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Interesting research by Profs. Guo Xu (Berkeley Haas School of Business), Marianne Bertrand (University of Chicago) and Robin Burgess (LSE).
Nice piece by Rekha Misra and Anand Shankar of RBI in the April-2019 Bulletin.
….mobile telephones are fundamentally changing the profile of India’s imports. The composition of India’s import basket has largely been dominated by gold and petroleum products. These two commodities, with a combined share of close to 40.0 per cent, have virtually defined the trajectory ofIndia’s overall merchandise imports.
In recent years, however, electronic goods imports increased from a little over US$ 0.9 billion in 1993-94 to US$ 51.5 billion in 2017-18, an annual growth rate of over 15.0 per cent. Consequently, the share of electronic goods increased from less than 4.0 per cent of India’s total merchandise imports to over 11.0 per cent during the same period. In fact, from 2013-14 onwards, electronic goods imports have had a higher share in merchandise imports than gold and currently constitute the second largest import item for India!
This article undertakes an incisive examination of the phenomenon of India’s electronic imports and implications for the viability of India’s external balance. Specifically, the article studies the behavior of imports of mobile phones and parts thereof which lie at the heart of the surge in electronic goods imports. It seeks to highlight the role of policy initiatives in driving the phenomenon and its composition, with longer-term implications for domestic production.
This paper seeks to illuminate the uncertainty in official GDP per capita measures using auxiliary data. Using satellite-recorded nighttime lights as an additional measurement of true GDP per capita, we provide a statistical framework, in which the error in official GDP per capita may depend on the country’s statistical capacity and the relationship between nighttime lights and true GDP per capita can be nonlinear and vary with geographic location. This paper uses recently developed results for measurement error models to identify and estimate the nonlinear relationship between nighttime lights and true GDP per capita and the nonparametric distribution of errors in official GDP per capita data. We then construct more precise and robust measures of GDP per capita using nighttime lights, official national accounts data, statistical capacity, and geographic locations. We find that GDP per capita measures are less precise for middle and low income countries and nighttime lights can play a bigger role in improving such measures.
To illustrate such issues, Figure 1 compares satellite images of nighttime lights for mainland China, the lower 48 states of the United States, and Africa between 1992 and 2013. While all of them became brighter at night in 2013, China’s transformation was most visible. Variation in nighttime lights may thus contain useful information on China’s real economic growth. In contrast, the United States was already bright enough in 1992. The small change in the intensity of lights over this period may not correspond well to economic growth, most of which likely happened on the scientific and technological frontier rather than on infrastructure development. While the latter was captured by satellite, the former was certainly not. Most countries in Africa, despite their fast growth, started from low levels of income and inadequate access to electricity.
As a result, they were still mostly dark in 2013 and the information contained in nighttime lights may be insufficient for accurately assessing economic growth. Figure 1 highlights that the relationship between nighttime lights and real GDP may be nonlinear, that the relative accuracy of nighttime lights to real GDP may change, and that the extent to which nighttime lights are useful as proxy for real economic activity may differ over time and across countries.
What economic factors are driving the tech firms to enter financial services?
Really nice paper by a team of authors: Jon Frost, Leonardo Gambacorta, Yi Huang, Hyun Song Shin and Pablo Zbinden.
We consider the drivers and implications of the growth of “BigTech” in finance – ie the financial services offerings of technology companies with established presence in the market for digital services.
BigTech firms often start with payments. Thereafter, some expand into the provision of credit, insurance, and savings and investment products, either directly or in cooperation with financial institution partners.
Focusing on credit, we show that BigTech firms lend more in countries with less competitive banking sectors and less stringent regulation. Analysing the case of Argentina, we find support for the hypothesis that BigTech lenders have an information advantage in credit assessment relative to a traditional credit bureau. For borrowers in both Argentina and China, we find that firms that accessed credit expanded their product offerings more than those that did not. It is too early to judge the extent of BigTech’s eventual advance into the provision of financial services. However, the early evidence allows us to pose pertinent questions that bear on their impact on financial stability and overall economic welfare.
IMF has released the analytical chapters of World Economics Outlook for April 2019.
The blogpost explaining the research is here.
• Disclosure design: How can we apply behavioural insights to the presentation of disclosures to optimize retail investors’ absorption of essential information and resulting behaviour, and to what extent does the answer to this question vary for different segments of retail investors and different product types?
• Online interfaces: Many entities provide online interfaces primarily directed at attracting investments from retail investors. What design features, such as layout, reminders, and warnings, can online interfaces incorporate to help investors make informed investment decisions?
• Timeliness of information: When are retail investors most receptive to relevant disclosure or educational content (e.g., when the investor begins a new job or is about to make key decisions about retirement)?
This report acknowledges that, while behaviourally-informed measures in these areas have the potential to promote informed investor decision-making, their potential comes with limits.
Disclosure and information, no matter how well-designed and no matter how well-timed their delivery, may not be sufficient on their own to achieve comprehensive retail investor protection. Standards of conduct imposed on the investment professionals on whom retail investors rely to recommend and manage their investments, as well as the regulation of investment products sold to retail investors, will continue to be part of the comprehensive set of measures employed by regulators to further retail investor protection.
Much has been said about the role of the euro in the international monetary and financial system and about the currency’s prospects. And much of it is not particularly encouraging.
anything of value to that aspect of the debate.
role paints a similarly unflattering picture.4 One might conclude from all this that the euro has lost clout across the board.
Today, I would like briefly to question this verdict. My thesis is that the verdict is too categorical – a more nuanced assessment is in order.
I would like to argue that, in some significant but underappreciated respects, the euro’s heft has actually grown in recent years. I shall highlight three aspects: the euro’s influence on global bond markets; its influence on exchange rates globally; and its influence on the “effective pricing“ of commodities, regardless of the currency in which their prices are actually denominated.
Interesting sets of graphs in the speech..
Ideas of Charan Singh (former Indian Prime Minister): the lone agrarian intellectual?
Germany’s new National Industrial Strategy 2030, unveiled by Economy Minister Peter Altmaier in February 2019, advocates an aggressive industrial policy. Although it stays clear of the virulent economic nationalism of the 1930s and the protectionism of President Donald Trump, its tone and much of its content are unmistakably nationalist.
Zettelmeyer concludes that three of Altmaier’s five proposals—attempting to further raise the German share of manufacturing, restricting non-EU imports of intermediate goods, and promoting national champions in Germany and the European Union—are bad policies. The two remaining ideas—preventing some foreign takeovers and ramping up state support for certain technologies—are somewhat easier to justify, based on either market failures or the risk of technological dependence on foreign companies susceptible to political interference.
But even in these areas, the specific policies proposed may well do more harm than good.
IIM Ahmedabad will be hosting an international conference on Indian business and economic history in memory of Prof. Dwijendra Tripathi on August 29-31, 2019.
The conference invites researchers to submit research papers and ideas to two separate tracks of the conference – PhD Student Workshop and Conference Research Papers.
The conference will commence on Thursday, August 29th , with a 1-day workshop for PhD students working on Indian business or economic history or keen to explore this research interest in the near future. Students may belong to any disciplinary background. The workshop will provide feedback on the student’s research topics and ideas and have sessions conducted by leading scholars of the field.
To apply, students have to email history19@iima.ac.in, their CV, one-page synopsis of their ongoing research and a one-page statement of interest to attend the workshop, before April 30, 2019.
Students from within and outside India are encouraged to apply for the workshop. Women and students from historically marginalized communities are particularly encouraged to apply for the workshop. MPhil and Masters’ level students can also apply if they are able to demonstrate their keenness to work in the field, and the application would require an additional reference letter from their research supervisor.
Selected students will be notified about their applications by May 10, 2019, and are expected to participate in all three days of the conference proceedings. The workshop is fully-funded and covers three days of accommodation and food on the IIMA campus. It also covers the cost of travel to IIMA, not exceeding Rs. 10,000 per participant.
Sector wise histories: eg. Aviation, Media, Advertising, Finance, Real Estate, Coal, etc.
The conference also invites research spanning other time periods and topics.
A 500-1000 word abstract with title and participant’s affiliation, should be submitted to history19@iima.ac.in , before April 30. Selected speakers will be notified by May 10, 2019, and full research papers are expected to be submitted by August 1, 2019. For the selected speakers, two days of accommodation and food related expenses at IIMA will be borne by the conference organizers.
What a title of a research paper: The Return of the Policy That Shall Not Be Named: Principles of Industrial Policy!
Hmm.. Looks like a good read.
Polarised politics in the wake of financial crises echo throughout modern history, but evidence of a causal link between economic downturns and populism is limited. This column shows that financial crisis-induced misery boosted far right-wing voting in interwar Germany. In towns and cities where many firms were exposed to failing banks, Nazi votes surged.
In particular, places exposed to the one bank led by a Jewish chairman registered particularly strong increases of support – scapegoating Jews was easier with seemingly damning evidence of their negative influence.
Interesting research by Jan Br˚uha and Jaromír Tonner of Czech National Bank.
The Czech Republic joined the EU in 2004, i.e. after 1993, and it is therefore obliged to adopt the euro sometime in the future. Obviously, euro adoption would have its benefits and costs. This paper aims to contribute to the macroeconomic analysis of the costs and benefits. By “macroeconomic”, we mean those costs and benefits which are related to business cycle fluctuations, to positive trade effects and to the nominal convergence of the Czech economy. We therefore do not investigate other costs and benefits, such as the change of legal tender, the change in the country’s credibility after adopting the euro and the costs of potential fiscal free riding by other member countries. This is not to say that these other aspects are not important, but this paper concentrates on the above-mentioned well-defined aspects of euro adoption.
of the euro area economy. The relative importance of the costs and benefits of adopting the common currency is ex ante unclear and the literature offers conflicting results. Therefore, it is worth investigating the macroeconomic costs of joining the euro area.
rate and with the monetary policy rate equal to the ECB rate.
To evaluate the effects of euro adoption on the Czech economy, we employ two approaches. We compare the unconditional volatilities of important macro variables implied by the two macroeconomic models. The volatility of nominal variables increases after joining the common currency, as the common monetary policy does not react to purely domestic shocks.
We also simulate the counterfactual outcomes of macroeconomic variables that would have happened if the euro had been adopted in the past. We find that euro adoption would have meant an increase in the volatility of macroeconomic variables, while the effects on the levels of real output and consumption would have been positive. These positive effects on the real economy are due mainly to the trade effect, but temporarily lower real interest rates would also have contributed. Nominal exchange rate appreciation during the ERM II phase could partly alleviate the nominal volatility caused by euro adoption.
Bringing epistemology back into economics curriculum..
Fascinating short paper in EPW by M.A. Oommen, honorary fellow at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.
The concept of epistemology, derived from the Greek word episteme (knowledge) and logos (reason) refers to the theory of knowledge. An important branch of philosophy, it is the study of the nature, origin and limits of human knowledge. The nature of knowledge is as important as the origin of knowledge in generating relevant epistemology.
No scientific study can be evaluated or justified by the norms of faith or dictates of authority. For example, the discoveries of Copernicus (1473–1543) and Galileo (1564–1642) were epistemologically shocking to the College of Cardinals who had the monopoly of knowledge in the 16th century in Europe. Ultimately only scientific truth and not beliefs can promote and sustain progress. Kuhn’s (1962) view of the evolution of science as characterised by long periods of gradual “puzzle-solving normal science” followed by paradigm shifts offers an explanatory hypothesis about the nature of knowledge creation. Ola Olsson (2000: 254) argues that knowledge is created through convex combinations of older ideas and through paradigm shifts. We investigate in what manner this happened in economics.
The nature of knowledge creation in the discipline of economics, has not been subjected to any in-depth analysis or interrogation. The almost unquestioned dominance (certainly during 1980–2008) of neoclassical economics in the academic profession and the rather pathological antipathy to Marxian epistemology and institutional economics has not been subjected to proper scrutiny. What I am concerned here is not Marxism as a creed but Marx’s unique contributions to the knowledge of understanding the dynamics of economic progress and the nature of the process of social history.
It is not too often that one gets to see Finance Minister of a State (even at centre) writing a research piece in EPW. Kerala’s Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Issac (who holds a PhD from CDS) coauthors a piece on fiscal federalism along with R Mohan and Lekha Chakraborty.
Are we quite far from what cooperative federalism envisages? Assessing the trends in tax devolution, the experience with the FRBM acts in the light of the recommendations of the FRBM review committee, the structure of GST, the ToR of the Fifteenth Finance Commission, and the obstacles in the decentralisation process, the hypothesis cannot be rebutted.
As revealed by many studies, the performance of tax revenue in India is below its potential. This limits not only the spending capacity of the centre, but also the amount of taxes devolved to the states. Besides, what is constitutionally sought to be devolved to the states is not being done in its spirit by the centre, which imposes surcharges and cesses as a means of raising revenue, without the same being part of the divisible pool of taxes shareable with the states. There also exists non-transparency in the computation of net proceeds.
The FRBM acts have imposed an asymmetric burden on the state governments in the face of non-compliance to the targets by the central government. This is sought to be accentuated by the recommendations of the FRBM Review Committee, 2017. The rate apportionment and voting rights in the GST Council are not in accordance with the principles of cooperative federalism, in which decisions are to be taken by a consensus among equal stakeholders. The decentralisation of the LGs is impeded by the asymmetry in centre–state relations.
The ToR of the Fifteenth Finance Commission, which is the last in the chain of events, hastens the process of centralisation and if implemented, cooperative federalism would only exist in name, devoid of any content whatsoever. Fundamental changes are needed to make cooperative federalism a meaningful and functioning one.
The authors point to some interesting fiscal trends.
The conference on women in macroeconomics was organised last year.
Twenty-five women economists met May 17-18 at the University of California, Santa Barbara, for the First Women in Macroeconomics Conference. Alessandra Fogli, senior research economist at the Minneapolis Fed, was a conference co-organizer. Doireann Fitzgerald, also a Minneapolis Fed senior research economist, presented her research on “How Exporters Grow.” And Minneapolis Fed monetary advisor Cristina Arellano was a discussant on international macro. We sat down with these three Minneapolis Fed economists to learn more about this groundbreaking meeting. Comments have been edited for length and clarity.
Male economists rarely walk into the room and think, “Oh, I’m in a minority here.” Most of us have that experience every single time we go to a conference, and other sorts of minorities have that experience too. Maybe it doesn’t stop you from doing your job, but it’s kind of an eye-opening moment to walk into the room and see and feel that you are actually in the majority. This looks different. I was involved in organizing a conference several years ago, and when we realized it was 50/50, that was also sort of an eye-opening moment because it is not the norm.
Drawing on a discussion of five infrastructure projects in Mumbai, the lack of comprehensive focus in policy on environmental issues is highlighted. A project-wise focus and an unsustainable pattern of urbanisation have distanced the city development plans of Mumbai from achieving essential, interdependent goals of ecological health, environmental justice, and well-being.
Applies to most cities in India.
Prof Sacchidananda Mukherjee of NIPFP writes a useful paper on GST.
a) Upto June 2022, revenues of states under GST are protected. So far there will be no impact on State Finances on account of Own Tax Revenue collection. However, if the GST revenue shortfall continues, Union Government will face fiscal stress and it will spillover to state finances in terms of lower tax devolution and grantsin-aid transfers.
b) The estimated shortfall in GST collection is Rs. 197,210 crore or 8.77 percent of Gross Tax revenue in 2018-19. If the share of states in central transfers (on account of tax devolution and grants-in-aids) remains unchanged at 55.4 percent of GTR, the expected fall in central transfers would be Rs. 109,254 Crore in 2018-19.
If states do not increase their revenue mobilization, they may require containing their expenditures to meet the FRBM targets. There may be demands from States to give relief from the FRBM targets, so that they could continue with present level of expenditures. It may build up public debt and may cause stress on state finances in future.
It also discusses the impact on State Finance after GST Compensation Period is over..


