Cisco: un servidor DHCP habilitado en Cisco IOS 12.0 en el mes de febrero de 1999
 Sun: añadió el soporte para DHCP a su sistema operativo Solaris el 8 de julio de 2001.

Además, varios routers incluyen soporte DHCP para redes de hasta 255 dispositivos.

Anatomía del protocolo

(Autoridad de Números Asignados en Internet según siglas en inglés) en BOOTP: 67/UDP para las computadoras servidor y 68/UDP para los clientes.

DHCP Discovery

DHCP Discovery es una solicitud DHCP realizada por un cliente de este protocolo para que el servidor DHCP de dicha red de computadoras le asigne una dirección IP y otros Parámetros DHCP como la máscara de red o el nombre DNS.

DHCP Offer

DHCP Offer es el paquete de respuesta del Servidor DHCP a un cliente DHCP ante su petición de la asignación de los Parámetros DHCP. Para ello involucra su dirección MAC (Media Access Control).

DHCP Request

El cliente selecciona la configuración de los paquetes recibidos de DHCP Offer. Una vez más, el cliente solicita una dirección IP específica que indicó el servidor

DHCP Acknowledge

El servidor reconoce la solicitud del cliente y le envía un acuse de recibo, se inicia la fase final del proceso de configuración. Esta fase implica el reconocimiento con el envío de un paquete al cliente. Este paquete incluye la duración de la conexión y cualquier otra información de configuración que el cliente pueda tener solicitada. En este punto, el proceso de configuración TCP/IP se ha completado.
El servidor reconoce la solicitud y la envía acuse de recibo al cliente. El sistema en su conjunto espera el cliente para configurar su interfaz de red con las opciones suministradas.
El servidor DHCP responde a la DHCPREQUEST con un DHCPACK, completando así el ciclo de iniciación. La dirección origen es la dirección IP del servidor de DHCP y la dirección de destino es todavía 255.255.255.255. El campo YIADDR contiene la dirección del cliente, y los campos CHADDR y DHCP: Client Identifier campos son la dirección física de la tarjeta de red en el cliente. La sección de opciones del DHCP identifica el paquete como un ACK.

Confidencialidad
En un contexto de proveedor de Internet, los registros DHCP de asignación de direcciones o bien contienen o están vinculadas a información de identificación personal confidencial, los datos de contacto del cliente. Estos son atractivos para los spammers, y podrían ser buscados para "expediciones de pesca" por las agencias de policía o litigantes. Por lo menos una aplicación imita la política de Canadian Library Association para la circulación del libro y no retiene información de identificación una vez que el "préstamo" ha terminado.

Parámetros de configuración del cliente
El servidor DHCP puede proporcionar parámetros de configuración opcionales para el cliente. El RFC 2132 describe las opciones de DHCP disponibles definidas por Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) - Parámetros DHCP y BOOTP.

Un cliente DHCP puede seleccionar, manipular y sobrescribir los parámetros proporcionados por un servidor DHCP.

Véase también
 DHCPv6 para IPv6
 BOOTP
 IP Control Protocol
 Zeroconf

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 ISC DHCP Server
 Tutorial DHCP

Estándares
 RFC 2131 - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
 RFC 2132 - DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions
 RFC 3046 - DHCP Relay Agent Information Option
 RFC 3942 - Reclassifying Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Version Four (DHCPv4) Options
 RFC 4242 - Information Refresh Time Option for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6
 RFC 4361 - Node-specific Client Identifiers for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Version Four (DHCPv4)
 RFC 4436 - Detecting Network Attachment in IPv4 (DNAv4)

Protocolos de nivel de red
Protocolos de nivel de aplicación
Acrónimos de informática

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Gislaine Sigue, 77, of Tampa, FL passed peacefully on March 16, 2019. Beloved wife of the late Menos Sigue. Devoted Mother of Valencia Dumele and Marie Sigue; treasured grandmother of Steven, Sean, Matthew and Tatiana. Gislaine also leaves to cherish her memory many nieces and nephews, brothers and sisters.
Services were held in Florida and Burial at Garden of Memories, Tampa, FL took place on March 30, 2019.


