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Honeywell Expands Face Mask Production In Europe With New Manufacturing Line In The United Kingdom
May 15, 2020 By DefenseConference.com
Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced that it will build a new production line capable of producing up to 4.5 million FFP2 and FFP3 disposable face masks per month at its Newhouse site in Scotland, United Kingdom. These masks will assist the U.K. government's response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
The U.K. government has ordered 70 million of the locally produced Honeywell SuperOne face masks, with production expected to start as early as July. The masks will be distributed by the Department of Health and Social Care to the U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) and social care settings to protect frontline workers.
The new mask production line is expected to create approximately 450 jobs at Honeywell's Newhouse site.
"As a global leader of high quality personal protective equipment, Honeywell is committed to getting safety gear to those who need it most, including workers on the front line of the fight against COVID-19," said Will Lange, president of Honeywell's personal protective equipment business. "Our Newhouse facility has both the physical capacity and technical capabilities to launch a large-scale respirator production line in such a short timeframe. We are proud of our teams who are bringing new manufacturing capabilities to the United Kingdom as quickly as possible to support the country's response to the pandemic."
This is the third new face mask production line Honeywell has announced in the last two months. The company started two new manufacturing lines in the United States for the North American market.
Honeywell's Newhouse plant specializes in electronic systems assembly and testing and other advanced manufacturing capabilities for several of Honeywell's business groups, and will continue to do so alongside the new face mask line.
"These 70 million masks are the result of our challenge to U.K. industry to scale-up domestic PPE manufacturing," said Matt Hancock, Health Secretary, U.K. government. "This deal is brilliant news for the whole United Kingdom, which will not only deliver the masks we need but create around 450 jobs in Newhouse, Scotland. I'm delighted to team up with Honeywell to open up another avenue to get millions of masks to the frontline and strengthen our ongoing response to the outbreak."
Honeywell will supply the 70 million face masks from Newhouse to the U.K. government over an 18-month timeframe.
About Honeywell
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 technology company that delivers industry-specific solutions that include aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings and industry; and performance materials globally. Our technologies help aircraft, buildings, manufacturing plants, supply chains, and workers become more connected to make our world smarter, safer, and more sustainable. For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit www.honeywell.com


This article is the fourth and final part of our beginner's course in solar electricity. Simultaneously we have instituted a Home Energy Information (www.homeenergy.info) section on our website where you can ask questions of Jeff Yago, the author of this series. Yago is a licensed professional engineer and certified energy manager who has written many energy articles for BHM. He has extensive solar thermal and solar photovoltaic system design experience, and is author of Achieving Energy Independence — One Step At A Time, which includes many solar system wiring examples. It is available from the Backwoods Home Bookstore or by calling 804-457-9566.
Many people contact me each month and want to power their all-electric four-bedroom home with three or four solar modules.
Kyocera solar modules mounted on outbuilding roof.
I am going to use Part 4, the final installment of our Solar Power 101 series of articles, to dispel some of these solar array misconceptions, and hopefully make you a more knowledgeable solar consumer.
First, if you want to power a conventional all-electric home with solar modules you can forget it, unless you want to spend what your house cost in the first place. Today's solar modules can convert 14% to 18% of the solar energy they receive into electricity under ideal conditions. This means the more square-feet of solar array you have, the more power you will generate. However, outdoor temperatures, cloud-cover, site elevation, and shadows from nearby objects will reduce this electrical power output substantially.
After reviewing many popular sizes of modules available from several different manufacturers, I calculated an average nameplate rating of 11 to 12-watts per square foot. Remember, this performance was measured at perfect "solar-noon" conditions using a sun simulator, not the real sun. Since there will be some efficiency losses for less than perfect "real world" conditions, 10-watts per square-foot of roof area is a good "rule-of-thumb" for most areas in North America.
Take into account the location of the module junction box when installing modules to minimize interconnect wiring.
Those of you planning a project in sunny southern latitudes can expect better performance than those of you in cloudy northern latitudes, but this will be a good starting point for our discussions.
[available as of October, 2004].
Residential-size solar systems typically have a 24 or 48-volt battery-bank, unless they are grid-tied systems without batteries. Therefore, you should use a module count that is a multiple of two, since most modules have a nominal voltage of 12 or 24-volt. For example, if you wanted to install a solar array in the 2 kW size range, you could install 24 modules at 80-watts each (1,920 watts total), but should not use 25 modules just to make it match a nominal output goal. This will allow equally dividing the voltage and current among other system components, such as array circuit fuses, charge controllers, and wire runs.
For example, if we use Shell Solar Model #SQ80 modules as listed in Table 1, we could install two rows of 12 modules (21 ft. wide x 8 ft. long) or four rows of 6 modules (10.5 ft. wide x 16 ft. long.) Both would take up 168 square-feet of roof area, but one layout may fit the proposed roof space better than the other.
Siemens (shell) 100-watt modules ground-mounted with horizontal axis.
A solar module can be mounted in either direction; however, the location of the off-set junction box on the back of a module can affect the length of wire runs between modules.
When selecting the mounting location for your array, keep in mind there should be no shading of any part of the array between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm. A narrow shadow from a nearby chimney partially covering only one module can actually reduce the total array output up to half!
You will receive the highest yearly-total output if the array is on a south facing roof, with a roof slope equal or greater than the latitude for your location. However, we have mounted solar arrays in all orientations from almost due east to due west, and with all roof-mounting angles from vertical to flat, to accommodate unusual local site conditions or design requirements; so don't panic if your planned location is less than perfect.
Yes, the sun shines all day, but at the lower sun angles before 9:00 am and after 3:00 pm, the solar array will have a much lower power output. During shorter winter months this "solar day" is even shorter. There are weather tables available giving total sun-hours for most cities in the United States, but if you are looking for a ballpark sun-hour per day value, use 4-hours for winter months, and 6-hours for summer months. Again, those of you in more southern latitudes may exceed these averages, while those of you in more northern latitudes may have fewer peak sun-hours per day, especially during winter months.
Round single-crystal siemens (shell) modules. Note expansion space between module frames.
From our earlier example of a 1,920-watt array, this results in 7.68 kWh/day in the winter (4 hr. x 1,920 watts) and 11.5 kWh/day in the summer (6 hr. x 1,920 watts). Remember, these are manufacture nameplate performance values using sun simulators. Your installation will have a lower output due to the system losses we have already discussed. For most systems and site locations, your actual system useful AC wattage output will be 20 to 30 percent below the module nameplate DC wattage values, even with ideal weather conditions.
In our previous installment, we talked about battery-based inverters and grid-tied inverters that do not use batteries. You can use the same solar modules for both system types, but how the modules are wired together will be different.
Some solar module manufacturers start with a round, single-crystal of silicon that is sliced into very thin wafers. These have electrical conductors plated to each side, and are then sandwiched between a tempered glass front panel and a vacuum sealed plastic or vinyl material backing. This assembly is then mounted in an aluminum frame, which allows easy attachment to mounting racks or a building structure.
Single-crystal cells with squared sides to allow closer cell placement.
Other solar module manufacturers start with a "block" of multi-crystalline silicon, which is also sliced into very thin wafers, and follows the same type assembly as the single-crystal module. Since a multi-crystalline material can be cast into larger square blocks than a round single-crystal can be "grown," a square-shaped solar cell is easier to place close to each adjoining cell, allowing less material waste and more cell surface area per module frame size.
To achieve the same cell density, most round single-crystal cells have each side cut off to create a square shape with rounded corners. This allows the same cell density per module frame-size, but at a higher material waste and cost.
A third cell technology that offers significant manufacturing cost savings is a solar cell that is "plated" onto the back of the glass front, then this silicon material is "cut" into individual cells using a laser. Unfortunately, the wattage-per-square-foot output for this amorphous cell technology is substantially lower than the more conventional modules, so you will need significantly more roof area for the same output. However, since this amorphous module sells for a much lower price-per-module, your actual array cost per watt will be almost the same. As research continues in this area, I am sure these lower efficiencies will increase significantly.
Non-glass uni-solar modules and metal backed solarex module.
Some solar manufacturers are using waste silicon left over from micro-electronics manufacturing processes. These are also excellent modules, since this "scrap" silicon is very high grade to start with.
There are some solar manufacturers mounting solar cells directly onto a metal or vinyl backing without any glass front plate. These modules are for applications subject to physical damage, like the deck of a sailboat or vehicle roof. Some modules are flexible and can be rolled up or tied down to irregular mounting surfaces. These are excellent for portable applications, but are not normally available in higher wattage sizes.
Since it costs millions of dollars to set up a solar cell manufacturing facility, most of the solar module brands you will see in the marketplace today are from large brand name manufacturers and carry excellent product warranties. Some may have a heavier frame than others, and some may have a different size or exterior finish, but they are all very similar. However, you will find that their cost-per-watt and watt-per-square-foot values will be different.
As to which type is better, that is like asking which brand of truck is better. Stay with name brands and solid warranties, and remember, if you do encounter a technical problem or need warranty replacement, that low cost, high volume Internet solar distributor may be long gone when you have a technical problem. Support your local licensed solar dealers and use only licensed electricians for any wiring modifications to your home. Their experience will keep you from making very expensive mistakes.
This concludes our series on Solar Power 101. I hope you now are a wiser solar consumer as you start to plan your own alternative energy system purchase.