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On-line fashion jewelry sales in the UNITED STATE market struck $2.45 billion in 2006, a boost of 20 percent from 2005, according to information from IDEX Online Study. Online sales comprised 3.9 percent of all precious jewelry sales of $63.0 billion in 2006. For those who fear that it is harmful or ill-advised to purchase watches online, this ought to give comfort as well as peace of mind. With exceptional return policies and quality warranties, customers can feel confident that also if their purchase is not precisely what they wished, they can return or trade the look for something a lot more to their liking. On the internet safety is so innovative that there is little threat of info getting involved in the wrong hands. Shoppers are urged, nonetheless, to read both the return policy and also guarantees are before sending their order.
One website that has developed a superb track record for high quality and customer care is KenmarWatches.com. Kenmar Watches has actually been marketing wristwatches on the internet since 1997, as well as carries more than 125 brands. They provide 100% customer satisfaction and also you can also obtain your new watch in 24 hr or less.
While there is a wide variety of watches available today, the basic classifications of watch are listed here. Remember that many of today’s watches blur the line in between one type and one more, so when acquiring a watch online, the details provided here must be made use of just as a basic recommendation.
Outfit Watches: Keep it easy. One rule of thumb is to consider what would certainly look finest if you were standing on the red carpeting at an awards event. Outfit watches are usually slim, simple, and also crafted from a precious metal, such as gold or platinum.
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Most likely one of the most crucial point to think about when buying a watch is personal style. Beyond that, one might think about whether or not the potential proprietor has other watches. If this is to be the bearer’s only watch, it is best to opt for a basic sporting activities design, one that will not run out location at the health club, but will look just as proper at a job meeting. When purchasing a watch online, explore the web site’s return plan, in situation you and also the watch recipient have different tastes and designs!
The following factor to consider is size. Watches have gotten bigger and bigger over the last few years. When you Purchase Watches online, make sure to read the description for precise measurements. If you currently possess a watch, contrast the dimension of that wrist watch to the ones you are taking a look at on the net. Nevertheless, an excellent return policy at an on-line vendor (such as KenmarWatches.com) can ensure that also if the size is as well big or also little, the watch can be returned for an extra comfy dimension.
If you are acquiring a watch online to provide as a gift, lots of web sites supply wrapping and gift choices, consisting of allowing the gift recipient to exchange for a watch of their details deciding on. This is another reason a growing number of people acquire watches online.