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Top 5 Batsmen With Most Sixes in an Innings in IPL
Top 5 Batsmen With Most Sixes in an Innings in IPL: T20 format always need big hitting batsmen. Indian Premier League has produced many big hitters. Crowds that come for watching the Indian Premier League live from stadium expecting to catch a few hits from the big striking batsmen. In IPL, many batsmen, demolished many bowling attacks with their hard hitting ability. Here, we take a look at Top 5 batsmen with most sixes in an innings in IPL.
AB De Villiers – 12 Sixes
Chris Gayle – 12 Sixes
Brendon McCullum – 13 Sixes
Royal Challengers Bangalore's destructive batsman AB De Villiers has smashed 12 sixes in an innings when he scored 129* off just 52 balls against Gujarat Lions in IPL 9. He played at a strike-rate of 248.
Royal Challengers Bangalore's entertainer Chris Gayle has scored 117 in 57 balls including 12 Maximums and 7 fours against Kings XI Punjab at Chinnaswamy Stadium in IPL 8.
Once again, RCB's destructive batsman Chris Gayle came in this list with 13 Sixes. In that match, he scored 128* from 62 deliveries at a strike-rate of 206.45 against Delhi Daredevils at Feroz Shah Kotla in 2012.
Brendon McCullum, one of the most loved and entertaining player in Cricket, has scored 158* for Kolkata Knight Riders against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chinnaswamy Stadium in the first match of the inaugural edition of the IPL.
Chris Gayle at the top in this list with 17 sixes in an innings. He has smashed that sixes when he scored 175* runs off 66 balls with a thundering strike-rate of 265.15 against Pune Warriors India at their home ground in IPL 7.
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Home » Headlines » Entertainment » Greenleaf: The return of Oprah
Greenleaf: The return of Oprah
By Maria Eugenia / Thursday, 21 Apr 2016 07:12PM
Oprah's return is big with her new program, Greenleaf, in which she works as an executive producer and also as a recurrent character. It will be released on June 21 at 10:00 pm ET /PT and will represent the return of Oprah on stage as the great actress she is.
This new series comes with everything you would expect from a work of this magnitude about a religious family: sex, lies, betrayal, infidelity, addiction, and greed.
For Oprah, this is a dream come true after trying to make it real for five years with great effort and many struggles. She received help from many collaborators who allow her dream to happen, like Tyler Perry, who helped her steer the boat. Perry has a foundation that gave impetus to Greenleaf to become reality and later they also joined as executive producer Ava DuVernay.
Oprah's return is big with her new program, Greenleaf, in which she works as an executive producer and also as a recurrent character. Photo credit: TV Guide
On Wednesday, the Tribeca Film Festival offered a small appetizer of the new series with the release of its first chapter, which tells the story of a ex-preacher called Grace "Gigi" Greenleaf (), who returns to the family farm in Memphis to attend the funeral of her sister Faith, a victim of suicide.
But before her arrival, dramas and secrets begin to surface. The season begins with a characteristic melodrama, introducing controversial characters of the members of Gigi's family, including his father, the bishop of the church (Keith David); her jealous sister (Deborah Joy Winans), her unfaithful brother (Lamman Rucker); a pedophile uncle (Gregory Alan Williams) and her calculating sister-in-law (Kim Hawthorne).
The series tells the story of a woman who returns home because she misses her family. It is a story about the loss of faith and an attempt to recover it by the revival of family relationships, and all the challenges and obstacles that are presented when they try to fix certain situations.
How was the project born?
The idea came during a meeting between Oprah and the writer Craig Wright when arguing about the meaning of the Church for the African American community. Clement Virgo, author of "The Book of Negroes", joined them as an executive producer and director, and will be responsible for giving life to thirteen episodes of this series.
Greenleaf producers joined on stage at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center along with the cast. Actress Lynn Whitfield said that she was instantly attracted to the show.
"This is a story we have not seen on TV for a long time … It is not about racial problems or financial difficulty. These people have to deal with themselves and their lives," she said, as reported by Reuters.
Winfrey further emphasized the importance of a good story, adding that with projects like Greenleaf, she hopes to "raise consciousness".
She also added that this project is closely related to the programs she usually works with, showing people new ways to see themselves and see the problems and defects we all have; and finding a good way to deal with them.
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This was undoubtedly one of the most iconic moments of the World cup. It was humanity at it's best and The fans of Senegal and Japan will be remembered for a long time to come for their act. Their teams may or may not progress further in the competition but they showed the world that Humanity comes before everything.
2. Mexico stun World Champions Germany: This was a World cup to forget for the German's and they didn't start in a good fashion either. They were beaten by a Mexican team that was much below the standard that Germany had set for itself over the past numerous years. After having most of the possession they were somehow unable to find the back of the net. They were shocked by a swift Mexican attack led by Carlos Vela from the midfield and the Mexicans ended up scoring the only goal of the game.
3. Harry Kane hattrick: England needed an inspiration this World Cup and it has come in the form of their captain Harry Kane. Kane has set the standard high for strikers around the World after his performances over the years and has yet again proven that he is one of the best, if not the best striker in the World currently. After scoring both the goals, in England's opener against Tunisia out of which the second was a last minute winner, he scored a hattrick against Panama in their second game and showed that this young English side is truly a force to be reckoned with.
4. Ronaldo hattrick against Spain: Cristiano Ronaldo has brought his best game to Russia and in Portugal's opening game against former champions Spain and showed us all why he is one of the best of all time. He single-handedly carried his team and took them to a three all draw against Portugal. He bears the responsibility of goal scoring for his country at Russia as he has over the past few years and will yet again look to make a mark in the tournament.
5. South Korea send the Germans packing: Germany had a miserable tournament and needed to win their final match to progress. They were however dealt a heavy blow as the Koreans finally put an end to their misery and sent them packing with two late goals in a game that finished 2-0 at full time. This has to be the biggest shock of the tournament and for the neutrals probably the best moment at Russia 2018.


It started with a pair of pants.
Ron Ortiz, at the time in his mid-40s, had always been an athlete. But somewhere after joining the fire department at age 34, having kids and letting life get in the way, he had started gaining weight. That steady weight gain led to blood pressure medication and, on that fateful day, a bigger pair of pants from the station supply guy.
Ortiz held the size 36 pants in his hands for a minute.
He handed the pants back and began a journey that has seen Ortiz become one of CrossFit's most consistent —and impressive— masters male athletes. Now 52, Ortiz is a 7-time Games competitor, winning the Masters Men's 45-49 division in 2013 and the 50-54 division in 2016.
He finished 4th in this year's Masters Qualifier and has his sights set on finishing back on top at the 2018 CrossFit Games kicking off at the end of this month.
To that end, Ortiz was kind enough to share his best tips and lessons learned from eight-plus years in CrossFit.
Slow down to move fast.
If you're a Masters athlete (or any age really) just getting into CrossFit, it's easy to feel like your way behind. But injury prevention and developing proper movement patterns will save headaches and missed time later on.
A lot of older athletes have to work extra hard on mobility, which is something Ortiz still places emphasis on.
Fueling can be (almost) a full-time job.
As he became more competitive, Ortiz reluctantly made the switch from strict Paleo to incorporating more carbs in a macro-based diet instead. Today, his daily intake is 270 grams of protein, 520g carbs and 123g fat.
Ortiz's strength numbers skyrocketed and, now, he's a big fan of sipping on a protein shake with carbs during his workouts, to give him an extra boost.
Ortiz has always tried to place emphasis on quality supplements, bringing his stash to the fire station to let his buddies try them out.
You have much more power than you think.
Also at the fire station? A lot of equipment so Ortiz can sneak in workouts even when his schedule gets hectic. As a result, his co-workers have slowly tried to adopt a more healthy approach.
Ortiz's captain has lost 40 lb. and his buddy Ricky has stopped smoking and started getting on the treadmill.
Ortiz has learned the hard way that working out harder isn't always the answer.
Now, Ortiz will use his recovery days just to get his blood going —typically as long cardio sessions — with no lifting or gymnastics work in sight.
The 52-year-old has also made sleep quality a big focus, taking supplements to help keep him asleep.
It is never too late to start CrossFit, lifting or eating healthy.
Ortiz, who didn't pick it up until well into his 40s, was also hesitant to start competing and credits one of his friends with forcing him to even sign up when the new Games Masters competition formed.
"The cool thing about being a Masters athlete is we're really strong in a few things, depending on what we were brought up doing in the gym," he said.
All pictures courtesy of Ron Ortiz.
crossfit, CrossFit Games, masters, nutrition, nutrition tips, ron ortiz. Bookmark.


