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Reindeer in Russia
Reindeer in Russia include tundra and forest reindeer and are subspecies of Rangifer tarandus. Tundra reindeer include the Novaya Zemlya (R.t.pearsoni) and Sápmi (R.t. tarandus) subspecies and the Siberian tundra reindeer (R.t. sibiricus).[1]: 333
Novaya Zemlya reindeer[edit]
The subspecies of reindeer, the Novaya Zemlya (R.t.pearsoni).[1]: 333 on the islands of the Novaya Zemlya, were herded by the Nenets.[2] Novaya Zemlya is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean in the North of Russia and the extreme Northeast of Europe, the easternmost point of Europe lying at Cape Flissingsky on the Northern island. The indigenous population (from 1872[3][4] to the 1950s when it was resettled to the mainland) consisted of about 50–300 Nenetses[2] who subsisted mainly on reindeer herding, fishing, trapping, polar bear hunting and seal hunting.[5][6]: 58
Sami reindeer[edit]
A subspecies of reindeer, R.t. tarandus, a semi-domesticated reindeer are widespread in Sápmi.[1]: 333 Reindeer herds visit the grasslands of the Kola Peninsula in summer.[7]
Sami people and reindeer herding[edit]
By the end of the 1st millennium CE, the Kola Peninsula was settled only by the Sami people.[8]: 16 who were engaged mostly in reindeer herding and fishing.[9]: IV The Sami people are one people living in four countries. There are about 2000 Sami in Russia, the only country to keep exact count.[10] They are an indigenous Finno-Ugric-speaking people inhabiting the Arctic area of Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of the Kola Peninsula of Russia, far northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. Their best-known means of livelihood was semi-nomadic reindeer herding.[11] The Sami are the only indigenous people of Scandinavia recognized and protected under the international conventions of indigenous peoples, and are hence the northernmost indigenous people of Europe.[12] By the end of the 19th century, the indigenous Sami population had been mostly forced north by the Russians and the Komi and Nenets people who migrated here to escape a reindeer disease epidemics in their home lands. The Sami peoples were subject to forced collectivization, with more than half of their reindeer herds collectivized in 1928–1930.[13]: 92–93 The collectivization efforts in the 1930s lead to the concentration of the reindeer herds in kolkhozes (collective farms), which, in turn, were further consolidated into a few large-scale state farms in the late 1950s–early 1970s.[14]: 125 In addition, the traditional Sami herding practices were phased out in favor of the more economically profitable Komi approach, which emphasized permanent settlements over free herding.[13] Since the Sami culture is strongly tied to the herding practices, this resulted in the Sami people gradually losing their language and traditional herding knowledge.[13] Most Sami were forced to settle in the village of Lovozero; those resisting the collectivization were subject to forced labor or death.[13] Various forms of repression against the Sami continued until Stalin's death in 1953.[13] In the 1990s, 40% of the Sami lived in urbanized areas,[13] although some herd reindeer across much of the region.
Siberian tundra reindeer[edit]
Siberian tundra reindeer (R.t. sibiricus) "may be divided further into regional forms: the Taimyr Bulun, Yano-Indigirka and Novosibirsk islands (Egorov, 1971)."[1]: 333
There are three large herds of migratory tundra wild reindeer in central Siberia's Yakutia region: Lena-Olenek, Yana-Indigirka and Sundrun herds. While the population of the Lena-Olenek herd is stable, the others are declining.[15]
Further east again, the Chukotka herd is also in decline. In 1971 there were 587,000 animals. They recovered after a severe decline in 1986 to only 32,200 individuals, but their numbers fell again.[16] According to Kolpashikov, by 2009 there were less than 70,000.[15]
Taimyr reindeer herd[edit]
The Taimyr reindeer herd, a migrating tundra reindeer (R.t. sibiricus), is the largest reindeer herd in the world.[15][17] In the 1950s there were 110,000.[15] In 2000 the herd increased to 1,000,000 but by 2006, there were 700,000 animals,[15][17] and 600,000 by 2009; the reduction in numbers is partly due to climate change[18] The Putorana Nature Reserve, covering 1,887,251 hectares (4,663,500 acres), (a World Heritage Site since 2010),[19] was established in 1988 to protect Taimyr reindeer herd as well as snow sheep. The reserve is located on the Putorana Plateau, a mountainous area at the northwestern edge of the Central Siberian Plateau, to the south of Taymyr Peninsula. Taimyr tundra reindeer migrate to winter taiga pastures in Evenkia and Putoran Mountains.[1]: 333 in the forest-tundra and taiga from the river Taz in the west and to the Anabar in the east.[1]: 336
"In the 1960s up to 80% of reindeer wintered in the Putoran Mountains, but in the late 1970s most animals moved to the mountain taiga of the northern Evenkia and the western region of Yakutia. The shift in winter distribution occurred after the increase in population size, which resulted in deterioration of forage (Kuksoc, 1981). Lineitzev's (1983) observations at the biological station at Ayan Lake in the Putoran Mountains revealed the pattern of reindeer distribution in the piedmont. After some critical density was exceeded, migration was initiated through the Putoran plateau to the south. The new wintering grounds of the Taimyr reindeer are 1000-1200 km away from the calving grounds, and consequently the reindeer reach the Taimyr lowland later. The reindeer linger where the snow melts earlier on the winter mountain ranges. Then the reindeer have to migrate quickly but frequently do not reach the rivers before breakup. Then the reindeer have to stop at the river barrier to calve along the right bank of the Pyasina River and at the bend of the middle flow (central section) of the Agape River (Kuksov, 1981). In years with a warm autumn, reindeer were observed to linger on the southern Taimyr tundra until December (up to 100 thousand head). Those animals headed for new winter ranges at the left bank of the Enisei River, and when the ice conditions prevented them from crossing, they dispersed southward along the Enisei bank up to Turukhansk (Yakushkin et aL, 1970).— Baskin 1986
Forest reindeer[edit]
"Flerov (1952) and Sokolov (1959) divided forest reindeer into Siberian (R.t. valentinae) and Okhotsk (R.t. phylarchus). Egorov (1971), Vodopyanov (1970), Stremilov (1973) and Mukhachev (1981), however, inferred from their studies that the forest reindeer of Evenkia, Trans-Baikal Territory, Southern Yakutia and Far East are the same subspecies."[1]: 333
Wild forest reindeer, are similar to the woodland caribou in North America.[20] The male wild forest reindeer weighs 150 kg (330 lb)-200 kg (440 lb) and the female 60 kg (130 lb)-100 kg (220 lb).[20]
As the ice sheets melted 10,000 years ago, wild reindeer reached Fennoscandia from the eastern side of the Baltic Sea. Their range reached its peak in the 1600s-1700s. At that time wild forest reindeer inhabited nearly the "entire Eastern Fennoscandian and Northwestern Russian areas all the way to Ilmajärvi."[21] By the eighteenth century their range was being reduced and fragmented. They were "hunted to extinction in Finland in the late 1910s, but continued to live in the remote backwoods of Russian Karelia." By the early 2000s "the southern boundary of the range of wild forest reindeer in Karelia has retreated to the north, and the population is fragmented." Today the wild forest reindeer is found in Russia, in Kom and Arkhangelsk, as well as Karelia.[22]
The wild forest reindeer is an increasingly rare species in most of Russia. Mountain reindeer in the Kirov area are extremely endangered. Many are listed in the Red Book as endangered: Republik of Komi: wild mountain reindeer; Krasnoyarsk area: R. t. valentinae , two subspecies: Angara stock, Altai-Sayan stock; Altai Republic: Siberian forest reindeer, R.t.valentinae; Buryatia Republic: Mountain reindeer; Kamchatka region: Ohota orkamchatka forest reindeer, R. t. phylarchus; Sakhalin area: Ohota forest reindeer, R. t. phylarchus.[22]
Other populations are listed as vulnerable and rare including the Republic of Karelia: Wild forest reindeer, Rangifer tarandus fennicus; Tjumen area: Mountain reindeer, Rangifer tarandus; Kemerovo area: R.t. angustifrons; Irkutsk area: Siberian forest reindeer R. t. valentinae, wild forest reindeer subspecies Sayano-Altai stock; Khakassia stock; Tyva Republic: Siberian forest reindeer, R. t. angustifrons; Magadan area: Ohota forest reindeer, R. t. phylarchus.[22]
Reindeer husbandry[edit]
