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DOVER — The Granite State has seen an all-time high for the amount of emergency room visits related to the accidental consumption of poisonous mushrooms, as the number of such cases has virtually tripled in the past two years.
As a result, the state's Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) recently issued a warning to residents pleading with them to be cautious when picking and eating wild mushrooms.
In 2009, DHHS' Division of Public Health Services reported eight emergency room visits were connected to ingesting wild mushrooms. In only two years, that number has risen to 31, with 18 having occurred in September alone.
"The increase is alarming," said Public Health Director Jose Montero. "In previous years, we have had particular groups or populations of kids that went out and ate them. But now we have no specific group, with little kids to elderly people, eating wild mushrooms."
According to Cheryl Smith, a plant health specialist with the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, copious amounts of rain in recent months have enabled the vegetative part of the mushroom that produces the luscious cap that pickers eat to thrive and grow in large numbers.
"Since Hurricane Irene came through, it has been very, very prolific," said Smith. "People are seeing more mushrooms this year, some of which are toxic." Dr. Lawrence Millman, a mycologist who has studied fungi all over the world, echoed Smith when asked why the increase of accidental toxicity may be occurring. Millman said past years haven't been the best for mushrooms, as rain counts were low during months when vegetative growth is at its peak. "They're there and they're thirsty. Then the rain comes at the right time and bingo, more mushrooms," he explained. "There are more mushrooms and there are more people eating them as a result." Millman said the emergency room visits attributed to consumption of poisonous mushrooms could also be case specific, as one individual may not have the same type of bodily reaction to a species of mushroom that another individual might have. "Of the 18 cases reported, how many have an unknown allergy to mushrooms?" Millman asked. "My guess is that some of the 18 is attributed to this." The mycologist said people also have a tendency to mentally make themselves feel ill after ingesting something they are unsure about. "There is a phobia revolving around that pick-it-and-eat-it mindset," said Millman. "There is something about a mushroom that inspires the complete lack of thinking on the part of the picker. People should learn about things before they pop them in their mouth." Although the increase of individuals having some varying degree of health affects as a result of ingesting wild mushrooms, Millman said far more people in New England die each year from being bitten by dogs than eating toxic mushrooms. On the back side of his house in Barrington, which was constructed as a replica of a Medieval castle, scientist Dave O'Connor grows an array of gourmet mushrooms he distributes to local buyers and at area farmer's markets. Stuck to a log are varying sized Shiitake mushrooms of which O'Connor said he has been growing for years. Each Shiitake mushroom, though edible, looked slightly different in appearance and coloration than the mushroom next to it. That degree of variation is exactly what he said lands most wild mushroom pickers in trouble. According to O'Connor, foraging for edible mushrooms is so difficult because there are up to eight thousand species of mushrooms, which have different groups within each species. "There could be hundreds of varieties within a group," he said. He explained that half of a species may be classified as edible, while others could cause some negative health ramifications and a small percentage could cause serious health effects.
Montero stressed there is no specific treatment for poisoning from wild mushrooms, as most individuals who are treated at hospitals for their ailments cannot identify which species of the fungi they consumed. O'Connor said there are a number of deadly mushroom species that grow throughout New England, some of which are bright in color and look quite beautiful to the average eye. Such deadly mushrooms can lead to liver and kidney failure if consumed, according to O'Connor, or in the worst case could lead to death. When asked what he believed the influx in individuals consuming toxic mushrooms could be attributed to, O'Connor listed a few factors. He explained some of the desire to forage for wild mushrooms could stem from growing interest in eating local, organic food products. Such a lifestyle is a healthy alternative, but O'Connor warns that picking and eating wild mushrooms simply because they are as natural as a product can come is a dangerous game. O'Connor said he has also heard of many incidents where people from countries where mushroom-gathering is a traditional pastime begin foraging through local woods and easily mistake a toxic mushroom for a nontoxic one because they grow differently in different climates. Even though some pickers may bring along a trusty hand guide, lined with pictures of edible and nonedible species, O'Connor said such a tool still doesn't guarantee the consumer that the particular mushroom they picked is truly safe to eat. "You could have a book that details their characteristics, but some toxic mushrooms may contain subtle characteristics that can't be identified in the field," he said. He also stressed picture guides only show a still image of a mushroom taken at one point in time, which can cause problems for pickers as mushrooms change their physical appearance as the climate changes. One growing stage of a poisonous mushroom might resemble an edible mushroom. To attempt to correctly identify a mushroom's exact species, O'Connor said spores must be taken from a mushroom and then analyzed under a high-powered microscope and vigorous chemical tests. Even once these tests are conducted, he said identification still may not be completely accurate. "Is 99 percent certainty good enough for you to sit down and have it in a salad?" he asked. "Not for me." O'Connor said he has one piece of advice that all who are interested in foraging wild mushrooms should observe — and that is not to consume them at all. "It's a hard temptation to resist, but the damage of making that mistake is so high that it outweighs the risk, " said O'Connor. "There's a lot of good science that says people should go out in the woods and enjoy them with their camera and not their mouths." The state's DHHS has asked that anyone who tastes or eats a wild mushroom immediately call the Northern New England Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222.


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I'm off to the Outer Banks in North Carolina for vacation. I may not be able to post much while away but you can follow all of my vacay adventures on Twitter. Just click the link at the bottom of my page to get to my Twitter page. If I am unable to post any Phillies game updates....I shall do so when I get back.
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We are in the final testing stages of a large vehicle tracking project. I wrote about it in an earlier blog article. One of the very cool features is the ability to view the GPS logs of specific vehicles. These GPS data logs, can be set to capture and store the GPS coordinates at specific time intervals. For example, every 30 seconds the vehicle's GPS system can capture the coordinates, give these to the handheld computer, mounted in the van, which synchronizes this data to a Canadian database over GPRS (mobile phone connections). A person can then open these GPS data logs and see on a map (pictured above) the exact path of the vehilce and progress over time.
This functionality allows a dispatch manager to view the location, on a map, of all of their fleet vehicles at any given time. My team is having a lot of fun building applications that enable simple Windows Mobile handheld PDAs to provide huge business value to our customers.
We developed this system using MobileDataforce's PointSync software platform for handheld computers.


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Tackle Chronic Homelessness
Many DC residents have been homeless for years and suffer from life-threatening health conditions and/or severe mental illness. It is difficult to manage these conditions while homeless—residents often die from diseases that could be managed or prevented if they had homes. The District should invest $30.8 million in fiscal year (FY) 2019 to make significant progress towards the goal of ending chronic homelessness.
- $ 19.6 million for Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) for 820 individuals: Providing affordable housing coupled with intensive case management services, PSH helps people stay in housing and improves their health, and saves a substantial amount of money as a result.
- $6.9 million to provide Targeted Affordable Housing (TAH) for 400 residents: TAH serves individuals who no longer need PSH services but still need affordable housing. This would open up expensive PSH slots for other homeless individuals. TAH also serves individuals in Rapid Re-Housing who still need help affording housing when the short-term RRH aid ends.
- $4.3 million in Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) for 400 residents: Some chronically homeless residents could be successful in Rapid Re-Housing, which provides four to twelve months of rental assistance and case management.
Improve Conditions in Shelters for Individuals
As reported in the Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH) Strategic Plan, the District's very large shelters are "unacceptable" and "simply too large to provide appropriate programming in a safe, healthy environment for clients." The Plan calls for smaller replacement shelters that serve between 80 and 100 adults. These shelters will offer programming that can be tailored to meet clients' needs and clients will be able to more readily access services and support networks in the community." The District should invest $8 million to build the first replacement shelter, and $1 million for conditions improvements at existing shelters.
