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The Racial Hoax That's Killing America
[Order David Horowitz's new book -- I Can't Breathe: How a Racial Hoax Is Killing America: HERE.] We live in an age of many lies, and David Horowitz's I
November 5, 2021 by John Perazzo Leave a Comment
[Order David Horowitz's new book — I Can't Breathe: How a Racial Hoax Is Killing America: HERE.]
We live in an age of many lies, and David Horowitz's I Can't Breathe lays bare what is perhaps the most destructive lie of them all: the claim that America is a congenitally racist nation where, as Vice President Kamala Harris puts it, black people have "never been treated as fully human." This lie has colossal implications, for it has caused countless millions of African Americans to view themselves as nothing more than pathetic, eternal victims of contemptible white oppressors, while simultaneously causing untold millions of well-meaning, non-racist whites to rebel angrily against being wrongly smeared as bigots. If ever a lie was destined to poison race relations and breed mutual contempt between blacks and whites, it is this one. But now, with a stirring assault of hard facts and blunt candor, I Can't Breathe pounds and grinds this leftist lie into dust. In the process, the book exposes Black Lives Matter (BLM) as a violent, malevolent movement founded by Marxist revolutionaries whose principal objective is not to promote racial justice, but to foment a race war that will tear our nation apart by any means necessary.
The book begins its assault by citing, on the very first page, "the disturbing video that recorded the last breaths of George Floyd" in May 2020 and sparked "one of the greatest eruptions of lawlessness and violence in American history." It points out that not only did BLM activists play leading roles in about 95 percent of the more than 600 violent riots in 200+ cities that broke out shortly Floyd's death, but that the organization's foremost leaders steadfastly refused to condemn that violence. This, notes Horowitz, was "in direct contrast to the Civil Rights Movement leaders of the 1960s, who insisted on the principle of non-violence and whose demonstrations were not accompanied by attacks on police or the destruction of local businesses."
I Can't Breathe makes it clear that although BLM has chosen to break from the non-violent traditions of past civil rights crusaders, it is no mere fringe movement. Rather, it has evolved into a massive social phenomenon whose influence is enabled by mountains of cash donated by tax-exempt foundations, major American corporations, and millionaires and billionaires from all walks of life.
Moreover, the book explains, BLM has enjoyed the devoted and unwavering support of the Democratic Party, whose National Committee in 2015 went so far as to pass a resolution formally "affirming" the merits of BLM's crusade against the supposed epidemic of "extrajudicial killings of unarmed African American[s]" in a nation where blacks are routinely "stripped of their dignity under the vestiges of slavery, Jim Crow and White Supremacy." The Democratic Party's foremost luminaries – the Obamas, the Clintons, Kamala Harris, Pelosi, Schumer, and a multitude of others – have gushed with praise for BLM and its ideals. During the Obama years, for instance, BLM leaders were invited multiple times to the White House, where they often had an audience with the president himself.
Throughout 2020, Democrats and leftist media outlets – claiming that 11,000+ "peaceful protests" had been held at more than 2,000 distinct locations across the country – argued that BLM's public demonstrations were "mostly peaceful" expressions of dissent protected by the First Amendment. But Horowitz points out that their assertion is wholly illegitimate, in light of the fact that even those "peaceful" events: (a) "advanced the same Black Lives Matter indictment of America as a systemically racist society," and (b) were most often "staged during the daytime and then regularly morphed into riots under cover of night." In other words, writes the author, it is "difficult to regard the 'peaceful protests' as distinct and separate from the violence, rather than as fraternal accessories to it."
As BLM's toxic message intimidated and devoured one American institution after another throughout 2020, it became clear that Democratic political leaders across the country had neither any intention of standing up in defense of law-enforcement, nor any inclination to reject BLM's "Defund the Police" initiatives which were gaining traction among the left. As a result, police officers quickly concluded that the Democrats who ran their respective cities could not be counted upon to back them up in any meaningful way, and that their own law-enforcement careers, their pensions, and indeed their very lives, could suddenly go up in smoke if ever there came a moment when they might need to use deadly physical force against a black criminal suspect. Thus, the police understandably became reluctant to engage criminal suspects except where absolutely necessary. This trend, coupled with the considerable destructive energies of hordes of newly emboldened criminals, led to a sudden upsurge of violence that dwarfed anything ever before seen in American history. The national homicide total rose from 16,669 in 2019, to 21,570 in 2020 – thanks mostly to the climate of violence created by BLM and its ideological allies.
Not at all chastened by the fact that its raging rhetoric and violent orientation was directly responsible for America's national bloodbath of 2020, BLM has been relentless in claiming that the racism of police officers — and of white America more broadly — constitute the deadliest threats to black lives in the U.S. Addressing this allegation with unapologetic bluntness, I Can't Breathe deploys a vast array of facts and statistics which reduce it from a bonfire of wild accusations to a faint, smoldering ember deprived of the intellectual oxygen it needs in order to sustain itself.
The book also examines the cases of the most significant and highly publicized "martyrs" mourned and lionized by the BLM movement – i.e., blacks whose deaths resulted, for the most part, from violent interactions with white police officers. When one reads the accounts of their deaths, the pattern that emerges is unmistakable: In case after case, the martyrs were longtime hardened and violent criminals with volcanic tempers who refused to cooperate with police, often fled from police, and sometimes even tried to murder police. Moreover, in many instances the suspects were severely impaired by their recent consumption of large quantities of alcohol or mind-altering drugs. The absurdity of blaming police for being unable to reach harmonious resolutions with such disturbed characters, is self-evident to anyone who reads the damning summaries of these encounters.
Notably, I Can't Breathe does not turn a blind eye to incidents where police officers, under tragic and sometimes chaotic circumstances, have killed black individuals who could not, in any way, be described as out-of-control menaces. Consider, for instance, the 2014 police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a black Cleveland youth who was in a public place brandishing a toy gun that was an exact replica of a Colt M1911 semi-automatic pistol. Rice was shot by an officer who thought the boy was raising the gun in preparation to shoot at him. While some critics, in hindsight, contend that the shooting of Rice may not have been necessary, the officer who had to make a split-second, life-or-death decision did not have the same benefit of hindsight in that fateful moment.
In a similarly tragic situation, a young black man named Philando Castile was shot and killed by a Minnesota policeman who apparently misinterpreted what Castile was intending to do with a handgun in his possession and made a split-second – seemingly panicked — decision to discharge his weapon. In a nation where 700,000 police officers engage in countless millions of encounters with civilians each year, it is inevitable that some of them will occasionally make mistakes – just as some lawyers and civil rights activists will make mistakes, and just as some longtime felons and their acquaintances will make mistakes. Tragedies happen, sometimes even to people with the best of intentions. But when BLM seizes upon such incidents in order to exploit them as evidence of a white war against black innocents, the organization's dishonesty and malevolence stand out in bold relief.
"If Black Lives Matter were a civil rights organization," Horowitz trenchantly observes, "one would reasonably expect its patron figure to be Martin Luther King, and its aspiration to be King's vision of a race-free America where individuals are judged on their merits and not by their skin color. Instead, the revered figure and inspirational icon for Black Lives Matter activists is a designated terrorist and convicted cop killer: Assata Shakur." Formerly known as Joanne Chesimard, Shakur is a lifelong Marxist revolutionary who once belonged to the Black Liberation Army, an organization that achieved its fame by robbing banks and murdering cops. Having escaped from prison in 1979 with the help of left-wing terrorists, Shakur has lived for decades as a fugitive in Communist Cuba. Indeed, the late Fidel Castro, the sadistic dictator who protected Shakur in his island nation for many years, is yet another revered icon of the BLM movement.
"If Black Lives Matter were a civil rights organization," Horowitz writes further, "one might reasonably expect its leaders to condemn or at least distance themselves from well-known race haters like Louis Farrakhan and Al Sharpton. But Black Lives Matter leaders embrace both of those demagogues." Of course it does. What else would one expect from an organization that proudly endorses the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions movement, a Hamas-inspired initiative designed to crush the state of Israel economically and politically?
And if BLM were indeed a legitimate civil rights organization, surely it would promote the formation of black families – particularly in the present era, where roughly 70% of black babies are born to unmarried mothers in fatherless homes. It is well documented that regardless of race, being raised without a father is the strongest predicter that a child will grow up to experience long-term poverty, psychological and emotional pathologies, and extended prison stays. And yet, in spite of all this, BLM openly disparages "the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure," in favor of alternative arrangements like "collective" communities and "villages." Why? For no reason other than because Marx and Engels saw the dissolution and abolition of the traditional nuclear family as a natural and desired outgrowth of "the abolition of private property and the introduction of socialism." This fact alone serves as proof positive that to Black Lives Matter, the overwhelming majority of black lives don't matter at all.
In other words, an entire year of racial strife and social upheaval that resulted in the most dramatic, sudden upsurge in homicides that our country has ever seen, was based entirely on a carefully crafted lie injected purposefully into the American psyche by a pack of destructive Marxist revolutionaries who don't give a damn about black lives, white lives, or purple lives. By making this very demonstrable reality plain to every reader, I Can't Breathe makes a major contribution to the vital task of finally, and blessedly, casting that lie into the dustbin of evil, discredited dogmas.