According to Sev'yan I. Vainshtein, Sayan reindeer herding "is the oldest form of reindeer herding" and is associated with the "earliest domestication of the reindeer by the Samoyedic taiga population" of the Sayan Mountains at the "turn of the first millenium A.D... The Sayan region was apparently the origin of the economic and cultural complex of reindeer hunters-herdsmen that we now see among the various Evenki groups and the peoples of the Sayan area." The Sayan ethnic groups still live almost exclusively in the area of the Eastern Sayan mountains.[23]
There are over two dozen regions where reindeer husbandry has been part of the economy in Russia.[24][25]
Domestic "reindeer are sharply distinct in conformation and colouration and their morphological and ecological characteristics vary regionally. Like their wild conspecifics, regional variation in domestic reindeer may be explained by environmental conditions."[1]: 333
East Siberian Sea[edit]
The coast of the East Siberian Sea was inhabited for many centuries by the native peoples of northern Siberia such as Yukaghirs and Chukchi (eastern areas). These tribes were engaged in reindeer husbandry, fishing and hunting and reindeer sledges were essential for transport and hunting. They were joined and absorbed by Evens and Evenks around the 2nd century and later, between 9th and 15th centuries, by much more numerous Yakuts. All those tribes moved north from the Baikal Lake area avoiding confrontations with Mongols. Whereas they all practised shamanism, they spoke different languages.[26][27][28][29]
Soyot reindeer herding[edit]
Vainshtein undertook expeditions to study reindeer-herders including the Soyot.[25]
In 1926, the ethnologist Bernhard Eduardovich Petri, (1884-1937), led the first anthropological expedition into the Soyot reindeer-herding region.[30] Petri described a difficult period in Russian history claiming that Soyot reindeer herding was a "dying branch of the economy."[30][31][32] Pavlinskaya argued that "later research and data collected from Soyot elders show that the herding tradition easily overcame the period's difficulties and endured until the middle of the 20th century, when the government interfered."[30]
In 2000 reindeer peoples of Mongolia and Russia were working on collaborative efforts to rebuild reindeer-herding.[33]
Plumley suggested that the Soyot of Buryatia's Okinsky Region, the Tofilar of Irkutsk Oblast, the Todja-Tuvans of the Republic of Tuva in Russia, and the Dukha of Mongolia's Hovsgol Province, who are "cultures of reindeer-habitat" in Central Asia may well "have traded, inter-married and related across the breadth and width of the Sayans."[33]
See also[edit]
Additional sources[edit]
Anderson, David G. "Identity and Ecology in Arctic Siberia: The Number One Reindeer Brigade (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)." (2000).
Konstantinov, Yulian. "Memory of Lenin Ltd.: Reindeer-Herding Brigades on the Kola Peninsula." Anthropology Today, vol. 13, no. 3, 1997, pp. 14–19. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2783133.
Konstantinov, Yulian. Conversations with Power: Soviet and post-Soviet developments in the reindeer husbandry part of the Kola Peninsula. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2015.
Stammler, Florian. "Reindeer nomads meet the market." Münster: LIT Verlag (2005).
Vitebsky, Piers. The reindeer people: living with animals and spirits in Siberia. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Baskin, Leonid M. (1986), "Differences in the ecology and behaviour of reindeer populations in the USSR", Rangifer, Special Issue, 6 (1): 333–340, doi:10.7557/22.214.171.1247, retrieved 7 January 2015
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- ^ "The Sámi– one people in four countries" (PDF), Gáldu – Resource Centre for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- ^ "Sami People" (PDF), UNESCO, UNESCO Observatory Cultural Village Program, archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2013
- ^ F. Norokorpi, Yrjö (2007). "World Heritage and the Arctic". Case study: Struve Geodetic Arc. UNESCO.
- ^ a b c d e f Michael P. Robinson and Karim-Aly S. Kassam (1998). Sami potatoes: living with reindeer and perestroika. Calgary: Bayeux Arts. ISBN 9781896209111. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ Jane Costlow and Amy Nelson (2010). Other Animals: Beyond the Human in Russian Culture and History. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 9780822960638. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Kolpashikov, L.; Makhailov, V.; Russell, D. (2014). "The role of harvest, predators and socio-political environment in the dynamics of the Taimyr wild reindeer herd with some lessons for North America". Ecology and Society.
- ^ Klokov, K. (2004). "Russia. Family-Based Reindeer Herding and Hunting Economies, and the Status and Management of Wild Reindeer/Caribou Populations". Sustainable Development Program, Arctic Council, Centre for Saami Studies, University of Tromsø: 55–92.
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- ^ "Putorana Plateau", UNESCO, UNESCO World Heritage Site datasheet, 2010, retrieved 7 January 2015
- ^ a b "Rangifer genus", Metsähallitus, Wild Forest Reindeer, nd, retrieved 7 January 2015
- ^ "North West Russia", Metsähallitus, Wild Forest Reindeer, nd, retrieved 7 January 2015
- ^ a b c "Wild Forest Reindeer", Metsähallitus, nd, retrieved 7 January 2015The site has been made as part of the wild forest reindeer project, partly financed by the Karelia ENPI CBC Programme. The site has been cooperatively prepared by Metsähallitus, the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute (RKTL) and the Institute of Biology at the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Maintained by Metsähallitus.
- ^ "Evenki Reindeer Herding: A History", Cultural Survival, retrieved 30 December 2014
- ^ "Interactive Map of Reindeer Husbandry in Russia", Rangifer, nd, archived from the original on 16 May 2013, retrieved 7 January 2015
- ^ a b Vainshtein, Sev'yan I. (1971), "The Problem of the Origins of Reindeer Herding in Eurasia, Part II: The Role of the Sayan Center in the Diffusion of Reindeer Herding in Eurasia", Sovetskaya Etnografiya, 5: 37–52
- ^ Yukaghirs, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian)
- ^ Evenks, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian)
- ^ Bella Bychkova Jordan, Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov Siberian Village: Land and Life in the Sakha Republic, U of Minnesota Press, 2001 ISBN 0-8166-3569-2 p. 38
- ^ Evens, Novosibirsk University (in Russian)
- ^ a b c Pavlinskaya, Larisa R. (Spring 2003), "Reindeer Herding in the Eastern Sayan- A Story of the Soyot", Cultural Survival Quarterly, The Troubled Taiga, 27 (1), retrieved 30 December 2014
- ^ Petri, B.E. (1927), Anthropological Research into the Small-Numbered Peoples of the Eastern Sayan Mountains (Preliminary Findings), Irkutsk
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- ^ a b Plumley, Daniel R. (June 2000), "Requiem or Recovery: The 21st Century Fate of the Reindeer-Herding Peoples of Geographical Central Asia", Totem Peoples Preservation Project, Cultural Survival Inc., Republic of Tuva, archived from the original on 19 January 2015, retrieved 31 December 2014

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Premenstrual Syndrome is one of the most common reasons why women come to me for the first time for homeopathic treatment. Some women suffer more physically with tender breasts, food cravings, bloating and fatigue. For others the problem is more the emotional rollercoaster which could result in mood swings, irritability and depression. Or for some…Read More
The placenta is seen as holy in many cultures. In our part of the world we too hear of traditions where people bury the placenta and plant a tree of life for their child in the well-nourished soil. But what many don't know is that it is also possible to have a tailor-made homeopathic remedy…Read More
Headaches are the number one reason for people taking painkillers. And sometimes the regularity of these headaches can start racking up the amount of pain medication you are taking. In the long term, this is not a good thing for your gut, kidneys, heart or joints. Headaches are a like little messengers sent to tell…Read More
Children are exploring their world which means testing and feeling out where their boundaries and limits lie. Accidents and injuries are a normal part of this exploration! And some children are more adventurous than others, some more clumsy. Some less so. Either way, I recommend getting together a good little home remedy kit with the…Read More
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Career: 1906
Debut: Round 10, 1906 v Geelong, aged 18 years, 176 days
Carlton Player No.: 206
Games: 8
Goals: 5
Last game: Grand Final, 1906 v Fitzroy, aged 18 years, 246 days
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Weight: ?
