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When we deny our own emotion and our natural inclination to feel, we are actually denying and rejecting ourselves and stunting our own emotional and personal growth in the process.
The greatest work that we can offer to the world and us is to know our Self. Become acquainted with this divine creation that has the power to carry out miracles.
Whatever you are doing there are people around you who judge you for no reason and you can't stop it, what ever they are doing just let them and all you need to do is to accept yourself.
This article provides a basic understanding of why letting go of the past is so hard for many individuals who suffered some form of trauma. It provides a foundational instruction of what one can do to make letting go of the past easier.
Simple choices to make our life meaningful and happy.
Things I’ve learned in over 40 years of life and over 20 years of a professional nursinf career. These nuggets of wisdom are cheaper than therapy.
How I took every struggle and circumstance and turned it in something positive. I ignored the negative and learned to be confident in who God Made me. I am not ashamed of who I am. Yes I wish I could change some things about myself.
The feeling of guilt is the most painful of all the emotions. We feel a sense of guilt whenever we do something wrong. To stop this feeling, we should understand what makes us feel guilty. | [
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Justin C Watches WCW Slamboree 1999
If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I’ve been re-watching WCW in order on the WWE Network. I’m currently in May 1999 of WCW, and my god is it awful. You think 2000 is bad? This may be worse. Now of course I may be changing my tune when it gets to WCW in 2000 but this stuff is just crap.
So now I’m on to Slamboree 1999. Normally HTC writer Tim watches bad wrestling and writes about it, but I’m going to do that today because I feel like I need to vent out my frustration while watching this show.
Triple Threat Match for the WCW Tag Team Championship: Billy Kidman & Rey Mysterio (c) vs Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs Raven & Perry Saturn
-Well, best to get the probably only good match on the show out of the way early right?
-Mysterio has been over since losing the mask in a match to Kevin Nash, because Nash obviously needed to do that. Kidman’s been over for awhile now. Raven and Saturn are over too. Benoit and Malenko turned heel at some point. When I don’t remember. But these are six of WCW’s best workers. So they have to be thrown together into one match.
-Mike Tenay talks about Rey not being able to rely on Kidman recently. Because WCW is all about swerves!
-Saturn belly-to-bellys Kidman over the top to the outside because he wants to add half a star to the match.
-By the time WCW realized they needed to mix these six guys with main eventers it was too late.
-There is a sign in the crowd that uses “your” instead of “you’re.” That’s annoying.
-It is a shame to watch these guys bust their asses knowing nothing will result from it.
-Unlike tag triple threats or fatal four ways of today, one member of the team is in the ring at all times. I like that.
-Kidman and Rey get a chance to shine with some high flying moves, which includes Kidman tossing Rey over his shoulders onto Benoit on the top, then Rey hitting a hurricarrana. They try the same thing with Saturn but Saturn powerbombs Rey instead.
-Of course this has to be ruined with something stupid: The ref looks RIGHT AT ARN ANDERSON, then looks away and allows Arn to hit a Spinebuster.
-Here comes a man in a Sting match, with the ref yelling at no one on the outside. The man, who turns out to be Kanyon, knocks Kidman off the top. Raven hits the Evenflow on Kidman and gets the pin, even though Malenko had a Cloverleaf on Saturn before hand. Good match, shitty finish.
WINNERS: Perry Saturn and Raven
Stevie Ray vs Konnan
-Oh good here comes Stevie Ray, Vincent and Horace Hogan. It is the nWo B-team. I can’t think of a less intimidating trio.
-The nWo theme gets ZERO reaction. That is hard to think of knowing how over they were even a year ago.
-Konnan cuts the same promo he does every week. I don’t get how he ever got over.
-Stevie Ray’ tights look like he borrowed them from Virgil.
-Stevie Ray stops Konnan and tries to clothesline him three times before he goes down in a shitty spot.
-Three minutes in and it is Hold, Rest Hold, Stevie Ray taunts. Repeat.
-This match is moving as fast as my cat is right now, and my cat is dead.
-MORE REF DISTRACTIONS. Rey Mysterio tries to make the save. The ref gets distracted by Vincent and Horace so Rey goes to the top. Stevie Ray looks RIGHT AT HIM. He waits and Rey dives on his shoulders, and Konnan slowly rolls him up and gets the win.
-DDP is seen talking to Bam Bam Bigelow backstage. Maybe DDP is asking him if he was back in ECW at the moment?
Hardcore Match: Brian Knobbs vs Bam Bam Bigelow
-Imagine being Bam Bam Bigelow. You sign with WCW in late 1998 and start by going after Goldberg. Six months later and you are fighting Brian Knobbs. Did he think WCW’s politics were worse than the WWF? I almost wonder if he would rather go back to ECW and not get paid by Paul Heyman.
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I grew up in the Newburyport area, and I wish that this store had been here all along! As a vegan visiting New England it is often hard to find anything to eat other than grilled veggies, but at the Natural Grocer, vegans are in paradise. This store has a deli/salad/sandwich bar, which includes many vegan choices. Plus local, organic produce, beauty products, vitamins and more. Thank God for this place or else I would have turned into a grilled eggplant during my stay in Newburyport.
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Discussion in 'Beginner Lounge' started by HeadCase, Jan 25, 2018.
What is the best ph water for soil, seeds,&clones plus what nutes are you using for soil- Bud
I shoot for 6.5 ph. Sweet spot for nute uptake in soil. I use Advanced Nutrients ph perfect.
I use promix, it likes a bit lower ph. 6.1 is ideal for promix but i also use advanced nutrients ph perfect so i dont adjust the ph, it mixes to 5.7 to 5.9 every time with rain water but have used it on well water and it mixes to 6.4 wich i also did not adjust.
I use the connoisseur base and all the additives for flower.
In my entirely unprofessional opinion, best to mix your soil to be ph6.5 and vary your solution A few tenths either way depending on the growth stage.
Seedlings and clones get filtered/uv sterilized fish tank water, if I didn't have the fish they'd get weak veg nutes or weak fish emulsion when they need it
That said, this can be strain dependent info, some strains and some plants within the same strain seem to have odd needs sometimes
If you use the easy soil mix posted on GK, I wouldn't sweat it unless the plants show problems. My well tests below 6 and I haven't adjusted PH in years with no problem. Like the guys are saying though, if you're using GH or Advanced shoot for the low 6's.
Promix right out of the bag also has a decent amount of lime as a buffer. That'll give you some leeway on PH.
I’ll second this. Between the lime and a happy herd of microbes there’s no need to worry about fussing with the PH.
I've come to depend on the dolomite lime to balance PH in soil myself. If growing in soil it's best to test the soil's PH rather than the water's PH that you are using to water with. I found that even if the water PH is off a bit it may or may not affect the actual soil PH. My advice....test the soil PH...water...test soil PH again....wait an hour and test the soil again. It can vary depending on so many factors. Best to see what you're working with and adjust accordingly.
Do you have a recommended means of measurement? I've always thought this was quasi dart toss -ish...but this has got me thinking about soil ph out in the garden...I'm thinking I'm gonna get the Home Depot edition and see how long it lasts
There's dropper test kits for soil as well, but I hate drops. Steam plant/cooling tower chemistry killed it for me. Plug it in and let it go or toss it to the wind, I says
GG I’ve used several of the inexpensive soil testers like the those and found them to be a complete waist of money. Consistent results were elusive at best with back to back tests of the same soil varying by more than 1 to 1 1/2 points up or down.
Blue labs on the other hand makes a very nice albeit expensive ph tester for soil. I bought one years ago because I convinced myself that I needed to monitor the PH of the pots. It worked great, used it several times until I realized the whole idea of adjusting ph in an organic mix sort of when against the grain of letting the microbes do their thing. Once I stopped constantly fucking with the ph my grows steadily improved.
Hmm. Ok that’s a different model than mine but very similar.. still a waste tho
I too drove myself crazy always trying to test and adjust PH. Once I started adding dolomite to the soil mix I just let things happen and had no worries.
Gobby....those be shit. Worse than dart board'ish. Can send a guy in the entire wrong direction if you start trying to get one of the cheapo garden store meters to read consistent. Test strips and run-off water or dropper kit are the tools in my box. Suppose a guy could bury a test strip in moist soil for a minute or two and get a reading. Never done that one myself but figger it'd probably be a better dart board'ish number than the cheapo meter.
I use a Bluelab meter just like in the pic, for my hydro nutes. I checked pH calibration a couple of weeks back. Still holding perfectly. It was last calibrated a year ago.
Not real sure that it's the right tool for soil testing, though. I suppose if the soil was dissolved in distilled water...
There be the rub. Soil testing. I can get different readings from the same pot depending on moisture content in each specific spot of soil.
your best bet for soil ph is in between 5.5 & 7.0
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Russia has rejected appeals for a complete demilitarisation of the area around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine.
The move would make the plant more vulnerable, a Russian official said.
The calls come amid growing concern over safety at the site – Europe’s largest nuclear plant – as both sides accuse each other of shelling the area.
Ukrainian workers operate the plant, which has been under Russian control since March.
It was one of the first sites seized by Russian troops following the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
UN Secretary General António Guterres sounded the alarm after meeting Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Lviv on Thursday.
“Any potential damage to Zaporizhzhia is suicide,” Mr Guterres warned.
The Ukrainian president urged the UN to ensure demilitarisation of the nuclear plant – Europe’s biggest. Mr Guterres added that “the facility must not be used as part of any military operation”.
Mr Erdogan echoed the UN chief’s concerns, telling reporters that he was worried about the danger of “another Chernobyl” disaster erupting at the plant.
Mr Zelensky has criticised “deliberate” Russian attacks on the power plant.
Moscow is accused of turning the facility into an army base, with all three leaders urging the Russians to demilitarise the zone as soon as possible.
But Ivan Nechayev, deputy director of the Russian foreign ministry’s Information and Press Department, rejected the call.
“Their implementation will make the plant even more vulnerable,” Mr Nechayev told reporters.
The appeals come as Ukrainian staff, who are working at the plant under Russian direction, warned of a potential nuclear catastrophe at the facility, saying in the past two weeks it has become “the target of continuous military attacks”.
“What is happening is horrific and beyond common sense and morality,” staff wrote in a Telegram post (in Ukrainian).
Three of the four power supply lines linking the plant to the Ukrainian national grid have been damaged by shelling and Ukraine’s nuclear regulator has warned that a complete loss of power supply would mean that “nuclear fuel will begin melting, resulting in a release of radioactive substances to the environment”.
Later on Thursday, an official Twitter channel used by the Ukrainian government said that members of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, had “urgently” left the facility, and an “unexpected day off” had been announced.
“Ukrainian intelligence officers believe that the Russians are preparing a provocation at the [facility],” Ukraine’s Centre for Information security tweeted.
“Following their extensive shelling… [Russian forces] could ‘raise the stakes’ and stage a real terrorist attack on Europe’s largest nuclear facility,” it said.
The BBC has been unable to verify the claims.
Despite concerns, though, the site is said to be far more secure than the Chernobyl plant – the site of the worst nuclear incident in history.
The reactor is in a steel-reinforced concrete building that can “withstand extreme external events, both natural and man-made, such as an aircraft crash or explosions,” experts told the BBC in March.__Courtesy BBC.com | [
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Isn’t it great when you learn one of your favorite foods also provides a wide array of health benefits? Well, prepare to be excited because one of your most popular fresh and fruity summertime treats is about to get even better. Recent research has found that blueberries can offer benefits for vision and memory.
Packed full of nutrients like vitamin C, anthocyanins and antioxidants, blueberries battle the free radicals in your body that can cause a variety of health risks. According to NDTV, they may delay the process of degeneration of nerve cells, which benefits our memory, and help prevent damage to our eyes caused by pollution, dust and harmful blue light emitted by the screens on many of our mobile devices.
Most people know that blueberries have been show to offer benefits in warding off cancer and lowering the risk of heart disease, but few know how much they can help improve your vision, memory and the aging process. Researchers at the University of Florida surveyed more than 2,000 people in 31 U.S. cities as part of the study reported upon by NDTV, and found that most people were not aware of these benefits.
More and more research has found that the consumption of plant-based foods like blueberries decrease the risk of obesity and diabetes, while also helping you live a longer life. This type of diet is also associated with a healthier complexion and weight, plus an overall increase in energy.
If you’re not already, you should definitely include delicious blueberries as a part of your daily diet. Just handful a day can provide many health benefits, and choosing organic blueberries, like those grown at Delta Blue Blueberries, are the best choice, allowing you to absorb all of the healthful benefits without any harsh chemicals. Our blueberries are grown in nutrient-rich soil and we follow responsible farming practices so that you can enjoy the best blueberry possible.
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Why are homes beyond affordability of most people?
Central Bank loan rules are vital so State really must stimulate less-expensive supply
Home ownership rates keep falling and the stock of homes for sale is growing even as housebuilding remains below estimates of demand. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
A clash is brewing between the Central Bank and the Government over the competing objectives of financial stability and home ownership. Many would argue that these two goals – managing risk in the financial system and promoting buying over renting – have little to do with each other. But they do. That’s because mortgage rules – which were designed to protect the banking system – have successfully limited how many people can reasonably aspire to owning a home. But those limits have set the level of home ownership below where the Government – and, ultimately, voters – would like it to be. Ironically, the effectiveness of the Central Bank is stopping the Government from executing its own housing policy.
Officially, the Government has endorsed a position of tenure-neutrality in housing since 2011. However, there is, in fact, a preference towards home ownership. As the Taoiseach himself said in a Dáil speech in April, the Government is “absolutely committed to doing everything we can to increase home ownership”. Subsidy programmes for first-time buyers such as Help-to-Buy and the affordable loan scheme bear this out. And the public supports this approach. A survey published by the Department of Finance earlier this year revealed that 87 per cent had a strong preference for home ownership.
Despite this, home ownership rates continue to fall and the stock of homes for sale is growing even as housebuilding remains substantially below estimates of housing demand. Goodbody estimates that 2,500 more properties have been built than sold over the past 12 months. What exactly is going on?
Affordability appears to be at the heart of the problem. The CSO published data last week showing that median gross household income in the State in 2016 amounted to a little over €45,000 – ranging from €32,000 in Donegal to €66,000 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. If these representative households were able to raise a deposit of 10 per cent, the maximum price that they could afford to pay under the Central Bank limit of 3.5x gross income would be just €125,000 and €257,000, respectively. Yet actual transacted prices for new homes in these areas are €150,000 and €610,000 over the past year. Nationally, the median new home price is €344,000. Allowing for wage growth over the period since 2016, this currently amounts to about seven times gross household income – or twice the Central Bank limit.
These statistics represent the median household, but income distributions can also be instructive in terms of assessing the affordability of the new housing stock. We calculate that even for two-income couples earning more than €50,000 per year each, almost 60 per cent can afford to buy a home worth only €290,000. Only one-third of new homes sold in 2018 were below this price.
So why is the building industry producing homes at prices that most of the population cannot afford? In some cases, developers may have simply misjudged the market. But there is clearly a mismatch between the minimum delivery price of a new home and the income levels of most of the population. That brings us into the realm of public policy. Government involvement in the housing market may be undesirable in a perfect world but it is often necessary in the real world. There are three ways to resolve this situation, some more preferable than others.
There is a mismatch between the minimum delivery price of a new home and the income levels of most of the population
First, the Central Bank could ease its mortgage rules, thus increasing the amount that buyers are able to pay. This would be a retrograde step. The costs of excess leverage over the past decade since the banking crisis have been enormous, both to individuals and the State. The characteristics of Ireland’s small, open economy make Irish households more vulnerable to income shocks that can trigger mortgage difficulties. So, the Central Bank is right to insist on a mortgage regime that is stricter than that which applies in the UK, for instance.
Second, the government could employ further supply-side efforts to drive down the price of delivering new homes. This has been the strategy in recent years. Some of the policy efforts have been laudable, including the introduction of the vacant site levy, the fast-track planning process and the Land Development Agency (LDA). As highlighted by the Economic and Social Research Institute, the vacant site levy rules need to be tightened to have maximum effect.
Third, demand-side measures – often frowned upon because of the risk of windfall profits to landowners – can be part of the package. To manage the risk of the benefits accruing to landowners, strict price limits must be placed on any new measures. | [
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Thiruvananthapuram, April 2 (IANS) A 57-year-old man, Saseendran of Avanoor in the Kerala's Thrissur district died of suspected food poisoning, police said.
His wife Geetha, mother Ambuja, and two workers, who were at his home, are also admitted to the hospital. The condition of one of the workers is said to be serious.
Police said that Saseendran, who lives near the Thrissur government medical college, went out of his home in a two-wheeler and reached an ATM counter adjacent to the medical college. Saseendran, however collapsed and people, including some doctors who were sitting at a coffee shop near the counter, immediately rushed him to the Medical College hospital but did not respond to treatment and died immediately.
The four had consumed 'Idli' for breakfast and a probe is on whether any poisonous material entered the body. His son, who did not consume the breakfast, is not affected.
Police said that a detailed probe would be conducted involving all aspects and added that the son of the deceased Saseendran is under police scanner.
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The turning point in my life was when I stood up for my self and became self reliant. The turning point in my life was, when I decided I wanted to do my own thing and not follow in my brothers foot steps. When I told myself I wanted to be a great athlete. When I played a different position than my brother
I first realized I were a individual when I stop following my older brother and started doing things on my own When I wanted to be my self and stop following older brother. When I wanted to go to the movies on my own.
When I had to convince my parents I was responsible enough to do things on my own. L.I.K.E. Using the car on the weekends. Going to the movies or a party. Having people over the house.
I didn’t succumb to peer pressure when I worked out instead of going to a party. I didn’t let my friends decide for me I make my own decision.
Self reliance is one thing many people need to work on. More people need to rely on them selves instead of other people or even GOD. I think if more people helped themselves it would be more people succeeding or wanting to succeed in the world.
“God loves to help him, who strives to help himself” Aeschylus - Meaning of quote – If God sees you trying to help yourself he’ll step in an provide a helping hand.
The quote” God loves to help him, who strives to help himself” Relates to me in many ways people see me trying to be a successful, so god may well having sent those people in my life to lend a handing hand.
SETTING GOALS FOR SELF IS A GREAT WAY SO ONE COULD GAIN SELF RELIANT IN SELF. FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THOSE GOALS IS THE HARDEST STEP. WHEN THOSE GOALS OR GOAL IS MEANT THAT PERSON OR PERSONS HAVE THAN GAINED WHAT IS CALLED SELF RELIANCE.
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The first affiliate program for Pacifica Foundation was formally established during the early 1990s. However, relationships between Pacifica and independent community radio stations date back to the first years of community radio. Relationships evolved naturally between early community radio workers across the country when they shared resources and skills. The groundwork for the Pacifica affiliate program was laid by these pioneering collaborations.
KPFA-Pacifica founded the concept of community radio in the USA. As the station began to mature in the 1970s, KPFA veterans Lorenzo Milam and Jeremy Lansman traveled to other metropolitan areas, such as Seattle, St. Louis, Atlanta, or Columbia Missouri, to build new stations. They emulated the listener-sponsored radio model they had learned in Berkeley.
As more locally owned stations sprang up around the country, shared needs and interests became apparent. This led to early forms of networking, content-sharing, and broadcast collaborations that have continued to this day.
- News production. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, reporters at Pacifica stations, international stringers, and several KPFA reporters situated in Washington DC (called the Washington Bureau) patched a news feed via telephone for distribution.
- Program exchanges. Audiotapes were exchanged through the mail.
- Live national coverage of political events. Pacifica and other community radio producers and engineers joined forces for national coverage of national presidential conventions in 1972. In 1987 Larry Bensky established Pacifica as a leader in national political coverage with “Contra-Gate,” his national coverage of the Iran-Contra Hearings.
- Satellite distribution. In 1980 Pacifica began up-linking radio content from Pacifica and other community radio stations on Public Radio’s satellite. In 1997, KFCF community radio in Fresno, California helped Pacifica move to its exclusive satellite called the KU Band and Pacifica started its own content distribution system.