Comes grew up in Waverly, S.D., joined the military for three years of active duty, and returned home, graduating from South Dakota State University with a mechanical engineering degree. He started his career with Angus-Palm in Watertown, quickly moving up into a quality management position for the South Dakota and Minnesota facilities. In 1996, he was promoted to vice president of sales.
With the acquisition of a competitor's factory in 2008, he eventually moved to South Carolina for a few years then returned to the company headquarters in South Dakota. In 2011, Angus-Palm was acquired by Worthington Industries where Comes continued leading and supporting Sales, Engineering and Product Development. The future outlook was to have Comes relocate to his next assignment at company headquarters—in Columbus, Ohio.
"I knew my future wasn't in Columbus, I wanted to stay home in South Dakota," Comes said. "I left Worthington Industries and began doing consulting work until May of this year when I learned of the opportunity to grow and develop Design Tanks. What I liked about Design Tanks was that it is very similar to Angus-Palm when I started 24 years ago. I saw a lot of opportunity for workforce development, leadership development and implementation of lean practices to grow the company in the fiberglass tank space," he added.
So Comes, and other company leaders, began evaluating the company's existing employees, implementing lean manufacturing activities, and reassigning job responsibilities.
Already Comes has meaningfully updated the Human Resources position, hired an IT person and shifted duties that better suit job functions and personnel strengths.
"The more we're known in Sioux Falls and South Dakota as a growing, innovative place to work, we'll not only be able to attract the best production workers, but engineers, IT and sales people as well," Comes said.
At the end of the day, company leaders say that the work ethic in South Dakota is why South Dakota has an unemployment rate like we do—it's because there's a dynamic, robust group of people who work hard for a living. But not only that, the business community is just that, a community of supportive businesses excited to collaborate and encourage the success of their competitors.
Design Tanks continues to evolve and grow, empowering its employees to continually strive for a better company and a better place to work—something that is at the heart of the company's success.
For more information about Design Tanks, visit its website, www.designtanks.com.


Yollers, on my Blog page jumper buttons jumps directly to index (Home) page instead of moving inside the page. Other pages with the same function are in tact. Is it somehow specific to pre-lined Blog page code and I need to remove my lovely buttons?
Setting multiple anchors (jumps) in a blog post may show a problem. The problem apparent is that it seems to jump out of the current post and out to the root page of the blog/site. There it sits.... Forever!
It appears that the blog setup uses a "base ref" tag.
2. Your web applications can be built without any reference to the location they are installed."
"Unfortunately, there is one downside - it breaks anchor links."
The solution: to include the path to the blog post either as a relative or an absolute URL.
So you won't have to remove your buttons just change the anchor code to include the complete path.
Well done Gop; it gave me some very useful information too. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Philip and you're welcome.
Gop, you are the legend! Sorted.