DOB: January 19, 1888
Premiership Player 1906
Little was born in Hotham East (Nth Melbourne), and was recruited from North Melbourne VFA and interestingly, played in the forward pocket for 7 of his 8 games, and then once at full back.
Adding to the story was that those games where he was selected up forward corresponded to the wins - the one loss was the only game he played at full back when South Melbourne pounded through 12 goals.
His first game was against Geelong in Round 10. His last game was the 1906 Grand Final in which he kicked one of Carlton's 15 goals. With this win, Little became one of Carlton's 'quickest' Premiership players by winning a Premiership in just his 8th game. More on this story is told here.
This win was to be Little's last game at senior level.
Little passed away on the 14th June, 1945 aged 57.
LinksArticles: Glory with your first steps
Blueseum: A summary of Little's playing career | Little's Blueseum Image Gallery


text: https://pedpalascnetlibrary.omeka.net/items/browse?tags=Vaudre+G&output=atom 2023-10-04T10:09:15-04:00 Omeka https://pedpalascnetlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/13150 2023-02-23T17:21:12-05:00 Title [How to discuss death with a dying child: a story can help?] Creator Auvrignon A; Fasola S; Loedec C; Aumont C; Nomdedeu S; Landman-Parker J; Gervaise S; Vaudre G; Renolleau S; Leverger G Identifier 10.1016/j.arcped.2006.02.007 Publisher Archives De Pediatrie Date 2006 Subject PedPal Lit Description Is it necessary - and possible - to discuss death with a child in palliative phase? How should one approach the subject? A recent Swedish study demonstrated the benefits for parents who discussed with their child his or her imminent death, and raised the question of the role nursing can play to help parents. The mother of one child treated in our unit recently wrote a story 48 hours before the child's death. The story served to broach a number of recurrent questions often raised by dying children and their families: fear of the unknown, of being replaced, the inevitability of death, grief, and fear of being forgotten... The story was given to 13 families with dying children. In order to evaluate the story's impact on families and to determine whether a document which stimulates dialogue should continue to be given to parents, we asked that they fill out a questionnaire. Fifty-five percent of parents answered, and confirmed that the story was experienced as a positive thing and helped parents to talk with their children. This study raises many questions and should be part of a global accompaniment strategy. A review of medical, general and children's literature, as well the results of our study, lead us to conclude that the medical body should lend its full support to families who wish to engage in this dialogue with their children. 2006 Rights Article information provided for research and reference use only. PedPalASCNET does not hold any rights over the resource listed here. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s). Type Journal Article Citation List Month Backlog URL Address http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16616464 ]]>


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Dimensions of Prayer Wheels
Handheld Prayer Wheel Sizes
Table Top Prayer Wheel Sizes
* The number listed is only for Mani mantras. It is possible to replace some or all of the Mani mantras with other mantras. Please visit other mantras available for more information. Please note: The number of total mantras listed for each prayer wheel will be reduced if you include other mantras. Your prayer wheel will contain the same amount of microfilm but there will be fewer total mantras because only the Mani mantra was reduced very small.


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Nils Boyer will be competing on board Le Choix Funeraire in the Rhum Mono class
Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe – the Mono Rhum Class
Today marks one month to go until the start of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe. On November 4, 124 skippers will be leaving St Malo in Brittany to take on the 3,542-nautical mile course to Point-à-Pitre on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.
With an incredible turn-out across the six classes, it is time to introduce each class so fans know who and what to look out for, starting with the Rhum Mono:
The starting point
For the first time since the creation of the Route du Rhum, all the monohulls that are not in the IMOCA or Class40 divisions are grouped together: the Rhum Mono class consists of 17 solo skippers who come to St Malo to sail in the footsteps of Kriter V, the famous "black cigar" of Michel Malinovski who came so cloe to winning the first edition of the race in 1978…
However, it should not be believed that these 17 contenders are only there to dream. Some proudly carry the branding of a charity, others the ambitions of a company while others sail to honour the sport's history. Among these monohulls, are three celebrity boats that have made their mark: Kriter V which was beaten by 98 seconds at the finish in Guadeloupe in 1978 after 23 days, 7 hours and 1 minute; Kriter VIII sailed for a second time this year by Wilfrid Clerton and on which Malinovski surrendered again against an armada of multihulls in 1982 after 19 days, 16 hours and 15 minutes; and the "red cigar," the ex-Helvim sailed by Jean-Luc van den Heede in the 1992 Vendée Globe, skippered this time by Jean-Marie Patier.
And this category also includes legendary sailors like Luc Coquelin (Rotary-Sea for All) who will line up for the sixth time on the same boat – a yacht with a fastest time of 20 days, 3 hours and 59 minutes in 2002 . Or the Italian Andrea Mura (Vento di Sardegna), winner in 2010 and second in 2014 aboard the same Open 50. There are also three other 50-footers raced by Eric Jail (The Voice of the Ocean), Nils Boyer and the West Indian regular competitor Willy Bissainte (C 'La Guadeloupe).
All these skipper-boat partnerships have chances to aim for the podium, but the faourites for the top step are two experienced pairings: Sebastien Destremeau (Alcatraz IT FaceOcean), a veteran of the Vendée Globe aboard his 60ft IMOCA and Sidney Gavignet (Happy Coffee) on a particularly quick 52-footer. But let's see what happens because this challenge is often very tough for sailing boats of up to 40 years of age.
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Dominique Dubois (Ghéo): "The Route du Rhum is not only a dream come true, it's also a breath of fresh air! Like other businessmen in the fleet (Jean-Marie Patier, Christian Guyader, Yann Marilley), I have had to skip work to sail but I am doing it because it's not just a race, it's a whole challenge and being able to start with professionals is magical. Let's keep this class – the Rhum Mono. I will probably come back in four years' time ... always as amateur. Because it will be a great pleasure. I wish I had done it sooner!"


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Facts about Machu Picchu are elaborated here. You will spot Inca citadel in Machu Picchu. The location of this impressive 15th century citadel is in Cusco Region in Peru. The citadel is unique for it sits on the height of 7,970 feet or 2,430 m above the sea elevation. According to the archeologists, Pachacuti, the Inca emperor established Machu Picchu as his estate. The emperor lived in 1438 until 1472. Let us get other interesting facts about Machu Picchu by reading the below post:
Facts about Machu Picchu 1: the title
Machu Picchu earned the title as Lost City of the Incas. Actually the title should be used for Vilcabamba. When people talk about the civilization of the Incas, it always reminds them with Machu Picchu.
Facts about Machu Picchu 2: building Machu Picchu
In 1450, Machu Picchu was constructed. However, it was neglected after Spain conquered the land.
Facts about Machu Picchu 3: the international prominence
Machu Picchu was brought in the international prominence by Hiram Bingham, the notable American historian in 1911. During the colonial period, people did not realize about the presence of Machu Picchu.
Facts about Machu Picchu 4: the architectural design
The walls were created from the polished dry stones. The three major structures are the primary features in Machu Picchu. They are the Room of the Three Windows, the Temple of the Sun and Inti Watana.
Read Also: 10 Facts about Louvre Museum
Facts about Machu Picchu 5: reconstruction
The reconstruction process took place in Machu Picchu so that the visitors will realize the original building.
Facts about Machu Picchu 6: as a protected structure
In 1983, Machu Picchu was designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In 1981, it earned the title as a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary.
Related Article: 10 Facts about London Eye
Facts about Machu Picchu 7: the construction date
The construction date of Machu Picchu took place during the rule of two great rulers of Incas. They were Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui and Túpac Inca Yupanqui.