The purpose of this instructable is to show you how to build a portable object photography soft-light box using low-cost materials and simple tools. The box should easily fold up and store under a bed or behind furniture. Then when it's time to shoot, the box can be quickly reassembled and set up.
*Note: if you use a non-measuring straightedge, you'll need to obtain a measuring tape or ruler as well.
Choose a cardboard box that will suit the average size of the object you'll be photographing. It is important that the box is large enough to allow ample room around the object to give you some flexibility composing the shot with your camera. For my project I chose a shipping box measuring approximately 25 x 25 x 25 inches (635 x 635 x 635 mm). You don't have to choose a cube-shaped box like I did, but I chose mine because I felt a cube would be much easier to work with. You'll see why further on in the construction steps.
Ideally the white tape should be flat white (matt white) to aid in diffusing the white light bouncing inside the box. A 2-inch wide (about 51-mm wide) white-paper Artist Tape should work well. The Artist Tape can on occasion be a bit pricy, so if you know of a good alternative, please share that information in the comments section. Your contribution would be much appreciated. The tape has to be sticky enough to hold the fabric taut across a cutout window of the cardboard box.
Note: later on in the construction, I noticed that the Artist Tape was not flat white, but close to a satin finish. However the glare from it was minimal so in practice it became a non-issue.
The purpose of the white muslin fabric is to diffuse white light coming into the box from your external light sources. If the fabric is too thick, it might diffuse better but will also attenuate the light excessively. If it's too transparent, you might lose the diffusing effect that is essential for soft light photography. When you find the fabric, hold it up to the light to test how much light gets through. The size of the fabric, at a minimum, should be large enough to cover both sides of your box. I bought 6 feet (1.8 m); I wanted to have some left over for other projects.
The large format heavy white paper or poster board, which will be used as a background, needs to be as wide as the interior width of the box and as long as the height + length of the box. For example, if, hypothetically, the interior of your box is 20 inches wide by 26 inches high by 30 inches long (508 mm by 660 mm by 762 mm), cut the the background 20 inches wide (508 mm) by 56 inches (142 cm) long. If you want your shots to look professional, it is worth going through the effort of obtaining a roll of large-format white paper. The last thing you want to do is taping two sheets together to make up the length and end up with an ugly seam the picture. My poster board was too small, so I splurged and bought for $19.51 USD a roll of inkjet printer/plotter paper measuring 24 inches by 150 feet. That should last me for a while. I calculated that it might render about 35 background sheets. You don't need to spend that kind of money. There are economical alternatives that you can exploit such as using the reverse plain white side of a roll of a heavy-weight gift-wrapping paper. Again, we welcome your ideas.
The Velcro strips should be the kind that has a pressure-sensitive adhesive side with the peel-off backing. Both hook and loop strips should each have an adhesive side. You can still use the ones that don't have adhesives, but you'll need to find another way to affix them to the box, whether you use hot glue, regular glue, staples or other adhering methods of your choosing.
The white sheets of printer/copier paper are used for covering any exposed color from the interior box walls. If the box is white inside, you have no problem. If the interior is cardboard brown, then you should cover that up with white paper. The idea is to reflect diffused white light within the box for even illumination. You may opt for spray-painting the interior of the box with flat-white (matt white) paint instead of lining with sheets of paper. Ensure that paint is as neutral white as it can be.
The blue masking tape (painter's tape) is optional but useful. For example, the tape is used as a hinge for a hatch. If you choose to remove the hatch entirely, the blue tape will peel off the box without damaging the box's surface.
Not included in the materials list is something that you might need in the future, packaging tape. Eventually you might need to make repairs to the cardboard box. Rather than using your expensive white or blue tape, you may consider buying some packaging tape. They are fairly inexpensive if you know where to look. Try not to use the packaging tape inside the box as the tape tend to be very glossy.
For the following steps we're going to assemble the box and apply the velcro strips.
Close the inner flaps of one end of the box. Leave the other end of the box open.
This side is now designated as the rear of the box and--obviously--the opposite end is now the front.
Cut the strips approximately 3 inches ( about 8 cm) in length.
Peel the backing of one side of the velcro strips and adhere near one corner of the flap and press against it firmly. I placed them at an angle about 2 inches (5 cm) from the corner, but the angle shouldn't be critical.
Separate the fastened strip if you haven't done so already.
and by "lightly" it means just barely holding on.
If you leave the other two flaps open, you can put your hand inside to push against the inner flap for support while you press from the outside.
You should hear the satisfying peeling velcro sound as you open the flap. If not, ensure that the strip is still positioned correctly, close the flap and apply pressure again.
Note: if you tear a layer off the box, cover the injury with permanent tape and adhere the velcro on top of the tape. It happened to me later on in this build, so I used a piece of white tape to make the repair.
That should do. Now you can securely close this end of the box.
The hatch gives you easy access to the subject (object) from above to reposition it without disturbing your camera setup.
It also gives you better reach of the interior rear of the box for mounting your background material.
The upper opening gives you an optional 'skylight' window for bringing in additional illumination to your subject from above.
It gives your camera a bird's-eye-view perspective if you want to shoot downward.
The gap between the outer flaps should be horizontal.
Why? The interior flap orientation provides a lip for installing your background.
On the top surface of the box, measure 3 inches (76 mm) margin from the edges and make some guiding marks for your straightedge. I just put four crosses with my indelible marker representing the four corners of the cutout.
Note: if your box is smallish, you can adjust the measurement to 2 inches (51 mm). The idea is to not cut too close to the edge because doing so might compromise the box's structural integrity. You're going to make more cutouts so you'll see why. Use your judgement.
Using the marks you made from the previous step, cut along the straightedge and repeat for the four sides to cut out a rectangular piece. Ensure that your cuts are straight and clean and keep track of the orientation of the cutout piece because you will be putting it back in place.
Use blue tape to hold your straight edge in place so that you can focus on making a clean cut.
When cutting, especially on a double-thick walled box, cut in multiple strokes so that your edges don't become jagged. You can see above that my first cuts were far from perfect until I started to use the multiple-stroke-cutting technique.
To keep track of the orientation of the hatch piece, draw an arrow on it pointing to the front of the box. I also wrote "Top" on the hatch piece, which, along with the arrow, was quite redundant since I already had the big FedEx logo on it, but I marked them for illustrative purposes.
Maintaining the correct orientation of the cutout piece, put it back in the rectangular opening then tape the rear gap to the box surface to make a hinge. Tape almost exactly the full length of the gap. I used blue masking tape in case at a later date I decide to remove the hatch entirely without damaging the surface of the box.
To make the pull handle, on the edge opposite to the hinge, loop a piece of tape perpendicular to the edge and create a loop to make a pull handle*. Now the hatch should be easily opened with the pull handle.
* To make the pull handle, cut an 8-inch piece of tape, then at the 4-inch point put a mark on the tape. Do the same for the 3-inch point and for the 5-inch point. Fold the tape at the 4-inch mark and let it adhere to itself for about 1 inch (the 3- and 5-inch marks meet). Stick one end the tape on top of the hatch and the other end to the bottom.
This concludes the hatch-making section. Next, you're going to make the side windows.
As you did with the top hatch, on the side of the box measure 3 inches (76 mm) from the edge and mark the four corners.
With the aid of a straight edge, cut a rectangular window. Repeat for the opposite side. Save the pieces you cut out because you will be using them as templates.
In the following steps you will be installing the fabric for the side windows and lining the interior of the box with white paper. If instead of covering the interior with paper you choose to paint the interior with flat-white (matt white) spray paint, now is a great opportunity to do so, because you would not need to protect the fabric from overspray. Ensure that you also paint the interior side of all 4 flaps located at the front the box.
Place that piece you saved on top of a single layer of the muslin fabric.
Leaving between 1- to 2-inch (25 to 51 mm) margin around the template, cut the fabric around the template.
You can use your marker to create a guide for cutting. The marks you make will be covered up by the white tape.
If the fabric is waaay too wrinkled that no amount of stretching will help it, iron it. It's not that difficult.
Use sharp scissors (shears are better). It is just too easy to make a jagged cut with dull scissors, like I did.
Using your white tape, attach the fabric you just cut to the inside 'frame' of the rectangular window. The fabric should to be somewhat drum tight so that it stays flat. Repeat for the opposite side.
Next, you're going to whiten the interior of the box.
You can skip this step if you already painted the interior of the box.
Using sheets of copier paper and white tape, cover every bit of the interior surface of the box, except the fabric, of course. If there are any glossy surfaces, you need to cover those too; that is to avoid any uneven lighting reflections.
On the front side of the box, cover the interior side of the inner and outer flaps as well. You'll see why later on.
To cover the frame around the hatch, just use the white tape.
Bring the edge of the tape as close as you can to the box's folds. If you cover the folds with tape or paper, it might hinder folding and your covering work might be ruined when the box is folded.
As shown in the picture fold about 1 inch (25 mm) along the width of the sheet. I wrapped mine around a ruler and made a U-shape channel.
The folded end fits over the top edge of the inner flaps of the rear of the box. You'll need to open the outer flaps and the hatch so that you can use both hands for this operation. Take care not to wrinkle or fold the background sheet. The idea is that the background sheet should hang from the top and gently curve forward towards the front of the box. Once you install the sheet, close the outer rear flaps so that they hold the background sheet in place.
Arrange your two light sources as shown and place your test subject inside your hand-made soft light box and place the object right in the center of your stage. Aim the lights closer or further from the side windows for different effects and lighting intensities. Shoot pictures with your camera at different settings to see what kind of results you get. Experiment, experiment, experiment and take lots of photos. Out of those you may find this one gem that looks great.
When you are shooting an object that has a reflective surface, one technique you can do is close the outer flaps in front of the box until you get a slit just wide enough for your camera. That way the object will reflect the slit but not the photographer. That is a technique that some professional photographers use when they are shooting products such as new silverware or pots and pans. Next time you open a catalog or an ad, take a close look at the product pictures and notice what is reflected on the product image.
You already know how to fold up the box, but it is important that you first pull out the background sheet carefully to avoid putting any visible wrinkles or folds on the sheet. Roll from the folded edge first and go with the natural curve when it was installed in the box. Use a low-tack tape like the blue tape to secure the roll.
When you reinstall the background sheet, unroll as shown and attach the folded edge back on the top edge of the inner flap. The two free corners of the sheet might curl up; just tack it down with blue tape so that the outer front flaps can swing freely.
You are good to go. Enjoy the rewarding activity of object photography.
Get sharp scissors or shears. Dull ones create unnecessary work and you end up with poor results.
To cut cardboard neatly, especially a double thickness one, using a straight edge anchored to cardboard surface with blue tape, then cut the cardboard in multiple strokes.
Before installing the white fabric, paint the interior of the box with neutral white spray paint. It is worth it. Lining the interior of the box with paper is very tedious and time-consuming and you might have better results with paint.
Iron the fabric before installing it.
When installing the velcros to the rear flaps, cut one piece about 3 inches long and the mating piece, 1 inch long. Align the small piece in the center of the larger piece. That should avoid tearing a layer off the box.
Instead of velcro, use small powerful disc magnets. Dig a shallow hole on the surface of the cardboard flap using the magnet as a template, and glue (or hot glue) the magnet into the hole. Then, to ensure that they align correctly when the flaps are closed, stack another disc magnet on top of the glued one. Then take a pencil and rub the lead over the one on top so that when you close the flap, the mark from the pencil transfers to the other flap. You can then use that marking as guide for gluing the second magnet.
On the subject of magnets, secure with white tape two small disc magnets on the back and top edge of the background sheet. The inner flaps would have another pair of magnets already glued or taped in place. Then it would be a matter of maneuvering the background sheet into the box and clicking it to the magnets. Easy peasy.
When shooting a photo, anchor the camera down on a tripod. If you have a DSLR or a camera that provides manual control; use the lowest ISO setting; disable the flash; focus manually; set the lens opening to the smallest opening possible to increase the depth of field (depth of focus); and since the camera might be using a slow shutter speed to compensate for the smaller lens opening and low ISO, it is best to trigger the camera either remotely or using the built-in 10 second timer to avoid jiggling the camera when pressing the trigger. I noticed that when I was photographing a glass tumbler, my camera did a horrible job at automatically focussing because it could not see the glass surface on which to focus. Once I chose manual focus, I was able to lock down the focus and take good pictures.
To light from the top, make a cardboard frame larger than the hatch. Install muslin fabric on the frame. Open the hatch and lay the frame over the hatch opening. Now you can light it from above and diffuse that light as well.
When the box is disassembled and folded up, the rolled up background sheet needs to go into some kind of protective container such as a mailing tube.
Woohoo! Talk about a detailed 'ible. Off the charts and a great read. Thanks for all the time you've put into this. Very nice and useful.
Thanks for the complement. The actual build would have taken a couple of hours at most, but making this instructable took awhile, about one order of magnitude more spread out in a week. I must say it was fun to do and I look forward making more.
Congrats on your win! I think you deserve it.
I am a professional photographer... Great job on explaining how to make this. RE: artist tape, save some money by running the fabric close to the end, use a glue stick or double sided tape to hold it. Then, use 3/4" artist tape from Office Depot which is inexpensive http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/609696/Stae... it's about $5. Or drywall tape from a home center. Just hit it with a little spray adhesive. http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/609696/Stae... RE: Fabric use Rip Stop Nylon, which what most soft boxes are made with. If the light is too harsh, just drape another layer on the outside. The "quality" of light is a function of both distance from the light to the fabric panel and the distance from the panel to the object, the closer the panel is to the object, the less defined the shadows.
RE: White background paper, try butcher paper from any restaurant supply or plain white paper cloths.
Those were very useful suggestions. Thank you for your feedback.
Very nice! You deserve a patch. I would have made this if I hadn't already wussed out and bought a portable photo studio kit on eBay, partly because it included lights.
Excellent job on your first Instructable!
This is a fantastic idea, I like. I'm taking a break from making BBQ cook threads, but when I get back to it, I'm going to make one of these. The first photos of my cook thread usually have daylight streaming sideways at them through the kitchen window which often sets up a lovely shot. By the time 'low and slow' cooking was done, my end photos were often taken at night. Building this 'ible could help me get nicer finished plate shots. Thank you!
Oh please post an "I Made it!" with example food photos. I would like to see what that would look like with soft lighting. I imagine that the photo would incorporate soft lighting plus a spot light source focus on the food itself to avoid casting shadows on the background paper. That way you can control the glistening effect that makes food look more appetizing and it also gives it an outdoorsy effect.
Wow, my friend, even more good advice with spot light and glistening. I like that, too, I believe I can raise the bar that high. I'll probably be making cook threads again in November or so, I'll post an "I Made it!" when I get back into that swing. Thank you for being so helpful!
I've been thinking about the spot light and perhaps it doesn't need to be a spot, but a single point source light to emulate the sun. Like a single halogen natural white light source. That is if you want to give it a daylight feel to it.
I love that daylight feeling!! That's one of the reasons I love taking daytime cook thread shots by the kitchen window, they have a 'blue sky' feel. I replaced my kitchen CFLs with LED daylight bulbs to help get the yellow out of my night cook thread shots and it's helped a lot but still, my night cook shots are underexposed. I picked up some thinner white fabric last year to stretch on a simple frame with a daylight LED shining through from the side onto the plate (advice from a pro friend) but still have not put that together. The idea that I can capture glistening in a box has me hypnotized. Do you think I could get that effect with a daylight LED? Not sure if there is a price difference, it may work better to use halogen. I'll check into it and report my findings in my "I Made it!" later this year. Hope you like photos of low and slow smoked meat (I smoke blocks of tofu for vegan family and friends, too).
Let me know for sure how it turned out. It is a great thing to learn from each other. Food photography is something that I have never attempted. I have a question. Do you shoot with a white background or do you shoot with a place-setting background?
My food photography is simple, mostly because I don't know how to make it complicated. I just got out of auto focus into manual focus not long ago. There was a great instructable that explained ISO, shutter and aperature so I'm looking forward to experimenting with that. I use my kitchen counter as a backdrop and sometimes layer linens/fabric under glass and other plates to provide colour contrast. Here's a few examples.
I'm sure the first two daylight/nightlight examples are taken in auto focus but could either have incandescent or LED daylight bulbs for the night plate shots. One was a Weiner TD I turned into a Rocky Horror Picture Show theme and the other is cabbage rolls that starts with diced onions.
I think I used manual focus for the other two -- carrot cake smoked in my kamado and the pho soup with smoked steak skirt slices. I would still use the counter for daylight shots, I like the atmosphere, but a soft light box for the night plate shots would be awesome to have.
Hmmm yummy appetizing dishes. I'm ready to eat the last one. Pho?
Well, I *WAS* going to buy a lightbox set up, until I saw this; I have everything on hand, except for the blue tape....and I am thinking about hand painting the inside with flat white paint that I have on hand :) TY for this!
The tape doesn't have to be the blue masking tape. Should be a tape that can be easily removed without tearing up your work but strong enough to do the job.
I'm looking forward to seeing your results.