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Tag Archives: Women's Army Auxilliary Corps
Meet Georgette Newton, a WWII Soldier
One of the two, key protagonists in my novel Long Way Home: A World War II Novel is Georgette Lillian Newton a twenty-one year old, North Carolina farm girl who leaves home to become one of only about 6,000 African American members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACS).
Georgette's future has been mapped out for her by family traditions and expectations. She has a boyfriend, Boone, who she is expected to marry, and a family legacy she has to uphold. But Georgette is a dreamer. She longs to move to a big city and lead a sophisticated life like the ones illustrated in all the magazines of the 1940's: Look, Life, and The Saturday Evening Post. So, despite her parents' (and Boone's) objections, she joins the army after a brief stay at a teacher's college.
In her new life, Private First Class, Georgette Newton is a personnel clerk with access to the majority of the files at the Fort Huachuca Army Base. She is meeting new people, and has a new routine. She feels like an independent woman for the first time in her life, and it suits her.
Maj. Charity E. Adams and Cpt. Abbie N. Campbell inspect women of the 6888th Central Postal Battalion
Georgette is adventurous, head strong, smart and has high standards for herself and those around her. In Long Way Home, she describes her feelings with through the novel's first-person point of view, which includes letters to home.
There are a number of interesting memoirs and other non-fiction accounts of the day-to-day lives of Negro soldiers in World War II, but Long Way Home is the first novel that uses the lives of these soldiers, far away from the battlefield, as the backdrop to a story about romance and coming of age. Long Way Home: A World War II Novel is available as an eBook in the Kindle store.
A Bit About the History of the WAACS
The WAACS played an integral and successful role in America's military presence during World War II, but the path to their involvement was a bumpy one. Public opinion about female soldiers was initially negative and the original bill authorizing the WAACS failed in Congress. It was not until after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 that American military leadership saw the wisdom of adding women as new personnel in the war effort.
The law activating the WAACS was passed in May 1942 "for the purpose of making available to the national defense the knowledge, skill, and special training of the women of the nation." A recruitment goal of 25,000 was established, but enrollment quickly eclipsed that goal and a final ceiling of 150,000 was authorized by Secretary of the War Henry L. Stimson.
The first Director of the WAACS (later shortened to WACS when the corps traded its auxiliary status for a permanent one) was Oveta Culp Hobby, a former War Department employee. Hobby's general idea for the WAACS was that they be trained as non-combatants to take on positions that would free a male soldier for battle. Hobby went on to become the first U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.
Colonel, Oveta Culp Hobby
Women enlistees had to be U.S. citizens, 21-45 years of age with no dependents, at least 5 feet tall weighing 100 pounds or more, and have the equivalent of a high school education. They worked at army facilities throughout the country including the Pentagon as clerks, cryptographers, in motor pools, as mechanics, in the signal corps, in ordnance, air traffic control and in postal units.
On July 20, 1942, 440 women began officer candidate training* at Fort Des Moines (over 35,000 women applied for the training). The four-week basic training of the first enlisted women began in August. * Forty black women trained as officers were placed in a separate platoon. They attended classes and ate with the white officer candidates, but base facilities were segregated. Continue reading →
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The Book: How it All Began
Long Way Home: A World War II Novel is historical fiction and I have been at work on the project for more than five years. The idea began in a very informal way after a series of conversations with a friend's aunt who was a WWII veteran and one of the 150,000 members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Her memories of life at the Ft. Huachuca Army base provide the novel's setting and emotional center.
My father also served in WWII as a Private First Class. He enlisted in 1943, just shy of 18 years old and worked in the Transportation Corps. We spoke only a few times about his army service but he recounted fondly the many places he'd seen during his service, among them: New Orleans, San Francisco and Liverpool, England. He wasn't one of the "stand out" black soldiers of WWII–like the Tuskegee Airmen or naval hero Dorie Miller–he was just a regular soldier.
After Ken Burns' produced his iconic The War series (amidst allegations of omitting the contributions of Latino soldiers*) I began to imagine there were many men and women, like "aunt" Lil and my father, who never won Medals of Honor during WWII or even got to the front lines, but whose service was nevertheless honorable.
PFC Sam McGarrah (my father)
The research that was required of the storytelling was daunting and many times I thought I'd bitten off more than I could chew. Ultimately, doing the research became an exhilirating treasure hunt.
Long Way Home has romance, conflict, celebration, humor and also detail about the tenor and tone of a segregated Army experience that is a microcosm of the Negro experience in 1940's America.
* Hundreds of thousands of Hispanics served in the military during WWII; and 13 Hispanic servicemen were awarded the Medal of Honor for their WWII service.
Long Way Home is available as an eBook
updated July 2013 (original post April 2011)
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First Waves of Freedom
Posted on December 16, 2011 by CHead
350,000 women served in the military during World War II, of these 150,000 were members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACS) led by the service's first director, Oveta Culp Hobby.
African American WAACS at Ft. DesMoines
The eligibility requirements were straightforward: each woman must be a U.S. citizen, 21-45 years of age with no dependents, at least 5 ft. tall and weighing a minimum of 100 pounds.
The service of these women was a critical element of the U.S. war effort. They took on jobs in the military that would free service men to be on the front lines. Primarily they worked in clerical jobs, in medical units, in the motor pool, as radio operators, in military post offices and as cryptographers.
The WAACS were the first of these services to allow Black service women (1942). Forty black women who entered the first WAAC officer candidate class were placed in a separate platoon; most had attended college.
But the transition of women in the military 70 years ago was not easy or smooth. By early 1943, the number of women joining the WAACS dropped dramatically due to a backlash of public opinion against women in the armed forces. 84% of letters received by the families of male soldiers were critical of WAACS.
Still, America's World War II service women played an important role in the war. Some women served in combat zones, were held as prisoners of war in the Philippines, conducted undercover operations, and sacrificed their lives.
For more information about women in the U. S. military during World War II check out the National Women's History Museum "Partners in Winning the War" web page at:
http://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/partners/exhibitentrance.html
And the archive at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro The Betty H. Carver Women Veterans Historical Project at:
http://library.uncg.edu/dp/wv/conflict/?c=2
An excellent bibliography on the WWII service of black women in the military "We Served America Too" is available at:
http://www.howard.edu/library/moorland-spingarn/WWII.HTM
150,000 WAACs served during WWII; 6,520 African American WAACS
35,000 women applied for WAACS officer's training school