Facts about Machu Picchu 8: Popular District
Residential District or Popular District is occupied by the simplest houses and storage buildings. The lower class people settled here.
Facts about Machu Picchu 9: the royalty area
The noble people lived in royalty area located over the slop where it featured houses in rows.
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Facts about Machu Picchu 10: the forms of houses or rooms
The trapezoid shaped rooms were intended for the princesses. The houses with reddish walls were for the wise persons or amautas.
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Bryston BUC-1
USB digital audio signal interface review
Liquid music, a term that has become common use, is spreading like wildfire. The use of high resolution audio files is in fact attracting an increasing number of fans and listeners, and not necessarily occasional ones. Users have begun to use the computer as a primary source for playback and listening to their music.
This new phenomenon has given birth to and seen the rise of marketing of a whole range of specific equipment, some of which offers rather sophisticated technical solutions that allow you to interface the PC with your stereo system, using the now widespread and common USB port. However, to achieve the so-called nirvana of music playback through the USB port some rules should be observed. For example: the use of a USB cable which requires the separation of the power signal from audio data; the use of a dedicated power supply for the USB signal; and last but not least, the choice of a correct interface or USB converter. In this regard, we are referring in particular to the device which is the object of this review, the asynchronous USB converter called BUC-1 made by Bryston. Bryston, a Canadian company devoted to the creation of high-end audio equipment also for professionals, is among those who have entered into this segment of the market by offering an interface that allows you to convert the USB signal into common digital formats such as AES/EBU and S/PDIF. Thereby giving users both the possibility to transform the simple USB signal into a PCM digital audio signal that can be easily decoded by different professional or consumer audio equipment and enable the USB interface to manage the transfer of the audio data using the USB 2.0 protocol. This in turn allows the BUC-1 to act as the master to regenerate the clock signal and filter any possible EMI noise. Achieving both of these goals has allowed Bryston to create a product such as the BUC-1.
The BUC-1 is essentially an interface that allows you to convert the USB audio signal from a PC into a digital PCM AES/EBU and S/PDIF audio signal. It's well made and its design is simple but attractive as well as being quite small. Its weight gives you the clear impression of being a solid and well made device with a metal exterior chassis. The front panel, which at the customer's request can also be black or silver, is made of brushed metal. On it are located both the power button and a set of lights with 8 small green LEDs indicating the sampling frequency of the input signal, the presence or absence of the USB connection and the locking of the clock signal by the BUC-1. The rear panel, in addition to the IEC socket to connect the power cable, is equipped with a balanced XLR socket for the digital AES/EBU signal, two coaxial connectors and one BNC for the S/PDIF signal. Inside the BUC-1, we find a latest generation XMOS chip for USB signal decoding. This chip is able to accept PCM audio streams of up to 24/192 kHz and DoP (DSD over PCM) of up to 2.8 MHz. There are also two low phase noise high quality clocks, one for multiples of 44.1 kHz and the other for multiples of 48 kHz. Bryston has also provided the BUC-1, with a properly dimensioned power supply with the function of removing all the noise generated by the computer (motherboard, hard disk, etc.), and a multistage filter to eliminate electromagnetic interference noise both of which cause the most damage to the overall quality of sound reproduction in the USB chain. The internal power supply is stabilized and also provides power to both the clocks and the digital circuit. Other features included are the power cord, a printed manual and a USB stick with the drivers needed by Windows users as the Apple operating system automatically recognises the BUC-1 without the need for drivers. Overall, every detail has been carefully designed to achieve the best result.
Listening test
As usual in all of our listening tests, we let the machine burn in for at least 48 hours. We then replaced the power cord with a more sophisticated one in order to enable the BUC-1 to unleash its full potential. Once the burn in process was completed we proceeded without any difficulty, to install on our Windows DAW, the drivers required to use the USB converter. The songs used for the listening tests have been high-resolution recordings, which are more suitable to exploit in depth all the technical capabilities offered by the BUC-1. When comparing the product of Bryston with another interface we use, produced by Audio Matrix, we were able to detect clear differences. When trying to describe them, the first word that comes to mind as regards the performance of the BUC-1 is naturalness. Music playback is effortless with all the instruments played in a very realistic manner and utterly devoid of any sense of artifice typical with a digital audio signal. The accuracy of the details and the focus is really good as well as the articulation of transients. Compared to the X-SPDIF by Matrix Audio, the BUC-1 appears to further extend the response of the source to the extremes of the sound spectrum. The low-frequencies gain in extension and the highs are more precise. We can clearly hear a greater separation of channels and what has struck us, as well as the purity of the sound message, is the dynamics of the music. The instruments acquire greater weight and impact allowing them to lash out even more clearly through our playback chain.
The BUC-1 is a device that doesn't take away or add anything to the source. Its tonal balance makes it look like it was completely transparent in extolling the merits or demerits of the recordings. Out of curiosity we also wanted to include the iPurifier filter between the USB cable and the USB input of the BUC-1 to verify whether the sonic performance of the device could in some way be affected positively or negatively. In all honesty we only saw a slight improvement in sound performance as regards focus and articulation of transients but the perceived improvements were modest to the point that the use of the iPurifier proved not to be decisive. All this was due to the benefits of the high quality construction of the internal power supply and filtering circuits of the BUC-1. Finally, we wanted to compare the possible sonic differences between the AES/EBU balanced digital output and the coaxial S/PDIF output. When switching quickly between one connection and the other, the AES/EBU balanced digital output was the one that gave us the best performance and the one that convinced us most as regards the excellent performance of this USB interface. The coaxial output ensures an excellent quality but certainly doesn't have the same weight, soundstage size, naturalness and articulation of the balanced digital one. Although it goes without saying that the best yield of the BUC-1 is obtained with original recordings at 96 and 192 kHz, common audio files with original CD resolution are certainly not to be underestimated.
Final thoughts
The BUC-1 is definitely a device that has been positively influenced by all the know-how acquired by Bryston over the years in the field of digital audio. We could easily consider it a professional piece of gear created for the consumer market in order to offer, even a normal user, the best performance from his USB audio chain. Although unlike some of its competitors it can't decode formats such as DSD, DXD or the PCM audio files with a resolution of 352 and 384 kHz, the BUC-1 shows naturalness, dynamics and neutrality all of which are its' greatest strengths. It's a product that should be seriously considered by all those of you who don't own a DAC with a USB input or whose USB input is limited to 96 kHz, in order to get the best in sonic reproduction from your audio chain. In conclusion, it must be said bluntly and without fear of venturing into absolutistic claims that the BUC-1 made by Bryston can make a difference as long as the rest of the playback chain is up to it. It definitely has our highest recommendation. Well done Bryston!
Personal opinion
If in the beginning I had any doubts that a different USB interface could somehow improve the sonic performance of my audio chain, I ended up changing my mind. I rediscovered the listening of a lot of songs I already knew very well, and above all, thanks to the BUC-1, I had a much clearer and more precise picture of what was coming from the source. I've always loved devices that don't colour or alter the sound message, and that above all highlight in a merciless way all its strengths and weaknesses. Bryston's BUC-1 has done this perfectly thereby becoming my new reference product. Therefore, I would highly recommend it to any fan that uses a computer as the main source for listening to music.
- Scoring110
- Sound quality [1]
- Bang fot the buck [2]
- Measures [3]
- Build quality [4]
- Versatility [5]
- Overall rating
- 1. The sound quality is really excellent especially with high resolution tracks
- 2. The bang for the buck of the device is very good
- 3. The measurements show an excellent linearity on various parameters
- 4. Build quality and aesthetics are excellent
- 5. Versatility is wide-ranging but only limited to PCM files up to 192 kHz


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Wood City competition
Wood City competition
Wood City is a showcase of Finnish wood construction – a world class urban quarter representing the latest in environmentally friendly construction technology. The quarter consists of an office building, a hotel and two residential buildings located in Jätkäsaari, new seaside developement in Helsinki.