Prevent Individuals from Becoming Homeless
DC's current homelessness prevention program is limited to families. DCFPI and partners propose investing $2 million to expand this homelessness prevention program to individuals at imminent risk of becoming homeless, because they are either facing eviction or are doubled up with friends and family. This program will provide mediation, flexible financial assistance, case management and connection to community resources like Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) employment services, and food/clothing banks. The family program has prevented homelessness for 92 percent of participating families.
Help Survivors of Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is one of the leading causes of homelessness and domestic violence service providers frequently must turn survivors away because of lack of capacity. With $5.5 million, 132 families fleeing domestic violence can access emergency shelter and 67 survivors can access transitional housing, with supportive services.
Tackle Family Homelessness
Many DC families are struggling with homelessness. The District should increase funding for Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) and Targeted Affordable Housing (TAH) to help families who need long term affordable housing to avoid a return to homelessness. Additionally, DC needs to invest in more affordable housing for families to reduce the number of families experiencing homelessness and housing instability.
Fully Fund Year Two of Solid Foundations DC, the Comprehensive Plan to End Youth Homelessness
Funding will provide more youth with emergency shelter, transitional housing, Rapid Re-Housing, and Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH). It will also provide services for youth and their family, or other significant adults who are willing to provide a home for the youth. Finally, it will allow the District to create a homelessness prevention program targeted to youth. Approximately 167 additional youth will be served by this funding.
Fund Two Public Restrooms and Launch Business Incentive Program
DC has only three public restrooms that are open 24 hours. This leaves many residents, particularly residents experiencing homelessness, with no place to go. The District should invest $600,000 to ensure that public restrooms are available to residents. With $400,000 the District can support two 24-hour standalone public restrooms in high traffic neighborhoods that currently lack them. With $200,000 the District can offer incentives to businesses to open their bathrooms to the public.


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When we think of a salad dressing we commonly think of the classic ingredients like olive oil, lemon juice, and balsamic vinegar. While those do bring together a well-rounded salad dressing that pairs beautifully with local leafy greens and other common ingredients that go into salad making. Marisa Chaela has gone to new extremes and brings you this unique and brain booster type salad dressing that I think you guys will like!
-½ cup extra virgin olive oil
-¼ cup balsamic vinegar
-1 cup blueberries
-½ cup spinach
-½ lemon, juiced
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C.L. King Participates as Underwriter on AT&T's $1.2 Billion Preferred Stock OfferingDecember 5, 2019 | News
C.L. King acted as an Underwriter for AT&T Inc. in its $1.2bn 5.00% Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock offering of 48,000,000 depositary shares with an offering price of $25 per share.
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Saturday's freezing temperatures, heavy rain and strong winds made the conditions for Brown's matchup against Penn (3-7, 2-4 Ivy) far from ideal. The No. 11 Bears fell to Penn, 7-6, after two fourth-quarter goals gave the Quakers the final edge.
The loss brings the Bears to 9-2 overall and 2-1 in the Ivy League.
First-half goals by Andrew Feinberg '11 and Brady Williams '09 gave the Bears an early 2-1 lead, but Brown trailed Penn 3-2 at the end of the first half.
A goal just over a minute after halftime gave the Quakers a 4-2 lead, but quad-captain Kyle Hollingsworth '09 retaliated 17 seconds later with a goal off of an assist from Feinberg. But Penn maintained a 5-3 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
With 8:52 left in the game, the Bears rallied with goals by Hollingsworth and Williams, tying the game 5-5. But the Quakers answered with two goals of their own, putting the Bears in a 7-5 deficit late in the fourth.
Reade Seligmann '09 closed in on the Quakers with a goal at 1:55 left on the clock, but the Bears could not catch up.
Head Coach Lars Tiffany '90 complimented defenseman Peter Fallon '11 for his "exceptional" play. Fallon shut down Penn's Craig Andrzejewski, who came into the game as Penn's leading scorer with 17 goals on the year. Fallon added five ground balls and a few key steals to his statistics to support quad-captain Jordan Burke '09 in goal.
"We are obviously pretty disappointed with the outcome of the game but happy to face Harvard mid-week," Fallon said. "We won the ground ball battle and played a really tough game, but a lot of things didn't go our way. We gave up too many shots close to the net, and need to force shots to the side where we know Jordan will make the saves for us."
Burke posted 15 saves to keep the Bears within reach throughout the game.
"Saturday was a tough loss, but we played hard and were happy with the effort," Burke said. "Wednesday night is a huge game — a must-win game that we're really excited about."
The Bears face Harvard (5-4, 1-2) this Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Cambridge, Mass.
"I think both teams have something to prove, and neither will be willing to give an inch," said quad-captain Jack Walsh '09, looking forward to Harvard. "We will certainly have to earn everything in the game and that is exactly how we want it."


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The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who passed away on Feb. 23, 2015.
Some text has been updated to reflect changes since the original publication and any images used may not be the same as those that accompanied the original publication.
Of all the major technological innovations, none came into widespread use more quickly than the telegraph.
The basic development work was done in the late 1830s by Samuel Morse in the United States and Sir Charles Wheatstone in England. Morse installed the first practical system in 1844. These facts are well known, but there is very little historical writing about the building of telegraph lines, or the companies formed to operate them.
Within five years of Morse's first line, all the major centres in eastern North America were connected by wire, and within 10 years, most of the minor ones as well. Elora and Fergus became part of the grid in 1854.
The first Canadian telegraph lines were put up in 1846. In the first years, there was an aura of adventure surrounding the telegraph business. A number of companies were formed to exploit the new technology, and there was a mad scramble to raise money and to find skilled technicians to build and operate the systems.
The Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Electro-magnetic Telegraph Company built the first line into Toronto, and provided the first connection to New York City. This was a vital service to Canadian bankers and to wholesale merchants in Toronto and Hamilton. It was expensive, though. Messages between Toronto and Hamilton cost a cent a word (equivalent to more than $1.50 in 2019 money) and a 15-word message from Toronto to New York was priced at a dollar (equivalent to more than $15 today). At these prices, there were few frivolous messages, and businesses were the chief users.
In the long run, the Montreal Telegraph Company was far more important. Between 1847 and 1849, it built telegraph lines from Toronto to Montreal and points east and west. The route anticipated the main line of the Grand Trunk Railway, which was built a few years later.
The Grand Trunk initially planned to run its own commercial telegraph service. A Grand Trunk Telegraph Co. agent visited Elora and Fergus in the first weeks of 1853, telling people that a telegraph line would be built immediately, whether the railway proceeded or not. He was able to sell $1,200 of stock in the company in Elora and Fergus.
A line was completed from Guelph to Elora in the spring of 1854, and it appears that a separate line from Guelph to Fergus was built at the same time. The ownership of these lines is not clear.
The first telegraph office in Elora was located in the general store of Kievall and Truesdall, on the site of the Little Folks furniture factory (now part of the Elora Mill property on the south side of the Grand River.)
It appears that business did not meet expectations, and there were periods when the line was out of service. In 1859, the office moved to the original store of Kirk and Clarke at Church and Geddes Streets (this building is now the Giddy Funeral Home).
The office remained here only five months. An ice storm at the end of March 1860 brought down much of the brittle copper wire used in the line to Guelph. At this time, the line was owned by the Elora and Saugeen Telegraph Co. Rather than rebuild the Guelph line, this company decided to make a connection with Fergus by stringing a new line along the Grand River.