The first WAAC training center was at Ft. Desmoines training began in 1942..
Successful service of WAACS led to a permanent corps in 1948 with the Women's Armed Services Integration Act; but not until the 1970s were women fully assimilated into the army
100,000 women were members of the Navy's WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency)
The Airforce also had a contingent of women service members called Women Airforce Service Pilots or WASPs.
Cheryl Head's first novel, Home Front, is the story of two, black World War II soldiers (one a WAAC) serving in a segregated Army base near Tucson, Arizona. It is a love story.
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When I was a kid, I remember the spark in the air the night before a snowfall. We would be jumping out of our skin, listening to the radio and hoping for a snow day, with enough of the white stuff that my dad would have to create tall mounds of it as he plowed the parking lot. For those of you who didn't grow up in the north, high snowbanks are perfect for sledding and digging forts.
Now that I'm an adult, snow has lost its allure. In fact, I hate the stuff. One of the biggest advantages of moving to southern Virginia from Pennsylvania was the slightly warmer climate and lack of snow.
Playing in the snowbank! This pic is from 1993 or 1994 maybe? We loved sledding down the banks and digging forts into the banks!
This past weekend, though, I felt like a kid again. They predicted anywhere from 6-15 inches of snow for Norfolk, and while that would normally make me groan, I realized… my fiance and I didn't have anywhere we needed to be from Friday to the following Wednesday. Our house was stocked with supplies, our sidewalk was salted, and our Netflix was filled with movies we had been meaning to see. Being snowed in wouldn't be so bad, I thought… in fact, it might be downright cozy, like a little stay-cation!
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This hot chocolate is rich without being too thick, and sweet without being cloying. It uses two kinds of chocolate and is perfect with a dollop of homemade whipped cream on top, and then of doused in chocolate sprinkles and mini marshmallows.
You can also customize this hot chocolate to be more/less rich based on how much water you add. For the kids, water it down and pour huge piping mugs to warm them up after an afternoon of building snowmen. For the adults, add only a little water a pour smaller mugs to enjoy by the fire with a good book.
If you don't have the ambition to make homemade whipped cream, you can use the store-bought stuff… but once you made it yourself, you'll never go back! It is super easy to make and so much better than the whipped cream that comes in a can. Plus, you can adjust the sweetness level.
Pour sweetened condensed milk into a medium-sized saucepan. Add water (I use the milk can to measure). 14 ounces (1 can) will create a very rich hot chocolate, while 28 ounces will create a less rich version. You can add more water if desired.
Add the chocolate chips, cocoa, and cornstarch to the saucepan and heat slowly, whisking as the mixture comes to a boil.
When the mixture comes to a rolling boil, remove from heat and whisk for an additional minute. Allow to cool slightly, then whisk again before serving.
While the hot chocolate is cooling, make the whipped cream by adding the heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla to a small mixing bowl. Beat on high until stiff peaks form.
Add the hot chocolate to mugs and dollop whipped cream over top. Top with marshmallows, sprinkles, or other toppings.
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Ari Wartanian
CommunityCivil RightsHuman RightsUS voting rights
Ari Wartanian Works for Civil Rights through Change for Progress
Aram Arkun
BRIGHTON, Mass. –There is a stereotype that most Armenians go into careers for the money and personal advancement, but this is belied by the plethora of Armenians in the arts and academia. There are also some Armenians who follow their own piper and work for the realization of ideals such as human rights or civil rights. Ari Shahe Wartanian is one such individual. Two years ago, as a 36-year-old, he founded the organization Change for Progress, which primarily strives to improve voting rights in the United States, but he started working for civil rights many years earlier in his college days.
Education and Military
Wartanian traversed a long and complicated career path, learning not only through formal education but a variety of jobs in different fields. Born in the United States of parents from Lebanon, Wartanian studied political science and history at Boston University. He said when he started college he was totally focused on rowing crew the first two years, from 2000 to 2002, "but crew was not taking me where I wanted to go." However, perhaps as foreshadowing his future focus, he did work four months as a field organizer for the Fund for Public Interest in 2000, and later, in 2002, for three months as an assistant field manager and campaign coordinator, supporting energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Ari Wartanian at his graduation from Boston University, with mother Yeran Koroukian Wartanian
Ari Wartanian at his graduation from Boston University, with Christine Rossell
One day, Wartanian went to an army recruiting station where he saw a poster of a guy jumping out of an airplane. That triggered something in him. Wartanian said that he asked whether he could do that, and they promised that if he signed up they would get him to Airborne School. "So I got to jump out of planes with the 18th Airborne Corps when I was in the military, which was really cool. I did my five jumps and got my Airborne wings," Wartanian exclaimed.
He went through what is called One Station Unit Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and learned to work as part of a four-man cannon crew as part of a larger team, but afterwards, when he was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia, in March 2003, the Iraq War broke out. He worked the telephones to patch through morale calls to soldiers from their loved ones, as well as working checkpoints to protect the base and shipping care packages overseas to troops.
After his two years of active service was completed, Wartanian came back to Boston University to complete his education. The G.I. Bill helped with his tuition and expenses while he remained part of the Individual Ready Reserve for six years.
Focus on Civil Rights in the South
What happened next changed his outlook on life and his future. Hurricane Katrina caused great damage to life and property in late August 2005, especially to New Orleans and surrounding areas, and the situation there worsened when Hurricane Rita struck the next month, in September. Thousands of Americans could not return to their homes.
Wartanian said, "I think hearing growing up from my grandmother about what it was like growing up in a Syrian refugee camp — she being a child of genocide survivors — made me connect with internally displaced people of all cultures." Consequently, he made three short trips to Louisiana to do civil rights work from 2006 to 2007 while he was a college student through Common Ground Relief, Inc., a social services organization in New Orleans. He tried to provide the refugees social services and document human rights violations. He said, "Civil rights work in the Black South was my way of expressing my Armenian identity, by saying, these people need help, and I need to help them."
Aris Wartanian home from college with his grandmother
He collected information to support a class action suit, Anderson v. Jackson, against the Bush Administration's Department of Housing and Urban Development for violating the 5th and 14th Amendments for deprivation of property without due process of law, since people were not allowed to return to their homes, as well as violating the Geneva Convention. Furthermore, the US Housing Act of 1937 says that the federal government should provide housing to people in need, while the Civil Rights Act of 1968 includes the Fair Housing Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race in providing housing.