The radio broadcast activities described above spontaneously led to practical and cooperative relations. These characteristics continue to define the Pacifica Affiliate Network to this day, where Pacifica’s clients also see themselves as partners in community radio’s mission.
However, these relations were not actually formalized into an affiliate program until the early 1990s, when the Pacifica Radio Archives assumed responsibility for a content-exchange program that had been initiated by the (newly founded) National Federation of Community Broadcasters. While taking over the content-sharing program, the Pacifica Archives inherited a mailing list of stations, which became the catalyst and basis for Pacifica’s first formal affiliate program.
Some of the earliest affiliates included KFAI in Minneapolis, MN; KUNM in Albuquerque NM; KGNU, Boulder, CO; and WRFG in Atlanta GA. In the years that followed, Pacifica experimented with various management structures for the affiliate program. During the 1990s, the number of Pacifica affiliate programs grew to around 100 stations due to national developments like Pacifica’s National News, Democracy Now! and the offering of free satellite dishes to affiliates.
ORIGINS OF TODAY’S CURRENT PROGRAM
The Pacifica affiliates program of the 1990s collapsed between 1999 and 2000, when Pacifica Foundation underwent a battle over its ownership in the era known as the “corporate takeover of Pacifica” (late 1990s – 2002). It is noteworthy that during this time of institutional collapse for the Pacifica affiliate program, traditional grassroots working relationships endured between radio professionals in areas of collaborative radio production, journalism, and mission-building.
Pacifica activists such as Juan Gonzalez, Dan Coughlin, Deena Kolbert, Teresa Allen, and Leslie Cagan actively sought to strengthen these grassroots ties during the years of “the Struggle,” paving the way for rejuvenating Pacifica’s Affiliate Network. When a settlement over Pacifica Foundation’s ownership was reached in 2002, their diplomatic ventures led to the reintroduction of institutional relations at the Grassroots Radio Conference (GRC) in the summer of 2002.
The new interim Pacifica National Board (iPNB) established a committee to explore affiliate relations. Ursula Ruedenberg was hired to conduct a survey of all former affiliates; and her findings prompted the Pacifica board to create a committee for re-building an affiliate program. The committee was chaired by iPNB member Teresa Allen, assisted by New York City radio producer and volunteer organizer Deena Kolbert, and paid consultant Ursula Ruedenberg.
Leaders of the GRC and community radio station managers also served on the committee, including Norm Stockwell from WORT, Madison; Marty Durlin from KGNU, Boulder; Vicky Santa from WMNF, Tampa; Behr from KMUD, Redway, CA; and Christine Ahern from WJFF, Jeffersonville, NY. These members led a rigorous assessment of history, opportunities, client needs, and areas for improvement.
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In recent times, India has seen a huge growth in plant-based eating practices. Many people turn to a vegetarian diet, or a vegan diet due to health concerns and also concern for the environment.
“A 2019 survey found that about 69% of Indians are willing to give up meat for herbal options. For people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, a plant-based (vegan) diet or a vegetarian diet is best as it helps to manage and prevent or even reverse type 2 diabetes, according to studies. A vegan diet is part of vegetarianism that excludes meat, fish, eggs, poultry, dairy products, and honey. A healthy vegan diet also avoids processed and refined foods like artificial foods with additives and olive oil, ”said G Prakash, deputy chief medical officer of the Jindal Naturecure Institute.
Veganism can help diabetes in different ways
The expert said that plant-based foods like vegetables, fruits, seeds, nuts and legumes can help in the treatment of various chronic diseases, including Type 2 diabetes. Since foods like non-starchy vegetables, many types of fruits, seeds, nuts, and beans tend to have a low glycemic index, there is less chance of an increase in blood sugar when eaten.
“The other positive aspect of a vegan diet is that the low glycemic load also improves healthy gut biofilms. Intestinal biofilms are fine protective barriers that build up around bacteria in the intestine and make it difficult for glucose to penetrate. This, in turn, slows down the glycemic effect in the diet, ”he explained.
He added that most people with type 2 diabetes are “either obese or overweight, consuming low glycemic index foods also helps fight fat storage and prevent insulin resistance“.
The other benefit of a vegan diet is that it helps lower cholesterol, saturated fat, and the risk of heart disease; all of these can be beneficial for a person with diabetes mellitus.
Studies have also shown that a vegan diet can
* Lower blood pressure
* Improves nerve damage
* Easier metabolic syndrome
* Help keep A1c level under control
Maintain Key Nutrients in a Vegan Diet
“If it is true that a vegan diet is beneficial for people with diabetes, some plant-based foods have lower nutrient content than non-vegetarian foods. However, with good planning and a varied diet, it is possible to provide the body with everything it needs, ”he said.
Here are some specific considerations to take into account when planning a healthy and nutritious vegan diet:
At first, many vegans may panic about whether they are consuming the right amount of protein. This is not only a big deal as the majority of us get enough protein throughout the day. There are also many vegan foods that are known to be rich sources of protein like
Legumes and beans
Seeds and nuts such as tahini, cashews, peanuts, etc.
For strong bones, it is important to make sure that the vegan diet contains adequate amounts of calcium. Calcium is essential throughout life, but it is especially important as children grow older. Vegan foods that contain sufficient amounts of calcium include:
Vitamin B12 is crucial for the proper functioning of the nervous system and the maintenance of healthy blood cells. In animal products, this vitamin is found naturally, but vegans must compensate for this by adding foods to their diet like
Algae / algae
Enriched vegetable milk
“There are many other nutrients such as omega-3 fatty acids, iron, iodine, zinc and selenium, which can be supplemented by consuming lots of vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes, nuts., dried fruit and cereal for breakfast. ”He shared.
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Martin P Meehan sent a message to Carlos Ghosn that said:
Please can you help
I am an electrician who lives in Australia
I brought a brand new renault trafic van 1.5 years ago 1.6l twin turbo,
The van has only done 7000km
and has the following fault codes
upc alternator link
rain/luminosity sensor circuit
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The vans only done 7000km
But now being in renault workshop for 6 weeks
They have carried out the following
All fuses and relay checked
Battery charging sensor ( swapped for test)
Replaced new alternator ( Supplied by you)
Replaced new upc ( computer) due to wiring shorting out the alternator and computer
They are now convinced it is the wiring loom but can't show me any damaged cables.
Renault Australia won't cover it under warranty due to after market tow bar and electric brake being fitted,although they could not show me any problems with this wiring and disconnected it as soon as it came in the workshop
Has any one any advice if it's the wiring loom or could be any thing else,as they now want $8200 to fix it and i'll have to wait 3 weeks for a wiring loom to come from France.
This van is lively hood and to not recieve any money due to it being in the workshop for 9 weeks any then have to pay $8200 repair bill is causing extreme emotional stress for me and my family.
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New Delhi: A total of
16 South Asian fiction writers including Jamil Ahmad, Jerry Pinto,
Amitav Ghosh and Musharraf Ali Farooqi are in the race for the
prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian literature reflecting the
diversity and social complexities that set Asian narratives apart
from the rest of the world.
The long list for the prize announced in the capital Tuesday
feature a mix of best-sellers and emerging talent.
The list includes Jamil Ahmad's "The Wandering Falcon", Alice
Albina's "Leela's Book", Tahmina Anam's "The Good Muslim", Rahul
Bhattacharya's "The Sly Company of People Who Care", Roopa
Farooki's "The Flying Man", Musharraf Ali Farooqi's "Between Clay
and Dust" and Amitav Ghosh's "River of Smoke".
Other contenders are Niven Govinden's "Black Bread White Beer",
Sunetra Gupta's "So Good in Black"; Mohammed Hanif's "Our Lady of
Alice Bhatti"; Jerry Pinto's "Em and the Big Hoom"; Uday Prakash's
"The Walls of Delhi"; Anuradha Roy's "The Folded Earth", Saswati
Sengupta's "The Song Seekers", Geetanjali Shree's "The Empty
Space" and Jeet Thayil's "Narcopolis".
The longlist was chosen from 81 entries for the $50,000 prize from
writers around the globe by a four-member jury of K.
Satchidanandan (chair), Muneeza Shamsie, Rick Simonson, Suvani
Singh and Eleanor O'Keefe.
The jury will deliberate, for a month, on the shortlist that will
be announced Nov 20 at the Mayfair Hotel in London. The winner
will be declared at the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival January
"The values were looking for in the works were many; novelty of
the theme, freshness of narrative strategies used as well as the
idiom and the contribution the work makes to the makes to the
genre in general," Satchidanandan said.
Writer and publisher Namita Gokhale, who was on the panel for
discussion on the longlisted novels, said: "The staggering variety
of South Asian voices was wonderful".
"There is so much magic realism in our daily lives and so many
stories to tell," Gokhale told IANS.
The list did not surprise Udayan Mitra, publisher of Allen Lane
and Portfolio imprints of Penguin Books India.
"Most of the books on the list were well-received and
well-reviewed. It is quality. This has been a year that has seen
really strong books," Mitra said.
The publisher, who handles non-fiction, said "one way of
describing the publishing trends in the country was to say India
was becoming a publishing hub".
"Another way of putting it is to say that our readership is
exploding at all levels. In the mass market categories, we are
seeing numbers we couldn't dream of. We are reaching readers who
were traditionally not readers- the first generation readers. This
doesn't reflect in literary fictions. It will take time to reach
there," Mitra told IANS.
Manhad Narula of the DSC Group said "he was excited by the fact
that prize was helping South Asian fictions commercially to reach
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What are the patterns of human behavior and movement in crowded cities that turn agitated crowds into anti-social mobs? This question, as well as the ability to configure civic areas as defensible spaces, are addressed by an immersive 3D computational model under development by Paul M. Torrens, a geographer at Arizona State University.
Since it is impractical or impossible to conduct live experiments with hundreds or thousands of people along busy streets to reproduce mob behavior during riots, or stage a realistic rehearsal of an evacuation, the model can be used to assist city planners, developers, public safety and health officials, and researchers in understanding crowd behavior in dense urban settings.
For example, the project will develop simulations to explore health issues such as how a pathogen could be transmitted through mobile pedestrians over a short time period, and identify the early signs of anti-social behavior in large crowds.
According to Torrens, "When trying to evacuate, people start to run and panic. The prototype model records every state of everything in the model every 60th of a second. Once those data are in the system, the model exports this information into a Geographic Information System, where the data can be analyzed mathematically." | [
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Paycheck: and Other Classic Stories
Philip K. Dick
"The collected stories of Philip K. Dick are awe inspiring." --The Washington Post
Readers worldwide consider Philip K. Dick to have been the greatest science fiction writer on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount, and his reputation has been enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now presented annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K. Dick Society is devoted to the study and promulgation of his works.
This collection draws from the writer's earliest short and medium-length fiction (including several previously unpublished stories), written during the years 1952-1955, and features such fascinating stories as Paycheck (adapted as a major motion picture starring Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman), Beyond Lies the Wub, The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford, The Variable Man, and many others. Here, readers will find Dick's initial explorations of the themes he so brilliantly brought to life in his later work.
Dick won the prestigious Hugo Award for the best novel of 1963 for The Man in the High Castle. In the last year of his life, the film Blade Runner was made from his novelDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? More recently, Dick's short story The Minority Report inspired Steven Spielberg's movie of the same title.
The classic stories of Philip K. Dick offer an intriguing glimpse into the imagination of one of science fiction's most enduring and respected names.
"Philip K. Dick's best books always describe a future that is both entirely recognizable and utterly unimaginable." --The New York Times Book Review
"More than anyone else in the field, Mr. Dick really puts you inside people's minds." --The Wall Street Journal | [
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De Anza’s Auto Tech Department gives daytime and evening packages to help you meet your targets. The reluctance machine was partially rescued by the identical technology that made it potential to put the induction motor into an electric automobile — power electronics from Silicon Valley The reluctance motor is notoriously troublesome to control (RPM, determination of rotor position, and so forth.), however modern inverters and management methods helped overcome that foible.
PG&E and different fleet owners are turning to corporations that can do after-market conversion for now partly as a result of main automakers have yet to introduce the plug-in hybrid version of the vehicles that the fleet homeowners need to buy.(EV motors) However that day will come if shoppers continue to point out interest in electric automobiles (and the costs for them drop).
Theory as well as “palms-on” training with clutch programs and drive axle operation and repair. With world-class occasions and venues close by, MPC’s Automotive Technology Program is ideally situated in the heart of the automotive world. Truman’s Automotive Know-how Program consists of 11 courses. Situated inside the Kansas Expertise Middle, the Department of Automotive Technology is recognized by industry as providing top-of-the-line educational packages within the nation.
When the White Marsh facility goes on-line in 2013, GM would be the first carmaker to have a U.S.-based electric-motor manufacturing facility. See how we’ll get there beginning with our mannequin yr 2040 autos. The excellence between AC motor and DC motor is helpful in some contexts however in an vehicle that could be a closed system that begins with a DC energy source and ends with a rotary electric motor the distinction is false and not useful.
Automotive technology is a program of study focusing on the mechanics and know-how driving immediately’s cars. All other motors only want to supply DC to the stator to generate full torque at stall. Strong math abilities and expertise in car repair are plusses. For that reason, single-stage transmissions are normally all that is wanted in purely electrical automobiles. | [
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It may not automatically spring to mind, but any big name brand you can think of (and all of those you can’t) – from the NHS to Iceland – relies on a fleet. Whether it’s to transport supplies, materials or deliver groceries, that’s a lot of vans, a lot of drivers and a lot of potential problems.
Of course it goes without saying, therefore, that as a manager, ensuring fleet safety should be of the upmost importance. And vitally, the buck lies with you. It may sound like a mammoth task, but it’s definitely worth being prepared. Luckily for you, we’ve laid out some top tips to help you on the road to success!
• Policy please. This must be incorporated as part of any organisation’s approach to staff wellbeing, safety and security and should include a clear statement of your expectations in relation to fleet safety. It should be comprehensive, up-to-date and fully integrated in the company culture.
• Risk assessments. As well as having the theory covered, you must also keep testing the practical elements of fleet safety, including driver wellbeing, vehicle care and journey management. Vitally, you must also be both willing and prepare to act on your findings – even if it means updating your policies and provisions. Remember, change can be good.
• Record. Ensure that any incident involving any vehicle driven on behalf of your organisation is logged and the data analysed regularly to prevent recurrences. Accidents will inevitably happen; make sure you learn from them.
• Committee. It may not be a bad idea to set up a safety committee, made up of staff throughout your organisation, so they can tell you directly what is and is not working.
If you are seen to be directly championing and working towards fleet safety, it will become an important priority throughout the company. As Ian Kemp, Commercial Motor Underwriting Director at insurance company, RSA, says: “Risk management can be approached on one of two ways – either as a tick box exercise, where the minimal amount is done or the second way where there is meaningful commitment and involvement from the ‘top’, senior personnel involved with Fleet Risk Management, qualified staff and appropriate ratio of managers to drivers. Even something as straightforward as an up to date policy or handbook can make a difference. It goes without saying that the second way delivers meaningful improvements and clear safety benefits.”
• Be prepared. According to the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM), 70% of people say their bosses do not offer or require medical check-ups – not even a basic eye test, while 75% say they have never been offered any sort of driver risk assessment or training. With 1,000 people killed each year while driving for work (a whopping third of road crashes), this is clearly not an acceptable reality. “Too many employers think their responsibility for employees when they’re at work, ends at the front door or the factory gate”, says IAM Chief Executive, Christopher Bullock. “Quite apart from being irresponsible, it is bad for their business.” Make sure each driver receives a handbook outlining the company’s policies and procedures regarding fleet safety and are sufficiently inducted and assessed before being hired to establish that they are properly licensed, suitably trained and medically fit to drive. Reinforcing and updating the training each year is not a bad idea, either.
• Check-up. Just because they’ve passed your test to hit the road, doesn’t mean you should breathe a sigh of relief and just forget about them. In the same way that you would service your vehicles, you should also keep track of and deliver feedback on driver behaviour – nothing that some trusty telematics can’t assist with! You can even, on occasion, send someone along for the journey to assess in real-time, too. You’ll be amazed at how much more responsible your drivers will act when they know they’re being watched!
• Incentivise. It goes without saying that negative behaviour will be punished, but on the flipside, don’t be afraid to reward those who respect the rules of the road, either. Setting up an incentives programme will not only encourage your drivers to act safely and responsibly, it may also infuse a little bit of fun into their working day, too!
• Identify. Make sure you are aware of every person that drives on behalf of your company – even if they are using their own car. However, according to a study conducted by the Energy Saving Trust (EST) and the British Vehicle Leasing and Rental Association (BVLRA), 40% of all vehicles on the road are part of a ‘grey fleet’ (personal cars) – at a cost of £5.5bn. Comprising 14 million cars, the average ‘grey fleet’ car is older, less environmentally-friendly and more dangerous than its company-car counterpart, so perhaps it’s time to challenge this “invisible” fleet | [
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How Daimler becomes a software and service company
“This digital transformation is in full swing at Mercedes-Benz. We are transitioning from car manufacturer to networked mobility provider, whereby the focus is always on the individual – as customer and employee. This is how we will continue to develop the company and thereby ensure our future competitiveness.” (Dieter Zetsche, CEO Daimler, 2015)
History of Daimler
In 1885, Carl Benz released the Benz Patent Motor Car, which is considered to be the world’s first roadworthy automotive. Around 130 years later, Daimler is today one of the largest and most successful car manufacturers. Over 280,000 employees built around 2.85mn vehicles in 2015, including cars, vans, buses and trucks.
While for years the focus of car manufacturers like Daimler was on selling the cars as a product itself, the market is shifting towards a service-oriented business that leverages todays’ digital possibilities.
From cars to software and services
Figure 1 shows the evolution of the Mercedes E-Class over the last 80 years. It changed a lot in terms of design, technology, and security features. For many years those product characteristics were the sole competitive advantage among the car manufacturers and the reason for customers to buy them.
In 1977, General Motors Oldsmobile released the Toronado, the first production car that incorporated embedded software. It had an electronic control unit (ECU) that managed electronic spark timing. Just 4 years later in 1981, GM had deployed about 50,000 lines of engine control software code across their entire domestic passenger car line. Other auto manufacturers followed the trend and developed similar software for their models. Also Daimler cars like the Mercedes-Benz S-class depend today on millions of lines of code running up to 100 networked ECUs throughout the body of the car which control and monitor everything from the powertrain to the airbag system. Even more advanced is the model applied by Tesla. After enabling autonomous driving as revolutionary feature via a software update, Elon Musk just announced that another update in December will improve the off-the-line acceleration of both the Model S and Model X.
After adding features and improving traditional car characteristics like acceleration through software, how does the future look in terms of car digitization?
Digitization initiatives at Daimler
Daimler is digitizing its operating model on two frontiers: internally (i.e. car production) and externally (i.e. towards the customer).
Especially for the design of cars, Daimler is leveraging digital tools. Long before a prototype of a car is built and tested in the wind tunnel, comprehensive Big Data models combined with computer aided design solutions are used to create and evaluate digital prototypes. Afterwards, augmented reality devices, such as the google glass, help employees in manufacturing to built the cars in a more effective and secure manner. Both examples show how the traditional production process at Daimler has been disrupted through digitization and will further change with future technologies.
A more visible change to the operating model and the value for the costumer happens to the cars themselves as figure 2 visualizes. The shown concept car combines autonomous driving and an electric engine. Furthermore, through networking technologies, future cars like the shown one will communicate with each other and make the driving experience more efficient and secure.
Also the business model of the car industry is affected by digitization. Mercedes introduced the concept of the digital showroom. Customers can either from home or at any local vendor use virtual reality glasses to drive different cars without actually sitting in one. This helps to experience specific configurations and encourage an actual purchase. Another idea is to equip every car with every possible feature, but use software to unlock only the ones the customer paid for. The business model could change completely if customers would only pay for a feature (e.g., seat heating) while they are using it.
While all those innovations seem to have a positive impact on operating and business models of car manufacturers, it is important to keep the customer behavior in mind. Many car drivers, particularly in Europe, value traditional features of a car (e.g., engine, chassis etc.). This especially applies to fans of motorsport. Therefore, the manufactures need to manage the pace of new innovations to ensure that customers can slowly adapt.