REUTERS/Brendan McDermidAlibaba Group Holding Ltd founder Jack Ma (2nd L) poses as he arrives at the New York Stock Exchange for his company's initial public offering (IPO) under the ticker 'BABA' in New York September 19, 2014.
We're learning more details about what an Apple-Alibaba partnership might look like, thanks to a Wall Street Journal interview with Alibaba cofounder Joseph Tsai.
In October Alibaba founder Jack Ma hinted that the e-commerce company might join forces with Apple.
"I hope we can do something together," said Ma.
If people want to use Apple Pay in China, Apple would have certain restrictions and limitations on operating payment businesses in China. So we are thinking whether there is any opportunity for us to work together where Apple Pay and Alipay can somehow work together in China.
Alipay is part of Ant Financial, so (Ant Financial CEO) Lucy Peng and her business development team are involved in the talks. Right now, I think what we can say is that this is focused on the China market for Apple.
Tsai points out that navigating regulations in China is just one reason Apple would be interested in partnering with Alipay.
Tsai said Alibaba is also looking at operational details, like tying AliPay accounts to Apple Pay.
"If you are talking about Alipay as the back-end operation to support the front-end Apple Pay, how do the two systems work?" said Tsai.
It seems like Apple and Alibaba are still working out the technologies needed to make a partnership work, but that conversations have reached this point should bode well with iPhone (and Apple Pay) fans in China.