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5 questions about the environmental impact of crypto-mining | Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence and Compliance Learning
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Two hot words in the corporate and financial worlds today seem to be cryptocurrencies and ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance issues) — yet, are the two intertwined? More specifically, are cryptocurrencies environmentally friendly or are they a global threat to meeting climate targets as articulated at the recent United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP26)?
We spoke to Joseph Raczynski, Thomson Reuters' resident Technologist & Futurist and early adopter of cryptocurrency, about crypto-mining, the cost to the environment, and its sustainability going forward.
Thomson Reuters Institute: In its most basic terms, what is crypto-mining?
Joseph Raczynski: The traditional act of mining cryptocurrency is driven by heavy computer processing power as processors race to solve a mathematical problem first, so that the sole winner can add a grouping of transactions to the blockchain. For example, a transaction could be one person sending another person money via Bitcoin.
Computer processing power — which you can tangibly feel as your machine gets warm — means the processor is working very hard to do something. The act of mining financially rewards the first computer, or grouping of pooled computers, that solve the mathematical puzzle with that cryptocurrency's native token. In the Bitcoin example, more than 100,000 nodes (computer groupings) all over the world are competing to win the race, and if they do, they earn 6.25 Bitcoin (valued today around $237,500) for the ability to add the grouping of transactions to the next block on the chain. This happens roughly every 10 minutes.
Baked into the code is a reduction of the reward over time, and there is a fixed supply of Bitcoin that will ever exist, so the mining becomes likely more difficult over time depending on how many computers are competing at any given moment. This process is called proof of work and is heavily energy intensive; while another form of mining consensus is proof of stake and is far more efficient.
Thomson Reuters Institute: How much does cryptocurrency cost the environment?
Joseph Raczynski: This is a very nuanced and politically divisive topic. Having been in this space since 2011, I can see both sides of the debate, and I believe I can distill its reality. Proof of work is natively inefficient, as it uses lots of electricity to solve that mathematical problem to win the reward. On its face value, this is not environmentally sound.
However, crypto-miners intrinsic interest lies in being as electrically efficient as possible because energy consumption is their principal expense after the hardware investment of fast computers and processors, which are also called mining rigs. Miners seek out the cheapest places in the world to plug their rigs into the electrical grid. They pursue renewables — solar, wind, and hydro power — and have used the blow-off captured from natural gas, which would have been lost or burned as waste.
Although the quest for clean energy is increasingly being sought, not all crypto-miners are doing this. There is little question that proof of work is a cost for the environment, but it is not as catastrophic as some suggest. An intangible effect, of course, is aligning that energy consumption and environmental impact with the benefit that cryptocurrency has created via a vast new industry. The technology has created an internet of value that we will all leverage, so there is a cost benefit that is being struck as well.
Thomson Reuters Institute: Could the impact of crypto-miners be reduced in some way?
Joseph Raczynski: Another fascinating argument about the environmental impact is that crypto-miners are essentially the new intermediary. Be it banking, legal, insurance, supply chain, or most other transactional businesses, each of these enterprises could be replaced with a blockchain. As a result, all of the physical and environmental impacts of those institutions could be negated with a move to blockchain. Think of the electricity used to build and run office buildings, the workers who travel, gas and oil used, materials needed, and all other combinations of energy and environmental impact that any such institution has on the environment — that would be reduced with the underlining technology that would serve its purpose. Ultimately, proof of stake solves this environmental issue, but proof of work is something that will persist, in a decreasing form.
Thomson Reuters Institute: One cryptocurrency, Ethereum, said it wants to reduce its energy use almost 100% this year through transitioning to a proof of stake process. How can cryptocurrencies use proof of stake to be more sustainable?
Joseph Raczynski: There is great news afoot that pretty much solves the electricity issue, and in turn, the environmental problem. The primary blockchains, Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, Cosmos, along with many others and which are the future of the industry, rely on proof of stake, which itself relies on a different mechanism to confirm and add transactions to the digital ledger. There are many flavors of proof of stake, but if someone wishes to participate as a crypto-miner in this instance, they are not using processing power to win a mathematical race. Instead, each person puts up money, or a stake, to participate. These users are hoping to earn anywhere from 7% to 1,000% on the money that they stake, by locking it into a smart contract that reinforces the resiliency of the network. The incentive is that the more money that people stake, the greater the network effect and security.
Currently, the potential of these high interest rates at are driving tens of billions of dollars into staking. Of those participating, the code dictates who actually gets to save the latest batches of transactions to the blockchain. There is a disincentive if you are a bad actor and try to upend or alter a block, by saving information to the ledger, for example. If you attempt to disrupt the network, you get slashed which means your stake could be confiscated. Proof of stake is expected to reduce the electrical consumption of crypto-mining by well over 99%. Ethereum should be upgraded to this version in 2022, and that alone will reduce the environmental impact.
Thomson Reuters Institute: Does mining and transacting with cryptocurrencies actually contribute to climate change?
Joseph Raczynski: If proof of work continued with Ethereum, which is the most-utilized blockchain in the world, then yes, crypto-mining could have had a negative impact on climate change over time. However, the upgrade to Ethereum 2.0 (ETH2), on a proof of stake model will dramatically change this.
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Home / About / News / 3D Modelling of Underground Excavations with EX3 and RS3
3D Modelling of Underground Excavations with EX3 and RS3
The principal objective of this article is to outline how the 3D numerical modelling software, RS3, based on the finite element method (FEM), and EX3, the recently released overhaul of Examine3D, complement each other in the analysis and design of underground excavations for civil engineering and mining applications. The article targets practicing geotechnical engineers and engineering geologists who need to model underground excavations. Many of these professionals possess a firm understanding of geotechnical engineering, particularly the physical behaviour of geological materials. What many of them lack is highly specialized numerical modelling skills. Practicing geotechnical engineers are also typically constrained by tight project timelines and limited budgets; they often need to obtain answer questions over a short time.
The relatively simple, inexpensive, and fast-computing EX3, can be used by practitioners to study the effects of excavation on stresses and displacements of geological material and major geological discontinuities such as faults. EX3 is well suited for elastic analysis involving large extents and irregular geometries (which is particularly true of mining). Parts of the discussion will detail the types of problems that EX3 can analyze and the program's advantages and limitations. The article will also describe the power of RS3 and how that can be combined with EX3 to facilitate good geotechnical engineering.
The article is laid out as follows:
First introduces readers to underground geomechanics problems and why numerical modelling tools are essential for problem-solving in everyday engineering of underground excavations
Provides a brief overview of numerical methods for underground excavation analysis, shows the classes to which RS3 and EX3 belong, and the programs' advantages and limitations
Discusses the problems caused by excavating near or across major geological structures such as faults
Outlines types of underground excavation analysis and design problems that EX3 and RS3 can address, and insights that engineers can gain using both software, and
Summarizes the attractiveness of both software.
Numerical Methods for Geomechanics
Different types of soil and rock failure mechanisms, ranging from the simple to the very complex, can occur with underground excavation under the combined influence of geology, in situ stress and mining/geotechnical conditions (including excavation geometries and layout). It is best to study these problems with numerical modelling software tools.
The purpose of all numerical modelling in rock engineering is to analyze the behaviour of geological media and structures under excavation and other loading conditions. Numerical methods aim at producing 'acceptably accurate' solutions to complex geomechanics problems by dividing domains into equivalent systems of smaller, interconnected elements and determining approximate solutions. By necessity, models incompletely represent the real world. However, they allow us to investigate the responses and characteristics of geotechnical structures/excavations and anticipate how they will behave under different conditions.
Numerical methods attempt to satisfy several theoretical geotechnical requirements, including
Realistic material stress-strain responses and their related parameters
Boundary conditions that realistically simulate real-world conditions
Excavation geometry and layouts
Construction sequence
Interactions between support and surrounding ground, and
Consideration of pore water pressures
With recent advances in computing, numerical methods are enjoying increasing use in the solution of three-dimensional problems.
Numerical modelling can help engineers and engineering geologists gain valuable insights into potential failure modes and areas in which these are likely to occur. This aspect enables geotechnical professionals to develop designs and solutions. Numerical modelling tools help geotechnical professionals rationally compare design alternatives and identify those requiring more detailed analysis. (This is one of the critical ways in which EX3 and RS3 complement each other and help engineers optimize the use of time and budgetary resources.)
Numerical tools are particularly useful for undertaking parametric and sensitivity analyses. They help engineers and geologists appreciate the uncertainty and risks associated with design choices.
The numerical methods can be classified into the following three main categories:
Continuum methods
Discontinuum methods, and
Hybrid continuum/discontinuum methods.
Continuum methods assume that the continuity of all points in a problem domain is always preserved. As a result, even when discretized into elements, these methods ensure continuity between the elements. Discontinuum methods treat individual elements as being separate but interacting with each other. Whereas continuum methods focus on the deformations of a system, discontinuous methods typically target the rigid body motions (usually large movements) of individual elements.
The most popular continuum methods are the Finite Element Method (FEM), Finite Difference Method (FDM) and Boundary Element Method (BEM). The most widely used discontinuum methods are the Discrete Element Method (DEM) and Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA).
The FEM is the numerical method most widely applied to a wide range of problems in soil and rock. It can accommodate geometries of geotechnical structures, complex loading paths, and nonlinear behaviour of soils and rocks, among many other important aspects. However, models are typically larger, require more computing power and take longer to compute. RS3 is a full 3D FEM implementation.
As the name suggests, the boundary element method (BEM) 'discretizes' (or divides into elements) the boundaries in a problem domain. Boundaries include geometric entities such as excavation surfaces, discontinuities, and material interfaces, for multi-material problems. Because the BEM discretizes only boundaries, model sizes are typically much smaller and compute times faster. However, it is not as generalized as the FEM. EX3 is a BEM program.
The next sub-section will briefly describe key features of the BEM and FEM.
The Boundary Element Method
There are two types of BEMs – direct boundary element methods and indirect boundary element methods. The direct boundary element method solves directly for unknown stresses and/or displacements from specified boundary conditions. Direct boundary element methods are constrained to simple problems such as half space problems in civil engineering.
The indirect boundary element method uses fictitious stresses on boundaries to first calculate the stress conditions on the boundaries and then applies separate relationships to find boundary displacements. For underground excavations, the indirect boundary element method (fictitious stress method) is widely used. 3D (Examine 3D, Curran & Corkum, 1993) and 2D (Examine 2D, Curran & Corkum, 1994) boundary element programs were used in this research.
Under the class of indirect BEMs, there is a method known as the Displacement Discontinuity Method (DDM). It is well suited to the modelling of tabular orebodies, excavations, and major geological structures such as faults.
With most numerical methods, far-field stress and displacement conditions must be approximated in some way. This is typically done by truncating the problem domain at some distance beyond the zone of influence of the excavation and fixing the outer boundaries. The BEM captures excavation influence into infinity, i.e. far-field stresses are not influenced by the creation of excavations. Consequently, for problems involving linear elastic, homogeneous material domains, the BEM offers a major advantage of correctly modelling far-field boundary conditions, and confining discretization errors to problem boundaries. It ensures that stresses and displacements vary continuously throughout the problem domain, and problems compute much more rapidly than other numerical methods.
The ability to inherently model far-field stress conditions can be disadvantageous in the solution of problems involving different geological units of finite extents. For such problems, the BEM requires special numerical techniques. These are implemented in EX3 and allow the program to be applied to multi-material problems.
The Finite Element Method
The FEM originated in the early 1940s from the solution of complex elasticity and structural analysis problems in civil and aeronautical engineering. The FEM develops systems of algebraic equations that approximate solutions for partial differential equations. It accomplishes this by subdividing a problem domain into smaller, simpler components – elements.
The FEM can be applied to a very broad range of geotechnical engineering problems that require calculation of stresses, displacements, pore pressures and forces in support elements. In many cases, what limits the FEM's application are factors such as computational resources, time, acquisition of appropriate input data and not inherent limitations of the method. The method can account for complex in situ stress conditions, linear and nonlinear stress-strain behaviour, multiple materials and support systems, excavation and construction sequences, groundwater conditions, and mix of boundary conditions, among other factors.
3D Numerical Modelling
In the past, when there were no easy-to-use three-dimensional analysis tools, engineers simplified all problems to two dimensions. Sometimes they did so using questionable assumptions. Today, the availability of software tools such as EX3 and RS3, truly three-dimensional aspects, such as excavation layout and sequencing, can be readily modelled. These software tools can also model the localized and mine-wide influence of major geological structures (such as faults, shear zones and dykes) on excavations. For example, numerical modelling software can help engineers and geologists to determine excavation conditions under which faults can slip and sometimes induce seismic events.
Input Parameters for Numerical Modelling
From the above discussions, inputs for numerical analysis of underground excavations include the following:
In situ stress states (principal stress magnitudes and orientation)
Excavation geometry, layout and sequence
Strength and deformation characteristics of rock mass units, faults and other large-scale geological structures
Strength, deformation and mode of action of support systems or elements
Location and orientation of faults relative to excavations (whether they daylight/intersect or are simply situated close to excavations)
Number of faults, and
Water pressures
RS3 takes all of the above into account. EX3 accounts for most except for pore pressures and the influence of structural support elements.
What are the effects of faults on underground excavations?
It is not uncommon for orebodies to occur within or near geological discontinuities such as faults, shear zones and intrusions. Civil engineering infrastructure such as power caverns and tunnels also regularly encounter major geological structures. When major discontinuities lie within rock mass volumes influenced by excavation, stress redistributions can strongly depart from classic continuum mechanics and must be studied closely. Modelling of the interactions between excavations and faults, particularly at mine-wide scale, is a key challenge in the geomechanics of underground excavations. As a result, this section of the article will discuss details of these interactions.
Slip and separation of geological structures that daylight into excavations can generate stress relaxation, a major cause of excavation instability. In mining, for example, relaxation occurs in hanging walls. Relaxation typically allows the formation of gravity-induced failures (falls of ground) and significantly influences ore dilution. Faults also act as free surfaces that help create rock wedges and facilitate wedge movements. Differences in the strength and deformation characteristics between fault materials and adjacent rock mass units also contribute to the redistribution of stresses and displacements with excavation.
When a fault does not intersect an excavation but lies close to it, slip along the fault can concentrate stresses in the rock mass volume between the excavation and the fault. In high stress environments (such as those encountered in deep mining or tunnelling through high mountains), this stress concentration can lead to rockbursts.
It can be seen from the above discussions that the degree to which faults influence excavation stability is determined by excavation geometry, locations of faults relative to excavations, in situ stresses, and the strength and deformation characteristics of the rock mass units and faults.
RS3 and EX3 can efficiently model excavation-fault interactions. EX3 is the preferred tool when trying to understand the influence of mine-wide excavations on fault behaviour due to the method's use of surface discretization only. RS3, on the other hand, is better suited to understanding the details of excavation-fault interactions, resulting redistributions and the design of support for such areas.
Combination of EX3 and RS3 in Practice
EX3 combines the DDM with the conventional indirect BEM. As a result, although EX3 models only elastic material behaviour, it can capture the inelastic effects of separation and slip of large-scale discontinuities on stress redistributions around excavations. If such analysis with EX3 indicates zones of inelastic response that are relatively large compared to the dimensions of excavations, it may be necessary to undertake more detailed studies into these effects using RS3. However, even in such cases, surprisingly useful engineering insights can be established using the simpler approaches of EX3.
