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Six years ago, the huge and bosomy figure of the Skywhale – one of Australia's most bulbous yet memorable public artworks – made its debut in the air above Canberra.
To see the Skywhale, 100 feet tall, smiling serenely, was to experience a variety of emotions: wonder, shock, hate, delight – and a not small amount of confusion. The then chief minister of the Australian Capital Territory, Katy Gallagher, said her eyes "nearly fell out of her head" when she saw the first blueprint.
"I think the reaction comes down to the breasts," its creator, artist Patricia Piccinini, tells the Guardian now. "People seem to be amazingly freaked out by breasts."
They hang, made of hectares of tough nylon, 10 in total, pendulous and nippled. On her face, the whale wears "a calm benign expression", as described by her 2013 official website.
"She's a maternal figure," Piccinini says. "I was often asked where the babies were."
Next year, as part of the National Gallery of Australia's 2020 program, announced on Wednesday, that question will be answered.
Skywhale will fly again from March, this time accompanied by her partner: a new, "taller and more vertical", yet similarly knobbly balloon called Skywhalepapa.
"Skywhalepapa is quite different from the Skywhale," Piccinini says. "He has these bulky arms that he uses to gather and protect the babies.
"He is taller and more vertical. I'm not sure if he's traditionally masculine but he does have a certain strength I think, but also gentleness. He is surrounded by a group of Skywhale children … being looked after by the male."
The acclaimed Australian artist, who grew up in Canberra, is celebrated around the world for her uncanny, hyper-real sculptures. Since it launched in 2013 for the city's centenary, the Skywhale has flown above Ireland, Japan, Brazil and Victoria's Yarra Valley. Its mystique has grown – and so too perhaps the whale-shaped absence in Canberran hearts. Piccinini has said it was always her dream for Skywhale to return to the nation's capital.
"I see Skywhale as an amazing and beautiful creature," the sculptor says. "Certainly she is unusual but no more so than so many of the wonderful creatures that we share this world with.
"It's never my intention to shock in my work. I understand that sometimes it is quite intense, but that's not Skywhale."
As she says, a large part of the confusion came down to the breasts – particularly because they were "not presented in a sexualised way".
"Skywhale was always about maternity and care, and I believe that care is a value – and a responsibility – that should not confined one gender," she says.
Skywhalepapa builds on this idea. "He is a celebration of care. It's not clear if the children are all his or if he is caring for all of the children in the pod.
"Similarly, his relationship with the Skywhale is unclear. I am not trying to say what a family looks like, but I am trying to show what care looks like, and how care and caring is valuable and vital."
Piccinini wants to celebrate the role fathers are beginning to play in raising children. "As a feminist, I think that patriarchy tends to dismiss and devalue caring, but when you actually care for another is much easier to care for the rest of the world."
Piccinnini is one of many women featured in the 2020 program, a renewed commitment led by the Know My Name initiative: the gallery's response to longstanding gender imbalance throughout Australia's major galleries. At the NGA, only 25% of works in the Australian art collection are by women-identifying artists.
The director of the NGA, Nick Mitzevich, has described the 2020 program as "the first major step to ensure gender parity, equity and inclusiveness across all facets of the National gallery". It will feature a large-scale exhibition of Australian women artists from 1900 to the modern day, an installation by Indigenous women collective the Tjanpi Desert Weavers and a digital project, In Muva We Trust, from multi-form artists Bhenji Ra and Justin Shoulder, also known as Club Ate.
There will also be works from European masters on show in Australia for the first time, including work by Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Vermeer and Botticelli; and the first solo exhibition in Australia by Chinese artist and activist XU ZHEN.
In October, the now iconic balloon was donated to the National Gallery of Australia, with Mitzevich describing it as "one of the most talked about artworks in the history of Australia".
From March, the busty shadow of the Skywhale and her babies' father will once again loom over residents.
"One of things about these works is that you need to be lucky to see them," Piccinini says.
"The wind and weather must be right, essentially nature must allow us to see them and we cannot control that. We are lucky if we get to see them, just like we are lucky if we get to see so many of the wonders of the natural world.
"It reminds us that not everything is just for us whenever we want it. And that we should be grateful. I really love that."


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You don't have to be a medical doctor to know that the human body is a complex, miraculous, and mysterious thing. Now more than ever though, researchers and healthcare providers alike are recognizing that the key to unlocking the body's secrets may well lie in the human genome.
As recent developments have shown, the future of medicine lies within genetic testing. Not only is it playing a role in current medical advancements, but it's also showing no sign of slowing down any time soon. Let's take a look at how doctors are increasingly turning to GenTech to diagnose, treat, and prevent genetic diseases.
Genetic Testing and Treatment Planning
Every healthcare practitioner knows that, while statistical averages may help define treatment strategies, a patient is not a statistic. Their response to treatment can rarely be predicted through the law of averages.
Genetic testing, however, promises to overcome many of the deficiencies associated with traditional, evidence-based medicine. This allows doctors to design treatment protocols based on more factors beyond the scientific data gathered about a "generic" patient population.
Rather, medical professionals can create treatment plans and identify therapeutic by studying the patient's individual genetic code, which will most likely maximize treatment efficacy while minimizing the risk of side effects and other adverse reactions in this particular patient.
In other words, genetic sequencing enables doctors to provide truly personalized care.
Genetic Testing and Disease Prevention
Another profound benefit of genetic testing lies in its unprecedented capacity to support disease prevention. In the current medical field and recent past, inquiring about a patient's family history has long been a cornerstone of primary care practice,
Genetic testing, though, can remediate many of the challenges associated with patients' self-reported hereditary risk. For example, patients may be unaware of specific medical conditions their biological relatives may have suffered, or patients may simply fail to disclose their family medical history accurately or comprehensively.
Moreover, even when the patient succeeds in providing a complete and accurate profile of their genetic risk, a disease-associated gene may not be expressed in that patient's particular genome.
Genetic testing eliminates the guesswork that often characterizes the family history assessment, helping practitioners understand precisely which conditions pose the greatest risk for the individual patient.
This can not only substantially increase the speed and accuracy with which genetic diseases are diagnosed, but it can also significantly increase the efficacy of preventive medicine.
For instance, many severe eye diseases have a genetic component. When genetic tests are used to determine if the patient has inherited the gene associated with such a condition, they can formulate eye-care approaches to reduce the risk of disease onset. This might include increasing the frequency of ophthalmic screenings or increasingly using protective measures, such as blue light filtering glasses to prevent computer-related eye strain.
Similarly, vascular diseases are a common ailment with a strong genetic component. In addition to the pain and decrease in functioning associated with venous disease, patients who experience it may also be at heightened risk for complications and comorbidities associated with vascular insufficiency.
Through genetic testing, physicians can utilize vital information to evaluate the patient's risk for venous disease, what type of vascular condition(s) the patient is genetically predisposed to, and create a plan that could prevent, delay, or minimize the severity of the condition.
The Takeaway
Genetics is playing an increasingly powerful role in patient care. Through genetic testing, doctors are better equipped than ever before to identify individual patient risk factors and formulate care strategies that maximize the benefit while minimizing the risk. Genetic testing is also highly beneficial in the diagnostic process, increasing the speed and accuracy with which even the rarest of conditions may be identified and addressed.


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An essay by Christopher Morley
The Apple That No One Ate
Title: The Apple That No One Ate
Author: Christopher Morley [More Titles by Morley]
The other evening we went to dinner with a gentleman whom it pleases our fancy to call the Caliph.
Now a Caliph, according to our notion, is a Haroun-al-Raschid kind of person; one who governs a large empire of hearts with a genial and whimsical sway; circulating secretly among his fellow-men, doing kindnesses often not even suspected by their beneficiaries. He is the sort of person of whom the trained observer may think, when he hears an unexpected kindness-grenade exploding somewhere down the line, "I'll bet that came from the Caliph's dugout!" A Caliph's heart is not surrounded by barbed wire entanglements or a strip of No Man's Land. Also, and rightly, he is stern to malefactors and fakers of all sorts.