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DESCRIPTION Security-Enhanced Linux secures the dovecot_deliver processes via flex- ible mandatory access control.
The dovecot_deliver processes execute with the dovecot_deliver_t SELinux type. You can check if you have these processes running by exe- cuting the ps command with the -Z qualifier.
ENTRYPOINTS The dovecot_deliver_t SELinux type can be entered via the dove- cot_deliver_exec_t file type.
Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux dovecot_deliver policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their dovecot_deliver processes in as secure a method as possible.
Note: semanage permissive -a dovecot_deliver_t can be used to make the process type dovecot_deliver_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated.
BOOLEANS SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. dove- cot_deliver policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to manipulate the policy and run dovecot_deliver with the tightest access possible.
If you want to support NFS home directories, you must turn on the use_nfs_home_dirs boolean. Disabled by default.
If you want to support SAMBA home directories, you must turn on the use_samba_home_dirs boolean. Disabled by default.
MANAGED FILES The SELinux process type dovecot_deliver_t can manage files labeled with the following file types. The paths listed are the default paths for these file types. Note the processes UID still need to have DAC permissions.
Policy governs the access confined processes have to these files. SELinux dovecot_deliver policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their dovecot_deliver processes in as secure a method as possible.
SELinux defines the file context types for the dovecot_deliver, if you wanted to store files with these types in a diffent paths, you need to execute the semanage command to sepecify alternate labeling and then use restorecon to put the labels on disk.
Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files.
- Set files with the dovecot_deliver_exec_t type, if you want to tran- sition an executable to the dovecot_deliver_t domain.
- Set files with the dovecot_deliver_tmp_t type, if you want to store dovecot deliver temporary files in the /tmp directories.

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Seven siblings were adopted Wednesday by the Fulbright family in Derby.
The timing couldn't have been better.
"Today is national siblings day. Did you know that? That is crazy. I didn't know that," says the kids' grandfather, Gary Bugg.
Gary and Lisa Fulbright already had 10 other children, but after today, their lineup changed to 17.
"We're doing what God's purpose is. Take care of the children in adoption since they don't have a family," says the kids' mom, Lisa Fulbright.
All seven new Fulbrights are siblings and will now get a forever home together. A rarity for most foster kids.
"It's really cool that they would allow a lot of foster kids to be adopted at once. It's amazing," says Emerson, the oldest of the children.
Emerson will be 13 next week and while most teenagers are embarrassed by their parents, Emerson is just happy to have them.
"My mom would leave me for days at a time without being home, and I don't know my dad. He's in Mexico, so it's nice having a dad here I can spend time with," says Emerson.
The kids will now have their most basic needs met.
"Hoarding food, things like that. Now, they know we have food. We'll always have food," says Fulbright.
And, finally being able to enjoy just being kids.
"I've been on my first roller coaster. I've done amusement parks. I've done a lot of stuff that I didn't have before. I would actually celebrate holidays," says Emerson.
For Gary and Lisa, it's not about what they'll have to do, like feeding seven more mouths, but getting the chance to love and be loved by seven kids who no longer have to search for a family.


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This panel is looking to bring together studies that explore how health professionals in pre-hospital care adapt to societal and economic uncertainties, intensifying demands and growing challenges to healthcare provision.
Health professionals' disciplinary boundaries are dynamic in nature and are defined in relation to fluid circumstances such as societal expectations, cultural perceptions and technological advancements. This panel is looking to bring together studies that explore how health professionals in pre-hospital care adapt to societal and economic uncertainties, intensifying demands and growing challenges to healthcare provision. The healthcare workforce in high-income countries is experiencing an ongoing adaptation to increasing and unmet demands, including staffing shortages and consumers' changing expectations, all leading to the introduction of tight shifts and strict performance indicators. Whilst the driving forces for the increasing pressure on health services are not fully understood, it appears to involve the impact of demographic changes and an ageing population, as well as organisational and practice-related changes to the already-complex and technologically advanced system of unplanned care with its ambulance services, A&E departments, emergency mental health services, emergency telephone helpline and walk-in centres. We invite papers exploring: -	Professional and organisational strategies of health professionals in response to the aforementioned challenges. -	The changing roles and enhanced medicalisation of pre-hospital health and care professionals in relation to increasing demands and financial burden. -	The impact of the changing healthcare landscape on health professionals' well-being. -	The impact of reforms to professional organisation and practice on pre-hospital healthcare provision and on practitioners' performance and well-being.

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Whereas, this legislation’s does not represent any political position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and should not be interpreted as a statement of support for one side or another. Its only purpose is to define the line between civil, academic debate and hate speech.
Whereas, this legislation is not intended to create restrictions on anyone’s right to free speech, academic freedom, or participation in social activism. It solely represents SDSU exercising its 1st amendment rights by using good speech to counter slander, libel, and hateful speech.
In February 2015 the student council at the Durban University of Technology in South Africa called for Jewish students to be expelled, referencing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement against Israel in their decision.
Resolved, this resolution will be shared with University Senate, the Division of Student Affairs, the Office of the President, The Jewish Student Union, the SDSU Hillel Center, The Daily Aztec, and other organization directly associated with SDSU.
http://www.brandeiscenter.com/images/uploads/practices/title06.pdf **Miko Peled was uninvited by the registered student organization after these comments were brought to their attention and he never spoke at SDSU.