Curving forms of the wooden quarters represent environmental values of wood construction, creating a positive and recognizable aura. Façade of the office building is a combination of wood and glass. Unique wooden overhang by the hotel entrance is light and airy promoting new, innovative wood construction. The residential buildings are located on the western side of the quarters creating a private, green courtyard in the middle.
Invited competition 2012, finalist, honorary mention
Jätkäsaari, Helsinki, Finland
Office building, hotel and two residential buildings /
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WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS CAN EXPECTBy User Not Found May 14, 2020
We like to call it the Federal Advantage, but what that really means for our customers is a food service display that's customized with innovative designs and world-class craftsmanship right here in our Wisconsin manufacturing facilities.
In today's climate, it's more important than ever to support American businesses that create American jobs. Every single member of the Federal team is committed to exceeding expectations, meaning we want to be a business our customers are proud to support.
How do we do that?
There's a series of seven key areas where we accel, and we'd like to take a few minutes to describe our objectives and processes as we group these seven factors together.
Our Wisconsin factory takes pride in its green manufacturing methods. While we always produce quality American products, we also focus on reducing our environmental impact with efforts like recycling, green manufacturing practices, and energy-efficient facilities. We also take an approach to energy that fosters sustainability. Both our solutions and the ways in which they're manufactured contribute to these efforts.
Federal's total system approach, which we call Clear Coil™, is used in all of our refrigerated displays. It provides an extended shelf life for many food products by cultivating uniform refrigerated temperatures at high humidity levels. We also have our own, in-house powder coating system to assure our solutions are aesthetically pleasing and long-lasting.
We also take these advances in design by providing versatility in our designs. With displays that serve a range of purposes with outstanding presentation features for just about every type of food and beverage product, we have displays for pretty much every situation. And if we don't have it, we can customize it just for you.
The bottom line is we do what we have to do for our customers. We take pride in understanding the challenges all of our customers have, whether you're a convenience store selling burritos or a school cafeteria trying to get students to drink milk. From refrigerated, non-refrigerated, or hot cases, our design experts will shape a signature look customizable to your specifications and decor for bakery, deli, and confectionery items.
We're also known for our support. Everything we manufacture and ship comes with the understanding that we're here for you. We're your partner. And we're responsive through our series of representatives located throughout the country, who are trained and knowledgeable about all our products.
We're here for you during uncertain times. Just let us know how we can help.


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The Gathering Storm: Securing the API Attack Surface With 42Crunch
Report Summary
The Gathering Storm: Securing the API Attack Surface With 42Crunch
API management gateways serve critical, necessary functions that API security gateways don't provide.
Boston, June 13, 2019 – The application programming interface economy, which was built around the new microservices architecture, has created an attack surface of epic proportions. This research report dissects API attacks and explains how they can be prevented by performing adversarial tactics and techniques against two API servers—one that is protected by 42Crunch and another that isn't. It focuses specifically on the API security solution from 42Crunch and is based on interviews with 42Crunch and on primary research resulting from a hands-on attack lab.
Designed to provide frequent, concise, and actionable insights, the newly launched Impact Brief is a complement to Aite Group's research reports and will allow Aite Group to cover new topics and update information based on client feedback. To learn more about the topic covered in this Impact Brief, please contact us at [email protected].
Clients of Aite Group's Cybersecurity service can download this 22-page Impact Brief.


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Raise your hands if you wish you had a chance to try sumo! Hiroshima University's sumo club is putting on sumo events that Tachiai readers may be interested in. On October 16, they are holding a tournament for international students and then on the 29th they are holding one open to everyone. So often, we just read about sumo. Here's your chance to DO IT.
There will be separate male and female sections. Bring a shirt, shorts and a towel! There will be prizes for top wrestlers. If you don't want to wrestle and just want to watch, it sounds like this will be a great opportunity to see the next generation of university competitors!
If you're following the Jungyo dates and schedule, the event on the 29th is two days after the Jungyo's final date in Hiroshima. For those of you in Western Japan, that sounds like an amazing few days. The final three days of the tour are in different areas of Hiroshima prefecture. It's quite the opportunity to see your favorite wrestlers (unless your favorite is on the kyujo list) and then actually compete!
If you do go, and you're interested in writing up your experience for a guest post on Tachiai, let me know. If you have more questions about the event, reach out to the Hiroshima Daigaku Sumo Bu @hirodaisumou as in the Tweets above. I wish we had this opportunity 15 years ago in Tokyo! I think this is nearer Bruce's old stomping grounds but I would have thumbed a ride from Tokyo to give it a try. Good luck!


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Thanks to all visiting stores & press who came to support new & emerging designers.
A huge thanks to buyers & press who visited the August 2013 edition. We loved our new, and larger, air-conditioned venue at the Hilton Olympia, and so did visitors who gave great feedback about the convenient location. Visitors came from across the UK and Europe to support and discover new designers, and the proximity to […]
FashionUnited + New Venue, New Season, New Brands at Margin London
Thanks to FashionUnited:
Margin Labels Head To Tokyo +
Margin London is the only UK event exclusively running an exchange programme with IFF, Tokyo's largest fashion trade event. Exhibitors at the August 2013 edition of Margin, which takes place on the 4th & 5th, are able to apply to exhibit free of charge at the IFF show in Tokyo from the 17th to 19th July 2013. […]
Sportswear International + MARGIN: MORE AND MORE INTERNATIONAL
Thanks to Sportswear International:
Exhibitor Preview + AUG 2013 + Bijouxellery
Making their European trade debut at Margin London in August 2013, Bijouxellery offer practical yet playful men's accessories. Founded in Japan by Yuki, the designer, who trained at the London College of Fashion, the range allows men to affirm their individuality within the style confines of the business environment. Bijouxellery's range of high quality cufflinks […]


text: Mo Karnage is an activist from Richmond, Virginia. Mo has been involved in Radical activities in Richmond, as a member of the Wingnut Anarchist Collective, hosting Richmond Food Not Bombs, working with the Central Virginia Food Bank to host it's Mobile Food Pantry in Southern Barton Heights, and working with various other causes and organizations in the City. Mo also runs Karnage Creations LLC, doing woodwork restoration among other things. I gave Mo a call and we recorded this interview.


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Taken - (59% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes)Pick of the Week
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The Uninvited - (43% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes)
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New In Town - (12% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes)
Renée Zellweger stars as Lucy Hill, a powerful businesswoman who feels right at home in glamorous Miami. But soon a business opportunity takes her to small town America, and she realizes that she may have found more there than just another way to climb the corporate ladder. Harry Connick Jr. costars as the object of Lucy's affection, and J.K. Simmons also co-stars. Critical consensus tells us Cliched and short on charm, New In Town is a pat genre exercise that fails to bring the necessary heat to its Minnesota setting.
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Project EFQM
Before presenting the project in society EFQM Let's start is necessary that the management team that has made the decision to change takes into account a series of factors for MS project is born strong. The first thing you have to think there are reasons that will be exposed so that the need for a change is present in the minds of all. It's analyze and put in writing in schematic form which are recurring problems that has the Organization and that can be the basis of a declaration of objectives assigned to the project. Is desirable that every problem, it worked by the team using the cause and effect scheme so that they can establish by consensus which are the main causes and effects that produces this problem in the Organization and thus begin to take action. With this ratio of problemas-causas – purposes, you can set a simple action plan that will result in one of the main challenges to get in the mood of the people: that this project will not be more roles, more bureaucracy. Having then prepared visually objectives, reasons, major problems we have declared the need to manage this change led by the management team, but supported by everyone.