It would have been sad if any one so un-Caliphlike as William Hohenzollern had got his eisenbahn through to Bagdad, the city sacred to the memory of a genial despot who spent his cabarabian nights in an excellent fashion. That, however, has nothing to do with the story.
Mr. and Mrs. Caliph are people so delightful that they leave in one's mind a warm afterglow of benevolent sociability. They have an infinite interest and curiosity in the hubbub of human moods and crotchets that surrounds us all. And when one leaves their doorsill one has a genial momentum of the spirit that carries one on rapidly and cheerfully. One has an irresistible impulse to give something away, to stroke the noses of horses, to write a kind letter to the fuel administrator or do almost anything gentle and gratuitous. The Caliphs of the world don't know it, but that is the effect they produce on their subjects.
As we left, Mr. and Mrs. Caliph pressed upon us an apple. One of those gorgeous apples that seem to grow wrapped up in tissue paper, and are displayed behind plate glass windows. A huge apple, tinted with gold and crimson and pale yellow shading off to pink. The kind of apple whose colors are overlaid with a curious mist until you polish it on your coat, when it gleams like a decanter of claret. An apple so large and weighty that if it had dropped on Sir Isaac Newton it would have fractured his skull. The kind of apple that would have made the garden of Eden safe for democracy, because it is so beautiful no one would have thought of eating it.
That was the kind of apple the Caliph gave us.
It was a cold night, and we walked down Chestnut street dangling that apple, rubbing it on our sleeve, throwing it up and down and catching it again. We stopped at a cigar store to buy some pipe tobacco. Still running on Caliph, by which we mean still beguiled by his geniality, we fell into talk with the tobacconist. "That's a fine apple you have there," said he. For an instant we thought of giving it to him, but then we reflected that a man whose days are spent surrounded by rich cigars and smokables is dangerously felicitous already, and a sudden joy might blast his blood vessels.
The shining of the street lamps was reflected on the polished skin of our fruit as we went our way. As we held it in our arms it glowed like a huge ruby. We passed a blind man selling pencils, and thought of giving it to him. Then we reflected that a blind man would lose half the pleasure of the adventure because he couldn't see the colors. We bought a pencil instead. Still running on Caliph, you see.
In our excitement we did what we always do in moments of stress--went into a restaurant and ordered a piece of hot mince pie. Then we remembered that we had just dined. Never mind, we sat there and contemplated the apple as it lay ruddily on the white porcelain tabletop. Should we give it to the waitress? No, because apples were a commonplace to her. The window of the restaurant held a great pyramid of beauties. To her, an apple was merely something to be eaten, instead of the symbol of a grand escapade. Instead, we gave her a little medallion of a buffalo that happened to be in our pocket.
Already the best possible destination for that apple had come to our mind. Hastening zealously up a long flight of stairs in a certain large building we went to a corner where sits a friend of ours, a night watchman. Under a drop light he sits through long and tedious hours, beguiling his vigil with a book. He is a great reader. He eats books alive. Lately he has become much absorbed in Saint Francis of Assisi, and was deep in the "Little Flowers" when we found him.
"We've brought you something," we said, and held the apple where the electric light brought out all its brilliance.
He was delighted and his gentle elderly face shone with awe at the amazing vividness of the fruit.
"I tell you what I'll do," he said. "That apple's much too fine for me. I'll take it home to the wife."
Of course his wife will say the same thing. She will be embarrassed by the surpassing splendor of that apple and will give it to some friend of hers whom she thinks more worthy than herself. And that friend will give it to some one else, and so it will go rolling on down the ages, passing from hand to hand, conferring delight, and never getting eaten. Ultimately some one, trying to think of a recipient really worthy of its deliciousness, will give it to Mr. and Mrs. Caliph. And they, blessed innocents, will innocently exclaim, "Why we never saw such a magnificent apple in all our lives."
And it will be true, for by that time the apple will gleam with an unearthly brightness, enhanced and burnished by all the kind thoughts that have surrounded it for so long.
As we walked homeward under a frosty sparkle of sky we mused upon all the different kinds of apples we have encountered. There are big glossy green apples and bright red apples and yellow apples and also that particularly delicious kind (whose name we forget) that is the palest possible cream color--almost white. We have seen apples of strange shapes, something like a pear (sheepnoses, they call them), and the Maiden Blush apples with their delicate shading of yellow and debutante pink. And what a poetry in the names--Winesap, Pippin, Northern Spy, Baldwin, Ben Davis, York Imperial, Wolf River, Jonathan, Smokehouse, Summer Rambo, Rome Beauty, Golden Grimes, Shenango Strawberry, Benoni!
We suppose there is hardly a man who has not an apple orchard tucked away in his heart somewhere. There must be some deep reason for the old suspicion that the Garden of Eden was an apple orchard. Why is it that a man can sleep and smoke better under an apple tree than in any other kind of shade? Sir Isaac Newton was a wise man, and he chose an apple tree to sit beneath. (We have often wondered, by the way, how it is that no one has ever named an apple the Woolsthorpe after Newton's home in Lincolnshire, where the famous apple incident occurred.)
An apple orchard, if it is to fill the heart of man to the full with affectionate satisfaction, should straggle down a hillside toward a lake and a white road where the sun shines hotly. Some of its branches should trail over an old, lichened and weather-stained stone wall, dropping their fruit into the highway for thirsty pedestrians. There should be a little path running athwart it, down toward the lake and the old flat-bottomed boat, whose bilge is scattered with the black and shriveled remains of angleworms used for bait. In warm August afternoons the sweet savor of ripening drifts warmly on the air, and there rises the drowsy hum of wasps exploring the windfalls that are already rotting on the grass. There you may lie watching the sky through the chinks of the leaves, and imagining the cool, golden tang of this autumn's cider vats.
You see what it is to have Caliphs in the world.
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lapsea temporary deviation; a slip or error: a lapse of judgment; discontinuance due to a late payment: She let her insurance lapse.
Not to be confused with:laps – more than one lap: She swam five laps in the pool. My cat sits in the laps of all of my guests whether they like her or not.Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree
lapsePast participle: Gerund:
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Understanding Lapses
When something has lapsed, the benefits and everything stated in the lapsed contract or agreement no longer remain active.
Lapse is most often used in the context of insurance, where the term implies a "lapse in coverage," a direct translation of how a lapsed policy no longer confers benefits or provides coverage. Lapsing can also occur in other contexts.
Lapse FAQs
What Percentage of Life Insurance Policies Lapse?
As of 2018, the lapse rate for individual life insurance policies was 4.7% and for group policies was 5%.
How Does a Lapse in Coverage Affect My Car Insurance Rates?
A lapse in auto coverage generally results in higher rates being applied. The longer the lapse, the higher the rate. For example, drivers with policies that have lapsed for up to 30 days see an 8% increase in auto insurance rates. For those with lapses greater than 30 days, the rate increase is about 35%.
Does an Insurance Lapse Affect Your Credit Score?
Most policies lapse without affecting credit. However, if the policyholder owes the insurer for coverage, the insurer may report the debt to a collection agency. Under those circumstances, the lapse can precipitate a decrease in the policyholder's credit score.
What if I no longer need car insurance?
If you're not driving, you obviously won't need auto insurance. Perhaps you'll be traveling out of the country, biking, or just bumming rides off friends. Keep in mind, that if you get behind the wheel again, you might pay an increased rate. That's because insurance companies may consider you a riskier driver than those who keep active policies.
Can my other insurance policies lapse?
Yes, your other insurance policies can lapse. A lapse in home or life insurance often occurs when you stop paying the premium.


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3 Great Alternatives Ways To Get Paid to Fill Envelopes at Home
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Wondering if you can get paid to fill envelopes at home? The answer is no. It's most definitely a scam and in this article, you'll learn why.
There are tons of places that advertise jobs for envelope-stuffing. It sounds like a dream job: make money for easy work. But, as the saying goes, if it's too good to be true, it probably is.
Keep reading to learn more about envelope-stuffing jobs, why envelope-stuffing is a scam, if making any money is possible, and if any legitimate envelope-stuffing jobs really exist. You'll also discover 3 alternatives to envelope-stuffing jobs you can check out.