Charette, R. N. (2009). This car runs on code. IEEE spectrum, 46(3), 3.
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Ankush Gunghas, Rajesh Kumar, Sunita Deswal, Kapil Kumar Kalkal, "Influence of Rotation and Magnetic Fields on a Functionally Graded Thermoelastic Solid Subjected to a Mechanical Load", Journal of Mathematics, vol. 2019, Article ID 1016981, 16 pages, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1016981
Influence of Rotation and Magnetic Fields on a Functionally Graded Thermoelastic Solid Subjected to a Mechanical Load
The current manuscript is presented to study two-dimensional deformations in a nonhomogeneous, isotropic, rotating, magneto-thermoelastic medium in the context of Green-Naghdi model III. It is assumed that the functionally graded material has nonhomogeneous mechanical and thermal properties in the -direction. The exact expressions for the displacement components, temperature field, and stresses are obtained in the physical domain by using normal mode technique. These are also computed numerically for a copper-like material and presented graphically to observe the variations of the considered physical variables. Comparisons of the physical quantities are shown in figures to depict the effects of angular velocity, nonhomogeneity parameter, and magnetic field.
In the classical dynamical coupled theory of thermoelasticity formulated by Biot, thermal signals are propagating with infinite speed, which is not physically acceptable. To remove this drawback of the classical coupled dynamical theory of thermoelasticity, several theories of generalized thermoelasticity were developed. The first two generalized thermoelastic theories are Lord-Shulman (L-S) theory and Green-Lindsay (G-L) theory. In L-S theory, one thermal relaxation time parameter is introduced in the classical Fourier’s law of heat conduction, whereas in the G-L theory, two thermal relaxation times are introduced in the constitutive relations for force stress tensor and entropy equation. Green and Naghdi [4–6] speculated three new thermoelasticity theories that permit treatment of a much wider class of heat flow problems, labeled as G-N models I, II, and III. The nature of the constitutive equations in these three models is such that when the respective theories are linearized, the model I is same as the classical heat conduction theory, model II predicts the finite speed of heat propagation involving no energy dissipation, and model III indicates the propagation of thermal signals with finite speed.
The theory of magneto-thermoelasticity is concerned with the effect of magnetic field on elastic and thermoelastic deformations of a solid body and has received the attention of many researchers due to its extensive use in various fields like optics, geophysics, and acoustics. The problem of distribution of thermal stresses and temperature in a perfectly conducting half-space, in contact with a vacuum, permeated by an initial magnetic field was studied by Ezzat. A model of two-dimensional equations of generalized magneto-thermoelasticity with one relaxation time in a perfectly conducting medium was established by Ezzat and Othman. The impacts of fractional order parameter, hydrostatic initial stress, and gravity field on the plane waves in a fiber-reinforced isotropic thermoelastic medium were investigated by Othman et al.. Deswal and Kalkal employed Laplace and Fourier transforms technique to study the phenomenon of wave propagation in a fractional order micropolar magneto-thermoelastic half-space. In the frame of fractional order theory of generalized thermoelasticity, Deswal et al. studied magneto-thermoelastic interactions in an initially stressed, isotropic, homogeneous half-space. The effects of initial stress and magnetic field on thermoelastic interactions in an isotropic, thermally and electrically conducting half-space, whose surface is subjected to mechanical and thermal loads, were explored by Othman and Eraki. Xiong and Guo investigated the electro-magneto-thermoelastic diffusive plane waves in a half-space with variable material properties under fractional order thermoelastic theory.
Since the large bodies like the earth, the moon, and other planets have an angular velocity, it appears more realistic to study the thermoelastic problems in a rotating medium. The propagation of elastic waves in a rotating, homogeneous, and isotropic medium was investigated by Schoenberg and Censor. Some results in thermoelastic rotating medium are due to Roy Choudhuri and Debnath and Roy Choudhuri and Mukhopadhyay. The effect of rotation in generalized thermoelastic solid under the influence of gravity with an overlying infinite thermoelastic fluid was analyzed by Ailawalia and Narah. Abouelregal and Zenkour used fractional order theory of thermoelasticity to scrutinize the effect of angular velocity on fiber-reinforced generalized thermoelastic medium whose surface is subjected to a Mode-I crack problem. Kumar et al. discussed the propagation of plane waves at the free surface | [
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For most of us the name Saudi Arabia is pretty much synonymous with zero rights for women. But even that most conservative of all Islamic nations is oh so slowly inching towards modernity and gender equality. A while ago we already read about women being allowed to drive bicycles in enclosed areas for recreational purposes. And yes, if that’s progress it shows how far we still have to go. However here are the recent developments that warm our hearts:
The Guardian newspaper has reported that the ministry of education of Saudi Arabia will allow private girl schools to offer sports activities.
CNN tells us the tale of the first woman lawyer of the country. Women have been allowed to study law since 2005, so it’s about time the first woman also actually becomes active as a lawyer.
The message of the image of the social campaign might be missed if you just gloss over it, but a proper look shows how powerful it is. It’s part of a nation wide “No More Abuse” campaign by the King Khalid Foundation.
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"I'd have to go with the defense this morning," Pauly said on which side of the ball performed better in the scrimmage. "The offense kind of got us last night. We came prepared this morning."
"They made a few plays on us, but we controlled the line of scrimmage I thought," Pauly said. "It's always a fun battle out there."
Coach Tyrone Willingham was made available after the second practice session on the day. Willingham was asked how he kept everyone excited about practice during the dog days of summer.
"As a coach, you try to find things and segments of practice that players get excited about," Willingham said. "You have the two-minute drill, the short-yardage drill, those are the areas that kind of take the mundane things of what you do, out. The players really get energized and charged for that. So we provide them with those kinds of segments, but it's still tough. That's what makes camp so difficult because you have to drive through those low points of injuries and fatigue."
The Irish are in the middle of fall camp with 15 days left of practice. Willingham was asked when the focus starts to turn to their first game of the season against BYU.
"I think we never stop thinking about BYU--but probably game week," Willingham said. "I'm always one of those who doesn't like to spend too much time on the opponent because I think your players get stale. You want them to be fresh in everything they are doing."
Irish defensive coordinator Kent Baer, never one to get too excited about anything, said his unit is doing fine in fall camp.
"I think it's going OK," Baer said of his unit's progress thus far. "We're getting a lot of work done going against each other. So far it's going OK. We've just got a lot to learn. We're throwing a lot of stuff at them. The offense is throwing a lot of stuff at us. We're just trying to survive. More teaching the fundamentals and technique more than anything else right now."
Baer also said that his unit will start to prepare for BYU starting next week.
"We looked at them a lot this summer," Baer said. "We've got some ideas, but we'll start a week from tomorrow. We'll really start game-planning on them once camp ends a week from today. We've got another week before we really get going on it."
Baer was asked when he'll start looking at some of the position on the defense that are up for grabs and when he'll start to sort out which players will start at those positions.
"Next week, probably the first part of next week, maybe Tuesday," Baer said. "When we first start putting that game plan in. That's probably where were at. Everybody is getting a lot of work right now. We need to start limiting some of those reps for guys we know aren't going to play and getting the veterans more work."
Missing from the afternoon session was senior running back Ryan Grant. Willingham said Grant shouldn't be long.
"Just a minor injury," Willingham said of Grant's absence. "He could be back tomorrow, could be another day, could be a week, could be two weeks. Just day-to-day."
Also sitting out has been linebacker Brandon Hoyte. Hoyte has been seen with his arm in a sling.
"Brandon Hoyte may be a little longer," Willingham said of Hoyte's status. "We'll probably look at him week-to-week."
The walking wounded continues to grow. Besides Grant and Hoyte, the Irish had a number of players sitting out or very limited in the afternoon practice.
Those out or limited were Abdel Banda, Jared Clark, Matt Shelton, Jamie Ryan, Anthony Vernaglia, Justin Tuck, Kyle Budinscak, Junior Jabbie and Jerome Collins. | [
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According to native shamans, the Ololiuqui Seeds provide very strong visionary effects. The Aztecs used Ololiuqui seeds to communicate with the gods. The hallucinogenic chemical in these plants would cause a dreamlike state.
The Mexican divinatory agent ololiuhqui has been used and revered by indigenous people for millennia, but in the outside world, it’s a mystery. The effects of this substance have also been compared to those experienced on magic mushrooms or Peyote – there are even experiments that suggest its hallucinogenic properties can be as sensational as DMT!
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Closing at CNY 16,100 ($2,567) per metric ton on March 11, 2013, Chinese 316 stainless steel scrap saw the biggest change at a 0.6 percent. The price of Chinese 304 stainless steel scrap declined 0.6 percent to CNY 17,600 ($2,806) per metric ton. At CNY 17,600 ($2,806) per metric ton, Chinese 304 stainless coil fell 0.6 percent on Monday. The price of Chinese primary nickel showed little movement on Monday at CNY 117,700 ($18,763) per metric ton. The price of Chinese 316 stainless coil remained essentially flat at CNY 26,500 ($4,225) per metric ton.
The price of Chinese ferro-chrome saw little movement at CNY 8,300 ($1,323) per metric ton. For the fifth day in a row, the price of Chinese ferro-moly remained essentially flat at CNY 145,000 ($23,115) per metric ton.
After falling for two days, the cash price of primary Indian nickel rose 0.3 percent to INR 903.80 ($16.63) per kilogram. On the LME, the nickel 3-month price inched up 0.3 percent to $16,625 per metric ton. At $16,555, the spot price of nickel finished the market day on the LME up 0.3 percent per metric ton. | [
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(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Donetsk Regional Military Administration has shared the photographs of the Donetsk region's Vuhledar, which is situated close to the contact line.
The photographs, showing the scale of destruction caused by Russian attacks, were posted by Donetsk Regional Military Administration Head Pavlo Kyrylenko on telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“Any words are superfluous here. This is what Vuhledar looks like now,” Kyrylenko wrote.
A reminder that, on March 25, 2023, Russian troops were conducting unsuccessful offensive actions towards the Donetsk region's Keramik, Tonenke, Pervomaiske and Marinka. Numerous enemy attacks affected the settlements situated close to the contact line, such as Avdiivka, Lastochkyne, Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka, Marinka, Vuhledar and Velyka Novosilka.
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My new rifle is finally finished after a long wait for the parts, but im out shooting it now and it has been very accurate. Its printing.275'' groups at 100 yards (5 shots) and i just shot a 3 shot 6.5" group at 1500 yards.
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We are proud mathematicians in year five, and are super excited to share our method for division. We love nothing more than being challenged mathematically, and we know that we learn best as a team, working together to solve a problem.
Here is a video of one of our favourite games, division rumble. For the game, we make use of counters and a place value chart to solve different division calculations. This helps us understand what happens to each value when we are dividing.
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Re-opening of Boat Bridge in Thankerton has been stalled
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Work started back on July 3, including scour protection to the central pier, stone repairs to the existing walls and improvements to the road surface.
It was expected, at that point, to take six weeks with a diversion via the C24, A72, A702, B7055, A73, Sherifflats Road, Boat Road and Covington Road.
However, residents were crestfallen when they discovered it was going to take a further seven to ten days before the road is finally re-opened.
Access for pedestrians and cyclists over the bridge was maintained until the start of August when they too were turned away, to allow resurfacing works to be undertaken from Friday, August 4, to Wednesday, August 9, when it was scheduled to re-open.
However, the council’s engineering manager Stuart Laird informed Barry Knock, the community council’s chairman, last Thursday that there would be a delay in re-opening.
In an email, he said: “The re-opening of the road to vehicular traffic will be postponed until uplift and disposal of the original road surfacing material, which has been removed and stockpiled, can be arranged.
“This material has been identified as potentially containing coal tar, which is classified as unsuitable for landfill and must therefore be subject to independent testing before being uplifted and transported to a suitably licenced waste facility.
“Our contractor has advised that the testing results are unlikely to be available for seven to 10 days, after which the appropriate arrangements for uplift will be made.
“I apologise for the inconvenience caused by this extended closure.”
Colin Park, the council’s roads chief, added: “The bridge is open to pedestrians and cyclists and is expected to re-open to vehicular traffic in the coming days.”
Meanwhile, the council moved swiftly to deny local rumours that Hydnford Bridge was set to close for an extended period of six months for repairs.
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The Town of Whitecourt recognize the value existing businesses bring to the community and we want to connect with you! The Whitecourt Business Visitation Program is a part of the Town’s business retention strategy and has been created to enable our Economic Development Team to gather information which will help shape our future programs, policies and resources to assist our business community. Using this information, we can help direct you to relevant resources and support and our team will be better equipped to represent the interests of Whitecourt Businesses.
We also recognize that business success is the result of forces working together and we have teamed up with Community Futures Yellowhead East, Whitecourt & District Chamber of Commerce and Alberta Government and Immigration to offer additional resources through a joint business visit along with our partners.
- Provide business owners with a single point of contact within the Town of Whitecourt and enhance communication between staff and the business community.
- Express our appreciation to businesses that have chosen to establish operations in Whitecourt;
- Meet with owners and operators to learn about business operation, future plans, and barriers to business operation within the Town of Whitecourt;
- Highlight success stories and give businesses in our community recognition and exposure;
- Gather information to assist with referring customers to suppliers;
- Assist the Economic Development department with establishing key priorities to improve programming, competitiveness, enhance infrastructure, and increase and develop viable local export markets;
- Act as an avenue to connect local companies with resources to support growth, expansion, retention, and networking opportunities; and
- Discuss services and resources available within the government (Municipality, Regional, Provincial and/or Federal).
How to Participate
If your business would like to participate in Town of Whitecourt’s Business Visitation Program or schedule a group visit with our partners, please connect with Rhonda Hough, Economic Development Officer at email@example.com or 780-778-2273.
The Whitecourt & District Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit action organization designed to meet the business needs of our community. It is a voluntary organization of progressive individuals and businesses that work together to advance the commercial, financial, industrial and civic interests of the Whitecourt and Woodlands County business community.
Follow the Whitecourt Chamber of Commerce on Facebook, or contact the Chamber Office at 780-778-5363.
The Town of Whitecourt and our project partners received the 2015 Alex Metcalfe Award from Economic Developers Alberta (EDA) in recognition of the development of the Whitecourt Business Support Network.
Created in 2014, Whitecourt's Business Support Network is a partnership endeavor by the following organizations:
- Town of Whitecourt
- Woodlands County
- Alberta Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour
- Alberta Works
- Community Futures
- Business & Industry
- Whitecourt & District Chamber of Commerce
The goals of the Network are to:
- Contribute to the long-term sustainability of Whitecourt and Woodlands County
- Provide a forum to share ideas, and exchange information on current labour market trends to identify and address workforce issues.
Meetings are held on the third Monday of the month at noon. New participants are welcome!
For more information on Business Support Network please contact:
- Kristy Tuts, Workforce Consultant for Alberta Jobs Skills Training and Labour, at 780-778-7189
- Rhonda Hough, Whitecourt Economic Development Officer, at 780-778-2273.
For over 25 years, Community Futures Yellowhead East has been helping people turn business ideas into reality in rural Alberta. Small business specialists will connect you with skills, financing, and resources you need to succeed.
Small businesses now have access to a new streamlined website which provides a "one-stop-shop" for government service information at smallbusiness.alberta.ca. The website provides information on:
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In reality, the kinds of cheating within the a love are not just restricted to after you take part in sexual things which have a third. Cheating may appear a long time before some thing elevate with the bed room.
Cheat, whatever the type, is due to insufficient value towards the relationships and also the spouse. Of the informing on your own towards variations regarding cheating, you can evaluate when your matchmaking enjoys one items you decided not to discover in advance of.
Along with, it can help you ensure that your relationships will not element people particular cheating which could fundamentally produce an actual physical dating having someone else. Therefore, continue reading to determine the sorts of circumstances the relationship must keep away from.
Unfaithfulness will come in of many size and shapes. Even though some one isn’t really yourself a part of someone else cannot promote them a hall solution accomplish something they want to.
As anybody very widely associate cheating having intimate facts, this style of cheating try rarely actually ever remaining unpunished
How you can safeguard the relationships out of any form of infidelity will be to enjoys a discussion about any of it together with your companion. Tell them how you feel is actually cheat and you may just what actually, and you will discover and you may know the criterion too. Simply of the boosting interaction to the point where you can have difficult conversations such as are you capable slow down the probability of are duped toward.
Examples of cheating in the a love, for the majority dynamics, you are going to were him or her having sexual intercourse that have other people. Unless of course you each other in fact given both a hallway citation. In that case, it can’t sometimes be termed as cheat.
The fresh new sad development are, yet not, one despite talks about the subject, some individuals carry out feel cheating inside their dating. Due to this knowing the different varieties of facts is important, so you can discover if the matchmaking is during serious straits. You dont want to be blissfully unaware of their partner’s cheating up until things inflatable on your own deal with. When you find yourself wanting to know on the such things as “try messaging an ex boyfriend cheating?” otherwise “try lying noticed cheating from inside the a relationship?”, you visited the right spot. There is listed aside all the particular cheating in a relationship, so you’re able to see if your ex partner is being disloyal or perhaps not. Or if perhaps you might be responsible for among the forms of cheat.
When individuals asks ‘preciselywhat are different types of cheating’, the first to ever pop into the mind is bound to feel intimate cheating. It’s the most frequent particular unfaithfulness, mainly due to the fact we know it’s cheat.
An intimate reference to somebody who isn’t him/her try outrightly considered infidelity therefore warrants a break up inside the many cases. Signs and symptoms of cheat are in case your spouse features a reduced libido surrounding you, if the they will have come purchasing way more attention to how they lookup, and unexplained episodes off lack.
Financial cheating in the a romance is when that lover lies throughout the their costs and you may/or earnings. They may be lying on currency secured, spending money for the miracle or addictive models such as for example gambling that might damage the latest profit.
Non-actual cheat should be just as damaging to dating because the physical cheating
Sure, financial unfaithfulness are a variety of cheating. Types of cheating inside a relationship you should never have to incorporate other man somebody could well be intimately involved in. Exactly as a relationship actually solely built on like, a romance is also delivered crumbling down by the betrayal of trust in aspects other than love.
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Growbar is a compressed coir bar shaped like a large bar of chocolate, which makes it a fun gift. The Pizza Herbs Growbar is a collection of herbs to grow and add to your home-made pizzas.
All you’ll need is a small container on a sunny windowsill, some water and a little patience. Within 6-8 weeks your healthy seedlings will be ready to plant in pots or in the garden.
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Start growing March-June
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Start by unwrapping your Growbar and place it with the brown protective paper facing upwards, into a container with plenty of space to allow it to expand; a takeaway food tray is ideal. Gently pour half a litre of water into the tray and position indoors on a warm, bright sunny windowsill.
Water regularly and ensure the Growbar is perfectly moist, it should remain the colour of a rich dark ginger cake.
After a few weeks you should have a bar neatly dotted with little seedlings. These will be happy growing together in the bar for a further month in their sunny location.
When the seedlings have produced 4-8 leaves you may then gently separate them, being careful to not damage the delicate roots, and plant them in individual pots or a sunny weed-free spot in the garden. Plants grown in the ground with plenty of space and sunlight will produce more abundant fragrant foliage but it is possible to grow the seedlings in large containers on the balcony or patio.
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Aiming to relish the excitement of an online casino site wager, yet you can not get to Vegas? why not try your luck at online gambling enterprise wager. The online gambling enterprise gamble community has actually advanced to become a large piece of the gaming pie.
Millions of gamblers turn to online betting as a safe and enjoyable way to invest a few dollars, with a possibility to get hundreds or thousands $$$$ in return.
Online casino site gambling and functioning are two various points. In casino sites, there is the aspect of chance. You may obtain lucky as soon as you discover a couple of approaches, but to make money from online gambling enterprise gaming is absolutely impossible.
Online gambling establishment gaming is just as safe for your loan as playing in a normal online casino. Other than it’s easier as well as generally totally free to set up an account, after that you deposit as much or as low as you would certainly such as utilizing debit or bank card to fund your bet’s.