This summarized it in a document that will form the basis of the exhibition that we make to the organization. The Mise en scene must work it well, since it will be an important factor, so everyone leaves convinced that something must be done. Once tackled the internal communication, is interesting to use all resources that provide us with ICTs, to communicate that our Organization to emprezado a draft EFQM, excellent management, always thinking in our customers and serve them better. The website, blogs, specialized directories, personal communications via email, events, news, Twitter, facebook… etc are the main resources that play on our behalf so that we have the maximum possible impact. The GuiadelCalidad team, has developed a roadmap completely online to create a structure of management in any organization. You can see the project methodology model EFQM. Doing so also numerous support tools have been developed if you go to our blog efqmgestio.com you can view the road map that we use to raise awareness of the project's management taking the EFQM model as a map model is the intellectual property of the EFQM and its official representation in Spain the CEG holds


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My 8 year blogiversary was last week, eight (!) whole years since that fateful Thursday evening that I turned to my husband and said "what do you think of the idea of me starting a blog"? He was so enthusiastically supportive (he recognized that I needed an outlet for my enthusiasm for the Paleo diet, which had made a remarkable difference in my health in two short months) that I launched my website that very Sunday with a short post introducing the main tenets of the Paleo diet.
I tend to find myself in a reflective mood on anniversaries; I suppose marking milestones by appreciating the journey to get there is part of human nature. The Paleo and AIP templates revolutionized my life in terms of my health; but this year, I find myself reflecting on how blogging itself, beyond keeping me accountable in terms of those diet and lifestyle choices, has also profoundly changed my life.
My First Blogging Steps
When I launched my blog on November 4th, 2011, my daughters were not quite 2 and 5 years old (they're about to turn 10 and 13, yikes!). I had been a stay-at-home mom for a little over 3 years, and while I loved raising my girls, I sorely missed the cognitive stimulation of the academic research lab (learn more). I was also feeling very isolated. I had just gone through a bad break-up with my only friend in Atlanta and was having a hard time fitting in at mommy group playdates (it turns out that there aren't many stay-at-home moms with doctorate degrees in medical biophysics in the suburbs of Atlanta). My life was craft projects, story time at the library, building toys, and reading Curious George (over, and over, and over). I didn't recognize it at the time, but I needed not just an outlet for my enthusiasm about the Paleo diet, but also an authentic connection to like-minded people in the outside world.
Living on a single income meant no seed funds for my new blog. But, that was okay because I really didn't have any aspirations for my blog at all. I paid $4 for my domain registration and started thepaleomom.com on Blogger, a free platform, which at the time (I don't know how different it is now), required me to write the html for my menus and any even remotely sophisticated formatting (ooh, that B.Sc. in honors physics was coming in super handy!).
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Why ThePaleoMom you ask? Yes, many people new to my work are confused about why a site so thoroughly steeped in science has such a mommy blog sounding name. Well, when I launched my site, I really did think it would be a mommy blog, chronicling my journey with Paleo and my efforts to gradually transition my two young daughters and relatively stubborn husband to this new way of eating. I hadn't realized yet that, beyond my experience in computer programming and my love of drawing, that my scientific research background was going to be relevant at all! I chose ThePaleoMom simply because it seemed to fit what I thought my blog would be and it was available as a domain and handle on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.
Here's another fun fact that arose out of my lack of foresight when it came to my voice as a blogger: When I launched my blog, I did so with my married name. Professionally as a medical researcher, I used and published under my maiden name (pretty common for women in science). If I had understood what ThePaleoMom.com was destined to become (a scientifically-grounding voice helping to bring legitimacy to an entire health movement via its evidence-led approach to understanding optimal diet and lifestyle choices), I likely would have chosen to build on my professional reputation as a scientist and use my maiden name. I did not yet know myself well enough to recognize that I can't turn off the nerd (sorry folks! that's just me), and that my scientific background and long-standing passion for scientific literacy wouldn't just become integral to my brand, but would actually form the launching pad from which my blogging style, voice, and overarching mission would be propelled. In all honesty, I also found comfort in the anonymity of my married name. I even used a sketched self-portrait as my bio shot for the first eight months or so of blogging. It was a very vulnerable day to finally replace that sketch with an actual photo of me and I thank my early followers for their positive response to that unveiling.
My blog was discovered by the Paleo community fairly quickly, in part because I was lucky enough to launch a Paleo-focused blog before the community was saturated with them. Although at the time, I felt like a latecomer and thought that I wouldn't be able to carve out a niche for myself with folks like Robb Wolf and Whole30 to compete with for bandwidth. Take-home message: you can't always predict the growth of a community or sector, or how your voice will resonate, so it's more important to establish yourself in the area where your passions lie than where you think you can be loud enough to be heard. Other keys to the rapid growth of my blog out of the gate: my scientific background and perspective were unique in the Paleo community, my writing style resonated with people hungry for more detailed information, I was authentically me from the very beginning (heart on my sleeve and willing to share my experiences and to be vulnerable), and I was active on social media (enjoying nerding out online and connecting with my audience, those like-minded people I so needed in my life!).
My First Major Opportunity: The Paleo View Podcast
I don't actually know how I ended up on a reviewer list for Eat Like a Dinosaur by Stacy Toth and Matthew McCarry of RealEverything (then Paleo Parents). It was probably thanks to my website name making my compatibility obvious, in addition to having achieved a critical mass of social media followers in my first 4-5 months of blogging. It was a Big Deal! I mean, someone actually wanted my opinion on their book! They even sent me a free review copy! Weeeeee!
I took my inaugural book reviewing duties super seriously. I cooked a ton of recipes out of the book (even buying kitchen equipment to make the waffles), I read the children's story within to my kids and got their feedback, and I crafted my review.
Good thing I loved the book. Stacy reached out to me on social media and we had our first phone call. We ended up talking for well over an hour, hitting it off. Stacy had been thinking for a while about creating a podcast and asked if I would co-host it with her, with Matt producing the show. We talked about her vision for the podcast, discussed possible names, and formats… I was in!
And, The Paleo View Podcast was born.
I wish I could say that it was a strategic choice to align myself with established bloggers through our podcasting collaboration. Nah, I just really liked Stacy (and still do!) and thought that podcasting sounded fun. But, jumping aboard this ship ended up being awesome for the continued growth of my blog and brand. I was able to meet other Paleo bloggers through Stacy and Matt, and plug myself into the community in a new way. And, communicating now in two media, written and audio, helped me to find confidence in my knowledge base and to hone my voice, something I was still struggling to solidify.
From Blogger to Author
Meeting Stacy, Matt and their Paleo blogger friends was an important stepping stone in my blogging journey. They demonstrated to me that blogging could be a legit career and generously shared their wisdom with me regarding marketing, blog post schedules, social media, list building, book deals, and food photography. They were willing to hold open the door for me, so I had some thinking to do… what did I actually want from all this? Do I walk through this doorway?
I spent that first summer after I launched my blog thinking about whether or not I wanted to write a book, given that getting a book deal has traditionally been thought of the pinnacle of blogging success and I was now aligned with so many successful bloggers-turned-author.
After much thought and discussion with my husband, I decided that I did not want to write a book. I was happy with my blog being a hobby, something that I could keep up with in hour or two per day while my kids were napping, that might help a few people find answers to their health woes without having to hit the lows that I did before discovering Paleo and the AIP, and that would bring in a bit of money, perhaps enough that I could buy some higher quality groceries. No, I decided, I would not approach a publisher and nor would I start writing a manuscript. Once my kids were both in school, I intended to return to academia and research. This whole blog thing would remain a hobby to keep my brain happy in the meantime.
Or not.
Ten months after I launched my blog, I was approached by two different publishers a week and a half apart from each other. Even though I had just decided that I didn't want to write a book, it felt like the universe was telling me that I had made the wrong choice. Plus, I was flattered. How could I turn down this opportunity? Victory Belt Publishing Inc. was offering me an open-ended deal to write whatever book I wanted. The community obviously needed a book about the Autoimmune Protocol. So, I accepted and got to work on The Paleo Approach.
It was the first of many offers I couldn't refuse, and just being willing to say yes when an amazing opportunity presented itself was a major key in the rapid and organic growth of my blog.
Suddenly, my blog went from a part-time hobby to a full-time job, one that I still tried to fit in while my kids were sleeping or playing with the 10-year old neighbor who came over a couple of hours a week to work as a mommy's helper. I needed to hire an assistant to keep up with e-mails and DMs on social media so that I could write. That meant that I had payroll expenses, so I needed to better monetize my blog. In one stroke of my pen (signing my book deal contract), this $!it got real.