Let's go!
- What does an envelope-stuffer do?
- Can you get paid to fill envelopes at home?
- Is there a legitimate envelope-stuffing job?
- Alternatives jobs to get paid to fill envelopes at home
- 1. Virtual assistant
- 2. Data entry work
- 3. Customer service representative
- Final Word
What does an envelope-stuffer do?
The envelope-stuffing jobs advertised talk about stuffing envelopes for work. You will stuff documents, flyers, or other materials into envelopes for mailing. It's common to find these work-from-home job offers in classifieds and as advertisements in print magazines or journals.
Many of them talk about sending a kit with materials to you to get started with the work.
All of the envelope-stuffer jobs I've come across require you to pay to get started. Some are small payments, as low as $5 to $10, and others require a large upfront payment.
But the truth is, there are ways to make money online without paying. You're certainly not limited to pyramid schemes or multi-level marketing (MLM) programs (check out Multiple Income Funnel as an example).
People are drawn to envelope-stuffing jobs because they seem like low-skill level work for high pay and they think it's easy money.
You may see ads talking about paying $1,500 a week for envelope-stuffing or paying $3 per envelope stuffed. You think you've stumbled upon a golden opportunity of a job, but at the end of the day, it's a scam. Here's why…
Can you get paid to fill envelopes at home?
No, you can't get paid to fill envelopes.
Envelope-stuffing jobs you see are scams because they make false promises and scam you out of money.
Jobs offering envelope-stuffing are not legitimate. The hope that these illegitimate companies have is to recruit as many people as possible so they can make money. There's no real business operation.
These businesses are either collecting money from people who will have to recruit more people to make money or, just stealing people's money who send the startup fee and receive nothing.
Many envelope scams are floating around. Here are two common examples:
Example 1: You register on a website, then you're asked to pay a registration or startup fee to get the materials sent to you.
After you pay the fee, you get a flyer mailed to you and you are required to copy it and hand it out to keep spreading the scam.
For every person that signs up, you earn a small commission. It's kind of like a pyramid scheme. The goal is to get people to pay and sign up, then recruit more people to pay and sign up others.
Example 2: You send a startup fee to get materials sent to you and receive nothing.
I'm sure there are other variations of the envelope-stuffing scam but these are two known examples.
Is envelope-stuffing a scam?
Yes, envelope-stuffing is a scam. If you see an ad for an envelope-stuffing job, however appealing it might be, ignore it because it's a scam. Don't waste your time or money.
Is envelope-stuffing worth it?
Envelope-stuffing is not worth it. You will get paid little to nothing. It's not a true job, it's been a scam circling classified ads for decades. It dates back to the Great Depression.
Is there a legitimate envelope-stuffing job?
There's no legitimate job for envelope-stuffing.
Envelope-stuffing appeals to people who are looking for high-paying, easy jobs. There are plenty of other legitimate jobs you can pursue that will pay you money for your time.
Don't fall for the envelope-stuffing scam. It's not real.
Here are 3 alternative jobs you can pursue instead of trying to find jobs where you earn money to fill envelopes at home.
Alternatives jobs to get paid to fill envelopes at home
These 3 jobs are legit work. They are good alternatives to the home jobs stuffing envelopes scam:
- Virtual assistant
- Data entry work
- Customer service representative
1. Virtual assistant
Virtual assisting is working as a personal assistant to someone online. This is real work you'll do, helping your client with tasks using the internet. Virtual assistance is a good job for extra money on the side and it can also be made into a full-time career.
This virtual assistant makes $6,000/month and gets to travel the world!
Virtual assistant work has some similarities to the kind of work you envision with envelope-stuffing.
Both jobs are task-oriented and they both include work that will keep you occupied.
The work you do as a virtual assistant will vary based on the needs of your client.
You don't need a degree, specialized skills, or experience to work as a virtual assistant. Think of this job as an online helper. If you're computer-proficient, well-organized and a good communicator, then you can do this job.
General vs specialized virtual assistants
A general virtual assistant is someone that does not have specialized expertise. They can work with a variety of different clients doing general task-based jobs like:
- Note-taking
- Answering emails
- Answering phones
- Scheduling meetings
- Ordering lunch
A specialized virtual assistant has expertise in an industry like design, education, human resources, etc. This could translate to having a degree, background, or experience working in an industry.
This is not required to work as a virtual assistant, but if you're an expert in your industry, you'll get rewarded with higher-paying jobs usually, and task work specific to your specialty.
For example, you could work as a sponsorship outreach virtual assistant, catering to publishers in the media space. You would work with bloggers, creators, influencers, podcasters, and other creatives to help book them paid sponsorship campaigns with company sponsors.
How much do virtual assistants make?
According to PayScale, virtual assistants make an average hourly rate of $16.03/hour. You can expect to make between $15/hour to $100/hour depending on your skill set and expertise.
2. Data entry work
Data entry work is another example of legitimate work you can do from home. It's task-based work revolving around entering data into a system for your client. Some examples include:
- Adding data to a spreadsheet
- Online report filing, management, and maintenance
- Organizing data into a software system
The best Data entry workers are well-organized, detail-oriented, and self-starters. A background in admin or customer service is also helpful.
For this entry-level job, the work you do might get boring at times, but if you take pride in the accuracy and timeliness of your work, this job could be the perfect fit for you.
Where to find data entry jobs
You can find data entry jobs via the best job sites for remote work, such as Upwork. Searching social media sites like LinkedIn or community websites like Reddit (learn more about how to make money on Reddit) or Facebook groups can also turn up data entry jobs.Check Out Jobs on Upwork
How much do data entry workers make?
Data entry workers earn between $11 to $17 per hour.
If you have more skills and experience, then you can earn at the upper end of this pay range.
3. Customer service representative
A customer service representative helps customers with their inquiries.
This can be an in-person or online job.
If you take pride in providing the best service, being helpful, and solving problems, then this could be a good job for you. If you like working with people, you're a good communicator, and good at multitasking, then customer service work is a great alternative to envelope-stuffing.
There are many different kinds of customer service jobs in various industries. You could be doing work like:
- Sales
- Order or returns processing
- Answering customer calls or emails
How much do customer service representatives make?
In the United States, the pay range for customer service representatives is between $31,400 to $40,400 per year.
Final Word
I hope this provides some clarity on whether you can get paid to fill envelopes at home.
The bottom line is that envelope-stuffing work is not legitimate work. Those envelope-stuffing jobs you come across are scams. Don't fall for them.
There are many legitimate online jobs you can try instead. Check out Upwork to find legitimate work-from-home, online job opportunities. Good luck!Find Work-from-Home Jobs on Upwork
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Fact Recruitment 2021 – Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT) Officially publish the Recruitment Notification to Various Candidates to Engineer Graduate Apprentice –Civil Vacancies. The Online Application for the Fact Recruitment 2021 will start on 17th May 2021. Interested and eligible candidates should apply for the post before 28th May 2021 for Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT) Latest vacancies. Eligible Candidates who are interested in the Vacancy details & completed all eligibility criteria can read the notification & Apply Online.
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The Upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years for SC/ST; 3 years for OBC, 10 Years for Persons with Disabilities (15 years for SC/ST PWD's & 13 years for OBC PWD's) and for Ex-S as per Govt. of India rules. Candidates Relaxation in Upper Age limit will be provided as per Govt. Rules. Go through FACT official Notification 2021 for more reference
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Candidates offered appointment as above will be paid a consolidated pay of Rs. 25,000/– per month and an annual increase of 3% on consolidated pay. They will be eligible for Leave, Provident Fund, Shift allowance, TA & DA for duty travel as per Rules.
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The applications in the prescribed format giving Name, photograph, date of birth, communication and email address, contact telephone number, details of qualification, category {Gen/SC/ST/OBC (NCL)/EWS} and self-attested copies of certificates to prove age, qualifications, category, National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC)/Certificate of Proficiency (COP), may be sent to the office of the undersigned [Dy General Manager (HR)Est, FEDO Building, The Fertilisers And Chemicals Travancore Limited, Udyogamandal. PIN-683 501], so as to reach on or before 28.05.2021 Envelope containing the application shall be super scribed with "Application for Empanelment for Fixed Tenure Contract engagement.