This plan fell through, and the Guelph-Fergus line was soon out of service as well. Both villages had to make do without telegraph service for three years.
In 1863 some Guelph businessmen offered to rebuild the lines, but wanted Elora and Fergus to pay part of the cost. Service resumed in November 1863. It appears likely that the Montreal Telegraph Company rebuilt the line. If it did not, it took it over soon afterward. The Montreal Company had achieved a virtual monopoly in Ontario by the mid-1860s, building lines or taking over existing ones until it served every community of importance.
The new Elora office was located in Hele's drug store on Mill Street. Big city telegraph offices were usually combined with express and ticket offices, but in small towns the telegraph company preferred drug stores, probably because they were open longer hours than other stores, including a few hours on Sundays.
One of the characteristics of 19th century telegraph systems is that they employed many women as operators, and often as agents. Maggie Andrews served as Elora agent for the Montreal Telegraph Co. in the mid-1870s. By this time, there was sufficient business for this to be a full-time position, though the office remained in drug stores.
In the late 1860s, many people became convinced that the Montreal Telegraph Co. was earning exorbitant profits thanks to its monopoly. Seela Reeves, a sharp promoter, was able to attract a lot of interest when he floated the Dominion Telegraph Co. in 1868. Reeves kept a majority of the stock for himself, and hired his own company to build 2,000 miles of line at $250 per mile, $100 more than other systems cost. A scandal broke when the details became known.
A shareholders' revolt forced Reeves out, and after a two-year delay, construction proceeded in 1870 and 1871.
The goal of the Dominion Telegraph Co. was to duplicate the system of the Montreal Co. The Dominion line opened to Elora and Fergus in October 1871, and a branch to Salem opened a month later. Bill LaPenotiere, the Elora postmaster, was the agent. The Montreal Telegraph office, in Hele's Drug Store, was next door. In Salem, Ezra Wissler was appointed agent, and the office was in the Wissler store.
Competition was intense. In Salem, the Wisslers, for an unknown reason, switched from the Dominion to the Montreal system in 1876; in 1879 they were back with Dominion.
The Dominion line undertook major rebuilding in 1880, building a new line to Alma, Moorefield and Listowel. Previously, service to north Wellington had been through Fergus and Arthur. The Dominion Telegraph saved money by using cheap, crooked poles, and the company was regularly criticized for this. They can be seen in some old Elora photographs.
As a result of cut-throat competition and the economic downturn in the late 1870s, both companies experienced losses. The Dominion and Montreal systems amalgamated in 1880, under the name of the Great North West Telegraph Co.
Over the next two years the systems were rationalized into a single network. Elora was back to a single telegraph office in the fall of 1881, located at this time in Adam McDonald's drug store.
The Great North West did not enjoy its monopoly position for long. Many of its lines were those of the old Montreal company, and they ran alongside the railway lines of the Grand Trunk. When the Canadian Pacific Railway assembled its Ontario network in the 1880s, it entered the telegraph business.
The railway needed a telegraph line for control of train dispatching, and there was not a great deal of additional expense involved in adding a second wire for commercial telegraphs. As well, the company already had a vision of building a fully integrated transportation and communications system.
The Canadian Pacific operated downtown telegraph offices, but the record for these in Fergus and Elora is incomplete. The Connon and Carswell Hardware Store in Elora had an office in 1903, but this was not a long-lived business. Telegrams, of course, could always be sent from the railway stations.
For a few years around 1890, there was no downtown office in Elora, but the Great North West reopened in the Geddes Street drug store of R.D. Norris in 1892, and continued under his successor, FJ. Capell.
Locally, the telegraph business reached its plateau in the 1890s, when the telephone began eating into its business.
In the 19th century it was a vital link for business in Fergus and Elora, particularly for bankers, millers, storekeepers and cattle buyers. The telegraph had put them in close touch with markets and customers, wherever they might be. As the 20th century dawned, this ceased to be the case.
*This column was originally published in the Elora Sentinel on May 3, 1994.


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The school is delighted to announce that it will produce the musical 'Oliver' in the Spring. Following on from the success of 'Bugsy Malone' the production team will audition children from fourth, fifth and sixth class in the coming weeks. Start polishing off your best cockney accent and come and join us. The children should learn to sing the following songs for the auditions:
'Where is love', 'Consider yourself', 'You've got to pick a pocket' and 'I'd do anything'. We look forward very much to seeing all the talent of the boys and girls in Huntstown.


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Guru Nanak Jayanti being celebrated today
- Guru Nanak Jayanti or Guruparb is being celebrated across the country today.
- The day marks the birth of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev.
- This year will mark the 548th birthday of Guru Nanak.
Guru Nanak
- Guru Nanak (1469 – 1539) was the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.
- Nanak was born on 15 April 1469 at Nankana Sahib in Punjab, Pakistan.
- Guru Nanak's words are registered in the form of 974 poetic hymns in the holy text of Sikhism, the Guru Granth Sahib.
- The Guru Granth Sahib is worshipped as the Supreme Authority of Sikhism and is considered the eleventh and final guru of Sikhism.
- He emphasized the equality of women and rejected the path of renunciation and he rejected the authority of the Vedas.
- He started the institution of Guru Ka Langar.
- He was the contemporary of Mughal emperor - Babur.
Ten Sikh Gurus-
(1) Guru Nanak Dev (1469-1539)
* Contemporary of Mughal emperor – Babur
(2) Guru Angad Dev (1539-1552)
(3) Guru Amardas (1552 to 1574
* Contemporary of Mughal emperor - Akbar
(4) Guru Ram Das (1574- 1581)
* Founded the city of Amritsar
* Started the construction of the famous Golden Temple at Amritsar
(5) Guru Arjan Dev (1581-1606)
* Completed construction of Golden Temple in Amritsar
* Contemporary of Emperor Jahangir
(6) Guru Har Gobind Sahib (1606- 1644)
* First Guru to take up arms to defend the faith
* Contemporary of emperor Jahangir and Shah Jahan
(7) Guru Har Rai Sahib (1644 -1661)
* Contemporary of Emperor Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb
(8) Guru Har Krishan Sahib (1661-1664)
* Contemporary of Aurangazeb
(9) Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib (1665- 1675)
* Contemporary of Aurangazeb
(10) Guru Gobind Singh Sahib (1675- 1708)
* Contemporary of Aurangazeb
* Created the Khalsa in 1699.
Topic- GS-1- Indian Culture, Medieval History
Source- AIR + Wiki
Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana launched to promote philately
- Minister of Communications launched a Pan India scholarship program for school children called Deen Dayal SPARSH (Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude & Research in Stamps as a Hobby)) Yojana to increase the reach of Philately.
- Under the scheme of SPARSH, it is proposed to award annual scholarships to children of Standard VI to IX having good academic record and also pursuing Philately as a hobby through a competitive selection process in all postal circles.
- Philately is the hobby of collection and study of Postage stamps.
- It also entails the collection, appreciation and research activities on stamps and other related philatelic products.
Topic- GS-2-Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors
Source- PIB
Sonepur cattle fair begins in Bihar
- Sonepur mela is one of the biggest cattle fair in Asia that takes place in Bihar.
- The month-long fair is organised annually in November.
- Also known as Kshetra Mela, its origins can be traced to the Mughal era.
- The Sonepur fair majorly attracts cattle traders from all over Asia.
