Sometimes the writing is on the wall

Retirement may seem untenable with inflation soaring and gas prices skyrocketing, but for some older adults, hanging on to their job can cause more harm than good. Sure, you still have money coming in, but at what price to your mental or physical health?

“In this economy, people are starting to worry that they don’t have a plan,” says Riley Rindo, senior wealth adviser and director at MAI Capital Management. “They are panicking and tending to hang on when they can retire and be perfectly fine.”

The thought of retirement can be scary, especially when it can easily last 20-plus years. Staying employed for as long as possible keeps you socially connected and the cash flowing. Still, sometimes retirement is the better option, especially if any of these signs ring true.

1. You’re disinterested in the job

Work should give you a sense of purpose in addition to a paycheck, but for many people who have been there and done that for decades, it’s lost its luster. If going into the office or logging on for the day conjures up feelings of dread instead of joy, it may be a sign your job has run its course.

That’s particularly true if it’s hard to get motivated at work or if you’ve become resentful of daily tasks. “If you are 60 or 62, a bad day at work can turn into your last day or work,” says Rindo. “Just being motivated because you think you have to work isn’t very productive.”

2. Your health is suffering

Most people have plans for their golden years, whether it’s traveling the world, moving closer to the grandkids, kicking back at home or starting a second career. Those dreams cost money, but they also require decent health. If your health is suffering and you can afford to retire, now may be the time to make the leap. Why wait until you can’t enjoy the things you worked hard to save for?

“Some people feel like they used up precious remaining years, especially if they have chronic conditions or a health shock they weren’t counting on,” says Matthew Rutledge, an economics professor at Boston College and a research fellow at BC’s Center for Retirement Research.

3. You’re burned out

Whether your job is physically taxing or requires a lot of brainpower, feeling burned out is a big reason older adults make the retirement leap. Working too much can cause stress, which can lead to all sorts of health issues, including an increased risk of hypertension, heart attack and stroke. A recent study published in PNAS, a scientific journal, found stress can speed up the natural aging process of the immune system in people of advanced age, increasing the risk of cancer, heart disease and infectious illnesses such as COVID-19.

4. You’ve saved enough for retirement

Every penny counts, but sometimes you may have enough pennies to comfortably exit the workforce but are afraid to make the leap. Sure, inflation is at a record high of 9.1 percent over the past year and yes, gas prices are still soaring, but if you have enough cash in the bank to live comfortably in retirement, hanging on may be counterintuitive. You don’t want your money to outlive you.

5. Technology is causing you stress

Technology plays a leading role in how we work these days. Even if we are back in the office, meetings are still conducted via videoconferencing and chat apps. Answers are expected in real time, and always on is becoming the norm.

For older adults not used to technology, it can be overwhelming and stress inducing. Also a reason to retire. “Remote work will keep some in the workforce and drive others out,” says Rutledge.

6. You have no debt

Having no debt nearing your retirement age is an enviable position to be in. It’s also a reason some people choose to finally retire. They don’t have to worry about a mortgage payment, credit card debt or other recurring bills eating away at their cash flow. They’ve achieved peace of mind, so they take the plunge into retirement.

7. You want to pursue a second act

Continuing to work has a lot of benefits, but that doesn’t mean it has to be in your current career. Plenty of people are retiring to pursue second acts, whether that means a new vocation, part-time work, volunteering or business ownership. Moreover, they want to use the money they’ve amassed to travel, pursue hobbies and otherwise fulfill their dreams.

“While working longer is a good solution for people financially, it comes with a trade-off,” says Rutledge. “It takes away some of the fun they deserve.”


Ratatouille helps you find someone who’ll be happy to take your extra food

Social entrepreneurship is a new and growing trend. One of the most famous examples can be seen in the movie Ratatouille.

The movie shows how the protagonist chef and his friends use social entrepreneurship to solve an issue that has been troubling them for years.

The movie tells us how important it is to contribute to society and share your resources with those in need. This can be done through caring, sharing, volunteering, or giving goods and services without expecting anything in return.

In the movie, Remy, a rat who just wants to cook, tells a young boy that Ratatouille is looking for someone who would be happy to take his extra food. With this clip people started wondering if this is how society should be or not. What is the appropriate way of redistributing free food?

Many people believe that donating your food to those in need will make you feel good about yourself, but in reality it doesn’t work like that. If the potential donor isn’t motivated by charity or altruism, then they’ll often give it away to those in their social circles instead of those who need it most. This means some people might be hungry on the streets but for some reason still have an abundance of food in their house.

We all have a few leftovers in our refrigerator and it’s tempting to throw them away, but this could be dangerous for the person who really needs them. The food rescue app, Ratatouille helps you find someone who’ll be happy to take your extra food.

People are hungry and starving every day around the world – about 2 billion people are hungry every day – but there is always enough food for everyone. Sharing your leftover grocery stores with those in need can help prevent hunger from happening.

In the movie Ratatouille, Remy Linguini is tasked to make a new dish for an important dinner as he cannot find any food in the garbage that was collected at his restaurant.

The film begins when Remy is a young rat in the sewers of Paris who has had his family killed by the chef of a famous restaurant. The film follows Remy as he leaves Paris to find a new home.

This movie makes me think about how we waste food that could feed others and how we can help people get food who are in need. This is why I think that this movie is very inspiring and could make all of us want to be more pro-environmental, environmentally conscious individuals.

In this movie, Remy finds Ratatouille and her family, who loves to cook but doesn’t know what he’s talking about. They’re happily living their lives when they find out they have to leave because rats have become dangerous in the position they live in with humans and rats living together

In the movie “Ratatouille,” a rat is hired to cook for a restaurant. If he does not create exciting and delicious dishes for the guests, he’ll be eaten.

Food waste is a major issue in our society as people throw away food that they don’t need. This can make it harder for those in need to get by, leading to health problems like obesity and malnutrition.

Ratatouille helps you find someone who’ll be happy to take your extra food by offering free meals to those who are hungry or cooking healthy meals for their families.


Taking the PBDS?

In today’s healthcare environment, most travel nursing positions come with some form of competency testing to secure the travel nursing job. While there are many different forms of testing, this article will address PBDS testing or Performance Based Development System.

What Is The PBDS?

The PBDS was designed by competency expert, Dr.  Dorothy del Bueno. The PBDS has been around since 1985 and is currently used by approximately 500 hospitals nationwide.  The intended purpose of the PBDS was to: maintain quality of care, improve cost effectiveness of education and training, reduce and prevent risks and  enhance customer satisfaction.  The PBDS was designed to help hospitals customize an orientation program for health professionals by “smoking out” areas of weakness.  Today, however, many hospitals use it as a pass / fail assessment tool for travel nurses.

So What Does The PBDS Focus On?

The PBDS is centered on 3 main topics:  (1) Critical thinking – doing the right things for the right reasons: problem recognition, risk & problem management, differentiating of priority and urgency and application of knowledge (2) Interpersonal Relation Skills – being a good citizen: conflict resolution, customer satisfaction and team building (3) Technical Skills – doing the right things: safe performance of procedures and effective use of equipment.

The assessment components of the PBDS include:

●Sophisticated video simulations

●Visual exercises

●Audio disks

The time usually allotted to complete the test is 4-6 hours.

What Areas Is The PBDS Used To Assess And Validate?

The PBDS can be used to assess & validate all RN’s in the following specialties:

●Adult Med / Surg

●Critical Care

●Mental Health Units

●Emergency Rooms

●Ambulatory Care

●Home Health

How Do I Prepare For The PBDS?

Before we discuss how to prepare, let’ first focus on the good news.  To qualify as a traveler, you must have at least 1 year current experience in your area of specialty.  In all likelihood, you have several years experience.  So, you know your job, the typical patient population you serve, and the disease processes you will encounter in your specialty. While taking the PBDS, you will be able to call on this experience to guide you through.

While taking the PBDS, you will have to consider all aspects of the nursing process.  For example:  You will be shown a video simulation.  You will be expected to identify the problem, determine what you believe the physician will order based on the information provided, and assess what interventions you will need to take and prioritize them in order of importance.  You will need to do all this while giving consideration to patient safety, use of equipment, team building, customer satisfaction and any potential conflicts that might arise and how to resolve them.