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House Democrats are on thin ice as the midterms approach. More than two dozen Democrats are retiring from the chamber altogether. Meanwhile, Democrats have a fragile majority in the House, with Republicans only needing to win five seats to flip the chamber.
Poll after poll indicates that the GOP is on course to get back power in the House of Representatives.
It will oust Rep. Nancy Pelosi as the House Speaker by default. At this time, the most likely Republican to succeed Pelosi as speaker of the House is none other than Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the current House Minority Leader.
House Democrats recently convened with former President Obama on a conference call regarding the approaching midterms. Although, RedState reports what Obama had to say wasn't good news for left-wing lawmakers.
One interesting point in the 44th President's message to lawmakers was his advice for them to celebrate campaign wins rather than mulling overall what they've lost since getting into office.
From this point, Obama told House Democrats to be willing to receive the victories that are feasible. He then urged leftist lawmakers not to squander time "whining" about situations they're incapable of changing.
It is not the upbeat talk of a leader who believes his political party is doing well or cruising its way to victory. Obama might as well have told Democrats to grit their teeth and bear the losses coming their way.
Finally, before the former President's conference call with House Democrats ended, he urged them to let voters know what continued election wins for Democrats would mean.
Obama either didn't know or didn't want to say that voters have the main image of the results stemming from leftists being in power. This clarity is crucial for Biden losing more and more support each time a new poll drops.
In the earlier days of the 2020 presidential election, there were reports that Obama didn't even want his former vice president to run for office. Furthermore, these reports were fueled by Obama waiting until nearly all other Democrat candidates were eliminated before endorsing Biden.
While running for office, Biden repeatedly invoked Obama's name to make himself look better and avoid tough questions. However, the former President's latest comments to House Democrats make it very clear that he even knows what an atrocious job Biden is doing.


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tldr: Estimated Prophet primarily alternates between the keys of F# minor and G major. The intro and main verse are in F# minor and center around an F#m chord and a riff from the minor pentatonic. The chorus ("California…") moves up a half-step to the key of G major, mixolydian mode, with G, C, and F (I, IV, bVII) in various patterns. There is also a bridge that alternates between the v chord, Dm, and an E7, which suggests a resolution to A or Am (as a V/V chord), and arguably moves the key to A minor before a minor chord pattern that transitions back to the chorus chords.
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Estimated Prophet opens in F# minor, with the rhythm vamping on an F#m chord, adding in a quick Bm as a counterpoint (i – iv), along with notes from the F# natural minor scale. Working in a dorian natural 6 note (D#) can sound good too. The lead riff over this part is directly from the F# minor pentatonic scale. The main verse continues over this vamp.
At the chorus ("California…"), the key suddenly changes to G major, in the mixolydian mode. The chord progressions in this section are various combinations of G, C, and F (I, IV, and bVII). Jerry's lead over this part follows G mixolydian, hewing closely to the underlying chord tones.
After this section, which ends on a C chord, there is a bridge that starts with a back-and-forth between Dm, the v chord of G mixolydian, and E7. I hear the Dm alternating in a sus2 (an E note) and the E7 alternating in a sus4 (an A note), like this:
55-5-5--55-5-5--77-7-7-7-7--7- 66-5-6--66-5-6--99-9-9-9-10-10 77-7-7--77-7-7--77-7-7-7-7--7- 77-7-7--77-7-7--99-9-9-9-9--9- 55-5-5--55-5-5--77-7-7-7-7--7- ------------------------------
An E7 chord is the dominant chord (V7 chord) of the keys of A major and minor, and it suggests a resolution to one of those chords. While a resolution to A or Am does not immediately come here, I think this bridge makes the most sense as being in the key of A minor (and, I admit, I've changed my mind on this a few times). The notes of A natural minor are actually identical to G mixolydian, so it's a subtle shift, but to me the focus has shifted away from a G tonic here, and the E7 (combined with Dm) points us to A minor. Thinking of it this way, one would play lead by using A natural minor over the Dm iv chord and A harmonic minor over the E7 chord, which means raising the 7th note of the minor scale (this one change accounts for the V7 chord when a natural minor scale would normally have a diatonic minor v chord). And then there is an F chord that follows, which would be the bVI of A minor.
We might then expect a resolution to an Am (i chord), and that does actually sound fine if you play it next. But the song has an interesting transition back to G major that kicks off with a Bm chord, and instead of Am, the F of the bridge moves to an A chord, which adds a chromatic transition to Bm with the notes C – C# – D:
F: F A C A: A C# E Bm: B D F#
The Bm kicks off a minor chord pattern that doesn't belong to any particular key, but simply transitions back to G major. The underlying chords are Bm Dm Am Cm Gm Bbm Fm, and then a chromatic transition from the Fm to G:
Bm Dm Am Cm Gm Bbm Fm G -7--5--5--3--3--1--1--1--1--3 -7--6--5--4--3--2--1--2--3--3 -7--7--5--5--3--3--1--1--1--4 -9--7--7--5--5--3--3--3--3--5 -9--5--7--3--5--1--3--x--x--5 -7--x--5--x--3--x--1--x--x--3
Two things to discuss here. First, the descending pattern is up a minor third, down a fifth, which you can see by looking at the bolded root notes above. Or you can view it as pairs of chords a minor third apart that move down in whole steps (see the 7 – 5 – 3 – 1 on the E string). We're essentially moving through keys on every chord, and the lead work is from the minor scale that matches the chord (B minor over Bm, etc., D minor over Dm, etc.) . Second, notice the action on B string (bolded as well). The pattern creates a chromatic walkdown of 7-6-5-4-3-2-1, which then walks back up to the G chord.
The individual notes added to the Fm to move to the G chord create inverted Db and Bb7 chords, which creates a relatively smooth transition with some half-step note movements from C to D, A to G, and Bb to B:
F: C F A [] Eb: Db F Ab Bb7: D F Ab Bb [] [] [] G: D G B []
(brackets show where note was moved for illustrative purposes)
As I mentioned earlier, the lead follows the key for each chord — partly minor pentatonic and partly minor scale. It sounds more complicated than it is, because you're just using a few shapes/patterns and moving them down a whole step each time. There are improvised chromatic notes in between, but the basic gist is:
F A Bm ------------------------ ---------------------7-- -------------------7---- -------------7---9------ --0-3----4-7------------ 1------5----------------
Dm Am Cm ---------5--------8-------3 10-8-6-8-------5----6-4-6-- -------------5------------- -----------7--------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
Gm Bbm ---------6------------ -----3-----6-5-4------ ---3-------------6-5-3 -5-------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
Fm Eb Bb7 ---------------------- --1--1--2--2--3--3---- ---1--1--1--1--1--1--- -3--3--3--3--3--3--3-- ---------------------- ----------------------
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Thirty young entrepreneurs have gathered this Wednesday at the Future Lunch organized by AIJEC Young Entrepreneurs and starring Ana Vida, founder and creative director of the advertising agency Drop & Vase. Vida has reviewed her career and the tools that have helped her consolidate herself as one of the young promises of Spanish advertising.
The publicist recalled how already at university she was clear that she wanted to be an entrepreneur and run her business project. "I told my mother I didn't want to have any heads. I felt that I wanted to live up to my expectations and you can only do that if you are free, "said Vida. After working as a copywriter in large agencies, in 2013, she and her partner, David Freixenet, decided to jump into the pool and create this project.
The story of Drop & Vase, for many one of the best advertising agencies in the country right now, is tied to Wallapop. They were responsible for promoting the brand. Life remembers those beginnings. "At the age of 28 you have a very brave creativity and thanks to this vision and another young entrepreneur (referring to the CEO of Wallapop) who told us that if we could show that we could be brave and profitable at the same time, and that is which fills us with more pride than that first experience, "Vida recalled.