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I remember feeling excited, nervous and lost during my very first clinical experience. Those feelings made me wonder if nursing was right for me. But as I gained more hands-on experience and knowledge, I gained more confidence and my critical thinking skill improved. Here are 10 tips for making the most of all of your clinical experiences and building that confidence you need.
This simple gesture makes a huge difference. Staff members are important and remembering their names gives them the respect and recognition they deserve. Names can be hard to remember as the weeks go by, so sometimes I write them in my clinical notebook as a reminder.
It is essential that you prepare for your clinical experience before entering the unit by studying and reviewing the theoretical and clinical knowledge needed for the day. You should know what kind of unit you will be working on and the common disease entities patients present with at admission. Your clinical instructor may provide your patient assignment the day before, so you can review the patient’s medical history, current conditions and related nursing care. Go over clinical skills you may be performing in the skills lab and be sure to look up related evidence-based practices.
Pre- and post-conferences will help you to reflect on what you have learned during the clinical experience. It will give you the opportunity to discuss with your clinical instructor what you have mastered and what you need more help with to gain a better understanding of nursing interventions and patient care. These conferences provide tremendous support as you grow professionally.
Your enthusiasm to learn and your willingness to offer a helping hand as a student can make a difference to patients, families and staff. I remember encouraging an elderly woman as she worked with the physical therapist to improve her mobility. Your optimism and support can motivate patients to take that extra step in the recovery process.
Take the initiative to convey your thoughts and opinions, in terms of patient care, with your preceptor. Or perhaps you can share with your preceptor whether you are more of an auditory or kinesthetic learner. Ask good questions and welcome constructive feedback. You will encounter preceptors who may not be as interactive or outgoing as you might like, but as we all know, we need to learn how to work with people who have their own personalities and ways of being.
The unit works as a team, and even as a student, you are a part of that team. You may be able to offer your help with other patients on the unit, even if they are not part of your assignment. Your classmate might need help with a bed bath, a call light may need to be answered or a nurse may need help with a patient’s vital signs. Your efforts will not go unnoticed, and all of these experiences will help in your professional development.
There is always new knowledge and skills to build upon while on your clinical rotation, such as learning more about your patient’s health history, assessment, plan of care and educational needs as well as unit procedures, process of operating and leadership style.
At the end of the clinical day, remember to report off to your preceptor, chart patient information and thank staff for their help and support. And don’t forget to say goodbye to the patients and family members you have taken care of that day.
While your clinical rotation is ongoing, you will notice that certain skills are developing, while others need improvement. Set a goal each week to work on those areas that need improvement. Perhaps your preceptor or clinical instructor can assist you. I remember needing more help with ventilator care, so I asked my clinical instructor to help me in becoming more proficient. By taking the initiative, I improved my skills and showed my clinical instructor I was eager to learn.
Be sure to ask questions when you feel uncomfortable and review the steps for clinical skills and procedures prior to performing them. Nursing units usually have reference centers as a resource, and your clinical instructor is there to help you learn.
I hope these tips help you. Please share what you do to make the most of your time during clinical rotations in the comments section below.
Hi Alexander, as an RN for 19 years now I think all these are excellent suggestions, except the point “there is no such thing as downtime”- there absolutely must be down time. If I could give any advice to my younger self, it would be, passionate as you may be about learning, make sure to prioritize yourself also- eating right, exercising, don’t pull all nighters just to try to learn more. You’ll be a better nurse if you have balance as an individual. Remember it’s a marathon, not a sprint.
This would be good to share with schools.
Make sure students learn ACLS!
Many nurses graduate not knowing how to respond to people who have coded!
It helps Nurse to learn mock codes for practice; to learn crash cart and all supplies; & how to document code!
These are excellent pointers for ANY RN going to another area of practice. We encourage looping (or a clinical float/observation experience) during the new graduate residency to show how other units operate and give an idea of how it all works. Give a real systems approach.