The test also focuses on what a prudent nurse must do, should do, and could do in a given situation.

When answering the questions, remember to write down every step you would take to promote the best outcome for the scenario.  For example:  Your patient’s morning blood sugar level is 40.  Your patient is cold, pale, diaphoretic, anxious, and experiencing nausea.  You would probably: put the patient in bed, give some orange juice, notify the physician, hold the morning glucophage, order another blood glucose level, and document the care.   Remember all steps…it is usually the small routine actions that get overlooked.  Think in terms of a step by step manner and your rationale for each step.

Refresh your memory on traditional patient diagnoses that you would see in your specialty area.  Start with the head and work down, covering all systems and related disease processes.

Also think of some interpersonal scenarios’ that might occur in your department:  What would you do if you witnessed another nurse being verbally abusive to a patient.  How would you respond if your charge nurse asked you to orient another nurse?

*** The PBDS does not use multiple choice questioning***

Remember to remain calm, take deep breaths and rely on your nursing knowledge and experience.  Just trust yourself and don’t let anxiety get the best of you.


Time to act – quantifying sustainability

The real estate industry wants to become more sustainable, and, with this goal in mind, the environmental footprint of buildings and real estate portfolios will be measured against a CO₂ benchmark and eventually a more comprehensive energy assessment one. The parameters of the REIDA (Real Estate Investment Data Association) CO₂ benchmarking will be operationally available to interested portfolio owners this year.

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The most common sustainability labels typically focus on the property construction or renovation, but they do not take account of CO2 emissions during the property management stage. Urs Frey, Fund Manager at Credit Suisse, welcomes the introduction of benchmarks by industry association REIDA. "Energy consumption is a key metric for sustainability. The new index makes it possible to compare portfolios that contain older properties," says Frey. Transparency regarding energy consumption also pays off for investors, as sustainable energy consumption increases the value of a property.

One of the biggest hurdles to greater sustainability is that sustainable goods or services may not be discernible as such, and this is especially true for real estate. Consequently, providers began marking their properties with quality labels several years ago, documenting compliance with sustainable principles for buyers and users of properties.

However, the success of the environmental quality seal led to a proliferation of labels and ratings, ultimately creating more confusion than clarification. It is not uncommon for labels in the real estate sector to be based on 20 or more factors, making it difficult to compare the various labels and ultimately making it more difficult to interpret a rating.

Creating transparency

Lately, people are realizing that we should focus more on the most important consumption and emission data for real estate, such as includes energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and the share of renewable energy used. Many portfolio managers now have more precise data about their properties than they did just a few years ago, and in line with the saying "If you can't measure it, you can't manage it," considerable effort has been made obtain ever better energy data. What's missing, however, are benchmarks that portfolio managers can use to evaluate their efforts to reduce energy consumption and stem CO2 emissions.

In principle, demonstrating the sustainability of a property is relatively straightforward: The property's energy consumption and CO2 emissions need to be compiled and standardized in a meaningful way. In most cases, the area of the property is used as the basis for the standardization.

But what should be included in the area? For example, if the rented area is used, then a building that also includes unheated storage that accounts for 20% of the total area will have better performance figures, even though it may be more poorly insulated. The devil is often in the details when it comes to investment properties, and uniform rules are needed.

Set comparable standards

The energy reference area (ERA) has become a common way of standardizing a property's area, and it includes all building areas that are heated or cooled. Nevertheless, it often does not answer every question. For example, does a building's elevator shaft or staircase count toward the ERA? In order to do a fair comparison between property portfolios, a number of other technically difficult distinctions are necessary.

There is often no uniform procedure or corresponding standards, and the lack of standardization means that different property portfolios can only rarely be compared on a one-to-one basis. To address this issue, the non-profit REIDA (Real Estate Investment Data Association) launched a benchmarking project to create greater transparency in this field. A pilot project with five larger institutional real estate investors, including Credit Suisse Asset Management, began in 2020, and it will transition to regular operation this year.

Striving to continuously improve the measurement methodology

Benchmarking participants provide the data from their real estate portfolios and receive a report with the key sustainability figures for their individual properties and their portfolio as a whole. They can also compare their portfolio with a vast range of other properties to assess their performance. Annual reports show portfolio managers the progress they have made with the measures they have taken, increasing knowledge about effective measures in the medium term. The association also offers a forum for sharing experiences and sustainability best practices.

The measurement methodology is refined on an ongoing basis to continuously improve the data basis. For example, the type of heat pump or the source of energy for district heating are not insignificant in assessing the environmental performance. However, this information must first be compiled. There is still much to be done, but the REIDA CO2 benchmark represents a start.

The office is dead. Long live the office.

Despite all of the benefits of working from home, many people are happy at the prospect of being able to return to the office. However, innovative working environments are needed to ensure that this positive attitude persists in the long run. The office must become a place where people feel comfortable and where working is fun.

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Why Showing Rhaenyra & Alicent’s Friendship Is Necessary in House of the Dragon

Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for Episode 1-5 from House of the Dragon and for the book Fire & Blood.When House of the Dragon started airing, many fans of the source material Fire & Blood quickly pointed out the key differences between the book and the show. While some changes were questioned, many made sense in adapting a story told through different perspectives and unreliable narrators. One of the key changes in the show was the addition of the friendship between Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock) and Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey). Their friendship became the center of most of the conflict since the beginning of the series. This addition added a backbone to the conflict between the two characters and adds layers of depth to the upcoming war between these two women.

In Fire & Blood, the story of the Targaryan civil war – also known as the Dance of the Dragons – is told through multiple accounts of the events and uses fictional unreliable narrators. It is not told like A Song of Ice and Fire through novels that alternate between characters’ points of view but instead acts like a book that could exist in Westeros as a historical piece of writing. And so, because of that, the show had a lot of liberties regarding adapting the text.

The Changes to Alicent and Rhaenyra’s Relationship Start at the Very Beginning

When the series starts, Alicent and Rhaenyra are two young girls in King Landing, having grown up together at the Red Keep. This is where the first significant difference between the book and the show appears. While Rhaenyra and Alicent are the same age in the series, that is not the case in the book. When the show starts, both Rhaenyra and Alicent are 14 years old, while in the book, they not only have a nine-year age gap but Alicent is said to be 18 years old when she marries Viserys in the book while Rhaenyra was only nine years old.

While the animosity between Alicent and Rhaenyra is very much at the core of the civil war that would lead to the near extinction of the Targaryen bloodline, it is never given context outside of “they do not like each other.” The show takes a more exciting route and gives the writers many options on setting up the upcoming war. By making the two characters the same age, House of the Dragon can cultivate this friendship between them that was not present in the novel.

Rhaenyra and Alicent were portrayed as best friends who simply wanted to break away from the convention in front of them. The first episode made it clear that their bond is strong, both needing and leaning on each other in times of need. There have been a lot of talk about the romantic undertone that the relationship had towards the start of the series, with Emily Carey herself talking about it in interviews where she admits that while they did intentionally play it that way, it as more about the fact that at that formative age, knowing the difference between a romantic or platonic relationship can be difficult.

RELATED: What is the True English History Behind ‘House of the Dragon’?

The Breakdown of Their Friendship Starts When Alicent Marries Viserys

But at its core, the relationship was also of two young women who wanted to break free of their worlds and were broken apart by their fathers and their fathers’ ambitions. Rhaenyra and Alicent breakdown of their friendship is a response to their environment. Her father, Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans), makes Alicent visit Viserys (Patty Considine) after his wife’s death to form an emotional connection with him, and she has no real choice but to marry him and give him children. By the end of the show, she might become the villain in the eyes of many, but she is a product of her father’s ambition at the beginning, a pawn with no say in what she wants.

And on the other hand, you have Rhaenyra, who never forgives Alicent – or her father to a lesser extent – about not only the marriage, but the clear implication that her best friend hid the fact that there was a start of a relationship with her father. The moment Viserys states that he will marry Alicent, it is the start of the breakdown of their relationship, one that is based on Rhaenyra feeling betrayed.