Contours of major principal stresses around the excavations as viewed in (i) RS3 and (ii) EX3. Note the stress concentrations on both plots where the fault intersects the excavations.
For the above reasons, in large-scale problems Rocscience recommends that EX3 elastic analysis precede more sophisticated RS3 analysis. EX3 allows for quick, inexpensive exploration of the effects of varying design controls such as excavation dimensions, shape, location, orientation and sequence. Once key understanding has been gained, RS3 can be deployed to model inelastic material behaviour, groundwater effects, and to design support elements such as bolts, liners.
For smaller scale excavations such as those encountered in civil engineering, both EX3 and RS3 can again be used to assess the stability of rock masses immediately adjacent to excavations, including when fault intersect the excavation or pass close by the excavation. Typical examples are found in the excavation of tunnels and power caverns. Again, EX3 offers the advantage of rapid computing of simple elastic material response. The simple-to-use EX3 elastic stress-strain analysis tool can be used to estimate fault-slip potential of faults. EX3 can be used to estimate the location and size of excavation disturbance zone based on in situ stresses, strength and deformation properties of rock masses and discontinuities, and the layout and geometries of excavations.
Contours of normal stress on the fault as viewed in (i) RS3 and (ii) EX3.
Elastic analysis based on a linear relationship between stress and strain ignores peak and post-peak strength behaviour and can significantly overestimate calculated stresses, strains and kinetic energies. RS3 can be employed to evaluate the 'true' magnitudes of stresses and extents of failure zones. It can also be used to assess the interactions between support elements and the ground being supported.
Both EX3 and RS3 can be powerful in assessing potential pillar behaviour and evaluating different strategies and tactics (such as backfill support) for minimizing negative impacts of stress redistribution from excavation.
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'Something is About to Happen': Confidence in Swedish Government Slumps as COVID-19 Deaths Pile Up
Following a brief surge in the polls, the Swedish government has lost 11 percent in the latest confidence survey by pollster Sifo.
Confidence in the government dipped below 50 percent, whereas confidence in the Public Health Agency, the National Board of Health, the Swedish Agency for Social Protection, and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency also plummeted, which experts from pollster Sifo have described as a "new signal".
This may signal a new trend, as previous surveys indicated a surge in support for the ruling Social Democrats due to its handling of the COVID-19 crisis. Earlier in the crisis, Swedes rallied around the government and the Public Health Authority. Support for the government, previously at around 30 percent, doubled. At the same time, as many as 80 percent had confidence in the health authority and state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell as its public face.
"There has been an exceptional rise in confidence in the government during the corona crisis. Now a sign has come that this first phase, where one rallies behind the leaders is over", Sifo's opinion manager Toivo Sjören told the newspaper Expressen. "This is a new signal, something is about to happen. The authorities tend to enjoy less confidence than before".
Sjören argued that confidence in the Swedish government and the authorities in general had been undermined by the recent debate about the deficiencies in elderly care, high COVID-19 death rates, the low number of tests, and Sweden's strategy as a whole.
Sweden, which refrained from any lockdowns and instead put its faith into herd immunity, saw the number of infected and fatalities soar, exceeding the death toll in all it fellow Nordic states combined.
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Last week, the Swedish death toll was the highest in the world, based on averages for the past seven days. At the end of April, Sweden recorded its highest mortality rate in a century.
Given the polarising nature of Sweden's strategy and mixed reactions even among Swedes themselves, some were quick to post gleeful comments.
"Up like a sun and down like a pancake", a user tweeted.
Upp som en sol och ner som en pannkaka. 👊🏻😁 https://t.co/cpm0y1g6UK
— Peter 🐈 (@Hanikranen) May 29, 2020
"Who is surprised?" Finnish star violinist Linda Lampenius tweeted.
Vem är förvånad? ☠ https://t.co/vJr4AsCi3O
— Linda Lampenius (Brava) (@lampeniuslinda) May 29, 2020
With its unque no-lockdown approach, Sweden has seen over 37,500 confirmed cases and almost 4,400 fatalities. Its strategy of keeping most schools, restaurants, and businesses open has sparked domestic and foreign criticism due to high death rates and what is seen as failure to protect the most vulnerable, as most of the fatalities were aged 80 and over.
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Reviews: Manimal, Apollo Stands, Urban Primate, Signum Draconis (Reviews By Matt Bladen & Simon Black)
Manimal - Armageddon (AFM Records) [Matt Bladen]
Samuel Nyman and company return with their fourth full length record Armageddon. So is it a world ending release? Well world ending may be a little bit of an over the top but these Swedish power metal veterans have definitely paid homage to their influences sounding like the darker speed metal styles of Mercyful Fate (Evil Soul and Master Of Pain) along with Judas Priest (the driving Forged In Metal). Nyman's theatrical histrionic voice is unleashed on album opener Burn In Hell as guitarist Henrik Stenroos peels off some melodic, fluid solos and leads while the rhythm section of Kenny Boufadene (Bass) and André Holmqvist (Drums) bring blistering speed to Burn In Hell, and some guts to the powerful title track.
Henrik is the main musical force behind Manimal and his songwriting is at its nadir here encapsulating the range between speed metal, power metal and classic heavy metal, the breezy melodies counteracted by darker heavier tones. More than just a power metal band across their previous three albums their sound has been refined into the heavy menagerie you hear on Armageddon. Slaves Of Babylon comes in with a more modern flavour even having some aggressive shouts, Chains Of Fury has the fist pumping mid-paced thump of Accept. Even when they explore more melodic textures on Path To The Unknown they counteract it with elements of fast paced (almost rapped) vocal delivery, reminding me a lot of Queensryche in it's shifting riff pattern.
This fourth record is the culmination of Manimal's musical journey so far, an accomplished heavy metal album, that fuses anthemic choruses with a heavier style of power metal which deserves to be played through big speakers! No Bruce Willis needed, this is an Armageddon that doesn't need stopping. 8/10
Apollo Stands - Interstellar (Self Released) [Matt Bladen]
The third album from UK modern metal troop Apollo Stands. This five piece consisting of Alexei Swatman (Guitar/Vocals/Keys), Ry Hase (Lead Vocals), Olly Smith (Lead Guitar), Matt Hayward (Bass), and Edgar Taljaard (drums), play a style of music that draws its inspiration from various styles, there's doom, tech and metalcore, laced throughout the 7 songs on this album. From the swelling Insolarus synths and orchestrations that opens the record up, to the pumping synthwave meets hardcore of Synthetic, the Gothic Please Wait and the albums best song Hive. Interstellar is an album that keeps itself in the modern tech/metalcore/nu-metal style but the use of the synths/keys make it a bit more interesting than the hundreds of bands also doing this style. Apollo Stands deliver what they do with tenacity and a expertise but unless electronically laced modern metalcore is your bag you'll likely overlook it. 6/10
Signum Draconis - The Divine Comedy: Inferno (Rockshots Records) [Simon Black]
I suppose it was inevitable that something like this would happen one day. The Italian branch of the Power Metal family has always had a grandiose and operatic tone, reflecting the musical landscape and heritage of the country but this one (and it's one of three) is another level entirely. Based on Italian poet Dante Alighieri's extended poetic opus from the middle ages, the band have chosen to tackle this epic across three separate concept records mirroring the structure of the original source material with this one coming in at a whopping hour and thirty six minutes for this first part of the triptych alone (which means a double CD if you go for the physical version).
What I have to ask is, should they?
Personally I think this is very brave thing to do and I wonder why the band did not at least attempt to test the waters with some kind of sampler EP before diving into such an epic piece of work. I am guessing here, but that the fact that they have a three album commitment from their label tells me all I need to know about the persuasiveness of guitarist and composer Oscar Grace. This is a monstrous undertaking for any band, let alone a new one and Grace has assembled an impressive array of guest cast of including an additional ten vocalist members and the input of the whole of the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra and their Choir throughout for the not insignificant orchestrations.
The whole piece has been written in its entirety and consequently I understand, but has had a rather long gestation period. Given the rich and lavish sounding production to go with all of those contributing bodies, this cannot have been a cheap undertaking. Given that both the production and performance standards are both top notch it's clear that a huge amount of love an effort have gone into this, with cleverly crafted characterisation and a richness of musical skill in the instrumental arrangements that is quite frankly dizzying. To be honest the very dedicated Symphonic/Operatic niche of the Italian Power sub-genre are going to be letting out a little bit of wee when they hear this. Those are the positive aspects…
The negatives are is that its subject matter and delivery are very firmly in the classical heritage and therefore not particularly accessible to anyone outside of them, or the particular and very niche in-country fan base for this sort of thing. They are also going to struggle to win over a new audience, as neither of the singles Gate Of Hell nor Whirlwind of Lovers screams 'radio / mosh pit friendly hit'. Both of them are lengthy, operatic and although emblematic of the majority of what you get on the record, are not the sort of thing to pull in a new listener who is not already steeped in this sort of thing. Add to this the fact that the core five musicians are unlikely to be able to bring ten supporting artistes, a choir and a full orchestra on tour with them as a new band, this feels like a studio project playing to a very specific fan base.
Normally this sort of thing appeals to me, but even I am struggling to hang my hat on it, given that I'm not an aficionado of the source material and there's no 'everyman song on here to pull me in. Perhaps a more summarised version of the story would have worked a little better, as the slavish following to the lengthy source material, whilst impressive is really hard going even to ears normally attuned to this sort of material. Nevertheless, points have to be awarded for effort, but some editing and focus is needed moving forwards. 6/10
Urban Primate – Desolation (Self Released) [Simon Black]
This Danish five piece have been around on and off since 2010, but having taken an not insignificant eight year hiatus are only getting around to their debut album now, although there have been some EP's under their belt during their original run, with three members of the original line up still remaining in play. Musically this is hard and heavy stuff, with plenty of Stoner and Doom tropes and no small amount of the heavier end of grunge in the mix, which the band are completely open about - meaning it's positively dripping in atmosphere and mood. Those influences means that heavy and solid rhythmic ruffing are the backbone of their sound, but rather than starting slow and building, these songs tend to pile right in from the opening bars and keep relentlessly delivering the message. That said, tracks like Lesson are fast and furious and move the energy levels from contained and relentless to in your face and consequently are going to have a broader more general metal fan appeal as a result.
There's some quite nifty technical displays as well – not showy, flashy or frivolous, but some quite mean beat pauses and time shifts that break up the slab-like riffage and grab the listener's attention just at the point when you think you know what's coming next. Again, Lesson is a master class in this technique, but current single Lies does this well to boot. The attention is really held well by frontman Benjamin Larsen, whose voice has huge power and presence and grabs you from the get go, even though he's not sliding up and down the range too much. He doesn't need to – he just turns on the power and the whole song structure jumps up a groove without needing to thrash his larynx with crazy key changes, although the really subtle hints that he absolutely could do this if he wanted to at little inflection points throughout indicate that this is a singer with some incredible control – a word that probably summarises the whole of this record to be honest. All of this is sitting in an incredibly well recorded and mastered production that shows time, thought and a damned good ear from the mixing desk.
Given that they've had a long gestation period, they've kept the duration to what it needs to be and focussed on delivering a bunch of songs that scream what they are about without outstaying their welcome. Neither are the individual track run times too long, with only a couple creeping into the six minute bracket. This hints to me that this is a band who have wisely chosen from a wider arsenal of material and focussed on making their debut impactful. That it certainly is… 8/10.
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WCU: Turbocharged commodities looking for more in 2021
Ole Hansen
Head of Commodity Strategy
Summary: Are we at the beginning of a commodity super cycle? That's the question investors currently ask as the 'everything' rally continues. The strong tailwind from a weaker dollar, Chinese demand as well as vaccine and stimulus optimism were particularly noticeable in metals this past week. Copper charged higher to reach a seven year high while gold received support from a 7% jump in silver. The metals rally in 2020 has been the sharpest in a decade and the sector together with energy look set to receive an additional boost next year once the Covid-19 cloud lifts.
Commodity markets maintained their strong momentum ahead of year-end as the so called 'everything' rally continues to be fed supportive news. Apart from the weaker dollar and vaccine optimism lifting the prospects for 2021, the market is also being supported by speculation about more near-term stimulus from governments and central banks.
These developments highlight the current challenge where markets are pricing in a brighter tomorrow while the pandemic is still raging across many countries, especially in winter-hit regions across the northern hemisphere where the prospect for improvement - vaccine or not – is unlikely to occur until warmer weather arrives in March and April.
The combination of a global market flushed with cash, driving wild speculation across markets, and the potential for another super cycle in commodities led by China and its unstoppable appetite for raw materials, have seen the Bloomberg Commodity Index rise by close to 9% this quarter. Still on track for an annual loss, mostly due to heavy losses in energy during the early stages of the pandemic, the prospect for 2021 is looking increasingly bright.
The combination of the green transformation driving demand for key industrial metals, including silver, a weaker dollar, increased demand for inflation hedges, a pickup in fuel demand as global mobility recovers and not least rising demand outside China as governments go on a spending spree to support jobs. Adding to these the risk of elevated food prices as the weather becomes more volatile.
The ongoing 'everything' rally this past week was particularly noticeable in metals. Leading from the front we find industrial metals where HG copper topped $3.6/lb and LME copper $8000/t for the first time in seven years. That strength has been filtering through to semi-precious metals, with silver trading up by more than 7% on the week after breaking key technical levels, both against the dollar and against gold.
Rising demand, especially from China, looks set to remain strong in 2021 when the rest of the world emerges from the Covid-19 cloud, thereby raising concerns about available supply following years of under investments. The metals rally in 2020 has been the sharpest in a decade with Goldman Sachs seeing echoes of the spike in early 2000's when Chinese demand started a near decade-long super cycle.
One of the main obstacles for a commodity rally during the past decade has been the ample availability of raw materials. Oversupply during the past decade and especially during the past six years kept the commodity sector as a whole in a state of contango where the spot price, due to ample availability, trades cheaper than deferred prices. The impact on passive long investments can be seen in the below chart.
Since 2014, a portfolio of 24 major commodities carried a negative roll yield which at times was as high as five percent on an annual basis. From an investment perspective, this headwind combined with a generally strong dollar and low inflation reduced the attraction of the sector. In recent months, however, the roll yield has turned positive with the change so far being led by the agriculture sector where key crops have rallied strongly in response to lower production and rising demand.
Looking ahead to 2021 the expected pick up in demand as well as the reflation theme look set to underpin the sector, especially markets where supply may struggle to meet demand. We are focusing on copper, platinum and soybeans to mention a few.
Nothing ever goes in a straight line, especially when it comes to commodities. And while a bullish outlook for 2021 is growing we also have to acknowledge that the rally over the past few months has been driven by a very optimistic vaccine outlook driving the dollar down and stock markets higher.
With this in mind we may have reached levels that raise a few questions as 2021 gets under way. Not least in the oil market where Brent crude oil popped above $50/b for the first time since March. This during a period where the only bright spot is strong demand from China and India while lockdowns continue to impact fuel demand elsewhere. In their latest oil market reports for December, OPEC, IEA and EIA all warned that the rebalancing of the global oil market may take longer than previously expected. Following a demand loss of 9.2 million barrels/day in 2020, the three forecasters now see a 5.8 million barrel/day recovery in 2021 with the IEA seeing the oil glut staying until end-2021.
Having rallied non-stop since the early November vaccine announcements, Brent crude oil has now recovered 61.8% of the January to April collapse. Given the near-term outlook for supply and demand, the rally is likely to pause with $50/b being the level to gravitate around until an actual improvement in demand becomes more visible.
Gold and not least silver, the star performer this past week, enjoyed the continued surge in risk sentiment driven by a weaker dollar, U.S. lawmakers making progress towards a stimulus deal and the FOMC strengthened its commitment to supporting the recovery. Silver, up 7% on the week, was helped by a continued rally across the industrial metal sector. Once it broke the downtrend from the August high it raced higher to the next level of resistance at $26/b. Gold meanwhile is on track for its biggest annual gain in a decade has paused with $1900/oz the next major level to break.