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My weekday afternoons are always busy, but some days are really crazy with everyone coming and going at different times. On those days, we sometimes each eat different food for dinner. This was my plate… a quick and easy Veggie Quinoa Stir Fry.
It’s simply any mix of vegetables you have on hand (I used broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts and snap peas), sautéed in avocado oil, a touch of Toasted Sesame oil & salt, then mixed already cooked Quinoa, and topped with avocado, scallions & a handful of pistachios. That’s it! Super adaptable to tastes and really yummy!
Serve alone for a light meal or along side any additional protein.
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It hardly falls within the scope of the present work to detail or discuss the various points concerning the history or statutes of the different British Orders of Knighthood, and still less so of the Foreign Orders. The history of the English Orders alone would make a bulky volume. But it is necessary to treat of the matter to some limited extent, inasmuch as in modern heraldry in every country in Europe additions are made to the armorial achievement whenever it is desired to signify rank in any of the Orders of Knighthood.
Though a large number of the early Plantagenet Garter Stall plates date as far back as the year 1420, it is evident that nothing in the armorial bearings with which they are emblazoned bears any relation to the order of knighthood to which they belonged until the year 1469 or thereabouts, when Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, was elected a Knight of the Garter. His Stall plate, which is of a very exceptional style and character, is the first to bear the garter encircling the shield. It is curious to notice, by the way, that upon the privy seal of the Duke of Burgundy, which shows the same arms depicted upon his Garter plate, the shield is surrounded by the collar, from which depends the badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece, so that it is highly probable that the custom of adding marks of knighthood to a shield came to us from the Continent. The next Garter plate, which shows the garter around the shield, is that of Viscount Lovel, who was elected in 1483; and the shield of the Earl of Derby, who was elected in the same year, also is encircled by the Garter. The Garter itself encircling the shields of knights of that order remained the only mark of knighthood used armorially in this country for a considerable period, though we find that the example was copied in Scotland soon afterwards with regard to the Order of the Thistle. At the commencement of the present Lyon Register, which dates from the year 1672, the arms of the King of Scotland, which are given as such and not as the King of England and Scotland, are described as encircled by the collar of the Order of the Thistle. This probably was used as the equivalent of the garter in England, for we do not find the collar of the Garter, together with the garter itself, or the ribbon circle of the Thistle, together with the collar of that order, until a much later period. The use of collars of knighthood upon the Continent to encircle coats of arms has been from the fifteenth century very general and extensive; examples are to be found at an earlier date; but the encircling of arms with the garter carrying the motto of the order, or with the ribbon (which is termed the circle) and motto of any other order is an entirely English practice, which does not appear to have been copied in any other country. It, of course, arose from the fact that the actual garter as worn by the knight of the order carried the motto of the order, and that by representing the garter round the shield, the motto of the order was of necessity also added. The Lyon Register, however, in the entry of record (dated 1672), states that the shield is "encircled with the Order of Scotland, the same being composed of rue and thistles having the image of St. Andrew with his crosse on his brest yrunto pendent," and it is by no means improbable that occasional instances of the heraldic use of the collar of the garter might be discovered at the same period. But it is not until the later part of the eighteenth century that it obtained anything like a regular use.
During the Hanoverian period it became customary to encircle the shield first with the garter, and that in its turn with the collar of the order whenever it was desired to display the achievement in its most complete style; and though even then, as at the present day, for less elaborate representations the garter only was used without the collar, it still remains correct to display both in a full emblazonment of the arms. An impetus to the practice was doubtless given by the subdivision of the Order of the Bath, which will be presently referred to. In speaking of the garter, the opportunity should be taken to protest strongly against the objectionable practice which has arisen of using a garter to encircle a crest or shield and to carry the family motto. No matter what motto is placed upon the garter, it is both bad form and absolutely incorrect for any one who is not a Knight of the Garter to use a garter in any heraldic display.
A Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter encircles his escutcheon by a representation of the garter he wears. This is a belt of dark blue velvet edged with gold and ornamented with a heavy gold buckle and ornament at the end. It carries the motto of the Order, "Honi soit qui mal y pense," in gold letters of plain Roman character. Anciently the motto was spelled "Hony soit qy mal y pense," as may be noticed from some of the early Garter plates, and the style of the letter was what is now known as "Old English." The garter is worn buckled, with the end tucked under and looped in a specified manner, which is the method also adopted in heraldic representations. It is quite permissible to use the garter alone, but a Knight of the Order is allowed to add outside the garter the representation of the collar of the order. This is of gold, consisting of twenty-six buckled garters enamelled in the correct colour, each surrounding a rose, the garter alternated with gold knots all joined up by chain links of gold. From the collar depends the "George," or figure of St. George on horseback encountering the dragon, enamelled in colours. In heraldic representations it is usual to ignore the specified number of links in the collar. A Knight of the Garter as such is entitled to claim the privilege of a grant of supporters, but as nowadays the order is reserved for those of the rank of earl and upwards, supporters will always have a prior existence in connection with the peerage.
Knights of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle are entitled to surround their arms with a plain circle of green edged with gold and bearing the motto in gold letters, "Nemo me impune lacessit." They are also entitled to surround their arms with the collar of the order, which is of gold, and composed of sprigs of thistle and rue (Andrew) enamelled in their proper colours. From the collar the badge (the figure of St. Andrew) depends.
Knights of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick are entitled to surround their arms by a plain circle of sky-blue edged with gold, bearing the motto, "Quis Separabit. MDCCLXXXIII," as enamelled on the star of the order. This is encircled by the collar of the order, which is of "gold, composed of roses and harps alternately, tied together with knots of gold, the said roses enamelled alternately, white leaves within red and red leaves within white; and in the centre of the said collar shall be an Imperial crown surmounting a harp of gold, from which shall hang the badge."
Knights of the Thistle and St. Patrick are entitled as such to claim a grant of supporters on payment of the fees, but these orders are nowadays confined to peers.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath.—Knights of the Bath, who have existed from a remote period, do not appear as such to have made any additions to their arms prior to the revival of the order in 1725. At that time, similarly to the Orders of the Garter and the Thistle, the order was of one class only and composed of a limited number of knights. Knights of that order were then distinguished by the letters K.B., which, it should be noted, mean Knight of the Bath, and not Knight Bachelor, as so many people now imagine. There is nobody at the present time who is entitled to use these letters. Upon those of the Bath plates which now remain in the chapel of Henry VII. in Westminster Abbey, no instance will be found in which the collar is represented outside the circle, which is pretty good evidence that although isolated examples may possibly be found at an earlier date, it was not the usual custom up to the end of the eighteenth century to encircle a shield with a collar of knighthood. These Knights of the Bath (K.B.), as they were termed, surrounded their escutcheons with circlets of crimson edged with gold, and bearing thereupon the motto of the order, "Tria juncta in uno," in gold letters.
Although at that time it does not appear that the collar of the order was ever employed for armorial purposes, instances are to be found in which the laurel wreath surrounded the circlet with the motto of the order.
In the year 1815, owing to the large number of officers who had merited reward in the Peninsular Campaign, it was considered necessary to largely increase the extent and scope of the order. For this purpose it was divided into two divisions—the Military Division and the Civil Division—and each of these were divided into three classes, namely, Knights Grand Cross (G.C.B.), Knights Commanders (K.C.B.), and Companions (C.B.). The then existing Knights of the Bath became Knights Grand Cross. The existing collar served for all Knights Grand Cross, but the old badge and star were assigned for the civil division of the order, a new pattern being designed for the military division. The number of stalls in Henry VII.'s Chapel being limited, the erection of Stall plates and the display of banners ceased; those then in position were allowed to remain, and still remain at the present moment. Consequently there are no Stall plates to refer to in the matter as precedents since that period, and the rules need to be obtained from other sources. They are now as follows: A Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath surrounds his arms with the circlet as was theretofore the case, and in addition he surrounds the circlet by his collar, from which depends the badge (either military or civil) of the division to which he belongs. The collar is really for practical purposes the distinguishing mark of a Knight Grand Cross, because although as such he is entitled upon payment of the fees to claim a grant of supporters, he is under no compulsion to do so, and comparatively but few avail themselves of the privilege. All Knights of the Bath, before the enlargement of the order, had supporters. A Knight Grand Cross of the military division encircles his arms with the laurel wreath in addition, this being placed outside the circlet and within the collar of the order. The collar is composed of gold having nine Imperial crowns and eight devices of the rose, the thistle, and shamrock issuing from a sceptre placed alternately and enamelled in their proper colours, the links being connected with seventeen knots enamelled white. The badges of the military and civil divisions differ considerably.
Knights Commanders of the Bath have no collar and cannot claim a grant of supporters, but they encircle their shields with the circlet of the order, suspending their badge below the shield by the ribbon from which it is worn. Knights Commanders of the military division use the laurel wreath as do Knights Grand Cross, but no members of any class of the civil division are entitled to display it.
Companions of the order (C.B.) do not use the helmet of a knight as does a G.C.B. or a K.C.B.; in fact, the only difference which is permissible in their arms from those of an undistinguished commoner is that they are allowed to suspend the badge of a C.B. from a ribbon below their shields. They do not use the circlet of the order. Certain cases have come under my notice in which a military C.B. has added a laurel wreath to his armorial bearings, but whether such a practice is correct I am unaware, but I think it is not officially recognised.
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India (like the Order of the Bath as at present constituted) is divided into three classes, Knights Grand Commanders, Knights Commanders, and Companions. Knights Grand Commanders place the circlet of the order around their shields. This is of light blue inscribed with the motto, "Heaven's light our guide." This in its turn is surrounded by the collar of the order, which is composed of alternate links of the Indian lotus flower, crossed palm-branches, and the united red and white rose of England. In the centre of the collar is an Imperial crown from which depends the badge of the order, this being an onyx cameo of the effigy of her late Majesty Queen Victoria within the motto of the order, and surmounted by a star, the whole being richly jewelled. The surrounding of the shield by the circlet of the order doubtless is a consequence and follows upon the original custom of the armorial use of the garter, but this being admitted, it is yet permissible to state that that practice came from the Continent, and there is little reason to doubt that the real meaning and origin of the custom of using the circlet is derived from the Continental practice which has for long been usual of displaying the shield of arms upon the star of an order of knighthood. The star of every British order—the Garter included—contains the circlet and motto of the order, and it is easy to see how, after depicting the shield of arms upon the star of the order, the result will be that the circlet of the order surrounds the shield. No armorial warrant upon the point is ever issued at the creation of an order; the thing follows as a matter of course, the circlet being taken from the star to surround the shield without further authorisation. Upon this point there can be no doubt, inasmuch as the garter which surrounds the shield of a K.G. is in all authoritative heraldic paintings buckled in the peculiar manner in which it is worn and in which it is depicted upon the star. The Star of the Thistle shows the plain circlet, the Star of St. Patrick the same, and the arms of a Knight of St. Patrick afford a curious confirmation of my contention, because whilst the motto of the order is specified to be, "Quis separabit," the circlet used for armorial purposes includes the date (MDCCLXXXIII.) as shown upon the star. The Order of the Bath, again, has a plain circlet upon the star, and the badges and stars of the military knights have the laurel wreath represented in heraldic drawings, the laurel wreath being absent from the stars and the shields of those who are members of the civil division. Now with regard to the Order of the Star of India the motto on the star is carried upon a representation of a ribbon which is tied in a curious manner, and my own opinion is that the circlet used to surround the shield of a G.C.S.I. or K.C.S.I. should (as in the case of the garter) be represented not as a simple circlet like the Bath or Thistle, but as a ribbon tied in the curious manner represented upon the star. This tying is not, however, duplicated upon the badge, and possibly I may be told that the circlet and its use are taken from the badge and not from the star. The reply to such a statement is, first, that there is no garter upon the badge of that order, there is no circlet on the badge of the Thistle, and the circlet on the badge of St. Patrick is surrounded by a wreath of trefoils which in that case ought to appear round the shield of a K.P. This wreath of trefoils is absent from the K.P. star. Further, no Companion of an Order is permitted to use the Circlet of the Order, whilst every Companion has his badge. No Companion has a star. Though I hold strongly that the circlet of the Star of India should be a ribbon tied as represented on the star of the order, I must admit I have never yet come across an official instance of it being so represented. This, however, is a point upon which there is no definite warrant of instruction, and is not the conclusion justifiable that on this matter the officers of arms have been led into a mistake in their general practice by an oversight and possible unfamiliarity with the actual star? A Knight Grand Commander is entitled to claim a grant of supporters on payment of the fees. A Knight Commander encircles his shield with the circlet of the order and hangs his badge from a ribbon below, a Companion of the Order simply hangs the badge he wears below his shield.