Alicent Breaks Their Friendship When She Arrives in Her Green Dress

With the reveal of Criston Cole’s (Fabien Frankel) affair with Rhaenyra, Alicent becomes the person the book describes. The idea is that Rhaenyra might have slept with someone before marriage and lied to Alicent about it breaks them apart. The moment Alicent arrives at the wedding wearing her father’s house color, green, she picks her side and fully dissolves any friendship that might have lingered between her and Rhaenyra.

The arrival in the green dress – at what some call the Green Wedding – is one part of two factions. The Greens, those who will support Alicent’s son Aegon for the throne, and the Black, those who will support Rhaenyra’s claim to the throne.

Creating this friendship and giving background to what will unfold following the ten-year time jump in Episode 6, House of the Dragon adds more to the animosity between Alicent and Rhaenyra. While Alicent can still be perceived as a villain, there is context. Before, in the book, Alicent was nothing more than a power-hungry woman who wanted to put her son on the throne. Alicent is more fleshed out and a product of her father’s ambitions; she isn’t just power hungry, there is much more there.

And this is where the idea of what could have become a romantic relationship – or perceived as one – is fascinating. Because both Alicent and Rhaenyra’s actions will lead to the start of the fall of their bloodline, or the Targaryen dynasty, these were two young women who were torn apart and reacted the only way they knew. While a lot is happening on the show, and many other actions have implications regarding the upcoming civil war, one thing is clear. The breakdown of the two teenage girls’ friendship is at the core of it all, the start of it all, because if Viserys simply did what many believed was the right choice and married Laena Velaryon, then maybe, the Dying of the Dragons would never have had happened.

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Adolf Hitler Biography

Adolf Hitler, born April 20th 1889 in the small Austrian village of Braunau am Inn. Growing up Hitler lost his father at the age of fourteen. His mother spoiled him; he grew up undisciplined and with very little education. Hitler felt lost and unsuccessful at school, and at the age of sixteen Hitler left school and decided to pursue his love for art. Hitler moved to Vienna to attend the Academy of Arts but he failed his entrance examination. In 1908 his mother died. After her death Hitler returned to Vienna, where for some time lived quite well.

While living in Vienna lived of the money left to him by his parents and also government grants issued to him for being classified as a orphan student. But these financial resources were soon exhausted and he drifted through various menial jobs without ever setting a definite career. He slept on park benches and in flophouses and wore shabby and torn clothes which people gave to him out of pity. In 1913 Hitler moved from Vienna to Munich. Hitler’s experience in Munich was as uncertain and miserable as it was in Vienna.

When the war broke out in 1914 he volunteered for a Bavarian regiment, He was a good solider and for the first time he found some recognition and felt himself to be part of community. Over the years Hitler became very devoted to the German military and Germany its self. The collapse of Germany was a personal catastrophe for him. Hitler did not want to believe that the fall of Germany was due in part to his admired military leaders. In the eyes of Hitler the collapse of Germany was due to those dark forces that he had scene in Vienna – Marxists and Jews.

After the war in 1918 Hitler returned to Munich and was employed by the army as a propaganda speaker to keep the military spirit alive in the disheartened and defeated German nation. In the course of new found job he came into contact with a small group calling itself the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, which pursued a somewhat confused mixture of nationalists and socialists ideas. In April of 1920 he went to work full time for the party, now under the abbreviated name of NAZI. In 1921 he was elected party Fuhrer with dictatorial powers.

On the years that followed his election to chancellor, Hitler spread his extreme views of racial hatred and contempt for democracy. During Hitler’s rise to power he organized meetings, and terrorized political foes with his personal bodyguard force, the Strumabteilung, also known as the SA or Storm troopers. In November 1923, a time of economic chaos, he lead an uprising, also known as a putsch, in Munich against the post war Weimar Republic, proclaiming himself chancellor of a new authoritarian regime. But do to the lack of military support the putsch collapsed.

As the leader of the scheme, Hitler was sentenced to five years in jail, but he only served nine months. During his nine months of imprisonment, he wrote his autobiography, Mein Kampf (My struggle). While in jail Hitler realized that his ways of illegally trying to gain power would no longer work for the time being. In December 1924 he rebuilt his NAZI Party without interference from those government officials he had tried to overthrow. When the Great Depression Struck in 1929, he explained it as a Jewish-Communist plot.

This explanation was widely accepted by many Germans. Promising a strong Germany, jobs, and a national glory, he attracted millions of voters. Representation of the NAZI Party in the Reichstag increased dramatically from 12 seats in 1928 to 107 seats in 1930. Hitler began to challenge President Hindenburg in the 1932 election. Hitler won over eleven million votes, 30% of the total. Hindenburg received over 18 million votes, 49% of the total. Since no one had a true majority, a run-off election was required.

Hitler traveled cross-country making wild promises and positive messages. On April 10, 1932, the run-off took place. Hitler received 13,418,547 votes, or 36%. Hindenburg took in 19,359,983 votes, 53% of the total. Although they had lost, the Nazis showed tremendous popularity and the current government seemed unstable at best. During this unstable time in the Reichstag rumors started to circulate that the former chancellor was back stabbing the President. President Hindenburg immediately appointed Hitler chancellor.

On his first day in office, Hitler manipulated Hindenburg into dissolving the Reichstag and calling for new elections on March 5th , 1933. Hitler and other high ranking Nazis hatched a plan to seize absolute power. They helped a Communist arsonist set the Reichstag on fire and then claimed it was a Communist plot. Hindenburg signed a state of emergency decree giving Hitler temporarily unlimited powers that normally violated the German constitution. As Chancellor one of his first to withdraw Germany from the League of Nations.

He wanted to be in charge of completely independent Germany. On the March 5 Election, Hitler won 44% of the vote; he needed a two thirds majority in the Reichstag to have a legal dictatorship. Hitler was able to win this majority thanks to the emergency decree. He used his new found powers to simply arrest any non-Nazi representative. On March 23, the Nazi Reichstag, with Hitler as President, passed a law giving Hitler complete dictatorial powers. From there Hitler would send German troops to occupy the Rhineland and conduct a systematic invasion of Europe starting World War II.

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FEC responding to Mr. Hoersting, Backer and Najvar's advisory opinion request on behalf of Shaun McCutcheon, concerning the application of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (the “Act”), and Commission regulations to Mr. McCutcheon’s desire to make aggregated contributions to Federal candidates totaling $54,400 during the 2011-2012 election cycle. The Commission concludes that the Act prohibits Mr. McCutcheon from making aggregated contributions to Federal Candidates in excess of $46,200 during the 2011-2012 election cycle.


No positive values of effect size reported when using "custom analysis" tool

Let me start by saying how great the data explorer is, and how great the custom analysis tool is. I observed occasionally that when using the “custom analysis” tool within the data explorer that none of the results (or very, very few) have positive values. I would expect a much larger number to have somewhat positive values just by chance. I finally have a concrete example I can share that is sufficiently anonymous to reproduce the result. Here’s a screenshot of the results:

Here’s the downloaded table of results:
depmap_download.csv (14.7 KB)

Note there are only 155 results, and the display (by default) is set to show 1000 rows, so it is not that we are truncating the positive results.

I ran this using two class comparison, GDSC2 dataset, in and out group of cell lines are below.

I ran this calculation myself using python/pandas/scipy (stats.ttest_ind, effect size is difference of means between the groups):

(I can share code if you want). I definitely also observe asymmetry in effect size to stronger negative than positive, but there are many points that do have positive results (which is what I would expect by chance).

Here is the “in” set of cell lines used in the analysis:

Here are the out set of cell lines used in the analysis:

Here’s a zoomed in screenshot showing that there is just 1 point that is slightly positive:

Here’s another example - I’m using the same set of cell lines as above, using the 2 class comparison, and using the expression dataset.

Here is the table of results:
depmap_download_expression.csv (1.4 MB)

I find this example even more striking, it is really hard for me to understand how for a given set of cell lines all the genes expression could be more lowly* expressed than another group of cell lines. To be more precise, gene expression of in set is less than or equal to gene expression of out set.

Image of zoomed in plot near zero showing no genes have positive effect size:

Image of table when sorting from highest to lowest showing highest / most positive value is still less than 0:

I have in the past run this calculation myself in python/pandas/scipy and observed a much more symmetric distribution (I don’t have those results to hand but can find them and/or code if you want).