It was as if I dipped my toe into the water, found it to be warm, and then dove in head first.
Finding My Voice
The process of writing and illustrating The Paleo Approach really helped me establish my voice, my mission, and a strong professional moral code.
The Paleo Approach is very unique as a diet book. In it, I go into detail about how the immune system works, how it breaks down in autoimmune disease, the intersection with genetics and the environment, and how diet and lifestyle factors influence (both positively and negatively) immune function to affect healing. It felt like writing a series of scientific review articles, something I dreaded when I was a medical researcher, but found a new appreciation for in the context of popular science writing. I spent my days reading scientific journal articles, falling down the rabbit hole of PubMed, and then pulling the information together to form a cohesive picture with actionable takeaways, backing up every recommendation with a body of scientific evidence (the book cites over 1200 journal articles). My publisher couldn't find a medical illustrator to do the cell biology diagrams I wanted in The Paleo Approach, so I drew them myself. I had drawn my own diagrams for my doctoral thesis and various presentations when I was a medical researcher, and here I was drawing nearly identical illustrations of epithelial cells, tight junctions, apical and basolateral membranes… it was like being back in the Cell Biology department at The University of Arizona!
I leaned in to all of my training as a scientist to write and create The Paleo Approach, which (humble brag) made the New York Times bestseller list (and if that isn't validation, I don't know what is!). And, this experience helped me understand what the unique-to-me, special thing is that I have to contribute to the Paleo and AIP communities (and health-conscious communities in general): my ability to read and understand science in detail, to aggregate information from multiple fields of research, to distill it to its relevant and actionable core, and then to communicate that without "dumbing it down" for the general public.
In my second year of graduate school, I was awarded the named lecture. I had to give a presentation to the entire department on my research and the privilege came with a modest scholarship. I was the youngest and most junior student to ever receive this honor, usually reserved for senior graduate students in their final year of their doctorate degrees. I gave my presentation on my gene therapy research, using many of the strategies that I still employ to create dynamic and entertaining presentations that are still incredibly informative. At the end of my presentation, the olde time professor emeritus of the department (who had actually been hired several decades earlier by my grandfather, who was a cancer researcher, although I'm not sure he had made that connection) came up to me to tell me that it was a fantastic presentation (squee), but that he felt I was in the wrong field (oh-oh). I shouldn't be pursuing a career as a researcher, I should be on television like David Suzuki (a Canadian scientist, climate activist, and 80s and 90s television personality in Canada). I was so offended! I had wanted to be a researcher since I was 7 years old (inspired largely by my grandfather)! How dare he tell me the thing that I was pouring my heart and soul into, that I had wanted to do for most of my life, wasn't the right career for me!?
I think about that all the time, because as much as I didn't want to hear it at the time, he was right. That's pretty much what I'm doing now (he couldn't have conceived of a blog way back in 2000). I now think of myself as a science translator, or science communicator.
My blog began to focus primarily on articles explaining the science behind some aspect of the Paleo diet or the Autoimmune Protocol. (I love cooking so there was still recipes thrown into the mix. But, being a Paleo family had become completely natural, easy even, so there didn't seem to be much point in writing about that part of my journey any more.) I honed the format of my science-focused blog posts. I make sure to thoroughly cite all of my blog posts and never make a statement that isn't backed up by science (and not just a cherry-picked paper or two that confirms what I believe, because that's not science!).
I got into a great groove. Communicating with my audience on social media or via my e-mail list helped me know what topics people wanted to read about (in addition to writing about topics that were of interest to me personally). I'd dive into the scientific literature until I felt that I had a solid grasp of the field or research on that topic, and then write about it, admitting the boundaries of current human knowledge, and generally geeking out over conflicting data, since that most typically implies the importance of context and nuance (interesting to me!). And, I wrote more books (I'm now finishing up my fifth!) all embracing science! Paleo Principles is even being used as a textbook (but don't worry, it's still geared at the general public)!
And then, I started to experience push-back and anti-science sentiment. I was following my training as a scientist, trying to fairly represent scientific research in an actionable way. But, that meant that I was saying some things that weren't super popular because they didn't conform to conspiracy theories or support fads. (For example, my Adverse Reactions to Ketogenic Diets: Caution Advised blog post incited internet trolls to claim that I wasn't a real scientist because I hadn't even published any papers! Duh, my papers were published under my maiden name and these trolls didn't even take the time to check out my About Page where I has already linked to them!) Knowing that any blog post I write or presentation I give might need to be defended as rigorously as my PhD dissertation is why my voice as a blogger includes doubling down on the value of scientific evidence, maintaining high integrity and probity when creating any resource, and fighting against pseudoscience and anti-science fear mongering.
From Blog to Business
As my blog audience started to grow exponentially, the trial-by-fire learning about business and online marketing really began. My first steps included filing to become an LLC, hiring an accountant and a lawyer, moving my website to WordPress, starting to use premium plugins and services, signing up for affiliate marketing programs, hiring first a general assistant and then a graphic designer and social media assistant, all while working to increase my revenue streams to be able to keep up with my newfound payroll responsibilities and rapidly increasing overhead expenses. Most of the time, the revenue I brought in was barely enough to cover expenses, meaning that I was working full time and more without paying myself.
I entered a cycle of business growth: work on revenue streams by creating a digital product or taking on a new brand partner, hire a team member or lease a new professional service or software, feel super stressed about my budget after overcommitting, work on revenue streams to compensate, rinse, repeat. I learned both from my successes and my failures: projects that super resonated with my audience that monetized easily and efficiently, projects that failed to land and lost money, and many more projects somewhere in between. Through it all, I never lost focus of my overarching vision and continue to work diligently each step of the way. Over the years, I built an amazing team of talented women who support every aspect of what I do, helping me continuously progress towards my goals. I've also had the pleasure of having previous team members "graduate" ThePaleoMom and move on to their own exciting projects (so proud!). I learned how to manage my time effectively, how to lead authentically, and how to not count my [financial] chickens until they hatched.
I also had to transition from a purely online presence to live events, adding travel and speaking gigs to the mix. I had to learn to adapt to the ever-changing online environment, changing strategies with every social media algorithm update, and learn SEO and website optimization. My site went through several iterations, eventually getting a full overhaul by an incredibly talented web developer and designed by my incredibly talented graphic designer. I had to learn how to balance my work load with my values as a mom and wife and how to maintain my health with the stress of owning a small business. I had to learn how to delegate, how to say "no", and how to value my own work appropriately and competitively. There were some very hard-won lessons as I forged my path as a blogger and businesswoman, but also as a unique leadership voice in our community.
Finding my Strength
I've learned so much in 8 years of blogging, not just scientific facts and the skills needed to effectively communicate them, but also about myself, who I am and the impact I want to have in the world. And finding my strength as a blogger and leader has quieted that little voice of doubt at the back of my head that followed me through most of my life.
Experience has been the best teacher. I've known since the early days of blogging that the scientific knowledge of nutrition and lifestyle that I have to share is incredibly valuable. Now, I also know that my ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a general audience while being entertaining is very special. I know that my integrity and honesty in everything I do is central to my success (and feeling good about what I do too!). I know that my willingness to be vulnerable and transparent and to share my experiences is unusual, especially for someone with as large an audience as I have. I know that I'm an excellent writer and a phenomenal public speaker and teacher. And I know that the day that I feel that I can't authentically be me and stand up for what I know to be true online is the day I need to pack it in.
I feel strong in that knowledge.
But, in the last couple of years, I've discovered another strength: I'm a darned good businesswoman and successful entrepreneur too.
I built this amazing brand, blog and business from nothing, no seed funds, no investors. And, my work is changing people's lives.
