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- Describe and analyze the Style and Situational approaches to leadership.
- Compare and contrast the two styles and identify best use case for each of the styles.
- Describe which approach would be most effective in your current or previous organization. Why would that approach be best?
APA 6th ed. format
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In today's competitive business environment, it is essential for leaders to adopt effective and supportive leadership style, so they can contribute in achieving competitive advantage (Northouse, 2012). This guideline discusses the different leadership styles and situational approaches to leadership. Along with this, this tutorial also compares and contrasts two leadership styles with their best use in the practical view point. At the end, this tutorial also describes the effectiveness of approaches for current organization.
Styles and Situational Approaches to Leadership
There are various leadership styles such as laissez-faire, autocratic, participative transactional and transformational leadership styles that help the managers and leaders to manage the employees and work effectively. In the laissez-faire leadership style, leader creates less supervision on the employees because leaders believe that employees have all the necessary skills and knowledge to complete the tasks (Bonnici, 2011). On the other hand autocratic leadership style allows managers to make decisions alone without consideration of others ideas. In this leadership style, no one can challenge the decisions of leader or manager (Daft, 2008).
In the participative leadership style, leader or manager asks the employees and team members to provide their ideas in order to make better decision-making process, but the responsibility to make final decision depends upon the leader or manager. This leadership style helps in boosting employee morale in the organization. On the other hand, transactional leadership style reviews the performance of employees and provides rewards and punishment to them according to their performance. This leadership style helps the manager to achieve pre-determine goals and objectives effectively (Leitner, 2007). At the end, transformational leadership style...
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Are you an empath or an HSP? Here you will find out how to learn to view your sensitivity as a gift and not a curse.
An empath by their very nature is extremely sensitive and should always be conscious of the signs of compassion fatigue. Empaths tend to be so acutely aware of the feelings of other people, that at times they can acquire those very emotions themselves. There are many beautiful aspects to being an empath, and having the [...] | [
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Apparatus for endpoint detection during mechanical planarization of semiconductor wafers
An apparatus for detecting a planar endpoint on a semiconductor wafer during mechanical planarization of the wafer. The planar endpoint is detected by sensing a change in friction between the wafer and a polishing surface. This change of friction may be produced when, for instance, an oxide coating of the wafer is removed and a harder material is contacted by the polishing surface. In a preferred form, the change in friction is detected by rotating the wafer and polishing surface with electric motors and measuring current changes on one or both of the motors. This current change can then be used to produce a signal to operate control means for adjusting or stopping the process.
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This invention relates to semiconductor manufacture and, more particularly, to a novel method and apparatus for detecting a planar endpoint in a semiconductor wafer during mechanical planarization.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In semiconductor manufacture, extremely small electronic devices are formed in separate dies on a thin, flat semiconductor wafer. In general, various materials which are either conductive, insulating, or semiconducting are utilized to form a semiconductor wafer. These materials are patterned, doped with impurities, or deposited in layers by various processes to form the integrated circuits. A completed device is referred to as a semiconductor.
One process that is utilized in the manufacture of semiconductors is referred to as chemical mechanical planarization (CMP). In general, chemical mechanical planarization involves holding or rotating a thin, flat wafer of semiconductor material against a wetted polishing surface under controlled chemical, pressure, and temperature conditions. A chemical slurry containing a polishing agent such as alumina or silica is utilized as the abrasive medium. Additionally, the chemical slurry may contain chemical etches for etching various surfaces of the wafer.
In general, a semiconductor wafer is subjected to chemical mechanical planarization to remove topography, layers of material, surface defects such as crystal lattice damage, scratches, roughness, or embedded particles of dirt or dust. This process is utilized in the formation of various integrated circuit devices of a semiconductor and to improve the quality and reliability of a semiconductor.
In the mechanical planarization process, a rotating polishing head is typically utilized to hold the wafer under controlled pressure against a rotating polishing platen. The polishing platen is typically covered with a relatively soft, wetted material such as blown polyurethane. The chemical slurry is metered onto the polishing platen and is selected to provide an abrasive medium and chemical activity for the etching.
Such apparatus for polishing thin, flat semiconductor wafers are well known in the art. U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,193,226 and 4,811,522 to Gill, Jr. and U.S. Pat. No. 3,841,031 to Walsh, for instance, disclose such apparatus. Another such apparatus is manufactured by Westech Engineering and designated as a Model 372 Polisher.
A particular problem encountered in the use of such chemical mechanical polishing apparatus is in the determination that a part has been planed to a desired planar endpoint. It is often desirable, for example, to remove a thickness of oxide material which has been deposited onto a substrate, and on which a variety of integrated circuit devices have been formed. In removing or planarizing this oxide, it is desirable to remove the oxide to the top of the various integrated circuit devices without removing any portion of a device.
In the past, this planarization process has been accomplished by control of the rotational speed, downward pressure, chemical slurry, and time of the planarization process. The planar endpoint of a planarized surface has been detected by mechanically removing the semiconductor wafer from the planarization apparatus and physically measuring the semiconductor wafer by techniques which ascertain dimensional and planar characteristics. If the semiconductor wafer does not meet specification, it must be loaded back into the planarization apparatus and planarized again. Alternately, an excess of material may have been removed from the semiconductor wafer rendering the part as substandard.
In general, however, there has been no provision in the art for in situ endpoint detection of a planarized surface during the planarization process. The present invention is directed to a novel method and apparatus for in situ endpoint detection of a planarized surface during the mechanical planarization process.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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Dynamic Universe model is based on hard observed facts and does NOT depend on speculation. In this fourth book the simulations predicted the existnce of the large number of Blue shifted Galaxies, in an expanding universe, in 2004 itself. It was confirmed by by Hubble Space Teliscope (HST) observations in the year 2009. This prediction process is clearly shown in the output pictures formed from this Model from old and new simulations. These pictures depict the three dimensional orbit formations. An orbit formation means some Galaxies are coming near (Blue shifted) and some are going away (Red shifted). This book goes on two main lines. First is the main line of thinking, to show mathematically that there will be lots and lots of blue shifted Galaxies mathematically. To support this concept the question what are the possible blue shifted Galaxies is answered further. We find that quasars are blue shifted galaxies. The second line of thinking goes with this finding, that the Quasars are blue shifted galaxies.Forrest Noble (Pan Theory) in his foreword said “over 7,000 blueshifted galaxies have been discovered extending beyond the Local Group, first predicted by Mr.Gupta. | [
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Engage 2.8 is almost here! With this update, you will have access to some new features, like the Atto Text Editor, as well as enhancements to existing features such as discussion forums. The Support tab will be updated with additional documentation and videos closer to the release date.
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A trio of original releases make up the highlights of films coming to streaming this week, as the Holiday season carries on. Perhaps the most Christmas appropriate of the three is Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson’s long-gestating adaptation of Pinocchio (the better one of the two to be released this year), told with lovely stop-motion animation.
As a little bit of counter-programming, there’s also the Park Chan-wook film Decision to Leave, an awards hopeful that absolutely deserves its flowers for its expert filmmaking and powerful lead performances. To go with its release this weekend on MUBI, the streamer and distributor is also running a season of Park’s other films, including rarities like his short film Judgement to all-time hits like Oldboy and The Handmaiden.
Read more: Everything new on Sky/NOW in December
Meanwhile on Apple TV+, the Will Smith-led film Emancipation is released, a slavery film that also doubles as something of a war movie as it depicts the escape of “Whipped Peter”, the subject of a famous photograph distributed by slavery abolitionists in America during the 1800s, who eventually joined up with the Union Army to fight in the Civil War.
Please note that a subscription may be required to watch.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022) | Netflix (pick of the week)
Compared to Disney's live action remake of Pinocchio, Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson’s stop-motion animated spin on the character is a breath of fresh air. Told with a playful sense of the macabre, their take on the story, co-written by Over The Garden Wall’s Patrick McHale, veers incredibly far off the established path for adaptations of Carlo Collodi’s famous adventure story.
Read more: Everything new on Netflix in December
Many things feel familiar, but the context is completely new, as this Pinocchio takes place in 1930s fascist Italy, and tells the story of the little wooden boy learning how to live in parallel to a story of anti-authoritarianism. There are many unexpected turns that we won’t spoil here, as McHale and del Toro also take the tale to some fascinating locales that somewhat recall the director’s famous fantasy fairy tale Pan’s Labyrinth.
Watch a trailer for Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio
It’s also utterly gorgeous, with lush, traditionally-painted backdrops and stop motion puppets that all feel incredibly tactile as well as fantastical. Pinocchio himself is a joy to behold, the film capitalising on the common ground he holds with Frankenstein’s monster, finding some comedy in his unnatural contortions as well as his surprising durability.
As with the rest of del Toro’s body of work (and Gustafson’s, who was an animation director on Fantastic Mr Fox), there’s a darkness that rests just beneath its whimsical surface but Pinocchio never lets that darkness take over completely. Ultimately it’s a hopeful story, even if it has some tragic notes. Either way, a moving visual marvel.
Also on Netflix: God's Crooked Lines (2022)
Decision to Leave (2022) | MUBI
Korean director Park Chan-wook is perhaps best known for his sadder, more nihilistic tragedies and dark comedies like Joint Security Area, Oldboy and the rest of the Vengeance Trilogy. But he also has a romantic streak to him, as proven by his sultry 2016 film The Handmaiden (all of the above also streaming on MUBI as of this week).
His latest, Decision to Leave, has more in common with that romance. It’s a bittersweet and neo-noir, and Park’s lurid love of Hitchcock is clear in this story of mutual obsession. Its love story is a forbidden one, as Hae-Joon (Park Hae-il), a veteran detective with insomnia slowly falls for Seo-rae (Tang Wei), a woman suspected of pushing her husband to his death. His investigative study of her slowly turns overtly voyeuristic as he observes her daily habits and becomes increasingly curious. So far, so Vertigo, so Rear Window.
But Park adds another couple of layers to that perverse intrigue, turning that watchful eye back on the initial observer, as its central pair are clearly both infatuated, each following the other around as there’s no room for a real consumption of the relationship.
Read more: Everything new on Disney+ in December
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About Last Week:
You wreeeeeeecked me
The Road Ahead:
Penn State (4-1, 1-1 B1G)
Last game: Bye
Recap: No recap. Bye.
This team is as frightening as: We’re sticking with 2013 Michigan, right down to putting in a International War Crimes Tribunal-worthy offensive performance against Northwestern. Fear Level = 7
Michigan should worry about: 2013 Michigan could probably kick the crap out of 2014 Michigan.
Michigan can sleep soundly about: There’s no way Christian Hackenberg can be as effective as Gary Nova.
When they play Michigan: WE’RE BOYCOTTING. Or maybe not. Or maybe we’re STARTING OUT by boycotting, but then we’re going. Or maybe we’ve been boycotting for like three years by showing up late every week. I’m not really sure.
Next game: at Michigan (PSU +2), 7:00 Saturday (ALL OF THE LIGHTS), ESPN2
Michigan State (4-1, 1-0 B1G)
Last game: Beat Nebraska, 27-22
Recap: Michigan State was in full control of this game through three quarters. They led 27-3, had outgained Nebraska more than two-to-one (355-176), and had allowed only one of Nebraska’s 14 drives to exceed 40 yards. Then the fourth quarter happened.
Nebraska put together touchdown drives of 43 and 68 yards, and De'Mornay Pierson-El rreturned a Mike Sadler punt 62 yards. Nebraska eventually got the ball back at its own 20 with 1:07 left down 5* points, and completed a 43 yard pass to the Michigan State 37 before Tommy Armstrong threw a pick to effectively end the game.
This had all the hallmarks of a Sparty No, and yet Michigan State came out on top. So, you can spin this two ways: either (a) this is a positive sign for Michigan fans, as it shows Sparty still has that gene, or (b) this is a sign of continued DOOOOM for Michigan, as Sparty showed that when faced with the chance to Sparty No, this current generation of Spartans finds a way to not blow it. Based on the way this year has gone, you know where to place the smart money.
One minor thing that DID go wrong in East Lansing: most of the students bailed when the game was 27-3, causing much consternation in the Athletic Department.
Finally. A chance for Michigan to reclaim the moral high ground…
Melanie Maxwell/Ann Arbor News
Dammit. Why must we fail at every attempt at masonry.
*Can we talk game tactics for a second here? When Nebraska scored a TD with about 13:00 left to make the game 27-9, they went for two and failed. This left them down 18 instead of 17. They were trying to make the game TECHNICALLY a two score game, but 16 points is basically a 3 score game. That (combined with another failed 2 point conversion after a subsequent TD) left Nebraska down five points late instead of 3, which makes a big difference. Nebraska almost reached field goal range with just over 30 seconds left; they reached the MSU 37, which would be about a 54 yarder, so they probably only needed another 5 to 10 yards. So, I ask you: did they do the right thing?
This team is as frightening as: Super Mario. There is some debate whether Mario is currently Invincibility Star Mario or Fireball Mario, or just regular ol’ Big Mario. When you’re a Goomba, it is of little consequence.
(Michigan is the Goomba).
Fear Level = 9.93
Michigan should worry about: Tony Lippett. He’s averaging over a hundred yards receiving per game at 21 yards per catch, and has scored a TD in every game (he’s got 7 through 5 games).
Michigan can sleep soundly about: Don’t worry. It will all be over soon.
When they play Michigan: My fellow Americans, recent events have forced many fans to dig deep into their savings to cover unexpected losses. If we don’t act now, the Sparty Game Booze Trust Fund will only remain solvent for another week, leaving our most vulnerable fans at risk of severe sobriety at a crucial time. Together we must work to correct this injustice.
Next game: at Purdue (MSU -22), 3:30 Saturday, ABC
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In June 2017, the New Politics editorial board organized an event to honor Joanne Landy. She had been diagnosed almost a year before with stage 4 lung cancer. We all knew her prognosis was very grim and thought it would be a fine thing to show Joanne, while she was still with us, how much she was loved and admired by so many, many people.
The event was splendid, joyous, a great success. About 150 people showed up, and there was a long list of speakers as well as a video sent by a popular Polish rock group, Big Cyc, performing the song “I Disagree!” in Joanne’s honor. We knew, as I said, that Joanne probably did not have too long. Meanwhile, however, she was doing well, even with chemotherapy and immunotherapy. She didn’t really feel “sick,” just tired, and she was able to continue her work with New Politics and the Campaign for Peace and Democracy, albeit at a slightly slower pace. So when Joanne was felled by a massive stroke on October 1 and died two weeks later, her friends and comrades were completely stunned.
Now she is gone. Our loss is immeasurable, literally. Perhaps no one is truly irreplaceable, but in my opinion Joanne came pretty close. At the event in June, I began my remarks by paraphrasing something Mary McCarthy wrote in a tribute to Philip Rahv: If no two people are alike, Joanne is less like anybody else than anybody. She was, truly, utterly exceptional. You might find others who are as dedicated, as honest, as empathic, as intellectually gifted, as effective as an organizer; but it would be extremely hard to find anyone who possessed all these qualities in such abundance and so thoroughly integrated.