O-Issue 2014: The Heads of Power--a who's-who guide of campus administrators.
At the top reigns is President Robert Zimmer, in office since 2006 and pledged to stay until at least 2019. The former math professor and department chairperson has been at the helm during a tremendous growth spurt for the University. Under his watch, the University has seen the addition of two new dorms, it's first-ever engineering program, extended community development and engagement, the opening of two (soon to be three) new study abroad centers, and the reorganization of the higher-ups in his administration. Should you pass by the President's House at the corner of 59th and University one morning on your way to your 9:30 class, there's a good chance you'll spot crews packing up furniture and tents from a fundraising celebration the Zimmers hosted the night before--fundraising is one of the principal responsibilities for the university president, especially since the launch of the $4.5 billion Inquiry and Impact fundraising campaign this past May.
Next on the gate comes Provost Eric Isaacs, acclaimed physicist and former director of Argonne National Laboratory, whose responsibilities now revolve around all things academic at the University. The deans of the University's academic divisions, from the Law School to the Divinity School to the College, report to him, as do the heads of campus institutes such as the Smart Museum and the Urban Education Institute.
There is, however, a step that lies between the deans and the provost on the administrative tiers: the vice presidents of the University. One of the most prominent VPs to students is Karen Warren Coleman, in charge of Campus and Student Life and Student Services since 2009. Her stated duties range from UChicago Dining to the Spiritual Life Office, as well as the Student Counseling Services, but she was also the point person last year when several students protested the University's lack of a trauma center by holding a sit-in at a University construction site. Warren Coleman also played a significant role in the University's decision to abandon the swimming test for incoming students in 2012.
Currently vacant in this tier is that of Chief Financial Officer. Its previous occupant, Nim Chinniah, left UChicago this summer to become the Chief Operating Officer at Northwestern University. The search to replace him is ongoing.
Last but not least on the totem pole of gargoyles come the deans, a grouping of administrators so broad and vast that they deserve two levels on Cobb Gate.
By far the most visible dean is Dean of the College John Boyer, the unofficial historian of the University, longest-serving in his role as dean and bike aficionado—not to mention a part-time Prancerciser, thanks to a certain item on last year's Scav list. Boyer continues to study and share the history of the University and beyond as the Martin A. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor in History and has frequently taught parts of the Civilizations study abroad program in Austria.
Twenty-one years behind Boyer in her tenure, Dean of Students in the University Michele Rasmussen joined up last year in the newly-created position. Rasmussen is quickly making her presence known on campus, however, holding lectures on lemurs (one of her areas of expertise) and other events with students, including a Leadership Conversation organized by Student Government last spring, that quickly turned to the discussion of the trauma center activism. Eye witness accounts report that she has also participated in yoga during last year's Kuvia winter festival.
But the even fresher babe is John "Jay" Ellison, the Harvard administration transplant who joined UChicago on July 1 to replace Dean of Students in the College Susan Art. News of Art's departure broke in the Maroon last spring, coming after a year of embroilment in federal and local student allegations of mishandling cases of sexual assault and leaves of absences. Art maintained that her decision to retire was unrelated.
Ellison told the Maroon in April that one of his goals is to be as approachable as possible for students, faculty and staff. His primary obligation lies in maintaining the student advising system.