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By developing a good technique for the game you are mosting likely to play you will certainly be miles in advance of a lot of that play online gambling establishments. Participate on online gambling online forums where you can pick up from skilled players. As the well-known stating goes: “Fools pick up from their own mistakes; smart guys learn from other individuals’s”.
While Black Jack, Slots and Roulette provide you the tiniest possibility to predict the game’s result, there are trustworthy techniques for Poker, Craps and Baccarat.
Blackjack is a preferred beginning to online casino site gaming typically, the most effective technique is to stand depending on your hand and the dealership’s up card. The opportunity of the player winning a hand is independent of what occurred previously. Mathematically, players shed more when the “up card” the supplier has is an Ace or a 10.
You might try and master the Blackjack card counting method, which was acquired by Edward O. Thorpe’s in 1962 with his revolutionary book “Beat the Dealer”.
Using his strategies He confirmed that “depending” on what cards had actually been played, one could establish what cards were left and this would dictate how the gamer must play his hand.
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The online casino site wager area has advanced to end up being a big piece of the betting pie.
You may obtain fortunate as soon as you learn a few approaches, however to gain a living from online casino gambling is totally out of the question.
By establishing an excellent strategy for the game you are going to play you will certainly be miles ahead of a lot of who play online casinos. Blackjack is a very popular beginning to online gambling enterprise gaming usually, the best method is to stand depending on your hand and the dealer’s up card.
There are lots of websites that provide complimentary poker games online as well as this number is enhancing regularly. Online poker is an appealing leisure activity for many individuals that can be appreciated from residence. While some sites supply a selection of free poker games for you to play, yet other websites concentrate on one particular kind of poker. Several of the cost-free poker games that are used by different poker sites are area card poker games, draw poker games, and also stud poker games.
Neighborhood card cost-free poker games are by much the most preferred poker games provided on the internet. Much less popular types of complimentary poker games include different styles of stud poker. Five-card stud poker and also seven-card stud poker are two variations of these kinds of games.
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How Border Re-Opening Impacts Inbound Tourism Globally. After more than two years since the pandemic, borders are slowly re-opening and this brings changes to inbound tourism that have suffered the biggest blow.
Travel plans are changing and more and more people are starting to book international flights once again. How are these changes impacting inbound tourism which has been struggling over the past two years?
One of the major industries that had immediate and major consequences during the pandemic is the tourism industry. Travel restrictions and the closing of borders. Have resulted in the severe decline of tourism businesses and the loss of jobs.
Now, with more and more countries re-opening their respective borders it’s anticipated that inbound tourism will experience an increase. But how does this affect the tourism industry and in relation to other businesses that are directly connected to tourism like restaurants, resorts, and other tourist attractions?
Many experts around the world seem to be in agreement that tourism and businesses directly connected to them may struggle to recover. However, they are optimistic that these industries will pick up soon. Especially with the re-opening of borders and more tourists are getting confident to travel outside of their respective countries.
Many countries are signaling that they can no longer economically afford – or are no longer willing – to stay closed. In addition, more than half (54%) of the world’s population is now vaccinated. Medical treatments can successfully thwart and treat severe infections.
Not only are borders being re-opened, but some countries are already open to international travelers. Are also moving further to relax entrance requirements. They have announced plans of dropping test requirements for vaccinated travelers.
After the unprecedented drop in 2020 and 2021, inbound tourism is now expected to continue its gradual recovery in 2022. In support of this, there are key factors emerging that can help shape global tourism.
Focus on outdoor destinations. With travelers being largely confined to their homes for more than two years, they are longing for a change of scenery.
The desire to travel is very strong, after all the need to explore is inherent to human nature.
Responsible travel. The great pause forced by the pandemic gave us a glimpse of the world with a more sustainable way of living. As consumers take the opportunity to rethink how their activities. Including travel – interaction with natural resources they increasingly double down on sustainability.
As a result, consumers increasingly seek destinations and travel options. That are aligned with their green values and the commitment to minimise their impact on the planet.
Leisure travel will lead the recovery. It’s anticipated that leisure travel will lead to a recovery in the tourism and travel sector.
As remote work takes hold, people realise it does not necessarily mean working from home but working from anywhere. This gives them the freedom to travel to any place they want while still being able to do their work obligations.
As a result of this uptick in inbound tourism. Businesses that cater to tourists are slowly getting back on their feet as well. Restaurants, resorts, casinos, and even wellness spas are already feeling the effects of re-opening borders.
This is why business owners are looking for ways to improve their services. Simple gestures like providing hot towels and wet wipes go a long way especially if you are running a restaurant or spa.
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The Elixir Beauty Skin Planet Premium Cream Mask for Moisturizing, Revitalizing, Elasticity with 100% Natural Tencel Sheet
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Spot The Lemon – Car Buying Tips
I have always liked cars, I mean in the same way that I have always liked the internet or colour television. I appreciated their existence and used them every day but I had no idea how it all worked. So buying a car is a somewhat daunting experience for me, I wouldn’t be able to tell a spark plug from a… okay I genuinely couldn’t think of another part of a car engine to finish this analogy so I believe my point is made. Actually to double down on my own lack of mechanical knowledge I have an anecdote to share with you all. I was driving my car and a warning came up on the little screen stating that I needed to add 1 litre of oil to the engine. This was fine as I knew how to pour oil from a bottle so happy days but I wanted to check the oil level myself. I decided to do this at a family get together at my wife’s sister’s house, after about 10 minutes of searching for a dipstick I gave up and tail between my legs went inside to ask help from my sister in laws partner (a diesel mechanic) if he could help me out. He walked out looked at the car and instantly stated that it was an electric oil gauge and the dipstick I had just spent 10 minutes looking for was non-existent. So now that we have established my lack of mechanical knowledge I thought I would research a list for those of you who may, like myself, be not so technically minded and may get swayed by a nice paint job and a leather seat. So here are my car buying tips for every virgin car buyer…also known as spot the lemon!
Plan your budget and include your car loan repayment, fuel costs and service costs
First step is simple. Know your budget! A great way to do this is to speak with a 360 Finance broker before you start your research; our brokers are specially trained in ways to get you the best possible deal on your car loan. By breaking your repayments down to a weekly, fortnightly or monthly figure your purchase becomes much more affordable, you may even be able to purchase a better car then you originally thought. Remember when setting your budget to think about things like registration and insurance costs.
Search for your car and for car finance with 360 Finance on Gumtree
Next do your research. Go online and look at gumtree, carsales and anything else you know of. But also remember to go to your local dealerships and look at what stock they have there. Don’t just jump at the first car you see, take some time to make sure you are getting the right car for you, your 360 Finance broker can also help here with our Car Finder service so make sure you let them know what you are looking for.
Check every detail of the vehicle and have it inspected by 360 Finance
Once you have narrowed down the make and model you are looking at go online and look up some reviews for the car, check the fuel consumption and make sure this will be manageable with current fuel prices. Check if there is consistency with faults in the model, does every second review mention timing belt issues etc. Contact the seller whether this is a dealer or private seller and ask them about the car: What condition is it in? Has it ever been damaged? Does it have any “bad habits”? These questions will get you a rough idea on the condition and drive of the vehicle.
When you go and inspect the car make sure to check the car thoroughly, be sure to check that the odometer reading matches up to the advertisement, that there is no damage to the car, check that the tyres have a good amount of tread left on them. Go over all the obvious parts and if these check out inform the seller that you will be getting an inspection done on the vehicle. If this concerns them it should concern you as they may be hiding something they don’t want you to know. These inspections may cause you to outlay some money prior to purchasing a vehicle but are a great way of finding out exactly what you are getting. When it comes to buying a used car quality and reliability are huge factors and having a pre sale inspection completed by a trusted company is a must. Get the car checked out and you will know with certainty whether it is worth purchasing or not.
Remember if you don’t feel comfortable don’t let yourself be rushed into purchasing the car, also make sure you cover yourself and the car adequately. Speak with your 360 Finance broker about what insurances and warranties they can help you arrange in order to make sure that you are covered and give you the peace of mind to truly enjoy your new wheels.
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Winter is here! It's at this time of the year that windshields can become high-maintenance and difficult to keep clear. Knowing a few easy steps to keep your windshield clear can help you avoid accidents and may prevent you from spending hours outside scraping off snow. Use a Windshield Cover Many people consider cleaning off their windshield to be an unavoidable part of driving in winter, but you can avoid this task by protecting your windshield with a cover.
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American culture has long been focused on the freedom and opportunity that is provided by the open road, but car ownership is not exclusively benefits and excitement. The task of maintaining your car can require you to be a minor expert in a wide variety of maintenance tasks, and collecting all the information you need can be daunting. If you've recently undergone an auto accident or you have body damage for any other reason, it's important that you seek out the most cost effective repair possible.
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Famous Romanian vineyards Nine O’Clock – February 6, 2009
by Adriana Vaida
In Romania, grape growing and wine production are traditional activities going back as far as times B.C. Several authors consider that the origins of vitis vinifera lies somewhere along the south and north banks of the lower Danube. Even ancient Greek chronicles mention these occupations as traditional for people living north of the river Danube and their wines as the most famous ones. These statements are nowadays confirmed by Hugh Johnson in his World Encyclopedia for Wines in the following words: “Among Balcanian countries developing the viticulture, Romania is certainly offering the best quality elements.”
Although climatically very different, Romania lies as the same latitude as France, with a coastal region at the Black Sea and the Carpathian Mountains which split the country. The climate, soil and sun exposure are the factors which determine successful wine growing and the quality of the wine. The Romanian climate is highly favourable with a season that lasts from April to October.
From the Romanian native varieties we would like to focus on the Feteasca Neagra, which produces highly original wines. The variety is cultivated on the Moldavian hills since ancient times. It shows great characteristics and is very rare outside our country. Due to its vigorous and short vegetation period (150-160 days), this variety has to be grafted on less sturdy rootstock and to be planted where the soil is not so fertile. The Feteasca Neagra wines are dry or medium-dry, with a high alcohol concentration (over 12% vol.), displaying an average acidity and high extract. The great qualities and the very particular character makes the Feteasca Neagra wine an unmistakable jewel on the shield of Romanian winemaking.
Cotnari – 95 medals in 15 international wine contests
COTNARI is a vineyard in Moldavia, well known for centuries.
Located north – west of Iasi, this village and its vineyards are at least as old as the Capital of Moldavia. Although the vineyard was attested in the 15th century, it seems to have been known since times immemorial. In this area there have been dug out wine cups of the Cucuteni-Tripolie as well as Catalina and Baiceni civilizations, from the Getic-Dacian epoch.
Likewise, Middle Ages Moldavian wine cups and vessels date the old vocation of winemaking in this area. Wine experts have always appreciated the main wine varieties of this vineyard: Feteasca Alba, Tamaioasa, Francusa, Grasa de Cotnari, Marshall Tourism site informs.
Emperors and kings, like the Russian Tzar Peter The Great, or the Polish king Jan Sobietzki, bishops and Catholic monks like Bernardino Quirini or Marco Bandini have praised the Cotnari wines that were always present on their tables. Historians estimate that in the XVI and XVII centuries one sixth of Moldavia’s exports were represented by its wines, of which the Cotnari varieties were the most renowned.
Nowadays the Cotnari vineyard is confined to 1,800 hectares. The mean output per hectare is modest: 70-80 per cent of the output of the other Romanian or foreign vineyards. The wines made at Cotnari are exceptional due to both their rarity and qualities.
Wine-making techniques are as exceptional; likewise, the calcareous soil and the marvelous effect of the ‘noble rot’ (Botrytis cinerea), late vintage after the 15th of September, dehydration of the grapes so as to have sugar reach 210- 260 g per litter of wine juice. All this limits the grape output to 6 tons/hectare for the Grasa and Tamaioasa varieties, 8 tons/hectare for Feteasca Alba and 10 tons/hectare for Francusa. Of course, prices reflect this situation: a litter of wine made in this vineyard may cost twice the price of other Romanian wines.
The COTNARI S.A. company has maintained the old traditions of making wines of exceptional qualities; however, to obtain benefits in the context of the economy market, they will have to increase prices, and this would require a real advertising campaign.
This company has also managed to replant vine on new areas within the Cotnari village: 108 hectares with Feteasca Alba vines and 51 hectares with Tamaioasa Romaneasca, 21 hectares with Francusa and 5 hectares with Grasa varieties. From 1990 to 1997 were made annually 40,000 liters of wine in order to be exported, sold in Romania or aged in the cask rooms.
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Erecting a metal building is a significant undertaking. You have invested in a site, purchased the steel building system, and hired people to assemble it. What you don’t need are mistakes.
Mistakes result in rework and a building that may not last as long as it should. Plus, mistakes are expensive. The longer it takes to erect a building, the less time you have to make your investment back through using the building. Your budget is shredded, and your reputation as a quality builder is at stake.
Common metal building erection mistakes
There are several steel building erection mishaps that can be avoided with a little planning and common sense along with experience in performing the job. Below are eight common metal building construction mistakes.
1. Unprepared building site
Don’t be in such a hurry to start building that you don’t prepare the site properly.
- Clear the location for the building and a substantial area around it so you have room to unload and store parts.
- Give the concrete for the foundation plenty of time to cure before carrying a load. The rule of thumb is to allow concrete to cure for at least a week in fair weather before placing a load on it.
- Provide adequate roads and access ways for delivery trucks, construction equipment and workers. Mark all utilities especially overhead power lines and underground lines.
If the site isn’t cleared properly, your crew will have no room to unload or move parts and equipment, creating a safety issue from the beginning. Lack of access could lead to steel building erection accidents and delays in delivery and construction. And if the foundation is not properly cured, your anchor bolt connections may suffer instability or failure.
Not a good start to a building project.
2. Neglecting to read the directions
It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but there are builders who either believe they know enough to put together the building without looking at the instructions or building plans. Or they simply believe they can figure it out as they go along.
The instructions and plans are included for a purpose - to ensure proper assembly from the beginning. Experience will not help to piece together a custom pre-engineered steel building. There is no such thing as cookie-cutter construction; even stock prefabricated buildings require changes according to the local building codes and the site requirements.
The manual that comes with the building is written to include correct techniques used by the building industry, the metal building manufacturers' requirements, as well as equipment requirements and safety tips. Which leads to the next mistake…
3. Not following safety protocols
The construction industry is a leader in job-related injuries and fatalities. In nearly every case, the issue could have been avoided by following the appropriate safety protocols and using the right safety equipment.
Every engineer, contractor, subcontractor and worker on a site is responsible for following all safety procedures. Make sure everyone receives the message.
4. Unloading without a crane or forklift
Don’t jeopardize your investment by increasing the risk of damage to your building components. Steel building components are heavy and unwieldy; there is just no good way to move them efficiently and safely around a jobsite without the right equipment.
From bent members to scratched panels, you are risking both the integrity of your building and the safety of the crew by attempting to move components into place without a crane or forklift. Use this equipment safely by ensuring loads are balanced, cables are at the right angle, and spreader bars are used when needed.
And another safety reminder: don’t stand beneath a load that is being lifted. Being squashed by a heavy load is only funny in the cartoons. You won’t spring back to life once the load is lifted.
5. Cutting components in the field
OMG! Why would you even consider doing such a thing? Why?
A premanufactured steel building has been precision fabricated for fit and function. Every component in the kit is already the right size and shape; field modifications are a strict no-no. Not only are you risking the stability of the building by cutting primary members, you run the risk of creating areas where oxidation and rust can occur on beams, columns, and panels.
We’re begging on bended knee here. Don’t do it.
If you absolutely must have a modification, go back to the building manufacturer before putting your cutters and saws to work.
6. Not bracing rigid frames
We understand; it’s the end of the day, your back is aching, and all you want to do is have dinner and go to bed. However, before you leave, brace every rigid frame you have erected. If you do not, you risk significant damage to the frame and other components if the frame is shifted by the wind.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Ladies Most Deject (2019) LaFemme International Film Festival
Don’t get me wrong this is a nicely acted film that looks good and which puts addiction into the neat little homes that look like there isn’t any dark secret hiding inside. It’s a moving tale that needs to be told. However at the same time had the film had more time to build the emotion this would have been a kick ass film.
I want to see director Martha Elcan go back and shoot this a feature. I have no idea whether this is proof or concept or not but if it’s not it should be. While there have been any number similar films there is something about LADIES that stands out and makes me want to see a longer version. Perhaps it’s simply that while the basic tale is similar to others what Elcan and her writers have done with it is not.
(Addendum- after I wrote the review I found out that the film was written in part by Conner Wharton who plays Charlie in the film. Ms Barton was teenager when she wrote the screenplay. Having been subjected to the publicity push for BURNING CANE an over praised first film that was written when the director as 15 and feels like it, I need to say that Ms Wharton is the better writer. Having created a world of real characters and real situations that bleed off the screen Ms Wharton needs to keep writing. Please Ms Barton keep doing what you are doing and making films and don't let anyone tell you no. And the same holds true to Ms Elcan whose crafting the film from the page is something special. We need to hear your voices)
As it stand LADIES MOST DEJECT is a good little film that’s worth your time when it plays at the La Femme International Film Festival but it will be worth even more if we ever get to see a longer version.
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Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of ”Leonardo da Vinci: Thoughts on Art & Life”. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
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Slamming Rahul Gandhi for the political turmoil in Punjab, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar mentioned the Congress chief ought to first take care of states dominated by his social gathering earlier than giving lectures to others.
Briefing mediapersons, Javadekar mentioned, “Rahul Gandhi ought to first take care of his (Congress-ruled) states moderately than giving lectures to others. Punjab Authorities has been supplied greater than 1.40 lakh doses of Covaxin at Rs 400 and so they have given it to 20 non-public hospitals at Rs 1,000.”
He mentioned the Authorities of India has given 22 crore COVID vaccine doses to all states at no cost. He added that it’s the state governments that had demanded decentralisation of COVID vaccines. Now when it has been finished, the States are demanding centralising the vaccine provide.
The union minister accused the Punjab Authorities of ignoring the individuals for petty politics.
“Punjab is affected by corona. The vaccination drive is just not being managed correctly. Their inside struggle has been occurring for the final six months. All the Punjab authorities and Congress Occasion has been in Delhi for the final 3-Four days. Who will take care of Punjab? Even for COVID vaccination, the state authorities desires to earn a revenue. What sort of public administration is that this?” added Javadekar.
The BJP chief’s remarks come in opposition to the backdrop of the factionalism in Punjab Congress and deliberations in Delhi concerning the matter.
Notably, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is within the nationwide capital to fulfill the Congress’ three-member panel.
The agenda of the assembly is to resolve the widening variations between its leaders, Captain Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu, mentioned Congress sources.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the Central authorities is hiding precise COVID-19 deaths.
“Authorities of India is hiding precise Covid deaths,” he tweeted whereas sharing a media report.
Earlier, the Wayanad MP requested the residents of the nation to demand free COVID-19 vaccination.
In a tweet, the Congress chief mentioned, “Vaccines are the strongest defend to guard us in opposition to the Covid-19 pandemic. You all also needs to increase your voice at no cost vaccination of all residents and get up the Central authorities! #SpeakUpForFreeUniversalVaccination.
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Whether or not you enjoy the directorial efforts of John Cassavetes, it’s impossible to overlook his contribution to the rise of American independent film. In an era when it was virtually unheard of to operate outside of the studio system, Cassavetes did so multiple times, and to wide acclaim, virtually crafting the blueprint for all manner of scruffy auteurs who followed in his wake. Thanks to Criterion’s Blu-ray release of this essential box set, five of his strongest works are now available for viewing in high definition, and they’re well worth your time.
Cassavetes operated on both sides of the camera, first gaining fame and financial stability as an actor before diving into his debut independently financed directorial effort, Shadows. The film functions more as a document of a specific time and place than a narrative achievement, with its denizens of 1950s New York City clubs offering more value as time capsule curiosities than plot drivers. Filmed in black and white and with mostly non-professional actors, the film feels like a blast of jazz from the clubs it documents: free-spirited, unpredictable, and ultimately fairly inconsequential.