Joanne’s polestar, the guiding light that directed her through the entire course of her life’s journey, was something that she, and I, and others in our political tradition, call Third Camp Socialism. The term was invented during World War II and the Cold War by a socialist tendency—the Workers Party, later renamed the Independent Socialist League, led by Max Shachtman—that had developed out of the Trotskyist movement of the 1930s. By the time Joanne came around it in the late 1950s, its leading figures included Hal Draper and Julius and Phyllis Jacobson—the last two being the founders and longtime editors of New Politics. Third Camp Socialism meant socialist independence from and revolutionary opposition to the two hostile American and Soviet imperialist camps. It was a way of applying to the contemporary world Marx and Engels’s concept of self-emancipation—the insistence that socialism, the emancipation of the working class, the vast majority of society, can only be achieved “from below,” by the working class itself. Profoundly anti-authoritarian, Third Camp Socialism has always rejected any kind of accommodation to all the many undemocratic regimes and movements that have tried to cloak their aims in the rhetoric of socialism.
It was a commitment to this vision that Joanne embraced as a teenager and to which she remained loyal for the next 60 years of her life. Joanne was a revolutionary to the marrow of her bones. Far from the bloody-minded “revolutionary” of caricature, she had an almost extreme, visceral abhorrence of violence. Joanne was a revolutionary because she was convinced that no matter how much reform is applied to class societies, ruling elites will continue to hold sway over an oppressed and exploited population until those in power are removed; class societies have to be thoroughly upended and ultimately abolished by conscious, empowered masses. Nothing thrilled her more than the sight of popular movements challenging their rulers through direct action—Occupy Wall Street, the massive Iranian street protests in 2009, the Movement of the Squares in the Arab world, the anti-austerity movement in Greece, the great democratic uprising against the Assad regime in Syria, to take some recent examples. In them, she always saw the potential for revolution and real democracy.
But she was never content to admire and support these movements from afar; insofar as she could, Joanne had to be part of them, had to be on the scene and in their midst. In the 1970s, she went to Portugal during the revolution and to Brazil under the military dictatorship to visit the jailed leader of the steelworkers union and later founder of the Workers Party and president of the country, Luis Ignacio da Silva—Lula. She traveled to Poland several times in the 1980s and early 90s, befriending leaders and rank and filers in Solidarity; to Czechoslovakia to stand with Charter 77; to East Germany, Hungary, and the Soviet Union to meet with dissidents; to Greece on several occasions, where she and I attended Syriza’s founding convention. While vacationing in Rome at the time of Occupy Wall Street, Jo | [
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Magnificat October 2019 - Extraordinary Missionary Month Special Edition
An inviting and practical tool in response to the Church's designation of October 2019 as an Extraordinary Missionary Month.
This special issue challenges us to fully embrace our call to mission in our daily lives among family, friends, and community while embodying the theme “Baptized and Sent: The Church of Christ on a mission in the world.”
In addition to the regular features found in Magnificat—daily Mass, prayers, meditations, spiritual insights, and art commentaries—each day of this special issue will include:
- An additional mission-themed meditation
- The profile of a missionary saint
- A prayer intention for the mission!
The special October 2019 issue of Magnificat is a perfect way to engage the faithful in prayer day after day.
Reading and praying with this special issue will bring three areas of concentration highlighted by Pope Francis into sharp focus, “first…to renew the mission as a baptismal commitment of all the faithful…secondly, the mission must become the paradigm of ordinary life and of every action of the Church, finally, all Christians in their dioceses, parishes, movements and ecclesial groups, are asked to put themselves in a permanent state of mission."
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Since November 2014, oil prices were never that high, Oil prices remained upward on Thursday with Brent Crude reaching closer to $80 per barrel. Due to tight oil supplies and stronger demand the prices are perpetually increasing.
In the market, Brent crude futures were at $79.36 a barrel at 0451 GMT, which was 8 cents up from their last close.
While U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was at $71.71 per barrel, it was also 22 cents up or 0.3 percent up from their last settlement.
U.S. Crude inventories dropped by 1.4 million barrels just in a week reaching 432.34 million barrels.
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the organization had lowered its global oil demand growth forecast for 2018 from 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) to 1.4 million bpd.
The global oil demand would remain at 99.2 million bpd in 2018 the IEA said. The supplies currently stand at 98 million bpd due to cuts imposed by Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), “Strong non-OPEC growth is expected to grow by 1.87 million bpd in 2018” said IEA.
Where Iran sanctions play a critical role in oil markets, leading producers in the United States is also increasing, where crude output has soared by 27 percent during the last 2 years to a record high 10.72 million bpd.
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Not-too-sweet Lovino sangria is back in time for fall
In Wisconsin, fall heading into winter isn’t the obvious time to enjoy sangria.
You know sangria — it’s the wine punch with Spanish origins that’s often embellished with cut-up fruit and served icy cold.
Countering the notion of sangria as a summer-only beverage is one of the tasks Jennifer Clearwater, owner of Wisconsin-made Lovino Sangria, has set for herself as she works to get Badger State wine-lovers lapping up this ready-made sangria, weather be damned.
She makes a valid point: “We drink cold beer all year-round and we drink cold cocktails year-round — why not sangria?”
Pick up a bottle of Lovino, which sells for about $15, and you’ll see a tagline on the label that reads, “It’s not for a season, it’s for a state of mind.”
Clearwater, whose primary job is as director of philanthropy for Milwaukee’s Discovery World, explained that her family purchased the brand and recipe in November 2016 from Milwaukeeans Erica and Jamie Zdroik, who started Lovino in 2012 using a homemade sangria recipe.
So this is a reboot of Lovino, which had disappeared from local shelves for almost two years, from after it was listed for sale until this summer when Clearwater got it up and going again.
She’s the sole owner, but it’s definitely a family business with husband Rob, a general contractor, offering business know-how, as well as help with sales and delivery. Her parents, John and Eleonore Tankovitch, are also in on the action, helping with finances and with some of the day-to-day operations.
Clearwater admits that she and Rob, who live in Port Washington, didn’t start out as sangria drinkers: “My husband doesn’t like red wine, and I don’t gravitate toward sweet drinks. I love Napa Cabernet.”
But they bought a bottle of Lovino several years ago because Clearwater was intrigued by the fact that it was locally made — and they both fell in love with this “not-too-sweet” riff on the refreshing wine drink.
When the company was put up for sale, she became obsessed with the idea of buying it. “I couldn’t stop talking about it. My husband is really the entrepreneurial one — I didn’t think it would be me who would be so enthusiastic” about becoming a business owner, she said.
Now, she’s setting out to sell her product to Wisconsin and beyond. “It’s going to be a marathon, not a sprint,” she said.
She’s gotten a distributor’s license, with Lovino as the only brand they carry. Her ambition is to take it nationwide, “state by state,” and to eventually go international.
“They sell Miller and Coors and Bud around the world — why not Lovino Sangria?” she asks.
Lovino — its name a combination of love and vino — was originally made at von Stiehl Winery in Algoma with Cabernet Franc as its base. Under Clearwater, it remains Cabernet Franc, but she decided to switch production to Mona Rose Winery in Ashwaubenon, primarily because it has a lower case limit for its private labels wines.
“We didn’t want to go into debt, and we didn’t want to take out a loan,” she explained. “So we looked around the state to see who makes good Cabernet Franc, and we really liked the wine at Mona Rose.”
When they took the Lovino recipe for a test run, they found that “it was a little tart — it was missing a little something,” said Clearwater.
So she and Rob and her mother sat down with winery owner Craig Fletcher and “tried a few drops of this and some squirts of that until we hit it right.”
The current recipe, which is very similar to the original, is 90% Cabernet Franc with some mixed-berry concentrate and a little infusion of orange and coconut extracts.
(Mona Rose winemaker Craig Fletcher also produces communion wine for some local parishes and was the subject of a 2014 column.)
Lovino is sold at a number of retail shops throughout the state, as well as at several restaurants. (In the Milwaukee area, that includes Wine Cellar of Wisconsin in Elm Grove, Jeff's Spirits on Main in West Bend and a smattering of restaurants.)
Clearwater knows that people might wonder why they should pay $15 for sangria when there are less-expensive choices available.
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Actress Malavika Mohan’s latest photoshoot goes viral. The actress is dressed in a glamorous dress in a suit by Ayeshadepala.
Malavika is the daughter of Malayalee cinematographer KU Mohanan. Malavika made her acting debut with Dulquer Salmaan’s upcoming film Pattom Pole. Later, She has been last seen in Malayalam film ‘The Great Father’. | [
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister says government committed to eliminate corruption.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Inayatullah Khan has said that power will be delegated to people after local government elections.
Talking to different delegations from Peshawar, Nowshera, Karak, Buner and Upper Dir in Peshawar today (Monday), he said that the government is pursuing a policy to eliminate corruption in government institutions and make them vibrant for people welfare.
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Substances can move into and out of a cell through its semi-permeable cell membrane. There are three different processes through which materials can move in and out of a cell. They are:
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Diffusion is the major process through which small molecules move in and out across the cell membrane region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration.
The concentration of a substance is the amount of that particular substance in a given volume of liquid. Diffusion results as a result of movement and collision of molecules. The collisions of the molecules are what caused the molecules to thrust away from one another and spread out.
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When there is a need for the cell to assimilate materials that are in higher concentration inside the cell than outside the cell, the movement of the materials requires energy.
On the contrary, active transport is the movement of materials through a cell membrane with the use of cellular energy. The major variation between passive transport and active transport is that active transport necessitates the use of cell’s own energy while passive transport does not.
Cells have many ways of transporting materials through active transport. In one method, especially in the transportation of protein molecules, the cell membrane “lift up” molecules outside the cell and transport them inside the cell.
Another method of active transport is through engulfing. In this case, the cell membrane envelops or engulfs a particle and forms a vacuole inside the cell.
The majority of the cells are highly small. This is because the all particles have to move in and out of the cell through the cell membrane. On entering inside the cell, it is transported to its target through a stream of moving cytoplasm.
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FirstGlimpse Whac-A-Mole Whomp! I slam the stuffed mallet down with full strength, only to see my chubby-cheeked target sink safely into his burrow. He reappears a moment later from another hole in the game board. Whomp! Missed again…but when the next feisty gopher pops to the surface, I’m ready. Whomp! Whomp! Owwwww! The protesting wail quickly turns to chortles of glee when another blow fails to connect. Whomp! Wee-hee-hee-hee! Two breathless minutes later, I confess to myself that 41-year-old reflexes are no match for robotic gophers, moles, or groundhogs…whatever the goofy things are. I can’t help but smile as I watch a kid at least 35 years younger than me step up to the game with confidence, pummel the ornery critters into submission, and set the high score in the process. No problem. Obviously, when animatronics prodigy Aaron Fechter invented Whac-A-Mole in 1976, he had a much younger player in mind. Throughout the day, my thoughts return to my frantic efforts to whack those elusive moles. The silly game brings to mind the lifelong battle for holiness and against insidious habits that stand in the way. Perhaps you are all too familiar with “spiritual” Whac-A-Mole. Whomp! I control my temper, only to have a judgmental spirit raise its head. Whomp! I achieve self-control in diet and exercise and suddenly develop an addiction to caffeine. Whomp! The goal of reading through the Bible twice in a year collides with the start of football season. Whomp, whomp, whomp! It never ends.
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May is Museum Month continues with a very interesting object from the Westfield collection. Peter Lloyd, Collections Officer, at Westfield shares this week the Branston Violet Generator.
A violet ray is an antique medical appliance used during the early 20th century to deliver electrotherapy. They generated a high voltage, high frequency, low current to the human body for therapeutic purposes. Their basic construction was invented by Nikola Tesla, who introduced his first prototypes at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893.
Although the physics behind the electric effect is fascinating they were a flop in practice. Further study in this area did eventually produce Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), a therapy that uses low voltage electrical current to provide pain relief, it works.
Our machine, the Branston Ultra Violet Generator, made the usual claims that never really panned out. These included: … that the device would produce pleasing, invigorating, and corrective effects; that it would be effective as a general treatment by stimulating the circulation; that it would be effective for beauty, health, and strength; that it would be efficacious in the treatment of rheumatic pain in the shoulder, nervous disorders, rheumatism, lumbago, and neuritis…
The Chas. A. Branston Co. manufactured x-ray and electro-medical devices in the early 20th century. He began his operations at 355 Yonge St., Toronto, Ontario, in about 1919. He disappears from the business record by 1939. The Ultra Violet Generator and like devices were banned from manufacture in the U.S.A. in 1950.
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Going into 2014, boeing looks particularly well-positioned within the global commercial aerospace industry numbers released monday show that for the second year running boeing outdelivered chief rival airbus, producing a record 648 jetliners last year (airbus hasn't officially released its final numbers yet, but industry sources report it produced. The boeing company: strategic audit essay (can boeing fly high a program needs to be developed that will keep the inspectors up-to-date with faa. Why i fly the flag upside down americans can please keep the conversation civil and help us moderate this thread by reporting any abuse. Since the new year, boeing won a critical labor battle, beat rival airbus in total 2013 deliveries, and flirted with its 52-week high can it keep going. Lydia was one of our finalists in the why i want to fly essay by the water to keep them alive and safe i want to fly be able to boeing jr bill.
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Why boeing's stock could keep flying higher it's been a solid year for boeing investors, and the good news continues to roll in. Top 100 top 100: platforms, new technology keep boeing flying high by william welsh jul 28, 2015 the new normal for boeing co is staying tightly focused on cost reduction so it can pass savings along to its government customers, says christopher raymond, vice president and general manager of the electronic and information. Sources: robert j serling, legend & legacy: the story of boeing and its people (new york: st martins's press, 1992) eugene rodgers, flying high: the story of boeing and the rise of the jetliner industry (new york: the atlantic monthly press, 1996) polly lane, allen decisions put boeing at top, the seattle times, october 30, 1985, p.
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James Harden is off to an incredible start to the season, averaging an NBA-leading 32.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 9.1 assists per game while leading the Houston Rockets to a 26-9 record.
In the fourth quarter of Houston’s double-overtime victory against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday, the MVP candidate injured his left hamstring while driving in for a layup. He subsequently left the contest after recording 40 points and 11 assists in 41 minutes.
The injury came at an especially inopportune time for the Rockets.
Coming back from a 17-point deficit on Sunday, the Rockets enjoyed an emotional victory, snapping a surprising five-game losing streak. Point guard Chris Paul recently missed time with a strained left adductor and center Clint Capela recently dealt with a bruised left heel and right orbital fracture, but both returned for the epic win. The cast was back together.
But now, in true rollercoaster fashion, they’ll have to figure out how to adjust without Harden.
On Monday, the team announced that Harden will be sidelined for at least two weeks with a Grade 2 hamstring strain, per ESPN’s Tim MacMahon.
Oddly enough, Harden downplayed the injury after he suffered it. But, his teammates expressed serious concerns about him.
"Yeah, we lost our horse," Paul said, despite Harden's claims that it was nothing major.