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George.—This order again is divided into three classes—Knights Grand Cross, Knights Commanders, and Companions. Knights Grand Cross place the circlet of the order and the collar with the badge around their shields, and, like other Knights Grand Cross, they are entitled to claim a grant of supporters. The circlet of the order is of blue edged with gold, and bearing in gold letters the motto of the order, "Auspicium melioris ævi." The collar is composed alternately of lions of England, of Maltese crosses, and of the ciphers S.M. and S.G., and having in the centre an Imperial crown over two lions passant guardant, each holding a bunch of seven arrows. At the opposite point of the collar are two similar lions. The whole is of gold except the crosses, which are of white enamel, and the various devices are linked together by small gold chains. Knights Commanders of the Order encircle their shields with a similar circlet of the order, and hang their badges below. A Companion simply suspends his badge from a ribbon below his shield.
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire.—This order is divided into three classes—Knights Grand Commanders, Knights Commanders, and Companions. Knights Grand Commanders and Knights Commanders encircle their shields with the circlet of the order, which is of purple inscribed in letters of gold, with the motto of the order, "Imperatricis auspiciis." The collar of the order, which is used by the Knights Grand Commanders, in addition to the circle, is composed of elephants, lotus flowers, peacocks in their pride, and Indian roses, and in the centre is an Imperial crown, the whole being linked together by chains of gold. Knights Commanders suspend their badges from their shields. Companions are only permitted to suspend their badges from a ribbon, and, as in the cases of the other orders, are not allowed to make use of the circlet of the order.
The Royal Victorian Order is divided into five classes, and is the only British order of which this can be said. There is no collar belonging to the order, so a G.C.V.O. cannot put one round his shield. Knights Grand Cross surround their shields with the circlet of the order, which is of dark blue carrying in letters of gold the motto, "Victoria." Knights Commanders and Commanders also use the circlet, with the badge suspended from the ribbon. Members of the fourth and fifth classes of the Order suspend the badge which they are entitled to wear below their shields. The "Victorian Chain" is quite apart from the Victorian Order, and up to the present time has only been conferred upon a very limited number. It apparently exists by the pleasure of His Majesty, no statutes having been ordained.
The Distinguished Service Order, the Imperial Service Order, and the Order of Merit are each of but one class only, none of them conferring the dignity of knighthood. They rank heraldically with the Companions of the other Orders, and for heraldic purposes merely confer upon those people entitled to the decorations the right to suspend the badges they wear below their shields or lozenges as the case may be, following the rules observed by other Companions. The Victoria Cross, the Albert Medal, the Edward Medal, the Conspicuous Service Cross, the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal, the Royal Red Cross, the Volunteer Officers' Decoration, the Territorial Decoration, and the Decoration of the League of Mercy all rank as decorations. Though none confer any style or precedence of knighthood, those entitled to them are permitted to suspend representations of such decorations as are enjoyed below their shields.
The members of the Orders of Victoria and Albert and of the Crown of India are permitted to display the badges they wear below their lozenges.
Some people, notably in the early part of the nineteenth century, adopted the practice of placing war medals below the escutcheons amongst other decorations. It is doubtful, however, how far this practice is correct, inasmuch as a medal does not technically rank as a decoration or as a matter of honour. That medals are "decorations" is not officially recognised, with the exception, perhaps, of the Jubilee medal, the Diamond Jubilee medal, and the Coronation medal, which have been given a status more of the character of a decoration than of simple medals.
The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England does not rank with other orders or decorations, inasmuch as it was initiated without Royal intervention, and carries no precedence or titular rank. In 1888, however, a Royal charter of incorporation was obtained, and the distribution of the highest offices of the order in the persons of the Sovereign, the Prince of Wales, and other members of the Royal Family has of late years very much increased its social status. The Order is, however, now recognised to a certain extent, and its insignia is worn at Court by duly appointed authority. The Crown is gradually acquiring a right of veto, which will probably eventually result in the order becoming a recognised honour, of which the gift lies with the Crown. In the charter of incorporation, Knights of Justice and Ladies of Justice were permitted to place as a chief over their arms the augmentation anciently used by knights of the English language of the original Roman Catholic Celibate Order. The chief used is: "Gules, charged with a cross throughout argent, the cross embellished in its angles with lions passant guardant and unicorns passant alternately both or," as in the cross of the order. The omission, which is all the more inexplicable owing to the fact that Garter King of Arms is the officer for the order, that the heraldic provisions of this charter have never been conveyed, as should have been the case, in a Royal Warrant to the Earl Marshal, has caused some confusion, for the officers of the College of Arms, when speaking officially, decline to admit the insignia of the order in any official emblazonment of arms. Lyon King of Arms has been less punctilious.
Knights of Justice, Knights of Grace, and Esquires of the Orders all suspend the badges they wear from a black watered-silk ribbon below their shields (Fig. 334), and Ladies of Justice and Ladies of Grace do the same below their lozenges. The arms of members of the Order are frequently depicted superimposed upon the Cross. By the Statutes of the Order Knights of Justice were required to show that all their four grandparents were legally entitled to bear arms, but so many provisions for the exercise of discretion in dispensing with this requirement were at the same time created that to all intents and purposes such a regulation might never have been included. Some of the Knights of Justice even yet have no arms at all, others are themselves grantees, and still others would be unable to show what is required of them if the claims of their grandparents were properly investigated.
It should perhaps be stated that supporters, when granted to Knights Grand Cross as such, are personal to themselves, and in the patents by which they are granted the grant is made for life only, no hereditary limitation being added.
Any person in this country holding a Royal Licence to wear the insignia of any foreign order is permitted to adopt any heraldic form, decoration, or display which that order confers in the country of origin. Official recognition exists for this, and many precedents can be quoted.
Fig. 772.—"Bailli-profès" of the Catholic Order of the Knights Hospitallers or the Order of Malta.
The rules which exist in foreign countries concerning heraldic privileges of the knights of different orders are very varied, and it is impossible to briefly summarise them. It may, however, be stated that the most usual practice is to display the shield alone in the centre of the star (Fig. 772). As with us, the collars of the orders are placed around the shields, and the badges depend below, but the use of the circlet carrying the motto of the order is exclusively a British practice. In the case of some of the Orders, however, the official coat of arms of the order is quartered, impaled, or borne in pretence with the personal arms, and the cross patée of the Order of the Dannebrog is to be met with placed in front of a shield of quarterings, the charges thereupon appearing in the angles of the cross. I am not sure, however, that the cases which have come under my notice should not be rather considered definite and hereditary grants of augmentation, this being perhaps a more probable explanation than that such a method of display followed as a matter of course on promotion to the order. The Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order quarter the arms of that order with those of their families. The Knights of the Order of St. Stephen of Tuscany bear the arms of that order in chief over their personal arms. Fig. 772 represents the manner in which a "Bailli-profès" (Grand Cross) of the real Catholic and Celibate Order of St. John of Malta places the chief of the order on his shield, the latter being imposed upon a Maltese star (this being white) and the badge of the order depending below. The "Knight-profès" does not use the chief of the order. In the German Protestant Order of Malta (formerly Bailiwick of Brandenburg) the Commendatores place the shield of their arms upon the Cross of Malta. The Knights of Justice ("Richtsritter") on the contrary assume the cross upon the shield itself, whilst the Knights of Grace suspend it from the bottom of the shield. The members of the ancient Order of La Cordelière formerly encircled their lozenges with a representation of the Cordelière, which formed a part of their habit; and the officers of the Ecclesiastical Orders frequently surround their escutcheons with rosaries from which depend crucifixes. Whether this latter practice, however, should be considered merely a piece of artistic decoration, or whether it should be regarded as an ecclesiastical matter or should be included within the purview of armory, I leave others to decide.
By a curious fiction, for the origin of which it is not easy to definitely account, unless it is a survival of the celibacy required in certain orders, a knight is not supposed to share the insignia of any order of knighthood with his wife. There is not the slightest doubt that his own knighthood does confer upon her both precedence and titular rank, and why there should be any necessity for the statement to be made as to the theoretical position has long been a puzzle to me. Such a theory, however, is considered to be correct, and as a consequence in modern times it has become a rigid rule that the arms of the wife of a knight must not be impaled upon a shield when it is displayed within the circlet of an order. No such rule existed in ancient times, and many instances can be found in which impaled shields, or the shield of the wife only, are met with inside a representation of the Garter. In the warrant recently issued for Queen Alexandra the arms of England and Denmark are impaled within a Garter. This may be quite exceptional and consequent upon the fact that Her Majesty is herself a member of the Order. Nevertheless, the modern idea is that when a Knight of any Order impales the arms of his wife, he must use two shields placed accollé, the dexter surmounting the sinister (Fig. 745). Upon the dexter shield is represented the arms of the knight within the circlet, or the circlet and collar, as the case may be, of his order; on the sinister shield the arms of the knight are impaled with those of his wife, and this shield, for the purpose of artistic balance, is usually surrounded with a meaningless and inartistic floral or laurel wreath to make its size similar to the dimensions of the dexter shield.
The widow of a knight of any Order is required at present to immediately discontinue the use of the ensigns of that Order, and to revert to the plain impaled lozenge which she would be entitled to as the widow of an undecorated gentleman. As she retains her titular rank, such a regulation seems absurd, but it undoubtedly exists, and until it is altered must be conformed to.
Knights Grand Cross and Knights Commanders, as also Knights Bachelors, use the open affronté helmet of a knight. Companions of any order, and members of those orders which do not confer any precedence or title of knighthood, use only the close profile helmet of a gentleman. A Knight Bachelor, of course, is at liberty to impale the arms of his wife upon his escutcheon without employing the double form. It only makes the use of the double escutcheon for Knights of Orders the more incomprehensible.
Reference should also be made to the subject of impalement, which will be found in the chapter upon Marshalling.
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The Super Bowl is usually in a sunny locale, but that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the pigskin fun just because you live in a snowy climate. Find an open place to play — a backyard or nearby park will do. With some spray bottles filled with a water and food coloring mixture, mark out a large rectangular area to serve as the playing field. The teams line up at opposite ends of the field for the kickoff. When someone on the receiving team catches the ball, they try to advance across the other team’s goal line by running with it or passing it to a teammate. Play stops if the player is tagged by an opponent or slides out of bounds. The play then resumes on the spot. Each team gets four tries to score a touchdown or the ball goes to the other team.
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We do that football game!! It slows it down quite a bit with deep snow (which works in my favor!). And hey, we have a warm up going on…a good time for making snowballs!
Nice. Yes, it would seem that deep snow is the great equalizer. It’s like a team full of offensive linemen going out to try and catch a pass!
So being an Aussie, there’s not much call for snowball fights here but I can attest to playing cricket in the snow when we lived in Banff, Canada. It was great fun until we lost the ball in a snow bank!
I’ve never played cricket before, but imagine it’s quite a blast in the snow!
Here’s a list of 3 unusual things to do when it’s 70 degrees outside in January.
Get dirty in the garden.
Take a walk in the rain.
Can’t send a giant snowball picture. But, my kids have become giant mudballs as of late.
70 degrees in January…who’s rubbing it in now?
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Two Rural Regional Banks(RRBs) namely Bihar Gramin Bank( in State of Bihar) and Paschim Banga Gramin Bank (in State of West Bengal) are sponsored by our Bank.
Bihar Gramin Bank come into existence in 2012 formed by amalgamation of two Gramin Banks viz. Bihar Kshetriya Gramin Bank and Samastipur Kshetriya Bank. The Bihar Gramin Bank has its head office at Begusarai and covers 9(Nine) districts of Bihar State namely Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Banka, Munger, Lakhisarai, Jamui, Samstipur, Sheikhpura and Khagaria by its 376 branches.
Paschim Banga Gramin Bank is one of the leading RRB of West Bengal formed by amalgamation of three Gramin Banks viz. Howrah Gramin Bank, Bardhman Gramin Bank and Mayurakshi Gramin Bank. The Paschim Banga Gramin Bank has its head office at Howrah and covers 4(Four) districts of West Bengal namely Burdwan, Birbhum, Hooghly and Howrah by its 230 branches .