After nearly a decade away, Cassavetes returned to independent directing with Faces, a searing look at a disintegrating marriage. Also in black and white, the film features moving performances from John Marley as a rich and aging executive named Richard, as well as Lynn Carlin as his long-suffering wife Maria. When Richard returns home one night and bluntly informs his wife he wants a divorce, they’re both unprepared for the results. Richard has a younger woman on the side, but finds that she’s not about to step right in as a replacement wife. Maria finds temporary solace in the arms of a younger man before also experiencing some difficulty. The film has much to say about long-term fidelity, the folly of mature adults trying to recapture youth through immature partners, and shifting attitudes that come with age, making this the most insightful and powerful film of the set.
With his next effort, A Woman Under the Influence, Cassavetes made the switch to color and directed his wife, Gena Rowlands, to an Oscar nomination. Rowlands plays a suburban housewife named Mabel with deep psychological issues that make her a danger to herself. She’s supported by her loving husband Nick (Peter Falk), her champion and protector who is constantly worried about her when he’s away from home for work. The movie is completely established within the first half hour, with Mabel having various mental episodes, then Nick responding and either stopping her in time or dealing with the aftermath of her actions. Unfortunately, that’s really all there is to the film, leaving the balance largely repetitive and unsatisfying.
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is presented here in two versions: the original 2 ¼ hour 1976 cut which was reportedly rushed in post-production, along with a 1978 re-release trimmed by a half hour by Cassavetes. Yes, the director’s cut is shorter than the original release, and with good reason. The film features a strip-club owner named Cosmo (Ben Gazzara) who runs up a huge gambling debt that can only be repaid if he successfully murders the titular Chinese bookie. Unfortunately, the “strip-club owner” portion of that description proves to be the downfall of the original cut, as large swathes of the film are spent on worthless performance footage of the club’s rarely nude vaudeville-style entertainers, doing absolutely nothing to move the story forward. On the upside, the film gave me new appreciation for Gazzara as the deeply proud and protective club owner. The shorter cut brings sharper focus to the central story, making it the superior release.
Opening Night is one of those story-within-a-story attempts, in this case actors in Broadway play rehearsing large portions of their show onscreen while also dealing with personal issues. Just like Chinese Bookie, the film suffers from the performance footage, especially because much of it is improvisational, out of context, and weightless. Cassavetes is a featured star in that footage though, adding some interest to see him in front of the camera. Unlike Chinese Bookie, the main plot isn’t very interesting either, with the play’s aging star Myrtle (Rowlands again) coming to terms with being a woman of a certain age in the entertainment industry, while also grappling with her guilt over the accidental death of a young fan shortly after their meeting.
While I really only enjoyed two of the films, I appreciated all of them, recognizing the immense tribulations Cassavetes experienced to bring them to fruition outside the studio system, as well as his extreme care in making them solely his vision, from writing the scripts to frequently operating the camera himself. That appreciation was only furthered by the extensive bonus features | [
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Conversation with Jack Goody was never dull. He combined an endless curiosity for ethnographic details with a deep interest in broad anthropological questions. Here is a picture of some of his books (both English originals and French translations) on my shelves, illustrating the variety of his interests. I hope Jack would have enjoyed this post, but it is not related to his work. Notice a peculiar ethnographic detail in the picture? (I would not have paid much attention to it, except as a source of mild annoyance, if it were not for an article in today’s French edition of Slate). The titles in English read from top to bottom, those in French from bottom to top.
There are, it turns out, different national traditions in this respect. According to Wikipedia (“bookbinding”), “in the United States, the Commonwealth, Scandinavia and for books in Dutch, titles are usually written top-to-bottom on the spine….In most of continental Europe and Latin America, titles are conventionally printed bottom-to-top on the spine.”
This looks like a good example of a convention in the classical sense: a pattern of behaviour (like driving on the right, or on the left) that is preferable not because of some intrinsic advantage, but because it is already adopted by most people in the relevant community.
Still why not have titles on the spine be displayed horizontally, as they used to be? Presumably, with more and more thin books (because of thinner paper and covers, and with a increasing demand for short texts), printing titles horizontally on the spine became impractical.
Printing titles sideways, then, could be done either top-to-bottom or bottom-to-top, with no obvious reason to prefer one tilt to the other. Experimental evidence seems to show that readability is the same either way. So, if you are a new publisher entering a given book market, and if publishers already on the market have opted for one possible orientation rather than the other, you had better follow their example. Otherwise, to read the titles of your books scattered among books from other publishers on the shelves of their bookstore, potential customers would have to change the tilt of their head and might not bother to do so.
True, when a book is put flat with the front cover up, a bottom-to-top spine title is now upside down, whereas a top-to-bottom title is now upright and perfectly readable. But are customers more likely to buy a book because its spine title will be easier to read when the book is flat on its back (on the proverbial coffee table)? Not very likely. And if customers have no special preference for books with top-to-bottom titles, why should French publishers break with the bottom-to-top convention?
And yet some publishers in France, Grasset, Les Arènes, Economica, publish more and more books with top-to-bottom spine titles. Why? Well, the market has changed. Publishers get more and more of their income from best-sellers, which customers buy not from shelves but from tables where best-sellers are displayed in stacks. The stacked spine titles contribute to the effectiveness of such displays. This is what, in Cultural Attraction Theory (CAT), we would call an ecological factor of attraction. Will this factor tilt the current convention from bottom-to-top to top-to-bottom titling? It is not unconceivable. On the other hand, if the share of electronic books increases, or if people stop visiting bookstores and buy printed copies online, then bottom-to-top may remain as French as the baguette.
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Word of the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Madagascar in Mozambique
Welcome ( Tonga soa, Bienvenu, Bem vindo, Kalibu) to the Website of Consulate of the Republic of Madagascar in Mozambique your link to Madagascar called land of opportunities and Big Island situated in the Indian Ocean. Are you looking for a location where your investments are guaranteed and flourished, where to spend your vacation or holiday? The people of Madagascar welcome you with smiles and open arms. We are also at your service 24/24 to facilitate your visit to Madagascar.Thank you.
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Top 10 Pet Tech Startups Revolutionizing the Future of Pet Care
1. Whistle: Whistle is a leading pet tech company that offers a range of GPS and activity trackers for pets. Their devices help pet owners monitor their pets’ location, activity levels, and health, ensuring that they stay safe and healthy. Whistle’s latest product, the Whistle GO Explore, also includes a built-in night light and a battery life of up to 20 days.
2. Fi: Fi is another startup that has developed a smart collar for dogs. The Fi collar uses GPS technology to track your dog’s location and activity levels, and it also features an LED light for increased visibility during nighttime walks. The collar is designed with a long-lasting battery life and is built to withstand various weather conditions.
3. Petcube: Petcube offers a range of interactive pet cameras that allow pet owners to monitor, talk to, and play with their pets remotely. Their flagship product, the Petcube Bites 2, features a built-in treat dispenser, two-way audio, and a 1080p HD camera with night vision capabilities. Petcube also offers a subscription service called Petcube Care, which provides additional features such as video history and smart alerts.
4. PitPat: PitPat is a UK-based pet tech startup that has developed an activity monitor for dogs. The device, which attaches to your dog’s collar, tracks your pet’s activity levels and provides personalized exercise recommendations based on their age, breed, and size. PitPat also offers a subscription service called PitPat Life, which rewards users with points that can be redeemed for discounts on pet products and services.
5. Tractive: Tractive specializes in GPS tracking devices for pets. Their flagship product, the Tractive GPS Tracker, allows pet owners to track their pets’ location in real-time and set up virtual fences to receive alerts if their pet leaves a designated area. Tractive also offers an activity tracking device called the Tractive MOTION, which monitors your pet’s daily activity levels and provides insights into their overall health.
6. Pawscout: Pawscout has developed a smart tag that uses Bluetooth technology to help pet owners keep track of their pets. The tag, which attaches to your pet’s collar, allows you to track your pet’s location within a 300-foot range and receive alerts if they wander too far. Pawscout also features a community-driven lost pet alert system and a digital pet profile that can be accessed by anyone who finds your pet.
7. Petrics: Petrics is a pet health technology company that has developed a smart pet bed and an accompanying app. The Petrics Smart Bed tracks your pet’s weight, activity levels, and sleeping patterns, while the app provides personalized diet and exercise recommendations based on your pet’s unique needs. The bed also features climate control capabilities to ensure your pet stays comfortable year-round.
8. Wagz: Wagz offers a range of smart pet products, including a smart collar, feeder, and door. The Wagz Explore Smart Collar uses GPS technology to track your pet’s location and monitor their activity levels, while the Wagz Serve Smart Feeder allows you to control your pet’s feeding schedule remotely. The Wagz Freedom Smart Door, on the other hand, uses Bluetooth technology to grant your pet access to designated areas of your home.
9. Inupathy: Inupathy is a Japanese pet tech startup that has developed a smart harness for dogs. The harness uses heart rate variability sensors to monitor your dog’s emotional state and displays their emotions through a series of colored LED lights. Inupathy also offers an accompanying app that provides insights into your dog’s emotional well-being and offers suggestions for activities to improve their mood.
10. Varram: Varram has developed a smart robot designed to keep pets entertained and active while their owners are away. The Varram Pet Fitness Robot uses artificial intelligence to interact with your pet and encourage them to play, and it can also dispense treats to reward them for their activity. The robot is designed to be durable and can be controlled remotely through an accompanying app.
These pet tech startups are revolutionizing the future of pet care, making it easier than ever for pet owners to monitor their pets’ health, safety, and well-being. As technology continues to advance, we can expect even more innovative solutions to emerge in the pet care industry, further improving the lives of pets and their owners. | [
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Spatial distribution, patterns and source contributions of pops in the atmosphere of great mendoza using the wrf/calmet/calpuff modelling system
RUGGERI, M. F.; LANA, N.B.; ALTAMIRANO, J.C.; S. ENRIQUE PULIAFITO
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Año: 2020 vol. 6 p. 103 - 113
Global monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) has allowed the knowledge of levels and distribution around the world as well as the understanding of its transport through the atmosphere. However, there are still some gaps in this regard, especially in some locations, as the case of Great Mendoza, a medium-sized urban area located in the center-west of Argentina. In this work, the WRF/CALMET/CALPUFF modeling system was used to estimate airborne levels of four families of POPs (PCBs, PBDEs, DDTs and HCB) in the study area. The model was validated from measured data obtained from eleven sites using passive air samplers with polyurethane foam disks (PUFs), subsequently analyzed by GC-ECNI/MS. Considering both sets of data, measured and simulated airborne concentrations, five statistical performance metrics were calculated for each family of POP [Mean bias error, (MBE), Fractional Bias (FB), Normalized Mean Square Error (NMSE), Factor of two (Fa2) and Pearson correlation coefficient (r)]. Results exhibited a good agreement between modeled and measured data, showing that WRF/CALMET/CALPUFF modeling system predicts POPs airborne concentrations with reasonable accuracy at a local scale. Model output was used to examine the relative source contribution to ground-level concentrations and to assess the spatial variability of the studied POPs in the study area. Source apportionment showed the prevalence of emissions from open burning of municipal solid waste (ranging from 9% to 90%) on the simulated atmospheric concentrations. HCB presented the lowest mean contribution from this activity (37%) but the highest variability (SD=20%), followed by PCBs (69±9%), and PBDEs (84±4%). The spatial pattern obtained from simulations exhibited that both, lowest and highest levels predicted by the model, occurred in areas where no samples were taken, suggesting that the real gradient in the POPs air concentrations would be much greater than those reflected by measured data. This work highlights the usefulness of the implementation of an atmospheric dispersion model, not only in the study of air quality and exposure levels but also as a tool for the proper design of monitoring networks, taking into account the time and cost that sampling campaigns take, and the conclusions that are intended to be made from the analysis of the obtained data. | [
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I am an avid lover of fruit, and trying my best to eat better and take care of myself. But, here I am hating kiwi.
I don’t like kiwi! I don’t like kiwi because it confuses me! It is brown, fuzzy, and green on the inside, only to be full of seeds! What is this, Lord?! And you want me to eat this–WHY? No, I cannot commit to eat a fruit that I cannot be sure should not be used in an ancient summoning rite?
I will stick with my strawberries.
My mother told me that “you have good genes.”
As a Black woman, I expected nothing less. No one looks at me and thinks that I am 40, soon to be 41. I drink my water, I have now committed to skin care, and a good night cream. I wear sunglasses, neither do I drink or smoke. I laugh often, and enjoy sex (it hits different after 40, trust me).
But, with all this new confidence in and at age 40, I understand that time is precious, and also because of my age, I am no longer considered young. Or youthful. And I am old enough to have a daughter 20 years younger. It’s weird though! I don’t feel old. So, I don’t know what it will be to be old.
I think that all the ‘old women’ are some of the most incredible people I have ever known! The fact that I can be discriminated against because I have lived?! That seems beyond unfair! In a culture that values everything instant, readily available and renewable–it would make sense that it doesn’t value time or age.
I am aging. I accept that–with deep sighs though! But there is that love hate relationship there! I am humble enough to know I don’t know everything, but confident in what I know because I’ve lived through some amazing nonsense! Ageism isn’t a wise believe pattern–it really isn’t.
I refuse to fault a woman (or a man for that matter!) for living…that seems dumb. Why would I fault someone for something that I, myself, do every single day–age.
I am a bibliophile.
My library is in three places–physical books, Audible books, and my Kindle. So when it comes to books, I am thinking of what it means to say “I didn’t like this book.” But if I had to define that, it would have to be Merrick by Anne Rice. The reason why I didn’t like this book is complex! I love that Anne Rice included BIPOC people in her expansive universe, but I hated that she just abandoned Merrick!
As a Black woman whom is a horror fan, for her to see ME in this universe, only to have Merrick as powerful as she was, to just GO AWAY? That is a deep hurt and injustice. With her passing away in December of 2022, I never got to ask her why.
A book that I love is by Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother To Give Birth. I love this book because of it’s honesty, and the crafting that Shire gives in her poetry. There is a power to a poet who can do this–I see this in Sunni Patterson’s work as well. Being able to draw you in, keep you there, remind you that you never need to leave.
I love this book because Warsan’s honesty is as melodic as it is beautiful. As a Black woman, that is always needed and necessary.
Ah, my other passion: tattoos.
I am a big believer that writers have ink in their blood, and is demonstrated by tattoos. But, my ink is as follows:
Current piece: Lower right quadrant of my back, 3 Japanese kanji that say “Phoenix” in Japanese. This is a crucial piece for me because (1) my sister speaks Japanese, and it was through her confirmation that I got this tattoo (I didn’t want this to say what it didn’t truly say); it is a reminder that I am resilience, beautiful, and (3) my alter ego is still Jean Grey.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions I haven’t gotten the other three pieces. But, they are planned down to placement and color.
Future piece #1: Left ankle. This piece I have thought about for 6 years, but never had time and money together to do. I have the budget for it and time finally. This piece is going to be 3 magnolias (white, pink, violet), because magnolias are one of my favorite flowers and also the state flower of Mississippi. It is a nod to my grandmothers. It is a nod to the women who helped to make me who I am, as well as a reminder that I am | [
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The maker of Samuel Adams is wading deeper into the taproom business.
The Boston Beer Company — which makes and markets a variety of beer, cider and FMB products — today announced plans to open a 9,000 sq. ft. taproom just steps away from its current Cincinnati production facility.
The new retail establishment, slated to open this fall, will feature on-site brewing capabilities as well as unique beers made exclusively for taproom visitors.
“We’ve been dreaming of opening a taproom in the neighborhood since we purchased the brewery 21 years ago, so we could share our beers with local drinkers,” founder and chairman Jim Koch said via a press release.
Located at the entrance to Findlay Market, the new Samuel Adams-branded taproom is part of a project led by Urban Sites, the “largest private market-rate developer and real estate company” in the Over-The-Rhine district of Cincinnati.
According to Urban Sites, Findlay Market had 1.2 million visitors in 2016 and is the fourth most-visited destination in Cincinnati.
“Cincinnati is my hometown with such a rich brewing history and I’ve seen our city blossom as a craft beer mecca that is home to some of the finest breweries and taprooms in the country,” Koch said in the release.
Indeed, the new taproom will be located less than a quarter mile from popular Cincinnati craft brewery Rhinegeist, which was founded in 2013 and ranked as the 33rd largest craft brewery in the U.S. last year, according to industry trade group the Brewers Association (BA).
“The goal for our new tap room is to offer beer enthusiasts in the area a cool place to hang out while they enjoy some really unique and interesting beers made right here in Cinci,” Koch added.
Boston Beer, which purchased the former Hudepohl-Schoenling Brewery in 1997, also owns and operates a large-scale production facility in Pennsylvania as well as a research-and-development facility in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston.
Last November, in an attempt to engage Boston-area drinkers, the company opened its first full-fledged taproom in a redesigned space at the Jamaica Plain brewery.
The following month, Koch told the Boston Business Journal that the company was eyeing a second location, in the Faneuil Hall area of downtown Boston.
“We’d love to bring the brewery experience to a more accessible site in Boston,” he said at the time.
Although the company has yet to open up a Boston taproom, Koch will get his chance to make his flagship beer brand more accessible this week, when the “Sam Deck” at Fenway Park opens for the Red Sox home opener on Thursday.
The company, which owns the Angry Orchard, Twisted Tea and Truly Spiked & Sparkling product lines, as well as the smaller Traveler Beer, Coney Island, Concrete Beach and Angel City offerings, was ranked as the second largest craft brewery in the U.S. by the BA last year.
But in recent years, it has struggled to compete with smaller taproom-minded breweries. Koch and other Boston Beer executives have repeatedly blamed their declines on increased competition from smaller upstarts that have lured consumers away from on- and off-premise retail locations with the opportunity to buy product directly from the brewery.
The amount of barrels sold directly to consumers has grown considerably since 2015, according to BA economist Bart Watson. That year, an estimated 1.75 million barrels were sold via brewery-owned taprooms and retail outposts. In 2017, own-premise sales grew to about 2.7 million barrels, the BA estimates.
A press release with additional information is below.
On Tap Soon! Samuel Adams to Open New Tap Room Across from the Brewery in Cincinnati’s Historic Over the Rhine Neighborhood
Doors scheduled to open Fall of 2018
CINCINNATI, April 2, 2018 – Cincinnatians will soon have a new option for happy hour and tap room excursions. Today the brewers at Samuel Adams proudly announce their plan to open a new tap room in the historic Over The Rhine neighborhood, in the fall of 2018. The site will be located directly across from the Samuel Adams Cincinnati Brewery at the Urban Sites’ Film Center Project – at the entrance to Findlay market.
The nearly 9,000 square ft. tap room will brew onsite and feature both indoor and outdoor space. The tap room will be a fun and inviting place for drinkers to enjoy a wide variety of unique beers, brewed exclusively onsite and at the Cincinnati brewery including fan favorites such as Cincinnati inspired lager 513, Boston Lager and Summer Ale. Drinkers will be able to purchase growlers and crowlers of select beers on tap. Additionally, many of the design elements visitors will see was inspired by the | [
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Effects of nutritional deficiency in plant production
Like with all living things, there are many aspects that need to be taken into account when aiming for the best possible crop growth and performance. Only when these factors are all accounted for can we begin to see optimal plant production. Proper nutrition plays a key role here, giving the plant metabolism everything it needs to function efficiently. But producers need to find the right balance, as leaving a crop deficient in any of its essential nutrients can leave it susceptible to disease and other debilitating issues.
The productive potential of every plant depends solely on its genetic characteristics. In order to reach this potential, plants have specific requirements that must be met. These criteria include:
Furthermore, each of these factors must be provided to the plant in the quantities and proportions suited to each stage of development, from germination to harvest.
In crop management, we use practices that provide the best conditions for plant development. Among these, we ensure that the plant is provided with:
- Adequate irrigation.
- Phytosanitary and weed control.
- Physical preparation of the soil.
- Correct adjustment of fertility.
Finally, we supply the specific nutritional quantities and balances required for each phenological phase of the crop and the productive potential of the chosen genetic material.
There are specific mineral elements considered essential for plant nutrition. They participate in some structural or physiological functions of the plant. Without these elements, development and productivity are compromised.