- The fair, which is conducted at the confluence of Ganga, Gandak and Mahi rivers, spans across acres of land with nearly 5,000 stalls.
Topic- GS-1- Indian Culture
Source- Indian Express
Etikoppaka toys get GI tag
- Etikoppaka toys, popularly known as Lakkapidathalu in the local parlance, finally received Geographical Indication by the Registration of Geographical Indication, categorised in class 20 of the toys category.
- The art is more than 400 years old and it has been traditionally handed over to them by their ancestors through generations.
- The toys are unique not only in shape and form but also the material used.
- They are made of wood and painted with natural dyes.
- There is no heavy metal or toxic content and that is why it is unique.
- The natural dyes are prepared from seeds, lacquer, bark, roots and leaves.
- The wood used is from 'Ankudi Karra' (Wrightia tinctoria) tree that is soft in nature and the art is also known as turned wood Lacquer craft.
GI Tag-
- A geographical indication (GI) is a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin (e.g. a town, region, or country).
- India, as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), enacted the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 has come into force with effect from 15 September 2003.
- This Act is administered by Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, who is also Registrar of Geographical Indications.
- GIs have been defined under Article 22(1) of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights(TRIPS) Agreement.
- Darjeeling tea became the first GI tagged product in India.
Topic- GS-1- Indian Culture
Source- The Hindu
Tigress electrocuted in Chaprala Wildlife Sanctuary
- A tigress died of electrocution in the Chaprala Wildlife Sanctuary in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra recently.
- This is the sixth death of a tiger due to electrocution in one year in the state.
Topic- GS-3- Biodiversity
Source- Indian Express
Hindi Writer Krishna Sobti awarded Jnanpith award 2017
- Eminent Hindi Litterateur Krishna Sobati will get the Jnanpith Award for 2017 (53rd) for her path breaking contribution to Indian literature.
- She has earlier won the Sahitya Akademi Award (1980) for her novel 'Zindaginama' and was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (in 1996).
Jnanpith Award
- The Jnanpith Award is an Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their 'outstanding contribution towards literature'.
Source- DD news
Cauvery tribunal gets extension of 6 months for report
- The Centre has given a six-month extension to the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) to submit its report on Cauvery water sharing dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
- The CWDT was constituted on June 2, 1990 under section 4 of the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 for the adjudication of the water dispute.
Inter-state Water Dispute Act, 1956-
- Under the Inter State Water Dispute Act, 1956, which provides legal framework to address such issues, a tribunal can be formed after a state government approaches the Union government with such a request and the Centre is convinced of the need to form the tribunal.
- Only three out of the eight existing tribunals have given awards accepted by the states concerned.
- Tribunals like those on the Cauvery and Ravi-Beas rivers have been in existence for over 25 years without any award.
- There is no time-limit for adjudication by a tribunal.
- Recently central government has decided to set up a tribunal to resolve issues relating to the sharing of the Mahanadi river water between Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
Topic- GS-2- Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies
Source- AIR
The French Pacific territory of New Caledonia will hold a referendum on self-rule next year
- The French government and New Caledonian politicians agreed on the size of the electorate, locations for polling stations and the presence of UN election observers.
- The political agreement could pave the way for independence.
- If a majority opts for independence it will be the first French territory to break away since Djibouti in 1977 and Vanuatu in 1980.
New Caledonia
- New Caledonia is a special collectively of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia and 20,000 km (12,000 mi) from Metropolitan France.
Topic- GS-3- international Relation
Source- AIR
In a first, India, Nepal and Bangladesh to sync 2018 tiger census
- For the first time, India, Nepal and Bangladesh will be conducting the 2018 tiger census in close coordination in their respective territories at the same time.
- The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), which is responsible for conducting the exercise in India.
Topic- GS-3- Biodiversity
Source- Times of India
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The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships ferrying dry bulk commodities, hit a two-week high on Thursday, as vessel rates across the board continued to strengthen.
* The Baltic index, which reflects rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels, gained 56 points, or 3%, to 1,929, highest since Sept. 26. The index is up for the fifth straight session.
* The capesize index jumped 111 points, or 3.5%, to 3,319, rising for a third straight session.
* The average daily earnings for capesizes, which typically transport 170,000-180,000 tonne cargoes such as iron ore and coal, increased by $1,049 to $26,647.
* Despite weather and maintenance disruptions, coal and iron ore flows in the Pacific are clearly up, which is the "brightest spot" for the capesize segment, shipbroker Fearnleys said in a note on Wednesday.
* The panamax index climbed for a fifth straight session, up 47 points, or 2.5%, at 1,899.
* Average daily earnings for panamaxes, which usually carry coal or grain cargoes of about 60,000 tonnes to 70,000 tonnes, rose $380 to $15,220.
* The supramax index rose 7 points to 1,211. (Reporting by Nakul Iyer in Bengaluru)


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'Pokémon GO' Is Letting You Complete Story Quests For Mew, And It Sounds Like A Breath Of Fresh Air
It leaked a while ago, it's been rumored for longer than that, and it's been necessary even longer than that, but late is better than never. Pokémon GO is finally getting a rudimentary single-player quest system, Niantic revealed today. It's called "Research," and it's no less exciting for looking a whole lot like the sort of daily and weekly quests of nearly every games-as-service title on the market. You complete tasks, you fill up progress bars, you get rewards: these are the meat and potatoes of any game like this. Crucially, these quests will come in two flavors: Field Research and Special Research. Field Research is the day-to-day grind, whereas Special Research consists of story quests, the first of which will guide the player towards eventually capturing the mythic Pokémon Mew. And that will make Mew one of the only non-random rewards in the game.
When it comes to actually playing this game, it's clearly the biggest feature since Raids. It gives Pokémon GO something it's almost entirely lacked since launch: structure. Right now, the game is currently almost entirely reliant on self-directed goals like leveling up, filling the Pokédex or preparing tricked-out counter teams for fighting Raid battles. That doesn't have to be a problem, but the combination of self-directed goals and shallow gameplay means that it's easy to feel aimless even after playing the game for a few weeks. Most games mitigate that feeling by providing some goals of their own in form of quests, and Pokémon GO has needed them since day one. We're now nearly two years into the game, but a little structure is as welcome now as it was back then.
The tiny bit of structure the game has now does keep me signing in: I show up to get new Legendaries when they arrive, I try to capture new Pokémon as they're released and I show up for most of the in-game events. But a well-implemented quest system can be enough to give you an excuse to play every day, not just every week or month. And that's all I, and I assume many other players, are looking for here: an excuse. I love Pokémon GO and I want to play it: it can just be exhausting to do so when I'm clearly accomplishing nothing. I really just need a little push, and hopefully that's what quests can provide.
The EX Raid system by which trainers can get their only crack at the high-powered Mewtwo feels like the nadir of Pokémon GO's design. It's capricious, opaque and frustrating, locking the game's best rewards away behind a random number generator that's annoying even when working as intended. It's near-impossible for rural players to use and features a dozen or so conveniently located points of possible failure. And while we'll reserve judgement until we've actually seen this in action, genuine quests have the chance to be the opposite: reliable, achievable goals with desirable rewards, something to let you feel like you're making progress even when the fourth Kyogre in a row runs away from you.