Following the success of Wallapop, other startups began suing for their services, which allowed them to create new code that other brands later attempted to replicate. Asked if the revelation agency label weighs on them, Ana Vida says no. "We spent 5 years working with a production and a creativity where it was noticeable that we were a company led by young people. We are now in a more mature phase, working on all kinds of projects and proving that we can work for any sector.
Dinars of the Future is a meeting format that AIJEC has been organizing since 2021 to share the experience of young entrepreneurs who, with their work and projects, have already become benchmarks.


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A few days back, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met a gamut of celebrities from the Hindi film industry at his official residence in New Delhi. The occasion was a special screening of a short film, with a ticker reading, "150 years of celebrating the Mahatma" as part of the celebrations of the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
On Wednesday, the official Twitter handle of the BJP tweeted a video that shows selected moments from the program. The duration of the video is just above nine minutes and is produced by Rajkumar Hirani Films with support from the Government of India.
Addressing the gathering, PM Modi shares the purpose of the entire exercise, which was to highlight the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi as a part of the ongoing celebrations of the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation.
He acknowledged the effort of Rajkumar Hirani who conceptualized and directed the film and bringing together some of the biggest names from the industry who included Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Jackie Shroff, Sonu Nigam, Vicky Kaushal, Kangana Ranaut, Ekta Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, among many others.
The PM asked the gathering of their feedback, ideas, suggestions, etc. with regards to the spreading the Gandhian ideology across the world to which the celebrities responded with much enthusiasm, gusto, and humility.
The video is rich with content, quality, and the touch of Gandhi. It has a very interesting twist towards the end which we are not going to reveal here. You have to watch the video to witness it for yourself.


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Cairo University President Mohamed Othman Elkhosht issues a decree of appointing Dr. Ahmed Abdelaziz Mohamed Abdelaziz a professor of Critical Care Medicine, Manager of Critical Care Unit at Faculty of Medicine Kasr Ainy, and Manager of Cairo University Hospitals.
Cairo University President earlier received Dr. Ahmed Abdelaziz and Dr. Hala Salaheldin Dean of Faculty of Medicine Kasr Ainy at office. Elkhosht urges the importance of continuous follow-up and speedy therapeutic services to patients, reduction of waiting queues, comprehensive care for critical care patients, and attendance of specialists and physicians at time depending on circumstances of cases received by Emergency departments at hospital.
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Installing software that blocks out objectionable Web sites may not be the best way to protect children who use the Internet, a disparate group of experts told a congressional commission yesterday in San Jose.
In the third of a series of hearings to consider different strategies for protecting kids online, dot-com executives, librarians, children's advocates and even pornographers gathered at San Jose State University to testify before the Commission on Online Child Protection.
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In the past, the commission has heard from makers of filtering software such as Net Nanny and from people who want to separate pornography from the rest of the Internet by giving such sites their own domain name endings -- perhaps .xxx instead of .com.
This time, witnesses suggested other technological solutions -- such as using special portals just for kids, like Yahoo's Yahooligans. They also put forward nontechnical answers such as setting and enforcing rules that children must follow when using the Internet.
A survey of parents conducted by FamilyPC magazine suggests that filtering software is not considered relevant by many parents. Fewer than half of parents use filtering software or a filtered Internet service provider, according to the survey, presented to the commission yesterday.
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And while the software focuses on blocking out "bad" Web sites, parents told the magazine their top concern is Internet privacy, not pornography.
Filtering software has been controversial because some people believe it violates Web pagemakers' freedom of speech. But many of yesterday's witnesses focused on the software's effect on children who use it.
Relying on filtering software such as Net Nanny or Cyber Patrol to keep kids safe online can be shortsighted, said Nancy Willard, director of a University of Oregon group called Responsible Netizen.
"Keeping kids fenced in does not teach them to take care of themselves in the real world," she said.
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Parents must gradually teach their children to deal with online dangers and unpleasantness, which range from pornography and child predators to false information and swindles, she said.
"It is incumbent upon us to give them the education to avoid becoming a generation of victims," said Judith Krug, director of the American Libraries Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, which opposes using filtering in public libraries.
But some commissioners questioned whether just talking to children about online dangers is enough. Former Sen. Gary Hart confidante Donna Rice Hughes, who runs Protectkids.com, said education should be used alongside other precautions.
"My preferred solution has always been a comprehensive solution -- shared responsibility between the public, the technology community and law enforcement," Hughes said.
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Danni Ashe, chief executive officer of a pornography site called Danni's Hard Drive, said children's safety advocates and porn merchants have some of the same problems.
"Responsible" adult sites do their best to keep kids out by charging a fee payable only by credit card, Ashe said.
But when porn sites' images are copied by viewers and posted for free elsewhere on the Internet, kids can see them without a credit card. "We need stronger copyright laws and more cooperation from ISPs and law enforcement agencies" to prevent theft, Ashe said.
Congress created the commission as part of the Child Online Protection Act, a 1998 law that banned Web sites from making "harmful" material available to children.
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The law was quickly blocked in court after being challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union as a violation of the First Amendment and has never been enforced.
Although the future of the Act or other legislation on the subject is uncertain, the commission is going ahead with its mandate to study the different methods of protecting kids from online porn.
Tomorrow, the commission will hear how emerging technologies such as broadband Internet access may affect children's exposure to harmful material.
"The commission may not recommend new legislation" in its report to Congress, due November 30, said George Vradenburg III, America Online's representative on the commission. "But hopefully it will set an agenda for the whole Internet community."
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Other commission members include executives from Yahoo and Disney's Go.com, as well as representatives from the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice.


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You'd think that in this day and age restoring a heritage station building wouldn't be that difficult – but in 2010 contractors managed to screw up a job at Clunes station, sending it straight to the tip.
The contract for Clunes station was dated 25 September 1874 and the polychrome brickwork station building was completed by J. Short, with a cast iron verandah supplied by Robinson Brothers.
Photo from the Clunes Museum collection
By the 1980s the water tower, crane and van goods shed had been demolished, with the lamp room and men's toilet at the north end of the station demolished in 1980. The last passenger train to pass through the station ran in 1993, when The Vinelander to Mildura was withdrawn. The station was then boarded up, the only passing trains carrying freight.
In December 2008 the State Government announced passenger rail services to Maryborough would resume, but Clunes was left out of the project, V/Line trains rolling past the abandoned station from July 2010.
But in June 2010 it was announced that Clunes would also be re-opened, so restoration works started – including the complete rebuilding of the platform. However the finished station was missing one major feature – the veranda.
The Courier has the full story.
Clunes Train Station historic verandah removal sparks anger
30 November 2011
Brendan Gullifer
The State Government will proudly unveil the newly refurbished Clunes train station this weekend — but with one glaring omission.
Contractors working on the $7 million project ripped down the station's ornate iron verandah and sent parts of it to a scrap merchant.
Local residents are appalled and are still waiting for answers to how the mishap will be fixed.
Hepburn councillor Don Henderson called it a travesty.
"It's just a piece of our heritage that is gone and will never be returned," he said yesterday.
"It's irreplaceable and in a town like Clunes, where heritage is so important, it's a very big loss."
Transport at Clunes president John Sayers, one of a small band who have helped negotiate the return of rail services, said he was horrified when he learnt about the mistake.
"It's an appalling situation to have arisen," he said.
Mr Sayers said the verandah superstructure, which held up the corrugated iron roofing, was chopped up and sent to a metal dealer while the solid iron posts were saved.
These had been removed to Creswick station for safe keeping, he said.
"We're hoping some sort of verandah will eventually be built which will hopefully include the old posts."
Cr Henderson said the verandah was an exact copy of one carefully preserved at the restored Creswick rail station.
"People will still be able to see what existed on this particular railway link," he said.
But while many local rail enthusiasts were in mourning, those involved officially with the station's renewal were reluctant to talk.
Building contractors Abigroup referred The Courier to the Department of Transport. A departmental media spokesperson said she would look into it, as did a spokesperson for Transport Minister Terry Mulder.
Neither responded to questions by press time.
Acting Hepburn chief executive officer Peter Reeve said there was an ongoing investigation into the missing verandah.