"If James misses time, it is going to be tough,” explained Trevor Ariza. “Since I have been here, he's been here, he has been on the court, he has been available. So for him to have to miss time, it would definitely be tough, definitely be an adjustment."
It’s worth pointing out that Harden will be re-evaluated in two weeks. Therefore, there’s a chance that he could be out even longer if he’s not at 100 percent by then.
Luckily for Houston, the stretch of games in that span isn't as challenging as it could be. Although they will take on the Golden State Warriors on January 4, the Detroit Pistons on January 6 and the Portland Trail Blazers on January 10, they also square off against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday, the Chicago Bulls on January 8 and the Phoenix Suns on January 12 before Harden is re-evaluated. The three latter teams are well under.500 and will still probably be underdogs when they take on the Rockets.
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The government office is placed in the El Paso city, at the 3600 Paisano Dr, with the 79905-4204 postcode. The location code for this government office is as follows: TX0958. The place was constructed on the 1st of January 1988, and it is presently owned by the United States government. This government office is conducted by the Congressional District no. 16. The parking garage offers 0 car spaces. Citizens from El Paso county, in marvelous TX state, go there to take care of the civil service. | [
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By Lambert Strether of Corrente
We at NC have no particular love for Google: They’ve downranked us, because we’re small (i.e., not “authoritative”), but also presumably because our links aggregation features compete with their pathetic and poorly sourced News feature. And Yasha Levine asks a good question: “If the Internet is truly such a revolutionary break from the past, why are companies like Google in bed with cops and spies?” Nevertheless, blogging — just to lift the curtain a little, here — is all about production, and so if Google is the best for production, well, not everybody’s hands are always clean. But as Google search became increasingly crapified — losing its memory, and refusing to find material I am 100% sure exists, because I wrote it, without coaxing — and Google’s UI/UX became increasingly ugly and instrusive, a tipping point was bound to come, where Google was no longer the best, at least for me. I think that tipping point has now arrived.
So I am shifting to a European search engine called Qwant, on grounds of user experience, freedom from Google’s algorithm, and most importantly, privacy (I know we have a lot of DuckDuckGo (DDG) users here, and I’ll discuss that platform briefly in context as we go along.) A little bit about Qwant the company:
Qwant is a European web search engine, launched in July 2013 and operated from Paris. It’s the only EU-based search engine with its own indexing engine. It claims not to employ user tracking and doesn’t personalize search results in order to avoid trapping users in a filter bubble…. The website processes well over 10 million search requests per day and over 50 million individual users a month worldwide… As of March 2019, Qwant is the 41st most visited website in France and the 879th most visited website in the world.
Like Google, Qwant monetizes searches by serving ads alongside results. But unlike Google these are contextual ads, meaning they are based on general location plus the substance of the search itself; rather than targeted ads which entail persistent tracking and profiling of Internet users in order to inform the choice of ad (hence feeling like ads are stalking you around the Internet).
Serving contextual ads is a choice that lets Qwant offer a credible privacy pledge that Mountain View simply can’t match.
Yet up until 2006 Google also served contextual ads, as [Tristan Nitot, VP of advocacy]points out, before its slide into privacy-hostile microtargeting. “It’s a good old idea,” he argues of contextual ads. “We’re using it. We think it really is a valuable idea.”
There’s a lot about today’s Internet that we could roll back, and further back than 2006, too. With that, let’s look at the platform.
Let’s start with the results page. Here’s Google:
Notice that my search results — Google thinks I’m in the Netherlands because of my VPN, which I am not turning off — aren’t even visible at the top of the page, which is taken up links that assume, in essence, that I’m at Google because it’s a shopping site, followed by a bunch of useless questions that I’d ask for myself if I wanted answers to them. Contrast Qwant:
Look! My search results! (Plus, that link to Indian Affairs at bottom right is really neat; maybe if Google weren’t trying so hard to sell me, it would give me a similar result.) Now, DDG has a clear results page too, even if it does have an ad on the top driving down the real results, but here is a feature Qwant has that nobody else has:
See that “ncl”, and the URL for NC as a dropdown? I have a use case, that I perform literally hundreds of times a day, where I need to search NC to avoid duplicate content (here, a post or link on “liquid cats”). It gets really, really old typing in the NC URL over and over again (or copying and pasting it from somewhere), so it’s really great that Qwant’s search box allows me to use the Mac’s text macro facility, where typing “ncl” expands to the URL. Blogging is production, remember>> I can’t do that in Google (or DDG either):
Google hijacks the search box for its stupid auto-completion dropdown.
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The introduction of smokeless powder had a significant influence on bayonet design. The advent of breechloading rifles did not eliminate the need for rifles to have full length ramrods and for the ramrod to be accessible when the bayonet was mounted. Although they loaded from the breech, stuck cartridge cases were commonplace in these black powder arms and the ramrod had to be at the ready to clear stoppages. Consequently, the bayonet continued to mount to the right side of the barrel, as it had since the socket bayonet came about in the late 1600's. The picture below illustrates this point, showing an overhead view of the bayonet mounted to the side of the barrel on an 11 mm. French M1874 Gras breechloading rifle
. Note the front sight visible just behind the bayonet's muzzle ring.
Smokeless powder burned much cleaner, eliminating the fouling that caused stuck cases. The French M1886 Lebel rifle was the first rifle to fire a smokeless powder cartridge and the first to mount the bayonet beneath the barrel, instead of to the side. The picture below shows a side view of a bayonet mounted beneath the barrel of an 8 mm. German Mauser Gewehr 98 brought home by a returning World War I veteran.
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Large amounts of animal waste dumped into landfills and left to rot can cause environmental problems. But composting animal waste, like horse manure, can help keep land and water clean. As part of our occasional recycling series, KSKA’s Ellen Lockyer discovers one Palmer family that has come up with a unique exchange program that just makes good horse sense.
“She cleans up her pen, puts it in the wagon, or cart, and what she will do is use this rake, and that will sift the manure from the gravel in her pen”
At F Bar J Ranch in Anchorage, horse owners clean up their horses’ stalls the old fashioned way, with a rake and a shovel.
Mary Shields works at the ranch and boards her horse Desperado here. Used straw and manure from the stalls is dumped into wheeled garden carts,
“The carts are taken away once a day and we run them down to the manure pit, where we collect it until we get enough to compost”
Shields and I take a walk to the composting area beyond the paddocks…
“We stir it once or twice a week, we add organic materials like wood chips or grass to get it cooking even more so.” “Do you know how long it takes?” “That?..was a year. And it’s quite fasciniating. And as you can see, I have my own little pile, I like to play, I like to experiment.”
One horse can poop up to 50 pounds a day, she says. F Bar J boards only 30 horses, but it is estimated that Anchorage’s woodsy Hillside area is home to five thousand horses. Do the math. And that much manure can do some damage if it is not properly disposed of.
“And we have geese, and muskrats and all kinds of critters using the creeks, so we keep them clean.”
Keeping manure out of the water table can be a challenge. While F Bar J’s composted product gets used up locally on friends gardens and by ranch projects……
A Matanuska Valley family want’s to use city horse owners’ manure as a way of helping their Palmer farm meet it’s bottom line. And they’ve come up with a unique solution
“So we said oh, hey we can bring a truck in and drop off all the hay that we are growing in the Valley and then pick up all the poop and bring it back to Palmer. That’s kind of how we started. And handling that much of a really gross material was a big challenge. So we came up with the bag system, so that the horse owners could have one cubic yard bags sitting in their yard so it’s easy for them to just scoop the poop and put it right away and not have it leak out into the ground water or anything. And we had an easy time just dropping off the hay and then picking up the bags and taking them with us.”
The black bags attract heat to get the composting process started, and are hung on light weight racks for easy handling.
The farm’s soil is full of glacial silt, and needs organic matter to keep that hay growing. Composted horse poop does the job as fertilizer.
“Just like old farmers used to do. In Alaska especially, the shipping costs for things up here are massive. So reduce dependence on outside fertilizers, and help make people aware of agriculture in Alaska. And why we need to come up with solutions to our waste and resource use.”
Longbreaksays it’s all part of the carbon cycle. The hay comes from the farm, and the manure comes back to it. It’s composted for two years, to let lots of air in to reduce methane gas emissions. Just piling up manure cuts off oxygen during the breakdown process to creates methane, a greenhouse gas. And composting manure keeps it out of the water table.
“Water contamination is a huge problem. A lot of people are worried about antibiotics and other pesticides like herbicides or pesticides going into their water, but they don’t really think about their animals contributing to that problem. ”
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5-day body detox plan to rejuvenate you January 4, 2012 By: revoe 0 5-day body detox plan to rejuvenate you Article by Murad Esmail 5-day body detox plan to rejuvenate you In todays times, one can no longer survive without coming in touch with enviromental polltion. Is the food you eat or water you drink clean? what about air pollution such as from smokers or car exhaustfumes. The environment we live in has a great affect on our health daily lives, your body is reacting with these toxins and pollutions sometimes without any visible effects. For the above reasons we need to detoxify our inner self to keep a healthy functioning body which also helps in keeping a healthy mind and healthy life. The human body has its own ways of healing and detoxifying itself. However when external enviromental factors of modern living pollution enter our bodies, our bodies capacity of detoxifying andself cleaning are exhausted and put to great test. With this great stress on the body and its tissues leads to a breakdown of functioning, a weakend cleaning process. We all want a clean detoxified body, but we need to help our body system in regulating this body cleansing process, We should not wait for our body to get to a stage where our body organsare being stressed and overworked, we should help our body before it gets to the stressed and overworked phase. When your body lacks the command to keep the detox system working weshould help it by supplementing it. The 5 Day detox plan will be a enormous help in keeping the body functioning. The 5 day detox plan will jump start your detoxification of your body andrejuvenate your body and keep it clean and stress free. The detox diet is part of the 5 day detox plan, during this detox period of detoxification certain foods should be avoided. Your meals will consist mostly of fresh fruits and green, leafy vegetables. Fats, oil, preservatives and food additives are a big no when undergoing the process of detoxification. Also, meat should be kept off because they are hard to digest. For a day or two, eating meat in any form is dropped off from the diet. Ideal foods that can be part of your diet are as follow: garlic, broccoli, beets, and beans or nuts. Only fresh fruit extracts can be taken as beverages except for grapefruit. And since water is a universal solvent, six to eight glasses of this should be recommended daily. Water is also a major factor in the detoxification process. It flushes out the toxins in the forms of perspiration, urine, or stool. Although you seem to eat less when detoxifying, you will be assured that you will not starve, but in turn, you will even boost your stamina. This is because your intake is limited only to foods which are healthy and are good to the digestive system. The Detoxification method should be done at least quarterly. You must also consult a professional nutritionist and also seek your doctors advise that what you are doing when detoxing your body you are not adding any further toxins into your body during this 5 day detox plan. Through this process of detoxification, the toxins are flushed out of your body and a new set of energy is supplied to the body providing you both physical and mental alertness. Cleanliness should be maintained not only in the outside, but more so in the inside.http://www.cyberprofitmarketing.com/body-detox-method About the Author CLEAN, CLEAR AND CLEANSE YOUR BODY & SYSTEMhttp://www.cyberprofitmarketing.com/body-detox-method Share on Facebook Share Share on TwitterTweet Share on Google Plus Share Share on Pinterest Share Share on LinkedIn Share Share on Digg Share Tag: 5day Body Detox Plan rejuvenate Previous post How Detoxing Helps Your Body Next post Detox For Your Body – Cleansing Your Body Is Not Difficult Related articles Read more > Toxins Build Body Read more > Plan For Gym Success in 2009 Read more > Detoxifying Your Body Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. | [
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A new proposal up for discussion by the Billings City Council isn't just politically vindictive, it's also unconstitutional.
The initiative was introduced late on the night of Nov. 12 at the end of the City Council meeting. It was not on the agenda available to the public before the meeting. Six members of the 11-member City Council voted to move forward with Councilman Reg Gibbs' initiative that takes aim at free speech.
We wonder if they even begin to realize the hypocrisy of quashing political speech as politicians.
Before this assault on free speech could become a city ordinance, the council would have to allow public comment (insert irony here) at a future meeting. Basically this initiative seeks to allow the city to cancel any contract of a business or person who endorses a candidate for the City Council either officially or unofficially — Gibbs' words, not ours.
That means if you dare to do something as reckless as put up a yard sign, make a campaign contribution or commit an egregious act like writing a letter to the editor, the city would stop doing business with you, just because some City Council members want to legalize their hurt feelings.
Setting aside momentarily the vagaries of what it means to officially or unofficially endorse a candidate, the six council members apparently believe that if a person, business or organization wants to do business, it should be willing to trade its free speech in return for being the lowest bidder on a government contract.
We believe this smacks of candidates who have their little feelings hurt by people who didn't automatically adore them and agree with their every position.
C'mon councilmembers, you're in politics. If you're doing it right, there's bound to be spirited and reasonable disagreement. The appropriate antidote to an opinion you don't like is to have an argument capable of defeating dissent. Instead, upset council members would rather trade free and spirited speech for the muzzle.
Six city council members — Chris Friedel, Reg Gibbs (the author of this Soviet-inspired policy), Richard Clark, Mike Yakawich, Roy Neese and Frank Ewalt — apparently support this backward position. And these same members believe the council should refuse to do business with someone who disagrees with them.
That would seem to be the very definition of cronyism. We hope they will realize the foolishness of this policy and reverse course.
Doing the people's work should be a matter of qualifications, best value and lowest cost, not some ideology test set by officials in what are supposed to be nonpartisan offices.
Sure, The Gazette by its very history and nature, which includes editorial endorsement of city council candidates, would stand to have some contracts cancelled. And since we're on the topic of legality, the council should also expect that if this boneheaded measure passes, we will be among the first to file suit challenging the constitutionality of such an action, and we will use our power of free speech to remind the public of their elected leaders who support such an unconstitutional idea.
The real issue here is that some thin-skinned city council members don't fancy the Billings Chamber of Commerce reporting how elected officials vote. The chamber had the audacity to talk about real issues, including local-option sales taxes, public safety, and the One Big Sky District. Rather than defending their positions, these council members would just stifle debate so as not to let their own feeble positions come under the sharp light of public scrutiny.
We would tell the Chamber that if this is the regressive, narrow-minded reaction that happens when voting records are published, then the only possible solution is to do more reporting, not less. Obviously, the Billings City Council wilts under too little scrutiny.
Give credit to Billings city staff. City Attorney Brent Brooks warned the council that adopting such a policy would have the city in court continuously.
For the record, we have sued the city repeatedly in the previous decade and won lawsuits and attorney's fees. The Gazette's track record is clear: We have often disagreed vehemently with the city staff and have sued to settle our differences. Yet, in this case, we believe Brooks is completely right. Cancelling the city contracts just because the city leaders doesn't share the same opinion is dangerous and legally unjustifiable.
How far does this logic go, and who gets to decide what endorsements and city opinions are reasonable? Which endorsements are orthodox? Which ones are wrong? And how would the city justify cancelling a contract when going with another business, vendor or contractor could result in costing thousands more to taxpayers?