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Cutter's research on Managing Fintech will explore new technologies with the greatest potential impact on investment management, including machine learning or cognitive computing, big data solutions, and distributed ledger technologies (blockchain). The research will also focus on helping investment managers decide which tools are the most worthwhile investments for their unique requirements.
Since December 2015, when Bloomberg announced their surprise purchase of Barclays Risk Analytics and Index Solutions (BRAIS), many firms are taking a long, hard look at their existing risk management practices and technology solutions. Cutter's research on Risk Management Systems will explore members' existing risk management practices, and will include an evaluation of stand-alone technology solutions that can help members better manage their market and credit risk.
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Eulogio Florentino Sanz y Sánchez (Arévalo, 11 de  marzo de 1822-Madrid, 24 de abril de 1881) fue un político, diplomático, traductor, periodista y escritor español del Romanticismo.

Biografía
Era hijo de Eusebio Sanz Guerra, abogado natural de Olmedo, y de Josefa Sánchez Notario, natural de Carrascalino en el obispado de Salamanca. Huérfano de madre a los seis años, no mucho después su padre tuvo que ser confiado por caridad al hospital de San Bernardino en Madrid. Él fue confiado a la tutela de un pariente duro de condición y que le crio solo y escaso de recursos. Entre 1838 y 1840 estudió leyes en Salamanca gracias a un tío canónigo suyo y luego continuó en Valladolid, donde se echó una novia, hija de un vidriero, plomero y hojalatero de la Plaza Mayor muy pobre y al que el negocio le iba muy mal. Eulogio capitaneó a una banda de chiquillos para que rompieran a pedradas las ventanas de la Plaza Mayor y aunque todos fueron a parar a la cárcel ya no le faltó el trabajo al padre de su novia. Marchó a Madrid en busca de fortuna literaria cargado de excelentes versos, pero era de un carácter tan orgulloso que tuvo que afrontar innumerables tropiezos. Así, trajo a la Corte una carta de recomendación para un Grande de España:

-Vengo -dijo- a poner en sus manos de usted esta carta y a solicitar de usted su valioso influjo.
-Perdón, caballerito - le interrumpió el estirado sujeto-: soy Grande de España de primera clase y tengo tratamiento de excelencia.
-Perdóneme vuecelencia, a mi vez -añadió Florentino-; pero le advierto que soy villano de cuarta clase y tengo tratamiento de tú. Hábleme, pues, como es debido.

Durmió algunas noches en los bancos del Prado, como él se vanagloriaba de decir, y vivió muchos años por voluntad propia de la madre Casualidad, que, según el catedrático de bohemia Henri Murger, es "agente de negocios de la Providencia, caballero de la aventura y conquistador de lo imprevisto". Con su drama Don Francisco de Quevedo estrenado en 1848 conoció el éxito. Hacía de Quevedo el famoso actor Julián Romea. Es un drama donde, curiosamente, la vestimenta posee valor dramático, y ha resultado ser la única pieza sobre un autor del Siglo de Oro que llegó a constituirse en pieza de repertorio en los teatros durante más de cincuenta años. Andrés Borrego le introdujo en la vida literaria llevándoselo de corrector de estilo a El Español, periódico que dirigía. Después colaboró en las publicaciones Semanario Pintoresco, La Ilustración Española, El Mundo Nuevo, Las Novedades, La Iberia y El Museo Universal; fue redactor de La Patria y se cuenta que un soneto suyo que circuló manuscrito por Madrid preparó la revolución de 1854. Fue diputado a Cortes por Alcázar de San Juan entre 1858 y 1863. Le ofrecieron múltiples cargos diplomáticos de los que fue dimitiendo. Gracias a su estancia en Berlín (1854-1856) como secretario de la legación diplomática española pudo conocer la literatura alemana y traducir a Heinrich Heine, con lo que influyó poderosamente en la lírica de Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer y por tanto en el cambio de rumbo de la lírica española. Rechazó el cargo de embajador en Brasil. Tradujo quince lieder o Canciones de Heinrich Heine del alemán al castellano para El Museo Universal en 1857, bien escogidas entre las mejores del Intermezzo y de El regreso, con alguna otra, como el romance titulado El Mensaje. Escribió también los dramas Achaques de la vejez (1854), y también La escarcela y El puñal, de los que solo se conservan fragmentos. Después de dilapidar su ingenio y no molestarse siquiera en publicar sus obras, murió en Madrid en el olvido y la indigencia.