He said the planning permit included verandah removal to allow platform works and its restoration.
By July 2012 a replacement verandah had been erected at the station.
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But none of the original cast iron posts were used in the new structure – just modern steel beams and poles.
As for the boarded up station building.
In 2015 it was restored for community use.
As part of VicTrack's Community Use of Vacant Rail Buildings Program.
All aboard Creative Clunes' new cultural hub
20 November 2015
The historic Clunes Railway Station has been reinvented as a cultural hub, becoming the new home for Creative Clunes and the Clunes Booktown Festival.
State Member for Buninyong, Geoff Howard said Creative Clunes has taken on the head lease of the revamped station building, following the completion of works funded from the Victorian Government's Community Use of Vacant Rail Buildings Program.
"This much loved, 140 year old station building has been given a new lease of life as the new home to Creative Clunes," Mr Howard said.
"This project has successfully adapted this historic station building into a vibrant cultural hub, offering the local community an impressive new arts venue with its form and function.
"People will be able to come to explore their artistic side, utilising the hub's creative and meeting spaces.
"It also provides permanent offices and volunteer facilities for the popular annual Clunes Booktown Festival – which attracts visitors from across Australia and the world to celebrate both historic and modern literary works."
VicTrack and V/Line carried out restoration work to the exterior of the station building, with Ballarat Civic Construction completing extensive internal renovations.
These works included installing new foundations and floorboards, connecting services, restoring the plasterwork, and reinstating the doors to the platform.
The building now also has a kitchenette, accessible toilets, shower and a new access ramp.
Further reading
Talbot and Clunes Conservation Study, Richard Aitkens (page 339)


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In this country all animals, wild or domestic, are well represented and protected. There are people who have devoted their lives for the rights of cows and others for the rights of crows.
You can keep a dog in your home with its rights. Even stray dogs have rights and there are people and organisations to protect their rights. Trees and plants have got laws which protect them against any exploitation.
But for one unfortunate, who has got no rights; no law to protect him, and nobody to represent him in the court of justice against exploitation. And, that is, the private school teacher.
The rationale for his existence in the society is beyond question. He is earnestly required by the society. Devoid of his services the society shall suffer an irreparable loss.
The government school department is continuously at war with these teachers through its inbuilt authority to govern them. Actually, the man in the government school system, whether a peon or the highest officer, have lost their credibility in the eyes of the society.
And that is the rationale which supports the existence of private school teacher. The man in the govt system has wrongly developed the notion that his lost credibility would return to him only and only when he is able to destroy the private school system.
The thankless people who would have been thankful to the private school teachers are against him. Yes, right from the common man to the top bureaucracy and the fee fixation committee and the court of justices are all against him.
I am not talking about the elite schools who enjoyed the favour of bureaucracy as well as that of the politicians in the past. They allotted them prime state lands on lease against nominal payments.
They enjoyed freedom of increasing the rates of fees and donations exorbitantly. Now, they have no problem with the day to day circulars issued against the private schools in order to crush them financially. They have crores at their back as reserves.
They can pay to their staff even better than the royal staff of the govt schools. They don't have the problem even with the collection of huge donation and exorbitantly fixed fees because they are serving the purpose of the elite class.
The economy schools emerged just because the people having lost confidence in the government schools and not having resources to avail luxury of elite schools, created small trusts of their own from village to village and from town to town. They created their own schools giving them facilities they could afford.
They fixed salaries of teachers according to their income and provided minimal living to the unemployed educated youth of the locality. All these schools contributed their best towards the uplift of poor villagers.
The schools, no doubt, played wonders in terms of their output but the management of these schools continued to exploit the labour of their teachers, always paying them less than the unskilled labourers.
The infrastructure provided to these schools, generally sub-standard, because there is no provision of govt aids for these schools; instead the govt is bent upon putting ban on the collection of any donation from parents.
Because of the govt decisions the growth and the development of the economy schools has come to a stand-still. They can hardly pay to their staff, there is no question of increasing the meagre salaries because of the crushing policies of the govt.
The economy schools have engaged thousands of young boys and girls who otherwise would have committed suicide, or lost their balance of mind.
The govt must be obliged to the economy school managements for providing helping hand to the thousands of unemployed youth and should allow them to improvise the fee structure of their schools so as to be able to pay their staff at least half of the salaries paid to their equivalents in the royal staff of govt education department.
There are certain policies of the govt which make me wonder over the wit of the policy makers. Take for example the CPF policy. It is good and understandable that a member of royal staff must save at least 12% of his income for the rainy days.
But forcing a private school teacher drawing at the most 10,000 to deposit 24% as CPF, will make one laugh at the wisdom of the policy makers. With remaining 8000 or so the poor teacher is supposed to manage food, clothing, medicine, and every thing required to keep the body and soul of the family together. It is not possible at all.
The call of justice would have been that the govt should pay for both employees' share and the employer's share of private school teachers so that the employer may be able to put in that amount into the salary budget of the staff.
Another policy of the UT govt is just not understandable; that the govt is paying to the Royal staff for the education of their kids. They are helping those for the education of their wards whose income has grown 200% during the last 20 years and they don't care about the Kisans and Mazdoors and private school teachers whose income has grown only 20% during the same period.
The private school association is a bunch of so many confusions, they don't know whether they are representing the elite schools or small economy schools; they must differentiate between the two.
They are different worlds. One is rolling in pearls and gems and the other is striving to have two meals. One is meant for minting money because it deals with the affluent and the other is toiling to uplift the poor and downtrodden.
One need to be categorised as tax payer and other be funded to keep itself existent in the service of the poor. The govt must have a clear distinction between the two.
The govt has stopped any increase in the fee. Both for those who collected 10,000 per month and the other who was collecting only 500. One has 5 crores as a reserve and the other who is having 10,000 and that too lying in the pockets of parents as unpaid fee.
One is already paying efficiently to its staff and the other trying to assuage the plight of its poor staff by small steps. The elite schools have already rich infrastructure and poor economy school is waiting for the govt to reconsider its order for stopping the collection of small donations, so that it might be able to facilitate its students with a suitable washroom and drinking water facility.
Let us be rational and not authoritarian. Authority will surely be gone one day, and the rationality will be remembered by the world.
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It is estimated that 40% of infertility in couples is due to problems in the man, according to figures from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Expert: Patricio Gonzalez, head of Unit of Reproductive Medicine
The male fertility depends on a normal ejaculation and the appropriate condition of the semen. However, there are variations that produce sterility, as the absence of sperm, called Azoospermia; or the low number and mobility of these, called Oligospermia.
Compared to this, it is important to determine what factors influence and what not, since there are so many myths around this topic. So says dr. Patricio Gonzalez, head of Unit of Reproductive Medicine Clínica Alemana.
"In general, there are more beliefs of what science has been able to demonstrate. As there are also many cases of couples are subfertile, meaning that they are not infertile, but they are going to take a lot more time, so sometimes they need a little help to conceive," he says.
These perturbations can be of genetic origin, such as the existence of micro-deletions or deficiencies in the chromosome Y. To establish the genetic reasons that can cause this disorder, is carried out by the test of infertility, male (TIM).
This test is devised to study the specific areas of the chromosome And, with the purpose of ascertaining the presence of any deficiency. It also applies to rule out other factors behind infertility. To perform this test you need to saliva samples, or samples of liquid sperm removed from the semen. The analysis delay of about 15 days and this will determine the presence or absence of micro-deletions analyzed.
The specialist explains that the assessment of man is done through semen analysis or semen analysis is done. The variables most important are: concentration (number of sperm per ml), motility (mobility transfer), and percentage of sperm with normal forms, or abnormal.
The values of these tests are very relative and may vary from one ejaculate to another, so it is recommended to perform at least two analyses of semen. The same person can have a count of 70 million sperm and three days after 16 million.
Then, the specialist check out some of the variables and determines which ones are which could effectively affect male fertility.
TemperatureThere is evidence to show that the local increase of the temperature can influence the reproductive capacity of men, so that any prolonged exposure in the weather could have an impact.