The last three years, I've had more and more opportunities to talk at business and entrepreneurship events about blogging, brand development, audience building, online marketing, and authentic leadership. It's similar to how building my influence, leadership status, and audience through blogging opened doors to write books, speak at events, keynote at academic and medical conferences, give seminars and workshops, film a television show pilot, and be interviewed in documentaries and in mainstream media (learn more here). Now, in addition to being recognized as a health educator and advocate, the business acumen required to create and sustain a successful online business is opening new doors, where I get to share my hard-earned knowledge behind the scenes of blogging.
Teaching Others About Blogging
Presenting at business and entrepreneurship events spurred me to start methodically reflecting on the skillset that I developed in creating a vibrant online brand and business, mostly by learning "on the job", by trial and error, by strategizing with data-driven decisions, by delegating, by learning from my mistakes, and by being observant, adaptable, ambitious, authentic, and diligent as I pursue my goals. Yes, being a successful blogger requires a bit of luck and a lot of hard work, but there are tangible skills and fundamental knowledge that every blogger can learn and apply, whether you're blogging as a hobby, side hustle, or full-time change-the-world passion.
I see so much amazing and valuable work being done in the community by so many talented bloggers. And, I'd love to help fast-track all aspiring bloggers to help turn your passions into successful and impactful blogs and businesses. Just as hanging out with Stacy and her Paleo blogger friends opened the door for me, I'd like to open the door for you. That's why I spent most of this year pouring everything I've learned into my How to Build a Remarkable Blog online course.
I have shared all of my detailed hard-earned knowledge on branding, content creation, audience building, social media, list building, marketing, monetization, and turning a blog into a business. But, these days, you also need the technical side of a blog to be dialed in in order to rank on search engines and drive traffic. So, I teamed up with my extremely talented web developer, David Schmeltzle, who has contributed his top-notch knowledge on the technology aspects including how to build a fully-optimized website, SEO and keywords, analytics & tracking, funnels, etc!
From basic how-to's to advanced techniques, what makes this course so unique is the combination of both of our perspectives and experience to make an extremely comprehensive course!
The chapters in this blogging course teach you:
- the three foundations required to grow the best website
- how to build a brand before you ever write your first blog post
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- how to grow your social media audience
- how to build an engaged email list
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- how to use funnels to drive monetization
- how to transition from blog to business
I am honored to be at the point of my blogging journey where I know that I have valuable information to share and skills to teach. Whether it's your first time blogging or you are a pro blogger, How to Build a Remarkable Blog guides you step-by-step through your own blogging journey.
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Ujang, Zaini and Ng, S. S. and Nagaoka, Hiroshi (2005) Package plant of extended aeration membrane bioreactors: A study on aeration intensity and biofouling control. Water Science and Technology, 51 . pp. 335-342. ISSN 02731223
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Biofouling control is important for effective process of membrane bioreactor (MBR). In this study, phenomena of biofoulinq for immersed type extended aeration MBR with two different anti-fouling aeration intensities were studied through a laboratory set up. The objectives of this study were (a) to observe biofouling phenomena of MBR that operates under different anti-fouling bubbling intensity, and simultaneously monitors performance of the MBR in organic carbon and nutrients removal; (b) to compare effectiveness of detergent and detergent-enzyme cleaning solutions in recovering biofouled membranes that operated in the extended aeration MBR. For MBR, which operated under continuous anti-fouling aeration, deposition and accumulation of suspended biomass on membrane surface were prohibited. However, flux loss was inescapable that biofilm layer was the main problem. Membrane cleaning was successfully carried out with detergent-enzyme mixture solutions and its effectiveness was compared with result from cleaning with just detergent solution.
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I had another sleepless night. My poor dog is terrified of thunder, and the sky was alive with lightning and thunder once again. It seems as if this summer has had a very active thunderstorm season, and the news is frequently reporting lightning strikes.
Typically, there are about 50 deaths and 400 injuries a year in the United States caused by lightning. Lightning also is responsible for many house fires as we saw the other week on James Island. Wildfires also commonly are started by lightning.
Lightning develops when warm air mixes with cold air masses. It is more frequent in the warmer area of our country, such as the Southeast. It also can be seen in dust storms, forest fires, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions and during a cold winter.
Lightning is an electrical charge similar to static electricity. The thundercloud becomes charged when the small frozen raindrops bump around each other, such as when we walk on carpet with rubber sole shoes. There are positive charges in the top of the cloud and negative charges in the bottom. Positive charges also develop around objects on Earth, especially taller objects like buildings, trees or even you.
As we know, opposite charges attract, and the negative charges from the clouds connect with the positive charges on the ground to produce lightning. This is similar to touching a door knob and feeling the shock. A lightning strike produces around 30,000 amps of energy. Household currents are 15 amps for comparison. The strike is six times hotter than the sun, so you can understand why it frequently causes fires.
Thunder is a sound wave that develops after the lightning strike. The lightning produces a hole or channel in the air, and the thunder is developed as the air collapses back into the hole. Sound travels slower than light. You can see lightning up to 100 miles away but hear thunder only five to 15 miles away. You can estimate the distance the storm is from you by counting the seconds between seeing the lightning and hearing the thunder and dividing by five. For example, if you count 10 seconds between lightning and thunder, the lightning is two miles away (10/5= two miles away).
Most lightning strikes occur under the thundercloud, but 5 percent of strikes can occur miles away from the storm, even under a cloudless sky. This is where the saying "out of the blue" came from.
As a good rule of thumb, if you hear thunder, you should seek shelter immediately. The safest shelter is a structure with four walls, roof, plumbing and electricity in short, a house. It is best to avoid a pavilion, dugout or concrete-floored structure.
The next best place to seek shelter is a car with the windows rolled up. When you are in a building, be sure to avoid using electronics, showering or washing your hands. Lightning can enter the structure through the electronics or water pipes. In the car, avoid using electronics or coming in contact with metal surfaces.
If you are caught outside, you want to avoid trees and get to the lowest place available. Assume the lightning position, which is crouching down with your feet close together. Bend over and hug your knees and bow your head. Also, close your eyes. It is better if you are wearing rubber sole shoes or standing on a foam mat. Wet ground is not more dangerous than dry but avoid standing water. Definitely get out of the swimming pool or river. If you are in a group, separate as much as you can.
Remember if you feel the hair on your head or arms stand up, a lightning strike is imminent so you need to react immediately. Metal fences and wet ropes are great conductors of lightning, so they should be avoided. Backpacks also should be removed because they have metal components. You can protect your home electronics by unplugging them during a storm. Lightning can overwhelm surge protectors and destroy your computer or TV. You also should be sure that your home is grounded. I recently discovered that my older home was not grounded and had to retrofit it.
If you are on the water when the storm develops, get to shore as quickly as possible. Once on shore, avoid the trees at the water's edge since they attract the lightning. If you can't get to shore, go in the cabin if there is one and avoid all electronics. I have spent many a storm on a sailboat offshore thinking how we were truly the tallest structure for miles around. There are lightning protection systems for larger boats that are important to install. If you are in a boat without a cabin, assume lightning position as low in the boat as possible. And once again, avoid using electronics during the storm.
In the event of a lightning strike, the common injuries include electric shock, which causes the heart and breathing to stop. The heart usually starts back after the strike, but the breathing needs to be supported. The individual is not charged so you will not get hurt if you assist them.
Strikes also can cause significant burns either directly from the lightning or indirectly from metal on clothing, such asa belt buckle. The force of the strike can be so strong that the victim can sustain fractures of bones or soft tissue injury. Foot fractures are common in this situation. There possibly can be neurologic injuries, including amnesia and altered consciousness.
Fortunately, there are relatively few people who are hit by lightning every year. You can protect yourself by checking the weather forecast before going on an outdoor adventure. If there is a high probability of a thunderstorm, change your plans. If you hear thunder, seek shelter immediately and stay indoors until there has been no thunder for 30 minutes. In the unlikely event of someone being struck by lightning, call 911 and start CPR if needed.
By following these simple rules, you will remain safe during this very active thunderstorm season.
By: Dr. Valerie Scott, board certified family medicine doctor. She practices at Mt. Pleasant Family Practice.