In terms of macronutrients:
- Nitrogen provides more vigorous growth and boosts productivity.
- Phosphorus maximizes root development and plant longevity.
- Potassium, magnesium and sulfur intensify photosynthesis and the transport of photoassimilates, favoring a greater filling and maturation of fruits, tubers, pods, stems and grains.
- Calcium participates directly in the development and growth of plant tissue structures.
When it comes to micronutrients, one of the main players to consider is boron. This participates in the formation of the polynic tube, the firmness of the peel of the fruits, the transport of carbohydrates and greater leaf growth. The same can be said for copper, manganese, zinc, chlorine and iron. These also participate in the metabolism of photosynthetic activity.
The picture above shows a visual representation of the effect these elements can have on plant production. Of the pictured soybean crops, those provided with the necessary macro- and micronutrients, through the use of Alltech Crop Science products, have a notable greener and more robust appearance.
Next, we need to think about the action of the enzyme reductase nitrate, which acts in amino acid production. Amino acids act as a natural chelate or complex. They bind to minerals and other molecules and facilitate increased absorption within the plant. To help promote this action as much as possible, molybdenum is fundamental. This trace mineral also contributes to the germination of pollen grains and helps to optimize fruit maturation and tissue resistance. Nickel is also crucial for similar reasons. It is an essential catalyst for numerous enzymatic activities related to carbon and nitrogen metabolism.
In secondary metabolism, deficiency or imbalance of any of these elements will trigger negative processes. Some elements, such as copper, manganese and zinc, are directly related to the activity of antioxidant compounds. These compounds act by reducing reactive oxygen species. The same elements also contribute to better lignification of tissues and lead to metabolic activities related to the defense system of the plant.
Deficiency or imbalance in required nutrients will restrict growth and the productivity processes in plants. There will also be adverse effects on the plant’s ability to defend itself, as it will become less resistant to diseases and pests.
It is, then, essential to provide and improve the efficient absorption of the specific and balanced quantity of nutrients required at each of the crop’s phenological stages. Alltech Crop Science offers a range of products with amino acid complexing technology that allows increased nutrient absorption efficiency, both for root and foliar application. These will enable you to better meet the plants’ requirements and achieve higher crop quality and productivity levels.
It is imperative to focus on the efficient supply of nutrients to plants, regardless of the crop, soil type and climatic conditions. Only when we address this issue can plants complete their production cycle adequately and aim at a more significant accumulation of assimilates. Ultimately, this will lead to them achieving a higher level of their productive potential. This will also result in greater final profitability for the producer. | [
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A tour of London’s art galleries
24 February 2017 - Academic
On Thursday 23 February, the LVI History of Art classes visited a number of important collections in London. The trip began at the V&A, where the girls spent the morning studying many different sculptures, working on their visual analysis skills. After lunch, the group headed to the Courtauld Gallery. Accompanied by a guide, they had the opportunity to view some of the most important Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings they have been studying in the classroom. Favourites included Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, Gauguin’s Nevermore, and Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear.
Pausing briefly to consider the Royal Courts of Justice, the group continued on down the strand to the National Gallery. Surrounded by paintings studied this term, the girls had the chance to compare the landscapes of Constable and Turner and the genre paintings of Hogarth and Gainsborough.
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The value of an acute octreotide suppression test in predicting response to long-term somatostatin analogue therapy in patients with acromegalyTR Bandgar, V Sarathi, V Shivane, N Bansode, PS Menon, NS Shah
Department of Endocrinology, Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai-400 012, India
Correspondence Address: Source of Support: Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Private Limited provided Octreotide-LAR,, Conflict of Interest: None DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.62421
Source of Support: Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Private Limited provided Octreotide-LAR,, Conflict of Interest: None
Context: The usefulness of the acute octreotide test in the selection of patients with acromegaly for chronic somatostatin depot analogues treatment is controversial. Aims: To determine the efficacy of acute octreotide suppression test (OST) in predicting response to long-term somatostatin analogue (Octreotide-long-acting repeatable, OCT-LAR) therapy in patients with acromegaly. Settings and Design: Prospective study (2006-2007) conducted at a tertiary healthcare centre in western India. Materials and Methods: Sixteen drug-naive patients with active acromegaly (postoperative±post radiotherapy) underwent 50 µg subcutaneous OST. Ten patients were treated with OCT-LAR for one year. Remission was defined as a nadir growth hormone (GH) <1 ng/ml during 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) (0, 10, 30, 60, 120, 180 min) and normal age, sex-matched insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) levels. Statistical Analysis: SPSS Software Version 11 was used for data analysis. Results: Using GH cutoff <1 ng/ml, four patients (40%) achieved control at 12 months, while five patients (50%) achieved normal IGF1 values. The mean basal GH levels in 10 responsive, four controlled and six uncontrolled patients were 34.7±61.14, 4.5±1.3 and 54.8±74.2 ng/ml respectively which suppressed to mean nadir GH of 3.75±4.03, 0.66±0.15 and 5.8±4 ng/ml respectively. Sensitivity, specificity, negative and positive predictive value for nadir GH <1 ng/ml reached after an OST was 100% each in predicting remission in our cohort. Odds for control increased if the baseline GH was low (<5 ng/ml in our cases). Conclusions: Nadir GH <1 ng/ml following an OST is a useful predictive marker of achieving disease remission with long-term OCT-LAR therapy.
Keywords: Acromegaly, octreotide suppression test, octreotide test dose, remission prediction, somatostatin analogue
Acromegaly is a debilitating disorder that usually develops over many years due to long-term exposure to growth hormone (GH). Primary therapy of acromegaly is surgical in most cases. However, results are poor with only 12-70% GH normalization rates in macroadenomas. Postoperative treatment consists of radiotherapy (RT) and/or medical therapy. Somatostatin analogues (SSA) are the mainstay of medical treatment. However, they are very expensive and hence prior identification of patients who will respond to and tolerate chronic therapy with SSA is important. Prior prediction of response and testing tolerability to chronic SSA therapy has gained more importance with the introduction of pegvisomant as a therapeutic agent for acromegaly. Role of acute octreotide suppression test (OST) in predicting response to chronic SSA therapy is controversial. This test was found useful by some authors,,,, but not by others.,, Some recommend restricting the use of OST to assess drug tolerance. Moreover, there is no consensus regarding the criteria that predict response to long-term treatment with SSA. Hence, we undertook a study to assess the value of an acute OST in predicting response to long-term treatment with octreotide long acting repeatable (OCT-LAR) in acromegalic patients.
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FINDING OLD FORTROSE
A guided walk around the town (1 hour approx)
Welcome to Fortrose, one of the prettiest, oldest and sunniest towns in the north. Come with us on a journey that will take you not only through the neat bright streets of today, but also back in time to when Fortrose was called Chanonry - the Place of Canons - and the busy centre of the Diocese of Ross.
Meet in the car-park in Cathedral Square, then go through the Lychgate (1) dedicated to local men who fell in the two world wars and enter the peaceful yew-encircled precincts of the old Kirk Green. Imagine the canons as they walked from the cathedral to their wooden manses called after the parishes they served and built in a square around the green. Some would be cassocked, others more colourfully clad, perhaps armed with bows as archery was a popular pastime with the priests.
Close your eyes and perhaps you too may hear - like the blind professor some years back - the Te Deum Laudamus sung exquisitely in plain song by the ghosts of long-gone choristers.
All that remains of the great Cathedral (2) of St Peter and St Boniface is the South Aisle built in the late 14th century from pink-red sandstone quarried on Munlochy Bay. Here you may see on the north wall three canopied table-tombs. The most easterly is thought to be that of Euphemia, Countess of Ross, whose bounty built this aisle. The other two are ascribed to pre-Reformation Bishops John Fraser and Robert Cairncross. The west section is filled with Mackenzie memorials including that of Francis Humberston Mackenzie known as the "last Lord Seaforth" and the four sons who pre-deceased him according to the Brahan Seer prediction.
The bulk of the Cathedral - starting to be built about 1250 AD and now traced out in gravel - fell into disrepair during the troubled period after the Reformation of 1560. The Regent Murray granted his treasurer permission to strip the lead from the roof and the Kintail Mackenzies occupied the tower and camped in the building. The fallen stones were used by towns-folk for their own houses. In your walk through the streets you can easily detect them.
The Chapter House (3), still standing, has had many uses over the centuries as chapel, tolbooth, council chamber, burgh court, school, church, prison and lodge for the Freemasons. It was here allegedly that the famous Brahan Seer was accused of witchcraft by Countess Isabella of Seaforth and condemned to be burnt in a spiked tar-barrel on Chanonry Point. Here too in revenge he forecast the downfall of the Seaforth Mackenzies.
Opposite the entrance to the Kirk Green stands the Town House (4), once the Locality Office, which housed Town Council meetings for many years and where the Community Council used to assemble. Fortrose was created as a Royal Burgh by James II in 1455 and was served by many distinguished provosts including the Earls of Seaforth and other important Mackenzies for over a century, followed by the leading Munros for some fifty consecutive years.
One of the Council's tasks was to organise the annual fairs. Recently the popular St Boniface Fair has been revived and is held in August on the original site in Cathedral Square. The goods on sale in the colourful booths are traditional crafts and the stall-holders and many of the towns-folk wear 18th century costume.
The Market Cross (5) now stands in the High Street across from IV10 cafe-bar-deli, at the junction with Academy Street.
Leave Cathedral Square by the west exit into Academy Street. Here once stood the old Cathedral manses of Kirkmichael, Cullicudden, Lemlair and Logie Easter. Later they were to be rebuilt as the town houses mainly of Mackenzie lairds. Flowerburn Cottage opposite Cathedral Square belonged to the Mackenzies of Flowerburn.
Seaforth House (6) in Seaforth Place is thought to have been the town house of the Seaforth Mackenzies after their castle was razed. From 1812 to 1896 it housed Fortrose Academy and when finally it fell into disrepair, it was bought by the Town Council and converted into flats.
Opposite Meadowbank (7) - originally the site of Cullicudden Manse - you will find St Andrew's Hall (8). This is thought to have been the first meeting house for Episcopalians until burned down by marauding troops after Culloden. It may have been rebuilt by Sir Alexander Mackenzie of Coull whose marriage stone dated 17 | [
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Directions to the Abbey
The Monastery, Fort Augustus Abbey; Fort Augustus Inverness-shire PH32 4BJ
By Road from Glasgow(139.0 miles)
This route takes in Glencoe, perhaps Scotland’s most famous and most scenic glen.
From Glasgow, take the A82 north, along the banks of the beautiful Loch Lomond.
Continue on the A82 to Crianlarich, where the terrain becomes barren and wild as you pass through Rannoch Moor. We almost always see red deer on the moors, paticularly in the twilight.
The A82 then takes you through the valley of Glencoe – home of the famous Glencoe Massacre – and along the banks of Loch Linnhe to Fort William.
Travel through Fort William on the A82, to Spean Bridge, with a stunning viewpoint at the Commando Memorial.
From Spean Bridge (still on the A82), follow the banks of Loch Lochy and Loch Oich, to arrive in Fort Augustus, and Fort Augustus Abbey.
This stunning drive takes in the best of the Scottish highlands: far reaching views over the hills, deep valleys with fast-moving rivers, peaceful little lochs and occasional glimpses of the mighty Loch Ness.
From Inverness Airport, take the A96 to Inverness.
In Inverness, turn right on the A9 toward Perth, and follow the A9 for 5.4 miles.
Turn right onto the B851, and follow this road for 13.5 miles,
Turn left onto the B862, and follow this road for approx 16.5 miles to Fort Augustus.
The gates to the Fort Augustus Abbey are on your right as you enter Fort Augustus.
Our on-site keyholders are Abbey Management Company.
Check in is from 4pm- 8pm or up to 9pm by prior arrangement only. Sometimes they can check you in early, but this is not guaranteed. Please check out by 10am.
Before you arrive, please contact Abbey Management Services with the approximate time of your arrival on:
Abbey Management Services: 07715055908 (WhatsApp) or email: email@example.com
When you get to the Abbey
Come through the gate by pressing the green button and drive down the avenue of trees. The arrival bays are to your left in front of the building.
When you arrive, please call, text or WhatsApp Abbey Management Services on 07715055908. One of the team will come outside to meet you. They will go through the check-in procedure with one of you, and guide you to the property.
Tesco and Asda deliver to The Highland Club. If you are interested in arranging for a food delivery to be delivered to your apartment, please use the below as the delivery address:
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Smaller than a golf ball, this ultralight spherical video camera provides a third eye while biking, hiking, or during other activities.
The "Keep 2 Green" plant stand not only provides a place holder for a potted plant, but creates a mini-environment of conservation.
Did you know that there are some colors you never heard their names, like xanadu?
Orange color makes strees sunny and funny. Real orange urban song!
Some young artists came up with the idea to capture many frames from popular Youtube videos and draw them on handmade paper with color pencils. Each drawing is like a frozen Youtube frame with video title, user ratings and number of views.
Beautiful and colorful face painting
Are you color-blind? You should be able to see numbers inside the circles. If you can’t then you may be color- blind. Test yourself below.
It's easy being green for a sea slug that has stolen enough genes to become the first animal shown to make chlorophyll like a plant.
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Strikingly colorful and beautiful fish.
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Woman with her eyes shut, having her eyelids painted to appear she is staring at us, or the other way round – woman having her eyes opened, but her mascara done in such way, to appear her eyes are shut.
With his piercing blue eyes and pale skin this rare alligator stands out like a sore thumb.
Phoropters, the gadgets used by opthalmologists to test your eyes look like the most spectacular binoculars you have ever seen.
Color Picker by Korean designer Jin-sun Park is a concept pen that can scan colors from anything around and instantly use the color for drawing.
The Hearst Building is considered the first green building in New York City, United States of America. It is also the first building in New York City to receive a gold LEED certificate. The most physically apparent environmentally sustainable feature of t
Forget everything you thought you knew about dinosaurs. It turns out that they weren’t necessarily the green scaly creatures many of us imagine. (Or purple and fluffy.) At least one of them had… get this… ginger feathers.
When we look at a photo of a face, the first thing we notice are usually the eyes. Eyes themselves make a powerful subject and can say a lot about the person and emotion.
This unique green shop is the blend of the modern artificial and natural architecture, which is basically a multi-storey building that uses geotextilkes planted with herbaceous plants to form the living walls and the stupendous green roof system.
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Titanium is a durable and lightweight metal used extensively for its impressive properties. Its excellent corrosion resistance, high strength-to-weight ratio, and biocompatibility make it a popular choice for various applications. This blog post will explore titanium pipes, their properties, characteristics, and applications. We will delve into the process of making titanium pipes and how it affects the properties of the pipes.
What are Titanium Pipes?
Titanium pipes are pipes that are made from an alloy of titanium and other elements like iron, aluminum, vanadium, and molybdenum. They’re incredibly strong and light-weight compared to their steel counterparts, which makes them a great choice for applications where weight is a factor. Due to their corrosion resistance properties, they often last longer than other piping materials in corrosive environments like seawater or chemical processing plants. Furthermore, titanium pipes have excellent heat transfer capabilities so they can be used in high temperature systems such as power plants or process industries. Essentially titanium pipes offer superior performance over traditional steel pipe options with regards to strength-to-weight ratio, durability and corrosion resistance; making them the perfect choice when looking for a reliable piping material.
Properties of Titanium Pipes
The properties of titanium pipes make them highly sought after in various industries. Firstly, they have excellent corrosion resistance. Titanium pipes are resistant to corrosion from saltwater, acids, and alkalis. They are also highly resistant to erosion and high temperatures, perfect for harsh and demanding environments.
Secondly, titanium pipes are lightweight and possess a high strength-to-weight ratio. This property makes them ideal for applications that require high strength without adding extra weight. They are commonly used in aerospace applications, racing cars and motorcycles, and high-end bicycles.
Characteristics of Titanium Pipes
Titanium pipes have a distinct set of characteristics that sets them apart from other types of pipes. They have excellent elongation and low thermal conductivity. These characteristics make them highly resistant to thermal shock when a material undergoes a rapid temperature change.
Another characteristic of titanium pipes is their biocompatibility. This property makes them ideal for medical implants such as artificial joints, dental implants, and bone screws. They can also be used for piercing jewellery due to their low irritation properties.
Applications of Titanium Pipes
Due to their impressive properties and characteristics, titanium pipes are used in various applications. They can be found in:
Titanium pipes are used in aircraft and spacecraft due to their high strength-to-weight ratio and corrosion resistance.
Due to their biocompatibility, titanium pipes are used in medical implants such as pacemakers, artificial joints, and dental implants.
Titanium pipes are used in chemical processing due to their high resistance to corrosion from acids and alkalis.
Titanium pipes are used in marine applications such as offshore oil rigs and desalination plants due to their excellent corrosion resistance to saltwater.
Manufacturing Process of Titanium Pipes
The manufacturing process of titanium pipes involves several steps that affect the properties of the final product. Firstly, a titanium sponge is produced by reducing titanium tetrachloride with magnesium. The sponge is then melted to produce ingots, which are further processed to produce billets. The billets are then heated and extruded to produce pipes.
The manufacturing process affects the properties of the titanium pipes. The cooling rate during the extrusion process affects the crystal structure, which in turn affects the final strength and ductility of the pipes. The diameter and thickness of the pipes also affect their properties.
Titanium pipes are popular for various applications due to their impressive properties, characteristics, and biocompatibility. Their excellent corrosion resistance, high strength-to-weight ratio, and low thermal conductivity make them ideal for harsh and demanding environments. The manufacturing process affects the properties of the pipes, which is important to consider when selecting titanium pipes for specific applications. As the demand for lightweight and durable materials increases, titanium pipes will continue to be popular for various industries. | [
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What is SegWit (Segregated Witness)?
SegWit (Segregated Witness) is the term given to a modification in the way Bitcoin’s transaction data is stored on the blockchain.
The term “segregate” refers to the process of separating, whereas “witnesses” refers to the transaction signatures. Thus, separated witness refers to the separation of transaction signatures.
SegWit is a technique that increases a blockchain’s block size limit by deleting signature data from bitcoin transactions. When portions of a transaction are deleted, room or capacity for further transactions in the chain is created.
SegWit enhances Bitcoin and resolves many problems.
The primary benefit of SegWit was that it quadrupled the capacity of the Bitcoin network. And, despite many assertions, SegWit did not raise the block size. It is very obvious that SegWit resulted in a block size increase.
We can observe the weight of the Bitcoin Genesis block (Size 0.285 KB) in the following table:
Here, for example, we can see one of the last 1,527 KB (1.52 MB) Bitcoin blocks mined on 9/30/2021:
Along with boosting Bitcoin’s transaction processing capacity, SegWit addressed a vulnerability in the Bitcoin protocol that enabled nodes to alter the TXIDs of network transactions. Previously, this issue was referred to as the “transaction malleability error.”
If all of the necessary criteria are satisfied, a user may convert the transaction ID to expenditure before the network can validate it. This makes it simpler to pretend that this transaction never occurred, which is advantageous for someone wishing to claim that they transferred money to another party when, in reality, they did not.
It’s comparable to getting a product from Amazon and saying that you never got it, backed up with a fictitious Fedex tracking number. That is how the deal became bendable.
When was Segwit implemented?
Segregated Witness, often shortened as SegWit, was a 2017 update to Bitcoin Core. SegWit enhanced many elements of Bitcoin and paved the way for future enhancements, such as Taproot.
To begin, and most importantly, SegWit eliminated transaction malleability. Additionally, it increased Bitcoin’s block size limit, allowing for the inclusion of more transactions in each block. Finally, SegWit included two new script types—methods for transmitting and receiving bitcoin—as well as a new encoding technique known as Bech32.
What Is Malleability in Transactions?
Transaction malleability refers to a transaction’s ability to have numerous legitimate transaction identifiers. Malleability refers to the ability of a component of a transaction to change after it has been signed without invalidating the signature. Because a txid is a hash of the transaction, every modification to the transaction results in a modification to the txid. Changes to the txid that invalidate the signatures, on the other hand, are not a problem; only changes to the txid that do not invalidate the signature raise malleability issues.