Wartanian explained that these three trips "opened my eyes to a social condition present in every city and state in the Union, and it made it clear to me that we needed civil rights on a universal basis for all God's children." Quoting Robert F. Kennedy's June 1966 speech in Cape Town, South Africa, Wartanian pointed out that it is youth who must break down the barriers of race, religion, social class and ignorance, not those who cling to "the cruelties and the obstacles of this swiftly changing planet."
Though this was such an important turning point in Wartanian's life, he said, "I kind of fell into all this. It was natural, very organic. I had no idea that I would ever be in the military or that I would be a civil rights worker." During this process, his parents, he said, "screamed bloody murder," both for joining the army, and then the trips down south.
Topics: Civil Rights, Human Rights, US voting rights
People: Ari Shahe Wartanian
After graduating Boston University, Wartanian wanted to continue to help the people displaced from their homes in the South, and founded an organization called Civil Rights Council, which later became called Civil Rights Pilot. Its goal was to support the passage of a law called the Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act (in the Senate S. 1668 and in the House HR 1227), which asked for $7 billion to protect the housing of people displaced by the hurricanes in Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Why a standalone organization for this? Wartanian responded that there was no real field presence to lobby for this law. The reason why he focused on Massachusetts though the problem was centered in the South, he said, was that this state had political representatives at that time who were disproportionately influential on a national scale, including Senators Ted Kennedy and John Kerry, and Governor Duval Patrick.
The Civil Rights Pilot was not very large, with 1,700 members, which still was a respectable number, Wartanian said. There was a board of 6 or 7 volunteers, but Wartanian was the only paid staff member. Field work and lobbying contributed to Congress approving 50 million dollars of community development block grants for Alabama but the larger $7-billion agenda was only accepted by the House and died in the Senate.
Wartanian said, "I thought that we could do field work and have an impact. We did have an impact, but it was not as strong as we were hoping for. With all of us being novices, we were unable to fully leverage our strengths to pass a 7-billion-dollar bill. We were trying something that was very difficult so I forgive us for not being totally successful…Look at Armenian Genocide recognition: it took 100 years but eventually we overcame."
Ari Wartanian, right, with Congressman Barney Frank, Chairman of House Financial Services Committee 2007-2011
The Civil Rights Pilot was disbanded after 27 months (2007-2010). Wartanian said, "The country had moved on. It was an unsuccessful first attempt of a young organizer but it was good. I learned a lot and it was worth doing."
Transition Period
After this, for the next five years Wartanian did a variety of different jobs. He worked for over two years for the US Department of Veterans Affairs, investigating policies and practices concerning the terminally ill and monitoring violations of the rights of the latter. He then worked five months as a volunteer relief worker for the International Rescue Committee in Baltimore. Wartanian recalled that the refugees came from a lot of different countries, including Nepal. He would help new arrivals in various ways, preparing clothing for them and sorting through donated goods. He helped prepare presentations that translators would give in various languages so the new refugees would learn how basic issues should be solved in the US. This included training in financial literacy and budgeting.
From March to August 2012, he worked at Erikson Senior Living in Baltimore, which was an assisted living home. He operated the switchboard to connect calls for the residents and ran the reception area.
He took a few graduate courses in social work from 2012-2013 at the University of Maryland, after which he served as an intern for five months in 2014 in the US Senate for Senator Barbara Ann Mikulski of Maryland, doing legislative research, attending hearings and answering correspondence.
An old friend of Wartanian's mother from Beirut opened the door to a new position in Washington, as the latter was a trustee of the Armenian Assembly of America. Consequently, Wartanian worked at the Assembly as a Fellow from 2015 to 2018, doing the daily morning news briefings. He covered topics such as incidents on the line of contact between Armenia and Artsakh and Azerbaijan, exchange of prisoners, demining, and the Syrian refugee crisis. He contacted Congress to make the case for Armenian Genocide recognition and did various other tasks. Wartanian reminisced: "I had a great experience. It was very educational and informative. You learn what is going on in Capitol Hill and you learn about the Armenian newspapers."
While working at the Assembly, Wartanian also served for six months in 2016 as the director of the Chesapeake Zen Center in Maryland, where he led Zen meditation.
He realized by the end of this period in his life that he was ready to establish his own organization to work for civil rights.
Change for Progress
Wartanian moved to Brighton, a neighborhood of Boston. He had become interested in voting rights while working for change in the South and thought more about universal civil rights while working for Senator Mikulski. Wartanian recruited two people, James F. White, who is retired but has served on the Disability Access Advisory Committee for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and worked as warranty administrator for General Motors for several decades, and Marie Suchan, a New York city Department of Education school teacher who had worked with the disabled and now is teaching science, to form a three-member board. Together they established Change for Progress in April 2019, registering with various Massachusetts state bodies and the Internal Revenue Service in order to make it an official nonprofit organization.
Wartanian pointed out that it has many supporters in the Cambridge area, and with modern technology can easily interface with Washington. Furthermore, he travels to Baltimore, where his parents live, once every two months, and can easily go to Washington D.C. when necessary.
Aris Wartanian, right, with journalist David Zenian, 2018
Change for Progress works towards civil rights on a universal basis, Wartanian remarked, but its primary focus is to protect and enshrine the right to vote domestically, and in particular is in favor of four reforms. Automatic voter registration allows people signing up to get drivers licenses to automatically also register to vote, unless they opt out. Same day voter registration allows people new to an area to be able to register on the day of an election and cast a ballot. Election Day should be a national holiday so that people would not have to take time off work in order to vote. Finally, Change for Progress attempts to promote the practice called Souls to the Polls, modeled after the traditional effort of clergy in the Black South motivating parishioners to vote and having buses take them to the polls after church on Sunday.
To this end, Change for Progress initially supported the For the People Act, which was introduced in 2020. Change for Progress gathered petition signatures to persuade Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to include the abovementioned four voting reforms, and they did make it in the revised presentation of the bill. However, when the For the People Act did not get passed by Congress, Change for Progress shifted its support to the Freedom to Vote Act, which had been introduced on September 14, 2021 and includes many similar voting reforms.
Wartanian said that in addition to voting rights, Change for Progress supports other civil rights issues and brings a new issue to the forefront nearly every week via social media. He reads a variety of news sources and decides what position Change for Progress should take on upcoming legislation.