The wording of the proposal is sure to fail a legal challenge, because it says that no one can give an official or unofficial endorsement. But, what constitutes an "unofficial" endorsement? A yard sign? An overheard conversation? And does this mean all endorsements or just ones a majority of city council member agree with? | [
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A car accident is something that can very suddenly alter your everyday life with pain and suffering as a consequence. Each year, over 12 million Americans are involved in a car accident that leads to a neck injury, damage to the cervical spine, or potentially other life-changing injuries that require costly medical treatment. Though, at The Law Place, we strive to help you along the road of recovery by ensuring you receive the correct settlement for your cervical radiculopathy injury.
If you have been involved in a car accident in the State of Florida, which resulted in neck injuries, then please get in contact with The Law Place. Our team of trained legal professionals will be happy to handle your personal injury case, starting by talking you through the types of legal support that are available to you. Our team of personal injury lawyers has a combined experience of 75 years in practice handling cases similar to yours. Contact us today and schedule a free consultation with a lawyer from our team. Call us at (941) 444-4444. Our phone lines are open 24/7.
How Do Neck Injuries Occur?
The impact of a moving car hitting another vehicle, even at low speeds, can result in very sudden downward pressure on the spine, which is the most common cause of a serious spinal injury known as a herniated disc. This happens as a result of the fibrous outer casing of a spinal disc, ruptures and causes a bulge from the soft center. In most cases, this happens after a moving car crashes into your rear end or there is a head or side-on collision. However, this type of injury is not limited to these circumstances. This injury can lead to further serious spinal conditions that could even involve the spinal cord, which can affect your quality of life.
Inside the Human spine, there is a vertebral column that contains the discs which help to protect your spinal cord in the center of your body and is highly sensitive to damage. This is where your nervous system stems from. Nerves transmit signals to and from your vertebral column and cause the body to move and react. However, when there is a compressed or pinched nerve at the nerve root, this may lead to symptoms of what is known as cervical radiculopathy. This condition can cause a variety of symptoms, such as numbness, burning, weakness, pain, tingling behind the shoulder blades, in the arms, and in the hands too. The effects of these symptoms can reduce your quality of life, which is why it is important to have your neck injury looked at by a medical professional and let us at The Law Place handle your case to deliver your deserved settlement.
How Is Cervical Radiculopathy Diagnosed After a Car Accident?
If you have been involved in a car accident and feel discomfort, pain, or chronic pain, then you should get in contact with medical professionals to receive a diagnosis for your symptoms and treatment to help you recover physically and mentally. Cervical radiculopathy does carry a wide range of symptoms, which is why it is important to be specific with your doctor as to the location of pain, numbness, weakness, or tingling. This will help them run the necessary examinations to find the source of your Cervical Radiculopathy. In most cases, X-Rays and MRIs can accurately confirm the source of your Cervical Radiculopathy.
From the diagnosis, the doctor will likely ask about any pre-existing conditions you may have or physical limitations. This is important to answer truthfully and provide as much information and necessary detail as possible to not only help confirm the diagnosis. It also builds your case by documenting your injury and how cervical radiculopathy is impacting your quality of life.
Following a car accident, many people who now have cervical radiculopathy receive treatment in an emergency room immediately after the neck injuries have been sustained. In most cases, X-Rays leave patients and doctors satisfied with what is shown in the results, meaning no real cervical damage has been done. However, it is crucial to understand that doctors in emergency rooms do not regularly run the tests needed to identify the source of cervical radiculopathy. This includes herniated discs which are vital in diagnosing, as they have the potential to cause other cervical-related conditions that can limit your quality of life.
If you now find yourself in a situation where you have had medical attention following a car accident, yet symptoms of neck pain are persisting, then it is important to go and see a cervical spine specialist who will examine you more closely to locate the source of the pain. Failure to do this can result in a delayed diagnosis which can then make for a reduced cervical radiculopathy settlement from your car accident.
What Are the Most Common Types of Neck Injuries?
The cervical area of the spine is one of the most delicate and vulnerable parts of the Human body in a car accident, with neck injuries being amongst the highest injuries reported, even in low-speed accidents.
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Home' Supercar Xtra : Oct Nov 2014 Issue 83 Contents 49
HDT’s dominance of the 1984 race was remarkable,
given the fastest 10 cars after official practice were
covered by just over two seconds. Six different manu-
facturers (Holden, Ford, Nissan, Mazda, BMW and
Jaguar) took part in the top 10 qualifying Shootout.
Although Brock was just pipped for pole by George
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crash damage or mechanical failures. It was Brock’s
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HDT’s emphatic Mountain victory came in the final
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Many local teams and fans were sad to see the
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Australian category had produced some of the fastest
and most exciting racing sedans since its inception in
HDT was determined to give Group C a memora-
ble curtain call, though, by building two brand-new
Commodores, which would have a racing life of only a
few months and compete in just three events.
Brock’s #05 car achieved a perfect score, winning not
only the 1984 Bathurst 1000 but also the Sandown
500km and Surfers Paradise 300km endurance races,
while Harvey’s #25 car finished third, second and sixth
in the same trifecta.
The most memorable visual feature of these cars
was undoubtedly the red and white Marlboro livery, in
which the red sections featured a special day-glo paint
that glowed brightly when exposed to the sun’s rays. It
Brock was inspired to use this special paint after
competing in an international sports car race at
Silverstone earlier in the year. Inspired by the dazzling
effect he saw on some rival cars, he took a sample back
to Australia and insisted it be used on the last of the
Group C Commodores.
hOw They were BuiLT
Compared to today’s purpose-built V8 Supercars with
their tubular steel space-frame chassis, transaxles and
pure-bred competition components, Group C cars
were effectively hotted-up road cars that were rela-
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Underneath their huge fiberglass front and rear spoil-
ers, wheel-arch flares, fat tyres and barking exhausts
were body shells and mechanicals which never strayed
far from their road-car origins.
So what made HDT’s 1984 Bathurst VK Commodores
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and VH models. By the time they got to VK, this refine-
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They were the lightest, simplest, strongest and
fastest, built under the supervision of workshop
manager Larry Perkins, who was renowned for his
frugal efficiency as a constructor.
By comparison to today’s V8 Supercars, HDT’s final
Group C warriors were built for a fraction of the cost.
Most components used were then-current Holden
production-line parts supplied free by GM-H, with
the more specialised racing hardware purchased from
Harrop Engineering and other local suppliers.
Proof of HDT’s efficiency was that it did not start
building its two 1984 Bathurst cars until the squad
returned from competing in the Le Mans 24 Hour
sports car race in a Porsche 956 in late June.
With a build time of about eight weeks, the HDT
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Watt, Graham Brown, Andy Bartley and future Holden
Racing Team manager Jeff Grech. The two cars were
completed on time and on budget.
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established by 1984 under production manager Mike
Prowse. To make building race cars easier and faster,
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Benefits of Aromatherapy in Massage
Adding aromatherapy to your massage sessions can enhance the overall experience for both the client and the therapist. Aromatherapy uses essential oils derived from plants to promote relaxation, reduce stress, and alleviate pain. The use of specific essential oils can also target certain ailments, such as headaches, muscle tension, and inflammation.
Choosing the Right Essential Oils
When incorporating aromatherapy into your massage sessions, it’s essential to choose the right essential oils for the desired effects. Some popular essential oils used in massage therapy include lavender for relaxation, peppermint for pain relief, and eucalyptus for respiratory support. It’s crucial to consider the client’s preferences and any potential allergies when selecting the appropriate essential oils for the massage.
Methods of Application
There are several methods of incorporating essential oils into massage sessions. One common method is to dilute the essential oils with a carrier oil, such as sweet almond oil or coconut oil, and apply it directly to the skin during the massage. Alternatively, you can use a diffuser to fill the room with the aroma of the essential oils, creating a calming and soothing atmosphere for the massage session.
Enhancing the Client Experience
Incorporating aromatherapy into massage sessions can greatly enhance the overall client experience. The pleasant aroma of the essential oils can help reduce anxiety and promote relaxation, allowing the client to fully immerse themselves in the therapeutic benefits of the massage. Additionally, the specific essential oils chosen for the massage can target the client’s individual needs, whether it’s to alleviate tension, promote better sleep, or uplift their mood.
Professional Training and Certification
It’s important for massage therapists to receive proper training and certification in aromatherapy before incorporating it into their practice. Understanding the properties and effects of different essential oils, as well as the appropriate methods of application, is crucial in providing safe and effective aromatherapy massage sessions. Many accredited massage therapy schools offer specialized courses in aromatherapy to ensure that therapists are equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills.
Overall, incorporating aromatherapy into massage sessions can provide a multitude of benefits for both the client and the therapist. By carefully selecting the right essential oils, applying them appropriately, and ensuring proper training, massage therapists can create a truly holistic and therapeutic experience for their clients. Engage with the topic and uncover novel viewpoints through this handpicked external content designed for you. 홈타이!
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Welcome to the Buddhist Council of Wales site. Here you will find details of events, information and news relating to the organisations which are members of the Council and also to other Buddhist organisations – a resource for all Buddhists in Wales.
Monday 28 March 2011
New Chair and Meet and Greet
Her first duty as Chair was to attend a function at Cardiff Castle this evening. Nor'dzin says: "This was described as a'meet and greet' with Jon House, the Chief Executive of Cardiff Council, Judith Woodman, the Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Communities, Housing and Social Justice, and a representative of Cardiff Police whose name I did not catch, with representatives of various faith communities in Cardiff.
The main part of the evening took place in the magnificent banqueting hall of Cardiff Castle. Judith Woodman and Jon House gave information on the work of Cardiff Council to benefit the communities of Cardiff and invited those of us present representing faith communities to keep in touch with them to voice the needs of religious communities in Cardiff.
After their presentations and questions and answers, we were treated to a short tour of the castle. We visited the Marquis of Bute's bedroom, the small dining room, the drawing room and the library. Our guide was most informative and entertaining."
The photograph of Cardiff Castle was taken by 'ö-Dzin in December. Nor'dzin believes that the tour walked up the steps of the circular tower to access the Marquis of Bute's bedroom.
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Micah 2:9 KJV
The women (or: wifes) of my people
have ye cast out from their pleasant houses;
from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
In other words:
You rob the women among my people too. You take away their happy homes. You take away what I want their children to enjoy.
The women of my people
That is, the widows of the men slain by you (Micah 2:2) ye cast out from their homes which had been their delight, and seize them for yourselves.
From their children
That is, from the orphans of the widows.
Taken away my glory
Namely, their substance and raiment, which, being the fruit of God’s blessing on the young, reflected God’s glory.
Thus Israel’s crime was not merely robbery, but sacrilege.
Their sex did not save the women, nor their age the children from violence.
There was no repentance. They persevered in sin.
The pledged garment was to be restored to the poor before sunset (Exodus 22:26, 27); but these never restored what they had unlawfully taken.
Once again, angry words come from Micah’s mouth to the wealthy.
They pull field to field and house to house (Micah 2:2) and they do not hesitate to drive even defenseless widows out of their houses. But what is even worse: they also offend the children: “From their little children you take My glory forever …”!
What is meant with “My glory”?
Micaiah here has in mind the covenant sign by which Israel’s children are separated from the Gentiles. This sign, this glory is taken from them.
How? Well, the rich exploiters sell them into slavery to the gentiles. As a result, these children are completely alienated from God and His service, and are no longer brought up to God’s honor.
A lesson for us as the elderly.
We too can be guilty of the loss of jewelery in our children.
▪︎ By being unfaithful in education.
▪︎ By not standing firm when modern paganism takes a hold on them.
▪︎ By not leading them to the Christ and leading them into His service.
The right heart of the parent prays daily: “I put the names of my children in Your hands…!”
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Transcript for ARCHIVAL VIDEO: Inside Chernobyl 5 Years Later
So most of the public activity took place over the weekend this is the 21 earth today. President Bush issued a proclamation which he said that every American can make a difference at the grass roots level. With so much emphasis on Americans in the environment over the weekend the scene to us a good day to concentrate on the potential for environmental disaster elsewhere. It was five years ago this week that a nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl power plant in the Soviet Union went out of control. And its uranium core melted down there was some follow up in some cases tiny nearly everywhere in the world. And there were a lot of lies from the Soviet government about how the cleanup was going to now the Soviets admit not nearly enough was done. Moreover it turns out that the way they chose to stop a further radiation leaks is not working ABC's John Lawrence is there. The giant steel and concrete coffin containing the remains of nuclear power station number four at Chernobyl. What Soviets called the sarcophagus. Is slowly crumbling. Emitting much higher levels of radiation than the Soviets have admitted. Readings we took five days ago show radiation levels up to 375. Times higher than before the accident. It means that a human being would receive a dose of radiation. Greater than the safety limit for an entire year in less than fourteen hours. The fact that the reactor is giving off significant amounts of radiation and that the area is contaminated from miles around. Means that Chernobyl is still unsafe. Five years ago the sarcophagus was built so quickly and so poorly that it is crumbling under its own weight. Soviet scientists here say a second containment structure must be built before the first one cracks open and collapses completely. You can see how serious it is from inside the sarcophagus. Sunlight from the outside filters through the cracks in the roof. Soviet scientists are not sure how to dispose of the 135. Tons of nuclear fuel. That will remain dangerous for centuries. And reactor number four is not the only danger. It could all happen again here. Just a few hundred feet from the ruined reactor where workers still operate nuclear power station number three. They get a radiation check as they arrive. Reactor number three uses the same technology and power system as the reactor that exploded. Nuclear physicists say it is unstable. And dangerously designed. It is also obsolete. The control room has no computers. All the switching and signals are sent by hand. The supervisor of this shift is a hero of Chernobyl. Alexander parades and risked his life to shut down station number three while number four was disintegrating next door. The radiation appears to be taking its troll on parade since help. He worries about the safety of number three. He needs modern computers. As this Wimbledon is the thing. We have to have new electronics to make this reactor. As safe as a Weston's ivory Arlington and there's no way of us being able to do us. The consequences of the accident are much more devastating than was originally believed. The cleanup campaign has made only a small impact on the massive amounts of radioactivity. Thousands of square miles of land are contaminated. More than 150000. People have been evacuated. While another 200000. Are still waiting for relocation. Some like these halo Russians who live more than 100 miles from Chernobyl feel betrayed by the government. Richard Dunn for a former Puerto still moral. They consider that they will die very soon. Not nondescript arrived at their stock not what you're good. They consider themselves to be a red beets under ex Adam and that's put an end to die from them. Nearly five million people live in areas of the Soviet Union where the land food and walker are contaminated. Thousands are sick. No one knows or will say how many have died. Tomorrow. The health consequences of Chernobyl in our next report. John Laurence ABC news Bartolo Mali Africa.
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Risky Business: Be like DJ Khaled and give them another one
By baggedmilk9 months ago
Risky Business is brought to you by NHL odds site Betway!