Archeologists Found a 7,500-Year-Old Spanish “Stonehenge”

In advance of plans to plant avocados there, archaeologists have discovered one of the largest Neolithic standing stone complexes in Europe close to the city of Huelva in southwest Spain. People call it the Spanish Stonehenge. The oldest upright stones in the complex, which are made up of hundreds of individual stones scattered over 1,500 acres (600 hectares) of the sides and top of a small hill, are thought to be as ancient as 7,500 years. These stones are known as “menhirs” in various regions of Europe.

Archeologists Found a 7,500-Year-Old Spanish “Stonehenge”

Free-Standing Stones & More

Some of the larger stones are free-standing, while others have been arranged to create enclosures, stone rings, graves, mounds, and linear rows. A piece of the site’s jigsaw is the diversity of the structures. Although the La Torre-La Janera site was found in 2018, archaeologists have only just come to understand the entire scope of the Neolithic, or New Stone Age, complex.

It now appears that the Neolithic Stonehenge monuments’ purposes were as diverse as their creation. Territorial, ceremonial, astronomical, funerary, all of which together make up a mega-site of southern Iberia’s recent prehistory, he added. The megalithic sanctuary serves as a place of worship, remembrance, and honor for long-gone ancestors.

The proprietor, a farmer, intended to build an avocado plantation at the location, which is 50 miles northwest of Huelva and close to the Portuguese border. However, there were legends in the area that menhirs had previously stood on the hill, so it wasn’t entirely unexpected when a preliminary archaeological survey conducted in 2018 revealed that there were many standing stones there. An archaeological inquiry will be funded by the universities of Huelva and Alcalá until at least 2026 after a thorough examination in 2020 and 2021 indicated the significance of the site.

The Location of the Spanish ‘Stonehenge’

The complex was built by Neolithic people on a high hill with an excellent sight of the surrounding area, not far from the mouth of the Guadiana River and the Atlantic Ocean. Megaliths, derived from the Greek words for “great stone,” are standing stones and other Neolithic structures that may be found throughout Europe, from Sweden to the Mediterranean. In addition, some megalithic sites have been discovered in Spain, particularly in the vicinity of La Torre-La Janera.

Even bigger “megalithic” Stonehenge-like constructions may be discovered elsewhere, including at Carnac in France’s Brittany area, where there are more than 10,000 menhirs lined up in rows. Some of the most well-known megalithic monuments are found in Britain, like Stonehenge.

Because rock cannot be properly dated, it can be challenging to determine the exact dates of such megalithic buildings. The earliest standing stones at La Torre-La Janera, however, would be more ancient than most since indirect evidence from other materials buried at the same sites indicates that the majority of them belong to the Neolithic period from around 6,500 years ago.


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# Who has been appointed as the Chairman designate of Tata Sons Ltd.?

# Which of the following is not an eligibility criterion for election as President of India?

# Who is the current Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

# Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

# Which one of the following thinkers called jurisprudence as the ‘Philosophy of Positive Law’?

# Fundamental Rights are contained in which Part of the Constitution of India?

# The term of office of the President of India is

# Which of the following is not a Presidency Court?

# Who is the current Solicitor General of India?

# ‘Communist Manifesto’ was authored by

# In which year was the Council of State first constituted?

# The SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009 rescinded

# How many elected members are there in the Council of States?

# The Cabinet recommended that FDI limits in multi brand retail be raised to in November, 2011.

# What is the minimum qualifying age for being a member of the Parliament?

# The identity cards issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India are called

# Which President of Egypt was ousted on February 11, 2011?

# Where would the Commonwealth Games 2014 be held?

# Which of the following is not a writ mentioned in the Constitution?

# Who is the second Indian Cricketer to break the 13,000 runs barrier in Test Cricket?

# Osama Bin Laden was killed by US Forces in which city?

# Where are the headquarters of International Labour Organisation situated?

# Who was the CEO of Apple Inc. who expired in October, 2011?

# Who is the current Foreign Minister of Pakistan?

# Who is the current Secretary of State of the United States of America?

# Who is the founder of the Non Profit Organisation Wikileaks?

# The National Animal of India is

# How many spokes does the Ashok Chakra have?

# Which one of the following is an incorrect statement?

# The retirement age for a High Court Judge

# Habeas Corpus literally means

# The correct form of address for the President of India is

# The full form of UNESCO is

# The term ‘2G’ stands for

# The President of the UN General Assembly is from which country?

# Who of the following was not awarded the Padma Vitahushan award in 2010?

# Which of the following is not true?

# How many gold medals did India win in the Commonwealth Games 2010?

# The famous Charminar monument is situated at

# Which of the following rivers does not flow west to east?

# Who is the highest ranked Indian player in world ATP tennis rankings?

# Which of the following is not a Nobel Prize Winner?

# Who won the Nobel Peace Price in 2009?

# Who was the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India

# Blood cancer is commonly known as

# International Court of Justice is located at

# What does the term ‘de jure’ mean?

# What does the term ‘a priori’ mean?

# Which country has recently voted to overturn a decades old ban on uranium sale to India, despite being a nation outside the nuclear non- proliferation treaty?

# The Pure Theory of Law which say Law as a Norm of Action was advocated by

# The Preamble to the Constitution of India: 42”’ Amendment (supra).

# The basic structure doctrine with respect to the Constitution of India:

# Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment:

# The prohibition against prosecution and punishment for the same offence more than once:

# The Constitution has vested the executive power of the Union Government in:

# Which right is a constitution right but not a fundamental right?

# Members of Legislative Bodies enjoys the privilege of examination from arrest or detention in prison:

# The Comptroller and Auditor General of India:

# Article 14 does nol encompass:

# Right under Article 19 are:

# The maximum pecuniary jurisdiction of the Court of Civil Judge in Delhi is Rupees Three Lakhs. ‘A’ files a plaint in the Court of the Civil Judge for recovery of Rupees Three Lakhs together with interest® 18% per annum from the date of institution of the suit till realization :

# Suit for partition of properties situated in different cities:

# Which of the following statements is incorrect:

# An ex parte decree can be set aside:

# Agarnishee order is an order:

# A suit may be defeated due to:

# An arbitration agreement providing for arbitration of four arbitrators is, under the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996, to be construed as an agreement for arbitration by:

# The arbitration awards rendered in arbitration proceedings commended before the coming into force of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996:

# An arbitration award under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: 30 days for making an application to set aside the same has expired or such application having been made has been refused

# An application under Section 11 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 can be filed:

# A Civil Court before which an action is brought in a matter which is subject matter of arbitration, while referring the parties to arbitration on application of the party, is under the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 required to:

# In an arbitration between two parties before an arbitrator appointed by the Chief Justice of the High Court (in exercise of powers under Section 11 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996), the rival parties have filed claims against each other. When

# A’ has lent monies to ‘B’ under a written agreement containing an arbitration clause. The Agreement does not specify the time of repayment. Rather the money was repayable on demand ‘A’. ‘A’ after five years of the date when the loan was made demanded mone

# A Private Limited Company having registered office at Delhi advances monies to another Private Limited Company also at Delhi. Disputes and differences arise relating to the said transaction and the parties agree to the arbitration at-Mumbai by a retired J

# ‘A’ files a petition for eviction under the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 against ‘B’ before the Court of the Additional Rent Controller. ‘C’ thereafter files a suit in the Court of the Civil Judge for declaration that it is infact he i.e. ‘C1 who is tena

# ‘A’, a renowned architect agrees to design a palatial residence for ‘B’. ‘B’ in order to secure undivided attention of ‘A’ also incorporates a term in the contract that ‘A’ shall during the period of three years which was the time stipulated for completion
‘B’ is entitled to refund of advance and damage for breach of contact and also to the relief of permanent injunction

# A citizen institutes a suit for injunction restraining several Radio Channels from playing music without permission of any paying royalty etc. to the persons holding Intellectual Property Rights in the said music, alleging such action of the Radio compani

# Specific performance of any contracts may be ordered where:

# A time barred debt can be claimed:

# Acknowledgement after the period of limitation:

# What does the legal maxim ‘sui generis? mean?

# A suit for damages for breach of contract can be filed at a place:

# In a suit for maintenance arrears can be claimed for the last:

# Upon the coming into force of the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008: 2008 is applicable to only metropolitan cities as defined therein and the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 continues to apply to the rest of the country.