Obras

Traducciones
 «Poesías alemanas traducidas de Enrique Heine», en El Museo Universal del 15 de mayo de 1857.

Teatro
Don Francisco de Quevedo: drama en cuatro actos, Madrid, Imp. de J. González y A. Vicente, 1848 (2.ª ed., Madrid, Imp. de S. Omaña, 1850); hay ediciones modernas: R. Selden Rose, Boston, Ginn and Company, 1917; ed. de C. C. García Valdés, Pamplona, EUNSA, (Anejos de La Perinola, 28), 2014.
Achaques de la vejez: drama en tres actos, Madrid, Imp. de F. Abienzo, 1854 [2ª ed., Madrid, Imp. de la Biblioteca Nacional Económica, 1874]
 La escarcela y el puñal, fragmentos publicados en el Semanario Pintoresco Español, 1851.

Varios
Poesía original. Traducciones, ed. de J. Costa, Lérida, Pliegos El Gnomo, 1992
Poesías inéditas, fragmentos de obras teatrales, cartas y otros documentos [Papeles de Eulogio Florentino Sanz], en Real Academia Española, ms. 320

Cuentos
"La bruja (cuento en prosa y verso)", La Risa (tomo II, 164-167), 25-II-1844

Distinciones honoríficas
 Caballero gran cruz de la Orden de Carlos III.
 Caballero gran cruz de la Orden Civil de María Victoria.
 Caballero de la Orden de Malta.

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Javier Huerta, Emilio Peral, Héctor Urzaiz, Teatro español de la A a la Z. Madrid: Espasa, 2005.
 Jesús Costa, La quinta del Espíritu Santo, Madrid, 1995.

Enlaces externos

Escritores de España del Romanticismo
Dramaturgos de España del siglo XIX
Poetas de España del siglo XIX
Periodistas de España del siglo XIX
Escritores en español del siglo XIX
Políticos de España del siglo XIX
Políticos de la provincia de Ávila
Diplomáticos de España del siglo XIX
Escritores de la provincia de Ávila
Nacidos en Arévalo
Poetas de la provincia de Ávila
Traductores de España del siglo XIX
Traductores del alemán al español
Escritores de España del siglo XIX
Dramaturgos de la provincia de Ávila
Caballeros de la Orden de Malta
Caballeros grandes cruces de la Orden de Carlos III
Fallecidos en Madrid
Sepultados en la Sacramental de San Lorenzo y San José

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As such, sports medicine is an area of medical practice concerned with the treatment of injuries resulting from athletic activities. A physician practicing sports medicine focuses on sports-related medical services.
At Action Sports Clinic, our sports medicine physician is integrated into our team, providing a variety of roles, including general sports medical treatment and direct consultation with patients and other members of the clinical team. As an expert in providing care for orthopaedic and sports injuries, often we utilize these specialized services to provide advanced levels of triage and care as deemed necessary.
Under the umbrella of sports medicine practice at ASC, we can provide advanced injection therapeutics such as Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), Prolotherapy, general pain management, and referral service to other health care practitioners in our region.
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Platelet rich plasma (PRP) is a treatment for the pain of injured tendons, ligaments and joints. In a single visit to the office, we take your blood, spin it down in a centrifuge, and re-inject the plasma part back into a painful or injured body part. This plasma is now super-concentrated with loads of growth factors that stimulate the healing process, and a natural blend of anti-inflammatory cells. This treatment is generally required only 1-2 times for tendons and ligaments, and usually 1-2 times per year for more seriously injured or arthritic joints. Payment is not provided by Alberta Health Care, and is rarely covered under private insurance plans. Please Call or Schedule your appointment for more information.
*An extended treatment session can be used to treat different body parts, and can be quite cost effective.
Prolotherapy is a treatment for weak, torn or painful ligaments and tendons. It involves injecting anesthetic and glucose into those ligaments or tendons. It immediately stimulates healing of weak ligaments or tendons, and this healing occurs over the coming months. These injections are repeated for several visits about 1 month apart, each visit building on the last, anywhere from 2 – 6 times. Payment is not provided by Alberta Health Care, and is rarely covered under private insurance plans.
Perineural injections and Fascial hydrodissection treatments are somewhat similar to nerve blocks and work by 5% dextrose, an anesthetic, and sometimes a micro dose of an anti-inflammatory steroid to calm the nerve's pain receptors. Once this happens, irritated and swollen nerves can start to return to normal size, function and pain level, and often don't get squeezed as they wind through narrow openings in the body's fascia and other connective tissues. These injections are repeated for several visits about 1-2 weeks apart, usually 5-10 times, each visit building on the last. Payment is not provided by Alberta Health Care, but might be covered under your private insurance plan.
Joint Lubricant injections are treatments for painful, inured or arthritic joints. These lubricants have been engineered by the pharmaceutical industry to meet the needs of patents who are trying to avoid joint or cartilage surgery, waiting for surgery, or in pain after surgery. They are generally required only 1-2 times for minor injuries or mild arthritis, and usually 2-3 times per year for more seriously injured or arthritic joints. Payment is provided by Alberta Health Care for the injection but not for the joint lubricant medication itself, which is often covered under private pharmaceutical insurance plans.
Cortisone injections are injections into painful joints or near painful tendons to help reduce inflammation and pain. Used for nearly 80 years, these are very effective short-term treatments and should only be used when they are a small part of a structured recovery program. When used, they are best delivered with X-ray or Ultrasound guidance to ensure they are delivered to their intended target. They are generally regarded as safe, however most experts agree that they should only be done no more than 3 times for an injured joint or tendon, and no more than every 3 months for an arthritic joint. Payment is provided by Alberta Health Care for the injection but not for the cortisone medication itself which is $20 or less.
Nerve blocks are injections using local anaesthetic and a low dose anti-inflammatory steroid to switch off the painful nerve and break the pain cycle. In a few cases, this is all it takes to significantly reduce pain. When used, they are best delivered with X-ray or Ultrasound guidance to ensure they are delivered to their intended target. They are generally regarded as safe, however most experts agree that they should only be done no more than 3 times for the pain coming from an irritated nerve, and no more than every 3 months for the pain coming from an arthritic joint. Payment for a very brief appointment only for a nerve block is provided by Alberta Health Care but not for the anesthetic and cortisone medication itself which is $20 or less.
Trigger points injections are targeted at tight or painful spots in muscles. We release the tightness in the muscles with an injection of an anesthetic. In a few cases, this is all it takes to significantly reduce pain in muscles. These injections are repeated for several visits about 1-2 weeks apart, each visit building on the last. Payment for a very brief appointment only for a trigger point injection is provided by Alberta Health Care, but not for the anesthetic medication itself which is $20 or less.