I was lucky enough to be in Vegas on Saturday night, and I have to say that it was arguably one of the most fun road games I’ve ever attended. Not only were there plenty of blue and orange jerseys in the building but to have the Oilers respond the way they did was exactly what the doctor ordered. We cheered, we drank, we celebrated our wins. It was all fantastic. Getting back to business, the Oilers need to find a way to come up with another effort just like that one. As we saw, the Golden Knights really struggled to match up with Edmonton’s speed and top-end skill, and I’d love nothing more than another viewing of the same movie here in Game 3. If the Oilers can give us another A-game like two nights ago, then there is no reason why our boys should be grabbing the series lead in a few short hours from now. Dare to dream? I certainly am.
If you’re following along at home, the odds I’ll be using for my game day betting articles all season come from Betway. Here’s what I’m putting down against the Golden Knights.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins over 2.5 shots at +130. My $5 bet would return $11.50.
Over 1.5 total power play goals at -154. My $5 bet would return $8.25
Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl both to score at +200. My $5 bet would return $15.00.
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Edmonton to win and over 5.5 total goals at +115. My $5 bet would return $10.75.
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How good was Saturday? After a tough loss in Game 1, the boys bounced back in a big way a few nights later and evened up the series at one apiece with what was arguably their strongest game of the playoffs. More like that, please.
Connor McDavid over 3.5 shots at -167.
- Oilers over 32.5 shots at -118. ✅
- Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl both to score at +220. ✅
- Oilers to win and over 5.5 total goals at +150. ✅
And there you have it, friends. Now that you know what I’m betting on — I’ll be throwing one unit down on each bet, for the record — feel free to hit me up in the comments section to let me know what you’re looking at against the Golden Knights.
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On November 13. a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing was held where they had the presence of Twitter public policy manager Kevin Kane. During the hearing, Rep. Jim Banks commented on his concern about the fact that the social network has made, according to his words, “little progress” in protecting veterans from scams.
At the same time, he took the opportunity to criticize that Twitter has placed more effort into political censorship, saying that it is ironic that they cannot detect illegal acts within their platform, but it is easy for them to remove political messages.
“Isn't it quite ironic that Twitter can argue in good faith that their Section 230 protections can be retained because it does not have the resources or ability to root out illicit material such as scams targeting veterans on its platform, when the same platform devotes considerable resources and attention to stomping out lawful political speech?”
Given these statements, the company spokesman flatly denied that no efforts are being made to end scams on Twitter.
Kane said that just in 2019 alone they have detected and closed 335,000 accounts of scammers of all kind – not only those that are aimed at veterans.
Kane subsequently denied any type of censorship on Twitter. “Twitter was born to serve the entire public conversation” were his words to describe the vision of the social network, of which he feels great pride.
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Theatrical Release Directed By: Alan Taylor
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger
, Emilia Clarke
, Jason Clarke
, Matt Smith
The plot for Terminator 5 is very much under wraps at this point.
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(MENAFN- IANS) Chandigarh, Sep 26 (IANS) A court in Punjab on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant against former state Finance Minister and BJP leader Manpreet Badal, who is facing allegations of irregularities in the purchase of a property in Bathinda.
The court in Bathinda also issued a lookout circular (LOC) against Manpreet Badal, who had joined the BJP after quitting the Congress in January this year.
On Monday, the Vigilance Bureau had registered a case against Manpreet Badal and four others. It has already arrested three accused -- Rajiv Kumar, Amandeep Singh and Vikas Arora -- in connection with the case.
A spokesperson for the bureau said the case was registered on a complaint filed by former legislator Saroop Chand Singla.
He said during probe, it was found that Manpreet Badal during his tenure as Finance Minister of Punjab from 2018 to 2021 used his political influence to purchase two plots measuring 1,560 square yards in Bathinda, causing a loss of lakhs of rupees to the state exchequer.
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|Publication number||US7026074 B2|
|Application number||US 10/077,569|
|Publication date||Apr 11, 2006|
|Filing date||Feb 15, 2002|
|Priority date||Feb 15, 2002|
|Also published as||US20030157413|
|Publication number||077569, 10077569, US 7026074 B2, US 7026074B2, US-B2-7026074, US7026074 B2, US7026074B2|
|Inventors||Chun-hua Chen, Yoo Eup Hyung, Donald R. Vissers, Khalil Amine|
|Original Assignee||The University Of Chicago|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (6), Referenced by (28), Classifications (16), Legal Events (6)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The United States Government has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. W-31-109-ENG-38 between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and The University of Chicago representing Argonne National Laboratory.
This invention pertains to non-aqueous rechargeable lithium batteries and to additives primarily for improving the safety thereof. It particularly pertains to the use of a blend of additives such us phosphate compound additives and organic carbonates, as well as single additives as a means for rendering lithium ion batteries safe from overcharge, over discharge or abuse testing.
The demand for rechargeable batteries having ever-greater energy density has resulted in substantial research and development activity in rechargeable lithium batteries. The use of lithium in batteries is associated with high energy density, high voltage, long shelf life, but also with safety problems (i.e. fires, reactivity with oxygen and water), since lithium is a highly reactive element. As a result of these safety problems, most of large rechargeable lithium batteries are unsuitable for use by the public. In general, batteries with electrochemistries employing pure lithium metal, lithium carbon or lithium alloy anodes are only available to the public in very small sizes (e.g. coin cell size) or are primary types (e.g. non-rechargeable). However, larger rechargeable batteries can be used for military applications or certain remote power applications where safety concerns are of somewhat lesser importance, or the personnel involved are trained to deal with the higher level of hazard.
This invention pertains to lithium batteries or cells of the type set forth in which the anode or negative electrode includes or consists of a crystalline graphite or lithium metal or lithium alloy and an electrolyte of a salt such as lithium hexaflurophosphate dissolved in an organic solvent consisting of two or more aprotic constituents, one of which may be propylene carbonate as well as a positive electrode such as a lithium metal oxide. Propylene carbonate (PC) based solvents normally cause exfoliation of a graphite negative electrode resulting in the degradation of its electrochemical properties. Propylene carbonate, however, is an excellent solvent for use in lithium ion cells in that it permits cell operation to cross a broad temperature range with graphite based negative electrodes, which provide excellent power characteristics.
Non-aqueous rechargeable lithium batteries can be safe against thermal runaway by incorporating small amounts of suitable additive materials into the electrolyte. Flame retardant additives maybe selected from a blend of organic phosphates and carbonate compounds, such as triphenyl phosphate and aryl/alkylphosphate, and vinyl ethylene carbonate or from single additives can provide superior thermal safety behavior at the fully charged state in high voltage lithium ion batteries. Some of these compounds can also be used as degassing additives in lithium rechargeable batteries by preventing gas generation at extremely high temperature storage. Preferably, these additive compounds are soluble in the electrolyte.
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The past year´s 1st Men’s League was played by 13 different teams, which played 2 matches against every other team. Almost every match day consisted of two games. This cup-style play was sometimes a problem, because it was very demanding, both physically and psychically and required teams to have the necessary width of their squad.
After the end of the league, the first two teams were promoted to our highest league, the Salming Extraliga, and the last 5 were relegated to their respective regional leagues. From the beginning it was obvious that TJ A-FbO Nižná and ŠK LIDO Prírodovedec will be setting the pace, with only FBC Grasshoppers AC UNIZA Žilina “B” being able to hold on for a few rounds. Therefore it was obvious that the two promoted teams will be from Nižná and Bratislava, because FBC Grasshoppers AC UNIZA Žilina “B” have the A team in Salming Extraliga and therefore didn´t even have a hypothetical chance. In the end TJ A-FbO Nižná won the league just by a single point ahead of ŠK LIDO Prírodovedec. Both teams lost just 3 matches of the 24 they played and therefore their promotion was well-deserved. The third place belongs to FBC Grasshoppers AC UNIZA Žilina “B” who lost 8 points more than ŠK LIDO Prírodovedec. The rest of the teams were pretty balanced with only 8 points setting the 4th and last team apart. The first relegated team was FBC BlueBerries Modra, who only won 2 matches, and with just 4 points in total they couldn´t even dream of remaining in the league. The 12th team was Žltý Sneh Košice with 13 points, who suffered because of their bad start. Sport Banská Bystrica and FBK Harvard Partizánske were also relegated with 16 and 17 points respectively. The last relegated team was VŠK Hurikán Bratislava “B”, whose 21 points wasn´t enough to remain in the league. FBK Púchov remained with just 22 points. Seventh and sixth place belonged to FBC 11 Trnava and Snipers Bratislava with the same amount of points, and so the rivalry that we´ve seen in the final of the Western Regional League will be seen in our 2nd highest League. ŠK 1. FBC Trenčín “B” were the fifth with 26 points.
The 2013/2014 edition of 2nd Men´s League was extremely balanced with many thrilling relegation matches. The new season will have a couple of big changes, which should improve the league even more.
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A contract worth £2 billion to build a fleet of 54 high-speed trains in the UK has been signed today by HS2. In total, 54 new trains, each capable of reaching 225mph will be built by Alstom and Hitachi Rail, at their factories in County Durham, Derby and Crewe.
The contract is considerably cheaper than had been previously expected coming in at around £2 billion compared to the £2.75 billion that had been estimated in 2017 when the procurement process started. This was put down to the competitive bidding process for the contract.
The design, manufacture, assembly, and testing of the new trains will be shared between Hitachi Rail and Alstom, although the interior layout will be decided later, following a design process involving HS2, the Department for Transport and the train operator.
The first stages of building the 432 HS2 bodyshells including vehicle body assembly and initial fit-out will be done at Hitachi Rail’s facility in County Durham, where Hitachi Rail recently invested in new welding and painting facilities. The second stage of fit-out and testing will be done at Alstom’s factory in Derby.
That splitting of the work will also result in plenty of photo opportunities to see part-built HS2 trains being moved between County Durham and Derby on slow freight trains.
In another boost for train-building in the UK, all the bogies (which house the wheelsets) will both be assembled and maintained at Alstom’s Crewe facility – the first time since 2004 that both jobs have been done in the UK.
The first train is expected to roll off the production line around 2027, and the first passengers are expected to be carried between 2029 and 2033.
Each of the new trains will be around 200m long — about the same length as an Elizabeth line train — with the option to couple two units together to create a 400m long train with up to 1,100 seats.
An option to build the trains to European mainland sizes was rejected as it would have limited them to High Speed lines only, in favour of the slightly more expensive option of building them to UK loading gauges so that the trains can swap between HS2 and existing mainline services. The downside to the flexibility is that the High Speed trains are designed for a modern straight high-speed railway, so will in fact be slightly slower than tilting intercity trains on the older rail network.
The trains will though benefit from Hitachi Rail’s low noise pantograph – the arm which collects power from the overhead wires. Developed in Japan, this technology will make it quieter than comparable high speed trains and use regenerative braking to boost energy efficiency. It will also be 15% lighter and offer 30% more seats than comparable high-speed trains in Europe.
The fleet of trains will carry around 85 million people per year, and by taking all the intercity traffic off the existing railway, will free up loads of capacity on the older railways for more regional and local train services to be added later. Carrying an estimated 26,000 people per hour, HS2 has been likened to the equivalent of building two new motorways if people were to drive instead.
Alongside, design, manufacturing and testing, the contracts also included 12 years of maintenance which could be extended in the future to cover the estimated 35-year life of the rolling stock. The fleet will be maintained at a new maintenance depot being built by HS2 on the outskirts of Birmingham. | [
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The Fish 'n' Chips Dinner is Friday, May 18 – Mark your calendar!
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The Keg is a steak restaurant and if a steak is what you fancy, it's a great place to go. The staff are efficient, friendly and personable, and the food is pretty much the same in every branch, as this is a chain. But it's good at what it does, and you know exactly what you are going to get there.
So if you're looking for something different and innovative, this isn't the place, but if you're after the reliable pleasure of a good, well-cooked steak served professionally in a pleasant restaurant, then it's a good choice.
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Will Amal Alamuddin and George Clooney stay married or divorce over George’s reputation with the ladies? George Clooney doesn’t exactly have a reputation for being faithful to his girlfriends/significant others, but he’s also never been married to a hotshot lawyer, a.k.a. Amal Alamuddin. Even though everyone predicted that George Clooney would never settle down, he proved everyone wrong and got engaged and married within a year – will he divorce again? Sure, the entire affair read like something out of the Great Gatsby, but still – George Clooney got married. To a woman. In real life. That’s a big deal, no?
Now, the question is whether he can stay faithful to said wife. Amal Alamuddin is a gorgeous, intelligent lawyer, whatever her other faults. But George Clooney was married once before, to Talia Balsam in 1989. However, sources say that their marriage ended on rumors of infidelity and cheating, and even if the rumors were inaccurate, they stuck. Of course, they weren’t helped by George’s revolving list of model girlfriends and his increasingly sordid reputation with the ladies.
At the end of the day, George claimed that he didn’t want to get married again, but he ended up getting married. Now, he’s claimed in the past that he doesn’t want children, but if Amal gets pregnant, what’s he going to do? Will he once again pull a switcheroo and claim that he’s ecstatic about having a child, or will he end up freaking out and cheating on Amal?
Men like George Clooney rarely ever change, and even though we don’t want to make presumptions about his ability to stay faithful to Amal Alamuddin, his history doesn’t exactly breed confidence in him staying with her. Maybe he’ll prove us wrong, but we have our pregnancy barometer to see if that’s the case.
What do you guys think? Whether Amal Alamuddin gets pregnant or not, will George Clooney end up cheating on her? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
George Clooney, his wife Amal Alamuddin and their friends, Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber are spotted relaxing on the beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on December 26, 2014. FameFlynet | [
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2 min read.Updated: 10 Jul 2020, 11:17 AM ISTAvneet Kaur
Save the AMC specific WhatsApp number in your mobile phone and just send a ‘Hi’ to start the conversation
If you are holding investments in more than one mutual fund house, you can use Cams Online WhatsApp services
NEW DELHI :
Most big mutual fund houses now allow you to invest in their schemes through WhatsApp, a widely used messaging mobile application. It surely makes mutual fund investment experience simpler. Let’s take a look at what's on offer.
At present, HDFC Mutual Fund, Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund, Kotak Mutual Fund, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund and Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund allow transactions through WhatsApp.
Investors can perform various financial transactions including lumpsum purchase, start their systematic investment plan (SIP), switch from one scheme to another and request redemption through WhatsApp.
Investors can perform a wide range of non-financial transactions as well. Investors can get their account statements, capital gain statements, update their contact details, nominee details, personal details through Whats App.
The services will differ for each AMC. For instance, Aditya Birla MF even allows investors to complete their KYC through Whats App.
On the other hand if you want to invest in Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund for the first time, their WhatsApp bot will direct you to their website to create an online account first.
Kotak Mutual Fund also provides Instant redeem facility from their liquid scheme through their WhatsApp service.