He explained: "It helps to seek forward motion on a broader range of issues. We can't always be assured that the voting rights provisions that we are seeking will go through, so if we embrace a greater portfolio of issues, we are more likely to achieve success."
Ideologically, it is a liberal organization. Wartanian said, "I like to say we are liberal but we are not crazy. Our views align somewhere in-between those of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Blue Dogs. We are liberal but are practical. We want to get things done."
He gave the example of the $6 trillion infrastructure and social spending legislative package proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders as costing too much money, whereas the $3.5 trillion version would have been just right. He concluded, "I like to say we are Kennedy liberals. You focus on the 80 percent around the [political] center that most people can agree upon, and then go from there."
There are other organizations working on the same issues as Change for Progress, Wartanian declared, most notably People for the American Way, under the leadership of Ben Jealous. However, Wartanian pointed out that while a variety of groups are pushing for voter rights, there is no real field presence for the Freedom to Vote Act in Massachusetts, and this is what is different about Change to Progress's efforts. He added that the weekly call to action on its website on a variety of other issues about which people are not always aware also distinguishes its work.
What Comes Next?
Change for Progress is in a pilot phase. Wartanian revealed that its weekly Facebook posts reach anywhere from 50 to 80 people, while its petitions obtain somewhere in the realm of 2,000 signatures. He said that the constrictions of the pandemic created great difficulties for the organization's outreach activities and fundraising. This meant he could not be paid any longer after March 2020, but he continued working 15-20 hours a week because, he said, "It is a labor of love. You have to make sacrifices if you choose to work on a startup. You live like you are still in college." Wartanian said he continues to maintain the organization's website, does field organizing, organizes petitioning of Congress for passage of legislation, registers voters, recruits volunteers, and in general educates the public for the protection of civil rights.
Optimistically, Wartanian declared: "We survived the pandemic, which is what matters, and we are still around. We can grow. Now we can put people in the field to knock on doors, since most people have had two vaccinations and the booster shot is coming out. We are going to keep on going."
The way to become a full-scale program is to recruit new cadres, Wartanian said, and there are two ways Change for Progress will attempt to do this. In the summer, it will run a field canvas, recruiting people to go out and knock on doors to talk to voters and persuade them to support the Freedom to Vote Act. Secondly, it will recruit volunteers from college campuses in Massachusetts to get petition signatures and do telephone calling.
The goal more specifically for the summer is to find 5 to 15 people to knock on doors and get the message out that way, along with 5-10 part-time volunteers to work on telephones from the office space of the organization at Reservoir Towers. Either Wartanian himself or a new volunteer will serve as coordinator of these new forces. Wartanian said that it will take a couple of years to see whether Change for Progress can move forward and succeed in its mission, but his commitment to civil rights clearly is unwavering no matter the vehicle he may use to express it.
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10 things you don't know about the clitoris
10 things you don't know about the clitoris
The Clitoris: a unique role in your body
The Clitoris is the only organ of human anatomy to have for the unique function of buying pleasure. Fully Receptive, devoid of any muscle, the clitoris does not play any role in reproduction, menstruation or urination. He's just here to send you some fun vibes, which is really very relatable from his part.
The Clitoris: a ball of nerves
7000 to 8000: this is the number of nerve endings that the clitoris concentrates. By Comparison, the pad of your index or that of your companion only includes 3000. These different little balls of nerves are also very well among them…
Its size doesn't count
Located at the upper junction of the small lips, covered with a hood, the smooth clit becomes hard as a small pearl when the excitement swells it. Patient researchers have measured its size: 1,6 cm on average, although it can vary from simple to double according to women. But having a little shy clit or a big big clit doesn't change anything to the pleasure he gives to his owner.
the submerged part of the clitoris
The progress of medical imaging has allowed to discover, in the middle of the 2000 s, that the external part of the clitoris, the one that tends and pointe out of the hood during the excitement, is extended in a much more consistent way internally. Two "Clitoris arms" (this is the anatomical term) is deployed from its base and pass under each of the big lips. The complete network measures 9 CM.
He was only named in the 5. th century
The word clitoris comes from the Greek former kleitoris, "kind of stone". but ancient Greeks, although their women would necessarily have, do not miss it. The Clitoris was actually "discovered", if you can say, that in the th century, by an Italian doctor in the name of realdo Colombo. Despite the proximity of their names, it is less known than Christophe and it is frankly unfair.
the mouse also has one of clit
100 % of the female mammals of the creation have a clitoris. The cows, mice and Lola, your grandmother's dog, all have one. The Whale is less inordinate than we could imagine: 8 CM ONLY (External). Not easy to find in the middle of a vulva of… 1,40 M! As much as neither sir nor mrs whale have any hand.
The Clit is not a little penis
Some men, and even some sexologists, compare the clitoris to a miniature penis. In fact, like the verge of males, the clitoris is from the genital tuber that develops all human embryos and is implanted on the same bone formations. Nevertheless, the qualifier of "miniature penis" comes back to consider the woman as an unfinished man, a being to whom a sex is missing, as Freud wrote. A Clit is therefore not a miniature penis: it's the penis that is an oversized clit!
We can drill it
Like ears, navel and language, the clitoris can be pierced, either directly or its hood, either both together. You just have to know that it's very, very, very bad and that there are important risks of infection.
He is badly placed for a good reason
Why is the clitoris not located at the entrance of the vagina (and is it sometimes all alone in its corner during love)? Because we walk on two legs! In Women, during the evolution, "because of the vertical straightening of the basin, the clitoris has become an anterior, visible organ, accessible in front", writes Dr. Gérard Zwang in his eloge of the con, defense and illustration of the Female Sex (the musardine, 10,52 €). In Quadrupeds mammals, the clitoris, "closer to the vaginal orifice, automatically benefits from friction by the introduced male organ, which weighs on him during mating". The cow, the mouse and Lola, your grandmother's dog, are lucky to have it…
All women are clitoridiennes
According to the survey on sexuality, two out of five people (40,2 %) prefer "mutual caresses" (and therefore the stimulation clitoral by a male hand) to any other sexual practice. Add 14,2 % that swear only by the. These 54 % of women are undoubtedly pure and hard clitoridiennes, that is, which can only enjoy by stimulation of direct or indirect clitoris (by the man's basin in missionary, for example). But all the women say vaginal are no less, they too, capable of reaching orgasm by the only stimulation of the clitoris. One never prevents the other…
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Pesary jsou silikonové nebo latexové pomůcky, které se zavádějí do pochvy. Dělí se na:
 zdravotní pesary
 antikoncepční pesary.