Segwit enhanced the number of transactions that could be included in a block and eliminated the transaction malleability issue by eliminating what is referred to as “token data” or “signature data” from the input field of a block.
Transactions get smaller, allowing for the inclusion of more in a block. Additionally, once token data is deleted, there is no way to modify a transaction’s TXID.
Why Is Transaction Malleability a Concern?
Malleability is a challenge for developers and users who want to make a reference to a prior transaction in a new spending transaction before the previous transaction is verified on the blockchain. This issue occurs because in order to spend bitcoin generated by a prior transaction, the spending transaction must provide the preceding transaction’s txid. If this txid is capable of changing, the reference will fail, rendering the spending transaction illegitimate.
More precisely, transaction malleability was a barrier to the Lightning Network’s adoption, since it relied on the exchange of unconfirmed Bitcoin transactions.
SegWit’s Solution to Transaction Malleability
Two methods exist for malleating a transaction. To begin, extra data may be added to a ScriptSig, the portion of a transaction that contains the signature and other data necessary to release the bitcoin. Second, the signature included inside the ScriptSig may be modified. Both of these possibilities are conceivable due to the fact that a signature cannot sign itself and therefore cannot become immutable. Because the ScriptSig and the signatures included inside it are part of the txid preimage, if they are modified, the txid will be modified as well.
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Here is my most recent abstract landscape. It is titled Walking in the Light and is 18″ x 24,” done in pastel. I had a great time painting this! See the entire painting above as well as some details below.
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Filtrexx Sediment Control is a three-dimensional tubular sediment control and storm water runoff filtration device typically used for perimeter control of sediment and soluble pollutants (such as phosphorus and petroleum hydrocarbons), on and around construction activities. Filtrexx Sediment control traps sediment and soluble pollutants by filtering runoff water as it passes through the matrix of the sediment control and by allowing water to temporarily pond behind the sediment control, allowing deposition of suspended solids. Sediment control is also used to reduce runoff flow velocities on sloped surfaces.
- Filtrexx Sediment control is to be installed downslope of any disturbed area requiring erosion and sediment control and filtration of soluble pollutants from runoff
- Sediment control is effective when installed perpendicular to sheet or low concentrated flow, and in areas that silt fence is normally considered appropriate
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- In nature, rainfall is detained and infiltrated into the ground where it can be naturally filtered. SiltSoxx™ Mimic Nature® by replicating this filtration on the surface
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- Tubular filtration matrix allows for better trapping and removal of sediment and soluble pollutants in stormwater runoff compared to planar constructed sediment control devices (i.e., silt fence)
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Europe dealer network still relies on factory's stores
Auto retailing in Europe is more about national cultures, customs and practices than any coherent continentwide structure. Compared with the United States, Europe has more factory-owned dealerships. There is less reliance on exclusive territories for dealers. And franchise contracts have shorter terms, generally two years.
A century of the franchise system and a couple of thousand years of national language and cultural development have left deep-seated - and, consumer groups argue, ill-conceived - European habits. They include national pricing structures and a general lack of cross-border vehicle trade.
Nonetheless, Europe these days is supposed to be a common market. Auto retailing has a pan-European legal basis, laid down and enforced by the European Commission.
Despite a preference for free markets, the European Commission has accepted the arguments of retailers and automakers that selling cars is a special case. So the industry has an exemption from the usual free-market principles, called a block exemption.
The franchise system of sales outlets is enshrined in European law. Automakers have the right to appoint retailers and end their contracts if they are deemed to have broken the terms of the franchise agreement. This threat ensures that automakers hold the upper hand in any potential power struggle with their dealers, even though an arbitration process is available.
The current block exemption runs until 2010. There are signs that the European Commission will use the next review of the exemption to loosen the automakers' grip on power further, as it has done in each review over the past 30 or so years.
The last review had a dramatic effect on the shape and size of European franchise networks. Figures from the GMAP European Car Distribution Handbook confirm that retail networks contracted dramatically around the time of the review.
Between 2002 and 2004, the number of franchised sales outlets in established European markets fell by 19.1 percent, or 17,549 retailers. During that period, automakers began to reorganize their distribution networks.
The contraction has been particularly marked in Italy and Spain, where subdealers that act as secondary sales outlets for dealerships are prevalent. In 2002 and 2003, PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates, about 12,000 subdealers were removed from automakers' networks. Another 14,000 were converted to main dealers.
The number of retailers in Germany also has fallen substantially and continues to decline. But Germany still has by far the largest concentration of franchised sales outlets in Europe.
While automakers used the block exemption review as an excuse to cull their retail networks, the underlying business case for a slimming-down has been around for some time.
More than 10 years ago, Ford introduced the concept of "market areas" to the British auto retail industry. Ford argued that there needed to be fewer dealerships in larger territories selling more vehicles if they were to remain economically viable.
Large-scale consolidation of dealerships began in the United Kingdom in the early 1990s, amid falling new-car sales. The United Kingdom now has the most mature and sophisticated auto retailing business model in Europe.
Large publicly traded dealership groups dominate sales of volume brands in major urban areas. Smaller family-owned groups are left to work on a more regional basis.Group dynamics
The biggest dealership group, in terms of revenue and number of outlets, is Pendragon. It has around 6 percent of the United Kingdom's new-vehicle market. After its recent acquisition of Reg Vardy, a competing group, Pendragon expects gross revenues this year of more than 7.2 billion euros, or about $9.2 billion at current exchange rates.
Pendragon also is one of the few European groups to have significant cross-border operations. It has Premier Automotive Group outlets in California, and Jaguar and Land Rover dealerships in Germany.
National boundaries are holding strong for European auto sales, despite the best efforts of the European Commission and the emergence of some ambitious players.
"There are signs of a number of significant dealership groups emerging, and a number of these have pan-European ambitions," says Philip Wylie, automotive team leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance in London. "The most significant of these appear to be Inchcape, Kroymans, Berge Group and AVAG.
"The barriers to genuinely pan-European players emerging appear to relate to the fragmented state of the industry and the relative shortage of truly pan-European management," Wylie says.
"Each local marketplace offers significant consolidation potential," Wylie says. But he adds: "There are still few cross-border economies of scale which can be achieved at this point in time. Most of the larger groups have struggled to make truly multinational activities work."
Wylie reckons it could take "at least another five to 10 years" before significant changes occur.
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Cleveland Park Library Development Project
DC Public Library is building and renovating libraries across the city to provide state-of-the-art library services. To date, 15 libraries have been renovated or completely rebuilt. Two more are currently under construction, and the design process will begin for another three in 2015.
Visit the website for the latest updates.
June 24, 2015 Meeting: The architect team presented draft design goals and principles based on community input provided to date. Follow the link to view the presentation.
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29. When someone tells you that they miss you (and you don’t miss them back)
Sure, you’ve been away from a certain person for a while, but you can’t exactly say that you miss them, yet they decide to tell you that they miss you.
Once they tell you that they’ve been missing you, one feels a certain pressure to say the same thing, just like when someone compliments something that you’re wearing; you feel the pressure to compliment something about them. It can be pretty awkward to just stay there quietly, or to just smile. Oh! Or how about when someone decides to ask you if you’ve missed him or her? Would you lie? Some people would.
I resort to changing the subject. I just say something like “I haven’t seen you in a while, what have you been up to?” And then the whole “missing” subject disappears. So far it’s the best option for me, since I’ve always had a tough time telling lies, it just doesn’t come out of me for some reason.
You might also like: What to do when someone tells you that they miss you and you.. well, you just don´t.
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The official Facebook for MGM and Screen Gems’ Carrie remake shared the newly discovered birth certificate for Carrietta White, played by Chloe Moretz. Julianne Moore, Alex Russell, Ansel Elgort, Gabriella Wilde, Judy Greer and Portia Doubleday all star.
In theaters March 15, 2013, “‘Carrie’ tells the supernatural tale of a telekinetic teenage girl tormented by her peers. The quiet suburb of Chamberlain, Maine, is home to the deeply religious and conservative Margaret White (Moore) and her daughter, Carrie (Moretz). Carrie is a sweet but meek outcast whom Margaret has sheltered from society. Gym teacher Miss Desjardin (Greer) tries in vain to protect Carrie from local mean girls led by the popular and haughty Chris Hargenson (Doubleday), but only Chris’ best friend, Sue Snell (Wilde), regrets their actions. In an effort to make amends, Sue asks her boyfriend, high school heartthrob Tommy Ross (Ansel Elgort), to take Carrie to prom. Pushed to the limit by her peers at the dance, Carrie unleashes telekinetic havoc.”
Brian De Palma’s 1976 film version of Carrie earned Oscar nominations for stars Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie.
Says the page: “17 years ago today Carrie White’s mother, Margaret White, gave birth to her daughter under circumstances which can only be termed bizarre.”
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Tim Pawlenty was raised as a Catholic, the youngest of five children born to a truck driver and homemaker in South St. Paul, Minn. Pawlenty writes in his 2011 autobiography, Courage To Stand: An American Story, that although he attended Mass almost every Sunday as a child, completed catechism classes and was confirmed in the Catholic Church, his faith deepened after his mother died of cancer when he was 16 and again after he met his future wife, Mary Elizabeth Anderson. Faith was “intertwined with our courtship,” he writes, adding that she helped him “to be stronger” in his religious beliefs and “to recognize the ongoing, dynamic relevance of Scripture in my life.”
Pawlenty began attending Mary’s church, Wooddale Church, a nondenominational, evangelical Protestant megachurch in Eden Prairie, Minn., where the couple still worship. Wooddale’s senior pastor, Leith Anderson, who officiated at the Pawlentys’ wedding in 1987, is president of the National Association of Evangelicals and a member of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
God is in charge. … In the Declaration of Independence, it says we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights. It doesn’t say we’re endowed by Washington, D.C., or endowed by the bureaucrats or endowed by state government; it’s by our Creator that we are given these rights.
– Tim Pawlenty speaking at the February 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C.
Pawlenty holds undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Minnesota. Following his career as a lawyer in private practice, Pawlenty served as a Minnesota state legislator for 10 years before being elected governor of Minnesota in 2002. As governor, Pawlenty hosted National Day of Prayer services at the state Capitol and told a large gathering of evangelical Protestants that “faith is an important glue that holds our state together,” according to a 2004 report by the Star Tribune (Minneapolis).
Pawlenty also established a Governor’s Council on Faith and Community Service Initiatives to promote partnerships between government and faith-based groups for delivering social services. Pawlenty writes in Courage To Stand that local communities, including those of faith, should care for each other rather than rely on government services. “Christians from all walks of life and all denominations are increasingly asking, ‘How do we turn our words into action to help others in need?’ ” Pawlenty writes. “They’re not saying, ‘Give me more government stuff.’ ”
Pawlenty frequently cites biblical passages and refers to God in his speeches and writing. In Courage To Stand, Pawlenty writes, “I try my best to be a faithful follower of Christ. I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and personal Savior. I acknowledge and worship Him regularly through prayer, by reading Scripture, and by attending worship services. I also try, however imperfectly, to apply His teachings to my life and, when appropriate, to share them with others.” Pawlenty adds that “[t]hose who question the Christian faith understandably hark back to the condemning, judgmental, finger-waving … preachers who turned out to be adulterers or involved in some massive financial fraud. … But in my experience, most Christians are thoughtful, loving people who try their best to live faithfully, every day.”
Pawlenty has suggested that referring to God’s role in public life is not “politically incorrect” and that God is an essential part of the country’s founding documents. “The Constitution was designed to protect people of faith from government, not to protect government from people of faith,” Pawlenty said in a March 2011 speech to the Faith and Freedom Coalition. In a January 2011 interview, Pawlenty stressed that while faith is “a big part” of who he is and what he believes, he does not “wear it on my sleeve or jam it down other people’s throats as part of my role in public life.”
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Among the reasons the world is mourning today is the death of actor Roger Moore, most famous for portraying James Bond. The ranks of those paying tribute to Moore include Paul McCartney, whose post-Beatles band Wings contributed “Live And Let Die” to the Bond film of the same name, Moore’s first movie in the role. McCartney shared a tribute to Moore on Twitter today, which you can read below.
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New method in search for sustainable cooling technology developed at Queen’s University Belfast
A new method to investigate more environmentally friendly ways of cooling down electronic components has been developed by scientists at Queen’s University Belfast.
Researchers from the School of Maths and Physics measured cooling in a group of solid materials known as ‘electrocalorics’ at the microscopic level to measure the success of using electrical signals – instead of carbon-heavy gas or motors - to trigger a sudden cooling. The study has long-term potential for use in industry and commercially, eg. in microelectronics, and also comes with an interesting, historical connection to Belfast-born scientist Lord Kelvin, who helped lay the foundations of modern physics.
Electrocalorics, which are a type of ceramic material, have long been used as capacitor components in electrical goods, suggesting to physicists that they could be repurposed for cooling applications. The main benefit of using them in cooling technology is that it bypasses the need for motors and gas refrigerants for cooling – both of which have a high environmental footprint. Additionally, electrocalorics may be more efficient and practical for extremely small and compact applications.
In the Queen’s study, published In the Journal of Physics: Energy, the researchers used highly sophisticated kit in the lab to test materials at the microscopic-length scale to see how the temperature of the material responded to electrical signals. Lead researcher, PhD student Olivia Baxter explained: “Visualising heat flow in tiny microelectronics components that you can’t even see with your bare eyes is a very challenging task.
“We used a sophisticated tool called a ‘scanning thermal microscope’. It uses a fine needle-like probe that is dragged across a surface to sense its properties, a bit like a needle moving on a vinyl record player. The difference here is that the probe tip is much, much sharper – around 500 times narrower than a single human hair.
“Usually, the probe tip would be used to measure surface roughness but in our experiments, it was instead used as a tiny thermometer to visualise the cooling effect across the surface. Even though the entire thermal image is smaller than the width of a grain of sand, it contains incredible detail.
“We were able to produce thermal images which capture a great deal of data which will be invaluable to further developing this cooling technology.”
Dr Raymond McQuaid, supervisor of the research and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, from the School of Maths and Physics, said it was fitting that the new method had been developed at Queen’s University Belfast, given the local connection to Lord Kelvin.
“Right next door to our university, in the city’s Botanic Gardens, there’s a statue of Belfast-born scientist and inventor, Lord Kelvin, who originally predicted the electrocaloric effect over 100 years ago,” he said. “We are now able to see this effect more clearly at microscopic levels and better understand how it can be harnessed for cooling applications.”
The project was funded by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship and EPSRC studentship funding.
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We’ve planned an active multi-sport exploration of Salta and Cafayate’s wine regions that offers hiking, biking, rafting, tastings, harvesting and, in ROAM style, many incredible dining experiences. For those feeling even more adventurous, there’s a 6 day/5-night extension into more remote parts of the desert and salt flats. Let us also say, this is not your typical holiday. This trip will be spontaneous, intimate, challenging, decadent and fun as we explore a part of Argentina few know but none ever forget once experienced.
What to Expect on the Lakes District Multi-Sport
Day 1: Arrive Salta – check into hotel and explore regional cuisine.
A ROAM representative will meet you at the airport and bring you to our hotel. For those arriving early, if you only hit one museum in the city, Museo Arquelogia de Alta Montana should be it. Dedicated to anthropology and preserving Andean culture, the biggest draw of the MAAM are the mummified Inca children discovered by scientists in 1999 at the Llullaillaco Volcano. The three children were perfectly preserved by icy conditions at the summit after historians believe that the Incas sacrificed them as an offering to the gods in a fertility ceremony around 1490. Their hair, clothes, and even internal organs remained intact due to the excellent preservation. Though it’s a small museum, there’s lots of artifacts and insight into Incan culture and mountain archaeology with excellent English descriptions.
Tonight, we’ll venture out for some truly regional cuisine. That includes locro (a hearty stew of meat, corn, and potatoes), humita (steamed husks filled with corn and cheese), and tamales (steamed leaves filled with corn flour, meat, and potatoes). We can find these dishes at traditional family-run restaurants, street vendors, and markets around the city. We’ll visit Mercado San Miguel where you can wander amongst the produce and meat vendors, buy artisan cheeses, nuts, and regional sweets then visit La Viejas Estación for traditional Salteño cuisine and live music.
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Day 2: Horseback ride, mountain bike & hike options near San Lorenzo
Today we will visit a nature reserve in the popular Villa San Lorenzo. Cooler and more humid, than Salta, it’s where the high-altitude forests (las yungas) begin. The village is also popular place for Argentine summer homes. We’ll enjoy the natural surroundings by hiking along the paths to viewpoints, going horseback riding or mountain biking, or simply enjoying some wine alongside the river and waterfall. Later we’ll stop at El Castillo de San Lorenzo, a lovely historic hotel and restaurant, for a regional meal amidst the lush surroundings. In late afternoon we’ll return to Salta for dinner and get ready for our next adventure.
Salta claims to be the birthplace of empanadas in Argentina, or at the very least, it’s rumored to have the best ones. Either way, you should definitely go on a quest to eat as many empanadas salteñas as possible while you’re here. So how are they different from typical empanadas? Salteñas are usually baked in a clay oven, they’re a bit smaller than others, and they’re usually filled with sliced beef (rather than minced) that’s mixed with things like onions, potatoes and egg. You can also find them filled with stewed chicken or cheese and onions. In Salta, they’re accompanied by a spicy tomato and pepper dip.
While Salta’s nightlife is much more laid back than the intensity of Buenos Aires, Calle Balcarce is still a fun place to have a great dinner, drinks at a bar or two, and then make your way to a discotheque for some dancing… but not until around 1 AM of course.
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Day 3: Calchaqui Valley and Juramento River, enroute to Cafayate
Today we’ll depart Salta and head towards Cafayate. Along the way we’ll stop to river raft the Juramento River through steep canyons and class II and III rapids. The rapids form below the Cabra Corral Dam where there’s a reservoir created by several rivers in the Calchaquí Valley. If time permits, we might hike down the trails surrounding the reservoir to look for dinosaur footprints and ancient rock paintings. Tonight, we’ll overnight in Cafayate at Patios de Cafayate Wine Hotel. Situated next to a winery this 32 room, upscale and antique-laden hotel delivers wine-fueled R&R, whether you’re sipping | [
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An assignor is a party who transfers rights, property, or benefits to another party called “the transferee”. The act of transferring these rights, property, or benefits is known as an assignment. Until these rights are transferred, the two original parties in a transaction are known as the promissory (a person who makes a promise, such as when a car buyer promises to make payments for a new car) and promissory (a person to which it is done). The term is used in contract and property law.
There are several scenarios in which a transferor can engage in contract and real estate law assignments.
Definition and examples of an assignor
An assignor is an original party to a contract who can assign the rights, property, or benefits of that contract to another person (the assignee). A transferor can be an individual, group, company, or other entity. Once the assignment of the contract has taken place, the assignor’s rights to the contract are transferred to the assignee.
Here are some examples of the role played by a loan originator in some common scenarios.
The contract between a car rental consumer and a dealership is often awarded to a third party. The initial contract is signed between the car buyer and the car dealer when a vehicle is purchased or rented. The buyer and the dealer are the two original members of the contract. The car dealership (the assignor) will sell the loan on the car to a bank (the assignee) in an assignment. The bank now holds the right to collect money from the car owner in exchange for ownership of the vehicle. The bank notifies the owner of the car (the “obligated”), and payments are made to the bank instead of the dealership.
In an auto loan scenario, the car dealer is the transferor, the bank is the transferee, and the car owner is the borrower.
It is not uncommon for a tenant to move out before the end of the lease. If the original lease provides for the lease to be transferred to another person, tenants may transfer that lease to another person in an Assignment. It is more commonly called a lease takeover or lease transfer. Here, the tenant (transferor) transfers the rights to live in the property to the new tenant (assignee). The apartment community is the debtor, the original tenant is the transferor and the new tenant is the transferee.
It is also common to see real estate assignments. One tool that real estate investors can use is a real estate transfer agreement. This is more commonly known as wholesaling, contract selling, contract reversal, or real estate transfer.
In this type of transaction, a real estate investor finds a property to buy from an owner. They sign a contract for the property at a sale price they both agree on.