# A, B and C are partners in a firm. C retires and X admitted as a new partner. The firm did not give a public notice on the change but continued its business in its old firm name. Z, a customer of the firm, deals with the firm after the change and the firm

# A partnership firm is:

# Communication of acceptance is complete as against the proposer:

# If only a part of the consideration or object is unlawful, the contract under Section 24 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 shall be:

# Two parties entered into a contract. They later realized that there was a mistake in their understanding of the law as applicable in India. This makes their contract:

# A contract caused by mistake of law not in force in India:

# An agreement in restraint of trade is:

# Which of the following is an offer?

# If a future event on which a contract is contingent is the way in which a person will act at an unspecified time, the event shall be considered to become impossible:

# He is showing (immutable) courage under these circumstances

# I enjoy Delhi because of the (balmy) winters

# She found the smell of the bottle (repugnant) and asked (or another bottle

# Looking at the hot samosa made her drool(incessantly)

# Stolid

# Encroach

# Potent

# Impolitic

# Frenetic

# Neologism

# Tepid

# Hamper

# Callow

# Discerning

# Whoever being legally bound by oath to state the truth or being bound by law to make a declaration upon any subject matter is said to give false evidence when:

# Which Section of the Indian Penal Code codifies, in the field of criminal law, the maxim: ‘de minimis non curat lex’:

# Right of private defence is available:

# When an act is abetted and a different act is done by the person instigated, the abettor is liable for the act done in the same manner and to the same extent as if he had directly abetted it, provided:

# Circumstantial evidence is considered weaker evidence as compared to direct evidence

# Whoever causes bodily pain, disease or infirmity to any person, is said to cause hurt. Therefore:

# Whether a weapon is a deadly weapon is a question of:

# In the Law of Evidence ‘Fact’ means and includes:

# Only such facts are made relevant by the Evidence Act as are encompassed by:

# Ram aged 25 years, tell Shyam who is aged 17 years and on account of the death of his father is sad, that If Shyam dies by jumping in a burning pyre of a woman he i.e. Shyam would meet his father in heaven and would find bliss. Shyam, aged 17 years, know

# The accused driver of a truck while driving on the left side i.e., his side of the road, sees a cyclist coming from the opposite direction, but on the wrong side of the road i.e. in the lane on which the truck was being driven; the road being narrow and t

# A dying declaration is relevant evidence under Section 32 of the Evidence Act notwithstanding it being hearsay evidence because:

# In a writing containing an acknowledge by ‘A’ that he will sell his house in Kolkata to ‘B’ for a sum of Rs. 50,00,OCHV- or Rs. 60,00,000/- and having blank space with respecl to the particulars of the house i.e. the house number, the street number and th 18,000/-per sq. yard as only applicable to the plot admeasuring 30

# A boy aged about 14 years is suspected in the commission of the offence of murder. He can be made to join investigation:

# ‘A’ is suspected of commission of an offence of murder, trail whereof can only be conducted before a court of Sessions. ‘A’ appears before the Metropolitan Magistrate and moves an application for recording his statement under Section 164 CrPC and grant of

# Accused ‘A’ makes a confession in front of his friend ‘3’ when ‘B’ goes to meet ‘A’ as ‘A’ is to be produced for remand in the court. The concession is that he i.e. ‘A’ has murdered ‘C’. The confession is:

# Right of an accused for plea bargaining in India relates to:

# ‘X’ is accused of an offence of rape. He can be subjected to the following tests for investigation:

# When examined under Section 313 Cr.P.C., a circumstance incriminating the accused is not put to the accused for the explanation. The said circumstances cannot be used against the accused because:

# After investigation pertaining to an offence of murder, the Police files a cancellation report. The report can be accepted only by:

# The employer has told the employee in the morning that when the employee leaves the office in the evening to go to his house, he should pick up Rs. 50,0007- lying in the drawer of the employer and deliver the same of ‘X’, to whom the employer owes Rs. 50,

# B’assaults ‘A’ using a sharp edged weapon, resulting in an injury which is 6 cm long and 3 cm deep in the right forearm of ‘A’. ‘B’ is liable to be charged for an offence punishable under:

# The Magistrate has convicted ‘A’ for the offence of having cheated a number of investors in the sum of Rs. 10 crores. The Magistrate is of the opinion that the gravity of the offence a sentence to undergo imprisonment in excess of 3 years to be

# X’ sends an e-mail to ‘V from Delhi threatening ‘Y’ that certain photographs showing ‘Y’ in a compromising position with a woman shall be posted on the net, if ‘Y’ does not pay Rs. 1,00,000/- to ‘X’. ‘Y’ accesses the e-mail at his office in Koikata. The o

# Nothing is an offence if it done by a person who is a:

# When the person competent to compound an offence under Section 320 Cr.P.C. is dead, then:

# Under Section 209 Cr.P.C., which of the following cases can be committed to the Court of Sessions by a Magistrate, if it appears to the Magistrate that the offence is triable exclusively by the Court of Sessions?

# ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ plan to enter into a jewellery snap and commit theft at the shop. They collect the implements of housebreaking and go to the jewellery shop to execute their plan. On reaching there, they find a police patrol van stationed outside the shop

# A’, a police officer, is directed by the court to arrest ‘B’. He arrests ‘C’ after reasonable inquiry believing ‘C’ to be ‘B’:

# If a series of acts are so connected together as to form the same transaction, and more than one offence is committed by the same person:

# ‘A’ going to pilgrimage, entrusts ten gold coins to ‘B’ for keeping in safe custody till his return. ‘B’ sells those gold coins to a goldsmith.

# ‘A’ committed an offence on October 1,2010. On the said date the prescribed punishment for the offence was 3 year imprisonment. By an amendment on October 1, 2011 the punishment for the offence was enhanced to 7 years imprisonment. The trail was conclude-

# Error or omission in framing of charge;

# Which of the following charges cannot be compounded without permission of the court before which the prosecution is pending?

# In cases in which a judgment is given that a person is guilty of one of the several offences specified in the judgment, but that it is doubtful of which of the offence he is guilty of, the offender shall be:

# ‘A’ indulges in voluntary sexual intercourse with ‘B’, a married woman without the consent of her husband. He is guilty of adultery. The married woman ‘B’ is liable to be tried with ‘A’ as an:

# A person accused of an offence before a criminal court can be called upon to give evidence on oath:

# Dacoity is

# Police Remand of an Accused cannot exceed:

# Which of the following statement is correct?

# Leading questions cannot be asked in:

# Test identification Parade pertains to the field of:

# Pardon may be tendered to an accomplice under Section 306 Cr.P.C. when-

# Criminal Justice system in India is based on:

# Statement of a witness recorded during investigation under Section 161 Cr.P.C. cannot be used at a criminal trial except:

# ‘A’ rings up the police station and informs the Duty Officer that he has murdered his wife because she was not preparing food for him. The information is duty recorded by the Duty Officer. At the trial for having committed the offence of murder, the statem

# Under Section 200 Cr.P.C. recording of pre- summoning evidence may be dispensed with if:

# Which of the following statement is/are correct?

# Which of the following statements is/are correct? 107 IPC. 304-AIPC 364-AIPC

# Prejury resulting in the conviction of a person for an offence punishable with death attracts the maximum penalty of:

Delhi Judicial Services Exam DJSE 2011


3 Module Introduction

The Gilded Age (1877–1898)

Module Introduction

The concept of Manifest Destiny and the strong incentives to relocate sent hundreds of thousands of people west across the Mississippi. The rigors of this new way of life presented many challenges and difficulties to homesteaders. As the railroad expanded and better farm equipment became available, by the 1870s, large farms began to succeed through economies of scale. Small farms still struggled to stay afloat, however, leading to a rising discontent among the farmers, who worked so hard for so little success.