While I still love Pokémon GO, developments like this have me even more excited for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. Pokémon GO is a mature game by this point, and it's never going to see the same sort of crowds that it saw at launch. A new game that learns from its mistakes, however, has the potential to be far more successful in the long run. I don't have much faith that competitors are going to be able to beat Niantic without the developer's database of Pokéstops -- or Ingress Portals, or whatever they will be in the Wizarding World -- and so that means that fans of this genre are more or less reliant on this one developer.
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Vol.V, Issue 4 | August 26, 2019
Two years ago, Abraham Barkhordar '17 knew next to nothing about applying to law schools, let alone getting into an elite Ivy. Hiring an admission coach—at a starting cost of $5,000—was not an option for this Corsair from Calabasas.
"So I did it on my own," says the history major who transferred to UCLA and graduated
summa cum laude last spring. He joins Harvard's 1L class later this month (August).
Abraham did such a thorough job researching the subject that he packed his findings into a 45-page guidebook.
"Dreams to Reality: a Six-Step Law School Admission Guide" brings together everything you need to know about killer personal statements, LSAT study tricks, the lowdown on top-14 law schools—"all the stuff nobody talks about," Abraham says. Published in May, the Google Doc has received more than 25,000 page visits and garnered hundreds of likes in UCLA and SMC Facebook groups.
Abraham isn't in it for profit. His purpose is entirely altruistic.
"This guide has always been and always will be FREE," he writes in an introductory note.
"The law school application process is difficult," Abraham explains. "There's so much to know to get it right. Transfer students, especially, are at a disadvantage, because we're not primed for graduate school. Our whole focus is on transferring into a four-year college."
Abraham's plan of attack is validated by his results. He applied to seven schools, six of them in the Ivy League, and was accepted or wait-listed by all. Abraham ended up choosing Harvard, becoming one of only two 2019 UCLA grads admitted to the prestigious law school, which has produced 21 Supreme Court justices, including five currently on the bench.
It certainly helped that Abraham had 99th percentile LSAT scores and a near-perfect GPA. But as his online guide makes plain, there's much more to getting in than having great "stats."
A Family of Corsairs
Abraham's journey to Harvard Law began at SMC. Actually, the whole family's journey is rooted here. Mom and Dad met in Spanish class. Both were immigrants: Moe Barkhordar, a business major, came from Iran; Apolonia, a history major, came from the Philippines. (Abraham's younger siblings, Leyla '19 and Alex, are also Corsairs.) After graduating, the couple opened a currency exchange on 4th Street. The business did well, and the family moved to Calabasas when Abraham was a toddler.
He describes himself as an "average student" in high school.
"I didn't have a care in the world, to be honest. I was really focused on water polo," he says.
6-foot, 150-pound driver loved playing with the Corsairs. (Abraham holds the record for most penalties drawn, "which means I got beat up a lot," he says with a laugh.)
The men's water polo schedule was tough. Daily practices started at 6 a.m., and there were weekend games during the season. The hour-long commute from Calabasas didn't help, but Abraham was happy. His teammates became his best friends.
Trial and Error
Enrolling at SMC, however, changed Abraham in ways he never anticipated.
"It ended up being the best decision I ever made," he reflects. "I had time to explore, to read on my own, find who I am and what I believe. It was trial and error."
Settling on a history major, Abraham blossomed as a scholar. He clicked with history professor Heather Bennett. Pretty soon, she was advising him about UC transfer options and encouraging him to consider grad school.
"Community college gives you a lot of perspective, and it gives you a second chance to do well," he says.
Abraham found time to work as a history and writing tutor and to pen
articles for
The Corsair. He considered careers in academia and museum curation. Then a summer internship with a medical malpractice lawyer brought epiphany.
"Watching her win cases, watching her clients cry when they got their settlements—it was just beautiful," Abraham recalls.
At UCLA, he worked harder than ever.
"Once I found what I really loved, it drove me," he says. "The reason I'm determined to go to law school is because I want to be fighting for those who are left behind. I think that's wrong, and I want to do something about it."
Living in the transfer dorm, Abraham got involved with the Pilipino Transfer Student Partnership and the UCLA Pre-Law Society. He volunteered at the California JusticeCorps legal aid clinic and worked as a research assistant to a UCLA communications professor specializing in constitutional law.
When it came time for law school applications, Abraham made a thorough study of the process. Judging by the results, it was time well-spent.
'Hey, I Can Do This'
Before leaving for Harvard, Abraham paid one last visit to SMC to catch up with Heather Bennett.
"We talked about the future. I gave her a Harvard mug and thanked her so much for all she'd done for me," he says.
Heather had contributed a letter of recommendation to Abraham's law school application package. More importantly, she'd been "a role model, inspiration and cheerleader." Like him, she had transferred to UCLA from SMC. She ended up earning a PhD from University of Pennsylvania.
"Having her around showed me, 'Hey, I can do this. I can go to an Ivy League,'" Abraham says.
Publishing "Dreams to Reality" is a way for Abraham to pay the debt forward.
"I wrote that guide to make law school more accessible for students like me," he says. Tomorrow's national leaders are attending Ivy League law schools today, Abraham explains. Bringing community college students into that mix is an important part of creating a better future for everyone.
"To know I'm helping already is really heartening," he says. "That's the feeling I want for the rest of my life," he says.
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To check out the offerings of SMC's History department, where Abraham Barkhordar studied,
go here. SMC now also has a
Law Pathway program, which helps traditionally underrepresented students become competitive applicants to law school.
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Balanced Scorecard
What Is A Balanced Scorecard
The balance sheet scorecard is a tool that helps in the performance management strategy; it is a report that is semi standard structured that has the support of the proven design methods and tools that are automated (Hanne, 2003). The tools aid managers to be able to track how staff members execute their activities within the laid down procedures and conditions and also to monitor the results accruing from these actions. Balanced scorecard is the best known and widely used in the performance management framework as reported in the survey of management tools done by Bain and company, this has been mostly used in Scandinavia and western countries in the early 1990s. It has been replicated in many instances, such as, performance prism and outcome oriented management since 2000 and it is now also common in Asia, Spanish speaking countries and the Middle East.
It has characteristics and the derivatives that make the presentation of different financial and non- financial implications that each of it is rated against target value in a single report. The report does not come in as a replacement of the old financial or operational reports; it is a very sufficient synopsis that highlights on the information that is only very relevant to the people reading it. It therefore the method that provides the most relevant information to be determined through the design process that is used in the selection of the content. It is important to note that the balance scorecard shades light to the mission and vision of the company and so the reference of the two elements in the preparation of a balance scorecard is needed.
The scorecard as a performance model is very effective as it articulates the enjoinment between the leading inputs, such as, human and physical methods and this provides the emphasis on the value of the components management that facilitates the achievement of the strategic priorities of an organization.
Based on the first version of the Balance Scorecard, it was so assertive that the relevance has to be from the business strategy and it proposed that majorly focused on how to choose measures and targets that are in line with the required activities for the strategy implementation. The strategy proposal was translated to a form that the audience of the Harvard business review could understand that was very relevant to the medium sized US business. At the initial stages, the designs were emphasized to three categories measurement apart from the financial outputs that were for the customers, learning and growth and the International Business Process. The early information based on the Balance Scorecard had critical focus on the suggestions on options for the best perspectives that may be logical to the groups. The thinking of the modern Balance Scorecards has considerably evolved from the initial proposed ideas and even the modern management performance indicators that include the Balance Scorecard has significant improvement i.e. are more flexible and therefore can suit a wide variety of the type of organizations and more effectively there have been great evolution on the design methods that allows them to be easily designed and used.