The language of the contract must allow the assignment of the contract to a third party. If no language provides for the award of the contract, no assignment can be made.
Subsequently, instead of closing the sale, the real estate investor will find a new buyer for the property at the agreed contract price. What the real estate investor is selling is the right to buy the property from the original owner for the terms agreed in the contract. In return, the real estate investor earns an allotment fee, usually around $ 5,000.
In this example, the original owner of the property is the obligor, the real estate investor is the transferor, and the ultimate buyer is the transferee.
How does a transferor work?
In general, all contractual rights can be assigned by the assignor. There are a few exceptions, including where:
- Prohibited by law
- The contract prohibits the transfer of the contract
- The assignment would substantially change the risk or alter the obligations of the debtor
- The contract awarded is for personal services
An assignment occurs when the assignor is interested in finding a replacement to fulfill or receive the benefits of the original contract. It can be out of necessity, convenience, generosity, or another reason.
For example, a bankrupt company may need to find a replacement for the lease on its place of business. Rather than continuing to make payments to a landlord, the business (transferor) may be able to find a new tenant (transferee) to exercise the right to occupy the property in exchange for paying the rent to the (obligated) lessor.. This is only possible if the contract provides for an assignment.
Another reason an assignor may want to transfer rights is for convenience. In an earlier example, a car dealership (assignor) sold auto loans to a bank (assignee). This frees the dealership to sell cars instead of service loans. It makes more sense for the bank to serve an auto loan rather than a dealership to do so.
Each party to the engagement has a role, as shown in the examples provided.
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As an indispensable part of every player’s gaming equipment, the gaming mouse is the essence of pleasant gaming in 2021. The inexperienced will perhaps say that the choice of a good gaming mouse is the simplest decision in gaming.
In reality, it can be one of the crucial efforts towards the accomplishment of professional PC gaming. With this in mind, we have decided to help you find the best gaming mice on a budget! We will recommend some of the most popular gaming mice on the current market at a fair price for everyday use, so read on.
If you are new to gaming, you will be surprised by the number of factors that affect the choice of gaming mouse. In 2021, we have access to superb and modern gaming mouse options that include all of the important factors.
Moreover, even the best gaming mice on a budget can include premium gaming features thanks to the rich offering. So, here are some of the key features to look at when buying the best affordable gaming mice:
You also have to think about the Gaming Mouse grip that could also vary depending on the exact game type. Next, gaming customization can be crucial as your Mouse may need to adapt to different game types.
All in all, there are many best gaming mice on a budget and we will now try to recommend you the best ones!
As promised, we will now try to deliver you the best mouse for gamers in the range of affordable gaming mice in 2021. Many prominent brands develop gaming mice, so we will do our best to point out the standout ones.
You should have in mind that a quality mouse depends on its features and design and not just the making brand. Still, the ones we will list now seem like the best on-budget options for gamers this year!
One of the best choices of gaming mice you can find at a reasonable price is the Logitech G502 Hero. This famous mouse is a product of one of the most prominent brands that make gaming equipment. Therefore, Logitech made sure that it fits into the description of what most players are looking for.
The mouse is beautifully designed with tones of black and blue combined with 11 distinctive in-play buttons. Modern design makes this mouse seem like it costs much more than it does, making it an affordable solution.
The number of dots per inch for this mouse is 16,000 for immersive gameplay. This is one of the most important aspects of gaming mice as it determines the number of dots that the mouse senses in one inch.
Logitech G502 Hero features adjustable weight and ergonomic design that will help you play for hours. If you can find specific variants of this model, you can run upon this mouse with LED lights and a better sensor.
All in all, it makes a nice addition to your gaming equipment as one of the good gaming mouses at a cheap price.
If you are looking for the best affordable gaming mice, Razer Basilisk V2 is a fine-tuned gaming solution. The improved ergonomics make this mouse a great choice for players that intend to use it for hours without a break.
Its design implies that the mouse was primarily designed to be effective and convenient for use. Unlike many of the modern mice, this one doesn't feature futuristic looks and we find it very compelling. The brand decided to commit to usability with this one and it resulted in a true blast.
The DPI counts 20,000 dots per inch making this mouse one of the best solutions on offer. To this day, this mouse is one of the best-selling gaming mice you can find. This piece of info is surely relevant as it demonstrates the quality of this gaming device.
Optical switches on this mouse are all of the newest generations which enriches the mouse in its in-game efficiency. With all the details in mind, the Razer Basilisk V2 makes one of the best affordable gaming mouses.
It has 8 buttons on the side and all of them are adjustable, so you can choose the preferred functions on your own! The only downside to this mouse is that it doesn't have a wireless form. Still, it, either way, remains a good wired mouse for gaming.
Ultimately, this solution deserved its place among the top 10 budget gaming mice in 2021!
The Corsair Harpoon RGB Wireless is the latest glimpse of gaming technology packed in a small and affordable mouse. It is still fully operational no matter its size and the grip is firm and controllable during the games.
It is especially tailored for the First Person Shooter games as it comes with great sensor performance and swift click response. It almost immediately carries out any of the given commands and the 5 built-in buttons further add up to its usability.
You can get the two thumb buttons as well which can be easily controllable. The versatility of this mouse is further improved with its dual functionality. Namely, it can be used in two wireless fashions – either via Bluetooth or through a USB connection.
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A year ago, Governor Newsom signed into law SB 9. Critics feared that SB 9 would destroy single-family neighborhoods while proponents hoped it would inspire new housing in the form of more affordable duplexes.
As the Sacramento Bee noted this week, “Proponents hailed it as a major step toward addressing California’s housing crisis and helping more Californians afford to purchase homes in desirable neighborhoods. Opponents called the measure a “radical density experiment” that would upend neighborhoods without allowing any community input.”
But a report found that nothing has changed so far.
“I think the people that have been pushing for this for so long were just glad to get it through,” said Lee Ohanian, an economics professor at UCLA and senior fellow at the Hoover Institute (as reported in the Bee). “But it really ends up being much to do about nothing.”
The Bee surveyed areas in the Sacramento and Central Valley and found that while cities are required to report on the number of SB 9 projects, the participation has been low.
The Be found: “The cities of Davis, Stockton, Modesto, Merced and Bakersfield have not received a single application. Fresno has one. Three applications were submitted in Elk Grove, though one was deemed ineligible because it was located in a designated wetland, which is exempt under the law.”
Sacramento actually eliminated single-family zoning ahead of the statewide measure and “has had some success in encouraging homeowners to build accessory dwelling units (ADUs) on their properties. The city allows up to two ADUs totaling 1,200 square feet on a parcel that already has a primary residential structure. After streamlining the permitting process for the units, the number of ADUs built in the city has doubled in recent years.”
While alarm bells went off when SB 9 was proposed, these results confirm the analysis by the Terner Center from 2021.
David Garcia, policy director at the Terner Center wrote in the Bee in 2021, “A recent analysis by UC Berkeley found that SB 9 could play a role in the state’s overall housing solution, but financial and geographic factors will limit its impact to just a small percentage of the state’s single-family homes.”
While the bill “has attracted fierce opposition in recent months,” he argues, “Research has shown, however, that the changes proposed in SB 9 would not lead to the wholesale changes that opponents fear.”
In their analysis, Ben Metcalf, David Garcia, Ian Carlonton and Kate MacFarlane write: “SB 9 has potential to expand the supply of smaller-scaled housing, particularly in higher-resourced, single-family neighborhoods. In this way, SB 9 builds on recent state legislation that opened up access to accessory dwelling units (ADUs) for virtually all California single-family parcels.
“What distinguishes SB 9 is that it allows for the development of new, for-sale homes, either on a newly subdivided lot or through the conversion of existing single-family homes into multiple units. This ability to create duplexes and/or split the lot and convey new units with a distinct title would allow property owners to pursue a wider range of financing options than are available for ADU construction to build these new homes.”
“Yet, the likelihood of creating new housing and homeownership opportunities as a result of SB 9 largely depends on local context,” they write. “While Senate Bill 9 does not apply to single-family parcels in historic districts, fire hazard zones, and rural areas, local market prices and development costs play a large role in determining where there is financial viability for the addition of new homes.”
So, what is the impact?
This analysis, the most detailed one yet on the impact of SB 9, “finds that SB 9’s primary impact will be to unlock incrementally more units on parcels that are already financially feasible under existing law, typically through the simple subdivision of an existing structure.”
However, in contrast to fears by many homeowners: “Relatively few new single-family parcels are expected to become financially feasible for added units as a direct consequence of this bill.”
The study found that “the vast amount of single-family parcels across the state would not see any new development,” said Garcia.
That appears to be exactly what happened.
In fairness, however, a year into a new law is probably not the appropriate interval for analysis. Especially given the cost of construction, rising interest rates, and the state of the economy and the market at the moment.
That’s a point raised by the Bee analysis as well, “Experts say narrow interest in the law is due to a combination of factors: high-interest rates and construction costs, regulatory loopholes and efforts by communities to limit the feasibility of small developments.”
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A skate bowl already existed at the eastern end of the park, so this was considered so the playground catered for older children here and younger children at the western end of the playground.
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The standout feature is New Zealand’s tallest playground tower standing at 10m high with 2 tube slides. Three unique tower structures are all linked by fantastic and challenging equipment. If you are lucky enough to take a visit, test yourself out to see if you can make it across without touching the ground.
The playground includes the following equipment. Customised Towers of varying heights with varying play experiences, fun talking tubes, climbing ropes and activities, a musical interactive bridge, a spinning carousel and rope tower, braille signs, tunnels, multiple swings and a super fun twin flying fox.
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This sweet Frameabilities® die template includes 2 Frames and Cherry and Leaf accents. The large frame embosses cherries while the smaller frame has embossed dots and cut out circles for added dimension and texture.
This Frameabilities® die template is part of the Fruit Collection, Limited Edition, and will be manufactured until May 31, 2010.
Approximate Die Template Sizes:
Cherry- ⅝ x ⅝"
Leaf- ⅝ x ½"
Small Frame- 2⅛ x 2⅛"
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Luminous fabric, or photoluminescent fabric, is a new type of textile based on either fiber optics or LEDs. This fabric is currently (as of April 2007) sold by only three companies: Luminex, headquartered in Italy, LumiGram, a French luxuries company, and Philips, the global electronics giant. The luminous fabric uses low-voltage (3-5 V) batteries to provide a pleasant glow in any color. Specific designs can produce varying intensities, allowing patterns or pictures to be embedded in the fabric. Luminous fabric is a good example of a product that is just starting out, and observing its adoption will be an interesting case study in product economics and sociology.
Since fiber optics were invented in the 1970s, companies have experimented with the idea of luminous fabrics, but it's not until now - the late 00s - that the technology is truly workable. This is thanks to advances in optics and materials science. Different approaches are being used: Luminex and LumiGram are going with fiber optics, whereas Philips uses tiny LEDs. Both approaches require batteries, and produce negligible heat despite their luminosity. Batteries must be removed before washing. The luminous fabric must be hand-washed, and, while relatively flexible, will break if folded directly in half.
Luminous fabric, unlike neon and glow-in-the-dark lights, provides a subtle, multicolored light making it much better suited to various design schemes. Luminous fabric is interesting because while it has recently become available, it is up for the customers to come up with creative uses for it, which could in turn determine how popular it ultimately becomes. A few ideas: luminous pillows, table placements, bedspreads, draperies, paintings, etc. It could also be useful for night clubs, temporary street signs, parties, Halloween decorations, and many more uses.
Work is underway to embed sensors within the luminous fabric which would allow it to respond to environmental cues such as temperature, moisture, or wind. A room covered with temperature-sensitive fabric could be an amazing sight. A blouse that responds to the vibrations produced by the heart would truly be a unique class of clothing and a novel form of human expression. The potential for this fabric is obviously quite large, and it seems likely we'll see it pop up in homes, restaurants, and clubs in the years to come. | [
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Flybe has signaled further European expansion by placing an order worth £1.3 billion for up to 140 new regional aircraft.
The first 88-seat Embraer 175 aircraft is to be delivered in September 2011 with the final scheduled delivery on the firm orders being made in March 2017.
The airline has committed to 35 firm orders, with 65 on option and 40 purchase options.
Flybe chairman and chief executive Jim French said: “The 175 will give Flybe significant added capacity and is particularly suited to the sector lengths prevalent in Europe that we are most interested in exploiting.”
He added: “We today also throw down the challenge to the regional airline manufacturers to develop a new form of jet to be available in 2017.
“We want manufacturers to combine the economic and environmental performance of the turboprop with the positive benefits of jet performance. Such a combination will provide the right technological platform from 2020 onwards.”
Embraer executive vice president Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva said: “Flybe’s decision to select the Embraer 175 to complement its existing fleet of 14 E-Jets is great news.
“Sharing more than 86% commonality with the Embraer 195, the E-175 will continue meeting Flybe’s stringent requirements for cost efficiency and high levels of comfort and functionality.” | [
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That Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is wildly anticipated isn’t something you need me to tell you. But just how widely anticipated is it? According to Nintendo, who shared a new advertisement for the game today with this bit of information tucked away within it, it is the most pre-ordered Nintendo Switch game ever. It is also the most pre-ordered Smash Bros. game of all time.
Both of those would be amazing feats—on the Smash front, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is one of the highest selling exclusives at launch in history (and I mean across all platforms), while the Switch has received some very anticipated games since its launch, including Super Mario Odyssey and Pokemon Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! To be tracking ahead of all of that is impressive. It would also, by definition, be the most pre-ordered Nintendo game of all time, not counting Pokemon, which is a whole other beast entirely, but that isn’t something that Nintendo have said specifically.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launches exclusively for the Nintendo Switch on December 7. Make sure to learn more about how series creator Masahiro Sakurai set out to bring every character in the franchise’s history together for this title.
Super #SmashBrosUltimate is punching its way into the record books! Thank you to all the amazing fans for your support in making this a fight for the ages! Be sure to have your #NintendoSwitch ready to experience the action when the game launches on 12/7.https://t.co/z26JLSHE3W pic.twitter.com/AqkeDlKYSb
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The Smoke Grill by Weber is the most effective bbq and cooking remedy for a family who suches as to appreciate the outdoors, however doesn’t wish to go to the timbers to do it. Sleek up barbeque joint, specializing in slow-cooked drew pork, BBQ Ribs & Burgers. The brand is identified with American food preparation with a twist, delivering top quality food that’s cooked just mins from house. The brand name has increased right into Europe, Australia and also now, China – where customers have expressed complete satisfaction with their product or services.
The Grill is a state-of-the-art gadget that utilizes infrared home heating technology for smoke treating your food. This strategy enables the grill to generate smoky, savory as well as tender drew barbeque bows, as well as it’s so straightforward to make use of, any person can do it. When you incorporate among these grills with a smoker, you’re virtually doubling the cooking power of your cooking area system. The Grill likewise supplies a plethora of accessories including a smoker basket, a salt and pepper shaker and spatula. For added ease, there’s a convenient dressing shelf, and also a detachable side plate.
The Grill has an aluminum-framed stainless steel cooking surface area that’s non-stick. The side as well as rear plates come in numerous marinara or Italian dishes. There’s no requirement to fret about your marinading meats for hrs as the grill is capable of slowing food preparation to excellence. In addition, this grill offers an eight-zone cooking area for all your meaty favorites.
The Grill comes with a deluxe shelf and twelve side burners, each with its own heat control. These heaters can be adjusted to charcoal, gas or gas for supreme customizing of your favored foods. There are additionally 3 flexible warm settings: 6 hundred, 7 hundred and also eight hundred. This grill makes it very easy to deal with big amounts of food without concern of it obtaining also hot or also cold.
The Grill includes a twelve-volt electric device, making it compatible with any kind of electrical outlet. There is a charging station with an AC adapter, and there is an automatic entrance that secures your food from spilling on to the floor. It is extremely easy to clean and also preserve, and also there is no rust or corrosion to ware. The temperature level gauge is conveniently visible, as well as you will quickly see when the food prepares.
The Weber Smoke Grill is made with modern, advanced stainless steel building and construction. It’s dish washer safe, and it is completely upkeep complimentary. It includes a one year warranty. There is additionally a twenty-four hr toll complimentary hotline number that is conveniently available. If you ever before have any questions, or troubles with your grill, you can call the toll cost-free number and also get a cost-free quote today!
A Soak and also Smoke Grill is an innovative product that can be taken into consideration one of the most effective backyard barbeques. That is residence to a multitude of food preparation styles, that include barbecuing with charcoal. The Soak as well as Smoke Grill uses charcoal that has been taken in water for several hrs then sparked. This strategy makes the charcoal lighter than various other kinds to make sure that cooking requires much less initiative.
The one-of-a-kind cooking approach of this grill makes it stand apart from various other brand names. This grill uses an asmoke pellet grill insert that generates the smoke instead of fire. A round grate is utilized with a selection of pellets that are warmed after lighting from above using a standard match. The warmth strength of these pellets triggers them to stir up to make sure that they produce the smoke effect. This special and functional grill is loaded with all the functions that any barbecue lover could desire:
For interior grilling, you can select from a choice of so called pellet grills with varying capabilities as well as cooking temperature levels. This suggests that there is an ideal Soak as well as Smoke Grill matched for your very own demands. The following ideas will certainly assist you decide on what specific type would be best for your very own barbecuing demands:
o One of the most typical and preferred form is the cooktop leading variation. Range leading asmokers are made to resemble real fire places. They have a rack to hold coals or lit sticks and a door to close and secure. As with any kind of kind of smokeshaft starter, it is very vital that you correctly light the coals before lighting a fire. It is additionally suitable to position the cooktop leading pellet grill straight on a warmth source, like a burner or a gas flame.
o The cooktop top range is ideally matched to careless food preparation. Many people in America’s south have actually taken pleasure in the advantages of | [
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Anyway, I didn’t so much burn out on the plague furnace, as I wanted to paint a little character for my force. This little guy is great looking, and I have some plans for a second one. I will change the pistol to a rocket and the halberd to something smaller and more pokey/less slashy.
Enjoy the pictures!
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Child and Family Services Reviews 2001-2004: A Mental Health Analysis
Prepared by Jan McCarthy, Erika Van Buren and Marisa Irvine
This Mental Health Analysis is based upon a review of the 52 Final Reports and 52 Program Improvement Plans from the first round CFSRs. Within the Analysis, readers will find:
- trends in mental health service delivery and administration/management noted in the Final Reports and PIPs
- a summary of the mental health challenges, as well as the opportunities for reform, across all States
- issues needing further consideration and study.
The findings demonstrate an urgent need for mental health reform to meet the needs of children and families in the child welfare system. Collaborative strategies for beginning this reform are described.
For additional information about the Child and Family Services Reviews visit www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/cwmonitoring/index.htm.
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Soft shirt with long sleeves and a beautiful all-over-print of mushrooms. The material feels lovely against the skin and is very stretchy. This shirt has frills on the chest in the shape like a necklace. Practical snaps closure on shoulders.
47% Modal /47% Cotton / 6% Elastane
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(A) Cartoon illustration of TCR convergence, created with BioRender.com. T cells with different DNA sequences encode the same TCR due to codon degeneracy. (B) Log10-transformed counts of TCRs with different degrees of degeneracies. The x-axis indicates the number of distinct DNA sequences corresponding to the same TCR, or, the ‘degree of degeneracy’. ‘D1’ refers to the sequences without any degeneracy. (C) The proportion of 20 amino acids in TCRs with degeneracies from one to four. Each of the 20 natural amino acids is represented on the x-axis by a one-letter abbreviation. (D) Tumor mutation burden (TMB) and the proportion of public TCRs in convergent TCRs among different cancer types. The upper panel shows the TMB of ovary, kidney, lung, melanoma, and blood cancer types. Cancer types are ordered from the lowest median TMB (left) to the highest median TMB (right). Lower panel shows the ratio of public TCRs among convergent TCRs in the respective cancer types. The sample size of each group: recovered COVID-19 patients (n=38), healthy control (n=50), ovary (n=45), kidney (n=19), lung (n=50), melanomas (n=29), blood (n=53). The statistical significance was calculated by Welch’s t-test. | [
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