Mining and cattle also played significant roles in shaping the West. In both the mining and cattle industries, however, individual opportunities slowly died out, as resources—both land for grazing and easily accessed precious metals—disappeared. In their place came big business, with the infrastructure and investments to make a profit. These businesses built up small towns into thriving cities, and the influx of middle-class families sought to drive out some of the violence and vice that characterized the western towns. Slowly but inexorably, the “American” way of life, as envisioned by the eastern establishment who initiated and promoted the concept of Manifest Destiny, was spreading west.

The interaction of the American Indians with white settlers during the western expansion movement was a painful and difficult one. For settlers raised on the notion of Manifest Destiny and empty lands, the Indians added a terrifying element to what was already a difficult and dangerous new world. For the Indians, the arrival of the settlers meant nothing less than the end of their way of life.

Inventors in the late nineteenth century flooded the market with new technological advances. These inventions were a key piece of the massive shift towards industrialization that followed. For both families and businesses, these inventions eventually represented a fundamental change in their way of life. Although the technology spread slowly, it did spread across the country.

The end of the nineteenth century was a period in history that offered tremendous financial rewards to those who had the right combination of skill, ambition, and luck. Whether self-made millionaires like Carnegie or Rockefeller, or born to wealth like Morgan, these men were the linchpins that turned inventors’ ideas into industrial growth. Along the way, the models of management they adopted—horizontal and vertical integration, trusts, holding companies, and investment brokerages—became commonplace in American businesses. Very quickly, large business enterprises fell under the control of fewer and fewer individuals and trusts. In sum, their ruthlessness, their ambition, their generosity, and their management made up the workings of America’s industrial age.

For the first time, the majority of workers were employed by others in factories and offices in the cities. Poor working conditions, combined with few substantial options for relief, led workers to frustration and sporadic acts of protest and violence, acts that rarely, if ever, gained them any lasting, positive effects. Workers realized that change would require organization, and thus began early labor unions that sought to win rights for all workers through political advocacy and owner engagement.

Urbanization spread rapidly in the mid-nineteenth. As cities grew, they were unable to cope with this rapid influx of workers, and the living conditions for the working class were terrible. Tight living quarters, with inadequate plumbing and sanitation, led to widespread illness. Churches, civic organizations, and the secular settlement house movement all sought to provide some relief to the urban working class, but conditions remained brutal for many new city dwellers.

African Americans moved away from the racial violence and limited opportunities that existed in the rural South, seeking wages and steady work, as well as the opportunity to vote safely as free men; however, they quickly learned that racial discrimination and violence were not limited to the South. For European immigrants, famine and persecution led them to seek a new life in the United States, where, the stories said, the streets were paved in gold. Of course, in northeastern and midwestern cities, both groups found a more challenging welcome than they had anticipated. City residents blamed recent arrivals for the ills of the cities, from overcrowding to a rise in crime. Activist groups pushed for anti-immigration legislation, seeking to limit the waves of immigrants that sought a better future in the United States.

The burgeoning cities brought together both rich and poor, working class and upper class; however, the realities of urban dwellers’ lives varied dramatically based on where they fell in the social chain. Entertainment and leisure-time activities were heavily dependent on one’s status and wealth. The City Beautiful movement benefitted all city dwellers, with its emphasis on public green spaces, and more beautiful and practical city boulevards. In all, these different opportunities for leisure and pleasure made city life manageable for the citizens who lived there.

In the years following the Civil War, American politics were disjointed, corrupt, and, at the federal level, largely ineffective in terms of addressing the challenges that Americans faced. Local and regional politics, and the bosses who ran the political machines, dominated through systematic graft and bribery. Meanwhile, in the Compromise of 1877, an electoral commission declared Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the contested presidential election in exchange for the withdrawal of federal troops from South Carolina, Louisiana, and Florida. As a result, Southern Democrats were able to reestablish control over their home governments, which would have a tremendous impact on the direction of southern politics and society in the decades to come.

The political issues of the day, including the spoils system versus civil service reform, high tariffs versus low, and business regulation, all influenced politicians more than the country at large. Very few measures offered direct assistance to Americans who continued to struggle with the transformation into an industrial society; the inefficiency of a patronage-driven federal government, combined with a growing laissez-faire attitude among the American public, made the passage of effective legislation difficult.

Factors such as overproduction and high tariffs left the country’s farmers in increasingly desperate straits, and the federal government’s inability to address their concerns left them disillusioned and worried. Taking note of the labor movements growing in industrial cities around the country, farmers began to organize into alliances similar to workers’ unions. Ultimately, the alliances were unable to initiate widespread change for their benefit. Still, drawing from the cohesion of purpose, farmers sought to create change from the inside: through politics. They hoped the creation of the Populist Party in 1891 would lead to a president who put the people—and in particular the farmers—first.

As the economy worsened, more Americans suffered; as the federal government continued to offer few solutions, the Populist movement began to grow. Populist groups approached the 1896 election anticipating that the mass of struggling Americans would support their movement for change. When Democrats chose William Jennings Bryan for their candidate, however, they chose a politician who largely fit the mold of the Populist platform—from his birthplace of Nebraska to his advocacy of the silver standard that most farmers desired. Throwing their support behind Bryan as well, Populists hoped to see a candidate in the White House who would embody the Populist goals, if not the party name. When Bryan lost to Republican William McKinley, the Populist Party lost much of its momentum. As the country climbed out of the depression, the interest in a third party faded away, although the reformist movement remained intact. (2)

Learning Outcomes

This module addresses the following Course Learning Outcomes listed in the Syllabus for this course:

  • Students will be able to think critically about institutions, cultures, and behaviors in their local and/or national environment.
  • Students will understand the social, political, and economic development of the United States.
  • Students will develop a historical context for understanding current issues and events. (1)

Module Objectives

Upon completion of this module, the student will be able to:

Describe the workings of politics during the Gilded Age (1)

Readings and Resources

  • Lecture Content: The Push Westward (see below)
  • Lecture Content: Industrialization and the Gilded Age (see below) (1)

Discussion: Greetings and Introductions

Use this forum to introduce yourself to the professor and the class. Tell us a little about yourself, including some of the things you expect to get out of this course.

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OLE Automation Date Converter

Have you ever had problems with numbers somewhere around 40,000 claiming to be dates? It could well be that you need a tool to help you quickly convert dates from the OLE Automation Date – aka OADate – format into something a bit more human readable. If so you’re in luck, simply go to the Life Beyond Fife GitHub repository to get hold of the sourcecode, or download the executable. Or read on if you want a bit more background.

OLE Automation Dates, or more simply OA dates is a Microsoft standard for specifiying a date and time in a floating point number. The integral part refers to the date and the fractional part refers to the time. The date is recording as the number of days since 1 January 1900 so an OA date of 40,000 is 6 July 2009. The fraction of the number is the fraction of the day so far e.g. 0.25 means 06:00, 0.625 means 15:00. But I don’t expect many people convert these things manually back and forward.

My first encouter with this dreaded format came several years ago when I was modifying FX option pricing code. Most financial instrument valuation requires lots of different market data stretching over the lifetime of the trade, generally at points where something of interest is happening to the trade, say, a payment is made or an interest rate is updated. Debugging this process in real-time therefore presented me with lots of infuriating lists like this.

Dates as doubles are handy for storage but not so much when you’re trying to verify that the auto-generated list of dates for your valuation engine are correct. The non-programmatic practice for quickly converting between the two involved opening Excel, typing the number into a cell before changing its formatting to that of a date. Hardly convenient. For the debugging problem above, a Visual Studio plugin could be created but as double is an oft used value type, it didn’t seem ideal.

I began thinking about how any two types of data – not just OA dates and human readable dates – could be converted quickly and unobtrusively within a desktop computing enviroment. It needed to be light-weight enough to be always running but anonymous enough not to take up space on the taskbar and required minimal interaction. This led to an idea to use an icon in the system tray and the clipboard mechanism.

The user would copy whatever they wanted converted into the clipboard, that only takes a couple of clicks or a keyboard shortcut. Next the cursor would hover over the icon in the system tray and the converted value would be shown as a tooltip.

In this case the conversion handles OA dates and human readable dates but the different types could be anything with a little programming. Other enhancements were made such as double-clicking on the icon to convert the contents of the clipboard. The converted date field can then be pasted into another application. In this case, both data types are strings but the clipboard can hold all sorts of data. A graphic designer constantly performing the same complex operation on an image could make use of this style of user interface.