The condition called an undescended testicle, a congenital condition that does not allow the testicles to descend from the abdominal cavity into the scrotum, which exposes them to a higher temperature in the abdomen, is related to a bad production of the sperm.
"The problem is that in the treatment of this disease the pregnancy rates do not increase, so that there would be other mechanisms that interfere with, in addition to temperature," emphasizes the expert.
Could also affect, for example, the use of the laptop on the lap, saunas, or hot baths and tight underwear, among other things, although there is nothing scientifically proven to substantiate this hypothesis.
TobaccoDr. Gonzalez is emphatic in asserting that it is proven that the tobacco consumption causes a fall in the fertility of the man. "Before, it was more evident in women, but there are studies that say that the man also has an influence," he added.
In these cases it is difficult to establish a cut line, so the specialist recommended to all couples who come to the consultation, which both stop smoking. In addition, as data, tobacco is one of the main risk factors for microabortos and malformations.
Age of manIn man there is a fall in reproductive capacity after 40 years of age who, unlike the woman in the menopause, is not so obvious.
For example, men and women of 60 can be kept fertile, but it is difficult to test in the general population, as they would have to be played with couples in the stage of more female fertility, between 20 and 30. On the other hand, a couple in which the man is subfértil may not have problems as long as the woman is young, but as you get older it is possible that present difficulties. "What happens is that the higher fertility of the young woman 'conceals' male subfertility", emphasizes the specialist.
Consumption of the drugToday, it is proven that in men poliadictos there would also be a decrease in the ability of fertile, as well as in those who consume cocaine and marijuana on a regular basis.
PathologiesThere are several diseases that decrease the ability of the sperm. One of the most common is the above-mentioned cryptorchidism (undescended testicle), and varicose (a dilation of the veins along the cord that holds the testicles).
However, studies have not shown that surgery for the varicocele results in better pregnancy rates in their partners, that does not mean that you will not need to operate, but you should investigate other causes of infertility.
Another disease that can affect male fertility is the mumps or mumps, which can cause orchitis urliana, or a swelling testicle which, secondarily, may leave sequelae of infertility, although with a very low incidence. The important thing, in this case, it is not the age, but that the mumps are presented with orchitis.
Other factorsThe use of hormones to affect fertility due to the decrease of the sperm by inhibiting the testosterone levels.
Also, men with obesity may also lower your likelihood of becoming pregnant.
For the specialist, the stress is very subjective and difficult to evaluate, especially in a couple subfield, because of the patients that come to consult, the majority are stressed by not being able to get pregnant, so it requires more studies to assess the real impact.
The psychiatric conditions are another thing. For example, patients with depression experience a decrease in libido, maintaining a sex life is low, so the chance of getting pregnant in fertile period is lower.
TreatmentsThe modern treatments of sub-fertility and male infertility, remain the techniques of assisted fertilization, that is to say, "zoom in" the sperm to the egg. The most used are intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilization.
The great revolution in therapeutics is the ICSI (injection of one sperm inside the egg), which allows couples with a diagnosis of severe male factor may be parents.


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Multi-route HINT¶
The environmental model extends the capabilities of the generic model by adding a second route of exposure: whereas generic relies on contact between individuals to transmit disease, the environmental simulation type allows for both the contact route and an "environmental" route. Because of this addition, the framework of Heterogeneous Intra-Node Transmission (HINT) was extended to create Multi-route HINT, HINT using two exposure routes.
How to configure Multi-route HINT¶
Multi-route HINT utilizes the same configuration as HINT, but each route will be specified separately. Specifically,
In the configuration file, set the following:
Enable_Heterogeneous_Intranode_Transmission to 1.
Base_Infectivity to your desired value.
If you have not already added property values in the demographics file, add them using the steps in Individual and node properties.
In the demographics file, within each object in the IndividualProperties array, add the TransmissionMatrix parameter and assign it an empty JSON object.
In the object, set the following:
Route to the the transmission route. There will be two routes: "Contact" and "Environmental". Note that there will also be two transmission matrices, one for each route.
Matrix to an array that contains a transmission matrix that scales the base infectivity set in the configuration file. This matrix is described in more detail in Property-based heterogeneous disease transmission, and there will be two, one for each route.
The following example illustrates how to set up Multi-route HINT for 3 geographic regions across the two exposure routes:
"Defaults": {
"IndividualProperties": [{
"Property": "Geographic",
"Values": ["A", "B", "C"],
"Initial_Distribution": [0.34, 0.33, 0.33],
"TransmissionMatrix": {
"contact": {
"Matrix": [
[1.0, 0.0, 0.0],
[0.0, 1.0, 0.0],
[0.0, 0.0, 1.0]
"environmental": {
"Matrix": [
[0.0, 3.0, 0.0],
[0.0, 0.0, 3.0],
[0.0, 0.0, 0.0]
Each route must have an IndividualProperty specified, but the properties do not need to be the same across the two routes. Recall that IndividualProperties consist of key:value pairs (see Individual and node properties for more information). The currently supported version of the model only supports one key per route and up to 5 values for the given key.
5 region Multi-route HINT example¶
The following example is designed to represent a set of communities situation along a river. There is one HINT key, "Geographic" with 5 values, "A" through "E," to represent each of the 5 communities.
Each route, contact and environmental, has its own HINT matrix. The contact matrix is an identity matrix such that transmission only occurs over the contact route in the same HINT group (i.e. community). The environmental matrix is configured such that there is only environmental transmission from A to B, B to C, C to D, etcetera, to represent that the river flows from A to E.
Epidemiological relationships between the individuals in each group is defined in the demographic file, and the population distribution is even across all 5 groups.
All HINT matrix values are scalars and can be > 1.


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Assignment National Organization for Human Services
Assignment: National Organization for Human Services
For this assignment you will be reading a case scenario in your text and responding to some questions related to the impact of the environment on behavior and choices, the impact of the client-human services professional relationship, and how identifying potential ethical issues and the National Organization for Human Services (NOHS) Ethical Standards can help guide you in working with clients.
Teen pregnancy affects millions of adolescent clients and their families every year. As a human service professional working with adolescents and families you will build reciprocal relationships that make a lasting impact on both the client and yourself. Understanding how the environment is impacting the client and their family helps build the trust required to better understand what interventions and resources may be available to empower the client and their family. In the field of human services you will be interacting with individuals with a variety of needs within many systems, especially when working with families. Due to the span of diversity among individuals it is important for you to become familiar with the ethical standards as set forth for human service professionals. The following Assignment will require you to find and discuss the importance of the ethical standards as developed by the National Organization for Human Services (NOHS). A code of ethics is "an explicit statement of the values, principles, and rules of a profession, regulating the conduct of its members" (Barker, 2001, p. 84). Understanding how to consider ethical issues and how we may resolve them using ethical standards is critical to successful and ethical client outcomes and ensuring both the human service professional and the client are protected from potential conflicts.
Go to page 290 in your text and read the case study in Spotlight 6.2 titled Portrait of a Single Father. Next go to www.nationalhumanservices.org website and review the NOHS Ethical Standards for Human Service Professionals.
After reading the case study and NOHS Ethical Standards, reflect on the situation Gary finds himself in, his environment, and possible ethical considerations in the case and that the worker may need to consider as part of an ethical approach to the client and his family. Answer the following:
- Discuss how Gary's environment has influenced his behavior and decision-making during his adolescence.
- Discuss how working with a Human Service Professional (HSP) in a reciprocal relationship may help Gary change his behavior and decision-making to address his current life challenges.
- Considering the case study details and the NOHS Ethical Standards, identify one ethical concern you would have when working with Gary and/or his family. Provide one NOHS Ethical Standard that you believe would be important to apply in this case to ensure this ethical issue is addressed within the client and HSP relationship. Refer to the specific NOHS Ethical Standard in your response.
- Discuss one specific way using ethical standards impacts the behavior of a HSP when working with clients such as Gary.
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- Provide the name and contact information for one human service agency you believe a HSP could refer Gary to in order to provide assistance with his current issues. Explain how you believe this agency could specifically assist Gary.