Zdravotní pesar
Zdravotní pesar je podpůrná vaginální pomůcka, která upravuje porušené anatomické poměry urogenitálního traktu, většinou se jedná o nápravu poklesu, či výhřezu dělohy. V těhotenství pomáhá podpůrný pesar řešit problémy s dočasnou inkontinencí. Oproti většině evropských států není v České republice konzervativní léčba za pomoci pesarů hrazena zdravotní pojišťovnou (údaj k roku 2015).

Antikoncepční pesar
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Optimism still abounds, even if things didn't go as planned
The Enterprise Fall Reader Survey says: 2022 isn't panning out how many of you had hoped — but you're still an optimistic bunch. At the start of the year, more than three-quarters of you expressed optimism that 2022 would bring better business conditions to Egypt — even after broadly agreeing that 2021 was a good year to do business here. That was before the outbreak of war in Ukraine hit the global economy. In the time since, we've seen investors punch out of emerging markets, inflation spiral, the EGP slide more than 20% against the greenback, and the imposition of import restrictions that are weighing heavily on businesses.
Nine months into the year, most of you agree that 2022 hasn't lived up to expectations, with 70% of respondents saying that this year hasn't been good for business.
It's not hard to understand why: A whopping 89% of respondents agree that domestic economic conditions are directly affecting their business, with only 8% appearing to be unscathed.
You're realistic that many of the issues facing Egypt's economy will take time to resolve — meaning business conditions are unlikely to improve soon. Nearly half of you (47%) don't think that business conditions will improve before 2022 is out and 28% don't have clarity on what 4Q will bring. That's more than the 25% of you who believe the final quarter of the year will see the tide turning.
But your long-term outlook is much more optimistic: Almost half (48%) of respondents believe that 2023 will bring better conditions for the business community. But with import restrictions in place and the FX situation still unclear, a full one third of you don't have enough visibility to make a call about '23.
That optimism also (mostly) carries through to how you view your competitive advantage: Thirty-nine percent think their companies will do better than the competition in six months. That's less bullish than the 69% of readers who had the same sentiment at the beginning of the year, but only 10% of you think you'll be doing worse than the competition. The broad majority (47%) are on the fence, saying things will likely remain unchanged — or they're not certain what the future holds.
Respondents are split nearly exactly down the middle on whether they will commit fresh investment in Egypt over the next six months, with 40% saying it is either likely or highly likely, and 39% saying it's just not in the cards.
On average, your peers think the EGP will settle at 22.12 to the greenback. Most of you see the EGP slipping further against the USD as you prepare your 2023 budgets, with 85% of you expecting to see the USD : EGP exchange rate above where it stands today. The bulk of you (64%) see the rate somewhere between EGP 21-24, while 8% think we're in for an exchange rate of above EGP 24 / USD 1. There's a small optimistic minority (7%) budgeting for the EGP to remain relatively stable or even rally.
The current high-interest environment also plays a role in determining investment plans: More than one-third of you (36%) say you need to see the Central Bank of Egypt cutting interest rates by anywhere between 100-300 bps to help you unlock CAPEX spending. Twelve percent need even more, saying interest rates need to be 300 bps lower to allow for new investments.
So, what's been on your mind? The top concern cited by survey respondents is access to foreign currency. Twenty-two percent see Egypt's FX situation — including requirements the Central Bank of Egypt imposed earlier this year for importers to use letters of credit (L/Cs) to purchase non-essential items amid a shortage of greenbacks — as the biggest problem facing their business today. Exactly two-thirds of you (66%) agree that your business is presently affected or constrained by poor access to FX.
Tied for number 2: 19% of respondents said red tape and regulations as their biggest headache — a figure that has remained steady since the beginning of the year (indeed, since we began this survey years ago). Your sentiment on the Madbouly Cabinet appears to have shifted somewhat, with 62% of you seeing the council of ministers as unsympathetic to the needs of business. At the beginning of the year, 45% of you said you felt cabinet was in tune with the needs of business.
The same with inflation: 19% of you said rising prices weigh the most on your business. Interestingly, although it wasn't the biggest issue cited by the majority of you, 88% of respondents agree that inflation is impacting their business.
Supply chain and procurement issues come in next, with 11% of respondents naming that as the biggest hurdle. Access to credit and the interest rate environment follows closely after (10%). Other problems like finding and retaining talent — which has been a persistent complaint among businesses — and taxation have largely fallen down the list of priority issues, with less than 10% of you citing either of these as the biggest thorn in your side.
How the times have changed: We've officially said goodbye to the pandemic, as a mere 1% of you cited health concerns or restricted mobility due to covid-19 as a top-of-mind concern. That's a sea-change from the 27% of you who had covid-19 issues as their biggest issue two years ago. Speaking of covid-19, 37% of you have carried over some sort of hybrid work model from the pandemic years, while 56% of readers are fully back in the office.
These problems didn't stop you from hiring staff this year… Sixty percent of survey takers said their company made new hires in 2022, while 38% haven't grown their teams.
…And isn't leading many of you to cut the proverbial fat on your teams: Nearly three-quarters (73%) have held off on layoffs or otherwise cutting staff since the beginning of the year. Twenty-four percent of you, however, reported downsizing your teams this year.
But you're not necessarily going to grow your headcount: A slightly larger number of you (54%) are pausing on making new hires this fall or next year than those of you (51%) who are planning on hiring additional staff.
Sixty-four percent of respondents said their companies gave out annual raises last year — and y'all were pretty generous. The majority (47%) of those of you who did raise wages last year handed out a 10-14% increase, while 26% handed out 15-20% raises.
More of you are compliant with the national minimum wage for the private sector than was the case at the beginning of the year: Only 21% say your companies need to raise salaries to be compliant, down from 27% at the beginning of the year.
It appears the streak of M&As will cool down in the months ahead: Only 38% of you have a positive outlook on M&A in your industry, while 18% don't see much consolidation ahead. A quarter of you are uncertain of what to expect as far as M&As are concerned.
And the outlook for FDI is mixed: Some 35% of readers see new foreign investments coming into their industry in 2023, compared to the 60% of you who saw FDI inflows in the cards for 2022. One-third of readers have written off FDI for their industry in 2023 and 23% are unsure.
But your expectations for IPOs are pretty high: Sixty-nine percent of readers see IPOs happening in Egypt in 2023, compared to 28% who aren't holding their breath for new paper. At the beginning of the year, 41% of readers expected to see an IPO happening in their industry this year.
After a dearth of listings, the EGX might be seeing fresh IPOs thanks to simplified listing regulations: So far, the EGX has only seen Macro Group's EGP 1.3 bn IPO. Five or six private sector companies are "in serious talks" with the EGX about possibly listing on the bourse, EGX Chairman Ramy El Dokany said earlier this month, attributing their interest to newly-introduced rules that make listing procedures a bit simpler. State-owned institutions could also bolster Egypt's IPO pipeline, as the government is working to reboot its privatization program through the Sovereign Fund of Egypt's new pre-IPO fund, which will offer stakes in state-owned companies to strategic investors and sovereign funds ahead of listing them on the bourse.
A positive note to end on: You're taking the environment seriously. Thirty-eight percent of polled readers reported their company is taking steps to measure their carbon footprints — and actively try to reduce it. A smaller number of you (20%) said this isn't the case.
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Kenan Thompson Explains How Pete Davidson Is Able To Date Hollywood's It Girls: 'He's Just a Good-Hearted Person
December 7, 2022 by Twila-Amoure McDaniel in TV with 0 Comments
Kenan Thompson, Pete Davidson
The secret to how Pete Davidson seems to pull all the baddies has just been revealed!
As you may already know, former "SNL" star Pete Davidson, 29, has been romantically linked to a lot of beautiful women in Hollywood. Currently, the comedian is rumored to be dating model Emily Ratajkowski, 31. According to reports, earlier this week paparazzi caught him sneaking out of her New York City home.
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Before Emily Ratajkowski, Pete had a very public relationship with reality TV star Kim Kardashian, 42. Initially, the former couple seemingly tried to keep the fact that they were spending time together lowkey. However, they eventually confirmed rumors that they were dating and even made a red carpet appearance together at this year's Met Gala. Kim Kardashian and Pete ultimately decided to call it quits in August after nine months of dating.
Kim Kardashian and Pete
During a recent interview, Kenan Thompson, 44, addressed the question that seems to be on everyone's mind and revealed the secret to Pete's dating life. While speaking about his former "SNL" co-star, Kenan Thompson said,
"He's a sweet young man. He's very kind, endearing, loves his mom and sister, and, you know, has hyper adoration for his father. He's just a good-hearted person."
Kenan Thompson added:
"Inside, I don't think he's out to harm a piece of cotton. Like, he's just a good kid."
Kenan isn't the only person explaining how Pete pulls the ladies. As previously reported, last month comedian Jay Pharoah, 35, claimed Pete wins his lovers over with his BDE. He said he had to ask his pal,
"Pete, man, what is it? What is it. What'd you do? What was it? How you do it?"
That's when Pete Davidson shared his secret and confirmed he's packing downstairs. He said,
"Yeah, bro, it's like 9 inches."
To which Jay Pharoah comically responded,
"What? Word. Oh snap, we twins. That's crazy."
How do you think Pete Davidson is able to pull Hollywood's it girls? Tell us in the comments below!
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Markham is launching an innovative and aggressive textile recycling program which will see the installation of municipally managed textile donation containers at City facilities, including Markham Recycling Depots, Fire Stations and Community Centres. The new textile donation containers will be installed in the fall of 2016.
The initiative has been made possible through a $67,000 grant the City of Markham received from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities under the Green Municipal Fund. Markham's textile recycling program will serve as a demonstration for other municipalities and help build awareness on the carbon costs of textiles ending up in the landfill. Today, more than seven per cent of Markham's waste is made up of textiles.
"Markham is the best in the country when it comes to waste diversion-we have an over eighty per cent diversion rate," said Councillor Logan Kanapathi who is on the Environmental and Sustainability committee.
Markham's strong business partnership with Salvation Army to deliver this program will see Salvation Army providing 100 per cent of the bin collections service at no cost. On a daily basis, the Salvation Army will service the textile donation containers and bring the material to their Markham Thrift Store where items will be sorted to determine suitability for re-wear, reuse or recycling.
The textile donation containers will feature new and cutting-edge technology, including battery-operated sensors that will detect when the bin is full and activate an alert for pick up-to avoid overfilling.
Markham's new textile recycling program will receive all textile donations, including: boots, shoes, pants, shirts, sweaters, curtains, blankets, towels and many other items.
Photo: Councillor Logan Kanapathi with City of Markham director of environmental services Peter Loukes in front of one of the new, larger textile donation containers which will be located at a few key high-traffic locations, including at the Pan Am Centre. There will be many more of the regular size donation containers also located throughout the city later this year.