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Restoration Hardware shares rise as results beat
Published: Sept. 8, 2016 at 6:46 p.m. ET
Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc. reported its first quarterly decline in a key sales figure since going public and sharply lower profit as it continues to grapple with production issues.
Still, the luxury home goods retailer's second-quarter results landed above expectations, sending its stock up 13% to $40 in after-hours trading on Thursday.
Restoration Hardware has been dealing with production woes along with a sales slowdown as it switched from a promotional to a membership model.
While those challenges have weighed on results, Chief Executive Gary Friedman -- hired from rival Williams-Sonoma Inc. as part of an earlier turnaround effort -- said that retail shops are the key to unlocking the company's value. Design ateliers will be added to showrooms along with restaurants and coffee shops at select locations, including its flagship store in Manhattan's Meatpacking District that is under construction and San Francisco's Bethlehem Steel Building, much as it did in Chicago's 3 Arts Club building.
Mr. Friedman acknowledged in June that the company's "missteps and investments to transform our brand and business" have hurt short-term results, but they would eventually "be recalled as brave bumps along the road less traveled." The production issues drove the company to a first-quarter loss, its first quarter in the red in nearly three years.
On Thursday, the company said its second quarter bounced back to the black, as it posted a profit of $6.9 million, or 17 cents a share. Still, net income was down 77% from a year earlier. Excluding stock-based compensation and other items, profit fell to 44 cents a share from 85 cents a share a year earlier.
Meanwhile, revenue rose 7% to $543.4 million, helped by the acquisition of luxury kitchen and bath fixtures company Waterworks. However, comparable brand sales, a key sales figure for the retailer, declined 3%. Restoration Hardware had projected adjusted profit of 28 cents to 33 cents a share on $505 million to $520 million in sales.
Restoration Hardware defines comparable brand sales as sales at stores open for at least 14 months, excluding outlet stores.
Gross margin narrowed to 33.1% from 38.3% a year earlier.
The retailer, which affirmed its financial projections for the year, expects to make 13 cents to 18 cents a share in adjusted profit this quarter on $520 million to $530 million in sales. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect 40 cents a share on $539.7 million in sales.
Based in Corte Madera, Calif., Restoration Hardware started as a store of "nostalgic discovery items" with a $20 million market capitalization and an 84-page catalog. The retailer's market value and product array have multiplied as its sales topped $2 billion a year. It now targets $4 billion to $5 billion in sales annually.
The White House has reached a deal with Japan and the Netherlands to limit the export of critical semiconductor technologies to China.

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Many industrial processes require the nesting of 2D profiles prior to the cutting, or stamping, of components from raw sheet material. Despite decades of sustained academic effort algorithmic solutions are still sub-optimal and produce results that can frequently be improved by manual inspection. However the Internet offers the prospect of novel 'human-in-the-loop' approaches to nesting problems, that uses online workers to produce packing efficiencies beyond the reach of current CAM packages. To investigate the feasibility of such an approach this paper reports on the speed and efficiency of online workers engaged in the interactive nesting of six standard benchmark datasets. To ensure the results accurately characterise the diverse educational and social backgrounds of the many different labour forces available online, the study has been conducted with subjects based in both Indian IT service (i.e. Rural BPOs) centres and a network of homeworkers in northern Scotland. The results (i.e. time and packing efficiency) of the human workers are contrasted with both the baseline performance of a commercial CAM package and recent research results. The paper concludes that online workers could consistently achieve packing efficiencies roughly 4% higher than the commercial based-line established by the project. Beyond characterizing the abilities of online workers to nest components, the results also make a contribution to the development of algorithmic solutions by reporting new solutions to the benchmark problems and demonstrating methods for assessing the packing strategy employed by the best workers.


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By Carl D. Neff on December 31, 2020
Posted in Commercial Landlords, Creditors Rights, News, Preference Litigation
On December 27, 2020, the much-anticipated Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ("CAA") was signed into law. The CAA contains several COVID-19-related amendments to the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101, et seq. ("Bankruptcy Code"), which may impact many types of creditors. The "Bankruptcy Relief" amendments are set forth in Title X of the…
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There has been no shortage of significant bankruptcy filings in 2020 as a result of the ongoing pandemic. Large companies such as J.C. Penney, Brooks Brothers, Lucky Brand, GNC, subsidiaries of Regus, and others, have all filed for bankruptcy protection, citing the coronavirus for sharply reduced sales at their brick and mortar stores.
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As reflected in the prior post, RGN Group Holdings, LLC, and various of its affiliates ("RGN" or the "Debtors"), which are subsidiaries of Regus, have filed for bankruptcy. As part of the first-day motions filed by the Debtors, RGN sought approval of proposed termination notification procedures, through its Motion to Approve Interim and Final…
RGN Group Holdings Files for Chapter 11 Protection in Delaware; Seeks Approval of Lease Termination Notification Procedures
RGN Group Holdings LLC, and certain of its affiliates ("RGN" or the "Debtors") filed voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on August 17, 2020.
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Muji USA Ltd., the U.S. division of the iconic Japanese home and goods fashion retailer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 10, 2020 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, with plans to reposition the brand's e-commerce division.
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Q: Remove a property from a persisted json object in cloudant I'm having a problem removing property that was previously persisted in a document in a cloudant database.  It seems like I should to save a new version over it, without that property.  I've got the following code, it works, saving the object, I get a new _rev. But the statistics property is still on the persisted document.
How do I removed the persisted property?
// mixStatistics don't get persisted on the mix, so remove property as it goes through
// the save
let saveMixStatistic = mix.statistics;
delete mix.statistics ;
// -------------------------

this.userDb.put(mix).then(function (response) {
  // handle response
  console.log("mix saved");
  mix._rev = response.rev;

}).catch(function (err) {
  console.log(err);
});

// put mixStatistics back after the save
mix.statistics = saveMixStatistic;

A: you may be putting mix.statistics back too soon. in which case, it is most likely being re-added before PUT makes the HTTP request. you should try to reset it after the PUT has completed. for example:
let saveMixStatistic = mix.statistics;
delete mix.statistics ;

this.userDb.put(mix).then(function (response) {
  // handle response
  console.log("mix saved");
  mix._rev = response.rev;

  // put mixStatistics back after successful save
  mix.statistics = saveMixStatistic;

}).catch(function (err) {
  console.log(err);

  // put mixStatistics back after failed save
  mix.statistics = saveMixStatistic;
});

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Marcus & Millichap Arranges the Sale of a 91,815 SF Shopping Center Portfolio in Michigan
GRAND HAVEN, MI, May 31, 2019 – Top Midwest investment sales team Patton | Wiles | Fuller Group of Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), based in Cleveland and Columbus, today announced the sale of Beacon Square Shopping Center and Grand Haven Shopping Center, a 91,815-square foot retail shopping center portfolio located in Grand Haven, MI, according to Steven Chaben, regional manager and broker of the firm's Detroit office who assisted in closing this transaction. The assets sold for a combined price of $14,943,000.
C.J. Jackson, a Senior Associate, and Scott Wiles, Erin Patton, and Craig Fuller, Senior Vice Presidents and Executive Directors with Marcus & Millichap's National Retail Group, had the exclusive listing to market the property on behalf of the seller, a private REIT. The buyer, an out-of-state fund was also secured and represented by Jackson, Wiles, Patton and Fuller. The buyer assumed the existing CMBS debt at closing.
Beacon Square and Grand Haven Shopping Centers are located at 840 Jackson Street and 402-462 & 518-628 North Beacon Boulevard in Grand Haven, MI. The properties are shadowed by Home Depot and were approximately 97% occupied at the time of sale. Tenants include Advance Auto Parts, Dollar Tree, Great Clips, Hallmark, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Staples, Starbucks, Verizon, and West Marine among others.
Year to date, the Patton | Wiles | Fuller Group has either sold, or put under agreement, $350 million of retail investment property throughout numerous states spanning the Midwest and beyond.
Marcus & Millichap Arranges the Sale of a 14,820-Square-Foot Net-Leased Property in Fairlawn, Ohio
Marcus & Millichap Arranges the Sale of a 25,515-Square-Foot Retail Property in Olathe, Kansas
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New Mexico State gets first win, 41-28 over Incarnate Word
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) Josh Adkins threw two touchdown passes, Jason Huntley ran for 174 yards and New Mexico State beat Incarnate Word 41-28 on Saturday for its first win of the season.
Adkins was 28-of-38 passing for 316 yards and threw 34- and 42-yard touchdown passes to Tony Nicholson in the first quarter. Nicholson finished with five catches for 98 yards. Huntley had 25 carries that included a 1-yard touchdown run.
Jared Phipps had two interceptions, and OJ Clark ran into the end zone on a 77-yard punt return for New Mexico State (1-9).
Jon Copeland was 18-of-40 passing for 181 yards, threw one touchdown pass and both interceptions for Incarnate Word (5-6). Copeland also had a 1-yard touchdown run with about a minute left in the game. Ce'Cori Tolds' 100-yard kickoff return pulled the Cardinals to 34-21 with 13:41 remaining.