Why Has It Proved Such A Popular Strategic Management Accounting Tool Amongst Listed And Other Large Companies?
Majority of the companies have opted to use the Balance Scorecard as a strategic management accounting tool due to its tremendous improvement since mid 1990s. An advanced design system came up in the year mentioned and the design comprised the selected measures based on some strategic objectives that were plotted on a linkage model that was so strategic or strategy map. The modified approach enables the distribution of the strategic objectives across the measurement perspectives that are four to help connect the dots so that a visual presentation measures and strategies can form. The strategy has been popular through the development of strategy map where the managers can select some strategic objectives from each of the perceptions and then come up with a definition of the cause-effect chain from the objectives through a connected link between them. The strategic performance measures from a Balanced Scorecard emerge from the strategic objectives. The advantage of this type of approach is that the greater contextual justification is provided for the chosen measures and generally the managers can work through so easily. This type can be said to signify the 2nd Generation of plans as its introduction was adopted for the Balanced Scorecard as it has been in use since1996 due to its significantly different approach as compared to the originally proposed methods.
There are several issues on the design that still remain with this improved approach to the Balanced Scorecard design but this has not affected it, since, it has proved to be more successful than the one it superseded.
The concept of the Balance Scorecard has greatly enjoyed significant success since it was introduced. After its inception it was adopted by 80% of the highly ranged companies in the U.S by 2004 according to the Financial Times that made it the most popular tool in the management for the increased performance. The promotion of the balance scorecard by the National partnership for Reinventing Government increased its application and popularity in the public sector. The popularity of the Balance Scorecard can be highly recognized due to its consistence with many company's common initiative for the improvement of its performance like the continuous improvement, the customer supplier partnership and the company's cross functional teamwork. The Balance Scorecard complements other initiatives in the company for improvement by offering the critical l help to the managers so as to understand the complex existing interrelationships in different business areas. When the competitive strategy of a company is linked to its elements, the improvement of the company in one area emerges as an expense of another in a situation pointed out by the Balance Scorecard. In this operation the managers are able to come up with the informed decisions and tradeoffs that are very necessary to manoeuvre in the current fast-moving business under a very competitive environment.
The design approach has been evolving, hence, its popularity. There was also another evolution in the late 1990s to solve the problem of the 2nd generation design technique that was crude in the plotting of the casual links in the twenty or more medium term goals of the strategy. In the real practice, it was not able to recognize the idea that influential strategic goals must be encapsulated in the real and current management activity. An additional design was due as there was need to have an additional instrument that could indicate the vision/destination statement in order to move forward and test the real impact of the goals. The need was also necessary as it was quickly realized that when a destination statement was made at the start of the process design then it could be much easier in selecting the strategic activity and the objectives of the outcome for its response. There could be therefore the selection of measures for tracking the achievement of the objectives. The design methods have continually evolved for the Balance Scorecards in order to adapt and reflect the existing deficiencies that are in latest techniques used and the specific needs of the interested communities like the Government Departments and the NGO's.
The Balance Scorecard design basically is about how to identify a limited number of fiscal and non-fiscal parameters and then ensuring that the targets are attached to them and therefore this helps to determine if the current performance meets the need and expectations when they are reviewed. The whole idea here is that the managers are alerted especially to those areas that are deviating from the expectations so that they can be offered encouragement to channel their focus and attention to these areas and consequently trigger very sufficient performance within that section of the organization they head. The initial thinking that constituted the Balance Scorecard was to have it focus on the information that is related to having a strategy implemented and surprisingly for some time it has been the boundaries blurring between controlling the activities and especially those necessary to draft a Balance Scorecard and the conventional planning strategically. This can be well understood through the four steps that are essential to propose a Balance Scorecard as Kaplan & Norton wrote in late 1990s. They asserted four critical steps as the part of the process to design a Balance Scorecard. The steps are as indicated below.
- Ensuring that the vision is translated into operational goals
- Effective business planning and setting the index
- Making sure that the vision is well communicated and linked to the performance of the individuals
- Getting feedback and then learning from them, and adjusting those strategies accordingly.
The steps as shown are far beyond the easy task that can identify a given quantifiable value of fiscal and non-fiscal measures; they illustrate what is required for whatever needed design process that is used to fit in the bigger thinking on how to integrate the resulting Balance Scorecard with the broader business management process. It can also be referred to as a strategic linkage replica or even the strategic map by the people since it has been illustrated in the books and articles that have referred to the balance Scorecards in the confusion of the elements of design process and the Balance Scorecard itself. As far as the Balance Scorecard helps managers to engage their attention on the issues that are strategic and how the implementation of the strategies should be taken, it is of great importance to bear in mind that the Balance Scorecard in itself does not play any role in the strategy formation, they can comfortably be co-existed with the systems of planning strategy and other tools.
The finally the popularity of the Balance scorecard was due to the innovation and the perspective of learning included in the Balance Scorecard. This was after Kaplan and Norton realized that the current business companies need the continual improvements so help them outweigh their competitors in the intensive global business environment and the balance Scorecard gained popularity due to their innovations (Kaplan, 1990).
What Do You Consider To Be The Weaknesses Of The Balanced Scorecard Methodology?
Various sources especially the academic community has issued a lot of criticism concerning the empirical design of the framework which they term as not right especially the Kaplan and Norton that intentionally did not include the any citation in their original research on the topic of Balance Scorecard and therefore the balance Scorecard does not have the citation support and typically it still uses the same object of the 1st generation Balance Scorecard. The Balance Scorecard is a tool that needs much preparations in terms of even holding a meeting to make the necessary plans the goals you r company can achieve in different areas. The clearly stated objectives are broken down to what is needed, financially to make objectives fruition.
Another weakness is that the Balance Scorecard cannot provide the valid results or a view that is unified with very clear recommendations but it is easily a list of metrics. It therefore requires a well trained individual to carefully interpret the metrics otherwise it may become difficult to use in the accounting toolbox. As the Balance Scorecard offers an overall business growth and development views in the four areas, the areas does not draw the whole picture and so the information on the scorecard is not sufficient. Therefore, this calls for a bigger strategy of the Balance Scorecard for the company's growth that may include meticulous accounting methods that may be successfully implemented (Kells, 1990).
There are some empirical studies that link the way the Balance Scorecard works to the improvement of the financial performance or the better decision making of companies but there is some work that has been undertaken in these areas. That being the case, it has been very difficult in the usage of the broadcast survey due to the broader variations on how to define the true meaning or identity of a Balance Scorecard. This proves difficult to take part in a survey especially when working on the comparisons. In this single organizations always suffer when doing a case study as they lack a common issue related to any organizational change.
Some Balance Scorecard exposes the company to the metrics that are not useful or applicable to their possible target or need. This call for the acquisition of the Balance Scorecards that can make the information that is being tracked to suit the need of the company otherwise the metrics will be very meaningless. The Balance Scorecard can be created from so many elements and after the creation of the Balance Scorecard the business can grow tremendously over a very short period of time that may at some point require changing the Scorecard. The Balance Scorecard upkeep can be also managed by some existing software programs but this must be carefully done for if the wrong one is chosen then the ability of the company to evaluate the employees is badly setback. Consequently if the company is not able to work swiftly in good time to change the Balance Scorecard then it can be absolutely wrong solution for your business.