The sourcecode for the conversion is done in just one function so it’s ready to be opened up and tinkered with. Best of luck.


The first brain research to show lucidity is in our brains

Researchers have developed a new technique that can determine if a person is lucid.

The technique could also lead to more effective treatments for people with seizures, a rare condition in which seizures can cause a person to be unable to move or speak.

The new technique was developed by a team of researchers led by professor Jörg Kühn at the University of Göttingen in Germany.

A new type of brain scanner called the brainwave entrainment (BDU) machine, which allows researchers to measure brain activity without electrodes, has been developed.

The brain wave entrainments are similar to EEG, a type of machine used in medical diagnostics.

In addition to EEGs, the researchers used a new type called a deep brain stimulation (DBS) to measure the brainwaves of people using the BDU machine.

They used this technique to monitor the brains of people with epilepsy and other epilepsy-related conditions.

Kühl’s team showed that people with a high percentage of GABA, or gamma-aminobutyric acid, (GABA), in the brain had a higher chance of being lucid.

They also found that GABA could also be a predictor of lucidness in people with severe epilepsy.

The researchers said their technique could lead to new treatments for epilepsy patients and for those with seizure disorders.

The results were published on Tuesday in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

In contrast to EEG and DBS, the new technique does not rely on a computer.

It uses a sensor that can be implanted in the skull to record the electrical activity of neurons in the brains.

The sensor measures the electrical signals of the brain waves that occur in the patient’s brain.

The result is a digital image of the EEG signal that can then be analyzed.

The image shows the brain activity of a person who was tested on the BDUs brain wave system.

The images can be analyzed by using a computer program that can analyze the signal from the sensors.

The software can then predict how a person’s brain will react to a given stimulus and compare it with the expected response.

This information can then then be used to identify which of the many types of seizures that affect people could be related to the same type of seizure.

For example, epilepsy may be caused by a seizure disorder and not a specific seizure disorder.

In a study conducted in Japan, the team found that people who had more GABA in their brains also had a lower chance of having a seizure, indicating that a higher percentage of a specific type of GABA may be associated with a seizure.

The authors of the study noted that their findings have some limitations.

For one, the findings could only be generalized to epilepsy patients.

But for people who are seizure-free and seizure-like, this method should also be effective in those who do not have seizures.

“If you see a seizure in people who do have seizures, the result is likely to be different,” said Kühler, who was not involved in the study.

“We hope this will give us an insight into how epilepsy patients react to various types of stimulation,” he said.

The BDU system was developed with the support of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The study was supported by the Wellcome Trust.

The best movies of 2017 list

This list isn’t meant to be definitive, but the ones we’ve ranked are some of the most consistently great movies of the year, even if they’ve been released over the last few months.

(Some of these movies were released in the last six months.)

The best movies in 2017:The best TV movies in 2016:The first two seasons of the new season of “The Office”The best new TV shows in 2016The most successful new movie projects in 2016 (if not the best)The biggest hit and hit-or-miss summer releases of 2016 (for now)The best animated films of 2016The best movie theater experiences of 2016For the full list of the Best of 2016, check out our Best of 2017 article.

When to Use the Korean version of your favorite Japanese cosmetics

The Korean version has been around since the mid-1980s, and it has been used by both Korean beauty and Asian beauty brands for years.

While there are many different Korean skin care products, the Korean versions are by far the most popular.

While it is a Japanese brand, the company grew out of the Japanese skincamp, so it is definitely the Korean skin brand that comes to mind when you think of Korean skin products.

What to Expect From The Korean Version of Your Favorite Japanese Cosmetics The Korean version comes in four different skincarams.

One of them is the Ganoderma Luminous Essence which comes in a small tube.

It contains a blend of hyaluronic acid, vitamin E, and glycerin, but the rest of the product is a blend that contains hyalotone, hyaluronan, aloe vera, and ceramides.

The Ganodermas Luminous Essences main ingredient is glycerine which is a naturally occurring acid found in the skin, and also comes from the earth.

You can purchase it online at The second and third SKINCARE SKINCARAM are the Ganodermes Skin Essence, a hyalogenized moisturizer with a mixture of hyalis and aloe that is designed to give you a hydrated, glowing skin tone.

 The fourth SKINCare SKINCaram is the Galactomyces Hydrate, which is meant to provide a soothing and hydrating treatment to the skin.

This SKINCARAM contains aloe, ceramisins, and hyaloids, and is a bit thicker than the others.

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An undescended testis in uncommon in males, yet when it does occur it can be fixed in most cases. Undescended testes occur mostly in newborn babies and the condition can be identified at birth.

The condition occurs when one of the testicles does not move into its proper position in the scrotum. Generally, it is just one of the testicles that does not move into its proper position rather than both.

Often, the testicle will move into the scrotum without needing medical help. However, an undescended testis that does not move into position after a few months may need the help of modern medicine.

Most males will be diagnosed with an undescended testis as a baby. An examination shortly after birth will give doctors and midwives the information they need to diagnose an undescended testicle. As males get older, the chances of the testicle moving into the scrotum becomes rarer. By the age of one year, the testicle should be in place. If it is not, surgery may be required.

The main evidence of an undescended testis is the absence of a testicle when feeling the scrotum. The testicle should be felt when touching the scrotum. If nothing can be felt, then the testicle may not have moved into the correct position.

Most cases of undescended testis are found in childhood and many cases correct themselves within a few months. Adult males who are found to have an undescended testis may develop fertility issues or testicular cancer later in life.

Treatment for an undescended testicle can vary. Treatments will be dictated by the condition and whether there is a problem with either testicle.

Males with an undescended testicle may be at greater risk of infertility later in life. In addition, they may be more likely to develop testicular cancer. Treating an undescended testicle early in life may prevent health complications down the line.

Surgery is typically the way an undescended testicle is repaired in males. The surgeon will move the testis into place and fix it into the scrotal wall. Individuals may undergo laparoscopic or open surgery to remedy the condition. In addition, a microdissection sperm retrieval may be conducted to extract sperm at the same time.

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Cover page

*Intro (1 page)

*Sub sections-

Agenda setting (4 pages)

Policy formulation (4 pages)

Policy implementation (4 pages)

Policy evaluation (4 pages)

(Give examples of countries in the middle east for policy formulation and implementing, for example Saudi Arabia and women rights)

*Summary page (1 page)

*Reference (1 page)

*Questions to Answer in the paper

(Agenda setting)

– What is agenda setting?

– How does agenda setting occur from public problems?

– Why may public problems not get the attention of the government?

– What are the kinds of agendas?

– What tools are used in policy discussion/arguments?

– Who participates in agenda building?

– How can we predict who will participate in agenda building?

– Why can it be said that agenda building is the most important aspect of the policy process?

– How do we achieve mobilization?

(Policy Formulation)

-What is policy formulation and how does it differ from agenda setting?

-Who determines policy formulation? Who participates in policy formulation?

-Explain why problem definition is important in the policy formulation?

-Who are policy entrepreneurs and what is their role in problem definition?

-What are top-down models of policy formulation and how do they differ from the bottom-up model?

-What is the target population model? How does it differ from the conventional conception of policy formulation?

– Who are street-level bureaucrats? What are street-level bureaucrats?

-How do street-level bureaucrats make public policy.

(policy implementing)

-What is policy implementing?

-How does it differ from agenda setting and policy formulation?

-What is the difference between self-executing and other forms of policy?

-Who participates in policy implementation? What is the formula for knowing who participates?

-What is the major role of bureaucratic agencies in policy implementation?

-Why are laws crafted in complex legal language? What is the implication of this implication of this for bureaucratic agencies?

-What is rule-making? Why is this important in policy implementation?

-What are the basic questions involved in policy implementation? How do we know when these questions are answered satisfactory?

-Discuss matters associated with management by objectives (MBO), decision tree, and the critical path methods.

-Discuss the roles of agencies, legislatures, courts, interest groups etc. in policy implementation.

(policy Evaluation)

-what is policy Evaluation? How does it differ from the other policy stages?

-why is policy evaluation a necessary step in the policy process?

-what are the kinds of evaluations undertaken and how do they differ?

-distinguish between primary, secondary, and tertiary goals.