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1 H NMR study and multivariate data analysis of reindeer skin tanning methods.
Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Reindeer skin clothing has been an essential component in the lives of indigenous people of the arctic and sub-arctic regions, keeping them warm during harsh winters. However, the skin processing technology, which often conveys the history and tradition of the indigenous group, has not been well documented. In this study, NMR spectra and relaxation behaviors of reindeer skin samples treated with a variety of vegetable tannin extracts, oils and fatty substances are studied and compared. With the assistance of principal component analysis (PCA), one can recognize patterns and identify groupings of differently treated samples. These methods could be important aids in efforts to conserve museum leather artifacts with unknown treatment methods and in the analysis of reindeer skin tanning processes. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
90 Sr in northern Sweden: relationships and annual variations from 1961 to 1969 in lichen, reindeer and man.
137 Cs: seasonal patterns in native residents of three contrasting Alaskan villages.
210Pb and 210Po in tissues of some Alaskan residents as related to consumption of caribou or reindeer meat.
From: Fortuine, Robert et al. 1993. The Health of the Inuit of North America: A Bibliography from the Earliest Times through 1990. University of Alaska Anchorage. Citation number 815.
210Po and 210Pb in the arctic food chain and the natural radiation exposure of Lapps.
Accounting for system dynamics in reserve design.
Systematic conservation plans have only recently considered the dynamic nature of ecosystems. Methods have been developed to incorporate climate change, population dynamics, and uncertainty in reserve design, but few studies have examined how to account for natural disturbance. Considering natural disturbance in reserve design may be especially important for the world's remaining intact areas, which still experience active natural disturbance regimes. We developed a spatially explicit, dynamic simulation model, CONSERV, which simulates patch dynamics and fire, and used it to evaluate the efficacy of hypothetical reserve networks in northern Canada. We designed six networks based on conventional reserve design methods, with different conservation targets for woodland caribou habitat, high-quality wetlands, vegetation, water bodies, and relative connectedness. We input the six reserve networks into CONSERV and tracked the ability of each to maintain initial conservation targets through time under an active natural disturbance regime. None of the reserve networks maintained all initial targets, and some over-represented certain features, suggesting that both effectiveness and efficiency of reserve design could be improved through use of spatially explicit dynamic simulation during the planning process. Spatial simulation models of landscape dynamics are commonly used in natural resource management, but we provide the first illustration of their potential use for reserve design. Spatial simulation models could be used iteratively to evaluate competing reserve designs and select targets that have a higher likelihood of being maintained through time. Such models could be combined with dynamic planning techniques to develop a general theory for reserve design in an uncertain world.
Accumulation of 137 Cs in Finnish Lapps.
Adults only. Reindeer hunting at the middle palaeolithic site salzgitter lebenstedt, northern Germany.
The Middle Palaeolithic site Salzgitter Lebenstedt (northern Germany), excavated in 1952, is well known because of its well-preserved faunal remains, dominated by adult reindeer (Rangifer tarandus). The archaeological assemblage accumulated in an arctic setting in an earlier part of the last (Weichsel) glacial (OIS5-3). The site is remarkable because of the presence of unique Middle Palaeolithic bone tools and the occurrence of the northernmost Neanderthal remains, but this paper focuses on an analysis of its reindeer assemblage. The results indicate autumn hunting of reindeer by Middle Palaeolithic hominids. After the hunt, carcasses were butchered and in subsequent marrow processing of the bones a selection against young and sub-adult animals occurred. Adults were clearly preferred, and from their bones, again, poorer marrow bones were neglected. This focus on primeness of resources has been documented in other domains of Neanderthal behaviour, but Salzgitter Lebenstedt is the best example yet known in terms of systematic and routinized processing of game. The Salzgitter Lebenstedt assemblage displays some remarkable similarities to the Late Glacial reindeer assemblages from the Ahrensburg tunnel valley sites. The subsequent review of the evidence on subsistence strategies from earlier periods of the European Palaeolithic shows that hunting of large mammals may have been a part of the behavioural repertoire of the Middle Pleistocene occupants of Europe from the earliest occupation onwards. At the same time, it is suggested that these early hunting strategies were incorporated in ways of moving through landscapes ("settlement systems") which were different from what we know from the middle parts of the Upper Palaeolithic onwards.
The Alaska Sami : a reindeer story.
Vesterheim. Vol. 8, No. 1 : p. 18-24.
Alcohol consumption among male reindeer herders of Lappish and Finnish origin.
Department of Epidemiology, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland.
Ethnic differences in alcohol intake among male reindeer herders were studied, since historical evidence suggests that Lapps drink more than Finns and since the considerable freedom of the herding occupation may imply a high risk for alcohol problems. In 1988, 2001 men answered a mail questionnaire including questions on alcohol intake over the past 12 months. The mean alcohol intake was 22.3 g/day among the Lapps and 13.2g/day among the Finns (P less than 0.001). The percentage of heavy drinkers (20 g or more daily) was 33.9 among the Lapps and 19.1 among the Finns. The mean frequency of getting drunk was 35 occasions/year among both Lapps and Finns. An analysis of variance showed that alcohol intake was significantly related to age, marital status, region and being of Lappish origin, but not to being a full-time reindeer herder. A significant interaction between region and marital status was also detected. The Lappish reindeer herders drink more than their Finnish counterparts. The ethnic difference is not, however, very large when compared with the stereotypic view of the drunken Lapp.