The implementation of a Balance Scorecard system can be extremely expensive in terms of the time of the training and other extra coins for the consultant services needed from a competent consultants during the process. In order to establish the cost for acquiring a balanced Scorecard plan, you must have taken the total number of employees that are training in the new system and then multiply the hours of the training by the amount of their wage, include the cost of a facilitator of the plan, the expected cost the software, the software license expenses, the maintenance labour cost and then the testing and the installation of the software cost. There may also be in addition the software and the training maintenance cost that can easily add up. This needs a well established and versed company to comply with these expenses otherwise it can jeopardize some key operations of the company (Kaplan &Norton, 1996).
Balance Scorecard being different from other existing strategic management and the analysis of the methods like the SWOT analysis, benchmarking, pets analysis and porter 5F analysis; it does not have any consideration to any of the important groups that are not directly linked to the business but only the shareholders and clients and again there is no attention that is paid to the competitors daily activities. According to the Kaplan and Norton's discussion, they argue that any organization has to engage in the use of the double loop learning so that the balance Scorecard is established in the first place but under the consideration of the very first changing external environment that it is definitely not enough (Grove, Mock & Ehrenreich, 1997). It is very definite to say that in many cases it is critical that there should be more frequent scanning of the external environment since the measurement of the external environment can be quite complicated.
In the case of the public sector organizations for example the important measures to the voters or a given interest group may be given the consideration by the already given methodology by Kaplan and Norton where the fifth additional perspective is included into the balance Scorecard framework. Other scholars Neely & Adams (2002) argue it out that the difficult problem/weakness of the balance Scorecard is that it does not have various important groups of interest in its structure that can be the suppliers, the neighbours that are close and the cooperation partners. He recommends for the use of a performance prism methodology instead of the Balance Scorecard in order to add the new interest groups to this framework. According to Simon et al, he strongly recommends that it can very worthwhile to go an extra mile to add some specific features to each balance Scorecard where a given task force or an individual will be working in an organization. The person should be directly responsible for the gathering of information concerning the opportunities that exist externally and the threats.
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Have you ever wondered why First Light uses encouragement instead of praise?
If you're like me, you've probably used statements like "Good job," "Way to go," and "Nice work," for years. Before I started at First Light, I praised liberally because I believed it was an effective way to help children feel good about themselves and their work. I thought I was helping build self-esteem and positive image.
However, research and experience show encouragement instead of praise will help to bolster children's self-esteem and self-image.
Many well-intentioned teachers and parents have used praise to improve children's self-esteem and self-image, but the outcome can be just the opposite. Alfie Kohn (1999), noted author of Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes, explains the potential damage to children when adults use praise. Children learn to depend on adults for figuring out what is right or wrong, instead of developing this ability themselves.
Rather than rely on their intrinsic motivation to learn, learning or "performing" is done in order to please others. Children lost the interest and ability to work and learn on their own.
By contrast, children who can evaluate their own performance with encouraging feedback from interested adults remain involved. Moreover, they are self-correcting, that is, they can ask questions of themselves and work to solve problems on their own. Learning is inherently satisfying.
Furthermore, "praise" implies judgment. Children know that if you can judge them favorably, you can also judge them unfavorably. Exploring or trying something new might result in "failure" from the adult's perspective, so children stick with what is safe and has earned them praise before.
How do we move from praise to encouragement?
Our next post will talk about some specific strategies for incorporating more encouragement and less praise.


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CBS sitcoms top Fox reruns
CBS benefitted from reruns of Fox's Monday lineup to take the prime time ratings race Monday night.
CBS hit a 5.9 among the 18-49 crowd, averaging 15.5 million viewers. Everybody Loves Raymond lived up to its self-proclaimed top-rated sitcom status CBS declared during the Super Bowl, drawing 21.5 million viewers and hitting an 8.6 rating, 19 share among adults 18-49 in national Nielsen numbers. Becker followed with a 6.3/14, holding on to 17.5 million viewers. King of Queens (6.2/16) and Yes, Dear (6.4/15) each drew more than 15 million viewers. Family Law came in at a 4.0/10.
Fox's repeated itself with Boston Public (4.0/10) and Ally McBeal (3.7/8). ABC finished second on the night, drawing an average of 12.7 million viewers to watch the Jim Carey vehicle Liar, Liar, which hit a 5.2/12. Gideon's Crossing slumped in with a 3.3/9. - Richard Tedesco
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Kīlauea Volcano - Between Fissure 16 and 20
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Same area between fissures 16 and 20 at 9:33 a.m. By the time geologists reached the site on foot, the spattering had died down and they were only hearing gas rushing sounds.
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Is the human brain analog or digital? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.
Answer by Paul King, Director of Data Science, Computational Neuroscientist, Entrepreneur, on Quora:
The brain is neither analog nor digital, but works using a signal processing paradigm that has some properties in common with both.
Unlike a digital computer, the brain does not use binary logic or binary addressable memory, and it does not perform binary arithmetic. Information in the brain is represented in terms of statistical approximations and estimations rather than exact values. The brain is also non-deterministic and cannot replay instruction sequences with error-free precision. So in all these ways, the brain is definitely not "digital."
At the same time, the signals sent around the brain are "either-or" states that are similar to binary. A neuron fires or it does not. These all-or-nothing pulses are the basic language of the brain. So in this sense, the brain is computing using something like binary signals. Instead of 1s and 0s, or "on" and "off", the brain uses "spike" or "no spike" (referring to the firing of a neuron).
Internal to the neuron, everything works via biochemical pathways, which are somewhat similar to analog. Neurons also perform internal electrical signal integration in an analog fashion. Analogously, the digital logic gates used by computers are implemented internally using transistors and resistors, which are also analog.
This recording of neural spikes over time shows that the spatiotemporal pulses of the neural code looks a lot like digital signaling:
The bottom line is that the brain processes information using a representation strategy that is neither analog nor digital. It is a different type of computation, involving circuits and networks composed of spiking neurons. One of the central tasks of neuroscience is to figure out how this information processing paradigm works.
Do human brains store information in binary?
Is the human brain just another information processing device?
Is it possible the brain is completely deterministic?
Is there anything required to define a mind that cannot be modeled as a computation?
What is the clock speed equivalent of the human brain?
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How is the human brain so energy-efficient?
What are some good introductory materials on computational neuroscience?
Why have neurons evolved to send all-or-nothing action potentials over communicating with graded responses?
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The social media giant is attempting to circumvent GDPR by shifting users outside the EU who would now be governed by Facebook Inc. in the US rather than Facebook Ireland.
As a result of the new change in the terms of service of Facebook, its existing 1.5 billion users won't be safeguarded under the new data protection laws of Europe (GDPR). This comes in the wake of Facebook being at the center of a controversy about its handling of personal data, allegations of leaking data for profit, and the mounting criticism from different quarters.
The new policy depends on the users who will be regulated via the European headquarters of Facebook in Ireland. Facebook is maintaining that it has planned transparent privacy rules worldwide and would soon act upon it.
By the new move, Facebook users outside the EU would be governed by Facebook Inc. in the US rather than Facebook Ireland. It is seen as a way of circumventing the stringent General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by shifting user base outside the EU. More than 70% of its 2 billion members would be impacted by this change. As of December last year, Facebook had 239 million users in the US and Canada and 370 million in Europe.
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The social media giant also had 1.5 billion members in Africa, Asia, Australia and Latin America — and they are the ones affected by the change. Users in the US and Canada were never subject to European jurisdictions.