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Kamal Powell, Campari regional marketing manager, said Shenseea's regional appeal made her suitable for the brand.
“Shenseea's role at Campari Carnival 2019 season in Trinidad will be to make persons come together with her contemporary hits, while they enjoy Campari cocktails responsibly in the fete or on the road,” said Powell.
She recently represented Campari Caribbean at the 2019 Campari Red Diaries launch in Milan, Italy.

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Taking Philip Larkins’ poetry and the writing of Ian Nairn as a starting point for his project “Subtopia”, Saker takes us on a very personal journey through the heartland of the English Midlands. In the last line of the poem “I Remember.I Remember,” Larkin writes, “Nothing, like something, happens anywhere.” In his work, Adrian brings to the fore the everyday happenings, the mundane even, of people’s lives.
What we are presented with in “Subtopia” is Saker finding inspiration and solace in peoples’ inimitable ability to personalise their environment through their relationship and reaction to the spaces around them and to express themselves through their style, identity, culture and sense of community.
These fragments, he sees as a record of both these random encounters and a record of the complexity of the interplay between photographer and subject and the relationship (however brief) between two human beings.
Adrian Saker was born in Marston Green, Birmingham.
His interest in photography began when he was given a camera at the age of sixteen and he started taking the bus and his Pentax ME super around Birmingham making black and white pictures of industrial landscapes.
The streets, he says, are like a never ending art gallery, accessible to anyone irrespective of race, religion,gender or income bracket.
He lives on the border where Hall Green and Moseley collide with his musician partner and the occasional visiting cat.

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As a proud left-hander, I can tell you being in this minority group has its pros and cons. Apparently 15% of the American population is left-handed. That number really stands out to me since I have always thought that the number of left-handed people was way more. So, all you left-handed people, you can keep being left-handed and not worry about having to switch. We are all one big happy family of right and left-handed people.
According to Scientific American, 15%of people are left-handed. Males are twice as likely to be left-handed than females.
Left-handers are more likely to be geniuses - 20% of all MENSA members report being left-handed.
YAY! A study found left-handed men are, on average, 15% richer than right-handed men for those who attended college, and 26% richer if they graduated.
BOO! Left-handed people are three times more likely than right-handed people to become alcoholics.
If born parents are left handed, 50% of their offspring will be left-handed. Two righties only have a 2% chance of having a lefty.
Psychologist from Queen's University Belfast found that female cats are more likely to be right-pawed, while male cats tend to be left-pawed.
Lefties are more likely than righties to really, really hate spiral notebooks.
Research conducted by Dr. Nick Cherbuin shows that lefties are better at handling large amounts of stimuli, making them naturally better at playing video games.
Left-handers are believed to reach puberty 4 to 5 months after right-handers.
Living in a righty's world: only 50% of lefties report using a computer mouse with their left hands. Similarly, 68% use their right hand for scissors and 74% hold a dinner knife in their right hands.
According to one study, lefties have an average lifespan that is nine years fewer than that of righties.


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How many foodie memoirs have been written in the last twenty years? Probably too many to count. In fact, I would classify this style of writing as a new genre unto itself. For the next four books, our hosts all picked a food-centric memoir. We hope you enjoy these selections: one by a young woman trying to regain her health, one from an award-winning journalist, one from a food blogger, and one from a food writer and cookbook author.
Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home (2015) hosted by Deb at Kahakai Kitchen for December/January.
Jessica Fechtor was on a treadmill in a hotel gym at a graduate student conference when an aneurysm burst in her brain. Jessica was 28, newly married, and healthy, when she collapsed and nearly died. Luckily, she was rushed to the hospital quickly, but between the aneurysm and subsequent infection she lost her sense of smell, the sight in her left eye, had to have numerous surgeries, and needed to wear a helmet to protect her head for nearly two years. The impact on her career and her life was devastating. Some might give up, but with the support of her family and friends and the healing power of the food and cooking, Jessica found a new normal.
After reading a review of Stir on Beth Fish Reads blog, I borrowed the audio book from the library and was immediately caught up in Jessica’s often moving, sometimes humorous, and always inspiring story. Her wit and warmth pour through the pages as she shares food-laden memories of growing up, her family, courtship with her husband, and her recovery--interwoven with twenty-seven recipes that helped her on her journey. Although the audio book gave a link to the recipes and many of them can be found on her food blog Sweet Amandine, I found myself compelled to buy my own print copy of the book. I hope you enjoy her story and her recipes as much as I did.
Deadline for Stir posts is January 31, 2017.
Dinner with Edward, A Story of Unexpected Friendship by Isabel Vincent (2016) hosted by Claudia at Honey from Rock for February/March.
Isabel Vincent, author of four previous books, investigative journalist, reporter for the New York Post, and previously a foreign correspondent, is the recipient of numerous journalism honors. In this well-crafted, charming memoir Vincent uses the evocative language of a novelist and the economy of a reporter, with food as a metaphor for love.
Though struggling with her crumbling marriage, a recent move and demanding new job, Isabel opens her life to Edward, a 93-year-old widower, the father of a good friend (currently out of the country). He is depressed and ready to give up on life after the death of his much loved wife, when Vincent agrees, at her friend's request, to check in on him once in a while.
What began as an occasional dinner meant to keep an old man company soon develops into a rich friendship, giving both Edward and Isabel reasons to reconsider why they’re alive, while encouraging her to appreciate the fine art of living as she begins to create a life that's more rewarding and full for herself.
As Vincent writes, “I believed in the magic of Edward,” and readers begin to believe along with her. He turns out to be a very wise old/young at heart individual, and it is in his kitchen and at the dinner table that his character and wisdom are revealed. Every chapter title is a small dinner menu – and Vincent goes out of her way to punctuate her writing with tempting descriptions of these meals. Between melting Gruyere cheese, delicious entrees and fine wines, it is easy to succumb to the overcoming optimism of a man determined to live exactly the way he wants. Isabel invests her memoir with a real sense of gratitude for Edward's presence and influence in her life.
Though she did wheedle him into writing down some of his recipes for her, one of the things that really amazed me about Edward, was that he actually used no recipes. He wrote them out for her, remembering what he did as he went along. I loved his spontaneous, intuitive, and creative yet collected approach to cooking. No rush, no worries. This is how I want to be with my own cooking. So inspiring.
Deadline for Dinner with Edward posts is March 31, 2017.
Life from Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness by Sasha Martin (2015) hosted by Debra at Eliot's Eats for April/May.
Some of you may be familiar with Sasha Martin from her food blog, Global Table Adventure. Although I have not been following her blog per se, I was made aware of her through our local paper and some local appearances.
Since she resides in Tulsa, I was anxious to read her memoir. I will let her book trailer be the blurb for this selection.
As Martin states in the above video, her adventures through the world's cuisines led her to examine her own origins. How did she get to her life in Oklahoma with a loving husband and child, far from her unorthodox childhood in Boston and her troubled teenage years in Europe?
Although this is more of a traditional memoir than what I would classify as the recent trend of recipe-laden-"foodie" ones, I think that we all will find some inspiration, whether its from Martin's childhood memories or her adventures with international flavors.
For June/July, Simona at briciole chose Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing by Anya Von Bremzen (2013).
Winner of three James Beard awards, a contributing editor at Travel + Leisure magazine and the author of five acclaimed cookbooks, Anya Von Bremzen grew up in a communal Moscow apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen. When Anya was ten years old, she and her mother fled Brezhnev-era Russia and arrived in Philadelphia. The contrast between the two places created a nostalgic longing for the food of home: she immediately missed the celebration of food that was taken for granted in America.
Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots is a title that invited me to take a closer look at the book. Reading a brief description of the novel by Jessica Soffer made me choose it as my selection for Cook the Books.
I don't want to tell you more about the novel. Through its cast of characters, the story talks about immigration, parenting, teenage angst, and, of course, food.
For the most part, I am inspired by characters and by images. The story was born from Lorca (a teenage pain addict, whom I’d written a story about while I was in graduate school) and an image that suddenly came to me and persisted: two people—an old woman and a young girl—cooking together in a kitchen. What grew out of that, around that, was a way of situating those elements.
Don’t you want to find out what Masgouf is, what Lorca and Victoria cook together and how it all unfolds? I hope so. Join us then in this edition of our very special book club.
"Bukra fil mish mish," the Arabic saying goes. Tomorrow, apricots may bloom."
Submissions for this round of Cook The Books are due by end-of-the day Wednesday, November 30, 2016. Anyone can join by reading the current selection, preparing a dish inspired by its contents and writing about it. Let me know when your entry post is up by commenting on this post and/or sending me an email at: simosite AT mac DOT com.