- Considering your responses to the assignment questions, explain how Gary's case outcome might change from the ending offered in the case study epilogue. Discuss how familiarity with ethical standards and available resources strengthened the relationship between the Human Service Professional and Gary in your response.
The paper should be 6 complete paragraphs, resulting in approximately 2 pages of text in addition to the cover page and the final reference page. It also should be free of spelling and grammatical errors. The Assignment should be double-spaced, using a 12 point Times New Roman font.
The Assignment should include a cover page and a final reference page where you cite your course text and any other sources you choose to include in the paper. The only required sources are your text and NOHS Ethical Standards of Human Service Professionals.
You can explore the Kaplan Library or credible Internet sites for additional sources, but the text and NOHS Ethical Standards are your primary sources of support. Your opinions also are valued, but it is important to keep in mind that your main objective in completing this project is to illustrate your knowledge of the course material.
Citing Sources:
It is important to always attribute credit to the proper sources when relying on the text, articles, websites, or other sources. You must credit your work when you:
- Summarize concepts and theories that you learned in the text, articles, or internet sources.
- Use others' ideas, theories, and concepts in constructing Discussion topic responses or completing Assignments.
- Use direct quotes in the context of your paper (when quoting directly, you must use quotation marks).
Your Assignment must be your original work; plagiarism will not be tolerated. Be sure to review the Syllabus in terms of what constitutes plagiarism.
Reference: Zastrow, Charles, Karen Kirst-Ashman. Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series: Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment. Cengage Learning, 02/2012. VitalSource Bookshelf Online.
Important information for writing discussion questions and participation
Hi Class,
Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.
Contact me if you have any questions.
Important information on Writing a Discussion Question
- Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
- There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
- Include in-text citations in your response
- Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
- Follow APA-7th edition
- Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor
- A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
- Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
- Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
- Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of "I agree" or "great post" does not count for the word count.
- Follow APA 7th edition
- Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
- Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
- Here are some helpful links
- Student paper example
- Citing Sources
- The Writing Center is a great resource
Welcome to class
Hello class and welcome to the class and I will be your instructor for this course. This is a -week course and requires a lot of time commitment, organization, and a high level of dedication. Please use the class syllabus to guide you through all the assignments required for the course. I have also attached the classroom policies to this announcement to know your expectations for this course. Please review this document carefully and ask me any questions if you do. You could email me at any time or send me a message via the "message" icon in halo if you need to contact me. I check my email regularly, so you should get a response within 24 hours. If you have not heard from me within 24 hours and need to contact me urgently, please send a follow up text to.
I strongly encourage that you do not wait until the very last minute to complete your assignments. Your assignments in weeks 4 and 5 require early planning as you would need to present a teaching plan and interview a community health provider. I advise you look at the requirements for these assignments at the beginning of the course and plan accordingly. I have posted the YouTube link that explains all the class assignments in detail. It is required that you watch this 32-minute video as the assignments from week 3 through 5 require that you follow the instructions to the letter to succeed. Failure to complete these assignments according to instructions might lead to a zero. After watching the video, please schedule a one-on-one with me to discuss your topic for your project by the second week of class. Use this link to schedule a 15-minute session. Please, call me at the time of your appointment on my number. Please note that I will NOT call you.
Please, be advised I do NOT accept any assignments by email. If you are having technical issues with uploading an assignment, contact the technical department and inform me of the issue. If you have any issues that would prevent you from getting your assignments to me by the deadline, please inform me to request a possible extension. Note that working fulltime or overtime is no excuse for late assignments. There is a 5%-point deduction for every day your assignment is late. This only applies to approved extensions. Late assignments will not be accepted.
If you think you would be needing accommodations due to any reasons, please contact the appropriate department to request accommodations.
Plagiarism is highly prohibited. Please ensure you are citing your sources correctly using APA 7th edition. All assignments including discussion posts should be formatted in APA with the appropriate spacing, font, margin, and indents. Any papers not well formatted would be returned back to you, hence, I advise you review APA formatting style. I have attached a sample paper in APA format and will also post sample discussion responses in subsequent announcements.
Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.
I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God's word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!


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Some Irate youths on Wednesday burnt down a police station in Igboukwu, the Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State after policemen allegedly killed a commercial motorcyclist on Tuesday night.
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Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, said the Commissioner of Police in the state, John Abang, had ordered the arrest of the officer who killed the commercial motorcyclist while appealing for calm.
He said," On Tuesday about 10.30pm, there was an altercation between police operatives and motorcycle riders over some impounded motorcycles as a result of the recent restriction on movement of motorcycles beyond 9 pm in the State.
"The situation degenerated into chaos which led to an accidental discharge that hit one motorcycle rider and burning of the Igboukwu police station by irate youth.
"The Commissioner of Police, John Abang, is deeply saddened by the unfortunate incident and has ordered the detention of the policemen involved and full-scale investigation into the matter.
"The CP further appealed for calm and assures the public that justice would be done in the case and the outcome of police investigation shall be made public in due course."


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The German finance minster, Wolfgang Schaeuble, has called for an EU-wide petrol tax in order to finance policies designed to ease the burdens of the migrant crisis. The tax would be necessary to pay for a strengthening the external borders of the Schengen area. Mr. Schaeuble warned that if the Schengen external borders were not strengthened, Germany could be forced to close their borders.
Mr. Schaeuble framed the tax as one that should be shared by the European Union in the same way they have shared the economic and societal burdens of the migrant crisis. Germany has so far accepted the majority of incoming refugees and asylum seekers since the beginning of the migrant crisis.
This suggestion comes on the heels of the Cologne sex scandals that rocked the country on New Years' Eve and raised concerns about the security of German citizens.
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Rental of construction equipment with or without a driver: Public works rolling stock at your fingertips
Major player in public works machinery rental in Ivory Coast and in the sub-Saharan region of Africa , LGU Afrique provides you with a fleet of modern and maintained machinery of major international brands , necessary for earthworks, sanitation, servicing, roads and others in the construction sector.
What construction equipment is available?
Our fleet is made up of machines in very good condition, useful for earthmoving, lifting, mixing, dredging, transport, drilling and many others on public works sites. Here is the non-exhaustive list of construction machinery that we rent out:
- Concrete pumps
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Our staff includes specialists in the operation and handling of construction machinery, with several years of experience to their credit. And if you don't have operators, we put them at your disposal at very advantageous rates.
The maintenance and repair service is offered to you
As construction equipment need to be constantly maintained, we have hired competent people to maintain and repair them as needed. Thus, we always reassure ourselves before any rental of the good working condition of the machines and we intervene immediately in case of failure independent of your will on the construction sites.
Other construction equipment available
Apart from construction equipment, we also offer other equipment to accompany you in the construction of your construction work. These include:
- Generators
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Our pricing conditions for the construction machinery rental
As our benefit has always been your success and satisfaction, we systematically practice a pricing policy that adapts to you and your needs. And we remain at your disposal then analyze your request to make you the best possible financial offer. With this in mind, we do not present tariff schedules, but we remain flexible in order to better serve and satisfy you. So, to know the cost of your project, you just have to ask for a quote and we will be happy to establish it as soon as possible.
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A software solution for decision support for modeling and optimizing logistics flows
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Logilab is a decision support tool to help tactical decision using modelling and optimization. Created specifically to tackle the flow of goods and production plans of a value creation network that has divergent flow. LogiLab enables to quickly view all the product flow between different business units before and after optimization for a given horizon. This tool facilitates the scenario analysis with graphical representation of impacts of the changes in a logistics network as closure / opening of a business unit, the addition of new clients, products, suppliers, competitors, new industries, etc.
Number of industrial situations can be represented and optimized with the help of logistics networks. There are currently a number of commercial software for expressing these networks and resolve problems. However, none are adequate in cases where the flows in networks are divergent: that is to say flows in the network are different in nature and may, at the exit of a node, diversify. For example, in the forestry industry, where at the entrance of a factory several different types of raw materials (forest is not uniform) and output is a basket of products (boards, chips, sawdust, etc. .). LogiLab allows to map a logistics network problem containing divergent flows and solve it.
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