You can save the AMC specific WhatsApp numbers in your mobile phone and just send a ‘Hi’ to start the conversation and keep following their instructions to move on. Here are the Whats App numbers of different AMCs offering the service:
HDFC Mutual Fund : +91 82706 82706
Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund : +91 88288 00033
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund : +91 22 3324 7600
Kotak Mutual Fund : +91 93218 84488
Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund : +91 93722 05812
If you are holding investments in more than one mutual fund house, you can use Cams Online WhatsApp services. Cams is a mutual fund transfer agent servicing 16 AMCs. The process remains the same. Save the number- +91 6384 863 848 in your phone and send ‘Hi’ to begin the interaction.
CAMS Online WhatsApp bot will save your time if you are investing in more than one AMC and all the AMCs are being serviced by them.
Investing through WhatsApp is undoubtedly a fun and simpler way of investing. But, you should always do your research and understand your goals before investing. Do not make any investments in haste. Reach out to a financial advisor if you are a first time naive investor.
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Although it resembles a cute and cuddly sea creature, this little sea creature turns out to be a slug.
The sea bunny nudibranch (Jorunna parva) is a genus of sea snails that typically appears fuzzy and has two long ‘ears,’ which are actually sensory organs that detect chemical signals in the water.
In general, slugs and cute are not words you’d typically associate with each other. Even so, the image of Jorunna Parva, a sea slug, has been gorging Japan for some time now.
Their colouring and fluffy ears make them resemble a small bunny. As they scurry across the sea bed, sea slugs use their rhinophore cells to detect chemicals in the water.
The fuzziness also helps the sea bunny sense what’s going on around her. Sea rabbits have a fuzziness that is composed of caryophyllidiae, fleshy protuberances, and needlelike structures called spicules, which together appear speckled and aid the sea bunny in detecting danger.
Check out these Leaf Sheep.
Are sea bunnies poisonous?
“They’re very, very toxic,” the sea slug expert says, so Parva doesn’t have to worry much about predators during its brief life. The sea bunny also called the dorid nudibranch, steals its toxic defences from its food. A few of the toxins that droids produce are used to treat cancer in humans.
Where do sea bunnies live?
The sea bunny, or Joanna parva, belongs to the family Discodorididae and is a species of dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc. In addition to Korea, Japan, and Palau, it is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, South Africa, and Seychelles.
Are sea slugs safe to touch?
As a defence against predators, this sea slug stores stinging nematocysts from the cnidarian in its tissues. The sting of the slug can be very painful and potentially dangerous for humans handling it.
5 Things You May Not Know About the Sea Bunny Slug
That’s Not A Fur Coat
First of all, the white fur coat you see on the sea bunny slug is actually a variety of colors. It can range from yellow to orange to even brown. In addition, it isn’t fur. The nudibranch’s back is covered with small rods called caryophyllidia. Its spotted appearance comes from these small black spots that are arranged around white spots. These organs have a sensory function, according to most experts.
Those ‘Ears’ Are Actually Sensory Organs
Rhinophores actually serve as the sensory organs responsible for making these creatures look like bunnies. Detecting chemical scents allows the sea bunny to find food and also find potential mates with the help of these sensors. Rhinophores of sea bunny are particularly ‘fuzzy’ in the world of nudibranchs, allowing for a larger surface area for reception to occur. Considering how small they are, sea bunnies are capable of scent detecting over surprising distances.
Sea Bunnies Are Hermaphrodites
A sea bunny is a hermaphrodite, which means it has male and female reproductive organs. The sperm and eggs of both species are fertilized by each other. So both mothers and fathers have children while they are also direct siblings.
Predators Don’t Like Their Toxins
Because they are extremely toxic, these little slugs keep predators away. As a member of the dorid nudibranch family of sea snails, the sea bunny slug steals toxic protective attributes from its food. Toxin-containing sponges are usually eaten by them.
Sea Bunnies Have Short Lifespans
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1 in 5 mums and 1 in 10 dads: these are the shocking figures on perinatal anxiety and depression in Australia.
The question is, what are we doing about it?
Feeling down or stressed during one of the most joyful times of your life is not the way it should be. The good news is, there is much we can do to support parents during pregnancy and first year of a child’s life.
The 12 – 18th of November is Perinatal Depression & Anxiety Awareness Week. This week is an initiative by Australian charity PANDA to help raise awareness around what signs to look for and where parents can seek support when they feel anxious or down during those all important early years of parenting.
Watch this candid presentation from Dr Vijay Roach and Cathie Knox from The Gidget Foundation about how they managed post natal depression raising their 5 children. This 1-hour talk was recorded last month at the Parents At Work educational event during the Swedish Dads exhibition and addresses the mother, the father and the professional’s perspective.
Where to seek help?
If your employees, colleagues or even yourself need extra emotional wellbeing support when pregnant or in early parenthood:
- Call the national PANDA hotline: 1300 726 306
- Encourage them to open up and share what’s going on for you with a person they trust
- Connect with a professional such as their GP or a parenting organisation like Karitane.
- Enrol them in a Parents At Work Preparing for Parental Leave or Balance & Wellbeing course and webinar to give them the practical tools for transitioning to parenthood
- Download Perinatal Depression & Anxiety Awareness Week Poster and display in your workplace
- Spread the word on social media #bePNDAaware #PNDAawarenessweek
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Ubud is the place to see Bali's traditional Fire Dance. It is performed at night and combines music, dance and mythological story-telling.
Follow the tourist trail from Ubud, Central Bali to Bedugul in the mountainous north and you can experience a Balinese holiday that offers the best of village life, market-vibes, and natural beauty. Ubud, Lovina Beach and Bedugul, all have their specialties and yet still evoke authentic Balinese culture and the people's love of life.
Ubud deserves her reputation as the art, dance and music capital of Bali. Ask any local about their family, and someone is bound to be a dancer, wood-carver or artist. Art and craft is everywhere: high-quality ink canvases, traditional and contemporary paintings; kite-making, puppetry (shadow puppets as well as wooden hand-held puppets); there are hand-crafted drums, recorders and other instruments; wood-work and carvings, exquisite batik, fashion design and world-class leather work. If art and craft is your passion, then consider a more interactive approach: there are full-day and weekend courses in batik, jewellery-creation and kite-making for around $30 per person.
At any Balinese market, buy produce for which the town is famous: in Ubud, it is batik, art, craft and wood carvings.
Check-out Ubud's fixed-priced shops until you can't take anymore; if you are looking for something generic, then these almost busy stores give you a good indication of price which prepares you for market-bargaining. If designer-art grabs your attention- then buy it: Ubud art and craft is first-class quality and true designers and artisans may only sell their unique work at their own outlets. Fashion designers and silver smiths also create customised pieces. Ubud is the place to buy designer silver and crystal jewellery.
Traditional dance and music is etched in Ubud's DNA so do not pass up the opportunity to see her Fire Dance, as well as the bi-weekly shadow puppet performances and more frequent gamelan shows. Dance performances of this quality are not common throughout Bali, especially in the north. If you stand at the intersection of the village square and Ubud's central market you can buy tickets to dance and puppet shows most days of the week. The Fire Dance, a performance tradition that merits great community pride, pounds strong base rhythms and an all-male chorus which contrasts against delicate gesture-based and ornate-costumed dancing that tells the character-based story of the Ramayana. The Fire Dance is performed at night and is a highlight of Ubud's cultural and artistic life. Wayang Kulit performances (shadow puppets) often cater for Western tourists, as they are shorter than Javanese shows and may also include some English expressions and dialogue.
Sacred ceremony is part of public life in Ubud. Even if you are not invited to visit the temple on auspicious dates, you can still witness ceremony as the heart and soul of Ubud.
Sacred ceremonies are an important part of Ubud's village life. Sometimes, tourists can attend (if in doubt, just ask) but you can always witness public possessions and will, in a small way, become part of the honour and tradition. I have visited Indonesia six times, and twice have been privileged to attend public cremation ceremonies
. These and other public sacred ceremonies I have witnessed have all been in Ubud. Public ceremony seems to be woven into Ubud's spiritual fabric.
Lovina Beach is 'Dolphin-Central'
Lovina Beach, which is a 2-hour drive from Ubud, is 'dolphin-central'. Lovina is essentially a beach culture without the craziness of Kuta or southern Balinese towns. Lovina's shore is lined with black sand which has worked to protect her from tourist-mania.
You can have an 'up-close-and-personal' dolphin experience at a Lovina hotel that has rescued and rehabilitated injured dolphins. The hour-long'snuggle and swim' costs about $100.
Lovina Beach devotees love the ocean and water-sport activities. Lovina offers diving and snorkelling tours and adventures: you can also swim with dolphins in a hotel that has rescued injured dolphins, or communicate with wild dolphin pods from motorised boats that launch every day, in the early morning. The ocean-dolphin adventure tour
is a very natural and respectful way to interact with these fascinating and playful creatures. Spend a few days in Lovina just walking along the beach
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George Thorogood, Capitol Steps coming to Hudson Valley
Political satire and a Delaware rock legend are coming to the Hudson Valley.
The Bardavon has announced a performance by the Capitol Steps at 8 p.m. Feb. 23, and by George Thorogood and the Destroyers at 8 p.m. March 19 (at UPAC). Both shows go on sale to the the public at 11 a.m. Friday; members can get tickets starting 11 a.m. Wednesday.
The Capitol Steps is a political satire comedy troupe that sings songs about the (dys)function of our government. They've been singing songs about presidents for decades, from Reagan to the current Obama administration. Tickets for this Bardavon show are $40, $35 for members.
Thorogood, meanwhile, is a classic rock legend, performer of hits "Bad to the Bone," "Move it on Over" and "Who Do You Love." The Delaware native is celebrating 40 years with the Destroyers, playing tight guitar based rock emphasized by Thorogood's throaty vocal presence. Tickets for the UPAC show are $64 Gold Circle, $49 and $44 for members.
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A team of MIT researchers have revisited the standard way solar panels are constructed and have developed a new structure that maximizes the capture of sunlight.
Cubes or towers that extend the solar cells upward in three-dimensional configurations. Amazingly, the results from the structures they’ve tested show power output ranging from double to more than 20 times that of fixed flat panels with the same base area.
The biggest boosts in power were seen in the situations where improvements are most needed: in locations far from the equator, in winter months and on cloudier days. The new findings, based on both computer modeling and outdoor testing of real modules, have been published in the journal Energy and Environmental Science.
“I think this concept could become an important part of the future of photovoltaics,” says the paper’s senior author, Jeffrey Grossman, the Carl Richard Soderberg Career Development Associate Professor of Power Engineering at MIT.
The time is ripe for such an innovation, Grossman adds, because solar cells have become less expensive than accompanying support structures, wiring and installation. As the cost of the cells themselves continues to decline more quickly than these other costs, they say, the advantages of 3-D systems will grow accordingly.
“Even 10 years ago, this idea wouldn’t have been economically justified because the modules cost so much,” Grossman says. But now, he adds, “the cost for silicon cells is a fraction of the total cost, a trend that will continue downward in the near future.” Currently, up to 65 percent of the cost of photovoltaic (PV) energy is associated with installation, permission for use of land and other components besides the cells themselves.
For an accordion-like tower — the tallest structure the team tested — the idea was to simulate a tower that “you could ship flat, and then could unfold at the site,” Grossman says. Such a tower could be installed in a parking lot to provide a charging station for electric vehicles, he says.
Photo: Allegra Boverman- Two small-scale versions of three-dimensional photovoltaic arrays were among those tested by Jeffrey Grossman and his team on an MIT rooftop to measure their actual electrical output throughout the day. | [
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The author of a new study into Western Australia’s electricity future says the falling cost of solar power systems could drive a tenfold increase in privately owned solar capacity in WA by 2025.
Adjunct Professor Bill Grace is an urban sustainability specialist at the University of Western Australia’s (UWA) Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC).
Professor Grace has warned Western Australia’s government and the state’s electricity sector must act now to prepare for the inevitable impact of residential and commercial solar power; which he says will be much higher than currently predicted by the Independent Market Operator (IMO), the controller of WA’s Wholesale Electricity Market.
IMO forecast the growth of private solar to reach approximately 1000 MW of nameplate capacity by 2024. Professor Grace’s model suggests this figure could be as high as 3,000 MW by 2024 and 3 times that figure by 2035.
WA’s electricity network needs to be modified to take full advantage of the surplus energy that will be exported into the grid, otherwise the network will be destabilised and electricity prices would rise in a so-called ‘ electricity death spiral’.
Commercial solar power will potentially be the biggest contributor to growth by far in Western Australia says the Professor as payback periods are lower for commercial systems due to a better match between solar generation and demand.
“While private solar has grown mainly in the residential sector to date, rapid take-up by businesses will likely follow and those systems will be much larger and could eventually be double the capacity of residential systems,” Professor Grace said. “The resulting reduction in electricity purchased from the network will reduce revenue, necessarily implying increased unit costs which would be passed on to consumers. The tariff increases merely exacerbate the problem – hence the ‘spiral’.”
Professor Grace said the Government was lagging behind in preparing for a transition resulting from the massive growth of privately-owned solar and the public-policy need to phase out the use of fossil fuels in power generation.
“The days of the electricity industry being the sole provider of energy services to consumers are over,” said Professor Grace. “The industry is now competing with its customers, and future policy has to be about working with that reality and driving the most efficient economic outcome rather than trying to protect the existing industry players.”
The Professor stresses the ascent of privately-owned solar panels is not a bad thing if handled properly.
” Lower emissions and lower total energy costs are positive outcomes for society and should be embraced, not resisted.”
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Exposure to e-cigarette vapour has no impact on the ability of Streptococcus pneumoniae to infect mouse models, according to new research published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Exposure to smoke from conventional cigarettes is a critical risk factor for pneumonia. S. pneumonia is the most frequent cause of pneumonia in children five years and under, as well as adults older than 65, and immune-compromised individuals.
In the study, the investigators compared the effects on S. pneumoniae of exposure to strawberry-flavoured e-cigarette vapour containing nicotine, the same vapour with no nicotine, cigarette smoke, and with no cigarette-related exposure.
As compared to controls, nicotine containing e-cigarette vapour induced major changes in gene expression of pneumococcus, affecting 264 genes, mostly involved in metabolism and stress response. Nicotine free e-cigarette vapour changed altered expression of just 14 genes, and only modestly.
“Interestingly, neither nicotine containing nor nicotine free e-cigarette vapor altered the ability of pneumococci to cause lung infection in a mouse model of infection,” said the study’s corresponding author, Dr. Kulkarni. However, both nicotine-containing e-cigarette vapor and cigarette smoke caused moderate induction of biofilm formation,” according to the report.
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A public foreclosure auction is scheduled for April 19 to sell 20 house lots in the Southern Woodlands, an area that was part of divisive and costly land use battle that pitted golf course developers against the Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC), and bitterly divided local town officials.
The auction could have repercussions that affect a complicated land swap agreement between the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank and the town of Oak Bluffs. That agreement, signed in 2004, would create a valuable parcel of land that could be developed for use in several ways. That land swap deal was never completed, however, in part because the town has not cleared the titles to the land in the seven years since the agreement was signed.