Stephen Deadman, Deputy Chief Global Privacy Officer, Facebook had said, "The GDPR and EU consumer law set out specific rules for terms and data policies which we have incorporated for EU users. We have been clear that we are offering everyone who uses Facebook the same privacy protections, controls and settings, no matter where they live,"
According to Sylvia Kingsmill, Digital Privacy Expert at Consultancy, KPMG said such moves would enable the tech firms to look for loopholes and find the ways to avoid the new regulations. "I think that the public expectation is that their data, which they freely give up to corporate giants, is protected and I think this kind of move will catch up with the firms that make it," said Kingsmill
Kingsmill further added that regulators and lawmakers in the US and Canada are working on their own version of the GDPR.
Facebook's next move
Facebook, just like many other tech giants, established its international headquarters in Ireland, in 2008, because of the low corporate tax rate in the country. This shift also meant that consumers outside of USA and Canada would be subject to European laws and regulations.
With the new change, users outside Europe will no longer be able to lodge complaints with the Irish data protection commissioner or in the Irish courts. GDPR offers greater control to users and the penalties for data breach are very high — up to 4% of the company's global revenue.
The Cambridge Analytica scandal rocked Facebook and it received much flak due to its negligence in handling user data and allowing companies to harvest user profiles for political purposes. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had publicly tendered an apology for the data breach.
It remains to be seen whether Zuckerberg is ready to walk the talk on data privacy following the recent controversies and actively takes up measures to boost user confidence and prevent future data breach. Meanwhile, before Facebook implements similar laws, the consumers outside Europe and US would be in a limbo.
What's at stake here concerns not just Facebook but expresses the dire need of instituting data privacy laws worldwide and recognizing the privacy rights of the netizens. There is already a cat-and-mouse chase between cybercriminals and authorities and in the absence of proper regulatory mechanisms, legal frameworks and punitive measures. The risks of data breach are enormous and in a rapidly evolving, fast-changing, and interconnected world no one can afford to take data privacy lightly.


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You're right- the timing is a bit strange: I don't know who arranges these matters- it is a little early in the year to be thinking of Chanukiot,but this is a shape/design I have had in my head for a good few years,and apparently it was time for it to emerge. The top plate is built like a box-lid,with the bottom part a container for olive oil [I haven't made Chanukiot specifically for burning olive oil before]. The skinny brass tubes are sold here with bundles of wicks,mainly used for lighting Shabbat lights [oil]. I can feel a number of influences at work without being able [yet] to enumerate them all [cribbage boards? Man Ray's Cadeau?]. They're made from rather thin slabs of porcelain,with lots of joins,so I'll have to see how they survive drying [let alone firing]- I think a nice thick celadon glaze is called for.
Meanwhile [as the Klezmer bands warm up outside for night #2 of our Tsfat Klezmer festival] I'm gearing up for another salt firing,inspired by the last one- both the relative smoothness of the loading/firing process,the successful outcome,and the fact that I've already sold quite a few mugs from that firing at the [for me] very respectable price of 100 shekels a pop.


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Day 7 | Parliament Monsoon Session Live Updates:Trafficking of persons prevention bill to be discussed
New Delhi:
As monsoon showers drenched the national capital, the Parliament Monsoon Session 2018 reconvened on Thursday for the seventh day.
On Wednesday, the Rajya Sabha passed the Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance, 2018. And, the Telegu Desam Party (TDP) on Wednesday moved the privilege motion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Piyush Goyal for misleading the House regarding the 14th Finance Commission.
The privilege motion moved by the Congress on the Rafale deal against PM Modi and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was also taken up by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan for 'consideration'.
Highlights of Parliament Monsoon Session 2018 Day 7:
#05:25 PM: Cambridge Analytica data breach case will be investigated by CBI: Ravi Shankar Prasad, IT Minister in Rajya Sabha
Cambridge Analytica data breach case will be investigated by CBI: Ravi Shankar Prasad, IT Minister in Rajya Sabha pic.twitter.com/lmLLdl5VIP— ANI (@ANI) July 26, 2018
#03:45 PM: Opposition parties questions the Anti-trafficking Bill in the Lok Sabha, saying it is neither clear and nor comprehensive in many parts.
#03:30 PM: After Government issued notice to WhatsApp and it reduced the number of forwards to five, it now plans to remove fwd button adjacent to video or audio msg; they also plan to bring fact checking and fake news verification mechanism, says Prasad.
# 02:40 PM: Ravi Shankar Prasad talks about Social media and circulation of Fake News.
The Govt is cognizant that social media platforms are being used as vehicles of weaponization against India's strategic interests, economic stability and Govt is committed to take suitable action to deter this: Ravi Shankar Prasad, IT Minister in Rajya Sabha pic.twitter.com/yAmWsIUiKV— ANI (@ANI) July 26, 2018
Govt issued notice to #WhatsApp, since in most such horrible incidents the preceding factor was rumours on Whatsapp. In response, Whastapp took steps to increase friction in propagation of content by reducing forwards to 5 and indicating whether message is forwarded:RS Prasad pic.twitter.com/WgdDQKxoRt— ANI (@ANI) July 26, 2018
# 02:35 PM: IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad takes the issue of misuse of social media and circulation of Fake News leading to rise in violence and lynching.
# 02:10 PM: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor states that the government may not know the difference between 'persecution' and 'prosecution' and suggests the Trafficking Bill shoud be sent to Standing Committee to address issues, several MPs join the demand.
# 01:20 PM: "How can we sit silent and see children and women being bought and sold like slaves?" asks Maneka Gandhi as she moves the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill.
# 01:05 PM: BJP MP Maheish Girri, raised the issue of death of three girls due to starvation ahead of the adjournment of the upper house.
# 01:00 PM: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm.
# 12:50 PM: Congress president Rahul Gandhi arrives at the Parliament.
# 12:45 PM: Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar says the Jio institute has not been granted any status of eminence.
# 12:30 AM: AIADMK MP P R. Sundaram says the truckers' strike has affected perishable goods sector such as eggs and vegetable which hiked up prices of the essential item.
# 11:50 AM: I welcome BJP's Padayatra, at least they are fighting in favour of the farmers. I am waiving farmers loans, they should appreciate me for it, says Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy
I welcome BJP's Padayatra, at least they are fighting in favour of the farmers. I am waiving farmers loans, they should appreciate me for it: Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy pic.twitter.com/ti4QfgtwH8— ANI (@ANI) July 26, 2018
# 11:30 AM: Earlier visuals of Telugu Desam Party MPs protesting in Parliament premises over their demand for special status to Andhra Pradesh.
Earlier visuals of Telugu Desam Party MPs protesting in Parliament premises over their demand for special status to Andhra Pradesh, pic.twitter.com/IpsBK0Jg2g— ANI (@ANI) July 26, 2018


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On paper director Nikolaj Arcel's, "The Dark Tower," sounds like a recipe for summer blockbuster success. A sci-fi western based on a beloved Stephen King series of novels, starring Idris Elba with Matthew McConaughey as his nemesis, it's the things box office dreams are made of. Sadly, this dream has turned into a nightmare.
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As previewed in "Mass Movement" (Feb. 2), George Gula and the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum will present historic slides of Mon Valley streetcars on Thu., Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Express at Lebanon Church and Camp Hollow roads, West Mifflin (724-228-9256). The day of the week was previously listed incorrectly.
In our Jan. 26 installment of "Everyone is a Critic," the interview subject offered a review of a musical performance by Sheila Kay Adams that had, without the knowledge of the interviewer, been cancelled.
Our Feb. 2 issue included a letter about the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and Pittsburgh Filmmakers that was provided under a false name and should not have run.