As a book addict I've kept nearly all of the books I had when I was a kid. I've got Enid Blyton, Nancy Drew books, some Golden books and of course numerous Dr Seuss books.
I've been reading them on and off to JJ for quite a while now and I love them. I love them for the silly rhymes they have.
'"All mine!" Yertle cried. "Oh, the things I now rule!
I'm king of a cow! And I'm king of a mule!
I'm Yertle the Turtle! Oh, marvellous me!
'First, I'll make a quick trick brick stack.
The illustrations also keep JJ interested as they are just about as silly as the rhyme is. And the premise of a story like Green Eggs and Ham is just nonsense. Who would eat green eggs. Yuk!
But of course it's the message behind the books that really shines through for me as an adult and, I'm sure, to some extent younger readers.
Green Eggs and Ham was a great book for me to read to JJ when he was going through the I'm-not-going-to-eat-vegetables stage. Like the character in the book who will not even contemplate tasting the green eggs and ham JJ would not taste some of the foods I put on his plate. I'd read Green Eggs and Ham to him and afterwards say, 'See, he didn't want to eat them at first, but after he tried them he decided he did like them after all. If he can do it so can you.' JJ eats nearly everything I give him now. I can't say it's just this book that did it. Other threats like no dessert probably helped things along somewhat.
The Yertle the Turtle the story is a great one about wanting more than you have and not being satisfied with what you do have. Yertle wants to survey more land than he can currently see from the rock in his pond and makes all his turtles stand on top of each other so he can reach a greater height. This works for a while but due to an uprising of the turtles below in the form of a hiccup from Mack, Yertle comes tumbling down from his perch and is king of the mud.
Before I went on my first overseas trip a friend gave me 'Oh, the Places You'll Go!'. I took it with me and even brought it back with me and now it sits in JJ's bookshelf. It's got great messages for the adult and the child reader whether travelling on holiday or just travelling through life.
'And when things start to happen, don't worry. Don't stew.
How true! Despite being in the Lurch, the waiting place, not having fun, or just being plain lonely you will get through it eventually and have fun. I love reading this book when I'm in a slump as it reminds me that I will come through the other end and be okay again. I think it's a good message to send to kids as well that it isn't all happy times, there are sad times but not to dwell on the bad times and focus instead on the good times.
i happen to think green ham would be a bit gross too. eli and i have spoken about green eggs and ham, and he totally gets it. 'he doesnt like it! then he tries it! and he does!' but when i offer up vegies he says 'mum, i eat corn' with this look on his face that says corn should cover everything.
I love Dr. Seuss books. My kids had many of them, and now my granddaughter has some in her book collection. They will go on forever.
My 5 year old just went through a stage of loving McElligot's Pool – which also has a deeper meaning about how we are all connected and what we do here effects the deep ocean. I enjoyed it to!
Many years ago, I was a 'reading mom' for the NosePicker's 2nd grade class (he just graduated from 8th grade last week), and I literally (heh) had all the kids hanging on my every word and laughing hysterically at the end. They could barely keep their seats. Of course, it could have been my compelling reading style. Or not.
Anyway, I highly recommend checking that one out. I bet JJ would love it too.


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Location of Peru on a map.
Peru has the 47th largest economy in the world . The gross domestic product (GDP) of Peru is $192.08 (USD Billion) and its growth was 3.26% from 2014 to 2015. Its highest GDP was recorded in 2014 and its average GDP in the last 10 years is $154.16 (USD Billion).
Peru GDP per capita is $6,121.86 (USD). However, when factoring in purchase power parity (PPP), it becomes $12,402.42 (USD), making it the 87th richest country in the world. The average GDP adjusted to PPP per capita in the last 10 years was $10,051.83 (USD).
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a measure of market value of all final goods and service produced in a yearly period. This page provides the GDP of Peru – current values and historical information. The information was last updated 2016.
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The University of Sydney- Classic Texts in Australian and International Taxation Law
Full Report January 31 1975
[Front Matter]
Taxation Review Committee
Chapter 1 The need for Tax Reform
Chapter 2 The Australian Tax System in Perspective
Chapter 3 Criteria for Tax Systems
Chapter 4 The Problem of Progressivity
Chapter 5 The goals of Tax Reform
Chapter 6 Inflation and Tax Reform
Chapter 7 Income Tax: The Base
Chapter 8 Income Tax: Issues Related to Business and Professional Income
Chapter 9 Income Tax: Issues Related to Employment and Investment Income
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Chapter 10 Personal Income Tax : The Taxpaying Unit
Chapter 11 Income-Splitting
Chapter 12 Personal Income Tax: Dependant Allowances and Other Concessional Deductions
Chapter 13 Personal Income Tax: Social Security
Chapter 14 Personal Income Tax: Rate Structure
Chapter 15 Income Taxation in Relation to Trusts and Partnerships
Chapter 16 Company Income Tax
Chapter 17 International Aspects of Income Taxation
Chapter 18 Income Taxation in Relation to Particular Industries: Primary Production
Chapter 19 Income Taxation in Relation to Particular Industries: Mining
Chapter 20 Income Taxation in Relation to Particular Industries: General Insurance, Exempt Organisations and Mutual Associations
Chapter 21 Income Taxation in Relation to Superannuation and Life Insurance
Chapter 22 Income Tax Administration
Chapter 23 Capital Gains Tax
Chapter 24 Estate and Gift Duty
Chapter 25 Charities
Chapter 26 Wealth Tax
Chapter 27 Taxation of Goods and Services
Chapter 28 Conclusion
Commonwealth of Australia: Taxation Review Committee
Persons, Organisations and Companies who made Submissions to the Committee
Studies Prepared for the Use of the Taxation Review Committee Which Their Authors Agree may be Published
Treasury Taxation Papers
Members of the Professional Staff who assisted the Committee for varying periods
Professional Firms, Universities and Organisations who made Professional Staff Available to the Committee
Members of the General Services Staff
Important Statutory Alterations to the Taxation Legislation Since the Taxation Review Committee Commenced its work
Taxation of Life Insurance Companies
21.140. Life insurance companies are the subject of a special tax regime under Division 8 of Part III of the Act. The underlying approach is that the company is taxed on its investment income; but the fact that this is not the only possible approach to taxing life insurance companies is illustrated by the diversity of practice in other countries and, indeed, the diversity that existed in Australia before the introduction of the principle of uniform taxation legislation in 1936.
21.141. Prior to 1936 life insurance companies were taxed on the basis of their investment income under Commonwealth, New South Wales and Western Australian legislation. In Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania they were taxed on a percentage of premium income, while in South Australia the taxable income was based on the amount of the company's actuarial surplus. All these methods, and others, are in use overseas and a brief summary of some of them is contained in paragraphs 21.150–21.157 below.
21.142. Since 1936 all life insurance companies have been taxed on a basis that owes its origin to the pre-1936 Commonwealth legislation. This followed the recommendation of the Ferguson Commission (1932–34).
21.143. The assessable income of a life insurance company, in respect of its life insurance business, comprises its investment income. Dividends are included in assessable income, though resident life insurance companies are entitled to the rebate of tax thereon provided by section 46. Premiums received in respect of policies and considerations received in respect of annuities are excluded from assessable income under section 111 but form part of the total income of the company for the purpose of determining certain deductions. Furthermore, subject to compliance with the 30/20 requirements, that portion of investment income referrable to superannuation policies is exempted by virtue of section 112A.
21.144. The main deductions allowed in computing the taxable income of a life insurance company are as follows:
(a) A deduction under section 51 (1) for expenses directly incurred in earning the assessable (investment) income. These are usually a small part of the total expenses of a life insurance company.
(b) A proportion of the 'expenses of general management' of the company. The practical effect of section 113 is to allow a deduction of the proportion of those expenses which is equal to the proportion that the assessable income of the company bears to the total income of the company. Expenses incurred wholly in gaining or producing non-assessable income (primarily salary and commission to salesmen) are specifically excluded from the definition of 'expenses of general management', as are expenditure of a capital nature and expenditure incurred in producing assessable income.
(c) A deduction is allowed in full under section 82AAC of contributions to superannuation and pension funds.
(d) A deduction is allowed under section 115 of a percentage of the 'calculated liabilities' of the company. This is a controversial deduction and is further considered in the next paragraph.
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(e) Rebates of tax are granted to resident life insurance companies on dividends (under section 46) and a rebate of 10 per cent is granted under section 160AB on interest received on certain Australian and State Government securities issued before 1 November 1968.
21.145. The Ferguson Commission stated in paragraph 858 of its Report:
'In our opinion a life assurance company should be taxed on the basis of its investment income, which cannot be correctly determined without providing for the interest assumed to be earned on the investments set aside to provide for the payment of the liabilities of the company to its policy holders.'
The Report noted that this principle had already been conceded under Commonwealth legislation, by an amendment made in 1933. The recommendations of the Ferguson Commission were subsequently adopted and a deduction of 4 per cent of the calculated liabilities of a life insurance company was allowed. This figure was reduced to 3 per cent in 1942 when the income tax field was taken over wholly by the Commonwealth. The figure remained at 3 per cent until the 1973–74 Budget which reduced it to 2 per cent and made certain other changes that had the effect of greatly increasing the amount of tax paid by life insurance companies. The figure was further reduced to 1 per cent in the 1974–75 Budget, with the inference that the deduction would be removed completely in the near future.
21.146. Finally, section 116 of the Act provides that a life insurance company shall not be liable to pay income tax in respect of the income derived by it from business of life insurance if its calculated liabilities exceed the value of all its assets.