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while fishing Otsego Lake on August 8th with his Dad.
August 8th on Otsego lake.
Justin caught a big bluegill and a few nice perch, too.
Justin and guide, Tom, had a great day fishing!
cousin, Andrew, and his uncle Tom, the guide.
Aaron shows off his biggest largemouth bass of the morning.
Tim shows off his biggest bass of the morning, a 3 lb. big largemouth.
Andrew shows off the biggest bass of the day, a 4 lb. largemouth.


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Known to the west as Canton till 1949, Guangzhou is emerging as a world-leading trading destination. This city also plays host to the Canton Fair since 1957. Renamed the China Import and Export Fair in 2007, this trade fair is the largest in China with over 15,000 exhibitors. Not only is the Canton Fair witness to the largest attendance but the highest number of deals are struck at this venue.
What a lot of Canton Fair attendees might be unaware of is that the venue for the trade fair, which had been hosted for the past 35 years in the YueXiu District of Guangzhou, has been shifted to the Pazhou Exhibition Center in October 2008. This means that when one is looking for accommodation in Guangzhou, one needs to look at Guangzhou Hotels that are close to the trade fair venue.
The good news is that with the Asia Games due to be hosted in Guangzhou in 2010, this region has seen huge improvement in hotel accommodation with numerous new Gaungzhou hotels coming up over the past few years. Almost 30 hotels have opened in Guangzhou every year since 2005 and most of these hotels are in the Tianhe and Pazhou districts.
With the city centre shifting gradually to the Tianhe and Pazhou districts from the old city centre of YueXiu District, choosing hotels needs some thought. Most people traveling to Guangzhou might be more familiar with the older hotels that have been there for a long time and have proven their excellence. The fact, however, is that newer hotels have much more to offer in terms of facilities and comfort.
According to Ken Lin, Manager of Canton Fair Division, Wentrip.com Guangzhou Office, with newer hotels offering better pay packages, they have been able to bag the best talent in the hospitality industry. The staff of a hotel always plays a crucial role in how memorable one's stay is. With state-of-the-art amenities, the newer hotels win hands down over the older, albeit more established, hotels in Guangzhou.
Possibly the most important aspect to look at is the pricing. Newer hotels offer rates that are 20-30% lower than the older hotels. New hotels, in their attempt to attract more customers, offer various discount packages that work out significantly more economical than staying at the older Guangzhou hotels.
The last aspect to consider is travel time. Staying close to the venue definitely makes more sense in a city like Guangzhou, known for its traffic snarls. Choosing a hotel in YueXiu District will mean 1.5 to 3 hours of travel by taxi or shuttle to and from the Canton Fair. On the other hand, by choosing accommodation in TianHe District one can cut travel time down to 15 to 60 minutes. Staying at a hotel in Pazhou means a short travel of 15 minutes by taxi or shuttle to and from the Canton Fair.
Although all the above factors do narrow down one's choice, there still are numerous hotel options to choose from. Those traveling for the first time to Guangzhou or those who are unfamiliar with the region, might need some guidance about accommodation and travel in the city. The Wentrip.com Professional Canton Fair Division specializes in offering free guide and hotel recommendations that can help travelers choose a hotel that meets their budgetary needs and preferences and make their stay in Guangzhou a memorable one.
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Our Prime Minister has promised it will happen, and may law enforcement and health officials are very much onboard. Most provincial governments have come to accept what everyone else has known for a while: marijuana legalization is on its way. But as you might expect, Alberta's premier is lagging a little behind the times.
As one of Canada's more conservative provinces, Alberta's resistance to the devil's weed is no more surprising than its resistance to other social change. At this point in the marijuana debate, though, the issue should have been closed and done years ago. There's no compelling reason that marijuana should be illegal—it's less damaging to individual health and public health and safety than alcohol and even prescription opiates, is less addictive than many other recreational and pharmaceutical drugs, and can be regulated and taxed like tobacco and alcohol to offset whatever minor problems or minimally increased healthcare burdens occur after its legalization (though it is not clear that that there would be any measurable adverse effects).
There are, however, several compelling reasons for marijuana's legalization. Here are my top three.
Far less damaging to the body than cigarettes, alcohol, and prescription opiates. Far less habit forming than any of these things, too. Far less prone to contributing to significant errors in judgment that endanger the lives of users and others than is alcohol. Free from all of the environmental problems associated with the production and disposal of pharmaceuticals.
Why marijuana was ever criminalized in the first place is a matter of debate, but given the many far more dangerous substances that are legal, it can hardly be defended as rational to continue to ban the substance, especially in light of other arguments for marijuana's legalization.
The people have spoken, and the people are in favor of legalization—not just people who use or want to use marijuana, but people of all stripes who understand that irrationality of its criminalization and who maybe—just maybe—think the government should be more involved in other issues and less concerned with what adults choose to put in their bodies.
The principle of personal liberty is foundational to any modern democracy. We should be free to do what we please, so long as it does not infringe on another's right to do the same. there are many issues where this relatively simple principle leads to come pretty complex trade-offs, but when it comes to marijuana the issue is very clear: private use of marijuana in the home, or in businesses licensed for such use (like bars for alcohol), affects no one but the user, and should be an individual choice.
I hope the premier comes around on this issue.
In the meantime, if you've been charged with a marijuana offence, or with any drug-related offence or other crime in the Greater Calgary Area, please contact my office today for the zealous representation you deserve.

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Pinch rolls & Tail Breaker. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION. Housing will be of steel; Double oil seals to protect any leakage.
Crusher or Rotary Breaker Plant that Separates Rock from Coal. Could you please email me with some specifications Coal Crushers & Rotary Breakers.

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text: We really need to pick one (preferably the summer version) and stick with it. A whole provinces of farmers (i.e. Saskatchewan) can’t be completely wrong.


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WebCentral is one of the top eCommerce website designers in Australia, and we’re ready to help you create the perfect site. No matter what you’re selling, and what industry you’re in, we can help you sell more while spending less.
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We want to know where you're at now, and where you want to be at in the coming years. We'll use that information to figure out how we can help you reach your target goals.
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You know what your goals are, you’ve read our suggestions, are you ready to improve your current situation? We'll work hand-in-hand with you to make your vision come to life. You'll get a great new website without having to empty your wallet.
At WebCentral we’re proud of the relationships that we have with our clients. We like to keep you in the loop so that you always know what’s going on and can suggest changes as often as you like. Once we’ve designed and built your website we’ll keep it updated, which is one less thing for you to worry about.
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Jesus instructs you to be a responsible citizen in this verse, which means you should give your government whatever responsibilities are called for under that government… from paying your taxes to casting your vote.
All American citizens have the right to vote and express their desires for the future of the nation. Often, national elections stage a clear contest between godliness and decadence, morality and promiscuity.
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.” (Psalm 33:12) Return your nation’s blessing by being responsible citizen of the kingdom of God.