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When it comes to school funding, Illinois has been ranked as the worst in the country because our system is so inequitable. Basically that means some schools offer a lot of advanced placement courses and have fancy science labs and swimming pools, while other schools can't afford new math books and have to cut their band programs. The fight over how to fix this has gone on for years.
In July, Gov. Bruce Rauner announced that he was creating a bipartisan commission to change the way Illinois funds public schools. That commission held its third meeting yesterday. But there's another commission tackling the same topic, and its founder claims her group is getting more work done.
State Sen. Kimberly Lightford, a Democrat from Maywood, has been hosting an ongoing series of meetings with lawmakers from both parties plus dozens of stakeholders -- also known as lobbyists -- representing every constituency of K-12 education, from parents to principals, teachers to state bureaucrats, superintendents to special ed experts. There's no audio from those meetings, because they are closed to the public and the media. But people this who attend say Lightford's work group is where the hard questions get asked and answered.
"Well, I'm not really concerned about what people think," she said, in an interview last week. "I've spent almost 18 years in the legislature. My passion has been education. I've served on the Senate Education committee for almost 18 years, and there is no way that you can do a bill of this nature open and to the public and transparent with the media, because it holds back the discussion. It holds back legislators. Everyone has to be politically correct in their answers, instead of us looking at the serious issue that we're ranked 50th in school funding across this country.
As a starting point, they're using a measure Lightford sponsored late last session, after it became clear that no other plan on the table would win approval. Hers is essentially a combo platter, merging the most popular Democratic plan, pushed by Senator Andy Manar, with the so-called "evidence-based model," pushed by Republican Senator Jason Barickman. Lightford views both of those plans as promising but imperfect.
"Senator Manar is very involved and active in the meetings that we've been having, and I have no desire to discard all of the work that he's done," Lightford said. "I think that he had significant efforts to get the bill passed, but there was some things that apparently missing that couldn't garner the full support of the caucuses or to get the House to call the bill.
Lightford said Gov. Rauner announced his funding reform commission a few days before her group's first meeting. She had sent invitations via email "about two weeks earlier," she said. Those invites included the governor's staff.
The two committees include largely the same cast of characters but the format differs. In the governor's commission, stakeholders meet privately for two hours with experts, and usually without lawmakers. Then after a break, the lawmakers meet with experts while stakeholders and any interested media observe. In Lightford's group, everyone meets together and asks questions freely in order to get tough issues hammered out.
"We are much further ahead in our discussions than the (governor's) education commission is," Lightford said.
How does she know? She's on that commission too.
Lightford's group will meet again Sept. 20. Both groups share the goal of crafting a new funding plan by February, when whatever they come up with will be debated publicly.


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Uganda urged to address teenage pregnancy, unemployment
Rubaga bodaboda killer caught on CCTV arrested...
Govt seeks sh900b for salary enhancement ...
By Geoffrey Mutegeki
Added 17th July 2019 01:29 PM
Teenage pregnancy stands at 25% of girls ages 15-19 and is a leading cause of school dropout according to 2016 Uganda Demographic Survey.
Ssekandi at a stall during the World Population Day Celebrations in Adjumani district. Photo by Eddie Ssejoba
If you Uganda is to become a middle-income country by 2040, high rates of teenage pregnancy, unemployment and lack of access to reproductive health services need to be addressed urgently, according to the National Population Council (NPC) director general Jotham Musinguzi.
Musinguzi, who made the remarks during celebrations to mark World Population Day in Adjumani district, said there was need to put in more effort to turn Uganda's youthful population into human capital if Uganda was to realise its middle-income target.
"The country is still grappling with high incidences of teenage pregnancy and early marriages which has contributed to a high school dropout rate. Let us combine efforts to address this problem. Children must stay in school," Musinguzi says.
Youth unemployment is estimated at 70% according to figures from the African Development Bank.
"Youth unemployment has remained a major challenge for the country mainly because of lack of jobs, skills and entrepreneur skills. Providing employment to the youth is paramount for country's economic transformation" Musinguzi says.
President Yoweri Museveni, who was represented by the Vice-President Edward Ssekandi, acknowledged that Uganda's youthful population needs to be at the centre of the government planning and development process.
"Our government will continue to give priority to issues of our youth by empowering and skilling them so that they contribute positively towards Uganda's development," Museveni said.
He revealed that the Government will continue to provide an enabling environment for creation of more jobs, lower the cost of doing business and build industrial parks to attract more investors.
"We shall continue to harness the potential of this young population as well as providing young people with opportunities and means necessary for them to prosper. That way Uganda will benefit from the demographic dividend," Museveni said.
He challenged district medical officers to sensitize Ugandans on hygiene, nutrition, malaria control, behaviour change to avoid AIDS and use of safe water. Museveni said these measures would eliminate 86% of all the sicknesses.
"The empowered youth is one who is healthy, educated and equipped with relevant skills to play an active role in the money economy as both a buyer and producer," Museveni said.
The UNFPA country representative, Alain Sibenaler, revealed that there is hope that Uganda will benefit from the potential of young people by fully reaping the demographic dividend.
"At the heart of our efforts must be adequate investments in health and education with greater emphasis on the promotion of technical skills education, economic growth, job creation and governance," Sibenaler said.
Jessica Ababiku, the Adjumani district Woman MP, called for establishment of small factories and industries to create jobs for young people.
"We need to tap this capital investment and have used engaged in productive work. If we leave youth to be redundant they will be the ones to participate in early marriage and part of the teenage pregnancy," Ababiku said.
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When launching a new venture, you're going to want a fresh new website to raise awareness and publicise your business. However, it can be really difficult to decide the best way to get the website of your dreams. Should you try to learn how to code it yourself? You could do, but it takes people years to master the craft. Your other options are to either pay a web designer to do it for you, or use an online website builder too to create one yourself. Both have their advantages and disadvantages depending on your situation. So don't worry, I will cover all the details.
Online website builders, are they easy to use?
If you're not familiar with HTML and want to get building your website right away, then a website builder will let you get straight to work. By using a simple premade template, you'll be able to enter your content without having to worry about using any code. You can then publish it once you're satisfied and people can start to visit it straight away. Yes it's that easy, but there are other things to take into consideration.
Do you have full control of the website appearance?
A lot of these online web builders have a range of templates to use, which is good. But the problem with a template is that any other business can come along, create an account and use your template as their website. That makes it more difficult for your brand to standout and the user experience to be memorable. There is also a factor to consider that certain features you need for your site will cost extra, on top of your annual plan.
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A couple of months ago, I learned a painful lesson which made me realise the importance of focusing on 'the bigger picture' of whatever I'm doing.
I was preparing to facilitate a leadership workshop for over 200 managers at one of New Zealand's largest companies. As this was a pilot program being launched, the company's course development team kept wanting to change the workbook and power point slides up until a few days before the event. In preparing myself, I spent 8 full hours matching the power point slide numbers to the workbook page numbers. In other words, I was focussed on getting the details right and making sure I knew exactly what slide went with what page.
After a full day with my nose buried in the details, I found out the page numbers I'd carefully matched up had been changed again by the development team, and all my work ended up having been a waste of time.
Although I was extremely frustrated at the time, I later had a good laugh at the irony of me leading a workshop called 'Understanding the Bigger Picture', while I was focusing on the minute details. I spent the rest of my preparation time choosing to put my focus where it should have been in the first place: on the larger concepts I would be explaining to the managers.
So, how well do you manage to stay focussed on 'the bigger picture' of your purpose and mission as a leader in your organisation?
Your main job as a leader is to be a guiding light and wayshower to others. Ideally, you inspire and empower people with your 'voice of leadership', transforming their lack of clarity and confidence into hopefulness and resolve in moving forward.
As a leader, do you ever stop to think about how many balls you need to juggle at once? It's not easy to stay focussed on your organisation's vision and mission while you're trying to manage all the details as well.
Just take a moment to think about all the areas of your business that you need to keep your eye on.
So, how are you managing to handle all of these areas? Chances are, if you're like most leaders, you do drop a few balls from time to time. Often, it's impossible to keep your eye on all the important things at once.
When you're overwhelmed with all you have to juggle, I recommend focusing on 'the bigger picture', that is...your message, mission, and vision...the primary reason you do what you do in the first place.
When you're focused on the bigger picture, the small stuff doesn't seem so overwhelming. Yes, the details are important, but it does no good to focus on the details if it means you lose sight of the bigger picture. As a leader, holding on to the larger vision and direction is one of your main responsibilities.
Being a leader means holding the vision for your organisation and reminding your team of that vision to keep them moving together in the right direction.
Being a leader means embracing the wider perspective, while your team navigate the narrow paths dealing with the details.
Being a leader means juggling various 'balls' or responsibilities at the same time and being a source of inspiration to your team.