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Gran Prize Awarded 23 May
"Sustainability Is Everything". This could easily be the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hungary's motto for 2018, as this year, the association has awarded its sixth Gran Prize Innovative Interdisciplinary Award to outstanding industrial innovations that address the most pressing issues of our planet. Earning top honours in the competition were a waste water halogen removal solution and a unique roof-cooling technology.
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hungary in 2018 announced its sixth call for entries for the prize, bestowed on companies, private persons, and institutions of higher education for outstanding solutions and projects. This year's prizes were awarded with the support of Ericsson and Sigma Technology by a judging panel that included not only noted Hungarian university professors, but also such recognised experts as futurologist Dr. Bertalan Meskó, representatives of the Hungarian National Property Office, and the managing director of Transparency International Hungary.
"The adjudication process took into account the key considerations of novelty, social responsibility, environmental awareness, and economic applicability. The grounds for our decision stem from the innovative, interdisciplinary nature of the two entries, their industrial property status, their outstanding significance to industry, and the level of social responsibility they demonstrate," said János Takács, the president of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hungary.
Thus, in 2018's spirit of sustainability, the SCCH judging panel decided that two entries should share in the prize. At the festive award ceremony held in Budapest on 23 May, each of the winners received a monetary prize, along with the Gran Prize award itself, a sculpture designed and crafted by Swedish artist Ann Lundin and Hungarian ceramic and glass artist Károly Szász. The two were also presented with pine trees donated by the Folly Arboretum to plant at their respective alma maters.
The winning entries:
The removal of organic halogen compounds from waste water
It was a decade ahead of European Union efforts that the University of Miskolc, the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, and EGIS Pharmaceuticals, with the collaboration of Dr. Péter Mizsey, embarked on the joint research project that would result in the development and successful implementation of this entirely new and innovative process. The novel invention permits not only the removal of halogen compounds from industrial waste water, but also the full recovery and recycling of organic halogen compounds in concentrated form, facilitating closer adherence to the principles of circular economy.
WaterFilm Technology® roof cooling
István Weeber, creator of WaterFilm Technology®, became involved with atomising sprinkler systems for flat-roofed manufacturing plants at the request of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics Thermophysics Laboratory in relation to the summer heat protection problems of a Csepel paper mill. His now-patented invention is especially relevant in that EU guidelines for 2020 prescribe an energy savings of 20%, with particular reference to the use of power for cooling and air conditioning. "WaterFilm Technology®" is the first true evaporative rooftop cooling technology based solely on the principle of heat carried away by vaporisation. The technology results in a significant savings in cooling energy and requires less water than other similar systems.
On the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hungary
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hungary (SCCH) has been active in the areas of economy, environmental protection, innovation, education, and culture, with the aim of supporting the business operations of its members in Hungary, since 1995. Its stated objectives are to foster commercial, economic, and scientific relations between Hungary and the Kingdom of Sweden, as well as to support business initiatives, promote knowledge transfer, and facilitate the business activities of its members in Hungary. The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hungary boasts 86 member companies, associates, and honorary members and a total of 10,000 immediate employees.
On the Gran Prize Innovative Interdisciplinary Award
In October of 2012, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce resolved to establish a prize that would stimulate innovative thinking and bring about improvements in the general quality of human life. As an emblem for its new prize, the Chamber chose the pine tree, a popular Swedish symbol that across much of the planet, stands for Christmas and the natural environment. In Swedish, the word gran means spruce, a species of tree that brings to mind the concepts of sustainability and environmental awareness that characterise the award. The Chamber's aim with the award is twofold: first, to support and reward outstanding achievements in innovation, and second, to advance the cause of dialogue between cultures.
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Q: Meaning of "an" in Matthew (King James Version) I'm having a little trouble parsing an in this context:

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

I thought it might be some kind of typo, but it is repeated, diminishing (though not eliminating) the chance of that.
Then I thought it might be a floated form of the prefix en-

word-forming element meaning "in; into," from French and Old French en-, from Latin in- "in, into" (from PIE root *en "in").
Etymonline

That feels a bit closer, but lacks that satisfying click of certainty. Anybody have a clue about this?

From the reaction of a few folks, it seems they want to point me in the direction of "hungred" as a noun (a hungry person, one who is hungered) with a silent /h/. The problem with that is that hungry was already present in Middle English, and even in Old English (hungrig, which would have been pronounced much the same). The next line uses thirsty readily enough, without turning that into a noun.

A: OED

anhungered, adj.
Etymology: apparently for earlier a-hungred
archaic
1. Overcome with hunger, hungry.
c1300   K. Alis. 1229   The folk and the poraile weoren an-hungred.
1377   Langland Piers Plowman B. x. 59 (Oriel)    Bothe an-hungred and a-þrist.
1526   Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xii. 1   His disciples wer anhongred.

The prefix an- is a reduced, unstressed, form of the prefix on- - found before a following vowel or "h". This use of "on" remains in the phrase "on high".

A: *

*Searching through the entire KJV, I see several other uses of "an hungred." Matthew 12:1 would seem to disprove the "it really means an hungred [person]" theory because there the subject is plural: "his disciples were an hungred." There's also Mark 2:25 and the parallel passage in Luke 6:3, as well as Mark 4:2.

*Unfortunately, I can't come up with a way to search for "an plus a participle," but searching for " an " shows, of course, many places where the article is used before any word starting with "h": "an holy day," "an hin of oil." Yes, this was absolutely a standard rule (though perhaps irrelevant to this question).

*There are only 9 occurrences of "an hungred," all of them in the gospels. The word "hungred" does not occur in the KJV without the "an."

Conspiracy theory: The King James Bible was a team effort by multiple translators. Maybe whoever worked on the gospels was fond of the construction "an hungred"?
More plausible theory: We need a language historian to help us out, but I think the theory that it is some sort of "enhungered" type of construction is most plausible. I find it implausible that "an" is actually acting as an article in this scenario.
Unrelated footnote: Just in case people find this page while on an unrelated quest: There's an unrelated archaic use of "an" in Elizabethan/Jacobean English, in usages that would be rendered as "if" in modern English, as a contraction of "and if" ("An I should live a thousand years, I never should forget it").

A: I'm not sure of the technical term but a or an are used before words other than nouns sometimes.
Take the nursery rhyme Dashing away with her smoothing iron for example, which contains a-washing a-hanging and a-airing
The function of the a or an seems to be to suggest duration. If I spend a few minutes looking for temporarily mislaid glasses, I may be said to be "hunting" for them but if I go "a hunting" I may be out for most of the day trying to catch my supper.
If I spend a few seconds washing my hands I am "washing" but if I am "a washing" I may be taking a couple of hours to do the weekly clothes wash.
If I choose to skip lunch on a busy day that might make me temporarily hungry but if I am "an hungered" I am probably underfed or starving due to an ongoing serious unavailability of food.

A: It's saying that Jesus was hungry.
Let's look at a modern translation of this text (the New International Version).

"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
"The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'
"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'

(Matthew 35:37-43; bolding mine to emphasize the words emphasized in the archaic translation in he OP.)
From this, we can see that the archaic "an hungered" means "hungry".


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