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Oak Bluffs selectmen, town officials and housing advocates agreed to discuss their options, with an eye to formulating a strategy before the auction, now just three weeks away. Those options might include affordable housing, conservation, amendment of the land swap agreement, or commercial development.
Corey Kupersmith intended to develop the land into a luxury residential neighborhood with an equestrian theme, after several proposals to build a golf course community failed to win approval from the MVC. He got all the necessary regulatory approvals and began building the development, but quickly ran into financial problems.
Bidders who want to buy one or more of the lots will have to deposit $50,000 at the time of the bid and 10 percent of the purchase price within three days of the auction. Buyers will have 45 days from the auction to complete the purchase.
The new owners will have to pay back taxes and any other municipal liens on the property. They will also have to comply with special permits and subdivision plans approved by the Oak Bluffs planning board in 2004 and 2005.
For years, Oak Bluffs was one of dozens of landowners of private landlocked parcels, many with unclear titles. The key to unlocking the ownership maze was the 88-acre Webb’s Camping Area, part of approximately 400 acres of land now referred to as the Southern Woodlands.
The camping area had been for sale for years. An offer by the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank was refused, and in 1998 a golf course development company announced that it had an option to purchase the property. The company went to work clearing titles and acquiring more parcels.
When their efforts stalled, Mr. Kupersmith, a wealthy golf enthusiast and pharmacy entrepreneur from Greenwich, Conn., took over. Mr. Kupersmith approached the town and MVC officials with a plan to develop an 18-hole golf course and offer a benefit package he thought would be eagerly embraced. At one point the development included public walking trails, payments in lieu of taxes, an offer to lease a portion of the former Webb’s Camping Area to the town at no cost, and a permanent conservation restriction.
The proposal spawned a bitter battle that divided the town and ended with the MVC’s rejection of three successive applications.
In March 2005, Mr. Kupersmith sold 190 acres of the southern woodlands to the Land Bank for $18.6 million. The arrangement paved the way for Mr. Kupersmith to build a 26-house subdivision on 90 acres of land that he retained.
The luxury housing development was intended to bridge the financial gap between what the Land Bank was willing to pay – that is, approximately $100,000 per acre – and Mr. Kupersmith’s asking price of $26 million.
The agreement included a provision under which the Land Bank would swap a 24-acre rectangular lot without access, owned by the town, for “more convenient acreage located elsewhere in the Southern Woodlands, contingent on town meeting approval.”
The swap was intended to provide the town with a more accessible piece of property adjacent to the Land Bank piece.
On October 26, 2004, Roger Wey, then chairman of the Oak Bluffs selectmen, and Edith Potter, then chairman of the Land Bank Commission, signed an intermunicipal agreement to execute the land swap.
That led to the Land Bank’s purchase of Mr. Kupersmith’s property, completed in 2005. The new property completely surrounded a 24-acre parcel owned by Oak Bluffs. The Oak Bluffs property was known as the “donut hole,” because it was landlocked, completely surrounded by other property, with no right of access from any roadway.
Without legal access from a roadway, development was impossible.
The land swap agreement called for the Land Bank to assume ownership of the town’s “donut hole” property (designated as Parcel “S” in the illustration) to preserve as conservation land.
The town would assume ownership of the Land Bank’s parcel (Parcel T). That parcel abutted land already owned by the town (Parcel O) next to the Martha’s Vineyard Arena, | [
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This is an important time for pruning, particularly those shrubs that flowered in the second half of last summer, or which produce coloured stems for winter effect. It's important also to know which shrubs NOT to cut back. The all-over barbered look is no more suitable for gardens than it is for men.
Abelia Cut out any branches that have died back or been damaged in winter. Make the cut just above a new green shoot. On overgrown bushes, thin out some of the old wood.
Abies No regular pruning is required but you must not let the tree develop a forked top with two leading shoots. Where this has happened, cut off one of the pair of leaders as close to the main trunk as you can.
Abutilon On outdoor plants, cut back any dead or damaged shoots. Conservatory plants need tougher treatment. Cut back the main branches by half and reduce all the laterals to about 10cm (4in).
Berberis No regular pruning is necessary, but cut back long straggly growths. To rejuvenate old specimens, take out one or two stems at ground level each year.
Bougainvillea Best done in February, but if you have forgotten, act now. Shorten main growths by a third and cut back all the laterals close to the base.
Buddleia Cut all growths back to within 8cm (3in) of the old wood.
Campsis Hard prune this rampant climber by cutting back the previous year's growths to within 8cm (3in) of where they started.
Caryopteris Prune strong growth hard back to new buds at the base. Cut out weak growths altogether.
Ceratostigma No regular pruning is required but overgrown or damaged branches can be cut down to the ground now.
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Gilbert White, the 18th-century parson and naturalist used his garden at Selborne in Hampshire as a living laboratory, experimenting with plants and noting the results in a superbly detailed journal. This Wednesday at 6.30pm, David Standing, head gardener at Selborne, talks about White and his work at the Garden History Society, 70 Cowcross St, London EC1, admission £10. For tickets call 020-7490 2974, or see gardenhistorysociety.org.Reuse content | [
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Shanghai Volunteer Corps Drill Hall, viewed from Metropole Hotel, Shanghai
© 2013 Adrienne Livesey, Elaine Ryder and Irene Brien
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ep01-390. The SVC Drill Hall is the building with a part glazed roof, left of the chimney. In the foreground and on the right, are parts of the Shanghai Municipal Council building.
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Since what has come to be known as the Great Dimming that occurred in the latter half of 2019 and early 2020, the red giant star Betelgeuse hasn’t stopped making fun of it.
The regular cycles of brightness fluctuations of the dying star have changed, and Betelgeuse is now uncharacteristically bright. At the time of writing, she is sitting 142 percent of its natural brightness.
It has been swinging back and forth on a small but steady upward trend for several months and hitting a The most recent peak is 156 percent in April.
Currently, Betelgeuse is the seventh-brightest star in the sky—up from its normal position as the tenth-brightest, prompting speculation that Betelgeuse is about to explode in a spectacular supernova.
Unfortunately, it probably isn’t. Although Betelgeuse is about dead on cosmic time scales, on human time scales the supernova could be 100,000 years away.
According to scientists, its current behavior is likely to be a bit of constant fluctuation after the 2019 darkening, and the star will return to normal within a decade.
Located about 700 light-years from Earth, Betelgeuse is one of the most spectacular stars in the sky. It hangs above us, glowing like a bloodshot eye, a star in the red giant phase that marks the end of its life.
But Betelgeuse is an unusual type of star, even for a red giant. Once upon a time, it was an absolute beast: a blue-white O-type star, the most massive stellar weight class.
Stars in this mass range burn through their hydrogen stores more quickly than stars of lighter weight. Betelgeuse just about 8 to 8.5 million years ago. Compare that to a star like the Sun, which is 4.6 billion years old and is in the middle of its hydrogen-burning age.
Betelgeuse has changed its spectral type as it roughly passes through its hydrogen reserves. It now fuses helium into carbon and oxygen and has ballooned to a gigantic size: approx 764 times the size of the Sun and about 16.5 to 19 times its mass.
Eventually, it will run out of fuel to burn, go supernova, shed its outer matter, and its core will collapse into a neutron star.
The Great Dimming Event saw the star’s brightness decrease by a significant amount, approximately 25 percent. Astronomers scrambled to find out why. It turns out that cooling on the surface of Betelgeuse caused a huge cloud of dust to condense on the star.
This cloud was later ejected, partially obscuring Betelgeuse, making it appear faint. Scientists say it’s fairly normal behavior for a red giant star; We don’t usually get a front row seat like that.
Before the Great Dimming, Betelgeuse also had fluctuations in brightness on regular cycles. The longest of these cycles is about 5.9 years; last 400 days. But the Great Dimming seems to have caused some changes in these fluctuations.
A new paper, led by astrophysicist Morgan MacLeod of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, uploaded to the arXiv preprint server, finds that The 400 day cycle seems to have been halved.
This pulsating cycle is driven by the expansion and contraction within the star. According to simulations by MacLeod and colleagues, the convective plume inside Betelgeuse could have burned away, becoming the material that separates from the star.
In the process, this outflow disrupted a phase of the 400-day cycle, producing the roughly 200-day cycle that the star is currently exhibiting.
Therefore, Betelgeuse is still reeling from the great dimming, which means that it is unlikely that its current brightening is also associated with ongoing problems.
As astrophysicist and Betelgeuse expert Andrea Dupree of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics — co-author on the Maclean team — Tell Scientific American“Just imagine if you ejected a large chunk of the material. Then everything else would flow out, and it would roll… I think what happens is the upper layers have trouble getting back to normal.”
However, the team predicts that eventually, normal life will return to Betelgeuse, and it will continue to live thousands of years in relative peace for some time to come.
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So, I’ve always been into 60’s and 70’s cars, but have had a few older ones. I recently bought a hot rodded Ford truck. I liked the look, but knew it had issues. Someone had spent some time and effort along the way, but then there has been some stupid shit done. I often wondered why I never saw axles drilled in this area, and once I did some searching on this site I found out why. It has Vega box cross steering, and split ford wishbones on a Superbell dropped axle. Never knew the axle ends flex a bit, so, is a new axle in my future? | [
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Dark paint draws attention to a concrete ceiling.
Homeowner Scott Shortt wanted his 586-square-foot Toronto condo to feel cosy and less "big blank box". Dark floors and a charcoal wall inject personality into the small space rather than making it feel cramped. The dark walls also make the raw concrete ceiling seem more like a feature, and draw the eye to his artwork, bright white sofa and splashy throw pillows. If you do go dark on the walls, be sure to incorporate bright accent colours like Scott has done here.
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Filmmakers use several elements to attract young audience and they drive them crazy towards theatres. One of them is the use of trendy bikes, which have a special place in the lives of youth. This trend dates back to four decades in Telugu film industry. In 1970s, a few Tollywood directors and heroes were fascinated by this idea and tried to bring fashionable motorcycles in their movies.
These fashionable bikes have been mainly used in romantic song sequences in Telugu movies. Scenes featuring a hero riding the bike, while his lady love in the back are common scenes in Telugu films and they have always impressed the youngsters. Another favorite scene is bike chasing sequence in which hero is chasing a villain or being chased by the latter. Here we bring you some pictures of trendy bikes in leading Telugu Superstars' movies.
Chiranjeevi was very much a bike freak during his early days of acting and has used several bikes, which were in fashion in those. This picture features the actor on Royal Enfield in his 1987 movie Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu.
Nagarjuna is also fancied by bikes and during his interviews, he has often spoken about his dream of going around Hyderabad on his bike. The actor has used bikes in most of his movies and this one is from his 2005 movie Super.
Venkatesh is seen riding a fashionable bike in his upcoming horror movie Shadow, which is slated to release in January 2013.
Balakrishna has also been featured riding different bikes in many of his movies and this one is from his 2008 film Okka Mogadu.
Pawan Kalyan is one young actor, who is very much fascinated by trendy bikes. Once in while, he is said to go on bike rides in real life even today. A latest model bike is must in his movies. These pictures is taken from his 2011 flick Teen Maar.
Mahesh Babu is another young actor in Tollywood, whose craze for bike is beyond our imagination. He is another star, who makes sure that his movie will have a bike scene. This one is from his movie Athithi.
Ravi Teja is also crazy about bikes and the picture features him sitting on his fashionable bike in his movie Nippu.
Allu Arjun, who is known as Stylish star of Tollywood, is also attracked by motorcycles. This picture is from the movie Vedam, which features him on different bikes.
Ram Charan Teja can also be seen different race bikes in almost all his movies. This one is from his last movie Racha.
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Cincinnati, Ohio – My mother has taught me many things in life – some positive, others negative. One thing that sticks in my mind after learning about the two women in this story, is a saying my mom liked to threaten me with: “I better not catch you doing *insert action here* because I will *insert punishment here*.” As I grew up, I was able to read between the lines and what I learned from the above statement is: “When doing the crime, HAVE NO WITNESSES!”
Precious Allen’s mother apparently did not teach her that. Or maybe she can’t read between the lines. You see, Allen, along with friend Dawn Brunner and her 14-year old daughter, reportedly busted into a classroom of Withrow High School last week – police say the women gained entrance to the school by knocking on the door until a student opened it – the trio proceeded to ignore the many warnings of checking into the office and walked into a classroom.
Allen started arguing with the 15-year old victim in the classroom. The argument eventually escalated and Allen apparently ordered her daughter to hit the other girl. Allen then helped her daughter out by dishing out a few punches of her own before holding the victim down and instructing her daughter to “hit the girl in the face with a combination lock.” Which she did. Talk about teamwork! This woman hit the lottery, there was no way I was listening to my mom when I was a teen.
Police spokesman Sgt. Julian Johnson says there is some sort of rift between the teens. It better not be about a stupid boy. Cause if it is, someone needs to be bitchslapped.
The victim had cuts and bruises after the fight and a teacher who had tried to break up the fight earned a black eye.
Allen, 31, is charged with felonious assault and aggravated criminal trespass. Her daughter is charged with felonious assault, assault and criminal trespassing. Brunner did not participate in the beating, but is facing criminal trespassing charges.Tags: Assault, Cincinnati, Dawn Brunner, Ohio, Precious Allen, trespassing | [
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LAKE PLACID – Speaking to more than 200 business officials from the Adirondack region at the Conference Center Thursday, market research consultant Bill Siegel asked the crowd to yell out whom they work for, all at the same time.
Following the cacophany, Siegel presented a slide asking the crowd “What village is this?” Then, “What region is Lake Placid in?”
After the assembled crowd in the room said “Lake Placid” and “Adirondacks” in unison, the founder of Longwoods International made one last remark.
“I rest my case,” he said.
On a day where the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism convened more than 200 business officials from across the Adirondacks at the 2016 Adirondack Destination Marketing Summit, Siegel presented those last two slides to hammer home the main theme of the day he and ROOST were trying to convey: branding and marketing the Adirondacks as one destination.
Siegel’s keynote speech was entitled “The power of one voice,” and the presentation highlighted how tourism branding and advertising provides a “halo effect” for potential visitors and economic stimulus. Pointing to successful marketing campaigns like “Pure Michigan” and “New Mexico True,” Siegel showed data that claimed visitors are much more likely to visit, start businesses or move to destinations thanks to branded marketing campaigns.
Following the presentation, ROOST CEO Jim McKenna said the concept of conveying the Adirondacks as one marketing destination with one message is one of ROOST’s primary goals. He said it’s still a struggle to get the entire region on the same page with the same message after decades of fragmented marketing efforts and town vs. town rivalries. He said he still sees pushback from some in the region, but he’s hopeful Thursday’s Summit will get the region’s businesses thinking more.
“I’m not sure yet how people are taking it, but what I thought was important that I hope people took away was that we have to get ourselves under one message, because if we don’t, it becomes a lot harder to increase our overall business,” McKenna said.
“That’s why we’ve seen ROOST starting to get as much as possible into Adirondacks USA, to give it a little bit of an identity,” ROOST’s CEO added. “And also to give it a geographic location. So that’s one thing we are doing, but we also recognize that we have more than just the Adirondacks. We’ve got certainly Lake Placid, but we also have some key destinations that the trick is going to be, how do we come up under a single brand while still having an identity for the key components? That’s what we are really trying to focus on now.”