-why must policy evaluation be driven by primary goals?

-who determines the standards for success?

-what is the role of bureaucratic agencies in policy evaluation?

-what is the role of the courts? What about interest groups?

-policies that are not achieving their goals should be discontinued. What are the problems associated with policy discontinuity?

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What happens when we touch the leaves of touch me not plant?

As soon as we touch the plant, its cells produce electrical signals in response to which the pulvinus flushes out all its fluid. Due to this loss of fluid from the pulvinus, its cells lose the rigidity causing the leaf to droop.

What happens when touch-me-not plant is touched?

Leaves of Mimosa pudica are sensitive. When touched the stimulus reaches the base of the leaf and the water in the vacuoles of the cells of the leaf loses water to the adjacent cell. All the water escapes the leaf which then becomes flaccid. This causes the leaves to close.

Why do leaves of touch-me-not plant close on touching?

The touch-me-not shrinks due to loss of turgidity (the pressure of content against the cell wall) by cells within the pulvini-specialised motor organs at leaf joints. Upon stimulation, like touching, the leaf cells lose potassium ions, triggering water to leave the cells through osmosis.

Is it good to keep touch me not plant at home?

It is common for kids to get wounded while playing. Every household has antiseptic liquids, but in case you run out of it or couldn’t find it, use touch me not leaves, as it has healing properties. As per the reports, it can subside pain and help to heal any sort of wound much faster.

How does the leaves of touch me not plant respond to touch class 10?

When we physically touch the ‘touch-me-not’ plants ,then our physical touch works as an external stimulus for the plant. In the reaction of the external stimulus, a special type of chemical is secreted inside the leaves of the touch-me-not plants.

Why is touch me not sensitive to plants?

Hint: Mimosa pudica commonly known as Touch me not plant is sensitive to touch. It encloses its leaves when touched. It shows thigmonasty, which is a nastic movement having touch as a stimulus.

How do you plant grow Touch me not?

‘Touch me not’ plant is propagated by seeds and cuttings. It’s an extremely easy plant to grow and germinates quickly. Seed sowing must be done when temperature is warm. In summer, take cuttings of woody branches, apply rooting hormone and plant them in starter mix.

What is a touch-me-not girl?

If you’re unfamiliar with the term, Touch Me Not is exactly what it sounds like: someone who prefers not to be stimulated, or touched, during sex. It is a lesbian identity category — now used more widely when discussing queer women or non binary people — that describes folx who give during sex but do not recieve.

Why is it called touch-me-not?

In that post I mentioned it gets the name “touch-me-not” because the seed capsules explode and ballistically eject the seeds when disturbed.

Where do touch-me-not plants live?

This plant is basically local to Central and South America, yet presently can be fostered in diverse spots as a pantropical weed. This plant is not at all shade tolerant and predominantly fills in soil that has low supplements. This plant is well known for its fast development.

How does this plant respond when you touch it?

8) in the Plant Journal found that touching plants triggers such a dramatic response in their hormones and gene expression that it could substantially inhibit their growth. … In one study, human touch helped plants ward off a fungus.

What happens to the Touch Me Not Mimosa plant when we touch it how does it shows movement?

Mimosa pudica bends upon being touched. This occurs due to changes in the turgor pressure in its cells. The behavior is a predator avoidance mechanism. … Commonly called the touch-me-not plant, the sensitive plant, or the ‘Tickle Me plant’, it is known for closing its leaves or folding them inwards when touched.

How Touch me not plant changes its shape as an immediate response to stimulus?

Immediate response to stimulus is independent of growth. Plants use electrical-chemical means to convey information, but it has no specialized tissue. Movement is done by changing shape. … Like in case of mimosa (Touch-me-not Plant) which take weak response of touch.

Is touch-me-not plant good for piles?

How do you use to touch me not plant/Lajvanti plant for piles? Leaves of Lajvanti plant together with leaves from other medicinal plants are used in treating hemorrhoids and urinary infections. The juice of freshly crushed leaves can be used internally and externally on piles.

How do I get rid of touch-me-not plant?

2. Spray the foliage of the plants with a ready-to-use herbicide containing the active ingredient triclopyr so the leaves are completely covered, on top and underneath, but not dripping. Try not to touch the leaves of the sensitive plant during application, as they will fold and droop, making them difficult to cover.

What is the name of the don’t touch me plant?

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How long does it take a sensitive plant leaves to reopen?

How long does it take a sensitive plant’s leaves to reopen after they’ve folded up? The leaves reopen after about ten minutes.

Where is touch-me-not plant found in India?

The shy Mimosa pudica plant evokes memories of childhood memories in everyone. They grew everywhere in Bangalore when we were kids, the Mimosa pudica or the pretty touch-me-not plant.

What does touch-me-not look like?

Spotted Touch-me-not is a tall, erect plant, growing two to five feet tall. Its pale green stems are hairless and succulent, exuding juice when broken. The oval leaves are 1 to 3 inches long and up to 1½ inches wide. … Like the stems, they are hairless and somewhat succulent.

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What is a stone top?

A “stone top” refers to someone who only likes to “give” during sex and not receive.

What does touch me not mean in Noli Me Tangere?

Noli Me Tangere is Latin for “touch me not”, an allusion to the Gospel of St. John where Jesus says to Mary Magdelene: “Touch me not, for I am not yet ascended to my Father”.

What is the main characteristics of touch-me-not plant?

What is the main characteristic of “touch – me not” plant? Ans: Mimosa pudica or “touch – me not” is a very sensitive plant to touch. The leaves begin to fold up and droop down when touched.

What is the cost of touch-me-not plant?

Buy Myro Farms Potted Touch Me Not Plant (Atti Patti) Online at Best Price of Rs 220 – bigbasket.

Do touch-me-not plant have thorns?

The touch me not plant also has thorns that may hurt you. It is best to remove the thorns carefully, to prevent you from hurt and also protect the plant.

Do plants like being touched sensitive?

Mimosa Pudica plants are sensitive to physical parameters like touch, temperature, and light, which means the plants fold and shrink their leaves and even look like they are dead when someone touches them or a sudden variation in temperature or light. This also explains why the leaves of the plants fold after sunset.

Can plants feel your love?

It’s something that plant lovers have long suspected, but now Australian scientists have found evidence that plants really can feel when we’re touching them.

Do plants get jealous?

Plants Respond To Humans Complimenting Other Plants: Jealousy Ensues. Scientist compliment plants while rapidly growing greenery behind cries out for attention. This is due to a sickness of hearing how “perfect” the other plants are.

Is it good to touch plants?

A new study out of the La Trobe Institute for Agriculture and Food has found that most plants are extremely sensitive to touch, and even a light touch can significantly stunt their growth, reports Phys.org. … “Within 30 minutes of being touched, 10 per cent of the plant’s genome is altered.

Why do mimosa leaves close at night?

The leaves of the ‘touch-me-not’ fold up and droop each evening before reopening at dawn. They also do this more rapidly if they are touched or shaken. It is likely the responses evolved separately. Many plants close up at night, usually to protect pollen or reduce water loss while the leaves aren’t photosynthesising.

Can plants respond to touch for kids?

Yes, plants react to touch and not only adjust their biochemical reactions but also adapt their size, shape and safety. This response is referred in scientific literature by the tongue-twister thigmorphogenesis.

Which plant shows response immediately?

sensitive plant, (Mimosa pudica), also called humble plant, plant in the pea family (Fabaceae) that responds to touch and other stimulation by rapidly closing its leaves and drooping. Native to South and Central America, the plant is a widespread weed in tropical regions and has naturalized elsewhere in warm areas.

How does the plant detect the touch and how do the leaves move in response?

Answer: Certain plants like the Mimosa pudica release some chemicals from its stem as soon as we touch the plant. Our touch is a stimulus for it and it closes its leaves in response. The chemicals produced by touch forces water of the leaves to move out of the cell and due to loss of turgor pressure, they droop.

How do the movement of leaves in touch-me-not plant is controller?

When you touch a sensitive plant such as touch- me- not (Mimosa pudica), the plant folds its leaves and droops. Here, the plant only moves its leaves by simply folding them and no growth is involved, so it is an example of growth independent movement.