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CCSI International relaunches two company websites
GARDEN PRAIRIE, Ill. — The upgraded websites help customers of New Horizons Car Wash and All Paws Pet Wash easily navigate through product descriptions and photos.
GARDEN PRAIRIE, Ill. — CCSI International Inc. revamped two websites for its sister companies, New Horizons Car Wash and All Paws Pet Wash, according to information provided by CCSI International.
New Horizons provides custom, glass carwash structures manufactured by CCSI International, reports its upgraded website, www.newhorizonscarwash.com.
All New Horizon structures come in five standard carwash size options, says the website, and the buildings are made entirely of glass and require low maintenance.
Visitors can peruse through several pictures and detailed descriptions of New Horizons' structures on the relaunched site.
According to its website, www.allpawspetwash.com, All Paws Pet Wash systems are designed to be user-friendly, easy to maintain and are "made with lasting durability and comfort in mind."
The redesigned website offers visitors the latest products, customization options, design examples, product descriptions, a photo gallery and more.
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Transforming carwash technology
SmartOperators are created when "artificial intelligence" and "industrial internet of things" technologies are applied to the carwash world.
By Michael O'Donnell
Over the last decade, many advances have occurred in the equipment and control space; however, site management technology hasn't kept pace with innovation. As the sophistication levels have risen, developing a fully integrated solution for monitoring, maintaining and managing the critical components of a carwash operation has become increasingly challenging. The most sophisticated and fastest growing model is "express exterior," which is essentially a motorized assembly line of robotic wash machinery, executing specific applications throughout the cleaning, shining and drying process.
When is the right time to sell your carwash?
What to consider if you are thinking about selling.
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Pair up fresh and dried herbs, or herbs and their essence, by smell. Optional: look at the smell molecule shapes.
Try to pair up each fresh with dried herb, or dried herb with herb essence, or fresh herb with herb essence.
Herbs may smell strong to discourage animals from eating them.
You can smell the herbs and spices because some of the molecules leaving the herb or spice go up your nose and interact with molecules in your nose. We smell them when their unique shapes fit like jigsaw pieces into the inside of our nose, and stimulate a nerve signal to our brain, which we perceive as smell.
Students smell the real herbs, by brushing their hands against them then smelling their hands.
Match with bags of dried herbs, whose identity is hidden (see photos).
The pairs of fresh herbs/dried herbs/essences probably didn't have exactly the same smells as they all release slightly different mixtures of smell molecules.
However there is often a main molecule responsible for each distinctive herb smell, so we cue into this odour molecule to match the smells.
Oregano has the molecule carvacrol in its smell. Anise seeds have the molecule anethole in their smell. Cloves have eugenol in their smell. Mint has L-carvone in its smell. Garlic has allyl- disulphide in its smell. Rosemary has eucalyptol in its smell.
See if students can spot the difference between the molecules responsible for mint and marjoram smells.
Although the chemical shapes are similar, they smell very different.
Most smells are complex mixtures of many molecules so smells often mean something quite different to each of us.
Squeeze and sniff the smelly bottles (containing essences). Look at the plant pieces inside the glass jars. Match them up.
Students can also try and match each smelly bottle and jar of plant pieces with a picture of the plants they come from.
For younger students, duplicate the smelly bottles, and ask them to match up the ones that smell the same - use fruity smells too.
For very young students make into a game, where each table is a team. All tables are given the same-smelling tube at one time. The students at a table work together to try and guess what the smell is, and write it down. When the time is up, they hold up their written answer.
Cedar wood is the trunk.
Garlic is the bulb (underground leaves).
See the "smelly booklet" from the New York Hall of Science (attached) for comparing the smells of herbs and the single molecule responsible for their smell. Single molecules difficult to obtain and store, so only done in this museum setting.


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WikiLeaks stops publishing, cites low funds
Wikileaks will stop publishing, saying that a "financial blockage" from PayPal, Bank of America and other sites are depleting its funding
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WikiLeaks will stop publishing leaked documents, the group's founder Julian Assange announced in a press conference Monday.
"Since the 7th of December 2010, an arbitrary and unlawful financial blockade imposed by the Bank of America, Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and Western Union has destroyed 95 percent of our revenue," Assange said in a London press conference streamed online Monday morning.
As first reported in the Telegraph, the group said that it will halt publishing as it solicits its supporters for donations. "We are forced to temporarily suspend publishing whilst we secure our economic survival," the group wrote in a statement.
WikiLeaks said on its Web site that the blockade is completely illegal. The group cited a U.S. Treasury report that said it did not have evidence necessary to place the group on a sanctions list.
WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson claimed that the group could have raised between 40 and 50 million euros if not for the companies' actions. Assange said that it is exploring options for litigation in several countries, including the U.S., against the blockade.
The Post's Karla Adam in London has the full story.
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