That focus was touched on in Siegel’s other session, a presentation to a smaller group of assembled locals showcasing data Longwoods International had collected specific to the region. Bar graph after bar graph showed data broken down as “Lake Placid” or “Other Adirondacks.”
Siegel, originally from Toronto, proclaimed to the crowd that his research had shown in recent years Lake Placid was focused too much on selling itself as the location of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics, and that “The Olympics won’t take you to the future.”
Siegel then asked the assembled crowd to raise their hands if they were from Lake Placid or the Adirondacks, with many more raising their hands for the entire region. After that introduction, Siegel presented dozens of slides presenting nuanced statistical information about visitors, why they come to the region and what they did in the region.
“You’re going to be shocked,” Siegel said of the differences in data between Lake Placid respondents and Adirondack respondents.
Longwoods International’s data analyzed 1,422 trips that included the Adirondacks from a 285,000-trip sample across the country. More than 1,000 of the trips were classified as overnight versus more than 300 day trips.
The most stark difference in data between Lake Placid and the Adirondacks was in gender, as nearly 70 percent of Lake Placid visitors were males, versus a majority of nearly 60 percent of female respondents to the rest of the Adirondacks.
“I’ve never seen it quite that big,” Siegel said of the difference.
The data also highlighted the lack of diversity in the region’s visitors, with fewer than a dozen percent of both Hispanic and African-American visitors to both Lake Placid and the rest of the Adirondacks.
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Caring for Creatures
Sanctuary which provides care for abandoned, abused, neglected and otherwise homeless dogs and cats. Pictures and descriptions of adoptable pets, events, wishlist, adoption application and agreement, fundamental training techniques, and discussion forum.
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King Arthur and the Myth of History
Laurie A. Finke and Martin B. Shichtman
King Arthur and the Myth of History considers why, in the 12th century, tales of a 6th-century British king who achieved immortality in an apparently hopeless struggle to repel Saxon invaders, suddenly emerged full blown, virtually from nowhere. Further, why did this figure from the margins of the Norman empire suddenly become an important subject of historical writing at the center of that empire, and why has he since continued to be an enduring cultural icon? Laurie Finke and Martin Shichtman contend that Arthur has been employed by historians as a potent but empty symbol to legitimize institutional political ambitions during times of social stress.
The study focuses on three periods of cultural crisis: the Norman colonization of England in the 11th and 12th centuries, the Warsof the Roses in the 15th century, and the rise and resurgence of fascism in 20th-century Europe. It examines four English chronicles of the Norman period--those of William of Malmesbury, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Wace, and Layamon. Other chapters investigate John Hardyng's Chronicle and Malory's Morte D'Arthur, both produced during the tumult of the Wars of the Roses. Finally, it considers more contemporary texts that offer the history of Adolf Hitler's acquisition of the Holy Grail: Jean-Michel Angebert's The Occult and the Third Reich: The Mystical Origins of Nazism and the Search for the Holy Grail and Trevor Ravenscroft's Spear of Destiny.
Finke and Shichtman argue that these texts reveal tensions between the claims that history makes about objectivity or referentiality and particular social, political, and ideological agendas. They demonstrate that at historical moments of great stress, the turn to antiquarianism, in an effort to bypass traumas of the recent past in favor of archaic origins, offers a unique opportunity for the literary and cultural theorists to investigate the aims and uses of history itself.
Laurie A. Finke is chair of the Women and Gender Studies Program at Kenyon College. Martin B. Shichtman is professor of English at Eastern Michigan University.
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"Historically grounded and theoretically sophisticated, King Arthur and the Myth of History provides a wealth of new insights into the'making' of history in Arthurian literature; it belongs on the bookshelf of every scholar with an interest in the shaping of the past and its relation to constructions of self and community in the Arthurian legend."
"King Arthur and the Myth of History is a challenging book. It is not for those who dislike the language of critical theory, but it is thought-provoking and original."
--Times Literary Supplement
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This is such a useful little sheet! It is a blank story map to use with any book you choose. It can be a way for students to record these story elements from a book they have read in class, or it can be a planning page for fiction writing. I hope it is a helpful resource for your classroom.
There are two versions of this sheet in the download.
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An interesting life experiment today, which is the happiest day I’ve ever had:
- Fast the whole day (no breakfast, no lunch, only dinner).
- Walk around all day
- Go to the gym twice (once in morning, once in late afternoon). Then in the evening before eating dinner, workout in the gym inside my apartment complex.
- Talk to a lot of strangers
- Take photos (RICOH GR III)
- Write and blog from phone (4g internet).
- Extremely high elevated mood. Probably the happiest I’ve ever felt in my life (ever in a single day).
- Extremely high vigor and physical strength (did max attempt dumbbell press and squat today). At night before dinner, maximum attempt chin-ups and yoga.
- Tons of turbo thought ideas circulating in my mind. Extreme optimism for the future and the morrow.
Then comes the thought:
Is this the optimal way to spend a 24 hour day period?
If I lived this lifestyle on loop indefinitely, could I reach a new level of happiness and creative thriving?
Downsides to this lifestyle?
Considering I’ve been walking all day for hours, I’m not perched at a coffee shop all day. Therefore I’m technically writing and producing/creating less. However I feel that by walking around all day, the quality of my thoughts and ideas are superior.
Furthermore my mood and personal happiness feels far higher with this lifestyle. And if we think that happiness is physiological, then perhaps this is what is optimal and best for my body, soul, and life?
Modifications to this lifestyle?
Is there anything I would desire to modify for this lifestyle?
- In the middle of the day, get a massage or acupuncture?
- During my day, listen to more music?
- Walk even further — and strive to see more of my city?
Walking is king.
Walking is essential for intelligence, health, vigor, happiness, and maximal well-being.
Perhaps instead of trying to discover new ways we can “optimize”our health and working out, what if our work schedules and lifestyle revolved around our natural desire to walk, frolic, dance, and be physically active?
- Better to be poorer and have more freedom to walk in your day (and freedom of your schedule), than to be rich and chained to a desk.
- If you gotta work at 9-5 job, utilize a standing desk whenever possible. Or maybe experiment with a treadmill desk?
- Do the “pomodoro” working technique, and when your 25 minute burst is done, go for a long walk around the office or block.
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I am convinced: if you desire to appropriate the maximum from reality and your life, you must become self employed. Not “fire”(financial independence retire early), because to work is still fun. The goal is to only work and pursue things which interest you. Also it’s still fun and interesting to make money and pursue new entrepreneurial endeavors. | [
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With Easter right around the corner, Jack wanted to do the bouncy, naked egg experiment. We put an egg in a mason jar of water and we put another egg in a mason jar of white vinegar. We didn't have a complete mason jar, we had the jars with the hole at the top for a straw. I didn't want the whole house to smell like vinegar so I put saran wrap on the jar before I put the lid on. We used brown eggs because that is all we had. Immediately you could see the egg in the vinegar was bubbling causing a reaction and their was some brown residue at the top of the jar from the brown shell.
After 24 hours, the egg in water was slightly cracked and little of the egg white was floating in the jar. I took the egg out of the vinegar and rinsed it gently under water and rinsed out the jar and replaced it with fresh vinegar, then I placed the egg back in the jar. You could tell it was already rubbery but still had a little shell left on it. Then I soaked them for another 24 hours.
On the third day we took the egg out and observed them. The egg in water was like a normal egg. The bit of egg white that leaked out had the consistency of jelly.
The vinegar egg was awesome, it had swollen in size, was rubbery, see through and bouncy (up to about 6 inches). When it finally did break and you could feel the rubbery membrane, it felt like a balloon.
While we were patiently waiting on eggsperiment, we had a park day with some friends and had a family dinner with Jack's cousins over.
The Science Behind it:
The shell of the the egg is made of calcium carbonate. When you place an egg into vinegar, it starts to bubble, which is the chemical reaction of the acid in the vinegar reacting with with the calcium carbonate producing carbon dioxide. You'll also notice that the egg gets larger as it sits in the vinegar. That is because some of the vinegar is absorbed in the egg through its semi-permeable membrane. Jack said the egg smelled like vinegar when it broke too. | [
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There tends to be a strong consensus among entrepreneurs and business school professors that having a business plan is a must, especially for first-time business owners. It sounds good and looks good on paper to be able to say you’ve written a plan and have a clear strategy going forward. Formalities aside, there are many reasons every successful entrepreneur should have a good business plan, and as you will see it goes far beyond looking good on paper or simply doing so because “my professor said so”
Though the reasons are numerous and full of complications for the sake of this discussion I’ve narrowed it down to three and have made them as simple as possible in light of what we’re talking about. As anyone who has tried will tell you running a business is no easy task, and having a clear strategy going ahead is far more than mere busy-work typed mindless into a document or scribbled into a notebook. Here are three reasons you should have a good business plan, even if you just know you’re the next Bill Gates and won’t need one.
1. It Is Your Road Map to Success
Many new business owners have spent so much time coming up with their business idea and tailoring it to perfection that they not have thought as far ahead as actually executing the idea and making it as successful as we know it deserves to be. In other words, we have a name, a location, a great product, and we’re ready to launch but somehow find ourselves shrugging our shoulders saying,
“Well, I started a business, now what?”
Your business plan will be your guide during every step of the process as bringing your business to life. There will be many twists, turns, and expected events but your business plan will keep you on track you’ll always know what to do next. It may require some tailoring over time but your business plan will also ideally be a living, breathing document that will allow you to plan for future events as well to make the most of what you have. It will also measure the heartbeat of your business by showing you where your goals were to be and where you are now. Without a business plan, you might as well be going on a road trip without a map or a GPS. You may find you’ll be burning a lot more gas, stopping to ask directions more often, and you may never find your destination at all, but hey it’s all about the journey, right? No. In business, it’s about accomplishing goals, and doing so will be much easier with a clear plan going forward.
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Not having a clear answer to a question a business owner should have an answer to can not only be embarrassing but it’s bad for business. It makes you look unprofessional, weak, and a very undesirable business partner. It can cost you clients, money, and valuable time. Many of these questions are questions you will have a clear answer to only if you have a business plan.
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A solid business plan allows you to look good when asked tough questions and operate efficiently under pressure, without it you’d better bring your best tapdancing shoes.
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If you’re starting a business and have chosen a “pay as you go” approach you may be doing it wrong. This is fine if you don’t expect to do much business or see this as more of a hobby, but if you’re serious about being successful in business you will need to know how much money you need to achieve optimal growth in the beginning stages of your company. This is your baby and it’s going to need plenty of nourishment in the form of capital.
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Gray whales will be migrating south and there will be Whale Watching Week events from Dec. 27 to Dec. 31 at sites along the coast, Oregon State Parks announced Thursday. Volunteers with the Whale Watching Spoken Here program will be at 24 locations on the Oregon Coast from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. each of the five days. The volunteers will give whale watching tips and point out where visitors most likely will see the animals.
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"The whales are always out there," said Parsons, who works at the Depoe Bay Whale Watching Center. "It's just whether or not the weather and the ocean allows you to see them."
He recommends that whale watchers bring binoculars or spotting scopes — the whales can be 2 to 5 miles offshore — and rain gear, as well as sunglasses. Even on primarily cloudy days the sun might break through and cause a glare on the water, making it difficult to see the whales.
The sites near Florence where volunteers will be stationed during Whale Watching Week are Cape Perpetua Interpretive Center, Cook's Chasm Turnout, and Sea Lion Caves Turnout. To see all 24 sites, go to whalespoken.org.
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Doctors will be told to stop prescribing too many medications which act as a "chemical cosh" for those with dementia, and shorten the lives of 1,800 people a year.
The action is part of a plan to improve the care of those with dementia, by improving the training of nurses and doctors, and closely monitoring the quality of services provided by care homes and hospitals.
Care homes will be told to review the use of all medications given to people with dementia, to reduce the numbers of people prescribed antipsychotic drugs which should only be used as a last resort.
Last year a major report found that 180,000 patients are prescribed the treatments each year, despite the fact they do not benefit three quarters of those given them, and can cause death, or major side effects, such as strokes.
Care Minister Paul Burstow has been campaigning for years against the misuse of such drugs.
He told The Sunday Telegraph: "Far too many prescriptions of antipsychotics are not clinically justified and can lead to premature death. We want to dramatically cut the use of these drugs among elderly people.
On Tuesday, he will announce a plan, expected to be backed by around £200m funding, to improve all aspects of dementia care, so that sufferers are diagnosed earlier, and receive better care when they are in hospitals and care homes.
Training for GPs will be boosted, so that the condition is detected sooner, with more people referred to specialist clinics which can distinguish between everyday memory problems and the first signs of conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.
All local services will be required to publish detailed information about the quality of service they provide.
Mr Burstow said: "The system at the moment often works around failure and crisis management of elderly care. We must change that.
"Large numbers of people are left undiagnosed with dementia which means patients and their families don't know what is happening or how to plan ahead until it is too late.
"We want to get earlier identification so patients can have a more dignified journey through the condition."
Prof Alistair Burns, national clinical director for dementia, said staff caring for those with dementia needed to try to find alternative ways to deal with patients when they became agitated.
In one pilot scheme, two thirds of residents in a care home who were on antipsychotic medication were taken off the drugs after their cases were reviewed.
Alternative strategies, such as attempting to detect the triggers for agitation, could be more effective, said Prof Burns.
The professor of old age psychiatry at the University of Manchester cited the case of an elderly widow with dementia who became anxious every evening at 6pm.
After sensitive questioning, staff realised that her agitation stemmed from thinking that she ought to be preparing her husband's evening meal.
Once she was given the task of setting tables for other residents at the end of each day, her anxiety was reduced.
More than 700,000 people in Britain are believed to suffer from dementia, a figure which is predicted to rise to more than 1 million within a decade, as the population ages.
Among those over the age of 65, one in three will die with a form of the disease.
Prof Burns said: “We know that two thirds of people suffering from dementia never get a diagnosis, which should be the starting point to ensure that they can get support and interventions which can help to delay crises”.
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"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, 'O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?' Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?"
--From Robin Williams' amazing role in "Dead Poets Society, 1989."
The Powerful Play Goes On
I was never good enough for starring
roles, for characters with names
other than 'ensemble' or 'chorus'.
There is no shame in it now, and no pain
in waiting for my cues from the wings, though once
I thought I might die from the wanting. How
Shakespearean! How dramatic! I envied,
not the cheerleaders, but the Thespians.
The funny girls. The self-assured boys. My voice
was used to blend and smooth the sharp edged divas, lit
with their own burning desires and a follow
me spot. I am older now and rarely even sing
for myself, but my voice is still sure. If I could write
a new play for the past, I would give myself
a speaking role, something quiet, something simple, not
to upstage the leads, but to softly harmonize,
so no one had to carry the show alone. So
no one has to carry the show alone.
--LJ Cohen, August 12, 2014
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